a chief of the Helvetii

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con-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. [teneo].

Act., to hold or keep together.

In gen. (rare).

Lit. (syn.:

coërceo, conjungo): contine quaeso caput,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 26:

quod omnem continet amplexu terram,

Lucr. 5, 319; cf.:

mundus omnia conplexu suo coërcet et continet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

vitem levi nodo,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

magni refert primordia saepe cum quibus... contineantur,

Lucr. 1, 818; 1, 908; 2, 761;

2, 1008: pars oppidi, mari dijuncta angusto, ponte adjungitur et continetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117.—

Of places, to bound, limit, enclose (very rare in act.):

reliquum spatium mons continet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

Oceanus ponto qua continet orbem,

Tib. 4, 1, 147; but more freq. in pass., to be comprised, enclosed, surrounded, encompassed, environed by:

qui vicus altissimis montibus undique continetur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1; so,

undique loci naturā Helvetii,

id. ib. 1, 2:

mare montibus angustis,

id. ib. 4, 23:

una pars Galliae Garumnā flumine, Oceano, finibus Belgarum,

id. ib. 1, 1.—

Trop.:

omnes artes quasi cognatione quādam inter se continentur,

hang together, Cic. Arch. 1, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods and species of composition.,

With partic. access. ideas.

With the access. idea of firmness, quiet, permanence, etc., to hold or keep together, to keep, hold fast, preserve, retain (syn. servo).

Lit.:

(alvus) arcet et continet... quod recepit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:

merces (opp. partiri),

id. Vatin. 5, 12; cf.

exercitum (opp. dividere),

Liv. 28, 2, 16:

arida continent odorem diutius,

Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.—

Trop.:

nec ulla res vehementius rem publicam continet quam fides,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:

Remos reliquosque Belgas in officio,

Caes. B. G. 3, 11:

in officio Dumnorigem,

id. ib. 5, 7:

te in exercitatione,

Cic. Fam. 7, 19 fin.:

te in tuis perenuibus studiis,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

ceteros in armis (plaga),

Liv. 9, 41, 15:

alicujus hospitio,

Nep. Lys. 1, 5.—

With the access. idea of hindering, preventing motion, to keep, keep still, detain, restrain, repress, enclose.

Lit.: milites [p. 449] sub pellibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; cf.:

pecudem sub tecto,

Col. 7, 10, 3:

exercitum castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 11; Liv. 31, 26, 6; 28, 9, 14 al.; cf.:

nostros in castris (tempestates),

Caes. B. G. 4, 34; 6, 36; and:

copias in castris,

id. B. C. 1, 66; 3, 30; Auct. B. Afr. 1; 7; Liv. 36, 17, 9:

Pompeium quam angustissime,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

aliquem limine,

Liv. 34, 1, 5:

ora frenis,

Phaedr. 3, 6, 7:

ventos carcere,

Ov. M. 11, 432:

animam in dicendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261 et saep.:

se ruri,

to stay, remain, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 17; cf.:

se domi,

Suet. Caes. 81:

suo se loco,

Caes. B. G. 4, 34:

oppido sese,

id. ib. 2, 30:

castris se continere,

id. B. C. 3, 37:

se vallo,

id. B. G. 5, 44:

se finibus Romanis,

Liv. 39, 17, 4; 34, 58, 3:

moenibus sese,

id. 42, 7, 4:

agrorum suorum terminis se,

id. 38, 40, 2:

se moenibus,

Ov. M. 13, 208:

sese intra silvas,

Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

suos intra munitionem,

id. ib. 5, 57;

5, 58: milites intra castrorum vallum,

id. B. C. 3, 76; Liv. 31, 34, 9;

Auct. B. Afr. 24: intra castra militem,

Tac. H. 4, 19:

praesidibus provinciarum propagavit imperium, ut a peritis et assuetis socii continerentur,

Suet. Aug. 23 et saep.:

an te auspicium commoratum est? an tempestas continet?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 67.—

Trop., to hold back, detain, repress, hold in check, curb, check, stay, stop, tame, subdue, etc. (syn. cohibeo):

adpetitiones animi,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22:

omnis cupiditates,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32:

modeste insolentiam suam,

id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

risum,

id. Fin. 4, 25, 71 et saep.:

formido mortales omnes,

Lucr. 1, 151:

Etruriam non tam armis quam judiciorum terrore,

Liv. 29, 36, 10:

oppida magis metu quam fide,

id. 30, 20, 5; cf.:

quosdam continet metus,

Quint. 1, 3, 6:

solo metu,

id. 12, 7, 2 et saep.:

animum a consuetā libidine,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

temeritatem ab omni lapsu (with cohibere),

Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

suos a proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

manum juventus Metu deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 37 al.:

se ab adsentiendo,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; so,

se ab exemplis,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

temperans, qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit,

id. Par. 3, 1, 21:

se male continet amens,

Ov. M. 4, 351:

male me, quin vera faterer, Continui,

id. ib. 7, 729:

nequeo continere quin loquar,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 28.—

Mid.: contineri, quin complectar, non queo,

restrain myself, refrain, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 128; cf.:

vix me contineo, quin, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 20:

jam nequeo contineri,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 60; cf.:

vix contineor,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 9:

quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo optime,

keep it to myself, conceal it, id. Eun. 1, 2, 23:

ea quae continet, neque adhuc protulit, explicet nobis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 206:

dicta,

id. ib. 2, 55, 222.—

With the access. idea of containing, to comprise, contain, involve, comprehend something in itself (syn. complector):

(aqua gelum) quod continet in se, mittit,

Lucr. 6, 877; cf.:

ut omnia, quae aluntur et crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23; so,

in se,

Quint. 1, 6, 31; 2, 10, 2:

Quattuor aeternus genitalia corpora mundus Continet,

Ov. M. 15, 240:

rem militarem,

Liv. 5, 52, 16:

panis innumeras paene continet medicinas,

Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138:

(linea) centum continet (pedes),

Quint. 1, 10, 44:

Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent,

Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2:

paucas species (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 18:

tales res, quales hic liber continet,

Cic. Or. 43, 148; Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

narrationes, quae summam criminis contineant,

Quint. 4, 2, 10:

fabula stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

liber primus ea continebit, quae, etc., Quint. prooem. § 21: tertia epistula continebat, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5.—With subj.-clause:

quando ipsos loqui deceat, quartus liber continet,

Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Esp. freq.,

In pass.: contineri aliquā re, to be contained in something, be composed of, consist of or in, to rest upon, to be supported by, etc.:

terreno corpore,

Lucr. 1, 1085:

non venis et nervis et ossibus continentur (dii),

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis penitusque perspectis... rebus contineretur,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 92:

forma honestatis, quae tota quattuor his virtutibus... continetur,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

versus paucis (pedibus) continetur,

Quint. 9, 4, 60: quae philosophorum libris continentur, id. prooem. § 11; cf. id. 5, 10, 111 et saep.: artes, quae conjecturā continentur et sunt opinabiles, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

foedere,

Liv. 41, 23, 9:

actu,

Quint. 2, 18, 5; 12, 9, 1; 3, 7, 28.—Rarely with in and abl.:

forum, in quo omnis aequitas continetur,

Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.:

quibus (legibus) in singulis civitatibus res publica continetur,

id. Off. 3, 5, 23.—

Neutr., to hold together in itself, to hang together (in the verb. finit. very rare; but freq. as P. a.; cf. also the deriv. continuus):

per hortum utroque commeatus continet,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 43.—Hence,

contĭnens, entis, P. a.

(Acc. to II.) Holding or hanging together (freq. and class.).

Bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, lying near, adjacent (syn.: junctus, adjunctus, contiguus); constr. with dat., cum, or absol.

Prop.:

aër mari,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 117:

continentia atque adjuncta praedia huic fundo,

id. Caecin. 4, 11:

(mare) dissimile est proximo ei continenti,

id. Ac. 2, 33, 105 al.:

Cappadociae pars ea, quae cum Cilicià continens est,

id. Fam. 15, 2, 2:

(Morini) continentes silvas ac paludes habebant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28; cf. so absol.:

parum locuples continente ripā,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 22; cf.:

pars eorum, qui propiores erant continenti litori,

Liv. 44, 28, 12.— Subst.: contĭnentĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. loca), adjoining places, the neighborhood:

Cherronesum et continentia usque Atho montem,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 215 al.:

urbis,

the suburbs, Dig. 50, 16, 147.—

Trop., in time, following, next:

continentibus diebus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84;

and of other abstract things: motus sensui junctus et continens,

Cic. N. D. 1, 11, 26:

timori perpetuo ipsum malum continens fuit,

followed at its heels, Liv. 5, 39, 8.—

Holding together, cohering in itself, connected, continuous, uninterrupted.

Prop.:

continens agmen migrantium,

Liv. 1, 29, 4:

agmen,

id. 2, 50, 7; 8, 8, 13 al.:

ruinae,

id. 21, 8, 5; terra, the mainland, continent, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 274, 6; Nep. Them. 3, 2; and in the same sense far more freq. subst.: contĭnens, entis, f. (rarely masc., Curt. 4, 2, 1 Zumpt, dub.; abl. in e and i equally used;

v. the 4th and 5th books of Caes. B. G.),

Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 4, 28; 4, 31; 4, 36 bis et saep.; Nep. Milt. 7, 3; Liv. 35, 43, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128; Suet Aug. 65; id. Tib. 40 et saep.—

Trop., in time, continual, consecutive, uninterrupted:

labor omnium dierum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Liv. 42, 54, 3:

bella,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

imperium usque ad nos,

Liv. 7, 30, 8:

imber per noctem totam,

id. 23, 44, 6:

biduo,

Suet. Calig. 19:

febres sine intermissione,

Cels. 3, 5 fin.:

e continenti genere,

in continuous descent, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

spiritus,

id. de Or. 3, 57, 216 et saep.: ex continenti (sc. tempore), instantly, immediately, = continuo, statim, Just. 1, 9; so,

in continenti,

Dig. 44, 5, 1.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2. b.) That restrains his passions, continent, moderate, temperate, enkratês (rare, but in good prose):

continentior in vitā hominum quam in pecuniā,

Caes. B. C. 1, 23:

cum reges tam sint continentes, multo magis consularis esse oportere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1:

puer,

id. Att. 6, 6, 3:

Epaminondas,

Nep. Epam. 3, 2 al. — Sup., Cic. Par. 1, 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 71.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) In rhet., subst.: contĭnens, entis, n., that on which something rests or depends, the chief point, hinge:

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 29, 103; id. Top. 25, 95:

intuendum videtur, quid sit quaestio, ratio, judicatio, continens, vel ut alii vocant, firmamentum,

Quint. 3, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. § 18 sqq.— Adv.: contĭnen-ter.

(Acc. to A. 2.)

In space, in unbroken succession, in a row. continenter sedetis, Cat. 37, 6.—More freq. and class.,

In time, continuously, without interruption:

totā nocte ierunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

jam amplius horis sex pugnaretur,

id. ib. 3, 5:

biduum lapidibus pluit,

Liv. 25, 7, 7:

usque ad ipsum negotium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37:

ferri imagines,

id. N. D. 1, 39, 109.—

(Acc. to B.) Temperately, moderately (rare):

vivere,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; in sup.:

vivere,

Aug. Ep. 199; id. Conf. 6, 12.—Hence also,

contentus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2. b.); medial., satisfying one's self with, contented, satisfied, content (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. in gen. with the abl.; more rarely absol.; after the Aug. per. very freq. with the inf.

With abl.: his versibus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 264, 3:

suis rebus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51:

paucis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 16:

illā (sorte),

id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

viverem uti contentus eo quod mī ipse parasset,

id. ib. 1, 4, 108; cf. Suet. Aug. 82:

solā Dianā,

Verg. A. 11, 582.—

Absol.:

cum ipsum audires sine comparatione, non modo contentus esses, sed melius non quaereres,

Cic. Brut. 35, 134; so comp., Plaut. Poen. 2, 15.—

With inf.:

indagare,

Ov. M. 1, 461:

edidicisse,

id. ib. 2, 638:

retinere titulum provinciae,

Vell. 2, 49:

hostes sustinuisse,

id. 2, 112:

indicare,

Quint. 4, 2, 128:

ostendere,

id. 5, 10, 31:

id consequi, quod imiteris,

id. 10, 2, 7 et saep.— Adv.: contentē (ante-and post-class., and rare), in a restrained manner, closely:

arte contenteque habere aliquem,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63:

parce contenteque vivere,

Pacat. Pan. Theod. 13.

con-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4 ( fut. convenibo, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 18), v. n. and a.

To come together, meet together, assemble (class. and freq.).

In gen.:

milites, qui ex provinciā convenerant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8:

omnes... eo convenerant,

id. ib. 3, 16:

totius fere Galliae legati ad Caesarem gratulatum convenerunt,

id. ib. 1, 30:

quanto multitudo hominum ad hoc judicium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 11:

amici privatique hospites ad eum defendendum convenerunt,

Nep. Timoth. 4, 2:

ad clamorem hominum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

ad delectationem,

Quint. 3, 4, 6:

Pericles, cum haberet collegam Sophoclem, iique de communi officio convenissent,

id. Off. 1, 40, 144:

nunc ita convenimus, ut possemus dicere, etc.,

id. Phil. 3, 2, 5:

quoniam convenimus ambo,

Verg. E. 5, 1; id. A. 1, 361 al.—With the place to or at which, usu. designated by in and acc.:

mei capitis servandi causā Romam Italia tota convenit,

Cic. Pis. 15, 34; id. Div. 2, 23, 50:

unum in locum omnes,

Caes. B. G. 4, 19:

in coetus scholarum,

Quint. 2, 9, 2:

in consilium frequentes,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 71:

reguli in unum convenere,

Sall. J. 11, 2:

tribuni plebis non desistebant clam inter se convenire,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 12:

et ex proximis hibernis et a Caesare conventura subsidia,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.: convenientis manus dissipare, Auct. B. G. 8, 6.—Rarely with in and abl., or with advv. of place (mostly post-Aug.):

uno in loco omnes adversariorum copiae convenissent,

Cic. Div. 2, 24, 52 B. and K.; cf.: quanta illic multitudo convenisse dicebatur, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160 B. and K. (al. illuc):

in coloniā Agrippiensi in domum privatam conveniunt,

Tac. H. 4, 55.—

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

munera multa huc ab amatoribus,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 44:

huc convenit utrumque bivium,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; cf.:

oppi dum in quo omnis negotiatio ejus (Arabiae) convenit,

id. 6, 28, 32, § 157:

cum multae causae convenisse unum in locum atque inter se congruere videntur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62; so id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—

In partic.

Publicist. t. t. of civil communities which belong in jurisdiction to some chief city:

ex his civitatibus, quae in id forum convenirent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 38:

Carthaginem conveniunt populi LXV.,

Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 25; cf.:

ibi Aethiopicae convenere naves,

id. 5, 28, 29, § 105.—

Jurid. t. t.:

in manum, of a woman who in marriage (by usus, confarreatio, or coëmptio, q. v.) comes into the hands (manus) of her husband,

Cic. Fl. 34, 84; id. Top. 3, 14; Quint. 5, 10, 62; Gai Inst. 3, 84:

viro in manum,

Cic. Top. 4, 23:

in manum flaminis,

Tac. A. 4, 16 et saep.—

In the same sense: in matrimonium alicujus,

Dig. 45, 1, 121, § 1:

in matrimonium cum viro,

to marry, Gell. 18, 6, 8; or, in nuptias, Cod. Th. 3, 7, 11.—

Act., to go to one to speak to him, make a request of him, etc., to address, accost, meet, visit:

haut multos homines nunc videre et convenire quam te mavellem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 16; id. Pers. 5, 2, 74 al.; Ter. And. 1, 3, 22:

(Helvetii) cum eum (sc. Caesarem) in itinere convenissent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

adversarios ejus,

Nep. Dion, 8, 3:

illum Atilium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

neminem conveni—convenio autem cottidie plurimos—quin omnes, etc.,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

Bruti pueri Laodiceae me convenerunt,

id. ib. 3, 7, 1.— Pass.:

Balbus tantis pedum doloribus afficitur, ut se conveniri nolit,

Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 2:

nec eum (Lentulum) a minore Balbo conventum,

id. Att. 9, 6, 1:

quod conveniundi patris me tempus capere jubebat,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; Nep. Dion, 9, 3 al. — Absol.:

aditum petentibus conveniendi non dabat,

Nep. Paus. 3, 3.—

Jurid. t. t., to meet one judicially, to sue, bring an action against, summon before a tribunal:

ut heredes ex stipulatu conveniri possint,

Dig. 10, 2, 20; 50, 1, 17:

de peculio,

Paul. Sent. 2, 31:

pro parte dimidiā,

Dig. 17, 1, 59 et saep.—Also with abstr. objects:

dolum aut culpam eorum,

Dig. 26, 7, 38:

nomen,

ib. 42, 1, 15.

Pregn.

To come together, to unite, join, combine, couple (cf. coëo, II.).

Lit., so mostly of the coition of animals, Lucr. 2, 922; Plin. 11, 24, 29, § 85; App. M. 6, p. 177, 38 al.—Of the union of atoms:

Tandem conveniant ea (primordia) quae convecta repente Magnarum rerum fiunt exordia,

Lucr. 5, 429.—

Trop.

With personal subject, to agree with in wishes, decisions, etc., to accord, harmonize (rare;

late Lat.),

Hyg. Astr. 2, 4; Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 29; Paul. Sent. 1, 1, § 5 (but in Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, the v. 130 is spurious; v. Ritschl, prol. ad Trin. p. 131).—Far more freq.,

Res convenit or impers. convenit, it is agreed upon, or there is unanimity in respect to something, the matter is decided.

Res convenit, constr. alicui cum aliquo, inter aliquos, or absol.:

cum his mihi nec locus nec sermo convenit,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 10:

haec fratri mecum non conveniunt neque placent,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 34:

de dote mecum conveniri nil potest,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 168:

hoc mihi cum tuo fratre convenit,

Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87; Liv. 2, 39, 8; Quint. 3, 6, 91:

pax, quae cum T. Quinctio convenisset,

Liv. 34, 43, 2; cf.:

pax convenit,

Sall. J. 38 fin.; Liv. 1, 3, 5; 30, 43, 8:

in eas condiciones cum pax conveniret,

id. 29, 12, 14 al.; and:

cum imperatoribus Romanis pacem conventam fuisse,

Sall. J. 112, 2:

ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 146:

eo signo quod convenerat revocantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28:

quod tempus inter eos committendi proelii convenerat,

id. B. G. 2, 19:

neminem voluerunt majores nostri esse judicem, nisi qui inter adversarios convenisset,

Cic. Clu. 43, 120; so,

judex inter eos,

Val. Max. 2, 8, 2:

posse rem convenire... si posset inter eos aliquid convenire,

Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:

dum rem conventuram putamus,

id. Att. 9, 6, 2:

si in eo manerent, quod convenisset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36: [p. 463] in colloquium convenit;

condiciones non convenerunt,

Nep. Hann. 6, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 40, 14; 38, 11, 1 al.:

postquam ardentia vidit castra magister equitum (id convenerat signum),

id. 9, 23, 15:

signum,

Suet. Oth. 6:

omnia conventura,

Sall. J. 83, 2.— Pass.:

pacem conventam frustra fuisse,

Sall. J. 112, 2:

quibus conventis,

Liv. 30, 43, 7.—

Convenit, constr. alicui cum aliquo, inter aliquos, with ut, the acc. and inf., with de and abl., or absol.:

mihi cum Deiotaro convenit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 14:

idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?

id. Lig. 6, 18:

quicum optime convenisset,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 147:

nunc ita convenit inter me atque hunc, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 2. 3, 19:

non modo inter Patres, sed ne inter consules quidem ipsos satis conveniebat,

Liv. 2, 23, 14:

conveniat mihi tecum necesse est, ipsum fecisse, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; Sen. Ben. 7, 4, 5; id. Brev. Vit. 7, 3:

inter omnis vero convenit, Sibyllam ad Tarquinium Superbum tris libros attulisse,

Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88; cf. Suet. Vesp. 25: convenit, jam inde per consules reliqua belli perfecta, it is generally asserted, homologeitai, Liv. 9, 16, 1; cf. Suet. Claud. 44 et saep.:

cum de facto convenit, et quaeritur, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 8, 11; id. Fin. 4, 26, 72:

de duobus minus convenit,

Liv. 2, 33, 2; Quint. 1, 4, 17; Col. 2, 9 init.; Sen. Clem. 2, 7, 4; Gell. 2, 22, 2:

quamquam de hoc parum convenit,

Quint. 5, 10, 2:

quaedam sunt, de quibus inter omnes convenit,

id. 2, 12, 2; 4, 5, 28; Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 9; Liv. 42, 25, 11; Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, 2; Plin. Pan. 29, 5:

ubi de pace non convenit, signa cecinere,

Flor. 2, 6, 59 al.:

convenit, victi utri sint eo proelio, Urbem, agrum, etc.... seque uti dederent,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 70:

convenerat, ne interloquereris,

Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 9; cf.:

quibus consulibus interierit non convenit,

Nep. Hann. 13, 1:

pacto convenit, etc.,

Liv. 24, 6, 7; Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 80:

omnis exercitus, uti convenerat. Numidiā deductus, etc.,

Sall. J. 39, 4:

Patres igitur jurati (ita enim convenerat),

Liv. 30, 40, 12:

pro argento si aurum dare mallent, darent convenit,

id. 38, 11, 8.—

To fit with, in, or to something, to suit, be adapted to.

Lit. (rare):

quae (cupa) inter orbes conveniat... quae (fistula) in columellam conveniat,

Cato, R. R. 21, 1:

conveniebatne in vaginam tuam machaera militis?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 85:

si cothurni laus illa esset, ad pedem apte convenire,

Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.—More freq.,

Transf.: res convenit, or impers. convenit, the thing (or it) is fit, becoming, seemly, suitable, appropriate, proper, serviceable for something, it becomes, = consentit, congruit.

Res convenit, constr. with in or ad aliquid, cum aliquā re, the dat., acc., acc. and inf., or absol.

In or ad aliquid:

ceterae vites in quemvis agrum conveniunt,

Cato, R. R. 6 fin.; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 19, 1:

quid minus in hunc ordinem convenit? etc.,

Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

convenire quae vitia in quemvis videntur potius, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65:

hoc in te unum,

id. N. D. 2, 29, 74 Orell. N. cr. nullam contumeliam jacere potueris, quae non ad maximam partem civium conveniret, id. Sull. 7, 23.—

Cum aliquā re:

haec tua deliberatio non mihi convenire visa est cum oratione Largi,

Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 2; so id. Fin. 3, 22, 73 al.—

With dat.:

num videntur convenire haec nuptiis?

Ter. And. 2, 2, 29; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; id. Fin. 3, 22, 74; Sall. J. 85, 40; Quint. 6, 3, 25; Suet. Galb. 14 et saep.—

With acc.:

itidem ut tempus anni, aetatem aliam aliud factum convenit,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 24 dub. (Lachm. ap. Lucr. p. 64, conj. condecet).—

With acc. and inf.:

hoc non convenit, me... agrum habere,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 55; so Prop. 2, 1, 41.—

With in and abl.:

nihil autem minus in perfecto duce quam festinationem... convenire arbitrabatur,

Suet. Aug. 25.—

Absol.: hanc mi expetivi, contigit;

conveniunt mores, etc.,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

nomen non convenit,

id. ib. 5, 4, 39; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 3 (cf. impers.: rationes conferatis; adsidunt;

subducunt: ad nummum convenit,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12):

non bene conveniunt, nec in unā sede morantur Majestas et amor,

Ov. M. 2, 846:

medius ille orationis modus maxime convenit,

Quint. 6, 2, 19 et saep.—

Convenit, impers., constr. with a clause as subject (so esp. freq. in Lucr. and the elder Pliny).

Haud convenit, unā ire cum amicā imperatorem in viā, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 41:

convenit illud in his rebus obsignatum habere, Lucr 2, 582: per se sibi vivere,

id. 3, 685:

dicere causas leti,

id. 6, 708 et saep.:

quo maxime contendi conveniat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 2:

convenit Evandri victos discedere ad urbem,

Verg. A. 12, 184; so Hor. A. P. 226; Vell. 1, 3, 2; Quint. 7, 3, 9; Plin. 18, 13, 33, § 126; cf. id. 33, 1, 5, § 15 Sillig.—

With ut:

quī enim convenit, ut? etc.,

Cic. Phil. 7, 2, 4 (al. evenit):

si tibi curae Quantae conveniat Munatius,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 31; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 63. —To express assent:

convenit,

well, it is agreed, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 54.—Hence,

convĕnĭens, entis, P. a.

(Acc. to II. A. 2.) Agreeing, consistent, accordant, harmonious (syn.:

consentiens, concors, congruens): bene convenientes propinqui,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 58; cf.:

convenientes optime propinqui cognatique,

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96; Suet. Tib. 7:

recta et convenientia et constantia natura desiderat,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 35:

conveniens et conjuncta constantia inter augures,

id. Div. 2, 39, 82:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 1029; cf.:

inter se motus,

id. 2, 941.—More frequently,

(Acc. to II. B. 2.) Fitting to something, appropriate to, meet, fit, suitable, = congruens; constr. with cum, the dat., ad aliquid, inter se, in and acc. or abl., or absol.

With cum (rare): motus oris conveniens cum ipsius verbi demonstratione, Nigid. ap. Gell. 10, 4, 4:

dies conveniens cum populi vultu,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 28.—

With dat. (very freq.):

nihil in hac praeclarā epistulā scriptum ab Epicuro congruens et conveniens decretis ejus reperietis,

Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99; Quint. 3, 11, 20; 6, 3, 102 al.; Suet. Tib. 50; Hor. A. P. 316; Ov. P. 3, 9, 36 et saep.:

aut sibi convenientia finge,

Hor. A. P. 119; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 11:

bono civi convenientissimum credidi amplecti, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 1:

disciplina convenientissima,

Vell. 1, 6, 3.—

Ad aliquid (rare):

nihil est tam conveniens ad res vel secundas vel adversas,

Cic. Lael. 5, 17:

sonus ad formam tauri,

Ov. Ib. 436.—

In aliquid (very rare):

forma in illam conveniens amplitudinem,

Vell. 2, 29, 2.—

In aliquā re:

gratulatio conveniens in eā victoriā,

Liv. 45, 19, 3.—

Inter se (rare):

in vitā omnia sint apta inter se et convenientia,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:

inter se motus,

Lucr. 2, 941.—

Absol. (rare):

quod sit aptum atque conveniens,

Quint. 5, 10, 123:

toga,

fitting, fitting close, Ov. A. A. 1, 514:

nihil convenientius ducens, quam, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 10.—

Conveniens est = convenit, consentaneum est, it is fit, proper, becoming, suitable (post-Aug. and rare; cf.

congruens): convenientius est dici,

Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 35.— Sup., Plin. Pan. 87, 1; id. Ep. 10, 3 (20), 2.— Adv.: convĕnĭen-ter, fitly, suitably, conformably, consistently (syn.. congruenter, constanter; class.;

most freq. in Cic.): convenienter cum naturā vivere (with congruere),

Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 82:

convenienter naturae vivere (with congruenter),

id. Fin. 3, 7, 26; cf. id. Off. 3, 3, 13 al.; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 12:

convenienter sibi dicere (with constanter),

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Ov. A. A. 3, 546:

convenienter ad praesentem fortunae statum loqui,

Liv. 23, 5, 4.— Sup., Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 44.—

con-ventum, i, n. (acc. to II. A. 2.), an agreement, compact, covenant, convention, accord (in good prose):

facere promissa, stare conventis, reddere deposita,

Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95; 1, 10, 32; id. Part. Or. 37, 130; Liv. 29, 24, 3; Sil. 1, 10 al.—As a jurid. expression, very freq. in the connection pactum conventum (for which the MSS. sometimes, perh. through interpolation, give pactum et conventum), Cic. Part. Or. 37, 130; id. de Or. 2, 24, 100; id. Caecin. 18, 51; id. Att. 6, 3, 1; Juv. 6, 25; v. pactum.