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1 officium
offĭcĭum, ii, n. [for opificium, opus and facio], qs. that which one does for another, a service, whether of free will or of (external or moral) necessity (class.; cf.: studium, beneficium, meritum, munus).I.A voluntary service, a kindness, favor, courtesy, rendered to one whose claim to it is recognized;A.while beneficium is a service rendered where there is no claim: officium esse filii, uxoris, earum personarum, quas necessitudo suscitat et ferre opem jubet,
Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 1.In gen.:B.altera sententia est, quae definit amicitiam paribus officiis ac voluntatibus,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:odiosum sane genus hominum officia exprobrantium,
id. ib. 20, 71:nihil est vicissitudine studiorum officiorumque jucundius,
id. ib. 14, 49: filicem cum officio vicini decidere, so as to do him a service, Col. 2, 14, 6:summo officio praeditus homo,
exceedingly obliging, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 135. —In partic.1.A ceremonial observance, ceremony, attendance (on a festive or solemn occasion;2.mostly post-Aug.): officio togae virilis interfui,
Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 2:sine solenni officio,
Suet. Claud. 2:per sollenne nuptiarum celeberrimo officio deductum ad se,
id. Ner. 28; cf. id. Claud. 26:ad officium venire,
id. Calig. 25:relicto statim novorum consulum officio,
id. Caes. 50:in officio salutationis,
id. Aug. 27:vitans praeter navigantium officia,
id. Tib. 12:officia prosequentium,
id. Caes. 71:quod supremis in matrem officiis defuisset,
at the payment of the last offices, at the funeral, Tac. A. 5, 2:officium cras Primo sole mihi peragendum in valle Quirini,
a ceremonial visit, Juv. 2, 133 sq.; 3, 239.—In mal. part., compliance, favor, Prop. 3, 15, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 10, 46; 3, 7, 24; cf.II.virile,
Theod. Prisc. 2, 11:puerile,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 5; Petr. 140.—In gen., an obligatory service, an obligation, duty, function, part, office (so most freq. in prose and poetry of all periods):B.nulla vitae pars neque publicis neque privatis neque forensibus neque domesticis in rebus, neque si tecum agas quid, neque, si cum altero contrahas, vacare oflicio potest: in eoque et colendo sita vitae est honestas omnis et in neglegendo turpitudo, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 2, 4 sq.: perfectum officium rectum opinor vocemus, quod Graeci katorthôma: hoc autem commune kathêkon vocant, id. ib. 1, 3, 8;an id doles, quia illi suum officium non colunt, quom tu tuum facis?
Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 34; id. ib. 1, 1, 39; id. Pers. 4, 4, 66:meminisse officium suum,
to remember one's duty, id. Trin. 3, 2, 71.—Also, subject., a sense of duty:si quis aegre ferat nihil in se esse virtutis, nihil officii, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 28, 61:quicquid in eum judicii officiique contuleris,
id. Fam. 10, 1 fin.:intellegere, utrum apud eos pudor atque officium an timor valeret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 14:suum facere,
to do one's duty, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 44:omnibus officiis amicitiae servatis,
observe all the obligations of friendship, Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:exsequi,
id. Att. 3, 15, 4:fungi officio,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 3:satisfacere officio,
to perform, id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:officium suum deserere,
to disregard one's duty, not perform it, id. Off. 1, 9, 28:discedere ab officio,
id. ib. 1, 10, 32:deesse officio suo,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 1:officii duxit,
considered it his duty, Suet. Tib. 11.—Of animals:canes funguntur officiis luporum,
act the part of, Auct. Her. 4, 34, 46.—Of things:neque pes neque mens satis suum officium facit,
Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 3: officium corporis, the function or property of a body, Lucr. 1, 336 and 362.—In partic.1.Lit., an official duty, a service, employment, business (class.):2.toti officio maritimo M. Bibulus praepositus cuncta administrabat,
naval service, Caes. B. C. 3, 5 fin.; 3, 8:celeriter equitatus ad cotidianum itineris officium revertitur,
id. ib. 1, 80:confecto legationis officio,
id. ib. 3, 103:destringor officio,
Plin. Ep. 7, 15, 1:officium (scribae),
Nep. Eum. 1, 5.—Transf., an office, appointment (post-Aug.).a.Laboriosissimum et maximum, office, Plin. Pan. 91:b.nova officia excogitavit,
Suet. Aug. 37; cf.:novum officium instituit a voluptatibus,
id. Tib. 42:obligationes, quae non propriis viribus consistunt, neque officio judicis, neque praetoris imperio neque legis potestate confirmantur,
Dig. 44, 7, 27:qui ex officio pro aliis interveniunt,
by virtue of their office, ib. 21, 1, 31, § 14:ministerii,
Vulg. Exod. 28, 35:sacerdotum,
id. Num. 7, 8.—Transf., in concr.(α).The officials or attendants on a magistrate = officialium corpus (post-class.):(β).sub praetextu adventus officiorum vel militum,
Dig. 1, 18, 6; 21, 2, 74:deponere aliquid apud officium,
ib. 2, 4. 17: officia palatina, officers at the imperial court, Treb. Poll. Gall. 17, 8.— -
2 minister
mĭnister, tra, trum, adj. ( gen. plur. ministrūm, Stat. S. 3, 1, 86) [a double comp. in form, from minus and comp. ending -ter, Gr. ter-os; cf.: magister, sinister], that is at hand, that serves, ministers (as an adj. only poet. and later): lumina (i. e. oculi) propositi facta ministra tui, that further, promote; promotive, or in a subst. sense, Ov. H. 21, 114:II.minister Grex,
Sil. 11, 274:ardor,
Lucr. 5, 297:ministro baculo,
with the aid of a staff, Ov. Ib. 261.—Subst.A.mĭnister, tri, m., an attendant, waiter, servant; also a priest's attendant or assistant; likewise an inferior officer, underofficial; hence, transf., an aider in a good or bad sense, a furtherer, promoter, helper, an abettor, accomplice:B.centum aliae (famulae), totidemque pares aetate ministri,
Verg. A. 1, 705:Phrygius,
the cup-bearer Ganymede, Val. Fl. 5, 691; Mart. 12, 15, 7:Falerni,
a cup -bearer, Cat. 27, 1:ministri publici Martis,
Cic. Clu. 15, 43:hostia Inter cunctantes cecidit moribunda ministros,
Verg. G. 3, 488:ministri imperii tui,
inferior officers, under-officials, Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 3:regni,
an assistant in the regal government, a minister, Just. 16, 1, 3:infimi homines ministros se praebent in judiciis oratoribus,
i. e. inform the orators what the law is, Cic. de Or 1, 45, 146:legum,
a minister, administrator, id. Clu. 53, 198:sermonum,
a mediator, negotiator, Tac. H. 2, 99:consiliorum suorum,
Vell. 2, 129, 3:Tiberius Alexander... minister bello datus,
Tac. A. 15, 28:ministri ac servi seditionum,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 13:ministri ac satellites cupiditatum,
id. Verr 2, 3, 8, § 21; so,furoris alieni,
agents, instruments, Lact. 5, 11:libidinis, Cic Lael. 10, 35: socii scelerum atque ministri,
Lucr. 3, 61:Calchante ministro,
with the help of Calchas, Verg. A. 2, 100:ministrum esse in maleficio,
Cic. Clu. 22, 60:minister fulminis ales,
i. e. the eagle, Hor. C. 4, 4, 1:calidae gelidaeque (aquae) minister,
one who serves, Juv. 5, 63:me nemo ministro fur erit,
by my aid, id. 3, 46.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a minister of religion, a preacher of Christ:ut sim minister Christi,
Vulg. Rom. 15, 16; id. Eph. 3, 7:fidelis,
id. ib. 6, 21:Dei,
id. 2 Cor. 6, 4:optimus,
Aug. Conf. 10, 26.—Of inanimate things:sit anulus tuus non minister alienae voluntatis,
Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 4:taedae, ardore ministro, suppeditant novum lumen,
Lucr. 5, 297.—mĭnistra, ae, f., a female attendant, maid-servant; a female assistant or minister, at religious worship (class. only in the trop. signif.).1.Lit.:2.una ministrarum,
Ov. M. 9, 90; 306; 14, 705:accipiat missas apta ministra notas,
Ov. A. A. 3, 470:ara deae certe tremuit, pariente ministrā,
i. e. the Vestal Sylvia, id. F. 3, 47.—Also among Christians:ancillae, quae ministrae dicebantur,
i. e. deaconesses, Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 8.—Trop., a servant, handmaid; in a bad sense, an aider, accessory, abettor:ministra et famula corporis res familiaris,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:voluptatum satellites et ministrae,
id. Fin. 2, 12, 37:Camilla delegit pacisque bonas bellique ministras,
Verg. A. 11, 658.
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