natura+su

perfĭcus, a, um, adj. [perficio], completing, perfecting ( poet.):

natura,

Lucr. 2, 1116.—

Subst.: Perfĭca, ae, f., the finishing or completing goddess, she that perfects:

natura creatrix,

Lucr. 2, 1116.—

Of the goddess supposed to preside over sexual indulgence,

Arn. 4, 131.

praecĭpŭus, a, um, adj. [praecipio], that is taken before other things (cf. princeps): excipuum quod excipitur, ut praecipuum, quod ante capitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80 Müll.—Hence,

Particular, peculiar, especial (class.;

opp. communis),

Cic. Sull. 3, 9; cf. id. ib. 4, 12; id. Fam. 4, 15, 2; cf. also id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae conditionem subire,

id. Rep. 1, 4, 7.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., that is received beforehand (esp. as an inheritance), special:

praecipua dos,

Dig. 33, 4, 2 fin.:

peculium,

ib. 40, 5, 23; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 6.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, ĭi, n., that which is received from an inheritance before the general distribution of the property:

sestertium quingenties cum praecipuum inter legatarios habuisset,

Suet. Galb. 5.—

Transf., like eximius, special, chief, principal, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary:

hic homo'st hominum omnium praecipuos,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 1: opera praecipua, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2:

jus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit, Caes. B. G. 5, 52:

natura ingenerat praecipuum quendam amorem in eos, qui procreati sunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:

Cicero praecipuus in eloquentiā vir,

Quint. 6, 3, 3; cf.:

praecipuus scientiā rei militaris,

Tac. A. 12, 40:

vir praecipuus corpore viribusque,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154: mox praecipuus cui secreta imperatorum inniterentur ( the first), Tac. A. 3, 30.— Absol.:

ex quibus praecipuos attingemus,

Quint. 8, 3, 89:

ponendus inter praecipuos,

id. 10, 1, 116.—With gen.:

philosophorum Platonem esse praecipuum,

Quint. 10, 1, 81:

praecipui amicorum,

Tac. A. 15, 56 fin.:

remedia calculo humano,

Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261:

herba dentibus,

id. 25, 13, 107, § 170; cf.:

herba ad serpentium ictus,

id. 8, 27, 41, § 97.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, i, n., excellence, superiority:

homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse,

Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 110.— Plur.: praecĭpŭa, ōrum, n.

In gen., matters of special importance:

duo statim praecipua ex imperatoriā mente monstravit,

Vop. Aur. 23, 1:

principum diversam esse sortem, quibus praecipua rerum ad famam dirigenda,

Tac. A. 4, 40. —

Points of superiority, of excellence:

aurigarum equorumque praecipua vel delicta,

Amm. 14, 6, 25.—

Esp., in the philos. lang. of the Stoics, principal or considerable things, things that come next to absolute good, the Gr. proêgmena, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52 (v. the passage in connection).— Hence, adv.: praecĭpŭē, chiefly, principally, eminently (class.; cf.:

inprimis, maxime, potissimum, praesertim),

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 31:

praecipue de consularibus disputare,

Cic. Sull. 29, 82:

praecipue florere,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

semper Aeduorum civitati praecipue indulserat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40; id. B. C. 3, 68:

rationem praestat praecipue analogia,

Quint. 1, 6, 1:

praecipue quidem apud Ciceronem,

id. 1, 8, 11:

fortasse ubique, in narratione tamen praecipue,

id. 10, 1, 51:

inferioribus praecipueque adulescentulis parcere decet,

id. 11, 1, 68:

praecipue sanus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 108:

quos praecipue fugiam,

Juv. 3, 59:

vivendum recte est cum propter plurima, tum his praecipue causis,

id. 9, 119.—

Transf., = praesertim, especially, particularly ( poet. and postAug.):

sed perlectus liber utique ex integro resumendus, praecipueque oratio,

Quint. 10, 1, 20:

ostendunt admirabilem praecipue in aetate illā recti generis voluntatem,

id. 10, 1, 89:

pantheres, leones non attingunt perunctos eo, praecipue si et alium fuerit incoctum,

Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 78; 29, 4, 34, § 107.—So with cum:

sedulitas stulte urget, Praecipue cum se numeris commendat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

praecĭpŭus, a, um, adj. [praecipio], that is taken before other things (cf. princeps): excipuum quod excipitur, ut praecipuum, quod ante capitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80 Müll.—Hence,

Particular, peculiar, especial (class.;

opp. communis),

Cic. Sull. 3, 9; cf. id. ib. 4, 12; id. Fam. 4, 15, 2; cf. also id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae conditionem subire,

id. Rep. 1, 4, 7.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., that is received beforehand (esp. as an inheritance), special:

praecipua dos,

Dig. 33, 4, 2 fin.:

peculium,

ib. 40, 5, 23; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 6.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, ĭi, n., that which is received from an inheritance before the general distribution of the property:

sestertium quingenties cum praecipuum inter legatarios habuisset,

Suet. Galb. 5.—

Transf., like eximius, special, chief, principal, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary:

hic homo'st hominum omnium praecipuos,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 1: opera praecipua, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2:

jus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit, Caes. B. G. 5, 52:

natura ingenerat praecipuum quendam amorem in eos, qui procreati sunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:

Cicero praecipuus in eloquentiā vir,

Quint. 6, 3, 3; cf.:

praecipuus scientiā rei militaris,

Tac. A. 12, 40:

vir praecipuus corpore viribusque,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154: mox praecipuus cui secreta imperatorum inniterentur ( the first), Tac. A. 3, 30.— Absol.:

ex quibus praecipuos attingemus,

Quint. 8, 3, 89:

ponendus inter praecipuos,

id. 10, 1, 116.—With gen.:

philosophorum Platonem esse praecipuum,

Quint. 10, 1, 81:

praecipui amicorum,

Tac. A. 15, 56 fin.:

remedia calculo humano,

Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261:

herba dentibus,

id. 25, 13, 107, § 170; cf.:

herba ad serpentium ictus,

id. 8, 27, 41, § 97.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, i, n., excellence, superiority:

homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse,

Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 110.— Plur.: praecĭpŭa, ōrum, n.

In gen., matters of special importance:

duo statim praecipua ex imperatoriā mente monstravit,

Vop. Aur. 23, 1:

principum diversam esse sortem, quibus praecipua rerum ad famam dirigenda,

Tac. A. 4, 40. —

Points of superiority, of excellence:

aurigarum equorumque praecipua vel delicta,

Amm. 14, 6, 25.—

Esp., in the philos. lang. of the Stoics, principal or considerable things, things that come next to absolute good, the Gr. proêgmena, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52 (v. the passage in connection).— Hence, adv.: praecĭpŭē, chiefly, principally, eminently (class.; cf.:

inprimis, maxime, potissimum, praesertim),

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 31:

praecipue de consularibus disputare,

Cic. Sull. 29, 82:

praecipue florere,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

semper Aeduorum civitati praecipue indulserat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40; id. B. C. 3, 68:

rationem praestat praecipue analogia,

Quint. 1, 6, 1:

praecipue quidem apud Ciceronem,

id. 1, 8, 11:

fortasse ubique, in narratione tamen praecipue,

id. 10, 1, 51:

inferioribus praecipueque adulescentulis parcere decet,

id. 11, 1, 68:

praecipue sanus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 108:

quos praecipue fugiam,

Juv. 3, 59:

vivendum recte est cum propter plurima, tum his praecipue causis,

id. 9, 119.—

Transf., = praesertim, especially, particularly ( poet. and postAug.):

sed perlectus liber utique ex integro resumendus, praecipueque oratio,

Quint. 10, 1, 20:

ostendunt admirabilem praecipue in aetate illā recti generis voluntatem,

id. 10, 1, 89:

pantheres, leones non attingunt perunctos eo, praecipue si et alium fuerit incoctum,

Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 78; 29, 4, 34, § 107.—So with cum:

sedulitas stulte urget, Praecipue cum se numeris commendat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

praecĭpŭus, a, um, adj. [praecipio], that is taken before other things (cf. princeps): excipuum quod excipitur, ut praecipuum, quod ante capitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80 Müll.—Hence,

Particular, peculiar, especial (class.;

opp. communis),

Cic. Sull. 3, 9; cf. id. ib. 4, 12; id. Fam. 4, 15, 2; cf. also id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae conditionem subire,

id. Rep. 1, 4, 7.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., that is received beforehand (esp. as an inheritance), special:

praecipua dos,

Dig. 33, 4, 2 fin.:

peculium,

ib. 40, 5, 23; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 6.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, ĭi, n., that which is received from an inheritance before the general distribution of the property:

sestertium quingenties cum praecipuum inter legatarios habuisset,

Suet. Galb. 5.—

Transf., like eximius, special, chief, principal, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary:

hic homo'st hominum omnium praecipuos,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 1: opera praecipua, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2:

jus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit, Caes. B. G. 5, 52:

natura ingenerat praecipuum quendam amorem in eos, qui procreati sunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:

Cicero praecipuus in eloquentiā vir,

Quint. 6, 3, 3; cf.:

praecipuus scientiā rei militaris,

Tac. A. 12, 40:

vir praecipuus corpore viribusque,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154: mox praecipuus cui secreta imperatorum inniterentur ( the first), Tac. A. 3, 30.— Absol.:

ex quibus praecipuos attingemus,

Quint. 8, 3, 89:

ponendus inter praecipuos,

id. 10, 1, 116.—With gen.:

philosophorum Platonem esse praecipuum,

Quint. 10, 1, 81:

praecipui amicorum,

Tac. A. 15, 56 fin.:

remedia calculo humano,

Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261:

herba dentibus,

id. 25, 13, 107, § 170; cf.:

herba ad serpentium ictus,

id. 8, 27, 41, § 97.— Subst.: praecĭpŭum, i, n., excellence, superiority:

homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse,

Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 110.— Plur.: praecĭpŭa, ōrum, n.

In gen., matters of special importance:

duo statim praecipua ex imperatoriā mente monstravit,

Vop. Aur. 23, 1:

principum diversam esse sortem, quibus praecipua rerum ad famam dirigenda,

Tac. A. 4, 40. —

Points of superiority, of excellence:

aurigarum equorumque praecipua vel delicta,

Amm. 14, 6, 25.—

Esp., in the philos. lang. of the Stoics, principal or considerable things, things that come next to absolute good, the Gr. proêgmena, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52 (v. the passage in connection).— Hence, adv.: praecĭpŭē, chiefly, principally, eminently (class.; cf.:

inprimis, maxime, potissimum, praesertim),

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 31:

praecipue de consularibus disputare,

Cic. Sull. 29, 82:

praecipue florere,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

semper Aeduorum civitati praecipue indulserat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40; id. B. C. 3, 68:

rationem praestat praecipue analogia,

Quint. 1, 6, 1:

praecipue quidem apud Ciceronem,

id. 1, 8, 11:

fortasse ubique, in narratione tamen praecipue,

id. 10, 1, 51:

inferioribus praecipueque adulescentulis parcere decet,

id. 11, 1, 68:

praecipue sanus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 108:

quos praecipue fugiam,

Juv. 3, 59:

vivendum recte est cum propter plurima, tum his praecipue causis,

id. 9, 119.—

Transf., = praesertim, especially, particularly ( poet. and postAug.):

sed perlectus liber utique ex integro resumendus, praecipueque oratio,

Quint. 10, 1, 20:

ostendunt admirabilem praecipue in aetate illā recti generis voluntatem,

id. 10, 1, 89:

pantheres, leones non attingunt perunctos eo, praecipue si et alium fuerit incoctum,

Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 78; 29, 4, 34, § 107.—So with cum:

sedulitas stulte urget, Praecipue cum se numeris commendat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

prō̆-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour out or forth, to shed copiously, to cause to flow (class.).

Lit.:

sanguinem suum profundere omnem cupit, dummodo profusum hujus ante videat,

Cic. Clu. 6, 18:

sanguinem pro patriā,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 60; 2, 30, 97:

vim lacrimarum,

id. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

lacrimas oculis,

Verg. A. 12, 154; Ov. M. 9, 679; 7, 91; Sen. Med. 541:

sanguinem ex oculis,

Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164:

aquam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 29:

vinum,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 92:

vina deo tamquam sitienti,

Lact. 2, 4, 13; 6, 1, 5:

aquas sub mensas,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 26. —With se, to burst or gush forth:

lacrimae se subito profuderunt,

Cic. Ac. 11, 7, 6.—

Transf.

To stretch at full length, to prostrate ( poet.):

cum somnus membra profudit,

Lucr. 4, 757:

praecipites profusae in terram,

id. 6, 744.—Mid.: profusus, abjectus jacens. Pacuvius: profusus gemitu, murmure, stretched at full length, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 321 Rib.). —

To pour or cast out, bring forth, produce (class.): posticā parte profudit, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 16:

(puerum) ex alvo matris natura profudit,

Lucr. 5, 225:

sonitus,

id. 6, 401:

ignes,

id. 6, 210:

omnia ex ore,

id. 6, 6:

pectore voces,

to pour forth, utter, Cat. 64, 202:

vocem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56:

clamorem,

id. Fl. 6, 15; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

voces,

Cat. 64, 202:

vitia,

Suet. Tib. 42:

dolorem,

Vop. Aur. 1:

palmites,

Col. 5, 5, 17.—

With se, to pour forth, rush forth or out; of bees:

cum se nova profundent examina,

Col. 9, 3;

of archers: omnis multitudo sagittariorum se profudit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93;

of luxuriant plants: ea, quae se nimium profuderunt,

have shot out, sent out shoots, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

profundit se supra modum numerus palmitum,

Col. 7, 24, 4.—

Trop., to cast or throw away:

ventis verba profundere,

Lucr. 4, 931:

quae si non profundere ac perdere videbor,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 17.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, spend uselessly; to lavish, dissipate, squander:

profundat, perdat, pereat,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 54; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 155:

patrimonia,

id. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

pecunias in res,

id. Off. 2, 16, 55.—

In a good sense, to spend, sacrifice:

non modo pecuniam, sed vitam etiam profundere pro patriā,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84.—

Esp., of life, to yield, give up:

animam,

Cic. Marc. 10, 32:

si pateretur natura, vel denas animas profundere praestabat in pugnā, quam, etc.,

Amm. 26, 10, 13:

spiritum in acie,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—

To pour out, vent; to expend, exert, employ; to set forth, show, explain:

odium in aliquem,

Cic. Pis. 7, 16:

omnes profudi vires animi atque ingenii mei,

id. Att. 1, 18, 2:

res universas,

to set forth, explain, id. Ac. 2, 27, 87.—

With se, to pour itself forth, i. e. to rush forth, break out:

voluptates cum inclusae diutius, subito se nonnumquam profundunt atque eiciunt universae,

Cic. Cael. 31, 75:

si totum se ille in me profudisset,

had wholly poured himself out to me, had been liberal, id. Att. 7, 3, 3:

in questus flebiles sese in vestibulo curiae profuderunt,

Liv. 23, 20, 5.—Hence, prŏ-fūsus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., spread out, extended, hanging down (ante- and postclass.):

cauda profusa usque ad calces,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5.— Comp.:

equi coma et cauda profusior,

longer, Pall. 4, 13.—

Trop.

Lavish, extravagant, profuse (class.; cf.

prodigus): perditus ac profusus nepos,

Cic. Quint. 12, 40:

reus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20.—With gen.:

alieni appetens, sui profusus,

lavish of his own, Sall. C. 5, 4.—With in and abl.:

simul ad jacturam temporis ventum est, profusissimi in eo, cujus unius honesta avaritia est,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 2.—Of things abstr. and concr.:

profusis sumptibus vivere,

Cic. Quint. 30, 93:

profusa luxuria in aedificiis,

Vell. 2, 33, 4.—

In a good sense, liberal ( poet.):

mens profusa,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 91:

homo,

Mart. 8, 38, 11.—

Costly, expensive:

amare profusas epulas,

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

convivia,

Suet. Tit. 7.—

Immoderate, excessive, extravagant:

profusa hilaritas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15:

genus jocandi,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

cupido,

Tac. H. 1, 52.— Sup.:

profusissima libido,

Suet. Claud. 53.— Adv.: prŏfūsē.

Lit., lavishly, extravagantly, profusely (post-Aug.):

aedes profuse exstructa,

at an immoderate expense, Suet. Aug. 72.— Sup.:

festos et solemnes dies profusissime celebrabat,

Suet. Aug. 75.—

Trop.

In disorder, confusedly:

consul obstitit profuse tendentibus suis in castra,

Liv. 10, 36.—

Immoderately, excessively:

profuse prolixeque laudare,

Gell. 5, 1, 2.— Comp.:

eo profusius sumptui deditus erat,

Sall. C. 13, 5.

quaero (old orthogr. QVAIRO, Epitaphs of the Scipios, 6; for the original form and etym. quaeso, ĕre, v. quaeso), sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, v. a., to seek.

Lit.

In gen.: aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 3:

te ipsum quaerebam,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3:

escam in sterquilinio,

Phaedr. 3, 12 init. —

In partic.

To seek to get or procure, to seek or search for a thing, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38:

rem mercaturis faciendis,

Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.— Absol.:

contrivi in quaerendo vitam atque aetatem meam,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15; 5, 3, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57; id. A. P. 170.—

Transf., to get, procure, obtain, acquire a thing:

uxores liberorum quaerendorum causā ducere,

Suet. Caes. 52:

liberorum quaerundorum causā ei uxor data est,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 109; cf.:

quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 21.—

To seek for something missing, to miss:

Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

optatos Tyndaridas,

Prop. 1, 17, 18:

Phoebi comam,

Tib. 2, 3, 20:

amnes,

Stat. Th. 4, 703.—

To ask, desire, with ut and subj.:

quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem quidnam istis agendum putem,

Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—

Trop.

In gen., to seek, i. e. to think over, meditate, aim at, plan a thing:

dum id quaero, tibi qui filium restituerem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 83:

quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus,

Sall. C. 33,5:

fugam,

Cic. Att. 7, 17, 1; id. Mur. 37, 80:

sibi remedium ad rem aliquam,

id. Clu. 9, 27:

de gratiā quid significares, mecum ipse quaerebam,

id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—With inf.:

tristitiae causam si quis cognoscere quaerit,

seeks, strives, endeavors, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 7; id. Am. 1, 8, 51; Hor. C. 3, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2 al.—

In partic.

To look for, seek to gain any thing; to get, acquire, obtain, procure:

laudem sibi,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 74:

salutem alicui malo,

id. Ad. 3, 2, 2:

negabant ullā aliā in re nisi in naturā quaerendum esse illud summum bonum,

Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

pudentem exitum suae impudentiae,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

invidiam in aliquem,

id. Rab. Post. 17, 46. —

Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to demand, need, require, = requirere:

quod cujusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 29:

lites ex limitibus judicem quaerant,

Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1:

bellum dictatoriam majestatem quaesivisset,

Liv. 8, 30:

quaerit Boeotia Dircen,

Ov. M. 2, 239. —

To seek to learn from any one; to ask, inquire, interrogate (cf.: interrogo, percontor).

With ab:

cum ab iis saepius quaereret,

made inquiries, Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191:

quaesivit a medicis, quemadmodum se haberet,

Nep. Dion, 2, 4:

a quo cum quaesisset, quo se deduci vellet,

id. Epam. 4, 5; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60. —

With de:

quaerebat paulo ante de me, quid, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 9, 18:

de te ipso quaero, Vatini, utrum, etc.,

id. Vatin. 4, 10:

quaero de te, arbitrerisne, etc.,

Liv. 4, 40:

cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 18.—

With ex:

quaesivi ex Phaniā, quam in partem provinciae putaret, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 1:

quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18.—

With a rel.-clause:

ille baro te putabat quaesiturum, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 3:

natura fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est,

Hor. A. P. 409:

quaeritur inter medicos, cujus generis aquae sint utilissimae,

Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 31.—

To desire,

With inf. (post-Aug.):

e monte aliquo in alium transilire quaerens,

Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214:

qui mutare sedes quaerebant,

Tac. G. 2.—

Transf., of animals, plants, etc., to desire, prefer, seek:

salictum et harundinetum... umidum locum quaerunt,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5:

glires aridum locum quaerunt,

id. ib. 3, 15, 2; Col. 1, praef. §

26: lupinum quaerit maxime sabulosa,

Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 134;

so of the soil: ager aquosus plus stercoris quaerit,

demands, Pall. 1, 6, 15.—

To examine or inquire into judicially, to investigate, institute an investigation; with [p. 1502] acc. (rare):

hunc abduce, vinci, rem quaere,

Ter. Ad. 3 (4), 36:

non dubitabat Minucius, quin iste (Verres) illo die rem illam quaesiturus non esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72. —With de and abl. (class.; cf.

Krebs, Autibarb. p. 962 sq.): de pecuniis repetundis,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

de morte alicujus,

id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

de servo in dominum,

to question by torture, put to the rack, id. Mil. 22, 59:

aliquid per tormenta,

Suet. Tib. 58:

legibus,

to investigate according to the laws, impartially, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3. —

Transf.: si quaeris, si quaerimus (prop., if we, or you, look well into the matter; if we, or you, would know the truth), to say the truth, in fact, to speak honestly:

omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2:

at sunt morosi, et anxii, et difficiles senes: si quaerimus, etiam avari,

id. Sen. 18, 65:

si quaeritis,

id. de Or. 2, 62, 254; so,

too, si verum quaeris,

id. Fam. 12, 8, 1:

si verum quaeritis,

id. de Or. 2, 34, 146:

si verum quaerimus,

id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: noli quaerere or quid quaeris? in short, in one word:

noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

quid quaeris? biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

id. ib. 3, 1, 2.— Hence, quaesītus, a, um, P. a., sought out.

In a good sense, select, special, extraordinary (mostly post-Aug.): epulae quaesitissumae, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, 9 (Sall. H. 2, 23, 4 Dietsch); comp.:

leges quaesitiores (opp. simplices),

Tac. A. 3, 26:

quaesitior adulatio,

id. ib. 3, 57.— Sup.:

quaesitissimi honores,

Tac. A. 2, 53.—

In a bad sense (opp. to what is natural), far-fetched, studied, affected, assumed (class.):

vitabit etiam quaesita nec ex tempore ficta, sed domo allata, quae plerumque sunt frigida,

Cic. Or. 26, 89:

ut numerus non quaesitus, sed ipse secutus esse videatur,

id. ib. 65, 219:

comitas,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

asperitas,

id. ib. 5, 3.—

Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.

A question ( poet.):

accipe quaesiti causam,

Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—

A question as a rhetorical figure, = pusma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 524.

quālis, e, pron. adj. [quis; kindr. with Gr. pê-likos; Goth. huc-leik; Germ. welcher], how constituted, of what sort, kind, or nature, what kind of a (class.).

Interrog.: qualine amico mea commendavi bona? Call. Probo, et fideli, et fido, Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 3:

qualis oratoris et quanti hominis in dicendo putas esse historiam scribere?

Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 51:

quali fide, quali pietate existimatis eos esse, qui, etc.,

Cic. Font. 10, 21:

qualis est istorum oratio?

what kind of a speech is that? id. Ac. 2, 14, 44 —

In exclamations: hei mihi, qualis erat!

Verg. A. 2, 274; Enn. ap. Serv. ad loc. (Ann. v. 7 Vahl.): O Romule, Romule, dic, qualem te patriae custodem di genuerunt! Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 116 Vahl.).—

In indirect questions: nam cogitato, qualem haberes gratiam (si, etc.),

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 54:

ego te qualis sis scio,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 40; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 20:

ipsius rei natura qualis et quanta sit quaerimus,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56:

qualis esset natura montis, cognoscere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

doce me quales sint corpore,

what sort of a body they have, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65.—

Rel., with or without the correlative talis, so constituted, of such a sort, kind, or nature, such as, as:

ut qualem te jam antea populo Romano, praebuisti, talem te et nobis impertias,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 11:

ut res non tales, quales ante habitae sint, habendae videantur,

id. Inv. 2, 58, 176; id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

in hoc bello, quale bellum nulla barbaria gessit,

the like of which, id. Cat. 3, 10, 25; id. Phil. 2, 7, 17:

equitum acies, qualis quae esse instructissima potest, etc.,

Liv. 8, 39:

tale tuum carmen nobis, quale, etc.,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

bis sex... qualia nunc hominum producit corpora tellus,

id. A. 12, 899.—

Esp., in quotations and citations, as, as for instance, as for example:

aperta et clara (somnia), quale est de illo, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 66, 135:

cum proposito dissimili vel contrario ratio subjungitur: quale est Demosthenis: non enim, etc.,

Quint. 5, 14, 4; so id. 1, 5, 65 Zumpt N. cr.; 3, 6, 41; 3, 11, 6 et saep. al.—

Poet. for the adv. qualiter, as, just as:

qualis populea moerens philomela sub umbra Amissos queritur fetus,

Verg. G. 4, 511; id. A. 3, 679; 4, 143:

quale caelum Subrubet,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 35; id. M. 3, 682.—

Repeated: qualis qualis (post-class. for qualiscumque), of what quality soever, whatsoever:

quali quali obligatione interpositā,

Dig. 20, 5, 12.—

Indef.: quale, having some quality or other:

et ita effici quae appellant qualia,

Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 28:

prius aliquid esse debet, deinde quale esse,

Sen. Ep. 117, 28.— Adv.: quā-lĭter.

In what way or manner, how:

refert, villa qualiter aedificetur,

Col. 1, 4, 6; Mart. 5, 7, 1.— Qualiter qualiter, in what manner soever, for qualitercumque (postclass.), Dig. 4, 4, 7.—

Just as, as:

lacri mae fluxere per ora, Qualiter abjectā de nive manat aquā,

Ov. Am. 1, 7, 57; Cels. praef. p. 6; Val. Fl. 5, 305; Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193.—

Repeated:

qualiter qualiter,

in whatever manner, however, Dig. 4, 4, 7 pr.; 9, 2, 7, § 1; 26, 7, 5, § 10.

rĕ-condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a., to put up again, put back again; to lay up, put or stow away, hoard; to shut up, close; to hide, conceal, bury, etc. (cf.: abscondo, occulo, retrudo, abdo).

Lit.:

gladium cruentatum in vaginam recondidit,

put up again, sheathe, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

gladium in vaginā,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

cum Lepidus flammae vi e rogo ejectus recondi propter ardorem non potuisset,

put back again, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186: reliquias (ciborum) aliquo, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78; cf.:

uvas in amphoras,

Col. 12, 16, 3:

uvas in vasis,

id. 12, 15 fin.:

victum tectis,

id. ib. prooem. §

12: Caecubum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 2:

opes aerario,

Quint. 10, 3, 3:

frumentum in annos,

Col. 2, 20, 6: se, to bury one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 8, 1: se in locum, ex quo, etc., to hide one ' s self, Quint. 10, 3, 25:

quod celari opus erat, habebant sepositum et reconditum,

hid away, concealed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24; cf.:

nihil tam clausum neque tam reconditum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, §

40: recondita alia invenerunt,

Liv. 8, 18:

imo reconditus antro,

Ov. M. 1, 583; cf.

nube,

id. ib. 3, 273:

silvā,

id. ib. 4, 339; Flor. 1, 13, 11 Duk. (cf. Liv. 5, 51, 9 Drak., and v. the foll.).— Poet.: oculos, to close again (opp. erigere), Ov. M. 4, 146: avidā recondidit alvo, hid, i. e. swallowed, id. ib. 12, 17; cf.: cum subito Triton ore recondit aquam, sucks in, i. q. absorbet, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 16:

ensem in pulmone,

to bury, sheathe, plunge, Verg. A. 10, 387; so,

gladium lateri,

Ov. M. 12, 482. —

Trop.:

mens alia visa sic arripit, ut his statim utatur, alia recondit, e quibus memoria oritur,

lays up, stores away, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30; cf.:

verba, vultus in crimen detorquens recondebat,

Tac. A. 1, 7 fin.;

and, odia,

id. ib. 1, 69 fin.:

Venerem interius recondere,

Verg. G. 3, 137:

quos fama obscura recondit,

id. A. 5, 302:

voluptates,

to keep secret, Tac. A. 4, 57:

in hoc me recondidi... ut prodesse pluribus possem,

went into retirement, Sen. Ep. 8, 1; cf.:

penitus quicquid arcani apparo, id Herc. Oet. 478: praecepta mea reconde,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 1.— Hence, rĕcondĭtus, a, um, P. a., put away, out of the way, hidden, concealed, retired, sequestered.

Lit.:

neque tabulis et signis propalam collocatis, sed his omnibus rebus constructis ac reconditis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

quid Aegyptus? ut occulte latet! ut recondita est!

id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; cf.

locus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207; so,

saltus,

Cat. 34, 11:

venae auri argentique,

deep-lying, concealed, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

habemus senatus consultum, verum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vaginā reconditum,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4.— Subst.: rĕcondĭtum, i, n., a secret place, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25.— Plur.: rĕ-condĭta, ōrum, n., remote, sequestered places: Pergami in occultis ac reconditis templi, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4.—

Trop., hidden, profound, abstruse, recondite:

litterae,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf.:

reconditae abstrusaeque res,

id. Brut. 11, 44;

and, reconditiora, opp. quae in promptu sunt,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

artes,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 8; cf. id. Off. 1, 27, 95:

causae,

Tac. Or. 28:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

profound, recondite, Cic. Brut. 97, 274: verba, unusual, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

(natura) speciem ita formavit oris, ut in eā penitus reconditos mores effingeret,

concealed, hidden, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26; cf.:

Quinctius naturā tristi ac reconditā fuit,

of a reserved disposition, id. Quint. 18, 59.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.