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    contrāctiō ōnis, f    [com-+TRAG-], a drawing together, contraction: digitorum: superciliorum: frontis.—Fig.: animi in dolore, dejection. —A shortening, shortness: paginae: syllabae.

    dēductiō ōnis, f    [deduco], a leading away, conducting off: rivorum a fonte: Albanae aquae. —Of colonists, a leading forth, establishing, colonizing: in istos agros: militum in oppida.—In law, an ejection, expulsion: postulasse, ut moribus deductio fieret.— A diminution, subtraction, deduction: ne qua deductio fieret: ex omni pecuniā.— Fig., an inference, course of reasoning: rationis.

    dēductus adj.    [P. of deduco], lowered, unambitious, modest (poet.): carmen, V.: vox, Pr. I II

    dēscrīptiō ōnis (often confounded with discriptio), f    [describo], a marking out, delineation, copy, transcript, draft: caeli, circuit: tabularum: alqd descriptionibus explicare.—Fig., a representation, delineation, description: aedificandi, plan: servorum: regionum, topography: nominis, definition.—A proper disposition, order, arrangement: via descriptionis atque ordinis (in oratione): centuriarum classiumque, L.: temporum.—In the sense distribution, division, the proper form is discriptio.

    haustus    P. of haurio.

   (ob-tentus, ūs) m    [obtendo], a drawing over, spreading over.—Only dat. and abl sing.: obtentu frondis, V.—Fig., a cover, pretext: cognominis, L.: rei p., Ta.

    radius ī, m    [2 RAD-], a staff, rod: acuti, stakes, L.—In a wheel, a spoke: hinc radios trivere rotis, V.: inter radios rotarum, Cu.— A geometer's rod, drawing-rod: homunculum a pulvere et radio excitare: Descripsit radio orbem, V.—In weaving, a shuttle: Excussi manibus radii, V.: acuti, O.—In botany, a kind of olive, V.—In a circle, a radius.—Of light, a beam, ray: radii solis: rubescebat radiis mare, V.: cui tempora circum Aurati radii cingunt, i. e. a glory, V.

    rēgula ae, f    [REG-], a straight stick, bar, staff: quadratas regulas defigunt, Cs.— A ruler, rule: egere regulis.—Fig., a rule, pattern, model, example, principle: naturae: regula, quā vera et falsa <*>udicarentur: philosophiae: adsit Regula, peccatis quae poenas inroget aequas, H.

    re-petō īvī, ītus, ēre,    to fall upon again, attack anew, strike again: regem repetitum ad terram adfixit, after repeated attacks, L.: repetita per ilia ferrum, O.: ad Nolam armis repetendam, L.—To seek again, return to, revisit: fratresque virumque, O.: Hispanā Penatīs ab orā, H.: viam, quā venisset, retrace, L.: domum, H.: Africam, L.: praesaepia, V.: quid enim repetiimus (sc. patriam)? L.—To seek again, demand anew: Gallum a Verticone, qui litteras deferat, Cs.: repetitumque, duobus uti mandaretur imperium, the demand was made again, L.—To seek again, demand back, retake, demand in compensation, claim: pro illā quidquam abs te preti, T.: abs te sestertium miliens ex lege: quae erepta sunt: obsides, Cs.: si forte suas repetitum venerit plumas, H.: Politorium rursus bello repetitum, was retaken, L.: eam, quam patri suo spoponderim, dignitatem: pro eo (beneficio) gratiam, L.: parentum poenas a filiis: ne mors quidem in repetendā libertate fugienda, in the effort to recover: per occasionem libertatem, L.: beneficia ab nullo, S.—In phrases, with res, in war or at law, to demand restitution, require satisfaction: fetialīs mittendi ad res repetendas, L.: bellum rebus repetitis indictum, i. e. for reprisals. —With pecuniam: pecuniam repetere, to sue for the recovery of money: lex de pecuniis repetundis, concerning extortion: pecuniarum repetundarum reus, of extortion, S.: alqm repetundis postulare (sc. pecuniis), sue for extortion, Ta.—To fetch back, bring again, retake, recall: Repudiatus repetor, I was rejected, and am recalled, T.: ad haec (impedimenta) repetenda, Cs.: alii (elephanti) deinde repetiti ac traiecti sunt, were brought and passed over, L.—To take hold of again, undertake anew, enter upon again, recommence, resume, renew, repeat: praetermissa repetimus, incohata persequimur: eadem vetera consilia: Hoc opus, H.: repetitum Mulciber aevum Poscit, O.: auspicia de integro, L.: repetita suis percussit pectora palmis, i. e. again and again, O.: longo Vellera mollibat tractu, by drawing out repeatedly, O.: haec decies repetita placebit, H.—In discourse, to draw, deduce, derive, go back to, seek, trace: populum a stirpe: repetere populi originem: usque a Corace nescio quo: narratio, si non ab ultimo repetetur: res remotas ex litterarum monumentis: tam alte repetita oratio: primā repetens ab origine, V.: longius: repetitis atque enumeratis diebus, reckoned backwards, Cs.—To think over, trace in thought, call to mind, recall, recollect: mearum praecepta litterarum: supra repetere ac paucis instituta maiorum disserere, S.: noctem, O.: te animo repetentem exempla tuorum, V.: memoriā vetera: memoriam ex annalibus, L.

    scrībō scrīpsī, scrīptus, ere    [SCARP-], to scratch, grave, engrave, draw: quamque lineam: columna litteris scripta, inscribed, Cu.: scripto radiat Germanicus auro, Iu.: mihi Scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis, graven, T.— To write: cum HS XXX scripta essent pro HS CCC: erat scriptum ipsius manu: suā manu scripsit, L.: Scripta ‘soror’ fuerat, O.— To write, write out, compose, draw up, produce: quo nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit: ad scribendum animum appulit, T.: Sumite materiem vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus, H.: Denique nec video de tot scribentibus unum, O.: Graecam historiam: librum de rebus rusticis: in Catone Maiore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute: defensionem causae suae: notas, O.: carmina, H.: epistulis tuis perdiligenter scriptis: litteras, quas ad Pompeium scripsi, tibi misi.— To draw up, draught, formulate, prepare, execute: urbana militia respondendi scribendi, i. e. of drawing legal instruments: testamenta: leges: senatūs consulto scribendo Lamiam adfuisse, i. e. to have been a party to, etc.: ponor ad scribendum, i. e. my signature is added: ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci, to conclude, L.— To write, write of, describe, tell in writing: scriptam attulerat sententiam: tibi formam et situm agri, describe, H.: bellum, L.: Quis Martem Digne scripserit, who could depict, H.: cum auctor pugnae se Cossum consulem scripserit, called himself (in the inscription), L.: Scriberis Vario fortis et hostium Victor, H.— To write, communicate, say in writing, tell in a letter: tu si, ut scribis, Kal. Iun. Romā profectus es, etc.: nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam, scribo tamen, non ut te delectem, etc.: consules Fulvio, ut exercitum ad Clusium admoveant, scribunt, L.: erat scriptum ipsius manu senatui, sese, etc.: scripsit ut heredes iurarent, etc.: Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret, L.: scribit Labieno, ad finīs Nerviorum veniat, Cs.: Romae quod scribis sileri, ita putabam: Graeceius ad me scripsit, C. Cassium sibi scripsisse, homines comparari, qui, etc.: erat scriptum, sese facturum esse, etc.: nec scribis, quam ad diem te exspectemus: scribe ad nos, quid agas.— Of troops, to enlist, enroll, levy, recruit, draft: milites, S.: exercitui supplementum, S.: scribebantur quattuor fere legiones quinis milibus peditum, L.: Albam in Aequos sex milia colonorum scripta, enrolled to be sent, L.: Scribe tui gregis hunc, enroll him in your retinue, H.— To name in a will, appoint by testament, designate, constitute: illum heredem et me scripserat: in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti, etc., Cs.: quis pauper scribitur heres? Iu.: illum tutorem liberis suis, appoint guardian by will.—To order a payment, draw a check for: Scribe decem a Nerio, draw on Nerius for ten (thousand sesterces), H.

    sēductiō ōnis, f    [seduco], a leading aside, drawing apart: seductiones testium.

    sitella ae, f dim.    [situla, bucket], an urn for lots (with a narrow neck, so that but one lot could float upon the water): de M. Octavio deferre sitellam: sitella lata est, ut sortirentur, L.

    sors (old nom. sortis, T.), tis, abl. sorte or sortī, f    [1 SER-], a lot: tot in hydriam sortes conicerentur: neque eorum sortes deiciuntur, Cs.: cum deiecta in id sors esset, lots were cast for it, L.: cum de consularibus mea prima sors exisset: et cuiusque sors exciderat, L.: sortes suā sponte adtenuatas, L.— A casting of lots, drawing, decision by lot, lot: quaestor quem sors dedit: cui Sicilia provincia sorti evenisset, L.: Q. Caecilio sorti evenit, ut gereret, etc., L.: de se ter sortibus consultum dicebat, Cs.: iubet extra sortem Theomnastum renuntiari.— An oracular response, prophecy: ut sors ipsa ad sortīs referenda sit: Lyciae sortes, the oracles of the Lycian Apollo, V.: Faticinae, O.: edita oraculo, Cu.: responsa sortium, L.—In business, a capital, principal: de sorte nunc venio in dubium miser? T.: sorte caret: mergentibus semper sortem usuris, L.—Fig., a lot, share, duty assigned by lot: urbana peregrina (in the division of official duties), L.: comitia suae sortis esse, i. e. had been allotted to him, L.: numquam ex urbe afuit nisi sorte, i. e. on official duty.—A lot, fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition, share, part: futura, V.: Ferrea vitae, O.: iniqua, V.: iniquissima, L.: illā (sorte) Contentus, H.: inrequieta, O.: Sunt quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti, to whose lot, V.: Saturni sors ego prima fui, i. e. the first child, O.: suae sortis oblitus, Cu.: puer in nullam sortem bonorum natus, to no share of the property, L.: praedae mala sors, O.— A sort, kind, sex, class: Non tuae sortis iuvenem, rank, H.: altera, sex, O.: nova pugnae, V.

    sortītiō ōnis, f    [sortior], a casting of lots, drawing, choosing by lot, allotment: ex lege Rupiliā sortitio nulla (est): sortitione id factum esse oportuit.

   (sortītus, ūs) m    [sortior], a casting of lots, drawing: consul sortitu ad bellum profectus: quae sortitūs non pertulit ullos, i. e. for whom no lots were cast, V.

    subductiō ōnis, f    [subduco], a withdrawal, drawing up, hauling ashore: ad subductiones paulo facit humiliores (naves), Cs.—Fig., a reckoning. I II

    tractus adj.    [P. of traho].—Of style, continuous, flowing, fluent: genus orationis.

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