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|lshtext=<b>mātĕrĭa</b>: ae (<br /><b>I</b> gen. materiāi, Lucr. 1, 1051), and mātĕrĭes, ēi ([[only]] in nom. and acc. [[sing]]., and [[once]] gen. plur. materierum, Lact. 2, 12, 1; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 383), f. from [[same]] [[root]] [[with]] [[mater]], q. v., [[stuff]], [[matter]], materials of [[which]] [[any]] [[thing]] is [[composed]]; so the [[wood]] of a [[tree]], [[vine]], etc., [[timber]] for [[building]] (opp. [[lignum]], [[wood]] for [[fuel]]); nutritive [[matter]] or [[substance]] for [[food]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[materia]] rerum, ex [[qua]] et in [[qua]] sunt omnia, Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92; cf. id. Ac. 1, 6, 7: materiam superabat [[opus]], Ov. M. 2, 5: materiae [[apparatio]], Vitr. 2, 8, 7: [[rudis]], i. e. [[chaos]], Luc. 2, 8; cf.: [[omnis]] [[fere]] [[materia]] [[nondum]] formata [[rudis]] appellatur, Cinc. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 265 Müll.: ([[arbor]]) [[inter]] corticem et materiem, Col. 5, 11, 4: crispa, Plin. 16, 28, 51, § 119: materiae [[longitudo]], Col. 4, 24, 3: [[vitis]] in materiam, frondemque effunditur, id. 4, 21, 2: si [[nihil]] valet [[materies]], Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88: in eam insulam materiam, calcem, [[caementa]], [[atque]] [[arma]] convexit, id. Mil. 27, 74: [[caesa]], Col. 11, 2, 11; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 5, 39: [[cornus]] non potest videri [[materies]] [[propter]] exilitatem, sed [[lignum]], Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206: materiae, lignorum [[aggestus]], Tac. A. 1, 35: videndum est ut [[materies]] suppetat scutariis, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 35: [[proba]] [[materies]] est, si probum adhibes fabrum, id. Poen. 4, 2, 93: imprimebatur [[sculptura]] materiae anuli, [[sive]] ex ferro [[sive]] ex [[auro]] foret, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11. —Plur.: deūm imagines mortalibus materiis in [[species]] hominum effingere, Tac. H. 5, 5.—Of [[food]]: imbecillissimam materiam esse omnem caulem oleris, Cels. 2, 18, 39 sqq.; cf. of the [[means]] of [[subsistence]]: consumere omnem materiam, Ov. M. 8, 876; [[matter]], in gen.: [[materies]] [[aliqua]] [[mala]] erat, Aug. Conf. 7, 5, 2.—In [[abstract]], [[matter]], the [[material]] [[universe]]: Deus ex [[materia]] [[ortus]] est, aut [[materia]] ex Deo, Lact. 2, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., [[matter]] of [[suppuration]], pus, Cels. 3, 27, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[stock]], [[race]], [[breed]]: [[quod]] ex vetere [[materia]] nascitur, [[plerumque]] congeneratum parentis [[senium]] [[refert]], Col. 7, 3, 15: generosa (equorum), id. 6, 27 init. —<br /><b>III</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[matter]], subjectmatter, [[subject]], [[topic]], [[ground]], [[theme]] of [[any]] [[exertion]] of the [[mental]] powers, as of an [[art]] or [[science]], an [[oration]], etc.: materiam artis eam dicimus in [[qua]] [[omnis]] ars et [[facultas]], quae conficitur ex [[arte]], versatur. Ut si medicinae materiam dicamus morbos ac vulnera, [[quod]] in his [[omnis]] [[medicina]] versetur; [[item]] quibus in rebus versatur ars et [[facultas]] oratoria, eas res materiam artis rhetoricae nominamus, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 17: [[quasi]] [[materia]], [[quam]] tractet, et in [[qua]] versetur, subjecta est [[veritas]], id. Off. 1, 5, 16: est [[enim]] deformitatis et corporis vitiorum [[satis]] bella [[materies]] ad jocandum, id. de Or. 2, 59, 239; 1, 11, 49; id. Rosc. Com. 32, 89; id. Div. 2, 4, 12: sermonum, id. Q. Fr 1, 2, 1: [[materies]] crescit mihi, my [[matter]] (for [[writing]] [[about]]) increases, id. Att. 2, 12, 3: rei. id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1: aequa viribus, a [[subject]] suited to [[your]] powers, Hor. A. P. 38: infames, Gell. 17, 12, 1: [[extra]] materiam juris, the [[province]], Gai. Inst. 2, 191.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[cause]], [[occasion]], [[source]], [[opportunity]] (cf. [[mater]], II.): [[quid]] [[enim]] odisset Clodium [[Milo]] segetem ac materiam suae gloriae? Cic. Mil. 13, 35 (for [[which]] [[shortly]] [[before]]: [[fons]] [[perennis]] gloriae suae): [[materies]] ingentis [[decoris]], Liv. 1, 39, 3: non praebiturum se [[illi]] eo [[die]] materiam, id. 3, 46, 3: major orationis, id. 35, 12, 10: criminandi, id. 3, 31, 4: omnium malorum, Sall. C. 10: materiam invidiae [[dare]], Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21: materiam bonitati [[dare]], id. de Or. 2, 84, 342: scelerum, Just. 3, 2, 12: seditionis, id. 11, 5, 3: laudis, Luc. 8, 16: benefaciendi, Plin. [[Pan]]. 38: ne [[quid]] materiae praeberet Neroni, [[occasion]] of [[jealousy]], Suet. Galb. 9: epistolae, quae materiam sermonibus praebuere, Tac. H. 4, 4: praebere materiam causasque jocorum, Juv. 3, 147: materiamque sibi ducis [[indulgentia]] quaerit, id. 7, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Natural abilities, talents, [[genius]], [[disposition]]: fac, fuisse in [[isto]] C. Laelii, M. Catonis materiem [[atque]] indolem, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160: in animis humanis, id. Inv. 1, 2, 2: materiam ingentis [[publice]] privatimade [[decoris]] omni [[indulgentia]] nostra nutriamus, Liv. 1, 39, 3: ad cupiditatem, id. 1, 46; Quint. 2, 4, 7.—Hence, one's [[nature]], [[natural]] [[character]]: non [[sum]] [[materia]] digna perire tua, [[thy]] [[unfeeling]] [[disposition]], Ov. H. 4, 86.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[subject]], [[argument]], [[course]] of [[thought]], [[topic]] ([[post]]-Aug.): [[tertium]] diem esse, [[quod]] omni labore materiae ad scribendum destinatae non inveniret [[exordium]], Quint. 10, 3, 14: [[argumentum]] plura significat ... omnem ad scribendum destinatam materiam ita appellari, id. 5, 10, 9: [[video]] non futurum finem in ista [[materia]] ullum, [[nisi]] quem [[ipse]] mihi fecero, Sen. Ep. 87, 11: pulcritudinem materiae considerare, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 2; 2, 5, 5: materiam ex [[titulo]] cognosces, id. ib. 5, 13, 3 al. ([[materies]] animi est, [[materia]] arboris; et [[materies]] [[qualitas]] ingenii, [[materia]] fabris apta, Front. II. p. 481 Mai.; [[but]] this [[distinction]] is not observed by [[class]]. writers).

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