Fronto

* * *

fronto, ōnis, m. amplif. [2. frons], one who has a broad forehead:

ecquos naevum habere? ecquos silos, flaccos, frontones, capitones?

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80.—Hence,

Fronto, ōnis, m., a proper name. So esp.: M. Cornelius Fronto, a famous Roman orator from Cirta, in Numidia, who lived about A. D. 90-168. Small portions of his writings have been discovered in palimpsests by Angelo Mai. —

Deriv. Frontōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of Fronto, Frontonian:

decreta,

Dig. 29, 2, 99.— Subst.: Frontōnĭāni, ōrum, m., pupils of Fronto, Frontonians, Sid. Ep. 1, 1.

fronto, ōnis, m. amplif. [2. frons], one who has a broad forehead:

ecquos naevum habere? ecquos silos, flaccos, frontones, capitones?

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80.—Hence,

Fronto, ōnis, m., a proper name. So esp.: M. Cornelius Fronto, a famous Roman orator from Cirta, in Numidia, who lived about A. D. 90-168. Small portions of his writings have been discovered in palimpsests by Angelo Mai. —

Deriv. Frontōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of Fronto, Frontonian:

decreta,

Dig. 29, 2, 99.— Subst.: Frontōnĭāni, ōrum, m., pupils of Fronto, Frontonians, Sid. Ep. 1, 1.

fronto, ōnis, m. amplif. [2. frons], one who has a broad forehead:

ecquos naevum habere? ecquos silos, flaccos, frontones, capitones?

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80.—Hence,

Fronto, ōnis, m., a proper name. So esp.: M. Cornelius Fronto, a famous Roman orator from Cirta, in Numidia, who lived about A. D. 90-168. Small portions of his writings have been discovered in palimpsests by Angelo Mai. —

Deriv. Frontōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of Fronto, Frontonian:

decreta,

Dig. 29, 2, 99.— Subst.: Frontōnĭāni, ōrum, m., pupils of Fronto, Frontonians, Sid. Ep. 1, 1.

fronto, ōnis, m. amplif. [2. frons], one who has a broad forehead:

ecquos naevum habere? ecquos silos, flaccos, frontones, capitones?

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80.—Hence,

Fronto, ōnis, m., a proper name. So esp.: M. Cornelius Fronto, a famous Roman orator from Cirta, in Numidia, who lived about A. D. 90-168. Small portions of his writings have been discovered in palimpsests by Angelo Mai. —

Deriv. Frontōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of Fronto, Frontonian:

decreta,

Dig. 29, 2, 99.— Subst.: Frontōnĭāni, ōrum, m., pupils of Fronto, Frontonians, Sid. Ep. 1, 1.

con-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum or sătum, 3, v. a. ( perf. conseruerit, Col. 3, 4, 2; Aur. Vict. Epit. 37, 3; Dig. 6, 1, 38; v. 1. sero).

To sow or plant with something (class.).

Lit.:

agros,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Verg. E. 1, 73; Cato, R. R. 6, 1; Dig. 7, 1, 9, § 6; cf.:

ager diligenter consitus,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

ager arbustis consitus,

Sall. J. 53, 1; and:

consitus an incultus (locus),

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino),

Verg. G. 2, 38:

vineam malleolo,

Col. 5, 5, 6:

arva frumento,

Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol.:

in alieno fundo,

Dig. 6, 1, 38:

in alienum fundum,

ib. 41, 1, 9.—

Transf.:

arva mūliebria (Venus),

Lucr. 4, 1107; cf. Sol. 9 fin. —Hence, conserentes dii, who preside over generation, Arn. 5, 169.—

Transf., of columns, to plant, set:

aera (rostra) columnis consita,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—

Trop.:

(sol) lumine conserit arva,

strews, fills, Lucr. 2, 211: consitus sum Senectute, * Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 4: caeca mentem caligine Theseus consitus, * Cat. 64, 208.—

To sow, plant:

olivetum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

hoc genus oleae,

Cato, R. R. 6, 1:

arborem,

Liv. 10, 24, 5; Curt. 6, 5, 14; 7, 2, 22:

zizyphum,

Pall. Apr. 4:

palmas,

id. Oct. 12:

(vitem) Narbonicam,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 43; Cato ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46.—

Transf. (cf. I. B. supra): extra vallum stili caeci, mirabilem in modum consiti, set, Auct. B. Afr. 31.

con-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3 ( perf. consevisti, Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 8), v. a., to connect, entwine, tie, join, fit, bind into a whole (syn.: conecto, conjungo, contexo, etc.; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the signif. II. B., and in the histt.).

In gen.

Lit.

With acc. with or without abl.:

lorica conserta hamis auroque,

Verg. A. 3, 467; cf.:

tegumen spinis,

id. ib. 3, 594 (illigatum spinis, Serv.); cf. Tac. G. 17: monile margaritis gemmisque, * Suet. Galb. 18:

vincula, quīs conserta erant vehicula,

Curt. 9, 1, 17; cf.:

conserta navigia,

entangled, id. 4, 3, 18:

scutis super capita consertis,

overlapping, id. 5, 3, 23:

rudis arbor conseritur (for navigating),

Luc. 3, 512; cf. id. 4, 136.—

With acc. and dat.:

alium (truncum) alii quasi nexu conserunt,

Curt. 6, 5, 15.—

Trop.:

quid juvat nocti conseruisse diem?

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 10:

exodia conserta fabellis Atellanis,

Liv. 7, 2, 11;

v. exodium: virtutes consertae et inter se cohaerentes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 3: ita ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est, * Quint. 5, 10, 71:

sermonem,

to interchange words, converse, Curt. 8, 12, 5; Fronto l. l.—

In partic.

To join, connect, unite together:

teneros sinus,

Tib. 1, 8, 36:

femur femori,

id. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

latus lateri,

Ov. H. 2, 58.—

Esp., to unite in hostility, for contest, to bring together; so most freq. manum or manus, to engage in close combat, to join hand to hand, to join battle:

signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3; Sall. J. 50, 4; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Ages. 3, 6; Liv. 21, 41, 4 al.:

manum cum hoste,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Cic. Att. 7, 20, 1; Nep. Hann. 4, 2:

manus inter se,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch; Liv. 7, 40, 14; Ov. H. 12, 100:

manus cum imparibus,

Liv. 6, 12, 8:

cum hoste manus,

id. 21, 39, 3:

consertis deinde manibus,

id. 1, 25, 5:

dextras,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 60:

pugnam,

Liv. 21, 50, 1; cf. id. 21, 8, 7; Tac. A. 2, 10:

pugnam inter se,

Liv. 32, 10, 8:

pugnam seni,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 43:

proelia,

Verg. A. 2, 398; Liv. 5, 36, 5; Curt. 8, 13, 12:

certamen,

Liv. 35, 4, 2:

bella,

Val. Fl. 3, 31:

bella bellis,

Luc. 2, 442:

acies,

Sil. 1, 339; cf.:

conserta acies,

hand-to-hand fighting, Tac. A. 6, 35.— Mid.:

navis conseritur,

enters the fight, Liv. 21, 50, 3:

duo acerrimā pugnā conserti exercitus,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 1.—Rarely absol.:

levis armatura ab lateribus cum levi armaturā,

Liv. 44, 4, 6.—

Trop.:

haud ignotas belli artes inter se conserebant,

Liv. 21, 1, 2.—

Transf., of judicial controversy: manum in jure or ex jure conserere, to make a joint seizure (this was done by the litigant parties laying hands at the same time upon the thing in dispute, each one claiming it as his own): si qui in jure manum conserunt, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 7: non ex jure manum consertum sed mage ferro rem repetunt, Enn. ib. § 4 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.); cf. also Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll., and Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2: ibi ego te ex jure manum consertum voco, etc., I summon you in an action for possession, etc., a judic. formula in Cic. Mur. 12, 26; id. de Or. 1, 10, 41.—Hence, * con-sertē, adv., from consertus, a, um (acc. to I. A.), not used as P. a., as if bound or fastened together, in connection:

omnia necesse est conligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32.

con-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum or sătum, 3, v. a. ( perf. conseruerit, Col. 3, 4, 2; Aur. Vict. Epit. 37, 3; Dig. 6, 1, 38; v. 1. sero).

To sow or plant with something (class.).

Lit.:

agros,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Verg. E. 1, 73; Cato, R. R. 6, 1; Dig. 7, 1, 9, § 6; cf.:

ager diligenter consitus,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

ager arbustis consitus,

Sall. J. 53, 1; and:

consitus an incultus (locus),

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino),

Verg. G. 2, 38:

vineam malleolo,

Col. 5, 5, 6:

arva frumento,

Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol.:

in alieno fundo,

Dig. 6, 1, 38:

in alienum fundum,

ib. 41, 1, 9.—

Transf.:

arva mūliebria (Venus),

Lucr. 4, 1107; cf. Sol. 9 fin. —Hence, conserentes dii, who preside over generation, Arn. 5, 169.—

Transf., of columns, to plant, set:

aera (rostra) columnis consita,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—

Trop.:

(sol) lumine conserit arva,

strews, fills, Lucr. 2, 211: consitus sum Senectute, * Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 4: caeca mentem caligine Theseus consitus, * Cat. 64, 208.—

To sow, plant:

olivetum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

hoc genus oleae,

Cato, R. R. 6, 1:

arborem,

Liv. 10, 24, 5; Curt. 6, 5, 14; 7, 2, 22:

zizyphum,

Pall. Apr. 4:

palmas,

id. Oct. 12:

(vitem) Narbonicam,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 43; Cato ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46.—

Transf. (cf. I. B. supra): extra vallum stili caeci, mirabilem in modum consiti, set, Auct. B. Afr. 31.

con-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3 ( perf. consevisti, Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 8), v. a., to connect, entwine, tie, join, fit, bind into a whole (syn.: conecto, conjungo, contexo, etc.; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the signif. II. B., and in the histt.).

In gen.

Lit.

With acc. with or without abl.:

lorica conserta hamis auroque,

Verg. A. 3, 467; cf.:

tegumen spinis,

id. ib. 3, 594 (illigatum spinis, Serv.); cf. Tac. G. 17: monile margaritis gemmisque, * Suet. Galb. 18:

vincula, quīs conserta erant vehicula,

Curt. 9, 1, 17; cf.:

conserta navigia,

entangled, id. 4, 3, 18:

scutis super capita consertis,

overlapping, id. 5, 3, 23:

rudis arbor conseritur (for navigating),

Luc. 3, 512; cf. id. 4, 136.—

With acc. and dat.:

alium (truncum) alii quasi nexu conserunt,

Curt. 6, 5, 15.—

Trop.:

quid juvat nocti conseruisse diem?

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 10:

exodia conserta fabellis Atellanis,

Liv. 7, 2, 11;

v. exodium: virtutes consertae et inter se cohaerentes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 3: ita ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est, * Quint. 5, 10, 71:

sermonem,

to interchange words, converse, Curt. 8, 12, 5; Fronto l. l.—

In partic.

To join, connect, unite together:

teneros sinus,

Tib. 1, 8, 36:

femur femori,

id. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

latus lateri,

Ov. H. 2, 58.—

Esp., to unite in hostility, for contest, to bring together; so most freq. manum or manus, to engage in close combat, to join hand to hand, to join battle:

signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3; Sall. J. 50, 4; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Ages. 3, 6; Liv. 21, 41, 4 al.:

manum cum hoste,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Cic. Att. 7, 20, 1; Nep. Hann. 4, 2:

manus inter se,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch; Liv. 7, 40, 14; Ov. H. 12, 100:

manus cum imparibus,

Liv. 6, 12, 8:

cum hoste manus,

id. 21, 39, 3:

consertis deinde manibus,

id. 1, 25, 5:

dextras,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 60:

pugnam,

Liv. 21, 50, 1; cf. id. 21, 8, 7; Tac. A. 2, 10:

pugnam inter se,

Liv. 32, 10, 8:

pugnam seni,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 43:

proelia,

Verg. A. 2, 398; Liv. 5, 36, 5; Curt. 8, 13, 12:

certamen,

Liv. 35, 4, 2:

bella,

Val. Fl. 3, 31:

bella bellis,

Luc. 2, 442:

acies,

Sil. 1, 339; cf.:

conserta acies,

hand-to-hand fighting, Tac. A. 6, 35.— Mid.:

navis conseritur,

enters the fight, Liv. 21, 50, 3:

duo acerrimā pugnā conserti exercitus,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 1.—Rarely absol.:

levis armatura ab lateribus cum levi armaturā,

Liv. 44, 4, 6.—

Trop.:

haud ignotas belli artes inter se conserebant,

Liv. 21, 1, 2.—

Transf., of judicial controversy: manum in jure or ex jure conserere, to make a joint seizure (this was done by the litigant parties laying hands at the same time upon the thing in dispute, each one claiming it as his own): si qui in jure manum conserunt, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 7: non ex jure manum consertum sed mage ferro rem repetunt, Enn. ib. § 4 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.); cf. also Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll., and Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2: ibi ego te ex jure manum consertum voco, etc., I summon you in an action for possession, etc., a judic. formula in Cic. Mur. 12, 26; id. de Or. 1, 10, 41.—Hence, * con-sertē, adv., from consertus, a, um (acc. to I. A.), not used as P. a., as if bound or fastened together, in connection:

omnia necesse est conligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32.

dē-sīdĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. considero], to long for, greatly wish for, to desire something not possessed (freq. and class.—for syn. cf.: opto, requiro, expeto, appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, capto, volo).

In gen., with acc.:

Dies noctesque me ames, me desideres,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 113:

quam tu filium tuom, tam pater me meus desiderat,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 66:

natura quid velit, anquirat, desideret,

Cic. Lael. 24:

nec sitio honores, nec desidero gloriam,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 3:

dum illa desideramus, ab aliis avertimur,

Quint. 10, 6, 7:

quid desideremus aut deprecemur,

id. 4, 1, 52:

nec nunc vires desidero adolescentis non plus quam adolescens tauri aut elephanti desiderabam,

Cic. de Sen. 9; Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 2:

desiderantem quod satis est,

Hor. Od. 3, 1, 25:

Sextilem totum mendax desideror,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 2 et saep.—

With acc. and inf.:

me gratiam aps te inire verbis nil desidero,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 10:

mihi dari haud desidero,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 37:

quo ullam rem ad se importari desiderent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 2.— With inf. alone:

mori,

Vulg. Apoc. 9, 6.—

With ab or in:

ab Chrysippo nihil magnum desideravi,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8; id. Att. 8, 14, 2; Quint. 3, 1, 2 al.:

ab milite modestiam et continentiam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52 fin.:

in quo (Catone) summam eloquentiam,

Cic. Brut. 31, 118; id. Fin. 5, 5, 13; id. Fam. 8, 5, 1; id. Lael. 22, 82; Quint. 7, 2, 55 al.—

Absol.:

misere amans desiderat,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 30; id. Mil. 4, 6, 29; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 16 al.—

Of inanimate subjects:

desiderarunt te oculi mei,

Cic. Planc. 5, 13:

nullam virtus aliam mercedem laborum desiderat praeter, etc.,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

ut desiderat laus probationem, sic, etc.,

Quint. 3, 7, 4 et saep.:

desiderant rigari arbores,

Plin. 17, 26, 40, § 249.

With predominant idea of lacking, wanting, to miss any thing:

ex me audies, quid in oratione tua desiderem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 38:

si non est, nolis esse neque desideres,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 73:

quid a peritioribus rei militaris desiderari videbatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 3 et saep.—Esp. with quominus:

praeter quercum Dodonaeam nihil desideramus, quo minus Epirum ipsum possidere videamur,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 5. —

Meton. (effectus pro causa), to lose something; and more freq. pass., to be missing, to be lost:

in eo proelio non amplius CC milites desideravit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99; cf. id. ib. 3, 71:

ut nulla navis desideraretur,

id. B. G. 5, 23, 3; 7, 11, 8 et saep.:

neque quicquam ex fano praeter unum signum desideratum est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; Vell. 2, 52, 6:

ex peditibus triginta,

Curt. 3, 29, 27.—

With the notion of inquiring, searching; to investigate, examine, discuss (rare):

sequitur ut morbo laborantibus remedia desiderentur,

Col. 9, 13, 1:

examina,

id. 9, 8, 1.— Impers.:

antequam desideraretur,

before the question should be raised, Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—Hence,

dēsīdĕrans, antis, P. a., in Sup. desiderantissimus, in the later writers for desideratissimus, as a term of endearment, heart's desire, best beloved:

vale, domine dulcissime, desiderantissime,

Fronto Ep. 5, 40; M. Aur. ib. 1, 5;

L. Aur. Verus,

ib. 2, 8; Inscr. Orell. 4644.— Adv.: dēsīdĕranter, acc. to no. I., with desire, eagerly (late Lat.):

appetere,

Cassiod. Var. 1, 4.— Comp.:

quanto desiderantius desideras,

Fronto Ep. ad Ver. Imp. 13.—

dēsīdĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wished for, longed for, welcome (very rare):

et veniet desideratus cunctis gentibus,

Vulg. Aggaei, 2, 8: blandissima et desideratissimi promissa. Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2:

fratres desideratissimi,

Vulg. Philip. 4, 1;

and in inscrr. applied to a beloved person: FILIO DESIDERATISSIMO,

Inscr. Orell. 5068; id. Grut. 681, 2 al.

ĭnĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [in-ago].

To drive into or to a place, to drive:

grege jumentorum inacto,

Varr. R. R. 1, 52, 2:

in stabula,

id. ib. 2, 2, 15: equum in oves, Fronto ad M. Caes. 2, ep. 15 Mai.:

feras ad nocendum,

Sen. Ep. 103, 2:

navem Romam,

Fronto, B. Parth. p. 203 Mai.—

To throw or thrust anywhere:

anus repentino pulsu nutantem ac pendulum praeceps inegit,

pushed him down, App. M. 4 ante med. p. 148, 12.

in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.

Lit.

In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:

dextram ad statuam,

Cic. Att. 16, 15:

alicui manus,

Sen. Clem. 1, 25:

bracchia,

Ov. M. 10, 58:

manus,

id. ib. 8, 107:

jubet intendi bracchia velis,

Verg. A. 5, 829:

intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,

id. ib. 3, 683:

nervos aut remittere,

Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:

cutem,

id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,

Val. Fl. 8, 68.—

To bend a bow, etc.:

ballistam in aliquem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:

arcum,

Verg. A. 8, 704:

intentus est arcus in me unum,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—

To aim or direct at a thing:

tela in patriam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

tela intenta jugulis civitatis,

id. Pis. 2:

sagittam,

Verg. A. 9, 590:

telum in jugulum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—

To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:

tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

sella intenta loris,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,

Verg. A. 2, 237:

duro intendere bracchia tergo,

i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:

locum sertis,

encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:

vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,

swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:

intendentibus tenebris,

spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—

Trop.

To strain or stretch towards, to extend:

aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,

turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:

aciem longius,

id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

quo intendisset oculos,

whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:

aures ad verba,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

numeros intendere nervis,

Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:

strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

Pers. 6, 4.—

Esp.

To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:

digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

intendenda in senem est fallacia,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:

ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,

Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:

ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,

Liv. 31, 33, 6:

a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,

id. 36, 21:

coeptum iter in Italiam,

id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:

quo nunc primum intendam,

whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—

Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:

parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:

quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,

id. Verr. 1, 3;

Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 9:

oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,

id. ib. 3, 22:

intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,

Sall. J. 20, 1:

ad bellum animum intendit,

id. ib. 43, 2:

animum studiis et rebus honestis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:

considerationem in aliquam rem,

Cic. Inv. 2, 33:

omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,

Liv. 40, 5:

omnium eo curae sunt intentae,

Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:

ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:

eruditionem tuam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —

Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:

intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,

Liv. 24, 37:

aliquem ad custodiae curam,

id. 21, 49:

vis omnis intendenda rebus,

Quint. 10, 7, 21.—

To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:

intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,

exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;

4, 11: gloriam,

id. ib. 4, 26;

12, 35: tormentum,

Cels. 4, 15 init. —

Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:

pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:

quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 42:

quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,

Sall. J. 25, 10:

quocumque intenderat,

id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;

102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,

Quint. 10, 1, 45:

ad nuptias,

Just. 13, 6.—

With inf.:

quo ire intenderant,

Sall. J. 107, 7:

altum petere intendit,

Liv. 36, 44.—

Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:

se ad firmitatem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

se in rem,

Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—

Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:

si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—

To maintain, assert:

eam sese intendit esse,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:

quo modo nunc intendit,

Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —

To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:

alicui actionem perduellionis,

Cic. Mil. 14:

alicui litem,

id. de Or. 1, 10:

periculum in omnes,

id. Rosc. Am. 3:

crimen in aliquem,

Liv. 9, 26:

injuriarum formulam,

Suet. Vit. 7:

probra et minas alicui,

Tac. A. 3, 36:

metum intendere,

id. ib. 1, 28.—

Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—

Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—

In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—

In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:

primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,

Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.

inten-tus, a, um.

On the stretch, strained, bent:

arcus,

Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—

Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.

With dat.:

quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,

Verg. A. 7, 380:

intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,

Liv. 10, 42, 1.—

With abl.:

aliquo negotio intentus,

Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—

Absol., eager, intent:

at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,

Sall. C. 6, 5:

senatus nihil sane intentus,

id. ib. 16, 5:

intenti exspectant signum,

Verg. A. 5, 137:

intenti ora tenebant,

id. ib. 2, 1:

totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,

Cic. Fl. 11:

intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,

Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:

intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,

Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:

cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,

Liv. 29, 35:

intentissima cura aliquid consequi,

Quint. 10, 1, 111:

haec omnia intentissima cura acta,

Liv. 25, 22, 4. —

Strict:

intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,

Tac. A. 12, 42:

intentius delectum habere,

Liv. 8, 17:

intentiorem fore disciplinam,

Tac. A. 12, 42.—

Raised:

intento alimentorum pretio,

Tac. H. 1, 89. —

Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:

sermo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

pars orationis,

id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:

pronuntiare,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

audire,

Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):

cum delectus intentius haberetur,

Liv. 8, 17:

et quo intentius custodiae serventur,

id. 25, 30, 5:

apparare proelium,

id. 8, 1:

se excusare,

Tac. A. 3, 35:

premere obsessos,

id. ib. 15, 13:

adesse alicui rei,

id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:

exspectans intentissime,

Lampr. Elag. 14. —

intensus, a, um.

Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—

Violent:

intensior impetus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,

Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—

Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:

intensissime,

Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.

Lit.

In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:

dextram ad statuam,

Cic. Att. 16, 15:

alicui manus,

Sen. Clem. 1, 25:

bracchia,

Ov. M. 10, 58:

manus,

id. ib. 8, 107:

jubet intendi bracchia velis,

Verg. A. 5, 829:

intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,

id. ib. 3, 683:

nervos aut remittere,

Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:

cutem,

id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,

Val. Fl. 8, 68.—

To bend a bow, etc.:

ballistam in aliquem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:

arcum,

Verg. A. 8, 704:

intentus est arcus in me unum,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—

To aim or direct at a thing:

tela in patriam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

tela intenta jugulis civitatis,

id. Pis. 2:

sagittam,

Verg. A. 9, 590:

telum in jugulum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—

To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:

tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

sella intenta loris,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,

Verg. A. 2, 237:

duro intendere bracchia tergo,

i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:

locum sertis,

encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:

vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,

swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:

intendentibus tenebris,

spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—

Trop.

To strain or stretch towards, to extend:

aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,

turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:

aciem longius,

id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

quo intendisset oculos,

whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:

aures ad verba,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

numeros intendere nervis,

Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:

strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

Pers. 6, 4.—

Esp.

To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:

digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

intendenda in senem est fallacia,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:

ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,

Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:

ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,

Liv. 31, 33, 6:

a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,

id. 36, 21:

coeptum iter in Italiam,

id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:

quo nunc primum intendam,

whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—

Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:

parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:

quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,

id. Verr. 1, 3;

Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 9:

oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,

id. ib. 3, 22:

intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,

Sall. J. 20, 1:

ad bellum animum intendit,

id. ib. 43, 2:

animum studiis et rebus honestis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:

considerationem in aliquam rem,

Cic. Inv. 2, 33:

omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,

Liv. 40, 5:

omnium eo curae sunt intentae,

Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:

ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:

eruditionem tuam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —

Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:

intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,

Liv. 24, 37:

aliquem ad custodiae curam,

id. 21, 49:

vis omnis intendenda rebus,

Quint. 10, 7, 21.—

To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:

intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,

exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;

4, 11: gloriam,

id. ib. 4, 26;

12, 35: tormentum,

Cels. 4, 15 init. —

Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:

pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:

quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 42:

quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,

Sall. J. 25, 10:

quocumque intenderat,

id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;

102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,

Quint. 10, 1, 45:

ad nuptias,

Just. 13, 6.—

With inf.:

quo ire intenderant,

Sall. J. 107, 7:

altum petere intendit,

Liv. 36, 44.—

Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:

se ad firmitatem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

se in rem,

Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—

Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:

si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—

To maintain, assert:

eam sese intendit esse,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:

quo modo nunc intendit,

Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —

To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:

alicui actionem perduellionis,

Cic. Mil. 14:

alicui litem,

id. de Or. 1, 10:

periculum in omnes,

id. Rosc. Am. 3:

crimen in aliquem,

Liv. 9, 26:

injuriarum formulam,

Suet. Vit. 7:

probra et minas alicui,

Tac. A. 3, 36:

metum intendere,

id. ib. 1, 28.—

Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—

Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—

In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—

In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:

primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,

Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.

inten-tus, a, um.

On the stretch, strained, bent:

arcus,

Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—

Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.

With dat.:

quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,

Verg. A. 7, 380:

intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,

Liv. 10, 42, 1.—

With abl.:

aliquo negotio intentus,

Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—

Absol., eager, intent:

at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,

Sall. C. 6, 5:

senatus nihil sane intentus,

id. ib. 16, 5:

intenti exspectant signum,

Verg. A. 5, 137:

intenti ora tenebant,

id. ib. 2, 1:

totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,

Cic. Fl. 11:

intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,

Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:

intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,

Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:

cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,

Liv. 29, 35:

intentissima cura aliquid consequi,

Quint. 10, 1, 111:

haec omnia intentissima cura acta,

Liv. 25, 22, 4. —

Strict:

intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,

Tac. A. 12, 42:

intentius delectum habere,

Liv. 8, 17:

intentiorem fore disciplinam,

Tac. A. 12, 42.—

Raised:

intento alimentorum pretio,

Tac. H. 1, 89. —

Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:

sermo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

pars orationis,

id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:

pronuntiare,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

audire,

Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):

cum delectus intentius haberetur,

Liv. 8, 17:

et quo intentius custodiae serventur,

id. 25, 30, 5:

apparare proelium,

id. 8, 1:

se excusare,

Tac. A. 3, 35:

premere obsessos,

id. ib. 15, 13:

adesse alicui rei,

id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:

exspectans intentissime,

Lampr. Elag. 14. —

intensus, a, um.

Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—

Violent:

intensior impetus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,

Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—

Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:

intensissime,

Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.

Lit.

In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:

dextram ad statuam,

Cic. Att. 16, 15:

alicui manus,

Sen. Clem. 1, 25:

bracchia,

Ov. M. 10, 58:

manus,

id. ib. 8, 107:

jubet intendi bracchia velis,

Verg. A. 5, 829:

intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,

id. ib. 3, 683:

nervos aut remittere,

Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:

cutem,

id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,

Val. Fl. 8, 68.—

To bend a bow, etc.:

ballistam in aliquem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:

arcum,

Verg. A. 8, 704:

intentus est arcus in me unum,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—

To aim or direct at a thing:

tela in patriam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

tela intenta jugulis civitatis,

id. Pis. 2:

sagittam,

Verg. A. 9, 590:

telum in jugulum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—

To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:

tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

sella intenta loris,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,

Verg. A. 2, 237:

duro intendere bracchia tergo,

i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:

locum sertis,

encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:

vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,

swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:

intendentibus tenebris,

spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—

Trop.

To strain or stretch towards, to extend:

aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,

turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:

aciem longius,

id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

quo intendisset oculos,

whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:

aures ad verba,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

numeros intendere nervis,

Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:

strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

Pers. 6, 4.—

Esp.

To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:

digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

intendenda in senem est fallacia,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:

ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,

Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:

ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,

Liv. 31, 33, 6:

a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,

id. 36, 21:

coeptum iter in Italiam,

id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:

quo nunc primum intendam,

whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—

Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:

parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:

quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,

id. Verr. 1, 3;

Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 9:

oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,

id. ib. 3, 22:

intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,

Sall. J. 20, 1:

ad bellum animum intendit,

id. ib. 43, 2:

animum studiis et rebus honestis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:

considerationem in aliquam rem,

Cic. Inv. 2, 33:

omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,

Liv. 40, 5:

omnium eo curae sunt intentae,

Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:

ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:

eruditionem tuam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —

Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:

intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,

Liv. 24, 37:

aliquem ad custodiae curam,

id. 21, 49:

vis omnis intendenda rebus,

Quint. 10, 7, 21.—

To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:

intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,

exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;

4, 11: gloriam,

id. ib. 4, 26;

12, 35: tormentum,

Cels. 4, 15 init. —

Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:

pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:

quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 42:

quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,

Sall. J. 25, 10:

quocumque intenderat,

id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;

102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,

Quint. 10, 1, 45:

ad nuptias,

Just. 13, 6.—

With inf.:

quo ire intenderant,

Sall. J. 107, 7:

altum petere intendit,

Liv. 36, 44.—

Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:

se ad firmitatem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

se in rem,

Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—

Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:

si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—

To maintain, assert:

eam sese intendit esse,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:

quo modo nunc intendit,

Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —

To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:

alicui actionem perduellionis,

Cic. Mil. 14:

alicui litem,

id. de Or. 1, 10:

periculum in omnes,

id. Rosc. Am. 3:

crimen in aliquem,

Liv. 9, 26:

injuriarum formulam,

Suet. Vit. 7:

probra et minas alicui,

Tac. A. 3, 36:

metum intendere,

id. ib. 1, 28.—

Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—

Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—

In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—

In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:

primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,

Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.

inten-tus, a, um.

On the stretch, strained, bent:

arcus,

Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—

Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.

With dat.:

quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,

Verg. A. 7, 380:

intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,

Liv. 10, 42, 1.—

With abl.:

aliquo negotio intentus,

Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—

Absol., eager, intent:

at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,

Sall. C. 6, 5:

senatus nihil sane intentus,

id. ib. 16, 5:

intenti exspectant signum,

Verg. A. 5, 137:

intenti ora tenebant,

id. ib. 2, 1:

totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,

Cic. Fl. 11:

intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,

Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:

intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,

Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:

cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,

Liv. 29, 35:

intentissima cura aliquid consequi,

Quint. 10, 1, 111:

haec omnia intentissima cura acta,

Liv. 25, 22, 4. —

Strict:

intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,

Tac. A. 12, 42:

intentius delectum habere,

Liv. 8, 17:

intentiorem fore disciplinam,

Tac. A. 12, 42.—

Raised:

intento alimentorum pretio,

Tac. H. 1, 89. —

Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:

sermo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

pars orationis,

id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:

pronuntiare,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

audire,

Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):

cum delectus intentius haberetur,

Liv. 8, 17:

et quo intentius custodiae serventur,

id. 25, 30, 5:

apparare proelium,

id. 8, 1:

se excusare,

Tac. A. 3, 35:

premere obsessos,

id. ib. 15, 13:

adesse alicui rei,

id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:

exspectans intentissime,

Lampr. Elag. 14. —

intensus, a, um.

Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—

Violent:

intensior impetus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,

Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—

Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:

intensissime,

Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

ăm-ĭcĭo, ĭcui, or ixi, ictum, 4, v. a. ( fut. amicibor, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 6; perf. only in exs. below; inf. perf. amicisse, Front.) [jacio], to throw round, to wrap about (cf. amphiballô); exclusively of upper garments (on the contr., induere, of clothes put or drawn on; vestire, of those for the protection or ornament of the body): se amicire or pass. amiciri, to throw round, veil one's self.

Lit.:

amictus epicroco, Naev. ap. Var. 7, 3, 92: palliolatim amictus,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 29:

amicibor gloriose,

id. Pers. 2, 5, 6:

pallium, quo amictus, soccos, quibus indutus esset,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32:

amictus est pallio,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 28, 14:

amictus togā purpureā,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34: qui te togā praetextā amicuit, Brut. ap. Diom. p. 364 P.:

celerius mater amixit, Varr. ib.: dum calceabat ipse sese et amiciebat,

Suet. Vesp. 21 al. — Poet.: nube umeros (Gr. acc.) amictus, Hor. C. 1, 2, 31; Verg. A. 1, 516:

amictus nube,

Vulg. Apoc. 10, 1:

lumine,

ib. Psa. 103, 2:

mulier amicta sole,

ib. ib. 12, 1; so,

(rex) amicietur terrā Aegypti, sicut amicitur pastor pallio suo,

ib. Jer. 43, 12.—

Trop., of other things, to cover, clothe, wrap up:

nive amicta loca,

Cat. 63, 70:

colus amicta lanā,

id. 64, 311:

amicitur vitibus ulmus,

Ov. P. 3, 8, 13:

et piper et quidquid chartis amicitur ineptis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 270:

amicta ossa luridā pelle,

id. Epod. 17, 22:

amicti vitibus montes,

Flor. 1, 16:

partem alteram luce, alteram tenebris amicisse Jovem,

Fronto, Fer. Als. p. 188.