conspĭcĭo

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con-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n., to look at attentively, to get sight of, to descry, perceive, observe (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

inter eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

in tabernam,

Petr. 140, 14.—

With acc.:

me interrogas, Qui ipsus equidem nunc primum istanc tecum conspicio semul,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 122:

quae aedes... quas quotiensquomque conspicio, fleo,

id. Capt. 1, 1, 29:

si queat usquam Conspicere amissum fetum,

Lucr. 2, 358: quandoque te in jure conspicio, Leg. Act. ap. Cic. Caecin. 19, 54, and id. Mur. 12, 26:

ut procul novum vehiculum Argonautarum e monte conspexit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

quisque... quae prima signa conspexit, ad haec constitit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

quos cum apud se in castris Ariovistus conspexisset,

id. ib. 1, 47:

ubi primum nostros equites conspexerunt,

id. ib. 4, 12;

2, 26: sidus in regione caeli, etc.,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94:

qui lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur,

Nep. Milt. 7, 3:

conspici inter se,

to be visible to one another, Liv. 37, 41, 4:

cum inter se conspecti essent,

id. 33, 6, 4:

hunc simulac cupido conspexit lumine virgo,

Cat. 64, 86:

conspectis luminibus crebris,

Liv. 31, 24, 7:

locum insidiis conspeximus ipsi,

Verg. A. 9, 237:

quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

Ov. M. 12, 526:

super tabernaculum... unde ab omnibus conspici posset, imago Solis fulgebat,

Curt. 3, 3, 8:

conspecto delatore ejus,

Suet. Dom. 11:

rugas in speculo,

Ov. M. 15, 232:

cornua in undā,

id. ib. 1, 640:

arcem,

id. ib. 2, 794:

scopulum,

id. ib. 4, 731.—Of an inanimate subject:

si illud signum (Jovis) solis ortum et forum curiamque conspiceret,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20.—With two accus., when an action, condition, etc., is the object:

quam (matrem) paucis ante diebus laureatam in suā gratulatione conspexit, eandem, etc.... eundem (filium) spoliatum omni dignitate conspiciat,

Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

strata volgi pedibus detrita viarum Saxea,

Lucr. 1, 315:

superiora loca multitudine armatorum completa,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

quos laborantes,

id. ib. 4, 26:

aliquos ex nave egredientes,

id. ib.:

aliquem conspiciens ad se ferentem,

Nep. Dat. 4, 5:

naves suas oppletas serpentibus,

id. Hann. 11, 6:

(Hannibalem) humi jacentem,

Liv. 21, 4, 7:

adrasum quendam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf., pass.:

quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Aeque conspicitur,

id. C. 3, 7, 26:

cum interim Metellus, monte degrediens cum exercitu, conspicitur,

Sall. J. 49, 5 dub.;

v. conspicor: terribilior niger conspicitur (canis),

Col. 7, 12, 4.—

With acc. and inf.:

corpus ut exanimum siquod procul ipse jacere Conspicias hominis,

Lucr. 6, 706:

qui nostros victores flumen transisse conspexerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

centum procurrere currus,

Cato, 64, 389; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.—

Pregn., to look at with admiration or close attention, to gaze upon, observe, contemplate.

Act.:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

orabat, ne se, quem paulo ante cum egregiā stirpe conspexissent, orbum liberis facerent,

Liv. 1, 26, 9:

Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti favore conspiciebant,

id. 39, 53, 2:

quem cum omnes conspicerent propter novitatem ornatūs ignotamque formam,

Nep. Dat. 3, 3:

cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae te conspexerit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26.—

Esp. pass.: conspici, to attract attention, to be conspicuous, noticed, observed, distinguished, admired:

inania sunt ista... delectamenta paene puerorum, captare plausus, vehi per urbem, conspici velle,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60: in gestu nec [p. 436] venustatem conspiciendam, nec turpitudinem esse, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26:

sic quisque hostem ferire, murum adscendere, conspici dum tale facinus faceret, properabat,

Sall. C. 7, 6:

supellex modica, non multa, ut in neutram partem conspici posset,

Nep. Att. 13, 5:

quid te ut regium juvenem conspici sinis?

Liv. 1, 47, 5:

maxime conspectus ipse est, curru equis albis juncto urbem invectus,

id. 5, 23, 5:

vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens, arma atque equi conspiciebantur,

id. 21, 4, 8; 5, 52, 3; 39, 6, 9:

quorum Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

tu formosissimus alto Conspiceris caelo ( = inter deos versaris),

Ov. M. 4, 19:

prima bonis animi conspicerere tui,

id. Tr. 1, 6, 34; Vell. 2, 91, 4; Quint. 11, 3, 137.—Less freq. in an unfavorable sense, to be notorious, to be gazed at with dislike or contempt:

carere me adspectu civium quam infestis oculis omnium conspici mallem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: ne quid faciat, quod conspici et derideri posset, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4.—

Trop., to perceive mentally, to understand, comprehend:

satis in rem quae sint meam ego conspicio mihi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 10:

quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

id. Ps. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ut conspiciatis eum mentibus, quoniam oculis non potestis,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47:

nullus error talis in L. Aemilio Paulo conspectus est,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 3.—Hence,

conspĭcĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), having understanding, intelligent:

ad quas (contumelias) despiciendas non sapiente opus est viro, sed tantum conspiciente,

Sen. Const. 16, 3 Haase (al. consipiente). —

conspectus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. A. 1.) Visible:

tumulus hosti conspectus,

Liv. 22, 24, 5; cf. id. 10, 40, 8; 32, 5, 13:

agmina inter se satis conspecta,

id. 22, 4, 6. —

(Acc. to I. B.) Striking, distinguished, remarkable, gazed at, = conspicuus (perh. not ante-Aug.):

Pallas chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis,

Verg. A. 8, 588 (conspicuus, conspicabilis, Serv.); so,

victor Tyrio in ostro,

id. G. 3, 17; cf. Hor. A. P. 228:

juventus,

Ov. M. 12, 553:

patris avique fama conspectum eum faciebat,

Liv. 45, 7, 3:

conspectus elatusque supra modum hominis privati,

id. 4, 13, 3.— Comp., Ov. M. 4, 796; Liv. 2, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 11; Just. 11, 5; Juv. 8, 140 al.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.—

conspĭcĭendus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.):

insideat celeri conspiciendus equo,

Tib. 1, 2, 70:

Nemesis donis meis,

id. 2, 3, 52:

Hyas formā,

Ov. F. 5, 170:

mater formosa Inter Dictaeos greges,

id. ib. 5, 118:

eques,

id. Tr. 2, 114:

opus vel in hac magnificentiā urbis,

Liv. 6, 4, 11; Val. Fl. 1, 261; Mart. 9, 50, 10.

conspĭcĭo, ōnis, f. [1. conspicio], the survey taken by the augur in fixing the limits of the templum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.

to catch sight of, perceive, behold, understand.

con-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n., to look at attentively, to get sight of, to descry, perceive, observe (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

inter eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

in tabernam,

Petr. 140, 14.—

With acc.:

me interrogas, Qui ipsus equidem nunc primum istanc tecum conspicio semul,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 122:

quae aedes... quas quotiensquomque conspicio, fleo,

id. Capt. 1, 1, 29:

si queat usquam Conspicere amissum fetum,

Lucr. 2, 358: quandoque te in jure conspicio, Leg. Act. ap. Cic. Caecin. 19, 54, and id. Mur. 12, 26:

ut procul novum vehiculum Argonautarum e monte conspexit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

quisque... quae prima signa conspexit, ad haec constitit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

quos cum apud se in castris Ariovistus conspexisset,

id. ib. 1, 47:

ubi primum nostros equites conspexerunt,

id. ib. 4, 12;

2, 26: sidus in regione caeli, etc.,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94:

qui lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur,

Nep. Milt. 7, 3:

conspici inter se,

to be visible to one another, Liv. 37, 41, 4:

cum inter se conspecti essent,

id. 33, 6, 4:

hunc simulac cupido conspexit lumine virgo,

Cat. 64, 86:

conspectis luminibus crebris,

Liv. 31, 24, 7:

locum insidiis conspeximus ipsi,

Verg. A. 9, 237:

quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

Ov. M. 12, 526:

super tabernaculum... unde ab omnibus conspici posset, imago Solis fulgebat,

Curt. 3, 3, 8:

conspecto delatore ejus,

Suet. Dom. 11:

rugas in speculo,

Ov. M. 15, 232:

cornua in undā,

id. ib. 1, 640:

arcem,

id. ib. 2, 794:

scopulum,

id. ib. 4, 731.—Of an inanimate subject:

si illud signum (Jovis) solis ortum et forum curiamque conspiceret,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20.—With two accus., when an action, condition, etc., is the object:

quam (matrem) paucis ante diebus laureatam in suā gratulatione conspexit, eandem, etc.... eundem (filium) spoliatum omni dignitate conspiciat,

Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

strata volgi pedibus detrita viarum Saxea,

Lucr. 1, 315:

superiora loca multitudine armatorum completa,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

quos laborantes,

id. ib. 4, 26:

aliquos ex nave egredientes,

id. ib.:

aliquem conspiciens ad se ferentem,

Nep. Dat. 4, 5:

naves suas oppletas serpentibus,

id. Hann. 11, 6:

(Hannibalem) humi jacentem,

Liv. 21, 4, 7:

adrasum quendam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf., pass.:

quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Aeque conspicitur,

id. C. 3, 7, 26:

cum interim Metellus, monte degrediens cum exercitu, conspicitur,

Sall. J. 49, 5 dub.;

v. conspicor: terribilior niger conspicitur (canis),

Col. 7, 12, 4.—

With acc. and inf.:

corpus ut exanimum siquod procul ipse jacere Conspicias hominis,

Lucr. 6, 706:

qui nostros victores flumen transisse conspexerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

centum procurrere currus,

Cato, 64, 389; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.—

Pregn., to look at with admiration or close attention, to gaze upon, observe, contemplate.

Act.:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

orabat, ne se, quem paulo ante cum egregiā stirpe conspexissent, orbum liberis facerent,

Liv. 1, 26, 9:

Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti favore conspiciebant,

id. 39, 53, 2:

quem cum omnes conspicerent propter novitatem ornatūs ignotamque formam,

Nep. Dat. 3, 3:

cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae te conspexerit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26.—

Esp. pass.: conspici, to attract attention, to be conspicuous, noticed, observed, distinguished, admired:

inania sunt ista... delectamenta paene puerorum, captare plausus, vehi per urbem, conspici velle,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60: in gestu nec [p. 436] venustatem conspiciendam, nec turpitudinem esse, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26:

sic quisque hostem ferire, murum adscendere, conspici dum tale facinus faceret, properabat,

Sall. C. 7, 6:

supellex modica, non multa, ut in neutram partem conspici posset,

Nep. Att. 13, 5:

quid te ut regium juvenem conspici sinis?

Liv. 1, 47, 5:

maxime conspectus ipse est, curru equis albis juncto urbem invectus,

id. 5, 23, 5:

vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens, arma atque equi conspiciebantur,

id. 21, 4, 8; 5, 52, 3; 39, 6, 9:

quorum Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

tu formosissimus alto Conspiceris caelo ( = inter deos versaris),

Ov. M. 4, 19:

prima bonis animi conspicerere tui,

id. Tr. 1, 6, 34; Vell. 2, 91, 4; Quint. 11, 3, 137.—Less freq. in an unfavorable sense, to be notorious, to be gazed at with dislike or contempt:

carere me adspectu civium quam infestis oculis omnium conspici mallem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: ne quid faciat, quod conspici et derideri posset, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4.—

Trop., to perceive mentally, to understand, comprehend:

satis in rem quae sint meam ego conspicio mihi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 10:

quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

id. Ps. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ut conspiciatis eum mentibus, quoniam oculis non potestis,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47:

nullus error talis in L. Aemilio Paulo conspectus est,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 3.—Hence,

conspĭcĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), having understanding, intelligent:

ad quas (contumelias) despiciendas non sapiente opus est viro, sed tantum conspiciente,

Sen. Const. 16, 3 Haase (al. consipiente). —

conspectus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. A. 1.) Visible:

tumulus hosti conspectus,

Liv. 22, 24, 5; cf. id. 10, 40, 8; 32, 5, 13:

agmina inter se satis conspecta,

id. 22, 4, 6. —

(Acc. to I. B.) Striking, distinguished, remarkable, gazed at, = conspicuus (perh. not ante-Aug.):

Pallas chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis,

Verg. A. 8, 588 (conspicuus, conspicabilis, Serv.); so,

victor Tyrio in ostro,

id. G. 3, 17; cf. Hor. A. P. 228:

juventus,

Ov. M. 12, 553:

patris avique fama conspectum eum faciebat,

Liv. 45, 7, 3:

conspectus elatusque supra modum hominis privati,

id. 4, 13, 3.— Comp., Ov. M. 4, 796; Liv. 2, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 11; Just. 11, 5; Juv. 8, 140 al.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.—

conspĭcĭendus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.):

insideat celeri conspiciendus equo,

Tib. 1, 2, 70:

Nemesis donis meis,

id. 2, 3, 52:

Hyas formā,

Ov. F. 5, 170:

mater formosa Inter Dictaeos greges,

id. ib. 5, 118:

eques,

id. Tr. 2, 114:

opus vel in hac magnificentiā urbis,

Liv. 6, 4, 11; Val. Fl. 1, 261; Mart. 9, 50, 10.

conspĭcĭo, ōnis, f. [1. conspicio], the survey taken by the augur in fixing the limits of the templum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.

con-tŭĕor, ŭĭtus, 2 (ante-class. and poet.; access. form pres. contŭor, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 23; Stat. Achill. 1, 131:

contuimur,

Lucr. 4, 35; inf. contui, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 111; 3, 1, 20; id. Most. 3, 2, 152; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 470, 31; cf. tueor and intueor; and in act. form contuo, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2, or Fragm. v. 95 Vahl.), v. a.

To look on, gaze upon, behold, survey, to consider attentively (syn. conspicio; rare but class.; most freq. in Cic.).

Lit.:

occepi contui, conspicio coleatam cuspidem,

Pompon. 1. 1.:

totam terram contueri ejusque situm, formam, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

hanc sedem et aeternam domum,

id. Rep. 6, 23, 25:

os,

id. Sull. 27, 74:

te duobus oculis,

id. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

aliquid,

id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

longinqua (opp. prope admota non cernere),

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 142 sq.; Suet. Aug. 94;

id novum Agesilaus contuens,

beholding this novelty, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2.— Absol.:

alicui acrius contuenti voltum summittere,

Suet. Aug. 79; so Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 132.—Of a place personified: Acrocorinthus utraque maria contuens. Mel. 2, 3, 7; cf. Cic. Dom. 57, 146. —

Trop., to take into view, to weigh, ponder maturely, to observe (rare):

quod bene propositum si plane contueare, Ac videas plane,

Lucr. 6, 653:

a contuendis malis avocare aliquem,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 35.—

With the access. idea of carefulness, to see to, take care of, preserve carefully:

pecus sic contuendum, ne,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 16.—

Inchoat. (cf. conspicio, II.), to get sight of, perceive, descry (very rare):

si volturios forte possis contui,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 152:

figuras miras simulacraque in somnis,

Lucr. 4, 35.

conspectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from conspicio.

conspectus, ūs, m. [conspicio], a seeing, looking at, a look, sight, view, the range or reach of sight, the power of sceing (freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: casurusne in conspectum videatur animus, an tanta sit ejus tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

quo longissime conspectum oculi ferebant,

Liv. 1, 18, 8:

obscuritas lucis Romanis non adimebat in omnis partes conspectum,

id. 37, 41, 3:

conspectu urbis frui,

Cic. Sull. 9, 26:

suorum,

id. Mur. 41, 89: sese dare in conspectum, Enn. Ann. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41:

dare se in conspectum alicui,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86; cf.:

alicui in conspectum prodire,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 3:

prodire ad aliquem in conspectum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 84; id. Most. 5, 2, 33:

paene in conspectu exercitūs nostri,

before the eyes, Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

illam e conspectu amisi meo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 2:

venire in conspectum alicujus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; Nep. Con. 3, 3 al.:

fugere e conspectu alicujus,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 107; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

ex hominum conspectu morte decedere,

Nep. Timol. 1, 6:

fugare aliquem e conspectu,

Lucr. 3, 49:

conspectum fugere,

Ov. M. 2, 594.—

Pregn., public attention, notice:

subito consilium cepi ut ante quam luceret exirem, ne qui conspectus fieret aut sermo,

Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —

Meton.

Presence, proximity (very freq.; in many connections coinciding with the foregoing, as the phrase venire in conspectum can be translated to come before the eyes or to come near; so also e conspectu fugere, etc.).

Of persons:

etsi scio, eis fore meum conspectum invisum hodie,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 22:

(tibi) cujus prope in conspectu Aegyptus est,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5; so, in conspectu, in the presence or vicinity, before the eyes, before the face of, in sight, id. Agr. 1, 3, 7; Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.; Liv. 1, 31, 2; Verg. A. 1, 184.—

Of inanimate things:

quercus, quae est in oppidi conspectu,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:

procul a conspectu imperii,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87: spectet patriam;

in conspectu legum libertatisque moriatur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170.—

Appearance (cf. adspectus;

very rare): videamus animi partis, quarum est conspectus inlustrior,

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48 Madv. ad loc.:

Hieronymus... primo statim aspectu omnia quam disparia essent ostendit,

i. e. at the first view the public had of him, Liv. 24, 5, 2; 6, 8, 6.—

Trop., the mental view, glance, survey, consideration (rare, but in good prose):

quae ponunt in conspectu animi, quae cernere et videre non possumus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161:

et cognitio naturae,

id. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

uno in conspectu omnia videre,

id. Brut. 4, 15; id. Leg. 3, 5, 12; Quint. 10, 1, 6; 7, 1, 4; Liv. 10, 25, 12:

ut ea ne in conspectu quidem relinquantur,

never come into consideration, are scarcely observed, Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93.—

In Gellius concr., like the Gr. sunopsis, a short view, sketch, synopsis, Gell. 17, 21, 2; 19, 10, 3.

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cerno, crēvi, crētum ( part. pass. cretus is apparently used only once:

cineris bene creti,

Pall. 12, 22, 3; but freq. in the compounds of cerno; for the simple part., the orig. form certus also is very rarely used:

certā deinde sorte senatus consultum factum est,

Liv. 36, 2, 2; v. under II. C., and cf. certus), 3, v. a. [root car- for scar-, to separate; cf. krinô; hence, skôr, stercus, screo; cf. cera].

To separate, sift (rare):

per cribrum, Cato. R. R. 107, 1: farinam cribro,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 115; cf. id. 33, 5, 26, § 87; Pall. Jun. 1; Veg. 3, 28, 6:

in cribris omnia cerne cavis,

Ov. Med. Fac. 62; cf.:

per densa foramina,

id. ib. 89:

cineris bene creti,

well sifted, Pall. Nov. 22.—Far more freq.,

Trop.

To separate, distinguish by the senses, mostly by the eyes, i. e. to perceive, see, discern (syn.: video, conspicio; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. probably in Lucretius, where it is used about a hundred times); rarely by the ears; v. infra: lumen jubarve in caelo cerno? [p. 319] Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.;

7, § 76 ib.: sed quis illic est, procul quem video? estne hic Hegio? si satis cerno, is hercle'st,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 85:

tum porro varios rerum sentimus odores, nec tamen ad nareis venienteis cernimus umquam: nec voces cernere suemus,

Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 598:

quod nequeunt oculis rerum primordia cerni,

id. 1, 269; v. also id. 2, 314 sq.; 4, 242; cf. id. 2, 837:

acute,

id. 4, 811; cf.:

cerno acutum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:

altaria exhalare vapore,

Lucr. 3, 432; 2, 928 al.—Hence, sometimes opp. to hearing:

ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur,

Nep. Timol. 2, 2;

or to mental perception: quem ego tam video animo, quam ea, quae oculis cernimus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 3, 2:

nos enim ne nunc quidem oculis cernimus ea, quae videmus,

id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46:

quae cernere et videre non possumus,

id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf. id. Rep. 6, 20, 21 sq.:

ego Catuli Cumanum ex hoc loco cerno, Pompeianum non cerno,

id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

ut ea cernimus quae videmus,

id. Mil. 29, 79:

omnia sic aperiam, ut ea cernere oculis videamini,

id. Clu. 24, 66:

coram aliquid,

to witness, Caes. B. G. 6, 8; Verg. A. 2, 538:

aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

acies a nostris cernebatur,

id. B. C. 3, 69:

in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni,

Quint. 8, 5, 29:

simile quiddam facientes aves cernimus,

id. 2, 6, 7:

me miserum, turbā quod non ego cernar in illā,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 43:

Constitit alma Venus, nulli cernenda,

id. M. 15, 844; Curt. 8, 13, 16; Tac. A. 1, 59.—With acc. and inf.: sensumque inesse et motum in membris cerno, Canius ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.:

neque mutari ac misceri omnia cerneres,

Sall. C. 2, 3: quos ad resistendum concucurrisse cernebat, * Suet. Caes. 15 fin.:

cernis ut insultent Rutuli?

Verg. A. 10, 20:

cerne quam tenui vos parte contingat,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

cerneres, quanta audacia fuisset, etc.,

Sall. C. 61, 1.— Impers. with acc. and inf.:

cernebatur, novissimos illorum premi vehementer,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64 Herz. N. cr. — So impers. with rel. -clause:

ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur quem detulisset,

Nep. Timol. 2, 2. —Ante-class., of the hearing: vox illius certe est: idem omnes cernimus, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 11, and perh. also, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.—Hence,

Cerni aliquā re or in aliquā re, to become distinguished or known in something:

fortis animus et magnus duabus rebus maxime cernitur,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66; so id. Tusc. 5, 8, 22: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64:

atque hae quidem virtutes cernuntur in agendo,

Cic. Part. Or. 23, 78; id. Top. 21, 80 (also in Quint. 3, 5, 18).—

Have before the mind, have respect to, regard any one:

ubi gratus, si non eum ipsi cernunt grati, cui referunt gratiam?

Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—

Transf. to intellectual objects, to perceive, comprehend, understand (syn.:

intellego, cognosco, perspicio): neque tanta in rebus obscuritas, ut eas (res) non penitus acri vir ingenio cernat, si modo aspexerit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

jam cernam mene an illam potiorem putes, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 20: (antiquitas) hoc melius ea fortasse, quae erant vera, cernebat,

id. ib. 1, 12, 26; id. Fin. 1, 19, 64; id. Top. 5, 27; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

quae cum ego non solum suspicarer, sed plane cernerem,

id. Agr. 2, 4, 9; id. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

ut consuetum facile amorem cerneres,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 108.—Hence,

Rarely of future events, to foresee, discern beforehand:

cerno animo sepultā in patriā miseros atque insepultos acervos civium,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

cerno jam animo, quanto omnia uberiora atque ornatiora futura sint,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 2.—

To decide something that is contested or doubtful (judicially), to decree, determine (more rare than decernere):

quotcumque senatus creverit populusque jusserit tot sunto,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 8:

quodcumque senatus creverit agunto,

id. ib. 3, 3, 8, § 6: jurati cernant. Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 13:

illum locum tempusque consilio destinatum quid de Armeniā cernerent,

Tac. A. 15, 14:

priusquam id sors cerneret,

Liv. 43, 12, 2:

certā sorte,

after the lot was decided, id. 36, 2, 2.—Hence,

To decide by contending or fighting (more rare than the freq. certare, and even in Seneca's time out of use; cf. Sen. Ep. 58, 3): ferro non auro vitam ( acc. respect = de vitā) cernamus utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; id. ap. Non. p. 261, 19, and ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.; Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 21: nisi esset qui armis secum vellet cernere, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 17:

cernere ferro,

Verg. A. 12, 709 (also ap. Sen. Ep. 58, 3); so,

cernere certamen,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 15; id. Cas. 3, 1, 2; Lucr. 5, 394: pro patriā, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis, * Sall. C. 59, 5 Kritz N. cr. (al. certare):

seu libeat duplicem sejunctim cernere martem,

Tib. 4, 1, 103.—Humorously, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 77.—

In gen., to decide for something, to conclude upon, resolve (syn.: constituo, decerno; also rare): praesidium castris educere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 5:

acribus inter se cum armis confligere,

id. ib. p. 261, 6:

te mihi amicam esse crevi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 1 (crevi valet constitui, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.); Cat. 64, 150.—Hence,

In judic. lang. t. t., of inheritances.

To resolve to enter upon an inheritance, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.; cf. Tit. 22, 27, and cretio.—

To make known this determination, Tit. 22, 28 and 30; Cic. Att. 11, 2, 1.—

= adire, to enter upon an inheritance, Cic. Agr. 2, 15, 40; Liv. 24, 25, 3; 40, 8, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 79, 2; Quint. Decl. 261; Fest. p. 41.—

Trop.:

debet etiam fratris Appii amorem erga me cum reliquā hereditate crevisse,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 10; so id. Fam. 9, 14, 4; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3.—P. a. v. certus.

conspĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [id.], to get sight of, to descry, see, perceive (very freq. in Plaut. and Caes.; several times in Ter.; elsewh. rare; never in Lucr., Cic., Virg., or Hor.).

With acc.:

nec quemquam conspicor alium in viā,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 4:

Epidicumne ego conspicor?

id. Ep. 1, 1, 3; 1, 1, 70:

ante aedis erum meum,

id. ib. 2, 2, 3;

3, 2, 9: in tenebris conspicatus si sis me,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 24; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 32:

(Ajacem) occisum,

Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18; Caes. B. G. 1, 25; 5, 9; 7, 45 al.; * Nep. Eum. 9, 5; Phaedr. 2, 8, 25 al.:

hunc conspicatae naves,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22.—

With acc. and part.:

hic quis est, quem huc advenientem conspicor,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 50:

perterritos hostes conspicati,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27; Liv. 2, 20, 1 and 8; Quint. 4, 2, 13.—

With acc. and inf. as object:

illam geminos filios pueros peperisse conspicor,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 18; id. Curc. 5, 1, 5; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 18; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 16.—

With rel.-clause:

quae res in nostris castris gererentur conspicati,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26.—

Absol.:

contempla et conspicare idem esse apparet,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

cum interim Metellus... conspicatur, primo dubius quidnam insolita facies ostenderet,

Sall. J. 49, 5 Dietsch; Jacobs ad loc. (where MSS. have conspicitur, v. conspicio, I. A. b; but cf. Don. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 102).

► Pass., to be seen: ut nunc paupertas conspicatur (theôreitai), Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.

conspĭcŭus, a, um, adj. [1. conspicio] ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose, esp. in Tac.; not in Quint.).

Lit., that is or comes in view, visible; opp. occultus:

quot inter Occultum stellae conspicuumque polum,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 108:

rebus ab auditis conspicuisque,

id. P. 3, 4, 22: late vertex, * Hor. C. 3, 16, 19:

signum in proeliis,

Phaedr. 4, 6, 6:

acies barbarorum,

Tac. H. 4, 29:

tabernaculum undique,

Curt. 9, 6, 1: sidus omnibus e terris, Augustus ap. Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94.—

Trop., in gen.:

habere mortem in conspicuo,

before the eyes, Sen. Brev. Vit. 20, 5:

nives,

id. Thyest. 126:

pyramides,

Plin. 36, 12, 16, § 76.—

Pregn., that attracts the attention to itself, striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable, phaneros; with dat. pers.:

Romanis conspicuum eum novitas divitiaeque faciebant,

Liv. 1, 34, 11; Suet. Aug. 45.—With abl.:

insignis clara conspicuusque domo,

Tib. 3, 3, 4; so Ov. M. 12, 467; id. H. 5, 139; Tac. H. 3, 29; 3, 33; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 2; Suet. Aug. 72 al.; cf. with dat. pers.:

consilio, manu, voce insignis hosti, conspicuus suis,

Tac. H. 3, 17.— Absol.:

ambo conspicui,

Ov. M. 8, 373; so Tac. H. 1, 88; 4, 42; id. G. 7; id. Or. 36.

cor (ŏ, e. g. Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 28; id. P. 1, 3, 32), cordis ( gen. plur. cordium, Vulg. Jer. 4, 4, and 1 Cor. 4, 5; acc. to Fragm. Bob. Nom. et Pron. p. 132, also cordum, but without example), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. hrid; Gr. kardia; Germ. Herz; Engl. heart], the heart (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit., the heart, as the chief source of the circulation of the blood, and so of life, Cels. 4, 1; cf. Plin. 11, 37, 69. §§

181 and 182: cor tineosum, opinor, habeo,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62:

num igitur censes, ullum animal, quod sanguinem habeat, sine corde esse posse?

Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119:

cordis globus aut oculi,

Lucr. 4, 119 et saep.— Also for the Greek kardia, the cardiac extremity of the stomach, Lucr. 6, 1150; Hor. S. 2, 3, 28; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 161.—

Meton. (pars pro toto; cf. caput, II.), a person:

lecti juvenes, fortissima corda,

Verg. A. 5, 729:

aspera,

id. ib. 10, 87.—Of animals:

canum,

Lucr. 5, 864.—A term of endearment, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 154 (cf. corculum).—

Trop.

The heart, as the seat of feeling, emotion, etc., heart, soul, feeling ( poet.):

videas corde amare inter se,

from the heart, cordially, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 60:

aliquem amare corde atque animo suo,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 75:

facinus magnum timido cordi credere,

id. Ps. 2, 1, 3:

neque meo Cordi quomquam esse cariorem hoc Phaedriā,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 121:

corde tremit,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 8:

cura ex corde excessit,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 12:

cor meum spes laudis percussit,

Lucr. 1, 922:

spectantis tangere querelā,

Hor. A. P. 98:

nequeunt expleri corda tuendo Terribilis oculos,

Verg. A. 8, 265; cf. id. ib. 9, 55:

curis acuere mortalia corda,

id. G. 1, 123; 1, 330; id. A. 1, 302.—

Cordi est alicui, it lies at one's heart, it pleases, is pleasing, agreeable, or dear: quod tibi magnopere cordi est, mihi vehementer displicet, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 88, 32; 89, 1:

utut erga me est meritus, mihi cordi est tamen,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 110; Ter. And. 2, 1, 28:

uterque utriquest cordi,

id. Phorm. 5, 3, 17:

idque eo mihi magis est cordi, quod, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15; id. Quint. 30, 93; id. Or. 16, 53; Liv. 1, 39, 4; 8, 7, 6; Hor. C. 1, 17, 14 al.; Cato ap. Macr. S. 3, 5 fin. —With inf.:

facere aliquid,

Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 10:

exstinguere vestigia urbis, etc.,

Liv. 28, 20, 7:

subigi nos,

id. 9, 1, 4 al. —

Cordi habere aliquid, to have at heart, to lay great stress upon, to value (post-class.), Gell. 2, 29, 20; 17, 19, 6; 18, 7, 3.—

Acc. to the ancients (cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18) as the seat of wisdom, understanding, heart, mind, judgment, etc. (most freq. in ante-class. poets): quem (Hannibalem) esse meum cor Suasorem summum et studiosum robore belli, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 2, 9 (Ann. 374 Vahl.):

Ego atque in meo corde, si est quod mihi cor, Eam rem volutavi,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 3 dub. (bracketed by Ritschl):

quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

id. Ps. 3, 1, 3:

quicquam sapere corde,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 65; Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 7; Lucr. 1, 737; 5, 1107:

nec enim sequitur, ut cui cor sapiat, ei non sapiat palatus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24 Madv.; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 91:

stupor cordis,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 16: cor Zenodoti, Fur. Bib. ap. Suet. Gram. 11; cf.:

cor Enni,

Pers. 6, 10; cf., in a play on the meaning, I. A.: si pecudi cor defuisset, Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 77 fin.

fornix, ĭcis, m., an arch or vault (cf.: camera, testudo, tholus, lacunar).

Lit.:

Democritus invenisse dicitur fornicem, ut lapidum curvatura paulatim inclinatorum medio saxo alligaretur,

Sen. Ep. 90 med.:

si quis in pariete communi demoliendo damni infecti promiserit, non debebit praestare, quod fornix vitii fecerit,

Cic. Top. 4, 22; Auct. Her. 3, 16, 29:

aqua fornicibus structis perducta (Romam),

Plin. 31, 3, 24, § 41:

conspicio adverso fornice portas,

the entrance under the archway over against us, Verg. A. 6, 631:

fornices in muro erant apti ad excurrendum,

vaulted openings from which to make sallies, Liv. 36, 23, 3; a covered way, id. 44, 11, 5.— Poet., of the arches of heaven: caeli ingentes fornices, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 19 Müll. (Trag. v. 423 ed. Vahl.), a figure found fault with by Cicero, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162.—

In partic.: Fornix Făbĭus, a triumphal arch built by Q. Fabius Allobrogicus in the Sacra Via, near the Regia. Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 67;

also called Fornix Fabianus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19 (for which:

Arcus Fabianus,

Sen. Const. Sap. 1); and:

Fornix Fabii,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, p. 239 sq.—

Transf., a brothel, bagnio, stew, situated in underground vaults, Hor. S. 1, 2, 30 sq.; id. Ep. 1, 14, 21; Juv. 3, 156; 11, 171.—Hence, transf., of one who gave himself up to prostitution:

(Caesarem) Curio stabulum Nicomedis et Bithynicum fornicem dicit,

Suet. Caes. 49.

fornix, ĭcis, m., an arch or vault (cf.: camera, testudo, tholus, lacunar).

Lit.:

Democritus invenisse dicitur fornicem, ut lapidum curvatura paulatim inclinatorum medio saxo alligaretur,

Sen. Ep. 90 med.:

si quis in pariete communi demoliendo damni infecti promiserit, non debebit praestare, quod fornix vitii fecerit,

Cic. Top. 4, 22; Auct. Her. 3, 16, 29:

aqua fornicibus structis perducta (Romam),

Plin. 31, 3, 24, § 41:

conspicio adverso fornice portas,

the entrance under the archway over against us, Verg. A. 6, 631:

fornices in muro erant apti ad excurrendum,

vaulted openings from which to make sallies, Liv. 36, 23, 3; a covered way, id. 44, 11, 5.— Poet., of the arches of heaven: caeli ingentes fornices, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 19 Müll. (Trag. v. 423 ed. Vahl.), a figure found fault with by Cicero, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162.—

In partic.: Fornix Făbĭus, a triumphal arch built by Q. Fabius Allobrogicus in the Sacra Via, near the Regia. Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 67;

also called Fornix Fabianus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19 (for which:

Arcus Fabianus,

Sen. Const. Sap. 1); and:

Fornix Fabii,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, p. 239 sq.—

Transf., a brothel, bagnio, stew, situated in underground vaults, Hor. S. 1, 2, 30 sq.; id. Ep. 1, 14, 21; Juv. 3, 156; 11, 171.—Hence, transf., of one who gave himself up to prostitution:

(Caesarem) Curio stabulum Nicomedis et Bithynicum fornicem dicit,

Suet. Caes. 49.

regnum, i, n. [rex], kingly government, royal authority, kingship, royalty (cf.:

imperium, principatus): cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regem illum unum vocamus et regnum ejus rei publicae statum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42:

regique Thebano Creonti regnum stabilivit suum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 39:

regno regem spoliare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

ob labefactandi regni timorem,

id. ib. 2, 2:

regni initium,

id. ib. 2, 15, 28:

neque potest ejusmodi res publica non regnum et esse et vocari,

royalty, id. ib. 2, 23:

regnum obtinere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54; cf.:

regnum in suā civitate occupare,

id. ib. 1, 3: regnum reciperare, Auct. B. Alex. 36; Caes. B. G. 4, 12; 5, 20; 5, 25:

dum stabat regno incolumis regumque vigebat Consiliis,

Verg. A. 2, 88:

Tulli ignobile regnum,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 9; id. C. 1, 12, 34:

Alexander periculoso regno securam ac tutam vitam anteponens,

Just. 39, 4, 3.—

In gen., dominion, sovereignty, rule, authority.

In a good sense:

possidere regna,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 21:

quod imperium, qui magistratus, quod regnum potest esse praestantius, quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

omne regnum vel imperium bellis quaeritur et victoriis propagatur,

id. ib. 3, 12, 20:

sibi a Caesare regnum civitatis deferri,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

ego te in meum regnum accepi,

Sall. J. 10, 1:

adoptione in regnum pervenire,

id. ib. 11, 6:

nationes, quae in eorum (i. e. Populi Romani) regno ac dicione sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 60:

nobile regnum,

Ov. H. 17, 133:

regnum sine vi tenere,

id. M. 11, 270:

regnum alicui permittere,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 123:

bonae Sub regno Cinarae,

id. C. 4, 1, 4: nec regna vini sortiere talis, the presiding over a drinking-bout, Gr. archiposia, id. ib. 1, 4, 18 (cf.:

arbiter bibendi,

id. ib. 2, 7, 25; v. also rex).—

In a bad sense, despotism, tyranny (to a Roman of the time of the Republic, any sovereignty of a single individual):

hic ait se ille, judices, regnum meum ferre non posse. Quod tandem, Torquate, regnum? Consulatus, credo, mei... quo in magistratu non institutum est a me regnum, sed repressum,

Cic. Sull. 7, 21; cf. Quint. 3, 8, 47:

hoc vero regnum est, et ferri nullo pacto potest,

Cic. Att. 2, 12, 1:

Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est,

id. Lael. 12, 41; so,

occupare,

id. Sull. 9, 27; id. Phil. 5, 6, 17:

regnum appetere,

id. Sen. 16, 56; id. Phil. 2, 44, 114; id. Mil. 27, 72 (for which affectare is cited, Quint. 5, 11, 12; v. Spald. N. cr. ad loc.):

regnum judiciorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 35; cf.

forense,

id. Fam. 9, 18, 1:

quod tribuni militum in plebe Romanā regnum exercerent,

Liv. 5, 2:

damnatus crimine regni,

Ov. F. 6, 189:

dum regnum te, Roma, facit,

i. e. gives thee a sovereign, Luc. 4, 692.—

Trop., rule, authority, power, influence:

abuteris ad omnia atomorum regno et licentiā,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:

regnum voluptatis,

id. Sen. 12, 41:

sub regno tibi esse placet omnes animi partes et eas regi consilio?

id. Rep. 1, 38, 60; Ov. M. 14, 20; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 50.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), a kingdom:

grates tibi ago, summe sol, quod conspicio in meo regno et his tectis P. Cornelium Scipionem,

Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:

ad fines regni sui,

Caes. B. G. 5, 26; 5, 38:

(flumen Mulucha) Jugurthae Bocchique regnum disjungebat,

Sall. J. 92, 5:

se patrio regno pulsos esse,

Liv. 1, 40:

(Aufidus) Qui regna Dauni praefluit Appuli,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 26 al.:

barbara regna,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 253:

regnum caelorum,

Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, § 28; cf. Vulg. Matt. 13, 11 et saep.— Poet., of bees:

cerea regna refingunt,

Verg. G. 4, 202. —

Transf.

Any place which one possesses, a territory, estate, possession:

id, nisi hic in tuo regno essemus, non tulissem,

i. e. on your own territories, on your own estate, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 41; cf. id. Att. 14, 16, 1:

post aliquot mea regna videns, mirabor aristas?

fields, Verg. E. 1, 70; cf. id. G. 1, 124; 3, 476:

regna videt pauper Nasamon errantia vento,

his cottages, Luc. 9, 458 al.: haec regna, these realms, i. e. of the dead, Verg. A. 6, 417.—

Regna = reges, Stat. Th. 12, 380.