attention+to+a+thing

prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.

To prefer:

ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—

To go before, precede, outstrip, outrun.

Lit. ( poet.):

cursu pedum ventos,

Verg. A. 7, 807:

equo ventos,

id. ib. 12, 345:

volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

id. ib. 1, 317:

vestigia cervae,

Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—

Trop.

To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

celeri praevertit tristia leto,

Luc. 8, 29:

quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

Gell. 17, 10, 6.—

To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

neque praevorto poculum,

take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—

To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

erilis praevertit metus,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

Liv. 2, 24.—

To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.

With dat.:

rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

ei rei primum praevorti volo,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—

With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

hoc praevortar principio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —

With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

si quando ad interna praeverterent,

Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

ad ea praeverti,

Col. 3, 7:

hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

Gell. 3, 7, 6.—

With an adverb of place:

illuc praevertamur,

let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—

With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—

Absol.:

in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

prō-vĭdĕo, vīdi, vīsum, 2, v. n. and a.

Lit., to see forwards or before one's self, to see in the distance, to discern, descry (very rare):

ubi, quid petatur, procul provideri nequeat,

Liv. 44, 35, 12.—

Trop.

To be provident or cautious, to act with foresight, to take care (rare but class.; syn. praecaveo): actum de te est, nisi provides. Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4; id. Rab. Post. 1, 1:

nisi providisses, tibi ipsi pereundum fuisset,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 157.—

To see to, look after, care for; to provide, make preparation or provision for any thing (freq. and class.); constr. absol., with dat., de, ut, ne: multum in posterum providerunt, quod, etc., Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

nihil me curassis, ego mihi providero,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 93:

rei frumentariae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

condicioni omnium civium,

Cic. Cael. 9, 22:

ut consulas omnibus, ut provideas saluti,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 31.— Impers. pass.:

a dis vitae hominum consuli et provideri,

Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

est autem de Brundusio providendum,

id. Phil. 11, 11, 26; cf.:

de re frumentariā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

de frumento,

id. B. G. 3, 3:

ut quam rectissime agantur omnia providebo,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—So with ne, Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 51:

cura et provide, ne quid ei desit,

id. Att. 11, 3, 3:

ne qua civitas suis finibus recipiat, a me provisum est,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20; cf. impers.:

provisum est, ne, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 14:

provisum atque praecautum est, ne quid, etc.,

Liv. 36, 17.—

Lit., to see or perceive in the distance (very rare):

nave provisā,

Suet. Tib. 14; id. Dom. 14.—

Trop.

In respect of time, to see or perceive beforehand, to foresee; to see before or earlier (class.): si qui, quae eventura sunt, provideant, Pac. ap. Gell. 14, 1, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 407 Rib.); cf. Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

rem, quam mens providit,

Lucr. 4, 884:

quod ego, priusquam loqui coepisti, sensi atque providi,

Cic. Vatin. 2, 4; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 30:

medicus morbum ingravescentem ratione providet, insidias imperator, tempestates gubernator,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16:

providere, quid futurum sit,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

quod adhuc conjecturā provideri possit,

id. Att. 1, 1, 1:

tempestas ante provisa,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

ratio explorata atque provisa,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15:

non hercle te provideram,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 44:

aliquem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 69.—

To see to, look after, care for, give attention to; to prepare or provide for any thing:

eas cellas provident, ne habeant in solo umorem,

Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

ut res tempusque postulat, provideas atque administres,

Cic. Fam. 14, 21:

providentia haec potissimum providet, ut, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

omnia,

Sall. C. 60, 4:

ea, quae ad usum navium pertinerent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 9:

rem frumentariam,

id. ib. 6, 9; cf.:

frumento exercitui proviso,

id. ib. 6, 44:

provisi ante commeatūs,

Tac. A. 15, 4:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

omnia quae multo ante memoi provisa repones,

Verg. G. 1, 167; cf.: providebam Dominum in conspectu meo, kept in view, i. e. in mind, Vulg. Psa. 15, 8.—

Providere aliquid, to prevent, obviate an evil (syn. cavere):

neque omnino facere aut providere quicquam poterant,

Sall. J. 99, 2 Kritz:

quicquid provideri potest, provide,

Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1:

quae consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,

id. ib. 10, 16, 2; Liv. 36, 17, 2; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 30 Sillig; 34, 7, 18, § 40; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 6.—Hence,

prōvĭ-dens, entis, P. a., foreseeing, provident, prudent (class.):

homo multum providens,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 9.— Comp.:

id est providentius,

more prudent, Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1.— Sup.:

providentissimus quisque,

Tac. H. 1, 85; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 6.— Adv.: prōvĭdenter, with foresight, providently, prudently, Sall. J. 90, 1; Plin. Pan. 1; Dig. 47, 3, 1.— Comp.:

quanto melius quanto providentius,

Quint. Decl. 14, 8.— Sup.:

providentissime,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94; Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 1; 10, 77 (81), 1.—

prōvīsō, adv., with foresight or forethought, prudently:

temere, proviso,

Tac. A. 12, 39.

rē-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3 (old form of subj. perf. respexis, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 19; id. Most. 2, 2, 90; id. Rud. 3, 3, 16), v. n. and a., to look back or behind, to look about, look; to see behind one; to look back upon, to look at, look to or for any thing (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

Neutr.:

respicere quasi retro aspicere, Varro Manio: sedens... neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens,

Non. p. 442, 31 sq. (cf. infra, b):

longe retro respicere non possunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 6; Liv. 21, 22, 7; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

subito exaudivit hinnitum respexitque et equum alacrem laetus aspexit,

id. ib. 1, 33 fin.: Er. Ergasilum qui vocat? He. Respice... respice ad me, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 54 sq.:

huc ad aliquem,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 61; so,

ad aliquem,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 20; id. Cas. 3, 5, 10; id. Ps. 1, 3, 16; id. Poen. 4, 2, 35; id. Truc. 2, 2, 2; Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 13 al.; cf.:

nocte ad oppidum,

Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69:

patriae ad oras,

Ov. M. 11, 547:

ad libellos,

Quint. 10, 7, 31; 11, 2, 45; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 51:

ad laevam,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 8:

in aliquem,

App. M. 2, p. 118:

huc,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 30; id. Rud. 3, 4, 2; id. Truc. 1, 2, 20; 21:

tanta militum virtus fuit, ut non modo de vallo decederet nemo, sed paene ne respiceret quidem quisquam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

transque caput jace, nec respexeris,

Verg. E. 8, 102:

respicit Aeneas subito,

id. A. 6, 548:

a tergo,

id. ib. 8, 697:

quod respicere vetitus est,

Liv. 21, 22.—

Act. (in lit. sense rare in good prose, but freq. in all styles in the trop. signif.; v. infra, II.):

ipsi Respiciunt atram in nimbo volitare favillam,

look back on, see behind them, Verg. A. 5, 666:

modo Prospicit occasus, interdum respicit ortus,

Ov. M. 2, 190:

respice me et relinque egentem parasitum,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 7:

repudia istos comites atque hoc respice et revortere,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 30:

proxima respiciens signa,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39; cf.

Caesarem,

id. ib. 3, 91:

(Hannibalem) respexisse saepe Italiae litora,

Liv. 30, 20, 7:

nec prius amissam (Creüsam) respexi animumve reflexi, Quam, etc.,

Verg. A. 2. 741; id. G. 4, 491; Ov. M. 11, 66; cf.:

ut stetit et frustra absentem respexit amicum,

Verg. A. 9, 389:

instantem tergo Cloanthum,

id. ib. 5, 168:

donec versas ad litora puppes Respiciunt,

id. ib. 10, 269; cf. id. ib. 5, 666:

oculis pignora cara,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 60: medio cum Sol altissimus orbe Tantum respiceret, quantum superesse videret, looked back upon, i. e. had already passed over, id. M. 11, 354. —

Trop.

In gen., to look, have regard, turn attention.

Neutr.:

neque se in multa simul intendere animus totum potest: et, quocumque respexit, desinit intueri, quod propositum erat,

at whatsoever it looks, Quint. 10, 3, 23:

si propter singula verba ad singulas formas respiciendum erit,

id. 11, 2, 26; cf.:

non respiciendum ad haec,

id. 7, 10, 14:

M. Bibulus cuncta administrabat: ad hunc summa imperii respiciebat,

looked to him, was centred in him, Caes. B. C. 3, 5 fin.; cf.:

periculum (emptionis) ad venditorem respicere,

Dig. 18, 6, 4 (with ad venditorem pertinere). —

Act., to look at, regard, look to:

quom respicias immensi temporis omne Praeteritum spatium,

Lucr. 3, 854; cf.:

quoad longissime potest mens mea respicere spatium praeteriti temporis,

Cic. Arch. 1, 1: cum vastitatem Italiae respexerint, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 1: subsidia, quae respicerent in re trepidā, etc., which they might look to, i. e. from which they might expect aid, Liv. 4, 46; cf.:

ne respicere spem ullam ab Romanis posset,

id. 4, 17:

respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo Doctum imitatorem,

to look at, have in his eye, Hor. A. P. 317:

de te pendentis, te respicientis amici,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 105. — With rel.-clause:

quid sit prius actum, respicere aetas Nostra nequit, nisi, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 1446; cf. id. 3, 972:

respiciens, an vera soror,

Val. Fl. 6, 661.—

Pregn., to look at with solicitude, i. e. to have a care for, regard, be mindful of, consider, respect, etc. (in this sense mostly act.; cf. provideo).

Of a protecting deity:

di homines respiciunt,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 29:

deus respiciet nos aliquis,

id. Bacch. 4, 2, 39; Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 34; id. Hec. 5, 2, 6:

nisi quis nos deus respexerit,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6: [p. 1581] Sive neglectum genus et nepotes Respicis auctor, Hor. C. 1, 2, 36; Verg. E. 1, 28:

nisi idem deus, qui, etc., respexerit rem publicam,

Cic. Att. 7, 1, 2:

et me et te, nisi quid dī respiciunt, perdidi,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 19.— Hence, Rēspĭcĭens, the Provident, an epithet of Fortuna:

ad opem ferendam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Inscr. Orell. 477; 1766.—

Rarely, in a bad sense, of an avenging deity: at vos, devota capita, respiciant di perjuriorum vindices,

may they remember it against you, Just. 14, 4, 10.—

Of persons that have a care or regard for any thing:

hercle alius nemo respicit nos,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 55; so,

aliquem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 19; id. Aul. 2, 2, 54:

age, me in tuis secundis respice,

Ter. And. 5, 6, 11; id. Ad. 5, 8, 9:

miseros aratores,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 26; Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

sin Caesarem respiciant,

id. B. C. 1, 1; Mart. 10, 10, 5:

non Pylium Nestora respicis,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 22:

quantum quisque ferat respiciendus erit,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 38: mox deos respexere;

restitui Capitolium placuit,

bethought themselves of, Tac. H. 4, 4:

aetatem tuam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 87:

populi Romani commoda (with prospicere),

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 127:

salutem cum meam tum aliorum,

id. Planc 38, 91; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

rem publicam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 118; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 3:

mala sua,

Lucr. 4, 1159 et saep. —With se, to think of or have regard for one ' s self, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 18; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 18; 5, 1, 46; Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79; id. pro Scaur. Fragm. 41, p. 267 Orell.: quod si Caesar se respexerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 8.—With ad (Quintilian):

ad utilitatem Ligarii respicit,

looks to the advantage of, Quint. 9, 2, 28; so,

modice ad hanc partem,

id. 9, 4, 36:

Graecas litteras (corresp. to studere Latinis),

id. 1, 12, 6:

saepius ad curam rerum ab elocutione,

id. 10, 1, 120.—With an abstr. subj.:

si quid pietas antiqua labores Respicit humanos,

Verg. A. 5, 689.— With object-clause, to observe, perceive, notice:

respicio nihili meam vos gratiam facere,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 68.

rē-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3 (old form of subj. perf. respexis, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 19; id. Most. 2, 2, 90; id. Rud. 3, 3, 16), v. n. and a., to look back or behind, to look about, look; to see behind one; to look back upon, to look at, look to or for any thing (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

Neutr.:

respicere quasi retro aspicere, Varro Manio: sedens... neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens,

Non. p. 442, 31 sq. (cf. infra, b):

longe retro respicere non possunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 6; Liv. 21, 22, 7; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

subito exaudivit hinnitum respexitque et equum alacrem laetus aspexit,

id. ib. 1, 33 fin.: Er. Ergasilum qui vocat? He. Respice... respice ad me, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 54 sq.:

huc ad aliquem,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 61; so,

ad aliquem,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 20; id. Cas. 3, 5, 10; id. Ps. 1, 3, 16; id. Poen. 4, 2, 35; id. Truc. 2, 2, 2; Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 13 al.; cf.:

nocte ad oppidum,

Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69:

patriae ad oras,

Ov. M. 11, 547:

ad libellos,

Quint. 10, 7, 31; 11, 2, 45; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 51:

ad laevam,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 8:

in aliquem,

App. M. 2, p. 118:

huc,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 30; id. Rud. 3, 4, 2; id. Truc. 1, 2, 20; 21:

tanta militum virtus fuit, ut non modo de vallo decederet nemo, sed paene ne respiceret quidem quisquam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

transque caput jace, nec respexeris,

Verg. E. 8, 102:

respicit Aeneas subito,

id. A. 6, 548:

a tergo,

id. ib. 8, 697:

quod respicere vetitus est,

Liv. 21, 22.—

Act. (in lit. sense rare in good prose, but freq. in all styles in the trop. signif.; v. infra, II.):

ipsi Respiciunt atram in nimbo volitare favillam,

look back on, see behind them, Verg. A. 5, 666:

modo Prospicit occasus, interdum respicit ortus,

Ov. M. 2, 190:

respice me et relinque egentem parasitum,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 7:

repudia istos comites atque hoc respice et revortere,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 30:

proxima respiciens signa,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39; cf.

Caesarem,

id. ib. 3, 91:

(Hannibalem) respexisse saepe Italiae litora,

Liv. 30, 20, 7:

nec prius amissam (Creüsam) respexi animumve reflexi, Quam, etc.,

Verg. A. 2. 741; id. G. 4, 491; Ov. M. 11, 66; cf.:

ut stetit et frustra absentem respexit amicum,

Verg. A. 9, 389:

instantem tergo Cloanthum,

id. ib. 5, 168:

donec versas ad litora puppes Respiciunt,

id. ib. 10, 269; cf. id. ib. 5, 666:

oculis pignora cara,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 60: medio cum Sol altissimus orbe Tantum respiceret, quantum superesse videret, looked back upon, i. e. had already passed over, id. M. 11, 354. —

Trop.

In gen., to look, have regard, turn attention.

Neutr.:

neque se in multa simul intendere animus totum potest: et, quocumque respexit, desinit intueri, quod propositum erat,

at whatsoever it looks, Quint. 10, 3, 23:

si propter singula verba ad singulas formas respiciendum erit,

id. 11, 2, 26; cf.:

non respiciendum ad haec,

id. 7, 10, 14:

M. Bibulus cuncta administrabat: ad hunc summa imperii respiciebat,

looked to him, was centred in him, Caes. B. C. 3, 5 fin.; cf.:

periculum (emptionis) ad venditorem respicere,

Dig. 18, 6, 4 (with ad venditorem pertinere). —

Act., to look at, regard, look to:

quom respicias immensi temporis omne Praeteritum spatium,

Lucr. 3, 854; cf.:

quoad longissime potest mens mea respicere spatium praeteriti temporis,

Cic. Arch. 1, 1: cum vastitatem Italiae respexerint, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 1: subsidia, quae respicerent in re trepidā, etc., which they might look to, i. e. from which they might expect aid, Liv. 4, 46; cf.:

ne respicere spem ullam ab Romanis posset,

id. 4, 17:

respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo Doctum imitatorem,

to look at, have in his eye, Hor. A. P. 317:

de te pendentis, te respicientis amici,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 105. — With rel.-clause:

quid sit prius actum, respicere aetas Nostra nequit, nisi, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 1446; cf. id. 3, 972:

respiciens, an vera soror,

Val. Fl. 6, 661.—

Pregn., to look at with solicitude, i. e. to have a care for, regard, be mindful of, consider, respect, etc. (in this sense mostly act.; cf. provideo).

Of a protecting deity:

di homines respiciunt,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 29:

deus respiciet nos aliquis,

id. Bacch. 4, 2, 39; Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 34; id. Hec. 5, 2, 6:

nisi quis nos deus respexerit,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6: [p. 1581] Sive neglectum genus et nepotes Respicis auctor, Hor. C. 1, 2, 36; Verg. E. 1, 28:

nisi idem deus, qui, etc., respexerit rem publicam,

Cic. Att. 7, 1, 2:

et me et te, nisi quid dī respiciunt, perdidi,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 19.— Hence, Rēspĭcĭens, the Provident, an epithet of Fortuna:

ad opem ferendam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Inscr. Orell. 477; 1766.—

Rarely, in a bad sense, of an avenging deity: at vos, devota capita, respiciant di perjuriorum vindices,

may they remember it against you, Just. 14, 4, 10.—

Of persons that have a care or regard for any thing:

hercle alius nemo respicit nos,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 55; so,

aliquem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 19; id. Aul. 2, 2, 54:

age, me in tuis secundis respice,

Ter. And. 5, 6, 11; id. Ad. 5, 8, 9:

miseros aratores,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 26; Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

sin Caesarem respiciant,

id. B. C. 1, 1; Mart. 10, 10, 5:

non Pylium Nestora respicis,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 22:

quantum quisque ferat respiciendus erit,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 38: mox deos respexere;

restitui Capitolium placuit,

bethought themselves of, Tac. H. 4, 4:

aetatem tuam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 87:

populi Romani commoda (with prospicere),

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 127:

salutem cum meam tum aliorum,

id. Planc 38, 91; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

rem publicam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 118; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 3:

mala sua,

Lucr. 4, 1159 et saep. —With se, to think of or have regard for one ' s self, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 18; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 18; 5, 1, 46; Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79; id. pro Scaur. Fragm. 41, p. 267 Orell.: quod si Caesar se respexerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 8.—With ad (Quintilian):

ad utilitatem Ligarii respicit,

looks to the advantage of, Quint. 9, 2, 28; so,

modice ad hanc partem,

id. 9, 4, 36:

Graecas litteras (corresp. to studere Latinis),

id. 1, 12, 6:

saepius ad curam rerum ab elocutione,

id. 10, 1, 120.—With an abstr. subj.:

si quid pietas antiqua labores Respicit humanos,

Verg. A. 5, 689.— With object-clause, to observe, perceive, notice:

respicio nihili meam vos gratiam facere,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 68.

prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.

To prefer:

ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—

To go before, precede, outstrip, outrun.

Lit. ( poet.):

cursu pedum ventos,

Verg. A. 7, 807:

equo ventos,

id. ib. 12, 345:

volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

id. ib. 1, 317:

vestigia cervae,

Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—

Trop.

To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

celeri praevertit tristia leto,

Luc. 8, 29:

quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

Gell. 17, 10, 6.—

To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

neque praevorto poculum,

take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—

To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

erilis praevertit metus,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

Liv. 2, 24.—

To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.

With dat.:

rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

ei rei primum praevorti volo,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—

With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

hoc praevortar principio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —

With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

si quando ad interna praeverterent,

Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

ad ea praeverti,

Col. 3, 7:

hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

Gell. 3, 7, 6.—

With an adverb of place:

illuc praevertamur,

let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—

With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—

Absol.:

in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

(+gerundive) to see to a thing being done / cure, rest.

to care for, trouble about, pay attention to.

manage, administer / provide money.

ambĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [ambitio].

(Very rare and mostly poet.) Going round, encompassing; poet., embracing, twining round:

lascivis hederis ambitiosior,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 20 (cf.:

undique ambientibus ramis,

Curt. 4, 7, 16).—Of a river, making circuits, having many windings:

Jordanes amnis ambitiosus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71.— Of oratorical ornament, excessive, superfluous:

vir bonus ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta,

Hor. A. P. 447.—

Transf.

That asks for a thing fawningly; esp., that solicits the favor, good-will, etc., of any one, in a good and bad sense, honor-loving, ambitious, courting favor; vain, vainglorious, conceited, etc.:

qui ita sit ambitiosus, ut omnes vos nosque cotidie persalutet,

Cic. Fl. 18:

homo minime ambitiosus, minime in rogando molestus,

id. Fam. 13, 1:

ne forte me in Graecos tam ambitiosum factum esse mirere,

desirous of the favor of the Greeks, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2:

pro nostris ut sis ambitiosa malis, Ov P. 3, 1, 84: pro nato caerula mater Ambitiosa suo fuit,

i.e. begs fawningly of Vulcan for weapons for her son, id. M. 13, 289:

malis artibus ambitiosus,

seeking to ingratiate one's self, Tac. H. 2, 57:

salubris magis princeps quam ambitiosus,

Suet. Aug. 42 al. —

Pass., that is willingly solicited or entreated, ambitious; much sought, honored, admired:

ambitiosus et qui ambit et qui ambitur,

Gell. 9, 12:

turba caelestes ambitiosa sumus,

Ov. F. 5, 298:

sexus muliebris saevus, ambitiosus, potestatis avidus,

Tac. A. 3, 33: si locuples hostis est, avari;

si pauper, ambitiosi,

id. Agr. 30:

nota quidem sed non ambitiosa domus,

not sought after, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 18 Jahn: ambitiosae pulchritudinis scortum. Just. 30, 2. —

Of things, vain, ostentatious:

amicitiae,

founded merely on the desire to please, interested, Cic. Att. 1, 18:

rogationes,

id. Fam. 6, 12; so id. ib. 6, 6:

gloriandi genus,

Quint. 11, 1, 22:

preces,

urgent, Tac. H. 2, 49:

sententiae,

Suet. Dom. 8: mors, ambitious, i. e. to obtain fame, Tac. Agr. 42:

medicina ars,

boastful, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

et quaesitorum pelago terrāque ciborum Ambitiosa fames,

Luc. 4, 376:

atria,

splendid, gorgeous, Mart. 12, 69:

ambitiosis utilia praeferre,

Quint. 1, 2, 27:

ambitiosius id existimans quam domi suae majestas postularet,

more condescending, submissive, Suet. Aug. 25.—

In rhet.: orator ambitiosus, who seeks to rouse attention by obsolete or unusual expressions:

antigerio nemo nisi ambitiosus utetur,

Quint. 8, 3, 26.—Hence, adv.: ambĭtĭōsē, ambitiously, ostentatiously, etc.:

de triumpho ambitiose agere,

Cic. Att. 15, 1:

ambitiose regnum petere,

Liv. 1, 35: amicitias ambitiose colere, Tac. [p. 103] H. 1, 10 al.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 7.— Sup., Quint. 6, 3, 68.

ambĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [ambitio].

(Very rare and mostly poet.) Going round, encompassing; poet., embracing, twining round:

lascivis hederis ambitiosior,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 20 (cf.:

undique ambientibus ramis,

Curt. 4, 7, 16).—Of a river, making circuits, having many windings:

Jordanes amnis ambitiosus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71.— Of oratorical ornament, excessive, superfluous:

vir bonus ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta,

Hor. A. P. 447.—

Transf.

That asks for a thing fawningly; esp., that solicits the favor, good-will, etc., of any one, in a good and bad sense, honor-loving, ambitious, courting favor; vain, vainglorious, conceited, etc.:

qui ita sit ambitiosus, ut omnes vos nosque cotidie persalutet,

Cic. Fl. 18:

homo minime ambitiosus, minime in rogando molestus,

id. Fam. 13, 1:

ne forte me in Graecos tam ambitiosum factum esse mirere,

desirous of the favor of the Greeks, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2:

pro nostris ut sis ambitiosa malis, Ov P. 3, 1, 84: pro nato caerula mater Ambitiosa suo fuit,

i.e. begs fawningly of Vulcan for weapons for her son, id. M. 13, 289:

malis artibus ambitiosus,

seeking to ingratiate one's self, Tac. H. 2, 57:

salubris magis princeps quam ambitiosus,

Suet. Aug. 42 al. —

Pass., that is willingly solicited or entreated, ambitious; much sought, honored, admired:

ambitiosus et qui ambit et qui ambitur,

Gell. 9, 12:

turba caelestes ambitiosa sumus,

Ov. F. 5, 298:

sexus muliebris saevus, ambitiosus, potestatis avidus,

Tac. A. 3, 33: si locuples hostis est, avari;

si pauper, ambitiosi,

id. Agr. 30:

nota quidem sed non ambitiosa domus,

not sought after, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 18 Jahn: ambitiosae pulchritudinis scortum. Just. 30, 2. —

Of things, vain, ostentatious:

amicitiae,

founded merely on the desire to please, interested, Cic. Att. 1, 18:

rogationes,

id. Fam. 6, 12; so id. ib. 6, 6:

gloriandi genus,

Quint. 11, 1, 22:

preces,

urgent, Tac. H. 2, 49:

sententiae,

Suet. Dom. 8: mors, ambitious, i. e. to obtain fame, Tac. Agr. 42:

medicina ars,

boastful, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

et quaesitorum pelago terrāque ciborum Ambitiosa fames,

Luc. 4, 376:

atria,

splendid, gorgeous, Mart. 12, 69:

ambitiosis utilia praeferre,

Quint. 1, 2, 27:

ambitiosius id existimans quam domi suae majestas postularet,

more condescending, submissive, Suet. Aug. 25.—

In rhet.: orator ambitiosus, who seeks to rouse attention by obsolete or unusual expressions:

antigerio nemo nisi ambitiosus utetur,

Quint. 8, 3, 26.—Hence, adv.: ambĭtĭōsē, ambitiously, ostentatiously, etc.:

de triumpho ambitiose agere,

Cic. Att. 15, 1:

ambitiose regnum petere,

Liv. 1, 35: amicitias ambitiose colere, Tac. [p. 103] H. 1, 10 al.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 7.— Sup., Quint. 6, 3, 68.

ausculto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [perh. a union of two roots, that of audio, auris ausis, and of the Sanscr. çru = to hear; v. Bopp, Gloss. p. 396 b.], to hear any person or thing with attention, to listen to, give ear to, akroasthai (cf. audio init.; in the anteclass. per. freq., but not in Lucr.; in the class. per. rare).

In gen.: Ita est cupidus orationis, ut conducat qui auscultet, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 9:

ausculto atque animum adverto sedulo,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 40:

In rem quod sit praevortaris quam re advorsā animo auscultes,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 8; id. Trin. 3, 3, 50; id. Truc. 2, 4, 46:

nimis eum ausculto libens,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 19; id. Aul. 3, 5, 22:

Ausculta paucis, nisi molestumst,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 20; id. And. 3, 3, 4 and 5:

jam scies: Ausculta,

id. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 7: illos ausculto lubens, Afran. ap Non. p. 246, 15: Nec populum auscultare, * Cat. 67, 39:

sermonem,

Vulg. Gen. 4, 23:

verba,

ib. Tob. 9, 1: aures diligenter auscultabunt, ib. Isa, 32, 3.—

Esp

To listen to something believingly, to give credit to, etc.

With acc.:

crimina,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 12.—

With dat. of pers.:

cui auscultabant,

gave heed, Vulg. Act. 8, 10.—

To listen in secret to something, to overhear:

quid habeat sermonis, auscultabo,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 6:

omnia ego istaec auscultavi ab ostio,

id. Merc. 2, 4, 9.—

Of servants, to attend or wait at the door, as in Gr. hupakouein:

ad fores auscultato atque serva has aedīs,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 1: jam dudum ausculto et cupiens tibi dicere servus Pauca, reformido, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 1 Heind.—

Alicui or absol., to hear obediently, to obey, heed (cf. audio):

hi auscultare dicuntur, qui auditis parent,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll.:

auscultare est obsequi: audire ignoti quod imperant soleo, non auscultare,

Non. p. 246, 9 sq.: magis audiendum quam auscultandum censeo, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131:

Age nunc vincito me auscultato filio,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 14:

Qui mi auscultabunt,

id. As. 1, 1, 50; id. Curc. 2, 1, 8; id. Most. 3, 1, 58; 3, 1, 99; id. Mil. 2, 6, 16; id. Ps. 1, 5, 38; id. Poen. 1, 1, 69; 1, 2, 98; id. Rud. 2, 6, 56; 3, 3, 32; id. Stich. 1, 2, 89:

seni auscultare,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 4:

vin tu homini stulto mi auscultare?

id. Heaut. 3, 3, 24; id. Ad. 3, 3, 66; 5, 8, 12: mihi ausculta: vide, ne tibi desis, * Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—With acc.: nisi me [p. 209] auscultas, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 36 (we should perhaps here, in accordance with the general idiom, read mi; so Ritschl).—In pass. impers.: De. Ad portum ne bitas, dico jam tibi. Ch. Auscultabitur, you shall be obeyed, it shall be done, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 127.

to Non. p. 246, 16.

con-verto ( - vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to turn or whirl round, to wheel about, to cause to turn, to turn back, reverse; and with the designation of the terminus in quem, to turn or direct somewhere, to direct to or towards, to move or turn to, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.

With a simple acc.:

caelos omnes,

Lucr. 2, 1097; cf.:

in infimo orbe luna convertitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:

minore sonitu quam putaram, orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,

id. Att. 2, 9, 1:

manum,

Quint. 11, 3, 100:

reddita inclusarum ex speluncā boum vox Herculem convertit,

Liv. 1, 7, 7:

ter se convertit,

Ov. M. 7, 189:

crines calamistro,

i. e. to curl, Petr. 102, 15 et saep.—

With the designation of the terminus in quem.

By in:

equos frenis in hostes,

Lucr. 5, 1317:

naves in eam partem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 15:

ferrum in me,

Verg. A. 9, 427:

omnium ora atque oculos in aliquem,

Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 1 (cf. under B. 1.):

iter in provinciam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 56:

se in Phrygiam,

Nep. Ages. 3, 2 et saep.—Medial:

in fugam nemo convortitur,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 83 Fleck.—

By ad:

ad hunc se confestim a Pulfione omnis multitudo convertit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 10:

eam materiam ad hostem,

id. ib. 3, 29:

colla ad freta,

Ov. M. 15, 516:

tum bis ad occasum, bis se convertit ad ortum,

id. ib. 14, 386:

nos ad judicem,

Quint. 11, 3, 157 et saep.—

By contra:

tigna contra vim atque impetum fluminis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5.—

By sub:

cursum sub terras,

Lucr. 5, 654.—

By the dat.:

majus lumen in diem nobis luna,

Lucr. 5, 706.—Medial:

Zephyro convertitur ales Itque super Libyen,

Luc. 9, 689.—

By local adv.:

aspectum facile quo vellent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142.—

By the acc. alone:

se domum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t.: convertere signa, aciem, etc., to wheel about, change the direction of a march:

conversa signa in hostes inferre,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

Romani conversa signa bipartito intulerunt,

id. ib. 1, 25:

reliquos sese convertere cogunt,

to retreat, id. B. C. 1, 46:

cum conversis signis retro in urbem rediretur,

Liv. 8, 11, 4; cf.:

convertunt inde signa,

id. 3, 54, 10 Drak. ad loc. (where Weissenb. ex conj., convellunt):

aciem,

id. 42, 57, 12; so,

aciem in fugam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52. —

Rhet. t. t., of words, to transpose, interchange:

non modo mutare quaedam verba, sed extendere, corripere, convertere, dividere cogitur (poësis),

Quint. 10, 1, 29.—

Trop.

In gen.:

ut ab eo quod agitur avertat animos, ut saepe in hilaritatem risumve convertat,

Cic. Or. 40, 138; so,

risum in judicem,

id. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

omnem orationem transduxi et converti in increpandam Caepionis fugam,

id. ib. 2, 48, 199:

rationem in fraudem malitiamque,

to employ, id. N. D. 3, 31, 78; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114 and 115:

beneficium in injuriam,

Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 1 et saep.:

animos imperitorum ad deorum cultum a vitae pravitate,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77; cf. Liv. 24, 4, 4 and 9: qui eas copias, quas diu simulatione rei publicae comparabant, subito ad patriae periculum converterunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a, 5 fin.:

facultatem dicendi ad hominum perniciem,

Quint. 2, 20, 2 et saep.:

ingenium et studium ad causas agendas,

Tac. Or. 14 et saep.:

se aliquando ad timorem, numquam ad sanitatem,

Cic. Sull. 5, 17; id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

se ad philosophos,

id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; cf. id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 5 et saep.:

quocumque te animo et cogitatione converteris,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

aculeum testimonii sui,

id. Fl. 34, 86:

argumentum,

Gell. 5, 10, 3.—Of turning to the political support of any one:

tota civitas se ad eos convertisse videretur,

Nep. Att. 8, 1; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; Sen. Clem. 1, 4, 3; cf.:

fama hujus rei convertit ad Masinissam Numidas,

Liv. 29, 30, 7.— Pass. in mid. sense:

cuncta ad victoris opes conversa,

Tac. H. 3, 44.—In eccl. Lat., to convert to Christianity, etc.:

aliquem ad fidem Christi,

Hier. in Philem. 5, 10 sq. —Esp. freq. of turning or arresting the attention:

illud intellego, omnium ora in me convorsa esse,

Sall. J. 85, 5:

converterat Cn. Pompeii persona totum in se terrarum orbem,

Vell. 2, 31, 1:

proximas (provincias) in se,

Suet. Vesp. 4 al.: nihil opus est, ad continendas custodias plures commilitones converti, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 20 (31), 1:

omnium oculos ad se,

Nep. Alcib. 3, 5.—And with inanimate things as subjects:

cum aliqua iis ampla et honesta res objecta totos ad se convertit et rapit,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—Since the Aug. per. also freq. with a simple acc.:

sive elephas albus volgi converteret ora,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; Suet. Calig. 35; cf. Liv. 26, 29, 2:

animos,

id. 29, 26, 5:

homines quaqua iret,

Suet. Tit. 5.—

Pregn., to change the nature of a thing; i. e. to change, alter, transform, turn.

With a simple acc.:

omnes Res ita convortant formas mutentque colores,

Lucr. 2, 1005; cf. id. 1, 678:

omnia,

id. 4, 441:

tellus induit ignotas hominum conversa figuras,

Ov. M. 1, 88:

humanam vicem (venena),

Hor. Epod. 5, 88:

rem,

Cic. Att. 8, 13, 2:

rem publicam,

to bring into disorder, id. Fl. 38, 94:

hunc ordinem,

Quint. 7, 2, 15:

animum avaritiā,

Sall. J. 29, 1:

vitae viam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26:

studia,

id. A. P. 166 et saep.:

conversi animum vultumque,

Tac. H. 1, 85: castra castris, to change camp with camp (i. e. to establish new camps by constantly removing), Caes. B. C. 1, 81.—

In gram.: casus conversi, = casus obliqui,

the cases which undergo a change of form, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64.—

With ad:

nisi si id putas, non posse jam ad salutem convorti hoc malum,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 48:

poena omnis oculorum ad caecitatem mentis est conversa,

Cic. Dom. 40, 105:

mater magna, cujus ludi violati, polluti, paene ad caedem et ad funus civitatis conversi sunt,

id. Har. Resp. 11, 24:

quod ad perniciem suam fuerat cogitatum, id ad salutem convertit,

Nep. Dat. 6, 8.—

With in:

si antequam tumor discutiatur in suppurationem convertitur,

Col. 6, 17, 6:

jam ego me convortam in hirudinem,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

deum sese in hominem,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 40:

Hecubam in canem,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

terras in freti formam,

Ov. M. 11, 209:

deum (sc. Jovem) in pretium (i. e. aurum),

Hor. C. 3, 16, 8:

vim morbi in quartanam,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1 et saep.:

crimen in laudem,

id. Fl. 29, 70:

amicitiae se in graves inimicitias,

id. Lael. 21, 78; Quint. 12, 1, 2 et saep.—

Of written works, to translate:

converti ex Atticis duorum eloquentissimorum nobilissimas orationes... nec converti ut interpres, sed ut orator, etc.,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14:

orationes e Graeco,

id. ib. 6, 18:

aliqua de Graecis,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:

librum in Latinum,

id. Off. 2, 24, 87; id. Tusc. 3, 14, 29; cf. id. Fin. 1, 2, 5; id. N. D. 2, 41, 104.—

Neutr., to relurn (rare).

Lit.:

inde (imago) retro rursum redit et convertit eodem,

Lucr. 4, 334 (Lachm. conj. convertitur):

clam cum paucis ad pedites convortit,

Sall. J. 101, 6:

in regnum suum,

id. ib. 20, 4:

convortit Varro,

Sil. 9, 645:

ad me,

Gell. 1, 26, 3.—

Trop.

To return, turn:

in amicitiam atque in gratiam,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 18:

ad sapientiora,

Tac. A. 3, 55.—

To change, turn:

hoc vitium huic uni in bonum convertebat,

Cic. Brut. 38, 141; id. de Or. 3, 29, 114; id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 9, 17:

regium imperium in superbiam dominationemque,

Sall. C. 6, 7 Kritz:

ne ista vobis mansuetudo et misericordia... in miseriam convortet,

id. ib. 52, 27:

ad aliquem, of political support,

Cic. Planc. 20, 50; Tac. A. 12, 18.

con-verto ( - vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to turn or whirl round, to wheel about, to cause to turn, to turn back, reverse; and with the designation of the terminus in quem, to turn or direct somewhere, to direct to or towards, to move or turn to, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.

With a simple acc.:

caelos omnes,

Lucr. 2, 1097; cf.:

in infimo orbe luna convertitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:

minore sonitu quam putaram, orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,

id. Att. 2, 9, 1:

manum,

Quint. 11, 3, 100:

reddita inclusarum ex speluncā boum vox Herculem convertit,

Liv. 1, 7, 7:

ter se convertit,

Ov. M. 7, 189:

crines calamistro,

i. e. to curl, Petr. 102, 15 et saep.—

With the designation of the terminus in quem.

By in:

equos frenis in hostes,

Lucr. 5, 1317:

naves in eam partem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 15:

ferrum in me,

Verg. A. 9, 427:

omnium ora atque oculos in aliquem,

Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 1 (cf. under B. 1.):

iter in provinciam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 56:

se in Phrygiam,

Nep. Ages. 3, 2 et saep.—Medial:

in fugam nemo convortitur,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 83 Fleck.—

By ad:

ad hunc se confestim a Pulfione omnis multitudo convertit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 10:

eam materiam ad hostem,

id. ib. 3, 29:

colla ad freta,

Ov. M. 15, 516:

tum bis ad occasum, bis se convertit ad ortum,

id. ib. 14, 386:

nos ad judicem,

Quint. 11, 3, 157 et saep.—

By contra:

tigna contra vim atque impetum fluminis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5.—

By sub:

cursum sub terras,

Lucr. 5, 654.—

By the dat.:

majus lumen in diem nobis luna,

Lucr. 5, 706.—Medial:

Zephyro convertitur ales Itque super Libyen,

Luc. 9, 689.—

By local adv.:

aspectum facile quo vellent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142.—

By the acc. alone:

se domum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t.: convertere signa, aciem, etc., to wheel about, change the direction of a march:

conversa signa in hostes inferre,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

Romani conversa signa bipartito intulerunt,

id. ib. 1, 25:

reliquos sese convertere cogunt,

to retreat, id. B. C. 1, 46:

cum conversis signis retro in urbem rediretur,

Liv. 8, 11, 4; cf.:

convertunt inde signa,

id. 3, 54, 10 Drak. ad loc. (where Weissenb. ex conj., convellunt):

aciem,

id. 42, 57, 12; so,

aciem in fugam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52. —

Rhet. t. t., of words, to transpose, interchange:

non modo mutare quaedam verba, sed extendere, corripere, convertere, dividere cogitur (poësis),

Quint. 10, 1, 29.—

Trop.

In gen.:

ut ab eo quod agitur avertat animos, ut saepe in hilaritatem risumve convertat,

Cic. Or. 40, 138; so,

risum in judicem,

id. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

omnem orationem transduxi et converti in increpandam Caepionis fugam,

id. ib. 2, 48, 199:

rationem in fraudem malitiamque,

to employ, id. N. D. 3, 31, 78; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114 and 115:

beneficium in injuriam,

Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 1 et saep.:

animos imperitorum ad deorum cultum a vitae pravitate,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77; cf. Liv. 24, 4, 4 and 9: qui eas copias, quas diu simulatione rei publicae comparabant, subito ad patriae periculum converterunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a, 5 fin.:

facultatem dicendi ad hominum perniciem,

Quint. 2, 20, 2 et saep.:

ingenium et studium ad causas agendas,

Tac. Or. 14 et saep.:

se aliquando ad timorem, numquam ad sanitatem,

Cic. Sull. 5, 17; id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

se ad philosophos,

id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; cf. id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 5 et saep.:

quocumque te animo et cogitatione converteris,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

aculeum testimonii sui,

id. Fl. 34, 86:

argumentum,

Gell. 5, 10, 3.—Of turning to the political support of any one:

tota civitas se ad eos convertisse videretur,

Nep. Att. 8, 1; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; Sen. Clem. 1, 4, 3; cf.:

fama hujus rei convertit ad Masinissam Numidas,

Liv. 29, 30, 7.— Pass. in mid. sense:

cuncta ad victoris opes conversa,

Tac. H. 3, 44.—In eccl. Lat., to convert to Christianity, etc.:

aliquem ad fidem Christi,

Hier. in Philem. 5, 10 sq. —Esp. freq. of turning or arresting the attention:

illud intellego, omnium ora in me convorsa esse,

Sall. J. 85, 5:

converterat Cn. Pompeii persona totum in se terrarum orbem,

Vell. 2, 31, 1:

proximas (provincias) in se,

Suet. Vesp. 4 al.: nihil opus est, ad continendas custodias plures commilitones converti, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 20 (31), 1:

omnium oculos ad se,

Nep. Alcib. 3, 5.—And with inanimate things as subjects:

cum aliqua iis ampla et honesta res objecta totos ad se convertit et rapit,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—Since the Aug. per. also freq. with a simple acc.:

sive elephas albus volgi converteret ora,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; Suet. Calig. 35; cf. Liv. 26, 29, 2:

animos,

id. 29, 26, 5:

homines quaqua iret,

Suet. Tit. 5.—

Pregn., to change the nature of a thing; i. e. to change, alter, transform, turn.

With a simple acc.:

omnes Res ita convortant formas mutentque colores,

Lucr. 2, 1005; cf. id. 1, 678:

omnia,

id. 4, 441:

tellus induit ignotas hominum conversa figuras,

Ov. M. 1, 88:

humanam vicem (venena),

Hor. Epod. 5, 88:

rem,

Cic. Att. 8, 13, 2:

rem publicam,

to bring into disorder, id. Fl. 38, 94:

hunc ordinem,

Quint. 7, 2, 15:

animum avaritiā,

Sall. J. 29, 1:

vitae viam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26:

studia,

id. A. P. 166 et saep.:

conversi animum vultumque,

Tac. H. 1, 85: castra castris, to change camp with camp (i. e. to establish new camps by constantly removing), Caes. B. C. 1, 81.—

In gram.: casus conversi, = casus obliqui,

the cases which undergo a change of form, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64.—

With ad:

nisi si id putas, non posse jam ad salutem convorti hoc malum,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 48:

poena omnis oculorum ad caecitatem mentis est conversa,

Cic. Dom. 40, 105:

mater magna, cujus ludi violati, polluti, paene ad caedem et ad funus civitatis conversi sunt,

id. Har. Resp. 11, 24:

quod ad perniciem suam fuerat cogitatum, id ad salutem convertit,

Nep. Dat. 6, 8.—

With in:

si antequam tumor discutiatur in suppurationem convertitur,

Col. 6, 17, 6:

jam ego me convortam in hirudinem,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

deum sese in hominem,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 40:

Hecubam in canem,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

terras in freti formam,

Ov. M. 11, 209:

deum (sc. Jovem) in pretium (i. e. aurum),

Hor. C. 3, 16, 8:

vim morbi in quartanam,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1 et saep.:

crimen in laudem,

id. Fl. 29, 70:

amicitiae se in graves inimicitias,

id. Lael. 21, 78; Quint. 12, 1, 2 et saep.—

Of written works, to translate:

converti ex Atticis duorum eloquentissimorum nobilissimas orationes... nec converti ut interpres, sed ut orator, etc.,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14:

orationes e Graeco,

id. ib. 6, 18:

aliqua de Graecis,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:

librum in Latinum,

id. Off. 2, 24, 87; id. Tusc. 3, 14, 29; cf. id. Fin. 1, 2, 5; id. N. D. 2, 41, 104.—

Neutr., to relurn (rare).

Lit.:

inde (imago) retro rursum redit et convertit eodem,

Lucr. 4, 334 (Lachm. conj. convertitur):

clam cum paucis ad pedites convortit,

Sall. J. 101, 6:

in regnum suum,

id. ib. 20, 4:

convortit Varro,

Sil. 9, 645:

ad me,

Gell. 1, 26, 3.—

Trop.

To return, turn:

in amicitiam atque in gratiam,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 18:

ad sapientiora,

Tac. A. 3, 55.—

To change, turn:

hoc vitium huic uni in bonum convertebat,

Cic. Brut. 38, 141; id. de Or. 3, 29, 114; id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 9, 17:

regium imperium in superbiam dominationemque,

Sall. C. 6, 7 Kritz:

ne ista vobis mansuetudo et misericordia... in miseriam convortet,

id. ib. 52, 27:

ad aliquem, of political support,

Cic. Planc. 20, 50; Tac. A. 12, 18.

lātus, a, um, adj. [old Lat. stlātus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 313; Sanscr. root star-, strnāmi = sterno; Gr. stor- in stornumi, stratos; Lat. sterno, stratus, torus; cf. strāges, struo; not connected with platus, nor with 3. lātus = tlêtos], broad, wide.

Lit.:

fossa,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

mare,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103:

via,

id. ib. 2, 4, 53, §

119: agri,

id. Rep. 5, 2, 3:

clavus,

Quint. 11, 3, 138 (v. clavus):

umeri,

Verg. A. 9, 725; cf.:

artus barbarorum,

Tac. A. 2, 21:

lati et lacertosi viri,

broad-shouldered, Col. 1, 9, 4; Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

rana bove latior,

Phaedr. 1, 24, 5:

palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

latissimum flumen,

id. ib. 2, 27:

latissimae solitudines,

id. ib. 6, 22:

comesse panem tris pedes latum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 8:

fossae quindecim pedes latae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

areas latas pedum denum facito,

Col. 2, 10, 26:

populi,

Verg. A. 1, 225:

moenia lata videt,

id. ib. 6, 549:

latis otia fundis,

id. G. 2, 468: ne latos fines parare studeant. Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

ager,

Liv. 23, 46:

orbis,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 57:

terrae,

Ov. M. 2, 307:

lata Polyphemi acies,

wide eye, Juv. 9, 64.— Neutr. absol.:

crescere in latum,

to increase in width, widen, Ov. M. 1, 336.— Absol.:

per latum,

Vulg. Ezech. 46, 22:

in lato pedum centum,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26, 7.—

Transf., poet., for proud, swelling (cf. Eng. vulg. spreading):

latus ut in circo spatiere,

that you may stalk along largely, proudly, Hor. S. 2, 3, 183:

lati incesserunt et cothurnati (histriones),

Sen. Ep. 76, 31. —

Trop.

In gen., broad, wide, wide-spread, extended (mostly post-Aug.):

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

verba,

pronounced broadly, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

gloria,

widespread, Plin. Ep. 4, 12, 7:

lato Murrus caligat in hoste,

Sil. 1, 499:

interpretatio,

broad, not strict, lenient, Dig. 22, 1, 1:

culpa,

great, ib. 50, 16, 213; 11, 6, 1 fin.:

fuga,

a kind of banishment, whereby all places are forbidden to the exile but one, ib. 48, 22, 5.—

In partic., of style, diffuse, detailed, copious, prolix:

oratio Academicorum liberior et latior (opp. Stoicorum oratio astrictior et contractior),

Cic. Brut. 31, 120:

latum atque fusum,

Quint. 11, 3, 50:

latiore varioque tractatu,

id. 7, 3, 16:

latiore quadam comprehensione,

id. 2, 5, 14:

genus orandi latum et sonans,

Tac. H. 1, 90:

Aeschines his latior et audentior,

Quint. 12, 10, 23.— Hence, adv.: lātē, broadly, widely, extensively; with longe, on all sides, far and wide, everywhere.

Lit.:

late longeque diffusus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

omnibus longe lateque aedificiis incensis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 35:

minus late vagari,

id. ib. 1, 2:

regnare,

Just. 13, 7:

populus late rex,

Verg. A. 1, 21; cf.:

diu Lateque victrix,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 23:

cladem inferre,

Tac. H. 3, 23.— Comp.:

latius demum operaest pretium ivisse,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 156:

itaque latius quam caedebatur ruebat (murus),

Liv. 21, 11:

possidere (agros),

Ov. M. 5, 131:

metui,

Tac. A. 12, 43. — Sup.:

ager latissime continuatus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70:

quam latissime possint, ignes faciant,

Nep. Eum. 9, 3.—

Trop.: ars late patet, widely. Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235:

Phrygiae late refer primordia gentis,

Ov. H. 17, 57.— Comp.:

latius loquuntur rhetores, dialectici compressius,

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: quod [p. 1042] pateat latius, of rather extensive application, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 19:

latius perscribere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

uti opibus,

more lavishly, Hor. S. 2, 2, 113.— Sup.:

fidei bonae nomen latissime manat,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

latissime patere,

id. ib. 3, 17, 69.

lătus, ĕris, n. [cf. Gr. platus; Lat. lăter, Latium, plautus or plotus], the side, flank of men or animals.

Lit.:

ego vostra faciam latera lorea,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 2: quid conminatu's mihi? Con. Istud male factum arbitror, quia non latus fodi, id. Aul. 3, 2, 4:

occidisse ex equo dicitur, et latus offendisse vehementer,

Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

cujus latus ille mucro petebat,

id. Lig. 3, 9:

laterique accommodat ensem,

Verg. A. 2, 393; Quint. 2, 13, 12; 11, 3, 69; 118:

laterum inclinatione forti ac virili,

id. 1, 11, 18: vellere latus digitis, to twitch one by the side (in order to attract attention), Ov. A. A. 1, 606; cf.:

si tetigit latus acrior,

Juv. 7, 109:

tum latus ei dicenti condoluisse... dieque septimo est lateris dolore consumptus,

pleurisy, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6; so,

lateris dolor,

Cato, R. R. 125; Cels. 2, 7; 8; Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155:

lateris vigili cum febre dolor,

Juv. 13, 229; cf.:

laterum dolor aut tussis,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 32: artifices lateris, i. e. those who make skilful side movements or evolutions, ballet-dancers, Ov. A. A. 3, 351:

latus tegere alicui,

to walk by the side of one, Hor. S. 2, 5, 18:

claudere alicui,

Juv. 3, 131; and:

mares inter se uxoresque contendunt, uter det latus illis (sc. pantomimis),

Sen. Q. N. 7, 32, 3.—Of animals:

equorum,

Lucr. 5, 1324:

cujus (equi aënei) in lateribus fores essent,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38.—

Of orators, the lungs:

lateribus aut clamore contendere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

quae vox, quae latera, quae vires, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 67:

ut lateris conatus sit ille, non capitis,

Quint. 1, 11, 8; cf.:

lateris pectorisve firmitas an capitis etiam plus adjuvet,

id. 11, 3, 16; so id. 11, 3, 40:

dum vox ac latus praeparetur,

id. 10, 7, 2; 11, 3, 13:

voce, latere, firmitate (constat orator),

id. 12, 11, 2:

neque enim ex te umquam es nobilitatus, sed ex lateribus et lacertis tuis,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 27:

cum legem Voconiam voce magna et bonis lateribus suasissem,

id. ib. 5, 14:

illa adhuc audaciora et majorum, ut Cicero existimat, laterum,

Quint. 9, 1, 29.—

Poet., in mal. part., Lucil. ap. Non. 260, 30; Ov. H. 2, 58; 19, 138; Prop. 2, 2, 12:

lateri parcere,

Juv. 6, 37.—

Transf., in gen.

The side, flank, lateral surface of a thing (opp. frons and tergum;

v. h. vv.): collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat et in frontem leniter fastigatus paulatim ad planiciem redibat,

on each side, Caes. B. G. 2, 8; cf. Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202:

terra angusta verticibus, lateribus latior,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

latus unum castrorum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

insula, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

id. ib. 5, 13:

et (Fibrenus) divisus aequaliter in duas partis latera haec (insulae) adluit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6.—Of a maritime country, the coast, seaboard:

Illyricum,

Juv. 8, 117:

castelli,

Sall. J. 93:

tum prora avertit et undis Dat latus,

the ship's side, Verg. A. 1, 105:

ubi pulsarunt acres latera ardua fluctus,

Ov. M. 11, 529:

nudum remigio,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 4; id. Epod. 10, 3:

dextrum (domus),

id. Ep. 1, 16, 6:

mundi,

id. C. 1, 22, 19:

crystallus sexangulis nascitur lateribus,

surfaces, Plin. 37, 2, 9, § 26.—Of an army, the flank, Tac. Agr. 35:

reliquos equites ad latera disponit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 7:

ex itinere nostros latere aperto aggressi,

id. ib. 1, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 23 fin.:

ad latus apertum hostium constitui,

id. ib. 4, 25:

ne simul in frontem, simul in latera, pugnaretur,

Tac. Agr. 35.—So in fighting: latus dare, to expose one's side or flank to the adversary, Val. Fl. 4, 304 (v. II. A. infra).—

Esp. freq.: a (ab) latere, on or at the side or flank; a or ab lateribus, on or at the sides or flanks (opp. a fronte, in front, before, and a tergo, at the back, behind):

a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur,

Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.; id. B. G. 2, 25:

ab omni latere securus,

Amm. 16, 9, 3:

ab latere aggredi,

Liv. 27, 48:

disjectos ab tergo aut lateribus circumveniebant,

Sall. J. 50 fin.:

ne quis inermibus militibus ab latere impetus fieri posset,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

Sulla profligatis iis, quos advorsum ierat, rediens ab latere Mauris incurrit,

Sall. J. 101, 8: si ex hac causa unda prorumperet, a lateribus undae circumfunderentur, Sen. Q. N. 6, 6, 4:

a lateribus, a fronte, quasi tria maria prospectat,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 5.—

Less freq. with ex:

latere ex utroque,

Lucr. 2, 1049:

ex lateribus aggredi aliquem,

Sall. C. 60:

tribus ex lateribus (locus) tegebatur,

Hirt. B. Alex. 28, 4:

ex alio latere cubiculum est politissimum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10:

omni ex latere armorum molibus urgeri,

Amm. 19, 7, 7.—

With de:

de latere ire,

Lucr. 6, 117.—Without prep.:

alio latere,

Tac. A. 3, 74.—

Poet. (pars pro toto), the body:

penna latus vestit, tenet,

Ov. M. 2, 376:

nunc latus in fulvis niveum deponit harenis,

id. ib. 2, 865; cf. id. ib. 3, 23;

14, 710: forte,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 26:

fessum longā militiā,

id. C. 2, 7, 18:

credidit tauro latus,

id. ib. 3, 27, 26:

liminis aut aquae Caelestis patiens latus,

id. ib. 3, 10, 20.—

Trop.

In gen.: in latera atque in terga incurrere, to attack the sides, i. e. the unguarded points, Quint. 9, 1, 20:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

encompass on every side, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34:

ut a sems latere numquam discederem,

never left his side, Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf.: aliquem lateri alicujus adjungere, to attach to his side, i. e. to give him for a companion, Quint. 1, 2, 5; so,

alicui latus dare, of a client,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 32, 3 (cf. B. 1. infra):

lateri adhaerere gravem dominum,

hung about them, threatened them, Liv. 39, 25:

Illyriorum rex, lateri ejus haerens, assiduis precibus promissa exigebat,

Just. 29, 4, 8; cf.:

Agathocles regis lateri junctus, civitatem regebat,

id. 30, 2, 5:

circumfusa turba lateri meo,

Liv. 6, 15.—Esp.:

sacpe dabis nudum latus,

expose, Tib. 1, 4, 52:

la. tus imperii nudum,

Flor. 3, 5, 4:

nec adulatoribus latus praebeas,

expose yourself, lay yourself open to, Sen. Q. N. 4 praef.: latere tecto abscedere, i. e safe, unharmed, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 5:

hic fugit omnes Insidias nullique malo latus obdit apertum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 59:

ex uno latere constat contractus,

on one side, Dig. 19, 1, 13 fin.; so ib. 3, 5, 5:

nulla ex utroque latere nascitur actio,

ib. 3, 5, 6, § 4.—

In partic.

To express intimacy, attachment:

latus alicui cingere,

to cling to, Liv. 32, 39, 8; esp. in the phrase: ab latere, at the side of, i. e. in intimate association with (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.):

ab latere tyranni: addit eos ab latere tyranni,

Liv. 24, 5, 13; Curt. 3, 5, 15; cf.:

ille tuum, Castrice, dulce latus,

your constant associate, Mart. 6, 68, 4.—

Relationship, kindred, esp. collateral relationship (post-Aug.):

quibus (liberis) videor a meo tuoque latere pronum ad honores iter relicturus,

Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

sunt et ex lateribus cognati ut fratres sororesque,

Dig. 38, 10, 10, § 8:

ex latere uxorem ducere,

ib. 23, 2, 68:

latus omne divinae domus,

Stat. S. 5 praef.: omnes personae cognatorum aut supra numerantur, aut infra, aut ex transverso, sive a latere... a latere, fratres et sorores, liberique eorum; item parentium fratres et sorores liberique eorum, (Ulp.) de Grad. Cogn. 2 ap. Huschke, Jurisp. Antejust. p. 530.

lātus, a, um, Part., v. fero.

mŏror, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [mora].

Neutr., to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter (syn.: cesso, cunctor, haesito; class.); eamus ergo ad cenam: quid stas? Thr. Ubi vis:

non moror,

i. e. I have no objection, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 6:

Lucceius narravit, Brutum valde morari, non tergiversantem, sed exspectantem, si qui forte casus, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

quid moror?

Hor. C. 2, 17, 6:

quid multis moror?

why do I linger long? why make a long story of it? Ter. And. 1, 1, 87:

ne multis morer,

to be brief, in short, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 104:

paulum morandum in his intervallis,

Quint. 11, 3, 39:

quod adhuc Brundisii moratus es,

have tarried, remained, Cic. Fam. 15, 17, 2:

in provinciā,

id. Att. 7, 1, 5:

haud multa moratus,

i. e. without delaying long, Verg. A. 3, 610:

nec plura moratus,

without tarrying any longer, id. ib. 5, 381:

rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,

may linger, may be, Hor. C. 1, 38, 3:

Corycia semper qui puppe moraris,

Juv. 14, 267.—With cum:

ubi, et cum quibus moreris,

stay, reside, Sen. Ep. 32, 1.—With quin:

nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra,

Liv. 40, 31, 8.—In the part. perf. subst.:

ad sexcentos moratorum in citeriore ripā cepit,

Liv. 21, 47, 3; 21, 48, 6; cf.:

ad duo milia aut moratorum aut palantium per agros interfecta,

id. 24, 41, 4; v. Drakenb. ad h. 1.—

Act., to delay, retard, detain, cause to wait, hinder:

ne affinem morer, Quin, etc.,

delay, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 5:

argentum non morabor quin feras,

id. As. 2, 2, 88:

morari ac sustinere impetum hostium,

Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

conanti dexteram manum,

id. ib. 5, 44, 8:

eum,

Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 28:

iter,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

naves,

Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80:

morari ab itinere proposito hostem,

Liv. 23, 28, 9:

morantur pauci Ridiculum et fugientem ex urbe pudorem,

Juv. 11, 54.—

To fix the attention of, to delight, amuse, entertain: morata recte Fabula Valdius oblectat, populum meliusque moratur, Quam, etc., delays, i. e. entertains, Hor. A. P. 321:

carmina, quae possint oculos auresque morari Caesaris,

arrest, id. Ep. 1, 13, 17:

tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,

Quint. 1, 1, 28: profecto non plus biduum aut— Ph. Aut? nihil moror, I will wait no longer, will bear no delay, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 104:

egomet convivas moror,

keep them waiting, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 120.—

In partic.: nihil morari aliquem, not to detain a person, to let him go, to dismiss. Thus the consul said when he dismissed the Senate:

Nihil amplius vos moramur,

I will detain you no longer, you are dismissed, Capitol. M. Aurel. 10. This is the customary formula for abandoning an accusation and dismissing an accused person:

C. Sempronium nihil moror,

i. e. I withdraw my accusation against, Liv. 4, 42, 8:

cum se nihil morari magistrum equitum pronuntiasset,

id. 8, 35, 8:

negavit, se Gracchum morari,

id. 43, 16, 16.—Hence,

Trop.: nihil morari (with acc., an object-clause, or quo minus), to let a thing go, i. e. not to value or regard, to care nothing about it, to have nothing to say against it, etc.:

nam vina nihil moror illius orae,

care nothing for it, am not fond of it, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 16:

officium,

id. ib. 2, 1, 264:

nec dona moror,

Verg. A. 5, 400:

nil ego istos moror faeceos mores,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 18 Brix ad loc.—With object-clauses:

alieno uti nihil moror,

I do not want to, Plaut. Capt. prol. 16: nihil moror, eos salvos esse, et ire quo jubetis, am not opposed to it, have nothing to say against it, Ant. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35:

nil moror eum tibi esse amicum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 56.— With quominus:

nihil ego quidem moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,

I do not hesitate to, I will immediately, Liv. 3, 54, 4. —Hence, * mŏrātē, adv., lingeringly, slowly:

moratius,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 14, 3.

Act. collat. form mŏro, āre: quid moras? Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.: morares Enn. ib.: moraret, Pac. ib. (cf. Enn. p. 154, v. 11 Vahl.; Trag. Rel. p. 82 Rib.; Com. Rel. p. 16 ib.).—

Pass. impers.: ita diu, ut plus biennium in his tricis moretur, be spent, lost, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2.

mōror, 1, v. dep. n. [môros], to be foolish, be a fool (post-Aug.), in the lusus verbb.:

morari eum (Claudium) inter homines desiisse, productā primā syllabā, jocabatur,

Suet. Ner. 33.