tide (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Motion of the sea1. aestus, ūs2. cursus, ūsII. Time • tide (subs.): I. Motion of the sea: Lit.: aestus, ūs (more fully with qual. adj.): the ebb and flow of the t.s are controlled by the motion of the moon, marinorum aestuum accessus et recessus lunae motu gubernantur, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34: the flowing and ebbing t.s, a. maritimi accedentes aut recedentes, id. N. D. 2, 53, 132: the t.s ebb and flow, a. maris accedunt et reciprocant, Plin. 2, 97, 99: springs ebb and flow with the t., fontes cum aestu maris crescunt minuunturque, id. 2, 102, 105, § 229: the t.s ebb and flow twice in the 24 hours, a. bis affluunt bisque remeant vicenis quaternis horis, id. 2, 97, 99: the rising of the t., exortus aestus, id. ib., extr.: the t. rises, a. intumescit, id. ib.; allabitur, Tac. A. 1, 70: when the t. had swept in, cum ex alto a. se incitavisset, Caes. B. G. 3, 12: the turn of the t., commutatio aestus, id. ib. 5, 8: as the t. went down, minuente aestu, id. ib. 3, 12: news was brought that the t. was going down, nuntiatum est a. decedere, Liv. 26, 45: a. maris se resorbet, refluit, residit, Plin. 2, 97, 99 (q. v.): with the t., against the t., aestu secundo, adverso, Sall. Fragm.: with wind and t., ventum et a. secundum nactus, Caes. B. G. 4, 23: they are driven back by the t., cursus aestu reverberatur, Curt. 9, 9, 8. spring-t.s, a. maxime tumentes, maximi, Plin. 2, 97, 99; Caes. B. G. 4, 29: neap-t.s, a. inanes, Plin. l. c.: to sail with the t., a. occupare, Curt. 9, 9, 27. Phr.: the t. ebbs and flows, mare accrescit et resorbetur, Tac. Agr. 10: the ebb and flow of the t., receptus et recursus maris, Eumen. Pan. Const. 6, fin.: the t. came in, mare subibat, Curt. 9, 9, 7; aquae (leni tractu) subibant, id. 9, 9, 25: a spring which is covered at flood-t., fons qui fluctu operiretur, Cic. Verr. 4, 53, 118: the t. began to ebb, coepit reciprocari mare, Curt. 9, 9, 20: Just. 44, 4: v. ebb. Fig.: 1. aestus, ūs: a t. of genius has swept thee far from shore, te quasi quidam a. ingenii procul a terra abripuit, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145: lest the tide of custom carry us away, ne nos a. consuetudinis absorbeat, id. Leg. 2, 4, 9. 2. cursus, ūs: the full t. of eloquence, eloquentia quae cursu magno sonituque ferretur, Cic. Or. 28, 97: v. course, stream. Phr.: he began to swim with the t., se ad motus fortunae coepit movere, Caes. B. C. 2, 17: to go with the t., prospero flatu fortunae uti, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 16: the t. of the prosperity of states ebbs and flows, *opes civitatum crescunt ac decrescunt. II. Time: tempus, ōris, n.: v. time.