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  • 1 cēnseō

        cēnseō cēnsuī, cēnsus, ēre,    to tax, assess, rate, estimate: censores populi aevitates: censento: ne absens censeare: milia octoginta civium censa dicuntur, L.: quid se vivere, quid in parte civium censeri, si, etc., L.: census equestrem Summam nummorum, assessed with a knight's estate, H.: milites scribere, capite censos, assessed for their persons, i. e. paying only a poll-tax, S.: frequentia convenit censendi causā, to attend the census: arbitrium formulae censendi, the scheme for taking the census, L.: sintne illa praedia censui censendo, subject to the census.—Of a province: quinto quoque anno Sicilia tota censetur.—With the person assessed as subject, to value, make a return: in quā tribu ista praedia censuisti?: Est inter comites Marcia censa suas, is assessed for, i. e. counts as one, O. — In gen., to value, estimate, weigh: si censenda nobis res sit: auxilio vos dignos censet senatus, L.—To esteem, appreciate, value: ut maneat, de quo censeris, amicus, for whose sake, O.: unā adhuc victoriā Metius censebatur, Ta. — Of senators, to be of opinion, propose, vote, move, give judgment, argue, insist, urge: Dic, inquit ei (rex), quid censes? tum ille... censeo, etc., I move, L.: ita censeo decernendum: Appius imperio consulari rem agendam censebat, L.: eas leges omnīs censeo per vim latas: qui censet eos... morte esse multandos: sententia quae censebat reddenda bona, L.: de eā re ita censeo, uti consules dent operam uti, etc.: censeo ut iis... ne sit ea res fraudi, si, etc.: qui censebat ut Pompeius proficisceretur, Cs.: Fabius censuit... occuparent patres suum munus facere, L. — Ironic.: vereamini censeo ne... nimis aliquid severe statuisse videamini, i. e. of course, you will not be afraid, etc.: misereamini censeo, I advise you to be merciful, S. — Ellipt.: dic quid censes (i. e. decernendum), L.: senati decretum fit, sicut ille censuerat, S.— Of the Senate, to resolve, decree: cuius supplicio senatus sollemnīs religiones expiandas saepe censuit: senatus Caelium ab re p. removendum censuit, Cs.: quae bona reddi antea censuerant (i. e. reddenda), L.: nuntient, velle et censere eos ab armis discedere, etc., S.: ita censuerunt uti consui rem p. defenderet: cum vero id senatus frequens censuisset (sc. faciendum): bellum Samnitibus et patres censuerunt et populus iussit, against the Samnites, L.—To resolve, be of opinion, determine, decide, vote, propose, suggest, advise: erant qui censerent in castra Cornelia recedendum, Cs.: nunc surgendum censeo, I move we adjourn: ego ita censeo, legatos Romam mittendos, L.: neque eum locum quem ceperant, dimitti censuerant oportere, Cs.: Hasdrubal ultimam Hispaniae oram ignaram esse... censebat, believed, L.: censeo ut satis diu te putes requiesse: plerique censebant ut noctu iter facerent, Cs. — Ellipt.: sententiis quarum pars deditionem, pars eruptionem censebat (i. e. faciendam), Cs.: ita uti censuerant Italici, deditionem facit, S. — Of commands: non tam imperavi quam censui sumptūs decernendos, etc., said, not as an order, but as an opinion that, etc.: ita id (foedus) ratum fore si populus censuisset, L.—Of advice: idem tibi censeo faciendum: si videbitur, ita censeo facias ut, etc.: Quam scit uterque libens censebo exerceat artem, H.: ibi quaeratis socios censeo, ubi Saguntina clades ignota est, L.: ita faciam ut frater censuit, T.: Disce, docendus adhuc, quae censet amiculus, H.—Ironic.: si qua putes... magnopere censeo desistas, I strongly advise you to give up that idea.—Of opinions and views, to be of opinion, think, believe, hold: Plato mundum esse factum censet a deo sempiternum: nemini censebat fore dubium quin, etc.: sunt qui nullum censeant fieri discessum: oportere delubra esse in urbibus censeo.—Ellipt.: si, Mimnermus uti censet, sine amore iocisque Nil est iucundum, H.—In gen., to judge, think, believe, suppose, imagine, expect: Quid te futurum censes? T.: neque vendundam censeo Quae libera est, T.: eo omnem belli molem inclinaturam censebant, L.: Caesar maturandum sibi censuit, thought he ought (i. e. resolved) to hasten, Cs.: impudens postulatio visa est, censere... ipsos id (bellum) advertere in se, to imagine, L.: Qui aequom esse censeant, nos a pueris ilico nasci senes, imagine that we ought to be, T.: civīs civibus parcere aequum censebat, N. —In questions, censes? Do you think, do you suppose? continuo dari Tibi verba censes? T.: adeone me delirare censes ut ista esse credam?: quid censes munera terrae?... Quo spectanda modo? H.: An censemus? Are we to suppose?—Ellipt.: quid illum censes? (sc. facere?) T.—Absol., as an approving answer: Ph. ego rus ibo... Pa. Censeo, T.: recte dicit, censeo, T.
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    I
    censere, censui, censitus V TRANS
    think/suppose, judge; recommend; decree, vote, determine; count/reckon; assess
    II
    censere, censui, census V TRANS
    think/suppose, judge; recommend; decree, vote, determine; count/reckon; assess

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  • 2 ad - dīcō

        ad - dīcō dīxī, dictus, ere,    to give assent.—In augural lang., to be propitious, favor: nisi aves addixissent, L.: in Termini fano, L.—In law: alicui aliquid or aliquem, to award, adjudge, sentence: bona alicui.—Esp., of a debtor assigned to his creditor till the debt is paid: addictus Hermippo. — Absol: prohibendo addictos duci, those adjudged bondsmen for debt, L.—Ironic.: Fufidium... creditorem debitoribus suis addixisti, you have adjudged the creditor to his debtors.—In auctions, to award, knock down, strike off: alcui meas aedīs: bona Rabiri nummo sestertio: bona alicuius in publicum, to confiscate, Cs.—In gen., to sell, make over: regna pecuniā: nummo (fundum), for a penny, H.—Fig., to devote, consecrate: senatus, cui me semper addixi: me, V.: Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, H.: sententiis addicti, wedded. — To give up, sacrifice, sell out, betray, abandon: pretio habere addictam fidem: libidini cuiusque nos addixit: gladiatorio generi mortis addictus, destined; hence, poet.: Quid faciat? crudele, suos addicere amores, to betray, O.

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  • 3 certē

        certē adv. with comp.    [certus], really, surely, assuredly, actually, certainly, as a fact: fuit certe id aequum: ea certe vera sunt, admitted facts: qui certius explorata referant, L.: Si reperire vocas amittere certius, O.: o dea certe, V.: Certe edepol nutricem video, T. — Esp., in answers: estne hic ipsus? et certe is est, T.: num is est Cluentius? certe non est. — In confirmation, no doubt, of course, certainly: venerat, ut opinor, haec res in iudicium. Certe: atqui vis in foro versata est. Certe, admitted.—Of belief, without doubt, with assurance, confidently, surely, certainly: iste certe statuerat non adesse: de casu Cottae certius ex captivis cognoscit, Cs.—With scio, to have no doubt, be sure: ex litteris certe scire potuistis: (legiones) comprobaturas esse certe scio. — Ironic.: Regium certe genus Maeret, no doubt, H.: credo fore qui... inponant, certe quibus videtur, etc., men who no doubt think, etc., S.—Restrictive, at least, yet certainly, but surely: Si non ipsā re tibi istuc dolet, simulare certe est hominis, T.: res fortasse verae, certe graves: desilite, milites... ego certe meum officium praestitero, Cs.: quo quid sit beatius, mihi certe in mentem venire non potest: si tibi fortuna non dedit... at natura certe dedit: maior haec praeda, sed illa impudentia certe non minor: hoc vero edictum certe silentio non potest praeteriri: vestrae quidem certe vitae prospiciam, Cs. (quidem emphasizes the preceding word, while certe belongs to the whole clause): bona femina, locuples quidem certe: sed alias ubi sit animus; certe quidem in te est (quidem emphasizes certe).
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    surely, certainly, without doubt, really; at least/any rate, in all events

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  • 4 eu

       eu    interj., εὖ, bravo! well! well done!: Eu noster, laudo, T.: ‘eu!’ that's right, H.
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    well done! bravo!; splendid! (sometimes ironic)

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  • 5 eugae (euge)

        eugae (euge)    interj., εὖγε, bravo! well done! good! hurrah!: eugae habeo optumam, T. — Ironic.: eugae, iam lepidus vocor, excellent! T.

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  • 6 sānē

        sānē adv. with comp.    [sanus], soberly, sensibly, reasonably, discreetly: sanius bacchari Edonis, H. —As a particle of assurance, indeed, doubtless, by all means, truly, certainly, of course, right, very (only posit.): odiosum sane genus hominum: iudicare difficile est sane: oratio sane longa: sane murteta relinqui, H.: bonus sane vicinus, H.— Esp., in affirmative answers: Ch. Ego domi ero siquid me voles. Me. Sane volo, assuredly, T.: Ch. Estne, ut fertur, forma? Pa. sane, entirely so, T.: sane et libenter quidem.—Ironic.: Beneficium magnum sane dedit! Ph.—With other adverbs: res rustica sane bene culta: bene sane, very well, T.: recte sane interrogasti, very properly, T.: Sane hercle ut dicis, exactly as you say, T.: sane quidem, of course, T.—With quam, how very, very much indeed, uncommonly, exceedingly: conclusa est a te tam magna lex sane quam brevi.—With a negative: commissator haud sane commodus, not altogether, T.: haud sane intellego, quidnam sit, etc., I do not quite understand: haud sane quisquam, nobody at all, S.: non sane credere, H.: quid ad haec Quinctius? nihil sane certum, nothing at all.—Restrictive, in concessions, to be sure, indeed, certainly, however: sane bonum, ut dixi, rei p. genus: sint sane illa magna: haec si vobis non probamus, sint falsa sane: sed fruatur sane hoc solacio.—With an imper, then, if you will: I sane, T.: cedo sane, T.: ‘age sane,’ omnes, L.
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    reasonably, sensibly; certainly, truly; however; yes, of course

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  • 7 sapiēns

        sapiēns entis ( abl sing. adj. ente or entī, as subst. usu. ente; gen plur. entium, poet. also entūm, H.), adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of sapio], wise, knowing, sensible, well-advised, discreet, judicious: sapientissimum esse dicunt eum, cui, etc.: homo iudicio suo valde sapiens: rex: sapientissimus rex: quis sapientior ad coniecturam?: servus non paulo sapientior, H.: puella, O.: temperatio: verba, T.: Consilium, O.: sapientissimum iudicium senatūs.—As subst m., a sensible person, discreet man, man of sense: dictum sapienti sat est, T.: sapiens causas reddet, H.: Fecundae leporis sapiens sectabitur armos, a connoisseur, H. —In philosophy, wise, sage, knowing the truth: qui quietus animo... is est sapiens: sapientium praecepta: te, Laeli, sapientem appellant: eos septem quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt.—Ironic.: sapientum octavus, H.
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    I
    wise (virtuous) man, sage, philosopher; teacher of wisdom
    II
    sapientis (gen.), sapientior -or -us, sapientissimus -a -um ADJ
    rational; sane, of sound mind; wise, judicious, understanding; discreet

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  • 8 beatulus

    I
    beatula, beatulum ADJ
    II
    sainted/happy fellow; (ironic/of the dead)

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  • 9 eugae

    oh, good! fine! well done! (delight/pleasure/surprise, sometimes ironic)

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  • 10 euge

    oh, good! fine! well done! (delight/pleasure/surprise, sometimes ironic)

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  • 11 eugepae

    well done!; (sometimes ironic)

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  • 12 absolvo

    ab-solvo, vi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to loosen from, to make loose, set free, detach, untie (usu. trop., the fig. being derived from fetters, qs. a vinculis solvere, like vinculis exsolvere, Plaut. Truc. 3, 4, 10).
    I.
    Lit. (so very rare):

    canem ante tempus,

    Amm. 29, 3:

    asinum,

    App. M. 6, p. 184; cf.:

    cum nodo cervicis absolutum,

    id. ib. 9, p. 231:

    valvas stabuli,

    i. e. to open, id. ib. 1, p. 108 fin.:

    absoluta lingua (ranarum) a gutture,

    loosed, Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 172.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To release from a long story, to let one off quickly: Paucis absolvit, ne moraret diutius, Pac. ap. Diom. p. 395 P. (Trag. Rel. p. 98 Rib.); so,

    te absolvam brevi,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 30.
    B.
    To dismiss by paying, to pay off:

    absolve hunc vomitum... quattuor quadraginta illi debentur minae,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 120; so Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 13 and 18.—Hence, in gen., to dismiss, to release:

    jam hosce absolutos censeas,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 43;

    and ironic.,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 73.
    C.
    To free from (Ciceronian): ut nec Roscium stipulatione alliget, neque a Fannio judicio se absolvat, extricate or free himself from a lawsuit, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12:

    longo bello,

    Tac. A. 4, 23: caede hostis se absolvere, to absolve or clear one's self by murdering an enemy, id. G. 31.—With gen.:

    tutelae,

    Dig. 4, 8, 3; hence,
    D.
    In judicial lang., t. t., to absolve from a charge, to acquit, declare innocent; constr. absol., with abl., gen., or de (Zumpt, § 446;

    Rudd. 2, 164 sq.): bis absolutus,

    Cic. Pis. 39:

    regni suspicione,

    Liv. 2, 8: judex absolvit injuriarum eum, Auct. ad Her. 2, 13; so Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 29 al.:

    de praevaricatione absolutus,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 16.—In Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 22: hic (Dionem) Veneri absolvit, sibi condemnat, are dativi commodi: from the obligation to Venus he absolves him, but condemns him to discharge that to himself (Verres).—With an abstract noun: fidem absolvit, he acquitted them of their fidelity (to Otho), pardoned it, Tac. H. 2, 60.
    E.
    In technical lang., to bring a work to a close, to complete, finish (without denoting intrinsic excellence, like perficere; the fig. is prob. derived from detaching a finished web from the loom; cf.:

    rem dissolutam divulsamque,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 188).—So of the sacrificial cake:

    liba absoluta (as taken from the pan),

    ready, Varr. R. R. 2, 8;

    but esp. freq. in Cic.: ut pictor nemo esset inventus, qui Coae Veneris eam partem, quam Apelles inchoatam reliquisset, absolveret,

    Cic. Off. 3, 2 (cf. Suet. Claud. 3); id. Leg. 1, 3, 9; id. Att. 12, 45; cf. id. Fin. 2, 32, 105; id. Fam. 1, 9, 4; id. Att. 13, 19 al.—So in Sallust repeatedly, both with acc. and de, of an historical statement, to bring to a conclusion, to relate:

    cetera quam paucissumis absolvam, J. 17, 2: multa paucis,

    Cic. Fragm. Hist. 1, n. 2:

    de Catilinae conjuratione paucis absolvam,

    id. Cat. 4, 3; cf.:

    nunc locorum situm, quantum ratio sinit, absolvam,

    Amm. 23, 6.— Hence, absŏlūtus, a, um, P. a., brought to a conclusion, finished, ended, complete (cf. absolvo, E.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    nec appellatur vita beata nisi confecta atque absoluta,

    when not completed and concluded, Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 87; cf.:

    perfecte absolutus,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 18; and:

    absolutus et perfectus per se,

    id. Part. Or. 26, 94 al. — Comp., Quint. 1, 1, 37.— Sup., Auct. ad Her. 2, 18, 28; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 74; Tac. Or. 5 al.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    In rhet. lang., unrestricted, unconditional, absolute:

    hoc mihi videor videre, esse quasdam cum adjunctione necessitudines, quasdam simplices et absolutas,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 57, 170.—
    2.
    In gram.
    a.
    Nomen absolutum, which gives a complete sense without any thing annexed, e. g.:

    deus,

    Prisc. p. 581 P.—
    b.
    Verbum absolutum, in Prisc. p. 795 P., that has no case with it; in Diom. p. 333 P., opp. inchoativum.—
    c.
    Adjectivum absolutum, which stands in the positive, Quint. 9, 3, 19.— Adv.: absŏlūtē, fully, perfectly, completely (syn. perfecte), distinctly, unrestrictedly, absolutely, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 38; 5, 18, 53; id. Fin. 3, 7, 26; id. Top. 8, 34 al.— Comp., Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 15.

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  • 13 addico

    ad-dīco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. ( imp. addice, for addic, Plaut. Poen. 2, 50;

    addixti,

    Mart. 12, 16), orig., to give one's assent to a thing (“addicere est proprie idem dicere et approbare dicendo,” Fest. p. 13 Müll.), in its lit. signif. belonging only to augural and judicial language (opp. abdĭco).
    I.
    Of a favorable omen, to be propitious to, to favor, usually with aves as subj., and without obj.:

    cum sacellorum exaugurationes admitterent aves, in Termini fano non addixere,

    Liv. 1, 55, 3; so,

    Fabio auspicanti aves semel atque iterum non addixerunt,

    id. 27, 16, 15; also with auspicium as subj.:

    addicentibus auspiciis vocat contionem,

    Tac. A. 2, 14; cf. Drak. Liv. 1, 36, 3; 27, 16, 15.—And with acc. of obj.:

    illum quem aves addixerant,

    Fest. p. 241 Müll.—In judicial lang.: alicui aliquid or aliquem, to award or adjudge any thing to one, to sentence; hence Festus, with reference to the adjudged or condemned person, says:

    “alias addicere damnare est,” p. 13 Müll.: ubi in jus venerit, addicet praetor familiam totam tibi,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 57:

    bona alicui,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 52:

    addictus erat tibi?

    had he been declared bound to you for payment? id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41; hence ironic.: Fufidium... creditorem debitoribus suis addixisti, you have adjudged the creditor to his debtors (instead of the reverse), id. Pis. 35:

    liberum corpus in servitutem,

    Liv. 3, 56.—Hence subst., addictus, i, m., one who has been given up or made over as servant to his creditor:

    ducite nos quo jubet, tamquam quidem addictos,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 87:

    addictus Hermippo et ab hoc ductus est,

    Cic. Fl. 20 extr.; cf. Liv. 6, 15, 20. (The addictus, bondman, was not properly a slave = servus, for he retained his nomen, cognomen, his tribus, which the servus did not have; he could become free again by cancelling the demand, even against the will of his dominus; the servus could not; the addictus, when set free, was also again ingenuus, the servus only libertinus; v. Quint. 7, 3, 27. The inhuman law of the Twelve Tables, which, however, was never put in execution, that one indebted to several creditors should be cut in pieces and divided among them, is mentioned by Gell. 20, 1: Niebuhr, Rom. Gesch. 1, 638;

    Smith's Antiq.): addicere alicui judicium,

    to grant one leave to bring an action, Varr. L. L. 6, § 61 Müll.: addicere litem, sc. judici, to deliver a cause to the judge. This was the office of the praetor. Such is the purport of the law of XII. Tab. Tab. I.: POST MERIDIEM PRAESENTI STLITEM ADDICITO, ap. Gell. 17, 2:

    judicem or arbitrum (instead of dare judicium),

    to appoint for one a judge in his suit, Dig. 5, 1, 39, 46 and 80: addicere aliquid in diem, to adjudge a thing to one ad interim, so that, upon a change of circumstances, the matter in question shall be restored in integrum, Dig. 18, 2; 6, 1, 41; 39, 3, 9.—
    B.
    In auctions, to adjudge to the highest bidder, knock down, strike off, deliver to (with the price in abl.): ecquis est ex tanto populo, qui bona C. Rabirii Postumi [p. 31] nummo sestertio sibi addici velit, Cic. Rab. Post. 17; so id. Verr. 2, 1, 55; Suet. Caes. 50.—Addicere bona alicujus in publicum, i. e. to confiscate, Caes. B. C. 2, 18;

    hence in Plaut., of a parasite, who strikes himself off, as it were, i. e. promises himself to one as guest, on condition that he does not in the mean time have a higher bid, i. e. is not attracted to another by a better table,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 76 sq. —
    C.
    In gen., to sell, to make over to:

    addice tuam mihi meretricem,

    Plaut. Poen. 2, 50:

    hominem invenire neminem potuit, cui meas aedes addiceret, traderet, donaret, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 41. Antonius regna addixit pecunia,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15; so Hor. S. 2, 5, 109.—In a metaph. signif.,
    D.
    To deliver, yield, or resign a thing to one, either in a good or a bad sense.
    a.
    In a good sense, to devote, to consecrate to:

    senatus, cui me semper addixi,

    Cic. Planc. 39, 93:

    agros omnes addixit deae,

    Vell. 2, 25;

    hence, morti addicere,

    to devote to death, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

    nolite... omnem Galliam prosternere et perpetuae servituti addicere,

    to devote to perpetual slavery, Caes. B. G. 7, 77.—
    b.
    In a bad sense, to give up, to sacrifice, to abandon (very freq.);

    ejus ipsius domum evertisti, cujus sanguinem addixeras,

    Cic. Pis. 34, 83:

    libidini cujusque nos addixit,

    id. Phil. 5, 12, 33; so id. Mil. 32; id. Sest. 17; id. Quint. 30; hence poet.:

    quid faciat? crudele, suos addicere amores,

    to sacrifice, to surrender his love, Ov. M. 1, 617 (where some read wrongly abdicere).—
    E.
    In later Latin, to attribute or ascribe a work to one:

    quae (comoediae) nomini eius (Plauti) addicuntur,

    Gell. 3, 3, 13.—Hence, addic-tus, P. a. (after II. D.), dedicated or devoted to a thing; hence,
    a.
    Destined to:

    gladiatorio generi mortis addictus,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 16; cf. Hor. Epod. 17, 11.—
    b.
    Given up to, bound to:

    qui certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti et consecrati sunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

    nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 14:

    Prasinae factioni addictus et deditus,

    Suet. Cal. 55.— Comp., sup., and adv. not used.

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  • 14 adopto

    ăd-opto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to take to one's self by wish, choice (optando); to choose, select.
    I.
    In gen.:

    sociam te mihi adopto ad meam salutem,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 78:

    qui manstutorem me adoptavit bonis,

    who has chosen me as a guardian of his property, id. Truc. 4, 4, 6:

    quem sibi illa (provincia) defensorem sui juris adoptavit,

    Cic. Div. in Caecin. 16 fin.: eum sibi patronum, id ib. 20, 64: quem potius adoptem aut invocem, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9: Frater, Pater, adde; Ut cuique est aetas, ita quemque facetus adopta (i. e. adscisce, adjunge, sc. tuo alloquio, Cruqu.), make him by thy greeting a father, brother, etc., i. e. call him, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 55:

    Etruscas Turnus adoptat opes,

    strives after, Ov. F. 4, 880.—Hence: adoptare se alicui, to give or attach one's self to:

    qui se potentiae causā Caesaris libertis adoptāsset,

    Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 12.—
    II.
    Esp. as t. t., to take one in the place of a child or grandchild, to adopt (diff. from arrogo; v. adoptio).
    A.
    Lit., constr. with aliquem, also with ab aliquo aliquem (from the real father, a patre naturali), Plaut. Poen. prol. 74 (cf. id. ib. 4, 2, 82):

    adoptat illum puerum subreptitium sibi filium,

    id. Men. prol. 60:

    filium senatorem populum Romanum sibi velle adoptare,

    Cic. Dom. 14:

    adoptatus patricius a plebeio,

    id. Att. 7, 7:

    is qui hunc minorem Scipionem a Paulo adoptavit,

    id. Brut. 19, 77:

    adoptavit eum heredemque fecit ex dodrante,

    Nep. Att. 5, 2:

    adoptatus testamento,

    Suet. Tib. 6: adoptari a se Pisonem pronuntiat, Tac. H. 1, 18:

    Pisonem pro contione adoptavit,

    Suet. Galb. 17:

    quem illa adoptavit,

    Vulg. Exod. 2, 10.—With in and acc.:

    in regnum,

    Sall. J. 22, 3:

    in familiam nomenque,

    Suet. Caes. 83:

    in successionem,

    Just. 9, 2.—
    B.
    Fig.:

    servi in bona libertatis nostrae adoptantur,

    are, as it were, adopted into freedom, are made participants of freedom, Flor. 3, 20;

    and of ingrafting (cf. adoptivus): venerit insitio: fac ramum ramus adoptet,

    Ov. R. Am. 195; so Col. 10, 38. Those who were adopted commonly received the family name of the adoptive father, with the ending -anus, e. g. Aemilianus, Pomponianus, etc.—Hence Cic. says ironic. of one who appropriated to himself the name of another:

    ipse se adoptat: et C. Stalenus, qui se ipse adoptaverat et de Staleno Aelium fecerat,

    had changed himself from a Stalenus to an Ælius, Brut. 68, 241; and Vitruv.: Zoilus qui adoptavit cognomen, ut Homeromastix vocitaretur, had himself called, 7, 8. So:

    ergo aliquod gratum Musis tibi nomen adopta,

    Mart. 6, 31; in Pliny, very often, adoptare aliquid (also with the addition of nomine suo or in nomen), to give a thing its name: Baetis Oceanum Atlanticum, provinciam adoptans, petit, while it gives to the province the name (Baetica). Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 9:

    A Zmyrna Hermus campos facit et nomini suo adoptat,

    id. 5, 29, 31, § 119;

    so 25, 3, 7, § 22: in nomen,

    id. 37, 3, 12, § 50; so also Statius, Theb. 7, 259.

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  • 15 aliquantulo

    ălĭquantŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [aliquantus], little, small:

    aliquantulus frumenti numerus,

    Hirt. B. Afr. 21.—In the neutr. as subst. with partit. gen., a little aeris alieni, Cic. Quint. 4, 15:

    suspitionis,

    id. Inv. 2, 9:

    muri,

    Liv. 21, 12:

    agri,

    id. 21, 31:

    aquae tepidae,

    Suet. Ner. 48.— Hence, ălĭquantŭlum, and once, ălĭ-quantŭlō, adv., somewhat, a little:

    pansam aliquantulum,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 55: quaeso tandem aliquantulum tibi parce. [p. 87] rer. Heaut. 1, 1, 111:

    subtristis visust esse aliquantulum mihi,

    id. And. 2, 6, 16: auri navem evertat gubernator an paleae, in re aliquantulum, in gubernatoris inscitiā nihil interest, something (ironic. for aliquid, multum), Cic. Par. 3, 1:

    deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum,

    id. Lael. 12, 40:

    aliquantulum progredi,

    id. Div. 1, 33, 73:

    a proposito declinare,

    id. Or. 40, 138.—With comp.:

    stadia aliquantulum breviora,

    Gell. 1, 1:

    aliquantulo tristior,

    Vop. Aur. 38 Gruter.

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  • 16 aliquantulus

    ălĭquantŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [aliquantus], little, small:

    aliquantulus frumenti numerus,

    Hirt. B. Afr. 21.—In the neutr. as subst. with partit. gen., a little aeris alieni, Cic. Quint. 4, 15:

    suspitionis,

    id. Inv. 2, 9:

    muri,

    Liv. 21, 12:

    agri,

    id. 21, 31:

    aquae tepidae,

    Suet. Ner. 48.— Hence, ălĭquantŭlum, and once, ălĭ-quantŭlō, adv., somewhat, a little:

    pansam aliquantulum,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 55: quaeso tandem aliquantulum tibi parce. [p. 87] rer. Heaut. 1, 1, 111:

    subtristis visust esse aliquantulum mihi,

    id. And. 2, 6, 16: auri navem evertat gubernator an paleae, in re aliquantulum, in gubernatoris inscitiā nihil interest, something (ironic. for aliquid, multum), Cic. Par. 3, 1:

    deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum,

    id. Lael. 12, 40:

    aliquantulum progredi,

    id. Div. 1, 33, 73:

    a proposito declinare,

    id. Or. 40, 138.—With comp.:

    stadia aliquantulum breviora,

    Gell. 1, 1:

    aliquantulo tristior,

    Vop. Aur. 38 Gruter.

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  • 17 aliquantus

    ălĭquantus, a, um, adj. [alius-quantus; v. aliquis], somewhat, some, moderate, tolerable; considerable, not a little (designating the medium between much and little; cf. Ernest. ad Suet. Caes. 87; Wolf ad Suet. Caes. 10; Hotting. ad Cic. Div. 2, 1; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 3, 13; 5, 10; Brut. ad Nep. Dion, 3, 3; Kritz ad Sall. C. 8, 2).
    I.
    In gen.: M. sed quaero, utrum aliquid actum superioribus diebus, an nihil arbitremur: A. Actum vero et aliquantum quidem, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15:

    Romani signorum et armorum aliquanto numero, hostium paucorum potiti,

    Sall. J. 74, 3:

    timor aliquantus, sed spes amplior,

    id. ib. 105, 4:

    spatium,

    Liv. 38, 27:

    iter,

    id. 25, 35:

    pecunia,

    App. Mag. p. 320, 1.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    In the neutr. as subst.:

    ad quos aliquantum ex cotidianis sumptibus redundet,

    Cic. Cael. 57:

    Alienus ex eā facultate, si quam habet, aliquantum detracturus est,

    somewhat, id. Div. in Caecil. 15:

    ut aliquantum se arbitrentur adeptos ad dicendum,

    id. Off. 1, 1; id. Phil. 8, 27; and esp. with partit. gen., some part, some:

    aliquantum agri,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33:

    nummorum aliquantum et auri,

    id. Clu. 179:

    temporis,

    id. Quint. 22:

    animi,

    id. Att. 7, 13 fin.:

    noctis,

    id. Fam. 7, 25 fin. al.:

    aliquantum negotii sustinere,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7:

    itineris,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 10 Herz.:

    equorum et armorum,

    Sall. J. 62, 5:

    famae et auctoritatis,

    Liv. 44, 33; 21, 28; 30, 8; 41, 16 al.; Suet. Caes. 81.—
    B.
    The plur. rare, and only in later Lat.:

    aliquanti in caelestium numerum referuntur,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 33:

    aliquanta oppida,

    Eutr. 4 fin.; Spart. Hadr. 7 fin.:

    aliquantis diebus,

    Pall. 1, 19.—Whence, ălĭquantum and ălĭ-quantō, adv. (on the proportionate use of these forms with the posit. and comp. v. Beier ad Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 5, 10; Web. ad Luc. 2, 225; Zumpt, Gr. § 488), somewhat, in some degree, a little, rather; considerably, not a little (cf. aliquantus).
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Aliquantum: Ba. Nam ut in navi vecta es, credo timida es. So. Aliquantum, soror, somewhat so, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 73:

    quae (consolatio) mihi quidem ipsi sane aliquantum medetur, ceteris item multum illam profuturam puto,

    Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3: item qui processit aliquantum ad virtutis aditum ( has come somewhat near), nihilominus, etc., id. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

    aliquantum commoveri,

    id. Clu. 140:

    quod nisi meo adventu illius conatus aliquantum repressissem,

    id. Verr. 2, 64:

    movit aliquantum oratio regis legatos,

    Liv. 39, 29; so id. 5, 23 al.: huc concede aliquantum ( a little), Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 116:

    aliquantum ventriosus,

    id. As. 2, 3, 20:

    quale sit, non tam definitione intellegi potest (quamquam aliquantum potest), quam, etc.,

    to some extent, in some degree, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

    litteris lectis aliquantum acquievi,

    id. Fam. 4, 6:

    adjutus aliquantum,

    Suet. Tib. 13.—
    (β).
    Aliquanto:

    non modo non contra legem, sed etiam intra legem et quidem aliquanto,

    not a little, considerably so, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 9: terra etsi aliquanto specie differt, etc., * Tac. G. 5.—
    2.
    Esp., with compp. it has greater or less force, acc. to the context, much more or a little more, somewhat more (the latter sometimes ironic. instead of the former; cf. Quint. 1, 12, 4 Spald.; in class. prose very freq.; most freq. prob. in Suet.; but never perh. in poetry, except in the examples from the ante-class. per.).
    (α).
    With aliquanto: Ch. Abeamus intro hinc ad me. St. Atque aliquanto lubentius quam abs te sum egressus, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 43:

    aliquanto amplius,

    id. As. 3, 3, 2; so Cic. Verr. 2, 1:

    aliquanto plus,

    id. ib. 2, 1:

    minus aliquanto,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 18:

    melius aliquanto,

    id. Brut. 78, 270:

    sed certe idem melius aliquanto dicerent, si, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 24, 103:

    carinae aliquanto planiores quam nostrarum navium,

    much flatter, Caes. B. G. 3, 13 Herz.; so,

    aliquanto crudelior esse coepit,

    Nep. Dion, 3, 3:

    cum majore aliquanto numero quam decretum erat,

    Sall. J. 86, 4; so id. C. 8, 2; id. J. 79, 4:

    aliquanto superior,

    Liv. 5, 26, 6:

    ad majus aliquanto certamen redit,

    Liv. 5, 29, 5; so id: 27, 36, 7; Quint. 1, 12, 4; Suet. Caes. 10; 86; id. Tib. 62 al.:

    soluta est navis aliquanto prius,

    some time before, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 15:

    maturius aliquanto lupinus seritur,

    Pall. R. R. 10, 5:

    aliquanto serius quam per aetatem liceret,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 3.—So with ante and post:

    aliquanto ante in provinciam proficiscitur, quam,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 149; 3, 44:

    ante aliquanto quam est mortuus,

    id. ib. 2, 46; id. Vatin. 25:

    ad illos aliquanto post venit,

    id. Verr. 4, 85:

    porticum post aliquanto Q. Catulus fecit,

    id. Dom. 102: atque ille primo quidem negavit; post autem aliquanto ( but some time afterwards) surrexit, id. Cat. 3, 11:

    postea aliquanto,

    id. Inv. 2, 51, 154.—
    (β).
    With aliquantum:

    aliquantum ad rem est avidior,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51:

    fortasse aliquantum iniquior erat,

    id. Heaut. 1, 2, 27:

    aliquantum amplior augustiorque,

    Liv. 1, 7, 9:

    aliquantum taetrior,

    Val. Max. 5, 9, 3:

    Garumna aliquantum plenior,

    Mel. 3, 2, 5.

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  • 18 amor

    ămor (old form ămŏs, like honos, labos, colos, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 170), ōris, m. [amo], love (to friends, parents, etc.; and also in a low sense; hence in gen., like amo, while caritas, like diligere, is esteem, regard, etc.; hence amor is used also of brutes, but caritas only of men; v amo init.):

    Amicitiae caritate et amore cernuntur. Nam cum deorum, tum parentum, patriaeque cultus, eorumque hominum, qui aut sapientiā aut opibus excellunt, ad caritatem referri solet. Conjuges autem et liberi et fratres et alii, quos usus familiaritasque conjunxit, quamquam etiam caritate ipsā, tamen amore maxime continentur,

    Cic. Part. Or. 25, 88; cf. id. ib. 16, 56; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 100 (but amor is related to benevolentia as the cause to the effect, since benevolentia designates only an external, friendly treatment; but amor a real, internal love):

    amor, ex quo amicitia nominata, princeps est ad benevolentiam conjungendam,

    Cic. Am. 8, 26:

    nihil enim est, quod studio et benevolentiā, vel amore potius effici non possit,

    id. Fam. 3, 9; cf. Doed. Syn. IV. p. 105 (very freq. in all periods, and in every kind of style; in a low sense most freq. in the com. and eleg. poets, Petron., and similar authors; v. amo init.); constr. with in, erga, or the obj. gen. (with the gen. of the gerund, never in Cic., and perh. in no prose writer; but it is so found in Lucr., Ovid, and Hor.).
    I.
    Lit.: ab his initiis noster in te amor profectus, Cic. Fam. 13, 29:

    si quid in te residet amoris erga me,

    id. ib. 5, 5:

    amori nostro (i. e. quo a te amamur) plusculum etiam, quam concedit veritas, largiare,

    id. ib. 5, 12;

    Postquam primus amor deceptam morte fefellit,

    Verg. A. 4, 17:

    amabilis super amorem mulierum,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 26: in paternitatis amore, brotherly love (Gr. philadelphia), ib. 1 Pet. 1, 22; ib. 2 Pet. 1, 7 bis:

    amplecti aliquem amore,

    Cic. Att. 7, 1:

    habere amorem erga aliquem,

    id. ib. 9, 14:

    respondere amori amore,

    id. ib. 15, 21:

    conciliare amorem alicui,

    id. de Or. 2, 51 et saep.—Of sexual love, whether lawful or unlawful: Medea amore saevo saucia, Enn. Med. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22 (as a transl. of the Gr. erôti thumon ekplageis Iasonos, Eur. Med. prol. 8):

    videbantur illi (septem anni) pauci dies prae amoris magnitudine,

    Vulg. Gen. 29, 20; 29, 30:

    is amore projecticiam illam deperit,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 43:

    amore perdita est,

    id. Mil. 4, 6, 38:

    in amore haec omnia sunt vitia,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 14:

    aeterno devictus volnere amoris,

    Lucr. 1, 35:

    qui vitat amorem,

    id. 4, 1069:

    Nec te noster amor tenet?

    Verg. A. 4, 307; 4, 395; Ov. M. 4, 256:

    ne sit ancillae tibi amor pudori,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 1:

    meretricis amore Sollicitus,

    id. S. 2, 3, 252:

    ut majus esset odium amore, quo ante dilexerat,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 15:

    ambo vulnerati amore ejus,

    ib. Dan. 13, 10 al. —In both significations also in the plur.:

    amores hominum in te,

    Cic. Att. 5, 10:

    amores sancti,

    id. Fin. 3, 20, 68; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 34, 72:

    Ille meos, primus qui me sibi junxit, amores Abstulit,

    Verg. A. 4, 28:

    est is mihi in amoribus, i. e. valde a me amatur,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 32:

    meos amores eloquar,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 2:

    meretricii amores,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 10:

    quem amore venerio dilexerat,

    Nep. Paus. 4, 1:

    amores et hae deliciae, quae vocantur,

    Cic. Cael. 19:

    quando Dido tantos rumpi non speret amores,

    Verg. A. 4, 292:

    Tabuit ex illo dementer amoribus usa,

    Ov. M. 4, 259:

    insanos fateamur amores,

    id. ib. 9, 519 et saep.; Hor. C. 3, 21, 3 et saep.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    For the beloved object itself:

    amores et deliciae tuae,

    Cic. Div. 1, 36;

    Pompeius, nostri amores,

    id. Att. 2, 19; 16, 6;

    and ironic.: sed redeo ad amores deliciasque nostras, L. Antonium,

    id. Phil. 6, 5; Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 79; Ov. M. 1, 617; 4, 137 al.—
    B.
    Personified: Amor, the god of love, Love, Cupid, Erôs:

    O praeclaram emendatricem vitae poëticam, quae Amorem flagitii et levitatis auctorem in concilio deorum collocandum putet,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69:

    Deum esse Amorem turpis et vitio favens finxit libido,

    Sen. Phaedr. 195: Illum conjugem, quem Amor dederat, qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, vet. poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69:

    Omnia vincit Amor, et nos cedamus Amori,

    Verg. E. 10, 69:

    Improbe Amor, quid non mortalia corpora cogis?

    id. A. 4, 412:

    Paret Amor dictis carae genetricis,

    id. ib. 1, 689:

    Amor non talia curat,

    id. E. 10, 28:

    nec quid Amor curat,

    Ov. M. 1, 480:

    Amori dare ludum,

    Hor. C. 3, 12, 1; Prop. 1, 2, 8:

    non tot sagittis, Spicula quot nostro pectore fixit Amor,

    id. 3, 4, 2:

    pharetratus,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 22:

    Notaque purpureus tela resumit Amor,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 34:

    movit Amor gemmatas aureus alas,

    id. R. Am. 39 et saep.—Also in the plur., Cupids, Loves:

    corpora nudorum Amorum,

    Ov. M. 10, 516:

    lascivi Amores,

    Hor. C. 2, 11, 7:

    parvi Amores,

    Prop. 3, 1, 11:

    Amores volucres,

    Ov. Ep. 16, 201:

    pharetrati,

    id. R. Am. 519 al. —
    C.
    A strong, passionate longing for something, desire, lust:

    consulatūs amor,

    Cic. Sull. 26, 73:

    gloriae,

    id. Arch. 11, 28:

    amicitiae,

    id. Tusc. 4, 33, 70:

    lactis,

    Verg. G. 3, 394:

    vini,

    Liv. 9, 18:

    auri,

    Verg. A. 1, 349:

    argenti,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 78:

    nummi,

    Juv. 14, 138:

    laudum,

    Verg. A. 9, 197 et saep.:

    cognitionis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 18.—With gerund:

    edundi,

    Lucr. 4, 870:

    habendi,

    Ov. M. 1, 131, and Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85:

    scribendi,

    id. S. 2, 1, 10.— Poet., with inf.:

    si tantus amor casus cognoscere nostros,

    Verg. A. 2, 10:

    seu rore pudico Castaliae flavos amor est tibi mergere crines,

    Stat. Th. 1, 698.—
    * D.
    Poet., a love-charm, philtre:

    quaeritur et nascentis equi de fronte revolsus Et matri praereptus amor,

    Verg. A. 4, 516; upon which passage Serv. remarks: Secundum Plinium, qui dicit in Naturali Historiā (8, 42, 66, § 163 sqq.) pullos equinos habere in fronte quandam carnem, quam eis statim natis adimit mater; quam si quis forte [p. 109] praeripuerit, odit pullum et lac ei denegat; v. hippomanes.

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  • 19 antipodes

    antĭpŏdes, um, m., = antipodes, the antipodes, Lact. 3, 23; Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 9; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 532; hence ironic. of banqueters who turn night to day, Sen. Ep. 122 (in Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123, written as Greek).

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  • 20 artifex

    artĭfex, fĭcis, m. [ars-facio].
    I.
    Subst.
    A.
    1.. One that is master in the liberal arts (while opifex is a master in the artes sordidae; cf. ars, I. B. 1.), an artist, artificer:

    illi artifices corporis simulacra ignotis nota faciebant,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12:

    reponendarum (tegularum) nemo artifex (i. e. architectus) inire rationem potuit,

    Liv. 42, 3:

    in armamentario multis talium operum (sc. tormentorum) artificibus de industriā inclusis,

    id. 29, 35:

    ut aiunt in Graecis artificibus eos auloedos esse, qui citharoedi fieri non potuerint, sic, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 13, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 169 al.:

    artifices scaenici,

    Cic. Arch. 5, 10; id. Quinct. 25; Suet. Caes. 84:

    artifex lignorum,

    a carpenter, Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 11; so,

    artifex lignarius,

    ib. Isa. 44, 13:

    artifices lapidum,

    masons, ib. 2 Reg. 5, 11:

    artifex aerarius,

    a worker in bronze, ib. 3 Reg. 7, 14 (often thus used in Vulg. for opifex).—Also absol.:

    artifex,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 70:

    multi artifices ex Graeciā venerunt,

    Liv. 39, 22; so id. 5, 1; 5, 7; 5, 2; 41, 20; so Vulg. Exod. 36, 4; ib. Isa. 40, 20; ib. Act. 19, 24 et saep.—So of a charioteer, as in Gr. technitês:

    ne hoc gloriae artificis daretur (auriga standing just before),

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186.—Of a physician, Liv. 5, 3. —Of an orator or writer:

    Graeci dicendi artifices et doctores,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23:

    cum contra talem artificem (sc. Hortensium oratorem) dicturus essem,

    id. Quinct. 24 fin.:

    politus scriptor atque artifex,

    id. Or. 51, 172. —
    2.
    Trop., a master in any thing, in doing any thing, etc.:

    artifices ad corrumpendum judicium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71:

    artifex callidus comparandarum voluptatum,

    id. Fin. 2, 35, 116:

    Cotta in ambitione artifex,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 47:

    serendae in alios invidiae artifex,

    Tac. H. 2, 86 al. —
    B.
    A maker, originator, author, contriver:

    si pulcher est hic mundus, si probus ejus artifex, etc.,

    Cic. Tim. 2:

    cujus (civitatis) artifex et conditor (est) Deus,

    Vulg. Heb. 11, 10:

    artifex omnium natura,

    Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

    si indocta consuetudo tam est artifex suavitatis,

    id. Or. 48, 161:

    artificem (sc. malorum) mediis immittam Terea flammis,

    Ov. M. 6, 615:

    vadit ad artificem dirae Polymestora caedis,

    id. ib. 13, 551:

    sceleris infandi artifex,

    Sen. Agam. 975.—Ironic.:

    O artificem probum!

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 29.—Also for a sly, cunning contriver, inventor of a thing (cf. ars, II. fin.):

    et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,

    Verg. A. 2, 125; 11, 407. —
    II.
    Adj.
    A.
    Act., skilled in a thing; skilful, practised, ingenious, dexterous:

    Bomilcar et per homines talis negotii artifices itinera explorat,

    Sall. J. 35, 5:

    miles decollandi artifex,

    Suet. Calig. 32:

    artifex faber de silvā,

    Vulg. Sap. 13, 11:

    tam artifices saltationis,

    Suet. Tit. 7.—Also of inanimate things:

    artifices Natura manus admovit,

    Ov. M. 15, 218:

    Tellus artifices ne terat Osca manus,

    Prop. 5, 2, 62:

    artifex, ut ita dicam, stilus,

    Cic. Brut. 25, 95:

    mobilitas ignea artifex ad formanda corpora,

    Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 187:

    vir tam artificis ingenii,

    id. 8, 16, 21, § 55 al. — Poet. with inf.:

    venter, negatas artifex sequi voces,

    Pers. prol. 11.—
    B.
    Pass., skilfully prepared or made, artistic, artificial, ingenious:

    quattuor artifices vivida signa boves,

    Prop. 3, 29, 8:

    tantae tamque artifices argutiae,

    Plin. 10, 29, 4, § 85:

    artifex dimicatio,

    id. 8, 40, 61, § 150:

    motus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 8:

    manus libratur artifici temperamento,

    Plin. 12, 25, 54, §

    115: artifex vultus,

    Pers. 5, 40:

    plaga,

    Sol. 35 al. — Poet. of a horse, broken, trained, Ov. A. A. 3, 556.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > artifex

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