tristia

ē-disco, dĭdĭci, 3, v. a., to learn by heart, commit to memory (class.).

Prop.:

ut non legantur modo (poetae) sed etiam ediscantur,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 27; cf.:

haec discenda, imo ediscenda sunt,

Sen. Ep. 123 fin.:

Demosthenem in primis legendum vel ediscendum potius putem,

Quint. 10, 1, 105:

ad verbum ediscendus libellus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135; id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

ad verbum,

Quint. 11, 2, 44: Lepta ediscat Hesiodum et habeat in ore Tês d aretês hidrôta, Cic. Fam. 6, 18 fin.: magnum numerum versuum, * Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 3:

dicta clarorum virorum,

Quint. 1, 1, 36; 1, 11, 14 et saep.; cf.:

De ediscendo,

Quint. 2, cap. 7, — Poet.:

vultus alicujus,

Val. Fl. 1, 368.—

In gen., to learn, study (so mostly poet., esp. a favorite expression of Ovid):

qui istam artem (juris) non ediscant (shortly after: si quis aliam artem didicerit),

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 246:

linguam,

Val. Max. 8, 7 ext. 6:

leges,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 5:

linguas duas,

id. A. A. 2, 122:

ritus pios populi,

id. F. 2, 546:

usum (herbarum),

id. M. 7, 99:

artes paternas,

id. ib. 2, 639:

numeros modosque vitae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 144 et saep.:

cum edidicisset quemadmodum tractandum bellum foret,

Liv. 23, 28:

edisco tristia posse pati,

Ov. H. 7, 180:

edidici, quid perfida Troia pararet,

i. e. have experienced, id. M. 13, 246.—Hence,

Poet. in the perf.:

edidici,

I know, Tib. 2, 2, 12; Ov. Pont. 3, 7, 4.

fūnus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. dhū-mas, smoke; v. fumus], a funeral procession, funeral rites, burial, funeral, usually with reference to the burning of the body; cf.: funus est jam ardens cadaver; quod dum portatur, exsequias dicimus; crematum, reliquias;

conditum jam, sepulcrum,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 539 (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

funus, quo amici conveniunt ad exsequias cohonestandas,

Cic. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

mater exsequias illius funeris prosecuta,

id. Clu. 71, 201:

funus innumeris exsequiis celebratum,

Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 122:

mercedem funeris ac sepulturae constituere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134:

maeror funeris,

id. Lael. 3, 11:

cui acerbissimum funus ducitur,

id. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

funus triumphali portā ducendum,

Suet. Aug. 100:

facere filio,

Cic. Clu. 9, 28:

celebrare,

Liv. 8, 10, 10:

ornare,

Cic. Rep. 6, 2; Suet. Aug. 100:

paterno funeri omnia justa solvere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

funeri operam dare,

id. Att. 15, 1, B, 1:

venire in funus,

id. ib.: pro ea copia quae Athenis erat, funus ei (Marcello) satis amplum faciendum curavi, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

funus militare alicui facere,

Liv. 3, 43, 7; cf.:

prodire (alicui) in funus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 88; Varr. R. R. 1, 69, 2:

funere efferri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 225; Suet. Ner. 9; 30; 33:

praetereunte funere,

id. Tib. 57:

corpus crematum publico funere,

id. ib. 75:

nec te in tua funera mater Produxi (= funus tuum duxi),

Verg. A. 9, 486:

funus imagines Ducant triumphales tuum,

i. e. be borne at the head of the procession, Hor. Epod. 8, 11:

sub ipsum funus,

id. C. 2, 18, 18:

statim a funere,

Suet. Caes. 85.—Comically: fecisti funus med absente prandio: Cur ausu's facere, quoi ego adaeque heres eram? have buried, i. e. devoured it, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 27.—In plur.:

funera agitant, exsequia ititant,

Naev. 3, 9: nemo me lacrumis decoret, nec funera fletu Faxit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34, and de Sen. 20, 73 (Epigr. 3, p. 162 Vahl.);

poetically imitated by Cicero: linquamus amicis Maerorem, ut celebrent funera cum gemitu, Cic. poët. Tusc. 1, 49, 117: cum senatus auctoritatem suam in virorum fortium funeribus ornamentisque ostenderit,

id. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

edictum, quod de funeribus habeant (aediles curules),

id. ib. §

17: tristia,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 74:

tria si concurrant foro,

id. S. 1, 6, 43:

justa reddere alicui,

Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 4; Sil. 2, 184.—

Transf.

A dead body, corpse, =cadaver ( poet.):

haeccine parva meum funus arena teget?

Prop. 1, 17, 8:

lacerum,

Verg. A. 9, 491.—In plur., of a corpse, Val. Fl. 3, 298:

mixta senum ac juvenum densentur funera,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 19; of the manes of the departed:

cum semel infernas intrarunt funera leges,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 3.—

Death, esp. violent death, murder (mostly poet.):

maturo propior... funeri,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 4:

vicinum funus ut aegros Exanimat,

id. S. 1, 4, 126:

exstinctum Nymphae crudeli funere Daphnin Flebant,

Verg. E. 5, 20:

(quos) Abstulit atra dies, et funere mersit acerbo,

id. A. 6, 429:

qui patrios foedasti funere vultus,

with murder, id. ib. 2, 539.—Freq. in plur.:

quae funera Turnus Ediderit,

Verg. A. 9, 526; cf. id. ib. 10, 602; Hor. C. 1, 15, 10; 4, 14, 49; once in Cic., acc. to Nonius: ut vix hominum acerbis funeribus satietur, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 300, 26 (id. Rep. 2, 41 Mos.).—

Trop., destruction, ruin, fall (rare but class.):

vir summā eloquentiā dixit graviter, casum illum meum funus esse rei publicae, sed funus justum et indictum,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45:

dum Capitolio Regina (Cleopatra) dementes ruinas Funus et imperio parabat,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 8. —In plur.:

sub lacrimosa Trojae Funera,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 15:

pro dira pudoris funera,

Luc. 4, 231.—Also concr. of persons plotting destruction:

Gabinium et Pisonem, duo rei publicae portenta ac paene funera,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 2.

hĭlăris, e, and hĭlărus, a, um, adj., = hilaros [cf. Sanscr. hlād, rejoice; Gr. chlaros; Engl. glad], cheerful, of good cheer, lively, gay, blithe, merry, jocund, jovial.—Adj. (class.; syn. laetus).

Form hilaris:

oderunt hilarem tristes tristemque jocosi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 89; cf.:

hoc (vultu) tristes, hoc hilares sumus,

Quint. 11, 3, 72:

si tristia dicamus hilares,

id. ib. 67:

esse vultu hilari atque laeto,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

hilari animo esse,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1; cf.:

aliquem hilari ingenio et lepide accipere,

Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 6:

ut hunc festum diem Habeamus hilarem,

id. Poen. 5, 6, 30:

hilarem hunc sumamus diem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 5:

laetum hilaremque diem sentire,

Juv. 15, 41:

hilaris fluit (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 63:

oratio (opp. tristis),

id. 8, 3, 49:

causae (opp. tristes),

id. 11, 3, 151:

adulescentia,

id. 8, 6, 27:

id quod dicitur aut est lascivum et hilare aut contumeliosum.... In convictibus lasciva humilibus hilaria omnibus convenient,

id. 6, 3, 27:

infernis hilares sine regibus umbrae,

Juv. 13, 52.—

Form hilarus:

tristis sit (servus frugi), si eri sint tristes: hilarus sit, si gaudeant,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 6; cf.:

credam istuc, si esse te hilarum videro,

id. As. 5, 1, 10:

unde ego omnes hilaros, lubentes, laetificantes faciam ut fiant,

id. Pers. 5, 1, 8:

fac te hilarum,

cheer up, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 38; 5, 3, 56:

hunc (librum) lege arcano convivis tuis, sed, si me amas hilaris et bene acceptis,

Cic. Att. 16, 3, 1:

hilara vita,

id. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

hilaro vultu,

id. Clu. 26, 72; Plin. 7, 19, 18, § 79: fronte hilaro, corde tristi, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 1:

hilara sane Saturnalia,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; Lucr. 2, 1121.—

Comp.:

fac nos hilaros hilariores opera atque adventu tuo,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 56:

tu quidem pol et multo hilarior,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 5:

hilarioribus oculis quam solitus eras, intuens,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

attulit a te litteras hilariores,

id. Att. 7, 25:

hilarior protinus renidet oratio,

Quint. 12, 10, 28:

cutem in facie corrigit coloremque hilariorem facit,

brighter, fresher, Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 144; cf. id. 36, 7, 11, § 55; 16, 10, 19, § 48.—

Sup.:

homo lepidissime atque hilarissime!

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 40:

conviva,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 72.—

Subst.: hĭlărĭa, ōrum, n., the joyous festival celebrated in honor of Cybele at the vernal equinox, Macr. S. 1, 21:

hilaribus,

Vop. Aurel. 1:

hilariis,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 37.— Adv.: hĭlăre (class.), and hĭlărĭter (late Lat.), cheerfully, gayly, joyfully, merrily:

dicimus aliquem hilare vivere, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92; cf.:

res tristes remisse, severas hilare tractare,

id. de Or. 3, 8, 30; so,

hilare,

id. ib. 2, 71, 290; Afran. ap. Non. 514, 2; Tac. A. 11, 3; Suet. Ner. 34; Gell. 18, 2, 1:

deinde modo acriter, tum clementer, maeste, hilare in omnes partes commutabimus,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24; 4, 55, 68: hilariter, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 26; Vulg. Sap. 6, 17; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 660.— Comp.:

si hilarius locuti sunt (opp. in luctu esse),

Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; Suet. Calig. 18.

laetus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root prī-, to cheer; prētis, joy, love; cf. Gr. praüs, praios; Germ. Friede, Freude; cf. also Latin gentile name, Plaetorius], joyful, cheerful, glad, gay, joyous, rejoicing, pleased, delighted, full of joy.

Lit., constr. absol., with de, the gen., the inf., or acc. and inf.

Absol.:

laeti atque erecti,

Cic. Font. 11, 33:

alacres laetique,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

vultus,

id. Att. 8, 9, 2:

dies laetissimi,

id. Lael. 3, 12.—In neutr. plur. as subst.:

litterae tuae partim laeta partim tristia continent,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1.—

With de:

laetus est de amica,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 45.—

With gen.:

laetus animi et ingenii,

Vell. 2, 93, 1; Tac. A. 2, 26:

laborum,

Verg. A. 11, 73:

irae,

Sil. 17, 308.—

With inf.:

laetus uterque Spectari superis,

Sil. 9, 453.—

With acc. and inf.:

laetus sum, fratri obtigisse quod volt,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 1:

laeta est abs te (donum) datum esse,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 2.—

Transf.

Doing a thing with joy, cheerful, ready, willing:

senatus supplementum etiam laetus decreverat,

Sall. J. 84, 3:

descendere regno,

Stat. Th. 2, 396:

fatebere laetus nec surdum esse, etc.,

Juv. 13, 248.—

Delighting or taking pleasure in a thing; with abl. or inf.

With abl.:

et laetum equino sanguine Concanum,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 34:

laetus stridore catenae,

Juv. 14, 23:

plantaribus horti,

id. 13, 123.—

With inf.:

et ferro vivere laetum Vulgus,

Sil. 9, 223.—

Pleased, satisfied with any thing; delighting in; with abl.:

classis Romana haudquaquam laeta praedā rediit,

Liv. 27, 31:

contentus modicis, meoque laetus,

Mart. 4, 77, 2.—With gen.:

laeta laborum,

Verg. A. 11, 73:

laetissimus viae,

indulging to the full, Sil. 17, 308.—

Pleasing, pleasant, grateful:

omnia erant facta hoc biduo laetiora,

Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

laetique nuntii vulgabantur,

Tac. A. 1, 5:

vitium laetissimi fructus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

virtus haud laeta tyranno,

Val. Fl. 1, 30:

militibus id nomen,

Tac. H. 4, 68.—

Favorable, propitious, prosperous:

venti,

Val. Fl. 4, 31:

sors,

id. 4, 540:

bellum,

Sil. 10, 552; Plaut. Am. prol. 2:

saecula,

Verg. A. 1, 605:

exta,

Suet. Caes. 77:

cujus (proelii) initium ambiguum, finis laetior,

Tac. A. 12, 40.—

Fortunate, auspicious, lucky:

prodigium,

Plin. 11, 37, 77, § 197:

augurium,

Tac. H. 1, 62:

laeta et congruentia exta,

id. ib. 2, 4:

omina,

Petr. 122.—

Joyous in appearance, delightful, pleasing, beautiful:

vite quid potest esse cum fructu laetius, tum aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. de Sen. 15, 53:

segetes,

Verg. G. 1, 1:

lupae fulvo nutricis tegmine,

id. A. 1, 275:

ferarum exuviis,

Ov. M. 1, 475:

indoles,

Quint. 2, 4, 4:

colles frondibus laeti,

Curt. 5, 4, 9.—

In partic., in econom. lang., fertile, rich, of soil:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

laeta Clitumni pascua,

Juv. 12, 13.—Of cattle, fat:

glande sues laeti redeunt,

Verg. G. 2, 520.—

Abundant, copious:

laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,

Verg. G. 3, 310; 3, 494:

lucus laetissimus umbrae,

id. A. 1, 441.—Of style, etc., rich, copious, agreeable:

nitidum quoddam genus est verborum et laetum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 81.—Of the author:

(Homerus) laetus ac pressus,

Quint. 10, 1, 46.—

Pleasant, agreeable:

dicendi genus tenue laetioribus numeris corrumpere,

Quint. 9, 4, 17.—In neutr. sing., adverbially:

laetumque rubet,

with joy, with pleasure, Stat. Ach. 1, 323.— Hence, adv.: laetē, joyfully, gladly, cheerfully.

Lit. (class.):

auctorem senatus exstinctum laete atque insolenter tulit,

Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 7:

laete an severe dicere,

Quint. 8, 3, 40.— Comp., Vell. 2, 45, 3:

neque refert cujusquam Punicas Romanasve acies laetius extuleris,

more eagerly, Tac. A. 4, 33:

aliquid ausi laetius aut licentius,

Quint. 2, 4, 14.— Sup.:

laetissime gaudere,

Gell. 3, 15, 2.—

Transf., fruitfully, abundantly, luxuriantly:

seges laete virens,

Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 89.— Comp.:

truncus laetius frondet,

more fruitfully, more luxuriantly, Col. 5, 9, 10; cf. Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130.—

Lightly, not severely, without seriousness:

si quis putet nos laetius fecisse quam orationis severitas exigat,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 6.

laetus, i, m., in late Lat., a foreign bondman who received a piece of land to cultivate, for which he paid tribute to his master, a serf, Amm. 20, 8, 13; Eum. Pan. 21, 1.—Hence,

laeta, ōrum, n., the land so cultivated, Cod. Th. 7, 20, 10.—

laetĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a laetus: laeticae terrae, Cod. Th. 13, 11, 9.

lascīvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. lash-āmi, desire; las-āmi, play; Gr. la- in laô, lilaiomai; cf. Goth. lustus; also Lat. largus], wanton, petulant, sportive, playful, frolicsome, frisky, (syn.: petulans, procax).

In a good sense: nova proles, * Lucr. 1, 260:

capella,

Verg. E. 2, 64:

puella,

id. ib. 3, 64:

pueri,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 134:

Amores,

id. C. 2, 11, 7:

currumque sequuntur matris lascivo sidera fulva choro,

Tib. 2, 1, 88:

tenero lascivior haedo,

Ov. M. 13, 791:

aetas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216:

hederae,

wanton, luxuriant, id. C. 1, 36, 20:

acus,

for ornamenting the hair, a hair-pin, Mart. 11, 45, 6; cf. Tert. Verg. Vel. 12:

tristia maestum Vultum verba decent.... Ludentem lasciva,

sportive, playful, Hor. A. P. 107; cf.:

quod dicitur, aut est lascivum et hilare aut contumeliosum,

Quint. 6, 3, 27:

ad quod (caput aselli) lascivi ludebant ruris alumni,

Juv. 11, 98. —

In a bad sense, licentious, lewd, lustful, lascivious, Varr. R. R. 1, 14: Siculi, ut sunt lascivi et dicaces, Cael. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 41:

puellae,

lascivious, Ov. A. A. 1, 523:

femur,

id. Am. 3, 7, 10:

libelli,

lewd, Mart. 5, 2, 5; cf.:

tabellis ac sigillis lascivissimarum picturarum et figurarum,

Suet. Tib. 43.—

Trop., of style, licentious, luxuriant, overloaded with ornament; oratio, Gell. 12, 2, 9; cf.: illud lascivum zôê kai psuchê, Juv. 6, 194.—Hence, adv. in two forms.

lascīvē, wantonly, lasciviously (post-class.):

loqui,

licentiously, Mart. 8 init.:

versus facere,

App. Mag. p. 278, 31. — Comp.:

lascivius,

Avien. Arat. 514.—

lascīvĭter, wantonly, petulantly: ludere, Laev. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.

Leucădĭa, ae, and Leucas, ădis, f., = Leukadia, an island (previously a peninsula) in the Ionic Sea, opposite Acarnania, with a famous temple of Apollo, now S. Maura, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Liv. 33, 17, 8; acc. Leucada, Ov. M. 15, 289; id. H. 15, 172.—Hence,

Leucădĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the island of Leucadia, Leucadian:

aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 166:

litus,

Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5:

vinum,

id. 14, 7, 9, § 76; Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 86:

Dites damnosos maritos apud Leucadiam Oppiam,

id. Curc. 4, 1, 24:

deus,

i. e. Apollo, who had a temple in Leucadia, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 76; 3, 1, 42; cf.

Apollo,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 69: quotannis Tristia Leucadio sacra peracta modo (the Leucadians had a custom of casting every year a criminal from a mountain into the sea;

they sought, however, by attaching wings to him, to break the violence of his fall, and to pick him up in boats, whereupon he was banished out of the island),

Ov. F. 5, 630; cf. id. Tr. 5, 2, 76; id. H. 15, 165 sq.—

Subst.

Leu-cădĭa, ae, f., the mistress of Varro Atacinus, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 86.—

The name of a comedy of Turpilius, Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 72.—

Leucădĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Leucadia, Leucadians, Liv. 33, 17. —

Leucas, ădis, f., the capital of Leucadia, Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Liv. 33, 17, 7; 11.

Leucădĭa, ae, and Leucas, ădis, f., = Leukadia, an island (previously a peninsula) in the Ionic Sea, opposite Acarnania, with a famous temple of Apollo, now S. Maura, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Liv. 33, 17, 8; acc. Leucada, Ov. M. 15, 289; id. H. 15, 172.—Hence,

Leucădĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the island of Leucadia, Leucadian:

aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 166:

litus,

Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5:

vinum,

id. 14, 7, 9, § 76; Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 86:

Dites damnosos maritos apud Leucadiam Oppiam,

id. Curc. 4, 1, 24:

deus,

i. e. Apollo, who had a temple in Leucadia, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 76; 3, 1, 42; cf.

Apollo,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 69: quotannis Tristia Leucadio sacra peracta modo (the Leucadians had a custom of casting every year a criminal from a mountain into the sea;

they sought, however, by attaching wings to him, to break the violence of his fall, and to pick him up in boats, whereupon he was banished out of the island),

Ov. F. 5, 630; cf. id. Tr. 5, 2, 76; id. H. 15, 165 sq.—

Subst.

Leu-cădĭa, ae, f., the mistress of Varro Atacinus, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 86.—

The name of a comedy of Turpilius, Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 72.—

Leucădĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Leucadia, Leucadians, Liv. 33, 17. —

Leucas, ădis, f., the capital of Leucadia, Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Liv. 33, 17, 7; 11.

Leucădĭa, ae, and Leucas, ădis, f., = Leukadia, an island (previously a peninsula) in the Ionic Sea, opposite Acarnania, with a famous temple of Apollo, now S. Maura, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Liv. 33, 17, 8; acc. Leucada, Ov. M. 15, 289; id. H. 15, 172.—Hence,

Leucădĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the island of Leucadia, Leucadian:

aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 166:

litus,

Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5:

vinum,

id. 14, 7, 9, § 76; Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 86:

Dites damnosos maritos apud Leucadiam Oppiam,

id. Curc. 4, 1, 24:

deus,

i. e. Apollo, who had a temple in Leucadia, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 76; 3, 1, 42; cf.

Apollo,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 69: quotannis Tristia Leucadio sacra peracta modo (the Leucadians had a custom of casting every year a criminal from a mountain into the sea;

they sought, however, by attaching wings to him, to break the violence of his fall, and to pick him up in boats, whereupon he was banished out of the island),

Ov. F. 5, 630; cf. id. Tr. 5, 2, 76; id. H. 15, 165 sq.—

Subst.

Leu-cădĭa, ae, f., the mistress of Varro Atacinus, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 86.—

The name of a comedy of Turpilius, Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 72.—

Leucădĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Leucadia, Leucadians, Liv. 33, 17. —

Leucas, ădis, f., the capital of Leucadia, Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Liv. 33, 17, 7; 11.

luctor, ātus, 1 ( part. gen. plur. luctantūm, Prop. 4 (5), 22, 9; act. collat. form: viri validis viribus luctant, Enn. ap. Non. 472, 8: plurimum luctavimus, Plaut. ap. Non. 468, 32; Varr. L. L. 5, 10, § 61 Müll.:

dum luctat,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 31), v. dep. [lucta, q. v.], to wrestle.

Lit.:

ibi cursu luctando disco hasta... sese exercebant (juventus),

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 24:

luctabitur Olympiis Milo,

Cic. Fat. 13:

fulvā luctantur harenā,

Verg. A. 6, 643:

luctabatur adsidue,

Suet. Ner. 53:

paucae (feminae) luctantur,

Juv. 2, 53:

umeris, ut luctaturi solent, ad occipitium ductis,

Quint. 11, 3, 160.—

Transf, to wrestle, struggle, strive, contend.

Of living creatures:

in pestilenti atque arido solo luctari,

Liv. 7, 38, 7:

boves luctari,

Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177:

luctandum in turbā,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 28:

inter se adversis luctantur cornibus haedi,

Verg. G. 2, 526:

non luctor de nomine hujus temporis,

Ov. F. 6, 69.—

With inf. ( poet.):

et infracta luctatur harundine telum Eripere,

Verg. A. 12, 387:

deducere versum,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 13:

compescere risum,

id. H. 17, 161; id. M. 15, 300.—

Of inanimate things:

et in lento luctantur marmore tonsae,

Verg. A, 7, 28:

tristia robustis luctantur funera plaustris,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 74; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 147:

luctantem Icariis fluctibus Africum,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 15; cf.:

luctantes venti,

Verg. A. 1, 53.—

In partic., in mal. part.:

cum aliquo,

Prop. 2, 1, 13.—

Trop., of mental or moral strife, to struggle, strive, contend:

non luctabor tecum amplius,

Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74:

cum aliquo luctari,

id. Sull. 16, 47:

Plancus diu, quarum esset partium secum luctatus,

Vell. 2, 63, 3; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 28:

cum latentibus nodis,

Curt. 3, 1, 18:

cum ardore et siccitate regionis,

id. 4, 7, 7.—

With dat. ( poet.):

luctataeque diu tenebris hiemique sibique,

Stat. Th. 11, 522:

crudo pelago,

Sil. 14, 453:

morti,

id. 10, 296.—

With abl.:

ignis viridi luctetur robore,

Luc. 3, 503; Vell. 2, 86, 2.—Hence, luctans, antis, P. a., struggling, reluctant:

luctantia oscula carpere,

Ov. M. 4, 358:

composuit luctantia lumina somnus,

Sil. 7, 204.—

In partic., as subst., of cross-beams, rafters, because they oppose and uphold each other like wrestlers, Isid. Orig. 19, 19.

mando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [manusdo], to commit to one's charge, to enjoin, commission, order, command (syn.: praecipio, edico); constr. alicui aliquid, with ut, ne, the simple subj., or with inf. (class.).

Lit.

Alicui aliquid:

tibi de nostris rebus nihil sum mandaturus per litteras,

Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1:

praeterea typos tibi mando,

id. Att. 1, 10, 3:

si quid velis, huic mandes,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 7:

L. Clodio mandasse, quae illum mecum loqui velles,

Cic. Fam. 3, 4, 1:

alicui mandare laqueum,

to bid go and be hanged, Juv. 10, 57.—With ellipsis of dat.:

tamquam hoc senatus mandasset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84:

excusationem,

Suet. Oth. 6:

haec ego numquam mandavi,

Juv. 14, 225.—

With ut or ne:

Voluseno mandat, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

mandat ut exploratores in Suebos mittant,

id. ib. 6, 10, 3:

Caesar per litteras Trebonio magnopere mandaverat, ne, etc.,

id. B. C. 2, 13.—

With simple subj.:

huic mandat, Remos reliquosque Belgas adeat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 11.—

With object-clause:

mandavit Tigranen Armeniā exturbare,

Tac. A. 15, 2:

non aliter cineres mando jacere meos,

Mart. 1, 88, 10.—

Impers. pass.:

fecerunt ut eis mandatum fuerat,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 21.—

Transf.

In gen., to commit, consign, enjoin, confide, commend, intrust any thing to a person or thing:

ego tibi meas res mando,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 54:

bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fidei,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 61:

ludibrio habeor... ab illo, quoi me mandavisti, meo viro,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 32:

(adulescens) qui tuae mandatus est fide et fiduciae,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 80; 91; 99:

aliquem alicui alendum,

Verg. A. 3, 49:

alicui magistratum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

honores,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81:

filiam viro,

to give in marriage, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 32:

aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

se fugae,

to betake one's self to flight, Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

fugae et solitudini vitam suam,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

semen terrae,

i. e. to sow, Col. 1, 7, 6:

hordea sulcis,

Verg. E. 5, 36:

corpus humo,

to bury, id. A. 9, 214:

aliquid memoriae,

Cic. Quint. 6, 24:

litteris,

to commit to writing, id. de Or. 2, 12, 52:

scriptis actiones nostras,

id. Off. 2, 1, 3:

historiae,

id. Div. 2, 32, 69:

monumentis,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

fruges conditas vetustati,

to keep for a long time, to suffer to grow old, id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

Alcibiadem interficiendum insidiis mandare,

Just. 5, 2, 5.— Absol.:

Claudio mandante ac volente (opp. invito),

Vop. Aur. 16, 2.—

To charge a person to announce something, to send word to a person or place only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

mandare ad Pisonem, noli, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 25:

mandabat in urbem, nullum proelio finem exspectarent,

sent word, Tac. A. 14, 38:

ferre ad nuptam quae mittit adulter, quae mandat,

Juv. 3, 46:

senatui mandavit, bellum se ei illaturum,

Eutr. 5, 5:

consulantes, si quid ad uxores suas mandarent,

Flor. 3, 3, 6.—P. a. as subst.: mandā-tum, i, n., a charge, order, commission, injunction, command.

In gen.:

ut mandatum scias me procurasse,

have performed the commission, Cic. Att. 5, 7, 3:

hoc mandatum accepi a Patre,

Vulg. Joh. 10, 18.—More freq. in plur.:

omnibus ei de rebus, quas agi a me voles, mandata des, velim,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 2:

dare mandata alicui in aliquem,

id. ib. 3, 11, 5:

dare alicui mandata, ut, etc.,

id. Phil. 6, 3, 6:

accipere ab aliquo,

id. ib. 8, 8, 23:

persequi,

to perform, execute, fulfil, id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 2:

audire,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

alicujus exhaurire,

id. Att. 5, 1, 5:

exponere in senatu,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 49:

exsequi,

id. Phil. 9, 4, 9; Sall. J. 35, 5:

facere,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 64; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 72:

perficere,

Liv. 1, 56:

efficere,

Sall. J. 58:

facere,

Curt. 7, 9, 17:

deferre,

to deliver, Cic. Att. 7, 14, 1:

perferre,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 18:

neglegere,

to neglect, not perform, Ov. H. 16, 303:

fallere,

id. M. 6, 696:

haec mandata,

Liv. 21, 54, 4: legatis occulta mandata data sint, ut, Just. 34, 1, 5.— Poet., with inf.:

producetque virum, dabit et mandata reverti,

and enjoin him to return, Ov. H. 13, 143.—

Esp. as legal term.

A commission constituting a mutual obligation; hence, in gen., a contract:

mandatum constitit, sive nostra gratia mandamus, sive alienā: id est, sive ut mea negotia geras, sive ut alterius mandem tibi, erit mandati obligatio, et invicem alter alteri tenebimur,

Gai. Inst. 3, 155 sqq.:

itaque mandati constitutum est judicium non minus turpe, quam furti,

i. e. for breach of contract, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111:

actio mandati,

an action for the non-performance of a contract, Dig. 17, 1, 8, § 3.—

An imperial command, mandate, Plin. Ep. 10, 110, 1; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 111:

principum,

Front. Aquaed. 3.—Esp. of the secret orders of the emperors:

(Galba) mandata Neronis de nece sua deprenderat,

Suet. Galb. 9; id. Tib. 52:

occulta mandata,

Tac. A. 2, 43:

fingere scelesta mandata,

id. ib. 2, 71; 3, 16; id. H. 4, 49.—

In eccl. lang., the law or commandment of God:

mandatum hoc, quod ego praecipio tibi hodie, non supra te est,

Vulg. Deut. 30, 11:

nec custodisti mandata,

id. 1 Reg. 13, 13:

maximum et primum mandatum,

id. Matt. 22, 38.

mando, di, sum (in the dep. form mandor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), 3, v. a. [akin to madeo, properly to moisten; hence], to chew, masticate (syn. manduco).

Lit. (class.):

animalia alia sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

asini lentissime mandunt,

Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 54; Col. 6, 2, 14.— Poet.:

(equi) fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum,

i. e. champ, Verg. A. 7, 279:

tristia vulnera saevo dente,

i. e. to eat the flesh of slaughtered animals, Ov. M. 15, 92.—In part. perf.: mansum ex ore daturum, Lucil. ap. Non. 140, 14; Varr. ib. 12:

omnia minima mansa in os inserere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

ut cibos mansos ac prope liquefactos demittimus,

Quint. 10, 1, 19.—

Transf., in gen., to eat, devour (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose): quom socios nostros mandisset impiu' Cyclops, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 817 P.; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P. (Ann. v. 141 Vahl.):

apros,

Plin. 8, 51, 78, § 210:

Diomedes immanibus equis mandendos solitus objectare advenas,

to throw to them for food, Mel. 2, 2.— Poet.: mandere humum (like mordere humum), to bite the ground, said of those who fall in battle, Verg. A. 11, 669; so,

compressa aequora,

Val. Fl. 3, 106: corpora Graiorum maerebat mandier igni, to be consumed, Matius in Varr. L. L. 6, § 95 Müll.

mando, ōnis, m. [2. mando], a glutton, gormandizer: mandonum gulae, Lucil. ap. Non. 17, 16; cf. manduco.

mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form, misti for misisti, Cat. 14, 14: archaic inf. pass. mittier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 78), v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. math-, to set in motion], to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch, etc.

In gen.: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

filium suum foras ad propinquum suum quendam mittit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

signa... quam plurima quam primumque mittas,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

legatos de deditione ad eum miserunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

pabulatum mittebat,

id. B. C. 1, 40:

scitatum oracula,

Verg. A. 2, 114:

Delphos consultum,

Nep. Them. 2, 6:

missus sum, te ut requirerem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 42:

ego huc missa sum ludere,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 48:

equitatum auxilio Caesari Aedui miserant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

alicui subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 6:

ad subsidium,

Hirt. Balb. Hisp. 9, 1:

misi, pro amicitiā, qui hoc diceret,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

qui solveret,

id. Att. 1, 3, 2:

mittite ambo hominem,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—With acc. and inf.:

Deiotarus legatos ad me misit, se cum omnibus copiis esse venturum,

sent me word that, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 5:

ad collegam mittit, opus esse exercitu,

Liv. 24, 19, 3:

Publilius duo milia militum recepta miserat,

id. 8, 23, 1:

Dexagoridas miserat ad legatum Romanum traditurum se urbem,

id. 34, 29, 9:

statim Athenas mittit se cum exercitu venturum,

Just. 5, 3, 7. Missum facere is also used for mittere, to send: ut cohortis ad me missum facias, Pompei. ap. [p. 1153] Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 2:

aliquem morti,

to put to death, despatch, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 34; so,

ad mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

in possessionem,

to put in possession, id. Quint. 26, 83:

aliquem ad cenam,

to invite one to dinner, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: sub jugum mittere, to send or cause to go under the yoke, Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

sub jugo,

Liv. 3, 28 fin. —

In partic.

To send word, announce, tell, report any thing to any one:

ut mihi vadimonia dilata et Chresti conpilationem mitteres,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur,

id. ib. 16, 9, 3:

mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis,

Liv. 6, 10, 2:

hodie Spintherem exspecto: misit enim Brutus ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

salutem alicui,

to send greeting to, to greet one, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 1:

ita existimes velim, me antelaturum fuisse, si ad me misisses, voluntatem tuam commodo meo,

i. e. if you had sent to me for aid, applied to me, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1.—

To send as a compliment, to dedicate to any one, of a book or poem:

liber Antiochi, qui ab eo ad Balbum missus est,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

hunc librum de Senectute ad te misimus,

id. Sen. 1, 3.—

To send, yield, produce, furnish, export any thing (as the product of a country):

India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

(Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis,

Ov. M. 2, 366; cf.:

quos frigida misit Nursia,

Verg. A. 7, 715:

hordea, quae Libyci ratibus misere coloni,

Ov. Med. Fac. 53:

quas mittit dives Panchaia merces,

Tib. 3, 2, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 213; id. Am. 1, 12, 10.—

To dismiss a thing from the mind:

maestumque timorem Mittite,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

mittere ac finire odium,

Liv. 40, 46:

leves spes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

missam iram facere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 14.—

To put an end to, end:

certamen,

Verg. A. 5, 286.—

Esp. in speaking, etc., to pass over, omit, to give over, cease, forbear (cf.:

praetermitto, praetereo, relinquo): quin tu istas mittis tricas?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 45:

mitto proelia, praetereo oppugnationes oppidorum,

omit, Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

maledicta omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 9.—With inf.:

jam scrutari mitto,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

mitte male loqui,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 2:

cetera mitte loqui,

Hor. Epod. 13, 7:

illud dicere,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85:

quaerere,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 53:

mitto iam de rege quaerere,

id. Sull. 7, 22:

hoc exsequi mitto,

Quint. 5, 10, 18:

incommoda mortalium deflere,

Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2.— With quod:

mitto, quod omnes meas tempestates subire paratissimus fueris,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12.—With de. mitto de amissā maximā parte exercitūs (sc. dicere), Cic. Pis. 20, 47:

verum, ut haec missa faciam, quae, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 45, 132:

missos facere quaestus triennii,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.—

To let go, let loose, to quit, release, dismiss: mitte rudentem, sceleste, Tr. Mittam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 77:

unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.:

quadrijuges aequo carcere misit equos,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; Plaut. Poen. prol. 100:

mittin' me intro?

will you let me go in? id. Truc. 4, 2, 43:

cutem,

to let go, quit, Hor. A. P. 476:

mitte me,

let me alone, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 5:

nos missos face,

id. And. 5, 1, 14:

missum fieri,

to be let loose, set at liberty, Nep. Eum. 11: eum missum feci, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, G, 2:

nec locupletare amicos umquam suos destitit, mittere in negotium,

to set up in business, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: sub titulum lares, to put a bill on one's house, i. e. to offer it for sale or to be let, Ov. R. Am. 302: in consilium, to let the judges go and consult, i. e. to send the judges to make out their verdict, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

sues in hostes,

to set upon, Lucr. 5, 1309: se in aliquem, to fall upon, assail, attack:

vota enim faceretis, ut in eos se potius mitteret, quam in vestras possessiones,

Cic. Mil. 28, 76 (B. and K. immitteret):

se in foedera,

to enter into, conclude, make, Verg. A. 12, 190:

missos faciant honores,

to let go, renounce, not trouble one's self about, Cic. Sest. 66, 138:

vos missos facio, et quantum potest, abesse ex Africā jubeo,

Hirt. B. Afr. 54:

missam facere legionem,

to dismiss, Suet. Caes. 69:

remotis, sive omnino missis lictoribus,

Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:

Lolliam Paulinam conjunxit sibi, brevique missam fecit,

put her away, Suet. Calig. 25; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 70.—

To let or bring out, to put forth, send out, emit: sanguinem incisā venā, to let blood, to bleed, Cels. 2, 10:

sanguinem alicui,

id. ib.; Petr. 91.— Trop.: mittere sanguinem provinciae, to bleed, i. e. drain, exhaust, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; cf.:

missus est sanguis invidiae sine dolore,

id. ib. 1, 16, 11:

radices,

to put forth roots, to take root, Col. 3, 18:

folium,

to put forth leaves, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58:

florem,

to blossom, bloom, id. 24, 9, 38, § 59:

membranas de corpore,

to throw off, shed, Lucr. 4, 57:

serpens horrenda sibila misit,

gave forth, emitted, Ov. M. 3, 38: mittere vocem, to utter a sound, raise one's voice, speak, say:

vocem pro me ac pro re publica nemo mittit,

speaks a word, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

vocem liberam,

to speak with freedom, Liv. 35, 32:

flens diu vocem non misit,

id. 3, 50, 4:

adeo res miraculo fuit, ut unus ex barbaris miserit vocem, etc.,

Flor. 4, 10, 7:

repente vocem sancta misit Religio,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 4:

nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem debueras,

Juv. 13, 114:

haec Scipionis oratio ex ipsius ore Pompeii mitti videbatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2:

Afranios sui timoris signa misisse,

have showed signs of fear, id. ib. 71:

signa,

Verg. G. 1, 229:

signum sanguinis,

to show signs of blood, look bloody, Lucr. 1, 882.—

To send, throw, hurl, cast, launch:

hastam,

Ov. M. 11, 8:

pila,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

lapides in aliquem,

to throw, Petr. 90:

fulmina,

to hurl, Hor. C. 1, 12, 59:

aliquid igni,

Val. Fl. 3, 313:

de ponte,

to cast, precipitate, Cat. 17, 23:

praecipitem aliquem ex arce,

Ov. M. 8, 250:

se saxo ab alto,

to cast one's self down, id. ib. 11, 340:

se in rapidas aquas,

id. Am. 3, 6, 80:

se in medium,

to plunge into the midst, Quint. 11, 1, 54. —Of nets:

retia misit,

Juv. 2, 148.—Of dice, to throw: talis enim jactatis, ut quisque canem, aut senionem miserat, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:

talos in phimum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 17:

panem alicui,

to throw to, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

Alexandrum manum ad arma misisse,

laid his hand on his weapons, Sen. Ira, 2, 2:

pira in vasculo,

Pall. 3, 25, 11:

fert missos Vestae pura patella cibos,

Ov. F. 6, 310:

accidere in mensas ut rosa missa solet,

which one has let fall, id. ib. 5, 360.—

= pempein, to attend, guide, escort:

alias (animas) sub Tartara tristia mittit (Mercurius),

Verg. A. 4, 243; cf.:

sic denique victor Trinacriā fines Italos mittēre relictā,

id. ib. 3, 440.—Hence, P. a.: Missus, a, um; as subst.: Missus, i, m., he that is sent, the messenger or ambassador of God, i. e. Christ, Arn. 2, 73; Isid. 7, 2, 35.

mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form, misti for misisti, Cat. 14, 14: archaic inf. pass. mittier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 78), v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. math-, to set in motion], to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch, etc.

In gen.: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

filium suum foras ad propinquum suum quendam mittit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

signa... quam plurima quam primumque mittas,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

legatos de deditione ad eum miserunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

pabulatum mittebat,

id. B. C. 1, 40:

scitatum oracula,

Verg. A. 2, 114:

Delphos consultum,

Nep. Them. 2, 6:

missus sum, te ut requirerem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 42:

ego huc missa sum ludere,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 48:

equitatum auxilio Caesari Aedui miserant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

alicui subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 6:

ad subsidium,

Hirt. Balb. Hisp. 9, 1:

misi, pro amicitiā, qui hoc diceret,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

qui solveret,

id. Att. 1, 3, 2:

mittite ambo hominem,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—With acc. and inf.:

Deiotarus legatos ad me misit, se cum omnibus copiis esse venturum,

sent me word that, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 5:

ad collegam mittit, opus esse exercitu,

Liv. 24, 19, 3:

Publilius duo milia militum recepta miserat,

id. 8, 23, 1:

Dexagoridas miserat ad legatum Romanum traditurum se urbem,

id. 34, 29, 9:

statim Athenas mittit se cum exercitu venturum,

Just. 5, 3, 7. Missum facere is also used for mittere, to send: ut cohortis ad me missum facias, Pompei. ap. [p. 1153] Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 2:

aliquem morti,

to put to death, despatch, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 34; so,

ad mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

in possessionem,

to put in possession, id. Quint. 26, 83:

aliquem ad cenam,

to invite one to dinner, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: sub jugum mittere, to send or cause to go under the yoke, Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

sub jugo,

Liv. 3, 28 fin. —

In partic.

To send word, announce, tell, report any thing to any one:

ut mihi vadimonia dilata et Chresti conpilationem mitteres,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur,

id. ib. 16, 9, 3:

mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis,

Liv. 6, 10, 2:

hodie Spintherem exspecto: misit enim Brutus ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

salutem alicui,

to send greeting to, to greet one, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 1:

ita existimes velim, me antelaturum fuisse, si ad me misisses, voluntatem tuam commodo meo,

i. e. if you had sent to me for aid, applied to me, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1.—

To send as a compliment, to dedicate to any one, of a book or poem:

liber Antiochi, qui ab eo ad Balbum missus est,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

hunc librum de Senectute ad te misimus,

id. Sen. 1, 3.—

To send, yield, produce, furnish, export any thing (as the product of a country):

India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

(Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis,

Ov. M. 2, 366; cf.:

quos frigida misit Nursia,

Verg. A. 7, 715:

hordea, quae Libyci ratibus misere coloni,

Ov. Med. Fac. 53:

quas mittit dives Panchaia merces,

Tib. 3, 2, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 213; id. Am. 1, 12, 10.—

To dismiss a thing from the mind:

maestumque timorem Mittite,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

mittere ac finire odium,

Liv. 40, 46:

leves spes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

missam iram facere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 14.—

To put an end to, end:

certamen,

Verg. A. 5, 286.—

Esp. in speaking, etc., to pass over, omit, to give over, cease, forbear (cf.:

praetermitto, praetereo, relinquo): quin tu istas mittis tricas?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 45:

mitto proelia, praetereo oppugnationes oppidorum,

omit, Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

maledicta omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 9.—With inf.:

jam scrutari mitto,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

mitte male loqui,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 2:

cetera mitte loqui,

Hor. Epod. 13, 7:

illud dicere,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85:

quaerere,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 53:

mitto iam de rege quaerere,

id. Sull. 7, 22:

hoc exsequi mitto,

Quint. 5, 10, 18:

incommoda mortalium deflere,

Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2.— With quod:

mitto, quod omnes meas tempestates subire paratissimus fueris,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12.—With de. mitto de amissā maximā parte exercitūs (sc. dicere), Cic. Pis. 20, 47:

verum, ut haec missa faciam, quae, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 45, 132:

missos facere quaestus triennii,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.—

To let go, let loose, to quit, release, dismiss: mitte rudentem, sceleste, Tr. Mittam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 77:

unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.:

quadrijuges aequo carcere misit equos,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; Plaut. Poen. prol. 100:

mittin' me intro?

will you let me go in? id. Truc. 4, 2, 43:

cutem,

to let go, quit, Hor. A. P. 476:

mitte me,

let me alone, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 5:

nos missos face,

id. And. 5, 1, 14:

missum fieri,

to be let loose, set at liberty, Nep. Eum. 11: eum missum feci, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, G, 2:

nec locupletare amicos umquam suos destitit, mittere in negotium,

to set up in business, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: sub titulum lares, to put a bill on one's house, i. e. to offer it for sale or to be let, Ov. R. Am. 302: in consilium, to let the judges go and consult, i. e. to send the judges to make out their verdict, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

sues in hostes,

to set upon, Lucr. 5, 1309: se in aliquem, to fall upon, assail, attack:

vota enim faceretis, ut in eos se potius mitteret, quam in vestras possessiones,

Cic. Mil. 28, 76 (B. and K. immitteret):

se in foedera,

to enter into, conclude, make, Verg. A. 12, 190:

missos faciant honores,

to let go, renounce, not trouble one's self about, Cic. Sest. 66, 138:

vos missos facio, et quantum potest, abesse ex Africā jubeo,

Hirt. B. Afr. 54:

missam facere legionem,

to dismiss, Suet. Caes. 69:

remotis, sive omnino missis lictoribus,

Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:

Lolliam Paulinam conjunxit sibi, brevique missam fecit,

put her away, Suet. Calig. 25; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 70.—

To let or bring out, to put forth, send out, emit: sanguinem incisā venā, to let blood, to bleed, Cels. 2, 10:

sanguinem alicui,

id. ib.; Petr. 91.— Trop.: mittere sanguinem provinciae, to bleed, i. e. drain, exhaust, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; cf.:

missus est sanguis invidiae sine dolore,

id. ib. 1, 16, 11:

radices,

to put forth roots, to take root, Col. 3, 18:

folium,

to put forth leaves, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58:

florem,

to blossom, bloom, id. 24, 9, 38, § 59:

membranas de corpore,

to throw off, shed, Lucr. 4, 57:

serpens horrenda sibila misit,

gave forth, emitted, Ov. M. 3, 38: mittere vocem, to utter a sound, raise one's voice, speak, say:

vocem pro me ac pro re publica nemo mittit,

speaks a word, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

vocem liberam,

to speak with freedom, Liv. 35, 32:

flens diu vocem non misit,

id. 3, 50, 4:

adeo res miraculo fuit, ut unus ex barbaris miserit vocem, etc.,

Flor. 4, 10, 7:

repente vocem sancta misit Religio,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 4:

nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem debueras,

Juv. 13, 114:

haec Scipionis oratio ex ipsius ore Pompeii mitti videbatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2:

Afranios sui timoris signa misisse,

have showed signs of fear, id. ib. 71:

signa,

Verg. G. 1, 229:

signum sanguinis,

to show signs of blood, look bloody, Lucr. 1, 882.—

To send, throw, hurl, cast, launch:

hastam,

Ov. M. 11, 8:

pila,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

lapides in aliquem,

to throw, Petr. 90:

fulmina,

to hurl, Hor. C. 1, 12, 59:

aliquid igni,

Val. Fl. 3, 313:

de ponte,

to cast, precipitate, Cat. 17, 23:

praecipitem aliquem ex arce,

Ov. M. 8, 250:

se saxo ab alto,

to cast one's self down, id. ib. 11, 340:

se in rapidas aquas,

id. Am. 3, 6, 80:

se in medium,

to plunge into the midst, Quint. 11, 1, 54. —Of nets:

retia misit,

Juv. 2, 148.—Of dice, to throw: talis enim jactatis, ut quisque canem, aut senionem miserat, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:

talos in phimum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 17:

panem alicui,

to throw to, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

Alexandrum manum ad arma misisse,

laid his hand on his weapons, Sen. Ira, 2, 2:

pira in vasculo,

Pall. 3, 25, 11:

fert missos Vestae pura patella cibos,

Ov. F. 6, 310:

accidere in mensas ut rosa missa solet,

which one has let fall, id. ib. 5, 360.—

= pempein, to attend, guide, escort:

alias (animas) sub Tartara tristia mittit (Mercurius),

Verg. A. 4, 243; cf.:

sic denique victor Trinacriā fines Italos mittēre relictā,

id. ib. 3, 440.—Hence, P. a.: Missus, a, um; as subst.: Missus, i, m., he that is sent, the messenger or ambassador of God, i. e. Christ, Arn. 2, 73; Isid. 7, 2, 35.

per-misceo, scŭi, stum, and xtum, 2, v. a., to mix or mingle together; to commingle, intermingle.

Lit.:

naturam cum materiā,

Cic. Univ. 7:

permixti cum suis fugientibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 62:

permixtum senatui populi concilium,

Liv. 21, 14:

equites turbae hostium,

id. 39, 51:

fructus acerbitate permixti,

Cic. Planc. 38, 92; Plin. 28, 17, 67, § 231:

generique cruorem Sanguine cum soceri permiscuit impius ensis,

Ov. M. 14, 801:

omnes in oratione esse quasi permixtos et confusos pedes,

Cic. Or. 57, 195:

(gagates lapis) medetur strumis cerae permixtus,

Plin. 36, 19, 34, § 142:

corpora viva permista sepultis,

Luc. 2, 152:

alicui totum ensem,

to plunge his whole sword into his body, Sil. 10, 259.—

Trop.

In gen., to mix or mingle together; to commingle, intermingle:

ne tuas sordes cum clarissimorum virorum splendore permisceas,

Cic. Vatin. 5, 13:

tristia laetis,

Sil. 13, 385:

geminas e sanguine matris permistura domos,

Luc. 2, 333:

acerbitas morum ne vino quidem permista,

Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 26.—Of language:

quibus (intervallis longis et brevibus) implicata atque permixta oratio,

Cic. Or. 56, 187.—

In partic., to confound, disturb, throw into confusion, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:

omnia,

id. Planc. 17, 41; cf.:

omnia divina humanaque jura permiscentur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:

domum,

Verg. A. 7, 348; Sall. J. 5, 2:

Graeciam,

Cic. Or. 9, 20:

omnia gravi timore,

Flor. 1, 18, 12.—Hence, permixtus, a, um (perh. not permistus in class. Lat.), P. a.

Promiscuous, confused:

permixta caedes,

Lucr. 3, 643; 5, 1313:

mores,

disordered, disorderly, id. 3, 749.—

Filled:

permixtus maerore,

App. M. 9, p. 235 fin.—Adv.: per-mixtē, confusedly, promiscuously, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32; id. Part. 7, 24.

prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.

To prefer:

ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—

To go before, precede, outstrip, outrun.

Lit. ( poet.):

cursu pedum ventos,

Verg. A. 7, 807:

equo ventos,

id. ib. 12, 345:

volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

id. ib. 1, 317:

vestigia cervae,

Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—

Trop.

To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

celeri praevertit tristia leto,

Luc. 8, 29:

quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

Gell. 17, 10, 6.—

To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

neque praevorto poculum,

take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—

To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

erilis praevertit metus,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

Liv. 2, 24.—

To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.

With dat.:

rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

ei rei primum praevorti volo,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—

With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

hoc praevortar principio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —

With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

si quando ad interna praeverterent,

Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

ad ea praeverti,

Col. 3, 7:

hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

Gell. 3, 7, 6.—

With an adverb of place:

illuc praevertamur,

let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—

With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—

Absol.:

in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.

To prefer:

ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—

To go before, precede, outstrip, outrun.

Lit. ( poet.):

cursu pedum ventos,

Verg. A. 7, 807:

equo ventos,

id. ib. 12, 345:

volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

id. ib. 1, 317:

vestigia cervae,

Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—

Trop.

To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

celeri praevertit tristia leto,

Luc. 8, 29:

quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

Gell. 17, 10, 6.—

To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

neque praevorto poculum,

take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—

To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

erilis praevertit metus,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

Liv. 2, 24.—

To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.

With dat.:

rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

ei rei primum praevorti volo,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—

With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

hoc praevortar principio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —

With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

si quando ad interna praeverterent,

Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

ad ea praeverti,

Col. 3, 7:

hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

Gell. 3, 7, 6.—

With an adverb of place:

illuc praevertamur,

let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—

With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—

Absol.:

in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.