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  • 1 praecepio

    precept, preconception.

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  • 2 precepio

    precept, preconception.

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  • 3 praeceptum

    precept.

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  • 4 preceptum

    precept.

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  • 5 praeceptum

        praeceptum ī, n    [P. n. of praecipio], a maxim, rule, precept, order, direction, command, injunction: praeceptorum plenus istorum, T.: praecepto ab iis observato, Cs.: sine praecepto ullius suā sponte struebatur acies, L.: transvectae praecepto ducis alae, Ta.: hoc praeceptum offici diligenter tenendum est: praecepta philosophiae: deūm praecepta secuti, commands, V.
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    teaching, lesson, precept; order, command

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  • 6 praescrīptum

        praescrīptum ī, n    [P. n. of praescribo], a previous direction, precept, limitation, proviso, regulation: legum imperio et praescripto fieri: omnia agere ad praescriptum, Cs.: ad praescriptum consulis comitia habita, L.: hoc eius praescripto, Cs.: intra praescriptum equitare, within bounds, H.
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    precept, rule; route

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  • 7 lex

    lex, lēgis, f. [perh. Sanscr. root lag-, lig-, to fasten; Lat. ligo, to bind, oblige; cf. religio], a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill (cf. institutum).
    I.
    Lit.:

    legem ferre: antiquare,

    Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73:

    rogare,

    id. Phil. 2, 29, 72:

    leges ac jura ferre,

    Juv. 2, 72:

    legem promulgavit pertulitque, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 33, 46:

    Antonius fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam, qua, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 14, 12:

    legem sciscere de aliqua re,

    id. Planc. 14, 35:

    populus R. jussit legem de civitate tribuenda,

    id. Balb. 17, 38:

    repudiare,

    id. Lael. 25, 96.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A bill which has become a law in consequence of its adoption by the people in the comitia, a law (cf.: jus, fas; decretum, edictum, scitum): legem constituere alicui, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40:

    legem gravem alicui imponere,

    id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

    legem neglegere, evertere, perfringere,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    neglegere, perrumpere,

    id. Leg. 1, 15, 42:

    leges ac jura labefactare,

    id. Caecin. 25, 70:

    legem condere,

    Liv. 3, 34: leges duodecim tabularum, the laws composed by the decemvirs, the foundation of Roman legislation, Liv. 3, 33 sq.:

    nunc barbaricā lege certumst jus meum omne persequi,

    i. e. by the Roman law, that of the Twelve Tables, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 32.—
    B.
    Esp. in phrases.
    1.
    Lege and legibus, according to law, by law, legally:

    ejus morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 4:

    Athenas deductus est, ut ibi de eo legibus fieret judicium,

    Nep. Phoc. 3, 4.—
    2.
    Legis actio, a statutory process:

    actiones quas in usu veteres habuerunt legis actiones appellabantur, vel ideo quod legibus proditae sunt,... vel ideo quia ipsarum legum verbis accommodatae erant, et ideo inmutabiles proinde atque leges observabantur,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 11; cf. § 12 sqq.—
    3.
    Hence, in partic.: lege agere, to proceed strictly according to law.
    a.
    Of the lictor, to execute a sentence:

    Fulvius praeconi imperavit, ut lictorem lege agere juberet,

    Liv. 26, 15, 9. —
    b.
    To bring a legal or statutory action: una injuria est tecum. Chr. Lege agito ergo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 90: lege agito dicebatur ei cujus intentio contemptibilis adversario videbatur, Don. ad Ter. l. l.: lege agito mecum;

    molestus ne sis,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 11:

    lege egit in hereditatem paternam exheres filius,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; 1, 36, 167; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115.—
    4.
    Fraudem legi facere, to evade the law:

    ut ne legi fraudem faciant aleariae, adcuratote ut, etc.,

    the law against dicing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9:

    quod emancupando filium fraudem legi fecisset,

    Liv. 7, 16, 9; cf. Val. Max. 8, 6, 3; cf.

    also: facio fraudem senatus consulto,

    Cic. Att. 4, 12, 1.—
    C.
    In gen., a law, precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner:

    qui disciplinam suam legem vitae putet,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

    communis condicio lexque vitae,

    id. ib. 4, 29, 62; id. Balb. 7, 18:

    haec lex in amicitia sauciatur,

    id. Lael. 12, 40:

    quaero cur vir bonus has sibi tam gravis leges imposuerit,

    id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

    lex veri rectique,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 27:

    aliquam legem vitae accipere,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 6:

    ad legem naturae revertamur,

    id. ib. 25, 4:

    leges in historia observandae,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 5:

    quis nescit primam esse historiae legem, ne quid falsi dicere audeat?

    id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3:

    vetus est lex amicitiae, ut idem amici semper velint,

    id. Planc. 2, 5:

    hanc ad legem formanda est oratio,

    id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

    versibus est certa quaedam et definita lex,

    id. Or. 58:

    legibus suis (i. e. philosophiae) parere,

    id. Tusc. 5, 7, 19:

    leges Epicuri,

    id. ib. 5, 37, 108; 4, 4, 7; Sen. Ep. 94, 15; Suet. Ner. 24:

    vetus lex sermonis,

    Quint. 1, 5, 29:

    contra leges loquendi,

    id. 1, 8, 13:

    lex et ratio loquendi,

    Juv. 6, 453:

    secundum grammaticam legem,

    Gell. 13, 21, 22:

    legem esse aiunt disciplinae dialecticae, etc.,

    id. 16, 2, 1:

    citharae leges,

    Tac. A. 16, 4:

    beneficii,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 4:

    sic ingens rerum numerus jubet atque operum lex,

    Juv. 7, 102:

    scimus hujus opusculi illam esse legem, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 5:

    qui titulus sola metri lege constringitur,

    id. ib. 4, 14, 8.—Of things:

    quā sidera lege mearent,

    by what law, what rule, Ov. M. 15, 71.—Hence, sine lege, without order, in confusion, confusedly:

    exspatiantur equi... quaque impetus egit, Hac sine lege ruunt,

    Ov. M. 2, 204:

    jacent collo sparsi sine lege capilli,

    id. H. 15, 73:

    haec in lege loci commoda Circus habet,

    quality, nature, id. Am. 3, 2, 20; cf.:

    sub lege loci sumit mutatque figuras,

    id. Hal. 32.—
    D.
    A contract, agreement, covenant:

    oleam faciundam hac lege oportet locare, etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 145:

    in mancipii lege,

    a contract of sale, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178; cf.:

    Manilianas venalium vendendorum leges ediscere,

    id. ib. 1, 58, 246: collegii Aesculapii, Inscr. ap. Fabrett. p. 724, n. 443.—
    E.
    A condition, stipulation (cf. condicio).
    1.
    In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

    ego dabo ei talentum, primus qui in crucem excucurrerit, Set ca lege, ut offigantur bis pedes,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 13:

    quia nequit, qua lege licuit velle dixit fieri,

    id. Stich. 3, 1, 58: estne empta mi haec? Pe. His legibus [p. 1056] habeas licet, id. Ep. 3, 4, 39:

    hac lege tibi adstringo meam fidem,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

    legibus dictis,

    Liv. 9, 5, 3:

    dicta tibi est lex,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18:

    sed vos saevas imponite leges,

    Juv. 7, 229.—
    2.
    Hence of conditions or terms of peace:

    pax data Philippo in has leges est,

    Liv. 33, 30:

    quibus ante dictum est legibus, pacem fecerunt,

    id. 30, 43:

    pacemque his legibus constituerunt,

    Nep. Tim. 2:

    se sub leges pacis iniquae Tradere,

    Verg. A. 4, 618:

    leges et foedera jungere,

    id. ib. 12, 822:

    in leges ire,

    Stat. S. 1, 1, 27.—
    F.
    In eccl. Lat. esp., the law of Moses:

    nolite putare quoniam veni solvere legem,

    Vulg. Matt. 5, 17; 11, 13;

    often called lex Moysi,

    id. Luc. 2, 22; id. Act. 15, 5;

    but more freq. lex Domini,

    id. Luc. 2, 23; id. Psa. 4, 2:

    lex Dei,

    id. 2 Esdr. 10, 28 sq.;

    also cf.: lex Altissimi,

    id. Eccl. 19, 21:

    lex tua,

    id. Psa. 39, 8; 118, 18:

    lex mea,

    id. Prov. 3, 1.—Also of a precept of the Mosaic law:

    ista est lex animantium,

    Vulg. Lev. 11, 46:

    istae sunt leges quas constituit Dominus,

    id. Num. 30, 17.

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  • 8 lēx

        lēx lēgis, f    [3 LEG-], a formal proposition for a law, motion, bill (offered by a magistrate to the people): legem ferre: antiquare: rogare: legem promulgavit pertulitque, ut, etc., L.: a dictatore comitiis lata: scivit legem de publicanis: populus R. iussit legem de civitate tribuendā: repudiare.— A bill adopted by the people in the comitia, enactment, law: civitati legem constituere: leges ac iura labefactare: legem condere, L.: decem tabularum leges, the ten (afterwards twelve) tables, composed by the decemvirs, L.: fraudem legi facere, evade the law, L.: omnia lege facta, legally: ut legibus fieret iudicium, according to law, N.: lictorem lege agere iubere, do his office, L.: Lege agito, bring an action, T.— A law, precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner: meā lege utar, T.: haec lex in amicitiā sanciatur: veri rectique: prima historiae, ne quid falsi dicere audeat: lex amicitiae, ut idem amici semper velint: leges Epicuri: ultra Legem tendere opus, H.: lex et ratio loquendi, Iu.: equi sine lege ruunt, in disorder, O.: hanc dederat Proserpina legem, had prescribed this order, V.— A contract, agreement, covenant: in mancipi lege, a contract of sale: Manilianas venalium vendendorum leges ediscere, legal forms.—A condition, stipulation: hac lege tibi adstringo meam fidem, T.: legibus dictis, L.: fata Quiritibus Hac lege dico, ne, etc., H.: leges captis inponere, conditions, O.: sed vos saevas imponite leges, Iu.: pax data Philippo in has leges est, terms, L.: se sub leges pacis iniquae Tradere, V.
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    I
    law; motion, bill, statute; principle; condition
    II
    lexeos/is N F
    word; (Greek)

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  • 9 mōs

        mōs mōris, m    [1 MA-], a will, way, habit, manner, fashion, caprice, humor: suos quoique mos, T.: mores mulierum, T.: alieno more vivendumst mihi, after another's humor, T.: suo more, Cs.: morem alcui gerere, to accommodate oneself.—A custom, usage, manner, practice, wont, habit, fashion: ut nunc sunt mores, T.: legi morique parendum est: uti mos gentis illius est, S.: sicut meus est mos, wont, H.: militari more, Cs.: mos partium popularium et factionum, bad custom, S.: mos obsidiandi vias, L.: more sinistro, by a perverted custom, Iu.: Pellibus in morem cincti, after their manner, V.: crinem de more solutae, V.: ut mos fuit Bithyniae regibus: quae moris Graecorum non sint, L.: apis Matinae More modoque, like, H.: ut Domitiano moris erat, Ta.: praeter civium morem, contrary to usage, T.: raptae sine more Sabinae, in defiance of usage, V.: quod in morem vetustas perduxit, made a custom: quibus omnia vendere mos est, S.: sciant, quibus moris est inlicita mirari, Ta.: Moris erat quondam servare, etc., Iu.: nondum consulem iudicem appellari mos fuerat, L.: mos est Syracusis, ut dicat sententiam qui velit: quod iam in morem venerat, ut, etc., had become customary, L.: barbariam ex Gaditanorum moribus delere.— Morality, conduct: qui istic mos est? T.: mos est hominum, ut nolint, etc., nature.—Plur., conduct, behavior, manners, morals, character: quantum mei mores poscebant, respondi, S.: eius suavissimi mores: iusti: naturam moresque hominis cognoscere, character: perditi: exemplar vitae morumque, H.: morum quoque filius, i. e. like his father in character, Iu.: ignarus meorum morum, i. e. my trade, T.—Of things, quality, nature, manner, mode, fashion: caeli, V.: elabitur anguis in morem fluminis, like, V.: in hunc operis morem, H.— Manner, measure, moderation: Tempestas sine more furit, with singular fierceness, V.: (terra) supra morem densa, uncommonly, V.— A precept, law, rule: Quīs neque mos neque cultus erat, V.: moresque viris et moenia ponet, laws, V.
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    custom, habit; mood, manner, fashion; character (pl.), behavior, morals

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  • 10 nōrma

        nōrma ae, f    [GNA-], a measure, standard: ad istorum (Stoicorum) normam sapientes.— A rule, pattern, precept: vitam ad certam rationis normam dirigere: iuris: loquendi, H.
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    carpenter's square; standard, pattern

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  • 11 praeceptiō

        praeceptiō ōnis, f    [prae+CAP-], a previous notion, preconception: ad eam praeceptionem accedere, quam, etc.— A precept, injunction: lex est recti praeceptio.
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    instruction; practical rule; preconception; preception, receiving legacy early

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  • 12 praescrīptiō

        praescrīptiō ōnis, f    [prae+SCARP-], a prefix in writing, title, inscription, preface, introduction: legis.—Fig., a pretext, excuse, pretence: honesta praescriptione rem tegere, Cs.— A limit, restriction, proviso: rationis: in hac praescriptione semihorae.
    * * *
    preface/preamble/title/heading; preliminary; precept/rule; pretext/excuse/cover

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  • 13 auraculum

    oracle (place/agency/mouthpiece); prophecy; oracular saying/precept/maxim

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  • 14 dictamen

    I
    saying, maxim; (late equiv. of dictum.)
    II
    order; prescription; command; precept

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  • 15 oraclum

    oracle (place/agency/mouthpiece); prophecy; oracular saying/precept/maxim

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  • 16 oraculum

    oracle (place/agency/mouthpiece); prophecy; oracular saying/precept/maxim

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  • 17 auctoritas

    auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
    I.
    In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

    syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

    originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

    ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

    utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    A view, opinion, judgment:

    errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

    Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

    reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

    Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

    id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

    plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

    id. Lael. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

    auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

    Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

    cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

    jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

    ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

    his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
    C.
    Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

    si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

    verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

    id. ib. 18, 52:

    legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

    id. Phil. 3, 3:

    nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

    under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in political lang., t. t.
    a.
    Senatūs auctoritas,
    (α).
    The will of the senate:

    agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
    (β).
    A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

    Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

    id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

    responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

    id. 26, 2:

    Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

    id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

    SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

    the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
    b.
    Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

    isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

    publica,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
    c.
    Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
    D.
    Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

    qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

    Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

    videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8.—
    E.
    Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

    ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

    id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

    Vell. 2, 32:

    optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

    Suet. Caes. 11; so,

    auctoritatem habere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

    adripere,

    id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    facere,

    to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

    imminuere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

    levare,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    fructus capere auctoritatis,

    id. Sen. 18, 62:

    Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

    id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

    bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

    more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

    totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

    id. Fl. 4:

    utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

    bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

    id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

    auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

    Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

    unguentorum,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    auctoritas dignitasque formae,

    Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

    nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

    that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
    F.
    An example, pattern, model:

    omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

    id. Sest. 6, 14:

    valuit auctoritas,

    id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

    tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
    G.
    A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

    cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

    desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

    id. Fl. 22, 53:

    Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

    id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

    tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

    cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

    id. Lael. 25, 94.—
    2.
    Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
    a.
    A record, document:

    videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
    b.
    The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

    cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

    Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

    sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

    quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    H.
    Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

    lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

    usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

    id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
    J.
    In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > auctoritas

  • 18 authoritas

    auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
    I.
    In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

    syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

    originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

    ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

    utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    A view, opinion, judgment:

    errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

    Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

    reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

    Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

    id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

    plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

    id. Lael. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

    auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

    Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

    cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

    jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

    ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

    his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
    C.
    Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

    si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

    verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

    id. ib. 18, 52:

    legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

    id. Phil. 3, 3:

    nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

    under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in political lang., t. t.
    a.
    Senatūs auctoritas,
    (α).
    The will of the senate:

    agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
    (β).
    A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

    Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

    id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

    responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

    id. 26, 2:

    Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

    id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

    SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

    the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
    b.
    Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

    isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

    publica,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
    c.
    Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
    D.
    Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

    qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

    Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

    videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8.—
    E.
    Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

    ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

    id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

    Vell. 2, 32:

    optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

    Suet. Caes. 11; so,

    auctoritatem habere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

    adripere,

    id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    facere,

    to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

    imminuere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

    levare,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    fructus capere auctoritatis,

    id. Sen. 18, 62:

    Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

    id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

    bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

    more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

    totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

    id. Fl. 4:

    utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

    bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

    id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

    auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

    Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

    unguentorum,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    auctoritas dignitasque formae,

    Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

    nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

    that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
    F.
    An example, pattern, model:

    omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

    id. Sest. 6, 14:

    valuit auctoritas,

    id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

    tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
    G.
    A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

    cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

    desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

    id. Fl. 22, 53:

    Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

    id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

    tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

    cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

    id. Lael. 25, 94.—
    2.
    Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
    a.
    A record, document:

    videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
    b.
    The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

    cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

    Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

    sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

    quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    H.
    Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

    lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

    usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

    id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
    J.
    In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > authoritas

  • 19 autoritas

    auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
    I.
    In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

    syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

    originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

    ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

    utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    A view, opinion, judgment:

    errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

    Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

    reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

    Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

    id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

    plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

    id. Lael. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

    auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

    Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

    cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

    jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

    ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

    his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
    C.
    Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

    si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

    verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

    id. ib. 18, 52:

    legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

    id. Phil. 3, 3:

    nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

    under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in political lang., t. t.
    a.
    Senatūs auctoritas,
    (α).
    The will of the senate:

    agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
    (β).
    A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

    Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

    id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

    responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

    id. 26, 2:

    Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

    id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

    SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

    the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
    b.
    Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

    isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

    publica,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
    c.
    Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
    D.
    Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

    qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

    Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

    videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8.—
    E.
    Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

    ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

    id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

    Vell. 2, 32:

    optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

    Suet. Caes. 11; so,

    auctoritatem habere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

    adripere,

    id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    facere,

    to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

    imminuere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

    levare,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    fructus capere auctoritatis,

    id. Sen. 18, 62:

    Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

    id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

    bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

    more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

    totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

    id. Fl. 4:

    utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

    bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

    id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

    auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

    Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

    unguentorum,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    auctoritas dignitasque formae,

    Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

    nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

    that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
    F.
    An example, pattern, model:

    omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

    id. Sest. 6, 14:

    valuit auctoritas,

    id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

    tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
    G.
    A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

    cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

    desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

    id. Fl. 22, 53:

    Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

    id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

    tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

    cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

    id. Lael. 25, 94.—
    2.
    Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
    a.
    A record, document:

    videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
    b.
    The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

    cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

    Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

    sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

    quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    H.
    Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

    lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

    usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

    id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
    J.
    In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

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  • 20 decerno

    dē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (the syncop. forms decreram, etc., decrerim, etc., decresse are freq. in Cicero and Liv., also Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 25; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 73; 2, 1, 15, but not in Caes., where is only decreverat, B. G. 4, 17; 5, 5 fin.; 5, 53, 2), v. a. and n.
    I.
    (acc. to cerno, no. II. 3.) To decide, determine any thing disputed or doubtful. For syn. cf.: scisco, jubeo, statuo, constituo, dico, sancio, consilium capio, destino, obstino, definio, determino.
    A.
    Prop., of a judge, magistrate, etc., to pronounce a decision respecting something; to decide, judge, determine, decree; to vote for any thing (very freq. and class.).—Const. with acc., with acc. et inf., a relat. clause, with de, or absol.:

    alias (Verres praetor) revocabat eos, inter quos jam decreverat decretumque mutabat, alias, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46:

    si quod est admissum facinus, si caedes facta, idem (Druides) decernunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 5:

    consules de consilii sententia decreverunt secundum Buthrotios,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, § 11: decernere vindicias secundum servitutem, in favor of slavery, i. e. restore the slave to his master, Liv. 3, 47, 5; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4:

    cum senatus triumphum Africano decerneret,

    id. Fin. 4, 9, 22; cf.

    of a single senator: non decrevi solum, sed etiam ut vos decerneretis laboravi,

    id. Prov. Cons. 11, 28;

    so supplicationem decernere,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 11;

    so also: Crassus tres legatos decernit,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

    D. Junius silanus supplicium sumendum decreverat,

    Sall. C. 50, 4:

    quando id bellum senatus decrevisset, quando id bellum populus R. jussisset?

    Liv. 41, 7; 42, 36; id. 5, 36; id. 26, 2:

    id quod senatus me auctore decrevit,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 2:

    qui ordo decrevit invitus,

    on compulsion, Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13:

    Ligures ambobus consulibus decernuntur,

    id. Liv. 42, 10; cf.:

    provinciam desponsam non decretam habere,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 15 (v. the whole passage in connection):

    provinciae privatis decernuntur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 6, 4 et saep.:

    ex annuo sumptu, qui mihi decretus esset,

    Cic. Att. 7, 1, 6 et saep.:

    mea virtute atque diligentia perditorum hominum patefactam esse conjurationem decrevistis,

    id. Cat. 4, 3: cum pontifices decressent ita;

    SI, etc.,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 3:

    senatus decrevit populusque jussit, ut, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 67: in jure dicundo, ita decrevit, ut, etc., Suet. Galb. 7; cf.

    of individuals: Hortensii et mea et Luculli sententia... tibi decernit, ut regem reducas, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3.— Impers.:

    in parricidas rei publicae decretum esse,

    Sall. Cat. 51, 25.—Esp. of the emperor, to determine the law by deciding a case:

    quodcumque imperator cognoscens decrevit, legem esse constat,

    Dig. 1, 4, 1, § 1; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6.
    2.
    Transf., beyond the judicial sphere, to decide, determine, judge: qui nequeas nostrorum uter sit Amphitruo decernere, Plaut. fragm. ap. Non. 285, 26:

    rem dubiam decrevit vox opportune emissa,

    Liv. 5, 55; cf.:

    primus clamor atque impetus rem decrevit,

    id. 25, 41; Plin. 17, 27, 46, § 258:

    de his Catonis praecepta decernent,

    id. 17, 22, 35, § 190:

    duo talenta pro re nostra ego esse decrevi satis,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 67; id. Hec. 4, 1, 27:

    quam decrerim me non posse diutius habere,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 73:

    in quo omnia mea posita esse decrevi,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 3; id. Att. 3, 15, 7:

    illum decrerunt dignum, suos cui liberos committerent,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15:

    in ejus controversiis quid decernas, non a te peto,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 59: aliquem decernere hostem, to proclaim one an enemy by a formal decree, id. Phil. 11, 7, 16.— Absol.:

    nequeo satis decernere,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 5.
    B.
    Milit., to decide by combat; hence (like cernere and certare), in gen., to fight, combat, contend:

    castra castris conferamus, et Samnis Romanusne imperio Italiam regant, decernamus,

    Liv. 8, 23, 9; id. 1, 23, 9:

    in ipso illo gladiatorio vitae certamine, quod ferro decernitur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:

    proelium,

    id. Fam. 10, 10:

    pugnam,

    Liv. 28, 14; cf. id. ib. 33: de bello decernere, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin. Oud. N. cr.:

    ne armis decernatur,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; cf.:

    ferro ancipiti decernunt,

    Verg. A. 7, 525:

    and armis, ferro,

    id. ib. 11, 218; 12, 282; 695 (cf. et cernere ferro, id. ib. 709):

    cursibus et crudo caestu,

    id. G. 3, 20:

    cornibus inter se,

    id. ib. 218:

    lapidibus et subselliorum fragminibus,

    Suet. Ner. 26 et saep.:

    contra magnam vim hostium, artificio magis quam viribus, Auct. B. Afr. 14: acie,

    Liv. 2, 14; Nep. Milt. 4, 4:

    proelio cum proditore,

    Just. 13, 8, 4:

    classe decreturi,

    Nep. Hann. 10, 4:

    integriore exercitu,

    id. Eum. 9 fin.—Absol.:

    decernendi potestatem Pompeio fecit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 41; cf. Liv. 21, 41.
    2.
    Transf., beyond the milit. sphere:

    decernite criminibus, mox ferro decreturi,

    Liv. 40, 8 fin. —So of a judicial contest:

    uno judicio de fortunis omnibus decernit,

    Cic. Quint. 2, 6; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 29;

    and qui judicio decernent,

    id. 12, 7, 5:

    de salute reipublicae,

    Cic. Att. 8, 5, 2:

    pro mea omni fama fortunisque,

    id. de Or. 2, 49:

    utinam meo solum capite decernerem,

    id. Att. 10, 9; Caes. B. C. 1, 35, 3.
    II.
    With reference to one's own acts, to decide, determine on doing something; to determine, resolve on something (freq. in all periods and styles).—Constr., with inf. and with acc. and inf.:

    si tu fluctus e gurgite tollere decreris, Lucil. ap. Rufin. § 26 (p. 238 ed. Frotsch.): quicquid peperisset decreverunt tollere,

    Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 14:

    Caesar his de causis Rhenum transire decreverat,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17 et saep.:

    eos me decretum est persequi mores patris,

    Plaut. Asin. 1, 1, 58; id. Stich. 1, 3, 65; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; cf.:

    certum atque decretum est non dare signum,

    Liv. 2, 45:

    reliquam aetatem a republica procul habendam decrevi,

    Sall. C. 4. With ut and subjunct.:

    hic decernit ut miser sit,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 65.—With accus.:

    quicquam decernere,

    id. ib. —Hence, dē-crētum, i, n.
    A.
    (Acc. to no. I. A.) A decree, decision, ordinance of any political or judicial body (for syn. cf.:

    scitum, edictum, consilium, jus): senatus Caelium ab rep. removendum censuit. Hoc decreto eum consul senatu prohibuit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 3:

    si qui eorum (sc. Druidum) decreto non stetit, sacrificiis interdicunt,

    id. B. G. 6, 13, 5; cf. id. ib. §

    10: vestra responsa atque decreta evertuntur saepe dicendo,

    Cic. Mur. 13 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48:

    decurionum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25 et saep.:

    Caesaris,

    Vulg. Act. 17, 7.—Esp. leg. t. t., a decision of the emperor as judge, a precedent (cf. rescriptum), Gai. 1, 5; Just. Inst. 2, 15, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., in philos. lang. as a translation of the Gr. dogma, principle, doctrine, precept, Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27; id. ib. § 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 2 sq. and 95, 9 sq. (quis philoso, phorum) decretis suis paret? Lact. 3, 15, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > decerno

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