varians

vărĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v.a. and n. [varius].

I.

Act., to diversify, variegate, change (class.).

A.

Lit.:

(principia) omne genus gignunt variantque colores,

Lucr. 2, 759:

maculis ortum (sol),

Verg. G. 1, 441:

caeruleis corpora guttis,

Ov. M. 4, 578:

tempora cani,

id. ib. 12, 465:

capillos (gemma),

id. Am. 1, 2, 41:

ubi caeruleum variabunt sidera caelum,

id. F. 3, 449:

variare virgis et loris,

to beat of all colors, black and blue, Plaut. Poen. prol. 26:

putrida pectora palmis,

Cat. 64, 352:

vestes picto auro,

Val. Fl. 3, 11:

variante se uvā,

becoming colored, turning, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 189; for which mid.:

simulatque uva variari coeperit,

Col. Arb. 12, 1.—In part. perf.:

vestis priscis hominum variata figuris,

variegated, embroidered, Cat. 64, 50:

pluribus ille (anguis) notis variatam pingitur alvum,

Luc. 9, 713:

arcus vix ullā variatus luce colorem,

id. 4, 79:

eluere calculos nigros paulum candore variatos,

Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 157.— Poet.: formas variatus in omnes, changed, metamorphosed, Ov. M. 12, 559.—

B.

Trop., to cause to change, make different or various; to alter, change, vary, interchange, cause to alternate, etc.:

vocem variare et mutare,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; so,

aliquid (with mutare),

Gell. 14, 1, 9:

orationem variare et distinguere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

ergo ille variabit (vocem) et mutabit,

id. Or. 18, 59:

voluptatem (with distinguere),

id. Fin. 1, 11, 38:

qui variare cupit rem prodigialiter unam,

Hor. A. P. 29:

in oratione multa summittere, variare, disponere,

Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 2, 13, 8; 11, 3, 152:

cum timor atque ira in vicem sententias variassent,

Liv. 2, 57, 2:

vices,

Verg. A. 9, 164:

bellum variante fortunā eventum ferre,

with varying success, Liv. 23, 5, 8:

et variebant secundae adversaeque res non fortunam magis quam animos hominum,

id. 25, 1, 6:

fremitus variantis multitudinis fuit partim adsensu partim indignatione,

id. 35, 31, 13:

ex vernā intemperie variante calores frigoraque,

id. 22, 2, 10:

laborem otio, otium labore,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 4:

variatis hominum sententiis,

i. e. various, at variance, Cic. Mil. 3, 8:

quae de Marcelli morte variant auctores,

report differently, vary, Liv. 27, 27, 12; cf.:

certe variata memoria actae rei,

id. 21, 28, 5.— Impers. pass.:

sitne ea (beata vita) in potestate sapientis, an, etc.... in eo nonnumquam variari inter eos et dubitari videtur,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12: senatus consuli coeptus;

ibi cum sententiis variaretur,

were of different opinions, Liv. 22, 60, 3; cf.:

variatum deinde proeliis,

fought with varying success, Vell. 2, 51, 3:

nisi de familiae condicione variatum esset,

i. e. differently reported, Suet. Vit. 1.—

II.

Neutr., to be diversified, variegated; to change, alter, waver, vary, etc.

A.

Lit.:

prima mihi variat liventibus uva racemis,

becomes variegated, colored, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 13:

bacae,

Col. 12, 52, 9:

variant ostrea coloribus,

are different, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60:

universitas (arietum) tergoris maculis,

Col. 7, 3, 2:

inter se multum variare figurae Non possunt,

Lucr. 2, 484; cf. id. 4, 648:

variantes edere formas,

id. 5, 722; cf.:

volucres variantibu' formis,

id. 5, 825:

non ita Carpathiae variant Aquilonibus undae,

fluctuate, Prop. 2, 5, 11.—

B.

Trop., to be various or different; to change, vary; absol.:

variante fortunā,

Liv. 23, 5, 8:

inpatiens variantis caeli,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28:

sic abeunt redeuntque mei variantque timores,

Ov. Tr. 2, 153:

dissidet et variat sententia,

id. M. 15, 648:

ita fama variat, ut, etc.,

Liv. 27, 27, 14. —With abl.:

haec de tanto viro, quamquam et opinionibus et monumentis litterarum variarent, proponenda erant,

Liv. 38, 57, 8:

si (lex) nec causis nec personis variet,

id. 3, 45, 2.— Impers.:

ibi si variaret,

if there were a difference of opinion, Liv. 1, 43, 11; cf.:

nec variatum comitiis est,

id. 7, 22, 10.—With adverb. acc.:

si nunc quoque fortuna aliquid variaverit,

Liv. 23, 13, 4.—Of differences in the text of an author (late Lat.):

ipsi codices Graeci variant,

Aug. in Psa. 118, 7:

nulla in eo variat codicum auctoritas,

id. C. Faust. 11, 4.—Hence, P. a.: vărĭans, antis, varied, manifold:

(terra) fudit aërias volucres variantibus formis,

Lucr. 5, 822:

variantis edere formas,

id. 5, 720:

astra,

Manil. 2, 466.