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1 gerēns

gerēns ntis, adj. [P. of gero], managing, conducting: sui negoti bene.—As subst m.: negoti gerentes, business men.

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2 gerens

gĕrens, ntis, P. and P. a. of gero; v. gero fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gerens
3 gero

1.
gĕro, gessi, gestum ( Part. gen. plur. sync. gerentum, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 13; imper. ger, like dic, duc, fac, fer, Cat. 27, 2), 3, v. a. [root gas-, to come, go; Zend, jah, jahaiti, come; gero (for geso), in caus. sense, to cause to come; cf. Gr. bastazô, from bastos = gestus], to bear about with one, to bear, carry, to wear, have (in the lit. signif. mostly poet., not in Cic., Cæs., Sall., or Quint.; but instead of it ferre, portare, vehere, sustinere, etc.; but in the trop. signif. freq. and class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
(vestem ferinam) qui gessit primus,
Lucr. 5, 1420; so,
vestem,
Ov. M. 11, 276 (with induere vestes), Nep. Dat. 3; cf.:
coronam Olympiacam capite,
Suet. Ner. 25:
ornamenta,
id. Caes. 84:
angues immixtos crinibus,
Ov. M. 4, 792:
clipeum (laeva),
id. ib. 4, 782; cf.:
galeam venatoriam in capite, clavam dextra manu, copulam sinistra,
Nep. Dat. 3:
ramum, jaculum,
Ov. M. 12, 442:
spicea serta,
id. ib. 2, 28:
vincla,
id. ib. 4, 681:
venabula corpore fixa,
id. ib. 9, 206; cf.:
tela (in pectore fixus),
id. ib. 6, 228:
Vulcanum (i. e. ignem) in cornu conclusum,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185:
spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens,
Liv. 1, 10, 5; cf.:
Horatius trigemina spolia prae se gerens,
id. 1, 26, 2:
onera,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 77 Müll.: uterum or partum gerere, to be pregnant, be with young; so, gerere partum, Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 187:
uterum,
id. 8, 40, 62, § 151:
centum fronte oculos centum cervice gerebat Argus,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 19:
lumen unum media fronte,
id. M. 13, 773:
cornua fronte,
id. ib. 15, 596:
virginis os habitumque gerens et virginis arma,
Verg. A. 1, 315:
virginis ora,
Ov. M. 5, 553; cf.:
quae modo bracchia gessit, Crura gerit,
id. ib. 5, 455 sq.:
Coae cornua matres Gesserunt tum,
i. e. were turned into cows, id. ib. 7, 364:
principio (morbi) caput incensum fervore gerebant,
Lucr. 6, 1145:
qui umbrata gerunt civili tempora quercu,
Verg. A. 6, 772:
tempora tecta pelle lupi,
Ov. M. 12, 380:
(Hector) squalentem barbam et concretos sanguine crines Vulneraque illa gerens, quae, etc.,
Verg. A. 2, 278:
capella gerat distentius uber,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 110.—
b.
Of inanimate things:
semina rerum permixta gerit tellus discretaque tradit,
Lucr. 6, 790; cf.:
(terram) multosque lacus multasque lacunas In gremio gerere et rupes deruptaque saxa,
id. ib. 6, 539; Enn. ap. Non. 66, 26 (Sat. 23, p. 157 Vahl.); and:
quos Oceano propior gerit India lucos,
Verg. G. 2, 122:
speciem ac formam similem gerit ejus imago,
Lucr. 4, 52.—
B.
In partic. (very rare).
1.
With respect to the term. ad quem, to bear, carry, bring to a place:
(feminae puerique) saxa in muros munientibus gerunt,
Liv. 28, 19, 13:
neque eam voraginem conjectu terrae, cum pro se quisque gereret, expleri potuisse,
id. 7, 6, 2; cf. id. 37, 5, 1. — Absol.:
si non habebis unde irriges, gerito inditoque leniter,
Cato, R. R. 151, 4; Liv. 7, 6, 2 Drak.—Prov.:
non pluris refert, quam si imbrem in cribrum geras,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100.—
2.
With the accessory idea of production, to bear, bring forth, produce:
quae (terra) quod gerit fruges, Ceres (appellata est),
Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.; cf. Tib. 2, 4, 56:
violam nullo terra serente gerit,
Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 6:
arbores (Oete),
id. M. 9, 230:
malos (platani),
Verg. G. 2, 70: frondes (silva), Ov. M. 11, 615:
terra viros urbesque gerit silvasque ferasque Fluminaque et Nymphas et cetera numina ruris,
Ov. M. 2, 16.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to bear, have, entertain, cherish: vos etenim juvenes animum geritis muliebrem, illa virago viri, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf.:
fortem animum gerere,
Sall. J. 107, 1:
parem animum,
id. ib. 54, 1 Kritz.:
animum invictum advorsum divitias,
id. ib. 43, 5:
animum super fortunam,
id. ib. 64, 2:
mixtum gaudio ac metu animum,
Liv. 32, 11, 5; cf. also Verg. A. 9, 311; and v. infra B. 3.: aeque inimicitiam atque amicitiam in frontem promptam gero, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 8, 6 (Trag. v. 8 Vahl.):
personam,
to support a character, play a part, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 115; cf.:
est igitur proprium munus magistratus, intelligere, se gerere personam civitatis debereque ejus dignitatem et decus sustinere,
id. ib. 1, 34, 132; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 29 init.;
id. Civ. Dei, 1, 21 al.: mores, quos ante gerebant, Nunc quoque habent,
Ov. M. 7, 655:
et nos aliquod nomenque decusque Gessimus,
Verg. A. 2, 89:
seu tu querelas sive geris jocos Seu rixam et insanos amores Seu facilem, pia testa (i. e. amphora), somnum,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 2:
in dextris vestris jam libertatem, opem... geritis,
Curt. 4, 14 fin.:
plumbeas iras,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 18:
iras,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 30: M. Catonem illum Sapientem cum multis graves inimicitias gessisse accepimus propter Hispanorum injurias, Cic. Div. ap. Caecil. 20, 66:
veteres inimicitias cum Caesare,
Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 4:
muliebres inimicitias cum aliqua,
Cic. Cael. 14, 32:
inimicitias hominum more,
id. Deiot. 11, 30: simultatem cum aliquo pro re publica, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3; cf. Suet. Vesp. 6; and Verg. A. 12, 48:
de amicitia gerenda praeclarissime scripti libri,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:
amicitiam,
Nep. Dat. 10 fin.:
praecipuum in Romanos gerebant odium,
Liv. 28, 22, 2:
cum fortuna mutabilem gerentes fidem,
id. 8, 24, 6:
utrique imperii cupiditatem insatiabilem gerebant,
Just. 17, 1 fin. —Absol.:
ad ea rex, aliter atque animo gerebat, placide respondit,
Sall. J. 72, 1.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Gerere se aliquo modo, to bear, deport, behave, or conduct one's self, to act in any manner:
in maximis rebus quonam modo gererem me adversus Caesarem, usus tuo consilio sum,
Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 5; cf. id. Off. 1, 28, 98:
ut, quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,
id. ib. 1, 26, 90; so,
se liberius (servi),
id. Rep. 1, 43:
se inconsultius,
Liv. 41, 10, 5:
se valde honeste,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:
se perdite,
id. ib. 9, 2, A, 2:
se turpissime (illa pars animi),
id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:
se turpiter in legatione,
Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 4:
sic in provincia nos gerimus, quod ad abstinentiam attinet, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 5, 17, 2:
sic me in hoc magistratu geram, ut, etc.,
id. Agr. 1, 8, 26; cf.:
nunc ita nos gerimus, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 22, 3:
uti sese victus gereret, exploratum misit,
Sall. J. 54, 2:
se medium gerere,
to remain neutral, Liv. 2, 27, 3.—
b.
In a like sense also post-class.: gerere aliquem, to behave or conduct one's self as any one (like agere aliquem):
nec heredem regni sed regem gerebat,
Just. 32, 3, 1; Plin. Pan. 44, 2:
tu civem patremque geras,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 293:
aedilem,
App. M. 1, p. 113:
captivum,
Sen. Troad. 714.—
c.
Gerere se et aliquem, to treat one's self and another in any manner:
interim Romae gaudium ingens ortum cognitis Metelli rebus, ut seque et exercitum more majorum gereret,
Sall. J. 55, 1:
meque vosque in omnibus rebus juxta geram,
id. ib. 85, 47.—
d.
Pro aliquo se gerere, to assume to be:
querentes, quosdam non sui generis pro colonis se gerere,
Liv. 32, 2, 6:
eum, qui sit census, ita se jam tum gessisse pro cive,
Cic. Arch. 5, 11 dub.—
2.
Gerere prae se aliquid (for the usual prae se ferre), to show, exhibit, manifest:
affectionis ratio perspicuam solet prae se gerere conjecturam, ut amor, iracundia, molestia, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 30; cf.:
prae se quandam gerere utilitatem,
id. ib. 2, 52, 157: animum altum et erectum prae se gerebat, Auct. B. Afr. 10 fin.; Aug. de Lib. Arbit. 3, 21, 61 al.;
so gerere alone: ita tum mos erat, in adversis voltum secundae fortunae gerere, moderari animo in secundis,
to assume, Liv. 42, 63, 11.—
3.
With the accessory idea of activity or exertion, to sustain the charge of any undertaking or business, to administer, manage, regulate, rule, govern, conduct, carry on, wage, transact, accomplish, perform (cf.: facio, ago).—In pass. also in gen., to happen, take place, be done (hence, res gesta, a deed, and res gestae, events, occurrences, acts, exploits; v. the foll.): tertium gradum agendi esse dicunt, ubi quid faciant;
in eo propter similitudinem agendi et faciundi et gerundi quidam error his, qui putant esse unum. Potest enim aliquid facere et non agere, ut poëta facit fabulam et non agit: contra actor agit et non facit.... Contra imperator quod dicitur res gerere, in eo neque facit neque agit, sed gerit, id est sustinet, translatum ab his qui onera gerunt, quod hi sustinent,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 77 Müll.:
omnia nostra, quoad eris Romae, ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut nihil a me exspectes,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:
gerere et administrare rem publicam,
id. Fin. 3, 20, 68; cf. id. Rep. 2, 1 and 12:
rem publicam,
id. ib. 1, 7; 1, 8; id. Fam. 2, 7, 3 et saep.:
magistratum,
id. Sest. 37, 79; cf.
potestatem,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:
consulatum,
id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; id. Sest. 16, 37:
duumviratum,
id. ib. 8, 19:
tutelam alicujus,
Dig. 23, 2, 68; 27, 1, 22 al.: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patria procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.); so,
rem, of private affairs,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 34; Cic. de Sen. 7, 22 al.:
aliquid per aes et libram gerere,
to transact by coin and balance, Gai. Inst. 3, 173; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 6, 14.—Of war: etsi res bene gesta est, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168 (Ann. v. 512 Vahl.): vi geritur res, id. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 272 ib.); cf.:
gladiis geri res coepta est,
Liv. 28, 2, 6:
ubi res ferro geratur,
id. 10, 39, 12: qui rem cum Achivis gesserunt statim, Enn. ap. Non. 393, 14 (Trag. v. 39 Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 84:
Alexander... passurus gestis aequanda pericula rebus,
exploits, Juv. 14, 314:
miranda quidem, sed nuper gesta referemus,
id. 15, 28.—Of public affairs, affairs of government:
magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris summo imperio praeditis, dictatoribus atque consulibus, belli domique gerebantur,
Cic. Rep. 2, 32 fin.; 2, 24:
a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit,
id. de Sen. 6, 15; cf. § 17: quid quod homines infima fortuna, nulla spe rerum gerendarum ( public business), opifices denique, delectantur historia? maximeque eos videre possumus res gestas ( public events or occurrences) audire et legere velle, qui a spe gerendi absunt, confecti senectute, id. Fin. 5, 19, 52:
sin per se populus interfecit aut ejecit tyrannum, est moderatior, quoad sentit et sapit et sua re gesta laetatur,
their deed, id. Rep. 1, 42:
ut pleraque senatus auctoritate gererentur,
id. ib. 2, 32; cf. id. ib. 1, 27:
haec dum Romae geruntur,
id. Quint. 6, 28:
ut iis, qui audiunt, tum geri illa fierique videantur,
id. de Or. 2, 59, 241:
susceptum negotium,
id. Fam. 13, 5, 1; cf.:
si ipse negotium meum gererem, nihil gererem, nisi consilio tuo,
id. Att. 13, 3, 1:
negotium bene, male, etc.,
id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; id. Cat. 2, 10, 21; Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 5 et saep.; cf.:
quid negotii geritur?
Cic. Quint. 13, 42: annos multos bellum gerentes summum summā industriā, Enn. ap. Non. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 Vahl.); cf.:
bello illo maximo, quod Athenienses et Lacedaemonii summa inter se contentione gesserunt,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16; so,
bella,
id. ib. 5, 2: pacem an bellum gerens, v. Andrews and Stoddard's Gram. § 323, 1 (2); Sall. J. 46 fin.:
bella multa felicissime,
Cic. Rep. 2, 9:
bellum cum aliquo,
id. Sest. 2, 4; id. Div. 1, 46, 103; Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 4 et saep.:
bello gesto,
Liv. 5, 43, 1: mea mater de ea re gessit morem morigerae mihi, performed my will, i. e. complied with my wishes, gratified, humored me, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 87; cf.:
geram tibi morem et ea quae vis, ut potero, explicabo,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 17: morem alicui (in aliqua re), Enn. ap. Non. 342, 24 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):
sine me in hac re gerere mihi morem,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 74; Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 44; id. Men. 5, 2, 37; id. Mil. 2, 1, 58; Cic. Rep. 3, 5; id. N. D. 2, 1, 3; Ov. Am. 2, 2, 13 et saep.; also without dat., Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 36; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 77.— Pass.:
ut utrique a me mos gestus esse videatur,
Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 69; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 108; id. Ad. 2, 2, 6; Nep. Them. 7, 3 al.—With a play upon this meaning and that in II. A.: magna, inquit, [p. 813] bella gessi:
magnis imperiis et provinciis praefui. Gere igitur animum laude dignum,
Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37.— Absol.:
cum superiores alii fuissent in disputationibus perpoliti, quorum res gestae nullae invenirentur, alii in gerendo probabiles, in disserendo rudes,
Cic. Rep. 1, 8; cf.
the passage,
id. Fin. 5, 19, 52 supra:
Armeniam deinde ingressus prima parte introitus prospere gessit,
Vell. 2, 102, 2 (where others unnecessarily insert rem), Liv. 25, 22, 1; cf.
also: sive caesi ab Romanis forent Bastarnae... sive prospere gessissent,
id. 40, 58 fin.:
cum Persis et Philippus qui cogitavit, et Alexander, qui gessit, hanc bellandi causam inferebat, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 3, 9.—
4.
Of time, to pass, spend (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.): ut (Tullia) cum aliquo adolescente primario conjuncta aetatem gereret, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; cf.:
pubertatis ac primae adolescentiae tempus,
Suet. Dom. 1:
vitam,
Petr. 63; Val. Fl. 6, 695:
annum gerens aetatis sexagesimum et nonum,
Suet. Vesp. 24.—Hence, gĕrens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 3.), managing, conducting, etc.; with gen.:
rei male gerentes,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 43:
sui negotii bene gerens,
Cic. Quint. 19, 62.
2.
gĕro, ōnis, m. [1. gero], a carrier; connected per hyphen with foras:
ite, ite hac, simul eri damnigeruli, foras gerones, Bonorum hamaxagogae,
that carry off, ravishers, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gero
4 ante

ante adv. and praep. [ANT-]. I. Adv., of space, before, in front, forwards: ante aut post pugnandi ordo, L.: positum ante pullum Sustulit, served, H.: non ante, sed retro.—Usu. of time, before, previously: nonne oportuit Praescisse me ante, T.: fructus ante actae vitae: ante feci mentionem: ut ante dixi: ut saepe ante fecerant: non filius ante pudicus, hitherto, Iu.: multis ante saeculis, many centuries earlier: paucis ante diebus: biennio ante: paulo ante, a little while ago: ante aliquanto: tanto ante praedixeras.—Followed by quam, sooner than, before: ante quam ad sententiam redeo, dicam, etc.: memini Catonem anno ante quam est mortuus disserere: ante quam veniat in Pontum, mittet, etc.: ante... Ararim Parthus bibet... Quam... labatur, etc., V.: qui (sol) ante quam se abderet, vidit, etc.: ante vero quam sit ea res adlata: nullum ante finem pugnae quam morientes fecerunt, L. — Rarely with a subst: neque ignari sumus ante malorum, earlier ills, V.: prodere patriam ante satellitibus, to those who had been, etc., L.— II. Praep. with acc, before. —In space: ante ostium: ante fores, H.: ante aras, V. — Of persons: causam ante eum dicere, plead before his bar: ante ipsum Serapim: ante ora patrum, V.: ante oculos vestros: togati ante pedes, as servants, Iu.: equitatum ante se mittit, Cs.: ante signa progressus, L.—Fig.: pone illum ante oculos viam, recall: omnia sunt posita ante oculos, made clear. — Of esteem or rank, before: facundiā Graecos ante Romanos fuisse, S.: me ante Alexandrum... esse, superior to, L.: Iulus Ante annos animum gerens, superior to, V.: ante alios gratus erat tibi, more than, O.: (virgo) longe ante alios insignis specie, L.: felix ante alias virgo, V.: ante omnīs furor est insignis equarum, V.: longe ante alios acceptissimus militum animis, L.: maestitia ante omnia insignis, above all things, L.: dulces ante omnia Musae, V. — In time, before: ante brumam, T.: ante lucem venire: ante noctem, H.: ante lucernas, Iu.: ante me sententias dicere, S.: tot annis ante civitatem datam: ante id tempus duces erant, until, N.: neque umquam ante hunc diem, never till now, T.: iam ante Socratem, before the time of: qui honos togato habitus ante me est nemini, before my time: Ante Iovem, V.: ante Helenam, H.: per hunc castissimum ante regiam iniuriam sanguinem iuro, L.: ante mare et terras, O.: ante cibum, H.: Hoc discunt omnes ante alpha et beta, before learning ABC, Iu.: ante istum praetorem, before his praetorship: ante hanc urbem conditam, before the founding of this city: ante Epaminondam natum, N.: ante te cognitum, S.: ante conditam condendamve urbem, i. e. built or planned, L.—Poet., with gerund: (equi) ante domandum, before they are broken, V. — Esp. in phrases: factus est (consul) bis, primum ante tempus, before the lawful age: Filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos, before the destined time, O.: Sed misera ante diem, prematurely, V.: dies ante paucos, a few days sooner, L.: nobis ante quadrennium amissus est, four years ago, Ta.— Ante diem (abbrev. a. d.) with an ordinal number denotes the day of the month, reckoned inclusively, e. g., ante diem quintum (a. d. V.) Kalendas Aprilīs means, by our reckoning, the fourth day before the calends of April: ante diem XIII. Kalendas Ianuarias, the 20th of Dec.: ante diem quartum idūs Martias, the 3d day before the Ides of March, the 12th of March, L. — The entire phrase, as the name of the day, may be preceded by a praep: in ante diem quartum Kal. Dec. distulit: caedem te optimatium contulisse in ante diem V. Kal. Nov., to the 28th of Oct.
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I
ADV

before, previously, first, before this, earlier; in front/advance of; forwards
II
PREP ACC

in front/presence of, in view; before (space/time/degree); over against, facing

Latin-English dictionary > ante
5 ferculum

ferculum n [1 FER-], a means of carrying, frame, barrow, litter, bier: spolia fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens, L.: pomparum fercula, built for processions: triumphalia.— A dish, mess, course: Multa de magnā cenā, H.: fercula septem cenare, Iu.
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ferculi N N

food tray; dish, course; food; bread; beir (Ecc); litter

Latin-English dictionary > ferculum
6 gerō

gerō gessī, gestus, ere [GES-], to bear about, bear, carry, wear, have, hold, sustain: vestem, N.: ferarum pelles, Ta.: anguīs inmixtos crinibus, O.: in capite galeam, N.: spolia ducis, L.: dextrā sceptrum, V.: Virginis os habitumque, V.: cornua matres Gesserunt, i. e. became cows, O.: tempora tecta pelle, O.: squalentem barbam gerens, with, V.: distentius uber, H.: Seu tu querelas sive geris iocos (of a jar), contain, H.— To bear, carry, bring: saxa in muros, L.: cum pro se quisque (terram) gereret, L.— To bear, bring forth, produce: arbores, O.: mālos, V.: quos gerit India lucos, V.: Terra viros gerit, O.—Fig., to bear, have, keep, entertain, cherish, experience: pro noxiis iras, T.: fortem animum, S.: mixtum gaudio animum, L.: Ante annos animum, V.: personam, support a character: Mores, O.: aliquod nomenque decusque, V.: veteres inimicitias cum Caesare, Cs.: de amicitiā gerendā libri: in Romanos odium, L.: aliter atque animo gerebat, respondit, i. e. with dissimulation, S.— To exhibit, display, assume: in adversis voltum secundae fortunae, L.: prae se quandam utilitatem.— To carry out, administer, manage, regulate, rule, govern, conduct, carry on, wage, transact, accomplish, do, perform: rem p.: res p. egregie gesta est, L.: magistratum: terrā rem, i. e. to be in command, L.: se et exercitum more maiorum, S.: male rem, manage business: dum ea geruntur, meanwhile, Cs.: dum haec Romae geruntur, happen, S.: etsi res bene gesta est, the war, Enn. ap. C.: in conspectu Caesaris res gerebatur, the action, Cs.: occasio rei bene gerendae, for a successful blow, Cs.: gladio comminus rem gerit, fights, Cs.: gestis aequanda pericula rebus, exploits, Iu.: a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit, public affairs: quid negoti geritur?: bello gesto, L.: auctores in gerendo probabiles: a spe gerendi abesse: intus Digna geri, off the stage, H.: geram tibi morem, gratify: gerere mihi morem, please myself, T.: ut homost, ita morem geras, every man to his humor, T.: ut utrique a me mos gestus esse videatur.—With se, to bear, act, behave, deport oneself: nos summissius: truculentius se quam ceteri: se turpissime: me in hoc magistratu: ita nos, ut, etc.: se medium gerere, remain neutral, L.: pro colonis se gerere, claim to be, L.: se pro cive: Dis te minorem, i. e. revere, H.: meque vosque in omnibus rebus iuxta, treat you as myself, S.: nec tecum talia gessi, treat you thus, V.
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gerere, gessi, gestus V

bear, carry, wear; carry on; manage, govern; (se gerere = to conduct oneself)

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spīritus ūs, m [cf. spiro], a breathing, breath: anima ducta est spiritu: aër spiritu ductus: neque habet quas ducat spiritus auras, O.: spiritum includere, suffocate, L.: ut nihil sit ne spiritu quidem minimo brevius, etc., i. e. not an instant: latere petitus imo spiritus, i. e. a sigh, H.: si spiritum ducit, vivit: usque ad extremum spiritum: filiorum postremum spiritum ore excipere.— A gentle breath, breeze: Aram, quam flatu permulcet spiritus austri, C. poët.: Boreae, V.— The air: quid est tam commune quam spiritus vivis?: diffunditur spiritus per arterias.—Fig., of a god, breath, inspiration: uno divino spiritu contineri, by a divine inspiration: Spiritum Phoebus mihi dedit, H.— The breath of life, life: eum spiritum, quem naturae debeat, patriae reddere: extremum spiritum in victoriā effundere: dum spiritus hos regit artūs, V.: surget spiritus in lacrimis, a sigh, Pr. — Disposition, spirit, character: avidum domando spiritum, i. e. covetousness, H.: qui spiritus illi, V.: hostilīs spiritūs gerens, L.— Spirit, high spirit, energy, courage, haughtiness, pride, arrogance.— Sing. (in prose only gen. and abl., which are wanting in plur.): regio spiritu: illos eius spiritūs Siciliensīs quos fuisse putetis: tantum fiduciae ac spiritūs, Cs.: filia inflata muliebri spiritu, L.— Plur. (only nom. and acc.): res gestae meae... mihi nescio quos spiritūs attulerunt: magnos spiritūs in re militari sumere, Cs.: regios spiritūs repressit, N.: cum spiritūs plebs sumpsisset, L.: remittant spiritūs, comprimant animos suos: quorum se vim ac spiritūs fregisse, L.
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spiritus N M

breath, breathing, air, soul, life

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antĕ (old form anti, whence antidea, antideo, antidhac; v. antea, anteeo, and antehac) [Gr. anti, over against, facing, anta, antên; Sanscr. anti = over against; Germ. ant- in Ant-wort = Goth. anda-vaurdi, an answer, anda-nahti, the night before], prep. and adv. (acc. to Max. Victor. p. 1953, as prep. with the grave accent; as adv. with the acute on the last syl.).
I.
Prep. with acc., before (syn.: prae, pro).
A.
In space, or trop. in regard to estimation, judgment, or rank (usu. only of objects at rest. while prae is used of those in motion; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 21; v. exceptions infra).
1.
In space:
quem ante aedīs video,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 136:
ante ostium Me audivit stare,
Ter. And. 3, 1, 16; so Vulg. Lev. 1, 5:
Ornatas paulo ante fores,
Juv. 6, 227; so Vulg. Num. 3, 26:
ante meum limen,
Juv. 11, 190:
ante suum fundum,
Cic. Mil. 10:
ut ante suos hortulos postridie piscarentur,
id. Off. 3, 14, 58:
ante sepulcrales infelix adstitit aras,
Ov. M. 8, 480; so Verg. A. 1, 344; 3, 545; Juv. 10, 268:
ante altaria,
id. 8, 155; so Vulg. Deut. 26, 4; ib. Matt. 5, 24. —Of persons:
ante hosce deos erant arulae,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3:
quīs ante ora patrum contigit oppetere,
Verg. A. 1, 95; id. G. 4, 477:
ipsius unam (navem) ante oculos pontus in puppim ferit,
id. A. 1, 114; 2, 531; 2, 773:
ante se statuit funditores,
Liv. 42, 58:
Flos Asiae ante ipsum,
Juv. 5, 56; Vulg. Matt. 17, 2:
si luditur alea pernox Ante Numantinos,
Juv. 8, 11.— Trop.:
ante oculos collocata,
Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 192:
ante oculos errat domus,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 57: [p. 128] causam ante eum diceret, before him as judge, Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 9:
donec stet ante judicium,
Vulg. Josh. 20, 6; ib. Marc. 13, 9.—And in eccl. Lat., after the Heb. and Hel. Gr., before, in the sight of, in the judgment of:
ante Dominum vilior fiam,
Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 21 sq.:
non te justifices ante Deum,
ib. Eccli. 7, 5:
justi ambo ante Deum,
ib. Luc. 1, 6;
and fully: fecit Asa rectum ante conspectum Domini,
ib. 3 Reg. 15, 11; ib. Apoc. 12, 10.—Hence, homines ante pedes (in later Lat.), servants; cf. the annotators upon Juv. 7, 143.—With verbs of motion:
ante me ito,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 70:
equitatum omnem ante se mittit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 21:
ante ceteras cohortes extra aciem procurrere,
id. B. C. 1, 55:
praecurrit ante omnes,
id. ib. 2, 34; so Nep. Dat. 3, 2; Liv. 7, 41; 45, 40 al.; Vulg. Lev. 27, 11; ib. 1 Reg. 12, 2.—
2.
Trop. of preference in judgment, or regulations in respect to rank, before (this is properly the signification of prae, q. v.; hence more rare than that, and never used by Cic.): quem ante me diligo, before myself, more than myself, Balbus ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15.—So ante aliquem esse, to surpass, excel any one:
facundiā Graecos, gloriā belli Gallos ante Romanos fuisse,
Sall. C. 53, 3, ubi v. Corte and Kritz:
tum me vero et ante Alexandrum et ante Pyrrhum et ante omnes alios imperatores esse,
superior to, Liv. 35, 14:
necessitas ante rationem est,
necessity knows no law, Curt. 7, 7, 10.—Hence very freq. (but mostly poet. and post-class.),
a.
Ante alios, ante omnes, ante ceteros, etc., before others, before all, etc., to designate a comparative relation;
also sometimes, for the sake of emphasis, with comparatives and superlatives: tibi, Neptune, ante alios deos gratias ago,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 5; so Ov. M. 10, 120:
scito illum ante omnīs minumi mortalem preti,
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 8:
tua ante omnes experientia,
Tac. A. 2, 76; 1, 27; Liv. 1, 9:
Junoni ante omnīs candentis vaccae media inter cornua (pateram) fundit,
Verg. A. 4, 59:
Ipse est ante omnes,
Vulg. Col. 1, 17:
O felix una ante alias Priameïa virgo,
Verg. A. 3, 321:
ante omnes furor est insignis equarum,
id. G. 3, 266:
scelere ante alios immanior omnīs,
id. A. 1, 347; Liv. 5, 42:
ante alios pulcherrimus omnīs Turnus,
Verg. A. 7, 55; so Nep. Att. 3, 3; Liv. 1, 15; cf. Rudd. II. p. 82; II. p. 101; II. p. 305.—
b.
Ante omnia.
(α).
Before all things, first of all:
alvus ante omnia ducitur,
Cels. 7, 30:
oportet autem ante omnia os nudare,
id. 8, 2:
Ante omnia instituit, ut etc.,
Suet. Ner. 32; id. Calig. 21:
Ante omnia autem, fratres, etc.,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 12; ib. 1 Petr. 4, 8.—
(β).
Comparatively, above all, especially, chiefty:
publica maestitia eo ante omnia insignis, quia matronae annum, ut parentem, eum luxerunt,
Liv. 2, 7; 7, 4:
quae natura multis et ante omnia ursis,
Plin. 8, 35, 53, § 125:
dulces ante omnia Musae,
the Muses pleasing above all things, Verg. G. 2, 475; id. E. 2, 72:
deformem et taetrum ante omnia vultum,
Juv. 10, 191.—
(γ).
In entering upon the discussion of several particulars, or in adducing arguments, first of all, in the first place (similar to ac primum quidem, kai prôton men oun; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 4, 2, 4):
ante omnia quid sit rhetorice,
Quint. 2, 15, 1:
ante omnia igitur imitatio per se ipsa non sufficit,
id. 10, 2, 4; so id. 1, 2, 9; 4, 2, 40; 4, 2, 52; 5, 13, 6; 9, 1, 23.—
B.
Of time.
1.
Before: ANTE MERIDIEM CAVSAM CONICITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 13; cf.
Dirks. Transl. 177 sq.: ante lucem a portu me praemisisti domum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 55; so Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 259; id. Inv. 2, 4, 15; Suet. Galb. 22; Vulg. Luc. 24, 22:
ante diem caupo sciet,
Juv. 9, 108:
ante brumam,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 28:
ante noctem,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 51:
pereundum erit ante lucernas,
Juv. 10, 339:
ante haec omnia,
Vulg. Luc. 21, 12.— The designation of time is often expressed paraphrastically.
a.
By a person who lived at the time:
jam ante Socratem,
before the time of, Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 44:
qui honos togato habitus ante me est nemini,
before me, before my time, id. Cat. 4, 3:
ante Jovem nulli subigebant arva coloni,
Verg. G. 1, 125:
vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 25:
ante Helenam,
id. S. 1, 3, 107:
ante se,
Tac. H. 1, 50:
quod ante eum nemo,
Suet. Caes. 26 al. —
b.
By other objects pertaining to a particular time: ante hoc factum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 64:
ante has meas litteras,
i. e. before the receipt of this letter, Cic. Fam. 13, 17:
per hunc castissimum ante regiam injuriam sanguinem juro,
Liv. 1, 59:
ante mare et terras, et quod tegit omnia, caelum,
Ov. M. 1, 5:
ante sidus fervidum,
Hor. Epod. 1, 27:
ante cibum,
id. S. 1, 10, 61, and Juv. 6, 428:
Hoc discunt omnes ante alpha et beta,
before their A B C, id. 14, 209:
cur ante tubam tremor occupat artus?
Verg. A. 11, 424:
Tecum prius ergo voluta Haec ante tubas,
Juv. 1, 169.—Also by the designation of the office of a person:
ante aedilitatem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 17:
ante sceptrum Dictaei regis,
Verg. G. 2, 536:
ante imperium ducis,
Flor. 4, 2, 66:
relictis multis filiis et in regno et ante regnum susceptis,
Just. 2, 10.—And by the designation of office in app. to the person:
mortuus est ante istum praetorem,
Cic. Verr. 1, 45, 115:
docuerant fabulas ante hos consules,
id. Brut. 18, 73:
cum ante illum imperatorem clipeis uterentur,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 3:
quos ante se imperatorem nemo ausus sit aspicere,
id. Epam. 8, 3.—A part. perf. or fut. pass. is freq. added to such substantives for the sake of explanation:
ante hanc urbem conditam,
before the founding of this city, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7 (opp. post urbem conditam):
non multo ante urbem captam,
id. Div. 1, 45:
ante Epaminondam natum,
Nep. Epam. 10, 4:
ante te cognitum multis orantibus opem tuli,
Sall. J. 110, 2:
ante decemviros creatos,
Liv. 3, 53 al. —
2.
Hence particular phrases.
a.
Ante tempus,
(α).
Before the right time:
ante tempus excitatis suis,
Liv. 31, 36.—
(β).
Before the appointed, proper, or lawful time:
factus est consul bis, primum ante tempus,
Cic. Lael. 3:
honores et ante tempus et quosdam novi generis cepit,
Suet. Aug. 26:
venisti ante tempus torquere nos?
Vulg. Matt. 8, 29 (cf. annus, II. D.).—
b.
Ante diem, poet.,
(α).
Before the time:
Caesaribus virtus contigit ante diem,
Ov. A. A. 1, 184:
ante diem vultu gressuque superbo Vicerat aequales,
Stat. S. 2, 1, 108.—
(β).
Before the time destined by fate:
filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos,
Ov. M. 1, 148:
hic dolor ante diem Pandiona misit ad umbras,
id. ib. 6, 675; id. A. A. 3, 739:
sed misera ante diem subitoque accensa furore, etc.,
Verg. A. 4, 697 (cf. Soph. Antig. 461: ei de tou chronou prosthen thanoumai). —
c.
Ante hunc diem, with a negative:
istunc hominem numquam audivi ante hunc diem,
never before this day, never until now, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 60; 4, 2, 7:
neque umquam ante hunc diem,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 19; 5, 4, 23:
Novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum ad te Q. Tubero detulit,
Cic. Lig. 1, 1 (cf. Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 17: neque eum ante usquam conspexi prius). —
3.
Ante diem (abbrev. a. d.) with an ordinal number gives the date, not of the foregoing, but of the present day; e. g. ante diem quintum (a. d. V.) Kalendas Apriles, the fifth day before the calends of April. Orig. the ante belonged to Kalendas, and they said either, ante die quinto Kalendas (i. e. die quinto ante Kalendas), or ante diem quintum Kalendas; the latter phraseology became the prevailing one, and ante diem, being considered as one word, the prepp. in and ex could be prefixed; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 3, 12; Duker ad Liv. 27, 23; Rudd. II. p. 291; Madv. Gr. Suppl. I.; Drak. ad Liv. 45, 2, 12: me ante diem XIII. Kalendas Januarias principem revocandae libertatis fuisse, the thirteenth before the calends of January, i. e. the 20 th of Dec., Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 20: ante diem XII. Kalendas Novembres, the 21 st of Oct.: ante diem VI. Kalendas Novembres, the 27 th of Oct., id. Cat. 1, 3: ante diem VIII. Kalendas Decembres, the 24 th of Nov., id. Phil. 3, 8: a. d. IV. Id. Mart. (ante diem quartum Idus Martias), i. e. the 12 th of March, Liv. 40, 59: ante diem III. Non. Jan. M. Cicero natus est, i. e. on the 3 d of Jan., Gell. 15, 28 al.:
in ante diem quartum Kal. Dec. distulit,
Cic. Phil. 3, 8: caedem te optimatium contulisse in ante diem V. Kal. Nov., to the 28 th of Oct., id. Cat. 1, 3:
ex ante diem VII. Id. Febr.,
Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1: nuntii venerant ex ante diem Non. Jun. usque ad prid. Kal. Sept., from the 3 d of June, Cic. Att. 3, 17:
supplicatio indicta est ante diem V. Id. Oct. cum eo die in quinque dies,
Liv. 45, 2, 12.—
4.
Sometimes to designate the whole time until the passing moment:
ante id tempus et mari et terrā duces erant Lace daemonii,
Nep. Arist. 2, 3:
qui honos huic uni ante id tempus contigit,
id. Timoth. 2, 3:
invictus ante eam diem fuerat,
Curt. 5, 3, 22.—
5.
Ante annos, before the destined time:
Ante suos annos occidit,
Ov. Am. 2, 2, 46:
Ante annos animumque gerens curamque virilem,
beyond his years, Verg. A. 9, 311 (cf.:
suos annos praeterire,
Sil. 4, 428; and:
annos transcendere factis,
id. 2, 348). —
6.
Ante hoc, for antea, antehac, belongs to the later Latin:
ante hoc incognita,
Luc. 6, 116:
ante hoc domūs pars videntur,
Tac. G. 13.
II.
Adv., of space and time (the latter most freq.).
A.
Of space, before, in front, forwards: post me erat Aegina, ante Megara, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 9:
fluvius ab tergo, ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat,
Liv. 27, 18; 22, 5:
coronatus stabit et ante calix,
Tib. 2, 5, 98:
plena oculis et ante et retro,
Vulg. Apoc. 4, 6.—Of motion (cf. supra, I. A. 1.):
si aut manibus ingrediatur quis aut non ante, sed retro,
Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35:
pallida Tisiphone morbos agit ante metumque,
Verg. G. 3, 552.—
B.
1.. Of time, before, previously (always in reference to another past time, while ante as prep. is used in reference to the present).
a.
With verbs:
nonne oportuit Praescīsse me ante,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 4:
id te oro, ut ante eamus,
id. ib. 3, 3, 24;
very freq. in Cic.: quod utinam illi ante accidisset,
Cic. Phil. 11, 14:
quae ante acta sunt,
id. Verr. 1, 109:
sicut ante fecimus,
Vulg. Jos. 8, 5; ib. Jud. 16, 20:
fructus omnis ante actae vitae,
Cic. Marcell. 3; so Ov. M. 12, 115, and Tac. A. 6, 16:
apud vos ante feci mentionem,
Cic. Agr. 3, 4:
faciam hoc non novum, sed ab eis ante factum,
id. Verr. 1, 55; Verg. E. 9, 63; Juv. 3, 243; 15, 320:
illud de quo ante dixi,
Cic. Sex. Rosc. 116:
quos ante dixi,
id. Off. 2, 14, 50:
ut ante dixi,
id. Imp. Pomp. 16; id. Mil. 45:
quem ad modum ante dixi,
id. Sex. Rosc. 91:
additis, quae ante deliquerant,
Tac. A. 6, 9:
filium ante sublatum brevi amisit,
id. Agr. 6; id. G. 10; id. A. 11, 7; id. H. 2, 43.—And often accomp. by jam:
acceperam jam ante Caesaris litteras, ut etc.,
Cic. Phil. 2, 49; id. Marcell. 12; id. Verr. 2, 23.—Rarely accomp. by saepe.:
ut saepe ante fecerant,
Cic. Balb. 40; id. Rab. Post. 13.—
b.
Rarely with adjj.:
non filius ante pudicus,
Juv. 3, 111:
quos acciverat, incertum, experiens an et ante gnavos,
Tac. A. 14, 7.—
c.
Often with substt. in the abl. or acc. for a more accurate designation of time (cf. also abhinc with the abl. and acc.; in these cases ante was considered by the ancient critics as a prep., which could also govern the abl.; cf. Charis. p. 209 P.; Serv. ad Verg. E. 1, 30. The position of ante is sometimes before and sometimes after the subst., and sometimes between the numeral and the subst.):
illos septem et multis ante saeculis Lycurgum accepimus fuisse sapientes,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7:
etsi perpaucis ante diebus (i. e. before the departure of Theophilus, of whom mention is afterwards made) dederam Q. Mucio litteras ad te,
id. Fam. 4, 9:
paucis diebus ante,
id. Phil. 2, 40:
viginti annis ante,
id. Lael. 12, 42:
voverat eam annis undecim ante,
Liv. 40, 52, 4 (cf. id. 40, 51:
quae bello Ligustico ante annis octo vovisset): optimum erit ante annum scrobes facere,
a year before, Col. 4, 2; Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 7:
Tyron urbem ante annum Trojanae cladis condiderunt,
a year before the fall of Troy, Just. 18, 3, 5:
ante quadriennium amissus es,
four years previously, Tac. Agr. 45:
aliquot ante annos,
Suet. Caes. 12; v. id. ib. 81 al.—
d.
With the advv. multo, paulo, aliquanto, tanto, quanto, and rarely permultum:
multo ante prospexi tempestatem futuram,
Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:
haud multo ante adventum,
Tac. Agr. 18.—And in the order ante multo:
ante multo a te didicerimus,
Cic. Sen. 2, 6:
Venisti paulo ante in senatum,
id. Cat. 1, 7, 16; id. Marcell. 7; id. Mil. 7; Tac. G. 41; id. H. 3, 68; Suet. Caes. 21; Vulg. Sap. 15, 8; ib. 2 Macc. 3, 30;
6, 29 et saep.—And in the order ante paulo: quae ante paulo perbreviter attigi,
Cic. Rep. 2, 4:
profectus est aliquanto ante furorem Catilinae,
id. Sull. 20, 56 bis; id. Verr. 1, 149.—And in the order ante aliquanto: ante aliquanto quam tu natus es, Cic. Fam. [p. 129] 10, 4; id. Vatin. 25; id. Verr. 2, 46:
tanto ante praedixeras,
id. Phil. 2, 33:
quod si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 34; 5, 78, 89; id. Cat. 3, 17; id. de Or. 1, 7, 26; so Quint. 2, 4, 28:
quanto ante providerit,
Cic. Sest. 8:
permultum ante certior factus eram litteris,
id. Fam. 3, 11; cf. Prisc. p. 1191 P.—
2.
Followed by quam (written also as one word, antequam; the form prius quam was more freq. in archaic Latin), sooner than; before.
a.
With ind. pres.:
ante quam doceo id factum non esse, libet mihi,
Cic. Quinct. 48:
ante quam ad sententiam redeo, de me pauca dicam,
id. Cat. 4, 20; id. Mil. 7; id. Deiot. 7; id. Clu. 6.—
b.
With ind. perf.:
memini Catonem anno ante quam est mortuus mecum disserere,
Cic. Lael. 3, 11:
anno ipso ante quam natus est Ennius,
id. Brut. 18, 72:
ante aliquanto quam tu natus es,
id. Fam. 10, 3:
neque ante dimisit eum quam fidem dedit,
Liv. 39, 10:
ante quam ille est factus inimicus,
Cic. Phil. 12, 9.—
c.
Rarely with fut. perf.:
ante provinciam sibi decretam audiet quam potuerit tempus ei rei datum suspicari,
Cic. Phil. 11, 24:
neque defatigabor ante quam... percepero,
id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—
d.
With subj. pres.:
ante quam veniat in Pontum, litteras ad Cn. Pompeium mittet,
Cic. Agr. 2, 53:
hac lege ante omnia veniunt, quam gleba una ematur,
id. ib. 2, 71; id. Sest. 15; id. Phil. 1, 1; Verg. E. 1, 60 sqq.; Vulg. Gen. 11, 4; ib. 4 Reg. 2, 9; ib. Matt. 6, 8.—
e.
With subj. imperf.:
Romae et ad urbem, ante quam proficisceretur, quaerere coepit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 167:
qui (sol) ante quam se abderet, fugientem vidit Antonium,
id. Phil. 14, 27; 8, 1; id. Verr. 4, 147; Vulg. Gen. 2, 5; 13, 10; ib. Matt. 1, 18; ib. Joan. 8, 58.—
f.
With subj. perf.:
ante vero quam sit ea res adlata, laetitiā frui satis est,
Cic. Phil. 14, 1:
domesticum malum opprimit ante quam prospicere potueris,
id. Verr. 1, 39; id. Sull. 44; id. Planc. 40:
nec ante vincere desierint quam Rubro mari inclusis quod vincerent defuerit,
Liv. 42, 52:
nec ante (barbam capillumque) dempserit quam vindicāsset,
Suet. Caes. 67.—
g.
With subj. pluperf.:
se ante quam eam uxorem duxisset domum, sperāsse etc.,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 71:
qui ante quam de meo adventu audire potuissent, in Macedoniam perrexi,
Cic. Planc. 98:
ut consul ante fieret, quam ullum alium magistratum capere licuisset,
id. Imp. Pomp. 62; id. Quinct. 9; id. Verr. 2, 55; 2, 171.—
h.
With inf.:
dici vix potest quam multa sint quae respondeatis ante fieri oportere, quam ad hanc rationem devenire,
Cic. Quinct. 54.—
i.
With part.:
armati nullum ante finem pugnae quam morientes fecerunt,
Liv. 21, 15, 4 (on the use of these different constructions, v. Roby, §§ 1671, 1462, 1672 etc.; Draeger, Hist. Synt. II. pp. 589 sqq.;
and esp. Fischer, Gr. § 621). —In the poets sometimes with quam before ante: Respice item quam nil ad nos anteacta vetustas Temporis aeterni fuerit, quam nascimur ante,
Lucr. 3, 972:
Non ego signatis quicquam mandare tabellis, Ne legat id nemo quam meus ante, velim,
Tib. 4, 7, 8; Mart. 9, 36, 6.—Also in the poets sometimes pleon. ante—prius—quam:
sed mihi vel tellus optem prius ima dehiscat Ante, pudor, quam te violo aut tua jura resolvo,
Verg. A. 4, 24; so,
prius—quam— ante: Aut prius infecto deposcit praemia cursu, Septima quam metam triverit ante rota?
Prop. 3, 20, 25.—
3.
For the designation of order, foll. by tum, deinde, etc., first, in the first place (only in later Lat. for the class. primum):
ut ante caput, deinde reliqua pars auferatur,
Cels. 7, 29:
et ante dicam de his, quae, etc.: tum, etc.,
id. 5, 26:
ante tonderi... deinde... tum, etc.,
id. 6, 6, 8; so Plin. 34, 13, 34, § 131 dub.—
4.
Very rarely used as adj. (in imitation of the Greek):
neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum,
earlier, previous ills, Verg. A. 1, 198 (cf. tôn paros kakôn, Soph. O. T. 1423):
ille elegit, qui recipit ante meliorem,
Quint. Decl. 1, 14; cf. Liv. 24, 82, 5 (on this use of the adv., v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 76, 5).
III.
In composition.
A.
Of space, before, in front of, forwards: antepono, antefigo, antefero, antemitto.—
B.
Fig. of preference, before, above: antepono.—
C.
Of degree, before, above, more: antepotens, antepollens—
D.
In designations of time only with adjj. and advv.: antelucanus, antemeridianus, antehac, antelucio.With verbs, ante is more correctly written separately: ante actus, ante factus, ante gestus, ante paro, etc., although editions differ in this respect. V. more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 361-390, and pp. 394-402.

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antĕ (old form anti, whence antidea, antideo, antidhac; v. antea, anteeo, and antehac) [Gr. anti, over against, facing, anta, antên; Sanscr. anti = over against; Germ. ant- in Ant-wort = Goth. anda-vaurdi, an answer, anda-nahti, the night before], prep. and adv. (acc. to Max. Victor. p. 1953, as prep. with the grave accent; as adv. with the acute on the last syl.).
I.
Prep. with acc., before (syn.: prae, pro).
A.
In space, or trop. in regard to estimation, judgment, or rank (usu. only of objects at rest. while prae is used of those in motion; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 21; v. exceptions infra).
1.
In space:
quem ante aedīs video,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 136:
ante ostium Me audivit stare,
Ter. And. 3, 1, 16; so Vulg. Lev. 1, 5:
Ornatas paulo ante fores,
Juv. 6, 227; so Vulg. Num. 3, 26:
ante meum limen,
Juv. 11, 190:
ante suum fundum,
Cic. Mil. 10:
ut ante suos hortulos postridie piscarentur,
id. Off. 3, 14, 58:
ante sepulcrales infelix adstitit aras,
Ov. M. 8, 480; so Verg. A. 1, 344; 3, 545; Juv. 10, 268:
ante altaria,
id. 8, 155; so Vulg. Deut. 26, 4; ib. Matt. 5, 24. —Of persons:
ante hosce deos erant arulae,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3:
quīs ante ora patrum contigit oppetere,
Verg. A. 1, 95; id. G. 4, 477:
ipsius unam (navem) ante oculos pontus in puppim ferit,
id. A. 1, 114; 2, 531; 2, 773:
ante se statuit funditores,
Liv. 42, 58:
Flos Asiae ante ipsum,
Juv. 5, 56; Vulg. Matt. 17, 2:
si luditur alea pernox Ante Numantinos,
Juv. 8, 11.— Trop.:
ante oculos collocata,
Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 192:
ante oculos errat domus,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 57: [p. 128] causam ante eum diceret, before him as judge, Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 9:
donec stet ante judicium,
Vulg. Josh. 20, 6; ib. Marc. 13, 9.—And in eccl. Lat., after the Heb. and Hel. Gr., before, in the sight of, in the judgment of:
ante Dominum vilior fiam,
Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 21 sq.:
non te justifices ante Deum,
ib. Eccli. 7, 5:
justi ambo ante Deum,
ib. Luc. 1, 6;
and fully: fecit Asa rectum ante conspectum Domini,
ib. 3 Reg. 15, 11; ib. Apoc. 12, 10.—Hence, homines ante pedes (in later Lat.), servants; cf. the annotators upon Juv. 7, 143.—With verbs of motion:
ante me ito,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 70:
equitatum omnem ante se mittit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 21:
ante ceteras cohortes extra aciem procurrere,
id. B. C. 1, 55:
praecurrit ante omnes,
id. ib. 2, 34; so Nep. Dat. 3, 2; Liv. 7, 41; 45, 40 al.; Vulg. Lev. 27, 11; ib. 1 Reg. 12, 2.—
2.
Trop. of preference in judgment, or regulations in respect to rank, before (this is properly the signification of prae, q. v.; hence more rare than that, and never used by Cic.): quem ante me diligo, before myself, more than myself, Balbus ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15.—So ante aliquem esse, to surpass, excel any one:
facundiā Graecos, gloriā belli Gallos ante Romanos fuisse,
Sall. C. 53, 3, ubi v. Corte and Kritz:
tum me vero et ante Alexandrum et ante Pyrrhum et ante omnes alios imperatores esse,
superior to, Liv. 35, 14:
necessitas ante rationem est,
necessity knows no law, Curt. 7, 7, 10.—Hence very freq. (but mostly poet. and post-class.),
a.
Ante alios, ante omnes, ante ceteros, etc., before others, before all, etc., to designate a comparative relation;
also sometimes, for the sake of emphasis, with comparatives and superlatives: tibi, Neptune, ante alios deos gratias ago,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 5; so Ov. M. 10, 120:
scito illum ante omnīs minumi mortalem preti,
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 8:
tua ante omnes experientia,
Tac. A. 2, 76; 1, 27; Liv. 1, 9:
Junoni ante omnīs candentis vaccae media inter cornua (pateram) fundit,
Verg. A. 4, 59:
Ipse est ante omnes,
Vulg. Col. 1, 17:
O felix una ante alias Priameïa virgo,
Verg. A. 3, 321:
ante omnes furor est insignis equarum,
id. G. 3, 266:
scelere ante alios immanior omnīs,
id. A. 1, 347; Liv. 5, 42:
ante alios pulcherrimus omnīs Turnus,
Verg. A. 7, 55; so Nep. Att. 3, 3; Liv. 1, 15; cf. Rudd. II. p. 82; II. p. 101; II. p. 305.—
b.
Ante omnia.
(α).
Before all things, first of all:
alvus ante omnia ducitur,
Cels. 7, 30:
oportet autem ante omnia os nudare,
id. 8, 2:
Ante omnia instituit, ut etc.,
Suet. Ner. 32; id. Calig. 21:
Ante omnia autem, fratres, etc.,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 12; ib. 1 Petr. 4, 8.—
(β).
Comparatively, above all, especially, chiefty:
publica maestitia eo ante omnia insignis, quia matronae annum, ut parentem, eum luxerunt,
Liv. 2, 7; 7, 4:
quae natura multis et ante omnia ursis,
Plin. 8, 35, 53, § 125:
dulces ante omnia Musae,
the Muses pleasing above all things, Verg. G. 2, 475; id. E. 2, 72:
deformem et taetrum ante omnia vultum,
Juv. 10, 191.—
(γ).
In entering upon the discussion of several particulars, or in adducing arguments, first of all, in the first place (similar to ac primum quidem, kai prôton men oun; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 4, 2, 4):
ante omnia quid sit rhetorice,
Quint. 2, 15, 1:
ante omnia igitur imitatio per se ipsa non sufficit,
id. 10, 2, 4; so id. 1, 2, 9; 4, 2, 40; 4, 2, 52; 5, 13, 6; 9, 1, 23.—
B.
Of time.
1.
Before: ANTE MERIDIEM CAVSAM CONICITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 13; cf.
Dirks. Transl. 177 sq.: ante lucem a portu me praemisisti domum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 55; so Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 259; id. Inv. 2, 4, 15; Suet. Galb. 22; Vulg. Luc. 24, 22:
ante diem caupo sciet,
Juv. 9, 108:
ante brumam,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 28:
ante noctem,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 51:
pereundum erit ante lucernas,
Juv. 10, 339:
ante haec omnia,
Vulg. Luc. 21, 12.— The designation of time is often expressed paraphrastically.
a.
By a person who lived at the time:
jam ante Socratem,
before the time of, Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 44:
qui honos togato habitus ante me est nemini,
before me, before my time, id. Cat. 4, 3:
ante Jovem nulli subigebant arva coloni,
Verg. G. 1, 125:
vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 25:
ante Helenam,
id. S. 1, 3, 107:
ante se,
Tac. H. 1, 50:
quod ante eum nemo,
Suet. Caes. 26 al. —
b.
By other objects pertaining to a particular time: ante hoc factum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 64:
ante has meas litteras,
i. e. before the receipt of this letter, Cic. Fam. 13, 17:
per hunc castissimum ante regiam injuriam sanguinem juro,
Liv. 1, 59:
ante mare et terras, et quod tegit omnia, caelum,
Ov. M. 1, 5:
ante sidus fervidum,
Hor. Epod. 1, 27:
ante cibum,
id. S. 1, 10, 61, and Juv. 6, 428:
Hoc discunt omnes ante alpha et beta,
before their A B C, id. 14, 209:
cur ante tubam tremor occupat artus?
Verg. A. 11, 424:
Tecum prius ergo voluta Haec ante tubas,
Juv. 1, 169.—Also by the designation of the office of a person:
ante aedilitatem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 17:
ante sceptrum Dictaei regis,
Verg. G. 2, 536:
ante imperium ducis,
Flor. 4, 2, 66:
relictis multis filiis et in regno et ante regnum susceptis,
Just. 2, 10.—And by the designation of office in app. to the person:
mortuus est ante istum praetorem,
Cic. Verr. 1, 45, 115:
docuerant fabulas ante hos consules,
id. Brut. 18, 73:
cum ante illum imperatorem clipeis uterentur,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 3:
quos ante se imperatorem nemo ausus sit aspicere,
id. Epam. 8, 3.—A part. perf. or fut. pass. is freq. added to such substantives for the sake of explanation:
ante hanc urbem conditam,
before the founding of this city, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7 (opp. post urbem conditam):
non multo ante urbem captam,
id. Div. 1, 45:
ante Epaminondam natum,
Nep. Epam. 10, 4:
ante te cognitum multis orantibus opem tuli,
Sall. J. 110, 2:
ante decemviros creatos,
Liv. 3, 53 al. —
2.
Hence particular phrases.
a.
Ante tempus,
(α).
Before the right time:
ante tempus excitatis suis,
Liv. 31, 36.—
(β).
Before the appointed, proper, or lawful time:
factus est consul bis, primum ante tempus,
Cic. Lael. 3:
honores et ante tempus et quosdam novi generis cepit,
Suet. Aug. 26:
venisti ante tempus torquere nos?
Vulg. Matt. 8, 29 (cf. annus, II. D.).—
b.
Ante diem, poet.,
(α).
Before the time:
Caesaribus virtus contigit ante diem,
Ov. A. A. 1, 184:
ante diem vultu gressuque superbo Vicerat aequales,
Stat. S. 2, 1, 108.—
(β).
Before the time destined by fate:
filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos,
Ov. M. 1, 148:
hic dolor ante diem Pandiona misit ad umbras,
id. ib. 6, 675; id. A. A. 3, 739:
sed misera ante diem subitoque accensa furore, etc.,
Verg. A. 4, 697 (cf. Soph. Antig. 461: ei de tou chronou prosthen thanoumai). —
c.
Ante hunc diem, with a negative:
istunc hominem numquam audivi ante hunc diem,
never before this day, never until now, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 60; 4, 2, 7:
neque umquam ante hunc diem,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 19; 5, 4, 23:
Novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum ad te Q. Tubero detulit,
Cic. Lig. 1, 1 (cf. Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 17: neque eum ante usquam conspexi prius). —
3.
Ante diem (abbrev. a. d.) with an ordinal number gives the date, not of the foregoing, but of the present day; e. g. ante diem quintum (a. d. V.) Kalendas Apriles, the fifth day before the calends of April. Orig. the ante belonged to Kalendas, and they said either, ante die quinto Kalendas (i. e. die quinto ante Kalendas), or ante diem quintum Kalendas; the latter phraseology became the prevailing one, and ante diem, being considered as one word, the prepp. in and ex could be prefixed; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 3, 12; Duker ad Liv. 27, 23; Rudd. II. p. 291; Madv. Gr. Suppl. I.; Drak. ad Liv. 45, 2, 12: me ante diem XIII. Kalendas Januarias principem revocandae libertatis fuisse, the thirteenth before the calends of January, i. e. the 20 th of Dec., Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 20: ante diem XII. Kalendas Novembres, the 21 st of Oct.: ante diem VI. Kalendas Novembres, the 27 th of Oct., id. Cat. 1, 3: ante diem VIII. Kalendas Decembres, the 24 th of Nov., id. Phil. 3, 8: a. d. IV. Id. Mart. (ante diem quartum Idus Martias), i. e. the 12 th of March, Liv. 40, 59: ante diem III. Non. Jan. M. Cicero natus est, i. e. on the 3 d of Jan., Gell. 15, 28 al.:
in ante diem quartum Kal. Dec. distulit,
Cic. Phil. 3, 8: caedem te optimatium contulisse in ante diem V. Kal. Nov., to the 28 th of Oct., id. Cat. 1, 3:
ex ante diem VII. Id. Febr.,
Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1: nuntii venerant ex ante diem Non. Jun. usque ad prid. Kal. Sept., from the 3 d of June, Cic. Att. 3, 17:
supplicatio indicta est ante diem V. Id. Oct. cum eo die in quinque dies,
Liv. 45, 2, 12.—
4.
Sometimes to designate the whole time until the passing moment:
ante id tempus et mari et terrā duces erant Lace daemonii,
Nep. Arist. 2, 3:
qui honos huic uni ante id tempus contigit,
id. Timoth. 2, 3:
invictus ante eam diem fuerat,
Curt. 5, 3, 22.—
5.
Ante annos, before the destined time:
Ante suos annos occidit,
Ov. Am. 2, 2, 46:
Ante annos animumque gerens curamque virilem,
beyond his years, Verg. A. 9, 311 (cf.:
suos annos praeterire,
Sil. 4, 428; and:
annos transcendere factis,
id. 2, 348). —
6.
Ante hoc, for antea, antehac, belongs to the later Latin:
ante hoc incognita,
Luc. 6, 116:
ante hoc domūs pars videntur,
Tac. G. 13.
II.
Adv., of space and time (the latter most freq.).
A.
Of space, before, in front, forwards: post me erat Aegina, ante Megara, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 9:
fluvius ab tergo, ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat,
Liv. 27, 18; 22, 5:
coronatus stabit et ante calix,
Tib. 2, 5, 98:
plena oculis et ante et retro,
Vulg. Apoc. 4, 6.—Of motion (cf. supra, I. A. 1.):
si aut manibus ingrediatur quis aut non ante, sed retro,
Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35:
pallida Tisiphone morbos agit ante metumque,
Verg. G. 3, 552.—
B.
1.. Of time, before, previously (always in reference to another past time, while ante as prep. is used in reference to the present).
a.
With verbs:
nonne oportuit Praescīsse me ante,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 4:
id te oro, ut ante eamus,
id. ib. 3, 3, 24;
very freq. in Cic.: quod utinam illi ante accidisset,
Cic. Phil. 11, 14:
quae ante acta sunt,
id. Verr. 1, 109:
sicut ante fecimus,
Vulg. Jos. 8, 5; ib. Jud. 16, 20:
fructus omnis ante actae vitae,
Cic. Marcell. 3; so Ov. M. 12, 115, and Tac. A. 6, 16:
apud vos ante feci mentionem,
Cic. Agr. 3, 4:
faciam hoc non novum, sed ab eis ante factum,
id. Verr. 1, 55; Verg. E. 9, 63; Juv. 3, 243; 15, 320:
illud de quo ante dixi,
Cic. Sex. Rosc. 116:
quos ante dixi,
id. Off. 2, 14, 50:
ut ante dixi,
id. Imp. Pomp. 16; id. Mil. 45:
quem ad modum ante dixi,
id. Sex. Rosc. 91:
additis, quae ante deliquerant,
Tac. A. 6, 9:
filium ante sublatum brevi amisit,
id. Agr. 6; id. G. 10; id. A. 11, 7; id. H. 2, 43.—And often accomp. by jam:
acceperam jam ante Caesaris litteras, ut etc.,
Cic. Phil. 2, 49; id. Marcell. 12; id. Verr. 2, 23.—Rarely accomp. by saepe.:
ut saepe ante fecerant,
Cic. Balb. 40; id. Rab. Post. 13.—
b.
Rarely with adjj.:
non filius ante pudicus,
Juv. 3, 111:
quos acciverat, incertum, experiens an et ante gnavos,
Tac. A. 14, 7.—
c.
Often with substt. in the abl. or acc. for a more accurate designation of time (cf. also abhinc with the abl. and acc.; in these cases ante was considered by the ancient critics as a prep., which could also govern the abl.; cf. Charis. p. 209 P.; Serv. ad Verg. E. 1, 30. The position of ante is sometimes before and sometimes after the subst., and sometimes between the numeral and the subst.):
illos septem et multis ante saeculis Lycurgum accepimus fuisse sapientes,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7:
etsi perpaucis ante diebus (i. e. before the departure of Theophilus, of whom mention is afterwards made) dederam Q. Mucio litteras ad te,
id. Fam. 4, 9:
paucis diebus ante,
id. Phil. 2, 40:
viginti annis ante,
id. Lael. 12, 42:
voverat eam annis undecim ante,
Liv. 40, 52, 4 (cf. id. 40, 51:
quae bello Ligustico ante annis octo vovisset): optimum erit ante annum scrobes facere,
a year before, Col. 4, 2; Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 7:
Tyron urbem ante annum Trojanae cladis condiderunt,
a year before the fall of Troy, Just. 18, 3, 5:
ante quadriennium amissus es,
four years previously, Tac. Agr. 45:
aliquot ante annos,
Suet. Caes. 12; v. id. ib. 81 al.—
d.
With the advv. multo, paulo, aliquanto, tanto, quanto, and rarely permultum:
multo ante prospexi tempestatem futuram,
Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:
haud multo ante adventum,
Tac. Agr. 18.—And in the order ante multo:
ante multo a te didicerimus,
Cic. Sen. 2, 6:
Venisti paulo ante in senatum,
id. Cat. 1, 7, 16; id. Marcell. 7; id. Mil. 7; Tac. G. 41; id. H. 3, 68; Suet. Caes. 21; Vulg. Sap. 15, 8; ib. 2 Macc. 3, 30;
6, 29 et saep.—And in the order ante paulo: quae ante paulo perbreviter attigi,
Cic. Rep. 2, 4:
profectus est aliquanto ante furorem Catilinae,
id. Sull. 20, 56 bis; id. Verr. 1, 149.—And in the order ante aliquanto: ante aliquanto quam tu natus es, Cic. Fam. [p. 129] 10, 4; id. Vatin. 25; id. Verr. 2, 46:
tanto ante praedixeras,
id. Phil. 2, 33:
quod si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 34; 5, 78, 89; id. Cat. 3, 17; id. de Or. 1, 7, 26; so Quint. 2, 4, 28:
quanto ante providerit,
Cic. Sest. 8:
permultum ante certior factus eram litteris,
id. Fam. 3, 11; cf. Prisc. p. 1191 P.—
2.
Followed by quam (written also as one word, antequam; the form prius quam was more freq. in archaic Latin), sooner than; before.
a.
With ind. pres.:
ante quam doceo id factum non esse, libet mihi,
Cic. Quinct. 48:
ante quam ad sententiam redeo, de me pauca dicam,
id. Cat. 4, 20; id. Mil. 7; id. Deiot. 7; id. Clu. 6.—
b.
With ind. perf.:
memini Catonem anno ante quam est mortuus mecum disserere,
Cic. Lael. 3, 11:
anno ipso ante quam natus est Ennius,
id. Brut. 18, 72:
ante aliquanto quam tu natus es,
id. Fam. 10, 3:
neque ante dimisit eum quam fidem dedit,
Liv. 39, 10:
ante quam ille est factus inimicus,
Cic. Phil. 12, 9.—
c.
Rarely with fut. perf.:
ante provinciam sibi decretam audiet quam potuerit tempus ei rei datum suspicari,
Cic. Phil. 11, 24:
neque defatigabor ante quam... percepero,
id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—
d.
With subj. pres.:
ante quam veniat in Pontum, litteras ad Cn. Pompeium mittet,
Cic. Agr. 2, 53:
hac lege ante omnia veniunt, quam gleba una ematur,
id. ib. 2, 71; id. Sest. 15; id. Phil. 1, 1; Verg. E. 1, 60 sqq.; Vulg. Gen. 11, 4; ib. 4 Reg. 2, 9; ib. Matt. 6, 8.—
e.
With subj. imperf.:
Romae et ad urbem, ante quam proficisceretur, quaerere coepit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 167:
qui (sol) ante quam se abderet, fugientem vidit Antonium,
id. Phil. 14, 27; 8, 1; id. Verr. 4, 147; Vulg. Gen. 2, 5; 13, 10; ib. Matt. 1, 18; ib. Joan. 8, 58.—
f.
With subj. perf.:
ante vero quam sit ea res adlata, laetitiā frui satis est,
Cic. Phil. 14, 1:
domesticum malum opprimit ante quam prospicere potueris,
id. Verr. 1, 39; id. Sull. 44; id. Planc. 40:
nec ante vincere desierint quam Rubro mari inclusis quod vincerent defuerit,
Liv. 42, 52:
nec ante (barbam capillumque) dempserit quam vindicāsset,
Suet. Caes. 67.—
g.
With subj. pluperf.:
se ante quam eam uxorem duxisset domum, sperāsse etc.,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 71:
qui ante quam de meo adventu audire potuissent, in Macedoniam perrexi,
Cic. Planc. 98:
ut consul ante fieret, quam ullum alium magistratum capere licuisset,
id. Imp. Pomp. 62; id. Quinct. 9; id. Verr. 2, 55; 2, 171.—
h.
With inf.:
dici vix potest quam multa sint quae respondeatis ante fieri oportere, quam ad hanc rationem devenire,
Cic. Quinct. 54.—
i.
With part.:
armati nullum ante finem pugnae quam morientes fecerunt,
Liv. 21, 15, 4 (on the use of these different constructions, v. Roby, §§ 1671, 1462, 1672 etc.; Draeger, Hist. Synt. II. pp. 589 sqq.;
and esp. Fischer, Gr. § 621). —In the poets sometimes with quam before ante: Respice item quam nil ad nos anteacta vetustas Temporis aeterni fuerit, quam nascimur ante,
Lucr. 3, 972:
Non ego signatis quicquam mandare tabellis, Ne legat id nemo quam meus ante, velim,
Tib. 4, 7, 8; Mart. 9, 36, 6.—Also in the poets sometimes pleon. ante—prius—quam:
sed mihi vel tellus optem prius ima dehiscat Ante, pudor, quam te violo aut tua jura resolvo,
Verg. A. 4, 24; so,
prius—quam— ante: Aut prius infecto deposcit praemia cursu, Septima quam metam triverit ante rota?
Prop. 3, 20, 25.—
3.
For the designation of order, foll. by tum, deinde, etc., first, in the first place (only in later Lat. for the class. primum):
ut ante caput, deinde reliqua pars auferatur,
Cels. 7, 29:
et ante dicam de his, quae, etc.: tum, etc.,
id. 5, 26:
ante tonderi... deinde... tum, etc.,
id. 6, 6, 8; so Plin. 34, 13, 34, § 131 dub.—
4.
Very rarely used as adj. (in imitation of the Greek):
neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum,
earlier, previous ills, Verg. A. 1, 198 (cf. tôn paros kakôn, Soph. O. T. 1423):
ille elegit, qui recipit ante meliorem,
Quint. Decl. 1, 14; cf. Liv. 24, 82, 5 (on this use of the adv., v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 76, 5).
III.
In composition.
A.
Of space, before, in front of, forwards: antepono, antefigo, antefero, antemitto.—
B.
Fig. of preference, before, above: antepono.—
C.
Of degree, before, above, more: antepotens, antepollens—
D.
In designations of time only with adjj. and advv.: antelucanus, antemeridianus, antehac, antelucio.With verbs, ante is more correctly written separately: ante actus, ante factus, ante gestus, ante paro, etc., although editions differ in this respect. V. more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 361-390, and pp. 394-402.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > anti
10 apo

ăpo (or ăpio, Isid. Orig. 19, 30), ĕre, v. a. [cf.: haptô, apiscor, apex].
I.
A.. To fasten, attach, join, bind, tie to (syn.: ligo, adligo, jungo, conjungo, recto): comprehendere antiqui vinculo apere dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll.; cf. apex; used only in part. perf. pass. aptus (the P. a. v. infra):
uteri terrae radicibus apti,
fastened to the earth, Lucr. 5, 808 (Lachm., terram and apti = adepti):
bracchia validis ex apta lacertis,
united with the strong shoulders, id. 4, 829:
gladium e lacunari setā equinā aptum demitti jussit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62:
linguam vinclis de pectore imo aptis moveri,
Gell. 1, 15.—
B.
Trop.: ex aliquā re (like pendere ex aliquā re), depending upon, arising from (so only in Cic.):
rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 70:
honestum, ex quo aptum est officium,
id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Fin. 2, 14, 47:
ex quā re (sc. virtute) una vita omnis apta sit,
id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:
causa ex aeternis causis apta,
id. Fat. 15, 34:
cui viro ex se apta sunt omnia, etc.,
id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36 (as transl. of Plat. Menex. p. 302: Hotôi gar andri eis heauton anêrtêtai panta, etc.); cf. id. Fam. 5, 13.—Once also with pendere:
non ex verbis aptum pendere jus,
Cic. Caecin. 18.—Also without ex:
vitā modicā et aptā virtute perfrui,
Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56:
rudentibus apta fortuna,
id. Tusc. 5, 14, [p. 138] 40.—
II.
A.. Joined, bound, or tied together, connected:
aptum conexum et colligatum significat,
Non. p. 234, 32 (so most freq. in Lucr.):
conjugio corporis atque animae consistimus uniter apti,
Lucr. 3, 846; 5, 555; 5, 558:
genus... validis aptum per viscera nervis,
bound together by the strong band of the sinews, id. 5, 928:
quae memorare queam inter se singlariter apta,
id. 6, 1067 al.:
facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,
Cic. Or. 71, 235:
quā ex conjunctione caelum ita aptum est, ut, etc.,
id. Tim. 5:
qui tam certos caeli motus, tamque omnia inter se conexa et apta viderit,
id. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Gell. 6, 2. —
B.
Trop.:
omnia inter se apta et conexa,
Cic. Fin. 4, 19, 53:
apta inter se et cohaerentia,
id. N. D 3, 1, 4:
efficiatur aptum illud, quod fuerit antea diffiuens ac solutum,
id. Or. 70, 233.— Poet., with abl., endowed, furnished, or ornamented with something: fides alma, apta pinnis, furnished with wings, winged, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105:
stellis fulgentibus apta caeli domus,
the abode of heaven studded with glittering stars, Lucr. 6, 357 (cf. id. 5, 1205: stellis micantibus aethera fixum);
imitated by Verg.: caelum stellis fulgentibus aptum,
Verg. A. 11, 202, and:
axis stellis ardentibus aptus,
id. ib. 4, 482:
veste signis ingentibus aptā,
Lucr. 5, 1428:
magis apta figura,
id. 2, 814: lucus opacus teneris fruticibus aptus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 235, 9:
Tyrio prodeat apta sinu,
Tib. 1, 9, 70.—Hence,
III.
aptus, a, um, P. a., pr., fitted to something; hence, suited, suitable, proper, apposite, fit, appropriate, adapted, conformable to (cf. accommodatus and appositus, 2.).
A.
In gen.: aptus is, qui convenienter alicui junctus est, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll. (so most freq. after the Cic. per.); constr. with ad or dat.; of persons always with dat.
(α).
With ad:
ossa habent commissuras ad stabilitatem aptas,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:
in pulmonibus inest raritas quaedam ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,
id. ib. 2, 55, 136:
locus ad insidias aptior,
id. Mil. 20:
calcei habiles et apti ad pedem,
id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:
castra ad bellum ducendum aptissima,
Caes. B. C. 2, 37; so Vulg. 1 Par. 7, 40; ib. 2 Par. 26, 13:
aptum ad proelium,
ib. 1 Reg. 14, 52:
fornices in muro erant apti ad excurrendum,
Liv. 36, 23, 3 al. —
(β).
With dat.:
non omnia rebus sunt omnibus apta,
Lucr. 6, 961:
aliis alias animantibus aptas Res,
id. 6, 773:
initia apta et accommodata naturae,
Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 46:
quod verum, simplex sincerumque sit, id esse naturae hominis aptissimum,
id. Off. 1, 4, 13:
haec genera dicendi aptiora sunt adulescentibus,
id. Brut. 95, 223; so id. ib. 62, 326; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; id. Or. 22, 1 al.:
quod aetati tuae esset aptissimum,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4; so Nep. Att. 16, 1:
apta dies sacrificio,
Liv. 1, 45:
venti aptiores Romanae quam suae classi,
id. 25, 37 al.:
notavi portus puppibus aptos,
Ov. M. 3, 596; 4, 160:
armis apta magis tellus,
Prop. 4, 22, 19:
aptum equis Argos,
Hor. C. 1, 7, 9:
apta vinculo conjugali,
Vulg. Ruth, 1, 12; ib. Luc. 9, 62:
aptus amicis,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 43 et saep.— Other constrr.:
(γ).
With in (cf. Rudd. II. p. 96, n. 60):
in quod (genus pugnae) minime apti sunt,
Liv. 38, 21:
formas deus aptus in omnes,
apt for, easily changed into, Ov. M. 14, 765:
in ceteros apta usus,
Vulg. Deut. 20, 20:
vasa apta in interitum,
ib. Rom. 9, 22.—
(δ).
With qui (cf. Zumpt, §
568): nulla videbatur aptior persona, quae de illā aetate loqueretur,
Cic. Am. 1, 4:
est mihi, quae lanas molliat, apta manus,
Ov. H. 3, 70.—
(ε).
Poet., with inf:
(Circe) apta cantu veteres mutare figuras,
Tib. 4, 1, 63:
aetas mollis et apta regi,
Ov. A. A. 1, 10.— Esp. freq.,
(ζ).
Absol., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 235, 16:
amor,
Prop. 4, 22, 42:
saltus,
Ov. M. 2, 498:
ars,
Tib. 1, 7, 60:
apta oscula,
Tib. 1, 4, 54; Ov. H. 15, 132:
lar aptus,
an extensive, satisfying possession, Hor. C. 1, 12, 43.—So in prose:
aptus exercitus,
an army good in fight, ready for battle, Liv. 10, 25:
tempus aptum,
the right time, id. 35, 19; so Vulg. Eccli. 20, 6 al.—
B.
Esp., in rhet., of the fitness, appropriateness of discourse:
quid aptum sit, hoc est quid maxime decens in oratione,
Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 210; so apta oratio, which has the appropriate rhet. fulness and periodic rounding: numerosa et apta oratio, id. Or. 50, 168; cf. id. ib. 50, 70; so id. Brut. 17, 68:
Thucydides verbis aptus et pressus,
exact and brief in expression, id. de Or. 2, 13, 56.—Hence, aptē, adv., closely, fitly, suitably, nicely, rightly.
I.
Lit.
A.
Absol.:
atque ita apte cohaeret (mundi corpus), ut etc.,
Cic. Tim. 5: altera est nexa cum superiore et inde apteque pendens, id. ap. Non. p. 235, 18:
capiti apte reponere,
Liv. 1, 34, 8.—
B.
With ad:
apte convenire ad pedem,
Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.— Sup.,
C.
With inter:
ut inter se quam aptissime cohaereant extrema (verba) cum primis etc.,
Cic. Or. 44, 149.—
II.
Trop., fitly, suitably, properly, duly, rightly.
A.
Absol.:
facile judicabimus, quid eorum apte fiat,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146:
quod est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere,
id. ib. 1, 1, 2:
apte et quiete ferre,
id. ib. 4, 17, 38:
non equite apte locato,
Liv. 4, 37, 8:
Qui doceant, apte quid tibi possit emi,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 88:
nec aliter imperium apte regi potest,
Curt. 8, 8, 13:
floribus compositis apte et utiliter,
Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 46. — Comp.:
qualia aptius suis referentur locis,
Plin. 2, 62, 62, § 153:
Aptius haec puero, quam tibi, dona dabis,
Mart. 13, 26.—
B.
With dat.:
si quid exierit numeris aptius,
Quint. 10, 12, 26.— Sup.:
seruntur Parilibus tamen aptissime,
Plin. 19, 3, 24, § 69.—
C.
With ad:
(ut) ad rerum dignitatem apte et quasi decore (loquamur),
Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 144:
spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens,
Liv. 1, 10, 5.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > apo
11 exhorresco

exhorresco, rŭi, 3, v. inch. n. and a. [exhorreo].
I.
Neutr., to tremble or shudder exceedingly, to be terrified (class.): non possum non exhorrescere, si quid intra cutem subest vulneris, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:
in quo igitur homines exhorrescunt?
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53:
metu,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 43:
oraque buxo Pallidiora gerens exhorruit aequoris instar,
Ov. M. 4, 135:
omnis spiris exhorruit arbor,
Val. Fl. 7, 527.—
II.
Act., to tremble or shudder at any thing, to be terrified at, to dread ( poet.):
vultus amicos,
Verg. A. 7, 265:
furores,
Sil. 3, 146:
verbere candentes armos,
Val. Fl. 4, 380; Vulg. Job, 19, 17.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > exhorresco
12 ferculum

fercŭlum (or uncontr. fĕrĭcŭlum, Sen. Ep. 90, 15; 122, 3 al.), i, n. [fero], that on which any thing is carried or borne.
I.
A frame, a barrow, litter, bier for carrying the spoils, the images of the gods, etc., in public processions:
spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens in Capitolium ascendit,
Liv. 1, 10, 5; Suet. Caes. 37; id. Calig. 15:
(Caesar) tensam et ferculum Circensi pompa, etc. (recepit),
id. Caes. 76: ut pomparum ferculis similes esse videamur, * Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.—
II.
A dish on which food is served; and hence a dish or mess of food, a course (perh. not anteAug.; cf.: epulum, daps, commissatio;
merenda, prandium, etc.): ubi multa de magna superessent fercula cena,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 104:
cenae fercula nostrae Malim convivis quam placuisse cocis,
Mart. 9, 82; so Petr. 35; 36; Suet. Aug. 74; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 136; Juv. 1, 94; 7, 184; 11, 64.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ferculum
13 fericulum

fercŭlum (or uncontr. fĕrĭcŭlum, Sen. Ep. 90, 15; 122, 3 al.), i, n. [fero], that on which any thing is carried or borne.
I.
A frame, a barrow, litter, bier for carrying the spoils, the images of the gods, etc., in public processions:
spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens in Capitolium ascendit,
Liv. 1, 10, 5; Suet. Caes. 37; id. Calig. 15:
(Caesar) tensam et ferculum Circensi pompa, etc. (recepit),
id. Caes. 76: ut pomparum ferculis similes esse videamur, * Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.—
II.
A dish on which food is served; and hence a dish or mess of food, a course (perh. not anteAug.; cf.: epulum, daps, commissatio;
merenda, prandium, etc.): ubi multa de magna superessent fercula cena,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 104:
cenae fercula nostrae Malim convivis quam placuisse cocis,
Mart. 9, 82; so Petr. 35; 36; Suet. Aug. 74; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 136; Juv. 1, 94; 7, 184; 11, 64.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fericulum
14 refugus

rĕfŭgus, a, um, adj. [id.], fleeing back, fleeing away, receding, vanishing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
not in Virg. or Hor.): unda,
Ov. M. 10, 42; cf.
flumen (with fugientia poma),
id. H. 18, 182:
fluctus,
Luc. 1, 411:
Nilus,
id. 8, 526:
mare,
Stat. Th. 12, 634:
latices,
Claud. in Ruf. 2, 509:
Nilus,
Plin. Pan. 30, 4:
equites irritato proelio sponte refugi,
Tac. H. 2, 24:
umbra,
vanishing, Val. Fl. 4, 41:
refugosque gerens a fronte capillos,
flying back, Luc. 10, 132.— With gen. (late Lat.):
jejunii,
Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 20, § 4.— Subst.: rĕfŭgus, i, m.:
refugos sequi,
fugitives, Tac. A. 13, 40; cf. id. H. 3, 61.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > refugus
15 signum

signum, i, n. [perh. Sanscr. sag-, to cling to, adhere; cf. sigilla].
I.
In gen., a mark, token, sign, indication (very frequent in all styles and periods; cf.
insigne): meo patri torulus inerit aureus Sub petaso: id signum Amphitruoni non erit,
Plaut. Am. prol. 145 sq.:
ut eam (nutricem) adducam et signa ostendam haec, i. e. crepundia,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 38; 5, 3, 5:
ut fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74; so (with notae) id. de Or. 2, 41, 174; id. Lael. 17, 62; cf.:
omne probabile aut signum est aut credibile... Signum est, quod sub sensum aliquem cadit et quiddam significat, quod ex ipso profectum videtur, etc.,
id. Inv. 1, 30, 47 sq.:
aut pecori signum aut numeros inpressit acervis,
Verg. G. 1, 263; cf.:
servitii signum cervice gerens,
Ov. M. 3, 16:
jaculo mihi vulnera fecit.—Signa vides: apparet adhuc vetus ecce cicatrix,
Ov. M. 12, 444:
metam Constituit signum nautis pater, unde reverti Scirent, etc.,
Verg. A. 5, 130:
scutum signi gratia positum,
Quint. 6, 3, 38:
signa pedum,
tracks, prints, Ov. M. 4, 543;
and simply signa,
Verg. A. 8, 212 al.:
oculis mihi signum dedit, Ne se appellarem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 45:
dare,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11:
dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi,
Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 al.:
signa esse ad salutem,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:
animi pudentis signum,
id. Heaut. 1, 1, 68:
color pudoris signum,
id. And. 5, 3, 7:
signa doloris ostendere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:
mortis dare,
Lucr. 6, 1182:
timoris mittere,
to exhibit, display, Caes. B. C. 1, 71 et saep.—With obj.-clause:
magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 57; Nep. Att. 17, 2.—In predic. gen. with neutr. pron.: hoc est signi;
ubi primum poterit, se illinc subducet,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 14:
id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; Auct. Her. 4, 5, 8; Cato, R. R. 38, 4; 88, 2:
nil tamen est signi,
Lucr. 5, 918; cf.:
quid signi?
Cic. Cael. 16, 38, 2.— Hence, a surname, epithet (rare):
huic signum exercitus apposuit,
Vop. Am. 6; cf. Capitol. Gord. 4.—
II.
In partic.
A.
In milit. lang.
1.
The distinctive sign of a division of an army.
a.
A military standard, ensign, banner (including the aquila):
signifero interfecto, signo amisso,
Caes. B. G. 2, 25:
ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent,
Liv. 33, 7:
Hasdrubal ut procul signa legionum fulgentia vidit,
id. 28, 14; 22, 21; Col. 9, 9, 4:
inter signa militaria,
Hor. Epod. 9, 15:
cum unius signi militibus pergit ire,
Liv. 33, 1:
signa militaria ex proelio relata,
Caes. B. C. 3, 99; so,
militaria,
id. B. G. 7, 2; Plin. 33, 33, 19, § 58.—
Hence the expressions: signa sequi,
to follow the standards, to march in military order, Sall. J. 80, 2; Liv. 24, 48, 11:
signa subsequi,
to keep in order of battle, Caes. B. G. 4, 26:
signa observare,
Sall. J. 51, 1:
signa servare,
Liv. 8, 34, 10; Veg. Mil. 1, 9:
ab signis discedere,
to desert the standards, leave the ranks, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 44; Liv. 25, 20 al.; cf.:
ab ordinibus signisque discedere,
Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3:
signa relinquere,
to desert, Sall. C. 9, 4; Liv. 5, 6 al.:
signa deserere,
Liv. 8, 34, 9: signa ferre, i. e. to break up the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 49, 3; 10, 5 al.;
for which: movere signa,
id. 1, 14, 9; 27, 2, 12; Verg. G. 3, 236; and:
tollere,
Vell. 2, 61, 2; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1;
but: ferte signa in hostem,
attack, Liv. 9, 23, 13:
signa constituere,
to halt, Caes. B. G. 7, 47; cf.:
infestis contra hostes signis constiterunt,
id. ib. 7, 51:
signa proferre,
to advance, Liv. 4, 32, 10: signa convertere, to wheel, turn, or face about, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26: Liv. 8, 11; 2, 14; 4, 29; for which, [p. 1698] vertere signa, id. 9, 35:
signa inferre (in aliquem),
to advance to the attack, make an assault, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26; 7, 67; id. B. C. 2, 42; Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 23; Sall. J. 56, 5; Liv. 2, 53; 9, 27; 44, 12 al; cf.:
signa conferre cum aliquo,
to engage with, engage in close fight, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5; id. Pis. 21, 49;
and cf.: collatis signis pugnare, superare aliquem, etc.,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Liv. 1, 33; 2, 50; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66; but conferre signa also means simply to bring the standards together (to one place), Caes. B. G. 7, 2; 2, 25; Liv. 37, 21:
signa in laevum cornu confert,
concentrates his troops, id. 7, 15, 4:
signa transferre,
to desert, Caes. B. C. 1, 24: signa convellere, to take up the standards, which had been fixed in the ground, Liv. 3, 7, 3; 3, 54, 10; 5, 37, 4; so,
vellere signa,
id. 3, 50, 11; Verg. G. 4, 108:
revellere signa,
Luc. 7, 77; cf.:
signa figere,
to encamp, Amm. 27, 10, 9:
defigere signa,
Sil. 8, 625:
sub signis ducere legiones, ire, esse, etc.,
together, in order, in rank and file, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 71 (with ordine); Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2; Liv. 3, 51; Tac. H. 2, 14:
signa hostium turbare,
to throw into disorder, Liv. 9, 73:
ante signa,
before the army, id. 5, 18; 6, 7; 7, 16:
post signa,
id. 2, 49.—
(β).
Transf., in gen.:
infestis prope signis inferuntur Galli in Fonteium,
Cic. Font. 20, 44 (16, 34).—
b.
Esp., the standard or ensign of single cohorts and maniples (opp. aquila, the standard of the entire legion):
cum fasces, cum tubas, cum signa militaria, cum aquilam illam argenteam... scirem esse praemissam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 13; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 5; Suet. Calig. 14 fin. Oud.; Tac. A. 1, 18; id. H. 2, 29 fin.; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23; Luc. 1, 6; 1, 224 al. (cf. aquila, 2.):
manipulos exercitus minimas manus quae unum sequuntur signum,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 88 Müll.—
(β).
Meton., a cohort, a maniple:
octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio artius collocat,
Sall. C. 59, 2; Liv. 8, 9; 25, 23 fin.; 33, 1; 27, 14; 28, 14; Auct. B. Hisp. 18, 3.—
2.
A sign, signal; a watchword, password, given by a wind-instrument, by the tessera, or otherwise:
signum tubā dare,
Caes. B. G. 2, 20; 7, 81:
proelii committendi dare,
id. ib. 2, 21:
recipiendi dare,
id. ib. 7, 52:
receptui dare,
Liv. 4, 31; 26, 45; 3, 22; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:
signum dare ut, etc.,
Liv. 2, 20; 4, 39:
proelii exposcere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19:
concinere,
id. B. C. 3, 92 fin.; Liv. 30, 5; cf. Tac. A. 1, 68:
canere,
Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1; Liv. 1, 1; 4, 31; 27, 47; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 3 al. (v. cano).—For the chariot race:
signum mittendis quadrigis dare,
Liv. 8, 40, 3: signum mittere, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107: signo Felicitatis dato, the word, watchword, Felicitas, Auct. B. Afr. 83:
signum petere,
Suet. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 42; id. Ner. 9; cf.:
it bello tessera signum,
Verg. A. 7, 637.— Transf.:
tu illam (virtutem) jubes signum petere,
i. e. to be in subjection, Sen. Ben. 4, 2, 2.—
B.
A sign or token of any thing to come; a prognostic, symptom (cf.:
portentum, indicium): ipse et equus ejus repente concidit: nec eam rem habuit religioni, objecto signo, ut peritis videbatur, ne committeret proelium,
Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:
medici signa quaedam habent ex venis et ex spiritu aegroti,
id. ib. 2, 70, 145; cf. Verg. G. 3, 440; 3, 503; 4, 253; Cels. 2, 3:
prospera signa dare,
Ov. H. 18 (19), 152.—
C.
An image, as a work of art; a figure, statue, picture, etc. (syn.: effigies, imago, simulacrum);
inerant (classi) signa expressa, Titani quomodo, etc.,
Naev. 2, 13: statuas deorum, exempla earum facierum, s gna domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 782 P.:
signum pictum in pariete,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 44:
signum in fano,
id. Rud. 2, 7, 2:
aëna signa,
Lucr. 1, 318:
ante signum Jovis Statoris concidit,
Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:
signum aeneum, marmoreum, eburneum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. id. Off. 1, 41, 147; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 248:
cratera impressum signis,
Verg. A. 5, 536; 5, 267; 9, 263:
(vestis) auro signisque ingentibus apta,
Lucr. 5, 1428:
ex ornatis aedibus per aulaea et signa,
Sall. H. 2, 23, 2 Dietsch:
pallam signis auroque rigentem,
Verg. A. 1, 648:
e Pario formatum marmore signum,
Ov. M. 3, 419; cf. id. ib. 5, 183;
12, 398: statuas, signa, picturas commendet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 5.—
D.
An image or device on a seal-ring; a seal, signet: ostendi tabellas Lentulo, et quaesivi, cognosceretne signum. Annuit. Est vero, inquam, notum signum, imago avi tui, etc., Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:
(patera) in cistulā obsignata signo est,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 265; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:
tabulae maximae signis hominum nobilium consignantur,
id. Quint. 6, 25:
imprimat his signa tabellis,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:
litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur,
Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 6; Sall. C. 47, 3:
signo laeso non insanire lagenae,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 134:
volumen sub signo habere,
to have under seal, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:
sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,
id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:
nec pacta conventaque inpressis signis custodirentur,
Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1:
cum sol duodena peregit signa,
Ov. M. 13, 618.—
E.
A sign in the heavens, a constellation (cf. sidus):
caeli subter labentia signa,
Lucr. 1, 2:
loca caelio Omnia, dispositis signis ornata,
id. 5, 695:
signorum ortus et obitus,
Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59:
signis omnibus ad idem principium stellisque revocatis,
id. Rep. 6, 22, 24:
in signo leonis,
id. Div. 1, 53, 121:
signorum obitus speculari et ortus,
Verg. G. 1, 257; id. A. 7, 138:
signum pluviale Capellae,
Ov. F. 5, 113:
ponemusque suos ad vaga signa dies,
id. ib. 1, 310:
nox caelo diffundere signa parabat,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 10; cf. id. C. 2, 8, 11.—
F.
Miraculous works (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Dan. 3, 99; id. Matt. 24, 24; id. Joan. 2, 11 et saep.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > signum
16 spiritus

spīrĭtus, ūs (scanned spĭrĭtus, Sedul. Hymn. 1 fin.; dat. SPIRITO, Inscr. Orell. 3030; gen., dat., and abl. plur. only eccl. and late Lat., e. g. spirituum, Vulg. Marc. 6, 7:
spiritibus,
Aug. Serm. 216, 11 fin.; Vulg. Luc. 8, 2), m. [spiro], a breathing or gentle blowing of air, a breath, breeze (syn.: aura, flatus).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
spiritum a vento modus separat: vehementior enim spiritus ventus est, invicem spiritus leviter fluens aër,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 4; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5: spiritus Austri Imbricitor, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 423 Vahl.), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:
Boreae,
Verg. A. 12, 365:
quo spiritus non pervenit,
Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2; cf.:
silentis vel placidi spiritus dies,
Col. 3, 19 fin.:
alvus cum multo spiritu redditur,
Cels. 2, 7 med. —
B.
In partic.
1.
The air: imber et ignis, spiritus et gravis terra, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll. (Ann. v. 511 Vahl.):
proximum (igni) spiritus, quem Graeci nostrique eodem vocabulo aëra appellant,
Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10:
quid tam est commune quam spiritus vivis?
Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 72; cf. Quint. 12, 11, 13:
potestne tibi haec lux, Catilina, aut hujus caeli spiritus esse jucundus?
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15.—
2.
An exhalation, smell, odor:
spiritus unguenti suavis,
Lucr. 3, 222:
foedi odoris,
Cels. 5, 26, 31 fin.:
florum,
Gell. 9, 4, 10:
sulfuris,
Pall. Aug. 9, 1; cf. Hor. C. 3, 11, 19.—
3.
Breathed air, a breath:
quojus tu legiones difflavisti spiritu,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 17.— Absol.: (equus) saepe jubam quassit simul altam: Spiritus ex animā calida spumas agit albas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 507 Vahl.):
creber spiritus,
Lucr. 6, 1186:
ardentes oculi atque attractus ab alto Spiritus,
Verg. G. 3, 505:
petitus imo spiritus,
Hor. Epod. 11, 10:
in pulmonibus inest raritas... ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136:
diffunditur spiritus per arterias,
id. ib. 2, 55, 138:
animantium vita tenetur, cibo, potione, spiritu,
id. ib. 2, 54, 134:
si spiritum ducit, vivit,
id. Inv. 1, 46, 86:
tranquillum atque otiosum spiritum ducere,
id. Arch. 12, 30:
longissima est complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest,
id. de Or. 3, 47, 182:
versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,
id. ib. 1, 61, 261:
spiritus nec crebro receptus concidat sententiam, nec eo usque trahatur, donec deficiat,
Quint. 11, 3, 53:
lusit vir egregius (Socrates) extremo spiritu,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96; cf. id. Sest. 37, 79: quorum usque ad extremum spiritum est provecta prudentia, id. Sen. 9, 27:
quos idem Deus de suis spiritibus figuravit,
Lact. Epit. 42, 3.—With gen.:
ut filiorum suorum postremum spiritum ore excipere liceret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; Cels. 4, 4; 3, 27; Col. 6, 9, 3; Quint. 9, 4, 68; 11, 3, 32; 11, 3, 53 sq.—
C.
Transf.
1.
In abstr., a breathing:
aspera arteria excipiat animam eam, quae ducta sit spiritu,
Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; cf. id. ib. 2, 55, 138:
aër spiritu ductus alit et sustentat animantes,
id. ib. 2, 39, 101:
crevit onus neque habet quas ducat spiritus auras,
Ov. M. 12, 517.—Esp.: spiritum intercludere (includere), to stop the breath, suffocate, choke, etc.:
lacrimae spiritum et vocem intercluserunt,
Liv. 40, 16, 1; 40, 24, 7; so,
includere,
id. 21, 58, 4.—
2.
The breath of a god, inspiration:
haec fieri non possent, nisi ea uno divino et continuato spiritu continerentur,
by a divine inspiration, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19; 3, 11, 28; cf.:
poëtam quasi divino quodam spiritu inflari,
id. Arch. 8, 18.—
3.
The breath of life, life:
eum spiritum, quem naturae debeat, patriae reddere,
Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20:
vos vero qui extremum spiritum in victoriā effudistis,
id. ib. 14, 12, 32:
dum spiritus hos regit artus,
Verg. A. 4, 336; cf. Hor. C. 4, 8, 14:
ne cum sensu doloris aliquo spiritus auferatur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:
aliquem spiritu privare,
Vell. 2, 87, 2:
merula spiritum reddidit,
to expire, die, id. 2, 22, 2:
spiritus tenues vanescat in auras,
Ov. H. 12, 85:
non effundere mihi spiritum videbar, sed tradere,
Sen. Ep. 78, 4:
novissimum spiritum per ludibrium effundere,
Tac. H. 3, 66 fin.; cf. supra, I. B.—
4.
Poet.,= suspirium, a sigh, Prop. 1, 16, 32; 2, 29 (3, 27), 38.—
5.
In gram., a breathing or aspiration (asper and lenis), Prisc. p. 572 P.; Aus. Idyll. 12 de Monos. Graec. et Lat. 19. —
6.
The hiss of a snake, Verg. Cul. 180.—
II.
Trop.
A.
(Class.) A haughty spirit, haughtiness, pride, arrogance; also, spirit, high spirit, energy, courage (esp. freq. in the plur.; syn. animi).
(α).
Sing. (in the best prose only in gen. and abl., which are wanting in plur.):
regio spiritu,
Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:
quem hominem! quā irā! quo spiritu!
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6:
illos ejus spiritus Siciliensis,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 22:
tantum fiduciae ac spiritūs,
Caes. B. C. 3, 72:
filia Hieronis, inflata adhuc regiis animis ac muliebri spiritu,
Liv. 24, 22:
patricii spiritūs animus,
id. 4, 42, 5:
ex magnitudine rerum spiritum ducat,
Quint. 1, 8, 5:
corpore majorem rides Turbonis in armis Spiritum et incessum,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 311:
cecidit spiritus ille tuus,
Prop. 2, 3, 2:
spiritu divino tactus,
Liv. 5, 22, 5:
non negaverim fuisse alti spiritūs viros,
Sen. Ep. 90, 14.—
(β).
Plur.:
res gestae, credo, meae me nimis extulerunt ac mihi nescio quos spiritus attulerunt,
Cic. Sull. 9, 27:
noratis animos ejus ac spiritus tribunicios, etc.,
id. Clu. 39, 109; cf.:
unius tribuni militum animos ac spiritus,
id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 66:
tantos sibi spiritus, sumpserat, ut ferendus non videretur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 33 fin. in re militari sumere, id. ib. 2, 4:
nam Dion regios spiritus repressit,
Nep. Dion, 5, 5:
cum spiritus plebes sumpsisset,
Liv. 4, 54:
si cui honores subdere spiritus potuerunt,
id. 7, 40:
remittant spiritus, comprimant animos suos, sedent arrogantiam, etc.,
Cic. Fl. 22, 53:
spiritus feroces,
Liv. 1, 31:
quorum se vim ac spiritus fregisse,
id. 26, 24:
cohibuit spiritus ejus Thrasea,
Tac. A. 16, 26:
Antipater, qui probe nosset spiritus ejus,
Curt. 6, 1, 19.—
B.
(Mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose.) Spirit, soul, mind.
(α).
Sing.:
quoslibet occupat artus Spiritus,
Ov. M. 15, 167; Tac. A. 16, 34: spiritum Phoebus mihi, Phoebus artem Carminis dedit, poetic spirit or inspiration, Hor. C. 4, 6, 29; cf.:
mihi Spiritum Graiae tenuem Camenae Parca non mendax dedit,
id. ib. 2, 16, 38:
qualis Pindarico spiritus ore tonat,
Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 40:
imperator generosi spiritŭs,
Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 149: avidus (i. e. to epithumêtikon, the desiring, coveting soul), Hor. C. 2, 2, 10:
quidam comoedia necne poëma Esset, quaesivere: quod acer spiritus ac vis Nec verbis nec rebus inest,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 46:
majoris operis ac spiritūs,
Quint. 1, 9, 15:
alti spiritūs plena,
id. 10, 1, 44:
virtus magni spiritus est et recti,
Sen. Ep. 74, 29:
qui spiritus illi, Quis vultus vocisque sonus,
Verg. A. 5, 648.—
(β).
Plur.: Coriolanus hostiles jam tum spiritus gerens, Liv. 2, 35; Curt. 5, 8, 17.—
* b.
Transf. (like anima, and the Engl. soul), a beloved object, Vell. 2, 123 fin. —
2.
Spiritus, personified, a spirit (late Lat.); so,
esp., Spiritus Sanctus or simply Spiritus,
the Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Cod. Just. 1, 1, 1; Aus. Ephem. 2, 18:
jurare per Deum et per Christum et per Spiritum Sanctum,
Veg. 2, 5:
nocens ille Spiritus,
an evil spirit, Lact. 4, 27, 12:
Spiritus nigri,
evil spirits, Sedul. Carm. 3, 41.

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17 spolium

spŏlĭum, ii, n. [root spal- (skal-); cf.: populor, calamitas, calvus].
I.
Lit., the spoil of an animal, i. e. the skin or hide of an animal stripped off (so only poet. and very rare):
pelles et spolia ferarum,
Lucr. 5, 954:
serpentum,
id. 4, 62:
leonis,
Ov. M. 9, 113; 3, 81:
apri,
id. ib. 8, 426; id. H. 4, 100:
pecudis (i. e. arietis Phrixei),
id. ib. 6, 13; cf. id. M. 7, 156:
viperei monstri (i. e. Medusae),
id. ib. 4, 615.—
II.
Transf., the arms or armor stripped from a defeated enemy; hence, in gen., any thing taken from the enemy, booty, prey, spoil (the predom. signif. of the word; usu. in plur.; cf.: exuviae, praeda): Salmacida spolia sine sudore et sanguine, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. v. 36 Vahl.):
spolia ducis hostium caesi suspenso ferculo gerens in Capitolium ascendit ibique, Juppiter Feretri, inquit, haec tibi victor Romulus rex regia arma fero templumque dedico, sedem opimis spoliis, etc.,
Liv. 1, 10, 6 (v. opimus):
spoliis decorata est regia fixis,
Ov. M. 8, 154:
spoliorum causā hominem occidere... cruenta spolia detrahere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145 sq.:
multa spolia praeferebantur,
Caes. B. C. 2, 39:
ad ejus spolia detrahenda,
Cic. Sest. 24, 54:
indutus spoliis,
Verg. A. 10, 775:
victores praedā Rutuli spoliisque potiti,
id. ib. 9, 450;
4, 93: virtutis honor spoliis quaeratur in istis,
Ov. M. 13, 153:
insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,
Verg. A. 6, 855:
spolia jacentis hostium exercitus peditibus concessit,
Liv. 44, 45:
Q. Fabius spolia ducis Gallorum legens,
id. 5, 36; so,
legere,
id. 5, 39; 8, 7; 27, 2 al.:
spolia et praedas ad procuratores referre,
Tac. A. 12, 54 et saep.:
(forum) exuviis nauticis et classium spoliis (i. e. rostris) ornatum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Flor. 1, 11, 10:
navalia,
Suet. Aug. 18 fin.: illud natura non patitur, ut aliorum spoliis nostras facultates, copias, opes augeamus, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 22; id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:
spoliis civium exstructa domus,
Tac. A. 15, 52:
(delatores) sacerdotia et consulatus et spolia adepti,
id. H. 1, 2.—
(β).
Sing.:
quo nunc Turnus ovat spolio,
Verg. A. 10, 500:
Actoris Aurunci spolium,
id. ib. 12, 94:
Asiam, spolium regis Antiochi, recepi,
Sall. H. 4, 61, 11 Dietsch; Suet. Caes. 64; Just. 19, 3:
fert secum spolium sceleris,
Ov. M. 8, 87:
mendici spolium,
a beggar's rags, Petr. 13, 1.— Poet., in gen., = arma, arms, Ov. M. 13, 153.

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18 tiara

tĭāra, ae, f., or tĭāras, ae, m., = tiara or tiaras, the head-dress of the Orientals, a turban, tiara:
rectam capite tiaram gerens,
Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 8:
sceptrumque sacerque tiaras,
Verg. A. 7, 247; cf. Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 2; Ov. M. 11, 181; Val. Fl. 6, 700; Juv. 6, 516; 10, 267; Just. 1, 2, 3; App. M. 10, p. 253, 30.

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19 tiaras

tĭāra, ae, f., or tĭāras, ae, m., = tiara or tiaras, the head-dress of the Orientals, a turban, tiara:
rectam capite tiaram gerens,
Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 8:
sceptrumque sacerque tiaras,
Verg. A. 7, 247; cf. Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 2; Ov. M. 11, 181; Val. Fl. 6, 700; Juv. 6, 516; 10, 267; Just. 1, 2, 3; App. M. 10, p. 253, 30.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tiaras
20 trigemini

trĭgĕmĭnus (collat. form, mostly poet., tergĕmĭnus), a, um, adj. [tresgeminus], three born at a birth: fratres, three twin-brothers.
I.
Lit., Liv. 1, 24, 1; cf.:
tergeminos nasci certum est Horatiorum Curiatiorumque exemplo,
Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33:
trigeminorum matres,
Col. 3, 8, 1:
trigemini filii,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123. — As subst.: trĭgĕmĭni, three brothers born at a birth, Liv. 1, 25, 1; Col. 2, 1, 3; 7, 6, 7; cf.:
trigemino partu,
id. 3, 10, 17:
Horatius trigemina spolia prae se gerens,
of the three twin-brothers, Liv. 1, 26, 2:
Trigemini,
the title of a comedy of Plautus, Gell. 7, 9, 7.—
II.
Transf., in gen., threefold, triple, triform, = triplex (mostly poet.):
trigeminae victoriae triplicem triumphum egistis,
Liv. 6, 7, 4:
tripectora tergemini vis Geryonai,
Lucr. 5, 28; cf.
of the same and of Cerberus: tergeminumque virum tergeminumque canem,
Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 16;
and of Cerberus: cui tres sunt linguae tergeminumque caput,
Tib. 3, 4, 88:
canis,
Prop. 4 (5), 7, 52: tergemina Hecate (because she was also Luna and Diana; cf.
triceps and triformis),
Verg. A. 4, 511:
tergemina dextra,
i. e. of the three Graces, Stat. S. 3, 4, 83:
jus tergeminae prolis. i. e. trium liberorum,
id. ib. 4, 8, 21:
pomorum tergemina natura,
Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 114:
verba illa Ciceronis in Pisonem (cap. 1) trigemina: decepit, fefellit, induxit,
Gell. 13, 24, 22: certat tergeminis tollere honoribus, to the threefold honors, i. e. of the three highest magistracies, those of the curule ædile, the prætor, and the consul, Hor. C. 1, 1, 8:
at tibi tergeminum mugiet ille sophos,
thrice repeated, Mart. 3, 46, 8.—
III.
Porta Trigemina, a gate, in the early times of Rome, at the foot of Mount Aventine, Liv. 4, 16, 2; 35, 10, 12; Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 22; Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 15; Front. Aquaed. 5 al.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 157 sq.

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