quattuor

four (indecl.)

quattŭordĕcim ( quat-), num. adj. [quattuor-decem], fourteen:

partes,

Plin. 2, 14, 11, § 58: sedere in quattuordecim (sc. ordinibus), to sit on the fourteen equestrian seats in the theatre, i. e. to be a knight, Suet. Caes. 39; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2; Sen. Ep. 44. —

With ordinibus expressed, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44; Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 32. —

In reverse order: decem quattuor (only in connection with larger numbers), censa ducenta decem quattuor milia hominum,

Liv. 29, 37, 6; 28, 38, 5; 34, 10, 4; 34, 52, 7; cf. tredecim.

quattŭordĕcim ( quat-), num. adj. [quattuor-decem], fourteen:

partes,

Plin. 2, 14, 11, § 58: sedere in quattuordecim (sc. ordinibus), to sit on the fourteen equestrian seats in the theatre, i. e. to be a knight, Suet. Caes. 39; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2; Sen. Ep. 44. —

With ordinibus expressed, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44; Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 32. —

In reverse order: decem quattuor (only in connection with larger numbers), censa ducenta decem quattuor milia hominum,

Liv. 29, 37, 6; 28, 38, 5; 34, 10, 4; 34, 52, 7; cf. tredecim.

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angŭlus, i, m. [cf. ankulos, crooked, bent, angular, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.; v. ango], an angle, a corner.

Lit.

Math. t. t., an angle:

angulus optusus,

Lucr. 4, 355:

angulus acutus,

Plin. 12, 3, 29, § 50:

meridianus circulus horizonta rectis angulis secat,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 17; so,

ad pares angulos ad terram ferri,

at right angles, perpendicularly, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

Hoc ubi suffugit sensum simul angulus omnis,

Lucr. 4, 360:

figura, quae nihil habet incisum angulis, nihil anfractibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18.—

A corner:

hujus lateris alter angulus qui est ad Cantium,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

extremus,

the extreme point, corner, Ov. M. 13, 884; Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 178:

arcae anguli,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 12:

quattuor anguli pallii,

ib. Deut. 22, 12:

hic factus est in caput anguli,

the corner-stone, ib. Matt. 21, 42:

anguli oculorum,

the corners of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, 31; Plin. 24, 14, 77, § 126:

anguli parietum,

the angles of walls, id. 2, 82, 84, § 197; so,

murorum,

Vulg. 2 Par. 26, 13:

in angulis platearum,

ib. Matt. 6, 5:

quattuor anguli terrae,

the four quarters of the earth, ib. Apoc. 7, 1.—

Transf.

A retired, unfrequented place, a nook, corner, lurking-place: in angulum abire, * Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 10:

nemo non modo Romae, sed nec ullo in angulo totius Italiae oppressus aere alieno fuit, quem etc.,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4 fin.:

ille terrarum mihi praeter omnes Angulus ridet,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 14:

angulus hic mundi nunc me accipit,

Prop. 5, 9, 65:

gratus puellae risus ab angulo,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 22; Vell. 2, 102, 3.—Contemptuously, of the schools or places of private discussion, in contrast with public, practical life:

quibus ego, ut de his rebus in angulis consumendi otii causā disserant, cum concessero, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57:

earum ipsarum rerum, quas isti in angulis personant, reapse, non oratione perfectio,

id. Rep. 1, 2; Lact. 3, 16.—On the contr. without contempt, in Seneca, Ep. 95.—So also, detractingly, of a little country-seat, in opp. to the city: quod Angulus iste feret piper, that hole, said by the discontented steward, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 23 (so without detraction:

recessus,

Juv. 3, 230).—

: me ex hoc, ut ita dicam, campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias et ad omnes litterarum angulos revocas, into every strait, embarrassment (the figure is taken from a contest or game, in which one strives to get his antagonist into a corner), Cic. Caecin. 29.—

A projection of the sea into the land, a bay, gulf: Gallicus, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185 P.

ănĭma, ae, f. ( gen. animāï, Lucr. 1, 112; 3, 150 et saep.; cf. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 12; Lachm. ad Lucr. 1, 29; dat. and abl. plur. regul. animis, Cic. Fam. 14, 14; Lact. Inst. 6, 20, 19; 7, 2, 1; Arn. 2, 18; 2, 30; 2, 33; Aug. Civ. Dei, 13, 18; 13, 19; id. Ver. Relig. 22, 43:

animabus, only in eccl. and later Lat.,

Vulg. Exod. 30, 12; ib. Psa. 77, 18; ib. Matt. 11, 29; ib. Heb. 13, 17 et saep.; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34; id. Anim. 33 al.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 19, 23; Prud. c. Symm. 1, 531; Aus. Rer. Odyss. 11; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 136 al.; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 29) [v. animus], pr. that which blows or breathes; hence,

Lit., air, a current of air, a breeze, wind (mostly poet.):

ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23 sq.: vela ventorum animae immittere, Att. ap. Non. p. 234, 9 (Trag. Rel. p. 137 Rib.):

aurarum leves animae,

Lucr. 5, 236:

prece quaesit Ventorum pavidus paces animasque secundas,

he anxiously implores a lull in the winds and a favoring breeze, id. 5, 1229:

impellunt animae lintea,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 2:

Ne dubites quin haec animaï turbida sit vis,

Lucr. 6, 693: Quantum ignes animaeque [p. 121] valent (of the wind in the workshop of Vulcan), Verg. A. 8, 403.—Also of a flame of fire (blowing like the air): noctilucam tollo, ad focum fero, inflo; anima reviviscit, Varr. ap. Non. p. 234, 5.—

Transf.

In gen., the air, as an element, like fire, water, and earth (mostly poet.): aqua, terra, anima et sol, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 1:

qui quattuor ex rebus posse omnia rentur, Ex igni, terrā atque animā, procrescere et imbri,

Lucr. 1, 715:

ut, quem ad modum ignis animae, sic anima aquae, quodque anima aquae, id aqua terrae proportione redderet. Earum quattuor rerum etc.,

Cic. Tim. 5:

utrum (animus) sit ignis, an anima, an sanguis,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 124:

si anima est (animus), fortasse dissipabitur,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 24; 1, 25, 6:

si deus aut anima aut ignis est, idem est animus hominis,

id. ib. 1, 26, 65:

animus ex inflammatā animā constat, ut potissimum videri video Panaetio,

id. ib. 1, 18, 42:

Semina terrarumque animaeque,

Verg. E. 6, 32.—

The air inhaled and exhaled, breath (concr.); while spiritus denotes orig. breathing (abstr.; very freq. in prose and poetry); cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:

excipiat animam eam, quae ducta sit spiritu,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 44:

animam compressi, aurem admovi,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28 Ruhnk.:

animam recipe,

take breath, id. Ad. 3, 2, 26:

cum spiritus ejus (sc. Demosthenis) esset angustior, tantum continendā animā in dicendo est assecutus, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261:

ne circuitus ipse verborum sit longior quam vires atque anima patiatur,

id. ib. 3, 49, 191; 3, 46, 181; id. N. D. 2, 54, 136: fetida anima nasum oppugnat, Titin. ap. Non. p. 233, 5 (Com. Rel. p. 136 Rib.); Caecil. ib. 9:

qui non modo animum integrum, sed ne animam quidem puram conservare potuisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58: animas et olentia Medi Ora fovent illo, with this the Medes correct their breath, etc., Verg. G. 2, 134:

respiramen iterque Eripiunt animae,

Ov. M. 12, 143; cf. id. F. 1, 425:

animae gravitas,

bad smell of the breath, Plin. 20, 9, 35, § 91; cf. id. 11, 37, 72, § 188; 22, 25, 64, § 132 al.:

artavit clusitque animam,

Luc. 4, 370; so Tac. A. 6, 50:

spes illorum abominatio animae,

Vulg. Job, 11, 20.—Of breath exhaled:

inspirant graves animas,

Ov. M. 4, 498.— Of the air breathed into a musical instrument, a breath of air, Varr. ap. Non. p. 233. 13.—Since air is a necessary condition of life,

1.. The vital principle, the breath of life:

animus est, quo sapimus, anima, quā vivimus,

Non. p. 426, 27 (hence anima denotes the animal principle of life, in distinction from animus, the spiritual, reasoning, willing principle; very freq. in Lucr. and class.): Mater est terra, ea parit corpus, animam aether adjugat, Pac. ap. Non. p. 75, 11 (Trag. Rel. p. 88 Rib.):

tunc cum primis ratione sagaci, Unde anima atque animi constet natura, videndum,

whence spring life and the nature of the mind, Lucr. 1, 131; 3, 158 sq.; so id. 3, 417 sq.; 3, 565; 3, 705; 2, 950; 4, 922; 4, 944; 4, 959; 6, 798; 6, 1223;

6, 1233 et saep.: deus totus est sensuus, totus visuus, totus audituus, totus animae, totus animi, totus sui,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14 Jan:

quaedam (animantia) animum habent, quaedam tantum animam,

Sen. Ep. 58:

anima omnis carnis in sanguine est,

Vulg. Lev. 17, 14 al. —Hence,

In gen., life:

cum anima corpus liquerit,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 214 Rib.:

Animae pauxillulum in me habet,

Naev. Com. Rel. p. 14 Rib.: Date ferrum, quī me animā privem, Enn. ap. Non. p. 474, 31 (Trag. Rel. p. 37 Rib.): me dicabo atque animam devōvo (i. e. devovero) hostibus, Att. ap. Non. p. 98, 12 (Trag. Rel. p. 283 Rib.):

conficit animam vis volneris,

Att. Trag. Rel. p. 209 Rib.:

adimere animam,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 137; so id. Men. 5, 5, 7:

exstinguere,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 16:

relinquere,

id. ib. 3, 4, 52:

edere,

Cic. Sest. 38:

de vestrā vitā, de conjugum vestrarum ac liberorum animā judicandum est,

id. Cat. 4, 9, 18:

si tibi omnia sua praeter animam tradidit,

id. Rosc. Am. 50:

libertas et anima nostra in dubio est,

Sall. C. 52, 6:

pauci, quibus relicta est anima, clausi in tenebris, etc.,

id. J. 14, 15; cf.

retinere,

id. ib. 31, 20:

de manu viri et fratris ejus requiram animam hominis,

Vulg. Gen. 9, 5; ib. Matt. 2, 20; ib. 1 Cor. 14, 7:

animam agere,

to give up the ghost, to die, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19;

so also efflare,

to expire, id. ib.; id. Mil. 18 fin.; Suet. Aug. 99; so,

exhalare,

Ov. M. 15, 528; and, exspirare, id. ib. 5, 106 (cf. in Gr. thumon apopneein, psuchên ekpneein, bion apopsuchein, etc.):

deponere,

Nep. Hann. 1, 3:

ponere,

Vulg. Joan. 10, 17; 13, 27:

amittere,

Lucr. 6, 1233:

emittere,

Nep. Epam. 9, 3 Br. (so in Gr. aphienai tên psuchên):

proicere,

Verg. A. 6, 436:

purpuream vomit ille animam, said of a wounded man,

id. ib. 9, 349.—In Vulg. Matt. 16, 25 and 26, anima in v. 25 seems to pass to the higher meaning, soul, (cf. infra, II. D.) in v. 26, as hê psuchê in the original also can do.— Poet.:

anima amphorae,

the fumes of wine, Phaedr. 3, 1: Ni ego illi puteo, si occepso, animam omnem intertraxero, draw up all the life of that well, i. e. draw it dry, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 41.— Trop.:

corpus imperii unius praesidis nutu, quasi animā et mente, regeretur,

Flor. 4, 3:

accentus quasi anima vocis est,

Pompon. p. 67 Lind.—Prov.: animam debere, to owe life itself, of one deeply in debt:

quid si animam debet?

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56 (Graecum proverbium: kai autên tên psuchên opheilei, Don.).—Metaph., applied to plants and other things possessing organic life, Sen. Ep. 58; so Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 152; 31, 1, 1, § 3; 14, 1, 3, § 16 al.—

Meton., a creature endowed with anima, a living being: ova parere solet genu' pennis condecoratum, non animam, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 18:

hi (deos) fibris animāque litant,

Stat. Th. 2, 246; Vulg. Gen. 2, 7; ib. Josh. 11, 11; ib. Luc. 9, 56; ib. Act. 2, 43 et saep.:

animae rationis expertes,

Lact. 3, 8.—So esp. of men (as we also say souls for persons; poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

egregias animas, quae sanguine nobis Hanc patriam peperere suo, etc.,

Verg. A. 11, 24:

animae quales nec candidiores, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 41; Luc. 5, 322:

vos Treveri et ceterae servientium animae,

ministering spirits, Tac. H. 4, 32.—So in enumerations in eccl. Lat.:

hos genuit Jacob sedecim animas,

Vulg. Gen. 46, 18; 46, 22; ib. Act. 2, 41; 7, 14.—Of slaves (eccl. Lat.):

merces animarum hominum,

Vulg. Apoc. 18, 13 (after the use of hê psuchê and). —Hence, also, souls separated from the body, the shades of the Lower World, manes: Unde (ex Averno) animae excitantur, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

tu pias laetis animas reponis Sedibus,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 17; cf. id. S. 1, 8, 29:

animamque sepulcro Condimus,

Verg. A. 3, 67; Ov. M. 7, 612; so id. ib. 8, 488; 10, 41; 14, 411; 15, 158; Suet. Caes. 88; so,

vita: tenuīs sine corpore vitas volitare,

Verg. A. 6, 292.—So in eccl. Lat. of departed spirits:

timete eum, qui potest animam et corpus perdere in Gehennam,

Vulg. Matt. 10, 28 bis:

non derelinques animam meam in Inferno,

ib. Act. 2, 27; ib. Apoc. 6, 9; 20, 4.—

As expressive of love:

vos, meae carissimae animae,

my dearest souls, Cic. Fam. 14, 14; 14, 18:

Pro quā non metuam mori, Si parcent animae fata superstiti,

the dear surviving life, Hor. C. 3, 9, 12; cf.:

animae dimidium meae,

id. ib. 1, 3, 8:

meae pars animae,

id. ib. 2, 17, 5.—

Sometimes for animus, as the rational soul of man.

The mind as the seat of thought (cf. animus, II. A.):

anima rationis consiliique particeps,

Cic. N.D.1, 31, 87:

causa in animā sensuque meo penitus affixa atque insita,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 53:

ingenii facinora, sicut anima, immortalia sunt,

Sall. J. 2, 2.—So often in eccl. Lat.:

ad te Domine, levavi animam meam,

Vulg. Psa. 24, 1; 102, 1; 118, 129:

magnificat anima mea Dominum,

ib. Luc. 1, 46; ib. Act. 15, 24 al.—

As the seat of feeling (cf. animus, II. B.): sapimus animo, fruimur animā: sine animo anima est debilis, Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 29 (Trag. Rel. p. 175 Rib.):

desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus,

Vulg. Psa. 41, 2:

tristis est anima mea,

ib. Matt. 26, 38; ib. Joan. 10, 27 et saep.—

For consciousness (cf. animus, II. A. 3. and conscientia, II. A.):

cum perhibetur animam liquisse,

Lucr. 3, 598; in this phrase animus is more common.

col-lŏco ( conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to place together, to arrange, to station, lay, put, place, set, set up, erect, etc., a thing (or person) somewhere (class. in prose and poetry; cf.: statuo, pono, sisto).

Lit.

In gen.; constr. usu. with in and abl. (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 467 sq.; Zumpt, Gr. § 489); more rarely with in and acc.; also with other prepositions, or absol.

With in and abl.:

istam conloca cruminam in collo plane,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 67:

in rostris collocati,

Cic. Sest. 38, 83:

aliquem in cubili,

id. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

in navi,

id. Planc. 41, 97:

in custodiā,

id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; id. Par. 3, 2, 25:

in solitudine,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

uno quidque in loco,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

Herculem in concilio caelestium,

id. Off. 3, 5, 25:

legiones in cervicibus nostris,

id. Fam. 12, 23, 2; id. Agr. 2, 27, 74:

legionem in eis locis hiemandi causā,

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

exercitum in hibernis,

id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

me in gremio Veneris,

Cat. 66, 56:

pedem grabati In collo sibi,

id. 10, 23:

insidias bipertito in silvis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 32:

quas (copias) in convalle in insidiis,

id. ib. 3, 20:

juvenem in latebris,

Verg. G. 4, 424 al.:

tabulas bene pictas in bono lumine,

Cic. Brut. 75, 261; id. Pis. 25, 61:

supremo In monte saxum,

Hor. Epod. 17, 68:

corpus in vestibulo,

Suet. Aug. 100; Cat. 10, 23:

praesidia in litore,

Nep. Hann. 11, 4.—With locat. proper names;

of towns: classem Miseni et alteram Ravennae,

Suet. Aug. 49:

singulas cohortes, Puteolis et Ostiae,

id. Claud. 25:

se Athenis collocavit,

established himself, settled there, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 4.—So also with adv. of place:

occupato oppido, ibi praesidium collocavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38; 7, 9:

ubi iste castra collocarat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96. —

With in and acc.:

in tabernam vasa et servos,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 27:

me in arborem,

id. Aul. 4, 8, 6:

eam in lectum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 45 (ipsum verbum collocant proprium est, et ascribitur pronubis, Don.):

exercitum in provinciam hiemandi gratia,

Sall. J. 61, 2; cf.

supra,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1, and 3, 29; cf. also id. ib. 1, 18, B. 1. infra:

maxilla ubi in suam sedem collocata est,

Cels. 8, 7.—

With simple abl.:

oculos pennis,

Ov. M. 1, 723.—

With other prepositions (freq. in Suet.): comites apud ceteros hospites, to lodge, quarter, Cic. Verr. [p. 368] 2, 1, 24, §

63: ut ante suum fundum Miloni insidias conlocaret,

to lay an ambush for, id. Mil. 10, 27:

cohortis legionarias quattuor advorsum pedites hostium,

Sall. J. 51, 3:

legiones propius Armeniam,

Tac. A. 13, 7; cf.:

ipse propior montem suos conlocat,

Sall. J. 49, 1:

obsides super se,

Suet. Aug. 43:

singulas infra se,

id. Calig. 24:

juxta se,

id. Ner. 13:

circa se,

id. Tit. 9, consulares super pulpitum, id. Calig. 54:

lecticam pro tribunali,

id. Aug. 33.—

Absol.: sine tumultu praesidiis conlocatis: Sall. C. 45, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 4; 4, 33:

tabulis et signis propalam collocatis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

columnas neque rectas, neque e regione,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2:

lecticae collocabantur,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 18:

signum Jovis,

id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

sedes ac domicilium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6:

postquam impedimenta collocata animadvertit,

Liv. 44, 37, 1 (cf.:

constituere impedimenta,

id. 44, 36, 6):

chlamydem, ut pendeat apte,

Ov. M. 2, 734:

collocat hasta sues,

lays prostrate, kills, Mart. 5, 65, 10:

reliqua signa in subsidio (i. e. ad subsidium) artius conlocat,

Sall. C. 59, 2; so,

ceterum exercitum in subsidiis,

id. ib. § 5 Kritz N. cr.:

vos, bonae feminae, collocate puellulam (cf. B. 1. infra),

Cat. 61, 184.—

Esp.

To give in marriage:

filiam alicui,

Tac. Agr. 9 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 27; so Cic. Brut. 26, 98; Nep. Att. 19, 4; Suet. Caes. 21; id. Aug. 64; id. Calig. 24; id. Dom. 22 al.:

matrem homini nobilissimo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

aliquam in matrimonium,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104;

together with in matrimonio,

Dig. 36, 1, 77:

eam in se dignam condicionem,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 122:

sororem ex matre et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; so,

nuptum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 7; Col. 4, 3, 6; Dig. 3, 2, 11.—Less freq. absol.:

virginem,

Nep. Epam. 3, 5:

filiam alicujus,

id. Arist. 3, 3; cf.:

in collocandā filiā,

Tac. A. 4, 39:

collocantis filiam,

Just. 9, 6, 2.—

Collocare pecuniam, dotem, faenus, etc., a mercantile t. t., to give, lay out, invest, advance, place money, a dowry, wealth, etc.:

rem herilem,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 2:

in eā provinciā pecunias magnas collocatas habent,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18; cf.:

pecunias in emptiones praediorum,

Dig. 17, 1, 2:

pecunias graviore faenore,

Suet. Aug. 39:

curavit, ut in eo fundo dos collocaretur,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

nusquam posse eam (pecuniam) melius conlocari,

id. ib. 5, 15:

duas patrimonii partes in solo,

Suet. Tib. 48; cf.:

duas faenoris partes in agris,

Tac. A. 6, 17:

pecuniam idoneis nominibus,

Dig. 35, 2, 88.— Hence,

In gen., to employ, invest money in some way:

patrimonium suum non effudit: in rei publicae salute collocavit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 3:

miliens sestertium eā munificentiā collocatum,

Tac. A. 6, 45.—

(Like the Gr. protithenai.) To lay out a dead body in state in the vestibulum:

aliquem sancte ac reverenter in hortis Domitiis,

Capitol. Anton. p. 5; v. Casaub. ad h. l.—

Trop. (in good prose; most freq. in Cic. and Quint.).

In gen., acc. to I. A., to place, set, station, dispose of, occupy, employ, put.

With in and abl.:

illum multa in pectore suo conlocare oportet,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 8:

res est videnda in tuto ut conlocetur,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11; 4, 3, 17:

ut totos se in optimo vitae statu exquirendo collocarent,

employed, occupied themselves, Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 2; cf.:

totum se in cognitione et scientiā,

id. Off. 1, 44, 158:

sese palam in meretriciā vitā,

id. Cael. 20, 49:

philosophiam in urbibus,

id. Tusc. 5, 4, 10:

in animis ego vestris omnes triumphos meos condi et collocari volo,

to be placed, deposited, id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

omne suum studium in doctrinā ac sapientiā,

to apply, employ, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 29:

spem in incerto reliqui temporis eventu,

id. Quint. 26, 83:

adulescentiam suam in amore et voluptatibus,

to employ, spend, id. Cael. 17, 39:

bonas horas male,

Mart. 1, 113, 3:

omnium longitudinum et brevitatum in sonis judicium ipsa natura in auribus nostris collocavit,

placed, Cic. Or. 51, 173:

in conspectu,

Quint. 7, 1, 4:

famam in tuto,

id. 12, 11, 7. —

With in and acc.:

in otium se,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 10:

homines quattuor In soporem,

to put into the sleep of death, id. Am. 1, 1, 148.—

With simple abl.:

et propriis verbis et ordine collocatis,

Quint. 9, 1, 7:

ordine collocati sensus,

id. 7, 10, 16. —

With other prepositions: est et in nominibus ex diverso collocatis sua gratia, Quint. 9, 3, 86.—

Absol., to set in order, arrange, etc.:

rem militarem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3:

aedilitas recte collocata,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37:

tuā nobis auctoritate opus est ad collocandum aliquem civitatis statum,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 12:

vix ut iis rebus, quas constituissent, conlocandis atque administrandis tempus daretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4: omnibus rebus confectis et collocatis, Auct. B. Alex. 33 fin. —In rhet.: verba collocata, i. e. in their relative positions (opp. simplicia), Cic. Or. 24, 80 sq.:

ut apte collocentur (verba),

Quint. 8, prooem. § 26; cf. id. § 31; 10, 2, 13; 8, 1, 1; 10. 1, 4;

9, 4, 1 al. —Rare: de cujus moderatione... in prioribus libris satis collocavi (= scripsi, dixi),

have brought forward, put forth, Tac. A. 6, 27 fin. —

Acc. to I. B. 2.: quamobrem melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, to put or place, as at interest, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70; id. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

bene,

id. Fam. 13, 28, 3; cf.:

ut pecuniae non quaerendae solum ratio est, verum etiam conlocandae... sic gloria et quaerenda et conlocanda ratione est,

id. Off. 2, 12, 42.

col-lŏco ( conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to place together, to arrange, to station, lay, put, place, set, set up, erect, etc., a thing (or person) somewhere (class. in prose and poetry; cf.: statuo, pono, sisto).

Lit.

In gen.; constr. usu. with in and abl. (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 467 sq.; Zumpt, Gr. § 489); more rarely with in and acc.; also with other prepositions, or absol.

With in and abl.:

istam conloca cruminam in collo plane,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 67:

in rostris collocati,

Cic. Sest. 38, 83:

aliquem in cubili,

id. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

in navi,

id. Planc. 41, 97:

in custodiā,

id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; id. Par. 3, 2, 25:

in solitudine,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

uno quidque in loco,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

Herculem in concilio caelestium,

id. Off. 3, 5, 25:

legiones in cervicibus nostris,

id. Fam. 12, 23, 2; id. Agr. 2, 27, 74:

legionem in eis locis hiemandi causā,

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

exercitum in hibernis,

id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

me in gremio Veneris,

Cat. 66, 56:

pedem grabati In collo sibi,

id. 10, 23:

insidias bipertito in silvis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 32:

quas (copias) in convalle in insidiis,

id. ib. 3, 20:

juvenem in latebris,

Verg. G. 4, 424 al.:

tabulas bene pictas in bono lumine,

Cic. Brut. 75, 261; id. Pis. 25, 61:

supremo In monte saxum,

Hor. Epod. 17, 68:

corpus in vestibulo,

Suet. Aug. 100; Cat. 10, 23:

praesidia in litore,

Nep. Hann. 11, 4.—With locat. proper names;

of towns: classem Miseni et alteram Ravennae,

Suet. Aug. 49:

singulas cohortes, Puteolis et Ostiae,

id. Claud. 25:

se Athenis collocavit,

established himself, settled there, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 4.—So also with adv. of place:

occupato oppido, ibi praesidium collocavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38; 7, 9:

ubi iste castra collocarat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96. —

With in and acc.:

in tabernam vasa et servos,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 27:

me in arborem,

id. Aul. 4, 8, 6:

eam in lectum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 45 (ipsum verbum collocant proprium est, et ascribitur pronubis, Don.):

exercitum in provinciam hiemandi gratia,

Sall. J. 61, 2; cf.

supra,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1, and 3, 29; cf. also id. ib. 1, 18, B. 1. infra:

maxilla ubi in suam sedem collocata est,

Cels. 8, 7.—

With simple abl.:

oculos pennis,

Ov. M. 1, 723.—

With other prepositions (freq. in Suet.): comites apud ceteros hospites, to lodge, quarter, Cic. Verr. [p. 368] 2, 1, 24, §

63: ut ante suum fundum Miloni insidias conlocaret,

to lay an ambush for, id. Mil. 10, 27:

cohortis legionarias quattuor advorsum pedites hostium,

Sall. J. 51, 3:

legiones propius Armeniam,

Tac. A. 13, 7; cf.:

ipse propior montem suos conlocat,

Sall. J. 49, 1:

obsides super se,

Suet. Aug. 43:

singulas infra se,

id. Calig. 24:

juxta se,

id. Ner. 13:

circa se,

id. Tit. 9, consulares super pulpitum, id. Calig. 54:

lecticam pro tribunali,

id. Aug. 33.—

Absol.: sine tumultu praesidiis conlocatis: Sall. C. 45, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 4; 4, 33:

tabulis et signis propalam collocatis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

columnas neque rectas, neque e regione,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2:

lecticae collocabantur,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 18:

signum Jovis,

id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

sedes ac domicilium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6:

postquam impedimenta collocata animadvertit,

Liv. 44, 37, 1 (cf.:

constituere impedimenta,

id. 44, 36, 6):

chlamydem, ut pendeat apte,

Ov. M. 2, 734:

collocat hasta sues,

lays prostrate, kills, Mart. 5, 65, 10:

reliqua signa in subsidio (i. e. ad subsidium) artius conlocat,

Sall. C. 59, 2; so,

ceterum exercitum in subsidiis,

id. ib. § 5 Kritz N. cr.:

vos, bonae feminae, collocate puellulam (cf. B. 1. infra),

Cat. 61, 184.—

Esp.

To give in marriage:

filiam alicui,

Tac. Agr. 9 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 27; so Cic. Brut. 26, 98; Nep. Att. 19, 4; Suet. Caes. 21; id. Aug. 64; id. Calig. 24; id. Dom. 22 al.:

matrem homini nobilissimo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

aliquam in matrimonium,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104;

together with in matrimonio,

Dig. 36, 1, 77:

eam in se dignam condicionem,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 122:

sororem ex matre et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; so,

nuptum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 7; Col. 4, 3, 6; Dig. 3, 2, 11.—Less freq. absol.:

virginem,

Nep. Epam. 3, 5:

filiam alicujus,

id. Arist. 3, 3; cf.:

in collocandā filiā,

Tac. A. 4, 39:

collocantis filiam,

Just. 9, 6, 2.—

Collocare pecuniam, dotem, faenus, etc., a mercantile t. t., to give, lay out, invest, advance, place money, a dowry, wealth, etc.:

rem herilem,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 2:

in eā provinciā pecunias magnas collocatas habent,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18; cf.:

pecunias in emptiones praediorum,

Dig. 17, 1, 2:

pecunias graviore faenore,

Suet. Aug. 39:

curavit, ut in eo fundo dos collocaretur,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

nusquam posse eam (pecuniam) melius conlocari,

id. ib. 5, 15:

duas patrimonii partes in solo,

Suet. Tib. 48; cf.:

duas faenoris partes in agris,

Tac. A. 6, 17:

pecuniam idoneis nominibus,

Dig. 35, 2, 88.— Hence,

In gen., to employ, invest money in some way:

patrimonium suum non effudit: in rei publicae salute collocavit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 3:

miliens sestertium eā munificentiā collocatum,

Tac. A. 6, 45.—

(Like the Gr. protithenai.) To lay out a dead body in state in the vestibulum:

aliquem sancte ac reverenter in hortis Domitiis,

Capitol. Anton. p. 5; v. Casaub. ad h. l.—

Trop. (in good prose; most freq. in Cic. and Quint.).

In gen., acc. to I. A., to place, set, station, dispose of, occupy, employ, put.

With in and abl.:

illum multa in pectore suo conlocare oportet,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 8:

res est videnda in tuto ut conlocetur,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11; 4, 3, 17:

ut totos se in optimo vitae statu exquirendo collocarent,

employed, occupied themselves, Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 2; cf.:

totum se in cognitione et scientiā,

id. Off. 1, 44, 158:

sese palam in meretriciā vitā,

id. Cael. 20, 49:

philosophiam in urbibus,

id. Tusc. 5, 4, 10:

in animis ego vestris omnes triumphos meos condi et collocari volo,

to be placed, deposited, id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

omne suum studium in doctrinā ac sapientiā,

to apply, employ, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 29:

spem in incerto reliqui temporis eventu,

id. Quint. 26, 83:

adulescentiam suam in amore et voluptatibus,

to employ, spend, id. Cael. 17, 39:

bonas horas male,

Mart. 1, 113, 3:

omnium longitudinum et brevitatum in sonis judicium ipsa natura in auribus nostris collocavit,

placed, Cic. Or. 51, 173:

in conspectu,

Quint. 7, 1, 4:

famam in tuto,

id. 12, 11, 7. —

With in and acc.:

in otium se,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 10:

homines quattuor In soporem,

to put into the sleep of death, id. Am. 1, 1, 148.—

With simple abl.:

et propriis verbis et ordine collocatis,

Quint. 9, 1, 7:

ordine collocati sensus,

id. 7, 10, 16. —

With other prepositions: est et in nominibus ex diverso collocatis sua gratia, Quint. 9, 3, 86.—

Absol., to set in order, arrange, etc.:

rem militarem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3:

aedilitas recte collocata,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37:

tuā nobis auctoritate opus est ad collocandum aliquem civitatis statum,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 12:

vix ut iis rebus, quas constituissent, conlocandis atque administrandis tempus daretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4: omnibus rebus confectis et collocatis, Auct. B. Alex. 33 fin. —In rhet.: verba collocata, i. e. in their relative positions (opp. simplicia), Cic. Or. 24, 80 sq.:

ut apte collocentur (verba),

Quint. 8, prooem. § 26; cf. id. § 31; 10, 2, 13; 8, 1, 1; 10. 1, 4;

9, 4, 1 al. —Rare: de cujus moderatione... in prioribus libris satis collocavi (= scripsi, dixi),

have brought forward, put forth, Tac. A. 6, 27 fin. —

Acc. to I. B. 2.: quamobrem melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, to put or place, as at interest, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70; id. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

bene,

id. Fam. 13, 28, 3; cf.:

ut pecuniae non quaerendae solum ratio est, verum etiam conlocandae... sic gloria et quaerenda et conlocanda ratione est,

id. Off. 2, 12, 42.

con-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. [teneo].

Act., to hold or keep together.

In gen. (rare).

Lit. (syn.:

coërceo, conjungo): contine quaeso caput,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 26:

quod omnem continet amplexu terram,

Lucr. 5, 319; cf.:

mundus omnia conplexu suo coërcet et continet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

vitem levi nodo,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

magni refert primordia saepe cum quibus... contineantur,

Lucr. 1, 818; 1, 908; 2, 761;

2, 1008: pars oppidi, mari dijuncta angusto, ponte adjungitur et continetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117.—

Of places, to bound, limit, enclose (very rare in act.):

reliquum spatium mons continet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

Oceanus ponto qua continet orbem,

Tib. 4, 1, 147; but more freq. in pass., to be comprised, enclosed, surrounded, encompassed, environed by:

qui vicus altissimis montibus undique continetur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1; so,

undique loci naturā Helvetii,

id. ib. 1, 2:

mare montibus angustis,

id. ib. 4, 23:

una pars Galliae Garumnā flumine, Oceano, finibus Belgarum,

id. ib. 1, 1.—

Trop.:

omnes artes quasi cognatione quādam inter se continentur,

hang together, Cic. Arch. 1, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods and species of composition.,

With partic. access. ideas.

With the access. idea of firmness, quiet, permanence, etc., to hold or keep together, to keep, hold fast, preserve, retain (syn. servo).

Lit.:

(alvus) arcet et continet... quod recepit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:

merces (opp. partiri),

id. Vatin. 5, 12; cf.

exercitum (opp. dividere),

Liv. 28, 2, 16:

arida continent odorem diutius,

Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.—

Trop.:

nec ulla res vehementius rem publicam continet quam fides,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:

Remos reliquosque Belgas in officio,

Caes. B. G. 3, 11:

in officio Dumnorigem,

id. ib. 5, 7:

te in exercitatione,

Cic. Fam. 7, 19 fin.:

te in tuis perenuibus studiis,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

ceteros in armis (plaga),

Liv. 9, 41, 15:

alicujus hospitio,

Nep. Lys. 1, 5.—

With the access. idea of hindering, preventing motion, to keep, keep still, detain, restrain, repress, enclose.

Lit.: milites [p. 449] sub pellibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; cf.:

pecudem sub tecto,

Col. 7, 10, 3:

exercitum castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 11; Liv. 31, 26, 6; 28, 9, 14 al.; cf.:

nostros in castris (tempestates),

Caes. B. G. 4, 34; 6, 36; and:

copias in castris,

id. B. C. 1, 66; 3, 30; Auct. B. Afr. 1; 7; Liv. 36, 17, 9:

Pompeium quam angustissime,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

aliquem limine,

Liv. 34, 1, 5:

ora frenis,

Phaedr. 3, 6, 7:

ventos carcere,

Ov. M. 11, 432:

animam in dicendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261 et saep.:

se ruri,

to stay, remain, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 17; cf.:

se domi,

Suet. Caes. 81:

suo se loco,

Caes. B. G. 4, 34:

oppido sese,

id. ib. 2, 30:

castris se continere,

id. B. C. 3, 37:

se vallo,

id. B. G. 5, 44:

se finibus Romanis,

Liv. 39, 17, 4; 34, 58, 3:

moenibus sese,

id. 42, 7, 4:

agrorum suorum terminis se,

id. 38, 40, 2:

se moenibus,

Ov. M. 13, 208:

sese intra silvas,

Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

suos intra munitionem,

id. ib. 5, 57;

5, 58: milites intra castrorum vallum,

id. B. C. 3, 76; Liv. 31, 34, 9;

Auct. B. Afr. 24: intra castra militem,

Tac. H. 4, 19:

praesidibus provinciarum propagavit imperium, ut a peritis et assuetis socii continerentur,

Suet. Aug. 23 et saep.:

an te auspicium commoratum est? an tempestas continet?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 67.—

Trop., to hold back, detain, repress, hold in check, curb, check, stay, stop, tame, subdue, etc. (syn. cohibeo):

adpetitiones animi,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22:

omnis cupiditates,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32:

modeste insolentiam suam,

id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

risum,

id. Fin. 4, 25, 71 et saep.:

formido mortales omnes,

Lucr. 1, 151:

Etruriam non tam armis quam judiciorum terrore,

Liv. 29, 36, 10:

oppida magis metu quam fide,

id. 30, 20, 5; cf.:

quosdam continet metus,

Quint. 1, 3, 6:

solo metu,

id. 12, 7, 2 et saep.:

animum a consuetā libidine,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

temeritatem ab omni lapsu (with cohibere),

Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

suos a proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

manum juventus Metu deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 37 al.:

se ab adsentiendo,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; so,

se ab exemplis,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

temperans, qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit,

id. Par. 3, 1, 21:

se male continet amens,

Ov. M. 4, 351:

male me, quin vera faterer, Continui,

id. ib. 7, 729:

nequeo continere quin loquar,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 28.—

Mid.: contineri, quin complectar, non queo,

restrain myself, refrain, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 128; cf.:

vix me contineo, quin, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 20:

jam nequeo contineri,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 60; cf.:

vix contineor,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 9:

quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo optime,

keep it to myself, conceal it, id. Eun. 1, 2, 23:

ea quae continet, neque adhuc protulit, explicet nobis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 206:

dicta,

id. ib. 2, 55, 222.—

With the access. idea of containing, to comprise, contain, involve, comprehend something in itself (syn. complector):

(aqua gelum) quod continet in se, mittit,

Lucr. 6, 877; cf.:

ut omnia, quae aluntur et crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23; so,

in se,

Quint. 1, 6, 31; 2, 10, 2:

Quattuor aeternus genitalia corpora mundus Continet,

Ov. M. 15, 240:

rem militarem,

Liv. 5, 52, 16:

panis innumeras paene continet medicinas,

Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138:

(linea) centum continet (pedes),

Quint. 1, 10, 44:

Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent,

Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2:

paucas species (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 18:

tales res, quales hic liber continet,

Cic. Or. 43, 148; Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

narrationes, quae summam criminis contineant,

Quint. 4, 2, 10:

fabula stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

liber primus ea continebit, quae, etc., Quint. prooem. § 21: tertia epistula continebat, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5.—With subj.-clause:

quando ipsos loqui deceat, quartus liber continet,

Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Esp. freq.,

In pass.: contineri aliquā re, to be contained in something, be composed of, consist of or in, to rest upon, to be supported by, etc.:

terreno corpore,

Lucr. 1, 1085:

non venis et nervis et ossibus continentur (dii),

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis penitusque perspectis... rebus contineretur,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 92:

forma honestatis, quae tota quattuor his virtutibus... continetur,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

versus paucis (pedibus) continetur,

Quint. 9, 4, 60: quae philosophorum libris continentur, id. prooem. § 11; cf. id. 5, 10, 111 et saep.: artes, quae conjecturā continentur et sunt opinabiles, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

foedere,

Liv. 41, 23, 9:

actu,

Quint. 2, 18, 5; 12, 9, 1; 3, 7, 28.—Rarely with in and abl.:

forum, in quo omnis aequitas continetur,

Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.:

quibus (legibus) in singulis civitatibus res publica continetur,

id. Off. 3, 5, 23.—

Neutr., to hold together in itself, to hang together (in the verb. finit. very rare; but freq. as P. a.; cf. also the deriv. continuus):

per hortum utroque commeatus continet,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 43.—Hence,

contĭnens, entis, P. a.

(Acc. to II.) Holding or hanging together (freq. and class.).

Bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, lying near, adjacent (syn.: junctus, adjunctus, contiguus); constr. with dat., cum, or absol.

Prop.:

aër mari,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 117:

continentia atque adjuncta praedia huic fundo,

id. Caecin. 4, 11:

(mare) dissimile est proximo ei continenti,

id. Ac. 2, 33, 105 al.:

Cappadociae pars ea, quae cum Cilicià continens est,

id. Fam. 15, 2, 2:

(Morini) continentes silvas ac paludes habebant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28; cf. so absol.:

parum locuples continente ripā,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 22; cf.:

pars eorum, qui propiores erant continenti litori,

Liv. 44, 28, 12.— Subst.: contĭnentĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. loca), adjoining places, the neighborhood:

Cherronesum et continentia usque Atho montem,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 215 al.:

urbis,

the suburbs, Dig. 50, 16, 147.—

Trop., in time, following, next:

continentibus diebus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84;

and of other abstract things: motus sensui junctus et continens,

Cic. N. D. 1, 11, 26:

timori perpetuo ipsum malum continens fuit,

followed at its heels, Liv. 5, 39, 8.—

Holding together, cohering in itself, connected, continuous, uninterrupted.

Prop.:

continens agmen migrantium,

Liv. 1, 29, 4:

agmen,

id. 2, 50, 7; 8, 8, 13 al.:

ruinae,

id. 21, 8, 5; terra, the mainland, continent, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 274, 6; Nep. Them. 3, 2; and in the same sense far more freq. subst.: contĭnens, entis, f. (rarely masc., Curt. 4, 2, 1 Zumpt, dub.; abl. in e and i equally used;

v. the 4th and 5th books of Caes. B. G.),

Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 4, 28; 4, 31; 4, 36 bis et saep.; Nep. Milt. 7, 3; Liv. 35, 43, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128; Suet Aug. 65; id. Tib. 40 et saep.—

Trop., in time, continual, consecutive, uninterrupted:

labor omnium dierum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Liv. 42, 54, 3:

bella,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

imperium usque ad nos,

Liv. 7, 30, 8:

imber per noctem totam,

id. 23, 44, 6:

biduo,

Suet. Calig. 19:

febres sine intermissione,

Cels. 3, 5 fin.:

e continenti genere,

in continuous descent, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

spiritus,

id. de Or. 3, 57, 216 et saep.: ex continenti (sc. tempore), instantly, immediately, = continuo, statim, Just. 1, 9; so,

in continenti,

Dig. 44, 5, 1.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2. b.) That restrains his passions, continent, moderate, temperate, enkratês (rare, but in good prose):

continentior in vitā hominum quam in pecuniā,

Caes. B. C. 1, 23:

cum reges tam sint continentes, multo magis consularis esse oportere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1:

puer,

id. Att. 6, 6, 3:

Epaminondas,

Nep. Epam. 3, 2 al. — Sup., Cic. Par. 1, 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 71.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) In rhet., subst.: contĭnens, entis, n., that on which something rests or depends, the chief point, hinge:

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 29, 103; id. Top. 25, 95:

intuendum videtur, quid sit quaestio, ratio, judicatio, continens, vel ut alii vocant, firmamentum,

Quint. 3, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. § 18 sqq.— Adv.: contĭnen-ter.

(Acc. to A. 2.)

In space, in unbroken succession, in a row. continenter sedetis, Cat. 37, 6.—More freq. and class.,

In time, continuously, without interruption:

totā nocte ierunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

jam amplius horis sex pugnaretur,

id. ib. 3, 5:

biduum lapidibus pluit,

Liv. 25, 7, 7:

usque ad ipsum negotium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37:

ferri imagines,

id. N. D. 1, 39, 109.—

(Acc. to B.) Temperately, moderately (rare):

vivere,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; in sup.:

vivere,

Aug. Ep. 199; id. Conf. 6, 12.—Hence also,

contentus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2. b.); medial., satisfying one's self with, contented, satisfied, content (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. in gen. with the abl.; more rarely absol.; after the Aug. per. very freq. with the inf.

With abl.: his versibus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 264, 3:

suis rebus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51:

paucis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 16:

illā (sorte),

id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

viverem uti contentus eo quod mī ipse parasset,

id. ib. 1, 4, 108; cf. Suet. Aug. 82:

solā Dianā,

Verg. A. 11, 582.—

Absol.:

cum ipsum audires sine comparatione, non modo contentus esses, sed melius non quaereres,

Cic. Brut. 35, 134; so comp., Plaut. Poen. 2, 15.—

With inf.:

indagare,

Ov. M. 1, 461:

edidicisse,

id. ib. 2, 638:

retinere titulum provinciae,

Vell. 2, 49:

hostes sustinuisse,

id. 2, 112:

indicare,

Quint. 4, 2, 128:

ostendere,

id. 5, 10, 31:

id consequi, quod imiteris,

id. 10, 2, 7 et saep.— Adv.: contentē (ante-and post-class., and rare), in a restrained manner, closely:

arte contenteque habere aliquem,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63:

parce contenteque vivere,

Pacat. Pan. Theod. 13.