cōnsentāneus

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consentānĕus, a, um, adj. [consentio], agreeing or according with something, suited to, becoming, meet, fit, proper (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.).

With cum: quod quidem erat consentaneum cum iis litteris, quas ego Romae acceperam, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 2.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

formula Stoicorum rationi disciplinaeque maxime consentanea,

Cic. Off. 3, 4, 20:

mors ejus vitae sanctissime actae,

id. Phil. 9, 7, 15; cf. g:

actiones his (motibus, etc.),

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

hae disciplinae sibi,

id. Off. 1, 2, 6:

obscura somnia minime majestati deorum,

id. Div. 2, 65, 135:

non necesse esse optumae rei publicae leges dare consentaneas?

id. Leg. 2, 10, 23; id. Fin. 5, 20, 60; id. Part. Or. 2, 7:

his temporibus consentaneum genus litterarum,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 1: illa divisio illi, qui hoc proposuerat, * Quint. 6, 3, 106; Cod. Just. 7, 6, 1, § 8: sententia utilitati rerum consentanea. Dig. 17, 1, 6, § 7.—

Absol.:

vir vitā et morte,

consistent, Vell. 2, 63, 2; cf. b.— Subst.: consentānĕa, ōrum, n., concurrent circumstances:

ex consentaneis (argumenta ducere),

Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 170.—Hence,

Consentaneum est, it agrees with something, it is according to reason, fitting, consistent, proper, etc.

With inf., with or without dat.:

quid consentaneum sit ei dicere, qui, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:

cum diceret, ei aliquid dicere consentaneum esse,

id. Ac. 2, 9, 28:

non est consentaneum, qui metu non frangatur, eum frangi cupiditate,

id. ib. 1, 20, 68; id. N. D. 2, 15, 42; id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25.—

With ut, * Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 31.— Adv.: con-sentānĕē, in harmony with (late Lat. and rare):

consentanee cum naturā vivere,

Lact. 3, 8, 20:

narrare aliquid,

according to truth, Hier. in Rufin. 3, 1 fin.

consentānĕus, a, um, adj. [consentio], agreeing or according with something, suited to, becoming, meet, fit, proper (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.).

With cum: quod quidem erat consentaneum cum iis litteris, quas ego Romae acceperam, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 2.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

formula Stoicorum rationi disciplinaeque maxime consentanea,

Cic. Off. 3, 4, 20:

mors ejus vitae sanctissime actae,

id. Phil. 9, 7, 15; cf. g:

actiones his (motibus, etc.),

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

hae disciplinae sibi,

id. Off. 1, 2, 6:

obscura somnia minime majestati deorum,

id. Div. 2, 65, 135:

non necesse esse optumae rei publicae leges dare consentaneas?

id. Leg. 2, 10, 23; id. Fin. 5, 20, 60; id. Part. Or. 2, 7:

his temporibus consentaneum genus litterarum,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 1: illa divisio illi, qui hoc proposuerat, * Quint. 6, 3, 106; Cod. Just. 7, 6, 1, § 8: sententia utilitati rerum consentanea. Dig. 17, 1, 6, § 7.—

Absol.:

vir vitā et morte,

consistent, Vell. 2, 63, 2; cf. b.— Subst.: consentānĕa, ōrum, n., concurrent circumstances:

ex consentaneis (argumenta ducere),

Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 170.—Hence,

Consentaneum est, it agrees with something, it is according to reason, fitting, consistent, proper, etc.

With inf., with or without dat.:

quid consentaneum sit ei dicere, qui, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:

cum diceret, ei aliquid dicere consentaneum esse,

id. Ac. 2, 9, 28:

non est consentaneum, qui metu non frangatur, eum frangi cupiditate,

id. ib. 1, 20, 68; id. N. D. 2, 15, 42; id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25.—

With ut, * Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 31.— Adv.: con-sentānĕē, in harmony with (late Lat. and rare):

consentanee cum naturā vivere,

Lact. 3, 8, 20:

narrare aliquid,

according to truth, Hier. in Rufin. 3, 1 fin.

virtūs, ūtis ( gen. plur. virtutium, App. Mag. 73; Paul. Nol. Carm. 10, 34; dat. and abl. VIRTVTEI, Inscr. Corp. Lat. 1, 30 and 34), f. [vir], manliness, manhood, i. e. the sum of all the corporeal or mental excellences of man, strength, vigor; bravery, courage; aptness, capacity; worth, excellence, virtue, etc.:

virtus clara aeternaque habetur,

Sall. C. 1, 4:

ni virtus fidesque vostra spectata mihi forent,

id. ib. 20, 2; id. J. 74, 1.

In gen.

Lit.:

ita fiet, ut animi virtus corporis virtuti anteponatur,

Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 38:

his virtutibus ornatus, modestiā, temperantiā, justitiā,

id. Off. 1, 15, 46; cf.:

virtutes continentiae, gravitatis, justitiae, fidei,

id. Mur. 10, 23:

virtus atque integritas,

id. Font. 13, 29:

oratoris vis divina virtusque,

id. de Or. 2, 27, 120.—

Transf., of animals, and of inanimate or abstract things, goodness, worth, value, power, strength, etc.:

nam nec arboris, nec equi virtus (in quo abutimur nomine) in opinione sita est, sed in naturā,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 45:

praedium-solo bono, suā virtute valeat,

Cato, R. R. 1, 2:

merci pretium statui, pro virtute ut veneat,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 131:

navium,

Liv. 37, 24, 1:

ferri,

Just. 11, 13, 11:

herbarum,

Ov. M. 14, 357:

oratoriae virtutes,

Cic. Brut. 17, 65:

oratio habet virtutes tres,

Quint. 1, 5, 1:

dicendi (opp. vitium),

id. 8, praef. §

17: facundiae,

id. 12, 3, 9.—

In partic.

In the phrase deūm virtute, usu. with dicam, by the aid or merit of the gods, i. e. the gods be thanked (anteclass), Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 65:

virtute deūm et majorum nostrūm,

id. Aul. 2, 1, 44; id. Capt. 2, 2, 71 dub.; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 85 and 90;

so virtute eorum (i. e. majorum),

id. Trin. 3, 2, 17.—

Moral perfection, virtuousness, virtue.

Lit.:

est autem virtus nihil aliud quam in se perfecta et ad summum perducta natura,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

virtus est animi habitus naturae modo rationi consentaneus,

id. Inv. 2, 53, 159:

cum omnes rectae animi affectiones virtutes appellentur... Appellata est ex viro virtus, etc.,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Inv. 2, 53, 159:

nec vero habere virtutem satis est quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare... virtus in usu sui tota posita est,

id. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

est in eo virtus et probitas et summum officium summaque observantia,

id. Fam. 13, 28, a, 2.—

Transf., Virtue, personified as a deity, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 61; 2, 31, 79; id. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 2, 11, 28; id. Phil. 14, 13, 34; Plaut. Am. prol. 42; Liv. 27, 25, 7; 29, 11, 13; Juv. 1, 115 al.—

Military talents, courage, valor, bravery, gallantry, fortitude (syn. fortitudo), etc.:

Helvetii reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt, quod fere cottidianis proeliis cum Germanis contendunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 2;

1, 13: militum,

Sall. J. 52, 6; 62, 1:

Claudi virtute Neronis Armenius cecidit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 26:

Scipiadae,

id. S. 2, 1, 72; cf. id. Epod. 9, 26; 16, 5; id. C. 2, 7, 11.—

Obstinacy:

iniqua,

Stat. Th. 11, 1.