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|lshtext=<b>complexus</b>: (con-), ūs, m. [[complector]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[surrounding]], encompassing, [[encircling]], embracing, [[embrace]], etc. ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Prop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of things ([[rare]]): [[aether]] Omnia avido complexu [[cetera]] saepsit, Lucr. 5, 471; so id. 2, 1066: qui ([[mundus]]) omnia complexu suo coërcet et continet, Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58; 2, 40, 101: lapides alligati complexu silicis, by a [[binding]], Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of persons: secutae conlocutiones cum Trebonio complexusque, Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5: corporum, id. Tusc. 3, 20, 46: e complexu parentum abreptos filios ad necem ducere, id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7: ubi complexu coierunt membra tenaci, in a [[mutual]] [[close]] [[embrace]], Ov. M. 4, 377: complexu matris avellere natam, Cat. 62, 21; cf. id. 64, 88; 64, 118; Cic. Font. 17, 36; id. Fl. 38, 95; Liv. 2, 40, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 42; 8, 3, 68: Venerio, in copulation, Cic. Div. 2, 69, 143.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, * Hor. S, 1, 5, 43; Verg. A. 5, 742; Ov. M. 3, 286; 10, 388; 6, 249.—Rarely ([[like]] [[complector]] itself), of [[hostile]] [[embrace]], [[close]] [[combat]]: in Martis complexu cadere, Quint. Decl. 4, 22: armorum, Tac. Agr. 36; cf. of a [[serpent]]: longis amplexibus illos necat, Ov. M. 3, 48: luctari complexu, Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., as a [[measure]], the [[reach]]: ([[cedrus]]) crassitudinis ad trium hominum conplexum, Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 203.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[connection]] in [[discourse]] ([[very]] freq. in Quint.): [[vitium]] non est in sensu, sed in complexu, Quint. 1, 5, 46; cf. id. 9, 4, 32: [[brevis]] verborum, id. 7, 3, 18: sermonis, id. 9, 3, 18: in complexu loquendi serieque, id. 1, 5, 3: legum aliorumque scriptorum, id. 5, 10, 107: causarum, id. 5, 10, 103; 7, 2, 57: rerum, personarum, temporum, id. 3, 5, 7 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[friendly]] embracing, [[love]], [[affectionate]] [[relation]], etc.: venisti in [[sinum]] et complexum tuae mimulae, Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 61; cf.: res publica [[Pompeii]] filium suo sinu complexuque recipiet, id. ib. 13, 4, 9; id. Pis. 9, 19: totius gentis humanae, id. Fin. 5, 23, 65; id. Cat. 2, 10, 22: at tu easdem artes in complexu, oculis, auribus habes, Plin. [[Pan]]. 47, 2.<br /><b>complexus</b>: a, um, Part., from [[complector]].