agnoscere

agnosco ( adgn-; also adn-; cf. Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 407), nōvi, nitum (like cognĭtum from cognosco; cf. pejĕro and dejĕro from jūro), 3, v. a. [ad, intens. -gnosco, nosco] ( part. perf. agnōtus, Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 887 P.; part. fut. act. agnoturus, Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 31; cf. Diom. 383 P.; class.; used very freq. by Cicero).

As if to know a person or thing well, as having known it before, to recognize: agnoscere always denotes a subjective knowledge or recognition; while cognoscere designates an objective perception; another distinction v. in II.): in turbā Oresti cognitā agnota est soror, was recognized by Orestes as his sister, Pac. ap. Prisc. 887 P.:

virtus cum se extollit et ostendit suum lumen et idem aspexit agnovitque in alio,

and when she has perceived the same in another, and has recognized it, Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

id facillime accipiunt animi, quod agnoscunt,

Quint. 8, 3, 71:

cum se collegit (animus) atque recreavit, tum agnoscit illa reminiscendo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 58:

quod mihi de filiā gratularis, agnosco humanitatem tuam,

id. Fam. 1, 7 (cf. on the contr. id. ib. 5, 2, where Cic., speaking of himself, says: Cognosce nunc humanitatem meam, learn from this, etc.):

nomine audito extemplo agnovere virum,

Liv. 7, 39:

veterem amicum,

Verg. A. 3, 82:

matrem,

id. ib. 1, 405: Figulum in patriam suam venisse atque ibi agnosci, and is there recognized (by those who had already known him), Quint. 7, 2, 26:

formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae agnoscunt,

Tac. G. 5:

agnoscent Britanni suam causam,

id. Agr. 32:

nitorem et altitudinem horum temporum agnoscimus,

id. Or. 21:

quam (tunicam) cum agnovisset pater,

Vulg. Gen. 37, 33.—

Transf., as a result of this knowledge or recognition, to declare, announce, allow, or admit a thing to be one's own, to acknowledge, own: qui mihi tantum tribui dicis, quantum ego nec agnosco ( neither can admit as due to me) nec postulo, Cic. Lael. 9:

natum,

Nep. Ages. 1, 4:

Aeacon agnoscit summus prolemque fatetur Juppiter esse suam,

Ov. M. 13, 27 (cf. in Pandects, 25, Tit. 3:

de agnoscendis vel alendis liberis): an me non agnoscetis ducem?

will you not acknowledge me as your general? Liv. 6, 7:

agnoscere bonorum possessionem,

to declare the property as one's own, to lay claim to it, Dig. 26, 8, 11 (cf. agnitio, I.):

agnoscere aes alienum,

ib. 28, 5, 1:

facti gloriam,

Cic. Mil. 14 fin.:

susciperem hoc crimen, agnoscerem, confiterer,

id. Rab. Perd. 6:

fortasse minus expediat agnoscere crimen quam abnuere,

Tac. A. 6, 8:

sortilegos,

Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132: et ego ipse me non esse verborum admodum inopem agnosco, and I myself confess, allow, etc., id. Fam. 4, 4:

id ego agnovi meo jussu esse factum,

id. ib. 5, 20, 3: carmina spreta exolescunt;

si irascare, agnita videntur,

Tac. A. 4, 34.—

To understand, recognize, know, perceive by, from, or through something:

ut deum agnoscis ex operibus ejus, sic ex memoriā rerum et inventione, vim divinam mentis agnoscito,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 70; id. Planc. 14, 35:

ex fructu arbor agnoscitur,

Vulg. Matt. 12, 33:

inde agnosci potest vis fortunae,

Vell. 2, 116, 3.—Also, absol.: Augusti laudes agnoscere possis, you can recognize the praises of Augustus, * Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 29:

accipio agnoscoque deos,

Verg. A. 12, 260 (cf. accipio):

agniti dempsere sollicitudinem,

Tac. H. 2, 68:

Germanicus, quo magis agnosceretur, detraxerat tegimen,

id. A. 2, 21:

terram non agnoscebant,

Vulg. Act. 27, 39.—In gen., to become acquainted with, to know; to perceive, apprehend, understand, discern, remark, see:

quin puppim flectis, Ulixe, Auribus ut nostros possis agnoscere cantus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 49 (as transl. of Hom. Od. 12, 185, Nêa katastêson, hina nôïterên op akousêis):

haec dicta sunt subtilius ab Epicuro quam ut quivis ea possit agnoscere,

understand, id. N. D. 1, 18, 49; Verg. A. 10, 843; Phaedr. 2, 5, 19:

alienis pedibus ambulamus, alienis oculis agnoscimus,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 19.

agnosco ( adgn-; also adn-; cf. Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 407), nōvi, nitum (like cognĭtum from cognosco; cf. pejĕro and dejĕro from jūro), 3, v. a. [ad, intens. -gnosco, nosco] ( part. perf. agnōtus, Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 887 P.; part. fut. act. agnoturus, Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 31; cf. Diom. 383 P.; class.; used very freq. by Cicero).

As if to know a person or thing well, as having known it before, to recognize: agnoscere always denotes a subjective knowledge or recognition; while cognoscere designates an objective perception; another distinction v. in II.): in turbā Oresti cognitā agnota est soror, was recognized by Orestes as his sister, Pac. ap. Prisc. 887 P.:

virtus cum se extollit et ostendit suum lumen et idem aspexit agnovitque in alio,

and when she has perceived the same in another, and has recognized it, Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

id facillime accipiunt animi, quod agnoscunt,

Quint. 8, 3, 71:

cum se collegit (animus) atque recreavit, tum agnoscit illa reminiscendo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 58:

quod mihi de filiā gratularis, agnosco humanitatem tuam,

id. Fam. 1, 7 (cf. on the contr. id. ib. 5, 2, where Cic., speaking of himself, says: Cognosce nunc humanitatem meam, learn from this, etc.):

nomine audito extemplo agnovere virum,

Liv. 7, 39:

veterem amicum,

Verg. A. 3, 82:

matrem,

id. ib. 1, 405: Figulum in patriam suam venisse atque ibi agnosci, and is there recognized (by those who had already known him), Quint. 7, 2, 26:

formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae agnoscunt,

Tac. G. 5:

agnoscent Britanni suam causam,

id. Agr. 32:

nitorem et altitudinem horum temporum agnoscimus,

id. Or. 21:

quam (tunicam) cum agnovisset pater,

Vulg. Gen. 37, 33.—

Transf., as a result of this knowledge or recognition, to declare, announce, allow, or admit a thing to be one's own, to acknowledge, own: qui mihi tantum tribui dicis, quantum ego nec agnosco ( neither can admit as due to me) nec postulo, Cic. Lael. 9:

natum,

Nep. Ages. 1, 4:

Aeacon agnoscit summus prolemque fatetur Juppiter esse suam,

Ov. M. 13, 27 (cf. in Pandects, 25, Tit. 3:

de agnoscendis vel alendis liberis): an me non agnoscetis ducem?

will you not acknowledge me as your general? Liv. 6, 7:

agnoscere bonorum possessionem,

to declare the property as one's own, to lay claim to it, Dig. 26, 8, 11 (cf. agnitio, I.):

agnoscere aes alienum,

ib. 28, 5, 1:

facti gloriam,

Cic. Mil. 14 fin.:

susciperem hoc crimen, agnoscerem, confiterer,

id. Rab. Perd. 6:

fortasse minus expediat agnoscere crimen quam abnuere,

Tac. A. 6, 8:

sortilegos,

Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132: et ego ipse me non esse verborum admodum inopem agnosco, and I myself confess, allow, etc., id. Fam. 4, 4:

id ego agnovi meo jussu esse factum,

id. ib. 5, 20, 3: carmina spreta exolescunt;

si irascare, agnita videntur,

Tac. A. 4, 34.—

To understand, recognize, know, perceive by, from, or through something:

ut deum agnoscis ex operibus ejus, sic ex memoriā rerum et inventione, vim divinam mentis agnoscito,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 70; id. Planc. 14, 35:

ex fructu arbor agnoscitur,

Vulg. Matt. 12, 33:

inde agnosci potest vis fortunae,

Vell. 2, 116, 3.—Also, absol.: Augusti laudes agnoscere possis, you can recognize the praises of Augustus, * Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 29:

accipio agnoscoque deos,

Verg. A. 12, 260 (cf. accipio):

agniti dempsere sollicitudinem,

Tac. H. 2, 68:

Germanicus, quo magis agnosceretur, detraxerat tegimen,

id. A. 2, 21:

terram non agnoscebant,

Vulg. Act. 27, 39.—In gen., to become acquainted with, to know; to perceive, apprehend, understand, discern, remark, see:

quin puppim flectis, Ulixe, Auribus ut nostros possis agnoscere cantus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 49 (as transl. of Hom. Od. 12, 185, Nêa katastêson, hina nôïterên op akousêis):

haec dicta sunt subtilius ab Epicuro quam ut quivis ea possit agnoscere,

understand, id. N. D. 1, 18, 49; Verg. A. 10, 843; Phaedr. 2, 5, 19:

alienis pedibus ambulamus, alienis oculis agnoscimus,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 19.

agnosco ( adgn-; also adn-; cf. Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 407), nōvi, nitum (like cognĭtum from cognosco; cf. pejĕro and dejĕro from jūro), 3, v. a. [ad, intens. -gnosco, nosco] ( part. perf. agnōtus, Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 887 P.; part. fut. act. agnoturus, Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 31; cf. Diom. 383 P.; class.; used very freq. by Cicero).

As if to know a person or thing well, as having known it before, to recognize: agnoscere always denotes a subjective knowledge or recognition; while cognoscere designates an objective perception; another distinction v. in II.): in turbā Oresti cognitā agnota est soror, was recognized by Orestes as his sister, Pac. ap. Prisc. 887 P.:

virtus cum se extollit et ostendit suum lumen et idem aspexit agnovitque in alio,

and when she has perceived the same in another, and has recognized it, Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

id facillime accipiunt animi, quod agnoscunt,

Quint. 8, 3, 71:

cum se collegit (animus) atque recreavit, tum agnoscit illa reminiscendo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 58:

quod mihi de filiā gratularis, agnosco humanitatem tuam,

id. Fam. 1, 7 (cf. on the contr. id. ib. 5, 2, where Cic., speaking of himself, says: Cognosce nunc humanitatem meam, learn from this, etc.):

nomine audito extemplo agnovere virum,

Liv. 7, 39:

veterem amicum,

Verg. A. 3, 82:

matrem,

id. ib. 1, 405: Figulum in patriam suam venisse atque ibi agnosci, and is there recognized (by those who had already known him), Quint. 7, 2, 26:

formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae agnoscunt,

Tac. G. 5:

agnoscent Britanni suam causam,

id. Agr. 32:

nitorem et altitudinem horum temporum agnoscimus,

id. Or. 21:

quam (tunicam) cum agnovisset pater,

Vulg. Gen. 37, 33.—

Transf., as a result of this knowledge or recognition, to declare, announce, allow, or admit a thing to be one's own, to acknowledge, own: qui mihi tantum tribui dicis, quantum ego nec agnosco ( neither can admit as due to me) nec postulo, Cic. Lael. 9:

natum,

Nep. Ages. 1, 4:

Aeacon agnoscit summus prolemque fatetur Juppiter esse suam,

Ov. M. 13, 27 (cf. in Pandects, 25, Tit. 3:

de agnoscendis vel alendis liberis): an me non agnoscetis ducem?

will you not acknowledge me as your general? Liv. 6, 7:

agnoscere bonorum possessionem,

to declare the property as one's own, to lay claim to it, Dig. 26, 8, 11 (cf. agnitio, I.):

agnoscere aes alienum,

ib. 28, 5, 1:

facti gloriam,

Cic. Mil. 14 fin.:

susciperem hoc crimen, agnoscerem, confiterer,

id. Rab. Perd. 6:

fortasse minus expediat agnoscere crimen quam abnuere,

Tac. A. 6, 8:

sortilegos,

Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132: et ego ipse me non esse verborum admodum inopem agnosco, and I myself confess, allow, etc., id. Fam. 4, 4:

id ego agnovi meo jussu esse factum,

id. ib. 5, 20, 3: carmina spreta exolescunt;

si irascare, agnita videntur,

Tac. A. 4, 34.—

To understand, recognize, know, perceive by, from, or through something:

ut deum agnoscis ex operibus ejus, sic ex memoriā rerum et inventione, vim divinam mentis agnoscito,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 70; id. Planc. 14, 35:

ex fructu arbor agnoscitur,

Vulg. Matt. 12, 33:

inde agnosci potest vis fortunae,

Vell. 2, 116, 3.—Also, absol.: Augusti laudes agnoscere possis, you can recognize the praises of Augustus, * Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 29:

accipio agnoscoque deos,

Verg. A. 12, 260 (cf. accipio):

agniti dempsere sollicitudinem,

Tac. H. 2, 68:

Germanicus, quo magis agnosceretur, detraxerat tegimen,

id. A. 2, 21:

terram non agnoscebant,

Vulg. Act. 27, 39.—In gen., to become acquainted with, to know; to perceive, apprehend, understand, discern, remark, see:

quin puppim flectis, Ulixe, Auribus ut nostros possis agnoscere cantus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 49 (as transl. of Hom. Od. 12, 185, Nêa katastêson, hina nôïterên op akousêis):

haec dicta sunt subtilius ab Epicuro quam ut quivis ea possit agnoscere,

understand, id. N. D. 1, 18, 49; Verg. A. 10, 843; Phaedr. 2, 5, 19:

alienis pedibus ambulamus, alienis oculis agnoscimus,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 19.

* * *

ăbundē, adv. [as if from an obs. abundis, e], in great profusion or abundance, abundantly, exceedingly, very; constr.,

With verbs: perfuse atque abunde usi magnum pondus auri, Sisenn. ap. Non. 516, 31:

abunde satis facere quaestioni,

Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3:

quibus mala abunde omnia erant,

Sall. C. 21;

so with esse (like satis, frustra, bene est, etc.),

id. ib. 58, 9; id. J. 63, 2; cf.:

mihi abunde est, si satis expressi, etc.,

I am more than satisfied, Plin. Ep. 4, 30 fin.; so,

abunde est, si,

id. ib. 7, 2 fin.; cf.:

cum sit satis abundeque, si, etc.,

id. Pan. 44, 7; and: abunde est, with a subject-clause:

hoc dixisse abunde est,

Col. 4, 19, 1; so id. 5, 3, 9; Cels. 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 7 al.:

sufficere,

Liv. 4, 22, 3:

contingere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 10:

cavere,

Ov. M. 15, 759:

persequi aliquid,

Vell. 2, 103, 3:

abunde agnoscere,

id. 2, 116, 3:

mirari,

id. 1, 16, 2; 2, 116, 3 al.—

With adj.:

abunde magna,

Sall. J. 14, 18:

abunde pollens potensque,

id. ib. 1, 3:

par,

Liv. 8, 29, 4:

constans,

Curt. 6, 17, 13:

pulchrum atque magnificum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 15: abunde similes,

Quint. 10, 1, 25:

disertus,

id. 11, 1, 36:

elatus spiritus,

id. 10, 1, 104 al. —

With adv.:

abunde satis est,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 59; so Quint. 12, 11, 19:

abunde dixit bene,

id. 12, 9, 7.—

With gen. (like satis, affatim, etc.; cf.

Rudd. II. p. 317): terrorum et fraudis abunde est,

Verg. A. 7, 552:

potentiae gloriaeque,

Suet. Caes. 86: honorum, Front. ap. Charis. p. 177 P.:

quibus abunde et ingenii et otii et verborum est,

Gell. 6, 8, 4.

admurmŭrātĭo, ōnis, f. [admurmuro], a murmurong, murmur.

In disapprobation:

vestra admurmuratio facit, Quirites, ut agnoscere videamini, qui haec fecerint,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 13, 37:

Qui non admurmuratione, sed voce et clamore abjecti hominis furorem fregistis,

id. Pis. 14, 32; id. Verr. 6, 12, 27; 7, 16, 41.—

In approbation:

grata contionis admurmuratio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 15, 45:

secundae admurmurationes cuncti senatūs,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3.

aspernor (wrongly ads-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [for ab-spernor, as as-pello for abpello, as-porto for ab-porto; cf. ab init.; Doed. Syn. II. p. 179, and Vanicek, p. 1182], lit., to cast off a person or thing (ab se spernari; cf. sperno and spernor); hence, to disdain, spurn, reject, despise (simply with the accessory idea of aversion = recuso, respuo, reicio, and opp. to appeto, concupisco; on the other hand, contemnere, not to fear, is opp. to metuere, timere; and despicere, not to value a thing, is opp. to revereri; cf. Doed. Syn. cited supra; class.; very freq. in Cic.;

more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).

Lit.:

gustatus id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

nemo bonus... qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,

id. Pis. 20; so id. Fat. 20, 47:

regem ut externum aspernari,

Tac. A. 2, 1:

matrem,

id. ib. 4, 57:

de pace legatos haud aspernatus,

id. ib. 15, 27:

hanc (proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53:

voluptatem appetit, ut bonum: aspernatur dolorem, ut malum,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 31; so,

ut quodam ab hospite conditum oleum pro viridi adpositum, aspernantibus ceteris, solum etiam largius appetisse scribat,

Suet. Caes. 53:

si voluptatem aspernari ratione et sapientiā non possemus,

Cic. Sen. 12, 42:

querimonias alicujus aspernari, contemnere ac neglegere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

regis liberalitatem,

id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91 al.; Sall. C. 3, 4:

diis aspernantibus placamina irae,

Liv. 7, 3:

deditionem alicujus,

id. 8, 2; 9, 41 et saep.:

consilia,

Tac. G. 8:

sententiam,

id. ib. 11:

honorem,

id. ib. 27:

militiam,

id. H. 2, 36:

disciplinam,

id. A. 1, 16:

virtutem,

id. ib. 13, 2:

panem,

Suet. Ner. 48 fin.:

imperium,

Curt. 10, 5, 13 et saep.:

Interea cave sis nos aspernata sepultos,

Prop. 3, 5, 25: aspernabantur ceteros, * Vulg. Luc. 18, 9:

haud aspernanda precare,

Verg. A. 11, 106; Phaedr. 5, 4, 4.—With inf. as object:

illa refert vultu non aspernata rogari,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 105:

dare aspernabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 46. —In Cic. once, to turn away, avert (not from one's self, but from something pertaining to one's self): furorem alicujus atque crudelitatem a suis aris atque templis, Clu. 68 fin. —

Trop.:

qui colore ipso patriam aspernaris,

deny, Cic. Pis. 1.—

► Pass.: qui habet, ultro appetitur; qui est pauper, aspernatur, is held in contempt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

regem ab omnibus aspernari, Auct. B. Afr. 93: aspernata potio,

Arn. 5, p. 175.—Hence, aspernanter, adv. (qs. from the part. aspernans, which does not occur), with contempt, contemptuously:

aliquid accipere,

Amm. 31, 4; so Sid. Ep. 7, 2.— Comp., Aug. Mus. 4, 9.— Sup. prob. not used.

aspernor (wrongly ads-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [for ab-spernor, as as-pello for abpello, as-porto for ab-porto; cf. ab init.; Doed. Syn. II. p. 179, and Vanicek, p. 1182], lit., to cast off a person or thing (ab se spernari; cf. sperno and spernor); hence, to disdain, spurn, reject, despise (simply with the accessory idea of aversion = recuso, respuo, reicio, and opp. to appeto, concupisco; on the other hand, contemnere, not to fear, is opp. to metuere, timere; and despicere, not to value a thing, is opp. to revereri; cf. Doed. Syn. cited supra; class.; very freq. in Cic.;

more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).

Lit.:

gustatus id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

nemo bonus... qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,

id. Pis. 20; so id. Fat. 20, 47:

regem ut externum aspernari,

Tac. A. 2, 1:

matrem,

id. ib. 4, 57:

de pace legatos haud aspernatus,

id. ib. 15, 27:

hanc (proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53:

voluptatem appetit, ut bonum: aspernatur dolorem, ut malum,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 31; so,

ut quodam ab hospite conditum oleum pro viridi adpositum, aspernantibus ceteris, solum etiam largius appetisse scribat,

Suet. Caes. 53:

si voluptatem aspernari ratione et sapientiā non possemus,

Cic. Sen. 12, 42:

querimonias alicujus aspernari, contemnere ac neglegere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

regis liberalitatem,

id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91 al.; Sall. C. 3, 4:

diis aspernantibus placamina irae,

Liv. 7, 3:

deditionem alicujus,

id. 8, 2; 9, 41 et saep.:

consilia,

Tac. G. 8:

sententiam,

id. ib. 11:

honorem,

id. ib. 27:

militiam,

id. H. 2, 36:

disciplinam,

id. A. 1, 16:

virtutem,

id. ib. 13, 2:

panem,

Suet. Ner. 48 fin.:

imperium,

Curt. 10, 5, 13 et saep.:

Interea cave sis nos aspernata sepultos,

Prop. 3, 5, 25: aspernabantur ceteros, * Vulg. Luc. 18, 9:

haud aspernanda precare,

Verg. A. 11, 106; Phaedr. 5, 4, 4.—With inf. as object:

illa refert vultu non aspernata rogari,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 105:

dare aspernabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 46. —In Cic. once, to turn away, avert (not from one's self, but from something pertaining to one's self): furorem alicujus atque crudelitatem a suis aris atque templis, Clu. 68 fin. —

Trop.:

qui colore ipso patriam aspernaris,

deny, Cic. Pis. 1.—

► Pass.: qui habet, ultro appetitur; qui est pauper, aspernatur, is held in contempt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

regem ab omnibus aspernari, Auct. B. Afr. 93: aspernata potio,

Arn. 5, p. 175.—Hence, aspernanter, adv. (qs. from the part. aspernans, which does not occur), with contempt, contemptuously:

aliquid accipere,

Amm. 31, 4; so Sid. Ep. 7, 2.— Comp., Aug. Mus. 4, 9.— Sup. prob. not used.

barbărĭa, ae ( poet., or in post-Aug. prose barbărĭes, acc. -em; so once in Cic. Brut. 74, 258), f. [barbarus].

Lit., a foreign country, in opposition to Greece or Rome.

In gen.:

a quo (philosopho) non solum Graecia et Italia, sed etiam omnis barbaria commota est,

Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 49; 5, 4, 11; id. N. D. 1, 29, 81; cf.: non solum cum exercitu suo, sed etiam cum omni inmanitate barbariae bellum inferre nobis. id. Phil. 5, 13, 37; 13, 8, 18:

quid tibi barbariem. gentes ab utroque jacentes Oceano numerem?

Ov. M. 15, 829:

in mediā vivere barbarie,

id. Tr. 3, 10, 4; Luc. 8, 812; Just. 9, 5, 7 al.—

Esp., of a particular country, aside from Greece or Rome. Thus (in the mouth of a Greek), of Italy, as opp. to Greece (only in Plaut.), Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 21; id. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. vapula, p. 278. [p. 222] —Of Persia:

Themistoclem non in Graeciae portus, sed in barbariae sinus confugisse,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 5.—Of Phrygia:

Graecia barbariae lento collisa duello,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 7.—Of Gaul, in opp. to Rome, Cic. Font. 20, 44 (16, 34).—Of Scythia and Britain, Cic. N. D. 2, 34, 88;

in gen.: quae barbaria Indiā vastior aut agrestior?

id. Tusc. 5, 27, 77 al. —

Meton., mental or moral barbarism, according to the notion of the ancients.

Rudeness, rusticity, stupidity:

barbaria forensis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

grandis,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 4.—Hence of barbarism in language:

omnes tum fere, qui nec extra urbem hanc vixerant, nec eos aliqua barbaries domestica infuscaverat, recte loquebantur,

Cic. Brut. 74, 258.—And of faulty reading, Petr. 68, 5.—

Savageness, barbarousness, rudeness, uncivilized manners:

inveterata barbaria,

Cic. Balb. 19, 43:

ferum et immane facinus, quod nulla barbaria posset agnoscere,

id. Phil. 14, 3, 8:

ista vero quae et quanta barbaria est,

id. ib. 2, 42, 108;

11, 2, 6: tanta barbaries (Sarmatorum) est, ut pacem non intellegant,

Flor. 4, 12, 20; Just. 43, 4, 1; Quint. 11, 3, 69; Petr. 68.—

= barbari:

quale bellum nulla umquam barbaria cum suā gente gessit,

Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25; cf.:

hoc poëtae nomen, quod nulla umquam barbaria violavit,

id. Arch. 8, 19.

circum-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., lit. to pour out around, i.e. as in circumdo, either with the acc. of that which is poured, to pour around; or, with the acc. of that around which something is poured, to surround with a liquid (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

With acc. of the liquid poured (with or without dat. of the object around which):

amurcam ad oleam circumfundito,

Cato, R. R. 93:

Tigris urbi circumfunditur,

surrounds, flows round the town, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 132.— More freq. in part. perf. pass.:

mare circumfusum urbi,

the sea flowing around the town, Liv. 30, 9, 12:

gens circumfusis invia fluminibus,

Ov. F. 5, 582:

circumfusus nobis spiritus,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

nec circumfuso pendebat in aëre tellus,

circumambient, Ov. M. 1, 12; imitated by Tib. 4, 1, 151.—

Reflex.: circumfudit se repente nubes,

Lact. 4, 21, 1.—Once mid.: cum fervet (lac), ne circumfundatur, etc., pour itself out around, i. e. run over, Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 126; cf.:

circumfusa nubes,

Verg. A. 1, 586.—

With acc. of the object around which, etc., with or without abl. of the fluid:

(mortuum) cerā circumfuderunt,

Nep. Ages. 8, 7:

terram crassissimus circumfundit aër,

encompasses, envelops, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

terra circumfusa illo mari, quem oceanum appellatis,

id. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

et multo nebulae circum dea fudit amictu (tmesis),

Verg. A. 1, 412:

quas circumfuderat atra tempestas,

Sil. 7, 723.—

Transf. to objects that do not flow, esp. if there is a great multitude, as it were, heaped upon a thing.

(Acc. to I. 1.) Mid., to press upon, crowd around, embrace closely, cling to (freq. in the histt.):

circumfunduntur ex reliquis hostes partibus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37; 7, 28; id. B. C. 3. 63:

equites infestis cuspidibus circumfunduntur,

Liv. 10, 36, 9; 25, 34, 9; 27, 19, 3;

44, 23, 8: (Nymphae) circumfusae Dianam Corporibus texere suis,

surrounding, Ov. M. 3, 180:

multitudo circumfusa,

Caes. B. G. 6, 34; Liv. 2, 28, 6; 4, 46, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31; Quint. 4, 2, 37.—With the dat. of that upon which a multitude presses:

circumfundebantur obviis sciscitantes,

Liv. 22, 7, 11; 22, 14, 15; 26, 27, 10;

29, 34, 14 al.: circumfusa turba lateri meo,

id. 6, 15, 9: ut lateribus circumfundi posset equitatus. Curt. 3, 9, 12. —With acc. (depending on circum): Pacidiussuos equites exporrigere coepit... uthaberent facultatem turmas Julianas circumfundi, to surround, encompass them, Auct. B. Afr. 78 Oud. N. cr. — Poet. also of a single person: et nunc hac juveni, nunc circumfunditur illac, i. e. clings to, or closely embraces him, Ov. M. 4, 360; 14, 354; cf. with acc.:

hunc (sc. Mavortem), tu, diva, tuo recubantem corpore sancto circumfusa super,

Lucr. 1, 40.—

So once in the active voice, absol.:

circumfudit eques,

Tac. A. 3, 46.—

Trop.:

undique circumfusae molestiae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

non est tantum ab hostibus aetati nostrae periculum, quantum ab circumfusis undique voluptatibus, Liv 30, 14, 6: circumfuso nitore,

Quint. 4, 1, 59.—

(Acc. to I. 2.) To enclose, environ, surround, overwhelm:

circumfusus publicorum praesidiorum copiis,

Cic. Mil. 26, 71:

praefectum castrorum circumfundunt,

Tac. A. 12, 38; so id. H. 2, 19; 4, 20; id. A. 13, 40; Plin. [p. 339] 5, 12, 13, § 67; Sil. 7, 306:

circumfusus hostium concursu,

Nep. Chabr. 4, 2:

M. Catonem vidi in bibliothecā sedentem, multis circumfusum Stoicorum libris,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 7; Quint. 9, 4, 91, Curt. 3, 11, 4:

amplexibus alicujus,

Vell. 2, 123, 3:

X. milia Bojorum alio latere quam exspectabatur missis legionibus circumfudit,

Front. 1, 2, 7.—

Trop.:

cum has terras incolentes circumfusi erant caligine,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 45:

latent ista omnia crassis occultata et circumfusa tenebris,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

ut, quantā luce ea circumfusa sunt, possint agnoscere,

id. ib. 2, 15, 46:

eos stultitiā obruit, tenebris circumfundit,

Lact. 3, 29, 14:

circumfundit, aliquem multo splendore,

Sen. Tranq. 1, 9.

cō-nīvĕo (less correctly con-nī-vĕo; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.), nīvi (Cassius ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.; cf. Prob. II. p. 1482 ib.) or nixi (Turp. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.;

perh. also connipsi, connipseram,

App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 (access. form of inf. conivĕre, Calvus ap. Prisc. l. l.), v. n. [niveo, kindr. with nico and nicto], to close or shut. *

In gen.:

cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent,

Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.,

Esp., to close or shut the eyes (in sleep, from the light, from fear, etc.), to blink; or of the eyes, to close, shut, to half close when heavy with sleep (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit vigilans virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5:

coniventes illi oculi abavi tui,

Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38:

conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu,

Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10:

ad tonitrua et fulgura,

Suet. Calig. 51:

contra conminationem aliquam (gladiatores),

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.:

nam non conivi oculos ego deinde sopore, Cassius, l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—

Poet., transf., of the sun and moon, to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.—

Trop.

In gen., to be dull, drowsy, or languid:

certa sunt enim pleraque et nisi coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 16:

multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, quibus sopita virtus coniveret,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41:

animus atque mens viri prudentis in sollicitis numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, etc.,

Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

(Like our phrase to wink at.) To leave an error or crime unnoticed or uncensured, to overlook, connive at, wink at, etc.:

haec ipsa concedo: quibusdam etiam in rebus coniveo,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18:

pro di immortales! cur interdum in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut... poenas in diem reservetis?

id. Cael. 24, 59:

qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant,

id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77;

Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris,

Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.

cō-nīvĕo (less correctly con-nī-vĕo; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.), nīvi (Cassius ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.; cf. Prob. II. p. 1482 ib.) or nixi (Turp. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.;

perh. also connipsi, connipseram,

App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 (access. form of inf. conivĕre, Calvus ap. Prisc. l. l.), v. n. [niveo, kindr. with nico and nicto], to close or shut. *

In gen.:

cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent,

Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.,

Esp., to close or shut the eyes (in sleep, from the light, from fear, etc.), to blink; or of the eyes, to close, shut, to half close when heavy with sleep (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit vigilans virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5:

coniventes illi oculi abavi tui,

Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38:

conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu,

Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10:

ad tonitrua et fulgura,

Suet. Calig. 51:

contra conminationem aliquam (gladiatores),

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.:

nam non conivi oculos ego deinde sopore, Cassius, l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—

Poet., transf., of the sun and moon, to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.—

Trop.

In gen., to be dull, drowsy, or languid:

certa sunt enim pleraque et nisi coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 16:

multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, quibus sopita virtus coniveret,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41:

animus atque mens viri prudentis in sollicitis numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, etc.,

Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

(Like our phrase to wink at.) To leave an error or crime unnoticed or uncensured, to overlook, connive at, wink at, etc.:

haec ipsa concedo: quibusdam etiam in rebus coniveo,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18:

pro di immortales! cur interdum in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut... poenas in diem reservetis?

id. Cael. 24, 59:

qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant,

id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77;

Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris,

Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.

dŭbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [for duhibitare, freq. from duhibeo, i. e. duohabeo (cf. habitare from habeo), to have or hold, as two, v. dubius; cf. also Gr. doiazô from doioi; Germ. zweifeln from zwei], to vibrate from one side to the other, to and fro, in one's opinions or in coming to a conclusion (freq. in all periods and sorts of composition; in class. prose usually with negations or in a negative interrogation, as: non dubito, haud dubito, quis dubitat? etc.

To waver in opinion or judgment, to be uncertain, to be in doubt, to doubt, question.

Absol. (rare but class.): ne vinolenti quidem quae faciunt eadem approbatione faciunt qua sobrii;

dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 72:

et interrogamus et dubitamus et affirmamus,

Quint. 6, 3, 70; cf. id. 10, 1, 19; 10, 3, 19:

Livius frequentissime dubitat,

id. 2, 4, 19; 9, 2, 20: vivo equidem, ne dubita;

nam vera vides,

Verg. A. 3, 316:

ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque (= sine ulla dubitatione) dicere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Fam. 5, 16, 4 Madv.; so id. Div. 1, 55, 125.—

With de (class.):

de indicando dubitat,

Cic. Sull. 18, 52; id. Fam. 12, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 29; 4, 5, 13.—With a negation:

nec vero de hoc quisquam dubitare posset, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

de aliqua re,

id. N. D. 1, 8:

de divina ratione,

id. ib. 2, 39, 99:

de tua erga me voluntate,

id. Fam. 13, 45 fin.; cf. id. Att. 12, 26:

de ejus fide,

Caes. B. G. 7, 21, 1: cf. id. ib. 7, 77, 10; 1, 40 fin.:

de carminibus,

Quint. 10, 5, 4:

de ultima illa (parte),

id. 12, 2, 10: de se, Pompei ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 A et saep.— Pass. impers.:

de armis dubitatum est,

Cic. Caecin. 13, 38:

de judicio Panaetii dubitari non potest,

id. Off. 3, 3; so, de auctore, Quint. 7, 2, 8:

de hac (virtute) nihil dubitabitur,

id. 2, 20, 7.—

With acc. (in class. prose only with a neutr. pron.):

haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici quidem dubitant?

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; Quint. 2, 17, 2; Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 2; Ov. H. 17, 37; id. M. 6, 194; id. Tr. 2, 331.—In the pass.:

causa prorsus, quod dubitari posset, nihil habebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. ib. 28; Liv. 5, 3:

dubitati tecta parentis,

Ov. M. 2, 20:

sidera,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 2:

ne auctor dubitaretur,

Tac. A. 14, 7; cf. infra, e:

dicta haud dubitanda,

Verg. A. 3, 170.—

With an interrog. pron. (good prose, but rare):

ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum,

Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 29:

non dubito, quid nobis agendum putes,

Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2; id. Fam. 11, 17, 2; 15, 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 10:

cur dubitas, quid de re publica sentias?

Cic. Rep. 1, 38 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 17 fin.; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16 fin. —

With interrog. particles (very freq. and class.):

si me non improbissime tractasset, dubitassem fortasse utrum, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:

desinite dubitare, utrum sit utilius, etc.... an, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89; cf. impers., id. Att. 4, 15, 7; Liv. 5, 3:

honestumne factu sit an turpe dubitant,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

dubitavi, hos homines emerem, an non emerem,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 95; cf. Sall. J. 74, 2; Hor. C. 1, 12, 35:

recte necne, etc.,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 80:

licet et dubitare num quid nos fugerit,

Quint. 6, 1, 3:

dubito, num, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 1; Tac. H. 2, 37;

de L. Bruto fortasse dubitarim, an, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50 et saep.—Cf. respecting the expression dubito an, the art. an, II., and Zumpt, Gramm. § 354.— Poet. in pass. (cf. supra, g):

an dea sim, dubitor,

Ov. M. 6, 208.—

Non dubito, quin (very freq. and class.):

non hercle dubito, quin tibi ingenio nemo praestiterit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 23; id. Div. 1, 57, 129; id. de Sen. 10, 31; id. Att. 6, 2, 3; id. Fam. 13, 73 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 40: numquid tu dubitas quin ego nunc perpetuo perierim? Have you a doubt? etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 4; 1, 31, 15; Quint. 12, 1, 42; Suet. Tib. 17; Ov. H. 17, 11; 245; id. Tr. 5, 7, 59 et saep.; cf. pass. impers.:

dubitari (non) potest, quin, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 23 fin.; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; Quint. 10, 2, 1:

dubitari potest quin usque eo eicienda sit,

Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 1:

illud cave dubites, quin, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6;

quid dubitas, quin sit, etc.,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 42;

so in an interrog.,

id. Poen. 1, 1, 55; 4, 2, 59; Quint. 7, 6, 10; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 8.—

With acc. and inf. (freq. only since the Aug. period, and in gen. only negatively; not found in Plaut., Ter., or Cic.;

but usual in Nepos): neque humorem dubitavi aurasque perire,

Lucr. 5, 249:

gratos tibi esse qui de me rumores afferuntur, non dubito,

Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2 (cf., on the contrary, §

7: noli dubitare, quin te sublevaturus sim): ignorabant aut dubitabant animas hominum immortales esse,

Lact. 6, 3, 5: non dubito, fore plerosque qui, etc., Nep. praef. § 1; id. Milt. 3, 6; id. Lys. 3, 5; id. Alcib. 9, 5; id. Ages. 3, 1; id. Eum. 2, 3; id. Hann. 11, 2; Liv. 2, 64; 22, 55 Drak. et saep.; Quint. 3, 7, 5; 5, 10, 76; 9, 4, 114; Suet. Claud. 35 et saep.; cf.

in an interrog.: an est quisquam qui dubitet, tribunos offensos esse?

Liv. 5, 3; so,

quis dubitat,

Quint. 9, 4, 68; 130; 10, 1, 81. — Pass. impers.: an dubitabitur, ibi partes oratoris esse praecipuas? id. prooem. § 12. —Affirm.: piraticam ut musicam, fabricam dici adhuc dubitabant mei praeceptores, Quint. 8, 3, 34.—

Transf., of inan. and abstr. subjects, to be uncertain, doubtful:

si tardior manus dubitet,

Quint. 5, 10, 124:

suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio,

id. 10, 7, 22:

aut vincere aut, si fortuna dubitabit (= adversabit), etc.,

Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

nec mox fama dubitavit, cum, etc.,

Flor. 1, 1, 2.—

Meton., to reflect upon, to ponder, consider, deliberate:

in utramque partem cogitare, deliberare, etc. (very rare): haec dum dubitas, menses abierunt decem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 57:

restat, judices, ut hoc dubitemus, uter, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 88:

percipe porro, quid dubitem,

Verg. A. 9, 191:

dubitaverat Augustus Germanicum rei Romanae imponere,

had considered whether he should, Tac. A. 4, 57.

To waver in coming to a conclusion, to be irresolute; to hesitate, delay.

With inf. (so most commonly): non dubitaverim [p. 614] me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 4;

so with a negation,

id. ib. 1, 15; id. Lael. 1; id. de Or. 1, 40 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 2, 23, 2: flumen transire, 6, 8, 1; id. B. C. 1, 71, 2; 2, 33, 2 and fin.; Verg. A. 7, 311; 8, 614 et saep.:

quid dubitamus pultare atque huc evocare ambos foras?

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29;

so in an interrog.,

id. Mil. 4, 2, 17; id. Ps. 2, 2, 30; id. Poen. 3, 5, 44; Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 4; Quint. 12, 5, 3; 12, 10, 63; Verg. A. 6, 807 al.—Very seldom affirmatively:

quod ea illi nubere dubitabat,

Sall. C. 15, 2:

accusat fratrem, quod dubitet omnia quae ad beatam vitam pertineant ventre metiri,

Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113:

dubitat agnoscere matrem,

Stat. Achill. 1, 250:

si forte dubitaret quod afferretur accipere,

Curt. 4, 5:

isdem mandatum ut occiderent, si venire dubitaret,

id. 10, 8.—Ellipt.:

quod dubitas, ne feceris,

Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5.—

Non dubito quin (rare in Cic. and Caes.):

nemo dubitabat, quin, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

tum dubitandum non existimavit, quin proficisceretur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 71, 1; cf.:

nolite dubitare, quin huic uni credatis omnia,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68;

and in an interrog.: dubitabitis, judices, quin? etc.,

id. Fl. 17, 40; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—

Absol. (rare):

te neque umquam dubitasse, neque timuisse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 3:

sed mora damnosa est, nec res dubitare remittit,

Ov. M. 11, 377:

quid igitur ego dubito?

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 283;

so in an interrog.,

id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 3; Verg. A. 9, 12:

magnitudine supplicii dubitantes cogit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 9; id. ib. 7, 63, 3; Sall. C. 28, 1 al.:

dubitantia lumina,

failing, Sil. 10, 154. —Hence,

dŭbĭtanter, adv.

Doubtingly:

sine ulla affirmatione, dubitanter unum quodque dicemus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.—

Hesitatingly, with hesitancy (very rare):

illum verecunde et dubitanter recepisse,

Cic. Brut. 22, 87; cf. Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—

dŭbĭ-tātim, adv. (i. q. dubitanter, 2.), hesitatingly, with hesitation (only in the foll. passages), Sisenn. ap. Non. 98, 33; so Cael. Ann. ib.

lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. elachus], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).

Lit.:

leviora corpora (opp. graviora),

Lucr. 2, 227:

aether,

id. 5, 459:

aura,

id. 3, 196:

levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

stipulae,

Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor:

levis armaturae Numidae,

the light-armed Numidians, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.:

sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,

Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so,

miles,

a light-armed soldier, Liv. 8, 8; cf.

of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,

Tac. G. 6:

flebis in solo levis angiportu,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead:

terraque securae sit super ossa levis,

Tib. 2, 4, 50;

esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,

the shades, bodiless persons, Ov. M. 10, 14:

virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.— Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—

Transf.

Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,

lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18:

leves malvae,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.:

gravi Malvae salubres corpori,

id. Epod. 2, 57).—

Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:

agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),

a quick, favorable wind, Cat. 64, 9; cf.:

leves venti,

Ov. M. 15, 346:

flatus,

Sil. 15, 162:

currus,

light, swift, Ov. M. 2, 150:

levi deducens pollice filum,

light, nimble, id. ib. 4, 36; so,

pollex,

id. ib. 6, 22:

saltus,

id. ib. 7, 767;

3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,

Nep. Iphicr. 1:

Messapus levis cursu,

Verg. A. 12, 489:

leves Parthi,

id. G. 4, 314:

equus,

Val. Fl. 1, 389:

Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 31:

quaere modos leviore plectro,

nimbler, gayer, id. ib. 2, 1, 40:

et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,

Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. ( poet.):

omnes ire leves,

Sil. 16, 488:

exsultare levis,

id. 10, 605:

levior discurrere,

id. 4, 549:

nullo levis terrore moveri,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514:

hora,

fleeting, Ov. M. 15, 181:

terra,

light, thin soil, Verg. G. 2, 92:

et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3;

so (opp graviora),

id. ib. —

Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488:

tactus,

a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:

strepitus,

id. ib. 7, 840:

stridor,

id. ib. 4, 413.

Trop.

Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):

nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45:

leve et infirmum,

id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt;

ad motum animi... leviora,

id. Deiot. 2, 5:

quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,

id. Planc. 26, 63:

auditio,

a light, unfounded report, Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,

something very insignificant, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

dolor,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 40:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

periculum,

id. B. C. 3, 26:

in aliquem merita,

id. ib. 2, 32, 10:

leviore de causa,

id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.:

praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,

Juv. 13, 182:

effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,

Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.:

in levi habitum,

was made little of, was regarded as a trifle, Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54:

levia sed nimium queror,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 63:

quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,

no easy matter, Juv. 7, 240:

quidquid levius putaris,

easier, id. 10, 344.—

With gen. ( poet.):

opum levior,

Sil. 2, 102.—

In disposition or character.

Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:

homo levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

ne me leviorem erga te putes,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 34:

tu levior cortice,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,

Cic. Lael. 25, 91:

quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,

id. ib. 17, 63:

leves ac nummarii judices,

id. Clu. 28, 75:

sit precor illa levis,

Tib. 1, 6, 56:

levi brachio aliquid agere,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6:

quid levius aut turpius,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.:

auctor,

Liv. 5, 15:

leves amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 26, 100:

spes,

vain, empty, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

leviores mores,

Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.—

Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare):

quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and:

levior reprehensio,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,

the gentlest, mildest, Liv. 5, 23 fin.:

nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28:

exsilium,

mild, tolerable, Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.

Lit. (rare):

armati,

light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:

levius casura pila sperabat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—

Trop.

Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:

leviter densae nubes,

Lucr. 6, 248:

inflexum bacillum,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:

genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

saucius,

id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

non leviter lucra liguriens,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

agnoscere aliquid,

id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

eruditus,

id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.— Comp.:

quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,

so much less, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

dolere,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.— Sup.:

ut levissime dicam,

to express it in the mildest manner, Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin. —

Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity:

id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.:

sed levissime feram, si, etc.,

id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.— Comp.:

levius torquetis Arachne,

more dexterously, Juv. 2, 56.

lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:

in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,

id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,

id. Univ. 6:

pocula,

smooth, shining, Verg. A. 5, 91:

pharetrae,

id. ib. 5, 558:

brassica,

Cato, R. R. 15, 7:

levissima corpora,

Lucr. 4, 659:

coma pectine levis,

Ov. M. 12, 409:

nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 11:

levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,

Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.— Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, [p. 1055] Verg. A. 5, 328:

levis Juventas ( = imberbis),

smooth, without hair, beardless, Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so,

ora,

Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31:

crura,

Juv. 8, 115:

sponsus,

id. 3, 111:

caput,

id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful:

pectus,

Verg. A. 11, 40:

frons,

id. E. 6, 51:

umeri,

id. A. 7, 815:

colla,

Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate:

vir,

Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.:

externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,

smoothness, Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so,

per leve,

Pers. 1, 64:

per levia,

Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.—

Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—

Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.):

oratio (opp. aspera),

Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so,

levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),

id. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

levis et aspera (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15:

levis et quadrata compositio,

id. 2, 5, 9:

levia ac nitida,

id. 5, 12, 18:

(aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,

id. 9, 4, 116.— Adv. does not occur.

testor, ātus, 1, v. a. [1. testis].

To be a witness, speak as witness, to bear witness, give evidence, depose, testify, attest any thing.

Lit. (very rare, and not in Cic.; cf.

testificor): confiteor: testere licet: signate Quirites,

thou canst attest it, Ov. P. 4, 15, 11:

quasi inclamaret aut testaretur locutus est,

Quint. 11, 3, 172.—

Transf., in gen., to make known, show, prove, demonstrate; to give to understand, to declare, aver, assert, bear witness to, etc. (class and very freq.):

ego quod facio, me pacis, otii, etc.... causā facere, clamo atque testor,

Cic. Mur. 37, 78:

auctoritatem hujus indicii monumentis publicis,

id. Sull. 14, 41:

nunc illa testabor, non me sortilegos... agnoscere,

id. Div. 1, 58, 132:

testatur isto audiente, se pro communi necessitudine id primum petere,

id. Quint. 21, 66:

clarissimā voce se nomen Oppianici... delaturum esse testatur,

id. Clu. 8, 23:

ea quae accidere testatus antea,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 10 Dietsch:

testatus, quae praestitisset civibus eorum, etc.,

Liv. 25, 10, 8:

vectigal testandi causā publicum agrum esse imponere,

id. 31, 13, 7:

assiduoque suos gemitu testata dolores,

Ov. M. 2, 486:

quod Cicero pluribus et libris et epistulis testatur,

Quint. 12, 2, 6:

utraeque (venae et arteriae) vim quandam incredibilem artificiosi operis divinique testantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

sunt Agamemnonias testantia litora curas,

Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 21:

ut pura testantur sidera caelo,

Tib. 4, 1, 10:

verba nos testantia gratos,

Ov. M. 14, 307:

carmina raros testantia mores,

id. P. 1, 9, 43:

campus sepulcris proelia testatur,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 31:

numerus autem (saepe enim hoc testandum est) est non modo non poëtice junctus, verum etiam, etc.,

Cic. Or. 68, 227; Quint. prooem. § 26; 11, 1, 5.—

In partic., to publish one ' s last will or testament, to make a will, provide by will for any thing, Cic. Inv. 2, 21, 62:

cum ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, immemor in testando nepotis decessisset,

Liv. 1, 34, 3:

quis dubitaret, quin ea voluntas fuisset testantis, ut is non nato filio heres esset,

Quint. 7, 6, 10:

si exheredatum a se filium pater testatus fuerit elogio,

id. 7, 4, 20:

primipilari seni jam testato,

id. 6, 3, 92:

intestati appellantur, qui cum possent testamentum facere, testati non sunt,

Dig. 38, 16, 1; 29, 1, 19 pr.;

49, 14, 45 pr.: nomen testatas intulit in tabulas,

i. e. into his will, Cat. 68, 122.—

To call upon or invoke a person or thing as witness (likewise class.):

Venus Cyrenensis, testem te testor mihi,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 51:

vos, di patrii ac penates, testor, me defendere, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 31, 86:

C. Marii et ceterorum virorum mentis testor, me pro illorum famā propugnandum putare, etc.,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 30: omnes deos, with an obj.-clause, id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 2:

ego omnes homines deosque testor,

id. Caecin. 29, 83:

deos immortales,

id. Clu. 68, 194:

me potissimum testatus est, se aemulum mearum laudum exstitisse,

id. Phil. 2, 12, 28 stuprata per vim Lucretia a regis filio, testata cives, se ipsa interemit, id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

implorarem sensus vestros, uniuscujusque indulgentiam in suos testarer, etc.,

id. Sull. 23, 64:

consulibus deos hominesque testantibus,

Liv. 4, 53, 5:

Jovem et laesi foederis aras,

Verg. A. 12, 496:

vos, aeterni ignes, et non violabile vestrum testor numen,

id. ib. 2, 155:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles, Hic Ixioniden, ille Menoetiaden,

Prop. 2, 1, 37:

volnera testor,

Ov. F. 4, 885:

id testor deos, Ter Hec. 3, 5, 26: hoc vos, judices, testor,

Cic. Sull. 12, 35.

Act. collat. form testo, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 797 P.—

Pass. (acc. to I. B.), Cic. Fl. 11, 26:

cum aliorum monumentis tum Catonis oratione testatum est,

shown, proved, attested, Quint. 2, 15, 8; 2, 17, 2; 8, prooem. § 20.—Hence, P. a. in pass. force: testātus, a, um, public, manifest, published (class.):

ut res quam maxime clara ac testata esse posset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187; 2. 2, 42, § 104;

1, 16, 48: haec testata sunt atque inlustria,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 6:

ut testatum esse velim, de pace quid senserim,

id. Att. 8, 9, 1:

nihil religione testatum,

id. Fl. 11, 26.— Comp.:

ut res multorum oculis esset testatior,

Cic. Cael. 27, 64: quo notior testatiorque virtus ejus esset, Hirt. B. G. 8, 42:

quo testatior esset poena improborum,

id. ib. 8, 44; Nep. Alcib. 4, 5.— Sup.:

testatissima miracula,

Aug. Conf. 8, 6.—Hence, adv.: testātō, before witnesses:

jussum accipiendum est, sive testato quis, sive verbis, aut per nuntium, jusserit,

Dig. 15, 4, 1; cf. ib. 18, 6, 1; 45, 1, 122; App. Mag. p. 324, 11.—

As is well known or evident, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—

After making a will, testate:

sive testato, sive intestato, decesserint,

Dig. 49, 14, 45.

testor, ātus, 1, v. a. [1. testis].

To be a witness, speak as witness, to bear witness, give evidence, depose, testify, attest any thing.

Lit. (very rare, and not in Cic.; cf.

testificor): confiteor: testere licet: signate Quirites,

thou canst attest it, Ov. P. 4, 15, 11:

quasi inclamaret aut testaretur locutus est,

Quint. 11, 3, 172.—

Transf., in gen., to make known, show, prove, demonstrate; to give to understand, to declare, aver, assert, bear witness to, etc. (class and very freq.):

ego quod facio, me pacis, otii, etc.... causā facere, clamo atque testor,

Cic. Mur. 37, 78:

auctoritatem hujus indicii monumentis publicis,

id. Sull. 14, 41:

nunc illa testabor, non me sortilegos... agnoscere,

id. Div. 1, 58, 132:

testatur isto audiente, se pro communi necessitudine id primum petere,

id. Quint. 21, 66:

clarissimā voce se nomen Oppianici... delaturum esse testatur,

id. Clu. 8, 23:

ea quae accidere testatus antea,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 10 Dietsch:

testatus, quae praestitisset civibus eorum, etc.,

Liv. 25, 10, 8:

vectigal testandi causā publicum agrum esse imponere,

id. 31, 13, 7:

assiduoque suos gemitu testata dolores,

Ov. M. 2, 486:

quod Cicero pluribus et libris et epistulis testatur,

Quint. 12, 2, 6:

utraeque (venae et arteriae) vim quandam incredibilem artificiosi operis divinique testantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

sunt Agamemnonias testantia litora curas,

Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 21:

ut pura testantur sidera caelo,

Tib. 4, 1, 10:

verba nos testantia gratos,

Ov. M. 14, 307:

carmina raros testantia mores,

id. P. 1, 9, 43:

campus sepulcris proelia testatur,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 31:

numerus autem (saepe enim hoc testandum est) est non modo non poëtice junctus, verum etiam, etc.,

Cic. Or. 68, 227; Quint. prooem. § 26; 11, 1, 5.—

In partic., to publish one ' s last will or testament, to make a will, provide by will for any thing, Cic. Inv. 2, 21, 62:

cum ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, immemor in testando nepotis decessisset,

Liv. 1, 34, 3:

quis dubitaret, quin ea voluntas fuisset testantis, ut is non nato filio heres esset,

Quint. 7, 6, 10:

si exheredatum a se filium pater testatus fuerit elogio,

id. 7, 4, 20:

primipilari seni jam testato,

id. 6, 3, 92:

intestati appellantur, qui cum possent testamentum facere, testati non sunt,

Dig. 38, 16, 1; 29, 1, 19 pr.;

49, 14, 45 pr.: nomen testatas intulit in tabulas,

i. e. into his will, Cat. 68, 122.—

To call upon or invoke a person or thing as witness (likewise class.):

Venus Cyrenensis, testem te testor mihi,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 51:

vos, di patrii ac penates, testor, me defendere, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 31, 86:

C. Marii et ceterorum virorum mentis testor, me pro illorum famā propugnandum putare, etc.,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 30: omnes deos, with an obj.-clause, id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 2:

ego omnes homines deosque testor,

id. Caecin. 29, 83:

deos immortales,

id. Clu. 68, 194:

me potissimum testatus est, se aemulum mearum laudum exstitisse,

id. Phil. 2, 12, 28 stuprata per vim Lucretia a regis filio, testata cives, se ipsa interemit, id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

implorarem sensus vestros, uniuscujusque indulgentiam in suos testarer, etc.,

id. Sull. 23, 64:

consulibus deos hominesque testantibus,

Liv. 4, 53, 5:

Jovem et laesi foederis aras,

Verg. A. 12, 496:

vos, aeterni ignes, et non violabile vestrum testor numen,

id. ib. 2, 155:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles, Hic Ixioniden, ille Menoetiaden,

Prop. 2, 1, 37:

volnera testor,

Ov. F. 4, 885:

id testor deos, Ter Hec. 3, 5, 26: hoc vos, judices, testor,

Cic. Sull. 12, 35.

Act. collat. form testo, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 797 P.—

Pass. (acc. to I. B.), Cic. Fl. 11, 26:

cum aliorum monumentis tum Catonis oratione testatum est,

shown, proved, attested, Quint. 2, 15, 8; 2, 17, 2; 8, prooem. § 20.—Hence, P. a. in pass. force: testātus, a, um, public, manifest, published (class.):

ut res quam maxime clara ac testata esse posset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187; 2. 2, 42, § 104;

1, 16, 48: haec testata sunt atque inlustria,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 6:

ut testatum esse velim, de pace quid senserim,

id. Att. 8, 9, 1:

nihil religione testatum,

id. Fl. 11, 26.— Comp.:

ut res multorum oculis esset testatior,

Cic. Cael. 27, 64: quo notior testatiorque virtus ejus esset, Hirt. B. G. 8, 42:

quo testatior esset poena improborum,

id. ib. 8, 44; Nep. Alcib. 4, 5.— Sup.:

testatissima miracula,

Aug. Conf. 8, 6.—Hence, adv.: testātō, before witnesses:

jussum accipiendum est, sive testato quis, sive verbis, aut per nuntium, jusserit,

Dig. 15, 4, 1; cf. ib. 18, 6, 1; 45, 1, 122; App. Mag. p. 324, 11.—

As is well known or evident, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—

After making a will, testate:

sive testato, sive intestato, decesserint,

Dig. 49, 14, 45.