sub+modo

lumbrīcus, i, m., an intestinal worm, maw-worm, stomach-worm.

Lit.:

si teniae et lumbrici molesti erunt,

Cato, R. R. 126; Col. 6, 25; cf. id. 6, 30, 9:

nec lumbricis ulli sunt (oculi),

Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 140; Cael. Aur. Acut. 7, 8 al.—

Transf., an earth-worm, dew-worm:

nunc ab transenna hic turdus lumbricum petit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 22:

effodere lumbricos,

Col. 7, 9:

terrae,

Ser. Samm. 12.—As a term of abuse, thou worm! foras, lumbrice, qui sub terra erepsisti modo, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 1.

mănĕo, nsi, nsum (contr. perf. mansti for mansisti, Lucil. ap. Gell. 18, 8), 2, v. n. and a. [root man, to think; whence the notion of hesitating leads to that of waiting; cf. Gr. menô, menos, mimnêskô, mantis; and Lat. memini, moneo, mens, etc.].

Neutr., to stay, remain anywhere (class.).

In gen.:

ut ut erat, mansum tamen oportuit,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 26:

facilem esse rem, seu maneant, seu proficiscantur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 30:

domi,

id. ib. 4, 1:

in loco,

id. B. C. 2, 41:

in patria,

Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99:

si consulem manere ad urbem senatui placuisset,

Liv. 30, 27:

ad exercitum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 51:

uno loco manens,

Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

unum manere diem,

Prop. 2, 9, 20:

decem dies,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 55:

diebus quindecim,

id. Gal. 1, 18.— Impers. pass.:

omnia excogitantur, quare nec sine periculo maneatur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

in Italia fortasse manebitur,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7; Vell. 2, 16, 4:

manendum eo loco,

Caes. B. C. 3, 74:

hic maneri diutius non potest,

Cic. Att. 11, 15, 3.—

In partic.

To stay, tarry, stop, continue, abide, pass the night ( = pernoctare):

apud aliquem,

Cic. Att. 4, 18, 3:

eo die mansit Venafri,

id. ib. 7, 13, 7:

in tabernaculo,

id. ib. 5, 16, 3:

sub Jove frigido,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 25:

extra domum patris,

Liv. 3, 45, 7:

ad decimum lapidem,

id. 3, 69, 8:

cum is Casilini eo die mansurum eum dixisset = Casilini,

id. 22, 13, 8; cf.:

triduom hoc,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 4:

apud alium mansit,

Sen. Ben. 3, 17, 3:

mane apud me,

Vulg. Gen. 29, 19:

manebis clam,

id. 1 Reg. 19, 2. —In mal. part.: cum masculo mansione muliebri, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 1, 1. —

Pregn., to remain, last, endure, continue [p. 1108] in any place or manner:

si in eo manerent, quod convenisset,

would adhere to, abide by that, Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 5:

in vita,

to remain alive, Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

in veritate,

to adhere to the truth, id. Clu. 63, 176:

in condicione,

to fulfil a condition, id. Att. 7, 15, 3:

in sententia,

to adhere to, id. ib. 9, 2, 1:

in voluntate,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

in pristina mente,

id. Sest. 27, 58:

in officio,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 47:

tu modo promissis maneas,

abide by, keep, Verg. A. 2, 160:

in pactione,

to abide by, Nep. Ages. 2, 4:

an credi posse ullum populum in ea condicione mansurum?

Liv. 8, 21, 6:

mansit in condicione atque pacto,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16:

plerique negant Caesarem in condicione mansurum,

id. Att. 7, 15, 3.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

nihil semper suo statu manet,

Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29:

munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 6, 31:

monumenta,

Nep. Them. 10:

regna,

Verg. A. 2, 22: adfinitas. Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 101:

memoria,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

rerum omnium mutabilium immutabiles manent origines,

Aug. Conf. 1, 2.—With dat.:

manent ingenia senibus,

Cic. Sen. 7, 22:

his bellum,

to continue, not be at an end, Liv. 1, 53:

cujus quidem tibi fatum manet,

awaits, Cic. Phil. 2, 5, 11.— Absol.:

maneat ergo, quod turpe sit, id numquam esse utile,

be it regarded as a settled principle, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 49; id. Mil. 4, 11:

quamobrem illud maneat, et fixum sit, quod neque moveri, etc.,

id. Rab. Post. 9, 25.— Part. act. fut.: mansurus, that which will abide or endure; lasting, permanent:

urbs,

Verg. A. 3, 86.—So part. pres. manens:

civitas,

Vulg. Heb. 13, 14.—

Act., to wait for, await, expect a person or thing (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: opperior, praestolor, expecto).

In gen.:

nunc te, nox, quae me mansisti, mitto ut concedas die,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 48:

sese,

id. Aul. 4, 6, 14:

non manebat aetas virginis meam neclegentiam,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 16:

hostium adventum mansit,

Liv. 42, 66; Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 4.—

In partic., to await one (as his fate, portion, etc.), to be about to befall one:

mors sua quemque manet,

Prop. 2, 21, 58 (3, 26, 12):

quis me manet exitus?

Ov. M. 9, 725:

qui si manet exitus urbem,

id. ib. 8, 60:

funera quos maneant,

id. ib. 11, 540:

quae (acerba) manent victos,

Liv. 26, 13 fin.; Suet. Caes. 14; id. Dom. 18:

maneat nostros ea cura nepotes,

Verg. A. 3, 505:

vincula et tribulationes me manent,

Vulg. Act. 20, 23.

mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. [cf. Gr. meros, meiromai, moros, etc.; hence, to receive one's share; cf. II. below], to deserve, merit, to be entitled to, be worthy of a thing; constr. with acc., with ut, with ne, with inf., and absol.

In gen.

With acc.:

mereri praemia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 34:

laudem,

id. ib. 1, 40, 5; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 18, 60:

nec minimum decus,

Hor. A. P. 286:

amorem,

Quint. 6 prooem.:

favorem aut odium,

id. 4, 1, 44:

gratiam nullam,

Liv. 45, 24, 7; Quint. 4, 9, 32:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 104 fin.:

summum honorem,

Juv. 6, 532:

supplicium,

id. 6, 219.—

With ut:

respondit, sese meruisse, ut decoraretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232.—

With ne:

mereri, ne quis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 8.—

With inf.:

quae merui vitio perdere cuncta meo,

Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 16:

credi,

Quint. 10, 1, 72:

sanctus haberi,

Juv. 8, 25.—

Absol.:

dignitatem meam, si mereor, tuearis,

if I deserve it, Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 3.—In a bad sense:

meruisse supplicium,

Ov. M. 5, 666.—

In partic.

To earn, gain, get, obtain, acquire:

quid meres? quantillo argenti te conduxit Pseudulus?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 95: iste, qui meret HS. vicenos, Varr. ap. Non. 4, 296: non amplius duodecim aeris, Cic. [p. 1136] Rosc. Com. 10, 28:

ne minus gratiae praecipiendo recta quam offensae reprendendo prava mereamur,

Quint. 4, 2, 39:

nomen patronorum,

id. 6, 4, 5:

indulgentiam, principis ingenio,

Tac. Dial. 9 fin.:

nomen gloriamque merere,

id. H. 2, 37:

famam,

id. ib. 2, 31; id. A. 15, 6:

ancillā natus diadema Quirini meruit,

Juv. 8, 260:

odium,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 3:

quantum quisque uno die mereret,

Suet. Calig. 40 fin.:

aera,

Hor. A. P. 345. —With ut (rare): quem ego ut non excruciem, alterum tantum auri non meream, would not give up torturing him for, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 65: neque ille sibi mereat Persarum montes... ut istuc faciat, would not do it for, etc., id. Stich. 1, 1, 24.—

To get by purchase, to buy, purchase:

uxores, quae vos dote meruerunt,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 124:

quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle, ut ab eis marmorea Venus illa auferatur?

what do you think they would take? for what price would they let it be carried away? Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135:

gloriam,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 13:

legatum a creditore,

Dig. 35, 2, 21:

noxam,

Petr. 139:

quid Minyae meruere queri?

to have reason, cause, Val. Fl. 1, 519.—

In milit. lang., mereri and merere stipendia, or simply merere (lit., to earn pay), to serve for pay, to serve as a soldier, serve in the army:

mereri stipendia,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

meruit stipendia in eo bello,

id. Mur. 5, 12:

adulescens patre suo imperatore meruit,

id. ib.:

complures annos,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

triennio sub Hannibale,

Liv. 21, 4 fin.:

Romanis in castris,

Tac. A. 2, 10:

in Thracia,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

merere equo,

to serve on horseback, in the cavalry, Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

merere pedibus,

to serve on foot, in the infantry, Liv. 24, 18: mereri aere (al. equo) publico, Varr. ap. Non. 345, 2.—

Mereri (ante-class., merere) de aliquo, or de aliquā re, to deserve or merit any thing of one, to behave in any manner towards one, in a good or bad sense (in Plaut. also with erga):

te ego, ut digna es, perdam, atque ut de me meres,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22:

ut erga me est merita,

id. Am. 5, 1, 49:

nam de te neque re neque verbis merui, ut faceres quod facis,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 45: saepe (erga me;

sc. illam) meritam quod vellem scio,

that she has often treated me as I desired, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 37.—Esp.: bene, male, optime, etc., mereri, to deserve well, ill, etc.:

de mendico male meretur, qui ei dat, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 58:

de re publicā bene mereri,

Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 2:

de populi Romani nomine,

id. Brut. 73, 254:

melius de quibusdam acerbos inimicos mereri, quam eos amicos, qui dulces videantur,

id. Lael. 24, 90:

de re publica meruisse optime,

id. Att. 10, 4, 5:

perniciosius de re publicā merentur vitiosi principes,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

stet haec urbs praeclara, quoquo modo merita de me erit,

id. Mil. 34, 93:

Paulus, qui nihil meruit,

i. e. was innocent, Lact. 2, 16, 17:

ita se omni tempore de populo Romano meritos esse, ut,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

Caesarem imperatorem bene de republicā meritum,

deserving well, id. B. C. 1, 13:

optime cum de se meritum judicabat,

id. ib. 3, 99:

milites mirifice de re publicā meriti,

Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 3:

homines de me divinitus meriti,

id. Red. in Sen. 12, 30; cf.:

te ego ut digna's perdam atque ut de me meres,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22.— Hence,

mĕrens, entis, P. a., that deserves or merits any thing; in a good sense, deserving; in a bad sense, guilty; that has rendered himself deserving towards any one or of any thing; with de, rarely with dat.; esp. with bene, well-deserving (mostly poet. and post-class.):

consul laudare, increpare merentes,

Sall. J. 100:

laurea decreta merenti,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 91: quem periisse, ita de re publicā merentem, doleo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 344, 23; so Inscr. Grut. 933, 5.— With dat.:

quando tu me bene merentem tibi habes despicatui,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 19.— In sup.: HOMINI BENE MERENTISSIMO, Inscr. Rein. cl. 16, 8; Inscr. Grut. 932, 7; ib. 1129, 3.—

mĕrĭtus, a, um, P. a.

Deserving:

meriti juvenci,

Verg. G. 2, 515.— Sup.: filiae meritissimae, Inscr. Rein. cl. 5, 35. —

Pass., deserved, due, fit, just, proper, right:

ignarus, laus an poena merita esset,

Liv. 8, 7:

triumphus,

id. 39, 4, 6:

iracundiam, neque eam injustam, sed meritam ac debitam fuisse,

just, Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 203:

mors,

Verg. A 4, 696: noxia, committed, perpetrated, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 1: meritis de causis, for merited, i. e. just reasons, Dig. 48, 20.— Sup.:

famā optimā et meritissimā frui,

Plin. Ep. 5, 15.—Hence,

mĕrĭtum, i, n.

That which one deserves, desert; in a good sense, reward, recompense; in a bad sense, punishment (only ante- and postclass.):

nihil suave meritum est,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 75:

specta denique, quale caelesti providentia meritum reportaverit,

reward, punishment, App. M. 8, p. 214:

delictorum,

Tert. Apol. 21.—

That by which one deserves any thing of another, a merit; esp. in a good sense, a service, kindness, benefit, favor (class.):

propter eorum (militum) divinum atque immortale meritum,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14:

pro singulari eorum merito,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 15:

magnitudo tuorum erga me meritorum,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

et hercule merito tuo feci,

according to your merits, as you deserved, id. Att. 5, 11, 6:

pro ingentibus meritis praemia acceperant,

Tac. A. 14, 53:

recordatio ingentium meritorum,

Liv. 39, 49, 11; Curt. 8, 3, 14; Suet. Ner. 3; Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2.—In Plaut. also in the sup.:

meritissimo ejus, quae volet faciemus,

on account of his great merit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 147:

merita dare et recipere,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

magna ejus sunt in me non dico officia, sed merita,

id. Fam. 11, 17, 1.—Also demerit, blame, fault:

Caesar, qui a me nullo meo merito alienus esse debebat,

without any fault of mine, id. Sest. 17, 39:

nullo meo in se merito,

although I am guilty of no offence against him, Liv. 40, 15:

leniter, ex merito quicquid patiare, ferendum est,

Ov. H. 5, 7:

ex cujusque merito scio me fecisse,

Liv. 26, 31, 9:

quosdam punivit, alios praemiis adfecit, neutrum ex merito,

Tac. H. 4, 50; cf.:

quod ob meritum nostrum succensuistis?

Liv. 25, 6, 4.—

Transf., worth, value, importance of a thing ( poet. and post-class.):

quo sit merito quaeque notata dies,

Ov. F. 1, 7:

negotiorum,

Cod. Just. 8, 5, 2: aedificia majoris meriti, of greater value, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 30:

loci,

Mart. 8, 65, 7:

primi saporis mella thymi sucus effundit, secundi meriti thymbra, tertii meriti rosmarinus,

Pall. 1, 37, 3.—

mĕrĭtō, adv., according to desert, deservedly, justly, often connected with jure (class.):

quamquam merito sum iratus Metello,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 158:

merito ac jure laudantur,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 14; cf.:

te ipse jure optimo, merito incuses, licet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23:

recte ac merito commovebamur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

merito jam suspectus,

Juv. 3, 221; 10, 208. — Sup.: meritissimo te magni facio, Turp. ap. Non. 139, 17; Caecil. ib. 18:

me deridere meritissumo,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 49; Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 234; S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 6; ap. Flor. 1, 9.—Post-class.: meritissime, Sol. 7, 18.—

In partic.: libens (lubens) merito, a form of expression used in paying vows; v. libens, under libet.

ŏnyx, ychis, m. and f., = onux (a fingernail; hence, from its color).

Fem., a kind of yellowish marble, onyx, of which vessels of many kinds were made;

it was also used for mlaying floors,

Plin. 36, 7, 12, § 59:

totāque effusus in aulā Calcabatur onyx,

Luc. 10, 116;

calcatusque tuo sub pede lucet onyx,

Mart. 12, 50, 4.—

Masc., a vessel of onyx, an onyx-box:

nardi parvus onyx,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 17;

murrheus,

an ointment-box, Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 22; cf.:

Syrio munere plenus onyx,

id. 2, 10 (3, 5), 14.— In this signif. also as fem.:

unguentum fuerat, quod onyx modo parva gerebat,

Mart. 7, 94, 1.—

A yellowish precious stone, an onyx, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 90—

The female of a mussel of the scallop species, Plin. 32, 9, 32, § 103.

pignus, ŏris and ĕris (old form in plur.:

pignosa pignora eodem modo quo valesii, auselii... dicebantur,

Fest. p. 213 Müll.), n. [root pac-, of pango; cf. paciscor], a pledge, gage, pawn, security, mortgage (of persons as well as things).

Lit.:

opponere se pigneri,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 85:

ager oppositus est pignori,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56:

servus, quem hic reliqueram Pignus pro me,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 19:

quo facto pignore animos centurionum devinxit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 39:

rem alicujus pignori accipere,

Tac. H. 3, 65:

pignora apud se deposita persequi et vindicare,

Paul. Sent. 5, 26, 4:

sub pignoribus mutuas pecunias accipere,

Dig. 13, 7, 12:

habere aliquid pignori,

ib. 20, 4, 2:

liberare pignus a creditore,

ib. 20, 4, 4:

pignoribus cavere alicui,

ib. 43, 3, 2: aurum [p. 1376] pignori apud aliquem ponere, ib. 13, 7, 27:

viginti milia faenus pignoribus positis,

income from mortgages, Juv. 9, 141.—Esp., of the security for the payment of his fine, which was taken by the consul of a senator who failed to attend in the Senate:

pignus auferre,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4: pignoribus terreri, Crass. ib.; so,

senatores pignoribus cogere,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

pignora capere,

Liv. 3, 38, 12;

of hostages,

id. 33, 22:

marium pignora,

male hostages, Suet. Aug. 21: pignus praetorium, the security which the prœtor took as a guarantee for the preservation of a thing when he put it in the possession of a creditor, or fidei commissarius, Dig. 13, 7, 26; 41, 5, 12.—

Esp., in phrases.

Pignus capere, to take a pledge or security for payment:

certis verbis pignus capiebatur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 29; 26 al.—

Pignora capere, to issue execution, make seizure of property:

Vettium, pignoribus captis, cojecit in carcerem,

Suet. Caes. 17:

eorum, qui debita confessi sunt, pignora capi et distrahi possunt,

Paul. Sent. 5, 5 A, 4:

per vim debitoris sui pignora, cum non haberet obligata, capere,

id. ib. 5, 26, 4.—

Pignoris capio, a proceeding by which the summary collection of certain debts was secured, Gai. Inst. 4, 26 (v. Sandars ad Just. Inst. introd. § 96).—

Transf.

The object of a wager, a wager, stake:

da pignus, ni ea sit filia,

lay a wager, bet, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 34; so id. ib. 36:

cum illo dare,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 133:

pignore certare cum aliquo,

Verg. E. 3, 31:

quovis pignore contendere,

to lay any wager, bet any thing, Cat. 44, 4:

et quaerit posito pignore vincat uter,

Ov. A. A. 1, 168:

in quodvis pignus vocare, ni, etc.,

Gell. 5, 4, 2:

ponere pignus cum aliquo de re aliquā,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 3.—

A contract in which security is given, Dig. 13, 7, 1; 20, 6, 3.—

Trop.

A pledge, token, assurance, proof:

magnum pignus ab eo rei publicae datum, se, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 4:

pignora voluntatis,

id. Cael. 32, 78:

injuriae,

id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

societatis,

Tac. H. 4, 61:

sceleris,

id. ib. 4, 57:

imperii,

id. ib. 3, 72:

reconciliatae gratiae pignus,

Curt. 6, 7, 35:

pignora da, genitor, per quae tua vera propago Credar,

sure tokens, Ov. M. 2, 38; 5, 247; 7, 497:

in vultu pignora mentis habet,

id. A. A. 2, 378:

digito pignus fortasse dedisti,

i. e. a ring, Juv. 6, 27.—

Concr.

Children, parents, brothers and sisters, relatives, as pledges of love (only after the Aug. period):

nunc tibi commendo communia pignora, natos,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73; Ov. M. 11, 543:

prolemque gemellam Pignora bina dedi,

id. H. 6, 121:

tot natos natasque et pignora cara nepotes,

id. M. 3, 134:

ascita pignora,

Stat. S. 2, 1, 86:

pignora conjugum ac liberorum,

Liv. 2, 1, 5:

obsecratio illa judicum, per carissima pignora, utique, si et reo sint liberi, conjux, parentes, utilis erit,

Quint. 6, 1, 33:

habens filiam, uxorem, nepotem, sorores, interque tot pignora veros amicos,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3; Tac. A. 12, 2:

proxima pignora,

id. ib. 15, 36:

ne in conjugem, in familiam, in cetera pignora ejus saeviret,

id. ib. 16, 26; id. G. 7:

frangi aspectu pignorum suorum,

id. Agr. 38.—Hence, in gen.,

Any thing especially valuable or dear:

si quis post pignera tanta Pompeio locus est,

Luc. 7, 376.—

Poet. transf., a graft, scion, Pall. Insit. 109.

pŏtestas, ātis ( gen. plur. potestatium, Sen. Ep. 115, 7; Plin. 29, 4, 20, § 67), f. [possum].

Lit., in gen., ability, power of doing any thing (class.):

SI FVRIOSVS EST AGNATORVM GENTILIVMQVE IN EO PECVNIAQVE EIVS POTESTAS ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: vim tantam in se et potestatem habere tantae astutiae,

to have such a power of craftiness, to be able to devise such tricks, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 32:

aut potestas defuit aut facultas aut voluntas,

Cic. Inv. 2, 7, 24:

habere potestatem vitae necisque in aliquem,

id. Dom. 29, 77; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11:

potestatem alicui deferre beneficiorum tribuendorum,

id. Balb. 16, 37. — Poet., with inf.:

potestas occurrere telis... ensem avellere dextrā,

Stat. Th. 3, 296; Luc. 2, 40.—

In phrases.

Esse in potestate alicujus, to be in one's power, under one's control, to be subject to (for a description of the relation of potestas under the Roman law, and of the classes of persons to whom it applied, v. Gai. Inst. 1, 49 sqq.):

mittuntur legati, qui nuntient, ut sit in senatūs populique Romani potestate,

Cic. Phil. 6, 2, 4:

esse in dicione ac potestate alicujus,

id. Quint. 2, 6: habere familiam in potestate, to keep them slaves, not to free them, Liv. 8, 15.—

Esse in suā potestate, to be one's own master, Nep. Att. 6, 1; so,

esse suae potestatis,

Liv. 31, 45.—

Jus potestatemque habere imperandi, Cic. Phil. 11, 12, 30; cf.:

cum consulis eā de re jus ac potestatem esse dixisset,

had jurisdiction and authority over it, Liv. 24, 39.—

Est mea (tua, etc.) potestas, I have the power, I can, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1; Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 42; cf.:

sed volui meam potestatem esse vel petendi, etc.,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6.—

In partic.

Political power, dominion, rule, empire, sovereignty (syn.:

imperium, dicio): Thessaliam in potestatem Thebanorum redigere,

Nep. Pelop. 5, 1; Liv. 24, 31; so,

sub potestatem Atheniensium redigere,

Nep. Milt. 1, 4:

esse in potestate alicujus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 136:

tenere aliquem in suā potestate ac dicione,

id. ib. 2, 1, 38, §

97: venire in arbitrium ac potestatem alicujus,

id. ib. 2, 1, 57, § 150.—

Magisterial power, authority, office, magistracy (syn.:

magistratus, auctoritas): potestas praetoria,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69:

qui togatus in re publicā cum potestate imperioque versatus sit,

id. Phil. 1, 7, 18:

modo ut bonā ratione emerit, nihil pro potestate, nihil ab invito,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10:

cum potestate aut legatione in provinciam proficisci,

id. ib. 2, 4, 5, § 9; id. Clu. 27, 74:

censores dederunt operam, ut ita potestatem gererent, ut, etc.,

so to administer the office, id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138; id. Agr. 2, 6, 14.—In plur.:

imperia, potestates, legationes,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

in potestatibus gerendis,

Auct. Her. 3, 7, 14.—

Transf.

A person in office, a public officer, magistrate:

a magistratu aut ab aliquā potestate legitimā evocatus,

by some lawful authority, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:

mavis Fidenarum esse potestas,

Juv. 10, 100.—

A ruler, supreme monarch:

hominum rerumque aeterna potestas,

i. e. Jupiter, Verg. A. 10, 18:

nihil est quod credere de se Non possit, cum laudatur dis aequa potestas,

Juv. 4, 71 (v. context): potestates, = archai, the highest magistrates, Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 26; Suet. Ner. 36; Amm. 31, 12, 5:

celsae potestates,

officers of state, id. 14, 1, 10:

jurisdictionem potestatibus per provincias demandare,

Suet. Claud. 23.—

Esp., legal power, right over or to a thing (class.):

potestatis verbo plura significantur: in personā magistratuum imperium, in personā liberorum patria potestas, in personā servi dominium: at cum agimus de noxae deditione cum eo, qui servum non defendit, praesentis corporis copiam facultatemque significamus. Ex lege Atiniā in potestatem domini rem furtivam venisse videri, et si ejus vindicandae potestatem habuerit, Sabinus et Cassius aiunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 215.—

Of inanimate things, power, force, efficacy, effect, operation, virtue, value:

potestates colorum,

Vitr. 7, 14:

potestates visque herbarum,

Verg. A. 12, 396; Plin. 25, 2, 5, § 9:

pecuniarum,

value, Dig. 13, 4, 3:

haec potestatibus praesentibus dijudicanda sunt,

circumstances, state of things, Gell. 1, 3, 24:

actionum vis et potestas,

Dig. 9, 4, 1:

quaternarius numerus suis partibus complet decadis ipsius potestatem (because the first four integers, taken together, = 10),

compass, fulness, Mart. Cap. 2, § 106:

plumbi potestas,

nature, quality, properties, Lucr. 5, 1242:

naturalis,

Vitr. 9, 4.—

Of a word, meaning, signification (syn.:

vis, significatio),

Gell. 10, 29, 1; Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67; Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 4.—

Math. t. t., = dunamis, the square root, Mart. Cap. 2, § 106.—

Trop.

Power, control, command (class.): dum ex tanto gaudio in potestatem nostram redeamus, recover our self-control, come to ourselves, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:

exisse ex potestate dicimus eos, qui effrenati feruntur aut libidine, aut iracundiā,

to have lost the control of their reason, to be out of their minds, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; cf.:

qui exisse ex potestate dicuntur, idcirco dicuntur, quia non sunt in potestate mentis, cui regnum totius animi a natura tributum est,

id. ib. 3, 5, 11; cf. also id. ib. 4, 36, 77:

postquam ad te cum omnium rerum tum etiam tui potestatem di transtulerint,

Plin. Pan. 56, 3.—

Power, ability, possibility, opportunity (class.; cf.:

copia, facultas): ubi mihi potestas primum evenit,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 18:

liberius vivendi,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 25:

ut primum potestas data est augendae dignitatis tuae,

Cic. Fam. 10, 13, 1: quoties mihi certorum hominum potestas erit (al. facultas), whenever I find men on whom I can rely, id. ib. 1, 7, 1: facere potestatem, to give opportunity, leave, permission:

si quid de his rebus dicere vellet, feci potestatem,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 11:

quae potestas si mihi saepius fiet, utar,

shall present itself, id. Phil. 1, 15, 38:

alicui potestatem optionemque facere, ut, etc.,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

facio tibi interpellandi potestatem,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 73:

ego instare, omnium mihi tabularum et litterarum fieri potestatem oportere,

must be allowed the use of, id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149: potestatem sui facere, to allow others to see or have access to one, to give an opportunity of conversing with one:

cum neque praetores diebus aliquot adiri possent vel potestatem sui facerent,

allowed themselves to be spoken to, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15:

facere omnibus conveniendi sui potestatem,

to admit to an audience, id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:

qui potestatem sui non habuissent,

who had not been able to speak with him, Suet. Tib. 34:

potestatem sui facere,

to give an opportunity of fighting with one, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; Nep. Ages. 3, 3.— Poet., with inf.:

non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas,

Verg. A. 4, 565:

nunc flere potestas est,

Luc. 2, 40:

soli cui tanta potestas meis occurrere telis,

Stat. Th. 3, 296.—

In eccl. Lat.:

potestates,

angels, angelic powers, authorities in the spiritual world, Vulg. Ephes. 6, 12; id. 1 Pet. 3, 22; sing., id. 1 Cor. 15, 24.—

Personified, a daughter of Pallas and Styx, Hyg. Fab. prooem.

prae-sum, fūi, esse, v. n., to be before a thing; hence, to be set over, to preside or rule over, to have the charge or command of, to superintend (class.).

With dat.:

omnibus Druidibus praeest unus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

qui oppido praeerat,

id. ib. 2, 6:

regionibus,

id. ib. 5, 22:

provinciae,

Sall. C. 42, 3:

censor factus, severe praefuit ei potestati,

Nep. Cat. 2, 3:

classi,

to have the command of the fleet, Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

exercitui,

id. ib. 3, 57:

alicui negotio,

to have charge of it, to carry it on, id. ib. 3, 61:

ei studio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235:

artificio,

id. Fin. 4, 27, 76:

vigiliis,

to superintend, Sall. C. 30, 6:

regiis opibus,

Nep. Con. 4, 3:

rebus regiis,

id. Phoc. 3, 4:

statuis faciendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144:

aedibus, i. e. aedilem esse,

Dig. 1, 2, 2: mercimoniis, Cod. 5, 5, 7.—

Absol.:

praeesse in provinciā,

to be governor, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180.—

Transf.

To be the chief person, to take the lead in any thing:

non enim paruit ille Ti. Gracchi temeritati, sed praefuit,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

qui non solum interfuit his rebus, sed etiam praefuit,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 1:

illi crudelitati non solum praeesse, verum etiam interesse,

id. Att. 9, 6, 7.—

To protect, defend ( poet.):

stant quoque pro nobis, et praesunt moenibus Urbis,

Ov. F. 5, 135.—Hence, praesens, entis ( abl. sing. of persons usually praesente; of things, praesenti), adj.

That is before one, in sight or at hand, present, in person (rarely of the immediate presence of the speaker or writer, for which the proper case of hic is used; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 908, and v. infra):

assum praesens praesenti tibi,

I am with you, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 27: non quia ades praesens, dico hoc, because you happen to be present, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 39:

quo praesente,

in whose presence, Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112:

quod adest quodque praesens est,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11; so,

nihil nisi praesens et quod adest,

id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:

vivi atque praesentes,

id. Off. 1, 44, 156:

praesens tecum egi,

myself, in person, id. Fam. 2, 7, 4:

perinde ac si ipse interfuerit, et praesens viderit,

id. Inv. 1, 54, 104:

praesens sermo,

communication by word of mouth, id. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 1:

praesens in praesentem multa dixerat,

id. Att. 11, 12, 1; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 34: praesente for praesentibus (ante-class.): praesente amicis, Pompon. ap. Don. ad Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7; so, testibus, id. ap. Non. 154, 17:

his,

Att. ib. 154, 19:

suis,

Fenest. ib. 154, 20:

omnibus,

Nov. ib. 154, 23: legatis, Varr. ap. Don. Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7: nobis, Ter. ib.—

Esp., of time:

narratio praeteritarum rerum aut praesentium,

Cic. Part. Or. 4, 13:

non solum inopia praesentis, sed etiam futuri temporis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 52 init.:

praesens tempus futuri metu perdere,

Sen. Ep. 24, 1:

tempus enim tribus partibus constat, praeterito, praesente, futuro,

id. ib. 124, 17.—Esp. in opp. to other times referred to:

quanta tempestas invidiae nobis si minus in praesens tempus... at in posteritatem impendeat,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

et reliqui temporis recuperandi ratio, et praesentis tuendi,

id. Att. 8, 9, 3:

et consiliorum superiorum conscientiā et praesentis temporis moderatione me consoler,

id. Fam. 9, 16, 6; id. Fl. 1, 3.—Very rarely alone, of the times of the writer or speaker. as opp. to the times of which he speaks:

quod pietas principis nostri praesentium quoque temporum decus fecit,

Quint. 3, 7, 9:

vive moribus praeteritis, loquere verbis praesentibus,

now in use, Gell. 1, 10, 4.—Also of a time spoken of, present to the mind, existing:

movit Scipionem cum fortuna pristina viri, praesenti fortunae conlata,

Liv. 30, 13, 8:

populo erat persuasum, et adversas superiores et praesentes secundas res accidisse, etc.,

Nep. Alcib. 6, 2:

praetor factus non solum praesenti bello,

id. Them. 2, 1:

et praesens aetas et posteritas deinde mirata est,

Curt. 9, 10, 28:

praesentem saevitiam melioris olim fortunae recordatione allevabant,

Tac. A. 14, 63: in praesens tempus, and more freq. absol., in praesens, for the present:

pleraque differat, et praesens in tempus omittat,

Hor. A. P. 44; so (opp. in posteritatem) Cic. Cat 1, 9, 22:

si fortuna in praesens deseruit,

Tac. H. 4, 58; cf.:

laetus in praesens animus,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 25: ad praesens tempus, or simply ad praesens, for the present:

Harpagus ad praesens tempus dissimulato dolore,

for the moment, Just. 1, 5, 7:

quod factum aspere acceptum ad praesens, mox, etc.,

at the time, Tac. A. 4, 31; 40:

munimentum ad praesens, in posterum ultionem,

id. H. 1, 44; Suet. Tit. 6:

vocem adimere ad praesens,

for a short time, Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80: praesenti tempore and in praesenti, at present, now:

praesenti tempore,

Ov. F. 3, 478:

haec ad te in praesenti scripsi, ut speres,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 4:

in praesenti,

Nep. Att. 12, 5; Liv. 34, 35, 11.—Prov.: praesenti fortuna pejor est futuri metus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 12, 15.— Subst.: praesentĭa, ĭum, n., present circumstances, the present state of affairs:

cum hortatur ferenda esse praesentia,

Suet. Aug. 87:

praesentia sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 59:

ex praeteritis enim aestimari solent praesentia,

Quint. 5, 10, 28:

sed penitus haerens amor fastidio praesentium accensus est,

Curt. 8, 3, 6.—Esp., in phrase in praesentia (sc. tempora), for the present, at this time, under present circumstances:

hoc video in praesentia opus esse,

Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4:

providere quid oneris in praesentia tollant,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:

quae in praesentia in mentem mihi venerunt,

id. Fam. 4, 5, 1; id. Fin. 5, 8, 21; Liv. 31, 22, 8; 33, 27, 10; 33, 28, 6; Tac. Agr. 31; 39; Suet. Tib. 22; id. Claud. 4; Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 14; Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 14.—Very rarely in praesentia, at hand, on hand, on the spot:

id quod in praesentia vestimentorum fuit, arripuit,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 5; cf.: in re praesenti, infra: in rem praesentem venire, to go to the place itself, go to the very spot, for the sake of a closer examination, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250:

in rem praesentem venias oportet, quia homines amplius oculis quam auribus credunt,

Sen. Ep. 6, 5: in rem praesentem perducere audientes, to transport one's hearers to the very spot, Quint. 4, 2, 123: in re praesenti, in the place itself, on the spot:

in re praesenti, ex copiā piscariā consulere, quid emam, aequom est,

when I am on the spot, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 65; Liv. 40, 9:

eodem anno inter populum Carthaginiensem et regem Masinissam in re praesenti disceptatores Romani de agro fuerunt,

id. 40, 17; Quint. 6, 2, 31:

praesenti bello,

while war is raging, Nep. Them. 2, 1; so sup.:

quod praesentissimis quibusque periculis desit,

Quint. 10, 7, 1; and comp.:

jam praesentior res erat,

Liv. 2, 36, 5.—

That happens or is done immediately, immediate, instant, prompt, ready, direct:

praesens poena sit,

the punishment might be instant, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122:

preces,

immediate, not delayed, Prop. 2, 23, 64 (3, 28, 12):

mercari praesenti pecuniā,

with ready money, cash, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 8; Cic. Clu. 12, 34:

numerare praesentes denarios ducentos,

Petr. 109:

nummi,

id. 137:

supplicium,

instant execution, Tac. A. 1, 38:

Maelium praesenti morte multavit,

Flor. 1, 26:

praesens debitum,

Dig. 12, 1, 9; 20, 1, 13: praesenti die dari, in ready money:

quoties in obligationibus dies non ponitur, praesenti die pecunia debetur,

ib. 45, 1, 41:

libertatem aut praesenti die, aut sub condicione dare,

ib. 28, 7, 22.—Hence, adv.: prae-sens (opp. in diem), forthwith, immediately:

si, cum in diem mihi deberetur, fraudator praesens solverit,

in ready money, in cash, Dig. 42, 9, 10:

quod vel praesens vel ex die dari potest,

ib. 7, 1, 4.—

That operates immediately or quickly, instant, prompt, efficacious, powerful (i. q. valens):

praesens auxilium oblatum est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

non ulla magis praesens fortuna laborum est,

no more effective cure for their troubles, Verg. G. 3, 452:

quo non praesentius ullum, Pocula si quando saevae infecere novercae,

id. ib. 2, 127:

si quid praesentius audes,

more effective, bolder, id. A. 12, 152:

praesentissimum remedium,

Col. 6, 14; Plin. 28, 5, 14, § 53.—With objectclause:

o diva... Praesens vel imo tollere de gradu Mortale corpus, vel, etc.,

mighty, able, Hor. C. 1, 35, 2.—

Of disposition or character, present, collected, resolute:

animo virili praesentique ut sis, para,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 64:

si cui virtus animusque in pectore praesens,

Verg. A. 5, 363:

animus acer et praesens,

Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 84:

non plures, sed etiam praesentioribus animis,

Liv. 31, 46:

praesentissimo animo pugnare, Auct. B. Alex. 40: Crassus, ut praesens ingenio semper respondit,

Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 4.—

Present, aiding, favoring, propitious:

Hercules tantus, et tam praesens habetur deus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6; 3, 5, 11:

deus,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 31; cf.:

tu dea, tu praesens, nostro succurre labori,

Verg. A. 9, 404:

modo diva triformis Adjuvet, et praesens ingentibus adnuat ausis,

Ov. M. 7, 178.— Comp.:

nihil illo (praesagio) praesentius,

Flor. 4, 7, 9.—

Appropriate, pertinent, timely:

praesens hic quidemst apologus,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 38; cf.:

en hercle praesens somnium,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 41.

prō̆-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour out or forth, to shed copiously, to cause to flow (class.).

Lit.:

sanguinem suum profundere omnem cupit, dummodo profusum hujus ante videat,

Cic. Clu. 6, 18:

sanguinem pro patriā,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 60; 2, 30, 97:

vim lacrimarum,

id. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

lacrimas oculis,

Verg. A. 12, 154; Ov. M. 9, 679; 7, 91; Sen. Med. 541:

sanguinem ex oculis,

Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164:

aquam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 29:

vinum,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 92:

vina deo tamquam sitienti,

Lact. 2, 4, 13; 6, 1, 5:

aquas sub mensas,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 26. —With se, to burst or gush forth:

lacrimae se subito profuderunt,

Cic. Ac. 11, 7, 6.—

Transf.

To stretch at full length, to prostrate ( poet.):

cum somnus membra profudit,

Lucr. 4, 757:

praecipites profusae in terram,

id. 6, 744.—Mid.: profusus, abjectus jacens. Pacuvius: profusus gemitu, murmure, stretched at full length, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 321 Rib.). —

To pour or cast out, bring forth, produce (class.): posticā parte profudit, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 16:

(puerum) ex alvo matris natura profudit,

Lucr. 5, 225:

sonitus,

id. 6, 401:

ignes,

id. 6, 210:

omnia ex ore,

id. 6, 6:

pectore voces,

to pour forth, utter, Cat. 64, 202:

vocem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56:

clamorem,

id. Fl. 6, 15; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

voces,

Cat. 64, 202:

vitia,

Suet. Tib. 42:

dolorem,

Vop. Aur. 1:

palmites,

Col. 5, 5, 17.—

With se, to pour forth, rush forth or out; of bees:

cum se nova profundent examina,

Col. 9, 3;

of archers: omnis multitudo sagittariorum se profudit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93;

of luxuriant plants: ea, quae se nimium profuderunt,

have shot out, sent out shoots, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

profundit se supra modum numerus palmitum,

Col. 7, 24, 4.—

Trop., to cast or throw away:

ventis verba profundere,

Lucr. 4, 931:

quae si non profundere ac perdere videbor,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 17.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, spend uselessly; to lavish, dissipate, squander:

profundat, perdat, pereat,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 54; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 155:

patrimonia,

id. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

pecunias in res,

id. Off. 2, 16, 55.—

In a good sense, to spend, sacrifice:

non modo pecuniam, sed vitam etiam profundere pro patriā,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84.—

Esp., of life, to yield, give up:

animam,

Cic. Marc. 10, 32:

si pateretur natura, vel denas animas profundere praestabat in pugnā, quam, etc.,

Amm. 26, 10, 13:

spiritum in acie,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—

To pour out, vent; to expend, exert, employ; to set forth, show, explain:

odium in aliquem,

Cic. Pis. 7, 16:

omnes profudi vires animi atque ingenii mei,

id. Att. 1, 18, 2:

res universas,

to set forth, explain, id. Ac. 2, 27, 87.—

With se, to pour itself forth, i. e. to rush forth, break out:

voluptates cum inclusae diutius, subito se nonnumquam profundunt atque eiciunt universae,

Cic. Cael. 31, 75:

si totum se ille in me profudisset,

had wholly poured himself out to me, had been liberal, id. Att. 7, 3, 3:

in questus flebiles sese in vestibulo curiae profuderunt,

Liv. 23, 20, 5.—Hence, prŏ-fūsus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., spread out, extended, hanging down (ante- and postclass.):

cauda profusa usque ad calces,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5.— Comp.:

equi coma et cauda profusior,

longer, Pall. 4, 13.—

Trop.

Lavish, extravagant, profuse (class.; cf.

prodigus): perditus ac profusus nepos,

Cic. Quint. 12, 40:

reus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20.—With gen.:

alieni appetens, sui profusus,

lavish of his own, Sall. C. 5, 4.—With in and abl.:

simul ad jacturam temporis ventum est, profusissimi in eo, cujus unius honesta avaritia est,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 2.—Of things abstr. and concr.:

profusis sumptibus vivere,

Cic. Quint. 30, 93:

profusa luxuria in aedificiis,

Vell. 2, 33, 4.—

In a good sense, liberal ( poet.):

mens profusa,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 91:

homo,

Mart. 8, 38, 11.—

Costly, expensive:

amare profusas epulas,

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

convivia,

Suet. Tit. 7.—

Immoderate, excessive, extravagant:

profusa hilaritas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15:

genus jocandi,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

cupido,

Tac. H. 1, 52.— Sup.:

profusissima libido,

Suet. Claud. 53.— Adv.: prŏfūsē.

Lit., lavishly, extravagantly, profusely (post-Aug.):

aedes profuse exstructa,

at an immoderate expense, Suet. Aug. 72.— Sup.:

festos et solemnes dies profusissime celebrabat,

Suet. Aug. 75.—

Trop.

In disorder, confusedly:

consul obstitit profuse tendentibus suis in castra,

Liv. 10, 36.—

Immoderately, excessively:

profuse prolixeque laudare,

Gell. 5, 1, 2.— Comp.:

eo profusius sumptui deditus erat,

Sall. C. 13, 5.