Spaco Spāco, cūs, f., = Σπακώ, the nurse of Cyrus, Just. 1, 4 fin.
spadicarius spādīcārĭus, ii, m.spadix, one that dyes a chestnut-brown color, Firm. Math. 3, 7 med.
spadicum spādīcum, i, v. spadix.
spadix spādix, īcis, comm., = σπἀδιξ. Lit., a palm-branch broken off, together with its fruit; spadica Dorici vocant avulsum e paimā termitem cum fructu, Gell. 2, 26, 10; 3, 9, 9. In the collat. form spādīcum: termites et spadica cernit assidua,Amm. 24, 3, 12.Transf. (as in Greek). Date-brown, nut-brown, chestnut-brown: rutilus et spadix phoenicei συνώνυμος, Geli. 2, 26, 9 sq.: honesti (equi) Spadices glaucique,Verg. G. 3, 82.A kind of stringed instrument, condemned as effeminate by Quint. 1, 10, 31.
,Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 2; cf.: priscis sparsa tabellis Livia Porticus,Ov. A. A. 1, 71: sparso ore, adunco naso, with a spotty or freckled face, * Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 18. Absol.: exi, Dave, Age, sparge: mundum esse hoc vestibulum volo, sprinkle, * Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 4: verrite aedes, spargite, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 183 P. (Com. Rel. p. 130 Rib.): qui verrunt, qui spargunt,Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37.To scatter, separate, disperse, divide, spread out (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. dispergere, dissipare): omnibus a rebus ... Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora,Lucr. 6, 922: res sparsas et vage disjectas diligenter eligere,Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3: (aper) spargit canes,Ov. M. 8, 343: corpora,id. ib. 7, 442: sparsus silebo,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1394: sparsam tempestate classem vidit,Liv. 37, 13: sparsi per vias speculatores,id. 9, 23: exercitum spargi per provincias,Tac. H. 3, 46 fin.: (natura) sparsit haec (cornua) in ramos,Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123: fulgentes radios in orbem (gemma),id. 37, 10, 67, § 181: (Sicoris) Spargitur in sulcos,Luc. 4, 142: spargas tua prodigus,
you dissipate
,
squander
,
waste
,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 195: stare et spargere sese hastis, scatter, disperse, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 154 Vahl.): se in fugam passim spargere, Liv 33, 15, 15: saepe solet scintilla suos se spargere in ignes (shortly before, dissilire and dividi),Lucr. 4, 606: Rhenus ab septentrione in lacus, ab occidente in amnem Mosam se spargit,Plin. 4, 15, 29, § 101: magnum ab Argis Alciden,
to separate
,
part
,Val. Fl. 5, 488: sparsis consumptisque fratribus bello intestinae discordiae,Just. 27, 3, 1.Trop. In gen., to distribute, spread abroad, spread, extend: animos in corpora humana,Cic. Sen. 21, 77: omnia spargere ac disseminare,id. Arch. 12, 30: sparserat Argolicas nomen vaga Fama per urbes Theseos,Ov. M. 8, 267: genera enim tractamus in species multas sese spargentia,Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 45: spargit legiones, nova cottidie bello semina ministrat,Tac. H. 2, 76: vestigia fugae,Curt. 5, 13, 18. In partic. Of speech, to intersperse, interpose, insert a word or words; of a report or rumor, to spread or noise abroad, to circulate, report (so perh. not ante-Aug.; syn. dissemino): cum vigilans Quartae esto partis Ulixes Audieris heres: Ergo nunc Dama sodalis Nusquam est? etc.... Sparge subinde,
spargo spargo, ĭnis, f.1. spargo, a sprinkling, spray: salis, Ven. Ep. ad Felic. 3.
sparsilis sparsĭlis, e, adj.id., that may be scattered or dispersed: tanta sparsilia eorum, qui Deo adulantur,Tert. Pud. 2.
sparsim sparsim, adv.sparsus, from 1. spargo, scatteredly, dispersedly, here and there (postclass. and very rare): defluere,App. M. 10, p. 255, 39: commeninisse haec,Gell. 11, 2, 5: dicere,Lact. 1, 2, 6.
sparsio sparsĭo, ōnis, f.1. spargo. A sprinkling of perfumes in the theatres (post-Aug.): quis feret hominem de sparsionibus dicentem odoratos imbres?Sen. Contr. 5, praef. § 9; id. Q. N. 2, 9, 1; Inscr. Orell. 6166.A scattering of presents in the theatre, Stat. S. 1, 6, 66.
sparsivus sparsīvus, a, um, adj.id., of or for hurling: pila,Petr. 27 dub. (al. prasina).
sparsus sparsus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 1. spargo.
sparteolus spartĕŏlus, i, m.sparteus, a watchman against fire (so called from the ropes made of broom that were used at fires), Schol. Juv. 14, 305; Tert. Apol. 39 med.
sparteus spartĕus, a, um, adj.spartum, of broom, made or consisting of broom: funes,Cato, R. R. 3 fin.; Col. 12, 52, 8: spirae, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 107 Rib.): serilia, id. ap. Fest. p. 343 (Rib. 1. 1. p. 91): urnae, amphorae,Cato, R. R. 11, 2: solea,Col. 6, 12, 2: helcium,App. M. 9, p. 220, 20. As subst.: spartĕa, ae, f., a shoe made of broom, Col. 6, 12, 3; 6, 15, 1; Pall. 1, 24, 2; id. Nov. 7, 6; Veg. 1, 26, 3 al.
Sparti Sparti and Spartoe (dissyl.), ōrum, m., = Σπάρτοι (the Sown, from σπείρω), the armed men who sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus, Hyg. Fab. 178; Amm. 19, 8, 11; Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4; Lact. 3, 4, 9.
Spartiacus Spartĭăcus, a, um, v. Sparta, C.
Spartianus Spartĭānus, i, m.: Aelius, a Roman historian of the time of Diocletian, one of the scriptores Historiae Augustae; v. Teuffel, Röm. Lit. p. 887 sqq.
Spartiates Spartĭātes, ae, v. Sparta, E.
Spartiaticus Spartĭātĭcus, a, um, v. Sparta, B.
Sparticus Spartĭcus, a, um, v. Sparta, D.
spartopolios spartŏpŏlĭos, i, f., = σπαρτοπόλιος, an unknown kind of precious stone, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 191 (Jan. dub.; al. spartopolia).
sparus spărus, i, m. (neutr. collat. form, plur. spara, Lucil. ap. Fest. pp. 330 and 331 Müll.; and id. ap. Non. 224, 2), a small missile weapon with a curved blade, a huntingspear (syn. venabulum), Varr. and Sisenn. ap. Non. 555, 20 sq.; Sall. C. 56, 3; Liv. 34, 15; Verg. A. 11, 682 Serv.; Sil. 3, 388; 8, 523; Isid. 12, 6, 31.
sparus spărus, i, m., a kind of fish, the gilt-head, gilt-bream: Sparus aurata, Linn.; Cels. 2, 18 med.
spatium spătĭum, ii, n.root spa-, to draw; Gr. σπάω; span-, to stretch; Gr. σπάνις, want; cf.: πένομαι, πένης; Germ. spannen; Dor. σπάδιον (=στάδιον), race-course; cf. Lat. penuria, room, a space (very freq. and class.). Lit. In gen.: est natura loci spatiumque profundi, Quod neque percurrere flumina possint, Nec, etc.... Usque adeo passim patet ingens copia rebus; Finibus exemptis,Lucr. 1, 1002; 5, 370; 1, 389: locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,id. 1, 426; cf. id. 1, 523: per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),id. 4, 202; cf.: tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,Verg. E. 3, 105: flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet,Caes. B. G. 1, 38: temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,id. B. C. 3, 61 fin.: quod spatium non esset agitandi,Nep. Eum. 5, 4: spatium loci,Quint. 8, 3, 84: spatio distante,Ov. M. 11, 715. In partic. A (limited) space, distance, interval (syn. intervallum): siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,Caes. B. G. 3, 29: itineris spatium,id. B. C. 1, 24 fin.: viae spatium,
the distance
,
length
,Ov. M. 8, 794: trabes paribus intermissae spatiis (shortly before: paribus intervallis),Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.: alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,Verg. A. 5, 584 Coningt. ad loc.: hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,Caes. B. G. 1, 43: inter duas acies tantum erat relictum spatii, ut, etc.,id. B. C. 3, 92: cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,id. B. G. 3, 17: magnum spatium abesse,id. ib. 2, 17: quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?id. ib. 2, 30: tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,id. B. C. 2, 16 fin.: jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,Hor. S. 2, 6, 101: illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,Verg. A. 10, 219: dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,Nep. Eum. 9, 1: spatium discrimina fallit,
,Juv. 4, 39: vasti corporis,Sen. Hippol. 806: plantae Herculis,Gell. 1, 1, 2: trahit aures in spatium, in length, i. e. lengthens them out, Ov. M. 11, 176; so, in spatium,id. ib. 2, 197; 7, 783; Sil. 13, 562. An open space for walking, racing, etc., in. A walk, promenade; a public place or square, etc. (cf. ambulatio): urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41: templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,i. e.
colonnades
,
porticos
,Stat. S. 3, 5, 90: quin igitur ad illa spatia nostra sedesque pergimus, ubi cum satis erit deambulatum, requiescemus,Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14: spatia silvestria,id. ib. 1, 5, 15: orator ex Academiae spatiis,id. Or. 3, 12 (quoted by Quint. 12, 2, 23, and by Tac. Or. 32): Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in level spaces, i. e. plains, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42: ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,Verg. A. 7, 381.A race-course, track: sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,Enn. Ann. 18, 22: nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio a calce ad carceres revocari,Cic. Sen. 23, 83: amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9: cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,Verg. G. 1, 513 Forbig. ad loc.: hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,id. ib. 3, 202: signoque repente Corripiunt spatia audito, id. A. 5, 316: tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.: equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,id. ib. 6, 487: abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,Liv. 35, 40, 1: nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,Tac. Or. 39.Poet., in gen., room or space in a building: Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,
the inner space
,
the interior
,Ov. M. 7, 670.Transf., the action of walking, a walk, promenade; a turn, course: cum in ambulationem ventum esset, Scaevolam, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, dixisse, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Suet. Aug. 83: si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur,Cic. Mur. 34, 70: septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,Ov. Hal. 68: (agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,Sen. Ep. 30, 13.Trop. Of time. In gen., a space of time, interval, period: spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,Caes. B. G. 6, 18: spatium praeteriti temporis,Cic. Arch. 1, 1: quantum fuit diei spatium,
,Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. In partic. Of a portion of time in which to do any thing, space, time, leisure, opportunity: neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14: nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,Cic. Quint. 1, 4: irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,Liv. 8, 32: ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55: quantum spatii nobis datur,Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252: tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,Verg. A. 4, 433: ne properes, oro; spatium pro munere posco,Ov. R. Am. 277: proin quicquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi. Quod ratio non quit, saepe sanavit mora,Sen. Agam. 2, 129. Esp.: spatium (aliquid, nihil spatii, etc.) alicui faciendi or ad faciendum aliquid, time to do a thing: breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85: ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,Ter. And. 1, 2, 11: quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!id. Hec. 4, 4, 62: dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,Cic. Caecin. 2, 6: ad scribendum,id. Fam. 15, 17, 1: pila in hostes coniciendi,Caes. B. G. 1, 52; 4, 13; Ov. M. 10, 163: nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,Caes. B. G. 7, 40: cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1: si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56: spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150: sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,Caes. B. C. 1, 3 fin.: vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,Liv. 2, 46, 3: spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,Tac. H. 2, 25. Rarely with dat.: spatium quidem tandem adparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacruficandi dabitur paululum,Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 20.A year of life: quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. Metrical time, measure, quantity: trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,Cic. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 18: neu sermo subsultet imparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, etc.,id. 11, 3, 43; cf. id. 11, 3, 40; 11, 3, 17 al. (Acc. to I. B.) A path, course, race, track: ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178: quid mihi opu'st, decurso aetatis spatio, cum meis gerere bellum?Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14: prope jam excurso spatio,Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6: te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,Verg. A. 9, 275: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12, 40; cf.: quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,id. Brut. 90, 307: currenti spatium praemonstra,Lucr. 6, 93: pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; Sen. Troad. 398.
spatula spătŭla (spăth-), ae, f.dim.spatha. * A broad piece: porcina,
species spĕcĭes, ēi (gen. sing. specie or specii, Matius ap. Gell. 9, 14, 15; gen. and dat. plur. were not in use in Cicero's time, but formarum, formis were used instead; cf. Cic. Top. 7, 30. At a later period were introduced: specierum,Pall. Oct. 14, 15; Cod. Just. 1, 2, 10; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, § 151; cf. Charis. p. 18 P.; and Diom. p. 281 P.: speciebus,App. ad Asclep. p. 92, 25; Cod. Just. 11, 9, 1 al.; Dig. 28, 2, 29, § 10), f.specio. Act., a seeing, sight, look, view (rare; cf. aspectus): speciem quo vortimus,Lucr. 4, 242; so id. 4, 236 (for which, a little before, visus); 5, 707; 5, 724; Vitr. 3, 2 fin.; 5, 9: si tantis intervallis nostra species potest id animadvertere,id. 9, 4: qui sensus nostros specie primā acerrime commovent,Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98: qui doloris speciem ferre non possunt,id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.Pass., prop. that which is seen in a thing, i. e. the outward appearance, outside, exterior; shape, form, figure, mien, etc. (freq. and class.; syn. forma). Lit.: praeter speciem stultus,Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 49: quod speciem ac formam similem gerit ejus imago,Lucr. 4, 52; cf.: quae species formaque pugnae, qui motus hominum non ita expictus est, ut, etc.,
,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58: populi,id. Rep. 3, 33, 45: nec ulla deformior species est civitatis, quam illa, in quā opulentissimi optimi putantur,id. Rep. 1, 34, 51: speciem honesti habere, the look or semblance of what is right, id. Off. 3, 2, 7: turba majorem quam pro numero speciem ferens,Curt. 3, 2, 3; cf.: fallaces sunt rerum species, quibus credimus,Sen. Ben. 4, 34, 1.Something seen, aspectacle, sight, appearance: ponite itaque ante oculos miseram quidem illam ac flebilem speciem,Cic. Phil. 11, 3: non tulit hanc speciem furiatā mente Coroebus,Verg. A. 2, 407 (cf. I. supra).Trop., that which is seen by the mind, an idea, notion: hanc illi ἰδέαν appellabant: nos recte speciem possumus dicere,Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 30; cf. id. Top. 7, 30: insidebat in ejus mente species eloquentiae,id. Or. 5, 18: excellentis eloquentiae speciem et formam adumbrabimus,id. ib. 14, 43: species, forma et notio viri boni,id. Off. 3, 20, 81; cf.: prima sit haec forma et species et origo tyranni,id. Rep. 2, 29, 51: qui species alias veri scelerisque capiet,Hor. S. 2, 3, 208: utinam non inanes species anxio animo figuraret,Curt. 7, 1, 36. In partic. A look, show, seeming, appearance, semblance, pretence, cloak, color, pretext, etc. (opp. that which is real, actual, etc.). In gen.: obiciuntur saepe formae, quae reapse nullae sunt, speciem autem offerunt,Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81: ista securitas specie quidem blanda sed reapse, etc.,id. Lael. 13, 47: cujus rei species erat acceptio frumenti,Sall. J. 29, 4: fraudi imponere aliquam speciem juris,Liv. 9, 11: specie liberā ... re verā, etc.,id. 35, 31; cf.: litteras inanis vanā specie libertatis adumbratas esse,id. 33, 31, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.: plurimi ibi a fallaci equitum specie agasonibusque excepti sunt,id. 7, 15, 7: si dux primam speciem adpropinquantis terroris sustinuisset,id. 44, 6, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: quae (nomina) primā specie admirationem, re explicatā risum movent,Cic. Fin. 4, 22, 61: quaedam humanitatis habent primam speciem ut misericordia,id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: similitudinem quandam speciemque sapientium gerere,id. Off. 3, 4, 16: si speciem utilitatis voluptas habere dicetur,id. ib. 3, 33, 120. Hence, Esp. with gen. of that which is assumed or pretended, under pretext of, under pretence of, etc. With abl.: fortis viros specie quādam virtutis adsimulatae tenebat,Cic. Cael. 6, 14. With sub: sub specie tutelae liberūm ejus invasisse regnum,Curt. 9, 2, 7; 10, 6, 21; Liv. 44, 24, 4. With per: per speciem celebrandarum cantu epularum,Liv. 9, 30, 8: per speciem auxilii Byzantiis ferendi, re ipsā, etc.,id. 39, 35, 4; 40, 13, 8; 42, 52, 8. With in: si quis in speciem refectionis (viae) deteriorem viam facit,Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 2. Adverb.: in speciem, for a show, as a pretence: haud dubio in speciem consensu fit ad Poenos deditio,Liv. 24, 1, 8: dilatā in speciem actione, re ipsā sublatā,id. 3, 9, 13; so, ad speciem tabernaculis relictis,Caes. B. C. 2, 35 fin.; id. B. G. 1, 51; Quint. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18 al. Also with gen.: in speciem, after the manner, in the fashion, like (cf. tamquam; poet.): inque chori ludunt speciem,Ov. M. 3, 685: in montis speciem curvari,id. ib. 15, 509; cf.: scorpiones vermiculos ovorum specie pariunt,Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 86. Pregn., like the Engl. show, for ornament, display, splendor, beauty (cf.: dignitas, venustas): ut in usum boni sint et in speciem populo,Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 42: fuit pompa, fuit species, fuit incessus saltem Seplasiā dignus et Capuā,Cic. Pis. 11, 24: adhibere quandam in dicendo speciem atque pompam,id. de Or. 2, 72, 294: speciem candoremque caeli,id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; cf. id. N. D. 2, 37; 2, 39: specie et motu capere homines,id. Brut. 62, 224: triumpho praebere speciem,Liv. 34, 52, 10: addere speciem,id. 37, 40; 9, 40: si fortunatum species et gratia praestat,Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 203: ducit te species,id. S. 2, 2, 35: speciem Saturnia vaccae probat,Ov. M. 1, 612: juvenis,Juv. 10, 310: corporis,Curt. 7, 9, 19; Vitr. 3, 2.Transf. Concr. (for simulacrum, i. q. εἴδωγον). An appearance in sleep, a vision, apparition (mostly poet.), Lucr. 1, 125: repetit quietis Ipsa suae speciem,Ov. M. 9, 473: voce suā specieque viri turbata soporem Excutit,id. ib. 11, 677: in quiete utrique consuli eadem dicitur visa species viri, etc.,Liv. 8, 6: per nocturnas species,id. 26, 19; cf.: mirabundi velut ad somni vanam speciem,id. 33, 32, 7; Sil. 13, 394; Curt. 3, 6, 7.A likeness, image, statue: tum species ex aere vetus concidit ... Et divum simulacra peremit fulminis ardor ... Sancta Jovis species ... Haec tardata diu species tandem celsā in sede locata, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21.Reputation, honor: o speciem dignitatemque populi Romani, quam reges pertimescant,Cic. Dom. 33, 89. The particular thing among many to which the looks are turned; hence, a particular sort, kind, or quality, a species: species pars est generis,App. Asclep. p. 78, 26: harum singula genera minimum in binas species dividi possunt, etc.,Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 3; cf.: genus est id, quod sui similes communione quādam, specie autem differentes, duas aut plures complectitur partes,Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189: primum illud genus quaerimus, ex quo ceterae species suspensae sunt ... Homo species est, ut Aristoteles ait, canis species: commune his vinculum animal,Sen. Ep. 58, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; id. L. L. 10, § 18; Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40; id. Or. 10, 33; id. Top. 18, 68; Quint. 3, 6, 26; 3, 10, 2; 5, 10, 90 al.: codicillis multas species vestis, argenti specialiter reliquit, many kinds or sorts, Dig. 34, 2, 19; cf. ib. 41, 1, 7. In later jurid. lang., a special case: proponitur apud eum species talis: Sutor puero discenti cervicem percussit, etc.,Dig. 9, 2, 5 fin.; 31, 1, 85. In late Lat., goods, wares (that are classed together; cf. assortment); publicae,Cod. Just. 1, 2, 10: annonariae,ib. 11, 73, 3: vendenda sit species,i. e.
specimen spĕcĭmen, ĭnis, n.id., that by which a thing is seen, known, or recognized. Lit., a mark, token, proof, example, indication, evidence, sign (class.; used only in sing.; cf.: exemplum, exemplar): nunc specimen specitur, nunc certamen cernitur,Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 2, 15: tum Specimen cernitur, quo eveniat aedificatio,id. Most. 1, 2, 52: hoc specimen verum esse videtur, Quam celeri motu rerum simulacra ferantur,Lucr. 4, 209: ingenii specimen est quoddam transilire ante pedes posita,Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160: ingenii, ingenui hominis,id. Fragm. Pis. 1, 2: popularis judicii,id. Brut. 50, 188: eximium consilii specimen,Liv. 8, 7, 18: anticum specimen animorum,id. 38, 17, 20: securitatis,Plin. 7, 55, 56, § 196: Solis avi,Verg. A. 12, 164: tellus Tale dabit specimen,id. G. 2, 241: matris Horae,Val. Fl. 6, 57: specimen dare alicui in aliquā re,
specio spĕcĭo (spĭcĭo, v.infra), spexi, 3, v. a.Sanscr. spac-, see; Gr. σκέπ‐τομαι, σκοπός; Lat.: specto, speculum, etc., to look, look at, behold (ante-class.): quod nos cum praepositione dicimus aspicio apud veteres sine praepositione spicio dicebatur, Fest. s. v. auspicium, p. 2 Müll.: spectare dictum ab specio antiquo, quo etiam Ennius usus: vos epulo postquam spexit, et quod in auspiciis distributum est, qui habent spectionem, qui non habeant; et quod in auguriis etiam nunc augures dicunt avem specere ... Speculum, quod in eo specimus imaginem, etc.,Varr. L. L. 6, § 82 Müll. (Vahl. has restored the verse of Ennius, Ann. 402, in this way: quos ubi rex populos spexit de cantibus celsis; cf. infra, Fest. p. 330 Müll.); cf.: posteaquam avim de templo Anchisa spexit,Naev. B. Pun. 1, 10: spicit quoque sine praepositione dixerunt antiqui. Plautus (Mil. 3, 1, 100): flagitium est, si nihil mittetur, quo supercilio spicit. Et spexit, Ennius, l. VI.: quos ubi rex ... spexit de montibu' celsis,Fest. p. 330 Müll.; cf. Cato ib. s. v. spiciunt, p. 344: nunc specimen specitur, nunc certamen cernitur,Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 2; id. Bacch. 3, 2, 15: nisi mihi credis, spece,id. Truc. 5, 8.
speciosus spĕcĭōsus, a, um, adj.species (acc. to species, II. B. 3.), good-looking, showy, handsome, beautiful, splendid, brilliant (not freq. till after the Aug. period; syn.: venustus, pulcher, formosus, spectabilis). Lit. (not so in Cic.): hunc speciosum pelle decorā,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 45: femina,Quint. 5, 10, 47: puer,Petr. 41, 6: corpora,Quint. 11, 3, 26: nec id speciosum fieri putabo,id. 5, 12, 19: in certaminibus speciosa atque robusta,id. 11, 3, 26: ministerium,Vell. 2, 111, 3: familia,id. 2, 59, 2. Comp.: familiam nemo speciosiorem producit,Sen. Ep. 87, 6: si plenior aliquis et speciosior et coloratior factus est,Cels. 2, 2. Sup.: homo (Alcibiades),Quint. 8, 4, 23: corpus,id. 2, 15, 9: filia,Petr. 140, 2.Trop.: reversionis has speciosas causas habes,
well-sounding
,
plausible
,
specious
,Cic. Att. 16, 7, 6; cf.: specioso titulo uti vos, Romani, Graecarum civitatium liberandarum video,Liv. 35, 16: dictu speciosa,id. 1, 23: gerentis bellum Romanos speciosum Graeciae liberandae tulisse titulum,id. 42, 52, 15; 36, 17, 13; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 8: magis necessarium quam speciosum, ministerium,Liv. 4, 8, 6: dicere aliquod speciosum,Quint. 1, 5, 3: speciosum dicendi genus,id. 10, 1, 127: vocabula rerum,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 116: miracula,id. A. P. 144: speciosa locis morataque recte Fabula,id. ib. 319: speciosa nomina culpae Imponis,Ov. M. 7, 69: specioso eripe damno,
spectabilis spectābĭlis, e, adj.specto. In gen., that may be seen, visible: corpus caeli,Cic. Univ. 8 (al. aspectabile); so, corpus,Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 35: purus ab arboribus, spectabilis undique campus,i. e.
open
,id. M. 3, 709. Pregn., that is worth seeing, notable, admirable, remarkable (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Niobe Vestibus intexto Phrygiis spectabilis auro,Ov. M. 6, 166: quod sit roseo spectabilis ore,id. ib. 7, 705: heros,id. ib. 7, 496: mons topiario naturae opere,Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29: flumen portu,id. 5, 1, 1, § 13: texenda spectabili subtilitate,id. 16, 37, 68, § 174: pulchra et spectabilis victoria,Tac. Agr. 34 fin.: mater spectabile tela duxit opus,Val. Fl. 1, 429. Under the emperors: Spectabilis, a title of high officers: apud virum Spectabilem proconsulem,Cod. Just. 2, 7, 11 fin.: judices,ib. 7, 62, 32: praefectus vigilum,Dig. 1, 15, 3.
spectabilitas spectābĭlĭtas, ātis, f.spectabilis, II. B., the office or dignity of a Spectabilis (late Lat.), Cod. Just. 9, 27, 5; 12, 26, 1 al.
spectamen spectāmen, ĭnis, n.specto. * = specimen, a mark, sign, proof: spectamen bono servo id est, Ut absente ero rem sui eri diligenter Tutetur,Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 1. = spectaculum, a sight, scene, spectacle (Appuleian): miserum funestumque spectamen aspexi,App. M. 4, p. 151, 35: novum et memorandum,id. ib. 7, p. 193, 23.
spectatio spectātĭo, ōnis, f.specto, a looking, beholding, contemplation of a thing, a sight, view (rare but class.). Lit. In gen., absol.: homo ad artificem suum (deum) spectat: quam spectationem Trismegistus θεωρίαν rectissime nominavit, Lact. 7, 9 med.: apparatūs spectatio,Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2: animum levare spectatione,id. Att. 13, 44, 2. Plur.: quae scenicis moribus ad spectationes populo comparantur,Vitr. 10 praef. In partic., an examining, proving, testing of money: pecuniae,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 181.Trop., respect, regard, consideration: Macedonicum bellum nomine amplius quam spectatione gentis fuit,Flor. 2, 7, 3.
spectativus spectātīvus, a, um, adj.id., contemplative, speculative: thesin a causā sic distinguunt, ut illa sit spectativae partis, haec activae,Quint. 3, 5, 11: opp. actualis,Isid. 2, 24, 9.
spectatrix spectātrix, īcis, f.spectator. She that looks at or observes a thing, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 12; 5, 2, 1; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 18 med.; Ov. Am. 2, 12, 26: scelerum,Luc. 3, 129.She that judges or tries: incorrupta praeteritorum (posteritas),Amm. 30, 8, 1: humanorum,id. 22, 3, 12: spectatrix dijudicatrixque omnium rerum,App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 15, 23.
spectatus spectātus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of specto.
spectile spectĭle, v. spetile.
spectio spectĭo, ōnis, f.specio, in the lang. of augurs, an observing of the auspices; hence, also, the right of observing them (which belonged to the magistrates), Varr. L. L. 6, § 82 Müll.; Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 81; Fest. s. h. v. p. 333.
specto specto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.id., to look at, behold; to gaze at, watch, observe, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: adspicio, speculor, conspicor, contueor). Lit. In gen. With acc.: speculum a speciendo, quod ibi se spectant,Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 6, § 82 ib.: si vis videre ludos jucundissimos ... amores tuos si vis spectare,Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 81: spectare aliquid et visere,Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 44: taceas, me spectes,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 90: quid illas spectas?id. Rud. 3, 4, 54; id. Am. 1, 1, 268: ere, ne me spectes,Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 18: corpora,Lucr. 4, 1102: ingentes acervos,Hor. C. 2, 2, 24: gaude quod spectant oculi te mille loquentem,id. Ep. 1, 6, 19: cum modo me spectas oculis protervis,Ov. H. 16 (17), 77: spectari tergo,id. A. A. 3, 774: Zoroaster primus siderum motus diligentissime spectasse dicitur,Just. 1, 1, 9. With rel.clause: tacitus te sequor, Spectans quas tu res hoc ornatu geras,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 2: specta quam arcte dormiunt,id. Most. 3, 2, 144; cf.: saepe tui, specto, si sint in litore passus,Ov. H. 18 (19), 27.Absol.: vise, specta tuo arbitratu,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 106: Am. Sosia, age me huc aspice. So. Specto, id. Am. 2, 2, 119: quam magis specto, minus placet mihi hominis facies,id. Trin. 4, 2, 19: alte spectare,Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25: populo spectante,Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 60. With ad, in, per, or adv. of place: spectare ad carceris oras,Enn. Ann. 1, 102: quaeso huc ad me specta,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 149; so, ad me, Afran. ap. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 16: ad dexteram,Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 1: tota domus, quae spectat in nos solos,Cic. Off. 1, 17, 58: ego limis specto Sic per flabellum clanculum,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53: quoquo hic spectabit, eo tu spectato simul,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 69. (ε) Impers. pass. with subj. or final clause: cum plausu congregari feros (pisces) ad cibum assuetudine, in quibusdam vivariis spectetur,Plin. 10, 70, 89, § 193: spectandum ne quoi anulum det,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 33. (ζ) With inf.: spectet currere Gangem,Sen. Herc. Oet. 629: minaces ire per caelum faces specta,id. ib. 325. In partic. To look at or see (a play or an actor) as a spectator, to look on: fabulam,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 37: Megalesia,Cic. Har. Resp. 11, 22; Hor. A. P. 190: ludos,id. S. 2, 6, 48; 2, 8, 79; id. Ep. 2, 1, 203; Suet. Aug. 40; 53 al.: Circenses,id. ib. 45; id. Claud. 4: pugiles,id. Aug. 45: artifices saltationis,id. Tit. 7 al. With inf.: spectavi ego pridem Comicos ad istum modum Sapienter dicta dicere atque is plaudier,Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 23: matronae tacitae spectent, tacitae rideant,id. Poen. prol. 32: jam hic deludetur (Amphitruo), spectatores, vobis spectantibus,id. Am. 3, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. prol. 151. Hence, very often in inscrr. and tesseris: GLADIATORIIS SP., i. e. spectatus, of a gladiator who had stood the first public fight, Inscr. Orell. 2561 sq.; cf.: Morcelli delle tessere degli spettacoli Roma, Becker, Antiq. 4, p. 562. Of localities, to look, face, lie, be situated towards any quarter (syn.: prospicio, vergo); constr. usu. with ad, in, inter, etc., or an adv. of place; less freq. with acc.: (hujus insulae) alter angulus ad orientem solem, inferior ad meridiem spectat,Caes. B. G. 5, 13; so, ad orientem solem,id. ib. 7, 69: ad fretum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 169: ager, qui in ventum Favonium spectet,Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1: in urbem ... in Etruriam,Liv. 5, 5; v. also infra: Aquitania spectat inter occasum solis et septentriones,
is situated to the north - west
,Caes. B. G. 1, 1 fin.: quare fit, ut introversus et ad te Spectent atque ferant vestigia se omnia prorsus, Lucil. ap. Non. 402, 7; cf.: ut ora eorum deorsum spectent,Col. 12, 16, 4: vestigia Omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrorsum,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 75: quo (villae) spectent porticibus,Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 4: Creta altior est, quā spectat orientem, Sall. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 23 (H. 3, 58 Dietsch): Acarnania solem occidentem et mare Siculum spectat,Liv. 33, 17, 5: mediterranea regio est, orientem spectat,id. 25, 9, 10; 30, 25, 11: quae et Tanaim et Bactra spectant,Curt. 7, 7, 4; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 15; Vell. 1, 11, 3: ab eo latere, quo (Gadis) Hispaniam spectat,Plin. 4, 21, 36, § 120; 6, 17, 20, § 53. Transf., of nations: Belgae spectant in septentriones et orientem solem,Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 6: Masaesyli in regionem Hispaniae spectant,Liv. 28, 17.To examine, try, test: (argentum) dare spectandum,Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 35: ut fulvum spectatur in ignibus aurum, Tempore sic duro est inspicienda fides,Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 25; cf.: qui pecuniā non movetur ... hunc igni spectatum arbitrantur,
as having stood the test of fire
,Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38; cf. spectatio, I. B., and spectator, I. B.Trop. In gen., to look at, behold, see, regard, consider (very rare): specta rem modo!Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 14: audaciam meretricum specta,Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 24: importunitatem spectate aniculae,id. And. 1, 4, 4: suave, E terrā magnum alterius spectare laborem,Lucr. 2, 2: caeli signorum admirabilem ordinem spectat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 402, 17: ad te unum omnis mea spectat oratio,Cic. Deiot. 2, 5. In partic. To look to a thing, as to an end or guide of action; hence, to have in view, bear in mind; to aim, strive, or endeavor after; to meditate; to tend, incline, refer, pertain, or have regard to a thing (freq. and class.; syn.: contendo, pertineo, tendo): juvenes magna spectare et ad ea rectis studiis debent contendere,Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45: nec commune bonum poterant spectare,Lucr. 5, 958: rem, non hominem, spectari oportere,Auct. Her. 1, 6, 9: nihil spectat nisi fugam,Cic. Att. 8, 7, 1: Pompeius statuisse videtur, quid vos in judicando spectare oporteret,id. Mil. 6, 15: nos ea, quae sunt in usu vitāque communi, non ea quae finguntur aut optantur spectare debemus,id. Lael. 5, 18: ingenti consensu defectionem omnes spectare,Liv. 22, 22, 21: arma et bellum,id. 3, 69, 2: Romani, desperatā ope humanā, fata et deos spectabant,id. 5, 16, 8; Curt. 9, 7, 2; Just. 13, 1, 8: tota domus quae spectat in nos solos,
,id. Leg. 2, 23, 58: quoniam de eo genere beneficiorum dictum est, quae ad singulos spectant: deinceps de iis, quae ad universos pertinent, disputandum est,id. Off. 2, 21, 72; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 7: artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis et in unum exitum spectantibus, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92: nostra consilia sempiternum tempus spectare debent,id. ib. 2, 40, 169: solvendi necessitas debitorem spectat,Dig. 2, 14, 42: res eo spectat, ut eā poenā non videamini esse contenti,Cic. Lig. 5, 13: hoc eo spectabat, ut eam (Pythiam) a Philippo corruptam diceret,id. de Div. 2, 57, 118: summa judicii mei spectat huc, ut meorum injurias ferre possim, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 20, 46: quo igitur haec spectat oratio?Cic. Att. 8, 2, 4; cf. id. Phil. 13, 20, 46: quorsum haec omnis spectat oratio?id. ib. 7, 9, 26 et saep.: quia quicquid ad corpus spectat, et immortalitatis est expers, vanum sit,Lact. 3, 12, 33. (Acc. to I. B. 3.) To judge of; to try, test (syn. probo): nemo illum ex trunco corporis spectabat, sed ex artificio comico aestimabat,Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: alicujus animum ex animo suo,Ter. And. 4, 1, 22: non igitur ex singulis vocibus philosophi spectandi sunt, sed ex perpetuitate atque constantiā,Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 31: ex meo otium tuum specto,id. Att. 12, 39: quod ego non tam fastidiose in nobis quam in histrionibus spectari puto,id. de Or. 1, 61, 258: ubi facillime spectatur mulier, quae ingenio'st bono?Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 59; cf.: hominem in dubiis periclis,Lucr. 3, 55: beneficium a deteriore parte,Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 2. Hence, spectātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 2.). Tried, tested, proved (syn.: probatus, cognitus): tuam probatam et spectatam maxime adulescentiam, Lucil. ap. Non. 437, 14: homines spectati et probati,Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 124: fides spectata et diu cognita,id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11; Ov. P. 2, 7, 82: pietas spectata per ignes,id. F. 4, 37: integritas,Liv. 26, 49, 16; cf.: homo in rebus judicandis spectatus et cognitus,Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 29: spectata ac nobilitata virtus,id. Fl. 26, 63: spectata multis magnisque rebus singularis integritas,id. Phil. 3, 10, 26: rebus spectata juventus,Verg. A. 8, 151: utebatur medico ignobili, sed spectato homine, Cleophanto,id. Clu. 16, 47: mores,Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 4: ni virtus fidesque vestra spectata mihi forent,Sall. C. 20, 2. Sup.: id cuique spectatissimum sit, quod occurrerit, etc.,
spectrum spectrum, i, n.specio, an appearance, form, image of a thing; an apparition, spectre, the Gr. εἴδωλον (much less freq. than simulacrum and species): spectra Catiana ... nam quae Democritus εἴδωλα, Catius Insuber Epicureus spectra nominat, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 1 sq.: spectra Catiana, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 1.
spectus spectus, ūs, m.id., look, appearance, aspect: spectu sine praepositione Pacuvius in Duloreste usus est, cum ait: spectu protervo ferox, Fest. s. h. v. p. 330 Müll.; Pac. Fragm. Trag. v. 147 Rib.
specula spĕcŭla, ae, f.id.. A high place from which to look out, a look-out, watch-tower: specula, de quo prospicimus,Varr. L. L. 6, § 82 Müll.: praedonum adventum significabat ignis e speculā sublatus,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 93: dat signum speculā ab altā,Verg. A. 3, 239; Luc. 6, 279: tamquam ex aliquā speculā prospexi tempestatem futuram,Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; Col. 7, 3 fin. al. Plur., Liv. 29, 23' specularum significationem Sinon invenit, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202; Stat. Th. 6, 547; App. de Mundo, p. 69, 40.Trop., a watchtower: stetit Caesar in illā amicitiae speculā,Plin. Pan. 86, 4. In gen. In speculis esse, to be on the watch or lookout: nunc homines in speculis sunt, observant, quemadmodum sese unusquisque vestrum gerat,Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 46; cf. id. Deiot. 8, 22: in speculis omnis Abydos erat, Ov. H. (17), 18, 12: in speculis atque insidiis relicti,Cic. Mur. 37, 79: diem unum in speculis fuit,Liv. 34, 26: gentis paratas pendere in speculis,Claud. B. Get. 569.Poet., like σκοπιά, a high place, height, eminence: in speculis summoque in vertice montis Planities ignota jacet,Verg. A. 11, 526; so of the summits of mountains, id. E. 8, 59; id. A. 10, 454; of the high walls of a city, id. ib. 11, 877; 4, 586.
specula spēcŭla, ae, f.dim.spes; cf. recula, from res, a slight hope (rare but class.): estne quid in te speculae?Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 9; id. Cas. 2, 4, 27: ulla nec specula est,id. Rud. 3, 3, 3; Cic. Clu. 26, 72: oblectabar speculā,id. Fam. 2, 16, 5: cassae speculae renuntias fortiter,App. M. 6, p. 175, 17: tenui speculā solabar clades ultimas,id. ib. 10, p. 253, 5.
speculabilis spĕcŭlābĭlis, e, adj.speculor, that may be seen, visible: Sunion,Stat. Th. 12, 624.
speculabundus spĕcŭlābundus, a, um, adj.id., on the look-out, on the watch; watching for any thing (post-Aug.): Festus Hadrumeto, ubi speculabundus substiterat, etc.,Tac. H. 4, 50: ab ostio speculabunda,Mart. Cap. 2, § 112. With acc.: speculabundus ex altissimā rupe identidem signa,Suet. Tib. 65.
speculatrix spĕcŭlātrīx, īcis, f.speculor, she that spies or watches, a (female) spy, watcher.Lit.: furiae deae sunt speculatrices, credo, et vindices facinorum et scelerum, * Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46; Sen. Contr. 1, 6 med.: mens boni speculatrix consiliorum suorum est,Ambros. Ep. 67, 5; App. Doctr. Plat. 2, p. 16, 1: Caucasiis speculatrix Juno resedit rupibus,Val. Fl. 7, 190: SPECVLATRIX ET PROPVGNATRIX MEORVM PERICVLORVM,Inscr. Orell. 4859.Transf.: speculatrix villa profundi,i. e.
speculatus spĕcŭlātus, a, um, adj.speculum, furnished or adorned with mirrors: cubiculum, Gloss. ap. Suet. Vit. Hor.
speculor spĕcŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [1. specula], to spy out, watch, observe, examine, explore (class.; cf.: specto, conspicio): quo mox furatum veniat, speculatur loca,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 22: St. Quid hic speculare? Pa. Nihil equidem speculor, id. Cas. 4, 2, 12: omnia speculari et perscrutari ante,Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: multorum te oculi et aures speculabuntur atque custodient,id. Cat. 1, 2, 6: Rostra, id. fl. 24, 57: jam vacuo laetam (avem) caelo speculatus,
specus spĕcus, ūs (abl. plur. specibus, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 125; on the various forms found only in the grammarians, v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 569 sq.), m. (f. and n.v.infra) [perh. root spec-; v. specio, and so orig. a hole, aperture; but cf. σπέος]. Lit., a cave, cavern, grot, den; a cavity, chasm, natural or artificial; of the latter kind, a ditch, drain, canal, channel, covered water-course, a pit in mines, etc. (cf. spelunca). Masc. (class. and freq.): inferum vastos specus, Enn. ap. Non. 222, 32 (Trag. v. 218 Vahl.): specus tenebricosus,Varr. ib. 222, 31: fons ex opaco specu,Liv. 1, 21; so abl. sing., id. 1, 56, 10; 10, 10, 1: forum medium ferme specu vasto collapsum dicitur,id. 7, 6; so sing., Ov. M. 3, 29; 7, 409; 11, 235; id. F. 4, 495; Liv. 10, 1, 5; Tac. A. 16, 1, 3; 16, 4, 59. Plur.: quos agor in specus?Hor. C. 3, 25, 2: paucos specus in extremo fundo, et eos quidem subterraneos, * Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4; so of drains, ditches, Varr. R. R. 3, 17 fin.; Cat. 61, 28; Liv. 39, 13, 13; Tac. A. 12, 57; id. G. 16; Sen. Med. 741 al.Fem. (ante- and post-class.): concava specus, Enn. ap. Non. 222, 23 (Ann. v. 420 Vahl.); cf. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 568; Pac. ap. Non. 223, 2 Müll. (Trag. p. 91 Rib.); id. ap. Fest. p. 343 Müll. (l. l. p. 73 Rib.): specum quandam nactus remotam latebrosamque, in eam me penetro et recondo,Gell. 5, 14, 18; Sil. 6, 276.Neutr. (anteclass. and poet.): hic specus horrendum,Verg. A. 7, 568; Serv. ad loc.: invisum caelo specus,Sil. 13, 425; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 10, 19. Acc. to the second declension: speca apposita, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 713 P.: altis claudere specis, Att. ap. Non. 487, 25 (Fragm. Trag. v. 63 Rib.).Transf., a hollow, cavity of any kind (poet.): specus atri vulneris,Verg. A. 9, 700 Serv.: quos Capacis alvi mersit tartareo specu,Phaedr. 4, 6, 10; of a snake's belly,Sil. 6, 276; cf. of the belly of the Trojan horse, Petr. poët. 89, 2, 7. In mal. part.,Auct. Priap. 83, 34.
spegma spegma, ătis, v. psegma.
spelaeum spēlaeum (spēlēum), i, n., = σπήλαιον, a cave, cavern, den (poet. and in postclass. prose; syn. antrum): in silvis, inter spelaea ferarum, * Verg. E. 10, 52; so, spelaea metuenda ferarum,Claud. B. Get. 354: emptum millibus (ab Abraham),Prud. Tetr. Vet. Test. 5: cum initiatur in spelaeo, Tert. Cor. Mil. fin.: HOC SPELEVM CONSTITVIT,Inscr. Grut. 34, 5; 34, 7; 34, 9.
spelta spelta, ae, f., spelt: totidem speltas, i. e. grains of spelt, Rhemn. Fann. Pond. 10; Hier. in Ezech. 1, 4, 9.
sperabilis spērābĭlis, e, adj.spero, that may be hoped for: cum nulla vitae meae salus sperabilis't,Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 3.
speratus spērātus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of spero.
Spercheos Sperchēos (-ēus) or Sperchīus (-īos, v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 127 sq.), i, m., = Σπερχεῖος, a river of Thessaly, rising on Mount Pindus, now the Ellada; form -eos, Verg. G. 2, 487; Rib., Forb. (al. Sperchius); form -eus,Liv. 36, 14, 15 Weissenb.; 37, 4, 10; form -ios,Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 23, § 28 (v. C. infra), Ov. M. 1, 579; form -ius,Stat. Th. 4, 838. Hence, Sperchēïs, ĭdis, adj. f., of or belonging to the Spercheos: undae,Ov. M. 7, 230: ripae,id. ib. 2, 250.Sperchīŏnĭdes, ae, m., a dweller by the Spercheos, Ov. M. 5, 86. Sperchiae, ārum f. (Sperchios, Plin. 4, 7, 13, § 28 dub.; Jahn, Sparthos),
spermaticus spermătĭcus, a, um, adj., = σπερματικός, of or relating to seed, seminal, spermatic: pori,Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 18, 180.
spernax spernax, ācis, adj.sperno, despising, showing contempt, contemptuous (post-Aug. and very rare): viri spernaces mortis,Sil. 8, 465: in admittendo consilio spernax,Sid. Ep. 4, 9.
sperno sperno, sprēvi, sprētum, 3 (perf. sync. sprērunt, Prud. Dittoch. 31), v. a.root spar-, to part; Sanscr. spar-itar, enemy; cf. Lat. parcus; Germ. sperren, to sever, separate, remove (syn.: segrego, separo; perh. only in the foll. passages): jus atque aequom se a malis spernit procul, Enn. ap. Non. 399, 10 (Trag. v. 224 Vahl.): nunc spes, opes auxiliaque a me segregant spernuntque se,Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 2 Brix ad loc.: ille illas spernit segregatque ab se omnis extra te unam,id. Mil. 4, 6, 17 Lorenz ad loc.Transf., subject., to despise, contemn, reject, scorn, spurn (the class. signif.; esp. freq. after the Aug. period; syn.: contemnere, despicere; pro nihilo putare, etc.; opp. colere): meam speciem spernat (a little later: se contemnit),Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 20: spernitur orator bonus, horridus miles amatur, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 273 Vahl.): non respondit, nos sprevit et pro nihilo putavit,Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 21; id. Rep. 1, 43, 67: cum spernerentur ab iis, a quibus essent coli soliti,id. Sen. 3, 7: sperni ab iis veteres amicitias, indulgeri novis,id. Lael. 15, 54; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 98: me animo non spernis,Verg. E. 3, 74: comitemne sororem Sprevisti moriens,id. A. 4, 678: quis tam inimicus nomini Romano est, qui Ennii Medeam spernat,Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4: veritas auspiciorum spreta est,id. N. D. 2, 3, 9: aliorum judicia,id. Or. 13, 41: prodigus et stultus donat quae spernit et odit,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 20 et saep.: doctrina deos spernens,Liv. 10, 40, 10: conscientia spretorum (deorum),id. 21, 63, 7; 30, 40, 5: ab eo quoque spretum consulis imperium est,id. 41, 10, 9; so, imperium,id. 8, 30, 11: litteras praetoris,id. 30, 24, 3: consilium,Ov. M. 6, 30; Curt. 3, 2, 18: voluptates,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 55: dulces amores,id. C. 1, 9, 16: cibum vilem,id. S. 2, 2, 15: (genus orationis) spretum et pulsum foro,Cic. Or. 13, 42: haudquaquam spernendus auctor,Liv. 30, 45, 5; cf. Col. 1, 1, 4: haud spernendos falsi tituli testes,Liv. 4, 20, 11: neque morum spernendus,Tac. A. 14, 40: spernens dotis,App. Mag. p. 332. Poet. with inf.: nec partem solido demere de die Spernit,Hor. C. 1, 1, 21: obsequio deferri spernit aquarum,Ov. M. 9, 117.
spernor spernor, āri, v. dep. a. [sperno; cf. aspernor], to despise: pietatem,Front. Eloq. p. 227 Mail.
spero spēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.To hope (something desirable), to look for, trust, expect; to promise or flatter one's self (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: confido, exspecto). Absol.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potes sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.): quoad Pompeius in Italiā fuit, sperare non destiti,Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3: sperat animus,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 36: ut neque accusator timere neque reus sperare debuerit,Cic. Clu. 7, 20: jubes bene sperare et bono esse animo,id. Deiot. 14, 38: Attica nostra quid agat, scire cupio: etsi tuae litterae recte sperare jubent,id. Att. 13, 17: tu jam, ut spero et ut promittis, aderis,id. ib. 16, 3, 4: omnia experiar et, ut spero, assequar ... Sed, ut spero, valebis,id. ib. 7, 2, 6: ut mihi detis hanc veniam accommodatam huic reo, vobis, quemadmodum spero, non molestam,id. Arch. 2, 3: Argyrippus exorari spero poterit, ut sinat, etc.,Plaut. As. 5, 2, 67; cf.: Ch. Non usus veniet, spero. Sy. Spero hercle ego quoque, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 42: interea fiet aliquid, spero,id. And. 2, 1, 14: salvus sit; spero,id. Ad. 3, 3, 57. With acc.: his omnibus victoriam sperantibus pacis nomen adferemus,Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 10: consulatum,id. ib. 12, 6, 14: gloriam sperabit a latronum gregibus,id. ib. 12, 10, 26: magis adversos rerum exitus metuens quam sperans secundos, id. Fam. 6, 14, 1: id ego et speraram prudentiā tuā fretus, et, ut confiderem, fecerunt tuae litterae,id. ib. 12, 18: a quo nihil speres boni rei publicae, quia non vult; nihil metuas mali, quia non audet,id. Att. 1, 13, 2: a quo genere hominum victoriam sperasset,Caes. B. C. 3, 96 fin.: omnia ex victoriā et ex suā liberalitate sperarent,id. ib. 3, 6; cf. id. ib. 3, 60: quibus (tormentis) ipsi magna speravissent,id. ib. 2, 16fin.: spero meliora,Cic. Att. 14, 16, 3: aliquid sibi,id. Tusc. 1, 36, 86; Sall. C. 37, 6: bona alicuius,Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13: hoc sperans, ut, etc.,Caes. B. C. 3, 85: sperare victoriam ab aliquo,id. B. C. 3, 96: quod sapienter speravimus, perseveranter consectari, have expected, Col. praef. § 29: sperata gloria (opp. parta),Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15; Liv. 28, 41, 6: sperata praeda,Caes. B. G. 6, 8: spem speratam quom optulisti,Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 2: civitatem optandam magis quam sperandam quam minimam posuit,Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 52; Liv. 4, 15, 5: exitum malis sperare,Sall. C. 40, 2: amicitiam, regnum,id. J. 24, 5: mortem honestam,id. H. 2, 41, 2 Dietsch: salutem,id. C. 58, 16: spes,Curt. 5, 10, 1: mali poenam, Lact. de Ira, 16, 8: perpetuam felicitatem,Suet. Aug. 94; id. Vesp. 12; Sen. Ira, 3, 31, 2; Just. 21, 2, 5: sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem bene praeparatum Pectus,Hor. C. 2, 10, 13: grata superveniat, quae non sperabitur hora,id. Ep. 1, 4, 14 et saep.: dis sum fretus, deos sperabimus, we will hope or trust in the gods, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38; cf. id. Mil. 4, 5, 10; id. Cist. 2, 3, 52. With obj.-clause (so most freq.; usually with inf. fut.; less freq. but class. with inf. pres. or perf.). With inf. fut.: ego me confido liberum fore, tu te numquam speras,Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 15; Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33: ex quibus sperant se maximum fructum esse capturos,id. Lael. 21, 79: quod amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore, etc.,id. ib. 4, 15: tu fac animo forti magnoque sis, speresque fore, ut, etc.,id. Fam. 1, 5, 6 fin.; cf.: spero fore, ut contingat id nobis,id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82 et saep. With inf. pres.: qui istoc te speras modo Potesse dissimulando infectum hoc reddere,Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 22: spero me habere, qui hunc excruciem,Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 11: sperat se a me avellere,id. ib. 3, 3, 14: totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant,Caes. B. G. 1, 3: spero, quae tua prudentia est, et hercule, ut me jubet Acastus, confido te jam, ut volumus, valere,Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1: sperabam tuum adventum appropinquare,id. Fam. 4, 6, 3: speremus, nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,id. Rep. 1, 17, 26: spero te mihi ignoscere, si, etc.,id. Fam. 1, 6, 2: spero esse, ut volumus,id. Att. 12, 6 b, 4: ita quiddam spero nobis profici, cum, etc.,id. ib. 1, 1; Sall. H. 4, 61, 2 Dietsch: speramus carmina fingi posse,Hor. A. P. 331: neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam, I did not hope or expect, Verg. A. 4, 338. So esp. when used like Engl. hope, in the sense trust, believe: spero nostram amicitiam non egere testibus,Cic. Fam. 2, 2: id enim deos immortalis spero aequissimum judicare,id. Phil. 11, 15, 39; cf. infra, II. fin. With inf. perf.: speravi miser Ex servitute me exemisse filium,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 99: me ejus spero fratrem propemodum Jam repperisse,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 123: sperabam jam defervisse adulescentiam,id. Ad. 1, 2, 72: spero tibi me causam probasse; cupio quidem certe,Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4: spero cum Crassipede nos confecisse,id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2: et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum,Cat. 84, 3: sperasse libertatem se civium suorum emisse,Liv. 4, 15, 6: sperabam ita notata me reliquisse genera, etc.,Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1; id. Att. 2, 21, 2; 10, 7, 3. Ellipt.: qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem Sperat (sc. te fore),Hor. C. 1, 5, 11. With ut and subj.: quoniam, ut salvum vellent tyrannum, sperare non poterat,Liv. 34, 27, 3: ut patiatur ... nec sperandum ulli nec concupiscendum est,Sen. ad Polyb. 18, 6; Just. 5, 3, 3. ( ) In a Greek construction, with fut. part.: visura et quamvis numquam speraret Ulixen, etc. (for se visuram esse),Prop. 2, 9, 7 Paley ad loc. (ζ) With de (very rare): neque de otio nostro spero jam,Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6: de eo bene sperare (with obj.clause, cf. γ supra), Nep. Milt. 1, 1.To look for, expect, apprehend that which is undesired, ἐλπίζω (rare, and mostly poet.; in Cic. only with non, and ironically): nam quod tu speres, propulsabo facile,Ter. And. 2, 3, 21: mihi non hoc miserae sperare jubebas, Sed conubia laeta,Cat. 64, 140: haec merui sperare? dabis mihi, perfida, poenas,Prop. 2, 5, 3: hunc ego si potui tantum sperare dolorem, Et perferre, soror, potero,Verg. A. 4, 419 (cf. Quint. 8, 2, 3); cf. Flor. 3, 1, 1: haec adeo ex illo mihi jam speranda fuerunt Tempore, cum, etc.,Verg. A. 11, 275: mene efferre pedem, genitor, te posse relicto Sperasti?id. ib. 2, 658; cf. Suet. Caes. 60: si genus humanum et mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi,
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,Verg. A. 1, 543: exstinguine mea Speravi te posse manu,Val. Fl. 3, 295: aliquod in Africā bellum,Flor. 3, 1, 1: jam quartanam sperantibus aegris,Juv. 4, 57. With a negative particle: Sc. Moneo ego te: te deseret ille aetate et satietate. Ph. Non spero. Sc. Insperata accidunt magis saepe quam quae speres, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 40: id quod non spero, Afran ap. Charis. p. 195 P.: sin a vobis, id quod non spero, deserar,Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: te tam mobili in me meosque esse animo non sperabam, Q. Metell. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 2: non speravi te sequi,Stat. Th. 6, 139. Ironically: quoniam haec satis spero vobis molesta videri,Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 51. Hence, spērātus, a, um, P. a., that is hoped or longed for; as subst.: spērātus, i, m.; spērāta, ae, f., a betrothed, intended, a lover; a bride (ante- and post-class.): curre et nuntia Venire me et mecum speratum adducere, Afran. ap. Non. 174, 31: sperata, salve,Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 97; so, sperata, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 71; Afran. ap. Non. 174, 33; Arn. 4, 140; Hyg. Fab. 31; 33. Once also of a wife not seen for a long time: Amphitruo uxorem salutat laetus speratam suam,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 53.
spes spes, spēi (gen. spe, Liv. 1, 40, 7 dub.; Weissenb. spei; plur. nom. and acc. speres, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll., or Ann. v. 410 and 132 Vahl.; gen. sperum, Eum. Paneg. Const. 15; abl. speribus, Varr. ap. Non. 171, 27 and 30: spebus,Sid. Apollin. Ep. 3, 6; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 3, 10; Paul. Nol. Carm. 18, 243; Hilar. in Psa. 119; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 570), f.perh. root spa-, to draw out; Gr. σπάω; cf.: prosper, spondeo; v. spatium. Lit. In gen., the expectation of something desired, hope (the predom. signif. of the word; syn. exspectatio). Absol.: si spes est exspectatio boni, mali exspectationem esse necesse est metum,Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 80: bona spes cum omnium rerum desperatione confligit,id. Cat. 2, 11, 25: ut aegroto, dum anima est, spes esse dicitur; sic, etc.,id. Att. 9, 10, 3: nolite nimiam spem habere, Cat. ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1: spem habere in fide alicujus,Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 71; cf.: nostros tantum spei habere ad vivendum, quantum accepissent ab Antonio,id. Att. 15, 20, 2: miserum est nec habere ne spei quidem extremum,id. N. D. 3, 6, 14: in quīs plurimum habebat spei,Curt. 3, 3, 1: spem sibi aliquam proponere,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41: spem reliquorum in vestrā potestate positam esse,id. Fl. 1, 3: spem ponere in armis,Verg. A. 2, 676: spem deponere,
spetile spētĭle (or spectĭle) vocatur infra umbilicum suis, quod est carnis, proprii cujusdam habitus, exos, quā etiam antiqui per se utebantur. Plautus enumerandis suillis obsoniis in Carbonaria sic: ego pernam, sumen sueris, spectile, etc.,Fest. p. 330 Müll.
sphaera sphaera (post-class. sphēra; once sphĕra, Prud. Apoth. 278), ae, f., = σφαῖρα, a ball, globe, sphere (pure Lat. globus, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47). In gen.: sphaeras pugnum altas facito,Cato, R. R. 82; Cic. Fat. 8, 15: habent suam sphaeram stellae inerrantes,id. N. D. 2, 21, 55. In partic. A globe or sphere made to represent the heavenly bodies, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21 sq.; 1, 17, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 63; 5, 23, 64; id. N. D. 2, 35, 88; id. de Or. 3, 40, 162.A globe, one of the great bodies of the universe, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 4, 8; Mart. Cap. 7, § 741.A ball for playing with (syn. follis), Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 88; 5, 11, 134; Amm. 21, 14, 1; in the hand of a statue,id. 25, 10, 2.
sphaeralis sphaerālis, e, adj.sphaera, of or belonging to a ball, globular, spherical (postclass.): forma,Macr. S. 7, 16: motus,id. ib. 7, 9: extremitas,id. Somn. Scip. 1, 22, 7.
sphaericus sphaerĭcus, a, um, adj., = σφαιρικός, of or belonging to a ball, spherical: motus,Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 14, 31: numeri, Boëth. Inst. Arith. 2, 4. Hence, subst.: sphaerĭca, ae, f., spherics, the science of heavenly motions, Boëth. Inst. Arith. 1, 1, p. 11.
sphaerion sphaerĭon, ii, n., = σφαιρίον, a little ball, a pill in medicine, Cels. 6, 6, 21.
sphaerista sphaerista, ae, m., = σφαιριστής, a ball-player, Sid. Ep. 2, 9 med.; 5, 17.
sphaeristerium sphaeristērĭum, ii, n., = σφαιριστήριον. Lit., a place for playing ball, a ball-court, tennis-court, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 12; 5, 6, 27; Suet. Vesp. 20; Inscr. Orell. 57.Transf., a game at ball, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30; Sid. Ep. 2, 2 med.
sphaeromachia sphaerŏmăchĭa, ae, f., = σφαιρομαχία, a kind of boxing in which the combatants had iron balls strapped to their hands, Sen. Ep. 80, 1; Stat. S. 4, praef. fin.
Sphinx Sphinx, ngis (Gr. gen. Sphingos, Stat. Th. 1, 66), f., = Σφίγξ. A fabulous monster near Thebes that used to propose riddles to travellers, and tear in pieces those who could not solve them; usually represented with the head of a woman and the body of a lion, afterwards also with the wings of a bird; or, also, with the head of a man and the body of a lion,Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77 sqq.; Aus. Idyll. 11, 40; Sen. Phoen. 119; id. Oedip. 92; Stat. Th. 1, 66; Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 35; Hyg. Fab. 67 al. Augustus had the figure of a sphinx upon his seal, as a symbol of silence, Suet. Aug. 50; Plin. 37, 1, 4, § 10. Plur.: pedes formati in speciem sphingum, Fest. s. v. picati, p. 206. In a lusus verbb.,Quint. 6, 3, 98.A species of ape, perh. the chimpanzee, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72; Mel. 3, 9; Sol. 27 fin.
sphondyle sphondylē, sphondylus, i, and sphondylĭon (-um), i, v. spond-.
sphragis sphrāgis, īdis, f., = σφραγίς (a seal). A kind of stone used for seals, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 117. Another name for Lemnian earth, so called because sold in sealed packets, Plin. 35, 6, 14, § 33.A little ball of plaster in medicine, Cels. 5, 26, 23 (5, 20, 2, written as Greek).
sphragitis sphrāgītis, īdis, f., = σφραγῖτες, the impression of a seal, Prud. στεφ. 10, 1076.
sphyraena sphȳraena, ae, f., = σφύραινα, a kind of sea-fish, otherwise called sudis, Plin. 32, 11, 54, § 154.
spica spīca, ae (vulg. spēca: rustici, ut acceperunt antiquitus, vocant specam,Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 2. Neutr. collat. form spī-cum, Varr. ap. Non. 225, 30; Cic. Sen. 15, 51, acc. to Non. 225, 29; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 110. Masc. collat. form spīcus, Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. spicum, p. 333 Müll.), f.root spi-, to be sharp; Gr. σπίλος, rock; σπινός, lean. Prop., a point; hence, in partic., of grain, an ear, spike (syn. arista), Varr. R. R. 1, 48; 1, 63, 2; Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91; 4, 14, 37; Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56; Cat. 19, 11: Cererem in spicis intercipit,Ov. M. 8, 292; 9, 689: distendet spicis horrea plena Ceres,Tib. 2, 5, 84: spicas hordaceas gerenti,App. M. 7, p. 191. Prov.: his qui contentus non est, in litus harenas, In segetem spicas, in mare fundat aquas,Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 44.Transf., of things of a similar shape. A top, tuft, head of other plants, Cato, R. R. 70, 1; Col. 8, 5, 21; Plin. 21, 8, 23, § 47; 22, 25, 79, § 161; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.The brightest star in the constellation Virgo, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 110; German. Arat. 97; Col. 11, 2, 65; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311; Manil. 5, 269. Spica testacea, a kind of brick for pavements, laid so as to imitate the setting of the grains in an ear of corn, Vitr. 7, 1 fin.; cf. spicatus, under spico. Spicus crinalis, a hair-pin, Mart. Cap. 9, § 903 (al. spicum crinale, al. crinale spiclum; but in Lucr. 3, 198, the better reading is spiritus acer, v. Lachm. ad h. l.).
spicilegium spīcĭlĕgĭum, ii, n.spica-lego, a gleaning, leasing of ears of corn after gathering (very rare): messi facta spicilegium venire oportet,Varr. R. R. 1, 53; id. L. L. 7, § 109 Müll.
spicio spĭcĭo, ĕre, v. specio.
spiclum spiclum, i, v. spiculum.
spico spīco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a.spica, to furnish with spikes or ears (post-Aug., and usually in the part. perf.): grana in stipulā crinito textu spicantur, shoot out or put forth ears, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 60: chamaecissos spicata est tritici modo,id. 24, 15, 84, § 135: herbarum spicatarum genus,id. 21, 17, 61, § 101: testacea spicata,
spicula spīcŭla, ae, f.dim.id., a plant, called also chamaepitys, ground-pine, App. Herb. 26.
spiculator spīcŭlātor, v. speculator.
spiculo spīcŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.spiculum, to sharpen to a point, to point (post-Aug. and very rare): telum,Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 3: mantichorae cauda spiculata,Sol. 52, § 37.
spiculum spīcŭlum (contr. spīclum, perh. Mart. Cap. 9, § 903, or p. 306 Grot., where, however, Kopp and others read spicum; v. spica, II. D.), i, n.dim.spicum, a little sharp point or sting (syn.: mucro, acus, aculeus). Lit. In gen., of bees, Verg. G. 4, 237; 4, 74. Of a scorpion, Ov. F. 5, 542: (scorpio) solus (insectorum) habet in caudā spiculum,Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100. Of hornets, Ov. M. 11, 335: rosarum spicula,
,id. Tusc. 4, 5, 9; cf.: hominum more non spinas vellentium, ut Stoici,id. Fin. 4, 3, 6.Cares: certemus, spinas animone ego fortius an tu Evellas agro,Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 4.Errors: quid te exemta juvat spinis de pluribus una,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 212.
spinalis spīnālis, e, adj.spina, I. B. 3., of or belonging to the spine, spinal (late Lat.): medulla,Macr. S. 7, 9, §§ 22, 24.
spinea spīnĕa, ae, f. (another name for spionia), a kind of vine, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 34.
spineola spīnĕŏla, ae, f.dim.spina, a kind of small-leaved rose, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 16.
spinesco spīnesco, ĕre, v. n. inch. [id.], to grow thorny, Mart. Cap. 6, § 704.
spinter spinter (spinther), ēris, n.prob. from σφιγκτήρ, a kind of bracelet which kept its place on the arm by its own elasticity: spinter, genus armillae quod mulieres antiquae gerere solebant bracchio summo sinistro,Fest. p. 333 Müll.: jubeas spinter novom reconcinnarier,Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 4 sq.; 4, 3, 8 sq.; 5, 2, 56; cf. Prisc. p. 646 P.
spinula spīnŭla, ae, f.dim.spina (post-class.). A little thorn, Arn. 2, 49. (Acc. to spina, I. B. 3.) A little backbone or spine, App. M. 10, p. 255, 2.
spinus spīnus, i (abl. spinu, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 117 P.), f.id., a blackthorn, sloe-tree: Prunus spinosa, Linn.; Verg. G. 4, 145; Pall. Febr. 25, 6; id. Insit. 63.
spionicus spĭŏnĭcus, a, um, adj.spionia, of or belonging to the spionia: gustus,Col. 3, 21, 10.
spira spīra, ae, f., = σπεῖρα. That which is wound, wreathed, coiled, or twisted; a coil, fold, twist, spire (cf. orbis); of a serpent,Verg. G. 2, 154; id. A. 2, 217; Ov. M. 3, 77. Of the grain of wood, Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 198. Of the intestines, Lact. Opif. Dei, 11, § 16. Concr.: spira dicitur et basis columnae unius tori aut duorum, et genus operis pistorii, et funis nauticus in orbem convolutus, ab eādem omnes similitudine. Pacuvius: Quid cessatis, socii, ejicere spiras sparteas? Ennius quidem hominum multitudinem ita appellat, cum ait: spiras legionibus nexunt,Fest. p. 300 Müll. (Ann. v. 501 Vahl., where the read. is nexit). So, The base of a column, Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 179.A kind of twisted cake, a twist, cracknel, Cato, R. R. 77.A coil of rope, Pac. ap. Fest. l. l.A braid of hair, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117; Val. Fl. 6, 396.A twisted tie for fastening the hat under the chin, Juv. 8, 208.A confused crowd of men, Enn. ap. Fest. l. l.
spirabilis spīrābĭlis, e, adj.spiro, that may be breathed, good to breathe, breathable, respirable.Lit.: terra circumfusa undique est hac animali spirabilique naturā, cui nomen est aër,Cic. N. D. 2, 36, 91; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 18; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40; 1, 29, 70.Transf. * Pass., that serves to sustain life, vital: per sidera testor, caeli spirabile lumen,Verg. A. 3, 600.Act., that can breathe, fitted for breathing, respiratory: viscera,Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 17.
spiramen spīrāmen, ĭnis, n.spiro. A breathing - hole, passage for the breath, air-hole, thrill, vent (poet. and very rare): spiramina Naris, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 691 P. (Ann. v. 265 Vahl.); Luc. 2, 183: sunt qui spiramina terris Esse putant,id. 10, 247; cf.: spiramina laxanda,Plin. 32, 10, 42, § 123. Abstr., a breathing, blowing (poet. and in post-class. prose), Luc. 6, 90: ventorum spiramina,Amm. 17, 7, 11: reficit spiramina fessi ignis,Stat. Th. 12, 268: lacessitus longo spiraminis actu,Claud. Magn. 36: interclusis spiraminibus interire,Arn. 2, 133. Of the Holy Ghost, Rust. Help. Carm. 77.
spiramentum spīrāmentum, i, n.id. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). A breathing-hole, airhole, vent, pore, spiracle.Lit.: caeca relaxat Spiramenta,Verg. G. 1, 90: (apes) in tectis certatim tenuia cera Spiramenta linunt,id. ib. 4, 39: cavernarum (Aetnae), Just. 4, 1, 6; cf. Ov. M. 15, 343 (for which, shortly after: spirandi viae): talparum,Pall. 1, 35, 10: animae,i. e.
the lungs
,Verg. A. 9, 580: dato per cavernas radicibus spiramento,Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.Trop., a breathing space, i. e. a brief pause or interval, an instant: intervalla ac spiramenta temporum,Tac. Agr. 44 fin.: sine spiramento vel morā,Amm. 29, 1, 40; 14, 7, 15. A breathing, blowing, exhaling, Vitr. 7, 12; Macr. S. praef. 1 med.: venti,
Spiridion Spīrĭdĭon, ōnis, m., = Σπειριδίων, a surname of the rhetorician Glycon, Quint. § 1, 41 Spald.; Sen. Contr. 35 fin.
spiritalis spīrĭtālis or spīrĭtŭālis (the MSS. vary between the two forms), e, adj.spiritus. Of or belonging to breathing, to wind, or to air (post-Aug.): machinarum genus spiritale, quod apud eos (Graecos) πνευματικόν appellatur, a kind of wind-instrument, Vitr. 10, 1: partes pulmonis,Veg. 5, 75, 1: fistula, an air-passage, Lact. Opif. Dei, 11: arteriae,Arn. 3, 108.Of or belonging to spirit, spiritual (eccl. Lat.): substantiae quaedam,Tert. Apol. 22: bellum,id. adv. Marc. 4, 20: si spiritali lacte pectus irriges, Prud. στεφ. 10, 13; Vulg. Gal. 6, 1; id. 1 Cor. 15, 44. Hence, adv.: spīrĭtālĭter (spīrĭtŭāl-), spiritually: caro spiritaliter mundatur,Tert. Paptism. 4 fin., Vulg. 1 Cor. 2, 14; id. Apoc. 11, 8.
spiritaliter spīrĭtālĭter, adv., v. spiritalis fin.
spiritualis spīrĭtŭālis, spīrĭtŭālĭter, and spīrĭtŭālĭtas, v. spirital-.
spiritus spīrĭtus, ūs (scanned spĭrĭtus, Sedul. Hymn. 1fin.; dat. SPIRITO, Inscr. Orell. 3030; gen., dat., and abl. plur. only eccl. and late Lat., e. g. spirituum, Vulg. Marc. 6, 7: spiritibus,Aug. Serm. 216, 11 fin.; Vulg. Luc. 8, 2), m.spiro, a breathing or gentle blowing of air, a breath, breeze (syn.: aura, flatus). Lit. In gen.: spiritum a vento modus separat: vehementior enim spiritus ventus est, invicem spiritus leviter fluens aër,Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 4; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5: spiritus Austri Imbricitor, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 423 Vahl.), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114: Boreae,Verg. A. 12, 365: quo spiritus non pervenit,Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2; cf.: silentis vel placidi spiritus dies,Col. 3, 19 fin.: alvus cum multo spiritu redditur,Cels. 2, 7 med. In partic. The air: imber et ignis, spiritus et gravis terra, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll. (Ann. v. 511 Vahl.): proximum (igni) spiritus, quem Graeci nostrique eodem vocabulo aëra appellant,Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10: quid tam est commune quam spiritus vivis?Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 72; cf. Quint. 12, 11, 13: potestne tibi haec lux, Catilina, aut hujus caeli spiritus esse jucundus?Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15.An exhalation, smell, odor: spiritus unguenti suavis,Lucr. 3, 222: foedi odoris,Cels. 5, 26, 31 fin.: florum,Gell. 9, 4, 10: sulfuris,Pall. Aug. 9, 1; cf. Hor. C. 3, 11, 19.Breathed air, a breath: quojus tu legiones difflavisti spiritu,Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 17. Absol.: (equus) saepe jubam quassit simul altam: Spiritus ex animā calida spumas agit albas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 507 Vahl.): creber spiritus,Lucr. 6, 1186: ardentes oculi atque attractus ab alto Spiritus,Verg. G. 3, 505: petitus imo spiritus,Hor. Epod. 11, 10: in pulmonibus inest raritas ... ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136: diffunditur spiritus per arterias,id. ib. 2, 55, 138: animantium vita tenetur, cibo, potione, spiritu,id. ib. 2, 54, 134: si spiritum ducit, vivit,id. Inv. 1, 46, 86: tranquillum atque otiosum spiritum ducere,id. Arch. 12, 30: longissima est complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest,id. de Or. 3, 47, 182: versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,id. ib. 1, 61, 261: spiritus nec crebro receptus concidat sententiam, nec eo usque trahatur, donec deficiat,Quint. 11, 3, 53: lusit vir egregius (Socrates) extremo spiritu,Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96; cf. id. Sest. 37, 79: quorum usque ad extremum spiritum est provecta prudentia, id. Sen. 9, 27: quos idem Deus de suis spiritibus figuravit,Lact. Epit. 42, 3. With gen.: ut filiorum suorum postremum spiritum ore excipere liceret,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; Cels. 4, 4; 3, 27; Col. 6, 9, 3; Quint. 9, 4, 68; 11, 3, 32; 11, 3, 53 sq.Transf. In abstr., a breathing: aspera arteria excipiat animam eam, quae ducta sit spiritu,Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; cf. id. ib. 2, 55, 138: aër spiritu ductus alit et sustentat animantes,id. ib. 2, 39, 101: crevit onus neque habet quas ducat spiritus auras,Ov. M. 12, 517. Esp.: spiritum intercludere (includere), to stop the breath, suffocate, choke, etc.: lacrimae spiritum et vocem intercluserunt,Liv. 40, 16, 1; 40, 24, 7; so, includere,id. 21, 58, 4.The breath of a god, inspiration: haec fieri non possent, nisi ea uno divino et continuato spiritu continerentur,
,id. 2, 22, 2: spiritus tenues vanescat in auras,Ov. H. 12, 85: non effundere mihi spiritum videbar, sed tradere,Sen. Ep. 78, 4: novissimum spiritum per ludibrium effundere,Tac. H. 3, 66 fin.; cf. supra, I. B.Poet.,= suspirium, a sigh, Prop. 1, 16, 32; 2, 29 (3, 27), 38. In gram., a breathing or aspiration (asper and lenis), Prisc. p. 572 P.; Aus. Idyll. 12 de Monos. Graec. et Lat. 19. The hiss of a snake, Verg. Cul. 180.Trop. (Class.) A haughty spirit, haughtiness, pride, arrogance; also, spirit, high spirit, energy, courage (esp. freq. in the plur.; syn. animi). Sing. (in the best prose only in gen. and abl., which are wanting in plur.): regio spiritu,Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93: quem hominem! quā irā! quo spiritu!id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: illos ejus spiritus Siciliensis,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 22: tantum fiduciae ac spiritūs,Caes. B. C. 3, 72: filia Hieronis, inflata adhuc regiis animis ac muliebri spiritu,Liv. 24, 22: patricii spiritūs animus,id. 4, 42, 5: ex magnitudine rerum spiritum ducat,Quint. 1, 8, 5: corpore majorem rides Turbonis in armis Spiritum et incessum,Hor. S. 2, 3, 311: cecidit spiritus ille tuus,Prop. 2, 3, 2: spiritu divino tactus,Liv. 5, 22, 5: non negaverim fuisse alti spiritūs viros,Sen. Ep. 90, 14.Plur.: res gestae, credo, meae me nimis extulerunt ac mihi nescio quos spiritus attulerunt,Cic. Sull. 9, 27: noratis animos ejus ac spiritus tribunicios, etc.,id. Clu. 39, 109; cf.: unius tribuni militum animos ac spiritus,id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 66: tantos sibi spiritus, sumpserat, ut ferendus non videretur,Caes. B. G. 1, 33 fin. in re militari sumere, id. ib. 2, 4: nam Dion regios spiritus repressit,Nep. Dion, 5, 5: cum spiritus plebes sumpsisset,Liv. 4, 54: si cui honores subdere spiritus potuerunt,id. 7, 40: remittant spiritus, comprimant animos suos, sedent arrogantiam, etc.,Cic. Fl. 22, 53: spiritus feroces,Liv. 1, 31: quorum se vim ac spiritus fregisse,id. 26, 24: cohibuit spiritus ejus Thrasea,Tac. A. 16, 26: Antipater, qui probe nosset spiritus ejus,Curt. 6, 1, 19. (Mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose.) Spirit, soul, mind.Sing.: quoslibet occupat artus Spiritus,Ov. M. 15, 167; Tac. A. 16, 34: spiritum Phoebus mihi, Phoebus artem Carminis dedit, poetic spirit or inspiration, Hor. C. 4, 6, 29; cf.: mihi Spiritum Graiae tenuem Camenae Parca non mendax dedit,id. ib. 2, 16, 38: qualis Pindarico spiritus ore tonat,Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 40: imperator generosi spiritŭs,Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 149: avidus (i. e. τὸ ἐπιθυμητικόν, the desiring, coveting soul), Hor. C. 2, 2, 10: quidam comoedia necne poëma Esset, quaesivere: quod acer spiritus ac vis Nec verbis nec rebus inest,Hor. S. 1, 4, 46: majoris operis ac spiritūs,Quint. 1, 9, 15: alti spiritūs plena,id. 10, 1, 44: virtus magni spiritus est et recti,Sen. Ep. 74, 29: qui spiritus illi, Quis vultus vocisque sonus,Verg. A. 5, 648.Plur.: Coriolanus hostiles jam tum spiritus gerens, Liv. 2, 35; Curt. 5, 8, 17.Transf. (like anima, and the Engl. soul), a beloved object, Vell. 2, 123 fin. Spiritus, personified, a spirit (late Lat.); so, esp., Spiritus Sanctus or simply Spiritus,
the Holy Ghost
,
Holy Spirit
,Cod. Just. 1, 1, 1; Aus. Ephem. 2, 18: jurare per Deum et per Christum et per Spiritum Sanctum,Veg. 2, 5: nocens ille Spiritus,
an evil spirit
,Lact. 4, 27, 12: Spiritus nigri,
evil spirits
,Sedul. Carm. 3, 41.
spiro spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.]. Neutr., to breathe, blow, etc. (cf. flo). Lit. In gen. (only poet. and in postAug. prose): freta circum Fervescunt graviter spirantibus incita flabris,Lucr. 6, 428; Ov. M. 7, 532: obturatis, quā spiraturus est ventus, cavernis,Plin. 8, 38, 58, § 138: emicat ex oculis, spiratque e pectore flamma,
,id. G. 1, 327. In partic., to breathe, draw breath, respire (the class. signif. of the word; cf. anhelo): cum spirantes mixtas hinc ducimus auras,Lucr. 6, 1129: quae deseri a me, dum quidem spirare potero, nefas judico,Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94: ne spirare quidem sine metu possunt,id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65; id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1: vehementer et crebro spirare,Cels. 2, 4: querulum spirat,
breathes plaintively
,Mart. 2, 26, 1.Transf. Like the Engl. to breathe, = to live, be alive (usu. in the part. pres.): sunt qui ab eo (Clodio) spirante forum putent potuisse defendi, cujus non restiterit cadaveri curia (corresp. to vivus),Cic. Mil. 33, 91: ut in vivi etiam et spirantis capite bustum imponeret,id. Dom. 52, 134; cf.: margarita viva ac spirantia saxis avelli,Tac. Agr. 12 fin.: Catilina inter hostium cadavera repertus est, paululum etiam spirans,Sall. C. 61, 4: spirantia consulit exta,
,Quint. 12, 10, 27.Trop. (Acc. to I. A. 1.) To be favorable, to favor (the fig. taken from a favorable wind): quod si tam facilis spiraret Cynthia nobis,Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 5: di maris et terrae ... spirate secundi,Verg. A. 3, 529. (Acc. to I. A. 2.) To breathe, live, be alive: videtur Laelii mens spirare etiam in scriptis, Galbae autem vis occidisse,Cic. Brut. 24, 94; cf.: spirat adhuc amor Vivuntque calores Aeoliae puellae,Hor. C. 4, 9, 10. Of life-like representations by painting, sculpture, etc.: excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,Verg. A. 6, 847: Parii lapidis spirantia signa,id. G. 3, 34: spirat et arguta picta tabella manu,Mart. 7, 84, 2; 11, 10, 7.To be poetically inspired, to have the lyric spirit: quod spiro, et placeo, si placeo, tuum est,Hor. C. 4, 3, 24 (Orell. ad loc.). Spirare alte, altius, to be puffed up, proud, or arrogant, Flor. 2, 2, 27: Eusebium alte spirantem addixere poenae,Amm. 22, 3, 12.Act., to breathe out, exhale, emit (mostly poet. and post-Aug.; not in Cic.; syn. exhalo). Lit.: Diomedis equi spirantes naribus ignem,Lucr. 5, 29: flammam spirantes ore Chimaerae,id. 2, 705; so, flammas spirantes boves,Liv. 22, 17: flamina,Ov. F. 4, 18: Zephyros spirare secundos,Verg. A. 4, 562: tenuem animam,
,Verg. A. 1, 404; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 81.Trop., to breathe forth, exhale: pinguia Poppaeana,Juv. 6, 466: mendacia,id. 7, 111: ut vidit vastos telluris hiatus Divinam spirare fidem (i. e. oracula),Luc. 5, 83.To breathe into: ficto Corpori animam,Lact. 2, 11, 3.Transf., like the Engl. to breathe, i. e. to be full of; to show, express, manifest; to design, intend a thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): tantum spirantes aequo certamine bellum. Lucr. 5, 392: mollem spirare quietem,Prop. 1, 3, 7: quae spirabat amores,Hor. C. 4, 13, 19: inquietum hominem et tribunatum etiam nunc spirantem,Liv. 3, 46: fratris facta spirans,
spirula spīrŭla, ae, f.dim.spira, II. B., a small twisted cake or cracknel (post-class.), Arn. 2, 73; Serv. Verg. A. 2, 217.
spissamentum spissāmentum, i, n.spisso, that which is used to compress or stop up any thing, a stopple, plug (post-Aug.): firmiori (quam cera) spissamento opus est,Sen. Ep. 31, 1: spissamento facto de harundinum foliis,Col. 12, 49, 4: faeniculi,id. 12, 49, 4, § 6; 12, 7, 3; 12, 9, 2.
spissatio spissātĭo, ōnis, f.id., condensation, packing: terram calcavit et pressit: negat quicquam esse hac spissatione efficacius,Sen. Ep. 86, 18.
spisse spissē, adv., v. spissus fin.
spissesco spissesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [spissus], to become thick, to thicken, condense (very rare), * Lucr. 6, 176; Cels. 5, 27, 4.
spissigradus spissĭgrădus, a, um, adj.spissegradior, slow-paced: hos duco homines spissigradissimos,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 3.
spissitas spissĭtas, ātis, f.spissus, compactness, density (post-Aug. and very rare): quercus (opp. raritas),Vitr. 2, 9 med.: tritici,Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 304.
spissitudo spissĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.id., thickness, density, consistency (post-Aug. and very rare): aëris crassi,Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 4: mellis,Scrib. Comp. 4; 5: emplastri,id. ib. 81: non nimis liquida,id. ib. 37: spissitudinem ejus absolvere,Pall. 12, 17, 2.
spisso spisso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id.. Lit., to thicken, make thick, condense (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Pliny the elder; cf. denso): omne lac igne spissatur,Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 238; so, spissatum lac,id. 20, 7, 24, § 58: farinae modo spissatur in panem,id. 13, 4, 9, § 47: ignis densum spissatus in aëra transit,Ov. M. 15, 250; cf. Luc. 4, 77: (aquilo) sanum corpus spissat,Cels. 2, 1 med.; cf. Plin. 26, 13, 83, § 134; Sen. Ep. 90, 10.Trop., to urge on, hasten an action, i. e. to perform it more rapidly: spissare officium,Petr. 140.
,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 46: navis juncturis aquam excludentibus,Sen. Ep. 76: caligo,Ov. M. 7, 528: noctis umbrae,Verg. A. 2, 621: tenebrae,Petr. 114, 3: nubes,Ov. Am. 1, 13, 30; id. M. 5, 621; Curt. 4, 3, 16; 8, 13, 24. Comp.: semen,Col. 4, 33, 3: ignis,Luc. 9, 604. Sup.: spississima arbor (ebenus et buxus),Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 204: minimum ex nequitiā levissimumque ad alios redundat; quod pessimum ex illā est et, ut ita dicam, spississimum, domi remanet et premit habentem,Sen. Ep. 81, 21.Transf., of time. Slow, tardy, late (rare but class.): omnia tarda et spissa,Cic. Att. 16, 18, 2; cf.: in utroque genere dicendi exitus spissi et producti esse debent,id. de Or. 2, 53, 213. Spissum illud amanti est verbum, Veniet nisi venit, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 77: nihil ego spei credo, omnes res spissas facit, Caecil. ap. Non. 392, 15; Pac., Titin., and Turp. ib. sq.: haruspices si quid boni promittunt, pro spisso evenit; Id quod mali promittunt, praesentiarum est,
slowly
,
late
,Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 47.Thick, i. e. in quick succession, rapid, frequent, fast, = continuus, creber (very rare): spississima basia,Petr. 31, 1.Trop., hard, difficult (rare but class.): spissum sane opus et operosum, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1: si id erit spissius,id. Fam. 2, 10, 4: si est aliquanto spissius,id. de Or. 3, 36, 145. Hence, adv.: spissē. Thickly, closely: calcare carbones,Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188. Comp., Col. 2, 9, 2; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 31. Transf.Slowly: tu nimis spisse atque tarde incedis, Naev. ap. Non. 392, 25: habet hoc senectus, cum pigra est ipsa, ut spisse omnia videantur confieri,Pac. ib. 393, 4: cum spisse atque vix ad Antonium pervenimus,Cic. Brut. 36, 138. Comp.: nascimur spissius quam emorimur, Varr. ap. Non. 392, 29.Rapidly: basiavit me spissius,Petr. 18, 4.
splendeo splendĕo, ēre (perf. splendui, Aug. Conf. 10, 27), v. n., to shine, be bright; to gleam, glitter, glisten (mostly poet.; in Cic. only once in the trop. sense; syn.: luceo, fulgeo, niteo). Lit.: sparsis hastis longis campus splendet et horret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Sat. v. 15 Vahl.): oculi splendent,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 101: splendens stella candida,id. Rud. prol. 3: scenaï simul varios splendere decores,Lucr. 4, 984: claro splendere colore,id. 5, 1258: splendet tremulo sub lumine pontus,Verg. A. 7, 9: labra splendentia,id. ib. 12, 417: sedes fulgenti splendent auro,Cat. 64, 44: splendet focus,Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 7; cf.: paternum Splendet salinum,id. C. 2, 16, 14: (cubiculum) marmore splendet,Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 38: Glycera splendens,Hor. C. 1, 19, 6: jam nec Lacaenae splendet adulterae Famosus hospes,id. ib. 3, 3, 25: quid fuco splendente genas ornare,Tib. 1, 8, 11; Mart. 4, 79, 2: splendebat hilare poculis convivium,Phaedr. 2, 24, 20.Trop., to shine, to be bright or illustrious: virtus lucet in tenebris splendetque per sese semper, * Cic. Sest. 28, 60: splendere alienā invidiā,Liv. 38, 53; cf. id. 22, 34; 10, 24, 11: auctores in equestri ordine splendentes,Plin. 8, 5, 4, § 10. Hence, P. a.: splendens, entis, brilliant: splendentior igne clipeus,Claud. Gigantom. 77.
splendesco splendesco (perf. dŭi, Aug. Conf. 10, 27), 3, v. inch. n. [splendeo], to become bright or shining, to derive lustre from a thing (rare; in Cic. only in a trop. sense). Lit.: incipiat sulco attritus splendescere vomer,Verg. G. 1, 46: vidimus Aetnaeā caelum splendescere flammā,Ov. P. 2, 10, 23: corpora ... succo pinguis olivi Splendescunt,id. M. 10, 177: gladius usu splendescit,App. Flor. 3, p. 357: largo splendescat ignis ture,Sen. Herc. Oet. 691.Trop.: nihil est tam incultum, quod non splendescat oratione, Cic. Par. prooem. § 3: canorum illud in voce splendescit etiam in senectute,id. Sen. 9, 28: nec jam splendescit (opus) lima, sed atteritur,Plin. Ep. 5, 11, 3.
splendico splendĭco, āre, v. n.id., to shine, glitter, sparkle (Appuleian): gemmae,App. M. 5, p. 162, 37: depiles genae levi pueritiā,id. ib. 7, p. 191, 12.
splendide splendĭdē, adv., v. splendidus fin.
splendido splendĭdo, āre, v. a.splendidus, to make shining or bright, to brighten, polish (post-class.): dentes, App. Mag. fin.
splendidus splendĭdus, a, um, adj.splendeo, bright, shining, glittering, brilliant, etc. (class.; syn.: nitidus, lucidus, coruscus). Lit. In gen.: o magna templa caelitum, commixta stellis splendidis, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.); so, signa caeli,Lucr. 4, 444: lumina solis,id. 2, 108: caelum cum aequaliter totum erit splendidum,Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 351; cf. comp.: quanto splendidior quam cetera sidera fulget Lucifer,Ov. M. 2, 722: sol splendidior,Tib. 4, 1, 123. Sup.: splendidissimus candor,Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16: color (with flam neus),Lucr. 6, 208: ostro crinis,Ov. M. 8, 8: venabula. id. ib. 8, 419: fons splendidio vitro,Hor. C. 3, 13, 1; cf.: Galatea Splendidior vitro, Ov. M. 13, 791: umor sudoris,Lucr. 6, 1187: bilis, bright yellow, χολὴ ξανθή, Hor. S. 2, 3, 141 (cf.: vitrea bilis,Pers. 3, 8). In partic., of style of living, dress, etc., brilliant, splendid, magnificent, sumptuous (syn. magnificus): quorum in villā ac domo nihil splendidum fuit praeter ipsos,Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38: splendida domus gaudet regali gaza,Cat. 64, 46; Verg. A. 1, 637: vestis,Petr. 12; cf.: splendidus et virilis cultus,Quint. 11, 3, 137: homo (opp. luxuriosus),Vell. 2, 105, 2: secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia,Cic. Lael. 6, 22.Trop. In gen., brilliant, illustrious, distinguished, noble (cf.: egregius, amplus): C. Plotius, eques Romanus splendidus,Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 58; cf.: vir splendidissimus atque ornatissimus civitatis suae,id. Fl. 20, 48: homo propter virtutem splendidus,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 38; Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2: splendidissima ingenia,Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26; 1, 18, 61: causa splendidior,id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; cf.: splendida facta,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 237: ratio dicendi,Cic. Brut. 75, 261; so, splendida et grandis oratio,id. ib. 79, 273; cf.: splendidius et magnificentius (genus dicendi),id. ib. 55, 201; cf.: figurarum commentis splendida loca attentare, brilliant passages of a speech, Amm. 29, 2, 8: splendidis nominibus illuminatus est versus,Cic. Or. 49, 163: splendidioribus verbis uti,id. Brut. 58: vox suavis et splendida,
clear
,id. ib. 55, 203: cum de te splendida Minos Fecerit arbitria,Hor. C. 4, 7, 21. In partic. (with the accessory idea of mere appearance, opp. to what is real or actual), showy, fine, specious, = speciosus: non tam solido quam splendido nomine,Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61: praetendens culpae splendida verba tuae,Ov. R. Am. 240.Clear, distinct: vox,Cic. Brut. 55, 203. Hence, adv.: splendĭdē, brightly, brilliantly.Lit.: ornare magnifice splendideque convivium,Cic. Quint. 30, 93; cf.: apparatus splendidissime expositus,Petr. 21.Trop., brilliantly, splendidly, nobly: acta aetas honeste ac splendide,
Spoletium Spōlētĭum (afterwards called also Spōlētum; cf. Prisc. p. 592 P.; but whether so as early as the class. period is doubtful, owing to the uncertainty of the readings in the MSS. of Livy, Suetonius, and Florus; cf. Duk. ad Flor. 3, 21, 27), ii, n., a city of Umbria, now Spoleto, Liv. 22, 9; 24, 10; 45, 43; id. Epit. 20; Vell. 1, 14 fin.; Flor. 3, 21, 27; Suet. Vesp. 1; id. Gram. 21; Aur. Vict. Ep. 31. Hence, Spōlē-tīnus, a um, adj., of or belonging to Spoletium: populus,Cic. Balb. 21, 48: Spoletinus T. Matrinius,id. ib. 21, 48; so, P. Cominius Spoletinus,id. Brut. 78, 271: lagenae, i. e. wine of Spoletium (of excellent quality), Mart. 13, 120; cf. absol.: Spoletina bibis,
spoliabilis spŏlĭābĭlis, e, adj.spolio, that can be stripped off (late Lat.), Mar. Mercat. Nestor Serm. 12, 2.
spoliarium spŏlĭārĭum, ii, n.spolium (postAug.). Lit., a place in the amphitheatre where the clothes were stripped from the slain gladiators who were dragged thither, Sen. Ep. 93, 10; Lampr. Commod. 18, 3; 19, 3.Transf., a den of robbers or murderers, a cutthroat place, Sen. Prov. 3, 7; id. Contr. 5, 33; Plin. Pan. 36, 1.
,Ov. M. 15, 213.Absol.: si spoliorum causā vis hominem occidere, spoliasti,Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145. Hence, * spŏlĭātus, a, um, P. a., plundered, despoiled: nihil illo regno spoliatius,
spolium spŏlĭum, ii, n.root spal- (skal-); cf.: populor, calamitas, calvus. Lit., the spoil of an animal, i. e. the skin or hide of an animal stripped off (so only poet. and very rare): pelles et spolia ferarum,Lucr. 5, 954: serpentum,id. 4, 62: leonis,Ov. M. 9, 113; 3, 81: apri,id. ib. 8, 426; id. H. 4, 100: pecudis (i. e. arietis Phrixei),id. ib. 6, 13; cf. id. M. 7, 156: viperei monstri (i. e. Medusae),id. ib. 4, 615.Transf., the arms or armor stripped from a defeated enemy; hence, in gen., any thing taken from the enemy, booty, prey, spoil (the predom. signif. of the word; usu. in plur.; cf.: exuviae, praeda): Salmacida spolia sine sudore et sanguine, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. v. 36 Vahl.): spolia ducis hostium caesi suspenso ferculo gerens in Capitolium ascendit ibique, Juppiter Feretri, inquit, haec tibi victor Romulus rex regia arma fero templumque dedico, sedem opimis spoliis, etc.,Liv. 1, 10, 6 (v. opimus): spoliis decorata est regia fixis,Ov. M. 8, 154: spoliorum causā hominem occidere ... cruenta spolia detrahere,Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145 sq.: multa spolia praeferebantur,Caes. B. C. 2, 39: ad ejus spolia detrahenda,Cic. Sest. 24, 54: indutus spoliis,Verg. A. 10, 775: victores praedā Rutuli spoliisque potiti,id. ib. 9, 450; 4, 93: virtutis honor spoliis quaeratur in istis,Ov. M. 13, 153: insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,Verg. A. 6, 855: spolia jacentis hostium exercitus peditibus concessit,Liv. 44, 45: Q. Fabius spolia ducis Gallorum legens,id. 5, 36; so, legere,id. 5, 39; 8, 7; 27, 2 al.: spolia et praedas ad procuratores referre,Tac. A. 12, 54 et saep.: (forum) exuviis nauticis et classium spoliis (i. e. rostris) ornatum,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Flor. 1, 11, 10: navalia,Suet. Aug. 18 fin.: illud natura non patitur, ut aliorum spoliis nostras facultates, copias, opes augeamus, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 22; id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: spoliis civium exstructa domus,Tac. A. 15, 52: (delatores) sacerdotia et consulatus et spolia adepti,id. H. 1, 2.Sing.: quo nunc Turnus ovat spolio,Verg. A. 10, 500: Actoris Aurunci spolium,id. ib. 12, 94: Asiam, spolium regis Antiochi, recepi,Sall. H. 4, 61, 11 Dietsch; Suet. Caes. 64; Just. 19, 3: fert secum spolium sceleris,Ov. M. 8, 87: mendici spolium,
a beggar's rags
,Petr. 13, 1. Poet., in gen., = arma, arms, Ov. M. 13, 153.
spondalium spondālĭum or spondaulĭum (the form is uncertain), ii, n., a sacrificial hymn, accompanied by the flute: spondalium canere,Diom. p. 472 fin. P.: spondalia dicens, etc.,Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193 Orell. N. cr.
spondeo spondĕo, spŏpondi, sponsum, 2 (perf. spepondi, Cic., Caes., and Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 12 sq.; Inscr. Orell. 4358; without redup. sponderat,Tert. Carm. adv. Mart. 3, 135; subj. sponsis = spoponderis, an ancient formula of prayer in Fest. p. 351 Müll.), v. a.akin with σπένδω, to pour out, = libare; cf. σπονδαί, league. Jurid. and publicists' t. t. In bargains, covenants, treaties, etc., to promise solemnly, to bind, engage, or pledge one's self (class.; syn.: recipio, stipulor, promitto; cf.: vadimonium obire, vadari); according to the civil law in its original form, it was essential to a binding contract verbally made (verbis) that a proposition and its acceptance should be expressed by the question spondes? and the answer spondeo; and only at a later period was the use of promitto, etc., valid (v. Sandars, Introd. ad Just. Inst. p. LV): verbis obligatio fit ex interrogatione et responsione, velut, Dari spondes? Spondeo. Dabis? Dabo. Promittis? Promitto; sed haec quidem verborum obligatio: dari spondes? spondeo, propria civium Romanorum est, cetera vero juris gentium sunt,Gai. Inst. 3, 91 sq.; Dig. 45, 1, 126; 45, 1, 133; cf. the whole title,ib. 45, 1: De verborum obligationibus: He. Aeternum tibi dapinabo victum, si vera autumas ... Er. Sponden' tu istut? He. Spondeo, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 118: qui stulte spondet, Cato ap. Rufin. 18, p. 210: quis stipulatus est? Ubi? Quo die? Quis spopondisse me dicit? Nemo,Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 13: ut aliquando spondere se diceret,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142: si quis quod spopondit, quā in re verbo se obligavit uno, si id non facit, etc.,id. Caecin. 3, 7: faeneris, quod stipulanti spoponderam tibi, reliquam pensiunculam percipe,Col. 10 praef.: ego meā fide spondeo futurum ut omnia invenias, etc.,Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10.To promise for another, to become security for a person, to enter bail, etc.: quod multis benigne fecerit, pro multis spoponderit,
has become security
,Cic. Planc. 19, 47: sed tamen scire velim quando dicar spopondisse et pro patre anne pro filio,id. Att. 12, 14, 2: quod pro Cornificio me abhinc annis XXV. spopondisse dicit Flavius,id. ib. 12, 17: et se quisque paratum ad spondendum Icilio ostendere,Liv. 3, 46, 7: sponsum diceres advocasse, Cic. Fragm. Clod. et Cur. 3, 4, p. 29 B. and K.: hic sponsum vocat,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 67: sponsum descendam, quia promisi,Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2. Transf., of promises or pledges made in behalf of a government, etc.: non foedere pax Caudina, sed per sponsionem facta est ... Spoponderunt consules, legati, quaestores, tribuni militum,Liv. 9, 5, 4: quod spondendo pacem servassent exercitum,id. 9, 8, 15: quid tandem si spopondissemus urbem hanc relicturum populum Romanum?id. 9, 9, 6: ea demum sponsio esset, quam populi jussu spopondissemus,id. 9, 9, 13: hosti nihil spopondistis, civem neminem spondere pro vobis jussistis,id. 9, 9, 16. Esp., to promise or engage in marriage, betroth: qui uxorem ducturus erat ab eo unde ducenda erat, stipulabatur eam in matrimonium ductam iri; qui daturus erat itidem spondebat. Tum quae promissa erat sponsa appellabatur, qui spoponderat ducturum, sponsus, Sulp. Dot. ap. Gell. 4, 4, 2: Ly. Istac lege filiam tuam sponden' mihi uxorem dari? Ch. Spondeo. Ca. Et ego spondeo idem hoc, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 38 sq.; 2, 4, 172: Me. Etiam mihi despondes filiam? Eu. Illis legibus, Cum illā dote quam tibi dixi. Me. Sponden' ergo? Eu. Spondeo, id. Aul. 2, 2, 78: Ph. Spondesne, miles, mi hanc uxorem? Th. Spondeo. Ph. Et ego huic victum spondeo, id. Curc. 5, 2, 73 sq.: sponden tu ergo tuam gnatam uxorem mihi? Ch. Spondeo et mille auri Philippum dotis, id. Trin. 5, 2, 34. Hence, of women, alicui sponsam esse, to be betrothed, engaged to a man: si volt Demipho Dare quantum ab hac accipio, quae sponsa est mihi,Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 52: scis, sponsam mihi (esse)?id. Eun. 5, 9 (8), 6; Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 101 sq.; 2, 4, 172; 2, 4, 174; id. Poen. 5, 3, 43. = sponsionem facere (v. sponsio, II.), to lay a judicial wager, to enter into an agreement to pay contingent on the truth or falsity of an assertion: si hoc ita est, qui spondet mille nummūm? P. Afric. ap. Gell. 6 ($3), 11, 9. So, absol.: cum illi jacenti latera tunderentur, ut aliquando spondere se diceret,
should declare that he made the required wager
,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (cf. sponsum, P. a. fin. infra); Dig. 11, 5, 3. In gen., to promise sacredly, to warrant, vow (class.). With fut. inf.: promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51: ut (eum) inimicissimum huic conjurationi futurum esse, promittam et spondeam,id. Mur. 41, 90: et ipse spondeo et omnes hoc tibi tui pro me recipient, te fructum esse capturum, etc.,id. Fam. 13, 50, 2: quis est qui spondeat eundum, si differtur bellum, animum postea fore,Liv. 5, 5, 9: quae si perpetua concordia sit, quis non spondere ausit, maximum hoc imperium brevi futurum esse?id. 5, 3, 10: spondebant animis id (bellum) P. Cornelium finiturum,
with full conviction
,id. 28, 38, 9; cf. id. 3, 59, 3: sponde affore reges,Val. Fl. 3, 504. With inf. pres., to warrant, give assurance of an existing fact: spondebo enim tibi, vel potius spondeo in meque recipio, eos esse M'. Curii mores,Cic. Fam. 13, 17, 2. With acc. of thing (and often dat. pers.): quibus cum consulem suum reliquissent, honores et praemia spopondistis,Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 28: mihi sex menses sati' sunt vitae, septimum Orco spondeo, Poët. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 22: ea spondent, confirmant, quae, quidem mihi exploratiora essent, si remansissem, Cic Att. 11, 6, 3: quod ego non modo de me tibi spondere possum, sed de te etiam mihi,id. Fam. 15, 21, 1: ac de infante (Tiberio) Scribonius mathematicus praeclara spopondit,Suet. Tib. 14: tantum sibi vel de viribus suis, vel de fortunā spondentes,Just. 3, 4, 1; Amm. 24, 1, 8: illius et dites monitis spondentibus Indi,Val. Fl. 6, 117: non si mihi Juppiter auctor Spondeat, hoc sperem Italiam contingere caelo,Verg. A. 5, 18: spondere fidem,Ov. M. 10, 395: officium Amori,id. ib. 10, 418.Transf., of inanim. or abstract subjects (mostly poet. and post-Aug.): nec quicquam placidum spondentia Martis Sidera presserunt,Ov. Ib. 217: quod prope diem futurum spondet et virtus et fortuna vestra,Liv. 7, 30, 8: eorum hominum erat, qui, quantum spes spopondisset, cuperent, ni, etc.,id. 45, 19, 7: magna de illo (Philippo) spes fuit propter ipsius ingenium, quod magnum spondebat virum,Just. 7, 6, 1. Hence, sponsus, a, um, P. a., promised, engaged, betrothed, affianced; substt, sponsus, i, m., a betrothed man, a bridegroom: virgo Sponso superba, Titin. ap. Non. 305, 5: accede ad sponsum audacter,id. ib. 227, 15; Cic. Inv. 2, 26, 78: sponsus regius,Hor. C. 3, 2, 10. Poet., of Penelope's suitors, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 28.spon-sa, ae, f., a betrothed woman, a bride: scio equidem, sponsam tibi esse et filium ex sponsā tuā,Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 12; Ter. And. 2, 1, 24: flebilis sponsa,Hor. C. 4, 2, 21 et saep. Prov.: suam cuique sponsam, mihi meam, i. e. every one to his taste, Atil. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 20, 3.sponsum, i, n., a covenant, agreement, engagement: sponsum negare, to break or disown one's pledge, Hor. S. 1, 3, 95: sponsus contra sponsum rogatus,Varr. L. L. 7, § 107 Müll. Esp., a judicial wager (cf. sponsio, II.): ex sponso egit,Cic. Quint. 9, 32.
spondeus spondēus (spondīus; sometimes incorrectly written spondaeus), i, m., = σπονδεῖος, of or belonging to libations; hence, substt.spondēum, i, n., a vessel used in making libations, App. M. 11, p. 266, 26. (Because of its prolonged, solemn character.) A spondee (metrical foot), Cic. Or. 64, 216; Quint. 9, 4, 80 sq.; Hor. A. P. 256; Aus. Ep. 21, 42.
spondiacus spondīăcus (less correctly spondă-ĭcus), a, um, adj., = σπονδειακός, consisting of spondees, spondaic: versus,Diom. p. 494 P.: tractus, Terentian. ap. Prisc. Metr. p. 1321 P.
spondyle spondylē (sphond-), ēs, f., = σπονδύλη, an insect that lives in the ground, and gnaws the roots of trees, Plin. 27, 13, 118, § 143.
spondylion spondylĭon (sphond-) or -ĭum, ii, n., = σπονδύλιον (σφονδύλιον), the herb bear's-foot, bear's-wort, spicknel: Heracleum sphondylium, Linn.; Plin. 12, 26, 58, § 128; 24, 6, 16, § 25; Scrib. Comp. 2 and 5.
Spongia Spongĭa, ae, m., a proper name, perh. fictitious, in contempt, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6.
spongio spongĭo, āre, v. a.spongia, to wipe off with a sponge, to sponge (late Lat.), perh. only Apic. 1, 26, and 8, 1.
spongiola spongĭŏla, ae, f.dim.id.. A rosegall, a spongy substance growing upon the wild rose-bush, Plin. 25, 2, 6, § 18.The small roots of the asparagus, Col. 11, 3, 44.
spongiolus spongĭŏlus, i, m.dim.id., a kind of small fungus or mushroom, Apic. 2, 1; 5, 1; 3, 20.
spongius spongĭus, a, um, adj.id., spongy (late Lat.): lignum,Cassiod. Var. 11, 38.
spongizo spongīzo, āre, v. a., = σπογγίζω, to wipe off with a sponge, to sponge, Apic. 7, 16; 8, 7.
spongos spongos, i, m., a sponge (late Lat.), Juvenc. 4, 696.
spons spons, v. sponte.
sponsa sponsa, ae, v. spondeo, P. a., E.
sponsalicius sponsālīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj.sponsalia, of or belonging to betrothal, spousal (post-class.): arrha,Cod. Just. 5, 1, 5; 5, 2, 1: donatio,Sid. Ep. 7, 2 med.
sponsalis sponsālis, e, adj.3. sponsus. Of or belonging to betrothal or espousal, spousal, sponsal (class.): quo die sponsum erat, sponsalis,Varr. L. L. 6, § 70 Müll.: tabulae,Hier. Ep. 54, 15: largitas, Cod. Th. 3, 16, 2. Substt.sponsālĭa, ĭum (gen. sponsaliorum, Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 4; Suet. Aug. 53), n.A betrothal, espousal: sponsalia dicta sunt a spondendo. Nam moris fuit veteribus stipulari et spondere sibi uxores futuras,Dig. 23, 1, 2; where v. the whole section: De sponsalibus; and cf. Sulp. ap. Gell. 4, 4, 2: qui (homines missi) Romam venerant factis sponsalibus,Cic. Att. 6, 6, 1; Liv. 38, 57; Ov. H. 19 (20), 29: parare,Juv. 6, 25: decentissimum sponsaliorum genus,Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 4: dies sponsaliorum,Suet. Aug. 53; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117. A betrothal feast: A. d. VIII. Id. Apr. sponsalia Crassipedi praebui,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 1.A betrothal gift (post-class.), Cod. Just. 5, 3, 3; 5, 71, 8.spon-sāle, is, n., a bridal bed, Tert. adv. Val. 31.
sponsio sponsĭo, ōnis, f.spondeo, jurid. and publicists' t. t., a solemn promise or engagement to some performance (in bargains, covenants, treaties, etc.); a promise, guarantee, security, sponsion for any one (freq. and class.; cf.: pactio, foedus). In gen.: sponsio appellatur omnis stipulatio promissioque,Dig. 50, 16, 7: voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo,Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41: Scandilium cogis sponsionem acceptam facere,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 139: per inducias sponsionem faciunt, uti, etc.,
made an agreement
,Sall. J. 79, 4: non foedere pax Caudina sed per sponsionem facta est,
by giving surety
,Liv. 9, 5, 2: sponsione se obstringere,id. 9, 8, 4: sponsionem interponere,id. 9, 9, 4; and: tunc sponsio et pax repudietur ... nec populus Romanus consulum sponsionem nec nos fidem populi Romani accusemus,id. 9, 11, 5: Ocriculani sponsione in amicitiam accepti,id. 9, 41, 20; 39, 43, 5 (but Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 26, is spurious; v. Ritschl ad h. l.). In partic., in civil suits, a mutual agreement or stipulation of the parties, that he who loses should pay a certain sum to him who gains the cause, a sort of wager at law: per sponsionem hoc modo agimus; provocamus adversarium tali sponsione: si homo quo de agitur ex jure Quiritium meus est, sestertios XXV. nummos dare spondes?Gai. Inst. 4, 93: condicio Quintio fertur, ut, si id factum negaret ceteraque, quae objecisset, sponsione defenderet sese,Liv. 39, 43, 5: in probrum suum sponsionem factam,id. 40, 46, 14; hence, sponsio (sponsionem facere) si non (ni), a wager that, to agree to make a payment if not: ut sponsionem facere possent, ni adversus edictum praetoris vis facta esset,Cic. Caecin. 16, 45: sponsio est, ni te Apronius socium in decumis esse dicat,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 135: sponsionem milium nummūm facere cum lictore suo, ni furtis quaestum faceret,id. ib. 2, 5, 54, § 131; cf.: jubet Quinctium sponsionem cum Sex. Naevio facere, si bona sua ex edicto dies XXX. possessa non essent,id. Quint. 8, 30; id. Fam. 7, 21 init.; id. Pis. 23, 55: sponsione optime facere posse,id. Caecin. 16, 45; id. Off. 3, 19, 77: Apronium sponsione lacessivit,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132: sponsione vincere,id. Quint. 27, 84. Post-class., with quod: de sponsione quam is cum adversario, quod vir bonus esset, fecerat,Val. Max. 7, 2, 4: sponsionem provocare, quod, etc.,id. 2, 8, 2; 6, 1, 10. With acc. and inf.: Cleopatra sponsione revocavit, insumere se posse, etc.,Macr. S. 2, 13. Hence, in gen., a bet, betting: audax,Juv. 11, 202.Meton., a sum of money deposited according to agreement, a stake, acc. to Varr L. L. 6, § 70 Müll.
sponsiuncula sponsĭuncŭla, ae, f.dim.sponsio, a little engagement or stipulation, Petr. 58, 8.
sponso sponso, āre, v. a.sponsus, to betroth, affiance, espouse (post-class.). Lit.: aliquam,Dig. 23, 2, 38; Tert. Vel. Virg. 11.Trop.: animam,Paul. Nol. Carm. 18, 43: et sponsabo te mihi in sempiternum,Vulg. Osee, 2, 19; 2, 20.
sponsor sponsor, ōris, m.spondeo, one who becomes answerable for another. Lit., a bondsman, surety (cf.: vas; gen. vadis, praes, vindex): de tuo negotio, quod sponsor es pro Pompeio, si Galba consponsor tuus redierit, non desinam cum illo communicare,Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 3: sponsores et creditores L. Trebellii,id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; cf. id. Quint. 23, 73: sponsor promissorum alicujus,id. Att. 15, 15, 2; 1, 10, 6; cf. id. ib. 1, 8, 2: si Pompeius mihi testis de voluntate Caesaris et sponsor est illi de meā, id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43; cf.: vel testis opinionis meae vel sponsor humanitatis tuae,id. Fam. 7, 5, 2: quem, inquis, deorum sponsorem accepisti?Sen. Ep. 82, 1; cf.: (Hymenaeus) mihi conjugii sponsor et obses erat,Ov. H. 2, 34. Poet., of a goddess: sponsor conjugii stat Dea picta sui,Ov. H. 16, 114.Transf. (eccl. Lat.), a godfather, godmother, sponsor, Tert. Bapt. 18 med.
sponsum sponsum, i, v. spondeo, P. a., C.
sponsus sponsus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of spondeo.
sponsus sponsus, i, v. spondeo, P. a., A.
sponsus sponsus, ūs, m.spondeo, an engagement, betrothal; bail, suretyship (rare but class.): quod sponsu erat alligatus,Varr. L. L. 6, § 71 sq. Müll.: de sponsu si quid perspexeris,Cic. Att. 12, 19, 2: agere cum aliquo ex sponsu,Varr. 1. 1.: sponsu locare,Phaedr. 1, 16, 1; Sulp. ap. Gell. 4, 4, 2: lex Furia de sponsu adversus eum, qui, etc.,Gai. Inst. 4, 22.
spontalis spontālis, e, adj.sponte, voluntary (post-class.): parricidium,App. M. 4, p. 147, 25: sobrietas,id. ib. 11, p. 272, 30. * Adv.: spontālĭter, voluntarily: facere (opp. coactus),Sid. Ep. 8, 9.
spontanee spontānĕē, adv., v. spontaneus fin.
spontaneus spontānĕus, a, um, adj.sponte, of one's free will, voluntary, spontaneous (late Lat.): mors,Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 22: voluntas,
free will
,Cod. Just. 2, 3, 2: benignitates numinum,Arn. 3, p. 114. Adv.: spontānĕē, voluntarily, willingly, of one's own mind: apparere tumores,Theod. Prisc. 1, 8; Vulg. 1 Pet. 5, 2; Hier. Ep. 52, n. 7.
sponte sponte, abl., and spontis, gen. (perh. the only cases in use of a noun spons, assumed by Charis. p. 34 P., and Aus. Idyll. 12, 8, 11, as nom. But ad spontem is Müller's reading, Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 72, for a sponte), f.spondeo; prop. a pledging of one's self to a thing; hence, opp. to external necessity or inducement, of free will, of one's own accord. Sponte, in good prose always joined with meā, tuā, suā (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; also absol. or with gen.), of free will, of one's own accord, of one's self, freely, willingly, voluntarily, spontaneously (syn. ultro): sponte valet a voluntate,Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.: si imprudenter aut necessitate aut casu quippiam fecerit, quod non concederetur iis, qui suā sponte et voluntate fecissent,Cic. Part. Or. 37, 131: tuo judicio et tuā sponte facere,id. Fam. 9, 14, 2; cf.: Galliam totam hortatur ad bellum, ipsam suā sponte suoque judicio excitatam,id. Phil. 4, 3, 8: potius consuefacere filium, Suā sponte recte facere quam alieno metu,Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 50: si hic non insanit satis suā sponte, instiga,id. And. 4, 2, 9: ut id suā sponte facerent, quod cogerentur facere legibus,Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: meā sponte (opp. invitatu tuo),id. Fam. 7, 5, 2: meā sponte (opp. monente et denuntiante te),id. ib. 4, 3, 1: non solum a me provocatus, sed etiam suā sponte,id. ib. 1, 7, 3: transisse Rhenum sese non suā sponte, sed rogatum et arcessitum a Gallis,Caes. B. G. 1, 44: et suā sponte multi in disciplinam conveniunt et a parentibus propinquisque mittuntur,id. ib. 6, 14: sive ipse sponte suā, sive senatusconsulto accitus,Liv. 10, 25, 12: quaesitum est, praecipitata esset ab eo uxor, an se ipsa suā sponte jecisset,Quint. 7, 2, 24: gaudeo id te mihi suadere, quod ego meā sponte pridie feceram,Cic. Att. 15, 27: sponte ipsam suāpte adductam, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.: me si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam Auspiciis et sponte meā componere curas,Verg. A. 4, 341: interim sponte nostrā velut donantes,Quint. 3, 6, 8. Sometimes propriā for suā (late Lat.): sponte se propriā dederunt,Amm. 17, 2, 3: Richomeres se sponte obtulit propriā,id. 31, 12, 15.Absol.: Italiam non sponte sequor,Verg. A. 4, 361: sponte properant,Ov. M. 11, 486: odio tyrannidis exsul Sponte erat,id. ib. 15, 62: sponte en ultroque peremptus,Stat. Th. 10, 809; cf.: multitudo sponte et ultro confluens,Suet. Caes. 16: nec illum sponte exstinctum,Tac. A. 3, 16: sponte judicioque plaudere,Quint. 8, 3, 4: opto ut ea potissimum jubear, quae me deceat vel sponte fecisse,Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 11: equites Romani natalem ejus sponte atque consensu biduo semper celebrarunt,Suet. Aug. 57. With gen.: sponte deūm,
according to the will of the gods
,Luc. 1, 234 Cort.: sponte ducum,id. 1, 99: sponte deorum,id. 5, 136; Val. Fl. 4, 358: naturae,Plin. 7, prooem. 1. § 4; 9, 51, 74, § 160; 11, 49, 110, § 263; 14, 4, 6, § 53; Sil. 14, 153: principis,Tac. A. 2, 59: Caesaris,id. ib. 6, 31: praefecti,id. ib. 4, 7: incolarum,id. ib. 4, 51: litigatoris,id. ib. 13, 42; 7, 51; id. H. 4, 19; Curt. 4, 1, 16. Very rarely with a prep.: de tuā sponte, Cotta ap. Charis. p. 195 P.: a sponte,Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.; cf. § 71 sqq. ib.Transf., of one's own will or agency (opp. to foreign participation or assistance), by one's self, without the aid of others, alone (rare but class.): nequeo Pedibus meā sponte ambulare,Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 46: nec suā sponte, sed eorum auxilio,Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3: cum oppidani autem etiam suā sponte Caesarem recipere conarentur,Caes. B. C. 3, 11 fin.: his cum suā sponte persuadere non possent, legatos ad Dumnorigem mittunt, ut eo deprecatore a Sequanis impetrarent,id. B. G. 1, 9: civitatem ignobilem atque humilem Eburonum suā sponte populo Romano bellum facere ausam, vix erat credendum,id. ib. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 65: judicium quod Verres suā sponte instituisset,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111: cum illa civitas cum Poenis suo nomine ac suā sponte bellaret,id. ib. 2, 4, 33, § 72: ecquis Volcatio si suā sponte venisset, unam libellam dedisset?id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26. Of things concr. and abstr., of itself, spontaneously: is autem ardor non alieno impulsu sed suā sponte movetur, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 32: ut cum suā sponte nullā adhibitā vi, consumptus ignis exstinguitur,id. Sen. 19, 71: natura videtur Ipsa suā per se sponte omnia dis agere expers,Lucr. 2, 1092: aliae (arbores) nullis hominum cogentibus ipsae Sponte suā veniunt,Verg. G. 2, 11; cf.: stellae sponte suā jussaene vagentur et errent,Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17: sapientem suā sponte ac per se bonitas et justitia delectat,Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26: res quae suā sponte scelerata est,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 108; id. Or. 32, 115: justitium in foro suā sponte coeptum prius quam indictum,Liv. 9, 7, 8: clamor suā sponte ortus,id. 9, 41, 17: id suā sponte ap parebat,id. 22, 38, 13: de capite signum in manum sponte suā delapsum,id. 27, 11, 3 ex loco superiore, qui prope suā sponte in hostem inferebat, id. 5, 43, 3: quod terra crearat Sponte suā,Lucr. 5, 938: sponte suā quae fiunt aëre in ipso,id. 4, 738: ut vera et falsa suā sponte, non alienā judicantur,Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 45: te Sponte suā probitas officiumque juvat,Ov. P. 2, 3, 34: sponte deae munus promeritumque patet (i. e. sine indice),id. F. 4, 394. Very rarely with quādam: litterae syllabaeque ... orationem sponte quādam sequantur, Quint 5, 10, 125. Absol.: ut numeri sponte fluxisse videantur,Quint. 9, 4, 147.spontis, only in the phrase suae spontis (esse). To be one's own master, at one's own disposal (very rare and mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): quod suae spontis statuerant finem,Varr. L. L. 6, § 71 Müll.: sanus homo, qui suae spontis est, nullis obligare se legibus debet,Cels. 1, 1. In Columella, of things, = suā sponte, of itself, spontaneously: altera (cytisus est) suae spontis,
springs up spontaneously
,Col. 9, 4, 2: ubi loci natura neque manu illatam neque suae spontis aquam ministrari patitur,id. 11, 3, 10.
spontis spontis, v. sponte, II.
Sporades Spŏrădes, um, f., = Σποράδες, islands in the Ægean Sea, between the Cyclades and Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 63. Acc. Sporadas, Prisc. Perieg. 550.
sportula sportŭla, ae, f.dim.id.. Lit., a little basket: sportulam cape atque argentum,Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 1; id. Curc. 2, 3, 10; id. Stich. 2, 1, 17; App. M. 1, p. 113, 39; Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 8. In such little baskets it was customary for a great man to distribute presents of food or money to the mass of his clients, Juv. 1, 95; 3, 249; Suet. Ner. 16; Mart. 3, 14, 3; 14, 125, 2; 10, 27, 3. Hence, the emperor Claudius called the brief games which he gave to the people sportulae, acc. to Suet. Claud. 21. Prov.: sportulam furunculus captat,i. e.
sportulo sportŭlo, āvi, 1, v. n., to take the dole of a patron (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 6, 6.
Sporus Spŏrus, i, m., a eunuch, a favorite of Nero, Suet. Ner. 28; 46 al.
spretio sprētĭo, ōnis, f.sperno, a despising, disdain, scorn, contempt: Romanorum,Liv. 40, 5 dub.; Ambros. Enarr. in Psa. 43, § 54.
spretor sprētor, ōris, m.id., a despiser, disdainer, scorner, contemner (poet. and very rare): deorum,Ov. M. 8, 613: morarum,Nemes. Cyn. 79: matronalium amplexuum,App. M. 3, p. 137, 39.
spretus sprētus, a, um, Part. of sperno.
spretus sprētus, ūs, m.sperno, a despising, disdain, scorn, contempt (post-class. and very rare): insolentissimo spretu deos neglegit,App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 3: spretui maximc est judiciis,Sid. Ep. 3, 14 fin.
spurium spŭrĭum, ii, n.σπορά, generation. = pudendum muliebre, acc. to Isid. Orig. 9, 5, 24; cf. Plut. Quaest. Rom. 103.Transf., a marine animal of a similar shape, App. Mag. p. 297, 11.
spurius spŭrĭus, i, m.root spar-; cf. σπείρω, σπορά, and sperno, adj.Lit., of illegitimate birth; subst., an illegitimate or spurious child, a bastard (only post-class.; esp. among jurists): si quis nefarias atque incestas nuptias contraxerit, neque uxorem habere videtur neque liberos. Hi enim, qui ex eo coitu nascuntur, matrem quidem habere videntur, patrem vero non utique, etc. ... Unde solent spurii filii appeliari, vel a Graecā voce, quasi σποράδην concepti vel quasi sine patre filii, Gai. Inst. 1, 64; cf. Dig. 1, 5, 23; ib. 49, 15, 26; Cod. Just. 1, 10, 12; 6, 55, 6; App. M. 6, p. 177, 6. Thus the Parthenians (v. Partheniae) were also called Spurii, acc. to Just. 20, 1, 15.Trop., false, spurious: versus (in Homeri carminibus),Aus. Ep. 18 fin.: vates, id. ap. Sept. Sap. 13 prooem.
sputamentum spūtāmentum, i, n.id., spittle (late Lat.), Jul. Val Rer. Gest. Alex. 1, 2; Tert. Spect. 30.
sputatilicus spūtātĭlĭcus, a, um, adj.id., that deserves to be spit at, abominable, detestable (a word coined by Sisenna): crimina ejus, Sisenn. ap. Cic. Brut. 75, 260 (= κατάπτυστα).
sputator spūtātor, ōris, m.id., one who spits much, a spitter, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 52.