To be officious

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cūrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [cura].

(Acc. to cura, I.) Bestowing care or pains upon a thing, applying one's self assiduously, careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.).

In gen.

With in or ad:

in omni historiā curiosus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

si me nihilo minus nosti curiosum in re publicā quam te,

id. Att. 5, 14, 3:

ad investigandum curiosior,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—

With gen. (post-Aug.):

medicinae,

Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 7:

memoriae,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 20 fin.:

curiosissimus famae suae,

Capitol. Anton. Philos. 20.—

With circa:

circa uxoris pudicitiam minus curiosus fuit,

Capitol. Pert. 13, 8.—

Absol.:

non quidem doctus, sed curiosus,

Petr. 46, 6; so,

pictor,

id. 29, 4:

felicitas Horatii,

id. 118, 5:

manus,

id. 13, 1:

consilia,

Quint. 7, 5, 2:

interpolatione,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75 al. —

With the access. idea of excess, too eager:

est etiam supervacua (ut sic dixerim) operositas, ut a diligenti curiosus et a religione superstitio distat,

Quint. 8, 3, 55.—

In partic., inquiring eagerly or anxiously about a thing, inquiring into, in a good or bad sense; curious, inquisitive.

In gen.:

ne curiosissimi quidem homines exquirendo audire tam multa possunt, quam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97; id. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; Quint. 1, 8, 21; 11, 3, 143; * Hor. Epod. 17, 77 al.:

curiosis oculis perspici non possit,

Cic. Sest. 9, 22.—

Implying censure ( = polupragmôn), meddlesome, officious, curious, prying, inquisitive:

primum patere me esse curiosum,

Cic. Fl. 29, 70; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28 Madv.; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 15, 26, 5; cf.:

quare ut homini curioso ita perscribe ad me,

id. ib. 4, 11, 2:

curiosum aliquem extimescere,

Petr. 127:

Quae (basia) nec pernumerare curiosi Possint,

Cat. 7, 11 Ellis ad loc.—

Post-Aug., subst.: cūrĭōsus, i, m., of one who is prying, a spy, scout:

curiosum ac speculatorem ratus,

Suet. Aug. 27.—Later, a class of secret spies, secret police, an informer, etc.; cf. Cod. Just. 12, tit. 23: De Curiosis et Stationariis al.—

(Acc. to cura, II.) Lit., that injures himself by care; hence, transf., emaciated, wasted, lean:

belua,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 26 (v. the passage in connection); cf.: nempe ille vivit carie curiosior, Afran. ap. Non. p. 21, 28 (Com. Rel. v. 250 Rib.).— Adv.: cūrĭŏsē.

(Acc. to I. A.) With care, carefully:

involvendus vestimentis,

Cels. 2, 17; cf. Petr. 63, 6; Col. 12, 55, 2:

cavere,

Suet. Aug. 40 al. — Comp., Vitr. 7, 4.— Sup., Col. 11, 2, 18.—

Too nicely, carefully, or particularly:

curiose potius quam Latine loqui,

Quint. 8, 1, 2.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) Inquisitively, curiously:

inquirerem,

Suet. Vesp. 1.— Comp.:

curiosius conquiram,

Cic. Brut. 35, 133:

facere aliquid,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 10:

animadvertunt ea, quae domi fiunt (pueri),

id. Fin. 5, 15, 42.

jacto, āvi, ātum (jactarier, Lucr. 6, 556; Enn. Tr. 130), 1, v. freq. a. [jacio], to throw, cast, hurl.

Lit.:

semen,

to scatter, Varr. R. R. 1, 42:

semina per undas,

Ov. M. 4, 748:

jactato flore tegente vias,

id. Tr. 4, 2, 50:

irrita sacrilega jactas incendia dextra,

id. M. 14, 539:

hastas,

Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 316:

vestem argentumque de muro,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

lapides vacuum in orbem,

Verg. G. 1, 62:

cinerem per agros,

id. ib. 1, 81:

se muris in praeceps,

Curt. 5, 6, 7;

of casting a net: rete,

Dig. 19, 1, 12;

also of dicethrowing: talos arripio, jacto basilicum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79; cf.:

numerosque manu jactabat eburnos,

Ov. A. A. 2, 203; id. ib. 3, 355; Suet. Aug. 71.—

Transf.

To throw or toss about; to shake, flourish:

crura,

Lucr. 4, 991:

brachia in numerum,

id. 4, 769:

manus,

Quint. 11, 3, 179; 10, 3, 21:

umeros,

id. 11, 3, 130:

tinnula manu,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 38:

tintinnabulum,

Phaedr. 2, 7, 5:

onerosa pallia,

Juv. 6, 236:

cerviculam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 49:

nisi se suo more jactavisset,

i. e. to make gestures, id. Brut. 60, 217:

cum multum se Curio ex more jactasset,

Quint. 11, 3, 129:

exsultare immoderateque jactari,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60:

corpus in suo sanguine,

to wallow, Ov. M. 10, 721:

videntes,

Verg. G. 2, 355:

a facie manus,

to throw kisses, Juv. 3, 106; cf.: jactare basia, id. 4, 118:

oculos,

Lucr. 4, 1133:

lumina,

Ov. H. 3, 11:

jugum,

i. e. to be restless, rebellious, Juv. 13, 22.—

To drive hither and thither, to drive about:

cum adversā tempestate in alto jactarentur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95; Ov. H. 17, 235; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 15; Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 15:

ut Aeneas pelago... omnia circum Litora jactetur,

Verg. A. 1, 668; 10, 48; 1, 182:

jactati aequore toto Troes,

id. ib. 1, 29; Ov. M. 11, 441 al.:

si quando, ut fit, jactor in turba, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 7, 17:

jactatur domi suae homo honestissimus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:

aestu febrique jactari,

id. Cat. 1, 13.—So of the sea:

ut jactetur aqua,

Lucr. 6, 553:

cito mutata est jactati forma profundi,

Ov. H. 19, 77:

aequora,

id. Tr. 4, 4, 57.—

To throw away:

merces,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 43:

arma,

Liv. 9, 12; Curt. 3, 3, 9.—Esp., to throw overboard, throw into the sea, Dig. 47, 2, 43, § 10; 14, 2, 4, § 2:

jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima,

Juv. 12, 52.—

To throw out, emit, spread:

luna suam jactat de corpore lucem,

Lucr. 5, 576:

voces per umbram,

Verg. A. 2, 768.—

Trop.

To torment, disquiet, disturb:

jactor, crucior, agitor, stimulor,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 4:

nolo te jactari diutius,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 59:

ipsa velut navis jactor,

Ov. H. 21, 41:

jactari morbis,

Lucr. 3, 507:

clamore et convicio,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5:

aliquem,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45.—

Jactare se or jactari, not to be firm, to waver, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10.—Of money, to fluctuate in value:

jactabatur temporibus illis nummus sic, ut nemo posset scire, quid haberet,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80. —

To consider, examine, discuss:

pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

multa totā die in concilio variis jactata sermonibus erant,

i. e. discussed, not decided, Liv. 1, 50, 3:

pectore curas,

Verg. A. 1, 227:

jactari magis quam peragi accusatio ejus poterat,

discussed without a conclusion, to no purpose, Liv. 10, 46, 16.—

To discuss, mention, intimate, pronounce, throw out, utter, speak, say, name, propose a thing:

rem jactare sermonibus,

Liv. 8, 29:

ultro citroque,

id. 7, 9:

jactamus jam pridem omnis te Roma beatum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 18:

talia jactanti, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 102:

jactatum in condicionibus nequiquam de Tarquiniis in regnum restituendis,

Liv. 2, 13, 3:

hanc autem jactari magis causam quam veram esse,

to be rather the pretext than the true reason, id. 5, 53, 2.—

To throw or fling out threats, etc.:

jactare et opponere terrorem,

Cic. Sest. 23, 52:

minas,

id. Quint. 14, 47:

probra in quempiam,

Liv. 29, 9; cf.:

convicia,

Prop. 3, 8, 11.—

To boast of, vaunt a thing:

ostentare honorem aetatis, jactare urbanam gratiam et dignitatem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 83:

ingenium,

Quint. 3, 1, 3:

genus et nomen,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 13:

regna et virtutem,

Ov. H. 16, 81:

quo te jactas creatum,

id. M. 9, 23; Curt. 8, 1, 23.—

With se, to talk boastfully of one's self, to boast, make an ostentatious display.

Absol.:

intolerantius se jactare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52, § 209:

non jactandi mei causā,

Quint. Decl. 268.—

With dat.:

se alicui,

to boast of one's self to a person, Ov. H. 12, 175:

se Iliae querenti ultorem,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 18; Liv. 35, 49, 3:

ipse cum se jactaret amicae,

Juv. 1, 62.—

With in or simple abl.:

cum in eo se in contione jactavisset,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

ne quis sit lucus, quo se plus jactet Apollo,

Verg. E. 6, 73.—

With de:

jactat se jamdudum de Calidio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—

With gen.:

se justitiae,

Hier. Ep. 23, 34. —

With two acc.:

se jactare formosum,

Phaedr. 3, 8, 6.—

To carry one's self confidently or conceitedly:

qui antea solitus esset jactare se magnificentissime in illo loco,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3.—

To be officious or active in, to give one's self up to, devote one's self to a thing:

jactare se in causis centumviralibus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

nostrum hoc tempus aetatis forensi labore jactari,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5:

in qua (re publica) tu non valde te jactas,

id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:

se actionibus tribuniciis,

Liv. 3, 1.—

Se in pecuniis, to be prodigal of one's money, Cic. Cat. 2, 9.—Hence, jactans, antis, P. a., boasting, bragging, boastful, vainglorious.

Lit.: insolens, arrogans, jactans, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 322, 13:

epistolae jactantes et gloriosae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9:

neque vereor ne jactantior videar, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 23; so Verg. A. 6, 815: jactantior hic paulo est, Hor. S. 1, 3, 50.—With gen.:

tumidus ae sui jactans,

Quint. 11, 1, 50:

plebis jactantissimus amator,

Spart. Hadr. 17.—

Transf., proud, noble, splendid:

septemgemino jactantior aethera pulset Roma jugo,

Stat. S. 4, 1, 6; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 1.— Adv.: jactanter, boastfully, ostentatiously:

minae jactanter sonantes,

Amm. 27, 2, 3; Prud. Ham. 170.— Comp.:

jactantius maerere,

Tac. A. 2, 77:

litteras componere,

id. H. 3, 53; Prud. Ham. 170.

sēdŭlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; acc. to Curt. from root hed-, to go; Gr. hodos, way; whence Lat. solum, solium; cf. tremulus, from tremo; prop. active, inclined to motion; but perh. better referred to root sed-, sid-, (Sanscr. sad-), of sedeo; Engl. sit; cf. assiduus. The derivation from sē - dolo, adopted by Don. Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 59; Serv. Verg. A. 2, 374; Non. 37, 28; and Isid. Orig. 10, 244 and 247; cf. Döderl. Syn. 1, p. 117 sq. al., is an error]; orig. sitting fast, persisting in some course of action; hence, busy, diligent, industrious, zealous, careful, unremitting, solicitous, assiduous, sedulous (mostly poet.;

syn.: diligens, officiosus, attentus): eloquentes videbare, non sedulos velle conquirere,

orators, not those who labor at oratory, Cic. Brut. 47, 176:

haec a concubitu fit sedula, tardior illa,

Ov. A. A. 1, 377:

exanimat lentus spectator, sedulus inflat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 178:

tantum venerata virum hunc sedula curet,

Tib. 1, 5, 33; cf.

puer (minister),

Hor. C. 1, 38, 6:

agricola,

Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 101:

olitor, Col. poët. 10, 148: apis,

Tib. 2, 1, 50; Ov. M. 13, 928:

Baucis,

id. ib. 8, 640:

anus,

Tib. 1, 3, 84:

nutrix,

Ov. H. 21, 95; id. M. 10, 438; Hor. A. P. 116:

mater,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 13:

deducat juvenum sedula turba senem,

Tib. 1, 4, 80:

sedula fune viri contento bracchia lassant,

Ov. F. 4, 297:

labor,

Sen. Hippol. 1109:

opera,

App. M. 9, p. 237:

industria,

id. ib. 2, p. 128:

ministerium,

id. ib. 11, p. 267:

cura,

Col. 8, 1, 3 et saep.: velim te arbitrari factum. R. Sedulum est, submoventur hostes, removentur lapides, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 194 P.—

With an invidious implication, officious, obtrusive:

ne studio nostri pecces odiumque libellis Sedulus importes opera vehemente minister,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 5:

hospes,

id. S. 1, 5, 71:

nec quisquam flammae sedulus addat aquam,

Tib. 2, 4, 42:

luna,

Prop. 1, 3, 32; cf.:

male sedulus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 699; id. M. 10, 438.—Hence, advv.

sēdŭlō, busily, diligently, industriously, eagerly, carefully, zealously, unremittingly, assiduously, solicitously, sedulously.

In gen. (very freq. and class.;

a favorite word of Plaut. and Ter.): nam ille amico suo sodali sedulo rem mandatam exsequitur,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 71 sq.:

ut cognorant, dabimus operam sedulo,

id. Cas. prol. 16; so,

operam dare,

id. Pers. 4, 7, 10; id. Men. 5, 7, 20:

addere,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 54; id. Most. 1, 2, 41:

comparare quae opus sunt,

Liv. 1, 41:

faciam sedulo, Ut, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 25.—Most freq. with facere; cf. Cato, R. R. 2, 2; Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 108; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 30; id. Merc. 2, 3, 126; id. Poen. 1, 2, 144; id. Pers. 1, 1, 47 sq.; Ter. And. 3, 4, 18; 4, 1, 56; id. Eun. 2, 3, 71; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 74; 2, 4, 16; id. Ad. 1, 1, 25; 2, 2, 43; Cic. Clu. 21, 58; id. Fin. 3, 4 fin.; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 a, 2.—With fieri, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 31; id. Rud. 1, 4, 22; id. Trin. 1, 2, 155; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 59; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 51; 5, 8, 12; Cic. Fam. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:

sedulo id ago,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 8:

agitans mecum,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 10: ad socios nostros sedulo dispertieram, alio frumentum, alio legatos, etc., Cato ap. Charis. p. 197 P.; cf.: salutem impertit studiose et sedulo, Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 30:

aliquid conservare,

Cato, R. R. 5, 8:

servare,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 7; id. Curc. 5, 2, 41; id. Rud. 2, 3, 52:

celare,

id. Aul. 1, 2, 35:

dissimulare,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 2; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 81:

animum advertere,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 40; id. Rud. 2, 2, 1; cf.:

munditer se habere,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 26: Ge. Valuistine usque? Ep. Sustentatum'st sedulo, id. Stich. 3, 2, 14; 4, 2, 8:

sedulo aliquid dicere,

to assert emphatically, protest, id. Capt. 4, 2, 106; cf.: ego illud sedulo Negare factum;

ille instat factum,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 119; so,

moneo,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 72:

et moneo, et hortor,

id. Hec. 1, 1, 6:

credere,

i. e. sincerely, id. Phorm. 2, 4, 13; cf.

argumentari,

Cic. Att. 3, 12, 1.—

In partic., with an implication of design, on purpose, designedly, intentionally (rare;

not in Cic.): aliquid occultare,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 48:

fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

nusquam nisi in virtute spes est, milites, et ego sedulo, ne esset, feci,

Liv. 34, 14:

diem extrahere,

id. 28, 15:

tempus terere,

id. 3, 46: imitari aliquem, Quint. 7, 1, 54.—

sēdŭlē, busily, diligently, carefully, etc. (post-Aug. and rare):

semper custos sedule circumire debet alvearia,

Col. 9, 9, 1: hoc munus implet sedule, Prud. steph. 5, 407; Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 13.