recollection

com-mĕmŏro ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to recall an object to memory in all its particulars.

Rarely of one's self, to call to mind, be mindful of, keep in mind, remember; with acc. and inf. or rel. -clause:

quid quoque die dixerim, audierim, egerim, commemoro vesperi,

Cic. Sen. 11, 38.—With acc. and inf.:

cottidie commemorabam te unum in tanto exercitu mihi fuisse adsensorem,

Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

vitandi rumoris causā, quo patrem Caesarem vulgo reprehensum commemorabam,

Suet. Aug. 45.—More freq.,

Of others, to bring something to one ' s recollection by speaking of it, to remind of:

aliquid,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 36; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 14:

ad commemorandam renovandamque amicitiam missi,

Liv. 27, 4, 10:

beneficia meminisse debet is, in quem collata sunt, non commemorare qui contulit,

Cic. Lael. 20, 71.—Hence (and so most freq.),

Without the access. idea of remembering, to make mention of something, to recount, relate; constr. with acc., acc. and inf., rel.clause, or with de.

With acc.:

id interdum furtim nomen commemorabitur,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 29:

res,

Lucr. 6, 938:

causas,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

humanam societatem,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 31:

Xenophontis illam jucunditatem,

Quint. 10, 1, 82:

o commemoranda judicia!

Cic. Verr. 1, 14, 42; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 18.—

With acc. and inf., Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160; cf. Nep. Alcib. 2, 2.—

With rel.clause:

quid ego nunc commemorem Singillatim, qualis ego in hunc fuerim?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 42; 4, 5, 3:

chlamydem hanc commemores quanti conducta'st?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 88.—

With de:

omnes de tuā virtute commemorant,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 37; so id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; id. Font. 14, 30; Nep. Dion, 6, 2 al.; cf.:

multa de aliqua re,

id. Hann. 2, 3; id. Att. 17, 1.—

With in:

quae si in privatis gloriosa sunt, multo magis commemorabuntur in regibus,

Cic. Deiot. 14, 40; cf.: cum legent in ejus virtutibus commemorari saltasse eum commode, Nep. praef. § 1.

com-mŏnĕo ( conm-), ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., to remind one forcibly of something, to put in mind, to impress upon, to bring to recollection (in good prose); constr. (cf. admoneo).

With aliquem:

ut commoneri nos satis sit, nihil attineat doceri,

Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

meretricem,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 8:

me,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57; Quint. 11, 3, 130: commonito pro rostris populo, * Suet. Claud. 22; cf.:

quarum (notarum) recordatio commoneat et quasi excitet memoriam,

Quint. 11, 2, 28.—

With aliquem alicujus rei:

mearum me absens miseriarum conmones,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 38:

grammaticos officii sui,

Quint. 1, 5, 7:

te ejus matrimonii,

Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44; cf.:

ut hic modo me commonuit anulus quod totum effluxerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57.—

With aliquem de aliquā re:

de avaritiā tuā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154:

de periculo,

id. Part. Or. 27, 96. —

With aliquem aliquid:

officium vostrum ut vos malo cupiatis conmonerier,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 17.—Simply with aliquid:

cum amice aliquid commonemus,

Quint. 6, 1, 50:

quae commonet usus,

Sil. 13, 111.—

With rel.-clause:

quam hic mihi sit facile atque utile, Aliorum exempla commonent,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 17; so,

commonere aliquem cur, etc.,

Quint. 11, 2, 30; and pass.:

hoc qui venerit mi in mentem, re conmonitus sum modo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 47 Fleck. (Brix.: hoc qui in mentem venerit mi? Re ipsā conmonitus sum).—

With ut or ne:

ut neque me consuetudo, neque amor commoneat, ut servem fidem,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 45:

qui ut ordini rerum animum intendat, etiam commonendus est,

Quint. 4, 1, 78:

commoneo tamen, ne quis hoc cottidianum habeat,

Cels. 1, 3.—

With alicujus rei: horum tamen utcumque commonet locus, Quint. 11, 2, 24.

com-mĕmŏro ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to recall an object to memory in all its particulars.

Rarely of one's self, to call to mind, be mindful of, keep in mind, remember; with acc. and inf. or rel. -clause:

quid quoque die dixerim, audierim, egerim, commemoro vesperi,

Cic. Sen. 11, 38.—With acc. and inf.:

cottidie commemorabam te unum in tanto exercitu mihi fuisse adsensorem,

Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

vitandi rumoris causā, quo patrem Caesarem vulgo reprehensum commemorabam,

Suet. Aug. 45.—More freq.,

Of others, to bring something to one ' s recollection by speaking of it, to remind of:

aliquid,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 36; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 14:

ad commemorandam renovandamque amicitiam missi,

Liv. 27, 4, 10:

beneficia meminisse debet is, in quem collata sunt, non commemorare qui contulit,

Cic. Lael. 20, 71.—Hence (and so most freq.),

Without the access. idea of remembering, to make mention of something, to recount, relate; constr. with acc., acc. and inf., rel.clause, or with de.

With acc.:

id interdum furtim nomen commemorabitur,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 29:

res,

Lucr. 6, 938:

causas,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

humanam societatem,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 31:

Xenophontis illam jucunditatem,

Quint. 10, 1, 82:

o commemoranda judicia!

Cic. Verr. 1, 14, 42; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 18.—

With acc. and inf., Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160; cf. Nep. Alcib. 2, 2.—

With rel.clause:

quid ego nunc commemorem Singillatim, qualis ego in hunc fuerim?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 42; 4, 5, 3:

chlamydem hanc commemores quanti conducta'st?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 88.—

With de:

omnes de tuā virtute commemorant,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 37; so id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; id. Font. 14, 30; Nep. Dion, 6, 2 al.; cf.:

multa de aliqua re,

id. Hann. 2, 3; id. Att. 17, 1.—

With in:

quae si in privatis gloriosa sunt, multo magis commemorabuntur in regibus,

Cic. Deiot. 14, 40; cf.: cum legent in ejus virtutibus commemorari saltasse eum commode, Nep. praef. § 1.

com-mŏnĕo ( conm-), ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., to remind one forcibly of something, to put in mind, to impress upon, to bring to recollection (in good prose); constr. (cf. admoneo).

With aliquem:

ut commoneri nos satis sit, nihil attineat doceri,

Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

meretricem,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 8:

me,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57; Quint. 11, 3, 130: commonito pro rostris populo, * Suet. Claud. 22; cf.:

quarum (notarum) recordatio commoneat et quasi excitet memoriam,

Quint. 11, 2, 28.—

With aliquem alicujus rei:

mearum me absens miseriarum conmones,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 38:

grammaticos officii sui,

Quint. 1, 5, 7:

te ejus matrimonii,

Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44; cf.:

ut hic modo me commonuit anulus quod totum effluxerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57.—

With aliquem de aliquā re:

de avaritiā tuā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154:

de periculo,

id. Part. Or. 27, 96. —

With aliquem aliquid:

officium vostrum ut vos malo cupiatis conmonerier,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 17.—Simply with aliquid:

cum amice aliquid commonemus,

Quint. 6, 1, 50:

quae commonet usus,

Sil. 13, 111.—

With rel.-clause:

quam hic mihi sit facile atque utile, Aliorum exempla commonent,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 17; so,

commonere aliquem cur, etc.,

Quint. 11, 2, 30; and pass.:

hoc qui venerit mi in mentem, re conmonitus sum modo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 47 Fleck. (Brix.: hoc qui in mentem venerit mi? Re ipsā conmonitus sum).—

With ut or ne:

ut neque me consuetudo, neque amor commoneat, ut servem fidem,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 45:

qui ut ordini rerum animum intendat, etiam commonendus est,

Quint. 4, 1, 78:

commoneo tamen, ne quis hoc cottidianum habeat,

Cels. 1, 3.—

With alicujus rei: horum tamen utcumque commonet locus, Quint. 11, 2, 24.

conscĭentĭa, ae, f. [conscio], a knowing of a thing together with another person, joint knowledge, consciousness (in good prose, and very freq.).

A joint knowledge of something, a being privy to, a knowing along with others, privity, cognizance, etc.

With gen. subj.:

omnium horum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; so,

hominum,

id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

plurium,

Liv. 2, 54, 7:

liberti unius,

Tac. A. 6, 21; cf. Suet. Calig. 56 al.:

generis humani,

Tac. Agr. 2.—

With gen. obj. (thus for the most part in Tac.):

in conscientiam facinoris pauci asciti,

Tac. H. 1, 25:

facti,

id. A. 2, 22:

conjurationis,

id. H. 1, 42:

stupri,

Dig. 48, 5, 29.— Plur.:

consilia conscientiaeque ejus modi facinorum,

Cic. Clu. 20, 56. —

Absol.:

non modo eos persequi, ad quos maxime culpa corrupti judicii, sed etiam illos, ad quos conscientiae contagio pertinebit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

qui non modo a facti verum etiam a conscientiae suspitione afuit,

id. Cael. 10, 23:

nocte perfugit Tanagram, suam conscientiam metuens,

Liv. 33, 28, 10:

simulare,

Tac. A. 2, 40; 4, 3; cf. id. H. 1, 28; Curt. 7, 1, 31.—

Consciousness, knowledge, feeling, sense.

In gen. (rare).

With gen.:

unde haec illis tanta modestia, nisi a conscientiā virium et nostrarum et suarum?

Liv. 8, 4, 10 (cf. g); so,

contracti culpā periculi,

id. 3, 2, 11:

suae infirmitatis,

Quint. 1, 2, 10:

rebellionis,

Tac. A. 12, 31; cf.

defectionis,

id. Agr. 16:

victoriae,

id. ib. 27:

unionum in somno quoque,

Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 40:

amissae fortunae,

a recollection, Flor. 2, 12, 10:

ipsa pulcherrimi facti,

Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 114:

officii mei benevolentiaeque,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 6 fin.:

scelerum tuorum,

id. Pis. 17, 39; cf. Sall. C. 5, 7:

peccatorum,

Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40:

culpae,

Liv. 28, 19, 1 et saep.—In plur., Cic. Clu. 20, 56:

te conscientiae stimulant maleficiorum tuorum,

id. Par. 2, 2, 18; cf. under B. 2.—

With de: satisfactionem ex nullà conscientiā de culpā proponere decrevi, Cat. ap. Sall. C. 35, 2; cf. conscius, I. d—

With rel.-clause (very rare):

illi conscientia, quid abesset virium, detrectavere pugnam,

Liv. 3, 60, 6; 28, 19, 5.—

Absol.: ut nostram stabilem conscientiam contemnamus, aliorum errantem opinionem aucupemur, self-consciousness, Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

illud se tacere suam conscientiam non pati,

Liv. 5, 25, 6:

in veris quoque sufficit conscientia,

consciousness, Quint. 11, 1, 17: sine hac quidem conscientiā ipsa illa ex tempore dicendi facultas inanem modo loquacitatem dabit, without this feeling, equiv. to without this persuasion, id. 10, 3, 2:

quamvis capite defectionis ablato manebat plerisque militum conscientia,

Tac. H. 1, 5.— So pregn., with ne, a conscientious fear, guilty fear, Tac. Agr. 42.—

In partic., a consciousness of right or wrong, the moral sense, conscience:

magna vis est conscientiae... in utramque partem, ut neque timeant qui nihil commiserint et poenam semper ante oculos versari putent qui peccarint,

Cic. Mil. 23, 61; cf.:

et virtutis et vitiorum grave ipsius conscientiae pondus,

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

bona conscientia turbam advocat, mala etiam in solitudine anxia atque sollicita est,

Sen. Ep. 43, 5:

ad purgandam publicam conscientiam,

Just. 31, 4, 3:

recta,

a good conscience, Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4; cf.

egregia,

Liv. 29, 33, 9: bona, Cels. ap. Quint. 2, 15, 32; Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Tac. Agr. 1:

optima,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3:

salvā bonā conscientiā,

Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. §

15: integra,

Front. 1, 9, 3; Lact. 5, 19, 32:

mala,

a bad conscience, Sall. J. 62, 8; Quint. 12, 1, 3:

infelix,

id. 6, prooem. § 10.—

Prov.:

conscientia mille testes,

Quint. 5, 11, 41.—

Sometimes absol. for a good, or for a bad conscience.

A good conscience:

mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo,

Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; cf.:

illud est hominis magni... maximi aestimare conscientiam mentis suae, etc.,

id. Clu. 58, 159:

in quibus ego nec dissentire a nostris salvā gratiā nec consentire salvā conscientiā possum,

Sen. Ep. 117, 1:

ad sacrificium integrā conscientiā venire,

Lact. 5, 19, 32; Front. Strat. 1, 9, 3.—

A bad conscience:

hunc tu quas conscientiae labes in animo censes habuisse?

Cic. Off. 3, 21, 85; id. Cat. 2, 6, 13; id. Leg. 1, 14, 40; Sall. C. 15, 4; id. J. 35, 4; Quint. 5, 13, 46.—In the same sense:

animi,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 53; 2, 17, 54; id. Att. 13, 49 fin.; Caes. B. C. 3, 60; Phaedr. 3, prol. 47; and in plur.:

suae (quemque) malae cogitationes conscientiaeque animi terrent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 67.

dī-rumpo or disr-, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or dash to pieces; to break, burst asunder (rare but class.).

Lit.:

tabulā caput,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 37:

ne medius disrumpar miser,

id. Curc. 2, 1, 7:

cum se in nubem induerint (venti) ejusque tenuissimam quamque partem coeperint dividere atque disrumpere,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44:

imagines,

Tac. H. 1, 55: homo diruptus, i. e. that has a rupture (c. c. dirutus), Cic. Phil. 13, 12.—In an obscene sense, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 11 al.—

Trop.

To break off, sunder, sever:

amicitias exorsa aliqua offensione dirumpimus,

Cic. Lael. 22 fin.; cf.:

humani generis societatem,

id. Off. 3, 5, 21:

regnum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 11.—And in a figure borrowed from a play (in which two persons tugged at the ends of a rope until it broke, or one of them fell to the ground):

cave dirumpatis, i. e. the rope or thread of your recollection,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 117.— Esp. freq.,

Pass. in colloquial lang., to burst with envy, etc.:

unum omnia posse dirumpuntur ii qui, etc.,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10; cf.:

infinito fratris tui plausu dirumpitur,

id. Fam. 12, 2, 2:

dirumpor dolore,

id. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.

risu,

App. M. 3, p. 130, 3.—Once act.: dirupi me paene, I nearly burst myself with earnest speaking, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4.

ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f. [cf. imitor], an imitation, copy of a thing, an image, likeness (i. e. a picture, statue, mask, an apparition, ghost, phantom; the latter only poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: simulacrum, effigies, statua, sigillum): imago ab imitatione dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf.: imago dicitur quasi imitago, Porphyr. Hor. C. 1, 12, 4.

Lit.

In gen., a representation, likeness (usu. of a person), statue, bust, picture:

Spartiates Agesilaus neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse... unus Xenophontis libellus in eo rege laudando facile omnes imagines omnium statuasque superavit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

Demosthenes, cujus nuper inter imagines tuas ac tuorum imaginem ex aere vidi,

id. Or. 31, 110:

Epicuri in poculis et in anulis,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 3: hominis imaginem gypso e facie ipsa primus omnium expressit ceraque in eam formam gypsi infusa emendare instituit Lysistratus Sicyonius, Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153:

Africani,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10:

mulieris,

Quint. 7, 7, 5:

Antigoni,

id. 2, 13, 12:

depictam in tabula sipariove imaginem rei,

id. 6, 1, 32:

si in tabula mea aliquis pinxerit velut imaginem,

Gai. Inst. 2, 78:

cereae,

Hor. Epod. 17, 76; id. S. 1, 8, 43:

ut dignus venias hederis et imagine macra,

Juv. 7, 29:

hoc tibi sub nostra breve carmen imagine vivat,

Mart. 9, 1:

epistula atque imago me certum fecit,

i. e. the image on the seal, the signet, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 35; 4, 2, 29; 4, 7, 105:

nunc amici anne inimici sis imago, Alcesime, mihi, sciam,

i. e. will act like a friend, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 1.—

A phantom, ghost, apparition:

infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae Visa mihi ante oculos et nota major imago,

Verg. A. 2, 773; cf.:

et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago,

shade, spirit, Verg. A. 4, 654; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 6; cf. id. ib. 1:

non vanae redeat sanguis imagini,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 15:

(somnus) Vanum nocturnis fallit imaginibus,

Tib. 3, 4, 56; cf. Hor. C. 3, 27, 40; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Calig. 50:

te videt in somnis, tua sacra et major imago humana turbat pavidum,

Juv. 13, 221:

quid natum totiens falsis Ludis imaginibus?

phantoms, Verg. A. 1, 408:

ubique pavor et plurima mortis imago,

id. ib. 2, 369; cf.:

repetitaque mortis imago,

Ov. M. 10, 726:

lurida mortis imago,

Petr. 123, v. 257:

varia pereuntium forma et omni imagine mortium,

Tac. H. 3, 28:

caesorum insepultorumque,

id. A. 1, 62:

supremorum (i. e. funeris) imago,

id. H. 4, 45.— Poet.:

genitiva (with forma),

natural shape, figure, Ov. M. 3, 331; so,

rudis et sine imagine tellus (= informis),

shapeless, id. ib. 1, 87.—

In partic., an ancestral image of a distinguished Roman (of one who had been aedile, praetor, or consul; usually made of wax, and placed in the atrium of a Roman house, and carried in funeral processions.—

In plur.: obrepsisti ad honores errore hominum, commendatione fumosarum imaginum, quarum simile habes nihil praeter colorem, of smoky (i. e. old) ancestral images, Cic. Pis. 1, 1; cf. Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 1; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

si quid deliquero, nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

no ancestors of distinction, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100; cf.:

quia imagines non habeo et quia mihi nova nobilitas est,

Sall. J. 85, 25:

qui imagines familiae suae consecuti sunt,

Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 1:

homo veteris prosapiae ac multarum imaginum,

Sall. J. 85, 10:

majorum imagines,

id. ib. 5, 5; Suet. Vesp. 1:

multis in familia senatoriis imaginibus,

id. Aug. 4:

esto beata, funus atque imagines Ducant triumphales tuum,

Hor. Epod. 8, 11:

qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,

id. S. 1, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6 sqq.; Prop. 2, 13, 19; Suet. Vesp. 19.—

In sing. (rare):

jus imaginis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:

imaginis ornandae causa,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

vir honoratissimae imaginis futurus ad posteros,

Liv. 3, 58, 2:

clarum hac fore imagine Scaptium,

would become an aristocrat, id. 3, 72, 4, v. Weissenb. ad loc.:

Tunc Cotta ne imago Libonis exsequias posterorum comitaretur censuit,

Tac. A. 2, 32.

Transf., a reverberation of sound, an echo (mostly poet.):

(mellaria facere oportet) potissimum ubi non resonent imagines,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:

concava pulsu Saxa sonant, vocisque offensa resultat imago,

Verg. G. 4, 50; cf. Sil. 14, 365:

alternae deceptus imagine vocis: Huc coëamus ait... Coëamus retulit Echo,

Ov. M. 3, 385:

cujus recinit jocosa Nomen imago,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 4; so,

jocosa Vaticani montis,

id. ib. 1, 20, 8:

vaga,

Val. Fl. 3, 596.

Trop.

In gen., an image or likeness of a thing formed in the mind, a conception, thought, imagination, idea:

Scipionis memoriam atque imaginem sibi proponere,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

magnam partem noctium in imagine tua vigil exigo,

Plin. Ep. 7, 5, 1:

Verginium cogito, Verginium video, Verginium jam vanis imaginibus audio,

id. ib. 2, 1, 12: imagines, quae eidôla nominant, quorum incursione non solum videmus, sed etiam cogitamus, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 21; cf.:

imagines extrinsecus in animos nostros per corpus irrumpere,

id. Ac. 2, 40, 125: plena sunt imaginum omnia, nulla species cogitari potest nisi pulsu imaginum, etc.; id. Div. 2, 67, 137 sq.: unum aliquem te ex barbatis illis, exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis, columen rei publicae diceres intueri, an image of the olden time, id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

expressam imaginem vitae quotidianae videre,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

quidnam illi consules dictatoresve facturi essent, qui proconsularem imaginem tam saevam ac trucem fecerint, i. e. by cruelty in office,

Liv. 5, 2, 9:

naturae... urbis et populi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 39 fin.:

justitiae,

Quint. 2, 20, 6:

virtutis,

id. 10, 2, 15:

similitudines ad exprimendas rerum imagines compositae,

id. 8, 3, 72: illae rerum imagines, quas vocari phantasias indicavimus, id. 10, 7, 15:

conscripta formantur imagine templa,

plans, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:

scipione determinata prius templi imagine in solo,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:

tua, pater Druse, imago,

memory, Tac. A. 1, 13:

magna illic imago tristium laetorumque,

recollection, id. ib. 2, 53:

si te nulla movet tantae pietatis imago,

Verg. A. 6, 405.—

In partic.

In rhet., a figurative representation, similitude, comparison:

comparabile est, quod in rebus diversis similem aliquam rationem continet. Ejus partes sunt tres: imago, collatio, exemplum. Imago est oratio demonstrans corporum aut naturarum similitudinem, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:

imago est formae cum forma cum quadam similitudine collatio,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62; Sen. Ep. 59, 92; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Hor. S. 2, 3, 320; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.—

With the idea predominating of mere imitation, in opp. to what is original or real, a mere form, image, semblance, appearance, shadow:

consectatur nullam eminentem effigiem virtutis, sed adumbratam imaginem gloriae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

nos veri juris germanaeque justitiae solidam et expressam effigiem nullam tenemus: umbra et imaginibus utimur,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69; cf.:

non in umbra et imagine civitatis, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 30; and:

umbram equitis Romani et imaginem videtis,

id. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

haec ars tota dicendi, sive artis imago quaedam est et similitudo, habet hanc vim, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 356:

judiciorum,

only the appearance of courts, id. Sest. 13, 30; cf.:

imaginem rei publicae nullam reliquissent,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 88:

his quoque imaginibus juris spretis,

Liv. 41, 8, 10:

imaginem retinendi largiendive penes nos, vim penes Parthos,

Tac. A. 15, 14:

habitu et ore ad exprimendam imaginem honesti exercitus,

the pretence, id. ib. 16, 32; 6, 27; id. H. 1, 84; 3, 70:

qui faciem eloquentiae, non imaginem praestaret,

id. Or. 34:

nec imagine rerum, sed rebus incendit,

Quint. 10, 1, 16:

in falsa rerum imagine detineri,

id. 10, 5, 17; cf.:

nullo quippe alio vincis discrimine, quam quod illi (hermae) marmoreum caput est, tua vivit imago,

Juv. 8, 55.—

A representative: non in effigies mutas divinum (Augusti) spiritum transfusum;

sed imaginem veram, caelesti sanguine ortam, intellegere discrimen, etc.,

Tac. A. 4, 52.—

That which suggests or recalls something by resemblance, a reminder:

me consolatur recordatio meorum temporum, quorum imaginem video in rebus tuis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

a Corbulone petierat, ne quam imaginem servitii Tiridates perferret,

nothing to suggest slavery, Tac. A. 15, 31; cf.:

moriar, si praeter te quemquam reliquum habeo, in quo possim imaginem antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis adgnoscere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2.

mĕmĭni, isse, v. n. [Sanscr. man, think; upaman = Gr. hupomenein, await; Gr. men- in menô, Mentôr; man- in mainomai, mantis; mna- in mimnêskô, etc.; cf.: maneo, moneo, reminiscor, mens, Minerva, etc.], to remember, recollect, to think of, be mindful of a thing; not to have forgotten a person or thing, to bear in mind (syn.: reminiscor, recordor); constr. with gen., with acc. of the person and of the thing, with de, with a rel.-clause, with ut, with cum; with the acc. and inf. (usually the inf. pres., sometimes the inf. perf.; class.).

With gen.:

vivorum memini,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

constantiae tuae,

id. Fam. 13, 75, 1:

leti paterni,

to be mindful of, not forget to revenge, Val. Fl. 1, 773.—

With acc.:

suam quisque homo rem meminit,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 51:

praecepta facito ut memineris,

id. Mil. 4, 4, 1:

officium suum,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 71:

omnia meminit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 106:

Cinnam memini,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 17:

numeros,

Verg. E. 9, 45.—With ellips. of acc.:

neque adeo edepol flocci facio, quando egomet memini mihi (sc. nomen),

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 73.—

With de:

de pallā memento,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 84:

de Herode,

Cic. Att. 15, 27, 3; Juv. 11, 81.—

With a rel.-clause:

meministi, quanta hominum esset admiratio,

Cic. Lael. 1, 2.—

With ut:

meministin', olim ut fuerit vestra oratio?

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 47; Col. 11, 2, 55.—

With cum:

memini, cum mihi desipere videbare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 1.—

With acc. and inf.

With pres. inf. (so usually of the direct memory of an eyewitness): memini me fiere pavum, Enn. ap. Don. ad Ter. And. 2, 5, 18 (Ann. v. 15 Vahl.):

memini Catonem mecum disserere,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

memini Pamphylum mihi narrare,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 32:

memini te mihi Phameae cenam narrare,

id. Fam. 9, 16, 8; id. Deiot. 14, 38:

meministis fieri senatusconsultum referente me,

id. Mur. 25, 57:

mementote hos esse pertimescendos,

id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

memento mihi suppetias ferre,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 51.—So impers. memento with inf., remember to, i. e. be sure to, do not fail to:

memento ergo dimidium mihi istinc de praeda dare,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 66:

ei et hoc memento (sc. dicere),

id. Merc. 2, 2, 11:

dextram cohibere memento,

Juv. 5, 71.—

With inf. perf. (so usu. when the subject is not an eye-witness;

esp. with second and third persons of memini): peto, ut memineris. te omnia mihi cumulate recepisse,

Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:

meministis me ita distribuisse initio causam,

id. Rosc. Am. 42, 112:

memineram... divinum virum... senile corpus paludibus occultasse demersum,

id. Sest. 22, 50:

memini gloriari solitum esse Q. Hortensium, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 3: memento me, [p. 1130] son de meā, sed de oratoris facultate dixisse, id. de Or. 1, 17, 78.— Poet., of inanim. things:

meminit lēvor praestare salutem,

Lucr. 4, 153, Luc. 5, 109.—

Absol., memini et scio, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 14:

recte meministi,

your recollection is accurate, id. Ps. 4, 7, 57.—

Transf., to make mention of, to mention a thing, either in speaking or writing (rare but class.):

meministi ipse de exsulibus,

Cic. Phil. 2, 36, 91:

neque omnino hujus rei meminit us quam poëta ipse,

Quint. 11, 2, 16: Achillam, cujus supra meminimus. Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 1:

sed tu, qui hujus judicii meministi, cur oblitus es illius,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 13; Col. 1, 1, 13: meminerunt hujus conjurationis Janusius Geminus in historia. M. Bibulus in edictis. Suet. Caes. 9; id. Gram. 11.—Hence. mĕmĭnens, entis, P. a., mindful (ante- and post-class.): meminens corde volutat, Liv Andr ap Prisc. p. 922 P.:

aevi, quod periit. meminens,

Aus. Prof. 2, 4:

meminens naturae et professionis oblitus,

Sid. Ep. 4, 12.

mens, mentis ( nom. sing. mentis: terra corpus est, at mentis ignis est, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 764 P.; so too, istic est de sole sumptus; isque totus mentis est, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll.; cf. Enn. p. 168, v. 6 and 7 Vahl.), f. [from the root men, whence memini, q. v., and comminiscor], the mind, disposition; the heart, soul (class.).

In gen.: fusi sine mente ac sine sensu ullo jaceant, Enn. ap. Non. 312, 26 (Ann. v. 134 Vahl.):

nubilam mentem Animi habeo,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 6:

mens animi,

Cat. 65, 4:

mens animi vigilat,

Lucr. 4, 758:

mala mens, malus animus,

bad disposition, bad heart, Ter. And. 1, 1, 137:

hominum erga se mentes,

feelings, sentiments, Suet. Calig. 60:

mens mollis ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

humanae mentis vitium... saeva cupido,

Juv. 14, 175.—

In partic.

The conscience:

cum vero jurato sententia dicenda est, meminerit, deum se adhibere testem, id est ut ego arbitror, mentem suam,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44:

auditor, cui frigida mens est crimi nibus,

Juv. 1, 166:

quos diri conscia fact, Mens habet attonitos et surdo verbere caedit,

id. 13, 194.—

The intellectual faculties, the mind, understanding, intellect, reason, judgment, discernment, consideration, reflection, etc.: mens, cui regnum totius animi ( soul) a naturā tributum est, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

animus ita est constitutus, ut habeat praestantiam mentis,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 34:

deorum mente atque ratione omnem mundum administrari et regi,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

mente complecti aliquid,

to comprehend, understand, id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

sanum mentis esse,

to be of sound mind, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 53:

mens sana in corpore sano, Juv 10, 356: mentis suae esse,

to be in one's right mind, in one's senses, Cic. Pis. 21, 50; so,

mentis compotem esse,

id. ib. 20, 48: captus mente, out of his senses, beside himself, mad (cf. menceps), id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Paul. Sent. 3, 4, a, 11:

mentem amittere,

to lose one's mind, Cic. Har. Resp. 15. 31:

mentis inops,

Ov. H. 15, 139:

huic ex tempore dicenti effluit mens,

his recollection vanished, Cic. Brut. 61, 218:

quis est tam vecors, qui ea, quae tanta mente fiunt, casu putet posse fieri?

id. Har. Resp. 9, 19:

vobis dent mentem oportet (di), ut prohibeatis, sicut mihi dederunt, ut, etc.,

Liv. 6, 18:

quid tibi istuc in mentem venit?

what comes into your mind? what are you thinking of? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 34:

modo hercle in mentem venit,

id. As. 3, 2, 42:

venit hoc mihi in mentem, te, etc.,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 49:

venit in mentem, ut, etc.,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 2.—With inf., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 31.—With nom.:

miserae ubi venit in mentem mortis metus,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 23:

servi venere in mentem calliditates,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 13:

quotiescumque patria in mentem veniret,

Liv. 5, 54, 3; 8, 5, 10; Quint. 12, 9, 13; cf.:

numquam ea res tibi tam belle in mentem venire potuisset,

Cic. Att. 12, 37, 2; id. Har. Resp. 26, 55.—With gen. (so mostly in Cic.):

non minus saepe ei venit in mentem potestatis, quam aequitatis tuae,

he bethought himself of, Cic. Quint. 2, 6:

tibi tuarum virtutum veniat in mentem,

id. de Or 2, 61, 249:

venit mihi Platonis in mentem,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 2:

solet mihi in mentem venire illius temporis,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 1.—

Mind, thought, plan, purpose, intention, design. quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem, Verg. A. 1, 676: ut nemini dubium esse debeat, quin reliquo tempore eādem mente sim futurus, [p. 1133] Nep. Hann. 2, 5:

Dolabella classem eā mente comparavit, ut,

Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1:

mentes deorum scrutari in fibris,

Ov. M. 15, 136:

ferro percussit, sed non occidendi mente, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3: poenae modus ex mente facientis statui potest,

ib. 13, 3, 2:

in mente est mihi dormire,

I have a mind to, Petr. 21.—

Spirit, boldness, courage: addere mentem, to give courage to, Hor Ep. 2, 2, 36:

demittunt mentes,

lose courage, Verg. A. 12, 609 (cf. animus).—

Personified: Mens, the goddess of thought, whose festival was held on the eighth of June, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

Menti aedem T. Octacilius praetor vovit,

Liv. 22, 10; cf. Ov. F. 6, 241.

mens, mentis ( nom. sing. mentis: terra corpus est, at mentis ignis est, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 764 P.; so too, istic est de sole sumptus; isque totus mentis est, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll.; cf. Enn. p. 168, v. 6 and 7 Vahl.), f. [from the root men, whence memini, q. v., and comminiscor], the mind, disposition; the heart, soul (class.).

In gen.: fusi sine mente ac sine sensu ullo jaceant, Enn. ap. Non. 312, 26 (Ann. v. 134 Vahl.):

nubilam mentem Animi habeo,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 6:

mens animi,

Cat. 65, 4:

mens animi vigilat,

Lucr. 4, 758:

mala mens, malus animus,

bad disposition, bad heart, Ter. And. 1, 1, 137:

hominum erga se mentes,

feelings, sentiments, Suet. Calig. 60:

mens mollis ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

humanae mentis vitium... saeva cupido,

Juv. 14, 175.—

In partic.

The conscience:

cum vero jurato sententia dicenda est, meminerit, deum se adhibere testem, id est ut ego arbitror, mentem suam,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44:

auditor, cui frigida mens est crimi nibus,

Juv. 1, 166:

quos diri conscia fact, Mens habet attonitos et surdo verbere caedit,

id. 13, 194.—

The intellectual faculties, the mind, understanding, intellect, reason, judgment, discernment, consideration, reflection, etc.: mens, cui regnum totius animi ( soul) a naturā tributum est, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

animus ita est constitutus, ut habeat praestantiam mentis,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 34:

deorum mente atque ratione omnem mundum administrari et regi,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

mente complecti aliquid,

to comprehend, understand, id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

sanum mentis esse,

to be of sound mind, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 53:

mens sana in corpore sano, Juv 10, 356: mentis suae esse,

to be in one's right mind, in one's senses, Cic. Pis. 21, 50; so,

mentis compotem esse,

id. ib. 20, 48: captus mente, out of his senses, beside himself, mad (cf. menceps), id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Paul. Sent. 3, 4, a, 11:

mentem amittere,

to lose one's mind, Cic. Har. Resp. 15. 31:

mentis inops,

Ov. H. 15, 139:

huic ex tempore dicenti effluit mens,

his recollection vanished, Cic. Brut. 61, 218:

quis est tam vecors, qui ea, quae tanta mente fiunt, casu putet posse fieri?

id. Har. Resp. 9, 19:

vobis dent mentem oportet (di), ut prohibeatis, sicut mihi dederunt, ut, etc.,

Liv. 6, 18:

quid tibi istuc in mentem venit?

what comes into your mind? what are you thinking of? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 34:

modo hercle in mentem venit,

id. As. 3, 2, 42:

venit hoc mihi in mentem, te, etc.,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 49:

venit in mentem, ut, etc.,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 2.—With inf., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 31.—With nom.:

miserae ubi venit in mentem mortis metus,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 23:

servi venere in mentem calliditates,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 13:

quotiescumque patria in mentem veniret,

Liv. 5, 54, 3; 8, 5, 10; Quint. 12, 9, 13; cf.:

numquam ea res tibi tam belle in mentem venire potuisset,

Cic. Att. 12, 37, 2; id. Har. Resp. 26, 55.—With gen. (so mostly in Cic.):

non minus saepe ei venit in mentem potestatis, quam aequitatis tuae,

he bethought himself of, Cic. Quint. 2, 6:

tibi tuarum virtutum veniat in mentem,

id. de Or 2, 61, 249:

venit mihi Platonis in mentem,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 2:

solet mihi in mentem venire illius temporis,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 1.—

Mind, thought, plan, purpose, intention, design. quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem, Verg. A. 1, 676: ut nemini dubium esse debeat, quin reliquo tempore eādem mente sim futurus, [p. 1133] Nep. Hann. 2, 5:

Dolabella classem eā mente comparavit, ut,

Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1:

mentes deorum scrutari in fibris,

Ov. M. 15, 136:

ferro percussit, sed non occidendi mente, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3: poenae modus ex mente facientis statui potest,

ib. 13, 3, 2:

in mente est mihi dormire,

I have a mind to, Petr. 21.—

Spirit, boldness, courage: addere mentem, to give courage to, Hor Ep. 2, 2, 36:

demittunt mentes,

lose courage, Verg. A. 12, 609 (cf. animus).—

Personified: Mens, the goddess of thought, whose festival was held on the eighth of June, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

Menti aedem T. Octacilius praetor vovit,

Liv. 22, 10; cf. Ov. F. 6, 241.

mŏnĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2 ( inf. pres. pass. monerier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 36; perf. subj. moneris pro monueris, Pac. ap. Non. 507, 24 sq.; cf. Trag. Rel. p. 66 Rib.; likewise: di monerint meliora, Pac. ap. Non. l. l. p. 74 Rib.), v. a. [causative from the root men; whence memini, q. v., mens, mentio; lit. to cause to think].

Lit., to remind, put in mind of, bring to one's recollection; to admonish, advise, warn, instruct, teach (syn.: hortor, suadeo, doceo): bene mones; tute ipse cunctas, Enn. ap. Non. 469, 25 (Com. v. 3 Vahl.):

ea (auctoritas) adhibeatur ad monendum non modo aperte, sed etiam acriter,

Cic. Lael. 13, 44:

melius nos Zenonis praecepta monent,

Juv. 15, 107.—

Aliquem de re:

oro, ut Terentiam moneatis de testamento,

Cic. Att. 11, 16, 5; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6.—

Aliquem aliquid:

Fabius ea me ex tuis mandatis monuit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1:

id ipsum, quod me mones,

id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

sed eos hoc moneo, desinant furere,

id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

vos quo pauca monerem advocavi,

Sall. C. 58, 3; id. H. 2, 96, 8.— Hence also in pass., moneri aliquid:

ut moneatur semper servos homo officium suam,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 1:

nec ea, quae ab eā (naturā) monemur, audimus,

Cic. Lael. 24, 88; cf. infra. x.—

Aliquem alicujus rei (post-Aug., and only in Tac.; cf.:

admoneo, commonefacio): Caecina milites temporis ac necessitatis monet,

Tac. A. 1, 67 Nipperd. ad loc.:

Plancinam Augusta monuit Agrippinam insectandi,

id. ib. 2, 43.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj.:

monere te atque hortari, ut in rem publicam incumberes,

Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 2:

monet ut suspiciones vitet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20: moneo, praedico, ante denuntio, abstineant, manus Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36:

moneo obtestorque ut, etc.,

Sall. J. 10, 3; 49, 2; id. H. 4, 61, 23:

vos, ne amittatis, etc.,

id. J. 31, 25:

Macedonas monebat, ne multitudine hostium... moverentur,

Just. 11, 13:

quamquam edicto monuisset ne quis quietem ejus interrumperet,

Tac. A. 4, 67 init. —

With an object- or rel.-clause:

(Caesar) monuit ejus diei victoriam in earum cohortium virtute constare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 89, 4:

moneret rationem frumenti esse habendam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34:

Cerealis propinquos monebat fortunam belli mutare, etc.,

Tac. H. 5, 24:

Arminius colligi suos et propinquare silvis monitos vertit,

id. A. 1, 63:

ultro struebantur qui monerent perfugere ad Germaniae exercitus,

id. ib. 4, 67 fin.:

Radamistum obpugnationem celerare,

id. ib. 12, 46; 13, 37; 16, 11; id. H. 4, 33:

si te unum illud monuerimus, artem sine assiduitate dicendi non multum juvare,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1:

moneo, quid facto opus sit,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65:

res monet cavere, consultare,

Sall. C. 52, 3:

alio properare tempus monet,

id. J. 19, 2.— Pass.:

cum Nicanorem insidiari Piraeo a Dercillo moneretur,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 4.—

Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

res ipsa monebat tempus esse,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 1:

(sol) caecos instare tumultus Saepe monet,

Verg. G. 1, 464:

immortalia ne speres, monet annus,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 7:

natura monet festinare,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 227:

ut monet ira,

Sall. H. 2, 41, 8:

ratio ipsa monet amicitias comparare,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 66.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Without the accessory notion of reminding or admonishing, in gen., to teach, instruct, tell, inform, point out; also, to announce, predict, foretell:

tu vatem, tu diva, mone,

instruct thy bard, Verg. A. 7, 42:

velut divinitus mente monitā,

Liv. 26, 19:

hoc moneas precor,

Ov. F. 4, 247:

amici somnio monitus,

Suet. Aug. 91:

reddebant parvuli, quae monebantur,

what they were taught, Plin. Pan. 26:

vates Helenus cum multa horrenda moneret,

announced, foretold, Verg. A. 3, 712; cf.:

ante sinistra cavā monuisset ab ilice cornix, etc.,

id. E. 9, 15:

quid augurales alites vel cantus monerent,

Amm. 28, 1:

recte monemur, causas non utique ab ultimo esse repetendas,

Quint. 5, 10, 83.—

To punish, chastise (only in Tacitus):

puerili verbere moneri,

Tac. A. 5, 9.

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

tetinerit,

Att. ib. 178, 12:

tetinisse,

Pac. ib. 178, 11; fut. perf. tetinero, acc. to Fest. p. 252 Müll. Another collat. form of the perf. tenivi, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; Diom. pp. 363 and 369 ib.), v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan-; Gr. tanumai, teinô; Sanscr. tanomi, to stretch, spread; this root appears in many derived meanings; cf. Lat.: tendo, tenuis, tener, tenor, tenus].

Act., to hold, keep, have in the hand, in the mouth, etc.

Lit.

In gen.: Eu. Porrige bracchium, prehende: jam tenes? Cha. Teneo. Eu. Tene, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 42; cf.

argentum,

id. Pers. 3, 3, 9:

cum pyxidem teneret in manu,

Cic. Cael. 26, 63;

for which: aliquid manu,

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

aliquid dextrā,

Ov. F. 1, 99:

digitis,

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

lacertis,

id. ib. 2, 100 al.:

radicem ore,

Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141:

cibum ore,

Phaedr. 1, 4, 6;

for which: decoctum diu in ore,

Plin. 25, 13, 105, § 166:

aliquem in sinu,

Ov. H. 3, 114;

for which: aliquem sinu,

id. ib. 13, 157:

flabellulum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

facem,

Verg. A. 6, 224:

telum,

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

philosophi, quātenus ratione et intellegentiā,

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

cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur,

id. Clu. 7, 20. —

In partic.

With the accessory idea of possession, to hold, i. e. to be master of, have in one ' s power, possess, etc. (syn.:

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

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

quae tenuit dives Achaemenes,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 21:

Evander qui multis ante tempestatibus tenuerat loca,

Liv. 1, 5:

provinciam a praedonibus liberam,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 32:

colles praesidiis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 43:

Formiarum moenia et Lirim,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 8:

tenente Caesare terras,

id. ib. 3, 14, 15:

rem publicam,

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

summam imperii,

Caes. B. G. 3, 22:

equitum centurias,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3:

alterum cornu,

to command, Nep. Pelop. 4, 3:

provincias aliaque omnia,

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

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

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

teneone te, Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?

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

et comitem Aenean juxta natumque tenebat Ingrediens,

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

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

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

qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 2, 18, 1. —

With the accessory idea of firmness, persistence, to hold fast, occupy; to watch, guard, defend; to maintain, retain a thing:

legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

montes teneri,

id. B. G. 3, 2:

haec noctu firmis praesidiis tenebantur,

id. ib. 7, 69:

Capitolia celsa tenebat,

Verg. A. 8, 653:

quo teneam Protea nodo?

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90:

te neque intra Claustra tenebo,

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

in manicis et Compedibus saevo te sub custode tenebo,

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

at illam Lenta tenet radix exsultantemque coërcet,

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

Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

agri qui diu aquam tenent,

Pall. Apr. 2, 4:

classem ibi tenebat,

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

vento intermisso cursum non tenuit,

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

cursum,

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

quo iter,

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

(lunam) fingunt cursus viam sub sole tenere,

Lucr. 5, 714:

tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar,

Liv. 29, 32, 6.—

With the accessory idea of reaching the object aimed at, to reach, attain a place:

montes effuso cursu Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere,

Liv. 1, 37, 4:

regionem,

id. 30, 25, 11:

Tenum,

id. 36, 21, 1:

terram,

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

26, 29, 4: Hesperiam,

Ov. F. 1, 498:

portus,

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

cum quibus (navibus) Cythnum insulam tenuit,

id. H. 2, 9.—

With the accessory idea of movement impeded, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay, etc.:

naves, quae vento tenebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

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

Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1:

si id te non tenet, advola,

id. Fam. 16, 19:

septimum jam diem Corcyrae tenebamur,

id. ib. 16, 7 init.:

Marcellum ab gerundis rebus valetudo adversa Nolae tenuit,

Liv. 24, 20, 7:

non tenebo te pluribus,

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

ne diutius teneam,

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

ventrem,

id. 4, 19 med.:

tene linguam,

Ov. F. 2, 602:

pecus omne tenendum,

Verg. G. 2, 371:

vix a te videor posse tenere manus,

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

manus,

id. M. 13, 203; cf.:

manum stomachumque teneto,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 44:

saeva tene cum Berecyntio Cornu tympana,

id. C. 1, 18, 13:

et Phoebi tenuere viam,

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

quo me decet usque teneri?

Verg. A. 5, 384:

lacrimas,

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

lacrimas in morte miserā non tenebamus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

dictator exercitum in stativis tenebat,

Liv. 6, 14, 1. —

Esp.: se tenere, to keep back, remain, stay:

Sabinus castris sese tenebat,

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

nullā clade acceptā castris se pavidus tenebat,

id. 3, 26, 3:

Hasdrubal procul ab hoste intervallo tenebat se,

id. 23, 26, 2:

se domi a conventu remotum tenere,

Nep. Dion, 9, 1:

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

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

nec se tenuit, quin, etc.,

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

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

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

se intra silentium tenuit,

Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8:

multum me intra silentium tenui,

id. ib. 7, 6, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to hold, contain in the mind, to conceive, comprehend, know (syn.:

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

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

tenes, quid dicam?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22:

teneo,

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

teneo quid erret,

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

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

Cic. Div. 1, 15, 25:

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

id. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

alicujus reconditos sensus,

id. Sest. 10, 22:

quo pacto cuncta tenerem,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 8:

et teneo melius ista,

Mart. 4, 37, 7.—With inf.:

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

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 10; Lucr. 3, 647.—

In partic.

To have possession of, have the mastery of, to control any thing:

cum rem publicam opes paucorum non virtutes tenere coeperunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51.—

To hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist (syn. servo):

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

Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27:

ordinem,

id. ib. 5, 13, 35:

portum,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

statum,

id. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

non tenebat ornatum suum civitas,

id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

si jus suum populi teneant,

id. ib. 1, 32, 48:

nec diutius umquam tenetur idem rei publicae modus,

id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

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

id. Lael. 18, 65:

morem,

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

foedus,

Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

tenebat non modo auctoritatem, sed etiam imperium in suos,

id. Sen. 11, 37:

silentium,

Liv. 1, 28, 8.—

To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist:

illud arcte tenent accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum,

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

illud, quod multos annos tenuisset,

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

quod idem Peripatetici non tenent,

id. Fin. 3, 13, 44:

propositum tenere,

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

suas leges,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 13:

causam apud centumviros,

id. Caecin. 24, 67:

quo causae teste tenentur,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 43:

locum quendam cum aliquo,

Cic. Brut. 21, 81.— With ne:

plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur,

Liv. 4, 30, 16:

ne quid ferretur ad populum, patres tenuere,

id. 3, 29, 8; 24, 19, 7. — With ut:

tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur,

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

scripseram tenuisse Varenum ut sibi evocare testes liceret,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1.—

Of memory:

alicujus memoriam cum summā benevolentiā tenere,

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

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

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

memoriā teneo, C. Sulpicium Gallum, etc.,

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

satin' haec meministi et tenes?

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

numeros memini, si verba tenerem,

Verg. E. 9, 45:

dicta tenere,

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

quem (Cyrum) omnia militum tenuisse creditum est nomina,

Quint. 11, 2, 50; 11, 2, 45.—

To reach an object striven after, to gain, acquire, obtain, attain (syn. assequor):

per cursum rectum regnum tenere,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

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

Liv. 4, 3, 12:

teneri res aliter non potest,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

multa tenuisse,

Liv. 42, 11, 8:

causam,

Ov. M. 13, 190.—

To hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter, etc. (syn.:

refreno, retineo): iracundiam teneat, avaritiam coërceat,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

dolorem,

id. Att. 12, 38, 2:

cupiditates,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:

somnum,

id. Brut. 80, 278:

risum,

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

iram,

Curt. 4, 2, 5:

ea, quae occurrant, tenere,

to hold back, keep to themselves, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.—

Of laws, etc., to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control, etc.:

quamquam leges eum non tenent,

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

interdicto non teneri,

id. Caecin. 14, 41:

voto quodam et promisso teneri,

id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent,

Liv. 8, 12, 14; cf.:

olim patricii dicebant se plebi scitis non teneri,

Gai. Inst. 1, 3:

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

Liv. 3, 55, 3:

teneri alienis foederibus,

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

testibus in re perspicuā teneri,

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

caedis teneri,

Quint. 5, 14, 11:

teneri repetundarum,

Tac. A. 11, 7 fin.:

furti,

Dig. 6, 1, 4:

injuriarum,

ib. 47, 10, 11:

mandati,

ib. 17, 1, 10.— Transf.:

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

Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31 Mos. and Orell. N. cr. —

Of dispositions, desires, etc., to possess, occupy, control:

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

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

summum me eorum (librorum) studium tenet,

id. Att. 1, 11, 3:

magna me spes tenet,

id. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit,

id. Att. 7, 2, 6:

si consilio pulso libidines iracundiaeve tenerent omnia,

id. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciosa libido tenet,

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

teneri desiderio,

id. Sen. 10, 33:

studio philosophiae,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:

magno amore,

Verg. A. 1, 675:

pompā, ludis atque ejusmodi spectaculis teneri,

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

ut oculi picturā teneantur, aures cantibus,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

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

id. Or. 62, 210.—With ne, Ov. M. 7, 146. —

To take in, comprise, comprehend, include:

haec magnos formula reges, Excepto sapiente, tenet,

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

ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate,

id. Off. 1, 45, 160:

quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur,

id. Fam. 13, 29, 1:

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

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227.

Neutr. (freq. after the Aug. per.; perh. not in Cic.).

Lit.

To hold a position anywhere, maintain one ' s self:

quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat,

Liv. 32, 5, 12:

duo extra ordinem milia tenuere,

id. 3, 62, 7:

tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis,

Verg. A. 2, 505.—

For cursum tenere, to hold or take one ' s way, to sail, steer in any direction:

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

Liv. 1, 1, 4:

Cassandream petentes, primo ad Mendin tenuere,

Liv. 31, 45, 14:

ad Mendaeum,

id. 21, 49, 2:

Diam,

Ov. M. 3, 690:

Creten,

id. ib. 13, 706:

Hesperiam,

id. F. 1, 498:

Ausoniam,

id. ib. 4, 290 al.:

medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene,

Ov. M. 2, 140.—

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

imber per noctem totam tenuit,

Liv. 23, 44, 6; cf.:

incendium per duas noctes ac diem unum tenuit,

id. 24, 47, 15:

per aliquot dies ea consultatio tenuit,

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

tenet fama, lupam, etc.,

id. 1, 4, 6:

quod nunc quoque tenet nomen,

id. 1, 17, 6:

fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio,

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

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

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

consuetudo, ut, etc.,

id. 8, 5, 2:

nomen illud tenet,

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