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  • 1 solidō

        solidō —, —, āre    [solidus], to make firm, make dense, solidify, compact, strengthen: (area) cretā solidanda, V.
    * * *
    solidare, solidavi, solidatus V
    make solid/whole/dense/firm/crack free; strengthen, consolidate; solder; knit

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  • 2 stabiliō

        stabiliō (poet. imperf. stabilībat), īvī, ītus, īre    [stabilis], to make firm, confirm, stay, support: semita nulla pedem stabilibat, Enn. ap. C.: confirmandi et stabiliendi causā, Cs.—Fig., to establish, fix, confirm, make secure: libertatem civibus, Att. ap. C.: hanc rem p.: urbs stabilita tuis consiliis: res Capuae stabilitae Romanā disciplinā, L.
    * * *
    stabilire, stabilivi, stabilitus V
    make firm, establish

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  • 3 fundo

    1.
    fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a. [root FUD; Gr. CHU, cheW-, in cheô, cheusô;

    Lat. futis, futtilis, ec-futio, re-futo, etc.,

    Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 204 sq. ], to pour, pour out, shed.
    I.
    Lit., of fluids.
    1.
    In gen.:

    (natura terram) sucum venis cogebat fundere apertis Consimilem lactis, etc.,

    Lucr. 5, 812:

    sanguinem e patera,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:

    novum liquorem (i. e. vinum) de patera,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 3:

    vina paterā in aras,

    Ov. M. 9, 160; cf.:

    vinum inter cornua,

    id. ib. 7, 594:

    vinum super aequora,

    id. ib. 11, 247:

    duo rite mero libans carchesia Baccho Fundit humi,

    Verg. A. 5, 78:

    laticem urnis,

    Ov. M. 3, 172:

    lacrimas,

    Verg. A. 3, 348: cf. Ov. M. [p. 793] 5, 540:

    fundit Anigros aquas,

    pours out, id. ib. 15, 282:

    parumne fusum est Latini sanguinis?

    shed, spilt, Hor. Epod. 7, 4:

    sanguine ob rem publicam fuso,

    Sall. H. Fr. 2, 96, 2 Dietsch:

    sanguinem de regno (i. e. propter regnum),

    Curt. 10, 5.—Mid.:

    memorandum, in septem lacus eum (Strymonem) fundi,

    discharges itself, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 38:

    ingentibus procellis fusus imber,

    pouring, Liv. 6, 8, 7; 6, 32, 6; cf.:

    sanguis in corporibus fusus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 310.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Of metals, to make by melting, to melt, cast, found:

    exolevit fundendi aeris pretiosi ratio,

    Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 5; cf. id. 34, 7, 18, § 46:

    caldarium (aes) funditur tantum, malleis fragile,

    id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

    aere fuso,

    id. 34, 11, 24, § 107:

    vitrum,

    id. 34, 14, 42, § 148:

    glandes, Auct. B. Afr. 20, 3: Theodorus ipse se ex aere fudit,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 83:

    ne statuam quidem inchoari, cum ejus membra fundentur,

    Quint. 2, 1, 12:

    fusis omnibus membris (statuae),

    id. 7 praef. §

    2: olim quaerere amabam, Quid sculptum infabre, quid fusum durius esset,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 22.—
    * b.
    In medic. lang.: aliquem, to cause one to have fluid stools, to relax the bowels (opp. comprimere): si compresserit aliquem morbus aut fuderit, Cels. praef. med.; cf. under P. a.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To wet, moisten, bathe with a liquid ( poet. and very rare):

    (ossa) niveo fundere lacte,

    Tib. 3, 2, 20:

    multo tempora funde mero,

    id. 1, 7, 50.—
    2.
    Of things non-fluid.
    a.
    In gen., to pour forth in abundance, to scatter, cast, hurl; to spread, extend, diffuse:

    desectam cum stramento segetem corbibus fudere in Tiberim,

    Liv. 2, 5, 3:

    picem reliquasque res, quibus ignis excitari potest, fundebant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4:

    tela,

    Val. Fl. 3, 243:

    sagittam,

    Sil. 7, 647:

    (solis) radios per opaca domorum,

    Lucr. 2, 115:

    quas (maculas) incuria fudit,

    has scattered, Hor. A. P. 352:

    fundunt se carcere laeti Thraces equi,

    pour themselves forth, rush out, Val. Fl. 1, 611:

    se cuncta manus ratibus,

    id. 2, 662:

    littera fundens se in charta,

    Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81:

    luna se fundebat per fenestras,

    Verg. A. 3, 152.—Mid.:

    ne (vitis) in omnes partes nimia fundatur,

    spread out, Cic. de Sen. 15, 52:

    homines fusi per agros ac dispersi,

    Cic. Sest. 42, 91.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    With the accessory notion of production, to bring forth, bear or produce (in abundance):

    crescunt arbusta et fetus in tempore fundunt,

    Lucr. 1, 351; cf.:

    terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere, quae cum maxima largitate fundit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

    flores aut fruges aut bacas,

    id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    frugem,

    id. de Sen. 15, 51:

    plus materiae (vites),

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 192:

    cum centesimo Leontini campi fundunt,

    id. 18, 10, 21, § 95:

    facile illa (piscium ova) aqua et sustinentur et fetum fundunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129:

    (terra) animal prope certo tempore fudit Omne,

    Lucr. 5, 823; cf. ib. 917:

    fudit equum magno tellus percussa tridenti,

    Verg. G. 1, 13:

    Africa asinorum silvestrium multitudinem fundit,

    Plin. 8, 30, 46, § 108: quae te beluam ex utero, non hominem fudit, Cic. Pis. init.; Verg. A. 8, 139, v. Forbig. ad h. l.—
    (β).
    With the secondary notion of depth or downward direction, to throw or cast to the ground, to prostrate:

    (victi hostes) et de jugis, quae ceperant, funduntur,

    Liv. 9, 43, 20:

    nec prius absistit, quam septem ingentia victor Corpora (cervorum) fundat humi,

    Verg. A. 1, 193; cf. Ov. M. 13, 85; Sil. 4, 533:

    aliquem arcu,

    Val. Fl. 1, 446.—In middle force:

    fundi in alga,

    to lie down, Val. Fl. 1, 252.—Esp. freq. milit. t. t., overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish an enemy:

    hostes nefarios prostravit, fudit, occidit,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 10, 27; cf.:

    exercitus caesus fususque,

    id. ib. 14, 1, 1:

    aliquos caedere, fundere atque fugare,

    Sall. J. 58, 3:

    Gaetulos,

    id. ib. 88, 3:

    classes fusae fugataeque,

    id. ib. 79, 4; cf.:

    si vi fudisset cecidissetque hostes,

    Liv. 35, 1, 8:

    hostes de jugis,

    id. 9, 43, 20:

    Gallos de delubris vestris,

    id. 6, 16, 2:

    eas omnes copias a se uno proelio fusas ac superatas esse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 8; cf.:

    Massilienses crebris eruptionibus fusi,

    id. B. C. 2, 22, 1:

    Latini ad Veserim fusi et fugati,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; Liv. 2, 6 fin.:

    quatuor exercitus Carthaginiensium fudi, fugavi, Hispania expuli,

    id. 28, 28, 9; cf. Drak. on 38, 53, 2;

    less freq. in a reversed order: alios arma sumentes fugant funduntque,

    Sall. J. 21, 2; Vell. 2, 46 fin.: omnibus hostium copiis fusis armisque exutis, Caes. B. G. 3, 6, 3:

    magnas copias hostium fudit,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 20:

    Sabinos equitatu fudit,

    id. Rep. 2, 20:

    Armeniorum copias,

    id. Arch. 9, 21:

    maximas copias parva manu,

    Sall. C. 7, 7.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Ingen., to pour out or forth, to spread out, extend, display:

    imago de corpore fusa,

    Lucr. 4, 53:

    animam moribundo corpore fudit,

    id. 3, 1033; cf. id. 3, 700:

    concidit ac multo vitam cum sanguine fudit,

    Verg. A. 2, 532:

    circuli (appellantur), quod mixta farina et caseo et aqua circuitum aequabiliter fundebant,

    poured out, spread out, Varr. L. L. 5, § 106:

    quem secutus Cicero hanc famam latius fudit,

    Quint. 11, 2, 14; cf. id. 10, 5, 11:

    cum vero causa ea inciderit, in qua vis eloquentiae possit expromi: tum se latius fundet orator,

    will display himself, Cic. Or. 36, 125:

    superstitio, fusa per gentes,

    id. Div. 2, 72 init.; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 84:

    neque se tanta in eo (Cicerone) fudisset ubertas,

    id. 12, 2, 23:

    fundet opes, Latiumque beabit divite lingua,

    riches of expression, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 121. —Mid.:

    quamquam negant, nec virtutes nec vitia crescere: tamen utrumque eorum fundi quodammodo et quasi dilatari putant,

    to be diffused, Cic. Fin. 3, 15, 48; cf.:

    modo virtus latius funditur,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 27; and:

    semper ex eo, quod maximas partes continet latissimeque funditur, tota res appellatur,

    id. 5, 30, 92:

    saepe in amplificanda re funditur numerose et volubiliter oratio,

    id. Or. 62, 210.—
    B.
    In partic., of speech, to pour forth, utter:

    per quam (arteriam) vox principium a mente ducens percipitur et funditur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

    e quibus elici vocem et fundi videmus,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 56:

    inanes sonos,

    id. ib. 5, 26, 73 (for which:

    inani voce sonare,

    id. Fin. 2, 15, 48):

    sonum,

    id. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    verba poëtarum more (opp. ratione et arte distinguere),

    id. Fin. 4, 4, 10:

    versus hexametros aliosque variis modis atque numeris ex tempore,

    id. de Or. 3, 50, 194; cf.:

    grave plenumque carmen,

    id. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    tam bonos septenarios ad tibiam,

    id. ib. 1, 44, 107:

    physicorum oracula,

    id. N. D. 1, 26, 66:

    has ore loquelas,

    Verg. A. 5, 842:

    preces pectore ab imo,

    id. ib. 6, 55; so,

    preces,

    id. ib. 5, 234; Hor. Epod. 17, 53:

    mera mendacia,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 33:

    jam tu verba fundis hic, sapientia?

    you waste, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 7:

    opprobria rustica,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 146:

    iras inanes,

    Val. Fl. 3, 697:

    vehemens et liquidus puroque simillimus amni Fundet opes,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 121:

    preces,

    App. M. 11, p. 258, 4; Tac. A. 14, 30; Aug. in Psa. 25, 10 al.—Hence, fūsus, a, um, P. a., spread out, extended, broad, large, copious, diffuse.
    A.
    Lit.:

    (aër) tum fusus et extenuatus sublime fertur, tum autem concretus in nubes cogitur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: fusior alvus, i. e. more relaxed (opp. astrictior), Cels. 1, 3 med.:

    toga (opp. restricta),

    wide, full, Suet. Aug. 73:

    Gallorum fusa et candida corpora,

    full, plump, Liv. 38, 21, 9:

    campi in omnem partem,

    extended, Verg. A. 6, 440; cf.:

    non fusior ulli Terra fuit domino,

    a broader, larger kingdom, Luc. 4, 670.—
    B.
    Trop., copious, diffuse; flowing, free:

    genus sermonis non liquidum, non fusum ac profluens,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; cf.:

    constricta an latius fusa narratio,

    Quint. 2, 13, 5:

    materia abundantior atque ultra quam oporteat fusa,

    id. 2, 4, 7:

    ut illud, quod ad omnem honestatem pertinet, decorum, quam late fusum sit, appareat,

    Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 5:

    (vox) in egressionibus fusa et securae claritatis (opp. contracta),

    unrestrained, free, id. 11, 3, 64:

    periodus,

    id. 9, 4, 128:

    fusiores liberioresque numeri,

    id. 130:

    lingua Graeca prolixior fusiorque quam nostra,

    Gell. 2, 26, 7:

    in locis ac descriptionibus fusi ac fluentes,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138:

    plenior Aeschines et magis fusus,

    id. 10, 1, 77:

    dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus (opp. densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides),

    id. 10, 1, 73.— Sup. seems not to occur.— Adv.: fūse.
    * 1.
    (Acc. to A.) Spread out, extended:

    (manus) fusius paulo in diversum resolvitur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 97.—
    2.
    (Acc. to B.) Copiously, at length, diffusely:

    quae fuse olim disputabantur ac libere, ea nunc articulatim distincteque dicuntur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 36:

    multa dicere fuse lateque,

    id. Tusc. 4, 26, 57:

    fuse lateque dicendi facultas,

    id. Or. 32, 113:

    fuse et copiose augere et ornate aliquid (opp. brevia et acuta),

    id. Fin. 3, 7, 26.— Comp.:

    haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius (opp. brevius angustiusque concluduntur),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20:

    fusius et ornatius rem exponere,

    Quint. 4, 2, 128.— Sup. seems not to occur.
    2.
    fundo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [fundus], to lay the bottom, keel, foundation of a thing, to found (syn.: condo, exstruo, etc.).
    I.
    Lit. (perh. only poet.):

    haec carina satis probe fundata et bene statuta est,

    i. e. is laid, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44 (v. Ritschl ad h. l.);

    dum mea puppis erat validā fundata carinā,

    Ov. P. 4, 3, 5; id. H. 16, 111:

    Erycino in vertice sedes fundatur Veneri Idaliae,

    is founded, Verg. A. 5, 759: sedes saxo vetusto. id. ib. 8, 478:

    arces,

    id. ib. 4, 260.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to fasten, secure, make firm:

    dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

    Verg. A. 6, 4:

    (genus humanum) Et majoribus et solidis magis ossibus intus Fundatum,

    Lucr. 5, 928; 4, 828.—
    II.
    Trop., to found, establish, fix, confirm (class., esp. in part. perf.; cf.:

    firmo, stabilio): illud vero maxime nostrum fundavit imperium et populi Romani nomen auxit, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Balb. 13, 31; cf.:

    quantis laboribus fundatum imperium,

    id. Cat. 4, 9, 19:

    qui (rei publicae status) bonorum omnium conjunctione et auctoritate consulatus mei fixus et fundatus videbatur,

    id. Att. 1, 16, 6:

    accurate non modo fundata verum etiam exstructa disciplina,

    id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; cf.:

    fundati a doctore,

    thoroughly instructed, Lact. 6, 21, 4:

    res publica praeclare fundata,

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 10; cf.:

    qui legibus urbem Fundavit,

    Verg. A. 6, 810:

    in eorum agro sedes fundare Bastarnis,

    Liv. 40, 57, 5:

    libertatem, salutem, securitatem,

    Plin. Pan. 8, 1:

    jus civile,

    Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 39:

    vacuos Penates prole,

    Stat. S. 4, 7, 30; cf.:

    thalamos Tritonide nympha,

    i. e. to marry, Sil. 2, 65:

    partis et fundatis amicitiis,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 7, 25:

    fundatae atque optime constitutae opes,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 1; cf.:

    nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

    well laid out, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

    nihil veritate fundatum,

    Cic. Fl. 11, 26; cf. Lucr. 5, 161.— Hence, fundātus, a, um, P. a., firm, fixed, grounded, durable (very rare).
    A.
    Lit.:

    quo fundatior erit ex arenato directura, etc.,

    Vitr. 7, 3 med.:

    si permanetis in fide fundati,

    Vulg. Col. 1, 23.—
    B.
    Trop.: deflevi subitas fundatissimae familiae ruinas, Auct. Or. pro Domo, 36, 96.

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  • 4 cōn-fīrmō

        cōn-fīrmō āvī, ātus, āre,    to make firm, make strong, establish, strengthen: vires nervosque, Cs.: confirmandi causā, Cs.—Fig., to strengthen, establish, reinforce, confirm: se, to recover: valetudinem: cum civitatibus pacem, Cs.: societatem, S.: suam manum: sese auxiliis, Cs.: Galliam praesidiis: regnum Persarum, N.: decretum, to ratify: acta Caesaris.—To confirm, animate, inspirit, cheer, encourage, make bold: animos verbis, Cs.: confirmato animo, iubet, etc., S.: timentes, Cs.: diffidentem rebus suis: territos, S.: sese, Cs.: eos multa pollicendo, uti pergerent, to persuade, S.: gladiatores spe libertatis, Cs.: confirmant ipsi se, one another. — To confirm, strengthen (in purpose or fidelity): Oppianicum accusatorem filio: confirmandorum hominum causā, Cs. — To corroborate, prove, demonstrate, support, establish: nostra argumentis: hoc visum (esse), Cs.: hoc de omnibus: crimen commenticium: his confirmatis rebus, Cs. —To assert, affirm, protest, give assurance, assure solemnly: ut possum confirmare: hoc, quod intellego: de re tantā nihil frustra, Cs.: illud iure iurando daturum, etc., Cs.: fidem inviolatam fore, S.: hoc, vitam mihi prius defuturam, etc.: inter se, Cs.: iure iurando confirmari oportere, ne, etc., Cs.

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  • 5 dēstinō

        dēstinō āvī, ātus, āre    [STA-], to make fast, make firm, bind, fix, stay: antemnas ad malos, Cs.: rates ancoris, Cs.—Fig., to fix in mind, determine, resolve, design, assign, devote, appoint, appropriate: eum ducem, fix their minds on him as, etc., L.: quae agere destinaverat, Cs.: morte solā vinci, L.: thalamis removere pudorem, O.: operi destinat, detailed, Cs.: qui locus non erat alicui destinatus?: me arae, V.: eorum alteri diem necis: tempore locoque ad certamen destinato, L.: si destinatum in animo est, L.: sibi destinatum in animo esse, summittere, etc., he has determined, L. — To select, mean to choose: omnium consensu destinari, L.: quod tibi destinaras trapezephorum, meant to buy.—To appoint, fix upon, designate: imperio Numam, O.: regnum sibi Hispaniae, L.: provinciam Agricolae, Ta.: marito uxorem, H.: se collegam consulatui, Ta.: destinari imperio, Ta.: alqm consulem, L.— To fix upon, aim at: alquem locum oris, L.
    * * *
    destinare, destinavi, destinatus V TRANS
    fix/bind/fasten down; fix (in mind), make up mind; aim/fix on target, mark out; determine/intend; settle on, arrange; design; send, address, dedicate (Bee)

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  • 6 fīrmō

        fīrmō āvī, ātus, āre    [firmus], to make firm, strengthen, fortify, sustain: corpora firmari labore voluerunt: corpora cibo, L.: vestigia, V.— Fig., to fortify, strengthen, secure, confirm, assure, reinforce, make lasting: urbem colonis: locum munitionibus, Cs.: aditūs urbis, V.: aciem subsidiis, L.: vocem: firmatā iam aetate, matured: pacem, L.: pro firmato stare, L.— To strengthen in resolution, encourage, animate: animum consilio: nostros, Cs.: plebem provocatione, L.: animum pignore, V.: firmato voltu, with a resolute countenance, Ta.— To confirm, establish, show, prove, declare, make certain: fidem, T.: id (crimen) argumentis: foedera (dictis), V.
    * * *
    firmare, firmavi, firmatus V
    strengthen, harden; support; declare; prove, confirm, establish

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  • 7 firmo

    firmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [firmus], to make firm or fast, to strengthen, fortify, support (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    lacertos,

    Lucr. 6, 397:

    corpora juvenum firmari labore voluerunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

    corpora cibo,

    Liv. 27, 13 fin.:

    vexatos milites quiete,

    Curt. 9, 10:

    praegnantes largo pascuo,

    Col. 6, 27, 10:

    bitumen aeramentis illinitur firmatque ea contra ignes,

    Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 182:

    remedium ad dentium mobilĭs firmandos,

    id. 21, 31, 105, § 180:

    aestuaria aggeribus et pontibus,

    Tac. A. 4, 73:

    vestigia,

    Verg. A. 3, 659:

    gradum,

    Quint. 9, 4, 129:

    alvum solutam,

    to bind, Cels. 1, 3; Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to fortify, strengthen, secure; to make lasting, durable, permanent:

    (Romulus) urbem auspicato condere, et firmare dicitur primum cogitavisse rem publicam,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 3; cf.:

    urbem colonis firmare,

    id. ib. 2, 18; so,

    novam civitatem,

    id. ib. 2, 7:

    provinciam pace praesidiisque,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 4:

    locum magnis munitionibus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 3:

    turres praesidiis,

    Sall. J. 23, 1:

    aditum urbis,

    Verg. A. 11, 466:

    aciem subsidiis,

    Liv. 9, 17, 15:

    latronum opes firmare atque augere,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40;

    in aliquos imperium,

    id. Sull. 11, 32:

    vocem,

    id. de Or. 3, 61, 227:

    firmari consuetudine,

    Quint. 11, 3, 24:

    quorum (hominum) cum adolescentiae cupiditates defervissent, eximiae virtutes firmata jam aetate exstiterunt,

    Cic. Cael. 18, 43; cf.:

    animus adolescentis nondum consilio ac ratione firmatus,

    id. Clu. 6, 13:

    firmata stirpe virtutis,

    id. Cael. 32, 79:

    pacem amicitiamque,

    Liv. 9, 3, 10:

    memoria praecipue firmatur atque alitur exercitatione,

    Quint. 1, 1, 36; so,

    memoriam,

    id. 2, 4, 15:

    opinio omnium gentium firmata consensu,

    Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1:

    non tamen pro firmato stetit magistratus ejus jus,

    Liv. 4, 7, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To strengthen in resolution, to encourage, animate:

    cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit nostrosque firmavit, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 65, 2:

    donec firmaret consilio patres auctor,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 46: suos, Just. 2, 11:

    plebem hinc provocatione, hinc tribunicio auxilio,

    Liv. 3, 55:

    cunctos alloquio et cura sibique et proelio,

    Tac. A. 1, 71:

    animum exemplis,

    id. ib. 16, 35:

    animum praesenti pignore,

    Verg. A. 3, 611:

    firmatus animi,

    Sall. Hist. Fragm. 3, 24, p. 236 ed. Gerl. (ap. Arus. Mess. p. 232 ed. Lindem.).—
    2.
    In fidelity, to make sure of, secure:

    civitates obsidibus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 27.—
    3.
    to confirm, show, prove; to affirm, assert, declare, promise the correctness or truth of a circumstance, statement, etc. (less freq. than confirmo, affirmo):

    cum intelligat, quam multa firmentur jure jurando,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 16:

    si vis et natura fati ex divinationis ratione firmabitur,

    id. Fat. 5, 11:

    firmatam dare fidem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 45; so,

    fidem,

    Ter. And. 3, 1, 4; id. Hec. 4, 2, 5:

    vix quidquam firmare ausim,

    Tac. A. 1, 81; 6, 6; id. H. 2, 9:

    hoc genus in rebus firmandum est multa prius quam Ipsius rei rationem reddere possis,

    to prove, Lucr. 6, 917:

    da augurium, atque haec omina firma,

    Verg. A. 2, 691; so,

    numina,

    id. ib. 8, 78.—
    (β).
    With object-clauses:

    seque et ibi futurum, ubi praescripserit et ea facturum, quae imperarit obsidibus datis firmat,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 9; cf.:

    paratis omnium animis reversuros firmaverunt,

    Tac. H. 2, 9:

    firmare necesse est, nil esse in promptu, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 940.—In pass. with a subject-clause:

    sata bene provenire firmantur,

    Pall. 11, 12.

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  • 8 constabilio

    constabilire, constabilivi, constabilitus V TRANS
    establish; put on a firm basis; strengthen; confirm, make firm (L+S)

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  • 9 obsolidatus

    obsŏlĭdo, āvi, 1, v. a. [ob-solido], to make firm or fast, to harden, consolidate, only in part. pass.: obsŏlĭdātus, made solid, firm:

    tectorio rigide obsolidato,

    Vitr. 2, 3, 2.

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  • 10 obsolido

    obsŏlĭdo, āvi, 1, v. a. [ob-solido], to make firm or fast, to harden, consolidate, only in part. pass.: obsŏlĭdātus, made solid, firm:

    tectorio rigide obsolidato,

    Vitr. 2, 3, 2.

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  • 11 confirmo

    con-firmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make firm, establish, strengthen, confirm (class., esp. in prose).
    I.
    In gen. (prop. and trop.):

    stipites confirmare et stabilire,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

    ali hōc vires nervosque confirmari putant,

    id. ib. 6, 21:

    dentis mobilis,

    Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 178; cf. Scrib. Comp. 57; 59 sq.:

    confirmare et densare defluentem capillum,

    Plin. 25, 11, 83, § 132:

    crus debile,

    Suet. Vesp. 7; cf. id. Aug. 80:

    maxime religando confirmant parietum soliditatem,

    Vitr. 2, 8, 7:

    castellum magnis munitionibus multisque tormentis, Auct. B. Alex. 21, 5: intestina,

    i. e. to heal, cure, Cels. 4, 19:

    cicatriculam,

    id. 2, 10 fin.: se, to recover physically, to grow well (corresp. with convalescere), Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2; 16, 3, 1; 16, 4, 4; 16, 1, 1.— Transf., of the vine, Col. 4, 3, 4:

    valetudinem,

    Cic. Att. 10, 17, 2:

    pacem et amicitiam cum proximis civitatibus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3; cf.:

    confirmare societatem datā ac acceptā fide,

    Sall. C. 44, 3:

    opes factionis,

    id. ib. 32, 2; cf.:

    viris suas,

    Vell. 2, 44, 2:

    suam manum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24:

    se transmarinis auxiliis,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 29:

    conjurationem,

    Nep. Dion, 8, 3:

    regnum Persarum,

    id. Milt. 3, 5; so,

    regnum,

    Suet. Caes. 9:

    imperium,

    id. Vit. 9:

    decreta,

    to confirm, Nep. Phoc. 3, 2:

    acta Caesaris,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 12:

    acta alicujus in transmarinis provinciis,

    Vell. 2, 44, 2:

    beneficia edicto,

    Suet. Tit. 8:

    provinciam a Caesare datam,

    id. Aug. 10.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To confirm or strengthen courage, to instil courage into one, to encourage, inspirit, animate, embolden:

    animum meum,

    to take heart, take courage, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 1:

    animum sapientissimi hominis,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2; id. Quint. 24, 77:

    maximi animi hominem,

    id. ib. 4, 8, 1:

    animos ratione,

    Lucr. 1, 426:

    confirmare et excitare afflictos animos bonorum,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8:

    animos Gallorum verbis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 33; Sall. C. 46, 3:

    vacillantium gentium animos,

    Vell. 2, 120, 1:

    suos ad dimicandum animo,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 49:

    milites,

    id. ib. 5, 52:

    timentes,

    id. ib. 7, 7; cf.:

    diffidentem rebus suis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

    territos,

    Sall. J. 38, 5:

    perterritos,

    Suet. Caes. 66; id. Aug. 43:

    Massilienses obsidione laborantes adventu suo,

    id. Ner. 2:

    animum suum ad virtutem,

    Auct. Her. 4, 22, 31 Klotz (al. conformavit):

    nepotem suum ad successionem imperii,

    Suet. Tib. 55 fin.:

    nunc erige te et confirma,

    take courage, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:

    cum ipse te confirmasses,

    hast acquired courage, id. Quint. 11, 39; cf.:

    confirmant ipsi se,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95; Caes. B. G. 2, 19; id. B. C. 1, 14 al.:

    eos multa pollicendo confirmat, uti Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    alius alium confirmare, ne nomina darent,

    Liv. 2, 24, 2.— Aliquem alicui rei: gladiatores Lentulus libertati confirmat, encourages them to freedom, i. e. incites them to make themselves worthy of freedom, Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4 dub. (Dinter and Kraner:

    spe libertatis).—With abstr. objects: reliqui temporis spem,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71:

    spem alicujus,

    Suet. Calig. 12:

    suspitionem,

    id. Tib. 52; cf.:

    sensus rectus et confirmatus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 2.—
    B.
    To confirm one in his disposition or feelings, in his fidelity (rare):

    insulas bene animatas,

    Nep. Cim. 2, 4:

    homines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 120.—
    C.
    To confirm, give full assurance of, a fact, corroborate an assertion, settle, fix, establish, to prove, demonstrate the truth of a thing, etc. (very freq.):

    confirmare nostra argumentis ac rationibus, deinde contraria refutare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 80;

    so opp. refutare,

    Quint. 5, prooem. § 2; 5, 13, 53; cf.

    opp. refellere,

    id. 3, 9, 6; 12, 1, 45;

    opp. diluere,

    id. 9, 2, 80:

    confirmare aut infirmare rem,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49:

    divinationem,

    id. Div. 1, 32, 71; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 78:

    quorum omnium testimoniis de hac Dionis pecuniā confirmatum est,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23:

    crimen commenticium,

    id. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:

    haec istius vituperatio atque infamia confirmabatur eorum sermone, qui, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 101:

    perjurium,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 9, §

    19: iste locus est tibi etiam atque etiam confirmandus,

    id. Fin. 5, 32, 95:

    his rebus confirmatis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 6 Kraner ad loc. —With acc. and inf., Lucr. 2, 185; cf. id. 2, [p. 415] 179; 5, 198.— Pass. impers., with ne:

    sanctissimo jurejurando confirmari oportere, ne tecto recipiatur, qui non, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:

    hoc idem visum esse ex superioribus castellis confirmaverunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 67; cf.:

    hoc ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim Confirmare, nequaquam esse creatam, etc.,

    Lucr. 2, 179.—Hence,
    2.
    To assert, affirm, protest something as true or certain; constr. with acc., acc. and inf., or de:

    hoc cum mihi non modo confirmasset, sed etiam persuasisset,

    Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

    talem exsistere eloquentiam non potuisse confirmo,

    id. de Or. 2, 2, 6.—So with acc. and inf., Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 50; cf.:

    illud se polliceri et jurejurando confirmare, tutum iter per fines suos daturum,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 27:

    confirmare, fidem publicam per sese inviolatam fore,

    Sall. J. 33, 3:

    memini me audire te de glorioso et celeri reditu meo confirmare,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—So with de, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 1; id. Arch. 7, 15.—Hence, confirmātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    (In acc. with II. A.) Encouraged, courageous, resolute:

    animus certus et confirmatus,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77; so,

    sensus rectus et confirmatus,

    id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

    confirmatiorem exercitum efficere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 84.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. C.) Asserted, affirmed:

    in quibus (litteris) erat confirmatius idem illud, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 15, 1.—
    C.
    (Proved; hence,) Certain, credible:

    quod eo confirmatius erit, si, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 11, 35: fides confirmatissima, most fixed, Porph. ad Hor. S. 1, 5, 27.—
    * Adv.: confirmātē (in acc. with I.), firmly, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16.

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  • 12 consolido

    con-sŏlĭdo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to make firm or solid, to make thick, condense (not ante - Aug.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    parietem in unam crassitudinem,

    Vitr. 2, 8, 7.—
    II.
    Esp.:

    templa, saxa, marmora ferro plumboque consolidata ruunt,

    Aug. Serm. 84, 1. —Jurid. t. t., to confirm, settle the usufruct or the right of possession in a thing, to consolidate, Dig. 7, 2, 3, § 2; 7, 2, 6 pr.; 23, 3, 78.

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  • 13 destinata

    dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    antemnas ad malos,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

    rates ancoris,

    id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

    falces (laqueis),

    id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

    arcas,

    Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—
    II.
    Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).
    A.
    In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).
    (α).
    With double acc.:

    aliquem consulem,

    Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

    Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

    animis auctorem caedis,

    id. 33, 28:

    aliquem regem,

    Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a clause:

    infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

    potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

    Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    sibi aliquid,

    i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

    operi destinati possent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

    aliquem foro,

    Quint. 2, 8, 8:

    me arae,

    Verg. A 2, 129:

    diem necis alicui,

    Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

    domos publicis usibus,

    Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

    Anticyram omnem illis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

    cados tibi,

    id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—
    (δ).
    With ad:

    tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

    Liv. 33, 37:

    aliquem ad mortem,

    id. 2, 54:

    consilia ad bellum,

    id. 42, 48:

    materiam ad scribendum,

    Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

    ad omne obsequium destinati,

    Curt. 5, 28, 5.—
    (ε).
    With in:

    saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

    Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

    legati in provinciam destinati,

    Dig. 5, 1, 2:

    noctem proximam in fugam,

    Amm. 29, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

    locum oris,

    Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

    sagittas,

    to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—
    2.
    In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

    minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).
    A.
    Adj.:

    certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

    ad horam mortis destinatam,

    id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

    si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

    Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

    persona (coupled with certus),

    Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—
    2. a.
    A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —
    b.
    An intended, determined object, design, intention:

    neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

    Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

    destinata retinens,

    id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

    antequam destinata componam,

    the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

    ad destinatum persequor,

    the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

    ex destinato,

    adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

    and in a like sense merely destinato,

    Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

    certare,

    Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

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  • 14 destino

    dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    antemnas ad malos,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

    rates ancoris,

    id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

    falces (laqueis),

    id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

    arcas,

    Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—
    II.
    Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).
    A.
    In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).
    (α).
    With double acc.:

    aliquem consulem,

    Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

    Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

    animis auctorem caedis,

    id. 33, 28:

    aliquem regem,

    Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a clause:

    infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

    potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

    Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    sibi aliquid,

    i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

    operi destinati possent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

    aliquem foro,

    Quint. 2, 8, 8:

    me arae,

    Verg. A 2, 129:

    diem necis alicui,

    Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

    domos publicis usibus,

    Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

    Anticyram omnem illis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

    cados tibi,

    id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—
    (δ).
    With ad:

    tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

    Liv. 33, 37:

    aliquem ad mortem,

    id. 2, 54:

    consilia ad bellum,

    id. 42, 48:

    materiam ad scribendum,

    Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

    ad omne obsequium destinati,

    Curt. 5, 28, 5.—
    (ε).
    With in:

    saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

    Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

    legati in provinciam destinati,

    Dig. 5, 1, 2:

    noctem proximam in fugam,

    Amm. 29, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

    locum oris,

    Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

    sagittas,

    to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—
    2.
    In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

    minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).
    A.
    Adj.:

    certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

    ad horam mortis destinatam,

    id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

    si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

    Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

    persona (coupled with certus),

    Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—
    2. a.
    A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —
    b.
    An intended, determined object, design, intention:

    neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

    Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

    destinata retinens,

    id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

    antequam destinata componam,

    the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

    ad destinatum persequor,

    the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

    ex destinato,

    adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

    and in a like sense merely destinato,

    Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

    certare,

    Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

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  • 15 solido

    sŏlĭdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to make firm, dense, or solid; to make whole or sound; to strengthen, fasten together (not ante-Aug., and for the most part only in the pass.; cf.: compono, reficio, stabilio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    (area) cretā solidanda,

    Verg. G. 1, 179:

    locus fistucationibus solidetur,

    Vitr. 7, 1:

    terra aëre,

    id. 2, 3 fin.:

    aedificia sine trabibus,

    Tac. A. 15, 43; cf.

    muri,

    id. H. 2, 19:

    ossa fracta,

    Plin. 28, 16, 65, § 227; Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4; cf.:

    hi (nervi) incisi solidantur,

    Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218; 24, 16, 95, § 152:

    cartilago,

    Cels. 8, 6:

    fistulae stanno,

    Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 160 et saep.— Poet.:

    facies solidata veneno,

    i. e. against decay, Luc. 8, 691.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To confirm, establish:

    rem Romanam,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 11: imperium Romanum ex diuturnā convulsione solidatum, Auct. Pan. ad Const. 1: illud etiam constitutione solidamus, ut, etc., establish, ordain, Cod. Th. 15, 9, 1.—
    B.
    To unite:

    viro uxorem unius corporis compage,

    Lact. Epit. 6.—
    C.
    To correct: rationes, Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 1, 36.

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  • 16 cōn-stabiliō

        cōn-stabiliō īvī, —, īre,    to confirm, establish, make firm: tuam rem, T.

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  • 17 condenseo

    condensere, -, - V TRANS
    compress; pack/press closely together; condense/make firm; (PASS) grow thickly

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  • 18 condenso

    condensare, condensavi, condensatus V TRANS
    compress; pack/press closely together; condense/make firm; (PASS) grow thickly

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  • 19 firmo

    to assert, maintain/ strengthen, make firm / encourage.

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > firmo

  • 20 constabilio

    con-stăbĭlĭo, īvi, 4, v. a., to confirm, establish, make firm (ante- and post-class. for stabilio, 2. fundo, and rare); only trop.: [p. 437] rem meam, * Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 93; so * Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 9; Tert. adv. Valent. 39.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > constabilio

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