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  • 1 ūtiliter

        ūtiliter adv. with comp.    [utilis], usefully, profitably, beneficially, advantageously: iracundia utiliter a naturā data: parum utiliter in praesens certamen respondit, i. e. unfortunately, in view of, etc., L.: Utilius stare, O.
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    utilius, utilissime ADV
    usefully/profitably/to advantage; interestedly; validly/effectively/practically

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  • 2 ob

       ob prep.    with acc.—With verbs of motion, towards, to: cuius ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. C.: Turni se pestis ob ora Fert, V.— With verbs of rest, before, in front of, over against: non mihi mors ob oculos versabatur?: ignis ob os offusus.—On account of, for, because of, by reason of, for the sake of: pretium ob stultitiam fero, T.: tibi ob eam rem bene faxim, T.: ob rem nullam misit (me), for nothing, T.: ob merita carus, S.: ob aliquod emolumentum suum: ob rem iudicandam pecuniam accipere: meliores ob eam scientiam esse, for that knowledge: unius ob iram Prodimur, V.: Aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat, H.—In the phrase, quam ob rem (or quamobrem), on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly: quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.—With neut. pron., on that account, therefore: ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis, L.: ob haec consuli nihil cunctandum visum, L.: ob ea consul senatum consulebat, S.—In consideration of, in return for, instead of: ager oppositus est pignori Decem ob minas, T.: pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere: tibi has Haudquaquam ob meritum poenas Suscitat, in proportion to, V.—In the phrase, ob rem, to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully: An. non pudet Vanitatis? Do. minime, dum ob rem, T.: id frustra an ob rem faciam, S.
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    on account of, for the sake of, for; instead of; right before

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  • 3 ob

    ŏb (old form obs, v. III.), prep. with acc. (in late Lat. also with the abl.:

    OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE,

    Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. with Sanscr. api; Gr. epi].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    With verbs of motion, towards, to (only ante-class.): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, let him go before his house to summon him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.:

    ob Troiam duxit,

    id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—
    B.
    With verbs of rest, about, before, in front of, over (in Cic.):

    follem sibi obstringit ob gulam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

    lanam ob oculum habere,

    id. Mil. 5, 37:

    ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse,

    before my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51:

    mors ob oculos saepe versata est,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47:

    ignis qui est ob os offusus,

    id. Univ. 14.—
    II.
    Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc.
    A.
    In gen. (freq. and class.):

    etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris?

    do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

    pretium ob stultitiam fero,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23:

    ob eam rem iratus,

    on that account, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33:

    neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20:

    ob rem nullam,

    id. Hec. 5, 3, 2:

    hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob eam rem, quod veritus est, ne, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 10, 23:

    ob eam causam, quod, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: quam ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26:

    non solum ob eam causam fieri volui, quod, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 21, 34:

    ob hanc causam, quod,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

    nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc.,

    id. Lael. 20, 74:

    ob meas injurias,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.:

    quodnam ob facinus?

    id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob peccatum hoc. id. ib. v. 37:

    ob malefacta haec,

    id. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

    ob illam injuriam,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

    ob aliquod emolumentum suum,

    id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

    ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87:

    nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,

    on account of, for that knowledge, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

    ob eam (amicitiam) summā fide servatam,

    id. Lael. 7, 25:

    is igitur dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse,

    id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

    unius ob iram Prodimur,

    Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.:

    saevae memorem Junonis ob iram,

    id. ib. 1, 4; cf.

    also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

    barbarus eum quidam palam ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat,

    Liv. 21, 2, 6:

    non noxā neque ob metum,

    Tac. H. 2, 49:

    Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse,

    for the republic, id. A. 2, 83:

    cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat,

    id. ib. 6, 5.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In consideration of, in return for, instead of (mostly ante-class.):

    ob asinos ferre argentum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38:

    quin arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem?

    id. Rud. 3, 6, 23:

    ager oppositus est pignori Ob decem minas,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: talentum magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.:

    pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78:

    pecuniam ob delicta dare,

    Tac. A. 14, 14.—
    2.
    Ob rem, like ex re (opp. frustra), to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully (very rare): An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41:

    verum id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est,

    Sall. J. 31, 5.—
    3.
    Ob industriam, on purpose, intentionally, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—
    4.
    Quam ob rem, also written in one word, quamobrem, on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly; a very freq. particle of transition, esp. in Cic.:

    quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 11, 36:

    quam ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum admodum feceris,

    id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—
    5.
    Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.).
    a.
    Ob id:

    ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis,

    Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5:

    ob id ipsum,

    Curt. 4, 16, 23.—
    b.
    Ob hoc:

    ob hoc cum omnia neglecta apud hostes essent,

    Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.:

    ob hoc miserior,

    Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —
    c.
    Ob haec:

    ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset,

    Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—
    d.
    Ob ea:

    ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat,

    Sall. J. 39, 2.—
    e.
    Ob quae:

    ob quae posterum diem reus petivit,

    Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—
    III.
    In composition, the b of ob remains unchanged before vowels and most consonants; only before p, f, c, g, is assimilation more common: oppeto, offero, occido, ogganio, etc.—An ancient form obs, analogous to abs, is implied in obs-olesco and os-tendo.—In signification, that of direction towards, or of existence at or before a thing is predominant, although it likewise gives to the simple verb the accessory notion of against: obicere, opponere, obrogare.

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  • 4 obs

    ŏb (old form obs, v. III.), prep. with acc. (in late Lat. also with the abl.:

    OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE,

    Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. with Sanscr. api; Gr. epi].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    With verbs of motion, towards, to (only ante-class.): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, let him go before his house to summon him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.:

    ob Troiam duxit,

    id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—
    B.
    With verbs of rest, about, before, in front of, over (in Cic.):

    follem sibi obstringit ob gulam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

    lanam ob oculum habere,

    id. Mil. 5, 37:

    ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse,

    before my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51:

    mors ob oculos saepe versata est,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47:

    ignis qui est ob os offusus,

    id. Univ. 14.—
    II.
    Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc.
    A.
    In gen. (freq. and class.):

    etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris?

    do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

    pretium ob stultitiam fero,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23:

    ob eam rem iratus,

    on that account, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33:

    neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20:

    ob rem nullam,

    id. Hec. 5, 3, 2:

    hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob eam rem, quod veritus est, ne, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 10, 23:

    ob eam causam, quod, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: quam ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26:

    non solum ob eam causam fieri volui, quod, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 21, 34:

    ob hanc causam, quod,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

    nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc.,

    id. Lael. 20, 74:

    ob meas injurias,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.:

    quodnam ob facinus?

    id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob peccatum hoc. id. ib. v. 37:

    ob malefacta haec,

    id. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

    ob illam injuriam,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

    ob aliquod emolumentum suum,

    id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

    ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87:

    nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,

    on account of, for that knowledge, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

    ob eam (amicitiam) summā fide servatam,

    id. Lael. 7, 25:

    is igitur dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse,

    id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

    unius ob iram Prodimur,

    Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.:

    saevae memorem Junonis ob iram,

    id. ib. 1, 4; cf.

    also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

    barbarus eum quidam palam ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat,

    Liv. 21, 2, 6:

    non noxā neque ob metum,

    Tac. H. 2, 49:

    Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse,

    for the republic, id. A. 2, 83:

    cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat,

    id. ib. 6, 5.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In consideration of, in return for, instead of (mostly ante-class.):

    ob asinos ferre argentum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38:

    quin arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem?

    id. Rud. 3, 6, 23:

    ager oppositus est pignori Ob decem minas,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: talentum magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.:

    pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78:

    pecuniam ob delicta dare,

    Tac. A. 14, 14.—
    2.
    Ob rem, like ex re (opp. frustra), to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully (very rare): An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41:

    verum id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est,

    Sall. J. 31, 5.—
    3.
    Ob industriam, on purpose, intentionally, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—
    4.
    Quam ob rem, also written in one word, quamobrem, on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly; a very freq. particle of transition, esp. in Cic.:

    quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 11, 36:

    quam ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum admodum feceris,

    id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—
    5.
    Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.).
    a.
    Ob id:

    ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis,

    Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5:

    ob id ipsum,

    Curt. 4, 16, 23.—
    b.
    Ob hoc:

    ob hoc cum omnia neglecta apud hostes essent,

    Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.:

    ob hoc miserior,

    Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —
    c.
    Ob haec:

    ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset,

    Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—
    d.
    Ob ea:

    ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat,

    Sall. J. 39, 2.—
    e.
    Ob quae:

    ob quae posterum diem reus petivit,

    Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—
    III.
    In composition, the b of ob remains unchanged before vowels and most consonants; only before p, f, c, g, is assimilation more common: oppeto, offero, occido, ogganio, etc.—An ancient form obs, analogous to abs, is implied in obs-olesco and os-tendo.—In signification, that of direction towards, or of existence at or before a thing is predominant, although it likewise gives to the simple verb the accessory notion of against: obicere, opponere, obrogare.

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  • 5 res

    rēs, rei (rēi with e long; gen., Lucr. 2, 112; 548; 6, 918; dat., id. 1, 688; 2, 236; rei, gen., monosyl. at the end of the verse, Lucr. 3, 918;

    and in the middle of the verse,

    id. 4, 885, and Poët. ap. Lact. 6, 6), f. [ etym. dub.; perh. root ra- of reor, ratus; cf. Germ. Ding; Engl. thing, from denken, to think; prop., that which is thought of; cf. also logos, Lid. and Scott, 9], a thing, object, being; a matter, affair, event, fact, circumstance, occurrence, deed, condition, case, etc.; and sometimes merely = something (cf.: causa, ratio, negotium).
    I.
    In gen.:

    unde initum primum capiat res quaeque movendi,

    Lucr. 1, 383; cf. id. 1, 536:

    in partes res quaeque minutas Distrahitur,

    id. 2, 826: summe Sol, qui omnes res inspicis, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Trag. v. 321 Vahl.):

    versus, quos ego de Rerum Naturā pangere conor,

    Lucr. 1, 25; cf. id. 1, 126; 5, 54:

    rerum natura creatrix,

    id. 2, 1117:

    divinarum humanarumque rerum, tum initiorum causarumque cujusque rei cognitio,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7 (v. divinus):

    haeret haec res,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 182:

    profecto, ut loquor, ita res est,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 19:

    haud mentior, resque uti facta dico,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 23:

    de Alcumenā ut rem teneatis rectius,

    id. ib. prol. 110:

    in tantis rebus (sc. in re publicā defendendā),

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:

    quo Averna vocantur nomine, id ab re Impositum est, quia sunt avibus contraria cunctis,

    from the nature of the thing, Lucr. 6, 740; cf. id. 6, 424; Liv. 1, 17:

    si res postulabit,

    the condition of the case, Cic. Lael. 13, 44: scaena rei totius haec, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3:

    fugam in se nemo convertitur Nec recedit loco, quin statim rem gerat,

    does his duty, stands his ground, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 84; so, res gerere, v. gero; hence, too, rerum scriptor, for a historian, v. scriptor, and cf. II. H. infra.—
    B.
    With adj. of quality, to express condition, etc.:

    illic homo a me sibi malam rem arcessit,

    is bringing a bad business on himself, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 171; so,

    res mala,

    a wretched condition, Sall. C. 20, 13; and more freq. in plur.:

    bonis tuis rebus meas res irrides malas,

    circumstances, condition, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45; id. Rud. 3, 3, 12:

    res secundae,

    good fortune, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30; cf. Liv. 3, 9:

    res prosperae,

    Nep. Dion, 6, 1; id. Eum. 5, 1:

    in secundissimis rebus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 91:

    adversae res,

    id. ib. 1, 26, 90; Hor. S. 2, 2, 136; 2, 8, 73:

    res belli adversae,

    Liv. 10, 6:

    res dubiae,

    Sall. C. 10, 2; 39, 3; Liv. 2, 50; 7, 30;

    v. bonus, florens, salvus, adversus, dubius, novus, arduus, etc.— Freq. in curses, etc.: in malam rem,

    go to the bad, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 37; id. And. 2, 1, 17:

    malam rem hinc ibis?

    id. Eun. 3, 3, 30.—
    C.
    With an adj. in a periphrasis:

    abhorrens ab re uxoriā,

    matrimony, Ter. And. 5, 1, 10:

    in arbitrio rei uxoriae,

    dowry, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 61:

    rem divinam nisi compitalibus... ne faciat,

    a religious act, act of worship, a sacrifice, Cato, R. R. 5, 4:

    bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt,

    Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76; Hor. C. 4, 3, 6:

    erat ei pecuaria res ampla et rustica,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 12: res rustica, agriculture:

    rei rusticae libro primo,

    Col. 11, 1, 2; id. 1, praef. §

    19: liber, quem de rebus rusticis scripsi,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

    navalis rei certamina,

    naval battles, Amm. 26, 3, 5:

    res militaris,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2:

    rei militaris gloria,

    id. Mur. 9, 22; Nep. Milt. 8, 4:

    res frumentaria,

    forage, Caes. B. C. 3, 16; id. B. G. 1, 23; 4, 7:

    armatae rei scientissimus,

    Amm. 25, 4, 7:

    peritus aquariae rei,

    id. 28, 2, 2:

    res judicaria,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31:

    res ludicra,

    play, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180:

    uti rebus veneriis,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 47; Nep. Alc. 11, 4:

    res Veneris,

    Lucr. 2, 173; Ov. R. Am. 431; v. also familiaris, judiciaria, militaris, navalis, etc., and cf. II. G. infra. —
    D.
    With pronouns or adjectives, as an emphatic periphrase for the neutr.:

    ibi me inclamat Alcumena: jam ea res me horrore afficit,

    this now, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16; cf.: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam:

    Ea res est,

    it is even so, id. As. 1, 1, 40:

    de fratre confido ita esse ut semper volui. Multa signa sunt ejus rei,

    of it, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 5: quos (melittônas) alii melittotropheia appellant, eandem rem quidam mellaria. Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:

    sunt ex te quae scitari volo, Quarum rerum, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 13; cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 4:

    quibus de rebus quoniam nobis contigit ut aliquid essemus consecuti,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13:

    quā super re interfectum esse Hippotem dixisti? Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. superescit, p. 244: resciscet Amphitruo rem omnem,

    every thing, all, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 30:

    nulla res tam delirantes homines concinat cito,

    nothing, id. Am. 2, 2, 96; cf.:

    neque est ulla res, in quā, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12; 1, 5, 9; cf.

    also: sumptu ne parcas ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,

    id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:

    magna res principio statim bello,

    a great thing, a great advantage, Liv. 31, 23 fin.:

    nil admirari prope res est una Solaque, quae, etc.,

    the only thing, only means, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 1 et saep. — Emphatically with sup.:

    scilicet rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma,

    the most beautiful thing in the world, Verg. G. 2, 534; Quint. 1, 12, 16 Spald. p. 81. —

    Of persons, etc.: est genus hominum, qui esse primos se omnium rerum volunt,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17:

    maxime rerum,

    Ov. H. 9, 107; cf.:

    maxima rerum Roma,

    Verg. A. 7, 602; Ov. M. 13, 508:

    fortissima rerum animalia,

    id. ib. 12, 502:

    pulcherrime rerum,

    id. H. 4, 125; id. A. A. 1, 213; id. M. 8, 49:

    dulcissime rerum,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.—
    E.
    In adverb. phrases:

    e re natā melius fieri haud potuit,

    after what has happened, Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 8:

    pro re natā,

    according to circumstances, Cic. Att. 7, 8, 2; 14, 6, 1:

    pro tempore et pro re,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    factis benignus pro re,

    according to circumstances, Liv. 7, 33, 3; Sall. J. 50, 2:

    pro re pauca loquar,

    Verg. A. 4, 337; Lucr. 6, 1280:

    ex re et ex tempore,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 19, 3:

    e re respondi,

    Cat. 10, 8.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Pregn., an actual thing, the thing itself, reality, truth, fact; opposed to appearance, mere talk, the mere name of a thing:

    ecastor, re experior, quanti facias uxorem tuam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 10:

    desiste dictis nunc jam miseram me consolari: Nisi quid re praesidium apparas, etc.,

    id. Rud. 3, 3, 21: rem ipsam loqui. Ter. And. 1, 2, 31:

    rem fabulari,

    Plaut. Trin 2, 4, 87:

    nihil est aliud in re,

    in fact, Liv. 10, 8, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    se ipsa res aperit,

    Nep. Paus. 3, 7:

    ex re decerpere fructus,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 79;

    opp. verbum, vox, opinio, spes, nomen, etc.: rem opinor spectari oportere, non verba,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; cf.: te rogo, ut rem potiorem oratione ducas, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5:

    non modo res omnes, sed etiam rumores cognoscamus,

    Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1:

    qui hos deos non re, sed opinione esse dicunt,

    id. N. D. 3, 21, 53:

    Peripateticos et Academicos nominibus differentes, re congruentes,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 15:

    quod nos honestum, illi vanum... verbis quam re probabilius vocant,

    Quint. 3, 8, 22; Sen. Ep. 120, 9:

    eum, tametsi verbo non audeat, tamen re ipsā de maleficio suo confiteri,

    id. Rosc. Am. 42, 123; cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 15:

    vides quantum distet argumentatio tua ab re ipsā atque a veritate,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44. — Hence, abl. sing., often strengthened by verā (sometimes as one word, reverā), in fact, really, in truth, indeed, in reality:

    haec ille, si verbis non audet, re quidem verā palam loquitur,

    Cic. Quint. 17, 56; so,

    re quidem verā,

    id. Clu. 19, 54; id. Sest. 7, 15:

    re autem verā,

    id. Fam. 1, 4, 2;

    and simply re verā,

    id. Quint. 2, 7; id. Div. 2, 54, 110; id. Balb. 3, 7:

    re verāque,

    Lucr. 2, 48; cf.:

    et re verā,

    indeed, in fact, Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1; Liv. 33, 11, 3; 35, 31, 12; 36, 6, 1; Nep. Ages. 2, 3; id. Phoc. 3, 3; Curt. 3, 13, 5; 4, 16, 19; Val. Max. 9, 13, ext. 1; Just. 5, 1, 8; 12, 13, 10; Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 1.—
    B.
    Effects, substance, property, possessions:

    mihi Chrysalus Perdidit filium, me atque rem omnem Meam,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; cf.: Ph. Habuitne rem? Ly. Habuit. Ph. Qui eam perdidit... Mercaturamne an venales habuit, ubi rem perdidit? id. Trin. 2, 2, 49 sq.:

    quibus et re salvā et perditā profueram,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 27:

    rem talentum decem,

    id. Phorm. 2, 3, 46; Juv. 3, 16:

    avidior ad rem,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51:

    rem facere,

    to make money, Cic. Att. 2, 2, 12:

    res eos jampridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,

    id. Cat. 2, 5, [p. 1576] 10:

    qui duo patrimonia accepisset remque praeterea bonis et honestis rationibus auxisset,

    id. Rab. Post. 14, 38:

    libertino natum patre et in tenui re,

    in narrow circumstances, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20 et saep.; v. also familiaris.— In plur.: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.):

    privatae res,

    Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5.—
    2.
    Hence, law t. t., whatever may be the subject of a right, whether corporeal or incorporeal (v. Sandars, Introd. to Just. Inst. p. 42 sqq.):

    res corporales,

    Just. Inst. 2, 2, 1 sq.; Gai. Inst. 2, 12; Dig. 1, 8, 1:

    res in patrimonio, res extra patrimonium,

    Just. Inst. 2, 1 pr.; Gai. Inst. 2, 1:

    res sanctae,

    Just. Inst. 2, 1, 10; v. also mancipium, privatus, etc.—
    C.
    Benefit, profit, advantage, interest, weal:

    res magis quaeritur, quam, etc.,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 6:

    melius illi consulas quam rei tuae,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 98:

    haec tuā re feceris,

    to your advantage, id. Capt. 2, 2, 46.— Most freq. with the prepositions in, ex, ob, ab, etc.:

    quasi istic minor mea res agatur quam tua,

    is interested, affected, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113 (v. ago):

    si in rem tuam esse videatur,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 2:

    vide si hoc in rem deputas,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 19:

    quod in rem recte conducat tuam,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 26:

    si in remst utrique,

    Ter. And. 3, 3, 14:

    quid mihi melius est, quid magis in rem est, quam? etc.,

    useful, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 1:

    tamen in rem fore credens universos adpellare,

    Sall. C. 20, 1:

    omnia quae in rem videbantur esse,

    Curt. 6, 2, 21:

    ad conparanda ea quae in rem erant,

    Liv. 30, 4, 6:

    imperat quae in rem sunt,

    id. 26, 44, 7; 22, 3, 2:

    ex tuā re non est, ut ego emoriar,

    for your advantage, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 102: An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, to the purpose, with advantage, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 41: ob rem facere, usefully, with advantage or profit, Sall. J. 31, 5: subdole blanditur, ab re Consulit blandiloquentulus, contrary to his interest, i. e. to his injury, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 12 Brix ad loc.:

    haud id est ab re aucupis,

    id. As. 1, 3, 71:

    haec haud ab re duxi referre,

    Liv. 8, 11, 1:

    non ab re esse Quinctio visum est interesse, etc.,

    id. 35, 32, 6; Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57; Suet. Aug. 94; Gell. 18, 4, 6; 1, 26, 4; Macr. S. 1, 4, 19.—
    D.
    Cause, reason, ground, account; only in the connection eā (hac) re, and eam ob rem, adverb., therefore, on that account:

    eā re tot res sunt, ubi bene deicias,

    Cato, R. R. 158, 2:

    hac re nequeunt ex omnibus omnia gigni, Quod, etc.,

    Lucr. 1, 172; cf.:

    illud eā re a se esse concessum, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 111:

    patrem exoravi, tibi ne noceat, neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 39; cf.:

    quoi rei?

    for what purpose? id. As. 3, 2, 43; id. Poen. 2, 3, 3.—Hence (by uniting into one word) the causal adverbs quare and quamobrem, v. h. vv.—
    E.
    An affair, matter of business, business:

    cum et de societate inter se multa communicarent et de totā illā ratione atque re Gallicanā,

    Cic. Quint. 4, 15:

    rem cum aliquo transigere,

    id. Clu. 13, 39. —

    Hence, transf., in gen.: res alicui est cum aliquo,

    to have to do with any one, Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Sest. 16, 37; id. Fam. 9, 20, 2; Caes. B. G. 7, 77; cf.:

    famigeratori res sit cum damno et malo,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 182 Brix ad loc.— Also without a dat.:

    quoniam cum senatore res est,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 3;

    esp., in mal. part.: rem habere cum aliquo or aliquā,

    to have to do with any one, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 35; id. Merc. 3, 1, 37; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 39; 58. —Ellipt.:

    jam biennium est, quom mecum rem coepit,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 15. —
    F.
    A case in law, a lawsuit, cause, suit (more gen. than causa):

    ubi res prolatae sunt,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 10:

    res agi,

    id. Men. 4, 2, 19; id. Aul. 3, 4, 13:

    quibus res erat in controversiā, ea vocabatur lis,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 93; cf.

    (prob. in allusion to this legal form): tot homines... statuere non potuisse, utrum diem tertium an perendinum... rem an litem dici oporteret,

    Cic. Mur. 12, 27; cf.

    also: quarum rerum litium causarum condixit pater patratus, etc., an ancient formula,

    Liv. 1, 32:

    de rebus ab aliquo cognitis judicatisque dicere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118:

    pecunias capere ob rem judicandam,

    id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    si res certabitur olim,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 27; 1, 10, 15; 1, 9, 41; id. Ep. 1, 16, 43:

    tractu temporis futurum, ut res pereat,

    Dig. 3, 3, 12:

    rem differre,

    ib. 43, 30, 3: res judicata dicitur, quae finem controversiarum pronuntiatione judicis accipit, ib. 42, 1, 1 et saep.—
    G.
    An affair, esp. a battle, campaign, military operations; in phrase rem (or res) gerere:

    res gesta virtute,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 66:

    ut res gesta est ordine narrare,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 3:

    his rebus gestis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    res gerere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

    rem bene gerere,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 1; Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 13:

    comminus rem gerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

    res gestae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 7; 2, 1, 251:

    adversus duos simul rem gerere,

    Liv. 21, 60:

    rem male gerere,

    Nep. Them. 3, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 74:

    in relatione rerum ab Scythis gestarum,

    Just. 2, 1, 1; cf.:

    rem agere,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 4; id. A. P. 82:

    ante rem,

    before the battle, Liv. 4, 40:

    cum Thebanis sibi rem esse existimant,

    Nep. Pel. 1, 3; Cic. Sest. 16, 37.—
    H.
    Acts, events, as the subject of narration, a story, history:

    res in unam sententiam scripta,

    Auct. Her. 1, 12, 20:

    cui lecta potenter erit res,

    Hor. A. P. 40; id. S. 1, 10, 57; id. Ep. 1, 19, 29:

    in medias res auditorem rapere,

    id. A. P. 148; 310:

    agitur res in scaenis,

    id. ib. 179; cf.:

    numeros animosque secutus, non res,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 25; Phaedr. 5, 1, 12:

    sicut in rebus ejus (Neronis) exposuimus,

    Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199:

    litterae, quibus non modo res omnis, sed etiam rumores cognoscamus,

    Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1:

    res populi Romani perscribere, Liv. praef. § 1: res Persicae,

    history, Nep. Con. 5, 4; id. Cat. 3, 2.—
    K.
    Res publica, also as one word, respublica, the common weal, a commonwealth, state, republic (cf. civitas); also, civil affairs, administration, or power, etc.: qui pro republicā, non pro suā obsonat, Cato ap. Ruf. 18, p. 210; cf.:

    erat tuae virtutis, in minimis tuas res ponere, de re publicā vehementius laborare,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 3:

    dummodo ista privata sit calamitas et a rei publicae periculis sejungatur,

    id. Cat. 1, 9; cf.:

    si re publicā non possis frui, stultum est nolle privatā,

    id. Fam. 4, 9, 4:

    egestates tot egentissimorum hominum nec privatas posse res nec rem publicam sustinere,

    id. Att. 9, 7, 5 (v. publicus); Cato ap. Gell. 10, 14, 3: auguratum est, rem Romanam publicam summam fore, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:

    quo utiliores rebus suis publicis essent,

    Cic. Off. 1, 44, 155:

    commutata ratio est rei totius publicae,

    id. Att. 1, 8, 4: pro republicā niti, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 fin.:

    merere de republicā,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 40:

    de re publicā disputatio... dubitationem ad rem publicam adeundi tollere, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    oppugnare rem publicam,

    id. Cael. 1, 1; id. Har. Resp. 8, 15; id. Sest. 23, 52:

    paene victā re publicā,

    id. Fam. 12, 13, 1:

    delere rem publicam,

    id. Sest. 15, 33; Lact. 6, 18, 28.—Esp. in the phrase e re publicā, for the good of the State, for the public benefit:

    senatūs consultis bene et e re publicā factis,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30:

    ea si dicam non esse e re publicā dividi,

    id. Fam. 13, 8, 2; id. Mil. 5, 14; Liv. 8, 4, 12; 25, 7, 4; 34, 34, 9; Suet. Rhet. 1 init. —Post-class. and rare, also ex republicā, Gell. 6, 3, 47; 11, 9, 1;

    but exque is used for euphony (class.): id eum recte atque ordine exque re publicā fecisse,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 38; 5, 13, 36; 10, 11, 26.— In plur.:

    eae nationes respublicas suas amiserunt, C. Gracch. ap. Fest. s. h. v. p. 286 Müll.: hoc loquor de tribus his generibus rerum publicarum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    circuitus in rebus publicis commutationum,

    id. ib. 1, 29, 45 et saep.—
    2.
    Sometimes simply res, the State (in the poets, and since the Aug. per. in prose): unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84 (Ann. v. 313 Vahl.):

    hic (Marcellus) rem Romanam sistet,

    Verg. A. 6, 858; cf.:

    nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse,

    Liv. 21, 16; 1, 28:

    parva ista non contemnendo majores nostri maximam hanc rem fecerunt,

    id. 6, 41 fin.:

    Romana,

    Hor. C. S. 66; id. Ep. 1, 12, 25; Ov. M. 14, 809; Sall. C. 6, 3; cf.:

    ut paulo ante animum inter Fidenatem Romanamque rem ancipitem gessisti,

    Liv. 1, 28 fin.:

    Albana,

    id. 1, 6.— In plur.:

    res Asiae evertere,

    Verg. A. 3, 1:

    custode rerum Caesare,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; cf.:

    res sine discordiā translatae,

    Tac. H. 1, 29; so (also in Cic.), rerum potiri, v. potior. —
    L.
    Res novae, political changes, a revolution, etc.; v. novus.

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  • 6 utile

    ūtĭlis, e, adj. [utor].
    I.
    In gen.
    A. 1.
    Absol.:

    hae hamae utiles sunt,

    Cato, R. R. 135, 2:

    non faciat quod utile sit, quod expediat?

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76:

    utiles et salutares res,

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

    quid Sophocles et Aeschylus utile ferrent,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 163:

    quernaque glans victa est utiliore cibo,

    Ov. F. 1, 676.—
    2.
    With dat. pers.:

    tibi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10:

    quam id mihi sit facile atque utile, Aliorum exempla commonent,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 16:

    nec clam te est, quam illi utraeque res nunc utiles Et ad pudicitiam et ad rem tutandam sient,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 52; id. Hec. 1, 2, 76:

    si eam legem vobis adcommodatam atque utilem esse intellegerem,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 14: sic fuit utilius finiri ipsique tibique, id. Tusc. poët. 1, 48, 115; id. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

    non enim mihi est vita utilior quam animi talis affectio,

    id. Off. 3, 6, 29 dub.; Nep. Milt. 3, 5; id. Them. 7, 6:

    alicui utiles esse amicos,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 7: quod tibi utilissimum erit consilii capies, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

    loci muniti et sibi utiles,

    Sall. J. 97, 1.—So with dat. of thing benefited:

    fons... Infirmo capiti fluit utilis, utilis alvo,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 14: vivit siliquis et pane secundo;

    Militiae quamquam piger et malus, utilis urbi,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 124:

    glycyrrhizae sucus utilissimus voci,

    Plin. 22, 9, 11, § 25:

    palmae non utiles stomacho,

    id. 23, 4, 51, § 97:

    ver utile silvis,

    Verg. G. 2, 323; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 138.—
    3.
    With ad and acc.:

    quem hominem inveniemus ad eam rem utilem,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 108; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 52 (supra, A. 2.):

    nonne igitur sapiens, si fame ipse conficiatur, abstulerit cibum alteri, homini ad nullam rem utili?

    Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29; cf.:

    quaecumque herba potens ad opem radixque medendi Utilis,

    Ov. H. 5, 148.—
    4.
    With abl. instr.:

    ter et viciens volneratus est, ob id neutrā manu, neutro pede satis utilis,

    Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

    pedibus, naribus,

    Ov. M. 3, 212:

    bis pomis utilis arbos,

    Verg. G. 2, 150.—
    5.
    With inf. (poët.):

    adspirare et adesse choris erat utilis (tibia),

    Hor. A. P. 204.—
    B.
    Neutr. absol.: ūtĭle, is, n., what is useful, the useful: omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci, Hor. A. P. 343:

    bonus atque fidus Judex honestum praetulit utili,

    id. C. 4, 9, 41:

    utilium tardus provisor,

    id. A. P. 164:

    sententiae de utilibus honestisque,

    Quint. 3, 8, 13; cf. id. 1, 2, 29. —
    C.
    Utile est, with a subject-clause:

    amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam... est utile Et conducibile,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 2:

    numquam est utile peccare,

    Cic. Off. 3, 15, 64:

    nimirum sapere est abjectis utile nugis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141:

    id arbitror Apprime in vitā esse utile, ut ne quid nimis,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

    ut tu, si arbitrarere utile exque re publicā esse, persequerere bello Dolabellam,

    Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1:

    utilissimum ratus inpendentem evitare tempestatem,

    Nep. Alcib. 4, 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Fit, suitable, adapted, proper, etc.:

    utilissimus ad vitilia holoschoenos,

    Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 113:

    hic castrensibus utilis armis,

    Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 19:

    utilium bello studiosus equorum,

    Ov. M. 14, 321:

    fraxinus hastis,

    id. ib. 10, 93:

    lignum Navigiis,

    Verg. G. 2, 442:

    passo psithia utilior,

    id. ib. 2, 93:

    calamus fistulis,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 164:

    ventri lactuca movendo utilis,

    Mart. 11, 52, 6:

    (lapathum) silvestre ad multa medicamina utile est,

    Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 185.— Poet. with gen.:

    radix medendi Utilis,

    Ov. H. 5, 147.—
    B.
    In jurid. lang.: utilis actio, exceptio, interdictum, judicium, etc., i. e. which was brought on general principles of justice, in cases for which there was no express legal provision, or, as we say, in equity:

    actio,

    Dig. 13, 5, 5, § 9; 39, 3, 22 fin. al.:

    exceptio,

    ib. 4, 4, 41:

    interdictum,

    ib. 43, 20, 1, § 35 sq.:

    judicium,

    ib. 10, 2, 2, § 11.— Hence, adv.: ūtĭlĭter, usefully, profitably, beneficially, advantageously.
    1.
    In gen.:

    utiliter a naturā permotiones istas animis nostris datas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135:

    modo ne laudarent iracundiam et dicerent utiliter a naturā datam,

    id. Off. 1, 25, 89; 2, 5, 17:

    utiliter in certamen respondere,

    Liv. 4, 6, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; 28, 19, 3; Quint. 4, 1, 45; 6, 1, 8:

    serviet utiliter (captivus),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 70 al. — Comp.:

    utilius starent etiam nunc moenia Phoebi,

    Ov. H. 1, 67.— Sup.:

    a Cicerone quidem utilissime praedicta sunt omnia,

    Quint. 4, 2, 57; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 110.—
    2.
    In partic., in jurid. lang., rightly, duly, lawfully:

    stipulari,

    Dig. 45, 1, 97; 45, 1, 45; 45, 1, 46:

    agere ex empto,

    ib. 19, 1, 30 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > utile

  • 7 utilis

    ūtĭlis, e, adj. [utor].
    I.
    In gen.
    A. 1.
    Absol.:

    hae hamae utiles sunt,

    Cato, R. R. 135, 2:

    non faciat quod utile sit, quod expediat?

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76:

    utiles et salutares res,

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

    quid Sophocles et Aeschylus utile ferrent,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 163:

    quernaque glans victa est utiliore cibo,

    Ov. F. 1, 676.—
    2.
    With dat. pers.:

    tibi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10:

    quam id mihi sit facile atque utile, Aliorum exempla commonent,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 16:

    nec clam te est, quam illi utraeque res nunc utiles Et ad pudicitiam et ad rem tutandam sient,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 52; id. Hec. 1, 2, 76:

    si eam legem vobis adcommodatam atque utilem esse intellegerem,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 14: sic fuit utilius finiri ipsique tibique, id. Tusc. poët. 1, 48, 115; id. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

    non enim mihi est vita utilior quam animi talis affectio,

    id. Off. 3, 6, 29 dub.; Nep. Milt. 3, 5; id. Them. 7, 6:

    alicui utiles esse amicos,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 7: quod tibi utilissimum erit consilii capies, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

    loci muniti et sibi utiles,

    Sall. J. 97, 1.—So with dat. of thing benefited:

    fons... Infirmo capiti fluit utilis, utilis alvo,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 14: vivit siliquis et pane secundo;

    Militiae quamquam piger et malus, utilis urbi,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 124:

    glycyrrhizae sucus utilissimus voci,

    Plin. 22, 9, 11, § 25:

    palmae non utiles stomacho,

    id. 23, 4, 51, § 97:

    ver utile silvis,

    Verg. G. 2, 323; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 138.—
    3.
    With ad and acc.:

    quem hominem inveniemus ad eam rem utilem,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 108; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 52 (supra, A. 2.):

    nonne igitur sapiens, si fame ipse conficiatur, abstulerit cibum alteri, homini ad nullam rem utili?

    Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29; cf.:

    quaecumque herba potens ad opem radixque medendi Utilis,

    Ov. H. 5, 148.—
    4.
    With abl. instr.:

    ter et viciens volneratus est, ob id neutrā manu, neutro pede satis utilis,

    Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

    pedibus, naribus,

    Ov. M. 3, 212:

    bis pomis utilis arbos,

    Verg. G. 2, 150.—
    5.
    With inf. (poët.):

    adspirare et adesse choris erat utilis (tibia),

    Hor. A. P. 204.—
    B.
    Neutr. absol.: ūtĭle, is, n., what is useful, the useful: omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci, Hor. A. P. 343:

    bonus atque fidus Judex honestum praetulit utili,

    id. C. 4, 9, 41:

    utilium tardus provisor,

    id. A. P. 164:

    sententiae de utilibus honestisque,

    Quint. 3, 8, 13; cf. id. 1, 2, 29. —
    C.
    Utile est, with a subject-clause:

    amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam... est utile Et conducibile,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 2:

    numquam est utile peccare,

    Cic. Off. 3, 15, 64:

    nimirum sapere est abjectis utile nugis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141:

    id arbitror Apprime in vitā esse utile, ut ne quid nimis,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

    ut tu, si arbitrarere utile exque re publicā esse, persequerere bello Dolabellam,

    Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1:

    utilissimum ratus inpendentem evitare tempestatem,

    Nep. Alcib. 4, 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Fit, suitable, adapted, proper, etc.:

    utilissimus ad vitilia holoschoenos,

    Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 113:

    hic castrensibus utilis armis,

    Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 19:

    utilium bello studiosus equorum,

    Ov. M. 14, 321:

    fraxinus hastis,

    id. ib. 10, 93:

    lignum Navigiis,

    Verg. G. 2, 442:

    passo psithia utilior,

    id. ib. 2, 93:

    calamus fistulis,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 164:

    ventri lactuca movendo utilis,

    Mart. 11, 52, 6:

    (lapathum) silvestre ad multa medicamina utile est,

    Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 185.— Poet. with gen.:

    radix medendi Utilis,

    Ov. H. 5, 147.—
    B.
    In jurid. lang.: utilis actio, exceptio, interdictum, judicium, etc., i. e. which was brought on general principles of justice, in cases for which there was no express legal provision, or, as we say, in equity:

    actio,

    Dig. 13, 5, 5, § 9; 39, 3, 22 fin. al.:

    exceptio,

    ib. 4, 4, 41:

    interdictum,

    ib. 43, 20, 1, § 35 sq.:

    judicium,

    ib. 10, 2, 2, § 11.— Hence, adv.: ūtĭlĭter, usefully, profitably, beneficially, advantageously.
    1.
    In gen.:

    utiliter a naturā permotiones istas animis nostris datas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135:

    modo ne laudarent iracundiam et dicerent utiliter a naturā datam,

    id. Off. 1, 25, 89; 2, 5, 17:

    utiliter in certamen respondere,

    Liv. 4, 6, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; 28, 19, 3; Quint. 4, 1, 45; 6, 1, 8:

    serviet utiliter (captivus),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 70 al. — Comp.:

    utilius starent etiam nunc moenia Phoebi,

    Ov. H. 1, 67.— Sup.:

    a Cicerone quidem utilissime praedicta sunt omnia,

    Quint. 4, 2, 57; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 110.—
    2.
    In partic., in jurid. lang., rightly, duly, lawfully:

    stipulari,

    Dig. 45, 1, 97; 45, 1, 45; 45, 1, 46:

    agere ex empto,

    ib. 19, 1, 30 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > utilis

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