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|lshtext=<b>arma</b>: ōrum, n. (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. armūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155; Att. ap. Non. p. 495, 23, considered by Cic. in the [[connection]] armūm judicium as [[less]] [[correct]] [[than]] armorum) [cf. ΑΡΩ, [[ἀραρίσκω]] = to [[fit]]; [[ἄρθρον]] = [[joint]]; [[ἁρμός]] = [[armus]] = [[joint]], [[shoulder]]; [[ἀρτάω]] = [[artio]], [[arto]] = to [[fit]], to [[fit]] in [[closely]]; [[ἄρτιος]] = [[fit]], [[exact]]; [[artus]] = [[close]], [[narrow]]; ars (artis) = the [[craft]] of [[fitting]] things; [[artifex]], [[artificium]]; Goth. [[arms]] = O. H. Germ. aram = Engl. [[arm]]; Sanscr. ar = to [[hit]] [[upon]], [[attain]]; aram = [[fit]], [[fast]]; īrmas = [[arm]]. Curt.].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> What is fitted to the [[body]] for its [[protection]], [[defensive]] armor, as the [[shield]], [[coat]] of [[mail]], [[helmet]], etc.: tot milia armorum, detracta corporibus hostium, Liv. 45, 39: induere [[arma]], id. 30, 31: [[arma]] his imperata, [[galea]], [[clipeum]], ocreae, [[lorica]], omnia ex aere, id. 1, 43: pictis et [[auro]] caelatis refulgens armis, id. 7, 10. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Specifically, a [[shield]]: at Lausum socii exanimem [[super]] [[arma]] ferebant, on a [[shield]], Verg. A. 10, 841: caelestia [[arma]], quae ancilia appellantur, Liv. 1, 20 (v. [[ancile]]); id. 8, 30; 1, 37; cf. Verg. A. 1, 119 Heyne; Tac. G. 11 Rup.; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 43: [[Aeneas]] se collegit in [[arma]], gathered [[himself]] under his [[shield]], Verg. A. 12, 491.—Hence, in a [[more]] extended [[sense]],<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Implements of [[war]], [[arms]], [[both]] of [[defence]] and [[offence]] ([[but]] of the [[latter]] [[only]] those [[which]] are used in [[close]] [[contest]], [[such]] as the [[sword]], [[axe]], [[club]]; in [[distinction]] from [[tela]], [[which]] are used in [[contest]] at a [[distance]]; [[hence]], [[arma]] and [[tela]] are [[often]] contrasted;<br /> v. [[infra]]): [[silent]] leges [[inter]] [[arma]], Cic. Mil. 4, 10; id. Att. 7, 3, 5: [[arma]] civilia, [[civil]] [[war]], id. Fam. 2, 16, and Tac. A. 1, 9: civilia [[arma]], id. Agr. 16; id. G. 37 ([[otherwise]], bella civilia, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 86, and Tac. Agr. 13): ab externis armis [[otium]] erat, Liv. 3, 14; 9, 1; 3, 69 Drak.; 9, 32; 42, 2; Tac. H. 2, 1 al.: a Rubro Mari [[arma]] [[conatus]] [[sit]] inferre Italiae, Nep. Hann. 2, 1 (for [[which]] [[more]] freq. [[bellum]] inferre alicui, v. [[infero]]): ad horrida promptior [[arma]], Ov. M. 1, 126: qui [[fera]] nuntiet [[arma]], id. ib. 5, 4; 14, 479: compositis venerantur armis, Hor. C. 4, 14, 52. So the [[beginning]] of the Æneid: Arma virumque [[cano]]; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 7: [[melius]] [[visum]] Gallos novam gentem [[pace]] [[potius]] cognosci [[quam]] armis, Liv. 5, 35 fin.; cf.: cedant [[arma]] togae, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76.—Also for [[battle]], [[contest]]: in [[arma]] feror, Verg. A. 2, 337; so id. ib. 2, 655.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> (Abstr. for concr.) The warriors [[themselves]], soldiers, [[troops]]: nulla [[usquam]] apparuerunt [[arma]], Liv. 41, 12: nostro supplicio liberemus Romana [[arma]], i. e. Romanum exercitum, id. 9, 9; 21, 26: Hispanias armis non ita redundare, Tac. H. 2, 32: expertem [[frustra]] belli et neutra [[arma]] secutum, [[neither]] [[party]], Ov. M. 5, 91: auxiliaria [[arma]], auxiliaries, [[auxiliary]] [[troops]] = auxiliares (v. [[auxiliaris]], I.), id. ib. 6, 424; cf. id. ib. 14, 528.—<br /><b>III</b> Transf., [[poet]]. ([[like]] [[ὅπλον]] and [[ἔντεα]] in Gr.), implements, instruments, tools, utensils, in gen. Of implements for grinding and [[baking]]: Cerealia [[arma]], the [[arms]] of [[Ceres]], Verg. A. 1, 177 (cf. Hom. Od. 7, 232: [[ἔντεα]] [[δαιτός]]). —Of implements of [[agriculture]], Ov. M. 11, 35: dicendum est, quae sint duris agrestibus [[arma]], Quīs [[sine]] nec potuere seri nec surgere messes, Verg. G. 1, 160.—Of the equipments, [[tackle]] of a [[ship]] ([[mast]], sails, [[rudder]], etc.): colligere [[arma]] jubet validisque incumbere remis, Verg. A. 5, 15; 6, 353.—Hence used by Ovid for wings: haec umeris [[arma]] parata suis, A. A. 2, 50 (cf. in the foll. [[verse]]: his [[patria]] est adeunda carinis).—And so of [[other]] instruments, Mart. 14, 36.
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|gf=<b>arma</b>,⁵ ōrum, n.<br /><b>1</b> ustensiles, instruments : Virg. En. 1, 177 ; 5, 15 ; Hor. P. 379<br /><b>2</b> armes [en gén.] : Cic., Cæs., Liv., etc. &#124;&#124; hommes armés, troupe : Cic. Prov. 33 ; Mil. 3 &#124;&#124; les combats, la guerre : Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5 ; Br. 308 ; Mil. 10, etc. &#124;&#124; [fig.] armis et castris rem tentare Cic. Off. 2, 24, essayer une chose par tous les moyens possibles ; [[arma]] prudentiæ Cic. de Or. 1, 172, les armes de la prudence, cf. Cat. 2, 14 ; CM 9, etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gén. pl. armum Pacuv. 34 ; Acc. Tr. 319 ; cf. Cic. Or. 155.||hommes armés, troupe : Cic. Prov. 33 ; Mil. 3||les combats, la guerre : Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5 ; Br. 308 ; Mil. 10, etc.||[fig.] armis et castris rem tentare Cic. Off. 2, 24, essayer une chose par tous les moyens possibles ; [[arma]] prudentiæ Cic. de Or. 1, 172, les armes de la prudence, cf. Cat. 2, 14 ; CM 9, etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gén. pl. armum Pacuv. 34 ; Acc. Tr. 319 ; cf. Cic. Or. 155.
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|georg=arma, ōrum, n. ([[Stamm]] AR-o, griech. ΑΡ-ω, [[ich]] füge an; vgl. τὰ [[ἄρμενα]], [[Segel]] u. [[Tauwerk]] der Schiffe), griech. εντεα u. ὅπλα, u. altd. [[Zeug]], Gezeug, [[Wehr]] u. [[Waffe]], I) im allg., alles, [[was]] zu [[einer]] [[Ausrüstung]] od. [[Zurüstung]] [[gebraucht]] wird, das [[Rüstzeug]] = [[Gerät]], [[Werkzeug]], [[arma]] [[equestria]], die ganze [[Ausrüstung]] eines Pferdes, »[[Sattel]] u. [[Zeug]]«, Liv. 35, 23, 11. – das »Segelwerk, Takelwerk, Ruderwerk eines Schiffes«, Verg. Aen. 5, 15: 6, 353: dah. [[für]] »[[Flügel]]« ([[als]] [[Ruder]] in der [[Luft]]), Ov. art. am. 2, 50. – [[arma]] [[cerealia]], Geräte zum Kornstoßen u. Brotbacken, Verg. Aen. 1, 177. – [[arma]] venatoria, [[Jagdgerät]], Sen. de ben. 1, 11, 6. – vom »Geräte [[des]] Landmanns«, Verg. georg. 1, 160: [[arma]] operis [[sui]], Ov. [[met]]. 11, 34 sq. – v. »Werkzeugen zum Haarscheren«, Mart. 14, 56. – v. »Baugerätschaften, Bauwerkzeug«, [[repente]] lintribus in [[eam]] insulam materiem, calcem, [[caementa]], [[arma]] convexit, Cic. Mil. 74. – II) prägn., das Kriegszeug, Kampfzeug, 1) im weitesten Sinne, das ganze [[Kriegsgerät]], die [[Kriegsrüstung]], Kriegsmaterialien, armorum [[custos]], [[factor]], [[doctor]], s. cūstōs usw.: [[pars]] [[utraque]] suos [[exercitus]], sua [[arma]], suos habitura duces, Liv.: armis et castris tentata [[res]] est, Cic.: [[bes]]. in der [[Verbindung]] [[arma]] virique, viri armaque u. dgl., Liv.; s. Fabri Liv. 24, 28, 4. – 2) im engern Sinne, die angelegte [[Rüstung]], [[Wehr]], Waffen, sowohl die, die zum [[Schutz]] den [[Leib]] [[bedecken]] ([[wie]] [[Harnisch]], [[Helm]], [[Schild]]), [[als]] [[auch]] die, die [[man]] zur [[Verteidigung]] u. zum [[Angriff]] in der [[Hand]] behält ([[wie]] [[Schwert]], [[Keule]], [[Streitaxt]]), Ggstz. [[tela]] (Geschosse u. Angriffswaffen in die [[Ferne]] übh., dah. [[oft]] verb. [[tela]] et [[arma]], [[arma]] [[atque]] [[tela]], Trutz- u. [[Schutz]]- [[[Schutz]]- u. Trutz-] waffen; vgl. Fabri Liv. 22 57, 10 Ruperti Tac. Germ. 6, 2), a) eig.: [[arma]] [[auro]] et argento caelata od. distincta, Curt.: [[arma]] his imperata, [[galea]], [[clipeum]], ocreae, [[lorica]], [[omnia]] ex aere, Liv.: [[tot]] [[milia]] armorum detracta corporibus hominum, Liv.: armorum et equitandi peritissimus, in [[Handhabung]] der W. und im [[Reiten]], Suet.: exercitationes campestres armorum et equorum, kriegerische Waffen- u. Reitübungen, Suet.: [[arma]] virique, bewaffnete Männer, Gewappnete, Curt. – [[arma]] induere, Curt.: [[arma]] capere, sumere, Cic.: [[arma]] sumere [[pro]] alqo [[adversus]] alqm, Liv.: [[arma]] ferre [[contra]] alqm, Vell.: ad [[arma]] [[ire]], zu den Waffen [[greifen]] = [[sich]] zum Kampfe (zum Kriege) [[rüsten]], Cael. in Cic. ep.: [[arma]] movere, inferre, s. [[moveo]], [[infero]]: armis congredi, Acc. fr.: armis decertare od. decernere, Cic., od. dimicare, Nep., od. cernere, Acc. fr., od. certare, Verg.: milites ad [[arma]] vocare, Curt.: in armis [[esse]], [[unter]] den W. [[stehen]], Liv. u. Curt.: in armis stare, in voller [[Rüstung]], s. [[Nipperd]]. Tac. ann. 14, 36. Curt. 4, 13 (47), 10.: CL [[milia]] habere in armis, Liv.: in armis aevom agere, Pacuv. fr.: in armis mori, [[mit]] den Waffen in der [[Hand]], Sen.: [[arma]] deponere, Cic., [[arma]] dimittere, proicere, Sen.: [[arma]] tradere, Liv.: ad [[arma]]! »zu den Waffen!« Caes. u. Liv.: armis od. vi et armis expugnare, [[mit]] Waffengewalt, Sall. u. Liv.: u. so vi ac per [[arma]], Suet. – b) meton.: α) die Waffenerhebung, der [[Kampf]], [[Krieg]], [[Galli]] [[inter]] [[ferrum]] et [[arma]] nati, Liv.: [[auctor]] armorum, Cic.: [[arma]] civilia, Cic.: [[arma]] inferre, Liv.: Graeciae [[arma]] movere, Curt.: [[arma]] referre, den Kr. erneuern, Verg.: [[arma]] proferre longius ab urbe, Liv.: [[arma]] componere, den Kr. endigen, Hor.: [[arma]] virumque [[cano]], Verg.: [[auch]] [[für]] [[Treffen]], [[Gefecht]], in [[arma]] feror, Verg. Aen. 2, 337; u. so ibid. 655. – β) die Waffenmacht, [[Kriegsmacht]], Heeresmacht, et Persarum et Spartanorum [[arma]], Curt.: [[Romana]] [[arma]] ingruere, Liv.: [[quam]] [[diu]] [[illa]] Sullani temporis [[arma]] valuerunt, Cic.: [[arma]] in Augustum cessere, Tac.: nulla [[iam]] [[publica]] [[arma]], Tac. – γ) Bewaffnete, Soldaten, [[Krieger]] (vgl. Fabri u. Weißenb. Liv 22, 3, 9), levia, Leichtbewaffnete, Liv.: auxiliaria, [[Hilfstruppen]], Ov.: [[excubiae]], [[arma]], [[cetera]] aulae, Tac.: [[vallum]] armis ambire, Tac.: Hispanias armis [[non]] [[ita]] redundare, Tac. – dah. δ) [[Partei]] im Kriege, neutra [[arma]] sequi, [[neutral]] [[bleiben]], Ov.: dass. nulla [[arma]] movere, Ov. – c) bildl., [[ein]] [[Schutz]]-, [[Verteidigungsmittel]], eine [[Waffe]], [[arma]] senectutis, prudentiae, Cic.: [[arma]] quaerere, [[auf]] [[Arglist]] [[sinnen]], Verg.: [[amico]] [[arma]] ([[Lehren]]) dedit, Hor. – 3) im engsten Sinne ([[wie]] [[auch]] ὅπλα) der [[Schild]] [[als]] Hauptübungs- und Schutzwaffe der Alten, [[bes]]. der Fußsoldaten, fluitantia [[arma]], Liv.: [[arma]] armis pulsare, Curt.: alqm exanimem [[super]] [[arma]] ferre. Verg.: in [[arma]] se colligere ([[sich]] [[decken]]), Verg.: [[arma]] Aeneae describere, Plin. ep.; vgl. Heyne Verg. Aen. 1, 118. Ruperti Tac. Germ. 11 extr. – / Genet. Plur. synk. armûm, Pacuv. tr. 34. Acc. tr. 319; vgl. Cic. de or. 155.
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