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  • 1 decenter

        decenter adv. with comp.    [decens], becomingly, decently, properly, fitly: Singula quaeque locum teneant sortita decenter, H.: maesta, O.: pulsare decentius, H.
    * * *
    decentius, decentissime ADV
    appropriately/decently, with good taste; becomingly, pleasingly, gracefully

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  • 2 aptē

        aptē adv. with sup.    [aptus], closely, fitly, suitably, rightly: cohaerere: (pilleum) capiti reponit, L.: inter se quam aptissime cohaerere. — Fig., fitly, suitably, properly, duly, rightly: quid apte fiat: casum ferre: equite apte locato, L.: adire, opportunely, O.: ad rerum dignitatem loqui: fabricato ad id apte ferculo, L.: ut pendeat (chlamys) apte, becomingly, O.
    * * *
    aptius, aptissime ADV
    closely, snugly, so to fit tightly/exactly; neatly, aptly; suitably; fittingly

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  • 3 decōrē

        decōrē adv.    [decorus], suitably, properly, becomingly, decorously: ea facere: res p. gesta, S.: formata species, worthily.
    * * *
    beautifully, in a pleasing manner; properly/suitably, in correct/seemly manner

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  • 4 dīgnē

        dīgnē adv. with comp.    [dignus], worthily, fitly, becomingly: laudari satis digne: iniuriam persequi: Martem scribere, H.: Peccare cruce dignius, H.
    * * *
    dignius, dignissime ADV
    worthily; appropriately/suitably; in a fitting manner

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  • 5 ēleganter

        ēleganter adv. with comp. and sup.    [elegans], with good judgment, tastefully, neatly, finely, gracefully, elegantly: lautiores accepti: acta aetas: causam dicere: psallere et saltare elegantius, S.: elegantius facturos dixit, si, etc., becomingly, L.: elegantius loca cepisse, judiciously, L.: loqui elegantissime.
    * * *
    elegantius, elegantissime ADV
    elegantly, attractively; properly/rightly, w/correct taste/conduct; neatly

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  • 6 honestē

        honestē adv. with comp. and sup.    [honestus], decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously: vivere, T.: unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste, H.: ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit, O.: quae fiunt honestissime: cum possit honestius tremere, Iu.: fastigium honeste vergit in tectum, etc.: geniti, i. e. nobly, L.
    * * *
    honorably; decently

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  • 7 pendeō

        pendeō pependī, —, ēre    [PAND-], to hang, hang down, be suspended: sagittae pendebant ab umero: pendebant molles super ora capilli, O.: telum summo clipei umbone pependit, V.: chlamydemque, ut pendeat apte, Conlocat, hang becomingly, O.: ego plectar pendens, shall be strung up and flogged, T.: pendebit fistula pinu, V.: E trabe pependit onus, O.: inter merces, be exposed for sale, Ph.: Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo, i. e. are held by a frail tenure, O.— To hang in the air, be suspended, float, hover, overhang: Nunc scopulus raucis pendet adesus aquis, O.: Hi summo in fluctu pendent, V.: Dumosā pendere procul de rupe videbo (capros), V.: olor niveis pendebat in aëre pennis, O.: litus, quod pendeat, overhangs, O.— To hang about, loiter, tarry, linger: nostro in limine, V.— To hang down, be flabby, be flaccid, be weak, have no strength: fluidos pendere lacertos, O.: Pendentes genas aspice, Iu.—Fig., to hang, rest, depend, be dependent: quoniam opes eius ex patre suo penderent, S.: ex alterius voltu ac nutu, L.: spes pendet ex fortunā: ex quo verbo tota causa pendebat: vectigalia perlevi saepe momento fortunae pendere: in sententiis omnium civium famam nostram pendere: De te pendens amicus, devoted to you, H.: ex te tota pendebat, Ct.: tyrannus, Cum quo fatum pendebat amici, Iu.—Of the attention, to hang, give close attention, be absorbed, gaze fixedly: (Dido) pendet iterum narrantis ab ore, V., O.— To be suspended, be interrupted: pendent opera interrupta, V.— To be in suspense, be uncertain, hesitate, be irresolute, be perplexed: animus tibi pendet? T.: nolo suspensam plebem obscurā spe pendere: pendeo animi exspectatione Corfiniensi: sollicitis ac pendentibus animi, L.: pendebat adhuc belli fortuna, was in doubt, O.
    * * *
    pendere, pependi, - V
    hang, hang down; depend

    pendeo ab ore -- hang upon the lips, listen attentively

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  • 8 competenter

    competentius, competentissime ADV
    suitably, appositely; properly, becomingly

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  • 9 conducenter

    profitably, wisely; becomingly; properly, suitably, appropriately (L+S)

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  • 10 conpetenter

    conpetentius, conpetentissime ADV
    suitably, appositely; properly, becomingly

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  • 11 bellus

    bellus, a, um, adj. [as if for benulus, from benus = bonus, Prisc. p. 556 P.].
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Of persons, pretty, handsome, charming, fine, lovely, neat, pleasant, agreeable, etc. (of persons, things, actions, etc.; most freq. in the ante-class. per. and in the poets; in Cic. mostly in his epistt.): uxor, Varr. ap. Non. p. 248, 17: nimis bella es atque amabilis, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 84; id. Rud. 2, 5, 6; Cat. 8, 16; 43, 6:

    puella,

    id. 69, 8; 78, 4; Ov. Am. 1, 9, 6; Mart. 1, 65; 2, 87:

    Piliae et puellae Caeciliae bellissimae salutem dices,

    Cic. Att. 6, 4, 3: fui ego bellus ( civil, courtly, polite), lepidus, bonus vir numquam, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 3:

    hospes,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 111; Cat. 24, 7; 78, 3; 81, 2:

    durius accipere hoc mihi visus est quam homines belli solent,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4:

    homo et bellus et humanus,

    id. Fin. 2, 31, 102:

    Cicero bellissimus tibi salutem plurimam dicit,

    id. Fam. 14, 7, 3.—Also active, brisk, lively, as the effect of health, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 20:

    fac bellus revertare,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 1.—
    B.
    Of things, places, etc.: socius es hostibus, socius bellum ita geris, ut bella omnia ( every thing beautiful, costly) domum auferas, Varr. ap. Non. p. 248, 19: unum quicquid, quod quidem erit bellissimum, Carpam, * Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 51:

    vinum bellissimum,

    Col. 12, 19, 2:

    nimis hic bellus atque ut esse maxume optabam locu'st,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 74:

    illum pueris locum esse bellissimum duximus,

    Cic. Att. 5, 17, 3:

    bella copia,

    id. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

    recordor, quam bella paulisper nobis gubernantibus civitas fuerit,

    in what a pleasant condition the State was, id. Att. 4, 16, 10:

    malae tenebrae Orci, quae omnia bella devoratis,

    Cat. 3, 14:

    subsidium bellissimum existimo esse senectuti otium,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

    (epistula) valde bella,

    id. Att. 4, 6, 4:

    occasio bellissima,

    Petr. 25: fama, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 114:

    quam sit bellum cavere malum,

    how delightful, pleasant it is, Cic. de Or 1, 58, 247: bellissimum putaverunt dicere amissas (esse litteras), thought it best, i. e. safest, most plausible, id. Fl. 17, 39; cf.:

    bella haec pietatis et quaestuosa simulatio,

    fine, plausible, id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145:

    mihi jampridem venit in mentem, bellum esse, aliquo exire,

    id. Fam. 9, 2, 3; id. Att. 13, 49, 2; Cod. 6, 35, 11.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Gallant, etc.:

    illam esse amicam tui viri bellissimi,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 27; cf.:

    Gallus homo'st bellus: nam dulces jungit amores,

    Cat. 78, 3.—
    B.
    For bonus, good: venio nunc ad alterum genus testamenti, quod dicitur physicon, in quo Graeci belliores quam Romani nostri, Varr. ap. Non. p. 77, 30 (Sat. Menipp. 87, 3).—Hence, bellē, adv., prettily, neatly, becomingly, finely, excellently, well, delightfully, etc.: quare bene et praeclare, quamvis nobis saepe dicatur;

    belle et festive, nimium saepe nolo,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; cf. id. Quint. 30, 93; so Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 35; * Lucr. 1, 644; Cic. Att. 1, 1, 5; 16, 3, 4; Quint. 6, 3, 48 al.:

    quod honeste aut sine detrimento nostro promittere non possumus... belle negandum est,

    in a courtly, polite manner, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 11, 45; so Publ. Syr. ap. Gell. 17, 14, 10:

    belle se habere,

    Cic. Att. 12, 37: belle habere (cf.: eu, kalôs echein), to be in good health, be well, id. Fam. 9, 9, 1; so,

    bellissime esse,

    id. Att. 14, 14, 1:

    facere, in medical lang.,

    to operate well, to have a good effect, Cato, R. R. 157; Scrib. Comp. 136; 150 (cf. the uses of bene). —With bellus:

    i sane, bella belle,

    Plaut. As. 3, 8, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 35 (cf.: kalê kalôs, Av. Ach. 253).—Ellipt., belle, for belle habere: sed ut ad epistolas tuas redeam, cetera belle, illud miror, the others are well or right, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 2.— Sup.:

    haec ipsa fero equidem fronte, ut puto, et voltu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

    Cic. Att. 5, 10, 3; id. Fam. 14, 14, 1:

    navigare,

    id. ib. 16, 9, 1 al. ( comp. perh. not in use).

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  • 12 competo

    com-pĕto ( conp-), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (first common since the Aug. per.; very rare before that time; not found in Cic., and perh. not in the poets).
    I.
    Act., to strive after something in company or together (post-class. and very rare):

    unum locum,

    Just. 13, 2, 1:

    unam speciosam (puellam),

    Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 59: bona, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 27, § 6.—
    II.
    Neutr., to meet or come together.
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    ubi viae competunt, tum in compitis sacrificatur,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

    ubi recti angulorum conpetant ictuus,

    Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

    si cacumina harundinum in unum competunt,

    Col. 4, 17, 1; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, to coincide, agree, meet, to happen, etc.; constr. with cum, the dat., in, or absol.:

    tempora reputantibus initium finemque miraculi cum Othonis exitu competisse,

    Tac. H. 2, 50 fin.:

    fasti adeo turbati, ut neque messium feriae aestati, neque vindemiarum auctumno competerent,

    Suet. Caes. 40:

    si competant coitus lunae in novissimum diem brumae,

    Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191; 18, 26, 63, § 232; cf. impers.:

    si ita competit, ut idem ille, qui sanare potest, disserat,

    Sen. Ep. 75, 6.—
    2.
    Of other things, to agree or coincide with something, to answer to it:

    tanto Othonis animo nequaquam corpus aut habitus competiit,

    Suet. Oth. 12.—Hence, absol., to be qualified, competent, appropriate, fit, suitable, to correspond:

    neque animo neque auribus aut linguā conpetere,

    Sall. H. 1, 88 Dietsch; Tac. A. 3, 46:

    dux velut captus animi non linguā, non auribus competere,

    id. H. 3, 73:

    aut assumere in causam naturas, quā competent, aut mitigare, quā repugnabunt,

    Quint. 4, 1, 17:

    ut vix ad arma capienda aptandaque pugnae competeret animus,

    Liv. 22, 5, 3:

    ei loci situs ita competit,

    Col. 8, 17, 3; cf. id. 9, 1, 1; 9, 5, 1:

    si cujusquam neptium suarum competeret aetas,

    Suet. Aug. 31; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. id. 2, 8, 4; 2, 18, 2; 2, 20, 4; 4, 29 fin. —
    3.
    To belong, be due to:

    actionem competere in equitem Romanum,

    Quint. 3, 6, 11:

    mihi adversus te actio competit,

    Dig. 19, 1, 25:

    poena competit in aliquem,

    App. M. 10, p. 243, 40:

    hereditas competit, alicui,

    Eum. Pan. Const. 4:

    libertas servo competere potest,

    Just. Inst. 1, 5, 1.—Hence,
    1.
    com-pĕtens, entis, P. a.
    a.
    Corresponding to:

    personae rebus,

    App. Flor. 16:

    ratio etymologiae cum sententiā vocabuli,

    Gell. 19, 13, 3.— Comp., Auct. Pan. Maxim. et Const. 7.—
    b.
    Competent, legal:

    judex,

    Dig. 2, 1, 19:

    tribunal,

    ib. 3, 3, 35, § 2.—
    2.
    compĕten-ter, adv., suitably, properly, becomingly (post-class.):

    consulere alicui,

    Dig. 24, 3, 22:

    punire,

    ib. 22, 5, 16.—
    * Comp.: disserere, Hier. adv. Helv. 2.—
    * Sup.:

    uti Platone,

    App. Mag. p. 316, 22.

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  • 13 conduco

    con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

    populum in forum,

    Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

    exercitum in unum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    eo copias omnes,

    id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

    copias suas,

    id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

    auxilia,

    Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

    dispersas suorum copias,

    Tac. H. 4, 71:

    virgines unum in locum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

    omnis clientes suos eodem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    milites in unum,

    Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—
    2.
    Of inanimate objects:

    vineas,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

    nubila,

    Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.
    a.
    Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

    partes in unum,

    Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

    cortice ramos,

    Ov. M. 4, 375:

    lac,

    to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

    conducere musculum aut laxare,

    to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

    ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

    Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

    vulnera cerā,

    to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

    omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

    Arn. 4, p. 146:

    dies adeo conductus,

    i. e. short, Sol. 22.—
    2.
    T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).
    a.
    To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

    aedes aliquas mihi,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

    hortum,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

    qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

    id. Caecin. 32, 94:

    habitationem in annum,

    Dig. 19, 2, 19:

    ad certum tempus,

    ib. 19, 2, 14:

    insulam,

    ib. 19, 2, 30:

    conduxi domum a te,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

    nummos,

    to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

    pecuniam,

    Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

    ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

    cocum,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

    fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

    id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

    meretricem,

    id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

    torum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

    consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

    praeceptores publice,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

    choragum,

    Suet. Aug. 70:

    homines,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

    tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

    could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

    mercede aliquem,

    Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

    mercede diurnā conductus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    pictorem magno pretio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.
    (α).
    conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

    bella conducta,

    carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —
    (β).
    conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

    locati conducti,

    ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—
    b.
    To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

    caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

    caedundos agnos,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

    redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

    Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

    locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

    Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

    mulierem vehendam nave,

    ib. 19, 2, 19:

    aliquem docendum,

    ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

    praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

    to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

    vectigalia,

    to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

    tabulas in Italiam portandas,

    Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

    portorium,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —
    II.
    Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With in:

    quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

    in commune,

    Tac. A. 2, 38.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    ad ventris victum,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

    ad vitae commoditatem,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—
    (γ).
    With dat. (so most freq.):

    huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

    maxime rei publicae,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

    neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

    omnibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

    tuae laudi,

    id. Fam. 13, 48:

    nostris rationibus,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    maxime sibi,

    Quint. 11, 1, 12:

    alvo citae (vinum),

    Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

    proposito,

    Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

    imbres non conducunt vitibus,

    Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

    conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

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  • 14 conducti

    con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

    populum in forum,

    Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

    exercitum in unum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    eo copias omnes,

    id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

    copias suas,

    id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

    auxilia,

    Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

    dispersas suorum copias,

    Tac. H. 4, 71:

    virgines unum in locum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

    omnis clientes suos eodem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    milites in unum,

    Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—
    2.
    Of inanimate objects:

    vineas,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

    nubila,

    Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.
    a.
    Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

    partes in unum,

    Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

    cortice ramos,

    Ov. M. 4, 375:

    lac,

    to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

    conducere musculum aut laxare,

    to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

    ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

    Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

    vulnera cerā,

    to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

    omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

    Arn. 4, p. 146:

    dies adeo conductus,

    i. e. short, Sol. 22.—
    2.
    T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).
    a.
    To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

    aedes aliquas mihi,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

    hortum,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

    qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

    id. Caecin. 32, 94:

    habitationem in annum,

    Dig. 19, 2, 19:

    ad certum tempus,

    ib. 19, 2, 14:

    insulam,

    ib. 19, 2, 30:

    conduxi domum a te,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

    nummos,

    to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

    pecuniam,

    Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

    ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

    cocum,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

    fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

    id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

    meretricem,

    id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

    torum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

    consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

    praeceptores publice,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

    choragum,

    Suet. Aug. 70:

    homines,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

    tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

    could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

    mercede aliquem,

    Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

    mercede diurnā conductus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    pictorem magno pretio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.
    (α).
    conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

    bella conducta,

    carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —
    (β).
    conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

    locati conducti,

    ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—
    b.
    To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

    caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

    caedundos agnos,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

    redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

    Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

    locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

    Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

    mulierem vehendam nave,

    ib. 19, 2, 19:

    aliquem docendum,

    ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

    praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

    to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

    vectigalia,

    to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

    tabulas in Italiam portandas,

    Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

    portorium,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —
    II.
    Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With in:

    quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

    in commune,

    Tac. A. 2, 38.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    ad ventris victum,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

    ad vitae commoditatem,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—
    (γ).
    With dat. (so most freq.):

    huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

    maxime rei publicae,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

    neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

    omnibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

    tuae laudi,

    id. Fam. 13, 48:

    nostris rationibus,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    maxime sibi,

    Quint. 11, 1, 12:

    alvo citae (vinum),

    Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

    proposito,

    Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

    imbres non conducunt vitibus,

    Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

    conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

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  • 15 conductum

    con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

    populum in forum,

    Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

    exercitum in unum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    eo copias omnes,

    id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

    copias suas,

    id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

    auxilia,

    Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

    dispersas suorum copias,

    Tac. H. 4, 71:

    virgines unum in locum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

    omnis clientes suos eodem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    milites in unum,

    Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—
    2.
    Of inanimate objects:

    vineas,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

    nubila,

    Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.
    a.
    Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

    partes in unum,

    Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

    cortice ramos,

    Ov. M. 4, 375:

    lac,

    to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

    conducere musculum aut laxare,

    to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

    ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

    Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

    vulnera cerā,

    to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

    omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

    Arn. 4, p. 146:

    dies adeo conductus,

    i. e. short, Sol. 22.—
    2.
    T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).
    a.
    To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

    aedes aliquas mihi,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

    hortum,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

    qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

    id. Caecin. 32, 94:

    habitationem in annum,

    Dig. 19, 2, 19:

    ad certum tempus,

    ib. 19, 2, 14:

    insulam,

    ib. 19, 2, 30:

    conduxi domum a te,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

    nummos,

    to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

    pecuniam,

    Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

    ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

    cocum,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

    fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

    id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

    meretricem,

    id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

    torum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

    consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

    praeceptores publice,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

    choragum,

    Suet. Aug. 70:

    homines,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

    tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

    could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

    mercede aliquem,

    Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

    mercede diurnā conductus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    pictorem magno pretio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.
    (α).
    conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

    bella conducta,

    carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —
    (β).
    conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

    locati conducti,

    ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—
    b.
    To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

    caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

    caedundos agnos,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

    redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

    Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

    locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

    Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

    mulierem vehendam nave,

    ib. 19, 2, 19:

    aliquem docendum,

    ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

    praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

    to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

    vectigalia,

    to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

    tabulas in Italiam portandas,

    Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

    portorium,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —
    II.
    Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With in:

    quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

    in commune,

    Tac. A. 2, 38.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    ad ventris victum,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

    ad vitae commoditatem,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—
    (γ).
    With dat. (so most freq.):

    huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

    maxime rei publicae,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

    neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

    omnibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

    tuae laudi,

    id. Fam. 13, 48:

    nostris rationibus,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    maxime sibi,

    Quint. 11, 1, 12:

    alvo citae (vinum),

    Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

    proposito,

    Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

    imbres non conducunt vitibus,

    Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

    conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

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  • 16 conpeto

    com-pĕto ( conp-), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (first common since the Aug. per.; very rare before that time; not found in Cic., and perh. not in the poets).
    I.
    Act., to strive after something in company or together (post-class. and very rare):

    unum locum,

    Just. 13, 2, 1:

    unam speciosam (puellam),

    Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 59: bona, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 27, § 6.—
    II.
    Neutr., to meet or come together.
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    ubi viae competunt, tum in compitis sacrificatur,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

    ubi recti angulorum conpetant ictuus,

    Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

    si cacumina harundinum in unum competunt,

    Col. 4, 17, 1; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, to coincide, agree, meet, to happen, etc.; constr. with cum, the dat., in, or absol.:

    tempora reputantibus initium finemque miraculi cum Othonis exitu competisse,

    Tac. H. 2, 50 fin.:

    fasti adeo turbati, ut neque messium feriae aestati, neque vindemiarum auctumno competerent,

    Suet. Caes. 40:

    si competant coitus lunae in novissimum diem brumae,

    Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191; 18, 26, 63, § 232; cf. impers.:

    si ita competit, ut idem ille, qui sanare potest, disserat,

    Sen. Ep. 75, 6.—
    2.
    Of other things, to agree or coincide with something, to answer to it:

    tanto Othonis animo nequaquam corpus aut habitus competiit,

    Suet. Oth. 12.—Hence, absol., to be qualified, competent, appropriate, fit, suitable, to correspond:

    neque animo neque auribus aut linguā conpetere,

    Sall. H. 1, 88 Dietsch; Tac. A. 3, 46:

    dux velut captus animi non linguā, non auribus competere,

    id. H. 3, 73:

    aut assumere in causam naturas, quā competent, aut mitigare, quā repugnabunt,

    Quint. 4, 1, 17:

    ut vix ad arma capienda aptandaque pugnae competeret animus,

    Liv. 22, 5, 3:

    ei loci situs ita competit,

    Col. 8, 17, 3; cf. id. 9, 1, 1; 9, 5, 1:

    si cujusquam neptium suarum competeret aetas,

    Suet. Aug. 31; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. id. 2, 8, 4; 2, 18, 2; 2, 20, 4; 4, 29 fin. —
    3.
    To belong, be due to:

    actionem competere in equitem Romanum,

    Quint. 3, 6, 11:

    mihi adversus te actio competit,

    Dig. 19, 1, 25:

    poena competit in aliquem,

    App. M. 10, p. 243, 40:

    hereditas competit, alicui,

    Eum. Pan. Const. 4:

    libertas servo competere potest,

    Just. Inst. 1, 5, 1.—Hence,
    1.
    com-pĕtens, entis, P. a.
    a.
    Corresponding to:

    personae rebus,

    App. Flor. 16:

    ratio etymologiae cum sententiā vocabuli,

    Gell. 19, 13, 3.— Comp., Auct. Pan. Maxim. et Const. 7.—
    b.
    Competent, legal:

    judex,

    Dig. 2, 1, 19:

    tribunal,

    ib. 3, 3, 35, § 2.—
    2.
    compĕten-ter, adv., suitably, properly, becomingly (post-class.):

    consulere alicui,

    Dig. 24, 3, 22:

    punire,

    ib. 22, 5, 16.—
    * Comp.: disserere, Hier. adv. Helv. 2.—
    * Sup.:

    uti Platone,

    App. Mag. p. 316, 22.

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  • 17 decet

    dĕcet, cuit, 2, v. impers. [Sanscr. dacas, fame; Gr. dokeô, to seem, think; Lat. decus, dignus]. It is seemly, comely, becoming,; it beseems, behooves, is fitting, suitable, proper (for syn. v. debeo init.):

    decere quasi aptum esse consentaneumque tempori et personae,

    Cic. Or. 22, 74; cf. also nunc quid aptum sit, hoc est, quid maxime deceat in oratione videamus, id. de Or. 3, 55, 210 (very freq. and class.; not in Caes.).—Constr., with nom. or inf. of the thing, and with acc.; less freq. with dat. of the pers.; sometimes absol.
    a.
    With nom. rei
    (α).
    and acc. pers.: Ph. Quin me aspice et contempla, ut haec (sc. vestis) me decet. Sc. Virtute formae id evenit, te ut deceat, quicquid habeas, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 16 sq.; cf.:

    quem decet muliebris ornatus, quem incessus psaltriae, Cic. Clod. fragm. 5, p. 105 ed. Beier: te toga picta decet,

    Prop. 4, 4, 53 al.; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 30; Quint. 8, 5, 28;

    and nec habitus triumphalis feminas deceat,

    id. 11, 1, 3; cf.:

    omnis Aristippum color decuit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 23:

    intonsus crinis deum,

    Tib. 1, 4, 38; cf.:

    neglecta decet multas coma,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 153; id. F. 2, 106 et saep.:

    id maxime quemque decet, quod est cujusque maxime suum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

    quod omnes et semper et ubique decet,

    Quint. 11, 1, 14:

    non si quid Pholoen satis, Et te, Chlori, decet,

    Hor. Od. 3, 15, 8 et saep.:

    qui flexus deceat miserationem,

    Quint. 1, 11, 12:

    civitatem quis deceat status,

    Hor. Od. 3, 29, 25 et saep.—In plur.:

    quem tenues decuere togae nitidique capilli,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

    te non citharae decent,

    id. Od. 3, 15, 14:

    alba decent Cererem: vestes Cerealibus albas Sumite,

    Ov. F. 4, 619; id. M. 1, 457 et saep.:

    nec velle experiri, quam se aliena deceant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113; Quint. 6, 1, 25:

    illa quoque diversa bonum virum decent,

    id. 11, 1, 42 et saep.:

    duo verba uni apposita ne versum quidem decuerint,

    id. 8, 6, 43.—
    (β).
    Without acc. pers.:

    nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre,

    Cic. Or. 21, 70; cf.:

    quid deceat et quid aptum sit personis,

    id. Off. 1, 34 fin.:

    casus singularis magis decuit,

    Quint. 8, 3, 20; id. 11, 3, 161 et saep.:

    idem fere in omni genere causarum et proderit et decebit,

    id. 11, 1, 14; cf. id. 9, 4, 21.—In plur.:

    ubi lepos, joci, risus, vinum, ebrietas decent,

    Plaut. Ps. prol. 20:

    cum magna pars est exhausta orationis, pene omnia decent,

    Quint. 11, 3, 147; 150; id. 11, 1, 48 et saep. —
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    istuc facinus nostro generi non decet,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 188: certa est ratio quae deceat philosopho, Apul. Flor. 3, p. 355, 13; Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 34; cf. infra. —
    b.
    With inf.
    (α).
    and acc. pers.:

    non te mihi irasci decet,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 24:

    hanc maculam nos decet effugere,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31:

    oratorem irasci minime decet,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; Quint. 12, 6, 3; Ov. M. 3, 265; so freq. with inf. pass.:

    specimen naturae capi debet ex optima quaque natura,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:

    mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

    Verg. A. 12, 797; Ter. And. prol. 16. —
    (β).
    Without acc.:

    injusta ab justis impetrare non decet,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 35:

    exemplis grandioribus decuit uti,

    Cic. Div. 1, 20; Ov. M. 8, 27:

    nunc decet caput impedire myrto: nunc et in umbrosis Fauno decet immolare lucis,

    Hor. Od. 1, 4, 9 sq.; id. Ep. 1, 17, 2; Pers. 3, 27.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    decet tantae majestati eas servare leges, quibus, etc.,

    Dig. 32, 1, 23:

    ita uti liberali esse ingenio decet,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 89:

    prima certe pensari decet populo utrum, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 58, 8.
    c.
    Absol.
    (α).
    with acc. pers.:

    ita ut vos decet,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 40; cf.:

    facis, ut te decet,

    Ter. Andr. 2, 5, 10; id. Heaut. 5, 5, 10:

    ita uti fortes decet milites,

    id. Eun. 4, 7, 44; cf.: id. Andr. 2, 6, 14:

    illum decet,

    Quint. 9, 4, 15 et saep.—
    (β).
    Without case:

    eia haud sic decet,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 35; cf. id. Hec. 2, 2, 10:

    fecisti ut decuerat,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 66:

    minus severe quam decuit,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 1:

    velata parte oris, quia sic decebat,

    it was becoming, Tac. A. 13, 45:

    nihil aliter ac deceat,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 8: perge;

    decet,

    Verg. A. 12, 153 et saep.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    ita nobis decet,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 5; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 12:

    locum editiorem quam victoribus decebat,

    Sall. H. 1, 98 (Serv. Verg. A. 8, 127.)— Hence, dĕcens, entis, P. a. (freq. in Hor., Ov., and post-Aug. prose, esp. Quint.; not in Verg.; in Cic. once adverbially, and cf. decentia), seemly, becoming, decent, proper, fit:

    amictus,

    Ov. Pont. 2, 5, 52; cf.:

    decentior amictus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 156;

    and sinus (togae) decentissimus,

    id. 11, 3, 140:

    ornatus,

    id. 2, 15, 21:

    motus,

    Hor. Od. 4, 13, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

    corporis decens et accommodatus orationi motus,

    id. 11, 3, 29;

    and allevatio atque contractio humerorum,

    id. 11, 3, 83:

    decentissimum sponsalium genus,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 9 et saep.:

    quid verum atque decens,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 11:

    decentius erit servare pudorem,

    Quint. 11, 1, 78; cf. 8, 6, 6.—
    2.
    Esp. of corporeal fitness and symmetry, regularly, symmetrically, handsomely shaped; well-formed; noble:

    forma,

    Ov. Am. 3, 1, 9; cf.:

    habitus decentior quam sublimior,

    Tac. Agr. 44:

    facies,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 33:

    malae,

    Hor. Od. 3, 27, 53:

    Venus,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 6; cf.:

    Cynthia,

    Prop. 4, 8, 52 (5, 8, 52 M.):

    Gratiae,

    Hor. Od. 1, 4, 6:

    (Paullus) et nobilis et decens,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 13: pulcher et decens toto corpore, Suct. Dom. 18; cf. Juv. 6, 161:

    sumptis decentior armis Minerva,

    Ov. H. 5, 35; Quint. 8, 3, 10 et saep.— Adv.: decenter (acc. to no. 1), becomingly, decently, properly, fitly:

    fictis nominibus decenter uti,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 5; cf.:

    fieri,

    Quint. 11, 1, 79:

    singula quaeque locum teneant sortita decenter,

    Hor. A. P. 92; cf.:

    maesta,

    Ov. Am. 2, 5, 44.— Comp.: Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216; Quint. 9, 1, 21 al.— Sup., a false reading for diligentissime, Cic. Caes. 26, 74.

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  • 18 digne

    dignē, adv., worthily, fitly, becomingly, v. dignus fin.

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  • 19 dignus

    dignus, a, um, adj. [i. e. DIC-nus; root in Sanscr. daç-as, fame; Gr. dokeô, doxa; Lat.: decet, decus], worthy, deserving (in a good or ill sense), of things, suitable, fitting, becoming, proper (very freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).—Constr., in the most finished models of composition, with the abl. pretii, a relative sentence, or absol.; in the Aug. poets also freq. with the inf.; otherwise with ut, the gen., or the acc. of a neutr. pron. or adj.
    (α).
    With abl. (so most freq.):

    dignus domino servus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 227; cf.:

    vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25; id. Fam. 2, 18 fin.;

    juvenes patre digni,

    Hor. A. P. 24 et saep.:

    dignus es verberibus multis,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 71:

    amici novi digni amicitiā,

    Cic. Lael. 19:

    summa laude digni,

    id. Rep. 3, 4; 3, 17 et saep.:

    omnibus probris, quae improbis viris Digna sunt, dignior nullus est homo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 9:

    assentatio, quae non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

    Cic. Lael. 24, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 40:

    dignius odio scelus,

    id. 7, 2, 36:

    o fons, dulci digne mero,

    Hor. C. 3, 13, 2:

    munera digna venustissima Venere,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 4; for which; diem dignum Veneri (abl. v. Venus), id. ib. 1, 2, 45:

    ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas,

    id. Aul. 1, 1, 4; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 122; id. Rud. 3, 2, 26 et saep.:

    dicendum dignum aliquid horum auribus,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 13:

    aliquid memoria dignum consequi,

    id. ib. 1, 8; * Caes. B. G. 7, 25, 1; Phaedr. 4, 21, 3 al.:

    si quid antea admisissem piaculo dignum,

    Liv. 40, 13 et saep.:

    tribuere id cuique, quod sit quoque dignum,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 11:

    neque enim decorum est neque dis dignum,

    id. Div. 1, 52:

    quicquid dignum sapiente bonoque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 5 et saep.:

    dicere Cinnā digna,

    Verg. E. 9, 36.—Esp. freq. with supine in u:

    digna memoratu produntur,

    Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 97:

    nihil dignum dictu,

    Liv. 4, 30, 4; 9, 43, 6; 25, 1, 5; Suet. Aug. 43; Val. Max. 1, 5, 9; Sen. Ep. 94, 56; Tac. Agr. 1.—
    (β).
    With rel. clause (freq., though not in the Aug. poets):

    non videre dignus, qui liber sies,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 17; cf. id. Rud. 2, 6, 38; id. Mil. 4, 2, 52:

    qui modeste paret, videtur, qui aliquando imperet, dignus esse,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 2:

    homines dignos, quibuscum disseratur putant,

    id. Ac. 2, 6, 18; Quint. 10, 1, 131 et saep.—So with rel. adv.:

    sive adeo digna res est ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

    if the thing is really worth your bending your energies to it, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20; cf.

    also: dignos esse, qui armis cepissent, eorum urbem agrumque Bolanum esse, i. e. ut eorum urbs esset,

    Liv. 4, 49, 11 Weissenb. (Madv. dignum, cf. d infra).—
    (γ).
    Absol. (that of which some one or something is worthy, to be supplied from the context): Mi. Quem ament igitur? Sy. Alium quemlibet;

    Nam nostrorum nemo dignus est (sc. amari),

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 39; cf. id. Curc. 4, 2, 28:

    ut ne nimis cito diligere incipiant neve non dignos, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 78 sq.:

    illud exemplum ab dignis et idoneis ad indignos et non idoneos transfertur,

    Sall. C. 51, 27 Kritz.:

    dignis ait esse paratus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 22:

    omnes, ait, malle laudatos a se, dignos indignosque, quam, etc.,

    Liv. 24, 16 et saep.:

    quem dices digniorem esse hominem hodie Athenis alterum?

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 24; cf. Suet. Aug. 54:

    dignus patronus,

    Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 2: dignior heres, Hor. C. 2, 14, 25:

    digna causa,

    Liv. 21, 6:

    dignum operae pretium,

    Quint. 12, 6, 7:

    dignas grates persolvere,

    Verg. A. 1, 600; 2, 537:

    digna gloria ruris,

    id. G. 1, 168 et saep.:

    ad tuam formam illa digna est,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 21; so, quod supplicium dignum libidini ejus invenias? (where the dat. depends on the verb), Cic. Verr. 2, 26, 16, § 40:

    id, cum ipse per se dignus putaretur, impetravit,

    id. Arch. 4, 6.—So as subst.: "nulla contumelia est, quam facit dignus;" primum quid est dignus? nam etiam malo multi digni, sicut ipse (Antonius), Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22; so, dignum est, it is fit, proper, becoming, = aequum est, decet, convenit, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 129; id. Merc. 1, 2, 22; Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 55; 129; Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 14; Liv. 1, 14; Sen. de Ira, 1, 12; Verg. G. 3, 391 al.—So comp., Liv. 8, 26, 6; Cic. Clu. 53, 146.— Sup., Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8.—
    (δ).
    With inf. (freq. in the Aug. poets;

    not in Cic.): concedere,

    Cat. 68, 131:

    unā perire,

    Ov. M. 1, 241:

    credere,

    id. ib. 3, 311:

    fuisse conjux,

    id. ib. 14, 833:

    decurrere spatium vitae,

    id. Tr. 3, 4, 34:

    ponere annos,

    id. ib. 4, 8, 14 al.; and more freq. in the pass.:

    cantari dignus,

    Verg. E. 5, 54:

    amari,

    id. ib. 89:

    rapi,

    Ov. M. 7, 697:

    describi,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 3:

    notari,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 24:

    legi,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 72: Quint. 10, 1, 96 et saep.:

    auctoribus hoc dedi, quibus dignius credi est,

    Liv. 8, 26 fin.; cf.:

    uterque optimus erat, dignusque alter elegi, alter eligere,

    Plin. Pan. 7, 4.—
    (ε).
    With ut:

    non sum dignus prae te, ut figam palum in parietem,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4; Liv. 24, 16: eras dignus ut haberes integram manum; Quint. 8, 5, 12; 12, 11, 24.—
    (ζ).
    With gen. (acc. to the Gr. axios tinos—so freq. in Inscr. v. Wordsworth, Fragm. p. 494):

    dignus salutis,

    Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 29; cogitatio dignissima tuae virtutis, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15 A.:

    quidquid putabit dignum esse memoriae,

    Phaedr. 4, 20, 3:

    probae,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 57.—
    (η).
    With acc. of a neutr. pron. or adj.:

    non me censes scire quid dignus siem?

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 16; Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 34:

    si exoptem, quantum dignus, tantum dent (di tibi), etc.,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 26.—
    (θ).
    With ad (very rare):

    ad tuam formam illa una digna est,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 21:

    amicus, dignus huic ad imitandum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30.—
    (ι).
    With pro:

    si digna poena pro factis eorum reperitur,

    Sall. C. 51, 8; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 13, 42; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 24.— Adv.: dignē, worthily, fitly, becomingly:

    quam digne ornata incedit, haud meretricie!

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 58; id. Cas. 4, 1, 14; Cic. de Sen. 1, 2; Cassius in Cic. Fam. 12, 13; Vell. 2, 67; Suet. Aug. 66; Hor. C. 1, 6, 14; id. Ep. 2, 1, 164 al.— Comp., Hor. S. 2, 7, 47.— Sup. seems not to occur.

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  • 20 euscheme

    euschēmē, adv., = euschêmôs, becomingly, gracefully, handsomely, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 58; id. Trin. 3, 1, 24.

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