to+substitute

Dănăus, i, m., Danaos, son of Belus, and twin-brother of Aegyptus: he was the father of fifty daughters; he emigrated from Egypt into Greece, and there founded Argos;

was slain by Lynceus, after a reign of fifty years,

Hyg. Fab. 168; 170; Serv. Verg. A. 10, 497; Cic. Parad. 6, 1, 44; cf. under no. II. B.—Danai porticus, at Rome, dedicated by Augustus to the Palatine Apollo (726 A. U. C.), famed for its statues of Danaus and his daughters, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 4; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.); Tibul. 1, 3, 79; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 60.—

Derivv.

Dănăus, a, um, adj. ( belonging to Danaus; hence, in the poets, meton.), Greek, Grecian:

classes,

Ov. M. 13, 92; cf.

rates,

Prop. 3, 22, 34 (4, 22, 34 M.):

flammae,

Ov. M. 14, 467:

ignis,

id. Her. 8, 14:

miles,

id. ib. 24:

manus,

id. R. Am. 66:

res,

id. M. 13, 59. Esp. freq.,

Subst. plur.: Dănăi, ōrum, m., the Danai, for the Greeks (esp. freq. of the Greeks before Troy), Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Prop. 3, 8, 31 (4, 7, 31 M.); Verg. A. 2, 5 et saep.— Gen. plur.:

Danaum,

Lucr. 1, 87; Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); 3, 9, 40 (4, 8, 40 M.); Verg. A. 1, 30 et saep.—

Dănăĭdes, um, f., Danaïdes, the daughters of Danaus, the Danaides, who, with the exception of Hypermnestra, murdered their husbands at their father's command, Hyg. Fab. 170; 255; Sen. Herc. Fur. 757. The classical poets substitute Danai proles, Tib. 1, 3, 79; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.):

Danai puellae,

Hor. Od. 3, 11, 23:

Danai genus infame,

id. ib. 2, 14, 18.—

Dănăĭdae, ārum, m., Danaïdai = Danai (v. no. II. A.), the Greeks, Sen. Troad. 611.

Dănăus, i, m., Danaos, son of Belus, and twin-brother of Aegyptus: he was the father of fifty daughters; he emigrated from Egypt into Greece, and there founded Argos;

was slain by Lynceus, after a reign of fifty years,

Hyg. Fab. 168; 170; Serv. Verg. A. 10, 497; Cic. Parad. 6, 1, 44; cf. under no. II. B.—Danai porticus, at Rome, dedicated by Augustus to the Palatine Apollo (726 A. U. C.), famed for its statues of Danaus and his daughters, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 4; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.); Tibul. 1, 3, 79; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 60.—

Derivv.

Dănăus, a, um, adj. ( belonging to Danaus; hence, in the poets, meton.), Greek, Grecian:

classes,

Ov. M. 13, 92; cf.

rates,

Prop. 3, 22, 34 (4, 22, 34 M.):

flammae,

Ov. M. 14, 467:

ignis,

id. Her. 8, 14:

miles,

id. ib. 24:

manus,

id. R. Am. 66:

res,

id. M. 13, 59. Esp. freq.,

Subst. plur.: Dănăi, ōrum, m., the Danai, for the Greeks (esp. freq. of the Greeks before Troy), Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Prop. 3, 8, 31 (4, 7, 31 M.); Verg. A. 2, 5 et saep.— Gen. plur.:

Danaum,

Lucr. 1, 87; Prop. 2, 26, 38 (3, 22, 18 M.); 3, 9, 40 (4, 8, 40 M.); Verg. A. 1, 30 et saep.—

Dănăĭdes, um, f., Danaïdes, the daughters of Danaus, the Danaides, who, with the exception of Hypermnestra, murdered their husbands at their father's command, Hyg. Fab. 170; 255; Sen. Herc. Fur. 757. The classical poets substitute Danai proles, Tib. 1, 3, 79; cf. Prop. 2, 31, 4 (3, 29, 4 M.):

Danai puellae,

Hor. Od. 3, 11, 23:

Danai genus infame,

id. ib. 2, 14, 18.—

Dănăĭdae, ārum, m., Danaïdai = Danai (v. no. II. A.), the Greeks, Sen. Troad. 611.

dĭgammon, i, or dĭgamma, ătis, n., also dĭgammos, i, f. (sc. littera), = digammon (sc. stoicheion) or digamma, the Aeolic double gamma or digamma (W), represented in Latin sometimes by V, sometimes by F, which, written upside down, thus, F, the Emperor Claudius wished to substitute for both F and V, Quint. 1, 7, 27; cf. Tac. A. 11, 14; Suet. Claud. 41 (v. the letters F and V).

Digammon, Quint. 1, 4, 7 Zumpt and Meyer N. cr.; Prob. Verg. G. 1, 70; Don. p. 1736 P. Lind. N. cr.; Cassiod. p. 2292 P.—

Digammos littera, Ter. Maur. p. 2387 P.;

and simply digammos,

Serv. Aen. 1, 292; 642; 6, 359; Pompei. ad Don. p. 21 Lind. N. cr. —

Digamma, Prisc. p. 542 P.; 545 fin. ib.; 709 ib. al.—

Used jestingly to denote an incomebook (from the title Fundorum reditus, the first letter of which is a digamma), Cic. Att. 9, 9, 4.

dĭgammon, i, or dĭgamma, ătis, n., also dĭgammos, i, f. (sc. littera), = digammon (sc. stoicheion) or digamma, the Aeolic double gamma or digamma (W), represented in Latin sometimes by V, sometimes by F, which, written upside down, thus, F, the Emperor Claudius wished to substitute for both F and V, Quint. 1, 7, 27; cf. Tac. A. 11, 14; Suet. Claud. 41 (v. the letters F and V).

Digammon, Quint. 1, 4, 7 Zumpt and Meyer N. cr.; Prob. Verg. G. 1, 70; Don. p. 1736 P. Lind. N. cr.; Cassiod. p. 2292 P.—

Digammos littera, Ter. Maur. p. 2387 P.;

and simply digammos,

Serv. Aen. 1, 292; 642; 6, 359; Pompei. ad Don. p. 21 Lind. N. cr. —

Digamma, Prisc. p. 542 P.; 545 fin. ib.; 709 ib. al.—

Used jestingly to denote an incomebook (from the title Fundorum reditus, the first letter of which is a digamma), Cic. Att. 9, 9, 4.

dĭgammon, i, or dĭgamma, ătis, n., also dĭgammos, i, f. (sc. littera), = digammon (sc. stoicheion) or digamma, the Aeolic double gamma or digamma (W), represented in Latin sometimes by V, sometimes by F, which, written upside down, thus, F, the Emperor Claudius wished to substitute for both F and V, Quint. 1, 7, 27; cf. Tac. A. 11, 14; Suet. Claud. 41 (v. the letters F and V).

Digammon, Quint. 1, 4, 7 Zumpt and Meyer N. cr.; Prob. Verg. G. 1, 70; Don. p. 1736 P. Lind. N. cr.; Cassiod. p. 2292 P.—

Digammos littera, Ter. Maur. p. 2387 P.;

and simply digammos,

Serv. Aen. 1, 292; 642; 6, 359; Pompei. ad Don. p. 21 Lind. N. cr. —

Digamma, Prisc. p. 542 P.; 545 fin. ib.; 709 ib. al.—

Used jestingly to denote an incomebook (from the title Fundorum reditus, the first letter of which is a digamma), Cic. Att. 9, 9, 4.

ĭmĭtor, ātus, 1 (archaic inf. pres. imitarier, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25; Lucr. 5, 1377), v. freq. a. dep. [root im-, cf. aemulus], to imitate.

To represent, to express, copy, portray (class.):

summum illum luctum penicillo,

to portray, Cic. Or. 22, 74; cf.:

oris (Coae Veneris) pulchritudo reliqui corporis imitandi spem auferebat,

id. Off. 3, 2, 10:

aut Ialysi aut Coae Veneris pulchritudinem,

id. Or. 2, 5; id. Brut. 18, 70:

chirographum,

id. N. D. 3, 30, 74; id. Fam. 9, 20, 2:

faber ungues Exprimet et molles imitabitur aere capillos,

Hor. A. P. 33; cf.:

argillā quidvis imitabitur udā,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 8:

hunc in persona lenonis,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

populi speciem et nomen,

id. Rep. 3, 33:

antiquitatem,

id. Brut. 36, 137; cf.:

heroum veteres casus fictosque luctus imitari atque adumbrare dicendo,

id. de Or. 5, 47, 380:

imitans, ut est mos, facta et dicta vivi,

Suet. Vesp. 19:

sine imitandorum carminum actu ludiones,

not expressing by gesticulation, Liv. 7, 2, 4:

gaudia falsa,

Tib. 3, 6, 33; cf.

maestitiam,

Tac. A. 1, 24:

quaecumque (pictura) imitata figuram est,

Juv. 6, 341.— Poet.: putre solum imitamur arando, i. e. to make loose or friable, Verg. G. 2, 204:

robore duro Stipitibus ferrum sudibusque imitantur obustis,

replace, substitute, supply the place of, id. A. 11, 894:

pocula vitea fermento atque sorbis,

id. G. 3, 380; cf.:

diuturni mores consensu utentium comprobati legem imitantur,

Just. Inst. 1, 2, 9. —

To imitate, to act like, copy after, seek to resemble, counterfeit something (so most freq.):

imitabor nepam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 7:

imitabor ergo Aratum, qui magnis de rebus dicere exordiens, a Jove incipiendum putat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 36; cf.:

imitor Archytam,

id. ib. 1, 38:

Platonem,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 10:

aliquem imitando effingere atque exprimere,

id. de Or. 2, 22, 90; cf.:

quem (eloquentem) si imitari atque exprimere non possumus,

id. Or. 5, 19:

quem postea imitati sunt multi, aequavit nemo,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 126:

ipsi sibi imitandi fuerunt,

Cic. Or. 53, 177:

qui maxime imitandus, et solus imitandus est,

Quint. 10, 2, 24; cf.:

tu mihi maxime imitabilis, maxime imitandus videbaris,

Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 4:

noster ille amicus, dignus huic ad imitandum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1 Mos.:

populi consuetudinem,

id. ib. 2, 20:

non dicam plura, ne, in quo te objurgem, id ipsum videar imitari,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

in adeundis periculis consuetudo imitanda medicorum est,

id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

quod faciendum imitandumque est omnibus, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 19, 70:

factum praeclarum expositum ad imitandum,

id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:

in qua (sc. domo) sollicitas imitatur janua portas,

resembles, Juv. 7, 42.

Act. form ĭmĭto, āre (anteclass.): si malos imitabo, Liv. Andr. ap. Non. 473, 22 (Fragm. Trag. v. 1 Rib.):

tuum opus nemo imitare potest,

Varr. ib. 21.—

ĭmĭtātus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

imitata et efficta simulacra,

Cic. Univ. 3, 6:

cum sint alii veri affectus, alii ficti et imitati,

Quint. 11, 3, 61:

nec abest imitata voluptas,

Ov. M. 9, 481; Avien. Fab. 5, 17.

paelex ( pēlex, and, only in inscriptions, pellex), icis, f. [akin to Sanscr. pallavaka, girl; Gr. pallakis, concubine], a kept mistress, concubine of a married man.

Lit.: antiqui proprie eam pelicem nominabant, quae uxorem habenti nubebat. Cui generi mulierum etiam poena constituta est a Numā Pompilio hāc lege: paelex aram Junonis ne tangito, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 Müll.; cf. Gell. 4, 3, 3:

libro Memorialium Masurius scribit: pelicem apud antiquos eam habitam, quae, cum uxor non esset, cum aliquo tamen vivebat eamque nunc vero nomine amicam, paulo honestiore concubinam appellari,

Dig. 50, 16, 144; Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 39; id. Merc. 4, 1, 24 et saep.—With gen. of the wronged wife:

filiae paelex,

Cic. Clu. 70, 199; id. Or. 30, 108:

tune eris et matris paelex et adultera patris?

Ov. M. 10, 347:

illa Jovis magni paelex, metuenda sorori,

id. H. 14, 95:

fugit (Medea) ulta paelicem, Magni Creontis filiam,

Hor. Epod. 5, 63:

horrida,

Juv. 2, 57.— Poet., of the cows, as rivals of Pasiphaë, who had become enamoured of a bull, Ov. A. A. 1, 321.—

Transf.

A kept mistress, concubine, in gen. (post-class.):

virginem constupratam servo suo paelicem dederat,

Curt. 10, 1, 5:

Artaxerxi regi Persarum ex paelicibus centum et quindecim filii fuere,

Just. 10, 1, 1; cf.: Granius Flaccus scribit, pelicem quosdam vocare eam, quae uxoris loco sine nuptiis in domo sit. Dig. 50, 16, 144.—

A male prostitute (postclass.), Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 Müll.:

Dolabella eum (Caesarem) pelicem reginae (appellavit), as the favorite of King Nicomedes,

Suet. Caes. 49;

in apposition, pelices ministri,

Mart. 12, 97, 3.—

Comically, [p. 1289] a substitute:

quoties pelex culcita facta mea est (sc. matellae),

Mart. 14, 119, 2.

prō (archaic collat. form, posi in posimerium; cf. pono, from posino; cf. Gr. poti and pot with pros), adv. and prep. [root in Sanscr. prep. pra-, before, as in prathamas, first; Gr. pro; cf.: proteros, prôtos, etc.; Lat.: prae, prior, priscus, etc.; perh. old abl. form, of which prae is the loc. ], before, in front of; and, transf., for, with the idea of protection, substitution, or proportion.

Adv., found only in the transf. comp. signif. (v. infra, II. B. 3.) in connection with quam and ut: pro quam and pro ut (the latter usually written in one word, prout), like prae quam and prae ut.

Pro quam, in proportion as, just as:

nec satis est, pro quam largos exaestuat aestus,

Lucr. 2, 1137. —

Pro ut or prout, according as, in proportion, accordingly, proportionably as, just as, as (class.):

compararat argenti bene facti, prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant, satis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

tuas litteras, prout res postulat, exspecto,

id. Att. 11, 6 fin.:

id, prout cujusque ingenium erat, interpretabantur,

Liv. 38, 50:

prout locus iniquus aequusve his aut illis, prout animus pugnantium est, prout numerus, varia pugnae fortuna est,

id. 38, 40 fin. —With a corresp. ita:

ejusque rationem ita haberi, prout haberi lege liceret,

Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

prout sedes ipsa est, ita varia genera morborum sunt,

Cels. 4, 4, 5:

prout nives satiaverint, ita Nilum increscere,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51.—

Prep. with abl. (late Lat. with acc.:

PRO SALVTEM SVAM,

Inscr. Grut. 4, 12; 46, 9; Inscr. Orell. 2360), before, in front of.

Lit., of place:

sedens pro aede Castoris,

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27:

praesidia, quae pro templis cernitis,

id. Mil. 1, 2:

ii qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

pro castris copias habere,

id. ib. 7, 66:

pro castris dimicare,

id. ib. 5, 16:

pro oppido,

id. ib. 7, 71:

pro opere consistere,

Sall. J. 92, 9:

castra pro moenibus locata,

Liv. 2, 53; 4, 17:

pro muro,

id. 30, 10:

pro castris explicare aciem,

id. 6, 23:

pro vallo,

Plin. 2, 37, 37, § 101; Vell. 2, 19, 1.—With verbs of motion:

Caesar pro castris suas copias produxit,

before the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

hasce tabulas hic ibidem pro pedibus tuis obicito,

before your feet, App. Mag. p. 337, 36; id. M. 4, p. 155, 2.—

In partic., with the accessory idea of presence on the front part, on the edge or brink of a place, on or in the front of, often to be translated by a simple on or in:

pro censu classis iuniorum, Serv. Tullius cum dixit, accipi debet in censu, ut ait M. Varro, sicuti pro aede Castoris, pro tribunali, pro testimonio,

Fest. p. 246 Müll.; cf.: pro significat in, ut pro rostris, pro aede, pro tribunali, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll.; and:

pro sententia ac si dicatur in sententiā, ut pro rostris id est in rostris,

id. p. 226 Müll.: hac re pro suggestu pronunciata, qs. standing on the front part of the tribune, or, as we would say, on the tribune, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: pro tribunali cum aliquid ageretur, was transacted before or at my tribunal, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 21; so,

pro tribunali,

id. Pis. 5, 11; id. Sest. 15, 34: pro contione, before the assembled army; and, in gen., before the assembly:

laudatus pro contione Jugurtha,

Sall. J. 8, 2; cf. Curt. 9, 1, 1:

pro contione laudibus legati militumque tollere animos,

Liv. 7, 7:

fortes viros pro contione donantis,

Curt. 10, 5, 10:

pro contione litteras recitare,

id. 4, 10, 16; Liv. 38, 23 fin.:

pro contione palam utrumque temptavit,

Suet. Vesp. 7; Tac. A. 3, 9; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 3: [p. 1448] 4, 5, 11; cf.:

pro comitio,

Suet. Aug. 43:

uti pro consilio imperatum erat,

in the council, Sall. J. 29, 6; cf.:

supplicatio in triduum pro collegio decemvirūm imperata fuit,

Liv. 38, 36:

pontifices pro collegio decrevisse,

Gell. 11, 3, 2:

pro collegio pronuntiare,

Liv. 4, 26, 9:

suas simultates pro magistratu exercere,

id. 39, 5:

pro munimentis castelli manipulos explicat,

before, on the fortifications, Tac. A. 2, 80; 12, 33: stabat pro litore diversa acies, in front of or upon the shore, id. ib. 14, 30:

legionem pro ripā componere,

id. ib. 12, 29:

velamenta et infulas pro muris ostentant,

in front of, from the walls, Tac. H. 3, 31; so,

pro muris,

id. A. 2, 81:

ad hoc mulieres puerique pro tectis aedificiorum saxa et alia, quae locus praebebat, certatim mittere,

standing on the edge of the roofs, from the roofs, Sall. J. 67, 1 Kritz.—

Transf.

To signify a standing before or in front of, for defence or protection; hence an acting for, in behalf of, in favor of, for the benefit of, on the side of (opp. contra, adversum):

veri inveniendi causā contra omnia dici oportere et pro omnibus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 60; cf.:

hoc non modo non pro me, sed contra me est potius,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

partim nihil contra Habitum valere, partim etiam pro hoc esse,

id. Clu. 32, 88:

difficillimum videtur quod dixi, pro ipsis esse quibus eveniunt ista, quae horremus ac tremimus,

Sen. Prov. 3, 2:

haec cum contra legem proque lege dicta essent,

Liv. 34, 8: pro Romano populo armis certare, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 6 (Ann. v. 215 Vahl.); cf.: pro vostrā vitā morti occumbant, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Trag. v. 176 Vahl.): quae ego pro re publica fecissem, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:

nihil ab eo praetermissum est, quod aut pro re publicā conquerendum fuit, aut pro eā disputandum,

Cic. Sest. 2, 3:

omnia me semper pro amicorum periculis, nihil umquam pro me ipso deprecatum,

id. de Or. 2, 49, 201:

convenit dimicare pro legibus, pro libertate, pro patriā,

id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

dulce et decorum est pro patriā mori,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 2:

pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,

id. ib. 4, 1, 14:

spondere levi pro paupere,

id. A. P. 423:

urbes, quae viris aut loco pro hostibus et advorsum se opportunissumae erant,

Sall. J. 88, 4:

nec aliud adversus validissimas gentes pro nobis utilius, quam, etc.,

Tac. Agr. 12:

et locus pro vobis et nox erit, Liv 9, 24, 8: et loca sua et genus pugnae pro hoste fuere,

id. 39, 30, 3:

pro Corbulone aetas, patrius mos... erant: contra, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 31; id. H. 4, 78; Curt. 4, 14, 16.—

With the notion of replacement or substitution, in the place of, instead of, for.

In gen.: numquam ego argentum pro vino congiario... disdidi, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:

ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10:

ego pro te molam,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 29; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13:

mutata (ea dico), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud... ut cum minutum dicimus animum pro parvo, etc.,

id. Or. 27, 92 sq.; cf.:

libenter etiam copulando verba jungebant, ut sodes pro si audes, sis pro si vis... ain' pro aisne, nequire pro non quire, malle pro magis velle, nolle pro non velle. Dein etiam saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus,

id. ib. 45, 154:

pro vitulā statuis dulcem Aulide natam, Hor S. 2, 3, 199: pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

id. ib. 1, 3, 61; cf. Suet. Caes. 70:

pro ope ferendā sociis pergit ipse ire, etc.,

Liv. 23, 28, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.; Zumpt, Gram. § 667; cf.:

pro eo, ut ipsi ex alieno agro raperent, suas terras, etc.,

Liv. 22, 1, 2.—

Esp. freq. in connection with the title of any officer, to denote his substitute' pro consule, pro praetore, pro quaestore, pro magistro, etc. (afterwards joined into one word, as proconsul, propraetor, proquaestor, promagister, etc.), proconsul, proprœtor, proquœstor, vice-director:

cum pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscens Athenas venissem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 82; cf.:

cum L. Philippus pro consulibus eum se mittere dixit, non pro consule,

instead of the consuls, not as proconsul, id. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

nec pro praetore, Caesarem (vocat),

id. ib. 13, 10, 22; Liv. 35, 1. cum Alexandriae pro quaestore essem, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11' cf.:

litteris Q. Caepionis Bruti pro consule... Q. Hortensii pro consule opera, etc.,

id. Phil. 10, 11, 26: P. Terentius operas in portu et scripturā Asiae pro magistro dedit, id. Att. 11, 10, 1; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; id. Fam. 13, 65, 1; see also the words proconsul, promagister, propraetor, proquaestor, etc.—

So of price, penalty, etc., in exchange, in return for:

tres minas pro istis duobus dedi,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 138; id. Aul. 3, 3, 8:

pro hujus peccatis ego supplicium sufferam,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 17:

dimidium ejus quod pactus esset, pro carmine daturum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 351:

pro vitā hominis nisi hominis vita reddatur, non posse deorum inmortalium numen placari,

Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

id pro immolatis in foro Tarquiniensium Romanis poenae hostibus redditum,

Liv. 7, 19, 3:

vos, pro paternis sceleribus, poenas date,

Sen. Med. 925; Lact. 2, 7, 21:

pro crimine poenas,

Ov. Ib. 621.—

Pro is also frequently used to denote the viewing, judging, considering, representing of a thing as something, for, the same as, just as, as:

pro sano loqueris, quom me appellas nomine,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 24:

sese ducit pro adulescentulo,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 65; id. Cist. 1, 3, 24:

hunc Eduxi a parvulo, habui, amavi pro meo,

as my own, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 23:

Cato ille noster qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus,

whose voice I regard as equal to that of thousands, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1:

Siciliam nobis non pro penariā cellā, sed pro aerario fuisse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5:

P. Sestio pro occiso relictus est,

id. Sest. 38, 81; Caes. B. G. 3, 109:

cum pro damnato mortuoque esset,

as good as condemned and dead, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

summa ratio, quae sapientibus pro necessitate est,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3:

negotia pro solatiis accipiens,

Tac. A. 4, 13:

consuli pro hostibus esse,

Liv. 43, 5, 4:

adeo incredibilis visa res, ut non pro vano modo, sed vix pro sano nuncius audiretur,

as a boaster, Liv. 39, 49: quoniam de adventu Caesaris pro certo habebamus, to consider as certain, Mat. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, 6 et saep.; v. certus.—

Esp. in certain phrases: pro eo, for the same thing, as just the same:

ut si a Caesare, quod speramus, impetrarimus, tuo beneficio nos id consecutos esse judicemus: sin minus, pro eo tantum id habeamus, cum a te data sit opera, ut impetraremus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 5.—With the particles of comparison: atque ( ac), ac si, quasi, just the same as, even as, as though: pro eo ac debui, just as was my duty, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:

pro eo ac si concessum sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 32, 54:

pro eo est atque si adhibitus non esset,

Dig. 28, 1, 22:

pro eo erit quasi ne legatum quidem sit,

ib. 30, 1, 38: pro eo quod, for the reason that, because:

pro eo quod ejus nomen erat magnā apud omnes gloriā,

Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75: pro eo quod pluribus verbis vos quam volui fatigavi, veniam a vobis petitam velim, Liv 38, 49 fin. —

On account of, for the sake of:

dolor pro patriā,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

tumultus pro recuperandā re publicā,

id. Brut. 90, 311 dub. (B. and K. omit pro):

dedit pro corpore nummos, i. e. to rescue his person,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 43:

aliquem amare pro ejus eximiā suavitate,

Cic. de Or 1, 55, 234:

pro quibus meritis quanto opere dilectus sit,

Suet. Aug. 57:

cum pro incolumitate principis vota susceperunt,

Tac. A. 4, 17:

pro bono (= bene),

Sall. J. 22, 4.—

Pro is used in its most general sense in stating the relation between two objects or actions, in proportion, in comparison with, according to or as, conformably to, by virtue of, for, etc.:

meus pater nunc pro hujus verbis recte et sapienter facit,

according to his story, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133:

tu pro oratione nec vir nec mulier mihi's,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 71: pro viribus tacere ac fabulari, according to one's ability, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 4 (Trag. v. 181 Vahl.):

facere certum'st pro copiā ac sapientiā,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 8:

agere pro viribus,

Cic. Sen. 9, 27:

aliquem pro dignitate laudare,

id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

proelium atrocius quam pro numero pugnantium fuit,

Liv. 21, 29: pro imperio, by virtue of his office or authority:

quia pro imperio palam interfici non poterat,

Liv. 1, 51, 2; hence, imperatively, dictatorially, summarily:

nec illum ipsum submovere pro imperio posse more majorum,

id. 2, 56, 12 ' hem! satis pro imperio, quisquis es, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 18:

pro tuā prudentiā,

Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2; 11, 12, 2:

cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69:

quibus aliquid opis fortasse ego pro meā, tu pro tuā, pro suā quisque parte ferre potuisset,

id. Fam. 15, 15, 3: pro virili parte, according to one's ability, id. Sest. 66, 138; Liv. praef. 2; Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 23. —Esp. freq.: pro ratā parte and pro ratā, in proportion, proportionably; v. ratus:

pro se quisque,

each according to his ability, each one for himself, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 25; Verg. A. 12, 552 et saep.:

pro tempore et pro re,

according to time and circumstances, Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

pro facultatibus,

Nep. Epam. 3, 5.—Pro eo, quantum, or ut, in proportion to, as, according to, according as:

eāque pro eo, quantum in quoque sit ponderis, esse aestimanda,

Cic. Fin. 4, 21, 58:

equidem pro eo, quanti te facio, quicquid feceris, approbabo,

id. Fam. 3, 3, 2: tamen pro eo ut temporis difficultas tulit, etc., L. Metell. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 126.

pro-): prōdeo, prŏfiteor; and even in words borrowed from the Greek, as prōlogus.—Its signification has reference either to place, before, forwards; or to protection, for; procedo, procurro, profanus; procuro, propugno, prosum, protego.

prō (less correctly prōh), interj., an exclamation of wonder or lamentation, O! Ah! Alas! (class.).

With nom.:

proh! bonae frugi hominem te jam pridem esse arbitror,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 4: pro Juppiter! Enn. ap. Varr L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. (Trag. v 225 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 3, 17; id. Eun. 3, 5, 2; id. Ad. 1, 2, 31; cf.:

pro supreme Juppiter,

id. ib. 2, 1, 42:

pro Juppiter, Hominis stultitiam!

id. ib. 3, 3, 12:

pro di immortales,

id. ib. 3, 4, 1; cf.: pro, dii immortales: Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

pro curia inversique mores!

Hor. C. 3, 5, 7:

pro scelus,

Mart. 2, 46, 8.—

Parenthet.:

pro, quanta potentia regni Est, Venus alma, tui,

Ov. M. 13, 758:

et mea, pro! nullo pondere verba cadunt,

id. H. 3, 98:

tantum, pro! degeneramus a patribus,

Liv. 22, 14, 6; Curt. 4, 16, 10.—

With acc.: pro divom fidem! Enn. ap. Don. ad. Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. v. 30 Vahl.); Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; cf.:

pro deum atque hominum fidem!

id. And. 1, 5, 2; 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48;

instead of which, ellipt.: pro deum immortalium!

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 4:

pro deum atque hominum,

id. Hec. 2, 1, 1:

pro fidem deum! facinus foedum,

id. Eun. 5, 4, 21.—

With gen.: pro malae tractationis! Tert. Poen. fin.

rĕ-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ( perf. reposivi, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16; part. sync. repostus, a, um, on account of the metre, Lucr. 1, 35; 3, 346; Verg. G. 3, 527; id. A. 1, 26; 6, 59; 655; 11, 149; Hor. Epod. 9, 1; Sil. 7, 507 al.), v. a., to lay, place, put, or set back, i. e.,

With the idea of the re predominant.

To lay, place, put, or set a thing back in its former place; to replace, restore, etc. (class.; syn. remitto).

Lit.:

cum suo quemque loco lapidem reponeret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 146:

quicque suo loco,

Col. 12, 3, 4:

humum,

the earth dug from a pit, Verg. G. 2, 231:

pecuniam in thesauris,

Liv. 29, 18, 15 Weissenb.; 31, 13; cf.:

ornamenta templorum in pristinis sedibus,

Val. Max. 5, 1, 6:

infans repositus in cunas,

Suet. Aug. 94:

ossa in suas sedes,

Cels. 8, 10, 1:

femur ne difficulter reponatur vel repositum excidat,

set again, id. 8, 20; 8, 10, 7: se in cubitum, to lean on the elbow again (at table), Hor. S. 2, 4, 39:

insigne regium, quod ille de suo capite abjecerat, reposuit,

Cic. Sest. 27, 58:

columnas,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

tantundem inaurati aeris,

Suet. Caes. 54:

togam,

to gather up again, Quint. 6, 3, 54; 11, 3, 149:

capillum,

id. 11, 3, 8, prooem. §

22: excussus curru ac rursus repositus,

Suet. Ner. 24:

nos in sceptra,

to reinstate, Verg. A. 1, 253; cf.:

reges per bella pulsos,

Sil. 10, 487:

aliquem solio,

Val. Fl. 6, 742:

veniet qui nos in lucem reponat dies,

Sen. Ep. 36, 10:

ut mihi des nummos sexcentos quos continuo tibi reponam hoc triduo aut quadriduo,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 38; Sen. Ben. 4, 32 fin.:

quosdam nihil reposuisse,

Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 6:

donata,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 39:

flammis ambesa reponunt Robora navigiis,

to replace, restore, Verg. A. 5, 752:

aris ignem,

id. ib. 3, 231:

molem,

Sil. 1, 558:

ruptos vetustate pontes,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

fora templaque,

id. H. 3, 34:

amissa urbi,

id. A. 16, 13:

statuas a plebe disjectas,

Suet. Caes. 65:

cenam,

Mart. 2, 37, 10;

so esp. freq. in Vergil, of the serving up of a second course, as of a renewed banquet: sublata pocula,

Verg. A. 8, 175:

plena pocula,

id. G. 4, 378:

vina mensis (soon after, instaurare epulas),

id. A. 7, 134:

epulas,

id. G. 3, 527:

festas mensas,

Stat. Th. 2, 88:

cibi frigidi et repositi,

Quint. 2, 4, 29.—

Trop., to put or bring back; to replace, restore, renew:

ut, si quid titubaverint (testes), opportuna rursus interrogatione velut in gradum reponantur,

Quint. 5, 7, 11; cf.:

excidentes unius admonitione verbi in memoriam reponuntur,

id. 11, 2, 19:

nec vera virtus, cum semel excidit, Curat reponi deterioribus,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 30.—

To represent or describe again, to repeat:

fabula quae posci vult et spectata reponi,

Hor. A. P. 190:

Achillem (after Homer),

id. ib. 120; cf.:

dicta paterna,

Pers. 6, 66.—

To repay, requite, return:

cogitemus, alios non facere injuriam, sed reponere,

Sen. Ira, 2, 28; cf. Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

semper ego auditor tantum? nunquamne reponam?

repay, Juv. 1, 1.—

To put back, put to rest, quiet:

pontum et turbata litora,

Val. Fl. 1, 682; cf.:

post otiosam et repositam vitam,

Amm. 29, 1, 44.—

To bend backwards, lay back: (grues) mollia crura reponunt, bend back (in walking), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 Vahl.);

imitated by Virgil: pullus mollia crura reponit,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

cervicem reponunt et bracchium in latus jactant,

Quint. 4, 2, 39:

tereti cervice repostā,

Lucr. 1, 35:

interim quartus (digitus) oblique reponitur,

Quint. 11, 3, 99:

hic potissimum et vocem flectunt et cervicem reponunt,

id. 4, 2, 39:

membra (mortui) toro,

Verg. A. 6, 220:

membra stratis,

id. ib. 4, 392.—

To lay aside or away for preservation; to lay up, store up, keep, preserve, reserve (class.; cf.: regero, reservo).

Lit.: nec tempestive demetendi [p. 1571] percipiendique fructūs neque condendi ac reponendi ulla pecudum scientia est, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

cibum,

Quint. 2, 4, 29:

formicae farris acervum tecto reponunt,

Verg. A. 4, 403:

Caecubum ad festas dapes,

Hor. Epod. 9, 1:

mella in vetustatem,

Col. 12, 11, 1; 12, 44, 7:

alimenta in hiemem,

Quint. 2, 16, 16:

(caseum) hiemi,

Verg. G. 3, 403:

omnia quae multo ante memor provisa repones,

id. ib. 1, 167:

thesaurum,

Quint. 2, 7, 4:

scripta in aliquod tempus,

id. 10, 4, 2.— Poet.:

eadem (gratia) sequitur tellure repostos, i. e. conditos,

buried, Verg. A. 6, 655; cf.:

an poteris siccis mea fata reponere ocellis? (= me mortuum),

Prop. 1, 17, 11:

tu pias laetis animas reponis Sedibus,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 17:

repono infelix lacrimas, et tristia carmina servo,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 47.—

Trop.:

opus est studio praecedente et acquisitā facultate et quasi repositā,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

29: aliquid scriptis,

id. 11, 2, 9:

manet altā mente repostum Judicium Paridis,

Verg. A. 1, 26:

reponere odium,

Tac. Agr. 39 fin.:

sensibus haec imis... reponas,

Verg. E. 3, 54.—

To put in the place of, to substitute one thing for another (class.).

Lit.:

non puto te meas epistulas delere, ut reponas tuas,

Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 2:

Aristophanem pro Eupoli,

id. Att. 12, 6, 2; Quint. 11, 2, 49:

eorumque in vicem idonea reponenda,

Col. 4, 26, 2:

dira ne sedes vacet, monstrum repone majus,

Sen. Phoen. 122.—

Trop.:

at vero praeclarum diem illis reposuisti, Verria ut agerent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52.—

To lay aside, to lay down, lay by, put away.

Lit.:

remum,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16:

arma omnia,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

caestus artemque,

Verg. A. 5, 484:

feretro reposto,

id. ib. 11, 149:

onus,

Cat. 31, 8:

telasque calathosque infectaque pensa,

Ov. M. 4, 10; Sil. 7, 507:

rursus sumptas figuras,

Ov. M. 12, 557:

bracchia,

to let down, Val. Fl. 4, 279.— Poet.:

jam falcem arbusta reponunt,

i. e. permit to be laid aside, Verg. G. 2, 416.—

Trop.:

brevem fugam,

to end the flight, Stat. Th. 6, 592:

iram,

Manil. 2, 649.—

With the idea of the verb predominant, to lay, place, put, set a thing anywhere (freq. and class.; syn. colloco).

Lit.:

grues in tergo praevolantium colla et capita reponunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

colla in plumis,

Ov. M. 10, 269:

litteras in gremio,

Liv. 26, 15:

hunc celso in ostro,

Val. Fl. 3, 339:

ligna super foco Large reponens,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 6:

(nidum) ante fores sacras reponit,

Ov. M. 15, 407.— With in and acc.:

uvas in vasa nova,

Col. 12, 16:

data sunt legatis, quae in aerarium reposuerant,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 9:

anulos in locellum,

id. 7, 8, 9; cf.:

mergum altius in terram,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 205.—

Trop., to place, put, set; to place, count, reckon among:

in vestrā mansuetudine atque humanitate causam totam repono,

Cic. Sull. 33, 92:

vos meam defensionem in aliquo artis loco reponetis,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 198:

suos hortatur, ut spem omnem in virtute reponant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

in se omnem spem,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

nihil spei in caritate civium,

Liv. 1, 49; 2, 39:

salutem ac libertatem in illorum armis dextrisque,

id. 27, 45:

verum honorem non in splendore titulorum, sed in judiciis hominum,

Plin. Pan. 84, 8; id. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

plus in duce quam in exercitu,

Tac. G. 30; Liv. 24, 37:

plus in deo quam in viribus reponentes,

Just. 24, 8, 2:

fiduciam in re reponere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16; 1, 8, 14:

ea facta, quae in obscuritate et silentio reponuntur,

id. ib. 1, 8, 6:

quos equidem in deorum immortalium coetu ac numero repono,

place, count, reckon among, Cic. Sest. 68, 143; so,

sidera in deorum numero,

id. N. D. 2, 21, 54; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 47 Mos. N. cr.:

Catulum in clarissimorum hominum numero,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210: aliquem in suis, Antonius ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1.— With in and acc.:

homines morte deletos in deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 38:

in deorum numerum reponemus,

id. ib. 3, 19, 47:

Isocratem hunc in numerum non repono,

id. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:

aliquid in fabularum numerum,

id. Inv. 1, 26, 39; and:

hanc partem in numerum,

id. ib. 1, 51, 97:

in ejus sinum rem publicam,

Suet. Aug. 94.—Hence, rĕpŏsĭ-tus ( rĕpostus), a, um, P. a.

Remote, distant (syn. remotus;

very rare): penitusque repostas Massylum gentes,

Verg. A. 6, 59:

terrae,

id. ib. 3, 364:

populi,

Sil. 3, 325:

convalles,

App. M. 4, p. 145, 6.—

Laid aside, stored up:

spes,

Vulg. Col. 1, 5:

corona justitiae,

id. 2, Tim. 4, 8.

suc-centŭrĭo ( subc-), no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to receive as a recruit into a centuria; hence, transf., to put in the place of another, receive as a substitute (very rare):

succenturiare est explendae centuriae gratiā supplere, subicere, Plaut. ap. Saturione: succenturia, centum require, qui te delectent domi,

Fest. p. 306 Müll.: nunc prior adito tu, ego in insidiis hic ere Succenturiatus, si quid deficies, as a reserve, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 55; cf.: tota metaphora de re militari est. Succenturiati dicuntur, qui explendae centuriae gratiā subiciunt se ad supplementum ordinum, Don. ad. h. l.: et alia esca melior atque amplior succenturietur, Favor. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.

suc-centŭrĭo ( subc-), ōnis, m., an under-officer, sub-centurion, Liv. 8, 8.

sub-jungo, xi, ctum, 3 ( inf. pass. subjungier, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 586), v. a., to yoke, harness (rare):

curru subjungere tigres,

Verg. E. 5, 29:

(juvencos) plostro,

Col. 6, 2, 8:

carpento suo equas,

Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 262.—

Transf., in gen.

To join or add to, to annex, affix, subjoin. *

Lit.:

Aeneia puppis... rostro Phrygios subjuncta leones,

having affixed, Verg. A. 10, 157.—

Trop., to bring under, make subject, subordinate, subjoin (class.):

aliquid sub suom judicium,

Naev. 1, 5:

tu fac utrumque uno subjungas nomine eorum,

Lucr. 3, 421:

omnes artes oratori,

Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 218:

Aristoteles translationi haec ipsa subjungit,

id. Or. 27, 94:

Calliope haec percussis subjungit carmina nervis,

Ov. M. 5, 340:

quod memoriam quidam inventioni, quidam dispositioni subjunxerunt,

have associated, Quint. 3, 3, 10.— Poet. and postAug., of speech, to add, subjoin:

verbo idem verbum,

Quint. 9, 3, 67:

nunc quae sit narrandi ratio subjungam,

id. 4, 2, 31:

subjunxit egregiam causam,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 14: quid praeterea novi? Nihil;

alioqui subjungerem,

id. ib. 3, 14, 6; 5, 7, 4; 5, 14, 3;

7, 33, 7: at ille subjunxit,

Vulg. Gen. 27, 36.—

To bring under, subdue, subject, subjugate (class.):

urbes multas sub imperium populi Romani,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 55:

urbes sub vestrum jus,

id. Agr. 2, 36, 98:

nulli fas Italo tantam subjungere gentem,

Verg. A. 8, 502:

novas provincias imperio nostro,

Vell. 2, 39, 3:

et mihi res, non me rebus subjungere conor,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 19.—

To lay under (very rare):

immortalia fundamenta rebus,

Lucr. 2, 862.—

To put in the place of, to substitute:

exempta una littera sonitus vastioris et subjuncta levioris,

Gell. 1, 25, 8.

sub-lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a.

To gather from below, to gather or search for underneath, to gather up:

(puer) sublegit quodcumque jaceret inutile quodque Posset cenantes offendere,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 12:

baca tempestatibus in terram decidit et necesse est eam sublegere,

Col. 12, 52, 1:

ficum viridem,

id. 12, 17, 1.—

In partic., to catch up secretly or by stealth.

Lit.:

liberos,

to kidnap, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 44.—

Trop.:

clam alicujus sermonem,

to overhear, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 98; so, sermonem hinc, Turp. ap. Non. 332, 30 (Com. Fragm. 5 Rib.):

carmina,

Verg. E. 9, 21.—

To choose or elect in the place of another, to substitute:

collegae, qui una lecti: et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti: additi, allecti,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.; Plebisc. Viator. tab. 1, line 41; tab. 2, line 4;

10: in demortuorum locum,

Liv. 23, 23:

in numerum patriciorum,

Tac. A. 11, 25:

senatum,

Just. 3, 3, 2:

principes Latinorum in ordinem suum,

Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

To set, put, or place under or below:

singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

Col. 7, 4, 3:

vaccas tauris (for breeding),

Pall. Jul. 4:

vaccas in feturam,

id. ib. 4, 1:

equas alternis annis,

id. Mart. 13, 6:

canterium vitibus,

Col. 4, 14, 1.—

To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

tellus submittit flores,

puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

Luc. 4, 411:

quo colores (humus formosa),

Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

palmas,

id. 4, 411:

manus,

Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

Sil. 1, 673.—

In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

arictes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

tauros,

Verg. E. 1, 46:

pullos equorum,

id. G. 3, 73:

vitulos,

id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

materiam vitis constituendae causā,

Col. Arb. 5, 1:

frutices in semen,

id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—

Trop.

To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

se ad pedes,

Liv. 45, 7:

se patri ad genua,

Suet. Tib. 20:

latus in herbā,

Ov. M. 3, 23:

caput in herbā,

id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

verticem,

id. ib. 8, 638:

genu,

id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

poplitem in terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 191:

aures (opp. surrigere),

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

oculos,

Ov. F. 3, 372:

faciem,

Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

fasces,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

capillum,

to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

crinem barbamque,

Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

Tiberis aestate summittitur,

sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—

Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

id. Planc. 10, 24:

summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

Liv. 38, 52, 2:

summittere se in privatum fastigium,

id. 27, 31, 6:

ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

id. 1, 8, 1:

(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

ad calamitates animos,

to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

animos amori,

to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

se temporibus,

Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

verba summittere,

to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

alicui se,

to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

se culpae,

i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

furorem,

to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

proinde ne submiseris te,

be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

neutri fortunae se submittere,

id. Ep. 66, 6:

animum saevienti fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.

The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —

In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

subsidium alicui,

id. ib. 2, 6; so,

subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

auxilium laborantibus,

id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).

Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

Ov. M. 8, 638:

bracchia,

id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

capillo summissiore,

hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

purpura,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

oculi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

vox (with lenis),

Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

murmur,

Quint. 11, 3, 45:

oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

oratio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

lenior atque summissior oratio,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

(sermo) miscens elata summissis,

id. 11, 3, 43:

actio,

id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

forma summissi oratoris,

Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.—

Of character or disposition.

In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

adulatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 30. —

In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

Verg. A. 3, 93:

causae reorum,

Quint. 11, 3, 154:

civitates calamitate summissiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

preces,

Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

summissa precatur,

Val. Fl. 7, 476:

tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

sciscitari,

Petr. 105 fin. —

Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

alicui summisse supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

scribere alicui,

Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

loqui (opp. aspere),

Quint. 6, 5, 5:

agere (opp. minanter),

Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

summissius se gerere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

dolere,

Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

To set, put, or place under or below:

singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

Col. 7, 4, 3:

vaccas tauris (for breeding),

Pall. Jul. 4:

vaccas in feturam,

id. ib. 4, 1:

equas alternis annis,

id. Mart. 13, 6:

canterium vitibus,

Col. 4, 14, 1.—

To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

tellus submittit flores,

puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

Luc. 4, 411:

quo colores (humus formosa),

Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

palmas,

id. 4, 411:

manus,

Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

Sil. 1, 673.—

In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

arictes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

tauros,

Verg. E. 1, 46:

pullos equorum,

id. G. 3, 73:

vitulos,

id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

materiam vitis constituendae causā,

Col. Arb. 5, 1:

frutices in semen,

id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—

Trop.

To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

se ad pedes,

Liv. 45, 7:

se patri ad genua,

Suet. Tib. 20:

latus in herbā,

Ov. M. 3, 23:

caput in herbā,

id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

verticem,

id. ib. 8, 638:

genu,

id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

poplitem in terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 191:

aures (opp. surrigere),

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

oculos,

Ov. F. 3, 372:

faciem,

Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

fasces,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

capillum,

to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

crinem barbamque,

Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

Tiberis aestate summittitur,

sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—

Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

id. Planc. 10, 24:

summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

Liv. 38, 52, 2:

summittere se in privatum fastigium,

id. 27, 31, 6:

ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

id. 1, 8, 1:

(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

ad calamitates animos,

to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

animos amori,

to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

se temporibus,

Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

verba summittere,

to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

alicui se,

to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

se culpae,

i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

furorem,

to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

proinde ne submiseris te,

be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

neutri fortunae se submittere,

id. Ep. 66, 6:

animum saevienti fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.

The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —

In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

subsidium alicui,

id. ib. 2, 6; so,

subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

auxilium laborantibus,

id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).

Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

Ov. M. 8, 638:

bracchia,

id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

capillo summissiore,

hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

purpura,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

oculi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

vox (with lenis),

Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

murmur,

Quint. 11, 3, 45:

oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

oratio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

lenior atque summissior oratio,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

(sermo) miscens elata summissis,

id. 11, 3, 43:

actio,

id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

forma summissi oratoris,

Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.—

Of character or disposition.

In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

adulatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 30. —

In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

Verg. A. 3, 93:

causae reorum,

Quint. 11, 3, 154:

civitates calamitate summissiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

preces,

Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

summissa precatur,

Val. Fl. 7, 476:

tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

sciscitari,

Petr. 105 fin. —

Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

alicui summisse supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

scribere alicui,

Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

loqui (opp. aspere),

Quint. 6, 5, 5:

agere (opp. minanter),

Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

summissius se gerere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

dolere,

Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.