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  • 1 tendo

    tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].
    I.
    Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

    plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:

    retia (alicui),

    Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:

    casses alicui,

    Tib. 1, 6, 5:

    intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,

    Col. 6, 14, 4:

    chordam,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:

    arcum,

    to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:

    sagittas Arcu,

    to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:

    spicula cornu,

    Verg. A. 9, 606:

    pariterque oculos telumque,

    id. ib. 5, 508:

    barbiton,

    to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

    tympana tenta tonant palmis,

    Lucr. 2, 618:

    validā lora manu,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

    vela (Noti),

    to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:

    praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,

    Ov. H. 10, 30:

    praetorium,

    to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:

    conopia,

    Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:

    cubilia,

    Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:

    bracchia ad caelum,

    Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;

    for which: bracchia caelo,

    id. ib. 2, 580;

    9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,

    manus ad aliquem,

    id. B. G. 2, 13:

    ad sidera palmas,

    Verg. A. 1, 93:

    super aequora palmas,

    Ov. M. 8, 849:

    ad aliquem orantia bracchia,

    id. P. 2, 9, 65:

    manus supplices dis immortalibus,

    Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:

    vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

    id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,

    manus alicui,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:

    manus supinas,

    Liv. 3, 50, 5:

    manus ripae ulterioris amore,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.

    also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,

    stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

    (conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,

    reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:

    tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,

    id. G. 4, 535:

    quo tendant ferrum,

    aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:

    qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,

    stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —
    2.
    In partic.:

    nervum tendere, in mal. part.,

    Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

    insidias alicui,

    Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:

    omnes insidias animis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

    animum vigilem,

    to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:

    sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,

    i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:

    aestivam sermone benigno noctem,

    to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

    (lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,

    to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:

    cursum ex acie in Capitolia,

    Sil. 9, 216:

    cursum ad agmina suorum,

    id. 10, 73:

    iter ad naves,

    Verg. A. 1, 656:

    iter pennis,

    id. ib. 6, 240:

    ad dominum iter,

    Ov. M. 2, 547:

    cursum unde et quo,

    Liv. 23, 34, 5:

    iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,

    tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—
    II.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    dubito an Venusiam tendam,

    Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

    Beneventum,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

    cursuque amens ad limina tendit,

    Verg. A. 2, 321:

    ad castra,

    Liv. 9, 37:

    in castra,

    id. 10, 36:

    ad aedes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:

    ad domum Bruti et Cassii,

    Suet. Caes. 85:

    ad portus,

    Ov. M. 15, 690:

    Ciconum ad oras,

    id. ib. 10, 3:

    ad metam,

    id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:

    cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

    unde venis? et Quo tendis?

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:

    quo tendere pergunt,

    Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:

    tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,

    Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —
    b.
    Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:

    in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,

    Lucr. 4, 179:

    levibus in sublime tendentibus,

    Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:

    sursum tendit palmes,

    Col. 5, 6, 28:

    simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,

    Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:

    tunc aethera tendit,

    Luc. 7, 477:

    dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,

    Verg. A. 6, 541:

    gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,

    reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:

    Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,

    id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:

    Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,

    id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:

    seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,

    Prop. 1, 6, 31.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:

    ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,

    Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

    ad altiora et non concessa tendere,

    Liv. 4, 13, 4:

    ad majora,

    Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:

    ad eloquium,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

    ad suum,

    Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:

    ad Carthaginienses,

    id. 24, 5, 8:

    cum alii alio tenderent,

    id. 24, 28, 1:

    in diversum sententiae tendebant,

    id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —
    (β).
    To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:

    (Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,

    Verg. A. 2, 220:

    pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:

    quod efficere tendimus,

    Quint. 9, 1, 21:

    fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

    tendit disertus haberi,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:

    aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:

    miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,

    insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —
    b.
    In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):

    nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

    Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;

    vasto certamine tendunt,

    id. ib. 12, 553:

    Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,

    Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:

    summā vi,

    Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:

    adversus, etc.,

    id. 34, 34, 1:

    contra,

    id. 35, 51, 6:

    ultra,

    id. 24, 31, 4:

    acrius,

    Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:

    acrius contra, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:

    quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,

    what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

    nihil illi tendere contra,

    Verg. A. 9, 377. —
    B.
    For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:

    qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:

    omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,

    Luc. 7, 328:

    hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,

    Verg. A. 2, 29:

    legio latis tendebat in arvis,

    id. ib. 8, 605:

    isdem castris,

    Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:

    isdem hibernis tendentes,

    Tac. H. 1, 55:

    Lugduni tendentes,

    id. ib. 1, 59:

    cum multitudo laxius tenderet,

    Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:

    tendere in campis,

    id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):

    rectissima linea tensa,

    Quint. 3, 6, 83:

    collum,

    id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

    remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    vox tensior (opp. remissior),

    id. 11, 3, 42:

    lacerti,

    Luc. 7, 469:

    rudentes,

    id. 2, 683:

    frons,

    Lucr. 6, 1195:

    tormento citharāque tensior,

    Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

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  • 2 tenno

    tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].
    I.
    Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

    plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:

    retia (alicui),

    Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:

    casses alicui,

    Tib. 1, 6, 5:

    intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,

    Col. 6, 14, 4:

    chordam,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:

    arcum,

    to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:

    sagittas Arcu,

    to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:

    spicula cornu,

    Verg. A. 9, 606:

    pariterque oculos telumque,

    id. ib. 5, 508:

    barbiton,

    to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

    tympana tenta tonant palmis,

    Lucr. 2, 618:

    validā lora manu,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

    vela (Noti),

    to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:

    praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,

    Ov. H. 10, 30:

    praetorium,

    to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:

    conopia,

    Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:

    cubilia,

    Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:

    bracchia ad caelum,

    Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;

    for which: bracchia caelo,

    id. ib. 2, 580;

    9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,

    manus ad aliquem,

    id. B. G. 2, 13:

    ad sidera palmas,

    Verg. A. 1, 93:

    super aequora palmas,

    Ov. M. 8, 849:

    ad aliquem orantia bracchia,

    id. P. 2, 9, 65:

    manus supplices dis immortalibus,

    Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:

    vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

    id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,

    manus alicui,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:

    manus supinas,

    Liv. 3, 50, 5:

    manus ripae ulterioris amore,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.

    also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,

    stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

    (conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,

    reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:

    tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,

    id. G. 4, 535:

    quo tendant ferrum,

    aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:

    qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,

    stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —
    2.
    In partic.:

    nervum tendere, in mal. part.,

    Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

    insidias alicui,

    Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:

    omnes insidias animis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

    animum vigilem,

    to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:

    sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,

    i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:

    aestivam sermone benigno noctem,

    to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

    (lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,

    to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:

    cursum ex acie in Capitolia,

    Sil. 9, 216:

    cursum ad agmina suorum,

    id. 10, 73:

    iter ad naves,

    Verg. A. 1, 656:

    iter pennis,

    id. ib. 6, 240:

    ad dominum iter,

    Ov. M. 2, 547:

    cursum unde et quo,

    Liv. 23, 34, 5:

    iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,

    tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—
    II.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    dubito an Venusiam tendam,

    Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

    Beneventum,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

    cursuque amens ad limina tendit,

    Verg. A. 2, 321:

    ad castra,

    Liv. 9, 37:

    in castra,

    id. 10, 36:

    ad aedes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:

    ad domum Bruti et Cassii,

    Suet. Caes. 85:

    ad portus,

    Ov. M. 15, 690:

    Ciconum ad oras,

    id. ib. 10, 3:

    ad metam,

    id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:

    cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

    unde venis? et Quo tendis?

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:

    quo tendere pergunt,

    Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:

    tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,

    Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —
    b.
    Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:

    in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,

    Lucr. 4, 179:

    levibus in sublime tendentibus,

    Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:

    sursum tendit palmes,

    Col. 5, 6, 28:

    simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,

    Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:

    tunc aethera tendit,

    Luc. 7, 477:

    dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,

    Verg. A. 6, 541:

    gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,

    reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:

    Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,

    id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:

    Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,

    id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:

    seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,

    Prop. 1, 6, 31.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:

    ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,

    Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

    ad altiora et non concessa tendere,

    Liv. 4, 13, 4:

    ad majora,

    Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:

    ad eloquium,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

    ad suum,

    Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:

    ad Carthaginienses,

    id. 24, 5, 8:

    cum alii alio tenderent,

    id. 24, 28, 1:

    in diversum sententiae tendebant,

    id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —
    (β).
    To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:

    (Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,

    Verg. A. 2, 220:

    pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:

    quod efficere tendimus,

    Quint. 9, 1, 21:

    fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

    tendit disertus haberi,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:

    aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:

    miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,

    insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —
    b.
    In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):

    nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

    Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;

    vasto certamine tendunt,

    id. ib. 12, 553:

    Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,

    Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:

    summā vi,

    Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:

    adversus, etc.,

    id. 34, 34, 1:

    contra,

    id. 35, 51, 6:

    ultra,

    id. 24, 31, 4:

    acrius,

    Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:

    acrius contra, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:

    quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,

    what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

    nihil illi tendere contra,

    Verg. A. 9, 377. —
    B.
    For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:

    qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:

    omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,

    Luc. 7, 328:

    hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,

    Verg. A. 2, 29:

    legio latis tendebat in arvis,

    id. ib. 8, 605:

    isdem castris,

    Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:

    isdem hibernis tendentes,

    Tac. H. 1, 55:

    Lugduni tendentes,

    id. ib. 1, 59:

    cum multitudo laxius tenderet,

    Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:

    tendere in campis,

    id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):

    rectissima linea tensa,

    Quint. 3, 6, 83:

    collum,

    id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

    remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    vox tensior (opp. remissior),

    id. 11, 3, 42:

    lacerti,

    Luc. 7, 469:

    rudentes,

    id. 2, 683:

    frons,

    Lucr. 6, 1195:

    tormento citharāque tensior,

    Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

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  • 3 tenta

    tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].
    I.
    Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

    plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:

    retia (alicui),

    Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:

    casses alicui,

    Tib. 1, 6, 5:

    intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,

    Col. 6, 14, 4:

    chordam,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:

    arcum,

    to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:

    sagittas Arcu,

    to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:

    spicula cornu,

    Verg. A. 9, 606:

    pariterque oculos telumque,

    id. ib. 5, 508:

    barbiton,

    to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

    tympana tenta tonant palmis,

    Lucr. 2, 618:

    validā lora manu,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

    vela (Noti),

    to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:

    praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,

    Ov. H. 10, 30:

    praetorium,

    to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:

    conopia,

    Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:

    cubilia,

    Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:

    bracchia ad caelum,

    Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;

    for which: bracchia caelo,

    id. ib. 2, 580;

    9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,

    manus ad aliquem,

    id. B. G. 2, 13:

    ad sidera palmas,

    Verg. A. 1, 93:

    super aequora palmas,

    Ov. M. 8, 849:

    ad aliquem orantia bracchia,

    id. P. 2, 9, 65:

    manus supplices dis immortalibus,

    Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:

    vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

    id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,

    manus alicui,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:

    manus supinas,

    Liv. 3, 50, 5:

    manus ripae ulterioris amore,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.

    also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,

    stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

    (conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,

    reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:

    tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,

    id. G. 4, 535:

    quo tendant ferrum,

    aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:

    qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,

    stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —
    2.
    In partic.:

    nervum tendere, in mal. part.,

    Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

    insidias alicui,

    Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:

    omnes insidias animis,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

    animum vigilem,

    to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:

    sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,

    i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:

    aestivam sermone benigno noctem,

    to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

    (lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,

    to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:

    cursum ex acie in Capitolia,

    Sil. 9, 216:

    cursum ad agmina suorum,

    id. 10, 73:

    iter ad naves,

    Verg. A. 1, 656:

    iter pennis,

    id. ib. 6, 240:

    ad dominum iter,

    Ov. M. 2, 547:

    cursum unde et quo,

    Liv. 23, 34, 5:

    iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,

    tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—
    II.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    dubito an Venusiam tendam,

    Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

    Beneventum,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

    cursuque amens ad limina tendit,

    Verg. A. 2, 321:

    ad castra,

    Liv. 9, 37:

    in castra,

    id. 10, 36:

    ad aedes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:

    ad domum Bruti et Cassii,

    Suet. Caes. 85:

    ad portus,

    Ov. M. 15, 690:

    Ciconum ad oras,

    id. ib. 10, 3:

    ad metam,

    id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:

    cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

    unde venis? et Quo tendis?

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:

    quo tendere pergunt,

    Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:

    tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,

    Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —
    b.
    Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:

    in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,

    Lucr. 4, 179:

    levibus in sublime tendentibus,

    Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:

    sursum tendit palmes,

    Col. 5, 6, 28:

    simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,

    Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:

    tunc aethera tendit,

    Luc. 7, 477:

    dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,

    Verg. A. 6, 541:

    gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,

    reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:

    Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,

    id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:

    Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,

    id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:

    seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,

    Prop. 1, 6, 31.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:

    ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,

    Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

    ad altiora et non concessa tendere,

    Liv. 4, 13, 4:

    ad majora,

    Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:

    ad eloquium,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

    ad suum,

    Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:

    ad Carthaginienses,

    id. 24, 5, 8:

    cum alii alio tenderent,

    id. 24, 28, 1:

    in diversum sententiae tendebant,

    id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —
    (β).
    To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:

    (Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,

    Verg. A. 2, 220:

    pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:

    quod efficere tendimus,

    Quint. 9, 1, 21:

    fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

    tendit disertus haberi,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:

    aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:

    miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,

    insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —
    b.
    In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):

    nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

    Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;

    vasto certamine tendunt,

    id. ib. 12, 553:

    Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,

    Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:

    summā vi,

    Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:

    adversus, etc.,

    id. 34, 34, 1:

    contra,

    id. 35, 51, 6:

    ultra,

    id. 24, 31, 4:

    acrius,

    Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:

    acrius contra, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:

    quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,

    what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

    nihil illi tendere contra,

    Verg. A. 9, 377. —
    B.
    For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:

    qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:

    omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,

    Luc. 7, 328:

    hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,

    Verg. A. 2, 29:

    legio latis tendebat in arvis,

    id. ib. 8, 605:

    isdem castris,

    Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:

    isdem hibernis tendentes,

    Tac. H. 1, 55:

    Lugduni tendentes,

    id. ib. 1, 59:

    cum multitudo laxius tenderet,

    Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:

    tendere in campis,

    id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):

    rectissima linea tensa,

    Quint. 3, 6, 83:

    collum,

    id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

    remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    vox tensior (opp. remissior),

    id. 11, 3, 42:

    lacerti,

    Luc. 7, 469:

    rudentes,

    id. 2, 683:

    frons,

    Lucr. 6, 1195:

    tormento citharāque tensior,

    Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tenta

  • 4 contendo

    con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.
    I.
    Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

    arcum,

    Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:

    tenacia vincla,

    Verg. G. 4, 412:

    ilia risu,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

    oculi contendunt se,

    Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:

    ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    (Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:

    infensam hastam,

    Verg. A. 10, 521:

    tela,

    id. ib. 12, 815:

    sagittas nervo,

    Sil. 1, 323:

    telum aërias in auras,

    Verg. A. 5, 520. —
    2.
    Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:

    haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,

    Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:

    Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,

    Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—
    II.
    Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Act.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:

    contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,

    id. Fat. 10, 21:

    summas vires de palmā,

    Lucr. 4, 990:

    animum in curas,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:

    quo se dira libido,

    Lucr. 4, 1043:

    tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:

    id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—
    (β).
    With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:

    hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 21:

    summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,

    id. ib. 3, 15:

    fugā salutem petere,

    id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:

    neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—
    2.
    Neutr.:

    quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,

    Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:

    quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,

    Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,

    remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:

    contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:

    vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,

    Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:

    non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),

    to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—
    B.
    In partic.,
    1.
    To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.
    a.
    Act.
    (α).
    With acc. (very rare):

    rectā plateā cursum suum,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:

    nocte unā tantum itineris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—
    (β).
    With inf. (freq.):

    Bibracte ire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,

    ire cum his legionibus,

    id. ib. 1, 10:

    in Britanniam proficisci,

    id. ib. 4, 20:

    in provinciam reverti,

    id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:

    Dyrrhachium petere,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:

    proxima litora petere cursu,

    Verg. A. 1, 158; and:

    iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,

    Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—
    b.
    Neutr. (so most freq.):

    in Italiam magnis itineribus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:

    huc magnis itineribus,

    id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:

    huc magno cursu,

    id. ib. 3, 19:

    inde in Italiam,

    id. ib. 1, 33:

    in fines Sigambrorum,

    id. ib. 4, 18:

    in castra,

    id. ib. 4, 37:

    ex eo loco ad flumen,

    id. ib. 2, 9:

    ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,

    id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:

    ad oppidum Noviodunum,

    id. ib. 2, 12:

    ad castra,

    id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:

    ad hostes,

    id. ib. 5, 9:

    ad Amanum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:

    Lacedaemonem,

    Nep. Cim. 3, 3:

    domum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:

    ad ultimum animo,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:

    magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

    ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,

    id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ad salutem,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin.
    2.
    ( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.
    (α).
    Cum aliquo:

    neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:

    cum Sequanis bello,

    id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:

    cum eo armis,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

    cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,

    Sall. C. 53, 3:

    cum barbaro,

    Nep. Con. 4, 3:

    cum victore,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:

    mecum ingenio et arte,

    Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:

    cum eo de principatu,

    Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:

    divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,

    Sall. J. 4, 7:

    humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:

    tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—
    (β).
    Contra aliquem:

    contra populum Romanum armis,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

    contra vim gravitatemque morbi,

    id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:

    nihil contra naturam universam,

    id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—
    * (γ).
    Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—
    (δ).
    With dat. ( poet.):

    hirundo cycnis,

    Lucr. 3, 6:

    Homero,

    Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:

    Pindaricis plectris,

    Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—
    (ε).
    Inter se:

    hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:

    viribus inter se,

    Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:

    interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,

    the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    proelio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;

    3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,

    id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

    translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,

    Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:

    summo jure contenditur,

    Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:

    de his lite contenditur,

    Quint. 3, 4, 8:

    de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,

    id. 10, 5, 13.—
    * b.
    In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;

    illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—
    3.
    ( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
    (α).
    With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:

    id cum defensione nostrā,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:

    rationem meam cum tuā ratione,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—
    * (β).
    With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—
    (γ).
    With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:

    vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—
    (δ).
    With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:

    ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

    leges,

    id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

    suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,

    Tac. A. 12, 1:

    vetera et praesentia,

    id. ib. 13, 3.—
    4.
    ( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:

    cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,

    id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,

    ab aliquo,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:

    a magistris de proferendo die,

    id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

    ne quid contra aequitatem,

    id. Off. 2, 20, 71:

    omni opere, ut, etc.,

    Suet. Dom. 2:

    magno opere, ne, etc.,

    id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:

    pertinaciter,

    id. Caes. 1.—
    5.
    ( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.
    (α).
    With acc. and inf.:

    sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,

    Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:

    apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,

    Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:

    illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,

    Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—
    (β).
    Absol. (very rare):

    si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,

    Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:

    qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:

    acies oculorum,

    Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:

    contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,

    Suet. Tib. 7:

    contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

    contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),

    Verg. G. 3, 536:

    Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,

    with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—
    B.
    Trop., eager, intent:

    contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,

    Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:

    et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,

    id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:

    contentissimā voce clamitans,

    App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:

    pro se dicere... mittere contentius,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:

    acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,

    Gell. 18, 1, 2:

    contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

    ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,

    id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:

    aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,

    Gell. 3, 3, 1.

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  • 5 incumbo

    incumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, ĕre, v. n. [1. incubo], to lay one ' s self upon, to lean or recline upon a thing (cf. ingruo; class., partic. in the trop. sense).
    I.
    Lit., constr. with in, ad, super, or dat.; also with the simple acc.:

    olivae,

    Verg. E. 8, 16:

    in parietem,

    Dig. 39, 2, 28:

    densis ordinibus nunc alii in alios, nunc in scuta incumbentes sustinebant impetus Romanorum,

    Liv. 35, 5, 7:

    toro,

    Verg. A. 4, 650:

    materiae,

    Curt. 8, 10, 25:

    terrae,

    Tac. A. 2, 17:

    super praedam,

    to lie upon, Petr. 80:

    in eum,

    Curt. 6, 9: ad vos, Ov. M. 9, 385:

    cumulatis in aqua sarcinis insuper incumbebant,

    Liv. 22, 2, 8:

    validis incumbere remis,

    Verg. A. 5, 15; 10, 294; Curt. 9, 9, 4.—Of the heavens:

    cava in se convexitas vergit, et cardini suo, hoc est terrae, undique incumbit,

    Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160:

    mare,

    to cast itself into the sea, id. 5, 32, 40, § 141: fessi arma sua, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 229:

    tecto incubuit bubo,

    perched on, Ov. M. 6, 432:

    gladium faciam culcitam, camque incumbam,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 29.—
    B.
    Transf., to lean or incline towards, to overhang; to rush towards:

    silex prona jugo laevum incumbebat ad amnem,

    Verg. A. 8, 236:

    laurus incumbens arae,

    id. ib. 2, 514: in gladium, to fall on one ' s sword, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

    gladio,

    Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18:

    ferro,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 33:

    in hostem,

    to press upon the enemy, Liv. 30, 34, 2; cf.:

    duo duces circumstare urbem... et unum in locum totam periculi molem, omne onus incubuisse,

    id. 27, 40, 6.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press upon, burden, oppress, weigh upon:

    incubuere (venti) mari,

    Verg. A. 1, 84:

    tempestas a vertice silvis incubuit,

    id. G. 2, 311:

    gravis incumbens scopulis aestas,

    id. ib. 2, 377:

    febrium terris incubuit cohors,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 30:

    (aestus) incubuit populo,

    Lucr. 6, 142. — Absol.:

    saevior armis Luxuria incubuit,

    Just. 6, 292.—
    B.
    To bend one ' s attention to, to apply or devote one ' s self to, to exert one ' s self, or take pains with, pay attention to; constr. with in, ad, or dat.:

    rogandis legibus,

    Flor. 3, 16:

    ceris et stilo,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 9:

    labori,

    Sil. 4, 820:

    toto pectore novae cogitationi,

    Tac. Or. 3:

    et animo et opibus in bellum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 76:

    ut jam inclinato (judici) reliqua incumbat oratio,

    press upon, exert influence on, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324; cf.:

    invidia mihi incumbit,

    Tac. A. 14, 54:

    in aliquod studium,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

    in causam,

    id. Phil. 4, 5, 12:

    acrius graviusque ad ulciscendas rei publicae injurias,

    id. ib. 6, 1, 2:

    tota mente in aliquam curam et cogitationem,

    id. Fam. 10, 3, 3:

    toto pectore ad laudem,

    id. ib. 10, 12, 2:

    omni cogitatione curaque in rem publicam,

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    fato urguenti incumbere,

    to press on, hasten, Verg. A. 2, 653.—With inf.:

    sarcire ruinas,

    Verg. G. 4, 249:

    delatorem pervertere,

    Tac. H. 2, 10.—With ut and subj.:

    Appius Claudius... cum suis tum totius nobilitatis viribus incubuit, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 10, 15, 8.— Absol.:

    nunc, nunc incumbere tempus,

    Ov. M. 10, 657.—
    C.
    To incline, choose, be inclined to, lean towards:

    hoc servi esse officium reor,... non quo incumbat eum (i. e. erum) inpellere,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 8:

    ut eos, qui audiunt, quocumque incubuerit, possit impellere,

    whithersoever he may incline, choose, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 55:

    eodem incumbunt municipia,

    are inclined the same way, id. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

    ad voluntatem perferendae legis,

    id. Att. 1, 19, 4:

    voluntatum inclinatio ad virum bonum,

    to lean towards, turn to, id. Mur. 26, 53: in causam, Cael. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3:

    in cupiditatem,

    Cic. Att. 5, 13, 3:

    in illo,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 6.—
    D.
    To be incumbent upon one as a duty (post-class.):

    accusandi necessitas domino,

    Dig. 48, 2, 5:

    ei probatio,

    ib. 22, 3, 2:

    judici omnium rerum officium,

    ib. 21, 1, 25.

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  • 6 intendo

    in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:

    dextram ad statuam,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15:

    alicui manus,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 25:

    bracchia,

    Ov. M. 10, 58:

    manus,

    id. ib. 8, 107:

    jubet intendi bracchia velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 829:

    intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,

    id. ib. 3, 683:

    nervos aut remittere,

    Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:

    cutem,

    id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

    jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,

    Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
    B.
    To bend a bow, etc.:

    ballistam in aliquem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:

    arcum,

    Verg. A. 8, 704:

    intentus est arcus in me unum,

    Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
    C.
    To aim or direct at a thing:

    tela in patriam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

    tela intenta jugulis civitatis,

    id. Pis. 2:

    sagittam,

    Verg. A. 9, 590:

    telum in jugulum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
    D.
    To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:

    tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

    pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    sella intenta loris,

    Quint. 6, 3, 25:

    stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,

    Verg. A. 2, 237:

    duro intendere bracchia tergo,

    i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:

    locum sertis,

    encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:

    vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,

    swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:

    intendentibus tenebris,

    spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strain or stretch towards, to extend:

    aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,

    turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:

    aciem longius,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    quo intendisset oculos,

    whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:

    aures ad verba,

    Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

    numeros intendere nervis,

    Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:

    strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

    Pers. 6, 4.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:

    digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

    intendenda in senem est fallacia,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:

    ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,

    Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:

    ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,

    Liv. 31, 33, 6:

    a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,

    id. 36, 21:

    coeptum iter in Italiam,

    id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:

    quo nunc primum intendam,

    whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
    2.
    Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:

    parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:

    quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,

    id. Verr. 1, 3;

    Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 9:

    oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

    in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,

    id. ib. 3, 22:

    intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ad bellum animum intendit,

    id. ib. 43, 2:

    animum studiis et rebus honestis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:

    considerationem in aliquam rem,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 33:

    omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,

    Liv. 40, 5:

    omnium eo curae sunt intentae,

    Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:

    ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:

    eruditionem tuam,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
    3.
    Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:

    intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,

    Liv. 24, 37:

    aliquem ad custodiae curam,

    id. 21, 49:

    vis omnis intendenda rebus,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
    4.
    To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:

    intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,

    exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;

    4, 11: gloriam,

    id. ib. 4, 26;

    12, 35: tormentum,

    Cels. 4, 15 init.
    C.
    Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:

    pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:

    quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 42:

    quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,

    Sall. J. 25, 10:

    quocumque intenderat,

    id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;

    102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 45:

    ad nuptias,

    Just. 13, 6.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    quo ire intenderant,

    Sall. J. 107, 7:

    altum petere intendit,

    Liv. 36, 44.—
    D.
    Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:

    se ad firmitatem,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

    se in rem,

    Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
    E.
    Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:

    si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
    F.
    To maintain, assert:

    eam sese intendit esse,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:

    quo modo nunc intendit,

    Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
    G.
    To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:

    alicui actionem perduellionis,

    Cic. Mil. 14:

    alicui litem,

    id. de Or. 1, 10:

    periculum in omnes,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3:

    crimen in aliquem,

    Liv. 9, 26:

    injuriarum formulam,

    Suet. Vit. 7:

    probra et minas alicui,

    Tac. A. 3, 36:

    metum intendere,

    id. ib. 1, 28.—
    H.
    Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
    I.
    Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
    K. L.
    In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:

    primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,

    Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
    1.
    inten-tus, a, um.
    A.
    On the stretch, strained, bent:

    arcus,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—
    B. (α).
    With dat.:

    quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,

    Verg. A. 7, 380:

    intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,

    Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    aliquo negotio intentus,

    Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—
    C.
    Absol., eager, intent:

    at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,

    Sall. C. 6, 5:

    senatus nihil sane intentus,

    id. ib. 16, 5:

    intenti exspectant signum,

    Verg. A. 5, 137:

    intenti ora tenebant,

    id. ib. 2, 1:

    totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,

    Cic. Fl. 11:

    intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,

    Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:

    intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,

    Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:

    cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,

    Liv. 29, 35:

    intentissima cura aliquid consequi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 111:

    haec omnia intentissima cura acta,

    Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
    D.
    Strict:

    intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,

    Tac. A. 12, 42:

    intentius delectum habere,

    Liv. 8, 17:

    intentiorem fore disciplinam,

    Tac. A. 12, 42.—
    E.
    Raised:

    intento alimentorum pretio,

    Tac. H. 1, 89. —
    F.
    Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:

    sermo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

    pars orationis,

    id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:

    pronuntiare,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

    audire,

    Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):

    cum delectus intentius haberetur,

    Liv. 8, 17:

    et quo intentius custodiae serventur,

    id. 25, 30, 5:

    apparare proelium,

    id. 8, 1:

    se excusare,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    premere obsessos,

    id. ib. 15, 13:

    adesse alicui rei,

    id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:

    exspectans intentissime,

    Lampr. Elag. 14. —
    2.
    intensus, a, um.
    A.
    Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
    B.
    Violent:

    intensior impetus,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

    virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,

    Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
    C.
    Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:

    intensissime,

    Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

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  • 7 intense

    in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:

    dextram ad statuam,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15:

    alicui manus,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 25:

    bracchia,

    Ov. M. 10, 58:

    manus,

    id. ib. 8, 107:

    jubet intendi bracchia velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 829:

    intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,

    id. ib. 3, 683:

    nervos aut remittere,

    Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:

    cutem,

    id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

    jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,

    Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
    B.
    To bend a bow, etc.:

    ballistam in aliquem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:

    arcum,

    Verg. A. 8, 704:

    intentus est arcus in me unum,

    Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
    C.
    To aim or direct at a thing:

    tela in patriam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

    tela intenta jugulis civitatis,

    id. Pis. 2:

    sagittam,

    Verg. A. 9, 590:

    telum in jugulum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
    D.
    To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:

    tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

    pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    sella intenta loris,

    Quint. 6, 3, 25:

    stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,

    Verg. A. 2, 237:

    duro intendere bracchia tergo,

    i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:

    locum sertis,

    encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:

    vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,

    swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:

    intendentibus tenebris,

    spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strain or stretch towards, to extend:

    aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,

    turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:

    aciem longius,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    quo intendisset oculos,

    whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:

    aures ad verba,

    Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

    numeros intendere nervis,

    Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:

    strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

    Pers. 6, 4.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:

    digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

    intendenda in senem est fallacia,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:

    ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,

    Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:

    ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,

    Liv. 31, 33, 6:

    a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,

    id. 36, 21:

    coeptum iter in Italiam,

    id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:

    quo nunc primum intendam,

    whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
    2.
    Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:

    parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:

    quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,

    id. Verr. 1, 3;

    Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 9:

    oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

    in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,

    id. ib. 3, 22:

    intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ad bellum animum intendit,

    id. ib. 43, 2:

    animum studiis et rebus honestis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:

    considerationem in aliquam rem,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 33:

    omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,

    Liv. 40, 5:

    omnium eo curae sunt intentae,

    Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:

    ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:

    eruditionem tuam,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
    3.
    Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:

    intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,

    Liv. 24, 37:

    aliquem ad custodiae curam,

    id. 21, 49:

    vis omnis intendenda rebus,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
    4.
    To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:

    intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,

    exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;

    4, 11: gloriam,

    id. ib. 4, 26;

    12, 35: tormentum,

    Cels. 4, 15 init.
    C.
    Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:

    pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:

    quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 42:

    quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,

    Sall. J. 25, 10:

    quocumque intenderat,

    id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;

    102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 45:

    ad nuptias,

    Just. 13, 6.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    quo ire intenderant,

    Sall. J. 107, 7:

    altum petere intendit,

    Liv. 36, 44.—
    D.
    Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:

    se ad firmitatem,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

    se in rem,

    Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
    E.
    Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:

    si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
    F.
    To maintain, assert:

    eam sese intendit esse,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:

    quo modo nunc intendit,

    Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
    G.
    To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:

    alicui actionem perduellionis,

    Cic. Mil. 14:

    alicui litem,

    id. de Or. 1, 10:

    periculum in omnes,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3:

    crimen in aliquem,

    Liv. 9, 26:

    injuriarum formulam,

    Suet. Vit. 7:

    probra et minas alicui,

    Tac. A. 3, 36:

    metum intendere,

    id. ib. 1, 28.—
    H.
    Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
    I.
    Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
    K. L.
    In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:

    primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,

    Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
    1.
    inten-tus, a, um.
    A.
    On the stretch, strained, bent:

    arcus,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—
    B. (α).
    With dat.:

    quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,

    Verg. A. 7, 380:

    intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,

    Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    aliquo negotio intentus,

    Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—
    C.
    Absol., eager, intent:

    at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,

    Sall. C. 6, 5:

    senatus nihil sane intentus,

    id. ib. 16, 5:

    intenti exspectant signum,

    Verg. A. 5, 137:

    intenti ora tenebant,

    id. ib. 2, 1:

    totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,

    Cic. Fl. 11:

    intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,

    Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:

    intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,

    Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:

    cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,

    Liv. 29, 35:

    intentissima cura aliquid consequi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 111:

    haec omnia intentissima cura acta,

    Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
    D.
    Strict:

    intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,

    Tac. A. 12, 42:

    intentius delectum habere,

    Liv. 8, 17:

    intentiorem fore disciplinam,

    Tac. A. 12, 42.—
    E.
    Raised:

    intento alimentorum pretio,

    Tac. H. 1, 89. —
    F.
    Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:

    sermo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

    pars orationis,

    id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:

    pronuntiare,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

    audire,

    Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):

    cum delectus intentius haberetur,

    Liv. 8, 17:

    et quo intentius custodiae serventur,

    id. 25, 30, 5:

    apparare proelium,

    id. 8, 1:

    se excusare,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    premere obsessos,

    id. ib. 15, 13:

    adesse alicui rei,

    id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:

    exspectans intentissime,

    Lampr. Elag. 14. —
    2.
    intensus, a, um.
    A.
    Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
    B.
    Violent:

    intensior impetus,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

    virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,

    Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
    C.
    Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:

    intensissime,

    Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

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  • 8 intensus

    in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:

    dextram ad statuam,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15:

    alicui manus,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 25:

    bracchia,

    Ov. M. 10, 58:

    manus,

    id. ib. 8, 107:

    jubet intendi bracchia velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 829:

    intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,

    id. ib. 3, 683:

    nervos aut remittere,

    Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:

    cutem,

    id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

    jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,

    Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
    B.
    To bend a bow, etc.:

    ballistam in aliquem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:

    arcum,

    Verg. A. 8, 704:

    intentus est arcus in me unum,

    Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
    C.
    To aim or direct at a thing:

    tela in patriam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

    tela intenta jugulis civitatis,

    id. Pis. 2:

    sagittam,

    Verg. A. 9, 590:

    telum in jugulum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
    D.
    To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:

    tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

    pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    sella intenta loris,

    Quint. 6, 3, 25:

    stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,

    Verg. A. 2, 237:

    duro intendere bracchia tergo,

    i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:

    locum sertis,

    encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:

    vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,

    swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:

    intendentibus tenebris,

    spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strain or stretch towards, to extend:

    aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,

    turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:

    aciem longius,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    quo intendisset oculos,

    whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:

    aures ad verba,

    Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

    numeros intendere nervis,

    Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:

    strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

    Pers. 6, 4.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:

    digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

    intendenda in senem est fallacia,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:

    ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,

    Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:

    ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,

    Liv. 31, 33, 6:

    a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,

    id. 36, 21:

    coeptum iter in Italiam,

    id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:

    quo nunc primum intendam,

    whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
    2.
    Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:

    parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:

    quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,

    id. Verr. 1, 3;

    Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 9:

    oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

    in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,

    id. ib. 3, 22:

    intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ad bellum animum intendit,

    id. ib. 43, 2:

    animum studiis et rebus honestis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:

    considerationem in aliquam rem,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 33:

    omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,

    Liv. 40, 5:

    omnium eo curae sunt intentae,

    Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:

    ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:

    eruditionem tuam,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
    3.
    Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:

    intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,

    Liv. 24, 37:

    aliquem ad custodiae curam,

    id. 21, 49:

    vis omnis intendenda rebus,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
    4.
    To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:

    intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,

    exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;

    4, 11: gloriam,

    id. ib. 4, 26;

    12, 35: tormentum,

    Cels. 4, 15 init.
    C.
    Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:

    pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:

    quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 42:

    quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,

    Sall. J. 25, 10:

    quocumque intenderat,

    id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;

    102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 45:

    ad nuptias,

    Just. 13, 6.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    quo ire intenderant,

    Sall. J. 107, 7:

    altum petere intendit,

    Liv. 36, 44.—
    D.
    Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:

    se ad firmitatem,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

    se in rem,

    Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
    E.
    Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:

    si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
    F.
    To maintain, assert:

    eam sese intendit esse,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:

    quo modo nunc intendit,

    Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
    G.
    To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:

    alicui actionem perduellionis,

    Cic. Mil. 14:

    alicui litem,

    id. de Or. 1, 10:

    periculum in omnes,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3:

    crimen in aliquem,

    Liv. 9, 26:

    injuriarum formulam,

    Suet. Vit. 7:

    probra et minas alicui,

    Tac. A. 3, 36:

    metum intendere,

    id. ib. 1, 28.—
    H.
    Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
    I.
    Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
    K. L.
    In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:

    primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,

    Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
    1.
    inten-tus, a, um.
    A.
    On the stretch, strained, bent:

    arcus,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—
    B. (α).
    With dat.:

    quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,

    Verg. A. 7, 380:

    intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,

    Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    aliquo negotio intentus,

    Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—
    C.
    Absol., eager, intent:

    at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,

    Sall. C. 6, 5:

    senatus nihil sane intentus,

    id. ib. 16, 5:

    intenti exspectant signum,

    Verg. A. 5, 137:

    intenti ora tenebant,

    id. ib. 2, 1:

    totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,

    Cic. Fl. 11:

    intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,

    Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:

    intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,

    Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:

    cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,

    Liv. 29, 35:

    intentissima cura aliquid consequi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 111:

    haec omnia intentissima cura acta,

    Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
    D.
    Strict:

    intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,

    Tac. A. 12, 42:

    intentius delectum habere,

    Liv. 8, 17:

    intentiorem fore disciplinam,

    Tac. A. 12, 42.—
    E.
    Raised:

    intento alimentorum pretio,

    Tac. H. 1, 89. —
    F.
    Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:

    sermo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

    pars orationis,

    id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:

    pronuntiare,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

    audire,

    Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):

    cum delectus intentius haberetur,

    Liv. 8, 17:

    et quo intentius custodiae serventur,

    id. 25, 30, 5:

    apparare proelium,

    id. 8, 1:

    se excusare,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    premere obsessos,

    id. ib. 15, 13:

    adesse alicui rei,

    id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:

    exspectans intentissime,

    Lampr. Elag. 14. —
    2.
    intensus, a, um.
    A.
    Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
    B.
    Violent:

    intensior impetus,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

    virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,

    Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
    C.
    Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:

    intensissime,

    Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

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  • 9 flecto

    flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n. [root in Gr. pholkos, bandy-legged; phalkês, the bent rib of a ship; L. falx; falco, so called from the curve of its claws or beak; cf. Germ. Falke; Engl. falcon].
    I.
    Act., to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round (freq. and class.; syn.: plecto, plico, curvo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    animal omne membra quocumque vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    ora retro,

    Ov. M. 3, 188:

    vultus ad illum,

    id. ib. 4, 265;

    10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem,

    id. ib. 8, 367:

    geminas acies huc,

    to turn, direct, Verg. A. 6, 789; cf.

    oculos,

    id. ib. 8, 698:

    equos brevi moderari ac flectere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

    equum,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 25:

    currum de foro in Capitolium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77:

    plaustrum,

    Ov. M. 10, 447: navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64 fin.:

    habenas,

    Ov. M. 2, 169:

    cursus in orbem,

    id. ib. 6, 225; cf.:

    cursus in laevum,

    id. Tr. 1, 10, 17:

    iter ad Privernum,

    Liv. 8, 19, 13 Drak. N. cr.:

    iter Demetriadem,

    id. 35, 31, 3:

    tu (Bacche) flectis amnes, tu mare barbarum,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 17:

    arcus,

    to bend, Ov. M. 4, 303; cf.:

    flexos incurvant viribus arcus,

    Verg. A. 5, 500:

    flexum genu,

    Ov. M. 4, 340:

    artus,

    Liv. 21, 58, 9:

    flexi crines,

    curled, Mart. 3, 63, 3; 10, 65, 6; Juv. 6, 493:

    flexum mare,

    i.e. a bay, Tac. A. 14, 4:

    flexi fractique motus,

    contorted, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35:

    hinc (silva) se flectit sinistrorsus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 3.—Mid.: quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur, Naev. ap. Non. 191, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 42 Rib.):

    (milvus) flectitur in gyrum,

    wheels, Ov. M. 2, 718:

    modo flector in anguem,

    I bend, wind myself into a snake, id. ib. 8, 883:

    sol ab ea (Cancri) meta incipit flecti,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264: Euphrates ad meridiem flectitur, id. 6, 26, 30, § 125.—
    2.
    In partic., naut. t. t., to go round or double a promontory:

    cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas saepe sentiant,

    Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94:

    Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur,

    id. Att. 5, 9, 1.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to bend, turn, direct:

    ducere multimodis voces et flectere cantus,

    Lucr. 5, 1406:

    vocem,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 25:

    qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; cf.:

    imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 29:

    suam naturam huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

    id. Cael. 6, 13:

    vitam flectere fingereque,

    id. Sull. 28, 79:

    mentes suas ad nostrum imperium nomenque,

    id. Balb. 17, 39:

    aliquem a proposito,

    Liv. 28, 22, 11:

    scribentis animum a vero,

    id. 1 praef. 5:

    animus ab aliqua opinione flectendus,

    Quint. 4, 2, 80:

    animos ad publica carmina,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 23: quo vobis mentes... dementes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 209 ed. Vahl.):

    est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad consilium,

    Liv. 28, 44, 8:

    juvenis cereus in vitium flecti,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    quod procul a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans,

    turn aside, avert, Lucr. 5, 108.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To bend (in opinion or in will), to move, persuade, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease (cf.:

    moveo, afficio): quibus rebus ita flectebar animo atque frangebar, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Sull. 6, 18:

    sed quid te oratione flectam?... qua re flecte te, quaeso,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 35: facile Achivos flexeris, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 ed. Vahl.):

    judices,

    Quint. 6, 1, 9:

    flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6:

    precibus si flecteris ullis,

    Verg. A. 2, 689:

    flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo,

    id. ib. 7, 312; cf.:

    nisi dii immortales suo numine prope fata ipsa flexissent,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

    desine fata deum flecti sperare precando,

    Verg. A. 6, 376:

    animos commutare atque omni ratione flectere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 52 fin.:

    ingenium alicujus aversum,

    Sall. J. 102, 3:

    si quem a proposito spes mollitiave animi flexisset,

    divert, dissuade, Liv. 28, 22, 11: dictis nostris sententia flexa est, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 264 ed. Vahl.):

    si flectitur ira deorum,

    Ov. M. 1, 378: cf. id. Tr. 3, 5, 41:

    hortaturque simul flectitque labores,

    soothes, Stat. S. 5, 1, 119:

    ad deditionem primos,

    Liv. 5, 43, 1.—Mid.:

    plurimum valet miseratio, quae judicem flecti non tantum cogit, sed, etc.,

    to let himself be moved, Quint. 6, 1, 23:

    flexi in misericordiam,

    Amm. 12, 27.—
    b.
    (Acc. to I. A. 2.) To turn aside from, to avoid a thing:

    ut eam (viam) flectas, te rogo,

    Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2 (but B. and K. ex conj. C. F. Hermann read ira, v. a. sup.); cf.:

    flexit viam,

    Liv. 1, 60, 1:

    dolo a se flexos imputavit civilis,

    Tac. H. 5, 24.—
    c.
    To refer to or apply to any one:

    versus qui in Tiberium flecterentur,

    Tac. A. 6, 29:

    Augustus quaedam ex horrida illa antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset,

    id. ib. 4, 16.—
    d.
    In grammar.
    (α).
    To form a word from another language:

    verba derivare, flectere, conjungere,

    Quint. 8, 3, 36:

    hoc vocabulum (pollex) de Graeco flexum est,

    Gell. 4, 3 fin.
    (β).
    To decline, conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al.—
    (γ).
    Flectere syllabam, to mark with the circumflex accent, and hence, to lengthen, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.
    II.
    Neutr., to turn, go, or march in any direction (post-Aug.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    cum procul hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 372:

    ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles,

    Liv. 3, 8, 6;

    Hasdrubal ad Oceanum flectit,

    id. 28, 16, 3:

    inde Vitellius Cremonam flexit,

    Tac. H. 2, 70:

    in Capitolium,

    Suet. Tib. 20.—
    B.
    Trop., of thought or speech, to turn in any direction:

    ad providentiam sapientiamque,

    Tac. A. 13, 3:

    in ambitionem,

    id. ib. 4, 37:

    a veneratione Augusti orsus flexit ad victorias Tiberii,

    id. ib. 1, 34.—Hence, flexus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., bent, winding:

    error,

    Ov. M. 8, 160:

    zodiacus circa Cancrum Capricornumque flexior,

    Mart. Cap. 8, § 878.—In neutr. plur. subst.: collium flexa, Minuc. Fel. Octav. 17.—
    B.
    Trop., of tones, lengthened:

    infinito magis illa flexa et circumducta sunt,

    Quint. 11, 3, 172.

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  • 10 pando

    1.
    pando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [for spando; root spa-; Sanscr. spha-, spread, grow; Gr. spaô; cf. spatium].
    I.
    Act., to bend, bow, curve any thing (cf.:

    flecto, curvo): pandant enim posteriora,

    Quint. 11, 3, 122:

    manus leviter pandata,

    id. 11, 3, 100. —
    (β).
    Mid., to bend itself, to bend:

    in inferiora pandantur,

    Plin. 16, 42, 81, § 223; 16, 39, 74, § 189; 16, 40, 79, § 219:

    apes sarcinā pandatae,

    id. 11, 10, 10, § 21:

    firmiora juga sunt alliganda, ut rigorem habeant nec pandentur onere fructuum,

    Col. 4, 16 fin.
    II.
    Neutr., to bend itself, to bend:

    ulmus et fraxinus celeriter pandant,

    Vitr. 2, 9; 6, 11.
    2.
    pando pandi (acc. to Prisc. p. 891 P.), passum, and less freq. pansum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 567 sq.), 3, v. a., to spread out, extend; to unfold, expand [from the root pat of pateo, cf. petannumi, q. v.] (syn.: explano, explico, extendo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pandere palmas Ante deum delubra,

    Lucr. 5, 1200; so,

    ad solem pennas,

    Verg. G. 1, 398:

    retia,

    Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 29:

    telas in parietibus latissime,

    id. 29, 4, 27, § 87: aciem, to extend, deploy, = explicare, Tac. H. 2, 25; 4, 33:

    rupem ferro,

    i. e. to split, Liv. 21, 37:

    utere velis, Totos pande sinus,

    Juv. 1, 150.—
    (β).
    With se or pass., to spread one's self, stretch, open out, extend, etc.:

    immensa panditur planities,

    Liv. 32, 4:

    dum se cornua latius pandunt,

    id. 2, 31:

    rosa sese pandit in calices,

    Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14:

    ubi mare coepit in latitudinem pandi,

    id. 6, 13, 15, § 38:

    si panditur ultra (gremium),

    i. e. is not yet full, Juv. 14, 327.—
    2.
    In partic., in econom. lang., to spread out to dry, to dry fruits:

    ficos pandere,

    Col. 2, 22, 3:

    uvas in sole,

    id. 12, 39, 1.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To throw open, to open any thing by extending it (mostly poet.;

    syn.: patefacio, aperio, recludo): pandite atque aperite propere januam hanc Orci,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 1:

    pandite, sulti', genas (i. e. palpebras), Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. (Ann. v. 521 Vahl.): dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis,

    Verg. A. 2, 234:

    (Cerberus) tria guttura pandens,

    id. ib. 6, 421:

    limina,

    id. ib. 6, 525: agros pingues, to lay open, i. e. to plough up, till, Lucr. 5, 1248:

    piceae tantum taxique nocentes Interdum aut hederae pandunt vestigia nigrae,

    disclose, Verg. G. 2, 257:

    torridam incendio rupem ferro pandunt,

    lay open, split, Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    pandite nunc Helicona, deae,

    Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 1.—
    2.
    Mid., to open itself, to open: panduntur inter ordines [p. 1297] viae, Liv. 10, 41:

    cum caudā omnis jam panditur Hydra,

    i. e. displays itself, Cic. Arat. 449.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To spread, extend; and with se, to spread or extend itself:

    cum tempora se veris florentia pandunt,

    Lucr. 6, 359:

    illa divina (bona) longe lateque se pandunt caelumque contingunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 76:

    quaerebam utrum panderem vela orationis,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 9:

    umbriferos ubi pandit Tabrica saltus,

    Juv. 10, 194. —Mid.:

    ab aquilone pandetur malum super omnes,

    Vulg. Jer. 1, 14; see also under P. a. B.—
    B.
    To open:

    viam alicui ad dominationem,

    Liv. 4, 15:

    viam fugae,

    id. 10, 5.—
    2.
    In partic., to unfold in speaking, to make known, publish, relate, explain (mostly poet.):

    omnem rerum naturam dictis,

    Lucr. 5, 54:

    primordia rerum,

    id. 1, 55:

    res altā terrā et caligine mersas,

    Verg. A. 6, 267; 3, 252; 3, 479:

    nomen,

    Ov. M. 4, 679:

    fata,

    Luc. 6, 590:

    Hesiodus agricolis praecepta pandere orsus,

    Plin. H. N. 14, 1, 1, § 3.—Hence,
    A.
    pansus, a, um, P. a., spread out, outspread, outstretched, extended (rare and mostly post-Aug.):

    manibus et pedibus pansis,

    Vitr. 3, 1:

    suppliciter pansis ad numina palmis, Germ. Arat. 68: sago porrectius panso,

    Amm. 29, 5, 48:

    pansis in altum bracchiis,

    Prud. Cath. 12, 170: panso currere carbaso, id. adv. Symm. praef. 1, 48.—
    B.
    passus, a, um (cf.:

    ab eo, quod est pando passum veteres dixerunt, non pansum, etc.,

    Gell. 15, 15, 1), P. a., outspread, outstretched, extended, open.
    1.
    Lit.:

    velo passo pervenire,

    under full sail, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 45; so,

    velis passis pervehi,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119:

    passis late palmis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 98:

    passis manibus,

    Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77; Gell. 15, 15, 3: crinis passus, and more freq. in plur., crines passi, loose, dishevelled hair:

    capillus passus,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 56; Caes. B. G. 1. 51; 7, 48; Liv. 1, 13; Verg. A. 1, 480 et saep.—Hence, verba passa, loose, relaxed, i. e. prose, App. Flor. 2, 15, p. 352, 1.—
    2.
    Transf.
    (α).
    Spread out to dry (v. supra, I. 2.); hence, dried, dry:

    uvae,

    i. e. raisins, Col. 12, 39, 4; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 4 Mai; Vulg. Num. 6, 4; so,

    acini,

    Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16:

    racemi,

    Verg. G. 4, 269:

    rapa,

    Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 127:

    uva passa pendilis,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 99:

    lac passum,

    boiled milk, Ov. M. 14, 274.—Hence,
    (β).
    Transf.: rugosi passique senes, dried up, withered, Lucil. ap. Non. 12, 5 (Sat. 19, 11).— Hence, subst.: passum, i, n. (sc. vinum), wine made from dried grapes, raisin-wine: passum nominabant, si in vindemiā uvam diutius coctam legerent, eamque passi essent in sole aduri, Varr. ap. Non. 551, 27; Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51:

    passo psythia utilior,

    Verg. G. 2, 93; Juv. 14, 271; cf. Col. 12, 39, 1; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 81; Pall. 11, 19, 1:

    passum quo ex sicciore uva est, eo valentius est,

    Cels. 2, 18.—
    3.
    Trop.: verba passa, prose (post-class.), App. Flor. p. 352, 1.

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  • 11 deflecto

    I
    deflectere, deflexi, deflexus V INTRANS
    bend/turn aside/off; diviate/change one's course; digress (speech); alter pitch
    II
    deflectere, deflexi, deflexus V TRANS
    bend downwards; bend (bow); turn (aside), change course/direction of; deflect; divert, distract; turn one's eyes; modify/twist (words/ideas); round (point)

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  • 12 flectō

        flectō flēxī, flexus, ere    [FALC-], to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round: equos brevi, Cs.: de foro in Capitolium currūs: habenas, O.: cursūs in orbem, O.: iter ad Privernum, L.: flexa In burim ulmus, V.: artūs, L.: ora retro, O.: geminas acies huc, direct, V.: lumina, avert, V.: salignas cratīs, weave, V.: flex<*> fractique motūs, contorted: flexum mare, a bay, Ta.: (silva) se sinistrorsus, Cs.: (milvus) Flectitur in gyrum, wheels, O.: flector in anguem, wind myself into a snake, O.: Cera multas Flectitur in facies, is moulded, O.— To turn, double, pass around: in flectendis promunturiis: Leucatam.— To turn from, avoid, turn out of: viam, C., L.: iter, V.— To turn, go, divert one's course, march, pass: laevo flectentes limine, V.: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, L.: ad Oceanum, L.: ad sapientiam, Ta.—Fig., to bend, turn, direct, sway, change: animum, T.: teneros et rudīs: suam naturam huc et illuc: vocem, modulate: flexus sonus, i. e. melancholy: mentīs suas ad nostrum imperium: aliquem a proposito, divert, L.: animos, quin, etc., L.: animos ad carmina, O.: Quo vobis mentes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. C.: Cereus in vitium flecti, H.: flexo in meridiem die, Ta.: versūs, qui in Tiberium flecterentur, i. e. might be applied, Ta.— To bend, move, persuade, influence, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease: quibus rebus ita flectebar animo, ut, etc.: flectere mollibus Iam durum imperiis, H.: Superos, V.: fata deum precando, V.: ingenium alicuius avorsum, S.: si flectitur ira deorum, O.: ad deditionem animos, L.
    * * *
    flectere, flexi, flexus V
    bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften

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  • 13 procumbo

    prō-cumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n.
    I.
    Lit., to fall forwards, fall or sink down, to prostrate one's self; of the wounded, the dying, suppliants, etc. (class.; cf.;

    cado, ruo): procumbunt Gallis omnibus ad pedes Bituriges, ne pulcherrimam urbem succendere cogerentur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 15:

    genibus, Ov M. 13, 585: ad genua alicujus, Liv 25, 7: ad pedes alicujus,

    Gell. 10, 15, 10:

    ante pedes,

    Ov. M. 10, 415; Petr. 30:

    templis,

    Tib. 1, 5, 41 (1, 2, 83):

    qui vulneribus confecti procubuissent,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so,

    in genua,

    Curt. 9, 5, 13:

    Coroebus Penelei dextrā Procumbit,

    Verg. A. 2, 424.—With dat. (post-Aug.):

    sibi tres legiones procubuisse,

    had yielded, Tac. A. 1, 59:

    veteranae cohortes, quibus nuper Othonis legiones procubuerint,

    id. H. 4, 17.— Poet., to fall upon, attack, Mart. 1, 60, 3.— To lean or bend forwards:

    olli certamine summo Procumbunt,

    i.e. they bend to their oars, Verg. A. 5, 197.—
    B.
    Transf., of inanimate subjects, to lean forwards, bend down, sink, to be beaten or broken down (class.):

    tigna prona ac fastigiata, ut secundum naturam fluminis procumberent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

    frumenta imbribus procubuerant,

    i.e. were beaten down, id. ib. 6, 43:

    ne gravidis procumbat culmus aristis,

    Verg. G. 1, 111:

    ulmus in aram ipsam procumbebat,

    Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.—

    Of buildings: (domus) in domini procubuit caput,

    Ov. P. 1, 9, 14:

    tecta super habitantes,

    Quint. 2, 16, 6; Plin. Pan. 50, 3; Ov. M. 13, 176.—
    2.
    To be upset, break down; of a vehicle: nam si procubuit qui saxa Ligustica portat Axis, Juv 3, 257.—
    II.
    Trop., to fall or sink down ( poet. and post-Aug.): procumbere in voluptates, to sink into sen [p. 1454] suality, Sen. Ep. 18, 2:

    procumbentem rem publicam restituere,

    sinking, Vell. 2, 16, 4:

    res procubuere meae,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 2.—
    B.
    To extend, spread:

    mons Haemus vasto jugo procumbens in Pontum,

    Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 45:

    planities sub radicibus montium spatiosa procumbit,

    Curt. 5, 4, 6.

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  • 14 declino

    dē-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [CLINO = klinô], orig. to bend from the straight path; to turn aside or away (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    a.
    Act.:

    ego modo declinavi paullum me extra viam,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 11; cf.:

    sese rectā regione viai,

    Lucr. 2, 250; and: se a terris omnia numina, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70:

    lumina, Catull. 64, 91: agmen,

    Liv. 1, 28; 36, 23:

    nares in alteram partem,

    Cels. 8, 5.— Poet. of the eyes, to bend down, i. e. to lower, close them in sleep: nec dulci declinat lumina somno, * Verg. A. 4, 185.—
    b.
    Neutr.:

    paulum ad dexteram de via declinavi, ut ad Pericli sepulcrum accederem,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5; id. Att. 14, 17, 2; Liv. 38, 20, 8.—So of the oblique motion of atoms (corresp. with oblique ferri): si omnes atomi declinabunt, nullae umquam cohaerescent;

    sive aliae declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19 sq.; cf. id. Fat. 9, 18 (preceded by cur Epicurus atomos de via deducat):

    quae nova causa in natura est, qua declinet atomus? 20, 46 (the reading quae declinet atomum is wrong),

    id. N. D. 1, 25.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Act., to turn aside: neque (mulierem) declinatam quicquam ab aliarum ingenio ullam reperias, who has departed, deviated, * Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 3; cf.:

    quaedam verborum flgurae paulum figuris sententiarum declinantur,

    Quint. 9, 3, 88; id. 10, 3, 33:

    neque spe, neque metu declinatus animus,

    id. 12, 1, 16:

    Cato literas Graecas aetate jam declinata didicit,

    in the decline of life, id. 12, 11, 23. —
    b.
    Neutr., to turn aside, deviate, turn away:

    de via,

    Cic. Lael. 17; cf.:

    de statu suo,

    id. Clu. 38, 106:

    a religione officii,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 1:

    a malis (opp. appetere bona),

    id. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

    a parvis delictis diligentius,

    id. Off. 1, 40 fin.:

    aliquantulum a proposito,

    id. Or. 40, 138:

    a recto itinere (oratio),

    Quint. 4, 3, 14 al.:

    gemma paulum declinans a topazio in aurum,

    passing, Plin. 37, 8, 34, § 113:

    ut eo revocetur unde huc declinavit oratio,

    digressed, Cic. de Or. 2, 38; cf. id. Leg. 1, 21 fin.:

    quantum in Italiam declinaverat belli,

    Liv. 28, 1:

    in asperam Pholoen,

    Hor. Od. 1, 33, 7:

    in pejus,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    ad discendum jus,

    Quint. 12, 3, 9; cf. id. 7, 2, 30.— Absol.:

    declinasse me paululum et praesentes fluctus fugisse,

    Cic. Sest. 34:

    paulatim amor,

    decreases, Ov. M. 9, 460:

    dies coeperat declinare,

    Vulg. Luc. 9, 12. —
    B.
    In partic. grammat. t. t., to vary, inflect a part of speech.
    1.
    In the older grammarians, of every kind of inflection (declension, conjugation, comparison, derivation, etc.), Varr. L. L. 8, § 2 sq.; 10, § 11 sq.; cf. also Quint. 1, 4, 22; 1, 5, 63 al. —
    2.
    In the later grammarians, to decline, in the strict sense, Charis, p. 8 sq. et al. —
    C.
    Transf., with an object denoting that from which one turns aside; to avoid, to shun (classical, most freq. in Cic.);

    nec satis recte (oratio) declinat impetum, nisi etiam in cedendo quid deceat intellegit,

    Cic. Or. 68, 228; cf.

    , corresp. with vitare,

    id. Att. 8, 11, D. fin.; and:

    ictum,

    Liv. 42, 63, 4:

    urbem,

    Cic. Planc. 41:

    laqueos judicii,

    id. Mil. 15, 40:

    appetuntur quae secundum naturam sunt, declinantur contraria,

    id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

    vitia,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

    ea quae nocitura videantur,

    id. ib. 1, 4; cf. Tac. A. 13, 4:

    invidiam,

    id. H. 4, 41 fin.; Suet. Caes. 4:

    impudicitiam uxoris,

    Tac. A. 6, 51:

    oppida ut busta,

    Amm. 16, 2, 12.

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  • 15 fuga

    fŭga, ae (archaic gen. sing. fugaï, Lucr. 1, 1047; 4, 713), f. [Sanscr. bhug'-, bend; Gr. pheugô, phugê, flight, phuza, terror; Germ. biegen, bend. On fugere and flectere, AngloSax. būgan and fleon; Germ. biegen and fliehen, v. Grimm, Deutsch. Wörterb. 1, 1814], a fleeing, flight, a running away (cf.: effugium, exsilium).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: quove nunc Auxilio aut exili aut fugae freta sim? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 113 Vahl.):

    mittam illa, fugam ab urbe turpissimam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1:

    desperata,

    id. Phil. 5, 11, 30:

    dant sese in fugam milites,

    take flight, id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95; so,

    in fugam se conferre,

    id. Caecin. 8, 22:

    se conicere,

    id. Cael. 26, 63:

    fugam capere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 26, 3:

    petere,

    id. ib. 2, 24, 1:

    parare,

    Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    fugae sese mandare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 2:

    hostes dare in fugam,

    to put to flight, id. ib. 2, 23, 2; 5, 51 fin.;

    for which: convertere aciem in fugam,

    id. ib. 1, 52, 6:

    conicere hostes in fugam,

    id. ib. 6, 8, 6;

    7, 70, 3: impellere in fugam,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 22: facere fugam, to make or cause flight, put to flight, Liv. 1, 56, 4; 21, 5, 16 Drak.; 21, 52, 10; 22, 24, 8; 26, 4, 8; but also to take flight, to flee, Sall. J. 53, 3; 58, 4; Liv. 8, 9, 12; cf.

    in Verg., dare fugam, under B.: esse in fuga,

    Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2; 7, 24:

    reprimere fugam,

    to prevent, id. ib. 7, 26, 1; Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 1:

    spem fugae tollere,

    id. ib. 1, 25: exercitum fuga, formidine terroreque complere, Ser. Samm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 9, 9.— Plur. (mostly poet.):

    quantae in periculis fugae proximorum,

    Cic. Mil. 26, 69:

    celeres fugae,

    Hor. C. 4, 8, 15:

    notusque fugarum Vertit terga Has drubal,

    Sil. 17, 148; cf.:

    fugas servorum ri det,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 121.—
    2.
    In partic., flight from one's native land, expatriation, exile, banishment:

    sibi exsilium et fugam deprecari,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 9; id. Off. 2, 6, 20; cf. id. Rep. 1, 3; Ov. P. 2, 8, 68:

    latā fugā damnari,

    Amm. 19, 12, 9.—In plur.:

    quoties fugas et caedes jussit princeps,

    Tac. A. 14, 64:

    exsilia et fugae,

    id. Agr. 45.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., a flying, swift course or motion, speed ( poet.):

    qualis equos Threissa fatigat Harpalyce volucremque fugā praevertitur Hebrum,

    Verg. A. 1, 317:

    cui cesserit incitus amnis: Tanta fuga est,

    Sil. 3, 307:

    latumque fuga superabitis amnem,

    Grat. Cyn. 378:

    exspectet facilemquo fugam ventosque ferentes,

    a swift voyage, Verg. A. 4, 430; cf.: (Neptunus) fugam dedit et praeter [p. 788] vada fervida vexit, gave a swift passage, id. ib. 7, 24;

    but different: fugam dant nubila caelo,

    hasten away, flee away, id. ib. 12, 367:

    fuga temporum,

    a fleeing away, flight, Hor. C. 3, 30, 5:

    quaere fugam morbi,

    seek the removal of the disorder, id. Ep. 1, 6, 29:

    nobilis hic (equus), cujus clara fuga ante alios,

    Juv. 8, 61.—
    2.
    In plur., they who flee, runaways:

    signa fugarum, Col. poët. 10, 125: plane fugae merae,

    Petr. 45 fin.
    3.
    A place of banishment or refuge, Ov. H. 6, 158; id. P. 1, 2, 130.—
    II.
    Trop., a fleeing from, avoiding, escape from an evil; disinclination, aversion (class.):

    simili sunt in culpa, qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    fuga laboris desidiam coarguit,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    turpitudinis (opp. appetentia honestatis),

    id. Rep. 1, 2:

    hanc ignominiam, vel exsilio vel morte, si alia fuga honoris non esset, vitassem,

    Liv. 3, 67, 2:

    culpae,

    Hor. A. P. 31:

    leti,

    id. S. 2, 6, 95:

    paupertatis,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 24:

    pericli,

    Verg. A. 8, 251:

    ipsius lucis (with taedium),

    Quint. 1, 3, 66:

    quomodo enim vester Axilla Ala factus est, nisi fugā litterae vastioris?

    Cic. Or. 45, 153.

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  • 16 ingeniculo

    in-gĕnĭcŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [in-geniculum], to cause one to bend the knee; hence, ingeniculare se, to bend the knee, to sink down on the knee, to kneel, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6, fin.; also,

    without se,

    Lampr. Elag. 5, 4.— Hence, ingĕnĭcŭlātus, a, um, P. a., kneeling: Hercules, a constellation, also called ingeniculus, Vitr. 9, 6.

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  • 17 repono

    rĕ-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ( perf. reposivi, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16; part. sync. repostus, a, um, on account of the metre, Lucr. 1, 35; 3, 346; Verg. G. 3, 527; id. A. 1, 26; 6, 59; 655; 11, 149; Hor. Epod. 9, 1; Sil. 7, 507 al.), v. a., to lay, place, put, or set back, i. e.,
    I.
    With the idea of the re predominant.
    A.
    To lay, place, put, or set a thing back in its former place; to replace, restore, etc. (class.; syn. remitto).
    1.
    Lit.:

    cum suo quemque loco lapidem reponeret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 146:

    quicque suo loco,

    Col. 12, 3, 4:

    humum,

    the earth dug from a pit, Verg. G. 2, 231:

    pecuniam in thesauris,

    Liv. 29, 18, 15 Weissenb.; 31, 13; cf.:

    ornamenta templorum in pristinis sedibus,

    Val. Max. 5, 1, 6:

    infans repositus in cunas,

    Suet. Aug. 94:

    ossa in suas sedes,

    Cels. 8, 10, 1:

    femur ne difficulter reponatur vel repositum excidat,

    set again, id. 8, 20; 8, 10, 7: se in cubitum, to lean on the elbow again (at table), Hor. S. 2, 4, 39:

    insigne regium, quod ille de suo capite abjecerat, reposuit,

    Cic. Sest. 27, 58:

    columnas,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

    tantundem inaurati aeris,

    Suet. Caes. 54:

    togam,

    to gather up again, Quint. 6, 3, 54; 11, 3, 149:

    capillum,

    id. 11, 3, 8, prooem. §

    22: excussus curru ac rursus repositus,

    Suet. Ner. 24:

    nos in sceptra,

    to reinstate, Verg. A. 1, 253; cf.:

    reges per bella pulsos,

    Sil. 10, 487:

    aliquem solio,

    Val. Fl. 6, 742:

    veniet qui nos in lucem reponat dies,

    Sen. Ep. 36, 10:

    ut mihi des nummos sexcentos quos continuo tibi reponam hoc triduo aut quadriduo,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 38; Sen. Ben. 4, 32 fin.:

    quosdam nihil reposuisse,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 6:

    donata,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 39:

    flammis ambesa reponunt Robora navigiis,

    to replace, restore, Verg. A. 5, 752:

    aris ignem,

    id. ib. 3, 231:

    molem,

    Sil. 1, 558:

    ruptos vetustate pontes,

    Tac. A. 1, 63:

    fora templaque,

    id. H. 3, 34:

    amissa urbi,

    id. A. 16, 13:

    statuas a plebe disjectas,

    Suet. Caes. 65:

    cenam,

    Mart. 2, 37, 10;

    so esp. freq. in Vergil, of the serving up of a second course, as of a renewed banquet: sublata pocula,

    Verg. A. 8, 175:

    plena pocula,

    id. G. 4, 378:

    vina mensis (soon after, instaurare epulas),

    id. A. 7, 134:

    epulas,

    id. G. 3, 527:

    festas mensas,

    Stat. Th. 2, 88:

    cibi frigidi et repositi,

    Quint. 2, 4, 29.—
    2.
    Trop., to put or bring back; to replace, restore, renew:

    ut, si quid titubaverint (testes), opportuna rursus interrogatione velut in gradum reponantur,

    Quint. 5, 7, 11; cf.:

    excidentes unius admonitione verbi in memoriam reponuntur,

    id. 11, 2, 19:

    nec vera virtus, cum semel excidit, Curat reponi deterioribus,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 30.—
    (β).
    To represent or describe again, to repeat:

    fabula quae posci vult et spectata reponi,

    Hor. A. P. 190:

    Achillem (after Homer),

    id. ib. 120; cf.:

    dicta paterna,

    Pers. 6, 66.—
    (γ).
    To repay, requite, return:

    cogitemus, alios non facere injuriam, sed reponere,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 28; cf. Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

    semper ego auditor tantum? nunquamne reponam?

    repay, Juv. 1, 1.—
    (δ).
    To put back, put to rest, quiet:

    pontum et turbata litora,

    Val. Fl. 1, 682; cf.:

    post otiosam et repositam vitam,

    Amm. 29, 1, 44.—
    B.
    To bend backwards, lay back: (grues) mollia crura reponunt, bend back (in walking), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 Vahl.);

    imitated by Virgil: pullus mollia crura reponit,

    Verg. G. 3, 76:

    cervicem reponunt et bracchium in latus jactant,

    Quint. 4, 2, 39:

    tereti cervice repostā,

    Lucr. 1, 35:

    interim quartus (digitus) oblique reponitur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 99:

    hic potissimum et vocem flectunt et cervicem reponunt,

    id. 4, 2, 39:

    membra (mortui) toro,

    Verg. A. 6, 220:

    membra stratis,

    id. ib. 4, 392.—
    C.
    To lay aside or away for preservation; to lay up, store up, keep, preserve, reserve (class.; cf.: regero, reservo).
    1.
    Lit.: nec tempestive demetendi [p. 1571] percipiendique fructūs neque condendi ac reponendi ulla pecudum scientia est, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

    cibum,

    Quint. 2, 4, 29:

    formicae farris acervum tecto reponunt,

    Verg. A. 4, 403:

    Caecubum ad festas dapes,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 1:

    mella in vetustatem,

    Col. 12, 11, 1; 12, 44, 7:

    alimenta in hiemem,

    Quint. 2, 16, 16:

    (caseum) hiemi,

    Verg. G. 3, 403:

    omnia quae multo ante memor provisa repones,

    id. ib. 1, 167:

    thesaurum,

    Quint. 2, 7, 4:

    scripta in aliquod tempus,

    id. 10, 4, 2.— Poet.:

    eadem (gratia) sequitur tellure repostos, i. e. conditos,

    buried, Verg. A. 6, 655; cf.:

    an poteris siccis mea fata reponere ocellis? (= me mortuum),

    Prop. 1, 17, 11:

    tu pias laetis animas reponis Sedibus,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 17:

    repono infelix lacrimas, et tristia carmina servo,

    Stat. S. 5, 5, 47.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    opus est studio praecedente et acquisitā facultate et quasi repositā,

    Quint. 8, prooem. §

    29: aliquid scriptis,

    id. 11, 2, 9:

    manet altā mente repostum Judicium Paridis,

    Verg. A. 1, 26:

    reponere odium,

    Tac. Agr. 39 fin.:

    sensibus haec imis... reponas,

    Verg. E. 3, 54.—
    D.
    To put in the place of, to substitute one thing for another (class.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    non puto te meas epistulas delere, ut reponas tuas,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 2:

    Aristophanem pro Eupoli,

    id. Att. 12, 6, 2; Quint. 11, 2, 49:

    eorumque in vicem idonea reponenda,

    Col. 4, 26, 2:

    dira ne sedes vacet, monstrum repone majus,

    Sen. Phoen. 122.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    at vero praeclarum diem illis reposuisti, Verria ut agerent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52.—
    E. 1.
    Lit.:

    remum,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16:

    arma omnia,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

    caestus artemque,

    Verg. A. 5, 484:

    feretro reposto,

    id. ib. 11, 149:

    onus,

    Cat. 31, 8:

    telasque calathosque infectaque pensa,

    Ov. M. 4, 10; Sil. 7, 507:

    rursus sumptas figuras,

    Ov. M. 12, 557:

    bracchia,

    to let down, Val. Fl. 4, 279.— Poet.:

    jam falcem arbusta reponunt,

    i. e. permit to be laid aside, Verg. G. 2, 416.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    brevem fugam,

    to end the flight, Stat. Th. 6, 592:

    iram,

    Manil. 2, 649.—
    II.
    With the idea of the verb predominant, to lay, place, put, set a thing anywhere (freq. and class.; syn. colloco).
    A.
    Lit.:

    grues in tergo praevolantium colla et capita reponunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    colla in plumis,

    Ov. M. 10, 269:

    litteras in gremio,

    Liv. 26, 15:

    hunc celso in ostro,

    Val. Fl. 3, 339:

    ligna super foco Large reponens,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 6:

    (nidum) ante fores sacras reponit,

    Ov. M. 15, 407.— With in and acc.:

    uvas in vasa nova,

    Col. 12, 16:

    data sunt legatis, quae in aerarium reposuerant,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 9:

    anulos in locellum,

    id. 7, 8, 9; cf.:

    mergum altius in terram,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 205.—
    B.
    Trop., to place, put, set; to place, count, reckon among:

    in vestrā mansuetudine atque humanitate causam totam repono,

    Cic. Sull. 33, 92:

    vos meam defensionem in aliquo artis loco reponetis,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 198:

    suos hortatur, ut spem omnem in virtute reponant,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

    in se omnem spem,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

    nihil spei in caritate civium,

    Liv. 1, 49; 2, 39:

    salutem ac libertatem in illorum armis dextrisque,

    id. 27, 45:

    verum honorem non in splendore titulorum, sed in judiciis hominum,

    Plin. Pan. 84, 8; id. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

    plus in duce quam in exercitu,

    Tac. G. 30; Liv. 24, 37:

    plus in deo quam in viribus reponentes,

    Just. 24, 8, 2:

    fiduciam in re reponere,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16; 1, 8, 14:

    ea facta, quae in obscuritate et silentio reponuntur,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 6:

    quos equidem in deorum immortalium coetu ac numero repono,

    place, count, reckon among, Cic. Sest. 68, 143; so,

    sidera in deorum numero,

    id. N. D. 2, 21, 54; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 47 Mos. N. cr.:

    Catulum in clarissimorum hominum numero,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210: aliquem in suis, Antonius ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1.— With in and acc.:

    homines morte deletos in deos,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 38:

    in deorum numerum reponemus,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 47:

    Isocratem hunc in numerum non repono,

    id. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:

    aliquid in fabularum numerum,

    id. Inv. 1, 26, 39; and:

    hanc partem in numerum,

    id. ib. 1, 51, 97:

    in ejus sinum rem publicam,

    Suet. Aug. 94.—Hence, rĕpŏsĭ-tus ( rĕpostus), a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Remote, distant (syn. remotus;

    very rare): penitusque repostas Massylum gentes,

    Verg. A. 6, 59:

    terrae,

    id. ib. 3, 364:

    populi,

    Sil. 3, 325:

    convalles,

    App. M. 4, p. 145, 6.—
    II.
    Laid aside, stored up:

    spes,

    Vulg. Col. 1, 5:

    corona justitiae,

    id. 2, Tim. 4, 8.

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  • 18 praecipito

    praecĭpĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [praeceps], to throw or cast down headlong, to precipitate (class.; syn.. deicio, deturbo, proruo).
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    Lit.:

    pilae in mare praecipitatae,

    Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.:

    truncas rupes in tecta domosque,

    Stat. Th. 10, 881: currum scopulis, hurl or dash against, Ov. M. 15, 518:

    pinus,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 546.— Freq. with se or pass. in middle sense:

    se e Leucade,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

    se a tecto,

    Sen. Ep. 4, 4:

    se de turri,

    Liv. 23, 37:

    sese in fossas,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

    praecipitasse se quosdam constabat (sc. de muro),

    threw themselves from the wall, Liv. 23, 19, 6; Hor. S. 2, 3, 277:

    plerique semet ipsi praecipitaverunt,

    Liv. 21, 14, 1:

    se in Tiberim,

    id. 4, 12, 11; Caes. B. G. 4, 15; Curt. 4, 16, 16; 6, 6, 32;

    Auct. B. Alex. 18: ubi Nilus praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert,

    Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 118:

    praecipitare volens etiam pulcherrima,

    to throw overboard, Juv. 12, 38.—Mid.:

    cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur,

    threw themselves down, Sall. J. 58, 6; Ov. F. 4, 164; id. M. 7, 760; 11, 556:

    lux Praecipitatur aquis,

    sinks in the ocean, sets, id. ib. 4, 92; cf.:

    hac te praecipitato,

    run this way, for life! Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36.— Absol.: si quando iis (parvis) ludentes minamur, praecipitaturos alicunde, extimescunt, that we will throw them down from any place (= nos eos dejecturos), Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen., to bend a thing down:

    vitem,

    Cato, R. R. 32, 2:

    partem (vitis),

    Col. 4, 20, 4:

    palmitem,

    id. 5, 6, 33.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To throw, hurl, or cast down, to precipitate: [p. 1414] praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu, Cic. Dom. 37, 98; cf.:

    in tanta mala praeeipitatus ex patrio regno,

    Sall. J. 14, 23.— Esp. with reflex. pron.:

    semet ipse praecipitare,

    to hasten to ruin, destroy one's self, Sall. J. 41, 9:

    se in exitium,

    Cels. 3, 21:

    se in insidias,

    Liv. 3, 18, 7 dub. (Madv. omits se):

    furor iraque mentem Praecipitant,

    carry away, urge onward, sway violently, Verg. A. 2, 317:

    spem festinando praecipitare,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 140:

    in senectam praecipitare,

    to cause to grow old prematurely, Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 94:

    quosdam praecipitat subjecta potentia magnae Invidiae,

    Juv. 10, 56.—In pass., Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: nox praecipitata, declining, i. e. drawing to a close, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47; cf.: aetas praecipitata (opp. adulescens), declining age, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—
    2.
    To hasten, hurry a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quae Praecipitent obitum,

    hasten their setting, Cic. Arat. 349:

    vindemiam,

    Col. 3, 21, 10:

    consulta viri,

    Sil. 3, 166:

    ne praecipitetur editio,

    Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2:

    consilia raptim praecipitata,

    precipitate, Liv. 31, 32.— Poet.:

    moras,

    i. e. exchange delay for haste, Verg. A. 8, 443; 12, 699:

    Tiphyn pelago parari praecipitat,

    Val. Fl. 2, 390:

    cursum,

    Juv. 15, 78.—
    3.
    With acc. and inf., to hasten, press, urge to do any thing ( poet.):

    dare tempus Praecipitant curae,

    Verg. A. 11, 3:

    si praecipitant miserum cognoscere curae,

    Stat. Th. 1, 679. —
    II.
    Neutr., to hasten or rush down, to throw one's self down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, to fall (class., but only of involuntary falling; cf. I. A.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

    de montibus altis ad terram,

    Lucr. 4, 1021:

    ubi Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 19; cf.:

    Fibrenus... statim praecipitat in Lirem,

    id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: and:

    in amni praecipitante,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    nimbi In vada praecipitant,

    Verg. A. 9, 670; 11, 617:

    in fossam,

    Liv. 25, 11, 6; 7, 6, 9; 38, 2, 14;

    39, 2, 3: in insidias,

    id. 2, 51; 5, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82:

    non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas?

    Verg. A. 4, 565:

    sol praecipitans,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

    jam nox caelo Praecipitat,

    is sinking, draws to a close, Verg. A. 2, 9:

    hiems jam praecipitaverat,

    had closed, come to an end, Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To fall down, to fall, rush, or sink to ruin:

    qui in amorem Praecipitavit, pejus perit quam si saxo saliat,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31:

    praecipitantes impellere, certe est inhumanum,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; so,

    praecipitantem impellamus,

    id. Clu. 26, 70:

    ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat,

    he may tumble down, id. Rep. 1, 45, 69:

    praecipitante re publicā,

    id. Sull. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 31, 87; and:

    cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res,

    Liv. 27, 40:

    ad exitium praecipitans,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7.—
    2.
    To be too hasty:

    cum vitiosum sit adsentiri quicquam aut falsum aut incognitum, sustinenda est potius omnis adsensio, ne praecipitet, si temere processerit,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—Hence, praecĭpĭ-tanter, adv., hastily, precipitately:

    agens mannos ad villam,

    Lucr. 3, 1063.

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  • 19 verso

    verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).
    I.
    Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    turbinem puer,

    Tib. 1, 5, 4:

    turdos in igni,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:

    ova non acri favillā,

    Ov. M. 8, 667:

    cum versati appositi essent pisces,

    Quint. 6, 3, 90:

    vinclorum inmensa volumina,

    Verg. A. 5, 408:

    manum,

    Ov. M. 12, 493:

    lumina,

    id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;

    7, 579: cardinem,

    id. ib. 4, 93:

    fusum,

    id. ib. 4, 221;

    6, 22: corpus,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 4:

    sortem urnā,

    to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

    ligonibus glaebas,

    to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,

    rura (juvenci),

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:

    terram,

    Ov. R. Am. 173:

    desectum gramen,

    hay, id. M. 14, 646:

    currum in gramine,

    i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:

    oves,

    to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:

    pulsat versatque Dareta,

    id. A. 5, 460:

    me versant in litore venti,

    id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:

    et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,

    handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:

    satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,

    I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:

    mundum versari circum axem caeli,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:

    qui (orbes) versantur retro,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:

    suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,

    Cic. Fat. 18, 42:

    ne versari aves possent,

    Col. 8, 7, 1.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to turn, twist, bend:

    versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,

    id. Clu. 26, 70:

    eadem multis modis,

    id. Or. 40, 137:

    causas,

    i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:

    non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?

    id. 5, 14, 32:

    verba,

    to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:

    fors omnia versat,

    turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;

    so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,

    Tib. 1, 5, 70:

    huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:

    in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,

    id. ib. 5, 28, 86:

    versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,

    Curt. 6, 6, 27.—
    2.
    In partic. (rare in Cic.).
    a.
    Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:

    versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:

    haerere homo, versari, rubere,

    to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):

    miserum toto cubili,

    Prop. 1, 14, 21:

    illum toto versant suspiria lecto,

    id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):

    odiis domos,

    to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:

    ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,

    i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:

    sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,

    alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:

    pectora,

    id. ib. 2, 45:

    muliebrem animum in omnes partes,

    Liv. 1, 58, 3:

    patrum animos,

    id. 1, 17, 1:

    pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),

    id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:

    spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,

    Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—
    b.
    To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:

    volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:

    versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,

    Liv. 3, 34, 4:

    illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,

    Verg. A. 4, 563; so,

    dolos,

    id. ib. 2, 62:

    versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,

    Hor. A. P. 39:

    ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 13:

    versenturque omni modo numeri,

    examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:

    somnia decies,

    to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:

    multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,

    examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—
    II.
    Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.
    A.
    Lit.:

    vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 128:

    in medio pariete,

    id. Cas. 1, 52:

    non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,

    Cic. Quint. 18, 59:

    in fundo,

    id. Mil. 20, 53:

    in castris,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

    inter aciem,

    id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:

    nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:

    intra vallum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

    alicui inter femina,

    Suet. Tib. 44:

    nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;

    apud praefectos regis,

    Nep. Con. 2, 4.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:

    nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

    certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

    Cat. 64, 149:

    ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:

    in clarissimā luce,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

    Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,

    id. Planc. 10, 26:

    in simili culpā,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:

    nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,

    i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

    mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,

    id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

    aliquid in dubitatione versatur,

    id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:

    Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,

    waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—
    2.
    In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.
    a.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    With in and abl. (class.):

    opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

    in omnibus ingenuis artibus,

    id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

    versabor in re difficili,

    id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

    in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,

    id. Arch. 12, 30;

    ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,

    id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

    si diutius in hoc genere verser,

    id. ib. 1, 46, 70:

    multum in imperiis,

    Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—
    (β).
    With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

    circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?

    Quint. 2, 21, 19.—
    (γ).
    With inter:

    inter arma ac studia versatus,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3.—
    b.
    Of abstract subjects.
    (α).
    With in and abl. (class.):

    haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,

    depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

    dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,

    is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

    ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:

    imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,

    Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;

    quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

    omnia quae in causā versarentur,

    Quint. 7, 1, 4:

    epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,

    id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:

    praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,

    id. 5, 2, 1.—
    (β).
    With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

    haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20:

    circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,

    id. 3, 6, 23:

    quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,

    id. 2, 15, 15.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,

    Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—
    c.
    Part. perf.:

    homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 3:

    viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,

    id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

    semper inter arma ac studia versatus,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:

    is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,

    Tac. Agr. 7.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > verso

  • 20 vorsor

    verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).
    I.
    Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    turbinem puer,

    Tib. 1, 5, 4:

    turdos in igni,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:

    ova non acri favillā,

    Ov. M. 8, 667:

    cum versati appositi essent pisces,

    Quint. 6, 3, 90:

    vinclorum inmensa volumina,

    Verg. A. 5, 408:

    manum,

    Ov. M. 12, 493:

    lumina,

    id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;

    7, 579: cardinem,

    id. ib. 4, 93:

    fusum,

    id. ib. 4, 221;

    6, 22: corpus,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 4:

    sortem urnā,

    to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

    ligonibus glaebas,

    to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,

    rura (juvenci),

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:

    terram,

    Ov. R. Am. 173:

    desectum gramen,

    hay, id. M. 14, 646:

    currum in gramine,

    i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:

    oves,

    to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:

    pulsat versatque Dareta,

    id. A. 5, 460:

    me versant in litore venti,

    id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:

    et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,

    handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:

    satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,

    I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:

    mundum versari circum axem caeli,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:

    qui (orbes) versantur retro,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:

    suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,

    Cic. Fat. 18, 42:

    ne versari aves possent,

    Col. 8, 7, 1.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to turn, twist, bend:

    versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,

    id. Clu. 26, 70:

    eadem multis modis,

    id. Or. 40, 137:

    causas,

    i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:

    non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?

    id. 5, 14, 32:

    verba,

    to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:

    fors omnia versat,

    turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;

    so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,

    Tib. 1, 5, 70:

    huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:

    in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,

    id. ib. 5, 28, 86:

    versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,

    Curt. 6, 6, 27.—
    2.
    In partic. (rare in Cic.).
    a.
    Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:

    versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:

    haerere homo, versari, rubere,

    to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):

    miserum toto cubili,

    Prop. 1, 14, 21:

    illum toto versant suspiria lecto,

    id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):

    odiis domos,

    to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:

    ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,

    i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:

    sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,

    alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:

    pectora,

    id. ib. 2, 45:

    muliebrem animum in omnes partes,

    Liv. 1, 58, 3:

    patrum animos,

    id. 1, 17, 1:

    pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),

    id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:

    spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,

    Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—
    b.
    To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:

    volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:

    versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,

    Liv. 3, 34, 4:

    illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,

    Verg. A. 4, 563; so,

    dolos,

    id. ib. 2, 62:

    versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,

    Hor. A. P. 39:

    ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 13:

    versenturque omni modo numeri,

    examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:

    somnia decies,

    to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:

    multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,

    examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—
    II.
    Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.
    A.
    Lit.:

    vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 128:

    in medio pariete,

    id. Cas. 1, 52:

    non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,

    Cic. Quint. 18, 59:

    in fundo,

    id. Mil. 20, 53:

    in castris,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

    inter aciem,

    id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:

    nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:

    intra vallum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

    alicui inter femina,

    Suet. Tib. 44:

    nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;

    apud praefectos regis,

    Nep. Con. 2, 4.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:

    nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

    certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

    Cat. 64, 149:

    ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:

    in clarissimā luce,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

    Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,

    id. Planc. 10, 26:

    in simili culpā,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:

    nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,

    i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

    mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,

    id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

    aliquid in dubitatione versatur,

    id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:

    Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,

    waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—
    2.
    In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.
    a.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    With in and abl. (class.):

    opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

    in omnibus ingenuis artibus,

    id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

    versabor in re difficili,

    id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

    in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,

    id. Arch. 12, 30;

    ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,

    id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

    si diutius in hoc genere verser,

    id. ib. 1, 46, 70:

    multum in imperiis,

    Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—
    (β).
    With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

    circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?

    Quint. 2, 21, 19.—
    (γ).
    With inter:

    inter arma ac studia versatus,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3.—
    b.
    Of abstract subjects.
    (α).
    With in and abl. (class.):

    haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,

    depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

    dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,

    is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

    ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:

    imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,

    Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;

    quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

    omnia quae in causā versarentur,

    Quint. 7, 1, 4:

    epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,

    id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:

    praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,

    id. 5, 2, 1.—
    (β).
    With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

    haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20:

    circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,

    id. 3, 6, 23:

    quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,

    id. 2, 15, 15.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,

    Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—
    c.
    Part. perf.:

    homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 3:

    viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,

    id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

    semper inter arma ac studia versatus,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:

    is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,

    Tac. Agr. 7.

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