a+bride

nŭrus, ūs (dat. nuru, Tac. A. 6, 29.— Form nŭra, Rénier, Inscr. Afr. 1590), f. [for snurus, kindr. with Sanscr. snusha and the Old Germ. snur, Schnur; Gr. nuos], a daughter-in-law.

Lit.:

uno animo omnes socrus oderunt nurus,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 4; Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 58; Verg. A. 2, 501:

jam tua, Laomedon, oritur nurus,

i. e. Aurora, the wife of Tithonus, a son of Laomedon, Ov. F. 6, 729:

matrum nuruumque caterva,

id. M. 12, 216; Gai. Inst. 2, 159; Juv. 14, 220.—

Transf.

A son's betrothed bride, Dig. 23, 2, 12.—

The wife of a grandson or great-grandson, Dig. 23, 2, 14; ib. 2, 8, 2. —

A young woman, married woman ( poet.):

inque nurus Parthas dedecus illud eat,

Ov. A. A. 3, 248; id. M. 2, 366; id. H. 16, 184; Mart. 4, 75, 2:

nurus Latinae,

Ov. M. 2, 366; Luc. 1, 146.

nympha, ae, and nymphē, ēs ( dat. plur. NYMPHABVS, Inscr. Orell. 1629;

NYMFABVS,

ib. 1630;

NYMPHIS,

ib. 1627; 1630 sq.), f., = numphê.

A bride, a mistress, Ov. H. 1, 27; Tib. 3, 1, 21 (al. merita).—

A young woman:

se quoque nympha tuis ornavit Iardanis armis,

Ov. H. 9, 103.—

Nymphae, demi-goddesses, who inhabit the sea, rivers, fountains, woods, trees, and mountains; nymphs:

Nymphae, genus amnibus unde est,

Verg. A. 8, 71; 10, 551; Ov. M. 5, 540:

Nympha Maenalis,

i. e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander, id. F. 1, 634:

Nymphae Libethrides,

the Muses, Verg. E. 7, 21:

vocalis Nymphe,

Echo, Ov. M. 3, 357. Vows were made to the fountain-nymphs in cases of sickness or of drought, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Inscr. Orell. 1631 sq.—

Transf., water ( poet.):

et cadit in patulos Nympha Aniena lacus,

Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 4.—

A fountain, Mart. 6, 43, 2.—

The pupa or nymph of an insect:

alius evolat, alius in nymphā est, alius in vermiculo,

Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 71; 11, 16, 16, § 48.

nympha, ae, and nymphē, ēs ( dat. plur. NYMPHABVS, Inscr. Orell. 1629;

NYMFABVS,

ib. 1630;

NYMPHIS,

ib. 1627; 1630 sq.), f., = numphê.

A bride, a mistress, Ov. H. 1, 27; Tib. 3, 1, 21 (al. merita).—

A young woman:

se quoque nympha tuis ornavit Iardanis armis,

Ov. H. 9, 103.—

Nymphae, demi-goddesses, who inhabit the sea, rivers, fountains, woods, trees, and mountains; nymphs:

Nymphae, genus amnibus unde est,

Verg. A. 8, 71; 10, 551; Ov. M. 5, 540:

Nympha Maenalis,

i. e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander, id. F. 1, 634:

Nymphae Libethrides,

the Muses, Verg. E. 7, 21:

vocalis Nymphe,

Echo, Ov. M. 3, 357. Vows were made to the fountain-nymphs in cases of sickness or of drought, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Inscr. Orell. 1631 sq.—

Transf., water ( poet.):

et cadit in patulos Nympha Aniena lacus,

Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 4.—

A fountain, Mart. 6, 43, 2.—

The pupa or nymph of an insect:

alius evolat, alius in nymphā est, alius in vermiculo,

Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 71; 11, 16, 16, § 48.

spēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To hope (something desirable), to look for, trust, expect; to promise or flatter one's self (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: confido, exspecto).

Absol.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potes sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):

quoad Pompeius in Italiā fuit, sperare non destiti,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

sperat animus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 36:

ut neque accusator timere neque reus sperare debuerit,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20:

jubes bene sperare et bono esse animo,

id. Deiot. 14, 38:

Attica nostra quid agat, scire cupio: etsi tuae litterae recte sperare jubent,

id. Att. 13, 17:

tu jam, ut spero et ut promittis, aderis,

id. ib. 16, 3, 4:

omnia experiar et, ut spero, assequar... Sed, ut spero, valebis,

id. ib. 7, 2, 6:

ut mihi detis hanc veniam accommodatam huic reo, vobis, quemadmodum spero, non molestam,

id. Arch. 2, 3:

Argyrippus exorari spero poterit, ut sinat, etc.,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 67; cf.: Ch. Non usus veniet, spero. Sy. Spero hercle ego quoque, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 42:

interea fiet aliquid, spero,

id. And. 2, 1, 14: salvus sit;

spero,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 57.—

With acc.:

his omnibus victoriam sperantibus pacis nomen adferemus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 10:

consulatum,

id. ib. 12, 6, 14:

gloriam sperabit a latronum gregibus,

id. ib. 12, 10, 26: magis adversos rerum exitus metuens quam sperans secundos, id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

id ego et speraram prudentiā tuā fretus, et, ut confiderem, fecerunt tuae litterae,

id. ib. 12, 18: a quo nihil speres boni rei publicae, quia non vult;

nihil metuas mali, quia non audet,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

a quo genere hominum victoriam sperasset,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96 fin.:

omnia ex victoriā et ex suā liberalitate sperarent,

id. ib. 3, 6; cf. id. ib. 3, 60:

quibus (tormentis) ipsi magna speravissent,

id. ib. 2, 16 fin.:

spero meliora,

Cic. Att. 14, 16, 3:

aliquid sibi,

id. Tusc. 1, 36, 86; Sall. C. 37, 6:

bona alicuius,

Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

hoc sperans, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

sperare victoriam ab aliquo,

id. B. C. 3, 96: quod sapienter speravimus, perseveranter consectari, have expected, Col. praef. §

29: sperata gloria (opp. parta),

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15; Liv. 28, 41, 6:

sperata praeda,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8:

spem speratam quom optulisti,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 2:

civitatem optandam magis quam sperandam quam minimam posuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 52; Liv. 4, 15, 5:

exitum malis sperare,

Sall. C. 40, 2:

amicitiam, regnum,

id. J. 24, 5:

mortem honestam,

id. H. 2, 41, 2 Dietsch:

salutem,

id. C. 58, 16:

spes,

Curt. 5, 10, 1:

mali poenam, Lact. de Ira, 16, 8: perpetuam felicitatem,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Vesp. 12; Sen. Ira, 3, 31, 2; Just. 21, 2, 5:

sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem bene praeparatum Pectus,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 13:

grata superveniat, quae non sperabitur hora,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 14 et saep.: dis sum fretus, deos sperabimus, we will hope or trust in the gods, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38; cf. id. Mil. 4, 5, 10; id. Cist. 2, 3, 52.—

With obj.-clause (so most freq.; usually with inf. fut.; less freq. but class. with inf. pres. or perf.).—With inf. fut.:

ego me confido liberum fore, tu te numquam speras,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 15; Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33:

ex quibus sperant se maximum fructum esse capturos,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

quod amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 15:

tu fac animo forti magnoque sis, speresque fore, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 5, 6 fin.; cf.:

spero fore, ut contingat id nobis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82 et saep.— With inf. pres.:

qui istoc te speras modo Potesse dissimulando infectum hoc reddere,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 22:

spero me habere, qui hunc excruciem,

Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 11:

sperat se a me avellere,

id. ib. 3, 3, 14:

totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

spero, quae tua prudentia est, et hercule, ut me jubet Acastus, confido te jam, ut volumus, valere,

Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:

sperabam tuum adventum appropinquare,

id. Fam. 4, 6, 3:

speremus, nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

spero te mihi ignoscere, si, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

spero esse, ut volumus,

id. Att. 12, 6 b, 4:

ita quiddam spero nobis profici, cum, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 1; Sall. H. 4, 61, 2 Dietsch:

speramus carmina fingi posse,

Hor. A. P. 331: neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam, I did not hope or expect, Verg. A. 4, 338.—So esp. when used like Engl. hope, in the sense trust, believe:

spero nostram amicitiam non egere testibus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 2:

id enim deos immortalis spero aequissimum judicare,

id. Phil. 11, 15, 39; cf. infra, II. fin. —With inf. perf.:

speravi miser Ex servitute me exemisse filium,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 99:

me ejus spero fratrem propemodum Jam repperisse,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 123:

sperabam jam defervisse adulescentiam,

id. Ad. 1, 2, 72: spero tibi me causam probasse;

cupio quidem certe,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4:

spero cum Crassipede nos confecisse,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2:

et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum,

Cat. 84, 3:

sperasse libertatem se civium suorum emisse,

Liv. 4, 15, 6:

sperabam ita notata me reliquisse genera, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1; id. Att. 2, 21, 2; 10, 7, 3. —Ellipt.:

qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem Sperat (sc. te fore),

Hor. C. 1, 5, 11.—

With ut and subj.:

quoniam, ut salvum vellent tyrannum, sperare non poterat,

Liv. 34, 27, 3:

ut patiatur... nec sperandum ulli nec concupiscendum est,

Sen. ad Polyb. 18, 6; Just. 5, 3, 3.—() In a Greek construction, with fut. part.:

visura et quamvis numquam speraret Ulixen, etc. (for se visuram esse),

Prop. 2, 9, 7 Paley ad loc.—

With de (very rare):

neque de otio nostro spero jam,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6: de eo bene sperare (with obj.clause, cf. g supra), Nep. Milt. 1, 1.—

To look for, expect, apprehend that which is undesired, elpizô (rare, and mostly poet.;

in Cic. only with non, and ironically): nam quod tu speres, propulsabo facile,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 21:

mihi non hoc miserae sperare jubebas, Sed conubia laeta,

Cat. 64, 140:

haec merui sperare? dabis mihi, perfida, poenas,

Prop. 2, 5, 3:

hunc ego si potui tantum sperare dolorem, Et perferre, soror, potero,

Verg. A. 4, 419 (cf. Quint. 8, 2, 3); cf. Flor. 3, 1, 1:

haec adeo ex illo mihi jam speranda fuerunt Tempore, cum, etc.,

Verg. A. 11, 275:

mene efferre pedem, genitor, te posse relicto Sperasti?

id. ib. 2, 658; cf. Suet. Caes. 60:

si genus humanum et mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi,

expect, fear, Verg. A. 1, 543:

exstinguine mea Speravi te posse manu,

Val. Fl. 3, 295:

aliquod in Africā bellum,

Flor. 3, 1, 1:

jam quartanam sperantibus aegris,

Juv. 4, 57.—With a negative particle: Sc. Moneo ego te: te deseret ille aetate et satietate. Ph. Non spero. Sc. Insperata accidunt magis saepe quam quae speres, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 40: id quod non spero, Afran ap. Charis. p. 195 P.:

sin a vobis, id quod non spero, deserar,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: te tam mobili in me meosque esse animo non sperabam, Q. Metell. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 2:

non speravi te sequi,

Stat. Th. 6, 139.—Ironically:

quoniam haec satis spero vobis molesta videri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 51.—Hence, spērātus, a, um, P. a., that is hoped or longed for; as subst.: spērātus, i, m.; spērāta, ae, f., a betrothed, intended, a lover; a bride (ante- and post-class.): curre et nuntia Venire me et mecum speratum adducere, Afran. ap. Non. 174, 31:

sperata, salve,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 97; so, sperata, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 71; Afran. ap. Non. 174, 33; Arn. 4, 140; Hyg. Fab. 31; 33.—Once also of a wife not seen for a long time:

Amphitruo uxorem salutat laetus speratam suam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 53.

spēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To hope (something desirable), to look for, trust, expect; to promise or flatter one's self (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: confido, exspecto).

Absol.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potes sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):

quoad Pompeius in Italiā fuit, sperare non destiti,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

sperat animus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 36:

ut neque accusator timere neque reus sperare debuerit,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20:

jubes bene sperare et bono esse animo,

id. Deiot. 14, 38:

Attica nostra quid agat, scire cupio: etsi tuae litterae recte sperare jubent,

id. Att. 13, 17:

tu jam, ut spero et ut promittis, aderis,

id. ib. 16, 3, 4:

omnia experiar et, ut spero, assequar... Sed, ut spero, valebis,

id. ib. 7, 2, 6:

ut mihi detis hanc veniam accommodatam huic reo, vobis, quemadmodum spero, non molestam,

id. Arch. 2, 3:

Argyrippus exorari spero poterit, ut sinat, etc.,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 67; cf.: Ch. Non usus veniet, spero. Sy. Spero hercle ego quoque, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 42:

interea fiet aliquid, spero,

id. And. 2, 1, 14: salvus sit;

spero,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 57.—

With acc.:

his omnibus victoriam sperantibus pacis nomen adferemus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 10:

consulatum,

id. ib. 12, 6, 14:

gloriam sperabit a latronum gregibus,

id. ib. 12, 10, 26: magis adversos rerum exitus metuens quam sperans secundos, id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

id ego et speraram prudentiā tuā fretus, et, ut confiderem, fecerunt tuae litterae,

id. ib. 12, 18: a quo nihil speres boni rei publicae, quia non vult;

nihil metuas mali, quia non audet,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

a quo genere hominum victoriam sperasset,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96 fin.:

omnia ex victoriā et ex suā liberalitate sperarent,

id. ib. 3, 6; cf. id. ib. 3, 60:

quibus (tormentis) ipsi magna speravissent,

id. ib. 2, 16 fin.:

spero meliora,

Cic. Att. 14, 16, 3:

aliquid sibi,

id. Tusc. 1, 36, 86; Sall. C. 37, 6:

bona alicuius,

Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

hoc sperans, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

sperare victoriam ab aliquo,

id. B. C. 3, 96: quod sapienter speravimus, perseveranter consectari, have expected, Col. praef. §

29: sperata gloria (opp. parta),

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15; Liv. 28, 41, 6:

sperata praeda,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8:

spem speratam quom optulisti,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 2:

civitatem optandam magis quam sperandam quam minimam posuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 52; Liv. 4, 15, 5:

exitum malis sperare,

Sall. C. 40, 2:

amicitiam, regnum,

id. J. 24, 5:

mortem honestam,

id. H. 2, 41, 2 Dietsch:

salutem,

id. C. 58, 16:

spes,

Curt. 5, 10, 1:

mali poenam, Lact. de Ira, 16, 8: perpetuam felicitatem,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Vesp. 12; Sen. Ira, 3, 31, 2; Just. 21, 2, 5:

sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem bene praeparatum Pectus,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 13:

grata superveniat, quae non sperabitur hora,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 14 et saep.: dis sum fretus, deos sperabimus, we will hope or trust in the gods, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38; cf. id. Mil. 4, 5, 10; id. Cist. 2, 3, 52.—

With obj.-clause (so most freq.; usually with inf. fut.; less freq. but class. with inf. pres. or perf.).—With inf. fut.:

ego me confido liberum fore, tu te numquam speras,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 15; Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33:

ex quibus sperant se maximum fructum esse capturos,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

quod amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 15:

tu fac animo forti magnoque sis, speresque fore, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 5, 6 fin.; cf.:

spero fore, ut contingat id nobis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82 et saep.— With inf. pres.:

qui istoc te speras modo Potesse dissimulando infectum hoc reddere,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 22:

spero me habere, qui hunc excruciem,

Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 11:

sperat se a me avellere,

id. ib. 3, 3, 14:

totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

spero, quae tua prudentia est, et hercule, ut me jubet Acastus, confido te jam, ut volumus, valere,

Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:

sperabam tuum adventum appropinquare,

id. Fam. 4, 6, 3:

speremus, nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

spero te mihi ignoscere, si, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

spero esse, ut volumus,

id. Att. 12, 6 b, 4:

ita quiddam spero nobis profici, cum, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 1; Sall. H. 4, 61, 2 Dietsch:

speramus carmina fingi posse,

Hor. A. P. 331: neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam, I did not hope or expect, Verg. A. 4, 338.—So esp. when used like Engl. hope, in the sense trust, believe:

spero nostram amicitiam non egere testibus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 2:

id enim deos immortalis spero aequissimum judicare,

id. Phil. 11, 15, 39; cf. infra, II. fin. —With inf. perf.:

speravi miser Ex servitute me exemisse filium,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 99:

me ejus spero fratrem propemodum Jam repperisse,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 123:

sperabam jam defervisse adulescentiam,

id. Ad. 1, 2, 72: spero tibi me causam probasse;

cupio quidem certe,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4:

spero cum Crassipede nos confecisse,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2:

et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum,

Cat. 84, 3:

sperasse libertatem se civium suorum emisse,

Liv. 4, 15, 6:

sperabam ita notata me reliquisse genera, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1; id. Att. 2, 21, 2; 10, 7, 3. —Ellipt.:

qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem Sperat (sc. te fore),

Hor. C. 1, 5, 11.—

With ut and subj.:

quoniam, ut salvum vellent tyrannum, sperare non poterat,

Liv. 34, 27, 3:

ut patiatur... nec sperandum ulli nec concupiscendum est,

Sen. ad Polyb. 18, 6; Just. 5, 3, 3.—() In a Greek construction, with fut. part.:

visura et quamvis numquam speraret Ulixen, etc. (for se visuram esse),

Prop. 2, 9, 7 Paley ad loc.—

With de (very rare):

neque de otio nostro spero jam,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6: de eo bene sperare (with obj.clause, cf. g supra), Nep. Milt. 1, 1.—

To look for, expect, apprehend that which is undesired, elpizô (rare, and mostly poet.;

in Cic. only with non, and ironically): nam quod tu speres, propulsabo facile,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 21:

mihi non hoc miserae sperare jubebas, Sed conubia laeta,

Cat. 64, 140:

haec merui sperare? dabis mihi, perfida, poenas,

Prop. 2, 5, 3:

hunc ego si potui tantum sperare dolorem, Et perferre, soror, potero,

Verg. A. 4, 419 (cf. Quint. 8, 2, 3); cf. Flor. 3, 1, 1:

haec adeo ex illo mihi jam speranda fuerunt Tempore, cum, etc.,

Verg. A. 11, 275:

mene efferre pedem, genitor, te posse relicto Sperasti?

id. ib. 2, 658; cf. Suet. Caes. 60:

si genus humanum et mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi,

expect, fear, Verg. A. 1, 543:

exstinguine mea Speravi te posse manu,

Val. Fl. 3, 295:

aliquod in Africā bellum,

Flor. 3, 1, 1:

jam quartanam sperantibus aegris,

Juv. 4, 57.—With a negative particle: Sc. Moneo ego te: te deseret ille aetate et satietate. Ph. Non spero. Sc. Insperata accidunt magis saepe quam quae speres, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 40: id quod non spero, Afran ap. Charis. p. 195 P.:

sin a vobis, id quod non spero, deserar,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: te tam mobili in me meosque esse animo non sperabam, Q. Metell. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 2:

non speravi te sequi,

Stat. Th. 6, 139.—Ironically:

quoniam haec satis spero vobis molesta videri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 51.—Hence, spērātus, a, um, P. a., that is hoped or longed for; as subst.: spērātus, i, m.; spērāta, ae, f., a betrothed, intended, a lover; a bride (ante- and post-class.): curre et nuntia Venire me et mecum speratum adducere, Afran. ap. Non. 174, 31:

sperata, salve,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 97; so, sperata, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 71; Afran. ap. Non. 174, 33; Arn. 4, 140; Hyg. Fab. 31; 33.—Once also of a wife not seen for a long time:

Amphitruo uxorem salutat laetus speratam suam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 53.

spondĕo, spŏpondi, sponsum, 2 ( perf. spepondi, Cic., Caes., and Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 12 sq.; Inscr. Orell. 4358;

without redup. sponderat,

Tert. Carm. adv. Mart. 3, 135; subj. sponsis = spoponderis, an ancient formula of prayer in Fest. p. 351 Müll.), v. a. [akin with spendô, to pour out, = libare; cf. spondai, league].

Jurid. and publicists' t. t.

In bargains, covenants, treaties, etc., to promise solemnly, to bind, engage, or pledge one's self (class.; syn.: recipio, stipulor, promitto; cf.: vadimonium obire, vadari); according to the civil law in its original form, it was essential to a binding contract verbally made (verbis) that a proposition and its acceptance should be expressed by the question spondes? and the answer spondeo; and only at a later period was the use of promitto, etc., valid (v. Sandars, Introd. ad Just. Inst. p. LV): verbis obligatio fit ex interrogatione et responsione, velut, Dari spondes? Spondeo. Dabis? Dabo. Promittis? Promitto;

sed haec quidem verborum obligatio: dari spondes? spondeo, propria civium Romanorum est, cetera vero juris gentium sunt,

Gai. Inst. 3, 91 sq.; Dig. 45, 1, 126; 45, 1, 133; cf.

the whole title,

ib. 45, 1: De verborum obligationibus: He. Aeternum tibi dapinabo victum, si vera autumas... Er. Sponden' tu istut? He. Spondeo, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 118: qui stulte spondet, Cato ap. Rufin. 18, p. 210:

quis stipulatus est? Ubi? Quo die? Quis spopondisse me dicit? Nemo,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 13:

ut aliquando spondere se diceret,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

si quis quod spopondit, quā in re verbo se obligavit uno, si id non facit, etc.,

id. Caecin. 3, 7:

faeneris, quod stipulanti spoponderam tibi, reliquam pensiunculam percipe,

Col. 10 praef.:

ego meā fide spondeo futurum ut omnia invenias, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10.—

To promise for another, to become security for a person, to enter bail, etc.:

quod multis benigne fecerit, pro multis spoponderit,

has become security, Cic. Planc. 19, 47:

sed tamen scire velim quando dicar spopondisse et pro patre anne pro filio,

id. Att. 12, 14, 2:

quod pro Cornificio me abhinc annis XXV. spopondisse dicit Flavius,

id. ib. 12, 17:

et se quisque paratum ad spondendum Icilio ostendere,

Liv. 3, 46, 7:

sponsum diceres advocasse, Cic. Fragm. Clod. et Cur. 3, 4, p. 29 B. and K.: hic sponsum vocat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 67:

sponsum descendam, quia promisi,

Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2. —

Transf., of promises or pledges made in behalf of a government, etc.:

non foedere pax Caudina, sed per sponsionem facta est... Spoponderunt consules, legati, quaestores, tribuni militum,

Liv. 9, 5, 4:

quod spondendo pacem servassent exercitum,

id. 9, 8, 15:

quid tandem si spopondissemus urbem hanc relicturum populum Romanum?

id. 9, 9, 6:

ea demum sponsio esset, quam populi jussu spopondissemus,

id. 9, 9, 13:

hosti nihil spopondistis, civem neminem spondere pro vobis jussistis,

id. 9, 9, 16.—

Esp., to promise or engage in marriage, betroth: qui uxorem ducturus erat ab eo unde ducenda erat, stipulabatur eam in matrimonium ductam iri; [p. 1746] qui daturus erat itidem spondebat. Tum quae promissa erat sponsa appellabatur, qui spoponderat ducturum, sponsus, Sulp. Dot. ap. Gell. 4, 4, 2: Ly. Istac lege filiam tuam sponden' mihi uxorem dari? Ch. Spondeo. Ca. Et ego spondeo idem hoc, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 38 sq.; 2, 4, 172: Me. Etiam mihi despondes filiam? Eu. Illis legibus, Cum illā dote quam tibi dixi. Me. Sponden' ergo? Eu. Spondeo, id. Aul. 2, 2, 78: Ph. Spondesne, miles, mi hanc uxorem? Th. Spondeo. Ph. Et ego huic victum spondeo, id. Curc. 5, 2, 73 sq.: sponden tu ergo tuam gnatam uxorem mihi? Ch. Spondeo et mille auri Philippum dotis, id. Trin. 5, 2, 34.—Hence, of women, alicui sponsam esse, to be betrothed, engaged to a man:

si volt Demipho Dare quantum ab hac accipio, quae sponsa est mihi,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 52:

scis, sponsam mihi (esse)?

id. Eun. 5, 9 (8), 6; Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 101 sq.; 2, 4, 172; 2, 4, 174; id. Poen. 5, 3, 43.—

= sponsionem facere (v. sponsio, II.), to lay a judicial wager, to enter into an agreement to pay contingent on the truth or falsity of an assertion: si hoc ita est, qui spondet mille nummūm? P. Afric. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 11, 9.— So, absol.:

cum illi jacenti latera tunderentur, ut aliquando spondere se diceret,

should declare that he made the required wager, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (cf. sponsum, P. a. fin. infra); Dig. 11, 5, 3.—

In gen., to promise sacredly, to warrant, vow (class.).

With fut. inf.:

promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51:

ut (eum) inimicissimum huic conjurationi futurum esse, promittam et spondeam,

id. Mur. 41, 90:

et ipse spondeo et omnes hoc tibi tui pro me recipient, te fructum esse capturum, etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 50, 2:

quis est qui spondeat eundum, si differtur bellum, animum postea fore,

Liv. 5, 5, 9:

quae si perpetua concordia sit, quis non spondere ausit, maximum hoc imperium brevi futurum esse?

id. 5, 3, 10:

spondebant animis id (bellum) P. Cornelium finiturum,

with full conviction, id. 28, 38, 9; cf. id. 3, 59, 3:

sponde affore reges,

Val. Fl. 3, 504.—

With inf. pres., to warrant, give assurance of an existing fact:

spondebo enim tibi, vel potius spondeo in meque recipio, eos esse M'. Curii mores,

Cic. Fam. 13, 17, 2.—

With acc. of thing (and often dat. pers.):

quibus cum consulem suum reliquissent, honores et praemia spopondistis,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 28: mihi sex menses sati' sunt vitae, septimum Orco spondeo, Poët. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 22: ea spondent, confirmant, quae, quidem mihi exploratiora essent, si remansissem, Cic Att. 11, 6, 3:

quod ego non modo de me tibi spondere possum, sed de te etiam mihi,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 1:

ac de infante (Tiberio) Scribonius mathematicus praeclara spopondit,

Suet. Tib. 14:

tantum sibi vel de viribus suis, vel de fortunā spondentes,

Just. 3, 4, 1; Amm. 24, 1, 8:

illius et dites monitis spondentibus Indi,

Val. Fl. 6, 117:

non si mihi Juppiter auctor Spondeat, hoc sperem Italiam contingere caelo,

Verg. A. 5, 18:

spondere fidem,

Ov. M. 10, 395:

officium Amori,

id. ib. 10, 418.—

Transf., of inanim. or abstract subjects (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

nec quicquam placidum spondentia Martis Sidera presserunt,

Ov. Ib. 217:

quod prope diem futurum spondet et virtus et fortuna vestra,

Liv. 7, 30, 8:

eorum hominum erat, qui, quantum spes spopondisset, cuperent, ni, etc.,

id. 45, 19, 7:

magna de illo (Philippo) spes fuit propter ipsius ingenium, quod magnum spondebat virum,

Just. 7, 6, 1.— Hence, sponsus, a, um, P. a., promised, engaged, betrothed, affianced; substt,

sponsus, i, m., a betrothed man, a bridegroom: virgo Sponso superba, Titin. ap. Non. 305, 5:

accede ad sponsum audacter,

id. ib. 227, 15; Cic. Inv. 2, 26, 78:

sponsus regius,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 10.— Poet., of Penelope's suitors, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 28.—

spon-sa, ae, f., a betrothed woman, a bride:

scio equidem, sponsam tibi esse et filium ex sponsā tuā,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 12; Ter. And. 2, 1, 24:

flebilis sponsa,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 21 et saep.—Prov.: suam cuique sponsam, mihi meam, i. e. every one to his taste, Atil. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 20, 3.—

sponsum, i, n., a covenant, agreement, engagement: sponsum negare, to break or disown one's pledge, Hor. S. 1, 3, 95:

sponsus contra sponsum rogatus,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 107 Müll.—

Esp., a judicial wager (cf. sponsio, II.):

ex sponso egit,

Cic. Quint. 9, 32.

ăqua, ae (ACVA, Inscr. Grut. 593, 5; gen. aquāï, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 71; Lucr. 1, 284; 1. 285; 1, 307; 1, 454 et saep.; Verg. A. 7, 464; poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15; Cic. Arat. 179; Prud. Apoth. 702; the dat. aquaï also was used acc. to Charis. p. 538; v. Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 9, 11, 12; pp. 14 sq.;

aquae, as trisyl.,

Lucr. 6, 552 Lachm.), f. [cf. Sanscr. ap = water; Wallach. apa, and Goth. ahva = river; old Germ. Aha; Celt. achi; and the Gr. proper names Mess-api-oi and gê Api-a, and the Lat. Apuli, Apiola; prob. ultimately con. with Sanscr. ācus = swift, ācer, and ôkus, from the notion of quickly, easily moving. Curtius.].

A.. Water, in its most gen. signif. (as an element, rainwater, river-water, sea-water, etc.; in class. Lat. often plur. to denote several streams, springs, in one place or region, and com. plur. in Vulg. O. T. after the Hebrew):

aër, aqua, terra, vapores, Quo pacto fiant,

Lucr. 1, 567: SI. AQVA. PLVVIA. NOCET, Fragm. of the XII. Tab. ap. Dig. 40, 7, 21; cf. Dirks. Transl. p. 486; so also of titles in the Digg. 39, 3; cf. ib. 43, 20:

pluvialis,

rain-water, Ov. M. 8, 335, and Sen. Q. N. 3, 1; so,

aquae pluviae,

Cic. Mur. 9, 22; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233; Quint. 10, 1, 109 (and pluviae absol., Cic. Att. 15, 16, B; Lucr. 6, 519; Verg. G. 1, 92; Ov. F. 2, 71; Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 227); so,

caelestes aquae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135; Liv. 4, 30, 7; 5, 12, 2; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14; so,

aquae de nubibus,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 12: aquae nivis, snow-water, ib. Job, 9, 30:

fluvialis,

river-water, Col. 6, 22; so,

aqua fluminis,

Vulg. Jer. 2, 18:

aquaï fons,

Lucr. 5, 602:

fons aquae,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 13:

fontes aquarum, ib. Joel, 1, 20: flumen aquae,

Verg. A. 11, 495:

fluvius aquae,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 1:

rivus aquae,

Verg. E. 8, 87:

rivi aquarum,

Vulg. Isa. 32, 2:

torrens aquae,

ib. Macc. 5, 40; and plur., ib. Jer. 31, 9: dulcis, fresh-water, Fr. eau douce, Lucr. 6, 890:

fons aquae dulcis,

Cic. Verr. 4, 118; and plur.:

aquae dulces,

Verg. G. 4, 61; id. A. 1, 167: marina, sea-water (v. also salsus, amarus), Cic. Att. 1, 16; so,

aquae maris,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 22; ib. Exod. 15, 19:

dulcis et amara aqua,

ib. Jac. 3, 11:

perennis,

never-failing, Liv. 1, 21; and plur.:

quo in summo (loco) est aequata agri planities et aquae perennes,

Cic. Verr. 4, 107:

aqua profluens,

running-water, id. Off. 1, 16, 52; so,

currentes aquae,

Vulg. Isa. 30, 25; so,

aqua viva,

living-water, Varr. L. L. 5, 26, 35; Vulg. Gen. 26, 19; and plur.:

aquae vivae,

ib. Num. 19, 17;

and in a spiritual sense: aqua viva,

ib. Joan. 4, 10; so,

vitae,

ib. Apoc. 22, 17:

aquae viventes,

ib. Lev. 14, 5:

stagna aquae,

standing-water, Prop. 4, 17, 2; and plur., Vulg. Psa. 106, 35; so, stativae aquae, Varr. ap. Non. p. 217, 2:

aquae de puteis,

well-water, Vulg. Num. 20, 17:

aqua de cisternā,

cisternwater, ib. 2 Reg. 23, 16; so,

aqua cisternae,

ib. Isa. 36, 16:

aquae pessimae,

ib. 4 Reg. 2, 19:

aqua recens,

Verg. A. 6, 636:

turbida,

Vulg. Jer. 2, 18:

crassa,

ib. 2 Macc. 1, 20:

munda,

ib. Heb. 10, 22:

purissima,

ib. Ezech. 34, 18:

aquae calidae,

warm-water, ib. Gen. 36, 24; and absol.:

calida,

Cato, R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22;

and contr.: calda,

Col. 6, 13; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83: aqua fervens, boiling-water:

aliquem aquā ferventi perfundere,

Cic. Verr. 1, 67:

aqua frigida,

cold-water, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37; Vulg. Prov. 25, 23; ib. Matt. 10, 42; and absol.:

frigida,

Cels. 1, 5; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11; Quint. 5, 11, 31: aqua decocta, water boiled and then cooled with ice or snow, Mart. 14, 116; and absol.:

decocta,

Juv. 5, 50; Suet. Ner. 48 al.—

Particular phrases.

Praebere aquam, to invite to a feast, to entertain (with ref. to the use of water at table for washing and drinking), Hor. S. 1, 4, 88 (cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 69).—

Aquam aspergere alicui, to give new life or courage, to animate, refresh, revive (the fig. taken from sprinkling one who is in a swoon):

ah, adspersisti aquam! Jam rediit animus,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 15.—

Aqua et ignis, to express the most common necessaries of life:

non aquā, non igni, ut aiunt, locis pluribus utimur quam amicitiā,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22.—Hence aquā et igni interdicere alicui, to deny intercourse or familiarity with one, to exclude from civil society, to banish, Cic. Phil. 1, 9; so the bride, on the day of marriage, received from the bridegroom aqua et ignis, as a symbol of their union: aquā et igni tam interdici solet damnatis quam accipiunt nuptae, videlicet quia hae duae res humanam vitam maxime continent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 3 Müll. (this custom is differently explained in [p. 148] Varr. L. L. 5, 9, 18): aquam et terram petere, of an enemy (like gên kai hudôr aitein), to demand submission, Liv. 35, 17:

aquam ipsos (hostes) terramque poscentium, ut neque fontium haustum nec solitos cibos relinquerent deditis,

Curt. 3, 10, 8.— Provv.

Ex uno puteo similior numquam potis Aqua aquaï

sumi quam haec est atque ista hospita,

you can't find two peas more like, Plaut. Mil. 1, 6, 70 sq. —

In aquā scribere = kath hudatos graphein, to write in water, of something transient, useless:

cupido quod dicit amanti, In vento et rapidā scribere oportet aquā,

Cat. 70, 4 (cf. Keats' epitaph on himself: here lies one whose name was writ in water; and the Germ., etwas hinter die Feueresse schreiben).—

Water, in a more restricted sense.

The sea:

coge, ut ad aquam tibi frumentum Ennenses metiantur,

on the sea-coast, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83:

laborum quos ego sum terrā, quos ego passus aquā,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 30:

findite remigio aquas!

id. F. 3, 586.— Trop.: Venimus in portum... Naviget hinc aliā jam mihi linter aquā, in other waters let my bark now sail (cf. Milton in the Lycidas:

To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new),

Ov. F. 2, 864.—

= la. cus, a lake:

Albanae aquae deductio,

Cic. Div. 1, 44 fin. —

A stream, a river. in Tuscae gurgite mersus aquae, i. e. Albula, Ov. F. 4, 48:

alii in aquam caeci ruebant,

Liv. 1, 27:

sonitus multarum aquarum,

of many streams, Vulg. Isa. 17, 12; ib. Apoc. 1, 15; 19, 6:

lignum, quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum,

along the watercourses, ib. Psa. 1, 3.—

Rain:

cornix augur aquae,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 12:

deūm genitor effusis aethera siccat aquis,

Ov. F. 3, 286:

multā terra madescit aquā,

id. ib. 6, 198:

aquae magnae bis eo anno fuerunt,

heavy rains, a flood, inundation, Liv. 24, 9; 38, 28.—

In the plur., medicinal springs, waters, baths.

In gen.:

ad aquas venire,

Cic. Planc. 27, 65; id. Fam. 16, 24, 2:

aquae caldae,

Varr. L. L. 9, 69, p. 219 Müll.:

aquae calidae,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

aquae medicatae,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25:

aquae Salutiferae,

Mart. 5, 1.—Hence,

As prop. noun, Waters. Some of the most important were.

Ăquae Ăpollĭnāres, in Etruria, prob. the Phoebi vada of Mart. 6, 42, 7, now Bagni di Stigliano, Tab. Peut.—

Ăquae Aurēlĭae, in the Black Forest in Germany, now Baden-Baden, Inscr.—

Ăquae Baiae, in Campania, Prop. 1, 11, 30; earlier called Ăquae Cūmānae, Liv. 41, 16.—

Ăquae Călĭdae,

In Britain, now Bath; also called Ăquae Sōlis, Itin Anton.—

In Zeugitana on the Gulf of Carthage, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9; Tab. Peut.—

In Gallia, now Vichy on the Allier, Tab. Theod.—

Ăquae Cĭcĕrōnĭānae, at Cicero's villa at Puteoli, Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 6.—

Ăquae Mattĭăcae, among the Mattiaci in Germany, now Wiesbaden, Amm. 29, 4, also called Fontes Mattĭăci in Plin. 31, 2, 17, § 20.—

Ăquae Sextĭae, near Massilia, once a famous watering-place, now Aix, Liv Epit 61; Vell. 1, 15; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36.—

Ăquae Tauri or Tauri Thermae, in Etruria, now Bagni di Ferrata, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52. V. Smith, Dict. Geog., s. v. Aquae.—

The water in the water-clock. From the use of this clock in regulating the length of speeches, etc. (cf. clepsydra), arose the tropical phrases,

Aquam dare, to give the advocate time for speaking, Plin. Ep. 6, 2, 7.—

Aquam perdere, to spend time unprofitably, to waste it, Quint. 11, 3, 52.—

Aqua haeret, the water stops, i.e. I am at a loss, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:

in hac causā mihi aqua haeret,

id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 7.—

Aqua intercus, the water under the skin of a dropsical person;

hence, as med. t.,

the dropsy, Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 3:

medicamentum ad aquam intercutem dare,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:

decessit morbo aquae intercutis,

Suet. Ner 5; cf. Cels. 2, 8.— Trop.: aquam in animo habere intercutem, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 37, 3.—

Aqua, the name of a constellation, Gr. Hudôr:

hae tenues stellae perhibentur nomine Aquāī,

Cic. Arat. 179 (as translation of tous pantas kaleousin Hudôr); v. Orell. ad h. l.