an officer who

prae-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [facio], to set over any thing (as officer, superintendent, leader, etc.), to place in authority over, place at the head, appoint to the command of.

Lit. (freq. and class.; cf.:

praepono, praefero): te cum securi caudicali praeficio provinciae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25:

praefeci rure recte qui curet tamen,

id. Cas. 1, 1, 17:

aliquem pecori,

Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

certum magistratum alicui procurationi,

id. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

imperatorem bello,

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

tantis rebus,

id. ib. 10, 27:

legatos legionibus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 24:

pontifices sacris,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

aliquem sacerdotio Neptuni,

Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27:

libertos rationibus, libellis et epistulis,

Tac. A. 6, 8:

aliquem provinciae,

id. ib. 13, 46;

2, 4: aliquem classi,

Nep. Milt. 4, 1; Liv. 35, 42 et saep.:

lucis Avernis,

Verg. A. 6, 118:

Juno sacris praefecta maritis,

Ov. H. 12, 87:

in eo exercitu inimici mei fratrem praefecerat,

had given him a command, Cic. Sest. 18, 41. —

Trop., to set over, etc. (rare): nec locus nec materia invenitur, cui divinationem praeficere possimus, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 12. —Hence, as subst.: praefectus, i, m., an overseer, director, president, chief, commander, prefect.

In gen.:

gumnasi praefecto poenas pendere,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 22:

villae,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17 fin.:

tu (censor) es praefectus moribus,

Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

praefectus morum,

Nep. Hamilc. 3, 2:

nec vero mulieribus praefectus praeponatur,

Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 16 (Non. 499, 13); cf. Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 30:

cum praefectus custodum quaesisset, etc.,

Nep. Eum. 11, 1:

his utitur quasi praefectis libidinum suarum,

Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 15.—

In partic., as a title of particular civil or military officers, a president, superintendent, commander, governor, etc.:

praefectus aerarii or aerario,

a treasurer, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2; id. Pan. 92; Gell. 13, 24, 30; Capitol. Gord. 4: annonae, a superintendent of grain or of the markets, Tac. A. 11, 31; Inscr. Orell. 1084; 1186; 1091;

3169: castrorum or castris,

an officer who attended to the pitching of the camp and all matters connected therewith, a quartermaster, Vell. 2, 112, 6; 119, 4; 120, 4; Tac. A. 14, 37; 1, 20; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 10:

classis,

an admiral, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89; Liv. 26, 48; 36, 20; 42; Flor. 3, 7; afterwards also for a captain of a ship, Tac. H. 3, 12; Veg. Mil. 4, 32; Inscr. Orell. 3596;

who was formerly called praefectus navis: dextrum cornu praefectos navium ad terram explicare jubet,

Liv. 36, 44; Flor. 2, 5: fabrūm, in the army, a superintendent of the military engines, chief engineer, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 2; id. B. C. 1, 24, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 76, 1; Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48; Inscr. Orell. 4906;

in the free towns and colonies,

a superintendent of public works, ib. 516: equitum, a commander of the cavalry, as we say, a colonel or general of cavalry, Hirt. B. G. 8, 12; Vell. 2, 24, 1;

called also simply praefectus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 3, 7; Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 7; cf.

cohortium,

Sall. J. 46, 7: legionis, in the time of the emperors, the same that was previously called legatus legionis, a commander of the legion, i. q. our colonel, Tac. H. 1, 82; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Galb. 11; 14; id. Calig. 56; id. Ner. 21; Inscr. Grut. 465, 2; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 9:

praefectus regis or regius,

a commander-in-chief, generalissimo, Liv. 36, 11; Sall. J. 46, 5; Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; id. Ages. 2, 3; cf. Flor. 3, 5; 11:

praefectus praetorio and praetorii, in the time of the emperors,

a commander of the imperial body - guard, pretorian prefect, Tac. A. 1, 24; id. H. 1, 13; 19; Dig. 1, 11 et saep.; in later times, a governor of a province of the Roman empire: praefectus urbi or urbis, governor of the city of Rome, in the times of the republic, appointed only to represent the consul during the latter's absence; under the emperors, a perpetual office with a particular jurisdiction, Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Tac. A. 6, 10; 11; Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 223; Suet. Aug. 33; Inscr. Orell. 3153 sq.:

vigilum or vigilibus,

a captain of the watch, Dig. 1, 15, 3; 47, 2, 58; Inscr. Orell. 801; 1088; 1929:

Aegypti,

the governor of the province of Egypt, Suet. Aug. 18; 66; id. Vesp. 6; Dig. 1, 17; Inscr. Orell. 709; 3651; so,

Lydiae, Ioniae, totiusque Phrygiae,

Nep. Dat. 2, 5:

Alpium,

Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134; Inscr. Grut. 287, 7.

ac-censĕo ( ŭi), nsum, 2, v. a., to reckon to or among, to add to; as a verb. finit. very rare:

numine sub dominae lateo atque accenseor illi,

i. e. I am her companion, Ov. M. 15, 546; and: accensi, qui his accensebantur, id est attribuebantur, Non. 520, 7.—But hence in frequent use, ac-census, a, um, P. a., reckoned among, or subst. accensus, i., m.

One who attends another of higher rank, an attendant, follower; hence, a state officer who attended one of the highest magistrates (consul, proconsul, praetor, etc.) at Rome or in the provinces, for the purpose of summoning parties to court, maintaining order and quiet during its sessions, and proclaiming the hours; an apparitor, attendant, orderly (on account of this office, Varr. 6, § 89 Müll., would derive the word from accieo), Varr. ap. Non. 59, 2 sq.; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4 and 7; id. Att. 4, 16; Liv. 45, 29, 2; Suet. Caes. 20 al.—The person to whom one is accensus is annexed in dat. or gen.:

qui tum accensus Neroni fuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 28:

libertus, accensus Gabinii,

id. Att. 4, 16, 12. The Decurions and Centurions also [p. 16] had their accensi as aids, Varr. L. L. 7, § 58 Müll.;

also at funerals, as leader of the procession,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 61. Cf. on the accensi, Necker's Antiq. 2, 2, p. 375 sq.—

accensi, a kind of reserve troops who followed the army as supernumeraries (= ascripticii, or, in later times, supernumerarii), to take the place of those who fell in battle. They had no arms, and were only clothed with the military cloak, and hence called velati: quia vestiti et inermes sequuntur exercitum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 369 Müll.; they used in battle only slings and stones. They were also employed in constructing public roads. Cf. Mommsen, Degli Accensi Velati, in Annali del. Inst. vol. xxi. (1849), p. 209 sq.; and Necker's Antiq. 3, 2, p. 242 sq.

ac-censĕo ( ŭi), nsum, 2, v. a., to reckon to or among, to add to; as a verb. finit. very rare:

numine sub dominae lateo atque accenseor illi,

i. e. I am her companion, Ov. M. 15, 546; and: accensi, qui his accensebantur, id est attribuebantur, Non. 520, 7.—But hence in frequent use, ac-census, a, um, P. a., reckoned among, or subst. accensus, i., m.

One who attends another of higher rank, an attendant, follower; hence, a state officer who attended one of the highest magistrates (consul, proconsul, praetor, etc.) at Rome or in the provinces, for the purpose of summoning parties to court, maintaining order and quiet during its sessions, and proclaiming the hours; an apparitor, attendant, orderly (on account of this office, Varr. 6, § 89 Müll., would derive the word from accieo), Varr. ap. Non. 59, 2 sq.; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4 and 7; id. Att. 4, 16; Liv. 45, 29, 2; Suet. Caes. 20 al.—The person to whom one is accensus is annexed in dat. or gen.:

qui tum accensus Neroni fuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 28:

libertus, accensus Gabinii,

id. Att. 4, 16, 12. The Decurions and Centurions also [p. 16] had their accensi as aids, Varr. L. L. 7, § 58 Müll.;

also at funerals, as leader of the procession,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 61. Cf. on the accensi, Necker's Antiq. 2, 2, p. 375 sq.—

accensi, a kind of reserve troops who followed the army as supernumeraries (= ascripticii, or, in later times, supernumerarii), to take the place of those who fell in battle. They had no arms, and were only clothed with the military cloak, and hence called velati: quia vestiti et inermes sequuntur exercitum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 369 Müll.; they used in battle only slings and stones. They were also employed in constructing public roads. Cf. Mommsen, Degli Accensi Velati, in Annali del. Inst. vol. xxi. (1849), p. 209 sq.; and Necker's Antiq. 3, 2, p. 242 sq.

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crĕo (old form cerĕo, in Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [kindred with Sanscr. kar, kri, to make], to bring forth, produce, make, create, beget (very freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

rerum primordia pandam, Unde omnes natura creet res auctet alatque,

Lucr. 1, 51:

animalia,

id. 2, 1152:

genus humanum,

id. 5, 820:

mortalia saecla,

id. 5, 789:

fruges,

id. 2, 170:

ignem,

id. 1, 799; cf.:

ignes e lignis,

id. 1, 910 et saep.:

(Silvius) Aenean Silvium creat,

Liv. 1, 3, 7; cf.:

fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 29.—Also of woman:

pueris beata creandis Uxor,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 44; Pall. Febr. 26, 2.—Hence, in poets freq. in part. perf.: crĕātus, a, with abl. ( masc. or fem.), sprung from, begotten by, born of; or subst., an offspring, a child, Ov. M. 5, 145; 11, 295; 11, 303 al.— Subst.: crĕāta, ōrum, n., things made:

servare,

Lucr. 2, 572.—

In partic., publicist. t. t. (cf. facio), to make or create for any jurisdiction or office, i. e. to choose, elect (freq.):

qui comitiatu creare consules rite possint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9; so,

consules,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1; Liv. 4, 7, 2; 4, 7, 7; 4, 7, 10:

duo ex unā familiā magistratus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

Patres,

Liv. 1, 8, 7:

dictatorem,

id. 2, 18 (five times):

magistrum equitum,

id. 2, 18, 5; 4, 57, 6:

interregem,

id. 4, 7, 7; 5, 31, 8:

tribunum,

id. 2, 33, 3:

tribuniciam potestatem,

id. 5, 2, 8:

censores,

Suet. Aug. 37:

Imperatorem (with eligere),

id. Vesp. 6:

ducem gerendo bello,

Liv. 1, 23, 8. curatorem reipublicae, Dig. 50, 8, 3.—

Of the officer who appoints or superintends an election:

quos (consules) cum Ti. Gracchus consul iterum crearet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 10.—

In eccl. Lat. of the exercise of divine power in creation, to create, call into being, endow with existence, etc.:

caelum et terram,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 1:

hominem,

id. ib. 5, 1:

omnia,

id. Eph. 3, 9.—

Meton.:

cor mundum in me,

Vulg. Psa. 50, 11 al. —

Trop., to produce, prepare, cause, occasion:

voluptatem meis inimicis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 3:

commoditatem mihi,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 94:

lites,

id. ib. 3, 2, 9:

omnis has aerumnas,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 33:

capitalem fraudem tuis cruribus capitique,

id. ib. 2, 3, 23:

moram dictis,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 174:

errorem (similitudo),

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

luxuriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

seditionem,

Vell. 2, 20:

taedium ac satietatem ex similitudine,

Quint. 9, 4, 143:

vomitum dissolutionemque stomachi,

Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155 et saep.

Crĕo, or, anal. to the Gr., Crĕon, ontis, m., = Kreôn.

A king of Corinth, who betrothed his daughter Creusa to Jason, Hyg. Fab. 25; Sen. Med. 526; Hor. Epod. 5, 64.—

A brother of Jocaste, at Thebes, Hyg. Fab. 72; Stat. Th. 12, 477; 12, 678.

crĕo (old form cerĕo, in Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [kindred with Sanscr. kar, kri, to make], to bring forth, produce, make, create, beget (very freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

rerum primordia pandam, Unde omnes natura creet res auctet alatque,

Lucr. 1, 51:

animalia,

id. 2, 1152:

genus humanum,

id. 5, 820:

mortalia saecla,

id. 5, 789:

fruges,

id. 2, 170:

ignem,

id. 1, 799; cf.:

ignes e lignis,

id. 1, 910 et saep.:

(Silvius) Aenean Silvium creat,

Liv. 1, 3, 7; cf.:

fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 29.—Also of woman:

pueris beata creandis Uxor,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 44; Pall. Febr. 26, 2.—Hence, in poets freq. in part. perf.: crĕātus, a, with abl. ( masc. or fem.), sprung from, begotten by, born of; or subst., an offspring, a child, Ov. M. 5, 145; 11, 295; 11, 303 al.— Subst.: crĕāta, ōrum, n., things made:

servare,

Lucr. 2, 572.—

In partic., publicist. t. t. (cf. facio), to make or create for any jurisdiction or office, i. e. to choose, elect (freq.):

qui comitiatu creare consules rite possint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9; so,

consules,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1; Liv. 4, 7, 2; 4, 7, 7; 4, 7, 10:

duo ex unā familiā magistratus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

Patres,

Liv. 1, 8, 7:

dictatorem,

id. 2, 18 (five times):

magistrum equitum,

id. 2, 18, 5; 4, 57, 6:

interregem,

id. 4, 7, 7; 5, 31, 8:

tribunum,

id. 2, 33, 3:

tribuniciam potestatem,

id. 5, 2, 8:

censores,

Suet. Aug. 37:

Imperatorem (with eligere),

id. Vesp. 6:

ducem gerendo bello,

Liv. 1, 23, 8. curatorem reipublicae, Dig. 50, 8, 3.—

Of the officer who appoints or superintends an election:

quos (consules) cum Ti. Gracchus consul iterum crearet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 10.—

In eccl. Lat. of the exercise of divine power in creation, to create, call into being, endow with existence, etc.:

caelum et terram,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 1:

hominem,

id. ib. 5, 1:

omnia,

id. Eph. 3, 9.—

Meton.:

cor mundum in me,

Vulg. Psa. 50, 11 al. —

Trop., to produce, prepare, cause, occasion:

voluptatem meis inimicis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 3:

commoditatem mihi,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 94:

lites,

id. ib. 3, 2, 9:

omnis has aerumnas,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 33:

capitalem fraudem tuis cruribus capitique,

id. ib. 2, 3, 23:

moram dictis,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 174:

errorem (similitudo),

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

luxuriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

seditionem,

Vell. 2, 20:

taedium ac satietatem ex similitudine,

Quint. 9, 4, 143:

vomitum dissolutionemque stomachi,

Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155 et saep.

Crĕo, or, anal. to the Gr., Crĕon, ontis, m., = Kreôn.

A king of Corinth, who betrothed his daughter Creusa to Jason, Hyg. Fab. 25; Sen. Med. 526; Hor. Epod. 5, 64.—

A brother of Jocaste, at Thebes, Hyg. Fab. 72; Stat. Th. 12, 477; 12, 678.

crĕo (old form cerĕo, in Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [kindred with Sanscr. kar, kri, to make], to bring forth, produce, make, create, beget (very freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

rerum primordia pandam, Unde omnes natura creet res auctet alatque,

Lucr. 1, 51:

animalia,

id. 2, 1152:

genus humanum,

id. 5, 820:

mortalia saecla,

id. 5, 789:

fruges,

id. 2, 170:

ignem,

id. 1, 799; cf.:

ignes e lignis,

id. 1, 910 et saep.:

(Silvius) Aenean Silvium creat,

Liv. 1, 3, 7; cf.:

fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 29.—Also of woman:

pueris beata creandis Uxor,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 44; Pall. Febr. 26, 2.—Hence, in poets freq. in part. perf.: crĕātus, a, with abl. ( masc. or fem.), sprung from, begotten by, born of; or subst., an offspring, a child, Ov. M. 5, 145; 11, 295; 11, 303 al.— Subst.: crĕāta, ōrum, n., things made:

servare,

Lucr. 2, 572.—

In partic., publicist. t. t. (cf. facio), to make or create for any jurisdiction or office, i. e. to choose, elect (freq.):

qui comitiatu creare consules rite possint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9; so,

consules,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1; Liv. 4, 7, 2; 4, 7, 7; 4, 7, 10:

duo ex unā familiā magistratus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

Patres,

Liv. 1, 8, 7:

dictatorem,

id. 2, 18 (five times):

magistrum equitum,

id. 2, 18, 5; 4, 57, 6:

interregem,

id. 4, 7, 7; 5, 31, 8:

tribunum,

id. 2, 33, 3:

tribuniciam potestatem,

id. 5, 2, 8:

censores,

Suet. Aug. 37:

Imperatorem (with eligere),

id. Vesp. 6:

ducem gerendo bello,

Liv. 1, 23, 8. curatorem reipublicae, Dig. 50, 8, 3.—

Of the officer who appoints or superintends an election:

quos (consules) cum Ti. Gracchus consul iterum crearet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 10.—

In eccl. Lat. of the exercise of divine power in creation, to create, call into being, endow with existence, etc.:

caelum et terram,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 1:

hominem,

id. ib. 5, 1:

omnia,

id. Eph. 3, 9.—

Meton.:

cor mundum in me,

Vulg. Psa. 50, 11 al. —

Trop., to produce, prepare, cause, occasion:

voluptatem meis inimicis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 3:

commoditatem mihi,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 94:

lites,

id. ib. 3, 2, 9:

omnis has aerumnas,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 33:

capitalem fraudem tuis cruribus capitique,

id. ib. 2, 3, 23:

moram dictis,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 174:

errorem (similitudo),

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

luxuriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

seditionem,

Vell. 2, 20:

taedium ac satietatem ex similitudine,

Quint. 9, 4, 143:

vomitum dissolutionemque stomachi,

Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155 et saep.

Crĕo, or, anal. to the Gr., Crĕon, ontis, m., = Kreôn.

A king of Corinth, who betrothed his daughter Creusa to Jason, Hyg. Fab. 25; Sen. Med. 526; Hor. Epod. 5, 64.—

A brother of Jocaste, at Thebes, Hyg. Fab. 72; Stat. Th. 12, 477; 12, 678.

crĕo (old form cerĕo, in Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [kindred with Sanscr. kar, kri, to make], to bring forth, produce, make, create, beget (very freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

rerum primordia pandam, Unde omnes natura creet res auctet alatque,

Lucr. 1, 51:

animalia,

id. 2, 1152:

genus humanum,

id. 5, 820:

mortalia saecla,

id. 5, 789:

fruges,

id. 2, 170:

ignem,

id. 1, 799; cf.:

ignes e lignis,

id. 1, 910 et saep.:

(Silvius) Aenean Silvium creat,

Liv. 1, 3, 7; cf.:

fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 29.—Also of woman:

pueris beata creandis Uxor,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 44; Pall. Febr. 26, 2.—Hence, in poets freq. in part. perf.: crĕātus, a, with abl. ( masc. or fem.), sprung from, begotten by, born of; or subst., an offspring, a child, Ov. M. 5, 145; 11, 295; 11, 303 al.— Subst.: crĕāta, ōrum, n., things made:

servare,

Lucr. 2, 572.—

In partic., publicist. t. t. (cf. facio), to make or create for any jurisdiction or office, i. e. to choose, elect (freq.):

qui comitiatu creare consules rite possint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9; so,

consules,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1; Liv. 4, 7, 2; 4, 7, 7; 4, 7, 10:

duo ex unā familiā magistratus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

Patres,

Liv. 1, 8, 7:

dictatorem,

id. 2, 18 (five times):

magistrum equitum,

id. 2, 18, 5; 4, 57, 6:

interregem,

id. 4, 7, 7; 5, 31, 8:

tribunum,

id. 2, 33, 3:

tribuniciam potestatem,

id. 5, 2, 8:

censores,

Suet. Aug. 37:

Imperatorem (with eligere),

id. Vesp. 6:

ducem gerendo bello,

Liv. 1, 23, 8. curatorem reipublicae, Dig. 50, 8, 3.—

Of the officer who appoints or superintends an election:

quos (consules) cum Ti. Gracchus consul iterum crearet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 10.—

In eccl. Lat. of the exercise of divine power in creation, to create, call into being, endow with existence, etc.:

caelum et terram,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 1:

hominem,

id. ib. 5, 1:

omnia,

id. Eph. 3, 9.—

Meton.:

cor mundum in me,

Vulg. Psa. 50, 11 al. —

Trop., to produce, prepare, cause, occasion:

voluptatem meis inimicis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 3:

commoditatem mihi,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 94:

lites,

id. ib. 3, 2, 9:

omnis has aerumnas,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 33:

capitalem fraudem tuis cruribus capitique,

id. ib. 2, 3, 23:

moram dictis,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 174:

errorem (similitudo),

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

luxuriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

seditionem,

Vell. 2, 20:

taedium ac satietatem ex similitudine,

Quint. 9, 4, 143:

vomitum dissolutionemque stomachi,

Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155 et saep.

Crĕo, or, anal. to the Gr., Crĕon, ontis, m., = Kreôn.

A king of Corinth, who betrothed his daughter Creusa to Jason, Hyg. Fab. 25; Sen. Med. 526; Hor. Epod. 5, 64.—

A brother of Jocaste, at Thebes, Hyg. Fab. 72; Stat. Th. 12, 477; 12, 678.

crĕo (old form cerĕo, in Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [kindred with Sanscr. kar, kri, to make], to bring forth, produce, make, create, beget (very freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

rerum primordia pandam, Unde omnes natura creet res auctet alatque,

Lucr. 1, 51:

animalia,

id. 2, 1152:

genus humanum,

id. 5, 820:

mortalia saecla,

id. 5, 789:

fruges,

id. 2, 170:

ignem,

id. 1, 799; cf.:

ignes e lignis,

id. 1, 910 et saep.:

(Silvius) Aenean Silvium creat,

Liv. 1, 3, 7; cf.:

fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 29.—Also of woman:

pueris beata creandis Uxor,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 44; Pall. Febr. 26, 2.—Hence, in poets freq. in part. perf.: crĕātus, a, with abl. ( masc. or fem.), sprung from, begotten by, born of; or subst., an offspring, a child, Ov. M. 5, 145; 11, 295; 11, 303 al.— Subst.: crĕāta, ōrum, n., things made:

servare,

Lucr. 2, 572.—

In partic., publicist. t. t. (cf. facio), to make or create for any jurisdiction or office, i. e. to choose, elect (freq.):

qui comitiatu creare consules rite possint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9; so,

consules,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1; Liv. 4, 7, 2; 4, 7, 7; 4, 7, 10:

duo ex unā familiā magistratus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

Patres,

Liv. 1, 8, 7:

dictatorem,

id. 2, 18 (five times):

magistrum equitum,

id. 2, 18, 5; 4, 57, 6:

interregem,

id. 4, 7, 7; 5, 31, 8:

tribunum,

id. 2, 33, 3:

tribuniciam potestatem,

id. 5, 2, 8:

censores,

Suet. Aug. 37:

Imperatorem (with eligere),

id. Vesp. 6:

ducem gerendo bello,

Liv. 1, 23, 8. curatorem reipublicae, Dig. 50, 8, 3.—

Of the officer who appoints or superintends an election:

quos (consules) cum Ti. Gracchus consul iterum crearet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 10.—

In eccl. Lat. of the exercise of divine power in creation, to create, call into being, endow with existence, etc.:

caelum et terram,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 1:

hominem,

id. ib. 5, 1:

omnia,

id. Eph. 3, 9.—

Meton.:

cor mundum in me,

Vulg. Psa. 50, 11 al. —

Trop., to produce, prepare, cause, occasion:

voluptatem meis inimicis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 3:

commoditatem mihi,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 94:

lites,

id. ib. 3, 2, 9:

omnis has aerumnas,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 33:

capitalem fraudem tuis cruribus capitique,

id. ib. 2, 3, 23:

moram dictis,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 174:

errorem (similitudo),

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

luxuriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

seditionem,

Vell. 2, 20:

taedium ac satietatem ex similitudine,

Quint. 9, 4, 143:

vomitum dissolutionemque stomachi,

Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155 et saep.

Crĕo, or, anal. to the Gr., Crĕon, ontis, m., = Kreôn.

A king of Corinth, who betrothed his daughter Creusa to Jason, Hyg. Fab. 25; Sen. Med. 526; Hor. Epod. 5, 64.—

A brother of Jocaste, at Thebes, Hyg. Fab. 72; Stat. Th. 12, 477; 12, 678.

crĕo (old form cerĕo, in Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [kindred with Sanscr. kar, kri, to make], to bring forth, produce, make, create, beget (very freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

rerum primordia pandam, Unde omnes natura creet res auctet alatque,

Lucr. 1, 51:

animalia,

id. 2, 1152:

genus humanum,

id. 5, 820:

mortalia saecla,

id. 5, 789:

fruges,

id. 2, 170:

ignem,

id. 1, 799; cf.:

ignes e lignis,

id. 1, 910 et saep.:

(Silvius) Aenean Silvium creat,

Liv. 1, 3, 7; cf.:

fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 29.—Also of woman:

pueris beata creandis Uxor,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 44; Pall. Febr. 26, 2.—Hence, in poets freq. in part. perf.: crĕātus, a, with abl. ( masc. or fem.), sprung from, begotten by, born of; or subst., an offspring, a child, Ov. M. 5, 145; 11, 295; 11, 303 al.— Subst.: crĕāta, ōrum, n., things made:

servare,

Lucr. 2, 572.—

In partic., publicist. t. t. (cf. facio), to make or create for any jurisdiction or office, i. e. to choose, elect (freq.):

qui comitiatu creare consules rite possint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9; so,

consules,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1; Liv. 4, 7, 2; 4, 7, 7; 4, 7, 10:

duo ex unā familiā magistratus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

Patres,

Liv. 1, 8, 7:

dictatorem,

id. 2, 18 (five times):

magistrum equitum,

id. 2, 18, 5; 4, 57, 6:

interregem,

id. 4, 7, 7; 5, 31, 8:

tribunum,

id. 2, 33, 3:

tribuniciam potestatem,

id. 5, 2, 8:

censores,

Suet. Aug. 37:

Imperatorem (with eligere),

id. Vesp. 6:

ducem gerendo bello,

Liv. 1, 23, 8. curatorem reipublicae, Dig. 50, 8, 3.—

Of the officer who appoints or superintends an election:

quos (consules) cum Ti. Gracchus consul iterum crearet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 10.—

In eccl. Lat. of the exercise of divine power in creation, to create, call into being, endow with existence, etc.:

caelum et terram,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 1:

hominem,

id. ib. 5, 1:

omnia,

id. Eph. 3, 9.—

Meton.:

cor mundum in me,

Vulg. Psa. 50, 11 al. —

Trop., to produce, prepare, cause, occasion:

voluptatem meis inimicis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 3:

commoditatem mihi,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 94:

lites,

id. ib. 3, 2, 9:

omnis has aerumnas,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 33:

capitalem fraudem tuis cruribus capitique,

id. ib. 2, 3, 23:

moram dictis,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 174:

errorem (similitudo),

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

luxuriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

seditionem,

Vell. 2, 20:

taedium ac satietatem ex similitudine,

Quint. 9, 4, 143:

vomitum dissolutionemque stomachi,

Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155 et saep.

Crĕo, or, anal. to the Gr., Crĕon, ontis, m., = Kreôn.

A king of Corinth, who betrothed his daughter Creusa to Jason, Hyg. Fab. 25; Sen. Med. 526; Hor. Epod. 5, 64.—

A brother of Jocaste, at Thebes, Hyg. Fab. 72; Stat. Th. 12, 477; 12, 678.

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praetor, ōris, m. [for praeitor, from praeeo].

Prop., a leader, head, chief, president:

regio imperio duo sunto: iique praeeundo, judicando, consulendo, praetores, judices, consules appellantor,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 8.—So, in gen., of the chief magistrates in colonies, as in Capua:

cum in ceteris coloniis duoviri appellentur, hi se praetores appellari volebant,

Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93; cf. the context.—Of the Roman consul as chief judge, Liv. 3, 55.—Of the dictator:

praetor maximus,

Liv. 7, 3: aerarii, president of the treasury, an office created by Augustus, Tac. A. 1, 75; id. H. 4, 9.—Of the suffetes in Carthage, Nep. Hann. 7, 4.—Of generals, commanders of foreign nations, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123; id. Inv. 1, 33, 55; Nep. Milt. 4, 4 et saep.—

In partic., a prœtor, a Roman magistrate charged with the administration of justice; the office was first made distinct from the consulship A. U. C. 387. After the first Punic war, A. U. C. 490, there were two, praetor urbanus for Roman citizens, and praetor peregrinus for strangers, Cic. Lael. 25, 96; id. Mur. 20, 41: praetor primus centuriis cunctis renunciatus, i. e. appointed first, id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2; id. Pis. 1, 2; Gai. lnst. 1, 6;

1, 78. The praetor had a tribunal where he sat on the sella curulis, with the judges on subsellia beside him. But he used to decide less important controversies wherever the parties found him: e plano,

Suet. Tib. 33:

in aequo quidem et plano loco,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 50:

Quid vis in jus me ire? tu's praetor mihi,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 66.—

Transf.

For propraetor, a proprœtor, an officer who, after the administration of the prœtorship, was sent as governor to a province, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27; 2, 4, 25, § 56 al.—

For proconsul, q. v., Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6; id. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125.

adjūtor, ātus, 1, v. dep., i. q. adjuto, and also ante-class. (found in Pac., Afran., and Lucil.): adjutamini et defendite, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 2; Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 89; Pac. ap. Non. 477, 26: me adjutamini, Afran. ib.: magna adjutatus diu, Lucil. ib.

adjūtor, ōris, m. [adjuvo], one who helps, a helper, assistant, aider, promoter (class. through all periods).

In gen.:

hic adjutor meus et monitor et praemonstrator,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 2:

ejus iracundiae,

id. Ad. 1, 1, 66:

ad hanc rem adjutorem dari,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 26:

adjutores ad me restituendum multi fuerunt,

Cic. Quint. 9:

in psaltria hac emunda,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9:

honoris,

Cic. Fl. 1:

ad praedam,

id. Rose. Am. 2, 6; so id. de Or. 1, 59; id. Tusc. 1, 12:

tibi venit adjutor,

id. N. D. 1, 7:

L. ille Torquatus auctor exstitit,

id. Sull. 34; id. Off. 2, 15; 3, 33; id. Fin. 5, 30; id. Att. 8, 3; 9, 12; Caes. B. C. 1, 7; Sall. J. 82; Liv. 29, 1, 18:

nolite dubitare libertatem consule adjutore defendere,

with the aid of the consul, Cic. Leg. Agr. 16;

and so often,

id. Verr. 1, 155; id. Font. 44; id. Clu. 36; id. Mur. 84.—

Esp., a common name of a military or civil officer, an aid, adjutant, assistant, deputy, secretary, etc.:

comites et adjutores negotiorum publicorum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3:

dato adjutore Pharnabazo,

Nep. Con. 4; so id. Chabr. 2; Liv. 33, 43; Suet. Aug. 39; id. Tib. 63; id. Calig. 26:

rhetorum (i. e. hypodidascali),

Quint. 2, 5, 3; Gell. 13, 9; and in the inscriptions in Orell. 3462, 3200 al.; under the emperors an officer of court, minister (v. Vell. 2, 127; cf. Suet. Calig. 26); usu. with ab and the word indicative of the office (v. ab fin.):

adjutor a rationibus, Orell. Inscr. 32: a sacris,

ib. 2847:

a commentariis ornamentorum,

ib. 2892.— Also with gen.:

adjutor cornicularii,

ib. 3517:

haruspicum imperatoris,

ib. 3420 al. —In scenic language, adjutor is the one who, by his part, sustains or assists the hero of the piece (prôtagônistês), to which the class. passage, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, refers; cf. Heind. ad Hor. S. 1, 9, 46:

in scena postquam solus constitit sine apparatu, nullis adjutoribus,

with no subordinate actors, Phaedr. 5, 5, 14; Suet. Gramm. 18; Val. Max. 2, 4, no. 4.

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