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  • 21 pollicitum

        pollicitum ī, n    [P. n. of polliceor], a promise, pledge: Polliciti fidem temptat, O.: Hanc pollicitis corrumpe, O.
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  • 22 prōmissum

        prōmissum ī, n    [P. n. of promitto], a promise: nostrum: promisso teneri: promissis induxit alquem: deum promisso ludit inani, O.: illis promissis standum non est: promissis manere, V.: Dic aliquid dignum promissis, H.: Quo promissa (Enni) cadant, i. e. the expectations which he raises, H.: promissa dato, fulfill, O.: promissa Non dare, i. e. to break, O.: iuvenes promissis onerat, L.
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  • 23 prō-mittō

        prō-mittō mīsī    (prōmīstī for prōmīsistī, T., Ct., prōmīsse, Ct.), missus, ere, to let go, put forth, let hang down, let grow: capillum ac barbam, L. —Fig., to set in view, assure beforehand, foretell, predict: mihi alqd de eventu rerum promittendum: ut (di) primis minentur extis, bene promittant secundis.—To set in view, promise, hold out, cause to expect, give hope of, assure: dicebam omnia te promissurum: carmen, H.: opem, O.: ea quae tibi promitto ac recipio: tibi me promittere noli, i. e. do not expect me, O.: domum Iovi promissum, vowed: Laribus cristam galli, Iu.: me ultorem, V.: promitto, spondeo, Caesarem talem semper fore civem, etc.: se remedium adferre tantamque vim morbi levaturum esse promisit, Cu.: de me tibi sic promitto atque confirmo, me, etc.: si quid promittere de me Possum, H.—Ellipt.: qui damni infecti promiserit, i. e. became responsible for possible damage.—To make an engagement, promise to come: ad fratrem: ad cenam mihi, Ph.

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  • 24 redimō

        redimō ēmī, ēmptus, ere    [red-+emo], to buy back, repurchase, redeem: (domum) non minoris, quam emit Antonius, redimet: de fundo redimendo.— To ransom, release, redeem: captum quam queas Minumo, T.: cum legati populi R. redempti sint: e servitute: servi in publicum redempti ac manumissi, ransomed at the public cost, L.— To buy off, set free, release, rescue: pecuniā se a iudicibus palam redemerat: eum suo sanguine ab Acheronte, N.: fratrem Pollux alternā morte redemit, V.: corpus (a morbo), O.: armis civitatem, L.— To buy up, obtain by purchase, take by contract, undertake, hire, farm: belli moram, secure by bribery, S.: vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere, Cs.: picarias de censoribus: litem, undertake.—Fig., to buy, purchase, redeem, secure, gain, acquire, obtain, procure: ut ab eo (praetorc) servorum vita redimeretur: pretio sepeliendi potestatem: ne obsidibus quidem datis, pacem Ariovisti, Cs.: auro ius triste sepulcri, O.: mutuam dissimulationem mali, Ta.: alqd morte, Cu.— To buy off, ward off, obviate, avert: (acerbitatem) a re p. meis incommodis: metum virgarum pretio: Si mea mors redimenda tuā esset, O.— To pay for, make amends for, atone for, compensate for: flagitium aut facinus, S.: sua per nostram periuria poenam, O.
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    I
    redimere, redemi, redemptus V TRANS
    buy back, recover, replace by purchase; buy up; make good, fulfil (promise); redeem; atone for; ransom; rescue/save; contract for; buy/purchase; buy off
    II
    redimere, redimi, - V TRANS
    buy back, recover, replace by purchase; buy up; make good, fulfil (promise); redeem; atone for; ransom; rescue/save; contract for; buy/purchase; buy off

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  • 25 spōnsiō

        spōnsiō ōnis, f    [spondeo], a solemn promise, engagement, covenant, guarantee, security: voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo: per indutias sponsionem faciunt, uti, etc., made a covenant, S.: pax per sponsionem facta, by giving security, L.: sponsionem interponere, L.—In actions at law, a wager of law, formal stipulation for a forfeit by the loser: condicio fertur, ut, si id factum negaret, sponsione defenderet sese, L.: ut sponsionem facere possent, ni adversus edictum praetoris vis facta esset, an engagement to pay forfeit, unless it is adjudged that, etc.: sponsio est, ni te Apronius socium in decumis esse dicat, the stipulation is (to pay) unless, etc.: vincere sponsionem, to win the forfeit.—A betting: audax, Iu.
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    solemn promise; wager at law

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  • 26 stipulātiō

        stipulātiō ōnis, f    [stipulor], a formal promise, engagement, agreement, bargain, covenant, stipulation: pacta, stipulationes: ut ea pecunia ex stipulatione debeatur: stipulationum formulae.
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    demanding of guarantee from debtor by formal question; contract created thereby; promise; bargain; (demanding spondesne from debtor/contract w/answer spondeo)

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  • 27 stipulor

        stipulor ātus, ārī, dep.    [STIP-], to engage, bargain, covenant, stipulate: alqd: Quantum vis stipulare, i. e. bargain for what you will, Iu.: pecunia stipulata, promised.
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    stipulari, stipulatus sum V DEP
    extract solumn promise/guarantee (oral contract); promise in a stipulatio

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  • 28 vōtum

        vōtum ī, n    [P. n. of voveo], a promise to a god, solemn pledge, religious engagement, vow: qui (deus) numquam nobis occurrit in votis: nefaria vota: religione voti obstrictum esse: de illo aegroto vota facere: ante conceptum votum... post votum, L.: debere diis: Exsequi, V.—In the phrase, voti damnari, to become bound by a vow, i. e. obtain one's prayer: quae (civitas) damnata voti curam habeat, etc., L.; cf. voti reus, V.: voti liberari, L.—That which is promised, a votive offering: votis incendimus aras, with burnt-offerings, V.: spolia hostium, Volcano votum, L.—A wish, desire, longing, prayer: ea esse vota, eam esse voluntatem omnium, ut, etc., L.: quoniam res Romana contra spem votaque eius velut resurgeret, L.: Audivere di mea vota, H.: Haec loca sunt voto fertiliora tuo, O.: voti potens, O.: votum meum implevit, Cu.: An venit in votum Attalicis ex urbibus una? H.
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    vow, pledge, religious undertaking/promise; prayer/wish; votive offering; vote

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  • 29 adpromitto

    adpromittere, adpromisi, adpromissus V TRANS
    promise in addition (to another), promise also

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  • 30 appromitto

    appromittere, appromisi, appromissus V TRANS
    promise in addition (to another), promise also

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  • 31 promitto

    to let go, send forth, undertake, promise.
    to let go forward, send forth, promise, undertake.

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  • 32 adnuo

    an-nŭo (better adn-), ŭi (ūvi, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), ūtum, 3, v. n. [-nuo, whence nutum; Gr. neuô; cf. abnuo], to nod to, to nod.
    I.
    In gen.:

    ne illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, adnuat,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39:

    adnuerunt sociis,

    Vulg. Luc. 5, 7:

    simul ac adnuisset,

    at the first nod, Cic. Quint. 5:

    adnuentibus ac vocantibus suis evadit,

    Liv. 1, 12:

    adnuit, et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum,

    Verg. A. 9, 106; to ask by a wink or nod (opp. renuo), Tac. A. 15, 58.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To give assent or approval by nodding, to nod assent to, to approve, favor, allow, grant. promise to do (constr. with dat. of person, or with acc. of thing and dat. of person; opp. abnuo, to dissent, refuse):

    daturine estis an non? adnuunt,

    Plaut. Truc. prol. 4: adnuo Terram intuens modeste, * Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 32:

    id quoque toto capite adnuit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285; id. Phil. 13, 3:

    non adversata petenti Adnuit,

    Verg. A. 4, 128:

    audacibus adnue coeptis,

    be favorable to, smile on our undertakings, id. G. 1, 40; id. A. 9, 625; Plin. Ep. 1, 22 fin.:

    amicitiis adnuere,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 20:

    Adnuit precibus Lysiae,

    ib. ib. 11, 15:

    Omnia omnibus adnuit,

    Cat. 61, 159.—With acc. of thing:

    quod cum rex adnuisset,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 10.—With acc. and inf.: adnuvit sese mecum decernere ferro, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.:

    ego autem venturum adnuo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 9; Liv. 28, 17; Verg. A. 11, 20.—
    B.
    Adnuere alicui aliquid; poet., to promise or grant something to one:

    caeli quibus adnuis arcem,

    Verg. A. 1, 250:

    sin nostrum adnuerit nobis Victoria Martem,

    shall grant us a successful engagement, id. ib. 12, 187:

    ni divūm pater adnuisset rebus Aeneae potiore ductos alite muros,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 22: adnuite nutum numenque vestrum invictum Campanis, give your assent, etc., Liv. 7, 30.—
    C. (α).
    By a nod:

    quos iste adnuerat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61.—
    (β).
    By a wink:

    quae adnuit oculo,

    Vulg. Prov. 10, 10; so absol.:

    adnuunt oculis,

    they make signs with their eyes, ib. Psa. 34, 19; ib. Prov. 6, 13; ib. Eccli. 27, 25.—
    (γ).
    By the hand:

    adnuens eis manu, ut tacerent,

    Vulg. Act. 12, 17:

    adnuit manu ad plebem,

    ib. ib. 21, 40. —Hence, in gen., to indicate, declare:

    falsa adnuere,

    Tac. A. 14, 60.

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  • 33 annuo

    an-nŭo (better adn-), ŭi (ūvi, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), ūtum, 3, v. n. [-nuo, whence nutum; Gr. neuô; cf. abnuo], to nod to, to nod.
    I.
    In gen.:

    ne illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, adnuat,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39:

    adnuerunt sociis,

    Vulg. Luc. 5, 7:

    simul ac adnuisset,

    at the first nod, Cic. Quint. 5:

    adnuentibus ac vocantibus suis evadit,

    Liv. 1, 12:

    adnuit, et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum,

    Verg. A. 9, 106; to ask by a wink or nod (opp. renuo), Tac. A. 15, 58.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To give assent or approval by nodding, to nod assent to, to approve, favor, allow, grant. promise to do (constr. with dat. of person, or with acc. of thing and dat. of person; opp. abnuo, to dissent, refuse):

    daturine estis an non? adnuunt,

    Plaut. Truc. prol. 4: adnuo Terram intuens modeste, * Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 32:

    id quoque toto capite adnuit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285; id. Phil. 13, 3:

    non adversata petenti Adnuit,

    Verg. A. 4, 128:

    audacibus adnue coeptis,

    be favorable to, smile on our undertakings, id. G. 1, 40; id. A. 9, 625; Plin. Ep. 1, 22 fin.:

    amicitiis adnuere,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 20:

    Adnuit precibus Lysiae,

    ib. ib. 11, 15:

    Omnia omnibus adnuit,

    Cat. 61, 159.—With acc. of thing:

    quod cum rex adnuisset,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 10.—With acc. and inf.: adnuvit sese mecum decernere ferro, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.:

    ego autem venturum adnuo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 9; Liv. 28, 17; Verg. A. 11, 20.—
    B.
    Adnuere alicui aliquid; poet., to promise or grant something to one:

    caeli quibus adnuis arcem,

    Verg. A. 1, 250:

    sin nostrum adnuerit nobis Victoria Martem,

    shall grant us a successful engagement, id. ib. 12, 187:

    ni divūm pater adnuisset rebus Aeneae potiore ductos alite muros,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 22: adnuite nutum numenque vestrum invictum Campanis, give your assent, etc., Liv. 7, 30.—
    C. (α).
    By a nod:

    quos iste adnuerat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61.—
    (β).
    By a wink:

    quae adnuit oculo,

    Vulg. Prov. 10, 10; so absol.:

    adnuunt oculis,

    they make signs with their eyes, ib. Psa. 34, 19; ib. Prov. 6, 13; ib. Eccli. 27, 25.—
    (γ).
    By the hand:

    adnuens eis manu, ut tacerent,

    Vulg. Act. 12, 17:

    adnuit manu ad plebem,

    ib. ib. 21, 40. —Hence, in gen., to indicate, declare:

    falsa adnuere,

    Tac. A. 14, 60.

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  • 34 compromitto

    com-prōmitto ( conp-), mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form conpromesise = conpromisisse, S. C. Bacch. v. 14), v. a., jurid. t. t. in lawsuits, to promise mutually to abide by the decision of an arbiter:

    tribunicii candidati conpromiserunt,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15, 6):

    de aliquā re,

    Dig. 4, 8, 13:

    in arbitrum,

    ib. 44, 4, 4; 4, 8, 21 al.—
    II.
    To promise at the same time (very rare):

    eisque spolia peremptorum hostium compromittens,

    Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 1.

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  • 35 conpromitto

    com-prōmitto ( conp-), mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form conpromesise = conpromisisse, S. C. Bacch. v. 14), v. a., jurid. t. t. in lawsuits, to promise mutually to abide by the decision of an arbiter:

    tribunicii candidati conpromiserunt,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15, 6):

    de aliquā re,

    Dig. 4, 8, 13:

    in arbitrum,

    ib. 44, 4, 4; 4, 8, 21 al.—
    II.
    To promise at the same time (very rare):

    eisque spolia peremptorum hostium compromittens,

    Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 1.

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  • 36 Eurydice

    Eurydĭce, ēs, f., = Eurudikê.
    I.
    The wife of Orpheus, who died of the bite of a serpent. Orpheus obtained from Pluto permission to bring her back from the Lower World, under promise that he would not look back at her on the way. But, as he did not keep this promise, she returned to the Lower World, Ov. M. 10, 31 sq.; Verg. G. 4, 486 sqq.; Hyg. Fab. 164.—
    II.
    Daughter of Danaüs, Hyg. Fab. 170.

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  • 37 exsolvo

    ex-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3 ( per diaeresin exsolŭātur, Lucr. 1, 811:

    exsolŭïsse,

    Ov. F. 4, 534; cf. solvo, init.), v. a., to loose, unloose, to unbind, untie, undo (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    nexus,

    Lucr. 1, 220: Am. Agedum, eam solve cistulam. So. Quid ego istam exsolvam? undo, unseal, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 152:

    properans exsolvi restim,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 37:

    catenas Caecinae,

    Tac. H. 3, 31:

    vincula,

    id. A. 3, 33; id. H. 3, 12:

    pugionem a latere,

    to ungird, id. H. 3, 68:

    venas praebere exsolvendas,

    to be opened, id. A. 4, 22; 11, 3; 16, 17:

    brachia ferro eodem ictu,

    id. ib. 15, 63:

    amictus,

    to pull off, Stat. S. 1, 5, 53:

    venenum exsoluta alvo transmisit,

    i. e. in a flux, diarrhœa, Tac. A. 13, 15.—Of an inanimate subject:

    (ignis) exsolvit glaciem,

    dissolves, melts, Lucr. 6, 878.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To set loose, release, deliver, free (mostly poet.):

    aliquem vinclis,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 10; so,

    exsolutus vinculis,

    Suet. Ner. 49:

    jube sis me exsolvi cito,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 16 sq.:

    sese e nervis (animae),

    Lucr. 3, 696; cf. id. 1, 811:

    se paulatim corpore (said of one dying),

    Verg. A. 11, 829:

    quo (sanguine),

    Tac. H. 5, 6.—
    2.
    In mercant. lang. (qs. to free from obligation, v. solvo, to discharge, pay a debt): nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve (for which, shortly after: hoc quod debeo plane expedias et solutum relinquas), Cic. Att. 16, 6, 3:

    aes alienum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2:

    pretium,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

    multiplicem sortem,

    Liv. 6, 14, 7:

    dotem uxori,

    Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 56:

    legata,

    Tac. A. 1, 36 fin. et saep. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to throw off, lay aside, rid one's self of a thing:

    legis nexus,

    Tac. A. 3, 28 fin.:

    metus,

    i. e. to lay aside, Luc. 5, 259:

    pudorem,

    Stat. Ach. 1, 565:

    robur peditum ad exsolvendum obsidium ducit,

    i. e. to raise, Tac. A. 3, 39.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To release, free from any thing:

    animum artis nodis religionum,

    Lucr. 1, 932; 4, 7:

    animos religione,

    Liv. 8, 9, 13:

    populum religione,

    id. 3, 20, 4:

    se occupationibus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

    aliquem errore, suspicione,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 26:

    aliquem aere alieno,

    Liv. 6, 14, 11:

    curis,

    Verg. A. 4, 652:

    sollicitudine,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 11:

    contumeliā,

    Tac. A. 13, 36:

    poenā,

    id. ib. 14, 12:

    custode,

    id. ib. 12, 46 et saep.—
    2.
    To discharge, pay a debt or an obligation:

    de tertio genere se scripsit dicturum, nec exsolvit quod promiserat,

    but did not keep his promise, Cic. Off. 3, 2, 7:

    vota (deo),

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 67; Liv. 21, 21, 9 (opp. se obligare):

    jus jurandum,

    id. 24, 18, 5:

    fidem,

    to fulfil one's promise, id. 26, 31, 10:

    praemia, poenas alicui,

    to award, id. 26, 40, 15:

    gratiam recte factis, alicujus,

    id. 28, 25, 6; cf.

    grates,

    to render, give, Tac. A. 14, 13:

    beneficia,

    to repay, requite, id. ib. 11, 18; cf.:

    vicem beneficio,

    id. H. 4, 3:

    poenas morte,

    to suffer, id. A. 1, 10; cf. Vell. 2, 88 fin. —
    3.
    To solve, explain any thing enigmatical or obscure:

    perfacile est parili ratione exsolvere nobis, quare, etc.,

    Lucr. 2, 381.

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  • 38 mentior

    mentĭor, ītus, 4 ( fut. mentibitur, for mentietur, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 35; 2, 2, 99; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 448), v. dep. n. and a. [prob. from root men-, whence mens, memini, q. v. Original meaning, to invent; hence],
    I.
    Neutr., to lie, cheat, deceive, etc.:

    mentiri palam,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 89:

    mentire,

    id. Poen. 3, 5, 18:

    adversus aliquem,

    id. Aul. 4, 7, 9:

    apud aliquem,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 24:

    sibi,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 6:

    mihi,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 46; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 35:

    aperte,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

    in re aliquā,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 4:

    de re aliquā,

    id. N. D. 3, 6, 14:

    adeo veritatis diligens, ut ne joco quidem mentiretur,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—With acc. and inf., to pretend, to declare falsely:

    certam me sum mentitus habere Horam, quae, etc.,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 53; Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67: mentior nisi or si mentior, a form of asseveration, I am a liar, if, etc.:

    mentior, nisi et quae alunt illud, corpora sunt,

    Sen. Ep. 106, 5:

    si mentiar, inquit, Ultima, quā fallam, sit Venus illa mihi,

    Ov. F. 4, 227.—Of things, to deceive, impose upon: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur, oratio vero saepissime, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6:

    in quibus nihil umquam... vetustas mentita sit,

    id. N. D. 2, 5, 15.—
    B.
    To deceive one's self, mistake:

    mentire, gnate,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 83 Brix ad loc.—
    II.
    Act., to lie or speak falsely about, to assert falsely, make a false promise about; to feign, counterfeit, imitate a shape, nature, etc.:

    cujus consilio tantam rem mentitus esset,

    had devised such a falsehood, Sall. C. 48:

    originem alicujus,

    Just. 35, 2, 4:

    auspicium,

    Liv. 10, 40:

    titulum Lyciscae,

    to assume falsely, Juv. 6, 123:

    noctem,

    to promise falsely, Prop. 3, 9, 1:

    cur sese daemonia mentiuntur,

    Tert. Apol. 23; also, to invent, feign, of a poetical fiction:

    ita mentitur (sc. Homerus),

    Hor. A. P. 151; cf.:

    poëtae Orionem mentiuntur in pelago incidentem,

    Lact. 4, 15, 21.— Pass.:

    si a debitore, praelato die, pignoris obligatio mentiatur,

    Dig. 48, 10, 28.—
    B.
    Trop., of inanim. subjects: semel fac illud, Mentitur tua quod subinde tussis, do what your cough keeps falsely promising, i. e. die, Mart. 5, 39, 6:

    mentiris juvenem tinctis capillis,

    id. 3, 43, 1:

    color, qui chrysocollam mentitur,

    Plin. 35, 6, 29, § 48:

    nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,

    Verg. E. 4, 42: sexum viris denegatum muliebri motu, Col. praef. 1.—Hence, *
    1.
    mentĭens, entis, m. subst., a fallacy, sophism: quomodo mentientem, quem pseudomenon vocant, dissolvas, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11. —
    2.
    mentītus, a, um, Part., in pass. signif., imitated, counterfeit, feigned ( poet.):

    mentita tela,

    Verg. A. 2, 422:

    figurae,

    Ov. M. 5, 326:

    fama,

    id. ib. 10, 28:

    nomen,

    id. ib. 10, 439; id. H. 11, 73; Sen. Contr. 5, 5, 3; Luc. 2, 512; Val. Fl. 6, 698; 7, 155; Sil. 15, 796; Stat. S. 4, 6, 21; id. Th. 1, 256; 7, 303; 10, 875; Poët. ap. Suet. Oth. 3; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 58:

    mentiti fictique terrores,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 15; id. Pan. 81, 3:

    divinitas,

    Lact. 2, 16, 2; Quint. 12, 10, 76.

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  • 39 professio

    prŏfessĭo, ōnis, f. [profiteor], a public acknowledgment, declaration, expression, profession, promise (mostly post-Aug.).
    I.
    In gen.: professio bonae voluntatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

    Canidius timidius decessit, quam professioni ejus congruebat,

    Vell. 2, 87, 3: memores professionis, of our promise ( of brevity), id. 2, 89, 6:

    aperta,

    Plin. 27, 3, 2, § 9:

    suae opinionis,

    expression, Gell. 7, 3, 24:

    summa stultitiae,

    id. 7, 3, 24:

    flagitii,

    Tac. A. 2, 85:

    pietatis,

    id. Agr. 3.—
    B.
    Transf., a sign, token (post-class.):

    vitiorum,

    Pall. 3, 9.—
    II.
    In partic., a public declaration or specification of one's person, name, property, business, etc. (class.): IS. APVD. QVEM. EA. PROFESSIO FIET, etc., Tab. Her. in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 101 sq.; Liv. 35, 7:

    tu vero confice professionem, si potes. Etsi haec pecunia ex eo genere est, ut professione non egeat,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 23, 1:

    post professionem de fideicommisso factam,

    Dig. 49, 14, 2; Tert. Apol. 42; Vulg. Act. 5, 37.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A public register of persons or property thus given in (class.):

    in Leontino jugerum subscriptio ac professio non est plus triginta millium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 113.—
    2.
    A business or profession which one publicly avows (class.):

    professio bene dicendi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 21:

    grammaticae,

    Suet. Gram. 8:

    sapientiae,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:

    magicae artis,

    Curt. 7, 4, 8:

    professionem honestarum artium malis corruperant moribus,

    id. 8, 5, 7: ista salutaris, the art of healing, medicine, Cels. praef.:

    ultimae professionis homines, i. e. vilissimi artificii,

    Lampr. Elag. 20; Dig 2, 13, 9.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > professio

  • 40 profiteor

    prŏfĭtĕor, fessus, v (old form of the inf. PROFITEREI, and of the imper. PROFITEMINO, several times in the Tab. Her, in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 99 sq.), v. dep. a. [pro-fateor], to declare publicly, to own freely, to acknowledge, avow, confess openly, profess (class.).
    I.
    In gen.
    a.
    Absol.:

    neque vis tuā voluntate ipse profiteri,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 80:

    ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri, sed etiam profiteri videatur,

    Cic. Caecin. 9, 24:

    fateor atque etiam profiteor et prae me fero,

    id. Rab. Perd. 5, 17.—
    b.
    With acc.:

    profiteri et in medium proferre aliquid,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 76:

    cur ea non profitenda putabas?

    Ov. H. 21, 129.—
    c.
    With obj. clause:

    profitentur Carnutes, se nullum periculum recusare,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 2; Cic. N D. 1, 5, 12.—
    d.
    With de:

    de parricidio professum,

    Suet. Calig. 12:

    de semet professo,

    id. Dom. 8.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Profiteri se aliquem, to declare one's self or profess to be something:

    profiteri se grammaticum,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 26, 42;

    profiteri se patrem infantis,

    Suet. Calig. 25:

    se legatum,

    id. Galb. 10:

    se candidatum consulatūs,

    id. Aug. 4:

    professus amicum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 2.—With esse:

    triduo me jure consultum esse profitebor,

    Cic. Mur. 13, 28:

    me omnium provinciarum defensorem esse profitebor,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 93, § 217.—
    B.
    Profiteri aliquid, to profess an art, science, etc.:

    profiteri philosophiam,

    to declare one's self a philosopher, Cic. Pis. 29, 71; medicinam, to profess medicine, to practise as a physician, Cels. praef.; Suet. Caes. 42;

    jus,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 531.—In pass.:

    rem non professam apud nos tenemus,

    Quint. Decl. 341. — Absol.: profiteri, to be a teacher or professor (post-Aug.):

    cum omnes qui profitentur, audiero,

    Plin. Ep 2, 18, 3:

    translatus est in Siciliam, ubi nunc profitetur,

    id. ib. 4, 11, 14.—
    C.
    Profiteri indicium, to give evidence, make a deposition against accomplices:

    multis hortantibus indicium profitetur,

    Sall. J. 35, 6; Hirt. B. Afr 55, Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 9:

    summum supplicium decernebatur, ni professus indicium foret,

    Tac. A. 6, 3.—
    D.
    To offer freely, propose voluntarily, to promise: quis profitetur? who volunteers? Plaut Capt. 3, 1, 20:

    se ad eam rem adjutorem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 38:

    ego vero tibi profiteor atque polliceor eximium et singulare meum studium in omni genere officii,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

    si vos in eam rem operam vestram profitemini,

    id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

    Varro profitetur se alterā die ad colloquium venturum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

    sumunt gentiles arma professa manus,

    arms that promise a combat, Ov. F. 2, 198: magna, Hor A. P. 14; Ov. F. 5, 351:

    grandia,

    Hor. A. P. 27.—
    E.
    To disclose, show, display, make a show of; dolorem, Just. 8, 5, 11:

    sola Jovem Semele vidit Jovis ora professum,

    Nemes. Ecl. 3, 22:

    vitate viros cultum formamque professos,

    Ov. A A. 3, 433.—
    F.
    To make a public statement or return of any thing (as of one's name, property, business, etc.):

    censum (one's estate),

    Ulp. Fragm. 1, 8;

    Tab. Her. in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 99 sq. (q. v.): ut aratores jugera sationum suarum profiterentur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

    apud decemviros, quantum habeat praedae,

    id. Agr. 2, 22, 59:

    greges ovium ad publicanum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1:

    frumentum, Liv 4, 12: furtum,

    Quint. Decl. 341:

    rem alienam,

    id. ib. 341:

    rem apud publicanum,

    id. ib. 359; Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 12.— Absol.:

    ne decipiat (publicanus) profiteri volentes,

    Dig. 39, 4, 19, § 6; Vulg. Luc. 2, 3 and 5:

    nomen,

    to give in one's name, announce one's self, Liv. 26, 18; also without nomen:

    Catilina prohibitus erat petere consulatum, quod intra legitimos dies profiteri nequiverit,

    Sall. C. 18, 3:

    nam et quaesturam petentes, quos indignos judicavit, profiteri vetuit,

    Vell. 2, 92, 3: professae (sc. feminae), i. e. common prostitutes, who had to give in their names to the aedile, Ov. F. 4, 866.— Trop.:

    in his nomen suum profitetur,

    among these he reckons himself, Ter. Eun. prol. 3.—Hence, prŏ-fessus, a, um, P. a., in passive signif., known, manifest, confessed ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    culpa professa,

    Ov. Am. 3, 14, 6:

    dux,

    Just. 8, 4, 4.—Ex or de professo, openly, avowedly, intentionally, professedly:

    non ex professo eam (potentiam) non petere,

    Sen. Ep. 14, 8:

    vir ex professo mollis, Macr S. 2, 9.—De professo (postclass.): ac ne id quidem de professo audet,

    openly, App. Mag. p. 274, 11.

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