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right of road

  • 1 itus

    ĭtus, ūs, m. [eo], a going, gait.
    I.
    In gen.:

    nec repentis itum cujusviscumque animantis Sentimus,

    Lucr. 3, 388: itum, gestum, amictum qui videbant ejus, Titin. ap. Non. 123, 10.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A going away, departure:

    noster itus, reditus, vultus,

    Cic. Att. 15, 5, 3:

    pro itu ac reditu,

    Suet. Tib. 38:

    itum felicem reditumque gloriosum exoptans,

    Amm. 23, 2, 4.—
    (β).
    Plur.: per paucos itus ac reditus, Pall 7, 2, 4.—
    B.
    The right of going anywhere. right of road, Inscr. Orell. 4085 al.

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  • 2 iter

    ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris (archaic forms: nom. ĭtĭner, Enn. Pac. Att. Varr. ap. Non. 482, 20; Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 72; Lucr. 6, 339; Mart. Cap. 9, § 897.— Gen. iteris, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 695 P.; id. ap. Non. 485, 3; Jul. Hyg. ap. Charis. p. 108 P.; also, iteneris, Lex Agr., C. I. L. 1, 200, 26.— Abl. itere, Att. and Varr. ap. Non. 485, 8; Lucr. 5, 653), n. [for itiner, from īre, ĭtum], a going, a walk, way.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    dicam in itinere,

    on the way, as we go along, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 34:

    hoc ipsa in itinere dum narrat,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 30:

    huc quia habebas iter,

    Plaut. As. 2, 3, 6:

    iter illi saepius in forum,

    Plin. Pan. 77:

    in diversum iter equi concitati,

    Liv. 1, 28. — Hence,
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A going to a distant place, a journey; and of an army, a march:

    cum illi iter instaret et subitum et longum,

    Cic. Att. 13, 23, 1; 3, 2 init.:

    ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

    qui eo itineris causa convenerant,

    id. ib. 7, 55:

    sine ullo maleficio iter per provinciam facere,

    id. ib. 1, 7:

    in ipso itinere confligere,

    Liv. 29, 36, 4; Nep. Eum. 8, 1; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 5; Just. 11, 15, 4:

    Catilina ex itinere plerisque consularibus litteras mittit,

    Sall. C. 34, 2:

    committere se itineri,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 10:

    ingredi pedibus,

    id. de Sen. 10:

    conficere pulverulentā viā,

    id. Att. 5, 14:

    iter mihi est Lanuvium,

    id. Mil. 10:

    iter habere Capuam,

    id. Att. 8, 11:

    facere in Apuliam,

    id. ib.:

    agere,

    Dig. 47, 5, 6; Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, 9: contendere iter, to hasten one ' s journey, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so,

    intendere,

    Liv. 21, 29:

    maturare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

    properare,

    Tac. H. 3, 40:

    conficere,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1; 4, 14, 2; id. Vatin. 5, 12:

    constituere,

    to determine upon, id. Att. 3, 1 init.:

    urgere,

    Ov. F. 6, 520: convertere in aliquem locum, to direct one ' s journey to a certain place, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: dirigere ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11:

    agere in aliquam partem,

    Ov. M. 2, 715: flectere, to change one ' s course, Verg. A. 7, 35:

    convertere,

    to direct, Cic. Att. 3, 3:

    facere,

    id. ib. 8, 11, C; Nep. Pel. 2, 5; Suet. Ner. 30 fin.; id. Aug. 64:

    comparare,

    to prepare for a journey, Nep. Alc. 10; Claud. Eutr. 2, 97:

    supprimere,

    to stop, break off, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

    retro vertere,

    Liv. 28, 3:

    ferre per medium mare,

    Verg. A. 7, 810:

    ferre Inachias urbes,

    Stat. Th. 1, 326:

    continuare die ac nocte,

    to march day and night, Caes. B. C. 3, 36:

    desistere itinere,

    id. B. G. 5, 11:

    coeptum dimittere,

    Ov. M. 2, 598:

    frangere,

    Stat. Th. 12, 232:

    impedire,

    Ov. H. 21, 74:

    instituere,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:

    peragere,

    Verg. A. 6, 381; Hor. S. 2, 6, 99; Ov. F. 1, 188:

    rumpere,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:

    itinere prohibere aliquem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    ex itinere redire,

    Cic. Att. 15, 24; Suet. Tit. 5:

    revertere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26:

    Boii ex itinere nostros adgressi,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 6:

    tutum alicui praestare,

    Cic. Planc. 41.—
    2.
    Iter terrestre, iter pedestre, a journey by land, a land route (not ante-Aug.):

    iter terrestre facturus,

    Just. 12, 10, 7:

    inde terrestri itinere frumentum advehere,

    Tac. H. 4, 35:

    terrestri itinere ducere legiones,

    Liv. 30, 36, 3; 44, 1, 4; Curt. 9, 10, 2:

    pedestri itinere confecto,

    Suet. Claud. 17:

    pedestri itinere Romam pervenire,

    Liv. 36, 21, 6; 37, 45, 2; Amm. 31, 11, 6.—
    3.
    A journey, a march, considered as a measure of distance: cum abessem ab Amano iter unius diei, a day ' s journey, Cic. Fam. 15, 4:

    cum dierum iter quadraginta processerit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 24: quam maximis itineribus potest in Galliam contendit, by making each day ' s journey as long as possible, i. e. forced marches, id. ib. 1, 7:

    magnis diurnis nocturnisque itineribus contendere,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    itinera multo majora fugiens quam ego sequens,

    making greater marches in his flight, Brut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 13.— Hence, justum iter diei, a day's march of a proper length:

    confecto justo itinere ejus diei,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 76. —
    4.
    The place in which one goes, travels, etc., a way, passage, path, road: qua ibant ab itu iter appellarant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 35 Müll.; cf.

    5, § 22: itineribus deviis proticisci in provinciam,

    Cic. Att. 14, 10:

    erant omnino itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6:

    pedestria itinera concisa aestuariis,

    id. ib. 3, 9:

    patefacere alicui iter in aliquem locum,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11:

    in diversum iter equi concitati,

    Liv. 1, 28:

    ut deviis itineribus milites duceret,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 5:

    itinere devio per ignorantiam locorum retardati,

    Suet. Galb. 20:

    exercitum per insidiosa itinera ducere,

    id. Caes. 58:

    qua rectum iter in Persidem ducebat,

    Curt. 13, 11, 19:

    ferro aperire,

    Sall. C. 58, 7:

    fodiendo, substruendo iter facere,

    Dig. 8, 1, 10.— Of the corridors in houses, Vitr. 6, 9.—Of any passage:

    iter urinae,

    the urethra, Cels. 7, 25:

    iter vocis,

    Verg. A. 7, 534:

    itinera aquae,

    Col. 8, 17: carpere iter, to pursue a journey:

    Rubos fessi pervenimus utpote longum carpentes iter,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 95:

    non utile carpis iter,

    Ov. M. 2, 550: alicui iter claudere, to block one ' s way, close the way for him:

    ne suus hoc illis clauserit auctor iter,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 6; id. F. 1, 272; id. M. 14, 793: iter ingredi, to enter on a way or road, Suet. Caes. 31:

    iter patefacere,

    to open a way, Caes. B. G. 3, 1.—
    5.
    A privilege or legal right of going to a place, the right of way:

    aquaeductus, haustus, iter, actus a patre sumitur,

    Cic. Caecin. 26, 74:

    negat se posse iter ulli per provinciam dare,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3; cf. Dig. 8, 3, 1, § 1; 8, 3, 7; 12.—
    II.
    Trop., a way, course, custom, method of a person or thing:

    patiamur illum ire nostris itineribus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3:

    verum iter gloriae,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

    videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

    id. N. D. 2, 13, 35:

    iter amoris nostri et officii mei,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 1:

    salutis,

    Verg. A. 2, 387:

    fecit iter sceleri,

    Ov. M. 15, 106:

    labi per iter declive senectae,

    id. ib. 15, 227:

    vitae diversum iter ingredi,

    Juv. 7, 172:

    duo itinera audendi,

    Tac. H. 4, 49:

    novis et exquisitis eloquentiae itineribus opus est,

    id. Or. 19:

    pronum ad honores,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 10 fin.; cf.:

    novum ad principatum,

    id. Pan. 7, 1.

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  • 3 āctus

        āctus ūs, m    [1 AG-], a driving, impulse, setting in motion: actu inflectit feram: Fertur magno mons actu, with a mighty impulse, V. — Meton., a right of way, right to drive through, C.—Esp., a recital, delivery: fabellarum, L.: carminum, expressive gestures, L.—A part of a play, act: modo, in quocumque fuerit actu, probetur<*> primo actu placeo, T.: hic restat actus, i. e. this crowning achievement: cognoscere in actu (opp. legere), i. e. to see done, O.
    * * *
    act, performance (of play), delivery; action, deed; series/sequence; progress; right of way/road for cattle; path, cart-track; land measure (120 ft.)

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  • 4 iter

        iter itineris, n    [I-], a going, walk, way: dicam in itinere, on the way, T.—A going, journey, passage, march, voyage: cum illi iter instaret et subitum et longum: ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret, Cs.: in ipso itinere confligere, L.: ex itinere litteras mittere, S.: iter ingressus: tantum itineris contendere, hasten: in Italiam intendere iter, L.: iter, quod constitui, determined upon: iter in provinciam convertere, direct, Cs.: agere in rectum, O.: flectere, change the course, V.: iter ad regem comparare, prepare for, N.: supprimere. break off, Cs.: classe tenere, V.: die ac nocte continuato itinere, Cs.: rumpere, H.: Boi ex itinere nostros adgressi, Cs.: terrestri itinere ducere legiones, by land, L.: Unde iter Italiam, V.—A journey, march (as a measure of distance): cum abessem ab Amano iter unius diei, a day's journey: quam maximis itineribus contendere, forced marches, Cs.: confecto iusto itinere eius diei, full day's march, Cs.—A way, passage, path, road: itineribus deviis proficisci in provinciam: erant itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent, Cs.: in diversum iter equi concitati, L.: ut deviis itineribus milites duceret, N.: vocis, passage, V.: neque iter praecluserat unda, cut off, O.: iter patefieri volebat, opened, Cs.— A right of way: aquaeductus, haustus, iter, actus a patre sumitur: iter alcui per provinciam dare, Cs.—Fig., a road, path, way: declive senectae, O.: vitae diversum, Iu.—A way, course, custom, method, means: patiamur illum ire nostris itineribus: verum gloriae: amoris nostri: salutis, V.: fecit iter sceleri, O.
    * * *
    journey; road; passage, path; march

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  • 5 via

        via ae (old viāī, Enn. ap. C.), f    [VAG-], a way, highway, road, path, street: Roma, non optimis viis: ire in viā, T.: omnibus viis notis essedarios emittebat, Cs.: via, quā Assoro itur Hennam: viā ire, by the highway, L.: tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia: Via Sacra, H.: castra angustiis viarum contrahit, etc., i. e. of the passages (between the tents), Cs. —Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. C.: totā errare viā, T.— A way, passage, channel, pipe, entrance: omnes eius (sanguinis) viae, i. e. veins: a medio intestino usque ad portas iecoris ductae viae, ducts: Spirandi viae, the windpipe, O.: Finditur in solidum cuneis via, a cleft, V.: harundo Signavit viam flammis, its path, V.—A way, march, journey: in viam se dare: tridui, a three days' journey, Cs.: longitudo viae, L.: Flecte viam velis, V.: lassus maris et viarum, H.: inter vias, on the road, T. —Fig., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, course: ut rectā viā rem narret, i. e. directly, T.: vitae via conversa, H.: rectam vitae viam sequi: haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est, L.: gloriae: (di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam.— Abl, by the right way, in the proper manner, correctly, unerringly, properly: in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum, etc.: ipsus secum eam rem reputavit viā, T.: viā et arte dicere.
    * * *
    way, road, street; journey

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  • 6 vea

    vĭa ( vĕa, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14), ae ( gen. sing. vias, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P., or Ann. v. 421 Vahl.; viāï, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16, or Ann. v. 209 ib.; Lucr. 1, 406; 1, 659; 2, 249 et saep.; dat. plur. VIEIS, Inscr. Lat. 206, 50), f. [Sanscr. vah-āmi, bring, lead; Gr. ochos, ochêma, vehicle; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; from this root are also veho, vexo, etc.], a way, in the most general sense (for men, beasts, or carriages, within or without a city), a highway, road, path, street.
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    viae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum octo pedes habet, in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim,

    Dig. 8, 3, 8:

    Romam in montibus positam et convallibus, non optimis viis, angustissimis semitis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

    et modo quae fuerat semita, facta via est,

    Mart. 7, 61, 4:

    aut viam aut semitam monstret,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:

    mi opsistere in viā,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 5:

    ire in viā,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 42:

    omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 19 (opp. semita), id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43, 1; cf.:

    decedam ego illi de viā,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:

    paulum ad dexteram de viā declinavi,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

    decedere viā,

    Suet. Tib. 31:

    aestuosa et pulverulenta via,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

    quā (viā) Sequanis invitis propter angustias ire non poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    cursare huc illuc viā deterrimā,

    Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:

    in viam se dare,

    to set out on a journey, id. Fam. 14, 12:

    te neque navigationi neque viae committere,

    id. ib. 16, 4, 1:

    tu abi tuam viam,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 88:

    milites monuit, viā omnes irent, nec deverti quemquam paterentur,

    along the highway, Liv. 25, 9, 4.—In a double sense:

    ire publicā viā,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 35.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

    de viā in semitam degredi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40:

    totā errare viā,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14.—
    2.
    In partic., as the name of a particular street or road:

    tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

    Via Appia,

    id. Mil. 6, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 6;

    v. Appius: Via Campana,

    Suet. Aug. 94;

    v. Campania: Sacra Via, in Rome, in the fourth region,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Fest. p. 290 ib.; Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Hor. Epod. 4, 7; 7, 8:

    Via Sacra,

    id. S. 1, 9, 1;

    also written as one word, SACRAVIA,

    Inscr. Grut. 638, 7; 1033, 1; cf. Charis. p. 6 P.; Diom. p. 401 ib. (v. sacer, I. A.); cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 219 sq.— Hence, Sacrăvĭenses, ĭum, m., those dwelling on the Sacra Via, Fest. s. v. October equus, p. 178 Müll.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Abstr., like our way, for march, journey (syn. iter):

    cum de viā languerem,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

    nisi de viā fessus esset,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 1: tridui via, a three days' march or journey, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    bidui,

    id. ib. 6, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:

    longitudo viae,

    Liv. 37, 33, 3:

    flecte viam velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 28:

    tum via tuta maris,

    Ov. M. 11, 747:

    feci Longa Pherecleā per freta puppe vias,

    id. H. 16, 22:

    ne inter vias praeterbitamus, metuo,

    by the way, on the road, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Turp. ap. Non. p. 538, 8 et saep.—
    2.
    In gen., a way, passage, channel, pipe, etc.; thus, a lane in a camp, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; a passage between the seats of a theatre, Mart. 5, 14, 8; Tert. Spect. 3; of the veins:

    omnes ejus (sanguinis) viae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; of the chyle ducts:

    quaedam a medio intestino usque ad portas jecoris ductae et directae viae,

    id. ib.; the windpipe, Ov. M. 15, 344; 14, 498; a cleft through which any thing penetrates, Verg. G. 2, 79; cf. Ov. M. 11, 515; the path or track of an arrow, Verg. A. 5, 526; a stripe in a party-colored fabric, Tib. 2, 3, 54 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, etc., of doing any thing, course (cf. modus):

    vitae,

    Cic. Fl. 42, 105; id. Agr. 1, 9, 27; id. Sest. 67, 140; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26; Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 5; Lact. Epit. 67, 12:

    via vivendi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    rectam vitae viam sequi,

    id. ib.:

    Socrates hanc viam ad gloriam proximam dicebat esse,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 43:

    haec ad aeternam gloriam via est,

    Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18:

    haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est,

    Liv. 36, 27, 8:

    invenire viam ad mortem,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12:

    totidem ad mortem viae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 6:

    cum eum hortarer ut eam laudis viam rectissimam esse duceret,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281: haec est una via laudis, id. Sest. 65, 137:

    totam ignoras viam gloriae,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

    quae tum promptissima mortis via, exsolvit venas,

    Tac. A. 16, 17:

    habeo certam viam atque rationem, quā omnes illorum conatus investigare et consequi possim,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:

    defensionis ratio viaque,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 1, §

    4: non tam justitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias,

    id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

    docendi via,

    id. Or. 32, 114:

    optimarum artium vias tradere,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

    (di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam,

    id. ib. 2, 49, 102:

    rectam instas viam,

    i. e. you speak correctly, truly, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 41.—Adverb.: rectā viā, directly:

    ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28.—
    B.
    Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner:

    ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273:

    in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,

    rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116:

    ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way):

    ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,

    Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:

    viā et arte dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —
    C.
    Viam perficere, i. e. to attain an end, Just. Inst. proöem. 1.

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  • 7 via

    vĭa ( vĕa, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14), ae ( gen. sing. vias, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P., or Ann. v. 421 Vahl.; viāï, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16, or Ann. v. 209 ib.; Lucr. 1, 406; 1, 659; 2, 249 et saep.; dat. plur. VIEIS, Inscr. Lat. 206, 50), f. [Sanscr. vah-āmi, bring, lead; Gr. ochos, ochêma, vehicle; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; from this root are also veho, vexo, etc.], a way, in the most general sense (for men, beasts, or carriages, within or without a city), a highway, road, path, street.
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    viae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum octo pedes habet, in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim,

    Dig. 8, 3, 8:

    Romam in montibus positam et convallibus, non optimis viis, angustissimis semitis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

    et modo quae fuerat semita, facta via est,

    Mart. 7, 61, 4:

    aut viam aut semitam monstret,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:

    mi opsistere in viā,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 5:

    ire in viā,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 42:

    omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 19 (opp. semita), id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43, 1; cf.:

    decedam ego illi de viā,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:

    paulum ad dexteram de viā declinavi,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

    decedere viā,

    Suet. Tib. 31:

    aestuosa et pulverulenta via,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

    quā (viā) Sequanis invitis propter angustias ire non poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    cursare huc illuc viā deterrimā,

    Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:

    in viam se dare,

    to set out on a journey, id. Fam. 14, 12:

    te neque navigationi neque viae committere,

    id. ib. 16, 4, 1:

    tu abi tuam viam,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 88:

    milites monuit, viā omnes irent, nec deverti quemquam paterentur,

    along the highway, Liv. 25, 9, 4.—In a double sense:

    ire publicā viā,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 35.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

    de viā in semitam degredi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40:

    totā errare viā,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14.—
    2.
    In partic., as the name of a particular street or road:

    tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

    Via Appia,

    id. Mil. 6, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 6;

    v. Appius: Via Campana,

    Suet. Aug. 94;

    v. Campania: Sacra Via, in Rome, in the fourth region,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Fest. p. 290 ib.; Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Hor. Epod. 4, 7; 7, 8:

    Via Sacra,

    id. S. 1, 9, 1;

    also written as one word, SACRAVIA,

    Inscr. Grut. 638, 7; 1033, 1; cf. Charis. p. 6 P.; Diom. p. 401 ib. (v. sacer, I. A.); cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 219 sq.— Hence, Sacrăvĭenses, ĭum, m., those dwelling on the Sacra Via, Fest. s. v. October equus, p. 178 Müll.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Abstr., like our way, for march, journey (syn. iter):

    cum de viā languerem,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

    nisi de viā fessus esset,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 1: tridui via, a three days' march or journey, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    bidui,

    id. ib. 6, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:

    longitudo viae,

    Liv. 37, 33, 3:

    flecte viam velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 28:

    tum via tuta maris,

    Ov. M. 11, 747:

    feci Longa Pherecleā per freta puppe vias,

    id. H. 16, 22:

    ne inter vias praeterbitamus, metuo,

    by the way, on the road, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Turp. ap. Non. p. 538, 8 et saep.—
    2.
    In gen., a way, passage, channel, pipe, etc.; thus, a lane in a camp, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; a passage between the seats of a theatre, Mart. 5, 14, 8; Tert. Spect. 3; of the veins:

    omnes ejus (sanguinis) viae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; of the chyle ducts:

    quaedam a medio intestino usque ad portas jecoris ductae et directae viae,

    id. ib.; the windpipe, Ov. M. 15, 344; 14, 498; a cleft through which any thing penetrates, Verg. G. 2, 79; cf. Ov. M. 11, 515; the path or track of an arrow, Verg. A. 5, 526; a stripe in a party-colored fabric, Tib. 2, 3, 54 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, etc., of doing any thing, course (cf. modus):

    vitae,

    Cic. Fl. 42, 105; id. Agr. 1, 9, 27; id. Sest. 67, 140; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26; Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 5; Lact. Epit. 67, 12:

    via vivendi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    rectam vitae viam sequi,

    id. ib.:

    Socrates hanc viam ad gloriam proximam dicebat esse,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 43:

    haec ad aeternam gloriam via est,

    Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18:

    haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est,

    Liv. 36, 27, 8:

    invenire viam ad mortem,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12:

    totidem ad mortem viae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 6:

    cum eum hortarer ut eam laudis viam rectissimam esse duceret,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281: haec est una via laudis, id. Sest. 65, 137:

    totam ignoras viam gloriae,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

    quae tum promptissima mortis via, exsolvit venas,

    Tac. A. 16, 17:

    habeo certam viam atque rationem, quā omnes illorum conatus investigare et consequi possim,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:

    defensionis ratio viaque,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 1, §

    4: non tam justitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias,

    id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

    docendi via,

    id. Or. 32, 114:

    optimarum artium vias tradere,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

    (di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam,

    id. ib. 2, 49, 102:

    rectam instas viam,

    i. e. you speak correctly, truly, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 41.—Adverb.: rectā viā, directly:

    ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28.—
    B.
    Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner:

    ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273:

    in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,

    rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116:

    ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way):

    ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,

    Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:

    viā et arte dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —
    C.
    Viam perficere, i. e. to attain an end, Just. Inst. proöem. 1.

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  • 8 āctus

        āctus    P. of ago.
    * * *
    act, performance (of play), delivery; action, deed; series/sequence; progress; right of way/road for cattle; path, cart-track; land measure (120 ft.)

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  • 9 actus

    1.
    actus, a, um, P. a., from ago.
    2.
    actus, ūs, m. [ago].
    I.
    A.. The moving or driving of an object, impulse, motion: linguae actu, Pacuv. ap. Non. 506, 17:

    mellis constantior est natura... et cunctantior actus,

    Lucr. 3, 192:

    levi admonitu, non actu, inflectit illam feram,

    by driving, Cic. Rep. 2, 40:

    fertur in abruptum magno mons inprobus actu,

    Verg. A. 12, 687:

    pila contorsit violento spiritus actu,

    Sen. Agam. 432; hominum aut animalium actu vehiculum adhibemus, Cael. Aurel. Tard. 1, 1.— Hence,
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The right of driving cattle through a place, a passage for cattle:

    aquae ductus, haustus, iter, actus,

    Cic. Caec. 26; Ulp. Dig. 8, 3, 1.—
    2.
    A road between fields; a cart- or carriage-way, Dig. 8, 1, 5; 8, 5, 4; 43, 19, 1 al.—And,
    3.
    A measure or piece of land (in quo boves aguntur, cum aratur, cum impetu justo, Plin. 18, 59): actus minimus, 120 feet long and 4 feet wide: quadratus, 120 feet square; and duplicatus, 240 feet long and 120 feet wide, Varr. L. L. 5, § 34 Müll.; id. R. R. 1, 10; Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll. Also a division made by bees in a hive, Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 22.
    II. A.
    In gen. (so not in Cic.; for Leg. 1, 11, inst. of pravis actibus, is to be read, pravitatibus;

    but often in the post-Aug. per.): post actum operis,

    Quint. 2, 18, 1:

    in vero actu rei,

    id. 7, 2, 41:

    rhetorice in actu consistit,

    id. 2, 18, 2:

    donec residua diurni actus conficeret,

    Suet. Aug. 78; so id. Claud. 30:

    non consenserat actibus eorum,

    Vulg. Luc. 23, 51.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Public employment, business of state, esp. judicial:

    actus rerum,

    jurisdiction, Suet. Aug. 32; id. Claud. 15, 23; also absol. actus, Dig. 39, 4, 16; 40, 5, 41 al.—
    2.
    The action accompanying oral delivery.
    a.
    Of an orator:

    motus est in his orationis et actus,

    Quint. 9, 2, 4; 11, 3, 140.—
    b.
    Of an actor: the representation of a play, a part, a character, etc.:

    neque enim histrioni, ut placeat, peragenda est fabula, modo in quocunque fuerit actu, probetur,

    Cic. de Sen. 19, 70:

    carminum actus,

    recital, Liv. 7, 2:

    histrionum actus,

    Quint. 10, 2, 11:

    in tragico quodam actu, cum elapsum baculum cito resumpsisset,

    Suet. Ner. 24.—Hence, also, a larger division of a play, an act:

    primo actu placeo,

    Ter. Hec. prol. 31:

    neque minor quinto, nec sit productior actu Fabula,

    Hor. A. P. 189, and trop. (in Cic. very often):

    extremus actus aetatis,

    Cic. de Sen. 2; id. Marcell. 9:

    quartus actus improbitatis,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 6; so id. Phil. 2, 14; id. Fam. 5, 12 al. [p. 26]

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  • 10 duco

    dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( imp. duc;

    but duce,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 18; id. Most. 1, 4, 11; id. Poen. 5, 4, 59; id. Rud. 2, 3, 55; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26.— Perf. sync.: duxti, Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Cat. 91, 9; Prop. 1, 3, 27), v. a. [cf. Goth. tiuh-an; O. H. Germ. zieh-an, to draw; Germ. -zog, in Herzog, commander, duke], to lead, conduct, draw, bring forward, in all senses; very freq. passing over into the signif. of the compounds abducere, deducere, adducere, producere, etc., and of the synonyms agere, trahere, movere, etc. (very freq.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quo sequar? quo ducis nunc me?

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 2: duc hos intro, id. Am. 2, 2, 224; id. Aul. 2, 6, 13:

    duc ac demonstra mihi,

    id. Cist. 2, 3, 36:

    suas secum mulierculas sunt in castra ducturi,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10 fin.; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 5 fin. et saep.:

    (difficile iter) vix qua singuli carri ducerentur,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 1; cf.

    plaustra,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 34: aquam ducere, Cato ap. Charis. p. 192 P.; so,

    aquam per fundum ejus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4:

    spiritum naribus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5: so,

    spiritum per siccas fauces,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 8; cf.:

    aërem spiritu,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 6 fin.:

    animam spiritu,

    id. ib. 2, 54, 136; and in gen.: spiritum, for to live, id. Fam. 10, 1; cf.:

    vitam et spiritum,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

    tura naribus,

    to inhale, Hor. C. 4, 1, 22:

    sucos nectaris,

    to drink in full draughts, to quaff, id. ib. 3, 3, 34; cf.

    pocula,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 22; and:

    Liberum,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 14.— Poet.:

    jucunda oblivia vitae (referring to the waters of Lethe),

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 62 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 714 sq.) et saep.:

    mucronem,

    to draw from the scabbard, Verg. A. 12, 378; cf.:

    ferrum vaginā,

    Ov. F. 4, 929:

    ensem vagina,

    Sil. 8, 342;

    but: ensem duxerat faber,

    had beaten out, forged, Tib. 1, 3, 48:

    sortem,

    Cic. Div. 2, 33; Verg. A. 6, 22;

    hence, also transf. of that which is drawn by lot,

    Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. Rep. 1, 34; Suet. Caes. 12; Tac. A. 1, 54; 3, 28 al.:

    pondus aratri,

    to draw, Ov. M. 7, 119:

    remos,

    to row, id. ib. 1, 294; cf. id. ib. 4, 353:

    numerosa brachia,

    in dancing, id. Am. 2, 4, 29:

    lanas,

    to spin, id. ib. 4, 34; cf.

    stamina,

    id. ib. 4, 221:

    ubera,

    to milk, id. ib. 9, 358:

    frena manu,

    to guide, govern, id. ib. 15, 518: vela, to haul (= navigare), Prop. 1, 6, 2:

    manus, of swimming,

    id. 3, 20, 2:

    ilia,

    to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9:

    os,

    to draw awry, to make wry faces, Cic. Or. 25 fin.; Quint. 9, 3, 101; cf.

    vultum,

    Ov. M. 2, 774; id. P. 4, 8, 13; Mart. 1, 41 et saep.:

    non equus impiger Curru ducet Achaico Victorem,

    to draw along, Hor. C. 4, 3, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 1, 93.— Absol.:

    sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere,

    to take to one's self, appropriate, Sall. J. 41, 5.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To lead, conduct, as a way or road:

    via ducit (te), in urbem?

    Verg. E. 9, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 7, 5; Verg. A. 1, 401; Ov. F. 2, 679:

    Brundisium Minuci melius via ducat an Appi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 20:

    via ad undas,

    Ov. M. 3, 602:

    via ad infernas sedes,

    id. ib. 4, 433; cf.:

    iter ad urbem,

    id. ib. 437; Curt. 3, 28, 19; Sen. Prov. 6, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 1; Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 111; Quint. 5, 9, 14; Liv. 5, 40, 8 al.—
    2.
    Se, in colloq. lang., to betake one's self, go:

    jam me ad regem recta ducam,

    Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 8; id. Aul. 4, 8, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 11; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 7: Balbus duxit se a Gadibus, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1.—
    3.
    A legal t. t., to take, lead away, drag, carry off a person before court, to prison, to punishment, etc.: POST. DEINDE. MANVS. INIECTIO. ESTO. IN. IVS. DVCITO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; so,

    in jus,

    Liv. 2, 27:

    illos duci in carcerem jubent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30:

    aliquem in carcerem,

    Suet. Caes. 20:

    in vincula,

    id. ib. 79:

    ad mortem,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Phoc. 4, 3; and absol.:

    ducite, ubi capiat, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 65; Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 14; Suet. Calig. 27; Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3 al.: NI. IVDICATVM. FACIT. AVT. QVIS. ENDO. EM. IVRE. VINDICIT. SECVM. DVCITO. VINCITO, etc., XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45:

    decreta ejus modi: SI PETIT DUCAS. C. Fuficium duci jussit petitorem,

    to be imprisoned, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31; so of a debtor (addictus) who is led off as a slave, Novat. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 87; Cic. Fl. 20 fin.; Liv. 6, 14 sq.; cf. id. 2, 23 med.; cf.

    prov.: stultitiast venatum ducere invitas canes,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 83. —
    4.
    Uxorem, to lead a wife home, i. e. to marry:

    bona uxor si ea deducta est, etc.... Verum egon eam ducam domum, Quae, etc.?

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 91:

    uxorem domum,

    id. Aul. 2, 1, 40; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 68:

    filiam Orgetorigis in matrimonium,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 9, 3; cf. Liv. 4, 4:

    eum uxorem ducturum esse aliam,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 105:

    uxorem (or aliquam, filiam alicujus, etc.),

    id. Aul. 2, 1, 48; id. Cas. prol. 69 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 128; 2, 1, 21 et saep.; Cic. Sest. 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 4; id. B. C. 3, 110, 2; Verg. E. 8, 29; Vulg. Marc. 10, 11 et saep.— Absol.:

    si tu negaris ducere,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 9; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 76; Liv. 4, 4 al.: jugum ducere cum infidelibus, i. e. to be yoked in marriage, Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 14.—Rarely for nubere: si ignorans statum Erotis ut liberum duxisti, isque postea servus est judicatus, etc., Imp. Antonin. ap. Cod. Just. 5, 18, 3.—In the comic poets, of taking home prostitutes, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 35; 4, 2, 44; id. Men. 1, 2, 15; id. Stich. 5, 4, 48; id. Truc. 3, 2, 10 et saep.—
    5.
    In milit. lang.
    a.
    Said of a commander, to lead, to cause to move, to march his army in any direction:

    locis apertis exercitum ducere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 64 fin.; 1, 68, 1:

    exercitum ab Allobrogibus in Segusianos,

    id. B. G. 1, 10 fin.:

    exercitum in fines Suessionum,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 38, 3;

    5, 18, 1: exercitum (legiones, etc.) in Bellovacos,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 1; 5, 24, 2 et saep.; cf. Tac. A. 2, 57:

    cohortes ad eam partem munitionum, quae, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 62, 2:

    exercitum Uticam,

    id. ib. 2, 26, 1:

    reliquas copias contra Labienum,

    id. B. G. 7, 61 fin. et saep.—In pass., of the soldiers, to march, move:

    quam in partem aut quo consilio ducerentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 2.—And in act., absol., of the general himself, to march, move (a favorite expression of Liv.;

    not in Caes. or Sall.): (Mettus) ducit, quam proxime ad hostem potest,

    Liv. 1, 23; 1, 27; 9, 35; 22, 18 et saep.—Hence,
    b.
    In gen., to lead, command an army or (more freq.) a division:

    qua in legatione duxit exercitum,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so,

    exercitum,

    Nep. Eum. 13, 1; id. Epam. 7, 3:

    qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 35, 6; 6, 38, 1; id. B. C. 3, 91, 1:

    ordinem,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 4; 3, 104, 3; Suet. Vesp. 1:

    partem exercitūs,

    Sall. J. 55, 4 et saep.—Rarely, to lead a division in front, in advance:

    consuetudine sua Caesar sex legiones expeditas ducebat: post eas... inde, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 2; hence also, to march in front, take the lead, said of the division that forms the van:

    pars equitum et auxiliariae cohortes ducebant, mox prima legio, etc.,

    Tac. A. 1, 51; cf. id. ib. 1, 64 fin. —
    (β).
    Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to lead, to be leader, head, chief, first in any thing:

    accedit etiam, quod familiam ducit,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 5 fin. Manut.; so,

    familiam,

    id. Phil. 5, 11, 30; id. Fin. 4, 16, 45:

    ordines,

    id. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

    classem (discipulorum),

    Quint. 1, 2, 24 Spald.:

    funus,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 12:

    toros,

    Ov. F. 6, 668 et saep.—
    c.
    To conduct as prisoners in a triumph:

    per triumphum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 67:

    in triumpho,

    Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139, v. triumphus.—
    6.
    With the accessory idea of creation, formation, to produce, form, construct, make, fashion, shape, dispose (cf.:

    struo, pono, condo, fundo): parietem per vestibulum alicujus,

    to erect, Cic. Mil. 27 fin.; cf.

    muros,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 23:

    vallum ex castris ad aquam,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 73, 2:

    fossam,

    id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; 7, 73, 2:

    arcum,

    Ov. M. 3, 160:

    lateres de terra,

    Vitr. 2, 3:

    vivos vultus de marmore (with excudere spirantia aera),

    Verg. A. 6, 849; cf. id. ib. 7, 634; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240; Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125; Quint. 10, 3, 18 Spald.; Juv. 7, 237; hence, poet. also:

    epos,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 44:

    carmen,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 18; 3, 14, 32:

    versus,

    id. ib. 5, 12, 63 et saep.:

    liniam ex colore,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 81; Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf.

    orbem,

    id. 11, 3, 118:

    alvum,

    to bring forth by clysters, Cels. 2, 12; 4, 4 et saep.: alapam alicui, qs. to fetch one a box on the ear, Phaedr. 5, 3, 2; cf.

    colaphum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 83 Spald.:

    pugnum,

    Dig. 47, 10, 4 et saep.;

    so esp. of processions, dances, etc.: funus,

    Cic. Quint. 15 fin.; Ov. M. 14, 746; Verg. G. 4, 256; cf.

    exsequias,

    Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154:

    pompam,

    Ov. H. 12, 152; id. F. 6, 405; id. M. 13, 699:

    choros,

    Tib. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6 et saep.; cf.

    choreas,

    Ov. M. 8, 582; 14, 520.—
    7.
    To receive, admit, take any thing (not ante-Aug.):

    cicatricem,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 66; Liv. 29, 32, 12:

    rimam,

    Ov. M. 4, 65:

    situm,

    to grow rusty, Quint. 1, 2, 18:

    formam,

    Ov. M. 1, 402:

    colorem,

    id. ib. 3, 485; cf.

    pallorem,

    to grow pale, id. ib. 8, 760:

    nomina,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 76:

    notam,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 59 et saep.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to lead, guide, draw, conduct:

    progredimur quo ducit quemque voluntas,

    Lucr. 2, 258; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 27; 1, 6, 57:

    ad strepitum citharae cessatum ducere curam,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 31:

    Liber vota bonos ducit ad exitus,

    id. C. 4, 8, 34; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 26:

    per quaedam parva sane ducant (futurum oratorem),

    id. 1, 10, 5; cf. id. 1, 1, 27; 1, 5, 58.—Prov.:

    ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt,

    Sen. Ep. 107.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To draw, deduce, [p. 616] derive its origin or beginning from, any thing:

    ab aliqua re totius vitae ducere exordium,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18; cf.:

    exordium a nostra persona,

    Quint. 3, 8, 8; 4, 1, 7:

    principium disputationis a principe investigandae veritatis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 21 fin.:

    belli initium a fame,

    id. Att. 9, 9, 2; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 21:

    initia causasque omnium ex quatuor temporum mutationibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    originem ab Isocrate,

    Quint. 2, 15, 4; 1, 6, 38; Hor. C. 3, 17, 5 al.:

    ingressionem non ex oratoriis disputationibus, sed, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 3, 11:

    honestum ab iis rebus,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Or. 39, 135:

    nomen ex quo,

    id. Ac. 11, 41; cf.:

    nomen a Graeco,

    Quint. 1, 6, 3; 3, 7, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 66 et saep.; cf.

    also: utrumque (sc. amor et amicitia) ductum (al. dictum) est ab amando,

    Cic. Lael. 27; id. Fin. 2, 24, 78.—
    2.
    To lead a person, as regards his will or opinions, in any direction; to move, incite, induce, allure, in a good or bad sense (most freq. in the pass.):

    ita me ad credendum tua ducit oratio,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 18:

    nos ducit scholarum consuetudo,

    Quint. 4, 2, 28; 5, 11, 19; cf. id. 9, 1, 21:

    ducit te species,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 35 et saep.:

    declamatores quosdam perversa ducit ambitio, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21.—In the pass.:

    si quis statuarum honore aut gloria ducitur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58 fin.:

    eloquentiae laude,

    id. Or. 32, 115:

    quaestu et lucro,

    id. Tusc. 5, 3, 9:

    hoc errore ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 41; cf.:

    litteris eorum et urbanitate, ut, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:

    omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem,

    id. Off. 1, 6 et saep.—
    b.
    In a bad sense, to cheat, deceive, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Capt. 4, 2, 7; Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Ph. 3, 2, 15; Prop. 2, 17, 1 (3, 8, 1 M.); Ov. H. 19, 13; id. M. 3, 587 (with decipere).—
    3.
    With regard to time, to draw out, extend, protract, prolong:

    bellum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4; id. B. C. 2, 18, 6; 2, 37, 5 sq.; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2; Liv. 22, 25 et saep.; cf.:

    bellum longius,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 2; 3, 42, 3:

    bellum in hiemem,

    id. ib. 1, 61, 3:

    eam rem longius,

    id. B. G. 7, 11, 4; cf.:

    rem prope in noctem,

    id. B. C. 3, 51, 7:

    rem leniter,

    Liv. 3, 41 et saep. Also transf., of time itself:

    tempus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; Nep. Them. 7:

    diem ex die,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 4; and of persons who are put off, delayed:

    ubi se diutius duci intellexit,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 5.—Less freq. (mostly poet.),
    b.
    In gen., of time, to pass, spend, enjoy:

    aetatem in litteris,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; so,

    aetatem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 202:

    vitam,

    id. Epod. 17, 63; Sen. Ep. 45, 10; cf. Verg. A. 2, 641 (where, shortly before, vitam producere):

    noctes,

    Prop. 1, 11, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13:

    somnos,

    Verg. A. 4, 560.—
    4.
    In mercant. lang., to calculate, compute, reckon: age nunc summam sumptus duc, Lucil. ap. Non. 283, 30:

    minimum ut sequamur, quoniam XC. medimnūm milia duximus, accedant eo, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49; id. Att. 6, 1, 5 and 16; 6, 2, 7; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11; Gell. 1, 20, 5.—
    b.
    Transf. beyond the mercant. sphere.
    (α).
    Rationem alicujus, to consider, calculate, care for one's advantage or interest (a favorite expression of Cicero):

    duxi meam rationem, quam tibi facile me probaturum arbitrabar,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11 D, § 7; so,

    suam quoque rationem,

    to have respect to one's own advantage, id. Verr. 2, 1, 48; and:

    non minorem aratorum quam populi rationem,

    Suet. Aug. 42 fin.:

    salutis meae rationem,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3:

    rationem officii, non commodi,

    id. Sest. 10, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

    unius cujusque temporis ducta ratio est,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 16:

    rationem officii atque existimationis,

    id. Quint. 16, 53.—
    (β).
    In gen., to reckon, consider, hold, account, esteem as any thing (cf. aestimo and existimo;

    very freq. in prose and poetry): parvi id ducebat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

    pro nihilo aliquid,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 85; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

    ea pro falsis ducit,

    Sall. C. 3, 2; cf.:

    innocentiam pro malevolentia,

    id. ib. 12, 1:

    vos eritis judices, Laudin' an vitio duci id factum oportuit,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 5; so,

    aliquid honori,

    Sall. J. 11, 3:

    aliquid laudi, Nep. praef. § 4: aliquem despicatui,

    Cic. Fl. 27, 65: nihil praeter virtutem in bonis ducere (for which, shortly after, in bonis habere = numerare), Cic. Fin. 3, 3;

    aliquem in numero hostium,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 25 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1; cf. ib. 6, 23, 8; without in, ib. 6, 21, 2; cf.:

    aliquem loco affinium,

    Sall. J. 14, 1 Kritz. N. cr.: aliquid testimonii loco, Quint. 5, 9, 10:

    tutelae nostrae duximus, cum Africo bello urgerentur,

    Liv. 21, 41; cf.:

    officii duxit exorare filiae patrem, etc.,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    faceret, quod e republica fideque sua duceret,

    id. ib. 25, 7 et saep.:

    malum cum amici tuum ducis malum,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 48; cf.:

    Archytas iracundiam seditionem quandam animi vere ducebat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38:

    eorum, quos idoneos ducebat, consilium habet,

    Sall. J. 62, 4:

    nil rectum nisi quod placuit sibi ducunt,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83.— With acc. and inf.:

    sic equidem ducebam animo rebarque futurum,

    Verg. A. 6, 690:

    ut omnia tua in te posita esse ducas humanosque casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2, 7, 19 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 2; 1, 17; 1, 38; 3, 9 (three times); Sall. J. 93, 5; Liv. 22, 14, 6; 22, 59, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 2; 4, 30, 2; 6, 18 et saep.—Here too probably belongs the much disputed passage: ludos et inania honoris medio rationis atque abundantiae duxit (= ludos publicos cum aliis rebus quae ad inania honoris pertinent, duxit, i. e. existimavit habendos et ponendos in medio rationis atque abundantiae, ut inter rationem, quae plane spernit inania, et abundantiam, quae eadem ostentat, media via incederet), he thought right to manage them in a middle course between reason and profusion, Tac. Agr. 6 fin., v. Dübner and Orell. ad h. l.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > duco

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