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  • 1 astuce

    astuce [astys]
    feminine noun
    ( = truc) trick
    • c'est ça l'astuce ! that's the clever part!
    * * *
    astys
    1) ( ingéniosité) gén cleverness; ( sagacité) shrewdness, astuteness

    être plein d'astuce — [enfant] to be very clever; [adulte] to be extremely shrewd

    2) ( truc) trick

    une astuce juridique — a crafty legal manoeuvre [BrE]

    3) ( jeu de mots) pun; ( plaisanterie) joke
    * * *
    astys nf
    1) (= truc) trick
    2) (= plaisanterie) wisecrack
    3) (nature astucieuse) shrewdness, astuteness
    * * *
    astuce nf
    1 ( ingéniosité) gén cleverness; ( sagacité) shrewdness, astuteness; être plein d'astuce [enfant] to be very clever; avoir beaucoup d'astuce [adulte] to be extremely shrewd;
    2 ( truc) trick; il doit y avoir une astuce there must be some trick to it; toute l'astuce consiste à faire the trick's in doing; une astuce juridique a crafty legal manoeuvre GB ou maneuver US;
    3 ( jeu de mots) pun; ( plaisanterie) joke; astuce vaseuse awful pun.
    [astys] nom féminin
    1. [ingéniosité] astuteness, shrewdness
    2. (familier) [plaisanterie] joke, gag
    3. (familier) [procédé ingénieux] trick
    en page 23, notre rubrique "astuces" our tips are on page 23
    je n'arrive pas à l'ouvrir — attends, il doit y avoir une astuce I can't open it — wait, there must be some knack (to it)
    comment fais-tu tenir le loquet? — ah, ah, c'est l'astuce! how do you get the latch to stay on? — aha, wouldn't you like to know!

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > astuce

  • 2 lince

    adj.
    sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted.
    m.
    1 lynx.
    ser un lince (para algo) to be very sharp (at something)
    2 sharp individual, clever individual.
    * * *
    1 ZOOLOGÍA lynx
    2 figurado (persona) sharp-eyed person
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) (Zool) lynx; CAm, Méx wild cat

    lince ibérico — pardal lynx, Spanish lynx

    2) LAm (=agudeza) sharpness
    2.
    ADJ
    * * *
    masculino (Zool) lynx; ( persona)
    * * *
    masculino (Zool) lynx; ( persona)
    * * *
    lince1
    1 = wildcat, lynx.

    Ex: Sufficient attention should be given to preventing the parasitic, bacterial and viral infectious diseases that are influential in the decline in the numbers of wildcats.

    Ex: Even for trappers who have spent a lifetime in areas where lynxes are common, encounters with these predators are rare and memorable.
    * lince ibérico = Iberian lynx.

    lince2
    2 = keen-witted, whiz(z) kid, whiz.

    Ex: She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.

    Ex: As banks collapse and thousands are laid off, former finance industry whizz-kids say they have never looked back after quitting their jobs.
    Ex: An enormously talented woman with a resume of unparalleled excellence, she is a whiz at design with many books and other projects to her credit.
    * con ojos de lince = eagle-eyed, sharp-eyed.
    * ojos de lince = eagle eyes.

    * * *
    1 ( Zool) lynx
    2
    (persona): es un lince para los negocios he's razor-sharp when it comes to business, he's a very shrewd businessman
    no hace falta ser un lince para darse cuenta de cuáles son sus intenciones you don't have to be a mind reader to see what his intentions are
    Compuesto:
    bobcat, bay lynx
    * * *

    lince sustantivo masculino (Zool) lynx;
    ( persona):

    lince sustantivo masculino
    1 Zool lynx
    2 ( persona) es un lince para conseguir un buen precio, she is very sharp to bargain
    ♦ Locuciones: tiene vista de lince, she has sharp eyes

    ' lince' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ojo
    English:
    eagle-eyed
    - hawk-eyed
    - lynx
    - sharp-eyed
    - whiz
    - wild
    * * *
    lince nm
    1. [animal] lynx
    lince ibérico Spanish lynx;
    lince rojo bobcat
    2. [persona]
    ser un lince to be very sharp;
    es un lince para los negocios he has a very sharp business sense;
    no hace falta ser un lince para entenderlo you don't have to be a genius to understand it
    * * *
    m ZO lynx;
    ojos o
    vista de lince fig eyes like a hawk;
    ser un lince be very sharp
    * * *
    lince nm
    : lynx
    * * *
    lince n (animal) lynx [pl. lynxes o lynx]

    Spanish-English dictionary > lince

  • 3 ingenio

    m.
    1 ingenuity (inteligencia).
    aguzar el ingenio to sharpen one's wits
    2 wit, wittiness (agudeza).
    3 device.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: ingeniar.
    * * *
    1 (talento) talent; (chispa) wit
    2 (habilidad) ingenuity
    3 (individuo) genius
    4 (aparato) device
    \
    aguzar el ingenio to sharpen one's wits
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) wit
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=inventiva) ingenuity, inventiveness; (=talento) talent; (=gracia) wit
    2) (=persona) wit
    3) (Mec) apparatus, device; (Mil) device
    4) (=fábrica) mill, plant

    ingenio azucarero, ingenio de azúcar — sugar mill, sugar refinery

    5) And [de acero] steel works; (=fundición) foundry
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( talento) ingenuity, inventiveness

    aguzar el ingenio — to rack one's brains

    b) (chispa, agudeza) wit
    2) ( aparato) device
    3) (AmL) ( refinería) tb
    * * *
    = acumen, invention, wit, genius, ingeniousness, finessing, finesse.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    Ex. Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.
    Ex. The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.
    Ex. Kipling and Shaw are both writers of genius.
    Ex. But if, in the digital era, libraries must continue to compete, it will be about services -- the ingeniousness with which individual libraries tailor resource access to particular needs of their user communities.
    Ex. He had expected more from his highly-strung dramatic finessing but the author rarely focused on personal influences or special affinities.
    Ex. Having failed apparently with her trump card, she fell back on finesse.
    ----
    * la necesidad agudiza el ingenio = necessity mothers invention, necessity is the mother of invention.
    * lucha de ingenio = battle of wits.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( talento) ingenuity, inventiveness

    aguzar el ingenio — to rack one's brains

    b) (chispa, agudeza) wit
    2) ( aparato) device
    3) (AmL) ( refinería) tb
    * * *
    = acumen, invention, wit, genius, ingeniousness, finessing, finesse.

    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    Ex: Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.
    Ex: The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.
    Ex: Kipling and Shaw are both writers of genius.
    Ex: But if, in the digital era, libraries must continue to compete, it will be about services -- the ingeniousness with which individual libraries tailor resource access to particular needs of their user communities.
    Ex: He had expected more from his highly-strung dramatic finessing but the author rarely focused on personal influences or special affinities.
    Ex: Having failed apparently with her trump card, she fell back on finesse.
    * la necesidad agudiza el ingenio = necessity mothers invention, necessity is the mother of invention.
    * lucha de ingenio = battle of wits.

    * * *
    A
    1 (talento) ingenuity, inventiveness
    aguzar el ingenio to rack one's brains
    2 (chispa, agudeza) wit
    B
    1 (aparato) device
    2
    ( AmL) (refinería) tb ingenio azucarero sugar refinery
    Compuestos:
    spacecraft
    nuclear device
    * * *

    Del verbo ingeniar: ( conjugate ingeniar)

    ingenio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    ingenió es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    ingeniar    
    ingenio
    ingeniar ( conjugate ingeniar) verbo transitivo ‹método/sistema› to devise, think up;
    ◊ ingeniárselas (fam): se las ingenió para arreglarlo he managed to fix it

    ingenio sustantivo masculino
    1

    ◊ aguzar el ingenio to rack one's brains

    b) (chispa, agudeza) wit

    2 ( aparato) device
    3 (AmL) ( refinería) tb

    ingeniar verbo transitivo to invent, devise
    ♦ Locuciones: ingeniárselas para hacer algo, to manage to do sthg: me las voy a ingeniar para conocerle mejor, I'm going to figure out how to get to know him better
    ingenio sustantivo masculino
    1 (para idear cosas, soluciones) talent, inventiveness
    2 (para dar respuestas, argumentos) wit
    3 (aparato, máquina) device
    ' ingenio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguzar
    - artificio
    - chispa
    - espabilar
    - gala
    - habilidad
    - humor
    - palidecer
    - roma
    - romo
    - chispeante
    - desplegar
    - ingeniar
    - viveza
    English:
    display
    - ingenuity
    - subtlety
    - wit
    - wittiness
    * * *
    1. [inteligencia] ingenuity;
    aguzar el ingenio to sharpen one's wits
    2. [agudeza] wit, wittiness
    3. [máquina] device
    4. [azucarero] sugar mill
    * * *
    m
    1 ingenuity;
    golpe de ingenio flash of inspiration
    2 ( aparato) device
    * * *
    1) : ingenuity
    2) chispa: wit, wits
    3) : device, apparatus
    4)
    ingenio azucarero : sugar refinery

    Spanish-English dictionary > ingenio

  • 4 sabroso

    adj.
    tasty, luscious, savory, flavorsome.
    * * *
    1 (con mucho sabor) tasty, delicious
    2 (agradable) pleasant, delightful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [comida] tasty, delicious
    2) (=agradable) [libro] solid, meaty; [oferta] substantial; [sueldo] fat
    3) [broma, historia] racy, daring
    4) And, Caribe, Méx (=ameno) pleasant
    5) And, Caribe, Méx (=parlanchín) talkative
    6) Méx (=fanfarrón) bigheaded, stuck-up *
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) < comida> tasty, delicious; <chisme/historia> spicy (colloq), juicy (colloq)
    2)
    a) (AmL fam) ( agradable) <música/ritmo> pleasant, nice; <clima/agua> beautiful
    b) (Andes fam) < persona> lively, fun
    * * *
    = palatable, delicious, savoury [savory, -USA], juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.], tasty [tastier -comp., tastiest -sup.], scrumptious, flavourful [flavorful, -USA], full-flavoured [full-flavored, -USA], yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].
    Ex. I never suggested that horseradish would make horse meat any more or less palatable, or that the user was unaware of the fact that Trilling, L. is in fact Trilling, Lionel.
    Ex. This cookbook is designed to help teachers and librarians engage in beneficial collaborations to bring reading to the lips of students in new and ' delicious' ways.
    Ex. The majority of the essays concentrate on the fascination that the dance and music traditions have provoked through their savory mix of passion and melancholia.
    Ex. The stories are told in the breathless voice of a gossip, full of juicy tidbits, and a shrewd understanding of what makes one life connect to another.
    Ex. Some tasty ready-made sarnies you can buy in shops are so full of salt they should have a health warning, says a group of experts.
    Ex. They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex. Our testing found that gently pounding individual stalks released the delicate, perfumed and flavorful oils of the lemongrass.
    Ex. Full-flavoured, deliciously sweet and tender, British asparagus is regularly described as the 'best in the world'.
    Ex. This yummy and mellow fruit is full of phytonutrients, helps fight chronic disease and improves memory and learning.
    ----
    * hacer más sabroso = pep up.
    * sabrosa suma de dinero, una = handsome sum of money, a.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) < comida> tasty, delicious; <chisme/historia> spicy (colloq), juicy (colloq)
    2)
    a) (AmL fam) ( agradable) <música/ritmo> pleasant, nice; <clima/agua> beautiful
    b) (Andes fam) < persona> lively, fun
    * * *
    = palatable, delicious, savoury [savory, -USA], juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.], tasty [tastier -comp., tastiest -sup.], scrumptious, flavourful [flavorful, -USA], full-flavoured [full-flavored, -USA], yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].

    Ex: I never suggested that horseradish would make horse meat any more or less palatable, or that the user was unaware of the fact that Trilling, L. is in fact Trilling, Lionel.

    Ex: This cookbook is designed to help teachers and librarians engage in beneficial collaborations to bring reading to the lips of students in new and ' delicious' ways.
    Ex: The majority of the essays concentrate on the fascination that the dance and music traditions have provoked through their savory mix of passion and melancholia.
    Ex: The stories are told in the breathless voice of a gossip, full of juicy tidbits, and a shrewd understanding of what makes one life connect to another.
    Ex: Some tasty ready-made sarnies you can buy in shops are so full of salt they should have a health warning, says a group of experts.
    Ex: They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex: Our testing found that gently pounding individual stalks released the delicate, perfumed and flavorful oils of the lemongrass.
    Ex: Full-flavoured, deliciously sweet and tender, British asparagus is regularly described as the 'best in the world'.
    Ex: This yummy and mellow fruit is full of phytonutrients, helps fight chronic disease and improves memory and learning.
    * hacer más sabroso = pep up.
    * sabrosa suma de dinero, una = handsome sum of money, a.

    * * *
    sabroso1 -sa
    A
    1 ‹comida› tasty, delicious
    2 ‹chisme/historia› spicy ( colloq), juicy ( colloq)
    B
    1 ( AmL fam) (agradable) ‹música/ritmo› pleasant, nice; ‹clima/agua› beautiful
    me eché una siesta sabrosa I had a lovely o wonderful nap ( colloq)
    2 ( Andes fam) ‹persona› lively, fun
    C
    ( Col fam) (importante): sentirse sabroso to feel very important
    ( Col fam): lo pasamos sabrosísimo we had a great o fantastic time ( colloq)
    * * *

    sabroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ‹ comida› tasty, delicious;
    ‹chisme/historia› spicy (colloq), juicy (colloq)
    2 (AmL fam) ( agradable) ‹música/ritmo› pleasant, nice;
    ‹clima/agua› beautiful
    sabroso,-a adjetivo
    1 (un alimento, una bebida) tasty
    2 (cuantioso, importante) a la muerte de su padre, ha heredado una sabrosa suma, she inherited a large sum of money on the death of her father
    3 fam (una anécdota, etc) juicy: me han contado una anécdota muy sabrosa, I've heard a juicy bit of gossip
    4 (ligeramente salado) el guiso te ha salido algo sabroso, the stew has turned out to be a bit salty
    ' sabroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    añales
    - buena
    - bueno
    - exquisita
    - exquisito
    - rica
    - rico
    - sabrosa
    - par
    - relamerse
    English:
    gossip
    - savory
    - savoury
    - tasty
    - juicy
    - spicy
    * * *
    sabroso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [gustoso] tasty
    2. [sustancioso] tidy, considerable
    3. [comentario] [gracioso] juicy, tasty
    4. [malicioso] mischievous
    5. Carib, Col, Méx [grato] pleasant, nice;
    tu compañía es muy sabrosa you're very good company
    6. Carib, Col, Méx [entretenido] entertaining;
    su último libro es sabroso his latest book is entertaining o is a good read;
    nadar es muy sabroso swimming is good fun
    7. Carib, Col, Méx [contagioso] contagious;
    tiene una risa sabrosa she has a contagious laugh;
    ese ritmo es muy sabroso that beat is very catchy
    8. Carib, Col, Méx Fam [hermoso] lovely, gorgeous
    ♦ adv
    Carib, Col, Méx
    1. [en forma, bien] on form;
    hoy me siento sabroso I'm feeling good o on form today
    2. [con habilidad] well;
    juega muy sabroso she plays very well;
    baila sabroso he's a good dancer
    * * *
    adj
    1 comida tasty; fig
    conversación juicy
    2 L.Am. ( agradable) nice, pleasant
    * * *
    sabroso, -sa adj
    1) rico: delicious, tasty
    2) agradable: pleasant, nice, lovely
    * * *
    sabroso adj tasty [comp. tastier; superl. tastiest] / delicious

    Spanish-English dictionary > sabroso

  • 5 sospetto

    1. adj suspicious
    2. m, sospetta f suspect
    * * *
    sospetto1 agg.
    1 ( che suggerisce sospetto) suspicious, dubious: aria sospetta, suspicious air; un rumore sospetto, a suspicious noise; con un'occhiata sospetta, with a suspicious glance; in circostanze sospette, in suspicious circumstances
    2 ( discutibile) suspect; questionable: affermazioni sospette, questionable statements; la sua buona fede è sospetta, his good faith is suspect (o questionable); merce di provenienza sospetta, goods of doubtful (o questionable) origin
    3 ( di cui si teme l'esistenza) suspected: una sospetta lesione al fegato, a suspected lesion of the liver
    ◆ s.m. ( persona sospettata) suspect: la polizia arrestò i sospetti, the police arrested the suspects.
    sospetto2 s.m.
    1 suspicion: sospetto fondato, infondato, well-founded, unfounded suspicion; ciò mi mise in sospetto, this made me suspicious; guardava con sospetto, he was looking with suspicion; ho il sospetto che egli sia un ladro, I have a suspicion (o I suspect) (that) he is a thief (o I suspect him of being a thief); ho dei sospetti sulla sua onestà, I've got doubts about his honesty; su di lui pesava il sospetto di omicidio, the suspicion of murder hangs over him; cadere in sospetto, to fall under suspicion; destare sospetto, to rouse suspicion; al di sopra di ogni sospetto, above suspicion // ho l'atroce sospetto che non guarirà, I have a horrible feeling that she's not going to get better
    2 (fam.) ( piccola quantità) hint, touch.
    * * *
    I 1. [sos'pɛtto]
    aggettivo [auto, individuo] suspect, suspicious; [ comportamento] furtive, suspicious; [ rumore] suspicious; [ origine] dubious
    2.
    sostantivo maschile (sospettato) (f. -a) suspect
    II [sos'pɛtto]
    sostantivo maschile (dubbio, supposizione) suspicion, misgiving; (idea vaga) suspicion, feeling, inkling
    * * *
    sospetto1
    /sos'pεtto/
     [auto, individuo] suspect, suspicious; [ comportamento] furtive, suspicious; [ rumore] suspicious; [ origine] dubious; un tipo sospetto a suspicious-looking individual
      (sospettato) (f. -a) suspect.
    ————————
    sospetto2
    /sos'pεtto/
    sostantivo m.
    (dubbio, supposizione) suspicion, misgiving; (idea vaga) suspicion, feeling, inkling; destare -i to arouse suspicion; al di sopra di ogni sospetto above suspicion; avere il sospetto che to have a suspicion that; ho il vago sospetto che I have a shrewd idea that.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > sospetto

  • 6 empresario

    m.
    businessman, entrepreneur, business person, employer.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (gen) employer, manager; (hombre) businessman, manager; (mujer) businesswoman, manageress
    \
    empresario,-a de pompas fúnebres undertaker
    empresario,-a de teatro impresario
    * * *
    (f. - empresaria)
    noun
    1) businessman / businesswoman
    2) impresario, manager
    * * *
    empresario, -a
    SM / F
    1) (Com) businessman/businesswoman

    empresario/a de pompas fúnebres — undertaker, mortician (EEUU)

    empresario/a de transporte — shipping agent

    2) [de opera, teatro] impresario
    3) (Boxeo) promoter
    * * *
    - ria masculino, femenino
    a) (Com, Fin) (m) businessman; (f) businesswoman
    b) (Teatr) impresario
    c) ( en boxeo) promoter
    * * *
    = employer, entrepreneur, trader, businessman [businessmen, -pl.].
    Ex. But we have an obligation to these students, to their future employers and colleagues, to society in general and to ourselves to ensure that our 'processing' makes an important difference.
    Ex. Particular attention is paid to deregulation of telecommunications and the role of European entrepreneurs such as Robert Maxwell.
    Ex. Both farmers and traders, such as grain merchants, need to have highly current information at their fingertips.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    ----
    * empresario de la información = infopreneur.
    * empresario industrial = industrialist.
    * pequeño empresario = small business owner.
    * * *
    - ria masculino, femenino
    a) (Com, Fin) (m) businessman; (f) businesswoman
    b) (Teatr) impresario
    c) ( en boxeo) promoter
    * * *
    = employer, entrepreneur, trader, businessman [businessmen, -pl.].

    Ex: But we have an obligation to these students, to their future employers and colleagues, to society in general and to ourselves to ensure that our 'processing' makes an important difference.

    Ex: Particular attention is paid to deregulation of telecommunications and the role of European entrepreneurs such as Robert Maxwell.
    Ex: Both farmers and traders, such as grain merchants, need to have highly current information at their fingertips.
    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    * empresario de la información = infopreneur.
    * empresario industrial = industrialist.
    * pequeño empresario = small business owner.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Com, Fin) ( masculine) businessman; ( feminine) businesswoman
    un empresario joven y ambicioso a young, ambitious businessman
    cuando el empresario decidió vender el negocio when the owner decided to sell the business
    el empresario se negó a negociar con los sindicatos the owner o employer refused to negotiate with the unions
    una asociación de empresarios an employers' organization
    pequeño1 (↑ pequeño (1))
    2 ( Teatr) impresario
    3 (en boxeo) promoter
    * * *

     

    empresario
    ◊ - ria sustantivo masculino, femenino

    a) (Com, Fin) (m) businessman;

    (f) businesswoman;

    b) (Teatr) impresario


    empresario,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (hombre) businessman
    (mujer) businesswoman
    2 (miembro de patronal) employer: los empresarios harán su oferta a los sindicatos, the employers will submit their offer to the unions
    ' empresario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    empresaria
    - ruina
    English:
    builder
    - consummate
    - entrepreneur
    - industrialist
    - undertaker
    - business
    - impresario
    - promoter
    * * *
    empresario, -a nm,f
    1. [patrono] employer;
    [hombre, mujer de negocios] businessman, f businesswoman;
    las organizaciones de empresarios employers' organizations;
    los pequeños empresarios owners of small businesses, small businesspeople
    empresario individual sole Br trader o US proprietor
    2. [de teatro] impresario
    * * *
    m businessman
    * * *
    1) : manager
    2) : businessman m, businesswoman f
    3) : impresario
    * * *
    1. (hombre de negocios) businessman [pl. businessmen]
    2. (patrón) employer

    Spanish-English dictionary > empresario

  • 7 scisco

    scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.
    I.
    Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

    nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

    illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

    id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

    rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

    rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

    Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

    adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

    id. 1, 17 fin.:

    ad sciscendum plebi,

    id. 6, 35:

    si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

    Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

    qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

    multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

    illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

    munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

    Sil. 7, 545.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

    qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

    id. Planc. 14, 35. —
    B.
    To learn, ascertain, know:

    ut illi id factum sciscerent,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —
    III.
    Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

    confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

    hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

    mulier scita atque prudens,

    Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

    sycophanta,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

    homo,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

    convivator,

    a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

    scitus bellum (venereum) init,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

    ea mulieris scitae comitas,

    Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

    non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

    Nessus scitus vadorum,

    acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

    Thalia lyrae,

    id. F. 5, 54:

    Sthenelus pugnandi,

    Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

    scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

    Sil. 17, 293:

    accendere Martem,

    id. 15, 594.—
    b.
    Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

    pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

    scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

    interrogationes,

    Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

    oratio optima et scitissima,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

    si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

    oratoris dictum,

    Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

    scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

    id. Lael. 24, 90;

    Scytharum legati,

    Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

    scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

    a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

    hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

    scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
    2.
    Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

    syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

    Iphis,

    Petr. 63, 3:

    mulierculae formae scitioris,

    Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

    vox admodum scita et canora,

    Gell. 18, 5, 2:

    haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

    scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

    Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

    quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

    plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

    de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

    Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

    scita plebis injuncta patribus,

    id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

    Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

    Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

    in one word, populiscitum,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

    ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

    Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

    cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

    Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

    decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

    id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    regis,

    Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

    eho, nimium scite scitus es,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

    tondetur nimium scite,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

    satis scite et probe,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

    (rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

    id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

    scite et venuste facta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

    illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

    54: non scite (dictum),

    id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

    dictum,

    Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

    scite loqui,

    Liv. 10, 19:

    parum scite convivium exornare,

    Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

    scitius,

    Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

    scitissime,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > scisco

  • 8 sciscor

    scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.
    I.
    Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

    nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

    illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

    id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

    rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

    rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

    Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

    adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

    id. 1, 17 fin.:

    ad sciscendum plebi,

    id. 6, 35:

    si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

    Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

    qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

    multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

    illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

    munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

    Sil. 7, 545.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

    qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

    id. Planc. 14, 35. —
    B.
    To learn, ascertain, know:

    ut illi id factum sciscerent,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —
    III.
    Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

    confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

    hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

    mulier scita atque prudens,

    Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

    sycophanta,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

    homo,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

    convivator,

    a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

    scitus bellum (venereum) init,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

    ea mulieris scitae comitas,

    Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

    non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

    Nessus scitus vadorum,

    acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

    Thalia lyrae,

    id. F. 5, 54:

    Sthenelus pugnandi,

    Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

    scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

    Sil. 17, 293:

    accendere Martem,

    id. 15, 594.—
    b.
    Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

    pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

    scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

    interrogationes,

    Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

    oratio optima et scitissima,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

    si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

    oratoris dictum,

    Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

    scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

    id. Lael. 24, 90;

    Scytharum legati,

    Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

    scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

    a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

    hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

    scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
    2.
    Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

    syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

    Iphis,

    Petr. 63, 3:

    mulierculae formae scitioris,

    Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

    vox admodum scita et canora,

    Gell. 18, 5, 2:

    haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

    scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

    Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

    quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

    plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

    de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

    Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

    scita plebis injuncta patribus,

    id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

    Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

    Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

    in one word, populiscitum,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

    ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

    Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

    cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

    Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

    decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

    id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    regis,

    Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

    eho, nimium scite scitus es,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

    tondetur nimium scite,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

    satis scite et probe,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

    (rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

    id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

    scite et venuste facta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

    illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

    54: non scite (dictum),

    id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

    dictum,

    Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

    scite loqui,

    Liv. 10, 19:

    parum scite convivium exornare,

    Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

    scitius,

    Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

    scitissime,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sciscor

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