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  • 1 capiō

        capiō cēpī (capsis, old for cēperis, C.), captus, ere    [CAP-], to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp: flabellum, T.: sacra manu, V.: pocula, H.: baculum, O.: pignera, L.: manibus tympanum, Ct.: lora, Pr.: arma capere alii, seized their arms, S.: ensem, O.: tela, O.: omnia arma contra illam pestem, i. e. contend in every way: Manlium arma cepisse, had begun hostilities, S.: capere arma parabat, was on the point of attacking, O.—Of food, to take, partake of: Cibum cum eā, T.: lauti cibum capiunt, Ta. — To take captive, seize, make prisoner: belli duces captos tenetis: unus e filiis captus est, Cs.: capta tria milia peditum, L.: alquos Byzantii, N.: captos ostendere civibus hostes, H.: Num capti (Phryges) potuere capi? could they not, when taken, be taken (once for all)? V.: casus est enim in capiendo (sc. praedones).—To catch, hunt down, take: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cervum, Ph.: illa pro lepusculis capiebantur, patellae, etc.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate: ut te redimas captum (i. e. amore), T.: quibus (rebus) illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest: te pecuniā captum: quem suā cepit humanitate, N.: hunc capit argenti splendor, H.: dulcedine vocis, O.: (bos) herbā captus viridi, V.: oculis captis.— To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch: Aut quā viā te captent eādem ipsos capi? T.: eodem captus errore, involved in: suis miserum me cepit ocellis, Pr.: carmine formosae capiuntur, Tb.: me dolis, S.: capi alcuius dolo, N.: alqm amicitiae mendacis imagine, O.—To defeat, convict, cast, overcome (in a suit or dispute): ne tui consultores capiantur: in capiendo adversario versutus (orator).—To harm, lame, mutilate, maim, disable, impair, weaken: oculis et auribus captus, blind and deaf: membris omnibus captus: altero oculo capitur, loses an eye, L.: capti auribus metu, L.: lumine, O.: numquam erit tam captus equester ordo: captā re p. — P. pass., of the mind, deprived of sense, silly, insane, crazed, lunatic, mad: mente esse captum: virgines captae furore, L.: capti et stupentes animi, L. — To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept: iudicem populum R., L.: Me arbitrum, T.: inimicos homines, make enemies, T.: sacerdotem sortito: Flaccus flamen captus a Licinio erat, L. — Of places, to occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into: loca capere, to take up a position, Cs.: castris locum capere: locum extra urbem editum capere, N.: locum editiorem, S.: capto monte, Cs.: Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa, L.: montes fugā, for refuge, L.: tumulum, V.: terras captas despectare videntur (cycni), to be settling down on places selected, V. — To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize: pauca (oppida), S.: Troiā captā, L.: quod (agri) de Campanis ceperant: castra hostium, N.: oppida manu, V.; cf. oppressā captāque re p.: patriam suam, L.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake oneself to: insulam, Cs.: oti illum portum.—Of property or money, to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get: agros de hostibus: ager ex hostibus captus, L.: praedas, N.: ex hostibus pecuniam, L.: cape cedo, give and take, T.: de re p. nihil praeter gloriam, N.: ex calamitate populi R. nomen capere, Cs.: regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit, succeeded to, O.— With pecuniam, to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe, take blackmail: contra leges pecuniam cepisse?: pecuniae per vim atque iniuriam captae: aperte pecunias ob rem iudicandam: alqm pecuniae captae arcessere, S.—To take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept: morte testamentove alcuius alqd capere: a civibus Romanis hereditates: si capiendi Ius nullum uxori, Iu.—To collect, receive, obtain: ex eis praediis talenta argenti, T.: stipendium iure belli, Cs.: ex quo (castro) talenta, N.— Fig., to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap: Fructum, T.: fructūs auctoritatis: fructum vestri in me amoris: alquid ex eā re commodi? T.: utilitates ex amicitiā.—To take, assume, acquire, put on: gestūs voltūsque novos, T.: figuras, O.—To take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess: petitoris personam: patris vim: patrium animum.— To undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take up: provinciam duram, T.: consulatum: honores, N.: rerum moderamen, O.: rem p., S.: magistratum, L.—With dat. of person, to obtain for, secure for: patres praeturam Camillo ceperunt, L.—To begin, enter upon, undertake: bellum: labores, T.: augurium ex arce, L.: aliud initium belli, i. e. war on a new plan, Cs.: conatūs ad erumpendum, L.: nec vestra capit discordia finem, V.: ad impetum capiundum spatium, to take a start, L.: somnum, fall asleep.—Poet.: Unde nova ingressūs experientia cepit? i. e. was devised, V.—To seize, embrace, take (an opportunity): si quam causam ceperit, T.: tempus ad te adeundi.—To form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach: sensum verae gloriae: ex lucri magnitudine coniecturam furti: consilium unā tecum, T.: consilium hominis fortunas evertere: consilium equitatum demittere, Cs.: consilium ut exirem: legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.—To take, derive, draw, obtain: de te exemplum, T.: exemplum ex aliquā re. — To take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience: miseriam omnem, T.: angorem pro amico: ex huius incommodis molestiam: infamiam sine voluptate: invidiam apud patres ex largitione, L.: timorem, V.: voluptatem animi.— With a feeling as subj, to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui, etc.: ut caperet odium illam mei, T.: nos oblivio ceperat: Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae, L.: animum cura cepit, L.: meae si te ceperunt taeda laudis, V.: dementia cepit amantem, V.—Of injury or loss, to suffer, take, be subjected to: calamitatem: incommodi nihil.—Esp., in the formula by which the senate, in great emergencies, gave absolute power to magistrates: videant ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc., S.—To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for: capit alveus amnes O.: terra feras cepit, O.: quid turbae est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio, T.: unā domo iam capi non possunt: Nec iam se capit unda, V.: Non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus, H.: tot domūs locupletissimas istius domus una capiet? will swallow up.—To contain, hold, suffice for, be strong enough for, bear: eam amentiam: nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas, O.: iram Non capit ipsa suam, O.: Nec te Troia capit, is too small for your glory, V.—To take, receive, hold, comprehend, grasp, embrace: gratia, quantam maximam animi nostri capere possunt: ille unus veram speciem senatūs cepit, L.
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    I
    capere, additional forms V TRANS
    take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
    II
    capere, cepi, captus V TRANS
    take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
    III
    taking/seizing

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  • 2 nāvō

        nāvō āvī, ātus, āre    [navus], to do zealously, perform diligently, accomplish, effect, prosecute: operam, Cs.: tibi operam meam studiumque, render assistance: iam mihi videor navasse operam, quod huc venerim, to have succeeded in: fortiter in acie navare operam, act vigorously, L.: Bruto studium tuum: bellum, Ta.
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    navare, navavi, navatus V

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  • 3 prō-cēdō

        prō-cēdō cessī, —, ere,    to go before, go forward, advance, proceed, march on, move forward, go forth: in portum: nil procedere lintrem Sentimus, H.: pedibus aequis, O.: lente atque paulatim proceditur, Cs.: processum in aciem est, L.: huic tota obviam civitas processerat, had gone out to meet: Vidit classem procedere velis, V.—To go forth, go out, advance, issue: castris, V.: extra munitiones, Cs.: e tabernaculo in solem: mediā ab aulā, O.—To come forward, show oneself, appear: cum veste purpureā: procedat vel Numa, Iu.: Ecce processit Caesaris astrum, hath risen, V.: voces procedebant contumaces, i. e. were heard, Ta. —Fig., of time, to advance, pass, elapse: ubi plerumque noctis processit, S.: Iam dies processit, V.: dies procedens: tempus processit, Cs.: procedunt tempora tarde, O.: incipient magni procedere menses, V.: pars maior anni iam processerat, L.—To come forth, appear, arise: posteaquam philosophia processit: altera iam pagella procedit, i. e. is already begun.—To get on, advance, make progress: in philosophiā: ad virtutis habitum: longius iras, V.: eo vecordiae processit, ut, went so far in folly, S.: nec ultra minas processum est, L.: eoque ira processit, ut, etc., L.—To run on, continue, remain: cum stationes procederent, i. e. guard duty was unremitting, L.: ut iis stipendia procederent, L.: Illi procedit rerum mensura tuarum, i. e. is passed to her credit, O.—To turn out, result, succeed, prosper: processisti pulcre, you have succeeded finely, T.: si bene processit: ubi id parum processit, failed, L.: quasi ei pulcherrime priora (maledicta) processerint: omnia prospere procedent: benefacta mea rei p. procedunt, are of service, S.— Impers: velut processisset Spurio, L.

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  • 4 vocō

        vocō āvī, ātus, āre    [VOC-], to call, summon, invoke, call together, convoke: (patrem) blandā voce: hominum multitudinem ex omni provinciā vocat, Cs.: classico ad concilium milites ad tribunos, L.: patribus vocatis, V.: Fertur haec moriens pueris dixisse vocatis, H.: ut in senatum vocarentur qui, etc., L.: in contionem vocari placuit, L.— Poet.: Tum cornix plenā pluviam vocat voce, i. e. announces, V.: pugnas, i. e. declare war, V.— To call upon, invoke, appeal to: Voce vocans Hecaten, invoking, V.: ventis vocatis, V.: Auxilio deos, V.: vos (deos) in verba, as witnesses, O.: Quem vocet divōm populus, H.: votis imbrem, call down, V.: (Charon) levare functum Pauperem laboribus Vocatus, H.—In legal proceedings, to cite, summon: in ius: vocatus Ariston purgare sese, L.—As a guest, to bid, invite, ask: alqm ad cenam, T.: ad prandium volgo: Spatium Vocandi dabitur, i. e. for sending invitations, T.—To call, invite, exhort, summon, urge, stimulate: me ad vitam: quam in spem me.—To challenge, defy: centuriones hostīs, si introire vellent, vocare coeperunt, Cs.: cum hinc Aetoli vocarent ad bellum, L.: cantu vocat in certamina divos, V.—To call by name, name, denominate, designate, entitle: urbem Romam, Enn. ap. C.: regem illum unum: ad Spelaeum, quod vocant, biduum moratus, L.: me miserum vocares, H.: patrioquo vocat de nomine mensem, names after, O.: se Quirinum vocari: Sive tu Lucina probas vocari, H.—To call, bring, draw, put, set, place: apud milites me in invidiam: in partem (hereditatis) mulieres vocatae sunt, succeeded to a share: me ad Democritum vocas, refer: eam (causam) in iudicium, bring to trial: quae fecisti, in iudicium voco, I call to account: sub iudicium singula verba, O.: si ad calculos eum res p. vocet, L.: Italiam ad exitium vocas, i.e. threaten with ruin.—Of things, to invite, call, summon, incite, arouse: lenis crepitans vocat Auster in altum, V.: Quāque vocant fluctūs, O.: Carthaginiensīs fessos nox ad quietem vocabat, L.: ipso anni tempore ad gerendum bellum vocari, Cs.
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    vocare, vocavi, vocatus V
    call, summon; name; call upon

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  • 5 Valui ad satanam in computatrum meum invocandum

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  • 6 capio

    1.
    căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

    capsimus,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

    sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

    cape hoc flabellum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

    cepit manibus tympanum,

    Cat. 6, 3, 8:

    tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

    Verg. A. 2, 717:

    cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

    id. G. 3, 420:

    flammeum,

    Cat. 61, 8:

    acria pocula,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

    lora,

    Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

    baculum,

    Ov. M. 2, 789:

    colum cum calathis,

    id. ib. 12, 475:

    florem ternis digitis,

    Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

    pignera,

    Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

    ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

    rem pignori,

    Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

    scutum laeva,

    Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

    capias tu illius vestem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

    and of particular weapons: ensem,

    Ov. M. 13, 435:

    tela,

    id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

    quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

    lauti cibum capiunt,

    Tac. G. 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of living objects.
    a. (α).
    Of persons:

    oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    reges capiuntur,

    Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

    capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

    Liv. 22, 49, 18:

    quos Byzantii ceperat,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

    captos ostendere civibus hostes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

    captus Tarento Livius,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

    servus ex hoste captus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

    in captos clementia uti,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

    inludere capto,

    Verg. A. 2, 64:

    quae sit fiducia capto,

    id. ib. 2, 75:

    ex captorum numero,

    Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

    dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
    (β).
    Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

    si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

    id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

    hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

    neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

    nisi quid concharum capsimus,

    id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    cervum,

    Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

    hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

    Verg. G. 4, 396.—
    b.
    To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

    quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

    Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

    quamvis voluptate capiatur,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

    quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

    secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

    id. Att. 4, 1:

    nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

    Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

    erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

    Hor. A. P. 362:

    hunc capit argenti splendor,

    id. S. 1, 4, 28:

    te conjux aliena capit,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

    Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

    Prop. 1, 1, 1:

    carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

    Tib. 3, 1, 7:

    munditiis capimur,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

    14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

    Liv. 30, 12, 18:

    dulcedine vocis,

    Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

    voce nova,

    id. ib. 1, 678:

    temperie aquarum,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    (bos) herba captus viridi,

    Verg. E. 6, 59:

    amoenitate loci,

    Tac. A. 18, 52:

    auro,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

    neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    splendore hominis,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

    nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
    c.
    To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

    sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

    eodem captus errore quo nos,

    involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

    ne quo errore milites caperentur,

    Liv. 8, 6, 16:

    capere ante dolis Reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 673:

    captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

    id. ib. 2, 196:

    ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

    Sall. J. 14, 11:

    adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

    id. C. 14, 5:

    capi alicujus dolo,

    Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

    dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

    Liv. 23, 35, 2:

    quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

    Ov. M. 7, 301.—
    d.
    To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

    tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

    Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

    callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

    id. Brut. 48, 178.—
    e. (α).
    Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

    mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

    loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

    captus omnibus membris,

    id. 2, 36, 8:

    capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

    id. 21, 58, 5:

    oculis membrisque captus,

    Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

    congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

    id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

    habuit filium captum altero oculo,

    Suet. Vit. 6:

    censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

    Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

    lumine,

    Ov. F. 6, 204:

    princeps pedibus captus,

    Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

    captum leto posuit caput,

    Verg. A. 11, 830;

    and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

    id. G. 1, 183.—
    (β).
    Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

    labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

    id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

    rarely mentibu' capti,

    Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

    animo,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

    captus animi,

    Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

    virgines captae furore,

    Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

    viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

    Liv. 39, 13, 12:

    captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

    id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

    capti et stupentes animi,

    id. 6, 36, 8.—
    f.
    To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

    de istac sum judex captus,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

    Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

    Liv. 3, 71, 2:

    me cepere arbitrum,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

    te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

    quom illum generum cepimus,

    id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

    non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

    make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

    si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

    plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

    Gell. 1, 12, 15:

    jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

    Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

    religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

    C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

    Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    2.
    Of places.
    a.
    To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

    loca capere, castra munire,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

    castris locum capere,

    Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

    locum capere castris,

    Quint. 12, 2, 5:

    ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

    ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

    Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

    nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

    Liv. 34, 14, 1:

    neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

    id. 35, 14, 9:

    erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

    Sall. J. 58, 3:

    duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

    Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

    of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

    tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 26, 5:

    quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

    Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

    tumulum suis cepit,

    Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

    for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

    Liv. 1, 6, 4;

    for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

    id. 9, 43, 20:

    Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

    Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

    ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

    Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
    b.
    To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

    invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

    MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    CORSICAM,

    Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

    ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

    Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

    Troja capta,

    Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

    urbem opulentissimam,

    id. 5, 20, 1:

    ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    castra hostium,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

    concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

    Liv. 42, 63, 6:

    plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

    id. 28, 39, 10:

    sedem belli,

    Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

    oppressa captaque re publica,

    Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
    c.
    To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

    insulam capere non potuerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

    onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 36:

    accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

    id. ib. 5, 23:

    nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

    id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

    qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

    Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
    3.
    Of things of value, property, money, etc.
    a.
    In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

    AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    de praedonibus praedam capere,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

    agros de hostibus,

    Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

    ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

    Liv. 4, 48, 2:

    quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

    Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    classem,

    id. Cim. 2, 2:

    magnas praedas,

    id. Dat. 10, 2:

    ex hostibus pecuniam,

    Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

    e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

    signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

    82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

    cape cedo,

    id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

    ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

    majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

    te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

    Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

    paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

    ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

    id. Att. 7, 2:

    quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

    assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

    quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

    regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

    succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
    b.
    In particular connections.
    (α).
    With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

    his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

    quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

    id. ib. §

    27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

    91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

    218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

    71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

    id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

    ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

    id. Clu. 42, 120:

    nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

    id. Pis. 16, 38:

    si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

    id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

    ab regibus Illyriorum,

    Liv. 42, 45, 8:

    saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

    Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
    (β).
    Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

    si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

    Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

    qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

    id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

    abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

    Quint. 3, 6, 96:

    aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

    id. 5, 14, 16:

    si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

    Juv. 1, 55:

    qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

    Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

    qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

    ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
    (γ).
    Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

    capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

    stipendium jure belli,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

    quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

    vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

    Liv. 28, 39, 13:

    quadragena annua ex schola,

    Suet. Gram. 23:

    si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

    Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

    metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

    honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

    ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

    id. Div. 2, 5:

    ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

    id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

    multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

    id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

    fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

    id. Pis. 14, 31:

    aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

    Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

    quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

    utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    usuram alicujus corporis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
    2.
    Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

    gestum atque voltum novom,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

    figuras Datque capitque novas,

    id. ib. 15, 309:

    formam capit quam lilia,

    id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

    duritiam ab aere,

    id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

    radicem capere,

    to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

    cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

    Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

    siliculam capere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

    maturitatem capere,

    Col. 4, 23, 1:

    radix libere capit viris,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

    vires cepisse nocendi,

    Ov. M. 7, 417:

    (telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

    Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
    3.
    Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

    cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

    qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

    aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

    id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

    consuetudinem exercitationemque,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    misericordiam,

    id. Quint. 31, 97:

    quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

    disciplinam principum,

    Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

    quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
    4.
    Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

    nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

    o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

    in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

    took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

    consulatum,

    id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

    honores,

    Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

    imperium,

    id. Claud. 10:

    magistratum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

    magistratus,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

    capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

    Ov. M. 3, 644:

    rerum moderamen,

    id. ib. 6, 677:

    pontificatum maximum,

    Suet. Vit. 11:

    rem publicam,

    Sall. C. 5, 6:

    neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

    Liv. 2, 33, 1:

    ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

    id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

    patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

    Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
    5.
    In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

    augurium ex arce,

    Liv. 10, 7, 10:

    augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

    Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

    omen,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

    Liv. 9, 4, 1:

    rursus impetu capto enituntur,

    id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

    a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

    Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

    nec vestra capit discordia finem,

    Verg. A. 10, 106:

    fugam,

    to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

    ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

    Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

    expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

    suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

    ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

    Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

    eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
    6.
    Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

    si occassionem capsit,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

    si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

    quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

    si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
    7.
    Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

    quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

    cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

    hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

    conjecturam capere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

    capti consili memorem mones,

    id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

    quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

    temerarium consilium,

    Liv. 25, 34, 7:

    tale capit consilium,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

    confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

    subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

    legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

    obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

    Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

    si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

    ut ego rationem oculis capio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

    cepi rationem ut, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
    8.
    Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

    ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    praesagia a sole,

    Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

    illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
    9.
    Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

    tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

    omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

    id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

    laborem inanem ipsus capit,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

    id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

    hic potitur gaudia,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

    plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

    cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

    id. ib. prol. 114:

    angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

    quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

    id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

    laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

    id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

    lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

    id. Sen. 15, 54:

    opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

    id. Brut. 1, 1:

    itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

    id. ib. 40, 147:

    ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

    Liv. 27, 40, 9:

    ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

    id. 5, 20, 2:

    ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

    id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

    laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

    ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

    lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

    maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

    et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

    Liv. 33, 27, 10:

    voluptatem animi,

    Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

    malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

    id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

    quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

    Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
    10.
    Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

    edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

    numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

    sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

    id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

    nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

    te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

    Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

    Liv. 1, 6, 3:

    cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

    id. 40, 21, 2:

    etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

    id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

    qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

    Liv. 27, 13, 2:

    oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

    id. 38, 46, 12:

    tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

    Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

    ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

    Liv. 27, 8, 6:

    hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

    id. 44, 12, 1:

    tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

    Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

    I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 384:

    infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

    id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

    cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

    id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

    I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

    Liv. 1, 57, 10:

    ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

    id. 25, 22, 1:

    tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

    id. 23, 20, 7:

    senatum metus cepit,

    id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

    quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

    Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
    11.
    Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

    calamitatem,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

    detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

    Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

    videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

    quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

    Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
    II.
    To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

    parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

    Lucr. 6, 1030:

    jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

    Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

    terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

    id. ib. 1, 75:

    dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

    id. ib. 8, 558:

    cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

    id. ib. 5, 324.—
    2.
    Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

    di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

    qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

    volat vapor ater ad auras,

    Verg. A. 7, 466:

    non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

    non capit se mare,

    Sen. Agam. 487:

    neque enim capiebant funera portae,

    Ov. M. 7, 607:

    officium populi vix capiente domo,

    id. P. 4, 4, 42:

    si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

    Curt. 7, 8, 12:

    ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

    Just. 2, 10, 19.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

    tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
    2. a.
    Affirmatively (rare):

    quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

    Curt. 9, 3, 7:

    si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

    Quint. 2, 4, 17:

    dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

    Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
    b.
    With negatives:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

    Lucr. 3, 298:

    nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

    Ov. M. 6, 466:

    vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

    id. ib. 11, 118:

    ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

    id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

    sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

    Curt. 7, 8, 13:

    majora quam capit spirat,

    id. 6, 9, 11:

    ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

    id. 3, 12, 20:

    infirma aetas majora non capiet,

    Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
    3.
    Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

    rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

    Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

    molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

    id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

    res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

    Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
    4.
    With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

    nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

    Prud. Apoth. 154:

    crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

    Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
    5.
    Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

    sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

    Quint. 11, 1, 45:

    nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

    id. 2, 6, 2:

    quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

    Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

    senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

    Liv. 9, 17, 14:

    somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

    id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
    2.
    căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
    I.
    A taking:

    dominii,

    Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
    II.
    = usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio

  • 7 Capta

    1.
    căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

    capsimus,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

    sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

    cape hoc flabellum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

    cepit manibus tympanum,

    Cat. 6, 3, 8:

    tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

    Verg. A. 2, 717:

    cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

    id. G. 3, 420:

    flammeum,

    Cat. 61, 8:

    acria pocula,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

    lora,

    Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

    baculum,

    Ov. M. 2, 789:

    colum cum calathis,

    id. ib. 12, 475:

    florem ternis digitis,

    Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

    pignera,

    Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

    ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

    rem pignori,

    Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

    scutum laeva,

    Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

    capias tu illius vestem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

    and of particular weapons: ensem,

    Ov. M. 13, 435:

    tela,

    id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

    quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

    lauti cibum capiunt,

    Tac. G. 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of living objects.
    a. (α).
    Of persons:

    oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    reges capiuntur,

    Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

    capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

    Liv. 22, 49, 18:

    quos Byzantii ceperat,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

    captos ostendere civibus hostes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

    captus Tarento Livius,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

    servus ex hoste captus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

    in captos clementia uti,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

    inludere capto,

    Verg. A. 2, 64:

    quae sit fiducia capto,

    id. ib. 2, 75:

    ex captorum numero,

    Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

    dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
    (β).
    Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

    si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

    id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

    hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

    neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

    nisi quid concharum capsimus,

    id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    cervum,

    Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

    hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

    Verg. G. 4, 396.—
    b.
    To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

    quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

    Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

    quamvis voluptate capiatur,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

    quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

    secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

    id. Att. 4, 1:

    nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

    Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

    erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

    Hor. A. P. 362:

    hunc capit argenti splendor,

    id. S. 1, 4, 28:

    te conjux aliena capit,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

    Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

    Prop. 1, 1, 1:

    carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

    Tib. 3, 1, 7:

    munditiis capimur,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

    14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

    Liv. 30, 12, 18:

    dulcedine vocis,

    Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

    voce nova,

    id. ib. 1, 678:

    temperie aquarum,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    (bos) herba captus viridi,

    Verg. E. 6, 59:

    amoenitate loci,

    Tac. A. 18, 52:

    auro,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

    neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    splendore hominis,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

    nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
    c.
    To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

    sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

    eodem captus errore quo nos,

    involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

    ne quo errore milites caperentur,

    Liv. 8, 6, 16:

    capere ante dolis Reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 673:

    captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

    id. ib. 2, 196:

    ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

    Sall. J. 14, 11:

    adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

    id. C. 14, 5:

    capi alicujus dolo,

    Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

    dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

    Liv. 23, 35, 2:

    quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

    Ov. M. 7, 301.—
    d.
    To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

    tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

    Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

    callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

    id. Brut. 48, 178.—
    e. (α).
    Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

    mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

    loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

    captus omnibus membris,

    id. 2, 36, 8:

    capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

    id. 21, 58, 5:

    oculis membrisque captus,

    Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

    congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

    id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

    habuit filium captum altero oculo,

    Suet. Vit. 6:

    censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

    Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

    lumine,

    Ov. F. 6, 204:

    princeps pedibus captus,

    Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

    captum leto posuit caput,

    Verg. A. 11, 830;

    and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

    id. G. 1, 183.—
    (β).
    Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

    labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

    id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

    rarely mentibu' capti,

    Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

    animo,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

    captus animi,

    Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

    virgines captae furore,

    Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

    viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

    Liv. 39, 13, 12:

    captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

    id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

    capti et stupentes animi,

    id. 6, 36, 8.—
    f.
    To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

    de istac sum judex captus,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

    Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

    Liv. 3, 71, 2:

    me cepere arbitrum,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

    te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

    quom illum generum cepimus,

    id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

    non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

    make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

    si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

    plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

    Gell. 1, 12, 15:

    jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

    Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

    religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

    C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

    Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    2.
    Of places.
    a.
    To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

    loca capere, castra munire,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

    castris locum capere,

    Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

    locum capere castris,

    Quint. 12, 2, 5:

    ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

    ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

    Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

    nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

    Liv. 34, 14, 1:

    neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

    id. 35, 14, 9:

    erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

    Sall. J. 58, 3:

    duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

    Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

    of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

    tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 26, 5:

    quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

    Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

    tumulum suis cepit,

    Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

    for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

    Liv. 1, 6, 4;

    for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

    id. 9, 43, 20:

    Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

    Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

    ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

    Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
    b.
    To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

    invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

    MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    CORSICAM,

    Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

    ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

    Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

    Troja capta,

    Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

    urbem opulentissimam,

    id. 5, 20, 1:

    ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    castra hostium,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

    concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

    Liv. 42, 63, 6:

    plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

    id. 28, 39, 10:

    sedem belli,

    Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

    oppressa captaque re publica,

    Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
    c.
    To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

    insulam capere non potuerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

    onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 36:

    accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

    id. ib. 5, 23:

    nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

    id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

    qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

    Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
    3.
    Of things of value, property, money, etc.
    a.
    In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

    AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    de praedonibus praedam capere,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

    agros de hostibus,

    Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

    ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

    Liv. 4, 48, 2:

    quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

    Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    classem,

    id. Cim. 2, 2:

    magnas praedas,

    id. Dat. 10, 2:

    ex hostibus pecuniam,

    Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

    e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

    signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

    82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

    cape cedo,

    id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

    ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

    majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

    te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

    Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

    paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

    ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

    id. Att. 7, 2:

    quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

    assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

    quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

    regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

    succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
    b.
    In particular connections.
    (α).
    With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

    his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

    quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

    id. ib. §

    27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

    91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

    218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

    71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

    id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

    ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

    id. Clu. 42, 120:

    nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

    id. Pis. 16, 38:

    si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

    id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

    ab regibus Illyriorum,

    Liv. 42, 45, 8:

    saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

    Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
    (β).
    Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

    si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

    Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

    qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

    id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

    abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

    Quint. 3, 6, 96:

    aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

    id. 5, 14, 16:

    si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

    Juv. 1, 55:

    qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

    Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

    qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

    ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
    (γ).
    Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

    capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

    stipendium jure belli,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

    quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

    vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

    Liv. 28, 39, 13:

    quadragena annua ex schola,

    Suet. Gram. 23:

    si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

    Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

    metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

    honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

    ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

    id. Div. 2, 5:

    ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

    id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

    multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

    id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

    fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

    id. Pis. 14, 31:

    aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

    Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

    quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

    utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    usuram alicujus corporis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
    2.
    Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

    gestum atque voltum novom,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

    figuras Datque capitque novas,

    id. ib. 15, 309:

    formam capit quam lilia,

    id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

    duritiam ab aere,

    id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

    radicem capere,

    to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

    cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

    Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

    siliculam capere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

    maturitatem capere,

    Col. 4, 23, 1:

    radix libere capit viris,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

    vires cepisse nocendi,

    Ov. M. 7, 417:

    (telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

    Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
    3.
    Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

    cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

    qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

    aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

    id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

    consuetudinem exercitationemque,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    misericordiam,

    id. Quint. 31, 97:

    quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

    disciplinam principum,

    Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

    quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
    4.
    Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

    nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

    o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

    in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

    took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

    consulatum,

    id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

    honores,

    Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

    imperium,

    id. Claud. 10:

    magistratum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

    magistratus,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

    capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

    Ov. M. 3, 644:

    rerum moderamen,

    id. ib. 6, 677:

    pontificatum maximum,

    Suet. Vit. 11:

    rem publicam,

    Sall. C. 5, 6:

    neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

    Liv. 2, 33, 1:

    ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

    id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

    patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

    Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
    5.
    In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

    augurium ex arce,

    Liv. 10, 7, 10:

    augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

    Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

    omen,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

    Liv. 9, 4, 1:

    rursus impetu capto enituntur,

    id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

    a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

    Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

    nec vestra capit discordia finem,

    Verg. A. 10, 106:

    fugam,

    to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

    ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

    Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

    expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

    suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

    ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

    Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

    eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
    6.
    Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

    si occassionem capsit,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

    si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

    quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

    si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
    7.
    Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

    quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

    cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

    hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

    conjecturam capere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

    capti consili memorem mones,

    id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

    quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

    temerarium consilium,

    Liv. 25, 34, 7:

    tale capit consilium,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

    confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

    subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

    legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

    obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

    Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

    si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

    ut ego rationem oculis capio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

    cepi rationem ut, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
    8.
    Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

    ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    praesagia a sole,

    Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

    illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
    9.
    Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

    tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

    omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

    id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

    laborem inanem ipsus capit,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

    id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

    hic potitur gaudia,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

    plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

    cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

    id. ib. prol. 114:

    angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

    quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

    id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

    laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

    id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

    lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

    id. Sen. 15, 54:

    opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

    id. Brut. 1, 1:

    itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

    id. ib. 40, 147:

    ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

    Liv. 27, 40, 9:

    ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

    id. 5, 20, 2:

    ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

    id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

    laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

    ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

    lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

    maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

    et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

    Liv. 33, 27, 10:

    voluptatem animi,

    Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

    malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

    id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

    quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

    Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
    10.
    Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

    edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

    numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

    sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

    id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

    nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

    te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

    Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

    Liv. 1, 6, 3:

    cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

    id. 40, 21, 2:

    etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

    id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

    qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

    Liv. 27, 13, 2:

    oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

    id. 38, 46, 12:

    tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

    Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

    ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

    Liv. 27, 8, 6:

    hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

    id. 44, 12, 1:

    tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

    Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

    I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 384:

    infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

    id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

    cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

    id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

    I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

    Liv. 1, 57, 10:

    ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

    id. 25, 22, 1:

    tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

    id. 23, 20, 7:

    senatum metus cepit,

    id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

    quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

    Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
    11.
    Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

    calamitatem,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

    detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

    Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

    videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

    quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

    Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
    II.
    To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

    parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

    Lucr. 6, 1030:

    jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

    Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

    terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

    id. ib. 1, 75:

    dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

    id. ib. 8, 558:

    cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

    id. ib. 5, 324.—
    2.
    Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

    di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

    qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

    volat vapor ater ad auras,

    Verg. A. 7, 466:

    non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

    non capit se mare,

    Sen. Agam. 487:

    neque enim capiebant funera portae,

    Ov. M. 7, 607:

    officium populi vix capiente domo,

    id. P. 4, 4, 42:

    si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

    Curt. 7, 8, 12:

    ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

    Just. 2, 10, 19.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

    tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
    2. a.
    Affirmatively (rare):

    quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

    Curt. 9, 3, 7:

    si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

    Quint. 2, 4, 17:

    dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

    Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
    b.
    With negatives:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

    Lucr. 3, 298:

    nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

    Ov. M. 6, 466:

    vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

    id. ib. 11, 118:

    ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

    id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

    sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

    Curt. 7, 8, 13:

    majora quam capit spirat,

    id. 6, 9, 11:

    ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

    id. 3, 12, 20:

    infirma aetas majora non capiet,

    Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
    3.
    Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

    rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

    Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

    molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

    id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

    res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

    Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
    4.
    With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

    nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

    Prud. Apoth. 154:

    crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

    Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
    5.
    Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

    sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

    Quint. 11, 1, 45:

    nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

    id. 2, 6, 2:

    quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

    Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

    senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

    Liv. 9, 17, 14:

    somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

    id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
    2.
    căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
    I.
    A taking:

    dominii,

    Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
    II.
    = usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

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  • 8 excipio

    ex-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio].
    I.
    (With the notion of the ex predominating.) To take or draw out.
    A.
    Lit. (rarely): aliquem e mari, to draw out, fish out, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 293, 26 (Rep. 4, 8, 8 Baiter):

    vidulum (e mari),

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 140 sq.:

    dens manu, forcipe,

    Cels. 7, 12, 1:

    telum (e vulnere),

    id. 7, 5, 1:

    clipeum cristasque rubentes Excipiam sorti,

    to withdraw, exempt, Verg. A. 9, 271.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen.: servitute exceptus, withdrawn, i. e. rescued from slavery, Liv. 33, 23, 2:

    nihil jam cupiditati, nihil libidini exceptum,

    exempt, Tac. Agr. 15.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To except, make an exception of (freq. and class.):

    hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

    qui (Democritus) ita sit ausus ordiri: Haec loquor de universis. Nihil excipit, de quo non profiteatur,

    id. Ac. 2, 23, 73; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 28:

    Lacedaemonii ipsi, cum omnia concedunt in amore juvenum praeter stuprum, tenui sane muro dissaepiunt id, quod excipiunt,

    id. Rep. 4, 4:

    senex talos elidi jussit conservis meis: sed me excepit,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 13.—With ne:

    Licinia lex, quae non modo eum, qui, etc.... sed etiam collegas ejus, cognatos, affines excipit, ne eis ea potestas curatiove mandetur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 21;

    so in legal limitations,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 24; id. Balb. 14, 32; see also exceptio.—With ut, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, 26:

    excepi de antiquis praeter Xenophanem neminem,

    id. Div. 1, 39, 87:

    ut in summis tuis laudibus excipiant unam iracundiam,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, 37:

    dolia, in horreis defossa, si non sint nominatim in venditione excepta, etc.,

    Dig. 18, 1, 76; so ib. 77.—In the abl. absol.:

    omnium mihi videor, exceptis, Crasse, vobis duobus, eloquentissimos audisse Ti. et C. Sempronios,

    you two excepted, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38; cf.:

    vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitia praestabilius esse putetis,

    id. Lael. 27 fin.:

    exceptā sapientiā,

    id. ib. 6, 20. — Neutr. absol.:

    excepto, quod non simul esses, cetera laetus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 50:

    excepto, si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 38; Pers. 5, 90; Aug. Serm. 17, 3; 46, 2.—Hence,
    (β).
    Jurid. t. t., said of the defendant, to except, to make a legal exception to the plaintiff's statement:

    verum est, quod qui excipit, probare debeat, quod excipitur,

    Dig. 22, 3, 9; so ib. 18:

    adversus aliquem,

    ib. 16, 1, 17 et saep.; cf. exceptio and the authorities there cited.—
    b.
    In an oration, a law, etc., to express by name, to make particular mention of, to state expressly (rare, and perh. not anteAug.):

    cum Graecos Italia pellerent, excepisse medicos,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 16: vites in tantum sublimes, ut vindemitor auctoratus rogum ac tumulum excipiat, expressly stipulates for (in case he should fall and break his neck), id. 14, 1, 3, § 10.
    II.
    (With the notion of the verb predominating.) To take a thing to one's self (in a good or bad sense), to catch, capture, take, receive.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    sanguinem paterā,

    Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf. Col. 9, 15, 9:

    e longinquo sucum,

    Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 78:

    labentem excepit,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43: se in pedes, to take to one's feet, i. e. spring to the ground, Liv. 4, 19, 4:

    filiorum extremum spiritum ore,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; cf.:

    tunicis fluentibus auras,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 301:

    omnium tela,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177; so,

    tela,

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

    vulnera,

    Cic. Sest. 10, 23; cf.:

    vulnus ore,

    Quint. 6, 3, 75; and:

    plagae genus in se,

    Lucr. 2, 810:

    o terram illam beatam, quae hunc virum exceperit!

    Cic. Mil. 38, 105; cf.: hunc (Mithridatem) in timore et fuga Tigranes excepit, id de. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

    aliquem benigno vultu,

    Liv. 30, 14, 3; cf.

    also: hic te polenta excipiet,

    Sen. Ep. 21 med.:

    aliquem epulis,

    Tac. G. 21:

    multos ex fuga dispersos excipiunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6. alios vagos per hiberna milites excipiebant, Liv. 33, 29, 2: speculator, exceptus a juvenibus mulcatur, id. 40, 7, 4: cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 5:

    servos in pabulatione,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 9:

    incautum,

    Verg. A. 3, 332:

    (uri) mansuefieri ne parvuli quidem excepti possunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 4:

    aprum latitantem,

    Hor. C. 3, 12, 10:

    caprum insidiis,

    Verg. E. 3, 18:

    fugientes feras,

    Phaedr. 1, 11, 6:

    aprum, feram venabulo,

    Quint. 4, 2, 17; Sen. Prov. 2 et saep.—
    b.
    Of inanimate subjects:

    postero die patenti itinere Priaticus campus eos excepit,

    received them, Liv. 38, 41, 8:

    silva tum excepit ferum,

    Phaedr. 1, 12, 9; Quint. 2, 12, 2. —
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To come next to, to follow after, succeed a thing:

    linguam ad radices ejus haerens excipit stomachus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135: quinque milia passuum proxima intercedere itineris campestris;

    inde excipere loca aspera et montuosa,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 66 fin.:

    alios alii deinceps,

    id. B. G. 5, 16 fin. — Poet.:

    porticus excipiebat Arcton,

    i. e. was turned to the north, looked towards the north, Hor. C. 2, 15, 16.—
    b.
    In medic. lang.: aliquid aliqua re, to take something in something, i. e. mixed with something:

    quae (medicamenta) excipiuntur cerato ex rosa facto,

    Cels. 5, 18, 20; 5, 25, 5; 6; 12 et saep.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to take or catch up, to intercept:

    genus divinationis naturale, quod animus arripit aut excipit extrinsecus ex divinitate,

    Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.:

    posteaquam vidit, illum excepisse laudem ex eo, quod,

    i. e. obtained, id. Att. 1, 14, 3: subire coëgit et excipere pericula, to take upon one's self, to receive, support, sustain (the figure being taken from the reception of an enemy's blows or shots), Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

    Germani celeriter phalange facta impetus gladiorum exceperunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52, 4; so,

    impetus,

    id. B. C. 1, 58, 1:

    vim frigorum hiememque,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:

    labores magnos,

    id. Brut. 69, 243 et saep.:

    excipimus nova illa cum favore et sollicitudine,

    receive, Quint. 10, 1, 15:

    verba risu,

    id. 1, 2, 7:

    praecepta ad excipiendas hominum voluntates,

    for taking captive, Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32:

    invidiam,

    to draw upon one's self, Nep. Dat. 5, 2.—
    b.
    Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:

    quae (sublicae) cum omni opere conjunctae vim fluminis exciperent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9; 3, 13, 1:

    quid reliquis accideret, qui quosque eventus exciperent,

    i. e. would befall, overtake them, Caes. B. C. 1, 21 fin.; Verg. A. 3, 318; Liv. 1, 53, 4.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To catch with the ear, esp. eagerly or secretly, to catch up, listen to, overhear:

    maledicto nihil facilius emittitur, nihil citius excipitur,

    Cic. Planc. 23, 57; id. Sest. 48, 102:

    assensu populi excepta vox consulis,

    Liv. 8, 6, 7:

    ad has excipiendas voces speculator missus,

    id. 40, 7, 4; 2, 4, 5; 4, 30, 3:

    laudem avidissimis auribus excipit,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 3:

    notis quoque excipere velocissime solitum,

    i. e. to write down in shorthand, Suet. Tit. 3:

    rumores,

    Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf.

    voces,

    Liv. 40, 7, 4:

    sermonem eorum,

    id. 2, 4, 5:

    furtivas notas,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 18.—
    b.
    To follow after, to succeed a thing in time or the order of succession (cf. above, A. 2. a.):

    tristem hiemem pestilens aestas excepit,

    Liv. 5, 13, 4:

    Herculis vitam et virtutem immortalitas excepisse dicitur,

    Cic. Sest. 68, 143:

    violis succedit rosa: rosam cyanus excipit, cyanum amarantus,

    Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68:

    excipit Pompilium Numam Tullus Hostilius,

    Flor. 1, 3, 1:

    hunc (locutum) Labienus excepit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 1.— Absol.:

    turbulentior inde annus excepit,

    succeeded, followed, Liv. 2, 61, 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 88, 2:

    re cognita tantus luctus excepit, ut, etc.,

    id. B. C. 2, 7, 3.—Hence,
    (β).
    Transf.: aliquid, to continue, prolong a thing:

    memoriam illius viri excipient omnes anni consequentes,

    Cic. de Sen. 6, 19; Liv. 38, 22, 3:

    vices alicujus,

    Just. 11, 5.— Poet. with inf., Sil. 13, 687.

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  • 9 Felix

    1.
    fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. [from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. phuô; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.
    I.
    Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so,

    arbor,

    Liv. 5, 24, 2:

    arbusta,

    Lucr. 5, 1378:

    rami,

    Verg. G. 2, 81; so,

    rami feliciores,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 14:

    silvae,

    i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329:

    Massica Baccho,

    fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf.

    Campania,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

    felicior regio,

    Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.:

    felix oleae tractus,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179:

    venti,

    Val. Fl. 6, 711.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—
    2.
    Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets;

    syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf.

    also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

    quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo,

    Liv. 22, 30, 4:

    auspicia,

    Verg. A. 11, 32; cf.

    omen,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 35:

    o dea... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem,

    Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.:

    sis bonus o felixque tuis!

    id. E. 5, 65:

    terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

    id. G. 1, 345:

    Zephyri,

    id. A. 3, 120:

    sententia,

    Ov. M. 13, 319:

    industria (corresp. to fertilis cura),

    Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—
    B.
    Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry):

    exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

    Lucr. 1, 100:

    Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

    Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur,

    id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59:

    vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

    id. Font. 15, 33:

    ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

    id. Brut. 16, 63:

    Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam,

    Sall. J. 95, 4:

    in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.:

    quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus,

    id. Lael. 16, 60:

    vade, o felix nati pietate,

    Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785:

    Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior,

    i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69:

    felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula,

    Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

    omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto,

    id. S. 1, 9, 28:

    Latium felix,

    id. C. S. 66:

    tempora,

    Juv. 2, 38:

    saecula,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.:

    nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior,

    id. 12, 11, 22:

    felicissima facilitas,

    id. 10, 1, 111:

    felicissimus sermo,

    id. 9, 4, 27:

    ita sim felix, a form of asseveration,

    Prop. 1, 7, 3:

    malum, i. q. salubre,

    salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod [p. 734] vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—
    (β).
    With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae,

    Plin. H. N. 14 praef. §

    7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem!

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 12:

    felices studiique locique,

    Ov. M. 5, 267:

    felix uteri,

    Sil. 4, 359:

    leti,

    id. 4, 398:

    famae,

    id. 4, 731:

    felices operum dies,

    Verg. G. 1, 277.—
    (γ).
    With inf. ( poet.):

    quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno,

    happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —
    (δ).
    With gerund. dat. (rare):

    tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit,

    successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.— Adv.: fēlīcĭter.
    * 1.
    (Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly:

    hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,

    Verg. G. 1, 54.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II.)
    a.
    Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:

    ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret,

    Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1:

    feliciter, succlamant,

    Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—
    b.
    Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.):

    omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

    res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit,

    id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.:

    navigare,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.:

    qui te feliciter attulit Eurus,

    Ov. M. 7, 659:

    feliciter audet,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166:

    ob ea feliciter acta,

    Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.:

    feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40.— Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.— Sup.:

    bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

    re gesta,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1:

    gerere rem publicam,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6:

    cessit imitatio,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.
    2.
    Fēlix (with abl. Felice, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 67), a Roman surname of frequent occurrence, first applied to L. Sulla, Plin. 7, 44, 44, § 186.—
    b.
    Claudius Felix, Suet. Claud. 28.—
    c.
    Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea and Galilee under Claudius, Vulg. Act. 23, 26; 25, 14.—
    d.
    Julia Felix, i. q. Berytus, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78.
    3.
    fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix init.

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  • 10 felix

    1.
    fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. [from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. phuô; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.
    I.
    Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so,

    arbor,

    Liv. 5, 24, 2:

    arbusta,

    Lucr. 5, 1378:

    rami,

    Verg. G. 2, 81; so,

    rami feliciores,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 14:

    silvae,

    i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329:

    Massica Baccho,

    fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf.

    Campania,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

    felicior regio,

    Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.:

    felix oleae tractus,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179:

    venti,

    Val. Fl. 6, 711.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—
    2.
    Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets;

    syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf.

    also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

    quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo,

    Liv. 22, 30, 4:

    auspicia,

    Verg. A. 11, 32; cf.

    omen,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 35:

    o dea... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem,

    Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.:

    sis bonus o felixque tuis!

    id. E. 5, 65:

    terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

    id. G. 1, 345:

    Zephyri,

    id. A. 3, 120:

    sententia,

    Ov. M. 13, 319:

    industria (corresp. to fertilis cura),

    Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—
    B.
    Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry):

    exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

    Lucr. 1, 100:

    Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

    Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur,

    id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59:

    vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

    id. Font. 15, 33:

    ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

    id. Brut. 16, 63:

    Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam,

    Sall. J. 95, 4:

    in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.:

    quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus,

    id. Lael. 16, 60:

    vade, o felix nati pietate,

    Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785:

    Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior,

    i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69:

    felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula,

    Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

    omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto,

    id. S. 1, 9, 28:

    Latium felix,

    id. C. S. 66:

    tempora,

    Juv. 2, 38:

    saecula,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.:

    nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior,

    id. 12, 11, 22:

    felicissima facilitas,

    id. 10, 1, 111:

    felicissimus sermo,

    id. 9, 4, 27:

    ita sim felix, a form of asseveration,

    Prop. 1, 7, 3:

    malum, i. q. salubre,

    salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod [p. 734] vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—
    (β).
    With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae,

    Plin. H. N. 14 praef. §

    7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem!

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 12:

    felices studiique locique,

    Ov. M. 5, 267:

    felix uteri,

    Sil. 4, 359:

    leti,

    id. 4, 398:

    famae,

    id. 4, 731:

    felices operum dies,

    Verg. G. 1, 277.—
    (γ).
    With inf. ( poet.):

    quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno,

    happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —
    (δ).
    With gerund. dat. (rare):

    tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit,

    successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.— Adv.: fēlīcĭter.
    * 1.
    (Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly:

    hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,

    Verg. G. 1, 54.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II.)
    a.
    Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:

    ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret,

    Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1:

    feliciter, succlamant,

    Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—
    b.
    Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.):

    omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

    res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit,

    id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.:

    navigare,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.:

    qui te feliciter attulit Eurus,

    Ov. M. 7, 659:

    feliciter audet,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166:

    ob ea feliciter acta,

    Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.:

    feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40.— Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.— Sup.:

    bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

    re gesta,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1:

    gerere rem publicam,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6:

    cessit imitatio,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.
    2.
    Fēlix (with abl. Felice, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 67), a Roman surname of frequent occurrence, first applied to L. Sulla, Plin. 7, 44, 44, § 186.—
    b.
    Claudius Felix, Suet. Claud. 28.—
    c.
    Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea and Galilee under Claudius, Vulg. Act. 23, 26; 25, 14.—
    d.
    Julia Felix, i. q. Berytus, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78.
    3.
    fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix init.

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  • 11 miscellus

    miscellus ( miscillus, Mart. Cap. 9, § 997), a, um, adj. [misceo], mixed (anteclass. and post-Aug.):

    uvae,

    Cato, R. R. 23:

    genus (i. e. of tame and wild pigeons),

    Varr. R. R. 3, 7:

    ludi,

    composed of games of several kinds, Suet. Calig. 20: aes, a brazen tablet on which were inscribed the names of soldiers who had served out their time and to whom lands were assigned, and of those who succeeded to the place of others deceased, Sicul. Fl. de Condit. Agror. p. 23 Goes.; Mart. Cap. 9, § 913; § 997 Kopp ad loc.

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  • 12 navo

    nāvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [navus], to do, perform, or accomplish a thing with zeal and diligence (class.):

    nemo est tam afflictus, quin possit navare aliquid et efficere,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 7: navare operam alicui, to come to one's assistance, to serve or assist one:

    utinam potuissem tibi operam meam studiumque navare,

    id. ib. 15, 12, 2:

    operam rei publicae,

    id. ib. 10, 25, 2; cf. id. Att. 1, 17, 4:

    jam mihi videor navāsse operam, quod huc venerim,

    to have succeeded in my endeavors, id. de Or. 2, 7, 26:

    fortiter in acie navare operam,

    to act vigorously, Liv. 7, 16; 28, 35:

    navandae operae avidior,

    Tac. A. 3, 42;

    for which: opus navare,

    Val. Fl. 3, 144:

    quam vellem Bruto studium tuum navare potuisses!

    to show, exhibit, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5; cf.:

    si suffragandi studia non navant,

    id. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 18:

    benevolentiam,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

    bellum,

    to prosecute vigorously, Tac. H. 3, 25:

    flagitium,

    to commit, perpetrate, id. ib. 4, 59:

    rem publicam,

    to serve the state, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 5 (dub.; B. and K. gubernare).—Hence, adv.: nā-vanter, with zeal, Cassiod. Var. 2, 23 al.

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  • 13 Pelopeia

    Pĕlops, ŏpis, m., = Pelops.
    I.
    Son of Tantalus, king of Phrygia, father of Atreus and Thyestes, grandfather of Agamemnon and Menelaus; in his childhood he was served up to the gods by his father for food (truncatus Pelops, Stat. Th. 4, 590), but was recalled to life by Jupiter, who gave him an ivory shoulder in place of the one eaten by Ceres (umeroque Pelops insignis eburno, Verg. G. 3, 7). Being afterwards driven out of Phrygia, he went to Elis, and by artifice obtained the hand of Hippodamia, daughter [p. 1327] of king Œnomaus, to whose throne he succeeded. By means of the wealth which he brought with him, he acquired so great an influence that the entire peninsula was called, after him, the island of Pelops (Peloponnesus), Hyg. Fab. 83, 84; Serv. Verg. G. 3, 7; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 53; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107; 2, 27, 67: Pelope natus, i. e. Thyestes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 397 Vahl.):

    ex Tantalo Pelops, ex Pelope autem satus Atreus, Trag. Rel. Inc. Fab. v. 102 Rib.: Pelopis genitor,

    i. e. Tantalus, Hor. C. 1, 28, 7.
    1.
    Pĕlŏpēïas, ădis, f. adj., Pelopian, Peloponnesian:

    Pelopeïadesque Mycenae,

    Ov. M. 6, 414.—
    2.
    Pĕlŏpēïs, ĭdis, f. adj., Pelopian, Peloponnesian:

    Pelopeides undae,

    the sea that surrounds the Peloponnesus, Ov. F. 4, 285.—Hence, Pĕlŏpēĭdes, um, f., the Argive women, Stat. Th. 10, 50; 12, 540.—
    3.
    Pĕlŏpēïus, a, um, adj., = Pelopêios.
    a.
    Pelopian:

    Pelopeius Atreus,

    Ov. H. 8, 27:

    virgo,

    i. e. Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, id. Tr. 4, 4, 67:

    arva,

    i. e. Phrygia, the native country of Pelops, id. M. 8, 622.— Subst.: Pĕlŏpēia, ae, f., a female descendant of Pelops, Ov. H. 8, 81.—
    b.
    Peloponnesian:

    Pelopeia sedes,

    i. e. the seat of Creon, king of Corinth, Sen. Med. 891:

    oppida,

    Claud. in Rufin. 2, 188:

    regna,

    the Peloponnesus, Stat. Th. 1, 117. —
    4.
    Pĕlŏpēus, a, um, adj.
    a.
    Pelopian:

    Agamemnon,

    Prop. 4 (5), 6, 33:

    domus,

    the race of the Pelopides, id. 3, 17, 20 (4, 18, 20):

    P. Orestes,

    Luc. 7, 778.— Subst.: Pĕlŏpēa, ae, f., the daughter of Pelops, Ov. Ib. 361; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 291; the name of a tragedy, Juv. 7, 92.—
    b.
    Peloponnesian:

    Pelopea phalanx,

    the Argive army, Stat. Th. 7, 422.— Poet., in a more extended sense, for Grecian:

    Pelopea ad moenia,

    i. e. to Greece, Verg. A. 2, 193.—
    5.
    Pĕlŏpĭdae, ārum, m., the descendants of Pelops (notorious for their crimes), the Pelopides, Hyg. Fab. 86; an old poet in Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2; 7, 30, 1; id. Att. 14, 12, 2; 15, 11, 3 (applied by Cicero to the adherents of Cæsar).—
    6.
    Pĕlŏpĭus, a, um, adj., Pelopian:

    Pelopia domus,

    Sen. Agam. 7.—
    II.
    A slave's name, Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1.

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  • 14 Pelopeides

    Pĕlops, ŏpis, m., = Pelops.
    I.
    Son of Tantalus, king of Phrygia, father of Atreus and Thyestes, grandfather of Agamemnon and Menelaus; in his childhood he was served up to the gods by his father for food (truncatus Pelops, Stat. Th. 4, 590), but was recalled to life by Jupiter, who gave him an ivory shoulder in place of the one eaten by Ceres (umeroque Pelops insignis eburno, Verg. G. 3, 7). Being afterwards driven out of Phrygia, he went to Elis, and by artifice obtained the hand of Hippodamia, daughter [p. 1327] of king Œnomaus, to whose throne he succeeded. By means of the wealth which he brought with him, he acquired so great an influence that the entire peninsula was called, after him, the island of Pelops (Peloponnesus), Hyg. Fab. 83, 84; Serv. Verg. G. 3, 7; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 53; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107; 2, 27, 67: Pelope natus, i. e. Thyestes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 397 Vahl.):

    ex Tantalo Pelops, ex Pelope autem satus Atreus, Trag. Rel. Inc. Fab. v. 102 Rib.: Pelopis genitor,

    i. e. Tantalus, Hor. C. 1, 28, 7.
    1.
    Pĕlŏpēïas, ădis, f. adj., Pelopian, Peloponnesian:

    Pelopeïadesque Mycenae,

    Ov. M. 6, 414.—
    2.
    Pĕlŏpēïs, ĭdis, f. adj., Pelopian, Peloponnesian:

    Pelopeides undae,

    the sea that surrounds the Peloponnesus, Ov. F. 4, 285.—Hence, Pĕlŏpēĭdes, um, f., the Argive women, Stat. Th. 10, 50; 12, 540.—
    3.
    Pĕlŏpēïus, a, um, adj., = Pelopêios.
    a.
    Pelopian:

    Pelopeius Atreus,

    Ov. H. 8, 27:

    virgo,

    i. e. Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, id. Tr. 4, 4, 67:

    arva,

    i. e. Phrygia, the native country of Pelops, id. M. 8, 622.— Subst.: Pĕlŏpēia, ae, f., a female descendant of Pelops, Ov. H. 8, 81.—
    b.
    Peloponnesian:

    Pelopeia sedes,

    i. e. the seat of Creon, king of Corinth, Sen. Med. 891:

    oppida,

    Claud. in Rufin. 2, 188:

    regna,

    the Peloponnesus, Stat. Th. 1, 117. —
    4.
    Pĕlŏpēus, a, um, adj.
    a.
    Pelopian:

    Agamemnon,

    Prop. 4 (5), 6, 33:

    domus,

    the race of the Pelopides, id. 3, 17, 20 (4, 18, 20):

    P. Orestes,

    Luc. 7, 778.— Subst.: Pĕlŏpēa, ae, f., the daughter of Pelops, Ov. Ib. 361; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 291; the name of a tragedy, Juv. 7, 92.—
    b.
    Peloponnesian:

    Pelopea phalanx,

    the Argive army, Stat. Th. 7, 422.— Poet., in a more extended sense, for Grecian:

    Pelopea ad moenia,

    i. e. to Greece, Verg. A. 2, 193.—
    5.
    Pĕlŏpĭdae, ārum, m., the descendants of Pelops (notorious for their crimes), the Pelopides, Hyg. Fab. 86; an old poet in Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2; 7, 30, 1; id. Att. 14, 12, 2; 15, 11, 3 (applied by Cicero to the adherents of Cæsar).—
    6.
    Pĕlŏpĭus, a, um, adj., Pelopian:

    Pelopia domus,

    Sen. Agam. 7.—
    II.
    A slave's name, Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1.

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  • 15 Pelops

    Pĕlops, ŏpis, m., = Pelops.
    I.
    Son of Tantalus, king of Phrygia, father of Atreus and Thyestes, grandfather of Agamemnon and Menelaus; in his childhood he was served up to the gods by his father for food (truncatus Pelops, Stat. Th. 4, 590), but was recalled to life by Jupiter, who gave him an ivory shoulder in place of the one eaten by Ceres (umeroque Pelops insignis eburno, Verg. G. 3, 7). Being afterwards driven out of Phrygia, he went to Elis, and by artifice obtained the hand of Hippodamia, daughter [p. 1327] of king Œnomaus, to whose throne he succeeded. By means of the wealth which he brought with him, he acquired so great an influence that the entire peninsula was called, after him, the island of Pelops (Peloponnesus), Hyg. Fab. 83, 84; Serv. Verg. G. 3, 7; Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 53; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107; 2, 27, 67: Pelope natus, i. e. Thyestes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 397 Vahl.):

    ex Tantalo Pelops, ex Pelope autem satus Atreus, Trag. Rel. Inc. Fab. v. 102 Rib.: Pelopis genitor,

    i. e. Tantalus, Hor. C. 1, 28, 7.
    1.
    Pĕlŏpēïas, ădis, f. adj., Pelopian, Peloponnesian:

    Pelopeïadesque Mycenae,

    Ov. M. 6, 414.—
    2.
    Pĕlŏpēïs, ĭdis, f. adj., Pelopian, Peloponnesian:

    Pelopeides undae,

    the sea that surrounds the Peloponnesus, Ov. F. 4, 285.—Hence, Pĕlŏpēĭdes, um, f., the Argive women, Stat. Th. 10, 50; 12, 540.—
    3.
    Pĕlŏpēïus, a, um, adj., = Pelopêios.
    a.
    Pelopian:

    Pelopeius Atreus,

    Ov. H. 8, 27:

    virgo,

    i. e. Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, id. Tr. 4, 4, 67:

    arva,

    i. e. Phrygia, the native country of Pelops, id. M. 8, 622.— Subst.: Pĕlŏpēia, ae, f., a female descendant of Pelops, Ov. H. 8, 81.—
    b.
    Peloponnesian:

    Pelopeia sedes,

    i. e. the seat of Creon, king of Corinth, Sen. Med. 891:

    oppida,

    Claud. in Rufin. 2, 188:

    regna,

    the Peloponnesus, Stat. Th. 1, 117. —
    4.
    Pĕlŏpēus, a, um, adj.
    a.
    Pelopian:

    Agamemnon,

    Prop. 4 (5), 6, 33:

    domus,

    the race of the Pelopides, id. 3, 17, 20 (4, 18, 20):

    P. Orestes,

    Luc. 7, 778.— Subst.: Pĕlŏpēa, ae, f., the daughter of Pelops, Ov. Ib. 361; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 291; the name of a tragedy, Juv. 7, 92.—
    b.
    Peloponnesian:

    Pelopea phalanx,

    the Argive army, Stat. Th. 7, 422.— Poet., in a more extended sense, for Grecian:

    Pelopea ad moenia,

    i. e. to Greece, Verg. A. 2, 193.—
    5.
    Pĕlŏpĭdae, ārum, m., the descendants of Pelops (notorious for their crimes), the Pelopides, Hyg. Fab. 86; an old poet in Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2; 7, 30, 1; id. Att. 14, 12, 2; 15, 11, 3 (applied by Cicero to the adherents of Cæsar).—
    6.
    Pĕlŏpĭus, a, um, adj., Pelopian:

    Pelopia domus,

    Sen. Agam. 7.—
    II.
    A slave's name, Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1.

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  • 16 Pertinax

    per-tĭnax, ācis, adj. [tenax], that holds fast, that clings firmly, very tenacious.
    I.
    Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    digitus male pertinax,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 24:

    ales unguibus pertinax,

    App. Flor. p. 366: tenaxne pater ejus est? Ph. Pater immo edepol pertinax, exceedingly avaricious, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39.—
    B.
    Transf., that lasts long, very durable:

    spiritus,

    Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

    siligo in Allobrogum agro pertinax,

    id. 18, 8, 20, § 85.—
    II.
    Trop., firm, constant, steadfast, persevering, unyielding; in a bad sense, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn (cf. pervicax); constr. absol., with in and abl.; also (rare and not ante-Aug.) with in and acc., adversus and acc., ad and acc.; also (post-Aug.) with gen., Att. ap. Non. 433, 6 sq.:

    concertationes in disputando pertinaces,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 27 sq.:

    pertinacissimus fueris, si, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 33, 107:

    valde pertinax,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

    pertinax fama,

    Plin. 24, 17, 101, § 159:

    studium, Quint. Inst. prooem.: certamen,

    Liv. 2, 40:

    stare pertinaci statu,

    Gell. 2, 1, 2:

    octoginta milia fortissimae pertinacissimaeque in retinendis armis juventutis,

    Vell. 2, 27, 1:

    pertinax virtus,

    Liv. 25, 14:

    pertinax adversus temerarios impetus,

    id. 28, 22, 14:

    pertinacior in repugnando,

    id. 29, 33:

    pertinax ad obtinendam injuriam,

    id. 29, 1, 17:

    in quod coepit pertinax et intenta,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 2.—
    (β).
    Poet., with inf.:

    fortuna... Ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    justitiae,

    App. Mag. p. 338, 34:

    irae,

    Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: pertĭnācĭter.
    A.
    Very fast or firmly, very tenaciously, persistently:

    haec ipsa magis pertinaciter haerent, quo deteriora sunt,

    Quint. 1, 1, 5; Suet. Tib. 74:

    pertinacius resistere,

    Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

    pertinacissime retinere,

    id. 33, 6, 32, § 100. —
    B.
    Constantly, firmly, steadily, perseveringly; obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously:

    pertinaciter liberalibus studiis deditus,

    Suet. Claud. 40 fin.:

    pertinaciter in aliquā re manere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 20: pertinaciter offensus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

    contendere,

    Suet. Caes. 1:

    studere,

    Sen. Ep. 5, 1.— Comp.:

    pertinacius insequi,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.:

    pertinacissime pabulo abstinere,

    Suet. Caes. 81 med.; id. Ner. 56.—
    III.
    Pertĭnax, ācis, m., surname of the emperor P. Helvius, who succeeded Commodus on the throne, Capitol. Pert. 1; Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.

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  • 17 pertinax

    per-tĭnax, ācis, adj. [tenax], that holds fast, that clings firmly, very tenacious.
    I.
    Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    digitus male pertinax,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 24:

    ales unguibus pertinax,

    App. Flor. p. 366: tenaxne pater ejus est? Ph. Pater immo edepol pertinax, exceedingly avaricious, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39.—
    B.
    Transf., that lasts long, very durable:

    spiritus,

    Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

    siligo in Allobrogum agro pertinax,

    id. 18, 8, 20, § 85.—
    II.
    Trop., firm, constant, steadfast, persevering, unyielding; in a bad sense, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn (cf. pervicax); constr. absol., with in and abl.; also (rare and not ante-Aug.) with in and acc., adversus and acc., ad and acc.; also (post-Aug.) with gen., Att. ap. Non. 433, 6 sq.:

    concertationes in disputando pertinaces,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 27 sq.:

    pertinacissimus fueris, si, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 33, 107:

    valde pertinax,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

    pertinax fama,

    Plin. 24, 17, 101, § 159:

    studium, Quint. Inst. prooem.: certamen,

    Liv. 2, 40:

    stare pertinaci statu,

    Gell. 2, 1, 2:

    octoginta milia fortissimae pertinacissimaeque in retinendis armis juventutis,

    Vell. 2, 27, 1:

    pertinax virtus,

    Liv. 25, 14:

    pertinax adversus temerarios impetus,

    id. 28, 22, 14:

    pertinacior in repugnando,

    id. 29, 33:

    pertinax ad obtinendam injuriam,

    id. 29, 1, 17:

    in quod coepit pertinax et intenta,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 2.—
    (β).
    Poet., with inf.:

    fortuna... Ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    justitiae,

    App. Mag. p. 338, 34:

    irae,

    Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: pertĭnācĭter.
    A.
    Very fast or firmly, very tenaciously, persistently:

    haec ipsa magis pertinaciter haerent, quo deteriora sunt,

    Quint. 1, 1, 5; Suet. Tib. 74:

    pertinacius resistere,

    Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

    pertinacissime retinere,

    id. 33, 6, 32, § 100. —
    B.
    Constantly, firmly, steadily, perseveringly; obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously:

    pertinaciter liberalibus studiis deditus,

    Suet. Claud. 40 fin.:

    pertinaciter in aliquā re manere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 20: pertinaciter offensus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

    contendere,

    Suet. Caes. 1:

    studere,

    Sen. Ep. 5, 1.— Comp.:

    pertinacius insequi,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.:

    pertinacissime pabulo abstinere,

    Suet. Caes. 81 med.; id. Ner. 56.—
    III.
    Pertĭnax, ācis, m., surname of the emperor P. Helvius, who succeeded Commodus on the throne, Capitol. Pert. 1; Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.

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  • 18 procedo

    prō-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go forth or before, to go forwards, advance, proceed (class.; cf.: progredior, prodeo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    procedere ad forum,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 2:

    illuc procede,

    id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:

    a portu,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1: ante agmen, Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 4:

    nil cum procede re lintrem Sentimus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 20:

    pedibus aequis,

    Ov. P. 4, 5, 3:

    passu tacito,

    Val. Fl. 5, 351.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In milit. lang., to go or march forwards, to advance, Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

    lente atque paulatim proceditur,

    id. ib. 1, 80; id. B. G. 6, 25:

    agmen procedit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37; Curt. 7, 3, 19:

    processum in aciem est,

    Liv. 25, 21:

    ipsi jam pridem avidi certaminis procedunt,

    id. 3, 62, 6.—Cf. of ships, Caes. B. G. 7, 61; Verg. A. 4, 587.—
    2.
    Of processions, to go on, set forward, move on, advance, etc.:

    funus interim Procedit: sequimur,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 101; Hor. C. 4, 2, 49:

    tacito procedens agmine,

    Sil. 7, 91:

    vidisti Latios consul procedere fasces,

    id. 6, 443.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    To go or come forth or out, to advance, issue:

    foribus foras procedere,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 12:

    castris,

    Verg. A. 12, 169:

    extra munitiones,

    Caes. B. G 5, 43:

    in medium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94:

    e tabernaculo in solem,

    id. Brut. 9, 37:

    in pedes procedere nascentem, contra naturam est,

    to be born feet first, Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:

    mediā procedit ab aulā,

    Ov. M. 14, 46.—
    b.
    In gen., to show one's self, to appear:

    cum veste purpureā procedere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119:

    obviam alicui procedere,

    to go towards, go to meet, id. Sest. 13, 68; cf.:

    Jugurthae obvius procedit,

    Sall. J. 21, 1:

    obviam,

    id. ib. 53, 5:

    procedat vel Numa,

    Juv. 3, 138.—
    c.
    In partic., to issue from the mouth, to be uttered:

    sed interdum voces procedebant contumaces et inconsultae,

    Tac. A. 4, 60 init.; Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 36.—
    d.
    Of stars, etc., to rise, come into view:

    Ecce Dionaei processit Caesaris astrum,

    Verg. E. 9, 47:

    vesper,

    id. ib. 6, 86.—
    e.
    Of the moon, to wax, increase, Pall. 7, 3.—
    2.
    Of plants, to put forth, spring forth, grow (ante-class. and in post-Aug. prose):

    antequam radices longius procedere possint,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5:

    plerumque germen de cicatrice procedit,

    Col. 4, 22, 4:

    gemma sine dubio processura,

    Pall. 7, 5, 3; 8, 3, 1 et saep.—
    3.
    Of place, to project, extend:

    ita ut in pedes binos fossa procedat,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159:

    Lydia super Ioniam procedit,

    id. 5, 29, 30, § 110:

    promuntorium, quod contra Peloponnesum procedit,

    id. 4, 2, 3, § 6; Cels. 8, 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, to advance, pass, elapse (class.):

    ubi plerumque noctis processit,

    Sall. J. 21, 2; Nep. Pel. 3, 3:

    jamque dies alterque dies processit,

    Verg. A. 3, 356:

    dies procedens,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 53:

    procedente tempore,

    in process of time, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17:

    si aetate processerit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 50:

    tempus processit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    procedente die,

    Liv. 28, 15; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8:

    procedunt tempora tarde,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 5:

    incipient magni procedere menses,

    Verg. E. 4, 12:

    pars major anni jam processerat,

    Liv. 3, 37.—
    B.
    To come or go forth, to appear, to present or show one's self ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    nunc volo subducto gravior procedere voltu,

    i. e. to conduct myself more gravely, to undertake more serious matters, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9:

    quis postea ad summam Thucydidis, quis Hyperidis ad famam processit?

    Petr. 2.—
    2.
    In partic., to go or get on, to advance, make progress (class.; cf.

    proficio): dicendi laude multum,

    Cic. Brut. 36, 137:

    in philosophiā,

    id. Fin. 3, 2, 6:

    honoribus longius,

    id. Brut. 48, 180; cf. id. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    ad virtutis aditum,

    id. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

    ambitio et procedendi libido,

    a passion for getting on, for rising in the world, Plin. Ep 8, 6, 3:

    longius iras,

    Verg. A. 5, 461:

    perspicuum est, quo compositiones unguentorum processerint,

    to what extent, how far, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146:

    ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 29:

    eo vecordiae processit, ut,

    went so far in folly, Sall. J. 5, 2:

    Adherbal, ubi intellegit eo processum,

    id. ib. 21, 1; so,

    processit in id furoris,

    Vell. 2, 80, 2:

    eoque ira processit, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 26, 2:

    ex infimā fortunā in ordinem senatorium, et ad summos honores,

    Suet. Rhet. 1, 10.—
    C.
    To run on, continue, remain:

    et cum stationes procederent, prope obruentibus infirmum corpus armis,

    i. e. guard duty returned so frequently as to seem continuous, Liv. 5, 48, 7:

    ut iis stipendia procederent,

    id. 25, 5, 8; 27, 11, 14; cf.

    aera,

    id. 5, 7, 12.—
    D.
    To go on, continue, follow; esp. of speech, etc.:

    ad dissuadendum,

    Liv. 30, 35; cf. Plaut. Am. prol. 117: non imitor lakônismon tuum:

    altera jam pagella procedit,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 25, 2.—
    E.
    To [p. 1451] turn out, result, succeed, prosper (class.):

    parum procedere,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 48; Liv. 1, 57; 38, 7:

    nonnumquam summis oratoribus non satis ex sententiā eventum dicendi procedere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 123:

    alicui pulcherrime,

    id. Phil. 13, 19, 40:

    alicui bene,

    id. Rab. Post. 1, 1:

    omnia prospere procedent,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 2.— Impers. (cf. succedo): quibus cum parum procederet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; cf.:

    velut processisset Spurio Licinio,

    Liv. 2, 44, 1.— Absol., to turn out or succeed well:

    mane quod tu occoeperis negotium agere, id totum procedit diem,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 34:

    ferme ut quisque quidque occoeperit, sic ei procedunt post principia,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 4:

    Syre, processisti hodie pulcre,

    have succeeded finely, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 22:

    si processit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

    quod si consilia Andranodoro processissent,

    Liv. 24, 26, 5.—
    2.
    To turn out favorably for, to result in favor of, to benefit, be of use to one:

    totidem dies emptori procedent,

    Cato, R. R. 148:

    benefacta mea reipublicae procedunt,

    Sall. J. 85, 5; Ov. H. 9, 109.—
    3.
    To be effectual:

    venenum non processerat,

    Tac. A. 15, 60:

    medicina processit,

    Col. 6, 6, 4.—
    F.
    To go or pass for, to be counted or reckoned as any thing (anteand post-class.):

    ut binae (oves) pro singulis procedant,

    shall be reckoned as one, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 5; Dig. 5, 3, 32:

    quod ita procedit, si ea, cui donabatur, eum interposuit,

    ib. 24, 1, 11.—
    G.
    To happen, take place, occur (ante-class.):

    numquid processit ad forum hodie novi?

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 7.—
    H.
    To come or proceed from, to be derived from (post-class.):

    res, quae a sacratissimis imperatoribus procedunt,

    Cod. Just. 7, 37, 3.— In part. pass.:

    in processā aetate,

    advanced, Scrib. Comp. 100.

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  • 19 voco

    vŏco, āvi, ātum ( inf. vocarier, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 27), 1, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. vak-, to say; Gr. root Wep:, in epos, word; eipon, said], to call; to call upon, summon, invoke; to call together, convoke, etc. (cf.: appello, compello).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: (patrem) blandā voce vocabam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.):

    quis vocat? quis nominat me?

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 25: He. Vin' vocem huc ad te (patrem)? Ly. Voca, id. Capt. 2, 2, 110:

    Trebonius magnam jumentorum atque hominum multitudinem ex omni provinciā vocat,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 1:

    Dumnorigem ad se vocat,

    id. B. G. 1, 20:

    populum Romanum ad arma,

    id. B. C. 1, 7:

    milites ad concilium classico ad tribunos,

    Liv. 5, 47, 7:

    aliquem in contionem,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 144;

    for which, contionem,

    Tac. A. 1, 29:

    concilium,

    Verg. A. 10, 2; 6, 433; Ov. M. 1, 167:

    patribus vocatis,

    Verg. A. 5, 758:

    ipse vocat pugnas,

    id. ib. 7, 614:

    fertur haec moriens pueris dixisse vocatis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 170.— With dat. (post-Aug. and rare):

    populumque ac senatum auxilio vocare,

    Tac. A. 4, 67 fin.; 12, 45.— Absol.:

    in senatum vocare (sc. patres),

    Liv. 23, 32, 3; 36, 21, 7.— Impers.:

    in contionem vocari placuit,

    Liv. 24, 28, 1:

    cum in senatum vocari jussissent,

    id. 2, 55, 10.— Poet.:

    tum cornix plenā pluviam vocat improba voce,

    i. e. announces, Verg. G. 1, 388; so,

    ventos aurasque,

    Lucr. 5, 1086:

    voce vocans Hecaten caeloque Ereboque potentem,

    invoking, Verg. A. 6, 247:

    patrios Voce deos,

    id. A. 4, 680; 12, 638; Tib. 2, 1, 83; Just. 38, 7, 8:

    ventis vocatis,

    Verg. A. 3, 253:

    numina magna,

    id. ib. 3, 264;

    12, 181: auxilio deos,

    id. ib. 5, 686:

    divos in vota,

    id. ib. 5, 234;

    7, 471: vos (deos) in verba,

    as witnesses, Ov. F. 5, 527:

    quem vocet divum populus,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 1, 14, 10; 1, 30, 2; 3, 22, 3; id. Epod. 5, 5:

    votis imbrem,

    to call down, Verg. G. 1, 157.— Poet. with inf.:

    hic (Charon) levare functum Pauperem laboribus Vocatus atque non vocatus audit,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 40.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To cite, summon into court, before a magistrate (syn. cito):

    in jus vocas: sequitur,

    Cic. Quint. 19, 61: tribuni etiam consulem in rostra vocari jusserunt, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 6.—
    2.
    To bid, invite one as a guest, to dinner, etc. (syn. invito): Pa. Solus cenabo domi? Ge. Non enim solus:

    me vocato,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 20:

    si quis esum me vocat,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 28:

    aliquem ad cenam,

    Ter. And. 2, 6, 22; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 9:

    vulgo ad prandium,

    id. Mur. 34, 72:

    domum suam istum non fere quisquam vocabat,

    id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:

    nos parasiti, quos numquam quisquam neque vocat neque invocat,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 7:

    convivam,

    id. As. 4, 1, 23:

    spatium apparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacrificandi dabitur paululum,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 21: Ge. Cenabis apud me. Ep. Vocata est opera nunc quidem, i. e. I have been already invited, I have an engagement, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 18; so,

    too, bene vocas! verum vocata res est,

    id. Curc. 4, 4, 7: bene vocas;

    tum gratia'st,

    id. Men. 2, 3, 36 Brix ad loc.—
    3.
    In gen., to call, invite, exhort, summon, urge, stimulate, etc.:

    quod me ad vitam vocas,

    Cic. Att. 3, 7, 2:

    haec nisi vides expediri, quam in spem me vocas?

    id. ib. 3, 15, 6: quarum rerum spe ad laudem me vocasti, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2.—
    b.
    Of inanimate or abstract subjects, to invite, call, summon, incite, arouse: quo cujusque cibus vocat atque invitat aventes, Lucr. 5, 524:

    lenis crepitans vocat Auster in altum,

    Verg. A. 3, 70; cf.:

    quāque vo. cant fluctus,

    Ov. R. Am. 532:

    Carthaginienses fessos nox imberque ad necessariam quietem vocabat,

    Liv. 28, 15, 12:

    me ad studium (feriae),

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 9:

    quocumque vocasset defectionis ab Romanis spes,

    Liv. 24, 36, 9; cf.: arrogantiā offensas vo care, to provoke or excite hostility, Tac. H. 4, 80.— Pass.:

    cum ipso anni tempore ad gerendum bellum vocaretur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32. — Poet., with inf.:

    sedare sitim fluvii fontesque vocabant,

    Lucr. 5, 945.—
    4.
    To challenge:

    centuriones... nutu vocibusque hostes, si introire vellent, vocare coeperunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

    cum hinc Aetoli, haud dubie hostes, vocarent ad bellum,

    Liv. 34, 43, 5:

    vocare hostem et vulnera mereri,

    Tac. G. 14; Verg. G. 3, 194; 4, 76; id. A. 11, 375; 11, 442; Sil. 14, 199; Stat. Th. 6, 747; cf. Verg. A. 6, 172; 4, 223 Heyne ad loc.—
    5.
    To call by name, to name, denominate (freq. and class.; syn. nomino): certabant urbem Romam Remoramne vocarent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48. 107 (Ann. v. 85 Vahl.): quem Graeci vocant Aërem, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll. (Epicharm. v. 8 Vahl.):

    cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regen illum unum vocamus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42: comprehensio, quam katalêpsin illi vocant, id. Ac. 2, 6, 17:

    urbem ex Antiochi patris nomine Antiochiam vocavit,

    Just. 15, 4, 8:

    ad Spelaeum, quod vocant, biduum moratus,

    Liv. 45, 33, 8:

    me miserum vocares,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 92:

    non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum,

    id. C. 4, 9, 45.— With de, to call after, to name after:

    lapis, quem Magneta vocant patrio de nomine Graeci,

    Lucr. 6, 908:

    patrioque vocant de nomine mensem,

    Ov. F. 3, 77.— Pass.:

    ego vocor Lyconides,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 49: De. Quī vocare? Ge. Geta, Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 3:

    jam lepidus vocor,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 13; id. Eun. 2, 2, 33:

    a se visum esse in eo colle Romulum, qui nunc Quirinalis vocatur... se deum esse et Quirinum vocari,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 20:

    syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,

    Hor. A. P. 251:

    patiens vocari Caesaris ultor,

    id. C. 1, 2, 43:

    sive tu Lucina probas vocari,

    id. C. S. 15.—With de, to be named for, etc.:

    Taurini vocantur de fluvio qui propter fuit,

    Cat. Orig. 3, fr. 1:

    ludi, qui de nomine Augusti fastis additi, Augustales vocarentur,

    Tac. A. 1, 15.—
    6.
    In eccl. Lat., to call to a knowledge of the gospel, Vulg. 1 Cor. 1, 2; id. Gal. 1, 6; id. 1 Thess. 2, 12.—
    II.
    Transf., to call, i. e. to bring, draw, put, set, place in some position or condition:

    ne me apud milites in invidiam voces,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 59:

    aliquem in odium aut invidiam,

    id. Off. 1, 25, 86:

    cujusdam familia in suspitionem est vocata conjurationis,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 10:

    aliquem in luctum,

    id. Att. 3, 7, 2:

    in partem (hereditatis) mulieres vocatae sunt,

    succeeded to a share, id. Caecin. 4, 12; so,

    aliquem in partem curarum,

    Tac. A. 1, 11:

    in portionem muneris,

    Just. 5, 2, 9:

    me ad Democritum vocas,

    to refer, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56.—With inanimate or abstract objects:

    ex eā die ad hanc diem quae fecisti, in judicium voco,

    I call to account, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 34; so,

    aliquid in judicium,

    id. de Or. 1, 57, 241; id. Balb. 28, 64 al.:

    singula verba sub judicium,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 20:

    ad calculos vocare amicitiam,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 58; Liv. 5, 4, 7; Plin. Pan. 38, 3:

    nulla fere potest res in dicendi disceptationem aut controversium vocari, quae, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 291:

    aliquid in dubium,

    id. Inv. 2, 28, 84:

    templa deorum immortalium, tecta urbis, vitam omnium civium, Italiam denique totam ad exitium et vastitatem vocas,

    bring to destruction, reduce to ruin, destroy, id. Cat. 1, 5, 12.

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  • managed to — succeeded in …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Jehoiachin —    Succeeded his father Jehoiakin (B.C. 599) when only eight years of age, and reigned for one hundred days (2 Chr. 36:9). He is also called Jeconiah (Jer. 24:1; 27:20, etc.), and Coniah (22:24; 37:1). He was succeeded by his uncle, Mattaniah =… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Takeda Katsuyori — succeeded to his mother s Suwa clan and gained Takatō Castle as the seat of his domain. After his elder brother Takeda Yoshinobu died, Katsuyori s son Nobukatsu became heir to the Takeda clan, making Katsuyori de facto ruler of the Takeda clan.… …   Wikipedia

  • Richard N. Haass — succeeded him as special envoy.From 1989 to 1993, Haass was Special Assistant to United States President George H. W. Bush and National Security Council Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs. In 1991, Haass received the… …   Wikipedia

  • CECIL, ROBERT, EARL OF SALISBURY —    succeeded his father, Lord Burleigh, as first Minister under Elizabeth, and continued in office under James I., whose friendship he sedulously cultivated before his accession, and who created him earl (1565 1612).    See BURLEIGH, WILLIAM… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • EDMUND IRONSIDE —    succeeded to the throne of England on the death of his father Ethelred the Unready in 1016, but reigned only seven months; he struggled bravely, and at first successfully, against Canute the Dane, but being defeated, the kingdom ultimately was …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • did well — succeeded, went fine for him …   English contemporary dictionary

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