carefully weighed

circum-specto, āvi, ātum, āre, v. freq. a., to look about with attention, precaution, desire, etc.; to cast a look around, to search around; and with acc., to look about one ' s self ( attentively, anxiously, etc.) after something, to look all around upon something (class.)

Prop.

Absol.:

dum circumspecto,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 45 (al.:

me circumspecto): quanto se opere custodiant bestiae, ut in pastu circumspectent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

primum circumspectans tergiversari,

Liv. 4, 14, 4; Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9:

circumspectans huc et illuc,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62.—

With acc.: te hercle ego circumspectabam, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 8:

alia,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 54; 2, 2, 60:

inter se,

Tac. H. 2, 29:

ora principum,

Liv. 26, 18, 6:

quousque me circumspectabitis?

id. 6, 18, 7; cf. Tac. H. 4, 8:

omnia,

to look about anxiously, Cic. Pis. 41, 99; Sall. J. 72, 2; cf.:

mare et silvas, ignota omnia circumspectantes,

Tac. Agr. 32 Ritter (Halm: circum spectantes).— Pass.:

muta atque inanima, tectum et parietes circumspectabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 69 fin. —

With a rel.-clause:

Nabis quanam ipse evaderet circumspectabat,

Liv. 34, 39, 8; cf. with foll. si, id. 25, 36, 5:

si quam reperiat,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62.—

With acc. and ut with subj.:

dum alius alium, ut proelium ineant, circumspectant,

Liv. 2, 10, 9.—

Reflex. (only in Plaut.; cf.

circumspicio, I. A.): loca contemplat, circumspectat sese, atque aedis noscitat,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 21; cf. id. Bacch. 2, 3, 45 supra.—

Trop.:

dubitans, circumspectans, haesitans, tanquam rate in mari immenso nostra vehitur oratio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

circumspectantes defectionis tempus,

watching, waiting, on the look-out for, Liv. 21, 39, 5:

initium erumpendi,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

Vespasianus bellum armaque et procul vel juxta sitas vires circumspectabat,

carefully weighed, considered, id. ib. 2, 74; so,

fugam et fallendi artes,

id. ib. 3, 73:

medicamina quasso imperio,

Sil. 15, 7:

omnes argumentorum locos,

Quint. 12, 8, 14.

pendo, pĕpendi, pensum, 3 (pendissent, for pependissent, Liv. 45, 26 fin.:

penderit for pependerit,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 14, 122), v. a. and n. [etym. dub.; cf. root sphad-, sphendonê, a sling; Lat. funda].— Lit., to cause to hang down, to suspend; esp. of scales in weighing.

Act., to weigh, weigh out.

Lit. (very rare: syn. penso, expendo): unumquodque verbum staterā aurariā pendere, Varr. ap. Non. 455, 21: da pensam lanam, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 21; Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 39, read repensum: aere gravi cum uterentur Romani, penso eo, non numerato debitum solvebant, Fest. s. v. pendere, p. 208 Müll.:

pensas examinat herbas,

Ov. M. 14, 270.—

Transf., to pay, pay out (because, in the earliest times, payments were made by weighing out the metals; v. in the preced. the passage from Fest.;

class.): militis stipendia ideo, quod eam stipem pendebant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.:

Achaei ingentem pecuniam pendunt L. Pisoni quotannis,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 5; id. Att. 12, 25, 1:

vectigal populo Romano,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23:

vectigal,

Liv. 25, 8:

tributum pro navibus,

Tac. A. 13, 51:

pretium,

id. ib. 2, 87:

coria boum in usus militares,

id. ib. 4, 72:

mercedem alicui,

Juv. 3, 15.— Absol.:

pro pabulo pendunt,

pay, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65.— Impers. pass.:

iterumque imperii nostri publicanis penditur,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65.—As punishments consisted of fines in money or cattle: pendere poenas, supplicia, etc., signified to pay, suffer, undergo a penalty:

pendere poenas solvere significat,

Fest. p. 268 Müll.:

Syrus mihi tergo poenas pendet,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 6:

maximas poenas pendo temeritatis meae,

Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1:

satis pro temeritate unius hominis suppliciorum pensum esse,

Liv. 34, 61:

capitis poenas,

Ov. F. 3, 845:

poenas violatae religionis sanguine et caedibus,

Just. 8, 2, 4:

magna supplicia perfidiae,

id. 11, 4, 2:

crimen, culpam,

Val. Fl. 4, 477.—Rarely in this signif. absol., to suffer any thing ( poet.):

tuis nam pendit in arvis Delius,

Val. Fl. 1, 445.—

Trop.

To weigh mentally, to ponder, consider, deliberate upon, decide (class.;

syn.: pensito, trutinor): vos eam (rem) suo, non nominis pondere penditote,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

in philosophiā res spectatur, non verba penduntur,

id. Or. 16, 51:

causam ex veritate,

id. Quint. 1, 5:

rem levi conjecturā,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.—

To value, esteem, regard a thing; with gen. of the value (mostly ante-class. and poet.):

neque cum me magni pendere visum'st,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 12:

aliquem,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 25:

quem tu vidisse beatus Non magni pendis,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 93:

nec jam religio divum neque numina magni Pendebantur,

Lucr. 6, 1277:

unice unum plurimi pendit,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:

te volturium vocant: Hostisne an civis comedis, parvi pendere,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 64 sq.:

nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam,

lightly esteem, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 29; so,

parvi,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 46; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 37; id. Hec. 3, 5, 63:

minoris pendo tergum illorum, quam meum,

care less for, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 29:

aliquem minoris,

id. ib. 1, 3, 58:

aliquem nihili,

id. ib. 1, 3, 88:

nihili,

id. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Trin. 3, 1, 6; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 6; cf.:

non flocci pendere,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21:

sese experturum, quanti sese penderem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 44:

tu illum numquam ostendisti quanti penderes,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 103.—

(Acc. to A. 2.) To pay, render ( poet.):

dignas pendere grates,

Stat. Th. 11, 223.—

Neutr., to weigh ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

tantundem pendere par est,

Lucr. 1, 361:

talentum ne minus pondo octoginta Romanis ponderibus pendat,

Liv. 38, 38, 13; Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 44; id. 30, 48 fin., § 93; id. 18, 7, 12, § 66; id. 31, 6, 31, § 58 (in Sen. Ep. 66, 30, read pendent).—Hence, pensus, a, um, P. a., lit. weighed; hence, trop., esteemed, valued, prized, dear (as P. a. not in Cic. or Cæs.):

utra condicio pensior, Virginemne an viduam habere?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 61: ut nihil quicquam esset carius pensiusque nobis quam nosmetipsi, Taurus ap. Gell. 12, 5, 7.—Esp., as subst.: pensum, i, n., something weighed.

Weight, consideration, scruple, importance, only in gen. sing.: nihil pensi habere aliquid, to lay no weight or stress upon a thing, to attach no value to, be indifferent to, care nothing about:

sua parvi pendere, aliena cupere,... nihil pensi neque moderati habere,

Sall. C. 12, 2:

nihil pensi neque sancti habere,

id. J. 41, 9:

neque id quibus modis assequeretur, quicquam pensi habebat,

id. C. 5, 6:

prorsus neque dicere, neque facere quicquam pensi habebat,

id. ib. 23, 2:

nihil pensi habuit, quin, etc.,

Suet. Dom. 12; id. Ner. 34:

ut neque fas neque fidem pensi haberet,

Tac. A. 13, 15: aliquid ratum pensumque habere, Att. Capitol. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 2. —So, non pensi ducere (very rare), Val. Max. 2, 9, 3.—Also, non adest or est alicui pensi: nec mihi adest tantillum pensi jam, quos capiam calceos, I don't care in the least, am perfectly indifferent, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 52:

sed illis nec quid dicerent, nec quid facerent, quicquam umquam pensi fuisse,

they never cared at all, Liv. 34, 49:

quibus si quicquam pensi umquam fuisset, non ea consilia de republicā habuissent,

if they had ever had regard for any considerations, Sall. C. 52, 34. —

Prop., the wool weighed out to a slave to spin in a day; hence, a day's work in spinning, and, in gen., spinning, a spinner's task.

Lit. (mostly ante-class. and poet.):

pensum facere,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 63; id. Men. 5, 2, 45:

nocturna carpentes pensa puellae,

Verg. G. 1, 391:

carmine quo captae dum fusis mollia pensa Devolvunt, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 348:

famulasque ad lumina longo Exercet penso,

id. A. 8, 412; Prop. 3, 15, (4, 14), 15:

castrensia,

i. e. for military garments, id. 4 (5), 3, 33:

pensa manu ducunt,

Juv. 12, 65:

lanificam revocas ad sua pensa manum,

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 24; id. H. 3, 75; Just. 1, 3, 2.— Poet., a thread spun by the Fates:

durae peragunt pensa sorores,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 181:

jamque in fine dies et inexorabile pensum Deficit,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 172: mortale resolvere, to unbind his mortal thread, i. e. to make him immortal, Calp. Ecl. 4, 137.—

Trop., a charge, duty, office (so in Cic.; cf.:

ministerium, munus, officium): pensum meum lepide accurabo,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 33; cf.:

meum confeci,

id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

absolvere,

to perform one's duty, Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

me ad meum munus pensumque revocabo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119; id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109:

nominis familiaeque,

Liv. 4, 52:

operis sui peragere,

Col. 3, 10, 7.—Hence, adv.: pensē, carefully, considerately (post-class.): pensius, Flav. ap. Symm. Ep. 2, 34.

circum-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3 ( perf. sync. circumspexti, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55; inf. sync. circumspexe, Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16, or Sat. Men. 82), v. n. and a. (class.).

Neutr., to look about one ' s self, to cast a look around; or, with an obj.-clause, to observe, see, look about:

circumspicedum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum quiaucupet,

see whether there is any one, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 41; 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 2, 2, 20;

Varr. l. l.: suus conjux ubi sit circumspicit,

Ov. M. 1, 605:

circumspicere late,

Quint. 10, 3, 29:

num quid circumspexti?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55:

diversi circumspiciunt,

Verg. A. 9, 416:

qui in auspicium adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit,

Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72:

circumspicit, aestuat, of one in trouble or perplexity,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf. Liv. 21, 22, 7.—

Sometimes circumspicere se, to look about one ' s self:

circumspicedum te, ne quis adsit arbiter,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109; Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16;

Auct. B. Afr. 47: numquamne te circumspicies?

Cic. Par. 4, 2, 30.—In partic., to look about one ' s self with haughtiness; to think highly of one ' s self:

usque eone te diligis et magnifice circumspicis?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5;

and trop. of language: Romanus sermo magis se circumspicit et aestimat praebetque aestimandum,

Sen. Ep. 40, 11.—

Trop., to exercise foresight, be cautious, take heed:

esse circumspiciendum diligenter, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: cui mandetis (rempublicam) circumspicite [p. 342] Sall. H. 2, 41, 10 Dietsch.—Esp. freq.,

Act., to view on all sides, to survey:

cum sua quisque miles circumspiceret,

looked carefully to see, Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Liv. 9, 28, 5:

tam latā acie ne ex medio quidem cornua sua circumspicere poterant,

Liv. 37, 41, 4:

lucos,

Ov. M. 5, 265:

amictus,

to review, id. ib. 4, 318; so,

habitum suum,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 3; cf. under circumspectus, adv.—

To descry, get sight of by looking around:

saxum circumspicit ingens,

Verg. A. 12, 896:

Athin,

Ov. M. 5, 72.—

Transf., of things:

in latus omne patens turris circumspicit undas,

Ov. H. 6, 69.—

Trop.

To view something mentally, to survey, ponder upon, weigh, consider (syn.:

considero, perpendo): reliqua ejus consilia animo circumspiciebat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5:

circumspicite paulisper mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines,

Cic. Sull. 25, 70; cf.

se,

id. Par. 4, 2, 30:

neque temere consulem saltatorem vocare, sed circumspicere, quibus praeterea vitiis adfectum esse necesse sit eum, etc.,

id. Mur. 6, 13.—So with rel. -clause, Sall. H. 2, 41 Dietsch; Sen. Ep. 70, 5; Calp. Ecl. 5, 95:

circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, ne quid offendas,

id. de Or. 2, 74, 301; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; id. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

circumspicite celeriter animo, qui sint rerum exitus consecuti,

id. Leg. 2, 17, 42:

vide, quaere, circumspice, si quis est forte ex eā provinciā qui te nolit perisse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180; id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Cat. 4, 2, 4; Liv. 23, 20, 6; cf. Tac. H. 2, 6; Suet. Aug. 63.—With ut and subj., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 87:

cum circumspicerent Patres quosnam consules facerent,

Liv. 27, 34, 1.—

To look about for something with desire, to seek for, etc. (so mostly since the Aug. per.):

nec, sicut aestivas aves, statim auctumno tecta ac recessum circumspicere,

Liv. 5, 6, 2; 7, 14, 6:

externa auxilia,

id. 1, 30, 6; cf. Just. 22, 5, 4:

fugam,

Tac. A. 14, 35; Just. 2, 12, 26:

novas belli causas,

id. 31, 1, 8; Verg. G. 3, 390; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 3:

peregrinos reges sibi,

Just. 40, 1, 1; 22, 5, 4:

viresque suas circumspectantes his validiores,

Amm. 22, 8, 18.—Hence, circumspectus, a, um, P. a.

Of things, weighed with care, well considered, guarded, circumspect (perh. not ante - Aug.):

verba non circumspecta,

Ov. F. 5, 539:

judicium,

Quint. 10, 1, 26:

interrogatio,

id. 5, 7, 31:

moderatio animi,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 4:

circumspectissima sanctio decreti,

id. 1, 1, 20.—

Transf. to the person who carefully weighs a thing, circumspect, considerate, cautious, wary, provident, heedful:

modo circumspectus et sagax, modo inconsultus et praeceps,

Suet. Claud. 15:

circumspectissimus et prudentissimus princeps,

id. Tib. 21:

tenues et circumspecti,

Quint. 12, 10, 23; Cels. 3, 9 fin.:

omnes,

Col. 1, 8, 16; 1, 7, 12:

sive aliquis circumspectior est,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 5.—Of dogs:

assidui et circumspecti magis quam temeraril,

Col. 7, 12, 5.—

In late Lat., worthy of consideration, respected, distinguished:

circumspectum et verecundum nomen populi Romani,

Amm. 14, 6, 6:

colores,

id. 28, 4, 12:

circumspectus genere, famā potentiāque,

id. 18, 10, 1.—Hence, circumspectē, adv., with consideration, with mature deliberation, warily, cautiously, considerately, circumspectly, etc.:

circumspecte compositeque indutus et amictus,

Gell. 1, 5, 2 (cf. supra, II. D.):

circumspecte vestiti,

Amm. 27, 3, 14:

circumspecte facti versus,

Gell. 9, 10, 6:

facere aliquid,

Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 8: parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, * Quint. 9, 2, 69:

circumspectius donare, eligere eos, in quos merita conferantur,

Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 1.

mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. madh-a, wisdom; Gr. mathos, manthanô, mêdomai; cf.: medeor, re-med-ium, etc.]; act., to think or reflect upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design, purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad, de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause, or absol. (class.).

Lit.

With acc.:

semulque cursuram meditabor ad ludos Olympios,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

ea para, meditare, cogita, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

nihil aliud cogitare, meditari, curare nisi, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

forum, subsellia, rostra curiamque,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

fugam ad legiones,

Suet. Tib. 65:

cor tuum meditabitur timorem,

i. e. promote by meditation, Vulg. Isa. 33, 18.—

With ad; ne ad eam rem meditere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1:

ad hujus vitae studium meditati illi sunt qui feruntur labores tui,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26.—

With de:

ut de tua ratione meditere,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4.—

With dat. (ante-class.):

nugis,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107. —

With inf.:

jam designatus alio incessu esse meditabatur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

multos annos regnare meditatus magno labore,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

cum animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas,

Nep. Ages. 4.—

With a rel.-clause:

ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 42:

meditabor, quo modo cum illo loquar,

Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1:

quid contra dicerem, mecum ipse meditabor,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

meditare, quibus verbis incensam illius cupiditatem comprimas,

id. Pis. 25, 59.—

Absol.:

multis modis meditatus egomet mecum sum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 1:

egressus ad meditandum in agro,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 63. —

Transf., to meditate, study, exercise one's self in, practise a thing:

nugas est meditatus male,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107:

Demosthenes perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

Demosthenes in litore meditans,

Quint. 10, 3, 30:

quid Crassus ageret meditandi aut discendi causā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:

aut in foro dicere aut meditari extra forum,

id. Brut. 88, 302:

musam,

Verg. E. 1, 2:

arma,

Veg. Mil. 1, 20:

proelia,

Juv. 4, 112.— Transf., of animals:

cervi editos partus exercent cursu, et fugam meditari docent,

to practise flight, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 113.—Of things: semper cauda scorpionis in ictu est: nulloque momento meditari cessat, to move as in readiness to strike, i. e. to threaten, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87:

semina meditantur aristas,

Prud. Cath. 10, 132; also, to murmur, utter a sad cry:

clamabo, meditabor ut columba,

Vulg. Isa. 38, 14; 59, 11.—

In pass. signif. (in verb. fin. post-class. and very rare):

adulteria meditantur,

Min. Fel. Oct. 25, 1.—But freq. in part. perf.: mĕdĭtā-tus, a, um.

Exercised, practised, instructed (only Plautin.):

cumque huc ad adulescentem meditatum probe mittam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 88:

probe meditatam utramque duco,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 29:

murmura,

Juv. 6, 539.—

Thought upon, meditated, weighed, considered, studied:

meditati sunt doli docte,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30:

ea, quae meditata et praeparata inferuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

meditatum et cogitatum scelus,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 85:

meditatum cogitatumque verbum,

id. ib. 10, 2, 6:

accuratae et meditatae commentationes,

id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

oratio,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

doli,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: meditata et composita oratio (opp. extemporized), Suet. Aug. 84. — Subst.: mĕdĭtāta, ōrum, n., a carefully prepared speech:

sive meditata sive subita proferret,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭtātē, thoughtfully, designedly, intentionally (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,

knowest thoroughly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16:

hau male meditate male dicax es,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 26:

effundere probra,

Sen. Const. Sap. 11, 3.

mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. madh-a, wisdom; Gr. mathos, manthanô, mêdomai; cf.: medeor, re-med-ium, etc.]; act., to think or reflect upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design, purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad, de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause, or absol. (class.).

Lit.

With acc.:

semulque cursuram meditabor ad ludos Olympios,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

ea para, meditare, cogita, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

nihil aliud cogitare, meditari, curare nisi, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

forum, subsellia, rostra curiamque,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

fugam ad legiones,

Suet. Tib. 65:

cor tuum meditabitur timorem,

i. e. promote by meditation, Vulg. Isa. 33, 18.—

With ad; ne ad eam rem meditere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1:

ad hujus vitae studium meditati illi sunt qui feruntur labores tui,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26.—

With de:

ut de tua ratione meditere,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4.—

With dat. (ante-class.):

nugis,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107. —

With inf.:

jam designatus alio incessu esse meditabatur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

multos annos regnare meditatus magno labore,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

cum animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas,

Nep. Ages. 4.—

With a rel.-clause:

ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 42:

meditabor, quo modo cum illo loquar,

Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1:

quid contra dicerem, mecum ipse meditabor,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

meditare, quibus verbis incensam illius cupiditatem comprimas,

id. Pis. 25, 59.—

Absol.:

multis modis meditatus egomet mecum sum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 1:

egressus ad meditandum in agro,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 63. —

Transf., to meditate, study, exercise one's self in, practise a thing:

nugas est meditatus male,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107:

Demosthenes perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

Demosthenes in litore meditans,

Quint. 10, 3, 30:

quid Crassus ageret meditandi aut discendi causā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:

aut in foro dicere aut meditari extra forum,

id. Brut. 88, 302:

musam,

Verg. E. 1, 2:

arma,

Veg. Mil. 1, 20:

proelia,

Juv. 4, 112.— Transf., of animals:

cervi editos partus exercent cursu, et fugam meditari docent,

to practise flight, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 113.—Of things: semper cauda scorpionis in ictu est: nulloque momento meditari cessat, to move as in readiness to strike, i. e. to threaten, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87:

semina meditantur aristas,

Prud. Cath. 10, 132; also, to murmur, utter a sad cry:

clamabo, meditabor ut columba,

Vulg. Isa. 38, 14; 59, 11.—

In pass. signif. (in verb. fin. post-class. and very rare):

adulteria meditantur,

Min. Fel. Oct. 25, 1.—But freq. in part. perf.: mĕdĭtā-tus, a, um.

Exercised, practised, instructed (only Plautin.):

cumque huc ad adulescentem meditatum probe mittam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 88:

probe meditatam utramque duco,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 29:

murmura,

Juv. 6, 539.—

Thought upon, meditated, weighed, considered, studied:

meditati sunt doli docte,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30:

ea, quae meditata et praeparata inferuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

meditatum et cogitatum scelus,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 85:

meditatum cogitatumque verbum,

id. ib. 10, 2, 6:

accuratae et meditatae commentationes,

id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

oratio,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

doli,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: meditata et composita oratio (opp. extemporized), Suet. Aug. 84. — Subst.: mĕdĭtāta, ōrum, n., a carefully prepared speech:

sive meditata sive subita proferret,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭtātē, thoughtfully, designedly, intentionally (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,

knowest thoroughly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16:

hau male meditate male dicax es,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 26:

effundere probra,

Sen. Const. Sap. 11, 3.