Paries, pariétis, pen. corr. masc. gen. Plin. A wall of an house.Intetiores templi parietes.Cic.Cæmentirius paries. Vitru. Lateritius. Palladius. Communis paries vtrique domui.Ouid.Crassus paries. Cato. Col. Paries cratitius. Vitru. A wattled wal. Vide CRATES. Fissus paries tenui rima.Ouid.Paries intergerinus. Pli. A middle wal betweene two houses. Directum parietem ad parietÊ communem adiungere, vel solidum, vel fornicatum, omnibus ius est.Cic.Cooscribere parietes, Vide CONSCRIBO.Crustare parieres, Vide CRVSTA.Disturbare parietes.Cic.Ducere parietem per vestibulum alterius.Cicer.To builde a wal along before oues doore.Perfodere parietes, Vide PERFODIO.Arctis parieribus premere locum.Virg.Vrbis parietes stant & manent.Cic.Cæcis parietibus textum iter.Virg. Intra parietes meos nihil mihi tutum.Cic.I haue nothing safe within mine owne house.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
părĭēs, ĕtis, m. (in Verg. A. 2, 442; 5, 589, pārietibus, quadrisyl.; see Carey's Lat. Prosody, 47, p. 173) [kindr. with Sanscr. paryanta, from pari-iyanta, margo; Gr. pe/ras, pei=rar], a wall (cf.: murus, maceria): aut permaceat paries percussus trifaci, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. trifax, p. 367 Müll. (Ann. v. 524 Vahl.): tosti alti stant parietes, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 116 ib.): perfodere parietem, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 64; id. As. 3, 2, 17: perforator parietum,
a term of abuse
, id. Ps. 4, 2, 24: quasi mus, in medio pariete vorsabere, id. Cas. 1, 52; id. Trin. 4, 3, 32: quae (domus nostra) non ea est, quam parietes nostri cingunt, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 13, 19; cf. id. ib. 3, 9, 14; id. Mil. 27, 75; id. Top. 4, 22: parietes disturbare, id. Par. 4, 1, 28: itaque parietes modo urbis stant; rem vero publicam penitus amisimus,
the walls
,
the houses
, id. Off. 2, 8, 29: interiores templi parietes, id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, 122: intra parietes aluit eam gloriam, quam, etc., id. Brut. 8, 32; id. Quint. 11, 38: parietes turris lateribus exstruere, Caes. B. C. 2, 9: parietibus textum caecis iter, Verg. A. 5, 589: fissus tenui rimā paries, Ov. M. 4, 65: quae pro pariete subjectae et omni opere conjunctae,
like a wall
, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: non communione parietum sed propriis muris, Tac. A. 15, 43.—Of walls of wickerwork: et paries lento vimine textus erat, Ov. F. 6, 262: craticii parietes, Vitr. 2, 8; Plin. 35, 14, 48, 169; 17, 10, 11, 62: craticulam et parietes,
the top and sides
, Vulg. Exod. 30, 3.—Prov.: tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84: utrosque parietes linere,
to carry on both shoulders
, Petr. 39: duos parietes de eādem fideliā dealbare, to kill two birds with one stone, Cur. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 2: in caducum parietem inclinare,
to lean on a broken reed
, Spart. Hadr. 23.—II.Trop.: neve inter vos significetis ego ero paries,
