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  • 1 praetexo

    prae-texo, xŭi, xtum, 3, v. a., to weave before or in front, to fringe, edge, border.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet.):

    purpura saepe tuos fulgens praetexit amictus,

    Ov. P. 3, 8, 7:

    glaucas comis praetexere frondes,

    weave around, Val. Fl. 3, 436; Plin. 16, 1, 1, § 4:

    praetexit arundine ripas Mincius,

    Verg. E. 7, 12:

    litora curvae Praetexunt puppes,

    id. A. 6, 5:

    fontem violis, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 249: limina ramis, Rapt. Pros. 2, 320: ripam ulvis,

    Aus. Idyll. 10, 45:

    sicubi odoratas praetexit amaracus umbras,

    spreads over, Col. 10, 297.—In mid. force:

    utraeque nationes Rheno praetexuntur,

    border on the Rhine, Tac. G. 34.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To place before or in front (syn.:

    praetendo, praepono): in his voluminibus auctorum nomina praetexui, Plin. praef. § 21: auctores quos praetexuimus volumini huic,

    id. 18, 25, 57, § 212:

    tibi maximus honor excubare pro templis, postibusque praetexi,

    i. e. that your statues stand before the temples, Plin. Pan. 52.—
    2.
    To border, to furnish, provide, or adorn with any thing: ex primo versu cujusque sententiae primis litteris illius sententiae carmen omne praetexitur, the whole poem is bordered (like an acrostic) with the initial letters from the first verse of every sentence (oracle), Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112: omnia quae aguntur acerrime, lenioribus principiis natura praetexuit, has provided with, etc., id. de Or. 2, 78, 317:

    praetexta quercu domus,

    Ov. F. 4, 953; 5, 567:

    summaque praetexat tenuis fastigia chartae, Indicet ut nomen, littera facta, meum,

    let my name be inscribed upon it, Tib. 3, 1, 11.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To allege as an excuse, to pretend, to assign as a pretext (syn. causor):

    cupiditatem triumphi,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 56:

    nomina speciosa,

    Tac. H. 1, 72.—With acc. and inf.:

    ubicumque ipsi essent, praetexentes esse rempublicam,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3:

    Tigellinus T. Vinii potentia defensus, praetexentis, servatam ab eo filiam,

    Tac. H. 1, 72.—
    B.
    To cover, cloak, conceal, disguise with any thing:

    hoc praetexit nomine culpam,

    Verg. A. 4, 172:

    funera sacris,

    id. ib. 4, 500:

    fraudem blando risu,

    Claud. Ruf. 1, 99.—Hence, praetextus, a, um, P. a., clothed with or wearing the toga praetexta:

    praetextus senatus (for praetextā in dutus),

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 11:

    pubes,

    Aus. Prof. 18, 7.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Toga praetexta, and (post-Aug.) absol.: praetexta, ae, f., the outer garment, bordered with purple, worn at Rome by the higher magistrates and by free-born children till they assumed the toga virilis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36; 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2; Liv. 27, 37; 33, 42; Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 136; 33, 1, 4, § 10 et saep.: praetextā pullā nulli alii licebat uti, quam ei, qui funus faciebat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 236 Müll.—Hence,
    b.
    praetexta, ae, f. (sc. fabula), a tragedy, because celebrated Romans (like Brutus, Decius, Marcellus) were represented in it:

    nostri vestigia Graeca Ausi deserere, et celebrare domestica facta, Vel qui praetextas vel qui docuere togatas,

    Hor. A. P. 286; Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:

    praetextam legere,

    id. ib. 10, 32, 5.—
    2.
    praetextum, i, n.
    a.
    An ornament, as something wrought or fastened in front (post - Aug.):

    pulcherrimum reipublicae praetextum,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 9.—
    b.
    A pretence, [p. 1436] pretext, excuse (post-Aug.; cf.:

    species, simulatio): et praetextum quidem illi civilium armorum hoc fuit: causas autem alias fuisse opinantur,

    Suet. Caes. 30: ad praetextum mutatae voluntatis, under pretext or color of, id. Aug. 12:

    ipse Ravennam devertit praetexto classem alloquendi,

    under pretext, Tac. H. 2, 100:

    praetexto reipublicae,

    id. ib. 3, 80; Sen. Contr. 4, 25, 14.

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  • 2 titulus

        titulus ī, m    [cf. τίω, τιμή], a superscription, inscription, label, title, ticket, bill, placard, notice: aram dedicavit cum rerum gestarum titulo, L.: dant munera templis; Addunt et titulum, titulus breve carmen habebat, O.: signa cum titulo lamnae aëneae inscripto, L.: sepulcri, epitaph, Iu.: Sub titulum nostros misit lares, i. e. at public sale, O.— An honorable appellation, title of honor, glory, name, title. consulatūs: quos si titulus hic (sapientis) delectat: Qui stupit in titulis et imaginibus, H.: titulos annosque tuos numerare, O.— Repute, renown, fame: prioris belli, L.: titulo Spartanae victoriae inflatus, Cu.— An alleged cause, pretence, pretext: non vos pro Graeciae libertate tantum dimicare; quamquam is quoque egregius titulus esset, etc., L.: honestiorem causam libertatis quam servitutis praetexi titulo, i. e. was a more respectable pretext, L.: titulus facinori speciosus praeferebatur, Cu.
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    title (person/book); label; heading; placard/tablet; pretext, ostensible motive; distinction, claim to fame; honor; reputation; inscription; monument (Plater)

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  • 3 causa

    causa (by Cicero, and also a little after him, caussa, Quint. 1, 7, 20; so Fast. Praenest. pp. 321, 322; Inscr. Orell. 3681; 4077; 4698 al.; in Mon. Ancyr. 3, 1 dub.), ae, f. [perh. root cav- of caveo, prop. that which is defended or protected; cf. cura], that by, on account of, or through which any thing takes place or is done; a cause, reason, motive, inducement; also, in gen., an occasion, opportunity (opp. effectis, Quint. 6, 3, 66; 7, 3, 29:

    factis,

    id. 4, 2, 52; 12, 1, 36 al.; very freq. in all periods, and in all kinds of discourse. In its different meanings syn. with ratio, principium, fons, origo, caput; excusatio, defensio; judicium, controversia, lis; partes, actio; condicio, negotium, commodum, al.).
    I.
    In gen.: causa ea est, quae id efficit, cujus est causa; ut vulnus mortis; cruditas morbi;

    ignis ardoris. Itaque non sic causa intellegi debet, ut quod cuique antecedat, id ei causa sit, sed quod cuique efficienter antecedat,

    Cic. Fat. 15, 34:

    justa et magna et perspicua,

    id. Rosc. Am. 14, 40: id. Phil. 2, 22, 53; id. Att. 16, 7, 6:

    sontica causa, v. sonticus.—Followed by a particle of cause: causa, quamobrem, etc.,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 18; id. Eun. 1, 2, 65; id. [p. 304] Heaut. 2, 3, 95; id. Hec. 3, 3, 22; 3, 5, 2; 4, 4, 73; Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 44:

    causa, quare, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

    causa, cur, etc.,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 10; Quint. 11, 3, 16; 2, 3, 11; Hor. C. 1, 16, 19 al.:

    causa quod, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109; id. Phil. 6, 1, 1; Quint. 2, 1, 1; 5, 10, 30 al.:

    ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 7; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 6; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4 al.:

    haud causa quin, etc.,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 4:

    quae causa est quin,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 103:

    quid causae est quin,

    Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; Hor. S. 1, 1, 20:

    nulla causa est quin,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1:

    causa quominus,

    Sall. C. 51, 41; Liv. 34, 56, 9:

    causa ne,

    id. 34, 39, 9:

    nihil causae est cur non, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 3, 59:

    causae propter quas, etc.,

    id. 4, 2, 12; 5, 7, 24; 8, 6, 23.—With gen. obj.:

    is, qui causa mortis fuit,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 7; Liv. 21, 21, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 18; 7, 4, 42:

    salutis,

    Lucr. 3, 349:

    morbi,

    id. 3, 502; Verg. G. 4, 397; Hor. C. 2, 2, 14:

    nos causa belli sumus,

    Liv. 1, 13, 3:

    causa mortis fuistis,

    Quint. 7, 3, 32; Sen. Ira, 2, 27, 3:

    explicandae philosophiae,

    Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6:

    nec vero umquam bellorum civilium semen et causa deerit,

    id. Off. 2, 8, 29; so,

    belli,

    Sall. C. 2, 2; Verg. A. 7, 553; Hor. C. 2, 1, 2; id. S. 1, 3, 108; id. Ep. 1, 2, 9:

    felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas,

    Verg. G. 2, 490:

    vera objurgandi causa,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 131; cf. with ad:

    causa ad objurgandum,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 123; id. Hec. 4, 4, 71; and poet. with inf.:

    consurgere in arma,

    Verg. A. 10, 90:

    perire,

    Tib. 3, 2, 30:

    gestare carinas,

    Luc. 5, 464.— With prepp.:

    cum causā,

    with good reason, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 21; id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4:

    sine causā,

    without good reason, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61; id. Fat. 9, 18; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246; id. Att. 13, 22, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Nep. Alcib. 6, 2; Quint. 1, 10, 35; 1, 12, 9:

    his de causis,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 6:

    id nisi gravi de causā non fecisset,

    id. ib. 7, 7, 3:

    justis de causis,

    id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

    quā de causā,

    id. Off. 1, 41, 147; id. Ac. 1, 12, 43; Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    quibus de causis,

    Quint. 4, 2, 15;

    less freq. in ante-Aug. prose: quā ex causa,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13; id. Mur. 17, 36; but very freq. in Quint., Sen., and the younger Plin.; so,

    nullā aliā ex causā,

    Sen. Ep. 29, 1:

    multis ex causis,

    Quint. 5, 12, 3:

    quibus ex causis,

    id. 4, 2, 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 6, 8:

    ex plurimis causis,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 6:

    ex his (causis),

    id. ib. 5, 8, 6:—ob eam causam scribo, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4:

    illa festinatio fuit ob illam causam, ne, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 99; Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

    ob eam causam, quia, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51:

    ob eas causas,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    ob eam ipsam causam,

    Cic. Brut. 7, 29:

    quam ob causam,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 6:

    propter eam quam dixi causam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

    causae propter quas,

    Quint. 4, 2, 12.—In causā esse, to be the cause of, responsible for, etc. (rare):

    in causā haec sunt,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

    vim morbi in causā esse, quo serius perficeretur,

    Liv. 40, 26, 5:

    verecundiam multis in causā fuisse, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 5, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 3; 7, 5, 1; Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; cf.:

    tarditatis causa in senatu fuit,

    Liv. 4, 58, 4.—
    b.
    Causā, in abl. with gen. or possess. adj. (usu. put after the noun), as patris causā, meā causā, on account of, for the sake of (in the best prose, almost always referring to the future, and implying a purpose; cf. propter with acc. of the pre-existing cause or motive):

    honoris tui causā huc ad te venimus,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 25; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35; Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2 al.:

    animi causa, v. animus, II., etc.: exempli causā, v. exemplum: causā meā,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47; id. Poen. 1, 2, 160; id. Am. 1, 3, 42 al.; Ter. Heaut. prol. 41; 5, 5, 23 al.;

    causā meāpte,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 8:

    nostra causa,

    id. Phorm. 4, 4, 14; Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120; Quint. 7, 4, 9:

    vestrā magis hoc causā volebam quam meā,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 35. 162:

    aliena potius causa quam sua,

    Quint. 3, 7, 16.—Put before the noun:

    rastros capsit causă potiendi agri,

    Enn. Ann. 324 Vahl.:

    quidquid hujus feci, causā virginis Feci,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 122; so Liv. 26, 32, 6; 31, 12, 4; 39, 14, 8; 40, 41 fin.; 40, 44, 10.—Rarely with propter in the same sense:

    vestrarum sedum templorumque causā, propter salutem meorum civium,

    Cic. Sest. 20, 45.—With gen. of pers. or reflex. pron. instead of possess. very rare (v. Lahmeyer ad Cic. Lael. 16, 57):

    quod illi semper sui causā fecerant,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121.
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    = justa causa, good reason, just cause, full right:

    cum causā accedere ad accusandum,

    with good reason, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 21; so,

    cum causā,

    id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4; 3, 16, 7;

    and the contrary: sine causā,

    without good reason, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Nep. Alcib. 6, 2 al.—
    B.
    An apology, excuse, Cato, R. R. 2, 2; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 92; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 42; Cic. Fam. 16, 19 fin.; Verg. A. 9, 219 al.—
    C.
    Causam alicui dare alicujus rei, occasion:

    qui (Nebatius) mihi dedit causam harum litterarum,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 8;

    for which poët.: Bacchus et ad culpam causas dedit,

    Verg. G. 2, 455 Forbig. ad loc.—
    D.
    A feigned cause, a pretext, pretence, = praetextus, prophasis:

    habere causam,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 44:

    fingere falsas causas,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71; id. And. 1, 3, 8 Ruhnk.; 4, 1, 18; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 4:

    fingit causas ne det,

    id. Eun. 1, 2, 58; cf. Tib. 1, 6, 11:

    morae facere,

    to pretend reasons for the delay, Sall. J. 36, 2:

    inferre causam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 2:

    causam interponere,

    Nep. Them. 7, 1; cf. id. Milt. 4, 1:

    bellandi,

    id. Ham. 3, 1:

    belli,

    Tac. A. 12, 45:

    jurgii,

    Phaedr. 1, 1, 4 al. (On the other hand, causa, a true cause, is opp. to praetextus, a pretext, Suet. Caes. 30.)—So freq. per causam, under the pretext, Caes. B. C. 3, 24; 3, 76; 3, 87; Liv. 2, 32, 1 Drak.; 22, 61, 8; Suet. Caes. 2; id. Oth. 3; id. Vesp. 1; Tib. 1, 6, 26; Ov. H. 20, 140; id. Tr. 2, 452.—
    E.
    In judic. lang. t. t., a cause, judicial process, lawsuit:

    privatae,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    publicae,

    id. de Or. 3, 20, 74; id. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

    capitis aut famae,

    id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

    causam agere,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Quint. 6, 1, 54; 7, 2, 55; 10, 7, 30;

    11, 1, 67 et saep.: constituere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

    perorare,

    id. Quint. 24, 77:

    defendere,

    Quint. 3, 6, 9; 12, 1, 24; 12, 1, 37; Suet. Caes. 49:

    exponere,

    Quint. 2, 5, 7:

    perdere,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 10:

    obtinere,

    id. Fam. 1, 4, 1:

    tenere (= obticere),

    Ov. M. 13, 190: causā cadere, v. cado, II.: causam dicere, to defend one ' s self, or to make a defence (as an advocate), Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 12 and 13; 21, 54; id. Sest. 8, 18; id. Quint. 8, 31; Liv. 29, 19, 5; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 8, 2, 24; Suet. Caes. 30 et saep.— Poet.: causa prior, the first part of the process, i. e. the trial, Ov. M. 15, 37.—Hence,
    2.
    Out of the sphere of judicial proceedings, the party, faction, cause that one defends:

    ne condemnare causam illam, quam secutus esset, videretur, etc.,

    Cic. Lig. 9, 27 sq.:

    suarum partium causa,

    Quint. 3, 8, 57:

    causa Caesaris melior,

    id. 5, 11, 42; Tac. A. 1, 36 al. —Hence,
    b.
    Meton.
    (α).
    A relation of friendship, connection:

    quīcum tibi adfininitas, societas, omnes denique causae et necessitudines veteres intercedebant,

    Cic. Quint. 15, 48:

    explicare breviter, quae mihi sit ratio et causa cum Caesare,

    id. Prov. Cons. 17, 40; id. Fam. 13, 19, 1.—
    (β).
    In gen., = condicio, a condition, state, situation, relation, position:

    ut nonnumquam mortem sibi ipse consciscere aliquis debeat, alius in eādem causā non debeat: num enim aliā in causā M. Cato fuit, alia ceteri, qui se in Africā Caesari tradiderunt?

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 112; so Caes. B. G. 4, 4 Herz.:

    (Regulus) erat in meliore causā quam, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100; id. Agr. 3, 2, 9 (where for causa in the foll. clause is condicio):

    atque in hoc genere mea causa est, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 2, 4, 1; cf. id. ib. 9, 13, 1.—
    (γ).
    = negotium, a cause, business undertaken for any one, an employment:

    cui senatus dederat publice causam, ut mihi gratias ageret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 170:

    quod nemo eorum rediisset, qui super tali causā eodem missi erant,

    Nep. Paus. 4, 1.—
    F.
    In medic. lang., a cause for disease:

    causam metuere,

    Cels. 3, 3; so Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 11 fin.; Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 218.—Hence in late Lat. for disease, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10, 95; id. Acut. 2, 29, 157; Veg. 1, 25, 1; 3, 6, 11; 3, 45, 5; 4, 4, 2 al.—
    G.
    That which lies at the basis of a rhetorical representation, matter, subject, hupothesis, Cic. Top. 21, 79; id. Inv. 1, 6, 8; Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18; Quint. 3, 5, 7 sq.

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  • 4 causa (caussa)

        causa (caussa) ae, f    [1 CAV-], a cause, reason, motive, inducement, occasion, opportunity: te causae inpellebant leves, T.: obscura: accedit illa quoque causa: causa, quam ob rem, etc., T.: satis esse causa, quā re, etc., Cs.: si causa nulla est, cur, etc.: causa quod, etc.: ea est causa, ut cloacae subeant, etc., L.: quid causae est quin: nulla causa est quin: causa quo minus, S.: is, qui causa mortis fuit: morbi, V.: nos causa belli sumus, L.: rerum cognoscere causas, V.: Vera obiurgandi causa, T.—Poet.: Bacchus et ad culpam causas dedit (i. e. culparum causa fuit), V.: consurgere in arma, V.: quae rebus sit causa novandis, V.: meo subscribi causa sepulchro, i. e. of my death, O. — In phrases: cum causā, with good reason: sine causā, without good reason: sine ullā apertā causā: his de causis, Cs.: quā de causā: quā ex causa: eā causā, S.: ob eam causam, Cs.: ob eam ipsam causam: quam ob causam, N.: propter eam quam dixi causam: in causā haec sunt, are responsible: vim morbi in causā esse, quo, etc., L.: non paucitatem... causae fuisse cogitabant, to have been the cause, Cs.—Esp., abl. with gen. or possess. adj., on account of, for the sake of: alqm honoris causā nominare, with due respect: omnium nostrum causā: vitandae suspitionis causā: meā causā, T.: meāpte causā, T.: vestrā reique p. causā: vestrarum sedum templorumque causā; cf. quod illi semper sui causā fecerant: additur illius hoc iam causā, quicum agitur.—Meton., an apology, excuse: non causam dico quin ferat, etc., T.: causas nequiquam nectis inanīs, V.—Poet.: Et geminas, causam lacrimis, sacraverat aras, i. e. a place to weep, V.—A feigned cause, pretext, pretence: fingit causas ne det, T.: morae causas facere, reasons for the delay, S.: causas innecte morandi, V.: inferre causam, Cs.: bellandi, N.: per causam exercendorum remigum, under the pretext, Cs.: per causam renovati belli, L.: gratiam per hanc causam conciliare.—In law, a cause, judicial process, lawsuit: causam agere: publicam dicere: proferre: perdere: tenere, O.: causae actor accessi: causam dicere, to defend (oneself or as advocate): linguam causis acuere, for pleading, H.: extra causam esse, not to the point: plura extra causam dixisse: atque peracta est causa prior, i. e. the hearing before the decision, O.—A side, party, faction, cause: condemnare causam illam: et causam et hominem probare, Cs.: publica, the common weal, O.—A relation of friendship, connection: omnes causae et necessitudines veteres: quae mihi sit causa cum Caesare. —A condition, state, situation, relation, position: num enim aliā in causā M. Cato fuit, aliā ceteri, etc.: in eādem causā fuerunt, Cs.: in meliore causā. — A commission, business undertaken, employment: cui senatus dederat publice causam, ut mihi gratias ageret: super tali causā eodem missi, N.—In rhet., a concrete question, case for discussion.

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  • 5 color

        color (old colōs, S., L.), ōris, m    [2 CAL-], color, hue, tint: nivis, O.: caeruleus, Cs.: Tyrios mirare, H.: flores mille colorum, O.: color in pomo est ater, O.: varios mentiri colores, V.: scuta lectissimis coloribus distinguunt, Ta.: colorem ducere, to acquire color, V.: Ducere purpureum colorem, O. — The natural color, complexion, tint, hue: qui color, vestitus? T.: formae dignitas coloris bonitate tuenda est: verus, T.: fucatus, H.: egregius: Num eius color pudoris signum indicat, T.: mutem colores? change color, H.: eius crebra coloris mutatio: In voltu color est sine sanguine, O.—Complexion, fine tint, beauty: nimium ne crede colori, V.: quo fugit Venus, heu, quove color? H. —Fig., external form, state, condition, position, outward show, appearance: civitatis: Omnis Aristippum decuit color, i. e. accommodated himself to every condition, H.: cornicula Furtivis nudata coloribus, stolen pomp, H.: caeli, aspect, Iu.—Of diction, character, fashion, cast, coloring, style: ornatur oratio quasi colore quodam: tragicus, H.: operum colores, H.: claris coloribus picta poësis. —Splendor, lustre, brilliancy: nullus argento color est Abdito, H.: amissos colores referre, H.— A pretext, plausibility: causae, Iu.
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    color; pigment; shade/tinge; complexion; outward appearance/show; excuse/pretext

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  • 6 inter-pōnō

        inter-pōnō posuī, posītus, ere,    to put between, place among, interpose, insert, intersperse: ubi spatium... pilae interponuntur, Cs.: ne interpositi quidem elephanti militem deterrebant, L.: lateri vinculum lapides sunt, quos interposuere, ut, etc., Cu.—In time, to insert, interpose, introduce: intercalariis mensibus interpositis, L.—In speech, to introduce, insert: hoc loco libet interponere... quantae, etc., N.: paucis interpositis versibus: verbum ullum.—Of time, to let pass, permit to elapse, leave, interpose: spatium ad recreandos animos, Cs.: tridui morā interpositā, after a delay of, Cs.: spatio interposito, some time after: hac interpositā nocte, L.—With personal objects, to introduce, make an associate of: quam sancta sit societas civium, dis inmortalibus interpositis, etc. —Of writings, to make insertions in, falsify, alter: rationibus populorum non interpositis.—Fig., to introduce, interpose, put forward, adduce, allege, use as a pretext, urge as an objection: decreta: iudicium suum: neque ullā belli suspicione interpositā, Cs.: accusatorem, make a pretext for delay: causam interponens conlegas exspectare, N.: operam, studium, laborem, apply.—To pledge, give, interpose: sponsio interponereter, L.: interpositā fide publicā, S.: in eam rem se suam fidem interponere, gave his word, Cs.—With se, to interfere, intermeddle, intrude, engage in, come in the way: ni se tribuni plebis interposuissent, L.: semper se interposuit, lent his aid, N.: te invitissimis his: se quo minus, etc., C., L.: te in istam pacificationem: me audaciae tuae.

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  • 7 occāsiō

        occāsiō ōnis, f    [ob+1 CAD-], an opportunity, fit time, occasion, convenient season, favorable moment: tanta, T.: tua, L.: aliis occasio defuit: pugnandi, S.: inrumpendi in urbem, Cu.: sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblata: occasionem amittere, let slip: adripere, seize, L.: rapere de die, H.: non deesse occasioni, not to be unequal to, Cs.: a fortunā data liberandae Graeciae, N.: intellegere occasiones, discern, Ta.: occasione datā, should an opportunity offer: per occasionem, on a favorable opportunity, S.: levia proelia ex occasione huius aut illius partis oriebantur, L.: Summa occasiost mihi Phaedriae curam adimere, T.—Person., Opportunity (as a goddess), Ph.—A pretext, excuse, plausible explanation: Quantulacunque est occasio, sufficit irae, Iu.—In war, a dash, raid, surprise: occasio, non proelium, Cs.
    * * *
    opportunity; chance; pretext, occasion

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  • 8 praescrīptiō

        praescrīptiō ōnis, f    [prae+SCARP-], a prefix in writing, title, inscription, preface, introduction: legis.—Fig., a pretext, excuse, pretence: honesta praescriptione rem tegere, Cs.— A limit, restriction, proviso: rationis: in hac praescriptione semihorae.
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    preface/preamble/title/heading; preliminary; precept/rule; pretext/excuse/cover

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  • 9 causificor

    causĭfĭcor, āri, v. n. [causa-facio], to allege a cause, to make a pretext or pretence, to pretend (very rare):

    haut causificor quin eam Ego habeam,

    I offer no pretext against keeping her, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 25:

    blaterans atque causificans,

    App. M. 10, p. 242.

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  • 10 obtentus

    1.
    obtentus, a, um.
    I.
    Part., from obtendo.—
    II.
    Part., from obtineo.
    2.
    ob-tentus ( opt-), ūs, m. [obtendo].
    I.
    A drawing, spreading, or placing before ( poet. and post-Aug.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    obtentu togae, tamquam se amiciens, ne videretur,

    Gell. 11, 18, 14:

    frondis,

    Verg. A. 11, 66:

    nubium,

    Plin. 31, 1, 1, § 2.—
    B.
    Trop., a pretence, pretext, color (cf.:

    simulatio, species): obtentum habere,

    Tac. A. 12, 7:

    tempora reipublicae obtentui sumpta,

    assumed as a pretext, id. ib. 1, 10:

    sub obtentu liberationis,

    Just. 5, 8, 12:

    damnationis,

    Lact. 2, 4, 36: sub obtentu monituum deorum quaedam enuntiare, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 6.—
    II.
    (Acc. to obtendo, II.) A covering, cover, veil (post-class.):

    quia secundae res mire sunt vitiis optentui,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 24:

    vera sunt, quae loquuntur poëtae, sed obtentu aliquo specieque velata,

    disguise, allegorical dress, Lact. 1, 11:

    non terror obtentui est,

    a hinderance, Nazar. Pan. Constant. 5.

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  • 11 optentus

    1.
    obtentus, a, um.
    I.
    Part., from obtendo.—
    II.
    Part., from obtineo.
    2.
    ob-tentus ( opt-), ūs, m. [obtendo].
    I.
    A drawing, spreading, or placing before ( poet. and post-Aug.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    obtentu togae, tamquam se amiciens, ne videretur,

    Gell. 11, 18, 14:

    frondis,

    Verg. A. 11, 66:

    nubium,

    Plin. 31, 1, 1, § 2.—
    B.
    Trop., a pretence, pretext, color (cf.:

    simulatio, species): obtentum habere,

    Tac. A. 12, 7:

    tempora reipublicae obtentui sumpta,

    assumed as a pretext, id. ib. 1, 10:

    sub obtentu liberationis,

    Just. 5, 8, 12:

    damnationis,

    Lact. 2, 4, 36: sub obtentu monituum deorum quaedam enuntiare, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 6.—
    II.
    (Acc. to obtendo, II.) A covering, cover, veil (post-class.):

    quia secundae res mire sunt vitiis optentui,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 24:

    vera sunt, quae loquuntur poëtae, sed obtentu aliquo specieque velata,

    disguise, allegorical dress, Lact. 1, 11:

    non terror obtentui est,

    a hinderance, Nazar. Pan. Constant. 5.

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  • 12 per

    per, prep. with acc. (by solecism with abl. PER QVO, = whereby, Inscr. Miseni Repert. ex a. p. Chr. n. 159; Inscr. Orell. 3300) [kindr. with Gr. para; Sanscr. pāra, ulterior; Lith. pèr; cf.: parumper, paulisper; v. Curt. Griech. Etym. p. 269], denotes, like the Gr. dia, motion through a space, or extension over it.
    I.
    Lit., of space, through, through the midst of, throughout, all over, all along: per amoena salicta raptare aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): inde Fert sese (equus) campi per caerula laetaque prata, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (id. v. 505 ib.): per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine flumen, id. ap. id. ib. 6, 4 (id. v. 177 ib.):

    per membranas oculorum cernere,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

    coronam auream per forum ferre,

    id. Att. 14, 16, 2:

    iit hasta per tempus utrumque,

    Verg. A. 9, 418:

    se per munitiones deicere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

    per mare pauperiem fugiens, per saxa, per ignes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 46:

    per ignes,

    Ov. M. 8, 76:

    per Averna,

    id. ib. 14, 105:

    per caelum,

    Verg. A. 4, 700:

    per vias fabulari,

    in all the streets, Plaut. Cist. 5, 1:

    per totam urbem,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 11:

    qui per provincias atque imperium tuum pecunias ei credidissent,

    in the provinces, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

    invitati hospitaliter per domos,

    Liv. 1, 9:

    via secta per ambas (zonas),

    Verg. G. 1, 238; 245:

    nascuntur copiosissime in Balearibus ac per Hispanias,

    in, Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 94:

    per illas gentes celebratur,

    throughout, Tac. A. 12, 12:

    gustūs elementa per omnia quaerunt,

    Juv. 11, 14.—

    Placed after the noun: viam per,

    Lucr. 6, 1264:

    transtra per et remos et pictas abiete puppes,

    Verg. A. 5, 663; 6, 692.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of time, through, throughout, during, for:

    quod des bubus per hiemem,

    the winter through, during the winter, Cato, R. R. 25:

    nulla res per triennium, nisi ad nutum istius, judicata est,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13:

    nulla abs te per hos dies epistula... venerat,

    during these days, id. Att. 2, 8, 1:

    per decem dies ludi facti sunt,

    id. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    per idem tempus,

    during, at, in the course of, id. Brut. 83, 286; Suet. Galb. 10:

    per noctem cernuntur sidera,

    during the night, in the night-time, Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 48:

    per inducias,

    during, Liv. 38, 2: per multa bella, id. 8, 13:

    per ludos,

    id. 2, 18:

    per comitia,

    Suet. Caes. 80:

    per somnum,

    id. ib. 45: per tempus, during, i. e. at the right time, = in tempore, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 6; Ter. And. 4, 4, 44; id. Hec. 4, 3, 16.—So distr.:

    per singulas noctes,

    Suet. Caes. 1; id. Calig. 22; cf.:

    per haec,

    meanwhile, id. Claud. 27:

    per quae,

    id. Tib. 52.—
    B.
    To indicate the agent, instrument, or means, through, by, by means of:

    statuerunt injurias per vos ulcisci,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9:

    detrimenta publicis rebus per homines eloquentissimos importata,

    id. de Or. 1, 9, 38:

    quid ais? vulgo occidebantur? Per quos? et a quibus?

    by whom? and by whose command? id. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

    quae domi gerenda sunt, ea per Caeciliam transiguntur,

    id. ib. 51, 149:

    quod nefarium stuprum non per illum factum est,

    id. Cat. 2, 4, 7.—Placed after its case:

    Exerce vocem, quam per vivis et colis,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 13.—Esp.: per fidem decipere, fallere, etc. (= datā fide): per fidem deceptus sum, through confidence, i. e. in my host who betrayed me, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 69; Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 71; Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 3.—So, per se, per te, through himself, by himself, of himself, etc.:

    homo per se cognitus, sine ullā commendatione majorum,

    Cic. Brut. 25, 96:

    per me tibi obstiti, = solus,

    by myself, id. Cat. 1, 5, 11:

    satis per te tibi consulis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 1:

    per se solus,

    Liv. 1, 49.—With ipse:

    nihil ipsos per se sine P. Sullā facere potuisse,

    Cic. Sull. 24, 67:

    ipsum per se, suā vi, sua naturā, sua sponte laudabile,

    id. Fin. 2, 15, 50.—To form an adverb. expression, in, by, through, etc.:

    non dubitavi id a te per litteras petere,

    by letter, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 2:

    per summum dedecus vitam amittere,

    in the most infamous manner, most infamously, id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30:

    per iram facere aliquid,

    in anger, id. Tusc. 4, 37, 79:

    per commodum,

    Liv. 30, 29, 3 (cf. II. A. supra):

    per commodum rei publicae,

    id. 10, 25, 17; 22, 57, 1; 31, 11, 2:

    per ludum et jocum,

    sporting and jesting, in sport and jest, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60, § 155; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 70, §

    181: per vim,

    forcibly, Sall. J. 23, 1:

    per dolum,

    id. ib. 11, 8:

    per otium,

    at leisure, Liv. 4, 58, 12:

    ceteris copiis per otium trajectis,

    id. 21, 28, 4:

    cibo per otium capto,

    id. 21, 55, 1:

    per tumultum = tumultuose,

    id. 44, 45, 14. —
    C.
    To designate the reason, cause, inducement, etc., through, for, by, on account of, for the sake of:

    per metum mussari,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 12:

    qui per virtutem perit, at non interit,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 32:

    cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

    per aetatem,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 16 fin.:

    Druso propinquanti quasi per officium obviae fuere legiones,

    Tac. A. 1, 24:

    ut nihil eum delectaret, quod aut per naturam fas esset aut per leges liceret,

    Cic. Mil. 16, 43:

    cum per valetudinem posses, venire tamen noluisti,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 1: per me, per te, etc., as far as concerns me, you, etc.:

    si per vos licet,

    Plaut. As. prol. 12:

    per me vel stertas licet,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93; cf.:

    sin hoc non licet per Cratippum,

    id. Off. 3, 7, 33:

    fides publica per sese inviolata,

    Sall. J. 33, 3:

    per me ista pedibus trahantur,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10:

    per me stetisse, quo minus hae fierent nuptiae,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 16:

    si per suos esset licitum,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 3:

    inspicere vitia nec per magistros nec per aetatem licebat,

    Macr. S. 1, 24. —Hence, in oaths, entreaties, asseverations, etc., by a god, by men, or by inanimate or abstract things, by:

    IOVRANTO PER IOVEM, etc., Tab. Bant. lin. 15: per pol saepe peccas,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 18; cf.:

    si per plures deos juret,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 13, 36:

    quid est enim, per deos, optabilius sapientiā?

    id. Off. 2, 2, 5:

    per deos atque homines,

    id. Div. 2, 55, 116:

    per dexteram te istam oro,

    id. Deiot. 3, 8; cf.:

    per tuam fidem Te obtestor,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 55:

    nunc te per amicitiam et per amorem obsecro,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 26:

    per pietatem!

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 4:

    per comitatem edepol, pater, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 52.—In this signif. often separated from its object:

    per ego vobis deos atque homines dies, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 1:

    per ego te deos oro,

    Ter. And. 3, 3, 6; 5, 1, 15:

    per ego te, fili... precor quaesoque, etc.,

    Liv. 23, 9, 2:

    per ego has lacrimas... te Oro,

    Verg. A. 4, 314; 12, 56; Tib. 4, 5, 7; Ov. F. 2, 841:

    per vos Tyrrhena faventum Stagna deum, per ego et Trebiam cineresque Sagunti Obtestor,

    Sil. 12, 79 sq.; 1, 658; Stat. Th. 11, 367.—With ellips. of object:

    per, si qua est... Intemerata fides, oro, i. e. per eam,

    Verg. A. 2, 142; 10, 903:

    per, si quid merui de te bene, perque manentem amorem, Ne, etc.,

    Ov. M. 7, 854.—Sometimes to indicate an apparent or pretended cause or inducement, under the show or pretext of, under color of:

    qui per tutelam aut societatem aut rem mandatam aut fiduciae rationem fraudavit quempiam,

    Cic. Caecin. 3, 7:

    naves triremes per causam exercendorum remigum ad fauces portus prodire jussit,

    under pretext of, Caes. B. C. 3, 24;

    v. causa: per speciem alienae fungendae vicis suas opes firmavit,

    Liv. 1, 41 fin.:

    per simulationem officii,

    Tac. H. 1, 74.—
    D.
    In composition, it usually adds intensity to the signif., thoroughly, perfectly, completely, exceedingly, very much, very (very often in Cicero's epistolary style, and in new-formed words, as perbenevolus, percautus, percupidus, perbelle, perofficiose, pergaudeo; see these articles): pervelle, perfacilis, peramanter; sometimes it denotes the completion of an action, e. g. perorare, peragere;

    sometimes it is repeated: perdifficilis et perobscura quaestio,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1; so id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; id. Brut. 43, 158; id. Cael. 20 fin.; id. Fam. 9, 20, 3 al.;

    but also: perexiguā et minuta,

    id. Tusc. 2, 13, 30:

    percautus et diligens,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 18 al.; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. p. 410.—It frequently occurs in tmesi:

    nobis ista sunt pergrata perque jucunda,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205:

    per mihi mirum visum est,

    id. ib. 49, 214:

    per enim magni aestimo,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    ibi te quam primum per videre velim, = videre pervelim,

    id. ib. 15, 4, 2:

    Platoni per fuit familiaris,

    Gell. 2, 18, 1:

    per, inquit, magister optime, exoptatus mihi nunc venis,

    id. 18, 4, 2.—Per quam (also perquam), very, exceedingly, extremely:

    per quam breviter perstrinxi,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201:

    per quam modica civium merita,

    Plin. Pan. 60:

    per quam velim scire,

    very much indeed, id. Ep. 7, 27, 1:

    PARENTES PER QVAM INFELICISSIMI,

    Inscr. Murat. 953, 2.—As one word:

    illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16:

    propulit perquam indignis modis,

    id. Rud. 3, 3, 9:

    erat perquam onerosum,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 13:

    perquam honorificum,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 3.—Separated by an intervening word:

    per pol quam paucos reperias,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 1.—Placed after the word it governs; v. supra, I. fin. and II. B.

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  • 13 species

    spĕcĭes, ēi ( gen. sing. specie or specii, Matius ap. Gell. 9, 14, 15; gen. and dat. plur. were not in use in Cicero's time, but formarum, formis were used instead; cf. Cic. Top. 7, 30.—At a later period were introduced:

    specierum,

    Pall. Oct. 14, 15; Cod. Just. 1, 2, 10; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, § 151; cf. Charis. p. 18 P.; and Diom. p. 281 P.:

    speciebus,

    App. ad Asclep. p. 92, 25; Cod. Just. 11, 9, 1 al.; Dig. 28, 2, 29, § 10), f. [specio].
    I.
    Act., a seeing, sight, look, view (rare; cf.

    aspectus): speciem quo vortimus,

    Lucr. 4, 242; so id. 4, 236 (for which, a little before, visus); 5, 707; 5, 724; Vitr. 3, 2 fin.; 5, 9:

    si tantis intervallis nostra species potest id animadvertere,

    id. 9, 4:

    qui sensus nostros specie primā acerrime commovent,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98:

    qui doloris speciem ferre non possunt,

    id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.—
    II.
    Pass., prop. that which is seen in a thing, i. e. the outward appearance, outside, exterior; shape, form, figure, mien, etc. (freq. and class.; syn. forma).
    A.
    Lit.:

    praeter speciem stultus,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 49:

    quod speciem ac formam similem gerit ejus imago,

    Lucr. 4, 52; cf.:

    quae species formaque pugnae, qui motus hominum non ita expictus est, ut, etc.,

    outlines, contours, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114:

    esse aliquem humanā specie et figurā,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63:

    hominis esse specie deos confitendum est,

    id. N. D. 1, 18, 48:

    edepol specie lepida mulier!

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 2; cf.:

    bellan' videtur specie mulier?

    id. Bacch. 4, 7, 40; id. Most. 1, 3, 23; id. Mil. 4, 2, 10; 4, 6, 20:

    urbis speciem vidi,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 2; so,

    species praeclara oppidi,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

    sphaerae (Archimedeae), etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 14, 21:

    navium,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25; cf.:

    nova atque inusitata,

    id. ib. 2, 31:

    horribilis,

    id. ib. 7, 36:

    agro bene culto nihil potest esse specie ornatius,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

    horum hominum species est honestissima,

    id. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

    ad speciem magnifico ornatu,

    as to outward appearance, id. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58:

    populi,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45:

    nec ulla deformior species est civitatis, quam illa, in quā opulentissimi optimi putantur,

    id. Rep. 1, 34, 51: speciem honesti habere, the look or semblance of what is right, id. Off. 3, 2, 7:

    turba majorem quam pro numero speciem ferens,

    Curt. 3, 2, 3; cf.:

    fallaces sunt rerum species, quibus credimus,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 34, 1.—
    2.
    Something seen, a spectacle, sight, appearance:

    ponite itaque ante oculos miseram quidem illam ac flebilem speciem,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 3:

    non tulit hanc speciem furiatā mente Coroebus,

    Verg. A. 2, 407 (cf. I. supra).—
    3.
    Trop., that which is seen by the mind, an idea, notion: hanc illi idean appellabant:

    nos recte speciem possumus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 30; cf. id. Top. 7, 30:

    insidebat in ejus mente species eloquentiae,

    id. Or. 5, 18:

    excellentis eloquentiae speciem et formam adumbrabimus,

    id. ib. 14, 43:

    species, forma et notio viri boni,

    id. Off. 3, 20, 81; cf.:

    prima sit haec forma et species et origo tyranni,

    id. Rep. 2, 29, 51:

    qui species alias veri scelerisque capiet,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 208:

    utinam non inanes species anxio animo figuraret,

    Curt. 7, 1, 36.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A look, show, seeming, appearance, semblance, pretence, cloak, color, pretext, etc. (opp. that which is real, actual, etc.).
    a.
    In gen.:

    obiciuntur saepe formae, quae reapse nullae sunt, speciem autem offerunt,

    Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81:

    ista securitas specie quidem blanda sed reapse, etc.,

    id. Lael. 13, 47:

    cujus rei species erat acceptio frumenti,

    Sall. J. 29, 4:

    fraudi imponere aliquam speciem juris,

    Liv. 9, 11:

    specie liberā... re verā, etc.,

    id. 35, 31; cf.:

    litteras inanis vanā specie libertatis adumbratas esse,

    id. 33, 31, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    plurimi ibi a fallaci equitum specie agasonibusque excepti sunt,

    id. 7, 15, 7:

    si dux primam speciem adpropinquantis terroris sustinuisset,

    id. 44, 6, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    quae (nomina) primā specie admirationem, re explicatā risum movent,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 22, 61:

    quaedam humanitatis habent primam speciem ut misericordia,

    id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

    similitudinem quandam speciemque sapientium gerere,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 16:

    si speciem utilitatis voluptas habere dicetur,

    id. ib. 3, 33, 120.— Hence,
    b.
    Esp. with gen. of that which is assumed or pretended, under pretext of, under pretence of, etc.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    fortis viros specie quādam virtutis adsimulatae tenebat,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 14.—
    (β).
    With sub:

    sub specie tutelae liberūm ejus invasisse regnum,

    Curt. 9, 2, 7; 10, 6, 21; Liv. 44, 24, 4.—
    (γ).
    With per:

    per speciem celebrandarum cantu epularum,

    Liv. 9, 30, 8:

    per speciem auxilii Byzantiis ferendi, re ipsā, etc.,

    id. 39, 35, 4; 40, 13, 8; 42, 52, 8.—
    (δ).
    With in:

    si quis in speciem refectionis (viae) deteriorem viam facit,

    Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 2.—Adverb.: in speciem, for a show, as a pretence:

    haud dubio in speciem consensu fit ad Poenos deditio,

    Liv. 24, 1, 8:

    dilatā in speciem actione, re ipsā sublatā,

    id. 3, 9, 13; so,

    ad speciem tabernaculis relictis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35 fin.; id. B. G. 1, 51; Quint. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18 al.—
    2.
    Also with gen.: in speciem, after the manner, in the fashion, like (cf. tamquam; poet.):

    inque chori ludunt speciem,

    Ov. M. 3, 685:

    in montis speciem curvari,

    id. ib. 15, 509; cf.:

    scorpiones vermiculos ovorum specie pariunt,

    Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 86.—
    3.
    Pregn., like the Engl. show, for ornament, display, splendor, beauty (cf.:

    dignitas, venustas): ut in usum boni sint et in speciem populo,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 42:

    fuit pompa, fuit species, fuit incessus saltem Seplasiā dignus et Capuā,

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    adhibere quandam in dicendo speciem atque pompam,

    id. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

    speciem candoremque caeli,

    id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; cf. id. N. D. 2, 37; 2, 39:

    specie et motu capere homines,

    id. Brut. 62, 224:

    triumpho praebere speciem,

    Liv. 34, 52, 10:

    addere speciem,

    id. 37, 40; 9, 40:

    si fortunatum species et gratia praestat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 203:

    ducit te species,

    id. S. 2, 2, 35:

    speciem Saturnia vaccae probat,

    Ov. M. 1, 612:

    juvenis,

    Juv. 10, 310:

    corporis,

    Curt. 7, 9, 19; Vitr. 3, 2.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Concr. (for simulacrum, i. q. eidôgon).
    a.
    An appearance in sleep, a vision, apparition (mostly poet.), Lucr. 1, 125:

    repetit quietis Ipsa suae speciem,

    Ov. M. 9, 473:

    voce suā specieque viri turbata soporem Excutit,

    id. ib. 11, 677:

    in quiete utrique consuli eadem dicitur visa species viri, etc.,

    Liv. 8, 6:

    per nocturnas species,

    id. 26, 19; cf.:

    mirabundi velut ad somni vanam speciem,

    id. 33, 32, 7; Sil. 13, 394; Curt. 3, 6, 7.—
    b.
    A likeness, image, statue: tum species ex aere vetus concidit... Et divum simulacra peremit fulminis ardor... Sancta Jovis species... Haec tardata diu species tandem celsā in sede locata, Cic. poët. Div. 1, [p. 1737] 12, 21.—
    2.
    Reputation, honor:

    o speciem dignitatemque populi Romani, quam reges pertimescant,

    Cic. Dom. 33, 89.—
    3.
    The particular thing among many to which the looks are turned; hence, a particular sort, kind, or quality, a species:

    species pars est generis,

    App. Asclep. p. 78, 26:

    harum singula genera minimum in binas species dividi possunt, etc.,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 3; cf.:

    genus est id, quod sui similes communione quādam, specie autem differentes, duas aut plures complectitur partes,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189:

    primum illud genus quaerimus, ex quo ceterae species suspensae sunt... Homo species est, ut Aristoteles ait, canis species: commune his vinculum animal,

    Sen. Ep. 58, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; id. L. L. 10, § 18; Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40; id. Or. 10, 33; id. Top. 18, 68; Quint. 3, 6, 26; 3, 10, 2; 5, 10, 90 al.: codicillis multas species vestis, argenti specialiter reliquit, many kinds or sorts, Dig. 34, 2, 19; cf. ib. 41, 1, 7.—
    b.
    In later jurid. lang., a special case:

    proponitur apud eum species talis: Sutor puero discenti cervicem percussit, etc.,

    Dig. 9, 2, 5 fin.; 31, 1, 85.—
    c.
    In late Lat., goods, wares (that are classed together; cf. assortment);

    publicae,

    Cod. Just. 1, 2, 10:

    annonariae,

    ib. 11, 73, 3:

    vendenda sit species,

    i. e. wine, Pall. Oct. 14, 3.—Esp., spices, drugs, etc., Macr. S. 7, 8 med.; Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7; Pall. Oct. 14 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > species

  • 14 causor

        causor ātus, ārī, dep.    [causa], to allege as a reason, make a pretext of, plead, pretend: omnia Visaque, O.: locum inmeritum, H.: animi perturbationem, L.: negotia, Ta.: numquid causare quin abeas victus? have you anything to plead? causatus consulere velle, pretending, L.: Causando in longum ducis amores, you make pretexts for putting off, V.
    * * *
    causari, causatus sum V DEP
    allege an excuse/reason, object; excuse oneself; plead a cause, bring action

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  • 15 colōs

        colōs    see color.
    * * *
    color; pigment; shade/tinge; complexion; outward appearance/show; excuse/pretext

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  • 16 dictitō

        dictitō āvī, ātus, āre, intens.    [dicto], to say often, declare, maintain, assert, insist: non es Quem semper te esse dictitasti? T.: qui ita dictitat, iis esse metuendum, etc.: si te populus sanum dictitet, H.— To plead frequently: causas.— To allege, pretend, offer as a pretext: ut dictitabat, Cs.: dictitabant se egere, etc., Cs.: Romulum insepultum perisse dictitans, L.
    * * *
    dictitare, dictitavi, dictitatus V
    keep on saying; say/plead often

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  • 17 faciēs

        faciēs acc. em, abl. ē, nom. and acc plur. ēs    [1 FAC-], appearance, form, figure, shape, build: decora (equorum), H.: faciem mutatus et ora, V.: parentis Anchisae, shade, V.: longa quibus facies ovis erit, H.: Adparent dirae facies, apparitious, V.: verte omnīs tete in facies, i. e. try every expedient, V.— A face, visage, countenance, look: non novi hominis faciem, know by sight, T.: egregia, of rare beauty, T.: insignis facie, V.: faciem eius ignorare, S.: in facie voltuque vecordia inerat, S.: mea laudata, beauty, O.: adfers faciem novam: (nymphe) Rara facie, O.: nec faciem litore demovet, H.: rectā facie loqui, boldly, Iu.: (volucris) armata, beaked, O. — Fig., external form, look, condition, appearance, aspect: senatus faciem secum attulerat P. R.: contra belli faciem, as if there were no war, S.: publici consilii facie, pretext, Ta.: urbis, S.: maris, V.: noctis, O.: arbos faciem simillima lauro, V. — A kind, sort, class: Quae scelerum facies? V.: laborum, V.: scelerum, V.: pugnae, Ta.
    * * *
    shape, face, look; presence, appearance; beauty; achievement

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  • 18 iactō

        iactō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [iacio], to throw, cast, hurl: semina per undas, scatter, O.: hastas: de muro vestem, Cs.: cinerem per agros, V.: Saxa saxis (i. e. in saxa), O.—To throw about, toss about, shake, flourish: diu iactato bracchio, Cs.: tinnula manu, O.: cerviculam: homines febri iactantur: corpus in suo sanguine, wallow, O.: bidentes, swing, V.: a facie manūs, throw kisses, Iu.: basia, Iu.: lumina, O.: iugum, i. e. be rebellious, Iu.—To drive hither and thither, drive about, toss: tempestate in alto iactari: te in alto, H.: hiems iactat viros, O.: iactor in turbā.— To throw away: passim arma, L.: Iactatur rerum utilium pars, thrown overboard, Iu.—To throw out, emit, spread: odorem, V.: voces per umbram, V.—Fig., to torment, disquiet, disturb, stir: morbo iactari eodem, H.: clamore et convicio: inrita iurgia, stir up, V.: iactabatur nummus sic, ut, etc., i. e. fluctuated in value.—To consider, examine, discuss: eas res iactari nolebat, Cs.: multa variis iactata sermonibus erant, i. e. talked about, L.: pectore curas, V.—To throw out, make prominent, pronounce, utter, speak, say: querimoniae ultro citroque iactatae, L.: te beatum, H.: Talia iactanti, etc., V.: hanc autem iactari magis causam quam veram esse, is made a pretext, L.: minas: haec incondita Montibus, V. —With prae se, utter confidently, V.—To boast of, vaunt, plume oneself upon: gratiam, Cs.: et genus et nomen, H.: Romam vos expugnaturos iactabatis, L.: lucus, quo se plus iactet Apollo, delights, V.—With se, to exhibit oneself, show off, make a display, boast, take pride: intolerantius se: iactantibus se opinionibus inconstanter, conflicting: te maritae, O.: legatis regis eum se iactasse, i. e. impose on the legates, L.: se in pecuniis, make a prodigal display: se de Calidio: Ullo se alumno, V.: se formosum, Ph.—To be officious, be active in, devote oneself to: se in causis: nostrum hoc tempus aetatis forensi labore iactari: tribuniciis se actionibus, L.

    Latin-English dictionary > iactō

  • 19 integer

        integer tegra, tegrum, adj. with comp. integrior and sup. integerrimus    [2 in-+TAG-], untouched, unhurt, entire, whole, complete: annus: integro die, i. e. with the day before us, H.: quarum (sublicarum) pars inferior integra remanebat, Cs.: signa (litterarum), unbroken.—Unimpaired, uninjured, unhurt, unwounded, unmutilated, unexhausted, sound, fresh, vigorous: aetate integrā, in her flower, T.: cum integri defessis succederent, Cs.: florentes atque integri: integros pro sauciis arcessere, S.: Pelops, entire, O.: cecidit Cethegus Integer, unmutilated, Iu.: opes (opp. accisae), H.: integer aevi sanguis, the vigor of youth, V.: gens a cladibus belli, L.—Not worn, fresh, new, unused: ad integrum bellum cuncta parare, S.: pugnam edere, L.: uti causā hac integrā, this pretext as a fresh one, T.: eum Plautus locum reliquit integrum, not imitated, T.—In the phrase, de integro or ab integro, anew, afresh: potius quam redeat de integro haec oratio, be told over again, T.: relata de integro res ad senatum, L.: columnam efficere ab integro novam: Magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo, V.—Untainted, fresh, sweet: ut anteponantur integra contaminatis: fontes, H.—In the phrase, in integrum restituere, to restore to a former condition, pardon, forgive: quod te absente hic filius Egit restitui in integrum aequomst, i. e. be undone, T.: in integrum restituti, pardoned: nonnullos ambitūs damnatos in integrum restituit, Cs.—Fig., new, open, undecided, undetermined: rem integram ad reditum suum iussit esse: ut quam integerrima essent ad pacem omnia, Cs.: quid hac quaestione dici potest integrius?: quoad erit integrum, still in my power: non est integrum Pompeio consilio iam uti tuo, open: si integrum daretur, i. e. if he be unfettered. —Inexperienced, ignorant: me discipulum integrum accipe.—Healthy, sound, sane, unimpaired: animi, H.: mens, H.: integrius iudicium a favore, L.—Unbiassed, impartial: integrum se servare, neutral: arbiter, Iu.: scopulis surdior Icari Voces audit, adhuc integer, heart-whole, H.—Blameless, irreproachable, spotless, pure, honest, virtuous: illo nemo integrior: integerrima vita: testes: vitae, in life, H.: virgo ab se, T.: a coniuratione, not implicated in, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    integra -um, integrior -or -us, integerrimus -a -um ADJ
    untouched, entire, whole, complete; uninjured, sound, fresh (troops), vigorous
    II
    fresh troops (pl.)

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  • 20 inter-serō

        inter-serō —, —, ere,    to place between, interpose, add: oscula mediis verbis, O.—Fig.: causam, se esse, etc., allege as a pretext, N.

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