(declamare)

declamare v.tr. to declaim, to recite: declamare una poesia, un monologo, to recite a poem, a monologue

◆ v. intr.

1 to declaim; to speak* rhetorically

2 (non com.) ( inveire) to declaim; to inveigh (against): declamare contro qlcu., to declaim against s.o.

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verbo transitivo to declaim, to recite [ poesia]

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declamare

/dekla'mare/ [1]

verbo transitivo

to declaim, to recite [ poesia].

(aus avere) to declaim

(aus avere) to declaim

dē-clāmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. — Rhetor. t. t., to exercise one's self in rhetorical delivery, to practise speaking, to declaim. For syn. cf.: dictito, concionor, pronuntio, palam dico, praedico, recito, declamito. (Class., most freq. in Cic. and Quint.)

In a good sense.

Neutr.:

ad fluctum aiunt declamare solitum Demosthenem, ut fremitum assuesceret voce vincere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5; id. fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 73: dum tu declamas Romae, * Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 2:

declamare doces?

Juv. 7, 150:

haec est sedes orationis, hic laus omnis declamantium,

Quint. 9, 4, 62 (al. declamat) et saep.— Pass. impers.:

in eo, quomodo declametur, positum est etiam, quomodo agatur,

Quint. 9, 2, 81.—

Act. (rare; not in Cic.; cf., on the contrary, declamito, no. I. b):

suasorias,

Quint. 3, 8, 61.—

Poet., in gen., to speak oratorically, to declaim:

quis nisi mentis inops tenerae declamet amicae?

Ov. A. A. 1, 465.—

In a bad sense, to speak as an orator with violence, to declaim, to bluster, bawl:

ille insanus, qui pro isto vehementissime contra me declamasset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66 fin.;

so in quemvis,

id. Fam. 3, 11, 2:

aliquid ex alia oratione declamare,

id. Rosc. Am. 29 fin.

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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).

fluctus, ūs (ante-class. form of the gen. sing. fluctuis, Varr. and Nigid. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 1; nom. plur. flucti, Pac. and Att. ap. Non. 488, 12), m. [fluo; cf. fluctio], the peculiar motion of fluids, a flowing, waving.

In abstr. (rare; cf.:

unda, fluentum): jactetur aquae fluctu quoque terra vacillans,

Lucr. 6, 554 sq. —Of the flowing motion of the magnetic fluid (v. aestus):

Cogitur offensare pulsareque fluctu Ferrea texta suo,

Lucr. 6, 1053.—In mal. part., Lucr. 4, 1271; cf. fluctuo, I. a fin. —

Transf., a flow, flood. —In concr., a wave, billow, surge, esp. of the sea (the predom. signif. of the word in prose and poetry; esp. freq. in the plur.).

Sing.: fons aquae dulcis, qui fluctu totus operiretur, nisi, etc., the flood, i. e. high tide, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: alia fluctus differt, dissipat visceratim membra, Maria salsa spumant sanguine, Enn. ap. Non. 183, 18 (Trag. v. 144 ed. Vahl.):

ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76; 82:

fluctum a saxo frangi,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

fluctus uti... volutus Ad terras immane sonat per saxa,

Verg. G. 3, 237:

ad fluctum aiunt declamare solitum Demosthenem, ut fremitum assuesceret voce vincere,

to the waves, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5.—

Plur.: indu mari magno fluctus extollere certant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ed. Vahl.): mulserat huc navim compulsam fluctibus pontus, id. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 ed. Vahl.):

excitatis maximis fluctibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6:

(insulae) fluctibus cinctae,

id. ib. 2, 4; cf.:

Massilia, quae cincta Gallorum gentibus barbariae fluctibus alluitur,

id. Fl. 26, 63:

sese fluctibus committere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91:

sedatis fluctibus,

id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

puppes ad magnitudinem fluctuum tempestatumque accommodatae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 3:

in fluctibus consistere,

id. ib. 4, 24, 2:

fluctibus compleri,

id. ib. 4, 28 fin.:

luctantem Icariis fluctibus Africum Mercator metuens,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 15:

o navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctus,

id. ib. 1, 14, 2:

mulcere fluctus et tollere vento,

Verg. A. 1, 66:

procella... fluctus ad sidera tollit,

id. ib. 1, 103:

revomere salsos fluctus pectore,

id. ib. 5, 182.—Prov.: excitare fluctus in simpulo, to raise a tempest in a tea-pot, i. e. to make much ado about nothing, Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 36.—

Poet. transf., a stream of odors:

unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,

Lucr. 4, 675.—And of a stream of fire:

atro volvens incendia fluctu,

Val. Fl. 7, 572.—

Trop., like tempestas and unda, and our waves or billows, for turbulence, commotion, disturbance:

qui in hac tempestate populi jactemur et fluctibus,

Cic. Planc. 4, 11; cf.

contionum,

id. Mil. 2, 5:

rerum Fluctibus in mediis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 85; cf. also Lucr. 5, 11:

hoc omne tempus post consulatum objecimus iis fluctibus, qui per nos a communi peste depulsi, in nosmet ipsos redundarunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 8, 3, 5:

fluctus civiles,

Nep. Att. 6:

capere irarum fluctus in pectore,

Lucr. 3, 298; so,

irarum,

id. 6, 74; Verg. A. 12, 831; Val. Max. 9, 3 init.:

tristes curarum,

Lucr. 6, 34:

belli,

id. 5, 1290.

scĭo, īvi, ītum, 4 (old imperf. scibam, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 34; 2, 4, 89; id. Ps. 1, 5, 84; 1, 5, 86; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 68; id. Phorm. 4, 1, 16:

scibas,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 24; id. Ps. 1, 5, 85:

scibat,

id. Am. prol. 22; Lucr. 5, 934:

scibatis,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 47:

scibant,

Lucr. 5, 949; 5, 953; Cat. 68, 85.— Fut. scibo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 13; id. Most. 4, 3, 5; id. Men. 2, 3, 35; 5, 2, 57; id. Ps. 1, 2, 41; 1, 5, 65; id. Truc. 2, 6, 69; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 58; id. Ad. 3, 3, 7; 5, 2, 5; id. Hec. 2, 2, 4:

scibis,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 22; id. Ep. 2, 2, 101; 5, 1, 49; id. Mil. 4, 8, 55; id. Ps. 4, 4, 2; id. Poen. 5, 4, 57; id. Pers. 2, 2, 37; id. Rud. 2, 3, 35; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 35; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 43:

scibit,

Cato, R. R. 5, 5; Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 69; 1, 2, 51; id. Mil. 3, 2, 46; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38:

scibimus,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 57:

scibunt,

id. Poen. 2, 16.— Perf. sciit, Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 17.— Pass. scibitur, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5:

scin' for scisne,

id. Am. 1, 1, 200; 2, 2, 39; 5, 1, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 113; id. Aul. 1, 1, 8 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 47; 3, 1, 47; 4, 6, 6; 4, 7, 30 et saep.— Perf. sync. scisti, Ov. A. A. 1, 131; id. F. 4, 527:

scirint,

Tac. Dial. 33; so, regularly, inf. scisse, e. g. Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 17), v. a. [root sci-; Gr. keiô (for skeiô), keazô, to split, divide; cf.: scisco, plebiscitum, etc., prop. to distinguish, discern].

Lit.

In gen., to know, in the widest signif. of the word; to understand; perceive; to have knowledge of or skill in any thing, etc.:

plurimā mutatione figuramus, Scio, Non ignoro, et Non me fugit, et Non me praeterit, et Quis nescit? et Nemini dubium est. Sed etiam ex proximo mutuari licet. Nam et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,

Quint. 10, 1, 13 (freq. in all styles and periods; cf. nosco).

With acc.:

aut scire istarum rerum nihil, aut, etiam si maxime sciemus, nec, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

ut vilicus naturam agri novit, dispensator litteras scit, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 3, 5:

quod nec didicerint nec umquam scire curaverint,

id. ib. 1, 6, 11:

ego omnem rem scio Quemadmodum est,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 69:

id equidem ego certo scio,

id. ib. 3, 3, 33:

quod pro certo sciam,

id. ib. 3, 4, 13: Mi. Ubi ipse est? Ch. Nescio. Nihil jam me oportet scire... nescio etiam id quod scio, id. ib. 4, 6, 21:

haec scivisti et me celavisti?

id. Pers. 5, 2, 19:

is omnes linguas scit: sed dissimulat sciens, Se scire,

id. Poen. prol. 112 (cf. supra, litteras, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5): comoediam, Titin. ap. Non. 277, 26:

bene id opus,

id. ib. 3, 21:

artem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44:

juventutis mores qui sciam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2: remuneremini nos, ac quae scitis, proferatis in me dium:

nemo enim omnia potest scire,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

nec scire fas est omnia,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 22:

SENATVOSQVE SENTENTIAM VTEI SCIENTES ESETIS, S. C. de Bacch. 23, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173: quod scio, omne ex hoc scio,

I know all from him, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 7:

aliquid ex aliquo,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 45; id. Most. 3, 2, 58; Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1; id. Att. 5, 2, 3 al. (v. infra, g and d; and cf. in the foll., with de instead of ex):

quod sciam,

for aught I know, as far as I know, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 70; 2, 2, 15; id. Most. 4, 3, 19; id. Men. 2, 2, 23; 3, 2, 35 al.; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 7; Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; Quint. 9, 1, 17; 9, 4, 63 al.; cf.:

quantum ego quidem sciam,

Quint. 3, 1, 19.— Pass.:

quod quom scibitur, per urbem irridebor,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5:

ars earum rerum est, quae sciuntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 30:

an nihil certum sciri possit,

id. ib. 1, 51, 222: id de Marcello aut certe de Postumiā sciri potest, can be learned from Marcellus, etc., id. Att. 12, 22, 2.—

With inf., or more freq. with object-clause:

qui uti sciat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

si sciret regibus uti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 14:

antequam declamare sciat,

Quint. 2, 1, 3:

si docere sciant et velint,

id. 10, 5, 19:

digredi a re et redire ad propositum suum scierit,

id. 9, 2, 4 et saep.:

vincere scis, Hannibal,

Liv. 22, 51, 4:

qui nec ipse consulere nec alteri parere sciat,

id. 22, 29, 8:

qui tegere liberos sciat,

id. 1, 53, 8; 38, 52, 2; Curt. 4, 2, 14:

scio, fortunas secundas neglegentiam prendere solere, Cato ap. Fest, s.v. parsi, p. 210: dii sciunt, culpam meam istanc non esse ullam,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 41:

scio, tibi ita placere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 30, 46:

quas (leges) scitis exstare,

id. ib. 5, 2, 3: scimus L. Atilium appellatum esse sapientem id. Lael. 2, 6:

scis, In breve te cogi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 7: scire licet, nobis venas et sanguen... alienigenis ex partibus esse, it is easy to see that, etc., Lucr. 1, 860 (shortly before and after, scilicet); so,

scire licet,

id. 1, 894; 2, 930; 2, 967; 3, 873 et saep.; Liv. 1, 39, 3; Cels. 1, 1 fin.; 1, 2; 3, 2 al.—So, in familiar style, imper. scito, be assured, I reply that, remember, etc.: fenestrarum angustias quod reprehendis, scito te Kurou paideian reprehendere, Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2; 12, 21, 5:

scito hoc nos in eo judicio consecutos esse, ut, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 24; 5, 20, 7; cf.:

istis contumeliis scitote Q. Lollium coactum, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62; 2, 3, 56, § 129.—Esp., introducing a conclusion, after si, sin, nisi:

si venturus es, scito necesse esse te venire,

Cic. Fam. 9, 4 init.:

sin ista pax perditum hominem restitutura est, hoc animo scito omnis sanos, etc.,

id. ib. 10, 27, 1:

si vos semel finem legis transieritis, scitote vos nullum ceteris in aestimando finem improbitatis reliquisse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 95, § 220; 2, 4, 30, § 68; id. Cat. 2, 10, 23.—Rarely in part. pres. (postAug.; cf. P. a., infra):

interrogant an vir daturus sit beneficium ingrato, sciens ingratum esse,

Sen. Ben. 4, 26, 1:

Laqueo vitam finiit, sciens et in Maximino multum esse roboris,

Capitol. in Max. 19:

totam hereditatem sciens ad se non pertinere,

Gai. Inst. 4, 144.— Impers.:

hoc scitis omnes, usque adeo hominem in periculo fuisse, quoad scitum sit, Sestium vivere,

Cic. Sest. 38, 82.— Pass., with nom. and inf.:

Christus scitur vocis simplicis jussione ambulatum dedisse contractis,

Arn. 1, 48.—

With a rel.-clause:

isti jam sciunt, negotii quid sit,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 13:

ut sciamus, quid dicamus mox pro testimonio,

id. ib. 3, 2, 19:

scin' quam iracundus siem?

id. Bacch. 4, 2, 12:

cuivis facile scitu est, quam fuerim miser,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 15:

cum sciatis, quo quaeque res inclinet,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

Sestium quanti faciam, ipse optime scio,

id. Fam. 13, 8, 1:

ex tribus istis modis rerum publicarum velim scire quod optimum judices,

id. ib. 1, 30, 46:

ut eum (hostem) non modo esse, sed etiam, quis et unde sit, scire possimus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 6:

coqua est haec quidem: Scit muriatica ut maceret,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 39; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 18; Cic. Mur. 9, 22; Hor. C. 3, 4, 42 al.:

scire velis, mea cur opuscula lector Laudet,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 35; 2, 2, 187:

quī scis, an, quae jubeam, sine vi faciat?

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 20; Hor. C. 4, 7, 17; id. A. P. 462; cf. the phrase haud scio an, under an.— Pass.:

hinc sciri potuit, Quo studio vitam suam te absente exegerit,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 38: scito... nec, [p. 1644] quando futura sint comitia, sciri, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2.—With indic. in the rel.-clause (ante-class.): Ba. Scio, quid ago. Pi. Et pol ego scio, quid metuo, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 45; cf.:

scitin' quid ego vos rogo?

id. Men. 5, 9, 92:

scis tu, ut confringi vas cito Samium solet,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 24:

jam ego ex hoc, ut factum est, scibo,

id. Men. 5, 2, 57; instead of which, with subj.:

ex me primo prima scires, rem ut gessissem publicam,

id. Am. 1, 3, 26:

ex hoc scibo quid siet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 59; id. Hec. 4, 2, 4.—

With de:

jam vero de legibus, de bello, de pace... scisse,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58.—

Absol.:

hi sciunt, qui hic affuerunt,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 31:

quom videbis, tum scies,

id. Bacch. 1, 2, 37: Pi. Quī scire possum? Ch. Nullus plus, id. ib. 2, 2, 13:

quem, ut scitis, unice dilexi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 1; so,

ut scitis, parenthetically,

id. ib. 1, 14, 21; 2, 31, 54; 6, 9, 9; id. Lael. 21, 77; cf.

scio alone, parenthetically: injurato scio plus credet mihi quam jurato tibi,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 281:

ego abeo: tu jam scio patiere,

id. As. 2, 2, 111:

quam tu propediem effliges scio,

id. ib. 4, 2, 9 et saep.:

scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter,

Pers. 1, 27:

nemo ex me scibit,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38.— Pass.:

non opus est dicto... at scito huic opus est,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 14:

plus, quam opus est scito, sciet,

id. ib. 4, 1, 18; so, with adv. or adverb.-clause:

non tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140; so,

Latine,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 13; Liv. 1, 27:

luculenter Graece,

Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

Graece,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

ubi hanc forma videt honesta virginem, Et fidibus scire,

and that she was skilled in music, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 53 (cf.: docere aliquem fidibus. Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

discere fidibus,

id. Lael. 8, 26).—

With de:

de legibus instituendis, de bello, de pace, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58:

cum is, qui de omnibus scierit, de Sullā se scire negavit,

id. Sull. 13, 39.—

With non (very rare for nescio; cf.:

non scire barbarum jam videtur, nescire dulcius,

Cic. Or. 47, 157):

quis enim erat qui non sciret studiosiorem Mithridatem fuisse, etc.,

id. Fl. 25, 59:

tam imperitus, ut non sciret, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

quid? non sciunt ipsi viam, domum quā veniant?

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 25; Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3; Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 19.—

Ellipt.: scin' quomodo? do you know how (I shall serve you)? a threatening phrase in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 200; id. Aul. 5, 21; id. Rud. 3, 5, 18.—

In partic., of a woman, to know carnally a man (cf. of a man, cognosco), Treb. xxx. Tyr. 30.—

Transf., publicists' t. t. for the usual scisco (v. h. v. II.), of the people, to ordain, decree, appoint any thing after knowledge obtained regarding it:

ut tribunus plebis rogationem ferret sciretque plebs, uti, etc.,

Liv. 26, 33, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

a scire for asciscere,

Tac. Agr. 19; id. H. 4, 80.—Hence, scĭens, entis, P. a., knowing, i. e.

Pregn., knowingly, wittingly, purposely, intentionally, etc. (freq. and class.): tu verbis conceptis conjuravisti sciens sciente animo tuo, Scip. Afric. minor ap. Gell. 7, 11, 9:

ubi verbis conceptis sciens libenter perjuraris,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 16:

amore ardeo et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27; so (with prudens) Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin.:

equidem plus hodie boni Feci imprudens, quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; so (opp. imprudens) id. Phorm. 4, 3, 55; Cic. Planc. 16, 41; (opp. insciens) id. Balb. 5, 13:

habebit igitur te sciente et vidente curia senatorem, etc.,

id. Clu. 46, 129:

an ille me tentat sciens?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 29; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 40; id. Ps. 1, 1, 90; id. Poen. prol. 112; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13; id. Heaut. 5, 5, 6 al.:

heia vero, inquit, geram morem vobis et me oblinam sciens,

Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8 et saep.—So the formula: si sciens fallo; v. fallo.—

Knowing, understanding, acquainted with, skilled, versed, or expert in any thing (class.).

Absol.:

id ego jam nunc tibi renuntio, ut sis sciens,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 28:

quod me non scientem feceris,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 34;

Ter Heaut. 4, 8, 32: vites pampinari: sed a sciente,

Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

quis igitur hoc homine scientior umquam fuit?

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

scientior venefica,

Hor. Epod. 5, 72:

quae (navis) scientissimo gubernatore utitur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 58.— Sup.: sit oportet idem scientissimus, Col. 11, 1.—

With gen.:

dominum scientem esse oportet earum rerum, quae, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 1:

locorum,

Sall. J. 97, 3:

pugnae,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 24:

citharae,

id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

Latinae linguae,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

juris,

id. ib. 3, 70; 6, 26 et saep.— Sup.:

M. Scaurus, vir regendae rei publicae scientissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; Vulg. 2 Par. 2, 13.—

Poet., with inf.:

quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 25.— Adv.: scĭenter (acc. to B.), knowingly, understandingly, wisely, skilfully, expertly, etc.:

scienter et perite et ornate dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

uti (with modice),

id. ib. 1, 29, 132; id. Off. 2, 5, 18:

sese distribuunt in duas partes,

Caes. B. C. 1, 55.— Comp.:

neminem in eo genere scientius versatum Isocrate,

Cic. Or. 52, 175; Caes. B. G. 7, 22.— Sup.:

coepit rationem hujus operis (sphaerae) scientissime Gallus exponere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22; id. Div. 1, 41, 92.

sordĭdus, a, um, adj. [sordeo], dirty, unclean, foul, filthy, squalid, sordid (class.).

Lit. (syn.: squalidus, obscenus): vestem squalam et sordidam, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 6 (Trag. v. 370 Vahl.):

amictus,

Verg. A. 6, 301; cf.:

sordidior toga,

Mart. 1, 104, 5:

mappa,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22; Mart. 7, 20, 8:

lana,

Ov. A. A. 3, 222:

fumus,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 11:

at pol nitent, haud sordidae videntur ambae,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6:

servolicolae,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 55:

nati,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 28; cf.:

magnos duces Non indecoro pulvere sordidos,

id. ib. 2, 1, 22:

puer sordidissimus dentibus,

Petr. 64, 6 et saep.—Esp.:

sordido in loco sedere,

Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.— Transf., of mourners, clad in mourning, Cic. Mur. 40, 86.— Poet.:

Auctumnus calcatis sordidus uvis,

Ov. M. 2, 29; id. F. 4, 897;

Col. poët. 10, 44: terga suis,

sooty, dingy, Ov. M. 8, 648.—Prov.: saepe est etiam sub palliolo sordido sapientia, wisdom is often hid under a ragged cloak, Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56.—

Transf., low, base, mean, as to birth, rank, or condition; poor, humble, small, paltry (syn.:

illiberalis, infimus): causam commisisse homini egenti, sordido, sine honore, sme censu,

Cic. Fl. 22, 52; id. Att. 8, 4, 2; id. Leg. 3, 16, 35; Hor. C. 1, 28, 14.— Sup.:

sordidissimus quisque,

Liv. 1, 47, 11:

familiae sordidissima pars,

Petr. 132, 3; cf.:

loco non humili solum sed etiam sordido ortus,

Liv. 22, 25, 18:

a sordidis initiis ad summa crevere,

Just. 2, 6, 2:

sordidum et obscurum Macedonum nomen,

id. 6, 9, 7:

genus alicujus,

id. 22, 1, 1:

panis,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 16; Sen. Ep. 18, 5:

villula,

Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1; cf.

tecta,

Luc. 4, 396:

sedes,

id. 5, 9:

lar villae,

Mart. 12, 57, 2:

rura (with humiles casae),

Verg. E. 2, 28:

aratra,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 414;

hence also, otia, i. e. ruris,

Mart. 1, 56, 4 —

Trop., low, mean, base, abject, vile, despicable, disgraceful (syn. turpis).

In gen., Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

iste omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus,

id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

multo homo sordidissimus,

id. Scaur. 2, § 23:

homo furiosus ac sordidus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

nec minus laetabor, cum te semper sordidum, quam si paulisper sordidatum viderem,

id. Pis. 41, 99:

illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur... Sordidi etiam putandi, qui mercantur a mercatoribus, quod statim vendant, etc.... Opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur, etc.... mercatura autem, si tenuis est, sordida putanda est, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

lucrum,

Quint. 1, 2, 16 sq.; cf.: sordidissima ratio et inquinatissima, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 21:

qui (oratores) ne sordidiores quidem (artis) repudiarint (opp. praeclarissimas),

id. de Or. 3, 32, 128:

virtus repulsae nescia sordidae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 17:

adulterium,

Liv. 1, 58:

nomen,

Quint. 8, 3, 21:

verba,

id. 8, 3, 17; 8, 3, 49; 2, 5, 10:

multa,

id. 2, 12, 7:

omnia, id 10, 1, 9: homines nullā re bonā dignos, cum quibus comparari sordidum, confligere autem miserum et periculosum sit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; cf.:

qui pecuniam praeferre amicitiae sordidum existiment,

id. Lael. 17, 63.—

In partic., mean, niggardly, penurious, sordid (cf. parcus):

ita sordidus, ut se Non umquam servo melius vestiret,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 96; 1, 1, 65; 1, 2, 10; 2, 3, 164; Quint. 5, 13, 26; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1 (opp. sumptuosus):

perjurium,

Phaedr. 4, 19, 23:

cupido,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 16; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150 supra.—Hence, adv.: sordĭdē.

Lit., dirtily, foully:

per plateas tractus est sordidissime,

through the deepest mire, Lampr. Heliog. 33 med. —

Transf., meanly, basely:

quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,

Tac. Or. 8.—

Trop.

Vulgarly, unbecomingly, poorly:

loquitur laute et minime sordide,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 11:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

contionari,

id. Att. 15, 2, 2:

declamare (opp. splendide atque ornate),

Suet. Rhet. 6; Gell. 15, 4, 3.—

Meanly, stingily, penuriously, sordidly:

nimis illum sordide Simonidi dixisse, se dimidium ejus ei, quod pactus esset, pro illo carmine daturum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

facere aliquid (opp. largissime),

Suet. Dom. 9:

gerere proconsulatum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 2.