with preparation

păro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cf. Sanscr. par, piparmi, to lead, to further; Gr. poros; Lat. porta, peritus; also -per in pauper], to make or get ready, to prepare, furnish, provide; to order, contrive, design, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: apparo, comparo, acquiro); with personal, non-personal, and abstract objects; constr. usually with acc. or inf., rarely with ut, ne, or absol.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

omne paratum est, Ut jussisti... prandium,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 14; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

turres, falces, testudinesque,

Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.:

incendia,

Sall. C. 27, [p. 1305] 2:

ad integrum bellum cuncta parat,

id. J. 73, 1; Ter. And. 4, 4, 2:

quod parato opus est, para,

id. ib. 3, 2, 43:

quam hic fugam aut furtum parat?

id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; so with acc. of the act purposed:

fugam,

i. e. to prepare one's self for flight, Verg. A. 1, 360; Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

filio luctum,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 13:

cupiditates in animo,

id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 9:

insidias alicui,

Sall. C. 43, 2:

defensionem,

id. ib. 35, 2:

leges,

to introduce, id. ib. 51, 40:

verba a vetustate repetita gratiam novitati similem parant,

furnish, Quint. 1, 6, 39.—More rarely with reflex. pron. and final clause, or ad and acc., or (mostly post-Aug.) with dat.:

hisce ego non paro me, ut rideant,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 18; cf.:

quin ita paret se, ut, etc.,

id. Hec. 1, 1, 11:

se ad discendum,

Cic. Or. 35, 122:

ad iter parare,

Liv. 42, 53, 2; cf.:

huc te pares, haec cogites,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9:

alterutri se fortunae parans,

Vell. 2, 43, 2:

se ad similem casum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 41; Prop. 2, 24, 48 (3, 19, 32):

multitudo, quam ad capiunda arma paraverat,

Sall. C. 27, 4:

parantibus utrisque se ad proelium,

Liv. 9, 14, 1; 21, 31, 1:

ad proelium vos parate,

Curt. 4, 13, 10: foro se parant, Sen. Contr. praef. § 4.— Pass.:

si ita naturā paratum esset, ut, etc.,

so ordered, ordained, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122:

ut simul in omnia paremur,

may habituate ourselves, Quint. 11, 3, 25.—

With inf., to prepare, intend, resolve, purpose, delermine, be on the point of, be about to do any thing: signa sonitum dare voce parabant, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 46 Müll. (Ann. v. 447 Vahl.):

maledictis deterrere (poëtam), ne scribat, parat,

Ter. Phorm. prol. 3:

munitiones institutas parat perficere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 83:

omni Numidiae imperare parat,

Sall. J. 13, 2:

proficisci parabat,

id. C. 46, 3 Kritz:

in nemus ire parant,

Verg. A. 4, 118:

multa parantem Dicere,

id. ib. 4, 390.—

With ut or ne (very rare):

aequom fuit deos paravisse, uno exemplo ne omnes vitam viverent,

have so ordered it, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 130; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122 supra:

age jam, uxorem ut arcessat, paret,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 75:

animo virili praesentique ut sis, para,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 64.—

With rel.-clause:

quom accepisti, haud multo post aliquid quod poscas paras,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 16:

priusquam unum dederis, centum quae poscat parat,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 31.— Absol., to make preparations, to prepare one's self (very rare):

at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare, parare, alius alium hortari, etc.,

Sall. C. 6, 5:

contra haec oppidani festinare, parare,

id. J. 76, 4; 60, 1:

jussis (militibus) ad iter parare,

Liv. 42, 53.—

In partic., of fate, to prepare, destine any thing ( poet.): cui fata parent, quem poscat Apollo, for whom the Fates prepare (death), Verg. A. 2, 121:

quid fata parent,

Luc. 1, 631; 6, 783:

motus fata parabant,

id. 2, 68; cf.:

sed quibus paratum est a Patre meo,

Vulg. Matt. 20, 23. —

Transf., to procure, acquire, get, obtain (freq. and class.).

In gen.:

jam ego parabo Aliquam dolosam fidicinam,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 37:

at dabit, parabit,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 49:

ille bonus vir nobis psaltriam Paravit,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 31; id. Eun. 4, 6, 32:

eum mihi precatorem paro,

id. Heaut. 5, 2, 49:

cetera parare, quae parantur pecuniā... amicos non parare,

Cic. Lael. 15, 55:

sibi regnum,

Sall. C. 5, 6:

exercitum,

id. ib. 29, 3:

commeatus,

id. J. 28, 7:

locum et sedes,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31; 6, 22:

quin ei velut opes sint quaedam parandae,

Quint. 10, 1, 15:

de lodice parandā,

Juv. 7, 66.—

In partic., to procure with money, to buy, purchase:

in Piraeum ire volo, parare piscatum mihi,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 64:

trans Tiberim hortos,

Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1; id. Fl. 29, 71 fin.:

jumenta,

Caes. B. G. 4, 2:

servi aere parati,

Sall. J. 31, 11:

argento parata mancipia,

Liv. 41, 6 fin. —Hence, părātus, a, um, P. a., prepared.

In gen., ready (class.):

ex paratā re imparatam omnem facis,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 6; so (opp. imparata) id. Cas. 4, 4, 8:

tibi erunt parata verba, huic homini verbera,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 114:

quos locos multā commentatione atque meditatione paratos atque expeditos habere debetis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:

propositum ac paratum auxilium,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 22:

omnia ad bellum apta ac parata,

Caes. B. C. 1, 30; Plin. Pan. 88:

obvius et paratus umor,

id. Ep. 2, 17, 25: parata victoria, an easy victory, Liv. 5, 6.—

With inf.:

id quod parati sunt facere,

Cic. Quint. 2, 8:

audire,

id. Inv. 1, 16, 23:

paratos esse et obsides dare et imperata facere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 3:

omnia perpeti parati,

id. ib. 3, 9:

se paratum esse decertare,

id. ib. 1, 44.—

With dat. (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

vel bello vel paci paratus,

Liv. 1, 1, 8:

nec praedae magis quam pugnae paratos esse,

id. 7, 16, 4:

imperio,

id. 9, 36, 8:

ferri acies... parata neci,

Verg. A. 2, 334:

veniae,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 117:

animus sceleribus,

Tac. A. 12, 47:

provincia peccantibus,

id. Agr. 6:

athleta certamini paratior,

Quint. 8, 3, 10:

castris ponendis,

Liv. 33, 6:

omnibus audendis paratissimus,

Vell. 2, 56, 4.—

In partic.

Prepared, provided, furnished, fitted, equipped with any thing:

intellegit me ita paratum atque instructum ad judicium venire, ut, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7; cf.:

ad permovendos animos instructi et parati,

id. Or. 5, 20:

scutis telisque parati ornatique,

id. Caecin. 21, 60; id. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fam. 2, 4, 2:

quo paratior ad usum forensem promptiorque esse possim,

id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41:

paratus ad navigandum,

id. Att. 9, 6, 2:

ad omnem eventum paratus sum,

id. Fam. 6, 21, 1; cf.:

in omnīs causas paratus,

Quint. 10, 5, 12; Sen. Contr. 3, 18, 3; Suet. Galb. 19:

ad mentiendum paratus,

Cic. Lael. 26, 98:

animo simus ad dimicandum parati,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85 fin.:

paratiores ad omnia pericula subeunda,

id. B. G. 1, 5:

ad dicendum parati,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38.—

With ab: ab omni re sumus paratiores, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6: si paratior ab exercitu esses, Cael. ib. 8, 10.—

With in and abl., well versed, skilled, experienced in any thing:

Q. Scaevola in jure paratissimus,

Cic. Brut. 39, 145:

prompta et parata in agendo celeritas,

id. ib. 42, 154:

in rebus maritimis,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55.—

With contra:

te contra fortunam paratum armatumque cognovi,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1.—

Of mental preparation, prepared, ready, in a good or bad sense:

ut ad partes paratus veniat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 1:

fabulam compositam Volsci belli, Hernicos ad partes paratos,

Liv. 3, 10, 10:

ad quam (causarum operam) ego numquam, nisi paratus et meditatus accedo,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 12:

homo ad omne facinus paratissimus,

id. Mil. 9, 25; id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17; 2, 2, 15, § 37; id. Quint. 11, 39:

itane huc paratus advenis?

Ter. And. 5, 4, 6; cf.:

philosophi habent paratum quid de quāque re dicant,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152.—Hence, adv.: părātē.

Preparedly, with preparation:

ad dicendum parate venire,

Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

paratius atque accuratius dicere,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 150.—

Transf.

Carefully, vigilantly:

id parate curavi ut caverem,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 9.—

Readily, promptly:

paratius venire,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

paratissime respondere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16.

păro, āre, v. a. [par], to make equal, esteem equal. *

In gen.:

eodem hercle vos pono et paro: parissumi estis iibus,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 20.—

In partic., to bring to an agreement, arrange with any one:

se paraturum cum collegā,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25; cf. Fest. p. 234 Müll.

păro, ōnis, m., = parôn, a small, light ship, Cic. poët. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1, 20 (ed. Orell. IV. 2, p. 572); Gell. 10, 25, 5; cf.:

parones navium genus, ad cujus similitudinem myoparo vocatur,

Fest. p. 222 Müll.

prae-păro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to get or make ready beforehand, to prepare, equip, make preparations for, etc. (class.; cf.: paro, apparo).

Lit.:

ea quae videntur instare,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22:

praeparaverat ante naves,

Liv. 30, 20, 5:

commeatum,

id. 7, 12:

frumentum in decem annos,

id. 42, 12:

locum domestici belli causā,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9: se et suos milites ad proelia, Sall. Fragm. ap. Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

praeparato ad talem casum perfugio,

Liv. 24, 2, 11:

praeparatis jam omnibus ad fugam,

id. 33, 47, 10; 26, 19, 5; 35, 17, 1; 40, 15, 13; Quint. 2, 4, 28:

praeparat se pugnae,

prepares himself for the combat, Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71:

exercitum majori operi,

Vell. 2, 109, 2:

puppes,

Luc. 3, 16:

arva frumentis,

Col. 2, 16:

pecunia stipendio militum praeparata,

Curt. 3, 13, 10:

profectionem,

to make preparations for one's departure, Suet. Tib. 38:

necem fratri,

Tac. A. 11, 8:

res necessarias ad vitam degendam,

to provide, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

cibos hiemi,

Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 133:

anchusae radix praeparat lanas pretiosis coloribus,

prepares, id. 22, 20, 23, § 48; 24, 11, 58, § 96; 29, 6, 34, § 107:

potum cantharidum,

id. 29, 4, 30, § 93:

ova,

to prepare for eating, to cook, dress, Mart. 1, 56, 12:

qui sibi praeparabat imperium,

was aiming at, aspiring to, Spart. Hadr. 22.—

Trop.: animos ad sapientiam concipiendam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 12, 23; id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

gratiam adversus publicum odium,

Tac. H. 1, 72:

excusationem,

Petr. 139:

aditum nefariae spei,

Curt. 5, 9, 5; 4, 9, 13.—Hence, praepărātus, a, um, P. a., prepared, provided with any thing (class.):

praeparatos quodam cultu atque victu proficisci ad dormiendum,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119:

praeparato animo se tradere quieti,

id. ib. 1, 53, 121:

bene praeparatum Pectus,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 14:

praeparatis auribus,

Cic. Or 28, 99.— Hence, adv.: praepărātō or ex prae-părātō, with preparation:

quam nihil praeparato, nihil festinato fecisse videtur Milo!

Quint. 4, 2, 1:

ex ante praeparato,

Liv. 10, 41:

non enim ex praeparato locutus est, sed subito deprehensus,

Sen. Ep. 11, 1.

prae-păro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to get or make ready beforehand, to prepare, equip, make preparations for, etc. (class.; cf.: paro, apparo).

Lit.:

ea quae videntur instare,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22:

praeparaverat ante naves,

Liv. 30, 20, 5:

commeatum,

id. 7, 12:

frumentum in decem annos,

id. 42, 12:

locum domestici belli causā,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9: se et suos milites ad proelia, Sall. Fragm. ap. Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

praeparato ad talem casum perfugio,

Liv. 24, 2, 11:

praeparatis jam omnibus ad fugam,

id. 33, 47, 10; 26, 19, 5; 35, 17, 1; 40, 15, 13; Quint. 2, 4, 28:

praeparat se pugnae,

prepares himself for the combat, Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71:

exercitum majori operi,

Vell. 2, 109, 2:

puppes,

Luc. 3, 16:

arva frumentis,

Col. 2, 16:

pecunia stipendio militum praeparata,

Curt. 3, 13, 10:

profectionem,

to make preparations for one's departure, Suet. Tib. 38:

necem fratri,

Tac. A. 11, 8:

res necessarias ad vitam degendam,

to provide, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

cibos hiemi,

Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 133:

anchusae radix praeparat lanas pretiosis coloribus,

prepares, id. 22, 20, 23, § 48; 24, 11, 58, § 96; 29, 6, 34, § 107:

potum cantharidum,

id. 29, 4, 30, § 93:

ova,

to prepare for eating, to cook, dress, Mart. 1, 56, 12:

qui sibi praeparabat imperium,

was aiming at, aspiring to, Spart. Hadr. 22.—

Trop.: animos ad sapientiam concipiendam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 12, 23; id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

gratiam adversus publicum odium,

Tac. H. 1, 72:

excusationem,

Petr. 139:

aditum nefariae spei,

Curt. 5, 9, 5; 4, 9, 13.—Hence, praepărātus, a, um, P. a., prepared, provided with any thing (class.):

praeparatos quodam cultu atque victu proficisci ad dormiendum,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119:

praeparato animo se tradere quieti,

id. ib. 1, 53, 121:

bene praeparatum Pectus,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 14:

praeparatis auribus,

Cic. Or 28, 99.— Hence, adv.: praepărātō or ex prae-părātō, with preparation:

quam nihil praeparato, nihil festinato fecisse videtur Milo!

Quint. 4, 2, 1:

ex ante praeparato,

Liv. 10, 41:

non enim ex praeparato locutus est, sed subito deprehensus,

Sen. Ep. 11, 1.

commentor, ātus sum, 1, v. freq. dep. [comminiscor].

Prop., to consider thoroughly, meditate, think over, study, deliberate, weigh, prepare one ' s self mentally, etc. (class.).

Ingen.

Absol.:

ut cito commentatus est,

i. e. has made up a story, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 27:

cum in hortos D. Bruti auguris commentandi causā convenissemus,

deliberation, Cic. Lael. 2, 7:

magi, qui congregantur in fano commentandi causā,

id. Div. 1, 41, 90.—

With acc.:

te ipsum, qui multos annos nihil aliud commentaris, docebo quid sit humaniter vivere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

commentari aliquid et discere,

id. Fin. 5, 15, 42: futuras mecum commentabar miserias, id. poët. Tusc. 3, 14, 29.—

With interrog. clause:

ut commentemur inter nos, quā ratione nobis traducendum sit hoc tempus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 3.—

With de:

multos mensis de populi Romani libertate,

Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 36.—

In partic.

Of the orator's preparation for a speech (freq. and class.).

Absol.:

ad quem paratus venerat, cum in villā Metelli compluris dies commentatus esset,

Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 1: itaque videas barbato rostro eum commentari, Varr. ap. Non. p. 455, 19:

crebro digitorum labrorumque motu commentari,

Quint. 11, 3, 160.—

With acc.:

ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto redderet eisdem verbis quibus cogitasset,

Cic. Brut. 88, 301:

quae mihi iste visus est ex aliā oratione declamare, quam in alium reum commentaretur,

id. Rosc. Am. 29, 82.—

Of writings, to prepare, produce as the result of study, write (rare):

quorum alter commentatus est mimos,

Cic. Phil. 6, 13:

eo ipso anno cum commentaremur haec,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 209: Cato de militari disciplinā commentans, id. praef. § 30.— With acc., to discuss, write upon:

neque commentari quae audierat fas erat,

Gell. 1, 9, 4; cf.:

carmina legendo commentando, que etiam ceteris nota facere,

Suet. Gram. 2.—

Transf.

Of the oratorical student's practice in speaking (always with reference to the mental exertion and preparation; cf. Jan. ad Cic. Brut. 22, 87):

commentabar declamitans, sic enim nunc loquuntur, saepe cum M. Pisone,

Cic. Brut. 90, 310:

exisse eo colore et eis oculis, ut egisse causam, non commentatum putares,

id. ib. 22, 87 fin.:

magister hic Samnitium summā jam senectute est et cottidie commentatur,

id. de Or. 3, 23, 86 Sorof ad loc.—

Hence, as a modest expression for a speaker's effort, to experiment in speaking, attempt to speak:

satisne vobis videor pro meo jure in vestris auribus commentatus?

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75 Orell. and Madv. ad loc.—

To imitate, adopt the language of another:

Achilem Aristarchi mihi commentari lubet,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 1.—

To meditate, purpose:

si cogitaras id, quod illa tropaea plena dedecoris et risūs te commentatum esse declarant,

Cic. Pis. 40, 97.

commentor, ōris, m. [comminiscor], one who devises or invents something, an inventor:

uvae, i. e. Bacchus,

Ov. F. 3, 785: fraudis, Auct. Ep. Iliad. 579: machinarius, a machinist, Scl. 5, § 13 Momms. (al. commentator).

con-stĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [statuo], to cause to stand, put or lay down, to set, put, place, fix, station, deposit a person or thing somewhere (esp. firmly or immovably), etc. (the act. corresponding to consistere; class.).

In gen.

Prop.:

hominem ante pedes Q. Manilii constituunt,

Cic. Clu. 13, 38:

vobis (dīs) candentem taurum ante aras,

Verg. A. 5, 237:

impedimenta,

Liv. 44, 36, 6:

reliquias praedonum contractas in urbibus,

Vell. 2, 32 fin.:

unum aliquem lectorem,

Quint. 2, 5, 6:

velut in aliquā sublimi speculā constitutus,

Lact. 2, 2, 18.—

Trop.:

cum hujus vobis adulescentiam proposueritis, constituitote vobis ante oculos etiam hujus miseri senectutem,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79.—

Esp.,

Milit. t. t.

To station or post troops somewhere, to draw up, set in order:

legionem Caesar passibus CC. ab eo tumulo constituit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

legiones pro castris in acie,

id. ib. 2, 8 fin.;

4, 35: aciem ordinesque intra silvas,

id. ib. 2, 19:

octo cohortes in fronte,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

quod reliquum peditum erat, obliquo constituerunt colle,

Liv. 28, 33, 8 al.:

naves ad latus apertum hostium,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25; cf.:

naves aperto ac plano litore,

id. ib. 4, 23 fin.:

naves nisi in alto,

id. ib. 4, 24:

subsidiarias (naves) in secundo ordine, Auct. B. Alex. 14, 3: classem apud Salamina exadversum Athenas,

Nep. Them. 3, 4; cf. id. Alcib. 8, 1:

praesidia in Rutenis provincialibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 7.—Rarely of a single person: se constituere, to station or post one's self: dum se Gallus iterum eodem pacto constituere studet, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 17.—

In contrast with a march, to cause to halt:

paulisper agmen constituit,

Sall. J. 49, 5; so,

agmen,

Liv. 35, 28, 8; 38, 25, 12:

signa paulisper novitate rei,

id. 33, 10, 3; so,

signa,

id. 34, 20, 4.—And trop.:

si constituitur aliquando (narratio) ac non istā brevitate percurritur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328.—

With the access. idea of preparation, to set up, erect, establish, found, build, construct, prepare, make, create, constitute (class. and very freq.).

Lit.:

genus humanum, quorum omnia causā constituisse deos,

Lucr. 2, 175:

aggerem apparare, vineas agere, turres duas constituere coepit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

turres,

id. ib. 2, 12:

turrim,

id. ib. 2, 30:

castella ad extremas fossas,

id. ib. 2, 8:

vineas ac testudines,

Nep. Milt. 7, 2:

locis certis horrea,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42:

inane sepulcrum,

Ov. M. 6, 568:

feralis cupressos,

Verg. A. 6, 216:

ingentem quercum in tumulo,

id. ib. 11, 6:

pyras curvo in litore,

id. ib. 11, 185:

quattuor aras ad alta delubra dearum,

id. G. 4, 542; Suet. Aug. 59 fin.:

aedem in foro geminis fratribus,

id. Caes. 10:

castra Romae,

id. Tib. 37 et saep.:

oppidum,

to found, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Nep. Cim. 2, 2; so,

nova moenia,

Verg. A. 12, 194; cf.:

moenia in Aside terrā,

Ov. M. 9, 449:

domicilium sibi Magnesiae,

Nep. Them. 10, 2:

triplex Piraeei portus constitutus est,

id. ib. 6, 1:

hiberna omnium legionum in Belgis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 38:

di primum homines humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituerunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140.—

Trop., to bring about, effect, establish, appoint, etc., freq. of judicial determinations, etc.: videte, [p. 438] per deos immortalis, quod jus nobis, quam condicionem vobismet ipsis, quam denique civitati legem constituere velitis, to establish, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40:

jus melius Sullanis praediis quam paternis,

id. Agr. 3, 3, 10:

judicium,

id. Part. Or. 28, 99:

judicium de pecuniis repetundis,

id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11:

judicium capitis in se,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

controversiam,

id. de Or. 1, 31, 143:

quaestionem,

Quint. 3, 11, 17; 4, 2, 10:

ratiocinationem,

id. 5, 14, 12:

in hac accusatione comparandā constituendāque laborare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; and of persons, to designate, appoint, select, put forward, etc.:

accusatorem,

id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 10; Quint. 3, 10, 3 (cf.:

comparare accusatorem,

Cic. Clu. 67, 191):

testis,

Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 55:

tutores pupillis,

Dig. 2, 1, 1 et saep.:

nuper apud C. Orchivium collegam meum locus ab judicibus Fausto Sullae de pecuniis residuis non est constitutus,

no trial of him was permitted, Cic. Clu. 34, 94:

reum statim fecit, utique ei locus primus constitueretur impetravit,

id. ib. 20, 56:

fidem,

id. Part. Or. 9, 31; cf. id. Sen. 18, 62:

concordiam,

id. Att. 8, 11, D, 1:

si utilitas amicitiam constituet, tollet eadem,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 78:

amicitiam tecum,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 7, 27 (cf. id. ib. §

25: amicitiae permultae comparantur): libertatem,

Cic. Fl. 11, 25:

victoriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

pacem (opp. bellum gerere),

id. ib. 8, 22:

quantum mali sibi ac liberis suis,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 65.—

With the access. idea of ordering, contriving, to establish, fix, appoint, settle, order, manage; to confirm, regulate, arrange, dispose.

Lit.:

Ti. et C. Gracchos plebem in agris publicis constituisse,

to have established, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 83:

ibi futuros Helvetios, ubi eos Caesar constituisset,

should assign them a permanent abode, Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

reges in civitate,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. Off. 2, 12, 41:

Commium regem ibi,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

decemviralem potestatem in omnibus urbibus,

Nep. Lys. 2, 1; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 17:

curatores legibus agrariis,

id. ib.; cf.:

publice patronum huic causae,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

regnum alicui,

Nep. Chabr. 2, 1 al.:

composita et constituta res publica,

Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42; cf.:

bene morata et bene constituta civitas,

id. Brut. 2, 7; so id. Agr. 2, 5, 10 fin.:

civitates,

to organize, id. de Or. 1, 9, 35:

quis tibi concesserit... reliquas utilitates in constituendis civitatibus... a disertis ornateque dicentibus esse constitutas,

id. ib. 1, 9, 36:

Chersoneso tali modo constituto,

Nep. Milt. 2, 4:

res summā aequitate,

id. ib. 2, 2; cf.:

rem nummariam,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80:

rem familiarem,

id. Phil. 11, 2, 4.—

Trop.:

ineuntis aetatis inscitia senum constituenda et regenda prudentiā est,

Cic. Off. 1, 34, 122; cf.:

majores vestri majestatis constituendae gratiā bis Aventinum occupavere,

Sall. J. 31, 17; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6:

jam perfectis constitutisque viribus,

Quint. 10, 1, 57.— Pass. impers.: non tam sinistre constitutum est, ut non, etc., i. e. we are not so badly off as not, etc., Plin. Pan. 45, 5.—Of persons:

Athenaeum in maximā apud regem auctoritate gratiāque,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6:

aliquem sibi quaestoris in loco,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77:

in potestate aliquem,

Lact. Epit. 55, 6:

constituuntur in honoribus, cum magistratus creantur,

Aug. Cont. adv. Leg. 1, 45 al. —

With the access. idea of limiting, fixing, allotting, to fix, appoint something ( for or to something), to settle, agree upon, define, determine.

Lit.:

propter dissensionem placuerat dividi thesauros finesque imperii singulis constitui,

Sall. J. 12, 1:

summum pretium,

Cic. Att. 12, 31, 2; cf.:

pretium frumento,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171:

certam pecuniam proconsulibus,

Suet. Aug. 36; id. Ner. 10:

propria loca senatoribus,

id. Claud. 21:

diem nuptiis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 180; cf.:

nuptias in hunc diem,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 34:

diem concilio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30:

diem colloquio,

id. ib. 1, 47:

posterum diem pugnae,

id. ib. 3, 23 fin.:

negotio proximum diem,

Sall. J. 93, 8:

certum tempus ei rei,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum,

Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 47:

tempus in posterum diem locumque,

Liv. 38, 25, 2:

postquam ad constitutam non venerat diem,

id. 27, 16, 16:

locus, tempus constitutum est,

Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 3:

modum credendi,

Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 5: de numero pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituunt:

ego in octogenas hirtas oves singulos pastores constitui, Atticus in centenas,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 10.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to accord, agree with one in a thing, to appoint, fix, to concert, agree upon, assent to (cf. Gron. Obss. p. 14 sq.); constr. aliquid cum aliquo, alicui, inter se, or with acc. only, or absol.

Cum aliquo:

ubiea dies, quam constituerat cum legatis venit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8:

pactam et constitutam esse cum Manlio diem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24:

constitui cum quodam hospite, Me esse illum conventuram,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 120:

constitui cum hominibus, quo die mihi Messanae praesto essent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: cum aliquo, ut, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Calig. 8; cf. under P. a., B. 2.—

Alicui:

L. Cincio HS. XXCD. constitui me curaturum Idibus Febr.,

Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; id. Off. 1, 10, 32:

ubi nocturnae Numa constituebat amicae,

Juv. 3, 12; cf.:

sane, inquit, vellem non constituissem, in Tusculanum me hodie venturum esse, Laelio,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 265.—

With acc. only or absol.:

vadimonia constituta,

Cic. Sen. 7, 21:

de pecuniā constitutā,

Dig. 13, tit. 5; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 4:

(Vaccenses) compositis inter se rebus in diem tertiam constituunt,

Sall. J. 66, 2:

sic constituunt, sic condicunt,

Tac. G. 11; Juv. 6, 487.— Pass. impers.:

Avillius, ut erat constitutum, simulat se aegrotare,

Cic. Clu. 13, 37.—

Trop.:

constituendi sunt qui sint in amicitiā fines deligendi,

Cic. Lael. 16, 56:

si forte quaereretur quae esset ars imperatoris, constituendum putarem principio, quis esset imperator: qui cum esset constitutus administrator quidam belli gerendi, tum adjungerem, etc. (for which, soon after, definire),

id. de Or. 1, 48, 210; cf. C. 1. supra, and Quint. 12, 1, 1:

nondum satis constitui molestiaene plus an voluptatis attulerit mihi Trebatius noster,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 1:

ut constitueret, honestum esse aliquid quod, etc.,

id. Off. 2, 3, 9:

bona possessa non esse constitui,

id. Quint. 29, 89:

de hoc Antigonus cum solus constituere non auderet, ad consilium retulit,

Nep. Eum. 12, 1.—

With the access. idea of resolving, to determine to do something, to take a resolution, to resolve, decide, determine.

With inf.:

si quis mare Neptunum Cereremque vocare Constituit fruges,

Lucr. 2, 656:

cohortes duas in Nantuatibus collocare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1:

bellum cum Germanis gerere,

id. ib. 4, 6:

Romanorum adventum exspectare atque ibi decertare,

id. ib. 4, 19:

desciscere a rege,

Nep. Dat. 5, 5.—

With acc. and inf.:

audio constitutum esse Pompeio et ejus consilio in Siciliam me mittere,

Cic. Att. 7, 7, 4. —

With interrog.-clause:

quantum pecuniae quaeque civitas daret, Aristides delectus est, qui constitueret,

Nep. Arist. 3, 1. —

With ut:

rus uti irem, jam heri constitueram,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 136:

constitueram, ut pridie Idus Aquini manerem,

Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:

constituimus inter nos ut ambulationem conficeremus,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:

Lentulus cum ceteris constituerant, uti, etc.,

Sall. C. 43, 1.—Hence, constĭtūtus, a, um, P. a.

Adj. (acc. to B.), constituted, arranged, disposed:

bene constitutum corpus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 17:

viri sapientes et bene naturā constituti,

id. Sest. 65, 137:

quotus quisque philosophorum invenitur, qui sit ita moratus, ita animo ac vitā constitutus, ut ratio postulat,

id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

qui integri sunt et sani et bene constituti de rebus domesticis,

id. Sest. 45, 97.—

(Acc. to C.) Fixed, established:

cursus siderum,

Quint. 1, 10, 46:

discrimina (opp. fortuita),

id. 5, 10, 42:

jam confirmatae constitutaeque vocis,

id. 11, 3, 29.—

Subst.: constĭtūtum, i, n.

(Acc. to B.) An institution, ordinance, law (mostly postclass.), Cod. Th. 1, 11, 5; 12, 41, 1.—

Trop.:

cum videas ordinem rerum et naturam per constituta procedere,

according to established laws, Sen. Q. N. 3, 16, 2.—

(Acc. to D. 1. b.) An agreement, appointment, accommodation; a compact (in good prose):

ante rem quaeruntur, quae talia sunt, apparatus, conloquia, locus, constitutum, convivium,

Cic. Top. 12, 52; so absol., id. Att. 11, 16, 2; id. Cael. 8, 20:

rescripsit constitutum se cum eo habere,

id. Att. 12, 23, 3:

constitutum factum esse cum servis, ut venirent, etc.,

id. Cael. 25, 61; and humorously: si quod constitutum cum podagra habes, fac ut in alium diem differas, id. Fam. 7, 4; so,

ad constitutum venire,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 1; Cic. Caecin. 12, 33:

se proripu it,

Suet. Oth. 6;

and without a verb,

Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1; Flor. 2, 6, 16 (but in Vell. 2, 110, 1, the better read. is consili).

sŭb-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. subīvit, Ov. F. 1, 314; Stat. S. 2, 1, 155: subivimus, Claud. ap. Tac. A. 11, 24 dub.), v. n. and a., to come or go under any thing; to come or go up to, to approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; to come or go on; to follow, succeed; to go down, sink; to come up, spring up (cf. succedo).

Lit.

In gen.:

subire sub falas,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 10:

in nemoris latebras,

Ov. M. 4, 601; cf.: in aliquem locum, to enter, Auct. B. Alex. 74, 4:

in adversum Romani subiere,

Liv. 1, 12, 1:

in adversos montes,

id. 41, 18, 11:

testudine factā subeunt,

advance, Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 7:

Albani subiere ad montes,

Liv. 1, 28, 5:

subire ad portam castrorum,

id. 34, 16, 2; cf.:

ad urbem subeunt,

id. 31, 45, 4; 39, 27, 10; 36, 19, 1; and:

subeundum erat ad hostes,

id. 2, 31, 4:

ad tecta subibant,

Verg. A. 8, 359.—With dat.:

muro subibant,

Verg. A. 7, 161; so,

muro,

id. ib. 9, 371:

portu Chaonio (with accedere urbem),

id. ib. 3, 292:

luco,

id. ib. 8, 125:

dumis,

Sil. 5, 283:

ingenti feretro,

Verg. A. 6, 222:

age cervici inponere nostrae: Ipse subibo umeris,

id. ib. 2, 708:

per vices subeunt elephanti,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:

pone subit conjux,

follows, Verg. A. 2, 725; so Val. Fl. 4, 197; cf.:

dexterae alae sinistra subiit,

Liv. 27, 2, 7:

subeuntis alii aliis in custodiam,

id. 25, 37, 6; and:

subiit argentea proles,

Ov. M. 1, 114:

subit ipse meumque Explet opus,

succeeds me, takes my place, id. ib. 3, 648:

Volscus saxa objacentia pedibus ingerit in subeuntes,

climbing, Liv. 2, 65, 4:

vel eodem amne vel Euphrate subire eos posse,

i. e. sail up stream, Curt. 9, 10, 3; cf.:

adverso amne Babylona subituros,

id. 10, 1, 16.—

Of things:

stamen a stando: subtemen, quod subit stamini,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.:

cum luna sub orbem solis subisset,

Liv. 37, 4, 4:

tertio die mixtum flumini subibat mare,

Curt. 9, 9, 7:

venae nonnumquam incipiente febre subeunt,

the pulse sinks, Cels. 3, 6 med.:

subeunt herbae,

come up, spring up, Verg. G. 1, 180; so,

barba,

i. e. sprouts, grows, Mart. 7, 83, 2:

subisse aquam in caelum,

Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 32.—

In partic., to come on secretly, to advance or approach stealthily, to steal upon, steal into ( poet.), Prop. 1, 9, 26; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 6; id. A. A. 1, 742.—

Trop.

In gen., to come in, succeed, take place; to enter stealthily, come secretly or by degrees: in quarum locum subierunt inquilinae impietas, perfidia, impudentia, Varr. ap. Non. 403, 27:

fugere pudor verumque fidesque: In quorum subiere locum fraudesque dolique,

Ov. M. 1, 130:

pulchra subit facies,

id. ib. 14, 827:

subit ecce priori Causa recens,

id. ib. 3, 259:

an subit (amor) et tacitā callidus arte nocet?

id. Am. 1, 2, 6: subeunt morbi [p. 1775] tristisque senectus, Verg. G. 3, 67:

namque graves morbi subeunt segnisque senectus,

Nemes. Cyn. 117; cf.:

duo pariter subierunt incommoda,

arise, come up, Quint. 5, 10, 100:

ne subeant animo taedia justa tuo,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 30:

regio, quā vero ipsa subit ad Medos,

approaches, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115. —

In partic., to come into the mind, to occur, suggest itself:

omnes sententiae verbaque omnia sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 151:

cum in loca aliqua post tempus reversi sumus, quae in his fecerimus, reminiscimur personaeque subeunt,

Quint. 11, 2, 17:

cum subeant audita aut cognita nobis,

Ov. M. 15, 307:

subit umbra,

id. ib. 12, 591:

subeunt illi fratresque parensque,

id. ib. 11. 542:

subiit cari genitoris imago... subiit deserta Creusa Et direpta domus et parvi casus Iuli,

Verg. A. 2, 560 sq.; Tac. A. 1, 13:

subeant animo Latmia saxa tuo,

Ov. H. 18, 62:

ne subeant animo taedia,

id. P. 4, 15, 30:

quantum subire animo sustinueris, tantum tecum auferas,

to grasp with the mind, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 7.—

Subit, with subj. - or rel.-clause ( poet. and in postAug. prose), Ov. M. 2, 755:

quo magis ac magis admirari subit,

Plin. 12, prooem. § 2;

35, 7, 31, § 49: misereri sortis humanae subit,

id. 25, 3, 7, § 23:

quid sim, quid fuerimque subit,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 38.

Lit.

In gen., to come or go under, to enter; to submit to; to approach, etc.:

exercitatissimi in armis, qui inter annos XIV. tectum non subissent,

had not come under a roof, Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

tecta,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 6, 669:

jam subeunt Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta,

Verg. A. 6, 13:

limina victor Alcides subiit,

id. ib. 8, 363:

domos,

Ov. M. 1, 121:

penates,

id. ib. 5, 650:

macra cavum repetes artum, quem macra subisti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 33:

cum novies subiere paludem,

had plunged under, Ov. M. 15, 358; id. F. 1, 314:

et juncti currum dominae subiere leones,

Verg. A. 3, 313:

leones jugum subeant,

Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128:

asellus gravius dorso subiit onus,

i. e. submits to, receives, Hor. S. 1, 9, 21:

subire iniquissimum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27: iniquum locum, Auct. B. Alex. 76, 2; id. B. Hisp. 24, 3:

collem,

to go up, mount, climb, scale, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

consules utrimque aciem subeuntium jam muros adgrediuntur,

Liv. 7, 12, 3:

muros,

id. 27, 18:

impositum saxis Anxur,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 25:

si subeuntur prospera castra,

Juv. 16, 2 et saep.:

perfurit, Fadumque Herbesumque subit,

comes up to, attacks, assails, Verg. A. 9, 344; cf.:

interim fallendus est judex et variis artibus subeundus,

Quint. 4, 5, 5:

precibus commota Tonantem Juno subit,

approaches, Stat. Th. 9, 510:

subit ille minantem,

id. ib. 8, 84:

Aeneae mucronem,

Verg. A. 10, 798:

qui procul hostium conspectu subibant aquam,

Curt. 4, 13, 10:

Hispo subit juvenes, i. e. paedicat,

Juv. 2, 50.—

Of things:

umbra subit terras,

Ov. M. 11, 61:

quos (lucos) aquae subeunt et aurae,

enter, Hor. C. 3, 4, 8:

montes Trasimenus,

Liv. 22, 4, 2:

litora pelagus, Mel. praef. 2: mare quod Ciliciam subit,

Curt. 7, 3, 19:

radices (petrae) Indus amnis subit,

id. 8, 11, 7:

clarus subit Alba Latinum,

succeeds, Ov. M. 14, 612 (al. clarus subit ecce Latinum Epytus); cf. id. ib. 1, 114:

furcas subiere columnae,

come into the place of, succeed, id. ib. 8, 700:

aqua subit altitudinem exortus sui,

rises to, reaches, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57:

lunamque deficere cum aut terram subiret aut sole premeretur,

Curt. 4, 10, 5.—

In partic., to approach secretly, to steal upon or into (cf. supra, I. A. 2.):

multi Nomine divorum thalamos subiere pudicos,

Ov. M. 3, 282:

subit furtim lumina fessa sopor,

id. H. 19, 56.—

Trop.

In gen. (very rare):

sera deinde poenitentia subiit regem,

came upon, overtook, Curt. 3, 2, 19.—

In partic.

To come into, enter, occur to one's mind (cf. supra, I. B. 2.):

deinde cogitatio animum subiit, indignum esse, etc.,

Liv. 36, 20:

ut beneficiorum memoria subiret animos patrum,

id. 37, 49, 3:

spes animum subibat deflagrare iras vestras posse,

id. 40, 8, 9:

otiosum animum aliae cogitationes,

Quint. 11, 2, 33:

majora intellectu animos non subibunt,

id. 1, 2, 28:

mentem subit, quo praemia facto, etc.,

Ov. M. 12, 472; 7, 170:

subit ergo regem verecundia,

Curt. 5, 2, 15:

me recordantem miseratio,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10: feminas voluptas, id. Pan. 22, 3:

horum cogitatio subibat exercitum,

Curt. 7, 1, 4.—

To follow in speech, interrupt, answer (post - class. and rare):

dicturum plura parentem Voce subis,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 352:

subit ille loquentem talibus,

id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 173; id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 133.—

(The figure taken from stooping under a load, under blows, etc.) To subject one's self to, take upon one's self an evil; to undergo, submit to, sustain, endure, suffer it (class.;

a favorite expression of Cic.): omnes terrores periculaque omnia succurram atque subibo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

omnia tela intenta in patriam subire atque excipere,

id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

quis est non ultro appetendus, subeundus, excipiendus dolor?

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14:

subire vim atque injuriam,

id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

inimicitiae sunt: subeantur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182:

maximas rei publicae tempestates,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

invidiam, pericula, tempestates,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

nefarias libidinum contumelias turpitudinesque,

id. Pis. 35, 86:

potentiam, victoriam,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

contumeliarum verbera,

id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

majora Verbera,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 120:

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae condicionem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

fortunam,

id. Fam. 14, 5, 1:

judicium multitudinis imperitae,

id. Fl. 1, 2:

odium eorum,

id. Att. 11, 17, 2:

usum omnium,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

aliquid invidiae aut criminis,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 3:

quemque casum,

id. Att. 8, 1, 3:

quamvis carnificinam,

id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

dupli poenam,

id. Off. 3, 16, 65:

legis vim,

id. Caecin. 34, 100:

summae crudelitatis famam,

id. Cat. 4, 6, 12; cf.:

minus sermonis,

id. Att. 11, 6, 2:

poenam exsilii,

Val. Max. 6, 5, 3:

simultates,

Plin. Ep. 2, 18, 5:

offensas,

id. ib. 13, 9, 26:

periculum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 7:

jam tum peregrinos ritus novā subeunte fortunā,

Curt. 4, 6, 29. —With inf., to attempt, try, undertake:

adversa tela pellere,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 105:

clavum torquere,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 46.— Hence, sŭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., that has come on suddenly or unexpectedly, i. e. sudden, unexpected (freq. and class.; cf.:

repens, improvisus): res subita,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 23:

in rebus tam subitis,

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2:

maris subita tempestas,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

subita et improvisa formido,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

laetitia, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 8, 13:

subita pugna, non praeparata,

Quint. 7, 1, 35:

ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

novae rei ac subitae admiratio,

Liv. 2, 2:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

incursiones hostium,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 11:

ministeria belli,

Liv. 4, 27:

imbres,

Lucr. 5, 216:

vis,

id. 1, 286; 4, 1210:

res,

id. 6, 1282:

mors,

Quint. 7, 2, 14:

casus,

id. 10, 3, 3; Suet. Aug. 73:

tristia,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 12:

silentium,

Quint. 12, 5, 3: miles, hastily collected (opp. vetus expertusque;

syn. subitarius),

Tac. H. 4, 76; cf.:

aqua mulsa subita ac recens (opp. inveterata),

Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 110: imagines non subitae, not newly sprung up, i. e. old, ancient, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

homo,

rash, Cic. Pis. Fragm. 5: clivi, sudden, i. e. steep, Stat. Th. 6, 258.—Esp., = subito (post-Aug.):

non percussor ille subitus erumpet?

Quint. 6, 2, 31; so,

manūs dux Trapezuntem subitus irrupit,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

subitum inopinatumque venisse,

Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 3:

evadere,

Flor. 4, 2, 59.—

As subst.: sŭbĭtum, i. n., a sudden or unexpected thing, a sudden occurrence, etc.:

Lesbonicum foras evocate: ita subitum'st, propere eum conventum volo,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 51; cf.:

subitum est ei remigrare,

Cic. Fam. 13, 2:

si tibi subiti nihil est,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 36:

in subito,

Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143.—In plur.:

ut subitis ex tempore occurrant,

Quint. 10, 7, 30; cf.:

etiam fortes viros subitis terreri,

Tac. A. 15, 59:

quamvis non deficeretur ad subita extemporali facultate,

Suet. Aug. 84:

si repentina ac subita dominantur,

Sen. Ep. 16, 6: sive meditata sive subita proferret, whether he spoke after deliberation or off-hand, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—With gen.:

ad subita rerum,

Liv. 9, 43:

ad subita belli,

id. 6, 32; 25, 15, 20; Flor. 1, 1, 11.—

Adverb., suddenly, unexpectedly:

per subitum erumpit clamor,

Sil. 10, 505; so,

per subitum,

id. 7, 594; 8, 628; 12, 654; 14, 330; 15, 145;

15, 404: in subitum,

id. 7, 527: ad subitum, Cassiod. Var. praef. med. —Hence, adv.: sŭbĭtō, suddenly, unexpectedly (freq. and class.; cf.: repente, extemplo, ilico): ut subito, ut propere, ut valide tonuit! Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 4:

nova res subito mihi haec objecta est,

id. Ps. 2, 2, 7:

ita abripuit repente sese subito,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 21:

subito tanta te impendent mala,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 2:

cum tot bella subito atque improviso nascantur,

Cic. Font. 19, 42:

ex oculis subito fugit,

Verg. G. 4, 499:

cum subito ecce,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 30:

ut subito nostras Hymen cantatus ad aures Venit,

Ov. H. 12, 137; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

subito deficere,

Quint. 7, 2, 14:

quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

subito opprimi,

Liv. 41, 3:

si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 17 et. saep.:

subito dicere,

without preparation, extempore, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

quod vox et gestus subito sumi non potest,

id. ib. 1, 59, 252:

neque potest quisquam nostrum subito fingi,

id. Sull. 25, 69:

aliquid subito ex tempore conjectura explicare,

id. Div. 1, 33, 72; so,

dicere,

Quint. 10, 3, 30; 11, 3, 12:

inventa (opp. domo allata),

id. 4, 5, 4:

cum subito evaserunt,

Col. 9, 9, 3:

tam subito copias contrahere non potuit,

so quickly, Nep. Dat. 7, 3.

in-strŭo, xi ( perf. sync. instruxti, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 34), ctum, 3, v. a., to build in or into; to build,, erect, construct (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

contabulationem in parietes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

tubulos in earum (cloacarum) parietibus,

Vitr. 5, 9, 7:

muros,

Nep. Them. 6:

aggerem,

Tac. H. 2, 22.—

In partic.

To set in order, draw up in battle array:

legiones,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 66:

aciem,

Cic. Mur. 9, 22; id. Phil. 4, 5, 11:

contra copias praesidia vestrosque exercitus,

id. Cat. 2, 11 init.—Absol.:

ad instruendum spatium,

Liv. 9, 37, 3; 10, 19, 15; 24, 48, 11:

insidias in loco aliquo,

to lay an ambush, id. Clu. 66, 190; cf.:

quem insidiis instruendis locum?

Liv. 6, 23, 6:

acies circa vallum,

id. 3, 22, 5:

ad hunc modum aciem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

postremo in plures ordines,

Liv. 8, 8, 4:

naves,

Just. 5, 4, 1.—

To prepare, make ready, furnish, provide, to equip, fit out (with necessaries):

domum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9:

instruere et parare convivium omnibus rebus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 27, §

62: mensas,

Verg. A. 3, 231; Ov. M. 8, 571:

agrum,

to stock, furnish, Liv. 6, 5, 5:

hortos,

Col. 11, 2, 25; Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11:

frumento et stipendio victorem,

Just. 6, 6:

et dotare filiam,

Suet. Vesp. 14:

mulieri aurum atque ornamenta,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 35:

instruit focum provincia,

Juv. 5, 97:

socios simul instruit armis,

Verg. A. 8, 80:

concubinas securibus peltisque,

Suet. Ner. 44:

Xerxes bellum per quinquennium instruxit,

Just. 2, 10, 12; 8, 5, 2.—

Trop.

In gen., to procure, provide for, prepare for, furnish:

accusationem,

Cic. Clu. 6:

causam,

Plin. Ep. 10, 85:

in instruendo (orationem) dissipatus,

in arranging, Cic. Brut. 59, 216: se, to furnish, prepare one ' s self:

ad judicium nondum se satis instruxerat,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 19:

neque spatium erat instruendi bellum,

Just. 8, 5, 2. —

In partic., to provide with information, to teach, instruct:

(oratores) parum his artibus instructos vidimus,

Cic. Brut. 59, 214:

judicem notitiā rerum,

Quint. 4, 2, 24:

juvenes salubribus praeceptis,

Petr. 140: aliquem scientiā alicujus rei, Quint. prooem. § 23; cf. id. 1, 10, 5; 2, 4, 20; 2, 5, 1 al.— Absol., Just. praef. 4 (but in Cic. Cael. 30, 72, the true reading is instituimur).—

To plan, devise:

magnas res hic agito in mentem instruere,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 31:

instruendae fraudi intentior,

Liv. 23, 35, 14: insidias [p. 971] mihi, Cat. 18 (21), 7.—Hence, instructus, a, um, P. a., ordered, drawn up; furnished, provided with any thing.

Lit.:

exercitus ita stetit instructus, ut, etc.,

Liv. 4, 18:

acies,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

domicilia rebus iis omnibus, quibus, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

instructa et exornata domus,

provided with necessaries, id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:

instructae ornataeque naves,

id. ib. 2, 5, 51, §

133: instructae atque ornatae omnibus rebus copiae,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 8:

omnibus rebus instructum et paratum convivium,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27.—

Trop.

Arranged, prepared; instructed:

jam instructa sunt mihi in corde consilia omnia,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 7:

res satis scite instructae et compositae,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 39:

ad permovendos animos instructi et parati,

id. Or. 5:

ad mortem contemnendam,

id. Fin. 2, 17:

ad dicendum instructissimus,

id. de Or. 3, 8.—

Instructed, versed in:

in jure civili,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249:

omnibus ingenuis artibus,

id. ib. 1, 16, 73:

a jure civili, ab historia instructior (v. ab),

id. Brut. 43.—

In a bad sense: accusatores instructi et subornati,

prepared, instructed, Cic. Vatin. 1, 3:

vitiis instructior,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 25.— Adv.: instructē, with great preparation; only comp.:

ludos opulentius instructius facere,

Liv. 1, 35, 7:

instructius accusare,

App. Mag. 34, p. 296.

prō-vĭdĕo, vīdi, vīsum, 2, v. n. and a.

Lit., to see forwards or before one's self, to see in the distance, to discern, descry (very rare):

ubi, quid petatur, procul provideri nequeat,

Liv. 44, 35, 12.—

Trop.

To be provident or cautious, to act with foresight, to take care (rare but class.; syn. praecaveo): actum de te est, nisi provides. Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4; id. Rab. Post. 1, 1:

nisi providisses, tibi ipsi pereundum fuisset,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 157.—

To see to, look after, care for; to provide, make preparation or provision for any thing (freq. and class.); constr. absol., with dat., de, ut, ne: multum in posterum providerunt, quod, etc., Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

nihil me curassis, ego mihi providero,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 93:

rei frumentariae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

condicioni omnium civium,

Cic. Cael. 9, 22:

ut consulas omnibus, ut provideas saluti,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 31.— Impers. pass.:

a dis vitae hominum consuli et provideri,

Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

est autem de Brundusio providendum,

id. Phil. 11, 11, 26; cf.:

de re frumentariā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

de frumento,

id. B. G. 3, 3:

ut quam rectissime agantur omnia providebo,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—So with ne, Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 51:

cura et provide, ne quid ei desit,

id. Att. 11, 3, 3:

ne qua civitas suis finibus recipiat, a me provisum est,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20; cf. impers.:

provisum est, ne, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 14:

provisum atque praecautum est, ne quid, etc.,

Liv. 36, 17.—

Lit., to see or perceive in the distance (very rare):

nave provisā,

Suet. Tib. 14; id. Dom. 14.—

Trop.

In respect of time, to see or perceive beforehand, to foresee; to see before or earlier (class.): si qui, quae eventura sunt, provideant, Pac. ap. Gell. 14, 1, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 407 Rib.); cf. Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

rem, quam mens providit,

Lucr. 4, 884:

quod ego, priusquam loqui coepisti, sensi atque providi,

Cic. Vatin. 2, 4; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 30:

medicus morbum ingravescentem ratione providet, insidias imperator, tempestates gubernator,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16:

providere, quid futurum sit,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

quod adhuc conjecturā provideri possit,

id. Att. 1, 1, 1:

tempestas ante provisa,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

ratio explorata atque provisa,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15:

non hercle te provideram,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 44:

aliquem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 69.—

To see to, look after, care for, give attention to; to prepare or provide for any thing:

eas cellas provident, ne habeant in solo umorem,

Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

ut res tempusque postulat, provideas atque administres,

Cic. Fam. 14, 21:

providentia haec potissimum providet, ut, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

omnia,

Sall. C. 60, 4:

ea, quae ad usum navium pertinerent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 9:

rem frumentariam,

id. ib. 6, 9; cf.:

frumento exercitui proviso,

id. ib. 6, 44:

provisi ante commeatūs,

Tac. A. 15, 4:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

omnia quae multo ante memoi provisa repones,

Verg. G. 1, 167; cf.: providebam Dominum in conspectu meo, kept in view, i. e. in mind, Vulg. Psa. 15, 8.—

Providere aliquid, to prevent, obviate an evil (syn. cavere):

neque omnino facere aut providere quicquam poterant,

Sall. J. 99, 2 Kritz:

quicquid provideri potest, provide,

Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1:

quae consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,

id. ib. 10, 16, 2; Liv. 36, 17, 2; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 30 Sillig; 34, 7, 18, § 40; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 6.—Hence,

prōvĭ-dens, entis, P. a., foreseeing, provident, prudent (class.):

homo multum providens,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 9.— Comp.:

id est providentius,

more prudent, Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1.— Sup.:

providentissimus quisque,

Tac. H. 1, 85; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 6.— Adv.: prōvĭdenter, with foresight, providently, prudently, Sall. J. 90, 1; Plin. Pan. 1; Dig. 47, 3, 1.— Comp.:

quanto melius quanto providentius,

Quint. Decl. 14, 8.— Sup.:

providentissime,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94; Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 1; 10, 77 (81), 1.—

prōvīsō, adv., with foresight or forethought, prudently:

temere, proviso,

Tac. A. 12, 39.

aerārĭus, a, um, adj. [aes].

That pertains to or is made of copper, bronze, etc.:

aerarium metallum,

a copper-mine, Vitr. 7, 9; Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 86;

fornaces,

smelting-furnaces, id. 11, 36, 42, § 119:

fabrica,

the preparation of copper, id. 7, 56, 57, § 197 faber, a coppersmith, id. 34, 8, 19, 6, § 61 (also aerarius alone; v. below).—

Of or pertaining to money:

propter aerariam rationem non satis erat in tabulis inspexisse quantum deberetur,

on account of the standard of coin, Cic. Quint. 4:

hinc dicuntur milites aerarii, ab aere quod stipendia facerent,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 181 Müll.: tribunus, who superintended disbursements of the public treasury: aerarii tribuni a tribuendo aere sunt appellati, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.;

or, acc. to Varr.: ab eo, quibus attributa erat pecunia, ut militi reddant, tribuni aerarii dicti,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 181 Müll.; v. tribunus.—Hence, subst.: aerārĭus, i, m.

(Sc. faber.) One who works in copper, etc., a coppersmith:

in aerariorum officinis,

Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 23:

aerariorum marculi,

Mart. 12, 57, 6; so Inscr. Orell. 4140.—

(Sc. civis.) A citizen of the lowest class, who paid only a poll-tax (aera pendebat), and had no right of voting. Other citizens, upon the commission of great crimes, were degraded by the censors into this class, and deprived of all previous dignities. (Cf. Gell. 4, 12 and 29; Drak. ad Liv. 24, 18, 6;

Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 2, 63 and 452.) Referre aliquem in aerarios,

Cic. Clu. 43. eximere aliquem ex aerariis, id. de Or. 2, 66 ext.; Liv. 24, 18:

omnes, quos senatu moverunt, quibusque equos ademerunt (censores) aerarios fecerunt et tribu moverunt,

id. 42, 10 al. —

aerārĭa, ae, f.

(Sc. fodina, like argentaria and ferraria, Liv. 34, 21:

auraria,

Tac. A. 6, 19 al.) A mine:

multis locis apud eos (sc. Aquitanos) aerariae structuraeque sunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 21 Herz. —

(Sc. officina.) A smelting or refining house, Varr. L. L. 8, 33.—

(Sc. fornax.) A smelting-furnace, Plin. 34, 13, 33, § 128.—

aerārĭum, i, n. (sc. stabulum), the place in the temple of Saturn at Rome, where the public treasure was kept, the treasury: to tamieion, to koinon: Aerarium sane populus Romanus in aede Saturni habuit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.; cf. Plin. Pan. 92:

referre pecuniam in aerarium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 27 (for which deferre is often used in Liv. q.v.):

dare alicui pecuniam ex aerario,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 70.—Also for the public treasure or finances:

C. Gracchus, cum largitiones maximas fecisset et effudisset aerarium,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 48, Nep. Arist. 3, 1; id. Att. 8.—In the time of the emperors the aerarium (public treasure) was distinguished from fiscus (the wealth of the emperor):

bona Sejani ablata aerario, ut in fisco cogerentur,

Tac. A. 6, 2; Plin. Pan. 36, Suet. Vesp. 16;

v. fiscus. In the treasury the public archives were kept: factum senatus consultum, ne decreta patrum ante diem decimum ad aerarium deferrentur,

Tac. A. 3, 51; cf. id. ib. 13, 28; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Caes. 28;

and also the standards: signa ex aerario prompta,

Liv. 4, 22.—The Quaestores aerarii (under Augustus and his immediate successors the Praetores) presided over the aerarium, with whom the Tribuni aerarii were associated as assistants; cf.

Quaestor and Tribunus.—The aerarium contained also a fund, established after the invasion of Gaul, and augmented by the immense booty acquired in the wars with Carthage, Macedonia, Corinth, etc., as well as by the tribute of the manumissi, which could be used only in cases of extreme public necessity, hence with the epithet sanctius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24:

aurum vicesimarium, quod in sanctiore aerario ad ultimos casus servaretur, promi placuit,

Liv. 27, 10; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 21; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63 (of the Syracusans). Hence trop., Quint. 10, 3, 3:

aerarium militare, destined by Aug. for defraying the expenses of war,

Tac. A. 1, 78; Suet. Aug. 49; Plin. Pan. 92, 1.

com-mĭnus (less correctly cōmĭ-nus), adv. [manus; cf. Beda, Orth. p. 2331 P.; Fronto, Diff. p. 2193 ib.]; orig. belonging to milit. lang., of conflict, in close contest, hand to hand (with the sword, etc.), Gr. sustadon; opp. eminus, also to missilia, sagittae, etc. (class.; most freq. in the histt.): quae mea comminus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 270, 29 Müll.:

nec eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uteretur,

Cic. Sen. 6, 19; Ov. M. 3, 119:

undique ex insidiis barbari a fronte ab tergo coörti comminus eminus petunt,

Liv. 21, 34, 6; 31, 24, 15; Tac. A. 6, 35; 15, 4; App. M. 5, p. 164, 1:

neque ictu comminus neque conjectione telorum (pulsi),

Cic. Caecin. 15, 43:

jacula inutilia esse... gladio comminus geri rem,

Liv. 44, 35, 12:

dum locus comminus pugnandi daretur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 58:

veterani... comminus acriter instare,

Sall. C. 60, 3; Liv. 27, 18, 14:

conferre signa,

id. 1, 33, 4:

conferre vires,

id. 42, 47, 8:

adversus resistentes niti,

Tac. A. 4, 51:

trucidato hostium duce,

Suet. Tib. 3.—

Poet., of copulation, Lucr. 4, 1051;

of fighting,

Stat. Th. 10, 213; App. M. 2, p. 122, 14.—

Trop.:

sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio: nunc comminus agamus,

Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26:

qui me epistulā petivit, ad te, ut video, comminus accessit,

has approached you in person, id. Att. 2, 2, 2:

in apros ire,

Ov. F. 5, 176; cf.:

agrestes comminus ire sues (for in sues),

Prop. 2 (3), 19, 22;

and so also of game: cervos obtruncant ferro,

Verg. G. 3, 374;

and of the preparation of the soil (considered as a contest with the same): jacto qui semine comminus arva Insequitur, i. e. manu sive rastro urget, exercet,

id. ib. 1, 104; cf. App. M. 2, p. 117, 16; Hand, Turs. II. p. 96.—

In gen., without the access. idea of contest, nigh at hand, near to, near, = prope, in or ex propinquo (not freq. before the Aug. per.):

prius Eminus ardescunt quam comminus imbuat ignis,

Lucr. 6, 904:

aspicit hirsutos comminus ursa Getas,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 74; Tac. A. 12, 12:

viso comminus armatorum agmine,

id. H. 1, 41; id. G. 8:

sole per eos dies comminus facto,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 55: aliquid comminus judicantur, near at hand, i.e. by the eyesight, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240; 35, 3, 6, § 17:

recipere a debitore suo pecuniam,

Dig. 13, 7, 3.—

Transf., of time, immediately, = statim, sine intermissione; a very common provincialism in Cisalpine Gaul, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 104.—

In postAug. poetry sometimes = ad manus, at hand:

comminus arma habere,

Val. Fl. 5, 583.

fūmo, āre, v. n. [fumus], to smoke, steam, reek, fume.

Lit. (class.):

acri sulphure montes Oppleti calidis ubi fumant fontibus aucti,

Lucr. 6, 748:

late circum loca sulphure fumant,

Verg. A. 2, 698:

recenti fossione terram fumare calentem,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

est animadversum, fumare aggerem, quem cuniculo hostes succenderant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 2:

tepidusque cruor fumabat ad aras,

Verg. A. 8, 106:

cum fumant altaria donis,

Lucr. 6, 752; Hor. C. 3, 18, 8:

fumantes pulvere campos,

Verg. A. 11, 908:

equos fumantes sudore,

id. ib. 12, 338: quod ita domus ipsa fumabat, smoked, reeked (with banquets), Cic. Sest. 10, 24 (cf. Sen. Ep. 64): et jam summa procul villarum culmina fumant, are smoking (with fires for the preparation of food), i. e. evening approaches, Verg. E. 1, 83.—

Trop.:

si nullus terror, non obruta jam nunc Semina fumarent belli,

Sil. 1, 654.

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compărātĭo ( conp-), ōnis, f. [1. comparo], a comparing, comparison (in good prose).

In gen.: comparationis duo sunt modi;

unus cum idemne sit an aliquid intersit quaeritur: alter, cum quid praestet aliud alii quaeritur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 29, 117; cf. id. ib. §

116: potest incidere saepe contentio et comparatio, de duobus honestis utrum honestius,

id. Off. 1, 43, 152:

majorum, minorum, parium,

id. Top. 18, 71:

orationis suae cum scriptis alienis,

id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

rerum,

Quint. 2, 4, 24:

argumentorum,

id. 5, 13, 57:

in comparatione alicujus (post-Aug.): strata erant itinera vilioribus sarcinis, quas in conparatione meliorum avaritia contempserat,

Curt. 3, 11, 20 Vogel ad loc.; so,

ex conparatione regis novi, desiderium excitabatur amissi,

id. 10, 8, 9; cf. Lact. 7, 15, 7.—

Esp.

A trial of skill, contention:

in comparationem se demittere,

Suet. Rhet. 6.—

A relation, comparison:

cum solis et lunae et quinque errantium ad eandem inter se comparationem est facta conversio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 51.—

Translation of the Gr. analogia, Cic. Univ. 4 fin.; 5; 7.—

An agreement, contract (v. 1. comparo, II. B.):

provincia sine sorte, sine comparatione, extra ordinem data,

Liv. 6, 30, 3.—

Of animals, a coupling, pairing:

boum,

Col. 6, 2, 13.—

In rhet.:

criminis,

a defensive comparison of a crime with a good deed, on account of which the crime was committed, Cic. Inv. 1, 11, 15; 2, 24, 72; Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24; 1, 15, 25.—

In gram.

A climax, Don. p. 1745 P.—

The comparative degree, Quint. 1, 5, 45.

compărātĭo, ōnis, f. [2. comparo].

A preparing, providing for, preparation, etc. (rare, but in good prose):

novi belli,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; cf.

pugnae, Auct. B. Afr. 35: veneni,

Liv. 42, 17, 6:

comparatio disciplinaque dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 76, 263:

novae amicitiae,

Sen. Ep. 9, 6.—

A procuring, gaining, acquiring:

testium,

Cic. Mur. 21, 44:

voluptatis,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 92:

criminis,

i. e. of all the materials for an accusation, id. Clu. 67, 191:

quibus ego ita credo, ut nihil de meā comparatione deminuam,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16.—Hence,

In late Lat., a purchasing, purchase, Dig. 5, 1, 52; 41, 3, 41.

compărātĭo ( conp-), ōnis, f. [1. comparo], a comparing, comparison (in good prose).

In gen.: comparationis duo sunt modi;

unus cum idemne sit an aliquid intersit quaeritur: alter, cum quid praestet aliud alii quaeritur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 29, 117; cf. id. ib. §

116: potest incidere saepe contentio et comparatio, de duobus honestis utrum honestius,

id. Off. 1, 43, 152:

majorum, minorum, parium,

id. Top. 18, 71:

orationis suae cum scriptis alienis,

id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

rerum,

Quint. 2, 4, 24:

argumentorum,

id. 5, 13, 57:

in comparatione alicujus (post-Aug.): strata erant itinera vilioribus sarcinis, quas in conparatione meliorum avaritia contempserat,

Curt. 3, 11, 20 Vogel ad loc.; so,

ex conparatione regis novi, desiderium excitabatur amissi,

id. 10, 8, 9; cf. Lact. 7, 15, 7.—

Esp.

A trial of skill, contention:

in comparationem se demittere,

Suet. Rhet. 6.—

A relation, comparison:

cum solis et lunae et quinque errantium ad eandem inter se comparationem est facta conversio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 51.—

Translation of the Gr. analogia, Cic. Univ. 4 fin.; 5; 7.—

An agreement, contract (v. 1. comparo, II. B.):

provincia sine sorte, sine comparatione, extra ordinem data,

Liv. 6, 30, 3.—

Of animals, a coupling, pairing:

boum,

Col. 6, 2, 13.—

In rhet.:

criminis,

a defensive comparison of a crime with a good deed, on account of which the crime was committed, Cic. Inv. 1, 11, 15; 2, 24, 72; Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24; 1, 15, 25.—

In gram.

A climax, Don. p. 1745 P.—

The comparative degree, Quint. 1, 5, 45.

compărātĭo, ōnis, f. [2. comparo].

A preparing, providing for, preparation, etc. (rare, but in good prose):

novi belli,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; cf.

pugnae, Auct. B. Afr. 35: veneni,

Liv. 42, 17, 6:

comparatio disciplinaque dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 76, 263:

novae amicitiae,

Sen. Ep. 9, 6.—

A procuring, gaining, acquiring:

testium,

Cic. Mur. 21, 44:

voluptatis,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 92:

criminis,

i. e. of all the materials for an accusation, id. Clu. 67, 191:

quibus ego ita credo, ut nihil de meā comparatione deminuam,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16.—Hence,

In late Lat., a purchasing, purchase, Dig. 5, 1, 52; 41, 3, 41.

cultĭo, ōnis, f. [1. colo].

Agri, a cultivation, preparation of ground, agriculture, Cic. Sen. 16, 57; id. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 226 (others, less correctly, agricultio in one word;

v. agricultio): cultionis labor,

Ambros. Fug. Saec. 8, 49.—

(In acc. with colo, II. B.) Veneration, reverence, Arn. 4, p. 146; 5, p. 178.

rĕ-praesento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To bring before one, to bring back; to show, exhibit, display, manifest, represent (class.):

per quas (visiones) imagines rerum absentium ita repraesentantur animo, ut eas cernere oculis ac praesentes habere videamur,

Quint. 6, 2, 29:

memoriae vis repraesentat aliquid,

id. 11, 2, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 3:

quod templum repraesentabat memoriam consulatūs mei,

Cic. Sest. 11, 26: si quis vultu torvo ferus simulet Catonem, Virtutemne repraesentet moresque Catonis? * Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 14:

imbecillitatem ingenii mei,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 6:

movendi ratio aut in repraesentandis est aut imitandis adfectibus,

Quint. 11, 3, 156:

urbis species repraesentabatur animis,

Curt. 3, 10, 7; cf.:

affectum patris amissi,

Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 1:

nam et vera esse et apte ad repraesentandam iram deūm ficta possunt,

Liv. 8, 6, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:

volumina,

to recite, repeat, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 89:

viridem saporem olivarum etiam post annum,

Col. 12, 47, 8:

faciem veri maris,

id. 8, 17, 6:

colorem constantius,

to show, exhibit, Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 112:

vicem olei,

i. e. to supply the place of, id. 28, 10, 45, § 160; cf. id. 18, 14, 36, § 134.—

Of painters, sculptors, etc., to represent, portray, etc. (post-Aug. for adumbro):

Niceratus repraesentavit Alcibiadem,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 88.—With se, to present one ' s self, be present, Col. 1, 8, 11; 11, 1, 26; Dig. 48, 5, 15, § 3.—

In partic., mercant. t. t., to pay immediately or on the spot; to pay in ready money: reliquae pecuniae vel usuram [p. 1572] Silio pendemus, dum a Faberio vel ab aliquo qui Faberio debet, repraesentabimus, shall be enabled to pay immediately, Cic. Att. 12, 25, 1; 12, 29, 2:

summam,

Suet. Aug. 101:

legata,

id. Calig. 16:

mercedem,

id. Claud. 18; id. Oth. 5; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2 Oud. N. cr.:

dies promissorum adest: quem etiam repraesentabo, si adveneris,

shall even anticipate, Cic. Fam. 16, 14, 2; cf. fideicommissum, to discharge immediately or in advance, Dig. 35, 1, 36.—

Transf., in gen., to do, perform, or execute any act immediately, without delay, forthwith; hence, not to defer or put off; to hasten (good prose): se, quod in longiorem diem collaturus esset, repraesentaturum et proximā nocte castra moturum, * Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

festinasse se repraesentare consilium,

Curt. 6, 11, 33:

petis a me, ut id quod in diem suum dixeram debere differri, repraesentem,

Sen. Ep. 95, 1; and Front. Aquaed. 119 fin.:

neque exspectare temporis medicinam, quam repraesentare ratione possimus,

to apply it immediately, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 6; so,

improbitatem suam,

to hurry on, id. Att. 16, 2, 3:

spectaculum,

Suet. Calig. 58:

tormenta poenasque,

id. Claud. 34:

poenam,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 32; Val. Max. 6, 5, ext. 4:

verbera et plagas,

Suet. Vit. 10:

vocem,

to sing immediately, id. Ner. 21 et saep.:

si repraesentari morte meā libertas civitatis potest,

can be immediately recovered, Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 118:

minas irasque caelestes,

to fulfil immediately, Liv. 2, 36, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. Suet. Claud. 38:

judicia repraesentata,

held on the spot, without preparation, Quint. 10, 7, 2.—

To represent, stand in the place of (late Lat.): nostra per eum repraesentetur auctoritas, Greg. M. Ep. 1, 1.