reflected

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con-sīdĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [acc. to Corss. Nachtr. p. 43, from sidus, prop. to observe the stars; and so Paul. ex Fest. p. 42, 4, and 75, 8 Müll.; cf. desidero], to look at closely, attentively, carefully, to inspect, examine (class. in prose and poetry, esp. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

contemplari unum quidque otiose et considerare coepit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

candelabrum etiam atque etiam,

id. ib. 2, 4, 28, §

65: argentum (with contemplari),

id. ib. 2, 4, 15, §

33: opus (pictorum),

id. Off. 1, 41, 147:

aliquem,

Sall. C. 58, 18:

pallium diligentius,

Petr. 12, 3; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63:

feminas diligenter ac lente mercantium more,

Suet. Calig. 36:

formam, quā ludum gladiatorium erat aedificaturus,

id. Caes. 31:

lucentia sidera,

Gell. 2, 21, 2:

spatium,

Ov. M. 3, 95 al. —

With acc. and inf. as object, to observe, perceive (very rare):

cum folia decidere considerassent (corresp. with videre and animadvertere),

Col. 11, 2, 67.—

With a rel.-clause:

num tamen exciderit ferrum considerat, hastae,

Ov. M. 12, 105.—

Trop., to consider maturely, to reflect, contemplate, meditate; constr. with the acc., with de, a rel.-clause, ut, or absol.

With acc.:

mecum in animo vitam tuam,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 5; so,

eos casus mecum ipse,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

reliquum est, quod ipsae optime considerabitis, vestri similes feminae sintne Romae,

id. Fam. 14, 14, 1:

res atque pericula nostra,

Sall. C. 52, 2:

simul ipse qui suadet considerandus est,

Tac. H. 2, 76.— With ex:

Rosciorum factum ex ipsius Chrysogoni judicio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 108. —With aliquid ex aliquā re:

aliquid ex se et ex suā naturā,

Cic. Inv. 1, 10, 14; 2, 58, 176.—

With de:

cum de me ipso ac de meis te considerare velim,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3:

his de rebus velim cum Pomponio consideretis,

id. ib. 14, 14, 2:

de quā (intercessione) isti ipsi considerabunt,

id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

de totā re,

id. Att. 12, 24, 1.— Impers.:

quale sit id, de quo consideretur,

inquiry is made, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 18.—

With rel.-clause:

considerate cum vestris animis vosmet ipsi, ecquem putetis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 29:

sed velim consideres, quid faciendum putes,

id. Att. 7, 13, 3; id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 174; Liv. 45, 12, 5:

consideres quid agas, quo progrediare, quem hominem et quā ratione defendas,

Cic. Verr 2, 5, 68, § 174; Sall. C. 20, 6; 44, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 15; 3, 8, 51 al.: finitimos hostes an amicos velis esse considera, Curt. 7, 8, 30.—So impers.:

in quā (parte) quid juris sit consideratur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 11, 14.—

With ut or ne, to take care, to be considerate (rare):

considerandum erit, ut solum pingue sit,

Col. 2, 2, 17; so,

ut lunā crescente id fiat,

id. 8, 5, 9.— Impers.:

considerandum est, ne aut temere desperet, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73.—

Absol.:

ille se considerare velle (ait),

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1.—Hence,

con-sīdĕranter, adv. (of the P. a. considerans. which is not used), = considerate, in a deliberate, considerate manner (post-Aug. and rare):

agere,

Val. Max. 8, 1, Ambust. 2:

cuneum deponere,

Pall. Febr. 17, 2.— Comp. considerantius, acc. to Fronto, p. 2194 P., but without voucher.— Sup. not in use.—

consīdĕrātus, a, um, P. a., in acc. with 11., maturely reflected upon, considerate, circumspect, cautious, etc. (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.; not in Quint.).

Of things:

verbum consideratissimum, arbitror,

Cic. Font. 9, 19 (v. arbitror, II.):

considerata atque provisa via vivendi,

id. Par. 5, 1, 34; cf.:

considerata (et diligens) excogitatio faciendi aliquid aut non faciendi,

id. Inv. 2, 5, 18:

nihil,

id. Har. Resp. 2, 3:

factum,

id. Sull. 26, 72:

ratio,

id. Inv. 2, 54, 164:

tarditas,

id. Brut. 42, 154: facilitas parum considerata, Cod. Th. 8, 5, 19.— Comp.:

consilium,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 2.—

Transf., as in Engl., to the person:

homo,

Cic. Caecin. 1, 1; id. Quint. 3, 11:

consideratus ac sapiens,

Plin. Pan. 44, 5:

tardum pro considerato vocent,

Liv. 22, 39, 20.— Comp.: consideratior factus Caesar (with tardior), Auct. B. Afr. 73; cf.:

unā in re paulo minus consideratus,

Cic. Quint. 3, 11.— Adv.: consīdĕrātē, considerately:

fieri,

Cic. Quint. 16, 51; id. Off. 1, 38, 136:

agere,

id. ib. 1, 27, 94 al.— Comp., Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 9; Liv. 4, 45, 8; Suet. Caes. 77.— Sup., Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2.

ē-līdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [laedo].

To knock, strike, or dash out, to tear out, to force out, squeeze out.

Lit.:

aurigam e curru,

Cic. Rep. 2, 41:

oculos,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 45; Verg. A. 8, 261:

ignem velut e silice,

Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; cf.:

flammas ex sese,

id. 18, 35, 84, § 358:

ignes nubibus,

Ov. M. 6, 696:

aërem lituis,

Luc. 7, 476:

partum,

i. e. to produce abortion, Cels. 1, 7; Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25:

litteras,

to strike out by syncope, to elide, Gell. 5, 12, 5:

vina praelis,

i. e. to press out, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73; cf.

herbam,

Ov. F. 4, 371:

corpora equorum eodem elisa, i. e. ad litus ejecta,

Tac. A. 2, 24.—

Trop.: animam alicui, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 32:

(imago) recta retrorsum Sic eliditur, ut, etc.,

is thrown back, reflected, Lucr. 4, 296:

colores repercussu parietum,

Plin. 37, 9, 52, § 137:

sibilum,

to force out, Cels. 4, 4, 2; cf.

sonum,

Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 269; 14, 22, 28, § 146:

vocem,

Quint. 11, 3, 51:

morbum,

to drive out, expel, Cels. 4, 4, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 6: magnas sententias, to send forth, utter (the fig. being that of a cloud discharging itself), Quint. 2, 11, 7 Spald.—

To break or dash to pieces, to shatter, to crush to death.

Lit.:

talos alicui,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 12:

tuum caput,

id. Poen. 2, 46; Liv. 21, 45:

fauces,

to strangle, Ov. M. 12, 142: naves, * Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 2:

aliquem stipite,

Curt. 9, 7 fin.:

draconem pondere,

Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32:

geminos angues (Hercules),

i. e. to strangle, Verg. A. 8, 289; cf.

infantes,

Flor. 3, 3, 17 al. —

Trop., to break down, destroy:

(poetae) nervos omnes virtutis elidunt,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:

aegritudine elidi,

id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

prius pactum per posterius,

i. e. to abrogate, Dig. 2, 14, 27.

năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.

Lit.:

qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:

natant pisces aequore,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr. 1, 4, 2:

natat uncta carina,

floats, Verg. A. 4, 398:

crura natantia,

palmated feet, Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.:

apta natando crura,

id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about:

naufragus natans,

Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf.

trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115:

cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,

id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24):

Ithacum lugere natantem,

Juv. 10, 257.—

Poet., with acc.:

nocte natat caecā serus freta,

swims across, Verg. G. 3, 260:

aquas,

to swim in, Mart. 14, 196, 2:

Tiberinum,

to swim across, Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.:

quot piscibus unda natatur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25. —

Transf.

To swim or spread about ( poet.):

quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,

Ov. F. 4, 291:

natantibus radicibus,

Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52):

ingens medio natat umbra profundo,

Stat. Th. 2, 42:

niveo natat ignis in ore,

id. Achill. 1, 161.—

To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).

With abl.:

natabant pavimenta vino,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

plenis Rura natant fossis,

are inundated, Verg. G. 1, 372:

sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,

id. A. 3, 625:

fletibus ora natant,

Stat. Th. 2, 337:

carmina in ipse ore natant,

id. S. 2, 1, 18.—

Absol.:

exspectant imbres, quorum modo cuncta natabant Impulsu,

Luc. 4, 330:

plana natant,

Sil. 4, 751.—

Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing ( poet.):

vinis oculique animique natabant,

Ov. F. 6, 673:

moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,

id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.:

ante oculos natant tenebrae,

Ov. M. 12, 136:

oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,

Quint. 4, 3, 76.—

To move to and fro, not stand still:

nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,

Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.—

Of birds, to fly:

ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,

Luc. 5, 554.—

Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri):

in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,

Sen. Ep. 35, 4:

pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes:

genus omne natantum,

Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.

năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.

Lit.:

qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:

natant pisces aequore,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr. 1, 4, 2:

natat uncta carina,

floats, Verg. A. 4, 398:

crura natantia,

palmated feet, Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.:

apta natando crura,

id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about:

naufragus natans,

Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf.

trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115:

cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,

id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24):

Ithacum lugere natantem,

Juv. 10, 257.—

Poet., with acc.:

nocte natat caecā serus freta,

swims across, Verg. G. 3, 260:

aquas,

to swim in, Mart. 14, 196, 2:

Tiberinum,

to swim across, Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.:

quot piscibus unda natatur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25. —

Transf.

To swim or spread about ( poet.):

quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,

Ov. F. 4, 291:

natantibus radicibus,

Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52):

ingens medio natat umbra profundo,

Stat. Th. 2, 42:

niveo natat ignis in ore,

id. Achill. 1, 161.—

To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).

With abl.:

natabant pavimenta vino,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

plenis Rura natant fossis,

are inundated, Verg. G. 1, 372:

sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,

id. A. 3, 625:

fletibus ora natant,

Stat. Th. 2, 337:

carmina in ipse ore natant,

id. S. 2, 1, 18.—

Absol.:

exspectant imbres, quorum modo cuncta natabant Impulsu,

Luc. 4, 330:

plana natant,

Sil. 4, 751.—

Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing ( poet.):

vinis oculique animique natabant,

Ov. F. 6, 673:

moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,

id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.:

ante oculos natant tenebrae,

Ov. M. 12, 136:

oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,

Quint. 4, 3, 76.—

To move to and fro, not stand still:

nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,

Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.—

Of birds, to fly:

ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,

Luc. 5, 554.—

Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri):

in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,

Sen. Ep. 35, 4:

pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes:

genus omne natantum,

Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.

red-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (old fut. reddibo = reddam, Plaut. Cas. 1, 41; id. Men. 5, 7, 49, acc. to Non. 476, 27; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 508, 9; pass. reddibitur, id. Ep. 1, 1, 22), v. a.

Lit., to give back, return, restore (freq. and class.;

syn. restituo): reddere est quod debeas ei cujus est volenti dare,

Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 2:

ut mihi pallam reddat, quam dudum dedi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 109; 4, 3, 5; cf.:

potes nunc mutuam drachmam dare mihi unam, quam cras reddam tibi?

id. Ps. 1, 1, 84;

so corresp. to dare,

id. ib. 1, 1, 89; id. Stich. 4, 1, 42:

quid si reddatur illi, unde empta est,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 83; id. Men. 3, 3, 21 sq.; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 24 sq. et saep.; cf.

the foll.: ea, quae utenda acceperis, majore mensurā, si modo possis, jubet reddere Hesiodus,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48;

so corresp. to accipere,

id. Lael. 8, 26; 16, 58; id. Rep. 2, 5, 10; Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 13:

accipe quod nunquam reddas mihi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 66; Verg. G. 4, 172; id. A. 8, 450 et saep.:

si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto,

I give it back and renounce it, Cic. Sull. 30, 84: Th. Redde argentum aut virginem. Ph. Quod argentum, quam tu virginem, me reposcis? Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 14:

ut (virginem) suis Restituam ac reddam,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67;

so with restituere,

Liv. 3, 68 al.; cf.:

reddere alias tegulas, i. e. restituere,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 29: obsides, Naev. ap. Non. 474, 19; so Caes. B. G. 1, 35; 1, 36; 6, 12:

captivos,

id. ib. 7, 90; Liv. 26, 50:

ho mines,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7 al.:

corpora (mor tuorum),

Verg. A. 11, 103; cf. id. ib. 2, 543:

equos,

Cic. Rep. 4, 2, 2; Suet. Aug. 38:

suum cuique,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

hereditatem mulieri,

id. Fin. 2, 18, 58:

sive paribus paria redduntur,

i. e. are set against, opposed to, id. Or. 49, 164:

nosmet ipsos nobis reddidistis,

id. Red. in Sen. 1, 1:

redditus Cyri solio Phraates,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 17:

reddas incolumem, precor,

id. ib. 1, 3, 7:

ut te reddat natis carisque,

id. S. 1, 1, 83:

redditus terris Daedalus,

Verg. A. 6, 18; cf.:

patriis aris,

id. ib. 11, 269:

oculis nostris,

id. ib. 2, 740:

tenebris,

id. ib. 6, 545:

sed jam urbi votisque publicis redditus,

Plin. Pan. 60, 1:

ex magnā desperatione saluti redditus,

Just. 12, 10, 1:

quin tu primum salutem reddis, quam dedi,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 11:

operam da, opera reddibitur tibi,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 22; so id. Men. 4, 2, 101: cum duo genera liberalitatis sint, unum dandi beneficii, alterum reddendi, demus nec ne, in nostrā potestate est;

non reddere viro bono non licet,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48; so Sen. Ben. 1, 1 sq.; and cf. Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 10:

redde his libertatem,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 17; so,

Lyciis libertatem ademit, Rhodiis reddidit,

Suet. Claud. 25:

patriam,

Liv. 5, 51 fin.:

sibi ereptum honorem,

Verg. A. 5, 342:

conspectum,

id. ib. 9, 262 al.:

se ipse convivio reddidit,

betook himself again to the banquet, returned, Liv. 23, 9 fin.:

quae belua reddit se catenis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 71:

se reddidit astris,

Sil. 4, 119; so,

lux terris,

Verg. A. 8, 170:

se iterum in arma,

id. ib. 10, 684.—

Poet., with inf.:

sua monstra profundo Reddidit habere Jovi,

Stat. Th. 1, 616.—

Absol. (rare and poet.), of a river:

sic modo conbibitur, modo Redditur ingens Erasinus,

is swallowed up... reappears, Ov. M. 15, 275. —

Transf.

To give up, hand over, deliver, impart, assign; to yield, render, give, grant, bestow, pay, surrender, relinquish, resign (syn.:

trado, refero): Cincius eam mihi abs te epistulam reddidit, quam tu dederas,

Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1; so,

litteras (alicui),

id. ib. 2, 1, 1; id. Fam. 2, 17, 1:

litteras a te mihi reddidit stator tuus,

id. ib. 2, 1, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 1; 2, 20; 3, 33; Sall. C. 34, 3; cf.

mandata,

Suet. Tib. 16:

pretium alicui pro benefactis ejus,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 20:

hoccine pretii,

id. As. 1, 2, 2; cf.:

praemia debita (along with persolvere grates),

Verg. A. 2, 537:

cetera praemia (with dare),

id. ib. 9, 254:

primos honores,

id. ib. 5, 347:

gratiam alicui (for the usual referre gratiam),

Sall. J. 110, 4:

reddunt ova columbae,

Juv. 3, 202:

obligatam Jovi dapem,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 17:

o fortunata mors, quae naturae debita, pro patriā est potissimum reddita,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 31; cf.:

vitam naturae reddendam,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 5; so, vitam. Lucr. 6, 1198:

debitum naturae morbo,

i. e. to die by disease, Nep. Reg. 1 fin.:

lucem,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 35:

ultimum spiritum,

Vell. 2, 14, 2; cf. id. 2, 22, 2; 2, 35 fin.;

2, 87, 2: animam caelo,

id. ib. 123 fin.; cf.

animas (with moriuntur),

Verg. G. 3, 495:

hanc animam, vacuas in auras,

Ov. P. 2, 11, 7:

caute vota reddunto,

to pay, offer, render, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; so,

vota,

Verg. E. 5, 75; Just. 11, 10, 10:

tura Lari,

Tib. 1, 3, 34:

liba deae,

Ov. F. 6, 476:

fumantia exta,

Verg. G. 2, 194; Tac. H. 4, 53; cf.:

graves poenas,

i. e. to suffer, Sall. J. 14, 21:

promissa viro,

Verg. A. 5, 386 al.:

tibi ego rationem reddam?

will render an account, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 6; so,

rationem,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 114; Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 38;

v. ratio: animam a pulmonibus respirare et reddere,

to give off, exhale, id. N. D. 2, 54, 136; cf.:

ut tibiae sonum reddunt,

give forth, Quint. 11, 3, 20; so,

sonum,

id. 9, 4, 40; 66; Sen. Ep. 108; Hor. A. P. 348:

vocem,

Verg. A. 3, 40; 7, 95; 8, 217 (with mugiit); Hor. A. P. 158:

stridorem,

Ov. M. 11, 608:

murmura,

id. ib. 10, 702:

flammam,

Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 36 et saep.; so,

alvum,

Cels. 2, 12, 2:

bilem,

id. 7, 23:

sanguinem,

to vomit, Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6 (just before:

sanguinem rejecit): urinam,

Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165:

calculum,

id. 28, 15, 61, § 217:

catulum partu,

Ov. M. 15, 379; cf.

so of parturition,

id. ib. 10, 513; id. H. 16, 46:

fructum, quem reddunt praedia,

yield, produce, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 75; Ov. P. 1, 5, 26; Col. 2, 16, 2; Pall. Febr. 9, 4; Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 87; cf. Tib. 2, 6, 22; Quint. 12, 10, 25:

generi nostro haec reddita est benignitas,

is imparted to, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 27; cf.: nulla quies est [p. 1539] Reddita corporibus primis, Lucr. 2, 96. — Hence, poet., redditum esse, in gen., = factum esse, esse:

una superstitio, superis quae reddita divis,

which is given, belongs to the gods, Verg. A. 12, 817:

quibus et color et sapor una reddita sunt cum odore,

Lucr. 2, 681; cf. id. 2, 228 Munro ad loc.; Juv. 1, 93; Orell. ad Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 216:

neque iis petentibus jus redditur,

is dispensed, granted, Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

alicui jus,

Quint. 11, 2, 50; cf.:

alicui testimonium reddere industriae,

id. 11, 1, 88:

quod reliquum vitae virium, id ferro potissimum reddere volebant,

to yield, sacrifice, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:

quibus ille pro meritis... jura legesque reddiderat,

had conferred upon it the power of self-jurisdiction, Caes. B. G. 7, 76; cf Liv. 9, 43, 23 Drak.:

Lanuvinis sacra sua reddita,

id. 8, 14:

conubia,

to bestow, grant, id. 4, 5:

peccatis veniam,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 75:

nomina facto vera,

to call by the right name, Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 36.— Hence,

Jurid. t. t.:

judicium,

to appoint, grant, fix the time for a trial, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 57; Caes. B. C. 2, 18; Quint. 7, 4, 43; Tac. A. 1, 72:

jus,

to administer justice, pronounce sentence, id. ib. 6, 11; 13, 51; id. H. 3, 68; id. G. 12; Suet. Vit. 9 et saep.—

To give up, yield, abandon to one that which has not been taken away, but only threatened or in danger:

Thermitanis urbem, agros legesque suas reddere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 90 ( = relinquere, id. ib. 2, 2, 36, §

88): Orestis leges suae redditae,

left undisturbed, Liv. 33, 34, 6; 9, 43, 23 (cf. restituere); 29, 21, 7.—

To give back, pay back; hence, to take revenge for, punish, inflict vengeance for:

per eum stare quominus accepta ad Cannas redderetur hosti clades,

Liv. 24, 17, 7:

reddidit hosti cladem,

id. 24, 20, 2:

redditaque aequa Cannensi clades,

id. 27, 49, 5.—

To give back in speech or writing, i. e.

To translate, render (syn.:

converto, transfero): cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

verbum pro verbo,

id. Opt. Gen. 5:

verbo verbum,

Hor. A. P. 133; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 54.—

To repeat, declare, report, narrate, recite, rehearse (freq. in Quint.):

ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto verbis iisdem redderet, quibus cogitasset,

Cic. Brut. 88, 301; cf. Quint. 10, 6, 3:

sive paria (verba) paribus redduntur, sive opponuntur contraria,

Cic. Or. 49, 164:

reddere quae restant,

id. Brut. 74, 258:

tertium actum de pastionibus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1:

nomina per ordinem audita,

Quint. 11, 2, 23:

causas corruptae eloquentiae,

id. 8, 6, 76:

quid cuique vendidissent,

id. 11, 2, 24:

dictata,

to repeat, rehearse, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14; id. S. 2, 8, 80:

carmen,

to recite, deliver, id. C. 4, 6, 43:

cum talia reddidit hospes,

Ov. M. 6, 330; Lucr. 2, 179:

causam,

id. F. 1, 278:

insigne exemplum suo loco,

Tac. H. 4, 67.—

To answer, reply ( poet.):

veras audire et reddere voces,

Verg. A. 1, 409; 6, 689:

Aeneas contra cui talia reddit,

id. ib. 10, 530;

2, 323: auditis ille haec placido sic reddidit ore,

id. ib. 11, 251 et saep.; cf.

responsa,

id. G. 3, 491:

responsum,

Liv. 38, 9; 3, 60; Verg. A. 6, 672.—

To give back or render a thing according to its nature or qualities; to represent, imitate, express, resemble ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):

quas hominum reddunt facies,

Lucr. 6, 812:

faciem locorum,

Ov. M. 6, 122; 7, 752:

lux aemula vultum Reddidit,

gave back, reflected, Stat. Achill. 2, 191:

formam alicujus,

Sil. 3, 634:

et qui te nomine reddet Silvius Aeneas,

Verg. A. 6, 768; cf.:

jam Phoebe toto fratrem cum redderet orbe,

Luc. 1, 538:

paternam elegantiam in loquendo,

Quint. 1, 1, 6; 6, 3, 107; cf.:

odorem croci saporemque,

i. e. to smell and taste like saffron, Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:

imaginem quandam uvae,

id. 34, 12, 32, § 123:

flammam excellentis purpurae et odorem maris,

id. 35, 6, 27, § 46:

Apelleā redditus arte Mentor,

Mart. 11, 10, 2.—

To give back, return a thing changed in some respect:

senem illum Tibi dedo ulteriorem lepide ut lenitum reddas,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 31; cf.:

quas tu sapienter mihi reddidisti opiparas opera tua,

id. Poen. 1, 1, 4.— Hence, in gen.,

To make or cause a thing to be or appear something or somehow; to render (very freq. and class.; cf.:

facio, redigo): reddam ego te ex ferā fame mansuetem,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 19; id. Capt. 4, 2, 42:

eam (servitutem) lenem reddere,

id. ib. 2, 5, 1: tutiorem et opulentiorem vitam reddere, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

haec itinera infesta reddiderat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

aliquem insignem,

Verg. A. 5, 705:

obscuraque moto Reddita forma lacu est,

dimmed by the disturbance of the water, Ov. M. 3, 476:

homines ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2: omnes Catilinas Acidinos postea reddidit, has made all the Catilines seem to be Acidini, i. e. patriots, in comparison with himself, id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

aliquid perfectum,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 109:

aliquid effectum,

to accomplish, id. Ps. 1, 3, 152; 1, 5, 116; 5, 2, 14:

omne transactum,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 95:

actum,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 90:

dictum ac factum,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 12.— With ut and subj.:

hic reddes omnia Quae sunt certa ei consilia incerta ut sient,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 15.— Pass. = fieri scripsit fasciculum illum epistularum totum sibi aquā madidum redditum esse, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 4; Just. 16, 4, 6; 22, 7, 2:

per sudorem corpus tantum imbecillius redditur,

Cels. 3, 3, 19; cf. Just. 29, 4, 3; 42, 5, 4; 44, 1, 10; Flor. 3, 5, 17; Val. Max. 4, 3 prooem.; Lact. 4, 26, 33.

rĕ-flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to bend or turn back or backwards; to turn about or away (class.).

Lit.:

caudam canum degeneres sub alvum reflectunt,

Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 265; 11, 37, 78, § 199:

caput leviter,

Cat. 45, 10:

pedem inde (sc. ex Labyrintho) sospes,

id. 64, 112; cf.:

gressum,

to go back, return. Sen. Thyest. 428:

cursum subito ad Contrebiam,

Val. Max. 7, 4, 5 fin.:

colla,

Verg. A. 11, 622:

oculos,

Ov. M. 7, 341; cf.:

visus,

Val. Fl. 5, 455. — Part. perf.:

(elephantorum) dentes reflexi,

tusks. Plin. 11, 37, 62, § 165; so,

cornu (with adunco aere),

Sen. Oedip. 731:

cornicula (scarabaei),

Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 100: cervix. Verg. A. 10, 535; Ov. A. A. 3, 779: [p. 1547] Stat. Achill. 1, 382. —

Mid.: illam tereti cervice reflexam,

bending herself back, Verg. A. 8, 633; cf.:

telum reflexum,

Sil. 16, 54; and poet.: (Ascalaphus) in caput crescit, longosque reflectitur ungues, he bends himself back into long claws, i. e. his nails are bent back and lengthened into claws, Ov. M. 5, 547. —

Trop., to turn back, bring back: quem neque fides, neque jusjurandum... Repressit neque reflexit, * Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

nonnumquam animum incitatum ad ulciscendam orationem tuam revoco ipse et reflecto,

Cic. Sull. 16, 46:

quibus (causis) mentes aut incitantur aut reflectuntur,

id. de Or. 1, 12, 53:

aliquem,

Sen. Agam. 155:

animum reflexi,

i. e. I reflected within myself, Verg. A. 2, 741; cf.:

mentem ad Romanam urbem,

Mamert. Grat. Act. 14:

in melius tua, qui potes, orsa reflectas!

change, alter, Verg. A. 10, 632; to reverse a proposition or inference:

reflexim inferre,

App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 36, 5; cf. Mart. Cap. 4, § 411. —

Neutr., to bend or turn back; trop., to give way, yield:

ubi jam morbi reflexit causa,

Lucr. 3, 502.

rĕ-percŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3, v. a., to strike, push, or drive back, cause to rebound; to reflect, reverberate, re-echo, resound (not ante-Aug.; cf.: repello, reflecto).

Lit., of light, sound, etc.:

gemmae Clara repercusso reddebant lumina Phoebo,

reflected, Ov. M. 2, 110:

lumen,

Verg. A. 8, 23:

aes clipei,

Ov. M. 4, 782:

illa repercussae imaginis umbra est,

id. ib. 3, 434; cf. Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 128:

montis anfractu repercussae voces,

re-echoing, resounding, Tac. A. 4, 51:

clamor,

Curt. 3, 10, 2:

valles,

Liv. 21, 33.—

Of other objects:

(discus) repercussus,

rebounding, Ov. M. 10, 184 Jahn N. cr.:

remigem cum e navi fluctus abjecisset, altero latere repercussum fluctus contrarius in navem retulit,

hurled back, Val. Max. 1, 8, 11:

ita est aliquid quod hujus fontis excursum repercutiat,

Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 8.—

Trop., to cast back, retort, repel:

aliena aut reprehendimus, aut refutamus, aut elevamus, aut repercutimus, aut eludimus,

Quint. 6, 3, 23:

repercutiendi multa sunt genera,

id. 6, 3, 78: orationes dicto, Plin. praef. § 31: fascinationes (despuendo), to avert (syn. aversari), id. 28, 4, 7, § 35.

rē-spondĕo, di, sum, 2, v. a.

Lit., to promise a thing in return for something else; to offer or present in return. So, only in a few examples, the phrase par pari (dat.) respondere, to return like for like: par pari respondes dicto, you return tit for tat with your tongue (syn. refero), Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 41; cf.: istuc serva; et verbum verbo par pari ut respondeas, Ter Phorm. 1, 4, 35; and:

paria paribus respondimus,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23.— Pass.: provide, si cui quid debetur, ut sit, unde par pari respondeatur, i. e. that there be wherewithal to meet the demand, Atticus ap. Cic. Att. 16, 7, 6; cf. also under II. A. 1, the lusus verbb. with spondeo; and II. B. init. —

In a more general signification.

To answer, reply, respond (either to a question, or to any statement or remark, and either in a friendly or hostile signif.); constr. aliquid alicui, ad, adversus, contra aliquem ( aliquid).

In gen.

Lit.: Th. Aliud te rogo. Tr. Aliud ergo nunc tibi respondeo, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 70; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 73.— Absol.:

prius respondes, quam rogo,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 119:

eā legatione Papirius auditā... respondit,

Liv. 9, 14, 2; 27, 40, 8; 33, 38, 7; Nep. Milt. 1, 4:

ille appellatus respondit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 36; 5, 41; Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 30; id. Verr. 2, 4, 62, § 138; id. Fam. 3, 6, 2; 5, 2, 8; 7, 24, 2;

9, 14, 2. — So usu. of an oral answer: tibi non rescribam, sed respondeam,

Sen. Ep. 67, 2;

but also of writing: epistulae,

Cic. Att. 9, 9, 1 et saep.; v. infra:

ab his sermo oritur, respondet Laelius,

Cic. Lael. 1, 5; Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 28: olli respondit rex Albaï Longaï, Enn. ap. Fortun. p. 2691 P. (Ann. v. 34 Vahl.):

cui orationi Caepionis ore respondit Aelius,

Cic. Brut. 46, 169:

criminibus,

id. Planc. 2, 4:

supremae tuae paginae,

id. Att. 6, 2, 1:

cui opinioni,

Quint. 4, 4, 1:

tam aequae postulationi,

id. 7, 1, 47 al.:

summā constantiā ad ea, quae quaesita erant, respondebat,

Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 2; cf.:

arbitrabar me satis respondisse ad id quod quaesierat Laelius,

id. Rep. 2, 39, 65:

nec absurde adversus utrosque respondisse visus est,

Liv. 35, 50; 8, 32:

adversus haec imperator respondit,

id. 30, 31; 33, 35 fin. — With acc. of neutr. pron.:

illud respondere cogam,

to make answer to that, Cic. Cael. 28, 67; cf. id. Vatin. 7, 18; 17, 41:

multa contra patronos venuste testis saepe respondet,

Quint. 5, 7, 31; 5, 7, 24; cf.:

accipe, quid contra juvenis responderit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 233.— With object-clause:

respondent, bello se et suos tutari posse,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 59; id. Curc. 2, 3, 54; id. Mil. 2, 2, 23; id. Merc. 5, 2. 102 al. —Introducing a direct answer:

cum dixisset, Quid agis, Grani? respondit, Immo vero tu, Druse, quid agis!

Cic. Planc. 14, 33; id. Att. 5, 21, 12; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Tusc. 5, 19, 56.— In impers. perf.:

postquam mihi responsum est, abeo, etc.,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 57; cf. id. Mil. 4, 2, 93: quid nunc renunciem abs te responsum? Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 18:

sic existimet: Responsum non dictum esse, quia laesit prior,

id. Eun. prol. 6.— In plur.:

multa ejus et in senatu et in foro vel provisa prudenter vel acta constanter vel responsa acute ferebantur,

Cic. Lael. 2, 6.— In the sup.:

(haec) quam brevia responsu,

Cic. Clu. 59 fin. — In a lusus verbb. with spondeo: Er. Sponden' tu istud? He. Spondeo. Er. At ego, tuum tibi advenisse filium, respondeo, and in return I promise you, i. e. assure you, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 119; cf.:

fideiussores, qui salvam rempublicam fore responderunt, etc.,

promised, gave assurance, Dig. 50, 1, 17 fin. —

Trop., to answer, respond, reply to, re-echo, resound, etc.:

saxa et solitudines voci respondent,

Cic. Arch. 8, 19;

respondent flebile ripae,

Ov. M. 11, 53; and:

respondentia tympana,

Stat. Achill. 2, 175: urbes coloniarum respondebunt Catilinae tumulis silvestribus, will give an answer to, i. e. will prove a match for, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.—

In partic.

Of lawyers, priests, oracles, etc., to give an opinion, advice, decision, response:

quaeris, num juris consultus (sit)? quasi quisquam sit, qui sibi hunc falsum de jure respondisse dicat,

Cic. Planc. 25, 62; so,

de jure,

id. Brut. 30, 113; cf.:

de jure consulentibus respondere,

id. Mur. 4, 9;

in a like signif., also simply jus,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 12:

facultas respondendi juris,

id. ib. 2, 12, 29; id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 3 al.; cf.:

civica jura,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 24; and:

quae consuluntur, minimo periculo respondentur, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 13, 28; id. Brut. 89, 306. — Absol., Dig. 2, 14, 7; and so very freq. of the jurists in the Digests;

v. responsum: pater Roscii ad haruspices retulit: qui responderunt, nihil illo puero clarius fore,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

cum ex prodigiis haruspices respondissent,

Sall. C. 47, 2; Liv. 27, 37; 31, 5; 5, 54; Vell. 2, 24, 3:

responsum est,

Suet. Aug. 94, 97:

deliberantibus Pythia respondit, ut moenibus ligneis se munirent,

gave advice, Nep. Them. 2, 6; cf. Just. 11, 11, § 11:

possumus seniores amici quiete respondere,

to give advice, Tac. A. 14, 54 fin. —

Of the answering of a person summoned when his name is called; hence, meton., to appear: citatus neque respondit neque excusatus est, Varr. ap. Gell. 11, 1, 4; cf.:

cives, qui ad nomina non respondissent,

Liv. 7, 4:

quia Romae non respondebant,

id. 39, 18; Val. Max. 6, 3, 4; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Ner. 44; Hor. S. 1, 9, 36 (vadato, dat., i.e. ei qui eum vadatus erat; v. vador); Dig. 3, 3, 35; 41, 1, 14 et saep.—

Esp., to appear before a tribunal, to answer an accusation, meet a charge, etc.:

perfectus in exsilium Tubulus est nec respondere ausus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

Verrem alterā actione responsurum non esse,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:

nemo Epaminondam responsurum putabat,

Nep. Epam. 8, 1.—

Transf., in gen., to appear, be present:

ipsi (sc. paeon et herous) se offerent et respondebunt non vocati,

Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191:

verba (with res se ostendent),

Quint. 10, 3, 9:

ut ii, qui debent, non respondeant ad tempus,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2; cf.:

podagra ad tempus (with venit ad horam),

Sen. Q. N. 3, 16, 1:

sanguis per menstrua,

Cels. 4, 4, 5.—

To answer to; to meet, agree, accord, or correspond with a thing; constr. usually with dat. or absol.:

ut omnia omnibus paribus paria respondeant,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 50:

ut horum auctoritatibus illorum orationi, qui dissentiunt, respondere posse videamur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

ut verba verbis quasi demensa et paria respondeant,

id. Or. 12, 38; and:

respondent extrema primis, media utrisque, omnia omnibus,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 83: (Aristoteles dicit) illam artem (sc. rhetoricam) quasi ex alterā parte respondere dialecticae, that it corresponds to, i. e. forms the counterpart of, id. Or. 32, 114:

aedificare alteram porticum quae Palatio responderet,

id. Har. Resp. 23, 49; cf.

of a locality: contra elata mari respondet Gnosia tellus,

i. e. lies opposite, Verg. A. 6, 23:

Pachyni pulsata Ionio respondent saxa profundo,

Sil. 14, 73:

est mihi magnae curae, ut ita erudiatur (Lucullus), ut et patri et Caepioni nostro et tibi tam propinquo respondeat,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 8: satis Graecorum [p. 1582] gloriae responderunt, id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

tua virtus opinioni hominum,

id. Fam. 2, 5, 2; id. Lael. 16, 56:

fortuna meis optatis,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

seges votis,

Verg. G. 1, 47:

arma Caesaris non responsura lacertis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 48:

favor meritis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 9:

ne prior officio quisquam respondeat,

id. S. 2, 6, 24:

par fama labori,

id. ib. 2, 8, 66:

fructus labori,

Ov. F. 4, 641:

non mihi respondent veteres in carmine vires,

id. H. 15, 197 al.:

familiam nemo speciosiorem producet, sed hominibus non respondet,

he does not pay his debts, Sen. Ep. 87, 6:

amori amore respondere,

i. e. to return it, repay it, Cic. Fam. 15, 21, 4; cf.:

Quinti fratris liberalitati subsidiis amicorum,

id. Att. 4, 3, 6:

qui ex vico ortus est, eam patriam intellegitur habere, cui reipublicae vicus ille respondet,

to which it belongs, Dig. 50, 1, 30.—

In mal. part.: mulieribus,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 17.—With ad:

respondere ad parentum speciem,

resemble, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 9:

deformentur directiones, ut longitudines ad regulam et lineam, altitudines ad perpendiculum, anguli ad normam respondentes exigantur,

Vitr. 7, 3; cf.:

structuram ad perpendiculum respondere oportet,

Plin. 36, 22, 51, § 172:

quia non tota ad animum responderat (villa),

Suet. Caes. 48:

ad spem eventus respondit,

Liv. 28, 6.—With dat.:

Papirio quoque brevi ad spem eventus respondit,

Liv. 9, 15.— With ex:

quicquid non ex voluntate respondet, iram provocat,

Sen. Ep. 47, 19:

speculum quocumque obvertimus oris, Res sibi respondent simili formā atque colore,

i. e. correspond, are reflected, Lucr. 4, 167.— Absol.:

sidera respondent in aquā,

Lucr. 4, 213:

quia raro verba belle respondeant,

Quint. 6, 3, 48: medicus aliquid oportet inveniat, quod non ubique fortasse, sed saepius tamen etiam respondeat, may answer, be suitable, Cels. praef.—

To return, make a return, yield:

frumenta quando cum quarto responderint (sc. colono),

have returned, yielded, Col. 3, 3, 4; cf. with abl. and dat.:

humus cum est repetita cultu, magno fenore colono respondet,

id. 2, 1, 3:

vitis, nisi praepingui solo, non respondet,

id. 3, 2, 11; cf.:

metalla plenius responsura fodienti,

Sen. Ep. 23, 5.—Hence, rēspon-sum, i, n., an answer, reply, response (equally freq. in sing. and plur.).

In gen.:

suis postulatis responsa exspectare,

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

haec paucis diebus ex illius ad nostra responsa responsis intellegentur, quorsum evasura sint,

Cic. Att. 7, 17, 4:

responsum senatūs,

Liv. 7, 31:

sine responso legatos dimisit,

id. 9, 38:

nullo ab nostris dato responso,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

responsum dedisti tantis de rebus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 40; 2, 4, 39, § 85; so,

dare responsum,

Liv. 5, 32, 8; Val. Max. 9, 5, ext. 3; Curt. 3, 12, 9; Liv. 3, 50, 12:

reddere alicui,

Cic. Planc. 14, 34; cf.:

triste redditum,

Liv. 9, 16:

ferre (ab aliquo),

to receive, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; Caes. B. G. 6, 4 fin.:

referre (ab aliquo),

to deliver, Cic. Att. 7, 17, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 23; Liv. 37, 6:

elicere,

Quint. 5, 7, 20:

petere,

Hor. C. S. 55:

responsum accipere,

Liv. 5, 36, 4; Just. 12, 2, 8:

responsum non fuit in eis,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 13.—

In partic. (acc. to II. A. 2.), an answer, reply of a lawyer, priest, oracle, etc.; an opinion, response, oracle:

cum responsumque ab eo (Crasso) verum magis, quam ad suam rem accommodatum abstulisset, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

res judicatae, decreta, responsa,

id. ib. 2, 27, 116; id. Mur. 13, 29.—

The responsa prudentium, or authoritative opinions of leading lawyers, were an important source of the Roman law,

Just. Inst. 1, 2, 8 Sandars ad loc.:

haruspicum responsa,

Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 9; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 30; Ov. M. 3, 340; 527:

legatus a Delphis Romam rediit, responsumque ex scripto recitavit,

Liv. 23, 11; cf. id. 1, 56; Quint. 3, 7, 11; 5, 7, 35; Tac. H. 1, 10; 4, 65 al.; Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 65; Ter. And. 4, 2, 15; Verg. A. 7, 86 et saep.—

In eccl. Lat.: responsum Dei, ab angelo, etc.,

Vulg. Mich. 3, 7; id. Luc. 2, 26; id. Act. 10, 22.

sĭmŭlācrum, i, n. [simulo], an image formed in the likeness of a thing, a likeness, image, form, representation, semblance (class.; syn.: imago, effigies, signum).

Lit., of images formed by art, reflected in a mirror, or seen in a dream; of apparitions, visions, etc. (the latter mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of images formed by art, esp. of statues of the gods, an image, figure, portrait, effigy, statue, etc.:

alicujus effigiem simulacrumque servare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 159; cf.:

statuas et imagines, non animorum simulacra sed corporum... relinquere,

id. Arch. 12, 30:

Helenae se pingere simulacrum velle dixit (Zeuxis),

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1; cf. id. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

delubra magnifica humanis consecrata simulacris,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 14;

but cf.: simulacrum deae non effigie humanā,

Tac. H. 2, 3:

deorum simulacra sanctissima,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 3;

so of the images of the gods,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 185; Caes. B. G. 6, 16; 6, 17; id. B. C. 2, 5; 3, 105; Tac. H. 2, 3; id. A. 12, 22 al.:

tueri aras simulacraque divom,

Lucr. 5, 75; 5, 308:

et bene facta deum frangit simulacra,

id. 6, 419; Verg. A. 2, 172; Ov. M. 10, 694; 15, 658 al.; cf.:

Herculis simulacrum,

Liv. 9, 44 fin.: simulacra oppidorum, Cic. Pis. 25, 60; cf.

pugnarum,

Liv. 41, 28, 10:

Balbum in triumpho omnium gentium urbiumque nomina ac simulacra duxisse,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 36; cf.

also: simulacrum celebrati diei pingere,

Liv. 24, 16 fin.:

montium, fluviorum,

Tac. A. 2, 41.— Poet., of the Trojan horse, Verg. A. 2, 232 (for which, effigies, id. ib. 2, 184).—

Adverb.: ad or per simulacrum (like ad similitudinem, formam), in the form of, after the pattern of:

aurata aedes ad simulacrum templi Veneris collocata,

Suet. Caes. 84:

ad simulacrum ignium ardens Pharus,

id. Flor. 4, 2, 88; cf.:

ad simulacrum caelestium siderum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 3:

digiti per litterarum simulacra ducuntur,

Sen. Ep. 94, 51.—

An image, form, shade, phantom seen in a mirror, in a dream, etc.; analogous to the Gr. eidôlon:

quaecunque apparent nobis simulacra,

Lucr. 4, 99; cf.:

per aquas, quae nunc rerum simulacra videmus,

id. 1, 1060:

quid frustra simulacra fugacia (in aquā visa) captas?

Ov. M. 3, 432. —Of the shades or ghosts of the departed:

quaedam simulacra modis pallentia miris,

Lucr. 1, 123 (cf. Verg. G. 1, 477 infra); cf.:

est via declivis (in Tartarum)... umbrae recentes Descendunt illac simulacraque functa sepulcris,

Ov. M. 4, 435; so id. ib. 10, 14:

simulacra cara parentis,

id. ib. 14, 112; cf. Verg. A. 2, 772:

ut bibere in somnis sitiens cum quaerit... laticum simulacra petit, etc.,

Lucr. 4, 1099; cf.:

(canes) Expergefacti secuntur inania saepe Cervorum simulacra,

id. 4, 995:

simulacra inania somni,

Ov. H. 9, 39:

vana (noctis),

id. Am. 1, 6, 9:

simulacra modis pallentia miris Visa sub obscurum noctis,

Verg. G. 1, 477; Sil. 3, 650 al.; cf.:

ne vacua mens audita simulacra et inanes sibi metus fingeret,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7.—

In the philosoph. lang. of Lucret. (like the Gr. eidôlon and the Lat. spectrum), the form or image of an object of sense or thought presented to the mind; a representation, idea, conception, Lucr. 2, 112; 4, 130; 4, 149 sq.—

Of mnemonic signs, types, or emblems:

ut res ipsas rerum effigies notaret atque ut locis pro cerā, simulacris pro litteris uteremur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 354.—

A description, a portraiture of character:

non inseram simulacrum viri copiosi (Catonis), quae dixerit referendo,

Liv. 45, 25.—

A likeness or similitude:

diu disputavi, Hominem quojus rei Similem esse arbitrarer simulacrumque habere: Id repperi jam exemplum, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 6.—

In partic., with the predominant idea of mere imitation (opp. to that which is original or real), a shadow, semblance, appearance, etc.:

simulacrum aliquod ac vestigium civitatis,

Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 1; cf.:

simulacra virtutis,

id. Off. 1, 15, 46; and:

haec simulacra sunt auspiciorum, auspicia nullo modo,

id. Div. 2, 33, 71:

libertatis,

Tac. A. 1, 77:

belli simulacra cientes,

i.e. mock-fights, sham-fights, Lucr. 2, 41; 2, 324:

pugnaeque cient simulacra sub armis,

Verg. A. 5, 585; 5, 674; Sil. 16, 529; 7, 119; cf.:

simulacrum navalis pugnae,

Liv. 26, 51, 6; 35, 26, 2:

quibusdam pugnae simulacris ad verum discrimen aciemque justam consuescimus,

Quint. 2, 10, 8; so,

ludicrum pugnae,

Liv. 40, 9:

decurrentis exercitūs,

id. 44, 9:

vindemiae,

Tac. A. 11, 31:

civilitatis particulae,

Quint. 2, 15, 25:

inania,

id. 10, 5, 17.