saeculum

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ἀσκέειν, περὶ τὰ νουσήματα, δύο, ὠφελέειν, ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν → strive, with regard to diseases, for two things — to do good, or to do no harm | as to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm

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Latin > English

saeculum saeculi N N :: worldiness; the_world; heathenism
saeculum saeculum saeculi N N :: time; past/present/future (Plater); [in ~ => forever]
saeculum saeculum saeculi N N :: age; generation, people born at a time; breed, race; present time/age; century

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

saecŭlum: (poet., esp. Lucretian, sae-clum; less correctly sēcŭlum, sē-clum), i, n.
dim. etym. dub.; perh. root si- = sa-; Gr. σάω,> to sift; Lat. sero, satus; whence Saturnus, etc.; hence, orig.,
I a race, breed, generation (freq. in Lucr.; very rare in later writers; usu. in plur.): saecla propagare, Lucr. 1, 21; cf. id. 2, 173; 5, 850: nec toties possent generatim saecla referre Naturam parentum, id. 1, 597: saecla animantum, i. e. animals, id. 2, 78; 5, 855: hominum, id. 1, 467; 5, 339; 6, 722: ferarum, id. 2, 995; 3, 753; 4, 413; 4, 686; cf.: silvestria ferarum, id. 5, 967: serpentia ferarum, id. 6, 766: mortalia, id. 5, 805; 5, 982; 5, 1238: bucera (with lanigerae pecudes), id. 5, 866; 6, 1245; cf.: vetusta cornicum (with corvorum greges), id. 5, 1084: aurea pavonum, id. 2, 503: totisque expectent saecula ripis, i. e. the shades of the infernal regions, Stat. Th. 11, 592.—Sing.: et muliebre oritur patrio de semine saeclum, the female sex, women, Lucr. 4, 1223; so, muliebre, id. 5, 1020; 2, 10 sq.—
II Transf.
   A Like γενεά.
   1    The ordinary lifetime of the human species, a lifetime, generation, age (of thirty-three years; class.; esp. freq. in signif. 2. infra; cf. Schoem. ad Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 21): cum ad idem, unde semel profecta sunt, cuncta astra redierint ... tum ille vere vertens annus appellari potest: in quo vix dicere audeo, quam multa saecula hominum teneantur, Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24 Mos.: cum ex hac parte saecula plura numerentur, Liv. 9, 18: quorum (Socratis atque Epicuri) aetates non annis sed saeculis scimus esse disjunctas, Hier. Vit. Cler. 4, p. 262; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 17; Auct. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 508; id. E. 4, 5.—
   (b)    Esp., the lifetime or reign of a ruler: illustrari saeculum suum ejusmodi exemplo arbitrabatur, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6: digna saeculo tuo, id. ib. 10, 1, 2.—
   2    The human race living in a particular age, a generation, an age, the times: serit arbores quae alteri saeculo prosient, Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 7, 24: in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum jam plena Graecia poëtarum esset, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18 (for which: quorum aetas cum in eorum tempora incidisset, id. Or. 12, 39): saeculorum reliquorum judicium, id. Div. 1, 19, 36: ipse fortasse in hujus saeculi errore versor, id. Par. 6, 3, 50; cf.: hujus saeculi insolentia, id. Phil. 9, 6, 23; and: o nostri infamia saecli, Ov. M. 8, 97; cf. also: novi ego hoc saeculum, moribus quibus siet, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 6; so, hujus saecli mores, id. Truc. prol. 13; and: hoccine saeclum! o scelera! o genera sacrilega, o hominem impurum! Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 6; cf. id. Eun. 2, 2, 15: nec mutam repertam esse dicunt mulierem ullo in saeculo, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 7: Cato rudi saeculo litteras Graecas didicit, Quint. 12, 11, 23; so, rude, id. 2, 5, 23: grave ne rediret Saeculum Pyrrhae, Hor. C. 1, 2, 6: primo statim beatissimi saeculi ortu, Tac. Agr. 3; so, beatissimum, id. ib. 44: felix et aureum, id. Or. 12; Quint. 8, 6, 24: aureum, Sen. Contr. 2, 17; Lact. 5, 6, 13; cf.: aurea saecula, Verg. A. 6, 792; Ov. A. A. 2, 277: his jungendi sunt Diocletianus aurei parens saeculi, et Maximianus, ut vulgo dicitur, ferrei, Lampr. Elag. 35: ceteri, qui dii ex hominibus facti esse dicuntur, minus eruditis hominum saeculis fuerunt (with Romuli aetas), Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18; cf.: res publica constituta non unā hominum vitā sed aliquot saeculis et aetatibus, id. ib. 2, 1, 2: perpetuā saeculorum admiratione celebrantur, Quint. 11, 1, 13: fecunda culpae saecula, Hor. C. 3, 6, 17: ferro duravit saecula, id. Epod. 16, 65; cf.: sic ad ferrum venistis ab auro, Saecula, Ov. M. 15, 261.—
   3    The spirit of the age or times: nemo illic vitia ridet; nec corrumpere et corrumpi saeculum vocatur, Tac. G. 19.—
   B The utmost lifetime of man, a period of a hundred years, a century: saeclum spatium annorum centum vocārunt, Varr. L. L. 6, 2, § 11 Müll.; cf. Fest. s. v. saeculares, p. 328 ib.; Censor. de Die Nat. 17: cum (Numa) illam sapientiam constituendae civitatis duobus prope saeculis ante cognovit, quam eam Graeci natam esse senserunt, Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154: saeculo festas referente luces, Hor. C. 4, 6, 42; cf.: multa virum durando saecula vincit, Verg. G. 2, 295.—
   2    For an indefinitely long period, an age; plur. (so mostly): (Saturni stella) nihil immutat sempiternis saeculorum aetatibus, quin eadem iisdem temporibus efficiat, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52: aliquot saeculis post, id. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 73: cum aliquot saecula in Italiā viguisset, id. Univ. 1; so, tot, id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122; id. Ac. 2, 5, 15: quot, Quint. 12, 11, 22: multa, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 20; 6, 26, 29; id. de Or. 2, 5, 21; id. Cat. 2, 5, 11; id. Fam. 11, 14, 3: plurima, id. Rep. 3, 9, 14: sexcenta, id. Fat. 12, 27: omnia, id. Lael. 4, 15; id. Phil. 2, 22, 54: ex omni saeculorum memoriā, id. ib. 4, 1, 3: vir saeculorum memoriā dignus, Quint. 10, 1, 104; cf.: ingeniorum monumenta, quae saeculis probarentur, id. 3, 7, 18: facto in saecula ituro, to future ages, to posterity, Sil. 12, 312; so Plin. Pan. 55, 1: in famam et saecula mitti, Luc. 10, 533: tarda gelu saeclisque effeta senectus, with (many) years, Verg. A. 8, 508.—Sing.: propemodum saeculi res in unum diem cumulavit, Curt. 4, 16, 10: longo putidam (anum) saeculo, Hor. Epod. 8, 1: ut videri possit saeculo prior, Quint. 10, 1, 113.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the following phrases are used to express forever, to all eternity, endlessly, without end: in saeculum, Vulg. Exod. 21, 6; id. Dan. 3, 89: in saeculum saeculi, id. Psa. 36, 27; id. 2 Cor. 9, 9: in saecula, id. Ps. 77, 69; id. Rom. 1, 25: in saecula saeculorum, Tert. ad Uxor. 1, 1; Ambros. Hexaëm. 3, 17, 72; Vulg. Tob. 9, 11; id. Rom. 16, 27; id. Apoc. 1, 6 et saep.—
   C Like the biblical , αἰών,> the world, worldliness (eccl. Lat.): immaculatus ab hoc saeculo, Vulg. Jacob. 1, 27: et servientem corpori Absolve vinclis saeculi, Prud. στεφ. 2, 583; so id. Cath. 5, 109; Paul. Nol. Ep. 23, 33 fin.—
   D Heathenism (eccl. Lat.): saeculi exempla, Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 13 (al. saecularia).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sæcŭlum (sync. sæclum), ou sēcŭlum, ī, n.,
1 génération, race : Lucr. 1, 21 ; 2, 173 ; 5, 855 ; 6, 722, etc.
2 durée d’une génération humaine [33 ans 4 mois] : Cic. Rep. 6, 24 ; Liv. 9, 18
3 âge, génération, époque, siècle : in id sæculum Romuli cecidit ætas, cum... Cic. Rep. 2, 18, la vie de Romulus coïncida avec une époque où... ; sæculorum reliquorum judicium Cic. Div. 1, 36, le jugement des âges suivants, cf. Cic. Par. 50 ; Phil. 9, 23 ; Rep. 2, 18 || sæcula aurea Virg. En. 6, 792 ; sæculum aureum Tac. D. 12, âge d’or || [fig.] esprit du siècle, mode de l’époque : Tac. G. 19
4 siècle, espace de cent ans : Cic. de Or. 2, 154 ; Hor. O. 4, 6, 42 || pl., long espace de temps, siècles : Cic. Nat. 2, 52 ; Rep. 2, 20, etc.; ibit in sæcula... Plin. Min. Pan. 55, v. eo 3, S 2 || sing., Curt. 4, 16, 10 ; Hor. Epo. 8, 1
5 [décad.] a) le monde, la vie du monde : Prud. Cath. 5, 109 ; b) le paganisme : Tert. Pud. 1 ; Anim. 46.

Latin > German (Georges)

saeculum (sēculum, synkop. saeclum, seclum), ī, n. (aus *sejtlom zu Wz. sē(i), säen, s. 1. sero), I) das Zeugungsgeschlecht, das Geschlecht, mulieore, Lucr.: cupide generatim saecla propagant, Lucr.: u. der Tiere, saecla pavonum, ferarum, leonum, Lucr. – II) übtr.: A) im engeren Sinne, wie γενεά, die gewöhnliche Zeitdauer eines Menschengeschlechts (33½ Jahre), das Menschenalter, Zeitalter (vgl. Censor. 17, 2), 1) eig.: a) im allg.: multa saecula hominum, Cic.: saecula plura numerentur, Liv.: saec. aureum, Sen. contr. 2, 17, 5. Lampr. Heliog. 35, 4. Lact. 5, 6, 13: aureum saeculum, Tac. dial. 12: dass. Plur. saecula aurea, Verg. Aen. 6, 792 sq. Ov. art. am. 2, 277: saec. aëneum, Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 452: saec. ferreum (Ggstz. aureum), Lampr. Heliog. 35, 4: saecula ferrea, Tibull. 2, 3, 38. – b) insbes., das Zeitalter = die Regierungszeit eines Fürsten, saeculum felicissimum, Sen.: tristissimum saeculum, Plin. ep.: saeculi sui decus, Plin. pan. Vgl. Walch Tac. Agr. 3. p. 121. – 2) meton.: a) das in einem bestimmten Zeitalter lebende Menschengeschlecht, das Zeitalter, das Geschlecht, novi ego hoc saeculum moribus quibus sit, Plaut.: ipse fortasse in huius saeculi errore versor, Cic.: o nostri infamia saecli, Ov. – b) die Zeit, in bezug auf die darin lebenden Menschen u. herrschenden Sitten, die Zeiten, der Zeitgeist, der Ton, die Gepflogenheit der Zeit, saeculum prius, Ter.: mitescent saecula, Verg.: impia aeternam timuerunt saecula noctem, Verg.: nec corrumpere aut corrumpi saeculum vocatur, Tac. – c) die Zeit = die Welt, das irdische Leben, die Zeitlichkeit, Prud.: und von der Heiden Lebensart und Zucht, videmus saeculi exempla, Tert. – B) im weiteren Sinne die längste Lebensdauer der Menschen, das Jahrhundert, 1) eig. u. übtr.: a) eig.: duobus prope saeculis ante, Cic.: saeculo festas referente luces, Hor.; vgl. Censor. 17, 13. – b) übtr., das Jahrhundert = ein langer unbestimmter Zeitraum, eine lange Reihe von Jahren, aliquot saeculis post, Cic.: saecula plurima, saecula sescenta, Cic.: vir saeculorum memoriā dignus, Quint.: facto in saecula ituro, zu späten Jahrhunderten gelangende, noch in späten Jahrh. gepriesene, Sil.: u. so ibit in saecula fuisse principem etc., zu späten Jahrh. wird die Kunde gelangen, daß es usw., Plin. pan.: saeclis effeta senectus, durch die lange Reihe von Jahren, Verg. – 2) meton., die in einem Jahrhundert lebenden Menschen, das Jahrhundert, saeculorum reliquorum iudicium, Cic. de div. 1, 36: dicent haec plenius futura saecula, Quint. 10, 1, 92.