tack
tack
v. trans.
See attach.V. intrans. P. and V. ὑ̆ποστρέφειν, ἐπιστρέφειν.
v. trans.
See attach.V. intrans. P. and V. ὑ̆ποστρέφειν, ἐπιστρέφειν.
tack
subs.
See course.
subs.
See course.
TACK
v. Transitively
To join or unite rem rei or cum re jungere connectere conjungere: rem rei or ad rem annectere.
Intransitively In navigation rursum prorsum navigare pedibus prolatis (after Plin. 2 47 48): ☞ pedem facere or proferre ventum obliquum captare etc. are = to sail with a half wind.
v. Transitively
To join or unite rem rei or cum re jungere connectere conjungere: rem rei or ad rem annectere.
Intransitively In navigation rursum prorsum navigare pedibus prolatis (after Plin. 2 47 48): ☞ pedem facere or proferre ventum obliquum captare etc. are = to sail with a half wind.
s. A small nail clavulus.
The act of turning about ships at sea; by the verb.
The act of turning about ships at sea; by the verb.
tack (v.):
A. Trans.:
1. assuo, 3 (to sew on to: only fig. and in the foll. pass.): one or two patches of cloth are t.'d on, unus et alter assuitur pannus, Hor. A P. 15: so desuo, 3, to t. down, Cat. R. R. 21, 3.
2. consĕro, ui, ertum, 3 (to join together): birds' feathers are t.'d together to make a garment, avium plumae in usum vestis conseruntur, Sen. Ep. 90, 16: a garment t.'d together with thorns, consertum tegumen spinis, Virg. Aen. 3, 594.
3. expr. by fīgo. xi, xum, 3: to t. the gutter-tiles together, imbrices clavulis figere, Cat. R. R. 21, 3. Phr.: the charge of high treason was then t.'d on to every accusation, crimen majestatis tum omnium accusationum complementum erat, Tac. A. 3, 38.
B. Intrans. (a naut. t. t.): rĕcĭprŏcor, 1: feeling quite sure that the quinquereme could not t. about against the opposing current, quinqueremem satis credens in adversum aestum reciprocari non posse, Liv. 28, 30, ad med.: cf. flectere navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64, extr.Phr .: other ships t.ing about to catch the chopping winds, aliae (naves) ad incertos ventos hinc atque illinc obliqua transferentes vela, Liv. 26, 39, ad fin.: and with one accord they t. first to starboard, and then to larboard, pariterque sinistros nunc dextros solvere sinus, Virg. Aen. 5, 830: to sail on the starboard t., obliquare laevo pede carbasa, Luc. 5, 428. Fig.: to sail on a different t., mutare velificationem, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21.
A. Trans.:
1. assuo, 3 (to sew on to: only fig. and in the foll. pass.): one or two patches of cloth are t.'d on, unus et alter assuitur pannus, Hor. A P. 15: so desuo, 3, to t. down, Cat. R. R. 21, 3.
2. consĕro, ui, ertum, 3 (to join together): birds' feathers are t.'d together to make a garment, avium plumae in usum vestis conseruntur, Sen. Ep. 90, 16: a garment t.'d together with thorns, consertum tegumen spinis, Virg. Aen. 3, 594.
3. expr. by fīgo. xi, xum, 3: to t. the gutter-tiles together, imbrices clavulis figere, Cat. R. R. 21, 3. Phr.: the charge of high treason was then t.'d on to every accusation, crimen majestatis tum omnium accusationum complementum erat, Tac. A. 3, 38.
B. Intrans. (a naut. t. t.): rĕcĭprŏcor, 1: feeling quite sure that the quinquereme could not t. about against the opposing current, quinqueremem satis credens in adversum aestum reciprocari non posse, Liv. 28, 30, ad med.: cf. flectere navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64, extr.
tack (subs.):
I. A small nail: clāvŭlus: t.s with large heads, c. capitati, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 15.
II. A rope which secures the lower corner of a sail: pes, pĕdis, m.: Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 159.
I. A small nail: clāvŭlus: t.s with large heads, c. capitati, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 15.
II. A rope which secures the lower corner of a sail: pes, pĕdis, m.: Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 159.