a chance

chance, luck, fortune.

chance, luck.

ālĕa, ae, f. [of uncer. origin; Curtius asserts an obscure connection with the words for bone; Sanscr. asthi; Zend, açti; Gr. osteon; Lat. os (ossis)].

A game with dice, and in gen., a game of hazard or chance. There were among the Romans two kinds of dice, tesserae and tali, Cic. Sen. 16, 58. The tesserae had six sides, which were marked with I. II. III. IV. V. VI.; the tali were rounded on two sides, and marked only on the other four. Upon one side there was one point, unio, an ace, like the ace on cards, called canis; on the opp. side, six points called senio, six, sice; on the two other sides, three and four points, ternio and quaternio. In playing, four tali were used, but only three tesserae. They were put into a box made in the form of a tower, with a strait neck, and wider below than above, called fritillus, turris, turricula, etc. This box was shaken, and the dice were thrown upon the gaming-board. The highest or most fortunate throw, called Venus, jactus Venereus or basilicus, was, of the tesserae, three sixes, and of the tali when they all came out with different numbers. The worst or lowest throw, called jactus pessimus or damnosus, canis or canicula, was, of the tesserae, three aces, and of the tali when they were all the same. The other throws were valued acc. to the numbers. When one of the tali fell upon the end (in caput) it was said rectus cadere, or assistere, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54, and the throw was repeated. While throwing the dice, it was customary for a person to express his wishes, to repeat the name of his mistress, and the like. Games of chance were prohibited by the Lex Titia et Publicia et Cornelia (cf. Hor. C. 3, 24, 58), except in the month of December, during the Saturnalia, Mart. 4, 14, 7; 5, 85; 14, 1; Suet. Aug. 71; Dig. 11, 5. The character of gamesters, aleatores or aleones, was held as infamous in the time of Cicero, cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Phil. 2, 23, although there was much playing with aleae, and old men were esp. fond of this game, because it required little physical exertion, Cic. Sen. 16, 58; Suet. Aug. 71; Juv. 14, 4; cf.

Jahn,

Ov. Tr. 2, 471; Rupert. ad Tac. G. 24, 5:

provocat me in aleam, ut ego ludam,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75.—Ludere aleā or aleam, also sometimes in aleā:

in foro aleā ludere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 23, 56; Dig. 11, 5, 1: ludit assidue aleam, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70:

aleam studiosissime lusit,

Suet. Claud. 33; so id. Ner. 30; Juv. 8, 10:

repetitio ejus, quod in aleā lusum est,

Dig. 11, 5, 4.—Hence, in aleā aliquid perdere, Cic. Phil. 2, 13:

exercere aleam,

Tac. G. 24:

indulgere aleae,

Suet. Aug. 70:

oblectare se aleā,

id. Dom. 21:

prosperiore aleā uti,

to play fortunately, id. Calig. 41.— Trop.: Jacta alea esto, Let the die be cast! Let the game be ventured! the memorable exclamation of Cæsar when, at the Rubicon, after long hesitation, he finally decided to march to Rome, Suet. Caes. 32, ubi v. Casaub. and Ruhnk.—

Transf., any thing uncertain or contingent, an accident, chance, hazard, venture, risk:

alea domini vitae ac rei familiaris,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4:

sequentes non aleam, sed rationem aliquam,

id. ib. 1, 18:

aleam inesse hostiis deligendis,

Cic. Div. 2, 15:

dare summam rerum in aleam,

to risk, Liv. 42, 59:

in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam ire,

fortune, chance, id. 1, 23:

alea belli,

id. 37, 36:

talibus admissis alea grandis inest,

Ov. A. A. 1, 376:

periculosae plenum opus aleae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 6: M. Tullius extra omnem ingenii aleam positus, raised above all doubt of his talents, Plin. praef. § 7: emere aleam, in the Pandects, to purchase any thing uncertain, contingent, e. g. a draught of fishes, Dig. 18, 1, 8; so ib. 18, 4, 7.

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cāsus (Ciceronis temporibus paulumque infra s geminabatur: cassus, etc., Quint. 1, 7, 20; cf.: causa, Juppiter al.; in inscr. also KASVS), ūs (dat. casu, Nep. Alcib. 6, 4), m. [cado].

Lit., a falling (acc. to cado, I. A. and C.).

A falling down, etc.:

stillicidi,

Lucr. 1, 313:

geli,

id. 5, 205:

nivis,

Liv. 21, 35, 6:

fulminum,

Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; Ov. M. 8, 259:

celsae graviore casu Decidunt turres,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 10.—In plur., Lucr. 2, 231.—

A fall, an overthrow, a throwing down:

occumbunt multi letum praecipe casu,

Enn. Ann. 391 Vahl.: eoque ictu me ad casum dari, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44:

casus, quo (infantes) in terram toties deferuntur,

Quint. 1, 12, 10; Lucr. 5, 1333:

vehiculi,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 21 al. —In plur.: cum loci Inciperent casus, i. e. the fall, destruction (by an earthquake), Ov. M. 8, 714.—

Trop.

Of time, the end:

extremae sub casum hiemis,

Verg. G. 1, 340.—

A moral fall, a false step, an error, fall:

multas vias adulescentiae lubricas ostendit (natura), quibus illa insistere, aut ingredi sine casu aliquo ac prolapsione vix posset,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41.—So of a political fall, Cic. Sest. 67, 140.—

Esp., a fall or change from a higher to a lower condition:

secum reputans quam gravis casus in servitium ex regno foret,

Sall. J. 62, 9.—

That which turns out or happens unexpectedly, an occurrence, event, accident, chance, misfortune, emergency (this most freq. in sing. and plur.):

quid est enim aliud fors, quid fortuna, quid casus, quid eventus, nisi cum sic aliquid cecidit, sic evenit, ut vel non cadere atque evenire, vel aliter cadere atque evenire potuerit? etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15: quis iste tantus casus? unde tam felix concursus atomorum? cf. id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

novi casus temporum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

quod consilium etsi in ejusmodi casu reprehendendum non est, tamen incommode accidit,

such an emergency, Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

quod in ejusmodi casu accidit, periti ignaris parebant,

Curt. 4, 3, 18; 10, 5, 8; Quint. 6, 2, 34; Tac. A. 2, 47; Liv. 24, 2, 11; 38, 8, 5: potest igitur veritatem [p. 300] casus imitari, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 49:

quis tantam Rutulis laudem, casusne deusne, Attulerit,

Verg. A. 12, 321:

sive illud deorum munus sive casus fuit,

Curt. 4, 7, 13:

quae casus obtulerat, in sapientiam vertenda ratus,

Tac. A. 1, 29:

ut quemque casus armaverat,

Sall. C. 56, 3:

si quos locus aut casus conjunxerat,

id. J. 97 fin.:

in aleam tanti casus se regnumque dare,

Liv. 42, 50, 2:

ludibrium casūs,

id. 30, 30, 5:

casum potius quam consilium sequatur,

Quint. 7, prooem. §

3: parata ad omnes casus eloquentia,

id. 10, 1, 2:

bellorum,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

satis jam eventuum, satis casuum,

id. ib. 2, 26:

adversi, secundi,

Nep. Dat. 5, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 25; id. Oth. 9:

magnus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

mirificus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2:

mirabiles,

Nep. Timol. 5, 1:

rariores,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19:

dubii,

Cat. 64, 216; Hor. S. 2, 2, 108:

varii,

Verg. A. 1, 204:

subiti repentinique,

Suet. Aug. 73.—Hence, in abl.: casu, adverbially, by chance, casually, by accident, accidentally:

quod si haec habent aliquam talem necessitatem, quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortunā putemus?

Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

id evenit non temere nec casu,

id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

sive casu sive consilio deorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12; cf. Suet. Claud. 13:

necessitate an casu,

Quint. 3, 6, 26:

casu an persuasu et inductu,

id. 5, 10, 69:

casu an manibus impeditus,

Tac. A. 1, 13:

accidit casu ut legati, etc.,

Nep. Hann. 12, 1; cf. Hor. S. 1, 6, 53; 1, 9, 36; id. Ep. 1, 19, 18; Ov. M. 5, 118; 6, 359; 7, 84 et saep.—Hence, also,

A chance, an occasion, opportunity for something (esp. freq. in Sall. and Tac.):

aetas illa multo pluris quam nostra casus mortis habet,

Cic. Sen. 19, 67; cf.:

mortis durae casus,

Verg. A. 10, 791:

aut vi aut dolis sese casum victoriae inventurum,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

praeclari facinoris casum dare,

id. ib. 56, 4; so,

si casus daretur,

Tac. A. 1, 13; 11, 9:

invadendae Armeniae,

id. ib. 12, 50:

pugnae,

id. ib. 12, 28:

bene gerendae rei,

id. ib. 13, 36:

casum adferre,

Quint. 8, 4, 17.— Since the idea of suddenness, unexpectedness, easily passes into that of hostility, adverseness (cf. accido, 4.), casus signifies,

Esp., an adverse event, a misfortune, mishap, calamity, = sumphora:

meum illum casum tam horribilem, tam gravem, tam repentinum,

Cic. Sest. 24, 53; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2; Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 4:

dolens civitatis casum,

Sall. C. 40, 2; cf. id. J. 14, 22; 23, 2; Liv. 37, 17, 7; 23, 22, 3; Cat. 28, 11.—Of disease:

si alius casus lecto te adfixit,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 81; Ov. M. 4, 142; 14, 473; 15, 494:

res minime in hujusmodi casu noxia,

in the earthquake, Sen. Q. N. 6, 21, 2; id. Cons. ad Marc. 5, 3:

urbis Trojanae,

overthrow, Verg. A. 1, 623.—Hence,

Euphemist. for death:

Saturnini atque Gracchorum casus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7:

sui quemque casus per quinquennium absumpsissent,

Liv. 23, 22, 3; Sall. J. 73, 1; Hor. S. 2, 5, 49; Suet. Aug. 65; cf. id. Caes. 89; id. Calig. 10.—

In gram. t. t., a case in the inflection of words:

propter eorum qui dicunt, sunt declinati casus, uti is qui de altero diceret, distinguere posset, quom vocaret, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 16 Müll.: casus dicimus... et vocabulorum formas, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 11 ib.:

ea (verba) sic et casibus et temporibus et genere et numero conservemus, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 40:

barbari casus... casus rectus,

id. Or. 48, 160; Quint. 1, 5, 61:

obliqui,

id. 1, 6, 22:

nominativo, dativo, ablativo,

id. 7, 9, 13:

genitivo,

id. 1, 5, 62: Latinus, sextus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

conversi, i. e. obliqui,

Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64: interrogandi (i. e. genetivus), Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 26 Hertz:

vocandi,

id. ib.:

septimus,

Quint. 1, 4, 26.

Cāsus, i, m., a river of Albania, that flows into the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39; Mel. 3, 5, 4.

cāsus (Ciceronis temporibus paulumque infra s geminabatur: cassus, etc., Quint. 1, 7, 20; cf.: causa, Juppiter al.; in inscr. also KASVS), ūs (dat. casu, Nep. Alcib. 6, 4), m. [cado].

Lit., a falling (acc. to cado, I. A. and C.).

A falling down, etc.:

stillicidi,

Lucr. 1, 313:

geli,

id. 5, 205:

nivis,

Liv. 21, 35, 6:

fulminum,

Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; Ov. M. 8, 259:

celsae graviore casu Decidunt turres,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 10.—In plur., Lucr. 2, 231.—

A fall, an overthrow, a throwing down:

occumbunt multi letum praecipe casu,

Enn. Ann. 391 Vahl.: eoque ictu me ad casum dari, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44:

casus, quo (infantes) in terram toties deferuntur,

Quint. 1, 12, 10; Lucr. 5, 1333:

vehiculi,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 21 al. —In plur.: cum loci Inciperent casus, i. e. the fall, destruction (by an earthquake), Ov. M. 8, 714.—

Trop.

Of time, the end:

extremae sub casum hiemis,

Verg. G. 1, 340.—

A moral fall, a false step, an error, fall:

multas vias adulescentiae lubricas ostendit (natura), quibus illa insistere, aut ingredi sine casu aliquo ac prolapsione vix posset,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41.—So of a political fall, Cic. Sest. 67, 140.—

Esp., a fall or change from a higher to a lower condition:

secum reputans quam gravis casus in servitium ex regno foret,

Sall. J. 62, 9.—

That which turns out or happens unexpectedly, an occurrence, event, accident, chance, misfortune, emergency (this most freq. in sing. and plur.):

quid est enim aliud fors, quid fortuna, quid casus, quid eventus, nisi cum sic aliquid cecidit, sic evenit, ut vel non cadere atque evenire, vel aliter cadere atque evenire potuerit? etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15: quis iste tantus casus? unde tam felix concursus atomorum? cf. id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

novi casus temporum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

quod consilium etsi in ejusmodi casu reprehendendum non est, tamen incommode accidit,

such an emergency, Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

quod in ejusmodi casu accidit, periti ignaris parebant,

Curt. 4, 3, 18; 10, 5, 8; Quint. 6, 2, 34; Tac. A. 2, 47; Liv. 24, 2, 11; 38, 8, 5: potest igitur veritatem [p. 300] casus imitari, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 49:

quis tantam Rutulis laudem, casusne deusne, Attulerit,

Verg. A. 12, 321:

sive illud deorum munus sive casus fuit,

Curt. 4, 7, 13:

quae casus obtulerat, in sapientiam vertenda ratus,

Tac. A. 1, 29:

ut quemque casus armaverat,

Sall. C. 56, 3:

si quos locus aut casus conjunxerat,

id. J. 97 fin.:

in aleam tanti casus se regnumque dare,

Liv. 42, 50, 2:

ludibrium casūs,

id. 30, 30, 5:

casum potius quam consilium sequatur,

Quint. 7, prooem. §

3: parata ad omnes casus eloquentia,

id. 10, 1, 2:

bellorum,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

satis jam eventuum, satis casuum,

id. ib. 2, 26:

adversi, secundi,

Nep. Dat. 5, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 25; id. Oth. 9:

magnus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

mirificus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2:

mirabiles,

Nep. Timol. 5, 1:

rariores,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19:

dubii,

Cat. 64, 216; Hor. S. 2, 2, 108:

varii,

Verg. A. 1, 204:

subiti repentinique,

Suet. Aug. 73.—Hence, in abl.: casu, adverbially, by chance, casually, by accident, accidentally:

quod si haec habent aliquam talem necessitatem, quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortunā putemus?

Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

id evenit non temere nec casu,

id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

sive casu sive consilio deorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12; cf. Suet. Claud. 13:

necessitate an casu,

Quint. 3, 6, 26:

casu an persuasu et inductu,

id. 5, 10, 69:

casu an manibus impeditus,

Tac. A. 1, 13:

accidit casu ut legati, etc.,

Nep. Hann. 12, 1; cf. Hor. S. 1, 6, 53; 1, 9, 36; id. Ep. 1, 19, 18; Ov. M. 5, 118; 6, 359; 7, 84 et saep.—Hence, also,

A chance, an occasion, opportunity for something (esp. freq. in Sall. and Tac.):

aetas illa multo pluris quam nostra casus mortis habet,

Cic. Sen. 19, 67; cf.:

mortis durae casus,

Verg. A. 10, 791:

aut vi aut dolis sese casum victoriae inventurum,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

praeclari facinoris casum dare,

id. ib. 56, 4; so,

si casus daretur,

Tac. A. 1, 13; 11, 9:

invadendae Armeniae,

id. ib. 12, 50:

pugnae,

id. ib. 12, 28:

bene gerendae rei,

id. ib. 13, 36:

casum adferre,

Quint. 8, 4, 17.— Since the idea of suddenness, unexpectedness, easily passes into that of hostility, adverseness (cf. accido, 4.), casus signifies,

Esp., an adverse event, a misfortune, mishap, calamity, = sumphora:

meum illum casum tam horribilem, tam gravem, tam repentinum,

Cic. Sest. 24, 53; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2; Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 4:

dolens civitatis casum,

Sall. C. 40, 2; cf. id. J. 14, 22; 23, 2; Liv. 37, 17, 7; 23, 22, 3; Cat. 28, 11.—Of disease:

si alius casus lecto te adfixit,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 81; Ov. M. 4, 142; 14, 473; 15, 494:

res minime in hujusmodi casu noxia,

in the earthquake, Sen. Q. N. 6, 21, 2; id. Cons. ad Marc. 5, 3:

urbis Trojanae,

overthrow, Verg. A. 1, 623.—Hence,

Euphemist. for death:

Saturnini atque Gracchorum casus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7:

sui quemque casus per quinquennium absumpsissent,

Liv. 23, 22, 3; Sall. J. 73, 1; Hor. S. 2, 5, 49; Suet. Aug. 65; cf. id. Caes. 89; id. Calig. 10.—

In gram. t. t., a case in the inflection of words:

propter eorum qui dicunt, sunt declinati casus, uti is qui de altero diceret, distinguere posset, quom vocaret, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 16 Müll.: casus dicimus... et vocabulorum formas, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 11 ib.:

ea (verba) sic et casibus et temporibus et genere et numero conservemus, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 40:

barbari casus... casus rectus,

id. Or. 48, 160; Quint. 1, 5, 61:

obliqui,

id. 1, 6, 22:

nominativo, dativo, ablativo,

id. 7, 9, 13:

genitivo,

id. 1, 5, 62: Latinus, sextus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

conversi, i. e. obliqui,

Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64: interrogandi (i. e. genetivus), Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 26 Hertz:

vocandi,

id. ib.:

septimus,

Quint. 1, 4, 26.

Cāsus, i, m., a river of Albania, that flows into the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39; Mel. 3, 5, 4.

cāsus (Ciceronis temporibus paulumque infra s geminabatur: cassus, etc., Quint. 1, 7, 20; cf.: causa, Juppiter al.; in inscr. also KASVS), ūs (dat. casu, Nep. Alcib. 6, 4), m. [cado].

Lit., a falling (acc. to cado, I. A. and C.).

A falling down, etc.:

stillicidi,

Lucr. 1, 313:

geli,

id. 5, 205:

nivis,

Liv. 21, 35, 6:

fulminum,

Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; Ov. M. 8, 259:

celsae graviore casu Decidunt turres,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 10.—In plur., Lucr. 2, 231.—

A fall, an overthrow, a throwing down:

occumbunt multi letum praecipe casu,

Enn. Ann. 391 Vahl.: eoque ictu me ad casum dari, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44:

casus, quo (infantes) in terram toties deferuntur,

Quint. 1, 12, 10; Lucr. 5, 1333:

vehiculi,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 21 al. —In plur.: cum loci Inciperent casus, i. e. the fall, destruction (by an earthquake), Ov. M. 8, 714.—

Trop.

Of time, the end:

extremae sub casum hiemis,

Verg. G. 1, 340.—

A moral fall, a false step, an error, fall:

multas vias adulescentiae lubricas ostendit (natura), quibus illa insistere, aut ingredi sine casu aliquo ac prolapsione vix posset,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41.—So of a political fall, Cic. Sest. 67, 140.—

Esp., a fall or change from a higher to a lower condition:

secum reputans quam gravis casus in servitium ex regno foret,

Sall. J. 62, 9.—

That which turns out or happens unexpectedly, an occurrence, event, accident, chance, misfortune, emergency (this most freq. in sing. and plur.):

quid est enim aliud fors, quid fortuna, quid casus, quid eventus, nisi cum sic aliquid cecidit, sic evenit, ut vel non cadere atque evenire, vel aliter cadere atque evenire potuerit? etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15: quis iste tantus casus? unde tam felix concursus atomorum? cf. id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

novi casus temporum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

quod consilium etsi in ejusmodi casu reprehendendum non est, tamen incommode accidit,

such an emergency, Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

quod in ejusmodi casu accidit, periti ignaris parebant,

Curt. 4, 3, 18; 10, 5, 8; Quint. 6, 2, 34; Tac. A. 2, 47; Liv. 24, 2, 11; 38, 8, 5: potest igitur veritatem [p. 300] casus imitari, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 49:

quis tantam Rutulis laudem, casusne deusne, Attulerit,

Verg. A. 12, 321:

sive illud deorum munus sive casus fuit,

Curt. 4, 7, 13:

quae casus obtulerat, in sapientiam vertenda ratus,

Tac. A. 1, 29:

ut quemque casus armaverat,

Sall. C. 56, 3:

si quos locus aut casus conjunxerat,

id. J. 97 fin.:

in aleam tanti casus se regnumque dare,

Liv. 42, 50, 2:

ludibrium casūs,

id. 30, 30, 5:

casum potius quam consilium sequatur,

Quint. 7, prooem. §

3: parata ad omnes casus eloquentia,

id. 10, 1, 2:

bellorum,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

satis jam eventuum, satis casuum,

id. ib. 2, 26:

adversi, secundi,

Nep. Dat. 5, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 25; id. Oth. 9:

magnus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

mirificus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2:

mirabiles,

Nep. Timol. 5, 1:

rariores,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19:

dubii,

Cat. 64, 216; Hor. S. 2, 2, 108:

varii,

Verg. A. 1, 204:

subiti repentinique,

Suet. Aug. 73.—Hence, in abl.: casu, adverbially, by chance, casually, by accident, accidentally:

quod si haec habent aliquam talem necessitatem, quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortunā putemus?

Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

id evenit non temere nec casu,

id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

sive casu sive consilio deorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12; cf. Suet. Claud. 13:

necessitate an casu,

Quint. 3, 6, 26:

casu an persuasu et inductu,

id. 5, 10, 69:

casu an manibus impeditus,

Tac. A. 1, 13:

accidit casu ut legati, etc.,

Nep. Hann. 12, 1; cf. Hor. S. 1, 6, 53; 1, 9, 36; id. Ep. 1, 19, 18; Ov. M. 5, 118; 6, 359; 7, 84 et saep.—Hence, also,

A chance, an occasion, opportunity for something (esp. freq. in Sall. and Tac.):

aetas illa multo pluris quam nostra casus mortis habet,

Cic. Sen. 19, 67; cf.:

mortis durae casus,

Verg. A. 10, 791:

aut vi aut dolis sese casum victoriae inventurum,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

praeclari facinoris casum dare,

id. ib. 56, 4; so,

si casus daretur,

Tac. A. 1, 13; 11, 9:

invadendae Armeniae,

id. ib. 12, 50:

pugnae,

id. ib. 12, 28:

bene gerendae rei,

id. ib. 13, 36:

casum adferre,

Quint. 8, 4, 17.— Since the idea of suddenness, unexpectedness, easily passes into that of hostility, adverseness (cf. accido, 4.), casus signifies,

Esp., an adverse event, a misfortune, mishap, calamity, = sumphora:

meum illum casum tam horribilem, tam gravem, tam repentinum,

Cic. Sest. 24, 53; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2; Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 4:

dolens civitatis casum,

Sall. C. 40, 2; cf. id. J. 14, 22; 23, 2; Liv. 37, 17, 7; 23, 22, 3; Cat. 28, 11.—Of disease:

si alius casus lecto te adfixit,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 81; Ov. M. 4, 142; 14, 473; 15, 494:

res minime in hujusmodi casu noxia,

in the earthquake, Sen. Q. N. 6, 21, 2; id. Cons. ad Marc. 5, 3:

urbis Trojanae,

overthrow, Verg. A. 1, 623.—Hence,

Euphemist. for death:

Saturnini atque Gracchorum casus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7:

sui quemque casus per quinquennium absumpsissent,

Liv. 23, 22, 3; Sall. J. 73, 1; Hor. S. 2, 5, 49; Suet. Aug. 65; cf. id. Caes. 89; id. Calig. 10.—

In gram. t. t., a case in the inflection of words:

propter eorum qui dicunt, sunt declinati casus, uti is qui de altero diceret, distinguere posset, quom vocaret, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 16 Müll.: casus dicimus... et vocabulorum formas, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 11 ib.:

ea (verba) sic et casibus et temporibus et genere et numero conservemus, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 40:

barbari casus... casus rectus,

id. Or. 48, 160; Quint. 1, 5, 61:

obliqui,

id. 1, 6, 22:

nominativo, dativo, ablativo,

id. 7, 9, 13:

genitivo,

id. 1, 5, 62: Latinus, sextus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

conversi, i. e. obliqui,

Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64: interrogandi (i. e. genetivus), Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 26 Hertz:

vocandi,

id. ib.:

septimus,

Quint. 1, 4, 26.

Cāsus, i, m., a river of Albania, that flows into the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39; Mel. 3, 5, 4.

fors, fortis, f. [fero, to bring, whence fortuna, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300 sq.], chance, hap, luck, hazard.

Subst.

As an appellative noun (used only in the nom. and abl.; syn.: fortuna, casus, sors): quo saxum impulerit fors, eo cadere Fortunam autumant, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 368 Rib., who regards this verse as spurious); cf.: quibus natura prava magis quam fors aut fortuna obfuit, Att. ap. Non. 425, 13 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. v. 110): cui parilem fortuna locum fatumque tulit fors, Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 15; cf.

also: casumque timent quem cuique ferat fors,

Lucr. 3, 983 Lachm. N. cr.:

unum hoc scio: Quod fors feret, feremus aequo animo,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 88:

sed haec, ut fors tulerit,

Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.:

sed haec fors viderit,

id. ib. 14, 13, 3;

4, 10, 1: quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 2:

quia tam incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10:

telum quod cuique fors offerebat, arripuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43; Hor. S. 1, 6, 54; 2, 1, 59:

forte quadam divinitus super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis,

Liv. 1, 4, 4:

fors fuit, ut, etc.,

it happened that, Gell. 12, 8, 2:

fors fuat pol!

so be it! God grant it! Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 4;

post-class.: fors fuat, ut his remediis convalescamus,

Symm. Ep. 2, 7; Aus. Ep. 16: fors fuat, an, etc., it might so happen that; perchance, i. q. forsitan, Symm. Ep. 1, 39; 4, 28 and 29; cf.

also: pretio fors fuat officiove, etc.,

perhaps, Sid. Ep. 9, 7 (but not in Lucr. 1, 486, v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—

Personified, Fors, the goddess of chance:

dea Fors,

Ov. F. 6, 775; also in the connection Fors Fortuna, whose temple was situated on the Tiber, outside of the city: vosne velit an me regnare, era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. de Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 ed. Vahl.); so,

sit sane Fors domina campi,

Cic. Pis. 2, 3:

fors, in quo incerti casus significantur magis (different from Fortuna),

id. Leg. 2, 11 fin. Mos. N. cr.:

sed de illa ambulatione Fors viderit, aut si qui est qui curet deus,

id. Att. 4, 10, 1:

saeva,

Cat. 64, 170:

dies Fortis Fortunae appellatus ab Servio Tullio rege, quod is fanum Fortis Fortunae secundum Tiberim extra urbem Romam dedicavit Junio mense,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.; cf.;

aedis Fortis Fortunae,

Liv. 10, 46, 14; Tac. A. 2, 41:

Fortunae Fortis honores,

Ov. F. 6, 773:

o Fortuna! o Fors Fortuna! quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1 (quoted by Varr. ap. Non. 425, 19; for Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18, v. II. B. 1. infra).

Adverb., in the nom. and abl.

fors, ellipt., for fors sit, it might happen, i. e. perchance, perhaps, peradventure (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

similiter fors, cum sit nominativus, accipitur pro adverbio,

Prisc. p. 1015 P.:

et fors aequatis cepissent praemia rostris, Ni, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 232; 6, 535:

cesserit Ausonio si fors victoria Turno,

if perchance, id. ib. 12, 183; Val. Fl. 3, 665; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 2.—Esp. in the connection fors et, i. q. fortasse etiam, perhaps too:

iste quod est, ego saepe fui, sed fors et in hora Hoc ipso ejecto carior alter erit,

Prop. 2, 9, 1:

et nunc ille quidem spe multum captus inani, Fors et vota facit cumulatque altaria donis,

Verg. A. 11, 50; 2, 139:

fors et Debita jura vicesque superbae Te maneant ipsum,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Stat. S. 3, 4, 4.—Less freq.:

fors etiam,

Val. Fl. 4, 620.—

forte, by chance, by accident, casually, accidentally; freq. with casu, temere, fortuna (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

forte fortuna per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 75: aut forte omnino ac fortuna vincere bello: Si forte et temere omnino, quid cursum ad honorem? Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 16 sq.:

si forte, temere, casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 3, 6; cf.:

nisi ista casu nonnumquam, forte, temere concurrerent,

id. Div. 2, 68, 141:

quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7:

nec quicquam raptim aut forte temere egeritis,

id. 23, 3, 3: perpulere, ut forte temere in adversos montes erigeret, 2, 31, 5; 25, 38, 12;

39, 15, 11: quibus forte temere humana negotia volvi persuasum est,

Curt. 5, 11, 10:

captivi quidam pars forte pars consilio oblati,

Liv. 9, 31, 7:

dumque hoc vel forte, vel providentia, vel utcumque constitutum rerum naturae corpus, etc.,

Vell. 2, 66, 5; cf.:

mihi haec et talia audienti in incerto judicium est, fatone res mortalium et necessitate immutabili, an forte volvantur,

Tac. A, 6, 22: [p. 771] si adhuc dubium fuisset, forte casuque rectores terris, an aliquo numine darentur, Plin. Pan. 1, 4:

seu dolo seu forte surrexerit, parum compertum,

Tac. H. 2, 42; cf.:

seu forte seu tentandi causa,

Suet. Aug. 6:

donec advertit Tiberius forte an quia audiverat,

Tac. A. 4, 54:

cum casu diebus iis itineris faciendi causa, Puteolos forte venissem,

Cic. Planc. 26, 65:

cum cenatum forte apud Vitellios esset,

Liv. 2, 4, 5:

ibi cum stipendium forte militibus daretur,

id. 2, 12, 6:

forte aspicio militem,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 58; cf.:

fit forte obviam mihi Phormio,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 11:

rus ut ibat forte,

id. ib. 63:

forte ut assedi in stega,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 44:

lucernam forte oblitus fueram exstinguere,

id. Most. 2, 2, 56:

forte evenit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Liv. 1, 7, 13:

Tarenti ludi forte erant,

Plaut. Men. prol. 29:

erat forte brumae tempus,

Liv. 21, 54, 7:

et pernox forte luna erat,

id. 32, 11, 9:

per eos forte dies consul copias Larisam ducere tribunos militum jussit,

i. e. it came to pass on one of those days, id. 36, 14, 1:

per eosdem forte dies, etc.,

id. 37, 20, 1; 37, 34, 1; cf. Tac. A. 4, 59:

in locum tribuni plebis forte demortui candidatum se ostendit,

Suet. Aug. 10. —So nearly = aliquando (mostly poet. and post - Aug.):

forte per angustam tenuis vulpecula rimam repserat in cumeram frumenti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

ibam forte via sacra,

id. S. 1, 9, 1; Mart. 1, 54, 7:

forte quondam in disponendo mane die praedixerat, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 11; Aur. Vict. de Caes. 17, 5.—

Transf., to denote uncertainty, corresp. to the Gr. an, perhaps, perchance, peradventure.

In conditional and causal sentences.

With si:

irae si quae forte eveniunt hujusmodi,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 60:

si quis vestrum, judices, aut eorum qui assunt, forte miratur, etc.,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:

hicine vir usquam, nisi in patria, morietur? aut, si forte, pro patria?

id. Mil. 38, 104:

si forte est domi,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 104; Liv. 1, 7, 6:

si forte eos primus aspectus mundi conturbaverat, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90:

si te Latina forte deficient,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 25:

si qui me forte locus admonuerit,

id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:

si quae te forte res aliquando offenderit,

id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

quod si forte ceciderint,

id. Lael. 15, 53:

si quando, si forte, tibi visus es irasci alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 38 Mos. N. cr.; cf. id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—Rarely forte si:

forte si tussire occepsit, ne sic tussiat, ut, etc.,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 49:

ita demum novatio fit... forte si condicio vel sponsor vel dies adiciatur,

Gai. Inst. 3, 177.—Rarely with ellipsis of si:

protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta invitat qui forte velint, i. e. si qui forte velint,

Verg. A, 5, 485.—

With nisi ironically:

hoc te monitum, nisi forte ipse non vis, volueram,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 59:

nemo fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit,

Cic. Mur. 6, 13:

propensior benignitas esse debebit in calamitosos, nisi forte erunt digni calamitate,

id. Off. 2, 18, 62; 3, 24, 93: is constantiam teneat;

nisi forte se intellexerit errasse, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 33, 120:

negare hoc, nisi forte negare omnia constituisti, nullo modo potes,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149: accedam ad omnia tua, Torquate;

nisi memoria forte defecerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—In indirect locution with an inf.:

nisi forte clarissimo cuique plures curas, majora pericula subeunda, delenimentis curarum et periculorum carendum esse,

Tac. A. 2, 33.— Ironically, unless indeed, unless to be sure:

Erucii criminatio tota, ut arbitror, dissoluta est, nisi forte exspectatis, ut illa diluam, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82; cf.:

immo vero te audiamus, nisi forte Manilius interdictum aliquod inter duo soles putat esse componendum,

id. Rep. 1, 13:

ortum quidem amicitiae videtis nisi quid ad haec forte vultis,

id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Mil. 7, 17; 31, 84; id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149; id. Leg. 1, 1, 2; id. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Fat. 16, 37; Sall. C. 20, 17; Quint. 10, 1, 70; Tac. H. 4, 74.—

With ne:

ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 24 and 26; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 56:

pacem ab Aesculapio Petas, ne forte tibi eveniat magnum malum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 21:

qui metuo, ne te forte flagitent,

Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

metuens, ne forte deprehensus retraheretur,

Liv. 2, 12, 4:

comperisse me non audeo dicere, ne forte id ipsum verbum ponam, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4: ac ne forte hoc magnum ac mirabile esse videatur, hominem toties irasci, id. de Or. 2, 46, 191; id. Att. 2, 18, 2.—Rarely with ut non instead of ne, Quint. 1, 3, 1.—

In relat. clauses (very rare):

nisi si quispiamst Amphitruo alius, qui forte te hic absente tamen tuam rem curet,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 195:

unus in hoc non est populo, qui forte Latine reddere verba queat,

Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 53:

nam qui forte Stichum et Erotem emerit, recte videtur ita demonstrare,

Gai. Inst. 4, 59; Aur. Vict. Caes. 10, 3; 39, 45.—

In gen. (rare; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 20, 70, the true read. is: in uno illo aut, si forte, in liberis ejus manet gratia, B. and K.;

and in the corrupt passage,

id. Att. 10, 12, 5; Orelli reads: fortiter ac tempestive;

Kayser, fortiter vel cum tempestate): quid si apud te veniat de subito prandium aut potatio Forte, aut cena,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 47:

neque solum alium pro alio pedem metrorum ratio non recipit, sed ne dactylum quidem aut forte spondeum alterum pro altero,

Quint. 9, 4, 49:

sive non trino forte nundino promulgata, sive non idoneo die, etc.,

id. 2, 4, 35:

ut sciant, an ad probandum id quod intendimus forte respondeant,

id. 5, 10, 122; cf. id. 7, 3, 20: quo casu licet uxori vel in omnes res, vel in unam forte aut duas (optare), Gai Inst. 1, 150; 4, 74:

forte quid expediat, communiter aut melior pars Malis carere quaeritis laboribus,

what may perhaps be of some use, Hor. Epod. 16, 15:

alii nulli rem obligatam esse quam forte Lucio Titio,

than for instance, Dig. 20, 1, 15, § 2; 30, 1, 67; 48, 22, 7, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 179.

fors, fortis, f. [fero, to bring, whence fortuna, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300 sq.], chance, hap, luck, hazard.

Subst.

As an appellative noun (used only in the nom. and abl.; syn.: fortuna, casus, sors): quo saxum impulerit fors, eo cadere Fortunam autumant, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 368 Rib., who regards this verse as spurious); cf.: quibus natura prava magis quam fors aut fortuna obfuit, Att. ap. Non. 425, 13 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. v. 110): cui parilem fortuna locum fatumque tulit fors, Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 15; cf.

also: casumque timent quem cuique ferat fors,

Lucr. 3, 983 Lachm. N. cr.:

unum hoc scio: Quod fors feret, feremus aequo animo,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 88:

sed haec, ut fors tulerit,

Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.:

sed haec fors viderit,

id. ib. 14, 13, 3;

4, 10, 1: quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 2:

quia tam incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10:

telum quod cuique fors offerebat, arripuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43; Hor. S. 1, 6, 54; 2, 1, 59:

forte quadam divinitus super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis,

Liv. 1, 4, 4:

fors fuit, ut, etc.,

it happened that, Gell. 12, 8, 2:

fors fuat pol!

so be it! God grant it! Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 4;

post-class.: fors fuat, ut his remediis convalescamus,

Symm. Ep. 2, 7; Aus. Ep. 16: fors fuat, an, etc., it might so happen that; perchance, i. q. forsitan, Symm. Ep. 1, 39; 4, 28 and 29; cf.

also: pretio fors fuat officiove, etc.,

perhaps, Sid. Ep. 9, 7 (but not in Lucr. 1, 486, v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—

Personified, Fors, the goddess of chance:

dea Fors,

Ov. F. 6, 775; also in the connection Fors Fortuna, whose temple was situated on the Tiber, outside of the city: vosne velit an me regnare, era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. de Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 ed. Vahl.); so,

sit sane Fors domina campi,

Cic. Pis. 2, 3:

fors, in quo incerti casus significantur magis (different from Fortuna),

id. Leg. 2, 11 fin. Mos. N. cr.:

sed de illa ambulatione Fors viderit, aut si qui est qui curet deus,

id. Att. 4, 10, 1:

saeva,

Cat. 64, 170:

dies Fortis Fortunae appellatus ab Servio Tullio rege, quod is fanum Fortis Fortunae secundum Tiberim extra urbem Romam dedicavit Junio mense,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.; cf.;

aedis Fortis Fortunae,

Liv. 10, 46, 14; Tac. A. 2, 41:

Fortunae Fortis honores,

Ov. F. 6, 773:

o Fortuna! o Fors Fortuna! quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1 (quoted by Varr. ap. Non. 425, 19; for Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18, v. II. B. 1. infra).

Adverb., in the nom. and abl.

fors, ellipt., for fors sit, it might happen, i. e. perchance, perhaps, peradventure (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

similiter fors, cum sit nominativus, accipitur pro adverbio,

Prisc. p. 1015 P.:

et fors aequatis cepissent praemia rostris, Ni, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 232; 6, 535:

cesserit Ausonio si fors victoria Turno,

if perchance, id. ib. 12, 183; Val. Fl. 3, 665; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 2.—Esp. in the connection fors et, i. q. fortasse etiam, perhaps too:

iste quod est, ego saepe fui, sed fors et in hora Hoc ipso ejecto carior alter erit,

Prop. 2, 9, 1:

et nunc ille quidem spe multum captus inani, Fors et vota facit cumulatque altaria donis,

Verg. A. 11, 50; 2, 139:

fors et Debita jura vicesque superbae Te maneant ipsum,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Stat. S. 3, 4, 4.—Less freq.:

fors etiam,

Val. Fl. 4, 620.—

forte, by chance, by accident, casually, accidentally; freq. with casu, temere, fortuna (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

forte fortuna per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 75: aut forte omnino ac fortuna vincere bello: Si forte et temere omnino, quid cursum ad honorem? Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 16 sq.:

si forte, temere, casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 3, 6; cf.:

nisi ista casu nonnumquam, forte, temere concurrerent,

id. Div. 2, 68, 141:

quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7:

nec quicquam raptim aut forte temere egeritis,

id. 23, 3, 3: perpulere, ut forte temere in adversos montes erigeret, 2, 31, 5; 25, 38, 12;

39, 15, 11: quibus forte temere humana negotia volvi persuasum est,

Curt. 5, 11, 10:

captivi quidam pars forte pars consilio oblati,

Liv. 9, 31, 7:

dumque hoc vel forte, vel providentia, vel utcumque constitutum rerum naturae corpus, etc.,

Vell. 2, 66, 5; cf.:

mihi haec et talia audienti in incerto judicium est, fatone res mortalium et necessitate immutabili, an forte volvantur,

Tac. A, 6, 22: [p. 771] si adhuc dubium fuisset, forte casuque rectores terris, an aliquo numine darentur, Plin. Pan. 1, 4:

seu dolo seu forte surrexerit, parum compertum,

Tac. H. 2, 42; cf.:

seu forte seu tentandi causa,

Suet. Aug. 6:

donec advertit Tiberius forte an quia audiverat,

Tac. A. 4, 54:

cum casu diebus iis itineris faciendi causa, Puteolos forte venissem,

Cic. Planc. 26, 65:

cum cenatum forte apud Vitellios esset,

Liv. 2, 4, 5:

ibi cum stipendium forte militibus daretur,

id. 2, 12, 6:

forte aspicio militem,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 58; cf.:

fit forte obviam mihi Phormio,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 11:

rus ut ibat forte,

id. ib. 63:

forte ut assedi in stega,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 44:

lucernam forte oblitus fueram exstinguere,

id. Most. 2, 2, 56:

forte evenit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Liv. 1, 7, 13:

Tarenti ludi forte erant,

Plaut. Men. prol. 29:

erat forte brumae tempus,

Liv. 21, 54, 7:

et pernox forte luna erat,

id. 32, 11, 9:

per eos forte dies consul copias Larisam ducere tribunos militum jussit,

i. e. it came to pass on one of those days, id. 36, 14, 1:

per eosdem forte dies, etc.,

id. 37, 20, 1; 37, 34, 1; cf. Tac. A. 4, 59:

in locum tribuni plebis forte demortui candidatum se ostendit,

Suet. Aug. 10. —So nearly = aliquando (mostly poet. and post - Aug.):

forte per angustam tenuis vulpecula rimam repserat in cumeram frumenti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

ibam forte via sacra,

id. S. 1, 9, 1; Mart. 1, 54, 7:

forte quondam in disponendo mane die praedixerat, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 11; Aur. Vict. de Caes. 17, 5.—

Transf., to denote uncertainty, corresp. to the Gr. an, perhaps, perchance, peradventure.

In conditional and causal sentences.

With si:

irae si quae forte eveniunt hujusmodi,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 60:

si quis vestrum, judices, aut eorum qui assunt, forte miratur, etc.,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:

hicine vir usquam, nisi in patria, morietur? aut, si forte, pro patria?

id. Mil. 38, 104:

si forte est domi,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 104; Liv. 1, 7, 6:

si forte eos primus aspectus mundi conturbaverat, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90:

si te Latina forte deficient,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 25:

si qui me forte locus admonuerit,

id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:

si quae te forte res aliquando offenderit,

id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

quod si forte ceciderint,

id. Lael. 15, 53:

si quando, si forte, tibi visus es irasci alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 38 Mos. N. cr.; cf. id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—Rarely forte si:

forte si tussire occepsit, ne sic tussiat, ut, etc.,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 49:

ita demum novatio fit... forte si condicio vel sponsor vel dies adiciatur,

Gai. Inst. 3, 177.—Rarely with ellipsis of si:

protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta invitat qui forte velint, i. e. si qui forte velint,

Verg. A, 5, 485.—

With nisi ironically:

hoc te monitum, nisi forte ipse non vis, volueram,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 59:

nemo fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit,

Cic. Mur. 6, 13:

propensior benignitas esse debebit in calamitosos, nisi forte erunt digni calamitate,

id. Off. 2, 18, 62; 3, 24, 93: is constantiam teneat;

nisi forte se intellexerit errasse, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 33, 120:

negare hoc, nisi forte negare omnia constituisti, nullo modo potes,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149: accedam ad omnia tua, Torquate;

nisi memoria forte defecerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—In indirect locution with an inf.:

nisi forte clarissimo cuique plures curas, majora pericula subeunda, delenimentis curarum et periculorum carendum esse,

Tac. A. 2, 33.— Ironically, unless indeed, unless to be sure:

Erucii criminatio tota, ut arbitror, dissoluta est, nisi forte exspectatis, ut illa diluam, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82; cf.:

immo vero te audiamus, nisi forte Manilius interdictum aliquod inter duo soles putat esse componendum,

id. Rep. 1, 13:

ortum quidem amicitiae videtis nisi quid ad haec forte vultis,

id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Mil. 7, 17; 31, 84; id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149; id. Leg. 1, 1, 2; id. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Fat. 16, 37; Sall. C. 20, 17; Quint. 10, 1, 70; Tac. H. 4, 74.—

With ne:

ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 24 and 26; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 56:

pacem ab Aesculapio Petas, ne forte tibi eveniat magnum malum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 21:

qui metuo, ne te forte flagitent,

Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

metuens, ne forte deprehensus retraheretur,

Liv. 2, 12, 4:

comperisse me non audeo dicere, ne forte id ipsum verbum ponam, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4: ac ne forte hoc magnum ac mirabile esse videatur, hominem toties irasci, id. de Or. 2, 46, 191; id. Att. 2, 18, 2.—Rarely with ut non instead of ne, Quint. 1, 3, 1.—

In relat. clauses (very rare):

nisi si quispiamst Amphitruo alius, qui forte te hic absente tamen tuam rem curet,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 195:

unus in hoc non est populo, qui forte Latine reddere verba queat,

Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 53:

nam qui forte Stichum et Erotem emerit, recte videtur ita demonstrare,

Gai. Inst. 4, 59; Aur. Vict. Caes. 10, 3; 39, 45.—

In gen. (rare; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 20, 70, the true read. is: in uno illo aut, si forte, in liberis ejus manet gratia, B. and K.;

and in the corrupt passage,

id. Att. 10, 12, 5; Orelli reads: fortiter ac tempestive;

Kayser, fortiter vel cum tempestate): quid si apud te veniat de subito prandium aut potatio Forte, aut cena,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 47:

neque solum alium pro alio pedem metrorum ratio non recipit, sed ne dactylum quidem aut forte spondeum alterum pro altero,

Quint. 9, 4, 49:

sive non trino forte nundino promulgata, sive non idoneo die, etc.,

id. 2, 4, 35:

ut sciant, an ad probandum id quod intendimus forte respondeant,

id. 5, 10, 122; cf. id. 7, 3, 20: quo casu licet uxori vel in omnes res, vel in unam forte aut duas (optare), Gai Inst. 1, 150; 4, 74:

forte quid expediat, communiter aut melior pars Malis carere quaeritis laboribus,

what may perhaps be of some use, Hor. Epod. 16, 15:

alii nulli rem obligatam esse quam forte Lucio Titio,

than for instance, Dig. 20, 1, 15, § 2; 30, 1, 67; 48, 22, 7, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 179.

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tĕmĕrē (ante-class. collat. form tĕ-mĕrĭter, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 p.; Att. ap. Non. 516, 5; Trag. Fragm. v. 96 Rib.), adv. [Sanscr. tamra, darkening; timira, dark; hence, blindly; cf.: timor, temeritas], by chance, by accident, at random, without design, intent, or purpose, casually, fortuitously, rashly, heedlessly, thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, indiscreetly, etc. (cf.: forte, fortuito).

In gen.

With forte (cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 731 sq.):

quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7:

pepulere ut forte temere in adversos montes agmen erigeret,

id. 2, 31, 5:

rideant licet quibus forte temere humana negotia agi persuasum est,

Curt. 5, 11, 10:

nisi ista casu nonnumquam forte temere concurrerent,

Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141; Liv. 23, 3, 3; 39, 15, 11:

forte, temere, casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 3, 6.—

With casu, fortuito, etc.:

ex corporibus huc et illuc casu et temere cursitantibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 115; cf.:

id evenit non temere nec casu,

id. ib. 2, 2, 6:

non enim temere nec fortuito sati et creati sumus,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 118:

temere ac fortuito,

id. Or. 55, 186:

ne quid temere ac fortuito, inconsiderate neglegenterque agamus,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103; cf.: omnia [p. 1848] temere ac fortuito agere, Liv. 2, 28, 1; Tac. G 10: te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1 inconsulte ac temere dicere, Cic. N D. 1, 16, 43. temere ac nullā ratione causas dicere, id. de Or. 2, 8, 32; cf.:

domus, quae temere et nullo consilio administratur (opp. quae ratione regitur),

id. Inv. 1, 34, 58.—

Alone:

non temere confirmare,

Cic. Font. 1, 1:

non temere scribere,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 5:

(oracula) partim effutita temere,

id. Div 2, 55, 113;

ne quid de se temere crederent,

Sall. C. 31, 7:

numquam temere tinniit tintinnabulum,

Plaut. Trin 4, 2, 162. sub pinu jacentes sic temere, Hor. C. 2, 11, 14, cf.:

temere insecutae Orphea silvae,

id. ib. 1, 12, 7:

temere errare in vallibus,

at random, Ov. F 6, 327: saxa temere jacentia, Liv 9, 24, 6.— Comp.: temerius, Att. ap. Non 178, 23. —

In partic.

Non or haud temere est, it is not mere chance, it is not for nothing, there is a meaning in it:

non temere est, quod corvus cantat mihi nunc ab laevā manu,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 1; so,

non temere est,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 7; id. Eun. 2, 2, 59; id. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 9: haud temere est, Enn. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 9, 329 (Ann. v. 473); Verg. A. 9, 375; Liv. 1, 59, 6.—

Non temere, not easily, = non facile:

rapidus fluvius est hic, non hac temere transiri potest,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 52;

hoc temere numquam amittam ego a me, Ter Phorm. 4, 5, 2: an temere quicquam Parmeno praetereat, quod facto usus sit?

id. Hec. 5, 4, 38. qui hoc non temere nisi libertis suis deferebant, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13 non temere adire, Caes. B. G. 4, 20 patres quoque non temere pro ullo aeque adnisi sunt, Liv. 2, 61, 4;

non temere incerta casuum reputat, quem fortuna numquam decepit,

id. 30, 30, 11; Quint. 1, 3, 3:

si negabimus temere famam nasci solere,

Auct. Her. 2, 8, 12:

non temere a me Quivis ferret idem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 13;

vatis avarus Non temere est animus,

id. ib. 2, 1, 120:

nec sibi quivis temere arroget artem,

id. S. 2, 4, 35; Suet. Tit. 6; 8; Dig. 50, 17, 64;

so also: nullus dies temere intercessit, quo non ad eum scriberet,

Nep. Att. 20, 2.

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