pars

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

pars partis (acc.partim or partem), f

2 PAR-, a part, piece, portion, share, division, section : ne expers partis esset de nostris bonis, T.: duabus partibus amplius frumenti, twice as much : inferior fluminis, Cs.: copias in quattuor partīs distribuerat, S.: in partem praedae suae vocatos deos, L.: in partem veniat mea gloria tecum, be shared with thee , O.: multa pars mei, a great part , H.: Scorpios, pars violentior Natalis horae, i. e. influence , H.— Collect., some, part, several, many (out of a greater number): pars levem ducere equitum iacturam; pars, etc., L.: pars triumphos suos ostentantes, S.: maior pars populi, the majority : Maxima pars hominum, most men , H.: minor pars populi, a minority .—Of one person: pars Niliacae plebis, Crispinus, Iu.—Abl sing. adverb., in part, partly : (poma) quae candida parte, Parte rubent, O.: ab semisomnis ac maximā parte inermibus refringi, mostly , L.: exercitus magnā parte pestilentiā absumptus, in large part , L.: nullā parte, by no means , O.: omni parte virium impar, utterly , L.: omni parte laborare, wholly , H.—With pro : ut eidem pro parte conferrent, etc., for their share : pro suā parte, for his own part : pro meā parte adiuvi, ut, etc., with my best efforts : pro virili parte adnitendum, L.: Quisquis adest operi, plus quam pro parte laborat, O.—With ex : onus ex parte adlevare, partly : decemviri ex parte de plebe creandi, L.: ullā ex parte, in any degree : ex parte magnā tibi adsentior, to a large extent : ne minimā quidem ex parte, not in the slightest degree : omnia ex alterā parte conlocata, i. e. in opposition : ex alterā parte cernere, on the other hand , L.—With ab : ab omni parte beatus, in all respects , H.: omnique a parte placebam, wholly , O.—Abl plur ., with multis or omnibus : non multis partibus malit, by a great deal : numero multis partibus inferior, far , Cs.: in Hortensi sententiam multis partibus plures ituros, the great majority : omnibus partibus, in all respects.—Acc. sing ., with magnam or maximam, in great part, for the most part : magnam partem ex iambis nostra constat oratio: maximam partem lacte vivunt, Cs.—Acc sing ., with in : in eam partem accipio, i. e. in that sense , T.: in eam partem peccant, direction : moveor his rebus omnibus, sedin eam partem, ut, etc., in such manner : has litteras scripsiin eam partem, ne, etc., to the end : Rapere in peiorem partem, put the worst construction on , T.: in utramque partem, in both directions : id tuā nullam in partem interesse, in no way : Quodsi pudica mulier in partem iuvet Domum, i. e. filling her place , H.—Acc plur ., with in : Brundusi iacere in omnes partīs est molestum, in every way .—Meton., a party, faction, side : nostrae timeo parti, T.: studia partium, S.: nullius partis esse: ut alius in aliam partem mente traheretur, Cs.: erat illarum partium: in duas partīs discedunt Numidae, S.—Plur., on the stage, a part, character, assumed person : primas partīs agere, the principal character , T.: partīs seni dare quae sunt adulescentium, a youthful part , T.: secundae, inferior , H.: ad partīs parati, L.— A part, function, office, duty : priores partīs apud me habere, T.: legati partes, Cs.: partīs accusatoris obtinere: Antoni audio esse partīs, ut de totā eloquentiā disserat: haec igitur tibi reliqua pars est . . . ut rem p. constituas, etc.— A part, place, region, district, country : quālibet In parte regnanto, H.: Orientis partes:in extremis ignoti partibus orbis, O.—In enumeration, a part, fraction : tres iam copiarum partes, fourths , Cs.: agri partes duae, thirds , L.: mulctae novem partes, tenths , N.— A part of the body, member : lingua mali pars pessima servi, Iu.—Esp., the private parts , O., Ph.