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To make a sound

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1 persono

per-sŏno, ŭi, ĭtum, 1 ( perf. personavit, App. M. 5, p. 164, 24: personasse, Prud. steph. 34 praef.), v. n. and a.
I.
Neutr.
A.
To sound through and through, to resound:
cum domus cantu et cymbalis personaret,
Cic. Pis. 10, 22:
ut cotidiano cantu vocum et nervorum et tibiarum nocturnisque conviviis tota vicinitas personet,
id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; id. Phil. 2, 41, 105:
domus Molossis Personuit canibus,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 114:
ploratu lamentisque et planctibus tota regia personabat,
Curt. 10, 5, 7:
ab aetheris personat axe fragor,
Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 46:
tuba,
Vulg. Judic. 7, 18.—
B.
To make a sound on a musical instrument, to sound, play:
citharā Iopas Personat,
Verg. A. 1, 741:
cymbalis,
Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 5:
buccinis,
id. Jos. 6, 13.—
II.
Act.
A.
To fill with sound or noise, to make resound (class.):
Cerberus haec regna latratu Personat,
Verg. A. 6, 417:
aequora conchā,
id. ib. 6, 171: aures hujusmodi vocibus, Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 4; so,
aurem,
to bawl in one's ear, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7:
ille humi prostraverat corpus, gemitu ejulatuque totam personans regiam,
Curt. 8, 2, 5:
pulpita socco,
to play in comedy, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 314:
mons choris Aegipanum undique personatur,
Sol. 24.—
B.
To cry out, call aloud (rare but class.):
illae vero non loquuntur solum, verum etiam personant, huc unius mulieris libidinem esse prolapsam,
Cic. Cael. 20, 47:
quas res isti in angulis personant,
id. Rep. 1, 2, 2:
totam inde per urbem personat, ut, etc.,
Val. Fl. 2, 163; Tac.A. 14, 15; Vulg. Jer. 31, 7.—
C.
To sound or blow upon an instrument (post-class.):
personavit classicum,
gave the signal for attack, App. M. 5, p. 164, 24.

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2 strīdō

strīdō —, —, ere, to make a shrill noise, sound harshly, creak, hiss, grate, whiz, whistle, rattle, buzz: stridentia tinguunt Aera lacu, V.: cruor stridit, hisses, O.: belua Lernae Horrendum stridens, V.: horrendā nocte (striges), O.: mare refluentibus undis, V.: aquilone rudentes, O.: videres Stridere secretā aure susurros, buzz, H.
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stridere, stridi, - V INTRANS

creak, squeek, grate, shriek, whistle; (make shrill sound); hiss; gnash

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3 crepo

crĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. krap, to lament; cf. crabro] (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; in class. prose, concrepo).
I.
Neutr., to rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink, etc.
A.
In gen.:
foris,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:
fores,
id. Eun. 5, 7, 5; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 121; 3, 3, 52:
intestina (with crepitant),
Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 26:
herba Sabina ad focos,
Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; cf. Ov. F. 4, 742:
sonabile sistrum,
id. M. 9, 784 (cf. crepitanti sistro, Prop. 3 (4), 11 (9 Bip.), 43): crepante pede. Hor. Epod. 16, 48:
nubes subito motu,
Ov. F. 2, 501:
catena,
Sen. Ep. 9, 8:
lapis, in statuā Memnonis,
Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 58 et saep.: digiti crepantis signa novit eunuchus, a snapping the fingers (as a sign of a command), Mart. 3, 82, 15; cf.
concrepo, I.—Of the voice: vox generosa, quae non composita nec alienis auribus sed subito data crepuit,
because loud, Sen. Clem. 2, 1, 1.—
B.
In partic., to break wind, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 206; Mart. 12, 77 and 78; cf. crepitus, B.—In a play upon words: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Co. Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 33.—
C.
Transf., to break with a [p. 481] crash:
remi,
Verg. A. 5, 206.—
II.
Act., to make something sound, make a noise with, cause to resound or rattle.
A.
Lit.:
(Camenae) manibus faustos ter crepuere sonos,
i. e. clapped, Prop. 3 (4), 10, 4; so,
ter laetum sonum populus,
Hor. C. 2, 17, 26:
procul auxiliantia aera,
Stat. Th. 6, 687: aureolos, to make to chink, i. e. to count, Mart. 5, 19, 14.—Esp. freq.,
B.
Trop., to say something or talk noisily, to make much ado about, to boast of, prattle, prate, etc.:
neque ego ad mensam publicas res clamo neque leges crepo,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 56:
sulcos et vineta,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 84:
quid veri,
id. S. 2, 3, 33:
immunda dicta,
id. A. P. 247:
post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem,
id. C. 1, 18, 5; cf. with a rel.-clause: crepat, antiquum genus ut... tolerarit aevum, * Lucr. 2, 1170.

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4 strīdeō

strīdeō —, —, ēre, to make a harsh noise, hiss, whiz: ferrum igne rubens Stridet in undā, O.: presso molari, gnash, Iu.
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stridere, stridi, - V INTRANS

creak, squeek, grate, shriek, whistle; (make shrill sound); hiss; gnash

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5 consano

consanare, consanavi, consanatus V TRANS

heal; make whole; make wholly sound (L+S)

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6 hīscō

hīscō —, —, ere, inch. [hio], to open, gape, yawn: tellus, ait, hisce, O.— To open the mouth, mutter, murmur, make a sound, say a word: aut omnino hiscere audebis?: adversus dictatoriam vim, L.: quotiens sinit hiscere fluctus, Nominat Alcyonen, O.: raris vocibus, V.: alqd, Iu.: reges et regum facta, Pr.
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hiscare, -, - V

(begin to) open, gape; open the mouth to speak

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7 consano

con-sāno, āre, v. a., to make wholly sound, to heal, cure (very rare):
cicatricem,
Col. 4, 29, 3:
plagas,
id. 4, 24, 22:
digitum abscissum,
Dig. 21, 1, 10 pr.

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8 sonō

sonō uī, itus (P. fut. sonātūrus, H.), āre [sonus], to make a noise, sound, resound: in occultis templi tympana sonuerunt, Cs.: nunc mare, nunc siluae Aquilone sonant, H.: omnia passim mulierum puerorumque... ploratibus, L.: displosa sonat vesica, H.: mugitibus sonant ripae, echo, V. — To speak, sound, utter, express: subagreste quiddam, speak: Ille sonat raucum, O.: nec vox hominem sonat, i. e. bespeak a human being, V.: furem sonuere invenci, betrayed, Pr.— To cry out, call, celebrate, sing, cause to resound: Sonante mixtum tibiis carmen lyrā, H.: te carmina nostra sonabunt, praise, O.: Tale sonat populus, cries out, O.: atavos sonans, i. e. vaunting, V.— To mean, express, signify: unum sonare, i. e. agree in meaning: quā deterius nec Ille sonat, Iu.: non intellegere, quid sonet haec vox voluptatis, means.
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I
sonare, sonavi, sonatus V

make a noise/sound; speak/utter, emit sound; be spoken of (as); express/denote; echo/resound; be heard, sound; be spoken of (as); celebrate in speech
II
sonere, sonui, sonitus V

make a noise/sound; speak/utter, emit sound; be spoken of (as); express/denote; echo/resound; be heard, sound; be spoken of (as); celebrate in speech

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9 cano

căno, cĕcĭni, cantum (ancient imp. cante = canite, Carm. Sal. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; fut. perf. canerit = cecinerit, Lib. Augur. ap. Fest. s. v. rumentum, p. 270 ib.; perf. canui = cecini, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 384, predominant in concino, occino, etc.—Examples of sup. cantum and part. cantus, canturus, a, um, appear not to be in use; the trace of an earlier use is found in Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.: canta pro cantata ponebant;
once canituri,
Vulg. Apoc. 8, 13), 3, v. n. and a. [cf. kanassô, kanachê, konabos; Germ. Hahn; Engl. chanticleer; kuknos, ciconice; Sanscr. kōkas = duck; Engl. cock], orig. v. n., to produce melodious sounds, whether of men or animals; later, with a designation of the subject-matter of the melody, as v. a., to make something the subject of one ' s singing or playing, to sing of, to celebrate, or make known in song, etc.
I.
Neutr., to utter melodious notes, to sing, sound, play.
A.
Of men:
si absurde canat,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 9:
celebrare dapes canendo,
Ov. M. 5, 113:
si velim canere vel voce vel fidibus,
Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122; Quint. 5, 11, 124; 1, 8, 2; Gell. 19, 9, 3:
quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; cf.:
tibia canentum,
Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384; Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; Quint. 1, 10, 14:
curvo calamo,
Cat. 63, 22:
harundine,
Ov. M. 1, 683; Suet. Caes. 32:
cithara,
Tac. A. 14, 14:
lituus quo canitur,
Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30; Verg. E. 2, 31:
movit Amphion lapides canendo,
Hor. C. 3, 11, 2; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417 al.; Cic. Brut. 50, 187.—
2.
Of the faulty delivery of an orator, to speak in a sing-song tone:
inclinată ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,
Cic. Or. 8, 27; cf. canto and canticum.—
B.
Of animals (usu. of birds, but also of frogs), Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:
volucres nullă dulcius arte canant,
Prop. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:
merula canit aestate, hieme balbutit,
Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 32, 47, § 89:
ranae alio translatae canunt,
id. 8, 58, 83, § 227.—Of the raven, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12.—Esp., of the crowing of a cock:
galli victi silere solent, canere victores,
to crow, Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56; v. the whole section; id. ib. 2, 26, 56, § 57; Col. 8, 2, 11; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49 (cf. also cantus):
gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (the crowing of a hen being considered as an auspicium malum),
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 27.—
In the lang. of the Pythagoreans, of the heavenly bodies (considered as living beings),
the music of the spheres, Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27.—
C.
Transf., of the instruments by which, or ( poet.) of the places in which, the sounds are produced, to sound, resound:
canentes tibiae,
Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:
maestae cecinere tubae,
Prop. 4 (5), 11, 9:
frondiferasque novis avibus canere undique silvas,
and the leafy forest everywhere resounds with young birds, Lucr. 1, 256; Auct. Aetn. 295.
II.
Act., to make something or some person the subject of one ' s singing or playing.
A.
With carmen, cantilenam, versus, verba, etc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite:
cum Simonides cecinisset, id carmen, quod in Scopam scripsisset,
Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:
carmina quae in epulis canuntur,
id. Brut. 18, 71:
in eum (Cossum) milites carmina incondita aequantes eum Romulo canere,
Liv. 4, 20, 2:
Ascraeum cano carmen,
Verg. G. 2, 176; Suet. Caes. 49; Curt. 5, 1, 22: canere versus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 36 Müll. (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.); Cic. Or. 51, 171; id. Brut. 18, 71:
neniam,
Suet. Aug. 100: idyllia erôtika, Gell. 19, 9, 4, § 10:
verba ad certos modos,
Ov. F. 3, 388:
Phrygium,
Quint. 1, 10, 33 Spald.—The homog. noun is rarely made the subject of the act. voice:
cum in ejus conviviis symphonia caneret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105.—
2.
Prov.
a.
Carmen intus canere, to sing for one ' s self, i. e. to consult only one ' s own advantage, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 53; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68; v. Aspendius.—
b.
Cantilenam eandem canis, like the Gr. to auto adeis asma, ever the old tune, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10; v. cantilena.—
B.
With definite objects.
a.
In gen., to sing, to cause to resound, to celebrate in song, to sing of, Lucr. 5, 328:
laudes mortui,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 70 Müll.:
canere ad tibiam clarorum virorum laudes atque virtutes,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 1, 10, 31; Liv. 45, 38, 12:
puellis carmine modulato laudes virtutum ejus canentibus,
Suet. Calig. 16 fin.:
dei laudes,
Lact. 6, 21, 9:
deorum laudes,
Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 8.—So with de:
canere ad tibicinem de clarorum hominum virtutibus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3 (cf. cantito):
praecepta,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 11:
jam canit effectos extremus vinitor antes,
Verg. G. 2, 417 Wagn. N. cr.:
nil dignum sermone,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 4:
quin etiam canet indoctum,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 9:
grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,
Quint. 1, 10, 24; Cat. 63, 11:
Io! magna voce, Triumphe, canet,
Tib. 2, 5, 118; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 52; cf. Hor. C. 4, 2, 47:
haec super arvorum cultu pecorumque canebam,
Verg. G. 4, 559 Wagn.: et veterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam, croaked (according to the ancient pronunciation, kekinere kuerelam, an imitation of the Aristophanic Brekekekex; v. the letter C), id. ib. 1, 378; Lucr. 2, 601:
anser Gallos adesse canebat,
Verg. A. 8, 656:
motibus astrorum nunc quae sit causa, canamus,
Lucr. 5, 510:
sunt tempestates et fulmina clara canenda,
id. 6, 84.—
b.
With pers. objects ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
canitur adhuc barbaras apud gentes (Arminius),
Tac. A. 2, 88:
Herculem... ituri in proelia canunt,
id. G. 2:
Dianam,
Cat. 34, 3:
deos regesve,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 13:
Liberum et Musas Veneremque,
id. ib. 1, 32, 10:
rite Latonae puerum,
id. ib. 4, 6, 37;
1, 10, 5: plectro graviore Gigantas, Ov M. 10, 150: reges et proelia,
Verg. E. 6, 3; Hor. C. 4, 15, 32:
arma virumque,
Verg. A. 1, 1:
pugnasque virosque,
Stat. Th. 8, 553:
maxima bella et clarissimos duces,
Quint. 10, 1, 62.—Very rarely, to celebrate, without reference to song or poetry:
Epicurus in quădam epistulă amicitiam tuam et Metrodori grata commemoratione cecinerat,
Sen. Ep. 79, 13.—Esp. of fame, to trumpet abroad:
fama facta atque infecta canit,
Verg. A. 4, 190:
fama digna atque indigna canit,
Val. Fl. 217 al. —And prov., to sing or preach to the deaf:
non canimus surdis,
Verg. E. 10, 8: praeceptorum, quae vereor ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim. Liv. 40, 8, 10.—
C.
Since the responses of oracles were given in verse, to prophesy, foretell, predict.
a.
In poetry:
Sibylla, Abdita quae senis fata canit pedibus,
Tib. 2, 5, 16; cf.:
horrendas ambages,
Verg. A. 6. 99; 3, [p. 280] 444:
fera fata,
Hor. C. 1, 15, 4; cf. id. Epod. 13, 11; id. S. 2, 5, 58; Tib. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 3, 3, 36; 1, 6, 50; Hor. C. S. 25:
et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,
Verg. A. 2, 124; Hor. S. 1, 9, 30.—
b.
In prose:
ut haec quae nunc fiunt, canere di inmortales viderentur,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18:
non haec a me tum tamquam fata... canebantur?
id. Sest. 21, 47:
eum, qui ex Thetide natus esset, majorem patre suo futurum cecinisse dicuntur oracula,
Quint. 3, 7, 11; Just. 11, 7, 4; 7, 6, 1; Tac. A. 2, 54; id. H. 4, 54:
cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat ad antistitem fani Dianae,
Liv. 1, 45, 5; 5, 15, 4 sq.; 1, 7, 10; Tac. A. 14, 32; Liv. 30, 28, 2; cf. Nep. Att. 16, 4; cf.
of philosophers, etc.: ipsa memor praecepta Canam,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 11 Orell. ad loc.; cf.:
quaeque diu latuere, canam,
Ov. M. 15, 147.
III.
In milit. lang., t. t., both act. and neutr., of signals, to blow, to sound, to give; or to be sounded, resound.
A.
Act.:
bellicum (lit. and trop.) canere, v. bellicus: classicum, v. classicus: signa canere jubet,
to give the signal for battle, Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1:
Pompeius classicum apud eum (sc. Scipionem) cani jubet,
Caes. B. C. 3, 82.— Absol. without signum, etc.: tubicen canere coepit, Auct. B. Afr. 82; cf. Flor. 4, 2, 66.—
B.
Neutr.:
priusquam signa canerent,
Liv. 1, 1, 7:
ut attendant, semel bisne signum canat in castris,
id. 27, 47, 3 and 5; 23, 16, 12;
24, 46 (twice): repente a tergo signa canere,
Sall. J. 94, 5; Liv. 7, 40, 10; Verg. A. 10, 310; Flor. 3, 18, 10:
classicum apud eos cecinit,
Liv. 28, 27, 15.—
2.
Receptui canere, to sound a retreat:
Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit (i. e. cani jussit),
Liv. 27, 47, 2; Tac. H. 2, 26.— Poet.:
cecinit jussos receptus,
Ov. M. 1, 340.—And in Livy impers.:
nisi receptui cecinisset,
if it had not sounded a counter-march, Liv. 26, 44, 4:
ut referrent pedem, si receptui cecinisset,
id. 3, 22, 6.—
b.
Trop.:
revocante et receptui canente senatu,
Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:
ratio abstrahit ab acerbis cogitationibus a quibus cum cecinit receptui,
id. Tusc. 3, 15, 33:
antequam (orator) in has aetatis (sc. senectutis) veniat insidias, receptui canet,
Quint. 12, 11, 4.
► Examples for the signif.
to practice magic, to charm, etc., found in the derivv. cantus, canto, etc., are entirely wanting in this verb.

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10 compleo

com-plĕo ( conp-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (contr. forms: complerunt, complerint, complerat, complesse, etc., for compleverunt, etc., very often), v. a. [pleo, whence suppleo, plenus], to fill up, fill full, fill out (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Lit., of material objects.
A.
In gen., with acc. of place, vessel, etc., filled.
(α).
Alone:
hostes fossam complent,
Caes. B. G. 5, 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 16; Tac. H. 2, 25:
tune aut inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita conpleta et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,
Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:
metu, ne compleantur navigia,
Liv. 41, 3, 2:
deducunt socii navis et litora conplent,
Verg. A. 3, 71:
conplebant Laidos aedes (amatores),
Prop. 2, 6, 1:
corpora quae loca complerent,
occupy space, Lucr. 1, 522:
legiones cum loca Camporum complent,
id. 2, 324:
milites complent murum,
Caes. B. G. 7, 27:
vigiles domum Flavii complevere,
Tac. H. 3, 69; id. A. 15, 33:
scrobem ad medium,
Col. Arb. 4, 5:
non bene urnam,
Ov. M. 12, 616:
vascula,
Quint. 1, 2, 28:
paginam,
to fill out, write full, Cic. Att. 13, 34 fin.:
speluncas, of the winds,
Lucr. 6, 197.—
(β).
With abl. of material, etc.:
fossas sarmentis et virgultis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 18:
totum prope caelum... humano genere conpletum est,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28:
mundum animorum multitudine,
id. Div. 2, 58, 119:
bestiis omnium gentium circum conplere,
Liv. 44, 9, 4:
naufragorum trepidatione passim natantium flumen conpleverunt,
id. 42, 62, 6:
Hispanias Gallias Italiam monumentis ingentium rerum,
id. 30, 28, 4:
quos (gradus) ubi accusator concitatis hominibus complerat,
Cic. Clu. 34, 93:
munus Apolline dignum libris,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 217:
late loca milite,
Verg. A. 2, 495:
naves serpentibus,
Nep. Hann. 11, 6:
amphoras plumbo,
id. ib. 9, 3:
statuas aëneas pecuniā,
id. ib. 9, 3:
horrea messibus,
Luc. 3, 66:
complentur moenia et tecta maerentium turbā,
Tac. A. 3, 1:
Palatium multitudine et clamoribus complebant,
id. ib. 14, 61:
virgultibus et cratibus et corporibus exanimis complere lossas,
id. ib. 4, 51; cf.
also: et terrae... stirpium renovatione complentur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128.—
(γ).
With gen.:
conviviumque vicinorum cottidie conpleo,
Cic. Sen. 14, 46:
cum completus jam mercatorum carcer esset,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:
quae causa... ararum conpleverit urbis,
Lucr. 5, 1162.—
B.
Esp.
1.
In milit. lang.
a.
To make the army, a legion, etc., of a full number, to complete, fill up:
legiones in itinere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 25:
cohortes pro numero militum complet,
Sall. C. 56, 1; Nep. Milt. 5, 1:
legione completā per maniplos,
Sil. 8, 119.—
b.
To man, fill with men:
classem Romanam sociis navalibus,
Liv. 24, 11, 9:
naves colonis pastoribusque,
Caes. B. C. 1, 56; cf.:
has (naves) sagittariis tormentisque compleverunt,
id. ib. 2, 4:
naves bis denas aut plures,
Verg. A. 11, 327 Serv.—
2.
To fill, impregnate:
alias (mulieres),
Lucr. 4, 1249; 4, 1275.—
3.
Transf., of light, sound, etc. (freq.).
a.
To fill with light, maké full:
ut cuncta suā luce conpleat (sol),
Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:
mundum suā luce,
id. N. D. 2, 46, 119:
terras largā luce,
id. ib. 2, 19, 43:
orbem (luna),
Tib. 2, 4, 18:
lunae se cornua lumine complent,
Verg. A. 3, 645:
quod maria ac terras omnis caelumque rigando Conpleat (sol),
Lucr. 5, 595.—
b.
To fill with sound, cause to resound, etc., to fill, make full:
omnia clamoribus,
Lucr. 4, 1014:
omnia vocibus,
id. 5, 1065:
nemus querellis,
id. 2, 358; cf.:
nemus timendā voce,
Hor. Epod. 6, 9:
aëra tinnitibus et murmure,
Ov. M. 14, 537:
atria ululatu,
id. ib. 5, 153:
atria fremitu,
id. ib. 5, 3 et saep.:
fremitu aequora,
Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 37:
aures (sonus),
Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. Agr. 3, 1, 3:
caelum clamore,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 798: aures sermonibus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 31: clamor omnia variis terrentium ac paventium vocibus complet, Liv. 5, 21, 11.—
c.
Of odors, etc.:
omnia primo motu ac spiritu suo, vini, unguenti, corporis odore complesset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; cf. Veg. Vet. 1, 17, 3. —
4.
Transf., to cover, overwhelm:
Dianam (i. e. simulacrum) coronis et floribus,
i. e. to deck, adorn, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77:
vortentibus Telebois telis conplebantur corpora,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 95.—
5.
To fill, sate with food or drink:
multo cibo et potione,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:
se flore Liberi,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8:
haec avis scribitur conchis se solere conplere,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To supply fully, furnish abundantly:
exercitum omni copiā,
Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin. —
B.
To fill with any notion, story, desire, humor, passion:
completi sunt animi auresque vestrae, me... obsistere, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 3:
reliquos (milites) bonā spe,
Caes. B. C. 2, 21:
aliquem gaudio,
Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 69:
taedio,
Quint. 8, 6, 14:
animos robore,
Luc. 5, 412:
omnia luctu,
Sall. C. 51, 9:
omnia terrore,
Liv. 34, 9, 13:
cuncta pavore,
Curt. 3, 13, 10 al. —With gen.:
aliquem erroris et dementiae,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 9:
aliquem flagitii et formidinis,
id. Men. 5, 5, 3.—
C.
To make complete or perfect, to finish; of a promise, to fulfil it:
lustrationem (annuam) menstruo spatio (luna),
Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87; cf. Verg. A. 5, 46:
his rebus completis legiones reduci jussit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 46 (Dinter, ex conj., comparatis):
nocturnum erat sacrum, ita ut ante mediam noctem conpleretur,
Liv. 23, 35, 15:
studia,
Gell. 13, 5:
conplent ea beatissimam vitam,
Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 71; cf. id. ib. 3, 13, 43; id. Tusc. 5, 16, 47:
summam promissi,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 116:
rerum humanarum sorte completā,
Curt. 10, 6, 6 al. —
2.
Of time, to finish, complete:
Gorgias centum et septem conplevit annos,
Cic. Sen. 5, 13:
cum VII. et LXX. annos complesset,
Nep. Att. 21, 1:
Corvinus centesimum annum complevit,
Val. Max. 8, 13, 1; Lact. Op. Dei, 4, 3; cf.:
sua fata,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 77:
sua tempora,
id. M. 15, 816:
quinque saecula vitae suae,
id. ib. 15, 395:
materna tempora,
i. e. the time of pregnancy, id. ib. 3, 312; cf. id. ib. 11, 311:
semel quadrigis, semel desultore misso, vix unius horae tempus utrumque curriculum conplebat,
Liv. 44, 9, 4.—Hence, complētus, a, um, P. a.
* A.
Prop., filled full, full: alveus Tiberis ruderibus, * Suet. Aug. 30.—
B.
Trop., complete, perfect:
completus et perfectus verborum ambitus,
Cic. Or. 50, 168.—

* Comp., Gell. 1, 7, 20.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > compleo
11 conpleo

com-plĕo ( conp-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (contr. forms: complerunt, complerint, complerat, complesse, etc., for compleverunt, etc., very often), v. a. [pleo, whence suppleo, plenus], to fill up, fill full, fill out (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Lit., of material objects.
A.
In gen., with acc. of place, vessel, etc., filled.
(α).
Alone:
hostes fossam complent,
Caes. B. G. 5, 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 16; Tac. H. 2, 25:
tune aut inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita conpleta et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,
Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:
metu, ne compleantur navigia,
Liv. 41, 3, 2:
deducunt socii navis et litora conplent,
Verg. A. 3, 71:
conplebant Laidos aedes (amatores),
Prop. 2, 6, 1:
corpora quae loca complerent,
occupy space, Lucr. 1, 522:
legiones cum loca Camporum complent,
id. 2, 324:
milites complent murum,
Caes. B. G. 7, 27:
vigiles domum Flavii complevere,
Tac. H. 3, 69; id. A. 15, 33:
scrobem ad medium,
Col. Arb. 4, 5:
non bene urnam,
Ov. M. 12, 616:
vascula,
Quint. 1, 2, 28:
paginam,
to fill out, write full, Cic. Att. 13, 34 fin.:
speluncas, of the winds,
Lucr. 6, 197.—
(β).
With abl. of material, etc.:
fossas sarmentis et virgultis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 18:
totum prope caelum... humano genere conpletum est,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28:
mundum animorum multitudine,
id. Div. 2, 58, 119:
bestiis omnium gentium circum conplere,
Liv. 44, 9, 4:
naufragorum trepidatione passim natantium flumen conpleverunt,
id. 42, 62, 6:
Hispanias Gallias Italiam monumentis ingentium rerum,
id. 30, 28, 4:
quos (gradus) ubi accusator concitatis hominibus complerat,
Cic. Clu. 34, 93:
munus Apolline dignum libris,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 217:
late loca milite,
Verg. A. 2, 495:
naves serpentibus,
Nep. Hann. 11, 6:
amphoras plumbo,
id. ib. 9, 3:
statuas aëneas pecuniā,
id. ib. 9, 3:
horrea messibus,
Luc. 3, 66:
complentur moenia et tecta maerentium turbā,
Tac. A. 3, 1:
Palatium multitudine et clamoribus complebant,
id. ib. 14, 61:
virgultibus et cratibus et corporibus exanimis complere lossas,
id. ib. 4, 51; cf.
also: et terrae... stirpium renovatione complentur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128.—
(γ).
With gen.:
conviviumque vicinorum cottidie conpleo,
Cic. Sen. 14, 46:
cum completus jam mercatorum carcer esset,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:
quae causa... ararum conpleverit urbis,
Lucr. 5, 1162.—
B.
Esp.
1.
In milit. lang.
a.
To make the army, a legion, etc., of a full number, to complete, fill up:
legiones in itinere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 25:
cohortes pro numero militum complet,
Sall. C. 56, 1; Nep. Milt. 5, 1:
legione completā per maniplos,
Sil. 8, 119.—
b.
To man, fill with men:
classem Romanam sociis navalibus,
Liv. 24, 11, 9:
naves colonis pastoribusque,
Caes. B. C. 1, 56; cf.:
has (naves) sagittariis tormentisque compleverunt,
id. ib. 2, 4:
naves bis denas aut plures,
Verg. A. 11, 327 Serv.—
2.
To fill, impregnate:
alias (mulieres),
Lucr. 4, 1249; 4, 1275.—
3.
Transf., of light, sound, etc. (freq.).
a.
To fill with light, maké full:
ut cuncta suā luce conpleat (sol),
Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:
mundum suā luce,
id. N. D. 2, 46, 119:
terras largā luce,
id. ib. 2, 19, 43:
orbem (luna),
Tib. 2, 4, 18:
lunae se cornua lumine complent,
Verg. A. 3, 645:
quod maria ac terras omnis caelumque rigando Conpleat (sol),
Lucr. 5, 595.—
b.
To fill with sound, cause to resound, etc., to fill, make full:
omnia clamoribus,
Lucr. 4, 1014:
omnia vocibus,
id. 5, 1065:
nemus querellis,
id. 2, 358; cf.:
nemus timendā voce,
Hor. Epod. 6, 9:
aëra tinnitibus et murmure,
Ov. M. 14, 537:
atria ululatu,
id. ib. 5, 153:
atria fremitu,
id. ib. 5, 3 et saep.:
fremitu aequora,
Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 37:
aures (sonus),
Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. Agr. 3, 1, 3:
caelum clamore,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 798: aures sermonibus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 31: clamor omnia variis terrentium ac paventium vocibus complet, Liv. 5, 21, 11.—
c.
Of odors, etc.:
omnia primo motu ac spiritu suo, vini, unguenti, corporis odore complesset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; cf. Veg. Vet. 1, 17, 3. —
4.
Transf., to cover, overwhelm:
Dianam (i. e. simulacrum) coronis et floribus,
i. e. to deck, adorn, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77:
vortentibus Telebois telis conplebantur corpora,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 95.—
5.
To fill, sate with food or drink:
multo cibo et potione,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:
se flore Liberi,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8:
haec avis scribitur conchis se solere conplere,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To supply fully, furnish abundantly:
exercitum omni copiā,
Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin. —
B.
To fill with any notion, story, desire, humor, passion:
completi sunt animi auresque vestrae, me... obsistere, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 3:
reliquos (milites) bonā spe,
Caes. B. C. 2, 21:
aliquem gaudio,
Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 69:
taedio,
Quint. 8, 6, 14:
animos robore,
Luc. 5, 412:
omnia luctu,
Sall. C. 51, 9:
omnia terrore,
Liv. 34, 9, 13:
cuncta pavore,
Curt. 3, 13, 10 al. —With gen.:
aliquem erroris et dementiae,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 9:
aliquem flagitii et formidinis,
id. Men. 5, 5, 3.—
C.
To make complete or perfect, to finish; of a promise, to fulfil it:
lustrationem (annuam) menstruo spatio (luna),
Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87; cf. Verg. A. 5, 46:
his rebus completis legiones reduci jussit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 46 (Dinter, ex conj., comparatis):
nocturnum erat sacrum, ita ut ante mediam noctem conpleretur,
Liv. 23, 35, 15:
studia,
Gell. 13, 5:
conplent ea beatissimam vitam,
Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 71; cf. id. ib. 3, 13, 43; id. Tusc. 5, 16, 47:
summam promissi,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 116:
rerum humanarum sorte completā,
Curt. 10, 6, 6 al. —
2.
Of time, to finish, complete:
Gorgias centum et septem conplevit annos,
Cic. Sen. 5, 13:
cum VII. et LXX. annos complesset,
Nep. Att. 21, 1:
Corvinus centesimum annum complevit,
Val. Max. 8, 13, 1; Lact. Op. Dei, 4, 3; cf.:
sua fata,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 77:
sua tempora,
id. M. 15, 816:
quinque saecula vitae suae,
id. ib. 15, 395:
materna tempora,
i. e. the time of pregnancy, id. ib. 3, 312; cf. id. ib. 11, 311:
semel quadrigis, semel desultore misso, vix unius horae tempus utrumque curriculum conplebat,
Liv. 44, 9, 4.—Hence, complētus, a, um, P. a.
* A.
Prop., filled full, full: alveus Tiberis ruderibus, * Suet. Aug. 30.—
B.
Trop., complete, perfect:
completus et perfectus verborum ambitus,
Cic. Or. 50, 168.—

* Comp., Gell. 1, 7, 20.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conpleo
12 canō

canō cecinī, —, ere (P. perf. supplied by canto) [1 CAN-]. I. Intrans, to utter melodious notes, make music, sing, sound, play.—Of men: celebrare dapes canendo, O.: tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit: harundine, O.: imitari Pana canendo, V.: Movit Amphion lapides canendo, H.: ad tibicinem de virtutibus, etc.: ululanti voce more Asiatic<*> canere, to chant, use sing-song.—Prov.: non canimus surdis, preach to the deaf, V.—Of birds, etc.: galli victi silere solent, canere victores, to crow: gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (a bad omen), T.—Of the owl, to hoot, V.—Meton., of instruments or a piece of music, to sound, resound, be played: canentes tibiae: cum in conviviis symphonia caneret: maestae tubae, Pr.—Of signals, to sound, be sounded, resound: semel bisne signum canat in castris, L.: repente a tergo signa canere, S.: Signa canunt, V.: classicum apud eos cecinit, L.: receptui canere, to sound a retreat, Cs.: Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit, L.: nisi receptui cecinisset, sounded a counter-march, L.—Fig.: revocante et receptui canente senatu.— II. Trans. with cognate acc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite, compose: id carmen: in eum carmina incondita, L.: versūs: verba ad certos modos, O.: praecepta, H.: indoctum, H.: Haec super arvorum cultu, V. — Of frogs: veterem querellam, croaked, V. — Prov.: Cantilenam eandem canis, ever the old tune, T.—With definite obj, to sing, celebrate in song, sing of, praise: virorum laudes: suas laudes, L.: reges et proelia, V.: Quas strages Turnus Ediderit, V.: Herculem, Ta.: Liberum et Musas, H.: plectro graviore Gigantas, O.: arma virumque, V.: (fama) facta atque infecta canit, trumpets, V.—Prov.: vana surdis auribus, L.—Of oracles or diviners, to give response (in verse), prophesy, foretell, predict, utter: horrendas ambages, V.: fera fata, H.: Artificis scelus, V.: haec quae nunc fiunt: Sibylla quae senis fata canit pedibus, Tb.: te mater aucturum caelestium numerum cecinit, L.: quae nunc usu veniunt, N.: Hoc signum cecinit missuram creatrix (sc. se), V.: quaeque diu latuere, O.: cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat, etc., L. — Of signals, to blow, sound, give: tubicines signa canere, give the signal for battle, S.: classicum apud eum cani iubet, Cs.: bellicum, call to arms: Gallos adesse, signalled, V.—Poet.: (bucina) cecinit iussos receptūs, O.
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I
canere, cani, canitus V

sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell
II
canere, cecini, cantus V

sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell

Latin-English dictionary > canō
13 increpo

in-crĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum (increpavi, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 63; Vulg. Psa. 9, 6; Suet. Tib. 52:
increpatus,
Just. 11, 4, 5; Prud. 7, 195; Liv. 24, 17, 7 Cod.), 1, v. n. and a., to make a noise, sound, resound, to rush, rustle, patter, rattle, whiz (class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
Neutr.:
simul ut discus increpuit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21:
corvorum increpuit densis exercitus alis,
Verg. G. 1, 382.—
2.
Transf., to make a noise, be noised abroad:
increpui hibernum et fluctus movi maritumos,
Plaut. Rud. prol. 69:
quicquid increpuerit, Catilinam timeri,
Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18:
simul atque increpuit suspicio tumultus,
id. Mur. 10, 22:
si quid increparet terroris,
Liv. 4, 43, 10:
haec indigna miserandaque auditu cum apud timentes... increpuissent,
id. 6, 37, 1.—
B.
Act., to utter aloud, produce, give forth ( poet.):
saevas increpat aura minas,
Prop. 1, 17, 6: tuba terribilem sonitum. Verg. A. 9, 504.—
2.
To cause to give forth a sound:
cum Juppiter atras increpuit nubes,
Ov. M. 12, 52:
increpuit unda latus,
id. Tr. 1, 4, 24; cf.:
vincor ut credam miser Sabella pectus increpare carmina,
disturb, confuse, Hor. Epod. 17, 28.—
3.
To make a noise at a person, thunder at:
timeo totus, ita me increpuit Juppiter,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 25.—
II.
Transf.
A.
To exclaim loudly against a person, to blame or upbraid loudly, to chide, rebuke, reprove. — With acc.:
numquid increpavit filium?
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 63:
maledictis omnes bonos,
Sall. C. 21, 4:
gravibus probris,
Liv. 23, 45, 5:
etiam deos verbis ferocioribus,
id. 45, 23, 19:
cunctantes arma capere,
id. 10, 35, 8:
increpat ultro Cunctantes socios,
Verg. A. 10, 830.—With ad and acc.:
dictator ad contionem advocatam increpuit,
spoke angrily, Liv. 4, 32, 2.— Absol.:
ultro animos tollit dictis, atque increpat ultro,
Verg. A. 9, 127.—
B.
To accuse a person of any thing:
avaritiae singulos,
Suet. Cal. 39:
saevitiae populum,
id. Galb. 15.—
C.
With an abstract object, to reprove, censure, inveigh against any reprehensible quality or act of a person:
illis versibus increpant eorum arrogantiam,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:
illius in me perfidiam,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 3:
fugam,
id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 al. —Hence, incrĕ-pĭtus, a, um, Part.
A.
Chided, reproved:
praefecti navium graviter increpiti,
Liv. 23, 26, 4; 24, 17, 7.—
B.
Accused:
ignaviae,
Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. M. 1, 17.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > increpo
14 circumsono

circum-sŏno, āre, v. n. and a. (rare but class.).
I.
Neutr., to sound, resound ( with something) on every side, to be filled with any sound:
locus, qui circumsonat ululatibus cantuque symphoniae,
Liv. 39, 10, 7; 27, 18, 16; Vitr. 5, 8, 1; Manil. 5, 582. —
B.
Of the sound itself, to resound:
dux theatri sui audiens plausum, in modum planctus, circumsonare,
Flor. 4, 2, 45.—
II.
Act.
A.
To surround a thing with a sound, to make something to echo or resound, to fill everywhere with a sound:
aures vocibus undique,
Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5 (cf. id. Fam. 6, 18, 4, and Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7, personare aurem):
clamor hostes circumsonat,
Liv. 3, 28, 3:
Rutulus murum circumsonat armis,
Verg. A. 8, 474; cf.:
quā totum Nereus circumsonat orbem,
Ov. M. 1, 187 Haupt (al. circumsonat):
me luxuria undique circumsonuit,
Sen. Tranq. 1, 9.—
(β).
Pass.:
Threicio Scythioque fere circumsonor ore,
Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 47; 4, 10, 111:
nunc procul a patriā Geticis circumsonor armis,
id. ib. 5, 3, 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > circumsono
15 strepō

strepō uī, —, ere, to make a noise, rattle, rustle, rumble, murmur, hum, roar: Inter se, C. poët.: fluvii-strepunt Hibernā nive turgidi, H.: strepit adsiduo cava tempora circum Tinnitu galea, V.: haec cum streperent, vociferated, L.—Of music, to sound: rauco strepuerunt cornua cantu, V.: iam litui strepunt, H.—Of places, to resound, sound, be filled, ring: strepit murmure campus, V.: omnia terrore ac tumultu, L.: aures clamoribus plorantium, L.—Fig., to be heard: intra Albanam arcem sententia Messalini strepebat, i. e. was not heard outside, Ta.
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strepere, strepui, strepitus V

make a loud noise; shout confusedly; resound

Latin-English dictionary > strepō
16 bene

bĕnĕ, adv. of manner and intensity [bonus; the first vowel assimilated to the e of the foll. syllable; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 366], well ( comp. melius, better; sup. optime [v. bonus init. ], best; often to be rendered by more specific Engl. adverbs).
I.
As adjunct of verbs.
A.
In gen.
1.
Of physical or external goodness, usefulness, ornament, and comfort:
villam rusticam bene aedificatam habere expedit,
Cato, R. R. 3:
villam bonam beneque aedificatam,
Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:
quid est agrum bene colere? Bene arare,
Cato, R. R. 61:
agro bene culto nihil potest esse... uberius,
Cic. Sen. 16, 57:
ubi cocta erit bene,
Cato, R. R. 157; 3; 4;
32 et saep.: te auratam et vestitam bene,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 50: ornatus hic satis me condecet? Ps. Optume, it is very becoming, id. Ps. 4, 1, 26:
me bene curata cute vises,
well tended, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 15:
bene olere,
Verg. E. 2, 48:
bene sonare,
Quint. 8, 3, 16:
neque tamen non inprimis bene habitavit,
in the very best style, Nep. Att. 13, 1:
a Catone cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret, respondet Bene pascere? Quid secundum? Satis bene pascere,
Cic. Off. 2, 25, 89: so,
bene cenare,
Cat. 13, 17; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 56:
bene de rebus domesticis constitutum esse,
to be in good circumstances, Cic. Sest. 45, 97;
similarly: rem (i. e. familiarem) bene paratam comitate perdidit,
well arranged, Plaut. Rud. prol. 38.—
2.
With respect to the mind.
a.
Perception, knowledge, ability:
quas tam bene noverat quam paedagogos nostros novimus,
Sen. Ep. 27, 5:
quin melius novi quam te et vidi saepius,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 22:
novi optime (Bacchus) et saepe vidi,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:
qui optime suos nosse deberet,
Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1; id. S. 1, 9, 22: satin' haec meministi et tenes? Pa. Melius quam tu qui docuisti, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 2:
quod eo mihi melius cernere videor quo ab eo proprius absum,
Cic. Sen. 21, 77:
ut hic melius quam ipse illa scire videatur,
id. de Or. 1, 15, 66; id. Or. 38, 132:
cum Sophocles vel optime scripserit Electram suam,
id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:
gubernatoris ars quia bene navigandi rationem habet,
of able seamanship, id. ib. 1, 13, 42:
melius in Volscis imperatum est,
better generalship was displayed, Liv. 2, 63, 6:
nihil melius quam omnis mundus administratur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59: de medico bene existimari scribis, that he is well thought ( spoken) of, i. e. his ability, id. Fam. 16, 14, 1:
prudentibus et bene institutis,
well educated, id. Sen. 14, 50:
sapientibus et bene natura constitutis,
endowed with good natural talent, id. Sest. 65, 137:
quodsi melius geruntur ea quae consilio geruntur quam, etc.,
more ably, id. Inv. 1, 34, 59:
tabulas bene pictas collocare in bono lumine,
good paintings, id. Brut. 75, 261:
canere melius,
Verg. E. 9, 67; Quint. 10, 1, 91:
bene pronuntiare,
id. 11, 3, 12:
bene respondere interrogationibus,
id. 5, 7, 28; 6, 3, 81.—
b.
Of feeling, judgment, and will:
similis in utroque nostrum, cum optime sentiremus, error fuit,
when we had the best intentions, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 3; so id. ib. 6, 4, 2; so,
bene sentire,
id. ib. 6, 1, 3; so,
bene, optime de re publica sentire,
to hold sound views on public affairs, id. Off. 1, 41, 149; id. Fam. 4, 14, 1; id. Phil. 3, 9, 23:
bene animatas eas (insulas) confirmavit,
well disposed, Nep. Cim. 2, 4:
ei causae quam Pompeius animatus melius quam paratus susceperat,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 10; so, optime animati, Varr. ap. Non. p. 201, 7:
quod bene cogitasti aliquando, laudo,
that you had good intentions, Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 34:
se vero bene sperare (i. e. de bello),
had good hopes, Liv. 6, 6, 18:
sperabis omnia optime,
Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 7:
tibi bene ex animo volo,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 6; so freq.: bene alicui velle, v. volo: bene aliquid consulere, to plan something well:
vigilando, agendo, bene consulendo prospera omnia cedunt,
Sall. C. 52, 29:
omnia non bene consulta,
id. J. 92, 2. —
c.
Of morality, honesty, honor, etc.
(α).
Bene vivere, or bene beateque vivere ( = kalôs kagathôs), to lead a moral and happy life:
qui virtutem habeat, eum nullius rei ad bene vivendum indigere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93:
in dialectica vestra nullam esse ad melius vivendum vim,
id. Fin. 1, 19, 63:
quod ni ita accideret et melius et prudentius viveretur,
id. Sen. 19, 67; cf. id. Ac. 1, 4, 15; id. Fin. 1, 13, 45; id. Off. 1, 6, 19; id. Fam. 4, 3, 3 et saep. (for another meaning of bene vivere, cf. e. infra).—
(β).
Bene mori, to die honorably, bravely, creditably, gloriously:
qui se bene mori quam turpiter vivere maluit,
Liv. 22, 50, 7:
ne ferrum quidem ad bene moriendum oblaturus est hostis,
id. 9, 3, 3; so id. 21, 42, 4:
tum potui, Medea, mori bene,
Ov. H. 12, 5.—
(γ).
Bene partum, what is honestly, honorably earned or acquired:
multa bona bene parta habemus,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 65:
mei patris bene parta indiligenter Tutatur,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 5:
res familiaris primum bene parta sit, nullo neque turpi quaestu, neque odioso,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92:
diutine uti bene licet partum bene,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 15; Sall. C. 51, 42 (cf.:
mala parta,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 65:
male par tum,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 22).—
(δ).
Apud bonos bene agier, an old legal formula: bona fide agi (v. bonus), to be transacted in good faith among good men. ubi erit illa formula fiduciae ut inter bonos bene agier oportet? Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 61; 3, 17, 70.—
(ε).
Non bene = male, not faithfully:
esse metus coepit ne jura jugalia conjunx Non bene servasset,
Ov. M. 7, 716.—
d.
Representing an action as right or correct, well, rightly, correctly: bene mones, Ibo, you are right ( to admonish me), Ter. And. 2, 2, 36:
sequi recusarunt bene monentem,
Liv. 22, 60, 17:
quom mihi et bene praecipitis, et, etc.,
since you give sound advice, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 55; so Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 6; 3, 3, 80; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 372, 7:
bene enim majores accubitionem epularem amicorum convivium nominarunt, melius quam Graeci,
Cic. Sen. 13, 45:
hoc bene censuit Scaevola,
correctly, Dig. 17, 1, 48.—
e.
Pleasantly, satisfactorily, profitably, prosperously, fortunately, successfully:
nunc bene vivo et fortunate atque ut volo atque animo ut lubet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 111:
nihil adferrent quo jucundius, id est melius, viveremus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 41, 72:
si bene qui cenat, bene vivit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 56: quamobrem melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, is better or more profitably invested, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:
perdenda sunt multa beneficia ut semel ponas bene, Sen. Ben. poet. 1, 2, 1: etiamsi nullum (beneficium) bene positurus sit,
id. ib. 1, 2, 2:
quando hoc bene successit,
Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 23: bene ambulatum'st? Di. Huc quidem, hercle, ad te bene, Quia tui vivendi copia'st, has your walk been pleasant? Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 18:
melius ominare,
use words of better omen, id. Rud. 2, 3, 7; Cic. Brut. 96, 329:
qui se suamque aetatem bene curant,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 36.—So, bene (se) habere: ut bene me haberem filiai nuptiis, have a good time at, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 2:
qui se bene habet suisque amicis usui est,
who enjoys his life and is a boon companion, id. Mil. 3, 1, 128:
nam hanc bene se habere aetatem nimio'st aequius,
id. Merc. 3, 2, 6: bene consulere alicui, to take good care for somebody ' s interests:
tuae rei bene consulere cupio,
id. Trin. 3, 2, 9:
ut qui mihi consultum optume velit esse,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1:
me optime consulentem saluti suae,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2:
qui se ad sapientes viros bene consulentes rei publicae contulerunt,
id. Off. 2, 13, 46.—So, bene mereri, and rarely bene merere, to deserve well of one, i. e. act for his advantage; absol. or with de:
addecet Bene me, renti bene referre gratiam,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 36:
Licinii aps te bene merenti male refertur gratia?
id. Ps. 1, 3, 86:
ut memorem in bene meritos animum praestarem,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:
cogor nonnumquam homines non optime de me meritos rogatu eorum qui bene meriti sunt, defendere,
id. ib. 7, 1, 4:
tam bene meritis de nomine Punico militibus,
Liv. 23, 12, 5:
si bene quid de te merui,
Verg. A. 4, 317; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; id. Sest. 1, 2; 12, 39; 66, 139; 68, 142; id. Mil. 36, 99; id. Phil. 2, 14, 36 et saep.; v. mereo, D. and P. a.—So esp. referring to price: bene emere, to buy advantageously, i. e. cheaply; bene vendere, to sell advantageously, i. e. at a high price: bene ego hercle vendidi te, Plaut. [p. 230] Durc. 4, 2, 34:
et quoniam vendat, velle quam optime vendere,
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:
ita nec ut emat melius, nec ut vendat quidquam, simulabit vir bonus,
id. ib. 3, 15, 61: vin' bene emere? Do. Vin' tu pulcre vendere? Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 38:
melius emetur,
Cato, R. R. 1: quo melius emptum sciatis, Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 50 fin.:
qui vita bene credat emi honorem,
cheaply, Verg. A. 9, 206; Sil 4, 756.—
f.
Expressing kindness, thanks, etc.: bene facis, bene vocas, bene narras, I thank you, am obliged to you for doing, calling, saying (colloq.): merito amo te. Ph. Bene facis, thanks! Ter Eun. 1, 2, 106; cf.:
in consuetudinem venit, bene facis et fecisti non mdicantis esse, sed gratias agentis, Don. ad loc.' placet, bene facitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 43: dividuom talentum faciam. La. Bene facis, id. ib. 5, 3, 52: si quid erit dubium, immutabo Da. Bene fecisti, id. Ep. 5, 1, 40 Lo. Adeas, si velis. La. Bene hercle factum vobis habeo gratiam. Accedam propius, id. Rud. 3, 6, 2; Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 10.—With gratiam habere: bene fecisti;
gratiam habeo maximam,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 61; cf.
bene benigneque arbitror te facere,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 130: quin etiam Graecis licebit utare cum voles... Bene sane facis, sed enitar ut Latine loquar, I thank you for the permission, but, etc., Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 25: an exitum Cassi Maelique expectem? Bene facitis quod abominamini... sed, etc., I am much obliged to you for abhorring this, but, etc., Liv. 6, 18, 9: bene edepol narras; nam illi faveo virgini, thanks for telling me, for, etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 7 (cf.:
male hercule narras,
I owe you little thanks for saying so, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10):
bene, ita me di ament, nuntias,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20:
benenarras,
Cic. Att. 16, 14, 4; 13, 33, 2: tu ad matrem adi. Bene vocas; benigne dicis Cras apud te, thanks for your invitation, but, etc., Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 108: eamus intro ut prandeamus. Men. Bene vocas, tam gratia'st, id. Men. 2, 3, 41.—
g.
Of accuracy, etc., well, accurately, truly, completely:
cum ceterae partes aetatis bene descriptae sint,
Cic. Sen. 2, 5:
cui bene librato... Obstitit ramus,
Ov. M. 8, 409:
at bene si quaeras,
id. ib. 3, 141:
tibi comprimam linguam. Hau potes: Bene pudiceque adservatur,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 196:
bene dissimulare amorem,
entirely, Ter. And. 1, 1, 105:
quis enim bene celat amorem?
Ov. H. 12, 37.—So with a negation, = male restat parvam quod non bene compleat urnam, Ov. M. 12, 615: non bene conveniunt... Majestas et amor, id. ib 2, 846.—Redundant, with vix (Ovid.):
vix bene Castalio descenderat antro, Incustoditam lente videt ire juvencam ( = vix descenderat cum, etc.),
Ov. M. 3, 14:
tactum vix bene limen erat, Aesonides, dixi, quid agit meus?
id. H. 6, 24:
vix bene desieram, rettulit illa mihi,
id. F 5, 277.—
h.
Sup., most opportunely, at the nick of time (comic):
sed eccum meum gnatum optume video,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 57:
sed optume eccum exit senex,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 44. optume adveniens, puere, cape Chlamydem, etc., id. Merc. 5, 2, 69: Davum optume Video, Ter And. 2, 1, 35; 4, 2, 3; Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 25; 4, 5, 19; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 66; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 9; 5, 5, 2.—
i.
Pregn.: bene polliceri = large polliceri, to make liberal promises ' praecepit ut ceteros adeant, bene polliceantur, Sall. C. 41, 5; cf.: bene promittere, to promise success:
quae autem inconstantia deorum ut primis minentur extis, bene promittant secundis?
Cic. Div. 2, 17, 38.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Bene dicere.
a.
To speak well, i. e. eloquently:
qui optime dicunt,
the most eloquent, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119; 2, 2, 5:
etiam bene dicere haud absurdum est,
Sall. C. 3, 1:
abunde dixit bene quisquis rei satisfecit,
Quint. 12, 9, 7;
cf: bene loqui,
to use good language, speak good Latin, Cic. Brut. 58, 212, 64, 228.—
b.
To speak ably:
multo oratorem melius quam ipsos illos quorum eae sint artes esse dicturum,
Cic. Or. 1, 15, 65; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 4. bene dicendi scientia, Quint. 7, 3, 12.—
c.
To speak correctly or elegantly:
eum et Attice dicere et optime, ut..bene dicere id sit, Attice dicere,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 13 ' optime dicta, Quint. 10, 1, 19.—So, bene loqui:
ut esset perfecta illa bene loquendi laus,
Cic. Brut. 72, 252:
at loquitur pulchre. Num melius quam Plato?
id. Opt. Gen. 5, 16.—
d.
To speak well, i e. kindly, of one, to praise him; absol. or with dat., or reflex., with inter (less correctly as one word, benedicere): cui bene dixit umquam bono? Of what good man has he ever spoken well, or, what good man has he ever praised, Cic. Sest. 52, 110. bene, quaeso, inter vos dicatis, et amice absenti tamen, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 31.—Ironically:
bene equidem tibi dico qui te digna ut eveniant precor,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 26:
nec tibi cessaret doctus bene dicere lector,
Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 9: cui a viris bonis bene dicatur, Metell. Numid. ap. Gell. 6, 11, 3.— And dat understood:
si bene dicatis (i. e. mihi) vostra ripa vos sequar,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 18 ' omnes bene dicunt (ei), et amant (eum), Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 11:
ad bene dicendum (i e. alteri) delectandumque redacti,
Hor. Ep 2, 1, 155 —Part. ' indignis si male dicitur, male dictum id esse duco;
Verum si dignis dicitur, bene dictum'st,
is a praise, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27 sq.: nec bene nec male dicta profuerunt ad confirmandos animos, Liv 23, 46, 1; cf. Ter. Phorm. prol. 20 infra. —Bene audio = bene dicitur mihi, I am praised:
bene dictis si certasset, audisset bene,
Ter. Phorm. prol. 20; v. audio, 5.—
e.
To use words of good omen (euphêmein): Ol. Quid si fors aliter quam voles evenerit? St. Bene dice, dis sum fretus ( = fave lingua, melius ominare), Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38 heja, bene dicito, id. As. 3, 3, 155.—
f.
Bene dixisti, a formula of approbation: ne quan do iratus tu alio conferas. Th. Bene dixti, you are right, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 61. bene et sapienter dixti dudum, etc., it was a good and wise remark of yours that, etc., id. Ad. 5, 8, 30.—
g.
Bene dicta, fine or specious, plausible words (opp. deeds):
bene dictis tuis bene facta aures meae expostulant,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 25; so,
bene loqui: male corde consultare, Bene lingua loqui,
use fine words, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 16.—
2.
Bene facere.
a.
Bene aliquid facere, to do, make, something well, i. e. ably (v. I. A. 2. a. supra):
vel non facere quod non op time possis, vel facere quod non pessime facias,
Cic. Or. 2, 20, 86:
non tamen haec quia possunt bene aliquando fieri passim facienda sunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 70:
Jovem Phidias optime fecit,
id. 2, 3, 6; so, melius facere, Afran. ap. Macr. 6, 1.— P. a.:
quid labor aut bene facta juvant?
his labor and well-done works are no pleasure to him, Verg. G. 3, 525. —
b.
Bene facere, with dat. absol., with in and abl., or with erga, to do a good action, to benefit somebody, to impart benefits (less cor rectly as one word, benefacio)
(α).
With dat.:
bonus bonis bene feceris,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:
bene si amico feceris, ne pigeat fecisse,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 66:
malo bene facere tantumdem est periculum quantum bono male facere,
id. Poen. 3, 3, 20:
homini id quod tu facis bene,
id. Ep 1, 2, 33:
tibi lubens bene faxim,
Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 8; 5, 8, 25:
at tibi di semper... faciant bene,
may the gods bless you, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 32:
di tibi Bene faciant,
Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 20; so Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 18.— Pass.:
quod bonis bene fit beneficium,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 108:
pulchrum est bene facere reipublicae,
Sall. C. 3, 1:
ego ne ingratis quidem bene facere absistam,
Liv. 36, 35, 4.—Reflexively. sibi bene facere, enjoy one ' s self, have a good time, genio indulgere (v. I. A. 2. e. supra): nec quisquam est tam ingenio duro quin, ubi quidquam occasionis sit sibi faciat bene, Plaut. As. grex 5.—
(β).
With in and abl.:
quoniam bene quae in me fecerunt, ingrata ea habui,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 30.—
(γ).
With erga:
si quid amicum erga bene feci,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 4.—
(δ).
With ellipsis of dat., to impart benefits:
ingrata atque irrita esse omnia intellego Quae dedi et quod bene feci,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 11:
quod bene fecisti, referetur gratia,
id. Capt. 5, 1, 20:
ego quod bene feci, male feci,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 34; id. Trin. 2, 2, 41:
si beneficia in rebus, non in ipsa benefaciendi voluntate consisterent,
Sen. Ben. 1, 7, 1:
benefaciendi animus,
id. ib. 2, 19, 1.—So esp. in formula of thanks, etc.' bene benigneque arbitror te facere, I thank you heartily, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 129: Jup. Jam nunc irata non es? Alc. Non sum. Jup. Bene facis, id. Am. 3, 2, 56; v Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 384.—P. a. as subst.: bĕnĕ facta, orum, n., benefits, benefactions (cf. beneficium): bene facta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v 429 Vahl.): pol, bene facta tua me hortantur tuo ut imperio paream, Plaut Pers. 5, 2, 65: pro bene factis ejus uti ei pretium possim reddere. id. Capt. 5, 1, 20;
bene facta referre,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 182 tenere, id. ib. 2, 42.—So freq. in eccl. writ ers:
et si bene feceritis his qui vobis bene faciunt,
Vulg. Luc. 6, 33:
bene facite his qui oderunt vos,
id. Matt. 5, 44.—
(ε).
Absol., to do good, perform meritorious acts (in fin. verb only eccl. Lat.)' discite bene facere, Vulg. Isa. 1, 17:
interrogo vos si licet sabbatis bene facere an male,
id. Luc. 6, 9:
qui bene facit, ex Deo est,
id. Joan. Ep. 3, 11.— In P a. (class.): bene facta (almost always in plur.), merits, meritorious acts, brave deeds:
bene facta recte facta sunt,
Cic. Par 3, 1, 22:
omnia bene facta in luce se collocari volunt,
id. Tusc. 2, 26, 64; id. Sen. 3, 9:
bene facta mea reipublicae procedunt,
Sall. J 85, 5, cf. id. C. 8, 5; id. H. Fragm. 1, 19: veteribus bene factis nova pensantes maleficia, Liv 37, 1, 2; cf. Quint. 3, 7, 13, 12, 1, 41; Prop. 2, 1, 24; Ov. M. 15, 850, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 386.— Sing.: bene factum a vobis, dum vivitis non abscedet, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4.—
(ζ).
In medical language, to be of good effect, benefit, do good:
id bene faciet et alvum bonam faciet,
Cato, R. R. 157, 6.—So with ad: ad capitis dolorem bene facit serpyllum, Scrib Comp. 1; so id. ib. 5; 9; 13; 41.—
(η).
In the phrase bene facis, etc., as a formula of thanks, v I A. 2. f. supra.—
(θ).
Expressing joy, I am glad of it, I am glad that etc. (comic.) Da. Tua quae fuit Palaestra, ea filia inventa'st mea. La. Bene meher cule factum'st, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 9: bis tanto valeo quam valui prius. Ly. Bene hercle factum et gaudeo, id. Merc. 2, 2, 27; Ter And. 5, 6, 11; id. Hec. 5, 4, 17; id. Eun. 5, 8, 7:
bene factum et volup est hodie me his mulierculis Tetulisse auxilium,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 1; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 11; so, bene factum gaudeo: nam hic noster pater est Ant. Ita me Juppiter bene amet, benefac tum gaudeo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 47; Ter Phorm. 5, 6, 43; cf.: Me. Rex Creo vigiles nocturnos singulos semper locat. So. Bene facit, quia nos eramus peregri, tutatu'st domum, I am glad of it, etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 19. bene fecit A. Silius qui transegerit: neque enim ei deesse volebam, et quid possem timebam, I am glad that A. Silius, etc., Cic. Att. 12, 24, 1.—
3.
With esse.
a.
Bene est, impers., it is well.
(α).
In the epistolary formula: si vales bene est; or, si vales bene est, (ego) valeo (abbrev. S.V.B.E.V.), Afran. ap Prisc. p 804 P; Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1; 10, 34, 1; 4, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 7, 1; 5, 9, 1; 5, 10, 1; 10, 33, 1; 10, 14, 8; 10, 14, 11;
14, 14, 1, 14, 14, 16: si valetis gaudeo,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 41 —These formulas were obsolete at Seneca's time: mos antiquis fuit, usque ad meam servatus aetatem, primis epistulae verbis adicere: Si vales, bene est;
ego valeo,
Sen. Ep. 15, 1.—
(β).
= bene factum est (cf. I. 2. k. supra): oculis quoque etiam plus jam video quam prius: Ly. Bene est, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 26: hic est intus filius apud nos tuus. De. Optume'st, id. ib. 5, 4, 49; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 48, 5, 5, 3; id. Hec. 5, 4, 31.—
b.
Bene est alicui, impers., it is ( goes) well with one, one does well, is well off, enjoys himself, is happy: nam si curent, bene bonis sit, male malis, quod nunc abest, Enn ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 79 (Trag. v. 355 Vahl.):
bona si esse veis, bene erit tibi,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 12:
quia illi, unde huc abvecta sum, malis bene esse solitum'st,
id. ib. 3, 1, 13:
qui neque tibi bene esse patere, et illis qui bus est invides,
id. Ps. 4, 7, 35 (so id. Trin. 2, 2, 71): num quippiam aluit me vis? De. Ut bene sit tibi, id Pers. 4, 8, 5; id. Poen. 4, 2, 90; Ter Phorm. 1, 2, 101: nemini nimium bene est, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.:
si non est, jurat bene solis esse maritis,
Hor. Ep 1, 1, 88:
nec tamen illis bene erit, quia non bono gaudent,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 11, 4: BENE SIT NOBIS, Inscr Orell. 4754; Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 95; 4, 2, 36; id. Curc. 4, 2, 31; id. Pers. 5, 2, 74; id. Stich. 5, 5, 12; id. Merc. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 9.— Comp.: istas minas decem, qui me procurem dum melius sit mi, des. Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 40:
spero ex tuis litteris tibi melius esse,
that your health is better, Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 1; Ter And. 2, 5, 16.—With dat. understood: patria est ubi cumque est bene (i. e. cuique), where one does well, there is his country, Poet. ap. Cic Tusc 5, 37, 108 (Trag. Rel. inc. p. 248 Rib). [p. 231] —With abl., to be well off in, to feast upon a thing:
ubi illi bene sit ligno, aqua calida, cibo, vestimentis,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 39:
at mihi bene erat, non piscibus, Sed pullo atque hoedo,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 120.—
c.
Bene sum = bene mihi est:
minore nusquam bene fui dispendio,
Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 20:
de eo (argento) nunc bene sunt tua virtute,
id. Truc. 4, 2, 28: dato qui bene sit;
ego ubi bene sit tibi locum lepidum dabo,
id. Bacch. 1, 1, 51:
scis bene esse si sit unde,
id. Capt. 4, 2, 70.—
4.
Bene habere.
a.
With subj. nom.
(α).
To enjoy, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 35 al.; v. I. A. 2. e. supra.—
(β).
To be favorable, to favor:
bene habent tibi principia,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 82. —
(γ).
With se, to be well, well off. imperator se bene habet, it is well with, Sen. Ep. 24, 9; cf.:
si te bene habes,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 122 Brix ad loc.—
b.
Hoc bene habet, or bene habet, impers. ( = res se bene habet), it is well, matters stand well:
bene habet: jacta sunt fundamenta defensionis,
Cic. Mur. 6, 14:
bene habet: di pium movere bellum,
Liv. 8, 6, 4:
atque bene habet si a collega litatum est,
id. 8, 9, 1; Juv. 10, 72; Stat. Th. 11, 557.— So pers.: bene habemus nos, si in his spes est;
opinor, aliud agamus,
we are well off, Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1.—
5.
Bene agere, with cum and abl.
(α).
To treat one well:
bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3.—
(β).
Impers.: bene agitur cum aliquo, it goes well with one, he is fortunate:
bene dicat secum esse actum,
that he has come off well, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 2:
non tam bene cum rebus humanis agitur ut meliora pluribus placeant,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 1.— With ellipsis of cum and abl.:
si hinc non abeo intestatus, bene agitur pro noxia (sc. mecum),
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—
6.
Rem (negotium) bene gerere.
(α).
To administer well private or public affairs: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patria procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 295 Vahl.):
non ut multis bene gestae, sed, ut nemini, conservatae rei publicae,
Cic. Pis. 3, 6; so,
qui ordo bene gestae rei publicae testimonium multis, mihi uni conservatae dedit,
id. Phil. 2, 1, 2:
rem publicam,
id. Pis. 19, 45:
Apollini republica vestra bene gesta servataque... donum mittitote,
Liv. 23, 11, 3.—
(β).
To be successful, meet with success, acquit one ' s self well; usu. of war;
also of private affairs: bello extincto, re bene gesta, vobis gratis habeo, etc.,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 2:
quando bene gessi rem, volo hic in fano supplicare,
id. Curc. 4, 2, 41;
quasi re bene gesta,
Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 13:
rem te valde bene gessisse rumor erat,
that you had met with great success, Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; id. Planc. 25, 61:
conclamant omnes occasionem negotii bene gerendi amittendam non esse,
Caes. B. G. 5, 57:
haec cogitanti accidere visa est facultas bene rei gerendae,
id. ib. 7, 44:
res bello bene gestae,
success in war, Liv. 23, 12, 11:
laeti bene gestis corpora rebus Procurate,
Verg. A. 9, 157; cf. Cic. Planc. 25, 61; Liv. 1, 37, 6; 4, 47, 1; 8, 30, 5; 22, 25, 4; 23, 36, 2.—
7.
Bene vertere, in wishes.
(α).
With the rel. quod or quae res as subject, to turn out well; absol. or with dat.:
quae res tibi et gnatae tuae bene feliciterque vortat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:
quod utrisque bene vertat,
Liv. 8, 5, 6:
quod bene verteret,
id. 3, 26, 9; cf. id. 3, 35, 8; 3, 62, 5; 7, 39, 10; v. verto; cf.:
quod bene eveniat,
Cato, R. R. 141.—
(β).
With di as subject:
di bene vortant,
may the gods let it turn out well, may the gods grant success, Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 5; cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 10; id. Hec. 1, 2, 121; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 19; v. verte.—
8.
Bene, colloquially in leave-taking: bene ambula, walk well, i. e. have a pleasant walk! Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 166: De. Bene ambulato! Ly. Bene vale! id. Merc 2, 2, 55:
bene valete et vivite!
id. Mil. 4, 8, 30:
cives bene valete!
id. Merc. 5, 2, 25; cf. id. Ep. 5, 1, 40; id. Merc. 2, 4, 28; 5, 4, 65; id. Curc. 4, 2, 30; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 115; id. Hec. 1, 2, 122:
salvere jubeo te, mi Saturides, bene,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 35: LAGGE, FILI, BENE QVIESCAS, Sepulch. Inscr. Orell. p. 4755.—
9.
In invocations to the gods, often redundant (cf. bonus):
ita me Juppiter bene amet,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 47:
di te bene ament, Hegio,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 29:
ita me di bene ament,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 43; id. Hec. 2, 1, 9; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 13:
Jane pater uti te... bonas preces bene precatus siem,
Cato, R. R. 134: bene sponsis, beneque volueris in precatione augurali Messala augur ait significare spoponderis, volueris, Fest. p. 351 Mull. (p. 267 Lind.).—
10.
Elliptical expressions.
(α).
Bene, melius, optime, instead of bene, etc., dicit, dicis, or facit, facis, etc.:
bene Pericles (i.e. dixit),
Cic. Off. 1,40, 144:
bene (Philippus) ministrum et praebitorem,
id. ib. 2, 14, 53:
existimabatur bene, Latine (i. e. loqui),
id. Brut. 74, 259; so id. Sen. 14, 47:
at bene Areus,
Quint. 2, 15, 36; cf. id. 10, 1, 56:
nam ante Aristippus, et ille melius (i.e. hoc dixerat),
Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 26:
sed haec tu melius vel optime omnium (i.e. facies),
id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61; 1, 19, 63; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. Sen. 20, 73; id. Opt. Gen. 6, 18; Quint. 10, 3, 25; 10, 2, 24; 6, 1, 3; 9, 4, 23.—
(β).
In applauding answers' bene and optime, good! bravo! excellent! euge, euge! Perbene! Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 75: huc respice. Da. Optume! id. ib. 3, 4, 3; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 114; 5, 4, 16.—
(γ).
In drinking health, with acc. or dat., health to you, your health! bene vos! bene nos! bene te! bene me! bene nostram etiam Stephanium! Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 27; Tib 2, 1, 31: bene te, pater optime Caesar, etc.; Ov. F. 2, 637:
bene mihi, bene vobis, bene amicae meae!
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 21; Ov.A.A. 1, 601.—
11.
Pregn., in ellipt. predicate: quod (imperium) si (ei) sui bene crediderint cives... credere et Latinos debere, if his own citizens did well to intrust the supreme power to him, etc., Liv. 1, 50, 5:
in Velia aedificent quibus melius quam P. Valerio creditur libertas,
to whom it will be safer to intrust liberty, id. 2, 7, 11:
melius peribimus quam sine alteris vestrum viduae aut orbae vivemus,
it will be better for us to perish, id. 1, 13, 3:
bene Arruntium morte usum,
that it was right for Arruntius to die, Tac. A. 6, 48; Liv. 2, 30, 6; Quint. 9, 4, 92; Tac. A. 2, 44.—
II.
Adv. of intensity, = valde, very, with adjj. and advv.
1.
With adjj.: bene tempestate serena, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.): foedus feri bene firmum, id. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. C. 3, 24, 50 (Ann. v. 33 ib.); cf.:
bene firmus,
Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1; id. Phil. 6, 7, 18:
bene robustus,
id. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
bene morigerus fuit puer,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 13:
bene ergo ego hinc praedatus ibo,
id. Ps. 4, 7, 39:
bene lautum,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 39:
bene et naviter oportet esse impudentem,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 3:
id utrum Romano more locutus sit, bene nummatum te futurum, an, etc.,
id. ib. 7, 16, 3:
bene sanos,
id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; 1, 21, 71; Hor. S. 1, 3, 61; 1, 9, 44:
bene longinquos dolores,
Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94:
sermonem bene longum,
id. Or. 2, 88, 361:
bene magna caterva,
id. Mur. 33, 69:
magna multitudo,
Hirt. B. Hisp. 4:
barbatus,
Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22:
fidum pectus,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 15:
cautus,
Ov. H. 1, 44:
multa,
Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 15: multi, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam 10, 33, 4:
homo optime dives,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 23, 2.—
2.
With advv.: bene saepe libenter, Enn. Ann. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 239 Vahl.); cf.:
bene libenter victitas,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 44:
bene mane haec scripsi,
Cic. Att. 4, 9, 2; 4, 10, 16:
bene penitus,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:
bene longe,
Hirt. B. Hisp. 25:
bene gnaviter,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 1 (28), 5.—With adverb. phrase:
siad te bene ante lucem venisset,
Cic. Or. 2, 64, 259.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > bene
17 bene facta

bĕnĕ, adv. of manner and intensity [bonus; the first vowel assimilated to the e of the foll. syllable; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 366], well ( comp. melius, better; sup. optime [v. bonus init. ], best; often to be rendered by more specific Engl. adverbs).
I.
As adjunct of verbs.
A.
In gen.
1.
Of physical or external goodness, usefulness, ornament, and comfort:
villam rusticam bene aedificatam habere expedit,
Cato, R. R. 3:
villam bonam beneque aedificatam,
Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:
quid est agrum bene colere? Bene arare,
Cato, R. R. 61:
agro bene culto nihil potest esse... uberius,
Cic. Sen. 16, 57:
ubi cocta erit bene,
Cato, R. R. 157; 3; 4;
32 et saep.: te auratam et vestitam bene,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 50: ornatus hic satis me condecet? Ps. Optume, it is very becoming, id. Ps. 4, 1, 26:
me bene curata cute vises,
well tended, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 15:
bene olere,
Verg. E. 2, 48:
bene sonare,
Quint. 8, 3, 16:
neque tamen non inprimis bene habitavit,
in the very best style, Nep. Att. 13, 1:
a Catone cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret, respondet Bene pascere? Quid secundum? Satis bene pascere,
Cic. Off. 2, 25, 89: so,
bene cenare,
Cat. 13, 17; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 56:
bene de rebus domesticis constitutum esse,
to be in good circumstances, Cic. Sest. 45, 97;
similarly: rem (i. e. familiarem) bene paratam comitate perdidit,
well arranged, Plaut. Rud. prol. 38.—
2.
With respect to the mind.
a.
Perception, knowledge, ability:
quas tam bene noverat quam paedagogos nostros novimus,
Sen. Ep. 27, 5:
quin melius novi quam te et vidi saepius,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 22:
novi optime (Bacchus) et saepe vidi,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:
qui optime suos nosse deberet,
Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1; id. S. 1, 9, 22: satin' haec meministi et tenes? Pa. Melius quam tu qui docuisti, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 2:
quod eo mihi melius cernere videor quo ab eo proprius absum,
Cic. Sen. 21, 77:
ut hic melius quam ipse illa scire videatur,
id. de Or. 1, 15, 66; id. Or. 38, 132:
cum Sophocles vel optime scripserit Electram suam,
id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:
gubernatoris ars quia bene navigandi rationem habet,
of able seamanship, id. ib. 1, 13, 42:
melius in Volscis imperatum est,
better generalship was displayed, Liv. 2, 63, 6:
nihil melius quam omnis mundus administratur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59: de medico bene existimari scribis, that he is well thought ( spoken) of, i. e. his ability, id. Fam. 16, 14, 1:
prudentibus et bene institutis,
well educated, id. Sen. 14, 50:
sapientibus et bene natura constitutis,
endowed with good natural talent, id. Sest. 65, 137:
quodsi melius geruntur ea quae consilio geruntur quam, etc.,
more ably, id. Inv. 1, 34, 59:
tabulas bene pictas collocare in bono lumine,
good paintings, id. Brut. 75, 261:
canere melius,
Verg. E. 9, 67; Quint. 10, 1, 91:
bene pronuntiare,
id. 11, 3, 12:
bene respondere interrogationibus,
id. 5, 7, 28; 6, 3, 81.—
b.
Of feeling, judgment, and will:
similis in utroque nostrum, cum optime sentiremus, error fuit,
when we had the best intentions, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 3; so id. ib. 6, 4, 2; so,
bene sentire,
id. ib. 6, 1, 3; so,
bene, optime de re publica sentire,
to hold sound views on public affairs, id. Off. 1, 41, 149; id. Fam. 4, 14, 1; id. Phil. 3, 9, 23:
bene animatas eas (insulas) confirmavit,
well disposed, Nep. Cim. 2, 4:
ei causae quam Pompeius animatus melius quam paratus susceperat,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 10; so, optime animati, Varr. ap. Non. p. 201, 7:
quod bene cogitasti aliquando, laudo,
that you had good intentions, Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 34:
se vero bene sperare (i. e. de bello),
had good hopes, Liv. 6, 6, 18:
sperabis omnia optime,
Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 7:
tibi bene ex animo volo,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 6; so freq.: bene alicui velle, v. volo: bene aliquid consulere, to plan something well:
vigilando, agendo, bene consulendo prospera omnia cedunt,
Sall. C. 52, 29:
omnia non bene consulta,
id. J. 92, 2. —
c.
Of morality, honesty, honor, etc.
(α).
Bene vivere, or bene beateque vivere ( = kalôs kagathôs), to lead a moral and happy life:
qui virtutem habeat, eum nullius rei ad bene vivendum indigere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93:
in dialectica vestra nullam esse ad melius vivendum vim,
id. Fin. 1, 19, 63:
quod ni ita accideret et melius et prudentius viveretur,
id. Sen. 19, 67; cf. id. Ac. 1, 4, 15; id. Fin. 1, 13, 45; id. Off. 1, 6, 19; id. Fam. 4, 3, 3 et saep. (for another meaning of bene vivere, cf. e. infra).—
(β).
Bene mori, to die honorably, bravely, creditably, gloriously:
qui se bene mori quam turpiter vivere maluit,
Liv. 22, 50, 7:
ne ferrum quidem ad bene moriendum oblaturus est hostis,
id. 9, 3, 3; so id. 21, 42, 4:
tum potui, Medea, mori bene,
Ov. H. 12, 5.—
(γ).
Bene partum, what is honestly, honorably earned or acquired:
multa bona bene parta habemus,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 65:
mei patris bene parta indiligenter Tutatur,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 5:
res familiaris primum bene parta sit, nullo neque turpi quaestu, neque odioso,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92:
diutine uti bene licet partum bene,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 15; Sall. C. 51, 42 (cf.:
mala parta,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 65:
male par tum,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 22).—
(δ).
Apud bonos bene agier, an old legal formula: bona fide agi (v. bonus), to be transacted in good faith among good men. ubi erit illa formula fiduciae ut inter bonos bene agier oportet? Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 61; 3, 17, 70.—
(ε).
Non bene = male, not faithfully:
esse metus coepit ne jura jugalia conjunx Non bene servasset,
Ov. M. 7, 716.—
d.
Representing an action as right or correct, well, rightly, correctly: bene mones, Ibo, you are right ( to admonish me), Ter. And. 2, 2, 36:
sequi recusarunt bene monentem,
Liv. 22, 60, 17:
quom mihi et bene praecipitis, et, etc.,
since you give sound advice, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 55; so Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 6; 3, 3, 80; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 372, 7:
bene enim majores accubitionem epularem amicorum convivium nominarunt, melius quam Graeci,
Cic. Sen. 13, 45:
hoc bene censuit Scaevola,
correctly, Dig. 17, 1, 48.—
e.
Pleasantly, satisfactorily, profitably, prosperously, fortunately, successfully:
nunc bene vivo et fortunate atque ut volo atque animo ut lubet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 111:
nihil adferrent quo jucundius, id est melius, viveremus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 41, 72:
si bene qui cenat, bene vivit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 56: quamobrem melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, is better or more profitably invested, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:
perdenda sunt multa beneficia ut semel ponas bene, Sen. Ben. poet. 1, 2, 1: etiamsi nullum (beneficium) bene positurus sit,
id. ib. 1, 2, 2:
quando hoc bene successit,
Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 23: bene ambulatum'st? Di. Huc quidem, hercle, ad te bene, Quia tui vivendi copia'st, has your walk been pleasant? Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 18:
melius ominare,
use words of better omen, id. Rud. 2, 3, 7; Cic. Brut. 96, 329:
qui se suamque aetatem bene curant,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 36.—So, bene (se) habere: ut bene me haberem filiai nuptiis, have a good time at, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 2:
qui se bene habet suisque amicis usui est,
who enjoys his life and is a boon companion, id. Mil. 3, 1, 128:
nam hanc bene se habere aetatem nimio'st aequius,
id. Merc. 3, 2, 6: bene consulere alicui, to take good care for somebody ' s interests:
tuae rei bene consulere cupio,
id. Trin. 3, 2, 9:
ut qui mihi consultum optume velit esse,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1:
me optime consulentem saluti suae,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2:
qui se ad sapientes viros bene consulentes rei publicae contulerunt,
id. Off. 2, 13, 46.—So, bene mereri, and rarely bene merere, to deserve well of one, i. e. act for his advantage; absol. or with de:
addecet Bene me, renti bene referre gratiam,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 36:
Licinii aps te bene merenti male refertur gratia?
id. Ps. 1, 3, 86:
ut memorem in bene meritos animum praestarem,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:
cogor nonnumquam homines non optime de me meritos rogatu eorum qui bene meriti sunt, defendere,
id. ib. 7, 1, 4:
tam bene meritis de nomine Punico militibus,
Liv. 23, 12, 5:
si bene quid de te merui,
Verg. A. 4, 317; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; id. Sest. 1, 2; 12, 39; 66, 139; 68, 142; id. Mil. 36, 99; id. Phil. 2, 14, 36 et saep.; v. mereo, D. and P. a.—So esp. referring to price: bene emere, to buy advantageously, i. e. cheaply; bene vendere, to sell advantageously, i. e. at a high price: bene ego hercle vendidi te, Plaut. [p. 230] Durc. 4, 2, 34:
et quoniam vendat, velle quam optime vendere,
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:
ita nec ut emat melius, nec ut vendat quidquam, simulabit vir bonus,
id. ib. 3, 15, 61: vin' bene emere? Do. Vin' tu pulcre vendere? Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 38:
melius emetur,
Cato, R. R. 1: quo melius emptum sciatis, Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 50 fin.:
qui vita bene credat emi honorem,
cheaply, Verg. A. 9, 206; Sil 4, 756.—
f.
Expressing kindness, thanks, etc.: bene facis, bene vocas, bene narras, I thank you, am obliged to you for doing, calling, saying (colloq.): merito amo te. Ph. Bene facis, thanks! Ter Eun. 1, 2, 106; cf.:
in consuetudinem venit, bene facis et fecisti non mdicantis esse, sed gratias agentis, Don. ad loc.' placet, bene facitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 43: dividuom talentum faciam. La. Bene facis, id. ib. 5, 3, 52: si quid erit dubium, immutabo Da. Bene fecisti, id. Ep. 5, 1, 40 Lo. Adeas, si velis. La. Bene hercle factum vobis habeo gratiam. Accedam propius, id. Rud. 3, 6, 2; Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 10.—With gratiam habere: bene fecisti;
gratiam habeo maximam,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 61; cf.
bene benigneque arbitror te facere,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 130: quin etiam Graecis licebit utare cum voles... Bene sane facis, sed enitar ut Latine loquar, I thank you for the permission, but, etc., Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 25: an exitum Cassi Maelique expectem? Bene facitis quod abominamini... sed, etc., I am much obliged to you for abhorring this, but, etc., Liv. 6, 18, 9: bene edepol narras; nam illi faveo virgini, thanks for telling me, for, etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 7 (cf.:
male hercule narras,
I owe you little thanks for saying so, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10):
bene, ita me di ament, nuntias,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20:
benenarras,
Cic. Att. 16, 14, 4; 13, 33, 2: tu ad matrem adi. Bene vocas; benigne dicis Cras apud te, thanks for your invitation, but, etc., Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 108: eamus intro ut prandeamus. Men. Bene vocas, tam gratia'st, id. Men. 2, 3, 41.—
g.
Of accuracy, etc., well, accurately, truly, completely:
cum ceterae partes aetatis bene descriptae sint,
Cic. Sen. 2, 5:
cui bene librato... Obstitit ramus,
Ov. M. 8, 409:
at bene si quaeras,
id. ib. 3, 141:
tibi comprimam linguam. Hau potes: Bene pudiceque adservatur,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 196:
bene dissimulare amorem,
entirely, Ter. And. 1, 1, 105:
quis enim bene celat amorem?
Ov. H. 12, 37.—So with a negation, = male restat parvam quod non bene compleat urnam, Ov. M. 12, 615: non bene conveniunt... Majestas et amor, id. ib 2, 846.—Redundant, with vix (Ovid.):
vix bene Castalio descenderat antro, Incustoditam lente videt ire juvencam ( = vix descenderat cum, etc.),
Ov. M. 3, 14:
tactum vix bene limen erat, Aesonides, dixi, quid agit meus?
id. H. 6, 24:
vix bene desieram, rettulit illa mihi,
id. F 5, 277.—
h.
Sup., most opportunely, at the nick of time (comic):
sed eccum meum gnatum optume video,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 57:
sed optume eccum exit senex,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 44. optume adveniens, puere, cape Chlamydem, etc., id. Merc. 5, 2, 69: Davum optume Video, Ter And. 2, 1, 35; 4, 2, 3; Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 25; 4, 5, 19; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 66; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 9; 5, 5, 2.—
i.
Pregn.: bene polliceri = large polliceri, to make liberal promises ' praecepit ut ceteros adeant, bene polliceantur, Sall. C. 41, 5; cf.: bene promittere, to promise success:
quae autem inconstantia deorum ut primis minentur extis, bene promittant secundis?
Cic. Div. 2, 17, 38.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Bene dicere.
a.
To speak well, i. e. eloquently:
qui optime dicunt,
the most eloquent, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119; 2, 2, 5:
etiam bene dicere haud absurdum est,
Sall. C. 3, 1:
abunde dixit bene quisquis rei satisfecit,
Quint. 12, 9, 7;
cf: bene loqui,
to use good language, speak good Latin, Cic. Brut. 58, 212, 64, 228.—
b.
To speak ably:
multo oratorem melius quam ipsos illos quorum eae sint artes esse dicturum,
Cic. Or. 1, 15, 65; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 4. bene dicendi scientia, Quint. 7, 3, 12.—
c.
To speak correctly or elegantly:
eum et Attice dicere et optime, ut..bene dicere id sit, Attice dicere,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 13 ' optime dicta, Quint. 10, 1, 19.—So, bene loqui:
ut esset perfecta illa bene loquendi laus,
Cic. Brut. 72, 252:
at loquitur pulchre. Num melius quam Plato?
id. Opt. Gen. 5, 16.—
d.
To speak well, i e. kindly, of one, to praise him; absol. or with dat., or reflex., with inter (less correctly as one word, benedicere): cui bene dixit umquam bono? Of what good man has he ever spoken well, or, what good man has he ever praised, Cic. Sest. 52, 110. bene, quaeso, inter vos dicatis, et amice absenti tamen, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 31.—Ironically:
bene equidem tibi dico qui te digna ut eveniant precor,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 26:
nec tibi cessaret doctus bene dicere lector,
Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 9: cui a viris bonis bene dicatur, Metell. Numid. ap. Gell. 6, 11, 3.— And dat understood:
si bene dicatis (i. e. mihi) vostra ripa vos sequar,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 18 ' omnes bene dicunt (ei), et amant (eum), Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 11:
ad bene dicendum (i e. alteri) delectandumque redacti,
Hor. Ep 2, 1, 155 —Part. ' indignis si male dicitur, male dictum id esse duco;
Verum si dignis dicitur, bene dictum'st,
is a praise, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27 sq.: nec bene nec male dicta profuerunt ad confirmandos animos, Liv 23, 46, 1; cf. Ter. Phorm. prol. 20 infra. —Bene audio = bene dicitur mihi, I am praised:
bene dictis si certasset, audisset bene,
Ter. Phorm. prol. 20; v. audio, 5.—
e.
To use words of good omen (euphêmein): Ol. Quid si fors aliter quam voles evenerit? St. Bene dice, dis sum fretus ( = fave lingua, melius ominare), Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38 heja, bene dicito, id. As. 3, 3, 155.—
f.
Bene dixisti, a formula of approbation: ne quan do iratus tu alio conferas. Th. Bene dixti, you are right, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 61. bene et sapienter dixti dudum, etc., it was a good and wise remark of yours that, etc., id. Ad. 5, 8, 30.—
g.
Bene dicta, fine or specious, plausible words (opp. deeds):
bene dictis tuis bene facta aures meae expostulant,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 25; so,
bene loqui: male corde consultare, Bene lingua loqui,
use fine words, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 16.—
2.
Bene facere.
a.
Bene aliquid facere, to do, make, something well, i. e. ably (v. I. A. 2. a. supra):
vel non facere quod non op time possis, vel facere quod non pessime facias,
Cic. Or. 2, 20, 86:
non tamen haec quia possunt bene aliquando fieri passim facienda sunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 70:
Jovem Phidias optime fecit,
id. 2, 3, 6; so, melius facere, Afran. ap. Macr. 6, 1.— P. a.:
quid labor aut bene facta juvant?
his labor and well-done works are no pleasure to him, Verg. G. 3, 525. —
b.
Bene facere, with dat. absol., with in and abl., or with erga, to do a good action, to benefit somebody, to impart benefits (less cor rectly as one word, benefacio)
(α).
With dat.:
bonus bonis bene feceris,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:
bene si amico feceris, ne pigeat fecisse,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 66:
malo bene facere tantumdem est periculum quantum bono male facere,
id. Poen. 3, 3, 20:
homini id quod tu facis bene,
id. Ep 1, 2, 33:
tibi lubens bene faxim,
Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 8; 5, 8, 25:
at tibi di semper... faciant bene,
may the gods bless you, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 32:
di tibi Bene faciant,
Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 20; so Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 18.— Pass.:
quod bonis bene fit beneficium,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 108:
pulchrum est bene facere reipublicae,
Sall. C. 3, 1:
ego ne ingratis quidem bene facere absistam,
Liv. 36, 35, 4.—Reflexively. sibi bene facere, enjoy one ' s self, have a good time, genio indulgere (v. I. A. 2. e. supra): nec quisquam est tam ingenio duro quin, ubi quidquam occasionis sit sibi faciat bene, Plaut. As. grex 5.—
(β).
With in and abl.:
quoniam bene quae in me fecerunt, ingrata ea habui,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 30.—
(γ).
With erga:
si quid amicum erga bene feci,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 4.—
(δ).
With ellipsis of dat., to impart benefits:
ingrata atque irrita esse omnia intellego Quae dedi et quod bene feci,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 11:
quod bene fecisti, referetur gratia,
id. Capt. 5, 1, 20:
ego quod bene feci, male feci,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 34; id. Trin. 2, 2, 41:
si beneficia in rebus, non in ipsa benefaciendi voluntate consisterent,
Sen. Ben. 1, 7, 1:
benefaciendi animus,
id. ib. 2, 19, 1.—So esp. in formula of thanks, etc.' bene benigneque arbitror te facere, I thank you heartily, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 129: Jup. Jam nunc irata non es? Alc. Non sum. Jup. Bene facis, id. Am. 3, 2, 56; v Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 384.—P. a. as subst.: bĕnĕ facta, orum, n., benefits, benefactions (cf. beneficium): bene facta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v 429 Vahl.): pol, bene facta tua me hortantur tuo ut imperio paream, Plaut Pers. 5, 2, 65: pro bene factis ejus uti ei pretium possim reddere. id. Capt. 5, 1, 20;
bene facta referre,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 182 tenere, id. ib. 2, 42.—So freq. in eccl. writ ers:
et si bene feceritis his qui vobis bene faciunt,
Vulg. Luc. 6, 33:
bene facite his qui oderunt vos,
id. Matt. 5, 44.—
(ε).
Absol., to do good, perform meritorious acts (in fin. verb only eccl. Lat.)' discite bene facere, Vulg. Isa. 1, 17:
interrogo vos si licet sabbatis bene facere an male,
id. Luc. 6, 9:
qui bene facit, ex Deo est,
id. Joan. Ep. 3, 11.— In P a. (class.): bene facta (almost always in plur.), merits, meritorious acts, brave deeds:
bene facta recte facta sunt,
Cic. Par 3, 1, 22:
omnia bene facta in luce se collocari volunt,
id. Tusc. 2, 26, 64; id. Sen. 3, 9:
bene facta mea reipublicae procedunt,
Sall. J 85, 5, cf. id. C. 8, 5; id. H. Fragm. 1, 19: veteribus bene factis nova pensantes maleficia, Liv 37, 1, 2; cf. Quint. 3, 7, 13, 12, 1, 41; Prop. 2, 1, 24; Ov. M. 15, 850, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 386.— Sing.: bene factum a vobis, dum vivitis non abscedet, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4.—
(ζ).
In medical language, to be of good effect, benefit, do good:
id bene faciet et alvum bonam faciet,
Cato, R. R. 157, 6.—So with ad: ad capitis dolorem bene facit serpyllum, Scrib Comp. 1; so id. ib. 5; 9; 13; 41.—
(η).
In the phrase bene facis, etc., as a formula of thanks, v I A. 2. f. supra.—
(θ).
Expressing joy, I am glad of it, I am glad that etc. (comic.) Da. Tua quae fuit Palaestra, ea filia inventa'st mea. La. Bene meher cule factum'st, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 9: bis tanto valeo quam valui prius. Ly. Bene hercle factum et gaudeo, id. Merc. 2, 2, 27; Ter And. 5, 6, 11; id. Hec. 5, 4, 17; id. Eun. 5, 8, 7:
bene factum et volup est hodie me his mulierculis Tetulisse auxilium,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 1; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 11; so, bene factum gaudeo: nam hic noster pater est Ant. Ita me Juppiter bene amet, benefac tum gaudeo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 47; Ter Phorm. 5, 6, 43; cf.: Me. Rex Creo vigiles nocturnos singulos semper locat. So. Bene facit, quia nos eramus peregri, tutatu'st domum, I am glad of it, etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 19. bene fecit A. Silius qui transegerit: neque enim ei deesse volebam, et quid possem timebam, I am glad that A. Silius, etc., Cic. Att. 12, 24, 1.—
3.
With esse.
a.
Bene est, impers., it is well.
(α).
In the epistolary formula: si vales bene est; or, si vales bene est, (ego) valeo (abbrev. S.V.B.E.V.), Afran. ap Prisc. p 804 P; Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1; 10, 34, 1; 4, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 7, 1; 5, 9, 1; 5, 10, 1; 10, 33, 1; 10, 14, 8; 10, 14, 11;
14, 14, 1, 14, 14, 16: si valetis gaudeo,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 41 —These formulas were obsolete at Seneca's time: mos antiquis fuit, usque ad meam servatus aetatem, primis epistulae verbis adicere: Si vales, bene est;
ego valeo,
Sen. Ep. 15, 1.—
(β).
= bene factum est (cf. I. 2. k. supra): oculis quoque etiam plus jam video quam prius: Ly. Bene est, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 26: hic est intus filius apud nos tuus. De. Optume'st, id. ib. 5, 4, 49; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 48, 5, 5, 3; id. Hec. 5, 4, 31.—
b.
Bene est alicui, impers., it is ( goes) well with one, one does well, is well off, enjoys himself, is happy: nam si curent, bene bonis sit, male malis, quod nunc abest, Enn ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 79 (Trag. v. 355 Vahl.):
bona si esse veis, bene erit tibi,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 12:
quia illi, unde huc abvecta sum, malis bene esse solitum'st,
id. ib. 3, 1, 13:
qui neque tibi bene esse patere, et illis qui bus est invides,
id. Ps. 4, 7, 35 (so id. Trin. 2, 2, 71): num quippiam aluit me vis? De. Ut bene sit tibi, id Pers. 4, 8, 5; id. Poen. 4, 2, 90; Ter Phorm. 1, 2, 101: nemini nimium bene est, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.:
si non est, jurat bene solis esse maritis,
Hor. Ep 1, 1, 88:
nec tamen illis bene erit, quia non bono gaudent,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 11, 4: BENE SIT NOBIS, Inscr Orell. 4754; Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 95; 4, 2, 36; id. Curc. 4, 2, 31; id. Pers. 5, 2, 74; id. Stich. 5, 5, 12; id. Merc. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 9.— Comp.: istas minas decem, qui me procurem dum melius sit mi, des. Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 40:
spero ex tuis litteris tibi melius esse,
that your health is better, Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 1; Ter And. 2, 5, 16.—With dat. understood: patria est ubi cumque est bene (i. e. cuique), where one does well, there is his country, Poet. ap. Cic Tusc 5, 37, 108 (Trag. Rel. inc. p. 248 Rib). [p. 231] —With abl., to be well off in, to feast upon a thing:
ubi illi bene sit ligno, aqua calida, cibo, vestimentis,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 39:
at mihi bene erat, non piscibus, Sed pullo atque hoedo,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 120.—
c.
Bene sum = bene mihi est:
minore nusquam bene fui dispendio,
Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 20:
de eo (argento) nunc bene sunt tua virtute,
id. Truc. 4, 2, 28: dato qui bene sit;
ego ubi bene sit tibi locum lepidum dabo,
id. Bacch. 1, 1, 51:
scis bene esse si sit unde,
id. Capt. 4, 2, 70.—
4.
Bene habere.
a.
With subj. nom.
(α).
To enjoy, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 35 al.; v. I. A. 2. e. supra.—
(β).
To be favorable, to favor:
bene habent tibi principia,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 82. —
(γ).
With se, to be well, well off. imperator se bene habet, it is well with, Sen. Ep. 24, 9; cf.:
si te bene habes,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 122 Brix ad loc.—
b.
Hoc bene habet, or bene habet, impers. ( = res se bene habet), it is well, matters stand well:
bene habet: jacta sunt fundamenta defensionis,
Cic. Mur. 6, 14:
bene habet: di pium movere bellum,
Liv. 8, 6, 4:
atque bene habet si a collega litatum est,
id. 8, 9, 1; Juv. 10, 72; Stat. Th. 11, 557.— So pers.: bene habemus nos, si in his spes est;
opinor, aliud agamus,
we are well off, Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1.—
5.
Bene agere, with cum and abl.
(α).
To treat one well:
bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3.—
(β).
Impers.: bene agitur cum aliquo, it goes well with one, he is fortunate:
bene dicat secum esse actum,
that he has come off well, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 2:
non tam bene cum rebus humanis agitur ut meliora pluribus placeant,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 1.— With ellipsis of cum and abl.:
si hinc non abeo intestatus, bene agitur pro noxia (sc. mecum),
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—
6.
Rem (negotium) bene gerere.
(α).
To administer well private or public affairs: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patria procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 295 Vahl.):
non ut multis bene gestae, sed, ut nemini, conservatae rei publicae,
Cic. Pis. 3, 6; so,
qui ordo bene gestae rei publicae testimonium multis, mihi uni conservatae dedit,
id. Phil. 2, 1, 2:
rem publicam,
id. Pis. 19, 45:
Apollini republica vestra bene gesta servataque... donum mittitote,
Liv. 23, 11, 3.—
(β).
To be successful, meet with success, acquit one ' s self well; usu. of war;
also of private affairs: bello extincto, re bene gesta, vobis gratis habeo, etc.,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 2:
quando bene gessi rem, volo hic in fano supplicare,
id. Curc. 4, 2, 41;
quasi re bene gesta,
Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 13:
rem te valde bene gessisse rumor erat,
that you had met with great success, Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; id. Planc. 25, 61:
conclamant omnes occasionem negotii bene gerendi amittendam non esse,
Caes. B. G. 5, 57:
haec cogitanti accidere visa est facultas bene rei gerendae,
id. ib. 7, 44:
res bello bene gestae,
success in war, Liv. 23, 12, 11:
laeti bene gestis corpora rebus Procurate,
Verg. A. 9, 157; cf. Cic. Planc. 25, 61; Liv. 1, 37, 6; 4, 47, 1; 8, 30, 5; 22, 25, 4; 23, 36, 2.—
7.
Bene vertere, in wishes.
(α).
With the rel. quod or quae res as subject, to turn out well; absol. or with dat.:
quae res tibi et gnatae tuae bene feliciterque vortat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:
quod utrisque bene vertat,
Liv. 8, 5, 6:
quod bene verteret,
id. 3, 26, 9; cf. id. 3, 35, 8; 3, 62, 5; 7, 39, 10; v. verto; cf.:
quod bene eveniat,
Cato, R. R. 141.—
(β).
With di as subject:
di bene vortant,
may the gods let it turn out well, may the gods grant success, Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 5; cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 10; id. Hec. 1, 2, 121; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 19; v. verte.—
8.
Bene, colloquially in leave-taking: bene ambula, walk well, i. e. have a pleasant walk! Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 166: De. Bene ambulato! Ly. Bene vale! id. Merc 2, 2, 55:
bene valete et vivite!
id. Mil. 4, 8, 30:
cives bene valete!
id. Merc. 5, 2, 25; cf. id. Ep. 5, 1, 40; id. Merc. 2, 4, 28; 5, 4, 65; id. Curc. 4, 2, 30; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 115; id. Hec. 1, 2, 122:
salvere jubeo te, mi Saturides, bene,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 35: LAGGE, FILI, BENE QVIESCAS, Sepulch. Inscr. Orell. p. 4755.—
9.
In invocations to the gods, often redundant (cf. bonus):
ita me Juppiter bene amet,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 47:
di te bene ament, Hegio,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 29:
ita me di bene ament,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 43; id. Hec. 2, 1, 9; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 13:
Jane pater uti te... bonas preces bene precatus siem,
Cato, R. R. 134: bene sponsis, beneque volueris in precatione augurali Messala augur ait significare spoponderis, volueris, Fest. p. 351 Mull. (p. 267 Lind.).—
10.
Elliptical expressions.
(α).
Bene, melius, optime, instead of bene, etc., dicit, dicis, or facit, facis, etc.:
bene Pericles (i.e. dixit),
Cic. Off. 1,40, 144:
bene (Philippus) ministrum et praebitorem,
id. ib. 2, 14, 53:
existimabatur bene, Latine (i. e. loqui),
id. Brut. 74, 259; so id. Sen. 14, 47:
at bene Areus,
Quint. 2, 15, 36; cf. id. 10, 1, 56:
nam ante Aristippus, et ille melius (i.e. hoc dixerat),
Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 26:
sed haec tu melius vel optime omnium (i.e. facies),
id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61; 1, 19, 63; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. Sen. 20, 73; id. Opt. Gen. 6, 18; Quint. 10, 3, 25; 10, 2, 24; 6, 1, 3; 9, 4, 23.—
(β).
In applauding answers' bene and optime, good! bravo! excellent! euge, euge! Perbene! Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 75: huc respice. Da. Optume! id. ib. 3, 4, 3; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 114; 5, 4, 16.—
(γ).
In drinking health, with acc. or dat., health to you, your health! bene vos! bene nos! bene te! bene me! bene nostram etiam Stephanium! Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 27; Tib 2, 1, 31: bene te, pater optime Caesar, etc.; Ov. F. 2, 637:
bene mihi, bene vobis, bene amicae meae!
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 21; Ov.A.A. 1, 601.—
11.
Pregn., in ellipt. predicate: quod (imperium) si (ei) sui bene crediderint cives... credere et Latinos debere, if his own citizens did well to intrust the supreme power to him, etc., Liv. 1, 50, 5:
in Velia aedificent quibus melius quam P. Valerio creditur libertas,
to whom it will be safer to intrust liberty, id. 2, 7, 11:
melius peribimus quam sine alteris vestrum viduae aut orbae vivemus,
it will be better for us to perish, id. 1, 13, 3:
bene Arruntium morte usum,
that it was right for Arruntius to die, Tac. A. 6, 48; Liv. 2, 30, 6; Quint. 9, 4, 92; Tac. A. 2, 44.—
II.
Adv. of intensity, = valde, very, with adjj. and advv.
1.
With adjj.: bene tempestate serena, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.): foedus feri bene firmum, id. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. C. 3, 24, 50 (Ann. v. 33 ib.); cf.:
bene firmus,
Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1; id. Phil. 6, 7, 18:
bene robustus,
id. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
bene morigerus fuit puer,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 13:
bene ergo ego hinc praedatus ibo,
id. Ps. 4, 7, 39:
bene lautum,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 39:
bene et naviter oportet esse impudentem,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 3:
id utrum Romano more locutus sit, bene nummatum te futurum, an, etc.,
id. ib. 7, 16, 3:
bene sanos,
id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; 1, 21, 71; Hor. S. 1, 3, 61; 1, 9, 44:
bene longinquos dolores,
Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94:
sermonem bene longum,
id. Or. 2, 88, 361:
bene magna caterva,
id. Mur. 33, 69:
magna multitudo,
Hirt. B. Hisp. 4:
barbatus,
Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22:
fidum pectus,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 15:
cautus,
Ov. H. 1, 44:
multa,
Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 15: multi, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam 10, 33, 4:
homo optime dives,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 23, 2.—
2.
With advv.: bene saepe libenter, Enn. Ann. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 239 Vahl.); cf.:
bene libenter victitas,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 44:
bene mane haec scripsi,
Cic. Att. 4, 9, 2; 4, 10, 16:
bene penitus,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:
bene longe,
Hirt. B. Hisp. 25:
bene gnaviter,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 1 (28), 5.—With adverb. phrase:
siad te bene ante lucem venisset,
Cic. Or. 2, 64, 259.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > bene facta
18 canto

canto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cano], freq. in form, but mostly agrees in meaning with cano.
I.
Neutr., to produce melodious sounds (by the voice or an instrument), to sound, sing, play (class. in prose and poetry; rare in Cic.).
A.
Of men:
Pamphilam Cantatum provocemus,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 53:
saltare et cantare,
Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:
neque enim vocum suavitate videntur aut novitate quădam cantandi revocare eos solitae (sirenes),
id. Fin. 5, 18, 49:
Arcades ambo Et cantare pares,
Verg. E. 7, 5; 10, 32:
cantando victus,
id. ib. 3, 21; Tib. 2, 1, 66:
adimam cantare severis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 9:
ut (cantores) numquam inducant animum cantare rogati,
id. S. 1, 3, 2; Suet. Tit. 3: non est Cantandum, there is no occasion for singing, i. e. for imagination, fiction, Juv. 4, 35.—Of an actor:
cantante eo (Nerone) ne necessariă quidem causă excedere theatro licitum erat,
Suet. Ner. 23; 20; id. Vesp. 4 al.; cf.
under II. B. 2.: conducta veni, ut fidibus cantarem seni,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 64:
structis avenis,
Ov. M. 1, 677:
ad chordarum sonum,
Nep. Epam. 2, 1.—Less freq. of instrumental music, and only with abl. of the instrument (cf. cano):
tibiis,
Nep. Epam. 2, 1; id. ib. praef. § 1; Vulg. Luc. 7, 32:
lituo, tubă,
Gell. 20, 2, 2:
calamo,
Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 5: ad manum histrioni, in comedy, to sing and play while the actor accompanies the song with gestures or dancing, Liv. 7, 2, 10; cf. Val. Max. 2, 4, 4.— Pass. impers.:
in caelo cantatur et psallitur,
Arn. 3, 21.—Prov.:
surdo,
Prop. 4 (5), 8, 47, and ad surdas aures, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 61, to preach to deaf ears; cf. cano, II. B.—
2.
Of the singing pronunciation of an orator, to declaim in a singing tone, to sing, drawl: si cantas, male cantas, si legis, cantas, C. Caesar ap. Quint. 1, 8, 2; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 57; 11, 3, 58; 11, 3, 59; 11, 3, 60; cf. Juv. 10, 178.—Hence, to recite, declaim:
quaecumque sedens modo legerat, haec eadem... cantabit versibus isdem,
Juv. 7, 153.—
B.
Of birds and fowls:
prius quam galli cantent,
crow, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 96; so,
deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi,
Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57:
cantantes aves,
Prop. 4 (5), 9, 30.—
C.
Transf., of instruments, to sound, resound:
pastoris bucina cantat,
Prop. 4 (5), 10, 30:
cantabat fanis, cantabat tibia ludis,
Ov. F. 6, 659 sq. —
II.
Act., to make some person or thing the subject of one ' s singing, playing, or song (cf. cano, II.).
A.
With the song itself, carmen, versus, etc., as object, to sing, play, recite:
carmina non prius Audita canto,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 4:
rustica verba,
Tib. 2, 1, 52:
Hymen cantatus,
Ov. H. 12, 137; cf.:
Hymenaeum qui cantent,
Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 7:
obscena,
Ov. F. 3, 676.—
B.
With particular persons or things, the subjects of song, as objects, to sing, to celebrate or praise in song, sing of, write poetry upon, etc.:
celebrem deum,
Tib. 2, 1, 83:
absentem amicam,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 15:
rivos,
id. C. 2, 19, 11:
convivia, proelia virginum,
id. ib. 1, 6, 19:
Augusti tropaea,
id. ib. 2, 9, 19:
Pythia (sc. certamina),
id. A. P. 414:
cantari dignus,
Verg. E. 5, 54:
per totum cantabimur orbem,
Ov. Am. 1, 3, 25; 2, 17, 33; cf.:
illa meis multum cantata libellis,
Mart. 9, 50, 1:
cantatus Achilles,
Ov. Am. 2, 1, 29:
laudes tuas,
id. F. 2, 658. —Esp.,
2.
Of an actor, to represent a part, to act (cf. supra, I. A.):
cantavit (Nero) Orestem matricidam, Oedipodem excaecatum, etc.,
Suet. Ner. 21:
Nioben,
id. ib. 21:
tragoedias,
id. ib. 21:
fabulam,
id. ib. 46 fin.:
epinicia,
id. ib. 43 fin. —
C.
Hence, because the oracles were of old uttered in verse, of any mysterious, prophetic, or warning utterance, to predict, warn, point out, indicate, make known, say:
vera cantas? vana vellem,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 64. —Of inanimate things:
urna haec litterata est: ab se cantat cuja sit,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 21:
civi inmoeni scin quid cantari solet?
id. Trin. 2, 2, 69; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 61.—
2.
To bring something repeatedly to recollection, to reiterate, harp upon, forewarn of or against:
haec dies noctes canto, ut caveas,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 12:
harum mores,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 19:
nam, ut scis, jam pridem istum canto Caesarem,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 1:
quid fati provida cantet avis,
Tib. 2, 5, 12:
quae me juvene utique cantare solebant,
Quint. 8, 3, 76.—
III.
In the lang. of religion, as v. n. or a., to use enchantments, charms, incantations, to enchant, to charm, Cato, R. R. 160, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 27:
frigidus in pratis cantando rumpitur anguis,
Verg. E. 8, 71:
cantata Luna,
exorcised by magic, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 13:
falx,
Ov. H. 6, 84:
herbae,
id. M. 7, 98:
ignis,
Sil. 1, 430:
tum quoque cantato densetur carmine caelum,
an incantation, Ov. M. 14, 369.—
B.
To call forth, produce by charms:
et chelydris cantare soporem,
Sil. 8, 498:
cantata umbra,
Luc. 6, 767.

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19 sono

sŏno, ŭi, ĭtum, 1 (ante-class. collat. form acc. to the 3d conj., sonit, Enn. and Att. ap. Non. 504, 32 sq.; sonunt, Enn. and Att. ib. 505, 11 sq.; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 863 P.; inf. sonĕre, Att. ap. Non. 505; Lucr. 3, 156; part. fut. sonaturum, Hor. S. 1, 4, 44; perf. sonaverint, Tert. ad Scap. 3; gen. plur. sonantum, Cat. 34, 12), v. n. and a. [Sanscr. svan-, to sound; cf. O. H. Germ. svana; Engl. swan].
I.
Neutr., to make a noise, to sound, resound: aes sonit, the trumpet sounds, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 33 (Trag. v. 213 Vahl.):
plectra,
Prop. 4 (5), 7, 62: tympana, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4 et saep.:
cujanam vox prope me sonat?
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 55; id. Ps. 2, 4, 11; id. Rud. 1, 4, 10; id. Trin. 1, 2, 7:
hic mare sonat,
id. Rud. 1, 3, 23; cf.:
mare, silvae Aquilone,
Hor. Epod. 13, 3: omne sonabat arbustum fremitu silvaï [p. 1730] frondosaï, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 196 Vahl.):
clamore viri, stridore rudentes,
Ov. M. 11, 495:
omnia passim mulierum puerorumque... ploratibus,
Liv. 29, 17 et saep.:
(hirundo) circum Stagna sonat,
Verg. A. 12, 477; cf. Mart. 14, 223:
saeva sonare Verbera,
Verg. A. 6, 557:
classica sonant,
id. ib. 7, 637:
displosa sonat vesica,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 46:
fletus rixaeque sonant,
Tib. 2, 4, 37:
natura fert, ut extrema ex alterā parte graviter, ex alterā autem acute sonent,
Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18: dicta non sonant, do not chink (i. e. are not money), Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 74.— Impers. pass.:
jubet tibias agere: sonatur,
App. M. 5, p. 165.—
II.
Act., to sound, utter, give utterance to, speak, call, cry out, sing, pour forth (syn.:
edo, eloquor, cano): homines inconditis vocibus inchoatum quiddam et confusum sonantes,
uttering, pronouncing, Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3:
sonare subagreste quiddam,
to speak, id. Brut. 74, 259:
pingue quiddam,
id. Arch. 10, 26; cf.:
(Sibylla) nec mortale sonans,
Verg. A. 6, 50:
illa sonat raucum,
Ov. A. A. 3, 289; cf.:
nec vox hominem sonat,
does not sound like that of a human being, Verg. A. 1, 328:
tale sonat populus,
calls, cries out, Ov. M. 15, 606:
exululatque Evoeque sonat,
id. ib. 6, 597; 4, 523: atavos et avorum antiqua sonans Nomina, boasting of, vaunting (syn.:
crepans, jactans),
Verg. A. 12, 529; cf.:
sonant te voce minores,
Sil. 2, 491: ut haec duo (honestas et utilitas) verbo inter se discrepare, re unum sonare videantur, to signify (syn.:
significare, indicare),
Cic. Off. 3, 21, 83; cf.:
quā deterius nec Ille sonat,
Juv. 3, 91:
Epicurum non intellegere interdum, quid sonet haec vox voluptatis, id est, quae res huic voci subiciatur,
Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 6:
furem sonuere juvenci,
i. e. they betrayed him by their lowings, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 13:
Pythius in longā carmina veste sonat,
sings, pours forth, accompanies on the lyre, id. 2, 31 (3, 29), 16; cf.:
sonante mixtum tibiis carmen lyra,
Hor. Epod. 9, 5:
te sonantem... dura fugae mala,
id. C. 2, 13, 26: te carmina nostra sonabunt, shall sing of, i. e. shall celebrate, praise, extol, Ov. M. 10, 205; so,
Germanas acies, Daca proelia,
Stat. S. 4, 2, 66:
acta viri laudesque,
Nemes. Ecl. 1, 26.— Pass.:
sive mendaci lyrā Voles sonari,
Hor. Epod. 17, 40; cf.:
magno nobis ore sonandus eris,
Ov. A. A. 1, 206.—Hence, sŏ-nans, antis, P. a., noisy, sounding, sonorous (very rare):
meatus animae gravior et sonantior,
Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 13:
quod est sonantius et elatius,
id. ib. 7, 12, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sono
20 perstrepo

per-strĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. n. and a., to make much noise ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I.
Neutr., to make a great noise, to resound, echo, ring:
abeunt lavatum, perstrepunt,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 52:
tellus perstrepit,
Sil. 8, 430:
perstrepit rumor in aulā,
Stat. Achill. 2, 76:
clangor buccinae,
Vulg. Exod. 19, 16.—
II.
Act.
A.
To sound through, make a noise through, to make resound:
turba perstrepit aedes,
Claud. in Ruf. 1, 213: cubiculum jubilis suis, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caesarem, 4, 5 Mai.—In pass.:
clamore januas perstrepi,
App. M. 3, p. 129.—
B.
To make a great noise with or about any thing: nonne haec cotidie perstrepunt Ariani? Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 19.

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