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21 dēstinō

dēstinō āvī, ātus, āre [STA-], to make fast, make firm, bind, fix, stay: antemnas ad malos, Cs.: rates ancoris, Cs.—Fig., to fix in mind, determine, resolve, design, assign, devote, appoint, appropriate: eum ducem, fix their minds on him as, etc., L.: quae agere destinaverat, Cs.: morte solā vinci, L.: thalamis removere pudorem, O.: operi destinat, detailed, Cs.: qui locus non erat alicui destinatus?: me arae, V.: eorum alteri diem necis: tempore locoque ad certamen destinato, L.: si destinatum in animo est, L.: sibi destinatum in animo esse, summittere, etc., he has determined, L. — To select, mean to choose: omnium consensu destinari, L.: quod tibi destinaras trapezephorum, meant to buy.—To appoint, fix upon, designate: imperio Numam, O.: regnum sibi Hispaniae, L.: provinciam Agricolae, Ta.: marito uxorem, H.: se collegam consulatui, Ta.: destinari imperio, Ta.: alqm consulem, L.— To fix upon, aim at: alquem locum oris, L.
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destinare, destinavi, destinatus V TRANS

fix/bind/fasten down; fix (in mind), make up mind; aim/fix on target, mark out; determine/intend; settle on, arrange; design; send, address, dedicate (Bee)

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22 pectus

pectus oris, n [PAC-], a breast, breast-bone: pectore in adverso ensem Condidit, V.: in pectus cadit pronus, O.: latum demisit pectore clavom, H.: esse vincto pectore, ut gracilae sient, tightlaced, T.— The stomach: reserato pectore, O.— The breast, heart, feelings, disposition: amari toto pectore: metus insidens pectoribus, L.: laeta deae permulsit pectora dictis, V.: Illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat, H.: mollities pectoris, tender-heartedness, O.: vitā et pectore puro, conscience, H.: pectora casta, O.— The soul, spirit, mind, understanding: de hortis toto pectore cogitemus: quod verbum in pectus Iugurthae altius descendit, S.: novum in Bruti pectore ingenium, L.: nova pectore versat Consilia, V.: oculis ea pectoris hausit, the mind's eye, O.: memori referas mihi pectore cuncta, H.: deus quem clausum pectore habebat, i. e. who inspired her, O.— A character, heart, person: cara sororum Pectora, V.: mihi Thesea pectora iuncta fide, O.
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pectoris N N

breast, heart; feeling, soul, mind

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23 statuō

statuō uī, ūtus, ere [status], to cause to stand, set up, set, station, fix upright, erect, plant: statue signum, L.: agro qui statuit meo Te, triste lignum (i. e. arborem), H.: Crateras magnos statuunt (on the table), V.: tabernacula statui passus non est, to pitch, Cs.: aeiem quam arte statuerat, latius porrigit, had drawn up, S.: statuitur Lollius in convivio, is taken to the banquet: tabernacula in foro, L.: ubi primum equus Curtium in vado statuit, L.: in nostris castris tibi tabernaculum statue, Cu.: pro rigidis calamos columnis, O.: alqm capite in terram, T.: patrem eius ante oculos: bovem ad fanum Dianae et ante aram, L.: Puer quis Ad cyathum statuetur? H.— To construct and place, set up, erect, make, build: eique statuam equestrem in rostris statui placere, in his honor: Effigiem, V.: Templa tibi, O.: aras e caespite, O.: aëneum tropaeum: carceres eo anno in Circo primum statuti, L.: incensis operibus quae statuerat, N.: Inter et Aegidas mediā statuaris in urbe, i. e. a statue of you, O.: Urbem quam statuo vestra est, found, V.— To cause to stand firm, strengthen, support: rem p. certo animo, Att. ap. C.—Of rules and precedents, to establish, constitute, ordain, fix, settle, set forth: omnīs partīs religionis: vectigal etiam novum ex salariā annonā, L.: Exemplum statuite in me ut adulescentuli Vobis placare studeant, T.: in alquo homine exemplum huius modi: si quid iniungere inferiori velis, si id prius in te ac tuos ipse iuris statueris, etc., first admit it against yourself, L.: citius Quam tibi nostrorum statuatur summa laborum, i. e. is recounted, O.— Of persons, to constitute, appoint, create: arbitrum me huius rei.—Of limits and conditions, to determine, fix, impose, set: imperi diuturnitati modum statuendum putavistis, that a limit should be assigned: statui mihi tum modum et orationi meae, imposed restraints upon: non statuendo felicitati modum, by not limiting his success, L.: modum carminis, O.: providete duriorem vobis condicionem: Finem orationi, make an end of, T.—Of a time or place, to fix, appoint, set: statutus est comitiis dies, L.: multitudini diem statuit ante quam liceret, etc., S.: fruges quoque maturitatem statuto tempore expectant, Cu.— To decide, determine, settle, fix, bring about, choose, make a decision: ut pro merito cuiusque statueretur, L.: ut ipse de eo causā cognitā statuat, to try the cause and decide, Cs.: utrum igitur hoc Graeci statuent... an nostri praetores?: ut statuatis hoc iudicio utrum, etc.: in hoc homine statuetur, possitne homo damnari, etc.: quid faciendum sit, L.: nondum statuerat, conservaret eum necne, N.: in senatu de lege: de absente eo statuere ac iudicare, L.: de P. Lentulo, i. e. decide on the punishment of, S.: (ii), quos contra statuas: Res quoque privatas statui sine crimine iudex, sat in judgment upon, O.—In the mind, to decide, make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced: numquam intellegis, statuendum tibi esse, utrum, etc.: neque tamen possum statuere, utrum magis mirer, etc.: vix statuere apud animum meum possum, utrum, etc., to make up my mind, L.: quidquid nos communi sententiā statuerimus. — To decree, order, ordain, enact, prescribe: statuunt ut decem milia hominum mittantur, Cs.: eos (Siculos) statuisse, ut hoc quod dico postularetur: patres ut statuerent, ne absentium nomina reciperentur: statutum esse (inter plebem et Poenos), ut... impedimenta diriperent, agreed, L.: statuunt ut Fallere custodes tentent, O.: sic, di, statuistis, O.: (Vestalibus) stipendium de publico, decreed a salary, L.: cur his quoque statuisti, quantum ex hoc genere frumenti darent.—Of punishments, to decree, measure out, inflict, pass sentence: considerando... in utrā (lege) maior poena statuatur: obsecrare, ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret, treat harshly, Cs.: quid in illos statuamus consultare, S.: cum triste aliquid statuit, O.: legem de capite civis Romani statui vetare, i. e. sentence of death to be passed.—To resolve, determine, purpose, propose: statuit ab initio ius publicano non dicere: statuerat excusare, to decline the office: proelio decertare, Cs.: non pugnare, L.: habere statutum cum animo ac deliberatum, to have firmly and deliberately resolved: caedis initium fecisset a me, sic enim statuerat.— To judge, declare as a judgment, be of opinion, hold, be convinced, conclude, think, consider: leges statuimus per vim et contra auspicia latas: statuit senatus hoc, ne illi quidem esse licitum, cui concesserat omnia: qui id statuat esse ius quod non oporteat iudicari, who holds that to be the law: cum igitur statuisset, opus esse, etc., had become convinced: statuistis, etiam intra muros Antoni scelus versari, inferred: Hoc anno statuit temporis esse satis, O.: si id dicunt, non recte aliquid statuere eos qui consulantur, that they hold an erroneous opinion: hoc si ita statuetis: statuit nauarchos omnīs vitā esse privandos, thought it necessary to deprive, etc.: causam sibi dicendam esse statuerat, knew: Caesar statuit exspectandam classem, Cs.: si, ut Manilius statuebat, sic est iudicatum: uti statuit, as he thought, L.: omnīs statuit ille quidem non inimicos, sed hostīs, regarded not as adversaries, but as foes: Anaximenes aëra deum statuit, regarded.
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statuere, statui, statutus V

set up, establish, set, place, build; decide, think

Latin-English dictionary > statuō
24 aeger

aeger, gra, grum, adj. [Curtius proposes to connect it with ep-eigô, to press, drive; aigis, storm-wind; aiges, waves; and Sanscr. egāmi, to tremble; trembling, shaking, being a common symptom of illness], designates indisposition, as well of mind as of body (while aegrotus is generally used only of physical disease; class.; in Cic. far more frequent than aegrotus; Celsus uses only aeger, never aegrotus).
I.
Lit., of the body, ill, sick, unwell, diseased, suffering.
(α).
Of men:
homines aegri morbo gravi,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13:
graviter aegrum fuisse,
id. Div. 1, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:
infirma atque aegra valetudo,
id. Brut. 48 fin.:
aegro corpore esse,
id. ad Quir. 1 fin.:
ex vulnere,
id. Rep. 2, 21:
vulneribus,
Nep. Milt. 7:
pedibus,
Sall. C. 59, 4; so Liv. 42, 28; Tac. H. 3, 38;
Wernsd. Poët. L. Min. 6, 197, 8: stomachus,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 43:
anhelitus,
shortness of breath, Verg. A. 5, 432.—At a later period constr. with gen. or acc.:
Psyche aegra corporis, animi saucia,
App. M. 4, 86, p. 310 Oud. (cf. id. ib. 5, 102, p. 360 Oud.: Psyche corporis et animi alioquin infirma; and Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:
inops, aegra sanitatis, where, however, Bothe suspects aegra to be a gloss.): memini, me quondam pedes tunc graviter aegrum,
Gell. 19, 10.—Subst., a sick person, Cic. Div. 2, 3:
ne aegri quidem omnes convalescunt,
id. N. D. 2, 4: aegro adhibere medicinam, id. de Or. 2, 44, 186:
vicinum funus aegros exanimat,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:
ungebant oleo multos aegros,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 16; ib. Act. 5, 16. —Hence, ab aegris servus, an attendant on the sick, a nurse (cf. ab):
D. M. SEXTORIO AVG. LIB. AB AEGRIS CVBICVLARIORVM,
Inscr. Orell. 2886.—
(β).
Of brutes:
sues aegri,
Verg. G. 3, 496; so Col. 6, 5, 1:
avidos inlidit in aegrum Cornipedem cursus,
i. e. wounded, Stat. Th. 11, 517.—
(γ).
Of plants, diseased:
seges aegra,
Verg. A. 3, 142:
aegra arbor,
Pall. Febr. 25, 23:
vitis,
id. Mart. 7, 4.—
II.
Fig.
A.
Of the mind, troubled, anxious, dejected, sad, sorrowful, etc., of any agitation of the passions or feelings, of love, hope, fear, anxiety, sorrow:
aeger animus,
Sall. J. 74:
aegris animis legati superveniunt,
Liv. 2, 3, 5; cf.
Drak. ad h. l.: scribendi cacoëthes aegro in corde senescit,
Juv. 7, 52: aegri mortales, i. e. miseri (deiloi brotoi, oizuroi, poluponoi), Verg. A. 2, 268; constr. with abl., gen., and ab.
(α).
With abl.: Medea animo aegra, amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Cic. Cael. 8 (the later edd. animo aegro, as B. and K.):
animus aeger avaritiā,
Sall. J. 31:
amore,
Liv. 30, 11:
curis,
Verg. A. 1, 208 al. —
(β).
With gen. of respect (cf. Drak. ad Liv. 30, 15, 9; Rudd. II. p. 73; and Roby, II. § 1321): aeger consilii, infirm in purpose, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arusian, p. 212 Lind., and Stat. Th. 9, 141:
animi,
Liv. 1, 58; 2, 36; Curt. 4, 3, 11.— Of cause:
rerum temere motarum,
Flor. 3, 17, 9:
morae,
Luc. 7, 240:
delicti,
Sil. 13, 52:
pericli,
id. 15, 135:
timoris,
id. 3, 72.—
(γ).
With ab:
A morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26.—
B.
Trop., of a diseased condition of the state, suffering, weak, feeble:
maxime aegra et prope deposita rei publicae pars,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2:
qui et semper aegri aliquid esse in re publica volunt,
Liv. 5, 3; Flor. 3, 23 al.— Of the eyes, evil, envious:
recentem aliorum felicitatem aegris oculis introspicere,
Tac. H. 2, 20 (Halm here reads acribus). —Of abstr. things, sad, sorrowful, grievous, unfortunate (class., but for the most part poet.):
numquam quidquam meo animo fuit aegrius,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 29 (where aegrius may be the adv.;
v. aegre below): dolores aegri,
Lucr. 3, 905:
luctus,
id. 3, 933:
amor,
Verg. G. 4, 464:
mors,
id. ib. 3, 512:
spes,
i. e. faint, slight hope, Sil. 9, 543:
fides,
wavering, id. 2, 392 al. —As subst.: aegrum, i, n.:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
more pain, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 11:
sed cui nihil accidit aegri,
Lucr. 5, 171.— Adv.: aegrē.— Lit.
a.
Object.
(α).
Uncomfortably:
nescio quid meo animost aegre,
disturbs my mind, vexes, annoys me, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; so, aegre esse alicui, often in Plaut. and Ter. (like bene or male esse alicui); Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; id. Capt. 3, 5, 43; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 63 al.; cf.
opp. volupe, volup: si illis aegrest, mihi quod volup est,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152.— Absol.:
aegre est,
Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 57.—Also:
aegre facere alicui,
to vex, hurt, Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 31; and:
aegre audire aliquid ex aliquo,
any thing annoying, disagreeable, id. Hec. 5, 1, 39.—
(β).
With difficulty or effort (opp. facile):
omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur,
Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; cf.:
inveteratio, ut in corporibus, aegrius depellitur quam perturbatio,
id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81; and:
omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrime desinere,
Sall. J. 83, 1:
nec magis versutus nec quo ab caveas aegrius,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 106:
aegre rastris terram rimantur,
Verg. G. 3, 534 al.:
non aegre persequi iter,
Col. 9, 8, 9; so,
haud aegre,
Curt. 4, 3, 10; 10, 8, 22. —More freq.,
(γ).
= vix, Gr. mogis, hardly, scarcely:
aegre nimis risum continui,
Plaut. As. 3, 2, 36:
aegre me tenui,
Cic. Att. 16, 11:
aegre fero, v. fero: aegre abstinere quin, etc.,
Liv. 2, 45:
aegre stantes,
Tac. Agr. 36 al. —Hence often vix aegreque in connection, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 27; Flor. 2, 10; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7; id. S. 1, 7; App. M. 1, p. 111.—
b.
Subject., with grief, regret, displeasure, or dislike, unwillingly, reluctantly: discessit, aegre ferens, distempered, vexed (opp. laetus), Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.:
aegre pati,
Liv. 1, 9 et saep.:
aegre tolerare,
Tac. Agr. 13:
si alibi plus perdiderim, minus aegre habeam, i. e. feram,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 16:
aegre carere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13. — Comp.:
quod aegrius patimur,
Liv. 7, 13: aegrius accipere, Tac. Ann. 4, 71.— Sup.:
aegerrime ferre,
Sall. J. 87: aegerrime pati Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aeger
25 aegrum

aeger, gra, grum, adj. [Curtius proposes to connect it with ep-eigô, to press, drive; aigis, storm-wind; aiges, waves; and Sanscr. egāmi, to tremble; trembling, shaking, being a common symptom of illness], designates indisposition, as well of mind as of body (while aegrotus is generally used only of physical disease; class.; in Cic. far more frequent than aegrotus; Celsus uses only aeger, never aegrotus).
I.
Lit., of the body, ill, sick, unwell, diseased, suffering.
(α).
Of men:
homines aegri morbo gravi,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13:
graviter aegrum fuisse,
id. Div. 1, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:
infirma atque aegra valetudo,
id. Brut. 48 fin.:
aegro corpore esse,
id. ad Quir. 1 fin.:
ex vulnere,
id. Rep. 2, 21:
vulneribus,
Nep. Milt. 7:
pedibus,
Sall. C. 59, 4; so Liv. 42, 28; Tac. H. 3, 38;
Wernsd. Poët. L. Min. 6, 197, 8: stomachus,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 43:
anhelitus,
shortness of breath, Verg. A. 5, 432.—At a later period constr. with gen. or acc.:
Psyche aegra corporis, animi saucia,
App. M. 4, 86, p. 310 Oud. (cf. id. ib. 5, 102, p. 360 Oud.: Psyche corporis et animi alioquin infirma; and Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:
inops, aegra sanitatis, where, however, Bothe suspects aegra to be a gloss.): memini, me quondam pedes tunc graviter aegrum,
Gell. 19, 10.—Subst., a sick person, Cic. Div. 2, 3:
ne aegri quidem omnes convalescunt,
id. N. D. 2, 4: aegro adhibere medicinam, id. de Or. 2, 44, 186:
vicinum funus aegros exanimat,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:
ungebant oleo multos aegros,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 16; ib. Act. 5, 16. —Hence, ab aegris servus, an attendant on the sick, a nurse (cf. ab):
D. M. SEXTORIO AVG. LIB. AB AEGRIS CVBICVLARIORVM,
Inscr. Orell. 2886.—
(β).
Of brutes:
sues aegri,
Verg. G. 3, 496; so Col. 6, 5, 1:
avidos inlidit in aegrum Cornipedem cursus,
i. e. wounded, Stat. Th. 11, 517.—
(γ).
Of plants, diseased:
seges aegra,
Verg. A. 3, 142:
aegra arbor,
Pall. Febr. 25, 23:
vitis,
id. Mart. 7, 4.—
II.
Fig.
A.
Of the mind, troubled, anxious, dejected, sad, sorrowful, etc., of any agitation of the passions or feelings, of love, hope, fear, anxiety, sorrow:
aeger animus,
Sall. J. 74:
aegris animis legati superveniunt,
Liv. 2, 3, 5; cf.
Drak. ad h. l.: scribendi cacoëthes aegro in corde senescit,
Juv. 7, 52: aegri mortales, i. e. miseri (deiloi brotoi, oizuroi, poluponoi), Verg. A. 2, 268; constr. with abl., gen., and ab.
(α).
With abl.: Medea animo aegra, amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Cic. Cael. 8 (the later edd. animo aegro, as B. and K.):
animus aeger avaritiā,
Sall. J. 31:
amore,
Liv. 30, 11:
curis,
Verg. A. 1, 208 al. —
(β).
With gen. of respect (cf. Drak. ad Liv. 30, 15, 9; Rudd. II. p. 73; and Roby, II. § 1321): aeger consilii, infirm in purpose, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arusian, p. 212 Lind., and Stat. Th. 9, 141:
animi,
Liv. 1, 58; 2, 36; Curt. 4, 3, 11.— Of cause:
rerum temere motarum,
Flor. 3, 17, 9:
morae,
Luc. 7, 240:
delicti,
Sil. 13, 52:
pericli,
id. 15, 135:
timoris,
id. 3, 72.—
(γ).
With ab:
A morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26.—
B.
Trop., of a diseased condition of the state, suffering, weak, feeble:
maxime aegra et prope deposita rei publicae pars,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2:
qui et semper aegri aliquid esse in re publica volunt,
Liv. 5, 3; Flor. 3, 23 al.— Of the eyes, evil, envious:
recentem aliorum felicitatem aegris oculis introspicere,
Tac. H. 2, 20 (Halm here reads acribus). —Of abstr. things, sad, sorrowful, grievous, unfortunate (class., but for the most part poet.):
numquam quidquam meo animo fuit aegrius,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 29 (where aegrius may be the adv.;
v. aegre below): dolores aegri,
Lucr. 3, 905:
luctus,
id. 3, 933:
amor,
Verg. G. 4, 464:
mors,
id. ib. 3, 512:
spes,
i. e. faint, slight hope, Sil. 9, 543:
fides,
wavering, id. 2, 392 al. —As subst.: aegrum, i, n.:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
more pain, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 11:
sed cui nihil accidit aegri,
Lucr. 5, 171.— Adv.: aegrē.— Lit.
a.
Object.
(α).
Uncomfortably:
nescio quid meo animost aegre,
disturbs my mind, vexes, annoys me, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; so, aegre esse alicui, often in Plaut. and Ter. (like bene or male esse alicui); Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; id. Capt. 3, 5, 43; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 63 al.; cf.
opp. volupe, volup: si illis aegrest, mihi quod volup est,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152.— Absol.:
aegre est,
Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 57.—Also:
aegre facere alicui,
to vex, hurt, Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 31; and:
aegre audire aliquid ex aliquo,
any thing annoying, disagreeable, id. Hec. 5, 1, 39.—
(β).
With difficulty or effort (opp. facile):
omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur,
Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; cf.:
inveteratio, ut in corporibus, aegrius depellitur quam perturbatio,
id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81; and:
omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrime desinere,
Sall. J. 83, 1:
nec magis versutus nec quo ab caveas aegrius,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 106:
aegre rastris terram rimantur,
Verg. G. 3, 534 al.:
non aegre persequi iter,
Col. 9, 8, 9; so,
haud aegre,
Curt. 4, 3, 10; 10, 8, 22. —More freq.,
(γ).
= vix, Gr. mogis, hardly, scarcely:
aegre nimis risum continui,
Plaut. As. 3, 2, 36:
aegre me tenui,
Cic. Att. 16, 11:
aegre fero, v. fero: aegre abstinere quin, etc.,
Liv. 2, 45:
aegre stantes,
Tac. Agr. 36 al. —Hence often vix aegreque in connection, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 27; Flor. 2, 10; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7; id. S. 1, 7; App. M. 1, p. 111.—
b.
Subject., with grief, regret, displeasure, or dislike, unwillingly, reluctantly: discessit, aegre ferens, distempered, vexed (opp. laetus), Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.:
aegre pati,
Liv. 1, 9 et saep.:
aegre tolerare,
Tac. Agr. 13:
si alibi plus perdiderim, minus aegre habeam, i. e. feram,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 16:
aegre carere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13. — Comp.:
quod aegrius patimur,
Liv. 7, 13: aegrius accipere, Tac. Ann. 4, 71.— Sup.:
aegerrime ferre,
Sall. J. 87: aegerrime pati Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aegrum
26 capio

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio
27 Capta

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Capta
28 cogito

cōgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [contr. from cŏ-ăgito, acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, § 43 Müll.; but more prob. from con and root of aio, Sanscr. ah; cf.: nego, adagium], to pursue something in the mind (cf. agito, II.), i. e.
I.
To consider thoroughly, to ponder, to weigh, reflect upon, think (class. in prose and poetry); constr. absol., with aliquid, de aliquo, or de aliquā re, sic, ita, or a rel. -clause: cogitate cum animis vestris si quid, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4; so Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 55; 5, 3, 32; Cic. Agr. 2, 24, 64; cf.:
in animo cogitare,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 5:
toto animo,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3:
coepi egomet mecum Aliam rem ex aliā cogitare,
Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 3; so id. ib. 4, 2, 8; 1, 1, 19; id. Ad. 5, 3, 22:
placuit tum id mihi. Sic cogitabam: hic, etc.,
id. And. 1, 1, 83; cf. id. Eun. 1, 1, 11; 3, 3, 1; 4, 6, 21; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4:
sic cogitabam! fore uti, etc.,
Cic. Quint. 24, 77:
severā fronte curas cogitans (i. e. animo volvens),
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2:
nec, aequum anne iniquum imperet, cogitabit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 291:
quid agam cogito,
Ter. And. 2, 2, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 7 sq.; id. Ad. 4, 2, 30; Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 10; Lucr. 4, 789; cf. id. 4, 782; Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:
ad haec igitur cogita, vel potius excogita,
id. Att. 9, 6, 7.—With acc. of person:
Regulum cogita,
think, imagine, picture to yourself, Plin. Ep. 4, 2, 2:
tamquam in eo tragoediae argumento sui oblitus tantum Catonem cogitasset,
Tac. Or. 2:
matrem, patrem, propinquos,
Quint. Decl. 22 fin.; cf.:
o felicem illum, qui non praesens tantum, sed etiam cogitatus emendat,
Sen. Ep. 11, 9.—With two accs.:
quem ultimae gentes castiorem non modo viderunt sed cogitaverunt?
Cic. Balb. 4, 9:
Scipionem, Laelium, avum,
to think of, call to mind, id. Fin. 5, 1, 2:
et majores et posteros cogitate,
Tac. Agr. 32 fin.:
si principem cogitares,
Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 31:
cum Persas cogitaret,
Flor. 2, 8, 2; Sen. Cons. Marc. 3, 4. —
b.
cōgĭtāta, ōrum, n. subst., reflections, thoughts, ideas:
postquam ad judices Ventum est, non potuit cogitata proloqui,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 53:
so cogitata (mentis) eloqui,
Cic. Brut. 72, 253:
perficere,
id. Deiot. 7, 21:
patefacere,
Nep. Paus. 3, 1:
sapientium,
Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1:
Naevii,
id. Quint. 29, 90.—Rare in sing.:
quo neque acutius ullius imperatoris cogitatum neque celerius factum usquam legimus,
Nep. Dat. 6, 8.—
B.
Cogitare in, adversus aliquem, with an adv., to think in some way in respect to one, to be disposed towards (very rare): si humaniter et sapienter et amabiliter in me cogitare vis, etc., Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2:
adversus se,
Suet. Caes. 75 Bremi; cf. with de aliquo:
si quid amice de Romanis cogitabis,
Nep. Hann. 2, 6: ut multi mihi renuntiarent... male eum de me cogitare, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1; and absol.: male cogitantes, Cato, R. R. praef. 4; cf.:
Karthagini male jam diu cogitanti bellum multo ante denuntio,
Cic. Sen. 6, 18.—
II.
In respect to a work to be undertaken or a conclusion to be made, to have something in mind, to intend, meditate, design, plan, purpose, etc.
(α).
With inf.:
praedium parare,
Cato, R. R. 1, 1; 3, 1; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 163:
cogitat recipere hunc in aedes,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 58:
facere,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 46:
recipere me,
Cic. Att. 2, 9, 4:
cenare,
id. ib. 4, 12, 1:
uti,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 50:
ex fumo dare lucem,
id. A. P. 144:
deducere exercitum,
Suet. Ner. 18 al. —
(β).
With acc.:
proscriptiones et dictaturas cogitare,
Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:
caedem principis et res novas,
Tac. A. 4, 28 fin.:
cogitatum facinus,
Suet. Tib. 19;
and parricidium,
id. Calig. 12:
mecum rem pulcherrimam,
Curt. 8, 7, 9:
tantum nefas in aliquem,
id. 6, 7, 30; 8, 6, 3; cf.:
si qua cogitarentur, gravius adversus se,
Suet. Caes. 75:
quid bellicosus Cantaber et Scythes cogitet,
what he plots, devises, Hor. C. 2, 11, 2; and so poet. of the (personified) wind:
quid cogitet humidus Auster,
Verg. G. 1, 462 Heyne.—
(γ).
With ut and subj.:
neque jam, ut aliquid acquireret... cogitabat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 59:
quid... viros cogitasse arbitramur? Ut nomen suum, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 32; Nep. Dion, 9, 2.—
(δ).
With de:
cogitavit etiam de Homeri carminibus abolendis,
Suet. Calig. 34:
de reddendā republicā,
id. Aug. 28:
de consciscendā morte,
id. Caes. 36; id. Claud. 31:
de quo,
id. Caes. 9:
cum spiritus coepit de exitu cogitare,
Sen. Q. N. 6, 25, 1.—In epistolary style, with ellipsis,
a.
Of ire:
in Pompeianum cogitabam inde Aeculanum,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; 9, 1, 2; id. Fam. 7, 4 init.; id. Att. 2, 8, 2; 5, 15, 3.—
b.
Of manere:
eo die cogitabam in Anagnino, postero autem in Tusculano,
Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1; cf.:
ut eo die apud T. Titium in Anagnino manerem. Postridie autem in Laterio cogitabam,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 4 (2, 7, 1).—Hence, *
A.
P. a.: cōgĭtātus, a, um, deliberate:
utrum perturbatione aliquā animi, an consulto et cogitata fiat injuria,
Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27 B. and K. (al. cogitato).—
B.
cōgĭtātē, adv., with mature reflection, considerately (rare):
tractare rem suam,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 45:
meditari,
id. Mil. 3, 3, 69:
quae vero accurate cogitateque scripsisset,
Cic. Arch. 8, 18.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cogito
29 concepta

con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.:
nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,
id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:
concipit Iris aquas,
draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:
madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,
Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:
Alsietinam aquam,
Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:
pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:
ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,
Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:
amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,
i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:
cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:
ventum veste,
Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:
plurimum ventorum,
Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:
magnam vim venti,
Curt. 4, 3, 2:
auram,
id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:
aëra,
id. ib. 1, 337:
ignem,
Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:
ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,
Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:
lapidibus igne concepto,
struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:
flammam,
Caes. B. C. 2, 14:
flammas,
Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.
of the flame of love: flammam pectore,
Cat. 64, 92:
ignem,
Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:
validos ignes,
id. ib. 7, 9:
medicamentum venis,
Curt. 3, 6, 11:
noxium virus,
Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:
morbum,
Col. 7, 5, 14:
in eā parte nivem concipi,
is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:
is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,
Col. 7, 5, 14:
si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,
id. 7, 5, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.
(α).
Absol.:
more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,
Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:
cum concepit mula,
Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:
ex illo concipit ales,
Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:
(arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,
Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—
(β).
With acc.:
ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,
Cic. Clu. 12, 33:
Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,
Ov. M. 4, 611:
aliquem ex aliquo,
Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:
ex adulterio,
id. Tib. 62:
de aliquo,
Ov. M. 3, 214:
alicujus semine,
id. ib. 10, 328:
ova (pisces),
Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:
concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,
Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):
omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,
Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:
frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,
Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:
ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,
Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:
coacta conceptum a se abigere,
Suet. Dom. 22.—
* b.
In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:
Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,
Ov. M. 11, 222.—
2.
Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):
haec tanta oculis bona concipio,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,
B.
To perceive in mind.
1.
In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:
agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,
Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,
aliquid animo,
id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:
imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,
Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:
quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?
Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:
quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,
Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:
de aliquo summa concipere,
Quint. 6, prooem. §
2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,
id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—
2.
In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:
quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,
Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:
quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,
Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:
fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,
id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:
concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:
quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,
Ov. M. 2, 77:
concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,
Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —
C.
To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;
hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,
Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:
inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,
mente vaticinos furores,
Ov. M. 2, 640:
animo ingentes iras,
id. ib. 1, 166:
spem,
id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:
spemque metumque,
id. F. 1, 485:
aliquid spe,
Liv. 33, 33, 8:
amorem,
Ov. M. 10, 249:
pectore tantum robur,
Verg. A. 11, 368:
auribus tantam cupiditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:
re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,
id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:
malum aut scelus,
id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:
scelus in sese,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
flagitium cum aliquo,
id. Sull. 5, 16.—
D.
To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):
quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:
vadimonium,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:
jusjurandum,
Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:
jurisjurandi verba,
id. ib. 4, 31;
and verba,
Liv. 7, 5, 5:
edictum,
Dig. 13, 6, 1:
libellos,
ib. 48, 19, 9:
stipulationem,
ib. 41, 1, 38:
obligationem in futurum,
ib. 5, 1, 35:
actionem in bonum et aequum,
ib. 4, 5, 8:
foedus,
Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:
concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),
to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:
ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:
dum vota sacerdos Concipit,
Ov. M. 7, 594:
sic verba concipito,
repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:
Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),
Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):
auspicia,
id. 22, 1, 7:
locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:
ut justum conciperetur bellum,
id. ib. 5, §
86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,
Tac. H. 4, 41:
vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:
verbis conceptissimis jurare,
Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > concepta
30 concipio

con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.:
nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,
id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:
concipit Iris aquas,
draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:
madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,
Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:
Alsietinam aquam,
Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:
pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:
ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,
Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:
amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,
i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:
cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:
ventum veste,
Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:
plurimum ventorum,
Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:
magnam vim venti,
Curt. 4, 3, 2:
auram,
id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:
aëra,
id. ib. 1, 337:
ignem,
Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:
ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,
Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:
lapidibus igne concepto,
struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:
flammam,
Caes. B. C. 2, 14:
flammas,
Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.
of the flame of love: flammam pectore,
Cat. 64, 92:
ignem,
Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:
validos ignes,
id. ib. 7, 9:
medicamentum venis,
Curt. 3, 6, 11:
noxium virus,
Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:
morbum,
Col. 7, 5, 14:
in eā parte nivem concipi,
is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:
is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,
Col. 7, 5, 14:
si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,
id. 7, 5, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.
(α).
Absol.:
more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,
Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:
cum concepit mula,
Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:
ex illo concipit ales,
Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:
(arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,
Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—
(β).
With acc.:
ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,
Cic. Clu. 12, 33:
Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,
Ov. M. 4, 611:
aliquem ex aliquo,
Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:
ex adulterio,
id. Tib. 62:
de aliquo,
Ov. M. 3, 214:
alicujus semine,
id. ib. 10, 328:
ova (pisces),
Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:
concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,
Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):
omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,
Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:
frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,
Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:
ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,
Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:
coacta conceptum a se abigere,
Suet. Dom. 22.—
* b.
In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:
Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,
Ov. M. 11, 222.—
2.
Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):
haec tanta oculis bona concipio,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,
B.
To perceive in mind.
1.
In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:
agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,
Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,
aliquid animo,
id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:
imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,
Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:
quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?
Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:
quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,
Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:
de aliquo summa concipere,
Quint. 6, prooem. §
2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,
id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—
2.
In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:
quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,
Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:
quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,
Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:
fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,
id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:
concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:
quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,
Ov. M. 2, 77:
concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,
Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —
C.
To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;
hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,
Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:
inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,
mente vaticinos furores,
Ov. M. 2, 640:
animo ingentes iras,
id. ib. 1, 166:
spem,
id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:
spemque metumque,
id. F. 1, 485:
aliquid spe,
Liv. 33, 33, 8:
amorem,
Ov. M. 10, 249:
pectore tantum robur,
Verg. A. 11, 368:
auribus tantam cupiditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:
re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,
id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:
malum aut scelus,
id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:
scelus in sese,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
flagitium cum aliquo,
id. Sull. 5, 16.—
D.
To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):
quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:
vadimonium,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:
jusjurandum,
Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:
jurisjurandi verba,
id. ib. 4, 31;
and verba,
Liv. 7, 5, 5:
edictum,
Dig. 13, 6, 1:
libellos,
ib. 48, 19, 9:
stipulationem,
ib. 41, 1, 38:
obligationem in futurum,
ib. 5, 1, 35:
actionem in bonum et aequum,
ib. 4, 5, 8:
foedus,
Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:
concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),
to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:
ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:
dum vota sacerdos Concipit,
Ov. M. 7, 594:
sic verba concipito,
repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:
Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),
Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):
auspicia,
id. 22, 1, 7:
locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:
ut justum conciperetur bellum,
id. ib. 5, §
86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,
Tac. H. 4, 41:
vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:
verbis conceptissimis jurare,
Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > concipio
31 sanus

sānus, a, um (sanun', for sanusne, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 37; id. Men. 5, 2, 66; id. Mere. 2, 2, 21; 2, 4, 21; id. Rud. 3, 2, 19; id. Truc. 2, 4, 13; cf.
sanan',
id. Am. 3, 2, 48; id. Cure. 5, 2, 54; id. Cist. 4, 1, 14; id. Ep. 5, 1, 42; id. Men. 2, 3, 43;
and sanin',
id. Ps. 4, 7, 83), adj. [kindr. with SA, sôs], sound, whole, healthy, physically or mentally (cf.: integer, incolumis, sospes, salvus).
I.
Lit., sound in body, whole, healthy, well:
pars corporis,
Cic. Sest. 65, 135:
sensus si sani sunt et valentes,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 19:
sanis modo et integris sensibus,
id. ib. 2, 25, 90:
corpora sana,
Quint. 8, prooem. §
19: ut alimenta sanis corporibus agri cultura, sic sanitatem aegris medicina promittit, Cels. praef. 1: homo,
id. ib. 1, 1:
sanum recteque valentem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 21:
domi meae eccam salvam et sanam,
Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 36:
sana et salva amica,
id. Merc. 5, 2, 48 (cf. infra, B. and II. A.):
sanus ac robustus,
Quint. 2, 10, 6:
si noles sanus, curres hydropicus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 34:
sanus utrisque Auribus atque oculis,
id. S. 2, 3, 284:
ulcera sana facere,
Cato, R. R. 157, 3; cf.:
aliquem sanum facere... sanus fieri,
id. ib. 157, 8:
si eo medicamento sanus factus sit,
Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92.— Poet.:
volnera ad sanum nunc coiere mea (for ad sanitatem),
are healed, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18.— Comp.:
aegrotare malim quam esse tuā salute sanior,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 5.— Sup.:
interim licet negotia agere, ambulare, etc.... perinde atque sanissimo,
Cels. 7, 4, 4.—
B.
Transf., sound, safe, whole, etc. (very rare): Ac. Salvast, navis, ne time. Ch. Quid alia armamenta? Ac. Salva et sana sunt, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 62:
sana et salva res publica,
Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 3:
civitas,
Liv. 3, 17:
nare sagaci Aëra non sanum sentire,
i. e. tainted, Luc. 7, 830.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Sound in mind, in one's right mind, rational, sane, sober, discreet, etc.:
eos sanos intellegi necesse est, quorum mens motu quasi morbi perturbata nullo sit: qui contra affecti sunt, hos insanos appellari necesse est,
Cic. Tusc. 3,5,11: Am. Delirat uxor. Al. Equidem ecastor sana et salva sum, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 98: Am. Haec sola sanam mentem gestat meorum familiarium. Br. Immo omnes sani sunt profecto. Am. At me uxor insanum facit Suis foedis factis, id. ib. 5, 1, 31 sqq.; cf. Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95:
quam ego postquam inspexi non ita amo, ut sani solent Homines, sed eodem pacto ut insani solent,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 38:
sanus non est ex amore illius (shortly after: insanior ex amore),
id. ib. 2, 3, 106:
si sis sanus aut sapias satis... nisi sis stultior stultissimo,
id. Am. 3, 2, 23; cf.
(opp. insipiens),
id. Bacch. 4, 3, 14:
hic homo sanus non est,
is out of his senses, is insane, id. Am. 1, 1, 246; id. Merc. 5, 2, 110; id. Men. 1, 3, 15; 2, 2, 39 et saep.; cf.: En. Sanun' es? Ch. Pol sanus si sim, non te medicum mihi expetam, id. Merc. 2, 4, 21; so, sanun' es? sanan' es? sanin' estis? v. the passages cited init.:
satin' sanus es?
are you in your senses? Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 29 (opp. sobrius); 5, 2, 33; id. And. 4, 4, 10; id. Ad. 5, 8, 14; id. Phorm. 5, 3, 19.—With gen.: satin' tu sanus mentis aut animi tui, Qui conditionem hanc repudies? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 53:
vix sanae mentis estis,
Liv. 32, 21:
mentis bene sanae,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 44:
mentis sanae vix compos,
Ov. M. 8, 35; so, sanae mentis, Tib. ap. Suet. Tib. 67:
ego illum male sanum semper putavi,
a man of not very sound mind, Cic. Att. 9, 15, 5:
male sana (Dido),
i. e. raving, Verg. A. 4, 8:
male sani poëtae,
i. e. inspired, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 4; cf. Ov. M. 3, 474:
excludit sanos Helicone poëtas,
calculating, sober, Hor. A. P. 296:
bene sanus Ac non incautus,
very prudent, discreet, id. S. 1, 3, 61:
praecipue sanus,
id. Ep. 1, 1, 108:
rem publicam capessere hominem bene sanum non oportere,
Cic. Sest. 10, 23:
sani ut cretā an carbone notati?
id. ib. 2, 3, 246:
pro sano loqueris, cum me appellas nomine,
like a rational being, rationally, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 24; so,
pro sano,
id. ib. 5, 5, 42; cf.: nihil hunc se absente pro sano facturum arbitratus, qui, etc., * Caes. B. G. 5, 7:
adeo incredibilis visa res, ut non pro vano modo, sed vix pro sano nuncius audiretur,
Liv. 39, 49: quem in locum nemo sanus hostis subiturus esset, Auct. B. Alex. 74 fin.:
solve senescentem sanus equum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8 et saep.:
tumultu etiam sanos consternante animos,
discreet, well-disposed, Liv. 8, 27:
sensus,
Verg. E. 8, 66:
mores,
Dig. 27, 10, 1.—With ab: ego sanus ab illis (vitiis), sound as respects them, i. e. free from, unaffected by them, etc., Hor. S. 1, 4, 129.— Comp.:
qui sanior, ac si, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 241; 2, 3, 275.— Sup.:
quisquam sanissimus tam certa putat, quae videt, quam? etc.,
Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 init.:
confluentibus ad eum (Sullam) optimo quoque et sanissimo,
Vell. 2, 25, 2.—
B.
Of style, sound, correct, sensible, sober, chaste:
qui rectum dicendi genus sequi volunt, alii pressa demum et tenuia et quae minimum ab usu cottidiano recedant, sana et vere Attica putant, etc.,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:
nihil erat in ejus oratione, nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,
Cic. Brut. 55, 202; cf.:
Attici oratores sani et sicci,
id. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; and:
Rhodii (oratores) saniores et Atticorum similiores,
id. Brut. 13, 51:
orator rectus et sanus,
Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 1; Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 3; id. Tit. 2, 8; cf.:
sana ratio,
Val. Max. 9, 13, 3; Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 22, 2.—Hence, advv., in two forms, saniter (ante-class.) and sane (class.).
* A.
sānĭter, rationally, Afran. ap. Non. 515, 22.—
B.
sānē.
* 1.
(Acc. to I.) Soundly, healthily, well: sane sarteque, Porphyrio ap. Charis. p. 195 fin.; 196 init. P.—
2.
(Acc. to II.) Soberly, sensibly, reasonably, discreetly (very rare;
not in Cic.): bonum est, pauxillum amare sane, insane non bonum est,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 20:
sane sapio et sentio,
I am in full possession of my reason and senses, id. Am. 1, 1, 292:
non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis (with furere),
Hor. C. 2, 7, 26:
dixit sanius,
Sen. Contr. 5, 34 fin. —
b.
In gen., like valde (i. e. valide), an intensive particle, well, indeed, doubtless, by all means, truly, certainly, of course, forsooth, right, very, etc. (freq. and class.):
sane sapis et consilium placet,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 67 sq.; so,
sapis sane,
id. Cas. 3, 6, 25:
sapit,
id. Men. 5, 2, 39:
sane haud quicquam'st, magis quod cupiam,
id. Curc. 1, 3, 15; 2, 3, 43:
sane ego illum metuo,
id. Men. 5, 2, 108:
cum illā sane congruost sermo tibi,
id. Mil. 4, 3, 23:
sane ego sum amicus nostris aedibus,
id. As. 2, 3, 7:
dabant hae feriae tibi opportunam sane facultatem ad explicandas tuas litteras,
Cic. Rep. 1, 9, 14:
odiosum sane genus hominum officia exprobrantium,
id. Lael. 20, 71; id. Quint. 3, 11:
humilem sane relinquunt ortum amicitiae,
id. Lael. 9, 29; cf.:
tenui sane muro dissepiunt,
id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:
judicare difficile est sane,
id. Lael. 17, 62:
explicat orationem sane longam et verbis valde bonis,
id. Agr. 2, 5, 13:
(narratio) res sane difficilis,
id. de Or. 2, 66, 264:
sane grandes libros,
id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:
cui sane magna est in mento cicatrix,
Auct. Her. 4, 49, 63:
Herennium quendam, sane hominem nequam atque egentem, coepisse, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 19, 5:
Paulus mihi de re publicā alia quaedam sane pessima,
id. Att. 14, 7, 1:
sane murteta relinqui,
Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 5:
id sane est invisum duobus,
id. ib. 2, 2, 64:
bonus sane vicinus,
id. ib. 2, 2, 132:
sane populus numerabilis,
id. A. P. 206.— In replies: Mi. Te moneri numne vis? Ha. Sane volo, by all means, surely, to be sure, certainly, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 119; so,
sane volo,
id. Cas. 2, 3, 55; id. Rud. 5, 3, 51; Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 31: Ch. Estne, ut fertur, forma? Pa. Sane, id. Eun. 2, 3, 69; 4, 7, 15:
sane hoc multo propius ibis,
id. Ad. 4, 2, 41. Th. Quid taces? Ph. Sane quia vero hae mihi patent semper fores, id. Eun. 1, 2, 9; id. And. 1, 2, 24: C. F. Visne igitur, etc. C. P. Sane placet, Cic. Part. Or. 1, 2:
sane et libenter quidem,
id. Rep. 2, 38, 64.—Ironically:
quam sane magni referat,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 9; cf.: sane legem Juliam timeo, Ner. ap. Suet. Ner. 33 med.:
beneficium magnum sane dedit!
Phaedr. 3, 15, 12.—
With other adverbs: esse aedificatas has sane bene,
right well, very well, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 74:
res rustica sane bene culta,
Cic. Quint. 3, 12; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 103:
bene sane, as an answer,
very well, id. And. 5, 2, 7; id. Ad. 4, 2, 47:
recte sane,
id. Eun. 5, 5, 11; id. Heaut. 3, 2, 27; 3, 3, 20; id. Ad. 3, 3, 63; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 10:
sane commode,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 72:
sapienter sane,
id. Pers. 3, 3, 42 et saep.:
scite hercle sane,
id. Trin. 3, 3, 53:
sane hercle,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 59; id. Hec. 3, 5, 9; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 9:
sane quidem,
id. And. 1, 2, 24:
sane quidem hercle,
Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:
sane pol,
Ter. And. 1, 4, 2.—Sane quam, how very, i. e. very much indeed, uncommonly, exceedingly (cf.:
admodum quam and valde quam): conclusa est a te tam magna lex sane quam brevi,
Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 23:
quod de Pompeio Caninius agit, sane quam refrixit,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 4 (6), 5; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2; 8, 4, 2; Brut. ib. 11, 13, 4 (shortly before: suos valde quam paucos habet); Sulp. ib. 4, 5, 1.—With negatives:
haud sane diu est,
not very long since, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 44:
edepol commissatorem haud sane commodum,
Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8:
haud sane intellego, quidnam sit, etc.,
Cic. Off. 2, 2, 5; Sall. C. 37, 9; 53, 5; id. Rep. Ord. 2, 11; Cic. Sen. 1, 3; Curt. 3, 1, 14:
agellus non sane major jugero uno,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 10:
cum his temporibus non sane in senatum ventitarem,
Cic. Fam. 13, 77, 1:
non sane mirabile hoc quidem,
id. Div. 2, 31, 67:
non ita sane vetus,
id. Brut. 10, 41:
non sane credere,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 61:
nihil sane esset, quod, etc.,
absolutely nothing, nothing at all, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; so,
nihil sane,
id. de Or. 2, 1, 5; Sall. C. 16, 5; Hor. S. 2, 3, 138; id. Ep. 2, 1, 206 al.—
(β).
In restrictive concessions, to be sure, indeed, certainly, however: sane bonum, ut dixi, rei publicae genus, Cic.Rep. 2, 26, 48; cf.:
hoc sane frequentissimum est... sed, etc.,
Quint. 4, 2, 130:
negant quemquam esse virum bonum nisi sapientem. Sit ita sane, sed, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 5, 18; cf. id. Rep. 1, 19, 32:
haec si vobis non probamus, sint falsa sane,
id. Ac. 2, 32, 105:
sint sane, quoniam ita mores se habent, liberales,
Sall. C. 52, 12; id. J. 31, 8:
sit hoc sane leve,
Cic. Sest. 54, 115:
sed fruatur sane hoc solacio,
id. Prov. Cons. 7, 16; Ov. H. 17, 13; Curt. 5, 1, 6:
repetita narratio sane res declamatoria magis quam forensis,
Quint. 4, 2, 128:
poëtis permittamus sane ejusmodi exempla,
id. 8, 3, 73:
non sane recepto in usum nomine,
not indeed, id. 5, 11, 20; cf. id. 7, 1, 41.—
(γ).
With imperatives in colloq. lang. likewise concessive, like the English then, pray then, if you will:
ubi ego Sosia nolim esse, tu esto sane Sosia,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 283: Al. Num quid vis, quin abeam jam intro? Ju. I sane, id. ib. 3, 3, 16:
abi tu sane superior,
id. Stich. 5, 4, 14:
i sane,
id. As. 3, 3, 86; id. Aul. 2, 5, 7; id. Ep. 1, 1, 73; id. Pers. 4, 4, 25; 4, 4, 55; id. Rud. 2, 3, 55; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 48:
ite sane,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 3:
abi sane,
id. Am. 1, 1, 197; id. Rud. 3, 6, 17; id. Stich. 1, 3, 107; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 27:
sequere sane,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 2:
age sane,
id. Men. 1, 2, 44; id. Ps. 5, 2, 27:
da sane,
id. Merc. 4, 1, 11:
dato sane,
id. Stich. 4, 1, 47:
cedo sane,
id. Pers. 4, 3, 30; 5, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 4:
nosce sane,
Plaut. As. 2, 4, 58:
age sane, omnes,
Liv. 1, 57, 8.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sanus
32 sollicito

sollĭcĭto ( sōlĭ-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sollicitus], to disturb, stir, agitate, move; to distress, harass, make uneasy, vex, solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce.
I.
Lit., to stir, put in lively motion, move violently, disturb, shake, exercise ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A.
Histri tela manu jacientes sollicitabant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 438 Vahl.): myropolas omnes sollicito;
ubicumque unguentum est, ungor,
keep them busy, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 10:
nec fas esse, quod sit fundatum perpetuo aevo, sollicitare suis.. ex sedibus,
Lucr. 5, 162:
pinnisque repente sollicitant divum nocturno tempore lucos,
id. 4, 1008; 2, 965: teneram ferro sollicitavit humum, stirred, i. e. by the plough, Tib. 1, 7, 30; so,
tellurem,
Verg. G. 2, 418:
herbae, Quas tellus, nullo sollicitante (i. e. eam) dabat,
Ov. F. 4, 396:
remis freta,
Verg. G. 2, 503:
spicula dextrā,
id. A. 12, 404:
totum tremoribus orbem,
Ov. M. 6, 699:
stamina docto Pollice, pregn.,
excite by handling, id. ib. 11, 169 (v. II. B. 1. infra):
stomachum vomitu, alvum purgatione,
to move, Cels. 1 praef. fin.: mox, velut aurā sollicitante, provecti longius, as if a breeze were moving us on, Quint. 12, prooem. 2:
hic (spiritus naturae), quamdiu non... pellitur, jacet innoxius... ubi illum extrinsecus superveniens causa sollicitat, compellitque et in artum agit, etc.,
stirs up, Sen. Q. N. 6, 18, 2:
sollicitavit aquas remis,
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2:
lucus, qui primus anhelis sollicitatur equis,
id. Idyll. 1, 3:
seu remige Medo sollicitatur Athos,
id. Ruf. 1, 336:
Maenalias feras,
to hunt, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 14:
ne salebris sollicitentur apes,
Col. 9, 8, 3.—Of a river:
cum Danubius non jam radices nec media montium stringit, sed juga ipsa sollicitat,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 9.—In mal. part., Ov. Am. 3, 7, 74; Mart. 11, 22, 4; 11, 46, 4; Petr. 20, 2.—
B.
To produce by stirring, excite, cause to come forth, to arouse, draw out (rare): radices in ipsā arbore sollicitando, by starting roots from the tree (cf. the context), Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98; cf.:
sollicitatur id in nobis quod diximus ante semen,
Lucr. 4, 1037.—
II.
Trop., = sollicitum facere.
A.
With the notion of distress, to cause distress, anxiety, uneasiness, to distress, disturb.
1.
Of the body (very rare and poet.):
mala copia Aegrum sollicitat stomachum,
distresses, Hor. S. 2, 2, 43. —
2.
Of the mind; constr. with acc. of person, with animum, etc.
(α).
To fill with apprehension, cause fear, suspense of the mind, and anxiety for the future; and pass., = sollicitum esse, to be distressed, to torment one's self:
nunc ibo ut visam, estne id aurum ut condidi, quod me sollicitat miserum plurimis modis,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 26: certo scio, non ut Flamininum sollicitari te, Tite, sic noctesque diesque, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1:
jamdudum equidem sentio, suspicio quae te sollicitet,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 50:
sicine me atque illam operā tuā nunc miseros sollicitarier?
Ter. And. 4, 2, 6: egon' id timeo? Ph. Quid te ergo aliud sollicitat? id. Eun. 1, 2, 82; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 10:
aut quid sit id quod sollicitere ad hunc modum?
id. Hec. 4, 4, 54:
me autem jam et mare istuc et terra sollicitat,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:
an dubitas quin ea me cura (pro genero et filio) vehementissime sollicitet?
id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:
multa sunt quae me sollicitant anguntque,
id. Att. 1, 18, 1:
ne cujus metu sollicitaret animos sociorum,
Liv. 45, 28 med.:
cum Scipionem exspectatio successoris sollicitaret,
id. 30, 36 fin.:
desiderantem quod satis est neque Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, Nec, etc.,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 26; cf. Mart. 7, 54, 2.—With de:
de posteris nostris et de illā immortalitate rei publicae sollicitor, quae, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.— Hence, like verbs of fearing, with ne, that ( lest):
et Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus! ne aut ille alserit, Aut uspiam ceciderit, etc.,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:
sollicitari se simulans, ne in ejus perniciem conspirarent,
Amm. 14, 7, 9.—Also with quod, like verbs of emotion:
me illa cura sollicitat angitque vehementer, quod... nihil a te, nihil ex istis locis... affluxit,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1.—
(β).
More rarely, to grieve, afflict, make wretched:
istuc facinus quod tuom sollicitat animum, id ego feci,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 8:
sed erile scelus me sollicitat,
id. Rud. 1, 3, 19: cur meam senectutem hujus sollicito amentiā? why do I make my old age miserable by, etc., Ter. And. 5, 3, 16:
haec cura (ob miserum statum rei publicae) sollicitat et hunc meum socium,
Cic. Brut. 97, 331.—With subject-clause:
nihil me magis sollicitat quam... non me ridere tecum,
Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.—
(γ).
To disturb the rest or repose of a person or community, to trouble, harass, = perturbare:
quid me quaeris? quid laboras? quid hunc sollicitas?
Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 15; so,
quae roget, ne se sollicitare velis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 484:
temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant, et semper sollicitant,
Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:
anxitudo, prona ad luctum et maerens, semperque ipsa se sollicitans,
id. Rep. Fragm. 2, 41, 68:
quoniam rebellando saepius nos sollicitant,
Liv. 8, 13, 13:
finitimi populi, qui castra, non urbem positam in medio ad sollicitandam omnium pacem crediderant,
to disturb the peace, id. 1, 21, 2:
unde neque ille sollicitare quietae civitatis statum possit,
id. 21, 10, 12; so,
pacem,
id. 34, 16 fin.:
ira Jovis sollicitati prava religione,
id. 1, 31, 8:
ea cura quietos (deos) sollicitat,
Verg. A. 4, 380:
alium ambitio numquam quieta sollicitat,
Sen. Cons. Polyb. 4 (23), 2:
eum non metus sollicitabit,
id. ib. 9 (28), 4: (voluptas) licet alia ex aliis admoveat, quibus totos partesque nostri sollicitet, id. Vit. Beat. 5, 4:
et magnum bello sollicitare Jovem,
Ov. F. 5, 40:
sollicitatque feros non aequis viribus hostes,
Luc. 4, 665:
ut me nutricibus, me aviae educanti, me omnibus qui sollicitare illas aetates solent, praeferret,
Quint. 6, prooem. § 8: sollicitare manes, to disturb the dead by mentioning their names:
parce, precor, manes sollicitare meos,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 32; cf.:
cur ad mentionem defunctorum testamur, memoriam eorum a nobis non sollicitari?
Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 23.—Hence, pregn.:
sollicito manes,
I disturb the dead, Ov. M. 6, 699:
sollicitare umbras = ciere, citare, in necromancy,
Manil. 1, 93.—
B.
Without the idea of distress or uneasiness.
1.
To stir, rouse, excite, incite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
unicus est de quo sollicitamur honor,
Ov. F. 6, 10, 76:
sollicitatque deas,
id. M. 4, 473:
vanis maritum sollicitat precibus,
id. ib. 9, 683:
quoque Musarum studium a nocte silenti Sollicitare solet, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. praef. 12: cupidinem lentum sollicitas,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 6:
labris quae poterant ipsum sollicitare Jovem,
Mart. 66, 16:
me nova sollicitat, me tangit serior aetas,
Ov. Am. 2, 4, 45:
deinde (luxuria) frugalitatem professos sollicitat,
Sen. Ep. 56, 10.—Hence,
2.
To attract, to tempt, to invite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
si quis dotatam uxorem habet, eum hominem sollicitat sopor,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 15 Lorenz:
nullum sollicitant haec, Flacce, toreumata canem,
Mart. 12, 74, 5:
cum, mira specie, feminarum sollicitaret oculos,
Val. Max. 4, 5, 1 ext.:
non deest forma quae sollicitet oculos,
Sen. Ep. 88, 7:
in his (praediis venalibus) me multa sollicitant,
Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 1:
quibuscum delinimentis potest animos omnium sollicitat,
Just. 21, 1, 5:
omni studio sollicitatum spe regni,
id. 8, 3, 8:
in Graeciam Philippus cum venisset, sollicitatus paucarum civitatum direptione (i. e. spe diripiendi),
id. 9, 1:
sollicitati praeda,
id. 23, 1, 10; 2, 13 fin.:
te plaga lucida caeli... sollicitet,
Stat. Th. 1, 27:
magno praemio sollicitatus,
bribed, Front. Strat. 3, 6, 4.—So, to attract the attention, occupy the mind:
ut vix umquam ita sollicitari partibus earum debeamus ut non et summae meminerimus,
Quint. 11, 3, 151.—
III.
Transf., to incite one to do something.
A.
To urge to wrong-doing, to inveigle, seduce, incite, stimulate, provoke, tempt, abet (class.).
1.
Absol.:
servum sollicitare verbis, spe promissisque corrumpere, contra dominum armare,
Cic. Deiot. 11, 30:
non sollicitabit rursus agrarios?
id. Phil. 7, 6, 18:
sollicitant homines imperitos Saxo et Cafo,
id. ib. 10, 10, 22: necare eandem voluit: quaesivit venenum;
sollicitavit quos potuit,
id. Cael. 13, 31:
Milo... quos ex aere alieno laborare arbitrabatur, sollicitabat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 22: quos ingenti pecuniae spe sollicitaverant vestri (sc. to murder Philip), Curt. 4, 1, 12:
ipsam ingentibus sollicitare datis,
Ov. M. 6, 463:
pretio sperare sollicitari animos egentium,
Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17; Liv. 2, 42, 6; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—So esp. milit. t. t.,= temptare (freq. in the historians), to strive to win over, tempt, instigate, incite to defection, attack, etc.:
ad sollicitandas civitates,
Caes. B. G. 7, 63:
Germanos Transrhenanos sollicitare dicebantur,
id. ib. 5, 2; so id. B. C. 3, 21; id. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 2; 7, 53;
7, 54: servitia urbana sollicitare,
Sall. C. 24 fin.:
nobilissimos Hispanos in Italiam ad sollicitandos populares... miserunt,
Liv. 24, 49, 8:
vicinos populos haud ambigue sollicitari,
id. 8, 23, 2:
ad continendas urbes, quas illinc Eumenes, hinc Romani sollicitabant,
id. 37, 8, 5:
num sollicitati animi sociorum ab rege Perseo essent,
id. 42, 19 fin.:
omnes sollicitatos legationibus Persei, sed egregie in fide permanere,
id. 42, 26 fin.; so,
diu,
id. 31, 5, 8; 40, 57, 2; 41, 23, 7;
45, 35, 8: interim qui Persas sollicitarent mittuntur,
Curt. 5, 10, 9; Suet. Oth. 5; id. Ner. 13; id. Tit. 9; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—
2.
With ad and acc.:
in servis ad hospitem necandum sollicitatis,
Cic. Cael. 21, 51:
servum ad venenum dandum,
id. Clu. 16, 47:
opifices et servitia ad Lentulum eripiendum,
Sall. C. 50, 1:
qui ultro ad transeundum hostes vocabant sollicitabantque,
Liv. 25, 15, 5.—After in:
cum milites ad proditionem, amicos ad perniciem meam pecunia sollicitet,
Curt. 4, 11, 1.—
3.
With ut: civitates sollicitant [p. 1722] ut in libertate permanere vellent, Caes. B. G. 3, 8:
se sollicitatum esse ut regnare vellet,
Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 6:
missis ad accolas Histri, ut in Italiam irrumperent sollicitandos, Liv 39, 35: Darei litterae quibus Graeci milites sollicitabantur ut regem interficerent,
Curt. 4, 10, 16.—
4.
With gen., gerund., and causa:
comperi legatos Allobrogum tumultus Gallici excitandi causa a P. Lentulo esse sollicitatos,
Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4.—
5.
With in and acc. (post-class.;
the prevailing constr. in Just.): amicum in adulterium uxoris sollicitatum,
Just. 1, 7, 18:
Alexander in Italiam sollicitatus,
urgently invited, id. 12, 2, 1:
Iones sollicitare in partes suas statuit,
id. 2, 12, 1:
qui Peloponnenses in societatem armorum sollicitaret,
id. 13, 5; so id. 13, 5, 10; 32, 4, 1; 29, 4, 5. —
6.
With acc. of abstract objects ( poet.):
nuptae sollicitare fidem (= nuptam sollicitare ad fidem violandam),
to make attempts against, Ov. H. 16 (17), 4; cf. id. Am. 3, 1, 50; id. M. 6, 463; 7, 721; id. P. 3, 3, 50.—
B.
In gen., without implying an evil purpose, to induce, incite, stimulate, solicit, urge, invite, exhort, move ( poet. and in postAug. prose):
antequam est ad hoc opus (historiam scribendi) sollicitatus,
induced to undertake this work, Quint. 10, 1, 74:
quae Hecubae maritum posset ad Hectoreos sollicitare rogos,
Mart. 6, 7, 4:
cum, sollicitatus ex urbe Roma (a Mithridate), praecepta pro se mitteret,
Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 6:
sollicitandi (parentes) ad hunc laborem erant,
it was necessary to give inducements to the parents to undertake this labor, Sen. Ben. 3, 11, 1:
cum juventutem ad imitationem sui sollicitaret,
id. Cons. Helv. 10, 10:
alios Orientis regis ut idem postularent sollicitare temptavit,
Suet. Dom. 2:
juvenum... corpora nunc pretio, nunc ille hortantibus ardens sollicitat dictis,
Stat. Th. 2, 485:
sollicitat tunc ampla viros ad praemia cursu celeres,
id. ib. 6, 550:
ut per praecones susceptores sollicitarent,
Just. 8, 3, 8:
Alexander in Italiam a Tarentinis sollicitatus,
id. 12, 2, 1:
avaritia sollicitatus (= permotus),
id. 32, 2, 1:
sollicitatoque juvene ad colloquium,
allured him to the conference, id. 38, 1, 9:
hoc maxime sollicitatus ad amicitiam,
Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 85:
serpentes sollicitant ad se avis,
id. 8, 23, 35, § 85:
hyaena ad sollicitandos canes,
id. 8, 30, 44, § 106:
velut vacua possessione sollicitatus,
Just. 31, 3, 2:
remansit in caelibatu, neque sollicitari ulla condicione amplius potuit (i. e. ad uxorem ducendam),
Suet. Galb. 5:
quod me, tamquam tirunculum, sollicitavit ad emendum (signum),
Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 4:
ut ex copia studiosorum circumspicias praeceptores quos sollicitare possimus (sc. ut huc veniant),
id. 4, 13, 11.—With inf. ( poet.):
finemque expromere rerum sollicitat superos,
urgently implores to disclose the issue, Luc. 5, 69:
cum rapiant mala facta bonos... sollicitor nullos esse putare deos,
Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36; cf.:
sollicitat spatium decurrere amoris,
Lucr. 4, 1196.—With ne:
maritum sollicitat precibus, ne spem sibi ponat in arte,
Ov. M. 9, 683.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sollicito
33 statuo

stătŭo, ui, utum, 3, v. a. [statum, sup. of sto], to cause to stand (cf.: colloco, pono).
I.
Corporeally.
A.
To cause to stand, set up, set, station, fix in an upright position.
1.
To set up, set in the ground, erect:
ibi arbores pedicino in lapide statuito,
Cato, R. R. 18:
inter parietes arbores ubi statues,
id. ib.:
stipites statuito,
id. ib.:
palis statutis crebris,
Varr. R. R. 1, 14 init.:
pedamenta jacentia statuenda,
are to be raised, Col. 4, 26:
pedamentum inter duas vitis,
Plin. 17, 22, 21, § 194:
hic statui volo primum aquilam,
the standard of the troops, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:
signifer, statue signum,
plant the ensign, Liv. 5, 55, 1; Val. Max. 1, 5, 1.—
2.
To plant (rare):
eodem modo vineam statuito, alligato, flexatoque uti fuerit,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 198:
agro qui statuit meo Te, triste lignum (i. e. arborem),
Hor. C. 2, 13, 10.—
3.
In gen., to place, set or fix, set up, set forth things or persons.
a.
Without specifying the place:
ollam statuito cum aqua,
let a jar stand with water, Cato, R. R. 156 (157):
crateras magnos statuunt, i. e. on the table,
Verg. A. 1, 724; so,
crateras laeti statuunt,
id. ib. 7, 147: haec carina satis probe fundata et bene statuta est, well placed, i. e. so that the hull stands perpendicularly (cf.:
bene lineatam carinam collocavit, v. 42),
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44:
nec quidquam explicare, nec statuere potuerant, nec quod statutum esset, manebat, omnia perscindente vento,
Liv. 21, 58, 7:
eo die tabernacula statui passus non est,
to pitch, Caes. B. C. 1, 81; so, aciem statuere, to draw up an army:
aciem quam arte statuerat, latius porrigit,
Sall. J. 52, 6.—
b.
With designation of the place by in and abl.; by adv. of place; by ante, apud, ad, circa, super, and acc.; by pro and abl.; by abl. alone (very rare), or by in and acc. (very rare): signa domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. 7, 19, 95 (p. 782 P.):
statuite hic lectulos,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:
etiamsi in caelo Capitolium statueretur,
Cic. Or. 3, 46, 180:
statuitur Sollius in illo gladiatorum convivio... atuitur, ut dico, eques Romanus in Apronii convivio,
is taken to the banquet, id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 sq.:
tabernacula in foro statuere,
Liv. 39, 46, 3:
in principiis statuit tabernaculum,
Nep. Eum. 7, 1:
in nostris castris tibi tabernaculum statue,
Curt. 5, 11, 6; 8, 13, 20:
statui in medium undique conspicuum tabernaculum jussit,
id. 9, 6, 1:
(sagittae) longae, nisi prius in terra statuerent arcum, haud satis apte imponuntur,
id. 8, 14, 19:
sedes curules sacerdotum Augustalium locis, superque eas querceae coronae statuerentur,
Tac. A. 2, 83:
donum deae apud Antium statuitur,
id. ib. 3, 71:
pro rigidis calamos columnis,
Ov. F. 3, 529:
jamque ratem Scythicis auster statuisset in oris,
Val. Fl. 3, 653:
statuere vas in loco frigido,
Pall. Oct. 22.—Of living beings:
capite in terram statuerem, Ut cerebro dispergat viam,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:
qui capite ipse sua in statuit vestigia sese (= qui sese ipse capite in sua vestigia statuit),
i. e. stands on his head, Lucr. 4, 472:
patrem ejus a mortuis excitasses, statuisses ante oculos,
Cic. Or. 1, 57, 245:
captivos vinctos in medio statuit,
Liv. 21, 42, 1:
ubi primum equus Curtium in vado statuit,
id. 1, 13, 5:
quattuor cohortes in fronte statuit,
id. 28, 33, 12:
ante se statuit funditores,
id. 42, 58, 10:
puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,
id. 7, 2, 9:
procul in conspectu eum (Philopoemenem) statuerunt,
id. 39, 49, 11:
media porta robora legionum, duabus circa portis milites levemque armaturam statuit,
id. 23, 16, 8:
bovem ad fanum Dianae et ante aram statuit,
id. 1, 45, 6:
cum Calchanta circa aram statuisset,
Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 6:
marium si qui eo loci statuisset,
id. 3, 1, 2 fin.:
adulescentes ante Caesarem statuunt,
Tac. A. 4, 8:
in fronte statuerat ferratos, in cornibus cohortes,
id. ib. 3, 45:
puer quis Ad cyathum statuetur?
Hor. C. 1, 29, 8:
tu cum pro vitula statuis dulcem Aulide natam Ante aras,
id. S. 2, 3, 199:
et statuam ante aras aurata fronte juvencum,
Verg. A. 9, 627:
clara regione profundi Aetheros innumeri statuerunt agmina cygni,
Stat. Th. 3, 525.—
4.
Pregn., to construct and place, to set up after constructing, to erect, make.
a.
Of statues, temples, columns, altars, trophies, etc.; constr. with acc. alone, or acc. of the structure and dat. of the person for whom or in whose honor it is erected:
siquidem mihi aram et statuam statuis,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 122:
huic statuam statui decet ex auro,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 1:
ne ego aurea pro statua vineam tibi statuam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 52:
eique statuam equestrem in rostris statui placere,
Cic. Phil. 5, 15, 41; so id. ib. 9, 5, 10; 9, 7, 16; id. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151; 2, 2, 20, § 48; so,
simulacrum alicui statuere,
Val. Max. 1, 1, 8:
effigiem,
Verg. A. 2, 184:
Mancinus eo habitu sibi statuit quo, etc. (effigiem),
Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 18:
simulacrum in curia,
Tac. A. 14, 12:
quanam in civitate tempium statueretur,
id. ib. 4, 55:
se primos templum urbis Romae statuisse,
id. ib. 4, 56; so id. ib. 4, 15:
nec tibi de Pario statuam, Germanice, templum,
Ov. P. 4, 8, 31:
templa tibi statuam, tribuam tibi turis honorem,
id. M. 14, 128:
super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui nisi columellam,
Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:
victimas atque aras diis Manibus statuentes,
Tac. A. 3, 2:
statuitque aras e cespite,
Ov. M. 7, 240:
statuantur arae,
Sen. Med. 579:
aeneum statuerunt tropaeum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69:
monumentum,
id. ib. § 70; so,
in alio orbe tropaea statuere,
Curt. 7, 7, 14;
so,
Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18: ut illum di perdant qui primus statuit hic solarium, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5:
princeps Romanis solarium horologium statuisse L. Papirius Cursor proditur,
Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 213:
a miliario in capite Romani fori statuto,
id. 3, 5, 9, § 66:
carceres eo anno in Circo primum statuti,
Liv. 8, 20, 1:
quo molem hanc immanis equi statuere?
Verg. A. 2, 150:
multo altiorem statui crucem jussit,
Suet. Galb. 9:
obeliscam,
Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71:
at nunc disturba quas statuisti machinas,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 137:
incensis operibus quae statuerat,
Nep. Milt. 7, 4:
si vallum statuitur procul urbis illecebris,
Tac. A. 4, 2:
castra in quinto lapide a Carthagine statuit,
Just. 22, 6, 9.—
b.
Poet. and in post-class. prose (rare):
aliquem statuere = alicui statuam statuere: inter et Aegidas media statuaris in urbe,
Ov. H. 2, 67:
statuarque tumulo hilaris et coronatus,
my statue will be erected, Tac. Dial. 13; so with two acc.: custodem medio statuit quam vilicus horto, whose statue he placed as protectress, etc., Mart. 3, 68, 9; cf.
in double sense: nudam te statuet, i. e. nudam faciet (= nudabit fortunis), and statuam tibi nu dam faciet,
Mart. 4, 28, 8.—
5.
Of cities, etc., to establish, found, build (in class. prose usu. condo):
Agamemnon tres ibi urbes statuit,
Vell. 1, 1, 2:
urbem quam statuo vestra est,
Verg. A. 1, 573:
urbom praeclaram,
id. ib. 4, 655:
Persarum statuit Babylona Semiramis urbem,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 21:
ibi civitatem statuerunt,
Just. 23, 1; so,
licentia et impunitas asyla statuendi (= aperiendi),
Tac. A. 3, 60.—Hence, transf.: carmen statuere = carmen condere, to compose, devise a song:
nunc volucrum... inexpertum carmen, quod tacita statuere bruma,
Stat. S. 4, 5, 12.—
B.
To cause to stand still, to stop (rare; cf.
sisto, III. B.): navem extemplo statuimus,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57:
et statuit fessos, fessus et ipse, boves,
Prop. 4 (5), 9, 4:
famuli hoc modo statuerunt aquas,
Arn. 1, p. 30: sanguinem, Oct. Hor. 4.—
C.
To cause to stand firm, strengthen, support (rare; = stabilire), only transf.: qui rem publicam certo animo adjuverit, statuerit, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 56, 120 (Trag. Rel. v. 357 Rib.).
II.
Trop.
A.
To establish, constitute (= constituo).
1.
Esp.: exemplum or documentum (v. edo fin., and cf. Sen. Phoen. 320), to set forth an example or precedent for warning or imitation:
statuite exemplum impudenti, date pudori praemium,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 6:
exemplum statuite in me ut adulescentuli Vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:
ut illi intellegere possint, in quo homine statueris exemplum hujus modi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 45, § 111:
in quos aliquid exempli populus Romanus statui putat oportere,
id. ib. 2, 3, 90, §
210: statuam in te exemplum, ne quis posthac infelicibus miseriis patriae illudat,
Just. 8, 7, 14:
documentum autem statui oportere, si quis resipiscat et antiquam societatem respiciat,
Liv. 24, 45, 5: statueretur immo [p. 1753] documentum, quo uxorem imperator acciperet, a precedent, Tac. A. 12, 6.—
2.
Jus statuere, to establish a principle or relation of law:
ut (majores nostri) omnia omnium rerum jura statuerint,
Cic. Caecin. 12, 34: qui magistratum potestatemve habebit, si quid in aliquem novi juris statuerit, ipse quoque, adversario postulante, eodem jure uti debebit, if he has established any new principle of law, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 2, 2, 1, § 1:
si quid injungere inferiori velis, id prius in te ac tuos si ipse juris statueris, facilius omnes oboedientes habeas,
if you first admit it against yourself, Liv. 26, 36, 3:
si dicemus in omnibus aequabile jus statui convenire,
equal principles of law should be applied to all, Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4. —
3.
In gen., to establish by authority (of relations, institutions, rights, duties, etc.):
(Numa) omnis partis religionis statuit sanctissime,
Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:
hoc judicium sic exspectatur ut non unae rei statui, sed omnibus constitui putetur,
id. Tull. 15, 36:
ad formandos animos statuendasque vitae leges, Quint. prooem. 14: sic hujus (virtutis) ut caelestium statuta magnitudo est,
Sen. Ep. 79, 10:
vectigal etiam novum ex salaria annona statuerunt,
Liv. 29, 37, 2:
novos statuere fines,
id. 42, 24, 8:
neque eos quos statuit terminos observat,
id. 21, 44, 5:
quibus rebus cum pax statuta esset,
Just. 5, 10, 8; so id. 25, 1, 1:
sedesque ibi statuentibus,
id. 18, 5, 11.—
4.
With double acc., to constitute, appoint, create:
Hirtius arbitrum me statuebat non modo hujus rei, sed totius consulatus sui,
Cic. Att. 14, 1, a, 2:
telluris erum natura nec illum, nec quemquam constituit,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 130:
de principatu (vinorum) se quisque judicem statuet,
Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 59:
praefectus his statuitur Andragoras,
Just. 21, 4, 5.—
B.
To determine, fix, etc. (of temporal or local relations); constr. usually with acc. and dat. or acc. and gen.
1.
Modum statuere alicui or alicujus rei, to determine the manner, mode, or measure of, assign limits, restrictions or restraints to a thing or person, to impose restraints upon.
(α).
With dat.:
diuturnitati imperii modum statuendum putavistis,
that a limit should be assigned to the duration of his power, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26:
statui mihi tum modum et orationi meae,
imposed restraints upon myself and my words, id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:
non statuendo felicitati modum, nec cohibendo fortunam,
by not assigning any limits to his success, Liv. 30, 30, 23 (Pompeium) affirmabant, libertati publicae statuturum modum, Vell. 2, 40:
cupidinibus statuat natura modum,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:
quem modum sibi ipsa statuit (crudelitas)?
Val. Max. 9, 2 pr.:
modum ipsae res statuunt (i. e. sibi),
Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 216:
modum nuptiarum sumptibus statuerunt,
Just. 21, 4, 5:
timori quem meo statuam modum?
Sen. Thyest. 483;
and with finem: jam statui aerumnis modum et finem cladi,
id. Herc. Fur. 206. —
(β).
With gen.:
honestius te inimicitiarum modum statuere potuisse quam me humanitatis,
Cic. Sull. 17, 48:
ipse modum statuam carminis,
Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 44:
errorisque sui sic statuisse modum,
Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 36:
modum statuunt fellis pondere denarii,
they limit the quantity of the gall to the weight of a denarius, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 254.—
2.
Condicionem or legem alicui, to impose a condition or law upon one, to dictate, assign a condition to:
hanc tu condicionem statuis Gaditanis,
Cic. Balb. 10, 25:
providete ne duriorem vobis condicionem statuatis ordinique vestro quam ferre possit,
id. Rab. Post. 6, 15:
alter eam sibi legem statuerat ut, etc.,
id. Phil. 10, 6, 12: pretio statuta lege ne modum excederet, etc., the law being assigned to the price that not, etc., i. e. the price being limited by the law, etc., Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118:
pacis legem universae Graeciae statuit,
Just. 9, 5, 2.—So with ellipsis of dat., to agree upon, stipulate:
statutis condicionibus,
Just. 6, 1, 3:
omnibus consentientibus Carthago conditur, statuto annuo vectigali pro solo urbis,
id. 18, 5, 14. —
3.
Finem, to assign or put an end to, make an end of:
haud opinor commode Finem statuisse orationi militem,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 21:
et finem statuit cuppedinis atque timoris,
Lucr. 6, 25:
cum Fulvius Flaccus finem poenae eorum statuere cogeretur,
Val. Max. 3, 2, ext. 1: majores vestri omnium magnarum rerum et principia exorsi ab diis sunt, et finem statuerunt, finished, Liv. 45, 39, 10; so,
terminum: nam templis numquam statuetur terminus aevi,
Stat. S. 3, 1, 180:
cum consilii tui bene fortiterque suscepti eum tibi finem statueris, quem ipsa fortuna terminum nostrarum contentionum esse voluisset,
since you have assigned that end, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2.—
4.
Pretium alicui rei, to assign a price to something; fix, determine the price of something:
quae probast mers, pretium ei statuit,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:
numquam avare pretium statui arti meae,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 48:
statuit frumento pretium,
Tac. A. 2, 87; so with dat. understood:
ut eos (obsides) pretio quantum ipsi statuissent patres redimi paterentur,
Liv. 45, 42, 7:
pretium statuit (i. e. vecturae et sali),
id. 45, 29, 13; so with in and acc.: ut in singulas amphoras (vini) centeni nummi statuantur, that the price may be set down at 100 sesterces for an amphora, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56.—
5.
Statuere diem, horam, tempus, locum alicui rei, or alicui, or with dat. gerund., to assign or appoint a day, time, place, etc. (for the more usual diem dicere):
statutus est comitiis dies,
Liv. 24, 27, 1:
diem patrando facinori statuerat,
id. 35, 35, 15:
multitudini diem statuit ante quam sine fraude liceret ab armis discedere,
Sall. C. 36, 2:
dies insidiis statuitur,
id. J. 70, 3:
ad tempus locumque colloquio statuendum,
Liv. 28, 35, 4:
subverti leges quae sua spatia (= tempora) quaerendis aut potiundis honoribus statuerint,
Tac. A. 2, 36.—With ellipsis of dat.:
observans quem statuere diem,
Mart. 4, 54, 6:
noctem unam poscit: statuitur nox,
Tac. A. 13, 44.—Esp. in the part. statutus, fixed, appointed (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with status; v. sisto fin.):
institum ut quotannis... libri diebus statutis (statis) recitarentur,
Suet. Claud. 42:
ut die statuta omnes equos ante regiam producerent,
Just. 1, 10, 1:
quaedam (genera) statutum tempus anni habent,
Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 135:
fruges quoque maturitatem statuto tempore expectant,
Curt. 6, 3, 7:
sacrificium non esse redditum statuto tempore,
id. 8, 2, 6:
statuto tempore quo urbem Mithridati traderet,
Just. 16, 4, 9:
cum ad statutam horam omnes convenissent,
id. 1, 10, 8:
intra tempus statutum,
fixed by the law, Dig. 4, 4, 19 and 20.—
6.
To recount, count up, state (very rare): statue sex et quinquaginta annos, quibus mox divus Augustus rempublicam rexit: adice Tiberii tres et viginti... centum et viginti anni colliguntur, count, fix the number at, Tac. Or. 17:
Cinyphiae segetis citius numerabis aristas... quam tibi nostrorum statuatur summa laborum,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 29.—
C.
To decide, determine, with reference to a result, to settle, fix, bring about, choose, make a decision.
1.
Of disputes, differences, questions, etc., between others.
(α).
With interrog.-clause:
ut statuatis hoc judicio utrum posthac amicitias clarorum virorum calamitati hominibus an ornamento esse malitis,
Cic. Balb. 28, 65:
eam potestatem habetis ut statuatis utrum nos... semper miseri lugeamus, an, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 4:
in hoc homine statuatis, possitne senatoribus judicantibus homo nocentissim us pecuniosissimusque damnari,
id. Verr. 1, 16, 47:
vos statuite, recuperatores, utra (sententia) utilior esse videatur,
id. Caecin. 27, 77:
decidis tu statuisque quid iis ad denarium solveretur,
id. Quint. 4, 17:
magni esse judicis statuere quid quemque cuique praestare oporteret,
id. Off. 3, 17, 70:
mihi vero Pompeius statuisse videtur quid vos in judicando spectare oporteret,
id. Mil. 6, 15:
semel (senatus) statuerent quid donatum Masinissae vellent,
Liv. 42, 23:
nec quid faciendum modo sit statuunt, sed, etc.,
decide, dictate, id. 44, 22:
nondum statuerat conservaret eum necne,
Nep. Eum. 11, 2:
statutumque (est) quantum curules, quantum plebei pignoris caperent,
Tac. A. 13, 28: semel nobis esse statuendum quod consilium in illo sequamur, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4. —
(β).
With de:
ut consules de Caesaris actis cognoscerent, statuerent, judicarent,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:
et collegas suos de religione statuisse, in senatu de lege statuturos,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
ut de absente eo C. Licinius statueret ac judicaret,
Liv. 42, 22:
si de summa rerum liberum senatui permittat rex statuendi jus,
id. 42, 62: qui ab exercitu ab imperatore eove cui de ea re statuendi potestas fuerit, dimissus erit, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 3, 2, 1.—Often with reference to punishment:
cum de P. Lentulo ceterisque statuetis, pro certo habetote, vos simul de exercitu Catilinae decernere,
Sall. C. 52, 17:
satis visum de Vestilia statuere,
to pass sentence against, Tac. A. 2, 85:
jus statuendi de procuratoribus,
id. ib. 12, 54:
facta patribus potestate statuendi de Caeciliano,
id. ib. 6, 7; so id. ib. 13, 28; cf. id. ib. 15, 14; 2, 85; Suet. Tib. 61 fin. —In partic.: de se statuere, to decide on, or dispose of one's self, i. e. of one's life, = to commit suicide:
eorum qui de se statuebant humabantur corpora,
Tac. A. 6, 29.—
(γ).
With de and abl. and interrog.-clause:
si quibusdam populis permittendum esse videatur ut statuant ipsi de suis rebus quo jure uti velint,
Cic. Balb. 8, 22.—
(δ).
With contra:
consequeris tamen ut eos ipsos quos contra statuas aequos placatosque dimittas,
Cic. Or. 10, 34. —
(ε).
With indef. obj., usu. a neutr. pron.:
utrum igitur hoc Graeci statuent... an nostri praetores?
Cic. Fl. 12, 27:
dixisti quippiam: fixum (i. e. id) et statutum est,
id. Mur. 30, 62:
eoque utrique quod statuit contenti sunt,
Caes. B. C. 1, 87:
senatus, ne quid absente rege statueret,
Liv. 39, 24, 13:
maturato opus est, quidquid statuere placet (senatui),
id. 8, 13, 17:
id ubi in P. Licinio ita statutum est,
id. 41, 15, 10:
interrogatus quid ipse victorem statuere debere censeret,
Curt. 8, 14, 43:
quid in futurum statuerim, aperiam,
Tac. A. 4, 37:
utque rata essent quae procuratores sui in judicando statuerent,
Suet. Claud. 12;
qul statuit aliquid parte inaudita altera, aequum licet statuerit, haud aequus fuit,
Sen. Med. 2, 199:
non ergo quod libet statuere arbiter potest,
Dig. 4, 8, 32, § 15; cf.:
earum rerum quas Caesar statuisset, decrevisset, egisset,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 11.—
(ζ).
With de or super and abl.:
vos de crudelissimis parricidis quid statuatis cunctamini?
Sall. C. 52, 31:
nihil super ea re nisi ex voluntate filii statuere,
Suet. Tib. 13:
ne quid super tanta re absente principe statueretur,
Tac. H. 4, 9.—
(η).
Absol., mostly pass. impers.:
ita expediri posse consilium ut pro merito cujusque statueretur,
Liv. 8, 14, 1:
tunc ut quaeque causa erit statuetis,
id. 3, 53, 10:
non ex rumore statuendum,
decisions should not be founded on rumors, Tac. A. 3, 69.—
(θ).
With cognoscere, to examine ( officially) and decide:
petit ut vel ipse de eo causa cognita statuat, vel civitatem statuere jubeat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 19:
consuli ut cognosceret statueretque senatus permiserat,
Liv. 39, 3, 2:
missuros qui de eorum controversiis cognoscerent statuerentque,
id. 40, 20, 1; 45, 13, 11:
quod causa cognita erit statuendum,
Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 8.—
2.
With reference to the mind of the subject, to decide, to make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced, usu. with interrog.clause:
numquam intellegis, statuendum tibi esse, utrum illi homicidae sint an vindices libertatis,
Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30:
illud mirum videri solet, tot homines... statuere non potuisse, utrum judicem an arbitrum, rem an litem dici oporteret,
id. Mur. 12, 27:
neque tamen possum statuere, utrum magis mirer, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:
ipsi statuerent, quo tempore possent suo jure arma capere,
id. Tull. 5, 12:
ut statuerem quid esset faciendum,
id. Att. 7, 26, 3:
statuere enim qui sit sapiens, vel maxime videtur esse sapientis,
id. Ac. 2, 3, 9:
si habes jam statutum quid tibi agendum putes,
id. Fam. 4, 2, 4:
tu quantum tribuendum nobis putes statuas ipse, et, ut spero, statues ex nostra dignitate,
id. ib. 5, 8, 4:
vix statui posse utrum quae pro se, an quae contra fratrem petiturus esset ab senatu magis impetrabilia forent,
Liv. 45, 19, 6:
quam satis statuerat, utram foveret partem,
id. 42, 29, 11:
posse ipsam Liviam statuere, nubendum post Drusum, an, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 40:
statue quem poenae extrahas,
Sen. Troad. 661.—So with apud animum, to make up one's mind:
vix statuere apud animum meum possum atrum pejor ipsa res an pejore exemplo agatur,
Liv. 34, 2, 4:
proinde ipsi primum statuerent apud animos quid vellent,
id. 6, 39, 11.—Rarely with neutr, pron. as object:
quidquid nos de communi sententia statuerimus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:
sic statue, quidquid statuis, ut causam famamque tuam in arto stare scias,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1306.—
D.
To decree, order, prescribe.
1.
With ut or ne: statuunt ut decem milia hominum in oppidum submittantur, [p. 1754] Caes. B. G. 7, 21:
eos (Siculos) statuisse ut hoc quod dico postularet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 103:
statuunt illi atque decernunt ut eae litterae... removerentur,
id. ib. 2, 2, 71, §
173: statuit iste ut arator... vadimonium promitteret,
id. ib. 2, 3, 15, §
38: orare patres ut statuerent ne absentium nomina reciperentur,
id. ib. 2, 2, 42, §
103: statuitur ne post M. Brutum proconsulem sit Creta provincia,
id. Phil. 2, 38, 97:
(Tiberius) auxit patrum honorem statuendo ut qui ad senatum provocavissent, etc.,
Tac. A. 14, 28:
statuiturque (a senatu) ut... in servitute haberentur,
id. ib. 12, 53.—So of a decree, determination, or agreement by several persons or parties to be carried out by each of them:
statutum esse (inter plebem et Poenos) ut... impedimenta diriperent,
Liv. 23, 16, 6:
Athenienses cum statuerent, ut urbe relicta naves conscenderent,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:
statuunt ut fallere custodes tentent,
Ov. M. 4, 84.—
2.
With acc. (post-Aug.):
remedium statuere,
to prescribe a remedy against public abuses, Tac. A. 3, 28; 6, 4:
Caesar ducentesimam (vectigalis) in posterum statuit,
decreed that one half of one per cent. be the tax, id. ib. 2, 42.—So with sic (= hoc):
sic, di, statuistis,
Ov. M. 4, 661.—
3.
With dat. and acc. (not ante-Aug.):
eis (Vestalibus) stipendium de publico statuit,
decreed, allowed a salary, Liv. 1, 20, 3:
Aurelio quoque annuam pecuniam statuit princeps,
decreed, granted, Tac. A. 13, 34:
biduum criminibus obiciendis statuitur,
are allowed, id. ib. 3, 13:
itaque et alimenta pueris statuta... et patribus praemia statuta,
Just. 12, 4, 8:
ceu Aeolus insanis statuat certamina ventis,
Stat. Th. 6, 300:
non hoc statui sub tempore rebus occasum Aeoniis,
id. ib. 7, 219:
statuere alicui munera,
Val. Fl. 2, 566.—
4.
With dat. and interrog.-clause:
cur his quoque statuisti quantum ex hoc genere frumenti darent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:
ordo iis quo quisque die supplicarent, statutus,
Liv. 7, 28, 8.—
5.
In partic., of punishment, etc., to decree, measure out, inflict.
(α).
With poenam, etc., with or without in and acc. pers. (mostly post-Aug.):
considerando... in utra (lege) major poena statuatur,
Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145:
poenam statui par fuisse,
Tac. A. 14, 49:
qui non judicium, sed poenam statui videbant,
id. ib. 11, 6:
eadem poena in Catum Firmium statuitur,
id. ib. 6, 31:
senatu universo in socios facinoris ultimam statuente poenam,
Suet. Caes. 14;
so with mercedem (= poenam): debuisse gravissimam temeritatis mercedem statui,
Liv. 39, 55, 3; cf.
also: Thrasea, non quidquid nocens reus pati mereretur, id egregio sub principe statuendum disseruit,
Tac. A. 14, 48.— Absol.:
non debere eripi patribus vim statuendi (sc. poenas),
Tac. A. 3, 70.—
(β).
With indef. obj., generally with in and acc.: aliquid gravius in aliquem, to proceed severely against:
obsecrare coepit, ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20:
fac aliquid gravius in Hejum statuisse Mamertinos,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 19:
res monet cavere ab illis magis quam quid in illos statuamus consultare,
Sall. C. 52, 3:
qui cum triste aliquid statuit, fit tristis et ipse,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 119:
si quid ob eam rem de se crudelius statuerent,
Just. 2, 15, 10.—
(γ).
With a word expressing the kind of punishment (post-Aug.):
in Pompeiam Sabinam exilium statuitur,
Tac. A. 6, 24 (18).—
(δ).
De capite, to pass sentence of death:
legem illam praeclaram quae de capite civis Romani nisi comitiis centuriatis statui vetaret,
Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.—
E.
Referring to one's own acts, to resolve, determine, purpose, to propose, with inf. (first in Cic.;
freq. and class.): statuit ab initio et in eo perseveravit, jus publicano non dicere,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:
P. Clodius cum statuisset omni scelere in praetura vexare rem publicam,
id. Mil. 9, 24:
statuerat excusare,
to decline the office, id. Lig. 7, 21:
cum statuissem scribere ad te aliquid,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:
quod iste certe statuerat et deliberaverat non adesse,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:
se statuisse animum advertere in omnes nauarchos,
id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §
105: nam statueram in perpetuum tacere,
id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:
statueram... nihil de illo dicere,
id. Fragm. Clod. 1, 1:
statueram recta Appia Romam (i. e. venire),
id. Att. 16, 10, 1:
Pompeius statuerat bello decertare,
Caes. B. C. 3, 86: si cedere hinc statuisset, Liv. 44, 39, 7:
triumphare mense Januario statuerat,
id. 39, 15:
immemor sim propositi quo statui non ultra attingere externa nisi qua Romanis cohaererent rebus,
id. 39, 48:
rex quamquam dissimulare statuerat,
id. 42, 21:
opperiri ibi hostium adventum statuit,
id. 42, 54, 9:
ut statuisse non pugnare consules cognitum est,
id. 2, 45, 9:
exaugurare fana statuit,
id. 1, 55, 2:
Delphos mittere statuit,
id. 1, 56, 5:
eos deducere in agros statuerunt,
id. 40, 38, 2:
tradere se, ait, moenia statuisse,
id. 8, 25, 10:
Samnitium exercitus certamine ultimo fortunam experiri statuit,
id. 7, 37, 4:
statuit sic adfectos hosti non obicere,
id. 44, 36, 2:
sub idem tempus statuit senatus Carthaginem excidere,
Vell. 1, 12, 2:
statui pauca disserere,
Tac. H. 4, 73:
amoliri juvenem specie honoris statuit,
id. A. 2, 42:
statuerat urbem novam condere,
Curt. 4, 8, 1:
statuerat parcere urbi conditae a Cyro,
id. 7, 6, 20:
rex statuerat inde abire,
id. 7, 11, 4:
Alexander statuerat ex Syria petere Africam,
id. 10, 1, 17; 10, 5, 24; 5, 27 (9), 13; so,
statutum habere cum animo ac deliberatum,
to have firmly and deliberately resolved, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.—With sic:
caedis initium fecisset a me, sic enim statuerat,
id. Phil. 3, 7, 29.—
F.
To judge, declare as a judgment, be of opinion, hold (especially of legal opinions), think, consider (always implying the establishment of a principle, or a decided conviction; cf.: existimo, puto, etc.).
1.
With acc. and inf.
a.
In gen.:
senatus consulta falsa delata ab eo judicavimus... leges statuimus per vim et contra auspicia latas,
Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12:
statuit senatus hoc ne illi quidem esse licitum cui concesserat omnia,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 81:
quin is tamen (judex) statuat fieri non posse ut de isto non severissime judicetur,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, §
144: hujusce rei vos (recuperatores) statuetis nullam esse actionem qui obstiterit armatis hominibus?
id. Caecin. 13, 39, ut quisquam juris numeretur peritus, qui id statuit esse jus quod non oporteat judicari, who holds that to be the law, id. ib. 24, 68:
is (Pompeius) se in publico statuit esse non posse,
id. Pis. 13, 29:
tu unquam tantam plagam tacitus accipere potuisses, nisi hoc ita statuisses, quidquid dixisses te deterius esse facturum?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 133:
si causa cum causa contenderet, nos nostram perfacile cuivis probaturos statuebamus,
we were sure, id. Quint. 30, 92:
non statuit sibi quidquam licere quod non patrem suum facere vidisset,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 211:
hi sibi nullam societatem communis utilitatis causa statuunt esse cum civibus,
assume, id. Off. 3, 6, 28:
cum igitur statuisset opus esse ad eam rem constituendam pecunia,
had become convinced, id. ib. 2, 23, 82:
quo cive neminem ego statuo in hac re publica esse fortiorem,
id. Planc. 21, 51:
quam quidem laudem sapientiae statuo esse maximam,
id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:
hoc anno statuit temporis esse satis,
Ov. F. 1, 34:
nolim statuas me mente maligna id facere,
Cat. 67, 37.— So with sic:
velim sic statuas tuas mihi litteras longissimas quasque gratissimas fore,
Cic. Fam. 7, 33 fin.:
ego sic statuo a me in hac causa pietatis potius quam defensionis partes esse susceptas,
I hold, lay down as the principle of my defence, id. Sest. 2, 3:
quod sic statuit omnino consularem legem nullam putare,
id. ib. 64, 135:
sic statuo et judico, neminem tot et tanta habuisse ornamenta dicendi,
id. Or. 2, 28, 122. —Hence, statui, I have judged, i. e. I know, and statueram, I had judged, i. e. I knew:
ut ego qui in te satis consilii statuerim esse, mallem Peducaeum tibi consilium dare quam me, ironically,
Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4:
qui saepe audissent, nihil esse pulchrius quam Syracusarum moenia, statuerant se, si ea Verre praetore non vidissent, numquam esse visuros,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95.—With neutr. pron.:
si dicam non recte aliquid statuere eos qui consulantur,
that they hold an erroneous opinion, Cic. Caecin. 24, 68; cf.:
quis hoc statuit umquam, aut cui concedi potest, ut eum jure potuerit occidere a quo, etc.,
id. Tull. 24, 56; Quint. 5, 13, 21.—
b.
Particularly of a conclusion drawn from circumstances, to judge, infer, conclude; declare (as an inference):
cum tuto senatum haberi non posse judicavistis, tum statuiistis, etiam intra muros Antonii scelus versari,
Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13: quod si aliter statuetis, videte ne hoc vos statuatis, qui vivus decesserit, ei vim non esse factam, id. Caecin. 16, 46:
quid? si tu ipse statuisti, bona P. Quinctii ex edicto possessa non esse?
id. Quint. 24, 76:
ergo ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,
id. Off. 3, 16, 67:
Juppiter esse pium statuit quodcumque juvaret,
Ov. H. 4, 133.—With neutr. pron.:
hoc (i. e. litteris Gabinii credendum non esse) statuit senatus cum frequens supplicationem Gabinio denegavit,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14:
quod si tum statuit opus esse, quid cum ille decessisset, Flacco existimatis statuendum et faciendum fuisse?
id. Fl. 12, 29; cf. id. Caecin. 16, 46, supra; so,
hoc si ita statuetis,
id. ib. 16, 47.—
c.
Esp. with gerund.-clause.
(α).
To hold, judge, think, consider, acknowledge, that something must be done, or should have been done:
tu cum tuos amicos in provinciam quasi in praedam invitabas... non statuebas tibi de illorum factis rationem esse reddendam?
did you not consider, did it not strike you? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29: statuit, si hoc crimen extenuari vellet, nauarchos omnes vita esse privandos, he thought it necessary to deprive, etc., id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §
103: ut statuas mihi non modo non cedendum, sed etiam tuo auxilio utendum fuisse,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:
statuebam sic, boni nihil ab illis nugis expectandum,
id. Sest. 10, 24:
Antigonus statuit aliquid sibi consilii novi esse capiendum,
Nep. Eum. 8, 4. —So with opus fuisse:
ut hoc statuatis oratione longa nihil opus fuisse,
acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56: causam sibi dicendam esse statuerat jam ante quam hoc usu venit, knew (cf. a. supra), id. ib. 2, 5, 39, § 101. —
(β).
To think that one must do something, to resolve, propose, usu. with dat. pers.:
manendum mihi statuebam quasi in vigilia quadam consulari ac senatoria,
Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1: quae vobis fit injuria si statuimus, vestro nobis judicio standum esse, if we conclude, purpose, to abide, etc., id. Fl. 27, 65:
ut ea quae statuisses tibi in senatu dicenda, reticeres,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:
statuit tamen nihil sibi in tantis injuriis gravius faciendum,
id. Clu. 6, 16:
Caesar statuit exspectandam classem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:
non expectandum sibi statuit dum, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 11:
quod eo tempore statuerat non esse faciendum,
id. B. C. 3, 44:
statuit sibi nihil agitandum,
Sall. J. 39, 5:
Metellus statuit alio more bellum gerendum,
id. ib. 54, 5:
Laco statuit accuratius sibi agendum cum Pharnabazo,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 2:
sororis filios tollendos statuit,
Just. 38, 1.—
2.
With ut:
si, ut Manilius statuebat, sic est judicatum (= ut judicandum esse statuebat),
Cic. Caecin. 24, 69:
ut veteres statuerunt poetae (ut = quod ita esse),
id. Arat. 267 (33): quae majora auribus accepta sunt quam oculis noscuntur, ut statuit, as he thought, i. e. that those things were greater, etc., Liv. 45, 27:
cum esset, ut ego mihi statuo, talis qualem te esse video,
Cic. Mur. 14, 32.—
3.
With two acc. (= duco, existimo):
omnes qui libere de re publica sensimus, statuit ille quidem non inimicos, sed hostes,
regarded not as adversaries, but as foes, Cic. Phil. 11, 1, 3:
Anaximenes aera deum statuit,
id. N. D. 10, 26:
voluptatem summum bonum statuens,
id. Off. 1, 2, 5:
video Lentulum cujus ego parentem deum ac patronum statuo fortunae ac nominis mei,
id. Sest. 69, 144:
si rectum statuerimus concedere amicis quidquid velint,
id. Lael. 11, 38:
Hieronymus summum bonum statuit non dolere,
id. Fin. 2, 6, 19:
noster vero Plato Titanum e genere statuit eos qui... adversentur magistratibus,
id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
decretum postulat, quo justae inter patruos fratrumque filias nuptiae statuerentur,
Tac. A. 12, 7:
optimum in praesentia statuit reponere odium,
id. Agr. 39.— P. a.: stătūtus, a, um, i. e. baculo, propped, leaning on a stick (dub. v. I. C. supra):
vidistis senem... statutum, ventriosum?
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, subst.: stătūtum, i, n., a law, decision, determination, statute (late Lat.):
Dei,
Lact. 2, 16, 14:
Parcarum leges ac statuta,
id. 1, 11, 14:
statuta Dei et placita,
id. 7, 25, 8.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > statuo
34 subeo

sŭb-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. subīvit, Ov. F. 1, 314; Stat. S. 2, 1, 155: subivimus, Claud. ap. Tac. A. 11, 24 dub.), v. n. and a., to come or go under any thing; to come or go up to, to approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; to come or go on; to follow, succeed; to go down, sink; to come up, spring up (cf. succedo).
I.
Neutr.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
subire sub falas,
Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 10:
in nemoris latebras,
Ov. M. 4, 601; cf.: in aliquem locum, to enter, Auct. B. Alex. 74, 4:
in adversum Romani subiere,
Liv. 1, 12, 1:
in adversos montes,
id. 41, 18, 11:
testudine factā subeunt,
advance, Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 7:
Albani subiere ad montes,
Liv. 1, 28, 5:
subire ad portam castrorum,
id. 34, 16, 2; cf.:
ad urbem subeunt,
id. 31, 45, 4; 39, 27, 10; 36, 19, 1; and:
subeundum erat ad hostes,
id. 2, 31, 4:
ad tecta subibant,
Verg. A. 8, 359.—With dat.:
muro subibant,
Verg. A. 7, 161; so,
muro,
id. ib. 9, 371:
portu Chaonio (with accedere urbem),
id. ib. 3, 292:
luco,
id. ib. 8, 125:
dumis,
Sil. 5, 283:
ingenti feretro,
Verg. A. 6, 222:
age cervici inponere nostrae: Ipse subibo umeris,
id. ib. 2, 708:
per vices subeunt elephanti,
Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:
pone subit conjux,
follows, Verg. A. 2, 725; so Val. Fl. 4, 197; cf.:
dexterae alae sinistra subiit,
Liv. 27, 2, 7:
subeuntis alii aliis in custodiam,
id. 25, 37, 6; and:
subiit argentea proles,
Ov. M. 1, 114:
subit ipse meumque Explet opus,
succeeds me, takes my place, id. ib. 3, 648:
Volscus saxa objacentia pedibus ingerit in subeuntes,
climbing, Liv. 2, 65, 4:
vel eodem amne vel Euphrate subire eos posse,
i. e. sail up stream, Curt. 9, 10, 3; cf.:
adverso amne Babylona subituros,
id. 10, 1, 16.—
b.
Of things:
stamen a stando: subtemen, quod subit stamini,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.:
cum luna sub orbem solis subisset,
Liv. 37, 4, 4:
tertio die mixtum flumini subibat mare,
Curt. 9, 9, 7:
venae nonnumquam incipiente febre subeunt,
the pulse sinks, Cels. 3, 6 med.:
subeunt herbae,
come up, spring up, Verg. G. 1, 180; so,
barba,
i. e. sprouts, grows, Mart. 7, 83, 2:
subisse aquam in caelum,
Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 32.—
2.
In partic., to come on secretly, to advance or approach stealthily, to steal upon, steal into ( poet.), Prop. 1, 9, 26; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 6; id. A. A. 1, 742.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to come in, succeed, take place; to enter stealthily, come secretly or by degrees: in quarum locum subierunt inquilinae impietas, perfidia, impudentia, Varr. ap. Non. 403, 27:
fugere pudor verumque fidesque: In quorum subiere locum fraudesque dolique,
Ov. M. 1, 130:
pulchra subit facies,
id. ib. 14, 827:
subit ecce priori Causa recens,
id. ib. 3, 259:
an subit (amor) et tacitā callidus arte nocet?
id. Am. 1, 2, 6: subeunt morbi [p. 1775] tristisque senectus, Verg. G. 3, 67:
namque graves morbi subeunt segnisque senectus,
Nemes. Cyn. 117; cf.:
duo pariter subierunt incommoda,
arise, come up, Quint. 5, 10, 100:
ne subeant animo taedia justa tuo,
Ov. P. 4, 15, 30:
regio, quā vero ipsa subit ad Medos,
approaches, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115. —
2.
In partic., to come into the mind, to occur, suggest itself:
omnes sententiae verbaque omnia sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,
Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 151:
cum in loca aliqua post tempus reversi sumus, quae in his fecerimus, reminiscimur personaeque subeunt,
Quint. 11, 2, 17:
cum subeant audita aut cognita nobis,
Ov. M. 15, 307:
subit umbra,
id. ib. 12, 591:
subeunt illi fratresque parensque,
id. ib. 11. 542:
subiit cari genitoris imago... subiit deserta Creusa Et direpta domus et parvi casus Iuli,
Verg. A. 2, 560 sq.; Tac. A. 1, 13:
subeant animo Latmia saxa tuo,
Ov. H. 18, 62:
ne subeant animo taedia,
id. P. 4, 15, 30:
quantum subire animo sustinueris, tantum tecum auferas,
to grasp with the mind, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 7.—
(β).
Subit, with subj. - or rel.-clause ( poet. and in postAug. prose), Ov. M. 2, 755:
quo magis ac magis admirari subit,
Plin. 12, prooem. § 2;
35, 7, 31, § 49: misereri sortis humanae subit,
id. 25, 3, 7, § 23:
quid sim, quid fuerimque subit,
Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 38.
II.
Act.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen., to come or go under, to enter; to submit to; to approach, etc.:
exercitatissimi in armis, qui inter annos XIV. tectum non subissent,
had not come under a roof, Caes. B. G. 1, 36:
tecta,
Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 6, 669:
jam subeunt Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta,
Verg. A. 6, 13:
limina victor Alcides subiit,
id. ib. 8, 363:
domos,
Ov. M. 1, 121:
penates,
id. ib. 5, 650:
macra cavum repetes artum, quem macra subisti,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 33:
cum novies subiere paludem,
had plunged under, Ov. M. 15, 358; id. F. 1, 314:
et juncti currum dominae subiere leones,
Verg. A. 3, 313:
leones jugum subeant,
Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128:
asellus gravius dorso subiit onus,
i. e. submits to, receives, Hor. S. 1, 9, 21:
subire iniquissimum locum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 27: iniquum locum, Auct. B. Alex. 76, 2; id. B. Hisp. 24, 3:
collem,
to go up, mount, climb, scale, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:
consules utrimque aciem subeuntium jam muros adgrediuntur,
Liv. 7, 12, 3:
muros,
id. 27, 18:
impositum saxis Anxur,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 25:
si subeuntur prospera castra,
Juv. 16, 2 et saep.:
perfurit, Fadumque Herbesumque subit,
comes up to, attacks, assails, Verg. A. 9, 344; cf.:
interim fallendus est judex et variis artibus subeundus,
Quint. 4, 5, 5:
precibus commota Tonantem Juno subit,
approaches, Stat. Th. 9, 510:
subit ille minantem,
id. ib. 8, 84:
Aeneae mucronem,
Verg. A. 10, 798:
qui procul hostium conspectu subibant aquam,
Curt. 4, 13, 10:
Hispo subit juvenes, i. e. paedicat,
Juv. 2, 50.—
b.
Of things:
umbra subit terras,
Ov. M. 11, 61:
quos (lucos) aquae subeunt et aurae,
enter, Hor. C. 3, 4, 8:
montes Trasimenus,
Liv. 22, 4, 2:
litora pelagus, Mel. praef. 2: mare quod Ciliciam subit,
Curt. 7, 3, 19:
radices (petrae) Indus amnis subit,
id. 8, 11, 7:
clarus subit Alba Latinum,
succeeds, Ov. M. 14, 612 (al. clarus subit ecce Latinum Epytus); cf. id. ib. 1, 114:
furcas subiere columnae,
come into the place of, succeed, id. ib. 8, 700:
aqua subit altitudinem exortus sui,
rises to, reaches, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57:
lunamque deficere cum aut terram subiret aut sole premeretur,
Curt. 4, 10, 5.—
2.
In partic., to approach secretly, to steal upon or into (cf. supra, I. A. 2.):
multi Nomine divorum thalamos subiere pudicos,
Ov. M. 3, 282:
subit furtim lumina fessa sopor,
id. H. 19, 56.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen. (very rare):
sera deinde poenitentia subiit regem,
came upon, overtook, Curt. 3, 2, 19.—
2.
In partic.
a.
To come into, enter, occur to one's mind (cf. supra, I. B. 2.):
deinde cogitatio animum subiit, indignum esse, etc.,
Liv. 36, 20:
ut beneficiorum memoria subiret animos patrum,
id. 37, 49, 3:
spes animum subibat deflagrare iras vestras posse,
id. 40, 8, 9:
otiosum animum aliae cogitationes,
Quint. 11, 2, 33:
majora intellectu animos non subibunt,
id. 1, 2, 28:
mentem subit, quo praemia facto, etc.,
Ov. M. 12, 472; 7, 170:
subit ergo regem verecundia,
Curt. 5, 2, 15:
me recordantem miseratio,
Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10: feminas voluptas, id. Pan. 22, 3:
horum cogitatio subibat exercitum,
Curt. 7, 1, 4.—
b.
To follow in speech, interrupt, answer (post - class. and rare):
dicturum plura parentem Voce subis,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 352:
subit ille loquentem talibus,
id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 173; id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 133.—
c.
(The figure taken from stooping under a load, under blows, etc.) To subject one's self to, take upon one's self an evil; to undergo, submit to, sustain, endure, suffer it (class.;
a favorite expression of Cic.): omnes terrores periculaque omnia succurram atque subibo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:
omnia tela intenta in patriam subire atque excipere,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:
quis est non ultro appetendus, subeundus, excipiendus dolor?
id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14:
subire vim atque injuriam,
id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:
inimicitiae sunt: subeantur,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182:
maximas rei publicae tempestates,
id. Mur. 2, 4:
invidiam, pericula, tempestates,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 12:
nefarias libidinum contumelias turpitudinesque,
id. Pis. 35, 86:
potentiam, victoriam,
id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:
contumeliarum verbera,
id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:
majora Verbera,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 120:
non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae condicionem,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:
fortunam,
id. Fam. 14, 5, 1:
judicium multitudinis imperitae,
id. Fl. 1, 2:
odium eorum,
id. Att. 11, 17, 2:
usum omnium,
id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:
aliquid invidiae aut criminis,
id. N. D. 3, 1, 3:
quemque casum,
id. Att. 8, 1, 3:
quamvis carnificinam,
id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:
dupli poenam,
id. Off. 3, 16, 65:
legis vim,
id. Caecin. 34, 100:
summae crudelitatis famam,
id. Cat. 4, 6, 12; cf.:
minus sermonis,
id. Att. 11, 6, 2:
poenam exsilii,
Val. Max. 6, 5, 3:
simultates,
Plin. Ep. 2, 18, 5:
offensas,
id. ib. 13, 9, 26:
periculum,
Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 7:
jam tum peregrinos ritus novā subeunte fortunā,
Curt. 4, 6, 29. —With inf., to attempt, try, undertake:
adversa tela pellere,
Stat. S. 5, 2, 105:
clavum torquere,
Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 46.— Hence, sŭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., that has come on suddenly or unexpectedly, i. e. sudden, unexpected (freq. and class.; cf.:
repens, improvisus): res subita,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 23:
in rebus tam subitis,
Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2:
maris subita tempestas,
id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:
subita et improvisa formido,
id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:
laetitia, etc.,
Auct. Her. 1, 8, 13:
subita pugna, non praeparata,
Quint. 7, 1, 35:
ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,
Caes. B. G. 3, 8:
novae rei ac subitae admiratio,
Liv. 2, 2:
bellum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7:
incursiones hostium,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 11:
ministeria belli,
Liv. 4, 27:
imbres,
Lucr. 5, 216:
vis,
id. 1, 286; 4, 1210:
res,
id. 6, 1282:
mors,
Quint. 7, 2, 14:
casus,
id. 10, 3, 3; Suet. Aug. 73:
tristia,
Val. Max. 1, 6, 12:
silentium,
Quint. 12, 5, 3: miles, hastily collected (opp. vetus expertusque;
syn. subitarius),
Tac. H. 4, 76; cf.:
aqua mulsa subita ac recens (opp. inveterata),
Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 110: imagines non subitae, not newly sprung up, i. e. old, ancient, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:
homo,
rash, Cic. Pis. Fragm. 5: clivi, sudden, i. e. steep, Stat. Th. 6, 258.—Esp., = subito (post-Aug.):
non percussor ille subitus erumpet?
Quint. 6, 2, 31; so,
manūs dux Trapezuntem subitus irrupit,
Tac. H. 3, 47:
subitum inopinatumque venisse,
Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 3:
evadere,
Flor. 4, 2, 59.—
2.
As subst.: sŭbĭtum, i. n., a sudden or unexpected thing, a sudden occurrence, etc.:
Lesbonicum foras evocate: ita subitum'st, propere eum conventum volo,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 51; cf.:
subitum est ei remigrare,
Cic. Fam. 13, 2:
si tibi subiti nihil est,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 36:
in subito,
Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143.—In plur.:
ut subitis ex tempore occurrant,
Quint. 10, 7, 30; cf.:
etiam fortes viros subitis terreri,
Tac. A. 15, 59:
quamvis non deficeretur ad subita extemporali facultate,
Suet. Aug. 84:
si repentina ac subita dominantur,
Sen. Ep. 16, 6: sive meditata sive subita proferret, whether he spoke after deliberation or off-hand, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—With gen.:
ad subita rerum,
Liv. 9, 43:
ad subita belli,
id. 6, 32; 25, 15, 20; Flor. 1, 1, 11.—
b.
Adverb., suddenly, unexpectedly:
per subitum erumpit clamor,
Sil. 10, 505; so,
per subitum,
id. 7, 594; 8, 628; 12, 654; 14, 330; 15, 145;
15, 404: in subitum,
id. 7, 527: ad subitum, Cassiod. Var. praef. med. —Hence, adv.: sŭbĭtō, suddenly, unexpectedly (freq. and class.; cf.: repente, extemplo, ilico): ut subito, ut propere, ut valide tonuit! Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 4:
nova res subito mihi haec objecta est,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 7:
ita abripuit repente sese subito,
id. Mil. 2, 2, 21:
subito tanta te impendent mala,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 2:
cum tot bella subito atque improviso nascantur,
Cic. Font. 19, 42:
ex oculis subito fugit,
Verg. G. 4, 499:
cum subito ecce,
Cic. Caecin. 10, 30:
ut subito nostras Hymen cantatus ad aures Venit,
Ov. H. 12, 137; Curt. 9, 9, 19:
subito deficere,
Quint. 7, 2, 14:
quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:
tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39:
subito opprimi,
Liv. 41, 3:
si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 17 et. saep.:
subito dicere,
without preparation, extempore, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150:
quod vox et gestus subito sumi non potest,
id. ib. 1, 59, 252:
neque potest quisquam nostrum subito fingi,
id. Sull. 25, 69:
aliquid subito ex tempore conjectura explicare,
id. Div. 1, 33, 72; so,
dicere,
Quint. 10, 3, 30; 11, 3, 12:
inventa (opp. domo allata),
id. 4, 5, 4:
cum subito evaserunt,
Col. 9, 9, 3:
tam subito copias contrahere non potuit,
so quickly, Nep. Dat. 7, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > subeo
35 acūtus

acūtus adj. with comp. and sup. [P. of acuo], sharpened, pointed, sharp, cutting: sudes, Cs.: ferrum, H.: aures, pointed, H.: acuta leto Saxa (i. e. ad letum dandum), H.—Fig., to the senses, sharp, pungent, shrill: sonus acutissimus, highest treble: aera, shrill, H.: stridor, H.: sol, oppressive, H.: morbus, violent, H. — Subst: acuta belli, violent calamities, H.— Adv: resonare acutum, shrilly, H. —Of the senses, keen, sharp: oculi: nares, i. e. rigid censoriousness, H.—Of the mind, keen, acute, discerning, penetrating, intelligent, sagacious, cunning: si qui acutiores in contione steterunt: hominum genus: studia, i. e. requiring a keen mind: homo ad fraudem, N.— Adv: acutum cernis, keenly, H.
* * *
I
acuta -um, acutior -or -us, acutissimus -a -um ADJ

sharp, sharpened, pointed/tapering; severe; glaring; acute, wise; high-pitched
II
acuta, acutum ADJ

of small radius; acute (angle)

Latin-English dictionary > acūtus
36 ad-moneō

ad-moneō nuī, nitus, ēre, to bring to mind, remind, suggest, put in mind of: te: (me) equorum, O.: alqm foederis, L.: admonitus re ipsā recordor quantum, etc.: deorum ira admonuit, aroused him, L.: de quo (proelio) vos: de moribus civitatis, S.: illud te esse admonitum volo, I want you reminded of that: necessitas... admonet esse hominem, reminds one that he is, etc.: quae pars absit, O.—Supin. acc.: admonitum venimus te.—Esp., to remind of a debt, dun: potestas admonendi. — With a view to action, to warn, admonish, advise, urge, suggest, order, bid: ad thesaurum reperiendum: me ut... deplorarem, etc.: admonendi... ut morem servaretis, L.: hunc admonet, iter caute faciat, Cs.: ut eum suae libidines facere admonebant: Matrem ratibus depellere taedas, V.: casu admoniti, omnia paraverunt, Cs.— To goad, urge on (poet.): telo biiugos, V.

Latin-English dictionary > ad-moneō
37 ālūcinor

ālūcinor (not hālūcinor, hallū-), ātus, ārī, dep., to wander in mind, talk unreasonably, ramble in thought: suspicor hunc alucinari: epistulae nostrae debent interdum alucinari, indulge in vague digressions: quae alucinatus est.
* * *

alucinari, alucinatus sum V DEP

wander in mind, talk idly/unreasonably, ramble, dream; wander

Latin-English dictionary > ālūcinor
38 cōgitō

cōgitō āvī, ātus, āre [com- + agito], to consider thoroughly, ponder, weigh, reflect upon, think: etiam atque etiam, T.: animo, T.: rationem: maiores vestros, Ta.: te video, non cogito solum: Scipionem, to call to mind: quid agam, T.: in quantā calamitate sis, S.: quo loco sis: quantum in illo sceleris fuerit: tantum sibi esse permissum, quantum, etc.: haec posse accidere, Cs.: quem gentes castiorem cogitaverunt?: de nobis. — To feel, be inclined, be disposed: humaniter in me: si quid amice de Romanis cogitabis, are friendly to, N.: Karthago male iam diu cogitans, hostile in disposition. — To have in mind, intend, meditate, design, plan, purpose, mean: hunc in aedīs Recipere, T.: si liberi esse cogitaretis: ex fumo dare lucem, H.: nihil nisi caedes: quid mali cogitari potest, quod, etc.: mecum rem, Cu.: latere arbitrabantur quae cogitaverant, their purposes, N.: quid Cantaber cogitet, H.: scelus, Iu.: quid cogitet Auster, V.: ut aliquid acquireret, Cs.: ut haberet, quā fugeret, N.: ne quam occasionem dimitteret, Cs.: dies ac noctes de pernicie filii, plotted for: de nostro interitu: in Pompeianum cogitabam (sc. ire): eo die cogitabam in Agnanino (sc. manere).
* * *

cogitare, cogitavi, cogitatus V

think; consider, reflect on, ponder; imagine, picture; intend, look forward to

Latin-English dictionary > cōgitō
39 commone-faciō (conm-)

commone-faciō (conm-) fēcī, factus, pass. -fīō, -factus, -faciendus, -fierī [commoneo + facio], to recall, bring to mind: istius turpem praeturam. — To remind, put in mind, admonish, impress upon: te propter magnitudinem provinciae esse commonefaciendum: quemque benefici sui, S.: tui sceleris commonefieri: quae a Dumnorige sint dicta, Cs.: sanxisse Augustum, Ta.: eum, ut utatur, etc.

Latin-English dictionary > commone-faciō (conm-)
40 cor

cor cordis (no gen plur.), n [CARD-], the heart: sine corde esse: gemitūs alto de corde petiti, O.— Plur, persons, souls (poet.): fortissima, V.: aspera, V.—Fig., the heart, soul, mind: meo Cordi carior, T.: stupor cordis: cor tangere querelā, H.: nequeunt expleri corda tuendo, V.: excute Corde metum, O.: ferocia corda, furious temper, V.—Esp., dat predic., with esse and dat. of person, to be at heart, please, be agreeable: uterque utriquest cordi, is dear, T.: quae vivis cordi fuisse arbitrantur, loved while alive, Cs.: id eo mihi magis est cordi, quod, etc.: cui tristia bella cordi, V.: adeo exstinguere vestigia urbis cordi est, they are so bent on, L.
* * *

cordis N N

heart; mind/soul/spirit; intellect/judgment; sweetheart; souls/persons (pl.)

Latin-English dictionary > cor

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