Of the constitution

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stătus, a, um, v. sisto.

stătus, ūs, m. [sto and sisto].

In a corporeal sense.

Mode or way of standing, of holding one's body (at rest), posture, position, attitude, station, carriage; sing. and plur.: Ps. Statur hic ad hunc modum. Si. Statum vide hominis, Callipho, quasi basilicum, look at the way he stands, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 41:

stat in statu senex ut adoriatur moechum,

in an attitude of attack, ready, id. Mil. 4, 9, 12: concrepuit digitis, laborat;

crebro conmutat status,

his posture, id. ib. 2, 2, 51:

qui esset status (videre vellem) flabellulum tenere te asinum tantum,

what your attitude was, what figure you cut, in holding the fan, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

in gestu status (oratoris erit) erectus et celsus, rarus incessus,

attitude, Cic. Or. 18, 59:

status quidem rectus sit, sed diducti paulum pedes,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

abesse plurimum a saltatore debet orator... non effingere status quosdam, et quidquid dicet ostendere,

id. 11, 3, 89:

ut recta sint bracchia, ne indoctae rusticaeve manus, ne status indecorus,

id. 1, 11, 16:

stare solitus Socrates dicitur... immobilis, iisdem in vestigiis,

Gell. 2, 1, 2:

dumque silens astat, status est vultusque diserti,

Ov. P. 2, 5, 51:

statum proeliantis componit,

Petr. 95 fin. —

So of the pose of statues: non solum numerum signorum, sed etiam uniuscujusque magnitudinem, figuram, statum litteris definiri vides,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 57:

expedit saepe, ut in statuis atque picturis videmus, variari habitus, vultus, status,

Quint. 2, 13, 8:

ut illo statu Chabrias sibi statuam fieri voluerit. Ex quo factum est ut postea athletae his statibus in statuis ponendis uterentur,

Nep. Chabr. 1, 3.—And of images in a dream:

ubi prima (imago somni) perit, alioque est altera nata inde statu, prior hic gestum mutasse videtur,

Lucr. 4, 772:

(opp. motus, incessus) quorum (iratorum) vultus, voces, motus statusque mutantur,

motions and postures, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

decorum istud in corporis motu et statu cernitur,

id. ib. 1, 35, 126:

habitus oris et vultūs, status, motus,

id. Fin. 3, 17, 56; 5, 17, 47:

in quibus si peccetur... motu statuve deformi,

id. ib. 5, 12, 35:

eo erant vultu, oratione, omni reliquo motu et statu, ut, etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 53:

status, incessus, sessio, accubatio... teneat illud decorum,

id. Off. 1, 35, 129:

in pedibus observentur status et incessus,

the posture and gait, Quint. 11, 3, 124.—

Of external appearance, manners, dress, and apparel:

quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum, decet et facta moresque hujus habere me similis item,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 111:

redegitque se ad pallium et crepidas, atque in tali statu biennio fere permansit,

Suet. Tib. 13.—

Size, height, stature of living and inanimate beings (cf. statura;

post-Aug.): pumilionem, quos natura brevi statu peractos, etc.,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 58: longissimum... aratorem faciemus;

mediastenus qualiscunque status potest esse,

Col. 1, 9, 3:

in gallinaceis maribus status altior quaeritur,

id. 8, 2, 9; so id. 7, 9, 2; 7, 12 med.:

plantae majoris statūs,

Pall. Febr. 25, 20.—

A position, place, in the phrase de statu movere, deicere, or statum conturbare, to displace, drive out, eject, expel, throw from a position (esp. of battle and combat):

equestrem procellam excitemus oportet, si turbare ac statu movere (hostes) volumus,

Liv. 30, 18, 14:

nihil statu motus, cum projecto prae se clipeo staret, in praesidio urbis moriturum se... respondit,

id. 38, 25: Manlius scutum scuto percussit atque statum Galli conturbavit (cf. the next sentence: atque de loco hominem iterum dejecit), Claud. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 16.—So, out of the military sphere, in order to avoid an attack:

ea vis est... quae, periculo mortis injecto, formidine animum perterritum loco saepe et certo de statu demovet,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 42.— Transf., of mental position, conviction, argument, etc.:

saepe adversarios de statu omni dejecimus,

Cic. Or. 37, 129:

voluptas quo est major, eo magis mentem e suā sede et statu demovet,

throws the mind off its balance, id. Par. 1, 3, 15.—Similarly: de statu deducere, recedere, from one's position or principles:

fecerunt etiam ut me prope de vitae meae statu deducerent, ut ego istum accusarem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:

neque de statu nobis nostrae dignitatis est recedendum, neque sine nostris copiis in alterius praesidia veniendum,

id. Att. 1, 20, 2.—So, de statu suo declinare = moveri:

neque dubito quin, suspitione aliquā perculsi repentinā, de statu suo declinarint,

i. e. became unsettled, Cic. Clu. 38, 106:

qui cum me firmissimis opibus... munire possim, quamvis excipere fortunam malui quam... de meo statu declinare,

than abandon my position, id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; cf.

of the position of heavenly bodies: qui eodem statu caeli et stellarum nati sunt,

aspect, id. Div. 2, 44, 92.

Trop., condition, state, position, situation, circumstances.

Of persons, condition in regard to public rights, political or civil status, any loss of which was a capitis deminutio (v. caput):

capitis minutio est statūs permutatio,

Gai. Dig. 4, 5, 1; id. Inst. 1, 159; cf. Dig. 4, 5, 11:

quo quisque loco nostrum est natus... hunc vitae statum usque ad senectutem obtinere debet,

Cic. Balb. 7, 18:

ad quem proscripti confluebant. Quippe nullum habentibus statum quilibet dux erat idoneus,

with regard to the civil death of the proscribed, Vell. 2, 72, 5:

illorum salus omnibus accepta fuit... quia tam grati exoptatum libertatis statum recuperaverint,

Val. Max. 5, 26:

si statu periclitari litigator videtur,

if his civil status seems in peril, Quint. 6, 1, 36:

nec ulla tam familiaris est infelicibus patria quam solitudo et prioris statūs oblivio,

i. e. the status of full citizenship, lost by banishment, Curt. 5, 5, 11:

permanent tamen in statu servitutis,

Suet. Gram. 21:

vetuit quaeri de cujusquam defunctorum statu,

id. Tit. 8 fin.:

multorum excisi status,

Tac. A. 3, 28: qui illegitime concipiuntur, statum sumunt ex eo tempore quo nascuntur, i. e. whether freemen or slaves, etc., Gai. Inst. 1, 89:

cum servus manumittitur: eo die enim incipit statum habere,

a civil status, Dig. 4, 5, 4:

homo liber qui se vendidit, manumissus non ad suum statum revertitur, sed efficitur libertinae condicionis, i. e. that of an ingenuus,

ib. 1, 5, 21:

primo de personarum statu dicemus,

civil status, ib. 1, 5, 2; so Titin. 5:

de statu hominum (sometimes status used in the jurists absolutely with reference to freedom and slavery): si status controversiam cui faciat procurator, sive ex servitute in libertatem, etc.,

Dig. 3, 3, 39, § 5; so ib. 3, 3, 33, § 1.—Similarly in the later jurists: status suus = aetas XXV. annorum, years of discretion:

cum ad statum suum frater pervenisset,

Dig. 31, 1, 77, § 19.—

Condition and position with reference to rank, profession, trade, occupation, social standing, reputation, and character:

an tibi vis inter istas vorsarier prosedas... quae tibi olant stabulum statumque?

their trade, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 59:

quod in civitatibus agnationibus familiarum distinguuntur status,

the ranks of the families, Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

regum status decemviris donabantur,

the rank of kings was assigned to the decemvirs, id. Agr. 1, 1, 2:

cum alii rem ipsam publicam atque hunc bonorum statum odissent,

the social position of the higher classes, id. Sest. 20, 46:

non ut aliquid ex pristino statu nostro retineamus,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 1:

ecquis umquam tam ex amplo statu concidit?

id. Att. 3, 10, 2:

non enim jam quam dignitatem, quos honores, quem vitae statum amiserim cogito,

id. ib. 10, 4, 1:

quam (statuam) esse ejusdem status amictus, anulus, imago ipsa declarat,

id. ib. 1, 1, 17:

praesidium petebamus ex potentissimi viri benevolentiā ad omnem statum nostrae dignitatis,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1: noster autem status est hic:

apud bonos iidem sumus quos reliquisti, apud sordem, etc.,

id. Att. 1, 16, 11:

ego me non putem tueri meum statum ut neque offendam animum cujusquam, nec frangam dignitatem meam?

maintain my character, id. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

quos fortuna in amplissimo statu (i. e. regum) collocarat,

Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

tantam in eodem homine varietatem status,

high and low position in life, ups and downs, Val. Max. 6, 9, 4:

cum classiarios quos Nero ex remigibus justos milites fecerat, redire ad pristinum statum cogeret,

Suet. Galb. 12:

quaedam circa omnium ordinum statum correxit,

id. Claud. 22:

cum redieritis in Graeciam, praestabo ne quis statum suum vestro credat esse meliorem,

social position, Curt. 5, 5, 22:

omnis Aristippum decuit color et status et res,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 23.—

Condition in reference to prosperity, happiness or unhappiness, and health (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

at iste non dolendi status non vocatur voluptas,

Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

neque hic est Nunc status Aurorae meritos ut poscat honores,

Ov. M. 13, 594:

flebilis ut noster status est, ita flebile carmen,

id. Tr. 5, 1, 5:

quid enim status hic a funere differt?

id. P. 2, 3, 3:

pejor ab admonitu fit status iste boni,

id. ib. 1, 2, 54:

his enim quorum felicior in domo status fuerat,

Val. Max. 6, 8, 7:

sin nostros status sive proximorum ingenia contemplemur,

id. 6, 9 pr.:

caelum contemplare: vix tamen ibi talem statum (i. e. felicitatis deorum) reperias,

id. 7, 1, 1:

haec quidem (vox) animi magnifici et prosperi status (fuit),

id. 6, 5, ext. 4:

obliti statūs ejus quem beneficio exuistis meo,

Curt. 10, 2, 22:

sumus in hoc tuo statu iidem qui florente te fuimus,

i. e. distress, id. 5, 11, 5:

res magna et ex beatissimo animi statu profecta,

Sen. Ep. 81, 21: voverat, si sibi incolumis status (of health) permisisset, proditurum se... hydraulam, Suet. Ner. 54. —

Condition, circumstances, in gen., of life or of the mind:

homines hoc uno plurimum a bestiis differunt quod rationem habent, mentemque quae... omnem complectatur vitae consequentis statum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

facias me certiorem et simul de toto statu tuo consiliisque omnibus,

id. Fam. 7, 10, 3:

tibi declaravi adventus noster qualis fuisset, et quis esset status,

id. Att. 4, 2, 1:

quid enim ego laboravi, si... nihil consecutus sum ut in eo statu essem quem neque fortunae temeritas, neque, etc., labefactaret,

id. Par. 2, 17:

sed hoc videant ii qui nulla sibi subsidia ad omnes vitae status paraverunt,

id. Fam. 9, 6, 4: atque is quidem qui cuncta composuit constanter in suo manebat statu (transl. of emeinen en tôi heautou kata tropon êthei, Plat. Tim. p. 42, c. Steph.), in his own state, being, Cic. Tim. 13:

vitae statum commutatum ferre non potuit,

Nep. Dion, 4, 4:

id suis rebus tali in statu saluti fore,

Curt. 5, 1, 5: haec sunt fulmina quae prima accepto patrimonio et in novi hominis aut urbis statu fiunt, in any new condition (when a stroke of lightning was considered an omen), Sen. Q. N. 2, 47.—Rarely of a state:

libere hercle hoc quidem. Sed vide statum (i. e. ebrietatis),

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., in augury: fulmen status, a thunderbolt sent to one who is not expecting a sign, as a warning or suggestion, = fulmen monitorium:

status est, ubi quietis nec agitantibus quidquam nec cogitantibus fulmen intervenit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 39, 2.—

Of countries, communities, etc., the condition of society, or the state, the public order, public affairs.

In gen.:

Siciliam ita vexavit ac perdidit ut ea restitui in antiquum statum nullo modo possit,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12:

nunc in eo statu civitas est ut omnes idem de re publicā sensuri esse videantur,

id. Sest. 50, 106:

omnem condicionem imperii tui statumque provinciae mihi demonstravit Tratorius,

id. Fam. 12, 23, 1; so id. ib. 13, 68, 1:

mihi rei publicae statum per te notum esse voluisti,

id. ib. 3, 11, 4; so,

status ipse nostrae civitatis,

id. ib. 5, 16, 2:

non erat desperandum fore aliquem tolerabilem statum civitatis,

id. Phil. 13, 1, 2:

sane bonum rei publicae genus, sed tamen inclinatum et quasi pronum ad perniciosissimum statum,

id. Rep. 2, 26, 48:

aliquo, si non bono, at saltem certo statu civitatis,

id. Fam. 9, 8, 2:

ex hoc qui sit status totius rei publicae videre potes,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15: ex eodem de toto statu rerum communium [p. 1756] cognosces, id. Fam. 1, 8, 1:

tamen illa, quae requiris, suum statum tenent, nec melius, si tu adesses, tenerent,

id. ib. 6, 1, 1:

non illi nos de unius municipis fortunis arbitrantur, sed de totius municipii statu, dignitate, etc., sententias esse laturos,

id. Clu. 69, 196:

ego vitam omnium civium, statum orbis terrae... redemi,

id. Sull. 11, 33:

Ti. Gracchum mediocriter labefactantem statum rei publicae,

id. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

eo tum statu res erat ut longe principes haberentur Aedui,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12, 9:

cum hoc in statu res esset,

Liv. 26, 5, 1; so id. 32, 11, 1:

eam regiam servitutem (civitatis) collatam cum praesenti statu praeclaram libertatem visam,

id. 41, 6, 9:

statum quoque civitatis ea victoria firmavit ut jam inde res inter se contrahere auderent,

i. e. commercial prosperity, id. 27, 51:

ut deliberare de statu rerum suarum posset,

id. 44, 31:

ut taedio praesentium consules duo et status pristinus rerum in desiderium veniant,

id. 3, 37, 3:

jam Latio is status erat rerum ut neque bellum neque pacem pati possent,

id. 8, 13, 2:

qui se moverit ad sollicitandum statum civitatis,

internal peace, id. 3, 20, 8:

omni praesenti statu spem cuique novandi res suas blandiorem esse,

more attractive than any condition of public affairs, id. 35, 17:

tranquillitatis status,

Val. Max. 7, 2, 1:

in sollicito civitatis statu,

Quint. 6, 1, 16:

principes regesque et quocumque alio nomine sunt tutores status publici,

guardians of public order, Sen. Clem. 1, 4, 3: curis omnium ad formandum publicum statum a tam sollemni munere aversis, Curt, 10, 10, 9; so,

ad formandum rerum praesentium statum,

Just. 9, 5, 1:

populo jam praesenti statu laeto,

Suet. Caes. 50:

ad componendum Orientis statum,

id. Calig. 1:

deploravit temporum statum,

id. Galb. 10:

ad explorandum statum Galliarum,

id. Caes. 24:

delegatus pacandae Germaniae status,

id. Tib. 16: et omnia habet rerum status iste mearum ( poet., = reipublicae meae), Ov. M. 7, 509.—

Esp., of the political sentiments of the citizens:

a Maronitis certiora de statu civitatium scituros,

Liv. 39, 27:

ad visendum statum regionis ejus,

id. 42, 17, 1:

suas quoque in eodem statu mansuras res esse,

id. 42, 29, 9:

cum hic status in Boeotiā esset,

id. 42, 56, 8.—

Of the constitution, institutions, form of government, etc.:

Scipionem rogemus ut explicet quem existimet esse optimum statum civitatis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33; 1, 21, 34; 1, 46, 70;

1, 47, 71: ob hanc causam praestare nostrae civitatis statum ceteris civitatibus,

id. ib. 2, 1, 2:

itaque cum patres rerum potirentur, numquam constitisse statum civitatis,

the form of the government had never been permanent, id. ib. 1, 32, 49:

in hoc statu rei publicae (decemvirali), quem dixi non posse esse diuturnum,

id. ib. 2, 37, 62:

providete ne rei publicae status commutetur,

id. Har. Resp. 27, 60:

eademque oritur etiam ex illo saepe optimatium praeclaro statu,

aristocratic form of government, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

ut totum statum civitatis in hoc uno judicio positam esse putetis,

id. Fl. 1, 3:

ut rei publicae statum convulsuri viderentur,

id. Pis. 2, 4:

pro meā salute, pro vestrā auctoritate, pro statu civitatis nullum vitae discrimen vitandum umquam putavit,

id. Red. in Sen. 8, 20:

cum hoc coire ausus es, ut consularem dignitatem, ut rei publicae statum... addiceres?

id. ib. 7, 16:

omnia quae sunt in imperio et in statu civitatis ab iis defendi putantur,

id. Mur. 11, 24:

intelleges (te habere) nihil quod aut hoc aut aliquo rei publicae statu timeas,

id. Fam. 6, 2, 3:

quod ad statum Macedoniae pertinebat,

Liv. 45, 32, 2:

ex commutatione statūs publici,

Vell. 2, 35, 4:

haec oblivio concussum et labentem civitatis statum in pristinum habitum revocavit,

Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 4:

Gracchi civitatis statum conati erant convellere,

id. 6, 3, 1 fin.:

Cicero ita legibus Sullae cohaerere statum civitatis affirmat ut his solutis stare ipsa non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 85:

qui eloquentiā turbaverant civitatium status vel everterant,

id. 2, 16, 4:

id biduum quod de mutando reipublicae statu haesitatum erat,

Suet. Claud. 11:

nec dissimulasse unquam pristinum se reipublicae statum restituturum,

id. ib. 1:

conversus hieme ad ordinandum reipublicae statum, fastos correxit, etc.,

id. Caes. 40:

tu civitatem quis deceat status Curas,

what institutions, Hor. C. 3, 29, 25.—Hence,

Existence of the republic:

quae lex ad imperium, ad majestatem, ad statum patriae, ad salutem omnium pertinet,

Cic. Cael. 29, 70 (= eo, ut stet patria, the country's existence):

si enim status erit aliquis civitatis, quicunque erit,

id. Fam. 4, 14, 4: status enim rei publicae maxime judicatis rebus continetur, the existence of the republic depends on the decisions of the courts, i. e. their sacredness, id. Sull. 22, 63. —

In nature, state, condition, etc.:

incolumitatis ac salutis omnium causā videmus hunc statum esse hujus totius mundi atque naturae,

Cic. Or. 3, 45, 178:

ex alio alius status (i. e. mundi) excipere omnia debet,

Lucr. 5, 829:

ex alio terram status excipit alter,

id. 5, 835:

est etiam quoque pacatus status aëris ille,

id. 3, 292:

non expectato solis ortu, ex quo statum caeli notare gubernatores possent,

Liv. 37, 12, 11:

idem (mare) alio caeli statu recipit in se fretum,

Curt. 6, 4, 19:

incertus status caeli,

Col. 11, 2:

pluvius caeli status,

id. 2, 10:

mitior caeli status,

Sen. Oedip. 1054.—

The characteristic, mark, character, essential feature of a thing.

In gen.:

atque hoc loquor de tribus his generibus rerum publicarum non perturbatis atque permixtis, sed suum statum tenentibus,

preserving their essential features, Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44.—Hence,

Esp. in rhet. jurisp.

The answer to the action (acc. to Cic., because the defence: primum insistit in eo = the Gr. stasis):

refutatio accusationis appellatur Latine status, in quo primum insistit quasi ad repugnandum congressa defensio,

Cic. Top. 25, 93; so,

statu (sic enim appellamus controversiarum genera),

id. Tusc. 3, 33, 79:

statum quidam dixerunt primam causarum conflictionem,

Quint. 3, 6, 4; cf. Cic. Part. Or. 29, 102.—

The main question, the essential point:

quod nos statum id quidam constitutionem vocant, alii quaestionem, alii quod ex quaestione appareat, Theodorus caput, ad quod referantur omnia,

Quint. 3, 6, 2:

non est status prima conflictio, sed quod ex primā conflictione nascitur, id est genus quaestionis,

the kind, nature of the question, id. 3, 6, 5; cf. the whole chapter.—

In gram., the mood of the verb, instead of modus, because it distinguishes the conceptions of the speaker:

et tempora et status,

tenses and moods, Quint. 9, 3, 11:

fiunt soloecismi per modos, sive cui status eos dici placet,

id. 1, 5, 41.

statuliber.

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sĕnātus, ūs ( gen. senati, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 6; id. Ep. 2, 2, 5; Sisenn. ap. Non. 484, 18; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 19; also cited ap. Charis. p. 116 P.; Sall. C. 30, 3; 36, 5; 53, 1. acc. to Non. 484, 15; Charis. p. 10 P.; Don. Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 21; Prisc. p. 712 P.; id. Fragm. ap. Don. Ter. And. 2, 2, 28; also Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 4, acc. to the pr. man. of the Cod. Medic.; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 27.—Another form of the gen. senatuis, C. Fann. ap. Charis. p. 116 P.; Sisenn. ap. Non. 484, 19; also,

as it seems,

Varr. ib. 484, 19, yet the passage itself is wanting.—In old orthog. SENATVOS, S. C. de Bacch.; dat. senato, Quint. 1, 6, 27), m. [senex; like gerousia from gerôn; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 28, 51; id. Sen. 6, 19], the council of the elders, the Senate, the supreme council in Rome, concerning whose origin, constitution, powers, etc., v. senator; cf. Momms. Hist. of Rome, 1, 113 sqq.; 1, 406 sqq. Am. ed.; Becker, Antiq. 2, 1, p. 339 sq.; 2, 2, p. 385 sq.; 2, 3, p. 210 sq.;

and the authors there cited: quae (consilium, ratio, sententia) nisi essent in senibus, non summum consilium majores nostri appellassent senatum. Apud Lacedaemonios quidem ii, qui amplissimum magistratum gerunt, ut sunt sic etiam nominantur senes,

Cic. Sen. 6, 19:

Romuli senatus, qui constabat ex optimatibus,

id. Rep. 2, 12, 23:

(Majores nostri) senatum rei publicae custodem collo caverunt,

id. Sest. 65, 137:

senatus rem pu blicam tenuit, ut pleraque senatūs auctori tate gererentur,

id. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

ut potentia senatus atque auctoritas minueretur,

id. ib. 2, 34, 59:

cum potestas in populo, auctoritas in senatu sit,

id. Leg. 3, 12, 28:

nec per senatum solvi hac lege possumus,

id. Rep. 3, 22, 33.—Freq. in the phrase: senatus populusque Romanus (often written S. P. Q. R.), the Senate and people of Rome, i.e. the State, the republic, Cic. Planc. 37, 90; id. Phil. 6, 2, 4;

very rarely in reverse order: populus et senatus Romanus,

Sall. J. 41, 2:

populi Romani senatusque verbis,

Liv. 7, 31, 10; 24, 37, 7; Vitr. praef. 1, 1: senatus (senati, senatuis, v. supra) consultum, a decree of the Senate (v. consulo, P. a. III.); senatūs auctoritas, the same (v. auctoritas, 4.): censuit senatus, the Senate resolved; v. censeo, 3. b. (cf. also decerno, I. A., and decretum, s. v. decerno fin.):

senatum convocare,

Cic. Sull. 23, 65; id. Cat. 2, 6, 12: senatus [p. 1669] est continuo convocatus frequensque convenit, id. Fam. 10, 12, 3; cf.:

senatus frequens vocatu Drusi in curiam venit,

id. de Or. 3, 1, 2:

vocare senatum,

Liv. 3, 38:

cito cogere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 3; Suet. Caes. 16; id. Tib. 23:

habere senatum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 4, 1; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 3; Suet. Aug. 29:

agere,

id. Caes. 88; id. Aug. 35:

eo die non fuit senatus neque postero,

no session of the Senate, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 1:

eodem die Tyriis (legatis) est senatus datus frequens,

i. e. gave audience, id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2 sq.; so,

dare senatum (legatis),

Sall. J. 13, 9; Nep. Hann. 7, 6; Liv. 41, 6 et saep.:

senatu dimisso,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

dimittere senatum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146:

mittere,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

multa ejus (Catonis) et in senatu et in foro vel provisa prudenter vel acta constanter ferebantur,

in the meetings of the Senate, id. Lael. 2, 6; cf.:

(Catilina) etiam in senatum venit,

id. Cat. 1, 1, 2: ad senatum adduci, in senatu poni, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

ad senatum in Capitolio stare,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 137: in senatu sedere, to sit among the senators, on the senatorial seats (in the theatre), Suet. Claud. 25 fin.; cf.:

in orchestram senatumque descendit,

id. Ner. 12:

in senatum venire,

to become a senator, Cic. Fl. 18, 42:

de senatu cooptando,

nominating, electing, id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122; Liv. 23, 3:

de senatu movere,

Cic. Clu. 43, 122:

senatu movere,

Sall. C. 23, 1 Dietsch; and:

senatu emovere,

Liv. 45, 15, 8:

ex or de senatu eicere,

Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Clu. 42, 119; 48, 135; Liv. 40, 51; 41, 27; 43, 15 al. (v. 1. lego and eicio): seminarium senatus, i. e. the order of Knights, from which new senators were elected, Liv. 42, 61, 5.—Also of the Senate of other nations: senatus (Gaditanus), Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2:

Aeduorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 6:

Venetorum,

id. ib. 3, 16 fin. et saep.:

Judaeorum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 27.—

Trop., a council, i. e. consultation (mostly ante-class.):

de re argentariā senatum convocare in corde consiliarium,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 56:

sibi senatum consili in cor convocare,

id. Most. 3, 1, 158; 5, 1, 8; id. Mil. 2, 6, 111:

deūm,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 582.

tempĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [tempero].

Lit., a due mingling or tempering of ingredients, fit proportion or combination, symmetry, constitution, temperament (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.);

ut enim corporis temperatio cum ea congruunt inter se, e quibus constamus, sanitas: sic animi dicitur, cum ejus judicia opinionesque concordant: eaque animi est virtus, quam alii ipsam temperantiam dicunt esse, alii obtemperantem temperantiae praeceptis,

Cic. Tusc 4, 13, 30:

corporum,

id. ib. 1, 28, 68;

1, 10, 21: aeris temperatio,

composition, temper, id. Verr 2, 4, 44, § 98; cf. id. Ac. 2, 26, 85:

caerulei temperationes Alexandriae primum sunt inventae,

Vitr. 7, 11; quae a luna ceterisque [p. 1849] sideribus caeli temperatio fit, Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94; so,

caeli,

id. N. D. 2, 5, 13:

temperatio lunae caelique moderatio efficit hoc,

id. Div. 2, 45, 94:

semina temperatione caloris et oriri et augescere,

id. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

mensium temperatio,

id. Leg. 2, 7, 16:

disciplina ac temperatio civitatis,

organization, constitution. id. Tusc. 4, 1, 1:

rei publicae,

id. Leg. 3, 5, 12:

ordinum,

Liv. 9, 46, 15:

temperatio juris, cum potestas in populo, auctoritas in senatu sit,

Cic. Leg. 3, 12, 28: sed praesto est hujus vitii temperatio, quod senatus lege nostra confirmatur auctoritas, a means of moderating, qualifying, or tempering, id. ib. § 27.—

Transf.: sol dux et princeps et moderator luminum reliquorum, mens mundi et temperatio, the organizing or ordering principle, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17 (Somn. Scip. 4, 10).

affectĭo ( adf-), ōnis, f. [adficio].

The relation to or disposition toward a thing produced in a person by some influence (in this and the two foll. signif. almost peculiar to the philos. lang. of Cic.): comparantur ea, quae aut majora aut minora aut paria dicuntur;

in quibus spectantur haec: numerus, species, vis, quaedam etiam ad res aliquas adfectio,

relation, Cic. Top. 18, 68, and § 70; cf. id. ib. 2, 7.—

A.. A change in the state or condition of body or mind, a state or frame of mind, feeling (only transient, while habitus is lasting):

adfectio est animi aut corporis ex tempore aliqua de causa commutatio ut, laetitia, cupiditas, metus, molestia, morbus, debilitas, et alia, quae in eodem genere reperiuntur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36; 1, 2, 5; cf. 1, 2, 5, § 19. In Gellius = adfectus, as transl. of the Gr. pathos, Gell. 19, 12, 3.—

A permanent state of mind, a frame of mind, a state of feeling, Gr. diathesis:

virtus est adfectio animi constans conveniensque,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34 Kühn (cf. in Gr. diathesis psuchês sumphônês hautêi, Stob. Ecl. Eth. 2, p. 104); id. Fin. 3, 26, 65 Goer.:

non mihi est vita mea utilior quam animi talis adfectio, neminem ut violem commodi mei gratiā,

id. Off. 2, 6, 29 Beier.—Also of body, as anal. to the mind, a fixed, permanent constitution: tu qui detinieris summum bonum firma corporis adfectione contineri, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27.—And metaph. of the stars, their position in respect to one another:

astrorum,

a constellation, Cic. Fat. 4:

ex qua adfectione caeli primum spiritum duxerit,

id. Div. 2, 47 (cf. affectus, a, um, B.).—

Esp., a favorable disposition toward any one, love, affection, good-will (post-Aug. prose):

simiarum generi praecipua erga fetum adfectio,

Plin. 8, 54, 80:

egit Nero grates patribus laetas inter audientium adfectiones,

Tac. A. 4, 15:

argentum magis quam aurum sequuntur, nullā adfectione animi, sed quia, etc.,

id. G. 5; Just. 24, 3:

Artemisia Mausolum virum amāsse fertur ultra adfectionis humanae fidem,

Gell. 10, 18, 1.—Concr., the loved object: adfectiones, children, Cod. Th. 13, 9, 3.—

In the Lat. of the Pandects, ability of willing, will, volition, inclination (cf. 2. affectus, II. D.):

furiosus et pupillus non possunt incipere possidere, quia adfectionem tenendi non habent,

Dig. 5, 16, 60.

affectĭo ( adf-), ōnis, f. [adficio].

The relation to or disposition toward a thing produced in a person by some influence (in this and the two foll. signif. almost peculiar to the philos. lang. of Cic.): comparantur ea, quae aut majora aut minora aut paria dicuntur;

in quibus spectantur haec: numerus, species, vis, quaedam etiam ad res aliquas adfectio,

relation, Cic. Top. 18, 68, and § 70; cf. id. ib. 2, 7.—

A.. A change in the state or condition of body or mind, a state or frame of mind, feeling (only transient, while habitus is lasting):

adfectio est animi aut corporis ex tempore aliqua de causa commutatio ut, laetitia, cupiditas, metus, molestia, morbus, debilitas, et alia, quae in eodem genere reperiuntur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36; 1, 2, 5; cf. 1, 2, 5, § 19. In Gellius = adfectus, as transl. of the Gr. pathos, Gell. 19, 12, 3.—

A permanent state of mind, a frame of mind, a state of feeling, Gr. diathesis:

virtus est adfectio animi constans conveniensque,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34 Kühn (cf. in Gr. diathesis psuchês sumphônês hautêi, Stob. Ecl. Eth. 2, p. 104); id. Fin. 3, 26, 65 Goer.:

non mihi est vita mea utilior quam animi talis adfectio, neminem ut violem commodi mei gratiā,

id. Off. 2, 6, 29 Beier.—Also of body, as anal. to the mind, a fixed, permanent constitution: tu qui detinieris summum bonum firma corporis adfectione contineri, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27.—And metaph. of the stars, their position in respect to one another:

astrorum,

a constellation, Cic. Fat. 4:

ex qua adfectione caeli primum spiritum duxerit,

id. Div. 2, 47 (cf. affectus, a, um, B.).—

Esp., a favorable disposition toward any one, love, affection, good-will (post-Aug. prose):

simiarum generi praecipua erga fetum adfectio,

Plin. 8, 54, 80:

egit Nero grates patribus laetas inter audientium adfectiones,

Tac. A. 4, 15:

argentum magis quam aurum sequuntur, nullā adfectione animi, sed quia, etc.,

id. G. 5; Just. 24, 3:

Artemisia Mausolum virum amāsse fertur ultra adfectionis humanae fidem,

Gell. 10, 18, 1.—Concr., the loved object: adfectiones, children, Cod. Th. 13, 9, 3.—

In the Lat. of the Pandects, ability of willing, will, volition, inclination (cf. 2. affectus, II. D.):

furiosus et pupillus non possunt incipere possidere, quia adfectionem tenendi non habent,

Dig. 5, 16, 60.

nātūra, ae, f. [nascor], birth.

Lit. (very rare):

naturā tu illi pater es, consiliis ego,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 46; cf.:

naturā pater,

id. ib. 5, 7, 4.—

Transf. (freq. and class.; syn.: indoles, ingenium).

The nature, i. e. the natural constitution, property, or quality of a thing:

quod autem animal est, id motu cietur interiore et suo: nam haec est natura propria animae et vis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 28:

ipsumque per se sua vi, sua natura, sua sponte laudabile,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 50:

ab ipsa natura loci,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

quali esset natura montis, qui cognoscerent misit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

loci,

id. ib. 1, 2: tigna secundum naturam fluminis procumberent, according to the nature or natural course of the river, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: insula naturā triquetra, by nature, i. e. in shape, id. ib. 5, 13:

naturas apibus quas Juppiter ipse Addidit expediam,

Verg. G. 4, 149.—

Of character, nature, natural disposition, inclination, bent, temper, character:

cognitum per te ipsum, quae tua natura est, dignum tuā amicitiā judicabis,

Cic. Fam. 13, 78, 2:

prolixa beneficaque,

id. ib. 3, 8, 8; Liv. 22, 59: mihi benefacere jam ex consuetudine [p. 1190] in naturam vertit, has become natural, Sall. J. 85, 9.—Prov.:

consuetudo est secunda natura,

August. adv. Jul. 5, 59 fin.; Macr. S. 7, 9, 7; cf.:

voluptatem consuetudine quasi alteram naturam effici,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24:

facere sibi naturam alicujus rei,

to accustom one's self to a thing, Quint. 2, 4, 17:

desideria naturae satiare,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25.—

The nature, course, or order of things:

quod rerum natura non patitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55:

delabi ad aequitatem et ad rerum naturam,

id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

naturae satisfacere,

i. e. to die, Cic. Clu. 10, 29; so,

naturae concedere,

Sall. J. 14, 15:—Personified:

quis vero opifex praeter naturam, quā nihil potest esse callidius, tantam sollertiam persequi potuisset in sensibus? quae primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

frui primis a natura datis,

id. Fin. 2, 11, 34:

homines rationem habent a naturā datam,

id. ib. 2, 14, 45:

et homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse dicemus,

id. ib. 2, 33, 110:

quae (membra corporum) ipsa declarant procreandi a naturā habitam esse rationem,

id. ib. 3, 19, 62:

omnis natura vult esse conservatrix sui,

id. ib. 4, 7, 16; 5, 15, 41;

5, 20, 56: illam partem bene vivendi a natura petebant, eique parendum esse dicebant,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19.—

Nature, i. e. the world, the universe:

Cleanthes totius naturae menti atque animo hoc nomen (dei) tribuit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 37.—

Nature, i. e. consistency with nature, possibility:

in rerum naturā fuisse,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 24:

hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit,

is a possible case, Quint. 2, 17, 32:

judicatum est enim, rerum naturam non recipere, ut, etc.,

that it is not in accordance with nature, not possible, Val. Max. 8, 1, abs. 13:—

An element, thing, substance:

Aristoteles quin tam quandam naturam censet esse, e qua sit mens,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 22: de naturis autem sic sentiebat;

primum uti quattuor initiis rerum illis quintam hanc naturam... non adhiberet, etc.,

id. Ac. 1, 11, 39:

natura tenuis aëris,

Lucr. 2, 232.—

The natural parts, organs of generation:

cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur,

Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55:

quaedam matrona visa est in quiete obsignatam habere naturam,

id. Div. 2, 70, 145; cf. Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 4; 2, 7, 8.

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constĭtūtĭo, ōnis, f. [constituo].

In gen., a constitution, disposition, nature:

firma corporis,

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117 (as transl. of the Gr. eustatheia tês sarkos); so Sen. Ep. 121, 10 and 14:

prima naturae,

Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15.—

In partic.

A definition:

ea constitutio summi boni, quae est proposita,

Cic. Fin. 5, 16, 45.—

In rhet., the issue in a cause, the point in dispute:

constitutio est prima conflictio causarum ex depulsione intentionis profecta, hoc modo: Fecisti: Non feci, aut: Jure feci, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 8, 10; Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18 and 19; cf. Quint. 3, 6, 2 sq.—

A regulation, order, arrangement:

nec temporis unius nec hominis esse constitutionem rei publicae,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37, cf. id. ib. 1, 45, 69;

2, 31, 53: constitutio est in lege, more, judicato, pacto,

Quint. 7, 4, 6; cf. id. 7, 4, 5; 5, 2, 5:

religionum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 23:

senatus,

Liv. 39, 53, 10; Plin. 34, 9, 21, § 99 al.—

Esp., an imperial regulation, order: quodcumque ergo imperator per epistulam promulgavit, vel cognoscens decrevit, vel edicto praecepit, legem esse constat;

hae sunt quae constitutiones appellantur,

Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6; Gai Inst. 2, 5, § 3 al.

nŏvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [novus].

Lit., to make new, to renew:

ipsi transtra novant,

Verg. A. 5, 752:

nullā prole novare viros,

Ov. F. 1, 622:

gregem,

Stat. Th. 10, 229:

fessa membra,

to refresh, Ov. H. 4, 90:

vivāque nitentia lymphā membra novat,

Val. Fl. 3, 423:

ardorem,

Liv. 26, 19, 2:

vulnera mentis,

Ov. P. 4, 11, 20; to break up fallow ground:

novate novale,

Vulg. Jer. 4, 3: ager novatus, a field ploughed again, prepared for sowing:

agro non semel arato sed novato et iterato,

Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131; Ov. P. 4, 2, 44.— To invent, coin, etc.:

verba,

Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 149; cf. id. ib. 3, 38, 154; so,

verbum aut inusitatum aut novatum aut translatum,

id. ib. 3, 38, 152:

multa novantur in omni genere materiae,

Quint. 5, 10, 106:

novata forma dicendi,

id. 9, 1, 14:

ignotum hoc aliis ipse novavit opus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 346.—

Transf., to change, alter.

In gen.:

aliquid in legibus,

Cic. Leg. 3, 5, 12:

nomen faciemque,

Ov. M. 4, 540:

hoc quoque novat (Aristoteles), quod prooemio non narrationem subjungit, sed propositionem,

i. e. deviates from the rule, Quint. 3, 9, 5.—

In partic., in a political respect: novare res, to alter the existing constitution, to overthrow the government, make or effect a revolution:

res,

Liv. 1, 52:

novandi res aliquam occasionem quaerentes,

id. 24, 23, 6:

omnia novare velle,

id. 35, 34; 32, 38 fin.:

Civilis novare res hoc modo coepit,

Tac. H. 4, 14.—Also absol.:

novare: ubi primum dubiis rebus novandi spes oblata est,

Sall. C. 39, 3; Liv. 42, 31; Tac. A. 4, 18; cf. impers. pass.:

ne quid eo spatio novaretur,

Sall. C. 55, 1.

complexĭo ( conp-), ōnis, f. [complector] (Ciceron.), a combination, connection.

Prop.

In gen.:

(atomorum),

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19.—Of the zodiac, App. de Mundo, p. 57, 37.—

Esp., in late Lat., for a physical constitution or habit: bona, Firm. Math. 5, 9.—

Trop.

In gen., a combination, association:

cumulata bonorum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28.—

Esp.

Of discourse:

brevis totius negotii,

comprehension, comprisal, Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37:

mira verborum,

id. Phil. 2, 37, 95.—

T. t.

In rhet.

A period:

longissima est igitur complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest,

Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182:

nec acervatim multa frequentans unā complexione devinciet,

crowd into one period, id. Or. 25, 85.—

A rhetorical figure, according to which [p. 391] one constantly recurs to what has been previously said, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20.—

In philos. lang.

A conclusion in a syllogism, Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28; 2, 29, 40; Cic. Inv. 1, 37, 67; 1, 40, 72; 1, 47, 87; Quint. 5, 14, 5 sq.—

A dilemma, Cic. Inv. 1, 29, 45; Ascon. ad Div. in Caecil. 14, 45.—

In gram., a contraction of two syllables into one, for the Gr. sunairesis and sunaloiphê (opp. divisio), Quint. 1, 5, 17; cf. id. 1, 5, 6.

complexĭo ( conp-), ōnis, f. [complector] (Ciceron.), a combination, connection.

Prop.

In gen.:

(atomorum),

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19.—Of the zodiac, App. de Mundo, p. 57, 37.—

Esp., in late Lat., for a physical constitution or habit: bona, Firm. Math. 5, 9.—

Trop.

In gen., a combination, association:

cumulata bonorum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28.—

Esp.

Of discourse:

brevis totius negotii,

comprehension, comprisal, Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37:

mira verborum,

id. Phil. 2, 37, 95.—

T. t.

In rhet.

A period:

longissima est igitur complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest,

Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182:

nec acervatim multa frequentans unā complexione devinciet,

crowd into one period, id. Or. 25, 85.—

A rhetorical figure, according to which [p. 391] one constantly recurs to what has been previously said, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20.—

In philos. lang.

A conclusion in a syllogism, Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28; 2, 29, 40; Cic. Inv. 1, 37, 67; 1, 40, 72; 1, 47, 87; Quint. 5, 14, 5 sq.—

A dilemma, Cic. Inv. 1, 29, 45; Ascon. ad Div. in Caecil. 14, 45.—

In gram., a contraction of two syllables into one, for the Gr. sunairesis and sunaloiphê (opp. divisio), Quint. 1, 5, 17; cf. id. 1, 5, 6.