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  • 1 gener

    gĕner, ĕri (archaic dat. plur. generibus, Att. ap. Non. 487, 29), m. [root GEN, v. gigno], a daughter's husband, a son-in-law.
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum soceris generi non lavantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129; cf.:

    mei viri gener,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 87:

    generum nostrum ire cum adfini suo,

    id. Trin. 3, 1, 21:

    et gener et affines placent,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 63; cf. id. ib. 4, 8, 25; id. And. 3, 3, 39; id. Hec. 4, 1, 22:

    C. Fannium et Quintum Scaevolam, generos Laelii,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 12; id. Lael. 1, 3; 8, 26; id. Att. 4, 2, 4; Caes. B. G. 5, 56, 3; Quint. 6 praef. § 13; Hor. C. 2, 4, 13; Ov. F. 3, 202; Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 18 et saep.—Also, a daughter's bridegroom, Hor. Epod. 6, 13; Verg. A. 2, 344; cf.:

    generi et nurus appellatione sponsus quoque et sponsa continetur,

    Dig. 38, 10, 6.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The husband of a granddaughter or greatgranddaughter, for progener, qui conlegam et generum adsciverat Sejanum, Tac. A. 5, 6; 6, 8; cf.:

    generi appellatione et neptis et proneptis tam ex filio quam ex filia editarum, ceterarumque maritos contineri manifestum est,

    Dig. 50, 16, 136.—
    B.
    A sister's husband, brother-in-law, Just. 18, 4; Nep. Paus. 1.—
    C.
    Comically, of a daughter's paramour:

    Villius in Fausta Sullae gener, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 64.

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  • 2 gener

        gener erī, m    [GEN-], a daughter's husband, son-in-law: illum generum capimus, T.: generi nuptiae: cum soceris generi non lavantur: suus, Cs.: gener auxilium Priamo ferebat, i. e. wishing to be a son-in-law, V.— A sister's husband, brotherin-law: regis, N.
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  • 3 dē-gener

        dē-gener is, adj.    [de + genus], inferior to ancestors, degenerate: Neoptolemum, V.: hi iam degeneres sunt, mixti, L.: dignitate formae, Ta.— Unworthy: patrii non degener oris, i. e. inheriting a father's eloquence, O.: patriae artis, O.—Fig., unworthy, degenerate, ignoble, base: Afer, L.: hostis: degeneres animos timor arguit, V.: voltus, Ta.: preces, Ta.: ad pericula, Ta.

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  • 4 congener

    1.
    con-gĕner, ĕris, adj. [genus], of the same race or kind; with gen., Plin. 15, 24, 28, § 98.
    2.
    con-gĕner, ĕri, m., a joint son-inlaw, Symm. Ep. 8, 40 dub. (al. generi).

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  • 5 progener

    prō-gĕner, i, m., a granddaughter's husband: progenerum appellat avus neptis suae virum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll.; cf.: socer dicitur uxoris meae pater: ego illius sum gener: socer magnus dicitur uxoris meae avus: ego sum illius progener. Item prosocrus mihi uxoris meae avia est: ego illius sum progener. Dig. 38, 10, 5; Suet. Aug. 19: nihil illi profuisset puer Agrippa et Tiberius progener, Sen. Ep. 21, 4; Tac. A. 6, 45; id. H. 5, 9.

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  • 6 anteā

        anteā (archaic antideā, L.), adv.,    before, earlier, formerly, aforetime, previously: antea, cum equester ordo iudicaret: ac fuit antea tempus, cum, Cs.: cum antea semper factiosus fuisset, N.: si numquam antea cogitasset, tamen, etc.: semper antea... tum: clipeis antea Romani usi sunt, deinde scuta fecere, formerly... afterwards, L.: Quis tuum patrem antea, quis esset, quam cuius gener esset, audivit?
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    before, before this; formerly, previously, in the past

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  • 7 coëō

        coëō īvī or iī, itus, īre    [com- + eo], to go together, come together, meet, assemble, collect: in Piraeo, T.: matronae ad Venturiam frequentes coëunt, L.: quo populus coibat, H.: certis diebus (ad concilium), Ta.: milia crabronum, O.: populi legationibus coëunt, by their representatives, Ta.— To come together in battle, meet, encounter: inter se, V.: agmina, Cu.: cetera turba coit, joins in the attack, O.—To come together, be united, gather, unite, combine: coëundi in unum spatium, L.: manus coit omnis in unum, V.: qui unā coierunt, Cs.: ut coëat par Iungaturque pari, H.: amnes in artius coëunt, Cu.: membra, O.: coit formidine sanguis, congeals, V.: digiti coëunt, grow together, O.: volnera coiere mea, have closed, Pr.: Inter se capita (arcūs), V.: ut placidis coëant immitia, H.: memini nobis verba coisse, to have been exchanged, Pr.—Fig., to unite, join together, assimilate, combine, agree, ally oneself, conspire: cum hoc: principes tum unā coierunt, Cs.: in foedera dextrae, V.—Of a marriage contract: taedae quoque iure coissent, O.: conubio, nuptiis, Cu.: cum captivā, Cu.: Hac gener atque socer coëant mercede suorum, i. e. in the marriage, V.—With societatem, to enter into partnership, make a compact, become an ally, associate, form a league: societatem laboris: cum Caesare societatem: cum Lacedaemoniis, N.: societatem sceleris: ad eam rem societas coitur.
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    coire, coivi(ii), coitus V
    fit together; have sexual intercourse; collect/gather (fluid); meet; rally; enter agreement; unite/assemble/conspire; come/go together; mend/knit (wound)

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  • 8 fīrmus

        fīrmus adj. with comp. and sup.    [3 FER-], strong, steadfast, stable, enduring, powerful: rami, Cs.: robora, V.: firmissimi populi, Cs.: firmissima vina, V.: mihi placebat, si firmior esses, etc.: parum, H.: area firma templis sustinendis, L.: adversis, Ta.—Fig., firm, fast, constant, steadfast, immovable, trusty, lasting, strong, true, faithful: nuptiae, T.: gener, T.: copiae: concordi populo nihil esse firmius: fundamenta defensionis firmissima: spes: firmior candidatus, with better prospects: litterae, trustworthy: vir in susceptā causā tirmissimus: firmissimus irā, O.: pectus, V.: (consolatio) ad veritatem firmissima, most effectual: exercitus ad bellum, L.: contra Metellum, S.: fundus nec pascere firmus, fit, H.
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    firma -um, firmior -or -us, firmissimus -a -um ADJ
    firm/steady; substantial/solid/secure/safe; strong/robust/sturdy/stout/durable; loyal/staunch/true/constant; stable/mature; valid/convincing/well founded

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  • 9 per-eō

        per-eō iī or    (rarely) īvī (perīt, Iu.; perīstī, Pr.; perīsse, L., O.), itūrus, īre, to pass away, come to nothing, vanish, disappear, be lost: ecqua inde perisset soror, T.: ne vena periret aquae, O.: lymphae Dolium pereuntis, H.—To pass away, be destroyed, perish: tantam pecuniam tam brevi tempore perire: totum exercitum periturum, N.: Fac pereat vitreo miles ab hoste tuus (at chess), let your knight be taken by a pawn, O.: causae cur perirent (urbes), H.: peritura regna, V.: pereunt sole tepente nives, melt away, O.: telum robigine, H.—To perish, lose life, die: turpiter: ut intellegeres statim tibi esse pereundum: naufragio: hominum manibus, V.: gener<*>sius, H.: a morbo, N.: pereundi mille figurae, forms of death, O.—Fig., to pine away, fall desperately in love: indigno cum Gallus amore peribat, V: quā pereat sagittā, H. —To be lost, fail, be wasted, be spent in vain: ne et oleum et opera perierit: quia multis actiones et res peribant, lawsuits and property were lost, L.: labor, O.: ne nummi pereant, H.: minae, T.—To be lost, be ruined, be undone: meo vitio pereo.— Esp. 1st pers., as an exclamation of despair, I am lost! I'm undone!: ingenio perii, O.: periimus, actum est, we are lost, it is all over with us, T.: peream, si, etc., may I die, if, etc., O.—Fig., of moral qualities, to be lost: virtus, O.: clament periisse pudorem, H.

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  • 10 quam

        quam adv.    [qui].—Relat., in what manner, to what degree, how greatly, how, how much: nescis quam doleam, T.: vide, quam te amarit is: declaravit quam odisset senatum: docebat, quam veteres quamque iustae causae intercederent, Cs.: ut sentias quam vile sit corpus, L.: Vive memor quam sis aevi brevis, H.: ut nobis tempus quam diu diceremus praestitueres: mire quam illius loci cogitatio delectat (i. e. mirum est, quam, etc.), wonderfully.—Interrog., how?: quam avidum in pecuniis (hunc fuisse censetis)?: quam multis custodibus opus erit?: quam longe est hinc in saltum vestrum?—In exclamations, how! how very!: quam cupiunt laudari!: quam terribilis aspectu (incedebat)!: quam nihil praetermittis in consilio dando!: Quam paene regna Proserpinae vidimus! H. —Esp., in comparisons, in what degree, as: nihil est tam populare quam bonitas: quid est oratori tam necessarium quam vox?: tam diu requiesco, quam diu ad te scribo: tam esse clemens tyrannus, quam rex importunus potest: quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est, S.: tam sum amicus rei p. quam qui maxime: Non verbis dici potest Tantum quam navigare incommodumst, T.: maria aspera iuro Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam ne, etc., V.: intentis, non ab irā tantum, quam quod urbs videbatur, etc., L.: dimidium tributi quam quod regibus ferre soliti erant, half as much tribute as, etc., L.: nihil aeque eos terruit, quam robur imperatoris, L.: quam multā grandine nimbi crepitant, sic ictibus heros Creber pulsat, V.—With ellips. of tam, as much as, to the extent that, as... as: quam voletis multi dicent, as many of you as choose: quam diu vixit, all his life: quam diu tu voles, as long as you will: non militum fiduciā quam iuventutis, not so much, L.: tyrannus, quam qui umquam, saevissimus, never surpassed in cruelty, L.: Huc turba ruebat... Quam multa cadunt folia, as numerous as, V. —With sup. and possum or (old) queo: ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, at the lowest price you can, T.: quam plurimos potest equites educit, S.: quam maximis potest itineribus pervenit, Cs.: quam maxime possem, contenderem, to the utmost of my power.—With sup. and ellips. of possum, in the highest degree, as... as possible, extremely, very: quam minimum spati daretur, the shortest time possible, Cs.: quam plurimo vendere, at the highest price: ut quam primum accederet, as soon as possible: quam primum, forthwith, V. —Colloq.: quam familiariter, very, T.—Implying difference of degree (after a comp. or word of comparison), than: acrior quam ego sum: omnia sunt citius facta quam dixi: nec diutius vixit quam locuta est: ut aditus non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret: istas tu partīs potius quam defectionem vocas?: Nec tibi grata minus pietas... Quam fuit illa Iovi, O.: se temere magis quam satis caute inferre, L.: non locuta est ferocius quam poculum inpavide hausit, L.: speciem gloriae vehementius quam caute appetebat, Ta.: maiorem pecuniam polliceri, quam quantam hic dedisset: ne libentius haec evomere videar quam verius, with more satisfaction than accuracy: pestilentia minacior quam perniciosior, more threatening than destructive, L.: turbavit ordinem non acrior quam pertinacior impetus, L.: quid hoc fieri turpius potest, quam eum... labi: ne aliter, quam ego velim, meum laudet ingenium, otherwise than as I wished: quis antea, quis esset, quam cuius gener esset, audivit? sooner... than: pridie quam a me tu coactus eo profitere, on the day before. virtus nihil aliud est quam in se perfecta natura: nil aliud agens quam ut, etc., with no other purpose than, etc., L.: saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit, more than: ultra quam satis est, producitur.—Praegn., after verbs implying preference or superiority, rather than: praestare omnīs perferre acerbitates, quam non civibus parentarent, Cs.: si eligere commodissimum quodque, quam sese uni vellent addicere: esse quam videri bonus malebat, S.: malae rei se quam nullius duces esse volunt, L.: statuit congredi quam refugere, N.—After expressions of time, later than, after that, after: die vicensimo quam creatus erat dictaturā se abdicavit, L.: anno trecentesimo altero quam condita Roma erat, L.
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    I
    how, how much; as, than

    quam + superlative -- as... as possible

    II
    how, than

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  • 11 supplex (subpl-)

        supplex (subpl-) icis (abl. icī or ice; gen plur. -icum, rarely -icium), adj.    [sub+PARC-], kneeling in entreaty, begging, entreating, humble, submissive, beseeching, suppliant, supplicant: supplex te ad pedes abiciebas: vobis supplex manūs tendit patria communis: gener a consulis pedibus supplex reicebatur: Ne quoiquam suorum aequalium supplex siet, T.: iudicibus: cum Alcibiades Socrati supplex esset, ut, etc.—As subst m., a suppliant, humble petitioner: in miseros ac supplices misericordiā uti, Cs.: nos supplicum voce prohibebis?: vester est supplex, iudices: tuus, H.: dei, N.—Of things, of a supplicant, expressive of entreaty, suppliant, humble, beseeching: manūs: manu supplice, O.: vitta, H.: vota, V.: vox, S.

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  • 12 adfinis

    af-fīnis (better adf-), e, adj. (abl. adfini, Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 66;

    once adfine,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 9; cf. Schneid. Gram. II. 222).
    I.
    Lit., that is neighboring or a neighbor to one (ADFINES: in agris vicini, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.), bordering on, adjacent, contiguous:

    gens adfinis Mauris, = confinis,

    Liv. 28, 17:

    saevisque adfinis Sarmata Moschis,

    Luc. 1, 430; also, near by family relationship, allied or related to by marriage, kêdesteis; and subst., a relation by marriage (opp. consanguinei, sungeneis), as explained by Modestin. Dig. 38, 10, 4:

    adfines dicuntur viri et uxoris cognati. Adfinium autem nomina sunt socer, socrus, gener, nurus, noverca, vitricus, privignus, privigna, glos, levir, etc.: ego ut essem adfinis tibi, tuam petii gnatam, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. numero, p. 170 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 201 Rib.): Megadorus meus adfinis,

    my son-in-law, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 14; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 63:

    tu me, adfinem tuum, repulisti,

    Cic. Red. in Sen. 7: ex tam multis cognatis et adfinibus, id. Clu. 14; id. ad Quir. 5:

    Caesarem ejus adfinem esse audiebant, Auct. B. Afr. 32: quanto plus propinquorum, quo major adfinium numerus,

    Tac. G. 20, 9:

    per propinquos et adfines suos,

    Suet. Caes. 1:

    adfinia vincula,

    Ov. P. 4, 8, 9.—
    II.
    Fig., partaking, taking part in, privy to, sharing, associated with; constr. with dat. or gen.; in Pac. with ad: qui sese adfines esse ad causandum volunt, Pac.ap.Non. 89, 11 (Trag. Rel. p. 80 Rib.):

    publicis negotiis adfinis, i. e. implicitus, particeps,

    taking part in, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 1:

    duos solos video adfines et turpitudini judicari,

    Cic. Clu. 45:

    huic facinori,

    id. Cat. 4, 3:

    culpae,

    id. Rosc. Am. 7, 18; id. Inv. 2, 44, 129; 2, 10:

    noxae,

    Liv. 39, 14.

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  • 13 adscisco

    a-scisco ( adsc-, Lachm., Baiter, Dietsch, Weissenb., K. and H., Halm in Tac.; asc-, Merk., Kayser, Rib., Halm in Nep.), īvi (in ante-class. and class. Lat. never ii), ītum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    A.. Lit., to take or receive a thing with knowledge (and approbation), to approve, receive as true:

    cum jussisset populus Romanus aliquid, si id ascivissent socii populi ac Latini, etc.,

    Cic. Balb. 8, 20:

    quas (leges) Latini voluerunt, asciverunt,

    id. ib. 8, 20, §

    21: quibus (scitis) adscitis susceptisque,

    id. Leg. 2, 5:

    tu vero ista ne adsciveris neve fueris commenticiis rebus assensus,

    id. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

    ne labar ad opinionem, et aliquid adsciscam et comprobem incognitum,

    id. ib. 2, 45, 138.—
    B.
    Of persons, to receive or admit one in some capacity ( as citizen, ally, son, etc.):

    dominos acrīs adsciscunt,

    Lucr. 5, 87; 6, 63:

    perficiam ut hunc A. Licinium non modo non segregandum, cum sit civis, a numero civium, verum etiam, si non esset, putetis asciscendum fuisse,

    Cic. Arch. 2 fin.; cf. id. Balb. 13:

    [aliā (civitate) ascitā],

    Nep. Att. 3, 1 Halm:

    Numam Pompilium... regem alienigenam sibi ipse populus adscivit eumque ad regnandum Romam Curibus adscivit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 13:

    aliquem patronum,

    id. Pis. 11, 25:

    socios sibi ad id bellum Osismios, etc., adsciscunt,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; so id. ib. 1, 5, 4:

    socius adscitus,

    Sall. C. 47, 1:

    aliquem ducem, Auct. B. Alex. 59, 2: qui non asciverit ultro Dardanium Aenean generumque acceperit urbi,

    Verg. A. 11, 471:

    gener inde provecto annis adscitus,

    Liv. 21, 2; so Tac. H. 1, 59:

    ascivit te filium non vitricus, sed princeps,

    Plin. Pan. 7, 4:

    tribuni centurionesque adsciscebantur,

    Tac. H. 2, 5 fin.:

    aliquem successorem,

    Suet. Tib. 23 fin. al.—In the histt. also with in (in civitatem, societatem, senatum, nomen, etc.):

    adsciti simul in civitatem et patres,

    Liv. 6, 40, 4:

    simul in civitatem Romanam et in familias patriciorum adscitus,

    Tac. A. 11, 24:

    aliquem in numerum patriciorum,

    id. ib. 11, 25:

    inter patricios,

    id. Agr. 9:

    Chauci in commilitium adsciti sunt,

    id. A. 1, 60:

    aliquem in penates suos,

    id. H. 1, 15:

    aliquem in nomen,

    id. A. 3, 30; Suet. Claud. 39:

    aliquem in bona et nomen,

    id. Galb. 17.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to take or receive a person to one's self; of things, to appropriate to one's self, adopt (diff. from adjungere and assumere, by the accessory idea of exertion and mediation, or of personal reflection; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; Sall. C. 24, 3).
    1.
    Of persons:

    nemo oppressus aere alieno fuit, quem non ad hoc incredibile sceleris foedus asciverit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 4 fin.:

    exsulibus omnium civitatium ascitis, receptis latronibus, etc.,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 30:

    eā tempestate plurimos cujusque generis homines adscivisse dicitur,

    Sall. C. 24, 3:

    Veientes re secundā elati voluntarios undique ad spem praedae adsciverunt,

    Liv. 4, 31, 3; Tac. H. 2, 8:

    in conscientiam facinoris pauci adsciti,

    id. ib. 1, 25.— Poet.: asciscere for asciscere se or ascisci, to join or unite one's self to one (cf.. Accingunt omnes operi, Verg. A. 2, 235):

    ascivere tuo comites sub numine divae centum omnes nemorum,

    Grat. Cyn. 16.—
    2.
    Of things: Quae neque terra sibi adscivit nec maxumus aether, which neither the earth appropriates to itself nor etc., Lucr. 5, 473: Jovisque numen Mulciberi adscivit manus, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

    sibi oppidum asciscere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10:

    Ceres et Libera... quarum sacra populus Romanus a Graecis ascita et accepta tantā religione tuetur, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 72; so id. Har Resp. 13, 27; Ov. M. 15, 625 Heins., where Merk. reads acciverit (cf. Web. ad Luc. 8, 831):

    peregrinos ritus,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    Spem si quam ascitis Aetolum habuistis in armis,

    Verg. A. 11, 308:

    opimum quoddam et tamquam adipatae dictionis genus,

    Cic. Or 8, 25: nova (verba) adsciscere, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119:

    quod ipsa natura adsciscat et reprobet,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23 (B. and K., sciscat et probet):

    adsciscere aut probare amicitiam aut justitiam,

    id. ib. 3, 21, 70; id. Leg. 1, 11:

    illa, quae prima sunt adscita naturā,

    id. Fin. 3, 5, 17 (cf. Beier ad Cic. Off. 3, 3, 13, p. 203): hanc consuetudinem [p. 172] lubenter ascivimus, id. Brut. 57, 209. —
    3.
    Sibi, like arrogo, to assume or arrogate something to one's self (very rare):

    eos illius expertes esse prudentiae, quam sibi asciscerent,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87:

    eloquentiae laudem uni sibi,

    Tac. A. 14, 52; cf. Cic. Dom. 36, 95.—
    * B.
    To order, decree, or approve also or further, = etiam sciscere:

    alterum (genus sacerdotum) quod interpretetur fatidicorum et vatium ecfata incognita, quae eorum senatus populusque adsciverit,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, ubi v. Moser.— ascītus, P. a. (opp. nativus, innatus, insitus), derived, assumed, foreign:

    in eo nativum quemdam leporem esse, non ascitum,

    Nep. Att. 4, 1 Halm:

    proles,

    Stat. S. 1, 1, 23;

    genitos esse vos mihi, non ascitos milites credite,

    Curt. 10, 3, 6:

    nec petit ascitas dapes,

    Ov. F. 6, 172.

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  • 14 affinis

    af-fīnis (better adf-), e, adj. (abl. adfini, Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 66;

    once adfine,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 9; cf. Schneid. Gram. II. 222).
    I.
    Lit., that is neighboring or a neighbor to one (ADFINES: in agris vicini, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.), bordering on, adjacent, contiguous:

    gens adfinis Mauris, = confinis,

    Liv. 28, 17:

    saevisque adfinis Sarmata Moschis,

    Luc. 1, 430; also, near by family relationship, allied or related to by marriage, kêdesteis; and subst., a relation by marriage (opp. consanguinei, sungeneis), as explained by Modestin. Dig. 38, 10, 4:

    adfines dicuntur viri et uxoris cognati. Adfinium autem nomina sunt socer, socrus, gener, nurus, noverca, vitricus, privignus, privigna, glos, levir, etc.: ego ut essem adfinis tibi, tuam petii gnatam, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. numero, p. 170 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 201 Rib.): Megadorus meus adfinis,

    my son-in-law, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 14; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 63:

    tu me, adfinem tuum, repulisti,

    Cic. Red. in Sen. 7: ex tam multis cognatis et adfinibus, id. Clu. 14; id. ad Quir. 5:

    Caesarem ejus adfinem esse audiebant, Auct. B. Afr. 32: quanto plus propinquorum, quo major adfinium numerus,

    Tac. G. 20, 9:

    per propinquos et adfines suos,

    Suet. Caes. 1:

    adfinia vincula,

    Ov. P. 4, 8, 9.—
    II.
    Fig., partaking, taking part in, privy to, sharing, associated with; constr. with dat. or gen.; in Pac. with ad: qui sese adfines esse ad causandum volunt, Pac.ap.Non. 89, 11 (Trag. Rel. p. 80 Rib.):

    publicis negotiis adfinis, i. e. implicitus, particeps,

    taking part in, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 1:

    duos solos video adfines et turpitudini judicari,

    Cic. Clu. 45:

    huic facinori,

    id. Cat. 4, 3:

    culpae,

    id. Rosc. Am. 7, 18; id. Inv. 2, 44, 129; 2, 10:

    noxae,

    Liv. 39, 14.

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  • 15 ascisco

    a-scisco ( adsc-, Lachm., Baiter, Dietsch, Weissenb., K. and H., Halm in Tac.; asc-, Merk., Kayser, Rib., Halm in Nep.), īvi (in ante-class. and class. Lat. never ii), ītum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    A.. Lit., to take or receive a thing with knowledge (and approbation), to approve, receive as true:

    cum jussisset populus Romanus aliquid, si id ascivissent socii populi ac Latini, etc.,

    Cic. Balb. 8, 20:

    quas (leges) Latini voluerunt, asciverunt,

    id. ib. 8, 20, §

    21: quibus (scitis) adscitis susceptisque,

    id. Leg. 2, 5:

    tu vero ista ne adsciveris neve fueris commenticiis rebus assensus,

    id. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

    ne labar ad opinionem, et aliquid adsciscam et comprobem incognitum,

    id. ib. 2, 45, 138.—
    B.
    Of persons, to receive or admit one in some capacity ( as citizen, ally, son, etc.):

    dominos acrīs adsciscunt,

    Lucr. 5, 87; 6, 63:

    perficiam ut hunc A. Licinium non modo non segregandum, cum sit civis, a numero civium, verum etiam, si non esset, putetis asciscendum fuisse,

    Cic. Arch. 2 fin.; cf. id. Balb. 13:

    [aliā (civitate) ascitā],

    Nep. Att. 3, 1 Halm:

    Numam Pompilium... regem alienigenam sibi ipse populus adscivit eumque ad regnandum Romam Curibus adscivit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 13:

    aliquem patronum,

    id. Pis. 11, 25:

    socios sibi ad id bellum Osismios, etc., adsciscunt,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; so id. ib. 1, 5, 4:

    socius adscitus,

    Sall. C. 47, 1:

    aliquem ducem, Auct. B. Alex. 59, 2: qui non asciverit ultro Dardanium Aenean generumque acceperit urbi,

    Verg. A. 11, 471:

    gener inde provecto annis adscitus,

    Liv. 21, 2; so Tac. H. 1, 59:

    ascivit te filium non vitricus, sed princeps,

    Plin. Pan. 7, 4:

    tribuni centurionesque adsciscebantur,

    Tac. H. 2, 5 fin.:

    aliquem successorem,

    Suet. Tib. 23 fin. al.—In the histt. also with in (in civitatem, societatem, senatum, nomen, etc.):

    adsciti simul in civitatem et patres,

    Liv. 6, 40, 4:

    simul in civitatem Romanam et in familias patriciorum adscitus,

    Tac. A. 11, 24:

    aliquem in numerum patriciorum,

    id. ib. 11, 25:

    inter patricios,

    id. Agr. 9:

    Chauci in commilitium adsciti sunt,

    id. A. 1, 60:

    aliquem in penates suos,

    id. H. 1, 15:

    aliquem in nomen,

    id. A. 3, 30; Suet. Claud. 39:

    aliquem in bona et nomen,

    id. Galb. 17.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to take or receive a person to one's self; of things, to appropriate to one's self, adopt (diff. from adjungere and assumere, by the accessory idea of exertion and mediation, or of personal reflection; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; Sall. C. 24, 3).
    1.
    Of persons:

    nemo oppressus aere alieno fuit, quem non ad hoc incredibile sceleris foedus asciverit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 4 fin.:

    exsulibus omnium civitatium ascitis, receptis latronibus, etc.,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 30:

    eā tempestate plurimos cujusque generis homines adscivisse dicitur,

    Sall. C. 24, 3:

    Veientes re secundā elati voluntarios undique ad spem praedae adsciverunt,

    Liv. 4, 31, 3; Tac. H. 2, 8:

    in conscientiam facinoris pauci adsciti,

    id. ib. 1, 25.— Poet.: asciscere for asciscere se or ascisci, to join or unite one's self to one (cf.. Accingunt omnes operi, Verg. A. 2, 235):

    ascivere tuo comites sub numine divae centum omnes nemorum,

    Grat. Cyn. 16.—
    2.
    Of things: Quae neque terra sibi adscivit nec maxumus aether, which neither the earth appropriates to itself nor etc., Lucr. 5, 473: Jovisque numen Mulciberi adscivit manus, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

    sibi oppidum asciscere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10:

    Ceres et Libera... quarum sacra populus Romanus a Graecis ascita et accepta tantā religione tuetur, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 72; so id. Har Resp. 13, 27; Ov. M. 15, 625 Heins., where Merk. reads acciverit (cf. Web. ad Luc. 8, 831):

    peregrinos ritus,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    Spem si quam ascitis Aetolum habuistis in armis,

    Verg. A. 11, 308:

    opimum quoddam et tamquam adipatae dictionis genus,

    Cic. Or 8, 25: nova (verba) adsciscere, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119:

    quod ipsa natura adsciscat et reprobet,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23 (B. and K., sciscat et probet):

    adsciscere aut probare amicitiam aut justitiam,

    id. ib. 3, 21, 70; id. Leg. 1, 11:

    illa, quae prima sunt adscita naturā,

    id. Fin. 3, 5, 17 (cf. Beier ad Cic. Off. 3, 3, 13, p. 203): hanc consuetudinem [p. 172] lubenter ascivimus, id. Brut. 57, 209. —
    3.
    Sibi, like arrogo, to assume or arrogate something to one's self (very rare):

    eos illius expertes esse prudentiae, quam sibi asciscerent,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87:

    eloquentiae laudem uni sibi,

    Tac. A. 14, 52; cf. Cic. Dom. 36, 95.—
    * B.
    To order, decree, or approve also or further, = etiam sciscere:

    alterum (genus sacerdotum) quod interpretetur fatidicorum et vatium ecfata incognita, quae eorum senatus populusque adsciverit,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, ubi v. Moser.— ascītus, P. a. (opp. nativus, innatus, insitus), derived, assumed, foreign:

    in eo nativum quemdam leporem esse, non ascitum,

    Nep. Att. 4, 1 Halm:

    proles,

    Stat. S. 1, 1, 23;

    genitos esse vos mihi, non ascitos milites credite,

    Curt. 10, 3, 6:

    nec petit ascitas dapes,

    Ov. F. 6, 172.

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  • 16 coeo

    cŏ-ĕo, īvi or ii (e. g. coierunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

    coiere,

    Lucr. 6, 452; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18; Ov. M. 4, 83 al.:

    cŏĭisse,

    Verg. A. 12, 709:

    coisse,

    Prop. 3 (4), 15, 8; Ov. F. 6, 94; Quint. 5, 9, 5; 5, 11, 35;

    pedants preferred conire to coire,

    Quint. 1, 6, 17; cf. id. 1, 5, 69, and Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 137), ĭtum, īre, v. a. and n.
    I.
    To go or come together, to meet, assemble, collect together (so mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose); constr. absol., with ad aliquem, ad or in locum, more rar. in loco:

    matronae ad Veturiam Volumniamque frequentes coëunt,

    Liv. 2, 40, 1:

    in porticum,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

    ad solitum locum,

    Ov. M. 4, 83:

    ad aliquem,

    Curt. 7, 2, 21: Pharsaliam, * Cat. 64, 37:

    quo (sc. in sedilia theatri) populus coibat,

    Hor. A. P. 207:

    in regiam,

    Curt. 6, 8, 17:

    in quem (locum) coibatur,

    Tac. A. 4, 69:

    apud aram ejus dei in cujus templo coiretur,

    Suet. Aug. 35:

    cum rege in insulā,

    Vell. 2, 101, 1:

    in foro,

    Just. 5, 7, 6:

    milia crabronum coeunt,

    Ov. F. 3, 753; id. H. 7, 123 Loers.:

    coivere amicis animis,

    Curt. 8, 12, 9; 10, 3, 6:

    agmina coibant,

    id. 10, 9, 15; Tac. A. 16, 5; id. H. 1, 27; 2, 52.—
    b.
    Poet.:

    vix memini nobis verba coisse decem,

    i. e. have passed between us, Prop. 3 (4), 15, 8.—
    B.
    Specif., to go or come together in a hostile manner, to encounter:

    inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro,

    Verg. A. 12, 709; cf. id. G. 4, 73; Ov. M. 3, 236; Luc. 2, 225; Manil. 4, 83; Val. Fl. 5, 635; Stat. Th. 16, 408.—
    II.
    Pregn., to form a whole by coming together, to be united into a whole, to unite, combine (the usu. class. signif.); constr. absol., with cum, or dat.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of living beings:

    neque se conglobandi coëundique in unum datur spatium,

    Liv. 6, 3, 6; so Verg. A. 9, 801; 10, 410:

    ut vaga illa multitudo coiret in populos,

    Quint. 2, 16, 9:

    qui una coierunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

    reliqui (milites) coëunt inter se,

    assemble, id. B. C. 1, 75; so Liv. 7, 37, 15:

    in formam justi exercitūs,

    Vell. 2, 61, 2:

    ut coëat par Jungaturque pari,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 25.—
    b.
    Of the coition of the sexes (both of men and animals), to copulate, Lucr. 4, 1055; cf. Ov. M. 11, 744:

    cum alienā uxore,

    Quint. 7, 3, 10:

    coisse eam cum viro,

    id. 5, 9, 5:

    dominum cum ancillā,

    id. 5, 11, 35:

    cum hospitibus stupro,

    Curt. 5, 1, 37 al.:

    privigno,

    Ov. H. 4, 129:

    simul binis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 17, 5:

    sic et aves coëunt,

    Ov. M. 9, 733; 10, 324; id. A. A. 2, 615; Col. 6, 27, 3 sq.; Ov. F. 3, 193 al.; cf., of marriage, [p. 359]
    B.
    b.. infra.—
    2.
    Transf., of things: membra. Ov. M. 4, 377; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 96: ignes coire globum quasi in unum, roll together, as into a ball, etc., Lucr. 5, 665; cf. id. 2, 563:

    sanguenque creari Sanguinis inter se multis coëuntibu' guttis,

    out of many little drops running together, id. 1, 838; cf.:

    ut coëat lac,

    to curdle, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 4; Col. 12, 20, 4:

    bitumen spissatur et in densitatem coit,

    thickens, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178; cf.:

    gelidus coit formidine sanguis,

    Verg. A. 3, 30:

    semina,

    Lucr. 3, 395; cf. id. 1, 770; 5, 190; 5, 425:

    tum digiti coëunt,

    Ov. M. 2, 670; Quint. 11, 3, 21:

    ut cornua tota coirent Efficerentque orbem,

    Ov. M. 7, 179; cf. Verg. A. 11, 860:

    palpebrae dormientis non coëunt,

    do not close, Cels. 2, 8:

    labris coëuntibus,

    Quint. 8, 3, 45 et saep.:

    perfectum quiddam fieri, cum omnia coierunt, necesse est,

    id. 11, 3, 9; 9, 1, 9; 2, 19, 2; cf. id. 1, 5, 67:

    quae littera cum quāque optime coëat,

    id. 9, 4, 91:

    ut placidis coëant immitia,

    Hor. A. P. 12.—Of wounds, to close:

    arteria incisa neque coit neque sanescit,

    Cels. 2, 10; cf.:

    potest os coire et vulnus sanescere,

    id. 8, 10; so Plin. 11, 39, 93, § 227; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18; Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 41; 5, 2, 9; and poet.:

    an male sarta Gratia nequicquam coit et rescinditur?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32; Petr. 113, 8.—
    B.
    Trop., to unite for some object, in feeling, will, conclusions, etc., to join together, assimilate, combine, agree, ally one ' s self:

    Caesar cum eo coire per Arrium cogitat,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 11:

    cum hoc tu coire ausus es, ut... addiceres, etc.,

    id. Red. in Sen. 7, 16; id. Dom. 18, 47:

    principes, quitum unā coierunt, quantum visum est agri adtribuunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 22: heri aliquot adulescentuli coimus in Piraeo (Piraeum ap. Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10), Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 1 (consensimus ac pepigimus, Don.):

    duodecim adulescentuli coierunt ex his, qui exsilio erant multati, etc.,

    conspired together, Nep. Pelop. 2, 3; cf.:

    sed neque cum quoquam de eā re collocuturum neque coiturum: sic, ille consensionis globus hujus unius dissensione disjectus est,

    id. Att. 8, 4:

    patricii coiere et interregem creavere,

    Liv. 4, 7, 7:

    mos est regibus, quotiens in societatem coëant, implicare dextras, etc.,

    Tac. A. 12, 47; hence poet.:

    coëant in foedera dextrae,

    Verg. A. 11, 292; Tac. H. 3, 12:

    ad nullius non facinoris societatem coibant,

    Suet. Aug. 32; and, like this, with changed construction.—
    b.
    Esp. of the marriage contract ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose); cf.:

    taedae quoque jure coissent,

    Ov. M. 4, 60:

    conubio,

    Curt. 8, 1, 9:

    nuptiis,

    id. 9, 1, 26; Quint. 5, 11, 32:

    matrimonio,

    Dig. 24, 1, 27:

    in matrimonium,

    ib. 45, 1, 134; cf.:

    hac gener atque socer coëant mercede suorum,

    i. e. in the marriage of Æneas with Lavinia, Verg. A. 7, 317.—
    2.
    Act.: coire societatem ( cum aliquo or absol.), to enter into an alliance, to make a compact, form a league (with some one;

    several times in Cic.): utinam, Pompei, cum Caesare societatem aut numquam coisses aut numquam diremisses!

    Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24; Nep. Con. 2, 2:

    societatem sceleris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

    de municipis fortunis,

    id. ib. 31, 87; Dig. 17, 2, 65, § 10:

    qui societatem in tempus coiit,

    ib. 17, 2, 65, § 6.—
    3.
    Pass.:

    ad eam rem societas coitur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    ad coëundam societatem,

    id. Fam. 5, 19, 2; so Gell. 1, 9 fin.:

    si unius rei societas coita sit,

    Dig. 17, 2, 65 init.; cf. ib. 17, 2, 65, §§ 2, 9, 10, 15.

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  • 17 confero

    confĕro, contŭli, collātum (conl-), conferre, v. a.
    I.
    To bring, bear, or carry together, to collect, gather (freq. and class.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    ligna circa casam,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    arma,

    Vell. 2, 114, 4:

    cibos ore suo (aves),

    Quint. 2, 6, 7:

    undique collatis membris,

    Hor. A. P. 3 al.:

    sarcinas in unum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 24; cf. id. ib. 2, 25:

    collatis militaribus signis,

    id. ib. 7, 2:

    ut premerer sacrā Lauroque collatāque myrto,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 19:

    quo (sc. in proximum horreum) omne rusticum instrumentum,

    Col. 1, 6, 7:

    illuc (sc. in castella) parentes et conjuges,

    Tac. A. 4, 46 fin.:

    dentes in corpore (canes),

    Ov. M. 3, 236:

    materiam omnem, antequam dicere ordiamur,

    Quint. 3, 9, 8:

    summas (scriptorum) in commentarium et capita,

    id. 10, 7, 32:

    plura opera in unam tabulam,

    id. 8, 5, 26:

    quae in proximos quinque libros conlata sunt,

    id. 8, prooem. 1: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Just. pr. 1; cf. Suet. Caes. 44; cf. I. B. 5. infra.; Quint. 4, 1, 23:

    rogus inimicis collatus manibus,

    Petr. 115 fin.
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To collect money, treasures, etc., for any object, to bring offerings, contribute:

    dona mihi,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:

    contulit aes populus,

    Ov. F. 4, 351;

    so freq. on monuments: AERE CONLATO,

    Inscr. Orell. 3648; 74; Suet. Aug. 59:

    EX AERE CONLATO,

    Inscr. Orell. 3991:

    aurum argentumque in publicum,

    Liv. 28, 36, 3:

    munera ei,

    Nep. Ages. 7, 3:

    tributa quotannis ex censu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131:

    conferre eo minus tributi,

    Liv. 5, 20, 5:

    in commune,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. Quint. 3, 12:

    quadringena talenta quotannis Delum,

    Nep. Arist. 3, 1:

    (pecunia) ad ejus honores conlata,

    Cic. Fl. 25, 59:

    ad honorem tuum pecunias maximas contulisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157:

    sextantes in capita,

    Liv. 2, 33, 11:

    pecunias,

    Suet. Caes. 19; id. Aug. 57; 30; Just. 3, 6:

    vinum alius, alius mel,

    Dig. 41, 1, 7; 47, 7, 3 pr.:

    sua bona in medium,

    ib. 37, 6, 1 pr.:

    magnam partem patrimonii alicui rei,

    ib. 50, 4, 5:

    cum et Socrati collatum sit ad victum,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.— Absol.:

    nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 39.—Hence,
    b.
    Trop., like the Gr. sumpherô (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. 5.), to be useful, profitable, to profit, serve, be of use to ( = prosum; cf. also conduco, II.; post-Aug., and only in the third person; most freq. in Quint.); constr. with ad, in, the dat., inf., or absol.
    (α).
    With ad:

    naturane plus ad eloquentiam conferat an doctrina,

    Quint. 2, 19, 1; so id. 1, 8, 7; 2, 5, 1; 3, 6, 7 al.; Cels. 6, 6, 1; Col. 12, prooem. § 6; Suet. Tib. 4.—
    * (β).
    With in:

    rursus in alia plus prior (exercitatio) confert,

    Quint. 10, 7, 26.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    Gracchorum eloquentiae multum contulisse matrem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6; so id. prooem. § 6; 2, 9, 2; 3, 7, 12 al.; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 23, 98, § 261; 29, 1, 6, § 13; Suet. Vesp. 6.—
    (δ).
    With subj. inf.:

    incipiente incremento confert alterna folia circum obruere,

    Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    multum veteres etiam Latini conferunt, imprimis copiam verborum,

    Quint. 1, 8, 8; 2, 5, 16; 4, 2, 123 al.; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—
    2.
    To bring into connection, to unite, join, connect:

    membris collatis, of an embrace,

    Lucr. 4, 1101; cf.

    ora,

    App. M. 5, p. 161, 17:

    fontes e quibus collatae aquae flumen emittunt,

    Curt. 7, 11, 3: capita, to lay heads together (in conferring, deliberating, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; Liv. 2, 45, 7: pedem, to go or come with one, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 41; so,

    gradum ( = congredi),

    id. Men. 3, 3, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 17; Verg. A. 6, 488.—Of chemical union:

    dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem,

    Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    collatis viribus,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 17; cf.:

    conferre vires in unum,

    Liv. 33, 19, 7:

    collata omnium vota in unius salutem,

    Plin. Pan. 23, 5:

    e singulis frustis collata oratio,

    Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 2, 9, 3:

    velut studia inter nos conferebamus,

    id. 4, prooem. § 1.— So esp. of conferences, consultations, etc., to consult together, confer, consider or talk over together:

    si quid res feret, coram inter nos conferemus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1:

    sollicitudines nostras inter nos,

    id. Fam. 6, 21, 2:

    rationes,

    id. Att 5, 21, 12: familiares sermones cum aliquo, to unite in familiar conversation with, id. Off. 2, 11, 39:

    cum hoc in viā sermonem contulit,

    id. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.:

    cum aliquo aut sermones aut consilia,

    id. Phil. 2, 15, 38:

    consilia ad adulescentes,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 64; cf.:

    consilia dispersim antea habita,

    Suet. Caes. 80:

    injurias,

    to deliberate together concerning, Tac. Agr. 15; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.— Absol.:

    omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 8.—With a rel.clause:

    fusi contulerimus inter nos... quid finis,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 4:

    ibi conferentibus, quid animorum Hispanis esset,

    Liv. 27, 20, 4.—
    3.
    To bring or join together in a hostile manner, to set together (most freq. in milit. lang.):

    (Galli) cum Fontejo ferrum ac manus contulerunt,

    Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):

    signa cum Alexandrinis,

    id. Pis. 21, 49; cf.:

    collatis signis depugnare,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66:

    arma cum aliquo,

    Nep. Eum. 11, 5; 3, 6; cf.:

    arma inter se,

    Liv. 21, 1, 2:

    castra cum hoste,

    id. 26, 12, 14; cf.:

    castra castris,

    id. 23, 28, 9; 8, 23, 9; Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114; Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

    pedem cum pede,

    to fight foot to foot, Liv. 28, 2, 6; cf.:

    pede conlato,

    id. 6, 12, 10; 10, 29, 6; 26, 39, 12 al.:

    gradum cum aliquo,

    id. 7, 33, 11:

    pectora luctantia nexu pectoribus,

    Ov. M. 6, 242:

    stat conferre manum Aeneae,

    Verg. A. 12, 678:

    prima movet Cacus collatā proelia dextrā,

    Ov. F. 1, 569:

    collatis cursibus hastas conicere,

    Val. Fl. 6, 270:

    seque viro vir contulit,

    Verg. A. 10, 735.— Poet.:

    inter sese duri certamina belli,

    Verg. A. 10, 147:

    contra conferre manu certamina pugnae,

    Lucr. 4, 843:

    collato Marte,

    Ov. M. 12, 379.— Absol.:

    mecum confer, ait,

    fight with me, Ov. M. 10, 603.—
    b.
    Transf. from milit. affairs to lawsuits: pedem, to encounter, come in contact with one, to attack:

    non possum magis pedem conferre, ut aiunt, aut propius accedere?

    Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

    pedem cum singulis,

    Quint. 5, 13, 11; cf. id. 8, 6, 51; cf.:

    qui illi concedi putem utilius esse quod postulat quam signa conferri,

    Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5.— Poet.:

    lites,

    to contend, quarrel, Hor. S. 1, 5, 54.—
    4.
    To bring together for comparison, to compare; constr. with cum, inter se, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
    (α).
    With cum:

    quem cum eo (sc. Democrito) conferre possumus non modo ingenii magnitudine sed etiam animi?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115:

    ut non conferam vitam neque existimationem tuam cum illius,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Sull. 26, 72:

    cum maximis minima,

    id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17; Quint. 5, 13, 12; 8, 4, 2 al.:

    nostras leges cum illorum Lycurgo et Dracone et Solone,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 197; cf.:

    illa cum Graeciā,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; v. also d. —
    (β).
    With inter se (rare):

    vitam inter se utriusque conferte,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.—
    * (γ).
    With ad:

    bos ad bovem collatus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 28 Müll.—
    (δ).
    With dat.:

    tempora praesentia praeteritis,

    Lucr. 2, 1166:

    parva magnis,

    Cic. Or. 4, 14:

    alicui illud,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 151:

    lanam tinctam Tyriae lacernae,

    Quint. 12, 10, 75:

    ingenia ingeniis,

    Sen. Contr. 5, 33:

    illam puellis,

    Prop. 1, 5, 7; 1, 4, 9:

    nil jucundo amico,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 44:

    (Pausanias et Lysander) ne minimā quidem ex parte Lycurgi legibus et disciplinae conferendi sunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76; cf. supra, a.—
    (ε).
    With acc. only:

    tesseram hospitalem,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 88:

    conferte Verrem: non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:

    exemplum,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 85; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 7, 696:

    nec cum quaereretur gener Tarquinio, quisquam Romanae juventutis ullā arte conferri potuit,

    Liv. 1, 39, 4; Suet. Caes. 47:

    census,

    Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159.—Of documents:

    haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et conlata sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190.—
    5.
    With the idea of shortening by bringing together (cf. colligo), to compress, abridge, condense, make or be brief:

    quam potero in verba conferam paucissima,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 6; cf.:

    in pauca, ut occupatus nunc sum, confer, quid velis,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 44:

    rem in pauca,

    id. Poen. 5, 4, 68; and:

    in pauca verba,

    id. As. 1, 1, 75; id: Pers. 4, 4, 109:

    totam Academiam... ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor,

    Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1:

    ut in pauca conferam,

    id. Caecin. 6, 17:

    sua verba in duos versus,

    Ov. F. 1, 162:

    ex immensā diffusāque legum copiā optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros,

    Suet. Caes. 44.— [p. 412] *
    6.
    To join in bringing forward, to propose unitedly (as a law; cf.

    fero, II. B. 8. b.): cur enim non confertis, ne sit conubium divitibus et pauperibus,

    Liv. 4, 4, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.
    II.
    (Con intens.) To bear, carry, convey, direct a thing somewhere (in haste, for protection, etc.); and conferre se, to betake or turn one's self anywhere, to go (very freq. and class.).
    A.
    Prop.
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With the designation of the goal: quo me miser conferam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:

    qui cum se suaque omnia in oppidum Bratuspantium contulissent,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    se suaque eo,

    id. ib. 3, 28:

    se suaque in naves,

    Nep. Them. 2, 7 al.:

    iter Brundisium versus,

    Cic. Att. 3, 4 med.; cf.: iter eo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

    suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. B. Alex. 39;

    Auct. B. Afr. 60: quos eodem audita Cannensis clades contulerat,

    Liv. 23, 17, 8:

    parentes illuc,

    Tac. A. 4, 46:

    se Rhodum conferre,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: se Laodiceam, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4:

    se Colonas,

    Nep. Paus. 3, 3:

    quo se fusa acies,

    Liv. 9, 16, 1 al.:

    se ad Tissaphernem,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; so,

    se ad Pharnabazum,

    id. Con. 2, 1:

    se in fugam,

    Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: sese in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7 (cf.:

    conicere se in pedes,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13).—Of things:

    pituita eo se umorve confert,

    Cels. 2, 12.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    pulcre haec confertur ratis,

    is borne away, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 27.—
    2.
    Esp., in Ov. M. (cf. abeo, II.): aliquem in aliquid, to change into, transform to something:

    aliquem in saxum,

    Ov. M. 4, 278: versos vultus ( poet. circumlocution for se) in hanc, id. ib. 9, 348:

    corpus in albam volucrem,

    id. ib. 12, 145.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to bring, turn, direct something to; and conferre se, to turn, apply, devote one's self to, etc.:

    quo mortuo me ad pontificem Scaevolam contuli,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

    (Crassus) cum initio aetatis ad amicitiam se meam contulisset,

    id. Brut. 81, 281; id. Fam. 11, 29, 2:

    qui se ad senatūs auctoritatem, ad libertatem vestram contulerunt,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; id. Ac. 1, 9, 34:

    se ad studium scribendi,

    id. Arch. 3, 4:

    se ad studia litterarum,

    id. ib. 7, 16; cf. Suet. Gram. 24:

    meus pater eam seditionem in tranquillum conferet (the figure taken from the sea when in commotion),

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16: verba ad rem, to bring words to actions, i. e. to pass from words to deeds, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 4; id. Hec. 3, 1, 17:

    suspitionem in Capitonem,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:

    ut spes votaque sua non prius ad deos quam ad principum aures conferret,

    Tac. A. 4, 39:

    lamentationes suas etiam in testamentum,

    id. ib. 15, 68.—More freq., in partic.,
    2.
    With the access. idea of application or communication, to devote or apply something to a certain purpose, to employ, direct, confer, bestow upon, give, lend, grant, to transfer to (a favorite word with Cic.).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    dona quid cessant mihi Conferre?

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:

    tibi munera,

    Prop. 2, 3, 25; Nep. Ages. 7, 3:

    victoribus praemia,

    Suet. Calig. 20:

    puellae quinquaginta milia nummūm,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2:

    fructum alio,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 60; Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 24.—
    (β).
    With ad and acc.:

    hostiles exuvias ornatum ad urbis et posterum gloriam,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    Mithridates omne reliquum tempus non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem novi contulit,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

    omne studium atque omne ingenium ad populi Romani gloriam laudemque celebrandam,

    id. Arch. 9, 19; id. Fam. 10, 1, 3:

    omnem meam curam atque operam ad philosophiam,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 4:

    omnem tuum amorem omnemque tuam prudentiam... confer ad eam curam,

    id. Att. 7, 1, 2:

    animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. B. Alex. 9: ad naturae suae non vitiosae genus consilium vivendi omne,

    Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:

    orationem omnem ad misericordiam,

    id. Lig. 1, 1.—
    (γ).
    With in:

    omnes curas cogitationesque in rem publicam,

    Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2:

    diligentiam in valetudinem tuam,

    id. Fam. 16, 4, 4:

    praedas ac manubias suas non in monumenta deorum immortalium, neque in urbis ornamenta conferre, sed, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 23, 60:

    in eos, quos speramus nobis profuturos, non dubitamus officia conferre,

    id. Off. 1, 15, 48; so,

    plurimum benignitatis in eum,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 50; id. Lael. 19, 70: curam restituendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum confert, i. e. assigns to, charges with, Tac. H. 4, 53:

    in unius salutem collata omnium vota,

    Plin. Pan. 23, 5.—
    (δ).
    With erga:

    commemoratio benevolentiae ejus, quam erga me a pueritiā contulisses,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 1.—
    3.
    With aliquid ad or in aliquem or aliquid, to refer or ascribe something to a person or thing as its possessor, author (in a good, and freq. in a bad sense), to attribute, impute, assign, ascribe to one, to lay to the charge of:

    species istas hominum in deos,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77:

    res ad imperium deorum,

    Lucr. 6, 54:

    permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo numquam dicta sunt, conferuntur... Stomachor vero, cum aliorum non me digna in me conferuntur,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 35; id. Fam. 5, 5, 2:

    mortis illius invidiam in L. Flaccum,

    id. Fl. 17, 41:

    suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itinerum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    sua vitia et suam culpam in senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 5, 14:

    hanc ego de re publicā disputationem in Africani personam et Phili contuli,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 2.—So esp.:

    culpam in aliquem,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 156; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97; Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 1:

    causam in aliquem,

    id. ib. 12, 31, 1; Liv. 5, 11, 6; cf.:

    causam in tempus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
    4.
    To transfer to a fixed point of time, fix, assign, refer, appoint, put off, defer, postpone (cf. differo):

    Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum,

    Liv. 27, 7, 5: in posterum diem iter suum contulit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3:

    omnia in mensem Martium,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 24:

    aliquid in ambulationis tempus,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

    eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,

    id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

    quod in longiorem diem conlaturus fuisset,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.:

    alicujus consulatum in annum aliquem,

    Plin. Pan. 61.—Rarely of place:

    idoneum locum in agris nactus... ibi adventum expectare Pompei eoque omnem belli rationem conferre constituit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin.
    5.
    To bring on, cause, occasion, induce:

    pestem alicui,

    Col. 1, 5, 4:

    candorem mollitiamque,

    Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175.

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  • 18 degener

    dē-gĕner, is (abl. degeneri, Tac. A. 12, 19), adj. [genus], that departs from its race or kind, degenerate, not genuine (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Plin. and Tac.; not in Quint. and Suet.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Neoptolemum,

    Verg. A. 2, 549; cf.

    proles,

    Luc. 8, 693; Tac. A. 12, 62:

    dignitate formae haud degener,

    id. ib. 12, 51:

    hi (Galli) jam degeneres sunt, mixti, et Gallograeci vere, quod appellantur,

    Liv. 38, 17, 9; 38, 49, 4:

    canum degeneres,

    Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 265:

    aquila,

    id. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

    herbae,

    id. 17, 5, 3, § 33:

    adamantes,

    id. 37, 4, 15, § 58.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    patrii non degener oris,

    Ov. Pont. 3, 5, 7; so,

    sanguinis,

    Stat. Th. 9, 619:

    patriae artis,

    Ov. M. 11, 314:

    altae virtutis patrum,

    Sil. 10, 68; Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 44.—
    II.
    Transf., mentally or morally degenerate, ignoble, base:

    Muttinem sibi modum facere, degenerem Afrum!

    Liv. 25, 40, 12:

    Artabanum materna origine Arsacidem, cetera degenerem,

    Tac. A. 6, 42; cf.:

    vitā non degener,

    id. ib. 4, 61:

    non degener ad pericula,

    id. ib. 1, 40:

    degeneres animos timor arguit,

    Verg. A. 4, 13:

    animi,

    Luc. 6, 417:

    metus,

    id. 3, 149:

    questus,

    Val. Fl. 1, 164:

    preces,

    Tac. A. 12, 36 fin.:

    projectus,

    id. H. 3, 65 fin.:

    insidiae,

    id. A. 11, 19 et saep.—Of language:

    bilingues, paulatim a domestico externo sermone degeneres,

    Curt. 7, 5, 29.— Poet.:

    toga (for togati),

    Luc. 1, 365.—With abl. ( = indignus):

    degener haud Gracchis consul,

    Sil. 4, 5, 17:

    tantoduce,

    Ambros. de Jacob. 2, 11, 45.

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  • 19 Gemini

    gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj.:

    tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

    filios parere,

    id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

    C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

    twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

    v. frater: sorores,

    Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

    soror gemina germana,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

    pueri,

    Verg. A. 8, 631:

    proles,

    id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

    partus,

    Liv. 1, 4, 2:

    Castor,

    i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

    Pollux,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

    nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

    i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

    fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

    Quirini,

    i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—
    B.
    Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

    Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

    geminorum formas esse similes,

    id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

    (asina) raro geminos parit,

    Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

    acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

    Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—
    b.
    Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

    gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

    Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

    ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

    et tripodes gemini,

    Verg. A. 9, 265:

    cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

    Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

    sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 894:

    scopuli,

    id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

    vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

    huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

    your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

    tempora,

    id. ib. 5, 416:

    nares,

    id. G. 4, 300:

    cornua (Eridani),

    id. ib. 4, 371:

    manus,

    Mart. 10, 10, 10:

    pedes,

    Ov. F. 2, 154;

    for which: pes,

    id. A. A. 2, 644:

    geminae (vites),

    Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

    gemellae vites,

    Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

    aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

    double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

    geminis vocalibus,

    Quint. 1, 7, 14:

    M gemina,

    id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

    corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

    Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

    or else as Egyptian and Greek),

    Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

    3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—
    B.
    Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

    VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

    Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

    a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

    par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

    quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

    twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

    ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

    Sil. 4, 99.

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  • 20 gemini

    gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj.:

    tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

    filios parere,

    id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

    C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

    twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

    v. frater: sorores,

    Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

    soror gemina germana,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

    pueri,

    Verg. A. 8, 631:

    proles,

    id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

    partus,

    Liv. 1, 4, 2:

    Castor,

    i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

    Pollux,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

    nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

    i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

    fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

    Quirini,

    i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—
    B.
    Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

    Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

    geminorum formas esse similes,

    id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

    (asina) raro geminos parit,

    Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

    acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

    Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—
    b.
    Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

    gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

    Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

    ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

    et tripodes gemini,

    Verg. A. 9, 265:

    cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

    Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

    sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 894:

    scopuli,

    id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

    vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

    huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

    your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

    tempora,

    id. ib. 5, 416:

    nares,

    id. G. 4, 300:

    cornua (Eridani),

    id. ib. 4, 371:

    manus,

    Mart. 10, 10, 10:

    pedes,

    Ov. F. 2, 154;

    for which: pes,

    id. A. A. 2, 644:

    geminae (vites),

    Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

    gemellae vites,

    Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

    aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

    double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

    geminis vocalibus,

    Quint. 1, 7, 14:

    M gemina,

    id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

    corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

    Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

    or else as Egyptian and Greek),

    Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

    3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—
    B.
    Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

    VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

    Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

    a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

    par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

    quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

    twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

    ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

    Sil. 4, 99.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gemini

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