matter (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Material substanceII. Subject treated by an author or speaker1. mātĕria or -es, ēi2. silva (in philos. sense = Gk. ὕλη[**hard to read but prev page is better)3. argūmentum (in less precise senseIII. AffairIV. Concern, troubleV. Importance, consequenceVI. Pus1. pus, pūris, n.2. sănies, ēi (thinnish and bloody) • matter (subs.): I. Material substance: corpus, ŏris, n.: Lucr. pass.: Cic.: cf. material, adj. (I.). II. Subject treated by an author or speaker: 1. mātĕria or -es, ēi: truth is the subject m. of philosophy, sapientiae quasi materia [quam tractet et in qua versetur] subjecta est veritas, Cic. Off. 1, 5, 15: m. for joking, materies ridiculorum, m. ad jocandum, id. de Or. 2, 59, 238: also absol., my m. (for writing about) increases, crescit mihi materies, id. Att. 2, 12, med. 2. silva (in philos. sense = Gk. ὕλη[**hard to read but prev page is better): subject m. for speaking, s. dicendi, Cic. Or. 3, 12: cf. id. de Or. 3, 26, 102, silva rerum et sententiarum, i. e., the subject m. consisting of facts and sentiments to be illustrated by the orator. 3. argūmentum (in less precise sense: something to speak or write about): to furnish m. for a letter, dare a. epistolae, Cic. Att. 10, 13, med.: Quint. 5, 10, 9 (= omnis ad scribendum destinata materies). III. Affair: res, rĕi, f.: Cic.: Caes. (pass.): v. thing. IV. Concern, trouble: Phr.: what is the m. with you? quid tristis es? Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 2; or more generally, quid est? ib. 3, 2, 25; et pass.: also, quid tibi est, id. Heaut. 2, 4, 24: cf. id. Ad. 5, 5, 2, quid fit? quid agitur? he has something the m. with him, *nonnihil incommodi habet. V. Importance, consequence: usu. expr. by rēfert, intĕrest: v. foll. art. VI. Pus: 1. pus, pūris, n.: described by Cels. as, crassissimum, albidissimum (thick and pale-coloured), Med. 5, 6, 20. 2. sănies, ēi (thinnish and bloody): Cels. l. c. Full of m., purulentus Cato: Plin.