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  • 1 iaceō

        iaceō cuī, —, ēre    [IA-], to lie, be recumbent, be prostrate, lie at rest: in limine: quorum ad pedes iacuit stratus: mihi ad pedes: in harenā, V.: saxum campo iacebat, V.: gremio mariti, Iu.: somno, V.: humi: lentā sub vite, V.: super corpus, O.— To lie i<*>, be ill: te iacente.—To lie dead, have fallen: Corpora per campos iacebant, V.: inultos imperatores iacere sinere, L.: Arge, iaces! O.: iacuit Catilina cadavere. toto, Iu.—To lie long, linger, tarry, stop: Brundusi.—To lie, be situate: campi, qui Faesulas inter Arretiumque iacent, L.: summo in vertice montis, V.—To lie low, be flat, be level: despiciens terras iacentīs, V.: quaeque iacent valles, O.: Postquam iacuit planum mare, was stilled, Iu.—To lie in ruins, be broken down: fractae et disiectae (arae) iacent, Enn. ap. C.: Thebe iacet, Iu.— To hang loose: crines per colla iacebant, O.: iacentia lora, loose on the neck, O.— Fig., to rest, be inactive, be in retirement: in pace: septimum annum.—To be cast down, be dejected: ut totus iacet: militum iacere animos, L.—To lie prostrate, be powerless: victa iacet pietas, O.: mea numina iacent, V.—To fall, be refuted, be disproved, fail: suis testibus: iacet ratio Peripateticorum. —To lie dormant, be disused, be neglected, be of no avail: omnis hic delectus iacet: iustitia iacet: tibi pecunia.—To be low, be despised, be in no esteem: cum iacerent pretia praediorum, were low: iacere regem pati: pauper ubique iacet, O.—To lie idle, be neglected: cur iacet hoc nomen in adversariis, i. e. is not posted.

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  • 2 occubō

        occubō —, —, āre    [ob+cubo], to lie low, lie prostrate, lie dead: quo (tumulo), V.: consul morte occubans, L.
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    occubare, occubui, occubitus V INTRANS
    lie (against/on top of); lie dead

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  • 3 latitō

        latitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [lateo], to be hid, be concealed, lie hid, hide, lurk: latitans Oppianicus: latitans aper, H.: rupe, O.— To hide from legal process: fraudationis causā.
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    latitare, latitavi, latitatus V
    keep hiding oneself, remain in hiding, be hidden; lie low; lurk

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  • 4 sedeo

    sĕdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. root sad-; Gr. ἙΔ, to sit; cf. ἕδος, ἕζομαι; Lat. sedes, insidiae, sedare, sella, etc.; Engl. sit, seat], to sit.
    I.
    Lit. (very freq. in prose and poetry); constr. absol., with in, the simple abl., or with other prepp. and advv. of place.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    hi stant ambo, non sedent,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 2; cf. id. ib. 12; id. Mil. 2, 1, 4:

    quid sit, quod cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim,

    remain sitting, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1:

    sedens iis assensi,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

    lumbi sedendo dolent,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 6:

    supplex ille sedet,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 37.—
    (β).
    With in:

    in subselliis,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 5:

    sedilibus in primis eques sedet,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 16:

    in proscaenio,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 18; cf.: aliquem in XIIII. sessum deducere, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2; Suet. Caes. 39 (v. quattuordecim): malo in illā tuā sedeculā sedere quam in istorum sella curuli, Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf.:

    in sellā,

    id. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in saxo (ejecti),

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 73; Ov. H. 10, 49:

    in arā (mulieres supplices),

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 9:

    in solio,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69; Ov. M. 2, 23:

    in equo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27:

    in leone,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109; and with a gen. specification of the place where:

    in conclavi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 35:

    in hemicyclio domi,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 2:

    bubo in culmine,

    Ov. M. 6, 432:

    cornix in humo,

    id. Am. 3, 5, 22:

    musca in temone,

    Phaedr. 3, 6, 1.—
    (γ).
    With simple abl. (not ante-Aug.):

    bis sex caelestes, medio Jove, sedibus altis sedent,

    Ov. M. 6, 72:

    solio,

    id. ib. 6, 650;

    14, 261: sede regiā,

    Liv. 1, 41:

    eburneis sellis,

    id. 5, 41:

    sellā curuli,

    id. 30, 19:

    carpento,

    id. 1, 34:

    cymbā,

    Ov. M. 1, 293:

    puppe,

    id. F. 6, 471:

    humo,

    id. M. 4, 261:

    equo,

    Mart. 5, 38, 4; 11, 104, 14; cf.:

    dorso aselli,

    Ov. F. 3, 749:

    delphine,

    id. M. 11, 237:

    columbae viridi solo,

    Verg. A. 6, 192:

    recessu,

    Ov. M. 1, 177; 14, 261:

    theatro,

    id. A. A. 1, 497.—
    (δ).
    With other prepp. and advv. of place:

    inter ancillas,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 46:

    ante fores,

    Ov. M. 4, 452; Tib. 1, 3, 30:

    ad tumulum supplex,

    id. 2, 6, 33:

    sub arbore,

    Ov. M. 4, 95:

    sub Jove,

    id. ib. 4, 261:

    ducis sub pede,

    id. Tr. 4, 2, 44:

    post me gradu uno,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 40:

    apud quem,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 28, 32 (ap. Non. 522, 30) et saep.:

    non sedeo istic, vos sedete,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 36:

    illic,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 4; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 41.—
    2.
    Late Lat., pass., of animals, to be ridden (cf. Engl. to sit a horse):

    sederi equos in civitatibus non sivit,

    Spart. Hadr. 22;

    Cod. Th. 9, 30, 3: cum (Bucephalus) ab equario suo mollius sederetur,

    Sol. 45:

    animalia sedentur,

    Veg. 2, 28, 12.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of magistrates, esp. of judges, to sit in council, in court, or on the bench:

    (Scaevolā tribuno) in Rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus,

    Cic. Brut. 43, 161:

    ejus igitur mortis sedetis ultores, etc.,

    id. Mil. 29, 79; id. Clu. 37, 103 sq.:

    si idcirco sedetis, ut, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; so,

    judex,

    Liv. 40, 8:

    Appius, ne ejus rei causā sedisse videretur,

    id. 3, 46, 9; Phaedr. 1, 10, 6:

    sedissem forsitan unus De centum judex in tua verba viris,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 23; Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 3:

    Minos arbiter,

    Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 27; cf.:

    sedeo pro tribunali,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 9: a quibus si qui quaereret, sedissentne judices in Q. Fabricium, sedisse se dicerent, Cic Clu. 38, 105; cf. id. Rab. Post. 5, 10.—Also of the assistants of the judges:

    nobis in tribunali Q. Pompeii praetoris urbani sedentibus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12.—In Quint., also of the advocate, Quint. 11, 3, 132.—Of witnesses:

    dicendo contra reum, cum quo sederit,

    Quint. 5, 7, 32.—Of a presiding officer:

    sedente Claudio,

    Tac. A. 11, 11.—Of augurs sitting to wait for an augurium:

    sed secundum augures sedere est augurium captare,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 56; Interp. Mai ad Verg. A. 10, 241; Fest. s. v. silentio, p. 248, a Müll.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 2, 3, p. 76.—
    2.
    To continue sitting, to sit still; to continue, remain, tarry, wait, abide in a place; and with an implication of inactivity, to sit idly, be inactive; to linger, loiter, etc.:

    isdem consulibus sedentibus atque inspectantibus lata lex est, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 15, 33 (cf. id. Pis. 9):

    majores nostri, qui in oppido sederent, quam qui rura colerent, desidiosiores putabant,

    Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. §

    1: quasi claudus sutor domi sedet totos dies,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

    an sedere oportuit Domi,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 38:

    iis ventis istinc navigatur, qui si essent, nos Corcyrae non sederemus,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 7:

    quor sedebas in foro, si eras coquos Tu solus?

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 11:

    in villā totos dies,

    Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2:

    circum argentarias cottidie,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 48:

    sedemus desides domi,

    Liv. 3, 68:

    statuit congredi quam cum tantis copiis refugere aut tam diu uno loco sedere,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 1:

    non cuivis contingit adire Corinthum. Sedit qui timuit, ne non succederet,

    sat still, stayed at home, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 37.—Esp. of waiting on an oracle or a god for an answer or for aid (= Gr. ïzein):

    ante sacras fores,

    Tib. 1, 3, 30:

    illius ad tumulum fugiam supplexque sedebo,

    id. 2, 6, 33:

    custos ad mea busta sedens,

    Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 24:

    meliora deos sedet omina poscens,

    Verg. G. 3, 456; so of a lover at the door of his mistress: me retinent victum formosae vincla puellae, Et sedeo janitor, Tib. [p. 1659] 1, 1, 56:

    et frustra credula turba sedet,

    id. 4, 4, 18.—
    b.
    Of long, esp. of inactive encamping in war, to sit, i. e. to remain encamped, to keep the field, before an enemy's fortress or army:

    hostium copiae magnae contra me sedebant, Cato ap. Charis, p. 197 P.: septimum decimum annum Ilico sedent,

    Naev. 6, 2:

    dum apud hostes sedimus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 52:

    sedendo expugnare urbem,

    Liv. 2, 12:

    sedendo et cunctando bellum gerere,

    id. 22, 24:

    quieto sedente rege ad Enipeum,

    id. 44, 27:

    ad Suessulam,

    id. 7, 37; 9, 3; 9, 44; 10, 25; 22, 39; 23, 19; 44, 27; Verg. A. 5, 440:

    apud moenia Contrebiae,

    Val. Max. 7, 4, 5.—Hence, prov.:

    compressis, quod aiunt, manibus sedere,

    Liv. 7, 13, 7; and:

    vetus proverbium est, Romanus sedendo vincit (prob. originating with Q. Fabius Cunctator),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2.—
    3.
    For desideo (2.), to sit at stool, Marc. Emp. 29; so,

    sordido in loco sedere,

    Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Trop. (in prose not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.).
    A.
    In gen., to sink or settle down, to subside:

    cum pondere libra Prona nec hac plus parte sedet nec surgit ab illā,

    Tib. 4, 1, 42:

    quod neque tam fuerunt gravia, ut depressa sederent, Nec levia, ut possent per summas labier oras,

    Lucr. 5, 474; cf.: flamma petit altum; propior locus aëra cepit;

    Sederunt medio terra fretumque solo,

    Ov. F. 1,110:

    sedet nebula densior campo quam montibus,

    Liv. 22, 4:

    sedet vox auribus,

    sinks into, penetrates, Quint. 11, 3, 40: rupti aliqui montes tumulique sedere, Sall. Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 14, 1, 2 (H. 2, 43 Dietsch); cf.:

    sedisse immensos montes,

    Tac. A. 2, 47: memor illius escae, Quae simplex olim sibi sederit, sat well upon your stomach, i. e. agreed well with you, Hor. S. 2, 2, 73; Quint. 9, 4, 94.—
    2.
    Of feelings, passions, etc.: his dictis sedere minae, subsided, i. e. were quieted, = sedatae sunt, Sil. 10, 624; cf.:

    nusquam irae: sedit rabies feritasque famesque,

    Stat. Th. 10, 823. —
    3.
    Of places, to sink, i. e. to lie low, to be in the valley or plain:

    campo Nola sedet,

    Sil. 12, 162:

    mediisque sedent convallibus arva,

    Luc. 3, 380; Stat. Th. 1, 330; cf.:

    lactuca sedens,

    i. e. lower, Mart. 10, 48, 9 ( = sessilis, id. 3, 47, 8).—
    B.
    In partic., to sit, sit close or tight, to hold or hang fast, to be fast, firm, fixed, immovable; be settled, established, etc.:

    tempus fuit, quo navit in undis, Nunc sedet Ortygie,

    Ov. M. 15, 337:

    in liquido sederunt ossa cerebro,

    stuck fast, id. ib. 12, 289;

    so of weapons, etc., that sink deep: clava (Herculis), adversi sedit in ore viri,

    id. F. 1, 576:

    cujus (Scaevae) in scuto centum atque viginti tela sedere,

    Flor. 4, 2, 40:

    librata cum sederit (glans),

    Liv. 38, 29; hence, poet. also, of deep-seated wounds: plagam sedere Cedendo arcebat, from sinking or penetrating deeply, Ov. M. 3, 88:

    alta sedent vulnera,

    Luc. 1, 32.—Of clothes, to fit (opp. dissidere, v. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96):

    ita et sedet melius et continetur (pars togae),

    sits better, Quint. 11, 3, 140 sq.; so,

    toga umero,

    id. 11, 3, 161; cf.:

    quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

    Plin. Pan. 10, 6.—Of vessels:

    sicco jam litore sedit,

    Luc. 8, 726:

    naves super aggerationem, quae fuerat sub aquā, sederent,

    stuck fast, grounded, Vitr. 10, 22 med. et saep.:

    cujus laetissima facies et amabilis vultus in omnium civium ore, oculis, animo sedet,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 10:

    aliquid fideliter in animo,

    Sen. Ep. 2, 2:

    unum Polynicis amati Nomen in ore sedet,

    Stat. Th. 12, 114; so,

    Cressa relicta in ingenio tuo,

    Ov. H. 2, 76:

    sedere coepit sententia haec,

    to be established, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 23; cf.:

    nunc parum mihi sedet judicium,

    Sen. Ep. 46, 3; Amm. 14, 1, 5; 15, 2, 5. —Hence, also of any thing fixed, resolved, or determined upon:

    si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, Ne cui, etc.,

    Verg. A. 4, 15; cf.:

    idque pio sedet Aeneae,

    id. ib. 5, 418:

    bellum,

    Flor. 2, 15, 4:

    consilium fugae,

    id. 2, 18, 14:

    haec,

    Sil. 15, 352. —With a subject-clause:

    tunc sedet Ferre iter impavidum,

    Stat. Th. 1, 324:

    vacuo petere omina caelo,

    id. ib. 3, 459:

    Aegaei scopulos habitare profundi,

    Val. Fl. 2, 383.

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  • 5 jaceo

    jăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum ( fut. part. jaci-turus, Stat. Th. 7, 777), 2, v. n. [ intr. of jacio; lit., to be thrown or cast; hence], to lie.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    in limine,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:

    stratum ad pedes alicujus,

    id. Quint. 31, 96; id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2:

    alicui ad pedes,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129:

    in lecto,

    id. Phil. 2, 18, 45; Juv. 6, 269:

    in ignota harena,

    Verg. A. 5, 871:

    Tyrio sublimis in ostro,

    Ov. H. 12, 179:

    in viridi gramine,

    id. Am. 1, 14, 22:

    in teneris dominae lacertis,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 5:

    in solo,

    id. M. 2, 420:

    in viduo toro,

    id. H. 16, 316:

    in gremio,

    id. ib. 9, 136;

    11, 4: in servi complexibus,

    Juv. 6, 279;

    for which: saxum campo quod forte jacebat,

    Verg. A. 12, 897:

    deserto lecto,

    Ov. H. 1, 7:

    saxo,

    id. M. 6, 100:

    gremio mariti,

    Juv. 2, 120:

    in aversa ora,

    Ov. H. 12, 63:

    super corpus alicujus,

    id. F. 2, 836:

    somno,

    Verg. E. 6, 14:

    spissa harena,

    id. A. 6, 336:

    humo,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 238:

    nudus humi jacet,

    Lucr. 5, 224; Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26; Ov. Am. 3, 1, 12:

    humi ante lectum jacens,

    Suet. Oth. 7:

    mecum inter salices lenta sub vite jacere,

    Verg. E. 10, 40:

    sub alta platano,

    Hor. C. 2, 11, 14:

    strata jacent sub arbore poma,

    Verg. E. 7, 54.— Absol.:

    Tityos jacet alitis esca,

    Verg. Cul. 237:

    vittae jacentes,

    Tib. 2, 5, 53:

    pisces jacentes,

    i. e. flatfish, Col. 8, 17, 9.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of sick persons, to lie ill, to be sick:

    cura ut valeas, ne ego te jacente bona tua comedim,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 20:

    cum tristj morbo defessa jaceres,

    Tib. 1, 5, 9:

    hic facit ut jaceas,

    Ov. H. 20, 173:

    graviter,

    Plin. Ep. 5. 9:

    sine spe,

    Sen. Ep. 101, 3.—
    2.
    To lie dead, to have fallen:

    Aeacidae telo jacet Hector,

    Verg. A. 1, 99; 10, 737:

    corpora per campos ferro quae fusa jacebant,

    id. ib. 11, 102:

    cum primi occidissent, proximi jacentibus insisterent,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 3; 7, 25, 3:

    neminem jacentem veste spoliavit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 6; cf.:

    spolia jacentis hostium exercitus,

    Liv. 44, 45:

    ne inultos imperatores suos jacere sinerent,

    id. 25, 37:

    qui bene pro patria cum patriaque jacent,

    Ov. H. 3, 106:

    Arge, jaces!

    id. M. 1, 720: morte jacent merita, id. F. 3, 707:

    fratri jacet,

    killed by his brother, Sil. 15, 650:

    rupto jacuit corpore (rana),

    Phaedr. 1, 24, 10:

    jacuit Catilina cadavere toto,

    Juv. 10, 288.—
    3.
    To be or lie long anywhere, to linger, tarry, stop at a place:

    pernam, glandium, sumen facito in aqua jaceant,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 33:

    Brundusii,

    to stay long at, Cic. Att. 11, 6, 2.—
    4.
    Geographically, to lie, be situate, = esse, situm esse (not in Cic. or Cæs.): jacet Vada inter Appenninum et Alpis, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2; Liv. 5, 48, 2; 6, 30, 5; 22, 3, 3:

    inter Taurum montem jacet et Hellespontem,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 2 saep.:

    quae gens jacet supra Ciliciam,

    id. Dat. 4:

    ad vesperam jacentis terrae,

    Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 216:

    summo in vertice montis Planities ignota jacet,

    Verg. A. 11, 527:

    quod urbes in planis jaceant,

    Just. 22, 5, 5:

    alio patriam quaerunt sub sole jacentem,

    Verg. G. 2, 512:

    jacet extra sidera tellus,

    id. A. 6, 795; cf.:

    pallente sub umbra Cimmerias jacuisse domos,

    Sil. 12, 132:

    inter eos solemque jacent immania ponti aequora,

    Lucr. 4, 412; cf.:

    Cyclades et Sporades per quingenta milia in longitudinem... jacent,

    extend, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 71.—
    5.
    To be low, flat, level:

    jacentia et plana urbis loca,

    Tac. H. 1, 86:

    despiciens terras jacentīs,

    Verg. A. 1, 224:

    praetervehor Thapsum jacentem,

    id. ib. 3, 689; Val. Fl. 4, 712:

    quaeque jacent valles,

    Ov. F. 2, 392; Just. 22, 5, 5:

    jacentes campos,

    Luc. 4, 52:

    summo despexit ab aethere terras Infelix Phaëthon penitus penitusque jacentes,

    Ov. M. 2, 178.—
    6.
    Esp., of the sea, to be level, quiet, lie still:

    mediusque jacet sine murmure pontus,

    Luc. 1, 260; 5, 434:

    servatum bello jacuit mare,

    id. 3, 523:

    planum mare,

    Juv. 12, 62:

    stagna jacentia,

    Sil. 5, 583.—
    7.
    To lie in ruins, be broken down: cui nec arae patriae domi stant, fractae et disjectae jacent, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. Rel. v. 115 Vahl.):

    jacent, Ilion ingens,

    Ov. M. 13, 505:

    ausa et jacentem visere regiam vultu sereno,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 25:

    Troja jacet certe,

    Ov. H. 1, 3:

    vetus Thebe jacet,

    Juv. 15, 6.—
    8.
    To hang loose:

    vagi crines per colla jacebant,

    Ov. M. 2, 673; id. A. A. 3, 236:

    jacentia lora,

    lying loose on the horse's neck, id. M. 2, 201; cf.

    , of clothing, etc.: juvenes timidaeque puellae Praeverrunt latas veste jacente vias,

    id. Am. 3, 13, 24:

    demissa jacent tibi pallia terrae,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 25; id. A. A. 153.—
    9.
    Of the eyes, face, etc., to be cast down, fixed on the ground:

    vultusque attolle jacentes,

    Ov. M. 4, 144:

    jacentes Vix oculos tollens,

    id. ib. 11, 618.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To be indolent or inactive, not to come forward:

    in pace jacere, quam in bello vigere maluit. Quamquam ille quidem numquam jacuit,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 7, 14:

    C. Marius cum a spe consulatus longe abesset et jam septimum annum post praeturam jaceret,

    id. Off. 3, 20, 79:

    ars tua, Tiphy, jacet, si non sit in aequore fluctus,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 77:

    at mea numina tandem fessa jacent,

    Verg. A. 7, 298.—
    B.
    To be cast down, dejected:

    Gnaeus noster ut totus jacet,

    Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1:

    ne jaceam? quis unquam minus,

    id. ib. 12, 40, 2:

    jacet in maerore meus frater,

    id. ib. 10, 4; id. Phil. 12, 2:

    militum jacere animos,

    Liv. 10, 35.—
    C.
    To lie prostrate:

    victa jacet pietas,

    Ov. M. 1, 149:

    nobilitas sub amore jacet,

    id. H. 4, 161:

    Africani, Marii, Sullae, Pompeii infra Pallantis laudes jacebant,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:

    justitia vacillat, vel jacet potius,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 118:

    humana cum vita jaceret, oppressa gravi sub religione,

    Lucr. 1, 63.—
    D.
    To be refuted, overcome, disproved, to fail:

    jacent suis testibus, qui Clodium negant Romam fuisse rediturum, etc.,

    Cic. Mil. 18, 47:

    jacet omnis ratio Peripateticorum,

    id. Fin. 5, 28, 86:

    jacet igitur tota conclusio,

    id. Div. 2, 51, 106.—
    E.
    To lie dormant, be disused or neglected, to be of no avail:

    cum leges nihil valebant, cum judicia jacebant,

    Cic. Par. 4, 1:

    tota Capua et omnis hic delectus jacet,

    id. Att. 7, 22: dici non potest, quomodo hic omnia jaceant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:

    justitia jacet,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33:

    maximas virtutes jacere omnes necesse est voluptate dominante,

    id. Fin. 2, 35, 117; Quint. 9, 2, 4.—
    F.
    To be despised, in no esteem:

    cum jacerent pretia praediorum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

    ut neque jacere regem pateremur,

    id. Fam. 1, 5, 3:

    sed nunc omnia ista jacere puto, propter nummorum caritatem,

    are cheap, id. Att. 9, 9, 4: dat census honores, Census amicitias:

    pauper ubique jacet,

    Ov. F. 1, 218; id. R. Am 139.—
    G.
    To lie idle, neglected, or unemployed:

    cur tamdiu jacet hoc nomen in adversariis,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 3:

    quomodo tibi tanta pecunia extraordinaria jacet?

    id. ib. 1:

    quae (pecuniae) vereor, ne otiosae jaceant,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 1:

    nonne justius erit proximo cuique bonorum possessionem dari, ne bona jaceant,

    that they be not without an owner, Dig. 37, 3, 1.—
    H.
    To lie open, be obvious, to be known, be at hand:

    neque ex alio genere (verborum) ad usum cottidianum, alio ad scenam pompamque sumuntur, sed ea nos cum jacentia sustulimus e medio,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177.—
    I.
    Of speech or language, to be languid, lifeless, dull:

    quibus detractis, jacet (oratio),

    Quint. 9, 2, 4:

    jacens oratio,

    Gell. 1, 11, 15; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 32.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > jaceo

  • 6 sternō

        sternō strāvī, strātus, ere    [STER-], to spread out, spread abroad, stretch out, extend, strew, scatter: Sternitur in duro vellus solo, O.: virgas, strew, O.: passim poma, V.: corpora, stretch, L.: Sternimur gremio telluris, lie down, V.— To spread out, flatten, smooth, level: Sterneret aequor aquis, V.: straverunt aequora venti, V.: pontum, O.: odia militum, to calm, moderate, Ta.— To cover, spread, bestrew: foliis nemus tempestas Sternet, H.: Congeriem silvae vellere, O.: strati bacis agri, V.—Of a bed or couch, to cover, spread, prepare, arrange, make: lectus vestimentis stratus est, T.: pelliculis lectulos: torum frondibus, Iu.—Of a way, to cover, lay, pave: locum sternendum locare: via strata, L.: semitam saxo quadrato, L.—Of an animal, to saddle: equos, L.— To throw down, stretch out, lay low, throw to the ground, overthrow, prostrate, raze, level: catervas, L.: omnia ferro, L.: Ter leto sternendus erat, V.: Stravit humi pronam, O.: Primosque et extremos metendo Stravit humum, H.: Sternitur volnere, V.: Thyesten exitio gravi, H.: Strata belua texit humum, O.—Fig., to cast down, prostrate: adflictos se et stratos esse fateantur: mortalia corda Per gentīs humilīs stravit pavor, V.: haec omnia strata humi erexit, L.
    * * *
    sternere, stravi, stratus V
    spread, strew, scatter; lay out

    Latin-English dictionary > sternō

  • 7 inclino

    in-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [clino, clinatus].
    I.
    Act., to cause to lean, bend, incline, turn a thing in any direction; to bend down, bow a thing.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    vela contrahit malosque inclinat,

    Liv. 36, 44, 2:

    genua arenis,

    Ov. M. 11, 356:

    (rector maris) omnes Inclinavit aquas ad avarae litora Trojae,

    id. ib. 11, 209:

    inclinato in dextrum capite,

    Quint. 11, 3, 119; id. ib. 69:

    inclinata utrolibet cervix,

    id. 1, 11, 9:

    pollice intus inclinato,

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    arbor Inclinat varias pondere nigra comas,

    Mart. 1, 77, 8:

    sic super Actaeas agilis Cyllenius arces Inclinat cursus,

    Ov. M. 2, 721:

    at mihi non oculos quisquam inclinavit euntes,

    i. e. closed my sinking eyes, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 23 (Müll. inclamavit euntis):

    prius sol meridie se inclinavit, quam, etc.,

    i. e. declined, Liv. 9, 32, 6; cf.:

    inclinato jam in postmeridianum tempus die,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 7.—

    Mid.: inclinari ad judicem (opp. reclinari ad suos,

    Quint. 11, 3, 132):

    (terra) inclinatur retroque recellit,

    bends down, Lucr. 6, 573:

    saxa inclinatis per humum quaesita lacertis,

    Juv. 15, 63.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    In milit. lang., to cause to fall back or give way:

    ut Hostus cecidit, confestim Romana inclinatur acies,

    i. e. loses ground, retreats, Liv. 1, 12, 3:

    tum inclinari rem in fugam apparuit,

    id. 7, 33, 7:

    quasdam acies inclinatas jam et labantes,

    Tac. G. 8; cf. under II. —
    b.
    In gen., to turn back, cause to move backward:

    septemtrio inclinatum stagnum eodem quo aestus ferebat,

    Liv. 26, 45, 8:

    cum primum aestu fretum inclinatum est,

    id. 29, 7, 2.—
    c.
    In mal. part., to lie down, stretch out:

    jam inclinabo me cum liberta tua,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 7:

    quot discipulos inclinet Hamillus,

    Juv. 10, 224:

    ipsos maritos,

    id. 9, 26.—
    3.
    Transf., of color, to incline to:

    colore ad aurum inclinato,

    Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37:

    coloris in luteum inclinati,

    id. 24, 15, 86, § 136.—
    4.
    Of a disease, to abate, diminish:

    morbus inclinatus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    febris se inclinat,

    id. ib. al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to turn or incline a person or thing in any direction:

    se ad Stoicos,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10:

    culpam in aliquem,

    to lay the blame upon, Liv. 5, 8, 12:

    quo se fortuna, eodem etiam favor hominum inclinat,

    Just. 5, 1 fin.:

    judicem inclinat miseratio,

    moves, Quint. 4, 1, 14:

    haec animum inclinant, ut credam, etc.,

    Liv. 29, 33, 10.—Mid.:

    quamquam inclinari opes ad Sabinos, rege inde sumpto videbantur,

    Liv. 1, 18, 5.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To change, alter, and esp. for the worse, to bring down, abase, cause to decline:

    se fortuna inclinaverat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 52, 3:

    omnia simul inclinante fortuna,

    Liv. 33, 18, 1:

    ut me paululum inclinari timore viderunt, sic impulerunt,

    to give way, yield, Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2:

    eloquentiam,

    Quint. 10, 1, 80.—
    b.
    To throw upon, remove, transfer:

    haec omnia in dites a pauperibus inclinata onera,

    Liv. 1, 43, 9:

    omnia onera, quae communia quondam fuerint, inclinasse in primores civitatis,

    id. 1, 47, 12.—In gram., to form or inflect a word by a change of termination (postclass.):

    (vinosus aut vitiosus) a vocabulis, non a verbo inclinata sunt,

    Gell. 3, 12, 3; 4, 9, 12; 18, 5, 9:

    partim hoc in loco adverbium est, neque in casus inclinatur,

    id. 10, 13, 1.—
    II.
    Neutr., to bend, turn, incline, decline, sink.
    A.
    Lit. (rare, and not in Cic.):

    paulum inclinare necesse est corpora,

    Lucr. 2, 243:

    sol inclinat,

    Juv. 3, 316:

    inclinare meridiem sentis,

    Hor. C. 3, 28, 5 (for which:

    sol se inclinavit,

    Liv. 9, 32, 6;

    v. above I. A. 1.): in vesperam inclinabat dies,

    Curt. 6, 11, 9.—
    2.
    In partic., in milit. lang., to yield, give way:

    ita conflixerunt, ut aliquamdin in neutram partem inclinarent acies,

    Liv. 7, 33, 7:

    in fugam,

    id. 34, 28 fin.:

    inclinantes jam legiones,

    Tac. A. 1, 64; id. H. 3, 83.—
    3.
    To change for the worse, turn, fail:

    si fortuna belli inclinet,

    Liv. 3, 61, 5:

    inde initia magistratuum nostrum meliora ferme, et finis inclinat,

    Tac. A. 15, 21. —
    B.
    Trop., to incline to, be favorably disposed towards any thing (also in Cic.):

    si se dant et sua sponte quo impellimus, inclinant et propendent, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187:

    ecquid inclinent ad meum consilium adjuvandum,

    id. Att. 12, 29, 2:

    ad voluptatem audientium,

    Quint. 2, 10, 10:

    in stirpem regiam studiis,

    Curt. 10, 7, 12:

    amicus dulcis, Cum mea compenset vitiis bona, pluribus hisce... inclinet,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 71:

    cum sententia senatus inclinaret ad pacem cum Pyrrho foedusque faciendum,

    Cic. de Sen. 6, 16:

    color ad crocum inclinans,

    Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 128: omnia repente ad Romanos inclinaverunt. turned in favor of, Liv. 26, 40, 14. — With ut:

    ut belli causa dictatorem creatum arbitrer, inclinat animus,

    Liv. 7, 9, 5:

    multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut tempus pugnae differretur,

    id. 27, 46, 7:

    hos ut sequar inclinat animus,

    id. 1, 24, 2. — With inf.:

    inclinavit sententia, suum in Thessaliam agmen demittere,

    Liv. 32, 13, 5:

    inclinavit sententia universos ire,

    id. 28, 25, 15; cf. id. 22, 57, 11.— Pass.:

    consules ad patrum causam inclinati,

    Liv. 3, 65, 2; cf.:

    inclinatis ad suspicionem mentibus,

    Tac. H. 1, 81:

    inclinatis ad credendum animis,

    Liv. 1, 51, 7; Tac. H. 2, 1:

    ad paenitentiam,

    id. ib. 2, 45. —
    2.
    In partic., to change, alter from its former condition (very rare):

    inclinant jam fata ducum,

    change, Luc. 3, 752. — Hence, in-clīnātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Bent down, sunken:

    senectus,

    Calp. 5, 13; of the voice, low, deep:

    vox,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56; cf.:

    inclinata ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

    id. ib. 8, 27. —
    B.
    Inclined, disposed, prone to any thing:

    plebs ante inclinatior ad Poenos fuerat,

    Liv. 23, 46, 3:

    plebs ad regem Macedonasque,

    id. 42, 30, 1:

    ipsius imperatoris animus ad pacem inclinatior erat,

    id. 34, 33, 9; Tac. H. 1, 81.—
    C.
    Sunken, fallen, deteriorated:

    ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscere,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1:

    copiae,

    Nep. Pelop. 5, 4.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

    rerum inclinata ferre,

    i. e. troubles, misfortunes, Sil. 6, 119.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inclino

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