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.
Pario, paris, peperi, pe. cor. partum, vel paritum, pen. cor. parere. Propriè ad fœmiuas pertinet. Plin. To bring foorth children or yong: to whelpe: to farow: to hatch, &c. to gette: to putchase: to breede.In Scychis auis magnitudine otidis binos parit. Plin. Liberos ex sese parit mulier. Seruius Ciceroni. Marem parere.Ouid. Decies parere, Vide DECIM.
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,
