jăcĕo — Lewis & Short
jăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum (
I fut. part. jaci-turus, Stat. Th. 7, 777), 2, v. n. intr. of jacio; lit., to be thrown or cast; hence, to lie.
I Lit.
A In gen.:
in limine,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:
stratum ad pedes alicujus,id. Quint. 31, 96; id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2:
alicui ad pedes,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129:
in lecto,id. Phil. 2, 18, 45; Juv. 6, 269:
in ignota harena,Verg. A. 5, 871:
Tyrio sublimis in ostro,Ov. H. 12, 179:
in viridi gramine,id. Am. 1, 14, 22:
in teneris dominae lacertis,id. ib. 1, 13, 5:
in solo,id. M. 2, 420:
in viduo toro,id. H. 16, 316:
in gremio,id. ib. 9, 136;
11, 4: in servi complexibus,Juv. 6, 279;
for which: saxum campo quod forte jacebat,Verg. A. 12, 897:
deserto lecto,Ov. H. 1, 7:
saxo,id. M. 6, 100:
gremio mariti,Juv. 2, 120:
in aversa ora,Ov. H. 12, 63:
super corpus alicujus,id. F. 2, 836:
somno,Verg. E. 6, 14:
spissa harena,id. A. 6, 336:
humo,Ov. A. A. 2, 238:
nudus humi jacet,Lucr. 5, 224; Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26; Ov. Am. 3, 1, 12:
humi ante lectum jacens,Suet. Oth. 7:
mecum inter salices lenta sub vite jacere,Verg. E. 10, 40:
sub alta platano,Hor. C. 2, 11, 14:
strata jacent sub arbore poma,Verg. E. 7, 54.—Absol.:
Tityos jacet alitis esca,Verg. Cul. 237:
vittae jacentes,Tib. 2, 5, 53:
pisces jacentes,i. e. flatfish, Col. 8, 17, 9.—
B In partic.
1 Of sick persons, to lie ill, to be sick:
cura ut valeas, ne ego te jacente bona tua comedim,Cic. Fam. 9, 20:
cum tristj morbo defessa jaceres,Tib. 1, 5, 9:
hic facit ut jaceas,Ov. H. 20, 173:
graviter,Plin. Ep. 5. 9:
sine spe,Sen. Ep. 101, 3.—
2 To lie dead, to have fallen:
Aeacidae telo jacet Hector,Verg. A. 1, 99; 10, 737:
corpora per campos ferro quae fusa jacebant,id. ib. 11, 102:
cum primi occidissent, proximi jacentibus insisterent,Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 3; 7, 25, 3:
neminem jacentem veste spoliavit,Nep. Thras. 2, 6; cf.:
spolia jacentis hostium exercitus,Liv. 44, 45:
ne inultos imperatores suos jacere sinerent,id. 25, 37:
qui bene pro patria cum patriaque jacent,Ov. H. 3, 106:
Arge, jaces!id. M. 1, 720: morte jacent merita, id. F. 3, 707:
fratri jacet,killed by his brother, Sil. 15, 650:
rupto jacuit corpore (rana),Phaedr. 1, 24, 10:
jacuit Catilina cadavere toto,Juv. 10, 288.—
3 To be or lie long anywhere, to linger, tarry, stop at a place:
pernam, glandium, sumen facito in aqua jaceant,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 33:
Brundusii,to stay long at, Cic. Att. 11, 6, 2.—
4 Geographically, to lie, be situate, = esse, situm esse (not in Cic. or Cæs.): jacet Vada inter Appenninum et Alpis, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2; Liv. 5, 48, 2; 6, 30, 5; 22, 3, 3:
inter Taurum montem jacet et Hellespontem,Nep. Eum. 3, 2 saep.:
quae gens jacet supra Ciliciam,id. Dat. 4:
ad vesperam jacentis terrae,Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 216:
summo in vertice montis Planities ignota jacet,Verg. A. 11, 527:
quod urbes in planis jaceant,Just. 22, 5, 5:
alio patriam quaerunt sub sole jacentem,Verg. G. 2, 512:
jacet extra sidera tellus,id. A. 6, 795; cf.:
pallente sub umbra Cimmerias jacuisse domos,Sil. 12, 132:
inter eos solemque jacent immania ponti aequora,Lucr. 4, 412; cf.:
Cyclades et Sporades per quingenta milia in longitudinem ... jacent,extend, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 71.—
5 To be low, flat, level:
jacentia et plana urbis loca,Tac. H. 1, 86:
despiciens terras jacentīs,Verg. A. 1, 224:
praetervehor Thapsum jacentem,id. ib. 3, 689; Val. Fl. 4, 712:
quaeque jacent valles,Ov. F. 2, 392; Just. 22, 5, 5:
jacentes campos,Luc. 4, 52:
summo despexit ab aethere terras Infelix Phaëthon penitus penitusque jacentes,Ov. M. 2, 178.—
6 Esp., of the sea, to be level, quiet, lie still:
mediusque jacet sine murmure pontus,Luc. 1, 260; 5, 434:
servatum bello jacuit mare,id. 3, 523:
planum mare,Juv. 12, 62:
stagna jacentia,Sil. 5, 583.—
7 To lie in ruins, be broken down: cui nec arae patriae domi stant, fractae et disjectae jacent, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. Rel. v. 115 Vahl.):
jacent, Ilion ingens,Ov. M. 13, 505:
ausa et jacentem visere regiam vultu sereno,Hor. C. 1, 37, 25:
Troja jacet certe,Ov. H. 1, 3:
vetus Thebe jacet,Juv. 15, 6.—
8 To hang loose:
vagi crines per colla jacebant,Ov. M. 2, 673; id. A. A. 3, 236:
jacentia lora,lying loose on the horse's neck, id. M. 2, 201; cf.
, of clothing, etc.: juvenes timidaeque puellae Praeverrunt latas veste jacente vias,id. Am. 3, 13, 24:
demissa jacent tibi pallia terrae,id. ib. 3, 2, 25; id. A. A. 153.—
9 Of the eyes, face, etc., to be cast down, fixed on the ground:
vultusque attolle jacentes,Ov. M. 4, 144:
jacentes Vix oculos tollens,id. ib. 11, 618.
II Trop.
A To be indolent or inactive, not to come forward:
in pace jacere, quam in bello vigere maluit. Quamquam ille quidem numquam jacuit,Cic. Phil. 10, 7, 14:
C. Marius cum a spe consulatus longe abesset et jam septimum annum post praeturam jaceret,id. Off. 3, 20, 79:
ars tua, Tiphy, jacet, si non sit in aequore fluctus,Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 77:
at mea numina tandem fessa jacent,Verg. A. 7, 298.—
B To be cast down, dejected:
Gnaeus noster ut totus jacet,Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1:
ne jaceam? quis unquam minus,id. ib. 12, 40, 2:
jacet in maerore meus frater,id. ib. 10, 4; id. Phil. 12, 2:
militum jacere animos,Liv. 10, 35.—
C To lie prostrate:
victa jacet pietas,Ov. M. 1, 149:
nobilitas sub amore jacet,id. H. 4, 161:
Africani, Marii, Sullae, Pompeii infra Pallantis laudes jacebant,Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:
justitia vacillat, vel jacet potius,Cic. Off. 3, 33, 118:
humana cum vita jaceret, oppressa gravi sub religione,Lucr. 1, 63.—
D To be refuted, overcome, disproved, to fail:
jacent suis testibus, qui Clodium negant Romam fuisse rediturum, etc.,Cic. Mil. 18, 47:
jacet omnis ratio Peripateticorum,id. Fin. 5, 28, 86:
jacet igitur tota conclusio,id. Div. 2, 51, 106.—
E To lie dormant, be disused or neglected, to be of no avail:
cum leges nihil valebant, cum judicia jacebant,Cic. Par. 4, 1:
tota Capua et omnis hic delectus jacet,id. Att. 7, 22: dici non potest, quomodo hic omnia jaceant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:
justitia jacet,Cic. Off. 3, 33:
maximas virtutes jacere omnes necesse est voluptate dominante,id. Fin. 2, 35, 117; Quint. 9, 2, 4.—
F To be despised, in no esteem:
cum jacerent pretia praediorum,Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:
ut neque jacere regem pateremur,id. Fam. 1, 5, 3:
sed nunc omnia ista jacere puto, propter nummorum caritatem,are cheap, id. Att. 9, 9, 4: dat census honores, Census amicitias:
pauper ubique jacet,Ov. F. 1, 218; id. R. Am 139.—
G To lie idle, neglected, or unemployed:
cur tamdiu jacet hoc nomen in adversariis,Cic. Rosc. Com. 3:
quomodo tibi tanta pecunia extraordinaria jacet?id. ib. 1:
quae (pecuniae) vereor, ne otiosae jaceant,Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 1:
nonne justius erit proximo cuique bonorum possessionem dari, ne bona jaceant,that they be not without an owner, Dig. 37, 3, 1.—
H To lie open, be obvious, to be known, be at hand:
neque ex alio genere (verborum) ad usum cottidianum, alio ad scenam pompamque sumuntur, sed ea nos cum jacentia sustulimus e medio,Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177.—
I Of speech or language, to be languid, lifeless, dull:
quibus detractis, jacet (oratio),Quint. 9, 2, 4:
jacens oratio,Gell. 1, 11, 15; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 32.