principatus N M

princĭpātus, ūs, m. [princeps], the first place, pre-eminence, preference (class.).

In gen.: omnem naturam necesse est.. habere aliquem in se principatum, ut in homine mentem... in arborum autem radicibus inesse principatus putatur. Principatum autem id dico, quod Graeci hêgemonikon vocant, quo nihil in quoque genere nec potest, nec debet esse praestantius, Cic. N. D. 2, 11, 29 sq.:

animi,

id. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

ut quisque aetate antecedit, ita sententiae principatum tenet,

id. Sen. 18, 64:

Gallia hujus belli sustinendi principatum tenet, i. e. in bello sustinendo,

id. Phil. 12, 4, 9:

eloquentiae dignitatis principatum dare,

id. Off. 2, 19, 49:

qui tibi detulerat ex latronibus suis principatum,

id. Phil. 2, 3, 5: sol astrorum obtinet principatum, id. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

principatum in oleo obtinuit Italia,

Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 8; 16, 36, 64, § 156; 37, 13, 76, § 198.—

In partic.

The chief place in the state or the army, the post of commander-in-chief:

Cassio dominatum et principatum dari,

Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 36:

Cingetorigi principatus atque imperium est traditum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8 fin.:

obtinere principatum totius Galliae,

id. ib. 7, 4:

se dejectos principatu,

id. ib. 7, 63:

de principatu contendere,

Nep. Arist. 1.—

Of the empire (post-Aug.), reign, empire, dominion, sovereignty:

Nero toto principatu suo hostis generis humani,

Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46:

Fenestella, qui obiit novissimo Tiberii Caesaris principatu,

id. 33, 11, 52, § 146:

Nerva res olim dissociabiles miscuit, principatum et libertatem,

Tac. Agr. 3; Plin. Pan. 36, 3; 45, 3; Suet. Calig. 22; id. Tib. 24.—

A beginning, origin (class. but very rare):

an mundus ab aliquo temporis principatu ortus est?

Cic. Univ. 2; cf.:

totius opusculi principatus,

the beginning, Diom. 375 P.—

The hosts of angels, good or bad (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Rom. 8, 38; id. Col. 1, 16.

* * *

rule, dominion, pre-eminence, first place.

circum-do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre, v. a., lit. to put, set, or place around, i. e. both to wrap around (e. g. a mantle). and also to enclose (e. g. a town with a wall; syn.: cingo, vestio, saepio, circumvallo al.), with a twofold construction (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 418).

Aliquid (alicui rei), to place something [p. 337] around something, to put, set around, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

With dat.:

aër omnibus est rebus circumdatus appositusque,

Lucr. 6, 1035:

moenibus subjectos prope jam ignes circumdatosque restinximus,

Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2:

circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

satellites armatos contioni,

Liv. 34, 27, 5:

hinc patre hinc Catulo lateri circumdatis, Romam rediit,

i. e. one on each side, id. 30, 19, 9; 3, 28, 2:

milites sibi,

Tac. A. 13, 25:

arma umeris,

Verg. A. 2, 510:

licia tibi,

id. E. 8, 74:

vincula collo,

Ov. M. 1, 631:

bracchia collo,

id. ib. 9, 459; 9, 605; 6, 479;

and in tmesis: collo dare bracchia circum,

Verg. A. 6, 700 (cf. the simplex:

bracchia cervici dare,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 3):

lectis aulaea purpura,

Curt. 9, 7, 15:

cum maxime in hostiam itineri nostro circumdatam intuens,

i. e. divided, and part placed on each side of the way, Liv. 40, 13, 4.—

Without a dat.:

caedere januam saxis, ligna et sarmenta circumdare ignemque subicere coeperunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69; 2, 1, 31, § 80:

ignes,

id. Pis. 38, 93:

custodias,

id. Cat. 4, 4, 8:

armata circumdatur Romana legio,

Liv. 1, 28, 3:

exercitu circumdato summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

circumdatae stationes,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

murus circumdatus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

turris toto opere circumdedit,

id. ib. 7, 72:

circumdato vallo,

Curt. 3, 2, 2:

lauream (sc. capiti),

Suet. Vit. 9.— Subst.: circumdăti, ōrum, m., those around, the surrounding soldiers:

circumdatos Antonius adloquitur,

Tac. H. 3, 63.—With an abl. loci:

toto oppido munitiones,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34 fin.:

equites cornibus,

Liv. 33, 18, 9; and without dat., Tac. A. 14, 53.—With two accs.:

circumdare terram radices,

Cato, R. R. 114;

and per tmesin,

id. ib. 157.—

Trop. (most freq. in Tac.):

cancelli, quos mihi ipse circumdedi,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

nescio an majora vincula majoresque necessitates vobis quam captivis vestris fortuna circumdederit,

Liv. 21, 43, 3:

egregiam famam paci circumdedit,

i. e. conferred, imparted, Tac. Agr. 20; cf.:

principatus inanem ei famam,

id. H. 4, 11; id. Or. 37:

principi ministeria,

id. H. 2, 59; id. A. 14, 15.—In a Greek construction:

infula virgineos circumdata comptus,

encompassing, Lucr. 1, 88; Tac. H. 4, 45; id. A. 16, 25.—

Aliquem or aliquid (aliquā re), to surround some person or thing ( with something), to encompass, enclose, encircle with.

Lit.

In gen.:

animum (deus) circumdedit corpore et vestivit extrinsecus,

Cic. Univ. 6 fin.; cf.:

aether corpore concreto circumdatus undique,

Lucr. 5, 469:

portum moenibus,

Nep. Them. 6, 1:

regio insulis circumdata,

Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

villam statione,

Tac. A. 14, 8:

suam domum spatio,

id. G. 16:

collis operibus,

id. A. 6, 41:

vallo castra,

id. H. 4, 57:

Othonem vexillis,

id. ib. 1, 36:

canibus saltus,

Verg. E. 10, 57:

circumdato me bracchiis: meum collum circumplecte,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 106:

collum filo,

Cat. 64, 377:

(aurum) circumdatum argento,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: furvis circumdatus alis Somnus, * Tib. 2, 1, 89:

ad talos stola demissa et circumdata palla,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 99:

circumdedit se zonā,

Suet. Vit. 16:

circumdata corpus amictu,

Ov. M. 4, 313; cf. id. ib. 3, 666:

tempora vittis,

id. ib. 13, 643:

Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo,

Verg. A. 4, 137.—

Esp. of a hostile surrounding, to surround, encompass, invest, besiege, etc.:

oppidum vallo et fossā,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

oppidum quinis castris,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

cum legati... multitudine domum ejus circumdedissent,

Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

vallo atque fossā moenia circumdat,

Sall. J. 23, 1:

oppidum coronā,

Liv. 4, 47, 5:

quos (hostes) primo Camillus vallo circumdare est adortus,

id. 6, 8, 9:

fossā valloque urbem,

id. 25, 22, 8:

fossā duplicique vallo circumdatā urbe,

id. 28, 3, 5:

hostes exercitu toto,

Curt. 3, 8, 4. —

Trop.:

omni autem totam figuram mundi levitate circumdedit,

Cic. Univ. 6 init.:

exiguis quibusdam finibus oratoris munus circumdedisti,

have confined, circumscribed, id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf.:

minus octoginta annis circumdatum aevum,

Vell. 1, 17, 2:

pueritiam robore,

Tac. A. 12, 25:

fraude,

Sil. 7, 134; cf. id. 12, 477:

monstrorum novitate,

Quint. Decl. 18, 1.

circum-do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre, v. a., lit. to put, set, or place around, i. e. both to wrap around (e. g. a mantle). and also to enclose (e. g. a town with a wall; syn.: cingo, vestio, saepio, circumvallo al.), with a twofold construction (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 418).

Aliquid (alicui rei), to place something [p. 337] around something, to put, set around, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

With dat.:

aër omnibus est rebus circumdatus appositusque,

Lucr. 6, 1035:

moenibus subjectos prope jam ignes circumdatosque restinximus,

Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2:

circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

satellites armatos contioni,

Liv. 34, 27, 5:

hinc patre hinc Catulo lateri circumdatis, Romam rediit,

i. e. one on each side, id. 30, 19, 9; 3, 28, 2:

milites sibi,

Tac. A. 13, 25:

arma umeris,

Verg. A. 2, 510:

licia tibi,

id. E. 8, 74:

vincula collo,

Ov. M. 1, 631:

bracchia collo,

id. ib. 9, 459; 9, 605; 6, 479;

and in tmesis: collo dare bracchia circum,

Verg. A. 6, 700 (cf. the simplex:

bracchia cervici dare,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 3):

lectis aulaea purpura,

Curt. 9, 7, 15:

cum maxime in hostiam itineri nostro circumdatam intuens,

i. e. divided, and part placed on each side of the way, Liv. 40, 13, 4.—

Without a dat.:

caedere januam saxis, ligna et sarmenta circumdare ignemque subicere coeperunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69; 2, 1, 31, § 80:

ignes,

id. Pis. 38, 93:

custodias,

id. Cat. 4, 4, 8:

armata circumdatur Romana legio,

Liv. 1, 28, 3:

exercitu circumdato summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

circumdatae stationes,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

murus circumdatus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

turris toto opere circumdedit,

id. ib. 7, 72:

circumdato vallo,

Curt. 3, 2, 2:

lauream (sc. capiti),

Suet. Vit. 9.— Subst.: circumdăti, ōrum, m., those around, the surrounding soldiers:

circumdatos Antonius adloquitur,

Tac. H. 3, 63.—With an abl. loci:

toto oppido munitiones,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34 fin.:

equites cornibus,

Liv. 33, 18, 9; and without dat., Tac. A. 14, 53.—With two accs.:

circumdare terram radices,

Cato, R. R. 114;

and per tmesin,

id. ib. 157.—

Trop. (most freq. in Tac.):

cancelli, quos mihi ipse circumdedi,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

nescio an majora vincula majoresque necessitates vobis quam captivis vestris fortuna circumdederit,

Liv. 21, 43, 3:

egregiam famam paci circumdedit,

i. e. conferred, imparted, Tac. Agr. 20; cf.:

principatus inanem ei famam,

id. H. 4, 11; id. Or. 37:

principi ministeria,

id. H. 2, 59; id. A. 14, 15.—In a Greek construction:

infula virgineos circumdata comptus,

encompassing, Lucr. 1, 88; Tac. H. 4, 45; id. A. 16, 25.—

Aliquem or aliquid (aliquā re), to surround some person or thing ( with something), to encompass, enclose, encircle with.

Lit.

In gen.:

animum (deus) circumdedit corpore et vestivit extrinsecus,

Cic. Univ. 6 fin.; cf.:

aether corpore concreto circumdatus undique,

Lucr. 5, 469:

portum moenibus,

Nep. Them. 6, 1:

regio insulis circumdata,

Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

villam statione,

Tac. A. 14, 8:

suam domum spatio,

id. G. 16:

collis operibus,

id. A. 6, 41:

vallo castra,

id. H. 4, 57:

Othonem vexillis,

id. ib. 1, 36:

canibus saltus,

Verg. E. 10, 57:

circumdato me bracchiis: meum collum circumplecte,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 106:

collum filo,

Cat. 64, 377:

(aurum) circumdatum argento,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: furvis circumdatus alis Somnus, * Tib. 2, 1, 89:

ad talos stola demissa et circumdata palla,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 99:

circumdedit se zonā,

Suet. Vit. 16:

circumdata corpus amictu,

Ov. M. 4, 313; cf. id. ib. 3, 666:

tempora vittis,

id. ib. 13, 643:

Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo,

Verg. A. 4, 137.—

Esp. of a hostile surrounding, to surround, encompass, invest, besiege, etc.:

oppidum vallo et fossā,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

oppidum quinis castris,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

cum legati... multitudine domum ejus circumdedissent,

Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

vallo atque fossā moenia circumdat,

Sall. J. 23, 1:

oppidum coronā,

Liv. 4, 47, 5:

quos (hostes) primo Camillus vallo circumdare est adortus,

id. 6, 8, 9:

fossā valloque urbem,

id. 25, 22, 8:

fossā duplicique vallo circumdatā urbe,

id. 28, 3, 5:

hostes exercitu toto,

Curt. 3, 8, 4. —

Trop.:

omni autem totam figuram mundi levitate circumdedit,

Cic. Univ. 6 init.:

exiguis quibusdam finibus oratoris munus circumdedisti,

have confined, circumscribed, id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf.:

minus octoginta annis circumdatum aevum,

Vell. 1, 17, 2:

pueritiam robore,

Tac. A. 12, 25:

fraude,

Sil. 7, 134; cf. id. 12, 477:

monstrorum novitate,

Quint. Decl. 18, 1.

cŭmŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to form into a heap, to accumulate, heap, or pile up (class.).

In gen.

Prop. (mostly post-Aug.;

esp. in Curt. and Tac.): materiem,

Lucr. 1, 989:

nubila,

id. 6, 191; 6, 518:

stipites,

Curt. 6, 6:

harenas,

id. 5, 1, 30:

nivem,

id. 5, 4, 88:

arma in ingentem acervum,

Liv. 45, 33, 1:

pyram truncis nemorumque ruinā,

Stat. Th. 6, 85.—

Trop.:

benefacta,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 64:

omnia principatūs vocabula,

Tac. H. 2, 80:

honores in eam,

id. A. 13, 2:

tantum honorum atque opum in me cumulasti,

id. ib. 14, 53;

1, 21: propemodum saeculi res in illum unum diem fortuna cumulavit,

Curt. 4, 16, 10.—

With special access. ideas (class.).

To augment by heaping up, to increase, heap, amass, accumulate.

With abl.:

funus funere,

Lucr. 6, 1237 (cf. Liv. 26, 41, 8):

aes alienum usuris,

id. 2, 23, 6:

haec aliis nefariis cumulant atque adaugent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; cf.:

alio scelere hoc scelus,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

bellicam gloriam eloquentiā,

id. Off. 1, 32, 116.—

Without abl.:

invidiam,

Liv. 3, 12, 8:

injurias,

id. 3, 37, 3:

vitia,

Tac. Or. 28:

accesserunt quae cumularent religiones animis,

Liv. 42, 20, 5.—

To make full by heaping up, to fill full, fill, overload, etc.

Lit.

With abl.:

locum strage semiruti muri,

Liv. 32, 17, 10:

fossas corporibus,

Tac. H. 4, 20:

viscera Thyesteis mensis,

Ov. M. 15, 462:

cumulatae flore ministrae,

id. F. 4, 451:

altaria donis,

Verg. A. 11, 50; cf.:

aras honore, donis,

Liv. 8, 33, 21; Curt. 5, 1, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 204.—

Without abl.:

altos lacus fervida musta,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 72; cf.:

cumulata ligula salis cocti,

a full spoon, spoonful, Col. 2, 21, 2.—

Trop.

With abl.:

non possum non confiteri cumulari me maximo gaudio, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 1; cf.:

ponebas cumulatum aliquem plurimis voluptatibus,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 63: nunc meum cor cumulatur irā, Caecil. ap. Cic. Cael. 16, 37:

duplici dedecore cumulata domus,

Cic. Att. 12, 5, 1; cf.:

orator omni laude cumulatus,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

tot honoribus cumulatus,

Tac. H. 3, 37:

hoc vitio cumulata est Graecorum natio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18:

neque tot adversis cumulant,

overwhelm, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 55.—

With ex: (summum bonum) cumulatur ex integritate corporis et ex mentis ratione perfecta, is made complete, perfect, = completus, absolvitur, Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 40. —

Absol.:

ad cumulandum gaudium (meum) conspectum mihi tuum defuisse,

in order to make my joy full, complete, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 2; cf. under P. a., B. a.—Hence, cŭmŭlātus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to II. A.) Increased, augmented:

eādem mensurā reddere quā acceperis aut etiam cumulatiore,

Cic. Brut. 4, 15:

gloria cumulatior,

Liv. 2, 47, 11; cf. id. 4, 60, 2.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Filled full, full, complete, perfect.

Absol.:

tantum accessit ad amorem, ut mirarer locum fuisse augendi in eo, quod mihi jam pridem cumulatum etiam videbatur,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 5:

hoc sentire et facere perfectae cumulataeque virtutis (est),

id. Sest. 40, 86.— Poet.:

veniam... cumulatam morte remittam, i. e. cumulate referam,

shall abundantly reward, Verg. A. 4, 436.—

With gen.: ineptitudinis cumulatus, Caecil. ap. Non. p. 128, 15:

scelerum cumulatissime,

Plaut. Aul. 5, 16.— Adv.: cŭmŭ-lātē, in rich abundance, abundantly, copiously (freq. in Cic.;

elsewh. very rare),

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42; id. Div. 2, 1, 3; id. Att. 6, 3, 3 al.— Comp., Cic. Or. 17, 54.— Sup., Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 1; 10, 29 init.

dis-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum (contr. dispostum, Lucr. 1, 52; 2, 644), 3, v. a., to place here and there, to set in different places, to distribute regularly, to dispose, arrange (cf. dispenso, II.—freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen., to set in order, arrange, dispose:

libros confusos antea,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, a; cf.:

Homeri libros,

id. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

oculos (harundinum),

Cato R. R. 47; cf.

brassicam,

Col. 11, 3, 27:

arbores,

Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78:

quidque suo loco,

Col. 12, 2, 3; cf.:

pennas in ordine,

Ov. A. A. 2, 45;

for which: disjecta membra in ordinem,

Sen. Hippol. 1257:

obliquos ordines in quincuncem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 5:

aciem,

Tac. H. 2, 41; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

male capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 35; cf.

comas,

id. Pont. 3, 3, 16; Mart. 12, 83:

tectos enses per herbam,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

ceras per atria,

Ov. F. 1, 591;

for which: expressi cera voltus singulis disponebantur armariis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

tabernas deversorias per litora et ripas,

Suet. Ner. 27:

cubicula plurifariam,

id. Tib. 43 et saep.— Poet.:

(Prometheus) corpora disponens, etc., qs. arranging the parts, limbs,

i. e. fashioning, forming, Prop. 3, 5, 9 (4, 4, 9 M.):

moenia versu,

i. e. to describe, id. 4 (5), 1, 57; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 7, 64.—

In partic., milit. t. t., to set in order, arrange, to draw up, array a body of men, a guard, military engines, etc.:

praesidia disponit, castella communit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 2; so,

praesidia,

id. B. C. 3, 15, 2:

stationes,

id. B. G. 5, 15 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 73, 3:

custodias,

id. ib. 3, 8, 4:

cohortes,

id. B. G. 5, 33, 1:

equites,

id. ib. 7, 56, 4; id. B. C. 3, 101, 3:

exploratores,

id. B. G. 7, 35, 1:

insidias,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 29; 2, 9, 7 al.:

equos,

to station in relays, Liv. 37, 7:

ballistas machinasque,

Suet. Calig. 46 et saep.:

custodias in muro,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27, 1; 7, 34, 1:

expeditos,

id. B. C. 1, 27 fin. et saep.; cf.:

legiones in Apulia hibernorum causa,

id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

tormenta in muris,

id. ib. 1, 17, 3:

sudes in opere,

id. B. G. 7, 81, 4 et saep.:

milites iis operibus quae, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 21, 3:

exploratores omni fluminis parte,

id. B. G. 7, 61, 1:

classem omni ora maritima,

id. B. C. 3, 5, 2:

naves in litore pluribus locis separatim,

id. ib. 3, 24, 1:

cohortes castris praesidio,

id. ib. 3, 88, 4 et saep.:

praesidia custodiasque ad ripas Ligeris,

id. B. G. 7, 55, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 65, 3; id. B. C. 1, 50:

praesidia cis Rhenum,

id. B. G. 4, 4, 3; cf.:

legiones Narbone circumque ea loca hiemandi causa,

id. B. C. 1, 37, 1:

equites per oram maritimam,

id. ib. 3, 24, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 111, 1; Suet. Aug. 32; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 1 et saep.

Trop.:

verba ita disponunt ut pictores varietatem colorum, paria paribus referunt,

Cic. Or. 19 fin.;

so of the regular arrangement of the parts of a discourse,

id. de Or. 2, 42, 179; 3, 25, 96 al.; Quint. 2, 12, 10; 3, 3, 10 et saep.; cf. also Tac. Or. 3:

fac ut plane iis omnibus, quos devinctos tenes, descriptum ac dispositum suum cuique munus sit,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5 fin.; cf.

ministeria principatus in equites Romanos,

Tac. H. 1, 58:

imperii curas,

id. A. 16, 8:

consilia in omnem fortunam ita disposita habebat (the fig. being borrowed from milit. lang.),

Liv. 42, 29:

in disponendo die,

in arranging the business of the day, Suet. Tib. 11:

diem,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 25 fin.; Tac. G. 30; Plin. Ep. 9, 36; cf.

otium,

id. ib. 4, 23:

tempus otiosum,

Mart. 5, 20:

opus et requiem pariter,

Pers. 5, 43 et saep.—

In post-class. lang., with acc. and inf. or rel. clause, like the Gr. diatassô, to settle, determine:

non alienum erit disponi, apud quem puer interim educetur,

Dig. 43, 30, 3, § 4:

Thebani apparere paucos disposuerunt,

Front. Strat. 3, 2, 10, 2 (dub.):

excursatores quingentos sensim praeire disposuit,

Amm. 24, 1; 24, 6, 4.—With ut, Dig. 10, 3, 18.—Hence, dispŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., regularly distributed; hence properly ordered, arranged (very rare):

studia ad honorem disposita,

Cic. Mur. 14:

vita hominum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 2;

also transf.: vir dispositus,

an orderly speaker, id. ib. 2, 11, 17.—As subst.:

lumina ex disposito relucentia,

Sen. de Prov. 1, 2.— Comp.: dispositius, Sen. Q. N. praef. fin.; cf. Lact. Ira D. 10 med.—Sup. Boëth. Cons. Phil. 4, pros. 2.— Adv.: dispŏsĭte, orderly, methodically:

accusare istum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:

dicere,

Quint. 10, 7, 12:

exponere,

Vitr. 7 praef. §

18: mundus effectus est (with ordinate),

Lact. 3, 17.— Sup.:

aedificare,

Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

dis-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum (contr. dispostum, Lucr. 1, 52; 2, 644), 3, v. a., to place here and there, to set in different places, to distribute regularly, to dispose, arrange (cf. dispenso, II.—freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen., to set in order, arrange, dispose:

libros confusos antea,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, a; cf.:

Homeri libros,

id. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

oculos (harundinum),

Cato R. R. 47; cf.

brassicam,

Col. 11, 3, 27:

arbores,

Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78:

quidque suo loco,

Col. 12, 2, 3; cf.:

pennas in ordine,

Ov. A. A. 2, 45;

for which: disjecta membra in ordinem,

Sen. Hippol. 1257:

obliquos ordines in quincuncem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 5:

aciem,

Tac. H. 2, 41; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

male capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 35; cf.

comas,

id. Pont. 3, 3, 16; Mart. 12, 83:

tectos enses per herbam,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

ceras per atria,

Ov. F. 1, 591;

for which: expressi cera voltus singulis disponebantur armariis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

tabernas deversorias per litora et ripas,

Suet. Ner. 27:

cubicula plurifariam,

id. Tib. 43 et saep.— Poet.:

(Prometheus) corpora disponens, etc., qs. arranging the parts, limbs,

i. e. fashioning, forming, Prop. 3, 5, 9 (4, 4, 9 M.):

moenia versu,

i. e. to describe, id. 4 (5), 1, 57; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 7, 64.—

In partic., milit. t. t., to set in order, arrange, to draw up, array a body of men, a guard, military engines, etc.:

praesidia disponit, castella communit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 2; so,

praesidia,

id. B. C. 3, 15, 2:

stationes,

id. B. G. 5, 15 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 73, 3:

custodias,

id. ib. 3, 8, 4:

cohortes,

id. B. G. 5, 33, 1:

equites,

id. ib. 7, 56, 4; id. B. C. 3, 101, 3:

exploratores,

id. B. G. 7, 35, 1:

insidias,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 29; 2, 9, 7 al.:

equos,

to station in relays, Liv. 37, 7:

ballistas machinasque,

Suet. Calig. 46 et saep.:

custodias in muro,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27, 1; 7, 34, 1:

expeditos,

id. B. C. 1, 27 fin. et saep.; cf.:

legiones in Apulia hibernorum causa,

id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

tormenta in muris,

id. ib. 1, 17, 3:

sudes in opere,

id. B. G. 7, 81, 4 et saep.:

milites iis operibus quae, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 21, 3:

exploratores omni fluminis parte,

id. B. G. 7, 61, 1:

classem omni ora maritima,

id. B. C. 3, 5, 2:

naves in litore pluribus locis separatim,

id. ib. 3, 24, 1:

cohortes castris praesidio,

id. ib. 3, 88, 4 et saep.:

praesidia custodiasque ad ripas Ligeris,

id. B. G. 7, 55, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 65, 3; id. B. C. 1, 50:

praesidia cis Rhenum,

id. B. G. 4, 4, 3; cf.:

legiones Narbone circumque ea loca hiemandi causa,

id. B. C. 1, 37, 1:

equites per oram maritimam,

id. ib. 3, 24, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 111, 1; Suet. Aug. 32; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 1 et saep.

Trop.:

verba ita disponunt ut pictores varietatem colorum, paria paribus referunt,

Cic. Or. 19 fin.;

so of the regular arrangement of the parts of a discourse,

id. de Or. 2, 42, 179; 3, 25, 96 al.; Quint. 2, 12, 10; 3, 3, 10 et saep.; cf. also Tac. Or. 3:

fac ut plane iis omnibus, quos devinctos tenes, descriptum ac dispositum suum cuique munus sit,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5 fin.; cf.

ministeria principatus in equites Romanos,

Tac. H. 1, 58:

imperii curas,

id. A. 16, 8:

consilia in omnem fortunam ita disposita habebat (the fig. being borrowed from milit. lang.),

Liv. 42, 29:

in disponendo die,

in arranging the business of the day, Suet. Tib. 11:

diem,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 25 fin.; Tac. G. 30; Plin. Ep. 9, 36; cf.

otium,

id. ib. 4, 23:

tempus otiosum,

Mart. 5, 20:

opus et requiem pariter,

Pers. 5, 43 et saep.—

In post-class. lang., with acc. and inf. or rel. clause, like the Gr. diatassô, to settle, determine:

non alienum erit disponi, apud quem puer interim educetur,

Dig. 43, 30, 3, § 4:

Thebani apparere paucos disposuerunt,

Front. Strat. 3, 2, 10, 2 (dub.):

excursatores quingentos sensim praeire disposuit,

Amm. 24, 1; 24, 6, 4.—With ut, Dig. 10, 3, 18.—Hence, dispŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., regularly distributed; hence properly ordered, arranged (very rare):

studia ad honorem disposita,

Cic. Mur. 14:

vita hominum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 2;

also transf.: vir dispositus,

an orderly speaker, id. ib. 2, 11, 17.—As subst.:

lumina ex disposito relucentia,

Sen. de Prov. 1, 2.— Comp.: dispositius, Sen. Q. N. praef. fin.; cf. Lact. Ira D. 10 med.—Sup. Boëth. Cons. Phil. 4, pros. 2.— Adv.: dispŏsĭte, orderly, methodically:

accusare istum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:

dicere,

Quint. 10, 7, 12:

exponere,

Vitr. 7 praef. §

18: mundus effectus est (with ordinate),

Lact. 3, 17.— Sup.:

aedificare,

Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

dŏmĭnātus, ūs (dat. dominatu, Caes. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 8), m. [dominor], rule, command; esp. absolute rule, sovereignty, mastery, tyranny (good prose; most frequent in Cicero; for syn. v. dominatio).

Prop., Cic. Rep. 1, 27 (opp. libertas; cf.

opp. servitus,

id. Deiot. 11, 30); id. Tusc. 5, 20; id. Phil. 11, 14, 36; id. de Or. 2, 55, 225; id. Div. 1, 25, 53; id. Off. 2, 1, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 4 fin. —In plur., Cic. Rep. 1, 39; Prud. Ham. 517.—

Transf.:

animi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38; cf.

consilii,

id. ib.:

cupiditatum,

id. Par. 5, 3, 40:

omnium rerum (with principatus and potestas),

id. N. D. 2, 11; cf. id. Rep. 1, 17:

omnis terrenorum commodorum est in homine,

id. N. D. 2, 60 fin.

ex-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago], to drive out or forth, to thrust out, to take or turn out.

Lit.

In gen.:

reges ex civitate,

to expel, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

hostem e campo,

Liv. 3, 61, 8: exigor patria, Naev. ap. Non. 291, 4:

aliquem domo,

Liv. 39, 11, 2:

aliquem campo,

id. 37, 41, 12:

omnes foras,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 7:

adcolas ultra famam,

Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 175:

exacti reges,

driven away, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37; cf.:

Tarquinio exacto,

id. Rep. 1, 40:

anno post Tarquinios exactos,

Tac. A. 11, 22:

Orestes exactus furiis,

driven, tormented, Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 70:

virum a se,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 62:

uxorem,

to put away, divorce, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 45; Suet. Caes. 50; id. Claud. 26; cf.: illam suam (uxorem) suas res sibi habere jussit ex duodecim tabulis; claves ademit;

exegit,

turned her out of the house, Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69: aliquem vitā, i. e. to kill, Sen. de Ira, 1, 6: corpus e stratis, to raise up or out, Sil. 16, 234:

maculam,

to take out, Suet. Aug. 94: et sacer admissas exigit Hebrus aquas, pours out into the sea, Ov. H. 2, 114; of weapons, to thrust from one, thrust, drive:

non circumspectis exactum viribus ensem Fregit,

thrust, impelled, Ov. M. 5, 171; so,

ensem,

Luc. 8, 656; cf.:

ensem per medium juvenem,

plunges through the middle, Verg. A. 10, 815:

gladium per viscera,

Flor. 4, 2, 68:

tela in aliquem,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16;

hence: aliquem hastā,

i. e. to thrust through, transfix, Val. Fl. 6, 572.—Mid.:

quae (hasta) cervice exacta est,

passed out, passed through, Ov. M. 5, 138: prope sub conatu adversarii manus exigenda, to be put forth, raised (for a blow), Quint. 6, 4, 8 Spald.:

(capellas) a grege in campos, hircos in caprilia,

to drive out, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 8:

sues pastum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

radices altius,

to send out, Cels. 5, 28, 14; cf.:

vitis uvas,

Col. 3, 2, 10; 3, 6, 2; Cels. 8, 1 med. —

In partic.

A scenic t. t., to drive off, i. e. hiss off a piece or a player from the stage (rare):

spectandae (fabulae) an exigendae sint vobis prius,

Ter. And. prol. 27 Ruhnk.; so, fabulas, id. Hec. prol. alt. 4; id. ib. 7.—

To demand, require, enforce, exact payment of a debt, taxes, etc., or the performance of any other duty (very freq.;

syn.: posco, postulo, flagito, contendo, etc.): ad eas pecunias exigendas legatos misimus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1: pecunias a civitatibus, id. Div. ap. Caecil. 10, 33:

acerbissime pecunias imperatas,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32; cf. id. ib. 1, 6 fin.; Cic. Pis. 16, 38; id. N. D. 3, 34, 84:

quaternos denarios,

id. Font. 5, 9:

tributa,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 3:

pensionem,

id. ib. 6, 18, 5:

nomina sua,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

mercedem,

id. Lael. 21, 80 et saep.:

equitum peditumque certum numerum a civitatibus Siciliae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 30, 4:

obsides ab Apolloniatibus,

id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

viam,

to demand the construction of a road, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Liv. 42, 3, 7:

a quoquam ne pejeret,

Juv. 13, 36.—Esp.: rationem, to exact an account:

ut Athenienses rationibus exigendis non vacarent,

Val. Max. 3, 1, ext. 1; Plin. Ep. 10, 81, 1:

libertorum nomina a quibus ratio exigi posset,

Suet. Aug. 101 fin. —

In pass.: exigor aliquid, to be solicited, dunned for money, etc. (post-class.): exigor portorium, id est, exigitur de me portorium, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 14, 5; id. ap. Non. 106, 24: (Rib. Com. Fragm. p. 51): sese pecunias maximas exactos esse, Q. Metell. Numid. ap. Gell. 15, 14, 2; Dig. 23, 4, 32.—

To examine, inquire into (post-Aug.):

nec illae (conjuges) numerare aut exigere plagas pavent,

Tac. G. 7 fin. (so Ritter, Halm, with all MSS., cf. Holzmann ad loc.; al. exugere, said to have been the read. of a lost codex, the Arundelianus; cf. exsugo); cf.:

exactum et a Titidio Labeone, cur omisisset, etc.,

id. A. 2, 85.—

Of places, to go or pass beyond, to pass by, leave behind ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

cum primus equis exegit anhelis Phoebus Athon,

Val. Fl. 2, 75; cf. Prop. 3, 20, 11 (4, 20, 3 M.):

Troglodytae hibernum mare exigunt circa brumam,

Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 87.—

In mercant. lang., to dispose of, sell:

agrorum exigere fructus,

Liv. 34, 9, 9 Drak.: mercibus exactis, Col. poët. 10, 317. —

Mathemat. t. t., to apply to a standard or measure, i. e. to examine, try, measure, weigh by any thing:

ad perpendiculum columnas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 133:

materiam ad regulam et libellam,

Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

pondus margaritarum sua manu,

Suet. Caes. 47; cf.:

aliquid mensura,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159.

Trop.

In gen., to drive out, expel (very rare):

locus, Ubi labore lassitudo exigunda ex corpore,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 4: frigus atque horrorem vestimentis, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 8.—Far more freq. and class.,

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To require, demand, claim any thing due:

ego vero et exspectabo ea quae polliceris, neque exigam, nisi tuo commodo,

Cic. Brut. 4, 17:

aliquid exigere magis quam rogare,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

longiores litteras exspectabo vel potius exigam,

id. ib. 15, 16, 1:

omnibus ex rebus voluptatem quasi mercedem,

id. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

ab hoc acerbius exegit natura quod dederat,

demanded back, reclaimed, id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93 Klotz.:

non ut a poëta, sed ut a teste veritatem exigunt,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

has toties optata exegit gloria poenas,

has cost, Juv. 10, 187:

poenas,

to take vengeance, id. 10, 84:

de vulnere poenas,

Ov. M. 14, 478: poenam (alicui), Sen. de Ira, 2, 22 fin.; Ov. F. 4, 230:

gravia piacula ab aliquo,

Liv. 29, 18, 18 et saep.—With ut:

exigerem ex te cogeremque, ut responderes,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119; 4, 28, 80; cf.:

Calypso exigit fata ducis,

questions, inquires into, Ov. A. A. 2, 130:

exactum a marito, cur, etc.,

Tac. A. 2, 85:

exigite ut mores seu pollice ducat,

Juv. 7, 237 sq. —With an object-clause:

exigimus potuisse eum eo tempore testamentum facere,

Dig. 29, 7, 8; 24, 3, 2.— Absol.:

in exigendo non acerbum,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64:

cum res exiget,

Quint. 5, 11, 5; 10, 3, 3; cf.:

ut res exiget,

id. 12, 10, 69:

si communis utilitas exegerit,

id. 12, 1, 37.— Esp.: rationem, to require an account:

rerum gestarum,

Just. 19, 2, 6:

numquid rationem exiges, cum tibi aliquis hos dixerit versus?

an explanation, Sen. Ep. 94, 28; Plin. Ep. 19, 9.—

Of time, life, etc., to lead, spend, pass, complete, finish:

non novisse quicum aetatem exegerim,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 111; id. Capt. 3, 5, 62:

tecum aetatem,

id. Mil. 4, 2, 48; 4, 6, 60; id. Cas. 2, 5, 12:

ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas,

id. Aul. 1, 1, 4: vitam taetre, Cat. Or. inc. 15; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 39:

cum maerore graviorem vitam,

Sall. J. 14, 15; 85, 49; Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 139; Vitr. 2, 1, 4; Val. Max. 3, 5, 4 al.:

vitae tempus,

Sen. Ep. 2, 2; Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 6:

jam ad pariendum temporibus exactis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48: qui exacta aetate moriuntur, at the close of the vigorous period of life, Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 21; Sall. J. 6, 2; Liv. 2, 40, 11 al.:

mediam dies exegerat horam,

Ov. Am. 1, 5, 1:

aevum,

Lucr. 4, 1235; Verg. A. 7, 777; Ov. M. 12, 209:

tristissimam noctem,

Petr. 115:

diem supremum noctemque,

Tac. A. 3, 16:

ullum tempus jucundius,

Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 1:

jam aestatem exactam esse,

Sall. J. 61, 1:

per exactos annos,

at the end of every year, Hor. C. 3, 22, 6:

exacto per scelera die,

Tac. H. 1, 47; id. A. 3, 16; so,

exacto quadriennio,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 130; Verg. G. 3, 190; Stat. S. 2, 2, 47.—

To conduct, urge forward, superintend, drive:

opus,

Ov. M. 14, 218; Col. 3, 13, 11.—

To bring to an end, to conclude, finish, complete a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

exegi monumentum aere perennius,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 1:

opus,

Ov. R. Am. 811; id. M. 15, 871:

exactus tenui pumice versus eat,

Prop. 3, 1, 8; Verg. A. 6, 637:

commentarii ita sunt exacti, ut, etc.,

Quint. 10, 7, 30:

eandem gracilitatem stilo exigere condiscant,

to reach, attain to, id. 1, 9, 2.—

To determine, ascertain, find out:

sociisque exacta referre,

his discoveries, Verg. A. 1, 309:

non prius exacta tenui ratione saporum,

before he has ascertained, Hor. S. 2, 4, 36.— Pass. impers.:

non tamen exactum, quid agat,

Ov. F. 3, 637; cf. id. Am, 3, 7, 16. —

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To weigh, try, prove, measure, examine, adjust, estimate, consider, = examinare, ponderare (class. but perh. not in Cic.): si ad illam summam veritatem legitimum jus exegeris, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf.: nolite ad vestras leges atque instituta exigere ea, quae Lacedaemone fiunt, to estimate by the standard of, etc., Liv. 34, 31, 17; so,

opus ad vires suas,

Ov. A. A. 2, 502:

si omnia argumenta ad obrussam coeperimus exigere,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 5, 1; cf.:

principatus tuus ad obrussam exigitur,

id. de Clem. 1, 1, 6:

se ad aliquem,

id. Ep. 11 fin.:

regulam emendate loquendi,

Quint. 1, 5, 2:

illa non nisi aure exiguntur, quae fiunt per sonos,

are judged of, id. 1, 5, 19; cf. id. 1, 4, 7.—

To treat, consult, deliberate respecting something, = considerare, deliberare (class. but not in Cic.): de his rebus ut exigeret cum eo, Furnio mandavi, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 7:

cum aliquo,

Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 3; cf.:

secum aliquid,

Verg. A. 4, 476; Ov. M. 10, 587; Sen. Ep. 27:

de aliqua re coram,

Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 13:

haec exigentes hostes oppressere,

Liv. 22, 49, 12:

quid dicendum, quid tacendum, quid differendum sit, exigere consilii est,

Quint. 6, 5, 5.—

To endure, undergo:

aerumnam,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 12. —Hence, exactus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 5., measured; hence), precise, accurate, exact (poet and in post-Aug. prose):

difficile est, quot ceciderint, exacto affirmare numero,

Liv. 3, 5, 12:

acies falcis,

Plin. 17, 27, 42, § 251:

fides,

Ov. Pont. 4, 9, 46.— Comp.:

cura,

Suet. Tib. 18; Mart. 4, 87, 4. — Sup.:

diligentia,

Front. Aquaed. 89:

vir,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5.—With gen.:

Mamurius, morum fabraene exactior artis, Difficile est dicere,

Ov. F. 3, 383.— Adv.: exacte, exactly, precisely, accurately:

ut exacte perorantibus mos est,

Sid. Ep. 7, 9.— Comp.: dicere, disserere, Mel. Prooem. § 2; Gell. 1, 3, 21.— Sup.:

pascere,

Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

impĕrĭum ( inp-), ĭi, n. [impero], a command, order, direction.

Lit. (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.): si quid opus est, impera: imperium exsequar. Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 1; cf.:

nunc pergam eri imperium exsequi,

id. ib. 1, 1, 106:

eri imperia persequi,

id. ib. 2, 1, 75:

imperium exsequi,

id. Men. 5, 6, 16; Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 22:

obsequens obediensque est mori atque imperiis patris,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 55; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 21; id. Men. 5, 7, 1:

tuo facit jussu, tuo imperio paret,

id. As. 1, 2, 21:

malus et nequam est homo, qui nihili imperium eri Sui servus facit,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; cf. id. As. 2, 4, 10:

quod hi neque ad concilia veniebant neque imperio parebant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 2 fin.:

imperium neglegere,

id. ib. 5, 7, 7:

neque ab uno omnia imperia administrari poterant,

id. ib. 2, 22 fin.:

imperio Jovis huc venio,

Verg. A. 5, 726; cf.:

et Jovis imperium et cari praecepta parentis Edocet,

id. ib. 5, 747:

imperiis deūm propalam expositis,

Liv. 8, 6, 12:

quidam (pueri) imperia indignantur,

Quint. 1, 3, 6:

aegri quoquo neglecto medentium imperio, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 22, 3:

elephanti inest imperiorum obedientia,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1:

naturae imperio gemimus, cum, etc.,

Juv. 15, 138:

cujus paruit imperiis,

id. 14, 331.

Transf., the right or power of commanding, authority, command, control (freq. and class.).

In gen.: Mes. Nempe jubes? Me. Jubeo hercle, si quid imperii est in te mihi, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 41; cf. id. Pers. 3, 1, 15:

Appius et caecus et senex tenebat non modo auctoritatem sed etiam imperium in suos,

Cic. de Sen. 11, 37:

reges in ipsos imperium est Jovis,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 6:

eone es ferox, quia habes imperium in beluas?

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 25:

mater, cujus sub imperio'st, mala,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 4: An. Sta ilico. Ge. Hem, sates pro imperio! quisquis es, i. e. authorilatively, imperiously, id. Phorm. 1, 4, 19:

domesticum,

Cic. Caecin. 18, 52; id. Inv. 2, 47, 140:

(Juppiter) Divosque mortalesque turbas Imperio regit unus aequo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 48; cf.:

sed me jussa deūm... Imperiis egere suis,

Verg. A. 6, 463:

Phyllius illic Imperio pueri volucresque ferumque leonem Tradiderat domitos,

Ov. M. 7, 373:

agricolae habent rationem cum terra, quae numquam recusat imperium,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51.—

In partic.

In publicists' lang., supreme power, sovereignty, sway, dominion, empire (cf.: principatus, dominatus, regnum; potestas, potentia).

Sing.: Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.); cf.:

navorum imperium servare est induperantum,

id. ib. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 413 Vahl.); and:

ipse (Numa rex) de suo imperio curiatam legem tulit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 13; 2, 17; 18; [p. 901] 20;

21: homo dominandi cupidus aut imperii singularis,

sole dominion, id. ib. 1, 33:

singulare et potestas regia,

id. ib. 2, 9:

esse consul cum summo imperio et potestate,

id. Verr. 1, 13, 37; id. Fl. 8, 18; cf.:

cum summo imperio et potestate versari,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, 31:

qui (App. Claudius) tum erat summo imperio,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

omne imperium nostri penes singulos esse voluerunt,

id. Rep. 1, 40; 2, 32:

de imperio Caesaris... gravissime decernitur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4:

imperium extra ordinem dare,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 25:

quod imperium potest esse praestantius quam, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 17:

eos qui antea commodis fuerint moribus, imperio, potestate, prosperis rebus immutari,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

ad deponendum imperium tardior esse,

id. Rep. 2, 12:

expertes imperii,

id. ib. 1, 31:

deponentium imperium tyrannorum,

Quint. 9, 2, 67 et saep.:

sub populi Romani imperium dicionemque cadere,

Cic. Font. 1, 2; so,

with dicio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7; cf.:

Gallia sub populi Romani imperium redacta,

id. ib. 5, 29, 4:

totam ad imperium populi Romani Ciliciam adjunxit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

majestas est in imperio atque in omni populi Romani dignitate,

Quint. 7, 3, 35:

cum duobus ducibus de imperio in Italia decertatum est, Pyrrho et Hannibale,

Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf.:

de imperio dimicare,

id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

spes diuturnitatis atque imperii,

id. Rep. 2, 3; cf.:

sedem et domum summo imperio praebere,

id. ib. 2, 5 fin.:

quod ipse suae civitatis imperium obtenturus esset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 6:

civitati imperium totius provinciae pollicetur,

id. ib. 7, 64 fin.:

cum abunde expertus esset quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

Plin. Pan. 10 fin.:

auctoritate magis quam imperio regere,

Liv. 1, 7, 8; cf.:

nec illum pro imperio submovere posse... quia ita dicatur: si vobis videtur, discedite, Quirites,

id. 2, 56, 12.—

Plur.:

nec vero imperia expetenda ac potius aut non accipienda interdum aut deponenda nonnumquam,

i. e. public offices, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

(cives) mandant imperia,

id. Rep. 1, 31; cf.:

honores, magistratus, imperia, potestates, opes amicitiae anteponere,

id. Lael. 17, 63:

cui (duci) dantur imperia et ea continuantur, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 44:

ita cepi et gessi maxima imperia, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 5:

vides tyranni satellites in imperiis,

id. Att. 14, 5, 2:

quod praestare dicant Gallorum quam Romanorum imperia perferre,

dominion, government, Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 3:

qui mobilitate ac levitate animi novis imperiis studebant,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

imperia legum potentiora quam hominum,

Liv. 2, 1, 1. —

Hence, transf., concr.

Dominion, realm, empire (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.):

duae urbes inimicissimae huic imperio,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

jam ipsa terra ita mihi parva visa est, ut me imperii nostri pæniteret,

id. Rep. 6, 16 fin.:

nostrum,

id. ib. 3, 29; cf.:

finium imperii nostri propagatio,

id. Prov. Cons. 12, 29:

fines imperii propagavit,

id. Rep. 3, 12:

imperium Oceano, famam qui terminet astris,

Verg. A. 1, 287:

per quas (artes) imperi Porrecta majestas ad ortus Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 14:

adjectis Britannis Imperio,

id. ib. 3, 5, 4:

quem vocet divum populus ruentis Imperi rebus?

id. ib. 1, 2, 26;

1, 37, 8: immensum imperii corpus stare ac librari sine rectore non potest,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

reges socii, membra partesque imperii,

Suet. Aug. 48:

breviarium totius imperii,

id. ib. 101:

rationarium imperii,

id. ib. 28:

imperii fines Tiberinum natare,

Juv. 8, 265:

noverat luxuriam imperii veterem,

i. e. of the Roman court, id. 4, 137.—

Trop., rule, control (very rare but class.):

illud vide, si in animis hominum regale imperium sit, unius fore dominatum, consilii scilicet,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38.—Iron.:

imperium judiciorum tenere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 77:

coactae imperio sexus,

i. e. the ambition, Juv. 6, 135.—

Law t. t., the jurisdiction or discretion of a magistrate:

omnia autem judicia aut legitimo jure consistunt aut imperio continentur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103:

ideo autem imperio contineri judicia dicuntur, quia tamdiu valent, quamdiu is qui ea praecepit imperium habet,

id. ib. 4, 105; cf. 3, 181 al.—

Milit., the chief command, command.

Sing.:

victum atque expugnatum oppidum est Imperio atque auspicio Amphitruonis maxime,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 37; 1, 1, 41: re impetrata contendunt, ut ipsis summa imperii transdatur, Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 5:

delatam sibi summam imperii,

Suet. Ner. 3:

censet enim etiam ex iis, qui cum imperio sint,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

nostri imperii dignitas,

id. ib. 1, 7, 4:

novem annis, quibus in imperio fuit,

Suet. Caes. 25:

legionum curam et imperium alicui demandare,

id. ib. 76:

alicui imperium prorogare,

id. Tib. 30:

imperii tempus explere,

id. Caes. 26: cum imperio aut magistratu, i. e. a military or civil command, Suet. Tib. 12:

qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, etc.,

Juv. 10, 79; cf. in the foll.—

Plur.:

mandant (cives) imperia, magistratus,

i. e. military and civil commands, Cic. Rep. 1, 31; cf.:

magistratus, imperia, amicitiae anteponere,

id. Lael. 17, 63;

so opp. magistratus,

Suet. Caes. 54; 75; id. Aug. 61.—

Transf.

Concr.: imperia, i. q. imperatores, commanding officers, commanders, generals:

imperia, potestates, legationes, quom senatus creverit populusve jusserit, ex urbe exeunto,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

nacti vacuas ab imperiis Sardiniam et Siciliam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 31, 1; Val. Max. 1, 1, 9.—

Erat plena lictorum et imperiorum provincia, differta praefectis atque exactoribus, Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4.—

(Acc. to imperator, II. B. 3.) The imperial government, the government:

tandem quasi coactus recepit imperium,

Suet. Tib. 24; 55; 67; id. Calig. 12; 16; 24; id. Claud. 11; 35; 36 et saep.

in-nascor, nātus sum, 3, v. dep., to be born in, to grow or spring up in a place.

Lit.:

neglectis urenda filix innascitur agris,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 37:

Fauni velut innati triviis,

id. A. P. 245:

innata rupibus altis robora,

Ov. H. 7, 37:

eodem innati solo, quod incolunt,

Just. 2, 6:

innata in cornibus cervi hedera,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117:

calvitium uni tantum animalium homini, praeterquam innatum,

excepting those that have it naturally, id. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—

Trop. (class.), to arise in, originate in, be produced in:

in hac elatione animi nimia cupiditas principatus innascitur,

Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64.—Hence, P. a.: innātus, a, um, inborn, innate, inherent, natural.

With dat.: non mihi avaritia umquam innatast;

satis habeo divitiarum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 71:

innatam esse homini probitatem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:

sunt ingeniis nostris semina innata virtutum,

id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

est quaedam alacritas naturaliter innata omnibus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 3:

affectata aliis castitas, tibi ingenita et innata,

Plin. Pan. 20, 2.—

With in and abl.:

tantus est igitur innatus in nobis cognitionis amor,

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48:

in animis eorum insitum atque innatum esse videtur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48.—

Absol.:

nos habere insitam quandam, vel potius innatam cupiditatem scientiae,

Cic. Fin. 4, 2, 4:

innata atque insita anteponantur assumptis atque adventiciis,

id. Top. 18, 69:

affectatio innata videtur esse, non arcessita,

Quint. 9, 3, 74.

impĕrĭum ( inp-), ĭi, n. [impero], a command, order, direction.

Lit. (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.): si quid opus est, impera: imperium exsequar. Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 1; cf.:

nunc pergam eri imperium exsequi,

id. ib. 1, 1, 106:

eri imperia persequi,

id. ib. 2, 1, 75:

imperium exsequi,

id. Men. 5, 6, 16; Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 22:

obsequens obediensque est mori atque imperiis patris,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 55; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 21; id. Men. 5, 7, 1:

tuo facit jussu, tuo imperio paret,

id. As. 1, 2, 21:

malus et nequam est homo, qui nihili imperium eri Sui servus facit,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; cf. id. As. 2, 4, 10:

quod hi neque ad concilia veniebant neque imperio parebant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 2 fin.:

imperium neglegere,

id. ib. 5, 7, 7:

neque ab uno omnia imperia administrari poterant,

id. ib. 2, 22 fin.:

imperio Jovis huc venio,

Verg. A. 5, 726; cf.:

et Jovis imperium et cari praecepta parentis Edocet,

id. ib. 5, 747:

imperiis deūm propalam expositis,

Liv. 8, 6, 12:

quidam (pueri) imperia indignantur,

Quint. 1, 3, 6:

aegri quoquo neglecto medentium imperio, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 22, 3:

elephanti inest imperiorum obedientia,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1:

naturae imperio gemimus, cum, etc.,

Juv. 15, 138:

cujus paruit imperiis,

id. 14, 331.

Transf., the right or power of commanding, authority, command, control (freq. and class.).

In gen.: Mes. Nempe jubes? Me. Jubeo hercle, si quid imperii est in te mihi, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 41; cf. id. Pers. 3, 1, 15:

Appius et caecus et senex tenebat non modo auctoritatem sed etiam imperium in suos,

Cic. de Sen. 11, 37:

reges in ipsos imperium est Jovis,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 6:

eone es ferox, quia habes imperium in beluas?

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 25:

mater, cujus sub imperio'st, mala,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 4: An. Sta ilico. Ge. Hem, sates pro imperio! quisquis es, i. e. authorilatively, imperiously, id. Phorm. 1, 4, 19:

domesticum,

Cic. Caecin. 18, 52; id. Inv. 2, 47, 140:

(Juppiter) Divosque mortalesque turbas Imperio regit unus aequo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 48; cf.:

sed me jussa deūm... Imperiis egere suis,

Verg. A. 6, 463:

Phyllius illic Imperio pueri volucresque ferumque leonem Tradiderat domitos,

Ov. M. 7, 373:

agricolae habent rationem cum terra, quae numquam recusat imperium,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51.—

In partic.

In publicists' lang., supreme power, sovereignty, sway, dominion, empire (cf.: principatus, dominatus, regnum; potestas, potentia).

Sing.: Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.); cf.:

navorum imperium servare est induperantum,

id. ib. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 413 Vahl.); and:

ipse (Numa rex) de suo imperio curiatam legem tulit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 13; 2, 17; 18; [p. 901] 20;

21: homo dominandi cupidus aut imperii singularis,

sole dominion, id. ib. 1, 33:

singulare et potestas regia,

id. ib. 2, 9:

esse consul cum summo imperio et potestate,

id. Verr. 1, 13, 37; id. Fl. 8, 18; cf.:

cum summo imperio et potestate versari,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, 31:

qui (App. Claudius) tum erat summo imperio,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

omne imperium nostri penes singulos esse voluerunt,

id. Rep. 1, 40; 2, 32:

de imperio Caesaris... gravissime decernitur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4:

imperium extra ordinem dare,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 25:

quod imperium potest esse praestantius quam, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 17:

eos qui antea commodis fuerint moribus, imperio, potestate, prosperis rebus immutari,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

ad deponendum imperium tardior esse,

id. Rep. 2, 12:

expertes imperii,

id. ib. 1, 31:

deponentium imperium tyrannorum,

Quint. 9, 2, 67 et saep.:

sub populi Romani imperium dicionemque cadere,

Cic. Font. 1, 2; so,

with dicio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7; cf.:

Gallia sub populi Romani imperium redacta,

id. ib. 5, 29, 4:

totam ad imperium populi Romani Ciliciam adjunxit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

majestas est in imperio atque in omni populi Romani dignitate,

Quint. 7, 3, 35:

cum duobus ducibus de imperio in Italia decertatum est, Pyrrho et Hannibale,

Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf.:

de imperio dimicare,

id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

spes diuturnitatis atque imperii,

id. Rep. 2, 3; cf.:

sedem et domum summo imperio praebere,

id. ib. 2, 5 fin.:

quod ipse suae civitatis imperium obtenturus esset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 6:

civitati imperium totius provinciae pollicetur,

id. ib. 7, 64 fin.:

cum abunde expertus esset quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

Plin. Pan. 10 fin.:

auctoritate magis quam imperio regere,

Liv. 1, 7, 8; cf.:

nec illum pro imperio submovere posse... quia ita dicatur: si vobis videtur, discedite, Quirites,

id. 2, 56, 12.—

Plur.:

nec vero imperia expetenda ac potius aut non accipienda interdum aut deponenda nonnumquam,

i. e. public offices, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

(cives) mandant imperia,

id. Rep. 1, 31; cf.:

honores, magistratus, imperia, potestates, opes amicitiae anteponere,

id. Lael. 17, 63:

cui (duci) dantur imperia et ea continuantur, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 44:

ita cepi et gessi maxima imperia, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 5:

vides tyranni satellites in imperiis,

id. Att. 14, 5, 2:

quod praestare dicant Gallorum quam Romanorum imperia perferre,

dominion, government, Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 3:

qui mobilitate ac levitate animi novis imperiis studebant,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

imperia legum potentiora quam hominum,

Liv. 2, 1, 1. —

Hence, transf., concr.

Dominion, realm, empire (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.):

duae urbes inimicissimae huic imperio,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

jam ipsa terra ita mihi parva visa est, ut me imperii nostri pæniteret,

id. Rep. 6, 16 fin.:

nostrum,

id. ib. 3, 29; cf.:

finium imperii nostri propagatio,

id. Prov. Cons. 12, 29:

fines imperii propagavit,

id. Rep. 3, 12:

imperium Oceano, famam qui terminet astris,

Verg. A. 1, 287:

per quas (artes) imperi Porrecta majestas ad ortus Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 14:

adjectis Britannis Imperio,

id. ib. 3, 5, 4:

quem vocet divum populus ruentis Imperi rebus?

id. ib. 1, 2, 26;

1, 37, 8: immensum imperii corpus stare ac librari sine rectore non potest,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

reges socii, membra partesque imperii,

Suet. Aug. 48:

breviarium totius imperii,

id. ib. 101:

rationarium imperii,

id. ib. 28:

imperii fines Tiberinum natare,

Juv. 8, 265:

noverat luxuriam imperii veterem,

i. e. of the Roman court, id. 4, 137.—

Trop., rule, control (very rare but class.):

illud vide, si in animis hominum regale imperium sit, unius fore dominatum, consilii scilicet,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38.—Iron.:

imperium judiciorum tenere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 77:

coactae imperio sexus,

i. e. the ambition, Juv. 6, 135.—

Law t. t., the jurisdiction or discretion of a magistrate:

omnia autem judicia aut legitimo jure consistunt aut imperio continentur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103:

ideo autem imperio contineri judicia dicuntur, quia tamdiu valent, quamdiu is qui ea praecepit imperium habet,

id. ib. 4, 105; cf. 3, 181 al.—

Milit., the chief command, command.

Sing.:

victum atque expugnatum oppidum est Imperio atque auspicio Amphitruonis maxime,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 37; 1, 1, 41: re impetrata contendunt, ut ipsis summa imperii transdatur, Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 5:

delatam sibi summam imperii,

Suet. Ner. 3:

censet enim etiam ex iis, qui cum imperio sint,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

nostri imperii dignitas,

id. ib. 1, 7, 4:

novem annis, quibus in imperio fuit,

Suet. Caes. 25:

legionum curam et imperium alicui demandare,

id. ib. 76:

alicui imperium prorogare,

id. Tib. 30:

imperii tempus explere,

id. Caes. 26: cum imperio aut magistratu, i. e. a military or civil command, Suet. Tib. 12:

qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, etc.,

Juv. 10, 79; cf. in the foll.—

Plur.:

mandant (cives) imperia, magistratus,

i. e. military and civil commands, Cic. Rep. 1, 31; cf.:

magistratus, imperia, amicitiae anteponere,

id. Lael. 17, 63;

so opp. magistratus,

Suet. Caes. 54; 75; id. Aug. 61.—

Transf.

Concr.: imperia, i. q. imperatores, commanding officers, commanders, generals:

imperia, potestates, legationes, quom senatus creverit populusve jusserit, ex urbe exeunto,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

nacti vacuas ab imperiis Sardiniam et Siciliam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 31, 1; Val. Max. 1, 1, 9.—

Erat plena lictorum et imperiorum provincia, differta praefectis atque exactoribus, Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4.—

(Acc. to imperator, II. B. 3.) The imperial government, the government:

tandem quasi coactus recepit imperium,

Suet. Tib. 24; 55; 67; id. Calig. 12; 16; 24; id. Claud. 11; 35; 36 et saep.

longus, a, um, adj. [cf. langazô, longazô], long.

Lit.

In gen.:

longo interjecto intervallo,

Cic. Off. 1, 9, 30:

longissima epistula,

id. Att. 16, 11:

Rhenus longo spatio citatus fertur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

proficisci longissimo agmine,

id. ib. 5, 31:

stant longis annixi hastis,

Verg. A. 9, 229:

umbilicus septem pedes longus,

Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212:

longa folia habet fere ad tres digitos,

id. 27, 12, 86, § 110:

ferrum autem tres longum habebat pedes,

in length, Liv. 21, 8:

scrobes faciemus tribus pedibus longas,

Pall. 2, 10: longa navis, a war-ship, manof-war, on account of its shape, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 326 (Ann. v. 468 Vahl.); [p. 1077] Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 5: longus versus, the heroic hexameter, Enn. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68; Diom. p. 493 P.; Isid. Orig. 1, 38:

longa atque insignis honorum pagina,

Juv. 10, 57:

sesquipede est quam tu longior,

taller, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 58:

longus homo, i. q. longurio,

a tall fellow, long-shanks, Cat. 67, 47; so,

Maura,

Juv. 10, 223: longa manus, a long, far-reaching, mighty hand:

an nescis longas regibus esse manus,

Ov. H. 17, 166;

on the contrary: attulimus longas in freta vestra manus,

unmutilated, uninjured, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 6, 60).—

In partic., far off, remote, distant, = longinquus (post-Aug. and very rare):

remeans longis oris,

Sil. 6, 628:

longa a domo militia,

Just. 18, 1: longas terras peragrare, Auct. Decl. Quint. 320.—

Great, vast, spacious ( poet.):

pontus,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 37; 3, 27, 43:

Olympus,

Verg. G. 3, 223:

classemque ex aethere longo prospexit,

id. A. 7, 288:

caelum,

Ov. M. 6, 64.—

Transf., of time, long, of long duration or continuance, tedious:

in tam longa aetate,

Cic. de Sen. 19, 66:

vita longior,

id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

horae quibus exspectabam longae videbantur,

id. Att. 12, 5, 4:

uno die longior mensis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129:

longa interjecta mora,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

post longum tempus,

Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 2; 9, 28, 12:

per longum tempus,

Suet. Ner. 57:

vita,

Liv. 2, 40, 6; 9, 17, 6:

spatium (sc. temporis),

id. 9, 18, 10:

error,

protracted, id. 5, 33:

caedes,

id. 6, 8, 7:

longi aliorum principatus,

Tac. H. 2, 55:

longae pacis mala,

Juv. 6, 292:

bellum,

Quint. 3, 8, 56:

memoriam nostri longam efficere,

Sall. C. 1, 3:

morbus,

Liv. 27, 23, 6; Cels. 3, 1, 1:

longo tempore,

after a long interval, Verg. A. 3, 309; cf.:

longo post tempore,

id. E. 1, 29:

longa dies,

length of days, a long life, Juv. 10, 265:

longa syllaba,

Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 183:

littera,

id. Or. 48, 159:

syllabae,

Quint. 9, 4, 36:

vocalis,

id. 9, 4, 85:

longae pretium virtutis,

Luc. 2, 258:

longa Lethe,

id. 6, 769: in rebus apertissimis nimis longi sumus; Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 85:

exordium nimis longum,

Auct. Her. 1, 7, 11:

longior quam oportet sermo,

Quint. 8, 3, 53:

nulla de morte hominis cunctatio longa est,

Juv. 6, 221:

quantis longa senectus plena malis,

id. 10, 190; 14, 251.—Hence:

longum est,

it would take long, it would be tedious, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60, § 156:

longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

id. Sest. 5, 12: experire;

non est longum,

id. Phil. 3, 2, 10:

arcessere tormenta longum videbatur,

Tac. H. 3, 71. —Ellipt., without inf., Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19: ne longum sit, ne longum faciam, not to be tedious, to speak briefly:

ac, ne longum sit, Quirites, tabellas proferri jussimus,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

ac ne longum fiat, videte,

id. Leg. 2, 10, 24:

ne longum faciam: dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 137: longius facere, to defer or put off any longer:

nihil opus est exemplis id facere longius,

Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. Leg. 1, 7, 22: nihil est mihi longius, nothing makes time seem longer to me than, i. e. I am full of impatience, can hardly wait for:

respondit, nihil sibi longius fuisse, quam ut me viderit,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 1; id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39;

but: nec mihi longius quicquam est quam videre hominum voltus,

nothing is more tedious, id. Rab. Post. 12, 35: in longum, long, for a long time:

nec in longum dilata res,

Liv. 5, 16:

in longum dilata conclusio,

drawn out tediously, Quint. 8, 2, 22:

causando nostros in longum ducis amores,

Verg. E. 9, 56:

otium ejus rei haud in longum paravit,

Tac. A. 3, 27; 11, 20:

in longum sufficere,

id. H. 4, 22:

odia in longum jaciens, ia. A. 1, 69: nec in longius consultans,

id. H. 2, 95: per longum, for a long time:

per longum celata fames,

Sil. 2, 465: ex longo, for a long time back:

collecta fatigat edendi Ex longo rabies,

Verg. A. 9, 64: longa spes, that looks far ahead, reaching far into futurity:

vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; Stat. Th. 1, 322.—Of persons, prolix, tedious:

nolo esse longus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

in verbis nimius et compositione nonnumquam longior,

Quint. 10, 1, 118:

(testis) longus protrahi potest,

id. 5, 7, 26:

longus spe ( = tardus et difficilis ad sperandum),

slow to hope, Hor. A. P. 172.— Hence, adv., in three forms.

Form longē, long, in length.

Lit., a long way off, far, far off, at a distance, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95: ab eo oppido non longe fanum est Junonis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103:

longe absum, audio sero,

id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

quam longe est hinc in saltum Gallicanum,

id. Quint. 25, 79:

longe mihi obviam processerunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: longe lateque collucere, in length and breadth, i. e. far and wide, everywhere, id. N D. 2, 15, 40:

Di vim suam longe lateque dmundunt,

id. Div. 1, 36, 79:

longe gradi,

to take long steps, Verg. A. 10, 572:

Vercingetorix locum castris delegit ab Avarico longe millia passuum XVI.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 16:

Rhenum non longe a mari transire,

id. ib. 4, 1, 1:

tu autem abes longe gentium,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1; cf. id. Fam. 12, 22, 2.— Comp.:

fontes longius a praesidiis aberant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5:

longius non discedam,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2 fin.:

longius meare,

Col. 9, 8, 9.—

Trop.

Of time, long, for a long period (but, acc. to some, not in positive; and the foll. passages are to be understood locally; v. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 5, 406; 10, 317):

longe prospicere futuros casus,

Cic. Lael. 12, 40:

stupet Dares, longeque recusat,

Verg. A. 5, 406:

nec longe,

id. ib. 10, 317:

quae venientia longe ante videris,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29.— Comp.:

Varro vitam Naevii producit longius,

Cic. Brut. 15, 60:

paulo longius tolerare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

longius anno remanere,

id. ib. 4, 1, 7; Nep. Att. 2, 4; Sall. C. 29, 1.— Sup.: quamdudum in portum venis huc? Ep. Longissime, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 24:

quid longissime meministi in patria tua,

id. Men. 5, 9, 52:

quoad longissime potest mens mea respicere,

Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—

Of speech, long, at length, diffusely:

haec dixi longius quam instituta ratio postulabat,

Cic. Or. 48, 162:

longius aliquid circumducere,

Quint. 10, 2, 17.—

Longe esse, abesse.

To be far away, i. e. to be of no assistance, of no avail:

longe iis fraternum nomen populi Romani afuturum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

longe illi dea mater erit,

Verg. A. 12, 52:

quam tibi nunc longe regnum dotale Creusae,

Ov. H. 12, 53:

longe conjugia, ac longe Tyrios hymenaeos Inter Dardanias acies fore,

Sil. 17, 80; Petr. 58.—

Longe esse ab aliqua re, to be far from, i. e. destitute of a thing:

ut ab eloquentia longissime fuerint,

Quint. 8 prooem. § 3.—

Widely, greatly, much, very much, by far; esp. with sup. and ( poet. and post-Aug. = multo) comp.:

errat longe,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40:

longe ante videre,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14; Liv. 1, 19, 12:

longe melior,

Verg. A. 9, 556:

minor,

Liv. 24, 28, 5:

longe acrius,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

praestantior,

Curt. 10, 3, 10; Suet. Calig. 5; Quint. 10, 1, 67:

tumultuosior,

Vell. 2, 74:

proelium longe magis prosperum,

id. 2, 51:

longe omnium longissima est,

Plaut. Most. 8, 3, 8:

longe nobilissimus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

longe doctissimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 3:

longe plurimum ingenio valuisse videtur,

Cic. Brut. 14, 35:

longe princeps,

id. Fam. 13, 13:

longe praestare,

id. Brut. 64, 230:

ceteris antecellere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

anteponere alicui rei aliquid,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 98:

dissentire,

id. Lael. 9, 32 init.:

quod longe secus est,

id. ib. 9, 29 fin.:

longe aliter se habet ac,

id. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

longe dissimilis contentio,

id. Sull. 17, 49:

longe ante alias specie insignis,

Liv. 1, 9:

sciunt longe aliud esse virgines rapere, aliud pugnare cum viris,

id. 1, 12, 8:

longe mihi alia mens est,

Sall. C. 52, 2:

a quo mea longissime ratio... abhorrebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:

longissime diversa ratio est,

id. Phil. 5, 18, 49:

(istae facultates) longe sunt diversae,

id. de Or. 1, 49, 215:

longe omnes multumque superare,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:

longe et multum antecellere,

id. Mur. 13, 29.—Repeated:

plurimum et longe longeque plurimum tribuere honestati,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68:

sed longe cunctis longeque potentior illa,

Ov. M. 4, 325; so Gell. 14, 1.—

In post-class. Lat. = valde:

longe gravis,

Stat. Th. 10, 140:

longe opulentus,

App. M. 1, p. 112, 1:

par studiis aevique modis sed robore longe (sc. impar),

far from equal, Stat. Achill. 1, 176.—

Form longĭter, far:

non, ut opinor, id a leto jam longiter errat,

Lucr. 3, 676.—

Form longum, long, a long while ( poet.):

nimis longum loquor,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 40:

nimis diu et longam loquor,

id. Ps. 2, 3, 21:

nec longum laetabere,

Verg. A. 10, 740; Ov. M. 5, 65:

clamare,

Hor. A. P. 459; Juv. 6, 65; Stat. Th. 7, 300; 10, 467.

părum, subst. indecl. and adv. (for the comp. and sup. mĭnus and mĭnĭme are used; v. h. vv. sub parvus) [akin to parvus and pauros: cf. parco], too little, not enough (opp. satis and nimium).

Lit.

Subst.

With gen.:

in hac enim satis erat copiae, in illā autem leporis parum,

Cic. Brut. 68, 240:

non parum humanitatis (= satis),

id. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum,

Sall. C. 5, 4:

Latini sanguinis,

Hor. Epod. 7, 4:

splendoris,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 111.—

Absol.:

magis offendit nimium quam parum,

Cic. Or. 22, 73; cf.:

in hoc genere nimium quod est offendit vementius quam id, quod videtur parum,

id. ib. 53, 178:

melius est parum cum timore Domini,

Vulg. Prov. 15, 16; 16, 8.—

Adverb.

With verbs:

parum praedicas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 218:

consulitis parum,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

parum procedit quod ago,

id. And. 4, 1, 56:

si parum intellexti,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 59:

quaero ex te, quae parum accepi,

Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 4:

cum parum memineris, quod concesseris,

id. Inv. 1, 47, 88:

credere alicui,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31:

affirmatur,

Tac. H. 4, 60.—

Parum est, videtur, etc., it is, seems, not enough, not sufficient: parum habere, to deem it not enough, to be not content with any thing:

immo duas dabo, una si parum est,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 44:

rebus servandis centuplex murus parum'st,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 11:

parumne est, quod nobis succenset senex, Ni instigemus etiam?

Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 13:

parumne est, quod tantum homines fefellisti, ut neglegeres auctoritatem senatūs,

Cic. Sest. 14, 32; often followed by nisi:

consules parum sībi videri praefati pro merito eorum suā voce conlaudari eos, nisi, etc.,

Liv. 27, 10, 5:

parum fuisse non laudari Africanum... nisi, etc.,

id. 38, 54, 9; 6, 40, 8; 42, 4, 6;

38, 54, 9: parum est, ut in curiam venias, nisi, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 60; rarely by si:

parum est, si in partem ejus venis, etc.,

Liv. 6, 40, 18:

ceu parum sit in tantam pervenire altitudinem,

Plin. 31, 1, 1: non nocuisse parum est;

prodest quoque,

Ov. F. 2, 415:

quid satis est, si Roma parum?

Luc. 5, 274:

haec talia facinora impune suscepisse parum habuere,

Sall. J. 31, 9: templum violare parum habuisse, nisi, etc., Liv. 42, 3; Vell. 2, 76 fin. parum est, aegrum non esse, Tac. Or. 23.—

With adjectives, not sufficiently, too little. sunt ea quidem parum firma, Cic. Att. 10, 11:

si parum multi sunt, qui, etc.,

id. Planc. 7, 18:

parum multae necessitudines,

id. ib. 30, 72; id. Tusc. 5, 37, 107:

blanda es parum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21: dum pudet te parum optimatem esse, Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 2:

parum claris lucem dare coget,

Hor. A. P. 448:

castis,

id. C. 1, 12, 59.—

With adverbs:

nemo parum diu vixit, qui, etc.,

not enough, not sufficiently, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

diligenter,

id. Att. 10, 9:

mature,

Liv. 21, 3:

cui rei parum diligenter ab iis erat provisum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 6:

si quando dictum est: est autem dictum non parum saepe,

often enough, Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

cum non parum liberaliter domum suam homines invitaret,

Nep. Att. 13, 6; cf.:

parum in tempore,

not in good season, too late, Tac. A. 1, 19.—

Transf., in gen., not particularly, not very, little (perh. only postAug.), v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 781 sq.; Dietsch ad Sall. J. 85, 31.

With adjectives:

semper fuerunt non parum multi, qui, etc.,

not few, Quint. 6, 2, 3; so,

scripsit non parum multa,

id. 10, 1, 124.—

With verbs:

non sunt composita mea verba: parum id facio,

I care little for it, Sall. J. 85, 31 Kritz (but the true read. is parvi, Dietsch ad loc.; Madv. ad Cic. Fin. p. 781):

dolebimus, sed parum,

Sen. Ep. 116, 7:

nihil aut certe parum, intererat,

Plin. Pan. 20, 3:

(littera M) etiamsi scribitur, tamen parum exprimitur,

it is hardly sounded, Quint. 9, 4, 40; 8, 3, 5:

possessa ipso transitu Vicetia: quod per se parum, etc.,

Tac. H. 3, 8:

non principatus appetens, parum effugerat ne dignus crederetur (= vix),

id. ib. 3, 39 fin. (Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 41, the better read. is: qui pauca metuit, Bait.).