opinion

-atus, 1, dep. v, to be of the opinion of

feel, perceive, experience, hold an opinion,

to judge, suppose, vote.

ac-commŏdo, āvi, ātum (better, adc.), 1, v. a., to fit or adapt one thing to another, to lay, put, or hang on (in good prose, esp. in Cic., very freq.), constr. with ad, dat., or absol.

Lit.:

coronam sibi ad caput,

Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 250:

clupeum ad dorsum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 93: gladium dextrae, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21, 48; so,

hastam dextrae,

Sil. 5, 146:

calauticam capiti,

Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. 5; so,

lateri ensem,

Verg. A. 2, 393; absol.:

insignia,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5.—

In gen., to prepare for any use:

Arabus lapis dentifriciis adcommodatur crematus,

Plin. 36, 21, 41, § 153.

Trop., to adjust or adapt to, to accommodate to:

meum consilium adcommodabo ad tuum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 7; so id. Att. 10, 7; 12, 32; id. Leg. 3, 2 al.—Hence, with se, to adapt one's self to another's opinion, wishes, etc., to conform to, to comply with:

omnes qui probari volunt, ad eorum qui audiunt arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et adcommodant,

Cic. Or. 8, 24: alicui de aliqua re, to be compliant to one in any thing:

peto a te... ut ei de habitatione adcommodes,

id. Fam. 13, 2. —

In gen., to bring a person or thing to something, to apply:

testes ad crimen,

Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 55:

vim ad eloquentiam,

id. Or. 7:

curam pratis, etc.,

to apply, Quint. 1, 12, 7:

nonnullam operam his studiis,

id. 1, 10, 15; cf.

1, 8, 19: verba alicui (equival. to dare),

id. 6, 1, 27; cf.

11, 1, 39 al.: intentionem his,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 2 al. — Hence, with se (in a more general sense than above), to apply or devote one's self to, to undertake:

se ad rem publicam et ad res magnas gerendas,

Cic. Off. 1, 21; of property, to lend it to one for use:

si quid iste suorum aedilibus adcommodavit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57.—Hence, accommŏdātus, a, um, P. a., fitted or adapted to, suitable, conformable, or appropriate to (only in prose; in poetry, accommodus is used), with ad or dat.:

puppes ad magnitudinem fluctuum adcommodatae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

oratio ad persuadendum adcommodata,

Cic. Ac. 1, 8:

quae mihi intelligis esse adcommodata,

conformable to my interest, id. Fam. 3, 3. — Comp.:

oratio contionibus concitatis adcommodatior,

id. Clu. 1; so Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

nobis accommodatior,

Quint. 4, 1, 5; Suet. Ner. 8.— Sup.:

exemplum temporibus suis adcommodatissimum,

Cic. Fragm. Corn. 7; so Plin. 13, 3, 6, § 26; Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 7; Quint. 12, 10, 63 al.— Adv.: accommŏ-dāte, fitly, suitably, agreeably:

dicere quam maxime adc. ad veritatem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149.— Comp., id. Or. 33, 117.— Sup., id. Fin. 5, 9, 24.

ad-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. (adduce for adduc, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 15; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 29; Afr. ap. Non. 174, 32:

adduxti for adduxisti,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 15; id. Eun. 4, 7, 24:

adduxe = adduxisse,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 3), to lead to, to bring or convey to, draw to any place or to one's self (opp. abduco, q. v.; syn.: adfero, apporto, adveho, induco).

Lit.:

quaeso, quī possim animum bonum habere, qui te ad me adducam domum,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 78:

ille alter venit, quem secum adduxit Parmenio,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27; Afr. ap. Non. 174, 32: quos secum Mitylenis Cratippus adduxit, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 5:

Demetrius Epimachum secum adduxit,

Vitr. 10, 22, 262.—With ad:

ad lenam,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 65; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 193: ad cenam, Lucil. ap. Non. 159, 25 (cf.:

abduxi ad cenam,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2 [p. 32] 9):

adduxit ea ad Adam,

Vulg. Gen. 2, 19; ib. Marc. 14, 53.—Or with a local adv.:

tu istos adduce intro,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 54:

quia te adducturam huc dixeras eumpse non eampse,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 31; so Ter. And. 5, 3, 29:

adduc huc filium tuum,

Vulg. Luc. 9, 41. —

In gen., without regard to the access. idea of accompanying, to lead or bring a person or thing to a place, to take or conduct from one place to another (of living beings which have the power of motion, while affero is properly used of things: attuli hunc. Pseud. Quid? attulisti? Ca. Adduxi volui dicere, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 21).—So of conducting an army:

exercitum,

Cic. Att. 7, 9:

aquam,

to lead to, id. Cael. 14.—With in:

gentes feras in Italiam,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 4, 22, and Auct. B. G. 8, 35:

in judicium adductus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28:

adducta res in judicium est,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67; so id. Clu. 17.—With dat.:

puero nutricem adducit,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 4:

qui ex Gallia pueros venales isti adducebat,

Cic. Quint. 6.— Poet. with acc.:

Diae telluris ad oras applicor et dextris adducor litora remis,

Ov. M. 3, 598 (cf. advertor oras Scythicas, id. ib. 5, 649, and Rudd. II. p. 327):

adducere ad populum, i. e. in judicium populi vocare,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6.—Of a courtesan, to procure:

puero scorta,

Nep. Dion, 5:

paelicem,

Ov. Fast. 3, 483.— Poet. also of a place, which is, as it were, brought near. Thus Hor. in describing the attractions of his Sabine farm: dicas adductum propius frondere Tarentum, Ep. 1, 16, 11.—

Esp.

To bring a thing to a destined place by drawing or pulling, to draw or pull to one's self:

tormenta eo graviores emissiones habent, quo sunt contenta atque adducta vehementius,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24:

adducto arcu,

Verg. A. 5, 507; so,

adducta sagitta,

id. ib. 9, 632:

utque volat moles, adducto concita nervo,

Ov. M. 8, 357:

adducta funibus arbor corruit,

id. ib. 775:

funem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14: so Luc. 3, 700:

colla parvis lacertis,

Ov. M. 6, 625:

equos,

id. Fast. 6, 586.—Hence trop.:

habenas amicitiae,

to tighten, Cic. Lael. 13, 45; cf. Verg. A. 9, 632, and 1, 63.—

Of the skin or a part of the body, to draw up, wrinkle, contract:

adducit cutem macies,

wrinkles the skin, Ov. M. 3, 397:

sitis miseros adduxerat artus,

Verg. G. 3, 483; so, frontem (opp. remittere), to contract:

interrogavit, quae causa frontis tam adductae?

a brow so clouded? Quint. 10, 3, 13; so Sen. Benef. 1, 1.

Fig.

To bring a person or thing into a certain condition; with ad or in:

numquam animum quaesti gratiā ad malas adducam partīs,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 38:

rem adduci ad interregnum,

Cic. Att. 7, 9:

ad arbitrium alterius,

id. Fam. 5, 20:

ad suam auctoritatem,

id. Deiot. 10, 29:

numquam prius discessit, quam ad finem sermo esset adductus,

Nep. Ep. 3:

iambos ad umbilicum adducere,

Hor. Epod. 14, 8:

in discrimen extremum,

Cic. Phil. 6, 7; cf. Liv. 45, 8:

in summas angustias,

Cic. Quint. 5:

in invidiam falso crimine,

id. Off. 3, 20:

in necessitatem,

Liv. 8, 7:

vitam in extremum,

Tac. A. 14, 61.—

To bring or lead one to a certain act, feeling, or opinion; to prompt, induce, prevail upon, persuade, move, incite to it; with ad, in, or ut (very freq. and class., and for the most part in a good sense; while seducere and inducere denote instigating or seducing to something bad, Herz. Caes. B. G. 1, 3;

although there are exceptions, as the foll. examples show): ad misericordiam,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 42:

ad nequitiem,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 4:

ad iracundiam, ad fletum,

Cic. Brut. 93, 322:

quae causa ad facinus adduxit,

id. Rosc. Am. 31:

in metum,

id. Mur. 24:

in summam exspectationem,

id. Tusc. 1, 17:

in spem,

id. Att. 2, 22:

in opinionem,

id. Fam. 1, 1:

in suspicionem alicui,

Nep. Hann. 7:

ad paenitentiam,

Vulg. Rom. 2, 4; ib. 10, 19.—With gerund:

ad suspicandum,

Cic. Pr. Cons. 16:

ad credendum,

Nep. Con. 3.—With ut:

adductus sum officio, fide, misericordia, etc., ut onus hoc laboris mihi suscipiendum putarem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2:

nullo imbre, nullo frigore adduci, ut capite operto sit,

id. de Sen. 10: id. Cat. 1, 2; id. Fam. 3, 9; 6, 10, etc.; Caes. B. G. 6, 12; Liv. 4, 49 al.—And absol. in pass.:

quibus rebus adductus ad causam accesserim demonstravi,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3:

his rebus adducti,

being induced, Caes. B. G. 1, 3; 6, 10.—With quin:

adduci nequeo quin existimem,

Suet. Tib. 21.—With inf.: facilius adducor ferre humana humanitus, Afr. ap. Non. 514, 20.—

Adducor with inf., or with ut and subj. = adducor ad credendum, peithomai, to be induced to believe:

ego non adducor, quemquam bonum ullam salutem putare mihi tanti fuisse,

Cic. Att. 11, 16:

ut jam videar adduci, hanc quoque, quae te procrearit, esse patriam,

id. Leg. 2, 3:

illud adduci vix possum, ut... videantur,

id. Fin. 1, 5, 14; id. ib. 4, 20, 55; Lucr. 5, 1341.—Hence, adductus, a, um, P. a.

Drawn tight, stretched, strained, contracted. — Trop.:

vultus,

Suet. Tib. 68:

frons in supercilia adductior,

Capitol. Ver. 10; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 16.—Hence,

Of place, narrow, contracted, strait:

(Africa) ex spatio paulatim adductior,

Mel. 1, 4.—

Of character, strict, serious, severe:

modo familiaritate juvenili Nero et rursus adductus, quasi seria consociaret,

Tac. A. 14, 4:

adductum et quasi virile servitium,

id. ib. 12, 7:

vis pressior et adductior,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16.— Sup. not used.— Adv. only in comp. adductĭus,

More tightly:

adductius contorquere jacula,

Aus. Grat. Act. 27.—

Trop., more strictly:

imperitare,

Tac. H. 3, 7:

regnari,

id. Germ. 43.

as-sentĭor ( ads-, Fleck., B. and K., Halm, Weissenb.; ass-, Merk.), sensus, 4, v. dep. [sentio] (the act. form assentio, īre, was out of use even in the time of Varro, Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 9; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 1, 5, 55. The middle use of the word corresponds far better with its signif. than the active; for while adsentio prop. signif. only sentiendo accedere ad aliquem or aliquid, to make known one's inclination or feeling toward any object, whether in favor of or against it; the middle, assentior, = sentiendo se applicare, designates a friendly joining of one's self to any one. The act. form, adsentio, is found in Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 192; id. Rud. 4, 3, 36; Att. and Pompon. ap. Non. p. 469, 16 sq.; Verg. A. 2, 130; in Cic. only three times in epist. style (which is worthy of notice; cf. absque), Fam. 5, 2, 9; Att. 9, 9; and ad Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2; cf. Diom. p. 377 P.;

but after the time of the poets of the Aug. per. it is often found, particularly in the post-Aug. histt., together with the class. mid. form, used in like manner: assensit precibus Rhamnusia justis,

Ov. M. 3, 406; 9, 259; 14, 592 al.:

cum de aliis rebus adsentire se veteribus Gabinis diceret,

Liv. 1, 54:

Adsensere atque etc.,

Tac. H. 5, 3; id. A. 3, 51; 3, 23; Suet. Vesp. 6; Curt. 4, 13, 4; Gell. 6, 5, 5 al.), lit., to join one in opinion, to agree with; hence, to assent to, give assent, to approve, give approval; with dat. or absol.: adsensus sum homini, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 801:

Adsentio,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 36:

adsensi sunt omnes,

Vulg. Gen. 34, 24:

cum saepissime tibi senatus maximis sit de rebus adsensus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; id. Balb. 27:

si ulli rei sapiens adsentietur,

id. Ac. 2, 21, 67:

cui (sententiae) sunt adsensi ad unum,

id. Fam. 10, 16:

quibus (verbis) adsensi sunt in conspectu meo,

Vulg. Jer. 34, 24; ib. 2 Macc. 14, 26: in quibus adsentior sollicitam et periculosam justitiam non esse sapientis, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 801 P.:

sapientem, si adsensurus esset, etiam opinaturum, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 21, 67:

verbo adsentiri,

Sall. C. 52, 1:

omnes adsensi sunt partibus dividundis,

Liv. 25, 30; 41, 24 al.:

cui non adsentior,

Quint. 9, 3, 49 Spald.:

ne adsentiri necesse esset,

Suet. Caes. 80 et saep.—So of conduct, to yield:

quam ob rem adsentire nobis,

Vulg. Dan. 13, 20.— With neutr. acc. aliquid, cetera, etc.:

non habeo autem quid tibi adsentiar,

Cic. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

vitiosum est adsentiri quidquam falsum,

id. Ac. 2, 21, 68:

cetera adsentior Crasso,

id. de Or. 1, 9, 35:

Mihi quoque adsunt testes, qui illut quod ego dicam adsentiant,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 192:

illud quod a te dictum est, valde tibi adsentior,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 126; so id. ib. 3, 48, 182.

► Pass.: is (sapiens) multa sequitur probabilia, non comprehensa neque percepta neque adsensa, sed similia veri, nor assented to as perceived by sense (cf. assensio and assensus), Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 99.—And impers.:

Bibulo adsensum est,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2.

assĭmŭlātĭo (better ads-, not assĭ-mĭlātĭo; v. assimulo fin.), ōnis, f. [id.], an assimilating.

A being similar, similarity, likeness:

prodigiosa adsimulatio,

Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 262.—

In rhet., a feigned adoption of the opinion of one's hearers: est (adsimulatio) cum id, quod scimus facile omnes audituros, dicimus nos timere, quomodo accipiant; sed tamen veritate commoveri, ut nihilo setius dicamus, Auct. ad Her. 4, 37, 49.—

A comparison of one thing with others:

dolosa,

Dig. 2, 18, 19, § 24; Cod. Th. 16, 2, § 18.

as-sentĭor ( ads-, Fleck., B. and K., Halm, Weissenb.; ass-, Merk.), sensus, 4, v. dep. [sentio] (the act. form assentio, īre, was out of use even in the time of Varro, Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 9; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 1, 5, 55. The middle use of the word corresponds far better with its signif. than the active; for while adsentio prop. signif. only sentiendo accedere ad aliquem or aliquid, to make known one's inclination or feeling toward any object, whether in favor of or against it; the middle, assentior, = sentiendo se applicare, designates a friendly joining of one's self to any one. The act. form, adsentio, is found in Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 192; id. Rud. 4, 3, 36; Att. and Pompon. ap. Non. p. 469, 16 sq.; Verg. A. 2, 130; in Cic. only three times in epist. style (which is worthy of notice; cf. absque), Fam. 5, 2, 9; Att. 9, 9; and ad Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2; cf. Diom. p. 377 P.;

but after the time of the poets of the Aug. per. it is often found, particularly in the post-Aug. histt., together with the class. mid. form, used in like manner: assensit precibus Rhamnusia justis,

Ov. M. 3, 406; 9, 259; 14, 592 al.:

cum de aliis rebus adsentire se veteribus Gabinis diceret,

Liv. 1, 54:

Adsensere atque etc.,

Tac. H. 5, 3; id. A. 3, 51; 3, 23; Suet. Vesp. 6; Curt. 4, 13, 4; Gell. 6, 5, 5 al.), lit., to join one in opinion, to agree with; hence, to assent to, give assent, to approve, give approval; with dat. or absol.: adsensus sum homini, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 801:

Adsentio,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 36:

adsensi sunt omnes,

Vulg. Gen. 34, 24:

cum saepissime tibi senatus maximis sit de rebus adsensus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; id. Balb. 27:

si ulli rei sapiens adsentietur,

id. Ac. 2, 21, 67:

cui (sententiae) sunt adsensi ad unum,

id. Fam. 10, 16:

quibus (verbis) adsensi sunt in conspectu meo,

Vulg. Jer. 34, 24; ib. 2 Macc. 14, 26: in quibus adsentior sollicitam et periculosam justitiam non esse sapientis, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 801 P.:

sapientem, si adsensurus esset, etiam opinaturum, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 21, 67:

verbo adsentiri,

Sall. C. 52, 1:

omnes adsensi sunt partibus dividundis,

Liv. 25, 30; 41, 24 al.:

cui non adsentior,

Quint. 9, 3, 49 Spald.:

ne adsentiri necesse esset,

Suet. Caes. 80 et saep.—So of conduct, to yield:

quam ob rem adsentire nobis,

Vulg. Dan. 13, 20.— With neutr. acc. aliquid, cetera, etc.:

non habeo autem quid tibi adsentiar,

Cic. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

vitiosum est adsentiri quidquam falsum,

id. Ac. 2, 21, 68:

cetera adsentior Crasso,

id. de Or. 1, 9, 35:

Mihi quoque adsunt testes, qui illut quod ego dicam adsentiant,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 192:

illud quod a te dictum est, valde tibi adsentior,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 126; so id. ib. 3, 48, 182.

► Pass.: is (sapiens) multa sequitur probabilia, non comprehensa neque percepta neque adsensa, sed similia veri, nor assented to as perceived by sense (cf. assensio and assensus), Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 99.—And impers.:

Bibulo adsensum est,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2.

arbī̆trātus, a, um, Part. of arbitror.

arbī̆trātus, ūs, m. [arbitror].

The judgment (as will, not as opinion; accordingly = voluntas, not = sententia), freewill, inclination, pleasure, wish, choice, decision (class.; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 19:

hic allegatus et hic arbitratus pro allegatione proque arbitratione dicuntur. Quā ratione servatā arbitratu et allegatu meo dicimus, which latter expression is most freq. used): viri boni arbitratu resolvetur,

Cato, R. R. 149, 2; so id. ib. 145, 3:

arbitratu domini,

id. ib. 144, 1:

nunc quidem meo arbitratu loquar libere, quae volam et quae lubebit,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 2:

Vapulabis meo arbitratu et novorum aedilium,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 148; so id. Capt. 3, 1, 35; id. Ep. 5, 2, 22; id. Men. 5, 5, 46; id. Mil. 4, 6, 6; id. Ps. 1, 5, 13:

tuus arbitratus sit: comburas, si velis,

id. As. 4, 1, 21; so id. Rud. 5, 2, 68: Er. Agedum, excutedum pallium. St. Tuo arbitratu, id. Aul. 4, 4, 20; id. Am. 3, 2, 50; id. Most. 3, 2, 106; id. Capt. 4, 2, 87; id. Ps. 2, 2, 66; id. Truc. 5, 19:

quas (sententias) exposui arbitratu meo,

Cic. Lael. 1, 3:

ut id meo arbitratu facerem,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 72, and id. ib. 4, 1, 2; id. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

tuo vero id quidem arbitratu,

id. Fin. 1, 8, 28; so id. Brut. 11, 42; Tac. Or. 42 fin.:

suo arbitratu,

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 15:

ejus arbitratu fieri,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 96:

arbitratu suo,

Suet. Tib. 68: Tr. Quoius arbitratu nos vis facere? Gr. Viduli arbitratu, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 63 sq.; 4, 3, 66:

senatūs arbitratu,

Suet. Tib. 34; so id. Aug. 35.—

Direction, guidance:

considerare oportet, cujus arbitratu sit educatus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 25; so Inscr. Grut. 185, 2.

arbĭtror ( act. arbitro, v. infra; arch. inf. arbitrarier, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 21), ātus, 1, v. dep. [arbiter].

In gen., to be a hearer or beholder of something (v. arbiter, I.), to observe, perceive, hear, etc. (in this sense only ante- and post-class.):

dicta alicujus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 24; id. Aul. 4, 1, 21; App. M. 10, p. 246, 16; 3, p. 138, 23; 7 init.:

domus attiguae fortunas arbitraturus,

id. ib. 4, p. 148, 8.—Hence of the mind, to examine, consider, weigh:

diligentius carmina Empedoclis,

Gell. 4, 11, 10.—

Esp.

T. t. of judic. lang. (cf. arbiter, II.), to make a decision, give judgment or sentence:

si in eo, quod utroque praesente arbitratus est, arbitrio paritum non esset,

Dig. 4, 8, 44; 6, 1, 35.—Hence, fidem alicui arbitrari, to adjudge, i. e. to give, credit to one, to put faith in, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 41.—Of witnesses, as t. t., to testify, to declare or announce, give evidence:

qui testimonium diceret, ut arbitrari se diceret, etiam quod ipse vidisset,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 146: qui primum [p. 152] illud verbum consideratissimum nostrae consuetudinis arbitror, quo nos etiam tunc utimur, cum ea dicimus jurati, quae comperta habemus, quae ipsi vidimus, ex toto testimonio suo sustulit, atque omnia se scire dixit, id. Font. 9:

mortuum inde arbitrari,

Liv. 3, 13, 3; 4, 40.—

1.. In gen., to be of the opinion, to believe, consider as, = nomizô (most freq. in prose; a favorite word with Cic.): Bene facta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62:

gratum arbitratur esse id a vobis sibi,

Plaut. Am. prol. 48:

nefas esse arbitrari Gracchos laudare,

Cic. Agr. 2, 10:

Falsum arbitror radices arborum vetustate minui,

Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

Justum autem arbitror suscitarc vos,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 1, 13:

scelestissimum te arbitror,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 2:

arbitraris me inimicum tuum,

Vulg. Job, 13, 24; ib. Philipp. 3, 8:

si hoc minus ad officium tuum pertinere arbitrabere, suscipiam partes, quas alienas esse arbitrabar,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37:

ut in ceteris artibus... similiter arbitror in hac ratione dicendi etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 70; id. Quinct. 34; id. Verr. 2, 169; id. Clu. 17; id. Cat. 1, 17; id. Arch. 30; id. Deiot. 24; id. Mil. 21:

tamen, ut arbitror, auctoritate advocatorum adducti in veritate manserunt,

id. Clu. 63; so id. Sex. Rosc. 82; id. Imp. Pomp. 58; id. Clu. 176:

ut ego arbitror,

id. Sest. 16; id. Pis. 68:

sicut arbitror,

id. Clu. 50:

ego quod ad me attinet (itemque arbitror ceteros) idcirco taceo, quod, etc.,

id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 1:

arbitratus id bellum celeriter confici posse,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

Jugurtham esse arbitrati cum magno gaudio obvii procedunt,

thinking it to be Jugurtha, Sall. J. 69, 1:

non satis tuta eadem loca sibi arbitratus,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 1; so id. Timoth. 3, 3 al.—

To think, suppose, as opp. to knowing:

Arbitror: Certum non scimus,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 30:

si hunc noris satis, Non ita arbitrere,

id. And. 5, 4, 12: De. Sanumne credis te esse? Mi. Equidem arbitror, id. Ad. 4, 7, 30:

Quid consilii ceperis, quem nostrūm ignorare arbitraris?

Cic. Cat. 1, 1; id. Imp. Pomp. 31:

arbitrantur se posse fugere,

Vulg. Esth. 16, 4; ib. Matt. 10, 34.

Act. form arbĭtro, āre:

te si arbitrarem dignum,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 57:

Probiores credo arbitrabunt,

id. Stich. 1, 2, 87. —

Arbitror in pass. signif.:

continuo arbitretur (i. e. eligatur, quaeratur) uxor filio tuo,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 82:

cum ipse praedonum socius arbitraretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41; id. Mur. 16 fin.; id. Att. 1, 11; cf.

Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. l. l.: quaestio in utramque partem a prudentibus viris arbitrata, i. e. judicata,

Gell. 1, 13:

sumptus funeris arbitrantur pro facultatibus defuncti,

are estimated, Dig. 11, 7, 12; so ib. 4, 8, 27; 2, 15, 8: ex scriptis eorum, qui veri arbitrantur, hupolambanontai, Cael. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.

as-sentĭor ( ads-, Fleck., B. and K., Halm, Weissenb.; ass-, Merk.), sensus, 4, v. dep. [sentio] (the act. form assentio, īre, was out of use even in the time of Varro, Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 9; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 1, 5, 55. The middle use of the word corresponds far better with its signif. than the active; for while adsentio prop. signif. only sentiendo accedere ad aliquem or aliquid, to make known one's inclination or feeling toward any object, whether in favor of or against it; the middle, assentior, = sentiendo se applicare, designates a friendly joining of one's self to any one. The act. form, adsentio, is found in Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 192; id. Rud. 4, 3, 36; Att. and Pompon. ap. Non. p. 469, 16 sq.; Verg. A. 2, 130; in Cic. only three times in epist. style (which is worthy of notice; cf. absque), Fam. 5, 2, 9; Att. 9, 9; and ad Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2; cf. Diom. p. 377 P.;

but after the time of the poets of the Aug. per. it is often found, particularly in the post-Aug. histt., together with the class. mid. form, used in like manner: assensit precibus Rhamnusia justis,

Ov. M. 3, 406; 9, 259; 14, 592 al.:

cum de aliis rebus adsentire se veteribus Gabinis diceret,

Liv. 1, 54:

Adsensere atque etc.,

Tac. H. 5, 3; id. A. 3, 51; 3, 23; Suet. Vesp. 6; Curt. 4, 13, 4; Gell. 6, 5, 5 al.), lit., to join one in opinion, to agree with; hence, to assent to, give assent, to approve, give approval; with dat. or absol.: adsensus sum homini, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 801:

Adsentio,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 36:

adsensi sunt omnes,

Vulg. Gen. 34, 24:

cum saepissime tibi senatus maximis sit de rebus adsensus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; id. Balb. 27:

si ulli rei sapiens adsentietur,

id. Ac. 2, 21, 67:

cui (sententiae) sunt adsensi ad unum,

id. Fam. 10, 16:

quibus (verbis) adsensi sunt in conspectu meo,

Vulg. Jer. 34, 24; ib. 2 Macc. 14, 26: in quibus adsentior sollicitam et periculosam justitiam non esse sapientis, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 801 P.:

sapientem, si adsensurus esset, etiam opinaturum, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 21, 67:

verbo adsentiri,

Sall. C. 52, 1:

omnes adsensi sunt partibus dividundis,

Liv. 25, 30; 41, 24 al.:

cui non adsentior,

Quint. 9, 3, 49 Spald.:

ne adsentiri necesse esset,

Suet. Caes. 80 et saep.—So of conduct, to yield:

quam ob rem adsentire nobis,

Vulg. Dan. 13, 20.— With neutr. acc. aliquid, cetera, etc.:

non habeo autem quid tibi adsentiar,

Cic. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

vitiosum est adsentiri quidquam falsum,

id. Ac. 2, 21, 68:

cetera adsentior Crasso,

id. de Or. 1, 9, 35:

Mihi quoque adsunt testes, qui illut quod ego dicam adsentiant,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 192:

illud quod a te dictum est, valde tibi adsentior,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 126; so id. ib. 3, 48, 182.

► Pass.: is (sapiens) multa sequitur probabilia, non comprehensa neque percepta neque adsensa, sed similia veri, nor assented to as perceived by sense (cf. assensio and assensus), Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 99.—And impers.:

Bibulo adsensum est,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2.

assĭmŭlātĭo (better ads-, not assĭ-mĭlātĭo; v. assimulo fin.), ōnis, f. [id.], an assimilating.

A being similar, similarity, likeness:

prodigiosa adsimulatio,

Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 262.—

In rhet., a feigned adoption of the opinion of one's hearers: est (adsimulatio) cum id, quod scimus facile omnes audituros, dicimus nos timere, quomodo accipiant; sed tamen veritate commoveri, ut nihilo setius dicamus, Auct. ad Her. 4, 37, 49.—

A comparison of one thing with others:

dolosa,

Dig. 2, 18, 19, § 24; Cod. Th. 16, 2, § 18.

auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,

In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—

Esp.,

A view, opinion, judgment:

errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

id. Lael. 4, 13.—

Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—

Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

id. ib. 18, 52:

legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

id. Phil. 3, 3:

nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,

Esp., in political lang., t. t.

Senatūs auctoritas,

The will of the senate:

agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,

A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

Liv. 7, 31:

imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

id. 26, 2:

Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

Suet. Claud. 12:

citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—

Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

publica,

Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—

Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—

Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

id. Phil. 8, 8.—

Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

Vell. 2, 32:

optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

Suet. Caes. 11; so,

auctoritatem habere,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

adripere,

id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

facere,

to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

imminuere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

levare,

id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

fructus capere auctoritatis,

id. Sen. 18, 62:

Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

id. Fl. 4:

utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

unguentorum,

id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

auctoritas dignitasque formae,

Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—

An example, pattern, model:

omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

id. Sest. 6, 14:

valuit auctoritas,

id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—

A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

id. Fl. 22, 53:

Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

id. Lael. 25, 94.—

Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.

A record, document:

videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—

The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—

Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—

In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

aut, conj. [aut, Osc. auti, Umbr. ote, ute, may be a modification of autem, as at of et, the suffix -t being a relic of the demonstrative -tem, which appears in item, and is the same as -dem in quidem, and -dam in quondam, and of which the demonstrative adverbs, tam and tum, are absolute forms; the first part of these words may be compared with the Gr. au (cf. aute and autar), and with the Sanscr. vā = or, with which again may be compared ve and vel; v. Corss. Ausspr. II. p. 595, and also pp. 130, 223, 411], or; and repeated: aut... aut, either... or; so in Sanscr. vā... vā.

In gen. it puts in the place of a previous assertion another, objectively and absolutely antithetical to it, while vel indicates that the contrast rests upon subjective opinion or choice; i. e. aut is objective, vel subjective, or aut excludes one term, vel makes the two indifferent.

Used singly, or:

omnia bene sunt ei dicenda, qui hoc se posse profitetur aut eloquentiae nomen relinquendum est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

quibusnam manibus aut quibus viribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

Vinceris aut vincis,

Prop. 2, 8, 10:

cita mors venit aut victoria laeta,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 8:

ruminat herbas aut aliquam in magno sequitur grege,

Verg. E. 6, 55 et persaep. (cf. on the contrary, Tac. G. 8: quae neque confirmare argumentis, neque refellere in animo est: ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem).—

Repeated, aut... aut, either... or:

Ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere vel apricatione melius vel igni, aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?

Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

Nam ejus per unam, ut audio, aut vivam aut moriar sententiam,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 3,1,11 sq.:

aut, quicquid igitur eodem modo concluditur, probabitis, aut ars ista nulla est,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

partem planitiae aut Jovis templum aut oppidum tenet,

Liv. 44, 6, 15:

terra in universum aut silvis horrida aut paludibus foeda,

Tac. G. 5:

hoc bellum quis umquam arbitraretur aut ab omnibus imperatoribus uno anno aut omnibus annis ab uno imperatore confici posse?

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11,31.—

More than twice repeated:

aut equos Alere aut canes ad venandum, aut ad philosophos, Ter And. 1, 1, 29: Uxor, si cesses, aut te amare cogitat Aut tete amare aut potare atque animo obsequi,

id. Ad. 1, 1, 7 sq.; so four times in Lucr. 4, 935 sq.; five times in Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. N. D. 3, 12, 30; and Prop. 4, 21, 26 sqq.; and six times in Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58.—

Sometimes double disjunctive phrases with aut... aut are placed together:

Adsentior Crasso, ne aut de C. Laelii soceri mei aut de hujus generi aut arte aut gloriā detraham,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 35:

res ipsa et rei publicae tempus aut me ipsum, quod nolim, aut alium quempiam aut invitabit aut dehortabitur,

id. Pis. 39, 94.—

Repeated after negatives:

ne aut ille alserit Aut ceciderit atque aliquid praefregerit,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:

ne tanti facinoris immanitas aut exstitisse aut non vindicata esse videatur,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14; id. Sull. 43; id. Sest. 37; 39:

neque enim sunt aut obscura aut non multa post commissa,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 15; id. Off. 1, 20, 66; 1, 11, 36; 1, 20, 68; id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

nec milites ad scelus missos aut numero validos aut animo promptos,

Tac. A. 14, 58; id. H. 1, 18; id. Or. 12:

nec erit mirabilis illic Aut Stratocles aut cum molli Demetrius Haemo,

Juv. 3, 98 sq.:

neque aut quis esset ante detexit aut gubernatorem cedere adversae tempestati passus est,

Suet. Caes. 58; id. Ner. 34:

Nec aut Persae aut Macedones dubitavere,

Curt. 4, 15, 28: Non sum aut tam inhumanus aut tam alienus a Sardis. Cic. Scaur. 39; id. Cat. 1, 13:

Nihil est tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam etc.,

id. Mil. 36 al. —

In interrogations:

quo modo aut geometres cernere ea potest, quae aut nulla sunt aut internosci a falsis non possunt aut is, qui fidibus utitur, explere numeros et conficere versus?

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22; so id. de Or. 1, 9, 37; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 118; id. N. D. 1, 43, 121.—

In comparative clauses:

talis autem simulatio vanitati est conjunctior quam aut liberalitati aut honestati,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 44.—

Esp.

Placed singly, to connect to something more important that which is less so, or at least.

Absol.:

Incute vim ventis submersasque obrue puppes, Aut age diversos et dissice corpora ponto,

Verg. A. 1, 69 sq. Rib. (furens Juno et irata, quod gravissimum credebat, optavit, deinde quod secundum intulit, Diom. p. 411 P.):

quaero, num injuste aut improbe fecerit,

or at least unfairly, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54:

a se postulari aut exspectari aliquid suspicantur,

id. ib. 2, 20, 69:

quā re vi aut clam agendum est,

or at least by stealth, id. Att. 10, 12:

profecto cuncti aut magna pars Siccensium fidem mutavissent,

Sall. J. 56, 6:

Audendum est aliquid universis aut omnia singulis patienda,

Liv. 6, 18, 7:

pars a centurionibus aut praetoriarum cohortium militibus caesi,

Tac. A. 1, 30:

potentiā suā numquam aut raro ad impotentiam usus,

Vell. 2, 29.—

With certe, etc., v. infra, F. 2.—

To connect something which must take place, if that which is previously stated does not, or, otherwise, or else, in the contrary case, = alioqui:

Redduc uxorem, aut quam obrem non opus sit cedo,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 76:

id (principium) nec nasci potest nec mori, aut concidat omne caelum etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54 (Seyffert ad h. l., but preferring ut non; B. and K. and Kühner, vel):

nunc manet insontem gravis exitus: aut ego veri Vana feror,

Verg. A. 10, 630:

effodiuntur bulbi ante ver: aut deteriores fiunt,

Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 96:

Mutatione recreabitur sicut in cibis... Aut dicant iste mihi, quae sit alia ratio discendi,

Quint. 1, 12, 6; 2, 17, 9.—

To restrict or correct an expression which is too general or inaccurate, or, or rather, or more accurately.

Absol.:

de hominum genere, aut omnino de animalium loquor,

Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 33; 5, 20, 57; id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

Aut scilicet tua libertas disserendi amissa est, aut tu is es, qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 36: cenaene causā, aut tuae mercedis gratiā Nos nostras aedīs postulas comburere? or rather, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 11.—In this signification aut sometimes begins a new clause: Potestne igitur quisquam dicere, inter eum, qui doleat, et inter eum, qui in voluptate sit, nihil interesse? Aut, ita qui sentiet, non apertissime insaniat? or is not rather, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

Quid est enim temeritate turpius? Aut quid tam temerarium tamque indignum sapientis gravitate atque constantiā, quam, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 4, 26, 72; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 3.—

With potius (v. infra, F. 4.).—

Neque... aut sometimes, but chiefly in the poets, takes the place of neque... neque: Neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam;

nec conjugis umquam Praetendi taedas aut haec in foedera veni,

Verg. A. 4, 339:

Si neque avaritiam neque sordes aut mala lustra Obiciet vere quisquam mihi,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 68 Bentl., but ac, K. and H.:

Nunc neque te longi remeantem pompa triumphi Excipit aut sacras poscunt Capitolia lauros,

Luc. 1, 287:

Nam neque plebeiam aut dextro sine numine cretam Servo animam,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 66:

Neque enim Tyriis Cynosura carinis Certior aut Grais Helice servanda magistris,

Val. Fl. 1, 17; so also Tacitus: nec litore tenus adcrescere aut resorberi, Agr. 10; G. 7 ter; H. 1, 32; so after non:

Non eo dico, quo mihi veniat in dubium tua fides, aut quo etc.,

Cic. Quinct. 5:

non jure aut legibus cognoscunt,

Tac. Or. 19; id. Agr. 41; id. G. 24; after haud:

Haud alias populus plus occultae vocis aut suspicacis silentii permisit,

id. A. 3, 11; after nihil:

nihil caedis aut praedae,

id. A. 15, 6; 13, 4; id. H. 1, 30.—

The poets connect by aut... vel, vel... aut, instead of aut... aut, or vel... vel: Quotiens te votui Argu [p. 211] rippum Conpellare aut contrectare conloquive aut contui? Plaut. As. 3, 1, 19:

aut appone dapes, Vare, vel aufer opes,

Mart. 4, 78, 6 (this epigram is rejected by Schneid.):

Non ars aut astus belli vel dextera deerat,

Sil. 16, 32.—

In connection with other particles.

Aut etiam, to complete or strengthen an assertion, or also, or even:

quid ergo aut hunc prohibet, aut etiam Xenocratem, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 51:

conjectura in multas aut diversas, aut etiam in contrarias partes,

id. Div. 2, 26, 55; id. Off. 1, 9, 28:

si aut ambigue aut inconstanter aut incredibiliter dicta sunt, aut etiam aliter ab alio dicta,

id. Part. Or. 14, 51:

etsi omnia aut scripta esse a tuis arbitror, aut etiam nuntiis ac rumore perlata,

id. Att. 4, 1.—So with one aut:

quod de illo acceperant, aut etiam suspicabantur,

Cic. Fam. 1, 19, 36; Cels. 4, 18:

si modo sim (orator), aut etiam quicumque sim,

Cic. Or. 3, 12; id. de Or. 1, 17, 76.—

Aut certe, aut modo, aut quidem, or aut sane, to restrict a declaration, or at least (cf. II. A.).

Aut certe:

ac video hanc primam ingressionem meam aut reprehensionis aliquid, aut certe admirationis habituram,

Cic. Or. 3, 11; id. Top. 17, 64:

quo enim uno vincebamur a victā Graeciā, id aut ereptum illis est, aut certe nobis cum illis communicatum,

id. Brut. 73, 254; so Dolabella ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1; Liv. 2, 1, 4; 40, 46, 2; Cels. 1, 2; 5, 26; Prop. 4, 21, 29.—

Aut modo:

Si umquam posthac aut amasso Casinam, aut obcepso modo,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 22.—

Aut quidem:

Proinde desinant quidam quaerere ultra aut opinari... aut quidem vetustissimā nave impositos jubebo avehi,

Suet. Caes. 66.—

Aut sane:

Afer aut Sardus sane,

Cic. Scaur. 15.—

Aut vero, to connect a more important thought, or indeed, or truly:

Quem tibi aut hominem, aut vero deum, auxilio futurum putas?

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 78:

Quis enim tibi hoc concesserit, aut initio genus hominum se oppidis moenibusque saepsisse? Aut vero etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 9, 36.—

Aut potius, for correction or greater definiteness, or rather (cf. II. C.):

Erravit, aut potius insanivit Apronius?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 119:

proditores aut potius apertos hostes,

id. Sest. 35:

nemo est injustus, aut incauti potius habendi sunt improbi,

id. Leg. 1, 14, 40:

Quae est ergo ista ratio, aut quae potius ista amentia?

id. Verr. 3, 173.—

Aut ne... quidem:

ego jam aut rem aut ne spem quidem exspecto,

Cic. Att. 3, 22 fin.

1, 3, 18 Lachm.:

justos aut reperire pedes,

id. 2, 5, 112:

Persequar aut studium linguae etc.,

Prop. 4, 21, 27:

Fer pater, inquit, opem! Tellus aut hisce, vel istam, etc.,

Ov. M. 1, 545 (Merk., ait):

Balteus aut fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus,

Luc. 2, 362, where some read haud. See more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 525-558.

auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,

In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—

Esp.,

A view, opinion, judgment:

errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

id. Lael. 4, 13.—

Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—

Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

id. ib. 18, 52:

legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

id. Phil. 3, 3:

nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,

Esp., in political lang., t. t.

Senatūs auctoritas,

The will of the senate:

agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,

A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

Liv. 7, 31:

imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

id. 26, 2:

Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

Suet. Claud. 12:

citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—

Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

publica,

Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—

Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—

Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

id. Phil. 8, 8.—

Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

Vell. 2, 32:

optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

Suet. Caes. 11; so,

auctoritatem habere,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

adripere,

id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

facere,

to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

imminuere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

levare,

id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

fructus capere auctoritatis,

id. Sen. 18, 62:

Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

id. Fl. 4:

utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

unguentorum,

id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

auctoritas dignitasque formae,

Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—

An example, pattern, model:

omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

id. Sest. 6, 14:

valuit auctoritas,

id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—

A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

id. Fl. 22, 53:

Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

id. Lael. 25, 94.—

Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.

A record, document:

videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—

The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—

Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—

In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,

In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—

Esp.,

A view, opinion, judgment:

errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

id. Lael. 4, 13.—

Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—

Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

id. ib. 18, 52:

legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

id. Phil. 3, 3:

nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,

Esp., in political lang., t. t.

Senatūs auctoritas,

The will of the senate:

agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,

A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

Liv. 7, 31:

imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

id. 26, 2:

Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

Suet. Claud. 12:

citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—

Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

publica,

Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—

Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—

Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

id. Phil. 8, 8.—

Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

Vell. 2, 32:

optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

Suet. Caes. 11; so,

auctoritatem habere,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

adripere,

id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

facere,

to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

imminuere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

levare,

id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

fructus capere auctoritatis,

id. Sen. 18, 62:

Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

id. Fl. 4:

utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

unguentorum,

id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

auctoritas dignitasque formae,

Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—

An example, pattern, model:

omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

id. Sest. 6, 14:

valuit auctoritas,

id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—

A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

id. Fl. 22, 53:

Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

id. Lael. 25, 94.—

Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.

A record, document:

videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—

The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—

Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—

In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

censūra, ae, f. [censor].

The office of censor, censorship, Liv. 4, 8, 2; 4, 24, 3 sq.; 9, 34, 16 sq.; 9, 46, 10 et saep.; Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48; Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 44; Ov. F. 6, 647 et saep.—Prov.:

dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas,

Juv. 2, 63.—

Trop.

A judgment, opinion, in gen. (prob. not ante-Aug.), Ov. R. Am. 362:

vivorum,

Vell. 2, 36, 3:

vini,

Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 72:

culinarum,

id. 9, 54, 79, § 169:

cachinni,

Juv. 10, 31:

de omni scripto (Senecae) judicium censuramque facere,

Gell. 12, 2, 2. —

A severe, rigid judgment, severity: parentis, Treb. Gall. 3; Capitol. M. Aur. 22.

ceu, adv. [contr. from ce-ve, like neu and seu, from neve and sive], a particle of equality or comparison, as, like as, just as (in the ante-Aug. per., peculiar to more elevated poetry;

later also in prose, in Seneca and Suet., and esp. freq. in Plin. H. N.): pars vertere terga, ceu quondam petiere rates,

Verg. A. 6, 492:

ceu talpae,

Plin. 9, 6, 7, § 17:

ceu notamus in muscis,

id. 11, 48, 108, § 258; so id. 9, 37, 61, § 132; Suet. Vit. 17; Plin. 19, 12, 62, § 187.—

In poet. comparisons (hence, haud aliter follows in a corresponding clause, Verg. A. 9, 797; 10, 360, or sic, id. ib. 10, 729), like, as, like as:

tenuis fugit ceu fumus in auras,

Verg. A. 5, 740; so id. G. 3, 542; * Cat. 64, 239:

Hecuba et natae... Praecipites atrā ceu tempestate columbae,... sedebant,

Verg. A. 2, 516; * Hor. C. 4, 4, 43:

ceu nubibus arcus Mille jacit varios adverso sole colores,

Verg. A. 5, 88; so id. ib. 5, 527.—

With cum, as when, Verg. G. 1, 303: 4, 96; id. A. 7, 673; 9, 30; 9, 792; 10, 97; Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 4.—

With si (twice in Lucr.), Lucr. 4, 620; 6, 161.—

Sometimes in a conditional sense, as if, as it were, like as if, etc., Enn. ap. Non. p. 483, 2:

Thesea ceu pulsae ventorum flamine nubes Aërium nivei montis liquere cacumen,

Cat. 64, 239:

per aperta volans, ceu liber habenis, Aequora,

Verg. G. 3, 194; Plin. 2, 28, 28, § 98; 9, 37, 61, § 132; 34, 18, 54, § 175; Suet. Tib. 52; Stat. Th. 1, 320.— Hence, with a subj.:

ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

Verg. A. 2, 438; Sil. 2, 378; Stat. S. 3, 1, 6; id. Th. 2, 417; Plin. 16, 10, 18. § 41; 31, 1, 1, § 2; 34, 6, 13, § 28 al.—

In the Nat. Hist. of Pliny sometimes ceu vero = quasi vero, in refuting another's opinion, as if, just as if: ceu vero nesciam adversus Theophrastum scripsisse etiam feminam, Plin. praef. § 29; 7, 55, 56, § 188; 11, 39, 92, § 226; 12, 1, 5, § 11 al.; cf. upon this word, Hand, Turs. II. pp. 45-49.

cōgĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [cogito, i. e. co-agito; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 43; Cic. Off. 1, 6, 19; Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 7 Müll.].

Abstr., a thinking, considering, deliberating; thought, reflection, meditation (in good prose, and very freq.).

Absol.:

cogitatio in se ipsā vertitur,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156:

cogitatione aliquid complecti,

Quint. 11, 2, 19:

subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio et cogitatio facile vincit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf. Quint. 10, 6, 1 sq.:

speciem dei percipere cogitatione, non sensu,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 105:

cogitatione aliquid comprehendere,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50; 4, 13, 29:

cogitatio enim quamvis regionem potest amplecti,

Auct. Her. 3, 19, 32:

acerrima et attentissima,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

tacita,

Quint. 5, 7, 2; cf. id. 6, 1, 44:

provisa et formata,

id. 10, 7, 8:

fortuita,

id. 10, 3, 29:

male cohaerentem,

id. 10, 6, 6:

simplices, magnas,

Tac. G. 22. —

With gen.:

timoris praeteriti,

Cic. Sest. 4, 11:

cum officii, tum etiam periculi mei,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 1; Curt. 7, 8, 4:

suscepti muneris,

Quint. 4, prooem. 7:

cogitationem habere argenti, amoenitatum, etc.,

Cic. Par. 1, 2, 10:

illius loci,

id. Att. 1, 11, 3:

rerum,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 5:

petendi consulatūs,

Vell. 2, 17, 2.—

With rel.:

quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem,

Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4:

mihi... occurrit cogitatio, qualis animus in corpore sit, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51: cujus sit filius, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 3.—

Meton.

Concr., a thought, opinion, judgment; a resolution, design. plan, project:

omnes meas curas cogitationesque in rem publicam conferebam,

Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2; cf. id. Lael. 9, 32; Liv. 35, 28, 7:

mandare litteris cogitationes suas,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 6:

versantur in animo meo multae et graves cogitationes, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 2, 5; cf. Curt. 8, 3, 14:

tacitae,

Quint. 11, 2, 17; cf. id. 3, 8, 41:

posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse,

Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5 (transl. of Hai deuterai pôs phrontides sophôterai):

ista cogitatio de triumpho,

id. Att. 7, 3, 2:

redit autem illa cogitatio, quosdam fore qui, etc.,

Quint. 1, 7, 33: de his rebus rogo vos, ut cogitationem suscipiatis, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4:

cogitatione rerum novarum abstinere,

Tac. H. 1, 7; cf. id. ib. 1, 23; 2, 74; id. A. 15, 54:

vix a tam praecipiti cogitatione revocatus,

Suet. Calig. 48.—

In Cic. several times, thought as an intellectual power, the ability of thinking, power or faculty of thought, the reasoning power (cf.:

vim cogitationis habere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66):

(homo) solus particeps rationis et cogitationis,

id. Leg. 1, 7, 22; id. N. D. 3, 9, 21; 2, 7, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134.