to follow logically

confĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj. confexim, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 39; in pass., besides the regular form conficior, freq., but not in Cic., in acc. with fīo, fieri:

confit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7; Lucr. 4, 291; Col. 2, 15, 1; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 103; 31, 7, 40, § 83; Macr. S. 1, 14, 13; id. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; 1, 2:

confiunt,

Lucr. 4, 738; Arn. 7, 219:

confiat,

Col. 1, 8, 12; Lucr. 4, 929 Lachm.: confiant, Imp. Leo, Cod. 2, 7, 11: confieret, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 3; 9, 7, A, 1; Liv. 5, 50, 7:

confierent,

Suet. Caes. 20; Arn. 2, 73:

confieri,

Lucr. 2, 1069; 5, 889; Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1; Verg. A. 4, 116; v. Forbig. ad loc.; Tac. A. 15, 59; cf. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 611), v. a. [facio].

To make a thing completely ready, to make, prepare, bring about, complete, accomplish, execute, etc. (except in Quint., freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

nisi cottidiano sesquiopus confeceris,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 67; cf.

pensum,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 81; id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

eme lanam, unde pallium conficiatur,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 93; cf.:

anulum, pallium, soccos suā manu,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

vestem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59; Suet. Aug. 73:

ligna ad fornacem,

to make ready, prepare for, Cato, R. R. 16; cf.:

conficere atque contexere villos ovium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

aurum et argentum,

Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 157:

frumenta (with molere),

id. 7, 56, 57, § 191:

tabulas litteris Graecis,

to write, draw up, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; [p. 413] cf.:

libros Graeco sermone,

to compose, write, Nep. Hann. 13, 2;

and librum Graece,

id. Att. 18, 6:

tabulas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60:

orationes,

Nep. Cato, 3, 3:

illam partem superiorem orationis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

nuptias,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 22; Suet. Claud. 26:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 54; Sall. C. 51, 5; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Liv. 21, 40, 11; so,

duella,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 254 al.; cf.

proelium,

Sall. C. 61, 1:

tantum facinus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76; cf.

caedem,

Nep. Dion, 10, 1:

legitima quaedam,

id. Phoc. 4, 2:

residua diurni actus,

Suet. Aug. 78:

mandata,

Cic. Planc. 11, 28; id. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 3; Sall. J. 12, 4:

omnibus rebus magnā curā, multā operā et labore confectis,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:

ad eas res conficiendas biennium sibi satis esse ducere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

negotium,

id. B. C. 1, 29; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5:

quibus rebus confectis,

Sall. C. 46, 1; Nep. Pelop. 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

confecto legationis officio,

id. B. C. 3, 103.—

Esp.

In the lang. of business, to settle, close a bargain, finish, etc.; absol.:

tu cum Apellā Chio confice de columnis,

Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1:

quod si mihi permisisses, confecissem cum coheredibus,

id. Fam. 7, 2, 1:

de Acutiliano negotio quod mihi mandaras... confeceram,

id. Att. 1, 5, 4.—

Of space or distance traversed, to pass over, accomplish, traverse, go over, make, accomplish:

iter,

Cic. Att. 4, 14, 2; Caes. B. G. 2, 12; Nep. Ages. 4, 4 al.; cf.:

tertiam partem itineris,

id. Eum. 8, 6; and poet.:

nos immensum spatiis confecimus aequor,

Verg. G. 2, 541:

cursum,

Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1; Verg. A. 5, 362:

cursum vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

cursus annuos conficit sol,

id. N. D. 1, 31, 87; 2, 20, 52:

longam viam,

id. Sen. 2, 6:

celeritate incredibili longissimas vias,

Suet. Caes. 57.—Rarely of space occupied:

tecta facturi, ut mille passuum conficiatur,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14).—

Trop.

In gen., to produce, cause, make, bring about, effect:

sollicitudines mihi,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 26:

geminas nuptias,

id. ib. 4, 1, 50; cf.:

aliquid mali gnato,

id. Heaut. 5, 3, 1:

pacem,

id. ib. 5, 2, 45:

motus animorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324.—With two accs.:

animum auditoris mitem et misericordem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

reditum alicui,

to procure, id. Fam. 9, 13, 4.—Also absol., to be efficient, to accomplish a direct result, be an active cause (philos. t. t.):

aliae causae ipsae conficiunt, aliae vim aliquam ad conficiendum afferunt,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93.—

Of time, to complete, finish, end, spend, pass:

cum sexaginta annos confecerit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

centum annos,

id. Or. 52, 176:

diem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 78:

tum denique judicetur beatusne fuerit, cum extremum vitae diem morte confecerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:

annuum tempus,

id. Att. 15, 15, 4:

omnem vitae suae cursum in labore corporis atque in animi contentione (just before: ut in amore et voluptatibus adulescentiam suam collocaret),

id. Cael. 17, 39:

annuum munus,

id. Fam. 2, 12, 1:

biennium,

id. Quint. 12, 40:

suas horas (somnus),

Sil. 4, 89:

aequinoctium,

Col. 2, 8, 2; cf.

brumam,

id. 9, 14, 12; Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

commissum ac profligatum bellum,

Liv. 8, 25, 5; Flor. 2, 15, 2.—

In philos. lang., to bring forward as proved, to show, deduce:

conclusio est, quae ex eis quae ante dicta sunt, conficit, quid necessario consequatur,

Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41 fin.; Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 53; hence, conficior, to follow logically (from something), to be deduced; with ex:

cum id perspicuum sit, quod conficiatur ex ratiocinatione,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 72; so Quint. 5, 14, 9; 5, 14, 22; 9, 4, 69; and absol., Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87 al.—

Transf., to diminish, lessen, weaken an object; to sweep away, destroy, kill, wear out, consume.

Prop.:

dentes intimi escas conficiunt,

grind, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134; so Liv. 2, 32, 10; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; cf.

cibos,

to digest, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 180 al.:

ignes Conficerent vulgo silvas, arbusta cremarent,

Lucr. 1, 905; cf.:

conficere, omnia igni, frigore,

id. 1, 536:

patrimonium suum (corresp. with dissipare),

Cic. Fl. 36, 90:

sapiens si fame ipse conficiatur... vir bonus, ne ipse frigore conficiatur, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29.—With acc. and inf.:

ipse conficior venisse tempus cum possim, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 3:

nihil est opere et manu factum, quod non conficiat et consumat vetustas,

id. Marcell. 4, 11: quae vetustas est, quae vim divinam conficere possit? id. Div. 2, 57, 117.—In part. perf.: sicut fortis equus... senio confectu' quiescit, impaired, weakened, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14;

and so very freq.: confectus senectute,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

aetate,

Sall. J. 9, 4; Cat. 68, 119:

aevo,

Verg. A. 11, 85:

senectā, Ov M. 6, 37: cum corporis morbo tum animi dolore,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; cf. id. Fin. 1, 12, 41; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

multis gravibusque vulneribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25; 3, 5; Sall. J. 60, 7:

curā,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 4:

dolore,

Cat. 65, 1.—Without abl.:

ut fessos confectosque aggrediantur,

exhausted, Liv. 1, 23, 9; cf.:

confectus et saucius,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 947:

ego te hic hac offatim conficiam,

to cut in pieces, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 52:

Athenienses,

to subdue, Nep. Lys. 1, 1; so,

provinciam,

Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111; Liv. 26, 21, 2; 28, 28, 7; 40, 28, 8; 41, 12, 3; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; Liv. 27, 5, 3; 40, 35, 4:

duos hostium exercitus,

id. 2, 40, 13:

me (sica illa) paene confecit,

killed, Cic. Mil. 14, 37:

alterum Curiatium,

Liv. 1, 25, 10; cf.

saucium,

id. 42, 16, 1:

Caligulam vulneribus triginta,

Suet. Calig. 58:

maximam vim serpentium (ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101;

so of the killing of animals,

Suet. Claud. 21; id. Dom. 19; Lampr. Com. 13 al.; cf. confector, II.;

and in mal. part.,

Suet. Ner. 29 (v. the passage in its connection).—

Trop.:

conficere aliquem verbis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 49:

(captivos) omnibus notis ignominiisque,

Liv. 22, 61, 9:

lectio non cruda sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta,

Quint. 10, 1, 19:

sidus confectum,

its influence has ceased, it has set, Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207.—

In gen., to prepare, provide, procure, to bring together, = colligo:

virginem, Quam amabat, eam confeci sine molestiā,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 6 Ruhnk.; so,

centurias,

to secure their votes, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18; cf.:

suam tribum necessariis suis,

Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

hortos mihi,

id. Att. 12, 37, 2:

bibliothecam,

id. ib. 1, 7 fin.:

exercitum difficili rei publicae tempore,

id. Imp. Pomp. 21, 61:

exercitus maximos,

id. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf.:

armata milia centum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

(serpentum) magnam multitudinem (just before, colligere),

Nep. Hann. 10, 5:

erat ei de ratiunculā apud me pauxillulum nummorum, id ut conficerem: confeci,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 4:

permagnam pecuniam ex illā re,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 138; cf.:

conficiendae pecuniae rationes,

id. Fl. 9, 20.—Hence, confĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.), effecting, causing, producing, efficient (rare, and only in Cic.):

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93: corporis bonorum conficientia (tha tôn agathôn poiêtika), productive of physical good, id. Fin. 5, 27, 81 Madv.:

civitas conficientissima litterarum,

very carefully noting down every thing, id. Fl. 19, 44.

con-sĕquor, sĕcūtus (or sĕquūtus; v. sequor), 3, v. dep. a.

To follow, follow up, press upon, go after, attend, accompany, pursue any person or thing (class. in prose and poetry); constr. with acc. or absol.

Lit.

In gen. (rare).

With acc.:

consecutus est me usque ad fores,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 93:

me continuo,

id. Am. 3, 1, 20:

te tam strenue,

id. Rud. 2, 6, 9:

prope nos,

id. ib. 4, 3, 11; cf.:

litteras suas prope,

Liv. 41, 10, 12:

vocem gradu,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 21.—

Absol.: ita vos decet;

Consequimini,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 22:

hic se conjecit intro: ego consequor,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 36:

ego rectā consequor,

id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; Nep. Them. 7, 2:

comitibus non consecutis,

without attendants, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.—

In partic.

To follow after or pursue in a hostile manner:

reliquas copias Helvetiorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

reliquos,

id. ib. 1, 53:

consequuntur equites nostri, ut erat praeceptum, Auct. B. G. 8, 27: consecutis strenue hostibus,

Curt. 5, 4, 34:

fugientem (Servium),

Liv. 1, 48, 4.— Absol.:

ita mihi videntur omnia, mare, terra, caelum consequi, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 3 Fleck. Codd. (Ussing, concoqui).—

To follow, come after, in time: hunc Cethegum consecutus est aetate Cato, Cic. Brut. 15, 61:

Sallustium (Livius, etc.),

Vell. 2, 36, 3:

has tam prosperas res consecuta est subita mutatio,

Nep. Dion, 6, 1; cf. id. Cim. 3, 2:

si haec in eum annum qui consequitur redundarint,

Cic. Mur. 39, 85; cf.:

omnes anni consequentes,

id. Sen. 6, 19:

tempus,

id. Fin. 1, 20, 67:

reliquis consecutis diebus,

id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

ejusmodi tempora post tuam profectionem consecuta esse,

id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 1; Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8: haec cum Crassus dixisset, silentium est consecutum. Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 160; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 6; id. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

hominem consequitur aliquando, numquam comitatur divinitas,

i. e. after death, Curt. 8, 5, 16.—

Trop.

In gen. (rare):

minas jam decem habet a me filia... Hasce ornamentis consequentur alterae,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 9:

his diebus, quae praeterita erunt superiore mense, opera consequi oportet,

to make up, Col. 11, 2, 90.—Far more freq.,

In partic.

To follow a model, copy, an authority, example, opinion, etc.; to imitate, adopt, obey, etc.:

Chrysippum Diogenes consequens partum Jovis dejungit a fabulā,

Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 41:

eum morem,

id. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

alicujus sententiam,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 13:

necesse'st consilia consequi consimilia,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 35; so,

sententias (principum),

Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 13:

suum quoddam institutum,

id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

exilitatem,

id. Brut. 82, 284:

mediam consilii viam,

Liv. 24, 45, 7.—

To follow a preceding cause as an effect, to ensue, result, to be the consequence, to arise or proceed from:

rebus ab ipsis Consequitur sensus,

Lucr. 1, 461; 3, 929; 4, 867; cf. id. 3, 477: ex quo fit ut pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor et tremor consequatur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

quam eorum opinionem magni errores consecuti sunt,

id. ib. 1, 16, 36:

quod dictum magna invidia consecuta est,

Nep. Dion, 6, 4:

ex quo illud naturā consequi, ut communem utilitatem nostrae anteponamus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64; Quint. 6, 3, 44; 2, 3, 2:

quia libertatem pax consequebatur,

Cic. Phil. 1, 13, 32.—

Of a logical sequence, to follow:

si quod primum in conexo est, necessarium est, fit etiam quod consequitur necessarium,

Cic. Fat. 7, 14; 5, 9; cf. under P. a.—

Meton. (causa pro effectu), by following after any person or thing, to reach, overtake, come up with, attain to, arrive at.

Lit.

With acc.:

si statim navigas, nos Leucade consequere,

Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2:

aliquem in itinere,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 15; Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, §

3: fugientem,

Liv. 1, 48, 4; Curt. 4, 9, 25; Dig. 42, 8, 10, § 16; cf. Verg. A. 11, 722:

cohortes,

Suet. Caes. 31:

virum,

Ov. M. 10, 672:

rates,

id. ib. 8, 143 et saep.—

Absol.:

si adcelerare volent, ad vesperam consequentur,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6:

prius quam alter, qui nec procul aberat, consequi posset,

Liv. 1, 25, 10: Fabius equites praemittit, ut... agmen morarentur dum consequeretur ipse, Auct. B. G. 8, 28 init.:

interim reliqui legati sunt consecuti,

came up, Nep. Them. 7, 2.—

Trop., to reach, overtake, obtain (cf. assequor).

Ingen.

With things as objects (so most freq.), to obtain, acquire, get, attain, reach:

ut opes quam maximas consequantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64; cf.

quaestum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

amplissimos honores,

id. Planc. 5, 13:

magistratum,

id. ib. 25, 60:

eam rem (i. e. regna),

Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

dum sua quisque spolia consequi studet,

Curt. 4, 9, 19.—With ab:

nec dubitat quin ego a te nutu hoc consequi possem,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5: ab aliquo suum consequi, Gai Inst. 2, 55; Dig. 15, 1, 9, § 1; Cic. Planc. 23, 55.—With ex:

fructum amplissimum ex vestro judicio,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

gloriosam victoriam ex rei publicae causā,

id. Cael. 7, 18:

aliquid commodi ex laboriosā exercitatione corporis,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 35; Quint. 7, 2, 42.—With per:

omnia per senatum (corresp. with adsequi per populum),

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10; Quint. 3, 8, 34. —With abl.:

ut omnem gloriam... omni curā atque industriā consequare,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9; 1, 5, b, 2 fin.:

suis erga aliquem meritis inpunitatem,

id. Planc. 1, 3:

tantam gloriam duabus victoriis,

Nep. Them. 6, 3; id. Dat. 5, 2; id. Att. 19, 2; 21, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 8; 10, 1, 102; Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 68.—With in and abl.:

si quid in dicendo consequi possum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

in hac pernicie rei publicae... gratiam,

id. Off. 2, 22, 79:

Achillis gloriam in rebus bellicis,

Quint. 12, 11, 27; cf. Nep. Ages. 2, 5.—With ut or ne:

hoc consequi, ut ne, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4:

nec legum repertores sine summā vi orandi consecutos, ut. etc.,

Quint. 2, 16, 9; 5, 10, 125; 8, 3, 70; Vell. 2, 124, 4; Cels. 7, 26, 3; vix per matrem consecutus, ut, etc., Suet Tib. 12:

per quae si consequi potuimus, ut, etc.,

Cels. 3, 19:

sicut hic Cicero consequitur, ne, etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 62.— Absol.: quibus ex rebus largiter erat consecutus, made great profit, Auct. B. Afr. 62; cf.:

non quod minore numero militum consequi difficile factu putaret, sed ut, etc., Auct. B. Alex. 30, 3: non est turpe non consequi, dummodo sequaris,

Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 4.—With inf. as object:

vere enim illud dicitur, perverse dicere homines perverse dicendo facillime consequi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150.—

Sometimes with a personal object, and with a thing as subject (cf. capio, II.), to reach, come to, overtake:

matrem ipsam ex aegritudine hac miseram mors consecuta'st,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 23:

tanta prosperitas Caesarem est consecuta. ut, etc.,

Nep. Att. 19, 3; Quint. 7, 4, 19:

si aliqua nos incommoda ex iis materiis consequentur,

id. 2, 10, 14; cf. I. B. 2, b. supra.—

In partic.

To become like or equal to a person or thing in any property or quality, to attain, come up to, to equal (cf. adsequor):

aliquem majorem,

Cic. Brut. 64, 228:

nullam partem tuorum meritorum,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 6; cf.:

ad consequendos, quos priores ducimus, accendimur,

Vell. 1, 17, 7:

verborum prope numerum sententiarum numero,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; Col. 11, 2, 90.—

To reach with the sight, to distinguish (rare): animalia [p. 430] minuta, quae non possunt oculi consequi, Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2.—

To attain to something intellectually or by speech, to understand, perceive, learn, know:

similitudinem veri,

Cic. Univ. 3 init.:

plura,

Nep. Alcib. 2, 1: quantum conjecturā, Caes. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 4:

omnis illorum conatus investigare et consequi,

Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48; id. Fam. 1, 8, 6: omnia alicujus facta aut memoriā consequi aut oratione complecti. id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

tantam causam diligentiā consequi et memoriā complecti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39.—

Of speech or lang., to attain, be equal to, impress fully, do justice to, etc.:

vestram magnitudinem multitudinemque beneficiorum,

Cic. Red. Quir. 2, 5:

laudes ejus verbis,

id. Phil. 5, 13, 35, cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 270, 21: omnia verbis, Ov M. 15 419; cf. Cic. Dom. 50, 129.—Hence, consĕquens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).

According to reason, correspondent, suitable, fit:

in conjunctis verbis quod non est consequens vituperandum est,

Cic. Part. Or. 6, 18; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 5; 5, 10, 75.—Hence,

Consequens est = consentaneum est, it is in accordance with reason, fit, suitable, etc.; with ut or acc. and inf.:

consequens esse videtur, ut scribas, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15:

consequens est, eos invitos non potuisse retineri,

Quint. 5, 10, 77; so,

dicere,

Gell. 1, 4, 7; Dig. 43, 23, 15 fin. —

That follows logically, consequent; with dat.:

assentior, eorum quae posuisti alterum alteri consequens esse,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 7, 18.— Comp.:

quid consequentius, quam ut, etc.,

Aug. Trin. 15, 19 fin. — Sup. apparently not in use.—Hence, subst.: consĕ-quens, entis, n., a consequence:

teneamus illud necesse est, cum consequens aliquod falsum sit, illud, cujus id consequens sit, non posse esse verum,

Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 68:

consequentibus vestris sublatis, prima tolluntur,

id. ib. 4, 19, 55; id. de Or. 2, 53, 215; id. Top. 12, 53; Quint. 5, 10, 2; 6, 3, 66.— Hence, consĕquenter, adv. (post-class.).

In an accordant, suitable manner, suitably, conformably; with dat.:

prioribus dicere,

Dig. 35, 2, 11; so ib. 10, 2, 18; App. M. 11, p. 257.— Absol., Hier. Ep. 22, n. 13.—

In consequence, consequently, App. M. 10 init. — Comp. and sup. not in use.

► Pass.: quae vix ab hominibus consequi possunt anuesthai, Orbilius ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.