firmly fixed in

fīgo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic part. perf. ficta, Lucr. 3, 4; Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4), v. a. [Gr. sphing-ô, to bind fast; sphigmos, phimos, muzzle; cf. fīlum, for figlum. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 186; Germ. dick. dicht; Engl. thick. etc., Corss. Krit. Nachtr. p. 233], to fix, fasten, drive or thrust in, attach, affix (class.; cf.: pango, configo, defigo).

Lit., constr. aliquid, aliquid in with abl. ( poet. also in with acc., or aliquid with abl. only):

imbrices medias clavulis,

Cato, R. R. 21, 3:

palum in parietem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4:

mucrones in cive an in hoste,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

tabulam decreti Caesaris aut beneficii,

to post up, id. ib. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 12, 5 fin.:

Antonius accepta grandi pecunia fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam,

i. e. posted it up as having been carried, id. Att. 14, 12, 1; cf.:

adsentiri, ne qua tabula ullius decreti Caesaris figeretur,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:

fixit leges pretio atque refixit,

Verg. A. 6, 622:

quique aera legum vetustate delapsa, noscerent figerentque,

Tac. H. 4, 40:

nec verba minacia aere fixo legebantur,

Ov. M. 1, 91:

quam damnatis crucem servis fixeras,

hadst fixed in the ground, erected, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 12:

feraces plantas humo,

to plant, set, Verg. G. 4, 115:

clavos verticibus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 5:

cuneos,

Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 109 (dub.):

veribus trementia (frusta),

to fix on spits, Verg. A. 1, 212:

spicula pectore,

Prop. 2, 13, 2 (3, 4, 2 M.);

for which: harundo in vertice fixa,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 7:

cristas vertice,

Verg. A. 10, 701:

fumantes taedas sub pectore,

id. ib. 7, 457:

notas in collo dente,

to impress, Tib. 1, 8, 38:

virus in venas per vulnera,

injects, Cic. Arat. 432: vestigia, plants his steps, i. e. moves on, Verg. A. 6, 159:

arma quae fixa in parietibus fuerant,

fastened up, hung up, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; cf.:

scuta sublime fixa,

id. ib. 2, 31, 67:

arma ad postem Herculis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5:

arma thalamo,

Verg. A. 4, 495:

arma Troïa hic,

id. ib. 1, 248:

clipeum postibus,

id. ib. 3, 287:

dona Laurenti Divo,

id. ib. 12, 768: ID AES AD STATVAM LORICATAM DIVI IVLII, S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 13:

qui spolia ex hoste fixa domi haberent,

Liv. 23, 23, 6; 38, 43, 11:

navalem coronam fastigio Palatinae domus,

Suet. Claud. 17:

luteum opus celsā sub trabe (hirundo),

Ov. F. 1, 158: ipse summis saxis fixus asperis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107, and id. Pis. 19, 43 (Trag. v. 413 ed. Vahl.):

aliquem cruci,

nail, Quint. 7, 1, 30; Suet. Dom. 10:

corpus lacerum in crucem (al. cruce),

Just. 21, 4 fin.:

figit in virgine vultus,

fixes, Verg. A. 12, 70:

oculos solo,

id. ib. 1, 482:

oculos in terram,

Sen. Ep. 11: in poet. transf.:

oculos horrenda in virgine fixus,

Verg. A. 11, 507 (cf.:

defixus lumina vultu,

id. ib. 6, 156; Tac. A. 3, 1):

Caesar in silentium fixus,

Tac. A. 6, 50 (56):

obstipo capite et figentes lumine terram,

Pers. 3, 80:

foribus miser oscula figit,

kisses, Lucr. 4, 1179:

oscula dulcia,

Verg. A. 1, 687:

sedem Cumis,

to fix his abode, Juv. 3, 2:

domos,

Tac. A. 13, 54.—

Transf., to fix by piercing through, to transfix, pierce (cf. configo, II.):

hunc intorto figit telo,

Verg. A. 10, 382:

hunc jaculo acuto,

Ov. M. 10, 131: hostes telis, Auct. B. Alex. 30 fin.:

fixisse puellas gestit (Cupido),

Tib. 2, 1, 71:

cervos,

Verg. E. 2, 29:

dammas,

id. G. 1, 308; id. A. 5, 515; Sil. 1, 305:

cutem (clavi),

Sen. Prov. 3:

olli per galeam fixo stetit hasta cerebro,

Verg. A. 12, 537:

aprum,

Juv. 1, 23:

figar a sagitta,

Ov. H. 16, 278:

vulnus,

to inflict, Mart. 1, 61, 4.

Trop.

To fix, fasten, direct.

With in and abl.: ego omnia mea studia, omnem operam, curam, industriam, cogitationem, [p. 749] mentem denique omnem in Milonis consulatu fixi et locavi, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 3.—

With in and acc. (rare):

fixus in silentium,

Tac. A. 6, 50.—

In other constructions:

beneficium, quemadmodum dicitur, trabali clavo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:

nostras intra te fige querelas,

Juv. 9, 94:

penitus hoc se malum fixit,

Sen. Tranq. 15:

nequitiae fige modum tuae,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 2. —

(Acc. to I. B.) Of speech, to sting; taunt, rally a person:

aliquem maledictis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 93:

adversarios,

id. Or. 26, 89.—Hence, fixus, a, um, P. a., fixed, fast, immovable.

Lit. (very rare):

illud maneat et fixum sit,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 25:

inque tuis nunc Fixa pedum pono pressis vestigia signis,

i. e. firmly fixed in, Lucr. 3, 4; cf.

in the foll.: astra,

the fixed stars, Manil. 2, 35; so,

flammae,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 15.— Far more freq.,

Trop.:

vestigia (integritatis) non pressa leviter, sed fixa ad memoriam illius provinciae sempiternam,

Cic. Sest. 5, 13:

non ita fixum, ut convelli non liceret,

id. Clu. 45, 126: fixum et statutum, id. Mur., 30, 62; cf.:

consilium fixum,

id. Att. 6, 14, 2:

animo fixum immotumque sedere, ne, etc.,

Verg. A, 4, 15: fixum est, with a subj.-clause, it is fixed, determined, Sil. 2, 364; 3, 114:

decretum stabile, fixum, ratum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27; cf.:

ratum, fixum, firmum,

permanent, id. ib. 2, 46, 141:

illud fixum in animis vestris tenetote,

fixed, impressed, id. Balb. 28, 64: quae perpetuo animo meo fixa manebunt, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 3.— Adv.: fixe, fixedly (late Lat.):

ubi tenacius habitabit et fixius,

Aug. Ep. 6 fin.

obstĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [a lengthened form of obsto], to set about a thing with firmness or resolution, to set one's mind firmly on, to persist in, be resolved on a thing (as a verb. fin. very rare; only the Part. as a P. a. is freq.).

With acc.:

id inhiat, ea affinitatem hanc obstinavit gratia,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 89.— Pass.: obstinari exorsus, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 425 Rib.).—

With inf.:

obstinaverant animis aut vincere, aut mori,

Liv. 23, 29, 7.—

Absol.:

ipso Vespasiano inter initia imperii ad obtinendas iniquitates haud perinde obstinante,

Tac. H. 2, 84.— Hence, obstĭnātus, a, um, P. a., firmly set, fixed, resolved, in a good or bad sense; determined, resolute, steadfast, inflexible, stubborn, obstinate (class.; syn.: pervicax, pertinax): vos qui astatis obstinati, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 11 Rib.): obstinato animo aliquid facere, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. l. l. (Trag. Rel. p. 123 Rib.);

so,

Vulg. Ruth, 1, 18:

ad decertandum obstinati animi,

Liv. 6, 3, 9:

ad silendum,

Curt. 8, 1, 30: ad mortem, Liv. 5, 41, 1:

adversus lacrimas,

id. 2, 40, 3; 3, 47, 4:

ad resistendum,

Suet. Caes. 15 fin.:

contra veritatem,

Quint. 12, 1, 10:

pudicitia,

Liv. 1, 58:

fides,

Tac. H. 5, 5:

aures,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 7.—With inf.:

jam obstinatis mori spes affulsit,

Liv. 42, 65; 7, 21, 1; 9, 25, 6:

obstinatum est tibi, non suscipere imperium, nisi, etc.,

you are firmly resolved, Plin. Pan. 5, 6.—Rarely with in:

obstinatae in perniciem Romae urbes,

Amm. 17, 11, 3:

in extrema,

Tac. H. 3, 56:

militum animos obstinatos pro Vitellio subruere,

id. H. 2, 101.— Comp.:

voluntas obstinatior,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1:

adversus lacrimas muliebres,

firmer, more steadfast, Liv. 2, 40.— Sup.:

virtus obstinatissima,

the most resolute, Sen. Ep. 71, 10:

rex obstinatissimus,

Amm. 17, 14.—Hence, adv.: obstĭ-nātē, firmly, inflexibly, in a good and bad sense; resolutely, pertinaciously, stubbornly, obstinately (class.):

ita me obstinate aggressus, ut, etc.,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 10:

operam dat,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 8:

negari,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

magis ac magis induruisse,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10.— Comp.:

obstinatius omnia agere,

Suet. Caes. 29.— Sup.:

obstinatissime recusare,

Suet. Tib. 67.

insĭdĕo, sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. and a. [in-sedeo], to sit in or upon any thing; mostly with dat. (class.).

Lit.:

equo,

Liv. 7, 6, 5:

curru insidens,

Sen. Med. 29:

solo,

Suet. Aug. 82.—

To settle:

ubi Lydia quondam jugis insedit Etruscis,

Verg. A. 8, 479.—

Trop., to be seated, fixed, or stamped in, to adhere to:

cum in locis semen insedit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128:

longus morbus, cum penitus insedit,

when it has become deeply seated, Cels. 3, 1:

insidens capulo manus,

i. e. keeping firm hold of the handle, Tac. A. 2, 21:

nihil quisquam unquam, me audiente, egit orator, quod non in memoria mea penitus insederit,

remained thoroughly fixed in my mind, Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 122:

insidebat in ejus mente species eloquentiae,

was firmly stamped on his mind, id. Or. 5, 18:

voluptas, quae penitus in omni sensu implicata insidet,

id. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

cum hic fervor concitatioque animi inveteraverit, et tamquam in venis medullisque insederit,

has firmly seated itself, id. Tusc. 4, 10, 24.—

Act., to sit or be situated upon, stand upon, take place upon, occupy.

Lit.:

currum,

Varr. L. L. 5, 22:

Joppe insidet collem,

Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 69. —

Transf., to take possession of a place, to hold, occupy:

locum,

Liv. 21, 54, 3:

juga,

Tac. A. 2, 16:

militibus arcem,

Liv. 26, 44, 2:

insidere vias examina infantium solebant,

Plin. Pan. 26, 1:

Aventinum,

Liv. 9, 34, 3; 3, 50, 13; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:

medium mare,

Flor. 4, 8, 2:

arcem Capitolii,

id. 3, 21, 7:

ea loca,

inhabit, Tac. A. 12, 62. — Pass.:

viaeque omnes hostium praesidiis insidentur,

Liv. 25, 13, 2:

saltus circa insessus ab hoste,

id. 7, 34, 1:

per montes praesidiis nostris insessos,

Tac. A. 13, 9:

insessus iterum Alpibus,

id. H. 3, 1:

insessum diris avibus Capitolium,

occupied as a perch, id. A. 12, 43.

haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n. [etym. dub.], to hang or hold fast, to hang, stick, cleave, cling, adhere, be fixed, sit fast, remain close to any thing or in any manner (class. and very freq., esp. in the trop. sense; cf. pendeo); usually constr. with in, the simple abl. or absol., less freq. with dat., with ad, sub, ex, etc.

Lit.:

ut videamus, terra penitusne defixa sit, et quasi radicibus suis haereat, an media pendeat?

Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122; so,

terra ima sede semper haeret,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

linguam ad radices ejus haerens excipit stomachus,

id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

scalarum gradus male haerentes,

holding, adhering, id. Fam. 6, 7, 3; cf.:

haerent parietibus scalae,

Verg. A. 2, 442:

haerere in equo,

sit fast, keep his seat, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28;

for which: nescit equo rudis Haerere ingenuus puer,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 55:

male laxus In pede calceus haeret,

id. S. 1, 3, 32; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 144:

haeret nonnumquam telum illud occultum,

id. 9, 2, 75:

pugnus in mala haeret,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 17:

haesitque in corpore ferrum,

Verg. A. 11, 864;

for which: tergo volucres haesere sagittae,

id. ib. 12, 415; cf.:

scindat haerentem coronam crinibus,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 27; and:

haerentem capiti cum multa laude coronam,

id. S. 1, 10, 49:

carinae,

Ov. M. 8, 144:

alae,

id. ib. 12, 570:

(fames) utero haeret meo,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 16:

haeret pede pes,

Verg. A. 10, 361:

ubi demisi retem atque hamum, quicquid haesit, extraho,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 45; cf.:

os devoratum fauce cum haereret lupi,

Phaedr. 1, 8, 4; and:

graves currus illuvie et voraginibus haerebant,

Curt. 8, 4:

classis in vado haerebat,

id. 9, 19:

haerentes adverso litore naves,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 205:

gremioque in Jasonis haerens,

Ov. M. 7, 66; cf.:

haeret in complexu liberorum,

Quint. 6, 1, 42;

for which: Avidisque amplexibus haerent,

Ov. M. 7, 143;

cupide in Veneris compagibus haerent,

Lucr. 4, 1113;

for which: validis Veneris compagibus haerent,

id. 4, 1204; and:

(anulus) caecis in eo (lapide) compagibus haesit,

id. 6, 1016:

communibus inter se radicibus haerent,

id. 3, 325; 5, 554:

foliis sub omnibus haerent (Somnia),

Verg. A. 6, 284:

gladius intra vaginam suam haerens,

Quint. 8 praef. §

15: ipse inter media tela hostium evasit. Duo turmae haesere,

i. e. failed to break through, Liv. 29, 33, 7:

alii globo illati haerebant,

id. 22, 5, 5.—

Prov.

Haerere in luto, i. e. to be in trouble, difficulty:

tali in luto haerere,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 66 (for [p. 838] which:

nunc homo in medio luto est,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 28); cf. haesito, I.—In salebra: proclivi currit oratio: venit ad extremum: haeret in salebra, runs aground, i. e. is at a loss, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84.—In a like sense,

Aqua haeret, the water (in the waterclock) stops; v. aqua.

Trop.

In gen., to hold fast, remain attached or fixed, to keep firm, adhere:

improbis semper aliqui scrupus in animis haereat,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16; cf.:

infixus animo haeret dolor,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64:

haerent infixi pectore vultus,

Verg. A. 4, 4:

haerere in memoria,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

quae mihi in visceribus haerent,

i. e. firmly impressed upon my heart, memory, id. Att. 6, 1, 8; and:

in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerere,

id. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

mihi haeres in medullis,

id. Fam. 15, 16, 2:

in omnium gentium sermonibus ac mentibus semper haerere,

id. Cat. 4, 10, 22:

hi in oculis haerebunt,

i. e. will be always present, id. Phil. 13, 3, 5:

in te omnis haeret culpa,

adheres, cleaves, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 32:

ut peccatum haereat, non in eo, qui monuerit, sed in eo, qui non obtemperarit,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 30.—With dat.:

potest hoc homini huic haerere peccatum?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:

quod privatarum rerum dedecus non haeret infamiae (tuae)?

id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

in quo (Caelio) crimen non haerebat,

id. Cael. 7, 15:

neque (possit) haerere in tam bona causa tam acerba injuria,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 2: cum ante illud facetum dictum emissum haerere debeat, quam cogitari potuisse videatur, must have hit (the figure being that of an arrow shot from the bow), id. de Or. 2, 54, 219: in quos incensos ira vitamque domini desperantes cum incidisset, haesit in iis poenis, quas, etc., fell into, incurred those penalties (the figure is that of a bird which is limed, caught), id. Mil. 21, 56:

nec dubie repetundarum criminibus haerebant,

Tac. A. 4, 19: in hoc flexu quasi aetatis fama adolescentis paulum haesit ad metas, hung back, was caught (the figure being taken from the race-course), Cic. Cael. 31, 75;

v. meta: neu quid medios intercinat actus, Quod non proposito conducat et haereat apte,

i. e. fits, suits, Hor. A. P. 195.—

In partic.

With the idea of nearness predominating, to keep near or close to a person, to join or attach one's self to, to follow (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

perfice hoc Precibus, pretio, ut haeream in parte aliqua tandem apud Thaidem,

may keep about her, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

ego illum audivi in amorem haerere apud nescio quam fidicinam,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 7:

haeres ad latus, omnia experiris,

Cat. 21, 6:

Antorem comitem, qui missus ab Argis, Haeserat Evandro,

Verg. A. 10, 780:

obtinenti Africam comes haeserat,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 2; Quint. 1, 2, 10:

Curtius Nicia (grammaticus) haesit Cn. Pompeio et C. Memmio,

Suet. Gramm. 14.— Poet.:

haeremus cuncti superis, temploque tacente Nil facimus non sponte deo,

cling to, depend on, Luc. 9, 573.—Hence,

In a bad sense: in tergis, tergis, in tergo, to hang upon one's rear, i. e. to pursue closely:

haerebit in tergis fugientium victor,

Curt. 4, 15 fin.:

se cum exercitu tergis eorum haesurum,

Tac. H. 4, 19:

Haerens in tergo Romanus,

Liv. 1, 14 11 Weissenb. (better than terga, the lect. vulg.).—

With the idea of duration in time predominating, to remain fixed, to abide or continue anywhere, to keep at, stick to any thing (class.):

metui, ne haereret hic (Athenis),

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 49:

in obsidione castelli exigui,

Curt. 5, 3, 4:

circa muros unius urbis,

id. 4, 4; cf.:

circa libidines,

Suet. Aug. 71: volitare in foro, haerere in jure ac praetorum tribulibus, to go loitering or dangling about, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173: et siccis vultus in nubibus haerent, hang upon, i. e. remain long looking at, Luc. 4, 331; cf.:

vultus, dum crederet, haesit,

id. 9, 1036:

haerere in eadem commorarique sententia,

Cic. Or. 40, 137; cf.:

mea ratio in dicendo haec esse solet, ut boni quod habeat, id amplectar, ibi habitem, ibi haeream,

id. de Or. 2, 72, 292:

quonam modo ille in bonis haerebit et habitabit suis?

id. Or. 15, 49:

equidem in libris haereo,

id. Att. 13, 40, 2; cf.:

valde in scribendo haereo,

id. ib. 13, 39, 2:

plurima sunt, nitidis maculam haesuram figentia rebus,

lasting, durable, Juv. 14, 2.—

With the idea of hindrance to free motion predominating, to stick fast, be brought to a stand-still, to be embarrassed, perplexed, at a loss, to hesitate, to be suspended or retarded (class.).

Of persons:

haerebat nebulo: quo se verteret, non habebat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; cf.:

haerebat in tabulis publicis reus et accusator,

id. Clu. 31, 86:

cogitate in his iniquitatibus unum haesisse Apollonium: ceteros profecto multos ex his incommodis pecunia se liberasse,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23:

in multis nominibus,

id. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

in media stultitia,

id. Tusc. 3, 28, 70; cf.:

isti physici raro admodum, cum haerent aliquo loco, exclamant, abstrusa esse omnia, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

in quo etiam Democritus haeret,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

at in altero illo, inquit, haeres. Immo habeo tibi gratiam. Haererem enim, nisi tu me expedisses,

id. Pis. 30, 74:

in ceteris subvenies, si me haerentem videbis,

id. Fin. 3, 4, 16:

quid machiner? quid comminiscar? haereo,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 17; id. Merc. 3, 4, 15; 4, 3, 38; 24; cf.:

aut quia non firmus rectum defendis et haeres,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 26:

haesit circa formas litterarum (puer),

Quint. 1, 1, 21; cf. id. 1, 7, 35:

haeres et dubitas,

Juv. 3, 135; 6, 281.—

Of things:

nunc homo in lutost. Nomen nescit: haeret haec res,

i. e. is perplexing, cannot be explained, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 28; id. Amph. 2, 2, 182; id. Trin. 4, 2, 59; cf.: occisa est haec res;

haeret hoc negotium,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 8:

nec umquam tanta fuerit loquendi facultas, ut non titubet atque haereat, quotiens ab animo verba dissentiunt,

Quint. 12, 1, 29:

Hectoris Aeneaeque manu victoria Graiūm Haesit,

i. e. was retarded, Verg. A. 11, 290; cf.:

constitit hic bellum fortunaque Caesaris haesit,

Luc. 7, 547:

cum in hac difficultate rerum consilium haereret,

Liv. 26, 36, 1.

in-fīgo, xi, xum, 3, v. a., to fix, thrust, drive, or fasten in.

Lit.:

gladium hosti in pectus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50:

ferreis hamis infixis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.:

hastam portae,

Verg. A. 9, 746:

signum,

Cic. Div. 2, 31:

(sagitta) infigitur arbore,

remains fixed, sticks fast, Verg. A. 5, 504:

vulnus infixum,

made by a thrust, id. ib. 4, 689:

infixa corpori extrahere,

things stuck in the body, Plin. 26, 12, 79, § 128; cf.:

infixum moenibus hostem deicere,

standing firmly on, Sil. 11, 173:

infixum educere telum,

Ov. M. 13, 393:

aliquem in limo,

Vulg. Psa. 68, 3.—

Trop., to infix, impress, imprint (esp. freq. in the part. perf.):

quod in hominum sensibus atque in ipsa natura positum atque infixum est,

Cic. Clu. 6, 17:

infigere animis res,

Quint. 9, 4, 134:

religio infixa animo,

Liv. 29, 18, 1:

quicquid infixum et ingenitum est,

Sen. Ep. 11:

quae sint inculcanda, infigenda, repetenda,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20:

infixus pectori dolor haeret,

id. ib.:

natis oscula,

Sil. 12, 738:

oscula dextris,

id. 12, 592; 8, 127: infixum est mihi, I have firmly resolved, I am determined:

Vologesi penitus infixum erat arma Romana vitandi,

Tac. A. 15, 5; so with inf.:

infixum est fugere,

Sil. 4, 332; 10, 643.

con-sto, stĭti, stātum (constātūrus, Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 3; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 30; Luc. 2, 17; Mart. 10, 41, 5; Lact. Opif. Dei, 7, 11), 1, v. n.

To stand together, stand with some person or thing.

Lit. (very rare):

constant, conserunt sermones inter se drapetae,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 11.—

Trop., to stand with, to agree with, be in accord or agreement, to correspond, fit.

With cum and abl. (cf. consisto, II. B. 3.):

considerabit, constetne oratio aut cum re aut ipsa secum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 45:

sententiā non constare cum superioribus et inferioribus sententiis, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14.—

Absol.:

veri similis narratio erit, si spatia temporum, personarum dignitates, consiliorum rationes, locorum opportunitates constabunt,

Auct. Her. 1, 9, 16.—

With dat.:

si humanitati tuae constare voles,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1.—And esp. with sibi, to agree, accord with itself, to remain like one's self, be consistent:

in Oppianico sibi constare et superioribus consentire judiciis debuerunt,

Cic. Clu. 22, 60; so,

with consentire,

id. Univ. 3 init.; id. Fin. 2, 11, 35:

ut constare in vitae perpetuitate possimus nobismetipsis nec in ullo officio claudicare,

id. Off. 1, 33, 119; so,

sibi (opp. titubare),

Quint. 5, 7, 11:

sibi et rei judicatae,

Cic. Clu. 38, 106:

sibi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 16; id. A. P. 127; cf.:

constat idem omnibus sermo,

Liv. 9, 2, 3.—

In the phrase ratio constat, mercantile t. t., the account agrees or is correct, is or proves right:

auri ratio constat: aurum in aerario est,

Cic. Fl. 28, 69:

quibus ratio impensarum constaret,

was correct, accurately kept, Suet. Ner. 30.—

In postAug. prose, esp. in the younger Pliny, transf. from the sphere of business:

mirum est, quam singulis diebus in urbe ratio aut constet aut constare videatur,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 16; 3, 18, 10; 2, 4, 4; 7, 6, 4; id. Pan. 38, 4; Just. praef. § 5: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio [p. 439] constet, quam si uni reddatur, Tac. A. 1, 6 fin. —

With the access. idea of firmness, to stand firm, to remain immovable, unchanging, steadfast, to abide, last, endure, persevere, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and styles).

In gen.:

prius quam totis viribus fulta constaret hostium acies,

Liv. 3, 60, 9; cf.:

nec pugna deinde illis constare,

id. 1, 30, 10:

ut non color, non vultus ei constaret,

id. 39, 34, 7; cf.:

valetudo ei neque corporis neque animi constitit,

Suet. Calig. 50; and:

dum sanitas constabit,

Phaedr. 4, 24, 30:

non mentibus solum consipere, sed ne auribus quidem atque oculis satis constare poterant,

Liv. 5, 42, 3; cf.:

in ebrietate lingua non constat,

Sen. Ep. 83, 27:

mente vix constare,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; cf. Liv. 8, 19, 6; 44, 20, 7:

quā in sententia si constare voluissent,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 36 fin.:

numerus legionum constat,

id. ib. 7, 35:

ceteris exercitibus constare fidem,

Tac. H. 2, 96:

utrimque fides constitit,

kept their word, Liv. 37, 32, 13; 2, 13, 9.— Poet.: cum sint huc forsitan illa, Haec translata illuc;

summā tamen omnia constant,

i. e. the principal sum remains always the same, Ov. M. 15, 258:

postquam cuncta videt caelo constare sereno,

every thing continues in unbroken serenity, Verg. A. 3, 518:

constitit in nullā qui fuit ante color,

Ov. A. A. 1, 120.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to stop, halt: multitudinem procul hostium constare videtur, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 273, 4.—

Of facts, reports, etc., to be established, settled, certain, manifest, evident, well known:

quae cum constent, perspicuum debet esse, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

eorum quae constant exempla ponemus, horum quae dubia sunt, exempla adferemus, id. mv 1, 38, 68: quod nihil nobis constat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 5:

cum et factum constet et nomen, qualia sint vocatur in dubium,

Cic. Part. Or. 12, 42; cf.:

cum factum constat, sed a quo sit factum in controversiam venit,

Quint. 7, 2, 8; and impers., with acc. and inf.:

mihi multa agitanti constabat, paucorum civium egregiam virtutem cuncta patravisse,

Sall. C. 53, 4; cf.:

quod omnibus constabat, hiemari in Gallia oportere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin., and Cic. Clu. 13, 38.—

Constat (constabat, constabit, etc., it is settled, established, undisputed, certain, well known, etc.), Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Quint. 29, 89; Caes. B. G. 3, 6; 3, 9 al.; Ov. M. 7, 533; Quint. 4, 2, 90 et saep.—So freq.: constat inter omnes, with acc. and inf., all agree, all are convinced:

sed tum nimis inter omnis constabat neminem esse resalutatum,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

quae propositio in se quiddam continet perspicuum et quod constare inter omnis necesse est, hanc velle approbare et firmare nihil attinet,

in which all must agree, id. Inv. 1, 36, 62 dub. (B. and K. stare); Caes. B. G. 7, 44; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 8 et saep.; cf.

also: constare inter homines sapientissimos (for which, just after: omnium consensu sic esse judicatum),

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3:

inter suos,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

inter augures, Liv 10, 6, 7 et saep.: cum de Magio constet,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3; cf.:

de facto constat,

Quint. 7, 2, 7; so with de, id. 7, 2, 11; 4, 2, 5:

etsi non satis mihi constiterat, cum aliquāne animi mei molestiā an potius, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 1:

nec satis certum constare apud animum poterat, utrum, etc.,

Liv. 30, 28, 1:

quid cuique sit opus constare decet,

Quint. 3, 9, 8; so id. 3, 8, 25:

quid porro quaerendum est? Factumne sit? At constat. A quo? At patet,

Cic. Mil. 6, 15; so absol., id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 54.—

Of a resolve.

Impers.: mihi (ei) constat, = certum est, it is my ( his) fixed determination, I am determined, I am fully resolved (rare): mihi quidem constat, nec meam contumeliam, nec meorum ferre, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 42:

neque satis Bruto neque tribunis militum constabat, quid agerent,

were undecided, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

ut nihil ei constet quod agat,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 35.—

With the resolve as subject:

animo constat sententia,

Verg. A. 5, 748:

cum constitit consilium,

when my mind was fully made up, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1.—

In gen., as opp. to that which has no existence, to exist, be, abide (esp. in Lucr.):

(corpora) quoniam fragili naturā praedita constant,

Lucr. 1, 582; 1, 246; 1, 510 et saep.:

antiquissimi fere sunt, quorum quidem scripta constent,

Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93; id. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: qui sine manibus et pedibus constare deum posse decreverunt, id. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

si ipsa mens constare potest vacans corpore,

id. ib. 1, 10, 25.—

With ex, in, de, or the abl. (in Cic. only with ex; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 8, 19), to consist in or of, to be composed of, to rest upon something, etc.

With ex (very freq. in prose and poetry):

fulminis ignem e parvis constare figuris,

Lucr. 2, 385:

homo ex animo constat et corpore,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98;

id. Fin. l. l.: simplex (jus) e dulci constat olivo,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 64:

ea virtus, quae constat ex hominibus tuendis,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157 et saep.—

With in and abl. (very rare):

victoriam in earum cohortium virtute constare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 89 fin.; Nep. Att. 14 fin. —

With de:

partus duplici de semine,

Lucr. 4, 1229.—

With abl. (freq. in Lucr. and Quint.):

aeterno quia constant semine quaeque,

Lucr. 1, 221; 1, 484; 1, 518 et saep.:

agri campis, vineis, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 5:

constat tota oratio longioribus membris, brevioribus periodis,

Quint. 9, 4, 134; 5, 10, 63 et saep.:

causa constat aut unius rei controversiā aut plurium,

id. 3, 10, 1. omnis disciplina memoriā, id. 11, 2, 1. omne jus aut scripto aut moribus, id. 12, 3, 6 et saep.—

Mercantile t. t., like our phrase, to stand at, i. e. to cost; constr. with abl.. gen., etc., of price (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 444).

Lit.

With abl.:

ut unae quadrigae Romae constiterint quadringentis milibus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; Suet. Vit. 19:

filius auro,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 57:

navis gratis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48 (al. stare):

HS. sex milibus tibi constant,

id. ib. 2, 4, 12, §

28: tanto nobis deliciae,

Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 84:

magno tibi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 4:

parvo,

Pall. Febr. 9, 12; cf.

gratis,

Sen. Ep. 104, 34; Aug. Serm. 385, 6.—

With gen.:

(ambulatiuncula) prope dimidio minoris constabit isto loco,

Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2; Suet. Ner. 27 fin.:

quanti funus,

id. Vesp. 19; Juv. 7, 45.—

With adv.: quod mihi constat carius, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 25; so,

vilissime,

Col. 9, 1. 6.—

With sup.:

cujus area super HS. millies constitit,

Suet. Caes. 26.—

Trop.:

edocet, quanto detrimento et quot virorum fortium morte necesse sit constare victoriam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

odia constantia magno,

Ov. H. 7, 47:

imperia pretio quolibet constant bene,

Sen. Phoen. 664.—Hence, constans, antis, P. a. (acc. to II. 1.), standing firm, firm, unchangeable, constant, immovable, uniform, fixed, stable, invariable (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

mellis constantior est natura (sc. quam aquae),

Lucr. 3, 192:

constans uva contra tenorem unum algoris aestusve,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27:

cujus in indomito constantior inguine nervus, Quam nova arbor, etc.,

Hor. Epod. 12, 19:

cursus certi et constantes,

Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 24; cf.:

constans reversio stellarum (with conveniens),

id. ib. 2, 21, 54:

constantissimus motus lunae,

id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

nihil (mundo) motu constantius,

id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; 2, 21, 54:

constanti vultu graduque,

Liv. 5, 46, 3: aetas, the mature age (of an adult), Cic. Sen. 10, 33; cf.:

constans aetas, quae media dicitur,

id. ib. 20, 76:

aetate nondum constanti,

Suet. Galb. 4:

pax,

firm, secure, Liv. 6, 25, 6:

fides,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 4:

an ire comminus et certare pro Italiā constantius foret,

safer, Tac. H. 3, 1. —

Agreeing or accordant with itself, consistent, harmonious:

quemadmodum in oratione constanti, sic in vitā omnia sint apta inter se et convenientia,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:

nihil intellego dici potuisse constantius,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

incredibilia an inter se constantia,

Quint. 5, 4, 2:

rumores,

Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1:

constans parum memoria hujus anni,

Liv. 10, 37, 13:

constans fama erat,

Suet. Caes. 6; so,

opinio,

id. Tib. 39; id. Vesp. 4 al.—

Trop., intellectually or morally certain, sure, steadfast, constant, faithful, steady, unchanging:

firmi et stabiles et constantes amici,

Cic. Lael. 17, 62; cf. Nep. Lys. 2, 2:

quem hominem? Levem? imo gravissimum. Mobilem? imo constantissimum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. opp. varium, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48 Spald.:

pater amens at is quidem fuit omnium constantissimus,

a very constant, steadfast man, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41; cf.:

prudens et constans (testis),

Quint. 5, 7, 26; and under adv.:

(Helvidius Priscus) recti pervicax, constans adversus metus,

Tac. H. 4, 5 fin.:

constans Fortuna tantum in levitate suā,

Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 18; cf.: neque fidei constans, neque strenuus in perfidiā, Tac. H. 3, 57:

constantior In vitiis, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18.— Adv.: constanter.

(Acc. to A.) Firmly, immovably, steadily, constantly:

manere in suo statu,

Cic. Univ. 13: constanter ac perpetuo placet consilium, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 9:

vitiis gaudere constanter,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6.— Comp.:

ut maneamus in perspicuis firmius et constantius,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 45.— Sup.:

impetus caeli constantissime conficiens vicissitudinis anniversarias,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97.—

Harmoniously, evenly, uniformly, consistently:

constanter et aequaliter ingrediens oratio,

Cic. Or. 58, 198:

sibi constanter convenienterque dicere,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 24; in comp., id. ib. 5, 9, 25; in sup., id. ib. 5, 8, 23; id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; so,

hi constanter omnes nuntiaverunt,

with one voice, unanimously, Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

aequabilius atque constantius sese res humanae haberent,

Sall. C. 2, 3:

aequabilius atque constantius regere provincias,

Tac. A. 15, 21 fin. —

(Acc. to B.) Steadily, calmly, tranquilly, sedately:

constanter ac non trepide pugnare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 25; cf.

agere, Auct. B. Afr. 84: proelium inire,

Suet. Vesp. 4; id. Tib. 19:

constanter et sedate ferre dolorem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:

constanter et libere se gerere,

id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

constanter prudenterque fit,

id. Tusc. 4, 6, 12:

constanter delata beneficia (with judicio, considerate, and opp. repentino quodam impetu),

id. Off. 1, 15, 49.— Comp.:

cetera exsequi,

Suet. Aug. 10:

acrius quam constantius proelium inire,

Curt. 4, 6, 14.— Sup.:

amicitias retinere,

Suet. Aug. 66; id. Tib. 45 al.

stătŭo, ui, utum, 3, v. a. [statum, sup. of sto], to cause to stand (cf.: colloco, pono).

Corporeally.

To cause to stand, set up, set, station, fix in an upright position.

To set up, set in the ground, erect:

ibi arbores pedicino in lapide statuito,

Cato, R. R. 18:

inter parietes arbores ubi statues,

id. ib.:

stipites statuito,

id. ib.:

palis statutis crebris,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14 init.:

pedamenta jacentia statuenda,

are to be raised, Col. 4, 26:

pedamentum inter duas vitis,

Plin. 17, 22, 21, § 194:

hic statui volo primum aquilam,

the standard of the troops, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:

signifer, statue signum,

plant the ensign, Liv. 5, 55, 1; Val. Max. 1, 5, 1.—

To plant (rare):

eodem modo vineam statuito, alligato, flexatoque uti fuerit,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 198:

agro qui statuit meo Te, triste lignum (i. e. arborem),

Hor. C. 2, 13, 10.—

In gen., to place, set or fix, set up, set forth things or persons.

Without specifying the place:

ollam statuito cum aqua,

let a jar stand with water, Cato, R. R. 156 (157):

crateras magnos statuunt, i. e. on the table,

Verg. A. 1, 724; so,

crateras laeti statuunt,

id. ib. 7, 147: haec carina satis probe fundata et bene statuta est, well placed, i. e. so that the hull stands perpendicularly (cf.:

bene lineatam carinam collocavit, v. 42),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44:

nec quidquam explicare, nec statuere potuerant, nec quod statutum esset, manebat, omnia perscindente vento,

Liv. 21, 58, 7:

eo die tabernacula statui passus non est,

to pitch, Caes. B. C. 1, 81; so, aciem statuere, to draw up an army:

aciem quam arte statuerat, latius porrigit,

Sall. J. 52, 6.—

With designation of the place by in and abl.; by adv. of place; by ante, apud, ad, circa, super, and acc.; by pro and abl.; by abl. alone (very rare), or by in and acc. (very rare): signa domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. 7, 19, 95 (p. 782 P.):

statuite hic lectulos,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:

etiamsi in caelo Capitolium statueretur,

Cic. Or. 3, 46, 180:

statuitur Sollius in illo gladiatorum convivio... atuitur, ut dico, eques Romanus in Apronii convivio,

is taken to the banquet, id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 sq.:

tabernacula in foro statuere,

Liv. 39, 46, 3:

in principiis statuit tabernaculum,

Nep. Eum. 7, 1:

in nostris castris tibi tabernaculum statue,

Curt. 5, 11, 6; 8, 13, 20:

statui in medium undique conspicuum tabernaculum jussit,

id. 9, 6, 1:

(sagittae) longae, nisi prius in terra statuerent arcum, haud satis apte imponuntur,

id. 8, 14, 19:

sedes curules sacerdotum Augustalium locis, superque eas querceae coronae statuerentur,

Tac. A. 2, 83:

donum deae apud Antium statuitur,

id. ib. 3, 71:

pro rigidis calamos columnis,

Ov. F. 3, 529:

jamque ratem Scythicis auster statuisset in oris,

Val. Fl. 3, 653:

statuere vas in loco frigido,

Pall. Oct. 22.—Of living beings:

capite in terram statuerem, Ut cerebro dispergat viam,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

qui capite ipse sua in statuit vestigia sese (= qui sese ipse capite in sua vestigia statuit),

i. e. stands on his head, Lucr. 4, 472:

patrem ejus a mortuis excitasses, statuisses ante oculos,

Cic. Or. 1, 57, 245:

captivos vinctos in medio statuit,

Liv. 21, 42, 1:

ubi primum equus Curtium in vado statuit,

id. 1, 13, 5:

quattuor cohortes in fronte statuit,

id. 28, 33, 12:

ante se statuit funditores,

id. 42, 58, 10:

puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,

id. 7, 2, 9:

procul in conspectu eum (Philopoemenem) statuerunt,

id. 39, 49, 11:

media porta robora legionum, duabus circa portis milites levemque armaturam statuit,

id. 23, 16, 8:

bovem ad fanum Dianae et ante aram statuit,

id. 1, 45, 6:

cum Calchanta circa aram statuisset,

Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 6:

marium si qui eo loci statuisset,

id. 3, 1, 2 fin.:

adulescentes ante Caesarem statuunt,

Tac. A. 4, 8:

in fronte statuerat ferratos, in cornibus cohortes,

id. ib. 3, 45:

puer quis Ad cyathum statuetur?

Hor. C. 1, 29, 8:

tu cum pro vitula statuis dulcem Aulide natam Ante aras,

id. S. 2, 3, 199:

et statuam ante aras aurata fronte juvencum,

Verg. A. 9, 627:

clara regione profundi Aetheros innumeri statuerunt agmina cygni,

Stat. Th. 3, 525.—

Pregn., to construct and place, to set up after constructing, to erect, make.

Of statues, temples, columns, altars, trophies, etc.; constr. with acc. alone, or acc. of the structure and dat. of the person for whom or in whose honor it is erected:

siquidem mihi aram et statuam statuis,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 122:

huic statuam statui decet ex auro,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 1:

ne ego aurea pro statua vineam tibi statuam,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 52:

eique statuam equestrem in rostris statui placere,

Cic. Phil. 5, 15, 41; so id. ib. 9, 5, 10; 9, 7, 16; id. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151; 2, 2, 20, § 48; so,

simulacrum alicui statuere,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 8:

effigiem,

Verg. A. 2, 184:

Mancinus eo habitu sibi statuit quo, etc. (effigiem),

Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 18:

simulacrum in curia,

Tac. A. 14, 12:

quanam in civitate tempium statueretur,

id. ib. 4, 55:

se primos templum urbis Romae statuisse,

id. ib. 4, 56; so id. ib. 4, 15:

nec tibi de Pario statuam, Germanice, templum,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 31:

templa tibi statuam, tribuam tibi turis honorem,

id. M. 14, 128:

super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui nisi columellam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

victimas atque aras diis Manibus statuentes,

Tac. A. 3, 2:

statuitque aras e cespite,

Ov. M. 7, 240:

statuantur arae,

Sen. Med. 579:

aeneum statuerunt tropaeum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69:

monumentum,

id. ib. § 70; so,

in alio orbe tropaea statuere,

Curt. 7, 7, 14;

so,

Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18: ut illum di perdant qui primus statuit hic solarium, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5:

princeps Romanis solarium horologium statuisse L. Papirius Cursor proditur,

Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 213:

a miliario in capite Romani fori statuto,

id. 3, 5, 9, § 66:

carceres eo anno in Circo primum statuti,

Liv. 8, 20, 1:

quo molem hanc immanis equi statuere?

Verg. A. 2, 150:

multo altiorem statui crucem jussit,

Suet. Galb. 9:

obeliscam,

Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71:

at nunc disturba quas statuisti machinas,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 137:

incensis operibus quae statuerat,

Nep. Milt. 7, 4:

si vallum statuitur procul urbis illecebris,

Tac. A. 4, 2:

castra in quinto lapide a Carthagine statuit,

Just. 22, 6, 9.—

Poet. and in post-class. prose (rare):

aliquem statuere = alicui statuam statuere: inter et Aegidas media statuaris in urbe,

Ov. H. 2, 67:

statuarque tumulo hilaris et coronatus,

my statue will be erected, Tac. Dial. 13; so with two acc.: custodem medio statuit quam vilicus horto, whose statue he placed as protectress, etc., Mart. 3, 68, 9; cf.

in double sense: nudam te statuet, i. e. nudam faciet (= nudabit fortunis), and statuam tibi nu dam faciet,

Mart. 4, 28, 8.—

Of cities, etc., to establish, found, build (in class. prose usu. condo):

Agamemnon tres ibi urbes statuit,

Vell. 1, 1, 2:

urbem quam statuo vestra est,

Verg. A. 1, 573:

urbom praeclaram,

id. ib. 4, 655:

Persarum statuit Babylona Semiramis urbem,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 21:

ibi civitatem statuerunt,

Just. 23, 1; so,

licentia et impunitas asyla statuendi (= aperiendi),

Tac. A. 3, 60.—Hence, transf.: carmen statuere = carmen condere, to compose, devise a song:

nunc volucrum... inexpertum carmen, quod tacita statuere bruma,

Stat. S. 4, 5, 12.—

To cause to stand still, to stop (rare; cf.

sisto, III. B.): navem extemplo statuimus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57:

et statuit fessos, fessus et ipse, boves,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 4:

famuli hoc modo statuerunt aquas,

Arn. 1, p. 30: sanguinem, Oct. Hor. 4.—

To cause to stand firm, strengthen, support (rare; = stabilire), only transf.: qui rem publicam certo animo adjuverit, statuerit, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 56, 120 (Trag. Rel. v. 357 Rib.).

Trop.

To establish, constitute (= constituo).

Esp.: exemplum or documentum (v. edo fin., and cf. Sen. Phoen. 320), to set forth an example or precedent for warning or imitation:

statuite exemplum impudenti, date pudori praemium,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 6:

exemplum statuite in me ut adulescentuli Vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:

ut illi intellegere possint, in quo homine statueris exemplum hujus modi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 45, § 111:

in quos aliquid exempli populus Romanus statui putat oportere,

id. ib. 2, 3, 90, §

210: statuam in te exemplum, ne quis posthac infelicibus miseriis patriae illudat,

Just. 8, 7, 14:

documentum autem statui oportere, si quis resipiscat et antiquam societatem respiciat,

Liv. 24, 45, 5: statueretur immo [p. 1753] documentum, quo uxorem imperator acciperet, a precedent, Tac. A. 12, 6.—

Jus statuere, to establish a principle or relation of law:

ut (majores nostri) omnia omnium rerum jura statuerint,

Cic. Caecin. 12, 34: qui magistratum potestatemve habebit, si quid in aliquem novi juris statuerit, ipse quoque, adversario postulante, eodem jure uti debebit, if he has established any new principle of law, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 2, 2, 1, § 1:

si quid injungere inferiori velis, id prius in te ac tuos si ipse juris statueris, facilius omnes oboedientes habeas,

if you first admit it against yourself, Liv. 26, 36, 3:

si dicemus in omnibus aequabile jus statui convenire,

equal principles of law should be applied to all, Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4. —

In gen., to establish by authority (of relations, institutions, rights, duties, etc.):

(Numa) omnis partis religionis statuit sanctissime,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

hoc judicium sic exspectatur ut non unae rei statui, sed omnibus constitui putetur,

id. Tull. 15, 36:

ad formandos animos statuendasque vitae leges, Quint. prooem. 14: sic hujus (virtutis) ut caelestium statuta magnitudo est,

Sen. Ep. 79, 10:

vectigal etiam novum ex salaria annona statuerunt,

Liv. 29, 37, 2:

novos statuere fines,

id. 42, 24, 8:

neque eos quos statuit terminos observat,

id. 21, 44, 5:

quibus rebus cum pax statuta esset,

Just. 5, 10, 8; so id. 25, 1, 1:

sedesque ibi statuentibus,

id. 18, 5, 11.—

With double acc., to constitute, appoint, create:

Hirtius arbitrum me statuebat non modo hujus rei, sed totius consulatus sui,

Cic. Att. 14, 1, a, 2:

telluris erum natura nec illum, nec quemquam constituit,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 130:

de principatu (vinorum) se quisque judicem statuet,

Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 59:

praefectus his statuitur Andragoras,

Just. 21, 4, 5.—

To determine, fix, etc. (of temporal or local relations); constr. usually with acc. and dat. or acc. and gen.

Modum statuere alicui or alicujus rei, to determine the manner, mode, or measure of, assign limits, restrictions or restraints to a thing or person, to impose restraints upon.

With dat.:

diuturnitati imperii modum statuendum putavistis,

that a limit should be assigned to the duration of his power, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26:

statui mihi tum modum et orationi meae,

imposed restraints upon myself and my words, id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:

non statuendo felicitati modum, nec cohibendo fortunam,

by not assigning any limits to his success, Liv. 30, 30, 23 (Pompeium) affirmabant, libertati publicae statuturum modum, Vell. 2, 40:

cupidinibus statuat natura modum,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:

quem modum sibi ipsa statuit (crudelitas)?

Val. Max. 9, 2 pr.:

modum ipsae res statuunt (i. e. sibi),

Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 216:

modum nuptiarum sumptibus statuerunt,

Just. 21, 4, 5:

timori quem meo statuam modum?

Sen. Thyest. 483;

and with finem: jam statui aerumnis modum et finem cladi,

id. Herc. Fur. 206. —

With gen.:

honestius te inimicitiarum modum statuere potuisse quam me humanitatis,

Cic. Sull. 17, 48:

ipse modum statuam carminis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 44:

errorisque sui sic statuisse modum,

Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 36:

modum statuunt fellis pondere denarii,

they limit the quantity of the gall to the weight of a denarius, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 254.—

Condicionem or legem alicui, to impose a condition or law upon one, to dictate, assign a condition to:

hanc tu condicionem statuis Gaditanis,

Cic. Balb. 10, 25:

providete ne duriorem vobis condicionem statuatis ordinique vestro quam ferre possit,

id. Rab. Post. 6, 15:

alter eam sibi legem statuerat ut, etc.,

id. Phil. 10, 6, 12: pretio statuta lege ne modum excederet, etc., the law being assigned to the price that not, etc., i. e. the price being limited by the law, etc., Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118:

pacis legem universae Graeciae statuit,

Just. 9, 5, 2.—So with ellipsis of dat., to agree upon, stipulate:

statutis condicionibus,

Just. 6, 1, 3:

omnibus consentientibus Carthago conditur, statuto annuo vectigali pro solo urbis,

id. 18, 5, 14. —

Finem, to assign or put an end to, make an end of:

haud opinor commode Finem statuisse orationi militem,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 21:

et finem statuit cuppedinis atque timoris,

Lucr. 6, 25:

cum Fulvius Flaccus finem poenae eorum statuere cogeretur,

Val. Max. 3, 2, ext. 1: majores vestri omnium magnarum rerum et principia exorsi ab diis sunt, et finem statuerunt, finished, Liv. 45, 39, 10; so,

terminum: nam templis numquam statuetur terminus aevi,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 180:

cum consilii tui bene fortiterque suscepti eum tibi finem statueris, quem ipsa fortuna terminum nostrarum contentionum esse voluisset,

since you have assigned that end, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2.—

Pretium alicui rei, to assign a price to something; fix, determine the price of something:

quae probast mers, pretium ei statuit,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:

numquam avare pretium statui arti meae,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 48:

statuit frumento pretium,

Tac. A. 2, 87; so with dat. understood:

ut eos (obsides) pretio quantum ipsi statuissent patres redimi paterentur,

Liv. 45, 42, 7:

pretium statuit (i. e. vecturae et sali),

id. 45, 29, 13; so with in and acc.: ut in singulas amphoras (vini) centeni nummi statuantur, that the price may be set down at 100 sesterces for an amphora, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56.—

Statuere diem, horam, tempus, locum alicui rei, or alicui, or with dat. gerund., to assign or appoint a day, time, place, etc. (for the more usual diem dicere):

statutus est comitiis dies,

Liv. 24, 27, 1:

diem patrando facinori statuerat,

id. 35, 35, 15:

multitudini diem statuit ante quam sine fraude liceret ab armis discedere,

Sall. C. 36, 2:

dies insidiis statuitur,

id. J. 70, 3:

ad tempus locumque colloquio statuendum,

Liv. 28, 35, 4:

subverti leges quae sua spatia (= tempora) quaerendis aut potiundis honoribus statuerint,

Tac. A. 2, 36.—With ellipsis of dat.:

observans quem statuere diem,

Mart. 4, 54, 6:

noctem unam poscit: statuitur nox,

Tac. A. 13, 44.—Esp. in the part. statutus, fixed, appointed (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with status; v. sisto fin.):

institum ut quotannis... libri diebus statutis (statis) recitarentur,

Suet. Claud. 42:

ut die statuta omnes equos ante regiam producerent,

Just. 1, 10, 1:

quaedam (genera) statutum tempus anni habent,

Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 135:

fruges quoque maturitatem statuto tempore expectant,

Curt. 6, 3, 7:

sacrificium non esse redditum statuto tempore,

id. 8, 2, 6:

statuto tempore quo urbem Mithridati traderet,

Just. 16, 4, 9:

cum ad statutam horam omnes convenissent,

id. 1, 10, 8:

intra tempus statutum,

fixed by the law, Dig. 4, 4, 19 and 20.—

To recount, count up, state (very rare): statue sex et quinquaginta annos, quibus mox divus Augustus rempublicam rexit: adice Tiberii tres et viginti... centum et viginti anni colliguntur, count, fix the number at, Tac. Or. 17:

Cinyphiae segetis citius numerabis aristas... quam tibi nostrorum statuatur summa laborum,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 29.—

To decide, determine, with reference to a result, to settle, fix, bring about, choose, make a decision.

Of disputes, differences, questions, etc., between others.

With interrog.-clause:

ut statuatis hoc judicio utrum posthac amicitias clarorum virorum calamitati hominibus an ornamento esse malitis,

Cic. Balb. 28, 65:

eam potestatem habetis ut statuatis utrum nos... semper miseri lugeamus, an, etc.,

id. Mil. 2, 4:

in hoc homine statuatis, possitne senatoribus judicantibus homo nocentissim us pecuniosissimusque damnari,

id. Verr. 1, 16, 47:

vos statuite, recuperatores, utra (sententia) utilior esse videatur,

id. Caecin. 27, 77:

decidis tu statuisque quid iis ad denarium solveretur,

id. Quint. 4, 17:

magni esse judicis statuere quid quemque cuique praestare oporteret,

id. Off. 3, 17, 70:

mihi vero Pompeius statuisse videtur quid vos in judicando spectare oporteret,

id. Mil. 6, 15:

semel (senatus) statuerent quid donatum Masinissae vellent,

Liv. 42, 23:

nec quid faciendum modo sit statuunt, sed, etc.,

decide, dictate, id. 44, 22:

nondum statuerat conservaret eum necne,

Nep. Eum. 11, 2:

statutumque (est) quantum curules, quantum plebei pignoris caperent,

Tac. A. 13, 28: semel nobis esse statuendum quod consilium in illo sequamur, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4. —

With de:

ut consules de Caesaris actis cognoscerent, statuerent, judicarent,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:

et collegas suos de religione statuisse, in senatu de lege statuturos,

id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

ut de absente eo C. Licinius statueret ac judicaret,

Liv. 42, 22:

si de summa rerum liberum senatui permittat rex statuendi jus,

id. 42, 62: qui ab exercitu ab imperatore eove cui de ea re statuendi potestas fuerit, dimissus erit, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 3, 2, 1.—Often with reference to punishment:

cum de P. Lentulo ceterisque statuetis, pro certo habetote, vos simul de exercitu Catilinae decernere,

Sall. C. 52, 17:

satis visum de Vestilia statuere,

to pass sentence against, Tac. A. 2, 85:

jus statuendi de procuratoribus,

id. ib. 12, 54:

facta patribus potestate statuendi de Caeciliano,

id. ib. 6, 7; so id. ib. 13, 28; cf. id. ib. 15, 14; 2, 85; Suet. Tib. 61 fin. —In partic.: de se statuere, to decide on, or dispose of one's self, i. e. of one's life, = to commit suicide:

eorum qui de se statuebant humabantur corpora,

Tac. A. 6, 29.—

With de and abl. and interrog.-clause:

si quibusdam populis permittendum esse videatur ut statuant ipsi de suis rebus quo jure uti velint,

Cic. Balb. 8, 22.—

With contra:

consequeris tamen ut eos ipsos quos contra statuas aequos placatosque dimittas,

Cic. Or. 10, 34. —

With indef. obj., usu. a neutr. pron.:

utrum igitur hoc Graeci statuent... an nostri praetores?

Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

dixisti quippiam: fixum (i. e. id) et statutum est,

id. Mur. 30, 62:

eoque utrique quod statuit contenti sunt,

Caes. B. C. 1, 87:

senatus, ne quid absente rege statueret,

Liv. 39, 24, 13:

maturato opus est, quidquid statuere placet (senatui),

id. 8, 13, 17:

id ubi in P. Licinio ita statutum est,

id. 41, 15, 10:

interrogatus quid ipse victorem statuere debere censeret,

Curt. 8, 14, 43:

quid in futurum statuerim, aperiam,

Tac. A. 4, 37:

utque rata essent quae procuratores sui in judicando statuerent,

Suet. Claud. 12;

qul statuit aliquid parte inaudita altera, aequum licet statuerit, haud aequus fuit,

Sen. Med. 2, 199:

non ergo quod libet statuere arbiter potest,

Dig. 4, 8, 32, § 15; cf.:

earum rerum quas Caesar statuisset, decrevisset, egisset,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 11.—

With de or super and abl.:

vos de crudelissimis parricidis quid statuatis cunctamini?

Sall. C. 52, 31:

nihil super ea re nisi ex voluntate filii statuere,

Suet. Tib. 13:

ne quid super tanta re absente principe statueretur,

Tac. H. 4, 9.—

Absol., mostly pass. impers.:

ita expediri posse consilium ut pro merito cujusque statueretur,

Liv. 8, 14, 1:

tunc ut quaeque causa erit statuetis,

id. 3, 53, 10:

non ex rumore statuendum,

decisions should not be founded on rumors, Tac. A. 3, 69.—

With cognoscere, to examine ( officially) and decide:

petit ut vel ipse de eo causa cognita statuat, vel civitatem statuere jubeat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19:

consuli ut cognosceret statueretque senatus permiserat,

Liv. 39, 3, 2:

missuros qui de eorum controversiis cognoscerent statuerentque,

id. 40, 20, 1; 45, 13, 11:

quod causa cognita erit statuendum,

Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 8.—

With reference to the mind of the subject, to decide, to make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced, usu. with interrog.clause:

numquam intellegis, statuendum tibi esse, utrum illi homicidae sint an vindices libertatis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30:

illud mirum videri solet, tot homines... statuere non potuisse, utrum judicem an arbitrum, rem an litem dici oporteret,

id. Mur. 12, 27:

neque tamen possum statuere, utrum magis mirer, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

ipsi statuerent, quo tempore possent suo jure arma capere,

id. Tull. 5, 12:

ut statuerem quid esset faciendum,

id. Att. 7, 26, 3:

statuere enim qui sit sapiens, vel maxime videtur esse sapientis,

id. Ac. 2, 3, 9:

si habes jam statutum quid tibi agendum putes,

id. Fam. 4, 2, 4:

tu quantum tribuendum nobis putes statuas ipse, et, ut spero, statues ex nostra dignitate,

id. ib. 5, 8, 4:

vix statui posse utrum quae pro se, an quae contra fratrem petiturus esset ab senatu magis impetrabilia forent,

Liv. 45, 19, 6:

quam satis statuerat, utram foveret partem,

id. 42, 29, 11:

posse ipsam Liviam statuere, nubendum post Drusum, an, etc.,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

statue quem poenae extrahas,

Sen. Troad. 661.—So with apud animum, to make up one's mind:

vix statuere apud animum meum possum atrum pejor ipsa res an pejore exemplo agatur,

Liv. 34, 2, 4:

proinde ipsi primum statuerent apud animos quid vellent,

id. 6, 39, 11.—Rarely with neutr, pron. as object:

quidquid nos de communi sententia statuerimus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:

sic statue, quidquid statuis, ut causam famamque tuam in arto stare scias,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1306.—

To decree, order, prescribe.

With ut or ne: statuunt ut decem milia hominum in oppidum submittantur, [p. 1754] Caes. B. G. 7, 21:

eos (Siculos) statuisse ut hoc quod dico postularet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 103:

statuunt illi atque decernunt ut eae litterae... removerentur,

id. ib. 2, 2, 71, §

173: statuit iste ut arator... vadimonium promitteret,

id. ib. 2, 3, 15, §

38: orare patres ut statuerent ne absentium nomina reciperentur,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42, §

103: statuitur ne post M. Brutum proconsulem sit Creta provincia,

id. Phil. 2, 38, 97:

(Tiberius) auxit patrum honorem statuendo ut qui ad senatum provocavissent, etc.,

Tac. A. 14, 28:

statuiturque (a senatu) ut... in servitute haberentur,

id. ib. 12, 53.—So of a decree, determination, or agreement by several persons or parties to be carried out by each of them:

statutum esse (inter plebem et Poenos) ut... impedimenta diriperent,

Liv. 23, 16, 6:

Athenienses cum statuerent, ut urbe relicta naves conscenderent,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:

statuunt ut fallere custodes tentent,

Ov. M. 4, 84.—

With acc. (post-Aug.):

remedium statuere,

to prescribe a remedy against public abuses, Tac. A. 3, 28; 6, 4:

Caesar ducentesimam (vectigalis) in posterum statuit,

decreed that one half of one per cent. be the tax, id. ib. 2, 42.—So with sic (= hoc):

sic, di, statuistis,

Ov. M. 4, 661.—

With dat. and acc. (not ante-Aug.):

eis (Vestalibus) stipendium de publico statuit,

decreed, allowed a salary, Liv. 1, 20, 3:

Aurelio quoque annuam pecuniam statuit princeps,

decreed, granted, Tac. A. 13, 34:

biduum criminibus obiciendis statuitur,

are allowed, id. ib. 3, 13:

itaque et alimenta pueris statuta... et patribus praemia statuta,

Just. 12, 4, 8:

ceu Aeolus insanis statuat certamina ventis,

Stat. Th. 6, 300:

non hoc statui sub tempore rebus occasum Aeoniis,

id. ib. 7, 219:

statuere alicui munera,

Val. Fl. 2, 566.—

With dat. and interrog.-clause:

cur his quoque statuisti quantum ex hoc genere frumenti darent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:

ordo iis quo quisque die supplicarent, statutus,

Liv. 7, 28, 8.—

In partic., of punishment, etc., to decree, measure out, inflict.

With poenam, etc., with or without in and acc. pers. (mostly post-Aug.):

considerando... in utra (lege) major poena statuatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

poenam statui par fuisse,

Tac. A. 14, 49:

qui non judicium, sed poenam statui videbant,

id. ib. 11, 6:

eadem poena in Catum Firmium statuitur,

id. ib. 6, 31:

senatu universo in socios facinoris ultimam statuente poenam,

Suet. Caes. 14;

so with mercedem (= poenam): debuisse gravissimam temeritatis mercedem statui,

Liv. 39, 55, 3; cf.

also: Thrasea, non quidquid nocens reus pati mereretur, id egregio sub principe statuendum disseruit,

Tac. A. 14, 48.— Absol.:

non debere eripi patribus vim statuendi (sc. poenas),

Tac. A. 3, 70.—

With indef. obj., generally with in and acc.: aliquid gravius in aliquem, to proceed severely against:

obsecrare coepit, ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

fac aliquid gravius in Hejum statuisse Mamertinos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 19:

res monet cavere ab illis magis quam quid in illos statuamus consultare,

Sall. C. 52, 3:

qui cum triste aliquid statuit, fit tristis et ipse,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 119:

si quid ob eam rem de se crudelius statuerent,

Just. 2, 15, 10.—

With a word expressing the kind of punishment (post-Aug.):

in Pompeiam Sabinam exilium statuitur,

Tac. A. 6, 24 (18).—

De capite, to pass sentence of death:

legem illam praeclaram quae de capite civis Romani nisi comitiis centuriatis statui vetaret,

Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.—

Referring to one's own acts, to resolve, determine, purpose, to propose, with inf. (first in Cic.;

freq. and class.): statuit ab initio et in eo perseveravit, jus publicano non dicere,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

P. Clodius cum statuisset omni scelere in praetura vexare rem publicam,

id. Mil. 9, 24:

statuerat excusare,

to decline the office, id. Lig. 7, 21:

cum statuissem scribere ad te aliquid,

id. Off. 1, 2, 4:

quod iste certe statuerat et deliberaverat non adesse,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:

se statuisse animum advertere in omnes nauarchos,

id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §

105: nam statueram in perpetuum tacere,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

statueram... nihil de illo dicere,

id. Fragm. Clod. 1, 1:

statueram recta Appia Romam (i. e. venire),

id. Att. 16, 10, 1:

Pompeius statuerat bello decertare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 86: si cedere hinc statuisset, Liv. 44, 39, 7:

triumphare mense Januario statuerat,

id. 39, 15:

immemor sim propositi quo statui non ultra attingere externa nisi qua Romanis cohaererent rebus,

id. 39, 48:

rex quamquam dissimulare statuerat,

id. 42, 21:

opperiri ibi hostium adventum statuit,

id. 42, 54, 9:

ut statuisse non pugnare consules cognitum est,

id. 2, 45, 9:

exaugurare fana statuit,

id. 1, 55, 2:

Delphos mittere statuit,

id. 1, 56, 5:

eos deducere in agros statuerunt,

id. 40, 38, 2:

tradere se, ait, moenia statuisse,

id. 8, 25, 10:

Samnitium exercitus certamine ultimo fortunam experiri statuit,

id. 7, 37, 4:

statuit sic adfectos hosti non obicere,

id. 44, 36, 2:

sub idem tempus statuit senatus Carthaginem excidere,

Vell. 1, 12, 2:

statui pauca disserere,

Tac. H. 4, 73:

amoliri juvenem specie honoris statuit,

id. A. 2, 42:

statuerat urbem novam condere,

Curt. 4, 8, 1:

statuerat parcere urbi conditae a Cyro,

id. 7, 6, 20:

rex statuerat inde abire,

id. 7, 11, 4:

Alexander statuerat ex Syria petere Africam,

id. 10, 1, 17; 10, 5, 24; 5, 27 (9), 13; so,

statutum habere cum animo ac deliberatum,

to have firmly and deliberately resolved, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.—With sic:

caedis initium fecisset a me, sic enim statuerat,

id. Phil. 3, 7, 29.—

To judge, declare as a judgment, be of opinion, hold (especially of legal opinions), think, consider (always implying the establishment of a principle, or a decided conviction; cf.: existimo, puto, etc.).

With acc. and inf.

In gen.:

senatus consulta falsa delata ab eo judicavimus... leges statuimus per vim et contra auspicia latas,

Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12:

statuit senatus hoc ne illi quidem esse licitum cui concesserat omnia,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 81:

quin is tamen (judex) statuat fieri non posse ut de isto non severissime judicetur,

id. ib. 2, 3, 62, §

144: hujusce rei vos (recuperatores) statuetis nullam esse actionem qui obstiterit armatis hominibus?

id. Caecin. 13, 39, ut quisquam juris numeretur peritus, qui id statuit esse jus quod non oporteat judicari, who holds that to be the law, id. ib. 24, 68:

is (Pompeius) se in publico statuit esse non posse,

id. Pis. 13, 29:

tu unquam tantam plagam tacitus accipere potuisses, nisi hoc ita statuisses, quidquid dixisses te deterius esse facturum?

id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 133:

si causa cum causa contenderet, nos nostram perfacile cuivis probaturos statuebamus,

we were sure, id. Quint. 30, 92:

non statuit sibi quidquam licere quod non patrem suum facere vidisset,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 211:

hi sibi nullam societatem communis utilitatis causa statuunt esse cum civibus,

assume, id. Off. 3, 6, 28:

cum igitur statuisset opus esse ad eam rem constituendam pecunia,

had become convinced, id. ib. 2, 23, 82:

quo cive neminem ego statuo in hac re publica esse fortiorem,

id. Planc. 21, 51:

quam quidem laudem sapientiae statuo esse maximam,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

hoc anno statuit temporis esse satis,

Ov. F. 1, 34:

nolim statuas me mente maligna id facere,

Cat. 67, 37.— So with sic:

velim sic statuas tuas mihi litteras longissimas quasque gratissimas fore,

Cic. Fam. 7, 33 fin.:

ego sic statuo a me in hac causa pietatis potius quam defensionis partes esse susceptas,

I hold, lay down as the principle of my defence, id. Sest. 2, 3:

quod sic statuit omnino consularem legem nullam putare,

id. ib. 64, 135:

sic statuo et judico, neminem tot et tanta habuisse ornamenta dicendi,

id. Or. 2, 28, 122. —Hence, statui, I have judged, i. e. I know, and statueram, I had judged, i. e. I knew:

ut ego qui in te satis consilii statuerim esse, mallem Peducaeum tibi consilium dare quam me, ironically,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4:

qui saepe audissent, nihil esse pulchrius quam Syracusarum moenia, statuerant se, si ea Verre praetore non vidissent, numquam esse visuros,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95.—With neutr. pron.:

si dicam non recte aliquid statuere eos qui consulantur,

that they hold an erroneous opinion, Cic. Caecin. 24, 68; cf.:

quis hoc statuit umquam, aut cui concedi potest, ut eum jure potuerit occidere a quo, etc.,

id. Tull. 24, 56; Quint. 5, 13, 21.—

Particularly of a conclusion drawn from circumstances, to judge, infer, conclude; declare (as an inference):

cum tuto senatum haberi non posse judicavistis, tum statuiistis, etiam intra muros Antonii scelus versari,

Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13: quod si aliter statuetis, videte ne hoc vos statuatis, qui vivus decesserit, ei vim non esse factam, id. Caecin. 16, 46:

quid? si tu ipse statuisti, bona P. Quinctii ex edicto possessa non esse?

id. Quint. 24, 76:

ergo ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67:

Juppiter esse pium statuit quodcumque juvaret,

Ov. H. 4, 133.—With neutr. pron.:

hoc (i. e. litteris Gabinii credendum non esse) statuit senatus cum frequens supplicationem Gabinio denegavit,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14:

quod si tum statuit opus esse, quid cum ille decessisset, Flacco existimatis statuendum et faciendum fuisse?

id. Fl. 12, 29; cf. id. Caecin. 16, 46, supra; so,

hoc si ita statuetis,

id. ib. 16, 47.—

Esp. with gerund.-clause.

To hold, judge, think, consider, acknowledge, that something must be done, or should have been done:

tu cum tuos amicos in provinciam quasi in praedam invitabas... non statuebas tibi de illorum factis rationem esse reddendam?

did you not consider, did it not strike you? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29: statuit, si hoc crimen extenuari vellet, nauarchos omnes vita esse privandos, he thought it necessary to deprive, etc., id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §

103: ut statuas mihi non modo non cedendum, sed etiam tuo auxilio utendum fuisse,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

statuebam sic, boni nihil ab illis nugis expectandum,

id. Sest. 10, 24:

Antigonus statuit aliquid sibi consilii novi esse capiendum,

Nep. Eum. 8, 4. —So with opus fuisse:

ut hoc statuatis oratione longa nihil opus fuisse,

acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56: causam sibi dicendam esse statuerat jam ante quam hoc usu venit, knew (cf. a. supra), id. ib. 2, 5, 39, § 101. —

To think that one must do something, to resolve, propose, usu. with dat. pers.:

manendum mihi statuebam quasi in vigilia quadam consulari ac senatoria,

Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1: quae vobis fit injuria si statuimus, vestro nobis judicio standum esse, if we conclude, purpose, to abide, etc., id. Fl. 27, 65:

ut ea quae statuisses tibi in senatu dicenda, reticeres,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:

statuit tamen nihil sibi in tantis injuriis gravius faciendum,

id. Clu. 6, 16:

Caesar statuit exspectandam classem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

non expectandum sibi statuit dum, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 11:

quod eo tempore statuerat non esse faciendum,

id. B. C. 3, 44:

statuit sibi nihil agitandum,

Sall. J. 39, 5:

Metellus statuit alio more bellum gerendum,

id. ib. 54, 5:

Laco statuit accuratius sibi agendum cum Pharnabazo,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 2:

sororis filios tollendos statuit,

Just. 38, 1.—

With ut:

si, ut Manilius statuebat, sic est judicatum (= ut judicandum esse statuebat),

Cic. Caecin. 24, 69:

ut veteres statuerunt poetae (ut = quod ita esse),

id. Arat. 267 (33): quae majora auribus accepta sunt quam oculis noscuntur, ut statuit, as he thought, i. e. that those things were greater, etc., Liv. 45, 27:

cum esset, ut ego mihi statuo, talis qualem te esse video,

Cic. Mur. 14, 32.—

With two acc. (= duco, existimo):

omnes qui libere de re publica sensimus, statuit ille quidem non inimicos, sed hostes,

regarded not as adversaries, but as foes, Cic. Phil. 11, 1, 3:

Anaximenes aera deum statuit,

id. N. D. 10, 26:

voluptatem summum bonum statuens,

id. Off. 1, 2, 5:

video Lentulum cujus ego parentem deum ac patronum statuo fortunae ac nominis mei,

id. Sest. 69, 144:

si rectum statuerimus concedere amicis quidquid velint,

id. Lael. 11, 38:

Hieronymus summum bonum statuit non dolere,

id. Fin. 2, 6, 19:

noster vero Plato Titanum e genere statuit eos qui... adversentur magistratibus,

id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

decretum postulat, quo justae inter patruos fratrumque filias nuptiae statuerentur,

Tac. A. 12, 7:

optimum in praesentia statuit reponere odium,

id. Agr. 39.— P. a.: stătūtus, a, um, i. e. baculo, propped, leaning on a stick (dub. v. I. C. supra):

vidistis senem... statutum, ventriosum?

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, subst.: stătūtum, i, n., a law, decision, determination, statute (late Lat.):

Dei,

Lact. 2, 16, 14:

Parcarum leges ac statuta,

id. 1, 11, 14:

statuta Dei et placita,

id. 7, 25, 8.

con-firmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make firm, establish, strengthen, confirm (class., esp. in prose).

In gen. (prop. and trop.):

stipites confirmare et stabilire,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

ali hōc vires nervosque confirmari putant,

id. ib. 6, 21:

dentis mobilis,

Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 178; cf. Scrib. Comp. 57; 59 sq.:

confirmare et densare defluentem capillum,

Plin. 25, 11, 83, § 132:

crus debile,

Suet. Vesp. 7; cf. id. Aug. 80:

maxime religando confirmant parietum soliditatem,

Vitr. 2, 8, 7:

castellum magnis munitionibus multisque tormentis, Auct. B. Alex. 21, 5: intestina,

i. e. to heal, cure, Cels. 4, 19:

cicatriculam,

id. 2, 10 fin.: se, to recover physically, to grow well (corresp. with convalescere), Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2; 16, 3, 1; 16, 4, 4; 16, 1, 1.— Transf., of the vine, Col. 4, 3, 4:

valetudinem,

Cic. Att. 10, 17, 2:

pacem et amicitiam cum proximis civitatibus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3; cf.:

confirmare societatem datā ac acceptā fide,

Sall. C. 44, 3:

opes factionis,

id. ib. 32, 2; cf.:

viris suas,

Vell. 2, 44, 2:

suam manum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24:

se transmarinis auxiliis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 29:

conjurationem,

Nep. Dion, 8, 3:

regnum Persarum,

id. Milt. 3, 5; so,

regnum,

Suet. Caes. 9:

imperium,

id. Vit. 9:

decreta,

to confirm, Nep. Phoc. 3, 2:

acta Caesaris,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 12:

acta alicujus in transmarinis provinciis,

Vell. 2, 44, 2:

beneficia edicto,

Suet. Tit. 8:

provinciam a Caesare datam,

id. Aug. 10.—

Esp.

To confirm or strengthen courage, to instil courage into one, to encourage, inspirit, animate, embolden:

animum meum,

to take heart, take courage, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 1:

animum sapientissimi hominis,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2; id. Quint. 24, 77:

maximi animi hominem,

id. ib. 4, 8, 1:

animos ratione,

Lucr. 1, 426:

confirmare et excitare afflictos animos bonorum,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8:

animos Gallorum verbis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33; Sall. C. 46, 3:

vacillantium gentium animos,

Vell. 2, 120, 1:

suos ad dimicandum animo,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49:

milites,

id. ib. 5, 52:

timentes,

id. ib. 7, 7; cf.:

diffidentem rebus suis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

territos,

Sall. J. 38, 5:

perterritos,

Suet. Caes. 66; id. Aug. 43:

Massilienses obsidione laborantes adventu suo,

id. Ner. 2:

animum suum ad virtutem,

Auct. Her. 4, 22, 31 Klotz (al. conformavit):

nepotem suum ad successionem imperii,

Suet. Tib. 55 fin.:

nunc erige te et confirma,

take courage, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:

cum ipse te confirmasses,

hast acquired courage, id. Quint. 11, 39; cf.:

confirmant ipsi se,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95; Caes. B. G. 2, 19; id. B. C. 1, 14 al.:

eos multa pollicendo confirmat, uti Romam pergerent,

Sall. J. 23, 2:

alius alium confirmare, ne nomina darent,

Liv. 2, 24, 2.— Aliquem alicui rei: gladiatores Lentulus libertati confirmat, encourages them to freedom, i. e. incites them to make themselves worthy of freedom, Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4 dub. (Dinter and Kraner:

spe libertatis).—With abstr. objects: reliqui temporis spem,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71:

spem alicujus,

Suet. Calig. 12:

suspitionem,

id. Tib. 52; cf.:

sensus rectus et confirmatus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 2.—

To confirm one in his disposition or feelings, in his fidelity (rare):

insulas bene animatas,

Nep. Cim. 2, 4:

homines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

Gallias,

Vell. 2, 120.—

To confirm, give full assurance of, a fact, corroborate an assertion, settle, fix, establish, to prove, demonstrate the truth of a thing, etc. (very freq.):

confirmare nostra argumentis ac rationibus, deinde contraria refutare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 80;

so opp. refutare,

Quint. 5, prooem. § 2; 5, 13, 53; cf.

opp. refellere,

id. 3, 9, 6; 12, 1, 45;

opp. diluere,

id. 9, 2, 80:

confirmare aut infirmare rem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49:

divinationem,

id. Div. 1, 32, 71; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 78:

quorum omnium testimoniis de hac Dionis pecuniā confirmatum est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23:

crimen commenticium,

id. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:

haec istius vituperatio atque infamia confirmabatur eorum sermone, qui, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 101:

perjurium,

id. ib. 2, 4, 9, §

19: iste locus est tibi etiam atque etiam confirmandus,

id. Fin. 5, 32, 95:

his rebus confirmatis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 6 Kraner ad loc. —With acc. and inf., Lucr. 2, 185; cf. id. 2, [p. 415] 179; 5, 198.— Pass. impers., with ne:

sanctissimo jurejurando confirmari oportere, ne tecto recipiatur, qui non, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:

hoc idem visum esse ex superioribus castellis confirmaverunt,

id. B. C. 3, 67; cf.:

hoc ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim Confirmare, nequaquam esse creatam, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 179.—Hence,

To assert, affirm, protest something as true or certain; constr. with acc., acc. and inf., or de:

hoc cum mihi non modo confirmasset, sed etiam persuasisset,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

talem exsistere eloquentiam non potuisse confirmo,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 6.—So with acc. and inf., Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 50; cf.:

illud se polliceri et jurejurando confirmare, tutum iter per fines suos daturum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 27:

confirmare, fidem publicam per sese inviolatam fore,

Sall. J. 33, 3:

memini me audire te de glorioso et celeri reditu meo confirmare,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—So with de, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 1; id. Arch. 7, 15.—Hence, confirmātus, a, um, P. a.

(In acc. with II. A.) Encouraged, courageous, resolute:

animus certus et confirmatus,

Cic. Quint. 24, 77; so,

sensus rectus et confirmatus,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

confirmatiorem exercitum efficere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84.—

(Acc. to II. C.) Asserted, affirmed:

in quibus (litteris) erat confirmatius idem illud, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 15, 1.—

(Proved; hence,) Certain, credible:

quod eo confirmatius erit, si, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 11, 35: fides confirmatissima, most fixed, Porph. ad Hor. S. 1, 5, 27.—

* Adv.: confirmātē (in acc. with I.), firmly, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16.

con-stĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [statuo], to cause to stand, put or lay down, to set, put, place, fix, station, deposit a person or thing somewhere (esp. firmly or immovably), etc. (the act. corresponding to consistere; class.).

In gen.

Prop.:

hominem ante pedes Q. Manilii constituunt,

Cic. Clu. 13, 38:

vobis (dīs) candentem taurum ante aras,

Verg. A. 5, 237:

impedimenta,

Liv. 44, 36, 6:

reliquias praedonum contractas in urbibus,

Vell. 2, 32 fin.:

unum aliquem lectorem,

Quint. 2, 5, 6:

velut in aliquā sublimi speculā constitutus,

Lact. 2, 2, 18.—

Trop.:

cum hujus vobis adulescentiam proposueritis, constituitote vobis ante oculos etiam hujus miseri senectutem,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79.—

Esp.,

Milit. t. t.

To station or post troops somewhere, to draw up, set in order:

legionem Caesar passibus CC. ab eo tumulo constituit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

legiones pro castris in acie,

id. ib. 2, 8 fin.;

4, 35: aciem ordinesque intra silvas,

id. ib. 2, 19:

octo cohortes in fronte,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

quod reliquum peditum erat, obliquo constituerunt colle,

Liv. 28, 33, 8 al.:

naves ad latus apertum hostium,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25; cf.:

naves aperto ac plano litore,

id. ib. 4, 23 fin.:

naves nisi in alto,

id. ib. 4, 24:

subsidiarias (naves) in secundo ordine, Auct. B. Alex. 14, 3: classem apud Salamina exadversum Athenas,

Nep. Them. 3, 4; cf. id. Alcib. 8, 1:

praesidia in Rutenis provincialibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 7.—Rarely of a single person: se constituere, to station or post one's self: dum se Gallus iterum eodem pacto constituere studet, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 17.—

In contrast with a march, to cause to halt:

paulisper agmen constituit,

Sall. J. 49, 5; so,

agmen,

Liv. 35, 28, 8; 38, 25, 12:

signa paulisper novitate rei,

id. 33, 10, 3; so,

signa,

id. 34, 20, 4.—And trop.:

si constituitur aliquando (narratio) ac non istā brevitate percurritur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328.—

With the access. idea of preparation, to set up, erect, establish, found, build, construct, prepare, make, create, constitute (class. and very freq.).

Lit.:

genus humanum, quorum omnia causā constituisse deos,

Lucr. 2, 175:

aggerem apparare, vineas agere, turres duas constituere coepit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

turres,

id. ib. 2, 12:

turrim,

id. ib. 2, 30:

castella ad extremas fossas,

id. ib. 2, 8:

vineas ac testudines,

Nep. Milt. 7, 2:

locis certis horrea,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42:

inane sepulcrum,

Ov. M. 6, 568:

feralis cupressos,

Verg. A. 6, 216:

ingentem quercum in tumulo,

id. ib. 11, 6:

pyras curvo in litore,

id. ib. 11, 185:

quattuor aras ad alta delubra dearum,

id. G. 4, 542; Suet. Aug. 59 fin.:

aedem in foro geminis fratribus,

id. Caes. 10:

castra Romae,

id. Tib. 37 et saep.:

oppidum,

to found, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Nep. Cim. 2, 2; so,

nova moenia,

Verg. A. 12, 194; cf.:

moenia in Aside terrā,

Ov. M. 9, 449:

domicilium sibi Magnesiae,

Nep. Them. 10, 2:

triplex Piraeei portus constitutus est,

id. ib. 6, 1:

hiberna omnium legionum in Belgis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 38:

di primum homines humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituerunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140.—

Trop., to bring about, effect, establish, appoint, etc., freq. of judicial determinations, etc.: videte, [p. 438] per deos immortalis, quod jus nobis, quam condicionem vobismet ipsis, quam denique civitati legem constituere velitis, to establish, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40:

jus melius Sullanis praediis quam paternis,

id. Agr. 3, 3, 10:

judicium,

id. Part. Or. 28, 99:

judicium de pecuniis repetundis,

id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11:

judicium capitis in se,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

controversiam,

id. de Or. 1, 31, 143:

quaestionem,

Quint. 3, 11, 17; 4, 2, 10:

ratiocinationem,

id. 5, 14, 12:

in hac accusatione comparandā constituendāque laborare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; and of persons, to designate, appoint, select, put forward, etc.:

accusatorem,

id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 10; Quint. 3, 10, 3 (cf.:

comparare accusatorem,

Cic. Clu. 67, 191):

testis,

Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 55:

tutores pupillis,

Dig. 2, 1, 1 et saep.:

nuper apud C. Orchivium collegam meum locus ab judicibus Fausto Sullae de pecuniis residuis non est constitutus,

no trial of him was permitted, Cic. Clu. 34, 94:

reum statim fecit, utique ei locus primus constitueretur impetravit,

id. ib. 20, 56:

fidem,

id. Part. Or. 9, 31; cf. id. Sen. 18, 62:

concordiam,

id. Att. 8, 11, D, 1:

si utilitas amicitiam constituet, tollet eadem,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 78:

amicitiam tecum,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 7, 27 (cf. id. ib. §

25: amicitiae permultae comparantur): libertatem,

Cic. Fl. 11, 25:

victoriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

pacem (opp. bellum gerere),

id. ib. 8, 22:

quantum mali sibi ac liberis suis,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 65.—

With the access. idea of ordering, contriving, to establish, fix, appoint, settle, order, manage; to confirm, regulate, arrange, dispose.

Lit.:

Ti. et C. Gracchos plebem in agris publicis constituisse,

to have established, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 83:

ibi futuros Helvetios, ubi eos Caesar constituisset,

should assign them a permanent abode, Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

reges in civitate,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. Off. 2, 12, 41:

Commium regem ibi,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

decemviralem potestatem in omnibus urbibus,

Nep. Lys. 2, 1; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 17:

curatores legibus agrariis,

id. ib.; cf.:

publice patronum huic causae,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

regnum alicui,

Nep. Chabr. 2, 1 al.:

composita et constituta res publica,

Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42; cf.:

bene morata et bene constituta civitas,

id. Brut. 2, 7; so id. Agr. 2, 5, 10 fin.:

civitates,

to organize, id. de Or. 1, 9, 35:

quis tibi concesserit... reliquas utilitates in constituendis civitatibus... a disertis ornateque dicentibus esse constitutas,

id. ib. 1, 9, 36:

Chersoneso tali modo constituto,

Nep. Milt. 2, 4:

res summā aequitate,

id. ib. 2, 2; cf.:

rem nummariam,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80:

rem familiarem,

id. Phil. 11, 2, 4.—

Trop.:

ineuntis aetatis inscitia senum constituenda et regenda prudentiā est,

Cic. Off. 1, 34, 122; cf.:

majores vestri majestatis constituendae gratiā bis Aventinum occupavere,

Sall. J. 31, 17; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6:

jam perfectis constitutisque viribus,

Quint. 10, 1, 57.— Pass. impers.: non tam sinistre constitutum est, ut non, etc., i. e. we are not so badly off as not, etc., Plin. Pan. 45, 5.—Of persons:

Athenaeum in maximā apud regem auctoritate gratiāque,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6:

aliquem sibi quaestoris in loco,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77:

in potestate aliquem,

Lact. Epit. 55, 6:

constituuntur in honoribus, cum magistratus creantur,

Aug. Cont. adv. Leg. 1, 45 al. —

With the access. idea of limiting, fixing, allotting, to fix, appoint something ( for or to something), to settle, agree upon, define, determine.

Lit.:

propter dissensionem placuerat dividi thesauros finesque imperii singulis constitui,

Sall. J. 12, 1:

summum pretium,

Cic. Att. 12, 31, 2; cf.:

pretium frumento,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171:

certam pecuniam proconsulibus,

Suet. Aug. 36; id. Ner. 10:

propria loca senatoribus,

id. Claud. 21:

diem nuptiis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 180; cf.:

nuptias in hunc diem,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 34:

diem concilio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30:

diem colloquio,

id. ib. 1, 47:

posterum diem pugnae,

id. ib. 3, 23 fin.:

negotio proximum diem,

Sall. J. 93, 8:

certum tempus ei rei,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum,

Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 47:

tempus in posterum diem locumque,

Liv. 38, 25, 2:

postquam ad constitutam non venerat diem,

id. 27, 16, 16:

locus, tempus constitutum est,

Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 3:

modum credendi,

Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 5: de numero pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituunt:

ego in octogenas hirtas oves singulos pastores constitui, Atticus in centenas,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 10.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to accord, agree with one in a thing, to appoint, fix, to concert, agree upon, assent to (cf. Gron. Obss. p. 14 sq.); constr. aliquid cum aliquo, alicui, inter se, or with acc. only, or absol.

Cum aliquo:

ubiea dies, quam constituerat cum legatis venit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8:

pactam et constitutam esse cum Manlio diem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24:

constitui cum quodam hospite, Me esse illum conventuram,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 120:

constitui cum hominibus, quo die mihi Messanae praesto essent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: cum aliquo, ut, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Calig. 8; cf. under P. a., B. 2.—

Alicui:

L. Cincio HS. XXCD. constitui me curaturum Idibus Febr.,

Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; id. Off. 1, 10, 32:

ubi nocturnae Numa constituebat amicae,

Juv. 3, 12; cf.:

sane, inquit, vellem non constituissem, in Tusculanum me hodie venturum esse, Laelio,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 265.—

With acc. only or absol.:

vadimonia constituta,

Cic. Sen. 7, 21:

de pecuniā constitutā,

Dig. 13, tit. 5; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 4:

(Vaccenses) compositis inter se rebus in diem tertiam constituunt,

Sall. J. 66, 2:

sic constituunt, sic condicunt,

Tac. G. 11; Juv. 6, 487.— Pass. impers.:

Avillius, ut erat constitutum, simulat se aegrotare,

Cic. Clu. 13, 37.—

Trop.:

constituendi sunt qui sint in amicitiā fines deligendi,

Cic. Lael. 16, 56:

si forte quaereretur quae esset ars imperatoris, constituendum putarem principio, quis esset imperator: qui cum esset constitutus administrator quidam belli gerendi, tum adjungerem, etc. (for which, soon after, definire),

id. de Or. 1, 48, 210; cf. C. 1. supra, and Quint. 12, 1, 1:

nondum satis constitui molestiaene plus an voluptatis attulerit mihi Trebatius noster,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 1:

ut constitueret, honestum esse aliquid quod, etc.,

id. Off. 2, 3, 9:

bona possessa non esse constitui,

id. Quint. 29, 89:

de hoc Antigonus cum solus constituere non auderet, ad consilium retulit,

Nep. Eum. 12, 1.—

With the access. idea of resolving, to determine to do something, to take a resolution, to resolve, decide, determine.

With inf.:

si quis mare Neptunum Cereremque vocare Constituit fruges,

Lucr. 2, 656:

cohortes duas in Nantuatibus collocare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1:

bellum cum Germanis gerere,

id. ib. 4, 6:

Romanorum adventum exspectare atque ibi decertare,

id. ib. 4, 19:

desciscere a rege,

Nep. Dat. 5, 5.—

With acc. and inf.:

audio constitutum esse Pompeio et ejus consilio in Siciliam me mittere,

Cic. Att. 7, 7, 4. —

With interrog.-clause:

quantum pecuniae quaeque civitas daret, Aristides delectus est, qui constitueret,

Nep. Arist. 3, 1. —

With ut:

rus uti irem, jam heri constitueram,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 136:

constitueram, ut pridie Idus Aquini manerem,

Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:

constituimus inter nos ut ambulationem conficeremus,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:

Lentulus cum ceteris constituerant, uti, etc.,

Sall. C. 43, 1.—Hence, constĭtūtus, a, um, P. a.

Adj. (acc. to B.), constituted, arranged, disposed:

bene constitutum corpus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 17:

viri sapientes et bene naturā constituti,

id. Sest. 65, 137:

quotus quisque philosophorum invenitur, qui sit ita moratus, ita animo ac vitā constitutus, ut ratio postulat,

id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

qui integri sunt et sani et bene constituti de rebus domesticis,

id. Sest. 45, 97.—

(Acc. to C.) Fixed, established:

cursus siderum,

Quint. 1, 10, 46:

discrimina (opp. fortuita),

id. 5, 10, 42:

jam confirmatae constitutaeque vocis,

id. 11, 3, 29.—

Subst.: constĭtūtum, i, n.

(Acc. to B.) An institution, ordinance, law (mostly postclass.), Cod. Th. 1, 11, 5; 12, 41, 1.—

Trop.:

cum videas ordinem rerum et naturam per constituta procedere,

according to established laws, Sen. Q. N. 3, 16, 2.—

(Acc. to D. 1. b.) An agreement, appointment, accommodation; a compact (in good prose):

ante rem quaeruntur, quae talia sunt, apparatus, conloquia, locus, constitutum, convivium,

Cic. Top. 12, 52; so absol., id. Att. 11, 16, 2; id. Cael. 8, 20:

rescripsit constitutum se cum eo habere,

id. Att. 12, 23, 3:

constitutum factum esse cum servis, ut venirent, etc.,

id. Cael. 25, 61; and humorously: si quod constitutum cum podagra habes, fac ut in alium diem differas, id. Fam. 7, 4; so,

ad constitutum venire,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 1; Cic. Caecin. 12, 33:

se proripu it,

Suet. Oth. 6;

and without a verb,

Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1; Flor. 2, 6, 16 (but in Vell. 2, 110, 1, the better read. is consili).

dē-fīgo, xi, xum, 3, v. a., to fasten down or in; and with especial reference to the terminus, to drive, fix, or fasten into (class.). —

Lit.: in campo Martio crucem ad civium supplicium defigi et constitui jubes, Cic. Rab. perd. 4; so,

tigna machinationibus immissa in flumen,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 4:

sudes sub aqua,

id. ib. 5, 18, 3:

asseres in terra defigebantur,

id. B. C. 2, 2; Liv. 44, 5:

verutum in balteo,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 7:

sicam in consulis corpore,

to thrust, Cic. Cat. 1, 6; cf.:

cultrum in corde,

Liv. 1, 58 fin.:

tellure hastas,

Verg. A. 12, 130; cf. id. ib. 6, 652:

gladium superne jugulo,

Liv. 1, 25; cf. Ov. M. 13, 436 al.: cruci defiguntur, Varr. ap. Non. 221, 13:

arborem penitus terrae,

Verg. G. 2, 290:

te hodie, si prehendero, defigam in terram colaphis,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 22 (for which, shortly after, cruci affigere):

morsus in aurem,

Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 34:

clavum percussum malleo in cerebrum,

Vulg. Judic. 4, 21; Eccles. 12, 11. —

Meton. (Causa pro effectu.) To fix, fasten, render immovable (rare):

defixa caelo sidera,

Hor. Epod. 17, 5; cf. Ov. M. 11, 76:

defixere aciem in his vestigiis,

have fixed them motionless, Tac. Agr. 34; cf.:

defixi et Neronem intuentes,

id. A. 13, 16:

sedeo defixus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34, 1:

me defixum in ora, etc.,

Prop. 1, 8, 15.—

Esp. in phrase, manus defigere, to strike hands, i. e., to close a contract as surety, to pledge one's person, Vulg. Prov. 6, 1; 22, 26.—

Trop.

In gen., to fix, fasten; to turn intently in any direction:

virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

Cic. Phil. 4, 5:

oculos in vultu regis,

Curt. 7, 8:

iratos oculos in te,

Ov. Am. 2, 18, 15:

in alicujus possessiones oculos defigere,

Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 10:

oculos defigere in terram,

Quint. 11, 3, 158; Curt. 9, 3.— Absol.:

oculos,

to let fall, cast down, Tac. A. 3, 1:

Aeneas defixus lumina,

Verg. A. 6, 156:

animos in ea, quae perspicua sunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 15:

disputare non vaganti oratione, sed defixa in una republica,

id. Rep. 1, 11; cf.:

in eo mentem orationemque defigit,

id. de Or. 3, 8, 31:

omnes suas curas in reip. salute,

id. Phil. 14, 5, 13; id. Verr. 1, 3; cf. id. Prov. Cons. 4, 8.—

In partic.

To strike motionless, sc. with astonishment, etc.; to stupefy, astound, astonish (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

utraque simul objecta res oculis animisque immobiles parumper eos defixit,

Liv. 21, 33; so,

aliquem,

id. 3, 47; 6, 40 al.: silentium triste ita defixit omnium animos, ut, etc., Liv. 1, 29.—In the part. perf.:

dum stupet obtutuque haeret defixus in uno,

Verg. A. 1, 495; 6, 156; 7, 249; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 14; Liv. 8, 7; Tac. A. 1, 68; 13, 5 et saep.—

Religious t. t.

To declare fixedly, firmly, unalterably:

QVAE AVGVR VITIOSA, DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin. —

(Because, in making imprecations, the waxen image of him for whom destruction was to be prepared, or his name written in wax, was stuck through with a needle; cf. Ov. H. 6, 91 sq., and Voss upon Verg. E. 8, 80.) To bewitch, enchant; to curse any thing:

caput alicujus dira imprecatione,

Sen. Ben. 6, 35:

defigi imprecationibus,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

nomina cerā,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 29; cf.:

DEFIXA NOMINA,

Inscr. Orell. 3726:

regis animum Iolchiacis votis,

Verg. Cir. 376.—

To censure, reprove a thing:

culpam,

Pers. 5, 16.

rādix, īcis ( gen. plur. radicium, Cassiod. H. E. 1, 1; Jul. Val. Itin. Alex. 32 (75)), f. [Gr. rhiza, a root; rhadix, a shoot or twig; cf. ramus], a root of a plant (cf. stirps).

Lit.

In gen. (mostly in plur.):

radices agere,

to strike root, Varr. R. R. 1, 37 fin.; Ov. R. Am. 106; id. M. 4, 254; Col. 5, 6, 8; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127; cf.

infra, II.: capere radices,

to take root, Cato, R. R. 133, 3; Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

penitus immittere radices,

Quint. 1, 3, 5:

emittere radices e capite, ex se,

Col. 3, 18, 6; 5, 10, 13:

descendunt radices,

Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 129:

arbores ab radicibus subruere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27, 4:

herbas radice revellit,

Ov. M. 7, 226:

radicibus eruta pinus,

Verg. A. 5, 449:

segetem ab radicibus imis eruere,

id. G. 1, 319.— Sing.:

(arbos) quae, quantum vertice ad auras, tantum radice in Tartara tendit,

Verg. G. 2, 292; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 128; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 150; Ov. H. 5, 147. —

In partic., an edible root, Caes. B. C. 3, 48; esp. a radish:

Syriaca,

Col. 11, 3, 16; 59:

also simply radix,

Pall. 1, 35, 5; Hor. S. 2, 8, 8; Ov. M. 8, 666 al.:

dulcis,

licorice, Scrib. Comp. 170. —

Transf.

The root, i. e. the lower part of an object, the foot of a hill, mountain, etc.— In plur.:

in radicibus Caucasi natus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

in radicibus Amani,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 9:

sub ipsis radicibus montis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36; 7, 51 fin.; 69; id. B. C. 1, 41; 3, 85, 1 et saep. — In sing.:

a Palatii radice,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101; Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 180.—

That upon which any thing is fixed or rests (e. g. the tongue, a feather, a rock); a root, foundation ( poet.; used alike in sing. and plur.):

linguae,

Ov. M. 6, 557:

plumae,

id. ib. 2, 583:

saxi,

Lucr. 2, 102; Ov. M. 14, 713.—

Radix virilis = membrum virile, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 13.—

Trop., a root, ground, basis, foundation, origin, source (almost entirely in the plur.):

vera gloria radices agit atque etiam propagatur,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

virtus altissimis defixa radicibus,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 13:

audeamus non solum ramos amputare miseriarum, sed omnes radicum fibras evellere,

id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

facilitatis et patientiae,

id. Cael. 6, 14:

Pompeius eo robore vir, iis radicibus,

i. e. so deeply rooted, firmly established in the State, id. Att. 6, 6, 4:

illic radices, illic fundamenta sunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 3:

a radicibus evertere domum,

from its foundation, utterly, Phaedr. 3, 10, 49:

ex iisdem, quibus nos, radicibus natum (C. Marium),

i. e. a native of the same city, Cic. Sest. 22, 50; Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 1; cf. in sing.:

Apollinis se radice ortum,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 72:

ego sum radix David,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 16 et saep.—

Of words,

origin, derivation, Varr. L. L. 6, 5, 61; 7, 3, 88 al.

stăbĭlis, e, adj. [sto, prop. where one can stand; hence, pregn.], that stands firm; firm, steadfast, steady, stable (class.; esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: firmus, constans).

Lit.:

via plana et stabilis (opp. praeceps et lubrica),

Cic. Fl. 42, 105:

locus ad insistendum,

Liv. 44, 5, 10:

solum,

id. 44, 9, 7:

stabulum,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 56:

domus,

id. Merc. 3, 4, 68:

medio sedet insula ponto,

Ov. F. 4, 303:

per stabilem ratem tamquam viam,

Liv. 21, 28, 8:

elephanti pondere ipso stabiles,

id. 21, 28, 12:

stabilior Romanus erat,

was more firm, stood his ground better, id. 44, 35, 19; cf.:

stabili gradu impetum hostium excipere,

id. 6, 12, 8; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.:

Romani stabili pugnae assueti,

Liv. 28, 2, 7:

pugna,

id. 31, 35, 6:

acies,

id. 30, 11, 9:

proelium,

Tac. A. 2, 21:

quae domus tam stabilis, quae tam firma civitas est, quae? etc.,

Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

stabilis pulsus,

a steady pulse, Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 219:

venae aquarum,

steadily flowing, id. 30, 3, 28, § 48.—

Trop., firm, enduring, durable, stable; immutable, unwavering; steadfast, intrepid (syn.:

firmus, constans, certus): fundamentum,

Lucr. 5, 1121:

amici firmi et stabiles et constantes,

Cic. Lael. 17, 62:

stabilem se in amicitiā praestare,

id. ib. 17, 64:

stabile et fixum et permanens bonum,

id. Tusc. 5, 14, 40:

decretum stabile, fixum, ratum,

id. Ac. 2, 9, 27:

stabilis certaque sententia (opp. errans et vaga),

id. N. D. 2, 1, 2: urbs sedem stabilem non habebit, id. Marcell. 9, 29:

matrimonium stabile et certum,

id. Phil. 2, 18, 44:

stabilis et certa possessio,

id. Lael. 15, 55:

praecepta firma, stabilia,

id. Off. 1, 2, 6:

opinio,

id. N. D. 2, 2, 5:

oratio stabilis ac non mutata,

id. Mil. 34, 92:

nihil est tam ad diuturnitatem memoriae stabile quam, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 129:

animus stabilis amicis,

id. Inv. 1, 30, 47:

virtus, Quae maneat stabili cum fugit illa (Fortuna) pede,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 30.—Of springs:

aquae certae, stabilesque et salubres,

unfailing, perennial, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 48: eam (summam voluptatem) tum adesse, cum dolor omnis absit: eam stabilem appellas (opp. in motu), i. e. a fixed state or condition, Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 75.—Of feet, syllables, etc., in verse:

spondei,

Hor. A. P. 256; so,

pedes, dochmius, syllabae, etc.,

Quint. 9, 4, 97 sq.: stabilia probant, i. e. consisting of such feet, etc., id. 9, 4, 116.— Comp.:

imperium stabilius,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 41.— Sup.: quaestus stabilissimus, Cato, R. R. praef. fin. —

Stabile est, with subject - clause, like certum est, it is settled, it is decided:

profecto stabile'st, me patri aurum reddere,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 25.—Hence, adv.: stăbĭlĭter (acc. to I.), firmly, durably, permanently (very rare):

includatur tympanum,

Vitr. 10, 14.— Comp.:

fundare molem,

Suet. Claud. 20.