forgetting

oblīvĭo, ōnis, f. [obliviscor].

Lit., a being forgotten, forgetfulness, oblivion (class.):

oblivio veteris belli,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4 init.:

laudem alicujus ab oblivione atque a silentio vindicare,

to rescue from oblivion, id. de Or. 2, 2, 7:

meam tuorum erga me meritorum memoriam nulla umquam delebit oblivio,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 2:

dare aliquid oblivioni,

to consign to oblivion, Liv. 1, 31, 3:

oblivione obruere,

Cic. Brut. 15, 60; for which (late Lat.): oblivioni tradere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 31, 2; Hier. in Psa. 68, 1 al.:

omnes ejus injurias voluntariā quādam oblivione contriveram,

had consigned to oblivion, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20:

in oblivionem negoti venire,

to forget, id. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 79:

satius erat ista in oblivionem ire,

to be forgotten, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 7 init.:

in oblivionem diuturnitate adduci,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 54:

capit me oblivio alicujus rei,

I forget something, id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

per oblivionem,

through forgetfulness, Suet. Caes. 28:

in oblivione est,

is forgotten, Vulg. Luc. 12, 6.—In plur.:

carpere lividas Obliviones,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 34; Gell. 9, 5, 6; Quint. Decl. 306.—

Transf.

Subject., a forgetting, forgetfulness (post-Aug.):

in eo (Claudio) mirati sunt homines et oblivionem et inconsiderantiam,

Suet. Claud. 39, Tac. A. 11, 38.—

Concr

Oblivio litterarum, a poet. designation of Orbilius Pupillus, a grammarian, who lost his memory in his old age, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 9.—

Flumen Oblivionis, an appellation of the river Limia, in Hispania Tarraconensis, acc. to the Gr. ho tês lêthês, Mel. 3, 1, 8; Flor. 2, 17, 12; called flumen Oblivio, Liv Epit. 55.

oblīviscor, lītus (archaic inf. obliscier. Att. Tr. 190; 488), 3, v. dep. [ob and livor, q. v.; livēre, to become dark; hence, to have the mind darkened, forget], to forget; constr. with gen. of pers. and with gen. or acc. of thing; less freq. with inf. or a rel.clause (class.; cf. dedisco).

With gen. of person:

vivorum memini, nec tamen Epicuri licet oblivisci,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3: nescio hercule, neque unde eam, neque quorsum eam;

ita prorsum oblitus sum mei,

I have so completely forgotten myself, been lost in thought, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 15:

regisque ducumque meique,

Ov. M. 13, 276:

dum tu ades, sunt oblitae sui,

Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 1:

nec oblitus sui est Ithacus discrimine tanto,

was not forgetful of himself, untrue to his nature, Verg. A. 3, 629; cf. Val. Fl. 3, 664: sui, to forget one's self, know nothing of one's former self, sc. after death, Sen. Herc. Fur. 292; also, to forget one's self in a character represented or assumed:

tamquam in eo tragoediae argumento sui oblitus tantum Catonem cogitāsset,

Tac. Or. 2. —

With gen. of thing:

meminens naturae et professionis oblitus,

Sid. Ep. 4, 12:

nec umquam obliviscar noctis illius, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 42, 101; cf.:

oblivisci temporum meorum,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 8:

ut nostrae dignitatis simus obliti,

id. ib. 1, 7, 7:

veterumque oblitus honorum,

Ov. M. 7, 543; Just. 4, 2, 5:

oblivisci veteris contumeliae, recentium injuriarum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

controversiarum ac dissensionum,

id. ib. 7, 34:

pristini instituti,

id. B. C. 3, 57:

offensarum,

Tac. H. 2, 1:

tot exemplorum,

Quint. 9, 2, 86.—

With acc. of thing:

qui quod dedit id ob litust datum,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 24:

officium meum,

id. Cas. 1, 1, 16:

injurias,

Cic. Cael. 20, 50; cf.:

artificium obliviscatur,

id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

res praeclarissimas,

id. Mil. 23, 63:

totam causam,

id. Brut. 60, 218:

haec tam crebra Etruriae concilia,

Liv. 5, 5, Drak. N. cr.:

ut alia obliviscar,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 87.—With acc. of person:

obliti sunt Deum,

Vulg. Psa. 105, 21; 49, 22.—

With inf.:

oblita pharetram tollere,

Ov. M. 2, 439:

suas quatere pennas,

id. ib. 4, 676: dicere aliquid. Ter. And. 5, 1, 22:

obliviscor, Roscium et Cluvium viros esse primarios,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 50.—

With a rel.clause:

in scriptis obliviscebatur, quid paulo ante posuisset,

Cic. Brut. 60, 218.—

Poet., transf., of things:

saeclis obliviscentibus,

i. e. causing forgetfulness, Cat. 68, 43:

oblito pectore,

id. 64, 207: pomaque degenerant sucos oblita priores, forgetting, i. e. being deprived of losing, Verg. G. 2, 59; imitated by Col. poët. 10, 408.—

Prov.:

oblivisci nomen suum,

to forget one's own name, to have a bad memory, Petr. 66.—

Part. fut. pass.:

oblitusque meorum, obliviscendus et illis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 9:

obliviscendi stratiotici,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 49.

signif. ( poet. and late Lat.):

post emancipationem in totum adoptivae familiae obliviscuntur,

Dig. 23, 2, 60, § 6:

oblita carmina,

Verg. E. 9, 53; Val. Fl. 2, 388:

oblitos superūm dolores,

id. 1, 791:

suis hominibus oblitus,

August. Mus. 4, 4.

trans-mitto or trāmitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

To send, carry, or convey across, over, or through; to send off, despatch, transmit from one place or person to another (syn.: transfero, traicio, traduco).

Lit.:

mihi illam ut tramittas: argentum accipias,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 27:

illam sibi,

id. ib. 1, 2, 52:

exercitus equitatusque celeriter transmittitur (i. e. trans flumen),

are conveyed across, Caes. B. G. 7, 61:

legiones,

Vell. 2, 51, 1:

cohortem Usipiorum in Britanniam,

Tac. Agr. 28:

classem in Euboeam ad urbem Oreum,

Liv. 28, 5, 18:

magnam classem in Siciliam,

id. 28, 41, 17:

unde auxilia in Italiam transmissurus erat,

id. 23, 32, 5; 27, 15, 7: transmissum per viam tigillum, thrown over or across, id. 1, 26, 10:

ponte transmisso,

Suet. Calig. 22 fin.: in partem campi pecora et armenta, Tac. A. 13, 55:

materiam in formas,

Col. 7, 8, 6.—

To cause to pass through:

per corium, per viscera Perque os elephanto bracchium transmitteres,

you would have thrust through, penetrated, Plaut. Mil. 1, 30; so,

ensem per latus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1165:

facem telo per pectus,

id. Thyest. 1089:

per medium amnem transmittit equum,

rides, Liv. 8, 24, 13:

(Gallorum reguli) exercitum per fines suos transmiserunt,

suffered to pass through, id. 21, 24, 5:

abies folio pinnato densa, ut imbres non transmittat,

Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 48:

Favonios,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 19; Tac. A. 13, 15:

ut vehem faeni large onustam transmitteret,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 108.—

Trop.

To carry over, transfer, etc.:

bellum in Italiam,

Liv. 21, 20, 4; so,

bellum,

Tac. A. 2, 6:

vitia cum opibus suis Romam (Asia),

Just. 36, 4, 12: vim in aliquem, to send against, i. e. employ against, Tac. A. 2, 38.—

To hand over, transmit, commit:

et quisquam dubitabit, quin huic hoc tantum bellum transmittendum sit, qui, etc.,

should be intrusted, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

alicui signa et summam belli,

Sil. 7, 383:

hereditas transmittenda alicui,

to be made over, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7; and with inf.:

et longo transmisit habere nepoti,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 78 (analog. to dat habere, Verg. A. 9, 362;

and, donat habere,

id. ib. 5, 262);

for which: me famulo famulamque Heleno transmisit habendam,

id. ib. 3, 329:

omne meum tempus amicorum temporibus transmittendum putavi,

should be devoted, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

poma intacta ore servis,

Tac. A. 4, 54.—

To let go: animo transmittente quicquid acceperat, letting pass through, i. e. forgetting, Sen. Ep. 99, 6:

mox Caesarem vergente jam senectā munia imperii facilius tramissurum,

would let go, resign, Tac. A. 4, 41:

Junium mensem transmissum,

passed over, omitted, id. ib. 16, 12 fin.:

Gangen amnem et quae ultra essent,

to leave unconquered, Curt. 9, 4, 17:

leo imbelles vitulos Transmittit,

Stat. Th. 8, 596.—

To go or pass over or across, to cross over; to cross, pass, go through, traverse, etc.

Lit.

In gen.

Act.:

grues cum maria transmittant,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

cur ipse tot maria transmisit,

id. Fin. 5, 29, 87; so,

maria,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 6:

satis constante famā jam Iberum Poenos transmisisse,

Liv. 21, 20, 9 (al. transisse):

quem (Euphratem) ponte,

Tac. A. 15, 7:

fluvium nando,

Stat. Th. 9, 239:

lacum nando,

Sil. 4, 347:

murales fossas saltu,

id. 8, 554:

equites medios tramittunt campos,

ride through, Lucr. 2, 330; cf.:

cursu campos (cervi),

run through, Verg. A. 4, 154: quantum Balearica torto Funda potest plumbo medii transmittere caeli, can send with its hurled bullet, i. e. can send its bullet, Ov. M. 4, 710:

tectum lapide vel missile,

to fling over, Plin. 28, 4, 6, § 33; cf.:

flumina disco,

Stat. Th. 6, 677.—In pass.:

duo sinus fuerunt, quos tramitti oporteret: utrumque pedibus aequis tramisimus,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

transmissus amnis,

Tac. A. 12, 13:

flumen ponte transmittitur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5.—

Neutr.:

ab eo loco conscendi ut transmitterem,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7:

cum exercitus vestri numquam a Brundisio nisi summā hieme transmiserint,

id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 32:

cum a Leucopetrā profectus (inde enim tramittebam) stadia circiter CCC. processissem, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 7, 1; 8, 13, 1; 8, 11, 5:

ex Corsicā subactā Cicereius in Sardiniam transmisit,

Liv. 42, 7, 2; 32, 9, 6:

ab Lilybaeo Uticam,

id. 25, 31, 12:

ad vastandam Italiae oram,

id. 21, 51, 4; 23, 38, 11; 24, 36, 7:

centum onerariae naves in Africam transmiserunt,

id. 30, 24, 5; Suet. Caes. 58:

Cyprum transmisit,

Curt. 4, 1, 27. — Pass. impers.:

in Ebusum insulam transmissum est,

Liv. 22, 20, 7.—

In partic., to go over, desert to a party:

Domitius transmisit ad Caesa rem,

Vell. 2, 84 fin. (syn. transfugio).—

Trop. (post-Aug.).

In gen., to pass over, leave untouched or disregarded (syn praetermitto):

haud fas, Bacche, tuos taci tum tramittere honores,

Sil. 7, 162; cf.:

sententiam silentio, deinde oblivio,

Tac. H. 4, 9 fin.:

nihil silentio,

id. ib. 1, 13;

4, 31: aliquid dissimulatione,

id. A. 13, 39:

quae ipse pateretur,

Suet. Calig. 10; id. Vesp. 15. —

In partic., of time, to pass, spend (syn. ago):

tempus quiete,

Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 1: so,

vitam per obscurum,

Sen. Ep. 19, 2: [p. 1893] steriles annos, Stat. S. 4, 2, 12:

aevum,

id. ib. 1, 4, 124:

quattuor menses hiemis inedia,

Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 94:

vigiles noctes,

Stat. Th. 3, 278 et saep. — Transf.:

febrium ardorem,

i. e. to undergo, endure, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 7; cf.

discrimen,

id. ib. 8, 11, 2:

secessus, voluptates, etc.,

id. ib. 6, 4, 2.