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To consider thoroughly

  • 1 cōgitō

        cōgitō āvī, ātus, āre    [com- + agito], to consider thoroughly, ponder, weigh, reflect upon, think: etiam atque etiam, T.: animo, T.: rationem: maiores vestros, Ta.: te video, non cogito solum: Scipionem, to call to mind: quid agam, T.: in quantā calamitate sis, S.: quo loco sis: quantum in illo sceleris fuerit: tantum sibi esse permissum, quantum, etc.: haec posse accidere, Cs.: quem gentes castiorem cogitaverunt?: de nobis. — To feel, be inclined, be disposed: humaniter in me: si quid amice de Romanis cogitabis, are friendly to, N.: Karthago male iam diu cogitans, hostile in disposition. — To have in mind, intend, meditate, design, plan, purpose, mean: hunc in aedīs Recipere, T.: si liberi esse cogitaretis: ex fumo dare lucem, H.: nihil nisi caedes: quid mali cogitari potest, quod, etc.: mecum rem, Cu.: latere arbitrabantur quae cogitaverant, their purposes, N.: quid Cantaber cogitet, H.: scelus, Iu.: quid cogitet Auster, V.: ut aliquid acquireret, Cs.: ut haberet, quā fugeret, N.: ne quam occasionem dimitteret, Cs.: dies ac noctes de pernicie filii, plotted for: de nostro interitu: in Pompeianum cogitabam (sc. ire): eo die cogitabam in Agnanino (sc. manere).
    * * *
    cogitare, cogitavi, cogitatus V
    think; consider, reflect on, ponder; imagine, picture; intend, look forward to

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  • 2 cogito

    cōgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [contr. from cŏ-ăgito, acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, § 43 Müll.; but more prob. from con and root of aio, Sanscr. ah; cf.: nego, adagium], to pursue something in the mind (cf. agito, II.), i. e.
    I.
    To consider thoroughly, to ponder, to weigh, reflect upon, think (class. in prose and poetry); constr. absol., with aliquid, de aliquo, or de aliquā re, sic, ita, or a rel. -clause: cogitate cum animis vestris si quid, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4; so Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 55; 5, 3, 32; Cic. Agr. 2, 24, 64; cf.:

    in animo cogitare,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 5:

    toto animo,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3:

    coepi egomet mecum Aliam rem ex aliā cogitare,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 3; so id. ib. 4, 2, 8; 1, 1, 19; id. Ad. 5, 3, 22:

    placuit tum id mihi. Sic cogitabam: hic, etc.,

    id. And. 1, 1, 83; cf. id. Eun. 1, 1, 11; 3, 3, 1; 4, 6, 21; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4:

    sic cogitabam! fore uti, etc.,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    severā fronte curas cogitans (i. e. animo volvens),

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2:

    nec, aequum anne iniquum imperet, cogitabit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 291:

    quid agam cogito,

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 7 sq.; id. Ad. 4, 2, 30; Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 10; Lucr. 4, 789; cf. id. 4, 782; Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

    ad haec igitur cogita, vel potius excogita,

    id. Att. 9, 6, 7.—With acc. of person:

    Regulum cogita,

    think, imagine, picture to yourself, Plin. Ep. 4, 2, 2:

    tamquam in eo tragoediae argumento sui oblitus tantum Catonem cogitasset,

    Tac. Or. 2:

    matrem, patrem, propinquos,

    Quint. Decl. 22 fin.; cf.:

    o felicem illum, qui non praesens tantum, sed etiam cogitatus emendat,

    Sen. Ep. 11, 9.—With two accs.:

    quem ultimae gentes castiorem non modo viderunt sed cogitaverunt?

    Cic. Balb. 4, 9:

    Scipionem, Laelium, avum,

    to think of, call to mind, id. Fin. 5, 1, 2:

    et majores et posteros cogitate,

    Tac. Agr. 32 fin.:

    si principem cogitares,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 31:

    cum Persas cogitaret,

    Flor. 2, 8, 2; Sen. Cons. Marc. 3, 4. —
    b.
    cōgĭtāta, ōrum, n. subst., reflections, thoughts, ideas:

    postquam ad judices Ventum est, non potuit cogitata proloqui,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 53:

    so cogitata (mentis) eloqui,

    Cic. Brut. 72, 253:

    perficere,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    patefacere,

    Nep. Paus. 3, 1:

    sapientium,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1:

    Naevii,

    id. Quint. 29, 90.—Rare in sing.:

    quo neque acutius ullius imperatoris cogitatum neque celerius factum usquam legimus,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 8.—
    B.
    Cogitare in, adversus aliquem, with an adv., to think in some way in respect to one, to be disposed towards (very rare): si humaniter et sapienter et amabiliter in me cogitare vis, etc., Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2:

    adversus se,

    Suet. Caes. 75 Bremi; cf. with de aliquo:

    si quid amice de Romanis cogitabis,

    Nep. Hann. 2, 6: ut multi mihi renuntiarent... male eum de me cogitare, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1; and absol.: male cogitantes, Cato, R. R. praef. 4; cf.:

    Karthagini male jam diu cogitanti bellum multo ante denuntio,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 18.—
    II.
    In respect to a work to be undertaken or a conclusion to be made, to have something in mind, to intend, meditate, design, plan, purpose, etc.
    (α).
    With inf.:

    praedium parare,

    Cato, R. R. 1, 1; 3, 1; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 163:

    cogitat recipere hunc in aedes,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 58:

    facere,

    id. Heaut. 3, 3, 46:

    recipere me,

    Cic. Att. 2, 9, 4:

    cenare,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 1:

    uti,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 50:

    ex fumo dare lucem,

    id. A. P. 144:

    deducere exercitum,

    Suet. Ner. 18 al. —
    (β).
    With acc.:

    proscriptiones et dictaturas cogitare,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    caedem principis et res novas,

    Tac. A. 4, 28 fin.:

    cogitatum facinus,

    Suet. Tib. 19;

    and parricidium,

    id. Calig. 12:

    mecum rem pulcherrimam,

    Curt. 8, 7, 9:

    tantum nefas in aliquem,

    id. 6, 7, 30; 8, 6, 3; cf.:

    si qua cogitarentur, gravius adversus se,

    Suet. Caes. 75:

    quid bellicosus Cantaber et Scythes cogitet,

    what he plots, devises, Hor. C. 2, 11, 2; and so poet. of the (personified) wind:

    quid cogitet humidus Auster,

    Verg. G. 1, 462 Heyne.—
    (γ).
    With ut and subj.:

    neque jam, ut aliquid acquireret... cogitabat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 59:

    quid... viros cogitasse arbitramur? Ut nomen suum, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 32; Nep. Dion, 9, 2.—
    (δ).
    With de:

    cogitavit etiam de Homeri carminibus abolendis,

    Suet. Calig. 34:

    de reddendā republicā,

    id. Aug. 28:

    de consciscendā morte,

    id. Caes. 36; id. Claud. 31:

    de quo,

    id. Caes. 9:

    cum spiritus coepit de exitu cogitare,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 25, 1.—In epistolary style, with ellipsis,
    a.
    Of ire:

    in Pompeianum cogitabam inde Aeculanum,

    Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; 9, 1, 2; id. Fam. 7, 4 init.; id. Att. 2, 8, 2; 5, 15, 3.—
    b.
    Of manere:

    eo die cogitabam in Anagnino, postero autem in Tusculano,

    Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1; cf.:

    ut eo die apud T. Titium in Anagnino manerem. Postridie autem in Laterio cogitabam,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 4 (2, 7, 1).—Hence, *
    A.
    P. a.: cōgĭtātus, a, um, deliberate:

    utrum perturbatione aliquā animi, an consulto et cogitata fiat injuria,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27 B. and K. (al. cogitato).—
    B.
    cōgĭtātē, adv., with mature reflection, considerately (rare):

    tractare rem suam,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 45:

    meditari,

    id. Mil. 3, 3, 69:

    quae vero accurate cogitateque scripsisset,

    Cic. Arch. 8, 18.

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  • 3 commentor

    1.
    commentor, ātus sum, 1, v. freq. dep. [comminiscor].
    I. A.
    Ingen.
    1.
    Absol.:

    ut cito commentatus est,

    i. e. has made up a story, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 27:

    cum in hortos D. Bruti auguris commentandi causā convenissemus,

    deliberation, Cic. Lael. 2, 7:

    magi, qui congregantur in fano commentandi causā,

    id. Div. 1, 41, 90.—
    2.
    With acc.:

    te ipsum, qui multos annos nihil aliud commentaris, docebo quid sit humaniter vivere,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

    commentari aliquid et discere,

    id. Fin. 5, 15, 42: futuras mecum commentabar miserias, id. poët. Tusc. 3, 14, 29.—
    3.
    With interrog. clause:

    ut commentemur inter nos, quā ratione nobis traducendum sit hoc tempus,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 3.—
    4.
    With de:

    multos mensis de populi Romani libertate,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 36.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the orator's preparation for a speech (freq. and class.).
    a.
    Absol.:

    ad quem paratus venerat, cum in villā Metelli compluris dies commentatus esset,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 1: itaque videas barbato rostro eum commentari, Varr. ap. Non. p. 455, 19:

    crebro digitorum labrorumque motu commentari,

    Quint. 11, 3, 160.—
    b.
    With acc.:

    ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto redderet eisdem verbis quibus cogitasset,

    Cic. Brut. 88, 301:

    quae mihi iste visus est ex aliā oratione declamare, quam in alium reum commentaretur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29, 82.—
    2.
    Of writings, to prepare, produce as the result of study, write (rare):

    quorum alter commentatus est mimos,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 13:

    eo ipso anno cum commentaremur haec,

    Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 209: Cato de militari disciplinā commentans, id. praef. § 30.— With acc., to discuss, write upon:

    neque commentari quae audierat fas erat,

    Gell. 1, 9, 4; cf.:

    carmina legendo commentando, que etiam ceteris nota facere,

    Suet. Gram. 2.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of the oratorical student's practice in speaking (always with reference to the mental exertion and preparation; cf. Jan. ad Cic. Brut. 22, 87):

    commentabar declamitans, sic enim nunc loquuntur, saepe cum M. Pisone,

    Cic. Brut. 90, 310:

    exisse eo colore et eis oculis, ut egisse causam, non commentatum putares,

    id. ib. 22, 87 fin.:

    magister hic Samnitium summā jam senectute est et cottidie commentatur,

    id. de Or. 3, 23, 86 Sorof ad loc.—
    B.
    Hence, as a modest expression for a speaker's effort, to experiment in speaking, attempt to speak:

    satisne vobis videor pro meo jure in vestris auribus commentatus?

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75 Orell. and Madv. ad loc.—
    C.
    To imitate, adopt the language of another:

    Achilem Aristarchi mihi commentari lubet,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 1.—
    D.
    To meditate, purpose:

    si cogitaras id, quod illa tropaea plena dedecoris et risūs te commentatum esse declarant,

    Cic. Pis. 40, 97.
    2.
    commentor, ōris, m. [comminiscor], one who devises or invents something, an inventor:

    uvae, i. e. Bacchus,

    Ov. F. 3, 785: fraudis, Auct. Ep. Iliad. 579: machinarius, a machinist, Scl. 5, § 13 Momms. (al. commentator).

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  • 4 meditata

    mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. madh-a, wisdom; Gr. mathos, manthanô, mêdomai; cf.: medeor, re-med-ium, etc.]; act., to think or reflect upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design, purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad, de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause, or absol. (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    semulque cursuram meditabor ad ludos Olympios,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

    ea para, meditare, cogita, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

    nihil aliud cogitare, meditari, curare nisi, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

    forum, subsellia, rostra curiamque,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

    fugam ad legiones,

    Suet. Tib. 65:

    cor tuum meditabitur timorem,

    i. e. promote by meditation, Vulg. Isa. 33, 18.—
    (β).
    With ad; ne ad eam rem meditere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1:

    ad hujus vitae studium meditati illi sunt qui feruntur labores tui,

    id. Cat. 1, 10, 26.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    ut de tua ratione meditere,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4.—
    (δ).
    With dat. (ante-class.):

    nugis,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107. —
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    jam designatus alio incessu esse meditabatur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

    multos annos regnare meditatus magno labore,

    id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

    cum animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas,

    Nep. Ages. 4.—
    (ζ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 42:

    meditabor, quo modo cum illo loquar,

    Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1:

    quid contra dicerem, mecum ipse meditabor,

    id. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

    meditare, quibus verbis incensam illius cupiditatem comprimas,

    id. Pis. 25, 59.—
    (η).
    Absol.:

    multis modis meditatus egomet mecum sum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 1:

    egressus ad meditandum in agro,

    Vulg. Gen. 24, 63. —
    II.
    Transf., to meditate, study, exercise one's self in, practise a thing:

    nugas est meditatus male,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107:

    Demosthenes perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

    Demosthenes in litore meditans,

    Quint. 10, 3, 30:

    quid Crassus ageret meditandi aut discendi causā,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:

    aut in foro dicere aut meditari extra forum,

    id. Brut. 88, 302:

    musam,

    Verg. E. 1, 2:

    arma,

    Veg. Mil. 1, 20:

    proelia,

    Juv. 4, 112.— Transf., of animals:

    cervi editos partus exercent cursu, et fugam meditari docent,

    to practise flight, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 113.—Of things: semper cauda scorpionis in ictu est: nulloque momento meditari cessat, to move as in readiness to strike, i. e. to threaten, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87:

    semina meditantur aristas,

    Prud. Cath. 10, 132; also, to murmur, utter a sad cry:

    clamabo, meditabor ut columba,

    Vulg. Isa. 38, 14; 59, 11.—
    III.
    In pass. signif. (in verb. fin. post-class. and very rare):

    adulteria meditantur,

    Min. Fel. Oct. 25, 1.—But freq. in part. perf.: mĕdĭtā-tus, a, um.
    A.
    Exercised, practised, instructed (only Plautin.):

    cumque huc ad adulescentem meditatum probe mittam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 88:

    probe meditatam utramque duco,

    id. Mil. 3, 3, 29:

    murmura,

    Juv. 6, 539.—
    B.
    Thought upon, meditated, weighed, considered, studied:

    meditati sunt doli docte,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30:

    ea, quae meditata et praeparata inferuntur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

    meditatum et cogitatum scelus,

    id. Phil. 2, 34, 85:

    meditatum cogitatumque verbum,

    id. ib. 10, 2, 6:

    accuratae et meditatae commentationes,

    id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

    oratio,

    Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

    doli,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: meditata et composita oratio (opp. extemporized), Suet. Aug. 84. — Subst.: mĕdĭtāta, ōrum, n., a carefully prepared speech:

    sive meditata sive subita proferret,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭtātē, thoughtfully, designedly, intentionally (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,

    knowest thoroughly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16:

    hau male meditate male dicax es,

    id. Curc. 4, 2, 26:

    effundere probra,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 11, 3.

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  • 5 meditor

    mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. madh-a, wisdom; Gr. mathos, manthanô, mêdomai; cf.: medeor, re-med-ium, etc.]; act., to think or reflect upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design, purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad, de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause, or absol. (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    semulque cursuram meditabor ad ludos Olympios,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

    ea para, meditare, cogita, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

    nihil aliud cogitare, meditari, curare nisi, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

    forum, subsellia, rostra curiamque,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

    fugam ad legiones,

    Suet. Tib. 65:

    cor tuum meditabitur timorem,

    i. e. promote by meditation, Vulg. Isa. 33, 18.—
    (β).
    With ad; ne ad eam rem meditere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1:

    ad hujus vitae studium meditati illi sunt qui feruntur labores tui,

    id. Cat. 1, 10, 26.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    ut de tua ratione meditere,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4.—
    (δ).
    With dat. (ante-class.):

    nugis,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107. —
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    jam designatus alio incessu esse meditabatur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

    multos annos regnare meditatus magno labore,

    id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

    cum animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas,

    Nep. Ages. 4.—
    (ζ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 42:

    meditabor, quo modo cum illo loquar,

    Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1:

    quid contra dicerem, mecum ipse meditabor,

    id. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

    meditare, quibus verbis incensam illius cupiditatem comprimas,

    id. Pis. 25, 59.—
    (η).
    Absol.:

    multis modis meditatus egomet mecum sum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 1:

    egressus ad meditandum in agro,

    Vulg. Gen. 24, 63. —
    II.
    Transf., to meditate, study, exercise one's self in, practise a thing:

    nugas est meditatus male,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107:

    Demosthenes perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

    Demosthenes in litore meditans,

    Quint. 10, 3, 30:

    quid Crassus ageret meditandi aut discendi causā,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:

    aut in foro dicere aut meditari extra forum,

    id. Brut. 88, 302:

    musam,

    Verg. E. 1, 2:

    arma,

    Veg. Mil. 1, 20:

    proelia,

    Juv. 4, 112.— Transf., of animals:

    cervi editos partus exercent cursu, et fugam meditari docent,

    to practise flight, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 113.—Of things: semper cauda scorpionis in ictu est: nulloque momento meditari cessat, to move as in readiness to strike, i. e. to threaten, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87:

    semina meditantur aristas,

    Prud. Cath. 10, 132; also, to murmur, utter a sad cry:

    clamabo, meditabor ut columba,

    Vulg. Isa. 38, 14; 59, 11.—
    III.
    In pass. signif. (in verb. fin. post-class. and very rare):

    adulteria meditantur,

    Min. Fel. Oct. 25, 1.—But freq. in part. perf.: mĕdĭtā-tus, a, um.
    A.
    Exercised, practised, instructed (only Plautin.):

    cumque huc ad adulescentem meditatum probe mittam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 88:

    probe meditatam utramque duco,

    id. Mil. 3, 3, 29:

    murmura,

    Juv. 6, 539.—
    B.
    Thought upon, meditated, weighed, considered, studied:

    meditati sunt doli docte,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30:

    ea, quae meditata et praeparata inferuntur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

    meditatum et cogitatum scelus,

    id. Phil. 2, 34, 85:

    meditatum cogitatumque verbum,

    id. ib. 10, 2, 6:

    accuratae et meditatae commentationes,

    id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

    oratio,

    Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

    doli,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: meditata et composita oratio (opp. extemporized), Suet. Aug. 84. — Subst.: mĕdĭtāta, ōrum, n., a carefully prepared speech:

    sive meditata sive subita proferret,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭtātē, thoughtfully, designedly, intentionally (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,

    knowest thoroughly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16:

    hau male meditate male dicax es,

    id. Curc. 4, 2, 26:

    effundere probra,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 11, 3.

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  • 6 conviso

    convisere, convisi, convisus V TRANS
    watch/look at/scan; visit, go to see; consider attentively, examine thoroughly

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  • 7 conviso

    con-vīso, ĕre, v. a. (rare and mostly ante-class.), to consider attentively, look at, examine thoroughly:

    omnia loca oculis,

    Lucr. 2, 357:

    penitus res occultas,

    id. 1, 146: omnes saucios, Att. ap. Non. p. 398, 4 (Trag. Rel. v. 598 Rib.).— Poet.:

    omnia loca candida luce (sol et luna),

    Lucr. 5, 779; so Cic. Arat. 352.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conviso

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