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1 facio

făcĭo, feci, factum, 3, v. a. and n.; in pass.: fio, factus, fieri ( imper. usually fac, but the arch form face is freq., esp. in Plaut. and Ter., as Plaut. As. prol. 4; 1, 1, 77; id. Aul. 2, 1, 30; id. Cist. 2, 1, 28; id. Ep. 1, 1, 37; 2, 2, 117; id. Most. 3, 2, 167 et saep.; Ter. And. 4, 1, 57; 4, 2, 29; 5, 1, 2; 14; id. Eun. 1, 2, 10 al.; Cato, R. R. 23, 1; 26; 32 al.; Cat. 63, 78; 79; 82; Ov. Med. fac. 60; Val. Fl. 7, 179 al.; futur. facie for faciam, Cato ap. Quint. 1, 7, 23; cf. dico, init., and the letter e:
faxo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 199; 2, 1, 42; 3, 3, 17; 3, 4, 14; 5, 1, 55 et saep.; Ter. And. 5, 2, 13; id. Eun. 2, 2, 54; 4, 3, 21 al.; Verg. A. 9, 154; 12, 316; Ov. M. 3, 271; 12, 594: faxim, Enn. ap. Non. 507, 23; Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 13; id. Aul. 3, 2, 6; 3, 5, 20 al.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 13:
faxis,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 38; Sil. 15, 362: faxit, Lex Numae in Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ALIVTA, p. 6 Mull.; Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 90; 3, 5, 54; id. Cas. 3, 5, 6 al.; Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:
faximus,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 40: faxitis, an old form in Liv. 23, 11, 2; 25, 12, 10; 29, 27, 3:
faxint,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 85; id. Aul. 2, 1, 27; 2, 2, 79 al.; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 109; id. Hec. 1, 2, 27; 3, 2, 19; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 81; id. Fam. 14, 3, 3.—In pass. imper.:
fi,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 87; Hor. S. 2, 5, 38; Pers. 1, 1, 39:
fite,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 89 al. — Indic.: facitur, Nigid. ap. Non. 507, 15: fitur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 789:
fiebantur,
id. ib.: fitum est, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 475, 16.— Subj.: faciatur, Titin. ib.— Inf.: fiere, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 75 P.; Ann. v. 15, ed. Vahl.; Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 10.—On the long i of fit, v. Ritschl, prol. p. 184, and cf. Plaut. Capt. prol. 25: ut fit in bello) [prob. root bha-; Sanscr. bhasas, light; Gr. pha-, in phainô, phêmi; cf. fax, facetiae, facilis, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 423.—But Curt. refers facio to root the- (strengthened THEK), Griech. Etym. p. 64], to make in all senses, to do, perform, accomplish, prepare, produce, bring to pass, cause, effect, create, commit, perpetrate, form, fashion, etc. (cf. in gen.:
ago, factito, reddo, operor, tracto): verbum facere omnem omnino faciendi causam complectitur, donandi, solvendi, judicandi, ambulandi, numerandi,
Dig. 50, 16, 218.
I.
Act.
A.
In gen.
(α).
With acc.: ut faber, cum quid aedificaturus est, non ipse facit materiam, sed ea utitur, quae sit parata, etc.... Quod si non est a deo materia facta, ne terra quidem et aqua et aer et ignis a deo factus est, Cic. N. D. Fragm. ap. Lact. 2, 8 (Cic. ed. Bait. 7, p. 121):
sphaera ab Archimede facta,
Cic. Rep. 1, 14:
fecitque idem et sepsit de manubiis comitium et curiam,
id. ib. 2, 17:
aedem,
id. ib. 2, 20:
pontem in Arari faciundum curat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 1:
castra,
id. ib. 1, 48, 2; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4:
faber vasculum fecit,
Quint. 7, 10, 9:
classem,
Caes. B. G. 4, 21, 4:
cenas et facere et obire,
Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6:
ignem lignis viridibus,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45:
poema,
to compose, id. Pis. 29, 70:
carmina,
Juv. 7, 28:
versus,
id. 7, 38:
sermonem,
Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1; cf.
litteram,
id. Ac. 2, 2, 6: ludos, to celebrate, exhibit = edere, id. Rep. 2, 20; id. Att. 15, 10;
also i. q. ludificari,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 47:
sementes,
i. e. to sow, Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 1:
messem,
Col. 2, 10, 28:
pecuniam,
to make, acquire, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:
manum (with parare copias),
to collect, prepare, id. Caecin. 12, 33; so,
cohortes,
Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 4:
exercitum,
Vell. 2, 109, 2; and:
auxilia mercede,
Tac. A. 6, 33:
iter,
Cic. Att. 3, 1; id. Planc. 26, 65; id. Div. 1, 33, 73 et saep.; cf.
also the phrases: aditum sibi ad aures,
Quint. 4, 1, 46:
admirationem alicujus rei alicui,
to excite, Liv. 25, 11, 18; Sen. Ep. 115:
aes alienum,
Cic. Att. 13, 46, 4; Liv. 2, 23, 5; Sen. Ep. 119, 1:
alienationem disjunctionemque,
Cic. Lael. 21, 76:
animum alicui,
Liv. 25, 11, 10:
arbitrium de aliquo,
to decide, Hor. C. 4, 7, 21;
opp. arbitrium alicui in aliqua re,
i. e. to leave the decision to one, Liv. 43, 15, 5:
audaciam hosti,
id. 29, 34, 10:
audientiam orationi,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 13, 42:
auspicium alicui,
Liv. 1, 34, 9; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 86:
auctoritatem,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:
bellum,
Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 2:
multa bona alicui,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 46:
castra,
to pitch, Tac. H. 5, 1:
caulem,
to form, Col. Arb. 54:
clamores,
to make, raise, Cic. Brut. 95, 326:
cognomen alicui,
to give, Liv. 1, 3, 9:
commercium sermonis,
id. 5, 15, 5:
concitationes,
Caes. B. C. 3, 106 fin.:
conjurationes,
to form, id. B. G. 4, 30 fin.:
consuetudinem alicui cum altero,
Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 1:
consilia alicui,
Liv. 35, 42, 8:
contentionem cum aliquo,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:
controversiam,
to occasion, id. Or. 34, 121:
convicium magnum alicui,
id. Fam. 10, 16, 1:
copiam pugnandi militibus,
Liv. 7, 13, 10:
corpus,
to grow fat, corpulent, Cels. 7, 3 fin.; Phaedr. 3, 7, 5:
curam,
Tac. A. 3, 52:
damnum,
to suffer, Cic. Brut. 33, 125:
detrimentum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:
desiderium alicujus, rei alicui,
Liv. 3, 34, 7; 7, 24, 10:
dicta,
Ov. F. 2, 375; 3, 515:
difficultatem,
Quint. 10, 3, 10 and 16:
discordiam,
to cause, Tac. H. 3, 48:
discrimen,
Quint. 7, 2, 14; 11, 1, 43:
disjunctionem (with alienationem),
Cic. Lael. 21, 76:
dolorem alicui,
id. Att. 11, 8, 2:
dulcedinem,
Sen. Ep. 111:
eloquentiam alicui (ira),
Quint. 6, 2, 26:
epigramma,
to write, Cic. Arch. 10, 25:
errorem,
Sen. Ep. 67:
eruptiones ex oppido,
Caes. B. C. 2, 2, 5:
exemplum,
Quint. 5, 2, 2: exempla = edere or statuere, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 66. exercitum, to raise, muster, Tac. A. 6, 33:
exspectationem,
Quint. 9, 2, 23:
facinus,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 1; Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95; Tac. A. 12, 31:
facultatem recte judicandi alicui,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 179:
fallaciam,
Ter. And. 1, 8, 7:
famam ingenii,
Quint. 11, 2, 46:
fastidium,
Liv. 3, 1, 7:
favorem alicui,
id. 42, 14, 10; Quint. 4, 1, 33:
fidem alicui,
Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4; id. Att. 7, 8, 1; Quint. 6, 2, 18:
finem,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; id. Rep. 2, 44:
formidinem,
to excite, Tac. H. 3, 10:
fortunam magnam (with parare),
Liv. 24, 22, 9:
fraudem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9; Cic. Att. 4, 12:
fugam fecerunt, stronger than fugerunt,
Liv. 8, 9, 12 Weissenb.; Sall. J. 53, 3;
but: cum fugam in regia fecisset (sc. ceterorum),
Liv. 1, 56, 4; so,
fugam facere = fugare,
id. 21, 5, 16; 21, 52, 10:
fugam hostium facere,
id. 22, 24, 8; 26, 4, 8 al.:
gestum vultu,
Quint. 11, 3, 71:
gradum,
Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249; id. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 3; Quint. 3, 6, 8:
gratiam alicujus rei,
Liv. 3, 56, 4; 8, 34, 3:
gratulationem alicui,
Cic. Fam. 11, 18, 3; Sen. Ep. 6:
gratum alicui,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 56; Cic. Rep. 1, 21; cf.:
gratissimum alicui,
id. Fam. 7, 21 fin.:
histrioniam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 152:
homicidium,
to commit, Quint. 5, 9, 9:
hospitium cum aliquo,
Cic. Balb. 18, 42:
imperata,
Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 3:
impetum in hostem,
Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; Liv. 25, 11, 2:
incursionem,
Liv. 3, 38, 3:
indicium,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 150:
inducias,
id. Phil. 8, 7, 20:
initium,
to begin, id. Agr. 2, 29, 79; cf.:
initia ab aliquo,
id. Rep. 1, 19:
injuriam,
id. ib. 3, 14 (opp. accipere); Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 4; Quint. 3, 6, 49; 10, 1, 115:
insidias alicui,
Cic. Mil. 9, 23:
iram,
Quint. 6, 1, 14:
jacturam,
Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89; id. Fin. 2, 24, 79; Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 7:
judicium,
Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2:
judicatum,
to execute, id. Fl. 20, 48:
jus alicui,
Liv. 32, 13, 6:
jussa,
Ov. F. 1, 379:
laetitiam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:
largitiones,
id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48:
locum poetarum mendacio,
Curt. 3, 1, 4:
locum alicui rei,
Cels. 2, 14 fin.; 7, 4, 3; Curt. 4, 11, 8; Sen. Ep. 91, 13 et saep.:
longius,
Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22 al.:
valde magnum,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7:
medicinam alicui,
to administer, id. Fam. 14, 7:
memoriam,
Quint. 11, 2, 4:
mentionem,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 2:
metum,
to excite, Tac. A. 6, 36:
turbida lux metum insidiarum faciebat,
suggested, Liv. 10, 33, 5:
metum alicui,
id. 9, 41, 11:
missum aliquem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:
modum irae,
Liv. 4, 50, 4:
moram,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1; Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 72:
morem alicujus rei sibi,
Liv. 35, 35, 13:
motus,
id. 28, 46, 8: multam alicui, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 1, 6:
munditias,
id. R. R. 2, 4:
mutationem,
Cic. Sest. 12, 27; id. Off. 1, 33, 120:
multa alicui,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 16:
naufragium,
to suffer, id. Fam. 16, 9, 1:
negotium alicui,
to give to do, make trouble for, Quint. 5, 12, 13; Just. 21, 4, 4:
nomen alicui,
Liv. 8, 15, 8; cf.
nomina,
to incur debts, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59:
odium vitae,
Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 199:
officium suum,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 12:
omnia amici causa,
Cic. Lael. 10, 35; id. Fam. 5, 11, 2:
opinionem alicui,
id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:
orationem,
id. de Or. 1, 14, 63; id. Brut. 8, 30; id. Or. 51, 172:
otia alicui,
to grant, Verg. E. 1, 6:
pacem,
to conclude, Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109:
pecuniam ex aliqua re,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:
periculum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23; id. Heaut. 2, 1, 9; Tac. A. 13, 33; 16, 19; Sall. C. 33, 1: perniciem alicui, to cause, = parare, Tac. H. 2, 70:
planum,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 54:
potestatem,
id. Cat. 3, 5, 11; id. Rep. 2, 28:
praedam,
Caes. B. G. 4, 34, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60, § 156; Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 8:
praedas ab aliquo,
Nep. Chabr. 2, 2:
proelium,
to join, Caes. B. G. 1, 13; Cic. Deiot. 5, 13; Liv. 25, 1, 5; Tac. H. 4, 79; id. A. 12, 40:
promissum,
Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95:
pudorem,
Liv. 3, 31, 3:
ratum,
id. 28, 39, 16:
rem,
Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 12:
reum,
to accuse, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38: risum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 40; 48:
scelus,
to commit, Tac. H. 1, 40:
securitatem alicui,
Liv. 36, 41, 1:
sermonem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:
significationem ignibus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 3:
silentium,
Liv. 24, 7, 12:
somnum,
to induce, Juv. 3, 282:
spem,
Cic. Att. 3, 16; Liv. 30, 3, 7:
spiritus,
id. 30, 11, 3:
stercus,
Col. 2, 15:
stipendia,
Sall. J. 63, 3; Liv. 3, 27, 1; 5, 7, 5:
stomachum alicui,
Cic. Att. 5, 11, 2; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:
suavium alicui,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 53:
suspicionem,
Cic. Fl. 33, 83:
taedium alicujus rei,
Liv. 4, 57, 11:
terrorem iis,
to inflict, id. 10, 25, 8:
timorem,
to excite, id. 6, 28, 8:
mihi timorem,
Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:
totum,
Dig. 28, 5, 35:
transitum alicui,
Liv. 26, 25, 3:
turbam,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 2:
urinam,
Col. 6, 19:
usum,
Quint. 10, 3, 28:
vadimonium,
Cic. Quint. 18, 57:
verbum, verba,
to speak, talk, id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147:
verbum,
to invent, id. Fin. 3, 15, 51:
versus,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 5:
vestigium,
id. Rab. Post. 17, 47: viam [p. 717] sibi, Liv. 3, 5, 6:
vim alicui or in aliquem,
id. 38, 24, 4; 3, 5, 5:
vires,
to get, acquire, Quint. 10, 3, 3:
vitium,
Cic. Top. 3, 15 al. —
(β).
With ut, ne, quin, or the simple subj.:
faciam, ut ejus diei locique meique semper meminerit,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 20:
facere ut remigret domum,
id. Pers. 4, 6, 3; id. Capt. 3, 4, 78; 4, 2, 77:
ea, quantum potui, feci, ut essent nota nostris,
Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8:
facito, ut sciam,
id. Att. 2, 4, 4:
non potuisti ullo modo facere, ut mihi illam epistolam non mitteres,
id. ib. 11, 21, 1:
si facis ut patriae sit idoneus,
Juv. 14, 71:
ut nihil ad te dem litterarum facere non possum,
Cic. Ac. 8, 14, 1; for which, with quin:
facere non possum, quin ad te mittam,
I cannot forbear sending, id. ib. 12, 27, 2:
fecisti, ut ne cui maeror tuus calamitatem afferret,
id. Clu. 60, 168:
fac, ne quid aliud cures,
id. Fam. 16, 11, 1:
domi assitis, facite,
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 53:
fac fidele sis fidelis,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:
fac cupidus mei videndi sis,
Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 5:
fac cogites,
id. ib. 11, 3, 4.—In pass.:
fieri potest, ut recte quis sentiat, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 6: potest fieri, ut iratus dixerit, etc., Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:
nec fieri possit, ut non statim alienatio facienda sit,
id. Lael. 21, 76; so with ut non, id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190 (Zumpt, Gram. § 539).—
(γ).
With inf. = efficere, curare, to cause (rare):
nulla res magis talis oratores videri facit,
Cic. Brut. 38, 142; Pall. 6, 12:
aspectus arborum macrescere facit volucres inclusas,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 3; Sall. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 114:
qui nati coram me cernere letum Fecisti,
Verg. A. 2, 539; Ov. H. 17, 174:
mel ter infervere facito,
Col. 12, 38, 5 (perh. also in Ov. H. 6, 100, instead of favet, v. Loers. ad h. l.; cf. infra, B. 4.).—
(δ).
Absol.:
ego plus, quam feci, facere non possum,
Cic. Fam. 11, 14, 3:
faciam, ut potero, Laeli,
id. de Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. Rep. 1, 24:
noli putare, pigritia me facere, quod non mea manu scribam,
id. Att. 16, 15, 1; so,
facere = hoc or id facere,
Lucr. 4, 1112 (cf. Munro ad loc.); 1153: vereor ne a te rursus dissentiam. M. Non facies, Quinte, Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33;
so after scribam,
id. Att. 16, 16, 15:
nominaverunt,
id. Rep. 2, 28, 50;
after disserere: tu mihi videris utrumque facturus,
id. ib. 2, 11, 22;
after fingere: ut facit apud Platonem Socrates,
id. ib.:
necesse erit uti epilogis, ut in Verrem Cicero fecit,
Quint. 6, 1, 54:
qui dicere ac facere doceat,
id. 2, 3, 11:
faciant equites,
Juv. 7, 14; Liv. 42, 37, 6:
petis ut libellos meos recognoscendos curem. Faciam,
Plin. Ep. 4, 26, 1; 5, 1, 4 et saep. (cf. the use of facio, as neutr., to resume or recall the meaning of another verb, v. II. E. infra; between that use and this no line can be drawn).
B.
In partic.
1.
With a double object, to make a thing into something, to render it something:
senatum bene firmum firmiorem vestra auctoritate fecistis,
Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:
te disertum,
id. ib. 2, 39 fin.:
iratum adversario judicem,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 220:
heredem filiam,
to appoint, constitute, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111:
aliquem regem,
Just. 9, 6:
aliquem ludos,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 75:
aliquem absentem rei capitalis reum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 93:
animum dubium,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 27:
injurias irritas,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63:
vectigalia sibi deteriora,
Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 4:
hi consules facti sunt,
Cic. de Sen. 5, 14:
disciplina doctior facta civitas,
id. Rep. 2, 19:
di ex hominibus facti,
id. ib. 2, 10; cf.:
tua virtute nobis Romanos ex amicis amicissimos fecisti,
Sall. J. 10, 2.—In pass.:
quo tibi sumere depositum clavum fierique tribuno?
to become a tribune, Hor. S. 1, 6, 25.—
2.
to value, esteem, regard a person or thing in any manner (like the Engl. make, in the phrase to make much of).—Esp. with gen. pretii:
in quo perspicere posses, quanti te, quanti Pompeium, quem unum ex omnibus facio, ut debeo, plurimi, quanti Brutum facerem,
Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 2:
te quotidie pluris feci,
id. ib. 3, 4, 2:
voluptatem virtus minimi facit,
id. Fin. 2, 13, 42:
dolorem nihili facere,
to care nothing for, to despise, id. ib. 27, 88:
nihili facio scire,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 42:
negat se magni facere, utrum, etc.,
Quint. 11, 1, 38:
parum id facio,
Sall. J. 85, 31: si illi aliter nos faciant quam aequum sit. Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 43.—
3.
With gen., to make a thing the property of a person, subject it to him: omnia, quae mulieris fuerunt, viri fiunt, Cic. Top. 4, 23.—Esp.: facere aliquid dicionis alicujus, to reduce to subjection under a person or power:
omnem oram Romanae dicionis fecit,
Liv. 21, 60, 3:
dicionis alienae facti,
id. 1, 25, 13; 5, 27, 14; cf.: ut munus imperii beneficii sui faceret, to make it ( seem) his own bounty, Just. 13, 4, 9:
ne delecto imperatore alio sui muneris rempublicam faceret,
Tac. A. 15, 52.—
4.
To represent a thing in any manner, to feign, assert, say. —Constr. with acc. and adj. or part., or with acc. and inf.
(α).
Acc. and part.:
in eo libro, ubi se exeuntem e senatu et cum Pansa colloquentem facit,
id. Brut. 60, 218:
Xenophon facit... Socratem disputantem,
id. N. D. 1, 12, 31; cf.:
ejus (Socratis) oratio, qua facit eum Plato usum apud judices,
id. Tusc. 1, 40 fin. al.—
(β).
Acc. and inf.:
qui nuper fecit servo currenti in via decesse populum,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 31:
fecerat et fetam procubuisse lupam,
Verg. A. 8, 630; cf. Ov. M. 6, 109, v. Bach ad h. l.:
poetae impendere apud inferos saxum Tantalo faciunt,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35:
quem (Herculem) Homerus apud inferos conveniri facit ab Ulixe,
id. N. D. 3, 16, 41:
Plato construi a deo mundum facit,
id. ib. 1, 8, 19:
Plato Isocratem laudari fecit a Socrate,
id. Opt. Gen. 6, 17; id. Brut. 38, 142:
M. Cicero dicere facit C. Laelium,
Gell. 17, 5, 1:
caput esse faciunt ea, quae perspicua dicunt,
Cic. Fia. 4, 4, 8, v. Madv. ad h. l.—
(γ).
In double construction:
Polyphemum Homerus cum ariete colloquentem facit ejusque laudare fortunas,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 39 fin. —
5.
To make believe, to pretend:
facio me alias res agere,
Cic. Fam. 15, 18:
cum verbis se locupletem faceret,
id. Fl. 20:
me unum ex iis feci, qui, etc.,
id. Planc. 27, 65.—
6.
Hypothetically in the imper. fac, suppose, assume:
fac, quaeso, qui ego sum, esse te,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1; cf.:
fac potuisse,
id. Phil. 2, 3, 5:
fac animos non remanere post mortem,
id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82; 1, 29, 70:
fac velit,
Stat. Ach. 2, 241:
fac velle,
Verg. A. 4, 540.—
7.
In mercant. lang., to practise, exercise, follow any trade or profession:
cum mercaturas facerent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72:
naviculariam,
id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §
46: argentariam,
id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 155; id. Caecin. 4, 10:
topiariam,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5:
haruspicinam,
id. Fam. 6, 18, 1:
praeconium,
id. ib.; so,
piraticam,
id. Post. Red. in Sen. 5, 11:
medicinam,
Phaedr. 1, 14, 2.—
8.
In relig. lang., like the Gr. rhezein, to perform or celebrate a religious rite; to offer sacrifice, make an offering, to sacrifice:
res illum divinas apud eos deos in suo sacrario quotidie facere vidisti,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8, § 18:
sacra pro civibus,
id. Balb. 24, 55:
sacrificium publicum,
id. Brut. 14, 56.— Absol.:
a sacris patriis Junonis Sospitae, cui omnes consules facere necesse est, consulem avellere,
Cic. Mur. 41, 90.—With abl.:
cum faciam vitula pro frugibus,
Verg. E. 3, 77:
catulo,
Col. 2, 22, 4.— Pass. impers.:
cum pro populo fieret,
Cic. Att. 1, 13, 3:
quibus diis decemviri ex libris ut fieret, ediderunt,
Liv. 37, 3, 5.—
9.
In gram., to make, form in inflecting:
cur aper apri et pater patris faciat?
Quint. 1, 6, 13; so id. 14; 15; 27; cf.:
sic genitivus Achilli et Ulixi fecit,
id. 1, 5, 63; 1, 6, 26:
eadem (littera) fecit ex duello bellum,
id. 1, 4, 15.—
10.
In late Lat., (se) facere aliquo, to betake one's self to any place:
intra limen sese facit,
App. 5, p. 159, 25;
without se: homo meus coepit ad stelas facere,
Petr. 62:
ad illum ex Libya Hammon facit,
Tert. Pall. 3.—
11.
Peculiar phrases.
a.
Quid faciam (facias, fiet, etc.), with abl., dat., or (rare) with de, what is to be done with a person or thing? quid hoc homine facias? Cic. Sest. 13, 29; id. Verr. 2, 2, 16, § 40:
nescit quid faciat auro,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 100:
quid tu huic homini facias?
Cic. Caecin. 11, 30; cf.:
quid enim tibi faciam,
id. Att. 7, 3, 2: quid faceret huic conclusioni, i. e. how should he refute, etc., id. Ac. 2, 30, 96:
quid facias illi?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 63:
miserunt Delphos consultum quidnam facerent de rebus suis,
Nep. Them. 2: quid fecisti scipione? what have you done with the stick? or, what has become of it? Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 6; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9.—In pass.:
quid Tulliola mea fiet?
Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 3:
quid illo fiet? quid me?
id. Att. 6, 1, 14:
quid fiet artibus?
id. Ac. 2, 33, 107:
quid mihi fiet?
Ov. A. A. 1, 536:
quid de illa fiet fidicina igitur?
Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 48: de fratre quid fiet? Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 39.— Absol.:
quid faciat Philomela? fugam custodia claudit?
Ov. M. 6, 572:
quid facerem? neque servitio me exire licebat, etc.,
Verg. E. 1, 41 al. —
b.
Fit, factum est aliquo or aliqua re, it happens to, becomes of a person or thing:
volo Erogitare, meo minore quid sit factum filio,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 32:
nec quid deinde iis (elephantis) factum sit, auctores explicant,
Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 17:
quid eo est argento factum?
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 106.—Hence,
(β).
Esp., si quid factum sit aliquo, if any thing should happen to one (i. q. si quid acciderit humanitus), euphemistically for if one should die:
si quid eo factum esset, in quo spem essetis habituri?
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 20, 59; cf.:
eum fecisse aiunt, sibi quod faciendum fuit,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 23. —
c.
Ut fit, as it usually happens, as is commonly the case:
praesertim cum, ut fit, fortuito saepe aliquid concluse apteque dicerent,
Cic. Or. 53, 177:
queri, ut fit, incipiunt,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:
dum se uxor, ut fit, comparat,
id. Mil. 10, 28:
fecit statim, ut fit, fastidium copia,
Liv. 3, 1, 7.—
d.
Fiat, an expression of assent, so be it! very good! fiat, geratur mos tibi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 146; id. As. 1, 1, 27; id. Am. 2, 2, 138; id. Most. 4, 3, 44 al.—
e.
Dictum ac factum, no sooner said than done, without delay, at once; v. dictum under dico, A. d.—
12.
In certain phrases the ellipsis of facere is common, e. g. finem facere:
Quae cum dixisset, Cotta finem,
Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94; id. Fin. 4, 1 init. —With nihil aliud quam, quid alium quam, nihil praeterquam, which often = an emphatic Engl. only (but not in Cic.):
Tissaphernes nihil aliud quam bellum comparavit,
Nep. Ages. 2:
per biduum nihil aliud quam steterunt parati,
Liv. 34, 46; Suet. Caes. 20; id. Aug. 83; Liv. 2, 63; 4, 3; 3, 26.—So with nihil amplius quam, nihil prius quam, nihil minus quam, Liv. 26, 20; 35, 11; Suet. Dom. 3.
II.
Neutr.
A.
With adverbs, to do, deal, or act in any manner:
recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7;
v. recte under rego: bene fecit Silius, qui transegerit,
Cic. Att. 12, 24, 1:
seu recte seu perperam,
to do right or wrong, id. Quint. 8, 31:
Dalmatis di male faciant,
id. Fam. 5, 11 fin.:
facis amice,
in a friendly manner, id. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:
per malitiam,
maliciously, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21:
humaniter,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:
imperite,
id. Leg. 1, 1, 4:
tutius,
Quint. 5, 10, 68:
voluit facere contra huic aegre,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10: bene facere, to profit, benefit (opp. male facere, to hurt, injure), Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 25; 5, 7, 19; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 22; id. Capt. 5, 2, 23; v. also under benefacio and benefactum.—
B.
Facere cum or ab aliquo, to take part with one, to side with one; and opp. contra (or adversus) aliquem, to take part against one:
si respondisset, idem sentire et secum facere Sullam,
Cic. Sull. 13, 36; cf.:
cum illo consulem facere,
id. Att. 6, 8, 2; and:
secum consules facere,
id. Planc. 35, 86:
auctoritatem sapientissimorum hominum facere nobiscum,
id. Caecin. 36, 104; cf.:
rem et sententiam interdicti mecum facere fatebatur,
id. ib. 28, 79:
cum veritas cum hoc faciat,
is on his side, id. Quint. 30, 91:
commune est, quod nihilo magis ab adversariis quam a nobis facit,
id. Inv. 1, 48, 90:
omnes damnatos, omnes ignominia affectos illac (a or cum Caesare) facere,
id. Att. 7, 3, 5:
quae res in civitate duae plurimum possunt, eae contra nos ambae faciunt in hoc tempore,
id. Quint. 1, 1:
neque minus eos cum quibus steterint quam adversus quos fecerint,
Nep. Eum. 8, 2:
cum aliquo non male facere,
to be on good terms with, Ov. Am. 3, 762.—
C.
In late Lat. facere cum aliqua = vivere cum aliqua, to live in matrimony, to be married, Inscr. Orell. 4646. —
D.
Ad aliquid, alicui, or absol., to be good or of use for any thing; to be useful, of service:
chamaeleon facit ad difficultatem urinae,
Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 46; Scrib. Comp. 122:
ad talem formam non facit iste locus,
Ov. H. 16, 190; cf. id. ib. 6, 128; id. Am. 1, 2, 16 al.:
radix coronopi coeliacis praeclare facit,
Plin. 22, 19, 22, § 48; so with dat., Plin. Val. 2, 1; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 20:
facit autem commode ea compositio, quam, etc.,
Col. 7, 5, 7; 8, 17, 13:
nec caelum, nec aquae faciunt, nec terra, nec aurae,
do not benefit me, Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 23:
mire facit in peroratione confessio,
Quint. 11, 3, 173; 171; cf. with a subject-clause: plurimum facit, totas diligenter [p. 718] nosse causas, id. 6, 4, 8: ad aliquid or alicui signifies also to suit, fit:
non faciet capiti dura corona meo,
Prop. 3, 1, 19; cf. Ov. H. 16, 189.—
E.
Like the Gr. poiein or dran, and the Engl. to do, instead of another verb (also for esse and pati):
factum cupio (sc. id esse),
Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 24:
factum volo,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 91; id. Most. 3, 2, 104:
an Scythes Anacharsis potuit pro nihilo pecuniam ducere, nostrates philosophi facere non potuerunt?
Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90:
nihil his in locis nisi saxa et montes cogitabam: idque ut facerem, orationibus inducebar tuis,
id. Leg. 2, 1, 2; cf.:
Demosthenem, si illa pronuntiare voluisset, ornate splendideque facere potuisse,
id. Off. 1, 1 fin.; and:
cur Cassandra furens futura prospiciat, Priamus sapiens hoc idem facere nequeat?
id. Div. 1, 39, 85; so id. Ac. 2, 33, 107; id. Att. 1, 16, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2; Nep. Chabr. 3, 4; 4, 3 al.:
vadem te ad mortem tyranno dabis pro amico, ut Pythagoreus ille Siculo fecit tyranno (here also with the case of the preceding verb),
Cic. Fin. 2, 24 fin. (v. Madv. ad h. l. p. 278):
jubeas (eum) miserum esse, libenter quatenus id facit (i. e. miser est),
what he is doing, Hor. S. 1, 1, 64:
in hominibus solum existunt: nam bestiae simile quiddam faciunt (i. q. patiuntur or habent),
Cic. Tusc. 4, 14; so,
ne facias quod Ummidius quidam (= ne idem experiaris, ne idem tibi eveniat),
Hor. S. 1, 1, 94. —
F.
Facere omitted, especially in short sentences expressing a judgment upon conduct, etc.:
at stulte, qui non modo non censuerit, etc.,
Cic. Off. 3, 27, 101.—Hence,
1.
factus, a, um, P. a.
A.
As adjective ante-class. and very rare:
factius nihilo facit, sc. id, i. e. nihilo magis effectum reddit,
is no nearer bringing it about, Plaut. Trin. 2, 3, 6; cf. Lorenz ad loc.—Far more freq.,
B.
In the neutr. as subst.: factum, i ( gen. plur. factum, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 Trag. 81), that which is done, a deed, act, exploit, achievement (syn.: res gestae, facinus).
1.
In gen.:
depingere,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 5, 38:
facere factum,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 5; id. Mil. 3, 1, 139:
dicta et facta,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 19; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 12:
opus facto est,
id. Phorm. 4, 5, 4:
ecquod hujus factum aut commissum non dicam audacius, sed, etc.,
Cic. Sull. 26, 72: meum factum probari abs te triumpho gaudio, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 1;
14, 9, 2: quod umquam eorum in re publica forte factum exstitit?
id. ib. 8, 14, 2:
praeclarum atque divinum,
id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:
egregium,
id. Fam. 10, 16, 2; id. Cael. 10, 23:
factum per se improbabile,
Quint. 7, 4, 7; 6, 1, 22:
illustre,
Nep. Arist. 2, 2; cf.:
illustria et gloriosa,
Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:
forte,
id. Att. 8, 14, 2:
dira,
Ov. M. 6, 533:
nefanda,
id. H. 14, 16 al.; but also with the adv.:
recte ac turpiter factum,
Caes. B. G. 7, 80, 5; cf.:
multa huius (Timothei) sunt praeclare facta sed haec maxime illustria,
Nep. Timoth. 1, 2;
v. Zumpt, Gram. § 722, 2: dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 40:
quo facto aut dicto adest opus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 15 et saep.:
famam extendere factis,
Verg. A. 10, 468: non hominum video. non ego facta boum, doings, i. e. works, Ov. H. 10, 60.—
2.
In partic., bonum factum, like the Gr. agathê tuchê, a good deed, i. e. well done, fortunate (ante-class. and post-Aug.):
bonum factum'st, edicta ut servetis mea,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 16; cf. id. ib. 44; cf.:
hoc factum est optimum, ut, etc.,
id. Ps. 1, 2, 52:
majorum bona facta,
Tac. A. 3, 40; cf. id. ib. 3, 65. —At the commencement of edicts, Suet. Caesar, 80; id. Vit. 14; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 49, 17; Tert. Pudic. 1.—(But in the class. per. factum in this sense is a participle, and is construed with an adv.:
bene facta,
Sall. C. 8, 5; id. J. 85, 5; Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:
recte, male facta,
id. Off. 2, 18, 62:
male facto exigua laus proponitur,
id. Leg. Agr. 2, 2, 5; id. Brut. 43, 322; Quint. 3, 7, 13; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 460).—
* 2.
facteon, a word jestingly formed by Cicero, after the analogy of the Greek, for faciendum: quare, ut opinor, philosophêteon, id quod tu facis, et istos consulatus non flocci facteon, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 13 Orell. N. cr. (for facteon, Ernesti has eateon).

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2 comparatio

1.
compărātĭo ( conp-), ōnis, f. [1. comparo], a comparing, comparison (in good prose).
I.
In gen.: comparationis duo sunt modi;
unus cum idemne sit an aliquid intersit quaeritur: alter, cum quid praestet aliud alii quaeritur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 29, 117; cf. id. ib. §
116: potest incidere saepe contentio et comparatio, de duobus honestis utrum honestius,
id. Off. 1, 43, 152:
majorum, minorum, parium,
id. Top. 18, 71:
orationis suae cum scriptis alienis,
id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:
rerum,
Quint. 2, 4, 24:
argumentorum,
id. 5, 13, 57:
in comparatione alicujus (post-Aug.): strata erant itinera vilioribus sarcinis, quas in conparatione meliorum avaritia contempserat,
Curt. 3, 11, 20 Vogel ad loc.; so,
ex conparatione regis novi, desiderium excitabatur amissi,
id. 10, 8, 9; cf. Lact. 7, 15, 7.—
II.
Esp.
A.
A trial of skill, contention:
in comparationem se demittere,
Suet. Rhet. 6.—
B.
A relation, comparison:
cum solis et lunae et quinque errantium ad eandem inter se comparationem est facta conversio,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 51.—
C.
Translation of the Gr. analogia, Cic. Univ. 4 fin.; 5; 7.—
* D.
An agreement, contract (v. 1. comparo, II. B.):
provincia sine sorte, sine comparatione, extra ordinem data,
Liv. 6, 30, 3.—
E.
Of animals, a coupling, pairing:
boum,
Col. 6, 2, 13.—
F.
In rhet.:
criminis,
a defensive comparison of a crime with a good deed, on account of which the crime was committed, Cic. Inv. 1, 11, 15; 2, 24, 72; Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24; 1, 15, 25.—
G.
In gram.
1.
A climax, Don. p. 1745 P.—
2.
The comparative degree, Quint. 1, 5, 45.
2.
compărātĭo, ōnis, f. [2. comparo].
I.
A preparing, providing for, preparation, etc. (rare, but in good prose):
novi belli,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; cf.
pugnae, Auct. B. Afr. 35: veneni,
Liv. 42, 17, 6:
comparatio disciplinaque dicendi,
Cic. Brut. 76, 263:
novae amicitiae,
Sen. Ep. 9, 6.—
II.
A procuring, gaining, acquiring:
testium,
Cic. Mur. 21, 44:
voluptatis,
id. Fin. 2, 28, 92:
criminis,
i. e. of all the materials for an accusation, id. Clu. 67, 191:
quibus ego ita credo, ut nihil de meā comparatione deminuam,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16.—Hence,
B.
In late Lat., a purchasing, purchase, Dig. 5, 1, 52; 41, 3, 41.

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3 conparatio

1.
compărātĭo ( conp-), ōnis, f. [1. comparo], a comparing, comparison (in good prose).
I.
In gen.: comparationis duo sunt modi;
unus cum idemne sit an aliquid intersit quaeritur: alter, cum quid praestet aliud alii quaeritur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 29, 117; cf. id. ib. §
116: potest incidere saepe contentio et comparatio, de duobus honestis utrum honestius,
id. Off. 1, 43, 152:
majorum, minorum, parium,
id. Top. 18, 71:
orationis suae cum scriptis alienis,
id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:
rerum,
Quint. 2, 4, 24:
argumentorum,
id. 5, 13, 57:
in comparatione alicujus (post-Aug.): strata erant itinera vilioribus sarcinis, quas in conparatione meliorum avaritia contempserat,
Curt. 3, 11, 20 Vogel ad loc.; so,
ex conparatione regis novi, desiderium excitabatur amissi,
id. 10, 8, 9; cf. Lact. 7, 15, 7.—
II.
Esp.
A.
A trial of skill, contention:
in comparationem se demittere,
Suet. Rhet. 6.—
B.
A relation, comparison:
cum solis et lunae et quinque errantium ad eandem inter se comparationem est facta conversio,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 51.—
C.
Translation of the Gr. analogia, Cic. Univ. 4 fin.; 5; 7.—
* D.
An agreement, contract (v. 1. comparo, II. B.):
provincia sine sorte, sine comparatione, extra ordinem data,
Liv. 6, 30, 3.—
E.
Of animals, a coupling, pairing:
boum,
Col. 6, 2, 13.—
F.
In rhet.:
criminis,
a defensive comparison of a crime with a good deed, on account of which the crime was committed, Cic. Inv. 1, 11, 15; 2, 24, 72; Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24; 1, 15, 25.—
G.
In gram.
1.
A climax, Don. p. 1745 P.—
2.
The comparative degree, Quint. 1, 5, 45.
2.
compărātĭo, ōnis, f. [2. comparo].
I.
A preparing, providing for, preparation, etc. (rare, but in good prose):
novi belli,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; cf.
pugnae, Auct. B. Afr. 35: veneni,
Liv. 42, 17, 6:
comparatio disciplinaque dicendi,
Cic. Brut. 76, 263:
novae amicitiae,
Sen. Ep. 9, 6.—
II.
A procuring, gaining, acquiring:
testium,
Cic. Mur. 21, 44:
voluptatis,
id. Fin. 2, 28, 92:
criminis,
i. e. of all the materials for an accusation, id. Clu. 67, 191:
quibus ego ita credo, ut nihil de meā comparatione deminuam,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16.—Hence,
B.
In late Lat., a purchasing, purchase, Dig. 5, 1, 52; 41, 3, 41.

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4 benefactum

benefacti N N

benefit, service (also as 2 words); good deed (usu. pl.)

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5 Qui dedit benificium taceat; narret qui accepit

• Let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it. (Seneca)

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rēs reī, f [RA-], a thing, object, matter, affair, business, event, fact, circumstance, occurrence, deed, condition, case: divinarum humanarumque rerum cognitio: te ut ulla res frangat?: relictis rebus suis omnibus: rem omnibus narrare: si res postulabit, the case: re bene gestā: scriptor rerum suarum, annalist: neque est ulla res, in quā, etc.: magna res principio statim belli, a great advantage, L.: Nil admirari prope res est una, quae, etc., the only thing, H.: rerum, facta est pulcherrima Roma, the most beautiful thing in the world, V.: fortissima rerum animalia, O.: dulcissime rerum, H.— A circumstance, condition: In' in malam rem, go to the bad, T.: mala res, a wretched condition, S.: res secundae, good-fortune, H.: prosperae res, N.: in secundissimis rebus: adversa belli res, L.: dubiae res, S.—In phrases with e or pro: E re natā melius fieri haud potuit, after what has happened, T.: pro re natā, according to circumstances: consilium pro tempore et pro re capere, as circumstances should require, Cs.: pro re pauca loquar, V.: ex re et ex tempore.—With an adj. in circumlocution: abhorrens ab re uxoriā<*> matrimony, T.: in arbitrio rei uxoriae, dowry: belhcam rem administrari, a battle: pecuaria res et rustica, cattle: liber de rebus rusticis, agriculture: res frumentaria, forage, Cs.: res iudiciaria, the administration of justice: res ludicra, play, H.: Veneris res, O.— A subject, story, events, facts, history: cui lecta potenter erit res, H.: agitur res in scaenis, H.: res populi R. perscribere, L.: res Persicae, history, N.— An actual thing, reality, verity, truth, fact: ipsam rem loqui, T.: nihil est aliud in re, in fact, L.: se ipsa res aperit, N.: quantum distet argumentatio tua ab re ipsā.— Abl adverb., in fact, in truth, really, actually: eos deos non re, sed opinione esse dicunt: verbo permittere, re hortari: hoc verbo ac simulatione Apronio, re verā tibi obiectum: haec ille, si verbis non audet, re quidem verā palam loquitur: venit, specie ut indutiae essent, re verā ad petendum veniam, L.— Effects, substance, property, possessions, estate: et re salvā et perditā, T.: talentūm rem decem, T.: res eos iampridem, fides nuper deficere coepit: in tenui re, in narrow circumstances, H.: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus: privatae res.— A benefit, profit, advantage, interest, weal: Quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua, is concerned, T.: Si in remst utrique, ut fiant, if it is a good thing for both, T.: in rem fore credens universos adpellare, useful, S.: imperat quae in rem sunt, L.: Non ex re istius, not for his good, T.: contra rem suam me venisse questus est: minime, dum ob rem, to the purpose, T.: ob rem facere, advantageously, S.: haec haud ab re duxi referre, irrelevant, L.: non ab re esse, useless, L.— A cause, reason, ground, account.—In the phrase, eā re, therefore: illud eā re a se esse concessum, quod, etc.; see also quā re, quam ob rem.— An affair, matter of business, business: multa inter se communicare et de re Gallicanā: tecum mihi res est, my business is: erat res ei cum exercitu, he had to deal: cum his mihi res sit, let me attend to, Cs.: quocum tum uno rem habebam, had relations, T.— A case in law, lawsuit, cause, suit, action: utrum rem an litem dici oporteret: quarum rerum litium causarum condixit pater patratus, L. (old form.): capere pecunias ob rem iudicandam.— An affair, battle, campaign, military operation: res gesta virtute: ut res gesta est narrabo ordine, T.: his rebus gestis, Cs.: bene rem gerere, H.: res gestae, military achievements, H.—Of the state, in the phrase, res publica (often written respublica, res p.), the common weal, a commonwealth, state, republic: dum modo calamitas a rei p. periculis seiungatur: si re p. non possis frui, stultum nolle privatā, public life: egestates tot egentissimorum hominum nec privatas posse res nec rem p. sustinere: auguratum est, rem Romanam p. summam fore: paene victā re p.: rem p. delere.—In the phrase, e re publicā, for the good of the state, for the common weal, in the public interests: senatūs consultis bene et e re p. factis: uti e re p. fideque suā videretur. — Plur: hoc loquor de tribus his generibus rerum p.: utiliores rebus suis publicis esse.—Without publica, the state, commonwealth, government: Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap. C.: Hic (Marcellus) rem Romanam Sistet, V.: nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse, L.: res Asiae evertere, V.: Custode rerum Caesare, H.—In the phrase, rerum potiri, to obtain the sovereignty, control the government: qui rerum potiri volunt: dum ea (civitas) rerum potita est, become supreme.—In the phrase, res novae, political change, revolution.
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rei N F

thing; event, business; fact; cause; property

res familiaris -- property
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undeclined N N

res; (20th letter of Hebrew alphabet); (transliterate as R)

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7 Opuntii

1.
ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., work, labor (cf.:
labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,
in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:
menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:
oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,
id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Work, art, workmanship:
naturā et opere munitus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
2.
Of agricultural labor:
opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,
Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:
grave Martis opus,
Verg. A. 8, 515.—
3.
Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
4.
Of literary labor:
(Graeci) opus quaerunt,
seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
5.
In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
II.
Transf., a work that has been done or made.
A.
A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:
nondum opere castrorum perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,
opere perfecto,
id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:
Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,
Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:
operibus Toletum cepit,
Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—
B.
Any result of labor.
1.
Of public works, esp. buildings:
aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,
Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:
de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,
Suet. Tib. 30:
opera, templum theatrumque,
id. Calig. 21; cf.
of an aqueduct, etc.,
id. Claud. 20:
in titulis operum,
in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —
2.
Of writings, a work, book:
habeo opus magnum in manibus,
Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:
an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,
id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:
quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—
3.
Of a work of art:
quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:
hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,
of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §
32: haec omnia antiquo opere,
id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
C.
In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:
miserum'st opus,
Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:
ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,
Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:
opus meae hastae,
Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—
D.
Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
1.
A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
2.
Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—
III.
Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
A.
Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:
ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,
Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.
(α).
With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:
materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,
Cato, R. R. 14, 3:
minus multi opus sunt boves,
Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:
maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:
dux nobis et auctor opus est,
Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:
hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,
id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:
ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:
si quid opus erit in sumptum,
id. Att. 5, 8, 2:
parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,
Liv. 37, 18, 10:
quae curando vulneri opus sunt,
id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:
ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,
id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—
(β).
With abl.:
magistratibus opus est,
there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
viro et gubernatore opus est,
Liv. 24, 8:
opus est auctoritate tuā,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:
non longis opus est ambagibus,
Ov. M. 4, 475:
nunc opus est leviore lyrā,
id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):
responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,
Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:
maturato opus est,
there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:
erat nihil cur properato opus esset,
of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:
ita dictu opus est,
it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:
quod scitu opus est,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—
(γ).
With gen.:
ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,
Liv. 22, 51:
quanti argenti opus fuit,
id. 23, 31.—
(δ).
With acc. (ante-class.):
puero opus est cibum,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
(ε).
With inf.:
quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?
Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:
quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),
Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—
(ζ).
With acc. and inf.:
nunc opus est te animo valere,
Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
(η).
With ut:
opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—
(θ).
With subj. alone:
non est opus affingas aliquid,
Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
(ι).
Absol.:
sic opus est,
Ov. M. 1, 279.—
2.
Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:
atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,
Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—
B.
Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:
non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,
Diom. 301 P.
2.
Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
II.
Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:
sinus,
Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:
Philodamus,
of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

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8 Opus

1.
ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., work, labor (cf.:
labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,
in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:
menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:
oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,
id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Work, art, workmanship:
naturā et opere munitus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
2.
Of agricultural labor:
opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,
Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:
grave Martis opus,
Verg. A. 8, 515.—
3.
Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
4.
Of literary labor:
(Graeci) opus quaerunt,
seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
5.
In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
II.
Transf., a work that has been done or made.
A.
A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:
nondum opere castrorum perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,
opere perfecto,
id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:
Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,
Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:
operibus Toletum cepit,
Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—
B.
Any result of labor.
1.
Of public works, esp. buildings:
aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,
Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:
de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,
Suet. Tib. 30:
opera, templum theatrumque,
id. Calig. 21; cf.
of an aqueduct, etc.,
id. Claud. 20:
in titulis operum,
in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —
2.
Of writings, a work, book:
habeo opus magnum in manibus,
Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:
an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,
id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:
quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—
3.
Of a work of art:
quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:
hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,
of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §
32: haec omnia antiquo opere,
id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
C.
In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:
miserum'st opus,
Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:
ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,
Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:
opus meae hastae,
Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—
D.
Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
1.
A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
2.
Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—
III.
Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
A.
Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:
ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,
Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.
(α).
With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:
materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,
Cato, R. R. 14, 3:
minus multi opus sunt boves,
Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:
maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:
dux nobis et auctor opus est,
Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:
hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,
id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:
ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:
si quid opus erit in sumptum,
id. Att. 5, 8, 2:
parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,
Liv. 37, 18, 10:
quae curando vulneri opus sunt,
id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:
ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,
id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—
(β).
With abl.:
magistratibus opus est,
there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
viro et gubernatore opus est,
Liv. 24, 8:
opus est auctoritate tuā,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:
non longis opus est ambagibus,
Ov. M. 4, 475:
nunc opus est leviore lyrā,
id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):
responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,
Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:
maturato opus est,
there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:
erat nihil cur properato opus esset,
of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:
ita dictu opus est,
it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:
quod scitu opus est,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—
(γ).
With gen.:
ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,
Liv. 22, 51:
quanti argenti opus fuit,
id. 23, 31.—
(δ).
With acc. (ante-class.):
puero opus est cibum,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
(ε).
With inf.:
quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?
Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:
quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),
Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—
(ζ).
With acc. and inf.:
nunc opus est te animo valere,
Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
(η).
With ut:
opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—
(θ).
With subj. alone:
non est opus affingas aliquid,
Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
(ι).
Absol.:
sic opus est,
Ov. M. 1, 279.—
2.
Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:
atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,
Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—
B.
Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:
non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,
Diom. 301 P.
2.
Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
II.
Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:
sinus,
Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:
Philodamus,
of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Opus
9 opus

1.
ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., work, labor (cf.:
labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,
in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:
menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:
oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,
id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Work, art, workmanship:
naturā et opere munitus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
2.
Of agricultural labor:
opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,
Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:
grave Martis opus,
Verg. A. 8, 515.—
3.
Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
4.
Of literary labor:
(Graeci) opus quaerunt,
seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
5.
In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
II.
Transf., a work that has been done or made.
A.
A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:
nondum opere castrorum perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,
opere perfecto,
id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:
Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,
Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:
operibus Toletum cepit,
Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—
B.
Any result of labor.
1.
Of public works, esp. buildings:
aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,
Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:
de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,
Suet. Tib. 30:
opera, templum theatrumque,
id. Calig. 21; cf.
of an aqueduct, etc.,
id. Claud. 20:
in titulis operum,
in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —
2.
Of writings, a work, book:
habeo opus magnum in manibus,
Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:
an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,
id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:
quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—
3.
Of a work of art:
quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:
hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,
of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §
32: haec omnia antiquo opere,
id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
C.
In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:
miserum'st opus,
Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:
ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,
Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:
opus meae hastae,
Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—
D.
Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
1.
A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
2.
Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—
III.
Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
A.
Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:
ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,
Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.
(α).
With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:
materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,
Cato, R. R. 14, 3:
minus multi opus sunt boves,
Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:
maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:
dux nobis et auctor opus est,
Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:
hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,
id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:
ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:
si quid opus erit in sumptum,
id. Att. 5, 8, 2:
parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,
Liv. 37, 18, 10:
quae curando vulneri opus sunt,
id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:
ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,
id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—
(β).
With abl.:
magistratibus opus est,
there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
viro et gubernatore opus est,
Liv. 24, 8:
opus est auctoritate tuā,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:
non longis opus est ambagibus,
Ov. M. 4, 475:
nunc opus est leviore lyrā,
id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):
responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,
Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:
maturato opus est,
there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:
erat nihil cur properato opus esset,
of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:
ita dictu opus est,
it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:
quod scitu opus est,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—
(γ).
With gen.:
ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,
Liv. 22, 51:
quanti argenti opus fuit,
id. 23, 31.—
(δ).
With acc. (ante-class.):
puero opus est cibum,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
(ε).
With inf.:
quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?
Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:
quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),
Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—
(ζ).
With acc. and inf.:
nunc opus est te animo valere,
Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
(η).
With ut:
opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—
(θ).
With subj. alone:
non est opus affingas aliquid,
Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
(ι).
Absol.:
sic opus est,
Ov. M. 1, 279.—
2.
Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:
atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,
Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—
B.
Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:
non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,
Diom. 301 P.
2.
Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
II.
Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:
sinus,
Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:
Philodamus,
of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > opus
10 res

rēs, rei (rēi with e long; gen., Lucr. 2, 112; 548; 6, 918; dat., id. 1, 688; 2, 236; rei, gen., monosyl. at the end of the verse, Lucr. 3, 918;
and in the middle of the verse,
id. 4, 885, and Poët. ap. Lact. 6, 6), f. [ etym. dub.; perh. root ra- of reor, ratus; cf. Germ. Ding; Engl. thing, from denken, to think; prop., that which is thought of; cf. also logos, Lid. and Scott, 9], a thing, object, being; a matter, affair, event, fact, circumstance, occurrence, deed, condition, case, etc.; and sometimes merely = something (cf.: causa, ratio, negotium).
I.
In gen.:
unde initum primum capiat res quaeque movendi,
Lucr. 1, 383; cf. id. 1, 536:
in partes res quaeque minutas Distrahitur,
id. 2, 826: summe Sol, qui omnes res inspicis, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Trag. v. 321 Vahl.):
versus, quos ego de Rerum Naturā pangere conor,
Lucr. 1, 25; cf. id. 1, 126; 5, 54:
rerum natura creatrix,
id. 2, 1117:
divinarum humanarumque rerum, tum initiorum causarumque cujusque rei cognitio,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7 (v. divinus):
haeret haec res,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 182:
profecto, ut loquor, ita res est,
id. ib. 2, 1, 19:
haud mentior, resque uti facta dico,
id. ib. 2, 1, 23:
de Alcumenā ut rem teneatis rectius,
id. ib. prol. 110:
in tantis rebus (sc. in re publicā defendendā),
Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:
quo Averna vocantur nomine, id ab re Impositum est, quia sunt avibus contraria cunctis,
from the nature of the thing, Lucr. 6, 740; cf. id. 6, 424; Liv. 1, 17:
si res postulabit,
the condition of the case, Cic. Lael. 13, 44: scaena rei totius haec, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3:
fugam in se nemo convertitur Nec recedit loco, quin statim rem gerat,
does his duty, stands his ground, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 84; so, res gerere, v. gero; hence, too, rerum scriptor, for a historian, v. scriptor, and cf. II. H. infra.—
B.
With adj. of quality, to express condition, etc.:
illic homo a me sibi malam rem arcessit,
is bringing a bad business on himself, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 171; so,
res mala,
a wretched condition, Sall. C. 20, 13; and more freq. in plur.:
bonis tuis rebus meas res irrides malas,
circumstances, condition, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45; id. Rud. 3, 3, 12:
res secundae,
good fortune, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30; cf. Liv. 3, 9:
res prosperae,
Nep. Dion, 6, 1; id. Eum. 5, 1:
in secundissimis rebus,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 91:
adversae res,
id. ib. 1, 26, 90; Hor. S. 2, 2, 136; 2, 8, 73:
res belli adversae,
Liv. 10, 6:
res dubiae,
Sall. C. 10, 2; 39, 3; Liv. 2, 50; 7, 30;
v. bonus, florens, salvus, adversus, dubius, novus, arduus, etc.— Freq. in curses, etc.: in malam rem,
go to the bad, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 37; id. And. 2, 1, 17:
malam rem hinc ibis?
id. Eun. 3, 3, 30.—
C.
With an adj. in a periphrasis:
abhorrens ab re uxoriā,
matrimony, Ter. And. 5, 1, 10:
in arbitrio rei uxoriae,
dowry, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 61:
rem divinam nisi compitalibus... ne faciat,
a religious act, act of worship, a sacrifice, Cato, R. R. 5, 4:
bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt,
Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76; Hor. C. 4, 3, 6:
erat ei pecuaria res ampla et rustica,
Cic. Quint. 3, 12: res rustica, agriculture:
rei rusticae libro primo,
Col. 11, 1, 2; id. 1, praef. §
19: liber, quem de rebus rusticis scripsi,
Cic. Sen. 15, 54:
navalis rei certamina,
naval battles, Amm. 26, 3, 5:
res militaris,
Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2:
rei militaris gloria,
id. Mur. 9, 22; Nep. Milt. 8, 4:
res frumentaria,
forage, Caes. B. C. 3, 16; id. B. G. 1, 23; 4, 7:
armatae rei scientissimus,
Amm. 25, 4, 7:
peritus aquariae rei,
id. 28, 2, 2:
res judicaria,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31:
res ludicra,
play, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180:
uti rebus veneriis,
Cic. Sen. 14, 47; Nep. Alc. 11, 4:
res Veneris,
Lucr. 2, 173; Ov. R. Am. 431; v. also familiaris, judiciaria, militaris, navalis, etc., and cf. II. G. infra. —
D.
With pronouns or adjectives, as an emphatic periphrase for the neutr.:
ibi me inclamat Alcumena: jam ea res me horrore afficit,
this now, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16; cf.: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam:
Ea res est,
it is even so, id. As. 1, 1, 40:
de fratre confido ita esse ut semper volui. Multa signa sunt ejus rei,
of it, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 5: quos (melittônas) alii melittotropheia appellant, eandem rem quidam mellaria. Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:
sunt ex te quae scitari volo, Quarum rerum, etc.,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 13; cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 4:
quibus de rebus quoniam nobis contigit ut aliquid essemus consecuti,
Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13:
quā super re interfectum esse Hippotem dixisti? Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. superescit, p. 244: resciscet Amphitruo rem omnem,
every thing, all, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 30:
nulla res tam delirantes homines concinat cito,
nothing, id. Am. 2, 2, 96; cf.:
neque est ulla res, in quā, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12; 1, 5, 9; cf.
also: sumptu ne parcas ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:
magna res principio statim bello,
a great thing, a great advantage, Liv. 31, 23 fin.:
nil admirari prope res est una Solaque, quae, etc.,
the only thing, only means, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 1 et saep. — Emphatically with sup.:
scilicet rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma,
the most beautiful thing in the world, Verg. G. 2, 534; Quint. 1, 12, 16 Spald. p. 81. —
Of persons, etc.: est genus hominum, qui esse primos se omnium rerum volunt,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17:
maxime rerum,
Ov. H. 9, 107; cf.:
maxima rerum Roma,
Verg. A. 7, 602; Ov. M. 13, 508:
fortissima rerum animalia,
id. ib. 12, 502:
pulcherrime rerum,
id. H. 4, 125; id. A. A. 1, 213; id. M. 8, 49:
dulcissime rerum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.—
E.
In adverb. phrases:
e re natā melius fieri haud potuit,
after what has happened, Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 8:
pro re natā,
according to circumstances, Cic. Att. 7, 8, 2; 14, 6, 1:
pro tempore et pro re,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8:
factis benignus pro re,
according to circumstances, Liv. 7, 33, 3; Sall. J. 50, 2:
pro re pauca loquar,
Verg. A. 4, 337; Lucr. 6, 1280:
ex re et ex tempore,
Cic. Fam. 12, 19, 3:
e re respondi,
Cat. 10, 8.
II.
In partic.
A.
Pregn., an actual thing, the thing itself, reality, truth, fact; opposed to appearance, mere talk, the mere name of a thing:
ecastor, re experior, quanti facias uxorem tuam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 10:
desiste dictis nunc jam miseram me consolari: Nisi quid re praesidium apparas, etc.,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 21: rem ipsam loqui. Ter. And. 1, 2, 31:
rem fabulari,
Plaut. Trin 2, 4, 87:
nihil est aliud in re,
in fact, Liv. 10, 8, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:
se ipsa res aperit,
Nep. Paus. 3, 7:
ex re decerpere fructus,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 79;
opp. verbum, vox, opinio, spes, nomen, etc.: rem opinor spectari oportere, non verba,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; cf.: te rogo, ut rem potiorem oratione ducas, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5:
non modo res omnes, sed etiam rumores cognoscamus,
Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1:
qui hos deos non re, sed opinione esse dicunt,
id. N. D. 3, 21, 53:
Peripateticos et Academicos nominibus differentes, re congruentes,
id. Ac. 2, 5, 15:
quod nos honestum, illi vanum... verbis quam re probabilius vocant,
Quint. 3, 8, 22; Sen. Ep. 120, 9:
eum, tametsi verbo non audeat, tamen re ipsā de maleficio suo confiteri,
id. Rosc. Am. 42, 123; cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 15:
vides quantum distet argumentatio tua ab re ipsā atque a veritate,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44. — Hence, abl. sing., often strengthened by verā (sometimes as one word, reverā), in fact, really, in truth, indeed, in reality:
haec ille, si verbis non audet, re quidem verā palam loquitur,
Cic. Quint. 17, 56; so,
re quidem verā,
id. Clu. 19, 54; id. Sest. 7, 15:
re autem verā,
id. Fam. 1, 4, 2;
and simply re verā,
id. Quint. 2, 7; id. Div. 2, 54, 110; id. Balb. 3, 7:
re verāque,
Lucr. 2, 48; cf.:
et re verā,
indeed, in fact, Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1; Liv. 33, 11, 3; 35, 31, 12; 36, 6, 1; Nep. Ages. 2, 3; id. Phoc. 3, 3; Curt. 3, 13, 5; 4, 16, 19; Val. Max. 9, 13, ext. 1; Just. 5, 1, 8; 12, 13, 10; Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 1.—
B.
Effects, substance, property, possessions:
mihi Chrysalus Perdidit filium, me atque rem omnem Meam,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; cf.: Ph. Habuitne rem? Ly. Habuit. Ph. Qui eam perdidit... Mercaturamne an venales habuit, ubi rem perdidit? id. Trin. 2, 2, 49 sq.:
quibus et re salvā et perditā profueram,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 27:
rem talentum decem,
id. Phorm. 2, 3, 46; Juv. 3, 16:
avidior ad rem,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51:
rem facere,
to make money, Cic. Att. 2, 2, 12:
res eos jampridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,
id. Cat. 2, 5, [p. 1576] 10:
qui duo patrimonia accepisset remque praeterea bonis et honestis rationibus auxisset,
id. Rab. Post. 14, 38:
libertino natum patre et in tenui re,
in narrow circumstances, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20 et saep.; v. also familiaris.— In plur.: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.):
privatae res,
Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5.—
2.
Hence, law t. t., whatever may be the subject of a right, whether corporeal or incorporeal (v. Sandars, Introd. to Just. Inst. p. 42 sqq.):
res corporales,
Just. Inst. 2, 2, 1 sq.; Gai. Inst. 2, 12; Dig. 1, 8, 1:
res in patrimonio, res extra patrimonium,
Just. Inst. 2, 1 pr.; Gai. Inst. 2, 1:
res sanctae,
Just. Inst. 2, 1, 10; v. also mancipium, privatus, etc.—
C.
Benefit, profit, advantage, interest, weal:
res magis quaeritur, quam, etc.,
Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 6:
melius illi consulas quam rei tuae,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 98:
haec tuā re feceris,
to your advantage, id. Capt. 2, 2, 46.— Most freq. with the prepositions in, ex, ob, ab, etc.:
quasi istic minor mea res agatur quam tua,
is interested, affected, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113 (v. ago):
si in rem tuam esse videatur,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 2:
vide si hoc in rem deputas,
id. ib. 3, 3, 19:
quod in rem recte conducat tuam,
id. Capt. 2, 3, 26:
si in remst utrique,
Ter. And. 3, 3, 14:
quid mihi melius est, quid magis in rem est, quam? etc.,
useful, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 1:
tamen in rem fore credens universos adpellare,
Sall. C. 20, 1:
omnia quae in rem videbantur esse,
Curt. 6, 2, 21:
ad conparanda ea quae in rem erant,
Liv. 30, 4, 6:
imperat quae in rem sunt,
id. 26, 44, 7; 22, 3, 2:
ex tuā re non est, ut ego emoriar,
for your advantage, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 102: An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, to the purpose, with advantage, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 41: ob rem facere, usefully, with advantage or profit, Sall. J. 31, 5: subdole blanditur, ab re Consulit blandiloquentulus, contrary to his interest, i. e. to his injury, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 12 Brix ad loc.:
haud id est ab re aucupis,
id. As. 1, 3, 71:
haec haud ab re duxi referre,
Liv. 8, 11, 1:
non ab re esse Quinctio visum est interesse, etc.,
id. 35, 32, 6; Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57; Suet. Aug. 94; Gell. 18, 4, 6; 1, 26, 4; Macr. S. 1, 4, 19.—
D.
Cause, reason, ground, account; only in the connection eā (hac) re, and eam ob rem, adverb., therefore, on that account:
eā re tot res sunt, ubi bene deicias,
Cato, R. R. 158, 2:
hac re nequeunt ex omnibus omnia gigni, Quod, etc.,
Lucr. 1, 172; cf.:
illud eā re a se esse concessum, quod, etc.,
Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 111:
patrem exoravi, tibi ne noceat, neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 39; cf.:
quoi rei?
for what purpose? id. As. 3, 2, 43; id. Poen. 2, 3, 3.—Hence (by uniting into one word) the causal adverbs quare and quamobrem, v. h. vv.—
E.
An affair, matter of business, business:
cum et de societate inter se multa communicarent et de totā illā ratione atque re Gallicanā,
Cic. Quint. 4, 15:
rem cum aliquo transigere,
id. Clu. 13, 39. —
Hence, transf., in gen.: res alicui est cum aliquo,
to have to do with any one, Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Sest. 16, 37; id. Fam. 9, 20, 2; Caes. B. G. 7, 77; cf.:
famigeratori res sit cum damno et malo,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 182 Brix ad loc.— Also without a dat.:
quoniam cum senatore res est,
Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 3;
esp., in mal. part.: rem habere cum aliquo or aliquā,
to have to do with any one, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 35; id. Merc. 3, 1, 37; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 39; 58. —Ellipt.:
jam biennium est, quom mecum rem coepit,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 15. —
F.
A case in law, a lawsuit, cause, suit (more gen. than causa):
ubi res prolatae sunt,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 10:
res agi,
id. Men. 4, 2, 19; id. Aul. 3, 4, 13:
quibus res erat in controversiā, ea vocabatur lis,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 93; cf.
(prob. in allusion to this legal form): tot homines... statuere non potuisse, utrum diem tertium an perendinum... rem an litem dici oporteret,
Cic. Mur. 12, 27; cf.
also: quarum rerum litium causarum condixit pater patratus, etc., an ancient formula,
Liv. 1, 32:
de rebus ab aliquo cognitis judicatisque dicere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118:
pecunias capere ob rem judicandam,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
si res certabitur olim,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 27; 1, 10, 15; 1, 9, 41; id. Ep. 1, 16, 43:
tractu temporis futurum, ut res pereat,
Dig. 3, 3, 12:
rem differre,
ib. 43, 30, 3: res judicata dicitur, quae finem controversiarum pronuntiatione judicis accipit, ib. 42, 1, 1 et saep.—
G.
An affair, esp. a battle, campaign, military operations; in phrase rem (or res) gerere:
res gesta virtute,
Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 66:
ut res gesta est ordine narrare,
Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 3:
his rebus gestis,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8:
res gerere,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
rem bene gerere,
id. ib. 1, 8, 1; Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 13:
comminus rem gerunt,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44:
res gestae,
Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 7; 2, 1, 251:
adversus duos simul rem gerere,
Liv. 21, 60:
rem male gerere,
Nep. Them. 3, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 74:
in relatione rerum ab Scythis gestarum,
Just. 2, 1, 1; cf.:
rem agere,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 4; id. A. P. 82:
ante rem,
before the battle, Liv. 4, 40:
cum Thebanis sibi rem esse existimant,
Nep. Pel. 1, 3; Cic. Sest. 16, 37.—
H.
Acts, events, as the subject of narration, a story, history:
res in unam sententiam scripta,
Auct. Her. 1, 12, 20:
cui lecta potenter erit res,
Hor. A. P. 40; id. S. 1, 10, 57; id. Ep. 1, 19, 29:
in medias res auditorem rapere,
id. A. P. 148; 310:
agitur res in scaenis,
id. ib. 179; cf.:
numeros animosque secutus, non res,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 25; Phaedr. 5, 1, 12:
sicut in rebus ejus (Neronis) exposuimus,
Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199:
litterae, quibus non modo res omnis, sed etiam rumores cognoscamus,
Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1:
res populi Romani perscribere, Liv. praef. § 1: res Persicae,
history, Nep. Con. 5, 4; id. Cat. 3, 2.—
K.
Res publica, also as one word, respublica, the common weal, a commonwealth, state, republic (cf. civitas); also, civil affairs, administration, or power, etc.: qui pro republicā, non pro suā obsonat, Cato ap. Ruf. 18, p. 210; cf.:
erat tuae virtutis, in minimis tuas res ponere, de re publicā vehementius laborare,
Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 3:
dummodo ista privata sit calamitas et a rei publicae periculis sejungatur,
id. Cat. 1, 9; cf.:
si re publicā non possis frui, stultum est nolle privatā,
id. Fam. 4, 9, 4:
egestates tot egentissimorum hominum nec privatas posse res nec rem publicam sustinere,
id. Att. 9, 7, 5 (v. publicus); Cato ap. Gell. 10, 14, 3: auguratum est, rem Romanam publicam summam fore, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:
quo utiliores rebus suis publicis essent,
Cic. Off. 1, 44, 155:
commutata ratio est rei totius publicae,
id. Att. 1, 8, 4: pro republicā niti, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 fin.:
merere de republicā,
Plaut. Am. prol. 40:
de re publicā disputatio... dubitationem ad rem publicam adeundi tollere, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
oppugnare rem publicam,
id. Cael. 1, 1; id. Har. Resp. 8, 15; id. Sest. 23, 52:
paene victā re publicā,
id. Fam. 12, 13, 1:
delere rem publicam,
id. Sest. 15, 33; Lact. 6, 18, 28.—Esp. in the phrase e re publicā, for the good of the State, for the public benefit:
senatūs consultis bene et e re publicā factis,
Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30:
ea si dicam non esse e re publicā dividi,
id. Fam. 13, 8, 2; id. Mil. 5, 14; Liv. 8, 4, 12; 25, 7, 4; 34, 34, 9; Suet. Rhet. 1 init. —Post-class. and rare, also ex republicā, Gell. 6, 3, 47; 11, 9, 1;
but exque is used for euphony (class.): id eum recte atque ordine exque re publicā fecisse,
Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 38; 5, 13, 36; 10, 11, 26.— In plur.:
eae nationes respublicas suas amiserunt, C. Gracch. ap. Fest. s. h. v. p. 286 Müll.: hoc loquor de tribus his generibus rerum publicarum,
Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:
circuitus in rebus publicis commutationum,
id. ib. 1, 29, 45 et saep.—
2.
Sometimes simply res, the State (in the poets, and since the Aug. per. in prose): unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84 (Ann. v. 313 Vahl.):
hic (Marcellus) rem Romanam sistet,
Verg. A. 6, 858; cf.:
nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse,
Liv. 21, 16; 1, 28:
parva ista non contemnendo majores nostri maximam hanc rem fecerunt,
id. 6, 41 fin.:
Romana,
Hor. C. S. 66; id. Ep. 1, 12, 25; Ov. M. 14, 809; Sall. C. 6, 3; cf.:
ut paulo ante animum inter Fidenatem Romanamque rem ancipitem gessisti,
Liv. 1, 28 fin.:
Albana,
id. 1, 6.— In plur.:
res Asiae evertere,
Verg. A. 3, 1:
custode rerum Caesare,
Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; cf.:
res sine discordiā translatae,
Tac. H. 1, 29; so (also in Cic.), rerum potiri, v. potior. —
L.
Res novae, political changes, a revolution, etc.; v. novus.

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11 Gratia

grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus; lit., favor, both that in which one stands with others and that which one shows to others].
I.
(Acc. to gratus, I.) Favor which one finds with others, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship (syn. favor):
pluris pauciorum gratiam faciunt pars hominum quam id quod prosint pluribus,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12:
perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 68:
ut majores ejus (Plancii) summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenuerint et dignitatis et gratiae,
Cic. Planc. 13, 32; cf.:
Sex. Roscius gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:
deinde si maxime talis est deus, ut nulla gratia, nulla hominum caritate teneatur, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 124:
neque quo Cn. Pompeii gratiam mihi per hanc causam conciliari putem,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70; cf.:
aliquem restituere in gratiam,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23:
aliquem restituere in ejus veterem gratiam,
id. Att. 1, 3, 3:
in gratiam reducere,
id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; cf.
also: cum aliquo in gratiam redire,
to reconcile one's self with one, id. Att. 1, 14, 7; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1; id. Thras. 3 fin.; id. Dat. 8, 5 al.:
alicujus gratiam sequi,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3; cf.:
si suam gratiam Romani velint, posse eis utiles esse amicos,
id. B. G. 4, 7, 4:
ab aliquo inire gratiam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 113:
a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam,
id. Att. 7, 9, 3:
magnam inire gratiam,
id. Fin. 4, 12, 31:
quantam eo facto ad plebem inierat gratiam,
Liv. 33, 46, 7:
apud regem gratiam initam volebant,
id. 36, 5, 3:
at te apud eum, dii boni, quanta in gratia posui!
Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6 fin.;
with a different construction: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam (Ern. conj. in gratia),
Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3:
cum aliquo in laude et in gratia esse,
id. Verr. 1, 17, 51; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:
inter vos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17 Ruhnk.:
plerique (in divortio) cum bona gratia discedunt,
Dig. 24, 1, 32, § 10;
without bona: cum istuc quod postulo impetro cum gratia,
with a good grace, Ter. And. 2, 5, 11:
omnia quae potui in hac summa tua gratia ac potentia a te impetrare,
credit, influence, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; cf.:
Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 4; 1, 43, 8:
gratiā plurimum posse,
id. ib. 1, 9, 3; 1, 20, 2; cf.:
quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valent,
id. ib. 7, 63, 1:
gratiā valere,
id. B. C. 2, 44, 1:
inproba quamvis Gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,
Juv. 13, 4:
quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat,
Liv. 40, 59, 1.—In plur.:
L. Murenae provincia multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione attulit,
tokens of favor, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:
cum haec res plurimas gratias, firmissimas amicitias pariat,
id. ib. 11, 24:
non hominum potentium studio, non excellentibus gratiis paucorum, sed universi populi Romani judicio consulem factum,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 7.—
B.
Transf., objectively, like the Gr. charis, agreeableness, pleasantness, charm, beauty, loveliness, grace (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
esp. freq. in Quint.): gratia formae,
Ov. M. 7, 44; Suet. Tit. 3:
corporis,
id. Vit. 3; id. Vit. Ter. 1; Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:
quid ille gratiae in vultu ostenderit,
Quint. 6 prooem. § 7; cf. id. 6, 3, 26:
unica nec desit jocundis gratia verbis,
charm, Prop. 1, 2, 29; cf.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13, 127:
plenus est jucunditatis et gratiae (Horatius),
Quint. 10, 1, 96:
sermonis Attici,
id. ib. 65;
12, 10, 35: dicendi,
id. 9, 3, 74:
brevitatis novitatisque,
id. ib. 58:
omnis bene scriptorum,
id. 11, 2, 46 et saep.; Cels. 4, 29 med.:
uvis et vinis gratiam affert fumus fabrilis,
Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 17, 9, 6, § 53. —Hence,
2.
As a nom. propr.: Grātiae, ārum, f., a transl. of the Gr. Charites, the goddesses of favor, loveliness, grace, etc., the three Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720; Hor. C. 1, 4, 6; 1, 30, 6; 3, 19, 16; 3, 21, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 82.—In sing.: Grātia, ae, collect., Ov. M. 6, 429.
II.
Favor which one shows to another, mark of favor, kindness, courtesy, service, obligation.
A.
In gen. (rare): ita mihi Telamonis patris, avi Aeaci et proavi Jovis grata est gratia, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 23 (Trag. v. 367 Vahl.):
ergo ab eo petito gratiam istam,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 63; cf.:
gratiam a patre si petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 23:
petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 189; cf.:
quod beneficii gratiaeque causa concessit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 48 fin.:
hanc gratiam ut sibi des,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 30:
juris jurandi volo gratiam facias,
excuse, release, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 59; cf.:
alicui delicti gratiam facere,
to grant pardon, forgive, Sall. J. 104 fin. Kritz.:
qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti gratiam fecissem,
id. Cat. 52, 8; cf.
also: quibus senatus belli Lepidani gratiam fecerat,
id. Fragm. 3, 34 Gerl.:
alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis,
to please, for the sake of, Liv. 28, 21, 4; cf.:
deletam urbem cernimus eorum, quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,
id. 28, 39, 12 Drak.:
in gratiam alicujus,
id. 35, 2, 6; 39, 26, 12; Vell. 2, 41, 2; Suet. Tib. 49 al.; cf.
also: data visceratio in praeteritam judicii gratiam,
for the favor shown him on the trial, Liv. 8, 22, 4:
nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla umbrarum,
Juv. 8, 64.—
B.
In partic., a mark of favor shown for a service rendered, thanks (by word or deed), thankfulness, gratitude; acknowledgment, return, requital (the form with agere of returning thanks is the plur., but with habere, referre, debere, nearly always in sing.; but when thanks are due to or rendered by more than one person, the form gratias referre, etc., may be used; v. infra., and cf. Krebs. Antibarb. p. 505):
quae (gratia) in memoria et remuneratione officiorum et honoris et amicitiarum observantiam teneat,
Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66; cf.:
gratia est, in qua amicitiarum et officiorum alterius memoria et remunerandi voluntas continetur,
id. ib. 2, 53, 161:
immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam: nam relaturum me affirmare non possum,
id. Fam. 10, 11, 1; cf.:
renuntiate, gratias regi me agere: referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse, quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37, 8 (v. ago):
dīs gratias agere... si referre studeant gratias,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26 sq.:
L. Lucceius meus, homo omnium gratissimus, mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, cum diceret, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1:
eique amplissimis verbis per senatus consultum gratias egimus,
id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:
Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter,
id. Fam. 1, 10:
justissimas gratias agere,
id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:
quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, etc.,
id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:
nunc tecum sic agam, tulisse ut potius injuriam, quam retulisse gratiam videar,
to have made a return, requital, recompense, id. Sull. 16, 47 fin.:
magno meo beneficio affecti cumulatissime mihi gratiam retulerunt,
id. Fam. 13, 4, 1:
praeclaram vero populo Romano refers gratiam,
id. Cat. 1, 11, 28:
ut pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores eis habeantur gratiaeque referantur,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 39; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 25:
me omnibus, si minus referenda gratia satisfacere potuerim, at praedicanda et habenda certe satis esse facturum,
if I cannot requite... I can extol, id. Balb. 1, 2; cf.: nimirum inops ille, si bonus est vir, etiam si referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest. Commode autem quicumque dixit, pecuniam qui habeat, non reddidisse; qui reddiderit, non habere: gratiam autem et qui retulerit, habere et qui habeat retulisse, id. Off. 2, 20, 69; id. Planc. 28, 68; cf. id. ib. 42, 101; id. Fam. 5, 11, 1:
gratias habere,
Liv. 24, 37, 7:
alicui summas gratias habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 33:
alicui maximas infinitasque agere atque habere gratias, quod, etc.,
Vitr. 6 praef. 4:
merito vestro maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:
meritam dīs immortalibus gratiam justis honoribus et memori mente persolvere,
id. Planc. 33, 80:
pro beneficio gratiam repetere,
Liv. 1, 47, 7:
gratias ob hoc agere, quod, etc.,
Liv. 54, 50, 4; so with ob, Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 21; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 9:
pro tuo summo beneficio gratias agere,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; Liv. 23, 11, 12; Plin, Pan. 25, 1; cf. Gell. 9, 3, 5:
dum carmine nostro Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,
Tib. 2, 1, 36; cf.:
hoc certe justitiae convenit suum cuique reddere, beneficio gratiam, injuriae talionem aut certe malam gratiam,
Sen. Ep. 81 med.;
rarely: in gratiam habere (=ita accipere, ut ad gratiam comparandam valere putet),
to accept as thankworthy, Sall. J. 111, 1:
unum vis curem: curo. Et est dīs gratia, Cum ita, ut volo, est,
I thank, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 58; cf.: Er. Eamus intro, ut prandeamus. Me. Bene vocas: tam gratia est, no, I'm much obliged to you (the negative being omitted, as in the Fr. je vous remercie, and the Germ. ich danke sehr), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36.—Ellipt.: fores effregit? restituentur;
discidit Vestem? resarcietur: est, dīs gratia, Et unde haec fiant, et adhuc non molesta sunt,
thank Heaven, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41.—With acc. and inf. (anteclass. and post-Aug.):
dīs gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari, etc.,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 4, 64; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 4; id. And. 1, 1, 15.—Hence, as adverbs:
A.
grātĭā (acc. to II. A.), lit., in favor of, on account of, for the sake of; hence, in gen., on account of (usually placed after the gen., in Quint. a few times before it; cf.: causa, ergo).
(α).
With gen.:
sed neque longioribus quam oportet hyperbatis compositioni serviamus, ne quae ejus gratia fecerimus, propter eam fecisse videamur,
lest what we have done to embellish the style we should seem to have done merely on account of the construction we had chosen, Quint. 9, 4, 144:
tantum abest, ut haec bestiarum etiam causa parata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.); cf.:
honoris gratia nomino,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:
nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta omnia,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 17:
simulabat sese negotii gratia properare,
Sall. J. 76, 1: hominem occisum esse constat;
non praedae gratia: quia inspoliatus est,
Quint. 7, 1, 33; cf.:
hereditatis gratia,
id. 5, 12, 5:
quem censores senatu probri gratia moverant,
Sall. C. 23, 1:
profectus gratia dicere,
Quint. 2, 10, 9:
brevitatis gratia,
id. 4, 2, 43:
decoris gratia,
id. 8, 6, 65:
difficultatis gratia,
id. 9, 2, 77:
aut invidiae gratia... aut miserationis,
id. 9, 2, 8:
praesentis gratia litis,
id. 2, 7, 4 al. —With gerund.: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):
ut aut voluptates omittantur majorum voluptatum adipiscendarum causa, aut dolores suscipiantur majorum dolorum effugiendorum gratia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 2:
tentandi gratia,
Sall. J. 47, 2:
hiemandi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 3:
colloquendi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 4:
placandi gratia,
id. ib. 71, 5:
simulandi gratia,
id. ib. 37, 4:
sui exposcendi gratia,
Nep. Hann. 7, 6:
amplificandi gratia... vel miserandi,
Quint. 9, 3, 28:
elevandae invidiae gratia,
id. 5, 13, 40:
recuperandae dignitatis gratia,
id. 11, 1, 79:
vitandae similitudinis gratia,
id. 9, 1, 11 al. —Ellipt.: ejus generis hae sunt quaestiones. Si, exempli gratia, vir bonus Alexandria Rhodum magnum frumenti numerum advexerit, etc., for example, for instance (for the usual exempli causa; so,
verbi gratia, for verbi causa, infra),
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50; so,
exempli gratia,
Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110;
for which in full: pauca tamen exempli gratia ponam,
Quint. 6, 5, 6:
eorum unam discordiam ponemus exempli gratia,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 213:
propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratia propter voluptatem,
for instance, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—Placed before the [p. 826] gen.:
gratiā decoris,
Quint. 8 praef. §
18: compositionis,
id. 9, 4, 58:
lenitatis,
id. 9, 4, 144:
significationis,
id. 8, 6, 2.—
(β).
With pron. (mostly ante-class.):
meā gratiā,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3:
qui nihil ocius venit tamen hac gratia,
id. Stich. 5, 1, 5; cf.:
abire istac gratia,
id. Ps. 1, 5, 138: (Medea) per agros passim dispergit corpus: id eā gratiā, Ut, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67; so,
eā gratiā,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 20; id. Hec. 4, 3, 11:
sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 79:
id ea gratia eveniebat, quod nemo ex fuga regem sequitur,
Sall. J. 54, 4:
id ea gratia facilius fuit, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 80, 4.—
B.
grā-tĭīs (always as a trisyll. in ante-class. poets; Pompon. Com. Fragm. v. 110 Rib.; Plaut. As. prol. 5; id. Ep. 3, 4, 38; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Charis. p. 1806; so in Cic. Verr. 2, 4 and 5 Halm), and contr., grātīs (since the class. per.; acc. to II. A.), lit., out of favor or kindness; hence, pregn., without recompense or reward, for nothing, gratuitously, gratis, proika (cf.:
gratuito, nequidquam, frustra): quae (psaltria) quantum potest Aliquo abicienda est, si non pretio, at gratiis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 46:
si mihi dantur duo talenta argenti numerata in manum, Hanc tibi noctem honoris causa gratiis dono dabo,
id. As. 1, 3, 38 sq.:
quam introduxistis fidicinam, atque etiam fides, Ei quae accessere, tibi addam dono gratiis,
into the bargain, to boot, id. Ep. 3, 4, 38:
quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video,
Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118:
hic primum questus est non leviter Saturius, communem factum esse gratis cum Roscio, qui pretio proprius fuisset Fanni,
id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:
gratis dare alicui (opp. pretium accipere ab aliquo),
Mart. 14, 175, 2:
id me scis antea gratis tibi esse pollicitum. Quid nunc putas, tanta mihi abs te mercede proposita?
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7:
gratis rei publicae servire,
id. Clu. 26, 71:
tantum gratis pagina nostra placet,
Mart. 5, 16, 10:
virtutes omnes per se ipsas gratis diligere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 83.—Opp. for payment:
is repente, ut Romam venit, gratis praetor factus est. Alia porro pecunia ne accusaretur data,
Cic. Verr. 1, 39, 101; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 19, §
48: habitent gratis in alieno?
id. Off. 2, 23, 83; so,
habitare in aedibus alienis,
Dig. 39, 5, 9:
habitationem cui dare,
free of cost, ib. 19, 2, 53, § 2; Mart. 10, 3, 11.

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12 gratia

grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus; lit., favor, both that in which one stands with others and that which one shows to others].
I.
(Acc. to gratus, I.) Favor which one finds with others, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship (syn. favor):
pluris pauciorum gratiam faciunt pars hominum quam id quod prosint pluribus,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12:
perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 68:
ut majores ejus (Plancii) summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenuerint et dignitatis et gratiae,
Cic. Planc. 13, 32; cf.:
Sex. Roscius gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:
deinde si maxime talis est deus, ut nulla gratia, nulla hominum caritate teneatur, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 124:
neque quo Cn. Pompeii gratiam mihi per hanc causam conciliari putem,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70; cf.:
aliquem restituere in gratiam,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23:
aliquem restituere in ejus veterem gratiam,
id. Att. 1, 3, 3:
in gratiam reducere,
id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; cf.
also: cum aliquo in gratiam redire,
to reconcile one's self with one, id. Att. 1, 14, 7; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1; id. Thras. 3 fin.; id. Dat. 8, 5 al.:
alicujus gratiam sequi,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3; cf.:
si suam gratiam Romani velint, posse eis utiles esse amicos,
id. B. G. 4, 7, 4:
ab aliquo inire gratiam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 113:
a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam,
id. Att. 7, 9, 3:
magnam inire gratiam,
id. Fin. 4, 12, 31:
quantam eo facto ad plebem inierat gratiam,
Liv. 33, 46, 7:
apud regem gratiam initam volebant,
id. 36, 5, 3:
at te apud eum, dii boni, quanta in gratia posui!
Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6 fin.;
with a different construction: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam (Ern. conj. in gratia),
Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3:
cum aliquo in laude et in gratia esse,
id. Verr. 1, 17, 51; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:
inter vos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17 Ruhnk.:
plerique (in divortio) cum bona gratia discedunt,
Dig. 24, 1, 32, § 10;
without bona: cum istuc quod postulo impetro cum gratia,
with a good grace, Ter. And. 2, 5, 11:
omnia quae potui in hac summa tua gratia ac potentia a te impetrare,
credit, influence, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; cf.:
Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 4; 1, 43, 8:
gratiā plurimum posse,
id. ib. 1, 9, 3; 1, 20, 2; cf.:
quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valent,
id. ib. 7, 63, 1:
gratiā valere,
id. B. C. 2, 44, 1:
inproba quamvis Gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,
Juv. 13, 4:
quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat,
Liv. 40, 59, 1.—In plur.:
L. Murenae provincia multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione attulit,
tokens of favor, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:
cum haec res plurimas gratias, firmissimas amicitias pariat,
id. ib. 11, 24:
non hominum potentium studio, non excellentibus gratiis paucorum, sed universi populi Romani judicio consulem factum,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 7.—
B.
Transf., objectively, like the Gr. charis, agreeableness, pleasantness, charm, beauty, loveliness, grace (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
esp. freq. in Quint.): gratia formae,
Ov. M. 7, 44; Suet. Tit. 3:
corporis,
id. Vit. 3; id. Vit. Ter. 1; Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:
quid ille gratiae in vultu ostenderit,
Quint. 6 prooem. § 7; cf. id. 6, 3, 26:
unica nec desit jocundis gratia verbis,
charm, Prop. 1, 2, 29; cf.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13, 127:
plenus est jucunditatis et gratiae (Horatius),
Quint. 10, 1, 96:
sermonis Attici,
id. ib. 65;
12, 10, 35: dicendi,
id. 9, 3, 74:
brevitatis novitatisque,
id. ib. 58:
omnis bene scriptorum,
id. 11, 2, 46 et saep.; Cels. 4, 29 med.:
uvis et vinis gratiam affert fumus fabrilis,
Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 17, 9, 6, § 53. —Hence,
2.
As a nom. propr.: Grātiae, ārum, f., a transl. of the Gr. Charites, the goddesses of favor, loveliness, grace, etc., the three Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720; Hor. C. 1, 4, 6; 1, 30, 6; 3, 19, 16; 3, 21, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 82.—In sing.: Grātia, ae, collect., Ov. M. 6, 429.
II.
Favor which one shows to another, mark of favor, kindness, courtesy, service, obligation.
A.
In gen. (rare): ita mihi Telamonis patris, avi Aeaci et proavi Jovis grata est gratia, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 23 (Trag. v. 367 Vahl.):
ergo ab eo petito gratiam istam,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 63; cf.:
gratiam a patre si petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 23:
petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 189; cf.:
quod beneficii gratiaeque causa concessit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 48 fin.:
hanc gratiam ut sibi des,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 30:
juris jurandi volo gratiam facias,
excuse, release, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 59; cf.:
alicui delicti gratiam facere,
to grant pardon, forgive, Sall. J. 104 fin. Kritz.:
qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti gratiam fecissem,
id. Cat. 52, 8; cf.
also: quibus senatus belli Lepidani gratiam fecerat,
id. Fragm. 3, 34 Gerl.:
alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis,
to please, for the sake of, Liv. 28, 21, 4; cf.:
deletam urbem cernimus eorum, quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,
id. 28, 39, 12 Drak.:
in gratiam alicujus,
id. 35, 2, 6; 39, 26, 12; Vell. 2, 41, 2; Suet. Tib. 49 al.; cf.
also: data visceratio in praeteritam judicii gratiam,
for the favor shown him on the trial, Liv. 8, 22, 4:
nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla umbrarum,
Juv. 8, 64.—
B.
In partic., a mark of favor shown for a service rendered, thanks (by word or deed), thankfulness, gratitude; acknowledgment, return, requital (the form with agere of returning thanks is the plur., but with habere, referre, debere, nearly always in sing.; but when thanks are due to or rendered by more than one person, the form gratias referre, etc., may be used; v. infra., and cf. Krebs. Antibarb. p. 505):
quae (gratia) in memoria et remuneratione officiorum et honoris et amicitiarum observantiam teneat,
Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66; cf.:
gratia est, in qua amicitiarum et officiorum alterius memoria et remunerandi voluntas continetur,
id. ib. 2, 53, 161:
immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam: nam relaturum me affirmare non possum,
id. Fam. 10, 11, 1; cf.:
renuntiate, gratias regi me agere: referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse, quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37, 8 (v. ago):
dīs gratias agere... si referre studeant gratias,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26 sq.:
L. Lucceius meus, homo omnium gratissimus, mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, cum diceret, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1:
eique amplissimis verbis per senatus consultum gratias egimus,
id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:
Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter,
id. Fam. 1, 10:
justissimas gratias agere,
id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:
quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, etc.,
id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:
nunc tecum sic agam, tulisse ut potius injuriam, quam retulisse gratiam videar,
to have made a return, requital, recompense, id. Sull. 16, 47 fin.:
magno meo beneficio affecti cumulatissime mihi gratiam retulerunt,
id. Fam. 13, 4, 1:
praeclaram vero populo Romano refers gratiam,
id. Cat. 1, 11, 28:
ut pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores eis habeantur gratiaeque referantur,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 39; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 25:
me omnibus, si minus referenda gratia satisfacere potuerim, at praedicanda et habenda certe satis esse facturum,
if I cannot requite... I can extol, id. Balb. 1, 2; cf.: nimirum inops ille, si bonus est vir, etiam si referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest. Commode autem quicumque dixit, pecuniam qui habeat, non reddidisse; qui reddiderit, non habere: gratiam autem et qui retulerit, habere et qui habeat retulisse, id. Off. 2, 20, 69; id. Planc. 28, 68; cf. id. ib. 42, 101; id. Fam. 5, 11, 1:
gratias habere,
Liv. 24, 37, 7:
alicui summas gratias habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 33:
alicui maximas infinitasque agere atque habere gratias, quod, etc.,
Vitr. 6 praef. 4:
merito vestro maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:
meritam dīs immortalibus gratiam justis honoribus et memori mente persolvere,
id. Planc. 33, 80:
pro beneficio gratiam repetere,
Liv. 1, 47, 7:
gratias ob hoc agere, quod, etc.,
Liv. 54, 50, 4; so with ob, Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 21; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 9:
pro tuo summo beneficio gratias agere,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; Liv. 23, 11, 12; Plin, Pan. 25, 1; cf. Gell. 9, 3, 5:
dum carmine nostro Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,
Tib. 2, 1, 36; cf.:
hoc certe justitiae convenit suum cuique reddere, beneficio gratiam, injuriae talionem aut certe malam gratiam,
Sen. Ep. 81 med.;
rarely: in gratiam habere (=ita accipere, ut ad gratiam comparandam valere putet),
to accept as thankworthy, Sall. J. 111, 1:
unum vis curem: curo. Et est dīs gratia, Cum ita, ut volo, est,
I thank, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 58; cf.: Er. Eamus intro, ut prandeamus. Me. Bene vocas: tam gratia est, no, I'm much obliged to you (the negative being omitted, as in the Fr. je vous remercie, and the Germ. ich danke sehr), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36.—Ellipt.: fores effregit? restituentur;
discidit Vestem? resarcietur: est, dīs gratia, Et unde haec fiant, et adhuc non molesta sunt,
thank Heaven, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41.—With acc. and inf. (anteclass. and post-Aug.):
dīs gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari, etc.,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 4, 64; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 4; id. And. 1, 1, 15.—Hence, as adverbs:
A.
grātĭā (acc. to II. A.), lit., in favor of, on account of, for the sake of; hence, in gen., on account of (usually placed after the gen., in Quint. a few times before it; cf.: causa, ergo).
(α).
With gen.:
sed neque longioribus quam oportet hyperbatis compositioni serviamus, ne quae ejus gratia fecerimus, propter eam fecisse videamur,
lest what we have done to embellish the style we should seem to have done merely on account of the construction we had chosen, Quint. 9, 4, 144:
tantum abest, ut haec bestiarum etiam causa parata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.); cf.:
honoris gratia nomino,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:
nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta omnia,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 17:
simulabat sese negotii gratia properare,
Sall. J. 76, 1: hominem occisum esse constat;
non praedae gratia: quia inspoliatus est,
Quint. 7, 1, 33; cf.:
hereditatis gratia,
id. 5, 12, 5:
quem censores senatu probri gratia moverant,
Sall. C. 23, 1:
profectus gratia dicere,
Quint. 2, 10, 9:
brevitatis gratia,
id. 4, 2, 43:
decoris gratia,
id. 8, 6, 65:
difficultatis gratia,
id. 9, 2, 77:
aut invidiae gratia... aut miserationis,
id. 9, 2, 8:
praesentis gratia litis,
id. 2, 7, 4 al. —With gerund.: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):
ut aut voluptates omittantur majorum voluptatum adipiscendarum causa, aut dolores suscipiantur majorum dolorum effugiendorum gratia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 2:
tentandi gratia,
Sall. J. 47, 2:
hiemandi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 3:
colloquendi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 4:
placandi gratia,
id. ib. 71, 5:
simulandi gratia,
id. ib. 37, 4:
sui exposcendi gratia,
Nep. Hann. 7, 6:
amplificandi gratia... vel miserandi,
Quint. 9, 3, 28:
elevandae invidiae gratia,
id. 5, 13, 40:
recuperandae dignitatis gratia,
id. 11, 1, 79:
vitandae similitudinis gratia,
id. 9, 1, 11 al. —Ellipt.: ejus generis hae sunt quaestiones. Si, exempli gratia, vir bonus Alexandria Rhodum magnum frumenti numerum advexerit, etc., for example, for instance (for the usual exempli causa; so,
verbi gratia, for verbi causa, infra),
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50; so,
exempli gratia,
Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110;
for which in full: pauca tamen exempli gratia ponam,
Quint. 6, 5, 6:
eorum unam discordiam ponemus exempli gratia,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 213:
propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratia propter voluptatem,
for instance, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—Placed before the [p. 826] gen.:
gratiā decoris,
Quint. 8 praef. §
18: compositionis,
id. 9, 4, 58:
lenitatis,
id. 9, 4, 144:
significationis,
id. 8, 6, 2.—
(β).
With pron. (mostly ante-class.):
meā gratiā,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3:
qui nihil ocius venit tamen hac gratia,
id. Stich. 5, 1, 5; cf.:
abire istac gratia,
id. Ps. 1, 5, 138: (Medea) per agros passim dispergit corpus: id eā gratiā, Ut, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67; so,
eā gratiā,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 20; id. Hec. 4, 3, 11:
sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 79:
id ea gratia eveniebat, quod nemo ex fuga regem sequitur,
Sall. J. 54, 4:
id ea gratia facilius fuit, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 80, 4.—
B.
grā-tĭīs (always as a trisyll. in ante-class. poets; Pompon. Com. Fragm. v. 110 Rib.; Plaut. As. prol. 5; id. Ep. 3, 4, 38; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Charis. p. 1806; so in Cic. Verr. 2, 4 and 5 Halm), and contr., grātīs (since the class. per.; acc. to II. A.), lit., out of favor or kindness; hence, pregn., without recompense or reward, for nothing, gratuitously, gratis, proika (cf.:
gratuito, nequidquam, frustra): quae (psaltria) quantum potest Aliquo abicienda est, si non pretio, at gratiis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 46:
si mihi dantur duo talenta argenti numerata in manum, Hanc tibi noctem honoris causa gratiis dono dabo,
id. As. 1, 3, 38 sq.:
quam introduxistis fidicinam, atque etiam fides, Ei quae accessere, tibi addam dono gratiis,
into the bargain, to boot, id. Ep. 3, 4, 38:
quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video,
Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118:
hic primum questus est non leviter Saturius, communem factum esse gratis cum Roscio, qui pretio proprius fuisset Fanni,
id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:
gratis dare alicui (opp. pretium accipere ab aliquo),
Mart. 14, 175, 2:
id me scis antea gratis tibi esse pollicitum. Quid nunc putas, tanta mihi abs te mercede proposita?
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7:
gratis rei publicae servire,
id. Clu. 26, 71:
tantum gratis pagina nostra placet,
Mart. 5, 16, 10:
virtutes omnes per se ipsas gratis diligere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 83.—Opp. for payment:
is repente, ut Romam venit, gratis praetor factus est. Alia porro pecunia ne accusaretur data,
Cic. Verr. 1, 39, 101; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 19, §
48: habitent gratis in alieno?
id. Off. 2, 23, 83; so,
habitare in aedibus alienis,
Dig. 39, 5, 9:
habitationem cui dare,
free of cost, ib. 19, 2, 53, § 2; Mart. 10, 3, 11.

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