Atticism

[Fr. Attic is me.] The Attic style or idiom. A witty or pungent saying.-A partiality or regard for the A then i ans. Atticize, v . n. To use Atticisms. At'tic us, TITUS POMPON I US, a noble Roman, the contemporary of Cicero, and Cæsar. He displayed such addre and tact, that, during the war between Cæsar and Pompey, he managed to remain neutral; sent money to the son of Marius, while he secured the attachment of Sylla; and when Cicero and Hortensius were rivals, was equally intimate with both. When young, he resided at Athens, where he so secured the affections of the cit i zens, that on the day of his departure from that city, all went into mourning. He was an author and poet, and reached the age of 77 without sickne . When at last -n. (Anat.) A term applied to some muscles, the office he became ill, he refused all nourishment, and therefore ended his life by voluntary starvation. D. 32 в. с. Не was a disciple of Epicurus. Attila, a famous king of the Huns, who ascended the throne with his brother Beda in A. D. 433. A. ruled the united empires of Scythia and Germany, and at the head of an army of 700,000 warriors, laid waste the Ro- man empire, and obliged the Emperor Theodosius II. to sue for peace, and pay him a yearly tribute of 500 lbs. weight of gold. After this, A. conquered the remaining tribes of Scythia and Germany which had not submitted to his arms, and consolidated his increasing power by murdering his brother and co-sovereign. He then e ayed the conquest of the Persian empire, and led an immense army through the Caucasus; but after sustain- ing a great defeat in Media, A. was compelled to retire, leaving Persia unconquered. This news was received with exultation at Constantinople, but the Greek em- per or soon learned to his cost that the great Scythian was more than a match for him. In the following year, A. threw himself and his hosts on the provinces of the Eastern empire, and ravaged the entire country from the Euxine to the Adriatic. It was converted into a burning wilderne , and 70 of the finest cities of Mace- donia, Thrace, and Greece, were laid in smoking ruins. It was only by enormous bribes, and the most abject sub- mi ion, that Theodosius induced A. to retire from his desolated dominions. A. now directed his views to Gaul, and with an immense army cro ed the Rhine in 450, and besieged the city of Orleans. This city was bravely and succe fully defended, and thus gave time for the form- ing of a coalition against him of the whole forces of Western Europe, comprising the Goths, Franks, Saxons, and Gauls, under the Roman general Etius, and Theo- doric, king of the Visigoths. At Chalons, a great battle took place, in which A. was routed with, his to- rians say, a lo of from 160,000 to 300,000 men. He then retreated acro the Rhine. In the following year, A. burst into Italy at the head of another immense army, and demanded from the Emperor Val ent in i an III. the hand of his sister Honoria, and the surrender of nearly half of the provinces of the empire. These terms being refused, he destroyed the cities of Aquileia, Padua, Vicenza, Verona, and Bologna, and laid waste the fertile plains of Lombardy. Pope Leo I. then went to the enemy's camp, and succeeded in obtaining peace. A. re- tired into Hungary, and the Romans looked upon their preservation as a miracle. A. afterwards organized other expeditions against Gaul and Italy, but in 453, on the night of his marriage, he burst a blood-ve el, and ex- pired, to the unspeakable relief of both Europe and Asia. A. was buried in a triple coffin of gold, silver, and iron; and the captives who dug his grave were slaughtered by the Huns in order to conceal his tomb. A. rejoiced in the name "Scourge of God," applied to him by the world in which he lived. Attila, in Illinois , a post-office of Williams on co. Attinghau's en, a village of Switzerland, canton of Uri, on the Reu , 2m. S.W. of Altorf. Here was born Walter Fürst, one of the great Swi liberators. Attire', v. a. [O. Fr. attyrer, atourner , to dre a bride.] To dre ; to array; to clothe; to adorn; to prepare, ad- just, or dispose, in relation to dre . Sport .) The horns of a buck or stag. Bot . ) The former name of the stamens . of which is to lift up the parts they are affixed to. The principal is the A. of the ear, attollens aurem, which arises from the tendon of the occipito-frontal is, and is inserted into the upper part of the ear, opposite to the antihelix. Its use is to draw the ear upward, and to make the parts into which it is inserted, dense. Attoo', ATTOU', or ATTU', the largest of the Aleutian Islands, in the Pacific ocean. Ext . 70 m. long by about 30 broad. Desc. Volcanic and sterile. Lat. 52° 58′ N.; Lon. 172° 17′ W. At to or', a fortified town of British India, presidency of Madras, 25 m. E. of Salem. Attorn', v. i. [O. Fr. attorner , to direct, prepare; Lat. attorn are- ad , and tor no , to turn.] ( Feud . Law .) To turn or transfer homage from one lord to another. (Mod. Law .) To agree to become tenant to another to whom reversion has been granted. Attorney, n.; pl . ATTORNEYS. [Mod. Lat. attorn at us , a person set in place of another.] One who takes the turn , or acts in the stead of another, especially in matters of law; one who practises in the courts of common law; a solicitor; a lawyer. (Law.) An attorney is either public or special. The former is an officer of a court, who is authorized by the laws and the rules of the court to represent suitors, with- out any special written authority for the purpose. The rules and qualifications, whereby one is authorized to practise as an attorney in any court, are very different in different countries, and in different courts of the same country. There are various statutes on this subject in the laws of the several U. States, and almost every court has certain rules, a compliance with which is nece ary, in order to authorize any one to appear in court for, and represent any party to a suit, without a special authority under seal. The principle upon which these rules are founded, is the exclusion of persons not qualified by hon- esty, good moral character, learning and skill, from taking upon them this office. Any attorney may, by malpractice, forfeit this privilege; and the court, in such case, strikes his name from the roll of attorneys. Still this does not prevent his being a special attorney, with a specific power from any person who wishes to constitute him his representative; for every man, who is capable of contracting, has the power to confer upon another the right of representing him, and acting in his stead. An attorney of a court has authority, for and in -n. That which attracts, invites, or allures. -The quality of attracting by moral influence; alluring; engaging; inviting: enticing. the name of his principal, to do any acts nece ary for conducting a suit, and his employer is bound by his acts. A special attorney is appointed by a deed called a power or letter of attorney , and the deed by which he is appointed drawing to; in an attractive manner. specifies the acts which he is authorized to do. It is a Attractivene , n. The quality of being attractive. commi ion, to the extent of which only he can bind his Attractor, n. Any one who, or any thing which, at- principal. As far as the acts of the attorney, in the name tracts. "But the gospel speaks of nothing but attractives and imita- tion."-South. Attractively, adv . With the power of attracting, or indemnify any one to whom, without authority, he rep- resents himself as an attorney of another, and who con- tracts with him, or otherwise puts confidence in him, as being such attorney. Attorney-General of England. A great officer of state, created so by royal letters-patent, and the legal repre- sentative of the crown, in the courts of law and equity. He draws up informations, prosecutes for the crown in criminal matters, files bills in the exchequer in revenue causes, and informations in chancery in cases where the crown is interested. -( U . States .) In each State there is an A. G. , or similar officer, who appears for the people, as in England he appears for the crown. Attorney-General of the U. States. An officer appointed by the President. His duties are to prosecute and con- duct all suits in the supreme court in which the U. States shall be concerned, and give his advice upon questions of law when required by the President, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments of state, touch- ing matters that may concern their department. Attorneyship, n. The office or duty of an attorney; agency or commi ion on behalf of another; proxy. "But marriage is a matter of more worth, Than to be dealt in by attorneyship."-Shaks. Attoyac', in Tezas , a small river rising in Rusk co., which, after a S. course, enters Angel in a river at the S.E. extremity of Nacogdoches co. Attract', v . a. [O. Fr. attraicter ; Lat. attraho , attract us- ad, and traho , to draw.] To cause to approach, draw to, or tend to; to induce, to adhere or combine. "The single atoms each to other tend, Attract, attracted to, the next in place Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace."-Pope. -To draw by influence of a moral kind; to invite; to allure; At tractability, n. Quality of being attractable; sus- ceptible to the laws of attraction. co., on Mill river, 31 m. S.S.W. of Boston. Manuf . Jewel- Attractingly, adv . In an attracting manner. ry, printed calicos, metal huttons . P. (1890) 7,577. Attleborough, in Pennsylvania , a post-village of Bucks co., 18 m. S.E. of Doylestown, and 8 m. N.W. of the Delaware at Bristol. Now called LANGHORNE. At'tlebury, in New York , a post-office of Duche co. Attock', (anc. Varanas ,) a fortified town of Hindostan, in the Punjaub, on the Indus, 42 m. E.S.E. of Peshawur. Lat. 83° 56 N.; Lon. 71° 57′ E. Pop . about 3,200, Attol'lent, a. [Lat. attollens , from attollo - ad , and tollo , to lift or raise.] Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent Attraction, ( at - trak's hun ,) n. [Fr.; Lat. attractio . The act of attracting; the act of drawing together: the re- sult of the principle of attraction. "Attraction may be form'd by impulse, or some other means; I use that word, to signify any force by which bodies tend towards one another."- Newton . ur. -The power of alluring or enticing; the act of drawing to; charm; allurement; as, the attraction of a pretty face. "But her eyes Were black as death, their lashes the same hue, Of downcast length, in whose silk shadow lies Deepest attraction ."- Byron . At'tri, a large river of Hindostan, which, rising in the S. of Thibet, and flowing through a pa of the Hima- lay as due S., falls into the main branch of the Ganges at Jafferege, after a course of 100 miles. Attributable, a . That may be attributed; ascribable, owing to. adjectives, verbs, and participles, which are attributes of substances; and adverbs, which denote the attributes only of attributes. The former may be called attributes of the first order; the latter, attributes of the second order. Attributively, adv . ( Gram . ) In an attributive man ner.