ABD 
ABE 
ABG 
Pliny, among other reeds, mentions 
arundo Abaritana, as peculiarly adapted 
to fishing. 
JLBaS, antis, m. son of Metanira, 
changed, by Ceres into a lizard. Ovid. 
-IT Another, the 11th king of the 
Argives, son of Lynceus by By per nines - 
tra, father of Acrisias and Prcetus, 
grandfather of Danae, and great grand¬ 
father of Perseus. From him the kings 
of the Argives were called AbantiaiLe. 
—— IT Others of the same name occur 
in Virgil and Ovid. 
XBXT5N (a privative and (3aivia, to go 
3 or ascend, i. e. inaccessible), i, n. an 
edifice in Rhodes. Vilruv. 
XBAT8S (Id.), i, f. the name of a region 
or spot in the Nile, so called because 
none but priests were allowed to go to 
it. Senec. and Lucan. 
ABAVIA (ab & avia), ®, f. a great 
grandfather’s , or great grandmother’s 
mother, by father’s or mother’s side, a third 
grandmother. Cains Dig. 
ABXVuNCOLOS (Id.), I, m. the brother 
of a third grandmother, by the mother’s 
side. 
ABAVOS (ab & avus), i, m. a great 
grandfather’s, or great grandmother’s 
father, a third grandfather, by cither side. 
Cic. -IT Sometimes for a more dis¬ 
tant ancestor. Cic. 
XBaX (a/?u(), 3.cis, f. same as Abacus, 
3 which see. 
ABaZeA (a privat. and Pago), to speak), 
oruin, n. festivals in honor of Dionysius, 
king of Asia. Cic. Others more prop¬ 
erly read Sabazia. 
aBBa, pb, f. a city of Africa. Liv. 3 
ABBAS (Syr.), atis, m. an abbot or chief 
3 of a. convent. K oivofiiapxhi- 
ABBREVI8 (ab & brevis), as, a. to 
3 shorten, abridge, diminish, (Ipaxvvw. 
Veg. 
aBDeRA (’’A/Stripa), ®, f. a city of 
Thrace, the birthplace of Protagoras 
and Democritus.-IT The people 
were noted for stupidity ; hence Juvenal 
says, Vervecum patriam. Cic. Consules 
rem ad Senatum detulerunt: hie Ab¬ 
dera, non tacente me, h. e. summa stu- 
piditas.-IT Another city in Bispania 
Bcetica, founded by the Carthaginians. 
Plin. 
ABDeRITA, & ABDeRITeS (Abdera), 
te, in. one from Abdera. Cic. 
ABDeRITaNOS & aBDeRITICOS (Id.i, 
3 a, um, pertaining to Abdera. Mart. 
Abderitante pectora plebis habes, i. e. 
you are a fool. 
aBDICaTIS (abdlco), onis, f. a disown- 
2 ing, disinheriting, dnoKypvlig, ejectio 
filii ex paterna domo, et familia cum 
hereditatis privatione.-IT Also the 
same as recusatio, or dimissio, a re¬ 
nouncing, laying down. Liv. 
ABDICaTIVe (Id.), adverb, negatively, in 
3 the negative. Martian. Capell. 
ABDICaTIVOS- (Id.), a, um, negative. 
3 Apul. 
aBDICaTOS (Id.), a, um, partic. disin¬ 
herited, cut off from, one’s fortune, 
dKOKypvKros. Quintal. Abdicatus ne 
quid de bonis patris capiat.-IT Also 
dimissus, depositus, renounced, or laid 
doxen. Sallust. Senatus decernit, ut 
Utdicato magistratu Lentulus, itemque 
oettiri in liberis custodiis liabeantur. 
-IT Also rejectus, abjectus, discarded, 
forsaken abandoned. Plin. Gens sola 
“io« ulla femina, omni Venere abdi- 
cata. 
ABDTC8 (ab & dico), as, are, a. to turn out 
of doors, disinherit, to cease to own as a son. 
Plin, -IT Abdicare filium, to deprive 
a son of all his rights as a son, to disown 
him exheredare filium, is only to dis- 
inhcritMm. -IT In the sense of re- 
jicere, deponere, to lay down, resign. 
Abdicare sc magistratu, is to resign one’s 
office before the term has expired ; but 
deponere magistratum, is to go out of 
office at the expiration of the time appoint¬ 
ed. -IT Generally to reject, throxo off. 
Plin. Utinam posset e vita in totum 
abdicari aurum, h. e. tolli ex usu 
humans; vitse.-IT With the infin. 
in the sense of negare, to deny, to 
say no. 
SBDIC8 (ab & dico —ab contradicts— 
I am far from saying ), is, ixi, ictum, 
acoriSepai, dvarideuai, aversari, re- 
jicere, to refuse, reject. It is used in 
judicial and augural affairs: to take 
away by verdict, not to acknowledge, to 
disapprove, not to consent to. Pandect. 
Vindicias Alice suie ab se abdixisse. 
ABDITe (abditus), adverb, secretly, pri- 
I i lately, occulte, latenter, secreto, spi>0- 
dr\v, \d§pa. Cic. 
aBDITIVdS (Id.), a, uin, separated, con- 
3 cealed. Plin. 
ABDITOS (Id.), a, um, secreted, hidden, 
occultatus. Borat. Latet abditus 
agro.-IT Also occultus, occult, mys¬ 
terious, reserved. Cic. Res occultce, et 
penitus abditte.-IT Substantively. 
Borat. Abdita rerum, hidden things. 
Lucret. Terrai abdita, bie bowels of the 
_ earth. 
aBDS (ab & do, I put away from view. 
Do, in its compounds, is often to put or 
place), is, dldi, Ttum, ere. a. to hide, con¬ 
ceal, npviTTio, celare, occultare, tegere. 
Cic. An amici tui tabulas abdiderint. 
Virg. Lateri capulo tenus abdidit en- 
sein.-IT It signifies also, removere, 
amovere, rejicere, to remove, to put away. 
Virg. Hunc quoque, ubi aut morbo gra¬ 
vis, aut jam segnior annis Deficit, abde 
domo nec turpi ignosce senect®. 
(Servius aliter exponit,sed minus recte.) 
Lucret. Res dubias animus ab se 
protinus abdit.-IT Figur. abdere se 
litteris, or in litteras, est incutnbere, to 
give one’s self up to study, to devote one’s 
self with all application to letters. Cic. 
Qui ita se litteris abdiderunt. - 
IT Abdere aliquem in insulam, apud Tacit. 
_ est deportare, relegare, to banish. 
ABDOMEN ( abdo, quod abdi et tegi solet, 
aut quod alimenta in ea abdantur, aut 
intestina ibi sint abdita), Inis, n. the 
abdomen, the fat of the lower part of the 
belly, nepirdvaiov. Juvenal. Montani 
quoque venter adest abdomine tardus. 
-IT A sow’s udder. Plin. -IT Also 
pro pudendis, qu® in imo ventre sunt. 
Plant. - IT Figur. gluttony, excess of 
eating, gormandizing, intemperance. Cic. 
_ Abdominis voluptates. 
aBDuCS (ab & duco), is, xi, ctum, 
ere, a. to take away, remove from any 
place, take by force, or otherwise, removeo, 
abstraho, averto, a-dyco ; Virg. Ab- 
duxere retro longe capita ardua ab ictu. 
-IT Also to lead or carry any whither. 
Cic. in lautumias. Liv. in curiam. 
Cats, in servitutem. -IT We can 
say abtlucere vi, or abducere per vim. It 
may also be joined with the prep, ad, 
de, e, or ex, or extra. -IT Figur. aver- 
tere, abstrahere, avocare, to draw off, 
withdraw. Cic. Abduci a studio ne- 
gotiis.-IT Abducere gradum in ter- 
ga, to retreat, flee away. Sil. -ITAbdu- 
cere somnos, to disturb one’s sleep. Ovid. 
-IT Abducere potionem apud Scx-ibon. 
est Sumere, bibere, to drink off. Potio 
datur abducenda. 
aBDuOTe. See Adductc. 
aBDOCTOS (abduco), a, um, taken away, 
conducted away, removed, dnaxdeis. 
Ovid. Abducta armenta recipere. Suet. 
Poppceam Sabinam abductam marito 
nuptiarum specie recepit, withdrawn 
from the protection of her husband. Liv. 
Abductum in secretum sic alloquitur, 
taken aside, apart. Plin. Magna cogita- 
tio obccecat, abducto intus visu, with¬ 
drawn inwards. 
XBeCeDARIOS (a be ce de), a, um, per- 
3 taining to, or in the order of, the alphabet. 
Augustin. - IT Abcccdaria (subaudi 
ars), the alphabet, a, b, c. Fulgent. - 
IT Abeccdarium, ii, the alphabet. 
aBf.L, elis, & XBeLOS (Hebr.), i, Abel. 
3 ’A/?T)A, & ’lAffyXus. 
ABELLA, ffi, f. a town of Campania, 
called also Avella. Virg. et quos ma- 
liferoe despectant moenia Abell® : ma- 
liferam appellat, quia in ejus agro magna 
est earuin nucum copia, qu® Abellinai, 
et Avellance dicuntur. 
ABELLANA (abella) nux. See Avellana. 
ABeLLINAE (Id.) nuces, f. p], filberts, the 
same as were called Avellance, from 
Abella or Abellinum, towns of Campania. 
Plfn. 
XBE8 (ab & eo), is, ii & ivi, Itum, n. tv 
go away, depart, go, azrcpxnpai, disce- 
do. Liv. II®c locutus sublimis abiit. 
‘ o 
Ter. Abire ab aliquo, li. c. ab alicujus 
ffidibus discedere. Tacit. Abire sedi- 
bus. h. e. a patria discedere. Cic. Abire 
ad Deos. Liv. Abire ex oculis. Cic. 
Abire sub jugum. Ter. Abire deam- 
bulatum. Plant. Abi qu®rere Virg. 
Ardet abire fuga. h. c. fugere.-IT Ab¬ 
ire viam. Plant. Tu abi tacitus tuam 
viam, go your own raid, on your own 
business. -IT Used also for effluere, 
pr®terire, to pass away. Cic. Abiit illud 
tempus.-IT Also for evanescere, 
desinere, to vanish, stop, cease. Lu¬ 
can. Spes abit.-TT Also for mutari, 
converti, to be changed, altered, to groxo 
into, to become, to turn to. Ovid. Sive 
abeunt studia in mores. Cic. Fructus 
pradiorum abeunt in sumptus, go to 
defray the expense. -IT Also in relation 
to things sold by auction, for elabi, 
effugere, to escape from, to slip from. Cic 
Cogitare ccepit, si res abiret ab eo 
mancipe, quem ipse apposuisset, sibi 
nullam preedam esse.-IT Also for 
discedere, deserere, to depart from, for¬ 
sake, desert. Cic. Ab jure abire. - 
IT Also for dicendo transire ab una in 
aliam rem, to pass from one thing to 
another. Cic. Quid ad istas ineptias 
abis ?-IT Abire magistratu est magis- 
tratum deponere, to go out of office. So 
abire sacerdotio.-li Abire in diem 
est in aliud tempus differri, to be put of 
to another day. Ter. Pr®sens quod 
fuerat malum, in diem abiit.-IT El- 
eganter successum, vel impunitatem 
significat. Cic. Ad summam non posse 
ist®c sic abire, cannot run on thus, pass 
or go off so. Catull. Non non hoc tibi, 
salse, sic abibit, you shall not, believe me, 
go on so. Senec. Hoc abierit, this will 
pass, go off. -If Abire e vita est mori, 
to die. Cic. Cato autem sic abiit e 
vita, ut, &c. ——IT Abi, imperative, is 
variously and elegantly used ; some¬ 
times expressing flattery or praise. 
Plant. Abi, ludis me, credo, go to, 
you banter me. Sometimes expressive 
of contempt, indignation and disgust. 
Ter. Abi, nescis inescare homines. 
To this manner of expression belong 
these curses :—Abi in malam rem, apud 
Plant. Abi in malam pestem, apud 
Cic.; and the like.-IT Abin’ for abis 
ne 7 Plaut. 
XBEQUIT8 (ab & equito), as, n. 1. 
dipinna^io, equo abeo, vel aufugio : to 
run away on horseback, to ride away. Liv. 
Ut pr®tores inter tuinultum pavidi ab 
equitaverint Syracusas. Others read 
adequitaverint. 
XBeRRaTIS (aberro), onis, f a wander- 
1 ing or straying away from, means ,of 
shunning or escaping, divesture of, 
dnorponii, actus aberrandi, et translate 
avocamentum, declinatio. Cic. Sive 
hanc aberrationem a dolore delege- 
rim. 
XBeRRS (ab & erro), as, n. 1. to stray 
from, deviate, go off from, dQapapravw, 
erro, digredior, recedo, via deflecto. 
Plant. Puer aberravit inter homines a 
patre.-IT Figur. to deviate unawares, 
to miss, to sxocrve from, not to accord or 
agx-eewith. Ovid. Admonitu liber aberrat 
amor, h. e. recedit. Cic. Dicentem 
aberrare proposito facile patiebar. Al. 
leg. a proposito, to talk out of the purpose, 
go astray from, lose sight of one’s pur¬ 
pose. Cic. Aberrare a miseria, U> forget. 
one’s xoretchednessfor a time. -IT Also 
absolutely, I find a respite. Cic. 
XBeSOS (ab & edo), a, um, devoured, 
eaten up. Prudent. 
aBFSRE (ab & fore; the letter b is 
retained, as in abfuturus, and not 
changed into/, because affore and affu- 
turus have a contrary sense), to be about 
to be wanting, dnceccSai, abfuturum 
esse. Virg. nihil abfore credunt, Quin 
omnem Hesperiam penitus sua sub 
juga mittant. 
aBFOTuROS (ab & futurus), a, um, 
that xoill be wanting, particip. future of 
absum. Cic. 
aBGREGaRE (ab & grex, -gis), Festus 
3 says, est ab grege ducere, to part or sepa¬ 
rate from the flock: adgregare, ad gregem 
ducere : segregare, ex pluribus gregibus 
partes seducere : unde egregius dicitur 
e grege lectus, &c. 
