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pretext foi a journey from Rome into a 
province; the person travelling thus 
was entertained and accommodated 
like a real ambassador. Propert. Vo- 
tivas nodes et mihi redde decern, h. e. 
in which one on account of a vow does not 
keep company with a lover. -If Also, 
conformable to one’s wish, agreeable, pleas¬ 
ant. Apul. conspectus. - IT Plaut. 
Cas. prol. 29. Ed. Cameran. Aures vo- 
tiv® si sunt, h. e. inclined to hear, desi¬ 
rous of hearing (most Edd. have more 
correctly vacioce). 
FoTUM (voveo), i, n. that which is vowed 
or promised to a deity by vote. Petron. 
Stipant graves equi recessus Danai, et 
in voto latent. Virg. Lustramurque 
Jovi, votisque incendimus aras, h. e. 
ture et victiinis; ( Servius interprets it 
vota facientes.) — Hence, a vow, or prom¬ 
ise made to some deity, evxv, evxw\fi- 
Cic. Nefaria vota. Id. Voti religione 
esse obstrietum. Id. Yoto quodatn et 
promisso teneri. Id. Vota debere diis, 
h. e. to be bound to pay or fulfil. Horat. 
Ex voto, agreeably to a vow. Cic. Vota 
nuncupate’, or, suscipere, or, Liv. and 
Ooul. concipere, to make vows. So, 
also, Vota facere, to make vows; as, 
Cic. de segroto. Id. contra rempubli- 
cam. So, also, Id. Vota facere, to make 
wishes or to wish. (See below, under 
the meaning wish.) Id. Quum vos et 
omnes boni vota faceretis, ut, &c. li. e. 
made vowg, or wished. Ccccin. in Cic. 
Ep. Nemo nostrum est, quin victori® 
sure vota fecerit. Also, Vota canere, 
for facere ; as, Virg. Junoni, to make 
vows. Again, Cic. Vota solvere, or, Id. 
dissolvere, or, Plin. Ep. persolvere, or, 
Tacit, exsolvere, or, Cic. and Ooid. red- 
dere, to fulfil one’s vows. Thus, also, 
Virg. Vota exsequi; or, Justin. Voto 
fungi. Petron. Voto se exsolvere, to 
release one’s self from one’s vow, and so 
to discharge it; so, Justin. Voto fungi, 
h. e. votum exsequi. Liv. Voti dam- 
natus, or, Virg. reus, h. e. properly that 
is bound to fulfil his vow, consequently, 
that has obtained his wish, for which the 
vow was made ; so, also, Liv. Civitas 
voti damnata. Nep. Nunc se vnti esse 
damnatum. Liv. Votorum damnaren- 
tur. Id. Voti compotem facere, to cause 
one to obtain that, for which his vow was 
made ; to grant his wish. Virg. Divos 
in vota vocare, to make vows to the gods; 
to invoke the gods ; thus, also, Id. Fra- 
trem in vota vocavit, and, Ovid. Vota ad 
deos ferre. (See below.) Virg. Cessare 
in vota, h. e. cessare facere vota. — Also, 
the day on which vows are made. Vopisc. 
and Capitolin. — Also, a prayer connected 
with a vow. Ovid. Dii inaris et terr®, 
(quid enim nisi vota supersunt?) sol¬ 
vere quassat® parcite membra ratis 
(this may mean wishes). Id. Vota ad 
deos ferre. (See above.) -IT Also, 
that which has been wished, a wish. Ovid. 
Voto potiri. Id. Quantum defuerat 
pleno post oscula voto. Petron. Frui 
votis. Liv. Voti compotem facere (see 
above). So of the person who is the 
object of one’s wish ; thus, Ovid. C®ru- 
lea petere mea vota via, the object of my 
desires, h. e. Helen. So, Id. Multarum 
votum sola tenere potes (where Paris 
speaks of himself). — Also, a wishing, 
wish Cic. Nocturna vota cupiditatum. 
Ooid. Hffic loca sunt voto fertiliora tuo. 
Horat. Hoc erat in votis, this I wished. 
Pers. In voto erat, h. e. I wished. Ho¬ 
rat. Tn votum venire, to be wished for, 
be the object of one’s wishes. Ovid Cor- 
rige vota. Hence, Cic. Vota facere, 
to wish, maketoishes. (See above.) Cels. 
Votum est, ut, &c. it is the wish, it is to 
be wished, that, Sec. Also, of things 
without life. Plin. Vota arborum sunt, 
the trees wish, h. e. it is proper for them. 
—'IT Also, marriage, matrimonial en¬ 
gagement. Cod. Just. Ad tertia vota 
inigrare, to a third marriage. 
VoTOS, a, um, particip. from voveo. 
l r 8V£8 (unc.), es, vovi, votum, a. 2. to 
vow, to promise sacredly or devote any 
thing to a god, evxopai, iirtvxogou. 
Cic. Herculi decumam. Liv. Tullus 
in re trepida decern vovit Salios, fanaque 
l’allori ac Pavori. — Also, to vow any 
thing to a person. Ovid. Hostica Tyr- 
rheno vota est vindemia regi, h. e. sa¬ 
credly promised. Also, Vota vovere ; as, 
Plaut. Ut, qu® apud legionem vota vo¬ 
vi exsolvam. Also, Inscript, ap. Liv. 
Votum vovere, to vow any thing, make a 
vow. Sallust, fragm. Se vovere pro re- 
publica, or, Cic. Capita sua pro salute 
patri®, to devote. Also, with an accus. 
and irifin. Cic. Vovisse dicitur, uvam 
se deo daturum. Coes. Pro victirnis 
homines immolant, aut se immolaturos 
vovent. Plaut. Me inferre Veneri vovi 
jam jentaculum. Also, with ut. Jus¬ 
tin. Voverant, si victores forent, ut, 
&c.-11 Hence, to wish, for whoever 
makes a vow usually wishes something 
also. Ovid. Elige, quid voveas. Horat. 
Quid voveat dulci matricula majus 
alumno. Ovitl. Dona puer solvit, qu® 
femina voverat. 
VoX {Sip), vocis, f. the voice. Cic. mag- 
na. Plaut. bona. Cic. Vox dulcis et 
clara. Id. Vocem mittere, or, Liv. 
emittere, li. e. to let one’s voice be heard, 
give utterance to one’s voice, speak. Virg. 
Vocem remittere, h. e. to send back the 
Voice, to return an echo. Plaut. Vocem 
comprimere, or, Phasdr. preinere, or, 
Ovid, supprimere, li. e. to suppress the 
voice, to be silent. Virg. Vocem tollere, 
to set up, raise, lift up (but figur. Horat. 
Vocem tollere, to speak in a lofty style). 
Cic. Vocem includere, to stop or stifle the 
voice. -U Hence, a calling or crying 
out. Terent. Voce opus est, I must cry out. 
-IT Also, a sound, tone. Cic. Col- 
locabuntur igitur verba, ut inter se 
quam aptissime coh®reant extrema cum 
primis, eaque (verba) sint quam suavis- 
simis vocibus. Lucret. Nec voces cer- 
nere suemus. Cic. Vocum concursio. 
And. ad Herenn. Vocum varietas. Cic. 
Vocem mittere, to emit or give forth a 
sound; to speak. (See above.) Liv. 
Vox quiritantium, sound. — Hence, a 
note in music. Virg. Septem discri- 
mina vocum.-IT Also, tone, accent. 
Cic. In omni verbo posuit vocem.- 
IT Also, that which is uttered or spoken. 
— Thus, award. Coes. Neque ullam vo¬ 
cem exprimere posset, any word. Cic. 
Ex singulis vocibus, words. Ovid. Is 
verbi sensus, vis ea vocis (A. e. verbi) 
erat. Cic. Non intelligere, quid sonet 
h®c vox voluptatis, word ; and so, what 
this word voluptas signifies. Voces also 
denotes either tumultuous expressions 
which are heard here and there, or 
hard words, abusive speeches or expres¬ 
sions, threats. Cues, and Propert. (See 
Cces. B. Q. 3, 17.)—Also, words. Cic. 
Nihil esse opis in hac voce, Civis Ro- 
manus suum. Id. Legum voce, in the 
very words, &c. in their own words (but 
this may be voice). — Hence, a word, 
h. e. a sentence, decision, judgment. 
Virg. Prcelia voce diremit. Also, a 
judgment, saying, dictum, sentiment, sen¬ 
tence, maxim. Horat. Verba quibus vo¬ 
ces sensusque notarent. Plin. Unam 
vocem antiquorum, maxim. — Also, 
speech, language, tongue. Ovid. Graia 
sive Latina voce loqui. Justin. Civem 
ex voce cognoscere. Virg. Vocem mu- 
tare. Hence, Una vox omnium, or, 
Una vox, the language of all; as, Cic. 
H®c una vox omnium est. Id. Una 
p®ne voce repelli, li. e. unanimously, with 
one voice. 
CPTLIS, onis, m. fur Opilio, a shepherd. 
2 Virg. Venit et upilio; tardi venere bu- 
bulci. 
OPOPX (tir oxp), ®,f. a hoopoe, hroip. Plin. 
-II Perhaps, also, an instrument for 
digging, a kind of mattock. Plaut. 
uRASOS {ovpaios), a, um, adj. having a 
2 tail. Plin. Ur®a cybia, ovpaTa Kvfiia. 
tail-pieces from a species of tunny. 
uRXNI A, or uRXNTe {Ovoavia, Qvpav'ay, 
h. c. the heavenly), es, f. Urania, one 
of the nine muses, who presided over as¬ 
tronomy. Cic. 
uRXNoSCSPOS, or -SS {obpavocKdnos), i, 
2 in. the heaven-gazer, a sea-fish, otherwise 
called callionymus. Plin. 
uRXNOS (Oipni/oj), i, m. the heaven, Ura- 
3 nus; according to fable, the father of 
Saturn. Laclant. 
CRaSCoRPIu {obpa oKopiriov), h. e. cau- 
3 da scorpionis ; scorpion-wort, otherwise 
called heliotropium. Apul. 
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uRBX, ®, f. a town of Switzerland. — 
Hence, Pagus Urbigenus, a canton of 
Switzerland named from it. Cas. 
ORBaNaTIM (urban us), adv. as in towns 
3 or cities, politely. Pompon. 
ORBaNk (Id.), adv. as they do in tovms 
and cities (and especially large ones); 
consequently, elegantly, happily, politely, 
wittily, dortUoy. Cic. Ut a patre audi- 
ebam facete et urbane Stoicos irridente. 
Id. Urbane agere. Id. Urbanius agere. 
Q uintil. Nec sane potuit urbanius ex 
confessione insciti® su® elabi. Gell. 
Urbanissime respondere. Quintil. Ur¬ 
bane dicta, witty or fine sayings. — Also, 
urbanely , politely, courteously, civilly. 
Trebell. Poll. Fuit ejusdem socius in 
appetendo imperio quidam Ceronius, 
qui eos et urbanissime, et prudentissime 
adjuvit. 
ORBaNICIaNOS (urbanus), a, um, adj. 
3 of or belonging to a city, especially to 
Rome. Spartian. and Pandect, milites, 
that are stationed as a garrison at Rome. 
uRBaNICuS (Id.), a, um, adj. same as 
3 Urbanidanus. Pandect. 
ORBaNITaS (Id.), atis, f. a living in a 
town or city (particularly a large city, 
and especially Rome), a city life, dareiS- 
rps, aareiapo;. Cic. Tu modo ineptias 
istas, et desideria urbis et urbanitatis 
depone.-IT In cities, especially large 
cities, such as Rome, the inhabitants 
are more polite and refined (in their 
way of life, their manners, their speech, 
their wit, &c.) than the inhabitants of 
tlie country. Hence several uses of 
urbanitas. — Thus, refinement, elegance, 
politeness, good breeding, refined manners, 
urbanity, courtesy, affability. Cic. ad Div. 
3, 7. Etiamne tu lias ineptias? homo, 
mea sententia, summaprudentia, multa 
etiam doctrina, plurimo rerum usu: 
addo urbanitate {al. leg. urbanitatem), 
qu® est virtus, ut Stoici rectissime pu- 
tant. — Also, refinement, delicacy, or ele¬ 
gance of speech, partly in pronunciation 
and partly in language. See Cic. Brut. 
46. Quintil. 6, 3, 17. — Also, fineness of 
wit or humor, fine wit, delicate pleasantry 
or raillery. Cic. Contuinelia si petu- 
iantius jactatur, convicium ; si facetius, 
urbanitas nominatur. Id. Vides, exa- 
ruisse jam veterem urbanitatem. Quin¬ 
til. in jocis. — Also, refinement and art 
in deceiving, skilful roguery, subtle trick¬ 
ery, finesse. Tacit. Incuriosos milites 
vernacula urbanitate quidam spolia- 
vere. 
uRBaNOS (urbs), a, um, adj. of, pertain¬ 
ing, or belonging to a city (especially to 
a large city, particularly Rome), city, 
Roman, tto\ltlk6s, darcios. Terent. vi¬ 
ta, city life. Cic. tribus, city tribe. Cic. 
and Ctes. prstor, the city praetor, who ad¬ 
ministered justice between citizens. Liv. 
Urban!, city-people {of Rome). Id. ex- 
ercitus, h. e. ex civibus in urbe degen- 
tibus. Cic. insidi®, h. e. in Rome. 
Cic. and Pandect. pr®dium, an estate in 
the city ; also, near the city; or, in the 
city style, when, for instance, it was 
arranged merely for pleasure. - 
11 The inhabitants of cities and towns, 
especially large ones, such as Rome, 
are more polite and refined, than the 
inhabitants of the country ; hence, Ur¬ 
banus often signifies refined or elegant in 
one’s way of living, polite, genteel, well- 
bred, courteous, affable. Cic. Hominem, 
ut nunc loquimur, urbanum, a man of 
the world. — Also, refined, polished, ele¬ 
gant, in speaking {h. e. in pronunciation, 
expression, &c..). Cic. In vocibus quid- 
dam resonaturbanius. Quintil. Os faci¬ 
le (in pronuntiando) et urbanum. — Al¬ 
so, refined in icil, in jest; witty, facetious, 
pleasant. Cic. sermo. Id. Homo urba- 
nissimus. Id. Homines iepidi et urba- 
ni. Id. sales. Hence, witty, jocular, a 
wit, a joker, &c. Horat. Mffinius, ut, 
rebus maternis atque paternis fortiter 
absumptis, urbanus ccepit haberi, scur- 
ra vagus, &c. Plaut. Urbani assidui 
{h. e° semper se obtrudentes) cives, 
quos scurras vocant. — Figur. refined, 
civilized, gentle, mild; of trees, as op¬ 
posed to silvestres. Plin. - IT As 
city-people are often found of more as¬ 
surance and effrontery than country- 
people, hence Urbanus is used for bold, 
