spring (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The season1. vēr, vēris, n.2. vernum tempusII. By anal., the s. of lifeIII. An elastic forceIV. A leapV. Of water1. fons, ntis, m.2. scătūrīgo, ĭnis, f. (water bubbling up and oozing through the ground) • spring (subs.): I. The season: 1. vēr, vēris, n.: at the beginning of s., ineunte vere, Cic. Man. 12, extr.: principio veris, Col. (Kr.): primo vere (at the very beginning of s.) Liv. 21, 21: quum ver esse coepit, Cic. Verr. 5, 10, extr.: s. was now at hand, jam v. appetebat, Liv. 22, extr.: at the very first doubtful signs of s., ad prima ac dubia signa veris, ib. 21, 58, init. 2. vernum tempus: Cic. Sen. 19, 70: Lucr. To be like s., fresh and green: vernare: cf. Plin. 2, 50, 51, in Italia aer semper quodammodo vernat vel auctumnat (is always either s. or autumn): Ov. II. By anal., the s. of life: iniens aetas, iniens pueritia vel adolescentia: v. youth. (Or perh. *ver um quoddam aetatis tempus.) III. An elastic force: *ĕlătēr: spira e ferro recellente facta (Kr.). IV. A leap: saltus, ūs: v. leap. To make a s., salire: v. to leap. V. Of water: 1. fons, ntis, m.: a place having plenty of s.s, locus fontibus abundans, Cic. Rep. 2, 6: a fresh-water s., f. dulcis aquae, id. Verr. 4, 53, 118. Also used poet. = s. water: Virg. Aen. 12, 119. 2. scătūrīgo, ĭnis, f. (water bubbling up and oozing through the ground): Col. 3, 13, med.: Liv. Phr.: s. water, saliens aqua, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25: also, scaturiens aqua, Pall.: abounding in s.s, scaturiginosus, Col. 5, 8 (with water oozing up).
spring (adj.) Copy link • spring (adj.): vernus: s. flowers, v. flores, Ov.: Hor.: Cic. Esp. in phr. vernum tempus: v. preced. art. (I.).
spring (v.) Copy link Outline A. Intrans.I. To grow up1. ēnascor, nātus, 32. vĕnio, prōvĕnio, 4 (the former poet.)3. cresco, 34. other rarer or more poet. exprr. are, surgere, Virg. G. 2, 14II. As a river or s., to have its source (Lit.)III. To begin, as a galeIV. To be descended from1. ortus2. nātus (denoting immediate parentage3. sătus (chiefly poet.)4. ēdĭtus (poet.)V. To proceed fromVI. To leap, boundVII. By anal. with preced.B. Trans. • spring (v.): A. Intrans.: I. To grow up: 1. ēnascor, nātus, 3: a laurel had sprung up in the stern of a ship of war, lauream in puppi navis longae enatam, Liv. 32, 1, fin.: Varr.: Tac.: Suet. (Nasci = to grow: Plin. pass.) 2. vĕnio, prōvĕnio, 4 (the former poet.): to s. up without cultivation, sponte sua v., Virg. G. 2, 11: sponte sua provenire, Plin. 17, init. 3. cresco, 3: v. to grow. 4. other rarer or more poet. exprr. are, surgere, Virg. G. 2, 14: pullulare, se subjicere (to shoot up), ib. 16 and 18: exoriri, Lucr. 1, 180: emergere, Cic. Sen. 15, 51 (of the blade of corn coming forth to view): and in causative sense, submittere (to cause to s. up), Lucr. 1, 8 (suaves daedala tellus submittit flores). II. As a river or s., to have its source (Lit.): nascor, ŏrior: v. to rise (III.). Also ēmĭco, 1 (to come spouting up): Liv. 44, 33. III. To begin, as a gale: ŏrior, exŏrior, surgo: v. to rise (III.). IV. To be descended from: esp. in p. part. sprung: which is expr. by, 1. ortus: or where remoter origin is indicated, ŏriundus: (1.) ortus: s. from the same grade, ex eodem loco o., Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10: (the Belgae) s. from the Germans, o. a Germanis, Caes. B. G. 2, 4: and without prep. equestri loco o., Cic.: Liv. (2.) ŏriundus: s. from Syracuse, oriundus a Syracusis, Liv. 24, 6 (where immediate parentage is expr. by natus): foll. by ex to denote the persons from whom descent is traced, ib. 2, 9 (ex Etruscis o.): but also ab, Cic. Top. 6, 29 (qui ab ingenuis o. sunt, Vet. Lex). 2. nātus (denoting immediate parentage: with abl.): v. born, son. More exactly in sense of Eng., prognātus: Romulus s. from the loins of a god, Romulus deo p., Liv.: foll. by ex and ab, Caes.: v. descended (3). 3. sătus (chiefly poet.): with abl.: O thou s. from the blood of gods, sate sanguine divum, Virg. Aen. 6, 125: cf. Liv. 38, 58, non sanguine humano sed stirpe divina s. (in a rhetor. passage). 4. ēdĭtus (poet.): v. descended. V. To proceed from: māno, ēmāno, ŏrior: v. TO PROCEED FROM (IV.): also prŏfĭciscor, etc.: v. to originate. VI. To leap, bound: sălio, ĭi, and ui, ltum, 4: and more freq. comps.: (1.) exsĭlio, 4 (to s. from): he sprang hastily from his seat, properans de sella exsiluit, Cic. Verr. 2, 30, 75: I sprang (eagerly) to you, exsilui ad te, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 44. (2.) dēsĭlio, 4 (to s. down): to s. down from a chariot, etc., curru, essedo, equis d., Caes.: Cic. (3.) insĭlio, 4 (to s. upon): to s. upon a horse, ins. in equum, Liv. 6, 7: to s. upon any one (to attack him), ins. in aliquem, Apul. (4.) prōsĭlio, 4 (to s. forward): the king sprang (started) from his throne, rex ab sede sua prosiluit, Liv. 2, 12: Cic. (5.) rĕsĭlio, 4 (to s. back): Quint.: Plin.: v. to leap. VII. By anal. with preced.: ēmĭco, 1: cf. supr. (II.). Where the action of an elastic s. is referred to, perh. rĕsĭlio, 4: v. to recoil. To s. asunder, dissĭlio, displōdo: v. to fly apart. Phr.: the gate suddenly s.s open, *porta subito impetu se pandit. B. Trans.: Phr.: to s. a leak, rimas agere, Ov. M. 2, 211: (to crack, form fissures), rimis fatiscere (of ships), Virg. Aen. 1, 123 (but the expr. does not so much denote the sudden formation of an aperture, as the gradual parting of the timbers): more exactly perh. *rimâ, fissurâ, foramine dissilire: the ship sprang several leaks, (navis) plurimis locis laxari coepisse (R. and A.): to s. a mine, *pulveris (nitrati) cuniculum igni admoto explodere: to s. a rattle, *crepitaculo signum dare; crepitaculo insonare: to s. an arch, *fornicem educere.
SPRING Copy link • SPRING 1. s. The vernal season, ver: tempus vernum (the time of spring). At the beginning of spring, primo vere; principio veris; ineunte and inito vere (the former when it begins, the latter when it has begun): it is early in spring, praevernat (Plin., 18, 26, 65, no. 2, § 239): that happens or is found in spring, vermis: the spring of life, flos primus aetatis (☞ ver aetatis is poetical): the beginning of spring, veris principium; ver primum: a spring day, *dies vernus; *dies veris (☞ species verna diei is poetical): spring weather, tempestas verna; *caelum vernum: it is spring weather, caelum (or aër) quodammodo vernat (Vid: Plin., . 2, 50, 51): warm spring weather, *vernus caeli tepor. A principle of motion, *elater: *spira e ferro recellente facta; *spira recellens or resiliens. Spring of a watch, *elater horologii. A leap, saltus, -ūs. A fountain, (PROP.) aqua saliens (Suet.); saliens (Vitr.): salientes (sc. aquae, Cic., Vitr.). A source, origin, Vid. 2. v. Intransitively, To begin to grow, progerminare (Col.): emergere (Cic.): enasci (Col.). To arise, oriri (general term): scaturire: excurrere, at a place, ex (to bubble forth, of fountains): originem habere (to have its origin anywhere, of rivers): profluere (of fountains and rivers): fluere: manare: proficisci: nasci: gigni: exsistere: erumpere ex aliqua re (figuratively, to have its foundation or ground in anything): sequi aliquid (to be the consequence of anything): Injurious consequences spring from that measure, inutiles res sequuntur illam viam consilii: to spring from another quarter, gigni aliunde: sprung from, natus or prognatus aliquo (born from); ortus ab aliquo (descended from); oriundus ab aliquo (that derives his origin from anybody of more remote descent): to be sprung from a place, from a person, ortum esse ex aliquo loco, ab or ex aliquo; natum esse aliquo loco, aliquo (in respect of the place, the rank, or the person from whom one is derived); oriundum esse ab aliquo loco or ab aliquo (of the place or person from whom our ancestors were descended; hence frequently opposed to natus; e.g., Liv., 24, 6, Hippocrates et Epicydes nati Carthagine, sed oriundi ab Syracusis). To leap, salire. To spring up, subsilire; exsilire (de); prosilire (a). To fly with elastic power, dissilire: rumpi: disrumpi. The door springs open, janua se aperit. Transitively, To burst, rumpere: disrumpere. PHR., To spring an arch, camerare, concamerare, confornicare, aliquid. To spring a leak, rimas agere. The ship springs a leak, navis rimis fatiscit (Verg.). To have sprung a leak, (omnibus) compagibus aquam accipere; plurimis locis laxari coepisse (in several places). To spring a mine, *vi pulveris pyrii cuniculum discutere: to spring a rattle, *insonare crepitaculo (after insonuitque flagello, Verg.).