īn-stō

a-sto ( asto, Fleck., Rib., B. and K.; adsto, Ritschl, Lachm.), stĭti, no sup., 1, v. n., to stand at or near a person or thing, to stand by, stand (syn.: adsisto, adsum, faveo).

Lit. (very freq. and class.); constr. absol., with ad, juxta, propter, in with abl., ante, coram, contra, supra, etc.; with dat., acc., and abl., and with local adv.:

astitit illum locum, et illo, et illi, et circa illum,

Prisc. p. 1181 P.: marinas propter plagas, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 309 Müll. (Sat. v. 41 Vahl.):

si iste stabit, adstato simul,

Plaut. Ps. 3. 2, 75: cum omnis multitudo adstaret, Vulg. Lev. 9, 5; ib. Psa. 2, 2; ib. Act. 22, 20:

ante ostium,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72; so id. Men. 4, 3, 2:

ante aras,

Lucr. 1, 90:

ante oculos astare,

Verg. A. 3, 150:

adstare ante Dominum,

Vulg. Tob. 12, 15; ib. Luc. 1, 19:

intra limen adstate illic,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 16:

ut mihi confidenter contra adstitit!

id. Capt. 3, 5, 6:

Postquam ille hinc abiit, tu adstas solus!

id. Ps. 1, 4, 1; so id. Bacch. 5, 2, 16; id. Stich. 3, 2, 11; id. Mil. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 36; id. Poen. 1, 2, 49 al.:

adsta atque audi,

id. Cist. 2, 3, 53; so id. Ep. 1, 1, 61; id. Most. 1, 4, 11:

cum patre astans,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 2:

cum Alexander in Sigeo ad Achillis tumulum astitisset,

Cic. Arch. 10, 24:

in eopse adstas lapide,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17:

astat in conspectu meo,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2:

multis coram adstantibus,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 1:

adstat coram vobis,

ib. Act. 4, 10:

supra caput,

Verg. A. 4, 702; 5, 10:

nec opinanti Mors ad caput adstitit,

Lucr. 3, 959:

adstiterunt ad januam,

Vulg. Act. 10, 17:

adstiterunt juxta illos,

ib. ib. 1, 10:

qui campis adstiterant,

Tac. A. 2, 17 Halm:

tribunali,

id. ib. 12, 36 fin.:

mensae,

Suet. Tib. 61; so Mart. 8, 56, 13:

adstabo tibi,

Vulg. Psa. 5, 5; ib. Act. 27, 23:

aliquem adstare,

Plin. Pan. 23, 2, where Keil reads astaret:

limine divae Adstitit,

Stat. Th. 9, 607.—

Trop.:

Certa quidem finis vitae mortalibus adstat,

awaits, Lucr. 3, 1078.— Also, to stand at one's side as counsel or aid, to assist (cf.:

assisto, adsum, etc.): Amanti supparisator, hortor, adsto, admoneo, gaudeo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 10:

Dum adsto advocatus cuidam cognato meo,

id. Cas. 3, 3, 4.— Poet., of an object still existing or remaining: astante ope barbaricā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (for this Verg. has: Priami dum regna manebant, A. 2, 22).—

Transf., to stand up, to stand upright (cf. ad, I. 1.):

squamis astantibus,

Verg. G. 3, 545:

Minerva, quae est in Parthenone adstans,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54, where Jan reads stans.

a-sto ( asto, Fleck., Rib., B. and K.; adsto, Ritschl, Lachm.), stĭti, no sup., 1, v. n., to stand at or near a person or thing, to stand by, stand (syn.: adsisto, adsum, faveo).

Lit. (very freq. and class.); constr. absol., with ad, juxta, propter, in with abl., ante, coram, contra, supra, etc.; with dat., acc., and abl., and with local adv.:

astitit illum locum, et illo, et illi, et circa illum,

Prisc. p. 1181 P.: marinas propter plagas, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 309 Müll. (Sat. v. 41 Vahl.):

si iste stabit, adstato simul,

Plaut. Ps. 3. 2, 75: cum omnis multitudo adstaret, Vulg. Lev. 9, 5; ib. Psa. 2, 2; ib. Act. 22, 20:

ante ostium,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72; so id. Men. 4, 3, 2:

ante aras,

Lucr. 1, 90:

ante oculos astare,

Verg. A. 3, 150:

adstare ante Dominum,

Vulg. Tob. 12, 15; ib. Luc. 1, 19:

intra limen adstate illic,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 16:

ut mihi confidenter contra adstitit!

id. Capt. 3, 5, 6:

Postquam ille hinc abiit, tu adstas solus!

id. Ps. 1, 4, 1; so id. Bacch. 5, 2, 16; id. Stich. 3, 2, 11; id. Mil. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 36; id. Poen. 1, 2, 49 al.:

adsta atque audi,

id. Cist. 2, 3, 53; so id. Ep. 1, 1, 61; id. Most. 1, 4, 11:

cum patre astans,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 2:

cum Alexander in Sigeo ad Achillis tumulum astitisset,

Cic. Arch. 10, 24:

in eopse adstas lapide,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17:

astat in conspectu meo,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2:

multis coram adstantibus,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 1:

adstat coram vobis,

ib. Act. 4, 10:

supra caput,

Verg. A. 4, 702; 5, 10:

nec opinanti Mors ad caput adstitit,

Lucr. 3, 959:

adstiterunt ad januam,

Vulg. Act. 10, 17:

adstiterunt juxta illos,

ib. ib. 1, 10:

qui campis adstiterant,

Tac. A. 2, 17 Halm:

tribunali,

id. ib. 12, 36 fin.:

mensae,

Suet. Tib. 61; so Mart. 8, 56, 13:

adstabo tibi,

Vulg. Psa. 5, 5; ib. Act. 27, 23:

aliquem adstare,

Plin. Pan. 23, 2, where Keil reads astaret:

limine divae Adstitit,

Stat. Th. 9, 607.—

Trop.:

Certa quidem finis vitae mortalibus adstat,

awaits, Lucr. 3, 1078.— Also, to stand at one's side as counsel or aid, to assist (cf.:

assisto, adsum, etc.): Amanti supparisator, hortor, adsto, admoneo, gaudeo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 10:

Dum adsto advocatus cuidam cognato meo,

id. Cas. 3, 3, 4.— Poet., of an object still existing or remaining: astante ope barbaricā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (for this Verg. has: Priami dum regna manebant, A. 2, 22).—

Transf., to stand up, to stand upright (cf. ad, I. 1.):

squamis astantibus,

Verg. G. 3, 545:

Minerva, quae est in Parthenone adstans,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54, where Jan reads stans.

cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( part. pres. gen. plur. cadentūm, Verg. A. 10, 674; 12, 410), v. n. [cf. Sanscr. çad-, to fall away].

Lit.

In an extended sense, to be driven or carried by one ' s weight from a higher to a lower point, to fall down, be precipitated, sink down, go down, sink, fall (so mostly poet.; in prose, in place of it, the compounds decĭdo, occĭdo, excĭdo, etc.; cf. also ruo, labor;

opp. surgo, sto): tum arbores in te cadent,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 25: (aves) praecipites cadunt in terram aut in aquam, fall headlong to the earth or into the water, Lucr. 6, 745; cf. id. 6, 828;

imitated by Verg.: (apes) praecipites cadunt,

Verg. G. 4, 80:

nimbus, Ut picis e caelo demissum flumen, in undas Sic cadit, etc.,

Lucr. 6, 258:

cadit in terras vis flammea,

id. 2, 215; so with in, id. 2, 209; 4, 1282; 6, 1006; 6, 1125; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

in patrios pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 832.—With a different meaning:

omnes plerumque cadunt in vulnus,

in the direction of, towards their wound, Lucr. 4, 1049; cf.:

prolapsa in vulnus moribunda cecidit,

Liv. 1, 58, 11:

cadit in vultus,

Ov. M. 5, 292:

in pectus,

id. ib. 4, 579.—Less freq. with ad:

ad terras,

Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216:

ad terram,

Quint. 5, 10, 84.—The place from which is designated by ab, ex, de:

a summo cadere,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:

a mento cadit manus,

Ov. F. 3, 20:

aves ab alto,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:

ut cadat (avis) e regione loci,

Lucr. 6, 824:

ex arbore,

Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 148; Dig. 50, 16, 30, § 4; 18, 1, 80, § 2:

cecidisse de equo dicitur,

Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

cadere de equo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 125 (for which Cæsar, Nepos, and Pliny employ decidere):

de manibus arma cecidissent,

Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 21; cf.:

de manibus civium delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,

id. Off. 1, 22, 77:

cadunt altis de montibus umbrae,

Verg. E. 1, 84:

de caelo,

Lucr. 5, 791; Ov. M. 2, 322:

de matre (i. e. nasci),

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 92.—With per:

per inane profundum,

Lucr. 2, 222:

per aquas,

id. 2, 230:

per salebras altaque saxa,

Mart. 11, 91; cf.:

imbre per indignas usque cadente genas,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 18.—With the adverb altius: altius atque cadant summotis nubibus imbres, and poured forth from a greater height, etc., Verg. E. 6, 38.—And absol.:

folia nunc cadunt,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12; Lucr. 6, 297:

ut pluere in multis regionibus et cadere imbres,

id. 6, 415:

cadens nix,

id. 3, 21; 3, 402:

velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

Liv. 1, 56, 12: quaeque ita concus [p. 259] sa est, ut jam casura putetur, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:

cadentem Sustinuisse,

id. M. 8, 148:

saepius, of epileptics,

Plin. Val. 12, 58:

casuri, si leviter excutiantur, flosculi,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.—

Esp.

Of heavenly bodies, to decline, set (opp. orior), Ov. F. 1, 295:

oceani finem juxta solemque cadentem,

Verg. A. 4, 480; 8, 59; Tac. G. 45:

soli subjecta cadenti arva,

Avien. Descr. Orb. 273; cf. Tac. Agr. 12:

quā (nocte) tristis Orion cadit,

Hor. Epod. 10, 10:

Arcturus cadens,

id. C. 3, 1, 27.—

To separate from something by falling, to fall off or away, fall out, to drop off, be shed, etc.:

nam tum dentes mihi cadebant primulum,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 57:

dentes cadere imperat aetas,

Lucr. 5, 671; Sen. Ep. 12, 3; 83, 3:

pueri qui primus ceciderit dens,

Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 41:

barba,

Verg. E. 1, 29:

quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia,

id. A. 6, 310; cf. Cat. 11, 22; Hor. A. P. 61:

lanigeris gregibus Sponte suā lanae cadunt,

Ov. M. 7, 541:

saetae,

id. ib. 14, 303:

quadrupedibus pilum cadere,

Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231:

poma,

Ov. M. 7, 586:

cecidere manu quas legerat, herbae,

id. ib. 14, 350:

elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae,

id. ib. 9, 571:

et colus et fusus digitis cecidere remissis,

id. ib. 4, 229.—

Of a stream, to fall, empty itself:

amnis Aretho cadit in sinum maris,

Liv. 38, 4, 3; 38, 13, 6; 44, 31, 4:

flumina in pontum cadent,

Sen. Med. 406:

flumina in Hebrum cadentia,

Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 50:

tandem in alterum amnem cadit,

Curt. 6, 4, 6.—

Of dice, to be thrown or cast; to turn up:

illud, quod cecidit forte,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 23 sq.; Liv. 2, 12, 16.—

Alicui (alicujus) ad pedes, to fall at one ' s feet in supplication, etc. (post-class. for abicio, proicio), Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 19; Eutr. 4, 7; Aug. Serm. 143, 4; Vulg. Joan. 11, 32 al.—

Super collum allcujus, to embrace (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 15, 20.—

In a more restricted sense.

To fall, to fall down, drop, fall to, be precipitated, etc.; to sink down, to sink, settle (the usual class. signif. in prose and poetry):

cadere in plano,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 17 sq.:

deorsum,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89:

uspiam,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12:

Brutus, velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

Liv. 1, 56, 12; cf. id. 5, 21, 16; 1, 58, 12:

dum timent, ne aliquando cadant, semper jacent,

Quint. 8, 5, 32:

sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit (Caesar), quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82:

cadere supinus,

id. Aug. 43 fin.:

in pectus pronus,

Ov. M. 4, 579:

cadunt toti montes,

Lucr. 6, 546:

radicitus exturbata (pinus) prona cadit,

Cat. 64, 109:

concussae cadunt urbes,

Lucr. 5, 1236:

casura moenia Troum,

Ov. M. 13, 375; id. H. 13, 71:

multaque praeterea ceciderunt moenia magnis motibus in terris,

Lucr. 6, 588: languescunt omnia membra;

bracchia palpebraeque cadunt,

their arms and eyelids fall, id. 4, 953; 3, 596; so,

ceciderunt artus,

id. 3, 453:

sed tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent,

Cic. Dom. 52, 133; cf.:

oculos vigiliā fatigatos cadentesque in opere detineo,

Sen. Ep. 8, 1:

patriae cecidere manus,

Verg. A. 6, 33:

cur facunda parum decoro Inter verba cadit lingua silentio?

Hor. C. 4, 1, 36:

cecidere illis animique manusque,

Ov. M. 7, 347; Val. Fl. 1, 300; cf. II. F. infra.—

In a pregn. signif. (as in most langg., to fall in battle, to die), to fall so as to be unable to rise, to fall dead, to fall, die (opp. vivere), Prop. 2 (3), 28, 42 (usu. of those who die in battle;

hence most freq. in the histt.): hostes crebri cadunt,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 79 sq.:

aut in acie cadendum fuit aut in aliquas insidias incidendum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 28; Ov. M. 7, 142:

ut cum dignitate potius cadamus quam cum ignominiā serviamus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:

pauci de nostris cadunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15; id. B. C. 3, 53:

optimus quisque cadere aut sauciari,

Sall. J. 92, 8; so id. C. 60, 6; id. J. 54, 10; Nep. Paus. 1, 2; id. Thras. 2, 7; id. Dat. 1, 2; 6, 1; 8, 3; Liv. 10, 35, 15 and 19; 21, 7, 10; 23, 21, 7; 29, 14, 8; Tac. G. 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 27; Ov. M. 7, 142:

per acies,

Tac. A. 1, 2:

pro patriā,

Quint. 2, 15, 29:

ante diem,

Verg. A. 4, 620:

bipenni,

Ov. M. 12, 611:

ense,

Val. Fl. 1, 812.—Not in battle:

inque pio cadit officio,

Ov. M. 6, 250.—With abl. of means or instrument:

suoque Marte (i. e. suā manu) cadunt,

Ov. M. 3, 123; cf. Tac. A. 3, 42 fin.:

suā manu cecidit,

fell by his own hand, id. ib. 15, 71:

exitu voluntario,

id. H. 1, 40:

muliebri fraude cadere,

id. A. 2, 71: cecidere justā Morte Centauri, cecidit tremendae Flamma Chimaerae, Hor. C. 4, 2, 14 sq.:

manu femineā,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1179:

femineo Marte,

Ov. M. 12, 610.—With abl. of agent with ab:

torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

should be slain by, Ov. H. 9, 36; so id. M. 5, 192; Suet. Oth. 5:

a centurione volneribus adversis tamquam in pugnā,

Tac. A. 16, 9.—And without ab:

barbarae postquam cecidere turmae Thessalo victore,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; imitated by Claudian, IV. Cons. Hon. 89; Grat. Cyn. 315.—

Of victims, to be slain or offered, to be sacrificed, to fall ( poet.):

multa tibi ante aras nostrā cadet hostia dextrā,

Verg. A. 1, 334:

si tener pleno cadit haedus anno,

Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 4, 1, 15; Ov. M. 7, 162; 13, 615; id. F. 4, 653.—

In mal. part., = succumbo, to yield to, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 104; Tib. 4, 10, 2; Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 7.—

Matre cadens, just born ( poet.), Val. Fl. 1, 355; cf. of the custom of laying the new-born child at the father's feet: tellure cadens. Stat. S. 1, 2, 209; 5, 5, 69.

Trop.

To come or fall under, to fall, to be subject or exposed to something (more rare than its compound incidere, but class.); constr. usually with sub or in, sometimes with ad:

sub sensus cadere nostros,

i. e. to be perceived by the senses, Lucr. 1, 448:

sub sensum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48: in cernendi sensum. id. Tim. 3:

sub oculos,

id. Or. 3, 9:

in conspectum,

to become visible, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

sub aurium mensuram,

id. Or. 20, 67:

sponte suā (genus humanum) cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

subjected itself to law and the force of right, Lucr. 5, 1146; so id. 3, 848:

ad servitia,

Liv. 1, 40, 3:

utrorum ad regna,

Lucr. 3, 836; so,

sub imperium dicionemque Romanorum,

Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):

in potestatem unius,

id. Att. 8, 3, 2:

in cogitationem,

to suggest itself to the thoughts, id. N. D. 1, 9, 21:

in hominum disceptationem,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

in deliberationem,

id. Off. 1, 3, 9:

in offensionem alicujus,

id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

in morbum,

id. Tusc. 1, 32, 79:

in suspitionem alicujus,

Nep. Paus. 2, 6:

in calumniam,

Quint. 9, 4, 57:

abrupte cadere in narrationem,

id. 4, 1, 79:

in peccatum,

Aug. in Psa. 65, 13.—

In gen.: in or sub aliquem or aliquid, to belong to any object, to be in accordance with, agree with, refer to, be suitable to, to fit, suit, become (so esp. freq. in philos. and rhet. lang.):

non cadit in hos mores, non in hunc pudorem, non in hanc vitam, non in hunc hominem ista suspitio,

Cic. Sull. 27, 75:

cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri, emolumenti sui causā?

id. Off. 3, 20, 81; so id. Cael. 29, 69; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

haec Academica... in personas non cadebant,

id. Att. 13, 19, 5:

qui pedes in orationem non cadere quī possunt?

id. Or. 56, 188:

neque in unam formam cadunt omnia,

id. ib. 11, 37; 57, 191; 27, 95; id. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 3, 7, 6; 4, 2, 37; 4, 2, 93; 6, prooem. § 5; 7, 2, 30 and 31; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82:

heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus?

Verg. E. 9, 17; Cic. Or. 27, 95; 11, 37; Quint. 3, 5, 16; 3, 6, 91; 5, 10, 30; 6, 3, 52; 7, 2, 31; 9, 1, 7;

9, 3, 92: hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit, ut, etc.,

id. 2, 17, 32:

in iis rebus, quae sub eandem rationem cadunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 8, 3, 56.—

To fall upon a definite time (rare):

considera, ne in alienissimum tempus cadat adventus tuus,

Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 4:

in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 10, 18.—Hence, in mercantile lang., of payments, to fall due: in eam diem cadere ( were due) nummos, qui a Quinto debentur, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.—

(Acc. to I. 1. e.) Alicui, to fall to one (as by lot), fall to one ' s lot, happen to one, befall; and absol. (for accidere), to happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out (esp. in an unexpected manner; cf. accido; very freq. in prose and poetry).

Alicui:

nihil ipsis jure incommodi cadere possit,

Cic. Quint. 16, 51:

hoc cecidit mihi peropportune, quod, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15; id. Att. 3, 1:

insperanti mihi, cecidit, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 96; id. Att. 8, 3, 6; id. Mil. 30, 81:

mihi omnia semper honesta et jucunda ceciderunt,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:

sunt, quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti,

Verg. G. 4, 165:

haec aliis maledicta cadant,

Tib. 1, 6, 85:

neu tibi pro vano verba benigna cadunt,

Prop. 1, 10, 24:

ut illis... voluptas cadat dura inter saepe pericla,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 40: verba cadentia, uttered at random, id. Ep. 1, 18, 12.—

Ab sol., Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.;

Cic. Leg.2, 13, 33: verebar quorsum id casurum esset,

how it would turn out, id. Att. 3, 24:

aliorsum vota ceciderunt,

Flor. 2, 4, 5:

cum aliter res cecidisset ac putasses,

had turned out differently from what was expected, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1:

sane ita cadebat ut vellem,

id. Att. 3, 7, 1; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 73, Nep. Milt. 2, 5 Dähne:

cum, quae tum maxime acciderant, casura praemonens, a furioso incepto eos deterreret,

Liv. 36, 34, 3; 22, 40, 3; 35, 13, 9; 38, 46, 6; Plin. Pan. 31, 1; Tac. A. 2, 80; 6, 8; Suet. Tib. 14 al.; Verg. A. 2, 709:

ut omnia fortiter fiant, feliciter cadant,

Sen. Suas. 2, p. 14:

multa. fortuito in melius casura,

Tac. A. 2, 77.—With adj.:

si non omnia caderent secunda,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73:

vota cadunt, i.e. rata sunt,

are fulfilled, realized, Tib. 2, 2, 17 (diff. from Prop. 1, 17, 4; v. under F.).—

With in and acc.: nimia illa libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit (cf. metaballei), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—Esp.: in (ad) irritum or cassum, to be frustrated, fail, be or remain fruitless:

omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; Lucr. 2, 1166:

ad irritum cadens spes,

Liv. 2, 6, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 26:

in irritum,

id. A. 15, 39; cf. with irritus, adj.:

ut irrita promissa ejus caderent,

Liv. 2, 31, 5:

haud irritae cecidere minae,

id. 6, 35, 10.—

To fall, to become less (in strength, power, worth, etc.), to decrease, diminish, lessen:

cadunt vires,

Lucr. 5, 410:

mercenarii milites pretia militiae casura in pace aegre ferebant,

Liv. 34, 36, 7.—More freq. in an extended signif. (acc. to I. B. 2.),

To lose all one ' s strength, worth, value, etc., to fall, to perish, vanish, decay, cease.

In gen.: pellis item cecidit, vestis contempta ferina. declined in value, Lucr. 5, 1417:

turpius est enim privatim cadere (i. e. fortunis everti) quam publice,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 6; so id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

atque ea quidem tua laus pariter cum re publicā cecidit,

id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

tanta civitas, si cadet,

id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:

huc cecidisse Germanici exercitus gloriam, ut, etc.,

Tac. H. 3, 13:

non tibi ingredienti fines ira cecidit?

Liv. 2, 40, 7; Pers. 5, 91:

amicitia nec debilitari animos aut cadere patitur,

Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

animus,

to fail, Liv. 1, 11, 3; Ov. M. 11, 537; cf. id. ib. 7, 347:

non debemus ita cadere animis, etc.,

to lose courage, be disheartened, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4:

tam graviter,

id. Off. 1, 21, 73; cf. Sen. Ep. 8, 3.—Esp., to fail in speaking:

magnus orator est... minimeque in lubrico versabitur, et si semel constiterit numquam cadet,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

alte enim cadere non potest,

id. ib. —So in the lang. of the jurists, causā or formulā, to lose one ' s cause or suit:

causā cadere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 57; so id. de Or. 1, 36, 166 sq.; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 17; Luc. 2, 554; Suet. Calig. 39:

formulā cadere,

Sen. Ep. 48, 10; Quint. 3, 6, 69.—With in:

ita quemquam cadere in judicio, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 28, 58.—Also absol.:

cadere,

Tac. H. 4, 6; and:

criminibus repetundarum,

id. ib. 1, 77:

conjurationis crimine,

id. A. 6, 14:

ut cecidit Fortuna Phrygum,

Ov. M. 13, 435:

omniaque ingrato litore vota cadunt, i. e. irrita sunt,

remain unfulfilled, unaccomplished, Prop. 1, 17, 4 (diff. from Tib. 2, 2, 17; v. above, D. 2.); cf.:

at mea nocturno verba cadunt zephyro,

Prop. 1, 16, 34:

multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula,

to fall into disuse, grow out of date, Hor. A. P. 70 —Hence of theatrical representations, to fall through, to fail, be condemned (opp. stare, to win applause;

the fig. derived from combatants): securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176.— Impers.. periculum est, ne cadatur, Aug. Don. Persev. 1.—

Esp. of the wind (opp. surgo), to abate, subside, die away, etc.:

cadit Eurus et umida surgunt Nubila,

Ov. M. 8, 2:

ventus premente nebulā cecidit,

Liv. 29, 27, 10:

cadente jam Euro,

id. 25, 27, 11:

venti vis omnis cecidit,

id. 26, 39, 8:

ubi primum aquilones ceciderunt,

id. 36, 43, 11; cf.:

sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor,

Verg. A. 1, 154:

ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,

id. E. 9, 58; id. G. 1, 354 Serv. and Wagn.—

Rhet. and gram. t. t. of words, syllables, clauses, etc., to be terminated, end, close:

verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt,

Cic. Or. 57, 194; 67, 223: qua (littera [p. 260] sc. m) nullum Graece verbum cadit, Quint. 12, 10, 31:

plerique censent cadere tantum numerose oportere terminarique sententiam,

Cic. Or. 59, 199; so id. Brut. 8, 34:

apto cadens oratio,

Quint. 9, 4, 32:

numerus opportune cadens,

id. 9, 4, 27:

ultima syllaba in gravem vel duas graves cadit semper,

id. 12, 10, 33 Spald.: similiter cadentia = omoioptôta, the ending of words with the same cases or verbal forms, diff. from similiter desinentia = omoioteleuta, similar endings of any kind, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Or. 34, 135; Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28; Quint. 9, 4, 42; cf. id. 9, 4, 18; 9, 3, 78; 9, 3, 79; 1, 7, 23; Aquil. Rom. Figur. §§ 25 and 26.

circum-sto, stĕti, 1, v. n. and a. (the perf. and pluperf. having the same form with those of circumsisto, and a similar meaning, it is sometimes doubtful to which verb a form belongs), to stand around in a circle, to take a station round; and, with the acc., to stand around a person or thing, to surround, encircle, encompass.

Prop. (very freq. and class.).

Absol.: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.):

circumstant lacrimis rorantes ora genasque,

Lucr. 3, 469:

Morini spe praedae adducti circumsteterunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

circumstant properi aurigae,

Verg. A. 12, 85:

ad circumstantes tendens sua bracchia silvas, Ov M. 3, 441: circumstantis exercitūs gratia,

Curt. 9, 3, 15:

amici,

id. 3, 5, 9.—

With acc.:

aliquem,

Verg. G. 4, 216; Ov. M. 11, 505; Curt. 5, 12, 9:

equites Romani qui circumstant senatum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21:

sellam,

Liv. 8, 32, 14; Suet. Aug. 35:

solem,

Ov. M. 2, 394:

sacra,

id. ib. 2, 717:

lectum,

Curt. 10, 5, 2.—

Hence, circumstantes, ĭum, m. subst., the by-standers, Quint. 4, 2, 22; 4, 2, 127; Tac. A. 1, 21; 1, 22; Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 93; Curt. 6, 10, 36.—

In partic., to surround in a hostile manner, to beset, besiege:

circumstare tribunal praetoris urbani, obsidere cum gladiis curiam, etc.,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

quem tres Curiatii circumsteterant,

Liv. 1, 25, 6:

si ambo consules infesti circumstarent tribunum,

id. 3, 9, 6:

urbem Romanam,

id. 27, 40, 6:

regis tecta,

Verg. A. 7, 585; cf. the foll.—

Trop., to surround, encompass, occupy, take possession of (freq. in post-Aug prose); absol. or with acc.:

cum dies et noctes omnia nos undique fata circumstent,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20:

circumstant te summae auctoritates,

id. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

cum tanti undique terrores circumstarent,

Liv. 6, 2, 4; cf. id. 30, 3, 3:

anceps proelium Romanos circumsteterat, incertos in quem hostem eruptionem facerent,

id. 25, 34, 10:

ancepsque terror circumstabat,

id. 21, 28, 3; 34, 27, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 30:

haec me cura, haec difficultas sola circumstat,

Plin. Pan. 3, 4:

at me tum primum saevus circumstetit horror,

Verg. A. 2, 559:

scio acerba meorum Circumstare odia ( = meos, qui me oderunt),

id. ib. 10, 905:

circumsteterat Civilem et alius metus,

Tac. H. 4, 79:

circumsteterat palatium publica exspectatio,

id. ib. 1, 17:

paupertas et angustiae rerum nascentes eos circumsteterunt,

id. Or. 8.— Subst.: circumstantĭa, ium, n., details, circumstances, in an argument:

illa (argumenta) per se fortia non oportet circumstantibus obscurare,

Quint. 5, 12, 4.

circum-sto, stĕti, 1, v. n. and a. (the perf. and pluperf. having the same form with those of circumsisto, and a similar meaning, it is sometimes doubtful to which verb a form belongs), to stand around in a circle, to take a station round; and, with the acc., to stand around a person or thing, to surround, encircle, encompass.

Prop. (very freq. and class.).

Absol.: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.):

circumstant lacrimis rorantes ora genasque,

Lucr. 3, 469:

Morini spe praedae adducti circumsteterunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

circumstant properi aurigae,

Verg. A. 12, 85:

ad circumstantes tendens sua bracchia silvas, Ov M. 3, 441: circumstantis exercitūs gratia,

Curt. 9, 3, 15:

amici,

id. 3, 5, 9.—

With acc.:

aliquem,

Verg. G. 4, 216; Ov. M. 11, 505; Curt. 5, 12, 9:

equites Romani qui circumstant senatum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21:

sellam,

Liv. 8, 32, 14; Suet. Aug. 35:

solem,

Ov. M. 2, 394:

sacra,

id. ib. 2, 717:

lectum,

Curt. 10, 5, 2.—

Hence, circumstantes, ĭum, m. subst., the by-standers, Quint. 4, 2, 22; 4, 2, 127; Tac. A. 1, 21; 1, 22; Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 93; Curt. 6, 10, 36.—

In partic., to surround in a hostile manner, to beset, besiege:

circumstare tribunal praetoris urbani, obsidere cum gladiis curiam, etc.,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

quem tres Curiatii circumsteterant,

Liv. 1, 25, 6:

si ambo consules infesti circumstarent tribunum,

id. 3, 9, 6:

urbem Romanam,

id. 27, 40, 6:

regis tecta,

Verg. A. 7, 585; cf. the foll.—

Trop., to surround, encompass, occupy, take possession of (freq. in post-Aug prose); absol. or with acc.:

cum dies et noctes omnia nos undique fata circumstent,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20:

circumstant te summae auctoritates,

id. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

cum tanti undique terrores circumstarent,

Liv. 6, 2, 4; cf. id. 30, 3, 3:

anceps proelium Romanos circumsteterat, incertos in quem hostem eruptionem facerent,

id. 25, 34, 10:

ancepsque terror circumstabat,

id. 21, 28, 3; 34, 27, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 30:

haec me cura, haec difficultas sola circumstat,

Plin. Pan. 3, 4:

at me tum primum saevus circumstetit horror,

Verg. A. 2, 559:

scio acerba meorum Circumstare odia ( = meos, qui me oderunt),

id. ib. 10, 905:

circumsteterat Civilem et alius metus,

Tac. H. 4, 79:

circumsteterat palatium publica exspectatio,

id. ib. 1, 17:

paupertas et angustiae rerum nascentes eos circumsteterunt,

id. Or. 8.— Subst.: circumstantĭa, ium, n., details, circumstances, in an argument:

illa (argumenta) per se fortia non oportet circumstantibus obscurare,

Quint. 5, 12, 4.

con-sto, stĭti, stātum (constātūrus, Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 3; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 30; Luc. 2, 17; Mart. 10, 41, 5; Lact. Opif. Dei, 7, 11), 1, v. n.

To stand together, stand with some person or thing.

Lit. (very rare):

constant, conserunt sermones inter se drapetae,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 11.—

Trop., to stand with, to agree with, be in accord or agreement, to correspond, fit.

With cum and abl. (cf. consisto, II. B. 3.):

considerabit, constetne oratio aut cum re aut ipsa secum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 45:

sententiā non constare cum superioribus et inferioribus sententiis, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14.—

Absol.:

veri similis narratio erit, si spatia temporum, personarum dignitates, consiliorum rationes, locorum opportunitates constabunt,

Auct. Her. 1, 9, 16.—

With dat.:

si humanitati tuae constare voles,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1.—And esp. with sibi, to agree, accord with itself, to remain like one's self, be consistent:

in Oppianico sibi constare et superioribus consentire judiciis debuerunt,

Cic. Clu. 22, 60; so,

with consentire,

id. Univ. 3 init.; id. Fin. 2, 11, 35:

ut constare in vitae perpetuitate possimus nobismetipsis nec in ullo officio claudicare,

id. Off. 1, 33, 119; so,

sibi (opp. titubare),

Quint. 5, 7, 11:

sibi et rei judicatae,

Cic. Clu. 38, 106:

sibi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 16; id. A. P. 127; cf.:

constat idem omnibus sermo,

Liv. 9, 2, 3.—

In the phrase ratio constat, mercantile t. t., the account agrees or is correct, is or proves right:

auri ratio constat: aurum in aerario est,

Cic. Fl. 28, 69:

quibus ratio impensarum constaret,

was correct, accurately kept, Suet. Ner. 30.—

In postAug. prose, esp. in the younger Pliny, transf. from the sphere of business:

mirum est, quam singulis diebus in urbe ratio aut constet aut constare videatur,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 16; 3, 18, 10; 2, 4, 4; 7, 6, 4; id. Pan. 38, 4; Just. praef. § 5: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio [p. 439] constet, quam si uni reddatur, Tac. A. 1, 6 fin. —

With the access. idea of firmness, to stand firm, to remain immovable, unchanging, steadfast, to abide, last, endure, persevere, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and styles).

In gen.:

prius quam totis viribus fulta constaret hostium acies,

Liv. 3, 60, 9; cf.:

nec pugna deinde illis constare,

id. 1, 30, 10:

ut non color, non vultus ei constaret,

id. 39, 34, 7; cf.:

valetudo ei neque corporis neque animi constitit,

Suet. Calig. 50; and:

dum sanitas constabit,

Phaedr. 4, 24, 30:

non mentibus solum consipere, sed ne auribus quidem atque oculis satis constare poterant,

Liv. 5, 42, 3; cf.:

in ebrietate lingua non constat,

Sen. Ep. 83, 27:

mente vix constare,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; cf. Liv. 8, 19, 6; 44, 20, 7:

quā in sententia si constare voluissent,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 36 fin.:

numerus legionum constat,

id. ib. 7, 35:

ceteris exercitibus constare fidem,

Tac. H. 2, 96:

utrimque fides constitit,

kept their word, Liv. 37, 32, 13; 2, 13, 9.— Poet.: cum sint huc forsitan illa, Haec translata illuc;

summā tamen omnia constant,

i. e. the principal sum remains always the same, Ov. M. 15, 258:

postquam cuncta videt caelo constare sereno,

every thing continues in unbroken serenity, Verg. A. 3, 518:

constitit in nullā qui fuit ante color,

Ov. A. A. 1, 120.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to stop, halt: multitudinem procul hostium constare videtur, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 273, 4.—

Of facts, reports, etc., to be established, settled, certain, manifest, evident, well known:

quae cum constent, perspicuum debet esse, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

eorum quae constant exempla ponemus, horum quae dubia sunt, exempla adferemus, id. mv 1, 38, 68: quod nihil nobis constat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 5:

cum et factum constet et nomen, qualia sint vocatur in dubium,

Cic. Part. Or. 12, 42; cf.:

cum factum constat, sed a quo sit factum in controversiam venit,

Quint. 7, 2, 8; and impers., with acc. and inf.:

mihi multa agitanti constabat, paucorum civium egregiam virtutem cuncta patravisse,

Sall. C. 53, 4; cf.:

quod omnibus constabat, hiemari in Gallia oportere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin., and Cic. Clu. 13, 38.—

Constat (constabat, constabit, etc., it is settled, established, undisputed, certain, well known, etc.), Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Quint. 29, 89; Caes. B. G. 3, 6; 3, 9 al.; Ov. M. 7, 533; Quint. 4, 2, 90 et saep.—So freq.: constat inter omnes, with acc. and inf., all agree, all are convinced:

sed tum nimis inter omnis constabat neminem esse resalutatum,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

quae propositio in se quiddam continet perspicuum et quod constare inter omnis necesse est, hanc velle approbare et firmare nihil attinet,

in which all must agree, id. Inv. 1, 36, 62 dub. (B. and K. stare); Caes. B. G. 7, 44; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 8 et saep.; cf.

also: constare inter homines sapientissimos (for which, just after: omnium consensu sic esse judicatum),

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3:

inter suos,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

inter augures, Liv 10, 6, 7 et saep.: cum de Magio constet,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3; cf.:

de facto constat,

Quint. 7, 2, 7; so with de, id. 7, 2, 11; 4, 2, 5:

etsi non satis mihi constiterat, cum aliquāne animi mei molestiā an potius, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 1:

nec satis certum constare apud animum poterat, utrum, etc.,

Liv. 30, 28, 1:

quid cuique sit opus constare decet,

Quint. 3, 9, 8; so id. 3, 8, 25:

quid porro quaerendum est? Factumne sit? At constat. A quo? At patet,

Cic. Mil. 6, 15; so absol., id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 54.—

Of a resolve.

Impers.: mihi (ei) constat, = certum est, it is my ( his) fixed determination, I am determined, I am fully resolved (rare): mihi quidem constat, nec meam contumeliam, nec meorum ferre, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 42:

neque satis Bruto neque tribunis militum constabat, quid agerent,

were undecided, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

ut nihil ei constet quod agat,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 35.—

With the resolve as subject:

animo constat sententia,

Verg. A. 5, 748:

cum constitit consilium,

when my mind was fully made up, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1.—

In gen., as opp. to that which has no existence, to exist, be, abide (esp. in Lucr.):

(corpora) quoniam fragili naturā praedita constant,

Lucr. 1, 582; 1, 246; 1, 510 et saep.:

antiquissimi fere sunt, quorum quidem scripta constent,

Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93; id. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: qui sine manibus et pedibus constare deum posse decreverunt, id. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

si ipsa mens constare potest vacans corpore,

id. ib. 1, 10, 25.—

With ex, in, de, or the abl. (in Cic. only with ex; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 8, 19), to consist in or of, to be composed of, to rest upon something, etc.

With ex (very freq. in prose and poetry):

fulminis ignem e parvis constare figuris,

Lucr. 2, 385:

homo ex animo constat et corpore,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98;

id. Fin. l. l.: simplex (jus) e dulci constat olivo,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 64:

ea virtus, quae constat ex hominibus tuendis,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157 et saep.—

With in and abl. (very rare):

victoriam in earum cohortium virtute constare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 89 fin.; Nep. Att. 14 fin. —

With de:

partus duplici de semine,

Lucr. 4, 1229.—

With abl. (freq. in Lucr. and Quint.):

aeterno quia constant semine quaeque,

Lucr. 1, 221; 1, 484; 1, 518 et saep.:

agri campis, vineis, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 5:

constat tota oratio longioribus membris, brevioribus periodis,

Quint. 9, 4, 134; 5, 10, 63 et saep.:

causa constat aut unius rei controversiā aut plurium,

id. 3, 10, 1. omnis disciplina memoriā, id. 11, 2, 1. omne jus aut scripto aut moribus, id. 12, 3, 6 et saep.—

Mercantile t. t., like our phrase, to stand at, i. e. to cost; constr. with abl.. gen., etc., of price (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 444).

Lit.

With abl.:

ut unae quadrigae Romae constiterint quadringentis milibus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; Suet. Vit. 19:

filius auro,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 57:

navis gratis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48 (al. stare):

HS. sex milibus tibi constant,

id. ib. 2, 4, 12, §

28: tanto nobis deliciae,

Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 84:

magno tibi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 4:

parvo,

Pall. Febr. 9, 12; cf.

gratis,

Sen. Ep. 104, 34; Aug. Serm. 385, 6.—

With gen.:

(ambulatiuncula) prope dimidio minoris constabit isto loco,

Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2; Suet. Ner. 27 fin.:

quanti funus,

id. Vesp. 19; Juv. 7, 45.—

With adv.: quod mihi constat carius, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 25; so,

vilissime,

Col. 9, 1. 6.—

With sup.:

cujus area super HS. millies constitit,

Suet. Caes. 26.—

Trop.:

edocet, quanto detrimento et quot virorum fortium morte necesse sit constare victoriam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

odia constantia magno,

Ov. H. 7, 47:

imperia pretio quolibet constant bene,

Sen. Phoen. 664.—Hence, constans, antis, P. a. (acc. to II. 1.), standing firm, firm, unchangeable, constant, immovable, uniform, fixed, stable, invariable (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

mellis constantior est natura (sc. quam aquae),

Lucr. 3, 192:

constans uva contra tenorem unum algoris aestusve,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27:

cujus in indomito constantior inguine nervus, Quam nova arbor, etc.,

Hor. Epod. 12, 19:

cursus certi et constantes,

Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 24; cf.:

constans reversio stellarum (with conveniens),

id. ib. 2, 21, 54:

constantissimus motus lunae,

id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

nihil (mundo) motu constantius,

id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; 2, 21, 54:

constanti vultu graduque,

Liv. 5, 46, 3: aetas, the mature age (of an adult), Cic. Sen. 10, 33; cf.:

constans aetas, quae media dicitur,

id. ib. 20, 76:

aetate nondum constanti,

Suet. Galb. 4:

pax,

firm, secure, Liv. 6, 25, 6:

fides,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 4:

an ire comminus et certare pro Italiā constantius foret,

safer, Tac. H. 3, 1. —

Agreeing or accordant with itself, consistent, harmonious:

quemadmodum in oratione constanti, sic in vitā omnia sint apta inter se et convenientia,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:

nihil intellego dici potuisse constantius,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

incredibilia an inter se constantia,

Quint. 5, 4, 2:

rumores,

Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1:

constans parum memoria hujus anni,

Liv. 10, 37, 13:

constans fama erat,

Suet. Caes. 6; so,

opinio,

id. Tib. 39; id. Vesp. 4 al.—

Trop., intellectually or morally certain, sure, steadfast, constant, faithful, steady, unchanging:

firmi et stabiles et constantes amici,

Cic. Lael. 17, 62; cf. Nep. Lys. 2, 2:

quem hominem? Levem? imo gravissimum. Mobilem? imo constantissimum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. opp. varium, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48 Spald.:

pater amens at is quidem fuit omnium constantissimus,

a very constant, steadfast man, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41; cf.:

prudens et constans (testis),

Quint. 5, 7, 26; and under adv.:

(Helvidius Priscus) recti pervicax, constans adversus metus,

Tac. H. 4, 5 fin.:

constans Fortuna tantum in levitate suā,

Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 18; cf.: neque fidei constans, neque strenuus in perfidiā, Tac. H. 3, 57:

constantior In vitiis, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18.— Adv.: constanter.

(Acc. to A.) Firmly, immovably, steadily, constantly:

manere in suo statu,

Cic. Univ. 13: constanter ac perpetuo placet consilium, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 9:

vitiis gaudere constanter,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6.— Comp.:

ut maneamus in perspicuis firmius et constantius,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 45.— Sup.:

impetus caeli constantissime conficiens vicissitudinis anniversarias,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97.—

Harmoniously, evenly, uniformly, consistently:

constanter et aequaliter ingrediens oratio,

Cic. Or. 58, 198:

sibi constanter convenienterque dicere,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 24; in comp., id. ib. 5, 9, 25; in sup., id. ib. 5, 8, 23; id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; so,

hi constanter omnes nuntiaverunt,

with one voice, unanimously, Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

aequabilius atque constantius sese res humanae haberent,

Sall. C. 2, 3:

aequabilius atque constantius regere provincias,

Tac. A. 15, 21 fin. —

(Acc. to B.) Steadily, calmly, tranquilly, sedately:

constanter ac non trepide pugnare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 25; cf.

agere, Auct. B. Afr. 84: proelium inire,

Suet. Vesp. 4; id. Tib. 19:

constanter et sedate ferre dolorem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:

constanter et libere se gerere,

id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

constanter prudenterque fit,

id. Tusc. 4, 6, 12:

constanter delata beneficia (with judicio, considerate, and opp. repentino quodam impetu),

id. Off. 1, 15, 49.— Comp.:

cetera exsequi,

Suet. Aug. 10:

acrius quam constantius proelium inire,

Curt. 4, 6, 14.— Sup.:

amicitias retinere,

Suet. Aug. 66; id. Tib. 45 al.

dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).

Lit.:

antemnas ad malos,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

rates ancoris,

id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

falces (laqueis),

id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

arcas,

Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—

Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).

In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).

With double acc.:

aliquem consulem,

Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

animis auctorem caedis,

id. 33, 28:

aliquem regem,

Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—

With inf. or a clause:

infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—

With dat.:

sibi aliquid,

i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

operi destinati possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

aliquem foro,

Quint. 2, 8, 8:

me arae,

Verg. A 2, 129:

diem necis alicui,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

domos publicis usibus,

Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

Anticyram omnem illis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

cados tibi,

id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—

With ad:

tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

Liv. 33, 37:

aliquem ad mortem,

id. 2, 54:

consilia ad bellum,

id. 42, 48:

materiam ad scribendum,

Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

ad omne obsequium destinati,

Curt. 5, 28, 5.—

With in:

saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

legati in provinciam destinati,

Dig. 5, 1, 2:

noctem proximam in fugam,

Amm. 29, 6.—

In partic.

In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

locum oris,

Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

sagittas,

to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—

In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).

Adj.:

certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

ad horam mortis destinatam,

id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

persona (coupled with certus),

Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—

Subst.

dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—

dēs-tĭnātum, i, n.

A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —

An intended, determined object, design, intention:

neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

destinata retinens,

id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

antequam destinata componam,

the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

ad destinatum persequor,

the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

ex destinato,

adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

and in a like sense merely destinato,

Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

certare,

Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).

Lit.:

antemnas ad malos,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

rates ancoris,

id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

falces (laqueis),

id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

arcas,

Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—

Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).

In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).

With double acc.:

aliquem consulem,

Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

animis auctorem caedis,

id. 33, 28:

aliquem regem,

Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—

With inf. or a clause:

infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—

With dat.:

sibi aliquid,

i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

operi destinati possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

aliquem foro,

Quint. 2, 8, 8:

me arae,

Verg. A 2, 129:

diem necis alicui,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

domos publicis usibus,

Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

Anticyram omnem illis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

cados tibi,

id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—

With ad:

tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

Liv. 33, 37:

aliquem ad mortem,

id. 2, 54:

consilia ad bellum,

id. 42, 48:

materiam ad scribendum,

Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

ad omne obsequium destinati,

Curt. 5, 28, 5.—

With in:

saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

legati in provinciam destinati,

Dig. 5, 1, 2:

noctem proximam in fugam,

Amm. 29, 6.—

In partic.

In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

locum oris,

Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

sagittas,

to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—

In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).

Adj.:

certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

ad horam mortis destinatam,

id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

persona (coupled with certus),

Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—

Subst.

dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—

dēs-tĭnātum, i, n.

A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —

An intended, determined object, design, intention:

neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

destinata retinens,

id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

antequam destinata componam,

the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

ad destinatum persequor,

the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

ex destinato,

adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

and in a like sense merely destinato,

Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

certare,

Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

di-sto, āre ( perf. distiti, only Boëth. in Porphyr. 4, p. 89), v. n., to stand apart, to be separate, distant (freq. and class.).

Lit. (cf. absum), absol.:

quantum summa labra (fossae) distabant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 17, 6; Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67; Liv. 33, 1; Ov. M. 2, 241 et saep.—With inter se:

turres pedes LXXX. inter se distant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72 fin.:

trabes inter se binos pedes,

id. ib. 7, 23, 1; cf. id. B. C. 2, 10, 2:

inter se modicum spatium,

Liv. 8, 8, 5:

multum sidera inter se,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

hastati inter se modicum spatium,

Liv. 8, 8 et saep.—With a or ab:

(imago) distare a speculo,

Lucr. 4, 289; so,

castra ab castris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 3:

terra ab hujus terrae continuatione,

Cic. N. D. 2, 66 al. —With simple abl.:

cum tanto Phrygiā Gallica distet humus,

Ov. F. 4, 362; cf. id. M. 3, 145;

also: foro nimium distare Carinas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 48:

spatium,

Ov. M. 11, 715. —

Transf., of remoteness in time:

non multum aetate distantes,

Quint. 12, 10, 4:

non multum inter se distantes tempore, ib. § 11: quantum distet ab Inacho Codrus,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 1:

haud multum distanti tempore,

Tac. A. 3, 24.

Trop., of quality, to differ, be different =differre, discrepare (freq.):

ut distare aliquid aut ex aliqua parte differre videatur,

Cic. Caecin. 14; cf.:

quia res differebant, nomina rerum distare voluerunt,

id. Top. 8, 34:

moribus et legibus distant (civitates),

Quint. 5, 10, 40; cf. id. 6, 4, 21:

in totum metaphora brevior est similitudo, eoque distat, quod, etc.,

id. 8, 6, 8:

multum inter se distant istae facultates longeque sunt diversae atque sejunctae,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 215:

multum inter se genera dicendi,

id. Or. 16, 52; Quint. 7, 2, 3:

hominum vita tantum distat a victu et cultu bestiarum,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15; so with ab, id. ib. 3, 17, 71; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 44; id. de Or. 2, 65, 263; Quint. 5, 10, 114; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 11 al.; cf.:

quid enim tam distans quam a severitate comitas?

Cic. Or. 10, 34. —With dat.:

infido scurrae distabit amicus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 4; so,

paulum sepultae inertiae celata virtus,

id. C. 4, 9, 29:

quid aera lupinis,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 23:

pulchra et exactis minimum distantia,

id. ib. 2, 1, 72:

enthymema syllogismo,

Quint. 5, 10, 7 al. — Impers.: distat, there is a difference:

distat, sumasne pudenter An rapias,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44; 2, 2, 195; id. S. 2, 3, 210; Quint. 5, 10, 26.

ex-sto ( ext-), āre, v. n. ( part. fut. exstaturus, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 7; Pand. 47, 2, 78 al.), to stand out or forth, to project, to stand above.

Prop.:

(milites) cum capite solo ex aqua exstarent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 18, 5;

for which: super aequora celso collo,

Ov. M. 11, 358:

aquis (navis),

id. Tr. 5, 11, 14; cf. absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 62, 2:

ferrum de pectore,

Ov. M. 9 128:

de arbore (surculus),

Col. 5, 11, 5:

ossa sub incurvis lumbis,

Ov. M. 8, 807:

aedificia modice ab humo exstantia,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 89:

paulum supra terram,

Gell. 19, 13, 3.— Poet. with acc.:

aliquem,

to overtop, Stat. S. 1, 2, 116.—

Trop. (syn.: emineo, eniteo), to be prominent, stand forth, be conspicuous:

quo magis id, quod erit illuminatum. exstare atque eminere videatur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101:

haec enitere et exstare aliquatenus,

Quint. 8, 5, 29:

arma tubaeque sonent, vox et tua noctibus exstet,

predominate, be heard above, Val. Fl. 5, 252.—

Meton. (causa pro effectu), to be visible, show itself, appear; [p. 705] to be extant, to exist, to be (most freq., esp. of inanim. and abstr. subjects):

hominum nemo exstat, qui, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 142:

auctor doctrinae ejus non exstat,

Liv. 1, 18, 2. pecunia, cujus auctor non exstat, Quint. 7, 2, 57:

Sarmenti domina exstat,

still lives, Hor. S. 1, 5, 55:

exstant hujus fortitudinis impressa vestigia,

Cic. Balb. 5, 13:

exstant epistolae Philippi ad Alexandrum,

id. Off. 2, 14, 48:

litterae,

id. Inv. 1, 39, 70:

leges,

id. Rep. 5, 2 fin.:

orationes,

Quint. 10, 7, 30: clarorum virorum non minus otii quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66:

sine oculis non potest exstare officium et munus oculorum,

Cic. Div. 1, 32, 71; 2, 52, 107:

video hoc in numero neminem, cujus non exstet in me suum meritum,

id. Planc. 1, 2:

studium nostrum,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 7.—

Impers., with a subject or rel.-clause (very rare):

quem vero exstet et de quo sit memoriae proditum eloquentem fuisse, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 15, 57:

apparet atque exstat, utrum simus earum (artium) rudes an didicerimus,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 72 —Hence, ex-stans, ntis, P. a., projecting, prominent; comp. partes exstantiores, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 3.

ex-sto ( ext-), āre, v. n. ( part. fut. exstaturus, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 7; Pand. 47, 2, 78 al.), to stand out or forth, to project, to stand above.

Prop.:

(milites) cum capite solo ex aqua exstarent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 18, 5;

for which: super aequora celso collo,

Ov. M. 11, 358:

aquis (navis),

id. Tr. 5, 11, 14; cf. absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 62, 2:

ferrum de pectore,

Ov. M. 9 128:

de arbore (surculus),

Col. 5, 11, 5:

ossa sub incurvis lumbis,

Ov. M. 8, 807:

aedificia modice ab humo exstantia,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 89:

paulum supra terram,

Gell. 19, 13, 3.— Poet. with acc.:

aliquem,

to overtop, Stat. S. 1, 2, 116.—

Trop. (syn.: emineo, eniteo), to be prominent, stand forth, be conspicuous:

quo magis id, quod erit illuminatum. exstare atque eminere videatur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101:

haec enitere et exstare aliquatenus,

Quint. 8, 5, 29:

arma tubaeque sonent, vox et tua noctibus exstet,

predominate, be heard above, Val. Fl. 5, 252.—

Meton. (causa pro effectu), to be visible, show itself, appear; [p. 705] to be extant, to exist, to be (most freq., esp. of inanim. and abstr. subjects):

hominum nemo exstat, qui, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 142:

auctor doctrinae ejus non exstat,

Liv. 1, 18, 2. pecunia, cujus auctor non exstat, Quint. 7, 2, 57:

Sarmenti domina exstat,

still lives, Hor. S. 1, 5, 55:

exstant hujus fortitudinis impressa vestigia,

Cic. Balb. 5, 13:

exstant epistolae Philippi ad Alexandrum,

id. Off. 2, 14, 48:

litterae,

id. Inv. 1, 39, 70:

leges,

id. Rep. 5, 2 fin.:

orationes,

Quint. 10, 7, 30: clarorum virorum non minus otii quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66:

sine oculis non potest exstare officium et munus oculorum,

Cic. Div. 1, 32, 71; 2, 52, 107:

video hoc in numero neminem, cujus non exstet in me suum meritum,

id. Planc. 1, 2:

studium nostrum,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 7.—

Impers., with a subject or rel.-clause (very rare):

quem vero exstet et de quo sit memoriae proditum eloquentem fuisse, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 15, 57:

apparet atque exstat, utrum simus earum (artium) rudes an didicerimus,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 72 —Hence, ex-stans, ntis, P. a., projecting, prominent; comp. partes exstantiores, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 3.

impĕro ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic form, imperassit, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6, and induperantum = imperantium, Enn. Ann. v. 413 Vahl.), v. a. and n. [in-paro], to command, order, enjoin (cf.: jubeo, praecipio, mando).

In gen., constr. with acc., an inf. or an object-clause, a relative-clause, with ut, ne, or the simple subj., with the simple dat. or absol.

With acc. (and dat. personæ):

faciendum id nobis quod parentes imperant,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 53:

fac quod imperat,

id. Poen. 5, 3, 29; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 2:

quae imperarentur, facere dixerunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 32, 3:

numquid aliud imperas?

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 7; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 26:

sto exspectans, si quid mihi imperent,

id. Eun. 3, 5, 46:

nonnumquam etiam puerum vocaret: credo, cui cenam imperaret,

i. e. ordered to get him his supper, Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

imperat ei nuptias,

Quint. 7, 1, 14:

vigilias,

id. 11, 3, 26:

certum modum,

id. 11, 2, 27:

moram et sollicitudinem initiis impero,

id. 10, 3, 9: graves dominae cogitationum libidines infinita quaedam cogunt atque imperant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 424, 30 (Rep. 6, 1 Mos.):

utque Imperet hoc natura potens,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 51.—In pass.:

arma imperata a populo Romano,

Liv. 40, 34, 9:

quod ipsum imperari optimum est,

Quint. 2, 5, 6:

imperata pensa,

id. 3, 7, 6:

exemplar imperatae schemae,

Suet. Tib. 43.—

With inf. or an object-clause (esp. freq. in the post-Aug. per.; in Cic. and Cæs. only with inf. pass. or dep.):

animo nunc jam otioso esse impero,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 1:

imperavi egomet mihi omnia assentari,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 21:

jungere equos Titan velocibus imperat Horis,

Ov. M. 2, 118; 3, 4:

nec minus in certo dentes cadere imperat aetas Tempore,

Lucr. 5, 672:

has omnes actuarias imperat fieri,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 3:

pericula vilia habere,

Sall. C. 16, 2:

frumentum conportare,

id. J. 48, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; Curt. 10, 1, 19; Tac. A. 2, 25:

Liviam ad se deduci imperavit,

Suet. Calig. 25; id. Aug. 27; id. Tib. 60.—In pass.: in has lautumias, si qui publice custodiendi sunt, ex ceteris oppidis deduci imperantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69.—

act.:

haec ego procurare et idoneus imperor,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 21. —

With a rel.-clause (very rare):

imperabat coram, quid opus facto esset puerperae,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 10:

quin tu, quod faciam, impera,

id. Phorm. 1, 4, 46; Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 3 and 6; id. Capt. 2, 3, 10.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj.:

ecce Apollo mihi ex oraculo imperat, Ut, etc.,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 87:

his, uti conquirerent et reducerent, imperavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28, 1:

consulibus designatis imperavit senatus, ut, etc.,

Liv. 42, 28, 7: quibus negotium a senatu est imperatum, ut, etc., S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 104; Petr. 1:

mihi, ne abscedam, imperat,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 30:

Caesar suis imperavit, ne, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 2; 2, 32, 2; 3, 89, 4:

letoque det imperat Argum,

Ov. M. 1, 670; 13, 659. —

With simple dat.:

si huic imperabo, probe tectum habebo,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 14 (cf. above a):

aliquid alicui,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 46; Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59. —

Absol.: Pa. Jubesne? Ch. Jubeo, cogo atque impero, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97:

si quid opus est, impera,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 1:

impera, si quid vis,

id. Aul. 2, 1, 23:

omnia faciam: impera,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 11:

quidvis oneris impone, impera,

id. And. 5, 3, 26.

In partic.

In publicists' lang., to order to be furnished or supplied, to give orders for, make a requisition for:

cum frumentum sibi in cellam imperavisset (Verrem),

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30:

quem (numerum frumenti) ei civitati imperas emendum,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 173:

negas fratrem meum pecuniam ullam in remiges imperasse,

id. Fl. 14, 33:

pecuniam,

id. ib. § 32; cf.:

argenti pondo ducenta milia Jugurthae,

Sall. J. 62, 5:

arma,

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

equites civitatibus,

id. B. G. 6, 4 fin.; cf.:

quam maximum militum numerum provinciae toti,

id. ib. 1, 7, 2:

obsides reliquis civitatibus,

id. ib. 7, 64, 1; so, obsides Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35; Suet. Caes. 25. —

In publicists' and milit. lang., alicui or absol., to command, govern, rule over:

his (magistratibus) praescribendus est imperandi modus... qui modeste paret, videtur, qui aliquando imperet, dignus esse,

Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5; cf.:

sic noster populus in pace et domi imperat,

id. Rep. 1, 40:

nulla est tam stulta civitas, quae non injuste imperare malit, quam servire juste,

id. ib. 3, 18; cf.

also: cum is, qui imperat aliis, servit ipse nulli cupiditati,

id. ib. 1, 34:

omnibus gentibus ac nationibus terra marique imperare,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 56; cf.:

jus esse belli, ut, qui vicissent, iis, quos vicissent, quemadmodum vellent imperarent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 1:

Jugurtha omni Numidiae imperare parat,

Sall. J. 13, 2:

quot nationibus imperabat,

Quint. 11, 2, 50:

clarus Anchisae Venerisque sanguis Imperet,

Hor. Carm. Sec. 51; cf. id. C. 3, 6, 5:

recusabat imperare,

i. e. to be emperor, Plin. Pan. 5, 5; cf.:

ipsum quandoque imperaturum,

Suet. Claud. 3; id. Galb. 4; id. Oth. 4; id. Vit. 14; id. Tit. 2 et saep.— Hence,

Ad imperandum, to receive orders or instructions:

nunc ades ad imperandum, vel ad parendum potius: sic enim antiqui loquebantur,

Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 2; cf.:

cum ipse ad imperandum Tisidium vocaretur,

Sall. J. 62, 8 Kritz.—

Transf., beyond the publicist's sphere, to command, master, govern, rule, control:

liberis,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 51:

imperare sibi, maximum imperium est,

Sen. Ep. 113 fin.:

ut nobismet ipsis imperemus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 47:

cum homines cupiditatibus iis, quibus ceteri serviunt, imperabunt,

id. Lael. 22, 82:

accensae irae,

Ov. M. 9, 28:

dolori,

Plin. Ep. 8, 19, 2:

lacrimis,

Sil. 2, 652:

amori suo,

Petr. 83:

ingenio suo,

Sen. Contr. 1 praef. med.; cf.:

imperare animo nequivi, quin, priusquam perirem, cur periturus essem, scirem,

Liv. 34, 31, 2: quibus egestas imperat, rules, governs, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 357 Vahl.): imperat arvis, holds control over, i. e. forces to be productive, Verg. G. 1, 99; cf.:

sola terrae seges imperatur,

Tac. G. 26:

fertilibus agris non est imperandum,

Sen. Tranq. 15:

sic imperant vitibus et eas multis palmitibus onerant,

Col. 3, 3, 6:

alius patrimonio suo plus imperavit quam ferre possit,

Sen. Tranq. 4; cf.

also trop.: tamquam nescias, cui imperem: Epicurum,

id. Ep. 29 fin.:

dum per continuos dies nimis imperat voci, rursus sanguinem reddidit,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6: imperat ergo viro [p. 902] (mulier), Juv. 6, 224.— Absol.:

animum rege, qui, nisi paret, Imperat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:

permittat, an vetet an imperet (lex),

Quint. 7, 7, 7:

(eloquentia) hic regnat, hic imperat, hic sola vincit,

id. 7, 4, 24.—

In publicists' lang., to order the citizens to assemble, to summon:

dein consul eloquitur ad exercitum: Impero qua convenit ad comitia centuriata,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 88 Müll.; Gell. 15, 27, 4;

so comically,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 52; cf. id. Cist. 1, 1, 60.—

In medic. lang., to order, prescribe: non idem imperassem omnibus per diversa aegrotantibus, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16; Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 5:

si vires patiuntur, imperanda tridui abstinentia est,

Cels. 7, 20.—

In gram.:

imperandi declinatus,

i. e. inflections of the imperative, Varr. L. L. 10, § 32 Müll.— Hence, impĕ-rātum, i, n., that which is commanded, a command, order:

jussus arma abicere, imperatum facit,

executes the order, obeys, Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 1; freq. in plur.:

imperata facere,

id. ib. 2, 3, 3; 5, 20 fin.; 6, 10, 3; id. B. C. 1, 60, 1; 2, 12, 4; 3, 34, 2 al.; cf.:

imperata detrectare,

Suet. Caes. 54:

Senones ad imperatum non venire,

according to orders, as ordered, Caes. B. G. 6, 2, 3.

impĕro ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic form, imperassit, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6, and induperantum = imperantium, Enn. Ann. v. 413 Vahl.), v. a. and n. [in-paro], to command, order, enjoin (cf.: jubeo, praecipio, mando).

In gen., constr. with acc., an inf. or an object-clause, a relative-clause, with ut, ne, or the simple subj., with the simple dat. or absol.

With acc. (and dat. personæ):

faciendum id nobis quod parentes imperant,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 53:

fac quod imperat,

id. Poen. 5, 3, 29; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 2:

quae imperarentur, facere dixerunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 32, 3:

numquid aliud imperas?

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 7; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 26:

sto exspectans, si quid mihi imperent,

id. Eun. 3, 5, 46:

nonnumquam etiam puerum vocaret: credo, cui cenam imperaret,

i. e. ordered to get him his supper, Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

imperat ei nuptias,

Quint. 7, 1, 14:

vigilias,

id. 11, 3, 26:

certum modum,

id. 11, 2, 27:

moram et sollicitudinem initiis impero,

id. 10, 3, 9: graves dominae cogitationum libidines infinita quaedam cogunt atque imperant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 424, 30 (Rep. 6, 1 Mos.):

utque Imperet hoc natura potens,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 51.—In pass.:

arma imperata a populo Romano,

Liv. 40, 34, 9:

quod ipsum imperari optimum est,

Quint. 2, 5, 6:

imperata pensa,

id. 3, 7, 6:

exemplar imperatae schemae,

Suet. Tib. 43.—

With inf. or an object-clause (esp. freq. in the post-Aug. per.; in Cic. and Cæs. only with inf. pass. or dep.):

animo nunc jam otioso esse impero,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 1:

imperavi egomet mihi omnia assentari,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 21:

jungere equos Titan velocibus imperat Horis,

Ov. M. 2, 118; 3, 4:

nec minus in certo dentes cadere imperat aetas Tempore,

Lucr. 5, 672:

has omnes actuarias imperat fieri,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 3:

pericula vilia habere,

Sall. C. 16, 2:

frumentum conportare,

id. J. 48, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; Curt. 10, 1, 19; Tac. A. 2, 25:

Liviam ad se deduci imperavit,

Suet. Calig. 25; id. Aug. 27; id. Tib. 60.—In pass.: in has lautumias, si qui publice custodiendi sunt, ex ceteris oppidis deduci imperantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69.—

act.:

haec ego procurare et idoneus imperor,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 21. —

With a rel.-clause (very rare):

imperabat coram, quid opus facto esset puerperae,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 10:

quin tu, quod faciam, impera,

id. Phorm. 1, 4, 46; Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 3 and 6; id. Capt. 2, 3, 10.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj.:

ecce Apollo mihi ex oraculo imperat, Ut, etc.,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 87:

his, uti conquirerent et reducerent, imperavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28, 1:

consulibus designatis imperavit senatus, ut, etc.,

Liv. 42, 28, 7: quibus negotium a senatu est imperatum, ut, etc., S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 104; Petr. 1:

mihi, ne abscedam, imperat,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 30:

Caesar suis imperavit, ne, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 2; 2, 32, 2; 3, 89, 4:

letoque det imperat Argum,

Ov. M. 1, 670; 13, 659. —

With simple dat.:

si huic imperabo, probe tectum habebo,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 14 (cf. above a):

aliquid alicui,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 46; Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59. —

Absol.: Pa. Jubesne? Ch. Jubeo, cogo atque impero, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97:

si quid opus est, impera,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 1:

impera, si quid vis,

id. Aul. 2, 1, 23:

omnia faciam: impera,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 11:

quidvis oneris impone, impera,

id. And. 5, 3, 26.

In partic.

In publicists' lang., to order to be furnished or supplied, to give orders for, make a requisition for:

cum frumentum sibi in cellam imperavisset (Verrem),

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30:

quem (numerum frumenti) ei civitati imperas emendum,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 173:

negas fratrem meum pecuniam ullam in remiges imperasse,

id. Fl. 14, 33:

pecuniam,

id. ib. § 32; cf.:

argenti pondo ducenta milia Jugurthae,

Sall. J. 62, 5:

arma,

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

equites civitatibus,

id. B. G. 6, 4 fin.; cf.:

quam maximum militum numerum provinciae toti,

id. ib. 1, 7, 2:

obsides reliquis civitatibus,

id. ib. 7, 64, 1; so, obsides Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35; Suet. Caes. 25. —

In publicists' and milit. lang., alicui or absol., to command, govern, rule over:

his (magistratibus) praescribendus est imperandi modus... qui modeste paret, videtur, qui aliquando imperet, dignus esse,

Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5; cf.:

sic noster populus in pace et domi imperat,

id. Rep. 1, 40:

nulla est tam stulta civitas, quae non injuste imperare malit, quam servire juste,

id. ib. 3, 18; cf.

also: cum is, qui imperat aliis, servit ipse nulli cupiditati,

id. ib. 1, 34:

omnibus gentibus ac nationibus terra marique imperare,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 56; cf.:

jus esse belli, ut, qui vicissent, iis, quos vicissent, quemadmodum vellent imperarent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 1:

Jugurtha omni Numidiae imperare parat,

Sall. J. 13, 2:

quot nationibus imperabat,

Quint. 11, 2, 50:

clarus Anchisae Venerisque sanguis Imperet,

Hor. Carm. Sec. 51; cf. id. C. 3, 6, 5:

recusabat imperare,

i. e. to be emperor, Plin. Pan. 5, 5; cf.:

ipsum quandoque imperaturum,

Suet. Claud. 3; id. Galb. 4; id. Oth. 4; id. Vit. 14; id. Tit. 2 et saep.— Hence,

Ad imperandum, to receive orders or instructions:

nunc ades ad imperandum, vel ad parendum potius: sic enim antiqui loquebantur,

Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 2; cf.:

cum ipse ad imperandum Tisidium vocaretur,

Sall. J. 62, 8 Kritz.—

Transf., beyond the publicist's sphere, to command, master, govern, rule, control:

liberis,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 51:

imperare sibi, maximum imperium est,

Sen. Ep. 113 fin.:

ut nobismet ipsis imperemus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 47:

cum homines cupiditatibus iis, quibus ceteri serviunt, imperabunt,

id. Lael. 22, 82:

accensae irae,

Ov. M. 9, 28:

dolori,

Plin. Ep. 8, 19, 2:

lacrimis,

Sil. 2, 652:

amori suo,

Petr. 83:

ingenio suo,

Sen. Contr. 1 praef. med.; cf.:

imperare animo nequivi, quin, priusquam perirem, cur periturus essem, scirem,

Liv. 34, 31, 2: quibus egestas imperat, rules, governs, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 357 Vahl.): imperat arvis, holds control over, i. e. forces to be productive, Verg. G. 1, 99; cf.:

sola terrae seges imperatur,

Tac. G. 26:

fertilibus agris non est imperandum,

Sen. Tranq. 15:

sic imperant vitibus et eas multis palmitibus onerant,

Col. 3, 3, 6:

alius patrimonio suo plus imperavit quam ferre possit,

Sen. Tranq. 4; cf.

also trop.: tamquam nescias, cui imperem: Epicurum,

id. Ep. 29 fin.:

dum per continuos dies nimis imperat voci, rursus sanguinem reddidit,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6: imperat ergo viro [p. 902] (mulier), Juv. 6, 224.— Absol.:

animum rege, qui, nisi paret, Imperat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:

permittat, an vetet an imperet (lex),

Quint. 7, 7, 7:

(eloquentia) hic regnat, hic imperat, hic sola vincit,

id. 7, 4, 24.—

In publicists' lang., to order the citizens to assemble, to summon:

dein consul eloquitur ad exercitum: Impero qua convenit ad comitia centuriata,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 88 Müll.; Gell. 15, 27, 4;

so comically,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 52; cf. id. Cist. 1, 1, 60.—

In medic. lang., to order, prescribe: non idem imperassem omnibus per diversa aegrotantibus, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16; Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 5:

si vires patiuntur, imperanda tridui abstinentia est,

Cels. 7, 20.—

In gram.:

imperandi declinatus,

i. e. inflections of the imperative, Varr. L. L. 10, § 32 Müll.— Hence, impĕ-rātum, i, n., that which is commanded, a command, order:

jussus arma abicere, imperatum facit,

executes the order, obeys, Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 1; freq. in plur.:

imperata facere,

id. ib. 2, 3, 3; 5, 20 fin.; 6, 10, 3; id. B. C. 1, 60, 1; 2, 12, 4; 3, 34, 2 al.; cf.:

imperata detrectare,

Suet. Caes. 54:

Senones ad imperatum non venire,

according to orders, as ordered, Caes. B. G. 6, 2, 3.

in-sto, stĭti, stātum (e. g. instaturum, Liv. 10, 36, 3:

instaturos,

Front. Strat. 2, 6, 10 al.), 1, v. n., to stand in or upon a thing (class.).

Lit.

In gen., constr. with dat., in and abl., or acc.

With dat.:

jugis,

Verg. A. 11, 529.—

With in and abl.: saxo in globoso, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Fragm. v. 367 Rib.):

instans in medio triclinio,

Suet. Tib. 72.—

Absol., to draw nigh, approach; to impend, threaten:

quibus ego confido impendere fatum aliquod, et poenas jam diu debitas aut instare jam plane, aut certe jam appropinquare,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5:

instant apparatissimi magnificentissimique ludi,

id. Pis. 27:

cum illi iter instaret,

id. Att. 13, 23:

quidquid subiti et magni discriminis instat,

Juv. 6, 520:

ante factis omissis, illud quod instet, agi oportere,

the subject in hand, Cic. Inv. 2, 11, 37. —

Of persons: cum legionibus instare Varum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 43.—

With acc. (ante-class.):

tantum eum instat exitii,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 96.—

In partic., to press upon, harass, molest, menace, threaten. —With dat., acc., or absol.

With dat.:

cedenti,

Liv. 10, 36:

vestigiis,

id. 27, 12, 9:

instantem regi cometen videre,

Juv. 6, 407.—

With acc.:

si me instabunt (al. mi),

Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 6.—

Trop.

To urge or press upon one, to insist; to pursue a thing (syn. urgeo):

quamobrem urge, insta, perfice,

Cic. Att. 13, 32, 1:

accusatori,

id. Font. 1:

ille instat factum (esse),

he insists upon the fact, Ter. And. 1, 1, 120.— To follow up eagerly, pursue; with dat. or acc.

With dat.:

instant operi regnisque futuris,

Verg. A. 1, 504:

talibus instans monitis (parens),

Juv. 14, 210:

non ignarus instandum famae,

Tac. Agr. 18.—

With acc., to urge forward, ply, transact with zeal or diligence: instant mercaturam, Nov. ap. Non. 212, 30 (Com. Rel. p. 223 Rib.):

parte aliā Marti currumque, rotasque volucres Instabant,

were hastening forward, working hard at, busily constructing, Verg. A. 8, 434: rectam viam, to go right, i. e. to be right, to hit the mark, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 40:

unum instare de indutiis vehementissime contendere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17, 5; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 385.—

Absol.:

vox domini instantis,

Juv. 14, 63.—

To demand earnestly, solicit, insist upon:

satis est, quod instat de Milone,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2:

quod profecto cum sua sponte, tum, te instante, faciet,

at your instance, your solicitation, id. Att. 3, 15.— With inf.:

instat Scandilius poscere recuperatores,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136.—With ut or ne:

tibi instat Hortensius, ut eas in consilium,

Cic. Quint. 10:

uxor acriter tua instat, ne mihi detur,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 33; cf.:

nunc nosmet ipsi nobis instemus, ut, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69.— Impers.:

profecto, si instetur, suo milite vinci Romam posse,

Liv. 2, 44.—Hence, instans, antis, P. a.

(Standing by, being near, i. e.) Present.

In gen.:

quae venientia metuuntur, eadem efficiunt aegritudinem instantia,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 11:

ex controversia futuri, raro etiam ex instantis aut facti,

id. de Or. 2, 25, 105:

tempus,

Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8:

bellum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24.—

In partic., gram. t. t.:

tempus, i.q. praesens tempus,

the present tense, the present, Quint. 5, 10, 42; Charis. p. 147 P. et saep.—

Pressing, urgent, importunate (post-Aug.):

periculum,

Nep. Paus. 3, 5:

species terribilior jam et instantior,

Tac. H. 4, 83:

gestus acer atque instans,

Quint. 11, 3, 92 sq.; cf.:

argumentatio acrior et instantior,

id. ib. §

164: admonitio instantior,

Gell. 13, 24, 19.— Adv.: instanter, vehemently, earnestly, pressingly:

intente instanterque pronuntiare,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6:

petere,

id. ib. 5, 7, 22:

plura acriter et instanter incipere,

Quint. 9, 3, 30:

dicere,

id. 9, 4, 126.— Comp.:

instantius concurrere,

to fight more vehemently, Tac. A. 6, 35. — Sup.:

instantissime desiderare,

Gell. 4, 18.

intĕrim, adv. [inter and old acc. of is].

I.q. interea, meanwhile, in the meantime:

ibo intro: tu hic ante aedes interim speculare,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 28:

interim dum ante ostium sto,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 3:

hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86:

quo fugit interim dolor ille?

Quint. 11, 1, 54; 1, 12, 6.—

For a time, for a while (post-Aug.):

ut uno interim contenti simus exemplo C. Gracchi,

for the moment, Quint. 1, 10, 27:

interim admonere illud satis est,

id. 2, 4, 3; 3, 8, 5.—

(Cf. interea.) However, nevertheless:

interim velim mihi ignescas,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3:

quod alias vitiosum, interim alias rectum est,

Quint. 1, 5, 29; 2, 12, 2 al.—

I. q. nonnumquam, sometimes (post-Aug.):

Latinis quidem semper, sed etiam Graecis interim,

Quint. 2, 1, 1; so,

opp. semper, Sen. de Ira, 2, 21, 8: laturi sententiam indocti saepius atque interim rustici,

Quint. 12, 10, 53; 11, 3, 51;

with nonnumquam,

id. 4, 5, 20:

interim... interim,

sometimes... sometimes, at one time... at another, Quint. 5, 10, 34; 6, 3, 59; 9, 2, 100; Plin. Ep. 10, 27:

interim... mox,

Tac. A. 14, 41 Dräger.

non-nĕ, adv., the interrogative non, expecting an affirmative answer, not?

In a direct interrogation:

nonne ego hic sto?

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 250:

nonne animadvertis?

Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

te dejectum debeo intellegere, etiamsi tactus non fueris: nonne?

id. Caecin. 13, 37:

quid paulo ante dixerim, nonne meministi?

id. Fin. 2, 3, 10 Madv. N. cr.; cf. id. ib. 5, 28, 86.—Very rarely repeated:

nonne extremam pati fortunam paratos projecit ille? nonne sibi clam...? nonne, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 8. But usually followed by non in continued questions:

nonne vobis haec quae audīstis oculis cernere videmini? non illum... videtis? non positas insidias? non, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98; id. Sull. 2, 7; id. Cat. 1, 11, 27.—

In an indirect interrogation, if not, whether not:

cum esset ex eo quaesitum, Archelaum Perdiccae filium nonne beatum putaret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 34.

ob-sto, stĭti, ātum (obstaturus, Front. Aquaed. 123; Quint. 2, 11, 1; Stat. Th. 7, 247; gen. plur. obstantum, Sil. 5, 277), 1, v. n., to stand before or against any thing.

In gen. (very rare): soli luna obstitit, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25 (Ann. v. 167 Vahl.); cf.: montibus obstipis obstantibus, id. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Ann. v. 407 ib.):

dominae niveis a vultibus obstas,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 23; so,

summis a postibus,

id. Th. 4, 17:

obviam,

to stand in the way, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 14.—

In partic., to stand against or in the way of a person or thing; to withstand, thwart, hinder, oppose, obstruct (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: obsisto, adversor, officio).—Constr. with dat., absol., with quin, quominus, cur, or ne.

With dat.:

quae tardis mora noctibus obstet,

Verg. A. 1, 746:

alicui,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 6: cur [p. 1245] mihi te offers ac meis commodis officis et obstas? Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; cf. id. ib. 2, 6:

vita cetera eorum huic sceleri obstat,

their former life stands opposed to this crime, secures them against the suspicion of this crime, Sall. C. 52, 31:

di omnes quibus obstitit Ilium,

was an offence to, Verg. A. 6, 64:

nam sic labentibus (aedibus) obstat vilicus,

i. e. keeps from falling, Juv. 3, 194; cf. v. 243.—For the dat. in with acc. is found:

in laudem vetustorum invidia non obstat,

Sen. Ben. 7, 8, 2.—

Absol.: me obstare, illos obsequi, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66: restitant, occurrunt, obstant, id. ap. Non. 147, 9 (Sat. v. 5 ib.):

obstando magis quam pugnando castra tutabantur,

Liv. 40 25:

exercitus hostium duo obstant,

block up the way, Sall. C. 58, 6; Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 15:

si omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19.—

With quin:

quibus non humana ulla, neque divina obstant, quin socios amicos trahant, exscindant,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch.—

With quominus:

quid obstat, quominus sit beatus?

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95:

ne quid divini humanive obstet, quominus justum piumque de integro ineatur bellum,

Liv. 9, 8, 6.—

With cur:

quid obstat, cur non (verae nuptiae) fiant?

Ter. And. 1, 1, 76.—

With ne:

Histiaeus Milesius, ne res conficeretur, obstitit,

Nep. Milt. 3, 5:

cum ibi quoque religio obstaret, ne non posset nisi ab consule dici dictator,

Liv. 4, 31, 4:

ne id, quod placebat, decerneret in tantae nobilitatis viris, ambitio obstabat,

id. 5, 36, 9.—

Impers. pass.:

nec, si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

indignatur amans Obstari animae,

Ov. M. 11, 788.—

Part. pres. in plur. as subst.: obstantia, ĭum, n.:

obstantia silvarum amoliri,

hinderances, obstructions, Tac. A. 1, 50.