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prīvus , a, um, adj.
II. Transf.
A. Each, every individual: privam quamque particulam venti sentire, Lucr. 4, 261.—Distributively, one each: “item his discipulis privos custodes dabo,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 75: ut privos lapides silices privasque verbenas secum ferrent, each a stone, Senatus Consultum ap. Liv. 30, 43, 9: abdomina thynni, Lucil. ap. Non. 35, 22: “in praesentia bubus privis binisque tunicis donati,Liv. 7, 37, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.: privos privasque antiqui dicebant pro singulis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226, 6.—
B. One's own, private, peculiar, particular: “(viden' ut pauper) conducto navigio aeque Nauseat, ac locuples, quem ducit priva triremis?Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 92: “turdus, Sive aliud privum dabitur tibi,id. S. 2, 5, 10: “opercula doliis priva,Cato, R. R. 10, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 5: “privum aliquid da, quod possim titulis, incidere,Juv. 8, 68: “Graeci ea dicunt privis vocibus,Gell. 11, 16, 1.—
C. Deprived of, without: “privus ipse militiae,Sall. H. 1, 100 Dietsch: “turba imperitorum priva verae rationis,App. de Deo Socr. 3, p. 43, 2.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 3.2
    • Horace, Satires, 2.5.10
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.261
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.566
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.274
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.733
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 43.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 37
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.20.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 11.16.1
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