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1 subficio

suf-fĭcĭo ( subf-), fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. and n. [facio].
I.
Act.
A.
To put under or among.
1.
Of a building, to lay the foundation for: opus. Curt. 5, 1, 29 Zumpt. —
2.
Esp., to put into, dip in, dye, impregnate, imbue, tinge, lanam medicamentis, to impregnate, imbue, tinge, Cic. ap. Non. 386, 10, and 521, 19:
(angues) ardentes oculos suffecti sanguine et igni,
suffused, colored, Verg. A. 2, 210:
maculis suffecta genas,
Val. Fl. 2, 105:
suffecta leto lumina,
id. 1, 822; cf.:
nubes sole suffecta,
i. e. shone through, irradiated, Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 11.—
3.
To give, affard, furnish, supply = suppeditare, hupechein (mostly poet.):
(nebulae) sufficiunt nubes,
Lucr. 6, 480:
ut cibus aliam naturam sufficit ex se,
id. 3, 704:
haec aëra rarum Sufficiunt nobis,
id. 2, 108:
tellus Sufficit umorem,
Verg. G. 2, 424:
aut illae (salices) pecori frondem aut pastoribus umbras Sufficiunt saepemque satis et pabula melli,
id. ib. 2, 435:
ut (Hispania) Italiae cunctarum rerum abundantiam sufficiat,
Just. 44, 1, 4:
dux agmina sufficit unus turbanti terras,
Sil. 1, 36; cf.:
Horatius eos excursionibus sufficiendo adsuefacerat sibi fidere,
by permitting to take part in, Liv. 3, 61, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.; Petr. 27.— Trop.:
ipse pater Danais animos viresque secundas Sufficit,
gives courage and strength, Verg. A. 2, 618; 9, 803.—
4.
To occupy with, employ in: Horatius eos (milites) excursionibus (dat.) sufficiendo proeliisque levibus experiundo assuefecerat sibi fidere, by employing them in sallies, etc., Liv. 3, 61.—
B.
To put in the place of, to substitute for another; and esp., to choose or elect in the place of any one (class.; esp. freq. of magistrates, e. g. of consuls;
syn. subrogo): suffectus in Lucretii locum M. Horatius Pulvillus,
Liv. 2, 8, 4: in Appii locum suffectus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:
consul in sufficiendo collegā occupatus,
Cic. Mur. 39, 85; cf.:
ne consul sufficiatur,
id. ib. 38, 82:
censorem in demortui locum,
Liv. 5, 31, 7:
suffectis in loca eorum novis regibus,
Just. 11, 10, 7:
ipsae (apes) regem parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt,
Verg. G. 4, 202:
seu tribunos modo seu tribunis suffectos consules quoque habuit,
Liv. 4, 8, 1:
quia collegam suffici censori religio erat,
id. 6, 27, 4; 6, 38, 10:
quibus vitio creatis suffecti,
id. 9, 7, 14; 10, 47, 1:
filius patri suffectus,
Tac. A. 4, 16:
Conon Alcibiadi suffectus,
Just. 5, 6, 1:
sperante heredem suffici se proximum,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 12.—Esp. in the phrase suffectus consul, a consul elected after the regular time, a vice-consul:
quando duo ordinarii consules ejus anni alter morbo, alter ferro periisset, suffectum consulem negabant recte comitia habere posse,
Liv. 41, 18, 16 Weissenb. ad loc.; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43, 2; Tac. A. 3, 37 fin.; cf.:
consulatus suffectus,
Aus. Grat. Act. 14, 2, § 32.—
2.
Transf., to cause to take the place of, to supply instead of, to furnish as a substitute ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
atque aliam ex aliā generando suffice prolem,
Verg. G. 3, 65:
septimo eosdem (dentes) decidere anno, aliosque suffici,
Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 68:
quattuor caeli partes in ternas dividunt et singulis ventos binos suffectos dant,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 2.—
II.
Neutr., to be sufficient, to suffice, avail for, meet the need of, satisfy (freq. and class.; syn. suppeto); constr. absol., with dat., ad, adversus, in, with inf., ut or ne; rarely with si.
(α).
Absol.:
quamquam nec scribae sufficere nec tabulae nomina illorum capere potuerunt,
Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 16:
nec jam sufficiunt,
Verg. A. 9, 515:
idque (ferrum) diu Suffecit,
id. ib. 12, 739:
Romani quoad sufficere remiges potuerunt, satis pertinaciter secuti sunt,
Liv. 36, 45, 2:
non sufficiebant oppidani,
id. 21, 8, 4:
haec exempli gratiā sufficient,
Quint. 9, 2, 56:
non videntur tempora suffectura,
id. 2, 5, 3:
pro magistratibus, qui non sufficerent,
Suet. Aug. 43:
quīs non sufficientibus,
Curt. 9, 4, 33.—With subject-clause:
sufficit dicere, E portu navigavi,
Quint. 4, 2, 41:
non, quia sufficiat, non esse sacrilegium, sed quia, etc.,
id. 7, 3, 9:
suffecerit haec retulisse,
Suet. Ner. 31; Mart. 9, 1, 8.—
(β).
With dat.: nec jam vires sufficere cuiquam, * Caes. B. G. 7, 20; cf.:
vires concipit suffecturas oneri,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 173:
nec iis sufficiat imaginem virtutis effingere,
Quint. 10, 2, 15:
ac mihi quidem sufficeret hoc genus,
id. 5, 10, 90:
paucorum cupiditati cum obsistere non poterant, tamen sufficere aliquo modo poterant,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 127:
mons, hominum lacte et carne vescentium abunde sufficiebat alimentis,
Liv. 29, 31, 9:
hae manus suffecere desiderio meo,
Curt. 4, 1, 25; 3, 6, 19:
vires quae sufficiant labori certaminum,
Quint. 10, 3, 3; cf.:
summis operibus suffecturi vires,
id. 2, 4, 33:
pronuntiatio vel scenis suffectura,
id. 10, 1, 119:
quod opus cuicumque discendo sufficiet,
id. 1, 9, 3:
dominis sufficit tantum soli, ut relevare caput possint,
Plin. Ep. 1, 24, 4.— Poet.:
nec sufficit umbo Ictibus,
Verg. A. 9, 810.—
(γ).
With ad: terra ingenito umore egens vix ad [p. 1792] perennes suffecit amnes, Liv. 4, 30:
inopi aerario nec plebe ad tributum sufficiente,
id. 29, 16:
annus vix ad solacium unius anni,
id. 10, 47:
oppidani ad omnia tuenda non sufficiebant,
id. 21, 8, 4:
quomodo nos ad patiendum sufficiamus,
id. 29, 17, 17; 21, 8, 4; 33, 10:
ad quod si vires non suffecerint,
Quint. 12, 1, 32.—
(δ).
With adversus:
non suffecturum ducem unum et exercitum unum adversus quattuor populos,
Liv. 10, 25.—
(ε).
With in:
nec locus in tumulos nec sufficit arbor in ignes,
Ov. M. 7, 613:
ergo ego sufficiam reus in nova crimina semper?
id. Am. 2, 7, 1.—
(ζ).
With inf.:
nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,
Verg. A. 5, 22.—
(η).
With ut or ne:
interim sufficit, ut exorari te sinas,
Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3:
sufficit, ne ea, quae sunt vera, minuantur,
id. ib. 9, 33, 11.—
(θ).
With si:
sufficere tibi debet, si, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 9:
sufficere his credis, si probi existimentur,
id. Pan. 88, 2.—Hence, P. a.: suffĭcĭens, entis, sufficient, adequate:
aetas vix tantis matura rebus, sed abunde sufficiens,
Curt. 3, 6, 19:
testes,
Dig. 29, 7, 8.— Sup.:
unica et sufficientissima definitio,
Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 2.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > subficio
2 sufficio

suf-fĭcĭo ( subf-), fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. and n. [facio].
I.
Act.
A.
To put under or among.
1.
Of a building, to lay the foundation for: opus. Curt. 5, 1, 29 Zumpt. —
2.
Esp., to put into, dip in, dye, impregnate, imbue, tinge, lanam medicamentis, to impregnate, imbue, tinge, Cic. ap. Non. 386, 10, and 521, 19:
(angues) ardentes oculos suffecti sanguine et igni,
suffused, colored, Verg. A. 2, 210:
maculis suffecta genas,
Val. Fl. 2, 105:
suffecta leto lumina,
id. 1, 822; cf.:
nubes sole suffecta,
i. e. shone through, irradiated, Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 11.—
3.
To give, affard, furnish, supply = suppeditare, hupechein (mostly poet.):
(nebulae) sufficiunt nubes,
Lucr. 6, 480:
ut cibus aliam naturam sufficit ex se,
id. 3, 704:
haec aëra rarum Sufficiunt nobis,
id. 2, 108:
tellus Sufficit umorem,
Verg. G. 2, 424:
aut illae (salices) pecori frondem aut pastoribus umbras Sufficiunt saepemque satis et pabula melli,
id. ib. 2, 435:
ut (Hispania) Italiae cunctarum rerum abundantiam sufficiat,
Just. 44, 1, 4:
dux agmina sufficit unus turbanti terras,
Sil. 1, 36; cf.:
Horatius eos excursionibus sufficiendo adsuefacerat sibi fidere,
by permitting to take part in, Liv. 3, 61, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.; Petr. 27.— Trop.:
ipse pater Danais animos viresque secundas Sufficit,
gives courage and strength, Verg. A. 2, 618; 9, 803.—
4.
To occupy with, employ in: Horatius eos (milites) excursionibus (dat.) sufficiendo proeliisque levibus experiundo assuefecerat sibi fidere, by employing them in sallies, etc., Liv. 3, 61.—
B.
To put in the place of, to substitute for another; and esp., to choose or elect in the place of any one (class.; esp. freq. of magistrates, e. g. of consuls;
syn. subrogo): suffectus in Lucretii locum M. Horatius Pulvillus,
Liv. 2, 8, 4: in Appii locum suffectus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:
consul in sufficiendo collegā occupatus,
Cic. Mur. 39, 85; cf.:
ne consul sufficiatur,
id. ib. 38, 82:
censorem in demortui locum,
Liv. 5, 31, 7:
suffectis in loca eorum novis regibus,
Just. 11, 10, 7:
ipsae (apes) regem parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt,
Verg. G. 4, 202:
seu tribunos modo seu tribunis suffectos consules quoque habuit,
Liv. 4, 8, 1:
quia collegam suffici censori religio erat,
id. 6, 27, 4; 6, 38, 10:
quibus vitio creatis suffecti,
id. 9, 7, 14; 10, 47, 1:
filius patri suffectus,
Tac. A. 4, 16:
Conon Alcibiadi suffectus,
Just. 5, 6, 1:
sperante heredem suffici se proximum,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 12.—Esp. in the phrase suffectus consul, a consul elected after the regular time, a vice-consul:
quando duo ordinarii consules ejus anni alter morbo, alter ferro periisset, suffectum consulem negabant recte comitia habere posse,
Liv. 41, 18, 16 Weissenb. ad loc.; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43, 2; Tac. A. 3, 37 fin.; cf.:
consulatus suffectus,
Aus. Grat. Act. 14, 2, § 32.—
2.
Transf., to cause to take the place of, to supply instead of, to furnish as a substitute ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
atque aliam ex aliā generando suffice prolem,
Verg. G. 3, 65:
septimo eosdem (dentes) decidere anno, aliosque suffici,
Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 68:
quattuor caeli partes in ternas dividunt et singulis ventos binos suffectos dant,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 2.—
II.
Neutr., to be sufficient, to suffice, avail for, meet the need of, satisfy (freq. and class.; syn. suppeto); constr. absol., with dat., ad, adversus, in, with inf., ut or ne; rarely with si.
(α).
Absol.:
quamquam nec scribae sufficere nec tabulae nomina illorum capere potuerunt,
Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 16:
nec jam sufficiunt,
Verg. A. 9, 515:
idque (ferrum) diu Suffecit,
id. ib. 12, 739:
Romani quoad sufficere remiges potuerunt, satis pertinaciter secuti sunt,
Liv. 36, 45, 2:
non sufficiebant oppidani,
id. 21, 8, 4:
haec exempli gratiā sufficient,
Quint. 9, 2, 56:
non videntur tempora suffectura,
id. 2, 5, 3:
pro magistratibus, qui non sufficerent,
Suet. Aug. 43:
quīs non sufficientibus,
Curt. 9, 4, 33.—With subject-clause:
sufficit dicere, E portu navigavi,
Quint. 4, 2, 41:
non, quia sufficiat, non esse sacrilegium, sed quia, etc.,
id. 7, 3, 9:
suffecerit haec retulisse,
Suet. Ner. 31; Mart. 9, 1, 8.—
(β).
With dat.: nec jam vires sufficere cuiquam, * Caes. B. G. 7, 20; cf.:
vires concipit suffecturas oneri,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 173:
nec iis sufficiat imaginem virtutis effingere,
Quint. 10, 2, 15:
ac mihi quidem sufficeret hoc genus,
id. 5, 10, 90:
paucorum cupiditati cum obsistere non poterant, tamen sufficere aliquo modo poterant,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 127:
mons, hominum lacte et carne vescentium abunde sufficiebat alimentis,
Liv. 29, 31, 9:
hae manus suffecere desiderio meo,
Curt. 4, 1, 25; 3, 6, 19:
vires quae sufficiant labori certaminum,
Quint. 10, 3, 3; cf.:
summis operibus suffecturi vires,
id. 2, 4, 33:
pronuntiatio vel scenis suffectura,
id. 10, 1, 119:
quod opus cuicumque discendo sufficiet,
id. 1, 9, 3:
dominis sufficit tantum soli, ut relevare caput possint,
Plin. Ep. 1, 24, 4.— Poet.:
nec sufficit umbo Ictibus,
Verg. A. 9, 810.—
(γ).
With ad: terra ingenito umore egens vix ad [p. 1792] perennes suffecit amnes, Liv. 4, 30:
inopi aerario nec plebe ad tributum sufficiente,
id. 29, 16:
annus vix ad solacium unius anni,
id. 10, 47:
oppidani ad omnia tuenda non sufficiebant,
id. 21, 8, 4:
quomodo nos ad patiendum sufficiamus,
id. 29, 17, 17; 21, 8, 4; 33, 10:
ad quod si vires non suffecerint,
Quint. 12, 1, 32.—
(δ).
With adversus:
non suffecturum ducem unum et exercitum unum adversus quattuor populos,
Liv. 10, 25.—
(ε).
With in:
nec locus in tumulos nec sufficit arbor in ignes,
Ov. M. 7, 613:
ergo ego sufficiam reus in nova crimina semper?
id. Am. 2, 7, 1.—
(ζ).
With inf.:
nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,
Verg. A. 5, 22.—
(η).
With ut or ne:
interim sufficit, ut exorari te sinas,
Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3:
sufficit, ne ea, quae sunt vera, minuantur,
id. ib. 9, 33, 11.—
(θ).
With si:
sufficere tibi debet, si, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 9:
sufficere his credis, si probi existimentur,
id. Pan. 88, 2.—Hence, P. a.: suffĭcĭens, entis, sufficient, adequate:
aetas vix tantis matura rebus, sed abunde sufficiens,
Curt. 3, 6, 19:
testes,
Dig. 29, 7, 8.— Sup.:
unica et sufficientissima definitio,
Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 2.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sufficio
3 potior

1.
pŏtĭor, ītus, 4 ( inf. pres. potirier, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 66.—Acc. to the third conj., potĭtur, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 274 Müll. or Ann. v. 78 Vahl.; Verg. A. 3, 56:
capto potĭmur mundo,
Manil. 4, 882; Ov. M. 13, 130; Cat. 64, 402.—Potītur. only in Prisc. 881, and Ov. H. 14, 113. So, poti for potiri, Pac. ap. Non. 475, 29; Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5, acc. to Trag. Rel. p. 56 Rib., and Enn. Trag. v. 260 Vahl.— Act. collat. form pŏtĭo, īre; v. 2. potio), v. dep. n. [potis].
I.
Lit., to become master of, to take possession of, to get, obtain, acquire, receive; constr. with gen., acc., abl., and absol. (class.; syn.: occupo, invado).
(α).
With gen.:
illius regni potiri,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5:
urbis potiri,
Sall. C. 47, 2:
vexilli,
Liv. 25, 14:
nemini in opinionem veniebat Antonium rerum potiturum,
Nep. Att. 9, 6:
voti,
Sil. 15, 331.—
(β).
With acc. (mostly ante- and post-class.; not in Cic.): regnum, Pac. ap. Non. 481, 32:
sceptrum,
Att. ib. 30; cf.:
Homerus sceptra potitus,
Lucr. 3, 1038:
oppidum, Auct. B. Hisp. 13: summum imperii,
to get possession of the supreme dominion, Nep. Eum. 3, 4; cf.:
regni Persarum potiundi,
id. Ages. 4, 2:
spes urbis potiundae,
Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 2; 3, 6, 2:
in spe urbis hostium potiundae,
Liv. 8, 2, 5; Curt. 8, 11, 19.—
(γ).
With abl.:
ille hodie si illā sit potitus muliere,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 9:
natura iis potiens,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 41:
si ad decem milia annorum gentem aliquam urbe nostra potituram putem,
id. ib. 1, 37, 90 B. and K.:
imperio totius Galliae,
Caes. B. G. 1, 2:
victoriā,
id. ib. 3, 24:
impedimentis castrisque,
id. ib. 1, 21:
sceptro,
Ov. H. 14, 113: pane, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 881 P.: thalamo, Naev. ib.—
(δ).
Absol.:
libidines ad potiundum incitantur,
Cic. Sen. 12, 39:
potiendi spe inflammati,
id. Fin. 1, 18, 60.—
II.
Transf., to be master of, to have, hold, possess, occupy; with gen., acc., abl., and absol. (class.; syn.: fruor, utor).
(α).
With gen.:
Cleanthes solem dominari et rerum potiri putat,
has the chief power in the universe, Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126:
civitas Atheniensium, dum ea rerum potita est,
id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70:
potiente rerum patre,
Tac. H. 3, 74.—
(β).
With acc.:
laborem hunc potiri,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 5:
patria potitur commoda,
Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 17:
gaudia,
id. ib. 22.—
(γ).
With abl.:
frui iis (voluptatibus), quibus senectus, etiam si non abunde potitur, non omnino caret,
Cic. Sen. 14, 48:
oppido,
Liv. 6, 33:
monte,
have climbed, Ov. M. 5, 254.—
(δ).
Absol.:
qui tenent, qui potiuntur,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3.

pŏtītus, a, um, Part., in a pass. signif., v. 2. potio.
2.
pŏtĭor, ĭus, comp. of potis.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > potior
4 capiō

capiō cēpī (capsis, old for cēperis, C.), captus, ere [CAP-], to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp: flabellum, T.: sacra manu, V.: pocula, H.: baculum, O.: pignera, L.: manibus tympanum, Ct.: lora, Pr.: arma capere alii, seized their arms, S.: ensem, O.: tela, O.: omnia arma contra illam pestem, i. e. contend in every way: Manlium arma cepisse, had begun hostilities, S.: capere arma parabat, was on the point of attacking, O.—Of food, to take, partake of: Cibum cum eā, T.: lauti cibum capiunt, Ta. — To take captive, seize, make prisoner: belli duces captos tenetis: unus e filiis captus est, Cs.: capta tria milia peditum, L.: alquos Byzantii, N.: captos ostendere civibus hostes, H.: Num capti (Phryges) potuere capi? could they not, when taken, be taken (once for all)? V.: casus est enim in capiendo (sc. praedones).—To catch, hunt down, take: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cervum, Ph.: illa pro lepusculis capiebantur, patellae, etc.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate: ut te redimas captum (i. e. amore), T.: quibus (rebus) illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest: te pecuniā captum: quem suā cepit humanitate, N.: hunc capit argenti splendor, H.: dulcedine vocis, O.: (bos) herbā captus viridi, V.: oculis captis.— To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch: Aut quā viā te captent eādem ipsos capi? T.: eodem captus errore, involved in: suis miserum me cepit ocellis, Pr.: carmine formosae capiuntur, Tb.: me dolis, S.: capi alcuius dolo, N.: alqm amicitiae mendacis imagine, O.—To defeat, convict, cast, overcome (in a suit or dispute): ne tui consultores capiantur: in capiendo adversario versutus (orator).—To harm, lame, mutilate, maim, disable, impair, weaken: oculis et auribus captus, blind and deaf: membris omnibus captus: altero oculo capitur, loses an eye, L.: capti auribus metu, L.: lumine, O.: numquam erit tam captus equester ordo: captā re p. — P. pass., of the mind, deprived of sense, silly, insane, crazed, lunatic, mad: mente esse captum: virgines captae furore, L.: capti et stupentes animi, L. — To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept: iudicem populum R., L.: Me arbitrum, T.: inimicos homines, make enemies, T.: sacerdotem sortito: Flaccus flamen captus a Licinio erat, L. — Of places, to occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into: loca capere, to take up a position, Cs.: castris locum capere: locum extra urbem editum capere, N.: locum editiorem, S.: capto monte, Cs.: Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa, L.: montes fugā, for refuge, L.: tumulum, V.: terras captas despectare videntur (cycni), to be settling down on places selected, V. — To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize: pauca (oppida), S.: Troiā captā, L.: quod (agri) de Campanis ceperant: castra hostium, N.: oppida manu, V.; cf. oppressā captāque re p.: patriam suam, L.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake oneself to: insulam, Cs.: oti illum portum.—Of property or money, to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get: agros de hostibus: ager ex hostibus captus, L.: praedas, N.: ex hostibus pecuniam, L.: cape cedo, give and take, T.: de re p. nihil praeter gloriam, N.: ex calamitate populi R. nomen capere, Cs.: regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit, succeeded to, O.— With pecuniam, to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe, take blackmail: contra leges pecuniam cepisse?: pecuniae per vim atque iniuriam captae: aperte pecunias ob rem iudicandam: alqm pecuniae captae arcessere, S.—To take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept: morte testamentove alcuius alqd capere: a civibus Romanis hereditates: si capiendi Ius nullum uxori, Iu.—To collect, receive, obtain: ex eis praediis talenta argenti, T.: stipendium iure belli, Cs.: ex quo (castro) talenta, N.— Fig., to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap: Fructum, T.: fructūs auctoritatis: fructum vestri in me amoris: alquid ex eā re commodi? T.: utilitates ex amicitiā.—To take, assume, acquire, put on: gestūs voltūsque novos, T.: figuras, O.—To take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess: petitoris personam: patris vim: patrium animum.— To undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take up: provinciam duram, T.: consulatum: honores, N.: rerum moderamen, O.: rem p., S.: magistratum, L.—With dat. of person, to obtain for, secure for: patres praeturam Camillo ceperunt, L.—To begin, enter upon, undertake: bellum: labores, T.: augurium ex arce, L.: aliud initium belli, i. e. war on a new plan, Cs.: conatūs ad erumpendum, L.: nec vestra capit discordia finem, V.: ad impetum capiundum spatium, to take a start, L.: somnum, fall asleep.—Poet.: Unde nova ingressūs experientia cepit? i. e. was devised, V.—To seize, embrace, take (an opportunity): si quam causam ceperit, T.: tempus ad te adeundi.—To form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach: sensum verae gloriae: ex lucri magnitudine coniecturam furti: consilium unā tecum, T.: consilium hominis fortunas evertere: consilium equitatum demittere, Cs.: consilium ut exirem: legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.—To take, derive, draw, obtain: de te exemplum, T.: exemplum ex aliquā re. — To take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience: miseriam omnem, T.: angorem pro amico: ex huius incommodis molestiam: infamiam sine voluptate: invidiam apud patres ex largitione, L.: timorem, V.: voluptatem animi.— With a feeling as subj, to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui, etc.: ut caperet odium illam mei, T.: nos oblivio ceperat: Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae, L.: animum cura cepit, L.: meae si te ceperunt taeda laudis, V.: dementia cepit amantem, V.—Of injury or loss, to suffer, take, be subjected to: calamitatem: incommodi nihil.—Esp., in the formula by which the senate, in great emergencies, gave absolute power to magistrates: videant ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc., S.—To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for: capit alveus amnes O.: terra feras cepit, O.: quid turbae est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio, T.: unā domo iam capi non possunt: Nec iam se capit unda, V.: Non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus, H.: tot domūs locupletissimas istius domus una capiet? will swallow up.—To contain, hold, suffice for, be strong enough for, bear: eam amentiam: nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas, O.: iram Non capit ipsa suam, O.: Nec te Troia capit, is too small for your glory, V.—To take, receive, hold, comprehend, grasp, embrace: gratia, quantam maximam animi nostri capere possunt: ille unus veram speciem senatūs cepit, L.
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I
capere, additional forms V TRANS

take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
II
capere, cepi, captus V TRANS

take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
III
capionis N F

taking/seizing

usus capio -- getting ownership by continued possession

Latin-English dictionary > capiō
5 habeō

habeō uī (old perf subj. habessit for habuerit, C.), itus, ēre [HAB-], to have, hold, support, carry, wear: arma: anulum: arma hic paries habebit, H.: coronam in capite: soccos et pallium: catenas: Faenum in cornu, H.: aquilam in exercitu, S.— To have, hold, contain: quod (fanum) habebat auri: non me Tartara habent, V.: quem quae sint habitura deorum Concilia, etc., V.: Quae regio Anchisen habet? V.: quod habet lex in se: suam (nutricem) cinis ater habebat, V.— To have, hold, occupy, inhabit: urbem, S.: arcem: quā Poeni haberent (sc. castra), L.: Hostis habet muros, V. —Of relation or association, to have: in matrimonio Caesenniam: eos in loco patrui: uxores: patrem: (legionem) secum, Cs.: apīs in iubā: mecum scribas: quibus vendant, habere, Cs.: conlegam in praeturā Sophoclem: civitates stipendiarias, Cs.: cognitum Scaevolam: inimicos civīs: duos amicissimos: eum nuptiis adligatum: quem pro quaestore habuit.— To have, be furnished with: voltum bonum, S.: pedes quinque: Angustos aditūs, V.: manicas, V.— To have, hold, keep, retain, detain: haec cum illis sunt habenda (opp. mittenda), T.: si quod accepit habet: Bibulum in obsidione, Cs.: in liberis custodiis haberi, S.: in vinculis habendi, S.: mare in potestate, Cs.: in custodiam habitus, lodged, L.: ordines, preserve, S.: alios in eā fortunā, ut, etc., L.: exercitus sine inperio habitus, S.: Marium post principia, station, S.: Loricam Donat habere viro, gives to keep, V.: inclusum senatum.—Of ownership or enjoyment, to have, own, possess, be master of: agros: Epicratis bona omnia: in Italiā fundum: quod non desit, H.: (divitias) honeste, enjoy, S.: (leges) in monumentis habemus, i. e. are extant: sibi hereditatem: illam suas res sibi habere iussit (the formula of divorcing a wife): in vestrā amicitiā divitias, S.: nos Amaryllis habet, has my love, V.: habeo, non habeor a Laide: habet in nummis, in praediis, is rich: ad habendum nihil satis esse: amor habendi, V.: Unde habeas, quaerit nemo, sed oportet habere, Iu.— To have, get, receive, obtain: a me vitam, fortunas: imperium a populo R.: habeat hoc praemi tua indignitas: granum ex provinciā: plus dapis, H.: Partem opere in tanto, a place, V.: graviter ferit atque ita fatur, Hoc habet, it reaches him, V.: certe captus est, habet! (i. e. volneratus est) T.— To find oneself, be, feel, be situated, be off, come off: se non graviter: bene habemus nos: praeclare se res habebat: quo pacto se habeat provincia: bene habent tibi principia, T.: bene habet, it is well: atqui Sic habet, H.: credin te inpune habiturum? escape punishment, T.: virtus aeterna habetur, abides, S.— To make, render: uti eos manifestos habeant, S.: pascua publica infesta, L.—With P. perf. pass., periphrast. for perf act.: vectigalia redempta, has brought in and holds, Cs.: domitas libidines: quae conlecta habent Stoici: de Caesare satis dictum: pericula consueta, S.: neque ea res falsum me habuit, S.: edita facinora, L.— To treat, use, handle: duriter se, T.: equitatu agmen adversariorum male, Cs.: exercitum luxuriose, S.: eos non pro vanis hostibus, sed liberaliter, S.: saucii maiore curā habiti, L.— To hold, direct, turn, keep: iter hac, T.: iter ad legiones, Cs.— To hold, pronounce, deliver, utter, make: orationem de ratione censoriā: contionem ad urbem: post habitam contionem: gratulationibus habendis celebramur: quae (querelae) apud me de illo habebantur: verba.— To hold, convene, conduct, cause to take place: comitia haberi siturus: senatum, Cs.: censum: Consilium summis de rebus, V.— To hold, govern, administer, manage, wield: rem p., S.: qui cultus habendo Sit pecori, V.: animus habet cuncta, neque ipse habetur, S.: aptat habendo Ensem, V.—Of rank or position, to hold, take, occupy: priores partīs Apud me, T.: Statum de tribus secundarium.—Fig., to have, have in mind, entertain, cherish, experience, exhibit, be actuated by: si quid consili Habet, T.: alienum animum a causā: tantum animi ad audaciam: plus animi quam consili: amorem in rem p.: in consilio fidem: gratiam, gratias habere; see gratia.— To have, have in mind, mean, wish, be able: haec habebam fere, quae te scire vellem, this was in substance what, etc.: haec habui de amicitiā quae dicerem: quod huic responderet, non habebat: haec fere dicere habui de, etc.: illud adfirmare pro certo habeo, L.—Prov.: quā digitum proferat non habet.—With P. fut. pass., to have, be bound: utrumne de furto dicendum habeas, Ta.: si nunc primum statuendum haberemus, Ta. — To have, have in mind, know, be acquainted with, be informed of: regis matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem: habes consilia nostra, such are: In memoriā habeo, I remember, T.: age, si quid habes, V.—With in animo, to have in mind, purpose, intend, be inclined: rogavi, ut diceret quid haberet in animo: istum exheredare in animo habebat: hoc (flumen) transire, Cs.: bello eum adiuvare, L. — To have in mind, hold, think, believe, esteem, regard, look upon: neque vos neque deos in animo, S.: haec habitast soror, T.: alquos magno in honore, Cs.: Iunium (mensem) in metu, be afraid of: omnīs uno ordine Achivos, all alike, V.: hi numero inpiorum habentur, Cs.: quem nefas habent nominare: deos aeternos: habitus non futtilis auctor, V.: cum esset habendus rex: non nauci augurem: cuius auctoritas magni haberetur, Cs.: id pro non dicto habendum, L.: sic habeto, non esse, etc.: non necesse habeo dicere: eam rem habuit religioni, a matter of conscience: ludibrio haberi, T.: duritiam voluptati, regard as pleasure, S.— To have, have received, have acquired, have made, have incurred: a me beneficia, Cs.: tantos progressūs in Stoicis.—With satis, to have enough, be content, be satisfied: sat habeo, T.: a me satis habent, tamen plus habebunt: non satis habitum est, quaeri, etc.— To have, be characterized by, exercise, practise: salem, T.: habet hoc virtus, ut, etc., this is characteristic of merit: locus nihil habet religionis: celerem motum, Cs.: neque modum neque modestiam, S.: silentium haberi iussit, observed, S.: habebat hoc Caesar, quem cognorat, etc., this was Caesar's way: ornamenta dicendi.— To have, involve, bring, render, occasion, produce, excite: primus adventus equitatūs habuit interitum: habet amoenitas ipsa inlecebras: latrocinia nullam habent infamiam, Cs.— To hold, keep, occupy, engage, busy, exercise, inspire: hoc male habet virum, vexes, T.: animalia somnus habebat, V.: sollicitum te habebat cogitatio periculi: Qui (metus) maior absentīs habet, H.— To take, accept, bear, endure: eas (iniurias) gravius aequo, S.: aegre filium id ausum, L.— To keep, reserve, conceal: Non clam me haberet quod, etc., T.: secreto hoc audi, tecum habeto.— To keep, spend, pass: adulescentiam, S.: aetatem procul a re p., S.—With rem, to have to do, be intimate: quocum uno rem habebam, T.
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habere, habui, habitus V

have, hold, consider, think, reason; manage, keep; spend/pass (time)

Latin-English dictionary > habeō
6 capio

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio
7 Capta

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Capta
8 habeo

hăbĕo, ui, itum, 2 (archaic perf. subj. habessit, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19; inf. haberier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 111), v. a. and n. [etym. dub.; cf. Gr. kôpê, handle; Lat. capio; Germ. haben, Haft; Engl. have], to have, in the widest sense of the word, to hold, keep, possess, cherish, entertain, occupy, enclose, contain (cf.: teneo, possideo, etc.).
I.
In gen.
A.
Of personal subjects.
1.
With persons or things as objects: SI INTESTATO MORITVR, CVI SVVS HERES NEC SIT, AGNATVS PROXIMVS FAMILIAM HABETO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Ulp. Fragm. 26, 1: ex tui animi sententia tu uxorem habes? Cato ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 260; cf.:
aliquam habere in matrimonio, Cic. Scaur. § 8: ipsum ex Helvetiis uxorem habere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 6:
si et prudentes homines et non veteres reges habere voluerunt,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37 fin.:
quae cum patrem clarissimum, amplissimos patruos, ornatissimum fratrem haberet,
id. Rosc. Am. 50, 147:
cum ille haberet filium delicatiorem,
id. de Or. 2, 64, 257:
quod non ingenuous habeat clarosque parentes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 91:
habebat saepe ducentos, saepe decem servos,
id. ib. 1, 3, 11:
fundum habere, Cic. Tull. § 14: cur pecuniam non habeat mulier?
id. Rep. 3, 10:
tantas divitias habet,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 99; so,
aurum,
id. ib. 2, 3, 35; and:
vectigalia magna Divitiasque,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 101:
tantum opum,
Cic. Rep. 1, 48:
classes,
id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:
naves,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104:
denique sit finis quaerendi, cumque habeas plus, Pauperiem metuas minus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 92:
tacitus pasci si posset corvus, haberet Plus dapis,
id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:
Dionysii equus quid attulit admirationis, quod habuit apes in juba?
Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67: faenum habet in cornu;
longe fuge,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 34:
leges in monumentis habere,
Cic. Rep. 2, 14:
hostis habet muros,
Verg. A. 2, 290:
hostis habet portus,
Val. Fl. 3, 45 al.:
quam vellem Panaetium nostrum nobiscum haberemus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 10:
Ciceronem secum,
id. Att. 4, 9, 2; cf.:
ea legione, quam secum habebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 1:
secum senatorem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 77; cf.
also: magnum numerum equitatus circum se,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 5:
haec si habeat aurum, quod illi renumeret, faciat lubens,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12; cf.:
quid non habuisti quod dares? Habuisse se dicet, Cic. Scaur. § 19: quod non desit, habentem,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 52:
qui in foro turbaque, quicum colloqui libeat, non habeant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17.—
2.
With abstr. objects: quid illos, bono genere gnatos, opinanimi animi habuisse atque habituros dum vivent? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:
quod uno et eodem temporis puncto nati dissimiles et naturas et vitas et casus habent,
Cic. Div. 2, 45, 95:
febrim,
id. Fam. 7, 26, 1:
instrumenta animi,
id. Rep. 3, 3:
nec vero habere virtutem satis est, quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare,
id. ib. 1, 2:
in populos perpetuam potestatem,
id. ib. 2, 27; cf.:
in populum vitae necisque potestatem,
id. ib. 3, 14; so,
potestatem,
id. ib. 2, 29; 32;
36: eo plus auctoritatis,
id. ib. 3, 16:
ornamenta dicendi,
id. de Or. 2, 28, 122; cf.:
summam prudentiam summamque vim dicendi,
id. ib. 1, 20, 89:
Q. Lucilius Balbus tantos progressus habebat in Stoicis, ut, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 6, 15:
neque quem usum belli haberent aut quibus institutis uterentur, reperiri poterat,
Caes. B. G. 4, 20 fin.:
nonnullam invidiam ex eo, quod, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 283: nimiam spem, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1:
spem in fide alicujus,
Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 71; cf.:
tantum spei ad vivendum,
id. Att. 15, 20, 2; id. N. D. 3, 6, 14; cf.
also: summam spem de aliquo,
id. Lael. 3, 11:
odium in equestrem ordinem,
id. Clu. 55, 151:
metum,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 6: consolationem [p. 834] semper in ore atque in animo, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 56 Mull.:
rogavi, ut diceret, quid haberet in animo,
Cic. Att. 8, 10:
neque modum neque modestiam victores habere,
observe no bounds, Sall. C. 11, 4;
v. modus: haec habebam fere, quae te scire vellem,
Cic. Att. 1, 6; cf.:
haec habui de amicitia quae dicerem,
this is what I had to say, id. Lael. 27 fin.: fidem, gratiam, honorem, rationem; v. these nouns.—In a play on the word lumen: Arge, jaces; quodque in tot lumina lumen habebas Exstinctum est, the light for so many lights ( eyes), Ov. M. 1, 720.—
(β).
With inf. (analog. to the Gr. echô), to have something to do, be able to do something:
habeo etiam dicere quem contra morem majorum dejecerit, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:
de re publica nihil habeo ad te scribere,
id. Att. 2, 22, 6.—So with inf. or with the part. fut. pass. (ante-class. and post-Aug.), to have or be obliged to do something, I must do something:
rogas, ut id mihi habeam curare,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:
filius hominis, quod carne indui haberet in terra,
Lact. 4, 12, 15:
habemus humiliare eum in signo,
id. 4, 18, 22:
quod plurimae haereses haberent existere,
id. 4, 30, 2:
etiam Filius Dei mori habuit,
Tert. Hab. Mul. 1:
si inimicos jubemur diligere, quem habemus odisse?
id. Apol. 37:
de spatiis ordinum eatenus praecipiendum habemus, ut intelligant agricolae, etc.,
Col. 5, 5, 3:
praesertim cum enitendum haberemus, ut, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 12:
si nunc primum statuendum haberemus,
Tac. A. 14, 44:
cum respondendum haberent,
id. Or. 36.—
B.
Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:
prima classis LXXXVIII. centurias habeat,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22:
locus ille nihil habet religionis,
id. Leg. 2, 22, 57:
humani animi eam partem, quae sensum habeat,
id. Div. 1, 32, 70:
animus incorruptus agit atque habet cuncta, neque ipse habetur,
Sall. J. 2, 3:
divinus animus mortale nihil habuit, Cic. Scaur. § 50: habet statum res publica de tribus secundarium,
id. Rep. 1, 42; cf.:
nullum est genus illarum rerum publicarum, quod non habeat iter ad finitimum quoddam malum,
id. ib. 1, 28:
ipsa aequabilitas est iniqua, cum habeat nullos gradus dignitatis,
id. ib. 1, 27:
nulla alia in civitate...ullum domicilium libertas habet,
id. ib. 1, 31:
nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,
id. ib. 1, 4; cf.:
viri excellentis ancipites variique casus habent admirationem,
id. Fam. 5, 12, 5:
habet etiam amoenitas ipsa illecebras multas cupiditatum,
id. Rep. 2, 4:
quid habet illius carminis simile haec oratio?
id. ib. 1, 36:
magnam habet vim disciplina verecundiae,
id. ib. 4, 6 et saep.:
quomodo habere dicimur febrem, cum illa nos habeat,
Sen. Ep. 119 med.; cf.:
animalia somnus habebat,
Verg. A. 3, 147; Ov. M. 7, 329:
me somno gravatum Infelix habuit thalamus,
Verg. A. 6, 521; cf.:
non me impia namque Tartara habent,
id. ib. 5, 734:
habentque Tartara Panthoiden,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 9:
qui (metus) major absentes habet,
id. Epod. 1, 18; Sen. Const. Sap. 7:
et habet mortalia casus,
Luc. 2, 13:
terror habet vates,
Stat. Th. 3, 549.
II.
In partic.
A.
Pregn., to have or possess property (mostly absol.):
miserum istuc verbum et pessumum'st, habuisse et nihil habere,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 34; cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 10: qui habet, ultro appetitur: qui est pauper, aspernatur, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:
habet idem in nummis, habet idem in urbanis praediis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199; so,
in nummis,
id. Att. 8, 10:
in Salentinis aut in Brutiis,
i. e. to have possessions, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 132; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45: nos quod simus, quod habeamus, etc., Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1:
et belli rabies et amor successit habendi,
Verg. A. 8, 327; cf.:
amore senescit habendi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85; Phaedr. 3 prol. 21; Juv. 14, 207: quid habentibus auri nunquam exstincta sitis? Sil. 5, 264; so, habentes = hoi echontes, the wealthy, Lact. 5, 8, 7. —
2.
With an object - or relative-clause, to have the means, ability, or knowledge, i. e. to be in a condition, to be able, to know how to do or say any thing.
(α).
With an objectclause:
de Alexandrina re tantum habeo polliceri, me tibi cumulate satisfacturum,
Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 3:
de re publica nihil habeo ad te scribere,
id. Att. 2, 22, 6:
haec fere dicere habui de natura deorum,
this is the substance of what I had to say, id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf.:
quid habes igitur dicere de Gaditano foedere?
id. Balb. 14, 33:
habeo etiam dicere, quem de ponte in Tiberim dejecerit,
id. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:
illud affirmare pro certo habeo, etc.,
Liv. 44, 22, 4:
sic placet, an melius quis habet suadere?
Hor. Epod. 16, 23.—
(β).
With a relat.-clause (usually with a negative: non habeo, quid faciam;
or: nihil habeo, quod faciam, dicam, etc.): de quibus habeo ipse, quid sentiam: non habeo autem, quid tibi assentiar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 25, 64:
de pueris quid agam, non habeo,
id. Att. 7, 19:
usque eo quid arguas non habes,
id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45:
quid huic responderet, non habebat,
id. Mur. 12, 26:
nec quid faceret habebat,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:
qui, quo se reciperent, non haberent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 38, 2:
nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam,
Cic. Att. 7, 19:
nil habeo, quod agam,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 19; and:
nihil habeo, quod cum amicitia Scipionis possim comparare,
Cic. Lael. 27, 103.—
B.
To have in use, make use of, use (very rare, for the usual uti, opp. abuti):
anulus in digito subter tenuatur habendo,
i. e. by use, by wearing, Lucr. 1, 312; cf.:
aera nitent usu: vestis bona quaerit haberi,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 51:
quippe quas (divitias) honeste habere licebat, abuti per turpitudinem properabant,
Sall. C. 13, 2 Kritz; cf.:
magnae opes innocenter paratae et modeste habitae,
Tac. A. 4, 44.—Hence,
2.
To hold, use, wield, handle, manage:
nec inmensa barbarorum scuta, enormis hastas, inter truncos arborum perinde haberi quam pila,
Tac. A. 2, 14.— Trop.:
quo modo rem publicam habuerint (majores), disserere,
Sall. C. 5, 9; cf.:
reipublicae partes,
Tac. A. 4, 6 init. —
C.
To hold or keep a person or thing in any condition; to have, hold, or regard in any light:
aliquem in obsidione,
Caes. B. C. 3, 31, 3:
aliquem in liberis custodiis,
Sall. C. 47, 3; so,
aliquem in custodiis,
id. ib. 52, 14:
aliquem in vinculis,
id. ib. 51 fin.;
for which also: in custodiam habitus,
i. e. put into prison and kept there, Liv. 22, 25; Tac. H. 1, 87; cf.:
quo facilius omne Hadriaticum mare in potestatem haberet,
Caes. B. C. 1, 25 Oud. N. cr. (al. in potestate):
cum talem virum in potestatem habuisset,
Sall. J. 112 fin. Kritz N. cr.:
quae res eos in magno diuturnoque bello inter se habuit,
id. ib. 79, 3:
alios in ea fortuna haberent, ut socii esse quam cives mallent,
Liv. 26, 24:
aegros in tenebris,
Cels. 3, 18:
aquam caelestem sub dio in sole,
Col. 12, 12, 1:
in otio militem,
Liv. 39, 2, 6; cf.:
legiones habebantur per otium,
Tac. H. 1, 31:
externa sine cura habebantur,
id. A. 1, 79 init.:
exercitus sine imperio et modestia habitus,
Sall. J. 44, 1:
quos ille postea magno in honore habuit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2;
for which: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit,
id. B. G. 5, 54, 4:
habeo Junium (mensem) et Quintilem in metu,
i. e. I fear, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 14.— So with an adj. or a perf. part., to denote a lasting condition:
ita me mea forma habet sollicitum,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 95 Lorenz; id. Men. 4, 2, 12; 21:
miserrimum ego hunc habebo amasium,
id. Cas. 3, 3, 27 al.:
laetum Germanicum,
Tac. A. 2, 57; 65:
sollicitum habebat cogitatio,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1; 2, 16, 2.—Hence,
2.
With a double object, esp. freq. with the part. perf. pass., to have, hold, or possess a person or thing in any quality or capacity, as any thing; to have, hold, or possess an action as completed, finished (a pregn. circumlocution for the perf.):
cum haberet collegam in praetura Sophoclem,
Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 93:
an heredem habuerit eum, a quo, etc.,
id. 7, 2, 37:
istaec illum perdidit assentatio, nam absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8:
cur ergo unus tu Apollonidenses miseriores habes quam pater tuus habuit umquam?
Cic. Fl. 29, 71:
obvium habuerunt patrem,
Quint. 7, 1, 29:
reliquas civitates stipendiarias,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3:
quod (cognomen) habes hereditarium,
Cic. Rep. 6, 11:
quae habuit venalia,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11, 1:
qui auro habeat soccis suppactum solum,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 98:
me segregatum habuisse, uxorem ut duxit, a me Pamphilum,
have kept him away, aloof, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 25; cf.:
inclusum in curia senatum habuerunt,
Cic. Att. 6, 2, 8:
(Romulus) habuit plebem in clientelas principum descriptam,
id. Rep. 2, 9: satis mihi videbar habere cognitum Scaevolam ex iis rebus, quas, etc., id. Brut. 40, 147; cf.:
si nondum eum satis habes cognitum,
id. Fam. 13, 17, 3; ib. 15, 20 fin.: fidem spectatam jam et diu cognitam, id. Div. ap. Caecil. 4, 11:
decumas ad aquam deportatas,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 36:
domitas habere libidines,
id. de Or. 1, 43, 194:
omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,
id. Or. 33, 118; id. Rep. 2, 6:
innumerabilia, quae collecta habent Stoici,
id. Div. 2, 70, 145: quantum in acie tironi sit committendum, nimium saepe expertum habemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3:
quare velim ita statutum habeas, me, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1: habeo absolutum suave epos ad Caesarem, id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 6:
in adversariis scriptum habere (nomen),
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:
de Caesare satis dictum habebo,
id. Phil. 5, 19, 52:
bellum habere susceptum,
id. Agr. 2, 6, 14:
quam (domum) tu iam dimensam et exaedificatam animo habebas,
id. Att. 1, 6, 1:
ut omnes labores, pericula consueta habeam,
Sall. J. 85, 7:
compertum ego habeo,
id. Cat. 58, 1; cf. Nep. Att. 17 fin.; 18, 1: neque ea res falsum ( part. perf. pass.) me habuit, Sall. J. 10, 1 al. From this use is derived the compound perf. of the Romance languages: ho veduto, j'ai vu, qs. habeo visum, I have seen).—
3.
Also, with a double object, to make, render:
praecipit ut dent operam, uti eos quam maxime manifestos habeant,
Sall. C. 41, 5:
qui pascua publica infesta habuerant,
Liv. 39, 29, 9; 34, 36, 3:
necdum omnia edita facinora habent,
id. 39, 16, 3; 31, 42, 1:
anxium me et inquietum habet petitio Sexti,
Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 1:
sed Pompeium gratia impunitum habuit,
kept, Vell. 2, 1, 5.—
4.
Hence:
in aliquo (aliqua re), aliquem (aliquid) habere (rare): ea si fecissem, in vestra amicitia exercitum, divitias, munimenta regni me habiturum,
Sall. J. 14, 1:
in vobis liberos, parentes, consanguineos habeo,
Curt. 6, 9, 12:
majora in eo obsequia habiturus,
Just. 8, 6, 6; cf. Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 5.—
5.
To have or hold a person in any manner, to treat, use:
is, uti tu me hic habueris, proinde illum illic curaverit,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 64:
equitatu agmen adversariorum male habere et carpere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 63, 2; cf. Cels. 3, 20; 3, 21:
exercitum luxuriose nimisque liberaliter habere,
Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz; cf.:
eos ille non pro vanis hostibus, ut meriti erant, sed accurate et liberaliter habuit,
id. J. 103, 5; 113, 2:
Fabiis plurimi (saucii) dati, nec alibi majore cura habiti,
Liv. 2, 47, 12; 29, 8, 6; 37, 34, 5:
video quam molliter tuos habeas,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 1:
militant vobiscum, qui superbe habiti rebellassent,
Curt. 8, 8, 11:
virgines tam sancte habuit,
id. 3, 12, 21; 4, 10, 33:
male habere aliquem,
Nep. Eum. 12, 1:
neque conjugem et filium ejus hostiliter haberi,
Tac. A. 2, 10.—
6.
With se, and sometimes mid. or neut., to hold or keep himself or itself in a certain manner, i. e. to be constituted or situated, to find one's self, to be, in any manner.
(α).
Habere se:
Tironem Patris aegrum reliqui...et quamquam videbatur se non graviter habere, tamen sum sollicitus, etc.,
Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3:
praeclare te habes, cum, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149:
ipsi se hoc melius habent quam nos, quod, etc.,
id. Att. 11, 7, 4:
Bene habemus nos,
id. ib. 2, 8, 1:
ego me bene habeo,
am well, Tac. A. 14, 51: praeclare se res habeat ( is well), si, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:
male se res habet, cum, quod virtute effici debet, id tentatur pecunia,
id. Off. 2, 6, 22; cf. id. de Or. 2, 77, 313:
quae cum ita se res haberet, tamen, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 124; cf.:
ita se res habet, ut ego, etc.,
id. Quint. 1, 2:
sic profecto res se habet,
id. de Or. 2, 67, 271:
scire aveo, quomodo res se habeat,
id. Att. 13, 35, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 32, 140:
ut se tota res habeat,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 15; cf.:
ut meae res sese habent,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 1.—
(β).
Mid.:
virtus clara aeternaque habetur,
exhibits itself, is, continues, Sall. C. 1, 4:
sicuti pleraque mortalium habentur,
as for the most part happens in human affairs, id. ib. 6, 3.—
(γ).
Neutr. (as also the Gr echô): Tullia nostra recte valet: Terentia minus belle habuit, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:
volui animum tandem confirmare hodie meum, Ut bene haberem filiae nuptiis,
I might enjoy myself, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 2: qui bene habet suisque amicis est volup, id. [p. 835] Mil. 3, 1, 130:
bene habent tibi principia,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 82:
bene habet: jacta sunt fundamenta defensionis,
it is well, Cic. Mur. 6, 14; Liv. 8, 6:
magnum narras, vix credibile! atqui sic habet,
so it is, it is even so, Hor. S. 1, 9, 53: illasce sues sanas esse habereque recte licere spondesne? Formula emendi, ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 5; 2, 3, 5.—
D.
To hold, account, esteem, consider, regard a person or thing in any manner or as any thing; to think or believe a person or thing to be so or so:
aliquem fidelem sibi habere,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 87:
deos aeternos et beatos,
Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45:
id habent hodie vile et semper habuerunt,
id. Balb. 22, 51:
maximam illam voluptatem habemus, quae, etc.,
id. Fin. 1, 11, 37:
eum nos ut perveterem habemus... nec vero habeo quemquam antiquiorem,
id. Brut. 15, 61:
Ut et rex et pater habereter omnium,
id. Rep. 1, 36; 2, 21:
parentem Asiae et dici et haberi,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10 fin.:
eos dicit esse habitos deos, a quibus, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 15, 38:
cum esset habendus rex, quicumque genere regio natus esset,
id. Rep. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 2, 12 fin.: non habeo nauci Marsum augurem, Poet. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132:
cujus auctoritas in iis regionibus magni habebatur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 21, 7:
nihil pensi habere,
Quint. 11, 1, 29; cf.
also: an perinde habenda sit haec atque illa,
id. 7, 3, 11:
sese illum non pro amico, sed pro hoste habiturum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19; so,
aliquem pro hoste,
Liv. 2, 20; Curt. 6, 2 al.:
nisi in provincia relictas rationes pro relatis haberem,
Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2:
licet omnia Italica pro Romanis habeam,
Quint. 1, 5, 56; 12, 10, 73:
istuc jam pro facto habeo,
Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2:
Pompeium pro certo habemus per Illyricum proficisci in Galliam,
to consider as certain, id. ib. 10, 6 fin.:
id obliviscendum, pro non dicto habendum,
Liv. 23, 22, 9:
hoc velim in maximis rebus et maxime necessariis habeas,
Cic. Att. 5, 5 fin.:
aliquem in deorum numero,
id. N. D. 1, 14, 36:
aliquem in hostium numero,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28, 1:
aliquem suorum In numero,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 41;
for which also: hostium numero haberi,
Cic. Att. 11, 6, 6:
numero impiorum ac sceleratorum haberi,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7; cf. also Quint. 3, 7, 2:
quem Aegyptii nefas habent nominare,
Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:
mutare nefas habent,
Quint. 12, 8, 6:
nec tamen est habendum religioni, nocentem aliquando defendere,
to scruple, make a conscience of, Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51; cf.:
nec eam rem habuit religioni,
id. Div. 1, 35, 77:
quando tu me bene merentem tibi habes despicatui,
you despise, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 19:
non sic ludibrio tuis factis habitus essem,
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 11.—Hence: sic habeto, or sic habeas aliquid, or with an object-clause, hold or judge thus, be convinced or persuaded, believe, know:
sed hoc nihil ad te: illud velim sic habeas, uod intelliges, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 2:
unum hoc sic habeto: si, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 6 fin.:
sic habeto: omnibus, etc.,
id. Rep. 6, 13:
enitere et sic habeto, non esse te mortalem, sed corpus hoc,
id. ib. 6, 24; so with an object-clause, id. Fam. 2, 10, 1; 16, 4, 4.—Without sic:
id primum ergo habeto, non sine magna causa, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 2:
tantum habeto, civem egregium esse Pompeium, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 8, 2.—
2.
To take, accept, bear, submit to, endure:
neque cuiquam mortalium injuriae suae parvae videntur: multi eas gravius aequo habuere,
Sall. C. 51, 11:
egestas facile habetur sine damno,
id. ib. 6, 37:
quae in praesens Tiberius civiliter habuit, sed, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 21:
neque tantum maleficium impune habendum,
id. ib. 3, 70;
12, 48: nec ita aegre habuit filium id pro parente ausum,
Liv. 7, 5, 7 Weissenb.—
E.
To hold, have possession of, occupy, a place:
urbem Romam condidere atque habuere initio Trojani,
Sall. C. 6, 1:
qui mortales initio Africam habuerint,
id. J. 17, 7; 18, 1; cf.
Siciliam et Sardiniam per legatos habuit,
rule, administer, Flor. 4, 2, 22:
urbem Romanam a principio reges habuere,
Tac. A. 1, 1:
Hispaniae tribus legionibus habebantur,
id. ib. 4, 5; 12, 54.—
2.
More freq. neutr., to dwell, live anywhere (perh. only ante-class.; in good prose habito is used instead): quae Corinthum arcem altam habetis, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 294 Vahl.):
ille geminus qui Syracusis habet,
Plaut. Men. prol. 69: quis istic habet? id. Bacch. 1, 2, 6:
ubi nunc adulescens habet?
id. Trin. 1, 2, 156:
apud aedem Junonis Lucinae, ubi aeditumus habere solet,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Mull.; cf.:
situm formamque et universorum castrorum et partium, qua Poeni, qua Numidae haberent...specularentur,
Liv. 30, 4, 2 (but v. Weissenb. ad loc.).—
F.
To spend, pass (time, etc.):
aetatem procul a republica,
Sall. C. 4, 1:
vitam,
id. ib. 51, 12 al.—
G.
To have in one's mind, to know, be acquainted with:
siquidem istius regis (Anci) matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 18 fin.: habes consilia nostra;
nunc cognosce de Bruto,
there you have, such are, id. Att. 5, 21, 10:
habetis igitur primum ortum tyranni,
id. Rep. 2, 27:
habetis sermonem bene longum hominis,
id. de Or. 2, 88, 361; cf.
also: habes nostras sententias,
Suet. Claud. 4:
habes, quae fortissime de beata vita dici putem,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 28 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 2, 71, 291. —
H.
To have as a habit, peculiarity, or characteristic:
habebat hoc omnino Caesar: quem plane perditum aere alieno egentemque cognorat, hunc in familiaritatem libentissime recipiebat,
Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 78; id. Pis. 32, 81.—
K.
To hold, to make, do, perform, prepare, utter, pronounce, produce, cause:
alium quaerebam, iter hac habui,
made, directed, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 35; cf.:
ex urbe profectus iter ad legiones habebat,
Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 3; so,
iter,
id. ib. 1, 51, 1; 3, 11, 2; 3, 106, 1; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 2:
vias,
Luc. 2, 439:
C. Cato contionatus est, comitia haberi non siturum, si, etc.,
to be held, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6:
senatum,
id. ib. 2, 13, 3; id. Fam. 1, 4, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 1:
concilia,
id. B. G. 5, 53, 4:
contionem,
Cic. Att. 4, 1, 6:
censum,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:
delectum (militum),
id. Phil. 5, 12, 31; id. Fam. 15, 1 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 1;
v. delectus: ludos,
Suet. Rhet. 1:
sermonem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; cf.:
orationem,
to deliver, id. Rep. 1, 46:
multis verbis ultro citroque habitis,
id. ib. 6, 9 fin.:
disputationem,
id. ib. 1, 7; Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 1:
dialogum,
Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1:
verba,
id. de Or. 2, 47, 190:
querelam de aliquo apud aliquem,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 2:
controversiam de fundo cum aliquo,
id. Fam. 13, 69, 2 et saep.:
deinde adventus in Syriam primus equitatus habuit interitum,
caused, occasioned, Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9; cf. id. Div. 2, 46, 96:
latrocinia nullam habent infamiam, quae extra fines cujusque civitatis fiunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 23, 6.—
L.
Habere in animo (or simply animo), with an objectclause, to have in mind, to intend, to be disposed, inclined to do any thing (=propositum habere, constituisse, decrevisse):
istum exheredare in animo habebat,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 52; id. Att. 1, 17, 11:
hoc (flumen) neque ipse transire in animo habebat neque hostes transituros existimabat,
Caes. B. G. 6, 7, 5:
neque bello eum invadere animo habuit,
Liv. 44, 25, 1 dub (al. in animo), v. Drak. ad h. l.—
M.
Habere sibi or secum aliquid, to keep to one's self (lit. and trop.):
clamare coeperunt, sibi ut haberet hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 47:
per vindicationem his verbis legamus: DO LEGO, CAPITO, SUMITO, SIBI HABETO,
Ulp. Fragm. 24, 3; cf. ib. § 5; Gai. Inst. 2, 209.—So the formula used in divorces:
res tuas tibi habeas or habe,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 47; Sen. Suas. 1, § 7:
illam suam suas res sibi habere jussit ex duodecim tabulis,
Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69. —Comic. transf.:
apage sis amor: tuas tibi res habeto,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 32.— Trop.:
secreto hoc audi, tecum habeto, ne Apellae quidem liberto tuo dixeris,
Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2:
verum haec tu tecum habeto,
id. Att. 4, 15, 6.—
N.
Of a sweetheart, to have, to possess, enjoy:
postquam nos Amaryllis habet, Galatea reliquit,
Verg. E. 1, 31; Tib. 1, 2, 65; Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 22:
duxi, habui scortum,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 6; Ter. And. 1, 1, 58: cum esset objectum, habere eum Laida;
habeo, inquit, non habeor a Laide,
Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2.—
O.
Gladiatorial t. t., of a wounded combatant: hoc habet or habet, he has that (i. e. that stroke), he is hit:
desuper altus equo graviter ferit atque ita fatur: Hoc habet,
Verg. A. 12, 296; Prud. Psych. 53.—
2.
Transf.:
hoc habet: reperi, qui senem ducerem,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Rud. 4, 4, 99: egomet continuo mecum;
Certe captus est! Habet!
Ter. And. 1, 1, 56 (id est vulneratus est. Habet enim qui percussus est: et proprie de gladiatoribus dicitur, Don.).—Hence: hăbĭtus, a, um, P. a., held or kept in a certain condition, state, humor (ante-class.).
A.
In gen.
1.
Lit.: equus nimis strigosus et male habitus, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11; v. in the foll.—
2.
Trop.:
ut patrem tuum vidi esse habitum, diu etiam duras (lites) dabit,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 22.—
B.
In partic., physically, well kept, well conditioned, fleshy, corpulent:
corpulentior videre atque habitior,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 8:
si qua (virgo) est habitior paulo, pugilem esse aiunt, deducunt cibum,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23: (censores) equum nimis strigosum et male habitum, sed equitem ejus uberrimum et habitissimum viderunt, etc., Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > habeo
9 occupo

occŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1 (occupassis for occupaveris, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 48:
occupassit for occupaverit,
id. As. 4, 2, 9), v. a. [obcapio; lit., to lay hold of; hence], to take possession of, seize, occupy any thing (esp. a place; class.; cf.: expugno, obsideo).
I.
Lit.:
totam Italiam suis praesidiis obsidere atque occupare cogitat,
Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75:
locum,
id. Fin. 3, 20, 67:
possessiones,
id. Phil. 13, 5, 12:
urbes,
Liv. 33, 31:
montem,
Tac. A. 4, 47:
portum,
Hor. C. 1, 14, 2:
aditum,
to go in, enter, Verg. A. 6, 424:
regnum,
Cic. Lael. 12, 40:
tyrannidem,
id. Off. 3, 23, 90:
familiam optimam occupavit,
has got hold of, has got into, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 11:
occupando adquirere aliquid,
Gai. Inst. 2, 66 sqq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 215:
vindemia occupabit sementem,
shall reach to, Vulg. Lev. 26, 5.— Poet.:
aliquem amplexu,
to clasp in one's arms, to embrace, Ov. F. 3, 509.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To occupy, i. e. to take up, fill with any thing:
atrā nube polum,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 44:
urbem (sc. aedificiis),
Liv. 5, 55:
caementis Tyrrhenum mare,
Hor. C. 3, 24, 3.—
2.
To fall upon, attack one with any thing (syn. invado):
Latagum saxo... Occupat os faciemque adversam,
Verg. A. 10, 699:
aliquem gladio,
id. ib. 9, 770:
aliquem morsu,
Ov. M. 3, 48:
canes ense,
Prop. 4, 4, 82 (5, 4, 84):
ne occupet te pluvia,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 18. 44: caligo, id. Job, 3, 5.— Poet., in a friendly sense, to surprise:
Volteium Philippus Vilia vendentem Occupat,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 64.—
3.
To get the start of, to be beforehand with, to anticipate, to do a thing first, to outstrip:
occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates,
Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 6:
volo, tu prior ut occupes adire,
that you should present yourself the first, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 15:
praeloqui,
id. Rud. 1, 4, 18:
bellum facere,
to begin the war first, Liv. 1, 14:
rapere oscula,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 28.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To seize, take possession of, fill, invade, engross:
tantus timor omnem exercitum occupavit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39:
tremor occupat artus,
Ov. M. 3, 40:
sopor occupat artus,
Verg. G. 4, 190:
animos magnitudine rei,
Cic. Font. 5, 20:
pallor ora,
Verg. A. 4, 499.—
B.
To take up, occupy, employ: haec causa primos menses occupabit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:
cum in mentem venit tres et sexaginta annos aeque multa volumina occupasse mihi,
Liv. 31, 1, 3:
in funambulo Animum,
Ter. Hec. prol. 1, 4:
contio, quae homines occupatos occupat,
Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 7:
tanta superstitio mentis Siculorum occupavit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 113: pecuniam, to put out or lay out money:
pecuniam adulescentulo grandi fenore occupavisti,
have loaned it at a high rate, id. Fl. 21, 51:
pecunias apud populos,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91:
pecuniam animalibus,
to lay out, invest in cattle, Col. 1, 8, 13:
pecuniam in pecore,
id. 11, 1:
argentum,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 13.— Pass.:
ante occupatur animus ab iracundiā,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38; Liv. 22, 15, 6.—Hence, oc-cŭpātus, a, um, P. a., taken up, occupied, employed, busy, engaged (class.):
ut si occupati profuimus aliquid civibus nostris, prosimus etiam otiosi,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5:
in eo, ut,
Nep. Alc. 8, 1:
tempora,
Cic. Planc. 27, 66:
qui in patriā delendā occupati et sunt et fuerunt,
id. Off. 1, 17, 57:
hostibus opere occupatis,
Liv. 21, 45, 2: Nep. Hann. 7, 1.—Hence, married, occupatae (opp. to vacuae), Quint. Decl. 376.— Comp.: comitiorum dilationes occupatiorem me habebant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3.— Sup.:
non dubito, quin occupatissimus fueris,
very much occupied, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 1; Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 2.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > occupo
10 teneo

tĕnĕo, tĕnŭi, tentum, 2 ( perf. subj. tetinerim, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 15:
tetinerit,
Att. ib. 178, 12:
tetinisse,
Pac. ib. 178, 11; fut. perf. tetinero, acc. to Fest. p. 252 Müll. Another collat. form of the perf. tenivi, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; Diom. pp. 363 and 369 ib.), v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan-; Gr. tanumai, teinô; Sanscr. tanomi, to stretch, spread; this root appears in many derived meanings; cf. Lat.: tendo, tenuis, tener, tenor, tenus].
I.
Act., to hold, keep, have in the hand, in the mouth, etc.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Eu. Porrige bracchium, prehende: jam tenes? Cha. Teneo. Eu. Tene, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 42; cf.
argentum,
id. Pers. 3, 3, 9:
cum pyxidem teneret in manu,
Cic. Cael. 26, 63;
for which: aliquid manu,
Quint. 10, 7, 31; Ov. M. 11, 560; id. A. A. 1, 320; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 34:
aliquid dextrā,
Ov. F. 1, 99:
digitis,
id. ib. 2, 102; id. M. 9, 86; 9, 522:
lacertis,
id. ib. 2, 100 al.:
radicem ore,
Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141:
cibum ore,
Phaedr. 1, 4, 6;
for which: decoctum diu in ore,
Plin. 25, 13, 105, § 166:
aliquem in sinu,
Ov. H. 3, 114;
for which: aliquem sinu,
id. ib. 13, 157:
flabellulum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:
facem,
Verg. A. 6, 224:
telum,
Liv. 2, 19. — Prov.: manu tenere aliquid, to seize, grasp, or comprehend a thing which is palpable or evident: aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias: leges, quātenus manu tenere possunt;
philosophi, quātenus ratione et intellegentiā,
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.:
cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur,
id. Clu. 7, 20. —
2.
In partic.
a.
With the accessory idea of possession, to hold, i. e. to be master of, have in one ' s power, possess, etc. (syn.:
possideo, habeo): multa hereditatibus, multa emptionibus, multa dotibus tenebantur sine injuriā,
Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:
quae tenuit dives Achaemenes,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 21:
Evander qui multis ante tempestatibus tenuerat loca,
Liv. 1, 5:
provinciam a praedonibus liberam,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 32:
colles praesidiis,
Caes. B. C. 3, 43:
Formiarum moenia et Lirim,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 8:
tenente Caesare terras,
id. ib. 3, 14, 15:
rem publicam,
Cic. Mur. 39, 83; id. Sest. 19, 44:
summam imperii,
Caes. B. G. 3, 22:
equitum centurias,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3:
alterum cornu,
to command, Nep. Pelop. 4, 3:
provincias aliaque omnia,
Sall. C. 39, 2: scenam, to have sole possession of. [p. 1854] rule over, Suet. Tit. 7. —
Of the possession of the object of affection: te tenet,
Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52; Verg. E. 1, 32; Ov. H. 2, 103 Ruhnk.; 15, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 3; Phaedr. 2, 2, 4.—In colloq. lang., teneo te, I have you once more, of again seeing the beloved person:
teneone te, Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?
Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 27 Ruhnk.; Sen. Ben. 7, 4; Ov. H. 18, 183; cf.:
et comitem Aenean juxta natumque tenebat Ingrediens,
Verg. A. 8, 308.—Also like our I have you (fast, bound, etc.):
teneo te, inquam, nam ista Academiae est propria sententia,
Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; id. Quint. 20, 63.— Absol.: qui tenent (sc. rem publicam), who are in possession of the State, of public affairs:
qui tenent, qui potiuntur,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 2, 18, 1. —
b.
With the accessory idea of firmness, persistence, to hold fast, occupy; to watch, guard, defend; to maintain, retain a thing:
legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 44:
montes teneri,
id. B. G. 3, 2:
haec noctu firmis praesidiis tenebantur,
id. ib. 7, 69:
Capitolia celsa tenebat,
Verg. A. 8, 653:
quo teneam Protea nodo?
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90:
te neque intra Claustra tenebo,
id. C. 3, 11, 44; cf.:
in manicis et Compedibus saevo te sub custode tenebo,
id. Ep. 1, 16, 77: laqueis (se) sensit teneri... fugam frustra tentabat;
at illam Lenta tenet radix exsultantemque coërcet,
Ov. M. 11, 74 sq.; 1, 535:
Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt,
Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:
agri qui diu aquam tenent,
Pall. Apr. 2, 4:
classem ibi tenebat,
Liv. 31, 46, 8: secundissimo vento cursum tenere, to hold or keep one ' s course, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:
vento intermisso cursum non tenuit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 4, 28; so,
cursum,
Cic. Planc. 21, 52; id. Rep. 1, 2, 3 fin.; Quint. 4, 3, 13:
quo iter,
Verg. A. 1, 370; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 10:
(lunam) fingunt cursus viam sub sole tenere,
Lucr. 5, 714:
tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar,
Liv. 29, 32, 6.—
c.
With the accessory idea of reaching the object aimed at, to reach, attain a place:
montes effuso cursu Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere,
Liv. 1, 37, 4:
regionem,
id. 30, 25, 11:
Tenum,
id. 36, 21, 1:
terram,
id. 37, 16, 4; 37, 11, 5; 37, 13, 4;
26, 29, 4: Hesperiam,
Ov. F. 1, 498:
portus,
id. H. 18, 198; Tac. Agr. 38 fin.:
cum quibus (navibus) Cythnum insulam tenuit,
id. H. 2, 9.—
d.
With the accessory idea of movement impeded, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay, etc.:
naves, quae vento tenebantur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 22:
quid hic agatur, scire poteris ex eo, qui litteras attulit, quem diutius tenui, quia, etc.,
Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1:
si id te non tenet, advola,
id. Fam. 16, 19:
septimum jam diem Corcyrae tenebamur,
id. ib. 16, 7 init.:
Marcellum ab gerundis rebus valetudo adversa Nolae tenuit,
Liv. 24, 20, 7:
non tenebo te pluribus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; cf. absol.:
ne diutius teneam,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 34: solutum (corpus) tenere, Cels. praef. med.; cf.
ventrem,
id. 4, 19 med.:
tene linguam,
Ov. F. 2, 602:
pecus omne tenendum,
Verg. G. 2, 371:
vix a te videor posse tenere manus,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10; so,
manus,
id. M. 13, 203; cf.:
manum stomachumque teneto,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 44:
saeva tene cum Berecyntio Cornu tympana,
id. C. 1, 18, 13:
et Phoebi tenuere viam,
i. e. impeded, closed up, Luc. 5, 136:
quo me decet usque teneri?
Verg. A. 5, 384:
lacrimas,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; so,
lacrimas in morte miserā non tenebamus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:
dictator exercitum in stativis tenebat,
Liv. 6, 14, 1. —
(β).
Esp.: se tenere, to keep back, remain, stay:
Sabinus castris sese tenebat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 17; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 45, 2:
nullā clade acceptā castris se pavidus tenebat,
id. 3, 26, 3:
Hasdrubal procul ab hoste intervallo tenebat se,
id. 23, 26, 2:
se domi a conventu remotum tenere,
Nep. Dion, 9, 1:
ego tamen teneo ab accusando vix me hercule: sed tamen teneo,
restrain myself, refrain, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:
nec se tenuit, quin, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 4, 12; cf.
mid.: teneri non potui, quin tibi apertius illud idem his litteris declararem,
id. Att. 15, 14, 2; Just. 6, 7, 10; cf.:
se intra silentium tenuit,
Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8:
multum me intra silentium tenui,
id. ib. 7, 6, 6.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to hold, contain in the mind, to conceive, comprehend, know (syn.:
percipio, intellego): nunc ego teneo, nunc scio, Quid sit hoc negotii,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 39: tenes Quorsum haec tendant quae loquor, id. Ps. 1, 2, 81:
tenes, quid dicam?
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22:
teneo,
I understand, id. And. 1, 1, 59:
teneo quid erret,
id. 3, 2, 18; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37; cf.: quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 5:
quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus... Lyciis tenentur,
Cic. Div. 1, 15, 25:
quoniam ea, quae tenebatis ipsi, etiam ex me audire voluistis,
id. Rep. 1, 46, 70:
alicujus reconditos sensus,
id. Sest. 10, 22:
quo pacto cuncta tenerem,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 8:
et teneo melius ista,
Mart. 4, 37, 7.—With inf.:
nullus frugi esse homo potest, nisi qui et bene facere et male tenet,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 10; Lucr. 3, 647.—
2.
In partic.
a.
To have possession of, have the mastery of, to control any thing:
cum rem publicam opes paucorum non virtutes tenere coeperunt,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51.—
b.
To hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist (syn. servo):
sin consuetudinem meam, quam in re publicā semper habui, tenuero,
Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27:
ordinem,
id. ib. 5, 13, 35:
portum,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:
statum,
id. Rep. 1, 28, 44:
non tenebat ornatum suum civitas,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43:
si jus suum populi teneant,
id. ib. 1, 32, 48:
nec diutius umquam tenetur idem rei publicae modus,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68:
est boni viri, haec duo tenere in amicitiā, etc.,
id. Lael. 18, 65:
morem,
id. Off. 3, 10, 44; so id. Fl. 7, 15; Verg. A. 3, 408:
foedus,
Cic. Balb. 15, 34:
tenebat non modo auctoritatem, sed etiam imperium in suos,
id. Sen. 11, 37:
silentium,
Liv. 1, 28, 8.—
c.
To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist:
illud arcte tenent accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum,
hold fast, maintain, Cic. Par. 1, 3, 14; cf.:
illud, quod multos annos tenuisset,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 71; and:
quod idem Peripatetici non tenent,
id. Fin. 3, 13, 44:
propositum tenere,
to maintain, Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 1:
suas leges,
Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 13:
causam apud centumviros,
id. Caecin. 24, 67:
quo causae teste tenentur,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 43:
locum quendam cum aliquo,
Cic. Brut. 21, 81.— With ne:
plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur,
Liv. 4, 30, 16:
ne quid ferretur ad populum, patres tenuere,
id. 3, 29, 8; 24, 19, 7. — With ut:
tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur,
Liv. 2, 42, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:
scripseram tenuisse Varenum ut sibi evocare testes liceret,
Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1.—
d.
Of memory:
alicujus memoriam cum summā benevolentiā tenere,
to recollect, preserve a recollection of, Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1.—Esp.:
memoriā tenere: memoriā tenetis, compluris in Capitolio res de caelo esse percussas,
you remember, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 1, 9, 12; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; cf.:
memoriā teneo, C. Sulpicium Gallum, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 14, 21; v. memoria; so without memoria, to bear in mind, remember, recollect:
satin' haec meministi et tenes?
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:
numeros memini, si verba tenerem,
Verg. E. 9, 45:
dicta tenere,
Hor. A. P. 336; id. S. 2, 4, 8:
quem (Cyrum) omnia militum tenuisse creditum est nomina,
Quint. 11, 2, 50; 11, 2, 45.—
e.
To reach an object striven after, to gain, acquire, obtain, attain (syn. assequor):
per cursum rectum regnum tenere,
Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:
Servium Tullium post hunc captivā natum, ingenio virtute regnum tenuisse,
Liv. 4, 3, 12:
teneri res aliter non potest,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:
multa tenuisse,
Liv. 42, 11, 8:
causam,
Ov. M. 13, 190.—
f.
To hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter, etc. (syn.:
refreno, retineo): iracundiam teneat, avaritiam coërceat,
Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:
dolorem,
id. Att. 12, 38, 2:
cupiditates,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:
somnum,
id. Brut. 80, 278:
risum,
id. Vatin. 8, 20; Hor. A. P. 5:
iram,
Curt. 4, 2, 5:
ea, quae occurrant, tenere,
to hold back, keep to themselves, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.—
g.
Of laws, etc., to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control, etc.:
quamquam leges eum non tenent,
Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11; cf.:
interdicto non teneri,
id. Caecin. 14, 41:
voto quodam et promisso teneri,
id. Att. 12, 18, 1:
ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent,
Liv. 8, 12, 14; cf.:
olim patricii dicebant se plebi scitis non teneri,
Gai. Inst. 1, 3:
cum velut in controverso jure esset, tenerenturne patres plebi scitis, legem tulere, ut quod tributim plebis jussisset, populum teneret,
Liv. 3, 55, 3:
teneri alienis foederibus,
id. 24, 29, 11: poenā teneri, to be subject or liable to, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:
testibus in re perspicuā teneri,
to be convicted, id. Caecin. 2, 4; cf.: nemo ita in manifesto peccatu tenebatur, ut, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:
caedis teneri,
Quint. 5, 14, 11:
teneri repetundarum,
Tac. A. 11, 7 fin.:
furti,
Dig. 6, 1, 4:
injuriarum,
ib. 47, 10, 11:
mandati,
ib. 17, 1, 10.— Transf.:
nisi illi ipsi, qui eas (libidines) frangere deberent, cupiditatis ejusdem tenerentur,
Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31 Mos. and Orell. N. cr. —
h.
Of dispositions, desires, etc., to possess, occupy, control:
quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc.,
has had possession of you, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:
summum me eorum (librorum) studium tenet,
id. Att. 1, 11, 3:
magna me spes tenet,
id. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:
de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit,
id. Att. 7, 2, 6:
si consilio pulso libidines iracundiaeve tenerent omnia,
id. Rep. 1, 38, 60:
nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciosa libido tenet,
Sall. J. 3, 4: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled or influenced, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45; so,
teneri desiderio,
id. Sen. 10, 33:
studio philosophiae,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:
magno amore,
Verg. A. 1, 675:
pompā, ludis atque ejusmodi spectaculis teneri,
to be enchained, fascinated, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48; cf.:
ut oculi picturā teneantur, aures cantibus,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 20:
is qui audit, ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur,
id. Or. 62, 210.—With ne, Ov. M. 7, 146. —
k.
To take in, comprise, comprehend, include:
haec magnos formula reges, Excepto sapiente, tenet,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 46.—More freq. pass.: teneri aliquā re, to be contained, comprised, grounded, to consist in a thing:
ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur,
Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:
id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate,
id. Off. 1, 45, 160:
quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur,
id. Fam. 13, 29, 1:
dixi jam antea, ipsam rationem arandi spe magis et jucunditate quadam quam fructu atque emolumento teneri,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227.
II.
Neutr. (freq. after the Aug. per.; perh. not in Cic.).
A.
Lit.
1.
To hold a position anywhere, maintain one ' s self:
quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat,
Liv. 32, 5, 12:
duo extra ordinem milia tenuere,
id. 3, 62, 7:
tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis,
Verg. A. 2, 505.—
2.
For cursum tenere, to hold or take one ' s way, to sail, steer in any direction:
Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse,
Liv. 1, 1, 4:
Cassandream petentes, primo ad Mendin tenuere,
Liv. 31, 45, 14:
ad Mendaeum,
id. 21, 49, 2:
Diam,
Ov. M. 3, 690:
Creten,
id. ib. 13, 706:
Hesperiam,
id. F. 1, 498:
Ausoniam,
id. ib. 4, 290 al.:
medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene,
Ov. M. 2, 140.—
B.
Trop., with the accessory idea of continuance (cf. I. A. 2. b. and B. 2. b. supra), to hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail, etc. (cf. obtineo):
imber per noctem totam tenuit,
Liv. 23, 44, 6; cf.:
incendium per duas noctes ac diem unum tenuit,
id. 24, 47, 15:
per aliquot dies ea consultatio tenuit,
id. 2, 3, 5; 3, 47, 6:
tenet fama, lupam, etc.,
id. 1, 4, 6:
quod nunc quoque tenet nomen,
id. 1, 17, 6:
fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio,
id. 23, 12, 2; 21, 46, 10:
tenuit consuetudo, quae cottidie magis invalescit, ut, etc.,
Quint. 2, 1, 1 Spald.; so,
consuetudo, ut, etc.,
id. 8, 5, 2:
nomen illud tenet,
id. 9, 4, 47 Spald.; cf. Ov. M. 1, 712.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > teneo
11 occupō

occupō āvī, ātus, āre [ob+CAP-], to take into possession, seize, occupy, master, win: Italiam praesidiis: opportunae ad occupandum urbes, L.: portum, H.: tyrannidem: a potentioribus regna occupabantur, chieftains were aiming at, Cs.: Occupat amplexu, clasps, O.—To occupy, cover, take up, fill: quantum loci acies occupare poterat, Cs.: urbem (sc. aedificiis), L.: caementis mare, H.— To fall upon, attack: Latagum saxo os faciemque, strikes (in) the face, V.: Occupat hos morsu, longis complexibus illos, O.: manicis iacentem, fetters while prostrate, V.: Volteium Vilia vendentem, surprise, H.—To get the start of, be before-hand with, anticipate, do first, outstrip: egressas rates, O.: bellum facere, begin the war first, L.: rapere oscula, H.— To hinder: profluvium sanguinis occupat secantes, Cu.—Fig., to seize, take possession of, fill, invade, overspread, engross: mors ipsam occupat, T.: quae (tenebrae) totam rem p. tum occuparant: timor exercitum occupavit, Cs.: oculos nox occupat, are darkened, O.: fama occupat aurīs, V.—To gain, win, acquire: militarem gloriam, Ta.: obscuri speciem, pass for reserved, H.—To take up, fill, occupy, employ: tres et sexaginta annos aeque multa volumina occupasse mihi, L.: in funambulo Animum, T.: pecuniam adulescentulo grandi fenore occupavisti, invested at high interest: occupatur animus ab iracundiā: occupatus certamine est animus, L.
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occupare, occupavi, occupatus V

seize; gain; overtake; capture, occupy; attack

Latin-English dictionary > occupō
12 teneō

teneō tenuī, —, ēre [2 TA-], to hold, keep, have, grasp, hold fast: flabellulum, T.: facem, V. telum, L.: cruentum gladium: manu Fragmina, O.: Dextra tenet ferrum, O.: ore cibum, Ph.: Hanc teneo sinu, O.; cf. cum res non coniecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur, i. e. was palpable. —Fig., to hold in mind, take in, understand, conceive, comprehend, know: rem tenes, you understand the situation, T.: teneo, I understand, T.: quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur: quo pacto cuncta tenerem, H.—Implying possession or control, to hold, possess, be master of, control, occupy: multa hereditatibus tenebantur sine iniuriā: quae tenuit dives Achaemenes, H.: loca, L.: colles praesidiis, Cs.: terras, H.: alterum cornu, command, N.: provincias aliaque omnia, S.: rem p. opes paucorum tenere coeperunt, to control public affairs: ut res p. vi tribuniciā teneretur, should be mastered, cf. qui tenent (sc. rem p.), qui potiuntur, i. e. who are in supreme power: me Galatea tenebat, i. e. held my affections, V.: teneone te? i. e. are you restored to me? T.—Implying persistence, to hold fast, keep, occupy, watch, guard, defend, maintain, retain: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: Capitolia celsa, V.: in manicis te sub custode, H.: Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt.—Of a way or course, to hold, keep, maintain, follow up: secundissimo vento cursum, to hold one's course: vento intermisso cursum, Cs.: Quove tenetis iter? V.: tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar, L.: Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse (sc. cursum), sailed, L.: medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene, O.; cf. hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, blows the wrong way, N.—Fig., to hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist on: consuetudinem meam: non tenebat ornatum suum civitas: ius suum: haec duo in amicitiā, etc.: imperium in suos: silentium, L. — To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist: illud arcte tenent, voluptatem esse summum bonum: propositum, maintain, Cs.: suas leges: quo causae teste tenentur, H.: plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, L.: tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, L.— Of the memory, to hold, keep: tui memoriam cum summā benevolentiā, preserve a recollection of: memoriā tenetis, res esse, etc., you remember numeros memini, si verba tenerem, recollect, V.: dicta tenere, H.—Of disposition or desire, to possess, occupy, control: quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc., has had possession of you: magna me spes tenet: nisi forte quem perniciosa libido tenet, S.: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled: pompā, ludis, to be fascinated: ab <*>ratore iam obsessus est ac tenetur.— To hold position, maintain oneself, stay, be posted: quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat, L.: tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis, V.— To hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail: imber per noctem totam tenuit, L.: tenet fama, lupam, etc, L.: fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio, L.—Implying attainment, to reach, arrive at, attain, occupy: montes Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere, L.: portum, L.: Hesperiam, O.—Fig., to reach, gain, acquire, obtain, attain: per cursum rectum regnum tenere: virtute regnum, L.: teneri res aliter non potest: causam, O.—Implying restraint, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay: naves, quae vento tenebantur, Cs.: classem ibi tenebat, L.: si id te non tenet, advola: Marcellum ab gerundis rebus: ne diutius teneam: tene linguam, O.: pecus omne tenendum, V.: manum, H.: quo me decet usque teneri? V.: lacrimas in morte miserā: exercitum in stativis, L.—With pron reflex., to keep back, remain, stay: castris sese, Cs.: castris se pavidus tenebat, L.: a conventu se remotum domi, N.: me ab accusando, refrain.— Fig., to hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter: iracundiam: risum: iram, Cu.: ea, quae occurrunt, keep to themselves: Sed te, ne faceres, tenuit reverentia famae, O.—Implying constraint, to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control: quamquam leges eum non tenent: interdicto non teneri: ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent, L.: teneri alienis foederibus, L.: poenā teneri, to be liable: testibus in re perspicuā teneri, to be convicted.— Implying comprehension, to take in, comprise, comprehend, include: haec magnos formula reges tenet. H.: ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur: id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate.
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tenere, tenui, tentus V

hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; represent; support

tenere memoria -- remember

Latin-English dictionary > teneō
13 praehendo

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:
sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:
fauces alicui,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:
quis me properantem prehendit pallio?
catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:
dexteram,
id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:
aliquem manu,
Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:
perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:
pisces,
Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:
Pharum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:
quam prendimus arcem,
occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—
2.
To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:
tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,
Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:
prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,
id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:
Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,
id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:
dextrā prehensum Continuit,
Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:
prende C. Septimium,
Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—
3.
To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:
in furto ubi sis prehensus,
Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:
in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:
prensus manifesto furto,
Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—
4.
Of trees, to take root:
quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,
Cic. Arat. 116:
ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,
Pall. 3, 25:
vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,
id. 3, 10.—
5.
To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):
tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,
Verg. A. 6, 61.—
6.
Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:
prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,
Lucr. 4, 1143:
vix oculo prendente modum,
taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—
II.
Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):
cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,
Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praehendo
14 praendo

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:
sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:
fauces alicui,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:
quis me properantem prehendit pallio?
catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:
dexteram,
id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:
aliquem manu,
Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:
perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:
pisces,
Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:
Pharum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:
quam prendimus arcem,
occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—
2.
To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:
tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,
Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:
prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,
id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:
Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,
id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:
dextrā prehensum Continuit,
Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:
prende C. Septimium,
Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—
3.
To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:
in furto ubi sis prehensus,
Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:
in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:
prensus manifesto furto,
Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—
4.
Of trees, to take root:
quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,
Cic. Arat. 116:
ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,
Pall. 3, 25:
vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,
id. 3, 10.—
5.
To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):
tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,
Verg. A. 6, 61.—
6.
Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:
prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,
Lucr. 4, 1143:
vix oculo prendente modum,
taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—
II.
Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):
cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,
Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praendo
15 prehendo

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:
sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:
fauces alicui,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:
quis me properantem prehendit pallio?
catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:
dexteram,
id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:
aliquem manu,
Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:
perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:
pisces,
Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:
Pharum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:
quam prendimus arcem,
occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—
2.
To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:
tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,
Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:
prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,
id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:
Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,
id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:
dextrā prehensum Continuit,
Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:
prende C. Septimium,
Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—
3.
To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:
in furto ubi sis prehensus,
Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:
in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:
prensus manifesto furto,
Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—
4.
Of trees, to take root:
quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,
Cic. Arat. 116:
ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,
Pall. 3, 25:
vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,
id. 3, 10.—
5.
To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):
tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,
Verg. A. 6, 61.—
6.
Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:
prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,
Lucr. 4, 1143:
vix oculo prendente modum,
taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—
II.
Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):
cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,
Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

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16 prehendo

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prehendere, prehendi, prehensus V TRANS

catch/capture; take hold of/possession of/in hand, arrest; occupy; seize/grasp; catch up with; reach shore/harbor; understand, comprehend; get a grip on
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prehendere, prehendidi, prehenditus V TRANS

catch/capture; take hold of/possession of/in hand, arrest; occupy; seize/grasp; catch up with; reach shore/harbor; understand, comprehend; get a grip on

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17 recipio

rĕ-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 ( fut. apoc. recipie, for recipiam, Cato ap. Fest. p. 138 and 236 Müll.; v. dico init.:
recepso, for recepero,
Cat. 44, 19), v. a. [capio].
I.
To take back, get back, bring back; to retake, regain, recover.
A.
Lit. (very freq. and class.):
dandis recipiendisque meritis,
Cic. Lael. 8, 26:
tu me sequere ad trapezitam... recipe actutum,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 49 (just before, ni argentum refers); cf.:
centum talenta et credidisse eos constat, et non recepisse,
Quint. 5, 10, 111; and (opp. mutuum dare) Mart. 3, 40, 4:
si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 8 fin.:
obsides,
Suet. Aug. 21:
reges,
Liv. 2, 15:
recepto amico,
Hor. C. 2, 7, 27; 4, 2, 47. — Freq. of places, etc., once captured and lost, to retake:
cum Tarento amisso... aliquot post annos Maximus id oppidum recepisset... nunquam ego (Tarentum) recepissem, nisi tu perdidisses,
Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 273; cf. id. Sen. 4, 11:
Lavinium,
Liv. 2, 39;
so of other things: recipere suas res amissas,
Liv. 3, 63:
praeda omnis recepta est,
id. 3, 3:
signa, quae ademerant Parthi,
Suet. Tib. 9:
arma,
Liv. 9, 11; Curt. 4, 12, 17: pectore in adverso totum cui comminus ensem Condidit assurgenti, et multā morte recepit, drew out again, = retraxit, Verg. A. 9, 348; so,
sagittam ab alterā parte,
Cels. 7, 5, 2: suos omnes incolumes receperunt (sc. ex oppido in castra), drew off, withdrew, = reduxerunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 12 fin.; so,
milites defessos,
id. B. C. 1, 45 fin.:
exercitum,
Liv. 10, 42:
equitatum navibus ad se intra munitiones,
Caes. B. C. 3, 58:
illum ego... medio ex hoste recepi,
bore away, rescued, Verg. A. 6, 111.—
b.
With se, to draw back, withdraw from or to any place, to betake one ' s self anywhere; in milit. lang., to retire, retreat:
se ex eo loco,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 10; cf.:
se e fano,
id. Poen. 4, 1, 5:
se ex opere,
id. Men. 5, 3, 7:
se ex hisce locis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21:
se e Siciliā,
id. Brut. 92, 318:
se ex fugā,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 102:
se inde,
id. B. G. 5, 15:
se hinc,
id. B. C. 1, 45 et saep.:
recipe te,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 8:
se,
Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45 (just before, reverti); Caes. B. C. 3, 45 (coupled with loco excedere); 3, 46; cf.:
sui recipiendi facultas,
id. B. G. 3, 4 fin.; 6, 37;
for which: se recipiendi spatium,
Liv. 10, 28:
recipe te ad erum,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20:
se ad dominum,
id. ib. 4, 3, 1:
se ad nos,
Cic. Att. 4, 15, 2:
se ad suos,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46; 7, 82; id. B. C. 3, 38; 3, 50; 3, 52 fin.:
se ad Caesarem (Allobroges, legati),
id. B. G. 1, 11; 4, 38:
se ad agmen,
id. ib. 7, 13; id. B. C. 3, 75 fin.:
se penitus ad extremos fines,
id. B. G. 6, 10:
se ad legionem,
id. ib. 7, 50 fin.:
se ad oppidum llerdam,
id. B. C. 1, 45:
se ad ordines suos,
id. ib. 2, 41:
se ad signa,
id. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 43 fin.:
se a pabulo ad stabulum,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 33:
inde se in currus,
Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:
se ex castris in oppidum,
id. B. C. 2, 35:
se in castra,
id. B. G. 2. 11 fin.; 2, 24; 3, 6; 3, 26 fin.;
4, 15 et saep.: se in fines,
id. ib. 4, 16:
se in Galliam,
id. ib. 4, 19 fin.:
se in montem,
id. ib. 1, 25: se in antiquas munitiones, id. B. C. 3, 54 fin.:
se in silvas ad suos,
id. B. G. 2, 19:
se in castra ad urbem,
id. B. C. 2, 25; 2, 26; cf.:
se retro in castra,
Liv. 23, 36;
and with this cf.: sese retro in Bruttios,
id. 23, 37;
and so, se, with rursus,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Pers. 4, 5, 6; id. Rud. 4, 6, 19; Caes. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 41 et saep.:
se in novissimos,
Liv. 7, 40:
se intra munitiones,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44; cf.:
se intra montes,
id. B. C. 1, 65:
se per declive,
id. ib. 3, 51:
se sub murum,
id. ib. 2, 14:
se trans Rhenum,
id. B. G. 6, 41:
se Larissam versus,
id. B. C. 3, 97:
se domum ex hostibus,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 52:
se domum,
id. ib. 2, 2, 31; id. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Aul. 2, 1, 55:
se Adrumetum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 23:
se Hispalim,
id. ib. 2, 20:
se Dyrrhachium ad Pompeium,
id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:
se illuc,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 10; id. Merc. 5, 2, 40; id. Ps. 3, 1, 23 al.; cf.:
se huc esum ad praesepim suam,
id. Curc. 2, 1, 13:
se eo,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25 et saep. — In the same meaning, without se: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.); cf.
of a military retreat: si quo erat longius prodeundum aut celerius recipiendum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48 fin.; so without se after the verbum finitum several times in Plaut.:
rursum in portum recipimus,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 60:
dum recipis,
id. Rud. 3, 6, 42:
actutum face recipias,
id. Merc. 2, 4, 30. —
2.
Transf.
(α).
In business lang., to keep back, retain, reserve (cf. Gell. 17, 6, 6):
posticulum hoc recepit, quom aedis vendidit,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 157; so in a sale, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226; Cic. Top. 26, 100; Dig. 19, 1, 53; 8, 4, 10: mulier magnam dotem dat et magnam pecuniam recipit, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 8. — With object-clause, Cato, R. R. 149, 2. — With dat.:
aqua, itinere, actu domini usioni recipitur,
Cato, R. R. 149, 2.—
(β).
To restore (late Lat.):
urbem munitissimam,
to fortify anew, Amm. 16, 3, 2. —
B.
Trop., to get back, bring back; to receive again, regain, recover:
ut antiquam frequentiam recipere vastam ac desertam bellis urbem paterentur,
Liv. 24, 3:
jus,
Quint. 5, 10, 118:
et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit,
got back, Ov. M. 3, 384:
quam (vitam) postquam recepi,
received again, id. ib. 15, 535: anhelitum, to recover one ' s breath, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 21; id. Merc. 3, 4, 16; cf.
spiritum,
Quint. 11, 3, 55:
animam,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 26; Quint. 6, prooem. §
13: a tanto pavore recipere animos,
Liv. 21, 5, 16 Weissenb.:
a pavore animum,
id. 2, 50, 10:
e pavore recepto animo,
id. 44, 10, 1;
for which: animos ex pavore,
id. 21, 5 fin.:
recepto animo,
Curt. 6, 9, 2; 9, 5, 29:
animum vultumque,
Ov. F. 4, 615:
mente receptā,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 104:
(vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipere,
to bring it back, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —
In zeugma (cf. I. A. supra): arma et animos,
Curt. 4, 12, 17.—
b.
With se.
(α).
To betake one ' s self, withdraw, retire from or to any place:
ad ingenium vetus versutum te recipis tuum,
Plaut. As. 2, 1, 7:
ad frugem bonam,
Cic. Cael. 12, 28:
ad reliquam cogitationem belli,
Caes. B. C. 3, 17 fin.:
se a voluptatibus in otium,
Plin. Pan. 82, 8:
se in principem,
to resume his princely air, id. ib. 76, 5.— More freq.,
(β).
To recover, to collect one ' s self:
difficulter se recipiunt,
regain strength, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:
quae cum intuerer stupens, ut me recepi, Quis hic, inquam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18:
nullum spatium respirandi recipiendique se dedit,
Liv. 10, 28:
se ex terrore ac fugā,
Caes. B. G. 2, 12:
se ex timore,
id. ib. 4, 34:
se ex fugā,
id. ib. 4, 27:
nondum totā me mente recepi,
Ov. M. 5, 275.
II.
(Acc. to re, I. b.) To take to one ' s self, admit, accept, receive; constr. with the simple acc., with ad, or in and acc., in and abl., with simple abl., with a local acc.
A.
Lit.
(α).
With simple acc.:
quos homines quondam Laurentis terra recepit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.): (ego) excludor, ille recipitur,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 79:
aliquem,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:
hic nulla munitio est, quae perterritos recipiat,
Caes. B. G. 6, 39; cf.:
hos tutissimus portus recipiebat,
id. B. C. 3, 27; 1, 15; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.;
3, 35: eum Jugurtha accuratissime recepit,
Sall. J. 16, 3:
neque quisquam aut expulsus invidiosius aut receptus est laetius,
Vell. 2, 45, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 14; 9, 2, 89:
nisi nos vicina Trivici Villa recepisset,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 80 [p. 1533] et saep.:
quisnam istic fluvius est, quem non recipiat mare?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 86; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 10; and:
(Peneus) accipit amnem Orcon nec recipit,
i. e. does not take it to itself, does not mingle with it, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:
equus frenum recepit,
received, submitted to, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:
necesse erat, ab latere aperto tela recipi,
Caes. B. G. 5, 35. —
(β).
With ad:
recipe me ad te,
Plaut. Cist. 3, 9; id. Am. 3, 2, 11; id. Rud. 2, 3, 20; id. Ps. 3, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 6; Suet. Caes. 63:
aliquem ad epulas,
Cic. Top. 5, 25; cf.:
ad lusum,
Suet. Ner. 11. —
(γ).
With in and acc.:
recipe me in tectum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 16:
concubinam in aedes,
id. Mil. 4, 3, 3:
nos in custodiam tuam,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 34:
Tarquinium in civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31; Liv. 2, 5; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 6:
aliquem in ordinem senatorium,
Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:
aliquem in fidem,
id. Fam. 13, 19, 2; id. Att. 15, 14, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 15; 4, 22:
aliquem in civitatem,
Cic. Balb. 12, 29:
aliquem in caelum,
id. N. D. 3, 15, 39:
aliquem in deditionem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 21 fin.; Liv. 8, 13; Suet. Calig. 14 al.:
aliquem in jus dicionemque,
Liv. 21, 61:
aliquem in amicitiam,
Sall. J. 14, 5; 5, 4 Kritz N. cr.:
aliquam in matrimonium,
Suet. Caes. 50; Just. 9, 5, 9 et saep. —
(δ).
With in and abl. (rare and in purely local relations; v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 5, 4):
aliquem in loco,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 3:
loricati in equis recipiuntur, Auct. B. Hisp. 4, 2: sidera in caelo recepta,
Ov. M. 2, 529 (but in Liv. 24, 32, 6, the correct read. is tuto Hexapylo, without in; v. Weissenb. ad h. l.). —
(ε).
With simple abl. (mostly in purely local relations):
ut tuo recipias tecto servesque nos,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 18; so,
aliquem tecto,
Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:
exercitum tectis ac sedibus suis,
Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90:
aliquem suis urbibus,
id. Fl. 25, 61:
aliquem civitate,
id. Balb. 14, 32:
aliquem finibus suis,
Caes. B. G. 6, 6; 7, 20 fin.:
aliquem oppido ac portu,
id. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 102 fin.:
aliquem moenibus,
Sall. J. 28, 2:
Romulus caelo receptus,
Quint. 3, 7, 5:
receptus Terra Neptunus,
Hor. A. P. 63 et saep. —
(ζ).
With local acc.:
me Acheruntem recipere Orcus noluit,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 68:
aliquem domum suam,
Cic. Arch. 3, 5; cf.:
aliquem domum ad se hospitio,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20.—
(η).
Absol.:
plerosque hi, qui receperant, celant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—
2.
Transf.
a.
In business lang., to take in, receive as the proceeds of any thing:
dena milia sestertia ex melle,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11:
pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus,
Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:
pecunia, quae recipi potest,
id. ib. 2, 18, 47. —
b.
In gladiator's lang.: recipe ferrum, receive your death-blow, the cry of the people to a vanquished gladiator whom they were not inclined to spare, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41 Kühn.; Sen. Tranq. 11, 1;
for which: totum telum corpore,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 33; and:
ense recepto,
Luc. 2, 194 Corte.—
c.
Milit. t. t., to seize, capture, take possession of, occupy: mittit in Siciliam Curionem pro praetore cum legionibus duo;
eundem, cum Siciliam recepisset, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 1, 30:
Praeneste non vi, sed per deditionem receptum est,
Liv. 6, 29:
Aegyptum sine certamine,
Just. 11, 11, 1:
eo oppido recepto,
Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:
civitatem,
id. ib. 6, 8; 7, 90; id. B. C. 1, 12; 1, 16; 1, 30;
3, 16: Aetoliam,
id. ib. 3, 55:
rempublicam armis,
Sall. C. 11, 4:
Alciden terra recepta vocat,
the subjugated earth, Prop. 5, 9, 38. —
d.
In the later medical lang., of medicines, to receive, i. e. be compounded of various ingredients:
antidotos recipit haec: stoechados, marrubii, etc.,
Scrib. Comp. 106; so id. ib. 27; 28; 37; 52 al. (hence the mod. Lat. receptum, receipt, and recipe).—
B.
Trop.
1.
To take to or upon one ' s self, to assume; to receive, accept, admit, allow, endechomai:
non edepol istaec tua dicta nunc in aures recipio,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 34; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 91:
jusjurandum,
id. 5, 6, 1; 3; cf. id. 7, 1, 24: in semet ipsum religionem recipere, to draw upon one ' s self, Liv. 10, 40:
quae legibus cauta sunt, quae persuasione in mores recepta sunt,
admitted, Quint. 5, 10, 13; cf. id. 10, 7, 15:
antiquitas recepit fabulas... haec aetas autem respuit,
Cic. Rep. 2, 10; cf. Quint. 6, 4, 19:
nec inconstantiam virtus recipit nec varietatem natura patitur,
Cic. Rep. 3, 11, 18; cf. Vell. 2, 130, 3: non recipit istam Conjunctionem honestas, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:
assentatio nocere nemini potest, nisi ei, qui eam recipit atque eă delectatur,
id. Lael. 26, 97:
timor misericordiam non recipit,
Caes. B. G. 7, 26:
casus recipere (res),
to admit, be liable to, id. B. C. 1, 78; so,
aliquem casum (res),
id. ib. 3, 51:
re jam non ultra recipiente cunctationem,
Liv. 29, 24; Vell. 2, 52, 3:
sed hoc distinctionem recipit,
Just. Inst. 1, 12 pr.:
si recipiatur poëtica fabulositas,
Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101:
in hoc genere prorsus recipio hanc brevem annotationem,
Quint. 10, 7, 31; cf. id. 8, 3, 31:
nos necessarios maxime atque in usum receptos (tropos) exequemur,
id. 8, 6, 2; cf. id. 8, 6, 32; 5, 11, 20; 11, 3, 104; so with a subj.-clause, id. 1, 3, 14; 6, 3, 103; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 24 al.—
(β).
Of opinions, etc., to adopt, embrace (late Lat.):
alicujus sententiam,
Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 39, 1:
opinionem,
id. Dial. 1, 17, 5.—
2.
In partic.
a.
To take upon one ' s self, undertake, accept the performance of a task consigned or intrusted to one (whereas suscipio denotes, in gen., the voluntary undertaking of any action; cf.:
spondeo, stipulor, polliceor): recepi causam Siciliae... ego tamen hoc onere suscepto et receptā causā Siciliensi amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius. Suscepi enim causam totius ordinis, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1:
in hoc judicio mihi Siculorum causam receptam, populi Romani susceptam esse videor,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; and:
in quo est illa magna offensio vel neglegentiae susceptis rebus vel perfidiae receptis,
id. de Or. 2, 24, 101; cf. also Quint. 12, 1, 39:
verebamini, ne non id facerem, quod recepissem semel?
Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 9:
causam Sex. Roscii,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 2:
mandatum,
id. ib. 38, 112:
officium,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:
curam ad se,
Suet. Tit. 6.—
b.
To take an obligation upon one ' s self, to pledge one ' s self, pass one ' s word, be surety for a thing, to warrant, promise, engage a thing to any one, = anadechomai (a favorite word of Cic., esp. in his Epistles): Pe. Tute unus si recipere hoc ad te dicis... Pa. Dico et recipio Ad me, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 74; cf.:
ad me recipio: Faciet,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 12:
promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 3; cf.:
spondeo in meque recipio eos esse, etc.,
id. ib. 13, 17, 3.—With obj.-clause:
promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,
Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; so with hoc, id. Fam. 13, 50, 2 (with spondeo); 6, 12, 3; 13, 41, 2 (with confirmo); id. Att. 5, 13, 2; Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4; Liv. 7, 14 Drak.; 33, 13 fin.:
pro Cassio et te, si quid me velitis recipere, recipiam,
Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 4. — With de:
de aestate polliceris vel potius recipis,
Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2; Liv. 40, 35; cf.
also: sed fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me,
had given him a solemn assurance, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2.— With dat. (after the analogy of promitto, polliceor, spondeo):
ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio,
Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5; cf.: omnia ei et petenti recepi et ultro pollicitus sum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 1; 7, 1:
mihi,
id. ib. 10, 13, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 82 fin.:
quid sibi is de me recepisset, in memoriam redegit,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 9.—With dat. and obj.-clause:
mihi in Cumano diligentissime se, ut annui essemus, defensurum receperat,
Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5;
so,
id. Fam. 6, 12, 3 Manut. (with confirmare); 13, 72, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 17; Suet. Caes. 23 fin. —
c.
In jurid. lang.: recipere nomen, of the prætor, to receive or entertain a charge against one, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; 2, 2, 42, § 102; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; Val. Max. 3, 7, 9;
for which: recipere reum,
Tac. A. 2, 74 fin.; 4, 21:
aliquem inter reos,
id. ib. 3, 70; 13, 10. —Hence,
A.
rĕceptus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), received, usual, current, customary (post-class. and very rare):
auctoritas receptior,
Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 5: scriptores receptissimi, Sol. praef.—
B.
rĕceptum, i, n. subst. (acc. to II. B. 2. b.), an engagement, obligation, guaranty:
satis est factum Siculis, satis promisso nostro ac recepto,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139; cf.:
promissum et receptum intervertit,
id. Phil. 2, 32, 79.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > recipio
18 insisto

in-sisto, stĭti, 3, v. n., to set foot upon, to stand, tread, or press upon; constr. mostly with dat., also with in and abl. or acc., or the simple acc. (class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.
(α).
With dat.:
nec desunt villae quae secutae fluminis amoenitatem margini insistunt,
Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 6:
ut proximi jacentibus insisterent,
stepped upon them, Caes. B. G. 2, 27:
alternis pedibus,
Quint. 11, 3, 128:
volucres metuunt insistere ramis,
Luc. 3, 407:
vestigiis,
Liv. 25, 33 fin.:
huic (saxo) institerat frustra,
Ov. F. 5, 150:
plantis,
Juv. 6, 96:
clamoso circo,
occupy a place in, id. 9, 144.—
(β).
With in and abl.:
insistebat in manu Cereris dextra simulacrum Victoriae,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 110:
cingulus australis, in quo qui insistunt,
id. Rep. 6, 20:
in jugo,
Caes. B. G. 4, 33:
ipse non insistere in terra poterat,
Curt. 7, 7, 6.—
(γ).
With in and acc.:
in sinistrum pedem,
Quint. 11, 3, 125; cf.:
corvus repente super galeam insistit,
lights, Gell. 9, 11, 7.—
(δ).
With the simple acc.:
plantam,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21:
limen,
to step upon, to tread the threshold, Verg. A. 6, 563:
vestigia nuda sinistri pedis,
id. ib. 7, 690:
primis infans vestigia plantis,
id. ib. 11, 574:
cineres,
Hor. Epod. 16, 11.—
B.
Esp.
1.
To enter on or pursue a way, path, or journey:
cum semel institerunt vestigia certa viaï,
Lucr. 1, 407:
huc an illuc iter,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 11:
omnes itinera insistant sua,
id. Capt. 4, 2, 14:
quam insistam viam,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 3; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; Liv. 37, 7, 8.—
2.
In hostile sense, to follow, pursue, press on; with dat.:
effusis hostibus,
Liv. 26, 44, 4:
fugientibus,
id. 27, 13, 4:
contenti non institere cedentibus,
Curt. 8, 11, 18; Nep. Eum. 4.— Pass. impers.:
ut fracto jam Maroboduo, usque in exitium insisteretur,
Tac. A. 2, 62.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to follow, pursue.
(α).
With acc.:
viam domandi,
Verg. G. 3, 164:
rationem pugnae,
plan, Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 3.—
(β).
With dat.:
vestigiis laudum suarum,
Liv. 5, 30, 2:
honoribus,
Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 4.—
B.
Esp.
1.
To follow up, pursue an object or enterprise; to press vigorously, apply one ' s self to:
in dolos,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 4:
totus et mente et animo in bellum,
Caes. B. G. 6, 5. — With acc.:
hoc negotium,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:
manus,
Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176.—With dat.:
rebus magnis,
Tib. 4, 1, 135:
perdomandae Campaniae,
Tac. H. 3, 77.—
2.
To set about, devote one's self to, to begin with zeal; with inf.: tribuni orare dictatorem insistunt, ut, etc., Liv. 8, 35, 2:
Appium institit sequi,
id. 25, 19, 8; 24, 26, 11; 24, 46, 1; cf.:
postero die ad spolia legenda foedamque spectandam stragem insistunt,
id. 22, 51, 5:
flagitare senatus institit Coruntum, ut,
Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1. — Absol.:
sic institit ore,
i. e. began to speak, Verg. A. 12, 47; cf.:
sic insistit secumque corde volutat,
i. e. to reflect, think, id. ib. 4, 533.—
3.
To persevere, continue, persist in; with inf.:
credere,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 53:
tueri,
Nep. Att. 11.—With dat.:
sin crudelitati insisteret,
Tac. A. 16, 25:
spei,
id. H. 2, 46:
caedibus,
id. A. 2, 21:
studiis,
to pursue diligently, Quint. 1, 12, 10:
obsidioni,
Curt. 7, 6, 23:
curae rerum,
Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 2:
funeri,
to set forward, id. 7, 52, 53, § 177. — Absol.:
importune,
to persist, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80; Tac. A. 4, 60.—
4.
To press upon, urge; with dat.:
atriensibus ut supellectilem exponant,
Col. 12, 3, 9:
id bellum ipsis institit moenibus,
was at, Liv. 2, 51, 2.— Absol.:
dilataque tempora taedae Institerant,
were at hand, Ov. M. 9, 769:
institit quantum potuit ut illum ex eorum manibus liberaret,
urged, insisted, Aug. in Psa. 63, 4. —
III.
To press upon, repress; and hence, to halt, pause, stop, stand still:
stellarum motus insistunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:
ut non referat pedem, insistet certe,
id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; Tac. A. 4, 60:
quae cum dixisset paulumque institisset,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75; id. Or. 56, 187:
saepe accidit, ut aut citius insistendum sit, aut longius procedendum,
id. ib. 66, 221; so, to pause in thought, hesitate, doubt:
ille in reliquis rebus non poterit eodem modo insistere?
Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 107; 2, 29, 94.—
B.
To dwell upon, delay at, treat or consider at length:
ut si singulis insistere velim, progredi iste non possit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 172:
insistendum ei (arbori) paulum,
Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100:
profuit adsidue vitiis insistere amicae,
Ov. R. Am. 315.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > insisto
19 sollicito

sollĭcĭto ( sōlĭ-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sollicitus], to disturb, stir, agitate, move; to distress, harass, make uneasy, vex, solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce.
I.
Lit., to stir, put in lively motion, move violently, disturb, shake, exercise ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A.
Histri tela manu jacientes sollicitabant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 438 Vahl.): myropolas omnes sollicito;
ubicumque unguentum est, ungor,
keep them busy, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 10:
nec fas esse, quod sit fundatum perpetuo aevo, sollicitare suis.. ex sedibus,
Lucr. 5, 162:
pinnisque repente sollicitant divum nocturno tempore lucos,
id. 4, 1008; 2, 965: teneram ferro sollicitavit humum, stirred, i. e. by the plough, Tib. 1, 7, 30; so,
tellurem,
Verg. G. 2, 418:
herbae, Quas tellus, nullo sollicitante (i. e. eam) dabat,
Ov. F. 4, 396:
remis freta,
Verg. G. 2, 503:
spicula dextrā,
id. A. 12, 404:
totum tremoribus orbem,
Ov. M. 6, 699:
stamina docto Pollice, pregn.,
excite by handling, id. ib. 11, 169 (v. II. B. 1. infra):
stomachum vomitu, alvum purgatione,
to move, Cels. 1 praef. fin.: mox, velut aurā sollicitante, provecti longius, as if a breeze were moving us on, Quint. 12, prooem. 2:
hic (spiritus naturae), quamdiu non... pellitur, jacet innoxius... ubi illum extrinsecus superveniens causa sollicitat, compellitque et in artum agit, etc.,
stirs up, Sen. Q. N. 6, 18, 2:
sollicitavit aquas remis,
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2:
lucus, qui primus anhelis sollicitatur equis,
id. Idyll. 1, 3:
seu remige Medo sollicitatur Athos,
id. Ruf. 1, 336:
Maenalias feras,
to hunt, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 14:
ne salebris sollicitentur apes,
Col. 9, 8, 3.—Of a river:
cum Danubius non jam radices nec media montium stringit, sed juga ipsa sollicitat,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 9.—In mal. part., Ov. Am. 3, 7, 74; Mart. 11, 22, 4; 11, 46, 4; Petr. 20, 2.—
B.
To produce by stirring, excite, cause to come forth, to arouse, draw out (rare): radices in ipsā arbore sollicitando, by starting roots from the tree (cf. the context), Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98; cf.:
sollicitatur id in nobis quod diximus ante semen,
Lucr. 4, 1037.—
II.
Trop., = sollicitum facere.
A.
With the notion of distress, to cause distress, anxiety, uneasiness, to distress, disturb.
1.
Of the body (very rare and poet.):
mala copia Aegrum sollicitat stomachum,
distresses, Hor. S. 2, 2, 43. —
2.
Of the mind; constr. with acc. of person, with animum, etc.
(α).
To fill with apprehension, cause fear, suspense of the mind, and anxiety for the future; and pass., = sollicitum esse, to be distressed, to torment one's self:
nunc ibo ut visam, estne id aurum ut condidi, quod me sollicitat miserum plurimis modis,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 26: certo scio, non ut Flamininum sollicitari te, Tite, sic noctesque diesque, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1:
jamdudum equidem sentio, suspicio quae te sollicitet,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 50:
sicine me atque illam operā tuā nunc miseros sollicitarier?
Ter. And. 4, 2, 6: egon' id timeo? Ph. Quid te ergo aliud sollicitat? id. Eun. 1, 2, 82; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 10:
aut quid sit id quod sollicitere ad hunc modum?
id. Hec. 4, 4, 54:
me autem jam et mare istuc et terra sollicitat,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:
an dubitas quin ea me cura (pro genero et filio) vehementissime sollicitet?
id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:
multa sunt quae me sollicitant anguntque,
id. Att. 1, 18, 1:
ne cujus metu sollicitaret animos sociorum,
Liv. 45, 28 med.:
cum Scipionem exspectatio successoris sollicitaret,
id. 30, 36 fin.:
desiderantem quod satis est neque Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, Nec, etc.,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 26; cf. Mart. 7, 54, 2.—With de:
de posteris nostris et de illā immortalitate rei publicae sollicitor, quae, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.— Hence, like verbs of fearing, with ne, that ( lest):
et Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus! ne aut ille alserit, Aut uspiam ceciderit, etc.,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:
sollicitari se simulans, ne in ejus perniciem conspirarent,
Amm. 14, 7, 9.—Also with quod, like verbs of emotion:
me illa cura sollicitat angitque vehementer, quod... nihil a te, nihil ex istis locis... affluxit,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1.—
(β).
More rarely, to grieve, afflict, make wretched:
istuc facinus quod tuom sollicitat animum, id ego feci,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 8:
sed erile scelus me sollicitat,
id. Rud. 1, 3, 19: cur meam senectutem hujus sollicito amentiā? why do I make my old age miserable by, etc., Ter. And. 5, 3, 16:
haec cura (ob miserum statum rei publicae) sollicitat et hunc meum socium,
Cic. Brut. 97, 331.—With subject-clause:
nihil me magis sollicitat quam... non me ridere tecum,
Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.—
(γ).
To disturb the rest or repose of a person or community, to trouble, harass, = perturbare:
quid me quaeris? quid laboras? quid hunc sollicitas?
Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 15; so,
quae roget, ne se sollicitare velis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 484:
temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant, et semper sollicitant,
Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:
anxitudo, prona ad luctum et maerens, semperque ipsa se sollicitans,
id. Rep. Fragm. 2, 41, 68:
quoniam rebellando saepius nos sollicitant,
Liv. 8, 13, 13:
finitimi populi, qui castra, non urbem positam in medio ad sollicitandam omnium pacem crediderant,
to disturb the peace, id. 1, 21, 2:
unde neque ille sollicitare quietae civitatis statum possit,
id. 21, 10, 12; so,
pacem,
id. 34, 16 fin.:
ira Jovis sollicitati prava religione,
id. 1, 31, 8:
ea cura quietos (deos) sollicitat,
Verg. A. 4, 380:
alium ambitio numquam quieta sollicitat,
Sen. Cons. Polyb. 4 (23), 2:
eum non metus sollicitabit,
id. ib. 9 (28), 4: (voluptas) licet alia ex aliis admoveat, quibus totos partesque nostri sollicitet, id. Vit. Beat. 5, 4:
et magnum bello sollicitare Jovem,
Ov. F. 5, 40:
sollicitatque feros non aequis viribus hostes,
Luc. 4, 665:
ut me nutricibus, me aviae educanti, me omnibus qui sollicitare illas aetates solent, praeferret,
Quint. 6, prooem. § 8: sollicitare manes, to disturb the dead by mentioning their names:
parce, precor, manes sollicitare meos,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 32; cf.:
cur ad mentionem defunctorum testamur, memoriam eorum a nobis non sollicitari?
Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 23.—Hence, pregn.:
sollicito manes,
I disturb the dead, Ov. M. 6, 699:
sollicitare umbras = ciere, citare, in necromancy,
Manil. 1, 93.—
B.
Without the idea of distress or uneasiness.
1.
To stir, rouse, excite, incite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
unicus est de quo sollicitamur honor,
Ov. F. 6, 10, 76:
sollicitatque deas,
id. M. 4, 473:
vanis maritum sollicitat precibus,
id. ib. 9, 683:
quoque Musarum studium a nocte silenti Sollicitare solet, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. praef. 12: cupidinem lentum sollicitas,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 6:
labris quae poterant ipsum sollicitare Jovem,
Mart. 66, 16:
me nova sollicitat, me tangit serior aetas,
Ov. Am. 2, 4, 45:
deinde (luxuria) frugalitatem professos sollicitat,
Sen. Ep. 56, 10.—Hence,
2.
To attract, to tempt, to invite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
si quis dotatam uxorem habet, eum hominem sollicitat sopor,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 15 Lorenz:
nullum sollicitant haec, Flacce, toreumata canem,
Mart. 12, 74, 5:
cum, mira specie, feminarum sollicitaret oculos,
Val. Max. 4, 5, 1 ext.:
non deest forma quae sollicitet oculos,
Sen. Ep. 88, 7:
in his (praediis venalibus) me multa sollicitant,
Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 1:
quibuscum delinimentis potest animos omnium sollicitat,
Just. 21, 1, 5:
omni studio sollicitatum spe regni,
id. 8, 3, 8:
in Graeciam Philippus cum venisset, sollicitatus paucarum civitatum direptione (i. e. spe diripiendi),
id. 9, 1:
sollicitati praeda,
id. 23, 1, 10; 2, 13 fin.:
te plaga lucida caeli... sollicitet,
Stat. Th. 1, 27:
magno praemio sollicitatus,
bribed, Front. Strat. 3, 6, 4.—So, to attract the attention, occupy the mind:
ut vix umquam ita sollicitari partibus earum debeamus ut non et summae meminerimus,
Quint. 11, 3, 151.—
III.
Transf., to incite one to do something.
A.
To urge to wrong-doing, to inveigle, seduce, incite, stimulate, provoke, tempt, abet (class.).
1.
Absol.:
servum sollicitare verbis, spe promissisque corrumpere, contra dominum armare,
Cic. Deiot. 11, 30:
non sollicitabit rursus agrarios?
id. Phil. 7, 6, 18:
sollicitant homines imperitos Saxo et Cafo,
id. ib. 10, 10, 22: necare eandem voluit: quaesivit venenum;
sollicitavit quos potuit,
id. Cael. 13, 31:
Milo... quos ex aere alieno laborare arbitrabatur, sollicitabat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 22: quos ingenti pecuniae spe sollicitaverant vestri (sc. to murder Philip), Curt. 4, 1, 12:
ipsam ingentibus sollicitare datis,
Ov. M. 6, 463:
pretio sperare sollicitari animos egentium,
Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17; Liv. 2, 42, 6; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—So esp. milit. t. t.,= temptare (freq. in the historians), to strive to win over, tempt, instigate, incite to defection, attack, etc.:
ad sollicitandas civitates,
Caes. B. G. 7, 63:
Germanos Transrhenanos sollicitare dicebantur,
id. ib. 5, 2; so id. B. C. 3, 21; id. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 2; 7, 53;
7, 54: servitia urbana sollicitare,
Sall. C. 24 fin.:
nobilissimos Hispanos in Italiam ad sollicitandos populares... miserunt,
Liv. 24, 49, 8:
vicinos populos haud ambigue sollicitari,
id. 8, 23, 2:
ad continendas urbes, quas illinc Eumenes, hinc Romani sollicitabant,
id. 37, 8, 5:
num sollicitati animi sociorum ab rege Perseo essent,
id. 42, 19 fin.:
omnes sollicitatos legationibus Persei, sed egregie in fide permanere,
id. 42, 26 fin.; so,
diu,
id. 31, 5, 8; 40, 57, 2; 41, 23, 7;
45, 35, 8: interim qui Persas sollicitarent mittuntur,
Curt. 5, 10, 9; Suet. Oth. 5; id. Ner. 13; id. Tit. 9; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—
2.
With ad and acc.:
in servis ad hospitem necandum sollicitatis,
Cic. Cael. 21, 51:
servum ad venenum dandum,
id. Clu. 16, 47:
opifices et servitia ad Lentulum eripiendum,
Sall. C. 50, 1:
qui ultro ad transeundum hostes vocabant sollicitabantque,
Liv. 25, 15, 5.—After in:
cum milites ad proditionem, amicos ad perniciem meam pecunia sollicitet,
Curt. 4, 11, 1.—
3.
With ut: civitates sollicitant [p. 1722] ut in libertate permanere vellent, Caes. B. G. 3, 8:
se sollicitatum esse ut regnare vellet,
Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 6:
missis ad accolas Histri, ut in Italiam irrumperent sollicitandos, Liv 39, 35: Darei litterae quibus Graeci milites sollicitabantur ut regem interficerent,
Curt. 4, 10, 16.—
4.
With gen., gerund., and causa:
comperi legatos Allobrogum tumultus Gallici excitandi causa a P. Lentulo esse sollicitatos,
Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4.—
5.
With in and acc. (post-class.;
the prevailing constr. in Just.): amicum in adulterium uxoris sollicitatum,
Just. 1, 7, 18:
Alexander in Italiam sollicitatus,
urgently invited, id. 12, 2, 1:
Iones sollicitare in partes suas statuit,
id. 2, 12, 1:
qui Peloponnenses in societatem armorum sollicitaret,
id. 13, 5; so id. 13, 5, 10; 32, 4, 1; 29, 4, 5. —
6.
With acc. of abstract objects ( poet.):
nuptae sollicitare fidem (= nuptam sollicitare ad fidem violandam),
to make attempts against, Ov. H. 16 (17), 4; cf. id. Am. 3, 1, 50; id. M. 6, 463; 7, 721; id. P. 3, 3, 50.—
B.
In gen., without implying an evil purpose, to induce, incite, stimulate, solicit, urge, invite, exhort, move ( poet. and in postAug. prose):
antequam est ad hoc opus (historiam scribendi) sollicitatus,
induced to undertake this work, Quint. 10, 1, 74:
quae Hecubae maritum posset ad Hectoreos sollicitare rogos,
Mart. 6, 7, 4:
cum, sollicitatus ex urbe Roma (a Mithridate), praecepta pro se mitteret,
Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 6:
sollicitandi (parentes) ad hunc laborem erant,
it was necessary to give inducements to the parents to undertake this labor, Sen. Ben. 3, 11, 1:
cum juventutem ad imitationem sui sollicitaret,
id. Cons. Helv. 10, 10:
alios Orientis regis ut idem postularent sollicitare temptavit,
Suet. Dom. 2:
juvenum... corpora nunc pretio, nunc ille hortantibus ardens sollicitat dictis,
Stat. Th. 2, 485:
sollicitat tunc ampla viros ad praemia cursu celeres,
id. ib. 6, 550:
ut per praecones susceptores sollicitarent,
Just. 8, 3, 8:
Alexander in Italiam a Tarentinis sollicitatus,
id. 12, 2, 1:
avaritia sollicitatus (= permotus),
id. 32, 2, 1:
sollicitatoque juvene ad colloquium,
allured him to the conference, id. 38, 1, 9:
hoc maxime sollicitatus ad amicitiam,
Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 85:
serpentes sollicitant ad se avis,
id. 8, 23, 35, § 85:
hyaena ad sollicitandos canes,
id. 8, 30, 44, § 106:
velut vacua possessione sollicitatus,
Just. 31, 3, 2:
remansit in caelibatu, neque sollicitari ulla condicione amplius potuit (i. e. ad uxorem ducendam),
Suet. Galb. 5:
quod me, tamquam tirunculum, sollicitavit ad emendum (signum),
Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 4:
ut ex copia studiosorum circumspicias praeceptores quos sollicitare possimus (sc. ut huc veniant),
id. 4, 13, 11.—With inf. ( poet.):
finemque expromere rerum sollicitat superos,
urgently implores to disclose the issue, Luc. 5, 69:
cum rapiant mala facta bonos... sollicitor nullos esse putare deos,
Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36; cf.:
sollicitat spatium decurrere amoris,
Lucr. 4, 1196.—With ne:
maritum sollicitat precibus, ne spem sibi ponat in arte,
Ov. M. 9, 683.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sollicito
20 prēndō

prēndō see prehendo.
* * *
I
prendere, prendi, prensus V TRANS

catch/capture; take hold of/possession of/in hand, arrest; occupy; seize/grasp; catch up with; reach shore/harbor; understand, comprehend; get a grip on
II
prendere, prendidi, prenditus V TRANS

catch, take hold of; arrest, capture; reach; understand; seize, grasp; occupy

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