to superintend

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

With dat.:

omnibus Druidibus praeest unus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

qui oppido praeerat,

id. ib. 2, 6:

regionibus,

id. ib. 5, 22:

provinciae,

Sall. C. 42, 3:

censor factus, severe praefuit ei potestati,

Nep. Cat. 2, 3:

classi,

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

exercitui,

id. ib. 3, 57:

alicui negotio,

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

ei studio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235:

artificio,

id. Fin. 4, 27, 76:

vigiliis,

to superintend, Sall. C. 30, 6:

regiis opibus,

Nep. Con. 4, 3:

rebus regiis,

id. Phoc. 3, 4:

statuis faciendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144:

aedibus, i. e. aedilem esse,

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

Absol.:

praeesse in provinciā,

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

Transf.

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

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

Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

qui non solum interfuit his rebus, sed etiam praefuit,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 1:

illi crudelitati non solum praeesse, verum etiam interesse,

id. Att. 9, 6, 7.—

To protect, defend ( poet.):

stant quoque pro nobis, et praesunt moenibus Urbis,

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

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

assum praesens praesenti tibi,

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

quo praesente,

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

quod adest quodque praesens est,

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

nihil nisi praesens et quod adest,

id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:

vivi atque praesentes,

id. Off. 1, 44, 156:

praesens tecum egi,

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

perinde ac si ipse interfuerit, et praesens viderit,

id. Inv. 1, 54, 104:

praesens sermo,

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

praesens in praesentem multa dixerat,

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

his,

Att. ib. 154, 19:

suis,

Fenest. ib. 154, 20:

omnibus,

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

Esp., of time:

narratio praeteritarum rerum aut praesentium,

Cic. Part. Or. 4, 13:

non solum inopia praesentis, sed etiam futuri temporis,

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

praesens tempus futuri metu perdere,

Sen. Ep. 24, 1:

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

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

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

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

et reliqui temporis recuperandi ratio, et praesentis tuendi,

id. Att. 8, 9, 3:

et consiliorum superiorum conscientiā et praesentis temporis moderatione me consoler,

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

quod pietas principis nostri praesentium quoque temporum decus fecit,

Quint. 3, 7, 9:

vive moribus praeteritis, loquere verbis praesentibus,

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

movit Scipionem cum fortuna pristina viri, praesenti fortunae conlata,

Liv. 30, 13, 8:

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

Nep. Alcib. 6, 2:

praetor factus non solum praesenti bello,

id. Them. 2, 1:

et praesens aetas et posteritas deinde mirata est,

Curt. 9, 10, 28:

praesentem saevitiam melioris olim fortunae recordatione allevabant,

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

pleraque differat, et praesens in tempus omittat,

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

si fortuna in praesens deseruit,

Tac. H. 4, 58; cf.:

laetus in praesens animus,

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

Harpagus ad praesens tempus dissimulato dolore,

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

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

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

munimentum ad praesens, in posterum ultionem,

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

vocem adimere ad praesens,

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

praesenti tempore,

Ov. F. 3, 478:

haec ad te in praesenti scripsi, ut speres,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 4:

in praesenti,

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

cum hortatur ferenda esse praesentia,

Suet. Aug. 87:

praesentia sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 59:

ex praeteritis enim aestimari solent praesentia,

Quint. 5, 10, 28:

sed penitus haerens amor fastidio praesentium accensus est,

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

hoc video in praesentia opus esse,

Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4:

providere quid oneris in praesentia tollant,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:

quae in praesentia in mentem mihi venerunt,

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

id quod in praesentia vestimentorum fuit, arripuit,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

praesenti bello,

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

quod praesentissimis quibusque periculis desit,

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

jam praesentior res erat,

Liv. 2, 36, 5.—

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

praesens poena sit,

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

preces,

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

mercari praesenti pecuniā,

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

numerare praesentes denarios ducentos,

Petr. 109:

nummi,

id. 137:

supplicium,

instant execution, Tac. A. 1, 38:

Maelium praesenti morte multavit,

Flor. 1, 26:

praesens debitum,

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

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

ib. 45, 1, 41:

libertatem aut praesenti die, aut sub condicione dare,

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

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

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

quod vel praesens vel ex die dari potest,

ib. 7, 1, 4.—

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

praesens auxilium oblatum est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

non ulla magis praesens fortuna laborum est,

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

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

id. ib. 2, 127:

si quid praesentius audes,

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

praesentissimum remedium,

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

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

mighty, able, Hor. C. 1, 35, 2.—

Of disposition or character, present, collected, resolute:

animo virili praesentique ut sis, para,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 64:

si cui virtus animusque in pectore praesens,

Verg. A. 5, 363:

animus acer et praesens,

Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 84:

non plures, sed etiam praesentioribus animis,

Liv. 31, 46:

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

Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 4.—

Present, aiding, favoring, propitious:

Hercules tantus, et tam praesens habetur deus,

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

deus,

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

tu dea, tu praesens, nostro succurre labori,

Verg. A. 9, 404:

modo diva triformis Adjuvet, et praesens ingentibus adnuat ausis,

Ov. M. 7, 178.— Comp.:

nihil illo (praesagio) praesentius,

Flor. 4, 7, 9.—

Appropriate, pertinent, timely:

praesens hic quidemst apologus,

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

en hercle praesens somnium,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 41.

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cūro (old orthog. COERO and COIRO, Inscr. Orell. 31; 560; 570:

coeret, coerari, coerandi,

Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 10), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. curassis, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 93; id. Ps. 1, 3, 3; id. Poen. 3, 1, 50; inf. pass. curarier, id. Capt. 3, 5, 79), v. a. [cura], to care for, take or have care of, to be solicitous for, to look or attend to, trouble one's self about, etc. (very freq. in every period and species of composition); constr. with the acc., the acc. with the gerundive, the inf. with ut, ne, the simple subj., the dat. or absol.

In gen.

Of persons.

With acc.:

curare omnia studiosissime ac diligentissime,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 7; cf.:

diligenter praeceptum,

Nep. Eum. 9, 5:

magna di curant, parva neglegunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 167:

negotia aliena,

id. Top. 17, 66; Hor. S. 2, 3, 19:

mandatum,

Cic. Att. 5, 7 init.:

cenam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 11; cf.

opsonium,

id. Merc. 3, 3, 22:

domum,

to cleanse, Petr. 71, 7:

vestimenta curare et polire,

Dig. 47, 2, 12 pr.:

funus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 81 Ruhnk.; cf.

in this sense, cadaver,

Suet. Ner. 49; and:

Aegyptii jussi corpus Alexandri suo more curare,

Curt. 10, 10, 13; in other connections, curare corpus means to nourish, take care of one's self, to refresh, invigorate one's self, Lucr. 2, 31; 5, 937:

nunc corpora curare tempus est,

Liv. 21, 54, 2; 3, 2, 10; 26, 48, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 22 al.;

in the same sense, membra,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 81:

cutem,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 29; 1, 4, 15:

pelliculam,

id. S. 2, 5, 38:

se,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 1; Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. de Or. 3, 61, 230; cf.:

se suamque aetatem,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 34:

virum,

Tib. 1, 5, 33; and in part. perf.:

curati cibo,

Liv. 9, 37, 7:

omnes vinoque et cibo curatos domos dimisit,

id. 34, 16, 5: vineam, to tend, Cato ap. Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; cf.

apes,

Col. 9, 14 et saep.:

res rationesque eri,

to superintend, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 32:

pensa ac domos, of the women of the family,

Mel. 1, 9, 6:

sociorum injurias,

Sall. J. 14, 19:

sublimia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 5:

preces (Diana),

id. C. S. 71:

prodigia,

to endeavor to avert, ward off, Liv. 1, 20, 7 et saep.:

munus te curaturum scio, Ut mittas mihi,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79; cf.:

aquam mulsam prope ut sit,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 28:

te multum amamus, quod ea (signa) abs te diligenter parvoque curata sunt,

provided, Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2; cf.

II. C. infra: ego illum cum curā magnā curabo tibi,

Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 7 and 9; so,

aliquem,

id. Stich. 1, 2, 39; 5, 3, 9; Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 121: curatur a multis, timetur a pluribus, is courted (cf. therapeuein), Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 15 et saep.—With a negative: quos peperisti ne cures, be unconcerned, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 656; Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 50:

alii, quasi corpus nullum sit hominis, ita praeter animum nihil curant,

care for nothing except the mind, Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 36:

viri nihil perjuria curant (with nihil metuere),

Cat. 64, 148:

non ego istuc curo, qui sit, unde sit,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 95: alia cura, a conversational expression (lit. trouble yourself about something else;

hence),

do not trouble yourself, never mind, id. Mil. 3, 3, 55 and 60;

and in like sense, aliud cura,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 5.—

With acc. and gerundive, to cause something to be done, to order, to urge on, etc. (in good prose and very freq.;

predominant in Cæsar): pontem in Arari faciundum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

obsides inter eos dandos,

id. ib. 1, 19; 3, 11;

4, 29 et saep.: buculam faciendam,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48:

epistulam mihi referendam,

id. Att. 8, 5, 1:

fratrem interficiendum,

Nep. Timol. 1, 4 al. —

With part. perf pass.:

inventum tibi curabo et mecum adductum Tuom Pamphilum,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 1.—

With inf. (most freq. with a negative):

ea nolui scribere, quae nec indocti intellegere possent, nec docti legere curarent,

would take the trouble, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 4;

so negatively,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 91; id. Fam. 1, 9, 16; cf.:

nihil Romae geritur, quod te putem scire curare,

id. ib. 9, 10, 1; 3, 8, 7; Suet. Caes. 86; Hor. C. 2, 13, 39; id. Ep. 1, 17, 58; id. A. P. 133; 297; Ov. M. 11, 370; 11, 682 et saep.—Affirmatively:

si qui sunt, qui illud curent defendere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 87:

qui istas res scire curavit,

id. Fl. 27, 64:

mando tibi, uti cures lustrare,

Cato, R. R. 141:

aspice, si quid Et nos, quod cures proprium fecisse, loquamur,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 5; 1, 16, 17; id. A. P. 35; 460 sq.; Suet. Dom. 20; id. Gram. 24.—

With acc. and inf. pass.:

neque vero haec inter se congruere possent, ut natura et procreari vellet et diligi procreatos non curaret,

Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 62:

symbolos proponi et saxis proscribi curat,

Just. 2, 12, 2; 3, 5, 12.—

With nom. and inf.:

ego capitis mei periculo patriam liberavi, vos liberi sine periculo esse non curatis,

Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66. —

With ut, ne, or a simple subj.:

pater curabit ut, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 25 sq.:

si fecisset, se curaturam, ut, etc.,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48; Quint. 4, 2, 47; Suet. Aug. 92.—So in concluding letters: cura ut valeas, take care of yourself, be careful of your health (for which da operam ut valeas, fac valeas, et al. sim.), Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 3; 7, 6, 2; 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6; 3, 8, 6; id. Att. 1, 5, 8; 2, 2, 3 et saep.:

omnibus rebus cura et provide, ne quid ei desit,

id. ib. 11, 3, 3; Quint. 1, 1, 34; 2, 5, 24; Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.:

ne illa quidem curo mihi scribas, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

jam curabo sentiat, quos attentarit,

Phaedr. 5, 2, 6; Petr. 58, 2:

curare uti Romae ne essent,

Suet. Rhet. 1 init. —

With dat. (ante-and post-class.):

illis curandum censeo,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 92; so, omnibus, Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:

rebus publicis,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 50:

rebus alienis,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 41:

rebus meis,

App. Mag. p. 297.—

With quod:

nam quod strabonus est, non curo,

Petr. 68, 8.—

With de:

vides, quanto hoc diligentius curem quam aut de rumore aut de Pollione,

Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3.—

Absol.:

curasti probe,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 6; cf. Plant. Rud. 2, 3, 50: abi intro;

ego hic curabo,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 49; id. Pers. 1, 3, 5:

ubi quisque legatus aut tribunus curabat,

commanded, Sall. J. 60, 1; cf.:

in eā parte,

id. ib. 60, 5:

in postremo loco cum equitibus,

id. ib. 46, 7.—

Impers.:

curabitur,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 70; id. Men. 3, 3, 15; Ter. And. 2, 3, 29:

curetur,

id. Hec. 2, 2, 15. —

Of things ( poet.):

quae causa suscipienda curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1163:

nec vera virtus Curat reponi deterioribus,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 30; with ut, Lucr. 5, 1015; 3, 127; 6, 231 Lachm.; with ne:

quod ne miremur sopor atque oblivia curant,

id. 4, 826 (822).—

In partic., t. t.

In state affairs, to take the charge of, to manage the business of, to do a thing in behalf of the state, to administer, govern, preside over, command, etc.

With acc.:

bellum maritimum curare,

Liv. 7, 26, 10; so,

Asiam,

Tac. A. 4, 36:

Achaiam,

id. ib. 5, 10:

superioris Germaniae legiones,

id. ib. 6, 30; cf. id. ib. 1, 31; cf.:

duabus his artibus... se remque publicam curabant,

Sall. C. 9, 3. —

Absol.:

Faesulanum in sinistrā parte curare jubet,

Sall. C. 59, 3; cf. id. J. 46, 7:

duo additi qui Romae curarent,

Tac. A. 11, 22.—

In medic. lang., to heal, cure.

With acc.:

an quod corpora curari possint, animorum medicina nulla sit?

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 4; id. Clu. 14, 40:

adulescentes gravius aegrotant, tristius curantur,

id. Sen. 19, 67; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 5:

aegrum,

Liv. 5, 5, 12:

quadrupedes,

Quint. 2, 10, 6:

aliquem frigidis,

Suet. Aug. 81:

aliquem radice vel herbā,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 151 et saep.: morbos, Cels. prooem.; Quint. 2, 3, 6; Curt. 5, 9, 3; 7, 1, 22:

vulnus,

Liv. 2, 17, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 84 et saep.:

apparentia vitia,

Quint. 12, 8, 10. —Rarely, to operate:

qui ferrum medici prius quam curetur aspexit,

Quint. 4, 5, 5. —

Absol.:

medicinae pars, quae manu curat,

Cels. 7 praef.; so Quint. 2, 17, 39 al. —Hence, P. a. as subst.: cūrans, antis, m., = medicus, a physician:

plurimi sub alterutro curantis errore moriuntur,

Cels. 3, 8, 5.—Also cūrandus, i, m., the patient:

nisi festinare curandi imbecillitas cogit,

Col. 7, 2, 12.—

Trop. (ironically):

cum provinciam curarit, sanguinem miserit, mihi tradiderit enectam, etc.,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2:

reduviam (corresp. with capiti mederi),

id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—

In mercantile lang., to take care of money matters, to adjust or settle, pay, etc.:

(nummos) pro signis,

Cic. Att. 1, 8, 2; cf.:

pecuniam pro eo frumento legatis,

Liv. 44, 16, 2:

dimidium pecuniae redemptori tuo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; id. Quint. 4, 15:

me cui jussisset curaturum,

that I would make payment according to his direction, id. Fam. 16, 9, 3.— Hence, cūrātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).

Earnest, anxious (post-Aug.):

curatissimae preces,

Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.: interim me [p. 503] quidam... secreto curatoque sermone corripit, monet, etc., Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 10.—

Taken care of, managed, attended to:

boves curatiores,

Cato, R. R. 103:

sacra,

Cic. Balb. 24, 55:

nitida illa et curata vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 26.— Adv.: cūrātē, carefully, diligently; only in comp.:

curatius disserere,

Tac. A. 2, 27; 14, 21; 16, 22; Plin. Ep. 1, 1, 1.

ex-ercĕo, ŭi, itum, 2, v. a. [arceo], to drive on, keep busy, keep at work; to oversee, superintend; with an inanimate object, to work, work at, employ one's self about a thing.

Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose):

quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae, Si sumas in illis (servis) exercendis, plus agas,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 22; cf.:

homines qui agrum colunt, et qui eos exercent praepositive sunt his, quorum in numero sunt vilici et monitores,

who oversee them, Dig. 33, 7, 8:

exercete, viri, tauros,

Verg. G. 1, 210:

i sane, ego te exercebo hodie, ut dignus es,

keep agoing, exercise, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 48:

corpora assiduo varioque exercita motu, etc.,

driven, impelled, Lucr. 2, 97; cf. id. 4, 862; 2, 120; and:

exercita cursu Flumina (with fontes liquidi),

Verg. G. 3, 529 Wagn.:

(Maeandros) Incertas exercet aquas,

Ov. M. 8, 165:

exercere feras,

to drive, hunt, Dig. 7, 1, 62: Mi. Gestiunt pugni mihi. So. Si in me exercituru's, quaeso in parietem ut primum domes, to let loose, set them at me, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 168:

litus arant Rutulosque exercent vomere colles,

work, till, Verg. A. 7, 798:

solum presso sub vomere,

id. G. 2, 356:

rura bubus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 3:

humum in messem,

Verg. G. 1, 219:

vineas, arbusta, campos (with curare),

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 16:

agrum multis arationibus,

Pall. Jan. 13, 2:

pinguia culta,

Verg. A. 10, 142:

ferrum vasto in antro (Cyclopes),

id. ib. 8, 424:

telas (aranea),

Ov. M. 6, 145 al.; cf.: neque arva nobis aut metalla aut portus sunt, quibus exercendis reservemur, Tac. Agr. 31.— Poet.:

ut possint (aratores), sole reducto, Exercere diem,

i. e. employ the day in labor, perform their day's work, Verg. A. 10, 808.

Trop. (freq. and class.).

To engage busily, to occupy, employ, exercise a person or thing in some action.

Aliquem or aliquid ( in aliqua re, ad aliquid, aliqua re, etc.):

me adolescentem multos annos in studio ejusdem laudis (Hortensius) exercuit,

Cic. Brut. 64, 230:

quod genus belli esse potest, in quo illum non exercuerit fortuna rei publicae,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

a Diodoto studiosissime in dialectica exercebar,

id. Brut. 90, 309; cf. id. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

hanc (animi vim) tu exerce in optimis rebus,

id. Rep. 6, 26:

haec aetas (juvenum) exercenda in labore patientiaque et animi et corporis,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122:

animos in armis,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 41:

in gramineis exercent membra palaestris,

Verg. A. 6, 642:

vocem et vires in hoc,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 et saep.:

Aristoteles adolescentes... ad copiam rhetorum in utramque partem exercuit,

id. Or. 14, 46:

ad hanc te amentiam natura peperit, voluntas exercuit,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 25:

facultatem dicendi his exercuerunt,

Quint. 2, 4, 41:

ingenium multiplici variaque materia,

id. 2, 4, 20:

linguas litibus,

Ov. M. 6, 375 et saep.—With simple acc.:

quid te exercuit Pammenes?

Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

Induciomarus copias cogere, exercere coepit,

to exercise, drill, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:

juventutis exercendae causa,

id. ib. 6, 23, 6:

ingenium nostrum,

Auct. Her. 3, 21, 34:

corpus,

Cic. de Off. 1, 23, 79:

exercendae memoriae gratia,

id. de Sen. 11, 38:

exercendi stili,

Quint. 10, 5, 15:

exercendus est spiritus,

id. 11, 3, 54 et saep.—

With se, or pass. in mid. force; and in part. praes. and gerund., to exercise or train one's self, to practise:

si ad hoc unum est natus aut in hoc solo se exercuit, etc.,

Cic. Or. 28, 99:

se vehementissime in his subitis dictionibus,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 152:

se in consultationibus,

id. Att. 9, 4, 3:

sese ad cursuram,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 5:

se ad velitationem,

id. Rud. 2, 6, 41:

sese quotidianis commentationibus,

Cic. Brut. 71, 249:

se genere pugnae,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 4:

se genere venationis,

id. ib. 6, 28, 3:

se saliendo,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25:

cur non in utrumque protinus locum se exerceant?

Quint. 4, 2, 29 Zumpt N. cr.:

Jovem Olympium, eum ipsum, cui se exercebit, implorabit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

cum athletas se exercentes in curriculo videret,

id. de Sen. 9, 27; so,

ad virtutem,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 7.—

Mid.: ut exerceamur in venando,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

ut in utrumque locum simul exerceamur,

Quint. 5, 13, 50:

faciunt idem, cum exercentur, athletae,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56:

Ciceronis pueri amant inter se, discunt, exercentur,

id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

ne aliter exerceri velint,

Quint. 3, 8, 70:

in mandatis tuis exercebor,

Vulg. Psa. 118, 15.— Act. part. in mid. force:

cum, ceteris in campo exercentibus, in herba ipse recubuisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287; so,

ipsique dictata exercentibus darent,

Suet. Caes. 26:

spectavit assidue et exercentes ephebos,

id. Aug. 98; cf.:

si ludicra exercendi aut venandi consuetudine adamare solemus,

of exercising ourselves, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 69, v. Madv. ad h. l.—

To practise, follow, exercise any employment; to employ one's self about, to make use of any thing:

medicinae exercendae causa,

Cic. Clu. 63, 178:

hoc civile quod vocant eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

rhetoricen,

Quint. 2, 1, 3; 2, 15, 27:

eloquentiam,

id. 1, 4, 6:

artem,

id. 3, 6, 18; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44:

exercere atque exigere vectigalia,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 16:

cauponam vel stabulum,

Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 5:

navem,

ib. 14, 1, 1:

auri, argenti, sulphuris, etc.... fodinas,

ib. 7, 1, 13, § 5:

negotiationem per libertos,

ib. 26, 7, 58:

commercium turis,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 54:

arma,

Verg. A. 4, 87:

arma contra patriam,

Tac. A. 11, 16:

gymnasia et otia et turpes amores,

id. ib. 6, 1:

acies pueriles,

batiles in sport, Juv. 15, 60:

pharetram et arcum,

Val. Fl. 3, 161:

vocem (with clamare),

Plaut. Poen. prol. 13.—

To follow up, follow out, prosecute, carry into effect, practise, administer:

judicium,

Cic. Arch. 12, 32:

latam legem,

Liv. 4, 51, 4:

Tiberius exercendas leges esse respondit,

Tac. A. 1, 72: [p. 684] legem praecipue sumptuariam, Suet. Caes. 43; id. Tib. 58:

quaestionem inter sicarios,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

regnum,

Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 47; cf.

imperia,

Verg. G. 2, 370:

crudelitatem non solum in vivo sed etiam in mortuo,

Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 8:

inimicitias,

id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 13; cf.:

graves inimicitias cum aliquo,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

gratiam aut inimicitias in tanta re,

id. ib. 51, 16:

jurgia, discordia, simultates cum hostibus,

id. ib. 9, 2:

cui exercita cum Pisone amicitia,

Tac. A. 1, 14:

licentiam,

id. ib. 13, 47:

amicitiam,

id. ib. 15, 60:

odium,

id. ib. 13, 37:

odium in aliquo,

Ov. M. 9, 275 et saep.:

facilitatem et lenitudinem animi,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88:

juris aequabilitatem,

id. ib.; cf.

justitiam,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 10:

scelus, libidinem, avaritiam in socios,

Liv. 29, 17, 13; cf.:

avaritiam (juvenes) exercere jubentur,

Juv. 14, 108:

foede victoriam in captis,

Liv. 6, 22, 4:

acerrume victoriam nobilitatis in plebem,

Sall. J. 16, 2:

foede et crudeliter victoriam,

id. C. 38:

amores ad aliquem,

Cat. 68, 69:

pacem et hymenaeos,

to celebrate, solemnize, Verg. A. 4, 99:

nomen patris,

to bear his name, Plin. Pan. 21, 4 et saep.—

Pregn., to disturb, disquiet, vex, plague (the figure being taken from the baiting of wild beasts):

meos casus, in quibus me fortuna vehementer exercuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

nunc me reliquiae vestrae exercent,

id. Fam. 12, 4, 1:

non te nullius exercent numinis irae,

Verg. G. 4, 453:

aliquem odiis,

id. A. 4, 622 et saep.:

te de praedio Oviae exerceri, moleste fero,

Cic. Att. 13, 22, 4:

ergo exercentur poenis,

Verg. A, 6, 739:

hominum vitam curis,

Lucr. 5, 1424:

ambitio animos hominum exercet,

Sall. C. 11, 1:

simultates nimio plures et exercuerunt eum et ipse exercuit eas,

Liv. 39, 40, 9.—In the part. perf.:

nate, Iliacis exercite fatis,

Verg. A. 3, 182:

Venus exercita curis,

id. ib. 5, 779; cf.:

curis exercita corpora,

Ov. M. 7, 634:

adversis probitas exercita rebus,

id. Tr. 5, 5, 49: habere aliquem exercitum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 6, 4.—Hence, exercĭ-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. C.).

Vexed, harassed:

scito nihil tam exercitum esse nunc Romae quam candidatos omnibus iniquitatibus,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2:

Tiberius tantis rebus,

Tac. A. 4, 11.— Hence,

Vexatious, severe:

quid magis sollicitum, magis exercitum dici potest?

Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

finem tam exercitae militiae orabant,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

dura hiems, exercita aestas,

id. ib. 1, 17:

aestas (with inquieta),

Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2:

infantiam pueritiamque habuit laboriosam et exercitam,

Suet. Tib. 6 init. —

Disciplined:

(miles) exercitatus et vetus ob eam rem fortior (opp. rudis et inexercitatus),

Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38:

mirum in modum juventus,

Flor. 1, 3, 2:

proprio in metu, qui exercitam quoque eloquentiam debilitat,

Tac. A. 3, 67:

militia,

id. ib. 3, 20:

ad omne flagitium,

id. ib. 14, 2:

ingenium adulatione,

id. H. 4, 4:

Graeca doctrina ore tenus,

id. A. 15, 45.— Comp. and sup.: exercitiorem, exercitissimum (dicebant antiqui), Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 8 Müll. — Adv.: exercĭtē, in a practised manner; in comp.:

cogitare,

App. M. 11, p. 272, 6.

ex-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago], to drive out or forth, to thrust out, to take or turn out.

Lit.

In gen.:

reges ex civitate,

to expel, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

hostem e campo,

Liv. 3, 61, 8: exigor patria, Naev. ap. Non. 291, 4:

aliquem domo,

Liv. 39, 11, 2:

aliquem campo,

id. 37, 41, 12:

omnes foras,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 7:

adcolas ultra famam,

Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 175:

exacti reges,

driven away, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37; cf.:

Tarquinio exacto,

id. Rep. 1, 40:

anno post Tarquinios exactos,

Tac. A. 11, 22:

Orestes exactus furiis,

driven, tormented, Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 70:

virum a se,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 62:

uxorem,

to put away, divorce, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 45; Suet. Caes. 50; id. Claud. 26; cf.: illam suam (uxorem) suas res sibi habere jussit ex duodecim tabulis; claves ademit;

exegit,

turned her out of the house, Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69: aliquem vitā, i. e. to kill, Sen. de Ira, 1, 6: corpus e stratis, to raise up or out, Sil. 16, 234:

maculam,

to take out, Suet. Aug. 94: et sacer admissas exigit Hebrus aquas, pours out into the sea, Ov. H. 2, 114; of weapons, to thrust from one, thrust, drive:

non circumspectis exactum viribus ensem Fregit,

thrust, impelled, Ov. M. 5, 171; so,

ensem,

Luc. 8, 656; cf.:

ensem per medium juvenem,

plunges through the middle, Verg. A. 10, 815:

gladium per viscera,

Flor. 4, 2, 68:

tela in aliquem,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16;

hence: aliquem hastā,

i. e. to thrust through, transfix, Val. Fl. 6, 572.—Mid.:

quae (hasta) cervice exacta est,

passed out, passed through, Ov. M. 5, 138: prope sub conatu adversarii manus exigenda, to be put forth, raised (for a blow), Quint. 6, 4, 8 Spald.:

(capellas) a grege in campos, hircos in caprilia,

to drive out, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 8:

sues pastum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

radices altius,

to send out, Cels. 5, 28, 14; cf.:

vitis uvas,

Col. 3, 2, 10; 3, 6, 2; Cels. 8, 1 med. —

In partic.

A scenic t. t., to drive off, i. e. hiss off a piece or a player from the stage (rare):

spectandae (fabulae) an exigendae sint vobis prius,

Ter. And. prol. 27 Ruhnk.; so, fabulas, id. Hec. prol. alt. 4; id. ib. 7.—

To demand, require, enforce, exact payment of a debt, taxes, etc., or the performance of any other duty (very freq.;

syn.: posco, postulo, flagito, contendo, etc.): ad eas pecunias exigendas legatos misimus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1: pecunias a civitatibus, id. Div. ap. Caecil. 10, 33:

acerbissime pecunias imperatas,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32; cf. id. ib. 1, 6 fin.; Cic. Pis. 16, 38; id. N. D. 3, 34, 84:

quaternos denarios,

id. Font. 5, 9:

tributa,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 3:

pensionem,

id. ib. 6, 18, 5:

nomina sua,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

mercedem,

id. Lael. 21, 80 et saep.:

equitum peditumque certum numerum a civitatibus Siciliae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 30, 4:

obsides ab Apolloniatibus,

id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

viam,

to demand the construction of a road, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Liv. 42, 3, 7:

a quoquam ne pejeret,

Juv. 13, 36.—Esp.: rationem, to exact an account:

ut Athenienses rationibus exigendis non vacarent,

Val. Max. 3, 1, ext. 1; Plin. Ep. 10, 81, 1:

libertorum nomina a quibus ratio exigi posset,

Suet. Aug. 101 fin. —

In pass.: exigor aliquid, to be solicited, dunned for money, etc. (post-class.): exigor portorium, id est, exigitur de me portorium, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 14, 5; id. ap. Non. 106, 24: (Rib. Com. Fragm. p. 51): sese pecunias maximas exactos esse, Q. Metell. Numid. ap. Gell. 15, 14, 2; Dig. 23, 4, 32.—

To examine, inquire into (post-Aug.):

nec illae (conjuges) numerare aut exigere plagas pavent,

Tac. G. 7 fin. (so Ritter, Halm, with all MSS., cf. Holzmann ad loc.; al. exugere, said to have been the read. of a lost codex, the Arundelianus; cf. exsugo); cf.:

exactum et a Titidio Labeone, cur omisisset, etc.,

id. A. 2, 85.—

Of places, to go or pass beyond, to pass by, leave behind ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

cum primus equis exegit anhelis Phoebus Athon,

Val. Fl. 2, 75; cf. Prop. 3, 20, 11 (4, 20, 3 M.):

Troglodytae hibernum mare exigunt circa brumam,

Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 87.—

In mercant. lang., to dispose of, sell:

agrorum exigere fructus,

Liv. 34, 9, 9 Drak.: mercibus exactis, Col. poët. 10, 317. —

Mathemat. t. t., to apply to a standard or measure, i. e. to examine, try, measure, weigh by any thing:

ad perpendiculum columnas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 133:

materiam ad regulam et libellam,

Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

pondus margaritarum sua manu,

Suet. Caes. 47; cf.:

aliquid mensura,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159.

Trop.

In gen., to drive out, expel (very rare):

locus, Ubi labore lassitudo exigunda ex corpore,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 4: frigus atque horrorem vestimentis, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 8.—Far more freq. and class.,

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To require, demand, claim any thing due:

ego vero et exspectabo ea quae polliceris, neque exigam, nisi tuo commodo,

Cic. Brut. 4, 17:

aliquid exigere magis quam rogare,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

longiores litteras exspectabo vel potius exigam,

id. ib. 15, 16, 1:

omnibus ex rebus voluptatem quasi mercedem,

id. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

ab hoc acerbius exegit natura quod dederat,

demanded back, reclaimed, id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93 Klotz.:

non ut a poëta, sed ut a teste veritatem exigunt,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

has toties optata exegit gloria poenas,

has cost, Juv. 10, 187:

poenas,

to take vengeance, id. 10, 84:

de vulnere poenas,

Ov. M. 14, 478: poenam (alicui), Sen. de Ira, 2, 22 fin.; Ov. F. 4, 230:

gravia piacula ab aliquo,

Liv. 29, 18, 18 et saep.—With ut:

exigerem ex te cogeremque, ut responderes,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119; 4, 28, 80; cf.:

Calypso exigit fata ducis,

questions, inquires into, Ov. A. A. 2, 130:

exactum a marito, cur, etc.,

Tac. A. 2, 85:

exigite ut mores seu pollice ducat,

Juv. 7, 237 sq. —With an object-clause:

exigimus potuisse eum eo tempore testamentum facere,

Dig. 29, 7, 8; 24, 3, 2.— Absol.:

in exigendo non acerbum,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64:

cum res exiget,

Quint. 5, 11, 5; 10, 3, 3; cf.:

ut res exiget,

id. 12, 10, 69:

si communis utilitas exegerit,

id. 12, 1, 37.— Esp.: rationem, to require an account:

rerum gestarum,

Just. 19, 2, 6:

numquid rationem exiges, cum tibi aliquis hos dixerit versus?

an explanation, Sen. Ep. 94, 28; Plin. Ep. 19, 9.—

Of time, life, etc., to lead, spend, pass, complete, finish:

non novisse quicum aetatem exegerim,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 111; id. Capt. 3, 5, 62:

tecum aetatem,

id. Mil. 4, 2, 48; 4, 6, 60; id. Cas. 2, 5, 12:

ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas,

id. Aul. 1, 1, 4: vitam taetre, Cat. Or. inc. 15; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 39:

cum maerore graviorem vitam,

Sall. J. 14, 15; 85, 49; Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 139; Vitr. 2, 1, 4; Val. Max. 3, 5, 4 al.:

vitae tempus,

Sen. Ep. 2, 2; Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 6:

jam ad pariendum temporibus exactis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48: qui exacta aetate moriuntur, at the close of the vigorous period of life, Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 21; Sall. J. 6, 2; Liv. 2, 40, 11 al.:

mediam dies exegerat horam,

Ov. Am. 1, 5, 1:

aevum,

Lucr. 4, 1235; Verg. A. 7, 777; Ov. M. 12, 209:

tristissimam noctem,

Petr. 115:

diem supremum noctemque,

Tac. A. 3, 16:

ullum tempus jucundius,

Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 1:

jam aestatem exactam esse,

Sall. J. 61, 1:

per exactos annos,

at the end of every year, Hor. C. 3, 22, 6:

exacto per scelera die,

Tac. H. 1, 47; id. A. 3, 16; so,

exacto quadriennio,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 130; Verg. G. 3, 190; Stat. S. 2, 2, 47.—

To conduct, urge forward, superintend, drive:

opus,

Ov. M. 14, 218; Col. 3, 13, 11.—

To bring to an end, to conclude, finish, complete a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

exegi monumentum aere perennius,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 1:

opus,

Ov. R. Am. 811; id. M. 15, 871:

exactus tenui pumice versus eat,

Prop. 3, 1, 8; Verg. A. 6, 637:

commentarii ita sunt exacti, ut, etc.,

Quint. 10, 7, 30:

eandem gracilitatem stilo exigere condiscant,

to reach, attain to, id. 1, 9, 2.—

To determine, ascertain, find out:

sociisque exacta referre,

his discoveries, Verg. A. 1, 309:

non prius exacta tenui ratione saporum,

before he has ascertained, Hor. S. 2, 4, 36.— Pass. impers.:

non tamen exactum, quid agat,

Ov. F. 3, 637; cf. id. Am, 3, 7, 16. —

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To weigh, try, prove, measure, examine, adjust, estimate, consider, = examinare, ponderare (class. but perh. not in Cic.): si ad illam summam veritatem legitimum jus exegeris, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf.: nolite ad vestras leges atque instituta exigere ea, quae Lacedaemone fiunt, to estimate by the standard of, etc., Liv. 34, 31, 17; so,

opus ad vires suas,

Ov. A. A. 2, 502:

si omnia argumenta ad obrussam coeperimus exigere,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 5, 1; cf.:

principatus tuus ad obrussam exigitur,

id. de Clem. 1, 1, 6:

se ad aliquem,

id. Ep. 11 fin.:

regulam emendate loquendi,

Quint. 1, 5, 2:

illa non nisi aure exiguntur, quae fiunt per sonos,

are judged of, id. 1, 5, 19; cf. id. 1, 4, 7.—

To treat, consult, deliberate respecting something, = considerare, deliberare (class. but not in Cic.): de his rebus ut exigeret cum eo, Furnio mandavi, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 7:

cum aliquo,

Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 3; cf.:

secum aliquid,

Verg. A. 4, 476; Ov. M. 10, 587; Sen. Ep. 27:

de aliqua re coram,

Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 13:

haec exigentes hostes oppressere,

Liv. 22, 49, 12:

quid dicendum, quid tacendum, quid differendum sit, exigere consilii est,

Quint. 6, 5, 5.—

To endure, undergo:

aerumnam,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 12. —Hence, exactus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 5., measured; hence), precise, accurate, exact (poet and in post-Aug. prose):

difficile est, quot ceciderint, exacto affirmare numero,

Liv. 3, 5, 12:

acies falcis,

Plin. 17, 27, 42, § 251:

fides,

Ov. Pont. 4, 9, 46.— Comp.:

cura,

Suet. Tib. 18; Mart. 4, 87, 4. — Sup.:

diligentia,

Front. Aquaed. 89:

vir,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5.—With gen.:

Mamurius, morum fabraene exactior artis, Difficile est dicere,

Ov. F. 3, 383.— Adv.: exacte, exactly, precisely, accurately:

ut exacte perorantibus mos est,

Sid. Ep. 7, 9.— Comp.: dicere, disserere, Mel. Prooem. § 2; Gell. 1, 3, 21.— Sup.:

pascere,

Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

marmor, ŏris (also marmur; plur. marmura, Antonius Gripho ap. Quint. 1, 6, 23; abl. marmori, Corp. Inscr. L. 1012; m., Plin. Val. 3, 14), n. [root mar-, gleam, glimmer (v. mare), the white or gleaming stone; cf. margarita, = marmaros], marble.

Lit.:

in omni marmore,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48:

Parium marmor,

Quint. 2, 19, 3; 5, 11, 30:

tu secanda marmora Locas,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 17:

templum de marmore ponam,

Verg. G. 3, 13; cf.:

vivos ducent de marmore vultus,

id. A. 6, 848:

parietes crusta marmoris operire totius domus,

Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

A MARMORIBVS,

one whose office it was to superintend the purchasing and working of marble, Inscr. Grut. 593, 7:

marmora,

kinds of marble, Sen. Ep. 100, 5; Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 54; 36, 16, 25, § 126; but blocks or pieces of marble, Hor. l. l.; Luc. 10, 114; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160; 36, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. 5, 11, 30; Mart. 5, 22, 8; v. infra.—

Transf.

Pulverized marble, marble-dust, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Col. 12, 20 fin.; Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120; 23, 1, 24, § 45.—

A marble, i. e.,

A piece of wrought marble, marble statue, etc.:

Praxiteles marmore nobilitatus est Gnidiaque Venere,

Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; Hor. C. 4, 8, 13; Ov. M. 5, 234; 12, 487:

duo marmora,

id. ib. 7, 790; cf.:

lacrimas marmora manant,

id. ib. 6, 312; so plur., Sen. Ep. 90, 26; Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9; 33, 7, 40, § 122; Stat. Silv. 1, 3, 36; Juv. 1, 12; 14, 40 et saep.—

A building of marble, Mart. 8, 3, 6; 10, 63, 1.—

In plur., a marble pavement, Mart. 10, 2, 9; 12, 60, 12; Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 360; Juv. 6, 430.—

A mile-stone of marble:

rus marmore tertio notatum,

i. e. three miles from town, Mart. 7, 31, 10.—

A marble slab upon a sideboard, Juv. 3, 205.—

A hard, stony tumor in the joints of the horse:

plerumque in genibus aut phlegmon oritur, aut marmora,

Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 1:

tumor obduratione convertitur in marmor,

id. ib. 2, 48, 10.—

Stone in gen., Ov. M. 5, 214; 11, 404:

flumen inducit marmora rebus,

incrusts, id. ib. 15, 314.—

Poet., the bright level surface of the sea; hence, the surface of the sea, the sea in gen.: verrunt extemplo placide mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 21 (Ann. v. 377 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 767:

lento luctantur marmore tonsae,

Verg. A. 7, 28; id. G. 1, 254:

Libycum,

id. A. 7, 718:

spumant vada marmore verso,

id. ib. 10, 208:

marmora pelagi,

Cat. 63, 88:

infidum,

Sil. 14, 464:

medium,

the surface of a lake, Val. Fl. 6, 568.

marmor, ŏris (also marmur; plur. marmura, Antonius Gripho ap. Quint. 1, 6, 23; abl. marmori, Corp. Inscr. L. 1012; m., Plin. Val. 3, 14), n. [root mar-, gleam, glimmer (v. mare), the white or gleaming stone; cf. margarita, = marmaros], marble.

Lit.:

in omni marmore,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48:

Parium marmor,

Quint. 2, 19, 3; 5, 11, 30:

tu secanda marmora Locas,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 17:

templum de marmore ponam,

Verg. G. 3, 13; cf.:

vivos ducent de marmore vultus,

id. A. 6, 848:

parietes crusta marmoris operire totius domus,

Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

A MARMORIBVS,

one whose office it was to superintend the purchasing and working of marble, Inscr. Grut. 593, 7:

marmora,

kinds of marble, Sen. Ep. 100, 5; Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 54; 36, 16, 25, § 126; but blocks or pieces of marble, Hor. l. l.; Luc. 10, 114; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160; 36, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. 5, 11, 30; Mart. 5, 22, 8; v. infra.—

Transf.

Pulverized marble, marble-dust, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Col. 12, 20 fin.; Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120; 23, 1, 24, § 45.—

A marble, i. e.,

A piece of wrought marble, marble statue, etc.:

Praxiteles marmore nobilitatus est Gnidiaque Venere,

Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; Hor. C. 4, 8, 13; Ov. M. 5, 234; 12, 487:

duo marmora,

id. ib. 7, 790; cf.:

lacrimas marmora manant,

id. ib. 6, 312; so plur., Sen. Ep. 90, 26; Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9; 33, 7, 40, § 122; Stat. Silv. 1, 3, 36; Juv. 1, 12; 14, 40 et saep.—

A building of marble, Mart. 8, 3, 6; 10, 63, 1.—

In plur., a marble pavement, Mart. 10, 2, 9; 12, 60, 12; Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 360; Juv. 6, 430.—

A mile-stone of marble:

rus marmore tertio notatum,

i. e. three miles from town, Mart. 7, 31, 10.—

A marble slab upon a sideboard, Juv. 3, 205.—

A hard, stony tumor in the joints of the horse:

plerumque in genibus aut phlegmon oritur, aut marmora,

Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 1:

tumor obduratione convertitur in marmor,

id. ib. 2, 48, 10.—

Stone in gen., Ov. M. 5, 214; 11, 404:

flumen inducit marmora rebus,

incrusts, id. ib. 15, 314.—

Poet., the bright level surface of the sea; hence, the surface of the sea, the sea in gen.: verrunt extemplo placide mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 21 (Ann. v. 377 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 767:

lento luctantur marmore tonsae,

Verg. A. 7, 28; id. G. 1, 254:

Libycum,

id. A. 7, 718:

spumant vada marmore verso,

id. ib. 10, 208:

marmora pelagi,

Cat. 63, 88:

infidum,

Sil. 14, 464:

medium,

the surface of a lake, Val. Fl. 6, 568.

nĕōcŏrus, i, m., = neôkoros, a person having charge of a temple, the sweeper of a temple: hujus (Serapis) simulacrum neocororum turba custodit, Firm. Math. de Err. Prof. Relig. med.; cf. id. Math. 3, 7, n. 9.—

Transf., an overseer of a temple, who had to conduct and superintend the sacrifices, Inscr. Orell. 2354.

Ostĭa, ae, f., and Ostĭa, ōrum, n. [ostium; cf. Engl. mouth, in Ply-mouth, Yar-mouth, etc.], a seaport town in Latium, at the mouth of the Tiber, built by Ancus Marcius, still called Ostia: Ostiam urbem ad exitum Tiberis in mare fluentis Ancus Marcius rex condidisse fertur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 197 Müll.; cf.: urbs, quam secundum ostium Tiberis (Ancus Marcius) posuit, ex quo etiam Ostiam. id. s. v. Quiritium, p. 254 ib.;

Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. quaeso, p. 258 ib. (Ann. v. 145 Vahl.): in ore Tiberis Ostia urbs condita,

Liv. 1, 33 fin.; Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 5.—Form Ostia, ōrum, Liv. 9, 19, 4; 23, 37, 1.—Hence,

Ostĭen-sis, e, adj., of or belonging to Ostia, Ostian (class.):

Ostiensis ager,

Cic. Att. 12, 23, 3; Liv. 8, 12:

populus,

id. 27, 38:

quaestor (L. Saturninus),

Cic. Sest. 17, 39:

portus,

Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 14:

provincia,

the duty of one of the quœstors to superintend the aqueducts leading to Rome, and the supplying of Rome with corn, Cic. Mur. 8, 18; Suet. Claud. 24:

incommodum,

the capture of the Roman fleet by pirates at Ostia, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33.

prae-sĭdĕo, sēdi (praesīdi in best MSS., Tac. A. 1, 76), ēre, v. n. and a. [sedeo], to sit before or in front of.

Lit. (mostly postclass. and rare):

pro aede Capitolini Jovis praesidere,

Suet. Aug. 26.—

Transf., in time, to sit beforehand:

in cujus (Mutini) sinu nubentes praesident, ut, etc.,

Lact. 1, 20 fin. —

Trop.

To guard, watch, protect, defend.

With dat.:

ego hic tibi praesidebo,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 47:

ego hic restitrix praesidebo,

id. Truc. 4, 2, 5; id. Rud. 4, 4, 7:

urbi,

Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20; Liv. 22, 11, 9; cf. id. 10, 17; 23, 32 init.; 24, 40 init.; 36, 5, 5;

38, 51, 8: Gallia, quae semper praesidet atque praesedit huic imperio libertatique communi,

Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37:

huic urbi, atque huic imperio,

id. Sull. 31, 86.—

With acc.:

socios,

Sall. H. 2, 28 Dietsch:

agros suos,

id. ib. 3, 66:

proximum Galliae litus,

Tac. A. 4, 5:

civium manus litora oceani praesidebat,

id. ib. 4, 72.—

To preside over, to have the care or management of, to superintend, direct, command (syn. praesum).

With dat.:

ut idem ad portas urbanis praesideat rebus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 85:

Mars...praesidet armis,

Ov. F. 3, 85:

Actiacis ludis,

Suet. Tib. 6:

spectaculis,

id. Claud. 7.—

With acc.:

P. Atellio, qui Pannoniam praesidebat,

who commanded in Pannonia, Tac. A. 12, 29:

exercitum,

to command, id. ib. 3, 39.—

With in and abl.:

Metellus in agro Piceno praesidebat,

Sall. C. 57, 2.—

Absol.:

(in senatu) princeps praesidebat,

presided, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 10.—Hence, praesĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst.: a president, director, ruler (post-Aug. for praeses):

superbia praesidentium,

governors, Tac. A. 3, 40: praesidentium apparitores, Cod. Th. 8, 7, 13.

vīlĭco ( villĭco; perf. and sup. perh. not found), āre, 1, v. n. and a.; and vīlĭ-cor, ātus sum, āri, 1., v. dep. [vilicus].

To act as bailiff, overseer; to superintend (prop. of a country estate).

Form vilico:

dispensare rem publicam, et in eā quodammodo vilicare,

Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5.—

Form vincor: non vilicari, sed dominari mea est sententia, Pomp. ap. Non. p. 186, 2 (Com. Rel. v. 45 Rib.):

longe ab urbe vilicari, quo erus rarenter venit,

id. ib. p. 186, 1: hic vilicor ante urbem: nunc rus eo, Turp. ap. Non. p. 186, 7 (Com. Rel. v. 82 Rib.).—

Transf., to live or reside in the country.

Absol.: in Arpinos jam... explodam hominem, ut vilicetur, Afran. ap. Non. p. 186, 5.—

With adv. of place: ego nondum etiam hic vilicabar, Turp. ap. Non. p. 186, 7.—

With abl.:

vilicatus praediis,

Aus. Ep. 22, 1.—

Act., to manage an estate, etc., as a bailiff, etc.:

possessionem maximam illam vilicabat,

App. M. 8, p. 211, 20.

vīlĭco ( villĭco), ōnis, m. [1. vilico, II.], one managing a farm; a bailiff, overseer, etc. (post-class.):

neget eum rationibus viliconum, et upilionum, et equisonum sollertissime subscripsisse,

App. Mag. p. 329.