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Ăpĭa, ae, f., = Ἀπία, an old name of the Peloponnesus, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9 (v. aqua init.).

ăpĭăcus, a, um, adj. [apium], of or relating to parsley, similar to parsley: brassica, Cato ap. Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 136 Jan; cf. Cato, R. R. 157, 2 (others read in the first passage apianam, in the latter apia).

ăpĭānus, a, um, adj. [apis], belonging to bees, of bees.

  1. I. Adj., uva, loved by bees, the muscatel, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 3; cf. Col. 12, 39, 3; so, vitis, id. 3, 2, 17: vinum, id. 12, 47, 6.
  2. II. Subst.: ăpĭāna, ae, f. (sc. herba), chamomile, App. Herb. 23.

ăpĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [apis], relating to bees; only subst.,

  1. I. ăpĭārĭus, ii, m., a bee-keeper, Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56.
  2. II. ăpĭ-ārĭum, ii, n., a bee-house, beehive (prob. first introd. by Columella into the written lang.; cf. Gell. 2, 20, 8), Col. 9, 5, 1; so id. 9, 3, 4; 9, 5, 6; 9, 7, 1; 9, 12, 4 al.

ăpĭastellum, i, n.

  1. I. The plant batrachion or herba scelerata, App. Herb. 8.
  2. II. The plant bryonia, App. Herb. 66.

‡ ăpĭastra, ae, f. [apis], a bird that lies in wait for bees, a bee-eater, commonly called merops (for apiaster or merops apiaster, Linn.), Serv. ad Verg. G. 4, 14.

ăpĭastrum, i, n. [apis].

  1. I. Wild-parsley: Selinum palustre, Linn.; Plin. 21, 12, 41, § 70; cf. Col. 9, 8, 12.
  2. II. Balm, a plant of which bees are fond: melissophyllon, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 10; Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53.

ăpĭātus, a, um [apium].

  1. I. Boiled with parsley: aqua, Theod. Prisc. 2, 2.
  2. II. Like a parsley-leaf, crisped: mensa, Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 96.

† ăpīca, ae, f. (sc. ovis) [perh. ἀπεικώς, unfit, unnatural], a sheep that has no wool on the belly, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 3; Plin. 8, 48, 75, § 198; Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll.

* ăpĭcātus, a, um, Part., as if from apico [apex], adorned with the priest’s cap: Dialis, Ov. F. 3, 397.

1. ăpīcĭus, a, um, adj. [apis], sought by bees, liked by bees; hence, sweet, dainty, = apianus, q. v.: uvae, Cato, R. R. 24, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 58; Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46; Macr. S. 2, 16.
Hence, ăpīcĭum, i, n., sc. vinum, Cato, R. R. 6, 5; 7, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 25.

2. Ăpīcĭus, ii, m.

  1. I.
    1. A. A notorious epicure under Augustus and Tiberius, Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 133; cf. Tac. A. 4, 1.
      Hence,
    2. B. The title of a Latin book on cookery, yet extant, in ten books, whose author is unknown, v. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 521; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 278, 4.
  2. II. Deriv.: Ăpīcĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Apicius: coctura, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 143: patina, Apic. 4, 2: condimenta, Tert. Anim. 33.

ăpĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [apis], a little bee, * Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 10; Plin. 7, 21, 21, § 85; Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 8 Mai.

‡ ăpĭcŭlum: filum, quo flamines velatum apicem gerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.; cf. apex, I.

Āpĭdănus, i, m., = Ἀπιδανός, a river in Thessaly, which, uniting with the Enipeus, flows into the Peneus, now Fersaliti, Ov. M. 1, 580; 7, 228; Luc. 6, 373; Val. Fl. 1, 357.

Ăpĭna, ae, f., a poor and small town in Apulia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 144.
Hence, in the plur.: ăpĭnae, prov. (as tricae, q. v.), trifles, worthless things: apinae tricaeque, Mart. 14, 1, 7; 1, 113, 2 (some regard this form as from ἀφανής, obscure, of no account).

ăpĭo, v. apo.

Apiŏlae, v. Appiolae.

1. ăpis or -es, is, f. (nom. sing. apis, Ov. M. 13, 928; Petr. Fragm. 32, 7; Col. 9, 3, 2; 9, 12, 1.
The form apes is given in Prisc. p. 613 and 703 P., and Prob. 1470 ib. as the prevailing one, to which the dim. apicula is no objection, since fides also has fidicula.
The gen. plur. varies between -ium and -um. The form apium is found, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; Liv. 4, 33, 4; 27, 23, 3; 38, 46, 5; Col. 9, 3, 3; 9, 9, 1 al.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 158; 11, 7, 7, § 7; 11, 11, 11, § 27; 11, 16, 16, § 46; 17, 27, 44, § 255 al.; Just. 13, 7, 10; Ov. M. 15, 383; Juv. 13, 68: the form apum, Liv. 21, 46, 2; 24, 10, 11; Col. 8, 1, 4; 9, 2, 2; Pall. Apr. 8, 2; id. Jun. 7, 1; Aug. 7. Of the seven examples in Cicero, Ac. 2, 17, 54; 2, 38, 120; Div. 1, 33, 73; Sen. 15, 54; Off. 1, 44, 157; Har. Resp. 12, 25 bis, the form apium is quite certain or has preponderating MS. authority) [kindred with old Germ. Bia, Imbi; Germ. Biene, Imme; Engl. bee], a bee: apis aculeus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: sicut apes solent persequi, Vulg. Deut. 1, 44: examen apium, a swarm of, Cic. Har. Resp. 12, 25: examen apum, Liv. 24, 10, 11, and Vulg. Jud. 14, 8: apes leves, Tib. 2, 1, 49; so Verg. G. 4, 54: florilegae, Ov. M. 15, 366: melliferae, id. ib. 15, 387: parcae, frugal, Verg. G. 1, 4: apis sedula, the busy bee, Ov. M. 13, 298 (cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 21): apum reges (their sovereign being regarded by the ancients as a male), Col. 9, 10, 1; so Verg. G. 4, 68 et saep.: Attica apis, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 30: fingunt favos, Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157: confingunt favos, Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11: condunt examina, Verg. G. 2, 452: exeunt ad opera, Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 14: insidunt floribus, Verg. A. 6, 708: tulit collectos femine flores, Ov. M. 13, 928: mellificant, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 59: mella faciunt, id. ib.: stridunt, Verg. G. 4, 556.
Their habits are described in Varr. R. R. 3, 16 sqq.; Verg. G. 4, 1 sqq.; Col. 9, 2 sqq.; Plin. 11, 5 sqq.; Pall. 1, 37 sqq. al.

2. Āpis, is (abl. Apide, Paul. Nol. 85), m., = Ἆπις, the ox worshipped as a god by the Egyptians, Apis, Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 184 sqq.; Ov. Am. 2, 13, 14.

3. Apis vicus, a harbor in Lake Mœotis, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39.

ăpiscor, aptus, 3, v. dep. [apo] (class., but more rare than the compd. adipiscor; in the post-Aug. per. most freq. in Tac.), orig., to reach after something, in order to take, seize, or get possession of it (syn.: peto, sequor, adquiro, attingo); hence, in gen.,

  1. I. To pursue (with effort, zeal, etc.): sine me hominem apisci, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 3.
    And as the result of the pursuit,
  2. II. To take, seize upon: etenim nullo cessabant tempore apisci Ex aliis alios avidi contagia morbi, Lucr. 6, 1235.
  3. III. To reach, attain to, get, gain, acquire (by effort, trouble, etc.; cf. adipiscor), both lit. and trop.: quod ego objectans vitam bellando aptus sum, Pac. ap. Non. p. 234, 25: hereditatem, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 8: cupere aliquid apisci, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 74, 30; so id. ib. p. 74, 23: aliquem, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 68, 25: maris apiscendi causā, Cic. Att. 8, 14 fin.: laudem, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5 fin.: aliquid animus praegestit apisci, Cat. 64, 145: spes apiscendi summi honoris, Liv. 4, 3: jus, Tac. A. 6, 3: summa apiscendi libido, id. ib. 4, 1: qui id flaminum apisceretur, id. ib. 4, 16: apiscendae potentiae properi, id. ib. 4, 59: cujus (artis) apiscendae otium habuit, id. ib. 6, 26 al.
    Once in Tacitus with gen. like the Gr. τυγχάνειν τινός: dominationis, A. 6, 45.
    Poet., to reach something in mind, i. e. to perceive, understand: Nec ratione animi quam quisquam possit apisci, Lucr. 1, 448.
    Note: Apiscendus, pass., Manil. 3, 145; Tac. A. 3, 31; 13, 20 al.; cf. adipiscor.

ăpĭum, ii, n. [apis], parsley, esp. liked by bees; an umbelliferous plant of several species (mountain-parsley, celery, etc.), Plin. 19, 8, 37, § 123 sq. The leaves of one species (water-parsley, our celery, the Apium graveolens, Linn.), were often used by the ancients for garlands, on account of their strong fragrance, Verg. E. 6, 68 Voss., esp. in drinking-bouts: vivax, that long remains green, Hor. C. 1, 36, 16; so id. ib. 2, 7, 24; 4, 11, 3 (cf. Theoc. 3, 23); and, among the Greeks, given as a prize to the victors in the Isthmian and Nemean games, Juv. 8, 226; cf. Plin. 19, 8, 46, § 158; Juv. 8, 226; Hyg. Fab. 74.

ăpo (or ăpio, Isid. Orig. 19, 30), ĕre, v. a. [cf.: ἅπτω, apiscor, apex].

  1. I.
    1. A. To fasten, attach, join, bind, tie to (syn.: ligo, adligo, jungo, conjungo, recto): comprehendere antiqui vinculo apere dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll.; cf. apex; used only in part. perf. pass. aptus (the P. a. v. infra): uteri terrae radicibus apti, fastened to the earth, Lucr. 5, 808 (Lachm., terram and apti = adepti): bracchia validis ex apta lacertis, united with the strong shoulders, id. 4, 829: gladium e lacunari setā equinā aptum demitti jussit, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62: linguam vinclis de pectore imo aptis moveri, Gell. 1, 15.
    2. B. Trop.: ex aliquā re (like pendere ex aliquā re), depending upon, arising from (so only in Cic.): rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 70: honestum, ex quo aptum est officium, id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Fin. 2, 14, 47: ex quā re (sc. virtute) una vita omnis apta sit, id. Ac. 2, 10, 31: causa ex aeternis causis apta, id. Fat. 15, 34: cui viro ex se apta sunt omnia, etc., id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36 (as transl. of Plat. Menex. p. 302: Ὅτῳ γὰρ ἀνδρὶ εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἀνήρτηται πάντα, etc.); cf. id. Fam. 5, 13.
      Once also with pendere: non ex verbis aptum pendere jus, Cic. Caecin. 18.
      Also without ex: vitā modicā et aptā virtute perfrui, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56: rudentibus apta fortuna, id. Tusc. 5, 14, 40.
  2. II.
    1. A. Joined, bound, or tied together, connected: aptum conexum et colligatum significat, Non. p. 234, 32 (so most freq. in Lucr.): conjugio corporis atque animae consistimus uniter apti, Lucr. 3, 846; 5, 555; 5, 558: genus … validis aptum per viscera nervis, bound together by the strong band of the sinews, id. 5, 928: quae memorare queam inter se singlariter apta, id. 6, 1067 al.: facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere, Cic. Or. 71, 235: quā ex conjunctione caelum ita aptum est, ut, etc., id. Tim. 5: qui tam certos caeli motus, tamque omnia inter se conexa et apta viderit, id. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Gell. 6, 2.
    2. B. Trop.: omnia inter se apta et conexa, Cic. Fin. 4, 19, 53: apta inter se et cohaerentia, id. N. D 3, 1, 4: efficiatur aptum illud, quod fuerit antea diffiuens ac solutum, id. Or. 70, 233.
      Poet., with abl., endowed, furnished, or ornamented with something: fides alma, apta pinnis, furnished with wings, winged, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105: stellis fulgentibus apta caeli domus, the abode of heaven studded with glittering stars, Lucr. 6, 357 (cf. id. 5, 1205: stellis micantibus aethera fixum); imitated by Verg.: caelum stellis fulgentibus aptum, Verg. A. 11, 202, and: axis stellis ardentibus aptus, id. ib. 4, 482: veste signis ingentibus aptā, Lucr. 5, 1428: magis apta figura, id. 2, 814: lucus opacus teneris fruticibus aptus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 235, 9: Tyrio prodeat apta sinu, Tib. 1, 9, 70.
      Hence,
  3. III. aptus, a, um, P. a., pr., fitted to something; hence, suited, suitable, proper, apposite, fit, appropriate, adapted, conformable to (cf. accommodatus and appositus, 2.).
    1. A. In gen.: aptus is, qui convenienter alicui junctus est, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll. (so most freq. after the Cic. per.); constr. with ad or dat.; of persons always with dat.
          1. (α) With ad: ossa habent commissuras ad stabilitatem aptas, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139: in pulmonibus inest raritas quaedam ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima, id. ib. 2, 55, 136: locus ad insidias aptior, id. Mil. 20: calcei habiles et apti ad pedem, id. de Or. 1, 54, 231: castra ad bellum ducendum aptissima, Caes. B. C. 2, 37; so Vulg. 1 Par. 7, 40; ib. 2 Par. 26, 13: aptum ad proelium, ib. 1 Reg. 14, 52: fornices in muro erant apti ad excurrendum, Liv. 36, 23, 3 al.
          2. (β) With dat.: non omnia rebus sunt omnibus apta, Lucr. 6, 961: aliis alias animantibus aptas Res, id. 6, 773: initia apta et accommodata naturae, Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 46: quod verum, simplex sincerumque sit, id esse naturae hominis aptissimum, id. Off. 1, 4, 13: haec genera dicendi aptiora sunt adulescentibus, id. Brut. 95, 223; so id. ib. 62, 326; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; id. Or. 22, 1 al.: quod aetati tuae esset aptissimum, id. Off. 1, 2, 4; so Nep. Att. 16, 1: apta dies sacrificio, Liv. 1, 45: venti aptiores Romanae quam suae classi, id. 25, 37 al.: notavi portus puppibus aptos, Ov. M. 3, 596; 4, 160: armis apta magis tellus, Prop. 4, 22, 19: aptum equis Argos, Hor. C. 1, 7, 9: apta vinculo conjugali, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 12; ib. Luc. 9, 62: aptus amicis, Hor. S. 2, 5, 43 et saep.
            Other constrr.:
          3. (γ) With in (cf. Rudd. II. p. 96, n. 60): in quod (genus pugnae) minime apti sunt, Liv. 38, 21: formas deus aptus in omnes, apt for, easily changed into, Ov. M. 14, 765: in ceteros apta usus, Vulg. Deut. 20, 20: vasa apta in interitum, ib. Rom. 9, 22.
          4. (δ) With qui (cf. Zumpt, § 568): nulla videbatur aptior persona, quae de illā aetate loqueretur, Cic. Am. 1, 4: est mihi, quae lanas molliat, apta manus, Ov. H. 3, 70.
            (ε) Poet., with inf: (Circe) apta cantu veteres mutare figuras, Tib. 4, 1, 63: aetas mollis et apta regi, Ov. A. A. 1, 10.
            Esp. freq., (ζ) Absol., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 235, 16: amor, Prop. 4, 22, 42: saltus, Ov. M. 2, 498: ars, Tib. 1, 7, 60: apta oscula, Tib. 1, 4, 54; Ov. H. 15, 132: lar aptus, an extensive, satisfying possession, Hor. C. 1, 12, 43.
            So in prose: aptus exercitus, an army good in fight, ready for battle, Liv. 10, 25: tempus aptum, the right time, id. 35, 19; so Vulg. Eccli. 20, 6 al.
    2. B. Esp., in rhet., of the fitness, appropriateness of discourse: quid aptum sit, hoc est quid maxime decens in oratione, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 210; so apta oratio, which has the appropriate rhet. fulness and periodic rounding: numerosa et apta oratio, id. Or. 50, 168; cf. id. ib. 50, 70; so id. Brut. 17, 68: Thucydides verbis aptus et pressus, exact and brief in expression, id. de Or. 2, 13, 56.
      Hence, aptē, adv., closely, fitly, suitably, nicely, rightly.
  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Absol.: atque ita apte cohaeret (mundi corpus), ut etc., Cic. Tim. 5: altera est nexa cum superiore et inde apteque pendens, id. ap. Non. p. 235, 18: capiti apte reponere, Liv. 1, 34, 8.
    2. B. With ad: apte convenire ad pedem, Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.
      Sup.,
    3. C. With inter: ut inter se quam aptissime cohaereant extrema (verba) cum primis etc., Cic. Or. 44, 149.
  2. II. Trop., fitly, suitably, properly, duly, rightly.
    1. A. Absol.: facile judicabimus, quid eorum apte fiat, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146: quod est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere, id. ib. 1, 1, 2: apte et quiete ferre, id. ib. 4, 17, 38: non equite apte locato, Liv. 4, 37, 8: Qui doceant, apte quid tibi possit emi, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 88: nec aliter imperium apte regi potest, Curt. 8, 8, 13: floribus compositis apte et utiliter, Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 46.
      Comp.: qualia aptius suis referentur locis, Plin. 2, 62, 62, § 153: Aptius haec puero, quam tibi, dona dabis, Mart. 13, 26.
    2. B. With dat.: si quid exierit numeris aptius, Quint. 10, 12, 26.
      Sup.: seruntur Parilibus tamen aptissime, Plin. 19, 3, 24, § 69.
    3. C. With ad: (ut) ad rerum dignitatem apte et quasi decore (loquamur), Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 144: spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens, Liv. 1, 10, 5.

Appĭŏlae (better Apĭ-), ae, f., a city of Latium, probably near Bovillœ, Liv. 1, 35, 7 Weissenb.