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1 paupertas

paupertas, ātis, f. [pauper], poverty, small means, moderate circumstances (opp. as well to egestas, inopia, penuria, as to abundantia and luxuria, v. Doed. Syn. 3, pp. 111 and 118; class.)
I.
Lit.: pecuniaque erat parva; ab eo paupertas dicta, Varr. ap. Non. 43, 33:
non video quid aliud sit paupertas quam parvi possessio,
Sen. Ep. 87, 34; cf.:
non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil,
Mart. 11, 32, 8:
paupertas est non quae pauca possidet, sed quae multa non possidet,
Sen. Ep. 87, 35; cf. Scaev. Dig. 36, 1, 78, § 12:
paupertatem eri tolerare,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 13:
paupertatem vel potius egestatem ac mendicitatem ferre,
Cic. Par. 6, 1, 45; id. Tusc. 3, 23, 56:
de paupertate agitur: multi patientes pauperes commemorantur,
id. ib. 3, 24, 57; cf.:
homines... patientiā paupertatis ornati,
id. Agr. 2, 24, 64:
me mea paupertas vitae traducat inerti,
Tib. 1, 1, 3 (5):
casta,
Sil. 1, 609:-paupertatem inopiā mutare, Val. Max. 4, 8, 2:
videbantur illis temporibus in magnā paupertate satis idoneae istae pecuniae poenae esse,
Gai. Inst. 3, 223.—
(β).
Plur.: potes animo advertere et horum temporum divitias et illorum paupertates, Varr. ap. Non. 162, 20 (nove positum numero plurali, Non.):
ex multis paupertatibus divitiae flunt,
Sen. Ep. 87, 36.—
B.
Transf., for egestas, inopia, need, want, indigence, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:
cum propter paupertatem sues puer pasceret,
id. Div. 1, 17, 31:
infelix,
Juv. 3, 152.—
II.
Trop., poverty of language (post-Aug.):
paupertate sermonis laboramus,
Quint. 8, 3, 33; 12, 10, 34; 2, 1, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > paupertas
2 laevo

1.
lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a. [1. levis], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).
I.
Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,
Verg. A. 4, 690:
se de caespite,
to rise, Ov. M. 2, 427:
se saxo,
id. F. 4, 528:
cum se matura levarit progenies (avium),
Juv. 14, 83:
apis se confestim levat sublimius,
Col. 9, 12, 1; Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69; 36, 16, 24, § 122:
per hiemem, quae altius levat Alpes, i. e. by the snow,
Flor. 3, 3, 11.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To make lighter, lighten, to relieve, ease: cantantes ut eamus, ego te fasce levabo, Verg. E. 9, 65:
serpentum colla levavit,
i. e. alighted from the dragon-car, Ov. M. 8, 798:
dentes,
to clean the teeth, Mart. 14, 22:
vesicam,
Spart. Carac. 7:
jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima, sed nec damna levant,
do not lighten the ship, Juv. 12, 53.—
2.
To take away, take:
furcā levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis,
takes down, Ov. M. 8, 647:
alicui manicas atque arcta Vincla,
Verg. A. 2, 146:
tributum,
to raise, levy, Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.—
II.
Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). —Of a personal object:
non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,
Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1.—Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so,
auxilio viros,
Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538:
curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,
Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:
molestias,
id. Fam. 4, 3, 2:
fonte sitim,
to slake, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26:
arida ora aqua,
to refresh, id. R. Am. 230; so,
membra gramine,
id. F. 6, 328.— Pass.:
levantur tamen miserae civitates, quod nullus fit sumptus in nos,
Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate (cf.:
laxo, libero): meam egestatem,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 62:
alicui paupertatem,
id. Ep. 4, 1, 33:
morbum,
id. Mil. 4, 6, 57:
inopiam multum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 48, 1:
salutari arte fessos Corporis artus,
Hor. C. S. 63:
morbi vim levaturus,
Curt. 3, 6, 2:
levavitque apertis horreis pretia frugum,
reduced, Tac. A. 2, 59:
vario viam sermone,
Verg. A. 8, 309:
injurias,
Caes. B. C. 1, 9:
suspicionem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:
ut sumptus levaretur,
Plin. Ep. 10, 43 (52), 2:
calamitatem innocentium,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:
his levabat omnem vulnerum metum nobilitas mortis,
id. Tusc. 2, 24, 59:
qui paupertatem levet propinqui,
Juv. 14, 236.—
2.
To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: cave lassitudo poplitum cursum levet, Att. ap. Non. 336, 29:
laudem alicujus,
id. ib. 31:
inconstantiā levatur auctoritas,
Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:
multa fidem promissa levant,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10.—
3.
To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.
(α).
With abl.:
leva me hoc onere,
Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:
aliquem miseriis,
id. ib. 3, 8:
me molestia,
id. ib. 16, 9, 2:
aliquem metu,
Liv. 2, 22:
animos religione,
id. 21, 62; cf.:
qui hac opinione non modo verbis, sed etiam opere levandi sunt,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
ut homines populares supplicio aut exsilio levarentur,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13:
se aere alieno,
id. Att. 6, 2, 4:
se infamiā,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—
* (β).
With gen.:
ut me omnium jam laborum levas,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—
4.
To avert:
omen,
Verg. A. 3, 36:
ictum dextra,
Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.
2.
lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. levis], to make smooth, to smooth, polish.
I.
Lit.:
levare ac radere tigna,
Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3:
magni levatique mensarum orbes,
Sen. Helv. 11, 6:
mensas,
Stat. Th. 1, 519.—
II.
Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften:
nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus, a, um; comp.:
quae levatiora levioraque sunt,
more highly polished, Gell. 17, 8, 15.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > laevo
3 levo

1.
lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a. [1. levis], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).
I.
Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,
Verg. A. 4, 690:
se de caespite,
to rise, Ov. M. 2, 427:
se saxo,
id. F. 4, 528:
cum se matura levarit progenies (avium),
Juv. 14, 83:
apis se confestim levat sublimius,
Col. 9, 12, 1; Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69; 36, 16, 24, § 122:
per hiemem, quae altius levat Alpes, i. e. by the snow,
Flor. 3, 3, 11.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To make lighter, lighten, to relieve, ease: cantantes ut eamus, ego te fasce levabo, Verg. E. 9, 65:
serpentum colla levavit,
i. e. alighted from the dragon-car, Ov. M. 8, 798:
dentes,
to clean the teeth, Mart. 14, 22:
vesicam,
Spart. Carac. 7:
jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima, sed nec damna levant,
do not lighten the ship, Juv. 12, 53.—
2.
To take away, take:
furcā levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis,
takes down, Ov. M. 8, 647:
alicui manicas atque arcta Vincla,
Verg. A. 2, 146:
tributum,
to raise, levy, Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.—
II.
Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). —Of a personal object:
non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,
Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1.—Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so,
auxilio viros,
Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538:
curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,
Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:
molestias,
id. Fam. 4, 3, 2:
fonte sitim,
to slake, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26:
arida ora aqua,
to refresh, id. R. Am. 230; so,
membra gramine,
id. F. 6, 328.— Pass.:
levantur tamen miserae civitates, quod nullus fit sumptus in nos,
Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate (cf.:
laxo, libero): meam egestatem,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 62:
alicui paupertatem,
id. Ep. 4, 1, 33:
morbum,
id. Mil. 4, 6, 57:
inopiam multum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 48, 1:
salutari arte fessos Corporis artus,
Hor. C. S. 63:
morbi vim levaturus,
Curt. 3, 6, 2:
levavitque apertis horreis pretia frugum,
reduced, Tac. A. 2, 59:
vario viam sermone,
Verg. A. 8, 309:
injurias,
Caes. B. C. 1, 9:
suspicionem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:
ut sumptus levaretur,
Plin. Ep. 10, 43 (52), 2:
calamitatem innocentium,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:
his levabat omnem vulnerum metum nobilitas mortis,
id. Tusc. 2, 24, 59:
qui paupertatem levet propinqui,
Juv. 14, 236.—
2.
To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: cave lassitudo poplitum cursum levet, Att. ap. Non. 336, 29:
laudem alicujus,
id. ib. 31:
inconstantiā levatur auctoritas,
Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:
multa fidem promissa levant,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10.—
3.
To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.
(α).
With abl.:
leva me hoc onere,
Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:
aliquem miseriis,
id. ib. 3, 8:
me molestia,
id. ib. 16, 9, 2:
aliquem metu,
Liv. 2, 22:
animos religione,
id. 21, 62; cf.:
qui hac opinione non modo verbis, sed etiam opere levandi sunt,
Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
ut homines populares supplicio aut exsilio levarentur,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13:
se aere alieno,
id. Att. 6, 2, 4:
se infamiā,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—
* (β).
With gen.:
ut me omnium jam laborum levas,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—
4.
To avert:
omen,
Verg. A. 3, 36:
ictum dextra,
Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.
2.
lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. levis], to make smooth, to smooth, polish.
I.
Lit.:
levare ac radere tigna,
Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3:
magni levatique mensarum orbes,
Sen. Helv. 11, 6:
mensas,
Stat. Th. 1, 519.—
II.
Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften:
nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus, a, um; comp.:
quae levatiora levioraque sunt,
more highly polished, Gell. 17, 8, 15.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > levo
4 fateor

fateor fassus, ērī, dep. [for], to confess, own, grant, acknowledge: ut non solum fateri, sed etiam profiteri videatur: leno sum, fateor, T.: nulline faterier audes? H.: da veniam fasso, O.: fatebor enim, V.: falsum: rei inopiam, S.: paupertatem, O.: Cuncta tibi fatebor vera, V.: Ego me amare hanc fateor, T.: contra rem p. se fecisse: se debere, Cs.: hominum igitur causā eas rerum copias conparatas fatendum est: fateor petiisse penatīs, V.: quae agitet fortuna, V.: de facto turpi: de se, L.— Pass: qui ager publicus esse fateatur.— To discover, show, indicate, manifest: voltu fassus Telamonius iram, O.: mors sola fatetur, Quantula, etc., Iu.
* * *

fateri, fassus sum V DEP

admit, confess (w/ACC); disclose; acknowledge; praise (w/DAT)

Latin-English dictionary > fateor
5 levō

levō āvī (old fut perf. levāssō, Enn. ap. C.), ātus, āre [1 levis], to lift up, raise, elevate: sese, V.: Se de caespite, rise, O.: levat aura cycnum, H.: cubito levatus, O.— To make lighter, lighten, relieve, ease: iumenta sarcinis levari iubet, S.: te fasce, V.: serpentum colla levavit, i. e. relieved (of his weight), O.: Fronde nemus, strip, V.: sed nec Damna levant, lighten the ship, Iu.— To take away, take: furcā levat ille bicorni Sordida terga suis, takes down, O.: viro manicas levari iubet, V.— Fig., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support: me levant tuae litterae: luctum solacio: Auxilio viros, V.: curam animi sermone: fonte sitim, slake, O.— To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate: sumptum sibi, T.: inopiam, Cs.: salutari arte fessos Corporis artūs, H.: poenam honore, O.: vario viam sermone, V.: calamitatem innocentium: volnerum metum: paupertatem propinqui, Iu.— To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: inconstantiā levatur auctoritas: Multa fidem promissa levant, H.— To relieve, release, discharge, free: quod hibernis (civitas) levetur, Cs.: me hoc onere: Volsci levati metu, L.: qui hac opinione opera levandi sunt: pectora sollicitudinibus, H.: curā levata, O. — To avert: omen, V.: ictum dextrā, H.
* * *
I
levare, levavi, levatus V

lift up; comfort; release, free from; lighten, lessen, relieve
II
levare, levavi, levatus V

make smooth, polish; free from hair, depilate

Latin-English dictionary > levō
6 per-ferō

per-ferō tulī, lātus, ferre, to bear through, bring home: lapis nec pertulit ictum, reach the mark, V.—To carry, bring, convey: Caesaris mandata ad Pompeium: epistulam, N.: Pansā mihi hunc nuntium perferente: cum ad eum fama tanti exercitūs perlata esset, had reached him, L.: perfertur circa collem clamor, resounds round the hill, L.: hinc te reginae ad limina perfer, betake yourself, V.—To convey news, announce, report, bring tidings: sermone omnium perfertur ad me, esse, etc., I am informed: nuntius perfert incensas navīs, V.: haec ab Romā in castra perlata movent Romanos, etc., L.—Fig., to bring to an end, bring about, carry through, carry out, complete, accomplish: id quod suscepi: mandata, Ta.: legem pertulit, ut, etc., had a law passed, L.: perficiam, ut possitis: perficite, ut is habeat, etc.—To bear, support, endure to the end: decem annorum poenam, N.: onus, H.: intrepidos ad fata novissima voltūs, kept, O.—To bear, suffer, put up with, brook, submit to, endure: perfer, si me amas: paupertatem, T.: frigore et fame et siti ac vigiliis perferendis: pauperiem, V.: indignitates, Cs.—To permit, suffer: cessare in tectis arma sua, Pr.: urbīs cremari, Ta.

Latin-English dictionary > per-ferō
7 sub-sistō

sub-sistō stitī, —, ere, to take a stand, take position, stand still, remain standing, stop, halt: audacius, Cs.: Substitit Aeneas et se conlegit in arma, V.: occultus subsistebat, stationed himself in ambush, L.: positis pars utraque substitit armis, O.: substitit unda, V.: Substitit lingua timore, O.—To remain, abide, stay: circa Mesopotamiam, Cu.: diutius, Cu.: intra priorem paupertatem, Ta. —To make a stand, stand firm, hold out, withstand, oppose, resist: in Samnio adversus Caudinas legiones, L.: Hannibali atque eius armis, L.: clipeo iuvenis, V.: quod neque ancorae funesque subsisterent, neque, etc., held out, Cs.: praepotentem armis Romanum nec acies subsistere ullae poterant, L.—Fig., to come to a stop, end, pause, cease: Substitit clamor, O.

Latin-English dictionary > sub-sistō
8 admigro

ad-mī̆gro, āre, 1, v. n., lit., to go to a place; hence, trop., to come to, to be added to:
ad paupertatem si admigrant infamiae,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 19.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > admigro
9 aequalis

aequālis, e, adj. [aequo], that can be put on an equality with; conseq., equal, like; constr. with dat., absol. and as subst. with gen. (syn.: aequus, aequabilis, planus, par, similis).
I.
Lit.:
partem pedis esse aequalom alteri parti,
Cic. Or. 56, 188:
paupertatem divitiis etiam inter homines aequalem esse,
id. Leg. 2, 10, 24:
aequalem se faciens Deo,
Vulg. Joan. 5, 18:
aequales angelis sunt,
like, ib. Luc. 20, 36:
nec enim aut linguā aut moribus aequales abhorrere (Bastarnas a Scordiscis),
Liv. 40, 57, 7:
ut sententiae sint membris aequalibus,
Quint. 9, 3, 80:
aequalis ponderis erunt omnes,
Vulg. Exod. 30, 34; ib. Deut. 19, 7; ib. Apoc. 21, 16.—As subst. with gen.:
Creticus et ejus aequalis Paeon,
Cic. Or. 64, 215. (Another constr., v. II.)—Hence,
II.
Transf.
A.
That can be compared in respect to age, of the same age, equally old.
1.
Of persons.
a.
Of the same age, equal in years: cum neque me aspicere aequales dignarent meae. Pac. ap. Non. 470, 20 (Trag. Rel. p. 97 Rib.): patris cognatum atque aequalem, Archidemidem, nostine? Ter Eun. 2, 3, 35:
adulescens ita dilexi senem, ut aequalem,
Cic. Sen. 4, 10:
P. Orbius, meus fere aequalis,
id. Brut. 48 init.:
Aristides aequalis fere ruit Themistocli,
Nep. Arist. 1 al. —
b.
In gen., contemporary, coeval; and subst., a contemporary, without definite reference to equality in age;
Livius (Andronicus) Ennio aequalis fuit,
Cic. Brut. 18:
Philistus aequalis illorum temporum,
id. Div 1, 20; Liv. 8, 40.—
c.
In the comic poets, esp. in connection with amicus, of the same age:
O amice salve mi atque aequalis, ut vales?
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 10; 2, 2, 50; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 8; so id. Ad. 3, 4, 26:
ne cuiquam suorum aequalium supplex siet,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 47.—
2.
Of things, coexal, coexistent, etc.:
Deiotari benevolentia in populum Romanum est ipsius aequalis aetati,
is as old as himself, has grown up with him, Cic. Phil. 11, 13:
in memoriam notam et aequalem incurro,
i. e. which belongs to our time, id. Brut. 69; id. Leg. 1, 2: ne istud Juppiter sierit urbem in aeternum conditam fragili huic et mortali corpori aequalem esse, i. e. should exist for an equally short time, Liv 28, 28.—Rarely with cum:
aequali tecum pubesceret aevo,
Verg. A. 3, 491:
fuit cum ea cupressus aequalis,
Plin. 16, 44, 86, § 236.—
B.
That can be compared in respect to size or form; of equal size, looking alike, resembling, similar:
florentes aequali corpore Nymphae,
Verg. Cir. 435:
chorus aequalis Dryadum,
a chorus of Dryads alike, id. G. 4, 460.—
C.
Uniform, equable, unvarying; virtutes sunt inter se aequales et pares, Cic. de Or, 1, 18;
3, 14, 55: nil aequale homini fuit illi,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 9:
imber lentior aequaliorque,
and more uniform, Liv. 24, 46:
aequali ictu freta scindere, Ov M. 11, 463: Euphranor in quocumque genere excellens ac sibi aequalis,
always equal to himself, Plin. 35, 11, 37, § 128:
opus aequali quadam mediocritate,
Quint. 10, 1, 54.—Hence, but rarely, = aequus, of place, equal, uniform, level, smooth, even, plain, both in a horizontal and ascending direction:
loca,
Sall. J. 79:
terra,
Ov. M. 1, 34:
gentes esse sine naribus aequali totius oris planitie,
Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 187:
mons aequali dorso continuus,
Tac. A. 4, 47.— Comp. prob. not used.—

* Sup.:
aequalissima porticus,
Tert. Anim. 17.— Adv.: aequālĭter, equally, uniformly, in the same manner, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70; id. Ac. 2, 11; id. Lael. 16, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 18; Vulg. Deut. 19, 3; ib. 1 Par. 24, 31; ib. Sap. 6, 8.— Comp., Tac. A. 15, 21.— Sup. not used.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aequalis
10 capio

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

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio
11 Capta

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

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Capta
12 detrudo

dē-trūdo, si, sum, 3, v. a., to thrust, drive, or force away; to thrust down, push down (class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
neminem statui detrusum, qui non adhibita vi manu demotus et actus praeceps intellegatur,
Cic. Caecin. 17, 49:
qui advorsum eunt, aspellito, Detrude, deturba in viam,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 6:
aliquos ad molas,
id. Poen. 5, 3, 33; so,
d. et compingere in pistrinum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46:
in laevam partem oculorum,
id. Univ. 14:
quosdam contis remisque in mare,
Suet. Cal. 32:
pedum digitos in terram,
Ov. M. 11, 72:
Stygias ad undas,
Verg. A. 7, 773; Sil. 15, 43:
sub inania Tartara,
Ov. M. 12, 523:
vi tempestatum Cythnum insulam detrusus,
Tac. H. 2, 8:
hucine nos ad senem,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 8; cf.:
istoc maleficos,
id. Trin. 2, 4, 150:
naves scopulo,
Verg. A. 1, 145.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Milit. t. t., to thrust or drive away an enemy from his position; to dislodge, dispossess, Liv. 2, 10; 33, 7:
Albani prensare, detrudere,
i. e. from their horses, Tac. A. 6, 35; cf.:
aliquoties detrusus (sc. de rostris),
Sall. Hist. Fragm. 1, 99; Verg. A. 7, 469; cf. Liv. 28, 3 al.—
b.
Transf.: ex qua (arce) me nives, frigora, imbres detruserunt, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 fin. —
2.
Jurid. t. t., to drive out a person from his possession, to dispossess (cf. deduco, no. I. B., and deicio, no. I. B.):
quid ais? potestne detrudi quisquam, qui non attingitur? etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 17:
Quintius contra jus de saltu, agroque communi a servis communibus vi detruditur,
id. Quint. 6 fin. —
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to drive from or to any thing; to bring, reduce to any thing:
aliquem de sua sententia,
Cic. Fam. 14, 16:
a primo ordine in secundum detrudi,
Suet. Caes. 29:
ut detrudendi Domitii causa consulatum peterent,
of defeating, keeping him out of office, id. ib. 24; cf.:
ex quanto regno ad quam fortunam,
Nep. Timol. 2, 2:
se ad mendicitatem,
Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 21; cf.:
ad ea quae nostri ingenii non erunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 31 fin.:
ad id, quod facere possit,
id. de Or. 1, 28 fin.:
ad necessitatem belli civilis,
Tac. A. 13, 43:
in tantum luctum et laborem detrusus,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4; cf.:
aliquem in paupertatem,
Tac. A. 14, 54:
eloquentiam in paucissimos sensus et angustas sententias,
id. Or. 32.—
B.
In partic. of time, to put off, postpone:
comitia in mensem Martium,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 3; cf. id. Att. 4, 17, 2.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > detrudo
13 erepo

ē-rēpo, psi, 3 ( pluperf. subj. sync. erepsemus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 79), v. n. and a. (anteclass. and since the Aug. period.).
I.
Neutr., to creep out, crawl forth.
A.
In gen., Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 1; Varr. R. R. 3, 15; Sil. 15, 617; Stat. Th. 11, 581.—
B.
Esp., in an upward direction, to creep or clamber up, Suet. Tib. 60.— Poet. transf. of a building, to rise, Stat. S. 2, 2, 30.—
C.
Trop.:
pecunia quoque circa paupertatem plurimum morae habet, dum ex illa erepat,
Sen. Ep. 101, 2.—
II.
Act. *
A.
To creep through:
totum agrum genibus,
Juv. 6, 526.—
* B.
To climb: montes, * Hor. S. 1, 5, 79.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > erepo
14 expugno

ex-pugno, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. fut. expugnassere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 55), v. a., to take by assault, to storm, capture, reduce, subdue (freq. and class.; syn.: obsideo, oppugno, capio).
I.
Lit., of places:
id (oppidum Noviodunum) ex itinere oppugnare conatus, expugnare non potuit,
Caes. B. G. 2, 12, 2:
oppidum,
id. ib. 2, 10, 4;
3, 14, 1 al.: nonnullas urbes per vim,
id. B. C. 3, 55, 3:
urbem,
Liv. 2, 12, 1:
Cirtam armis,
Sall. J. 23, 1:
castellum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9, 4; 3, 1, 4:
loca multa,
Nep. Ages. 3:
moenia mundi,
Lucr. 2, 1144 et saep.—
B.
Transf., of other objects (things or persons), to subdue, overcome, break down or through, sweep away:
naves,
Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 2 and 5:
aedes,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3; cf.
villas,
Sall. J. 44, 5:
carcerem,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 76:
Philippum et Nabin expugnatos,
conquered, Liv. 37, 25, 6; cf.:
inclusos moenibus expugnat,
Curt. 9, 4:
aliquos,
id. 6, 6; Tac. Agr. 41; Flor. 2, 2, 16; Just. 3, 5:
expugnavi amanti herili filio aurum ab suo patre,
obtained by force, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 5.—Of inanimate subjects:
flumina id oppidum expugnavere,
swept away, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 138:
Euphrates Taurum expugnat,
i. e. breaks through, id. 5, 24, 20, § 85:
lacte equino venena et toxica expugnantur,
are counteracted, id. 28, 10, 45, § 159.—
II.
Trop., to conquer, subdue, overcome:
sapientis animus magnitudine consilii, tolerantia, virtutibus, etc.... vincetur et expugnabitur,
Cic. Par. 4, 1, 27:
nihil tam munitum, quod non expugnari pecuniā possit,
id. Verr. 1, 2, 4:
fortunas patrias,
id. Clu. 13, 36:
pudicitiam,
to violate, id. Cael. 20; 50:
aut enim expugnatur intentio aut adsumptio aut conclusio, nonnumquam omnia,
i. e. is refuted, confuted, Quint. 5, 14, 20 sq.:
pertinaciam legatorum,
Liv. 37, 56, 9:
paupertatem,
Petr. 126:
expugnatus precibus uxoris,
Suet. Tib. 21;
so simply expugnatus,
id. Caes. 1; id. Vesp. 22:
coepta,
to fight through, to accomplish, Ov. M. 9, 619; cf.: sibi legationem expugnavit, extorted, wrung out, obtained (= extorsit), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 44.—With ut:
aliqua ratione expugnasset iste, ut dies tollerentur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 130:
aegre expugnavit, ut, etc.,
Petr. 108.—Hence, * ex-pugnans, antis, P. a., efficient, efficacious:
expugnantior herba,
Ov. M. 14, 21 (so Jahn and Bach., Merkel, expugnacior).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > expugno
15 fateor

fătĕor, fassus, 2 (archaic inf. praes. faterier, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 148), v. dep. a. [from the root PHA, phaô, fari], to confess, own, grant, acknowledge.
I.
Prop. (freq. and class.; syn.: confiteor, profiteor); construed for the most part with acc. and inf. as object; rarely with the acc., de, or absol.
(α).
With acc.:
si verum mihi eritis fassae, vinclis exsolvemini,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 10: so,
verum fateri,
Plin. 27, 1, 1, § 2; Curt. 6, 3:
ut verius fatear,
Eum. Grat. Act. 1:
quid fatebor?
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 3; 2, 2, 67:
multi in tormentis mori maluerunt falsum fatendo quam infitiando dolere,
Cic. Part. 14, 50:
peccatum, culpam,
Ov. Tr. 1, 315; Hor. S. 2, 4, 4:
delicta,
Ov. M. 4, 685:
mores suos,
Quint. 10, 1, 100:
sensus suos,
Ov. H. 21, 204:
paupertatem,
id. M. 8, 634 et saep.—Prov.:
fatetur facinus, si quis judicium fugit,
Pub. Syr. 174 Rib.—
(β).
With acc. and inf. as object:
fateor atque etiam profiteor et prae me fero, te, etc.,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 17:
me despexe ad te per impluvium tuum, Fateor,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 73:
fateor eam esse importunam,
id. As. 1, 1, 47:
si quis contra rem publicam se amici causa fecisse fateatur,
Cic. Lael. 12, 40: qui se debere fateantur, *Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3:
cum se Cicero ab illis plurimum fateatur adjutum,
Quint. 10, 1, 40:
fateor me duci ventre,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 37:
jura inventa metu injusti fateare necesse est,
id. ib. 1, 3, 111; id. Ep. 2, 1, 85:
hominum igitur causa eas rerum copias comparatas fatendum est,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158.—With ellips. of acc.:
fateor peccavisse,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 18:
non didici sane nescire fateri,
Hor. A. P. 418.—With two acc.:
cum se servum fateatur tuum,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 24:
eum (i. e. Jovem) ipsi lapides hominem fatebuntur,
Lact. 1, 11, 28:
fassus hujus se spectaculi debitorem,
Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 11.—
(γ).
With de:
cum de facto turpi aliquo aut inutili aut utroque fateatur,
Cic. Inv. 2, 26, 77.—
(δ).
Absol.:
ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri, sed etiam profiteri videatur,
Cic. Caecin. 9, 24: Me. Est tibi nomen Menaechmo? M. Fateor, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 48:
leno sum, fateor,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 34:
non potest sine malo fateri,
id. Eun. 4, 4, 47:
qui a Naevio vel sumpsisti multa, si fateris, vel, si negas, surripuisti,
Cic. Brut. 19, 76; cf. Quint. 5, 12, 13:
nulline faterier audes?
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 148:
in fatendo lenis et summissa (vox),
Quint. 11, 3, 63:
ad fatendum impulsus,
id. 5, 13, 46:
da veniam fasso,
Ov. P. 4, 2, 23; parenthetically: [p. 729] fateor, Plaut. Aul. 4. 4, 16:
fatebor enim,
Verg. E. 1, 31; id. A. 4, 20; Ov. M. 9, 362 al.—
II.
Transf.
A.
In gen., to discover, show, indicate, manifest (rare; not in Cic.): Laterensis nostri et fidem et animum singularem in rem publicam semper fatebor, bear witness to, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 4; Quint. 1, 6, 23:
innocentem fuisse patrem fatetur,
id. 7, 1, 56; 1, 10, 37:
utque sedet vultu fassus Telamonius iram,
Ov. Tr. 2, 525:
patinarum calore pisces vitalem motum fateri,
Plin. 9, 57, 83, § 177:
mors sola fatetur, Quantula sint hominum corpuscula,
Juv. 10, 172; 15, 132:
properabo fateri, quae, etc.,
id. 3, 59:
Belus amnis non nisi refuso mari harenas fatetur,
Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 190.—
B.
In gram. lang.:
fatendi modus,
the indicative, Quint. 1, 6, 7; Varr. L. L. 8, 5, 8.
► 1.
In pass. signif.:
hunc (agrum) excipere nominatim, qui publicus esse fateatur,
Cic. Agr. 2, 21, 57 (dub.).—
2.
Impers.:
vulgo fatebatur, utique minorem eum legasse,
Dig. 30, 1, 39, § 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fateor
16 humile

hŭmĭlis, e, adj. [humus; like chamalos from chamai, on the ground, i. e.], low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
I.
Lit.:
arbores et vites et ea quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; cf.:
turrim humilem parvamque fecerant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 8, 1 sq.:
humilior munitio,
id. ib. 3, 63, 2:
(naves) humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,
id. B. G. 5, 1, 2:
humiles habitare casas,
Verg. E. 2, 29:
domus,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 22:
postes,
Ov. M. 8, 639:
arcus,
id. ib. 3, 30:
arae,
Val. Fl. 3, 426:
virgas humilis mordere salicti,
Juv. 11, 67:
Forentum,
low, situated in the plain, Hor. C. 3, 4, 16; so,
Myconos,
Ov. M. 7, 463:
Italia,
Verg. A. 3, 522:
humillimo solo aqua diutissime immorata,
Just. 2, 1 med.:
avi similis, quae circum litora, circum Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta,
flies low, Verg. A. 4, 255; cf.:
decisis humilis pennis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:
potest ex deformi humilique corpusculo exire formosus animus ac magnus,
small, diminutive, Sen. Ep. 66:
brevi atque humili corpore homines,
Gell. 19, 13, 3; Curt. 7, 4:
humiles Cleonae,
little, petty, Ov. M. 6, 417 (in Ptolem. polis ou megalê):
Troja,
id. ib. 15, 424:
ipse humili designat moenia fossa,
i. e. slight, shallow, Verg. A. 7, 157; so,
fossa,
Tac. A. 1, 61; cf.
radix,
Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5.
II.
Trop.
A.
As respects rank, birth, fortune, worth, consideration, etc., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant (cf.:
supplex, summissus, demissus, abjectus): ut si parentibus nati sint humilibus,
Cic. Lael. 17, 90:
humiles nati (shortly after: trivio conceptus et educatus stercore),
Phaedr. 1, 27, 2: humiles et obscuri homines, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Quint. 31, 95:
humillimus homo de plebe,
Liv. 3, 19, 9; cf.:
humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,
Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121:
ne latos fines parare studeant potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant,
Caes. B. G. 6, 22, 3:
humiliores, opp. opulentiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin.:
hos Suevi vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,
Caes. B. G. 4, 3 fin.: homines humiles, opp. amplissimi viri, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A, 1:
satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,
Liv. 3, 53, 9:
junge tuis humiles, ambitiose, manus,
of the servants, Ov. A. A. 2, 254:
civitas ignobilis atque humilis,
Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1:
humilem sane relinquunt et minime generosum, ut ita dicam, ortum amicitiae,
Cic. Lael. 9, 29:
Viridomarus, quem Caesar ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:
qui cogitationes suas abjecerunt in rem tam humilem atque contemptam,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf.:
nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitant,
id. Fin. 5, 20, 57:
aut nulla aut humili aliqua arte praediti,
id. Arch. 5, 10:
humiles et sordidae curae,
Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:
rei pictor,
Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120 (dub.;
Jan. floridissimus): humilis atque obsoletus vestitus,
Nep. Ages. 8:
agna,
poor, humble, Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:
fortuna,
Juv. 6, 287:
domus,
id. 11, 171.—Hence, subst.: hŭmĭle, is, n., that which is humble or base, a low station:
ex humili potens,
Hor. C. 3, 30, 12:
quales ex humili magna ad vestigia rerum extollit Fortuna,
Juv. 3, 39.—
Prov.: Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident,
Phaedr. 1, 30, 1.—
2.
Of low, mean language: iambus frequentissimus est in iis, quae demisso atque humili sermone dicuntur. Cic. Or. 58, 196:
sermo,
Hor. A. P. 229; cf.:
neque humilem et abjectam orationem nec nimis altam et exaggeratam probat,
Cic. Or. 57, 192:
verbum,
id. Brut. 79, 274:
humilia et vulgaria verba,
Quint. 10, 1, 9:
translatio,
id. 8, 6, 5:
si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,
id. 8, 3, 60:
quae humilia circa res magnas, apta circa minores videntur,
id. 8, 3, 18:
humile et quotidianum sermonis genus,
id. 11, 1, 6:
of the author himself: Macer... humilis,
i. e. commonplace, id. 10, 1, 87:
nil parvum aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,
Hor. C. 3, 25, 17.—
B.
Of mind or character, low, mean, base, abject:
qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?
Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82:
ut ille tum humilis, ut demissus erat!
id. Att. 2, 21, 3:
humillimus assentator,
Vell. 2, 83, 1:
neque nos simus tam humiles, ut quae laudamus inutilia credamus,
Quint. 11, 1, 13:
privata deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho,
Hor. C. 1, 37, 32:
succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo imbecilloque ferre miserum est,
Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:
animi,
Lucr. 6, 52:
si prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici utemur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; 1, 56 init.; cf.:
fracto animo, atque humili aliquem supplicare,
id. Planc. 20, 50:
humillimae preces, Suet. Vit. Luc.: pavor,
Verg. G. 1, 331; cf.
metus,
Val. Fl. 3, 394.—Hence, adv.: hŭmĭlĭter, low, deeply.
1.
Lit. (so post-Aug. and very rare):
in loco clivoso humilius rami arborum servandisunt, in plano altius,
Pall. 3, 13, 3:
eadem facta claritate vel obscuritate facientium vel tolluntur altissime vel humillime deprimuntur,
very deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 1. —
2.
Trop. (acc. to II. B.), basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly (class.):
non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:
aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur,
Liv. 24, 25, 8:
servire alicui,
id. 45, 32, 5:
audacter territas, humiliter placas,
Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:
animose paupertatem ferre, humiliter infamiam,
Sen. Ep. 120 med.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > humile
17 humilis

hŭmĭlis, e, adj. [humus; like chamalos from chamai, on the ground, i. e.], low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
I.
Lit.:
arbores et vites et ea quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; cf.:
turrim humilem parvamque fecerant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 8, 1 sq.:
humilior munitio,
id. ib. 3, 63, 2:
(naves) humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,
id. B. G. 5, 1, 2:
humiles habitare casas,
Verg. E. 2, 29:
domus,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 22:
postes,
Ov. M. 8, 639:
arcus,
id. ib. 3, 30:
arae,
Val. Fl. 3, 426:
virgas humilis mordere salicti,
Juv. 11, 67:
Forentum,
low, situated in the plain, Hor. C. 3, 4, 16; so,
Myconos,
Ov. M. 7, 463:
Italia,
Verg. A. 3, 522:
humillimo solo aqua diutissime immorata,
Just. 2, 1 med.:
avi similis, quae circum litora, circum Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta,
flies low, Verg. A. 4, 255; cf.:
decisis humilis pennis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:
potest ex deformi humilique corpusculo exire formosus animus ac magnus,
small, diminutive, Sen. Ep. 66:
brevi atque humili corpore homines,
Gell. 19, 13, 3; Curt. 7, 4:
humiles Cleonae,
little, petty, Ov. M. 6, 417 (in Ptolem. polis ou megalê):
Troja,
id. ib. 15, 424:
ipse humili designat moenia fossa,
i. e. slight, shallow, Verg. A. 7, 157; so,
fossa,
Tac. A. 1, 61; cf.
radix,
Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5.
II.
Trop.
A.
As respects rank, birth, fortune, worth, consideration, etc., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant (cf.:
supplex, summissus, demissus, abjectus): ut si parentibus nati sint humilibus,
Cic. Lael. 17, 90:
humiles nati (shortly after: trivio conceptus et educatus stercore),
Phaedr. 1, 27, 2: humiles et obscuri homines, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Quint. 31, 95:
humillimus homo de plebe,
Liv. 3, 19, 9; cf.:
humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,
Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121:
ne latos fines parare studeant potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant,
Caes. B. G. 6, 22, 3:
humiliores, opp. opulentiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin.:
hos Suevi vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,
Caes. B. G. 4, 3 fin.: homines humiles, opp. amplissimi viri, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A, 1:
satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,
Liv. 3, 53, 9:
junge tuis humiles, ambitiose, manus,
of the servants, Ov. A. A. 2, 254:
civitas ignobilis atque humilis,
Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1:
humilem sane relinquunt et minime generosum, ut ita dicam, ortum amicitiae,
Cic. Lael. 9, 29:
Viridomarus, quem Caesar ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:
qui cogitationes suas abjecerunt in rem tam humilem atque contemptam,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf.:
nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitant,
id. Fin. 5, 20, 57:
aut nulla aut humili aliqua arte praediti,
id. Arch. 5, 10:
humiles et sordidae curae,
Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:
rei pictor,
Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120 (dub.;
Jan. floridissimus): humilis atque obsoletus vestitus,
Nep. Ages. 8:
agna,
poor, humble, Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:
fortuna,
Juv. 6, 287:
domus,
id. 11, 171.—Hence, subst.: hŭmĭle, is, n., that which is humble or base, a low station:
ex humili potens,
Hor. C. 3, 30, 12:
quales ex humili magna ad vestigia rerum extollit Fortuna,
Juv. 3, 39.—
Prov.: Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident,
Phaedr. 1, 30, 1.—
2.
Of low, mean language: iambus frequentissimus est in iis, quae demisso atque humili sermone dicuntur. Cic. Or. 58, 196:
sermo,
Hor. A. P. 229; cf.:
neque humilem et abjectam orationem nec nimis altam et exaggeratam probat,
Cic. Or. 57, 192:
verbum,
id. Brut. 79, 274:
humilia et vulgaria verba,
Quint. 10, 1, 9:
translatio,
id. 8, 6, 5:
si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,
id. 8, 3, 60:
quae humilia circa res magnas, apta circa minores videntur,
id. 8, 3, 18:
humile et quotidianum sermonis genus,
id. 11, 1, 6:
of the author himself: Macer... humilis,
i. e. commonplace, id. 10, 1, 87:
nil parvum aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,
Hor. C. 3, 25, 17.—
B.
Of mind or character, low, mean, base, abject:
qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?
Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82:
ut ille tum humilis, ut demissus erat!
id. Att. 2, 21, 3:
humillimus assentator,
Vell. 2, 83, 1:
neque nos simus tam humiles, ut quae laudamus inutilia credamus,
Quint. 11, 1, 13:
privata deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho,
Hor. C. 1, 37, 32:
succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo imbecilloque ferre miserum est,
Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:
animi,
Lucr. 6, 52:
si prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici utemur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; 1, 56 init.; cf.:
fracto animo, atque humili aliquem supplicare,
id. Planc. 20, 50:
humillimae preces, Suet. Vit. Luc.: pavor,
Verg. G. 1, 331; cf.
metus,
Val. Fl. 3, 394.—Hence, adv.: hŭmĭlĭter, low, deeply.
1.
Lit. (so post-Aug. and very rare):
in loco clivoso humilius rami arborum servandisunt, in plano altius,
Pall. 3, 13, 3:
eadem facta claritate vel obscuritate facientium vel tolluntur altissime vel humillime deprimuntur,
very deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 1. —
2.
Trop. (acc. to II. B.), basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly (class.):
non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:
aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur,
Liv. 24, 25, 8:
servire alicui,
id. 45, 32, 5:
audacter territas, humiliter placas,
Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:
animose paupertatem ferre, humiliter infamiam,
Sen. Ep. 120 med.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > humilis
18 infamia

infāmĭa, ae, f. (infamis], ill fame, ill report of a person or thing; bad repute, dishonor, disgrace, infamy (class.; cf.:
ignominia, opprobrium): hominum immortalis est infamia,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 27:
in infamiam populo ponere,
id. Trin. 3, 3, 11:
atque indignitas rei,
Caes. B. G. 7, 56:
haec res est mihi infamiae,
Ter. And. 2, 6, 13:
illa indicia senatoria operta dedecore et infamia,
Cic. Clu. 22, 61:
ignominiam et infamiam ferre,
id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:
in summa infamia esse,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 18:
flagrare infamiā,
Cic. Att. 4, 18, 2:
infamia notatur qui ab exercitu ignominiae causa dimissus erit,
Dig. 3, 2, 1:
ictus fustium infamiam non importat,
ib. 3, 2, 22:
aspergi,
Nep. Alc. 3:
urgeri,
Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36:
ex infamia eripere,
id. ib. 2, 3, 60, §
140: de re aliqua infamiam capere,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 30:
colligere,
Just. 3, 4:
habere,
Caes. B. G. 6, 22:
irrogare alicui,
Dig. 3, 2, 13:
inferre,
Cic. Lael. 18, 42:
movere,
Liv. 44, 25, 12:
ferre alicui,
Tac. A. 14, 22:
sarcire,
to repair, Caes. B. C. 3, 74:
libellos ad infamiam alicujus edere,
Suet. Aug. 55:
trahere aliquid ad infamiam,
to bring into disrepute, to give a bad name to a thing, Tac. A. 12, 4:
Cacus Aventinae timor atque infamia silvae,
Ov. F. 1, 551:
saecli,
disgrace of the age, id. M. 8, 97:
pecuniae,
the disgrace of avarice, Vell. 2, 33, 2:
quid enim salvis infamia nummis?
Juv. 1, 48.— Plur.:
si ad paupertatem admigrant infamiae, Gravior paupertas fit,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 19; Tac. A. 4, 33.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > infamia
19 mendicitas

mendīcĭtas, ātis, f. [id.], beggary, mendicity, pauperism, indigence (rare but class.):
qui quidem ad mendicitatem properent se detrudere,
Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 21; id. Rud. 2, 6, 30:
in summā mendicitate esse,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 86:
mendicitatem perpeti,
id. Fin. 5, 11, 32:
paupertatem novā mendicitate revocare,
Petr. 125.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mendicitas
20 parco

parco, pĕperci, less freq. parsi (the former constantly in Cic. and Cæs., the latter ante-class. and post-Aug.: parcui, Naev. ap. Non. 153, 21, or Com. 69 Rib.; part. fut. parsurus, Liv. 26, 13, 16; Suet. Tib. 62:
parciturus,
Hier. Ep. 14, 2), parsum, and less correctly parcĭtum, 3, v. n. and a. [for sparco; Gr. sparnos, rare; cf. Engl. spare; but v. also paucus, parvus], to act sparingly, be sparing with respect to a thing, to spare; constr. usually with dat. or absol.; ante-class. also with acc.
I.
Lit.
A.
Of things (rare but class.).
(α).
With dat.:
nihil pretio parsit, filio dum parceret,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 32:
operae meae,
id. Mil. 4, 9, 3:
te rogo sumptu ne parcas,
Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2:
non parcam operae,
id. ib. 13, 27, 1:
nec impensae, nec labori, nec periculo parsurum,
Liv. 35, 44:
petit, ne cui rei parcat ad ea perficienda,
Nep. Paus. 2, 5.—
(β).
Absol.:
frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere, sed paulo etiam longius tolerare posse parcendo,
Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4.— Poet.:
parcens = parcus: parcentes ego dexteras Odi (= parcius administrantes vinum, flores, etc.),
Hor. C. 3, 19, 21.—
(γ).
With acc. (ante-class. and poet.):
oleas,
Cato, R. R. 58:
pecuniam,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 11:
argenti atque auri memoras quae multa talenta, Gnatis parce tuis,
spare, reserve for your children, Verg. A. 10, 532 Serv.—Prov.:
qui parcit virgae odit filium,
Vulg. Prov. 13, 24.—
B.
Of persons, to spare, have mercy upon, forbear to injure or punish (eccl. and late Lat.), usually with dat.:
non pepercisti filio tuo,
Vulg. Gen. 22, 16; id. 2 Pet. 2, 4 et saep.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To spare, i. e. to preserve by sparing, to use carefully, not to injure.
(α).
With dat.:
tibi parce,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 112:
justitia autem praecipit, parcere omnibus, consulere generi hominum,
Cic. Rep. 3, 12: aedificiis omnibus publicis et privatis, id. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 120:
amicitiis et dignitatibus,
id. Or. 26, 89; id. Phil. 2, 24, 59:
non aetate confectis, non mulieribus, non infantibus pepercerunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 28:
subjectis, sed debellare superbos,
Verg. A. 6, 853:
ne reliquis quidem nepotibus parsurus creditur,
Suet. Tib. 62:
alicujus auribus,
i. e. to refrain from speaking on disagreeable topics, Cic. Quint. 12, 40; so,
auribus et consuetudini,
id. de Or. 3, 43, 170:
valetudini,
id. Fam. 11, 27, 1:
famae,
Prop. 1, 16, 11:
oculis,
i. e. to turn away one's eyes from an unpleasant sight, id. 4, 9, 35:
luminibus,
Tib. 1, 2, 33; Suet. Dom. 11:
parcit Cognatis maculis similis fera,
Juv. 15, 159.—
(β).
With in and acc. (ante-and post-class.):
neque parcit in hostes,
Lucr. 6, 399:
parce in feminam,
App. M. 1, p. 105, 39.—
(γ).
Absol. ( poet.):
thyrso parcente ferit,
i. e. lightly, Stat. Ach. 1, 572.—
B.
To abstain or refrain from doing a thing; to forbear, leave off, desist, stop, cease, let alone, omit (cf.: desino, mitto): meo labori non parsi, Cato ap. Fest. p. 242 Müll.; cf. Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 3; id. Pers. 2, 5, 11; so,
neque parcetur labori,
Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2:
auxilio,
to make no use of proffered assistance, id. Planc. 35, 86:
lamentis,
Liv. 6, 3:
bello,
abstain from, Verg. A. 9, 656:
hibernis parcebant flatibus Euri,
id. G. 2, 339:
parce metu,
cease from, id. A. 1, 257.—
(β).
With inf., to refrain, forbear (not in class. prose):
visere opera tua,
Cato, R. R. 1, 1:
hancine ego vitam parsi perdere,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 2:
proinde parce, sis, fidem ac jura societatis jactare,
Liv. 34, 32:
parcite, oves, nimium procedere,
Verg. E. 3, 94:
pias scelerare manus,
id. A. 3, 42:
defundere vinum,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:
ne parce dare,
id. C. 1, 28, 23:
parce postea paupertatem cuiquam objectare,
App. Mag. 23, p. 289, 3; Aug. Ep. 43, 24:
ori,
to refrain from speaking, Vulg. Job, 7, 11.—
* (γ).
With acc.:
parcito linguam in sacrificiis dicebatur, i. e. coërceto, contineto, taceto,
Fest. p. 222 Müll.—
* (δ).
With ab, to desist from:
precantes, ut a caedibus et ab incendiis parceretur,
Liv. 25, 25, 6; so with abl. alone:
caede,
Aus. Epigr. 130, 4.

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