ălĭunde

circum-lĭno, lĭtum, 3 ( perf. late Lat. circumlinisti, Vulg. Ezech. 23, 40), v. a. (access. form circumlĭnĭo, īre; cf. lino; so,

circumliniunt,

Quint. 12, 9, 8 Spald. N. er.:

circumliniri,

id. 1, 11, 6:

circumliniendus,

Col. 6, 16, 3; 6, 17, 9).

Aliquid alicui, to smear, stick, or spread all over, to besmear:

vulneribus aliquid circumlinitur,

Plin. 22, 23, 49, § 103:

Galbanum ramis ellebori circumlitum,

id. 24, 5, 13, § 22:

ciroumlita taedis sulfura,

Ov. M. 3, 373.—Far more freq.,

Aliquid aliquā re, to besmear something all over with something, to anoint, bedaub (class.; most freq. in part. perf. pass.):

oculum pice liquidā,

Col. 6, 17 fin.:

labellum luto,

id. 12, 44, 1. — Absol.:

oculum,

Plin. Ep. 6, 2, 2:

alvos fimo bubulo,

Plin. 21, 14, 47, § 80; 28, 11, 47, § 167.—In part.: corpora fuco, * Lucr. 2, 744: circumliti mortui cerā, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

fictile argillā,

Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 131 al.:

pictura, in quā nihil circumlitum est,

is painted around, Quint. 8, 5, 26.—

- Trop.: extrinsecus adductis ea rebus circumliniunt, they elevate them, as it were, by strong coloring, embellish, Quint. 12, 9, 8.—And (the figure derived from smearing musical instruments with wax, in order to produce a deep tone): simplicem vocis naturam pleniore quodam sono circumlinire, quod Graeci katapeplasmenon dicunt, Quint. 1, 11, 7; cf. id. 11, 3, 20:

nisi (mendacium) ornatu aliunde quaesito circumlitum fuerit ac politum,

Lact. 3, 1, 3.—

Poet., in gen., to cover, clothe: circumlita saxa musco, * Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 7: (Midas) auro, Ov M. 11, 136.

gestus, a, um, Part., from gero.

gestus, ūs, m. [gero].

Lit. (the bearing, i. e. motion of the body, or of a part of the body, esp. of the hand or arm), carriage, posture, attitude, motion, gesture (class.; cf. actus).

In gen.:

gestum imitari,

Lucr. 4, 343; cf. ib. 367:

a forma removeatur omnis viro non dignus ornatus, et huic simile vitium in gestu motuque caveatur,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

nunc gestus mihi vultusque est capiundus novus,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50:

hoc quidem Zeno gestu conficiebat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145:

gratificatur mihi gestu accusator,

id. Balb. 6, 14:

gestum manus Ceycis habebat,

Ov. M. 11, 673:

ab avium gestu gestuque,

motion, Suet. Aug. 7:

quo gestu gallina secetur,

Juv. 5, 124.— Plur.: nec flecti cervix nec brachia reddere gestus, Nec pes ire potest, Ov. M. 6, 308.—

In partic., a gesture, gesticulation of actors or orators according to the rules of art:

numquam agit hunc versum Roscius eo gestu, quo potest, sed abjicit prorsus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102; cf. id. Quint. 24, 77:

gestus histrionis,

id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

convenit igitur in gestu nec venustatem conspiciendam nec turpitudinem esse, ne aut histriones aut operarii videamur esse,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26; cf.:

vox et gestus subito sumi et aliunde arripi non potest,

Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:

omnis actio in duas partes divisa, vocem gestumque,

Quint. 11, 3, 14; id. 2, 59, 242:

tardiore et consideratiore gestu uti,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27: jactantior, Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:

acer atque instans,

Quint. 11, 3, 92:

certus sed paulo productior,

id. ib.:

comicus magis quam oratorius,

id. ib. 125 et saep.— Plur.:

histrionum nonnulli gestus ineptiis non vacant,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

alterni,

Quint. 6, 3, 65:

breves,

id. 11, 3, 100: quae (concinnitas) verborum collocationem illuminat his luminibus, quae Graeci quasi aliquos gestus orationis schêmata appellant, Cic. Or. 25, 83; Quint. 9, 1, 13;

and without quasi,

Gell. 11, 13, 10:

Urbicus risum movet gestibus Autonoes,

Juv. 6, 72.—

(Acc. to gero, II. B. 3.) A management, administration (post-class.), Dig. 26, 10, 3, § 9; ib. 7, 23; ib. 5, § 2.

gigno, gĕnŭi, gĕnĭtum, 3 (archaic primary form of the pres. gĕno, ĕre:

genit,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 19: genunt, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.:

genat,

Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 4: genitur, Auct. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 42, 122; Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 141:

genuntur,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 3:

genamur,

Censor. 3, 1; inf. pass. geni, Lucr. 3, 797; gen. gerund. genendi, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 1:

genendo,

Censor. 3, 1; Arn. 4, 21; inf. pres. pass. gignier, Lucr. 3, 623; 6, 246; 807), v. a. [root gen-; Sanscr. ǵan-, ǵanami, beget; gātis, birth; Gr. gen- in gignomai, genos, gunê; Lat. genus, genius, gener, gens; also nascor (gn-; cf. gnatus), natura; cf. gamos, gambros (v. Curt. Gr. Etym. 536); gigno for gigeno, redupl. like gignomai], to beget, bear, bring forth, produce; in pass., to be born, to spring, arise, proceed; of animate and inanimate subjects and objects (syn.: creo, genero, pario).

Lit.: Saturno, quem Coelus genuit, Enn. ap. Non. 197, 9 (Ann. v. 27 Vahl.):

sextus (Hercules) hic ex Alcumena, quem Juppiter genuit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

nec Hecubam causam interitus fuisse Trojanis, quod Alexandrum genuerit, nec Tyndareum Agamemnoni, quod Clytaemnestram,

id. Fat. 15, 34:

quaecumque animal pariunt, in capita gignunt,

bring forth their young with the head foremost, Plin. 10, 64, 84, § 183. So of the human mother (mostly post-Aug.):

idcirco, inquit Lacaena, genueram (filium),

Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 102:

e septem liberis, quos ipsa genuisset, unum superesse,

Curt. 10, 5, 23:

rectius Lolliam induci, quando nullos liberos genuisset,

Tac. A. 12, 2 init.; Val. Max. 7, 7, 4; so,

ex aliquo,

Curt. 8, 3, 3; Tac. A. 12, 3:

pisces ova cum genuerunt, relinquunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129:

ova,

Plin. 11, 37, 80, § 204:

omnia quae terra gignat (shortly before, pariat),

Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. Fin. 5, 11, 33: o Romule, Romule die, Qualem te patriae custodem di genuerunt! Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 116 Vahl.); cf.:

ut idem deus urbem hanc gentibus, vos huic urbi genuisse videatur,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ita ut plurimum (aurum) Asturia gignat,

Plin. 33. [p. 815] 4, 21, §

78: India eos (beryllos) gignit,

id. 37, 5, 20, § 76:

ad majora quaedam natura nos genuit et conformavit,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23:

deus animum ex sua mente et divinitate genuit,

id. Univ. 8.— Pass., usu. with abl., of either or both parents:

Meri bellatores gignuntur,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 85:

nuper erat genitus,

Ov. M. 10, 522:

qui antecedente anno genitum eum scribant,

Suet. Tib. 5:

septimo mense geniti,

Plin. 11, 37, 59, § 158:

pellice genitus,

Liv. 40, 9, 2; Suet. Aug. 17:

Jove genitus,

Curt. 8, 10, 1; 9, 8, 22:

juvenes eadem matre geniti,

id. 6, 14, 4; Liv. 1, 3, 3; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Tib. 7; id. Ner. 5 fin.:

genitum fratre adoptaverat,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 2.—Also with de, ab, ex:

De quo Remulusque feroxque Acrota sunt geniti,

Ov. M. 14, 617:

genitus de sanguine,

id. ib. 1, 748; id. H. 16, 117:

de Jove,

Gell. 13, 1, 3 (cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34):

filium ab eo genitum nominare,

Just. 12, 7, 10;

but: a se (= ex se) genitum esse Vitellium,

Tac. H. 3, 64:

puer ex ea genitus,

Curt. 8, 10, 36:

(vacca) e terra genita,

Ov. M. 1, 615:

dis genite et geniture deos,

Verg. A. 9, 642:

dis genitus,

Quint. 1, 10, 9:

adolescentis in omnium virtutum exempla geniti,

Vell. 2, 116, 2:

quae in terris gignantur, ad usum hominum omnia creari,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 22:

nec enim id esset principium, quod gigneretur aliunde,

id. Rep. 6, 25:

ubi tus gignitur,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 89:

Corycium nemus, ubi crocum gignitur,

Curt. 3, 4 fin. — Poet. with inf.:

omne potens animal leti genitumque nocere,

Luc. 6, 485.— Absol.:

ut in gignendo, in educando perfacile appareat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 109:

hae (mulieres), quae gignunt, imbecillos edunt,

Cels. 2, 1 med.

Trop., to produce, occasion, cause:

multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41:

haec ipsa virtus amicitiam et gignit et continet,

id. Lael. 6, 20:

ludus genuit trepidum certamen et iram, Ira truces inimicitias et funebre bellum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 48:

qui genuit in hac urbe dicendi copiam,

Cic. Brut. 73, 255:

praeceptiones,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5:

probationes,

Quint. 5, 1, 1:

mel gignit insaniam,

Plin. 21, 13, 45, § 177; cf.:

baccharis odor somnum gignit,

id. 21, 19, 77, § 132:

alium sitim gignit,

id. 20, 6, 23, § 57.—In pass., to be born, to spring, arise, proceed:

cum ipse (Cato) sui generis initium ac nominis ab se gigni et propagari vellet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:

ex hac maxima libertate tyrannis gignitur et illa injustissima et durissima servitus,

id. Rep. 1, 44:

et aegritudines et metus et reliquae perturbationes omnes gignuntur ex ea (intemperantia),

id. Tusc. 4, 9, 22: Plato eas (ideas) gigni negat et ait semper esse, id. Or. 3, 10:

ipsi autem intelligamus natura gigni sensum diligendi et benevolentiae caritatem,

id. Lael. 9, 32:

odia etiam gigni sempiterna (opp. exstingui familiaritates),

id. ib. 10, 35:

in animorum permotione gignenda,

id. de Or. 3, 30, 118:

de gignenda et comparanda sapientia,

Gell. 13, 8, 1.—Hence, gignentĭa, ĭum, n. (fruit-bearing), organic bodies, things that grow, as plants, trees, etc.:

loca nuda gignentium,

Sall. J. 79, 6:

ilex aucta in altitudinem, quo cuncta gignentium natura fert,

id. ib. 93, 4:

animam animantium omnium non corpoream esse... omniumque gignentium esse seniorem,

App. Dogm. Plat. p. 193; opp. animalia, Lact. de Ira Dei, 1, 13.

mūtŭus, a, um, adj. [1. muto], borrowed, lent (class.).

Lit.:

nullus est tibi, quem roges mutuom Argentum,

to lend you money, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 60; id. Pers. 1, 1, 44:

mutuum talentum dare,

to lend, advance, id. Trin. 4, 3, 48:

mutuum argentum quaerere,

to seek to borrow money, id. Pers. 1, 1, 5:

huic drachmarum argenti haec mille dederat mutuom,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40:

nam si mutuas (sc. minas) non potero, certumst sumam faenore,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 95: mutuas pecunias sumere ab aliquo, to borrow or raise money of any one, Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 26:

mutuum frumentum dare,

to lend, id. Agr. 2, 30, 83:

si quoi mutuom quid dederis, fit pro proprio perditum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 44.—

Subst.: mūtŭum, i, n., a loan:

mutui datio,

a lending, Gai. Inst. 3, 90; Dig. 12, 1, 2.—In dat.: mutuo, by or upon a loan:

aut sumtum aliunde, ut mutuo, aut factum ab ipso,

Cic. Or. 24, 86:

petere mutuo naves, pecuniam,

Just. 17, 2, 13:

mutuo sumamus pecunias in tributa regis,

Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 4; cf. adv. mutuo, infra; and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 731.—

Trop.:

si pudoris egeas, sumas mutuum,

borrow shame, if you have none, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 187: ego cum illā facere nolo mutuum: Pa. Quid ita? Ph. Quia proprium facio;

amo pariter semul,

i. e. I do not want to borrow her love, but to possess it as my own, id. Curc. 1, 1, 47.—

Transf., in return, in exchange, reciprocal, mutual:

olores mutuā carne vescuntur inter se,

eat one another, Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63:

funera,

Verg. A. 10, 755:

vulnera,

wounds inflicted by each on the other, Just. 13, 8:

officia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 65, 1:

aemulatio virtutis,

Just. 22, 4:

nox omnia erroris mutui implevit,

on both sides, Liv. 4, 41:

odia,

Tac. A. 14, 3:

accusatio,

id. ib. 6, 4:

mutuum facere,

to do the same, return like for like, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 37: ut amore perdita est haec misera! Pyr. Mutuum fit (sc. a me), I do the same, return like for like, id. Mil. 4, 6, 38: per mutua, mutually, on or from one another:

pedibus per mutua nexis,

Verg. A. 7, 66. So, mutua:

inter se mortales mutua vivunt,

Lucr. 2, 76:

e laevo sit mutua dexter,

again, on the other hand, id. 4, 325 (302):

mutuus ut nos Affectus petere auxilium juberet,

Juv. 15, 149: —Hence, adv., in three forms.

mū-tŭō, in return, by turns, reciprocally, mutually (class.; cf.: invicem, vicissim): studia officii mutuo inter nos certatim constiterunt, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 3: me mutuo diligas, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 4:

exercere officia cum multis,

Suet. Aug. 53: cum de se mutuo sentire provinciam crederet, that it was disposed towards him as he was towards it, Auct. B. Alex. 48.—

mūtŭē, mutually, in return (class.):

respondere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 2 (al. mutuo):

respondisse,

id. ib. 5, 2, 4 (al. mutuo).—

mūtŭĭter, mutually, in return (anteclass.): vive, meque ama mutuiter, Varr. ap. Non. 513, 16.

mūtŭus, a, um, adj. [1. muto], borrowed, lent (class.).

Lit.:

nullus est tibi, quem roges mutuom Argentum,

to lend you money, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 60; id. Pers. 1, 1, 44:

mutuum talentum dare,

to lend, advance, id. Trin. 4, 3, 48:

mutuum argentum quaerere,

to seek to borrow money, id. Pers. 1, 1, 5:

huic drachmarum argenti haec mille dederat mutuom,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40:

nam si mutuas (sc. minas) non potero, certumst sumam faenore,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 95: mutuas pecunias sumere ab aliquo, to borrow or raise money of any one, Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 26:

mutuum frumentum dare,

to lend, id. Agr. 2, 30, 83:

si quoi mutuom quid dederis, fit pro proprio perditum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 44.—

Subst.: mūtŭum, i, n., a loan:

mutui datio,

a lending, Gai. Inst. 3, 90; Dig. 12, 1, 2.—In dat.: mutuo, by or upon a loan:

aut sumtum aliunde, ut mutuo, aut factum ab ipso,

Cic. Or. 24, 86:

petere mutuo naves, pecuniam,

Just. 17, 2, 13:

mutuo sumamus pecunias in tributa regis,

Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 4; cf. adv. mutuo, infra; and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 731.—

Trop.:

si pudoris egeas, sumas mutuum,

borrow shame, if you have none, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 187: ego cum illā facere nolo mutuum: Pa. Quid ita? Ph. Quia proprium facio;

amo pariter semul,

i. e. I do not want to borrow her love, but to possess it as my own, id. Curc. 1, 1, 47.—

Transf., in return, in exchange, reciprocal, mutual:

olores mutuā carne vescuntur inter se,

eat one another, Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63:

funera,

Verg. A. 10, 755:

vulnera,

wounds inflicted by each on the other, Just. 13, 8:

officia,

Cic. Fam. 13, 65, 1:

aemulatio virtutis,

Just. 22, 4:

nox omnia erroris mutui implevit,

on both sides, Liv. 4, 41:

odia,

Tac. A. 14, 3:

accusatio,

id. ib. 6, 4:

mutuum facere,

to do the same, return like for like, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 37: ut amore perdita est haec misera! Pyr. Mutuum fit (sc. a me), I do the same, return like for like, id. Mil. 4, 6, 38: per mutua, mutually, on or from one another:

pedibus per mutua nexis,

Verg. A. 7, 66. So, mutua:

inter se mortales mutua vivunt,

Lucr. 2, 76:

e laevo sit mutua dexter,

again, on the other hand, id. 4, 325 (302):

mutuus ut nos Affectus petere auxilium juberet,

Juv. 15, 149: —Hence, adv., in three forms.

mū-tŭō, in return, by turns, reciprocally, mutually (class.; cf.: invicem, vicissim): studia officii mutuo inter nos certatim constiterunt, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 3: me mutuo diligas, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 4:

exercere officia cum multis,

Suet. Aug. 53: cum de se mutuo sentire provinciam crederet, that it was disposed towards him as he was towards it, Auct. B. Alex. 48.—

mūtŭē, mutually, in return (class.):

respondere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 2 (al. mutuo):

respondisse,

id. ib. 5, 2, 4 (al. mutuo).—

mūtŭĭter, mutually, in return (anteclass.): vive, meque ama mutuiter, Varr. ap. Non. 513, 16.

pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 ( perf. petīt, Verg. A. 9, 9;

Ov F. 1, 109: petisti,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Verg. A. 4, 100; 12, 359:

petistis,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22:

petissem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2:

petisse,

Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. [p. 1365] M. 9, 623; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 516 sq.), v. a. [Sanscr. root pat-, to fall upon, fly, find; Gr. pet- in piptô (pi-petô), to fall; cf. Lat. impetus and in petomai, to fly; cf. Lat. penna, acci-pit-er, etc.; the root of piptô, and therefore orig. to fall, fall upon; hence, to endeavor to reach or attain any thing].

To fall upon any thing.

Lit.

In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.:

invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer,

Cic. Or. 68, 228:

cujus latus mucro ille petebat,

id. Lig. 3, 9:

non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere,

to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52:

aliquem spiculo infeste,

Liv. 2, 20:

aliquem mālo,

to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64:

alicui ungue genas,

Ov. A. A. 2, 452:

aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis,

Suet. Tib. 72:

aëra disco,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 13:

bello Penatìs,

Verg. A. 3, 603:

armis patriam,

Vell. 2, 68, 3.—

Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place:

grues loca calidiora petentes,

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

Cyzicum,

id. Fam. 14, 4, 3:

Dyrrhachium,

id. Planc. 41, 97:

naves,

to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5:

caelum pennis,

to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457:

Graiis Phasi petite viris,

visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52:

Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem,... urbem egredi passus non est,

attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.— Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards:

campum petit amnis,

Verg. G. 3, 522:

mons petit astra,

towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person:

reginam,

Verg. A. 1, 717:

ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem,

id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch:

visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas,

to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169:

myrrham ad Troglodytas,

id. 12, 15, 33, § 66:

harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

collis, in quem vimina petebantur,

id. 16, 10, 15, § 37:

quaeque trans maria petimus,

fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, §§ 58, 52.—

Trop.

To attack, assail one with any thing (class.):

aiiquem epistulā,

Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

aliquem fraude et insidiis,

Liv. 40, 55:

aliquem falsis criminibus,

Tac. A. 4, 31.—

To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).

In gen.:

ita petit asparagus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

aliquem in vincula,

Quint. 7, 1, 55:

aliquem ad supplicium,

id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7:

ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint,

Quint. 3, 11, 12.—

In partic.

To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.:

postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur... Quam ille qui petit,

Ter. Eun. prol. 11:

qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit,

Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit;

nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit,

id. Clu. 59, 163:

qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat,

id. Mil. 27, 74.—

To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.:

vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut:

a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5:

peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 4, 2:

peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut,

id. ib. 9, 13, 3:

petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut,

id. Verr 2, 3, 82, § 189:

petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut,

id. Sull. 19, 55:

pacem ab aliquo,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

opem ab aliquo,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:

vitam nocenti,

Tac. A. 2, 31:

petito, ut intrare urbem liceret,

Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.):

arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre,

Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis artous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.):

si de me petisses, ut, etc.,

Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.):

M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for:

in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt,

Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.):

eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur,

Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—

Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio):

nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

consulatum,

id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

praeturam,

id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—

To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo:

libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur,

Sall. C. 25, 3:

cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti,

Prop. 3, 13, 27:

formosam quisque petit,

id. 3, 32, 4:

multi illam petiere,

Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges;

Ne petitum aliunde eat,

Cat. 61, 151.—

To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

fugā salutem petere,

Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

praedam pedibus,

Ov. M. 1, 534:

gloriam,

Sall. C. 54, 5:

eloquentiae principatum,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita,

intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.:

bene vivere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29:

victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram,

Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571:

conubiis natam sociare Latinis,

Verg. A. 7, 96:

aliquem transfigere ferro,

Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of:

ex hostibus victoriam petere,

Liv. 8, 33, 13:

supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,

id. 28, 19, 11:

imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere,

id. 30, 16, 7.—

To fetch any thing:

qui argentum petit,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

cibum e flammā,

Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38:

altius initium rei demonstrandae,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 10:

aliquid a Graecis,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem,

to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4:

suspirium alte,

to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.:

latere petitus imo spiritus,

Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and:

gemitus alto de corde petiti,

Ov. M. 2, 622:

haec ex veteri memoriā petita,

Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—

To take, betake one's self to any thing:

iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

diversas vias,

Val. Fl. 1, 91:

alium cursum,

to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2:

aliam in partem petebant fugam,

betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—

To refer to, relate to ( poet.):

Trojanos haec monstra petunt,

Verg. A. 9, 128.