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Naristi (v. l. Varisti; also Varis-tae, ārum, Capitol. Anton. Phil. 22, 1), ōrum, m., a people of Germany, part of the Suevi, near the Hermundurians, Tac. G. 42; Cap. Marc. Aur. 22.

1. văria, ae, v. varius, I. A. 2.

2. Vărĭa, ae, f.

  1. I. A small city of the Sabines, now Vicovaro, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 3; Phaedr. 5, prol. 14.
  2. II. A town in Appulia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.

vărĭābĭlis, e, adj. [vario], changeable, variable (post-class.): aër, App. de Mundo, p. 58, 31.

vărĭantĭa, ae, f. [vario], a difference, diversity, variety (Lucretian; cf.: varietas, vicissitudo): rerum, Lucr. 1, 653; 3, 318.

1. vărĭānus, a, um, adj. [varius], divers-colored, variegated: uvae, a particular kind so called, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 29.

2. Vārĭānus, a, um, v. 3. Varus.

vărĭātim, adv. [vario], in various ways, variously: dici, Gell. 5, 12, 9; Apic. 4, 1, § 120.

* vărĭātĭo, ōnis, f. [vario], a difference, variation: sine variatione ullà, Liv. 24, 9, 3.

vărĭātus, a, um.

  1. I. Part. of vario.
  2. II. P. a., diverse, manifold, varied: lyra concentu variatior, App. Flor. p. 357 fin.

vārĭcātor, ōris, m. [varico], one that walks with his legs spread apart, a straddler: praevaricator est quasi varicator, qui diversam partem adjuvat, proditā causā suā, Dig. 3, 2, 4, § 4; 47, 15, 1.

vārĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [1. varicus], to spread the legs apart, to straddle: varicare supra modum et in stando deforme est et accedente motu prope obscenum, Quint. 11, 3, 125: vallum, quod eā varicare nemo potest, i. e. can stride over it, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.
With a homogeneous object: superbus quin etiam varicatis gressibus patet, i. e. striding, strutting, swaggering, Cassiod. Var. 6, 6.

vărĭcōsē, adv., v. varicosus fin.

vărĭcōsus, a, um, adj. [varix], full of dilated veins, varicose: centuriones, Pers. 5, 189: haruspex, Juv. 6, 397: Arpinas, i. e. Cicero, Sid. Ep. 5, 5 (cf. Quint. 11, 3, 143; and Vatin. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3).
* Adv.: vă-rĭcōsē, full of dilated veins: varicosius onera portare, Fest. s. v. muli marini, p. 149 Müll. (acc. to others, from varicus or varico, with feet spread apart).

vărĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [varix], a small varix, Cels. 5, 26, 32.

* 1. vārĭcus, a, um, adj. [1. varus], with feet spread apart, straddling: illa ambulat varica, Ov. A. A. 3, 304.

* 2. vārĭcus, adv. [1. varus], with feet spread apart, straddlingly, App. M. 1, p. 108, 19.

vărĭē, adv., v. varius fin.

vărĭĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [varius-ago] (post-class.).

  1. I. Act., to make of various sorts or colors, to variegate: figuras alius alio scientius, Aus. Idyll. 13 praef.: balteus miris coloribus variegatus, App. Flor. p. 346, 15: navis picturis miris, id. M. 11, p. 264, 34.
  2. * II. Neutr., to be party-colored or variegated: lyra gemmis variegat, App. Flor. p. 342, 7.

vărĭĕtas, ātis, f. [varius],

  1. I. difference, diversity, variety (class.; used alike in sing. and plur.): varietas Latinum verbum est, idque proprie quidem in disparibus coloribus dicitur: sed transfertur in multa disparia: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna; voluptas etiam varia dici solet, cum percipitur ex multis dissimilibus rebus dissimiliter efficientibus voluptates, Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10: florum omnium, id. Sen. 15, 54: Asia varietate fructuum facile omnibus terris antecedit, id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: ut in corporibus magnae dissimilitudines sunt, sic in animis exsistunt majores etiam varietates, id. Off. 1, 30, 107; cf. id. Div. 2, 44, 92: varietates vocum, id. ib. 2, 3, 9: caeli, id. ib. 1, 36, 79: rerum publicarum, id. Rep. 3, 3, 4: bellum in multā varietate terrā marique versatum, i. e. changes, vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21: (Timaeus) sententiarum varietate abundantissimus, id. de Or. 2, 14, 58: esse in varietate ac dissensione, variety of opinion, id. N. D. 1, 1, 2: voluntatis, difference of wish, id. Att. 1, 17, 1: utilitatis varietates, id. Rep. 1, 32, 49: nec varietatem natura patitur, id. ib. 3, 11, 18: extimescens varietatem atque infidelitatem exercitūs, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2: ad varietates annonae horreum fore, vicissitudes, Liv. 7, 31, 1: figurarum, Quint. 10, 2, 1: juris, id. 3, 6, 90: nullum exspirantem versicolori quādam et numerosā varietate spectari proceres gulae narrant, Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 66: cum videamus tot varietates circumagi, fluctuations of fortune, Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6.
  2. II. Transf., varied clothing, colored attire: circumamictā varietate, Aug. Civ. Dei, 17, 16, 2: circumamicta varietatibus, Vulg. Psa. 44, 15.

Varīni, ōrum, m., a German tribe on the Baltic Sea, Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 99; Tac. G. 40, 3.

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

  1. I. Act., to diversify, variegate, change (class.).
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
  2. II. Neutr., to be diversified, variegated; to change, alter, waver, vary, etc.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.

(vārĭtus, adv., a false read. for varicus, App. M. 1, p. 108, 19.)

1. vărĭus, a, um, adj., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, various (cf.: diversus, distinctus).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Of color, etc., variegated, party-colored, mottled, etc.: arietis lingua nigra aut varia, vestis, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4: variā veste exornatus fuit, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 16; so of color: uvae, Cato, R. R. 33, 4; 33, 73: lynces, Verg. G. 3, 264: serpens, Ov. M. 6, 114: anguis, id. ib. 4, 619: pica, Petr. 28 fin.: flores, Tib. 1, 7, 45; Ov. M. 10, 123: plumae, Hor. A. P. 2: lapides, id. S. 2, 4, 83: columnae, of variegated marble, id. Ep. 1, 10, 22: auctumnus purpureo colore, id. C. 2, 5, 12: colores, Ov. M. 1, 270; cf.: vestra latera loris faciam ut valide varia sint, i. e. black and blue, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 12; id. Mil. 2, 2, 61: tergum varium, Pomp. ap. Non. 19, 31 (Com. Rel. v. 139 Rib.): sparsa quoque in vario passim miracula caelo videt, diversified, i. e. with constellations of various forms, Ov. M. 2, 193.
      1. 2. Subst.: vărĭa, ae, f. (i. e. bestia, a mottled animal).
        1. a. A panther, Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63 sq.
        2. b. A kind of magpie, Plin. 10, 29, 41, § 78.
    2. B. In rural lang.: terra, wet above and dry beneath, Col. 2, 4, 5: sulcus, Cato, R. R. 61, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 174.
  2. II. Trop., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, changeable, various, etc.: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna; voluptas etiam varia dici solet, Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10: (qualitates) variae et quasi multiformes, id. Ac. 1, 7, 26: et ea, quae videntur acerba, quae multa et varia in hominum vitā fortunāque versantur, id. Off. 1, 20, 67: curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum, id. Or. 3, 12: res varia et multiplex, id. Fl. 3, 6: multae, copiosae variaeque rationes, id. de Or. 1, 51, 222; cf.: varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium, id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; cf. id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61, 262: varium jus et dispar condicio, id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 49: eventus varii fortunae, Caes. B. G. 2, 22: victoria, wavering, = anceps, Sall. J. 5, 1; Liv. 2, 6, 10; so, bellum, Flor. 4, 12, 26.
    Of opinions: varias esse opiniones intellego: sunt qui putant, etc., i. e. divergent opinions, differences where there is yet substantial agreement (while diversae opiniones are opposite views), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25.
      1. 2. Varium est, with a rel.-clause: quales sint (dii), varium est, various opinions prevail, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 13.
    1. B. Esp., of persons, etc.
      1. 1. Of abilities, versatile: Plato et varius et multiplex et copiosus fuit, Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; cf.: antequam scirem quam varium, quam flexibile quam multiplex (ejus ingenium) esset, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 1: Antonius ingenio varius, Flor. 4, 3, 4.
      2. 2. Of character, fickle, inconstant, changeable, untrustworthy: miror quid sit, quod pater tuus, homo constantissimus, te nobis varium reliquit (beaten black and blue, and fickle-minded,) Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48: animus audax, subdolus, varius, Sall. C. 5, 4: varius incertusque agitabat, id. J. 74, 1: voltu et oculis pariter atque animo varius, agitated, irresolute, id. ib. 113, 3: Pausanias magnus homo, sed varius in omni genere vitae fuit, Nep. Paus. 1, 1; cf.: varium et mutabile semper Femina, a fickle thing, Verg. A. 4, 569.
        Hence, adv.: vărĭē.
    1. A. Lit., with diverse colors, in a variegated manner: mithrax gemma multicolor, contra solem varie refulgens, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173: smaragdi Cyprii varie glauci, id. 37, 5, 18, § 67.
    2. B. Trop., variously, changeably, diversely, differently, in various ways: varie moveri, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89: qui (sermones) ab his, qui illum audierunt, perscripti varie et copiose sunt, id. Ac. 1, 4, 16: numerus hujus generis late et varie diffusus est, id. Sest. 45, 97: varie sum affectus tuis litteris, id. Fam. 16, 4, 1: postea decernitur, ac non varie, sed prope cunctis sententiis, id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 145: ita varie per omnem exercitum laetitia, maeror, luctus atque gaudia agitabantur, Sall. C. 61, 9: in Aequis varie bellatum, Liv. 5, 28, 5: agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit, id. 2, 2, 9: hiemem aut negotia varie causari, Tac. A. 1, 47: sagittarios varie passimque collocare, Auct. B. Afr. 60: disserere, Tac. A. 1, 11.
      With a punning allusion to 1. Varia: Ep. Perpetuon’ valuisti? Th. Varie. Ep. Qui varie valent, caprigenum hominum non placet mihi neque pantherinum genus, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 15.

2. Vărĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens; esp.,

  1. I. Q. Varius of Sucro, in Spain, called Hybrida, a tribune of the people A.U.C. 663, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117; id. Brut. 49, 182; 62, 221; Val. Max. 4, 3, 7.
  2. II. L. Varius, a tragic poet, contemporary with Virgil and Horace, Verg. E. 9, 35; Hor. S. 1, 10, 44; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Mart. 8, 18, 7.

vărix, ĭcis, m. and f. [1. varus], a dilated vein, varix, esp. in the thighs, Cels. 7, 8; 7, 17 fin.; 7, 31; Varr. ap. Non. 26, 13; 167, 25; Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35; Sen. Ep. 78, 17; Plin. 11, 45, 104, § 252; Quint. 11, 3, 143; Macr. S. 2, 3, 5.

3. Vārus, i, m., a surname, esp. in the gens Quintilia; e. g. P. Quintilius Varus, defeated by Arminius, Vell. 2, 117; Suet. Aug. 23; id. Tib. 17; Tac. A. 1, 3; 1, 43; 1, 55; 1, 60 al.
Hence, Vārĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Varus, Varian: clades, Suet. Aug. 23; 49; id. Tib. 17; 18; id. Calig. 3; 31.