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  • 1 compraehendo

    com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

    (vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

    cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

    id. 7, 12, 1:

    mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

    Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

    morsu guttura,

    Luc. 4, 727:

    nuces modio,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    naves,

    to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

    oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

    Cels. 7, 4, 3:

    comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

    ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

    aures,

    Tib. 2, 5, 92:

    nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

    let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

    naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

    assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

    ignem,

    to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

    and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

    Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

    opera flammā comprehensa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

    avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

    Ov. M. 9, 234:

    loca vallo,

    Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

    comprehensa aedificia,

    Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

    aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

    tam capitalem hostem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

    hominem,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

    nefarios duces,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    Virginium,

    Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

    praesidium Punicum,

    id. 26, 14, 7:

    hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

    in fugā,

    id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

    comprehensus morbo,

    Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

    comprehensi pestiferā lue,

    id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

    aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
    * b.
    Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
    2.
    To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

    fures,

    Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf. to the crime:

    nefandum adulterium,

    to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

    res ejus indicio,

    id. Clu. 16, 47.—
    3.
    Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

    cum comprehendit (surculus),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

    in gen.,

    Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
    4.
    Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

    si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

    Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
    5.
    Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

    ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

    Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
    6.
    In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

    aliquid melle,

    Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
    7.
    Of the range of a missile:

    quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

    Sil. 4, 102.—
    8.
    Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

    si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

    Cels. 8, 3 init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

    aliquid visu,

    Sil. 3, 408;

    and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
    B.
    To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    omnes animo virtutes,

    id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

    animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

    omnia animis et cogitatione,

    id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

    aliquid mente,

    id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

    aliquid memoriā,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

    qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

    aliquid certis signis,

    Col. 6, 24, 3:

    aliquid experimentis assiduis,

    Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

    esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

    virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
    C.
    To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

    breviter paucis comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

    breviter comprehensa sententia,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

    comprehendam brevi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

    perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    (Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

    ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

    id. Brut. 8, 34:

    in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

    emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

    Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

    ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

    aliquid dictis,

    Ov. M. 13, 160:

    quae si comprendere coner,

    id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
    2.
    Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

    neque enim numero comprendere refert,

    Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

    numerum quorum comprendere non est,

    id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
    D.
    To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

    mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

    to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    adulescentem humanitate tuā,

    id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

    quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

    id. Planc. 19. 47.—
    E.
    To shut in, include (late Lat.):

    spiritum in effigiem,

    Lact. 4, 8, 9:

    elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

    id. 2, 6, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > compraehendo

  • 2 compraendo

    com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

    (vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

    cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

    id. 7, 12, 1:

    mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

    Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

    morsu guttura,

    Luc. 4, 727:

    nuces modio,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    naves,

    to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

    oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

    Cels. 7, 4, 3:

    comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

    ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

    aures,

    Tib. 2, 5, 92:

    nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

    let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

    naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

    assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

    ignem,

    to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

    and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

    Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

    opera flammā comprehensa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

    avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

    Ov. M. 9, 234:

    loca vallo,

    Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

    comprehensa aedificia,

    Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

    aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

    tam capitalem hostem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

    hominem,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

    nefarios duces,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    Virginium,

    Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

    praesidium Punicum,

    id. 26, 14, 7:

    hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

    in fugā,

    id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

    comprehensus morbo,

    Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

    comprehensi pestiferā lue,

    id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

    aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
    * b.
    Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
    2.
    To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

    fures,

    Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf. to the crime:

    nefandum adulterium,

    to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

    res ejus indicio,

    id. Clu. 16, 47.—
    3.
    Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

    cum comprehendit (surculus),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

    in gen.,

    Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
    4.
    Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

    si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

    Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
    5.
    Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

    ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

    Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
    6.
    In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

    aliquid melle,

    Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
    7.
    Of the range of a missile:

    quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

    Sil. 4, 102.—
    8.
    Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

    si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

    Cels. 8, 3 init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

    aliquid visu,

    Sil. 3, 408;

    and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
    B.
    To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    omnes animo virtutes,

    id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

    animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

    omnia animis et cogitatione,

    id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

    aliquid mente,

    id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

    aliquid memoriā,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

    qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

    aliquid certis signis,

    Col. 6, 24, 3:

    aliquid experimentis assiduis,

    Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

    esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

    virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
    C.
    To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

    breviter paucis comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

    breviter comprehensa sententia,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

    comprehendam brevi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

    perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    (Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

    ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

    id. Brut. 8, 34:

    in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

    emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

    Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

    ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

    aliquid dictis,

    Ov. M. 13, 160:

    quae si comprendere coner,

    id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
    2.
    Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

    neque enim numero comprendere refert,

    Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

    numerum quorum comprendere non est,

    id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
    D.
    To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

    mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

    to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    adulescentem humanitate tuā,

    id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

    quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

    id. Planc. 19. 47.—
    E.
    To shut in, include (late Lat.):

    spiritum in effigiem,

    Lact. 4, 8, 9:

    elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

    id. 2, 6, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > compraendo

  • 3 comprehendo

    com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

    (vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

    cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

    id. 7, 12, 1:

    mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

    Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

    morsu guttura,

    Luc. 4, 727:

    nuces modio,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    naves,

    to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

    oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

    Cels. 7, 4, 3:

    comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

    ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

    aures,

    Tib. 2, 5, 92:

    nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

    let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

    naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

    assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

    ignem,

    to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

    and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

    Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

    opera flammā comprehensa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

    avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

    Ov. M. 9, 234:

    loca vallo,

    Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

    comprehensa aedificia,

    Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

    aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

    tam capitalem hostem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

    hominem,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

    nefarios duces,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    Virginium,

    Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

    praesidium Punicum,

    id. 26, 14, 7:

    hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

    in fugā,

    id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

    comprehensus morbo,

    Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

    comprehensi pestiferā lue,

    id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

    aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
    * b.
    Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
    2.
    To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

    fures,

    Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf. to the crime:

    nefandum adulterium,

    to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

    res ejus indicio,

    id. Clu. 16, 47.—
    3.
    Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

    cum comprehendit (surculus),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

    in gen.,

    Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
    4.
    Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

    si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

    Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
    5.
    Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

    ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

    Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
    6.
    In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

    aliquid melle,

    Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
    7.
    Of the range of a missile:

    quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

    Sil. 4, 102.—
    8.
    Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

    si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

    Cels. 8, 3 init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

    aliquid visu,

    Sil. 3, 408;

    and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
    B.
    To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    omnes animo virtutes,

    id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

    animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

    omnia animis et cogitatione,

    id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

    aliquid mente,

    id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

    aliquid memoriā,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

    qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

    aliquid certis signis,

    Col. 6, 24, 3:

    aliquid experimentis assiduis,

    Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

    esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

    virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
    C.
    To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

    breviter paucis comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

    breviter comprehensa sententia,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

    comprehendam brevi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

    perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    (Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

    ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

    id. Brut. 8, 34:

    in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

    emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

    Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

    ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

    aliquid dictis,

    Ov. M. 13, 160:

    quae si comprendere coner,

    id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
    2.
    Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

    neque enim numero comprendere refert,

    Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

    numerum quorum comprendere non est,

    id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
    D.
    To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

    mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

    to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    adulescentem humanitate tuā,

    id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

    quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

    id. Planc. 19. 47.—
    E.
    To shut in, include (late Lat.):

    spiritum in effigiem,

    Lact. 4, 8, 9:

    elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

    id. 2, 6, 1.

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  • 4 conprehendo

    com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

    (vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

    cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

    id. 7, 12, 1:

    mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

    Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

    morsu guttura,

    Luc. 4, 727:

    nuces modio,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    naves,

    to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

    oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

    Cels. 7, 4, 3:

    comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

    ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

    aures,

    Tib. 2, 5, 92:

    nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

    let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

    naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

    assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

    ignem,

    to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

    and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

    Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

    opera flammā comprehensa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

    avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

    Ov. M. 9, 234:

    loca vallo,

    Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

    comprehensa aedificia,

    Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

    aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

    tam capitalem hostem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

    hominem,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

    nefarios duces,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    Virginium,

    Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

    praesidium Punicum,

    id. 26, 14, 7:

    hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

    in fugā,

    id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

    comprehensus morbo,

    Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

    comprehensi pestiferā lue,

    id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

    aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
    * b.
    Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
    2.
    To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

    fures,

    Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf. to the crime:

    nefandum adulterium,

    to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

    res ejus indicio,

    id. Clu. 16, 47.—
    3.
    Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

    cum comprehendit (surculus),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

    in gen.,

    Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
    4.
    Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

    si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

    Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
    5.
    Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

    ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

    Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
    6.
    In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

    aliquid melle,

    Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
    7.
    Of the range of a missile:

    quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

    Sil. 4, 102.—
    8.
    Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

    si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

    Cels. 8, 3 init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

    aliquid visu,

    Sil. 3, 408;

    and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
    B.
    To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    omnes animo virtutes,

    id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

    animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

    omnia animis et cogitatione,

    id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

    aliquid mente,

    id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

    aliquid memoriā,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

    qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

    aliquid certis signis,

    Col. 6, 24, 3:

    aliquid experimentis assiduis,

    Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

    esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

    virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
    C.
    To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

    breviter paucis comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

    breviter comprehensa sententia,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

    comprehendam brevi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

    perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    (Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

    ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

    id. Brut. 8, 34:

    in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

    emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

    Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

    ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

    aliquid dictis,

    Ov. M. 13, 160:

    quae si comprendere coner,

    id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
    2.
    Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

    neque enim numero comprendere refert,

    Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

    numerum quorum comprendere non est,

    id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
    D.
    To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

    mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

    to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    adulescentem humanitate tuā,

    id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

    quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

    id. Planc. 19. 47.—
    E.
    To shut in, include (late Lat.):

    spiritum in effigiem,

    Lact. 4, 8, 9:

    elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

    id. 2, 6, 1.

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  • 5 amplector

        amplector exus, ī, dep.    [am- + plecto], to twine around, encircle, encompass, embrace: manibus saxa, to grasp, L.: ansas acantho, V.: urbes muro, H.: illam in somnis, T.: me: Nox tellurem amplectitur alis, overshadows, V.—Fig., of the mind, to embrace, understand, comprehend, see through: omnia consilio.—In speech, to comprehend in discussion, discuss particularly, handle, treat: quod (argumentum) verbis: res per scripturam: cuncta meis versibus, V.—To sum up, treat summarily: omnis oratores: omnia communiter, L.— To comprehend under a name: alqd virtutis nomine.—To embrace with love, esteem, value, honor, cling to: quem (filium) mihi videtur amplecti res p.: amore possessiones: hoc se amplectitur uno, piques himself on, H.: rem p. nimium (of one who robs the treasury).—Of military operations, to cover, occupy: quindecim milia passuum circuitu, Cs.: Brigantium partem victoriā, Ta.
    * * *
    amplecti, amplexus sum V DEP
    surround, encircle, embrace, clasp; esteem; cherish; surround, include, grasp

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  • 6 teneō

        teneō tenuī, —, ēre    [2 TA-], to hold, keep, have, grasp, hold fast: flabellulum, T.: facem, V. telum, L.: cruentum gladium: manu Fragmina, O.: Dextra tenet ferrum, O.: ore cibum, Ph.: Hanc teneo sinu, O.; cf. cum res non coniecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur, i. e. was palpable. —Fig., to hold in mind, take in, understand, conceive, comprehend, know: rem tenes, you understand the situation, T.: teneo, I understand, T.: quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur: quo pacto cuncta tenerem, H.—Implying possession or control, to hold, possess, be master of, control, occupy: multa hereditatibus tenebantur sine iniuriā: quae tenuit dives Achaemenes, H.: loca, L.: colles praesidiis, Cs.: terras, H.: alterum cornu, command, N.: provincias aliaque omnia, S.: rem p. opes paucorum tenere coeperunt, to control public affairs: ut res p. vi tribuniciā teneretur, should be mastered, cf. qui tenent (sc. rem p.), qui potiuntur, i. e. who are in supreme power: me Galatea tenebat, i. e. held my affections, V.: teneone te? i. e. are you restored to me? T.—Implying persistence, to hold fast, keep, occupy, watch, guard, defend, maintain, retain: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: Capitolia celsa, V.: in manicis te sub custode, H.: Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt.—Of a way or course, to hold, keep, maintain, follow up: secundissimo vento cursum, to hold one's course: vento intermisso cursum, Cs.: Quove tenetis iter? V.: tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar, L.: Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse (sc. cursum), sailed, L.: medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene, O.; cf. hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, blows the wrong way, N.—Fig., to hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist on: consuetudinem meam: non tenebat ornatum suum civitas: ius suum: haec duo in amicitiā, etc.: imperium in suos: silentium, L. — To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist: illud arcte tenent, voluptatem esse summum bonum: propositum, maintain, Cs.: suas leges: quo causae teste tenentur, H.: plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, L.: tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, L.— Of the memory, to hold, keep: tui memoriam cum summā benevolentiā, preserve a recollection of: memoriā tenetis, res esse, etc., you remember numeros memini, si verba tenerem, recollect, V.: dicta tenere, H.—Of disposition or desire, to possess, occupy, control: quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc., has had possession of you: magna me spes tenet: nisi forte quem perniciosa libido tenet, S.: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled: pompā, ludis, to be fascinated: ab <*>ratore iam obsessus est ac tenetur.— To hold position, maintain oneself, stay, be posted: quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat, L.: tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis, V.— To hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail: imber per noctem totam tenuit, L.: tenet fama, lupam, etc, L.: fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio, L.—Implying attainment, to reach, arrive at, attain, occupy: montes Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere, L.: portum, L.: Hesperiam, O.—Fig., to reach, gain, acquire, obtain, attain: per cursum rectum regnum tenere: virtute regnum, L.: teneri res aliter non potest: causam, O.—Implying restraint, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay: naves, quae vento tenebantur, Cs.: classem ibi tenebat, L.: si id te non tenet, advola: Marcellum ab gerundis rebus: ne diutius teneam: tene linguam, O.: pecus omne tenendum, V.: manum, H.: quo me decet usque teneri? V.: lacrimas in morte miserā: exercitum in stativis, L.—With pron reflex., to keep back, remain, stay: castris sese, Cs.: castris se pavidus tenebat, L.: a conventu se remotum domi, N.: me ab accusando, refrain.— Fig., to hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter: iracundiam: risum: iram, Cu.: ea, quae occurrunt, keep to themselves: Sed te, ne faceres, tenuit reverentia famae, O.—Implying constraint, to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control: quamquam leges eum non tenent: interdicto non teneri: ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent, L.: teneri alienis foederibus, L.: poenā teneri, to be liable: testibus in re perspicuā teneri, to be convicted.— Implying comprehension, to take in, comprise, comprehend, include: haec magnos formula reges tenet. H.: ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur: id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate.
    * * *
    tenere, tenui, tentus V
    hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; represent; support

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  • 7 amplecto

    am-plector (old form amploctor, Prisc. p. 552, 39 P.), exus, 3, v. dep. ( act. form amplecto, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.; Struve, 114.—In pass., Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 27; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.).
    I.
    A.. Lit., to wind or twine round a person or thing (aliquem, plekesthai amphitina; hence with reference to the other object; cf. adimo), to surround, encompass, encircle; of living beings, to embrace (class. in prose and poetry): genua amplectens, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P. (as transl. of Hom. Od. 6, 142: gounôn labôn):

    amplectimur tibi genua,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 16; so id. Cist. 2, 3, 25:

    exsanguem (patrem) amplexus,

    Tac. H. 3, 25:

    effigiem Augusti amplecti,

    id. A. 4, 67:

    magnam Herculis aram,

    id. ib. 12, 24:

    serpens arboris amplectens stirpem,

    Lucr. 5, 34:

    quorum tellus amplectitur ossa,

    id. 1, 135:

    manibus saxa,

    to grasp, Liv. 5, 47:

    munimento amplecti,

    id. 35, 28; so id. 41, 5 et saep.:

    amplectitur intra se insulam,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 3:

    amplexa jugerum soli quercus,

    id. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

    et molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho,

    Verg. E. 3, 45:

    urbes amplecti muro,

    Hor. A. P. 209 et saep.:

    visne ego te ac tute me amplectare?

    Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 9; * Ter. And. 2, 5, 19:

    ille me amplexus atque osculans flere prohibebat,

    Cic. Somn. Scip. 3 (id. Rep. 6, 14, where Orell. reads complexus).—
    B.
    Of space, to embrace:

    spatium amplexus ad vim remigii,

    Tac. A. 12, 56:

    quattuor milia passuum ambitu amplexus est,

    id. ib. 4, 49:

    domus naturae amplectens pontum terrasque jacentes,

    Manil. 1, 536.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To embrace in mind or knowledge, i. e. to comprehend, to understand:

    animo rei magnitudinem amplecti,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19:

    Quas (artes) si quis unus complexus omnes,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 76:

    quae si judex non amplectetur omnia consilio, non animo ac mente circumspiciet,

    id. Font. 7; also simply to reflect upon, to consider:

    cogitationem toto pectore amplecti,

    id. Att. 12, 35.—
    B.
    In discourse, to comprehend, i.e. to discuss, to handle, treat:

    quod ego argumentum pluribus verbis amplecterer,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 12:

    actio verbis causam et rationem juris amplectitur,

    id. Caecin. 14, 40:

    omnes res per scripturam amplecti,

    id. Inv. 2, 50: non ego cuncta meis amplecti versibus opto, Verg. G. 2, 42:

    totius Ponti forma breviter amplectenda est, ut facilius partes noscantur,

    Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75.—Also of a name, to comprehend under:

    quod idem interdum virtutis nomine amplectimur,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf.:

    si quis universam et propriam oratoris vim definire complectique vult,

    to define the peculiar function of the orator and include the whole of it, id. de Or. 1, 15, 64; so of a law, to include:

    sed neque haec (verba) in principem aut principis parentem, quos lex majestatis amplectitur,

    Tac. A. 4, 34.—
    C.
    Of study, learning, to include, embrace: neque eam tamen scientiam, quam adjungis oratori, complexus es, but yet have notincluded in your attainments that knowledge which, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 77:

    Quod si tantam rerum maximarum arte suā rhetorici illi doctores complecterentur,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 86.—
    D.
    To embrace in heart, i.e. to love, favor, cherish:

    quem mihi videtur amplecti res publica,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3:

    nimis amplecti plebem videbatur,

    id. Mil. 72:

    aliquem amicissime,

    id. Fam. 6, 6 fin.; Sall. J. 7, 6:

    hoc se amplectitur uno, i. e. se amat,

    esteems himself, Hor. S. 1, 2, 53:

    qui tanto amore possessiones suas amplexi tenebant,

    Cic. Sull. 20;

    opp. repudiare,

    id. de Or. 1, 24;

    opp. removere,

    id. Cat. 4, 7:

    amplecti virtutem,

    id. Phil. 10, 4:

    nobilitatem et dignitates hominum amplecti,

    id. Fam. 4, 8: mens hominis amplectitur maxime cognitionem, delights in understanding, id. Ac. pr. 2, 10, 31: (episcopum) amplectentem eum fidelem sermonem, * Vulg. Tit. 1, 9: amplexus civitates (sc. animo), having fixed his mind on, i. e. intending to attack, seize, Tac. Agr. 25:

    causam rei publicae amplecti,

    Cic. Sest. 93;

    and so playfully of one who robs the State treasury: rem publicam nimium amplecti,

    id. Fl. 18.—
    E.
    In circumlocution: magnam Brigantium partem aut victoriā amplexus est aut bello, embraced in conquest, i. e. conquered, Tac. Agr. 17.

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  • 8 amplector

    am-plector (old form amploctor, Prisc. p. 552, 39 P.), exus, 3, v. dep. ( act. form amplecto, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.; Struve, 114.—In pass., Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 27; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.).
    I.
    A.. Lit., to wind or twine round a person or thing (aliquem, plekesthai amphitina; hence with reference to the other object; cf. adimo), to surround, encompass, encircle; of living beings, to embrace (class. in prose and poetry): genua amplectens, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P. (as transl. of Hom. Od. 6, 142: gounôn labôn):

    amplectimur tibi genua,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 16; so id. Cist. 2, 3, 25:

    exsanguem (patrem) amplexus,

    Tac. H. 3, 25:

    effigiem Augusti amplecti,

    id. A. 4, 67:

    magnam Herculis aram,

    id. ib. 12, 24:

    serpens arboris amplectens stirpem,

    Lucr. 5, 34:

    quorum tellus amplectitur ossa,

    id. 1, 135:

    manibus saxa,

    to grasp, Liv. 5, 47:

    munimento amplecti,

    id. 35, 28; so id. 41, 5 et saep.:

    amplectitur intra se insulam,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 3:

    amplexa jugerum soli quercus,

    id. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

    et molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho,

    Verg. E. 3, 45:

    urbes amplecti muro,

    Hor. A. P. 209 et saep.:

    visne ego te ac tute me amplectare?

    Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 9; * Ter. And. 2, 5, 19:

    ille me amplexus atque osculans flere prohibebat,

    Cic. Somn. Scip. 3 (id. Rep. 6, 14, where Orell. reads complexus).—
    B.
    Of space, to embrace:

    spatium amplexus ad vim remigii,

    Tac. A. 12, 56:

    quattuor milia passuum ambitu amplexus est,

    id. ib. 4, 49:

    domus naturae amplectens pontum terrasque jacentes,

    Manil. 1, 536.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To embrace in mind or knowledge, i. e. to comprehend, to understand:

    animo rei magnitudinem amplecti,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19:

    Quas (artes) si quis unus complexus omnes,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 76:

    quae si judex non amplectetur omnia consilio, non animo ac mente circumspiciet,

    id. Font. 7; also simply to reflect upon, to consider:

    cogitationem toto pectore amplecti,

    id. Att. 12, 35.—
    B.
    In discourse, to comprehend, i.e. to discuss, to handle, treat:

    quod ego argumentum pluribus verbis amplecterer,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 12:

    actio verbis causam et rationem juris amplectitur,

    id. Caecin. 14, 40:

    omnes res per scripturam amplecti,

    id. Inv. 2, 50: non ego cuncta meis amplecti versibus opto, Verg. G. 2, 42:

    totius Ponti forma breviter amplectenda est, ut facilius partes noscantur,

    Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75.—Also of a name, to comprehend under:

    quod idem interdum virtutis nomine amplectimur,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf.:

    si quis universam et propriam oratoris vim definire complectique vult,

    to define the peculiar function of the orator and include the whole of it, id. de Or. 1, 15, 64; so of a law, to include:

    sed neque haec (verba) in principem aut principis parentem, quos lex majestatis amplectitur,

    Tac. A. 4, 34.—
    C.
    Of study, learning, to include, embrace: neque eam tamen scientiam, quam adjungis oratori, complexus es, but yet have notincluded in your attainments that knowledge which, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 77:

    Quod si tantam rerum maximarum arte suā rhetorici illi doctores complecterentur,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 86.—
    D.
    To embrace in heart, i.e. to love, favor, cherish:

    quem mihi videtur amplecti res publica,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3:

    nimis amplecti plebem videbatur,

    id. Mil. 72:

    aliquem amicissime,

    id. Fam. 6, 6 fin.; Sall. J. 7, 6:

    hoc se amplectitur uno, i. e. se amat,

    esteems himself, Hor. S. 1, 2, 53:

    qui tanto amore possessiones suas amplexi tenebant,

    Cic. Sull. 20;

    opp. repudiare,

    id. de Or. 1, 24;

    opp. removere,

    id. Cat. 4, 7:

    amplecti virtutem,

    id. Phil. 10, 4:

    nobilitatem et dignitates hominum amplecti,

    id. Fam. 4, 8: mens hominis amplectitur maxime cognitionem, delights in understanding, id. Ac. pr. 2, 10, 31: (episcopum) amplectentem eum fidelem sermonem, * Vulg. Tit. 1, 9: amplexus civitates (sc. animo), having fixed his mind on, i. e. intending to attack, seize, Tac. Agr. 25:

    causam rei publicae amplecti,

    Cic. Sest. 93;

    and so playfully of one who robs the State treasury: rem publicam nimium amplecti,

    id. Fl. 18.—
    E.
    In circumlocution: magnam Brigantium partem aut victoriā amplexus est aut bello, embraced in conquest, i. e. conquered, Tac. Agr. 17.

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  • 9 teneo

    tĕnĕo, tĕnŭi, tentum, 2 ( perf. subj. tetinerim, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 15:

    tetinerit,

    Att. ib. 178, 12:

    tetinisse,

    Pac. ib. 178, 11; fut. perf. tetinero, acc. to Fest. p. 252 Müll. Another collat. form of the perf. tenivi, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; Diom. pp. 363 and 369 ib.), v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan-; Gr. tanumai, teinô; Sanscr. tanomi, to stretch, spread; this root appears in many derived meanings; cf. Lat.: tendo, tenuis, tener, tenor, tenus].
    I.
    Act., to hold, keep, have in the hand, in the mouth, etc.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Eu. Porrige bracchium, prehende: jam tenes? Cha. Teneo. Eu. Tene, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 42; cf.

    argentum,

    id. Pers. 3, 3, 9:

    cum pyxidem teneret in manu,

    Cic. Cael. 26, 63;

    for which: aliquid manu,

    Quint. 10, 7, 31; Ov. M. 11, 560; id. A. A. 1, 320; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 34:

    aliquid dextrā,

    Ov. F. 1, 99:

    digitis,

    id. ib. 2, 102; id. M. 9, 86; 9, 522:

    lacertis,

    id. ib. 2, 100 al.:

    radicem ore,

    Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141:

    cibum ore,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 6;

    for which: decoctum diu in ore,

    Plin. 25, 13, 105, § 166:

    aliquem in sinu,

    Ov. H. 3, 114;

    for which: aliquem sinu,

    id. ib. 13, 157:

    flabellulum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

    facem,

    Verg. A. 6, 224:

    telum,

    Liv. 2, 19. — Prov.: manu tenere aliquid, to seize, grasp, or comprehend a thing which is palpable or evident: aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias: leges, quātenus manu tenere possunt;

    philosophi, quātenus ratione et intellegentiā,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.:

    cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur,

    id. Clu. 7, 20. —
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    With the accessory idea of possession, to hold, i. e. to be master of, have in one ' s power, possess, etc. (syn.:

    possideo, habeo): multa hereditatibus, multa emptionibus, multa dotibus tenebantur sine injuriā,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

    quae tenuit dives Achaemenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 21:

    Evander qui multis ante tempestatibus tenuerat loca,

    Liv. 1, 5:

    provinciam a praedonibus liberam,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 32:

    colles praesidiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 43:

    Formiarum moenia et Lirim,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 8:

    tenente Caesare terras,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 15:

    rem publicam,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83; id. Sest. 19, 44:

    summam imperii,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 22:

    equitum centurias,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3:

    alterum cornu,

    to command, Nep. Pelop. 4, 3:

    provincias aliaque omnia,

    Sall. C. 39, 2: scenam, to have sole possession of. [p. 1854] rule over, Suet. Tit. 7. —

    Of the possession of the object of affection: te tenet,

    Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52; Verg. E. 1, 32; Ov. H. 2, 103 Ruhnk.; 15, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 3; Phaedr. 2, 2, 4.—In colloq. lang., teneo te, I have you once more, of again seeing the beloved person:

    teneone te, Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 27 Ruhnk.; Sen. Ben. 7, 4; Ov. H. 18, 183; cf.:

    et comitem Aenean juxta natumque tenebat Ingrediens,

    Verg. A. 8, 308.—Also like our I have you (fast, bound, etc.):

    teneo te, inquam, nam ista Academiae est propria sententia,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; id. Quint. 20, 63.— Absol.: qui tenent (sc. rem publicam), who are in possession of the State, of public affairs:

    qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 2, 18, 1. —
    b.
    With the accessory idea of firmness, persistence, to hold fast, occupy; to watch, guard, defend; to maintain, retain a thing:

    legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    montes teneri,

    id. B. G. 3, 2:

    haec noctu firmis praesidiis tenebantur,

    id. ib. 7, 69:

    Capitolia celsa tenebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 653:

    quo teneam Protea nodo?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90:

    te neque intra Claustra tenebo,

    id. C. 3, 11, 44; cf.:

    in manicis et Compedibus saevo te sub custode tenebo,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 77: laqueis (se) sensit teneri... fugam frustra tentabat;

    at illam Lenta tenet radix exsultantemque coërcet,

    Ov. M. 11, 74 sq.; 1, 535:

    Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

    agri qui diu aquam tenent,

    Pall. Apr. 2, 4:

    classem ibi tenebat,

    Liv. 31, 46, 8: secundissimo vento cursum tenere, to hold or keep one ' s course, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

    vento intermisso cursum non tenuit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 4, 28; so,

    cursum,

    Cic. Planc. 21, 52; id. Rep. 1, 2, 3 fin.; Quint. 4, 3, 13:

    quo iter,

    Verg. A. 1, 370; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 10:

    (lunam) fingunt cursus viam sub sole tenere,

    Lucr. 5, 714:

    tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar,

    Liv. 29, 32, 6.—
    c.
    With the accessory idea of reaching the object aimed at, to reach, attain a place:

    montes effuso cursu Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere,

    Liv. 1, 37, 4:

    regionem,

    id. 30, 25, 11:

    Tenum,

    id. 36, 21, 1:

    terram,

    id. 37, 16, 4; 37, 11, 5; 37, 13, 4;

    26, 29, 4: Hesperiam,

    Ov. F. 1, 498:

    portus,

    id. H. 18, 198; Tac. Agr. 38 fin.:

    cum quibus (navibus) Cythnum insulam tenuit,

    id. H. 2, 9.—
    d.
    With the accessory idea of movement impeded, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay, etc.:

    naves, quae vento tenebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

    quid hic agatur, scire poteris ex eo, qui litteras attulit, quem diutius tenui, quia, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1:

    si id te non tenet, advola,

    id. Fam. 16, 19:

    septimum jam diem Corcyrae tenebamur,

    id. ib. 16, 7 init.:

    Marcellum ab gerundis rebus valetudo adversa Nolae tenuit,

    Liv. 24, 20, 7:

    non tenebo te pluribus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; cf. absol.:

    ne diutius teneam,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 34: solutum (corpus) tenere, Cels. praef. med.; cf.

    ventrem,

    id. 4, 19 med.:

    tene linguam,

    Ov. F. 2, 602:

    pecus omne tenendum,

    Verg. G. 2, 371:

    vix a te videor posse tenere manus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10; so,

    manus,

    id. M. 13, 203; cf.:

    manum stomachumque teneto,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 44:

    saeva tene cum Berecyntio Cornu tympana,

    id. C. 1, 18, 13:

    et Phoebi tenuere viam,

    i. e. impeded, closed up, Luc. 5, 136:

    quo me decet usque teneri?

    Verg. A. 5, 384:

    lacrimas,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; so,

    lacrimas in morte miserā non tenebamus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    dictator exercitum in stativis tenebat,

    Liv. 6, 14, 1. —
    (β).
    Esp.: se tenere, to keep back, remain, stay:

    Sabinus castris sese tenebat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 45, 2:

    nullā clade acceptā castris se pavidus tenebat,

    id. 3, 26, 3:

    Hasdrubal procul ab hoste intervallo tenebat se,

    id. 23, 26, 2:

    se domi a conventu remotum tenere,

    Nep. Dion, 9, 1:

    ego tamen teneo ab accusando vix me hercule: sed tamen teneo,

    restrain myself, refrain, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

    nec se tenuit, quin, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 4, 12; cf.

    mid.: teneri non potui, quin tibi apertius illud idem his litteris declararem,

    id. Att. 15, 14, 2; Just. 6, 7, 10; cf.:

    se intra silentium tenuit,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8:

    multum me intra silentium tenui,

    id. ib. 7, 6, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to hold, contain in the mind, to conceive, comprehend, know (syn.:

    percipio, intellego): nunc ego teneo, nunc scio, Quid sit hoc negotii,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 39: tenes Quorsum haec tendant quae loquor, id. Ps. 1, 2, 81:

    tenes, quid dicam?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22:

    teneo,

    I understand, id. And. 1, 1, 59:

    teneo quid erret,

    id. 3, 2, 18; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37; cf.: quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 5:

    quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus... Lyciis tenentur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 15, 25:

    quoniam ea, quae tenebatis ipsi, etiam ex me audire voluistis,

    id. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

    alicujus reconditos sensus,

    id. Sest. 10, 22:

    quo pacto cuncta tenerem,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 8:

    et teneo melius ista,

    Mart. 4, 37, 7.—With inf.:

    nullus frugi esse homo potest, nisi qui et bene facere et male tenet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 10; Lucr. 3, 647.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To have possession of, have the mastery of, to control any thing:

    cum rem publicam opes paucorum non virtutes tenere coeperunt,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51.—
    b.
    To hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist (syn. servo):

    sin consuetudinem meam, quam in re publicā semper habui, tenuero,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27:

    ordinem,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 35:

    portum,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

    statum,

    id. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    non tenebat ornatum suum civitas,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    si jus suum populi teneant,

    id. ib. 1, 32, 48:

    nec diutius umquam tenetur idem rei publicae modus,

    id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

    est boni viri, haec duo tenere in amicitiā, etc.,

    id. Lael. 18, 65:

    morem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 44; so id. Fl. 7, 15; Verg. A. 3, 408:

    foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    tenebat non modo auctoritatem, sed etiam imperium in suos,

    id. Sen. 11, 37:

    silentium,

    Liv. 1, 28, 8.—
    c.
    To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist:

    illud arcte tenent accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum,

    hold fast, maintain, Cic. Par. 1, 3, 14; cf.:

    illud, quod multos annos tenuisset,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71; and:

    quod idem Peripatetici non tenent,

    id. Fin. 3, 13, 44:

    propositum tenere,

    to maintain, Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 1:

    suas leges,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 13:

    causam apud centumviros,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    quo causae teste tenentur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 43:

    locum quendam cum aliquo,

    Cic. Brut. 21, 81.— With ne:

    plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur,

    Liv. 4, 30, 16:

    ne quid ferretur ad populum, patres tenuere,

    id. 3, 29, 8; 24, 19, 7. — With ut:

    tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur,

    Liv. 2, 42, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    scripseram tenuisse Varenum ut sibi evocare testes liceret,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1.—
    d.
    Of memory:

    alicujus memoriam cum summā benevolentiā tenere,

    to recollect, preserve a recollection of, Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1.—Esp.:

    memoriā tenere: memoriā tenetis, compluris in Capitolio res de caelo esse percussas,

    you remember, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 1, 9, 12; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; cf.:

    memoriā teneo, C. Sulpicium Gallum, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 14, 21; v. memoria; so without memoria, to bear in mind, remember, recollect:

    satin' haec meministi et tenes?

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

    numeros memini, si verba tenerem,

    Verg. E. 9, 45:

    dicta tenere,

    Hor. A. P. 336; id. S. 2, 4, 8:

    quem (Cyrum) omnia militum tenuisse creditum est nomina,

    Quint. 11, 2, 50; 11, 2, 45.—
    e.
    To reach an object striven after, to gain, acquire, obtain, attain (syn. assequor):

    per cursum rectum regnum tenere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

    Servium Tullium post hunc captivā natum, ingenio virtute regnum tenuisse,

    Liv. 4, 3, 12:

    teneri res aliter non potest,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

    multa tenuisse,

    Liv. 42, 11, 8:

    causam,

    Ov. M. 13, 190.—
    f.
    To hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter, etc. (syn.:

    refreno, retineo): iracundiam teneat, avaritiam coërceat,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

    dolorem,

    id. Att. 12, 38, 2:

    cupiditates,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:

    somnum,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    risum,

    id. Vatin. 8, 20; Hor. A. P. 5:

    iram,

    Curt. 4, 2, 5:

    ea, quae occurrant, tenere,

    to hold back, keep to themselves, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.—
    g.
    Of laws, etc., to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control, etc.:

    quamquam leges eum non tenent,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11; cf.:

    interdicto non teneri,

    id. Caecin. 14, 41:

    voto quodam et promisso teneri,

    id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent,

    Liv. 8, 12, 14; cf.:

    olim patricii dicebant se plebi scitis non teneri,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 3:

    cum velut in controverso jure esset, tenerenturne patres plebi scitis, legem tulere, ut quod tributim plebis jussisset, populum teneret,

    Liv. 3, 55, 3:

    teneri alienis foederibus,

    id. 24, 29, 11: poenā teneri, to be subject or liable to, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:

    testibus in re perspicuā teneri,

    to be convicted, id. Caecin. 2, 4; cf.: nemo ita in manifesto peccatu tenebatur, ut, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:

    caedis teneri,

    Quint. 5, 14, 11:

    teneri repetundarum,

    Tac. A. 11, 7 fin.:

    furti,

    Dig. 6, 1, 4:

    injuriarum,

    ib. 47, 10, 11:

    mandati,

    ib. 17, 1, 10.— Transf.:

    nisi illi ipsi, qui eas (libidines) frangere deberent, cupiditatis ejusdem tenerentur,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31 Mos. and Orell. N. cr. —
    h.
    Of dispositions, desires, etc., to possess, occupy, control:

    quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc.,

    has had possession of you, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:

    summum me eorum (librorum) studium tenet,

    id. Att. 1, 11, 3:

    magna me spes tenet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

    de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit,

    id. Att. 7, 2, 6:

    si consilio pulso libidines iracundiaeve tenerent omnia,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciosa libido tenet,

    Sall. J. 3, 4: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled or influenced, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45; so,

    teneri desiderio,

    id. Sen. 10, 33:

    studio philosophiae,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:

    magno amore,

    Verg. A. 1, 675:

    pompā, ludis atque ejusmodi spectaculis teneri,

    to be enchained, fascinated, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48; cf.:

    ut oculi picturā teneantur, aures cantibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

    is qui audit, ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur,

    id. Or. 62, 210.—With ne, Ov. M. 7, 146. —
    k.
    To take in, comprise, comprehend, include:

    haec magnos formula reges, Excepto sapiente, tenet,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 46.—More freq. pass.: teneri aliquā re, to be contained, comprised, grounded, to consist in a thing:

    ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

    id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate,

    id. Off. 1, 45, 160:

    quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur,

    id. Fam. 13, 29, 1:

    dixi jam antea, ipsam rationem arandi spe magis et jucunditate quadam quam fructu atque emolumento teneri,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227.
    II.
    Neutr. (freq. after the Aug. per.; perh. not in Cic.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    To hold a position anywhere, maintain one ' s self:

    quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat,

    Liv. 32, 5, 12:

    duo extra ordinem milia tenuere,

    id. 3, 62, 7:

    tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis,

    Verg. A. 2, 505.—
    2.
    For cursum tenere, to hold or take one ' s way, to sail, steer in any direction:

    Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse,

    Liv. 1, 1, 4:

    Cassandream petentes, primo ad Mendin tenuere,

    Liv. 31, 45, 14:

    ad Mendaeum,

    id. 21, 49, 2:

    Diam,

    Ov. M. 3, 690:

    Creten,

    id. ib. 13, 706:

    Hesperiam,

    id. F. 1, 498:

    Ausoniam,

    id. ib. 4, 290 al.:

    medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene,

    Ov. M. 2, 140.—
    B.
    Trop., with the accessory idea of continuance (cf. I. A. 2. b. and B. 2. b. supra), to hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail, etc. (cf. obtineo):

    imber per noctem totam tenuit,

    Liv. 23, 44, 6; cf.:

    incendium per duas noctes ac diem unum tenuit,

    id. 24, 47, 15:

    per aliquot dies ea consultatio tenuit,

    id. 2, 3, 5; 3, 47, 6:

    tenet fama, lupam, etc.,

    id. 1, 4, 6:

    quod nunc quoque tenet nomen,

    id. 1, 17, 6:

    fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio,

    id. 23, 12, 2; 21, 46, 10:

    tenuit consuetudo, quae cottidie magis invalescit, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 2, 1, 1 Spald.; so,

    consuetudo, ut, etc.,

    id. 8, 5, 2:

    nomen illud tenet,

    id. 9, 4, 47 Spald.; cf. Ov. M. 1, 712.

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  • 10 complector or conplector

        complector or conplector plexus, ī, dep.    [PARC-, PLEC-], to clasp, embrace, grasp: mulierem, T.: patrem: nepotes, V.: dextram euntis, V.: pedes, V.: membra lacertis, O.: inter nos: inter se, L.: Te comitem, V. — To grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose: (vitis) claviculis quicquid est nacta complectitur: amaracus illum Floribus conplectitur, V.: spatium, to include (in fortifications), Cs.: Ruris quantum aratro Conplecti posses, i. e. plough around, O.: quoad stans complecti posset, grapple, N.: dextrā hostem, V.—Fig., of sleep, to seize upon, enfold: sopor complectitur artūs, V.: me somnus.—To grasp mentally, comprehend, understand: animum cogitatione: alqd: animo: cum conplector animo, reperio, etc.: genus iudiciorum: formam animi, to consider, Ta. — To comprise, express, describe, represent, explain, include, sum up, comprehend: facta oratione: hoc uno complector omnia: causas ipsā sententiā, sum up in the motion itself.— Poet.: est talīs complexa preces, summed up her wishes in, O. — In philos., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, C.—To embrace, value, honor, care for: eum beneficio: te benevolentiā: caritate civīs, L.: cunctam rem p. res tuae gestae complexae sunt, have extended to.—To embrace, include: omnīs omnium caritates patria una complexa est: quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur.—To seize, lay hold of, take possession of: (philosophiae) vis cum est idoneam complexa naturam.

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  • 11 contineō

        contineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [com-+teneo], to hold together, bound, limit, comprise, enclose, surround, environ: ut trabes artē contineantur, Cs.: oppidum pons continebat, made a connection with, Cs.: hiberna milibus passuum C continebantur, were comprised within, Cs.: loci naturā continentur, are shut in, Cs.: artes inter se continentur, hang together: Zonarum trium contentus fine, O. —To keep together, keep in a body: uno in loco legiones, Cs.: navīs ibi, Cs.: exercitum, L.—To shut in, hem in, surround, hold: munitionibus contineri, Cs.: angustissime Pompeium, Cs.—To hold fast, keep, hold in place, retain: quod recepit: merces (opp. partiri): (naves) copulis continebantur, Cs.: parta a maioribus, Ta.—To keep, detain, shut in, hold, restrain, repress: manūs, keep hands off, T.: unde manum continuit? H.: sub pellibus milites, Cs.: nostros in castris, Cs.: ora frenis, Ph.: ventos carcere, O.: animam in dicendo: se domi, to stay: suo se loco, Cs.: agricolam si continet imber, keeps in doors, V.: suis intra munitionem, Cs.: alqm dextrā prehensum, V.: deprensum hostem, O.: gradum, to halt, V. — To comprise, contain, comprehend: in se vim caloris: genitalia corpora mundus, O.—Fig., to hold together, keep, retain: rem p.: Belgas in officio, Cs.: ceteros in armis, L.: eius hospitio contineri, N.—To hold back, detain, repress, check, curb, stay, stop, subdue: adpetitiones animi: insolentiam suam: Etruriam terrore, L.: animum a consuetā libidine, S.: hos flumina continebant, Cs.: manum iuventus Metu deorum, H.: se male, O.: vix me contineo, quin, etc., T.: non posse milites contineri, quin, etc., Cs.: vix contineor, refrain, T.: Quae vera audivi, keep to myself, T.: libros, keep back: odia tacitis nunc discordiis continentur, are confined within the limits of.—To comprehend, embrace, include, comprise: liber continet res gestas regum, N.: (comitia) rem militarem continent (i. e. in their jurisdiction), L.: fabula continet aestūs, H.: quo more caerimonia continetur, consists, Cs.: quae maxime rem continerent, the principal points, L.: forum, in quo aequitas continetur.
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    continere, continui, contentus V TRANS
    secure, maintain, sustain; fasten/hold in position; retain, keep safe, preserve; hinder, contain/shut in/confine; stay; restrain/hold back; comprise/form basis; keep/hold/hang together/fast; surround, enclose, contain, limit; concentrate

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  • 12 interpretor

        interpretor ātus, ārī, dep.    [interpres], to explain, expound, interpret, understand, conclude, infer, comprehend: si interpretari velis: religiones, Cs.: somnia: sententiam tuam: ad voluntatem, L.: ut plerique quaererent famam, pauci interpretarentur, understood, Ta.: liberatum se esse iure iurando, interpretabatur, inferred: consilium ex necessitate, voluntatem ex vi.— Pass: ex quo ita illud somnium esse interpretatum, ut, etc.—To decide, determine: recte an perperam, L.— To translate: recte sententiam.— Pass impers.: uti ex libris Punicis interpretatum nobis est, S.
    * * *
    interpretari, interpretatus sum V DEP
    explain/expound; interpret/prophesy from (dream/omen); understand/comprehend; decide; translate; regard/construe; take view (that); interpret to suit self

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  • 13 prehendo

    I
    prehendere, prehendi, prehensus V TRANS
    catch/capture; take hold of/possession of/in hand, arrest; occupy; seize/grasp; catch up with; reach shore/harbor; understand, comprehend; get a grip on
    II
    prehendere, prehendidi, prehenditus V TRANS
    catch/capture; take hold of/possession of/in hand, arrest; occupy; seize/grasp; catch up with; reach shore/harbor; understand, comprehend; get a grip on

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  • 14 complector

    complector ( conp-), plexus, 3, v. dep. (in signif. mostly coinciding with amplector), prop., to entwine around a person or thing (cf. amplector; class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    a.
    Of persons, to clasp, embrace, as an expression of affection.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    vidi et illam et hospitem Conplexum atque ausculantem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 53: adcurrit;

    mediam mulierem complectitur,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 106:

    tum ille artius puellam amplexus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103:

    viri corpus,

    Lucr. 4, 1193:

    (adulescentem) complexus osculatusque dimiserit,

    Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

    suum maritum,

    Ov. M. 12, 428:

    nepotes,

    Verg. A. 6, 786:

    aliquem conplexa tenere,

    Cic. Font. 21, 47 (17, 36); cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 121.—Of parts of the person:

    dextram euntis,

    Verg. A. 8, 558; Ov. M. 6, 494; cf. Curt. 6, 7, 8:

    infirmis membra lacertis,

    Ov. M. 10, 407:

    genua. in supplication,

    Quint. 6, 1, 34:

    pedes alicujus,

    Luc. 10, 89.—
    (β).
    With inter se:

    nosque inter nos esse conplexos,

    Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

    conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

    Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.—
    (γ).
    With in vicem, Quint. 7, 10, 17.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    nequeunt conplecti satis,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32: Phr. Conplectere. Di. Lubens, id. Truc. 2, 4, 19:

    contineri qum conplectar non queo,

    id. Men. 5, 9, 65; id. Mil. 4, 8, 19; Prop. 1, [p. 390] 10, 5.—
    (ε).
    With cum and abl., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 134.—
    b.
    In gen., to grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose:

    (vitis) claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

    (orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    complexi terram maris,

    Ov. M. 8, 731:

    ubi mollis amaracus illum (Ascanium) Floribus et dulci conplectitur umbrā,

    Verg. A. 1, 694:

    vestis complectens undique corpus,

    Cat. 64, 307:

    spatium,

    to mark out around for military purposes, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Auct. B. G. 8, 74; cf.

    of ploughing around,

    Ov. M. 15, 619:

    aliquem obsidione,

    Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.:

    caput digitis cruentis,

    Ov. M. 3, 727:

    manibus eminentia saxa,

    Curt. 7, 11, 15:

    dexterā impendentes ramos,

    id. 9, 5, 13.—Of grasping an adversary in fight:

    quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 4:

    qui cum inter se complexi in terram ex equis decidissent... non prius distracti sunt, quam alterum anima relinqueret,

    in contention, id. Eum. 4, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold:

    sopor fessos complectitur artus,

    Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.:

    me artior somnus conplexus est,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.—
    B.
    To embrace something intellectually as a whole, to comprehend, understand:

    aliquid cogitatione et mente,

    Cic. Or. 2, 8; cf. id. Fam. 5, 17, 4:

    deum et divinum animum cogitatione,

    id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51:

    omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,

    id. Fin. 2, 34, 112; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 25; 12, 2, 17:

    animo proxima quaeque meo,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70:

    rei magnitudinem animo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19; Quint. 10, 6, 3; 10, 6, 6 al.; cf. without acc.:

    cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 5, 15.—Without mente, animo, etc.:

    perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114:

    totum genus judiciorum,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32:

    formam animi magis quam corporis,

    to consider, Tac. Agr. 46:

    aliquid memoriā,

    Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Quint. 2, 7, 3;

    and without memoria,

    id. 11, 2, 36.—
    C.
    To comprehend a multitude of objects in discourse or in a written representation, to comprise, express, describe, represent, explain; with acc. and abl. or adv.:

    omnia alicujus facta oratione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

    omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,

    id. Brut. 3, 14:

    orator autem sic illigat sententiam verbis, ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

    omnia unā comprehensione,

    id. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

    plura semel,

    Quint. 11, 1, 66:

    pauca paucis,

    id. 8, 3, 82; cf. id. 7, 3, 29:

    sententiam his verbis,

    id. 3, 6, 13.—Esp. with sententiā, to sum up in a formal vote or decree (of speeches in the Senate): causas complectar ipsā sententiā, in the motion or decree itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:

    sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence,
    2.
    In philos. lang., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; Auct. Her. 2, 29, 47; cf. complexio.—
    D.
    To embrace from love, to love, value, honor; to be addicted to, to care for; with acc. and abl.:

    aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

    eum beneficio,

    id. Planc. 33, 82:

    aliquem summā benevolentiā,

    id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

    hunc omni tuā comitate,

    id. ib. 7, 5, 3:

    omnes caritate cives,

    Liv. 7, 40, 3:

    aliquem artā familiaritate,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 5 al. — Without abl.:

    hominem,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4. — Absol.: da te homini;

    complectetur,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

    quos fortuna complexa est,

    id. Lael. 15, 54:

    philosophiam,

    id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

    artes ingenuas,

    Ov. P. 1, 6, 9:

    causam eam,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3:

    otium,

    id. ib. 2, 6, 1.—
    E.
    To embrace, include:

    cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnis omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87:

    licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,

    Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.—
    F.
    (Causa pro effectu.) To take into possession, to seize, lay hold of, to make one ' s self master of (rare):

    (philosophiae) vis valet multum, cum est idoneam complexa naturam,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

    facultatem aliquam,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; Liv. 44, 1, 12:

    plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,

    Curt. 6, 3, 4.
    ► *
    a.
    Act. collat form complecto, ĕre: quando convenit complectite, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 472 fin.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—
    b.
    complector, ti, in pass. signif.: invidiosā fortunā complecti, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

    quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37 (but in Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40, and id. Fin. 3, 12, 41, the best read. is completur).

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  • 15 concepta

    con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,

    id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:

    concipit Iris aquas,

    draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:

    madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,

    Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:

    Alsietinam aquam,

    Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:

    pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

    ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,

    Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:

    amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,

    i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:

    cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

    ventum veste,

    Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:

    plurimum ventorum,

    Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:

    magnam vim venti,

    Curt. 4, 3, 2:

    auram,

    id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:

    aëra,

    id. ib. 1, 337:

    ignem,

    Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:

    ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,

    Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:

    lapidibus igne concepto,

    struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:

    flammam,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

    flammas,

    Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.

    of the flame of love: flammam pectore,

    Cat. 64, 92:

    ignem,

    Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:

    validos ignes,

    id. ib. 7, 9:

    medicamentum venis,

    Curt. 3, 6, 11:

    noxium virus,

    Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:

    morbum,

    Col. 7, 5, 14:

    in eā parte nivem concipi,

    is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:

    is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,

    Col. 7, 5, 14:

    si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,

    id. 7, 5, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,

    Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:

    cum concepit mula,

    Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:

    ex illo concipit ales,

    Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:

    (arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,

    Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

    Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,

    Ov. M. 4, 611:

    aliquem ex aliquo,

    Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:

    ex adulterio,

    id. Tib. 62:

    de aliquo,

    Ov. M. 3, 214:

    alicujus semine,

    id. ib. 10, 328:

    ova (pisces),

    Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:

    concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,

    Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):

    omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,

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

    frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,

    Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:

    ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,

    Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:

    coacta conceptum a se abigere,

    Suet. Dom. 22.—
    * b.
    In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:

    Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,

    Ov. M. 11, 222.—
    2.
    Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):

    haec tanta oculis bona concipio,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,
    B. 1.
    In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:

    agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,

    Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,

    aliquid animo,

    id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:

    imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,

    Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:

    quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?

    Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:

    quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,

    Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:

    de aliquo summa concipere,

    Quint. 6, prooem. §

    2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,

    id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—
    2.
    In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:

    quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

    quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,

    Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:

    fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,

    id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:

    concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:

    quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

    forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,

    Ov. M. 2, 77:

    concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,

    Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —
    C.
    To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;

    hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

    inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,

    mente vaticinos furores,

    Ov. M. 2, 640:

    animo ingentes iras,

    id. ib. 1, 166:

    spem,

    id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:

    spemque metumque,

    id. F. 1, 485:

    aliquid spe,

    Liv. 33, 33, 8:

    amorem,

    Ov. M. 10, 249:

    pectore tantum robur,

    Verg. A. 11, 368:

    auribus tantam cupiditatem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:

    re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:

    malum aut scelus,

    id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

    scelus in sese,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:

    flagitium cum aliquo,

    id. Sull. 5, 16.—
    D.
    To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):

    quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:

    vadimonium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:

    jusjurandum,

    Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:

    jurisjurandi verba,

    id. ib. 4, 31;

    and verba,

    Liv. 7, 5, 5:

    edictum,

    Dig. 13, 6, 1:

    libellos,

    ib. 48, 19, 9:

    stipulationem,

    ib. 41, 1, 38:

    obligationem in futurum,

    ib. 5, 1, 35:

    actionem in bonum et aequum,

    ib. 4, 5, 8:

    foedus,

    Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:

    concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),

    to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:

    ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

    dum vota sacerdos Concipit,

    Ov. M. 7, 594:

    sic verba concipito,

    repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:

    Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),

    Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):

    auspicia,

    id. 22, 1, 7:

    locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:

    ut justum conciperetur bellum,

    id. ib. 5, §

    86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,

    Tac. H. 4, 41:

    vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:

    verbis conceptissimis jurare,

    Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

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  • 16 concipio

    con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,

    id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:

    concipit Iris aquas,

    draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:

    madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,

    Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:

    Alsietinam aquam,

    Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:

    pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

    ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,

    Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:

    amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,

    i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:

    cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

    ventum veste,

    Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:

    plurimum ventorum,

    Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:

    magnam vim venti,

    Curt. 4, 3, 2:

    auram,

    id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:

    aëra,

    id. ib. 1, 337:

    ignem,

    Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:

    ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,

    Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:

    lapidibus igne concepto,

    struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:

    flammam,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

    flammas,

    Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.

    of the flame of love: flammam pectore,

    Cat. 64, 92:

    ignem,

    Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:

    validos ignes,

    id. ib. 7, 9:

    medicamentum venis,

    Curt. 3, 6, 11:

    noxium virus,

    Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:

    morbum,

    Col. 7, 5, 14:

    in eā parte nivem concipi,

    is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:

    is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,

    Col. 7, 5, 14:

    si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,

    id. 7, 5, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,

    Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:

    cum concepit mula,

    Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:

    ex illo concipit ales,

    Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:

    (arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,

    Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

    Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,

    Ov. M. 4, 611:

    aliquem ex aliquo,

    Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:

    ex adulterio,

    id. Tib. 62:

    de aliquo,

    Ov. M. 3, 214:

    alicujus semine,

    id. ib. 10, 328:

    ova (pisces),

    Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:

    concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,

    Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):

    omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,

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

    frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,

    Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:

    ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,

    Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:

    coacta conceptum a se abigere,

    Suet. Dom. 22.—
    * b.
    In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:

    Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,

    Ov. M. 11, 222.—
    2.
    Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):

    haec tanta oculis bona concipio,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,
    B. 1.
    In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:

    agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,

    Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,

    aliquid animo,

    id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:

    imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,

    Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:

    quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?

    Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:

    quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,

    Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:

    de aliquo summa concipere,

    Quint. 6, prooem. §

    2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,

    id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—
    2.
    In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:

    quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

    quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,

    Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:

    fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,

    id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:

    concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:

    quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

    forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,

    Ov. M. 2, 77:

    concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,

    Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —
    C.
    To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;

    hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

    inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,

    mente vaticinos furores,

    Ov. M. 2, 640:

    animo ingentes iras,

    id. ib. 1, 166:

    spem,

    id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:

    spemque metumque,

    id. F. 1, 485:

    aliquid spe,

    Liv. 33, 33, 8:

    amorem,

    Ov. M. 10, 249:

    pectore tantum robur,

    Verg. A. 11, 368:

    auribus tantam cupiditatem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:

    re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:

    malum aut scelus,

    id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

    scelus in sese,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:

    flagitium cum aliquo,

    id. Sull. 5, 16.—
    D.
    To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):

    quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:

    vadimonium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:

    jusjurandum,

    Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:

    jurisjurandi verba,

    id. ib. 4, 31;

    and verba,

    Liv. 7, 5, 5:

    edictum,

    Dig. 13, 6, 1:

    libellos,

    ib. 48, 19, 9:

    stipulationem,

    ib. 41, 1, 38:

    obligationem in futurum,

    ib. 5, 1, 35:

    actionem in bonum et aequum,

    ib. 4, 5, 8:

    foedus,

    Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:

    concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),

    to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:

    ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

    dum vota sacerdos Concipit,

    Ov. M. 7, 594:

    sic verba concipito,

    repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:

    Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),

    Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):

    auspicia,

    id. 22, 1, 7:

    locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:

    ut justum conciperetur bellum,

    id. ib. 5, §

    86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,

    Tac. H. 4, 41:

    vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:

    verbis conceptissimis jurare,

    Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

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  • 17 conplector

    complector ( conp-), plexus, 3, v. dep. (in signif. mostly coinciding with amplector), prop., to entwine around a person or thing (cf. amplector; class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    a.
    Of persons, to clasp, embrace, as an expression of affection.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    vidi et illam et hospitem Conplexum atque ausculantem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 53: adcurrit;

    mediam mulierem complectitur,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 106:

    tum ille artius puellam amplexus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103:

    viri corpus,

    Lucr. 4, 1193:

    (adulescentem) complexus osculatusque dimiserit,

    Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

    suum maritum,

    Ov. M. 12, 428:

    nepotes,

    Verg. A. 6, 786:

    aliquem conplexa tenere,

    Cic. Font. 21, 47 (17, 36); cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 121.—Of parts of the person:

    dextram euntis,

    Verg. A. 8, 558; Ov. M. 6, 494; cf. Curt. 6, 7, 8:

    infirmis membra lacertis,

    Ov. M. 10, 407:

    genua. in supplication,

    Quint. 6, 1, 34:

    pedes alicujus,

    Luc. 10, 89.—
    (β).
    With inter se:

    nosque inter nos esse conplexos,

    Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

    conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

    Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.—
    (γ).
    With in vicem, Quint. 7, 10, 17.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    nequeunt conplecti satis,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32: Phr. Conplectere. Di. Lubens, id. Truc. 2, 4, 19:

    contineri qum conplectar non queo,

    id. Men. 5, 9, 65; id. Mil. 4, 8, 19; Prop. 1, [p. 390] 10, 5.—
    (ε).
    With cum and abl., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 134.—
    b.
    In gen., to grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose:

    (vitis) claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

    (orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    complexi terram maris,

    Ov. M. 8, 731:

    ubi mollis amaracus illum (Ascanium) Floribus et dulci conplectitur umbrā,

    Verg. A. 1, 694:

    vestis complectens undique corpus,

    Cat. 64, 307:

    spatium,

    to mark out around for military purposes, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Auct. B. G. 8, 74; cf.

    of ploughing around,

    Ov. M. 15, 619:

    aliquem obsidione,

    Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.:

    caput digitis cruentis,

    Ov. M. 3, 727:

    manibus eminentia saxa,

    Curt. 7, 11, 15:

    dexterā impendentes ramos,

    id. 9, 5, 13.—Of grasping an adversary in fight:

    quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 4:

    qui cum inter se complexi in terram ex equis decidissent... non prius distracti sunt, quam alterum anima relinqueret,

    in contention, id. Eum. 4, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold:

    sopor fessos complectitur artus,

    Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.:

    me artior somnus conplexus est,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.—
    B.
    To embrace something intellectually as a whole, to comprehend, understand:

    aliquid cogitatione et mente,

    Cic. Or. 2, 8; cf. id. Fam. 5, 17, 4:

    deum et divinum animum cogitatione,

    id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51:

    omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,

    id. Fin. 2, 34, 112; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 25; 12, 2, 17:

    animo proxima quaeque meo,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70:

    rei magnitudinem animo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19; Quint. 10, 6, 3; 10, 6, 6 al.; cf. without acc.:

    cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 5, 15.—Without mente, animo, etc.:

    perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114:

    totum genus judiciorum,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32:

    formam animi magis quam corporis,

    to consider, Tac. Agr. 46:

    aliquid memoriā,

    Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Quint. 2, 7, 3;

    and without memoria,

    id. 11, 2, 36.—
    C.
    To comprehend a multitude of objects in discourse or in a written representation, to comprise, express, describe, represent, explain; with acc. and abl. or adv.:

    omnia alicujus facta oratione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

    omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,

    id. Brut. 3, 14:

    orator autem sic illigat sententiam verbis, ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

    omnia unā comprehensione,

    id. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

    plura semel,

    Quint. 11, 1, 66:

    pauca paucis,

    id. 8, 3, 82; cf. id. 7, 3, 29:

    sententiam his verbis,

    id. 3, 6, 13.—Esp. with sententiā, to sum up in a formal vote or decree (of speeches in the Senate): causas complectar ipsā sententiā, in the motion or decree itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:

    sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence,
    2.
    In philos. lang., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; Auct. Her. 2, 29, 47; cf. complexio.—
    D.
    To embrace from love, to love, value, honor; to be addicted to, to care for; with acc. and abl.:

    aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

    eum beneficio,

    id. Planc. 33, 82:

    aliquem summā benevolentiā,

    id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

    hunc omni tuā comitate,

    id. ib. 7, 5, 3:

    omnes caritate cives,

    Liv. 7, 40, 3:

    aliquem artā familiaritate,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 5 al. — Without abl.:

    hominem,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4. — Absol.: da te homini;

    complectetur,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

    quos fortuna complexa est,

    id. Lael. 15, 54:

    philosophiam,

    id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

    artes ingenuas,

    Ov. P. 1, 6, 9:

    causam eam,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3:

    otium,

    id. ib. 2, 6, 1.—
    E.
    To embrace, include:

    cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnis omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87:

    licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,

    Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.—
    F.
    (Causa pro effectu.) To take into possession, to seize, lay hold of, to make one ' s self master of (rare):

    (philosophiae) vis valet multum, cum est idoneam complexa naturam,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

    facultatem aliquam,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; Liv. 44, 1, 12:

    plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,

    Curt. 6, 3, 4.
    ► *
    a.
    Act. collat form complecto, ĕre: quando convenit complectite, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 472 fin.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—
    b.
    complector, ti, in pass. signif.: invidiosā fortunā complecti, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

    quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37 (but in Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40, and id. Fin. 3, 12, 41, the best read. is completur).

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  • 18 intellego

    intellĕgo (less correctly intellĭgo), exi, ectum (intellexti for intellexisti, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 30; Cic. Att. 13, 32, 3:

    intellexes for intellexisses,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 81; subj. perf.:

    intellegerint,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 41, 23 Dietsch), 3, v. a. [inter-lego], to see into, perceive, understand.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    To perceive, understand, comprehend:

    qualem autem deum intellegere nos possumus nulla virtute praeditum,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 15, 38 Schoemann ad loc.:

    haec dumtaxat in Graecis intellego, quae ipsi, qui scripserunt, voluerunt a vulgo intellegi,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 14:

    puderet me dicere non intellegere, si vos ipsi intellegeretis, qui ista defenditis,

    id. N. D. 1, 39:

    corpus quid sit intellego,

    id. ib. 1, 26:

    quare autem in his vis deorum insit, tum intellegam cum cognovero,

    id. ib. 3, 24:

    quam sis audax hinc omnes intellegere potuerunt, quod,

    id. Rosc. Am. 31:

    magna ex parvis,

    id. Off. 1, 41:

    intellexi ex tuis litteris, te audisse,

    id. Att. 6, 9:

    de gestu intellego, quid respondeas,

    id. Vatin. 15:

    intellegere et sapere plus quam ceteros,

    id. Off. 2, 14:

    cernere aliquid animo atque intellegere,

    id. Top. 5:

    facile intellectu est,

    Nep. Dion. 9:

    intellegi necesse est: esse deos,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 17; id. Tusc. 3, 5:

    quocirca intellegi necesse est, in ipsis rebus invitamenta inesse,

    id. Fin. 5, 11.—In answers, intellego corresponds to our I understand, go on, very well, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 63; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 93.— Abl. absol.: intellecto; with rel. clause:

    quidam bonorum caesi, postquam, intellecto in quos saeviretur, pessimi quoque arma rapuerant,

    Tac. A. 1, 49;

    intellecto quantum bellum suscitaret,

    Just. 38, 3, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to have an accurate knowledge of or skill in a thing, to be a connoisseur:

    faciunt intellegendo ut nihil intellegant,

    Ter. And. prol. 17:

    tametsi non multum in istis rebus intellego,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

    hoc nugatorium sciebam esse, ista intellegere,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §

    33: quoniam non intellexerunt in operibus domini,

    Lact. 4, 13, 18:

    illi qui linguam ejus intellegebant,

    Petr. S. 73, 3; Sen. Apoc. 5, 2.—
    C.
    To distinguish:

    oraculorum praestigias profani a veritate intellegere non possunt,

    Lact. 2, 16.—
    D.
    To see, perceive, observe by the understanding:

    vehementer nunc mihi est irata: sentio atque intellego,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 64:

    ubi neque cohortationes suas neque preces audiri intellegit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 42:

    illi, ante inito, ut intellectum est, consilio,

    id. B. G. 2, 33:

    intellego, quid loquar,

    Cic. Lig. 5.—
    E.
    Of persons, to understand, comprehend, judge rightly (post-Aug.):

    quod Catonem aetas sua parum intellexisset,

    Sen. de Const. Sap. 1:

    quando Socrates ab hominibus sui temporis parum intellegebatur,

    Quint. 11, 1, 10; Vell. 2, 114, 5; Tac. A. 3, 3:

    quem legatum tribunus ita et intellexit et cepit, ut, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5. —
    F.
    To understand a language: isti qui linguam avium intellegunt, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131 (Trag. v. 83 Rib.):

    in iis linguis quas non intellegimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116:

    quantum ego Graece scripta intellegere possum,

    id. de Or. 2, 13, 55:

    linguam ejus,

    Sen. de M. Claud. 5, 2; Petr. 73.—
    G.
    To understand by any thing, to take a thing to mean.
    1.
    With in or sub aliqua re, or per aliquid: illa est eutaxia, in qua intellegitur ordinis conservatio, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142:

    sub hoc themate intellegere non hoc, sed, etc.,

    Sen. Contr. 9, 28, 10:

    intellego sub hoc verbo multa,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 15:

    per nemo homo,

    Donat. ad Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 1:

    solem sub appellatione Jovis,

    Macr. S. 1, 23, 5:

    per sagittas vim radiorum,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 12. —
    2.
    With two acc.:

    non habeo quod intellegam bonum illud,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 41. —
    3.
    With acc. and abl.: consuetudo omnibus his nominibus Argesten intellegi, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.—
    II.
    Transf., to perceive, discern by the senses; to see, feel, notice. Alcumenam ante aedis stare saturam intellego, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 35: Si. Statum vide hominis, Callipho.... Ca. Bene confidenterque astitisse intellego, id. Ps. 1, 5, 41:

    illa quidem primo nullos intellegit ignes,

    Ov. M. 9, 456:

    frigus,

    Col. Arbor. 13:

    vestigia hominum intellegi a feris,

    Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 58; 28, 4, 14, § 55.— Hence, in-tellĕgens, entis, P. a., that has understanding or that understands a thing; intelligent, acquainted with.
    A.
    In gen.:

    semperne vulgi judicium cum intellegentium judicio congruit?

    Cic. Brut. 49:

    intellegens dicendi existimator,

    id. ib. 54:

    judicium,

    id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4:

    vir,

    id. Fin. 3, 5.—With gen.:

    cujusvis generis ejus intellegens,

    id. ib. 2, 20.— Comp.:

    aliquid intellegentiore mente discutere,

    Aug. Retract. 1, 19.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Intellegens alicujus, that understands a person, rightly estimates his character:

    intellegens principis nostri, cujus videbam hanc esse laudem,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 2 Döring ad loc.—
    2.
    Well skilled in matters of taste, a connoisseur:

    signa pulcherrima quae non modo istum hominem, ingeniosum atque intellegentem, verum etiam quemvis nostrum, quos iste idiotas appellat, delectare possent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4:

    ut putetur in istis rebus intellegens esse,

    id. ib. 2. 4, 15, § 33.— Adv.: intellĕgenter, intelligently:

    ut amice, ut intelligenter, ut attente audiamur,

    Cic. Part. 8, 28:

    lectitare,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > intellego

  • 19 ad - sequor (ass-)

        ad - sequor (ass-) secūtus, ī, dep.,    to follow up, overtake, come up with: adsequere, retine, T.: me.—Fig., to gain, reach, attain: honoris gradūs: merita: alqd scelere.—To effect, accomplish: alqd verbo: nihil, nisi ut, etc.: non solum, ne, etc.—Of time, to overtake: istam diem, i. e. complete his work by that day.—To reach, comprehend, understand: alquid coniecturā: animo, Cn.

    Latin-English dictionary > ad - sequor (ass-)

  • 20 capiō

        capiō cēpī (capsis, old for cēperis, C.), captus, ere    [CAP-], to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp: flabellum, T.: sacra manu, V.: pocula, H.: baculum, O.: pignera, L.: manibus tympanum, Ct.: lora, Pr.: arma capere alii, seized their arms, S.: ensem, O.: tela, O.: omnia arma contra illam pestem, i. e. contend in every way: Manlium arma cepisse, had begun hostilities, S.: capere arma parabat, was on the point of attacking, O.—Of food, to take, partake of: Cibum cum eā, T.: lauti cibum capiunt, Ta. — To take captive, seize, make prisoner: belli duces captos tenetis: unus e filiis captus est, Cs.: capta tria milia peditum, L.: alquos Byzantii, N.: captos ostendere civibus hostes, H.: Num capti (Phryges) potuere capi? could they not, when taken, be taken (once for all)? V.: casus est enim in capiendo (sc. praedones).—To catch, hunt down, take: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cervum, Ph.: illa pro lepusculis capiebantur, patellae, etc.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate: ut te redimas captum (i. e. amore), T.: quibus (rebus) illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest: te pecuniā captum: quem suā cepit humanitate, N.: hunc capit argenti splendor, H.: dulcedine vocis, O.: (bos) herbā captus viridi, V.: oculis captis.— To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch: Aut quā viā te captent eādem ipsos capi? T.: eodem captus errore, involved in: suis miserum me cepit ocellis, Pr.: carmine formosae capiuntur, Tb.: me dolis, S.: capi alcuius dolo, N.: alqm amicitiae mendacis imagine, O.—To defeat, convict, cast, overcome (in a suit or dispute): ne tui consultores capiantur: in capiendo adversario versutus (orator).—To harm, lame, mutilate, maim, disable, impair, weaken: oculis et auribus captus, blind and deaf: membris omnibus captus: altero oculo capitur, loses an eye, L.: capti auribus metu, L.: lumine, O.: numquam erit tam captus equester ordo: captā re p. — P. pass., of the mind, deprived of sense, silly, insane, crazed, lunatic, mad: mente esse captum: virgines captae furore, L.: capti et stupentes animi, L. — To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept: iudicem populum R., L.: Me arbitrum, T.: inimicos homines, make enemies, T.: sacerdotem sortito: Flaccus flamen captus a Licinio erat, L. — Of places, to occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into: loca capere, to take up a position, Cs.: castris locum capere: locum extra urbem editum capere, N.: locum editiorem, S.: capto monte, Cs.: Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa, L.: montes fugā, for refuge, L.: tumulum, V.: terras captas despectare videntur (cycni), to be settling down on places selected, V. — To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize: pauca (oppida), S.: Troiā captā, L.: quod (agri) de Campanis ceperant: castra hostium, N.: oppida manu, V.; cf. oppressā captāque re p.: patriam suam, L.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake oneself to: insulam, Cs.: oti illum portum.—Of property or money, to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get: agros de hostibus: ager ex hostibus captus, L.: praedas, N.: ex hostibus pecuniam, L.: cape cedo, give and take, T.: de re p. nihil praeter gloriam, N.: ex calamitate populi R. nomen capere, Cs.: regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit, succeeded to, O.— With pecuniam, to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe, take blackmail: contra leges pecuniam cepisse?: pecuniae per vim atque iniuriam captae: aperte pecunias ob rem iudicandam: alqm pecuniae captae arcessere, S.—To take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept: morte testamentove alcuius alqd capere: a civibus Romanis hereditates: si capiendi Ius nullum uxori, Iu.—To collect, receive, obtain: ex eis praediis talenta argenti, T.: stipendium iure belli, Cs.: ex quo (castro) talenta, N.— Fig., to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap: Fructum, T.: fructūs auctoritatis: fructum vestri in me amoris: alquid ex eā re commodi? T.: utilitates ex amicitiā.—To take, assume, acquire, put on: gestūs voltūsque novos, T.: figuras, O.—To take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess: petitoris personam: patris vim: patrium animum.— To undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take up: provinciam duram, T.: consulatum: honores, N.: rerum moderamen, O.: rem p., S.: magistratum, L.—With dat. of person, to obtain for, secure for: patres praeturam Camillo ceperunt, L.—To begin, enter upon, undertake: bellum: labores, T.: augurium ex arce, L.: aliud initium belli, i. e. war on a new plan, Cs.: conatūs ad erumpendum, L.: nec vestra capit discordia finem, V.: ad impetum capiundum spatium, to take a start, L.: somnum, fall asleep.—Poet.: Unde nova ingressūs experientia cepit? i. e. was devised, V.—To seize, embrace, take (an opportunity): si quam causam ceperit, T.: tempus ad te adeundi.—To form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach: sensum verae gloriae: ex lucri magnitudine coniecturam furti: consilium unā tecum, T.: consilium hominis fortunas evertere: consilium equitatum demittere, Cs.: consilium ut exirem: legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.—To take, derive, draw, obtain: de te exemplum, T.: exemplum ex aliquā re. — To take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience: miseriam omnem, T.: angorem pro amico: ex huius incommodis molestiam: infamiam sine voluptate: invidiam apud patres ex largitione, L.: timorem, V.: voluptatem animi.— With a feeling as subj, to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui, etc.: ut caperet odium illam mei, T.: nos oblivio ceperat: Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae, L.: animum cura cepit, L.: meae si te ceperunt taeda laudis, V.: dementia cepit amantem, V.—Of injury or loss, to suffer, take, be subjected to: calamitatem: incommodi nihil.—Esp., in the formula by which the senate, in great emergencies, gave absolute power to magistrates: videant ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc., S.—To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for: capit alveus amnes O.: terra feras cepit, O.: quid turbae est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio, T.: unā domo iam capi non possunt: Nec iam se capit unda, V.: Non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus, H.: tot domūs locupletissimas istius domus una capiet? will swallow up.—To contain, hold, suffice for, be strong enough for, bear: eam amentiam: nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas, O.: iram Non capit ipsa suam, O.: Nec te Troia capit, is too small for your glory, V.—To take, receive, hold, comprehend, grasp, embrace: gratia, quantam maximam animi nostri capere possunt: ille unus veram speciem senatūs cepit, L.
    * * *
    I
    capere, additional forms V TRANS
    take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
    II
    capere, cepi, captus V TRANS
    take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
    III
    taking/seizing

    Latin-English dictionary > capiō

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