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  • 1 dubitō

        dubitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [dubius], to waver in opinion, be uncertain, be in doubt, be perplexed, doubt, question: ut iam liceat non dubitantem dicere: de indicando: de quā (legione) non dubitaret, had full confidence, Cs.: de armis dubitatum est: si dubitatum est, utrum, etc., L.: haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos: Hoc quis dubitet? O.: si quod illorum dubitabitur: res minime dubitanda: dubitati tecta parentis, O.: qualis sit futurus (eventus belli), Cs.: quid fecerit: honestumne factu sit an turpe: Recte necne, etc., H.: si dubitet an turpe non sit, inclines to think: dubito an hunc primum ponam, perhaps, N.: an dea sim, dubitor, O.: non dubitat, quin sit Troia peritura, has no doubt: neque dubitare, quin libertatem sint erepturi, Cs.: qui potest dubitari, quin, etc.: non dubito, fore plerosque qui, etc., N.: haud dubitans Romanos abituros, L.: aut vincere aut, si fortuna dubitabit, etc., waver, L.— To deliberate, consider, ponder: dubitate quid agatis: restat ut hoc dubitemus, uter, etc.: percipe Quid dubitem, meditate, V.: an sontīs mergeret, O.— To waver, be irresolute, hesitate, delay: illi nubere, S.: omnia ventre metiri: transire flumen, Cs.: haud dubitans, without hesitation: eos hostīs appellare dubitamus?: non dubitaturus quin cederet: tum dubitandum non existimavit, quin proficisceretur, Cs.: quid dubitas? Cs.: perterritis ac dubitantibus ceteris, S.: nec res dubitare remittit, O.
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    dubitare, dubitavi, dubitatus V
    doubt; deliberate; hesitate (over); be uncertain/irresolute

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  • 2 dubito

    dŭbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [for duhibitare, freq. from duhibeo, i. e. duohabeo (cf. habitare from habeo), to have or hold, as two, v. dubius; cf. also Gr. doiazô from doioi; Germ. zweifeln from zwei], to vibrate from one side to the other, to and fro, in one's opinions or in coming to a conclusion (freq. in all periods and sorts of composition; in class. prose usually with negations or in a negative interrogation, as: non dubito, haud dubito, quis dubitat? etc.
    I. (α).
    Absol. (rare but class.): ne vinolenti quidem quae faciunt eadem approbatione faciunt qua sobrii;

    dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 72:

    et interrogamus et dubitamus et affirmamus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 70; cf. id. 10, 1, 19; 10, 3, 19:

    Livius frequentissime dubitat,

    id. 2, 4, 19; 9, 2, 20: vivo equidem, ne dubita;

    nam vera vides,

    Verg. A. 3, 316:

    ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque (= sine ulla dubitatione) dicere,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Fam. 5, 16, 4 Madv.; so id. Div. 1, 55, 125.—
    (β).
    With de (class.):

    de indicando dubitat,

    Cic. Sull. 18, 52; id. Fam. 12, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 29; 4, 5, 13.—With a negation:

    nec vero de hoc quisquam dubitare posset, nisi, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

    de aliqua re,

    id. N. D. 1, 8:

    de divina ratione,

    id. ib. 2, 39, 99:

    de tua erga me voluntate,

    id. Fam. 13, 45 fin.; cf. id. Att. 12, 26:

    de ejus fide,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 21, 1: cf. id. ib. 7, 77, 10; 1, 40 fin.:

    de carminibus,

    Quint. 10, 5, 4:

    de ultima illa (parte),

    id. 12, 2, 10: de se, Pompei ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 A et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    de armis dubitatum est,

    Cic. Caecin. 13, 38:

    de judicio Panaetii dubitari non potest,

    id. Off. 3, 3; so, de auctore, Quint. 7, 2, 8:

    de hac (virtute) nihil dubitabitur,

    id. 2, 20, 7.—
    (γ).
    With acc. (in class. prose only with a neutr. pron.):

    haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici quidem dubitant?

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; Quint. 2, 17, 2; Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 2; Ov. H. 17, 37; id. M. 6, 194; id. Tr. 2, 331.—In the pass.:

    causa prorsus, quod dubitari posset, nihil habebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. ib. 28; Liv. 5, 3:

    dubitati tecta parentis,

    Ov. M. 2, 20:

    sidera,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 2:

    ne auctor dubitaretur,

    Tac. A. 14, 7; cf. infra, e:

    dicta haud dubitanda,

    Verg. A. 3, 170.—
    (δ).
    With an interrog. pron. (good prose, but rare):

    ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum,

    Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 29:

    non dubito, quid nobis agendum putes,

    Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2; id. Fam. 11, 17, 2; 15, 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 10:

    cur dubitas, quid de re publica sentias?

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 17 fin.; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16 fin. —
    (ε).
    With interrog. particles (very freq. and class.):

    si me non improbissime tractasset, dubitassem fortasse utrum, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:

    desinite dubitare, utrum sit utilius, etc.... an, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89; cf. impers., id. Att. 4, 15, 7; Liv. 5, 3:

    honestumne factu sit an turpe dubitant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    dubitavi, hos homines emerem, an non emerem,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 95; cf. Sall. J. 74, 2; Hor. C. 1, 12, 35:

    recte necne, etc.,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 80:

    licet et dubitare num quid nos fugerit,

    Quint. 6, 1, 3:

    dubito, num, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 1; Tac. H. 2, 37;

    de L. Bruto fortasse dubitarim, an, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50 et saep.—Cf. respecting the expression dubito an, the art. an, II., and Zumpt, Gramm. § 354.— Poet. in pass. (cf. supra, g):

    an dea sim, dubitor,

    Ov. M. 6, 208.—
    (ζ).
    Non dubito, quin (very freq. and class.):

    non hercle dubito, quin tibi ingenio nemo praestiterit,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 23; id. Div. 1, 57, 129; id. de Sen. 10, 31; id. Att. 6, 2, 3; id. Fam. 13, 73 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 40: numquid tu dubitas quin ego nunc perpetuo perierim? Have you a doubt? etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 4; 1, 31, 15; Quint. 12, 1, 42; Suet. Tib. 17; Ov. H. 17, 11; 245; id. Tr. 5, 7, 59 et saep.; cf. pass. impers.:

    dubitari (non) potest, quin, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23 fin.; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; Quint. 10, 2, 1:

    dubitari potest quin usque eo eicienda sit,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 1:

    illud cave dubites, quin, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6;

    quid dubitas, quin sit, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 42;

    so in an interrog.,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 55; 4, 2, 59; Quint. 7, 6, 10; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 8.—
    (η).
    With acc. and inf. (freq. only since the Aug. period, and in gen. only negatively; not found in Plaut., Ter., or Cic.;

    but usual in Nepos): neque humorem dubitavi aurasque perire,

    Lucr. 5, 249:

    gratos tibi esse qui de me rumores afferuntur, non dubito,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2 (cf., on the contrary, §

    7: noli dubitare, quin te sublevaturus sim): ignorabant aut dubitabant animas hominum immortales esse,

    Lact. 6, 3, 5: non dubito, fore plerosque qui, etc., Nep. praef. § 1; id. Milt. 3, 6; id. Lys. 3, 5; id. Alcib. 9, 5; id. Ages. 3, 1; id. Eum. 2, 3; id. Hann. 11, 2; Liv. 2, 64; 22, 55 Drak. et saep.; Quint. 3, 7, 5; 5, 10, 76; 9, 4, 114; Suet. Claud. 35 et saep.; cf.

    in an interrog.: an est quisquam qui dubitet, tribunos offensos esse?

    Liv. 5, 3; so,

    quis dubitat,

    Quint. 9, 4, 68; 130; 10, 1, 81. — Pass. impers.: an dubitabitur, ibi partes oratoris esse praecipuas? id. prooem. § 12. —Affirm.: piraticam ut musicam, fabricam dici adhuc dubitabant mei praeceptores, Quint. 8, 3, 34.—
    2.
    Transf., of inan. and abstr. subjects, to be uncertain, doubtful:

    si tardior manus dubitet,

    Quint. 5, 10, 124:

    suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio,

    id. 10, 7, 22:

    aut vincere aut, si fortuna dubitabit (= adversabit), etc.,

    Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

    nec mox fama dubitavit, cum, etc.,

    Flor. 1, 1, 2.—
    B.
    Meton., to reflect upon, to ponder, consider, deliberate:

    in utramque partem cogitare, deliberare, etc. (very rare): haec dum dubitas, menses abierunt decem,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 57:

    restat, judices, ut hoc dubitemus, uter, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 88:

    percipe porro, quid dubitem,

    Verg. A. 9, 191:

    dubitaverat Augustus Germanicum rei Romanae imponere,

    had considered whether he should, Tac. A. 4, 57.
    II.
    To waver in coming to a conclusion, to be irresolute; to hesitate, delay.
    (α).
    With inf. (so most commonly): non dubitaverim [p. 614] me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 4;

    so with a negation,

    id. ib. 1, 15; id. Lael. 1; id. de Or. 1, 40 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 2, 23, 2: flumen transire, 6, 8, 1; id. B. C. 1, 71, 2; 2, 33, 2 and fin.; Verg. A. 7, 311; 8, 614 et saep.:

    quid dubitamus pultare atque huc evocare ambos foras?

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29;

    so in an interrog.,

    id. Mil. 4, 2, 17; id. Ps. 2, 2, 30; id. Poen. 3, 5, 44; Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 4; Quint. 12, 5, 3; 12, 10, 63; Verg. A. 6, 807 al.—Very seldom affirmatively:

    quod ea illi nubere dubitabat,

    Sall. C. 15, 2:

    accusat fratrem, quod dubitet omnia quae ad beatam vitam pertineant ventre metiri,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113:

    dubitat agnoscere matrem,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 250:

    si forte dubitaret quod afferretur accipere,

    Curt. 4, 5:

    isdem mandatum ut occiderent, si venire dubitaret,

    id. 10, 8.—Ellipt.:

    quod dubitas, ne feceris,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5.—
    (β).
    Non dubito quin (rare in Cic. and Caes.):

    nemo dubitabat, quin, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

    tum dubitandum non existimavit, quin proficisceretur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 71, 1; cf.:

    nolite dubitare, quin huic uni credatis omnia,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68;

    and in an interrog.: dubitabitis, judices, quin? etc.,

    id. Fl. 17, 40; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (rare):

    te neque umquam dubitasse, neque timuisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 3:

    sed mora damnosa est, nec res dubitare remittit,

    Ov. M. 11, 377:

    quid igitur ego dubito?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 283;

    so in an interrog.,

    id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 3; Verg. A. 9, 12:

    magnitudine supplicii dubitantes cogit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 9; id. ib. 7, 63, 3; Sall. C. 28, 1 al.:

    dubitantia lumina,

    failing, Sil. 10, 154. —Hence,
    A. * 1.
    Doubtingly:

    sine ulla affirmatione, dubitanter unum quodque dicemus,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.—
    2.
    Hesitatingly, with hesitancy (very rare):

    illum verecunde et dubitanter recepisse,

    Cic. Brut. 22, 87; cf. Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—
    B.
    dŭbĭ-tātim, adv. (i. q. dubitanter, 2.), hesitatingly, with hesitation (only in the foll. passages), Sisenn. ap. Non. 98, 33; so Cael. Ann. ib.

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  • 3 variō

        variō āvī, ātus, āre    [varius], to diversify, variegate, change: maculis ortum (sol), V.: variabant tempora cani, O.: ubi caeruleum variabunt sidera caelum, O.: formas variatus in omnīs, metamorphosed, O.—Fig., to cause to change, diversify, vary, make various, interchange, alternate: ille variabit (vocem): voluptatem: rem prodigialiter unam, H.: sententias, L.: vices, V.: bellum variante fortunā eventum ferre, with varying success, L.: variatis hominum sententiis, i. e. amid the conflicting voices: quae de Marcelli morte variant auctores, report variously, L.: senatus consuli coeptus; ibi cum sententiis variaretur, there was a difference of opinion, L.—To be diversified, be variegated, change, alter, waver, vary, be various, differ: abeunt redeuntque mei variantque timores, O.: ita fama variat, ut, etc., L.: si (lex) nec causis nec personis variet, L.— Impers: ibi si variaret, if there were a difference of opinion, L.
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    variare, variavi, variatus V
    mark with contrasting colors, variegate; vary, waver; fluctuate, change

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  • 4 labo

    lăbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [from the same root as 1. labor], to totter, be ready to fall, begin to sink, to give way, be loosened (syn.: vacillo, titubo, nato).
    I.
    Lit.: labat, labuntur saxa, caementae cadunt, Enn. ap. Non. 196, 3 (Trag. v. 142 Vahl.):

    signum labat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, 95:

    si ex ictu... labant dentes,

    Cels. 7, 12, 1:

    labat ariete crebro Janua,

    Verg. A. 2, 492:

    labant curvae naves,

    roll, Ov. M. 2, 163:

    pressaeque labant sub gurgite turres,

    id. ib. 1, 290:

    (turris) qua summa labantis Juncturas tabulata dabant,

    Verg. A. 2, 463:

    littera labat,

    written with a trembling hand, Ov. H. 10, 140:

    labare sermone,

    to stutter, speak indistinctly, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    si labat oculus et hac atque illac movetur,

    is unsteady, Cels. 7, 7, 14:

    tarda trementi genua labant,

    sink, Verg. A. 5, 432; so,

    pedes,

    Ov. F. 6, 676:

    vincla labant,

    are loosed, id. A. A. 2, 85.— Poet., of dying persons:

    inde labant populi,

    fall, sink, Luc. 6, 93; cf.:

    omnia tum vero vitaï claustra lababant,

    Lucr. 6, 1153.—With Gr. acc.:

    egressi labant vestigia prima,

    Verg. A. 10, 283 Forbig. (Rib. egressisque).—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To waver, to be unstable, undecided, to hesitate (in opinion, resolution, etc.):

    si res labat, Itidem amici collabascunt,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 16; cf.:

    scito, labare meum consilium illud, quod satis jam fixum videbatur,

    Cic. Att. 8, 14, 2:

    labamus mutamusque sententiam,

    id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:

    cum ei labare M. Antonius videretur,

    id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

    animumque labantem inpulit,

    Verg. A. 4, 22:

    labantia corda,

    id. ib. 12, 223:

    socii labant,

    waver in fidelity, Liv. 22, 61; cf.:

    fides sociorum,

    id. 32, 30, 9:

    animus regis,

    id. 40, 54; 2, 39:

    quīs lababat fides,

    whose fidelity was wavering, Sil. 2, 392:

    mens,

    Ov. M. 6, 629:

    tu mente labantem dirige me,

    Luc. 2, 244:

    ex nimia matrem pietate labare sensit,

    Ov. M. 6, 629:

    memoria labat,

    becomes weak, Liv. 5, 18; cf.:

    mens in illis (phreneticis) labat, in hoc (cordiaco) constat,

    Cels. 3, 19:

    nec dubium habebatur labare hostes,

    Tac. A. 2, 26:

    labante jam Agrippina,

    id. H. 14, 22:

    labantem ordinem contirmare,

    Suet. Caes. 14:

    acies labantes restituere,

    Tac. G. 8 init.:

    sustinere labantem aciem,

    id. H. 3, 23; 5, 18.—
    B.
    To sink, fall to pieces, go to ruin:

    quid non sic aliud ex alio nectitur, ut non, si unam litteram moveris, labent omnia?

    Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74:

    omnes rei publicae partes aegras et labantes sanare et confirmare,

    id. Mil. 25, 68; cf.:

    sustinuisse labantem fortunam populi Romani,

    Liv. 26, 41:

    sicuti populo Romano sua fortuna labet,

    id. 42, 50:

    labante egregia quondam disciplina,

    id. 36, 6:

    cum res Trojana labaret,

    Ov. M. 15, 437:

    labantibus Vitellii rebus,

    Tac. H. 2, 86:

    si quid in moribus labaret,

    id. A. 2, 33.

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  • 5 nuto

    nūto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [nuo (of re-nuo, ab-nuo); Gr. neuô; cf. numen, nutus], to nod with the head.
    I.
    Lit.:

    neque illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, annuat,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39; id. Merc. 2, 3, 72:

    capite nutat,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 52: crebro capitis motu nutans. Suet. Calig. 38:

    nutans. Distorquens oculos,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 64.—
    B.
    Esp., to command by a nod or sign:

    nutat ne loquar,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 48.—
    II.
    In gen., to sway to and fro, to totter, shake, stagger.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nutant circumspectantibus galeae, et incerti trepidant,

    Liv. 4, 37:

    ornus,

    Verg. A. 2, 629; 9, 682:

    percutiens nutanti pectora mento,

    Ov. M. 11, 620:

    nutans machinamentum,

    Tac. H. 4, 30:

    nutantem vulnere civem,

    Juv. 15, 156:

    rami pondere,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 263:

    cristae,

    Sil. 1, 501:

    turres,

    Luc. 6, 136:

    plaustra,

    Juv. 3, 256.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To waver in one's opinion or judgment; to doubt, hesitate:

    etiam Democritus nutare videtur in naturā Deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:

    sic animus vario labefactus vulnere nutat,

    Ov. M. 10, 375; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 614; 4, 197.—
    2.
    To falter in one's fidelity, to be faithless:

    ac primo Festūs nutabat, palam Vitellium, occultis nuntiis Vespasianum fovens,

    Tac. H. 2, 98; Suet. Caes. 4.—
    3.
    To be ready to fall or give way; to totter, to waver, fail, be weak, falter:

    fortuna nutabit,

    Liv. 21, 44:

    tanto discrimine urbs nutabat, ut, etc.,

    Tac. H. 4, 52:

    nutantem aciem victor equitatus incursat,

    id. ib. 3, 18;

    4, 49: rempublicam,

    Suet. Vesp. 8; cf.:

    moenia nutantia Romae,

    Sil. 10, 590:

    nutantem hostem praevenire,

    Tac. H. 3, 40; cf. Flor. 3, 10, 4:

    mundi nutante ruinā,

    Luc. 4, 493.

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  • 6 varians

    vărĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v.a. and n. [varius].
    I.
    Act., to diversify, variegate, change (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    (principia) omne genus gignunt variantque colores,

    Lucr. 2, 759:

    maculis ortum (sol),

    Verg. G. 1, 441:

    caeruleis corpora guttis,

    Ov. M. 4, 578:

    tempora cani,

    id. ib. 12, 465:

    capillos (gemma),

    id. Am. 1, 2, 41:

    ubi caeruleum variabunt sidera caelum,

    id. F. 3, 449:

    variare virgis et loris,

    to beat of all colors, black and blue, Plaut. Poen. prol. 26:

    putrida pectora palmis,

    Cat. 64, 352:

    vestes picto auro,

    Val. Fl. 3, 11:

    variante se uvā,

    becoming colored, turning, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 189; for which mid.:

    simulatque uva variari coeperit,

    Col. Arb. 12, 1.—In part. perf.:

    vestis priscis hominum variata figuris,

    variegated, embroidered, Cat. 64, 50:

    pluribus ille (anguis) notis variatam pingitur alvum,

    Luc. 9, 713:

    arcus vix ullā variatus luce colorem,

    id. 4, 79:

    eluere calculos nigros paulum candore variatos,

    Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 157.— Poet.: formas variatus in omnes, changed, metamorphosed, Ov. M. 12, 559.—
    B.
    Trop., to cause to change, make different or various; to alter, change, vary, interchange, cause to alternate, etc.:

    vocem variare et mutare,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59; so,

    aliquid (with mutare),

    Gell. 14, 1, 9:

    orationem variare et distinguere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

    ergo ille variabit (vocem) et mutabit,

    id. Or. 18, 59:

    voluptatem (with distinguere),

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 38:

    qui variare cupit rem prodigialiter unam,

    Hor. A. P. 29:

    in oratione multa summittere, variare, disponere,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 2, 13, 8; 11, 3, 152:

    cum timor atque ira in vicem sententias variassent,

    Liv. 2, 57, 2:

    vices,

    Verg. A. 9, 164:

    bellum variante fortunā eventum ferre,

    with varying success, Liv. 23, 5, 8:

    et variebant secundae adversaeque res non fortunam magis quam animos hominum,

    id. 25, 1, 6:

    fremitus variantis multitudinis fuit partim adsensu partim indignatione,

    id. 35, 31, 13:

    ex vernā intemperie variante calores frigoraque,

    id. 22, 2, 10:

    laborem otio, otium labore,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 4:

    variatis hominum sententiis,

    i. e. various, at variance, Cic. Mil. 3, 8:

    quae de Marcelli morte variant auctores,

    report differently, vary, Liv. 27, 27, 12; cf.:

    certe variata memoria actae rei,

    id. 21, 28, 5.— Impers. pass.:

    sitne ea (beata vita) in potestate sapientis, an, etc.... in eo nonnumquam variari inter eos et dubitari videtur,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12: senatus consuli coeptus;

    ibi cum sententiis variaretur,

    were of different opinions, Liv. 22, 60, 3; cf.:

    variatum deinde proeliis,

    fought with varying success, Vell. 2, 51, 3:

    nisi de familiae condicione variatum esset,

    i. e. differently reported, Suet. Vit. 1.—
    II.
    Neutr., to be diversified, variegated; to change, alter, waver, vary, etc.
    A.
    Lit.:

    prima mihi variat liventibus uva racemis,

    becomes variegated, colored, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 13:

    bacae,

    Col. 12, 52, 9:

    variant ostrea coloribus,

    are different, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60:

    universitas (arietum) tergoris maculis,

    Col. 7, 3, 2:

    inter se multum variare figurae Non possunt,

    Lucr. 2, 484; cf. id. 4, 648:

    variantes edere formas,

    id. 5, 722; cf.:

    volucres variantibu' formis,

    id. 5, 825:

    non ita Carpathiae variant Aquilonibus undae,

    fluctuate, Prop. 2, 5, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., to be various or different; to change, vary; absol.:

    variante fortunā,

    Liv. 23, 5, 8:

    inpatiens variantis caeli,

    Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28:

    sic abeunt redeuntque mei variantque timores,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 153:

    dissidet et variat sententia,

    id. M. 15, 648:

    ita fama variat, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 27, 27, 14. —With abl.:

    haec de tanto viro, quamquam et opinionibus et monumentis litterarum variarent, proponenda erant,

    Liv. 38, 57, 8:

    si (lex) nec causis nec personis variet,

    id. 3, 45, 2.— Impers.:

    ibi si variaret,

    if there were a difference of opinion, Liv. 1, 43, 11; cf.:

    nec variatum comitiis est,

    id. 7, 22, 10.—With adverb. acc.:

    si nunc quoque fortuna aliquid variaverit,

    Liv. 23, 13, 4.—Of differences in the text of an author (late Lat.):

    ipsi codices Graeci variant,

    Aug. in Psa. 118, 7:

    nulla in eo variat codicum auctoritas,

    id. C. Faust. 11, 4.—Hence, P. a.: vărĭans, antis, varied, manifold:

    (terra) fudit aërias volucres variantibus formis,

    Lucr. 5, 822:

    variantis edere formas,

    id. 5, 720:

    astra,

    Manil. 2, 466.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > varians

  • 7 vario

    vărĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v.a. and n. [varius].
    I.
    Act., to diversify, variegate, change (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    (principia) omne genus gignunt variantque colores,

    Lucr. 2, 759:

    maculis ortum (sol),

    Verg. G. 1, 441:

    caeruleis corpora guttis,

    Ov. M. 4, 578:

    tempora cani,

    id. ib. 12, 465:

    capillos (gemma),

    id. Am. 1, 2, 41:

    ubi caeruleum variabunt sidera caelum,

    id. F. 3, 449:

    variare virgis et loris,

    to beat of all colors, black and blue, Plaut. Poen. prol. 26:

    putrida pectora palmis,

    Cat. 64, 352:

    vestes picto auro,

    Val. Fl. 3, 11:

    variante se uvā,

    becoming colored, turning, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 189; for which mid.:

    simulatque uva variari coeperit,

    Col. Arb. 12, 1.—In part. perf.:

    vestis priscis hominum variata figuris,

    variegated, embroidered, Cat. 64, 50:

    pluribus ille (anguis) notis variatam pingitur alvum,

    Luc. 9, 713:

    arcus vix ullā variatus luce colorem,

    id. 4, 79:

    eluere calculos nigros paulum candore variatos,

    Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 157.— Poet.: formas variatus in omnes, changed, metamorphosed, Ov. M. 12, 559.—
    B.
    Trop., to cause to change, make different or various; to alter, change, vary, interchange, cause to alternate, etc.:

    vocem variare et mutare,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59; so,

    aliquid (with mutare),

    Gell. 14, 1, 9:

    orationem variare et distinguere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

    ergo ille variabit (vocem) et mutabit,

    id. Or. 18, 59:

    voluptatem (with distinguere),

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 38:

    qui variare cupit rem prodigialiter unam,

    Hor. A. P. 29:

    in oratione multa summittere, variare, disponere,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 2, 13, 8; 11, 3, 152:

    cum timor atque ira in vicem sententias variassent,

    Liv. 2, 57, 2:

    vices,

    Verg. A. 9, 164:

    bellum variante fortunā eventum ferre,

    with varying success, Liv. 23, 5, 8:

    et variebant secundae adversaeque res non fortunam magis quam animos hominum,

    id. 25, 1, 6:

    fremitus variantis multitudinis fuit partim adsensu partim indignatione,

    id. 35, 31, 13:

    ex vernā intemperie variante calores frigoraque,

    id. 22, 2, 10:

    laborem otio, otium labore,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 4:

    variatis hominum sententiis,

    i. e. various, at variance, Cic. Mil. 3, 8:

    quae de Marcelli morte variant auctores,

    report differently, vary, Liv. 27, 27, 12; cf.:

    certe variata memoria actae rei,

    id. 21, 28, 5.— Impers. pass.:

    sitne ea (beata vita) in potestate sapientis, an, etc.... in eo nonnumquam variari inter eos et dubitari videtur,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12: senatus consuli coeptus;

    ibi cum sententiis variaretur,

    were of different opinions, Liv. 22, 60, 3; cf.:

    variatum deinde proeliis,

    fought with varying success, Vell. 2, 51, 3:

    nisi de familiae condicione variatum esset,

    i. e. differently reported, Suet. Vit. 1.—
    II.
    Neutr., to be diversified, variegated; to change, alter, waver, vary, etc.
    A.
    Lit.:

    prima mihi variat liventibus uva racemis,

    becomes variegated, colored, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 13:

    bacae,

    Col. 12, 52, 9:

    variant ostrea coloribus,

    are different, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60:

    universitas (arietum) tergoris maculis,

    Col. 7, 3, 2:

    inter se multum variare figurae Non possunt,

    Lucr. 2, 484; cf. id. 4, 648:

    variantes edere formas,

    id. 5, 722; cf.:

    volucres variantibu' formis,

    id. 5, 825:

    non ita Carpathiae variant Aquilonibus undae,

    fluctuate, Prop. 2, 5, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., to be various or different; to change, vary; absol.:

    variante fortunā,

    Liv. 23, 5, 8:

    inpatiens variantis caeli,

    Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28:

    sic abeunt redeuntque mei variantque timores,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 153:

    dissidet et variat sententia,

    id. M. 15, 648:

    ita fama variat, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 27, 27, 14. —With abl.:

    haec de tanto viro, quamquam et opinionibus et monumentis litterarum variarent, proponenda erant,

    Liv. 38, 57, 8:

    si (lex) nec causis nec personis variet,

    id. 3, 45, 2.— Impers.:

    ibi si variaret,

    if there were a difference of opinion, Liv. 1, 43, 11; cf.:

    nec variatum comitiis est,

    id. 7, 22, 10.—With adverb. acc.:

    si nunc quoque fortuna aliquid variaverit,

    Liv. 23, 13, 4.—Of differences in the text of an author (late Lat.):

    ipsi codices Graeci variant,

    Aug. in Psa. 118, 7:

    nulla in eo variat codicum auctoritas,

    id. C. Faust. 11, 4.—Hence, P. a.: vărĭans, antis, varied, manifold:

    (terra) fudit aërias volucres variantibus formis,

    Lucr. 5, 822:

    variantis edere formas,

    id. 5, 720:

    astra,

    Manil. 2, 466.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vario

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