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  • 21 (ops)

        (ops) opis (no nom. or dat sing.), f    [2 AP-], aid, help, support, assistance, succor: opis egens tuae: siquid opis potes adferre huic, T.: moran-tibus opem ferre, Cs.: aliquid opis rei p. tulissemus: ad opem iudicum confugiunt: exitium superabat opem, i. e. baffled medical skill, O.: Adfer opem! help! O.: sine hominum opibus et studiis: (equus) Imploravit opes hominis, H.—Power, might, strength, ability, influence, weight: summa nituntur opum vi, V.: summā ope niti, S.: omni ope atque operā enitar, with might and main: quācumque ope possent: Non opis est nostrae, in our power, V.: Dissimulator opis propriae, H.— Means, property, substance, wealth, riches, treasure, resources, might, power (rare in sing.): vidi ego te, astante ope barbaricā, etc., Enn. ap. C.: barbarica, V.— Plur: nostrae opes contusae erant, S.: privatae, H.: magnas inter opes inops, H.: ruris parvae, O.: vita opibus firma, copiis locuples: Troianas ut opes Eruerint Danai, V.: opes amovento, avoid display.—Person., the goddess of abundance, sister and wife of Saturn, identified with the Earth, C., O.: ad Opis (sc. aedem).

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  • 22 sub

        sub    (in composition sometimes sus- or sū-), praep. with acc. and abl.    I. With abl., of position in space, under, below, beneath, underneath, behind: sub terrā habitare: cultrum sub veste abditum habere, L.: sub pellibus hiemare, Cs.: manet sub Iove frigido Venator, H.: sub hoc iugo dictator Aequos misit, L.: Pone (me) sub curru Solis, H. —Under, below, beneath, at the foot of, at, by, near, before: sub monte considere, Cs.: sub ipsis Numantiae moenibus: sub urbe, T.: Monte sub aërio, at, i. e. high upon, V.: sub ipsā acie, in the midst of the fight, V.: sub ipso Ecce volat Diores, close upon him, V.: sub oculis domini, Cs.—Under, burdened by, hampered by, bearing: sub armis, Cs.: sub onere, Cs.—Of time, in, within, during, at, by, in the time of: ne sub ipsā profectione milites oppidum inrumperent, Cs.: sub luce, at dawn, O.: sub luce videri, by daylight, H.: hoc sub casu, while suffering, V.: sub Domitiano, during the reign of, Ta.—Fig., under, subject to, in the power of, governed by: sub regno esse: quoius sub imperiost, T.: sub illorum dicione esse, Cs.: sub Hannibale, L.: sub iudice lis est, H.: venibit sub praecone Propontis, i. e. at auction.—Under, compelled by (poet.): exhalans sub volnere vitam, O.: quem falsā sub proditione Demisere neci, overwhelmed by, V.: in arma nullo sub indice veni, forced by no betrayer, O.—Under, concealed by, hidden in: sub hoc verbo furtum latet.—Rarely with specie or condicione (for the abl. alone): sub specie infidae pacis quieti, L.: sub tutelae specie, Cu.: sub condicione, L.: sub condicionibus, L.—    II. With acc., of direction of motion, under, below, beneath: cum se luna sub orbem solis subiecisset: exercitum sub iugum mittere, Cs.: Ibis sub furcam, H.—Under, below, beneath, to, near to, close to, up to, towards: sub montem succedere, Cs.: missi sunt sub muros, L.: aedīs suas detulit sub Veliam: (hostem) mediam ferit ense sub alvum, O.—Of time, before, on the approach of, towards, about, just before, up to, until: sub noctem naves solvit, Cs.: sub tempus (comitiorum) pueros ablegavit, L.: sub lumina prima, H.: sub dies festos: Usque sub extremum brumae imbrem, V.: quod (bellum) fuit sub recentem pacem, L.—After, immediately after, following, just after, immediately upon: sub eas (litteras) statim recitatae sunt tuae: sub haec dicta omnes procubuerunt, L.: sub hoc, hereupon, H.—Fig., under, into subjection to, into the power of: sub legum potestatem cadere: matrimonium vos sub legis vincula conicitis, L.: sub unum fortunae ictum totas vires regni cadere pati, Cu.: quae sub sensūs subiecta sunt.—    III. In composition, sub is unchanged before vowels and before b, d, h, i consonant, l, n, s, t, v. The b is often assimilated before m, r, and usu. before c, f, g, p, but the form sus (for * subs, cf. abs) is found in suscenseo, suscipio, suscito, suspendo, sustento, sustineo, sustollo, and sustuli (perf. of tollo); the form su in the words suspicio, suspicor, suspiro. It denotes, in place, under, beneath, as in subdo, subicio.—Fig., in rank or power, under, inferior, as in subigo, subcenturio.—In degree, less, a little, somewhat, as in subabsurdus, subaccuso.—Secretly, underhandedly, as in subripio, suborno.
    * * *
    I
    under, beneath, behind, at the foot of (rest); within; during, about (time)
    II
    under; up to, up under, close to (of motion); until, before, up to, about

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  • 23 auctoritas

    auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
    I.
    In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

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

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

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

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

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

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    A view, opinion, judgment:

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

    Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

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

    id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

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

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

    plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

    id. Lael. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

    auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

    Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

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

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

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

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

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

    ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

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

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

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
    C.
    Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

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

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

    verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

    id. ib. 18, 52:

    legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

    id. Phil. 3, 3:

    nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

    under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in political lang., t. t.
    a.
    Senatūs auctoritas,
    (α).
    The will of the senate:

    agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
    (β).
    A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

    Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

    id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

    responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

    id. 26, 2:

    Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

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

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

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

    the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
    b.
    Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

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

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

    publica,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
    c.
    Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
    D.
    Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

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

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

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

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

    videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

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

    Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8.—
    E.
    Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

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

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

    id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

    Vell. 2, 32:

    optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

    Suet. Caes. 11; so,

    auctoritatem habere,

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

    adripere,

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

    facere,

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

    imminuere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

    levare,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    fructus capere auctoritatis,

    id. Sen. 18, 62:

    Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

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

    bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

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

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

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

    id. Fl. 4:

    utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

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

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

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

    auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

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

    unguentorum,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    auctoritas dignitasque formae,

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

    nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

    that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
    F.
    An example, pattern, model:

    omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

    id. Sest. 6, 14:

    valuit auctoritas,

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

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

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
    G.
    A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

    cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

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

    id. Fl. 22, 53:

    Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

    id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

    tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

    cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

    id. Lael. 25, 94.—
    2.
    Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
    a.
    A record, document:

    videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
    b.
    The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

    cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

    Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

    sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

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

    quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    H.
    Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

    lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

    usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

    id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
    J.
    In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

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  • 24 authoritas

    auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
    I.
    In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

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

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

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

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

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

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    A view, opinion, judgment:

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

    Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

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

    id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

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

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

    plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

    id. Lael. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

    auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

    Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

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

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

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

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

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

    ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

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

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

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
    C.
    Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

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

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

    verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

    id. ib. 18, 52:

    legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

    id. Phil. 3, 3:

    nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

    under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in political lang., t. t.
    a.
    Senatūs auctoritas,
    (α).
    The will of the senate:

    agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
    (β).
    A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

    Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

    id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

    responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

    id. 26, 2:

    Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

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

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

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

    the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
    b.
    Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

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

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

    publica,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
    c.
    Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
    D.
    Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

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

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

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

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

    videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

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

    Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8.—
    E.
    Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

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

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

    id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

    Vell. 2, 32:

    optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

    Suet. Caes. 11; so,

    auctoritatem habere,

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

    adripere,

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

    facere,

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

    imminuere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

    levare,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    fructus capere auctoritatis,

    id. Sen. 18, 62:

    Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

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

    bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

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

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

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

    id. Fl. 4:

    utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

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

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

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

    auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

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

    unguentorum,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    auctoritas dignitasque formae,

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

    nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

    that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
    F.
    An example, pattern, model:

    omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

    id. Sest. 6, 14:

    valuit auctoritas,

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

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

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
    G.
    A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

    cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

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

    id. Fl. 22, 53:

    Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

    id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

    tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

    cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

    id. Lael. 25, 94.—
    2.
    Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
    a.
    A record, document:

    videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
    b.
    The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

    cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

    Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

    sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

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

    quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    H.
    Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

    lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

    usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

    id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
    J.
    In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

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  • 25 autoritas

    auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
    I.
    In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

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

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

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

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

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

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    A view, opinion, judgment:

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

    Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

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

    id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

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

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

    plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

    id. Lael. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

    auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

    Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

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

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

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

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

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

    ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

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

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

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
    C.
    Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

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

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

    verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

    id. ib. 18, 52:

    legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

    id. Phil. 3, 3:

    nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

    under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in political lang., t. t.
    a.
    Senatūs auctoritas,
    (α).
    The will of the senate:

    agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
    (β).
    A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

    Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

    id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

    responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

    id. 26, 2:

    Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

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

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

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

    the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
    b.
    Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

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

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

    publica,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
    c.
    Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
    D.
    Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

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

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

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

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

    videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

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

    Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8.—
    E.
    Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

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

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

    id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

    Vell. 2, 32:

    optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

    Suet. Caes. 11; so,

    auctoritatem habere,

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

    adripere,

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

    facere,

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

    imminuere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

    levare,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    fructus capere auctoritatis,

    id. Sen. 18, 62:

    Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

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

    bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

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

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

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

    id. Fl. 4:

    utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

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

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

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

    auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

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

    unguentorum,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    auctoritas dignitasque formae,

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

    nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

    that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
    F.
    An example, pattern, model:

    omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

    id. Sest. 6, 14:

    valuit auctoritas,

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

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

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
    G.
    A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

    cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

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

    id. Fl. 22, 53:

    Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

    id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

    tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

    cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

    id. Lael. 25, 94.—
    2.
    Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
    a.
    A record, document:

    videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
    b.
    The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

    cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

    Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

    sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

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

    quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    H.
    Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

    lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

    usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

    id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
    J.
    In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

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  • 26 cogitatio

    cōgĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [cogito, i. e. co-agito; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 43; Cic. Off. 1, 6, 19; Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 7 Müll.].
    I.
    Abstr., a thinking, considering, deliberating; thought, reflection, meditation (in good prose, and very freq.).
    1.
    Absol.:

    cogitatio in se ipsā vertitur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156:

    cogitatione aliquid complecti,

    Quint. 11, 2, 19:

    subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio et cogitatio facile vincit,

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

    speciem dei percipere cogitatione, non sensu,

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

    cogitatione aliquid comprehendere,

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

    cogitatio enim quamvis regionem potest amplecti,

    Auct. Her. 3, 19, 32:

    acerrima et attentissima,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

    tacita,

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

    provisa et formata,

    id. 10, 7, 8:

    fortuita,

    id. 10, 3, 29:

    male cohaerentem,

    id. 10, 6, 6:

    simplices, magnas,

    Tac. G. 22. —
    2.
    With gen.:

    timoris praeteriti,

    Cic. Sest. 4, 11:

    cum officii, tum etiam periculi mei,

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

    suscepti muneris,

    Quint. 4, prooem. 7:

    cogitationem habere argenti, amoenitatum, etc.,

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 10:

    illius loci,

    id. Att. 1, 11, 3:

    rerum,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 5:

    petendi consulatūs,

    Vell. 2, 17, 2.—
    3.
    With rel.:

    quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem,

    Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4:

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

    id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51: cujus sit filius, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 3.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    Concr., a thought, opinion, judgment; a resolution, design. plan, project:

    omnes meas curas cogitationesque in rem publicam conferebam,

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

    mandare litteris cogitationes suas,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 6:

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

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

    tacitae,

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

    posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse,

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

    ista cogitatio de triumpho,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 2:

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

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

    cogitatione rerum novarum abstinere,

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

    vix a tam praecipiti cogitatione revocatus,

    Suet. Calig. 48.—
    B.
    In Cic. several times, thought as an intellectual power, the ability of thinking, power or faculty of thought, the reasoning power (cf.:

    vim cogitationis habere,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66):

    (homo) solus particeps rationis et cogitationis,

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

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  • 27 manus

    1.
    mănus, ūs (dat. manu for manui:

    alternae manu,

    Prop. 1, 11, 12; 2, 1, 60), f. [root man-, ma-, to measure; Sanscr. ma, measure, moon; cf. Germ. Mond, moon, and O. H. Germ. mund, hand; Angl.-Sax. mund], a hand.
    I.
    Lit.:

    quam vero aptas, quamque multarum artium ministras manus natura homini dedit!

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

    vas in manus sumere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

    Epicurum in manus sumere, i. e. scripta Epicuri,

    id. Tusc. 2, 3, 8:

    pyxidem in manu tenere,

    id. Cael. 26, 63:

    manum porrigere ad tradendum aliquid,

    id. ib.:

    de manibus deponere,

    to lay out of one's hands, lay down, id. Ac. 1, 1, 2. ponere, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

    extorquere,

    to wrest from one's hands, id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

    e manibus dimittere,

    to let go out of one's hands, id. Or. 30, 105: manum ad os apponere, i. e. to lay the finger on the lips in token of secrecy, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: alicui in manu esse, to be obvious, clear:

    neque mihi in manu Jugurtha qualis foret,

    Sall. J. 14, 4:

    (feminas) in manu esse parentium, fratrum, virorum,

    subject to, Liv. 34, 2, 11; cf.:

    minus filiae uxores sorores quibusdam in manu erunt,

    id. 34, 7, 11: in manibus esse, to be in everybody's hands, to be well known:

    est in manibus oratio,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

    est in manibus laudatio,

    id. Sen. 4, 12; id. Brut. 33, 125.—Also, to be near:

    hostes sunt in manibus,

    near to us, close by us, upon us, Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7; also, to be present: attendere, quae in manibus sunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 1; Verg. A. 10, 280: in manibus habere, to have in hand, to be engaged on a thing:

    omnia, quae in manibus habebam, abjeci,

    Cic. Att. 13, 47, 1:

    habeo opus magnum in manibus,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

    philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus, in eam, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18; id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Cael. 27, 65:

    milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf.:

    dum occasio in manibus esset,

    Liv. 7, 36, 10:

    inimicorum in manibus mortuus est,

    among, Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

    manu tenere,

    to know for certain, id. Brut. 80, 277.— Pass.:

    manibus teneri,

    to be certain, evident, Cic. Sest. 32, 69: habere in manibus, to fondle, caress, make much of:

    sic in manibus (inimicum meum) habebant, sic fovebant, etc.,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

    in manus venire,

    to come to hand, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 1:

    proelium in manibus facere,

    to fight at close quarters, Sall. J. 57, 4:

    ad manum habere,

    to have at hand, have in readiness, Quint. 12, 5, 1:

    ad manum esse,

    at hand, in hand, near, Liv. 9, 19: ad manum venire or accedere, to come hand to hand, come to close quarters:

    nonnumquam etiam res ad manus, atque ad pugnam veniebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; Nep. Eum. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 30:

    ut venere in manus,

    Tac. A. 2, 80:

    ut ventum in manus,

    id. H. 4, 71:

    adire manum alicui, v. 1. adeo: ad manum intueri aliquid,

    at hand, close by, hard by, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97:

    prae manu or manibus,

    at hand, in readiness, in hand, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 10; App. M. 6, p. 180, 32; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 23; Gell. 19, 8:

    quem servum ille habuit ad manum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225:

    servus a manu,

    i. e. a scribe, secretary, Suet. Caes. 74:

    de manu dare,

    to give with one's own hand, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 37: de manu in manum quippiam tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, i. e. with great care, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2: manum ferulae subducere, to take the hand from the rod, i. e. to be too old for the rod, Juv. 1, 15: e manu (for eminus; opp. cominus), from a distance: quae mea cominus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 212 Vahl.): plenā manu, with a full or plentiful hand, bountifully, liberally:

    plenā manu dare,

    abundantly, Sen. Ben. 1, 7, 2; id. Ep. 120, 10; id. ad Polyb. 9, 7;

    so trop.: Hortalus, quam plenā manu nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

    Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1; so,

    plenis manibus pecuniam largiri,

    Lact. 3, 16, 15; cf.:

    quemquam vacuis a se manibus abire pati,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 14, 5: manibus pedibusque aliquid facere (Greek pux kai lax), with hands and feet, i. e. with all one's power, with might and main, Ter. And. 1, 1, 134:

    per manus,

    with the hands, Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

    per manus servulae,

    by her assistance, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 3: per manus tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, from mouth to mouth, to hand down from father to son:

    traditae per manus religiones,

    Liv. 5, 51: per manus, also, by force, by main force, forcibly:

    per manus libertatem retinere,

    Sall. J. 31, 22: inter manus, in one's hands, under one's hands:

    agger inter manus proferebatur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 2:

    villa crescit inter manus,

    Sen. Ep. 12, 1:

    nihil adhuc inter manus habui cui majorem sollicitudinem praestare deberem,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 2:

    scripta quae inter manus habes,

    are occupied with, id. ib. 5, 5, 7.— Trop., palpable, evident:

    ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,

    Verg. A. 11, 311; cf.:

    manus inter parentum,

    id. ib. 2, 681: inter manus, also, in one's hands, in one's arms:

    abripite hunc intro actutum inter manus,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 38:

    e convivio auferri,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: sub manu and sub manum, at hand, near, readily, immediately, on the instant: Vocontii sub manu ut essent, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

    quo celerius, ac sub manum annuntiari cognoscique posset, quid in provincia quāque gereretur, etc.,

    Suet. Aug. 49; Sen. Ep. 71, 1: sub manus succedere, according to one's wish, [p. 1112] Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59: alicujus manu esse, to be from or by one's hand:

    epistulae quae quidem erant tua manu,

    Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 8, 13, 1 (cf. II. C. infra): manu, with the hand, by hand, i. e. artificially, opp. to naturally, by nature: manu sata, i. e. by the hand of man, opp. to what grows wild. Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

    urbs manu munitissima,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

    quaedam ingenia manu, quod aiunt, facienda sunt,

    Sen. Ep. 52, 1:

    quidam et liberos ejurent et orbitatem manu faciant,

    id. ad Marc. 19, 2: morbi, quos manu fecimus, i. e. which we produce by our own fault (e. g. by intemperance), Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3: oratio manu facta, artificial, elaborate, opp. to natural, simple, id. Ep. 115, 2: manu mederi, to be a surgeon, Cels. praef. 1: manibus aequis or manu aequā, with equal advantage:

    manibus aequis abscessum est,

    Tac. A. 1, 63:

    aequā manu discedere,

    to come off with equal advantage, Sall. C. 39, 4: manus afferre, to lay hands on; trop., to destroy or weaken:

    qui diutius torqueri patitur, quem protinus potest liberare, beneficio suo manus affert,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 3:

    manum inicere alicui,

    to lay the hand on one, to detain, arrest him, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48: manum dare, to give or lend a hand, to help, assist, Quint. 2, 3, 7: manus dare or dedere, to give the hands to be bound; hence, in gen., to give up, yield, surrender:

    perpende, et, si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,

    Lucr. 2, 1043:

    fateor, manus vobis do,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72:

    donicum aut certe vicissent, aut victi manum dedissent,

    Nep. Ham. 1; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2; Ov. H. 4, 14; 17, 260; Verg. A. 11, 568; Lact. 5, 1, 3:

    brevi manu,

    immediately, without delay, Dig. 23, 3, 43, § 1:

    longā manu,

    slowly, tediously, ib. 46, 3, 79: manum tollere, to raise the hand in token of an intention to yield, to yield, submit: cedo et tollo manum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 28: manus tollere, to raise the hands in token of admiration or astonishment, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 63: manus tendere ad aliquem, less freq. alicui, to stretch out the hands to one to implore assistance, Caes. B. G. 2, 13; Cic. Font. 17, 38:

    quae Romanis manus tendebant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 48:

    dextram Italiae,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9:

    manu sternere aliquem,

    with the sword, Verg. A. 9, 702: utrāque manu, with both hands, i. e. willingly, readily, Mart. 1, 16, 9:

    manus manum lavat,

    one hand washes the other, one helps the other, Sen. Apoc. 9 fin.; Petr. c. 45, 13; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80: manum non vertere, not to turn the hand, prov. for to take no pains, make no effort:

    qui se fatentur virtutis causā ne manum quidem versuros fuisse,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93; cf. App. Mag. p. 311.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The hand as the instrument used in fight; hence, personal valor, bravery:

    ne usu manuque reliquorum opinionem fallent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 86:

    manu fortissimus,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    manu fortis,

    Nep. Dat. 1, 3:

    manu vincere,

    Ov. M. 1, 448:

    manu capere urbes,

    by force of arms, Sall. J. 5, 5:

    manum committere Teucris,

    to fight, Verg. A. 12, 60; so,

    conserere manum,

    Liv. 21, 39; 25, 11; 27, 33:

    conferre manum,

    Liv. 10, 43; Verg. A. 12, 345:

    in proelia Ferre manum,

    id. ib. 5, 403; cf.:

    et vice teli saevit nuda manus,

    Juv. 15, 54.—
    2.
    Force, violence, fighting, close combat:

    res venit ad manus atque ad pugnam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

    venire ad manum,

    Liv. 2, 30:

    accedere ad manum,

    Nep. Eum. 5:

    in manus venire,

    to come to an engagement, come to close quarters, Sall. J. 89, 2:

    pugna jam ad manus venerat,

    Liv. 2, 46:

    non manu, neque vi,

    force, violence, Sall. J. 31, 18; so Tac. Agr. 9.—
    B.
    Of the hand of an artist:

    manus extrema non accessit ejus operibus,

    the last hand, the finishing touch, Cic. Brut. 33, 126: aptius a summā conspiciare manu, when you have given yourself the finishing touch, i. e. have completed your toilet, Ov. A. A. 3, 225:

    carmen nondum recepit ultimam manum,

    has not yet received the last polish, Petr. 118.—Hence, extremam bello Imponere manum, to put the finishing hand to the war, to bring it to a close, Verg. A. 7, 573.—Prov.: manum de tabula, lit., the hand from the picture, i. e. enough, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1.—
    C.
    A hand, handwriting; in gen., work, workmanship:

    librarii manus,

    Cic. Att. 8, 13, 1: Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae, id. ib. 7, 2, 3:

    manum suam cognovit,

    id. Cat. 3, 5, 12:

    propter emissam ab eis manum,

    Dig. 22, 3, 15:

    Praxitelis manus, Scopaeque,

    Mart. 4, 39, 3:

    artificum,

    Verg. A. 1, 455.—
    D.
    For pars, a side:

    est ad hanc manum sacellum,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37:

    a laeva conspicienda manu,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 307. —
    E.
    In throwing dice, a stake: quas manus remisi, to throw up the stakes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71.—
    F.
    In fencing, a thrust, hit, blow:

    rectae, aversae, tectaeque manus,

    Quint. 9, 1, 20:

    prima, secunda, tertia, quarta,

    the prime, second, tierce, quart, id. 5, 13, 54.—
    G.
    The trunk of an elephant:

    manus etiam data elephantis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120; Curt. 8, 14, 27; Sil. 9, 628.—
    H.
    The fore-paws of bears, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—
    K.
    The branches on a tree:

    (platanus) cui lnnumerae manus,

    Stat. S. 2, 3, 39:

    fraxineae,

    Pall. Insit. 60.—
    L.
    In milit. lang.: ferreae manus, iron hooks with which an enemy's ship was grappled, grappling-irons:

    manus ferreas atque harpagones paraverant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57:

    in advenientes hostium naves ferreas manus inicere,

    Liv. 36, 44 fin.:

    manus ferreas excogitare,

    Front. Strat. 2, 3, 24; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Curt. 4, 9, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 38; Luc. 3, 635.—
    M.
    Also milit., an armed force, corps of soldiers:

    si nova manus cum veteribus copiis se conjunxisset,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 37:

    magnam manum conducere,

    id. ib. 5, 27:

    Hasdrubalem propediem affore cum manu haudquaquam contemnenda,

    Liv. 30, 7 fin.; id. 44, 27.—
    2.
    Beyond the milit. sphere, in gen., a body, host, number, company, multitude:

    Romam veniet cum magna manu,

    Cic. Att. 16, 11, 6:

    evocatorum,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 3:

    manus ad Quirinalia paratur,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4; cf.:

    manum facere, copias parare,

    id. Caecin. 12, 33:

    manus bonorum,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

    Judaeorum,

    id. Fl. 28, 66:

    conjuratorum,

    id. Cat. 1, 5, 12:

    bicorpor,

    i. e. the Centaurs, id. Tusc. 2, 9, 22:

    purpuratorum et satellitum,

    Liv. 42, 51:

    magna clientium,

    Suet. Tib. 1:

    comitum,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 262:

    juvenum,

    Verg. A. 6, 5.—
    N.
    Labor, hands, i. e. workmen:

    nos aera, manus, navalia demus,

    Verg. A. 11, 329:

    quale manus addunt ebori decus,

    id. ib. 1, 592.—
    O.
    Power:

    haec non sunt in nostra manu,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3; cf.: in tua manu est, it rests with you, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

    juxta deos in tua manu positum est,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    victoria in manu nobis est,

    depends on, Sall. C. 20, 10:

    in vostra manu situm,

    id. J. 31; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 43:

    in manu esse mihi,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 67. —
    2.
    In partic., in jurid. lang., the legal power of a husband over his wife, the manus:

    in potestate quidem et masculi et feminae esse solent: in manum autem feminae tantum conveniunt. Olim itaque tribus modis in manum conveniebant: usu, farreo, coëmptione, etc.,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 108 sq.; Cic. Fl. 34, 84 al.—
    P.
    Law t. t., manūs injectio, i. e. an arrest: per manus injectionem agebatur, Gai Inst. 4, 21: ob eam rem ego tibi sestertium X. milium judicati manus inicio, Vet. Form. ap. Gai. ib.
    2.
    mānus, i. q. bonus, Varr. L. L. 6, 2, 4; Macr. S. 1, 3, 13; Isid. 5, 30, 14; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 139; 2, 286; v. ‡ cerus manus.

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  • 28 nomen

    nōmen, ĭnis (archaic form of gen. sing. NOMINVS, S. C. de Bacch. Corp. Inscr. Lat. 196, 8), n. [for gnōmen, from root gno, whence gnosco, nosco, co-gnosco], a name, appellation (syn. vocabulum).
    I.
    Lit.:

    nomen est, quod unicuique personae datur, quo suo quaeque proprio et certo vocabulo appellatur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 134:

    imponere nova rebus nomina,

    id. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

    qui haec rebus nomina posuerunt,

    id. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:

    appellare aliquem nomine,

    id. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

    huic urbi nomen Epidamno inditum est,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 37; cf. Liv. 7, 2, 6:

    Theophrastus divinitate loquendi nomen invenit,

    Cic. Or. 19, 62:

    lituus ab ejus litui, quo canitur, similitudine nomen invenit,

    id. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13 et saep.:

    ludi, Pythia de domitae serpentis nomine dicti,

    Ov. M. 1, 447:

    clari nominis vir,

    Vell. 2, 34, 4:

    nominis minoris vir,

    id. 2, 100, 5; cf. id. 2, 112, 2; 2, 103, 1: est mihi nomen, inditur mihi nomen, with nom.:

    cui saltationi Titius nomen est,

    Cic. Brut. 62, 225:

    eique morbo nomen est avaritia,

    id. Tusc. 4, 11, 24:

    canibus pigris... Nomen erit pardus, tigris, leo,

    Juv. 8, 36.—With dat.:

    haec sunt aedes, hic habet: Lesbonico'st nomen,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 110:

    juventus nomen fecit Peniculo mihi,

    id. Men. 1, 1, 1:

    nam mihi est Auxilio nomen,

    id. Cist. 1, 3, 6:

    huic ego die nomen Trinummo facio,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 1:

    nomen Arcturo est mihi,

    id. Rud. prol. 5:

    cantus cui nomen neniae,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 62:

    puero ab inopiā nomen Egerio est inditum,

    Liv. 1, 34:

    est illis strigibus nomen,

    Ov. F. 6, 139.—With gen.:

    cujus nomen est Viventis,

    Vulg. Gen. 25, 11.—Rarely with ad:

    ut det nomen ad molas coloniam,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 38.—Nomen dare, edere, profiteri, ad nomina respondere, to give in one's name, be enrolled, enlist; to answer to one's name when summoned to military duty:

    ne nomina darent,

    Liv. 2, 24:

    nomina profiteri,

    id. 2, 24:

    nominis edendi apud consules potestas,

    id. 2, 24:

    virgis caesi, qui ad nomina non respondissent,

    id. 7, 4; also,

    dare nomen in conjurationem,

    to join the conspiracy, Tac. A. 15, 48:

    ab re nomen habet (terra),

    is named for, Liv. 38, 18, 4:

    quae (sapientia) divinarum humanarumque rerum cognitione hoc nomen apud antiquos adsequebatur,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7:

    dea (Viriplaca) nomen hoc a placandis viris fertur adsecuta,

    Val. Max. 2, 1, 6.—Esp.:

    nomen accipere = nominari: turris quae nomen ab insulā accepit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 1; Quint. 3, 3, 13; Just. 1, 5, 1; Tac. A. 6, 37; 15, 74; Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 8.—
    2.
    In partic., the middle name of the three which every freeborn Roman had, as distinguished from the praenomen and cognomen. The nomen distinguished one gens from another, the cognomen one familia from another, and the praenomen one member of the familia from another, Quint. 7, 3, 27.—But sometimes nomen is used in the signif. of praenomen:

    id nomen (sc. Gaja),

    Cic. Mur. 12, 27.—So, too, in the signif. of cognomen:

    Sex. Clodius, cui nomen est Phormio,

    Cic. Caecin. 10, 27; cf.:

    tamquam habeas tria nomina,

    i. e. as if you were a Roman, Juv. 5, 127.—
    3.
    Esp. in phrase: sub nomine, under the assumed name:

    qui litteras exitiales Demetrio sub nomine Flaminini adtulerant,

    Liv. 40, 54, 9:

    sub nomine meo,

    Quint. 7, 2, 24:

    carmina sub alieno nomine edere,

    Suet. Aug. 55:

    multa vana sub nomine celebri vulgabantur,

    Tac. A. 6, 12; 13, 25; id. H. 1, 5; cf.:

    rogatio repente sub unius tribuni nomine promulgatur,

    Liv. 43, 16, 6; Suet. Aug. 29; Plin. Pan. 50, 5; cf. also II. B. infra.—
    4.
    A title of power or honor:

    imperatoris,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 14.—
    5.
    In gram., a noun, Quint. 1, 4, 18; 1, 5, 42 et saep.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Nomen alicu jus deferre, to bring an accusation against, to accuse a person:

    nomen alicujus de parricidio deferre,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28: nomen recipere, to receive the accusation:

    palam de sellā ac tribunali pronuntiat: si quis absentem Sthenium rei capitalis reum facere vellet, sese ejus nomen recepturum: et simul, ut nomen deferret, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; cf. context.—
    2.
    A bond, note, a demand, claim, a debt: tituli debitorum nomina dicuntur praesertim in iis debitis, in quibus hominum nomina scripta sunt, quibus pecuniae commodatae sunt, Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

    repromittam istoc nomine solutam rem futuram,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 48:

    si neque in tuas tabulas ullum nomen referres, cum tot tibi nominibus acceptum Curtii referrent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 102:

    qui tibi, ut ais, certis nominibus grandem pecuniam debuit,

    on good bonds, good security, id. Quint. 11, 38; cf.:

    egone hos digitos meos impellere potui, ut falsum perscriberent nomen?

    id. Rosc. Com. 1, 1:

    volo persolvere, ut expungatur nomen, ne quid debeam,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 40; so,

    solvere,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2, 7:

    expedire, exsolvere,

    id. ib. 16, 6, 3:

    nomina sua exigere,

    to collect one's debts, id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

    hoc nomen, quod urget, nunc, cum petitur, dissolvere,

    id. Planc. 28, 68:

    transcribere in alium,

    Liv. 35, 7:

    qui venit ad dubium grandi cum codice nomen,

    comes with a huge ledger to sue for a doubtful debt, Juv. 7, 110.—
    b.
    Nomina facere, in the case of written obligations, to set down or book the items of debt in the account-book:

    nomina se facturum, qua ego vellem die,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:

    emit homo cupidus (Canius) tanti, quanti Pythius voluit et emit instructos: nomina facit (Pythius), negotium conficit,

    id. Off. 3, 14, 59:

    nomina facturi diligenter in patrimonium et vasa debitoris inquirimus,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 2.—
    c.
    Nomen locare, to offer as surety, Phaedr. 1, 16, 1 (dub.).—
    d.
    Transf., an item of debt; and hence, a debtor:

    hoc sum assecutus, ut bonum nomen existimer,

    i. e. a good payer, Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2:

    lenta nomina non mala,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 22, 1; cf. id. ib. 7, 29, 2; Col. 1, 7, 2.—
    3.
    A family, race, stock, people, nation:

    C. Octavium in familiam nomenque adoptavit,

    Suet. Caes. 83:

    Crispum C. Sallustius in nomen ascivit,

    Tac. A. 3, 30; Luc. 7, 584.—
    4.
    With national names: nomen Romanum, whatever is called Roman, i. e. the Roman dominion, nation, power; esp. of the army:

    gens infestissuma nomini Romano,

    Sall. C. 52, 24: CEIVIS ROMANVS NEVE NOMINVS LATINI NEVE SOCIVM QVISQVAM, etc., S. C. de Bacch.; so,

    concitatis sociis et nomine Latino,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; 3, 29, 41:

    ubi deletum omnibus videretur nomen Romanum,

    Liv. 23, 6, 3:

    relicum Romani nominis,

    id. 22, 55, 5; 27, 33, 11; 1, 10, 3; cf. id. 9, 7, 1:

    Aeolio regnatas nomine terras,

    Sil. 14, 70:

    Volscūm nomen prope deletum est,

    Liv. 3, 8, 10:

    nomen Atheniensium tueri,

    Just. 5, 6, 9.—
    5.
    Poet.
    a.
    A thing:

    infaustum interluit Allia nomen,

    Verg. A. 7, 717.—
    b.
    A person:

    popularia nomina Drusos,

    Luc. 6, 759; 1, 311:

    nec fidum femina nomen,

    Tib. 3, 4, 61:

    in diversa trahunt unum duo nomina pectus,

    i. e. the love of a mother and sister, Ov. M. 8, 464; id. H. 8, 30.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Name, fame, repute, reputation, renown (syn.:

    existimatio, fama): hujus magnum nomen fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

    nomen habere,

    id. ib. 69, 244:

    magnum in oratoribus nomen habere,

    id. Or. 6, 22:

    officere nomini alicujus, Liv. praef. § 3: et nos aliquod nomenque decusque Gessimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 89:

    nomen gerere,

    Lact. 1, 20, 3; 4, 29, 15 al.:

    multi Lydia nominis Romanā vigui clarior Iliā,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 7:

    nomen alicujus stringere,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 350:

    homines nonnullius in litteris nominis, Plin Ep. 7, 20, 3: parentes, quorum maximum nomen in civitatibus est suis,

    Liv. 22, 22, 13.—Of ill repute, bad reputation: malum nomen (only rare and late Lat.): magis eligendum in paupertate nomen bonum quam in divitiis nomen pessimum, Hier. Com. Ep. Tit., Paris, 1546, p. 104 H.—
    2.
    Of inanimate things:

    ne vinum nomen perdat,

    Cato, R. R. 25:

    nec Baccho genus aut pomis sua nomina servat,

    Verg. G. 2, 240.—
    B.
    A title, pretext, pretence, color, excuse, account, sake, reason, authority, behalf, etc.: alio nomine et aliā de causā abstulisse. Cic. Rosc. Com. [p. 1214] 14, 40:

    legis agrariae simulatione atque nomine,

    id. Agr. 2, 6, 15:

    classis nomine pecuniam imperatam queruntur,

    id. Fl. 12, 27:

    haec a te peto amicitiae nostrae nomine,

    id. Fam. 12, 12, 3; 2, 1, 1:

    nomine sceleris conjurationisque damnati,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:

    nomine neglegentiae suspectum esse,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    quid exornamus philosophiam, aut quid ejus nomine gloriosi sumus?

    id. Tusc. 2, 14, 33:

    qui cum luxuriose viverent, non reprehenderentur eo nomine,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 21:

    gratias boni viri agebant et tuo nomine gratulabantur,

    on your account, id. Phil. 1, 12, 30:

    Antonio tuo nomine gratias egi,

    on your behalf, id. Att. 1, 16, 16:

    legationes tuo nomine proficiscentes,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    quem quidem tibi etiam suo nomine commendo,

    for his own sake, id. ib. 13, 21, 2:

    meo nomine,

    Tac. H. 1, 29:

    feminarum suarum nomine,

    id. G. 8:

    bellum populo Romano suo nomine indixit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 14:

    decretae eo nomine supplicationes,

    Tac. A. 14, 59;

    but: acceptā ex aerario pecuniā tuo nomine,

    on your responsibility, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7.—
    C.
    A name, as opposed to the reality:

    me nomen habere duarum legionum exilium (opp. exercitum habere tantum),

    Cic. Att. 5, 15, 1:

    Campani magis nomen ad praesidium sociorum, quam vires cum attulissent,

    Liv. 7, 29:

    nomen amicitia est, nomen inane fides,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 740.—
    III.
    In eccl. Lat.,
    1.
    Periphrastically:

    invocavit nomen Domini,

    Vulg. Gen. 13, 4:

    omnipotens nomen ejus,

    ib. Exod. 15, 3:

    psallam nomini Domini,

    ib. Psa. 7, 18:

    blasphemare nomen ejus,

    ib. Apoc. 13, 6.—
    2.
    Delegated power:

    in nomine tuo daemones eicimus,

    Vulg. Matt. 7, 22:

    in quo nomine fecistis,

    ib. Act. 4, 7:

    locuti sunt in nomine Domini,

    ib. Jacob. 5, 10.

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  • 29 Potentia

    1.
    pŏtentĭa, ae, f. [potens], might, force, power.
    I.
    Lit. (class.; cf.:

    potestas, opes): armorum tenendorum potentia,

    Liv. 21, 54 fin.:

    potentia solis Acrior,

    Verg. G. 1, 92:

    ventosa,

    Ov. Am. 2, 16, 27:

    formae,

    id. M. 10, 573:

    morbi,

    id. ib. 7, 537:

    occulti miranda potentia fati,

    Juv. 7, 200.—
    B.
    Transf., efficacy, virtue ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

    herbarum,

    Ov. M. 1, 522:

    dictamni,

    Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94:

    potentia achatae contra scorpiones,

    id. 37, 10, 54, § 142:

    aquarum,

    id. 31, 1, 1, § 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., ability, faculty, capacity (post-class.):

    supra humanam potentiam magnitudine animi praeditus,

    Just. 12, 16, 1:

    facultas videndi,

    Cels. 7, 7, 13 fin.:

    audiendi,

    id. 7, 8:

    loquendi,

    id. 7, 12, 4.—
    B.
    Political power, authority, sway, influence (class.):

    potentia est ad sua conservanda et alterius obtinenda idonearum rerum facultas,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169:

    postquam divitiae honori esse coeperunt, et eas gloria, imperium, potentia sequebatur,

    Sall. C. 12, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 14:

    erant in magnā potentiā, qui consulebantur,

    were in great authority, Cic. Mur. 11, 25:

    potentiam alicujus criminari,

    id. Mil. 5, 12:

    singularis,

    the rule of an individual, monarchical power, Nep. Dion, 9, 5:

    rerum,

    supreme dominion, sovereignty, Ov. M. 2, 259.—In plur.:

    contra periculosissimas hominum potentias,

    Cic. Cael. 9, 22.—
    III.
    In abl.: potentiā, virtually, Boethius, Analyt. Post. 1, 24.
    2.
    Pŏtentĭa, ae, f.
    I.
    A town in Picenum, now S. Maria di Potenza, Liv. 39, 44; Cic. Har. Resp. 28, 62; Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Hence,
    B.
    Pŏtentīnus, a, um, adj., Potentian:

    ager,

    Front. Colon. p. 123 Goes.—
    II.
    A town in Lucania, now Potenza; hence, Pŏtentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Potentia, in Lucania, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 98.

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  • 30 potentia

    1.
    pŏtentĭa, ae, f. [potens], might, force, power.
    I.
    Lit. (class.; cf.:

    potestas, opes): armorum tenendorum potentia,

    Liv. 21, 54 fin.:

    potentia solis Acrior,

    Verg. G. 1, 92:

    ventosa,

    Ov. Am. 2, 16, 27:

    formae,

    id. M. 10, 573:

    morbi,

    id. ib. 7, 537:

    occulti miranda potentia fati,

    Juv. 7, 200.—
    B.
    Transf., efficacy, virtue ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

    herbarum,

    Ov. M. 1, 522:

    dictamni,

    Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94:

    potentia achatae contra scorpiones,

    id. 37, 10, 54, § 142:

    aquarum,

    id. 31, 1, 1, § 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., ability, faculty, capacity (post-class.):

    supra humanam potentiam magnitudine animi praeditus,

    Just. 12, 16, 1:

    facultas videndi,

    Cels. 7, 7, 13 fin.:

    audiendi,

    id. 7, 8:

    loquendi,

    id. 7, 12, 4.—
    B.
    Political power, authority, sway, influence (class.):

    potentia est ad sua conservanda et alterius obtinenda idonearum rerum facultas,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169:

    postquam divitiae honori esse coeperunt, et eas gloria, imperium, potentia sequebatur,

    Sall. C. 12, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 14:

    erant in magnā potentiā, qui consulebantur,

    were in great authority, Cic. Mur. 11, 25:

    potentiam alicujus criminari,

    id. Mil. 5, 12:

    singularis,

    the rule of an individual, monarchical power, Nep. Dion, 9, 5:

    rerum,

    supreme dominion, sovereignty, Ov. M. 2, 259.—In plur.:

    contra periculosissimas hominum potentias,

    Cic. Cael. 9, 22.—
    III.
    In abl.: potentiā, virtually, Boethius, Analyt. Post. 1, 24.
    2.
    Pŏtentĭa, ae, f.
    I.
    A town in Picenum, now S. Maria di Potenza, Liv. 39, 44; Cic. Har. Resp. 28, 62; Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Hence,
    B.
    Pŏtentīnus, a, um, adj., Potentian:

    ager,

    Front. Colon. p. 123 Goes.—
    II.
    A town in Lucania, now Potenza; hence, Pŏtentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Potentia, in Lucania, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 98.

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  • 31 Potentinus

    1.
    pŏtentĭa, ae, f. [potens], might, force, power.
    I.
    Lit. (class.; cf.:

    potestas, opes): armorum tenendorum potentia,

    Liv. 21, 54 fin.:

    potentia solis Acrior,

    Verg. G. 1, 92:

    ventosa,

    Ov. Am. 2, 16, 27:

    formae,

    id. M. 10, 573:

    morbi,

    id. ib. 7, 537:

    occulti miranda potentia fati,

    Juv. 7, 200.—
    B.
    Transf., efficacy, virtue ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

    herbarum,

    Ov. M. 1, 522:

    dictamni,

    Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94:

    potentia achatae contra scorpiones,

    id. 37, 10, 54, § 142:

    aquarum,

    id. 31, 1, 1, § 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., ability, faculty, capacity (post-class.):

    supra humanam potentiam magnitudine animi praeditus,

    Just. 12, 16, 1:

    facultas videndi,

    Cels. 7, 7, 13 fin.:

    audiendi,

    id. 7, 8:

    loquendi,

    id. 7, 12, 4.—
    B.
    Political power, authority, sway, influence (class.):

    potentia est ad sua conservanda et alterius obtinenda idonearum rerum facultas,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169:

    postquam divitiae honori esse coeperunt, et eas gloria, imperium, potentia sequebatur,

    Sall. C. 12, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 14:

    erant in magnā potentiā, qui consulebantur,

    were in great authority, Cic. Mur. 11, 25:

    potentiam alicujus criminari,

    id. Mil. 5, 12:

    singularis,

    the rule of an individual, monarchical power, Nep. Dion, 9, 5:

    rerum,

    supreme dominion, sovereignty, Ov. M. 2, 259.—In plur.:

    contra periculosissimas hominum potentias,

    Cic. Cael. 9, 22.—
    III.
    In abl.: potentiā, virtually, Boethius, Analyt. Post. 1, 24.
    2.
    Pŏtentĭa, ae, f.
    I.
    A town in Picenum, now S. Maria di Potenza, Liv. 39, 44; Cic. Har. Resp. 28, 62; Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Hence,
    B.
    Pŏtentīnus, a, um, adj., Potentian:

    ager,

    Front. Colon. p. 123 Goes.—
    II.
    A town in Lucania, now Potenza; hence, Pŏtentīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Potentia, in Lucania, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 98.

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  • 32 praevaleo

    prae-vălĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n.
    I.
    In gen., to be very or more able, to have distinguished power or influence; to have greater power or worth; to be superior or distinguished, have the superiority, prevail (not ante-Aug.; cf.:

    praesto, excello, praecedo): virtute semper praevalet sapientia,

    wisdom prevails over, has more power than bravery, Phaedr. 1, 13, 14:

    qui praevalet arcu,

    is a distinguished archer, Stat. Achill. 2, 122:

    vulturum praevalent nigri,

    rank first, Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

    aranei cum praevaluere (supra apes),

    id. 11, 19, 21, § 65:

    in Aegypto hic mos praevalet,

    prevails, id. 17, 22, 35, § 185:

    ita saepius digni, quam gratiosi, praevalebant,

    had the advantage, Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 6:

    quae sententia non praevaluit modo,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 6:

    certamen acerrimum, amita potius an mater apud Neronem praevaleret,

    had the most influence, Tac. A. 12, 64:

    auctoritate et praesentiā,

    to prevail, to get the upper hand, Suet. Galb. 19:

    gratiā,

    id. Ner. 28:

    auctoritas Cluvii praevaluit, ut, etc.,

    prevailed, Tac. H. 2, 65:

    tuum erit consultare, utrum praevaleat, quod ex Arminio concepit, an quod ex me genita est,

    which should have more weight, id. A. 1, 58; Dig. 1, 5, 10.— With inf.:

    praevaluit ire,

    Vulg. 1 Par. 21, 30.—With contra, Vulg. Gen. 32, 28.—With dat. (late Lat.):

    quae (mala) etiam praevalent bonis,

    Lact. Epit. 68, 21: portis inferi et mortis legibus praevalere, Leo M. p. 51, 1 fin. —
    II.
    In partic., of medicines, to be of great virtue or efficacy:

    trifolium praevalet contra serpentium ictus,

    Plin. 21, 21, 88, § 152:

    lac praevalet ad vitia in facie sananda,

    id. 28, 7, 21, § 75.—
    B.
    In law, to be settled, established, Just. Inst. 1, 6, 3.— Hence, praevălens, entis, P. a., very strong, very powerful:

    populus, Liv. praef.: praevalens corpore,

    Vell. 2, 108, 2; Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 84.

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  • 33 vis

    vīs, vis, f., plur. vīres, ĭum (class. only in nom., acc. and abl. sing. and in plur.; gen. sing. very rare; Tac. Or. 26; Dig. 4, 2, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 30; dat. sing. vi, Auct. B. Afr. 69, 2; C. I. L. 5, 837; collat. form of the nom. and acc. plur. vis, Lucr. 3, 265; 2, 586; Sall. ap. Prisc. p. 707, or H. 3, 62 Dietsch; Messala ap. Macr. S. 1, 9, 14) [Gr. is, Wis, sinew, force; iphi, with might], strength, physical or mental; force, vigor, power, energy, virtue (cf. robur).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Sing.:

    celeritas et vis equorum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 70, 144:

    magna vis eorum (urorum) et magna velocitas,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 28:

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    tempestatis,

    id. B. C. 2, 14:

    venti,

    Lucr. 1, 271:

    solis,

    id. 4, 326 (301):

    horrida teli,

    id. 3, 170:

    acris vini,

    id. 3, 476:

    ferri aerisque,

    id. 5, 1286:

    veneni,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 58 et saep.—
    (β).
    Plur. (most freq. of physical strength):

    non viribus aut velocitatibus aut celeritate corporum res magnae geruntur,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 17:

    nec nunc vires desidero adulescentis, non plus quam adulescens tauri aut elephanti desiderabam,

    id. ib. 9, 27:

    hoc ali vires nervosque confirmari putant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

    me jam sanguis viresque deficiunt,

    id. ib. 7, 50 fin.:

    perpauci viribus confisi transnatare contenderunt,

    id. ib. 1, 53:

    nostri integris viribus fortiter repugnare,

    id. ib. 3, 4:

    lacertis et viribus pugnare,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

    omnibus viribus atque opibus repugnare,

    id. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

    non animi solum vigore sed etiam corporis viribus excellens,

    Liv. 9, 16, 12:

    validis viribus hastam contorquere,

    Verg. A. 2, 50:

    quicquid agas, decet agere pro viribus,

    with all your might, Cic. Sen. 9, 27; so,

    supra vires,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22:

    et neglecta solent incendia sumere vires,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 85:

    seu virium vi seu exercitatione multā cibi vinique capacissimus,

    Liv. 9, 16, 13; cf.:

    in proelii concursu abit res a Consilio ad vires vimque pugnantium,

    Nep. Thras. 1, 4 dub. (Siebel. vires usumque).— Poet., with inf.:

    nec mihi sunt vires inimicos pellere tectis,

    Ov. H. 1, 109.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Energy, virtue, potency (of herbs, drugs, etc.):

    in radices vires oleae abibunt,

    Cato, R. R. 61, 1:

    vires habet herba?

    Ov. M. 13, 942:

    egregius fons Viribus occultis adjuvat,

    Juv. 12, 42. —
    b.
    Vis, personified, the same as Juno, Aus. Idyll. de Deis; cf. Verg. A. 7, 432 Serv. —
    c.
    Hostile strength, force, violence, = bia: EA POENA, QVAE EST DE VI, S. C. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:

    cum vi vis illata defenditur,

    Cic. Mil. 4, 9; cf.:

    celeri rumore dilato Dioni vim allatam,

    Nep. Dion, 10, 1:

    ne vim facias ullam in illam,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 37:

    sine vi facere,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 20:

    vim afferre alicui,

    Cic. Caecin. 21, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 62; 2, 4, 66, § 148:

    adhibere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 110; id. Cat. 1, 8, 19:

    praesidio tam valido et armato vim adferre,

    Liv. 9, 16, 4:

    iter per vim tentare,

    by force, forcibly, Caes. B. G. 1, 14; so,

    per vim,

    id. B. C. 2, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:

    ne id quidem satis est, nisi docet, ita se possedisse nec vi nec clam nec precario possederit,

    id. Caecin. 32, 92; so the jurid. formula in Lex Thoria ap. Grut. 202, 18; Dig. 41, 1, 22; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

    vis haec quidem hercle est, et trahi et trudi simul,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 92; Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 20:

    naves totae factae ex robore ad quamvis vim et contumeliam perferendam (shortly afterwards: tantas tempestates Oceani tantosque impetus ventorum sustineri),

    violence, shock, Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

    caeli,

    a storm, tempest, Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 278.—To avoid the gen. form (v. supra):

    de vi condemnati sunt,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 4: de vi reus; id. Sest. 35, 75; id. Vatin. 17, 41:

    ei qui de vi itemque ei qui majestatis damnatus sit,

    id. Phil. 1, 9, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 21 sq. Halm ad loc.; Tac. A. 4, 13.—
    d.
    In mal. part., force, violence: pudicitiam cum eriperet militi tribunus militaris... interfectus ab eo est, cui vim adferebat, Cic. Mil. 4, 9:

    matribus familias vim attulisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 62:

    vis allata sorori,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 679:

    victa nitore dei vim passa est,

    id. M. 4, 233:

    vim passa est Phoebe,

    id. A. A. 1, 679.—
    B.
    Transf., concr.
    1.
    Quantity, number, abundance (cf.: copia, multitudo); with gen.:

    quasi retruderet hominum me vis invitum,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 66:

    innumerabilis servorum,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 11, 22:

    in pompā cum magna vis auri argentique ferretur,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91:

    vis magna pulveris,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

    vis maxima ranunculorum,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 3:

    argenti,

    id. Prov. Cons. 2, 4:

    vim lacrimarum profudi,

    id. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

    odora canum vis,

    Verg. A. 4, 132; cf. absol.:

    et nescio quomodo is, qui auctoritatem minimam habet, maximam vim, populus cum illis facit,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—
    2.
    Vires, military forces, troops:

    praeesse exercitui, ut praeter auctoritatem vires quoque ad coërcendum haberet,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 57:

    satis virium ad certamen,

    Liv. 3, 60, 4:

    undique contractis viribus signa cum Papirio conferre,

    id. 9, 13, 12:

    robur omne virium ejus regni,

    the flower, id. 33, 4, 4:

    concitet et vires Graecia magna suas,

    Ov. H. 15 (16), 340.—
    3.
    Vires, the virile forces or organs, Arn. 5, 158; 5, 163; Inscr. Orell. 2322; 2332:

    veluti castratis viribus,

    Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 60; cf.:

    vis (= vires) multas possidere in se,

    Lucr. 2, 586.—Rarely sing.:

    vis genitalis,

    Tac. A. 6, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Mental strength, power, force, vigor:

    vis illa divina et virtus oratoris,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 120:

    vis ac facultas oratoris,

    id. ib. 1, 31, 142:

    suavitatem Isocrates... sonitum Aeschines, vim Demosthenes habuit,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 28:

    summa ingenii,

    id. Phil. 5, 18, 49:

    magna vis est conscientiae in utramque partem,

    id. Mil. 23, 61:

    magna vis est in fortunā in utramque partem,

    id. Off. 2, 6, 19:

    patriae,

    id. de Or. 1, 44, 196:

    quod ostentum habuit hanc vim, ut, etc.,

    power, effect, id. Div. 1, 33, 73:

    qui indignitate suā vim ac jus magistratui quem gerebat dempsisset,

    Liv. 26, 12, 8:

    hujus conventionis,

    Dig. 43, 25, 12.— Plur. (post-Aug.):

    eloquentiae,

    Quint. 5, 1, 2:

    facilitatis,

    id. 12, 9, 20:

    ingenii,

    id. 1, 2, 23; 12, 1, 32:

    orationis,

    id. 8, 3, 87.—
    B.
    Transf., of abstr. things, force, notion, meaning, sense, import, nature, essence (cf. significatio):

    id, in quo est omnis vis amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

    eloquentiae vis et natura,

    id. Or. 31, 112:

    vis honesti (with natura),

    id. Off. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

    virtutis,

    id. Fam. 9, 16, 5:

    quae est alia vis legis?

    id. Dom. 20, 53:

    vis, natura, genera verborum et simplicium et copulatorum,

    i.e. the sense, signification, id. Or. 32, 115:

    vis verbi,

    id. Inv. 1, 13, 17; id. Balb. 8, 21:

    quae vis insit in his paucis verbis, si attendes, si attendes, intelleges,

    id. Fam. 6, 2, 3:

    quae vis subjecta sit vocibus,

    id. Fin. 2, 2, 6:

    nominis,

    id. Top. 8, 35: metônumia, cujus vis est, pro eo, quod dicitur, causam, propter quam dicitur, ponere, Quint. 8, 6, 23.

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  • 34 aula

        aula ae （gen. aulāī, V.), f, αὐλή, a court, fore-court, yard: immanis ianitor aulae, i. e. Cerberus, H.: mediā in aulā, O.—For cattle, H.—An inner court of a house, hall, V.: lectus genialis in aulā est, H.—A palace, residence, royal court: illā se iactet in aulā Aeolus, in his residence, V.: invidendus, H.: laeta Priami, H.: discors, i. e. the courtiers, Ta.: puer ex aulā, a page, H.—Poet., of the cell of the queen-bee: aulas et cerea regna refingunt, V.—Princely power, royalty: auctoritas aulae.
    * * *
    hall; church/temple; palace/castle; inner/royal court; courtiers; royal power

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  • 35 cōpia

        cōpia ae, f    [com-+ops], an abundance, ample supply, plenty: frumenti, Cs.: navium magna, Cs.: bona librorum, H.: nullā ferramentorum copiā, in the scarcity of, Cs.—Resources, wealth, supplies, riches, prosperity: domesticis copiis ornare convivium: (civitas) copiis locupletior: circumfluere omnibus copiis: se eorum copiis alere, Cs.: Fastidiosam desere copiam, H.: inopem me copia fecit, O.: bonam copiam eiurare, i. e. to claim exemption as poor: (milites) mixti copiis et laetitiā, sharing supplies, Ta.: copia narium (i. e. luxus odorum), H.: copia ruris honorum opulenta, H.—Person., the goddess of plenty: beata pleno cornu, H.: dives meo bona Copia cornu est, O.—A multitude, number, plenty, abundance, throng: (principum) in castris, Cs.: virorum fortium: latronum in eā regione, S.: quae sit me circum copia, lustro, V.—A force, army, body of men: eā copiā civitatem oppressurus: ex omni copiā singulos deligere, Cs.— Usu. plur, forces, troops, an army, men: armare quam maximas copias, S.: cum omnibus copiis exire, in a body, Cs.: pedestres, N.: omnibus copiis contendere, with the whole army, Cs.—Fig., fulness, copiousness, multitude, abundance: rerum copia verborum copiam gignit: dicendi copiā valere: ubertas et copia, fulness in expression.—Ability, power, might, opportunity, facilities, means: facere civibus consili sui copiam: qui spectandi faciunt copiam, T.: fandi, V.: societatis coniungendae, S.: Ut sibi eius faciat copiam, give access to, T.: sit tibi copia nostri, power over, O.: facta est copia mundi, the world was open, O.: quibus in otio vivere copia erat, S.: nec te Adfari data copia matri, V.: tecum sine metu ut sit copiast, T.: si copia detur, veniam, O.: dona pro copiā portantes, as each is able, L.: pro rei copiā, S.: ludi additi pro copiā provinciali, L.
    * * *
    plenty, abundance, supply; troops (pl.), supplies; forces; resources; wealth; number/amount/quantity; sum/whole amount; means, opportunity; access, admission copy

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  • 36 dīvīnitās

        dīvīnitās ātis, f    [divinus], godhead, divinity: stellis divinitatem tribuit: post mortem (Romuli) credita, L. — The power of divining, divination: mentis.— Divine quality, excellence, of the orator.
    * * *
    divinity, quality/nature of God; divine excellence/power/being; divining

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  • 37 efficientia

        efficientia ae, f    [efficiens], efficient power, efficiency, influence: eius (solis).
    * * *
    efficient power, influence

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  • 38 glīscō

        glīscō —, —, ere    [cf. glaesum], to swell, spread gradually, grow imperceptibly: invidia gliscens, L.: seditio, L.: (multitudo) gliscit immensum, increases, Ta.: numero legiones, Ta.: gliscit violentia Turno, V.: gliscere alqm pati, to grow in power, Ta.
    * * *
    gliscere, -, - V
    swell; increase in power or violence

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  • 39 imperium (inp-)

        imperium (inp-) ī, n    [impero], a command, order, direction, injunction: meum Inperium exequi, T.: imperio parere, Cs.: Iovis, V.: imperiis deūm expositis, L.: Naturae imperio gemimus, cum, etc., Iu.—Command, authority, control, power, ascendency, sway: mitto imperium, T.: tenere imperium in suos: Reges in ipsos imperium est Iovis, H.: mater, quoius sub imperiost, mala, T.: pro imperio submovere, arbitrarily, L.: domesticum: arcesse, aut imperium fer, give the order yourself, H.: imperio pueri leonem tradere, O.: Di, quibus imperium est animarum, V.: rerum imperiis hominumque minor, subject to, H.—Supreme power, sovereignty, sway, dominion, empire, supremacy, authority: regium, S.: cupidus imperi singularis, sole dominion: Caesaris, Cs.: imperium extra ordinem dare: sub populi R. imperium dicionemque cadere: Imperium Dido regit, V.: de imperio dimicare: civitati imperium totius provinciae pollicetur, Cs.: auctoritate magis quam imperio regere, L.: Romanorum imperia perferre, dominion, Cs.: imperia legum potentiora quam hominum, L.: gravidam imperiis Italiam regere, sovereignties, V. —A public office, magistracy: cuius (consulis) in imperio, term: nec imperia expetenda: gessi maxima imperia.—Command-in-chief, supreme command, military authority: cum imperio esse: unum imperium cum ipsis habere, be under the same military head, Cs.: mercatorem cum imperio ac securibus misimus.—A dominion, realm, empire: urbes inimicissimae huic imperio: contra imperium populi R. pugnare, Cs.: Imperium Oceano qui terminet, V.: auspicia imperi Romani, Ta.: luxuria imperii, i. e. of the court, Iu.—Of persons, an authority, officer, general: sine imperio copias relinquere, Cs.: imperia et potestates, military and civil authorities: Erat plena lictorum et imperiorum provincia, Cs.—Fig., rule, control: vide, si in animis hominum regale imperium sit: coactae Imperio sexūs, i. e. ambition, Iu.

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  • 40 iūs

        iūs iūris （dat. iūre, L.; plur. only nom. and acc.), n    [IV-], that which is binding, right, justice, duty: ius hominum situm est in societate, etc.: obtinere, maintain: de iure alicui respondere, lay down the law: clienti promere iura, H.: qui Romae ius dicit, sits as judge: iura populis dare, V.: publicum, common right, T.: iura communia, equal rights: gentium, universal law: si ab iure gentium sese (populus R.) prohibuerit, the law of nations, S.: civile, civil law: coniugialia, O.: iuris nodos solvere, Iu.: hoc iure molesti Quo fortes, i. e. on the same principle as, etc., H.— Abl adverb., by right, rightfully, with justice, justly: tibi iure irasci, T.: iure ac merito: optimo iure: iusto iure, L.: non agam summo iure tecum, i. e. with the utmost rigor: ‘summum ius, summa iniuria.’—A place where justice is administered, court of justice: in ius ambula, before a magistrate, T.: in ius ire, N.: ad praetorem in ius adire: in ius acres procurrent, H.: raptus in ius ad regem, L.: de controversiis iure disceptare, Cs.: Iura magistratūsque legunt, judges, V.—Justice, justness: causae, L.—Legal right, power, authority, permission, prerogative: omnia Pro meo iure agere, exert my authority in, T.: scio meum ius esse, ut te cogam, I have the right, T.: nullius earum rerum consuli ius est, S.: materiae caedendae, L.: civitatis, citizenship: capiendi, Iu.: testandi, Iu.: patrium, the power of life and death over one's children, L.: (homo) sui iuris, his own master, independent.—An oath: iuris peierati poena, H.

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