to accustom one's self to a thing

nātūra, ae, f. [nascor], birth.

Lit. (very rare):

naturā tu illi pater es, consiliis ego,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 46; cf.:

naturā pater,

id. ib. 5, 7, 4.—

Transf. (freq. and class.; syn.: indoles, ingenium).

The nature, i. e. the natural constitution, property, or quality of a thing:

quod autem animal est, id motu cietur interiore et suo: nam haec est natura propria animae et vis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 28:

ipsumque per se sua vi, sua natura, sua sponte laudabile,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 50:

ab ipsa natura loci,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

quali esset natura montis, qui cognoscerent misit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

loci,

id. ib. 1, 2: tigna secundum naturam fluminis procumberent, according to the nature or natural course of the river, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: insula naturā triquetra, by nature, i. e. in shape, id. ib. 5, 13:

naturas apibus quas Juppiter ipse Addidit expediam,

Verg. G. 4, 149.—

Of character, nature, natural disposition, inclination, bent, temper, character:

cognitum per te ipsum, quae tua natura est, dignum tuā amicitiā judicabis,

Cic. Fam. 13, 78, 2:

prolixa beneficaque,

id. ib. 3, 8, 8; Liv. 22, 59: mihi benefacere jam ex consuetudine [p. 1190] in naturam vertit, has become natural, Sall. J. 85, 9.—Prov.:

consuetudo est secunda natura,

August. adv. Jul. 5, 59 fin.; Macr. S. 7, 9, 7; cf.:

voluptatem consuetudine quasi alteram naturam effici,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24:

facere sibi naturam alicujus rei,

to accustom one's self to a thing, Quint. 2, 4, 17:

desideria naturae satiare,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25.—

The nature, course, or order of things:

quod rerum natura non patitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55:

delabi ad aequitatem et ad rerum naturam,

id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

naturae satisfacere,

i. e. to die, Cic. Clu. 10, 29; so,

naturae concedere,

Sall. J. 14, 15:—Personified:

quis vero opifex praeter naturam, quā nihil potest esse callidius, tantam sollertiam persequi potuisset in sensibus? quae primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

frui primis a natura datis,

id. Fin. 2, 11, 34:

homines rationem habent a naturā datam,

id. ib. 2, 14, 45:

et homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse dicemus,

id. ib. 2, 33, 110:

quae (membra corporum) ipsa declarant procreandi a naturā habitam esse rationem,

id. ib. 3, 19, 62:

omnis natura vult esse conservatrix sui,

id. ib. 4, 7, 16; 5, 15, 41;

5, 20, 56: illam partem bene vivendi a natura petebant, eique parendum esse dicebant,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19.—

Nature, i. e. the world, the universe:

Cleanthes totius naturae menti atque animo hoc nomen (dei) tribuit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 37.—

Nature, i. e. consistency with nature, possibility:

in rerum naturā fuisse,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 24:

hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit,

is a possible case, Quint. 2, 17, 32:

judicatum est enim, rerum naturam non recipere, ut, etc.,

that it is not in accordance with nature, not possible, Val. Max. 8, 1, abs. 13:—

An element, thing, substance:

Aristoteles quin tam quandam naturam censet esse, e qua sit mens,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 22: de naturis autem sic sentiebat;

primum uti quattuor initiis rerum illis quintam hanc naturam... non adhiberet, etc.,

id. Ac. 1, 11, 39:

natura tenuis aëris,

Lucr. 2, 232.—

The natural parts, organs of generation:

cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur,

Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55:

quaedam matrona visa est in quiete obsignatam habere naturam,

id. Div. 2, 70, 145; cf. Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 4; 2, 7, 8.

consŭesco, suēvi, suētum, 3 (in the tempp. perff. the sync. forms prevail: consuesti, consuestis, consuerunt; consueram, etc.; consuero, etc.; consuerim, etc.; consuessem, etc.;

consuesse. Thus also consuēmus = consuevimus,

Prop. 1, 7, 5), v. a. and n.

Act., to accustom, inure, habituate a person or thing (ante-class. and postAug.):

tum bracchia consuescunt firmantque lacertos,

Lucr. 6, 397:

juvencum plostro aut aratro,

Col. 6, 2, 9:

vitem largo umori,

id. Arb. 1, 5:

semina falcem pati,

Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 70; in perf. part. pass. (mostly poet.): qui consuetus in armis Aevom agere, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 (Trag. Rel. v. 261 Rib.):

gallus auroram vocare,

Lucr. 4, 713; so with inf., id. 5, 209; 6, 788:

consueta domi catulorum blanda propago,

id. 4, 997 Lachm. N. cr.:

copias habebat in Galliā bellare consuetas locis campestribus, Auct. B. Afr. 73, 2: quibus consueti erant uterque agrestibus ferramentis,

Liv. 1, 40, 5:

socors genus mancipiorum otiis, campo consuetum,

Col. 1, 8, 2:

proinde ut consuetus antehac,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 18:

populus si perperam est consuetus, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.:

grex comparatus ex consuetis unā (capellis),

those accustomed to one another, id. R. R. 2, 3, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods,

To accustom one's self; and (esp. freq.) in temp. perf. (to have accustomed one's self, i. e.), to be accustomed, to be wont; constr. in gen. with the inf., rarely absol., with ad, the dat., or abl.

With inf.:

disjungamus nos a corporibus, id est, consuescamus mori,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

id. de Or. 1, 61, 261: cum minus idoneis (verbis) uti consuescerem, id ib. 1, 34, 154; 1, 22, 99:

alils parere suā vo luntate,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 3:

qui mentiri solet pe jerare consuevit,

id. Rose. Com. 16, 46:

paulatim Rhenum transire, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33:

in Britanniam navigare,

id. ib. 3, 8:

obsides accipere, non dare,

id. ib. 1, 14:

quo magno cum periculo mercatores ire consuerant,

id. ib. 3, 1:

quem ipse procuratorem relinquere antea consuesset,

Cic. Quint. 28, 87:

consuesso deos immortales... his secundiores interdum res concedere, quos, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14 et saep.:

quam rem pro magnis hominum officiis consuesse tribui docebat,

id. ib. 1, 43:

qui reges consueris tollere,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 34:

mulier quae cum eo vivere consuerat,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 6; Cels. 6, 6, 8; Suet. Tit. 34; id. Ner. 12.—Sometimes with ellips. of inf. (cf. b infra):

quin eo (equo) quo consuevit libentius utatur (sc. uti),

Cic. Lael. 19, 68:

eo die quo consuerat intervallo hostes sequitur (sc. sequi),

Caes. B. G. 1, 22.— Impers. (rare):

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fieri consuevit,

is wont, Sall. C. 22, 2. —

Absol.:

bene salutando consuescunt,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69 (cf. adsuescunt, id. ib. 1, 3, 65):

pabulum quod dabis, amurcā conspergito, primo paululum, dum consuescant, postea magis,

Cato, R. R. 103:

adeo in teneris consuescere multum est,

Verg. G. 2, 272.— Usu. with adv. of manner or time:

si liberius, ut consuesti, agendum putabis,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4: ut consuevi, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 3:

ut consuemus,

Prop. 1, 7, 5:

sicut consuerat,

Suet. Caes. 73:

quo minus pro capite et fortunis alterius, quemadmodum consuerunt, causam velint dicere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Off. 2, 15, 55.—In Gr. attraction: cum scribas et aliquid agas eorum, quorum consuesti, gaudeo, Lucceius ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1.—

With ad:

ad aciem justam,

Quint. 2, 10, 8.—

With abl.:

quae (aves) consuevere libero victu,

Col. 8, 15 fin.; so id. 8, 13, 1; 10, 153.—

With dat.:

ne gravissimo dolori timore consuescerem,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 8.—

To have carnal in tercourse with, to cohabit with, in an honorable, or more freq. in a dishonorable sense (freq. and class.); with aliquā or aliquo, with or without cum, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 89:

quid illi... qui illā consuevit prior?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 32:

quācum tot consuesset annos,

id. Hec. 4. 1, 40:

mulieres quibuscum iste consuerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 70; Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 10; cf.

in a double sense,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 113; id. Capt. 4, 2, 88.—Hence, consŭētus (in the poets trisyl.), a, um, P. a.; of inanim. things which one is accustomed to, commonly employs, uses, possesses, etc., used, accustomed; usual, ordinary, wonted, customary (mostly poet.;

not in Cic.): amor,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 108:

antra,

Verg. G, 4, 429:

cubilia,

Ov. M. 11, 259:

lectus,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 39:

in auras,

id. M. 2, 266:

pectora,

id. ib. 13, 491: canistris, * Juv. 5, 74:

finis,

Ov. H. 20, 242 al.:

labores, pericula,

Sall. J. 85, 7:

libido,

id. ib. 15, 3:

numerus,

Vulg. Exod. 5, 18; id. Num. 16, 29.— Sup.:

consuetissima cuique Verba,

Ov. M. 11, 638.—

* Adv.: consŭētē, in the usual manner, according to custom:

suscipere pabulum,

Amm. 23, 2, 8.

in-suesco, suēvi, suētum, 3, v. n. and a. (insuerat, Tac. A. 4, 57), to accustom, habituate (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Neutr., to accustom or habituate one ' s self, to become accustomed to a thing; constr. with dat., with ad, or inf.

With dat.:

corpori,

Tac. A. 11, 29. —

With ad:

ad disciplinam militiae insuescere militem nostrum,

Liv. 5, 6.—

With inf.:

mentiri,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 30:

largiri,

Sall. J. 8, 2:

amare, potare,

id. C. 11, 6. —

Act., to accuslom or habituate one to a thing; constr. aliquem aliquid or aliqua re.

Aliquem aliquid:

insuevit pater optimus hoc me Ut fugerem,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 105.—

Aliquem aliqua re:

aquā pecus,

Col. 6, 4.— Pass.:

sic insuesci debent, ut,

id. 11, 3:

ita se a pueris insuetos,

Liv. 24, 48, 6.