VIS 
VIS 
VIS 
Cic. deorum. Id. Patriae tanta est vis, 
ut Ithacam sapientissimus vir immor- 
talitati anteponeret, has such ■power. Id. 
Ilia vis (animi), quae investigat, &c. — 
Hence, force, power, effect, efficiency, in¬ 
fluence. Cic. conscientiae. Id. Magna 
vis est in fortuna in utramque partem, 
vel secundas ad res, vel adversas. Id. 
Foederis habere vim, non epistolie. Co- 
lum. Coeli major vis, superior force or 
power. So, Cic. Si mihi aliqua vis ma¬ 
jor reditutn peremisset, some superior 
power or force, some visitation of the /rods, 
— Also, Vis genitalis, generative force, 
seed. Tacit. So, also, Lucret. Viii. 
-U Also, quantity, number, multituaS 
abundance. Cic. Vis innumerabilis ser4j 
vorum. Id. Magna vis auri argenti- 
que. Liv. Ingentem vim naviutn ce- 
pit. And without an aelj. ; as, Cic. 
Equidem vim lacrymarum profudi, / 
shed tears profusely (like the vulgar ex¬ 
pression, a power of tears). Tacit, lo- 
custarum, h. e. swarm. And without 
the geuit. ; as, Liv. Magnam vim (sc. 
equitum) ex equis prtecipitavere. - 
IT Also, of words or sentences, the force, 
import, meaning, signification, sense. Cic. 
verbi. Id. Qua; vis vocibus subjecta sit, 
what meaning is connected with them. Id. 
Hanc habet vim prseceptum Apollinis. 
- 11 Also, the idea or notion we must 
form of a thing, the substance, nature, 
essence. Cic. Vis, or vis et natura deo¬ 
rum, the divine nature or essence. Id. In 
quo est omnis vis amicitiae. Id. Elo¬ 
quential vim et naturam explicare. Id. 
Philosophi mihi soli videntur vim virtu¬ 
es tenere. - IT It also serves for pe¬ 
riphrasis ; as, Cic. in Arat. Posterior 
vis corporis, li. e. posterior pars corporis. 
Ovid. Vis ignea, A. e. ignis.-H The 
plural is both vis and vires. , The for¬ 
mer is rare, but is found in Lucret. and 
Sallust, fragni. The latter is of fre¬ 
quent occurrence; the powers, power, 
strength, of the body, and also, of the 
mind and other things. Cas. Me san¬ 
guis viresque deficient. Nepos. Esse 
viribus ad laborem ferendum firmis. 
Cces. militum. Cic. corporum. Ovid. 
Totis viribus uti. Horat. Supra vires, 
above his strength. Cic. Pro viribus, 
according to one's strength, power, ability. 
With infin. Ovid. Nee mihi sunt vires 
pellere, &c. Further, Horat. Neglecta 
solent incendia sumere vires. Virg. 
Furcas, quarum viribus eniti ediscant 
vites, strength, solidity. Ovid. Nil opus 
est legum viribus. Also, Quintil. Vires 
ingenii. Plin. animorum. — Also, Vi¬ 
res, powers or effects, virtue,, efficacy. 
Ovid. Has vires habet herba. Plin. 
Magnis sine viribus. Senec. Plurimum 
virium habet Stella Saturni. — Also, 
might, power. Horat: Suis Roma viribus 
ruit. Senec. Bene usus est (Ciesar) 
viribus suis. — Also, forces, troops, sol 
diers. Liv. Contractis viribus. Id. 
Robur virium, of the troops. 
VISCaTitS, a, um. See Pisco. 
VISCeLLaTOS, a, um, h. e. ex visceribus 
3 avium pisciumque conditus aut confec- 
tus. Plin. Paler. 1, 24; 2, 17. — Doubt¬ 
ful. __ 
VISCeLLiNOS, i, m. the surname of Sp. 
Cassius, who toas several times consul, 
butwho, endeavoring to make himself king, 
ioas put to death. Cic. 
VISC6RX, um, n.plur. of Piscus, which 
see. 
VISCERATIM (viscus, eris), adv. piece- 
3 meal, Kara anhayxva. Enn. ap. JVon. 
Dissipat visceratim membra. 
VISCERATI5 (viscera, as if from vis- 
cero), onis, f. a distribution of raw flesh 
among the people, a present or donative of 
flesh, after a sacrifice or at a funeral of 
some important person, Kptwiaiaia. 
Cic. and Liv. -II Also, a feast, enter¬ 
tainment. Senec. 
VISCEREOS (viscus, Eris), a, um, adj. 
3 endued with or consisting of flesh. Pru¬ 
dent. 
VlSClDOS (viscum), a, um, adj. viscid, 
3 viscous, clammy, sticky, ropy. Tlieod. 
Prise, acelum. Id. Viscidiores cibi. 
VISC5. (Id.) , as, avi, aturn, a. 1 . to be¬ 
smear with birdlime, to lime. In this 
sense it seems to occur only in the par 
tidpial form ; as, Parr. Virgee viscatte. 
122 
Ovid. alte. Hence, figur. Plin. Ep. 
munera, h. e. presents for which we hope 
to receive more than we bestow. — Hence, 
to stick, glue. Juvenal. Hinc (A. e. his 
nnguentis) miseri viscantur labra ma- 
riti. 
VISCoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. full of bird¬ 
lime, sticky. Prudent. Aves viscosus 
inescat pastus. - IT Also, clammy, 
sticky, glutinous, viscous, ropy. Pallad. 
VISCUM (i£oj), i, n. the mistletoe or mis- 
seldine, vdeap, i£tis. Pirg. and Plin. 
-—- 11 Also, the birdlime which is pre- 
paredrfrom its berries; in which sense 
the form Piscus, i, in. is also used ; as, 
Pliu.’ffl oc est viscum pennis avium 
tactu KMgandis. Plant., (figur.) Viscus 
irierii's vestra est blanditia. Cic. In 
visco inhierescere. — Hence, lime, h. e. 
any thing slippery. Martial. — Also, a 
net. Parr. ap. Non. (si Nonio erediinus). 
VISCfiS, i, m. See Piscum. 3 
VISCOS (unc.), eris, n. and more fre¬ 
quently, Plur. VISCERA, urn, n. all 
that is under the skin. -—• IT Thu?, the 
inwards, h. e. all the parts in the body 
except the flesh or muscles, crirhayxva. 
Cels. Itaque demum mortui pnecordia, 
et viscus omne in conspectum latroci- 
nantis inedici dari. Lucret. [Jndecada- 
vera rancenti jam viscere vermes ex¬ 
spirant f — Hence, of the nobler inward 
parts, as, the heart, lungs, liver, fee. 
Tibp.ll. Tityus viscere pascit aves, h. e. 
liver. Ovid. Hserentia viscere tela, h. e. 
heart or breast. Hence, Id. Viscera, the 
womb. Id. Demisso in viscera censu, 
h. e. stomach. Petron. Viscera, A. c. 
testiculi. Nemes. Distrahere invalidam 
iassato viscere matrem, A. e. breast giv¬ 
ing suck. Cels. Qua parte quodque 
viscus, intestinumve sit, A. e. upper or 
nobler inward part. So, Id. A visceribus 
ad intestina veniendum est. — Also, 
the bowels, entrails. Ovid. -11 Also, 
Viscera, the flesh, so far as covered by 
the skin. Pirg. Et solida imponunt 
taurorum viscera flammis. Cic. Spar¬ 
ta pueri sic verberibus accipiuntur, ut 
multus e visceribus sanguis exeat. Id. 
Bourn visceribus vesci. Ovid. Heu 
quantum scelus est, in viscera viscera 
condi ! (where the first viscera means 
the stomach or belly of the persons eat¬ 
ing, and so belongs above ; the second 
viscera means the flesh of the animals 
eaten, and belongs here.) -It Also, 
figur. Thus, Viscera, one's flesh and 
blood, h. e. his own child or children, off¬ 
spring, as anXayxva in Greek. Ovid. 
and Quintil. — Also, bowels, inwards, 
h. e. the innermost part of any thing. 
Pirg. Avulsa viscera montis. Ovid. 
Itum est in viscera terra;. Cic. Pericu- 
lum erit inclusum penitus in venis at- 
que visceribus reipublicre. Id. Ade- 
rant, et in medullis populi R. ac visce¬ 
ribus ha;rebant. Id. Hrec in dicendo 
non extrinsecus alicunde quierenda, 
sed ex ipsis visceribus causre surnenda 
sunt, A. e. the heart, &c. Id. Qua; mihi 
in visceribus ha;rent, in my inmost soul, 
impressed deep upon my memory. Pirg. 
Neu patriae in viscera vertite vires, ft. e. 
wage not war with your own fellow-citi¬ 
zens. Liv. Tyrannus hasrens visceri¬ 
bus nobilissima; civitatis. — Hence, of 
money or property. Cic. Exstruxit vil- 
lam visceribus terarii. Id. De visceribus 
tuis, A. e. de tuis facultatibus. 
VISeNDOS, a, um, particip. from viso. 
- 11 Adj. worthy of being seen, worth 
seeing, beards. Cic. Epulum omni ap- 
paratu ornatuque visendo. Plin. Arbo- 
res magnitudinis visendae. 
VISIBIL1S (video), e,adj. visible, bpards 
Apul. Exhalationes vix visibiles. Id. 
Corpora nulli hominum visibilia. - 
11 Also, actively, that can see, capable of 
seeing. Plin. Visibilem animi partem, 
visual. 
VISIBILrTAS (visibilis), at-, x. visible- 
3 ness, visibility. Terlull. 
ATSIBILITER (Id.), adv. visibly. Paulin. 
3 Nolan. 
VISIFICOS (vises & facio), a, um, adj. 
Oclav. Herat. Per visificas vias irruere. 
VISILINUS, i, m. See Picilinus. 
VISI5 (video), onis, f. the act of seeing, 
seeing, sight, vision, Siptg. Apul. Civi- 
tas cuncta vacuatur studio visionis. 
969 
Cic. Eamque esse dei visionem, ut si 
militudine cernatur. - 11 Hence, a 
sight, h. e. what one sees cither with the 
eyes or the mind and fancy, a vision, ap- 
pearance, apparition, (barx aapa, <j>avra- 
aia. Cic. Utruin igitur censemus, dor- 
mientium animos per se ipsos in som- 
niando moveri, an externe et adventitia 
visione pulsari ? Id. Fluentiuni fre¬ 
quenter transitio fit visionum, ut e mul- 
tis una videatur.-11 Also, the image 
of any thing impressed on the mind; an 
idea, conception, notion. Quintil. Quas 
ipainairias Graeci vocant, nos sane visi- 
ones appellemus, per quas imagines re¬ 
rum absentium ita repriesentantur ani- 
mo, ut eas cernere oculis, ac pra’sentes 
habere videamur. Cic. Falsa doloris 
visione et specie moveri. Id. Nec po¬ 
test is, cui est visio veri falsique com¬ 
munis, ullum habere judicium. - 
II Also, a case, as used by jurists. Pan¬ 
dect.. In omnibus visionibus, quas pro- 
posuimus. Id. In proposita qua;stione 
tribus visionibus relatis. Id. In pri- 
ma visione, ubi, &c. 
VISI5, is, n. 4. peditum ventris sine cre- 
pitu emitto. Lucil. ap. Non. 
VISITATIS (visito), onis, f. a seeing. 
-11 Hence, an appearing, becoming 
visible, appearance. Pitruv. -II Also, 
a visit, visitation. Terlull. — Also, visit¬ 
ation, h. e. punishment. • Pulgat. 
VISIT ATOR (Id.), oris, m. a visitor. 
3 August. 
VISITS (frequentat. from viso). as, avi, 
atum, a. 1. to see often, to see. Plaut. 
- II Also, to go to sec, visit. Cic. 
Quum arderet podagra; doloribus, visi- 
tassetque eum Carneades. Suelon. Ne- 
que legrum quemquam visitavit, nisi 
explorato prius cubiculo. — Also, to visit 
for punishment. Pulgat. 
VISS (frequentat. from video), is, si, 
sum, a. 3. to see, look at, view, behold. 
Liv. Ex minis visite agios vestros vas- 
tatos. Id. Praida exposita, ut viseretur. 
Plin. insomnia, to see dreams, have 
dreams. And, absoi. Cic. Visendi 
causa venire. - 11 Especially, to go 
or come to see, to see bij going to see ; 
hence, it may be sometimes rendered 
to go, come, errianceitropai. Plant. Si 
parva jurijurando est fides, vise ad por- 
tum, go to the harbor and see. Id. Vise 
ad me intro, jam scies. Tef’cnt. Jbo-; 
visanx, si (if, h. e. whether), domi est. 
Id. Abi tu, vise, redieritne. Id. Vise 
num sit. Plaut. Nunc alteram illam 
visam hue in Veneris fanum, I will go 
into the temple and look after the other. 
Also, Viso, for visam ; as, Tcrent. Id 
viso, tune an iili insaniant, I will see, 
whether, fee. — Hence, it is often to visit, 
a sick person, for instance. Tcrent. 
Non visam uxorem Pamphili, cum in 
proximo hie sit a;gra? Cic. Constitui 
ad te venire, ut et viderem te, et vise- 
rem, et ccenarem etiam. Terent. It vi- 
sere ad earn, goes to visit her , Lucret. 
Suos visere ad legros. Cic. Propter 
quern Thespioe visuntur. Itl. Quum 
domus vulgo viseretur. Id. Nosque 
vises.-11 See, also, Pisendus, a, um. 
VISOR (video), oris, m. an explorer, spy, 
scout, bparfis. 7'acit. Ann. 16, 2. (but 
the word is doubtful, and is accordingly 
omitted in Ed. Em.) 
VTSPELLT5, onis, m. a bad and infamous 
3 man, who (as some explain the word) dis¬ 
interred and plundered the bodies of the 
dead. Pandect. 
VISTILLOS, i, m. same as Pistula. Plin. 
VISTOLa, or VISO],A, a>, the Pistula, a 
river of Poland. ’Plin. and Mela. 
VISOaLITaS (as from visualis, not used), 
3 atis, f. the power of sight, sight. Tertull. 
VISOLX, te, f. a kind of vine. Colum. - 
11 Also, a river. See Pistula. 
VISUM (visas, a, um, from video), i, n. a 
thing presented to the sight, on appear¬ 
ance, sight, object (or representation there¬ 
of). Propert. Turpia visa (referring to 
impure representations). — Especially, 
an appearance in a dream, a vision, appa¬ 
rition, (fiaapa. Cic. Sine visis somni- 
orum. Id. Perterritus visis. Propert. 
Taliax'isa mihi sornno demissa recenti. 
Ovid. Die, nocturnal quicumque es ima- 
ginis augur, visa quid ista feranl. And 
also, any supernatural or portentous ap- 
