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opus eris, n [2 AP-], work, labor, toil: Quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae, in doing your work, T.: grave Martis, military service, V.: (Graeci) opus quaerunt, seek (literary) employment: Sunt quibus unum opus est urbem celebrare, H.: magnum: dies Longa videtur opus debentibus, H.: naturā et opere munitus, art, Cs.—A product of labor, work, structure, public building, fortification: opere castrorum perfecto, Cs.: opus fieri (of a wall), N.: Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit: Regis opus (of a harbor), H.—A work, book, composition, essay: habeo opus magnum in manibus: Fac opus appareat: ultra Legem tendere opus, H.—Artistic work, workmanship, art: quarum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere: haec omnia antiquo opere.—A deed, action, achievement: Hoc virtutis opus, V.—Abl. in adverb. phrases, māgnō opere, tantō opere, quantō opere, see māgnōpere, tantōpere, quantōpere.—Rarely with nimio: haec opera Graecos homines nimio opere delectant, excessively.—A working, effect: opus meae bis sensit Telephus hastae, O.—The subject of work, stuff, material: Seu digitis subigebat opus, O.—Fig., in nom. and acc. in phrases with the verb sum, work, business, need, want, necessity: longius, quam quoad opus est, procedetur, than the occasion requires: Sic opus est, O.: quae bello opus erant, S.: dux nobis et auctor opus est, we need a leader: omnia, quae tibi essent opus: quod ipsi opus esse videretur, censere, expedient: quorsum est opus? what for? H.: quae curando volneri opus sunt, L.: magistratibus opus est, there is need of: Cognati, quīs te salvo est opus, to whom your safety is important, H.: haud mihi vitā Est opus hac, I have no business with, etc., H.: Plus scis quid facto opus est, what must be done, T.: tantum modo incepto opus est, to make a beginning, S.: maturato opus est, haste is necessary, L.: ita dictu opus est, I must say, T.: quanti argenti opus fuit, L.: quid opus est de Dionysio adfirmare?: dixit id consilium sciri non opus esse, inexpedient: nil opus est te Circumagi, H.
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operis N N

need; work; fortifications (pl.), works

opus est -- is useful, beneficial

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2 Opus

1.
ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., work, labor (cf.:
labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,
in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:
menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:
oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,
id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Work, art, workmanship:
naturā et opere munitus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
2.
Of agricultural labor:
opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,
Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:
grave Martis opus,
Verg. A. 8, 515.—
3.
Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
4.
Of literary labor:
(Graeci) opus quaerunt,
seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
5.
In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
II.
Transf., a work that has been done or made.
A.
A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:
nondum opere castrorum perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,
opere perfecto,
id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:
Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,
Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:
operibus Toletum cepit,
Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—
B.
Any result of labor.
1.
Of public works, esp. buildings:
aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,
Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:
de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,
Suet. Tib. 30:
opera, templum theatrumque,
id. Calig. 21; cf.
of an aqueduct, etc.,
id. Claud. 20:
in titulis operum,
in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —
2.
Of writings, a work, book:
habeo opus magnum in manibus,
Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:
an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,
id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:
quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—
3.
Of a work of art:
quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:
hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,
of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §
32: haec omnia antiquo opere,
id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
C.
In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:
miserum'st opus,
Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:
ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,
Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:
opus meae hastae,
Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—
D.
Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
1.
A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
2.
Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—
III.
Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
A.
Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:
ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,
Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.
(α).
With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:
materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,
Cato, R. R. 14, 3:
minus multi opus sunt boves,
Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:
maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:
dux nobis et auctor opus est,
Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:
hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,
id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:
ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:
si quid opus erit in sumptum,
id. Att. 5, 8, 2:
parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,
Liv. 37, 18, 10:
quae curando vulneri opus sunt,
id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:
ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,
id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—
(β).
With abl.:
magistratibus opus est,
there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
viro et gubernatore opus est,
Liv. 24, 8:
opus est auctoritate tuā,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:
non longis opus est ambagibus,
Ov. M. 4, 475:
nunc opus est leviore lyrā,
id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):
responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,
Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:
maturato opus est,
there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:
erat nihil cur properato opus esset,
of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:
ita dictu opus est,
it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:
quod scitu opus est,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—
(γ).
With gen.:
ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,
Liv. 22, 51:
quanti argenti opus fuit,
id. 23, 31.—
(δ).
With acc. (ante-class.):
puero opus est cibum,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
(ε).
With inf.:
quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?
Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:
quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),
Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—
(ζ).
With acc. and inf.:
nunc opus est te animo valere,
Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
(η).
With ut:
opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—
(θ).
With subj. alone:
non est opus affingas aliquid,
Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
(ι).
Absol.:
sic opus est,
Ov. M. 1, 279.—
2.
Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:
atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,
Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—
B.
Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:
non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,
Diom. 301 P.
2.
Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
II.
Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:
sinus,
Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:
Philodamus,
of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Opus
3 opus

1.
ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., work, labor (cf.:
labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,
in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:
menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:
oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,
id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Work, art, workmanship:
naturā et opere munitus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
2.
Of agricultural labor:
opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,
Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:
grave Martis opus,
Verg. A. 8, 515.—
3.
Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
4.
Of literary labor:
(Graeci) opus quaerunt,
seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
5.
In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
II.
Transf., a work that has been done or made.
A.
A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:
nondum opere castrorum perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,
opere perfecto,
id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:
Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,
Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:
operibus Toletum cepit,
Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—
B.
Any result of labor.
1.
Of public works, esp. buildings:
aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,
Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:
de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,
Suet. Tib. 30:
opera, templum theatrumque,
id. Calig. 21; cf.
of an aqueduct, etc.,
id. Claud. 20:
in titulis operum,
in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —
2.
Of writings, a work, book:
habeo opus magnum in manibus,
Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:
an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,
id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:
quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—
3.
Of a work of art:
quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:
hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,
of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §
32: haec omnia antiquo opere,
id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
C.
In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:
miserum'st opus,
Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:
ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,
Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:
opus meae hastae,
Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—
D.
Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
1.
A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
2.
Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—
III.
Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
A.
Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:
ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,
Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.
(α).
With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:
materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,
Cato, R. R. 14, 3:
minus multi opus sunt boves,
Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:
maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:
dux nobis et auctor opus est,
Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:
hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,
id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:
ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:
si quid opus erit in sumptum,
id. Att. 5, 8, 2:
parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,
Liv. 37, 18, 10:
quae curando vulneri opus sunt,
id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:
ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,
id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—
(β).
With abl.:
magistratibus opus est,
there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
viro et gubernatore opus est,
Liv. 24, 8:
opus est auctoritate tuā,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:
non longis opus est ambagibus,
Ov. M. 4, 475:
nunc opus est leviore lyrā,
id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):
responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,
Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:
maturato opus est,
there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:
erat nihil cur properato opus esset,
of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:
ita dictu opus est,
it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:
quod scitu opus est,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—
(γ).
With gen.:
ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,
Liv. 22, 51:
quanti argenti opus fuit,
id. 23, 31.—
(δ).
With acc. (ante-class.):
puero opus est cibum,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
(ε).
With inf.:
quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?
Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:
quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),
Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—
(ζ).
With acc. and inf.:
nunc opus est te animo valere,
Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
(η).
With ut:
opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—
(θ).
With subj. alone:
non est opus affingas aliquid,
Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
(ι).
Absol.:
sic opus est,
Ov. M. 1, 279.—
2.
Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:
atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,
Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—
B.
Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:
non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,
Diom. 301 P.
2.
Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
II.
Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:
sinus,
Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:
Philodamus,
of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > opus
4 opus

work, labor, work done, completed work, building

Latin-English dictionary of medieval > opus
5 Opus Dei

• The work of God

Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > Opus Dei
6 per-opus

per-opus adv., very necessary: peropus est, hunc cum ipsā loqui, T.

Latin-English dictionary > per-opus
7 albarium opus

albārĭus, a, um, adj. [albo], only in archit., pertaining to the whitening of walls. —Hence, albārĭum ŏpus, or absol. al-bārĭum, white stucco, a mortar composed of lime, gypsum, and a little fine river sand, with which walls were covered and made white, Vitr. 5, 2, 10; 7, 2, 3; Plin. 35, 16, 56, § 194; 36, 24, 59, § 183; also, with the form albāris, e:
OPVS ALBARE,
Inscr. Orell. 4239.— albārĭus tector, a worker in stucco, a plasterer, Tert. Idol. 8; or absol. albārĭus, Cod. Th. 13, 4, 2, and Inscr. Orell. 4142.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > albarium opus
8 Finis coronat opus

• The ending crowns the work. (Ovid)

Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > Finis coronat opus
9 Magnum opus

• Great work, the major work of one's life

Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > Magnum opus
10 Materiam superabat opus

• The workmanship was better than the subject matter. (Ovid)

Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > Materiam superabat opus
11 Opuntii

1.
ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., work, labor (cf.:
labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,
in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:
menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:
oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,
id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Work, art, workmanship:
naturā et opere munitus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
2.
Of agricultural labor:
opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,
Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:
grave Martis opus,
Verg. A. 8, 515.—
3.
Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
4.
Of literary labor:
(Graeci) opus quaerunt,
seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
5.
In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
II.
Transf., a work that has been done or made.
A.
A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:
nondum opere castrorum perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,
opere perfecto,
id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:
Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,
Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:
operibus Toletum cepit,
Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—
B.
Any result of labor.
1.
Of public works, esp. buildings:
aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,
Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:
de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,
Suet. Tib. 30:
opera, templum theatrumque,
id. Calig. 21; cf.
of an aqueduct, etc.,
id. Claud. 20:
in titulis operum,
in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —
2.
Of writings, a work, book:
habeo opus magnum in manibus,
Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:
an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,
id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:
quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—
3.
Of a work of art:
quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:
hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,
of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §
32: haec omnia antiquo opere,
id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
C.
In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:
miserum'st opus,
Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:
ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,
Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:
opus meae hastae,
Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—
D.
Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
1.
A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
2.
Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—
III.
Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
A.
Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:
ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,
Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.
(α).
With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:
materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,
Cato, R. R. 14, 3:
minus multi opus sunt boves,
Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:
maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:
dux nobis et auctor opus est,
Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:
hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,
id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:
ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:
si quid opus erit in sumptum,
id. Att. 5, 8, 2:
parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,
Liv. 37, 18, 10:
quae curando vulneri opus sunt,
id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:
ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,
id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—
(β).
With abl.:
magistratibus opus est,
there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
viro et gubernatore opus est,
Liv. 24, 8:
opus est auctoritate tuā,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:
non longis opus est ambagibus,
Ov. M. 4, 475:
nunc opus est leviore lyrā,
id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):
responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,
Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:
maturato opus est,
there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:
erat nihil cur properato opus esset,
of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:
ita dictu opus est,
it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:
quod scitu opus est,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—
(γ).
With gen.:
ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,
Liv. 22, 51:
quanti argenti opus fuit,
id. 23, 31.—
(δ).
With acc. (ante-class.):
puero opus est cibum,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
(ε).
With inf.:
quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?
Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:
quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),
Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—
(ζ).
With acc. and inf.:
nunc opus est te animo valere,
Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
(η).
With ut:
opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—
(θ).
With subj. alone:
non est opus affingas aliquid,
Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
(ι).
Absol.:
sic opus est,
Ov. M. 1, 279.—
2.
Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:
atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,
Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—
B.
Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:
non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,
Diom. 301 P.
2.
Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
II.
Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:
sinus,
Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:
Philodamus,
of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Opuntii
12 statuo

stătŭo, ui, utum, 3, v. a. [statum, sup. of sto], to cause to stand (cf.: colloco, pono).
I.
Corporeally.
A.
To cause to stand, set up, set, station, fix in an upright position.
1.
To set up, set in the ground, erect:
ibi arbores pedicino in lapide statuito,
Cato, R. R. 18:
inter parietes arbores ubi statues,
id. ib.:
stipites statuito,
id. ib.:
palis statutis crebris,
Varr. R. R. 1, 14 init.:
pedamenta jacentia statuenda,
are to be raised, Col. 4, 26:
pedamentum inter duas vitis,
Plin. 17, 22, 21, § 194:
hic statui volo primum aquilam,
the standard of the troops, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:
signifer, statue signum,
plant the ensign, Liv. 5, 55, 1; Val. Max. 1, 5, 1.—
2.
To plant (rare):
eodem modo vineam statuito, alligato, flexatoque uti fuerit,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 198:
agro qui statuit meo Te, triste lignum (i. e. arborem),
Hor. C. 2, 13, 10.—
3.
In gen., to place, set or fix, set up, set forth things or persons.
a.
Without specifying the place:
ollam statuito cum aqua,
let a jar stand with water, Cato, R. R. 156 (157):
crateras magnos statuunt, i. e. on the table,
Verg. A. 1, 724; so,
crateras laeti statuunt,
id. ib. 7, 147: haec carina satis probe fundata et bene statuta est, well placed, i. e. so that the hull stands perpendicularly (cf.:
bene lineatam carinam collocavit, v. 42),
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44:
nec quidquam explicare, nec statuere potuerant, nec quod statutum esset, manebat, omnia perscindente vento,
Liv. 21, 58, 7:
eo die tabernacula statui passus non est,
to pitch, Caes. B. C. 1, 81; so, aciem statuere, to draw up an army:
aciem quam arte statuerat, latius porrigit,
Sall. J. 52, 6.—
b.
With designation of the place by in and abl.; by adv. of place; by ante, apud, ad, circa, super, and acc.; by pro and abl.; by abl. alone (very rare), or by in and acc. (very rare): signa domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. 7, 19, 95 (p. 782 P.):
statuite hic lectulos,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:
etiamsi in caelo Capitolium statueretur,
Cic. Or. 3, 46, 180:
statuitur Sollius in illo gladiatorum convivio... atuitur, ut dico, eques Romanus in Apronii convivio,
is taken to the banquet, id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 sq.:
tabernacula in foro statuere,
Liv. 39, 46, 3:
in principiis statuit tabernaculum,
Nep. Eum. 7, 1:
in nostris castris tibi tabernaculum statue,
Curt. 5, 11, 6; 8, 13, 20:
statui in medium undique conspicuum tabernaculum jussit,
id. 9, 6, 1:
(sagittae) longae, nisi prius in terra statuerent arcum, haud satis apte imponuntur,
id. 8, 14, 19:
sedes curules sacerdotum Augustalium locis, superque eas querceae coronae statuerentur,
Tac. A. 2, 83:
donum deae apud Antium statuitur,
id. ib. 3, 71:
pro rigidis calamos columnis,
Ov. F. 3, 529:
jamque ratem Scythicis auster statuisset in oris,
Val. Fl. 3, 653:
statuere vas in loco frigido,
Pall. Oct. 22.—Of living beings:
capite in terram statuerem, Ut cerebro dispergat viam,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:
qui capite ipse sua in statuit vestigia sese (= qui sese ipse capite in sua vestigia statuit),
i. e. stands on his head, Lucr. 4, 472:
patrem ejus a mortuis excitasses, statuisses ante oculos,
Cic. Or. 1, 57, 245:
captivos vinctos in medio statuit,
Liv. 21, 42, 1:
ubi primum equus Curtium in vado statuit,
id. 1, 13, 5:
quattuor cohortes in fronte statuit,
id. 28, 33, 12:
ante se statuit funditores,
id. 42, 58, 10:
puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,
id. 7, 2, 9:
procul in conspectu eum (Philopoemenem) statuerunt,
id. 39, 49, 11:
media porta robora legionum, duabus circa portis milites levemque armaturam statuit,
id. 23, 16, 8:
bovem ad fanum Dianae et ante aram statuit,
id. 1, 45, 6:
cum Calchanta circa aram statuisset,
Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 6:
marium si qui eo loci statuisset,
id. 3, 1, 2 fin.:
adulescentes ante Caesarem statuunt,
Tac. A. 4, 8:
in fronte statuerat ferratos, in cornibus cohortes,
id. ib. 3, 45:
puer quis Ad cyathum statuetur?
Hor. C. 1, 29, 8:
tu cum pro vitula statuis dulcem Aulide natam Ante aras,
id. S. 2, 3, 199:
et statuam ante aras aurata fronte juvencum,
Verg. A. 9, 627:
clara regione profundi Aetheros innumeri statuerunt agmina cygni,
Stat. Th. 3, 525.—
4.
Pregn., to construct and place, to set up after constructing, to erect, make.
a.
Of statues, temples, columns, altars, trophies, etc.; constr. with acc. alone, or acc. of the structure and dat. of the person for whom or in whose honor it is erected:
siquidem mihi aram et statuam statuis,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 122:
huic statuam statui decet ex auro,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 1:
ne ego aurea pro statua vineam tibi statuam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 52:
eique statuam equestrem in rostris statui placere,
Cic. Phil. 5, 15, 41; so id. ib. 9, 5, 10; 9, 7, 16; id. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151; 2, 2, 20, § 48; so,
simulacrum alicui statuere,
Val. Max. 1, 1, 8:
effigiem,
Verg. A. 2, 184:
Mancinus eo habitu sibi statuit quo, etc. (effigiem),
Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 18:
simulacrum in curia,
Tac. A. 14, 12:
quanam in civitate tempium statueretur,
id. ib. 4, 55:
se primos templum urbis Romae statuisse,
id. ib. 4, 56; so id. ib. 4, 15:
nec tibi de Pario statuam, Germanice, templum,
Ov. P. 4, 8, 31:
templa tibi statuam, tribuam tibi turis honorem,
id. M. 14, 128:
super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui nisi columellam,
Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:
victimas atque aras diis Manibus statuentes,
Tac. A. 3, 2:
statuitque aras e cespite,
Ov. M. 7, 240:
statuantur arae,
Sen. Med. 579:
aeneum statuerunt tropaeum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69:
monumentum,
id. ib. § 70; so,
in alio orbe tropaea statuere,
Curt. 7, 7, 14;
so,
Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18: ut illum di perdant qui primus statuit hic solarium, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5:
princeps Romanis solarium horologium statuisse L. Papirius Cursor proditur,
Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 213:
a miliario in capite Romani fori statuto,
id. 3, 5, 9, § 66:
carceres eo anno in Circo primum statuti,
Liv. 8, 20, 1:
quo molem hanc immanis equi statuere?
Verg. A. 2, 150:
multo altiorem statui crucem jussit,
Suet. Galb. 9:
obeliscam,
Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71:
at nunc disturba quas statuisti machinas,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 137:
incensis operibus quae statuerat,
Nep. Milt. 7, 4:
si vallum statuitur procul urbis illecebris,
Tac. A. 4, 2:
castra in quinto lapide a Carthagine statuit,
Just. 22, 6, 9.—
b.
Poet. and in post-class. prose (rare):
aliquem statuere = alicui statuam statuere: inter et Aegidas media statuaris in urbe,
Ov. H. 2, 67:
statuarque tumulo hilaris et coronatus,
my statue will be erected, Tac. Dial. 13; so with two acc.: custodem medio statuit quam vilicus horto, whose statue he placed as protectress, etc., Mart. 3, 68, 9; cf.
in double sense: nudam te statuet, i. e. nudam faciet (= nudabit fortunis), and statuam tibi nu dam faciet,
Mart. 4, 28, 8.—
5.
Of cities, etc., to establish, found, build (in class. prose usu. condo):
Agamemnon tres ibi urbes statuit,
Vell. 1, 1, 2:
urbem quam statuo vestra est,
Verg. A. 1, 573:
urbom praeclaram,
id. ib. 4, 655:
Persarum statuit Babylona Semiramis urbem,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 21:
ibi civitatem statuerunt,
Just. 23, 1; so,
licentia et impunitas asyla statuendi (= aperiendi),
Tac. A. 3, 60.—Hence, transf.: carmen statuere = carmen condere, to compose, devise a song:
nunc volucrum... inexpertum carmen, quod tacita statuere bruma,
Stat. S. 4, 5, 12.—
B.
To cause to stand still, to stop (rare; cf.
sisto, III. B.): navem extemplo statuimus,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57:
et statuit fessos, fessus et ipse, boves,
Prop. 4 (5), 9, 4:
famuli hoc modo statuerunt aquas,
Arn. 1, p. 30: sanguinem, Oct. Hor. 4.—
C.
To cause to stand firm, strengthen, support (rare; = stabilire), only transf.: qui rem publicam certo animo adjuverit, statuerit, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 56, 120 (Trag. Rel. v. 357 Rib.).
II.
Trop.
A.
To establish, constitute (= constituo).
1.
Esp.: exemplum or documentum (v. edo fin., and cf. Sen. Phoen. 320), to set forth an example or precedent for warning or imitation:
statuite exemplum impudenti, date pudori praemium,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 6:
exemplum statuite in me ut adulescentuli Vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:
ut illi intellegere possint, in quo homine statueris exemplum hujus modi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 45, § 111:
in quos aliquid exempli populus Romanus statui putat oportere,
id. ib. 2, 3, 90, §
210: statuam in te exemplum, ne quis posthac infelicibus miseriis patriae illudat,
Just. 8, 7, 14:
documentum autem statui oportere, si quis resipiscat et antiquam societatem respiciat,
Liv. 24, 45, 5: statueretur immo [p. 1753] documentum, quo uxorem imperator acciperet, a precedent, Tac. A. 12, 6.—
2.
Jus statuere, to establish a principle or relation of law:
ut (majores nostri) omnia omnium rerum jura statuerint,
Cic. Caecin. 12, 34: qui magistratum potestatemve habebit, si quid in aliquem novi juris statuerit, ipse quoque, adversario postulante, eodem jure uti debebit, if he has established any new principle of law, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 2, 2, 1, § 1:
si quid injungere inferiori velis, id prius in te ac tuos si ipse juris statueris, facilius omnes oboedientes habeas,
if you first admit it against yourself, Liv. 26, 36, 3:
si dicemus in omnibus aequabile jus statui convenire,
equal principles of law should be applied to all, Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4. —
3.
In gen., to establish by authority (of relations, institutions, rights, duties, etc.):
(Numa) omnis partis religionis statuit sanctissime,
Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:
hoc judicium sic exspectatur ut non unae rei statui, sed omnibus constitui putetur,
id. Tull. 15, 36:
ad formandos animos statuendasque vitae leges, Quint. prooem. 14: sic hujus (virtutis) ut caelestium statuta magnitudo est,
Sen. Ep. 79, 10:
vectigal etiam novum ex salaria annona statuerunt,
Liv. 29, 37, 2:
novos statuere fines,
id. 42, 24, 8:
neque eos quos statuit terminos observat,
id. 21, 44, 5:
quibus rebus cum pax statuta esset,
Just. 5, 10, 8; so id. 25, 1, 1:
sedesque ibi statuentibus,
id. 18, 5, 11.—
4.
With double acc., to constitute, appoint, create:
Hirtius arbitrum me statuebat non modo hujus rei, sed totius consulatus sui,
Cic. Att. 14, 1, a, 2:
telluris erum natura nec illum, nec quemquam constituit,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 130:
de principatu (vinorum) se quisque judicem statuet,
Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 59:
praefectus his statuitur Andragoras,
Just. 21, 4, 5.—
B.
To determine, fix, etc. (of temporal or local relations); constr. usually with acc. and dat. or acc. and gen.
1.
Modum statuere alicui or alicujus rei, to determine the manner, mode, or measure of, assign limits, restrictions or restraints to a thing or person, to impose restraints upon.
(α).
With dat.:
diuturnitati imperii modum statuendum putavistis,
that a limit should be assigned to the duration of his power, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26:
statui mihi tum modum et orationi meae,
imposed restraints upon myself and my words, id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:
non statuendo felicitati modum, nec cohibendo fortunam,
by not assigning any limits to his success, Liv. 30, 30, 23 (Pompeium) affirmabant, libertati publicae statuturum modum, Vell. 2, 40:
cupidinibus statuat natura modum,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:
quem modum sibi ipsa statuit (crudelitas)?
Val. Max. 9, 2 pr.:
modum ipsae res statuunt (i. e. sibi),
Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 216:
modum nuptiarum sumptibus statuerunt,
Just. 21, 4, 5:
timori quem meo statuam modum?
Sen. Thyest. 483;
and with finem: jam statui aerumnis modum et finem cladi,
id. Herc. Fur. 206. —
(β).
With gen.:
honestius te inimicitiarum modum statuere potuisse quam me humanitatis,
Cic. Sull. 17, 48:
ipse modum statuam carminis,
Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 44:
errorisque sui sic statuisse modum,
Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 36:
modum statuunt fellis pondere denarii,
they limit the quantity of the gall to the weight of a denarius, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 254.—
2.
Condicionem or legem alicui, to impose a condition or law upon one, to dictate, assign a condition to:
hanc tu condicionem statuis Gaditanis,
Cic. Balb. 10, 25:
providete ne duriorem vobis condicionem statuatis ordinique vestro quam ferre possit,
id. Rab. Post. 6, 15:
alter eam sibi legem statuerat ut, etc.,
id. Phil. 10, 6, 12: pretio statuta lege ne modum excederet, etc., the law being assigned to the price that not, etc., i. e. the price being limited by the law, etc., Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118:
pacis legem universae Graeciae statuit,
Just. 9, 5, 2.—So with ellipsis of dat., to agree upon, stipulate:
statutis condicionibus,
Just. 6, 1, 3:
omnibus consentientibus Carthago conditur, statuto annuo vectigali pro solo urbis,
id. 18, 5, 14. —
3.
Finem, to assign or put an end to, make an end of:
haud opinor commode Finem statuisse orationi militem,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 21:
et finem statuit cuppedinis atque timoris,
Lucr. 6, 25:
cum Fulvius Flaccus finem poenae eorum statuere cogeretur,
Val. Max. 3, 2, ext. 1: majores vestri omnium magnarum rerum et principia exorsi ab diis sunt, et finem statuerunt, finished, Liv. 45, 39, 10; so,
terminum: nam templis numquam statuetur terminus aevi,
Stat. S. 3, 1, 180:
cum consilii tui bene fortiterque suscepti eum tibi finem statueris, quem ipsa fortuna terminum nostrarum contentionum esse voluisset,
since you have assigned that end, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2.—
4.
Pretium alicui rei, to assign a price to something; fix, determine the price of something:
quae probast mers, pretium ei statuit,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:
numquam avare pretium statui arti meae,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 48:
statuit frumento pretium,
Tac. A. 2, 87; so with dat. understood:
ut eos (obsides) pretio quantum ipsi statuissent patres redimi paterentur,
Liv. 45, 42, 7:
pretium statuit (i. e. vecturae et sali),
id. 45, 29, 13; so with in and acc.: ut in singulas amphoras (vini) centeni nummi statuantur, that the price may be set down at 100 sesterces for an amphora, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56.—
5.
Statuere diem, horam, tempus, locum alicui rei, or alicui, or with dat. gerund., to assign or appoint a day, time, place, etc. (for the more usual diem dicere):
statutus est comitiis dies,
Liv. 24, 27, 1:
diem patrando facinori statuerat,
id. 35, 35, 15:
multitudini diem statuit ante quam sine fraude liceret ab armis discedere,
Sall. C. 36, 2:
dies insidiis statuitur,
id. J. 70, 3:
ad tempus locumque colloquio statuendum,
Liv. 28, 35, 4:
subverti leges quae sua spatia (= tempora) quaerendis aut potiundis honoribus statuerint,
Tac. A. 2, 36.—With ellipsis of dat.:
observans quem statuere diem,
Mart. 4, 54, 6:
noctem unam poscit: statuitur nox,
Tac. A. 13, 44.—Esp. in the part. statutus, fixed, appointed (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with status; v. sisto fin.):
institum ut quotannis... libri diebus statutis (statis) recitarentur,
Suet. Claud. 42:
ut die statuta omnes equos ante regiam producerent,
Just. 1, 10, 1:
quaedam (genera) statutum tempus anni habent,
Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 135:
fruges quoque maturitatem statuto tempore expectant,
Curt. 6, 3, 7:
sacrificium non esse redditum statuto tempore,
id. 8, 2, 6:
statuto tempore quo urbem Mithridati traderet,
Just. 16, 4, 9:
cum ad statutam horam omnes convenissent,
id. 1, 10, 8:
intra tempus statutum,
fixed by the law, Dig. 4, 4, 19 and 20.—
6.
To recount, count up, state (very rare): statue sex et quinquaginta annos, quibus mox divus Augustus rempublicam rexit: adice Tiberii tres et viginti... centum et viginti anni colliguntur, count, fix the number at, Tac. Or. 17:
Cinyphiae segetis citius numerabis aristas... quam tibi nostrorum statuatur summa laborum,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 29.—
C.
To decide, determine, with reference to a result, to settle, fix, bring about, choose, make a decision.
1.
Of disputes, differences, questions, etc., between others.
(α).
With interrog.-clause:
ut statuatis hoc judicio utrum posthac amicitias clarorum virorum calamitati hominibus an ornamento esse malitis,
Cic. Balb. 28, 65:
eam potestatem habetis ut statuatis utrum nos... semper miseri lugeamus, an, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 4:
in hoc homine statuatis, possitne senatoribus judicantibus homo nocentissim us pecuniosissimusque damnari,
id. Verr. 1, 16, 47:
vos statuite, recuperatores, utra (sententia) utilior esse videatur,
id. Caecin. 27, 77:
decidis tu statuisque quid iis ad denarium solveretur,
id. Quint. 4, 17:
magni esse judicis statuere quid quemque cuique praestare oporteret,
id. Off. 3, 17, 70:
mihi vero Pompeius statuisse videtur quid vos in judicando spectare oporteret,
id. Mil. 6, 15:
semel (senatus) statuerent quid donatum Masinissae vellent,
Liv. 42, 23:
nec quid faciendum modo sit statuunt, sed, etc.,
decide, dictate, id. 44, 22:
nondum statuerat conservaret eum necne,
Nep. Eum. 11, 2:
statutumque (est) quantum curules, quantum plebei pignoris caperent,
Tac. A. 13, 28: semel nobis esse statuendum quod consilium in illo sequamur, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4. —
(β).
With de:
ut consules de Caesaris actis cognoscerent, statuerent, judicarent,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:
et collegas suos de religione statuisse, in senatu de lege statuturos,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
ut de absente eo C. Licinius statueret ac judicaret,
Liv. 42, 22:
si de summa rerum liberum senatui permittat rex statuendi jus,
id. 42, 62: qui ab exercitu ab imperatore eove cui de ea re statuendi potestas fuerit, dimissus erit, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 3, 2, 1.—Often with reference to punishment:
cum de P. Lentulo ceterisque statuetis, pro certo habetote, vos simul de exercitu Catilinae decernere,
Sall. C. 52, 17:
satis visum de Vestilia statuere,
to pass sentence against, Tac. A. 2, 85:
jus statuendi de procuratoribus,
id. ib. 12, 54:
facta patribus potestate statuendi de Caeciliano,
id. ib. 6, 7; so id. ib. 13, 28; cf. id. ib. 15, 14; 2, 85; Suet. Tib. 61 fin. —In partic.: de se statuere, to decide on, or dispose of one's self, i. e. of one's life, = to commit suicide:
eorum qui de se statuebant humabantur corpora,
Tac. A. 6, 29.—
(γ).
With de and abl. and interrog.-clause:
si quibusdam populis permittendum esse videatur ut statuant ipsi de suis rebus quo jure uti velint,
Cic. Balb. 8, 22.—
(δ).
With contra:
consequeris tamen ut eos ipsos quos contra statuas aequos placatosque dimittas,
Cic. Or. 10, 34. —
(ε).
With indef. obj., usu. a neutr. pron.:
utrum igitur hoc Graeci statuent... an nostri praetores?
Cic. Fl. 12, 27:
dixisti quippiam: fixum (i. e. id) et statutum est,
id. Mur. 30, 62:
eoque utrique quod statuit contenti sunt,
Caes. B. C. 1, 87:
senatus, ne quid absente rege statueret,
Liv. 39, 24, 13:
maturato opus est, quidquid statuere placet (senatui),
id. 8, 13, 17:
id ubi in P. Licinio ita statutum est,
id. 41, 15, 10:
interrogatus quid ipse victorem statuere debere censeret,
Curt. 8, 14, 43:
quid in futurum statuerim, aperiam,
Tac. A. 4, 37:
utque rata essent quae procuratores sui in judicando statuerent,
Suet. Claud. 12;
qul statuit aliquid parte inaudita altera, aequum licet statuerit, haud aequus fuit,
Sen. Med. 2, 199:
non ergo quod libet statuere arbiter potest,
Dig. 4, 8, 32, § 15; cf.:
earum rerum quas Caesar statuisset, decrevisset, egisset,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 11.—
(ζ).
With de or super and abl.:
vos de crudelissimis parricidis quid statuatis cunctamini?
Sall. C. 52, 31:
nihil super ea re nisi ex voluntate filii statuere,
Suet. Tib. 13:
ne quid super tanta re absente principe statueretur,
Tac. H. 4, 9.—
(η).
Absol., mostly pass. impers.:
ita expediri posse consilium ut pro merito cujusque statueretur,
Liv. 8, 14, 1:
tunc ut quaeque causa erit statuetis,
id. 3, 53, 10:
non ex rumore statuendum,
decisions should not be founded on rumors, Tac. A. 3, 69.—
(θ).
With cognoscere, to examine ( officially) and decide:
petit ut vel ipse de eo causa cognita statuat, vel civitatem statuere jubeat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 19:
consuli ut cognosceret statueretque senatus permiserat,
Liv. 39, 3, 2:
missuros qui de eorum controversiis cognoscerent statuerentque,
id. 40, 20, 1; 45, 13, 11:
quod causa cognita erit statuendum,
Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 8.—
2.
With reference to the mind of the subject, to decide, to make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced, usu. with interrog.clause:
numquam intellegis, statuendum tibi esse, utrum illi homicidae sint an vindices libertatis,
Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30:
illud mirum videri solet, tot homines... statuere non potuisse, utrum judicem an arbitrum, rem an litem dici oporteret,
id. Mur. 12, 27:
neque tamen possum statuere, utrum magis mirer, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:
ipsi statuerent, quo tempore possent suo jure arma capere,
id. Tull. 5, 12:
ut statuerem quid esset faciendum,
id. Att. 7, 26, 3:
statuere enim qui sit sapiens, vel maxime videtur esse sapientis,
id. Ac. 2, 3, 9:
si habes jam statutum quid tibi agendum putes,
id. Fam. 4, 2, 4:
tu quantum tribuendum nobis putes statuas ipse, et, ut spero, statues ex nostra dignitate,
id. ib. 5, 8, 4:
vix statui posse utrum quae pro se, an quae contra fratrem petiturus esset ab senatu magis impetrabilia forent,
Liv. 45, 19, 6:
quam satis statuerat, utram foveret partem,
id. 42, 29, 11:
posse ipsam Liviam statuere, nubendum post Drusum, an, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 40:
statue quem poenae extrahas,
Sen. Troad. 661.—So with apud animum, to make up one's mind:
vix statuere apud animum meum possum atrum pejor ipsa res an pejore exemplo agatur,
Liv. 34, 2, 4:
proinde ipsi primum statuerent apud animos quid vellent,
id. 6, 39, 11.—Rarely with neutr, pron. as object:
quidquid nos de communi sententia statuerimus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:
sic statue, quidquid statuis, ut causam famamque tuam in arto stare scias,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1306.—
D.
To decree, order, prescribe.
1.
With ut or ne: statuunt ut decem milia hominum in oppidum submittantur, [p. 1754] Caes. B. G. 7, 21:
eos (Siculos) statuisse ut hoc quod dico postularet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 103:
statuunt illi atque decernunt ut eae litterae... removerentur,
id. ib. 2, 2, 71, §
173: statuit iste ut arator... vadimonium promitteret,
id. ib. 2, 3, 15, §
38: orare patres ut statuerent ne absentium nomina reciperentur,
id. ib. 2, 2, 42, §
103: statuitur ne post M. Brutum proconsulem sit Creta provincia,
id. Phil. 2, 38, 97:
(Tiberius) auxit patrum honorem statuendo ut qui ad senatum provocavissent, etc.,
Tac. A. 14, 28:
statuiturque (a senatu) ut... in servitute haberentur,
id. ib. 12, 53.—So of a decree, determination, or agreement by several persons or parties to be carried out by each of them:
statutum esse (inter plebem et Poenos) ut... impedimenta diriperent,
Liv. 23, 16, 6:
Athenienses cum statuerent, ut urbe relicta naves conscenderent,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:
statuunt ut fallere custodes tentent,
Ov. M. 4, 84.—
2.
With acc. (post-Aug.):
remedium statuere,
to prescribe a remedy against public abuses, Tac. A. 3, 28; 6, 4:
Caesar ducentesimam (vectigalis) in posterum statuit,
decreed that one half of one per cent. be the tax, id. ib. 2, 42.—So with sic (= hoc):
sic, di, statuistis,
Ov. M. 4, 661.—
3.
With dat. and acc. (not ante-Aug.):
eis (Vestalibus) stipendium de publico statuit,
decreed, allowed a salary, Liv. 1, 20, 3:
Aurelio quoque annuam pecuniam statuit princeps,
decreed, granted, Tac. A. 13, 34:
biduum criminibus obiciendis statuitur,
are allowed, id. ib. 3, 13:
itaque et alimenta pueris statuta... et patribus praemia statuta,
Just. 12, 4, 8:
ceu Aeolus insanis statuat certamina ventis,
Stat. Th. 6, 300:
non hoc statui sub tempore rebus occasum Aeoniis,
id. ib. 7, 219:
statuere alicui munera,
Val. Fl. 2, 566.—
4.
With dat. and interrog.-clause:
cur his quoque statuisti quantum ex hoc genere frumenti darent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:
ordo iis quo quisque die supplicarent, statutus,
Liv. 7, 28, 8.—
5.
In partic., of punishment, etc., to decree, measure out, inflict.
(α).
With poenam, etc., with or without in and acc. pers. (mostly post-Aug.):
considerando... in utra (lege) major poena statuatur,
Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145:
poenam statui par fuisse,
Tac. A. 14, 49:
qui non judicium, sed poenam statui videbant,
id. ib. 11, 6:
eadem poena in Catum Firmium statuitur,
id. ib. 6, 31:
senatu universo in socios facinoris ultimam statuente poenam,
Suet. Caes. 14;
so with mercedem (= poenam): debuisse gravissimam temeritatis mercedem statui,
Liv. 39, 55, 3; cf.
also: Thrasea, non quidquid nocens reus pati mereretur, id egregio sub principe statuendum disseruit,
Tac. A. 14, 48.— Absol.:
non debere eripi patribus vim statuendi (sc. poenas),
Tac. A. 3, 70.—
(β).
With indef. obj., generally with in and acc.: aliquid gravius in aliquem, to proceed severely against:
obsecrare coepit, ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20:
fac aliquid gravius in Hejum statuisse Mamertinos,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 19:
res monet cavere ab illis magis quam quid in illos statuamus consultare,
Sall. C. 52, 3:
qui cum triste aliquid statuit, fit tristis et ipse,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 119:
si quid ob eam rem de se crudelius statuerent,
Just. 2, 15, 10.—
(γ).
With a word expressing the kind of punishment (post-Aug.):
in Pompeiam Sabinam exilium statuitur,
Tac. A. 6, 24 (18).—
(δ).
De capite, to pass sentence of death:
legem illam praeclaram quae de capite civis Romani nisi comitiis centuriatis statui vetaret,
Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.—
E.
Referring to one's own acts, to resolve, determine, purpose, to propose, with inf. (first in Cic.;
freq. and class.): statuit ab initio et in eo perseveravit, jus publicano non dicere,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:
P. Clodius cum statuisset omni scelere in praetura vexare rem publicam,
id. Mil. 9, 24:
statuerat excusare,
to decline the office, id. Lig. 7, 21:
cum statuissem scribere ad te aliquid,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:
quod iste certe statuerat et deliberaverat non adesse,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:
se statuisse animum advertere in omnes nauarchos,
id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §
105: nam statueram in perpetuum tacere,
id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:
statueram... nihil de illo dicere,
id. Fragm. Clod. 1, 1:
statueram recta Appia Romam (i. e. venire),
id. Att. 16, 10, 1:
Pompeius statuerat bello decertare,
Caes. B. C. 3, 86: si cedere hinc statuisset, Liv. 44, 39, 7:
triumphare mense Januario statuerat,
id. 39, 15:
immemor sim propositi quo statui non ultra attingere externa nisi qua Romanis cohaererent rebus,
id. 39, 48:
rex quamquam dissimulare statuerat,
id. 42, 21:
opperiri ibi hostium adventum statuit,
id. 42, 54, 9:
ut statuisse non pugnare consules cognitum est,
id. 2, 45, 9:
exaugurare fana statuit,
id. 1, 55, 2:
Delphos mittere statuit,
id. 1, 56, 5:
eos deducere in agros statuerunt,
id. 40, 38, 2:
tradere se, ait, moenia statuisse,
id. 8, 25, 10:
Samnitium exercitus certamine ultimo fortunam experiri statuit,
id. 7, 37, 4:
statuit sic adfectos hosti non obicere,
id. 44, 36, 2:
sub idem tempus statuit senatus Carthaginem excidere,
Vell. 1, 12, 2:
statui pauca disserere,
Tac. H. 4, 73:
amoliri juvenem specie honoris statuit,
id. A. 2, 42:
statuerat urbem novam condere,
Curt. 4, 8, 1:
statuerat parcere urbi conditae a Cyro,
id. 7, 6, 20:
rex statuerat inde abire,
id. 7, 11, 4:
Alexander statuerat ex Syria petere Africam,
id. 10, 1, 17; 10, 5, 24; 5, 27 (9), 13; so,
statutum habere cum animo ac deliberatum,
to have firmly and deliberately resolved, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.—With sic:
caedis initium fecisset a me, sic enim statuerat,
id. Phil. 3, 7, 29.—
F.
To judge, declare as a judgment, be of opinion, hold (especially of legal opinions), think, consider (always implying the establishment of a principle, or a decided conviction; cf.: existimo, puto, etc.).
1.
With acc. and inf.
a.
In gen.:
senatus consulta falsa delata ab eo judicavimus... leges statuimus per vim et contra auspicia latas,
Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12:
statuit senatus hoc ne illi quidem esse licitum cui concesserat omnia,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 81:
quin is tamen (judex) statuat fieri non posse ut de isto non severissime judicetur,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, §
144: hujusce rei vos (recuperatores) statuetis nullam esse actionem qui obstiterit armatis hominibus?
id. Caecin. 13, 39, ut quisquam juris numeretur peritus, qui id statuit esse jus quod non oporteat judicari, who holds that to be the law, id. ib. 24, 68:
is (Pompeius) se in publico statuit esse non posse,
id. Pis. 13, 29:
tu unquam tantam plagam tacitus accipere potuisses, nisi hoc ita statuisses, quidquid dixisses te deterius esse facturum?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 133:
si causa cum causa contenderet, nos nostram perfacile cuivis probaturos statuebamus,
we were sure, id. Quint. 30, 92:
non statuit sibi quidquam licere quod non patrem suum facere vidisset,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 211:
hi sibi nullam societatem communis utilitatis causa statuunt esse cum civibus,
assume, id. Off. 3, 6, 28:
cum igitur statuisset opus esse ad eam rem constituendam pecunia,
had become convinced, id. ib. 2, 23, 82:
quo cive neminem ego statuo in hac re publica esse fortiorem,
id. Planc. 21, 51:
quam quidem laudem sapientiae statuo esse maximam,
id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:
hoc anno statuit temporis esse satis,
Ov. F. 1, 34:
nolim statuas me mente maligna id facere,
Cat. 67, 37.— So with sic:
velim sic statuas tuas mihi litteras longissimas quasque gratissimas fore,
Cic. Fam. 7, 33 fin.:
ego sic statuo a me in hac causa pietatis potius quam defensionis partes esse susceptas,
I hold, lay down as the principle of my defence, id. Sest. 2, 3:
quod sic statuit omnino consularem legem nullam putare,
id. ib. 64, 135:
sic statuo et judico, neminem tot et tanta habuisse ornamenta dicendi,
id. Or. 2, 28, 122. —Hence, statui, I have judged, i. e. I know, and statueram, I had judged, i. e. I knew:
ut ego qui in te satis consilii statuerim esse, mallem Peducaeum tibi consilium dare quam me, ironically,
Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4:
qui saepe audissent, nihil esse pulchrius quam Syracusarum moenia, statuerant se, si ea Verre praetore non vidissent, numquam esse visuros,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95.—With neutr. pron.:
si dicam non recte aliquid statuere eos qui consulantur,
that they hold an erroneous opinion, Cic. Caecin. 24, 68; cf.:
quis hoc statuit umquam, aut cui concedi potest, ut eum jure potuerit occidere a quo, etc.,
id. Tull. 24, 56; Quint. 5, 13, 21.—
b.
Particularly of a conclusion drawn from circumstances, to judge, infer, conclude; declare (as an inference):
cum tuto senatum haberi non posse judicavistis, tum statuiistis, etiam intra muros Antonii scelus versari,
Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13: quod si aliter statuetis, videte ne hoc vos statuatis, qui vivus decesserit, ei vim non esse factam, id. Caecin. 16, 46:
quid? si tu ipse statuisti, bona P. Quinctii ex edicto possessa non esse?
id. Quint. 24, 76:
ergo ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,
id. Off. 3, 16, 67:
Juppiter esse pium statuit quodcumque juvaret,
Ov. H. 4, 133.—With neutr. pron.:
hoc (i. e. litteris Gabinii credendum non esse) statuit senatus cum frequens supplicationem Gabinio denegavit,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14:
quod si tum statuit opus esse, quid cum ille decessisset, Flacco existimatis statuendum et faciendum fuisse?
id. Fl. 12, 29; cf. id. Caecin. 16, 46, supra; so,
hoc si ita statuetis,
id. ib. 16, 47.—
c.
Esp. with gerund.-clause.
(α).
To hold, judge, think, consider, acknowledge, that something must be done, or should have been done:
tu cum tuos amicos in provinciam quasi in praedam invitabas... non statuebas tibi de illorum factis rationem esse reddendam?
did you not consider, did it not strike you? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29: statuit, si hoc crimen extenuari vellet, nauarchos omnes vita esse privandos, he thought it necessary to deprive, etc., id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §
103: ut statuas mihi non modo non cedendum, sed etiam tuo auxilio utendum fuisse,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:
statuebam sic, boni nihil ab illis nugis expectandum,
id. Sest. 10, 24:
Antigonus statuit aliquid sibi consilii novi esse capiendum,
Nep. Eum. 8, 4. —So with opus fuisse:
ut hoc statuatis oratione longa nihil opus fuisse,
acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56: causam sibi dicendam esse statuerat jam ante quam hoc usu venit, knew (cf. a. supra), id. ib. 2, 5, 39, § 101. —
(β).
To think that one must do something, to resolve, propose, usu. with dat. pers.:
manendum mihi statuebam quasi in vigilia quadam consulari ac senatoria,
Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1: quae vobis fit injuria si statuimus, vestro nobis judicio standum esse, if we conclude, purpose, to abide, etc., id. Fl. 27, 65:
ut ea quae statuisses tibi in senatu dicenda, reticeres,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:
statuit tamen nihil sibi in tantis injuriis gravius faciendum,
id. Clu. 6, 16:
Caesar statuit exspectandam classem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:
non expectandum sibi statuit dum, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 11:
quod eo tempore statuerat non esse faciendum,
id. B. C. 3, 44:
statuit sibi nihil agitandum,
Sall. J. 39, 5:
Metellus statuit alio more bellum gerendum,
id. ib. 54, 5:
Laco statuit accuratius sibi agendum cum Pharnabazo,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 2:
sororis filios tollendos statuit,
Just. 38, 1.—
2.
With ut:
si, ut Manilius statuebat, sic est judicatum (= ut judicandum esse statuebat),
Cic. Caecin. 24, 69:
ut veteres statuerunt poetae (ut = quod ita esse),
id. Arat. 267 (33): quae majora auribus accepta sunt quam oculis noscuntur, ut statuit, as he thought, i. e. that those things were greater, etc., Liv. 45, 27:
cum esset, ut ego mihi statuo, talis qualem te esse video,
Cic. Mur. 14, 32.—
3.
With two acc. (= duco, existimo):
omnes qui libere de re publica sensimus, statuit ille quidem non inimicos, sed hostes,
regarded not as adversaries, but as foes, Cic. Phil. 11, 1, 3:
Anaximenes aera deum statuit,
id. N. D. 10, 26:
voluptatem summum bonum statuens,
id. Off. 1, 2, 5:
video Lentulum cujus ego parentem deum ac patronum statuo fortunae ac nominis mei,
id. Sest. 69, 144:
si rectum statuerimus concedere amicis quidquid velint,
id. Lael. 11, 38:
Hieronymus summum bonum statuit non dolere,
id. Fin. 2, 6, 19:
noster vero Plato Titanum e genere statuit eos qui... adversentur magistratibus,
id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
decretum postulat, quo justae inter patruos fratrumque filias nuptiae statuerentur,
Tac. A. 12, 7:
optimum in praesentia statuit reponere odium,
id. Agr. 39.— P. a.: stătūtus, a, um, i. e. baculo, propped, leaning on a stick (dub. v. I. C. supra):
vidistis senem... statutum, ventriosum?
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, subst.: stătūtum, i, n., a law, decision, determination, statute (late Lat.):
Dei,
Lact. 2, 16, 14:
Parcarum leges ac statuta,
id. 1, 11, 14:
statuta Dei et placita,
id. 7, 25, 8.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > statuo
13 scio

scĭo, īvi, ītum, 4 (old imperf. scibam, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 34; 2, 4, 89; id. Ps. 1, 5, 84; 1, 5, 86; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 68; id. Phorm. 4, 1, 16:
scibas,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 24; id. Ps. 1, 5, 85:
scibat,
id. Am. prol. 22; Lucr. 5, 934:
scibatis,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 47:
scibant,
Lucr. 5, 949; 5, 953; Cat. 68, 85.— Fut. scibo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 13; id. Most. 4, 3, 5; id. Men. 2, 3, 35; 5, 2, 57; id. Ps. 1, 2, 41; 1, 5, 65; id. Truc. 2, 6, 69; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 58; id. Ad. 3, 3, 7; 5, 2, 5; id. Hec. 2, 2, 4:
scibis,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 22; id. Ep. 2, 2, 101; 5, 1, 49; id. Mil. 4, 8, 55; id. Ps. 4, 4, 2; id. Poen. 5, 4, 57; id. Pers. 2, 2, 37; id. Rud. 2, 3, 35; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 35; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 43:
scibit,
Cato, R. R. 5, 5; Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 69; 1, 2, 51; id. Mil. 3, 2, 46; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38:
scibimus,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 57:
scibunt,
id. Poen. 2, 16.— Perf. sciit, Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 17.— Pass. scibitur, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5:
scin' for scisne,
id. Am. 1, 1, 200; 2, 2, 39; 5, 1, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 113; id. Aul. 1, 1, 8 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 47; 3, 1, 47; 4, 6, 6; 4, 7, 30 et saep.— Perf. sync. scisti, Ov. A. A. 1, 131; id. F. 4, 527:
scirint,
Tac. Dial. 33; so, regularly, inf. scisse, e. g. Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 17), v. a. [root sci-; Gr. keiô (for skeiô), keazô, to split, divide; cf.: scisco, plebiscitum, etc., prop. to distinguish, discern].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to know, in the widest signif. of the word; to understand; perceive; to have knowledge of or skill in any thing, etc.:
plurimā mutatione figuramus, Scio, Non ignoro, et Non me fugit, et Non me praeterit, et Quis nescit? et Nemini dubium est. Sed etiam ex proximo mutuari licet. Nam et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,
Quint. 10, 1, 13 (freq. in all styles and periods; cf. nosco).
(α).
With acc.:
aut scire istarum rerum nihil, aut, etiam si maxime sciemus, nec, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:
ut vilicus naturam agri novit, dispensator litteras scit, etc.,
id. ib. 5, 3, 5:
quod nec didicerint nec umquam scire curaverint,
id. ib. 1, 6, 11:
ego omnem rem scio Quemadmodum est,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 69:
id equidem ego certo scio,
id. ib. 3, 3, 33:
quod pro certo sciam,
id. ib. 3, 4, 13: Mi. Ubi ipse est? Ch. Nescio. Nihil jam me oportet scire... nescio etiam id quod scio, id. ib. 4, 6, 21:
haec scivisti et me celavisti?
id. Pers. 5, 2, 19:
is omnes linguas scit: sed dissimulat sciens, Se scire,
id. Poen. prol. 112 (cf. supra, litteras, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5): comoediam, Titin. ap. Non. 277, 26:
bene id opus,
id. ib. 3, 21:
artem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44:
juventutis mores qui sciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2: remuneremini nos, ac quae scitis, proferatis in me dium:
nemo enim omnia potest scire,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 2; cf.:
nec scire fas est omnia,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 22:
SENATVOSQVE SENTENTIAM VTEI SCIENTES ESETIS, S. C. de Bacch. 23, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173: quod scio, omne ex hoc scio,
I know all from him, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 7:
aliquid ex aliquo,
id. Capt. 2, 2, 45; id. Most. 3, 2, 58; Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1; id. Att. 5, 2, 3 al. (v. infra, g and d; and cf. in the foll., with de instead of ex):
quod sciam,
for aught I know, as far as I know, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 70; 2, 2, 15; id. Most. 4, 3, 19; id. Men. 2, 2, 23; 3, 2, 35 al.; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 7; Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; Quint. 9, 1, 17; 9, 4, 63 al.; cf.:
quantum ego quidem sciam,
Quint. 3, 1, 19.— Pass.:
quod quom scibitur, per urbem irridebor,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5:
ars earum rerum est, quae sciuntur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 30:
an nihil certum sciri possit,
id. ib. 1, 51, 222: id de Marcello aut certe de Postumiā sciri potest, can be learned from Marcellus, etc., id. Att. 12, 22, 2.—
(β).
With inf., or more freq. with object-clause:
qui uti sciat,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:
si sciret regibus uti,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 14:
antequam declamare sciat,
Quint. 2, 1, 3:
si docere sciant et velint,
id. 10, 5, 19:
digredi a re et redire ad propositum suum scierit,
id. 9, 2, 4 et saep.:
vincere scis, Hannibal,
Liv. 22, 51, 4:
qui nec ipse consulere nec alteri parere sciat,
id. 22, 29, 8:
qui tegere liberos sciat,
id. 1, 53, 8; 38, 52, 2; Curt. 4, 2, 14:
scio, fortunas secundas neglegentiam prendere solere, Cato ap. Fest, s.v. parsi, p. 210: dii sciunt, culpam meam istanc non esse ullam,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 41:
scio, tibi ita placere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 30, 46:
quas (leges) scitis exstare,
id. ib. 5, 2, 3: scimus L. Atilium appellatum esse sapientem id. Lael. 2, 6:
scis, In breve te cogi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 7: scire licet, nobis venas et sanguen... alienigenis ex partibus esse, it is easy to see that, etc., Lucr. 1, 860 (shortly before and after, scilicet); so,
scire licet,
id. 1, 894; 2, 930; 2, 967; 3, 873 et saep.; Liv. 1, 39, 3; Cels. 1, 1 fin.; 1, 2; 3, 2 al.—So, in familiar style, imper. scito, be assured, I reply that, remember, etc.: fenestrarum angustias quod reprehendis, scito te Kurou paideian reprehendere, Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2; 12, 21, 5:
scito hoc nos in eo judicio consecutos esse, ut, etc.,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 24; 5, 20, 7; cf.:
istis contumeliis scitote Q. Lollium coactum, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62; 2, 3, 56, § 129.—Esp., introducing a conclusion, after si, sin, nisi:
si venturus es, scito necesse esse te venire,
Cic. Fam. 9, 4 init.:
sin ista pax perditum hominem restitutura est, hoc animo scito omnis sanos, etc.,
id. ib. 10, 27, 1:
si vos semel finem legis transieritis, scitote vos nullum ceteris in aestimando finem improbitatis reliquisse,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 95, § 220; 2, 4, 30, § 68; id. Cat. 2, 10, 23.—Rarely in part. pres. (postAug.; cf. P. a., infra):
interrogant an vir daturus sit beneficium ingrato, sciens ingratum esse,
Sen. Ben. 4, 26, 1:
Laqueo vitam finiit, sciens et in Maximino multum esse roboris,
Capitol. in Max. 19:
totam hereditatem sciens ad se non pertinere,
Gai. Inst. 4, 144.— Impers.:
hoc scitis omnes, usque adeo hominem in periculo fuisse, quoad scitum sit, Sestium vivere,
Cic. Sest. 38, 82.— Pass., with nom. and inf.:
Christus scitur vocis simplicis jussione ambulatum dedisse contractis,
Arn. 1, 48.—
(γ).
With a rel.-clause:
isti jam sciunt, negotii quid sit,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 13:
ut sciamus, quid dicamus mox pro testimonio,
id. ib. 3, 2, 19:
scin' quam iracundus siem?
id. Bacch. 4, 2, 12:
cuivis facile scitu est, quam fuerim miser,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 15:
cum sciatis, quo quaeque res inclinet,
Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:
Sestium quanti faciam, ipse optime scio,
id. Fam. 13, 8, 1:
ex tribus istis modis rerum publicarum velim scire quod optimum judices,
id. ib. 1, 30, 46:
ut eum (hostem) non modo esse, sed etiam, quis et unde sit, scire possimus,
id. ib. 2, 3, 6:
coqua est haec quidem: Scit muriatica ut maceret,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 39; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 18; Cic. Mur. 9, 22; Hor. C. 3, 4, 42 al.:
scire velis, mea cur opuscula lector Laudet,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 35; 2, 2, 187:
quī scis, an, quae jubeam, sine vi faciat?
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 20; Hor. C. 4, 7, 17; id. A. P. 462; cf. the phrase haud scio an, under an.— Pass.:
hinc sciri potuit, Quo studio vitam suam te absente exegerit,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 38: scito... nec, [p. 1644] quando futura sint comitia, sciri, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2.—With indic. in the rel.-clause (ante-class.): Ba. Scio, quid ago. Pi. Et pol ego scio, quid metuo, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 45; cf.:
scitin' quid ego vos rogo?
id. Men. 5, 9, 92:
scis tu, ut confringi vas cito Samium solet,
id. Bacch. 2, 2, 24:
jam ego ex hoc, ut factum est, scibo,
id. Men. 5, 2, 57; instead of which, with subj.:
ex me primo prima scires, rem ut gessissem publicam,
id. Am. 1, 3, 26:
ex hoc scibo quid siet,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 59; id. Hec. 4, 2, 4.—
(δ).
With de:
jam vero de legibus, de bello, de pace... scisse,
Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58.—
(ε).
Absol.:
hi sciunt, qui hic affuerunt,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 31:
quom videbis, tum scies,
id. Bacch. 1, 2, 37: Pi. Quī scire possum? Ch. Nullus plus, id. ib. 2, 2, 13:
quem, ut scitis, unice dilexi,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 1; so,
ut scitis, parenthetically,
id. ib. 1, 14, 21; 2, 31, 54; 6, 9, 9; id. Lael. 21, 77; cf.
scio alone, parenthetically: injurato scio plus credet mihi quam jurato tibi,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 281:
ego abeo: tu jam scio patiere,
id. As. 2, 2, 111:
quam tu propediem effliges scio,
id. ib. 4, 2, 9 et saep.:
scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter,
Pers. 1, 27:
nemo ex me scibit,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38.— Pass.:
non opus est dicto... at scito huic opus est,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 14:
plus, quam opus est scito, sciet,
id. ib. 4, 1, 18; so, with adv. or adverb.-clause:
non tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,
Cic. Brut. 37, 140; so,
Latine,
id. Fin. 2, 4, 13; Liv. 1, 27:
luculenter Graece,
Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15:
Graece,
id. Fam. 9, 22, 3:
ubi hanc forma videt honesta virginem, Et fidibus scire,
and that she was skilled in music, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 53 (cf.: docere aliquem fidibus. Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:
discere fidibus,
id. Lael. 8, 26).—
(ζ).
With de:
de legibus instituendis, de bello, de pace, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58:
cum is, qui de omnibus scierit, de Sullā se scire negavit,
id. Sull. 13, 39.—
(η).
With non (very rare for nescio; cf.:
non scire barbarum jam videtur, nescire dulcius,
Cic. Or. 47, 157):
quis enim erat qui non sciret studiosiorem Mithridatem fuisse, etc.,
id. Fl. 25, 59:
tam imperitus, ut non sciret, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44:
quid? non sciunt ipsi viam, domum quā veniant?
Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 25; Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3; Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 19.—
b.
Ellipt.: scin' quomodo? do you know how (I shall serve you)? a threatening phrase in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 200; id. Aul. 5, 21; id. Rud. 3, 5, 18.—
B.
In partic., of a woman, to know carnally a man (cf. of a man, cognosco), Treb. xxx. Tyr. 30.—
* II.
Transf., publicists' t. t. for the usual scisco (v. h. v. II.), of the people, to ordain, decree, appoint any thing after knowledge obtained regarding it:
ut tribunus plebis rogationem ferret sciretque plebs, uti, etc.,
Liv. 26, 33, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:
a scire for asciscere,
Tac. Agr. 19; id. H. 4, 80.—Hence, scĭens, entis, P. a., knowing, i. e.
A.
Pregn., knowingly, wittingly, purposely, intentionally, etc. (freq. and class.): tu verbis conceptis conjuravisti sciens sciente animo tuo, Scip. Afric. minor ap. Gell. 7, 11, 9:
ubi verbis conceptis sciens libenter perjuraris,
Plaut. As. 3, 2, 16:
amore ardeo et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27; so (with prudens) Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin.:
equidem plus hodie boni Feci imprudens, quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,
Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; so (opp. imprudens) id. Phorm. 4, 3, 55; Cic. Planc. 16, 41; (opp. insciens) id. Balb. 5, 13:
habebit igitur te sciente et vidente curia senatorem, etc.,
id. Clu. 46, 129:
an ille me tentat sciens?
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 29; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 40; id. Ps. 1, 1, 90; id. Poen. prol. 112; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13; id. Heaut. 5, 5, 6 al.:
heia vero, inquit, geram morem vobis et me oblinam sciens,
Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8 et saep.—So the formula: si sciens fallo; v. fallo.—
B.
Knowing, understanding, acquainted with, skilled, versed, or expert in any thing (class.).
(α).
Absol.:
id ego jam nunc tibi renuntio, ut sis sciens,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 28:
quod me non scientem feceris,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 34;
Ter Heaut. 4, 8, 32: vites pampinari: sed a sciente,
Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:
quis igitur hoc homine scientior umquam fuit?
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:
scientior venefica,
Hor. Epod. 5, 72:
quae (navis) scientissimo gubernatore utitur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 58.— Sup.: sit oportet idem scientissimus, Col. 11, 1.—
(β).
With gen.:
dominum scientem esse oportet earum rerum, quae, etc.,
Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 1:
locorum,
Sall. J. 97, 3:
pugnae,
Hor. C. 1, 15, 24:
citharae,
id. ib. 3, 9, 10:
Latinae linguae,
Tac. A. 2, 13:
juris,
id. ib. 3, 70; 6, 26 et saep.— Sup.:
M. Scaurus, vir regendae rei publicae scientissimus,
Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; Vulg. 2 Par. 2, 13.—
* (γ).
Poet., with inf.:
quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 25.— Adv.: scĭenter (acc. to B.), knowingly, understandingly, wisely, skilfully, expertly, etc.:
scienter et perite et ornate dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:
uti (with modice),
id. ib. 1, 29, 132; id. Off. 2, 5, 18:
sese distribuunt in duas partes,
Caes. B. C. 1, 55.— Comp.:
neminem in eo genere scientius versatum Isocrate,
Cic. Or. 52, 175; Caes. B. G. 7, 22.— Sup.:
coepit rationem hujus operis (sphaerae) scientissime Gallus exponere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22; id. Div. 1, 41, 92.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > scio
14 sei

sī (orig. and ante-class. form seī), conj. [from a pronominal stem = Gr. he; Sanscr. sva-, self; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 778; Curt. Gr. Etym. 396], a conditional particle, if.
I.
Prop.
a.
With indic.; so in gen., in conditions which are assumed to be true, with the verb in pres. or perf.; less freq. in imperf or pluperf.; and in conditions which may probably become true, with the verb in fut. or fut. perf. (Madv. Gram. § 332; Zumpt, Gram. § 517).
(α).
Pres.: SI IN IVS VOCAT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25, and ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT... SI NOLET, etc., id. ap. Gell. l. l.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):
si vis, dabo tibi testes,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:
si voltis,
id. ib. 1, 28, 44:
si placet,
id. ib. 2, 44, 71;
1, 21, 34: si tuo commodo fleri potest,
id. ib. 1, 9, 14:
si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
id. ib. 1, 18, 30:
si populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23:
si Massilienses per delectos cives summā justitiā reguntur, inest tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43; cf. id. Off. 3, 8, 35:
quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si nec privata domus continere voces conjurationis tuae potest? si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia?
id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:
si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit,
id. Rep. 3, 18, 28:
Si quaerimus, cur, etc.,
id. Brut. 95, 325. —Strengthened by modo:
magnifica quidem res, si modo est ulla,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1:
deliget populus, si modo salvus esse vult, optimum quemque,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:
quae (virtus) est una, si modo est, maxime munifica,
id. ib. 3, 8, 12; id. Tusc. 2, 4, 33; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:
si quisquam est facilis, hic est,
id. Att. 14, 1, 2:
si ulla res est, quam tibi me petente faciendam putes, haec ea sit,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:
SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Leg. Mos. et Rom. 16, 4: quae (libertas), si aequa non est, ne libertas quidem est,
Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47; 1, 32, 49:
id si minus intellegitur, ex dissensionibus percipi potest,
id. Lael. 7, 23: BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT, EXSTRAD QVAM SEI QVID IBEI SACRI EST... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT, S. C. de Bacch. fin.:
dicito, si quid vis, non nocebo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 235:
si qui sunt, qui philosophorum auctoritate moveantur,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
si quid generis istiusmodi me delectat, pictura delectat,
id. Fam. 7, 23, 3:
si aliquid dandum est voluptati,
id. Sen. 13, 44;
four times repeated,
id. ib. 11, 38.—So esp. after mirum est or miror, as expressing reality (= quod or cum; cf. Gr. ei):
noli mirari, si hoc non impetras,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29:
ecquid mirum est, si tam ab amico animo pacem petit? Curt 4, 11, 4: miraris, si superbiam tuam ferre non possumus?
id. 8, 7, 14.—
With a negative conclusion, to denote that, although the condition is true, or is conceded, a certain inference does not follow: nec, si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico esse causas, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28:
nec. si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,
id. Phil. 13, 6, 19:
si veniam meretur qui inprudens nocuit, non meretur praemium qui inprudens profuit,
Quint. 5, 10, 73:
nec ideo ignis minus urere potest, si in materiam incidit inviolabilem flammis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1.—
(β).
Imperf.:
ea si erant, magnas habebas omnibus, dis gratias,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 17; Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43:
si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,
id. Sest. 1.—
(γ).
Perf.:
SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. talio, p. 363 Müll.: si animum contulisti in istam rationem, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37:
si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 10, 18:
quos (tyrannos) si boni oppresserunt, recreatur civitas: sin audaces, fit illa factio,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 65:
si ita sensit, ut loquitur,
id. ib. 3, 21, 32;
1, 27, 43: si modo hoc in Lycurgi potestate potuit esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 24:
si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus,
id. Off. 3, 8, 37: si quis eorum [p. 1689] (servorum) sub centone crepuit, nullum mihi vitium facit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 sq. Müll.:
si quid sceleste fecit,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 27:
si quam opinionem jam vestris mentibus comprehendistis, etc.,
Cic. Clu. 2, 6:
si quando regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 42, 65; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, 59; id. Lael. 7, 24.—After mirum est or miror, to express a reality (cf. a, supra):
minime mirum, si ista res adhuc nostrā linguā inlustrata non est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55; id. Deiot. 4, 12:
quid mirum, si haec invitus amisi?
Tac. A. 12, 37:
miraris, si eo tempore matrona dicere potuit, escende?
Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 1:
minime est mirandum, si vita ejus fuit secura,
Nep. Cim. 4, 4.—Very often followed by certe, profecto, etc., to express a conclusion, as certain as the unquestionable assumption:
quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum, cum, etc., tum profecto fuit,
Cic. Brut. 2, 7:
si quisquam fuit umquam remotus ab inani laude, ego profecto is sum,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:
etenim si nulla fuit umquam tam imbecillo mulier animo, quae, etc., certe nos, etc.,
id. Fam. 5, 16, 6:
si umquam in dicendo fuimus aliquid, tum profecto, etc.,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 4; 7, 19.—Esp. with a negative conclusion (v. a fin. supra, and cf. quia, etsi):
non, si tibi ante profuit, semper proderit,
Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 12:
non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,
id. de Or. 2, 40, 170:
neque enim, si tuae res gestae ceterorum laudibus obscuritatem attulerunt, idcirco Pompeii memoriam amisimus,
id. Deiot. 4, 12:
nec, si capitis dolorem facit, inutilis hominibus sol est,
Quint. 5, 10, 82.—
(δ).
Pluperf.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:
nec mirum, eos si orationes turbaverant,
Liv. 32, 20, 2 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):
si hoc ita fato datum erat, ut,
Liv. 30, 30, 3.—So esp. in indef. clauses of repeated action:
plausum si quis eorum aliquando acceperat, ne quid peccasset pertimescebat,
whenever, Cic. Sest. 49, 105:
si quando nostri navem religaverant, hostes succurrebant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:
si quando suis fortunis forte desperare coeperant,
id. B. G. 3, 12.—
(ε).
Fut.: SI VOLET SVO VIVITO... SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.); and:
alte spectare si voles, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25:
si jam eminebit foras,
id. ib. 6, 26, 29:
si me audietis,
id. ib. 1, 19, 32:
si mutuas non potero certum est sumam fenore,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 95:
id persequar, si potero, subtilius,
Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42; cf. in the foll. z:
nihil (offendet) si modo opus exstabit,
id. ib. 5, 3, 5:
si quid te volam, ubi eris?
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 96: si quod aliud oikeion reperies, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.—
(ζ).
Fut. perf.: si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.):
si nostram rem publicam vobis et nascentem et crescentem ostendero,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3:
tum magis assentiere, si ad majora pervenero,
id. ib. 1, 40, 62:
expediri quae restant vix poterunt, si hoc incohatum reliqueris,
id. ib. 1, 35, 55;
1, 24, 38: pergratum mihi feceris, si de amicitiā disputaris,
id. Lael. 4, 16:
accommodabo ad eam (rem publicam), si potuero, omnem illam orationem, etc.... quod si tenere et consequi potuero, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 46, 70; so,
si potuero,
id. ib. 2, 30, 53; id. Brut. 5, 21:
si potuerit,
id. Off. 3, 23, 89:
si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,
id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:
si modo interpretari potuero,
id. Leg. 2, 18, 45:
si ne ei caput exoculassitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 26: si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis... Sed si quā per voluptatem nequiter feceritis, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:
de iis te, si qui me forte locus admonuerit, commonebo,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—
b.
With subj.; so in gen. of conditions assumed in statement, but implied not to be actual; the verb in pres. (rarely perf.) implies that the condition is still possible; in the imperf. and pluperf., that it is known to be unreal (Madv. Gram. § 347 sqq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 524).
(α).
Pres.:
si habeat aurum,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12:
abire hinc nullo pacto possim, si velim,
id. ib. 2, 2, 2; so,
si velim,
Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17:
cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,
id. ib. 1, 5, 9:
si singulos numeremus,
id. ib. 3, 4, 7: si jus suum populi teneant, id. ib. 1, 32, 48:
si Scipionis desiderio me moveri negem,
id. Lael. 3, 10:
si ad verba rem deflectere velimus,
id. Caecin. 18, 51:
si quis varias gentes despicere possit, videat primum, etc.,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.—In expressing a wish ( poet. for utinam), usu. with O:
O si angulus ille accedat, qui, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; 2, 6, 10:
O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,
Verg. A. 8, 560;
also alone: si nunc se nobis ille aureus arbore ramus Ostendat nemore in tanto!
would that, yet if, if however, id. ib. 6, 187:
si quā fata aspera rumpas, Tu Marcellus eris,
id. ib. 6, 882; cf. b, infra.—
(β).
Imperf.:
qui si unus omnia consequi posset, nihil opus esset pluribus, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 52:
quae descriptio si esset ignota vobis, explicaretur a me,
id. ib. 2, 22, 39:
si ullum probarem simplex rei publicae genus,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:
quod non fecissent profecto, si nihil ad eos pertinere arbitrarentur,
id. Lael. 4, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 525: SEI QVES ESENT, QVEI SIBEI DEICERENT, S. C. de Bacch (twice). —Also with O, expressing a wish ( poet.):
O si solitae quicquam virtutis adesset,
Verg. A. 11, 415;
and without O: si mihi, quae quondam fuerat... si nunc foret illa juventus,
id. ib. 5, 398.—
(γ).
Perf.: SI INIVRIAM FAXIT ALTERI, VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12: si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.):
perii, si me aspexerit!
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:
victus sum, si dixeris,
id. ib. 1, 1, 272:
Romani si casu intervenerint,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8.—
(δ).
Pluperf.:
si aliter accidisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:
tum magis id diceres, si nuper in hortis Scipionis affuisses,
id. Lael. 7, 25:
mansisset eadem voluntas in eorum posteris, si regum similitudo permansisset,
id. Rep. 1, 41, 64:
si id fecisses,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3; 2, 15, 38; 2, 36, 90:
si quis in caelum ascendisset, etc.,
id. Lael. 23, 88:
si aliquid de summā gravitate Pompeius remisisset,
id. Phil. 13, 1, 2.—
c.
Ellipt.
(α).
With pron. indef:
istae artes, si modo aliquid, valent, ut acuant ingenia,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:
aut nemo, aut, si quisquam, ille sapiens fuit,
id. Lael. 2, 9; id. Or. 29, 103.—
(β).
In a negation, usu. si minus, si contra (= sin minus, sin aliter):
plures haec tulit una civitas, si minus sapientes, at certe summā laude dignos,
Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
educ tecum omnes tuos: si minus, quam plurimos,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 10; id. de Or. 2, 16, 68, in this sense less freq. si non:
utrum cetera nomina digesta habes an non? Si non... si etiam,
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:
si haec civitas est, civem esse me: si non, exsulem esse, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 2, 24; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 66; 1, 6, 68; Liv. 28, 29, 4:
hic venit in judicium, si nihil aliud, saltem ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152; so, si nihil aliud, Liv 22, 29; 30, 35; 45, 37 fin., Curt. 4, 6, 28:
si aliud nihil,
id. 2, 43.—
(γ).
With forte:
intelleges esse nihil a me nisi orationis acerbitatem et, si forte, raro litterarum missarum indiligentiam reprehensam,
perhaps, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; cf.:
vereor, ne nihil sim tui, nisi supplosionem pedis imitatus et pauca quaedam verba et aliquem, si forte, motum,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—
2.
With quod, and if, but if, if however, if:
quod si in philosophiā tantum interest... quid tandem in causis existimandum est?
Cic. Or. 16, 51:
quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum... tum profecto fuit,
id. Brut. 2, 7:
quod si exemeris ex rerum naturā benevolentiae conjunctionem, nec domus ulla nec urbs stare poterit,
id. Lael. 7, 23; id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
quod si non hic tantus fructus ostenderetur et si ex his studiis delectatio sola peteretur: tamen, etc.,
id. Arch. 7, 16; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 54.—
B.
In partic.
1.
In subject or object-clauses, si with subj. sometimes takes the place of an inf.:
apud Graecos opprobrio fuit adulescentibus, si amatores non haberent,
Cic. Rep. 4, 3, 3: summa gloria constat ex tribus his;
si diligit multitudo, si fidem habet, etc.,
id. Off. 2, 9, 31:
unam esse spem salutis docent, si eruptione factā extremum auxilium experirentur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5:
illud ignoscere aequum erit, si... ne tuam quidem gloriam praeponam, etc.,
Liv. 28, 41, 1; Nep. Ages. 4, 3: infinitum est, si singulos velim persequi. Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 5; id. Tranq. 16, 2 (cf. si after mirum est, I. a. fin. supra).—
2.
In subst. clauses, to denote a doubtful assumption or future event (cf. quod):
dixerunt, in eo verti puellae salutem, si postero die vindex injuriae ad tempus praesto esset,
Liv. 3, 46:
adjecerunt, Scipionem in eo positam habuisse spem pacis, si Hannibal et Mago ex Italiā non revocarentur,
id. 30, 23; 35, 18.—
3.
Si with a relative takes the place of a relative clause, to express a class the existence or extent of which is doubtful: mortem proposuit, non eis solum qui illam rem gesserunt, sed eis etiam si qui non moleste tulerunt, i. e. if such there were, whether few or many, Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
dixit errare, si qui in bello omnis secundos rerum proventus expectent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 29:
errat, si quis existimat facilem rem esse donare,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44; Liv. 42, 31.—
4.
In syllogistic reasonings:
si oportet velle sapere, dare operam philosophiae convenit. Oportet autem velle sapere, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:
si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis oriente Caniculā natus est, in mari non morietur, illud quoque verum est: si Fabius oriente Canicula natus est, Fabius in mari non morietur,
id. Fat. 6, 12.—
5.
= etiamsi, with foll. tamen, even if, although, albeit (class.):
quae si exsequi nequirem, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:
quae si causa non esset, tamen, etc.,
id. Mur. 4, 8; and:
quae si dubia essent, tamen, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 48.—
II.
Transf., in dependent clauses expressing an interrogation or doubt, it is nearly = num, but forms a looser connection, if, whether, if perchance (class., but very rare in Cic.):
ibo et visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 7; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 3, 20:
jam sciam, si quid titubatum est, ubi reliquias videro,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 33; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 44:
fatis incerta feror, si Juppiter unam Esse velit urbem,
Verg. A. 4, 110; Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 52:
primum ab iis quaesivit, si aquam hominibus in totidem dies, quot frumentum imposuissent,
Liv. 29, 25; 39, 50:
id modo quaeritur, si (lex) majori parti et in summam prodest,
id. 34, 3; cf. id. 40, 49 fin.:
jam dudum exspecto, si tuom officium scias,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 12:
hanc (paludem) si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9; id. B. C. 2, 34; cf.:
Pompeius eadem spectans, si itinere impeditos deprehendere posset,
id. ib. 3, 75:
non recusavit quo minus vel extremo spiritu, si quam opem rei publicae ferre posset, experiretur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 85, 398:
statui expectandum esse si quid certius adferretur,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 2:
Philopoemen quaesivit si Lycortas incolumis evasisset,
Liv. 39, 50:
expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,
Val. Fl. 5, 562:
Helvetii nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu, si perrumpere possent, conati,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.; cf.:
temptata res est, si primo impetu capi Ardea posset,
Liv. 1, 57.—
B.
With ellipsis of a verb or clause on which the condition depends (cf. I. c. supra): ei rei suam operam dat, si possiet illam invenire ( to see) whether he can, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:
L. Minucium cum omni equitatu praemittit, si quid celeritate itineris proficere possit,
to see, to try, Caes. B. G. 6, 29 fin.:
circumfunduntur hostes, si quem aditum reperire possent,
id. ib. 6, 37:
fame et inopiā adductos clam ex castris exisse, si quid frumenti in agris reperire possent,
id. ib. 7, 20, 10; cf. id. ib. 7, 55 fin.; 7, 89 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8 fin.; 3, 56:
pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,
Liv. 1, 7:
saxa volvebant, si quā Possent tectam aciem perrumpere,
Verg. A. 9, 512:
ad Gonnum castra movet, si potiri oppido posset,
Liv. 42, 67, 6: haud aspernatus Tullius, tamen, si vana adferantur, in aciem educit ( that he might be ready) if, etc., id. 1, 23, 6:
milites in praesidio erant, si quo operā eorum opus esset,
id. 27, 28, 5:
alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit,
id. 26, 9, 9: ille postea, si comitia sua non fierent, urbi minari, i. e. ( that he would attack it) if, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:
Carthaginiensibus in Hasdrubale ita, si is movisset Syphacem, spes omnis erat,
Liv. 29, 35, 9; 5, 8, 9:
consul aedem Fortunae vovit, si eo die hostis fudisset,
id. 29, 36, 8: erat Athenis reo damnato, si fraus capitalis non esset, quasi [p. 1690] poenae aestimatio, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: quattuor legiones Cornelio, si qui ex Etruriā novi motus nuntiarentur, relictae, to meet the case, that, to be ready, if, etc., Liv. 6, 22:
is in armis tenuit militem, si opus foret auxilio,
id. 5, 8:
ut patricios indignatio, si cum his gerendus esset honos, deterreret,
id. 4, 6, 10; 1, 40, 2; 24, 36.—
B.
Si... si, for sive... sive, whether... or:
si deus si dea es,
Cato, R. R. 139; cf.:
hostiam si deo, si deae immolabant,
Gell. 2, 28, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sei
15 si

sī (orig. and ante-class. form seī), conj. [from a pronominal stem = Gr. he; Sanscr. sva-, self; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 778; Curt. Gr. Etym. 396], a conditional particle, if.
I.
Prop.
a.
With indic.; so in gen., in conditions which are assumed to be true, with the verb in pres. or perf.; less freq. in imperf or pluperf.; and in conditions which may probably become true, with the verb in fut. or fut. perf. (Madv. Gram. § 332; Zumpt, Gram. § 517).
(α).
Pres.: SI IN IVS VOCAT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25, and ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT... SI NOLET, etc., id. ap. Gell. l. l.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):
si vis, dabo tibi testes,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:
si voltis,
id. ib. 1, 28, 44:
si placet,
id. ib. 2, 44, 71;
1, 21, 34: si tuo commodo fleri potest,
id. ib. 1, 9, 14:
si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
id. ib. 1, 18, 30:
si populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23:
si Massilienses per delectos cives summā justitiā reguntur, inest tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43; cf. id. Off. 3, 8, 35:
quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si nec privata domus continere voces conjurationis tuae potest? si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia?
id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:
si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit,
id. Rep. 3, 18, 28:
Si quaerimus, cur, etc.,
id. Brut. 95, 325. —Strengthened by modo:
magnifica quidem res, si modo est ulla,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1:
deliget populus, si modo salvus esse vult, optimum quemque,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:
quae (virtus) est una, si modo est, maxime munifica,
id. ib. 3, 8, 12; id. Tusc. 2, 4, 33; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:
si quisquam est facilis, hic est,
id. Att. 14, 1, 2:
si ulla res est, quam tibi me petente faciendam putes, haec ea sit,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:
SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Leg. Mos. et Rom. 16, 4: quae (libertas), si aequa non est, ne libertas quidem est,
Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47; 1, 32, 49:
id si minus intellegitur, ex dissensionibus percipi potest,
id. Lael. 7, 23: BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT, EXSTRAD QVAM SEI QVID IBEI SACRI EST... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT, S. C. de Bacch. fin.:
dicito, si quid vis, non nocebo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 235:
si qui sunt, qui philosophorum auctoritate moveantur,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
si quid generis istiusmodi me delectat, pictura delectat,
id. Fam. 7, 23, 3:
si aliquid dandum est voluptati,
id. Sen. 13, 44;
four times repeated,
id. ib. 11, 38.—So esp. after mirum est or miror, as expressing reality (= quod or cum; cf. Gr. ei):
noli mirari, si hoc non impetras,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29:
ecquid mirum est, si tam ab amico animo pacem petit? Curt 4, 11, 4: miraris, si superbiam tuam ferre non possumus?
id. 8, 7, 14.—
With a negative conclusion, to denote that, although the condition is true, or is conceded, a certain inference does not follow: nec, si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico esse causas, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28:
nec. si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,
id. Phil. 13, 6, 19:
si veniam meretur qui inprudens nocuit, non meretur praemium qui inprudens profuit,
Quint. 5, 10, 73:
nec ideo ignis minus urere potest, si in materiam incidit inviolabilem flammis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1.—
(β).
Imperf.:
ea si erant, magnas habebas omnibus, dis gratias,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 17; Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43:
si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,
id. Sest. 1.—
(γ).
Perf.:
SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. talio, p. 363 Müll.: si animum contulisti in istam rationem, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37:
si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 10, 18:
quos (tyrannos) si boni oppresserunt, recreatur civitas: sin audaces, fit illa factio,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 65:
si ita sensit, ut loquitur,
id. ib. 3, 21, 32;
1, 27, 43: si modo hoc in Lycurgi potestate potuit esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 24:
si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus,
id. Off. 3, 8, 37: si quis eorum [p. 1689] (servorum) sub centone crepuit, nullum mihi vitium facit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 sq. Müll.:
si quid sceleste fecit,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 27:
si quam opinionem jam vestris mentibus comprehendistis, etc.,
Cic. Clu. 2, 6:
si quando regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 42, 65; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, 59; id. Lael. 7, 24.—After mirum est or miror, to express a reality (cf. a, supra):
minime mirum, si ista res adhuc nostrā linguā inlustrata non est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55; id. Deiot. 4, 12:
quid mirum, si haec invitus amisi?
Tac. A. 12, 37:
miraris, si eo tempore matrona dicere potuit, escende?
Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 1:
minime est mirandum, si vita ejus fuit secura,
Nep. Cim. 4, 4.—Very often followed by certe, profecto, etc., to express a conclusion, as certain as the unquestionable assumption:
quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum, cum, etc., tum profecto fuit,
Cic. Brut. 2, 7:
si quisquam fuit umquam remotus ab inani laude, ego profecto is sum,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:
etenim si nulla fuit umquam tam imbecillo mulier animo, quae, etc., certe nos, etc.,
id. Fam. 5, 16, 6:
si umquam in dicendo fuimus aliquid, tum profecto, etc.,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 4; 7, 19.—Esp. with a negative conclusion (v. a fin. supra, and cf. quia, etsi):
non, si tibi ante profuit, semper proderit,
Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 12:
non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,
id. de Or. 2, 40, 170:
neque enim, si tuae res gestae ceterorum laudibus obscuritatem attulerunt, idcirco Pompeii memoriam amisimus,
id. Deiot. 4, 12:
nec, si capitis dolorem facit, inutilis hominibus sol est,
Quint. 5, 10, 82.—
(δ).
Pluperf.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:
nec mirum, eos si orationes turbaverant,
Liv. 32, 20, 2 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):
si hoc ita fato datum erat, ut,
Liv. 30, 30, 3.—So esp. in indef. clauses of repeated action:
plausum si quis eorum aliquando acceperat, ne quid peccasset pertimescebat,
whenever, Cic. Sest. 49, 105:
si quando nostri navem religaverant, hostes succurrebant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:
si quando suis fortunis forte desperare coeperant,
id. B. G. 3, 12.—
(ε).
Fut.: SI VOLET SVO VIVITO... SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.); and:
alte spectare si voles, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25:
si jam eminebit foras,
id. ib. 6, 26, 29:
si me audietis,
id. ib. 1, 19, 32:
si mutuas non potero certum est sumam fenore,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 95:
id persequar, si potero, subtilius,
Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42; cf. in the foll. z:
nihil (offendet) si modo opus exstabit,
id. ib. 5, 3, 5:
si quid te volam, ubi eris?
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 96: si quod aliud oikeion reperies, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.—
(ζ).
Fut. perf.: si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.):
si nostram rem publicam vobis et nascentem et crescentem ostendero,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3:
tum magis assentiere, si ad majora pervenero,
id. ib. 1, 40, 62:
expediri quae restant vix poterunt, si hoc incohatum reliqueris,
id. ib. 1, 35, 55;
1, 24, 38: pergratum mihi feceris, si de amicitiā disputaris,
id. Lael. 4, 16:
accommodabo ad eam (rem publicam), si potuero, omnem illam orationem, etc.... quod si tenere et consequi potuero, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 46, 70; so,
si potuero,
id. ib. 2, 30, 53; id. Brut. 5, 21:
si potuerit,
id. Off. 3, 23, 89:
si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,
id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:
si modo interpretari potuero,
id. Leg. 2, 18, 45:
si ne ei caput exoculassitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 26: si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis... Sed si quā per voluptatem nequiter feceritis, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:
de iis te, si qui me forte locus admonuerit, commonebo,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—
b.
With subj.; so in gen. of conditions assumed in statement, but implied not to be actual; the verb in pres. (rarely perf.) implies that the condition is still possible; in the imperf. and pluperf., that it is known to be unreal (Madv. Gram. § 347 sqq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 524).
(α).
Pres.:
si habeat aurum,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12:
abire hinc nullo pacto possim, si velim,
id. ib. 2, 2, 2; so,
si velim,
Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17:
cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,
id. ib. 1, 5, 9:
si singulos numeremus,
id. ib. 3, 4, 7: si jus suum populi teneant, id. ib. 1, 32, 48:
si Scipionis desiderio me moveri negem,
id. Lael. 3, 10:
si ad verba rem deflectere velimus,
id. Caecin. 18, 51:
si quis varias gentes despicere possit, videat primum, etc.,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.—In expressing a wish ( poet. for utinam), usu. with O:
O si angulus ille accedat, qui, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; 2, 6, 10:
O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,
Verg. A. 8, 560;
also alone: si nunc se nobis ille aureus arbore ramus Ostendat nemore in tanto!
would that, yet if, if however, id. ib. 6, 187:
si quā fata aspera rumpas, Tu Marcellus eris,
id. ib. 6, 882; cf. b, infra.—
(β).
Imperf.:
qui si unus omnia consequi posset, nihil opus esset pluribus, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 52:
quae descriptio si esset ignota vobis, explicaretur a me,
id. ib. 2, 22, 39:
si ullum probarem simplex rei publicae genus,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:
quod non fecissent profecto, si nihil ad eos pertinere arbitrarentur,
id. Lael. 4, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 525: SEI QVES ESENT, QVEI SIBEI DEICERENT, S. C. de Bacch (twice). —Also with O, expressing a wish ( poet.):
O si solitae quicquam virtutis adesset,
Verg. A. 11, 415;
and without O: si mihi, quae quondam fuerat... si nunc foret illa juventus,
id. ib. 5, 398.—
(γ).
Perf.: SI INIVRIAM FAXIT ALTERI, VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12: si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.):
perii, si me aspexerit!
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:
victus sum, si dixeris,
id. ib. 1, 1, 272:
Romani si casu intervenerint,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8.—
(δ).
Pluperf.:
si aliter accidisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:
tum magis id diceres, si nuper in hortis Scipionis affuisses,
id. Lael. 7, 25:
mansisset eadem voluntas in eorum posteris, si regum similitudo permansisset,
id. Rep. 1, 41, 64:
si id fecisses,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3; 2, 15, 38; 2, 36, 90:
si quis in caelum ascendisset, etc.,
id. Lael. 23, 88:
si aliquid de summā gravitate Pompeius remisisset,
id. Phil. 13, 1, 2.—
c.
Ellipt.
(α).
With pron. indef:
istae artes, si modo aliquid, valent, ut acuant ingenia,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:
aut nemo, aut, si quisquam, ille sapiens fuit,
id. Lael. 2, 9; id. Or. 29, 103.—
(β).
In a negation, usu. si minus, si contra (= sin minus, sin aliter):
plures haec tulit una civitas, si minus sapientes, at certe summā laude dignos,
Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
educ tecum omnes tuos: si minus, quam plurimos,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 10; id. de Or. 2, 16, 68, in this sense less freq. si non:
utrum cetera nomina digesta habes an non? Si non... si etiam,
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:
si haec civitas est, civem esse me: si non, exsulem esse, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 2, 24; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 66; 1, 6, 68; Liv. 28, 29, 4:
hic venit in judicium, si nihil aliud, saltem ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152; so, si nihil aliud, Liv 22, 29; 30, 35; 45, 37 fin., Curt. 4, 6, 28:
si aliud nihil,
id. 2, 43.—
(γ).
With forte:
intelleges esse nihil a me nisi orationis acerbitatem et, si forte, raro litterarum missarum indiligentiam reprehensam,
perhaps, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; cf.:
vereor, ne nihil sim tui, nisi supplosionem pedis imitatus et pauca quaedam verba et aliquem, si forte, motum,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—
2.
With quod, and if, but if, if however, if:
quod si in philosophiā tantum interest... quid tandem in causis existimandum est?
Cic. Or. 16, 51:
quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum... tum profecto fuit,
id. Brut. 2, 7:
quod si exemeris ex rerum naturā benevolentiae conjunctionem, nec domus ulla nec urbs stare poterit,
id. Lael. 7, 23; id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
quod si non hic tantus fructus ostenderetur et si ex his studiis delectatio sola peteretur: tamen, etc.,
id. Arch. 7, 16; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 54.—
B.
In partic.
1.
In subject or object-clauses, si with subj. sometimes takes the place of an inf.:
apud Graecos opprobrio fuit adulescentibus, si amatores non haberent,
Cic. Rep. 4, 3, 3: summa gloria constat ex tribus his;
si diligit multitudo, si fidem habet, etc.,
id. Off. 2, 9, 31:
unam esse spem salutis docent, si eruptione factā extremum auxilium experirentur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5:
illud ignoscere aequum erit, si... ne tuam quidem gloriam praeponam, etc.,
Liv. 28, 41, 1; Nep. Ages. 4, 3: infinitum est, si singulos velim persequi. Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 5; id. Tranq. 16, 2 (cf. si after mirum est, I. a. fin. supra).—
2.
In subst. clauses, to denote a doubtful assumption or future event (cf. quod):
dixerunt, in eo verti puellae salutem, si postero die vindex injuriae ad tempus praesto esset,
Liv. 3, 46:
adjecerunt, Scipionem in eo positam habuisse spem pacis, si Hannibal et Mago ex Italiā non revocarentur,
id. 30, 23; 35, 18.—
3.
Si with a relative takes the place of a relative clause, to express a class the existence or extent of which is doubtful: mortem proposuit, non eis solum qui illam rem gesserunt, sed eis etiam si qui non moleste tulerunt, i. e. if such there were, whether few or many, Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
dixit errare, si qui in bello omnis secundos rerum proventus expectent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 29:
errat, si quis existimat facilem rem esse donare,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44; Liv. 42, 31.—
4.
In syllogistic reasonings:
si oportet velle sapere, dare operam philosophiae convenit. Oportet autem velle sapere, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:
si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis oriente Caniculā natus est, in mari non morietur, illud quoque verum est: si Fabius oriente Canicula natus est, Fabius in mari non morietur,
id. Fat. 6, 12.—
5.
= etiamsi, with foll. tamen, even if, although, albeit (class.):
quae si exsequi nequirem, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:
quae si causa non esset, tamen, etc.,
id. Mur. 4, 8; and:
quae si dubia essent, tamen, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 48.—
II.
Transf., in dependent clauses expressing an interrogation or doubt, it is nearly = num, but forms a looser connection, if, whether, if perchance (class., but very rare in Cic.):
ibo et visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 7; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 3, 20:
jam sciam, si quid titubatum est, ubi reliquias videro,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 33; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 44:
fatis incerta feror, si Juppiter unam Esse velit urbem,
Verg. A. 4, 110; Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 52:
primum ab iis quaesivit, si aquam hominibus in totidem dies, quot frumentum imposuissent,
Liv. 29, 25; 39, 50:
id modo quaeritur, si (lex) majori parti et in summam prodest,
id. 34, 3; cf. id. 40, 49 fin.:
jam dudum exspecto, si tuom officium scias,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 12:
hanc (paludem) si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9; id. B. C. 2, 34; cf.:
Pompeius eadem spectans, si itinere impeditos deprehendere posset,
id. ib. 3, 75:
non recusavit quo minus vel extremo spiritu, si quam opem rei publicae ferre posset, experiretur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 85, 398:
statui expectandum esse si quid certius adferretur,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 2:
Philopoemen quaesivit si Lycortas incolumis evasisset,
Liv. 39, 50:
expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,
Val. Fl. 5, 562:
Helvetii nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu, si perrumpere possent, conati,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.; cf.:
temptata res est, si primo impetu capi Ardea posset,
Liv. 1, 57.—
B.
With ellipsis of a verb or clause on which the condition depends (cf. I. c. supra): ei rei suam operam dat, si possiet illam invenire ( to see) whether he can, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:
L. Minucium cum omni equitatu praemittit, si quid celeritate itineris proficere possit,
to see, to try, Caes. B. G. 6, 29 fin.:
circumfunduntur hostes, si quem aditum reperire possent,
id. ib. 6, 37:
fame et inopiā adductos clam ex castris exisse, si quid frumenti in agris reperire possent,
id. ib. 7, 20, 10; cf. id. ib. 7, 55 fin.; 7, 89 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8 fin.; 3, 56:
pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,
Liv. 1, 7:
saxa volvebant, si quā Possent tectam aciem perrumpere,
Verg. A. 9, 512:
ad Gonnum castra movet, si potiri oppido posset,
Liv. 42, 67, 6: haud aspernatus Tullius, tamen, si vana adferantur, in aciem educit ( that he might be ready) if, etc., id. 1, 23, 6:
milites in praesidio erant, si quo operā eorum opus esset,
id. 27, 28, 5:
alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit,
id. 26, 9, 9: ille postea, si comitia sua non fierent, urbi minari, i. e. ( that he would attack it) if, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:
Carthaginiensibus in Hasdrubale ita, si is movisset Syphacem, spes omnis erat,
Liv. 29, 35, 9; 5, 8, 9:
consul aedem Fortunae vovit, si eo die hostis fudisset,
id. 29, 36, 8: erat Athenis reo damnato, si fraus capitalis non esset, quasi [p. 1690] poenae aestimatio, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: quattuor legiones Cornelio, si qui ex Etruriā novi motus nuntiarentur, relictae, to meet the case, that, to be ready, if, etc., Liv. 6, 22:
is in armis tenuit militem, si opus foret auxilio,
id. 5, 8:
ut patricios indignatio, si cum his gerendus esset honos, deterreret,
id. 4, 6, 10; 1, 40, 2; 24, 36.—
B.
Si... si, for sive... sive, whether... or:
si deus si dea es,
Cato, R. R. 139; cf.:
hostiam si deo, si deae immolabant,
Gell. 2, 28, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > si
16 caelo

caelo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. caelum].
I.
Lit., answering to the Gr. toreuô, to engrave in relief upon metals (esp. silver) or wory, to make raised work, to carve, engrave; later also, to cast (cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. § 311 sq.; and v. Quint. 2, 21, 8, s. v. caelatura; Fest. s. v. ancaesa, p. 17; Isid. Orig. 13, 4, 1; 19, 7, 4; 20, 4, 7)' ab initio sic opus ducere, ut caelandum, non ex integro fabricandum sit, Quint. 10, 3, 18:
hanc speciem Praxiteles caelavit argento,
Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:
galeas aere Corinthio,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97:
caelata in auro Fortia facta patrum,
Verg. A. 1, 640:
clipeo quoque flumina septem Argento partim, partim caelaverat auro,
Ov. M. 5, 189; cf. id. ib. 2, 6; 13, 684: scuta auro, argento, Liv 9, 40, 2;
7, 10, 7: vasa magnifica et pretiose caelata,
Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 116:
vasa caelata,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 45; Liv. 34, 52, 5; 23, 24, 12;
centauros in scyphis,
Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156: libidines in poculis, id. prooem. § 4 al.;
Liv 23, 24, 12: caelatum aurum et argentum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61; id. Or. 70, 232; id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; 2, 4, 23, § 52; id. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:
caelata metus alios arma,
Val. Fl. 1, 402:
Phorcys caelatus Gorgone parmam,
Sil. 10, 175.—
B.
To carve or engrave on other materials (cf. caelatura, I. B.);
upon wood: pocula ponam Fagina, caelatum divini opus Alcimedontis,
Verg. E. 3, 36;
in marble: caelavit Scopas pteron ab oriente,
Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 31; cf.:
(vitrum) argenti modo caelatur,
id. 36, 26, 66, § 193; Vitr. 7, 3, 4.—
II.
Meton. of other works of art.
A.
Of skilful weaving or embroidering:
velamina caelata multā arte,
Val. Fl. 5, 6.—
B.
Of poetry: carmina compono, hio elegos. Mirabile visu Caelatumque novem musis (i. e. a novem musis) opus, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 92.—
III.
Trop.:
quem modo caelatum stellis Delphina videbas, i. e. the constellation,
Ov. F. 2, 79.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caelo
17 exigo

ex-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago], to drive out or forth, to thrust out, to take or turn out.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
reges ex civitate,
to expel, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199:
hostem e campo,
Liv. 3, 61, 8: exigor patria, Naev. ap. Non. 291, 4:
aliquem domo,
Liv. 39, 11, 2:
aliquem campo,
id. 37, 41, 12:
omnes foras,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 7:
adcolas ultra famam,
Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 175:
exacti reges,
driven away, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37; cf.:
Tarquinio exacto,
id. Rep. 1, 40:
anno post Tarquinios exactos,
Tac. A. 11, 22:
Orestes exactus furiis,
driven, tormented, Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 70:
virum a se,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 62:
uxorem,
to put away, divorce, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 45; Suet. Caes. 50; id. Claud. 26; cf.: illam suam (uxorem) suas res sibi habere jussit ex duodecim tabulis; claves ademit;
exegit,
turned her out of the house, Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69: aliquem vitā, i. e. to kill, Sen. de Ira, 1, 6: corpus e stratis, to raise up or out, Sil. 16, 234:
maculam,
to take out, Suet. Aug. 94: et sacer admissas exigit Hebrus aquas, pours out into the sea, Ov. H. 2, 114; of weapons, to thrust from one, thrust, drive:
non circumspectis exactum viribus ensem Fregit,
thrust, impelled, Ov. M. 5, 171; so,
ensem,
Luc. 8, 656; cf.:
ensem per medium juvenem,
plunges through the middle, Verg. A. 10, 815:
gladium per viscera,
Flor. 4, 2, 68:
tela in aliquem,
Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16;
hence: aliquem hastā,
i. e. to thrust through, transfix, Val. Fl. 6, 572.—Mid.:
quae (hasta) cervice exacta est,
passed out, passed through, Ov. M. 5, 138: prope sub conatu adversarii manus exigenda, to be put forth, raised (for a blow), Quint. 6, 4, 8 Spald.:
(capellas) a grege in campos, hircos in caprilia,
to drive out, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 8:
sues pastum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 6:
radices altius,
to send out, Cels. 5, 28, 14; cf.:
vitis uvas,
Col. 3, 2, 10; 3, 6, 2; Cels. 8, 1 med. —
B.
In partic.
1.
A scenic t. t., to drive off, i. e. hiss off a piece or a player from the stage (rare):
spectandae (fabulae) an exigendae sint vobis prius,
Ter. And. prol. 27 Ruhnk.; so, fabulas, id. Hec. prol. alt. 4; id. ib. 7.—
2.
To demand, require, enforce, exact payment of a debt, taxes, etc., or the performance of any other duty (very freq.;
syn.: posco, postulo, flagito, contendo, etc.): ad eas pecunias exigendas legatos misimus,
Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1: pecunias a civitatibus, id. Div. ap. Caecil. 10, 33:
acerbissime pecunias imperatas,
Caes. B. C. 3, 32; cf. id. ib. 1, 6 fin.; Cic. Pis. 16, 38; id. N. D. 3, 34, 84:
quaternos denarios,
id. Font. 5, 9:
tributa,
id. Fam. 3, 7, 3:
pensionem,
id. ib. 6, 18, 5:
nomina sua,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:
mercedem,
id. Lael. 21, 80 et saep.:
equitum peditumque certum numerum a civitatibus Siciliae,
Caes. B. C. 1, 30, 4:
obsides ab Apolloniatibus,
id. ib. 3, 12, 1:
viam,
to demand the construction of a road, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Liv. 42, 3, 7:
a quoquam ne pejeret,
Juv. 13, 36.—Esp.: rationem, to exact an account:
ut Athenienses rationibus exigendis non vacarent,
Val. Max. 3, 1, ext. 1; Plin. Ep. 10, 81, 1:
libertorum nomina a quibus ratio exigi posset,
Suet. Aug. 101 fin. —
(β).
In pass.: exigor aliquid, to be solicited, dunned for money, etc. (post-class.): exigor portorium, id est, exigitur de me portorium, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 14, 5; id. ap. Non. 106, 24: (Rib. Com. Fragm. p. 51): sese pecunias maximas exactos esse, Q. Metell. Numid. ap. Gell. 15, 14, 2; Dig. 23, 4, 32.—
3.
To examine, inquire into (post-Aug.):
nec illae (conjuges) numerare aut exigere plagas pavent,
Tac. G. 7 fin. (so Ritter, Halm, with all MSS., cf. Holzmann ad loc.; al. exugere, said to have been the read. of a lost codex, the Arundelianus; cf. exsugo); cf.:
exactum et a Titidio Labeone, cur omisisset, etc.,
id. A. 2, 85.—
4.
Of places, to go or pass beyond, to pass by, leave behind ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
cum primus equis exegit anhelis Phoebus Athon,
Val. Fl. 2, 75; cf. Prop. 3, 20, 11 (4, 20, 3 M.):
Troglodytae hibernum mare exigunt circa brumam,
Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 87.—
5.
In mercant. lang., to dispose of, sell:
agrorum exigere fructus,
Liv. 34, 9, 9 Drak.: mercibus exactis, Col. poët. 10, 317. —
6.
Mathemat. t. t., to apply to a standard or measure, i. e. to examine, try, measure, weigh by any thing:
ad perpendiculum columnas,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 133:
materiam ad regulam et libellam,
Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188:
pondus margaritarum sua manu,
Suet. Caes. 47; cf.:
aliquid mensura,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to drive out, expel (very rare):
locus, Ubi labore lassitudo exigunda ex corpore,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 4: frigus atque horrorem vestimentis, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 8.—Far more freq. and class.,
B.
In partic.
1.
(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To require, demand, claim any thing due:
ego vero et exspectabo ea quae polliceris, neque exigam, nisi tuo commodo,
Cic. Brut. 4, 17:
aliquid exigere magis quam rogare,
id. Fam. 2, 6, 1:
longiores litteras exspectabo vel potius exigam,
id. ib. 15, 16, 1:
omnibus ex rebus voluptatem quasi mercedem,
id. Fin. 2, 22, 73:
ab hoc acerbius exegit natura quod dederat,
demanded back, reclaimed, id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93 Klotz.:
non ut a poëta, sed ut a teste veritatem exigunt,
id. Leg. 1, 1, 4:
has toties optata exegit gloria poenas,
has cost, Juv. 10, 187:
poenas,
to take vengeance, id. 10, 84:
de vulnere poenas,
Ov. M. 14, 478: poenam (alicui), Sen. de Ira, 2, 22 fin.; Ov. F. 4, 230:
gravia piacula ab aliquo,
Liv. 29, 18, 18 et saep.—With ut:
exigerem ex te cogeremque, ut responderes,
Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119; 4, 28, 80; cf.:
Calypso exigit fata ducis,
questions, inquires into, Ov. A. A. 2, 130:
exactum a marito, cur, etc.,
Tac. A. 2, 85:
exigite ut mores seu pollice ducat,
Juv. 7, 237 sq. —With an object-clause:
exigimus potuisse eum eo tempore testamentum facere,
Dig. 29, 7, 8; 24, 3, 2.— Absol.:
in exigendo non acerbum,
Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64:
cum res exiget,
Quint. 5, 11, 5; 10, 3, 3; cf.:
ut res exiget,
id. 12, 10, 69:
si communis utilitas exegerit,
id. 12, 1, 37.— Esp.: rationem, to require an account:
rerum gestarum,
Just. 19, 2, 6:
numquid rationem exiges, cum tibi aliquis hos dixerit versus?
an explanation, Sen. Ep. 94, 28; Plin. Ep. 19, 9.—
2.
Of time, life, etc., to lead, spend, pass, complete, finish:
non novisse quicum aetatem exegerim,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 111; id. Capt. 3, 5, 62:
tecum aetatem,
id. Mil. 4, 2, 48; 4, 6, 60; id. Cas. 2, 5, 12:
ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas,
id. Aul. 1, 1, 4: vitam taetre, Cat. Or. inc. 15; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 39:
cum maerore graviorem vitam,
Sall. J. 14, 15; 85, 49; Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 139; Vitr. 2, 1, 4; Val. Max. 3, 5, 4 al.:
vitae tempus,
Sen. Ep. 2, 2; Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 6:
jam ad pariendum temporibus exactis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48: qui exacta aetate moriuntur, at the close of the vigorous period of life, Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 21; Sall. J. 6, 2; Liv. 2, 40, 11 al.:
mediam dies exegerat horam,
Ov. Am. 1, 5, 1:
aevum,
Lucr. 4, 1235; Verg. A. 7, 777; Ov. M. 12, 209:
tristissimam noctem,
Petr. 115:
diem supremum noctemque,
Tac. A. 3, 16:
ullum tempus jucundius,
Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 1:
jam aestatem exactam esse,
Sall. J. 61, 1:
per exactos annos,
at the end of every year, Hor. C. 3, 22, 6:
exacto per scelera die,
Tac. H. 1, 47; id. A. 3, 16; so,
exacto quadriennio,
Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 130; Verg. G. 3, 190; Stat. S. 2, 2, 47.—
3.
To conduct, urge forward, superintend, drive:
opus,
Ov. M. 14, 218; Col. 3, 13, 11.—
4.
To bring to an end, to conclude, finish, complete a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
exegi monumentum aere perennius,
Hor. C. 3, 30, 1:
opus,
Ov. R. Am. 811; id. M. 15, 871:
exactus tenui pumice versus eat,
Prop. 3, 1, 8; Verg. A. 6, 637:
commentarii ita sunt exacti, ut, etc.,
Quint. 10, 7, 30:
eandem gracilitatem stilo exigere condiscant,
to reach, attain to, id. 1, 9, 2.—
5.
To determine, ascertain, find out:
sociisque exacta referre,
his discoveries, Verg. A. 1, 309:
non prius exacta tenui ratione saporum,
before he has ascertained, Hor. S. 2, 4, 36.— Pass. impers.:
non tamen exactum, quid agat,
Ov. F. 3, 637; cf. id. Am, 3, 7, 16. —
6.
(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To weigh, try, prove, measure, examine, adjust, estimate, consider, = examinare, ponderare (class. but perh. not in Cic.): si ad illam summam veritatem legitimum jus exegeris, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf.: nolite ad vestras leges atque instituta exigere ea, quae Lacedaemone fiunt, to estimate by the standard of, etc., Liv. 34, 31, 17; so,
opus ad vires suas,
Ov. A. A. 2, 502:
si omnia argumenta ad obrussam coeperimus exigere,
Sen. Q. N. 4, 5, 1; cf.:
principatus tuus ad obrussam exigitur,
id. de Clem. 1, 1, 6:
se ad aliquem,
id. Ep. 11 fin.:
regulam emendate loquendi,
Quint. 1, 5, 2:
illa non nisi aure exiguntur, quae fiunt per sonos,
are judged of, id. 1, 5, 19; cf. id. 1, 4, 7.—
7.
To treat, consult, deliberate respecting something, = considerare, deliberare (class. but not in Cic.): de his rebus ut exigeret cum eo, Furnio mandavi, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 7:
cum aliquo,
Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 3; cf.:
secum aliquid,
Verg. A. 4, 476; Ov. M. 10, 587; Sen. Ep. 27:
de aliqua re coram,
Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 13:
haec exigentes hostes oppressere,
Liv. 22, 49, 12:
quid dicendum, quid tacendum, quid differendum sit, exigere consilii est,
Quint. 6, 5, 5.—
8.
To endure, undergo:
aerumnam,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 12. —Hence, exactus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 5., measured; hence), precise, accurate, exact (poet and in post-Aug. prose):
difficile est, quot ceciderint, exacto affirmare numero,
Liv. 3, 5, 12:
acies falcis,
Plin. 17, 27, 42, § 251:
fides,
Ov. Pont. 4, 9, 46.— Comp.:
cura,
Suet. Tib. 18; Mart. 4, 87, 4. — Sup.:
diligentia,
Front. Aquaed. 89:
vir,
Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5.—With gen.:
Mamurius, morum fabraene exactior artis, Difficile est dicere,
Ov. F. 3, 383.— Adv.: exacte, exactly, precisely, accurately:
ut exacte perorantibus mos est,
Sid. Ep. 7, 9.— Comp.: dicere, disserere, Mel. Prooem. § 2; Gell. 1, 3, 21.— Sup.:
pascere,
Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > exigo
18 jam

jam, adv. [for diam, collat. form of diem, cf. pri-dem, du-dum, Corss. Ausspr. I. p. 213; II. p. 850; but acc. to Curt. Gr. Etym. 398, 620; locat. form from pronom. stem ja].
I.
Of time, denoting a point or moment of time as coinciding with that of the action, etc., described.
A.
Of present time.
1.
As opp. to past or future, at this time, now, just now, at present, i. e. while I speak or write this.
a.
Jam alone:
jamne autem, ut soles, deludis?
Plaut. Aul. 5, 11:
jam satis credis sobrium esse me,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 36:
saltus reficit jam roscida luna,
Verg. G. 3, 337:
jam tenebris et sole cadente,
id. ib. 3, 401:
jamque dies, ni fallor, adest,
id. A. 5, 49:
jam advesperascit,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 2:
reddere qui voces jam scit puer,
Hor. A. P. 158: stabat modo consularis, modo septemvir epulonum;
jam neutrum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 12:
jam melior, jam, diva, precor,
Verg. A. 12, 179:
Hem, scio jam quod vis dicere,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 36:
in ea (consuetudine) quaedam sunt jura ipsa jam certa propter vetustatem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 67:
jam tempus agi,
Verg. A. 5, 638:
surgere jam tempus,
Cat. 62, 3.—
b.
Strengthened.
(α).
By repetition: jam jam, jam jamque (nearly = nunc), at this very time, precisely now:
jam jam intellego, Crasse, quod dicas,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 90:
jam jam minime miror te otium perturbare,
id. Phil. 2, 34, 87:
jam jam dolet quod egi, jam jamque paenitet,
Cat. 63, 73:
jam jam linquo acies,
Verg. A. 12, 875:
jam jamque video bellum,
Cic. Att. 16, 9 fin.:
at illum ruere nuntiant et jam jamque adesse,
id. ib. 7, 20, 1; cf.:
jam mihi, jam possim contentus vivere parvo,
Tib. 1, 1, 25 (7).—
(β).
By nunc: jam nunc, just now, at this very time, as things now are:
jam nunc irata non es,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 65:
dux, jam nunc locatus in urbe,
Liv. 22, 38, 9; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127:
quae cum cogito, jam nunc timeo quidnam, etc.,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 13, 42:
deliberationis ejus tempus ita jam nunc statui posse, etc.,
Liv. 31, 32, 3:
ipsa Venus laetos jam nunc migravit in agros,
Tib. 2, 3, 3:
nec jam nunc regina loquor,
Val. Fl. 8, 47; so,
nunc jam (nunciam): secede huc nunciam,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 23:
audi nunciam,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 29:
i nunciam,
id. Ad. 2, 1, 21: nunc jam sum expeditus, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 5:
nunc jam nobis vobisque consulatus patet,
Liv. 7, 32, 14.—
(γ).
By tum:
jam tum opifices funguntur munere,
Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 74; Verg. G. 2, 405; id. A. 1, 18.—
(δ).
By pridem, v. jampridem.—
2.
In contrast with the time at which something was expected.
a.
Of that which occurs sooner, already, so soon:
quies (animos) aut jam exhaustos aut mox exhauriendos, renovavit,
Liv. 21, 21, 7:
gravitate valetudinis, qua tamen jam paululum videor levari,
Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1; 3, 8, 16:
jamne ibis,
are you going so soon, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 86; id. Rud. 2, 7, 26.—
b.
Of that which occurs later, at last, now, only now:
ohe jam desine deos uxor gratulando obtundere,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 8:
postulo, Dave, ut redeat jam in viam,
id. And. 1, 2, 19:
jamque sero diei subducit ex acie legionem faciendis castris,
Tac. A. 2, 21:
jam sanguinis alti vis sibi fecit iter,
Luc. 2, 214.—Tandem or aliquando is often added:
jam tandem ades ilico,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 39:
putamus enim utile esse te aliquando jam rem transigere,
Cic. Att. 1, 4, 1:
jam tandem Italiae fugientis prendimus oras,
Verg. A. 6, 61; Liv. 22, 12, 10.—
3.
As continued from the past, already, by this time, ere now, till now, hitherto:
et apud Graecos quidem jam anni prope quadrigenti sunt, etc.,
Cic. Or. 51, 171:
obsolevit jam ista oratio,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 17, 52:
nondum feminam aequavimus gloriā, et jam nos laudis satietas cepit?
Curt. 9, 6, 23.—With numerals and words specifying time:
jam biennium est, cum mecum coepit rem gerere,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 35; so,
plus jam anno,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 14:
sunt duo menses jam,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 3, 8:
qui septingentos jam annos vivunt, etc.,
id. Fl. 26, 63:
annum jam tertium et vicesimum regnat,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 3, 7; id. Fin. 2, 29, 94.—
4.
With imperatives, to express haste or impatience, like Engl. now, now, straightway, at once:
quid miserum, Aenea, laceras? Jam parce sepulto,
Verg. A. 3, 41:
sed jam age, carpe viam,
id. ib. 6, 629:
et jam tu... illum adspice contra,
id. ib. 11, 373.—So in impetuous or passionate questions (freq. in Plaut.):
Jam tu autem nobis praeturam geris?
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 23; cf. id. Aul. 5, 11; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 25.—
5.
Jam... jam, at one time... at another, now... now, at this time... at that:
jamque eadem digitis jam pectine pulsat eburno,
Verg. A. 647:
jamque hos cursu, jam praeterit illos,
id. ib. 4, 157:
qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:
jam vino quaerens, jam somno fallere curas,
id. ib. 2, 7, 114:
jam secundae, jam adversae res, ita erudierant, etc.,
Liv. 30, 30; Tib. 1, 2, 49; Ov. M. 1, 111.—
B.
Of past time.
1.
In the time just past, but now, a moment ago, a little while ago, just:
videamus nunc quam sint praeclare illa his, quae jam posui, consequentia,
Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:
Arsinoë et jam dicta Memphis,
Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 61:
insulae praeter jam dictas,
id. 3, 26, 30, § 151:
hiems jam praecipitaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 1:
domum quam tu jam exaedificatam habebas,
Cic. Att. 1, 6, 1.—
2.
Like English now, by this time, already.
a.
Alone:
jam advesperascebat,
Liv. 39, 50:
Hannibalem movisse ex hibernis, et jam Alpes transire,
id. 27, 39:
et jam fama volans... domos et moenia complet,
Verg. A. 11, 139; 12, 582; Caes. B. G. 1, 11; 6, 6:
jamque rubescebat Aurora,
Verg. A. 3, 521; 10, 260:
ut semel inclinavit pugna, jam intolerabilis Romana vis erat,
Liv. 6, 32:
cum decimum jam diem graviter ex intestinis laborarem,
Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 1.—
b.
Strengthened.
(α).
Jam jamque, Verg. A. 8, 708.—
(β).
By tum, as early as that:
se jam tum gessisse pro cive,
Cic. Arch. 5, 11; Liv. 29, 1; Verg. 7, 738; Tac. Agr. 45.—
(γ).
By tunc (post-Aug.;
once in Cic.),
Suet. Aug. 89; id. Ner. 7; Tac. H. 4, 50; Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3 dub.—
3.
Of a time succeeding another time referred to, from that time, thenceforth, thereafter (esp. with a or ab, when it is often = Eng. even, very):
qui aequom esse censent nos jam a pueris nasci senes,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 2:
quae me maxime sicuti jam a prima adolescentia delectarunt,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 67:
benevolentia quae mihi jam a pueritia tua cognita est,
id. ib. 4, 7, 1:
dederas enim jam ab adolescentia documenta,
id. Mil. 8, 22: jam ab illo tempore, cum, etc., from the very time when, etc., id. Fam. 2, 16, 9; cf.:
urgerent philosophorum greges jam ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,
id. de Or. 1, 10, 42. —So with ex:
jam ex quo ipse accepisset regnum,
ever since, Liv. 42, 11, 8.—
C.
Of future time.
1.
In the time immediately approaching, forthwith, straightway, directly, presently:
occlude sis fores ambobus pessulis: jam ego hic ero,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 25:
ille jam hic aderit,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 72: omitte;
jam adero,
Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 26; cf. id. ib. 4, 6, 1; id. And. 1, 2, 9; 4, 4, 38: bono animo es;
jam argentum ad eam deferes, quod ei es pollicitus,
id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18:
facere id ut paratum jam sit,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 76:
jam fuerit, neque post unquam revocare licebit,
Lucr. 3, 927:
jam faciam quod voltis,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 16:
jam enim aderunt consules ad suas Nonas,
Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2.—
2.
In the time immediately succeeding another time referred to, forthwith, at once, straightway, then:
nunc ubi me illic non videbit, jam huc recurret,
Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 10:
accede ad ignem... jam calesces,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 5:
nisi puerum tollis, jam ego hunc in mediam viam provolvam,
id. And. 4, 4, 38:
de quibus jam dicendi locus erit, cum de senioribus pauca dixero,
Cic. Brut. 25, 96:
agedum, dictatorem creemus. Jam hic centicescet furor,
Liv. 2, 29, 11:
aperi, inquit, jam scies,
Petr. 16, 2; cf. Verg. A. 1, 272.—
3.
Representing as present an impending event, now, already, presently (mostly poet.):
jam te premet nox,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 16:
jam veniet mors, jam subrepet iners aetas,
Tib. 1, 1, 70:
jam mare turbari trabibus videbis, jam fervere litora flammis,
Verg. A. 4, 566; 6, 676:
alius Latio jam partus Achilles,
id. ib. 6, 89:
hic magnae jam locus urbis erit,
Tib. 2, 5, 55.—
D.
With negatives, denoting cessation of previous condition: jam non, no more, no longer:
quem odisse jam non potestis,
Cic. Clu. 10, 29; Ov. M. 4, 382:
non jam,
not any more, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 3:
nihil jam,
Caes. B. G. 2, 21.—
E.
With comparatives:
ad mitiora jam ingenia,
which had become milder, Liv. 27. 39:
ad ferociores jam gentes,
which then were less civilized, id. 21, 60:
una jam potior sententia,
Stat. Th. 2, 368.
II.
In other relations.
A.
To denote that something will certainly, properly, or easily occur, under certain circumstances.
1.
In a conclusion, to emphasize its relation to the condition, then surely, then:
si cogites, remittas jam me onerare injuriis,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 6: si quis voluerit animi sui [p. 1012] notionem evolvere, jam se ipse doceat, eum virum bonum esse, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76:
si hoc dixissem, jam mihi consuli jure optimo senatus vim intulisset,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 21; id. Leg. 1, 12, 34; id. Brut. 17, 68:
si jubeat eo dirigi, jam in portu fore omnem classem,
Liv. 29, 27, 8.—
2.
In a consequence, to show that it is conceived as immediate, now, then, therefore: satis est tibi in te, satis in legibus;
jam contemni non poteris,
Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84:
jam hoc non potest in te non honorifice esse dictum,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 2; id. Leg. 2, 24, 60; id. Clu. 16, 46:
nec hanc solam Romani meretricem colunt... Jam quanta ista immortalitas putanda est,
Lact. 1, 20, 5:
Quae cum ita sint, ego jam hinc praedico,
Liv. 40, 36, 14: conspecta et ex muris ea multitudo erat;
jamque etiam legionariae cohortes sequebantur,
id. 10, 43, 1.—
B.
In transitions.
1.
To a new subject, now, moreover, again, once more then:
jam de artificiis et quaestibus... haec fere accepimus,
Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; Verg. G. 2, 57:
jam jura legitima ex legibus cognosci oportebit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 68:
jam illud senatus consultum, quod eo die factum est, etc.,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 4:
jam Saliare Numae carmen qui laudat,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86. —So with vero:
jam vero motus animi, sollicitudines aegritudinesque oblivione leniuntur,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 110:
jam vero virtuti Cn. Pompei quae potest par oratio inveniri?
id. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 29; 14, 41; id. Off. 3, 13 init. —With at enim:
at enim jam dicetis virtutem non posse constitui, si ea, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 40 init. —
2.
In enumerations:
et aures... itemque nares... jam gustatus... tactus autem,
Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141.—So sometimes repeatedly, at one time... at another... at another, jam... jam... jam:
jam medici, jam apparatus cibi, jam in hoc solum importatum instrumentum balinei nullius non succurrit valetudini,
Vell. 2, 114, 2; cf. Flor. 2, 17, 8, and I. A. 5. supra.—
C.
For emphasis.
1.
After non modo... sed ( = adeo), now, even, I may say:
non cum senatu modo, sed jam cum diis bellum gerere,
Liv. 21, 63, 6.—
2.
Pressing the strict sense of a word or clause, now, precisely, indeed:
(Hieronymum) quem jam cur Peripateticum appellem, nescio,
Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 14:
hoc quidem haud molestum est jam, quod collus collari caret,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 107:
loquor enim jam non de sapientium, sed de communibus amicitiis,
Cic. Lael. 21, 77:
te quoque jam, Thais, ita me di bene ament, amo,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 43:
imitatio morum alienorum... jam inter leniores affectus numerari potest,
Quint. 9, 2, 58:
reliqua jam aequitatis sunt,
id. 7, 1, 62:
cetera jam fabulosa,
Tac. G. 46:
desine: jam venio moriturus,
Verg. A. 10, 881.—So esp. with et: et jam (cf. etiam), and indeed, and in fact, et lenitas illa Graecorum et verborum comprehensio, et jam artifex, ut ita dicam, stilus, Cic. Brut. 25, 96:
pulchriora etiam Polycleti et jam plane perfecta,
id. ib. 18, 70:
Pompeium et hortari et orare et jam liberius accusare non desistimus,
id. Fam. 1, 1, 3; Quint. Decl. 5, 3; Luc. 8, 659; cf.
jamque,
Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 9; so,
jam et: nec deerat Ptolemaeus, jam et sceleris instinctor,
Tac. H. 1, 23; 1, 22;
and, ac jam: ac jam, ut omnia contra opinionem acciderent, tamen se plurimum navibus posse,
Caes. B. G. 3, 9: jam ergo, in very fact:
jam ergo aliquis condemnavit,
Cic. Clu. 41, 113.—
3.
In climax, even, indeed, really:
opus Paniceis, opus Placentinis quoque... jam maritumi omnes milites opus sunt mihi,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 59:
jam illa quae natura, non litteris, assecuti sunt, neque cum Graecia neque ulla cum gente sunt conferenda,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2:
jam in opere quis par Romano miles?
Liv. 9, 19, 8; Quint. 12, 1, 45; Cic. Rep. 1, 5; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > jam
19 oportet

ŏportet, ŭit, 2, v. impers. [2. opus], it is necessary, needful, proper, becoming, or reasonable; it behooves; I ( thou, he, etc.) must or ought (cf.: opus est, necesse est, debeo; oportet denotes the necessity of reason or duty, necesse est that of compulsion).—Constr. class. with a subject-clause, the subj., or absol.; late Lat. also with ut and subj. tamquam ita fieri non solum oporteret, sed etiam necesse esset, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84:
hoc fieri et oportet et opus est,
id. Att. 13, 25, 1: ted ipsum oportet hoc profiteri et proloqui, Enn. ap. Non. 232, 24 (Trag. v. 384 Vahl); cf.: qui alteri exitium parat, eum scire oportet sibi paratam pestem parem, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39 (Trag. v. 22 ib.):
hanc scire oportet, filia tua ubi sit,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 51:
servum hercle te esse oportet et nequam et malum,
you must be a truly goodfor-nothing slave, id. Poen. 5, 2, 70:
non oportuit relictas (i. e. relictas esse ancillas),
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 6:
adulescenti morem gestum oportuit,
id. Ad. 2, 2, 6:
ut ut erat, mansum tamen oportuit,
he ought to have stayed, id. Heaut. 1, 2, 26:
nec mediocre telum ad res gerendas existimare oportet benevolentiam civium,
Cic. Lael. 17, 61:
pecunia, quam his oportuit civitatibus pro frumento dari,
that was to be given, id. Verr. 2, 3, 75, § 174:
unde habeas, quaerit nemo, sed oportet habere,
Juv. 14, 207.—With subj.:
ex rerum cognitione efflorescat et redundet oportet oratio,
Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 20:
me ipsum ames oportet, non mea,
id. Fin. 2, 26:
valeat possessor oportet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 49.—Also (late Lat.) constr. with ut and subj., Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 10; Boëth. Consol. Phil. 1, pros. 4.— Absol.:
si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret... est enim aliquid, quod non oporteat, etiam si licet: quicquid vero non licet, certe non oportet,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7; cf.:
ne quid fiat secus quam volumus quamque oportet,
id. Att. 6, 2, 2:
alio tempore atque oportuerit,
Caes. B. G. 7, 33:
longior quam oportet sermo,
Quint. 8, 3, 53; cf. id. 8, 2, 23; 9, 4, 144.—
(β).
Plur. (anteclass.): ut ea, quae oportuerint, facta non sint, Caecil. ap. Prisc. p. 827 P.:
haec facta ab illo oportebant (al. oportebat),
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 25; cf. id. And. 3, 2, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > oportet
20 propero

prŏpĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [properus].
I.
Act., to hasten, quicken, accelerate; to prepare, make, or do with haste (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
alia quae incepto usui forent properare,
Sall. J. 37, 4:
itineris properandi causā,
id. ib. [p. 1469] 105, 2:
properato itinere,
id. ib. 112, 2:
vascula intus pure propera,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3:
obsonia,
id. Cas. 2, 8, 57:
fulmina,
Verg. G. 4, 171:
pecuniam heredi,
Hor. C. 3, 24, 62:
mortem,
Tib. 4, 1, 205; Verg. A. 9, 401:
coeptum iter,
Tac. H. 3, 40:
deditionem,
id. A. 2, 22:
caedem,
id. ib. 11, 37:
naves,
id. ib. 2, 6:
hoc studium,
Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 28.—In pass.:
vellera properabantur,
Hor. Epod. 12, 21: teneri properentur amores, Dum vacat, let them be sung hastily or briefly, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 69:
properatur amor,
id. M. 5, 396:
hinc porticus, inde delubra properantur,
Plin. Pan. 51, 3.—
II.
Neutr., to make haste, to hasten, be quick (class.): aliud est properare, aliud festinare. Qui unum quid mature transigit, is properat: qui multa simul incipit neque perficit, is festinat, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 14, 2; id. ap. Fest. p. 234 Müll.; id. ap. Non. 441, 22:
propera, fer pedem,
Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 30:
properatin' ocius?
id. Curc. 2, 2, 33:
simulabat sese negotii causā properare,
Sall. J. 76, 1; 58, 6:
in Italiam,
Caes. B. G. 2, 35; id. B. C. 2, 20:
ad praedam, ad gloriam,
id. ib. 2, 39:
ad gaudia,
Hor. C. 4, 12, 21:
Romam,
Cic. Mil. 19, 49:
in patriam,
id. Fam. 12, 25:
in fata,
Luc. 8, 658:
sacris, for a sacris,
Ov. M. 6, 201; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 58;
but sometimes with collat. notion of excessive haste: properantibus Blaesus advenit, increpabatque, etc. (cf. the context),
Tac. A. 1, 18; 13, 17.— With sup.: ultro licentiam in vos auctum, atque adjutum properatis, Sall. Or. Licin. ad Pleb. (H. 3, 61, 16 Dietsch).—With inf.:
argentum propere propera vomere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 10:
redire in patriam,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:
quin huc ad vos venire propero?
id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:
signa inferre, atque evadere oppido,
Sall. J. 56, 5:
pervenire,
Caes. B. G. 2, 11:
aliquem amando Perdere,
Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.—With object-clause:
se quisque hostem ferire properabat,
Sall. C. 7, 6; Amm. 25, 7.— Impers. pass.:
properatum vehementer, cum, etc.,
Cic. Sull. 19, 54; Verg. A. 4, 416.— Transf., of inanimate subjects, with inf. pass.:
mala decerpi properantia,
Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 52.—Hence,
A.
prŏpĕrans, antis, P. a., hastening, hasty, rapid, speedy (class.):
ille properans, festinans,
Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6:
haec properantes scripsimus,
in haste, id. Att. 4, 4, a.— Comp.:
rotam solito properantior urget,
Claud. in Ruf. 2, 337.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĕran-ter, hastily, speedily, quickly (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.:
propere, cito, festinanter, celeriter, etc.),
Lucr. 5, 300:
properanter accepit codicillos,
Tac. A. 16, 24.— Comp.:
beneficia properantius, quam aes mutuum, reddere,
Sall. J. 96, 2; 8, 2:
ire,
Ov. F. 4, 673.— Sup.: properantissime aliquid afferre, Cod. Th. 11, 30, 8.—
B.
prŏpĕrātus, a, um, P. a., hurried, accelerated, rapid, quick, speedy (mostly poet.):
tabellae,
Ov. M. 9, 586:
mors,
id. Tr. 3, 3, 34:
gloria rerum,
id. M. 15, 748:
meta curribus,
i. e. rapidly approached, Mart. 10, 50, 7:
naves,
Tac. A. 2, 6:
tela,
id. ib. 2, 80.— Comp.:
properatius tempus,
Sol. 26.— Absol.: properato opus est, there is need of haste:
accurato et properato opus est,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 210:
erat nihil, cur properato opus esset,
Cic. Mil. 19, 49.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĕrā-tō, quickly, speedily (Tac.):
properato ad mortem agitur,
Tac. A. 13, 1.

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