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  • 1 сидеть в раздумье

    General subject: sit and ponder

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  • 2 xayollan

    v.i. to ponder, to sit and think

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  • 3 adspicio

    a-spĭcĭo ( adsp-, Jan; asp-, others except Halm, who uses both), spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. (aspexit = aspexerit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 25), to look to or upon a person or thing, to behold, look at, see.
    I.
    Lit., constr. in the ante - class. per. sometimes with ad; but afterwards with the acc., with a finite clause, or absol.; in eccl. Lat., with in with acc., and super with acc.
    (α).
    With ad:

    aspice ad me,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 38:

    aspicient ad me,

    Vulg. Zach. 12, 10:

    aspicere ad terram,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 25:

    ad caelum,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 28:

    Aspice nunc ad sinisteram,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38 (Ritschl, spice):

    ad Scrofam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26; cf. the epitaph of Pacuvius: Adulescens, tametsi properas, te hoc saxum rogat, Ut se[se] aspicias, etc., ap. Gell. 1, 24 fin. —(b With acc.: Aspice hoc sublimen candens, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 65: templum Cereris, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 82: me, Pac. ap. Non. p. 470, 20: aspicite (me) religatum asperis Vinctumque saxis, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Plaut. As. 4, 1, 25:

    me huc aspice,

    id. Am. 2, 2, 118:

    faciem alicujus,

    id. Ps. 1, 2, 9.—In Plaut. twice with contra: aspiciam aliquem [p. 176] contra oculis, Cas. 5, 3, 2: Th. Aspicedum contra me. Tr. Aspexi. Th. Vides? Tr. Video, Most. 5, 1, 56; so,

    non audebat aspicere contra Deum,

    Vulg. Exod. 3, 6:

    formam alicujus aspicere,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 25:

    tergum alicujus,

    Vulg. Exod. 33, 8:

    aspicite ipsum: contuemini os, etc.,

    Cic. Sull. 27:

    me,

    Vulg. Job, 7, 8:

    sic obstupuerant, sic terram intuebantur, sic furtim non numquam inter se aspiciebant, etc.,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 13; so Vulg. Jer. 4, 23:

    aspicis me iratus,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 30 fin.:

    hominis omnino aspiciendi potestatem eripere,

    id. Lael. 23, 87:

    ut nemo eorum forum aut publicum aspicere vellet,

    Liv. 9, 7, 11:

    aliquid rectis oculis,

    Suet. Aug. 16:

    Aspicit hanc torvis (oculis),

    Ov. M. 6, 34:

    aspiciunt oculis Superi mortalia justis,

    id. ib. 13, 70:

    aliquid oculis aequis,

    Verg. A. 4, 372:

    aspice vultus Ecce meos,

    Ov. M. 2, 92 al.:

    horrendae aspectu,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 26:

    aspice nos hoc tantum,

    look on us thus much only, Verg. A. 2, 690 Wagner: Aspice Felicem sibi non tibi, Romule, Sullam, poët. ap. Suet. Tib. 59.—In pass. (rare):

    unde aliqua pars aspici potest,

    Cic. Mil. 3:

    pulvis procul et arma adspiciebantur,

    Tac. H. 2, 68; id. G. 13:

    super triginta milia armatorum aspiciebantur,

    id. Agr. 29; 40; id. A. 3, 45; 11, 14:

    Septentrionem ibi adnotatum primā tantum parte noctis adspici,

    Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 185:

    quasi eum aspici nefas esset,

    Cic. Verr. 5, 67; 5, 187; id. Har. Resp. 8:

    adspici humana exta nefas habetur,

    Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 5.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    Vide amabo, si non, quom aspicias, os inpudens videtur,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 22:

    postquam aspexi, ilico Cognovi,

    id. Heaut. 4, 1, 43.—
    (δ).
    With in with acc.:

    in terram aspicere,

    Vulg. Psa. 101, 20; ib. Isa. 5, 30:

    in caelum,

    ib. Matt. 14, 9.—
    (ε).
    With super with acc.:

    super castra aspicere,

    Vulg. Judith, 9, 7 al. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    a.. Of things in space, to look toward, lie toward:

    tabulatum aspiciat meridiem,

    Col. 8, 8, 2:

    cryptoporticus non aspicere vineas, sed tangere videtur,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 29:

    ea pars Britanniae, quae Hiberniam aspicit,

    Tac. Agr. 24:

    terra umidior quā Gallias, ventosior quā Noricum aspicit,

    id. G. 5.—
    b.
    Of persons:

    nobilissimi totius Britanniae eoque in ipsis penetralibus siti nec servientium litora aspicientes,

    Tac. Agr. 30.—
    2.
    With the access. idea of purpose (cf.: adeo, aggredior, etc.), to look upon something in order to consider or examine it; and in gen. to consider, survey, inspect (freq. in Liv.):

    hujus ut aspicerent opus admirabile,

    Ov. M. 6, 14:

    Boeotiam atque Euboeam aspicere jussi,

    Liv. 42, 37:

    in Boeotiā aspiciendae res,

    id. 42, 67 fin.:

    Ap. Claudium legatum ad eas res aspiciendas componendasque senatus misit,

    id. 42, 5; 26, 51; 32, 5 al.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.: sic in oratione Crassi divitias atque ornamenta ejus ingenii per quaedam involucra perspexi;

    sed ea cum contemplari cuperem, vix aspiciendi potestas fuit,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

    sic evolavit oratio, ut ejus vim atque incitationem aspexerim, vestigia ingressumque vix viderim,

    observed, noticed, id. ib. 1, 35, 161:

    in auctorem fidei,

    Vulg. Heb. 12, 2:

    in remunerationem,

    ib. ib. 11, 26.—So esp., to examine, reflect upon, to consider, weigh, ponder (most freq. in the imperat.: aspice, see, ponder, consider, etc.).
    a.
    With acc.:

    Postea [tu] aspicito meum, quando ego tuum inspectavero,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 50:

    neque tanta (est) in rebus obscuritas, ut eas non penitus vir ingenio cernat, si modo (eas) aspexerit,

    attends to them, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124: aspice, ait, Perseu, nostrae primordia gentis, Ov M. 5, 190.—
    b.
    With a finite clause.
    (α).
    In the subj.:

    qui semel aspexit, quantum dimissa petitis Praestent, etc.,

    has weighed, considered, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 96:

    aspiciebant, quomodo turba jactaret aes etc.,

    Vulg. Marc. 12, 41:

    aspiciebant, ubi (Jesus) poneretur,

    ib. ib. 15, 47:

    Quin tu illam aspice, ut placide adcubat,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 168:

    quin aspice, quantum Aggrediare nefas,

    Ov. M. 7, 70:

    Aspice, venturo laetentur ut omnia saeclo!

    Verg. E. 4, 52:

    Aspice, Plautus Quo pacto partes tutetur amantis ephebi, ut patris attenti... Quantus sit dossennus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 170 sqq.:

    Aspice, num mage sit nostrum penetrabile telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 481:

    aspice, si quid loquamur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4 sq.:

    Aspice, qui coeant populi,

    Verg. A. 8, 385:

    Qualem commendes, etiam atque etiam aspice,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 76: aspice, Quanto cum fastu, quanto molimine circumspectemus etc., id. ib. 2, 2, 92.—
    (β).
    In the indic. (rare):

    Aspice, ut antrum Silvestris raris sparsit labrusca racemis,

    Verg. E. 5, 6:

    Aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

    id. A. 6, 855:

    quantas ostentant, aspice, vires,

    id. ib. 6, 771:

    Aspice, quem gloria extulerat,

    id. Cat. 12, 1:

    aspicite, quae fecit nobiscum,

    Vulg. Tob. 13, 6.—Also, to take into consideration, to have in view:

    si genus aspicitur, Saturnum prima parentem Feci,

    Ov. F. 6, 29.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To look upon with respect, admiration:

    erat in classe Chabrias privatus, sed eum magis milites quam qui praeerant, aspiciebant,

    Nep. Chabr. 4, 1.—
    2.
    Aliquem, to look one boldly in the face, to meet his glance:

    Lacedaemonii, quos nemo Boeotiorum ausus fuit aspicere in acie,

    Nep. Epam. 8, 3 (cf. supra, I., the passage from Suet. Aug. 16). —
    3.
    Lumen aspicere, to see the light for to live:

    odi celebritatem, fugio homines, lucem aspicere vix possum,

    Cic. Att. 3, 7; id. Brut. 3, 12; cf. the foll. number fin. —
    4.
    Ad inchoative (as in addubito, addormio, aduro, etc.), to get a sight of, to see, perceive, descry:

    perii, si me aspexerit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:

    forte unam aspicio adulescentulam,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 91; id. Ad. 3, 3, 19:

    respexit et equum alacrem laetus aspexit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; so id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

    tum vero Phaëthon cunctis e partibus orbem Aspicit accensum,

    Ov. M. 2, 228; 7, 651:

    aspicit hanc visamque vocat,

    id. ib. 2, 443; 2, 714; 3, 69; 3, 356; 3, 486; 7, 384;

    7, 791 et saep.: Quem simul aspexit scabrum intonsumque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 90.—Hence trop.: lumen aspicere, to see the light for to be born:

    ut propter quos hanc suavissimam lucem aspexerit, eos indignissime luce privārit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 22 fin.; cf. supra, II. B. 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adspicio

  • 4 aspicio

    a-spĭcĭo ( adsp-, Jan; asp-, others except Halm, who uses both), spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. (aspexit = aspexerit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 25), to look to or upon a person or thing, to behold, look at, see.
    I.
    Lit., constr. in the ante - class. per. sometimes with ad; but afterwards with the acc., with a finite clause, or absol.; in eccl. Lat., with in with acc., and super with acc.
    (α).
    With ad:

    aspice ad me,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 38:

    aspicient ad me,

    Vulg. Zach. 12, 10:

    aspicere ad terram,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 25:

    ad caelum,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 28:

    Aspice nunc ad sinisteram,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38 (Ritschl, spice):

    ad Scrofam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26; cf. the epitaph of Pacuvius: Adulescens, tametsi properas, te hoc saxum rogat, Ut se[se] aspicias, etc., ap. Gell. 1, 24 fin. —(b With acc.: Aspice hoc sublimen candens, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 65: templum Cereris, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 82: me, Pac. ap. Non. p. 470, 20: aspicite (me) religatum asperis Vinctumque saxis, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Plaut. As. 4, 1, 25:

    me huc aspice,

    id. Am. 2, 2, 118:

    faciem alicujus,

    id. Ps. 1, 2, 9.—In Plaut. twice with contra: aspiciam aliquem [p. 176] contra oculis, Cas. 5, 3, 2: Th. Aspicedum contra me. Tr. Aspexi. Th. Vides? Tr. Video, Most. 5, 1, 56; so,

    non audebat aspicere contra Deum,

    Vulg. Exod. 3, 6:

    formam alicujus aspicere,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 25:

    tergum alicujus,

    Vulg. Exod. 33, 8:

    aspicite ipsum: contuemini os, etc.,

    Cic. Sull. 27:

    me,

    Vulg. Job, 7, 8:

    sic obstupuerant, sic terram intuebantur, sic furtim non numquam inter se aspiciebant, etc.,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 13; so Vulg. Jer. 4, 23:

    aspicis me iratus,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 30 fin.:

    hominis omnino aspiciendi potestatem eripere,

    id. Lael. 23, 87:

    ut nemo eorum forum aut publicum aspicere vellet,

    Liv. 9, 7, 11:

    aliquid rectis oculis,

    Suet. Aug. 16:

    Aspicit hanc torvis (oculis),

    Ov. M. 6, 34:

    aspiciunt oculis Superi mortalia justis,

    id. ib. 13, 70:

    aliquid oculis aequis,

    Verg. A. 4, 372:

    aspice vultus Ecce meos,

    Ov. M. 2, 92 al.:

    horrendae aspectu,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 26:

    aspice nos hoc tantum,

    look on us thus much only, Verg. A. 2, 690 Wagner: Aspice Felicem sibi non tibi, Romule, Sullam, poët. ap. Suet. Tib. 59.—In pass. (rare):

    unde aliqua pars aspici potest,

    Cic. Mil. 3:

    pulvis procul et arma adspiciebantur,

    Tac. H. 2, 68; id. G. 13:

    super triginta milia armatorum aspiciebantur,

    id. Agr. 29; 40; id. A. 3, 45; 11, 14:

    Septentrionem ibi adnotatum primā tantum parte noctis adspici,

    Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 185:

    quasi eum aspici nefas esset,

    Cic. Verr. 5, 67; 5, 187; id. Har. Resp. 8:

    adspici humana exta nefas habetur,

    Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 5.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    Vide amabo, si non, quom aspicias, os inpudens videtur,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 22:

    postquam aspexi, ilico Cognovi,

    id. Heaut. 4, 1, 43.—
    (δ).
    With in with acc.:

    in terram aspicere,

    Vulg. Psa. 101, 20; ib. Isa. 5, 30:

    in caelum,

    ib. Matt. 14, 9.—
    (ε).
    With super with acc.:

    super castra aspicere,

    Vulg. Judith, 9, 7 al. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    a.. Of things in space, to look toward, lie toward:

    tabulatum aspiciat meridiem,

    Col. 8, 8, 2:

    cryptoporticus non aspicere vineas, sed tangere videtur,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 29:

    ea pars Britanniae, quae Hiberniam aspicit,

    Tac. Agr. 24:

    terra umidior quā Gallias, ventosior quā Noricum aspicit,

    id. G. 5.—
    b.
    Of persons:

    nobilissimi totius Britanniae eoque in ipsis penetralibus siti nec servientium litora aspicientes,

    Tac. Agr. 30.—
    2.
    With the access. idea of purpose (cf.: adeo, aggredior, etc.), to look upon something in order to consider or examine it; and in gen. to consider, survey, inspect (freq. in Liv.):

    hujus ut aspicerent opus admirabile,

    Ov. M. 6, 14:

    Boeotiam atque Euboeam aspicere jussi,

    Liv. 42, 37:

    in Boeotiā aspiciendae res,

    id. 42, 67 fin.:

    Ap. Claudium legatum ad eas res aspiciendas componendasque senatus misit,

    id. 42, 5; 26, 51; 32, 5 al.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.: sic in oratione Crassi divitias atque ornamenta ejus ingenii per quaedam involucra perspexi;

    sed ea cum contemplari cuperem, vix aspiciendi potestas fuit,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

    sic evolavit oratio, ut ejus vim atque incitationem aspexerim, vestigia ingressumque vix viderim,

    observed, noticed, id. ib. 1, 35, 161:

    in auctorem fidei,

    Vulg. Heb. 12, 2:

    in remunerationem,

    ib. ib. 11, 26.—So esp., to examine, reflect upon, to consider, weigh, ponder (most freq. in the imperat.: aspice, see, ponder, consider, etc.).
    a.
    With acc.:

    Postea [tu] aspicito meum, quando ego tuum inspectavero,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 50:

    neque tanta (est) in rebus obscuritas, ut eas non penitus vir ingenio cernat, si modo (eas) aspexerit,

    attends to them, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124: aspice, ait, Perseu, nostrae primordia gentis, Ov M. 5, 190.—
    b.
    With a finite clause.
    (α).
    In the subj.:

    qui semel aspexit, quantum dimissa petitis Praestent, etc.,

    has weighed, considered, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 96:

    aspiciebant, quomodo turba jactaret aes etc.,

    Vulg. Marc. 12, 41:

    aspiciebant, ubi (Jesus) poneretur,

    ib. ib. 15, 47:

    Quin tu illam aspice, ut placide adcubat,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 168:

    quin aspice, quantum Aggrediare nefas,

    Ov. M. 7, 70:

    Aspice, venturo laetentur ut omnia saeclo!

    Verg. E. 4, 52:

    Aspice, Plautus Quo pacto partes tutetur amantis ephebi, ut patris attenti... Quantus sit dossennus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 170 sqq.:

    Aspice, num mage sit nostrum penetrabile telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 481:

    aspice, si quid loquamur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4 sq.:

    Aspice, qui coeant populi,

    Verg. A. 8, 385:

    Qualem commendes, etiam atque etiam aspice,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 76: aspice, Quanto cum fastu, quanto molimine circumspectemus etc., id. ib. 2, 2, 92.—
    (β).
    In the indic. (rare):

    Aspice, ut antrum Silvestris raris sparsit labrusca racemis,

    Verg. E. 5, 6:

    Aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

    id. A. 6, 855:

    quantas ostentant, aspice, vires,

    id. ib. 6, 771:

    Aspice, quem gloria extulerat,

    id. Cat. 12, 1:

    aspicite, quae fecit nobiscum,

    Vulg. Tob. 13, 6.—Also, to take into consideration, to have in view:

    si genus aspicitur, Saturnum prima parentem Feci,

    Ov. F. 6, 29.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To look upon with respect, admiration:

    erat in classe Chabrias privatus, sed eum magis milites quam qui praeerant, aspiciebant,

    Nep. Chabr. 4, 1.—
    2.
    Aliquem, to look one boldly in the face, to meet his glance:

    Lacedaemonii, quos nemo Boeotiorum ausus fuit aspicere in acie,

    Nep. Epam. 8, 3 (cf. supra, I., the passage from Suet. Aug. 16). —
    3.
    Lumen aspicere, to see the light for to live:

    odi celebritatem, fugio homines, lucem aspicere vix possum,

    Cic. Att. 3, 7; id. Brut. 3, 12; cf. the foll. number fin. —
    4.
    Ad inchoative (as in addubito, addormio, aduro, etc.), to get a sight of, to see, perceive, descry:

    perii, si me aspexerit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:

    forte unam aspicio adulescentulam,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 91; id. Ad. 3, 3, 19:

    respexit et equum alacrem laetus aspexit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; so id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

    tum vero Phaëthon cunctis e partibus orbem Aspicit accensum,

    Ov. M. 2, 228; 7, 651:

    aspicit hanc visamque vocat,

    id. ib. 2, 443; 2, 714; 3, 69; 3, 356; 3, 486; 7, 384;

    7, 791 et saep.: Quem simul aspexit scabrum intonsumque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 90.—Hence trop.: lumen aspicere, to see the light for to be born:

    ut propter quos hanc suavissimam lucem aspexerit, eos indignissime luce privārit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 22 fin.; cf. supra, II. B. 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aspicio

  • 5 dubito

    dŭbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [for duhibitare, freq. from duhibeo, i. e. duohabeo (cf. habitare from habeo), to have or hold, as two, v. dubius; cf. also Gr. doiazô from doioi; Germ. zweifeln from zwei], to vibrate from one side to the other, to and fro, in one's opinions or in coming to a conclusion (freq. in all periods and sorts of composition; in class. prose usually with negations or in a negative interrogation, as: non dubito, haud dubito, quis dubitat? etc.
    I. (α).
    Absol. (rare but class.): ne vinolenti quidem quae faciunt eadem approbatione faciunt qua sobrii;

    dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 72:

    et interrogamus et dubitamus et affirmamus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 70; cf. id. 10, 1, 19; 10, 3, 19:

    Livius frequentissime dubitat,

    id. 2, 4, 19; 9, 2, 20: vivo equidem, ne dubita;

    nam vera vides,

    Verg. A. 3, 316:

    ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque (= sine ulla dubitatione) dicere,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Fam. 5, 16, 4 Madv.; so id. Div. 1, 55, 125.—
    (β).
    With de (class.):

    de indicando dubitat,

    Cic. Sull. 18, 52; id. Fam. 12, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 29; 4, 5, 13.—With a negation:

    nec vero de hoc quisquam dubitare posset, nisi, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

    de aliqua re,

    id. N. D. 1, 8:

    de divina ratione,

    id. ib. 2, 39, 99:

    de tua erga me voluntate,

    id. Fam. 13, 45 fin.; cf. id. Att. 12, 26:

    de ejus fide,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 21, 1: cf. id. ib. 7, 77, 10; 1, 40 fin.:

    de carminibus,

    Quint. 10, 5, 4:

    de ultima illa (parte),

    id. 12, 2, 10: de se, Pompei ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 A et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    de armis dubitatum est,

    Cic. Caecin. 13, 38:

    de judicio Panaetii dubitari non potest,

    id. Off. 3, 3; so, de auctore, Quint. 7, 2, 8:

    de hac (virtute) nihil dubitabitur,

    id. 2, 20, 7.—
    (γ).
    With acc. (in class. prose only with a neutr. pron.):

    haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici quidem dubitant?

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; Quint. 2, 17, 2; Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 2; Ov. H. 17, 37; id. M. 6, 194; id. Tr. 2, 331.—In the pass.:

    causa prorsus, quod dubitari posset, nihil habebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. ib. 28; Liv. 5, 3:

    dubitati tecta parentis,

    Ov. M. 2, 20:

    sidera,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 2:

    ne auctor dubitaretur,

    Tac. A. 14, 7; cf. infra, e:

    dicta haud dubitanda,

    Verg. A. 3, 170.—
    (δ).
    With an interrog. pron. (good prose, but rare):

    ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum,

    Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 29:

    non dubito, quid nobis agendum putes,

    Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2; id. Fam. 11, 17, 2; 15, 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 10:

    cur dubitas, quid de re publica sentias?

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 17 fin.; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16 fin. —
    (ε).
    With interrog. particles (very freq. and class.):

    si me non improbissime tractasset, dubitassem fortasse utrum, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:

    desinite dubitare, utrum sit utilius, etc.... an, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89; cf. impers., id. Att. 4, 15, 7; Liv. 5, 3:

    honestumne factu sit an turpe dubitant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    dubitavi, hos homines emerem, an non emerem,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 95; cf. Sall. J. 74, 2; Hor. C. 1, 12, 35:

    recte necne, etc.,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 80:

    licet et dubitare num quid nos fugerit,

    Quint. 6, 1, 3:

    dubito, num, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 1; Tac. H. 2, 37;

    de L. Bruto fortasse dubitarim, an, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50 et saep.—Cf. respecting the expression dubito an, the art. an, II., and Zumpt, Gramm. § 354.— Poet. in pass. (cf. supra, g):

    an dea sim, dubitor,

    Ov. M. 6, 208.—
    (ζ).
    Non dubito, quin (very freq. and class.):

    non hercle dubito, quin tibi ingenio nemo praestiterit,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 23; id. Div. 1, 57, 129; id. de Sen. 10, 31; id. Att. 6, 2, 3; id. Fam. 13, 73 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 40: numquid tu dubitas quin ego nunc perpetuo perierim? Have you a doubt? etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 4; 1, 31, 15; Quint. 12, 1, 42; Suet. Tib. 17; Ov. H. 17, 11; 245; id. Tr. 5, 7, 59 et saep.; cf. pass. impers.:

    dubitari (non) potest, quin, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23 fin.; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; Quint. 10, 2, 1:

    dubitari potest quin usque eo eicienda sit,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 1:

    illud cave dubites, quin, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6;

    quid dubitas, quin sit, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 42;

    so in an interrog.,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 55; 4, 2, 59; Quint. 7, 6, 10; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 8.—
    (η).
    With acc. and inf. (freq. only since the Aug. period, and in gen. only negatively; not found in Plaut., Ter., or Cic.;

    but usual in Nepos): neque humorem dubitavi aurasque perire,

    Lucr. 5, 249:

    gratos tibi esse qui de me rumores afferuntur, non dubito,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2 (cf., on the contrary, §

    7: noli dubitare, quin te sublevaturus sim): ignorabant aut dubitabant animas hominum immortales esse,

    Lact. 6, 3, 5: non dubito, fore plerosque qui, etc., Nep. praef. § 1; id. Milt. 3, 6; id. Lys. 3, 5; id. Alcib. 9, 5; id. Ages. 3, 1; id. Eum. 2, 3; id. Hann. 11, 2; Liv. 2, 64; 22, 55 Drak. et saep.; Quint. 3, 7, 5; 5, 10, 76; 9, 4, 114; Suet. Claud. 35 et saep.; cf.

    in an interrog.: an est quisquam qui dubitet, tribunos offensos esse?

    Liv. 5, 3; so,

    quis dubitat,

    Quint. 9, 4, 68; 130; 10, 1, 81. — Pass. impers.: an dubitabitur, ibi partes oratoris esse praecipuas? id. prooem. § 12. —Affirm.: piraticam ut musicam, fabricam dici adhuc dubitabant mei praeceptores, Quint. 8, 3, 34.—
    2.
    Transf., of inan. and abstr. subjects, to be uncertain, doubtful:

    si tardior manus dubitet,

    Quint. 5, 10, 124:

    suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio,

    id. 10, 7, 22:

    aut vincere aut, si fortuna dubitabit (= adversabit), etc.,

    Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

    nec mox fama dubitavit, cum, etc.,

    Flor. 1, 1, 2.—
    B.
    Meton., to reflect upon, to ponder, consider, deliberate:

    in utramque partem cogitare, deliberare, etc. (very rare): haec dum dubitas, menses abierunt decem,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 57:

    restat, judices, ut hoc dubitemus, uter, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 88:

    percipe porro, quid dubitem,

    Verg. A. 9, 191:

    dubitaverat Augustus Germanicum rei Romanae imponere,

    had considered whether he should, Tac. A. 4, 57.
    II.
    To waver in coming to a conclusion, to be irresolute; to hesitate, delay.
    (α).
    With inf. (so most commonly): non dubitaverim [p. 614] me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 4;

    so with a negation,

    id. ib. 1, 15; id. Lael. 1; id. de Or. 1, 40 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 2, 23, 2: flumen transire, 6, 8, 1; id. B. C. 1, 71, 2; 2, 33, 2 and fin.; Verg. A. 7, 311; 8, 614 et saep.:

    quid dubitamus pultare atque huc evocare ambos foras?

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29;

    so in an interrog.,

    id. Mil. 4, 2, 17; id. Ps. 2, 2, 30; id. Poen. 3, 5, 44; Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 4; Quint. 12, 5, 3; 12, 10, 63; Verg. A. 6, 807 al.—Very seldom affirmatively:

    quod ea illi nubere dubitabat,

    Sall. C. 15, 2:

    accusat fratrem, quod dubitet omnia quae ad beatam vitam pertineant ventre metiri,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113:

    dubitat agnoscere matrem,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 250:

    si forte dubitaret quod afferretur accipere,

    Curt. 4, 5:

    isdem mandatum ut occiderent, si venire dubitaret,

    id. 10, 8.—Ellipt.:

    quod dubitas, ne feceris,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5.—
    (β).
    Non dubito quin (rare in Cic. and Caes.):

    nemo dubitabat, quin, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

    tum dubitandum non existimavit, quin proficisceretur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 71, 1; cf.:

    nolite dubitare, quin huic uni credatis omnia,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68;

    and in an interrog.: dubitabitis, judices, quin? etc.,

    id. Fl. 17, 40; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (rare):

    te neque umquam dubitasse, neque timuisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 3:

    sed mora damnosa est, nec res dubitare remittit,

    Ov. M. 11, 377:

    quid igitur ego dubito?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 283;

    so in an interrog.,

    id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 3; Verg. A. 9, 12:

    magnitudine supplicii dubitantes cogit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 9; id. ib. 7, 63, 3; Sall. C. 28, 1 al.:

    dubitantia lumina,

    failing, Sil. 10, 154. —Hence,
    A. * 1.
    Doubtingly:

    sine ulla affirmatione, dubitanter unum quodque dicemus,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.—
    2.
    Hesitatingly, with hesitancy (very rare):

    illum verecunde et dubitanter recepisse,

    Cic. Brut. 22, 87; cf. Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—
    B.
    dŭbĭ-tātim, adv. (i. q. dubitanter, 2.), hesitatingly, with hesitation (only in the foll. passages), Sisenn. ap. Non. 98, 33; so Cael. Ann. ib.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dubito

  • 6 pono

    pōno, pŏsŭi (Plaut. posīvi), pŏsĭtum, 3 (old form of perf. POSEIVEI, Inscr. Orell. 3308:

    posivi,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 35: posivimus, id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.:

    posiverunt, Cato, R. R. praef. 1: posiveris,

    id. ib. 4, 1; Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 108: POSIER unt, Inscr. Orell. 5061:

    POSIT, contr. from posivit,

    ib. 71; 732; 1475; 3087 al.; part. perf. sync. postus, a, um, Lucr. 1, 1059; 3, 87; 6, 965), v. a. [for posno, posino, from old prep. port, = proti, pros, and sino; cf.: porricio, pollingo, etc., and v. pro, sino], to put or set down a person or thing, to put, place, set, lay, etc. (syn.: colloco, statuo); constr. with acc. alone, or with in and abl., or with adv. of place; sometimes with in and acc., or absol.; v. infra.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    tabulas in aerario ponere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 108:

    castra,

    to pitch, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.:

    castra iniquo loco,

    id. ib. 1, 81:

    milia passuum tria ab eorum castris castra ponit,

    id. B. G. 1, 22 fin.: qui indicabantur, in senatu sunt positi, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

    tabulas obsignatas in publico,

    Cic. Fl. 9, 21:

    sejuges in Capitolio aurati a P. Cornelio positi,

    Liv. 38, 35, 4:

    tyrannicidae imago in gymnasio ponatur,

    Quint. 7, 7, 5; cf. id. 1, 7, 12:

    collum in Pulvere,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 11; cf.:

    artus in litore ponunt,

    Verg. A. 1, 173; and with simple abl.:

    saxo posuit latus,

    Val. Fl. 4, 378:

    in curulibus sellis sese posuerunt,

    seated themselves, Flor. 1, 13.—With in and acc.: hodierno die primum longo intervallo in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28 B. and K. (Klotz, possessione):

    Cyzici in Prytaneum vasa aurea mensae unius posuit,

    Liv. 41, 20, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    stipes erat, quem... in flammam triplices posuere sorores,

    Ov. M. 8, 452:

    omnia pone feros in ignes,

    id. R. Am. 719:

    oleas in solem,

    Cato, R. R. 7:

    coronam in caput,

    Gell. 3, 15, 3.—With sub and abl.:

    pone sub curru nimium propinqui,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 21:

    fundamenta,

    Vulg. 1 Esd. 6, 3:

    ubi pedem poneret non habebat,

    might set his foot, Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

    genu or genua,

    to bow the knee, to kneel, Ov. F. 2, 438; 5, 507; Curt. 8, 7, 13:

    num genu posuit? num vocem supplicem misit?

    id. 4, 6, 28:

    oculos,

    to cast one's eyes on, Vulg. Jer. 24, 6:

    faciem,

    to turn one's face, id. ib. 42, 15.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In milit. lang., to place, post, set, station a body of troops:

    ibi praesidium ponit,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

    praesidium ibi,

    id. B. C. 1, 47 fin.:

    legionem tuendae orae maritimae causā,

    id. ib. 3, 34:

    insidias contra aliquem,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 49.—
    2.
    To set up, erect, build (mostly poet.):

    opus,

    Ov. M. 8, 160:

    templa,

    Verg. A. 6, 19:

    aras,

    id. ib. 3, 404:

    tropaeum,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 3; so,

    in inscrr., of erecting monuments of any kind: POSVIT, PONENDVM CVRAVIT (usu. abbreviated P. C.), etc.: columna rostrata quae est Duilio in foro posita,

    in honor of Duilius, Quint. 1, 7, 12.—
    3.
    Hence, poet., to form, fashion works of art:

    Alcimedon duo pocula fecit... Orpheaque in medio posuit,

    Verg. E. 3, 46:

    hic saxo liquidis ille coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere, nunc deum,

    Hor. C. 4, 8, 8.—
    4.
    To set, set out, plant trees, etc. ( poet. and in postAug. prose;

    syn.: planto, sero): pone ordine vites,

    Verg. E. 1, 74:

    vitem,

    Col. 4, 1; cf.:

    ille et nefasto te (arbor) posuit die,

    planted thee, Hor. C. 2, 13, 1.—
    5.
    To lay, stake, wager, as a forfeit; to lay down, propose, as a prize: pono pallium;

    Ille suum anulum opposuit,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76:

    pocula fagina,

    Verg. E. 3, 36:

    invitat pretiis animos et praemia ponit,

    id. A. 5, 292:

    praemia,

    id. ib. 5, 486:

    praemium,

    Liv. 41, 23, 10.—
    6.
    In business lang., to put out at interest, to loan, to invest (less freq. than collocare): pecuniam in praedio ponere, Cic. Tull. § 15 Orell.; cf.:

    pecuniam apud aliquem,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 165:

    dives positis in fenore nummis,

    Hor. A. P. 421:

    pecuniam Quaerit Kalendis ponere,

    id. Epod. 2, 70.—
    7.
    To place, set, appoint a person as a watch or guard, accuser, etc. (less freq. than apponere):

    Dumnorigi custodes ponit, ut, quae agat, scire possit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

    custos frumento publico est positus,

    Cic. Fl. 19, 45: alicui accusatorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

    puer super hoc positus officium,

    Petr. 56, 8.—
    8.
    To serve up, set before one at table (rare for the class. apponere), Cato, R. R. 79; so id. ib. 81:

    posito pavone,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 23; 2, 4, 14; 2, 6, 64; 2, 8, 91; id. A. P. 422:

    positi Bacchi cornua,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 231:

    vinum,

    Petr. 34, 7:

    calidum scis ponere sumen,

    Pers. 1, 53:

    porcum,

    Mart. 8, 22, 1:

    da Trebio, pone ad Trebium,

    Juv. 5, 135.—
    9.
    To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down, etc. (as clothing, arms, books, the hair or beard, etc., = deponere):

    cum pila ludere vellet tunicamque poneret,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; cf.:

    veste positā,

    id. ib. 1, 47, 113:

    velamina,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 613; cf.:

    velamina de corpore,

    id. M. 4, 345:

    arma,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

    sarcinam,

    Petr. 117, 11:

    barbam,

    Suet. Calig. 5; cf.:

    bicolor positis membrana capillis,

    Pers. 3, 10:

    libros de manibus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 23; cf.:

    cum posui librum, et mecum ipse coepi cogitare,

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—
    10.
    To lay out for the grave:

    toroque Mortua componar, positaeque det oscula frater,

    Ov. M. 9, 503; Verg. A. 2, 644.—Also, to lay in the grave, to bury, inter ( poet. and in post-class. prose;

    syn.: sepelio, condo): corpore posto,

    Lucr. 3, 871:

    te... patriā decedens ponere terrā,

    Verg. A. 6, 508; Ov. F. 5, 480:

    ubi corpus meum positum fuerit,

    Dig. 34, 1, 18 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 4370:

    IN HAC CVPA MATER ET FILIVS POSITI SVNT,

    ib. 4550; 4495:

    HIC POSITVS EST, Inscr. in Boeckh. C. I. Gr. 4156: CINERES,

    Inscr. Orell. 4393; 4489.—
    11.
    Ponere calculum or calculos, transf., to weigh carefully, to ponder, consider:

    si bene calculum ponas,

    Petr. 115, 16:

    examina tecum, omnesque, quos ego movi, in utrāque parte calculos pone,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 19 fin. —
    12.
    To arrange, deck, set in order (cf. compono):

    qui suas ponunt in statione comas,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 434:

    quid totiens positas fingis, inepta, comas?

    id. ib. 1, 306; cf. id. H. 4, 77; id. M. 1, 477.—
    13.
    To subdue, calm, allay, quiet:

    quo non arbiter Hadriae Major, tollere seu ponere vult freta,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 16:

    magnos cum ponunt aequora motus,

    Prop. 4 (5), 14, 31.—Hence, neutr., of the winds, to fall, abate ( poet. and late Lat.):

    cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit Flatus,

    Verg. A. 7, 27:

    tum Zephyri posuere,

    id. ib. 10, 103:

    simul ac ventus posuit,

    Gell. 2, 30, 2.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to set, place, put, lay a thing anywhere: noenum ponebat rumores ante salutem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 314 Vahl.):

    pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 115:

    at te apud eum, di boni! quantā in gratiā posui,

    id. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; 6, 1, 22: ponite me ei (Appio) in gratiā, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

    apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiā,

    Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3 B. and K. (Orell. gratiam):

    se quoque in gratiā reconciliatae pacis ponere,

    Liv. 44, 14, 7:

    in laude positus,

    Cic. Sest. 66, 139:

    aliquem in metu non ponere,

    i. e. not to fear, id. Top. 13, 55:

    virtutum fundamenta in voluptate tamquam in aquā ponere,

    id. Fin. 2, 22, 72; cf. id. Pis. 4, 9:

    aliquid in conspectu animi,

    id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf.:

    sub uno aspectu ponere,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 1, 1: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, to lay down gently, i. e. close gracefully, Cic. Or. 59, 199:

    super cor,

    to lay to heart, Vulg. Mal. 2, 2.—With in and acc.:

    te in crimen populo ponat atque infamiam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 11.—Elliptically: et quidem cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, when it occurs to Cœsar, he sets me (i. e. my name) to the Senate's decrees, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Ponere aliquid in aliquā re, to put or place a thing in something, to cause a thing to rest or depend upon:

    credibile non est, quantum ego in consiliis et prudentiā tuā, quantum in amore et fide ponam,

    Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3:

    spem in aliquo,

    id. ib. 6, 1, 11:

    salutis auxilium in celeritate,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 48; cf.:

    spem salutis in virtute,

    id. ib. 5, 34, 2:

    ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc.,

    regarded as doubtful, doubted, Liv. 34, 5, 3: sed haec haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, I shall attach no great importance to it, id. prooem. § 8.—In pass.: positum esse in aliquā re, to be based or founded upon, to rest upon, depend upon:

    ut salutem praesentium, spem reliquorum in vestris sententiis positam esse et defixam putetis,

    Cic. Fl. 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 9, 22:

    omnia posita putamus in Planci tui liberalitate,

    id. Att. 16, 16, F, 2; id. Or. 8, 27:

    in te positum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Att. 16, 16, B, § 8. —
    2.
    To lay out, spend, employ a thing, esp. time, in any thing:

    tempus in cogitatione ponere,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

    si in hac curā vita mihi ponenda sit,

    id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:

    diem totum in considerandā causā,

    id. Brut. 22, 87; cf. id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; id. Att. 6, 2, 6:

    sumptum,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; id. Fam. 13, 54 fin.; cf.:

    totum animum atque omnem curam, operam diligentiamque suam in petitione,

    id. Mur. 22, 45:

    id multo tum faciemus liberius totosque nos in contemplandis rebus perspiciendisque ponemus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

    apud gratissimum hominem beneficium ponere,

    id. Fam. 13, 55 fin.:

    itinera enim ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat,

    id. Att. 11, 22, 2.—
    3.
    To put, place, count, reckon, consider a thing in or among certain things:

    mortem in malis,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 29:

    in beneficii loco,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 12; id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    si quis motus populi factus esset, id C. Norbano in fraude capitali esse ponendum,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

    in laude,

    to regard as praiseworthy, id. Top. 18, 71:

    in vitiis poni,

    to be regarded as a fault, Nep. Epam. 1, 2.—
    4.
    To appoint, ordain, make something:

    leges,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

    festos laetosque ritus,

    Tac. H. 5, 5 fin.:

    ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

    Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

    ne tu in spem ponas me bonae frugi fore,

    to hope for, reckon upon, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 4 Fleck.: nomen, to apply or give a name (= imponere):

    sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 44; id. Tusc. 3, 5, 10; Verg. A. 7, 63:

    qui tibi nomen Insano posuere,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 48: rationem, to furnish an account, to [p. 1397] reckon, Suet. Oth. 7; cf. Col. 1, 3:

    pecuniae,

    Dig. 46, 3, 89.—
    5.
    To make or render vows or votive offerings to the gods:

    Veneri ponere vota,

    Prop. 3, 12, 18:

    nunc ego victrices lauro redimire tabellas, Nec Veneris mediā ponere in aede morer,

    Ov. Am. 1, 11, 25:

    hic ponite lucida Funalia et vectes,

    Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

    libatum agricolae ponitur ante deo,

    Tib. 1, 1, 14; Ov. M. 3, 506:

    ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphi posuit,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3.—
    6.
    In speaking or writing, to lay down as true, to state, assume, assert, maintain, allege, take for granted, etc.:

    quamobrem, ut paulo ante posui, si, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Fin. 2, 31, 100:

    recte Magnus ille noster, me audiente, posuit in judicio, rem publicam, etc.,

    id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: verum pono, esse victum eum;

    at, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 25:

    positum sit igitur in primis, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 4, 14:

    hoc posito atque concesso, esse quandam vim divinam, etc.,

    id. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.:

    quo posito, et omnium sensu adprobato,

    id. Fin. 3, 8, 29; id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

    pono satis in eo fuisse orationis atque ingenii,

    id. Brut. 45, 165:

    aliquid pro certo ponere,

    Liv. 10, 9 fin.:

    nunc rem ipsam ponamus quam illi non negant... Est haec res posita, quae ab adversario non negatur,

    Cic. Caecin. 11, 32.—
    7.
    Esp.: exemplum ponere, to cite an instance:

    eorum quae constant exempla ponemus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 38, 68:

    perspicuo et grandi vitio praeditum posuimus exemplum,

    id. ib. 1, 47, 88:

    ab adjunctis antea posui exemplum,

    id. Top. 11, 50:

    horum exempla posui ex jure civili,

    id. ib. 14, 58:

    horum generum ex Cicerone exempla ponamus,

    Quint. 5, 11, 11; 6, 3, 108 al.—
    8.
    To set before the mind, represent, describe:

    nec ponere lucum Artifices, nec, etc.,

    Pers. 1, 70:

    pone Tigellinum,

    Juv. 1, 155.—
    9.
    To propose, offer, fix upon a theme for discussion (= proponere):

    mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam, de quā meo arbitratu loquar, ponitis?

    Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 1, 2:

    ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, si tibi non est molestum, volo,

    id. Fat. 2, 4; cf.:

    ponere jubebam, de quo quis audire vellet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 4, 7:

    ponere praemium,

    Liv. 39, 17, 1; and impers. pass.:

    doctorum est ista consuetudo eaque Graecorum, ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent quamvis subito,

    id. Lael. 5, 17; so,

    cum ita positum esset, videri, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54.—
    10.
    To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender (= deponere):

    vitam propera ponere,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 4:

    vitia,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

    dolorem,

    id. Tusc. 3, 28, 66: inimicitias, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:

    curas,

    Liv. 1, 19:

    metum,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6:

    iram,

    Hor. A. P. 160:

    moras,

    id. C. 4, 12, 25; Ov. F. 2, 816:

    animos feroces,

    Liv. 8, 1:

    corda ferocia,

    Verg. A. 1, 302:

    vires (flammae),

    id. ib. 5, 681:

    ipsum rudimentum adulescentiae bello lacessentem Romanos posuisse,

    had obtained his first experience, Liv. 31, 11 fin.; Suet. Ner. 22; also,

    tirocinium,

    Just. 12, 4, 6:

    animam,

    to lay down life, Vulg. Johan. 10, 15; 17.—Esp., milit. t. t.: arma ponere (= deponere), to lay down arms, yield, surrender:

    Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant,

    Liv. 6, 10, 5:

    dedi imperatorem, arma poni jubet,

    id. 4, 10, 3; cf.:

    positis armis,

    id. 35, 36, 4; id. Epit. 88.—
    11.
    To make, cause to be (eccl. Lat.):

    cornu tuum ponam ferreum,

    Vulg. Mich. 4, 13:

    posuit me desolatam,

    id. Thren. 3, 11; with quasi:

    ponam Samariam quasi acervum,

    id. Mich. 1, 6; with in and acc.:

    posuerunt eam in ruinam,

    id. Isa. 23, 13.—
    12.
    To assume, suppose, put a case (of mere suppositions; only late Lat.; cf. 6 supra): pone tamen ab evangelistis scriptum, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 194; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 273.—Hence, pŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., of localities, placed, situated; situate, standing, lying anywhere:

    Roma in montibus posita,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

    Delos in Aegaeo mari posita,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

    portus ex adverso urbi positus,

    Liv. 45, 5:

    tumulus opportune ad id positus,

    id. 28, 13:

    urbs alieno solo posita,

    id. 4, 17.— Poet.:

    somno positus = sopitus,

    lulled to sleep, Verg. A. 4, 527.

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  • 7 circumspicio

    circum-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3 ( perf. sync. circumspexti, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55; inf. sync. circumspexe, Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16, or Sat. Men. 82), v. n. and a. (class.).
    I.
    Neutr., to look about one ' s self, to cast a look around; or, with an obj.-clause, to observe, see, look about:

    circumspicedum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum quiaucupet,

    see whether there is any one, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 41; 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 2, 2, 20;

    Varr. l. l.: suus conjux ubi sit circumspicit,

    Ov. M. 1, 605:

    circumspicere late,

    Quint. 10, 3, 29:

    num quid circumspexti?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55:

    diversi circumspiciunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 416:

    qui in auspicium adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit,

    Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72:

    circumspicit, aestuat, of one in trouble or perplexity,

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf. Liv. 21, 22, 7.—
    (β).
    Sometimes circumspicere se, to look about one ' s self:

    circumspicedum te, ne quis adsit arbiter,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109; Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16;

    Auct. B. Afr. 47: numquamne te circumspicies?

    Cic. Par. 4, 2, 30.—In partic., to look about one ' s self with haughtiness; to think highly of one ' s self:

    usque eone te diligis et magnifice circumspicis?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5;

    and trop. of language: Romanus sermo magis se circumspicit et aestimat praebetque aestimandum,

    Sen. Ep. 40, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., to exercise foresight, be cautious, take heed:

    esse circumspiciendum diligenter, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: cui mandetis (rempublicam) circumspicite [p. 342] Sall. H. 2, 41, 10 Dietsch.—Esp. freq.,
    II.
    Act., to view on all sides, to survey:

    cum sua quisque miles circumspiceret,

    looked carefully to see, Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Liv. 9, 28, 5:

    tam latā acie ne ex medio quidem cornua sua circumspicere poterant,

    Liv. 37, 41, 4:

    lucos,

    Ov. M. 5, 265:

    amictus,

    to review, id. ib. 4, 318; so,

    habitum suum,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 3; cf. under circumspectus, adv.—
    2.
    To descry, get sight of by looking around:

    saxum circumspicit ingens,

    Verg. A. 12, 896:

    Athin,

    Ov. M. 5, 72.—
    B.
    Transf., of things:

    in latus omne patens turris circumspicit undas,

    Ov. H. 6, 69.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    To view something mentally, to survey, ponder upon, weigh, consider (syn.:

    considero, perpendo): reliqua ejus consilia animo circumspiciebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 5:

    circumspicite paulisper mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines,

    Cic. Sull. 25, 70; cf.

    se,

    id. Par. 4, 2, 30:

    neque temere consulem saltatorem vocare, sed circumspicere, quibus praeterea vitiis adfectum esse necesse sit eum, etc.,

    id. Mur. 6, 13.—So with rel. -clause, Sall. H. 2, 41 Dietsch; Sen. Ep. 70, 5; Calp. Ecl. 5, 95:

    circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

    permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, ne quid offendas,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; id. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

    circumspicite celeriter animo, qui sint rerum exitus consecuti,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 42:

    vide, quaere, circumspice, si quis est forte ex eā provinciā qui te nolit perisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180; id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Cat. 4, 2, 4; Liv. 23, 20, 6; cf. Tac. H. 2, 6; Suet. Aug. 63.—With ut and subj., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 87:

    cum circumspicerent Patres quosnam consules facerent,

    Liv. 27, 34, 1.—
    2.
    To look about for something with desire, to seek for, etc. (so mostly since the Aug. per.):

    nec, sicut aestivas aves, statim auctumno tecta ac recessum circumspicere,

    Liv. 5, 6, 2; 7, 14, 6:

    externa auxilia,

    id. 1, 30, 6; cf. Just. 22, 5, 4:

    fugam,

    Tac. A. 14, 35; Just. 2, 12, 26:

    novas belli causas,

    id. 31, 1, 8; Verg. G. 3, 390; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 3:

    peregrinos reges sibi,

    Just. 40, 1, 1; 22, 5, 4:

    viresque suas circumspectantes his validiores,

    Amm. 22, 8, 18.—Hence, circumspectus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Of things, weighed with care, well considered, guarded, circumspect (perh. not ante - Aug.):

    verba non circumspecta,

    Ov. F. 5, 539:

    judicium,

    Quint. 10, 1, 26:

    interrogatio,

    id. 5, 7, 31:

    moderatio animi,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 4:

    circumspectissima sanctio decreti,

    id. 1, 1, 20.—
    2.
    Transf. to the person who carefully weighs a thing, circumspect, considerate, cautious, wary, provident, heedful:

    modo circumspectus et sagax, modo inconsultus et praeceps,

    Suet. Claud. 15:

    circumspectissimus et prudentissimus princeps,

    id. Tib. 21:

    tenues et circumspecti,

    Quint. 12, 10, 23; Cels. 3, 9 fin.:

    omnes,

    Col. 1, 8, 16; 1, 7, 12:

    sive aliquis circumspectior est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 5.—Of dogs:

    assidui et circumspecti magis quam temeraril,

    Col. 7, 12, 5.—
    B.
    In late Lat., worthy of consideration, respected, distinguished:

    circumspectum et verecundum nomen populi Romani,

    Amm. 14, 6, 6:

    colores,

    id. 28, 4, 12:

    circumspectus genere, famā potentiāque,

    id. 18, 10, 1.—Hence, circumspectē, adv., with consideration, with mature deliberation, warily, cautiously, considerately, circumspectly, etc.:

    circumspecte compositeque indutus et amictus,

    Gell. 1, 5, 2 (cf. supra, II. D.):

    circumspecte vestiti,

    Amm. 27, 3, 14:

    circumspecte facti versus,

    Gell. 9, 10, 6:

    facere aliquid,

    Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 8: parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, * Quint. 9, 2, 69:

    circumspectius donare, eligere eos, in quos merita conferantur,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 1.

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  • 8 moventer

    mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 ( sync., mōstis for movistis, Mart. 3, 67, 1;

    mōrunt for moverunt,

    Sil. 14, 141), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mīv, set in motion; Gr. ameibô, change; cf.: momentum, mutare].
    I.
    Act., to move, stir, set in motion; to shake, disturb, remove, etc. (syn.: cieo, agito, ago, molior).
    A.
    Lit.:

    movit et ad certos nescia membra modos,

    Tib. 1, 7, 38:

    ut festis matrona moveri jussa diebus,

    to dance, Hor. A. P. 232: moveri Cyclopa, to represent a Cyclop by dancing (gesticulating), id. Ep. 2, 2, 125:

    et fila sonantia movit,

    struck, Ov. M. 10, 89:

    citharam cum voce,

    id. ib. 5, 112:

    tympana,

    id. H. 4, 48; to disturb:

    novis Helicona cantibus,

    Manil. Astron. 1, 4:

    signum movere loco,

    to move from the place, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    os,

    Cels. 8, 2:

    gradum,

    i. e. to go forward, advance, Sen. Thyest. 420: se, to move or bestir one's self:

    move ocius te,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 16:

    praecepit eis, ne se ex eo loco moverent,

    not to stir from the spot, Liv. 34, 20; Caes. B. G. 3, 15: castra, to break up, remove:

    postero die castra ex eo loco movent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15;

    ellipt. without castra: postquam ille Canusio moverat,

    Cic. Att. 9, 1, 1:

    movisse a Samo Romanos audivit,

    Liv. 37, 28, 4.— Pass. reflex.:

    priusquam hostes moverentur,

    Liv. 37, 19, 18:

    hostem statu,

    to drive from his position, dislodge, id. 30, 18:

    aliquem possessione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:

    heredes,

    to eject, id. Off. 3, 19, 76:

    tribu centurionem,

    to turn out, expel, id. de Or. 2, 67, 272; so,

    aliquem de senatu,

    id. Clu. 43, 122;

    the same also without senatu,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 20:

    senatorio loco,

    to degrade, Liv. 39, 42, 6:

    ex agro,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    move abs te moram,

    remove, cast off, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 10:

    consulem de sententiā,

    to cause to recede, to dissuade, Liv. 3, 21:

    litteram,

    to take away, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—Prov.:

    omnis terras, omnia maria movere,

    to turn the world upside down, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce; to begin, commence, undertake:

    exercitatione sudor movetur,

    is promoted, produced, Cels. 2, 17:

    alvum,

    Cato, R. R. 115:

    dolorem,

    id. ib. 7, 4:

    lacrimas,

    to cause, Quint. 6, 1, 26:

    fletum populo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    risum,

    id. ib. 2, 62, 281:

    alicui exspectationem,

    id. Att. 2, 14, 1:

    indignationem,

    Liv. 4, 50, 1:

    misericordiam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

    suspicionem,

    id. Part. 33, 114:

    ego istaec moveo, aut curo?

    begin, commence, Ter. And. 5, 4, 18:

    bellum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Liv. 23, 48, 6:

    jam pugna se moverat,

    was going on, Curt. 8, 14, 6:

    cantūs,

    Verg. A. 10, 163:

    tantum decus,

    begin, Manil. Astron. 1, 42; cf. Verg. A. 7, 45:

    nominis controversiam,

    to begin, Tac. Dial. 25 init.; cf. Cels. 3, 3, § 25; Dig. 37, 10, 4:

    litem,

    ib. 4, 3, 33:

    actionem,

    ib. 19, 1, 10:

    mentionem rei,

    to make mention, Liv. 28, 11, 9:

    sacra,

    Val. Fl. 3, 540:

    movere ac moliri aliquid,

    to undertake any thing that excites disturbance, Liv. 23, 39:

    ne quid moveretur,

    id. 35, 13.—
    b.
    To shake, to cause to waver, to alter:

    alicujus sententiam,

    to change, cause to waver, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 6:

    sententiam regis,

    Liv. 35, 42, 6.—
    c.
    To present, offer an oblation:

    ferctum Jovi moveto,

    Cato, R. R. 134.—
    d.
    To disturb, concern, trouble, torment one:

    men moveat cimex Pantilius?

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 78:

    Armeniosne movet, Romana potentia cujus Sit ducis?

    Luc. 7, 282; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 131. intoleranda vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, Liv. 25, 26:

    strepitu fora vestra,

    Juv. 2, 52.—
    e.
    Of plants, to put forth:

    si se gemmae nondum moveant,

    do not yet appear, Col. 11, 2, 26: de palmite gemma movetur, [p. 1169] is produced, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 13.—
    f.
    To exert, exercise:

    inter principia condendi hujus operis, movisse numen ad indicandam tanti imperii molem traditur deos,

    Liv. 1, 55, 3 (cf.:

    se movere, I. A. supra): artis opem,

    Ov. F. 6, 760.—
    g.
    = mutare, to change, transform:

    quorum Forma semel mota est,

    Ov. M. 8, 729:

    nihil motum antiquo probabile est,

    Liv. 34, 54, 8.—
    h.
    In mal. part., Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 43.—
    B.
    Trop., to move, affect, excite, inspire:

    ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat,

    charms, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98:

    quae me causae moverint,

    id. Att. 11, 5, 1:

    fere fit, quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, uti multum earum regionum consuetudine moveatur,

    is much affected, influenced, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    aliquem ad bellum,

    to stir up, excite, Liv. 35, 12, 5:

    movet feroci juveni animum conploratio sororis,

    stirs his anger, id. 1, 26, 3; cf. id. 21, 38, 3; 23, 31, 11:

    numina Dianae,

    to irritate, provoke, Hor. Epod. 17, 3:

    multa movens animo,

    to revolve, ponder, meditate, Verg. A. 3, 34:

    moverat plebem oratio consulis,

    had stirred, made an impression on, Liv. 3, 20:

    judicum animos,

    Quint. 6, 2, 1:

    acutule moveri,

    keenly affected, Aug. Conf. 3, 7: neque illud me movet, quod, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 2:

    affectus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 7:

    moveor etiam ipsius loci insolentiā,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 5:

    nil moveor lacrimis,

    Prop. 3, 23, 25 (4, 25, 5):

    absiste moveri,

    be not disturbed, Verg. A. 6, 399:

    quos sectis Bellona lacertis Saeva movet,

    inspires, Luc. 1, 565 (al. monet):

    ut captatori moveat fastidia,

    excites nausea in, Juv. 10, 202.—
    II.
    Neutr., to move itself, move (very rare):

    terra dies duodequadraginta movit,

    an earthquake, Liv. 35, 40, 7; 40, 59, 7.—In pass.:

    reptile quod movetur,

    which moves itself, Vulg. Gen. 1, 26 saep.—Hence,
    A.
    mŏvens, entis, P. a., movable (class.): ex eā praedā, quae rerum moventium sit, movable things (as clothes, arms, furniture), Liv. 5, 25, 6:

    voluptas,

    that consists in motion, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 31:

    furtum rerum moventium,

    Gell. 11, 18, 13.— Plur. subst.:

    quaedam quasi moventia,

    motives, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68.—Hence, adv.: mŏventer, movingly, affectingly (late Lat.), Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Mil. 7, n. 4.—
    B.
    mōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, affected, disturbed ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    Ithaci digressu mota Calypso,

    Prop. 1, 15, 9:

    dictis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 23:

    precibus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 23.

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  • 9 moveo

    mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 ( sync., mōstis for movistis, Mart. 3, 67, 1;

    mōrunt for moverunt,

    Sil. 14, 141), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mīv, set in motion; Gr. ameibô, change; cf.: momentum, mutare].
    I.
    Act., to move, stir, set in motion; to shake, disturb, remove, etc. (syn.: cieo, agito, ago, molior).
    A.
    Lit.:

    movit et ad certos nescia membra modos,

    Tib. 1, 7, 38:

    ut festis matrona moveri jussa diebus,

    to dance, Hor. A. P. 232: moveri Cyclopa, to represent a Cyclop by dancing (gesticulating), id. Ep. 2, 2, 125:

    et fila sonantia movit,

    struck, Ov. M. 10, 89:

    citharam cum voce,

    id. ib. 5, 112:

    tympana,

    id. H. 4, 48; to disturb:

    novis Helicona cantibus,

    Manil. Astron. 1, 4:

    signum movere loco,

    to move from the place, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    os,

    Cels. 8, 2:

    gradum,

    i. e. to go forward, advance, Sen. Thyest. 420: se, to move or bestir one's self:

    move ocius te,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 16:

    praecepit eis, ne se ex eo loco moverent,

    not to stir from the spot, Liv. 34, 20; Caes. B. G. 3, 15: castra, to break up, remove:

    postero die castra ex eo loco movent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15;

    ellipt. without castra: postquam ille Canusio moverat,

    Cic. Att. 9, 1, 1:

    movisse a Samo Romanos audivit,

    Liv. 37, 28, 4.— Pass. reflex.:

    priusquam hostes moverentur,

    Liv. 37, 19, 18:

    hostem statu,

    to drive from his position, dislodge, id. 30, 18:

    aliquem possessione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:

    heredes,

    to eject, id. Off. 3, 19, 76:

    tribu centurionem,

    to turn out, expel, id. de Or. 2, 67, 272; so,

    aliquem de senatu,

    id. Clu. 43, 122;

    the same also without senatu,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 20:

    senatorio loco,

    to degrade, Liv. 39, 42, 6:

    ex agro,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    move abs te moram,

    remove, cast off, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 10:

    consulem de sententiā,

    to cause to recede, to dissuade, Liv. 3, 21:

    litteram,

    to take away, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—Prov.:

    omnis terras, omnia maria movere,

    to turn the world upside down, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce; to begin, commence, undertake:

    exercitatione sudor movetur,

    is promoted, produced, Cels. 2, 17:

    alvum,

    Cato, R. R. 115:

    dolorem,

    id. ib. 7, 4:

    lacrimas,

    to cause, Quint. 6, 1, 26:

    fletum populo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    risum,

    id. ib. 2, 62, 281:

    alicui exspectationem,

    id. Att. 2, 14, 1:

    indignationem,

    Liv. 4, 50, 1:

    misericordiam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

    suspicionem,

    id. Part. 33, 114:

    ego istaec moveo, aut curo?

    begin, commence, Ter. And. 5, 4, 18:

    bellum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Liv. 23, 48, 6:

    jam pugna se moverat,

    was going on, Curt. 8, 14, 6:

    cantūs,

    Verg. A. 10, 163:

    tantum decus,

    begin, Manil. Astron. 1, 42; cf. Verg. A. 7, 45:

    nominis controversiam,

    to begin, Tac. Dial. 25 init.; cf. Cels. 3, 3, § 25; Dig. 37, 10, 4:

    litem,

    ib. 4, 3, 33:

    actionem,

    ib. 19, 1, 10:

    mentionem rei,

    to make mention, Liv. 28, 11, 9:

    sacra,

    Val. Fl. 3, 540:

    movere ac moliri aliquid,

    to undertake any thing that excites disturbance, Liv. 23, 39:

    ne quid moveretur,

    id. 35, 13.—
    b.
    To shake, to cause to waver, to alter:

    alicujus sententiam,

    to change, cause to waver, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 6:

    sententiam regis,

    Liv. 35, 42, 6.—
    c.
    To present, offer an oblation:

    ferctum Jovi moveto,

    Cato, R. R. 134.—
    d.
    To disturb, concern, trouble, torment one:

    men moveat cimex Pantilius?

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 78:

    Armeniosne movet, Romana potentia cujus Sit ducis?

    Luc. 7, 282; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 131. intoleranda vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, Liv. 25, 26:

    strepitu fora vestra,

    Juv. 2, 52.—
    e.
    Of plants, to put forth:

    si se gemmae nondum moveant,

    do not yet appear, Col. 11, 2, 26: de palmite gemma movetur, [p. 1169] is produced, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 13.—
    f.
    To exert, exercise:

    inter principia condendi hujus operis, movisse numen ad indicandam tanti imperii molem traditur deos,

    Liv. 1, 55, 3 (cf.:

    se movere, I. A. supra): artis opem,

    Ov. F. 6, 760.—
    g.
    = mutare, to change, transform:

    quorum Forma semel mota est,

    Ov. M. 8, 729:

    nihil motum antiquo probabile est,

    Liv. 34, 54, 8.—
    h.
    In mal. part., Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 43.—
    B.
    Trop., to move, affect, excite, inspire:

    ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat,

    charms, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98:

    quae me causae moverint,

    id. Att. 11, 5, 1:

    fere fit, quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, uti multum earum regionum consuetudine moveatur,

    is much affected, influenced, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    aliquem ad bellum,

    to stir up, excite, Liv. 35, 12, 5:

    movet feroci juveni animum conploratio sororis,

    stirs his anger, id. 1, 26, 3; cf. id. 21, 38, 3; 23, 31, 11:

    numina Dianae,

    to irritate, provoke, Hor. Epod. 17, 3:

    multa movens animo,

    to revolve, ponder, meditate, Verg. A. 3, 34:

    moverat plebem oratio consulis,

    had stirred, made an impression on, Liv. 3, 20:

    judicum animos,

    Quint. 6, 2, 1:

    acutule moveri,

    keenly affected, Aug. Conf. 3, 7: neque illud me movet, quod, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 2:

    affectus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 7:

    moveor etiam ipsius loci insolentiā,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 5:

    nil moveor lacrimis,

    Prop. 3, 23, 25 (4, 25, 5):

    absiste moveri,

    be not disturbed, Verg. A. 6, 399:

    quos sectis Bellona lacertis Saeva movet,

    inspires, Luc. 1, 565 (al. monet):

    ut captatori moveat fastidia,

    excites nausea in, Juv. 10, 202.—
    II.
    Neutr., to move itself, move (very rare):

    terra dies duodequadraginta movit,

    an earthquake, Liv. 35, 40, 7; 40, 59, 7.—In pass.:

    reptile quod movetur,

    which moves itself, Vulg. Gen. 1, 26 saep.—Hence,
    A.
    mŏvens, entis, P. a., movable (class.): ex eā praedā, quae rerum moventium sit, movable things (as clothes, arms, furniture), Liv. 5, 25, 6:

    voluptas,

    that consists in motion, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 31:

    furtum rerum moventium,

    Gell. 11, 18, 13.— Plur. subst.:

    quaedam quasi moventia,

    motives, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68.—Hence, adv.: mŏventer, movingly, affectingly (late Lat.), Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Mil. 7, n. 4.—
    B.
    mōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, affected, disturbed ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    Ithaci digressu mota Calypso,

    Prop. 1, 15, 9:

    dictis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 23:

    precibus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 23.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > moveo

  • 10 Kopf

    m; -(e)s, Köpfe
    1. head (auch von Sachen und TECH.); (Briefkopf) letterhead; einer Seite etc.: top; einer Pfeife: bowl; Kopf an Kopf closely packed; beim Rennen etc.: neck and neck; Kopf stehen stand on one’s head; FLUG. nose over; umg., fig. go mad (bes. Am. crazy) ( wegen over); es steht auf dem Kopf it’s upside down; etw. auf den Kopf stellen turn s.th. upside down; die Bude auf den Kopf stellen umg. (durchsuchen, in Unordnung bringen) turn the place upside down; (ausgelassen feiern) have a wild fling; die Tatsachen auf den Kopf stellen turn the facts on their head, twist things ( oder the facts); und wenn du dich auf den Kopf stellst umg. you can do what you like, you can talk until you’re blue in the face; von Kopf bis Fuß from head to foot, from top to toe; den Kopf hängen lassen hang one’s head; den Kopf oben behalten umg. keep one’s chin (Brit. auch pecker) up; Kopf hoch! umg. chin up!; einen dicken oder schweren Kopf haben umg. have a headache; umg. have a thick head; vom Alkohol: have a hangover; einen roten Kopf bekommen go red, blush; jemandem den Kopf waschen wash s.o.’s hair; umg., fig. give s.o. a piece of one’s mind; Fisch 1
    2. (Sinn, Verstand, Urteil) head, mind; (Willen) head; (Gedächtnis) memory; aus dem Kopf aufsagen: from memory, by heart; im Kopf ausrechnen work out in one’s head; ich habe andere Dinge im Kopf I’ve got other things on my mind ( oder to think about); er hat nur Fußball im Kopf all he ever thinks about is football; er ist nicht ganz richtig im Kopf umg. he’s got a screw loose; wo hatte ich nur meinen Kopf? what was I thinking of?; den Kopf voll haben have a lot ( oder too much) on one’s mind; das kannst du dir aus dem Kopf schlagen you can forget (about) that; das will mir nicht aus dem Kopf I can’t get it out of my mind; das hältste ja im Kopf nicht aus umg. it’s enough to drive you (a)round the bend; sich (Dat) etw. durch den Kopf gehen lassen think s.th. over; jemandem im Kopf herumgehen go (a)round and (a)round in s.o.’s mind; er hat es sich in den Kopf gesetzt, es zu tun he’s determined to do it; umg. he’s dead set on doing it; geht das nicht in deinen Kopf? can’t you get that into your head?; jemandem in den Kopf oder zu Kopf steigen go to s.o.’s head; sich (Dat) den Kopf zerbrechen rack one’s brains; seinen eigenen Kopf haben have a mind of one’s own; es kann nicht immer alles nach deinem Kopf gehen you can’t get your own way all of the time; mir steht der Kopf nicht danach I don’t really feel like it; einen kühlen Kopf bewahren keep a cool head; (nicht zornig werden) keep one’s cool umg.
    3. fig. (Geist, Denker) (great) thinker; (Führer) head, leader; (treibende Kraft) mastermind, driving force; ein fähiger / kluger Kopf a capable / intelligent person; der Kopf von etw. sein mastermind s.th.
    4. (einzelne Person) person, head; (Stück) piece; pro Kopf a head, per person, each
    5. fig. (Leben) seinen Kopf retten save one’s skin; Kopf und Kragen riskieren risk one’s neck; das wird ihn den Kopf kosten! it’ll cost him his life; das kann den Kopf nicht kosten it can’t cost the earth
    6. sonstige Wendungen: er wird dir schon nicht gleich den Kopf abreißen he won’t bite your head off; den Kopf in den Sand stecken hide one’s head in the sand; den Kopf ( nicht) verlieren (not) lose one’s head; den Kopf aus der Schlinge ziehen wriggle out of it, bes. Am. auch beat the rap umg.; sich (Dat) einen Kopf machen umg. worry; darüber mach ich mir keinen Kopf umg. I’m not going to worry about that; er ist nicht auf den Kopf gefallen umg. he’s no fool; ich weiß nicht, wo mir der Kopf steht umg. I don’t know whether I’m coming or going; jemandem den Kopf verdrehen umg. turn s.o.’s head; jemandem den Kopf zurechtrücken umg. bring s.o. to his ( oder her) senses, sort s.o. out; sein Geld auf den Kopf hauen umg. blow one’s money; immer mit dem Kopf durch die Wand wollen umg. be pigheaded; bis über den Kopf in Schulden stecken be up to one’s neck (umg. eyeballs) in debt; jemandem über den Kopf wachsen umg. outgrow s.o.; Arbeit etc.: get too much for s.o.; über seinen Kopf hinweg over his head, without consulting him; jemanden vor den Kopf stoßen umg. put s.o.’s nose out of joint; jemandem Beleidigungen an den Kopf werfen hurl insults at s.o.; wie vor den Kopf geschlagen speechless; Köpfe werden rollen heads will roll; da fasst man sich doch an den Kopf it really makes you wonder; was man nicht im Kopf hat, muss man in den Beinen haben a short memory makes work for the legs; Kopf oder Zahl? heads or tails?
    7. ein Kopf Salat / Blumenkohl a (head of) lettuce / cauliflower
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    der Kopf
    head
    * * *
    Kọpf
    * * *
    der
    1) (a clever person: He's one of the best brains in the country.) brain
    2) (the top part of the human body, containing the eyes, mouth, brain etc; the same part of an animal's body: The stone hit him on the head; He scratched his head in amazement.) head
    3) (a person's mind: An idea came into my head last night.) head
    4) (anything that is like a head in shape or position: the head of a pin; The boy knocked the heads off the flowers.) head
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    <-[e]s, Köpfe>
    [kɔpf, pl ˈkœpfə]
    m
    1. (Haupt) head
    \Kopf runter! duck!
    \Kopf weg! (fam) out the way! fam
    \Kopf an \Kopf shoulder to shoulder; (bei Wettrennen) neck and neck
    bis zu den letzten hundert Metern lagen sie \Kopf an \Kopf they were neck and neck until the last hundred metres
    mit besoffenem \Kopf (sl) pissed out of one's head sl
    bis über den \Kopf above one's head; (fig) up to one's neck [or ears]
    mit bloßem \Kopf bareheaded
    jdm brummt der \Kopf (fam) sb's head is thumping fam
    einen dicken [o schweren] \Kopf haben (fam) to have a sore head fam
    den \Kopf einziehen to lower one's head
    jds \Kopf fordern (a. fig) to demand sb's head a. fig
    wir fordern seinen \Kopf! off with his head!
    von \Kopf bis Fuß from head to foot [or top to toe]
    einen [halben] \Kopf größer/kleiner als jd sein to be [half a] head taller/smaller than sb
    den \Kopf in die Hände stützen to rest one's head in one's hands
    den \Kopf hängen lassen (a. fig) to hang one's head a. fig
    jdn den \Kopf kosten to cost sb their head; (fig) to cost sb their job; (Amt) to cost sb their position; (Karriere) to cost sb their career
    den \Kopf in den Nacken werfen to throw one's head back
    mit dem \Kopf nicken to nod one's head
    einen [ganz] roten \Kopf bekommen to go red in the face; (vor Scham a.) to blush
    den \Kopf schütteln to shake one's head
    jdm schwindelt der \Kopf, jds \Kopf schwindelt sb's head is spinning
    den \Kopf sinken lassen to lower one's head
    auf dem \Kopf stehen to stand on one's head
    jdm über den \Kopf wachsen to grow taller than sb; (fig) to be too much for sb
    sich dat den \Kopf waschen to wash one's hair
    [mit dem] \Kopf voraus [o voran] headfirst, headlong AM
    2. (oberer, vorderer Teil) head; (Briefkopf) [letter]head; einer Pfeife bowl; eines Plattenspielers head
    \Kopf oder Zahl? heads or tails?
    die Blumen lassen schon die Köpfe [o den \Kopf] hängen the flowers are already drooping
    am \Kopf der Tafel sitzen to sit at the head of the table
    auf dem \Kopf stehen to be upside down
    3. HORT head
    ein \Kopf Kohl/Salat a head of cabbage/lettuce
    4. kein pl (Gedanken) head, mind; (Erinnerung) memory
    aus dem \Kopf from memory, by heart
    sie kann das Gedicht aus dem \Kopf hersagen she can recite the poem from memory [or by heart]
    etw geht jdm durch den \Kopf sb is thinking about sth
    mir geht so viel durch den \Kopf! there is so much going through my mind!
    sich dat etw durch den \Kopf gehen lassen to consider sth, to mull sth over
    den \Kopf voll [mit etw dat] haben (fam) to be preoccupied [with sth]
    ich habe den \Kopf so voll, dass ich mich kaum konzentrieren kann I've got so much on my mind I find it difficult to concentrate
    ich habe den \Kopf schon voll genug! I've got enough on my mind!
    im \Kopf in one's head
    etw im \Kopf behalten to keep sth in one's memory
    die Einzelheiten kann ich nicht alle im \Kopf behalten I can't remember all the details
    etw im \Kopf haben (sich erinnern) to have made a mental note of sth; (sich mit etw beschäftigen) to be thinking about sth
    anderes [o andere Dinge] im \Kopf haben to have other things to worry about
    nur [o nichts als] Arbeit/Fußball im \Kopf haben to think of nothing but work/football
    die Melodie im \Kopf haben to remember the tune
    etw im \Kopf rechnen to calculate sth in one's head
    in den Köpfen [der Menschen] spuken to haunt people's thoughts
    diese Vorstellung spukt noch immer in den Köpfen vieler Menschen this idea still haunts many people's thoughts
    jdm kommt etw in den \Kopf sb remembers sth
    mir ist neulich in den \Kopf gekommen, dass... it crossed my mind the other day, that...
    sich dat keinen \Kopf machen (fam) to not worry
    etw schießt jdm durch den \Kopf sth flashes through sb's mind
    jdm schwirrt der \Kopf (fam) sb's head is buzzing
    jdm durch den \Kopf schwirren (fam) to buzz around sb's head
    nicht [o kaum] wissen, wo einem der \Kopf steht (fam) to not know whether one is coming or going fam
    etw will jdm nicht aus dem \Kopf sb can't get sth out of their head
    sich dat [über etw akk] den \Kopf zerbrechen (fam) to rack one's brains [over sth] fam
    5. kein pl (Verstand, Intellekt) mind
    du hast wohl was am \Kopf! (sl) you're not quite right in the head! fam
    ein heller [o kluger] [o schlauer] \Kopf sein (fam) to have a good head on one's shoulders, to be clever
    du bist ein kluger \Kopf! you are a clever boy/girl! fam
    einen klaren \Kopf behalten to keep a clear head
    einen kühlen \Kopf bewahren [o behalten] to keep a cool head
    nicht auf den \Kopf gefallen sein to be no fool
    jdm den \Kopf verdrehen (fam) to turn sb's head
    den \Kopf verlieren (fam) to lose one's head
    jdm den \Kopf zurechtsetzen [o zurechtrücken] (fam) to make sb see sense
    nicht ganz richtig [o klar] im \Kopf sein (fam) to be not quite right in the head fam
    etw im \Kopf nicht aushalten (fam) to not be able to bear sth
    etw geht [o will] jdm nicht in den \Kopf (fam) sb just can't understand sth
    will dir das denn nicht in den \Kopf? can't you get that into your head?
    es im \Kopf haben (fam) to have [got] brains fam
    dafür muss man's im \Kopf haben you need brains for that fam
    6. kein pl (Wille) mind
    seinen \Kopf durchsetzen to get one's way
    nach jds \Kopf gehen to go [or be] the way sb wants
    seinen eigenen \Kopf haben (fam) to have a mind of one's own
    über jds \Kopf hinweg over sb's head
    sich dat etw aus dem \Kopf schlagen to get sth out of one's head
    sich dat in den \Kopf setzen, etw zu tun to get it into one's head to do sth
    sie hat es sich in den \Kopf gesetzt, Schauspielerin zu werden she's got it into her head to become an actress
    jdm steht der \Kopf nicht nach etw dat sb doesn't feel like sth
    7. kein pl (Person) head, person
    eine Belohnung [o Summe] auf jds \Kopf aussetzen to put a price on sb's head
    auf den \Kopf dieses Mörders waren 500 Dollar Belohnung ausgesetzt a reward of $500 had been offered for the murderer's capture
    eine hundert \Kopf starke Gruppe a group of hundred people
    pro \Kopf per head [or form capita
    8. (Führer) leader; (Denker) brains pl, mastermind
    die besten Köpfe arbeiten für uns the best brains are working for us
    ▪ der \Kopf einer S. gen the person behind sth
    9.
    ▶ jdm nicht [gleich] den \Kopf abreißen (fam) to not bite sb's head off fam
    ▶ was man nicht im \Kopf hat, [das] muss man in den Beinen haben (prov) bad memory means a lot of legwork fam
    ▶ sich [gegenseitig] die Köpfe einschlagen (fam) to be at each other's throats fam
    ▶ sich dat an den \Kopf fassen [o greifen] to shake one's head in disbelief fig
    ▶ etw vom \Kopf auf die Füße stellen (fam) to set sth right [or straight]
    ▶ jd ist nicht auf den \Kopf gefallen (fam) sb wasn't born yesterday fig fam
    ▶ wie vor den \Kopf geschlagen sein (fam) to be dumbstruck
    ▶ etw auf den \Kopf hauen (fam) to spend all of sth
    ▶ sich die Köpfe heißreden (fam) to talk oneself into a frenzy
    ▶ jdm auf dem \Kopf herumtanzen (fam) to do as one likes with sb
    ▶ den \Kopf [für jdn/etw] hinhalten (fam) to take the blame [for sb/sth]
    ▶ \Kopf hoch! [keep your] chin up! fig
    ▶ den \Kopf hoch tragen to keep one's head held high
    ▶ sich akk um \Kopf und Kragen reden to talk oneself into trouble
    ▶ \Kopf und Kragen riskieren (Leben, Gesundheit) to risk life and limb; (Existenz, Job) to risk one's neck fig
    ▶ jdn einen \Kopf kürzer machen (sl) to chop sb's head off fig sl
    ▶ sich einen \Kopf [über etw] machen to ponder sth, to not be able to stop thinking about sth
    ▶ den \Kopf oben behalten to keep one's chin up, to not loose heart
    halt den \Kopf oben, Junge (fam) chin up, kid fam
    ▶ jdm raucht der \Kopf (fam) sb's head is spinning
    ▶ Köpfe werden rollen heads will roll
    ▶ den \Kopf in den Sand stecken to bury one's head in the sand fig
    ▶ den \Kopf aus der Schlinge ziehen to dodge danger
    ▶ bis über den \Kopf in Schwierigkeiten stecken to be up to one's neck in problems fam
    ▶ jdm auf den \Kopf spucken können (fam) to be head and shoulders above sb fam
    ▶ sich dat nicht auf den \Kopf spucken lassen (sl) to not let people walk all over one
    ▶ jdm in den \Kopf [o zu Kopf[e]] steigen to go to sb's head
    ▶ etw auf den \Kopf stellen (durchsuchen) to turn sth upside down [or inside out]; (ins Gegenteil verkehren) to turn sth on its head fig
    ▶ du kannst dich auf den \Kopf stellen, [aber]... (fam)
    ▶ und wenn du dich auf den \Kopf stellst,... (fam) you can talk until you're blue in the face, [but]... fam
    ▶ jdn vor den \Kopf stoßen to offend sb
    ▶ jd vergisst noch mal seinen \Kopf (fam) sb would forget their head if it wasn't screwed on fam
    ▶ mit dem \Kopf durch die Wand [rennen] wollen (fam) to be determined to get one's way
    ▶ jdm den \Kopf waschen to give sb a telling-off
    ▶ seinen \Kopf darauf wetten, dass... (fam) to bet one's bottom dollar that... fam
    ▶ jdm etw an den \Kopf werfen [o (fam) schmeißen] to chuck [or sling] sth at sb fam
    jdm Beleidigungen an den \Kopf werfen to hurl insults at sb
    ▶ jdm etw auf den \Kopf zusagen to tell sb sth to their face
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    der; Kopf[e]s, Köpfe
    1) head

    jemandem den Kopf waschen — wash somebody's hair; (fig. ugs.): (jemanden zurechtweisen) give somebody a good talking-to (sl.); give somebody what for (sl.)

    [um] einen ganzen/halben Kopf größer sein — be a good head/a few inches taller

    sie haben sich die Köpfe heiß geredet — the conversation/debate became heated

    Kopf an Kopf — (im Wettlauf) neck and neck

    den Kopf einziehen — duck; (fig.): (sich einschüchtern lassen) be intimidated

    ich werde/er wird dir nicht gleich den Kopf abreißen — (ugs.) I'm/he's not going to bite your head off

    jemandem schwirrt/raucht der Kopf — somebody's head is spinning

    nicht wissen, wo einem der Kopf steht — not know whether one is coming or going

    einen dicken Kopf haben — (vom Alkohol) have a thick head (coll.) or a hangover

    jemandem od. jemanden den Kopf kosten — cost somebody dearly; (jemanden das Leben kosten) cost somebody his/her life

    den Kopf hinhalten [müssen] — (ugs.) [have to] face the music; [have to] take the blame or (coll.) rap

    den Kopf hoch tragen — hold one's head high

    jemandem den Kopf zurechtrücken — (ugs.) bring somebody to his/her senses

    sich [gegenseitig] die Köpfe einschlagen — be at each other's throats

    sich (Dat.) an den Kopf fassen od. greifen — (ugs.) throw up one's hands in despair

    sein Geld auf den Kopf hauen — (ugs.) blow one's money (coll.)

    etwas auf den Kopf stellen — (ugs.) turn something upside down

    auf dem Kopf stehen — (ugs.) be upside down

    Kopf stehen — stand on one's head; (ugs.): (überrascht sein) be bowled over

    den Ablauf der Ereignisse auf den Kopf stellen — get the order of events completely or entirely wrong

    jemandem auf dem Kopf herumtanzen — (ugs.) treat somebody just as one likes; do what one likes with somebody

    jemandem auf den Kopf spucken können — (salopp scherzh.) be head and shoulders taller than somebody

    er ist nicht auf den Kopf gefallen — (ugs.) there are no flies on him (fig. coll.)

    jemandem in den od. zu Kopf steigen — go to somebody's head

    mit dem Kopf durch die Wand wollen (ugs.) /sich (Dat.) den Kopf einrennen — beat or run one's head against a brick wall

    etwas über jemandes Kopf [hin]weg entscheiden/über jemandes Kopf hinwegreden — decide something/talk over somebody's head

    jemandem über den Kopf wachsen — (ugs.) outgrow somebody; (jemanden überfordern) become too much for somebody

    bis über den Kopf in etwas stecken — (ugs.) be up to one's ears in something

    es geht um Kopf und Kragen — (ugs.) it's a matter of life and death

    sich um Kopf und Kragen reden — (ugs.) risk one's neck with careless talk

    jemanden vor den Kopf stoßen — (ugs.) offend somebody; s. auch Hand 3)

    2) (Person) person

    ein kluger/fähiger Kopf sein — be a clever/able man/woman

    pro Kopf — per head or person

    5) (Verstand) mind; head

    er hat die Zahlen im Kopf — (ugs.) he has the figures in his head

    er hat nur Autos im Kopf — (ugs.) all he ever thinks about is cars

    sie ist nicht ganz richtig im Kopf — (ugs.) she's not quite right in the head

    einen klaren/kühlen Kopf bewahren od. behalten — keep a cool head; keep one's head

    jemandem den Kopf verdrehen — (ugs.) steal somebody's heart [away]

    sich (Dat.) den Kopf zerbrechen — (ugs.) rack one's brains (über + Akk. over); (sich Sorgen machen) worry (über + Akk. about)

    aus dem Kopf — (aus dem Gedächtnis) off the top of one's head

    das geht od. will ihm nicht aus dem Kopf — he can't get it out of his mind

    sich (Dat.) etwas aus dem Kopf schlagen — put something out of one's head

    sich (Dat.) etwas durch den Kopf gehen lassen — think something over

    jemandem im Kopf herumgehen — (ugs.) go round and round in somebody's mind

    jemandem/sich etwas in den Kopf setzen — put something into somebody's head/get something into one's head

    etwas im Kopf [aus]rechnen — work something out in one's head

    was man nicht im Kopf hat, muss man in den Beinen haben — a short memory makes work for the legs

    jemandem geht od. will etwas nicht in den Kopf [hinein] — (ugs.) somebody can't get something into his/her head

    6) (von Nadeln, Nägeln, Blumen) head; (von Pfeifen) bowl
    7)

    ein Kopf Salat/Blumenkohl/Rotkohl — a lettuce/cauliflower/red cabbage

    8) (oberer Teil) head

    Kopf [oder Zahl?] — heads [or tails?]

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    Kopf m; -(e)s, Köpfe
    1. head ( auch von Sachen und TECH); (Briefkopf) letterhead; einer Seite etc: top; einer Pfeife: bowl;
    Kopf an Kopf closely packed; beim Rennen etc: neck and neck;
    es steht auf dem Kopf it’s upside down;
    etwas auf den Kopf stellen turn sth upside down;
    die Bude auf den Kopf stellen umg (durchsuchen, in Unordnung bringen) turn the place upside down; (ausgelassen feiern) have a wild fling;
    die Tatsachen auf den Kopf stellen turn the facts on their head, twist things ( oder the facts);
    und wenn du dich auf den Kopf stellst umg you can do what you like, you can talk until you’re blue in the face;
    von Kopf bis Fuß from head to foot, from top to toe;
    den Kopf hängen lassen hang one’s head;
    den Kopf oben behalten umg keep one’s chin (Br auch pecker) up;
    Kopf hoch! umg chin up!;
    schweren Kopf haben umg have a headache; umg have a thick head; vom Alkohol: have a hangover;
    jemandem den Kopf waschen wash sb’s hair; umg, fig give sb a piece of one’s mind; → Fisch 1
    2. (Sinn, Verstand, Urteil) head, mind; (Willen) head; (Gedächtnis) memory;
    aus dem Kopf aufsagen: from memory, by heart;
    im Kopf ausrechnen work out in one’s head;
    ich habe andere Dinge im Kopf I’ve got other things on my mind ( oder to think about);
    er hat nur Fußball im Kopf all he ever thinks about is football;
    er ist nicht ganz richtig im Kopf umg he’s got a screw loose;
    wo hatte ich nur meinen Kopf? what was I thinking of?;
    den Kopf vollhaben have a lot ( oder too much) on one’s mind;
    das kannst du dir aus dem Kopf schlagen you can forget (about) that;
    das will mir nicht aus dem Kopf I can’t get it out of my mind;
    das hältste ja im Kopf nicht aus umg it’s enough to drive you (a)round the bend;
    sich (dat)
    jemandem im Kopf herumgehen go (a)round and (a)round in sb’s mind;
    er hat es sich in den Kopf gesetzt, es zu tun he’s determined to do it; umg he’s dead set on doing it;
    geht das nicht in deinen Kopf? can’t you get that into your head?;
    zu Kopf steigen go to sb’s head;
    sich (dat)
    den Kopf zerbrechen rack one’s brains;
    seinen eigenen Kopf haben have a mind of one’s own;
    es kann nicht immer alles nach deinem Kopf gehen you can’t get your own way all of the time;
    mir steht der Kopf nicht danach I don’t really feel like it;
    einen kühlen Kopf bewahren keep a cool head; (nicht zornig werden) keep one’s cool umg
    3. fig (Geist, Denker) (great) thinker; (Führer) head, leader; (treibende Kraft) mastermind, driving force;
    ein fähiger/kluger Kopf a capable/intelligent person;
    der Kopf von etwas sein mastermind sth
    4. (einzelne Person) person, head; (Stück) piece;
    pro Kopf a head, per person, each
    5. fig (Leben)
    seinen Kopf retten save one’s skin;
    Kopf und Kragen riskieren risk one’s neck;
    das wird ihn den Kopf kosten! it’ll cost him his life;
    das kann den Kopf nicht kosten it can’t cost the earth
    den Kopf in den Sand stecken hide one’s head in the sand;
    den Kopf (nicht) verlieren (not) lose one’s head;
    den Kopf aus der Schlinge ziehen wriggle out of it, besonders US auch beat the rap umg;
    sich (dat)
    einen Kopf machen umg worry;
    darüber mach ich mir keinen Kopf umg I’m not going to worry about that;
    ich weiß nicht, wo mir der Kopf steht umg I don’t know whether I’m coming or going;
    jemandem den Kopf verdrehen umg turn sb’s head;
    jemandem den Kopf zurechtrücken umg bring sb to his ( oder her) senses, sort sb out;
    sein Geld auf den Kopf hauen umg blow one’s money;
    bis über den Kopf in Schulden stecken be up to one’s neck (umg eyeballs) in debt;
    jemandem über den Kopf wachsen umg outgrow sb; Arbeit etc: get too much for sb;
    über seinen Kopf hinweg over his head, without consulting him;
    jemanden vor den Kopf stoßen umg put sb’s nose out of joint;
    Köpfe werden rollen heads will roll;
    da fasst man sich doch an den Kopf it really makes you wonder;
    was man nicht im Kopf hat, muss man in den Beinen haben a short memory makes work for the legs;
    Kopf oder Zahl? heads or tails?
    7.
    ein Kopf Salat/Blumenkohl a (head of) lettuce/cauliflower
    * * *
    der; Kopf[e]s, Köpfe
    1) head

    jemandem den Kopf waschen — wash somebody's hair; (fig. ugs.): (jemanden zurechtweisen) give somebody a good talking-to (sl.); give somebody what for (sl.)

    [um] einen ganzen/halben Kopf größer sein — be a good head/a few inches taller

    sie haben sich die Köpfe heiß geredet — the conversation/debate became heated

    Kopf an Kopf — (im Wettlauf) neck and neck

    den Kopf einziehen — duck; (fig.): (sich einschüchtern lassen) be intimidated

    ich werde/er wird dir nicht gleich den Kopf abreißen — (ugs.) I'm/he's not going to bite your head off

    jemandem schwirrt/raucht der Kopf — somebody's head is spinning

    nicht wissen, wo einem der Kopf steht — not know whether one is coming or going

    einen dicken Kopf haben — (vom Alkohol) have a thick head (coll.) or a hangover

    jemandem od. jemanden den Kopf kosten — cost somebody dearly; (jemanden das Leben kosten) cost somebody his/her life

    den Kopf hinhalten [müssen] — (ugs.) [have to] face the music; [have to] take the blame or (coll.) rap

    jemandem den Kopf zurechtrücken — (ugs.) bring somebody to his/her senses

    sich [gegenseitig] die Köpfe einschlagen — be at each other's throats

    sich (Dat.) an den Kopf fassen od. greifen — (ugs.) throw up one's hands in despair

    sein Geld auf den Kopf hauen — (ugs.) blow one's money (coll.)

    etwas auf den Kopf stellen — (ugs.) turn something upside down

    auf dem Kopf stehen — (ugs.) be upside down

    Kopf stehen — stand on one's head; (ugs.): (überrascht sein) be bowled over

    jemandem auf dem Kopf herumtanzen — (ugs.) treat somebody just as one likes; do what one likes with somebody

    jemandem auf den Kopf spucken können — (salopp scherzh.) be head and shoulders taller than somebody

    er ist nicht auf den Kopf gefallen — (ugs.) there are no flies on him (fig. coll.)

    jemandem in den od. zu Kopf steigen — go to somebody's head

    mit dem Kopf durch die Wand wollen (ugs.) /sich (Dat.) den Kopf einrennen — beat or run one's head against a brick wall

    etwas über jemandes Kopf [hin]weg entscheiden/über jemandes Kopf hinwegreden — decide something/talk over somebody's head

    jemandem über den Kopf wachsen — (ugs.) outgrow somebody; (jemanden überfordern) become too much for somebody

    bis über den Kopf in etwas stecken — (ugs.) be up to one's ears in something

    es geht um Kopf und Kragen — (ugs.) it's a matter of life and death

    sich um Kopf und Kragen reden — (ugs.) risk one's neck with careless talk

    jemanden vor den Kopf stoßen — (ugs.) offend somebody; s. auch Hand 3)

    2) (Person) person

    ein kluger/fähiger Kopf sein — be a clever/able man/woman

    pro Kopf — per head or person

    5) (Verstand) mind; head

    er hat die Zahlen im Kopf — (ugs.) he has the figures in his head

    er hat nur Autos im Kopf — (ugs.) all he ever thinks about is cars

    sie ist nicht ganz richtig im Kopf — (ugs.) she's not quite right in the head

    einen klaren/kühlen Kopf bewahren od. behalten — keep a cool head; keep one's head

    jemandem den Kopf verdrehen — (ugs.) steal somebody's heart [away]

    sich (Dat.) den Kopf zerbrechen — (ugs.) rack one's brains (über + Akk. over); (sich Sorgen machen) worry (über + Akk. about)

    aus dem Kopf — (aus dem Gedächtnis) off the top of one's head

    das geht od. will ihm nicht aus dem Kopf — he can't get it out of his mind

    sich (Dat.) etwas aus dem Kopf schlagen — put something out of one's head

    sich (Dat.) etwas durch den Kopf gehen lassen — think something over

    jemandem im Kopf herumgehen — (ugs.) go round and round in somebody's mind

    jemandem/sich etwas in den Kopf setzen — put something into somebody's head/get something into one's head

    etwas im Kopf [aus]rechnen — work something out in one's head

    was man nicht im Kopf hat, muss man in den Beinen haben — a short memory makes work for the legs

    jemandem geht od. will etwas nicht in den Kopf [hinein] — (ugs.) somebody can't get something into his/her head

    6) (von Nadeln, Nägeln, Blumen) head; (von Pfeifen) bowl
    7)

    ein Kopf Salat/Blumenkohl/Rotkohl — a lettuce/cauliflower/red cabbage

    Kopf [oder Zahl?] — heads [or tails?]

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    ¨-e m.
    head n.
    heading n.
    pate n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Kopf

  • 11 mayor

    adj.
    1 bigger.
    2 grown-up (adulto).
    cuando sea mayor when I grow up
    ser mayor de edad to be an adult
    3 older (no joven).
    una mujer mayor an older woman
    ser muy mayor to be very old
    4 main (principal) (plaza, calle, palo).
    5 major, main, chief, leading.
    f. & m.
    1 major (military).
    2 head.
    * * *
    1 (comparativo) bigger, greater, larger; (persona) older; (hermanos, hijos) elder, older
    2 (superlativo) biggest, greatest, largest; (persona) oldest; (hermanos, hijos) eldest, oldest
    3 (de edad) mature, elderly
    4 (adulto) grown-up
    ■ ya eres mayor, así que defiéndete tú solo you are old enough to stand up for yourself now
    6 MÚSICA major
    1 MILITAR major
    1 (adultos) grown-ups, adults; (antepasados) ancestors
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino el/la mayor
    1 (entre varios) the oldest; (entre hermanos, hijos) the eldest, the oldest
    \
    al por mayor wholesale
    hacerse mayor to grow up
    no ir/pasar a mayores not to come to anything, not to be anything serious
    ser mayor de edad to be of age
    calle mayor high street, US main street
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    1. noun mf. 2. adj.
    1) main, major
    2) bigger, biggest
    3) larger, largest
    4) greater, greatest
    5) elder, oldest
    •
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [comparativo]
    a) (=más grande)

    un mayor número de visitantes — a larger o greater number of visitors, more visitors

    son temas de mayor importancia — they are more important issues, they are issues of greater importance

    • la mayor parte de los ciudadanos — most citizens

    • ser mayor que algo, mi casa es mayor que la suya — my house is bigger o larger than his

    b) (=de más edad) older

    • mayor que algn — older than sb

    vivió con un hombre muchos años mayor que ella — she lived with a man many years her senior, she lived with a man who was several years older than her

    2) [superlativo]
    a) (=más grande)

    esta es la mayor iglesia del mundo — this is the biggest o largest church in the world

    su mayor problema — his biggest o greatest problem

    su mayor enemigo — his biggest o greatest enemy

    b) (=de más edad) oldest

    mi hijo (el) mayor — my oldest o eldest son

    3) (=principal) [plaza, mástil] main; [altar, misa] high

    calle mayor — high street, main street (EEUU)

    colegio 1), libro 2)
    4) (=adulto) grown-up, adult

    las personas mayores — grown-ups, adults

    • ser mayor de edad — to be of age

    • hacerse mayor — to grow up

    5) (=de edad avanzada) old, elderly
    6) (=jefe) head antes de s
    7) (Mús) major
    2. SMF
    1) (=adulto) grown-up, adult

    mayor de edad — adult, person who is legally of age

    2) (=anciano)

    ¡más respeto con los mayores! — be more respectful to your elders (and betters)!

    3) LAm (Mil) major
    3.
    SM

    • al por mayor — wholesale

    repartir golpes al por mayor — to throw punches left, right and centre

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    I
    1)

    a la mayor brevedad posible — (Corresp) as soon as possible o (frml) at your earliest convenience

    la mayor parte de los estudiantes — most students, the majority of students

    2) ( en edad)
    a) ( comparativo) older

    ¿tienes hermanos mayores? — do you have any older o elder brothers or sisters?

    mi hijo mayor — my eldest o oldest son

    c) ( anciano) elderly
    d) ( adulto)

    ser mayor de edad — (Der) to be of age

    no pasar or llegar a mayores: tuvo un novio, pero el asunto no pasó a mayores she had a boyfriend, but it didn't come to anything; afortunadamente la cosa no llegó a mayores — fortunately it was nothing serious

    4) ( en nombres) ( principal) main

    Calle Mayor — Main Street ( in US), High Street ( in UK)

    5) (Mús) major
    6) (Com)
    II
    masculino y femenino
    1) ( adulto) adult, grown-up (colloq)

    mis/tus mayores — my/your elders

    2) mayor masculino (AmL) (Mil) major
    * * *
    I
    1)

    a la mayor brevedad posible — (Corresp) as soon as possible o (frml) at your earliest convenience

    la mayor parte de los estudiantes — most students, the majority of students

    2) ( en edad)
    a) ( comparativo) older

    ¿tienes hermanos mayores? — do you have any older o elder brothers or sisters?

    mi hijo mayor — my eldest o oldest son

    c) ( anciano) elderly
    d) ( adulto)

    ser mayor de edad — (Der) to be of age

    no pasar or llegar a mayores: tuvo un novio, pero el asunto no pasó a mayores she had a boyfriend, but it didn't come to anything; afortunadamente la cosa no llegó a mayores — fortunately it was nothing serious

    4) ( en nombres) ( principal) main

    Calle Mayor — Main Street ( in US), High Street ( in UK)

    5) (Mús) major
    6) (Com)
    II
    masculino y femenino
    1) ( adulto) adult, grown-up (colloq)

    mis/tus mayores — my/your elders

    2) mayor masculino (AmL) (Mil) major
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    mayor1
    1 = senior, elderly, eldest.

    Ex: If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.

    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex: When her eldest son developed a glaucoma she became aware of the lack of suitable books.
    * apto para mayores de 13 años o menores acompañados = PG-13.
    * asistencia social para los mayores = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].
    * centro de día para mayores = day centre for the elderly.
    * cuidado de los mayores = kinkeeping.
    * cuidados de los mayores = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].
    * cuidados para personas mayores = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].
    * familiar que cuida de los mayores = kinkeeper.
    * gente mayor = elderly people.
    * hombre mayor = elderly man.
    * mayor de 25 años = mature adult.
    * mayores, los = elderly, the.
    * muy mayor = over the hill.
    * pesonas mayores = elderly people.
    * ser mayor = be older.

    mayor2
    2 = largest, greater, heightened, increased.

    Ex: Together they constitute the world's largest data base.

    Ex: The likelihood of data transmission errors is greater, however, and it is not recommended for constant use.
    Ex: The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.
    Ex: Information networks are critical tools to ensure the exchange, transfer, and use of information which will facilitate the increased quality and quantity of agricultural production.
    * admitir un número de reservas mayor a las plazas existentes = overbook.
    * alcanzar mayores cotas = rise to + greater heights.
    * al por mayor = in bulk.
    * cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.
    * cada vez mayor = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening.
    * cada vez mucho mayor = fast-increasing, exploding.
    * calle mayor, la = main street, the.
    * causa de fuerza mayor = act of God.
    * colegio mayor = residence hall, dormitory [dorm, -abbr.], student residence.
    * comprar al por mayor = buy + in bulk.
    * con el mayor cuidado = with utmost care.
    * con el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.
    * con mayor detalle = in greater detail.
    * con mayor profundidad = in most detail, in more detail.
    * con un mayor nivel educativo = better educated [better-educated].
    * dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.
    * demasiado mayor en relación con Algo = overage.
    * demasiado mayor para su curso = overage for grade.
    * de mayor edad = senior.
    * de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.
    * desajuste cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.
    * descuento por compra al por mayor = bulk deal, bulk rate, bulk rate discount.
    * diferencia cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.
    * distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y, = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.
    * durante la mayor parte de = for much of.
    * durante la mayor parte del año = for the best part of the year.
    * en caso de fuerza mayor = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.
    * en el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.
    * en la mayor parte de = in the majority of.
    * en mayor grado = to a greater degree, a fortiori, to a greater extent, to a larger degree, to a larger extent.
    * en mayor medida = to a greater extent, to a greater degree, a fortiori, to a larger degree, to a larger extent.
    * en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.
    * en mayor o menor medida = to a greater or lesser extent.
    * en su mayor parte = largely, mostly, for the most part.
    * en un número cada vez mayor = in increasing numbers.
    * fuerza mayor = force majeure.
    * hora de mayor demanda = peak time.
    * importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.
    * interés cada vez mayor = growing interest.
    * jefe del estado mayor = Chief of Staff.
    * la mayor parte de = the majority of, the main bulk of, the lion's share of.
    * la mayor parte de las veces = more often than not.
    * la proporción mayor de = the lion's share of.
    * libro de mayor venta = bestseller [best seller/best-seller].
    * material de tamaño mayor de lo normal = outsize material.
    * mayor + Nombre = longer + Nombre.
    * mayor rendimiento = efficiencies of scale.
    * mucho mayor = far greater, far larger, very much greater.
    * obtener el mayor rendimiento posible = maximise + opportunities.
    * para mayor información sobre = for details of.
    * para mayor información véase + Nombre = see + Nombre + for further details.
    * para mayor inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.
    * período de mayor demanda = peak time.
    * precio al por mayor = block rate, wholesale price, bulk rate.
    * precio especial por compra al por mayor = bulk deal.
    * preocupación cada vez mayor (por) = growing concern (about).
    * problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.
    * problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.
    * programación televisiva de mayor audiencia = prime time television.
    * programa de mayor audiencia = prime time programme, prime time show.
    * sacar el mayor partido al dinero de uno = get + the most for + Posesivo + money.
    * sacar mayor partido a = squeeze + more life out of.
    * sacar mayor provecho = stretch + further.
    * separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and.
    * ser el que con mayor frecuencia = be (the) most likely to.
    * símbolo de mayor-que (>) = greater-than sign (>), greater-than symbol (>), right angled bracket (>).
    * suministro al por mayor = bulk supply.
    * tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.
    * una mayor variedad de = a wider canvas of.
    * una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.
    * un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.
    * un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.
    * vender al por mayor = sell + in bulk, wholesale.
    * venta al por mayor = wholesaling, wholesale.

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    A
    pueden volar a mayor altura they can fly at a greater height
    estas tablas le dan mayor amplitud a la falda these pleats make the skirt fuller
    un material de mayor flexibilidad a more flexible material
    en otros países el índice de mortalidad infantil es aún mayor in other countries the infant mortality rate is even higher
    esto podría reportar beneficios aún mayores this could bring even greater benefits
    mayor QUE algo:
    una superficie cuatro veces mayor que la de nuestro país a surface area four times greater than that of our country
    cualquier número mayor que 40 any number above 40 o greater than 40 o higher than 40
    X > Z ( Mat) (read as: equis es mayor que zeta) X > Z (léase: x is greater than z)
    el mayor país de América Latina the biggest country in Latin America
    el mayor número de accidentes de Europa the greatest o highest number of accidents in Europe
    ésa ha sido siempre su mayor preocupación that has always been her greatest worry
    le ruego lo envíe a la mayor brevedad posible ( Corresp) please send it as soon as possible o ( frml) at your earliest convenience
    la mayor parte de los argentinos most Argentinians, the majority of Argentinians
    ¿tienes hermanos mayores? do you have any older o elder brothers or sisters?
    mayor QUE algn older THAN sb
    soy dos meses mayor que tú I am two months older than you
    2
    (superlativo): ¿quién de los dos es el mayor? who is the older o elder of the two?
    éste es mi hijo mayor this is my eldest o oldest son
    el mayor de todos los residentes the oldest of all the residents
    3 (viejo) elderly
    ya es muy mayor y no puede valerse sola she's very old o ( colloq) she's getting on and she can't manage on her own
    4
    (adulto): no se les habla así a las personas mayores you shouldn't talk to adults o grown-ups like that
    cuando sea mayor quiero ser bombero when I grow up I want to be a fireman
    vamos, que ya eres mayorcito para estar haciendo esas cosas come on, you're a bit old to be doing things like that
    cuando sea mayor de edad ( Der) when he reaches the age of majority
    soy mayor de edad y haré lo que quiera I'm over 18 ( o 21 etc) and I'll do as I please
    (grande): no creo que esto requiera mayores explicaciones I don't think this needs much in the way of explanation
    no tengo mayor interés en el tema I'm not particularly interested in o I don't have any great interest in the subject
    la noticia no me produjo mayor inquietud the news did not worry me particularly o unduly
    se llevó a cabo sin mayores contratiempos it was carried out without any serious o major hitches
    no pasar or llegar a mayores: tuvo un pretendiente, pero la cosa no pasó a mayores she had a boyfriend, but it didn't come to anything o but nothing came of it
    hubo una pelea pero no llegó a mayores there was a fight but it was nothing serious
    (principal): Calle Mayor Main Street ( in US), High Street ( in UK)
    E ( Mús) major
    F ( Com):
    (al) por mayor wholesale
    [ S ] venta sólo (al) por mayor wholesale only
    los compran (al) por mayor they buy them wholesale
    hubo problemas (al) por mayor there were innumerable problems
    A
    1
    (adulto): no te metas en las conversaciones de los mayores don't interrupt when the adults o grown-ups are talking
    cada niño debe ir acompañado de un mayor each child must be accompanied by an adult
    mis/tus mayores my/your elders
    Compuesto:
    masculine and feminine person who is legally of age o who has reached the age of majority
    B
    mayor masculine ( AmL) ( Mil) major
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    mayor adjetivo
    1

    ◊ grande) ‹número/porcentaje› greater, higher;


    ‹ beneficio› greater;

    a mayor escala on a larger scale;
    un número mayor que 40 a number greater than 40

    ◊ grande): el mayor número de accidentes the greatest o highest number of accidents;

    su mayor preocupación her greatest o biggest worry;
    a la mayor brevedad posible as soon as possible;
    la mayor parte de los estudiantes most students, the majority of students
    2 ( en edad)

    mayor que algn older than sb

    ◊ es la mayor de las dos she is the older o elder of the two;

    mi hijo mayor my eldest o oldest son

    d) ( adulto):


    cuando sea mayor when I grow up;
    ser mayor de edad (Der) to be of age;
    soy mayor de edad y haré lo que quiera I'm over 18 (o 21 etc) and I'll do as I please
    3 ( en nombres) ( principal) main;

    4 (Mús) major
    5 (Com):

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( adulto) adult, grown-up (colloq);

    mis/tus mayores my/your elders;
    mayor de edad person who is legally of age
    mayor
    I adjetivo
    1 (comparativo de tamaño) larger, bigger: necesitas una talla mayor, you need a larger size
    (superlativo) largest, biggest: ésa es la mayor, that is the biggest one
    2 (comparativo de grado) greater: su capacidad es mayor que la mía, his capacity is greater than mine
    la ciudad no tiene mayor atractivo, the town isn't particularly appealing
    (superlativo) greatest: ésa es la mayor tontería que he oído nunca, that is the most absurd thing I've ever heard
    3 (comparativo de edad) older: es mayor que tu madre, she is older than your mother
    (superlativo) oldest
    el mayor de los tres, the oldest one 4 está muy mayor, (crecido, maduro) he's quite grown-up
    (anciano) he looks old
    ser mayor de edad, to be of age
    (maduro) old: es un hombre mayor, he's an old man
    eres mayor para entenderlo, you are old enough to understand it
    5 (principal) major, main: tu mayor responsabilidad es su educación, the thing that's most important to you is her education; la calle mayor, the main street
    6 Mús major
    7 Com al por mayor, wholesale
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 Mil major 2 mayores, (adultos) grownups, adults
    (ancianos) elders
    ♦ Locuciones: al por mayor, wholesale
    ir/pasar a mayores, to become serious: discutió con su marido, pero el asunto no pasó a mayores, she had an argument with her husband but they soon forgot about it

    ' mayor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abundar
    - adicta
    - adicto
    - afán
    - alcalde
    - alcaldía
    - almacén
    - amable
    - brevedad
    - burgomaestre
    - calle
    - caza
    - colegio
    - confluencia
    - desarrollar
    - edad
    - engrandecer
    - escaparate
    - estado
    - Excemo.
    - Excmo.
    - fuerza
    - gruesa
    - grueso
    - hacer
    - hacerse
    - inri
    - obra
    - osa
    - palo
    - persona
    - plana
    - polemizar
    - predilección
    - re
    - safari
    - salir
    - sol
    - teniente
    - vender
    - venta
    - abuelo
    - ama
    - anhelo
    - atractivo
    - audiencia
    - cazar
    - ciudad
    - compás
    - de
    English:
    act
    - address
    - adult
    - big
    - bomb
    - bulk
    - capacity
    - cash-and-carry
    - claw back
    - densely
    - dipper
    - dormitory
    - elaborate
    - elder
    - eldest
    - few
    - frisky
    - grow up
    - growing
    - high street
    - hill
    - inquest
    - lion
    - little
    - main
    - major
    - mayor
    - mostly
    - much
    - nominee
    - often
    - old
    - outflow
    - outweigh
    - over
    - part
    - perpendicular
    - residence
    - senior
    - sergeant major
    - spur
    - staff
    - trade price
    - utmost
    - wholesale
    - wholesale trade
    - wholesaler
    - worship
    - abject
    - cash
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [comparativo] [en tamaño] bigger ( que than); [en edad] older ( que than); [en importancia] greater ( que than); [en número] higher ( que than);
    este puente es mayor que el otro this bridge is bigger than the other one;
    mi hermana mayor my older sister;
    es ocho años mayor que yo she's eight years older than me;
    un mayor número de víctimas a higher number of victims;
    una mayor tasa de inflación a higher rate of inflation;
    en mayor o menor grado to a greater or lesser extent;
    no creo que tenga mayor interés I don't think it's particularly interesting;
    no te preocupes, no tiene mayor importancia don't worry, it's not (all) that important;
    apartamentos mayores de 100 metros cuadrados Br flats o US apartments of over 100 square metres;
    subsidios para parados mayores de cuarenta y cinco años benefits for unemployed people (of) over forty-five;
    la mayor parte de most of, the majority of;
    la mayor parte de los británicos piensa que… most British people o the majority of British people think that…;
    Mat
    mayor que greater than
    2. [superlativo]
    el/la mayor… [en tamaño] the biggest…;
    [en edad] the oldest…; [en importancia] the greatest…; [en número] the highest…;
    la mayor de las islas the biggest island, the biggest of the islands;
    la mayor crisis que se recuerda the biggest crisis in living memory;
    el mayor de todos nosotros/de la clase the oldest of all of us/in the class;
    el mayor de los dos hermanos the older of the two brothers;
    vive en la mayor de las pobrezas he lives in the most abject poverty
    3. [más] further, more;
    para mayor información solicite nuestro catálogo for further o more details, send for our catalogue
    4. [adulto] grown-up;
    cuando sea mayor when I grow up;
    hacerse mayor to grow up;
    ser mayor de edad to be an adult
    5. [no joven] older;
    [anciano] elderly;
    una mujer ya mayor an older woman;
    ser muy mayor to be very old;
    hay que escuchar a las personas mayores you should listen to older people;
    la gente mayor, las personas mayores [los ancianos] the elderly
    6. [principal] major, main;
    la plaza mayor the main square;
    la calle mayor the main street;
    el palo mayor the main mast
    7. Mús major;
    en do mayor in C major
    8. Com
    al por mayor wholesale;
    ♦ nmf
    el/la mayor [hijo, hermano] the eldest;
    mayores [adultos] grown-ups;
    [antepasados] ancestors, forefathers;
    es una película/revista para mayores it's an adult movie o Br film/magazine;
    respeta a tus mayores you should respect your elders;
    la cosa no llegó o [m5] pasó a mayores the matter didn't go any further
    ♦ nm
    Mil major
    * * *
    I adj
    1 comp: en tamaño larger, bigger; en edad older; en importancia greater;
    mayor que greater than, larger than;
    ser mayor de edad be an adult;
    ser (muy) mayor be (very) elderly;
    mayor que older than
    2 sup
    :
    el mayor en edad the oldest o eldest; en tamaño the largest o
    biggest; en importancia the greatest;
    los mayores the adults;
    la mayor parte the majority
    3 MÚS tono, modo
    major;
    do mayor MÚS C major
    4 COM
    :
    al por mayor wholesale
    II m MIL major
    :
    ir o
    pasar a mayores get serious
    * * *
    mayor adj
    1) (comparative of grande) : bigger, larger, greater, elder, older
    2) (superlative of grande) : biggest, largest, greatest, eldest, oldest
    3) : grown-up, mature
    4) : main, major
    5)
    mayor de edad : of (legal) age
    6)
    por mayor : wholesale
    mayor nmf
    1) : major (in the military)
    2) : adult
    * * *
    mayor1 adj
    2. (más grande) bigger
    4. (anciano) old / elderly
    5. (adulto) grown up
    6. (principal) main
    mayor2 n
    ¿cuántos años tiene el mayor? how old is the oldest?
    2. (adulto) grown up
    de mayor when I grow up / when you grow up etc.
    hacerse mayor to grow up [pt. grew; pp. grown]

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  • 12 expendo

    ex-pendo, di, sum, 3, v. a., to weigh out, weigh.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    aliquem,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 34:

    ut jam expendantur, non numerentur pecuniae,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97:

    bacam, nucem,

    Cels. 5, 19, 12.—With abl. of that against which any thing is weighed:

    hunc hominem decet auro expendi,

    i. e. is worth his weight in gold, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 1.— Poet.:

    ibat et expenso planta morata gradu,

    measured, Prop. 2, 4, 6 (16).—
    B.
    In partic., to weigh out money in payment, to pay out, pay; to lay out, expend (class.;

    syn.: pendo, impendo, pondero, solvo, luo): ante pedes praetoris in foro expensum est auri pondo centum,

    Cic. Fl. 28, 68:

    nummos nominibus certis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105:

    usuras gravissimas,

    Dig. 19, 1, 47:

    viginti milia talenta in hos sumptus,

    Just. 12, 11.—With abl.:

    aurum auro expendetur, argentum argento exaequabitur,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 43. —
    2.
    In the part. perf. as a neutr. subst.: expensum, i, money paid, a payment:

    bene igitur ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos convenit,

    of debt and credit, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 146; id. Truc. 1, 1, 54:

    in codicem expensum et receptum referre,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 3:

    probari debere pecuniam datam consuetis modis, expensi latione, mensae rationibus, chirographi exhibitione, etc.,

    Gell. 14, 2, 7.—Esp. freq.: ferre alicui expensum or pecuniam expensam, to set down, enter, charge, reckon, account a sum as paid (opp. accipio):

    quod minus Dolabella Verri acceptum retulit quam Verres illi expensum tulerit... quid proderat tibi te expensum illis non tulisse?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, §§

    100 and 102: haec pecunia necesse est aut data aut expensa lata aut stipulata sit,

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 14: pecunias ferre (opp. acceptas referre), Auct. B. Alex. 56, 3: homines prope quadringentos produxisse dicitur, quibus sine fenore pecunias expensas tulisset, had set down, i. e. lent, Liv. 5, 20, 6.—Rarely transf., of other things: legio, quam expensam tulit C. Caesari Pompeius, i. e. transferred, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 4; for which also: expenso ferre vestem supellectilis nomine, Dig. 33, 10, 19.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. A.) To weigh mentally, to ponder, estimate, consider, judge, decide (class.):

    equidem cum colligo argumenta causarum, non tam ea numerare soleo quam expendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 76 fin.; cf.:

    in dissensione civili... expendendos cives non numerandos puto,

    id. Rep. 6, 1:

    omnia expendet ac seliget,

    id. Or. 15, 47:

    vos in privatis minimarum rerum judiciis testem diligenter expenditis,

    id. Fl. 5, 12:

    singula animo suo,

    Ov. Am. 3, 5, 34:

    haec arte aliqua,

    Cic. Brut. 50, 186; cf.:

    verba arte,

    Tac. A. 13, 3:

    omnes casus,

    Verg. A. 12, 21:

    belli consilia,

    Tac. H. 1, 87:

    causam meritis,

    to decide, Ov. M. 13, 150 et saep.:

    quae contemplantes expendere oportebit, quid quisque habeat sui,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

    Hannibalem,

    Juv. 10, 147:

    quid conveniat nobis,

    id. 10, 347.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) To pay a penalty, suffer a punishment ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): poenas Jovi expendisse (shortly after, in prose, poenas pendens), Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; cf.:

    infanda per orbem Supplicia et scelerum poenas expendimus omnes,

    Verg. A. 11, 258:

    dignas poenas pro talibus ausis,

    Sil. 13, 698:

    poenas capite,

    Tac. A. 12, 19:

    dura supplicia,

    Sil. 6, 588.—Hence, to pay for, expiate:

    scelus,

    Verg. A. 2, 229:

    dignum pretium Poeno,

    Sil. 7, 713.—
    C.
    (Cf. I. B. 2.) Ipsam facilitati suae expensum ferre debere, i. e. have to ascribe to, Dig. 36, 4, 3:

    creditores suae negligentiae expensum ferre debeant,

    ib. 42, 8, 24.—
    * expense, adv., largely, very much (late Lat.), Theod. Prisc. de Diaeta, 13.

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  • 13 reputo

    rĕ-pŭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to count over, reckon, calculate, compute (syn.: numero, expendo).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly post-Aug.):

    solis defectiones,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

    tempora,

    Tac. H. 2, 50:

    annos infantiae,

    Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167:

    alimenta,

    Dig. 3, 5, 34:

    sumptus litis et viatica,

    ib. 27, 3, 1:

    (vir) reputaturus patri, quod eo nomine praestiterit,

    to charge in account, charge to, ib. 11, 7, 17.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To think over, ponder, meditate, reflect upon (freq. and class.; a favorite word of Sall. and Tac.; not used by Cæs.;

    syn.: cogito, delibero): non reputat laboris quid sit, Nec, aequom anne iniquom imperet, cogitabit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 18; cf.:

    haec ille reputans et dies noctesque cogitans,

    Cic. Deiot. 13, 38:

    magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5: humanae vitae varia reputantes mala, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115:

    horum nihil,

    id. N. D. 2, 46, 119:

    scelera sua,

    Tac. A. 2, 67:

    infirmitatem suam,

    id. H. 2, 16:

    adversa,

    id. ib. 2, 74:

    vim Romanam,

    id. ib. 4, 21 et saep.:

    ipsus secum eam rem reputavit viā,

    Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:

    dum haec mecum reputo,

    id. Eun. 3, 5, 44; Sall. C. 52, 2; Tac. A. 15, 54; cf.:

    facinus suum cum animo,

    Sall. J. 13, 5; 70, 5; 85, 10; Lact. 4, 1, 1:

    sed hoc animo reputet, nostras nunc manus intueri senatum,

    Liv. 21, 41, 16:

    in animo reputare,

    Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 24, 7; v. also in the foll.—With obj.-clause:

    cum tibi nihil merito accidisse reputabis,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 5; Tac. A. 6, 30 fin.; 11, 28; 12, 51 fin.; id. H. 1, 70; 3, 8; Suet. Aug. 28.— With rel.clause:

    te moneo, hoc etiam atque etiam ut reputes, quid facere expetas,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 48:

    quid ille vellet,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 6:

    cum secum ipse reputaret, quam gravis casus in servitium ex regno foret,

    Sall. J. 62, 9:

    proinde reputaret cum animo suo, praemia an cruciatum mallet,

    id. ib. 70, 5; cf. id. ib. 85, 10.— Absol.:

    vere reputantibus Galliam suismet viribus concidisse,

    if we consider it rightly, Tac. H. 4, 17.—
    B.
    (Late Lat.) To impute, ascribe:

    alicui nec bona opera nec mala,

    Tert. Res. Carn. 16:

    reputaturus patri, quod eo nomine praestiterit,

    Dig. 11, 7, 17:

    et reputatum est ei ad justitiam,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 2, 52; id. Rom. 4, 3.

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  • 14 tracto

    tracto, āvi, ātum ( gen. plur. part. tractantum, Ov. P. 3, 3, 20), 1, v. freq. a. [traho].
    I.
    To draw violently, to drag, tug, haul, etc. (so, very rare): qui te (Hectorem) sic tractavere? Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 96 Vahl.):

    tractatus per aequora campi,

    id. Ann. v. 140 Vahl.:

    tractata comis antistita Phoebi,

    Ov. M. 13, 410:

    malis morsuque ferarum Tractari,

    to be torn, rent, lacerated, Lucr. 3, 889.—
    II.
    To touch, take in hand, handle, manage, wield; to exercise, practise, transact, perform, etc. (freq. and class.; cf.: tango, ago, perago).
    A.
    Lit.:

    ut ea, quae gustemus, olfaciamus, tractemus, audiamus, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111:

    numquam temere tinnit tintinnabulum, nisi qui illud tractat,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163:

    aliquid manibus,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 103:

    tractavisti hospitam ante aedes meas,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 30:

    mateilionem Corinthium cupidissime tractans,

    Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

    volucra, quae non possum tractare sine magno gemitu,

    id. Att. 12, 22, 1:

    aret Pellis et ad tactum tractanti dura resistit,

    Verg. G. 3, 502:

    puer unctis Tractavit calicem manibus,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 79:

    vitulos consuescere manu tractari,

    Col. 6, 2, 1:

    tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae,

    i. e. strikes, plays upon, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60: necdum res igni scibant tractare, to prepare, i. e. to cook, dress, Lucr. 5, 953:

    solum terrae aere,

    id. 5, 1289; cf.:

    lutosum agrum,

    i. e. to till, Col. 2, 4, 5:

    tractari tuerique vites,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

    ceram pollice,

    Ov. M. 10, 285; cf. id. ib. 8, 196:

    lanam,

    Just. 1, 3:

    lanuginem,

    Suet. Ner. 34:

    gubernacula,

    to manage, Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

    tela,

    to wield, Liv. 7, 32, 11; cf.:

    speciosius arma,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53:

    servus, qui meam bibliothecen multorum nummorum tractavit,

    has taken care of, had charge of, Cic. Fam. 13, 77, 3; cf.: eras tu quaestor;

    pecuniam publicam tu tractabas,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32:

    rationem Prusensium,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 5.—
    B. 1.
    In gen.: ut ne res temere tractent turbidas, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 189 Vahl.):

    suam rem minus caute et cogitate,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:

    causas amicorum tractare atque agere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

    causam difficiliorem,

    id. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

    condiciones,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

    bellum,

    to conduct, carry on, Liv. 23, 28, 4; Tac. A. 1, 59; Just. 9, 8, 12; 22, 5, 4:

    proelia,

    Sil. 15, 466; cf.:

    vitam vulgivago more ferarum,

    to lead, pass, spend, Lucr. 5, 930; so,

    vitam,

    Auct. Her. 4, 24, 33 (al. transactam):

    imperium,

    Just. 1, 2, 1:

    regna,

    id. 2, 4, 20:

    pauca admodum vi tractata, quo ceteris quies esset,

    Tac. A. 1, 9 fin.:

    artem,

    to practise, Ter. Phorm. prol. 17; Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22:

    verba vetera,

    to employ, Quint. 11, 1, 6:

    personam in scenā,

    to perform, act, represent, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; so,

    partes secundas (mimus),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14:

    animos,

    Cic. Or. 28, 97; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Reflex.:

    quo in munere ita se tractavit, ut, etc.,

    has so conducted himself, Cic. Fam. 13, 12, 1; so,

    ita me in re publicā tractabo, ut meminerim, etc.,

    id. Cat. 3, 12, 29.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To treat, use, or conduct one ' s self towards a person in any manner:

    ego te, ut merita es de me, tractare exsequar,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 8: haec arte tractabat virum, ut, etc., Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 125:

    omnibus rebus eum ita tractes, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 3:

    non tractabo ut consulem,

    id. Phil. 2, 5, 10:

    aliquem liberaliter,

    id. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

    nec liberalius nec honorificentius potuisse tractari,

    id. Fam. 13, 27, 2:

    pater parum pie tractatus a filio,

    id. Cael. 2, 3:

    mercatores ac navicularii injuriosius tractati,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

    pauloque benignius ipsum Te tractare voles,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 12. —
    b.
    To handle, treat, investigate, discuss any thing, mentally, orally, or in writing (cf.: dissero, disputo, ago). ( a) With acc.:

    quem ad modum quamque causam tractare conveniat,

    Auct. Her. 2, 2, 2:

    oratori omnia quaesita, audita, lecta, disputata, tractata, agitata esse debent,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 54:

    habeat omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,

    id. Or. 33, 118:

    causas amicorum,

    id. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

    tractata res,

    id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

    definitiones fortitudinis,

    id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:

    partem philosophiae,

    id. Ac. 1, 8, 30:

    constantiam,

    id. Lael. 18, 65; cf. id. ib. 22, 82:

    ibi consilia decem legatorum tractabantur,

    Liv. 33, 31, 7:

    fama fuit... tractatas inter Eumenen et Persea condiciones amicitiae,

    id. 44, 13, 9:

    scrupulosius tractabo ventos,

    Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 118: prima elementa, Quint. prooem. 21;

    1, 1, 23: locus, qui copississime a Cicerone tractatur,

    id. 1, 4, 24; 7, 2, 43:

    aliquid memori pectore,

    to ponder, reflect upon, Juv. 11, 28; cf.:

    tractare proeliorum vias,

    Tac. A. 2, 5: ut quaestio diligentius tractaretur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 21, 1.—
    (β).
    With de and abl. (mostly postAug.):

    de officii parte,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 1 (9), 20 (dub.;

    Madv. and Kiessl. partem): quoniam de religionibus tractabatur,

    Tac. A. 3, 71:

    ubi de figuris orationis tractandum erit,

    Quint. 1, 5, 5; 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 10:

    de negotiis,

    to discuss, Suet. Aug. 35 fin. —
    (γ).
    With interrog.-clause:

    quo tractatur amicus an inimicus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 29; 7, 2, 56:

    utra sit antiquior (lex),

    id. 7, 7, 8:

    cum tractaret, quinam adipisci principem locum abnuerent, etc.,

    Tac. A. 1, 13.—
    c.
    To negotiate, treat:

    dum de condicionibus tractat,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Suet. Claud. 26:

    de Asiā,

    Just. 37, 3, 4:

    de redimendo filio,

    id. 31, 7, 7.

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  • 15 puto

    pŭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [root pu, to cleanse; whence putus, puteus, purus, etc.], to clean, cleanse (in the lit. sense very rare; in the trop. very freq.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    vellus lavare ac putare,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18: pensa lana putata, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 22:

    dolia,

    Cato, R. R. 39, 1 dub. (al. picare): aurum quoque putatum dici solet, id est expurgatum, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. putus, p. 216 Müll.—
    B.
    In partic., to trim, prune, or lop trees or vines:

    vineas arboresque falce putare,

    Cato, R. R. 32 init.; 33, 1:

    vitem,

    Verg. G. 2, 407; Just. 43, 4, 2:

    parcendum vitibus et ideo anguste putandum,

    Col. 4, 24, 21; id. Arb. 10, 1; Pall. 3, 12, 1; cf.: putatae vites et arbores, quod decisis impedimentis remanerent purae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 216 Müll.; so, too, in the foll., the passage from Gell. 6, 5, 6:

    olivetum,

    Cato, R. R. 44:

    arborem latius, strictius,

    Pall. 1, 6:

    vineam,

    Vulg. Lev. 25, 3; id. Isa. 5, 6.—
    II.
    Trop., to clear up, set in order; to arrange, settle, adjust.
    A.
    In gen.: rationem or rationes, to hold a reckoning, reckon together, settle accounts:

    putare veteres dixerunt vacantia ex quāque re ac non necessaria aut etiam obstantia et aliena auferre et excidere, et, quod esset utile ac sine vitio videretur, relinquere. Sic namque arbores et vites et sic etiam rationes putari dictum,

    Gell. 6, 5, 6 sq.:

    vilicus rationem cum domino crebro putet,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 3:

    rationes,

    id. ib. 2, 5:

    putatur ratio cum argentario,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 52:

    rationes cum publicanis putare,

    Cic. Att. 4, 11, 1:

    ideo ratio putari dicitur in quā summa fit pura,

    Varr. L. L. 5, 9.—
    2.
    Transf.:

    quom eam mecum rationem puto,

    think over, consider, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 25.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To reckon, count, compute a thing:

    colliciares (tegulae) pro binis putabuntur,

    will be counted, Cato, R. R. 14, 4; cf.:

    si numerus militum potius quam legionum putatur,

    Tac. H. 3, 2.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To believe in, regard:

    id ipsum est deos non putare, quae ab iis significantur contemnere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104.—
    b.
    To reckon, value, estimate, esteem a thing as any thing (= aestimare):

    aliquid denariis quadringentis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13:

    magni putare honores,

    id. Planc. 4, 11:

    cum unum te pluris quam omnes illos putem,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 5:

    parvi,

    Cat. 23, 25:

    tantique putat conubia nostra,

    Ov. M. 10, 618.—
    c.
    To reckon, deem, hold, consider, count, esteem, etc.:

    aliquem nihilo,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24: aliquid pro certo, Matius et Trebat. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, A fin.:

    pro nihilo,

    Cic. Mil. 24, 64:

    imperatorem aliquo in numero putare,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 37.—With two acc.:

    turpem putat lituram,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 167:

    id nil puto,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 27; id. Ad. 1, 2, 19; 5, 4, 4; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 84; 2, 2, 54; id. C. 4, 11, 30:

    hominem prae se neminem,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135.—
    d.
    To ponder, consider, reflect upon a thing:

    dum haec puto,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 4:

    in quo primum illud debes putare,

    Cic. Planc. 4, 10:

    multa putans,

    Verg. A. 6, 332: cum aliquo argumentis, to consider or investigate maturely, to argue, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 45.—
    e.
    Transf. (as the result of consideration), to judge, suppose, account, suspect, believe, think, imagine, etc. (cf.:

    arbitror, opinor, censeo): verbum quoque ipsum puto, quod declarandae sententiae nostrae causā dicimus, non signat profecto aliud, quam id agere nos in re dubiā obscurāque, ut decisis amputatisque falsis opinionibus, quod videatur esse verum et integrum et incorruptum, retineamus,

    Gell. 6, 5, 8:

    aliquis forsan me Putet non putare hoc verum,

    Ter. And. 5, 5, 1:

    recte putas,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 114:

    rem ipsam putasti,

    you have hit the precise point, id. Phorm. 4, 5, 6:

    nec committere, ut aliquando dicendum sit, Non putaram,

    I should not have imagined that, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81; id. Ac. 2, 18, 56:

    Cyprus insula et Cappadociae regnum tecum de me loquentur, puto etiam regem Deiotarum,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 15:

    noli putare, me maluisse, etc.,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 3, 15, 7; id. Fam. 9, 16, 2; id. Att. 12, 18, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 31:

    Numidae remorati dum in elephantis auxilium putant,

    Sall. J. 53, 3: stare putes;

    adeo procedunt tempora tarde,

    one would suppose, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 5; id. H. 11, 85:

    acies mea videt aut videre putat,

    id. ib. 18, 32:

    hanc virtutem vestram ultra periculis obicere nimis grande vitae meae pretium puto,

    Tac. A. 2, 47; Nep. Paus. 3, 7.—Parenthetically, Cic. Att. 12, 49, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 3, 3; Cic. Att. 8, 9, 4; 7, 8, 5; 9, 9, 3;

    10, 16, 3: atque intra, puto, septimas Calendas,

    Mart. 1, 100, 6.—Ironically, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 2:

    ut puto, deus fio,

    as I think, in my opinion, Suet. Vesp. 23 fin.; Ov. A. A. 1, 370: non, puto, repudiabis, etc., [p. 1496] I think, I suppose, Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1. —With gen.:

    quaecumque sunt in omni mundo, deorum atque hominum putanda sunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 154.—Elliptically, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1; cf. id. ib. 15, 4, 15; id. Fin. 5, 24, 76; Sen. Ep. 76, 11; Tac. Or. 33. —Hence, pŭtă, imper., suppose, for instance, for example, namely ( poet. and postAug.):

    Quinte, puta, aut Publi,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 32:

    puta, tibi contigisse, ut oculos omnium effugias,

    Lact. 6, 24, 17:

    puta te servum esse communem,

    Sen. Contr. 3, 19, 4; 4, 25, 13; id. Clem. 1, 26, 2; id. Ben. 3, 41, 1; 5, 8, 6:

    si ille, puta, consul factus fuerit,

    Dig. 28, 5, 23:

    hoc, puta, non justum est,

    Pers. 4, 9; cf. Prisc. p. 1007 P.:

    ut puta (sometimes also written as one word, utputa),

    as for instance, as for example, Sen. Q. N. 2, 2, 3:

    ut puta novum crimen,

    Quint. 11, 3, 110; 7, 1, 14; Cels. 5, 26, 51 fin.; Sen. Ep. 47, 15.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > puto

  • 16 volvo

    volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 ( inf. pass. volvier, Lucr. 5, 714), v. a. [Sanscr. varas, circumference; Gr. eluô, to wrap; root Wel-], to roll, turn about, turn round, tumble any thing.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    (amnis) volvit sub undis Grandia saxa,

    Lucr. 1, 288; Verg. A. 11, 529; Ov. Ib. 173:

    flumen lapides volvens,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 38:

    beluas cum fluctibus (procellae),

    Plin. 9, 3, 2, § 5:

    vortices (flumen),

    Hor. C. 2, 9, 22:

    fumum caligine (ventus),

    Lucr. 6, 691:

    oculos huc illuc,

    Verg. A. 4, 363:

    oculos per singula,

    id. ib. 8, 618:

    filum,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 114 Müll. volvendi sunt libri, to unroll, i. e. open, Cic. Brut. 87, 298:

    Tyrrhena carmina retro,

    Lucr. 6, 381 (hence, volumen, in the signif. of roll, book, volume, v. h. v. I.):

    semineces volvit multos,

    rolls in the dust, fells to the ground, Verg. A. 12, 329 et saep.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To roll up or together, form by rolling:

    pilas,

    Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 99; cf.:

    qui terga dederant, conversi in hostem volventesque orbem, etc.,

    forming a circle, Liv. 22, 29, 5:

    jam orbem volventes suos increpans,

    id. 4, 28, 3.—
    2.
    To breathe, exhale, etc. ( poet.):

    vitalis aëris auras Volvere in ore,

    Lucr. 6, 1225:

    (equus) Collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem,

    Verg. G. 3, 85.—
    3.
    Mid., to turn or roll itself round about, to turn or roll along:

    nobis caenum teterrima quom sit Spurcities, eadem subus haec jucunda videtur, Insatiabiliter toti ut volvantur ibidem,

    Lucr. 6, 978:

    ille (anguis) inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus Volvitur,

    Verg. A. 7, 349:

    cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putant,

    Cic. Fat. 18, 42:

    illi qui volvuntur stellarum cursus sempiterni,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    excussus curru moribundus volvitur arvis,

    rolls, Verg. A. 10, 590:

    volvi humi,

    id. ib. 11, 640:

    volvitur Euryalus leto,

    id. ib. 9, 433:

    lacrimae volvuntur inanes,

    roll, flow, id. ib. 4, 449.— Part.:

    volventia plaustra,

    Verg. G. 1, 163.—
    II. A.
    In gen.:

    volvere curarum tristes in pectore fluctus,

    Lucr. 6, 34:

    magnos fluctus irarum,

    id. 6, 74:

    ingentes iras in pectore,

    Liv. 35, 18, 6:

    tot volvere casus Insignem pietate virum,

    i. e. to undergo so many misfortunes, Verg. A. 1, 9; cf.:

    satis diu saxum hoc volvo,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 9 (8), 55:

    (lunam) celerem pronos Volvere menses,

    in rolling on, Hor. C. 4, 6, 40; cf.:

    volvendis mensibus,

    Verg. A. 1, 269:

    has omnis (animas) ubi mille rotam volvere per annos,

    i. e. completed the cycle, id. ib. 6, 748; and neutr.:

    volventibus annis,

    with revolving years, after the lapse of years, id. ib. 1, 234; cf.:

    volventia lustra,

    Lucr. 5, 928:

    volvens annus,

    Ov. M. 5, 565:

    sic fata deum rex Sortitur volvitque vices,

    fixes the series of revolving events, Verg. A. 3, 376; cf.:

    sic volvere Parcas,

    id. ib. 1, 22:

    M. Pontidius celeriter sane verba volvens,

    rolling off, Cic. Brut. 70, 246:

    sententias facile verbis,

    id. ib. 81, 280 longissima est complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest, id. de Or. 3, 47, 182:

    ne verba traic amus aperte, quo melius aut cadat aut volvatur oratio,

    be rounded, form periods, id. Or. 69, 229.—
    B.
    In partic., to turn over or revolve in the mind; to ponder, meditate, or reflect upon, consider (cf. verso):

    multa cum animo suo volvebat,

    Sall. J. 6, 2; 108, 3:

    multa secum,

    id. C. 32, 1; id. J. 113, 1; Liv. 26, 7, 3:

    immensa omnia animo,

    id. 2, 49, 5; Tac. H. 1, 30; Suet. Vesp. 5:

    bellum in animo,

    Liv. 42, 5, 1:

    in pectore,

    id. 35, 18, 6:

    has inanium rerum inanes ipsas volventes cogitationes,

    id. 6, 28, 7; 34, 60, 2; 32, 20, 2; Curt. 10, 5, 15:

    incerta consilia,

    id. 10, 8, 7; 5, 9, 3:

    bellum adversus nos,

    Tac. A. 3, 38:

    Fauni sub pectore sortem,

    Verg. A. 7, 254: haec illis volventibus tandem vicit fortuna [p. 2014] reipublicae, Sall. C. 41, 3:

    subinde hoc in animo volve,

    Sen. Ep. 13, 13:

    secretas cogitationes intra se,

    Curt. 10, 8, 9:

    adeo ut plerumque intra me ipsum volvam,

    Tac. A. 14, 53:

    regna tecum volvis,

    Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1:

    mente aliquid,

    Lact. Epit. 60, 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > volvo

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