by stealth

sub-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( perf. sync. subduxti, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25; inf. subduxe, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6), v. a., to draw from under or from below.

Without the idea of removal.

In gen., to draw or pull up; to lift up, raise (rare):

brassicam ad nasum admoveto: ita subducito susum animam, quam plurimum poteris,

Cato, R. R. 157, 15:

aliquid sursum,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 4:

cataractam funibus,

Liv. 27, 28, 10: subductis (tunicis) usque ad inguen, pulled up (opp. demissis), Hor. S. 1, 2, 26: supercilia, Turp. ap. Non. 399, 30; Varr. ib. 399, 33; Sen. Ep. 48, 5; id. Ben. 1, 1, 6 al.; cf.:

subducto voltu,

Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9.—

In partic., naut. t. t., to draw or haul up on land (a ship out of the water;

class. and freq.): navim in pulvinarium,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 27:

longas naves in aridum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 29:

navis subducta in terrā,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 50:

naves regiae in campo Martio subductae sunt,

Liv. 45, 42:

ab classe, quae Corcyrae subducta erat,

id. 31, 22:

classis, quae subducta esset ad Gytheum,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 49; so,

naves,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11; id. B. C. 2, 23; 3, 23 fin.; Liv. 27, 17, 6; 37, 10; 42, 27:

classem,

id. 45, 2 al.; Vulg. Luc. 5, 11.—

With the idea of removal implied, to draw away from among; to take away, lead away, carry off; to withdraw, remove, etc. (class.; syn. subtraho).

In gen.:

ubi bullabit vinum, ignem subducito,

Cato, R. R. 105, 1:

lapides ex turri,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11:

rerum fundamenta,

Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 42:

conjux fidum capiti subduxerat ensem,

Verg. A. 6, 524:

subduc cibum unum diem athletae,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

et sucus pecori et lac subducitur agnis,

Verg. E. 3, 6:

pugnae Turnum,

id. A. 10, 615;

so,

id. ib. 10, 50:

aliquem manibus Graium,

id. ib. 10, 81:

aliquem praesenti periculo,

Vell. 2, 72, 5:

se pedibus (terra),

Lucr. 1, 1106:

se ab ipso Vulnere (fera),

Ov. M. 7, 781 et saep. —

Esp.

To purge, evacuate:

quoniam is cibus subduceret sensim alvum,

Gell. 4, 11, 4; so,

alvum,

Cels. 3, 4.—

Vela celeriter, to take in, furl, Auct. B. Alex. 45, 3:

rem de judicio,

Dig. 10, 2, 14.—

Milit. t. t., to draw off forces from one position to another (class.):

cohortes aliquot subductas ex dextro cornu post aciem circumducit,

Liv. 27, 48:

Numidas ex mediā acie,

id. 22, 48:

triarios ex postremā acie,

id. 44, 37:

subductis ordinibus,

id. 36, 18; cf. id. 40, 30:

ab his centuriones omnes lectos et evocatos... in primam aciem subducit,

Sall. C. 59, 3:

copias in proximum collem subducit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 22:

milites pleno gradu in collem,

Sall. J. 98, 4:

agmen in aequiorem locum,

Liv. 7, 34.—

With the idea of stealth or secrecy.

To take away secretly or by stealth, to steal, hide: Atreus quam (pecudem auream) sibi Thyestem subduxe queritur, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:

alicui anulum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 81:

subducta viatica plorat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54:

post ignem aethereā domo Subductum,

id. C. 1, 3, 30:

nec mihi rivalis subducit certos amores,

Prop. 1, 8, 45:

saccularii partem subducunt, partem subtrahunt,

Dig. 47, 11, 7:

obsides furto,

Liv. 9, 11:

cubiculum subductum omnibus ventis,

secured against, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10.—

Esp., with se, me, etc., to take one's self away by stealth, withdraw, steal away:

tempus est subducere hinc me,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 62:

clam te subduxti mihi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25:

de circulo se subduxit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1:

modo se subducere ab ipso Vulnere visa fera est,

Ov. M. 7, 781:

se clam,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 4;

Auct. B. Afr. 93, 1: at nos quaerimus illa (verba), tamquam lateant semper seseque subducant,

Quint. 8, prooem. § 21.— Poet.:

neve terra se pedibus subducat,

Lucr. 1, 1106:

quā se subducere colles Incipiunt,

i. e. to slope down gradually, Verg. E. 9, 7; cf.

mid.: fons subducitur,

i. e. loses itself, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 39.—

Trop.

Rationem, to draw up, cast up, reckon, compute, calculate, or balance an account (by subtracting one set of items from another; class.;

esp. freq. in Cic.): subduxi ratiunculam, Quantum aeris mihi sit, quantumque alieni siet,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 1; cf.:

intus subducam ratiunculam, quantillum argenti mi siet,

id. Capt. 1, 2, 89:

subducamus summam,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11; cf.:

assidunt, subducunt: ad numum convenit,

id. ib. 5, 21, 12.—

In gen.: rationem, to deliberate, calculate:

rationibus subductis summam feci cogitationum mearum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

Medea et Atreus... initā subductāque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes,

id. N. D. 3, 29, 71; cf.: ineundis subducendisque rationibus, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 399, 16;

for which also, calculis subductis,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 60:

bene subductā ratione,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 1:

hoc quid intersit, si tuos digitos novi, certe habes subductum,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 31. —Hence, subductus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. A.) Raised, elevated, upturned: quod vituperones suos subducti supercilii carptores appellavit (Laevius), Gell. 19, 7, 16.—

(Acc. to II. A. 1.) Withdrawn, removed, remote, = remotus (post-Aug. and very rare):

terra subductior,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 591.

fūror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. inf. furasse, Fulg. Myth. 2, 6; sup. furatum, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 23; id. Trin. 4, 2, 22: furatus, in pass. signif., App. M. 10, p. 220) [fur], to steal, purloin, pilfer (syn.: latrocinor, clepo, rapio).

Lit. (class.):

solet haec, quae rapuit et furatus est dicere se emisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 60:

furatur aliquid aut eripit,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40; id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:

pecuniam ex templo,

Quint. 3, 6, 41; Suet. Caes. 54.— Absol.:

ad furandum venire,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 61; so of pillaging, military raids:

ille robore exercitus inpar, furandi melior,

Tac. A. 3, 74 init.;

of literary theft: ut iste in furando manibus suis uteretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

si ego tuum (librum) ante legissem, furatum me abs te esse diceres,

id. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29.—

Transf., in gen., to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw:

pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori,

Verg. A. 5, 845:

membra,

Sil. 10, 74:

sese,

id. 14, 561:

vultus veste,

i. e. to hide, Sen. Agam. 914:

non enim furatus esse civitatem, non genus suum ementitus dicitur,

Cic. Balb. 2, 5:

speciem furabor Iacchi,

will represent, personate, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 31:

audiendi facultatem,

to obtain by stealth, Amm. 14, 11, 15.

fŭror, ōris, m. [furo], a raging, raving (in sickness or violent passion), rage, madness, fury.

Prop.: hanc insaniam (manian), quae juncta stultitiae patet latius, a furore disjungimus... Quem nos furorem, melancholian illi (Graeci) vocant... Qui ita sit affectus, eum dominum esse rerum suarum vetant duodecim tabulae. Itaque non est scriptum:

Si INSANVS, sed: SI FVRIOSVS ESCIT. Stultitiam enim censuerunt insaniam, constantiā, id est sanitate vacantem... furorem autem esse rati sunt mentis ad omnia caecitatem: quod cum majus esse videatur quam insania, tamen ejusmodi est, ut furor in sapientem cadere possit, non possit insania,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

ira furor brevis est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62; cf.:

fere ira et concitatio furori sunt similia,

Quint. 7, 4, 31:

hic si mentis esset suae, nisi poenas patriae furore atque insania penderet,

Cic. Pis. 21, 50; cf.:

furore atque amentiā impulsus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 42:

Catilinae,

Sall. C. 24, 2:

versatur mihi ante oculos aspectus Cethegi et furor in vestra caede bacchantis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

caeci furore,

Liv. 28, 22, 14; cf. Cat. 64, 197:

rabidus,

id. 63, 38:

caecus,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

nec se comitem illius furoris, sed ducem praebuit,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28 fin.: si decima legio ad eundem furorem redierit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2;

so of political excitement,

Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 2, 29, 11; 25, 4, 5; 28, 25, 12; Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; of the fierce passion of love, Prop. 1, 13, 20; Verg. A. 4, 101; Ov. H. 9, 145.—In plur.:

mille puellarum, puerorum mille furores,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 325; of the inspired frenzy of prophets and poets (as translation of the Gr. mania):

ea (praesagitio) si exarsit acrius, furor appellatur, cum a corpore animus abstractus divino instinctu concitatur,

Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66:

negat sine furore Democritus quemquam poëtam magnum esse posse,

id. ib. 1, 37, 88:

ille furor (Cassandrae) patriae fuit utilis,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 65.—In plur.:

fatidicos concepit mente furores,

Ov. M. 2, 640:

ad hunc impendiorum furorem,

Suet. Ner. 31.—Prov.:

furor fit laesa saepius patientia,

Pub. Syr. 178 Rib.— Poet. also in a good sense:

vidi animos, mortesque virŭm, decorisque furorem,

vehement desire, Sil. 2, 324.—In plur.:

nec tamen incautos laudum exhorresce furores,

Sil. 3, 146.— Poet., of things:

caeli furor aequinoctialis,

the raging storms, Cat. 46, 2.—

Furor est, it is madness or folly; with inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quis furor est, census corpore ferre suo?

Ov. A. A. 3, 172:

furor est, mensuram ejus (mundi) animo quosdam agitasse atque prodere ausos... furor est, profecto furor, egredi ex eo, etc.,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

magno furor (leonis) est in sanguine mergi,

raging desire, Stat. Th. 8, 596:

simplexne furor (est) sestertia centum perdere et, etc.,

is it not worse than folly, Juv. 1, 92.—

Transf., the cause of wrath ( poet.):

non ita saeva ira mea ut tibi sim merito semper furor,

Prop. 1, 18, 15.—

Fŭror, personified, Verg. A. 1, 294; cf. v. 348; as a deity, the companion of Mars, Sil. 4, 327; Stat. Th. 3, 424; 7, 52; cf. Petr. S. 124.

fūror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. inf. furasse, Fulg. Myth. 2, 6; sup. furatum, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 23; id. Trin. 4, 2, 22: furatus, in pass. signif., App. M. 10, p. 220) [fur], to steal, purloin, pilfer (syn.: latrocinor, clepo, rapio).

Lit. (class.):

solet haec, quae rapuit et furatus est dicere se emisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 60:

furatur aliquid aut eripit,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40; id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:

pecuniam ex templo,

Quint. 3, 6, 41; Suet. Caes. 54.— Absol.:

ad furandum venire,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 61; so of pillaging, military raids:

ille robore exercitus inpar, furandi melior,

Tac. A. 3, 74 init.;

of literary theft: ut iste in furando manibus suis uteretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

si ego tuum (librum) ante legissem, furatum me abs te esse diceres,

id. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29.—

Transf., in gen., to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw:

pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori,

Verg. A. 5, 845:

membra,

Sil. 10, 74:

sese,

id. 14, 561:

vultus veste,

i. e. to hide, Sen. Agam. 914:

non enim furatus esse civitatem, non genus suum ementitus dicitur,

Cic. Balb. 2, 5:

speciem furabor Iacchi,

will represent, personate, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 31:

audiendi facultatem,

to obtain by stealth, Amm. 14, 11, 15.

fŭror, ōris, m. [furo], a raging, raving (in sickness or violent passion), rage, madness, fury.

Prop.: hanc insaniam (manian), quae juncta stultitiae patet latius, a furore disjungimus... Quem nos furorem, melancholian illi (Graeci) vocant... Qui ita sit affectus, eum dominum esse rerum suarum vetant duodecim tabulae. Itaque non est scriptum:

Si INSANVS, sed: SI FVRIOSVS ESCIT. Stultitiam enim censuerunt insaniam, constantiā, id est sanitate vacantem... furorem autem esse rati sunt mentis ad omnia caecitatem: quod cum majus esse videatur quam insania, tamen ejusmodi est, ut furor in sapientem cadere possit, non possit insania,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

ira furor brevis est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62; cf.:

fere ira et concitatio furori sunt similia,

Quint. 7, 4, 31:

hic si mentis esset suae, nisi poenas patriae furore atque insania penderet,

Cic. Pis. 21, 50; cf.:

furore atque amentiā impulsus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 42:

Catilinae,

Sall. C. 24, 2:

versatur mihi ante oculos aspectus Cethegi et furor in vestra caede bacchantis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

caeci furore,

Liv. 28, 22, 14; cf. Cat. 64, 197:

rabidus,

id. 63, 38:

caecus,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

nec se comitem illius furoris, sed ducem praebuit,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28 fin.: si decima legio ad eundem furorem redierit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2;

so of political excitement,

Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 2, 29, 11; 25, 4, 5; 28, 25, 12; Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; of the fierce passion of love, Prop. 1, 13, 20; Verg. A. 4, 101; Ov. H. 9, 145.—In plur.:

mille puellarum, puerorum mille furores,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 325; of the inspired frenzy of prophets and poets (as translation of the Gr. mania):

ea (praesagitio) si exarsit acrius, furor appellatur, cum a corpore animus abstractus divino instinctu concitatur,

Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66:

negat sine furore Democritus quemquam poëtam magnum esse posse,

id. ib. 1, 37, 88:

ille furor (Cassandrae) patriae fuit utilis,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 65.—In plur.:

fatidicos concepit mente furores,

Ov. M. 2, 640:

ad hunc impendiorum furorem,

Suet. Ner. 31.—Prov.:

furor fit laesa saepius patientia,

Pub. Syr. 178 Rib.— Poet. also in a good sense:

vidi animos, mortesque virŭm, decorisque furorem,

vehement desire, Sil. 2, 324.—In plur.:

nec tamen incautos laudum exhorresce furores,

Sil. 3, 146.— Poet., of things:

caeli furor aequinoctialis,

the raging storms, Cat. 46, 2.—

Furor est, it is madness or folly; with inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quis furor est, census corpore ferre suo?

Ov. A. A. 3, 172:

furor est, mensuram ejus (mundi) animo quosdam agitasse atque prodere ausos... furor est, profecto furor, egredi ex eo, etc.,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

magno furor (leonis) est in sanguine mergi,

raging desire, Stat. Th. 8, 596:

simplexne furor (est) sestertia centum perdere et, etc.,

is it not worse than folly, Juv. 1, 92.—

Transf., the cause of wrath ( poet.):

non ita saeva ira mea ut tibi sim merito semper furor,

Prop. 1, 18, 15.—

Fŭror, personified, Verg. A. 1, 294; cf. v. 348; as a deity, the companion of Mars, Sil. 4, 327; Stat. Th. 3, 424; 7, 52; cf. Petr. S. 124.

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by stealth, stealthily.

secretly, in secret, by stealth.

ā-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2, v. a., to remove from, to put or take away, to withdraw (esp. with effort or trouble; syn.: dimoveo, abduco, averto, arceo, repello): proprie amovetur saxum de loco, Don. ad Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 14; cf.:

amoveamus lapidem de ore putei,

Vulg. Gen. 29, 8; v. amolior.

In gen. (class.): me exinde amovit loco. Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 64:

Ubi erit empta, ut aliquo ex urbe (eam) amoveas,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 94:

testem hanc quom abs te amoveris,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 72:

Age, tamen ego hunc amovebo,

id. Ad. 4, 2, 14:

illum ex istis locis amove,

Cic. Att. 1, 12:

juvenes amoverunt eum,

Vulg. Act. 5, 6:

lex Porcia virgas ab omnium civium corpore amovit,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 12:

Ille est amotus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 64:

amoto custode,

Prop. 1, 11, 15:

amotis longius ceteris,

Curt. 7, 1:

alia amovimus ab hostium oculis,

Liv. 5, 51:

imagines ex bibliothecis amovere,

Suet. Calig. 34; id. Caes. 68; id. Ner. 47.—Hence: se amovere, to retire, withdraw:

te hinc amove,

off with you! Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 33:

e coetu se amovissent,

Liv. 3, 38:

qui memet finibus umquam amōrim Ausoniae,

Sil. 17, 224:

statuit repente recedere seque e medio quam longissime amovere,

Suet. Tib. 10.— Trop. of abstract ideas, to put away, cast off, etc.:

segnitiem amove,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6:

suspitionem ab aliquo,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 54:

socordiamque ex pectore,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 11; so,

crapulam,

id. ib. 5, 1, 35:

amoto metu,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 10:

qui istum amorem ex animo amoveas,

id. ib. 2, 1, 7:

opinionem,

id. ib. 3, 2, 30:

misericordiam,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 16:

amove malitiam a carne,

ib. Eccl. 11, 10:

bellum,

Liv. 5, 35:

amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

jesting aside, Hor. S. 1, 1, 27 al. — Poet., of time, to take with itself: quaecumque vetustate amovet aetas, * Lucr. 1, 225.—

Esp.

In and after the Aug. per., to take away by stealth, to steal (euphemist. for furari, furtum facere):

boves Per dolum amotas,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 10:

si filia familiares res amoverit,

Dig. 25, 2, 3:

aliquid ex heredidate,

ib. 29, 2, 70 al. —

In post-Aug. prose (perh. only in Tac.), to banish:

amotus Cercinam quattuordecim annis exilium toleravit,

Tac. A. 1, 53:

in insulam,

id. ib. 4, 31:

Cretam,

id. ib. 4, 21:

aemulationis suspectos per nomen obsidum amovere,

id. ib. 13, 9; 14, 57.

aut, conj. [aut, Osc. auti, Umbr. ote, ute, may be a modification of autem, as at of et, the suffix -t being a relic of the demonstrative -tem, which appears in item, and is the same as -dem in quidem, and -dam in quondam, and of which the demonstrative adverbs, tam and tum, are absolute forms; the first part of these words may be compared with the Gr. au (cf. aute and autar), and with the Sanscr. vā = or, with which again may be compared ve and vel; v. Corss. Ausspr. II. p. 595, and also pp. 130, 223, 411], or; and repeated: aut... aut, either... or; so in Sanscr. vā... vā.

In gen. it puts in the place of a previous assertion another, objectively and absolutely antithetical to it, while vel indicates that the contrast rests upon subjective opinion or choice; i. e. aut is objective, vel subjective, or aut excludes one term, vel makes the two indifferent.

Used singly, or:

omnia bene sunt ei dicenda, qui hoc se posse profitetur aut eloquentiae nomen relinquendum est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

quibusnam manibus aut quibus viribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

Vinceris aut vincis,

Prop. 2, 8, 10:

cita mors venit aut victoria laeta,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 8:

ruminat herbas aut aliquam in magno sequitur grege,

Verg. E. 6, 55 et persaep. (cf. on the contrary, Tac. G. 8: quae neque confirmare argumentis, neque refellere in animo est: ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem).—

Repeated, aut... aut, either... or:

Ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere vel apricatione melius vel igni, aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?

Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

Nam ejus per unam, ut audio, aut vivam aut moriar sententiam,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 3,1,11 sq.:

aut, quicquid igitur eodem modo concluditur, probabitis, aut ars ista nulla est,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

partem planitiae aut Jovis templum aut oppidum tenet,

Liv. 44, 6, 15:

terra in universum aut silvis horrida aut paludibus foeda,

Tac. G. 5:

hoc bellum quis umquam arbitraretur aut ab omnibus imperatoribus uno anno aut omnibus annis ab uno imperatore confici posse?

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11,31.—

More than twice repeated:

aut equos Alere aut canes ad venandum, aut ad philosophos, Ter And. 1, 1, 29: Uxor, si cesses, aut te amare cogitat Aut tete amare aut potare atque animo obsequi,

id. Ad. 1, 1, 7 sq.; so four times in Lucr. 4, 935 sq.; five times in Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. N. D. 3, 12, 30; and Prop. 4, 21, 26 sqq.; and six times in Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58.—

Sometimes double disjunctive phrases with aut... aut are placed together:

Adsentior Crasso, ne aut de C. Laelii soceri mei aut de hujus generi aut arte aut gloriā detraham,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 35:

res ipsa et rei publicae tempus aut me ipsum, quod nolim, aut alium quempiam aut invitabit aut dehortabitur,

id. Pis. 39, 94.—

Repeated after negatives:

ne aut ille alserit Aut ceciderit atque aliquid praefregerit,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:

ne tanti facinoris immanitas aut exstitisse aut non vindicata esse videatur,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14; id. Sull. 43; id. Sest. 37; 39:

neque enim sunt aut obscura aut non multa post commissa,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 15; id. Off. 1, 20, 66; 1, 11, 36; 1, 20, 68; id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

nec milites ad scelus missos aut numero validos aut animo promptos,

Tac. A. 14, 58; id. H. 1, 18; id. Or. 12:

nec erit mirabilis illic Aut Stratocles aut cum molli Demetrius Haemo,

Juv. 3, 98 sq.:

neque aut quis esset ante detexit aut gubernatorem cedere adversae tempestati passus est,

Suet. Caes. 58; id. Ner. 34:

Nec aut Persae aut Macedones dubitavere,

Curt. 4, 15, 28: Non sum aut tam inhumanus aut tam alienus a Sardis. Cic. Scaur. 39; id. Cat. 1, 13:

Nihil est tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam etc.,

id. Mil. 36 al. —

In interrogations:

quo modo aut geometres cernere ea potest, quae aut nulla sunt aut internosci a falsis non possunt aut is, qui fidibus utitur, explere numeros et conficere versus?

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22; so id. de Or. 1, 9, 37; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 118; id. N. D. 1, 43, 121.—

In comparative clauses:

talis autem simulatio vanitati est conjunctior quam aut liberalitati aut honestati,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 44.—

Esp.

Placed singly, to connect to something more important that which is less so, or at least.

Absol.:

Incute vim ventis submersasque obrue puppes, Aut age diversos et dissice corpora ponto,

Verg. A. 1, 69 sq. Rib. (furens Juno et irata, quod gravissimum credebat, optavit, deinde quod secundum intulit, Diom. p. 411 P.):

quaero, num injuste aut improbe fecerit,

or at least unfairly, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54:

a se postulari aut exspectari aliquid suspicantur,

id. ib. 2, 20, 69:

quā re vi aut clam agendum est,

or at least by stealth, id. Att. 10, 12:

profecto cuncti aut magna pars Siccensium fidem mutavissent,

Sall. J. 56, 6:

Audendum est aliquid universis aut omnia singulis patienda,

Liv. 6, 18, 7:

pars a centurionibus aut praetoriarum cohortium militibus caesi,

Tac. A. 1, 30:

potentiā suā numquam aut raro ad impotentiam usus,

Vell. 2, 29.—

With certe, etc., v. infra, F. 2.—

To connect something which must take place, if that which is previously stated does not, or, otherwise, or else, in the contrary case, = alioqui:

Redduc uxorem, aut quam obrem non opus sit cedo,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 76:

id (principium) nec nasci potest nec mori, aut concidat omne caelum etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54 (Seyffert ad h. l., but preferring ut non; B. and K. and Kühner, vel):

nunc manet insontem gravis exitus: aut ego veri Vana feror,

Verg. A. 10, 630:

effodiuntur bulbi ante ver: aut deteriores fiunt,

Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 96:

Mutatione recreabitur sicut in cibis... Aut dicant iste mihi, quae sit alia ratio discendi,

Quint. 1, 12, 6; 2, 17, 9.—

To restrict or correct an expression which is too general or inaccurate, or, or rather, or more accurately.

Absol.:

de hominum genere, aut omnino de animalium loquor,

Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 33; 5, 20, 57; id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

Aut scilicet tua libertas disserendi amissa est, aut tu is es, qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 36: cenaene causā, aut tuae mercedis gratiā Nos nostras aedīs postulas comburere? or rather, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 11.—In this signification aut sometimes begins a new clause: Potestne igitur quisquam dicere, inter eum, qui doleat, et inter eum, qui in voluptate sit, nihil interesse? Aut, ita qui sentiet, non apertissime insaniat? or is not rather, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

Quid est enim temeritate turpius? Aut quid tam temerarium tamque indignum sapientis gravitate atque constantiā, quam, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 4, 26, 72; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 3.—

With potius (v. infra, F. 4.).—

Neque... aut sometimes, but chiefly in the poets, takes the place of neque... neque: Neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam;

nec conjugis umquam Praetendi taedas aut haec in foedera veni,

Verg. A. 4, 339:

Si neque avaritiam neque sordes aut mala lustra Obiciet vere quisquam mihi,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 68 Bentl., but ac, K. and H.:

Nunc neque te longi remeantem pompa triumphi Excipit aut sacras poscunt Capitolia lauros,

Luc. 1, 287:

Nam neque plebeiam aut dextro sine numine cretam Servo animam,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 66:

Neque enim Tyriis Cynosura carinis Certior aut Grais Helice servanda magistris,

Val. Fl. 1, 17; so also Tacitus: nec litore tenus adcrescere aut resorberi, Agr. 10; G. 7 ter; H. 1, 32; so after non:

Non eo dico, quo mihi veniat in dubium tua fides, aut quo etc.,

Cic. Quinct. 5:

non jure aut legibus cognoscunt,

Tac. Or. 19; id. Agr. 41; id. G. 24; after haud:

Haud alias populus plus occultae vocis aut suspicacis silentii permisit,

id. A. 3, 11; after nihil:

nihil caedis aut praedae,

id. A. 15, 6; 13, 4; id. H. 1, 30.—

The poets connect by aut... vel, vel... aut, instead of aut... aut, or vel... vel: Quotiens te votui Argu [p. 211] rippum Conpellare aut contrectare conloquive aut contui? Plaut. As. 3, 1, 19:

aut appone dapes, Vare, vel aufer opes,

Mart. 4, 78, 6 (this epigram is rejected by Schneid.):

Non ars aut astus belli vel dextera deerat,

Sil. 16, 32.—

In connection with other particles.

Aut etiam, to complete or strengthen an assertion, or also, or even:

quid ergo aut hunc prohibet, aut etiam Xenocratem, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 51:

conjectura in multas aut diversas, aut etiam in contrarias partes,

id. Div. 2, 26, 55; id. Off. 1, 9, 28:

si aut ambigue aut inconstanter aut incredibiliter dicta sunt, aut etiam aliter ab alio dicta,

id. Part. Or. 14, 51:

etsi omnia aut scripta esse a tuis arbitror, aut etiam nuntiis ac rumore perlata,

id. Att. 4, 1.—So with one aut:

quod de illo acceperant, aut etiam suspicabantur,

Cic. Fam. 1, 19, 36; Cels. 4, 18:

si modo sim (orator), aut etiam quicumque sim,

Cic. Or. 3, 12; id. de Or. 1, 17, 76.—

Aut certe, aut modo, aut quidem, or aut sane, to restrict a declaration, or at least (cf. II. A.).

Aut certe:

ac video hanc primam ingressionem meam aut reprehensionis aliquid, aut certe admirationis habituram,

Cic. Or. 3, 11; id. Top. 17, 64:

quo enim uno vincebamur a victā Graeciā, id aut ereptum illis est, aut certe nobis cum illis communicatum,

id. Brut. 73, 254; so Dolabella ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1; Liv. 2, 1, 4; 40, 46, 2; Cels. 1, 2; 5, 26; Prop. 4, 21, 29.—

Aut modo:

Si umquam posthac aut amasso Casinam, aut obcepso modo,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 22.—

Aut quidem:

Proinde desinant quidam quaerere ultra aut opinari... aut quidem vetustissimā nave impositos jubebo avehi,

Suet. Caes. 66.—

Aut sane:

Afer aut Sardus sane,

Cic. Scaur. 15.—

Aut vero, to connect a more important thought, or indeed, or truly:

Quem tibi aut hominem, aut vero deum, auxilio futurum putas?

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 78:

Quis enim tibi hoc concesserit, aut initio genus hominum se oppidis moenibusque saepsisse? Aut vero etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 9, 36.—

Aut potius, for correction or greater definiteness, or rather (cf. II. C.):

Erravit, aut potius insanivit Apronius?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 119:

proditores aut potius apertos hostes,

id. Sest. 35:

nemo est injustus, aut incauti potius habendi sunt improbi,

id. Leg. 1, 14, 40:

Quae est ergo ista ratio, aut quae potius ista amentia?

id. Verr. 3, 173.—

Aut ne... quidem:

ego jam aut rem aut ne spem quidem exspecto,

Cic. Att. 3, 22 fin.

1, 3, 18 Lachm.:

justos aut reperire pedes,

id. 2, 5, 112:

Persequar aut studium linguae etc.,

Prop. 4, 21, 27:

Fer pater, inquit, opem! Tellus aut hisce, vel istam, etc.,

Ov. M. 1, 545 (Merk., ait):

Balteus aut fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus,

Luc. 2, 362, where some read haud. See more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 525-558.

con-trecto ( contracto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [tracto], to touch, handle, come in contact with, feel (class.; most freq. after the Aug. per.).

Lit.

In gen.:

nudum corpus aquaï,

Lucr. 6, 854:

pectora,

Ov. M. 8, 607:

omnes partes corporis inspectare et contrectare,

Sen. Contr. 1, 2; cf.:

membra mortuae,

Suet. Ner. 34:

obscena,

Sen. Const. 13, 2:

filium Demaeneti,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 17: librum manibus, * Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 11:

vulnus,

to meddle with, Ov. P. 2, 2, 60:

pocula vel cibos,

Col. 12, 4, 3:

pecuniam,

Suet. Calig. 42; cf.: pecunias vetitas, Cod. Th. 9, 23, 1, § 2.—

In partic.

To touch in examining, to search:

ne feminae praetextatique pueri et puellae contrectarentur,

Suet. Claud. 35.—

To touch carnally, to have illicit intercourse with, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 32; id. Mil. 4, 2, 61:

multorum uxores,

Suet. Dom. 1; Just. 7, 3, 4.—

Transf.:

contrectata filiarum pudicitia,

violated, dishonored, Tac. A. 14, 35.—

In the Lat. of the jurists, to appropriate: rem alienam, Gai Inst. 3, 195; Dig. 13, 1, 20.—

Esp.:

aliquid,

to take by stealth, to steal, purloin, Dig. 41, 2, 3; 25, 2, 3 al.—

Trop., to contemplate, look at, consider, dwell upon:

nudare corpus et contrectandum vulgi oculis permittere,

Tac. A. 3, 12:

mente varias voluptates,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33; cf. id. de Or. 3, 6, 24:

studia et disciplinas philosophiae,

to apply one's self to, Gell. 17, 19, 3.

furtim, adv. [fur; hence, like a thief, i. e.], by stealth, secretly, privily (rare but class.; cf.:

clam, clanculum, furtive): at enim hic clam furtim esse volt, ne qui sciant,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 49:

sine lictoribus profectum clam furtim, etc.,

Liv. 21, 63, 9:

ut furtim tota decemviris traditur!

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 41: quae (lagenae) furtim essent exsiccatae, Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2: alterum genus est imitatione;

admodum ridiculum, sed nobis tantum licet furtim, si quando, et cursim,

Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 252:

(Janua) neu furtim verso cardine aperta sones,

Tib. 1, 2. 10:

quid juvat, immensum te argenti pondus et auri Furtim defossā timidum deponere terrā?

Hor. S. 1, 1, 42:

per infrequentiam furtim senatusconsultum factum,

Liv. 39, 4, 8:

nunc in Aristippi furtim praecepta relabor,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 18:

furtim magis quam bello Marsacos incursabat,

by stealthy incursions, Tac. H. 4, 56 fin.:

furtim et per latrocinia ad honores nituntur,

Sall. J. 4, 7:

furtim et celeritate proelium vitare,

id. H. Fragm. 1, 65 Dietsch. —

Poet., connected with a noun in the Greek manner:

concubitusque tuos furtim,

secret, clandestine intercourse, Tib. 2, 5, 53.

furtum, i, n. [fur], theft, robbery (class. and freq.; syn.: latrocinium, raptum).

Lit.: fures privatorum furtorum in nervo atque in compedibus aetatem agunt: fures publici in auro atque in purpura, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 18, 18: SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, SI IM OCCISIT IVRE CAESVS ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4:

verba sunt Sabini... Qui alienam rem adtrectavit, cum id se invito domino facere judicare deberet, furti tenetur. Item alio capite: Qui alienum tacens lucri faciendi causa sustulit, furti obstringitur, sive scit cujus sit, sive nescit,

Gell. 11, 18, 20 sq.; cf. Gai Inst. 3, 195; 197; Just. Inst. 4, 1, 1:

furtum facere (alicui),

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 15; 18:

Strato domi furtum fecit,

Cic. Clu. 64, 179; Quint. 3, 6, 49; 5, 10, 16; Dig. 47, 2, 69 et saep.:

furti se et illum astringere,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 34; cf.:

furti se alligare,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 39:

in furto comprehensus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 16 fin.:

furti teneri,

Dig. 47, 2, 78:

furti agere, ib.: furti condemnare,

Gell. 11, 18, 24:

furti reus,

Quint. 4, 2, 51; 7, 2, 29 et saep.:

furtum erat apertum: cujus rei furtum factum erat?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 26 sq.:

ubi oves furto periere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 86:

callidum (Mercurium), quicquid placuit, jocoso Condere furto,

id. C. 1, 10, 8.—

Transf.

Concr., a stolen thing:

quae (furta) sine portorio Syracusis erant exportata,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 171:

quid est turpius ingenuo quam in conventu maximo cogi furtum reddere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 24, §

58: dum (puer) furta ligurrit,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 79.—

A secret action, crafty deceit, trick, artifice, stratagem (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.: etiam si, quid scribas, non habebis, scribito tamen, ne furtum cessationis quaesivisse videaris, a secret excuse, pretext, Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2:

nec obsides, pignus futuros furto et fraude agendae rei, posceret,

Liv. 43, 10, 3; cf.:

haud furto melior, sed fortibus armis,

Verg. A. 10, 735:

furto, non proelio opus esse,

Curt. 4, 13; 4, 4, 15; cf.

also: furtum armorum,

Sil. 17, 91:

(fugam) abscondere furto,

Verg. A. 4, 337:

furto laetatus inani,

id. ib. 6, 568:

nec semel ergo mihi furtum fecisse licebit?

i. e. to eat in secret, Mart. 5, 50, 5.— In plur.:

furtis incautum decipit hostem,

Ov. M. 13, 104: furta belli, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 515; and ap. Non. 310, 15 (Hist. 1, 86 Dietsch); Verg. A. 11, 515.— Hence,

furtō, adv., i. q. furtim, by stealth, secretly, = lathra:

non ego sum furto tibi cognita,

Ov. H. 6, 43: obsides Porsenae dedistis;

furto eos subduxistis,

Liv. 9, 11, 6:

(hyaenae) gravidae latebras petunt et parere furto cupiunt,

Plin. 8, 30, 46, § 108.

In partic., stolen or secret love, intrigue (mostly in plur.):

plurima furta Jovis,

Cat. 68, 136 and 140; so in plur., Tib. 1, 2, 34; Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 28; Verg. G. 4, 346; Ov. M. 1, 606; 3, 7; 9, 558 al.:

hoc certe conjux furtum mea nesciat,

Ov. M. 2, 423; so in sing., id. ib. 1, 623; 3, 266; Verg. A. 6, 24; Sil. 7, 487; 13, 615 al.