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  • 1 homo

    hŏmo, ĭnis (archaic form hemonem hominem dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll.; cf. humanus init., and nēmo, from nĕ-hĕmo: homōnem, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P. = [p. 860] Ann. v. 141 Vahl.:

    hŏmōnes,

    Naev. 1, 1), comm. [root in humus, Gr. chamai; cf. Germ. -gam in Bräutigam; O. H. Germ. gomo; Goth. guma; Old Engl. goom; Engl. groom; cf. also Gr. epichthonioi; Hebr. Adam], a human being, man.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    animal hoc providum, sagax, multiplex, acutum, memor, plenum rationis et consilii quem vocamus hominem, praeclara quadam condicione generatum esse a summo deo, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22; cf.

    , on the natural history of man,

    Plin. 7 praef. sq.; § 5 sq.: decem hominibus vitam eripis, indictā causā, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 25 (24), 12: dum quidem unus homo Romanus toga superescit, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 302 Müll. (Ann. v. 486 Vahl.); cf.: unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 313 ib.): navus repertus homo Graio patre Graius homo rex, id. ap. Fest. p. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 183 ib.):

    homo jam grandior,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 15:

    homo amicus nobis... homo antiqua virtute ac fide,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 86 sq.; cf.:

    bonus homo et nobis amicus,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 18 fin.: quid est, quod homo masculus lubentius videre debeat bella uxore? Varr. ap. Non. 248, 16:

    infelix,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 169:

    homo omni doctrina eruditus,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 13; cf.:

    homo summā prudentiā, multā etiam doctrinā,

    id. Fam. 3, 7, 5:

    de hujus hominis (i. e. Pompei) felicitate, etc.,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47:

    iners atque inutilis,

    id. Off. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

    contemptus et abjectus,

    id. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    insulsus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; cf.

    also: hominum homo stultissime,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 10:

    quid hoc homine faciatis?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 42:

    consulere generi hominum,

    the human race, mankind, id. Rep. 3, 12:

    genus hominum,

    id. ib. 2, 26; id. de Or. 1, 9, 36; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7 et saep. (more freq., genus humanum; v. humanus and genus); cf.:

    natura hominem conciliat homini... hominum coetus et celebrationes,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:

    placet Stoicis, quae in terris gignantur, ad usum hominum omnia creari, homines autem hominum causa esse generatos,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 22:

    homines plurimum hominibus et prosunt et obsunt,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 17: is dictus popularibus olim, Qui tum vivebant homines, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 308 Vahl.):

    homines Romani,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    lege conciliati homines cum dis putandi sunt,

    id. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

    pro deum atque hominum fidem!

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 16 et saep.: divumque hominumque pater, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll. (Ann. v. 566 Vahl.); so, id. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4 (Ann. v. 567) and ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 254); but homo, sing., is used of the human race, mankind (= homines, genus humanum), when it has no predicate joined with it:

    qua haud scio an quidquam melius sit homini datum,

    Cic. Lael. 6, 20; 3, 11:

    taces, Monstrum hominis?

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 29; cf.:

    odium illud hominis impuri,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1:

    quid hoc sit hominis?

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 26; cf.:

    quid illuc hominus est?

    Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 17;

    in addresses: nisi caves tu homo, etc.,

    id. Heaut. 5, 3, 1:

    tu homo adigis me ad insaniam,

    id. Ad. 1, 2, 31.—In apposition:

    mares homines,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 32:

    amanti homini adulescenti,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 94; cf.:

    filius homo adulescens,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 52;

    v. adulescens: verberare hominem senem,

    id. Ad. 4, 2, 23:

    servom hominem,

    id. Phorm. 2, 1, 62:

    oculi hominis histrionis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193:

    nemo homo,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 29; cf.:

    ut homo nemo velit nisi hominis similis esse,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78;

    v. nemo. —Of females: mater, cujus ea stultitia est, ut eam nemo hominem appellare possit,

    Cic. Clu. 70, 199:

    quae (Io) bos ex homine est,

    Ov. F. 5, 620; Juv. 6, 284:

    dulcissimum ab hominis camelinum lac,

    Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123: homines feminae (opp. mares homines), Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 3.—
    2.
    Prov.
    a.
    Quot homines, tot sententiae, many men, many minds, i. e. every one has his own opinion, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 14; Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 15.—
    b.
    Ut homo est, ita morem geras, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 77 (but in Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 36 spurious, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—
    c.
    Homines, dum docent, discunt, Sen. Ep. 7, 8 fin. —
    d.
    Aiunt homines plus in alieno negotio videre quam in suo, the lookers-on see farther in the game than the players, id. ib. 109, 16. —
    e.
    Homo nulli coloris, neither fish nor flesh, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99.—
    f.
    Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 25; cf.:

    homo ego sum, homo tu es,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 46.—
    g.
    Lupus homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 88.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Pregn., in a good or a bad sense.
    a.
    In a good sense (cf. vir), a man, as a reasonable or moral being:

    homo es, qui me emunxisti mucidum,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 57:

    si homo esset, eum potius legeret,

    Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

    nox te expolivit hominemque reddidit,

    id. de Or. 2, 10, 40:

    si vis homo esse,

    id. Att. 4, 15, 2:

    homines visi sumus,

    id. ib. 13, 52, 2:

    nos quod simus, quod habeamus, quod homines existimemur, id omne abs te habere,

    id. Fam. 7, 29, 1:

    si tu sis homo,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 11:

    et tu illum tuom, si esses homo, sineres, etc.,

    if you had a man's sense, id. ib. 1, 2, 27:

    exuens hominem ex homine,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35: cum Socrates Alcibiadi persuasisset, eum nihil hominis esse, that he was nothing of a man (i. e. in no respect such as a man should be), id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77:

    (Nero) dicebat se quasi hominem tandem habitare coepisse,

    like a human being, Suet. Ner. 31:

    me hominem inter homines voluit esse,

    Petr. 39. —
    b.
    In a bad sense, a man, as a weak, mortal being, subject to error, of low condition (rare):

    fateor me saepe peccasse, nam et homo sum et adhuc juvenis,

    Petr. 130: cf.

    homines sumus, non dei,

    id. 75:

    (Demosthenes, Homerus) summi sunt, homines tamen,

    Quint. 10, 1, 25.—In fem.: quae si hoc tempore non diem suum obiisset, paucis post annis tamen ei moriendum fuit, quoniam homo nata fuerat, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4.—Also of servants (as distinguished from a free Roman): homo P. Quinti, Quintus's man, i. e. his slave, servant, Cic. Quint. 19, 61:

    vinum familiae... Saturnalibus et Compitalibus in singulos homines congios,

    Cato, R. R. 57, 2; Cat. 10, 16.—
    2.
    In opp. to a woman, a man (anteand post-class., and very rare):

    mi homo et mea mulier, vos saluto,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 57; Lact. 2, 12; Dig. 48, 19, 38.—
    * 3.
    In milit. lang., homines, opp. to cavalry, foot-soldiers, infantry:

    capti homines equitesque producebantur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 5; cf. vir. —
    4.
    Homo novus, v. novus.—
    5.
    Bodies, corpses:

    jam pigritia singulos sepeliendi promisce acervatos cumulos hominum urebant,

    Liv. 5, 48, 3.—
    6.
    Particular phrases.
    a.
    Paucorum hominum esse, to have but few intimates, be choice in one's company: (Maecenas) paucorum hominum et mentis bene sanae. Hor. S. 1, 9, 44:

    homo est Perpaucorum hominum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 19.— Hence, comically, of the favorite but rare fish, acipenser: Scipio vide, quid agas: acipenser iste paucorum hominum est, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12 (see the anecdote in connection).—
    b.
    Inter homines esse (agere).
    (α).
    To be among the living, to be alive, to live (very rare):

    Hercules numquam abiisset ad deos, nisi cum inter homines esset, eam sibi viam munivisset,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:

    inter homines esse desinere,

    i. e. to die, Dig. 31, 1, 59; so,

    agere inter homines desinere,

    Tac. A. 15, 74 fin.:

    ab hominibus ereptus est,

    Dig. 31, 1, 58.—
    (β).
    To see the world, be among men:

    iste homo qui numquam inter homines fuerit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76.—
    II.
    Transf., esp. in familiar lang., the man, the fellow, instead of the pron. he, his, him:

    haben argentum ab homine?

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 65:

    ibi homo coepit me obsecrare, ut, etc.,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 30:

    itast homo,

    id. Ad. 1, 2, 63:

    dixit, se senatui roganti de Marcello ne hominis quidem causa negaturum,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

    ei medico imperasti, ut venas hominis incideret,

    id. Pis. 34, 83:

    tantum esse in homine sceleris,

    id. Sest. 9, 22 Halm.; 41, 89; id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

    persuasit homini,

    Nep. Dat. 10, 3:

    aut insanit homo aut versus facit,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 117:

    agnoscit hominem Caesar,

    Phaedr. 2, 5, 19 Burm. ad loc.; al.—
    B.
    Hic homo, this man, = I, myself (ante-class. and poet.):

    hunc hominem velles si tradere,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 47:

    solus hic homo est, qui sciat, etc.,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 33:

    tibi verba, huic homini verbera,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 114 (cf. hic, G.).

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  • 2 pauca

    paucus, a, um ( gen. plur. paucūm, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, fin.—Dat. plur. fem. paucabus, Cn. Gellius ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), adj. [root pau-; Gr. pauô, to cause to cease, paula, remnant, pauros, little; cf. paulus, pauper, parvus (pauros)], few, little (the sing. very rare; cf.: parvus, exiguus, rarus): verbūm Paucūm, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 252 Vahl.):

    in diebus paucis Chrysis moritur,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 77:

    paucis diebus post mortem Africani,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 3; cf.:

    his paucis diebus,

    a few days ago, id. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102:

    causae modicae et paucae,

    id. de Or. 2, 32, 140:

    pauci admodum familiares,

    id. Lael. 1, 2; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; id. Fam. 2, 7, 3:

    paucorum hominum et mentis bene sanae (i. e. paucis hominibus familiariter utens),

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 44; cf. Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 19 and v. Ruhnk. ad h. l. Lycurgus gerontas Lacedaemone appellavit, nimis is quidem paucos, XXVIII., quos, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 28, 50: nimium fortasse pauci viverent, Lact. Ira Dei, 20, 5.— Comp ne pauciores cum pluribus manum consererent, Sall. J. 49, 2. pauciora navigia, Auct. B. Afr.— Sup.:

    quam paucissimae plagae,

    Cels. 7, 2.—
    (β).
    In sing.:

    tibia tenuis simplexque foramine pauco,

    Hor. A. P. 203:

    injurias pauco aere diluere,

    Gell. 20, 1, 31. —
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    pauci, ōrum, m., few, a few:

    ut metus ad omnes, poena ad paucos perveniret,

    Cic. Clu. 46, 128:

    pauci sciebant,

    id. Mur. 11, 25:

    calumnia paucorum,

    Sall. C. 30, 4:

    paucorum potentia,

    id. ib. 39, 1; 20, 7.—Sometimes pauci is used in the sense of the few, the select few (opp. multi, the many, the multitude): non paucis... ac sapientibus esse probatum, Lucil. ap. Non. 519, 10:

    paucorum judicium,

    Cic. Or. 3, 13:

    eorum qui pauci nominantur,

    id. Lael. 6, 22: pauciores, the more distinguished (opp. plures), Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12.—Hence, inter paucos (paucas), in paucis, adverb., with adjj., especially, eminently, extraordinarily, etc.:

    nobilis pugna atque inter paucas memorata,

    Liv. 22, 7, 1:

    pugna memorabilis inter paucas,

    id. 23, 44, 4:

    situs inter paucas munitae urbis,

    id. 38, 15, 9:

    Florus, inter paucos disertus,

    Quint. 10, 3, 13:

    Hector, in paucis Alexandro carus,

    Curt. 4, 8, 7:

    regi carus in paucis,

    id. 6, 8, 2:

    in paucis digna res,

    Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 1; 27, 7, 28, § 45.—
    B.
    pauca, ōrum, n., a few words: philosophandum est paucis, nam omnino haut placet, Enn. ap. Gell. 5, 15, 9 (Trag. v. 417 Vahl.): pauca sunt, tecum quae volo, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 214 P.: audite, pueri, pauca, Afran. ap. Non. 403, 21:

    in pauca confer,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 54:

    paucis me misit ad eam,

    id. Bacch. 4, 1, 16: paucis rem attingere, id. Truc. 4, 4, 11:

    ausculta paucis,

    Ter. And. 3, 3, 4:

    paucis te volo,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 2:

    paucis docebo,

    Verg. A. 4, 116:

    pauca refert,

    id. ib. 4, 333:

    pauca respondere,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 61:

    ipsi pauca velim,

    Juv. 5, 107:

    cetera quam paucissimis absolvam,

    Sall. J. 17, 2.

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  • 3 paucus

    paucus, a, um ( gen. plur. paucūm, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, fin.—Dat. plur. fem. paucabus, Cn. Gellius ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), adj. [root pau-; Gr. pauô, to cause to cease, paula, remnant, pauros, little; cf. paulus, pauper, parvus (pauros)], few, little (the sing. very rare; cf.: parvus, exiguus, rarus): verbūm Paucūm, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 252 Vahl.):

    in diebus paucis Chrysis moritur,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 77:

    paucis diebus post mortem Africani,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 3; cf.:

    his paucis diebus,

    a few days ago, id. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102:

    causae modicae et paucae,

    id. de Or. 2, 32, 140:

    pauci admodum familiares,

    id. Lael. 1, 2; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; id. Fam. 2, 7, 3:

    paucorum hominum et mentis bene sanae (i. e. paucis hominibus familiariter utens),

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 44; cf. Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 19 and v. Ruhnk. ad h. l. Lycurgus gerontas Lacedaemone appellavit, nimis is quidem paucos, XXVIII., quos, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 28, 50: nimium fortasse pauci viverent, Lact. Ira Dei, 20, 5.— Comp ne pauciores cum pluribus manum consererent, Sall. J. 49, 2. pauciora navigia, Auct. B. Afr.— Sup.:

    quam paucissimae plagae,

    Cels. 7, 2.—
    (β).
    In sing.:

    tibia tenuis simplexque foramine pauco,

    Hor. A. P. 203:

    injurias pauco aere diluere,

    Gell. 20, 1, 31. —
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    pauci, ōrum, m., few, a few:

    ut metus ad omnes, poena ad paucos perveniret,

    Cic. Clu. 46, 128:

    pauci sciebant,

    id. Mur. 11, 25:

    calumnia paucorum,

    Sall. C. 30, 4:

    paucorum potentia,

    id. ib. 39, 1; 20, 7.—Sometimes pauci is used in the sense of the few, the select few (opp. multi, the many, the multitude): non paucis... ac sapientibus esse probatum, Lucil. ap. Non. 519, 10:

    paucorum judicium,

    Cic. Or. 3, 13:

    eorum qui pauci nominantur,

    id. Lael. 6, 22: pauciores, the more distinguished (opp. plures), Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12.—Hence, inter paucos (paucas), in paucis, adverb., with adjj., especially, eminently, extraordinarily, etc.:

    nobilis pugna atque inter paucas memorata,

    Liv. 22, 7, 1:

    pugna memorabilis inter paucas,

    id. 23, 44, 4:

    situs inter paucas munitae urbis,

    id. 38, 15, 9:

    Florus, inter paucos disertus,

    Quint. 10, 3, 13:

    Hector, in paucis Alexandro carus,

    Curt. 4, 8, 7:

    regi carus in paucis,

    id. 6, 8, 2:

    in paucis digna res,

    Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 1; 27, 7, 28, § 45.—
    B.
    pauca, ōrum, n., a few words: philosophandum est paucis, nam omnino haut placet, Enn. ap. Gell. 5, 15, 9 (Trag. v. 417 Vahl.): pauca sunt, tecum quae volo, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 214 P.: audite, pueri, pauca, Afran. ap. Non. 403, 21:

    in pauca confer,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 54:

    paucis me misit ad eam,

    id. Bacch. 4, 1, 16: paucis rem attingere, id. Truc. 4, 4, 11:

    ausculta paucis,

    Ter. And. 3, 3, 4:

    paucis te volo,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 2:

    paucis docebo,

    Verg. A. 4, 116:

    pauca refert,

    id. ib. 4, 333:

    pauca respondere,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 61:

    ipsi pauca velim,

    Juv. 5, 107:

    cetera quam paucissimis absolvam,

    Sall. J. 17, 2.

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  • 4 Gratia

    grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus; lit., favor, both that in which one stands with others and that which one shows to others].
    I.
    (Acc. to gratus, I.) Favor which one finds with others, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship (syn. favor):

    pluris pauciorum gratiam faciunt pars hominum quam id quod prosint pluribus,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12:

    perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 68:

    ut majores ejus (Plancii) summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenuerint et dignitatis et gratiae,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 32; cf.:

    Sex. Roscius gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

    deinde si maxime talis est deus, ut nulla gratia, nulla hominum caritate teneatur, etc.,

    id. N. D. 1, 44, 124:

    neque quo Cn. Pompeii gratiam mihi per hanc causam conciliari putem,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70; cf.:

    aliquem restituere in gratiam,

    id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23:

    aliquem restituere in ejus veterem gratiam,

    id. Att. 1, 3, 3:

    in gratiam reducere,

    id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; cf.

    also: cum aliquo in gratiam redire,

    to reconcile one's self with one, id. Att. 1, 14, 7; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1; id. Thras. 3 fin.; id. Dat. 8, 5 al.:

    alicujus gratiam sequi,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3; cf.:

    si suam gratiam Romani velint, posse eis utiles esse amicos,

    id. B. G. 4, 7, 4:

    ab aliquo inire gratiam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 113:

    a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam,

    id. Att. 7, 9, 3:

    magnam inire gratiam,

    id. Fin. 4, 12, 31:

    quantam eo facto ad plebem inierat gratiam,

    Liv. 33, 46, 7:

    apud regem gratiam initam volebant,

    id. 36, 5, 3:

    at te apud eum, dii boni, quanta in gratia posui!

    Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6 fin.;

    with a different construction: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam (Ern. conj. in gratia),

    Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3:

    cum aliquo in laude et in gratia esse,

    id. Verr. 1, 17, 51; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:

    inter vos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17 Ruhnk.:

    plerique (in divortio) cum bona gratia discedunt,

    Dig. 24, 1, 32, § 10;

    without bona: cum istuc quod postulo impetro cum gratia,

    with a good grace, Ter. And. 2, 5, 11:

    omnia quae potui in hac summa tua gratia ac potentia a te impetrare,

    credit, influence, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; cf.:

    Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 4; 1, 43, 8:

    gratiā plurimum posse,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 3; 1, 20, 2; cf.:

    quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valent,

    id. ib. 7, 63, 1:

    gratiā valere,

    id. B. C. 2, 44, 1:

    inproba quamvis Gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,

    Juv. 13, 4:

    quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat,

    Liv. 40, 59, 1.—In plur.:

    L. Murenae provincia multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione attulit,

    tokens of favor, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:

    cum haec res plurimas gratias, firmissimas amicitias pariat,

    id. ib. 11, 24:

    non hominum potentium studio, non excellentibus gratiis paucorum, sed universi populi Romani judicio consulem factum,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 7.—
    B.
    Transf., objectively, like the Gr. charis, agreeableness, pleasantness, charm, beauty, loveliness, grace (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    esp. freq. in Quint.): gratia formae,

    Ov. M. 7, 44; Suet. Tit. 3:

    corporis,

    id. Vit. 3; id. Vit. Ter. 1; Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:

    quid ille gratiae in vultu ostenderit,

    Quint. 6 prooem. § 7; cf. id. 6, 3, 26:

    unica nec desit jocundis gratia verbis,

    charm, Prop. 1, 2, 29; cf.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13, 127:

    plenus est jucunditatis et gratiae (Horatius),

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    sermonis Attici,

    id. ib. 65;

    12, 10, 35: dicendi,

    id. 9, 3, 74:

    brevitatis novitatisque,

    id. ib. 58:

    omnis bene scriptorum,

    id. 11, 2, 46 et saep.; Cels. 4, 29 med.:

    uvis et vinis gratiam affert fumus fabrilis,

    Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 17, 9, 6, § 53. —Hence,
    2.
    As a nom. propr.: Grātiae, ārum, f., a transl. of the Gr. Charites, the goddesses of favor, loveliness, grace, etc., the three Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720; Hor. C. 1, 4, 6; 1, 30, 6; 3, 19, 16; 3, 21, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 82.—In sing.: Grātia, ae, collect., Ov. M. 6, 429.
    II. A.
    In gen. (rare): ita mihi Telamonis patris, avi Aeaci et proavi Jovis grata est gratia, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 23 (Trag. v. 367 Vahl.):

    ergo ab eo petito gratiam istam,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 63; cf.:

    gratiam a patre si petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 23:

    petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 189; cf.:

    quod beneficii gratiaeque causa concessit,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 48 fin.:

    hanc gratiam ut sibi des,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 30:

    juris jurandi volo gratiam facias,

    excuse, release, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 59; cf.:

    alicui delicti gratiam facere,

    to grant pardon, forgive, Sall. J. 104 fin. Kritz.:

    qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti gratiam fecissem,

    id. Cat. 52, 8; cf.

    also: quibus senatus belli Lepidani gratiam fecerat,

    id. Fragm. 3, 34 Gerl.:

    alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis,

    to please, for the sake of, Liv. 28, 21, 4; cf.:

    deletam urbem cernimus eorum, quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,

    id. 28, 39, 12 Drak.:

    in gratiam alicujus,

    id. 35, 2, 6; 39, 26, 12; Vell. 2, 41, 2; Suet. Tib. 49 al.; cf.

    also: data visceratio in praeteritam judicii gratiam,

    for the favor shown him on the trial, Liv. 8, 22, 4:

    nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla umbrarum,

    Juv. 8, 64.—
    B.
    In partic., a mark of favor shown for a service rendered, thanks (by word or deed), thankfulness, gratitude; acknowledgment, return, requital (the form with agere of returning thanks is the plur., but with habere, referre, debere, nearly always in sing.; but when thanks are due to or rendered by more than one person, the form gratias referre, etc., may be used; v. infra., and cf. Krebs. Antibarb. p. 505):

    quae (gratia) in memoria et remuneratione officiorum et honoris et amicitiarum observantiam teneat,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66; cf.:

    gratia est, in qua amicitiarum et officiorum alterius memoria et remunerandi voluntas continetur,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 161:

    immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam: nam relaturum me affirmare non possum,

    id. Fam. 10, 11, 1; cf.:

    renuntiate, gratias regi me agere: referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse, quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 37, 8 (v. ago):

    dīs gratias agere... si referre studeant gratias,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26 sq.:

    L. Lucceius meus, homo omnium gratissimus, mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, cum diceret, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1:

    eique amplissimis verbis per senatus consultum gratias egimus,

    id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:

    Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter,

    id. Fam. 1, 10:

    justissimas gratias agere,

    id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

    quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, etc.,

    id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:

    nunc tecum sic agam, tulisse ut potius injuriam, quam retulisse gratiam videar,

    to have made a return, requital, recompense, id. Sull. 16, 47 fin.:

    magno meo beneficio affecti cumulatissime mihi gratiam retulerunt,

    id. Fam. 13, 4, 1:

    praeclaram vero populo Romano refers gratiam,

    id. Cat. 1, 11, 28:

    ut pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores eis habeantur gratiaeque referantur,

    id. Phil. 3, 15, 39; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 25:

    me omnibus, si minus referenda gratia satisfacere potuerim, at praedicanda et habenda certe satis esse facturum,

    if I cannot requite... I can extol, id. Balb. 1, 2; cf.: nimirum inops ille, si bonus est vir, etiam si referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest. Commode autem quicumque dixit, pecuniam qui habeat, non reddidisse; qui reddiderit, non habere: gratiam autem et qui retulerit, habere et qui habeat retulisse, id. Off. 2, 20, 69; id. Planc. 28, 68; cf. id. ib. 42, 101; id. Fam. 5, 11, 1:

    gratias habere,

    Liv. 24, 37, 7:

    alicui summas gratias habere,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 33:

    alicui maximas infinitasque agere atque habere gratias, quod, etc.,

    Vitr. 6 praef. 4:

    merito vestro maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:

    meritam dīs immortalibus gratiam justis honoribus et memori mente persolvere,

    id. Planc. 33, 80:

    pro beneficio gratiam repetere,

    Liv. 1, 47, 7:

    gratias ob hoc agere, quod, etc.,

    Liv. 54, 50, 4; so with ob, Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 21; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 9:

    pro tuo summo beneficio gratias agere,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; Liv. 23, 11, 12; Plin, Pan. 25, 1; cf. Gell. 9, 3, 5:

    dum carmine nostro Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,

    Tib. 2, 1, 36; cf.:

    hoc certe justitiae convenit suum cuique reddere, beneficio gratiam, injuriae talionem aut certe malam gratiam,

    Sen. Ep. 81 med.;

    rarely: in gratiam habere (=ita accipere, ut ad gratiam comparandam valere putet),

    to accept as thankworthy, Sall. J. 111, 1:

    unum vis curem: curo. Et est dīs gratia, Cum ita, ut volo, est,

    I thank, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 58; cf.: Er. Eamus intro, ut prandeamus. Me. Bene vocas: tam gratia est, no, I'm much obliged to you (the negative being omitted, as in the Fr. je vous remercie, and the Germ. ich danke sehr), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36.—Ellipt.: fores effregit? restituentur;

    discidit Vestem? resarcietur: est, dīs gratia, Et unde haec fiant, et adhuc non molesta sunt,

    thank Heaven, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41.—With acc. and inf. (anteclass. and post-Aug.):

    dīs gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 4, 64; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 4; id. And. 1, 1, 15.—Hence, as adverbs:
    A.
    grātĭā (acc. to II. A.), lit., in favor of, on account of, for the sake of; hence, in gen., on account of (usually placed after the gen., in Quint. a few times before it; cf.: causa, ergo).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    sed neque longioribus quam oportet hyperbatis compositioni serviamus, ne quae ejus gratia fecerimus, propter eam fecisse videamur,

    lest what we have done to embellish the style we should seem to have done merely on account of the construction we had chosen, Quint. 9, 4, 144:

    tantum abest, ut haec bestiarum etiam causa parata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.); cf.:

    honoris gratia nomino,

    Cic. Quint. 7, 28:

    nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta omnia,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 17:

    simulabat sese negotii gratia properare,

    Sall. J. 76, 1: hominem occisum esse constat;

    non praedae gratia: quia inspoliatus est,

    Quint. 7, 1, 33; cf.:

    hereditatis gratia,

    id. 5, 12, 5:

    quem censores senatu probri gratia moverant,

    Sall. C. 23, 1:

    profectus gratia dicere,

    Quint. 2, 10, 9:

    brevitatis gratia,

    id. 4, 2, 43:

    decoris gratia,

    id. 8, 6, 65:

    difficultatis gratia,

    id. 9, 2, 77:

    aut invidiae gratia... aut miserationis,

    id. 9, 2, 8:

    praesentis gratia litis,

    id. 2, 7, 4 al. —With gerund.: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):

    ut aut voluptates omittantur majorum voluptatum adipiscendarum causa, aut dolores suscipiantur majorum dolorum effugiendorum gratia,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 2:

    tentandi gratia,

    Sall. J. 47, 2:

    hiemandi gratia,

    id. ib. 61, 3:

    colloquendi gratia,

    id. ib. 61, 4:

    placandi gratia,

    id. ib. 71, 5:

    simulandi gratia,

    id. ib. 37, 4:

    sui exposcendi gratia,

    Nep. Hann. 7, 6:

    amplificandi gratia... vel miserandi,

    Quint. 9, 3, 28:

    elevandae invidiae gratia,

    id. 5, 13, 40:

    recuperandae dignitatis gratia,

    id. 11, 1, 79:

    vitandae similitudinis gratia,

    id. 9, 1, 11 al. —Ellipt.: ejus generis hae sunt quaestiones. Si, exempli gratia, vir bonus Alexandria Rhodum magnum frumenti numerum advexerit, etc., for example, for instance (for the usual exempli causa; so,

    verbi gratia, for verbi causa, infra),

    Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50; so,

    exempli gratia,

    Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110;

    for which in full: pauca tamen exempli gratia ponam,

    Quint. 6, 5, 6:

    eorum unam discordiam ponemus exempli gratia,

    Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 213:

    propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratia propter voluptatem,

    for instance, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—Placed before the [p. 826] gen.:

    gratiā decoris,

    Quint. 8 praef. §

    18: compositionis,

    id. 9, 4, 58:

    lenitatis,

    id. 9, 4, 144:

    significationis,

    id. 8, 6, 2.—
    (β).
    With pron. (mostly ante-class.):

    meā gratiā,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3:

    qui nihil ocius venit tamen hac gratia,

    id. Stich. 5, 1, 5; cf.:

    abire istac gratia,

    id. Ps. 1, 5, 138: (Medea) per agros passim dispergit corpus: id eā gratiā, Ut, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67; so,

    eā gratiā,

    Ter. And. 3, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 20; id. Hec. 4, 3, 11:

    sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,

    id. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 79:

    id ea gratia eveniebat, quod nemo ex fuga regem sequitur,

    Sall. J. 54, 4:

    id ea gratia facilius fuit, quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 80, 4.—
    B.
    grā-tĭīs (always as a trisyll. in ante-class. poets; Pompon. Com. Fragm. v. 110 Rib.; Plaut. As. prol. 5; id. Ep. 3, 4, 38; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Charis. p. 1806; so in Cic. Verr. 2, 4 and 5 Halm), and contr., grātīs (since the class. per.; acc. to II. A.), lit., out of favor or kindness; hence, pregn., without recompense or reward, for nothing, gratuitously, gratis, proika (cf.:

    gratuito, nequidquam, frustra): quae (psaltria) quantum potest Aliquo abicienda est, si non pretio, at gratiis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 46:

    si mihi dantur duo talenta argenti numerata in manum, Hanc tibi noctem honoris causa gratiis dono dabo,

    id. As. 1, 3, 38 sq.:

    quam introduxistis fidicinam, atque etiam fides, Ei quae accessere, tibi addam dono gratiis,

    into the bargain, to boot, id. Ep. 3, 4, 38:

    quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118:

    hic primum questus est non leviter Saturius, communem factum esse gratis cum Roscio, qui pretio proprius fuisset Fanni,

    id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:

    gratis dare alicui (opp. pretium accipere ab aliquo),

    Mart. 14, 175, 2:

    id me scis antea gratis tibi esse pollicitum. Quid nunc putas, tanta mihi abs te mercede proposita?

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7:

    gratis rei publicae servire,

    id. Clu. 26, 71:

    tantum gratis pagina nostra placet,

    Mart. 5, 16, 10:

    virtutes omnes per se ipsas gratis diligere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 83.—Opp. for payment:

    is repente, ut Romam venit, gratis praetor factus est. Alia porro pecunia ne accusaretur data,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 39, 101; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 19, §

    48: habitent gratis in alieno?

    id. Off. 2, 23, 83; so,

    habitare in aedibus alienis,

    Dig. 39, 5, 9:

    habitationem cui dare,

    free of cost, ib. 19, 2, 53, § 2; Mart. 10, 3, 11.

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  • 5 gratia

    grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus; lit., favor, both that in which one stands with others and that which one shows to others].
    I.
    (Acc. to gratus, I.) Favor which one finds with others, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship (syn. favor):

    pluris pauciorum gratiam faciunt pars hominum quam id quod prosint pluribus,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12:

    perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 68:

    ut majores ejus (Plancii) summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenuerint et dignitatis et gratiae,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 32; cf.:

    Sex. Roscius gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

    deinde si maxime talis est deus, ut nulla gratia, nulla hominum caritate teneatur, etc.,

    id. N. D. 1, 44, 124:

    neque quo Cn. Pompeii gratiam mihi per hanc causam conciliari putem,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70; cf.:

    aliquem restituere in gratiam,

    id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23:

    aliquem restituere in ejus veterem gratiam,

    id. Att. 1, 3, 3:

    in gratiam reducere,

    id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; cf.

    also: cum aliquo in gratiam redire,

    to reconcile one's self with one, id. Att. 1, 14, 7; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1; id. Thras. 3 fin.; id. Dat. 8, 5 al.:

    alicujus gratiam sequi,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3; cf.:

    si suam gratiam Romani velint, posse eis utiles esse amicos,

    id. B. G. 4, 7, 4:

    ab aliquo inire gratiam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 113:

    a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam,

    id. Att. 7, 9, 3:

    magnam inire gratiam,

    id. Fin. 4, 12, 31:

    quantam eo facto ad plebem inierat gratiam,

    Liv. 33, 46, 7:

    apud regem gratiam initam volebant,

    id. 36, 5, 3:

    at te apud eum, dii boni, quanta in gratia posui!

    Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6 fin.;

    with a different construction: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam (Ern. conj. in gratia),

    Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3:

    cum aliquo in laude et in gratia esse,

    id. Verr. 1, 17, 51; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:

    inter vos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17 Ruhnk.:

    plerique (in divortio) cum bona gratia discedunt,

    Dig. 24, 1, 32, § 10;

    without bona: cum istuc quod postulo impetro cum gratia,

    with a good grace, Ter. And. 2, 5, 11:

    omnia quae potui in hac summa tua gratia ac potentia a te impetrare,

    credit, influence, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; cf.:

    Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 4; 1, 43, 8:

    gratiā plurimum posse,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 3; 1, 20, 2; cf.:

    quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valent,

    id. ib. 7, 63, 1:

    gratiā valere,

    id. B. C. 2, 44, 1:

    inproba quamvis Gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,

    Juv. 13, 4:

    quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat,

    Liv. 40, 59, 1.—In plur.:

    L. Murenae provincia multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione attulit,

    tokens of favor, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:

    cum haec res plurimas gratias, firmissimas amicitias pariat,

    id. ib. 11, 24:

    non hominum potentium studio, non excellentibus gratiis paucorum, sed universi populi Romani judicio consulem factum,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 7.—
    B.
    Transf., objectively, like the Gr. charis, agreeableness, pleasantness, charm, beauty, loveliness, grace (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    esp. freq. in Quint.): gratia formae,

    Ov. M. 7, 44; Suet. Tit. 3:

    corporis,

    id. Vit. 3; id. Vit. Ter. 1; Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:

    quid ille gratiae in vultu ostenderit,

    Quint. 6 prooem. § 7; cf. id. 6, 3, 26:

    unica nec desit jocundis gratia verbis,

    charm, Prop. 1, 2, 29; cf.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13, 127:

    plenus est jucunditatis et gratiae (Horatius),

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    sermonis Attici,

    id. ib. 65;

    12, 10, 35: dicendi,

    id. 9, 3, 74:

    brevitatis novitatisque,

    id. ib. 58:

    omnis bene scriptorum,

    id. 11, 2, 46 et saep.; Cels. 4, 29 med.:

    uvis et vinis gratiam affert fumus fabrilis,

    Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 17, 9, 6, § 53. —Hence,
    2.
    As a nom. propr.: Grātiae, ārum, f., a transl. of the Gr. Charites, the goddesses of favor, loveliness, grace, etc., the three Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720; Hor. C. 1, 4, 6; 1, 30, 6; 3, 19, 16; 3, 21, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 82.—In sing.: Grātia, ae, collect., Ov. M. 6, 429.
    II. A.
    In gen. (rare): ita mihi Telamonis patris, avi Aeaci et proavi Jovis grata est gratia, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 23 (Trag. v. 367 Vahl.):

    ergo ab eo petito gratiam istam,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 63; cf.:

    gratiam a patre si petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 23:

    petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 189; cf.:

    quod beneficii gratiaeque causa concessit,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 48 fin.:

    hanc gratiam ut sibi des,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 30:

    juris jurandi volo gratiam facias,

    excuse, release, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 59; cf.:

    alicui delicti gratiam facere,

    to grant pardon, forgive, Sall. J. 104 fin. Kritz.:

    qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti gratiam fecissem,

    id. Cat. 52, 8; cf.

    also: quibus senatus belli Lepidani gratiam fecerat,

    id. Fragm. 3, 34 Gerl.:

    alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis,

    to please, for the sake of, Liv. 28, 21, 4; cf.:

    deletam urbem cernimus eorum, quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,

    id. 28, 39, 12 Drak.:

    in gratiam alicujus,

    id. 35, 2, 6; 39, 26, 12; Vell. 2, 41, 2; Suet. Tib. 49 al.; cf.

    also: data visceratio in praeteritam judicii gratiam,

    for the favor shown him on the trial, Liv. 8, 22, 4:

    nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla umbrarum,

    Juv. 8, 64.—
    B.
    In partic., a mark of favor shown for a service rendered, thanks (by word or deed), thankfulness, gratitude; acknowledgment, return, requital (the form with agere of returning thanks is the plur., but with habere, referre, debere, nearly always in sing.; but when thanks are due to or rendered by more than one person, the form gratias referre, etc., may be used; v. infra., and cf. Krebs. Antibarb. p. 505):

    quae (gratia) in memoria et remuneratione officiorum et honoris et amicitiarum observantiam teneat,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66; cf.:

    gratia est, in qua amicitiarum et officiorum alterius memoria et remunerandi voluntas continetur,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 161:

    immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam: nam relaturum me affirmare non possum,

    id. Fam. 10, 11, 1; cf.:

    renuntiate, gratias regi me agere: referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse, quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 37, 8 (v. ago):

    dīs gratias agere... si referre studeant gratias,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26 sq.:

    L. Lucceius meus, homo omnium gratissimus, mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, cum diceret, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1:

    eique amplissimis verbis per senatus consultum gratias egimus,

    id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:

    Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter,

    id. Fam. 1, 10:

    justissimas gratias agere,

    id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

    quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, etc.,

    id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:

    nunc tecum sic agam, tulisse ut potius injuriam, quam retulisse gratiam videar,

    to have made a return, requital, recompense, id. Sull. 16, 47 fin.:

    magno meo beneficio affecti cumulatissime mihi gratiam retulerunt,

    id. Fam. 13, 4, 1:

    praeclaram vero populo Romano refers gratiam,

    id. Cat. 1, 11, 28:

    ut pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores eis habeantur gratiaeque referantur,

    id. Phil. 3, 15, 39; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 25:

    me omnibus, si minus referenda gratia satisfacere potuerim, at praedicanda et habenda certe satis esse facturum,

    if I cannot requite... I can extol, id. Balb. 1, 2; cf.: nimirum inops ille, si bonus est vir, etiam si referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest. Commode autem quicumque dixit, pecuniam qui habeat, non reddidisse; qui reddiderit, non habere: gratiam autem et qui retulerit, habere et qui habeat retulisse, id. Off. 2, 20, 69; id. Planc. 28, 68; cf. id. ib. 42, 101; id. Fam. 5, 11, 1:

    gratias habere,

    Liv. 24, 37, 7:

    alicui summas gratias habere,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 33:

    alicui maximas infinitasque agere atque habere gratias, quod, etc.,

    Vitr. 6 praef. 4:

    merito vestro maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:

    meritam dīs immortalibus gratiam justis honoribus et memori mente persolvere,

    id. Planc. 33, 80:

    pro beneficio gratiam repetere,

    Liv. 1, 47, 7:

    gratias ob hoc agere, quod, etc.,

    Liv. 54, 50, 4; so with ob, Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 21; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 9:

    pro tuo summo beneficio gratias agere,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; Liv. 23, 11, 12; Plin, Pan. 25, 1; cf. Gell. 9, 3, 5:

    dum carmine nostro Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,

    Tib. 2, 1, 36; cf.:

    hoc certe justitiae convenit suum cuique reddere, beneficio gratiam, injuriae talionem aut certe malam gratiam,

    Sen. Ep. 81 med.;

    rarely: in gratiam habere (=ita accipere, ut ad gratiam comparandam valere putet),

    to accept as thankworthy, Sall. J. 111, 1:

    unum vis curem: curo. Et est dīs gratia, Cum ita, ut volo, est,

    I thank, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 58; cf.: Er. Eamus intro, ut prandeamus. Me. Bene vocas: tam gratia est, no, I'm much obliged to you (the negative being omitted, as in the Fr. je vous remercie, and the Germ. ich danke sehr), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36.—Ellipt.: fores effregit? restituentur;

    discidit Vestem? resarcietur: est, dīs gratia, Et unde haec fiant, et adhuc non molesta sunt,

    thank Heaven, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41.—With acc. and inf. (anteclass. and post-Aug.):

    dīs gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 4, 64; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 4; id. And. 1, 1, 15.—Hence, as adverbs:
    A.
    grātĭā (acc. to II. A.), lit., in favor of, on account of, for the sake of; hence, in gen., on account of (usually placed after the gen., in Quint. a few times before it; cf.: causa, ergo).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    sed neque longioribus quam oportet hyperbatis compositioni serviamus, ne quae ejus gratia fecerimus, propter eam fecisse videamur,

    lest what we have done to embellish the style we should seem to have done merely on account of the construction we had chosen, Quint. 9, 4, 144:

    tantum abest, ut haec bestiarum etiam causa parata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.); cf.:

    honoris gratia nomino,

    Cic. Quint. 7, 28:

    nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta omnia,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 17:

    simulabat sese negotii gratia properare,

    Sall. J. 76, 1: hominem occisum esse constat;

    non praedae gratia: quia inspoliatus est,

    Quint. 7, 1, 33; cf.:

    hereditatis gratia,

    id. 5, 12, 5:

    quem censores senatu probri gratia moverant,

    Sall. C. 23, 1:

    profectus gratia dicere,

    Quint. 2, 10, 9:

    brevitatis gratia,

    id. 4, 2, 43:

    decoris gratia,

    id. 8, 6, 65:

    difficultatis gratia,

    id. 9, 2, 77:

    aut invidiae gratia... aut miserationis,

    id. 9, 2, 8:

    praesentis gratia litis,

    id. 2, 7, 4 al. —With gerund.: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):

    ut aut voluptates omittantur majorum voluptatum adipiscendarum causa, aut dolores suscipiantur majorum dolorum effugiendorum gratia,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 2:

    tentandi gratia,

    Sall. J. 47, 2:

    hiemandi gratia,

    id. ib. 61, 3:

    colloquendi gratia,

    id. ib. 61, 4:

    placandi gratia,

    id. ib. 71, 5:

    simulandi gratia,

    id. ib. 37, 4:

    sui exposcendi gratia,

    Nep. Hann. 7, 6:

    amplificandi gratia... vel miserandi,

    Quint. 9, 3, 28:

    elevandae invidiae gratia,

    id. 5, 13, 40:

    recuperandae dignitatis gratia,

    id. 11, 1, 79:

    vitandae similitudinis gratia,

    id. 9, 1, 11 al. —Ellipt.: ejus generis hae sunt quaestiones. Si, exempli gratia, vir bonus Alexandria Rhodum magnum frumenti numerum advexerit, etc., for example, for instance (for the usual exempli causa; so,

    verbi gratia, for verbi causa, infra),

    Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50; so,

    exempli gratia,

    Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110;

    for which in full: pauca tamen exempli gratia ponam,

    Quint. 6, 5, 6:

    eorum unam discordiam ponemus exempli gratia,

    Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 213:

    propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratia propter voluptatem,

    for instance, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—Placed before the [p. 826] gen.:

    gratiā decoris,

    Quint. 8 praef. §

    18: compositionis,

    id. 9, 4, 58:

    lenitatis,

    id. 9, 4, 144:

    significationis,

    id. 8, 6, 2.—
    (β).
    With pron. (mostly ante-class.):

    meā gratiā,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3:

    qui nihil ocius venit tamen hac gratia,

    id. Stich. 5, 1, 5; cf.:

    abire istac gratia,

    id. Ps. 1, 5, 138: (Medea) per agros passim dispergit corpus: id eā gratiā, Ut, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67; so,

    eā gratiā,

    Ter. And. 3, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 20; id. Hec. 4, 3, 11:

    sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,

    id. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 79:

    id ea gratia eveniebat, quod nemo ex fuga regem sequitur,

    Sall. J. 54, 4:

    id ea gratia facilius fuit, quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 80, 4.—
    B.
    grā-tĭīs (always as a trisyll. in ante-class. poets; Pompon. Com. Fragm. v. 110 Rib.; Plaut. As. prol. 5; id. Ep. 3, 4, 38; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Charis. p. 1806; so in Cic. Verr. 2, 4 and 5 Halm), and contr., grātīs (since the class. per.; acc. to II. A.), lit., out of favor or kindness; hence, pregn., without recompense or reward, for nothing, gratuitously, gratis, proika (cf.:

    gratuito, nequidquam, frustra): quae (psaltria) quantum potest Aliquo abicienda est, si non pretio, at gratiis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 46:

    si mihi dantur duo talenta argenti numerata in manum, Hanc tibi noctem honoris causa gratiis dono dabo,

    id. As. 1, 3, 38 sq.:

    quam introduxistis fidicinam, atque etiam fides, Ei quae accessere, tibi addam dono gratiis,

    into the bargain, to boot, id. Ep. 3, 4, 38:

    quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118:

    hic primum questus est non leviter Saturius, communem factum esse gratis cum Roscio, qui pretio proprius fuisset Fanni,

    id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:

    gratis dare alicui (opp. pretium accipere ab aliquo),

    Mart. 14, 175, 2:

    id me scis antea gratis tibi esse pollicitum. Quid nunc putas, tanta mihi abs te mercede proposita?

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7:

    gratis rei publicae servire,

    id. Clu. 26, 71:

    tantum gratis pagina nostra placet,

    Mart. 5, 16, 10:

    virtutes omnes per se ipsas gratis diligere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 83.—Opp. for payment:

    is repente, ut Romam venit, gratis praetor factus est. Alia porro pecunia ne accusaretur data,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 39, 101; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 19, §

    48: habitent gratis in alieno?

    id. Off. 2, 23, 83; so,

    habitare in aedibus alienis,

    Dig. 39, 5, 9:

    habitationem cui dare,

    free of cost, ib. 19, 2, 53, § 2; Mart. 10, 3, 11.

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  • 6 teneo

    tĕnĕo, tĕnŭi, tentum, 2 ( perf. subj. tetinerim, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 15:

    tetinerit,

    Att. ib. 178, 12:

    tetinisse,

    Pac. ib. 178, 11; fut. perf. tetinero, acc. to Fest. p. 252 Müll. Another collat. form of the perf. tenivi, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; Diom. pp. 363 and 369 ib.), v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan-; Gr. tanumai, teinô; Sanscr. tanomi, to stretch, spread; this root appears in many derived meanings; cf. Lat.: tendo, tenuis, tener, tenor, tenus].
    I.
    Act., to hold, keep, have in the hand, in the mouth, etc.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Eu. Porrige bracchium, prehende: jam tenes? Cha. Teneo. Eu. Tene, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 42; cf.

    argentum,

    id. Pers. 3, 3, 9:

    cum pyxidem teneret in manu,

    Cic. Cael. 26, 63;

    for which: aliquid manu,

    Quint. 10, 7, 31; Ov. M. 11, 560; id. A. A. 1, 320; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 34:

    aliquid dextrā,

    Ov. F. 1, 99:

    digitis,

    id. ib. 2, 102; id. M. 9, 86; 9, 522:

    lacertis,

    id. ib. 2, 100 al.:

    radicem ore,

    Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141:

    cibum ore,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 6;

    for which: decoctum diu in ore,

    Plin. 25, 13, 105, § 166:

    aliquem in sinu,

    Ov. H. 3, 114;

    for which: aliquem sinu,

    id. ib. 13, 157:

    flabellulum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

    facem,

    Verg. A. 6, 224:

    telum,

    Liv. 2, 19. — Prov.: manu tenere aliquid, to seize, grasp, or comprehend a thing which is palpable or evident: aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias: leges, quātenus manu tenere possunt;

    philosophi, quātenus ratione et intellegentiā,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.:

    cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur,

    id. Clu. 7, 20. —
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    With the accessory idea of possession, to hold, i. e. to be master of, have in one ' s power, possess, etc. (syn.:

    possideo, habeo): multa hereditatibus, multa emptionibus, multa dotibus tenebantur sine injuriā,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

    quae tenuit dives Achaemenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 21:

    Evander qui multis ante tempestatibus tenuerat loca,

    Liv. 1, 5:

    provinciam a praedonibus liberam,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 32:

    colles praesidiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 43:

    Formiarum moenia et Lirim,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 8:

    tenente Caesare terras,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 15:

    rem publicam,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83; id. Sest. 19, 44:

    summam imperii,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 22:

    equitum centurias,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3:

    alterum cornu,

    to command, Nep. Pelop. 4, 3:

    provincias aliaque omnia,

    Sall. C. 39, 2: scenam, to have sole possession of. [p. 1854] rule over, Suet. Tit. 7. —

    Of the possession of the object of affection: te tenet,

    Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52; Verg. E. 1, 32; Ov. H. 2, 103 Ruhnk.; 15, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 3; Phaedr. 2, 2, 4.—In colloq. lang., teneo te, I have you once more, of again seeing the beloved person:

    teneone te, Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 27 Ruhnk.; Sen. Ben. 7, 4; Ov. H. 18, 183; cf.:

    et comitem Aenean juxta natumque tenebat Ingrediens,

    Verg. A. 8, 308.—Also like our I have you (fast, bound, etc.):

    teneo te, inquam, nam ista Academiae est propria sententia,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; id. Quint. 20, 63.— Absol.: qui tenent (sc. rem publicam), who are in possession of the State, of public affairs:

    qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 2, 18, 1. —
    b.
    With the accessory idea of firmness, persistence, to hold fast, occupy; to watch, guard, defend; to maintain, retain a thing:

    legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    montes teneri,

    id. B. G. 3, 2:

    haec noctu firmis praesidiis tenebantur,

    id. ib. 7, 69:

    Capitolia celsa tenebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 653:

    quo teneam Protea nodo?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90:

    te neque intra Claustra tenebo,

    id. C. 3, 11, 44; cf.:

    in manicis et Compedibus saevo te sub custode tenebo,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 77: laqueis (se) sensit teneri... fugam frustra tentabat;

    at illam Lenta tenet radix exsultantemque coërcet,

    Ov. M. 11, 74 sq.; 1, 535:

    Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

    agri qui diu aquam tenent,

    Pall. Apr. 2, 4:

    classem ibi tenebat,

    Liv. 31, 46, 8: secundissimo vento cursum tenere, to hold or keep one ' s course, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

    vento intermisso cursum non tenuit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 4, 28; so,

    cursum,

    Cic. Planc. 21, 52; id. Rep. 1, 2, 3 fin.; Quint. 4, 3, 13:

    quo iter,

    Verg. A. 1, 370; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 10:

    (lunam) fingunt cursus viam sub sole tenere,

    Lucr. 5, 714:

    tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar,

    Liv. 29, 32, 6.—
    c.
    With the accessory idea of reaching the object aimed at, to reach, attain a place:

    montes effuso cursu Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere,

    Liv. 1, 37, 4:

    regionem,

    id. 30, 25, 11:

    Tenum,

    id. 36, 21, 1:

    terram,

    id. 37, 16, 4; 37, 11, 5; 37, 13, 4;

    26, 29, 4: Hesperiam,

    Ov. F. 1, 498:

    portus,

    id. H. 18, 198; Tac. Agr. 38 fin.:

    cum quibus (navibus) Cythnum insulam tenuit,

    id. H. 2, 9.—
    d.
    With the accessory idea of movement impeded, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay, etc.:

    naves, quae vento tenebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

    quid hic agatur, scire poteris ex eo, qui litteras attulit, quem diutius tenui, quia, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1:

    si id te non tenet, advola,

    id. Fam. 16, 19:

    septimum jam diem Corcyrae tenebamur,

    id. ib. 16, 7 init.:

    Marcellum ab gerundis rebus valetudo adversa Nolae tenuit,

    Liv. 24, 20, 7:

    non tenebo te pluribus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; cf. absol.:

    ne diutius teneam,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 34: solutum (corpus) tenere, Cels. praef. med.; cf.

    ventrem,

    id. 4, 19 med.:

    tene linguam,

    Ov. F. 2, 602:

    pecus omne tenendum,

    Verg. G. 2, 371:

    vix a te videor posse tenere manus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10; so,

    manus,

    id. M. 13, 203; cf.:

    manum stomachumque teneto,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 44:

    saeva tene cum Berecyntio Cornu tympana,

    id. C. 1, 18, 13:

    et Phoebi tenuere viam,

    i. e. impeded, closed up, Luc. 5, 136:

    quo me decet usque teneri?

    Verg. A. 5, 384:

    lacrimas,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; so,

    lacrimas in morte miserā non tenebamus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    dictator exercitum in stativis tenebat,

    Liv. 6, 14, 1. —
    (β).
    Esp.: se tenere, to keep back, remain, stay:

    Sabinus castris sese tenebat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 45, 2:

    nullā clade acceptā castris se pavidus tenebat,

    id. 3, 26, 3:

    Hasdrubal procul ab hoste intervallo tenebat se,

    id. 23, 26, 2:

    se domi a conventu remotum tenere,

    Nep. Dion, 9, 1:

    ego tamen teneo ab accusando vix me hercule: sed tamen teneo,

    restrain myself, refrain, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

    nec se tenuit, quin, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 4, 12; cf.

    mid.: teneri non potui, quin tibi apertius illud idem his litteris declararem,

    id. Att. 15, 14, 2; Just. 6, 7, 10; cf.:

    se intra silentium tenuit,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8:

    multum me intra silentium tenui,

    id. ib. 7, 6, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to hold, contain in the mind, to conceive, comprehend, know (syn.:

    percipio, intellego): nunc ego teneo, nunc scio, Quid sit hoc negotii,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 39: tenes Quorsum haec tendant quae loquor, id. Ps. 1, 2, 81:

    tenes, quid dicam?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22:

    teneo,

    I understand, id. And. 1, 1, 59:

    teneo quid erret,

    id. 3, 2, 18; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37; cf.: quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 5:

    quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus... Lyciis tenentur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 15, 25:

    quoniam ea, quae tenebatis ipsi, etiam ex me audire voluistis,

    id. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

    alicujus reconditos sensus,

    id. Sest. 10, 22:

    quo pacto cuncta tenerem,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 8:

    et teneo melius ista,

    Mart. 4, 37, 7.—With inf.:

    nullus frugi esse homo potest, nisi qui et bene facere et male tenet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 10; Lucr. 3, 647.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To have possession of, have the mastery of, to control any thing:

    cum rem publicam opes paucorum non virtutes tenere coeperunt,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51.—
    b.
    To hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist (syn. servo):

    sin consuetudinem meam, quam in re publicā semper habui, tenuero,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27:

    ordinem,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 35:

    portum,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

    statum,

    id. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    non tenebat ornatum suum civitas,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    si jus suum populi teneant,

    id. ib. 1, 32, 48:

    nec diutius umquam tenetur idem rei publicae modus,

    id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

    est boni viri, haec duo tenere in amicitiā, etc.,

    id. Lael. 18, 65:

    morem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 44; so id. Fl. 7, 15; Verg. A. 3, 408:

    foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    tenebat non modo auctoritatem, sed etiam imperium in suos,

    id. Sen. 11, 37:

    silentium,

    Liv. 1, 28, 8.—
    c.
    To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist:

    illud arcte tenent accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum,

    hold fast, maintain, Cic. Par. 1, 3, 14; cf.:

    illud, quod multos annos tenuisset,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71; and:

    quod idem Peripatetici non tenent,

    id. Fin. 3, 13, 44:

    propositum tenere,

    to maintain, Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 1:

    suas leges,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 13:

    causam apud centumviros,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    quo causae teste tenentur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 43:

    locum quendam cum aliquo,

    Cic. Brut. 21, 81.— With ne:

    plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur,

    Liv. 4, 30, 16:

    ne quid ferretur ad populum, patres tenuere,

    id. 3, 29, 8; 24, 19, 7. — With ut:

    tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur,

    Liv. 2, 42, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    scripseram tenuisse Varenum ut sibi evocare testes liceret,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1.—
    d.
    Of memory:

    alicujus memoriam cum summā benevolentiā tenere,

    to recollect, preserve a recollection of, Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1.—Esp.:

    memoriā tenere: memoriā tenetis, compluris in Capitolio res de caelo esse percussas,

    you remember, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 1, 9, 12; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; cf.:

    memoriā teneo, C. Sulpicium Gallum, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 14, 21; v. memoria; so without memoria, to bear in mind, remember, recollect:

    satin' haec meministi et tenes?

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

    numeros memini, si verba tenerem,

    Verg. E. 9, 45:

    dicta tenere,

    Hor. A. P. 336; id. S. 2, 4, 8:

    quem (Cyrum) omnia militum tenuisse creditum est nomina,

    Quint. 11, 2, 50; 11, 2, 45.—
    e.
    To reach an object striven after, to gain, acquire, obtain, attain (syn. assequor):

    per cursum rectum regnum tenere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

    Servium Tullium post hunc captivā natum, ingenio virtute regnum tenuisse,

    Liv. 4, 3, 12:

    teneri res aliter non potest,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

    multa tenuisse,

    Liv. 42, 11, 8:

    causam,

    Ov. M. 13, 190.—
    f.
    To hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter, etc. (syn.:

    refreno, retineo): iracundiam teneat, avaritiam coërceat,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

    dolorem,

    id. Att. 12, 38, 2:

    cupiditates,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:

    somnum,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    risum,

    id. Vatin. 8, 20; Hor. A. P. 5:

    iram,

    Curt. 4, 2, 5:

    ea, quae occurrant, tenere,

    to hold back, keep to themselves, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.—
    g.
    Of laws, etc., to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control, etc.:

    quamquam leges eum non tenent,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11; cf.:

    interdicto non teneri,

    id. Caecin. 14, 41:

    voto quodam et promisso teneri,

    id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent,

    Liv. 8, 12, 14; cf.:

    olim patricii dicebant se plebi scitis non teneri,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 3:

    cum velut in controverso jure esset, tenerenturne patres plebi scitis, legem tulere, ut quod tributim plebis jussisset, populum teneret,

    Liv. 3, 55, 3:

    teneri alienis foederibus,

    id. 24, 29, 11: poenā teneri, to be subject or liable to, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:

    testibus in re perspicuā teneri,

    to be convicted, id. Caecin. 2, 4; cf.: nemo ita in manifesto peccatu tenebatur, ut, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:

    caedis teneri,

    Quint. 5, 14, 11:

    teneri repetundarum,

    Tac. A. 11, 7 fin.:

    furti,

    Dig. 6, 1, 4:

    injuriarum,

    ib. 47, 10, 11:

    mandati,

    ib. 17, 1, 10.— Transf.:

    nisi illi ipsi, qui eas (libidines) frangere deberent, cupiditatis ejusdem tenerentur,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31 Mos. and Orell. N. cr. —
    h.
    Of dispositions, desires, etc., to possess, occupy, control:

    quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc.,

    has had possession of you, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:

    summum me eorum (librorum) studium tenet,

    id. Att. 1, 11, 3:

    magna me spes tenet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

    de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit,

    id. Att. 7, 2, 6:

    si consilio pulso libidines iracundiaeve tenerent omnia,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciosa libido tenet,

    Sall. J. 3, 4: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled or influenced, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45; so,

    teneri desiderio,

    id. Sen. 10, 33:

    studio philosophiae,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:

    magno amore,

    Verg. A. 1, 675:

    pompā, ludis atque ejusmodi spectaculis teneri,

    to be enchained, fascinated, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48; cf.:

    ut oculi picturā teneantur, aures cantibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

    is qui audit, ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur,

    id. Or. 62, 210.—With ne, Ov. M. 7, 146. —
    k.
    To take in, comprise, comprehend, include:

    haec magnos formula reges, Excepto sapiente, tenet,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 46.—More freq. pass.: teneri aliquā re, to be contained, comprised, grounded, to consist in a thing:

    ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

    id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate,

    id. Off. 1, 45, 160:

    quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur,

    id. Fam. 13, 29, 1:

    dixi jam antea, ipsam rationem arandi spe magis et jucunditate quadam quam fructu atque emolumento teneri,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227.
    II.
    Neutr. (freq. after the Aug. per.; perh. not in Cic.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    To hold a position anywhere, maintain one ' s self:

    quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat,

    Liv. 32, 5, 12:

    duo extra ordinem milia tenuere,

    id. 3, 62, 7:

    tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis,

    Verg. A. 2, 505.—
    2.
    For cursum tenere, to hold or take one ' s way, to sail, steer in any direction:

    Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse,

    Liv. 1, 1, 4:

    Cassandream petentes, primo ad Mendin tenuere,

    Liv. 31, 45, 14:

    ad Mendaeum,

    id. 21, 49, 2:

    Diam,

    Ov. M. 3, 690:

    Creten,

    id. ib. 13, 706:

    Hesperiam,

    id. F. 1, 498:

    Ausoniam,

    id. ib. 4, 290 al.:

    medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene,

    Ov. M. 2, 140.—
    B.
    Trop., with the accessory idea of continuance (cf. I. A. 2. b. and B. 2. b. supra), to hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail, etc. (cf. obtineo):

    imber per noctem totam tenuit,

    Liv. 23, 44, 6; cf.:

    incendium per duas noctes ac diem unum tenuit,

    id. 24, 47, 15:

    per aliquot dies ea consultatio tenuit,

    id. 2, 3, 5; 3, 47, 6:

    tenet fama, lupam, etc.,

    id. 1, 4, 6:

    quod nunc quoque tenet nomen,

    id. 1, 17, 6:

    fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio,

    id. 23, 12, 2; 21, 46, 10:

    tenuit consuetudo, quae cottidie magis invalescit, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 2, 1, 1 Spald.; so,

    consuetudo, ut, etc.,

    id. 8, 5, 2:

    nomen illud tenet,

    id. 9, 4, 47 Spald.; cf. Ov. M. 1, 712.

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  • 7 teneō

        teneō tenuī, —, ēre    [2 TA-], to hold, keep, have, grasp, hold fast: flabellulum, T.: facem, V. telum, L.: cruentum gladium: manu Fragmina, O.: Dextra tenet ferrum, O.: ore cibum, Ph.: Hanc teneo sinu, O.; cf. cum res non coniecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur, i. e. was palpable. —Fig., to hold in mind, take in, understand, conceive, comprehend, know: rem tenes, you understand the situation, T.: teneo, I understand, T.: quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur: quo pacto cuncta tenerem, H.—Implying possession or control, to hold, possess, be master of, control, occupy: multa hereditatibus tenebantur sine iniuriā: quae tenuit dives Achaemenes, H.: loca, L.: colles praesidiis, Cs.: terras, H.: alterum cornu, command, N.: provincias aliaque omnia, S.: rem p. opes paucorum tenere coeperunt, to control public affairs: ut res p. vi tribuniciā teneretur, should be mastered, cf. qui tenent (sc. rem p.), qui potiuntur, i. e. who are in supreme power: me Galatea tenebat, i. e. held my affections, V.: teneone te? i. e. are you restored to me? T.—Implying persistence, to hold fast, keep, occupy, watch, guard, defend, maintain, retain: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: Capitolia celsa, V.: in manicis te sub custode, H.: Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt.—Of a way or course, to hold, keep, maintain, follow up: secundissimo vento cursum, to hold one's course: vento intermisso cursum, Cs.: Quove tenetis iter? V.: tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar, L.: Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse (sc. cursum), sailed, L.: medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene, O.; cf. hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, blows the wrong way, N.—Fig., to hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist on: consuetudinem meam: non tenebat ornatum suum civitas: ius suum: haec duo in amicitiā, etc.: imperium in suos: silentium, L. — To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist: illud arcte tenent, voluptatem esse summum bonum: propositum, maintain, Cs.: suas leges: quo causae teste tenentur, H.: plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, L.: tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, L.— Of the memory, to hold, keep: tui memoriam cum summā benevolentiā, preserve a recollection of: memoriā tenetis, res esse, etc., you remember numeros memini, si verba tenerem, recollect, V.: dicta tenere, H.—Of disposition or desire, to possess, occupy, control: quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc., has had possession of you: magna me spes tenet: nisi forte quem perniciosa libido tenet, S.: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled: pompā, ludis, to be fascinated: ab <*>ratore iam obsessus est ac tenetur.— To hold position, maintain oneself, stay, be posted: quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat, L.: tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis, V.— To hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail: imber per noctem totam tenuit, L.: tenet fama, lupam, etc, L.: fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio, L.—Implying attainment, to reach, arrive at, attain, occupy: montes Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere, L.: portum, L.: Hesperiam, O.—Fig., to reach, gain, acquire, obtain, attain: per cursum rectum regnum tenere: virtute regnum, L.: teneri res aliter non potest: causam, O.—Implying restraint, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay: naves, quae vento tenebantur, Cs.: classem ibi tenebat, L.: si id te non tenet, advola: Marcellum ab gerundis rebus: ne diutius teneam: tene linguam, O.: pecus omne tenendum, V.: manum, H.: quo me decet usque teneri? V.: lacrimas in morte miserā: exercitum in stativis, L.—With pron reflex., to keep back, remain, stay: castris sese, Cs.: castris se pavidus tenebat, L.: a conventu se remotum domi, N.: me ab accusando, refrain.— Fig., to hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter: iracundiam: risum: iram, Cu.: ea, quae occurrunt, keep to themselves: Sed te, ne faceres, tenuit reverentia famae, O.—Implying constraint, to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control: quamquam leges eum non tenent: interdicto non teneri: ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent, L.: teneri alienis foederibus, L.: poenā teneri, to be liable: testibus in re perspicuā teneri, to be convicted.— Implying comprehension, to take in, comprise, comprehend, include: haec magnos formula reges tenet. H.: ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur: id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate.
    * * *
    tenere, tenui, tentus V
    hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; represent; support

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  • 8 devoro

    dē-vŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to swallow, swallow down, gulp down, devour (class.; esp. freq. in transf. signif.—for syn. cf.: edo, comedo, vescor, pascor, mando).
    I.
    Lit., of the physical act:

    id quod devoratur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

    ovum gallinaceum integrum,

    Cato R. R. 71: laseris paululum, [p. 567] Cels. 4, 4, 4:

    salivam suam,

    id. 2, 6, 98;

    lapides,

    Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 29:

    succum,

    id. 20, 23, 98, § 260:

    fumum,

    id. 26, 6, 16, § 30 et saep.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of inanimate subjects, to swallow up, ingulf, absorb:

    devorer telluris hiatu,

    Ov. H. 3, 63:

    terra devoravit montem,

    Plin. 2, 91, 93, § 205:

    vel me Charybdis devoret,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 74:

    terras devorant aquae,

    Plin. 31, 1, 1, § 2:

    sol aquas devorans,

    id. 20 prooem. §

    1: ne rotae devorarentur (viarum mollitudine),

    Vitr. 10, 6.—
    B.
    To seize upon greedily or hastily, to swallow eagerly, to devour: meretricem ego item esse reor, mare ut est;

    quod des, devorat,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 16:

    spe et opinione praedam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51; cf.:

    spe devoratum lucrum,

    id. Fl. 24; and:

    regis hereditatem spe,

    id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

    aliquid oculis,

    Just. 21, 5, 6; cf.:

    spectat oculis devorantibus draucos,

    Mart. 1, 97; cf. infra III. B.—
    C.
    To swallow down, repress, suppress, check: verborum pars devorari solet, to be swallowed, i. e. only half pronounced, Quint. 11, 3, 33; so, verba, Sen. de Ira, 3, 14 fin.; cf.

    lacrimas,

    i. e. to repress, Ov. F. 4, 845; id. M. 13, 540:

    gemitus,

    Sen. Ep. 66 med. —
    D.
    Of property, to consume, to waste, = exhaurire:

    omnem pecuniam publicam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76; id. Phil. 13, 2, 3; id. Pis. 21.—And with a pers. object: Si. Jamne illum comesurus es? Ba. Dum recens est, Dum datur, dum calet, devorari decet, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 26; id. As. 2, 2, 71; cf.: ut hominem devorari, cujus patrimonium consumitur, Quint. 8, 6, 25.—
    2.
    Trop., to consume, destroy:

    devorent vos arma vestra,

    Just. 14, 4, 14; cf.:

    aquilarum pinnae reliquarum alitum pinnas devorant,

    Plin. 10, 3, 4, § 15:

    vox devoratur,

    i. e. is swallowed up, lost, id. 11, 51, 112, § 270: devoravi nomen imprudens, swallowed, i. e. I have lost, utterly forgotten, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 63: devorato pudore, Ap. M. 9, p. 225.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    To swallow any thing unpleasant, i. e to bear patiently, to endure:

    hominum ineptias ac stultitias,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 236; so,

    molestiam paucorum dierum,

    id. Phil. 6, 6, 17:

    taedium illud,

    Quint. 11, 2, 41: bilem et dolorem, Tert. Res. carn. 54.—
    B.
    To accept eagerly, enjoy:

    quid tibi faciam qui illos libros devorasti,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 2:

    os impiorum devorat iniquitatem,

    Vulg. Prov. 19, 28:

    auscultate et mea dicta devorate,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 59; cf.:

    orationem dulcem (aures),

    id. Poen. 5, 2, 9:

    verbum ipsum (voluptatis),

    id. Sest. 10, 23.—
    C.
    ejus oratio, nimia religione attenuata, a multitudine et a foro devorabatur, qs. swallowed but not digested (i. e. heard without being understood), Cic. Brut. 82, 283.

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  • 9 grassans

    grassor, ātus, 1 ( inf. pres. grassarier, Prud. Ham. 651; act. collat. form grassabamus, App. M. 7, 7), v. dep. n. and a. [gradior], to go, go about (not in Cic. and Cæs.; cf.: gradior, incedo, vado, pergo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

    hoc grassari gradu,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 11:

    siccine hic cum uvida veste grassabimur?

    id. Rud. 1, 4, 31; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 19: sine eam pedibus grassari, Titin. ap. Non. 316, 3:

    recte grassatur via,

    Nov. ib. 5; Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

    certum'st moriri, quam hunc pati grassari lenonem in me,

    come about me, approach me, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 22.—
    b.
    Of things:

    (aranĕus) quanta arte celat pedicas scutulato rete grassantes,

    going about, moving around, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81:

    per omnes nervos articulosque humore pestifero grassante,

    Just. 23, 2:

    neque avaritia solum, sed etiam crudelitas in capta urbe grassata est,

    Curt. 5, 6, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To go loitering or rioting about (cf. grassator, I.): se in juventutem grassantem in Subura incidisse, Liv. 3, 13, 2:

    per omnia clandestina grassari scelera latrociniorum, id 42, 18, 1: ubi Caesarem esse qui grassaretur pernotuit,

    Tac. A. 13, 25.—Hence, of parasites, i. q. adulari, to pay one's court to, to flatter, fawn upon: grassari antiqui ponebant pro adulari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.—
    2.
    To go about with thievish designs, to lie in wait: grassari dicuntur latrones vias obsidentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll. (cf. grassator, II.):

    in umbris,

    Anthol. Lat. 2, 186, 42 sq.:

    silurus grassatur, ubicumque est, omne animal appetens,

    Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 45.—Hence,
    b.
    With acc., to fall upon, assault, attack:

    turmas,

    Stat. Th. 8, 571.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to go, proceed, or act in any manner: saepe hac eadem sum grassatus via, Nov. ap. Non. 316, 7; cf.:

    consimili grassantur via,

    Afran. ib. 9:

    ubi animus ad gloriam virtutis via grassatur,

    Sall. J. 1, 3:

    grassandum ad clara periclis,

    Sil. 1, 570:

    (assertor) ait, se jure grassari, non vi,

    that he was proceeding, Liv. 3, 44, 8:

    longe alia via grassabantur,

    id. 2, 27, 7:

    consilio grassandum, si nihil vires juvarent, ratus,

    id. 10, 14, 13:

    mutua dissimulatione et iisdem, quibus petebatur, artibus grassatur,

    Tac. H. 4, 56:

    cupidine atque irā, pessimis consultoribus,

    Sall. J. 64, 5:

    obsequio,

    to act obsequiously, Hor. S. 2, 5, 93:

    dolo,

    to act cunningly, Tac. H. 4, 16:

    assentando multitudini grassari,

    Liv. 45, 23, 9:

    superbe avareque in provincia grassatos,

    Suet. Aug. 67.—
    B.
    In partic., to attack, proceed against; to proceed with violence, act harshly, rage, rage against. —Constr.: in aliquid and in or adversus aliquem:

    trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, ut in te hac via grassaremur,

    Liv. 2, 12, 15; cf.:

    in possessionem agri publici grassari,

    id. 6, 5, 4:

    in externos grassari,

    Suet. Ner. 36:

    adversus omnis aevi hominum genus grassari,

    id. Calig. 34; cf.:

    qui cum contemptu religionis grassatus etiam adversus deos fuerat,

    Just. 1, 9:

    ita bacchantem atque grassantem adoriri,

    Suet. Calig. 56:

    omni rapinarum genere grassati,

    id. Vesp. 6:

    diverso vitiorum genere,

    id. Galb. 14; cf.:

    placuit veneno grassari,

    Tac. H. 3, 39; id. A. 15, 60.— Absol.:

    Ii (sagitarii) dum eminus grassabantur,

    Tac. A. 4, 47.—

    Of abstract subjects: accusatorum major in dies et infestior vis sine levamento grassabatur,

    Tac. A. 4, 66:

    ut clausis unam intra domum accusatoribus et reis, paucorum potentia grassaretur,

    id. ib. 13, 4:

    dicemus de his (malis), quae totis corporibus grassantur,

    Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107; cf.:

    haec (vitia) in pueris grassari, illa in adultis,

    id. 26, 1, 3, § 4:

    mala vestra,... alia grassantia extrinsecus, alia in visceribus ipsis ardentia,

    Sen. Vit. B. 27, 6:

    rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo,

    Prud. Psych. 468:

    grassandi in re familiari facultas,

    of wasting, plundering, Dig. 26, 10, 6.—Fig.:

    nec ferro grassatur saepius ullum mentis vitium quam cupido, etc.,

    Juv. 14, 174.—
    b.
    With acc. (cf. above, I. B. 2. b.):

    simulque Romam pestilentia grassabatur,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 5.— P. a.: grassans, ntis, m., as subst., a robber, thief:

    quicquid Lycurgi villa grassantibus praebuisset,

    Petr. 117, 3; App. M. 8, p. 209, 3:

    sublatis susceptoribus grassantium cupido conquiescit,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 4.

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  • 10 grassor

    grassor, ātus, 1 ( inf. pres. grassarier, Prud. Ham. 651; act. collat. form grassabamus, App. M. 7, 7), v. dep. n. and a. [gradior], to go, go about (not in Cic. and Cæs.; cf.: gradior, incedo, vado, pergo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

    hoc grassari gradu,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 11:

    siccine hic cum uvida veste grassabimur?

    id. Rud. 1, 4, 31; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 19: sine eam pedibus grassari, Titin. ap. Non. 316, 3:

    recte grassatur via,

    Nov. ib. 5; Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

    certum'st moriri, quam hunc pati grassari lenonem in me,

    come about me, approach me, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 22.—
    b.
    Of things:

    (aranĕus) quanta arte celat pedicas scutulato rete grassantes,

    going about, moving around, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81:

    per omnes nervos articulosque humore pestifero grassante,

    Just. 23, 2:

    neque avaritia solum, sed etiam crudelitas in capta urbe grassata est,

    Curt. 5, 6, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To go loitering or rioting about (cf. grassator, I.): se in juventutem grassantem in Subura incidisse, Liv. 3, 13, 2:

    per omnia clandestina grassari scelera latrociniorum, id 42, 18, 1: ubi Caesarem esse qui grassaretur pernotuit,

    Tac. A. 13, 25.—Hence, of parasites, i. q. adulari, to pay one's court to, to flatter, fawn upon: grassari antiqui ponebant pro adulari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.—
    2.
    To go about with thievish designs, to lie in wait: grassari dicuntur latrones vias obsidentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll. (cf. grassator, II.):

    in umbris,

    Anthol. Lat. 2, 186, 42 sq.:

    silurus grassatur, ubicumque est, omne animal appetens,

    Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 45.—Hence,
    b.
    With acc., to fall upon, assault, attack:

    turmas,

    Stat. Th. 8, 571.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to go, proceed, or act in any manner: saepe hac eadem sum grassatus via, Nov. ap. Non. 316, 7; cf.:

    consimili grassantur via,

    Afran. ib. 9:

    ubi animus ad gloriam virtutis via grassatur,

    Sall. J. 1, 3:

    grassandum ad clara periclis,

    Sil. 1, 570:

    (assertor) ait, se jure grassari, non vi,

    that he was proceeding, Liv. 3, 44, 8:

    longe alia via grassabantur,

    id. 2, 27, 7:

    consilio grassandum, si nihil vires juvarent, ratus,

    id. 10, 14, 13:

    mutua dissimulatione et iisdem, quibus petebatur, artibus grassatur,

    Tac. H. 4, 56:

    cupidine atque irā, pessimis consultoribus,

    Sall. J. 64, 5:

    obsequio,

    to act obsequiously, Hor. S. 2, 5, 93:

    dolo,

    to act cunningly, Tac. H. 4, 16:

    assentando multitudini grassari,

    Liv. 45, 23, 9:

    superbe avareque in provincia grassatos,

    Suet. Aug. 67.—
    B.
    In partic., to attack, proceed against; to proceed with violence, act harshly, rage, rage against. —Constr.: in aliquid and in or adversus aliquem:

    trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, ut in te hac via grassaremur,

    Liv. 2, 12, 15; cf.:

    in possessionem agri publici grassari,

    id. 6, 5, 4:

    in externos grassari,

    Suet. Ner. 36:

    adversus omnis aevi hominum genus grassari,

    id. Calig. 34; cf.:

    qui cum contemptu religionis grassatus etiam adversus deos fuerat,

    Just. 1, 9:

    ita bacchantem atque grassantem adoriri,

    Suet. Calig. 56:

    omni rapinarum genere grassati,

    id. Vesp. 6:

    diverso vitiorum genere,

    id. Galb. 14; cf.:

    placuit veneno grassari,

    Tac. H. 3, 39; id. A. 15, 60.— Absol.:

    Ii (sagitarii) dum eminus grassabantur,

    Tac. A. 4, 47.—

    Of abstract subjects: accusatorum major in dies et infestior vis sine levamento grassabatur,

    Tac. A. 4, 66:

    ut clausis unam intra domum accusatoribus et reis, paucorum potentia grassaretur,

    id. ib. 13, 4:

    dicemus de his (malis), quae totis corporibus grassantur,

    Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107; cf.:

    haec (vitia) in pueris grassari, illa in adultis,

    id. 26, 1, 3, § 4:

    mala vestra,... alia grassantia extrinsecus, alia in visceribus ipsis ardentia,

    Sen. Vit. B. 27, 6:

    rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo,

    Prud. Psych. 468:

    grassandi in re familiari facultas,

    of wasting, plundering, Dig. 26, 10, 6.—Fig.:

    nec ferro grassatur saepius ullum mentis vitium quam cupido, etc.,

    Juv. 14, 174.—
    b.
    With acc. (cf. above, I. B. 2. b.):

    simulque Romam pestilentia grassabatur,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 5.— P. a.: grassans, ntis, m., as subst., a robber, thief:

    quicquid Lycurgi villa grassantibus praebuisset,

    Petr. 117, 3; App. M. 8, p. 209, 3:

    sublatis susceptoribus grassantium cupido conquiescit,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > grassor

  • 11 subficio

    suf-fĭcĭo ( subf-), fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. and n. [facio].
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    To put under or among.
    1.
    Of a building, to lay the foundation for: opus. Curt. 5, 1, 29 Zumpt. —
    2.
    Esp., to put into, dip in, dye, impregnate, imbue, tinge, lanam medicamentis, to impregnate, imbue, tinge, Cic. ap. Non. 386, 10, and 521, 19:

    (angues) ardentes oculos suffecti sanguine et igni,

    suffused, colored, Verg. A. 2, 210:

    maculis suffecta genas,

    Val. Fl. 2, 105:

    suffecta leto lumina,

    id. 1, 822; cf.:

    nubes sole suffecta,

    i. e. shone through, irradiated, Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 11.—
    3.
    To give, affard, furnish, supply = suppeditare, hupechein (mostly poet.):

    (nebulae) sufficiunt nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 480:

    ut cibus aliam naturam sufficit ex se,

    id. 3, 704:

    haec aëra rarum Sufficiunt nobis,

    id. 2, 108:

    tellus Sufficit umorem,

    Verg. G. 2, 424:

    aut illae (salices) pecori frondem aut pastoribus umbras Sufficiunt saepemque satis et pabula melli,

    id. ib. 2, 435:

    ut (Hispania) Italiae cunctarum rerum abundantiam sufficiat,

    Just. 44, 1, 4:

    dux agmina sufficit unus turbanti terras,

    Sil. 1, 36; cf.:

    Horatius eos excursionibus sufficiendo adsuefacerat sibi fidere,

    by permitting to take part in, Liv. 3, 61, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.; Petr. 27.— Trop.:

    ipse pater Danais animos viresque secundas Sufficit,

    gives courage and strength, Verg. A. 2, 618; 9, 803.—
    4.
    To occupy with, employ in: Horatius eos (milites) excursionibus (dat.) sufficiendo proeliisque levibus experiundo assuefecerat sibi fidere, by employing them in sallies, etc., Liv. 3, 61.—
    B.
    To put in the place of, to substitute for another; and esp., to choose or elect in the place of any one (class.; esp. freq. of magistrates, e. g. of consuls;

    syn. subrogo): suffectus in Lucretii locum M. Horatius Pulvillus,

    Liv. 2, 8, 4: in Appii locum suffectus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

    consul in sufficiendo collegā occupatus,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 85; cf.:

    ne consul sufficiatur,

    id. ib. 38, 82:

    censorem in demortui locum,

    Liv. 5, 31, 7:

    suffectis in loca eorum novis regibus,

    Just. 11, 10, 7:

    ipsae (apes) regem parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt,

    Verg. G. 4, 202:

    seu tribunos modo seu tribunis suffectos consules quoque habuit,

    Liv. 4, 8, 1:

    quia collegam suffici censori religio erat,

    id. 6, 27, 4; 6, 38, 10:

    quibus vitio creatis suffecti,

    id. 9, 7, 14; 10, 47, 1:

    filius patri suffectus,

    Tac. A. 4, 16:

    Conon Alcibiadi suffectus,

    Just. 5, 6, 1:

    sperante heredem suffici se proximum,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 12.—Esp. in the phrase suffectus consul, a consul elected after the regular time, a vice-consul:

    quando duo ordinarii consules ejus anni alter morbo, alter ferro periisset, suffectum consulem negabant recte comitia habere posse,

    Liv. 41, 18, 16 Weissenb. ad loc.; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43, 2; Tac. A. 3, 37 fin.; cf.:

    consulatus suffectus,

    Aus. Grat. Act. 14, 2, § 32.—
    2.
    Transf., to cause to take the place of, to supply instead of, to furnish as a substitute ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    atque aliam ex aliā generando suffice prolem,

    Verg. G. 3, 65:

    septimo eosdem (dentes) decidere anno, aliosque suffici,

    Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 68:

    quattuor caeli partes in ternas dividunt et singulis ventos binos suffectos dant,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to be sufficient, to suffice, avail for, meet the need of, satisfy (freq. and class.; syn. suppeto); constr. absol., with dat., ad, adversus, in, with inf., ut or ne; rarely with si.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    quamquam nec scribae sufficere nec tabulae nomina illorum capere potuerunt,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 16:

    nec jam sufficiunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 515:

    idque (ferrum) diu Suffecit,

    id. ib. 12, 739:

    Romani quoad sufficere remiges potuerunt, satis pertinaciter secuti sunt,

    Liv. 36, 45, 2:

    non sufficiebant oppidani,

    id. 21, 8, 4:

    haec exempli gratiā sufficient,

    Quint. 9, 2, 56:

    non videntur tempora suffectura,

    id. 2, 5, 3:

    pro magistratibus, qui non sufficerent,

    Suet. Aug. 43:

    quīs non sufficientibus,

    Curt. 9, 4, 33.—With subject-clause:

    sufficit dicere, E portu navigavi,

    Quint. 4, 2, 41:

    non, quia sufficiat, non esse sacrilegium, sed quia, etc.,

    id. 7, 3, 9:

    suffecerit haec retulisse,

    Suet. Ner. 31; Mart. 9, 1, 8.—
    (β).
    With dat.: nec jam vires sufficere cuiquam, * Caes. B. G. 7, 20; cf.:

    vires concipit suffecturas oneri,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 173:

    nec iis sufficiat imaginem virtutis effingere,

    Quint. 10, 2, 15:

    ac mihi quidem sufficeret hoc genus,

    id. 5, 10, 90:

    paucorum cupiditati cum obsistere non poterant, tamen sufficere aliquo modo poterant,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 127:

    mons, hominum lacte et carne vescentium abunde sufficiebat alimentis,

    Liv. 29, 31, 9:

    hae manus suffecere desiderio meo,

    Curt. 4, 1, 25; 3, 6, 19:

    vires quae sufficiant labori certaminum,

    Quint. 10, 3, 3; cf.:

    summis operibus suffecturi vires,

    id. 2, 4, 33:

    pronuntiatio vel scenis suffectura,

    id. 10, 1, 119:

    quod opus cuicumque discendo sufficiet,

    id. 1, 9, 3:

    dominis sufficit tantum soli, ut relevare caput possint,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 24, 4.— Poet.:

    nec sufficit umbo Ictibus,

    Verg. A. 9, 810.—
    (γ).
    With ad: terra ingenito umore egens vix ad [p. 1792] perennes suffecit amnes, Liv. 4, 30:

    inopi aerario nec plebe ad tributum sufficiente,

    id. 29, 16:

    annus vix ad solacium unius anni,

    id. 10, 47:

    oppidani ad omnia tuenda non sufficiebant,

    id. 21, 8, 4:

    quomodo nos ad patiendum sufficiamus,

    id. 29, 17, 17; 21, 8, 4; 33, 10:

    ad quod si vires non suffecerint,

    Quint. 12, 1, 32.—
    (δ).
    With adversus:

    non suffecturum ducem unum et exercitum unum adversus quattuor populos,

    Liv. 10, 25.—
    (ε).
    With in:

    nec locus in tumulos nec sufficit arbor in ignes,

    Ov. M. 7, 613:

    ergo ego sufficiam reus in nova crimina semper?

    id. Am. 2, 7, 1.—
    (ζ).
    With inf.:

    nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

    Verg. A. 5, 22.—
    (η).
    With ut or ne:

    interim sufficit, ut exorari te sinas,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3:

    sufficit, ne ea, quae sunt vera, minuantur,

    id. ib. 9, 33, 11.—
    (θ).
    With si:

    sufficere tibi debet, si, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 9:

    sufficere his credis, si probi existimentur,

    id. Pan. 88, 2.—Hence, P. a.: suffĭcĭens, entis, sufficient, adequate:

    aetas vix tantis matura rebus, sed abunde sufficiens,

    Curt. 3, 6, 19:

    testes,

    Dig. 29, 7, 8.— Sup.:

    unica et sufficientissima definitio,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > subficio

  • 12 sufficio

    suf-fĭcĭo ( subf-), fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. and n. [facio].
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    To put under or among.
    1.
    Of a building, to lay the foundation for: opus. Curt. 5, 1, 29 Zumpt. —
    2.
    Esp., to put into, dip in, dye, impregnate, imbue, tinge, lanam medicamentis, to impregnate, imbue, tinge, Cic. ap. Non. 386, 10, and 521, 19:

    (angues) ardentes oculos suffecti sanguine et igni,

    suffused, colored, Verg. A. 2, 210:

    maculis suffecta genas,

    Val. Fl. 2, 105:

    suffecta leto lumina,

    id. 1, 822; cf.:

    nubes sole suffecta,

    i. e. shone through, irradiated, Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 11.—
    3.
    To give, affard, furnish, supply = suppeditare, hupechein (mostly poet.):

    (nebulae) sufficiunt nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 480:

    ut cibus aliam naturam sufficit ex se,

    id. 3, 704:

    haec aëra rarum Sufficiunt nobis,

    id. 2, 108:

    tellus Sufficit umorem,

    Verg. G. 2, 424:

    aut illae (salices) pecori frondem aut pastoribus umbras Sufficiunt saepemque satis et pabula melli,

    id. ib. 2, 435:

    ut (Hispania) Italiae cunctarum rerum abundantiam sufficiat,

    Just. 44, 1, 4:

    dux agmina sufficit unus turbanti terras,

    Sil. 1, 36; cf.:

    Horatius eos excursionibus sufficiendo adsuefacerat sibi fidere,

    by permitting to take part in, Liv. 3, 61, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.; Petr. 27.— Trop.:

    ipse pater Danais animos viresque secundas Sufficit,

    gives courage and strength, Verg. A. 2, 618; 9, 803.—
    4.
    To occupy with, employ in: Horatius eos (milites) excursionibus (dat.) sufficiendo proeliisque levibus experiundo assuefecerat sibi fidere, by employing them in sallies, etc., Liv. 3, 61.—
    B.
    To put in the place of, to substitute for another; and esp., to choose or elect in the place of any one (class.; esp. freq. of magistrates, e. g. of consuls;

    syn. subrogo): suffectus in Lucretii locum M. Horatius Pulvillus,

    Liv. 2, 8, 4: in Appii locum suffectus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

    consul in sufficiendo collegā occupatus,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 85; cf.:

    ne consul sufficiatur,

    id. ib. 38, 82:

    censorem in demortui locum,

    Liv. 5, 31, 7:

    suffectis in loca eorum novis regibus,

    Just. 11, 10, 7:

    ipsae (apes) regem parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt,

    Verg. G. 4, 202:

    seu tribunos modo seu tribunis suffectos consules quoque habuit,

    Liv. 4, 8, 1:

    quia collegam suffici censori religio erat,

    id. 6, 27, 4; 6, 38, 10:

    quibus vitio creatis suffecti,

    id. 9, 7, 14; 10, 47, 1:

    filius patri suffectus,

    Tac. A. 4, 16:

    Conon Alcibiadi suffectus,

    Just. 5, 6, 1:

    sperante heredem suffici se proximum,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 12.—Esp. in the phrase suffectus consul, a consul elected after the regular time, a vice-consul:

    quando duo ordinarii consules ejus anni alter morbo, alter ferro periisset, suffectum consulem negabant recte comitia habere posse,

    Liv. 41, 18, 16 Weissenb. ad loc.; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43, 2; Tac. A. 3, 37 fin.; cf.:

    consulatus suffectus,

    Aus. Grat. Act. 14, 2, § 32.—
    2.
    Transf., to cause to take the place of, to supply instead of, to furnish as a substitute ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    atque aliam ex aliā generando suffice prolem,

    Verg. G. 3, 65:

    septimo eosdem (dentes) decidere anno, aliosque suffici,

    Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 68:

    quattuor caeli partes in ternas dividunt et singulis ventos binos suffectos dant,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to be sufficient, to suffice, avail for, meet the need of, satisfy (freq. and class.; syn. suppeto); constr. absol., with dat., ad, adversus, in, with inf., ut or ne; rarely with si.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    quamquam nec scribae sufficere nec tabulae nomina illorum capere potuerunt,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 16:

    nec jam sufficiunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 515:

    idque (ferrum) diu Suffecit,

    id. ib. 12, 739:

    Romani quoad sufficere remiges potuerunt, satis pertinaciter secuti sunt,

    Liv. 36, 45, 2:

    non sufficiebant oppidani,

    id. 21, 8, 4:

    haec exempli gratiā sufficient,

    Quint. 9, 2, 56:

    non videntur tempora suffectura,

    id. 2, 5, 3:

    pro magistratibus, qui non sufficerent,

    Suet. Aug. 43:

    quīs non sufficientibus,

    Curt. 9, 4, 33.—With subject-clause:

    sufficit dicere, E portu navigavi,

    Quint. 4, 2, 41:

    non, quia sufficiat, non esse sacrilegium, sed quia, etc.,

    id. 7, 3, 9:

    suffecerit haec retulisse,

    Suet. Ner. 31; Mart. 9, 1, 8.—
    (β).
    With dat.: nec jam vires sufficere cuiquam, * Caes. B. G. 7, 20; cf.:

    vires concipit suffecturas oneri,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 173:

    nec iis sufficiat imaginem virtutis effingere,

    Quint. 10, 2, 15:

    ac mihi quidem sufficeret hoc genus,

    id. 5, 10, 90:

    paucorum cupiditati cum obsistere non poterant, tamen sufficere aliquo modo poterant,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 127:

    mons, hominum lacte et carne vescentium abunde sufficiebat alimentis,

    Liv. 29, 31, 9:

    hae manus suffecere desiderio meo,

    Curt. 4, 1, 25; 3, 6, 19:

    vires quae sufficiant labori certaminum,

    Quint. 10, 3, 3; cf.:

    summis operibus suffecturi vires,

    id. 2, 4, 33:

    pronuntiatio vel scenis suffectura,

    id. 10, 1, 119:

    quod opus cuicumque discendo sufficiet,

    id. 1, 9, 3:

    dominis sufficit tantum soli, ut relevare caput possint,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 24, 4.— Poet.:

    nec sufficit umbo Ictibus,

    Verg. A. 9, 810.—
    (γ).
    With ad: terra ingenito umore egens vix ad [p. 1792] perennes suffecit amnes, Liv. 4, 30:

    inopi aerario nec plebe ad tributum sufficiente,

    id. 29, 16:

    annus vix ad solacium unius anni,

    id. 10, 47:

    oppidani ad omnia tuenda non sufficiebant,

    id. 21, 8, 4:

    quomodo nos ad patiendum sufficiamus,

    id. 29, 17, 17; 21, 8, 4; 33, 10:

    ad quod si vires non suffecerint,

    Quint. 12, 1, 32.—
    (δ).
    With adversus:

    non suffecturum ducem unum et exercitum unum adversus quattuor populos,

    Liv. 10, 25.—
    (ε).
    With in:

    nec locus in tumulos nec sufficit arbor in ignes,

    Ov. M. 7, 613:

    ergo ego sufficiam reus in nova crimina semper?

    id. Am. 2, 7, 1.—
    (ζ).
    With inf.:

    nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

    Verg. A. 5, 22.—
    (η).
    With ut or ne:

    interim sufficit, ut exorari te sinas,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3:

    sufficit, ne ea, quae sunt vera, minuantur,

    id. ib. 9, 33, 11.—
    (θ).
    With si:

    sufficere tibi debet, si, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 9:

    sufficere his credis, si probi existimentur,

    id. Pan. 88, 2.—Hence, P. a.: suffĭcĭens, entis, sufficient, adequate:

    aetas vix tantis matura rebus, sed abunde sufficiens,

    Curt. 3, 6, 19:

    testes,

    Dig. 29, 7, 8.— Sup.:

    unica et sufficientissima definitio,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sufficio

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