employ beforehand

praesūmo, mpsi and msi, mptum and mtum, 3, v. a., to take before, take first or beforehand, take to one's self (syn.: praeoccupo).

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

neve domi praesume dapes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 757:

allium,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 50:

praesumere cibis frigidam,

id. 28, 4, 14, § 55:

remedia,

Tac. A. 14, 3:

heres meus rem illam illum permitte praesumere, et sibi habere, Gai. Epit. Inst. tit. 13: praesumpto tegmine,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 43; 2, 13, 160:

praesumptum diadema,

assumed before the legal age, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 166:

suam cenam praesumit,

takes his own supper first, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 21.—

Trop.

To take in advance:

praesumere male audiendi patientiam,

to provide one's self with beforehand, Quint. 12, 9, 9:

inviti judices audiunt praesumentem partes suas,

who takes to himself, who encroaches upon, id. 11, 1, 27; 1, 1, 19:

differenda igitur quaedam, et praesumenda,

id. 8, 6, 63: illa in pueris natura minimum spei dederit, in quā ingenium judicio praesumitur, in which wit is preceded by judgment, [p. 1433] where judgment takes the place of the inventive faculty, id. 2, 4, 7.—

To perform beforehand, to anticipate:

heredum officia praesumere,

Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 5: hanc ego vitam voto et cogitatione praesumo, i. e. I imagine or picture to myself beforehand, id. ib. 3, 1, 11:

gaudium, quod ego olim pro te non temere praesumo,

id. ib. 2, 10, 6.—

To spend or employ beforehand:

sementibus tempora plerique praesumunt,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 224:

Vitellius fortunam principatus inerti luxu ac prodigis epulis praesumebat,

enjoyed beforehand, Tac. H. 1, 62.—

To imagine, represent, or picture to one's self beforehand:

arma parate animis, et spe praesumite bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 18:

futura,

Sen. Ep. 107, 3:

semper praesumit saeva, perturbatā conscientiā,

Vulg. Sap. 17, 10;

hence, praesumptum habere,

to presuppose, take for granted, Tac. A. 14, 64:

utcunque se praesumit innocentem (sc. habendum esse),

App. M. 7, 27, p. 200, 8.—

To foresee, to infer beforehand, anticipate:

fortunam alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 41:

eo instantius debita poscentes, quo graviorem militiam praesumebant,

Just. 6, 2.—

To presume, take for granted, suppose, believe, assume:

ab hostibus reverso filio, quem pater obiisse falso praesumpserat,

Dig. 12, 6, 3:

vulgo praesumitur, alium in litem non debere jurare, nisi, etc.,

ib. 12, 3, 7.—

To undertake, venture, dare (post-class.):

tantum animo praesumere, Auct. Pan. ad Const. 2: illicita,

Sulp. Sev. Hist. Sacr. 1, 47: ad Italiam transire, Sex. Ruf. Brev. 7.—

To trust, be confident (late Lat.):

quoniam non derelinquis praesumentes de te, et praesumentes de se... humilias,

Vulg. Judith, 6, 15:

de tuā misericordiā,

id. ib. 9, 17.—Hence, praesumptus ( praesumtus), a, um, P. a., taken for granted, assumed, presumed, preconceived (post-Aug.):

praesumpta desperatio,

Quint. 1 prooem.:

opinio,

preconceived opinion, prejudice, id. 2, 17:

spes,

Sil. 7, 582:

suspicio,

Tac. A. 2, 73.—In neutr.: praesumptum est, it is supposed, imagined, presumed:

praesumptum est, quosdam servos bonos esse,

Dig. 21, 1, 31:

quicumque haec noscent, praesumptum habeant, etc.,

let them take for granted, understand without special remark, Tac. 14, 64.— Comp.: praesumptior, Coripp. Johan. 4, 550.—Hence, adv.: praesumptē, confidently, boldly (post-class.) veritatem dicere, Vop. Car. 4.

praesūmo, mpsi and msi, mptum and mtum, 3, v. a., to take before, take first or beforehand, take to one's self (syn.: praeoccupo).

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

neve domi praesume dapes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 757:

allium,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 50:

praesumere cibis frigidam,

id. 28, 4, 14, § 55:

remedia,

Tac. A. 14, 3:

heres meus rem illam illum permitte praesumere, et sibi habere, Gai. Epit. Inst. tit. 13: praesumpto tegmine,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 43; 2, 13, 160:

praesumptum diadema,

assumed before the legal age, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 166:

suam cenam praesumit,

takes his own supper first, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 21.—

Trop.

To take in advance:

praesumere male audiendi patientiam,

to provide one's self with beforehand, Quint. 12, 9, 9:

inviti judices audiunt praesumentem partes suas,

who takes to himself, who encroaches upon, id. 11, 1, 27; 1, 1, 19:

differenda igitur quaedam, et praesumenda,

id. 8, 6, 63: illa in pueris natura minimum spei dederit, in quā ingenium judicio praesumitur, in which wit is preceded by judgment, [p. 1433] where judgment takes the place of the inventive faculty, id. 2, 4, 7.—

To perform beforehand, to anticipate:

heredum officia praesumere,

Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 5: hanc ego vitam voto et cogitatione praesumo, i. e. I imagine or picture to myself beforehand, id. ib. 3, 1, 11:

gaudium, quod ego olim pro te non temere praesumo,

id. ib. 2, 10, 6.—

To spend or employ beforehand:

sementibus tempora plerique praesumunt,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 224:

Vitellius fortunam principatus inerti luxu ac prodigis epulis praesumebat,

enjoyed beforehand, Tac. H. 1, 62.—

To imagine, represent, or picture to one's self beforehand:

arma parate animis, et spe praesumite bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 18:

futura,

Sen. Ep. 107, 3:

semper praesumit saeva, perturbatā conscientiā,

Vulg. Sap. 17, 10;

hence, praesumptum habere,

to presuppose, take for granted, Tac. A. 14, 64:

utcunque se praesumit innocentem (sc. habendum esse),

App. M. 7, 27, p. 200, 8.—

To foresee, to infer beforehand, anticipate:

fortunam alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 41:

eo instantius debita poscentes, quo graviorem militiam praesumebant,

Just. 6, 2.—

To presume, take for granted, suppose, believe, assume:

ab hostibus reverso filio, quem pater obiisse falso praesumpserat,

Dig. 12, 6, 3:

vulgo praesumitur, alium in litem non debere jurare, nisi, etc.,

ib. 12, 3, 7.—

To undertake, venture, dare (post-class.):

tantum animo praesumere, Auct. Pan. ad Const. 2: illicita,

Sulp. Sev. Hist. Sacr. 1, 47: ad Italiam transire, Sex. Ruf. Brev. 7.—

To trust, be confident (late Lat.):

quoniam non derelinquis praesumentes de te, et praesumentes de se... humilias,

Vulg. Judith, 6, 15:

de tuā misericordiā,

id. ib. 9, 17.—Hence, praesumptus ( praesumtus), a, um, P. a., taken for granted, assumed, presumed, preconceived (post-Aug.):

praesumpta desperatio,

Quint. 1 prooem.:

opinio,

preconceived opinion, prejudice, id. 2, 17:

spes,

Sil. 7, 582:

suspicio,

Tac. A. 2, 73.—In neutr.: praesumptum est, it is supposed, imagined, presumed:

praesumptum est, quosdam servos bonos esse,

Dig. 21, 1, 31:

quicumque haec noscent, praesumptum habeant, etc.,

let them take for granted, understand without special remark, Tac. 14, 64.— Comp.: praesumptior, Coripp. Johan. 4, 550.—Hence, adv.: praesumptē, confidently, boldly (post-class.) veritatem dicere, Vop. Car. 4.

praesūmo, mpsi and msi, mptum and mtum, 3, v. a., to take before, take first or beforehand, take to one's self (syn.: praeoccupo).

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

neve domi praesume dapes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 757:

allium,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 50:

praesumere cibis frigidam,

id. 28, 4, 14, § 55:

remedia,

Tac. A. 14, 3:

heres meus rem illam illum permitte praesumere, et sibi habere, Gai. Epit. Inst. tit. 13: praesumpto tegmine,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 43; 2, 13, 160:

praesumptum diadema,

assumed before the legal age, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 166:

suam cenam praesumit,

takes his own supper first, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 21.—

Trop.

To take in advance:

praesumere male audiendi patientiam,

to provide one's self with beforehand, Quint. 12, 9, 9:

inviti judices audiunt praesumentem partes suas,

who takes to himself, who encroaches upon, id. 11, 1, 27; 1, 1, 19:

differenda igitur quaedam, et praesumenda,

id. 8, 6, 63: illa in pueris natura minimum spei dederit, in quā ingenium judicio praesumitur, in which wit is preceded by judgment, [p. 1433] where judgment takes the place of the inventive faculty, id. 2, 4, 7.—

To perform beforehand, to anticipate:

heredum officia praesumere,

Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 5: hanc ego vitam voto et cogitatione praesumo, i. e. I imagine or picture to myself beforehand, id. ib. 3, 1, 11:

gaudium, quod ego olim pro te non temere praesumo,

id. ib. 2, 10, 6.—

To spend or employ beforehand:

sementibus tempora plerique praesumunt,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 224:

Vitellius fortunam principatus inerti luxu ac prodigis epulis praesumebat,

enjoyed beforehand, Tac. H. 1, 62.—

To imagine, represent, or picture to one's self beforehand:

arma parate animis, et spe praesumite bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 18:

futura,

Sen. Ep. 107, 3:

semper praesumit saeva, perturbatā conscientiā,

Vulg. Sap. 17, 10;

hence, praesumptum habere,

to presuppose, take for granted, Tac. A. 14, 64:

utcunque se praesumit innocentem (sc. habendum esse),

App. M. 7, 27, p. 200, 8.—

To foresee, to infer beforehand, anticipate:

fortunam alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 41:

eo instantius debita poscentes, quo graviorem militiam praesumebant,

Just. 6, 2.—

To presume, take for granted, suppose, believe, assume:

ab hostibus reverso filio, quem pater obiisse falso praesumpserat,

Dig. 12, 6, 3:

vulgo praesumitur, alium in litem non debere jurare, nisi, etc.,

ib. 12, 3, 7.—

To undertake, venture, dare (post-class.):

tantum animo praesumere, Auct. Pan. ad Const. 2: illicita,

Sulp. Sev. Hist. Sacr. 1, 47: ad Italiam transire, Sex. Ruf. Brev. 7.—

To trust, be confident (late Lat.):

quoniam non derelinquis praesumentes de te, et praesumentes de se... humilias,

Vulg. Judith, 6, 15:

de tuā misericordiā,

id. ib. 9, 17.—Hence, praesumptus ( praesumtus), a, um, P. a., taken for granted, assumed, presumed, preconceived (post-Aug.):

praesumpta desperatio,

Quint. 1 prooem.:

opinio,

preconceived opinion, prejudice, id. 2, 17:

spes,

Sil. 7, 582:

suspicio,

Tac. A. 2, 73.—In neutr.: praesumptum est, it is supposed, imagined, presumed:

praesumptum est, quosdam servos bonos esse,

Dig. 21, 1, 31:

quicumque haec noscent, praesumptum habeant, etc.,

let them take for granted, understand without special remark, Tac. 14, 64.— Comp.: praesumptior, Coripp. Johan. 4, 550.—Hence, adv.: praesumptē, confidently, boldly (post-class.) veritatem dicere, Vop. Car. 4.

occŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1 (occupassis for occupaveris, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 48:

occupassit for occupaverit,

id. As. 4, 2, 9), v. a. [obcapio; lit., to lay hold of; hence], to take possession of, seize, occupy any thing (esp. a place; class.; cf.: expugno, obsideo).

Lit.:

totam Italiam suis praesidiis obsidere atque occupare cogitat,

Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75:

locum,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 67:

possessiones,

id. Phil. 13, 5, 12:

urbes,

Liv. 33, 31:

montem,

Tac. A. 4, 47:

portum,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 2:

aditum,

to go in, enter, Verg. A. 6, 424:

regnum,

Cic. Lael. 12, 40:

tyrannidem,

id. Off. 3, 23, 90:

familiam optimam occupavit,

has got hold of, has got into, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 11:

occupando adquirere aliquid,

Gai. Inst. 2, 66 sqq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 215:

vindemia occupabit sementem,

shall reach to, Vulg. Lev. 26, 5.— Poet.:

aliquem amplexu,

to clasp in one's arms, to embrace, Ov. F. 3, 509.—

Transf.

To occupy, i. e. to take up, fill with any thing:

atrā nube polum,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 44:

urbem (sc. aedificiis),

Liv. 5, 55:

caementis Tyrrhenum mare,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 3.—

To fall upon, attack one with any thing (syn. invado):

Latagum saxo... Occupat os faciemque adversam,

Verg. A. 10, 699:

aliquem gladio,

id. ib. 9, 770:

aliquem morsu,

Ov. M. 3, 48:

canes ense,

Prop. 4, 4, 82 (5, 4, 84):

ne occupet te pluvia,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 18. 44: caligo, id. Job, 3, 5.— Poet., in a friendly sense, to surprise:

Volteium Philippus Vilia vendentem Occupat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 64.—

To get the start of, to be beforehand with, to anticipate, to do a thing first, to outstrip:

occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 6:

volo, tu prior ut occupes adire,

that you should present yourself the first, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 15:

praeloqui,

id. Rud. 1, 4, 18:

bellum facere,

to begin the war first, Liv. 1, 14:

rapere oscula,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 28.—

Trop.

To seize, take possession of, fill, invade, engross:

tantus timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

tremor occupat artus,

Ov. M. 3, 40:

sopor occupat artus,

Verg. G. 4, 190:

animos magnitudine rei,

Cic. Font. 5, 20:

pallor ora,

Verg. A. 4, 499.—

To take up, occupy, employ: haec causa primos menses occupabit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

cum in mentem venit tres et sexaginta annos aeque multa volumina occupasse mihi,

Liv. 31, 1, 3:

in funambulo Animum,

Ter. Hec. prol. 1, 4:

contio, quae homines occupatos occupat,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 7:

tanta superstitio mentis Siculorum occupavit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 113: pecuniam, to put out or lay out money:

pecuniam adulescentulo grandi fenore occupavisti,

have loaned it at a high rate, id. Fl. 21, 51:

pecunias apud populos,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91:

pecuniam animalibus,

to lay out, invest in cattle, Col. 1, 8, 13:

pecuniam in pecore,

id. 11, 1:

argentum,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 13.— Pass.:

ante occupatur animus ab iracundiā,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38; Liv. 22, 15, 6.—Hence, oc-cŭpātus, a, um, P. a., taken up, occupied, employed, busy, engaged (class.):

ut si occupati profuimus aliquid civibus nostris, prosimus etiam otiosi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5:

in eo, ut,

Nep. Alc. 8, 1:

tempora,

Cic. Planc. 27, 66:

qui in patriā delendā occupati et sunt et fuerunt,

id. Off. 1, 17, 57:

hostibus opere occupatis,

Liv. 21, 45, 2: Nep. Hann. 7, 1.—Hence, married, occupatae (opp. to vacuae), Quint. Decl. 376.— Comp.: comitiorum dilationes occupatiorem me habebant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3.— Sup.:

non dubito, quin occupatissimus fueris,

very much occupied, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 1; Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 2.