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1 pace

خَطَا خَطْوًا مَوْزونًا \ pace: to walk with regular steps: He paced anxiously up and down the room. \ سَارَ بِخُطًى مُنْتَظِمَة \ pace: to walk with regular steps: He paced anxiously up and down the room.

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2 правильный аллюр

Makarov: regular pace

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3 menderap

move at slow and regular pace

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4 gleichmäßig

I Adj. (regelmäßig) regular; (ohne Schwankung) auch steady, even; Temperatur etc.: constant; Beschleunigung: uniform; (gleich bleibend) consistent; (wohlproportioniert) well-proportioned; (symmetrisch) symmetrical; Verteilung: even; Züge: (very) regular

II Adv. verteilen etc.: evenly; gleichmäßig gut consistently good

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equable; even; regular; smooth

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gleich|mä|ßig
1. adj
even, regular; Puls steady, regular; Abstände regular; Proportionen symmetrical
2. adv

1) (= regelmäßig) regularly

er ist immer gléíchmäßig freundlich — he is always consistently friendly

2) (= in gleicher Stärke, Größe, Anzahl) evenly

sie hat die Äpfel gléíchmäßig unter die Kinder verteilt — she distributed the apples evenly among the children

die Farbe gléíchmäßig auftragen — apply the paint evenly

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1) (always (acting, thinking or happening) according to the same rules or principles; the same or regular: He was consistent in his attitude; a consistent style of writing.) consistent

2) (regular: He has a strong, even pulse.) even

3) (steady, even and not rising or falling much: a calm, level voice.) level

4) (regular or even: a steady temperature; He was walking at a steady pace.) steady

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gleich·mä·ßig

I. adj regular, even

\gleichmäßige Bewegungen synchronized [or regular] movements

\gleichmäßiger Puls steady [or regular] [or even] pulse

mit \gleichmäßigen Schritten at a steady pace

in \gleichmäßigem Tempo at a steady speed [or pace]

\gleichmäßig atmen to breathe regularly

\gleichmäßig schlagen Herz, Puls etc. to beat steadily [or regularly] [or evenly

II. adv

1. (in gleicher Stärke/Menge) evenly, equally

Farbe \gleichmäßig auftragen to apply an even coat of paint [or paint evenly

2. (ohne Veränderungen) consistently

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1.
Adjektiv regular <interval, rhythm>; uniform <acceleration, distribution>; even < heat>
2.
adverbial < breathe> regularly

etwas gleichmäßig verteilen/auftragen — distribute something equally/apply something evenly

gleichmäßig hohe Temperaturen — constantly high temperatures

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gleichmäßig

A. adj (regelmäßig) regular; (ohne Schwankung) auch steady, even; Temperatur etc: constant; Beschleunigung: uniform; (gleichbleibend) consistent; (wohlproportioniert) well-proportioned; (symmetrisch) symmetrical; Verteilung: even; Züge: (very) regular

B. adv verteilen etc: evenly;

gleichmäßig gut consistently good

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1.
Adjektiv regular <interval, rhythm>; uniform <acceleration, distribution>; even < heat>
2.
adverbial < breathe> regularly

etwas gleichmäßig verteilen/auftragen — distribute something equally/apply something evenly

gleichmäßig hohe Temperaturen — constantly high temperatures

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adj.

equable adj.

level adj.

permanent adj. adv.

equably adv.

uniformly adv.

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5 bellum

bellum (ante-class. and poet. duel-lum), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.
I.
Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:
bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,
Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):
legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:
quae domi duellique male fecisti,
id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:
quique agent rem duelli,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:
aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,
id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):
puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,
Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,
quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,
id. 22, 10, 2:
victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,
id. 23, 11, 2:
si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,
id. 36, 2, 2;
and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,
id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:
hic... Pacem duello miscuit,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:
cadum Marsi memorem duelli,
id. ib. 3, 14, 18:
vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,
id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]
II.
Form bellum.
A.
War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).
1.
Specifying the enemy.
a.
By adjj. denoting the nation:
omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:
aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,
id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:
Britannicum bellum,
id. Att. 4, 16, 13:
Gallicum,
id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:
Germanicum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:
Sabinum,
Liv. 1, 26, 4:
Parthicum,
Vell. 2, 46, 2;
similarly: bellum piraticum,
the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:
Sertorianum bellum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:
Mithridaticum,
id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:
Jugurthinum,
Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;
similarly: bellum regium,
the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:
bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:
Asiaticum,
id. ib. 22, 64:
Africum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:
Actiacum,
Vell. 2, 86, 3:
Hispaniense,
id. 2, 55, 2.—
b.
With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:
Venetorum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 16:
Helvetiorum,
id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;
1, 30: Ambiorigis,
id. ib. 6, 29, 4:
Pyrrhi, Philippi,
Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:
Samnitium,
Liv. 7, 29, 2.—
c.
With cum and abl. of the name.
(α).
Attributively:
cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:
belli causa cum Samnitibus,
Liv. 7, 29, 3:
hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,
id. 33, 35, 12:
novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,
id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—
(β).
With cum dependent on the verb:
quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:
novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,
Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—
d.
With adversus and acc. of the name.
(α).
Attributively:
bellum adversus Philippum,
Liv. 31, 1, 8:
bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,
id. 8, 29, 6.—
(β).
With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:
ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,
id. 45, 11, 8:
bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,
Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
e.
With contra and acc.:
cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:
causam belli contra patriam inferendi,
id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—
f.
With in and acc. (very rare):
Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,
Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—
g.
With inter and acc.:
hic finis belli inter Romanos ac Persea fuit,
Liv. 45, 9, 2.—
h.
With apud and acc.:
secutum est bellum gestum apud Mutinam,
Nep. Att. 9, 1.—
k.
With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—
2.
With verbs.
a.
Referring to the beginning of the war.
(α).
Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:
summa erat observatio in bello movendo,
Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:
bellum commotum a Scapula,
id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:
nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,
Sall. C. 30, 2:
is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,
Liv. 1, 53, 2:
insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,
id. 4, 58, 6:
dii pium movere bellum,
id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,
concitare,
Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—
(β).
Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:
cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,
Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:
bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,
Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,
parare alicui,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:
bellum terra et mari comparat,
Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:
tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,
id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:
bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,
Liv. 4, 55, 7:
numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—
(γ).
Bellum differre, to postpone a war:
nec jam poterat bellum differri,
Liv. 2, 30, 7:
mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,
id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—
(δ).
Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):
omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,
Sall. J. 83, 1:
prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,
id. ib. 20, 5:
de integro bellum sumit,
id. ib. 62, 9:
iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,
Liv. 38, 19, 3:
sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,
Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—
(ε).
Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:
bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,
Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:
suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 11, 35:
judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,
join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):
cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,
undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:
senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,
id. 6, 9, 5:
bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,
Vell. 2, 3, 3.—
(ζ).
Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):
consensit et senatus bellum,
Liv. 8, 6, 8:
bellum erat consensum,
id. 1, 32, 12.—
(η).
Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:
sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:
populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,
id. ib.:
cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?
id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:
Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,
Liv. 5, 26, 3:
Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,
id. 6, 22, 6:
Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,
id. 7, 23, 2:
quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:
cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,
id. ib. 16, 49:
hunc toti bello praefecerunt,
Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:
alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:
bellum administrandum permittere,
id. ib. 21, 61.—
(θ).
Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:
ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,
Liv. 1, 32, 13:
Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:
ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,
id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:
bellum indici posse existimabat,
Liv. 1, 22, 4:
ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,
id. 1, 22, 6:
ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,
id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—
(κ).
Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:
Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,
Cic. Pis. 34, 84:
ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:
qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:
bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:
bellum patriae faciet,
id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:
civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;
3, 29: constituit bellum facere,
Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:
occupant bellum facere,
they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:
ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,
id. 1, 32, 13:
populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,
id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:
urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,
Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—
(λ).
Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:
subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7:
aliud multo propius bellum ortum,
Liv. 1, 14, 4:
Veiens bellum exortum,
id. 2, 53, 1.—

bellum
(ante-class. and poet.
duel-lum
), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.
I.
Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:
bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,
Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):
legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:
quae domi duellique male fecisti,
id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:
quique agent rem duelli,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:
aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,
id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):
puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,
Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,
quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,
id. 22, 10, 2:
victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,
id. 23, 11, 2:
si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,
id. 36, 2, 2;
and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,
id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:
hic... Pacem duello miscuit,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:
cadum Marsi memorem duelli,
id. ib. 3, 14, 18:
vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,
id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]
II.
Form bellum.
A.
War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).
1.
Specifying the enemy.
a.
By adjj. denoting the nation:
omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:
aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,
id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:
Britannicum bellum,
id. Att. 4, 16, 13:
Gallicum,
id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:
Germanicum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:
Sabinum,
Liv. 1, 26, 4:
Parthicum,
Vell. 2, 46, 2;
similarly: bellum piraticum,
the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:
Sertorianum bellum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:
Mithridaticum,
id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:
Jugurthinum,
Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;
similarly: bellum regium,
the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:
bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:
Asiaticum,
id. ib. 22, 64:
Africum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:
Actiacum,
Vell. 2, 86, 3:
Hispaniense,
id. 2, 55, 2.—
b.
With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:
Venetorum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 16:
Helvetiorum,
id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;
1, 30: Ambiorigis,
id. ib. 6, 29, 4:
Pyrrhi, Philippi,
Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:
Samnitium,
Liv. 7, 29, 2.—
c.
With cum and abl. of the name.
(α).
Attributively:
cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:
belli causa cum Samnitibus,
Liv. 7, 29, 3:
hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,
id. 33, 35, 12:
novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,
id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—
(β).
With cum dependent on the verb:
quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:
novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,
Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—
d.
With adversus and acc. of the name.
(α).
Attributively:
bellum adversus Philippum,
Liv. 31, 1, 8:
bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,
id. 8, 29, 6.—
(β).
With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:
ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,
id. 45, 11, 8:
bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,
Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
e.
With contra and acc.:
cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:
causam belli contra patriam inferendi,
id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—
f.
With in and acc. (very rare):
Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,
Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—
g.
With inter and acc.:
hic finis belli inter Romanos ac Persea fuit,
Liv. 45, 9, 2.—
h.
With apud and acc.:
secutum est bellum gestum apud Mutinam,
Nep. Att. 9, 1.—
k.
With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—
2.
With verbs.
a.
Referring to the beginning of the war.
(α).
Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:
summa erat observatio in bello movendo,
Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:
bellum commotum a Scapula,
id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:
nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,
Sall. C. 30, 2:
is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,
Liv. 1, 53, 2:
insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,
id. 4, 58, 6:
dii pium movere bellum,
id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,
concitare,
Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—
(β).
Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:
cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,
Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:
bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,
Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,
parare alicui,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:
bellum terra et mari comparat,
Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:
tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,
id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:
bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,
Liv. 4, 55, 7:
numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—
(γ).
Bellum differre, to postpone a war:
nec jam poterat bellum differri,
Liv. 2, 30, 7:
mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,
id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—
(δ).
Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):
omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,
Sall. J. 83, 1:
prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,
id. ib. 20, 5:
de integro bellum sumit,
id. ib. 62, 9:
iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,
Liv. 38, 19, 3:
sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,
Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—
(ε).
Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:
bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,
Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:
suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 11, 35:
judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,
join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):
cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,
undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:
senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,
id. 6, 9, 5:
bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,
Vell. 2, 3, 3.—
(ζ).
Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):
consensit et senatus bellum,
Liv. 8, 6, 8:
bellum erat consensum,
id. 1, 32, 12.—
(η).
Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:
sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:
populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,
id. ib.:
cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?
id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:
Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,
Liv. 5, 26, 3:
Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,
id. 6, 22, 6:
Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,
id. 7, 23, 2:
quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:
cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,
id. ib. 16, 49:
hunc toti bello praefecerunt,
Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:
alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:
bellum administrandum permittere,
id. ib. 21, 61.—
(θ).
Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:
ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,
Liv. 1, 32, 13:
Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:
ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,
id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:
bellum indici posse existimabat,
Liv. 1, 22, 4:
ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,
id. 1, 22, 6:
ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,
id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—
(κ).
Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:
Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,
Cic. Pis. 34, 84:
ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:
qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:
bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:
bellum patriae faciet,
id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:
civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;
3, 29: constituit bellum facere,
Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:
occupant bellum facere,
they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:
ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,
id. 1, 32, 13:
populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,
id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:
urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,
Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—
(λ).
Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:
subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7:
aliud multo propius bellum ortum,
Liv. 1, 14, 4:
Veiens bellum exortum,
id. 2, 53, 1.—
b.
Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:
bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,
Cic. Sen. 6, 18:
cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,
id. Off. 1, 12, 38:
cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,
id. Div. 1, 46, 103:
erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,
Caes. B. G. 3, 10:
bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,
id. ib. 4, 6:
Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,
Sall. C. 16, 5:
bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,
Liv. 21, 1, 1:
alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,
id. 2, 62, 3:
de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,
id. 23, 25, 5:
Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,
Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):
bellum bellare,
Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);
in the same sense: bellum agere,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:
bello persequi aliquem,
Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—
(β).
Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:
necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:
bellum trahi non posse,
Sall. J. 23, 2:
belli trahendi causa,
Liv. 5, 11, 8:
morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,
id. 9, 27, 5:
suadere institui ut bellum duceret,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:
bellum enim ducetur,
id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;
similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?
Liv. 5, 5, 1.—
(γ).
Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:
bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:
quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44:
Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,
Liv. 8, 37, 5.—
c.
Referring to the end of a war.
(α).
Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:
in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
(bellum) cum deponi victores velint,
Sall. J. 83, 1:
bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,
Liv. 31, 1, 8:
nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,
id. 31, 31, 19:
dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,
Sall. J. 112, 1:
bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,
id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:
velut posito bello,
Liv. 1, 53, 5:
manere bellum quod positum simuletur,
id. 1, 53, 7:
posito ubique bello,
Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:
omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,
Liv. 2, 14, 5.—
(β).
Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:
timerent ne bellum componeretur,
Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:
si bellum compositum foret,
Sall. J. 97, 2:
belli componendi licentiam,
id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;
similarly: bellum sedare,
Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
(γ).
Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:
is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,
Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:
bellumque maximum conficies,
id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:
confecto Mithridatico bello,
id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:
quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,
Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;
4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,
Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:
neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,
Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;
36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:
se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),
id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:
neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,
Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—
d.
Less usual connections:
bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,
Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:
alere ac fovere bellum,
Liv. 42, 11, 5:
bellum navare alicui,
Tac. H. 5, 25:
spargere,
id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:
serere,
Liv. 21, 10, 4:
circumferre,
Tac. A. 13, 37:
exercere,
id. ib. 6, 31:
quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:
bellum ascendit in rupes,
id. 4, 12, 4:
bellum serpit in proximos,
id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:
bella narrare,
Cic. Or. 9, 30:
canere bella,
Quint. 10, 1, 91:
bella legere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—
3.
As object denoting place or time.
a.
Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.
(α).
Of the commander:
consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,
Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:
ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,
Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:
ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,
Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:
in bellum,
Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—
(β).
Of persons partaking in a war:
si proficiscerer ad bellum,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —
b.
Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—
c.
In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:
in bella sequi,
id. ib. 8, 547.—
d.
Of time.
(α).
In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):
valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,
domi duellique,
id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):
quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,
Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:
paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,
Sall. J. 41, 7:
animus belli ingens, domi modicus,
id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:
bello domique,
id. 1, 34, 12:
domi belloque,
id. 9, 26, 21; and:
neque bello, neque domi,
id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:
simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.
Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,
Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—
(β).
In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:
ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:
in ipso bello eadem sensi,
id. Marcell. 5, 14:
in Volsco bello virtus enituit,
Liv. 2, 24, 8:
in eo bello,
id. 23, 46, 6:
in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,
id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:
ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:
qui in bello occiderunt,
Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:
quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,
Sall. C. 9, 4:
non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,
Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:
in bello parta,
Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—
(γ).
Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:
bello Italico,
id. Pis. 36, 87:
Veienti bello,
id. Div. 1, 44, 100:
domestico bello,
id. Planc. 29, 70:
qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,
Liv. 23, 12, 11:
victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,
id. 2, 27, 1:
nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,
id. 9, 18, 9:
bello civili,
Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:
praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:
suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:
qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,
Cic. Sest. 26, 57:
res pace belloque gestas,
Liv. 2, 1, 1:
egregieque rebus bello gestis,
id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:
ludi bello voti,
id. 4, 35. 3:
princeps pace belloque,
id. 7, 1, 9:
Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,
id. 45, 42, 7:
bello parta,
Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—
(δ).
Inter bellum (rare):
cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,
Liv. 2, 14, 2:
inter haec bella consules... facti,
id. 2, 63, 1.—
4.
Bellum in attributive connection.
a.
Justum bellum.
(α).
A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):
justum piumque bellum,
Liv. 1, 23, 4:
non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,
id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—
(β).
A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):
in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,
Liv. 1, 15, 1.—
b.
For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—
c.
Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:
quicunque belli eventus fuisset,
Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:
haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,
Sall. C. 37, 9:
eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,
Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:
exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,
Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:
cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,
id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:
Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,
id. Att. 4, 16, 13:
cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,
Liv. 5, 16, 8.—
d.
Fortuna belli, the chances of war:
adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,
Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—
e.
Belli artes, military skill:
cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,
Liv. 1, 35, 1:
haud ignotas belli artes,
id. 21, 1, 2:
temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,
id. 1, 21, 6.—
f.
Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:
in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,
Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:
sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,
Liv. 5, 27, 6:
jure belli res vindicatur,
Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—
g.
Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:
trium simul bellorum victor,
a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:
victor tot bellis,
id. 2, 27, 1). —
h.
Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Of things concr. and abstr.:
qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,
Cic. Dom. 23, 60:
bellum contra aras et focos,
id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:
miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,
id. Or. 2, 37, 155:
ventri Indico bellum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—
2.
Of animals:
milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:
hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,
Ov. M. 6, 92.—
3.
With individuals:
quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:
nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,
Cic. Lael. 21, 77:
cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,
id. Sull. 9, 28:
hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,
Liv. 2, 12, 11:
falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,
id. 3, 25, 3:
tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,
id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:
equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,
Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—
4.
In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—
5.
Personified as god of war ( = Janus):
tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,
Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:
sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 607:
mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,
id. ib. 6, 279.—
6.
Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):
permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),
Ov. M. 12, 24:
sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,
Sil. 7, 472:
quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?
Stat. Th. 9, 490.—
7.
Battle, = proelium:
rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,
Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:
quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,
Sall. C. 9, 4:
praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,
Liv. 8, 10, 7:
commisso statim bello,
Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:
Actia bella,
Verg. A. 8, 675:
ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,
id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —
8.
Bellum = liber de bello:
quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!
Cic. Sen. 14, 50.
b.
Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:
bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,
Cic. Sen. 6, 18:
cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,
id. Off. 1, 12, 38:
cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,
id. Div. 1, 46, 103:
erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,
Caes. B. G. 3, 10:
bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,
id. ib. 4, 6:
Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,
Sall. C. 16, 5:
bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,
Liv. 21, 1, 1:
alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,
id. 2, 62, 3:
de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,
id. 23, 25, 5:
Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,
Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):
bellum bellare,
Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);
in the same sense: bellum agere,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:
bello persequi aliquem,
Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—
(β).
Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:
necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:
bellum trahi non posse,
Sall. J. 23, 2:
belli trahendi causa,
Liv. 5, 11, 8:
morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,
id. 9, 27, 5:
suadere institui ut bellum duceret,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:
bellum enim ducetur,
id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;
similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?
Liv. 5, 5, 1.—
(γ).
Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:
bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:
quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44:
Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,
Liv. 8, 37, 5.—
c.
Referring to the end of a war.
(α).
Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:
in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
(bellum) cum deponi victores velint,
Sall. J. 83, 1:
bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,
Liv. 31, 1, 8:
nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,
id. 31, 31, 19:
dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,
Sall. J. 112, 1:
bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,
id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:
velut posito bello,
Liv. 1, 53, 5:
manere bellum quod positum simuletur,
id. 1, 53, 7:
posito ubique bello,
Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:
omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,
Liv. 2, 14, 5.—
(β).
Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:
timerent ne bellum componeretur,
Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:
si bellum compositum foret,
Sall. J. 97, 2:
belli componendi licentiam,
id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;
similarly: bellum sedare,
Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
(γ).
Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:
is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,
Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:
bellumque maximum conficies,
id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:
confecto Mithridatico bello,
id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:
quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,
Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;
4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,
Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:
neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,
Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;
36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:
se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),
id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:
neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,
Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—
d.
Less usual connections:
bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,
Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:
alere ac fovere bellum,
Liv. 42, 11, 5:
bellum navare alicui,
Tac. H. 5, 25:
spargere,
id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:
serere,
Liv. 21, 10, 4:
circumferre,
Tac. A. 13, 37:
exercere,
id. ib. 6, 31:
quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:
bellum ascendit in rupes,
id. 4, 12, 4:
bellum serpit in proximos,
id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:
bella narrare,
Cic. Or. 9, 30:
canere bella,
Quint. 10, 1, 91:
bella legere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—
3.
As object denoting place or time.
a.
Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.
(α).
Of the commander:
consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,
Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:
ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,
Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:
ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,
Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:
in bellum,
Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—
(β).
Of persons partaking in a war:
si proficiscerer ad bellum,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —
b.
Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—
c.
In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:
in bella sequi,
id. ib. 8, 547.—
d.
Of time.
(α).
In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):
valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,
domi duellique,
id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):
quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,
Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:
paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,
Sall. J. 41, 7:
animus belli ingens, domi modicus,
id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:
bello domique,
id. 1, 34, 12:
domi belloque,
id. 9, 26, 21; and:
neque bello, neque domi,
id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:
simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.
Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,
Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—
(β).
In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:
ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:
in ipso bello eadem sensi,
id. Marcell. 5, 14:
in Volsco bello virtus enituit,
Liv. 2, 24, 8:
in eo bello,
id. 23, 46, 6:
in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,
id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:
ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:
qui in bello occiderunt,
Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:
quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,
Sall. C. 9, 4:
non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,
Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:
in bello parta,
Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—
(γ).
Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:
bello Italico,
id. Pis. 36, 87:
Veienti bello,
id. Div. 1, 44, 100:
domestico bello,
id. Planc. 29, 70:
qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,
Liv. 23, 12, 11:
victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,
id. 2, 27, 1:
nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,
id. 9, 18, 9:
bello civili,
Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:
praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:
suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:
qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,
Cic. Sest. 26, 57:
res pace belloque gestas,
Liv. 2, 1, 1:
egregieque rebus bello gestis,
id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:
ludi bello voti,
id. 4, 35. 3:
princeps pace belloque,
id. 7, 1, 9:
Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,
id. 45, 42, 7:
bello parta,
Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—
(δ).
Inter bellum (rare):
cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,
Liv. 2, 14, 2:
inter haec bella consules... facti,
id. 2, 63, 1.—
4.
Bellum in attributive connection.
a.
Justum bellum.
(α).
A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):
justum piumque bellum,
Liv. 1, 23, 4:
non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,
id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—
(β).
A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):
in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,
Liv. 1, 15, 1.—
b.
For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—
c.
Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:
quicunque belli eventus fuisset,
Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:
haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,
Sall. C. 37, 9:
eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,
Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:
exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,
Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:
cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,
id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:
Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,
id. Att. 4, 16, 13:
cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,
Liv. 5, 16, 8.—
d.
Fortuna belli, the chances of war:
adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,
Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—
e.
Belli artes, military skill:
cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,
Liv. 1, 35, 1:
haud ignotas belli artes,
id. 21, 1, 2:
temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,
id. 1, 21, 6.—
f.
Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:
in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,
Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:
sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,
Liv. 5, 27, 6:
jure belli res vindicatur,
Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—
g.
Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:
trium simul bellorum victor,
a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:
victor tot bellis,
id. 2, 27, 1). —
h.
Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Of things concr. and abstr.:
qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,
Cic. Dom. 23, 60:
bellum contra aras et focos,
id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:
miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,
id. Or. 2, 37, 155:
ventri Indico bellum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—
2.
Of animals:
milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:
hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,
Ov. M. 6, 92.—
3.
With individuals:
quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:
nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,
Cic. Lael. 21, 77:
cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,
id. Sull. 9, 28:
hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,
Liv. 2, 12, 11:
falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,
id. 3, 25, 3:
tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,
id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:
equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,
Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—
4.
In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—
5.
Personified as god of war ( = Janus):
tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,
Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:
sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 607:
mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,
id. ib. 6, 279.—
6.
Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):
permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),
Ov. M. 12, 24:
sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,
Sil. 7, 472:
quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?
Stat. Th. 9, 490.—
7.
Battle, = proelium:
rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,
Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:
quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,
Sall. C. 9, 4:
praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,
Liv. 8, 10, 7:
commisso statim bello,
Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:
Actia bella,
Verg. A. 8, 675:
ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,
id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —
8.
Bellum = liber de bello:
quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!
Cic. Sen. 14, 50.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > bellum
6 живот

1. life; the vital spark

възникване на живота на земята the origin of life on earth

давам живот на give life/birth to

давам нов живот reinvigorate

връщам към живот restore to life

той ни спаси живота he saved our lives

между живота и смъртта between life and death, within an inch of death

борба на живот и смърт a life-and-death struggle, a war/fight to the death/to the knife, a mortal combat

боря се на животи смърт fight for dear life

въпрос на живот и смърт a matter of life and death

борба за живот a fight/struggle for life/existence

свършвам с/слагам край на живота си put an end to o.'s life

живот и здраве да е God willing, if all goes well

2. (жизненост) life, vitality, energy

изпълнен с живот full of life/ам. pep, brimming over with life/vitality

лице, лишено от живот a face devoid of animation

3. (период) life, lifetime

застраховка за живот a life insurance

до живот till o.'s death, as long as one lives

за цял живот for life, until death, for the term of o.'s life

през живота си in/during o.'s life (time), through life, through o.'s life span

през целия си живот in all o.'s born days, in all o.'s life/days

той цял живот работи върху това it was his lifework, he worked on it all his life

прекарвам живота си spend o.'s life

4. (биография) life

животът на великите хора the lives of the great/of great men

5. прен. (съществувание) life, existence; the world

начин на живот a way of life

няма живот life is hard

няма живот за мен I'm done for, it's all over with me

това живот ли е? it's a dog's life

какъв живот се живееше тогава those were' (good) times

това е животът such is the world, that's life; such is life

успявам в живота get on in life; rise in the world

6. (начин на живеене) life, living

заседнал живот a sedentary life

редовен живот regular habits, a regular way of life

водя редовен живот lead a regular life, keep regular hours

водя безпътен живот live a dissipated life, fling o.'s cap over the mill

водя скромен живот live in a small way

удрям го на живот go on the burst, burn the candle at both ends. go the pace

разпуснат живот loose living

приятен живот a pleasant life; cakes and ale

това не е живот за човек като тебе this is not a fit life for you

започвам нов живот start a new life, turn over a new leaf

7. (икономически условия) cost of living

животът поскъпва the cost of living is rising

условия за живот living conditions

икономическият живот на страната the country's economic life

8. (действителност) life, real life, reality

това рядко се среща в живота it is rarely met with in (real) life

литературата трябва да отразява живота literature must reflect life/reality

9. (сговор) agreement, harmony

няма живот с тях they are hard to get on with

средства за живот livelihood, means of subsistence

гледам си живота take good care of o.s.

те са хора на живота they like to live it up, they indulge themselves

свършил с живота си dead to the world. животворен life-giving; invigorating

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живо̀т,

м., само ед.

1. life; the vital spark; борба на \живот и смърт a life-and-death struggle, a war/fight to the death/to the knife, a mortal combat; боря се на \живот и смърт fight for dear life; връщам към \живот restore to life; възникване на \живота на Земята the origin of life on earth; давам \живот на give life/birth to; давам нов \живот reinvigorate; \живот и здраве да е God willing, if all goes well; \животът ни е много кратък our life is but a span; между \живота и смъртта between life and death, within an inch of death;

2. ( жизненост) life, vitality, energy; изпълнен с \живот full of life/амер. pep, brimming over with life/vitality; лице, лишено от \живот a face devoid of animation;

3. ( период) life, lifetime; до \живот till o.’s death, as long as one lives; за цял \живот for life, until death, for the term of o.’s life; застраховка за \живот life insurance; през целия си \живот in all o.’s born days, in all o.’s life/days; той цял \живот работи върху това it was his lifework, he worked on it all his life;

4. ( биография) life;

5. прен. ( съществувание) life, existence; the world; какъв \живот се живееше тогава those were (good) times; няма \живот life is hard; няма \живот за мен I’m done for, it’s all over with me; това е \животът such is life; това \живот ли е? it’s a dog’s life; успявам в \живота get on in life; rise in the world;

6. ( начин на живеене) life, living; водя безпътен \живот live a dissipated life, fling o.’s cap over the mill; водя редовен \живот lead a regular life, keep regular hours; водя скромен \живот live in a small way; \животът не е само удоволствия life is not a bed of roses, life is not roses all the way; започвам нов \живот start a new life, turn over a new leaf; приятен \живот a pleasant life; cakes and ale; редовен \живот regular habits, a regular way of life; удрям го на \живот go on the burst, burn the candle at both ends, go the pace, live it up;

7. ( икономически условия) cost of living; икономическият \живот на страната the country’s economic life; условия за \живот living conditions;

8. ( действителност) life, real life, reality;

9. ( сговор) agreement, harmony; няма \живот с тях they are hard to get on with; • гледам си \живота take good care of o.s.; \животът му висеше на косъм it was touch-and-go with him; средства за \живот livelihood, means of subsistence; те са хора на \живота they like to live it up, they indulge themselves.

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being ; life: put an end to one's живот - слагам край на живота си; living ; snap

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1. (биография) life 2. (действителност) life, real life, reality 3. (жизненост) life, vitality, energy 4. (икономически условия) cost of living 5. (начин на живеене) life, living 6. (период) life, lifetime 7. (сговор) agreement, harmony 8. life;the vital spark 9. ЖИВОТ и здраве да е God willing, if all goes well 10. ЖИВОТът на великите хора the lives of the great/of great men 11. ЖИВОТът поскъпва the cost of living is rising 12. борба за ЖИВОТ a fight/struggle for life/existence 13. борба на ЖИВОТ и смърт a life-and-death struggle, a war/fight to the death/ to the knife, a mortal combat 14. боря се на ЖИВОТи смърт fight for dear life 15. водя безпътен ЖИВОТ live a dissipated life, fling o.'s cap over the mill 16. водя редовен ЖИВОТ lead a regular life, keep regular hours 17. водя скромен ЖИВОТ live in a small way 18. връщам към ЖИВОТ restore to life 19. възникване на ЖИВОТа на земята the origin of life on earth 20. въпрос на ЖИВОТ и смърт a matter of life and death 21. гледам си ЖИВОТa take good care of o.s. 22. давам ЖИВОТ на give life/birth to 23. давам нов ЖИВОТ reinvigorate 24. до ЖИВОТ till o.'s death, as long as one lives 25. за цял ЖИВОТ for life, until death, for the term of o.'s life 26. започвам нов ЖИВОТ start a new life, turn over a new leaf 27. заседнал ЖИВОТ а sedentary life 28. застраховка за ЖИВОТ a life insurance 29. изпълнен с ЖИВОТ full of life/а.м. pep, brimming over with life/vitality 30. икономическият ЖИВОТ на страната the country's economic life 31. какъв ЖИВОТ се живееше тогава those were'(good) times 32. литературата трябва да отразява ЖИВОТа literature must reflect life/reality 33. лице, лишено от ЖИВОТ a face devoid of animation 34. между ЖИВОТа и смъртта between life and death, within an inch of death 35. начин на ЖИВОТ a way of life 36. няма ЖИВОТ life is hard 37. няма ЖИВОТ за мен I'm done for, it's all over with me 38. няма ЖИВОТ с тях they are hard to get on with 39. през ЖИВОТа си in/during o.'s life(time), through life, through o.'s life span 40. през целия си ЖИВОТ in all o.'s born days, in all o.'s life/days 41. прекарвам ЖИВОТа си spend o.'s life 42. прен. (съществувание) life, existence;the world 43. приятен ЖИВОТ a pleasant life;cakes and ale 44. разпуснат ЖИВОТ loose living 45. редовен ЖИВОТ regular habits, a regular way of life 46. свършвам с/слагам край на ЖИВОТа си put an end to o.'s life 47. свършил с ЖИВОТа си dead to the world. животворен life-giving; invigorating 48. средства за ЖИВОТ livelihood, means of subsistence 49. те са хора на ЖИВОТа they like to live it up, they indulge themselves 50. това е ЖИВОТът such is the world, that's life;such is life 51. това не е ЖИВОТ за човек като тебе this is not a fit life for you 52. това рядко се среща в ЖИВОТa it is rarely met with in (real) life 53. товаЖИВОТ ли е? it's a dog's life 54. той ни спаси ЖИВОТа he saved our lives 55. той цял ЖИВОТ работи върху това it was his lifework, he worked on it all his life 56. удрям го на ЖИВОТ go on the burst, burn the candle at both ends. go the pace 57. условия за ЖИВОТ living conditions 58. успявам в ЖИВОТа get on in life;rise in the world

Български-английски речник > живот
7 acelerar

v.

1 to speed up (proceso).

2 to accelerate.

El auto acelera para llegar primero The car accelerates to get there first

Ricardo acelera el motor Richard accelerates the motor.

3 to expedite.

El muchacho acelera el trámite The boy expedites the procedure.

4 to grow faster, to become faster.

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acelerar

► verbo transitivo

1 to accelerate (paso) to quicken

2 figurado to speed up

► verbo pronominal acelerarse

1 figurado (azorarse) to be embarrassed

2 figurado (apresurarse) to hasten, hurry up

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verb

1) to accelerate, speed up

2) hasten

3) hurry

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1. VT

1) (Aut) [+ coche] to accelerate; [+ motor] to rev, rev up

2) (=apresurar) [+ cambio, proceso] to speed up; [+ acontecimiento] to hasten

deben acelerar los trámites de aduana — they must speed up customs procedures

las conversaciones aceleraron el final de la guerra — the talks hastened the end of the war

acelerar la marcha — to go faster

acelerar el paso — to quicken one's pace, speed up

acelerar el ritmo de algo — to speed sth up

3) (Fís) [+ partícula, velocidad] to accelerate

2. VI

1) (Aut) [coche, conductor] to accelerate

no aceleres en las curvas — don't accelerate on the bends

aceleró a fondo — he put his foot to the floor

2) * (=darse prisa) to get a move on *, hurry up

venga, acelera, que nos están esperando — come on, get a move on * o hurry up, they're waiting for us

3.

See:

acelerarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <coche/motor>

aceleró el coche — ( en marcha) he accelerated; ( sin desplazarse) he revved the engine o car (up)

b) <proceso/cambio> to speed up; < paso> to quicken
2.
acelerar vi

a) (Auto) to accelerate

b) (fam) ( darse prisa) to hurry (up)
3.
acelerarse v pron (AmL fam) to get overexcited, lose one's cool (colloq)

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= accelerate, expedite, speed, speed up, hasten, pick up + speed, fast track, jump-start [jump start], move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

Ex. In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.

Ex. And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.

Ex. This type of checking can be delegated to the printer to speed publication of the abstracts journal.

Ex. APIF makes it possible to determine whether an item is in stock and to speed up and improve processing techniques.

Ex. Just as with all earth science literature, commercial publishers, societies, and government agencies have hastened to produce a wide range of data bases in CD-ROM format.

Ex. This natural ebb and flow necessarily picks up speed as change accelerates.

Ex. The author describes a novel approach which uses the power of household brands as a springboard to fast track adults into reading and writing everyday functional English = El autor describe un método novedoso que utiliza el poder de las marcas muy conocidas como trampolín para acelerar el aprendizaje de la lectura y la escritura del inglés básico en los adultos.

Ex. Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.

Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

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* acelerar el paso = quicken + the pace, smarten + Posesivo + pace.

* acelerar el proceso de deterioro = hasten + rot.

* acelerar el ritmo = quicken + the pace, smarten + Posesivo + pace.

* acelerar un proceso = hasten + process.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <coche/motor>

aceleró el coche — ( en marcha) he accelerated; ( sin desplazarse) he revved the engine o car (up)

b) <proceso/cambio> to speed up; < paso> to quicken
2.
acelerar vi

a) (Auto) to accelerate

b) (fam) ( darse prisa) to hurry (up)
3.
acelerarse v pron (AmL fam) to get overexcited, lose one's cool (colloq)

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= accelerate, expedite, speed, speed up, hasten, pick up + speed, fast track, jump-start [jump start], move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

Ex: In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.

Ex: And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.

Ex: This type of checking can be delegated to the printer to speed publication of the abstracts journal.

Ex: APIF makes it possible to determine whether an item is in stock and to speed up and improve processing techniques.

Ex: Just as with all earth science literature, commercial publishers, societies, and government agencies have hastened to produce a wide range of data bases in CD-ROM format.

Ex: This natural ebb and flow necessarily picks up speed as change accelerates.

Ex: The author describes a novel approach which uses the power of household brands as a springboard to fast track adults into reading and writing everyday functional English = El autor describe un método novedoso que utiliza el poder de las marcas muy conocidas como trampolín para acelerar el aprendizaje de la lectura y la escritura del inglés básico en los adultos.

Ex: Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.

Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

* acelerar el paso = quicken + the pace, smarten + Posesivo + pace.

* acelerar el proceso de deterioro = hasten + rot.

* acelerar el ritmo = quicken + the pace, smarten + Posesivo + pace.

* acelerar un proceso = hasten + process.

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acelerar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹coche/motor›

aceleró el coche (en marcha) he accelerated; (sin desplazarse) he revved the engine o car (up)

2 ‹proceso/cambio› to speed up; ‹paso› to quicken

acelera el paso, que es tarde walk a bit faster, it's getting late

el gobierno ha acelerado la marcha de las reformas the government has speeded up o stepped up the pace of the reforms

3 ( Fís) to accelerate

■ acelerar

vi

1 ( Auto) to accelerate

2 ( fam) (darse prisa) to hurry, hurry up

acelera, que vamos a llegar tarde hurry up o ( colloq) get a move on, we'll be late!

■ acelerarse

v pron

( AmL fam) to get overexcited, lose one's cool ( colloq)

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acelerar ( conjugate acelerar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹coche/motor›:

◊ aceleró el coche ( en marcha) he accelerated;

( sin desplazarse) he revved the engine o car (up)
b) ‹proceso/cambio› to speed up;

‹ paso› to quicken
verbo intransitivo
a) (Auto) to accelerate

b) (fam) ( darse prisa) to hurry (up)

acelerar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to accelerate
' acelerar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
activar
- agilizar
- aligerar
- apresurar
- marcha
English:
accelerate
- expedite
- pick up
- quicken
- race
- rev
- speed
- speed up
- hasten
- hurry
- spurt
- suggestion

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acelerar

♦ vt

1. [proceso] to speed up

2. [vehículo] to accelerate;
[motor] to gun;
tendremos que acelerar la marcha si no queremos llegar tarde we'll have to step up the pace if we don't want to be late

3. Fam [persona] to get hyper

♦ vi

1. [conductor] to accelerate

2. [darse prisa] to hurry (up);

acelera, que llegamos tarde hurry up, we're late!

♦ See also the pronominal verb acelerarse

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acelerar

I v/t motor rev up; fig

speed up;

aceleró el coche she accelerated;

acelerar el paso walk faster

II v/i accelerate

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acelerar vt

1) : to accelerate, to speed up

2) agilizar: to expedite

acelerar vi

: to accelerate (of an automobile)

♦ See also the reflexive verb acelerarse

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acelerar vb to accelerate

Spanish-English dictionary > acelerar
8 равен

1. (гладък) even, smooth

(хоризонтален) level

(плосък) flat

равен път a level road, ( гладък) a smooth road

равен шев an even seam

равен като длан/тепсия as flat as the palm of your hand, as flat as a board/pancake

две равни лъжички two level teaspoons (of)

2. (еднакъв, равностоен) equal

равно количество an equal quantity

равна дължина an equal length, the same length

равен съм на някого be s.o.'s equal (no in), equal s.o. (in)

равни пред закона equal in the eye of the law

отнасям се към някого като към равен treat s.o. as o.'s equal

за равен труд равна заплата equal pay for equal work

няма равен на него he has no equal/match/rival; he stands alone

който няма равен на себе си unmatched; unequalled

на равни начала on equal terms (с with); on an equal footing (with); on a par (with)

почти равни шансове short odds

равен резултат сп. draw

те завършиха играта с равен резултат their game ended in a draw; they played a drawn game; they came out even

равни интервали regular intervals

той и неговите равни he and his equals

3. (равномерен, монотонен) even, regular; steady; uniform

равен глас an even voice

равен пулс an even pulse

равен характер even/equable temper

равна стъпка a steady pace/step

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ра̀вен,

прил., -на, -но, -ни 1. ( гладък) even, smooth; ( хоризонтален) level; ( плосък) flat; две \равенни лъжички two level teaspoons (of); \равенен като длан/тепсия as flat as the palm of your hand, as flat as a board/pancake/flounder; \равенен шев even seam;

2. ( еднакъв, равностоен) equal; завършвам играта с \равенен резултат draw the game; който няма \равенен на себе си unmatched; unequalled; на \равенни начала on equal terms (с with); on an equal footing (with); on a footing of equality; on a par (with); няма \равенен на него he has no equal/match/rival; he stands alone; no one can touch him in; почти \равенни шансове short odds; \равенен мач tie; \равенен резултат спорт. draw; \равенен съм на някого be s.o.’s equal (по in), equal s.o. (in); \равенни пред закона equal in the eye of the law; \равенни условия equal opportunities; те завършиха играта с \равенен резултат their game ended in a draw; they played a drawn game; they came out even;

3. ( равномерен, монотонен) even, regular; steady; uniform; \равенна стъпка steady pace;

4. като същ. peer, compeer, equal.

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м., само ед. бот. rhubarb ( Rheum rhaponticum).

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equal: The heights are равен. - Височините са равни., равен rights - равни права; same: the same weight - еднакво тегло; draw (сп. резултат); even (монотонен): равен voice - равен глас; match (съм); compeer; concurrent (и същ.); flat (гладък); level: a равен road - равен път; smooth (гладък): равен surface - равна повърхност; like; peer;

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1. (гладък) even, smooth 2. (еднакъв, равностоен) equal 3. (плосък) flat 4. (равномерен, монотонен) even, regular;steady;uniform 5. (хоризонтален) level 6. РАВЕН глас an even voice 7. РАВЕН като длан/тепсия as flat as the palm of your hand, as flat as a board/pancake 8. РАВЕН пулс an even pulse 9. РАВЕН път a level road, (гладък) a smooth road 10. РАВЕН резултат сп. draw 11. РАВЕН съм на някого be s.o.'s equal (no in), equal s. o. (in) 12. РАВЕН характер even/equable temper 13. РАВЕН шев an even seam 14. две равни лъжички two level teaspoons (of) 15. за РАВЕН труд равна заплата equal pay for equal work 16. който няма РАВЕН на себе си unmatched;unequalled 17. на равни начала on equal terms (с with);on an equal footing (with);on a par (with) 18. няма РАВЕН на него he has no equal/match/rival;he stands alone 19. отнасям се към някого като към РАВЕН treat s. o. as o.'s equal 20. почти равни шансове short odds 21. равна дължина an equal length, the same length 22. равна стъпка a steady pace/step 23. равни интервали regular intervals 24. равни пред закона equal in the eye of the law 25. равно количество an equal quantity 26. те завършиха играта с РАВЕН резултат their game ended in a draw;they played a drawn game;they came out even 27. той и неговите равни he and his equals

Български-английски речник > равен
9 controlar

v.

1 to control.

Pedro controla su vida al fin Peter controls his life at last.

María controla a sus hijos con lástima Mary controls her kids through pity.

2 to check.

3 to watch, to keep an eye on.

4 to take over, to control.

María controla los negocios Mary takes over business.

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controlar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to control

2 (comprobar) to check

► verbo pronominal controlarse

1 (moderarse) to control oneself

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verb

1) to control

2) monitor

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1. VT

1) (=dominar) [+ situación, emoción, balón, vehículo, inflación] to control

los rebeldes controlan ya todo el país — the rebels now control the whole country, the rebels are now in control of the whole country

mis padres quieren controlarme la vida — my parents want to control my life

no pudo controlar el impulso de pegarle — he couldn't control the urge to hit him

medidas para controlar la calidad — quality-control measures

los bomberos consiguieron controlar el fuego — the firefighters managed to bring the fire under control

no controlo muy bien ese tema — * I'm not very hot on that subject *

2) (=vigilar)

inspectores para controlar el proceso electoral — observers to monitor the electoral process

deberías controlar tu peso — you should watch your weight

contrólame al niño mientras yo estoy fuera — * can you keep an eye on the child while I'm out

estoy encargado de controlar que todo salga bien — I'm responsible for checking o seeing that everything goes well

controla que no hierva el café — * make sure the coffee doesn't boil, see that the coffee doesn't boil

3) (=regular) to control

este termostato controla la temperatura — this thermostat controls the temperature

2.

VI *

he bebido tanto que ya no controlo — I've drunk so much I can't see straight *

3.

See:

controlarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dominar) <nervios/impulsos/persona> to control

controlamos la situación — we are in control of the situation

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado — the fire was quickly brought under control

pasaron a controlar la empresa — they took control of the company

2) ( vigilar) <inflación/proceso> to monitor

controlar el peso/la línea — to watch one's weight/one's waistline

deja de controlar todos mis gastos — stop checking up on how much I spend

me tienen muy controlada — they keep a close watch on me

controlar las entradas y salidas — to keep a check on everyone who comes in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó — I timed how long it took me

3) ( regular) <presión/inflación> to control
2.
controlarse v pron

1) ( dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado — if he doesn't get a grip on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

2) ( vigilar) <peso/colesterol> to check, monitor

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= control, get + command of, govern, keep + a rein on, keep within + bounds, monitor, regulate, peg, police, master, command, scourge, keep down + Nombre, stem + the tide of, bring under + control, hold in + line, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, hold + the reins of, corral, check up on, keep + tabs on, wield + control, hold + sway (over), wiretap [wire-tap], hold + the line, keep + a tight hold on, take + control of, stay on top of, stay in + control, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex. These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.

Ex. The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex. It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex. Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex. Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.

Ex. Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.

Ex. Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.

Ex. After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

Ex. For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.

Ex. The library director strove to master his frustration.

Ex. Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.

Ex. The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.

Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex. This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex. But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex. The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.

Ex. Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex. This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.

Ex. This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex. The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.

Ex. The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex. A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.

Ex. Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

Ex. Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.

Ex. This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.

Ex. If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex. The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

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* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.

* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* controlarse = command + Reflexivo, pace.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dominar) <nervios/impulsos/persona> to control

controlamos la situación — we are in control of the situation

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado — the fire was quickly brought under control

pasaron a controlar la empresa — they took control of the company

2) ( vigilar) <inflación/proceso> to monitor

controlar el peso/la línea — to watch one's weight/one's waistline

deja de controlar todos mis gastos — stop checking up on how much I spend

me tienen muy controlada — they keep a close watch on me

controlar las entradas y salidas — to keep a check on everyone who comes in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó — I timed how long it took me

3) ( regular) <presión/inflación> to control
2.
controlarse v pron

1) ( dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado — if he doesn't get a grip on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

2) ( vigilar) <peso/colesterol> to check, monitor

* * *

= control, get + command of, govern, keep + a rein on, keep within + bounds, monitor, regulate, peg, police, master, command, scourge, keep down + Nombre, stem + the tide of, bring under + control, hold in + line, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, hold + the reins of, corral, check up on, keep + tabs on, wield + control, hold + sway (over), wiretap [wire-tap], hold + the line, keep + a tight hold on, take + control of, stay on top of, stay in + control, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex: These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.

Ex: The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex: It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex: Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex: Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.

Ex: Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.

Ex: Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.

Ex: After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

Ex: For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.

Ex: The library director strove to master his frustration.

Ex: Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.

Ex: The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.

Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex: This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex: But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex: The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.

Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex: This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.

Ex: This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex: The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.

Ex: The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex: A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.

Ex: Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

Ex: Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.

Ex: This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.

Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.

* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* controlarse = command + Reflexivo, pace.

* * *

controlar [A1 ]

vt

A (dominar)

1 ‹nervios/impulsos/emociones› to control; ‹persona/animal› to control

controlamos la situación we are in control of the situation, we have the situation under control

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado por los bomberos the firemen quickly got o brought the fire under control

controlan ahora toda la zona they now control o they are now in control of the whole area

pasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company

2 ( fam); ‹tema› to know about

estos temas no los controlo I don't know anything about these things, I'm not too well up on o hot on these things ( colloq)

B

(vigilar): tiene que controlar su peso he has to watch o check o ( frml) monitor his weight

deja de controlar todos mis gastos stop checking up on how much I spend the whole time

me tienen muy controlada they keep a close watch o they keep tabs on everything I do, they keep me on a very tight rein

el portero controlaba las entradas y salidas the porter kept a check on everyone who came in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó I timed myself o how long it took me

C (regular) to control

este mecanismo controla la presión this mechanism regulates o controls the pressure

medidas para controlar la inflación measures to control inflation o to bring inflation under control

D ( Dep) (en doping) to administer a test to

fue controlado positivo tras su victoria he tested positive after his victory

lo controlaron negativo he was tested negative

■ controlarse

v pron

A (dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado if he doesn't get a grip o a hold on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

B (vigilar) ‹peso/colesterol› to check, watch, monitor ( frml)

se controla el peso regularmente she checks her weight regularly, she keeps a regular check on her weight

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Multiple Entries:
controlar
controlar algo
controlar ( conjugate controlar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹nervios/impulsos/persona› to control;
‹ incendio› to bring … under control;
◊ controlamos la situación we are in control of the situation;

pasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company
2 ‹inflación/proceso› to monitor;
‹ persona› to keep a check on;
◊ controlar el peso/la línea to watch one's weight/one's waistline;

controlé el tiempo que me llevó I timed how long it took me
3 ( regular) ‹presión/inflación› to control
controlarse verbo pronominal ( dominarse) to control oneself;
( vigilar) ‹peso/colesterol› to check, monitor
controlar verbo transitivo
1 to control
2 (comprobar) to check
' controlar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dominar
- fraude
- manejar
- potingue
- sujetar
- contener
English:
control
- grip
- hold down
- manage
- monitor
- regiment
- spot-check
- stamp out
- check
- discipline
- help
- unruly

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controlar

♦ vt

1. [dominar] to control;

controlar la situación to be in control of the situation;

la empresa controla el 30 por ciento del mercado the company controls 30 percent of the market;

los bomberos todavía no han conseguido controlar el incendio firefighters have still not managed to bring the fire under control;

medidas para controlar los precios measures to control prices

2. [comprobar, verificar] to check;

controla el nivel del aceite check the oil level;

controlan continuamente su tensión arterial they are continuously monitoring his blood pressure

3. [vigilar] to watch, to keep an eye on;

la policía controla todos sus movimientos the police watch his every move;

nos controlan la hora de llegada they keep a check on when we arrive;

controla que no se cuele nadie see o make sure that no one Br jumps the queue o US cuts in line

♦ vi
Fam [saber] to know;
Rosa controla un montón de química Rosa knows loads about chemistry

♦ See also the pronominal verb controlarse

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controlar

v/t

1 control

2 ( vigilar) check

* * *

controlar vt

1) : to control

2) : to monitor, to check

* * *

controlar vb

1. (dominar) to control [pt. & pp. controlled]

controló la situación he controlled the situation

2. (comprobar) to check

un programa que controla los errores de ortografía a program that checks spelling mistakes

Spanish-English dictionary > controlar
10 mantenerse al día de

(v.) = keep + abreast of, keep + pace with, keep up with, stay + abreast of, keep + a finger on the pulse of, stay in + step with, keep in + step with, keep + step with

Ex. These are designed to include the main points of interest on any issue to the general reader who wishes to keep abreast of current events without having to refer to any further documentation.

Ex. In the light of the information explosion, no researcher can now realistically expect to keep pace with developments in his own field, let alone those in allied fields = En vista del crecimiento vertiginoso de la información, siendo realista ahora el investigador no puede mantenerse al día en los avances de su propio campo y mucho menos de los de campos afines.

Ex. More powerful, feature-filled hardware and software is coming onto the market daily and merely keeping up with what is new is taking up more and more time.

Ex. This strategy enables companies to learn of new technologies, stay abreast of dynamic changes and trends, and avoid creative stagnancy.

Ex. Further, routine introduction of data into the planning process can help managers keep a finger on the pulse of change = Además, la introducción regular de información en el proceso de planificación puede ayudar a los responsables a mantenerse al día.

Ex. Reference librarians need to stay in step with the growing number of state, regional, national, and international information networks currently available in order to assist their users.

Ex. The model needs good adaptability and scalability to keep in step with the rapidly developing World Wide Web.

Ex. Although they changed over time, they failed to keep step with the broad social changes affecting women's lives in the early 20th century.

* * *

(v.) = keep + abreast of, keep + pace with, keep up with, stay + abreast of, keep + a finger on the pulse of, stay in + step with, keep in + step with, keep + step with

Ex: These are designed to include the main points of interest on any issue to the general reader who wishes to keep abreast of current events without having to refer to any further documentation.

Ex: In the light of the information explosion, no researcher can now realistically expect to keep pace with developments in his own field, let alone those in allied fields = En vista del crecimiento vertiginoso de la información, siendo realista ahora el investigador no puede mantenerse al día en los avances de su propio campo y mucho menos de los de campos afines.

Ex: More powerful, feature-filled hardware and software is coming onto the market daily and merely keeping up with what is new is taking up more and more time.

Ex: This strategy enables companies to learn of new technologies, stay abreast of dynamic changes and trends, and avoid creative stagnancy.

Ex: Further, routine introduction of data into the planning process can help managers keep a finger on the pulse of change = Además, la introducción regular de información en el proceso de planificación puede ayudar a los responsables a mantenerse al día.

Ex: Reference librarians need to stay in step with the growing number of state, regional, national, and international information networks currently available in order to assist their users.

Ex: The model needs good adaptability and scalability to keep in step with the rapidly developing World Wide Web.

Ex: Although they changed over time, they failed to keep step with the broad social changes affecting women's lives in the early 20th century.

Spanish-English dictionary > mantenerse al día de
11 modo

m.

1 way (manera, forma).

¿has visto el modo en que o el modo como te mira? have you seen how o the way he's looking at you?

no encuentro el modo de dejar el tabaco whatever I do, I just can't seem to give up smoking

a modo de as, by way of

al modo de in the style of

de ese modo in that way

de ningún modo in no way

de todos modos in any case, anyway

de un modo u otro one way or another

en cierto modo in some ways

modo de empleo instructions for use

de modo que so (así que)

¿de modo que no te gusta? so, you don't like it (then)?

2 mood (grammar).

modo adverbial adverbial phrase

3 mode, brand, manner, way.

4 grammar mood, mood.

* * *

modo

► nombre masculino

1 way, manner

■ no me convence su modo de trabajar I'm not sure about the way he does his job

2 LINGÚÍSTICA mood

■ el modo subjuntivo the subjunctive mood

■ adverbios de modo adverbs of manner

► nombre masculino plural modos

1 manners

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a modo de as a, like a

■ lo utilizaron a modo de un jarrón they used it as a vase

de cualquier modo (como conector de frases) in any case, anyway 2 (despreocupadamente) any old how

de modo que so

■ de modo que ya lo sabes so now you know

de todos modos anyhow, at any rate

en cierto modo in a way

modo de empleo instructions plural

modo de ser character

■ es su modo de ser that's the way he is

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noun m.

1) way, manner

2) mode

3) mood

•

- de cualquier modo
- de modo que
- de todos modos
* * *

SM

1) (=manera) way, manner frm

los han distribuido del siguiente modo — they have been distributed in the following way o frm manner

¿no hay otro modo de hacerlo? — isn't there another way of doing it?

no me gusta su modo de actuar — I don't like the way he does things

de un modo u otro — one way or another

a mi modo de pensar o ver — in my view, the way I see it

modo de empleo — instructions for use

modo de gobierno — form of government

modo de producción — mode of production

modo de vida — way of life
see MANERA, FORMA, MODO
2) [locuciones]

• a mi/tu modo — (in) my/your (own) way

cada uno lo interpreta a su modo — everyone interprets it in his or her own way

• a modo de — as

utilizó una bolsa a modo de maleta — she used a bag as a suitcase

a modo de ejemplo/respuesta — by way of example/reply

• en cierto modo — in a way, to a certain extent

• de cualquier modo — [antes de verbo] anyway, in any case; (=después de verbo) anyhow

de cualquier modo, ahora tenemos que irnos — we have to go now anyway o in any case

hazlo de cualquier modo — do it anyway you like, do it anyhow, do it any old how *

• de modo + adj —

tenemos que actuar de modo coherente — we must act consistently

eso nos afectará de modo directo — this will have a direct effect on us, this will affect us directly

el accidente influyó de modo negativo en el niño — the accident had a negative effect on the child

• de ese modo — [antes de verbo] (in) this way; [después de verbo] like that

de ese modo no habrá problemas — this way there won't be any problems

no hables de ese modo — don't talk like that

• grosso modo — broadly speaking

esa fue, grosso modo, la contestación que nos dio — broadly speaking, that was the answer he gave us

• de mal modo — rudely

me lo pidió de muy mal modo — he asked me for it very rudely

• del mismo o de igual modo — in the same way

todos van vestidos del mismo o de igual modo — they are all dressed the same o in the same way

del mismo modo sucedió con los agricultores — the same thing happened with the farmers

del mismo modo que — in the same way as o that, just as

• de ningún modo o en modo alguno, no quiero de ningún modo o en modo alguno implicarla en esto — I don't want to involve her in this in any way

no puedo permitir eso de ningún modo — there's no way I can allow that

no se parece de ningún modo a lo que habíamos imaginado — it's nothing like we had imagined

¡de ningún modo! — certainly not!, no way! *

• de todos modos — anyway, all the same, in any case

aunque no me dejes, me iré de todos modos — even if you don't let me, I'll go anyway o all the same o in any case

aunque lo esperaba, de todos modos me sorprendió — even though I was expecting it, I was still surprised

3)

• de modo que — [antes de verbo] so; [después de verbo] so that

¡de modo que eras tú el que llamaba! — so it was you that was calling!

apílalos de modo que no se caigan — stack them up so (that) they won't fall over

4) Esp frm (=moderación) moderation

bebe con modo — drink in moderation

5) LAm

¡ni modo! — (=de ninguna manera) no way *, not a chance *; (=no hay otra alternativa) what else can I/you etc do?

ni modo que lo va a hacer — no way she's going to do it

si no me quieres, ni modo — if you don't love me, what else can I do?

6) pl modos (=modales) manners

• buenos modos — good manners

con buenos modos — politely

• malos modos — bad manners

me contestó con muy malos modos — he answered me very rudely

7) (Ling) [del verbo] mood

de modo — manner antes de s

adverbio de modo — manner adverb

modo adverbial — adverbial phrase

modo conjuntivo — conjunctional phrase

modo imperativo — imperative mood

modo indicativo — indicative mood

modo subjuntivo — subjunctive mood

8) (Inform) mode

9) (Mús) mode

modo mayor/menor — major/minor mode

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masculino

1)

a) (manera, forma) way, manner (frml)

no lo digas de ese modo — don't say it like that

del siguiente modo — in the following manner

a mi modo de ver — to my way of thinking, in my opinion

modo de empleo — instructions for use, directions

me lo pidió de muy mal modo — (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

b) (en locs)

a mi/tu/su modo — (in) my/your/his (own) way

a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho; a modo de introducción by way of introduction; de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) (indep) in any case, anyway; ( sin cuidado) anyhow; del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that); de modo que ( así que) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that; ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?; de modo que se vean desde aquí so that they can be seen from here; de ningún modo no way; de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept; de todos modos anyway, anyhow; en cierto modo in a way; ni modo (AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? - no, ni modo did they get in? - no, no way (colloq); traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good; ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am (colloq); ni modo que te quedes aquí — there's no way you're staying here (colloq)

2) modos masculino plural ( modales) manners (pl)

con buenos/malos modos — politely/rudely o impolitely

3) (Ling) mood

4) (Mús) mode

* * *

= approach [approaches, -pl.], avenue, guise, means, mode, way, manner, fashion.

Ex. During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

Ex. In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.

Ex. In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.

Ex. The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.

Ex. Various modes of operation are possible for such a journal, and the precise operation will depend upon the type of information being conveyed.

Ex. They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.

Ex. City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.

Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

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* actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.

* actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.

* actuar de un modo diferente = strike out on + a different path.

* actuar de un modo implacable = play + hardball.

* actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.

* actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.

* adverbio de modo = adverb of mode.

* a groso modo = crudely.

* a grosso modo = roughly, rough draft.

* al actuar de este modo = by so doing, in so doing, by doing so.

* al modo de = a la.

* a mi modo de ver = in my books.

* a modo de = by way of, in the vein of, as a kind of.

* a modo de aclaración = in parenthesis, on a sidenote.

* a modo de advertencia = cautionary.

* a modo de ejemplo = by way of illustration.

* a modo de explicación = parenthetically.

* a modo de ilustración = by way of illustration.

* a modo de inciso = in passing, by the way of (a) digression.

* a modo de paréntesis = parenthetical.

* a modo de prólogo = prefatory.

* a modo de resumen = wrap-up.

* analizar de un modo imparcial = take + a cool look at.

* andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.

* artículo a modo de réplica = rebuttal article.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* avecinarse de un modo amenazador = loom + large on the horizon.

* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* como un modo de = as a way of.

* conocer de algún modo = know + on some grounds.

* crecer de modo exhuberante = grow + rampant.

* de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.

* de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.

* de algún modo u otro = of some sort.

* decir Algo de un modo colérico = flame out.

* decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.

* de cualquier modo = however, either way.

* de diferente modo = differently.

* de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.

* de este modo = by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.

* definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].

* de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).

* del mejor modo posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.

* del mismo modo = exactly, in the same vein, by the same token.

* del mismo modo que = as, in the form that, in the same way (as), in the same way that, just as, in the same manner (as), along the lines, after the fashion of, similar to, in common with.

* del otro modo = the other way (a)round.

* de modo + Adjetivo = on a + Adjetivo + basis.

* de modo agresivo = aggressively.

* de modo alarmante = alarmingly.

* de modo alternativo = alternatively.

* de modo altivo = superciliously, haughtily.

* de modo apreciable = to an appreciable extent.

* de modo caprichoso = capriciously.

* de modo censurable = reprehensibly.

* de modo claro = transparently.

* de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.

* de modo competitivo = competitively.

* de modo complementario = complimentarily.

* de modo conjunto con = in partnership with.

* de modo considerable = to a considerable extent.

* de modo convincente = cogently, unconvincingly.

* de modo decisivo = decisively.

* de modo desastroso = disastrously.

* de modo desconcertante = bewilderingly.

* de modo divertido = funnily.

* de modo egoísta = selfishly.

* de modo errático = erratically.

* de modo especulativo = speculatively.

* de modo estructurado = in a structured fashion.

* de modo fácil = with the tip of a hat.

* de modo gracioso = funnily.

* de modo gratuito = on a complimentary basis.

* de modo heurístico = heuristically.

* de modo humorístico = in a humorous vein.

* de modo imaginativo = imaginatively.

* de modo inconfundible = unmistakably.

* de modo individual = on a case-by-case basis.

* de modo inequívoco = unambiguously.

* de modo inesperado = like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de modo informal = informally.

* de modo ininterrumpido = in an unbroken line.

* de modo insinuante = suggestively.

* de modo irregular = erratically.

* de modo irritante = annoyingly.

* de modo pesimista = gloomily.

* de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.

* de modo provocativo = suggestively.

* de modo que = so.

* de modo que + poder + oír = within earshot of.

* de modo raro = funnily.

* de modo recíproco = reciprocally.

* de modo reprobatorio = reprovingly, reproachfully.

* de modos diversos = variously.

* de modos extraños = funnily.

* de modo sorprendente = shockingly.

* de modo tal que = so much so that.

* demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* de ningún modo = by no means, in no way, on no account, in no sense, by any means, not at all, under no/any circumstances, in any shape or form, for the life of me, not on any account, by no stretch of the imagination.

* de nuevos modos = in new ways.

* de otro modo = conversely.

* de qué modo = by what means.

* de tal modo que = in such a way that, so.

* de tal modo que raya en lo ridículo = ridiculously.

* de tal modo que + Subjuntivo = in such a way as to + Infinitivo.

* de todos modos = at any rate.

* de un mod discreto = unobtrusively.

* de un modo = in a fashion.

* de un modo absorto = absently.

* de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously.

* de un modo acalorado = hotly.

* de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.

* de un modo + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + fashion, in + Adjetivo + measure, in a + Adjetivo + manner, in + Adjetivo + manner, on a + Adjetivo + scale, to a + Adjetivo + degree, in a + Adjetivo + vein.

* de un modo afirmativo = affirmatively.

* de un modo ahorrativo = thriftily.

* de un modo aleatorio = at random.

* de un modo anafórico = anaphorically.

* de un modo anárquico = anarchically.

* de un modo anodino = prosaically.

* de un modo antieconómico = wastefully.

* de un modo apropiado = fitly, appropriately.

* de un modo aprovechado = opportunistically.

* de un modo atractivo = appealingly.

* de un modo auténtico = authentically.

* de un modo barato = inexpensively, thriftily.

* de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.

* de un modo cansado = wearily.

* de un modo caro = expensively + Participio.

* de un modo casual = in a by-the-way fashion.

* de un modo chirriante = jarringly.

* de un modo chocante = jarringly.

* de un modo compacto = compactly.

* de un modo concluyente = positively.

* de un modo conservador = conservatively.

* de un modo constante = on an ongoing basis.

* de un modo constructivo = constructively.

* de un modo convincente = convincingly, forcibly.

* de un modo coordinado = synergistically.

* de un modo crítico = critically.

* de un modo decepcionante = disappointedly.

* de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.

* de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.

* de un modo desenfadado = playfully.

* de un modo deshonesto = dishonestly.

* de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.

* de un modo devastador = devastatingly.

* de un modo diferente = differentially.

* de un modo discreto = quietly.

* de un modo disonante = jarringly.

* de un modo económico = economically, thriftily.

* de un modo elegante = elegantly.

* de un modo encantador = charmingly.

* de un modo engorroso = awkwardly, cumbrously.

* de un modo equivalente = equivalently.

* de un modo espectacular = spectacularly.

* de un modo estrafalario = freakishly.

* de un modo exhaustivo = comprehensively, in depth, exhaustively.

* de un modo extraño = freakishly.

* de un modo fiable = reliably.

* de un modo flexible = flexibly.

* de un modo fortuito = haphazardly.

* de un modo fraudulento = fraudulently.

* de un modo gradual = incrementally.

* de un modo habitual = as a matter of routine.

* de un modo heterogéneo = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de un modo holístico = holistically.

* de un modo imparcial = impartially.

* de un modo impreciso = fuzzily.

* de un modo impresionante = impressively.

* de un modo impulsivo = impulsively.

* de un modo incidental = incidentally.

* de un modo incómodo = awkwardly, cumbrously.

* de un modo incompetente = inefficiently.

* de un modo incompleto = incompletely.

* de un modo inconsistente = vagrantly.

* de un modo incorrecto = inaccurately.

* de un modo indiferente = regardless.

* de un modo inductivo = inductively.

* de un modo innovador = innovatively.

* de un modo insolente = defiantly.

* de un modo insulso = prosaically.

* de un modo inteligente = intelligently.

* de un modo interesante = interestingly.

* de un modo intermitente = in bursts.

* de un modo lógico = logically.

* de un modo malsonante = jarringly.

* de un modo matemático = mathematically.

* de un modo mecánico = mechanically.

* de un modo meditabundo = pensively.

* de un modo molesto = annoyingly.

* de un modo moralista = sanctimoniously.

* de un modo muy general = crudely.

* de un modo muy interesante = most interestingly + Verbo.

* de un modo nervioso = nervously.

* de un modo nítido = cleanly.

* de un modo o de otro = either way.

* de un modo oportunista = opportunistically.

* de un modo opresivo = oppressively.

* de un modo óptico = optically.

* de un modo optimista = optimistically.

* de un modo pasivo = passively.

* de un modo penetrante = piercingly.

* de un modo pensativo = pensively.

* de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.

* de un modo poco económico = wastefully.

* de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.

* de un modo positivo = positively, constructively.

* de un modo práctico = practically.

* de un modo provocador = defiantly.

* de un modo provocativo = defiantly.

* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.

* de un modo racional = rationally.

* de un modo rápido = rapidly, overnight, at short notice.

* de un modo rapsódico = rhapsodically.

* de un modo raro = freakishly.

* de un modo regional = regionally.

* de un modo regular = on a regular basis, on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis.

* de un modo relacionado = connectibly.

* de un modo remunerado = gainfully.

* de un modo retribuido = gainfully.

* de un modo secuencial = step by step.

* de un modo seguro = securely.

* de un modo similar = in a similar vein.

* de un modo simplista = simplistically.

* de un modo sistemático = systematically.

* de un modo susceptible = sensitively.

* de un modo tautológico = tautologically.

* de un modo temporal = on a temporary basis.

* de un modo tosco = crudely.

* de un modo trágico = tragically.

* de un modo tranquilizador = soothingly, reassuringly.

* de un modo transparente = seamlessly.

* de un modo u otro = somehow, some way.

* de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.

* de un modo voluntario = voluntarily.

* de un nuevo modo = in a new way.

* dicho de otro modo = in other words, said differently.

* distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.

* distribuir de un modo planificado = zone.

* el mejor modo de = the best way of.

* el modo como = the way in which.

* el modo de = the way in which.

* el modo de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.

* en cierto modo = to some extent, after a fashion, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some degree.

* en cierto modo + Verbo = sort of + Verbo.

* encontrar el modo de = find + way of/to.

* encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.

* encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back.

* encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.

* en metálico y de otro modo = in cash and in kind.

* en modo alguno = by no means.

* estimar a grosso modo = guesstimate.

* estudiar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* examinar el modo de = examine + way.

* extenderse a modo de abanico = fan out.

* flujo de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.

* frase a modo de título = title-like phrase.

* funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.

* hablar del mismo modo = talk + alike.

* hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = mess about, pootle, piddle around.

* indizar de modo KWIC = KWIC.

* información a modo de ejemplo = sample data.

* ingeniarse el modo de = dream up + ways to.

* modo de actuar = arrangement, course of action, practice, rationale.

* modo de ahorro de energía = power save mode.

* modo de andar = gait.

* modo de aprendizaje = learning style.

* modo de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.

* modo de comunicación = communication pathway.

* modo de conducta = mode of conduct, way of conduct.

* modo de conseguir Algo = lever.

* modo de expresión = way of expression, mode of expression.

* modo de hacer preguntas = questioning behaviour.

* modo de introducción de datos = input mode.

* modo de pensar = thinking, way of thinking, mindset [mind-set], mode of thought, mode of thinking.

* modo de presentación visual = display device.

* modo de resaltar = spotlight.

* modo de vida = way of life.

* modo de vida tradicional = folklife.

* modo no interactivo = non-interactive mode.

* no haber modo de = there + be + no means of.

* no hay modo de que = for the life of me.

* o de algún otro modo = or otherwise.

* pensar del mismo modo = think + alike.

* pensar de un modo diferente = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* pero no hubo modo = but no dice.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por el modo = by the way.

* preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.

* recordar de un modo rápido = sweep back to.

* saber de algún modo = know + on some grounds.

* ser en cierto modo un + Nombre = be something of a + Nombre.

* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.

* tratar de igual modo = treat as + equal.

* usando el tiempo de un modo eficaz = time efficient [time-efficient].

* usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).

* usar de un modo despreocupado = bandy (about/around).

* uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.

* ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.

* ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (manera, forma) way, manner (frml)

no lo digas de ese modo — don't say it like that

del siguiente modo — in the following manner

a mi modo de ver — to my way of thinking, in my opinion

modo de empleo — instructions for use, directions

me lo pidió de muy mal modo — (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

b) (en locs)

a mi/tu/su modo — (in) my/your/his (own) way

a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho; a modo de introducción by way of introduction; de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) (indep) in any case, anyway; ( sin cuidado) anyhow; del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that); de modo que ( así que) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that; ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?; de modo que se vean desde aquí so that they can be seen from here; de ningún modo no way; de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept; de todos modos anyway, anyhow; en cierto modo in a way; ni modo (AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? - no, ni modo did they get in? - no, no way (colloq); traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good; ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am (colloq); ni modo que te quedes aquí — there's no way you're staying here (colloq)

2) modos masculino plural ( modales) manners (pl)

con buenos/malos modos — politely/rudely o impolitely

3) (Ling) mood

4) (Mús) mode

* * *

= approach [approaches, -pl.], avenue, guise, means, mode, way, manner, fashion.

Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

Ex: In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.

Ex: In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.

Ex: The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.

Ex: Various modes of operation are possible for such a journal, and the precise operation will depend upon the type of information being conveyed.

Ex: They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.

Ex: City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.

Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

* actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.

* actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.

* actuar de un modo diferente = strike out on + a different path.

* actuar de un modo implacable = play + hardball.

* actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.

* actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.

* adverbio de modo = adverb of mode.

* a groso modo = crudely.

* a grosso modo = roughly, rough draft.

* al actuar de este modo = by so doing, in so doing, by doing so.

* al modo de = a la.

* a mi modo de ver = in my books.

* a modo de = by way of, in the vein of, as a kind of.

* a modo de aclaración = in parenthesis, on a sidenote.

* a modo de advertencia = cautionary.

* a modo de ejemplo = by way of illustration.

* a modo de explicación = parenthetically.

* a modo de ilustración = by way of illustration.

* a modo de inciso = in passing, by the way of (a) digression.

* a modo de paréntesis = parenthetical.

* a modo de prólogo = prefatory.

* a modo de resumen = wrap-up.

* analizar de un modo imparcial = take + a cool look at.

* andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.

* artículo a modo de réplica = rebuttal article.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* avecinarse de un modo amenazador = loom + large on the horizon.

* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* como un modo de = as a way of.

* conocer de algún modo = know + on some grounds.

* crecer de modo exhuberante = grow + rampant.

* de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.

* de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.

* de algún modo u otro = of some sort.

* decir Algo de un modo colérico = flame out.

* decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.

* de cualquier modo = however, either way.

* de diferente modo = differently.

* de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.

* de este modo = by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.

* definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].

* de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).

* del mejor modo posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.

* del mismo modo = exactly, in the same vein, by the same token.

* del mismo modo que = as, in the form that, in the same way (as), in the same way that, just as, in the same manner (as), along the lines, after the fashion of, similar to, in common with.

* del otro modo = the other way (a)round.

* de modo + Adjetivo = on a + Adjetivo + basis.

* de modo agresivo = aggressively.

* de modo alarmante = alarmingly.

* de modo alternativo = alternatively.

* de modo altivo = superciliously, haughtily.

* de modo apreciable = to an appreciable extent.

* de modo caprichoso = capriciously.

* de modo censurable = reprehensibly.

* de modo claro = transparently.

* de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.

* de modo competitivo = competitively.

* de modo complementario = complimentarily.

* de modo conjunto con = in partnership with.

* de modo considerable = to a considerable extent.

* de modo convincente = cogently, unconvincingly.

* de modo decisivo = decisively.

* de modo desastroso = disastrously.

* de modo desconcertante = bewilderingly.

* de modo divertido = funnily.

* de modo egoísta = selfishly.

* de modo errático = erratically.

* de modo especulativo = speculatively.

* de modo estructurado = in a structured fashion.

* de modo fácil = with the tip of a hat.

* de modo gracioso = funnily.

* de modo gratuito = on a complimentary basis.

* de modo heurístico = heuristically.

* de modo humorístico = in a humorous vein.

* de modo imaginativo = imaginatively.

* de modo inconfundible = unmistakably.

* de modo individual = on a case-by-case basis.

* de modo inequívoco = unambiguously.

* de modo inesperado = like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de modo informal = informally.

* de modo ininterrumpido = in an unbroken line.

* de modo insinuante = suggestively.

* de modo irregular = erratically.

* de modo irritante = annoyingly.

* de modo pesimista = gloomily.

* de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.

* de modo provocativo = suggestively.

* de modo que = so.

* de modo que + poder + oír = within earshot of.

* de modo raro = funnily.

* de modo recíproco = reciprocally.

* de modo reprobatorio = reprovingly, reproachfully.

* de modos diversos = variously.

* de modos extraños = funnily.

* de modo sorprendente = shockingly.

* de modo tal que = so much so that.

* demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* de ningún modo = by no means, in no way, on no account, in no sense, by any means, not at all, under no/any circumstances, in any shape or form, for the life of me, not on any account, by no stretch of the imagination.

* de nuevos modos = in new ways.

* de otro modo = conversely.

* de qué modo = by what means.

* de tal modo que = in such a way that, so.

* de tal modo que raya en lo ridículo = ridiculously.

* de tal modo que + Subjuntivo = in such a way as to + Infinitivo.

* de todos modos = at any rate.

* de un mod discreto = unobtrusively.

* de un modo = in a fashion.

* de un modo absorto = absently.

* de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously.

* de un modo acalorado = hotly.

* de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.

* de un modo + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + fashion, in + Adjetivo + measure, in a + Adjetivo + manner, in + Adjetivo + manner, on a + Adjetivo + scale, to a + Adjetivo + degree, in a + Adjetivo + vein.

* de un modo afirmativo = affirmatively.

* de un modo ahorrativo = thriftily.

* de un modo aleatorio = at random.

* de un modo anafórico = anaphorically.

* de un modo anárquico = anarchically.

* de un modo anodino = prosaically.

* de un modo antieconómico = wastefully.

* de un modo apropiado = fitly, appropriately.

* de un modo aprovechado = opportunistically.

* de un modo atractivo = appealingly.

* de un modo auténtico = authentically.

* de un modo barato = inexpensively, thriftily.

* de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.

* de un modo cansado = wearily.

* de un modo caro = expensively + Participio.

* de un modo casual = in a by-the-way fashion.

* de un modo chirriante = jarringly.

* de un modo chocante = jarringly.

* de un modo compacto = compactly.

* de un modo concluyente = positively.

* de un modo conservador = conservatively.

* de un modo constante = on an ongoing basis.

* de un modo constructivo = constructively.

* de un modo convincente = convincingly, forcibly.

* de un modo coordinado = synergistically.

* de un modo crítico = critically.

* de un modo decepcionante = disappointedly.

* de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.

* de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.

* de un modo desenfadado = playfully.

* de un modo deshonesto = dishonestly.

* de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.

* de un modo devastador = devastatingly.

* de un modo diferente = differentially.

* de un modo discreto = quietly.

* de un modo disonante = jarringly.

* de un modo económico = economically, thriftily.

* de un modo elegante = elegantly.

* de un modo encantador = charmingly.

* de un modo engorroso = awkwardly, cumbrously.

* de un modo equivalente = equivalently.

* de un modo espectacular = spectacularly.

* de un modo estrafalario = freakishly.

* de un modo exhaustivo = comprehensively, in depth, exhaustively.

* de un modo extraño = freakishly.

* de un modo fiable = reliably.

* de un modo flexible = flexibly.

* de un modo fortuito = haphazardly.

* de un modo fraudulento = fraudulently.

* de un modo gradual = incrementally.

* de un modo habitual = as a matter of routine.

* de un modo heterogéneo = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de un modo holístico = holistically.

* de un modo imparcial = impartially.

* de un modo impreciso = fuzzily.

* de un modo impresionante = impressively.

* de un modo impulsivo = impulsively.

* de un modo incidental = incidentally.

* de un modo incómodo = awkwardly, cumbrously.

* de un modo incompetente = inefficiently.

* de un modo incompleto = incompletely.

* de un modo inconsistente = vagrantly.

* de un modo incorrecto = inaccurately.

* de un modo indiferente = regardless.

* de un modo inductivo = inductively.

* de un modo innovador = innovatively.

* de un modo insolente = defiantly.

* de un modo insulso = prosaically.

* de un modo inteligente = intelligently.

* de un modo interesante = interestingly.

* de un modo intermitente = in bursts.

* de un modo lógico = logically.

* de un modo malsonante = jarringly.

* de un modo matemático = mathematically.

* de un modo mecánico = mechanically.

* de un modo meditabundo = pensively.

* de un modo molesto = annoyingly.

* de un modo moralista = sanctimoniously.

* de un modo muy general = crudely.

* de un modo muy interesante = most interestingly + Verbo.

* de un modo nervioso = nervously.

* de un modo nítido = cleanly.

* de un modo o de otro = either way.

* de un modo oportunista = opportunistically.

* de un modo opresivo = oppressively.

* de un modo óptico = optically.

* de un modo optimista = optimistically.

* de un modo pasivo = passively.

* de un modo penetrante = piercingly.

* de un modo pensativo = pensively.

* de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.

* de un modo poco económico = wastefully.

* de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.

* de un modo positivo = positively, constructively.

* de un modo práctico = practically.

* de un modo provocador = defiantly.

* de un modo provocativo = defiantly.

* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.

* de un modo racional = rationally.

* de un modo rápido = rapidly, overnight, at short notice.

* de un modo rapsódico = rhapsodically.

* de un modo raro = freakishly.

* de un modo regional = regionally.

* de un modo regular = on a regular basis, on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis.

* de un modo relacionado = connectibly.

* de un modo remunerado = gainfully.

* de un modo retribuido = gainfully.

* de un modo secuencial = step by step.

* de un modo seguro = securely.

* de un modo similar = in a similar vein.

* de un modo simplista = simplistically.

* de un modo sistemático = systematically.

* de un modo susceptible = sensitively.

* de un modo tautológico = tautologically.

* de un modo temporal = on a temporary basis.

* de un modo tosco = crudely.

* de un modo trágico = tragically.

* de un modo tranquilizador = soothingly, reassuringly.

* de un modo transparente = seamlessly.

* de un modo u otro = somehow, some way.

* de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.

* de un modo voluntario = voluntarily.

* de un nuevo modo = in a new way.

* dicho de otro modo = in other words, said differently.

* distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.

* distribuir de un modo planificado = zone.

* el mejor modo de = the best way of.

* el modo como = the way in which.

* el modo de = the way in which.

* el modo de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.

* en cierto modo = to some extent, after a fashion, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some degree.

* en cierto modo + Verbo = sort of + Verbo.

* encontrar el modo de = find + way of/to.

* encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.

* encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back.

* encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.

* en metálico y de otro modo = in cash and in kind.

* en modo alguno = by no means.

* estimar a grosso modo = guesstimate.

* estudiar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* examinar el modo de = examine + way.

* extenderse a modo de abanico = fan out.

* flujo de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.

* frase a modo de título = title-like phrase.

* funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.

* hablar del mismo modo = talk + alike.

* hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = mess about, pootle, piddle around.

* indizar de modo KWIC = KWIC.

* información a modo de ejemplo = sample data.

* ingeniarse el modo de = dream up + ways to.

* modo de actuar = arrangement, course of action, practice, rationale.

* modo de ahorro de energía = power save mode.

* modo de andar = gait.

* modo de aprendizaje = learning style.

* modo de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.

* modo de comunicación = communication pathway.

* modo de conducta = mode of conduct, way of conduct.

* modo de conseguir Algo = lever.

* modo de expresión = way of expression, mode of expression.

* modo de hacer preguntas = questioning behaviour.

* modo de introducción de datos = input mode.

* modo de pensar = thinking, way of thinking, mindset [mind-set], mode of thought, mode of thinking.

* modo de presentación visual = display device.

* modo de resaltar = spotlight.

* modo de vida = way of life.

* modo de vida tradicional = folklife.

* modo no interactivo = non-interactive mode.

* no haber modo de = there + be + no means of.

* no hay modo de que = for the life of me.

* o de algún otro modo = or otherwise.

* pensar del mismo modo = think + alike.

* pensar de un modo diferente = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* pero no hubo modo = but no dice.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por el modo = by the way.

* preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.

* recordar de un modo rápido = sweep back to.

* saber de algún modo = know + on some grounds.

* ser en cierto modo un + Nombre = be something of a + Nombre.

* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.

* tratar de igual modo = treat as + equal.

* usando el tiempo de un modo eficaz = time efficient [time-efficient].

* usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).

* usar de un modo despreocupado = bandy (about/around).

* uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.

* ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.

* ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.

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modo

masculine

A

1 (manera, forma) way, manner ( frml)

éste no es modo de hacer las cosas this is no way of going about things

no lo digas de ese modo don't say it like that

hay que hacerlo del siguiente modo it has to be done in the following manner

a mi modo de ver to my way of thinking, in my opinion

¿qué modo de hablarle a tu abuela es ése? that's no way to speak to your grandmother

[ S ] modo de empleo instructions for use, directions

me lo pidió de muy mal modo ( AmL); she asked me (for it) very rudely o in a very rude way

2 ( en locs):

a mi/tu/su modo (in) my/your/his (own) way

hazlo a tu modo do it (in) your (own) way

le gusta hacer las cosas a su modo he likes to do things his (own) way

a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho

a modo de introducción by way of introduction

de cualquier modo (de todas formas) ( indep) in any case, anyway; (sin cuidado) anyhow, any which way ( AmE colloq), any old how ( BrE colloq)

del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that)

de modo que (así que) (+ indic) so;

(para que) (+ subj) so that

lo hiciste porque quisiste, de modo que ahora no te quejes you did it because you wanted to, so don't complain now

¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?

colócalos de modo que se vean desde aquí arrange them so that they can be seen from here

de ningún modo no way

yo no puedo aceptarlo, de ningún modo there is no way I can accept it

de todos modos anyway, anyhow

no creo que lo pueda lograr, de todos modos volveré a intentarlo I don't think I can do it, but I'll have another try anyway o anyhow

en cierto modo in a way

ni modo ( AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? — no, ni modo, las entradas se habían acabado did they get in? — no, no way o not a chance, it was sold out ( colloq)

traté de persuadirlo para que fuera pero ni modo I tried to persuade him to go but it was no good

ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am ( colloq)

ni modo que ( AmL exc CS): tienes que regresar a tu casa, ni modo que te quedes aquí you have to go home, there's no way you're staying here ( colloq)

B modos mpl (modales) manners (pl)

con buenos/malos modos politely/rudely o impolitely

C ( Ling) mood

el modo indicativo/subjuntivo the indicative/subjunctive mood

D ( Mús) mode

Compuesto:

modo mayor/menor

major/minor mode

E ( Inf) mode

Compuesto:

modo de reposo

sleep mode

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modo sustantivo masculino
1
a) (manera, forma) way, manner (frml);

◊ el modo de hacerlo the way of doing it;

del siguiente modo in the following manner;
a mi modo de ver to my way of thinking, in my opinion;
no lo digas de ese modo don't say it like that;
de un modo u otro one way or another;
su modo de ser the way he is;

( on signs) modo de empleo instructions for use, directions;
◊ me lo pidió de muy mal modo (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

b) ( en locs)

◊ a mi/tu/su modo (in) my/your/his (own) way;

de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) ( indep) in any case, anyway;

( sin cuidado) anyhow;
del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that);
◊ de modo que ( así que) so;

( para que) so that;
◊ de ningún modo no way;

de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept;
de todos modos anyway, anyhow;
en cierto modo in a way;
ni modo (AmL exc CS fam) no way;
traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good;
ni modo que te quedes aquí there's no way you're staying here (colloq)
2
◊ modos sustantivo masculino plural ( modales) manners (pl);

con buenos/malos modos politely/rudely o impolitely
modo sustantivo masculino
1 (forma de hacer) way, manner: habla de un modo extraño, he speaks in a strange way
2 Ling mode: modo imperativo, imperative mood 3 modos, manners: ¡no vengas aquí con esos malos modos!, don't come around here with those bad manners!
' modo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- así
- camino
- cante
- canto
- carácter
- censurar
- cocina
- como quiera
- comoquiera
- con
- conforme
- de
- dicha
- dicho
- empleo
- en
- estilo
- forma
- ir
- gustar
- habla
- igualmente
- inciso
- indicativa
- indicativo
- mirada
- olla
- parcial
- pensión
- poner
- proceder
- radical
- reconocer
- replicar
- risa
- según
- sentada
- sic
- sistema
- tal
- temeraria
- temerario
- temperamento
- tono
- tres
- uso
- ver
- vía
- vida
English:
abrupt
- alike
- allowance
- aloud
- anyhow
- as
- at
- captivate
- casually
- deliriously
- depressingly
- direction
- dramatically
- educationally
- fashion
- funnily
- gloomily
- haphazardly
- harmlessly
- illegibly
- impressively
- inadequately
- incompletely
- incomprehensibly
- inconclusively
- inconveniently
- instruction
- keenly
- kind
- loophole
- love
- maddeningly
- manner
- mode
- modus operandi
- mood
- mother
- nowhere
- observe
- offhandedly
- originally
- ostentatious
- other
- outrageous
- pass round
- plausibly
- quizzical
- ravishingly
- reassuringly
- reciprocally

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modo

♦ nm

1. [manera, forma] way;

no encuentro el modo de dejar el tabaco whatever I do, I just can't seem to give up smoking;

ése no es modo de comportarse that's no way to behave;

¿has visto el modo en que o [m5] el modo como te mira? have you seen how o the way he's looking at you?;

esta vez lo haremos a mi modo this time we'll do it my way;

al modo de in the style of, after the fashion of;

a modo de as, by way of;

a mi modo de ver the way I see it;

de algún modo somehow;

se le cayó el botón porque lo cosió de cualquier modo the button fell off because he sewed it on carelessly o any old how;

hazlo de cualquier modo do it however you like;

no te preocupes, de cualquier modo no pensaba ir don't worry, I wasn't going to go anyway;

de ese/este modo that/this way;

del mismo modo similarly, in the same way;

lo hice del mismo modo que ayer/tú I did it the same way as yesterday/you;

lo organizaron de modo que acabara antes de las diez they organized it so (that) it finished before ten;

¿de modo que no te gusta? so, you don't like it (then)?;

de ningún modo o [m5] en modo alguno deberíamos dejarle salir under no circumstances should we let her out;

de ningún modo o [m5] en modo alguno quise ofenderte I in no way intended to offend you;

¿te he molestado? – de ningún modo o [m5] en modo alguno did I annoy you? – not at all o by no means;

¿quieres que lo invitemos? – ¡de ningún modo! shall we invite him? – no way o certainly not!;

de otro modo [si no] otherwise;

de tal modo (que) [tanto] so much (that);

de todos modos in any case, anyway;

de todos modos seguiremos en contacto in any case, we'll keep in touch;

de todos modos, ¿qué es eso que decías de un viaje? anyway, what's that you were saying about going away?;

de un modo u otro one way or another;

dicho de otro modo in other words, put another way;

en cierto modo in a way;

¡qué modo de hacer las cosas! that's no way to do things!

Comp
Ling modo de articulación manner of articulation;
modo de empleo instructions for use;

modo de pensar way of thinking;

a mi modo de pensar to my way of thinking;

modo de ser: [m5] tiene un modo de ser muy agradable she has a very pleasant nature;

no me gusta su modo de ser I don't like the way he is;

modo de vida way of life, lifestyle

2.
modos [modales] manners;

buenos/malos modos good/bad manners;

me contestó de buenos/malos modos she answered politely/rudely

3. Gram mood;

modo indicativo/subjuntivo indicative/subjunctive mood;

en modo indicativo in the indicative (mood)

4. Informát mode

Comp
modo de edición edit mode;
modo gráfico graphic mode;

modo de inserción insert mode

5. Mús mode

♦ ni modo loc adv
Am salvo RP [de ninguna manera] no way, not a chance;
¿llegaremos a tiempo? – ni modo will we get there on time? – no way o not a chance;

ni modo pues there's nothing we can do about it, then

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modo

m

1 way;

a mi modo de ver to my way of thinking;

dicho de otro modo to put it another way;

de este modo like this;

modo de ser personality

2 GRAM mood

3 MÚS mode

4

:

modos pl manners;

de malos modos rudely

5

:

a modo de as;

de modo que so that;

de ningún modo not at all;

de otro modo otherwise;

de tal modo que so much that;

de todos modos anyway;

de cualquier modo anyway, anyhow;

en cierto modo in a way o sense

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modo nm

1) manera: way, manner, mode

de un modo u otro: one way or another

a mi modo de ver: to my way of thinking

2) : mood (in grammar)

3) : mode (in music)

4)

a modo de : by way of, in the manner of, like

a modo de ejemplo: by way of example

5)

de cualquier modo : in any case, anyway

6)

de modo que : so, in such a way that

7)

de todos modos : in any case, anyway

8)

en cierto modo : in a way, to a certain extent

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modo n way

tiene que haber un modo más fácil there must be an easier way

de modo que (por tanto) so (de forma que) so that

de ningún modo no way

de todos modos anyway

Spanish-English dictionary > modo
12 regolare

"to adjust;

Verstellen;

regular"

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1. v/t regulate

spese, consumo cut down on

technology adjust

questione sort out, settle

conto, debito settle

2. adj regular

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regolare agg.

1 ( conforme alla regola) regular; normal, standard (attr.); permissable, allowable: la seduta ha avuto uno svolgimento regolare, it was a normal meeting (o the meeting went off normally); questo documento non è regolare, this document is not regular; sottoscrivere un contratto regolare, to sign a formal contract; l'intervento del giocatore sull'avversario è stato ritenuto regolare, the player's tackle on his opponent was judged fair (o within the rules); il gol è regolare, the goal has been given (o allowed); il peso regolare di un pacco è di 3 kg, the standard weight of a parcel is 3 kilos // unione regolare, legal marriage // (gramm.) verbo regolare, regular verb // (dir.) con regolare processo, by due process of law

2 ( senza irregolarità, uniforme) uniform, even, smooth, regular: superficie regolare, smooth surface; fondo stradale regolare, even road surface; profilo regolare, regular profile; lineamenti regolari, regular features // (mat.) poligono, poliedro regolare, regular polygon, polyhedron

3 ( normale) regular, normal: statura, corporatura, peso regolare, normal height, build, weight; polso regolare, regular (o normal) pulse; scuole regolari, normal (o regular) schools; servizio regolare, normal service

4 ( costante) steady, regular: procedeva con passo regolare, he went on at a steady pace (o he walked steadily); è regolare nello studio, he studies regularly (o steadily); (econ.) aumento regolare dei prezzi, steady rise in prices

5 ( periodico) regular: si vedono a intervalli regolari, they see each other at regular intervals (o regularly) // (comm.) si effettuano consegne regolari il martedì, normal (o regular) deliveries are made on Tuesdays

6 (comm.) ( puntuale) punctual, regular: essere regolare nei pagamenti, to be punctual in (o with) payments (o to pay punctually o to pay regularly)

7 (mil.) regular, standing: soldato regolare, regular soldier; esercito regolare, regular (o standing) army // la sua divisa non è regolare, he is not wearing a regulation uniform

8 (eccl.) regular: clero regolare, regular clergy; membro del clero regolare, member of the regular clergy.

regolare v.tr.

1 ( disciplinare) to regulate: regolare il traffico, to regulate the traffic; l'accordo regolerà il trattamento dei prigionieri di guerra, the agreement will regulate the treatment of prisoners of war; regolare la propria condotta, to regulate one's conduct; regolare gli scambi commerciali, to regulate trade; regolare la concorrenza, to regulate competition

2 ( ridurre, moderare) to reduce, to limit; ( controllare) to control: regolare i consumi, to reduce consumption; regolare le proprie spese, to control one's expenses

3 ( pareggiare) to trim: il parrucchiere mi ha regolato i capelli, the hairdresser trimmed my hair; regolare una siepe, to trim a hedge

4 (con dispositivi, impianti ecc.) to adjust, to regulate, to set*: regolare il volume della radio, to adjust the volume on the radio; regolare la temperatura, la velocità, to regulate (o to adjust) the temperature, the speed; regolare un orologio, to set a watch; regolare la sveglia sulle 7, to set the alarm clock for 7; regolare il cannocchiale, to focus the telescope; il dispositivo regola automaticamente la messa a fuoco, this control automatically regulates the focus; regolare il corso delle acque, to check (o to control) the flow of water

5 ( pagare) to pay*, to settle: regolare i propri conti, to settle (o to straighten) one's accounts; regolare i conti, (fig.) to have a showdown (o to settle a score) with s.o.; regolare un debito, to settle a debt; regolare una fattura, to pay an invoice

6 (fig.) ( sistemare, definire) to settle: regolare una questione, to settle a matter // (dir.) regolare con legge, to regulate by law // (sport) regolare l'avversario, ( batterlo senza sforzo) to beat one's opponent (easily).

◘ regolarsi v.rifl.

1 ( comportarsi in modo adeguato) to act: non so come regolarmi in questa situazione, I don't know what to do (o how to act o what line to take) in this situation; adesso che sai la verità, regolati di conseguenza, now that you know the truth, act accordingly; adesso che sai come stanno le cose, regolati tu, now that you know how things are, do as you think fit; chiedi il preventivo così puoi regolarti, ask for the estimate, that way you'll know what to do

2 ( moderarsi, controllarsi) to watch oneself, to control oneself: devi regolarti nel mangiare, nello spendere, you must watch your eating habits, your spending.

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I [reɡo'lare] agg
1) (senza variazioni: gen) Gramm, Mat regular, (velocità) steady, (superficie) even, (passo) steady, even

a intervalli regolari — at regular intervals

2) (in regola: documento, permesso) in order

presentare regolare domanda — to apply through the proper channels

esercito regolare — regular army

è tutto regolare! — everything is in order!

tutto ciò non è regolare — that's entirely irregular
II [reɡo'lare]
1. vt

(gen) to regulate, control, (questione, debito, conto) to settle, (apparecchio) to adjust, regulate, (orologio) to set

non riesco a regolare il volume — I can't adjust the sound

regolare i conti fig — to settle old scores

2. vr (regolarsi)

1) (moderarsi)

regolarsi nel bere/nello spendere — to watch o control one's drinking/spending

2) (comportarsi) to behave, act

non so come regolarmi — I don't know what to do, (nell'usare ingredienti) I don't know what quantities to add

regolati come meglio credi — do as you think best

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[rego'lare] I
aggettivo

1) (conforme alle regole) regular

2) (normale) [ statura] average, medium; [ lineamenti] regular, neat; [ vita] regular

3) (costante) [versamenti, arrivi] regular; [flusso, polso, respiro] steady, regular; [ ritmo] steady, smooth; [ passo] even, steady

a intervalli -i — at regular intervals

essere regolare nei pagamenti — to be regular with one's payments

4) mat. [ poligono] regular

5) (piano) [ superficie] even; (uniforme) [ scrittura] regular

6) ling. [plurale, verbo] regular

7) mil. [esercito, truppe] regular
II 1.
verbo transitivo

1) (disciplinare, governare) to regulate [traffico, scambi commerciali]; [norma, legge] to govern [rapporti, uso]

2) (mettere a punto) to adjust [altezza, microfono, riscaldamento, illuminazione]; to regulate, to adjust [ meccanismo]; to regulate, to govern [ velocità]; to regulate [flusso, funzionamento]; (programmare) to control, to regulate [ temperatura]

regolare l'orologio — to set the clock

regolare il forno a o sui 180 gradi — to set the oven to 180 degrees

3) (pagare) to settle [conto, debito, fattura]

regolare i conti con qcn. — fig. to settle accounts o a score with sb., to square one's account(s) with sb

4) (risolvere) to settle [ questione]

5) (adattare)

regolare la propria condotta su quella di qcn. — to model one's behaviour on sb.'s

6) (moderare) to limit [spese, consumo]
2.
verbo pronominale regolarsi

1) (comportarsi) to behave

non sapere come -rsi — not to know how to act

2) (moderarsi) to control oneself

- rsi nel mangiare — to moderate one's eating

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regolare¹

/rego'lare/

aggettivo

1 (conforme alle regole) regular

2 (normale) [ statura] average, medium; [ lineamenti] regular, neat; [ vita] regular

3 (costante) [versamenti, arrivi] regular; [flusso, polso, respiro] steady, regular; [ ritmo] steady, smooth; [ passo] even, steady; a intervalli -i at regular intervals; essere regolare nei pagamenti to be regular with one's payments

4 mat. [ poligono] regular

5 (piano) [ superficie] even; (uniforme) [ scrittura] regular

6 ling. [plurale, verbo] regular

7 mil. [esercito, truppe] regular.

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regolare²

/rego'lare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

1 (disciplinare, governare) to regulate [traffico, scambi commerciali]; [norma, legge] to govern [rapporti, uso]

2 (mettere a punto) to adjust [altezza, microfono, riscaldamento, illuminazione]; to regulate, to adjust [ meccanismo]; to regulate, to govern [ velocità]; to regulate [flusso, funzionamento]; (programmare) to control, to regulate [ temperatura]; regolare l'orologio to set the clock; regolare il forno a o sui 180 gradi to set the oven to 180 degrees

3 (pagare) to settle [conto, debito, fattura]; regolare i conti con qcn. fig. to settle accounts o a score with sb., to square one's account(s) with sb.

4 (risolvere) to settle [ questione]

5 (adattare) regolare la propria condotta su quella di qcn. to model one's behaviour on sb.'s

6 (moderare) to limit [spese, consumo]

II regolarsi verbo pronominale

1 (comportarsi) to behave; non sapere come -rsi not to know how to act

2 (moderarsi) to control oneself; - rsi nel mangiare to moderate one's eating.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > regolare
13 gleichmäßig

gleich·mä·ßig adj

regular, even;

\gleichmäßige Bewegungen synchronized [or regular] movements;

\gleichmäßiger Puls steady [or regular] [or even] pulse;

mit \gleichmäßigen Schritten at a steady pace;

in \gleichmäßigem Tempo at a steady speed [or pace];

\gleichmäßig atmen to breathe regularly;

\gleichmäßig schlagen Herz, Puls, etc. to beat steadily [or regularly] [or evenly]

adv

1) ( in gleicher Stärke/ Menge) evenly, equally;

Farbe \gleichmäßig auftragen to apply an even coat of paint [or paint evenly];

2) ( ohne Veränderungen) consistently

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > gleichmäßig
14 marcha

f.

1 departure.

ha anunciado su marcha de la empresa she has announced that she will be leaving the company

2 course.

el tren detuvo su marcha the train stopped

a marchas forzadas against the clock (contrarreloj) (peninsular Spanish)

a toda marcha at top speed

en marcha running; (motor) underway (plan)

se bajó en marcha del tren he jumped off the train while it was moving

poner en marcha to start; (empezar) to activate (dispositivo, alarma)

hacer algo sobre la marcha to do something as one goes along

3 gear.

cambiar de marcha to change gear

meter la cuarta marcha to go into fourth gear

marcha atrás reverse (gear)

dar marcha atrás to reverse; to back out (figurative)

4 march (military & politics).

abrir la marcha to head the procession

cerrar la marcha to bring up the rear

5 march (Music).

marcha fúnebre/nupcial funeral/wedding march

la marcha Real = the Spanish national anthem

6 walk (sport).

7 liveliness, life (informal) (animation). (peninsular Spanish)

hay mucha marcha there's a great atmosphere

ir de marcha to go out on the town

tener (mucha) marcha to be a (real) raver

8 parade.

9 operation, march, working, running.

10 pace, walk.

11 gait, tramp-along.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: marchar.

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marcha

► nombre femenino

1 (de protesta, soldados) march

2 (progreso) course, progress

■ la marcha de las negociaciones the progress of the negotiations

3 (partida) departure; (abandono) leaving

■ lamentaremos su marcha we'll be sorry when he leaves

4 (velocidad) speed

5 AUTOMÓVIL gear

6 MÚSICA march

7 DEPORTE walk

8 familiar (de persona) go, energy; (de lugar, ambiente) life

■ esta mujer tiene una marcha increíble she's full of life, she's full of energy

■ aquí no hay marcha this place is dead

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a marchas forzadas against the clock

a toda marcha at full speed

abrir la marcha to head the march

cerrar la marcha to bring up the rear

dar marcha atrás (coche) to reverse 2 (proyecto) to fall through

estar en marcha (máquina) to be on, be working 2 (cambio, proyecto) to be under way

ir de marcha (en el ejército) to go on a march 2 (por la noche) to go out on the razzle, go out on the town

irle la marcha a alguien familiar to be a real raver

poner en marcha (coche) to start 2 (proyecto) to start up

sobre la marcha as we (I, you, etc) go along, as we (I, you, etc) go

¡en marcha! off we go!

marcha atlética DEPORTE walk

marcha atrás AUTOMÓVIL reverse (gear)

marcha fúnebre funeral march

marcha nupcial wedding march

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noun f.

1) march

2) departure

3) speed

4) progress, course

5) gear

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SF

1) [de soldados, manifestantes] march

una marcha de protesta — a protest march

el batallón salió de marcha hacia el campamento — the battalion marched towards the camp

¡en marcha! — let's go!, let's get going; (Mil) forward march!

• abrir la marcha — to head the march

• cerrar la marcha — to bring up the rear

• encabezar la marcha — to head the march

• ponerse en marcha — [persona] (lit) to set off; (fig) to set about; [máquina, motor] to start

antes de ponerse en marcha, se recomienda que revisen sus vehículos — before setting off, we recommend that you check your vehicles

ya se han puesto en marcha para preparar la querella — they have already set a lawsuit in motion, they have already set about bringing a lawsuit

marcha a pie — [de caminantes] (=excursión) hike; (=actividad) hiking; [de manifestantes] march

marcha forzada — forced march

hemos trabajado a marchas forzadas — we've been working against the clock

intenta recuperar a marchas forzadas su imagen pública — he is trying to rebuild his public image as quickly as possible

marcha triunfal — [de ejército] triumphal march; [hacia la meta] winning run

2) (=partida) departure

su marcha fue muy precipitada — her departure was very sudden

tras tu marcha — after you left

¿a qué hora tenéis la marcha? — Esp * what time do you set off?

3) (=velocidad) speed

¡vaya marcha que llevas! — Esp what a speed you go at!

he tardado en coger la marcha pero ya estoy al día — it took me a while to get into it o to get the hang of it but I'm on top of it now *

marcha moderada — (Aut) slow

• acelerar la marcha — to speed up, go faster

deberíamos acelerar un poco la marcha — we should speed up a little o go a little faster

• moderar la marcha — to slow down

• a toda marcha — at top speed

un coche venía a toda marcha cuesta abajo — a car was coming down the hill at full o top speed

han elaborado el informe a toda marcha — the report has been prepared at top speed

4) (Mús) march

marcha fúnebre — funeral march

marcha militar — military march

marcha nupcial — wedding march

la Marcha Real — Spanish national anthem

5) (Aut) gear

meter la cuarta marcha — to change into fourth gear

• cambiar de marcha — to change gear

• marcha corta/ directa — low/top gear

• marcha larga — high gear

• primera marcha — first gear

marcha atrás — [en vehículo] reverse, reverse gear; [en negociaciones] withdrawal; [en el acto sexual] * withdrawal

fue marcha atrás unos cuantos metros — he reversed a few metres

dar marcha atrás — [con un vehículo] to reverse, put the car/van etc into reverse; [en negociaciones, en el acto sexual] to withdraw

a última hora han dado marcha atrás — they pulled out o withdrew at the last minute

si pudiese dar marcha atrás en el tiempo... — if I could go back in time...

6)

• en marcha — (=en funcionamiento) [máquina, sistema] in operation; [motor] running; [electrodoméstico, ordenador] on; [proyecto] under way, in progress, on the go

un país en marcha — a country on the move o that is going places

la televisión ha estado en marcha todo el día — the television has been on all day

nos apeamos del autobús en marcha — we got off the bus while it was moving

tiene varios proyectos en marcha — he has various projects under way o in progress o on the go

• poner en marcha — [+ máquina, motor] to start; [+ electrodoméstico, ordenador] to turn on; [+ proyecto, actividad] to set in motion; [+ ley, resolución] to implement

7) (Dep) (=carrera) walk; (=excursión) walk, hike

ganó los 20kms marcha — he won the 20km walk

marcha atlética, marcha de competición — walk

8) (=desarrollo) [de enfermedad] course; [de huracán] progress

la marcha de los acontecimientos — the course of events

la larga marcha de las conversaciones — the long drawn-out process o course of the talks

- sobre la marcha

le hicieron los análisis sobre la marcha — he had his tests done there and then

los cambios los haremos sobre la marcha — we'll make the changes as we go along

9) Esp
** (=animación)
no tengo ganas de marcha — I don't feel like going out

un sitio con mucha marcha — a very lively place, a place with a lot of action **

yo necesito un novio que me dé marcha — I need a boyfriend with a bit of life

en Granada hay mucha marcha por la noche — Granada has a great nightlife

¿dónde está la marcha de Vigo? — where's the nightlife in Vigo?, where are the good bars in Vigo?

me va la marcha tecno — I'm really into techno **

les pegan y no se quejan, parece que les va la marcha — they get hit but never complain, it seems they like a bit of suffering

• estar/ir o salir de marcha — [a bares] to be out/go out (on the town) *; [a discotecas] to be out/go (out) clubbing *

estuvimos de marcha hasta las cinco — we were out (on the town) o out clubbing until five in the morning *

¿estuviste de marcha hasta muy tarde? — were you out very late last night?

hace siglos que no vamos de marcha — we haven't had a night out o been out for ages, we haven't been out on the town o (out) clubbing for ages *

• tener marcha — * [persona, música] to be lively; [ciudad] to be full of action, be buzzing *

mi abuela tiene mucha marcha — my grandma is really lively

hoy no tengo ninguna marcha — I'm not in a very lively mood tonight

10) Méx (Aut) self-starter, self-starter motor

11) Caribe [de caballo] slow trot

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femenino

1)

a) (Mil) march; ( manifestación) march; ( caminata) hike, walk

ir de marcha — to go walking o hiking

abrir or encabezar la marcha — to head the march

cerrar la marcha — to bring up the rear

en marcha! — (Mil) forward march!

recojan todo y en marcha! — pick up your things and off you/we go!

ponerse en marcha — to set off

b) ( en atletismo) tb

marcha atlética — walk

2) (paso, velocidad) speed

el vehículo disminuyó la marcha — the car reduced speed o slowed down

llevamos una buena marcha, creo que acabaremos a tiempo — we're getting through it at quite a rate, I think we'll finish on time

acelerar la marcha — to speed up

qué marcha llevas! — (Esp) what a speed o pace you go at!

a marchas forzadas — (Esp) at top speed

a toda marcha — at full o top speed, flat out

coger la marcha — (Esp)

en cuanto cojas la marcha te será más fácil — once you get into the rhythm of it, you'll find it easier

3) (Auto) gear

cambiar de marcha — to change gear

un coche de cinco marchas — a car with five gears

- marcha atrás

4) ( funcionamiento) running

estar en marcha — motor to be running; proyecto to be up and running, to be under way; gestiones to be under way

tenemos todos los operativos de seguridad en marcha — all security measures are now in force o operation

poner en marcha — <coche/motor> to start; <plan/sistema> to set... in motion

puso en marcha un nuevo experimento — he set up a new experiment

ponerse en marcha — tren/coche to move off; persona

nos pusimos en marcha inmediatamente — we set out straightaway

5) (curso, desarrollo) course

la marcha del progreso económico — the march of economic progress

sobre la marcha: iremos solucionando los problemas sobre la marcha — we'll solve any problems as we go along

6) ( partida) departure

7) (Mús) march

marcha militar/nupcial/fúnebre — military/wedding/funeral march

8) (Esp fam) (animación, ambiente)

en esta ciudad hay mucha marcha — this city is very lively o has a lot of night life

qué marcha tiene! — he's so full of energy

irle a alguien la marcha — (Esp fam)

les va la marcha cantidad — they're really into having a good time o into the night life (colloq)

* * *

= march.

Ex. The march of information technology has changed service presentation but the media which are used today are those which have served public librarians for years.

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* aflojar la marcha = slow down, slow up.

* a marchas forzadas = in a rush, against the clock.

* aminorar la marcha = slow up.

* arreglárselas sobre la marcha = wing it.

* a toda marcha = at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed, at full stretch.

* cambiar de marcha = gear.

* cambiar marchas = shift + gears.

* dar marcha atrás = do + an about-face, back up, backpedal [back-pedal].

* decidir Algo sobre la marcha = play + Nombre + by ear.

* de marcha = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* disminuir la marcha = slow down.

* echar marcha atrás = do + an about-face, back out, back up.

* en marcha = underway [under way], ongoing [on-going], afoot, under preparation, moving.

* en plena marcha = in full swing, in full gear.

* estar en marcha = tick over.

* fusilar en el acto = shoot on + sight.

* hacer Algo sobre la marcha = play + Nombre + by ear.

* improvisar Algo sobre la marcha = play + Nombre + by ear.

* informe sobre la marcha de un proyecto = progress report.

* ir marcha atrás = back up.

* irse de marcha = paint + the town red, go out on + the town.

* mantener las cosas en marcha = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.

* marcha atrás = about-face.

* marcha fúnebre = dead march.

* poner en marcha = implement, set up, trip, set out on, crank up.

* poner en marcha un proyecto = mobilise + effort.

* poner las cosas en marcha = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.

* ponerse en marcha = set off, get off + the ground, swing into + action.

* puesta en marcha = implementation, startup [start-up].

* salir de marcha = paint + the town red, party, go out on + the town.

* seguir la marcha de = monitor.

* sobre la marcha = on-the-fly, off the top of + Posesivo + head, right off the bat, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, while-you-wait [while-u-wait], straight away, as you go, right away, at once.

* tiempo + seguir su marcha inexorable = time + march on.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Mil) march; ( manifestación) march; ( caminata) hike, walk

ir de marcha — to go walking o hiking

abrir or encabezar la marcha — to head the march

cerrar la marcha — to bring up the rear

en marcha! — (Mil) forward march!

recojan todo y en marcha! — pick up your things and off you/we go!

ponerse en marcha — to set off

b) ( en atletismo) tb

marcha atlética — walk

2) (paso, velocidad) speed

el vehículo disminuyó la marcha — the car reduced speed o slowed down

llevamos una buena marcha, creo que acabaremos a tiempo — we're getting through it at quite a rate, I think we'll finish on time

acelerar la marcha — to speed up

qué marcha llevas! — (Esp) what a speed o pace you go at!

a marchas forzadas — (Esp) at top speed

a toda marcha — at full o top speed, flat out

coger la marcha — (Esp)

en cuanto cojas la marcha te será más fácil — once you get into the rhythm of it, you'll find it easier

3) (Auto) gear

cambiar de marcha — to change gear

un coche de cinco marchas — a car with five gears

- marcha atrás

4) ( funcionamiento) running

estar en marcha — motor to be running; proyecto to be up and running, to be under way; gestiones to be under way

tenemos todos los operativos de seguridad en marcha — all security measures are now in force o operation

poner en marcha — <coche/motor> to start; <plan/sistema> to set... in motion

puso en marcha un nuevo experimento — he set up a new experiment

ponerse en marcha — tren/coche to move off; persona

nos pusimos en marcha inmediatamente — we set out straightaway

5) (curso, desarrollo) course

la marcha del progreso económico — the march of economic progress

sobre la marcha: iremos solucionando los problemas sobre la marcha — we'll solve any problems as we go along

6) ( partida) departure

7) (Mús) march

marcha militar/nupcial/fúnebre — military/wedding/funeral march

8) (Esp fam) (animación, ambiente)

en esta ciudad hay mucha marcha — this city is very lively o has a lot of night life

qué marcha tiene! — he's so full of energy

irle a alguien la marcha — (Esp fam)

les va la marcha cantidad — they're really into having a good time o into the night life (colloq)

* * *

= march.

Ex: The march of information technology has changed service presentation but the media which are used today are those which have served public librarians for years.

* aflojar la marcha = slow down, slow up.

* a marchas forzadas = in a rush, against the clock.

* aminorar la marcha = slow up.

* arreglárselas sobre la marcha = wing it.

* a toda marcha = at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed, at full stretch.

* cambiar de marcha = gear.

* cambiar marchas = shift + gears.

* dar marcha atrás = do + an about-face, back up, backpedal [back-pedal].

* decidir Algo sobre la marcha = play + Nombre + by ear.

* de marcha = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* disminuir la marcha = slow down.

* echar marcha atrás = do + an about-face, back out, back up.

* en marcha = underway [under way], ongoing [on-going], afoot, under preparation, moving.

* en plena marcha = in full swing, in full gear.

* estar en marcha = tick over.

* fusilar en el acto = shoot on + sight.

* hacer Algo sobre la marcha = play + Nombre + by ear.

* improvisar Algo sobre la marcha = play + Nombre + by ear.

* informe sobre la marcha de un proyecto = progress report.

* ir marcha atrás = back up.

* irse de marcha = paint + the town red, go out on + the town.

* mantener las cosas en marcha = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.

* marcha atrás = about-face.

* marcha fúnebre = dead march.

* poner en marcha = implement, set up, trip, set out on, crank up.

* poner en marcha un proyecto = mobilise + effort.

* poner las cosas en marcha = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.

* ponerse en marcha = set off, get off + the ground, swing into + action.

* puesta en marcha = implementation, startup [start-up].

* salir de marcha = paint + the town red, party, go out on + the town.

* seguir la marcha de = monitor.

* sobre la marcha = on-the-fly, off the top of + Posesivo + head, right off the bat, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, while-you-wait [while-u-wait], straight away, as you go, right away, at once.

* tiempo + seguir su marcha inexorable = time + march on.

* * *

marcha

feminine

A

1 ( Mil) march; (manifestación) march; (caminata) hike, walk

los scouts van de marcha los domingos the scouts go walking o hiking on Sundays

abrir or encabezar la marcha to head the march

cerrar la marcha to bring up the rear

¡en marcha! ( Mil) forward march!

vamos, recojan todo y ¡en marcha! come on, pick up your things and off you/we go!

ponerse en marcha to set off

2 (en atletismo) tb

marcha atlética walk

B (paso, velocidad) speed

¡qué marcha llevas! ( Esp); what a speed o pace you go at!

el vehículo disminuyó la marcha the car reduced speed o slowed down

llevamos una buena marcha, creo que acabaremos a tiempo we're getting through it at quite a rate, I think we'll finish on time

hay que acelerar la marcha, que vamos retrasados we've got to speed up, we're getting behind

a marchas forzadas ( Esp); at top speed

a toda marcha at full o top speed, flat out

coger la marcha ( Esp): en cuanto cojas la marcha te será más fácil once you get into the rhythm of it, you'll find it easier

C ( Auto) gear

cambiar de marcha to change gear

un coche de cinco marchas a car with five gears

Compuesto:

marcha atrás

reverse, reverse gear

meter la marcha atrás to put the car into reverse

dar or hacer marcha atrás ( Auto) to go into reverse; (arrepentirse, retroceder) to pull out, back out;

(en el acto sexual) ( fam) to withdraw

al final dieron marcha atrás they pulled out at the last minute

esto supondría dar marcha atrás en las negociaciones de paz this would mean withdrawing from the peace negotiations

D (funcionamiento) running

la buena marcha del vehículo the efficient running of your vehicle

estar en marcha «motor» to be running;

«proyecto» to be up and running, to be under way; «gestiones» to be under way

tenemos todos los operativos de seguridad en marcha all security measures are now in force o operation

poner en marcha ‹coche/motor› to start;

‹plan/proyecto/sistema› to set … in motion

las negociaciones se han puesto en marcha the negotiations have been set in motion

puso en marcha un nuevo experimento he set up a new experiment

ponerse en marcha «tren/coche» to move off;

«persona» to set off, set out

E (curso, desarrollo) course

la marcha de los acontecimientos the course of events

la marcha del progreso económico the march of economic progress

sobre la marcha: iremos solucionando los problemas sobre la marcha we'll solve any problems as we go along o as we go, we'll cross our bridges when we come to them

lo decidiremos sobre la marcha we'll play it by ear

F (partida) departure

G ( Mús) march

marcha militar/nupcial/fúnebre military/wedding/funeral march

H

( Esp fam) (animación, ambiente): en esta ciudad hay mucha marcha this city is very lively o has a lot of night life

¡qué marcha tiene! he's so full of energy, he has so much energy

irle a algn la marcha ( Esp fam): les va la marcha cantidad they're really into having a good time o into the night life o into the action ( colloq)

no la invites porque no le va la marcha don't invite her because she's not into parties ( o dancing etc) ( colloq)

* * *

Del verbo marchar: ( conjugate marchar)

marcha es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
marcha
marchar
marcha sustantivo femenino
1
a) (Mil) march;

( manifestación) march;
( caminata) hike, walk;
◊ ir de marcha to go walking o hiking;

recojan todo y ¡en marcha! pick up your things and off you/we go!;
ponerse en marcha to set off
b) ( en atletismo) tb

◊ marcha atlética walk

2 (paso, velocidad) speed;
◊ el vehículo disminuyó la marcha the car reduced speed o slowed down;

acelerar la marcha to speed up;
a toda marcha at full o top speed, flat out
3 (Auto) gear;
◊ cambiar de marcha to change gear;

meter la marcha atrás to put the car into reverse;
dar or hacer marcha atrás (Auto) to go into reverse;

(arrepentirse, retroceder) to pull out, back out
4 ( funcionamiento) running;
◊ estar en marcha [ motor] to be running;

[ proyecto] to be up and running, to be under way;
[ gestiones] to be under way;
◊ poner en marcha ‹coche/motor› to start;

‹plan/sistema› to set … in motion;
◊ ponerse en marcha [ tren] to move off

5 (curso, desarrollo) course;
◊ la marcha de los acontecimientos the course of events;

sobre la marcha: hago correciones sobre la marcha I make corrections as I go along;
lo decidiremos sobre la marcha we'll play it by ear
6 ( partida) departure
7 (Mús) march;
◊ marcha nupcial wedding march

8 (Esp fam) (animación, ambiente):
◊ una ciudad con mucha marcha a very lively city;

¡qué marcha tiene! he's so full of energy
marchar ( conjugate marchar) verbo intransitivo
1 [ coche] to go, run;
[reloj/máquina] to work;
[negocio/relación/empresa] to work;
◊ su matrimonio no marcha muy bien his marriage isn't going o working very well

2
a) (Mil) to march

b) ( caminar) to walk

marcharse verbo pronominal (esp Esp) to leave;
◊ se marcha a Roma he's leaving for o going off to Rome

marcha sustantivo femenino
1 (partida) departure
2 (camino) iniciad la marcha antes del anochecer, set off before dusk
realizamos una marcha de cinco horas, we had a five hours walk
3 (curso, rumbo) course: eso alteraría la marcha de los acontecimientos, that would change the course of events
4 (funcionamiento) running: la impresora está en marcha, the printer is working
pongámonos en marcha, let's get to work
5 (velocidad, ritmo) aminora la marcha, slow down
aprieta la marcha, speed up
6 Auto gear: íbamos marcha atrás, we were going in reverse (gear)
7 Dep walk: practica la marcha, he walks
8 Mús march
9 fam (diversión) going on: tiene mucha marcha, he likes a good time
♦ Locuciones: a marchas forzadas, at top speed
a toda marcha, at full speed
sobre la marcha, as one goes along: lo decidimos sobre la marcha, we made up our minds as we went along
marchar verbo intransitivo
1 (ir) to go, walk
2 (funcionar) to go, work: el ordenador marcha estupendamente, the computer works perfectly
las cosas marchan mal entre nosotros, things are going badly between us
3 Mil to march

' marcha' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandono
- activar
- aminorar
- anquilosar
- curso
- enchufar
- estimativa
- estimativo
- iniciar
- marchar
- perla
- reemprender
- regular
- ritmo
- segunda
- velocidad
- acelerar
- aflojar
- chocar
- corear
- desautorizar
- emprender
- mal
- meter
- poner
- puesta
- sacar
- triunfal
English:
action
- arrest
- back
- back up
- backpedal
- cap
- change
- change down
- change up
- decelerate
- dream
- economic
- engage
- first gear
- foot
- gear
- get
- go
- go along
- going
- ground
- head
- initiate
- machinery
- March
- motion
- move
- moving
- outlay
- pick up
- reverse
- second gear
- slacken
- start
- strategy
- swing
- turn on
- walking
- way
- bump
- coast
- implementation
- march
- run
- running
- set
- shift
- sound
- speed

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marcha nf

1. [partida] departure;

ha anunciado su marcha de la empresa she has announced that she will be leaving the company

2. [ritmo, velocidad] speed;

acelerar la marcha to go faster;

reducir la marcha to slow down;

el tren detuvo su marcha the train stopped;

a esta marcha terminaremos pronto at this rate we'll soon be finished;
Esp
a marchas forzadas [contrarreloj] against the clock;
RP
a media marcha slowly;

trabajar a media marcha to work at half speed;

a toda marcha at top speed;
Esp
¡llevas una marcha que no hay quien te siga! you're going so fast, no one can keep up with you!;
Esp
¡vaya marcha que llevan los pasteles! those cakes are disappearing at a rate of knots!

3. [funcionamiento]
para la buena marcha de su automóvil son necesarias revisiones periódicas in order to make sure your car runs smoothly, it should be serviced regularly

4. [transcurso] course;
[progreso] progress;
un apagón interrumpió la marcha del partido a power cut interrupted the (course of the) game;

informó sobre la marcha de la empresa she gave a report on the company's progress;

se bajó en marcha del tren he jumped off the train while it was moving;

estar en marcha [motor, máquina] to be running;
[campaña] to be under way; [tren] to be moving;
ya están en marcha las nuevas medidas para combatir la inflación the new measures to fight inflation have been introduced;

poner en marcha un automóvil/motor/proyecto to start a car/an engine/a project;

ponerse en marcha [automóvil, tren, autocar] to set off;
[proyecto, campaña] to get under way;
hacer algo sobre la marcha to do sth as one goes along

5. [en automóvil] gear;

cambiar de marcha to change gear;

no me entra la marcha atrás it won't go into reverse;

meter la cuarta marcha to go into fourth gear

Comp
marcha atrás [en automóvil] reverse; Fam Hum [al hacer el amor] coitus interruptus;
el proceso de paz no tiene marcha atrás the only way for the peace process is forwards;

dar marcha atrás [en automóvil] to reverse;
[arrepentirse, desistir] to back out; Fam Hum [al hacer el amor] to withdraw (halfway through)
6. [de soldados, manifestantes] march;
[de montañeros, senderistas] hike;
abrir la marcha to head the procession;

cerrar la marcha to bring up the rear;

emprender la marcha to set out;

¡en marcha! [dicho a soldados] forward march!;
[dicho a niños, montañeros] on we go!, let's get going!;
hacer una marcha [soldados, manifestantes] to go on a march;
[montañeros, senderistas] to go on a hike;
ir de marcha [montañeros, senderistas] to go hiking;

ponerse en marcha [persona] to set off

Comp
Hist la Marcha verde the Green March, = march organized by King Hassan II in 1975 which led to Spain handing over sovereignty of Spanish Sahara to Morocco and Mauritania
7. [obra musical] march

Comp
marcha fúnebre funeral march;
marcha militar military march;

marcha nupcial wedding march;

la Marcha Real = the Spanish national anthem

8. Dep
marcha (atlética) walk;

los 20 kilómetros marcha the 20 kilometres walk

9. Esp Fam [animación] liveliness, life;

los lugares o [m5] sitios de marcha the places to go;

¿dónde está la marcha en esta ciudad? where's the action in this city?;

hay mucha marcha there's a great atmosphere;

ir de marcha to go out on the town;

estuvimos de marcha hasta las siete we were out on the town until seven in the morning;

este tío tiene mucha marcha this guy's a real live wire;

mis abuelos tienen mucha marcha my grandparents are dead cool;

esta ciudad tiene mucha marcha the atmosphere's great in this city;

¡qué poca marcha tienes! you're so boring!;

le va la marcha [le gusta divertirse] she likes to have a good time;
[le gusta sufrir] she's a sucker for punishment;
parece que te vaya la marcha, mira que discutirle al jefe have you got a death wish or something, questioning what the boss says like that?

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marcha

f

1 ( salida) departure

2 ( velocidad) speed;

a toda marcha at top speed;

a marchas forzadas fig flat out

3 ( avance) progress;

hacer algo sobre la marcha do sth as one goes along

4 MIL march

5 DEP walk;

marcha a pie en manifestación march

6 AUTO gear

7 de máquina running;

estar en marcha ( estar en funcionamiento) be working, be running; de coche be moving;

bajarse del tren en marcha get off the train while it is moving;

poner en marcha set in motion;

ponerse en marcha get started, get going

8 MÚS march

9 Esp

:

tener mucha marcha fam be very lively;

aquí hay mucha marcha fam this place is cool fam ;

ir de marcha fam go out partying fam

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marcha nf

1) : march

2) : hike, walk

ir de marcha: to go hiking

3) : pace, speed

a toda marcha: at top speed

4) : gear (of an automobile)

marcha atrás: reverse, reverse gear

5)

en marcha : in motion, in gear, under way

* * *

marcha n

1. (manifestación, militar, musical) march [pl. marches]

una marcha de protesta a protest march

la marcha nupcial the wedding march

2. (desarrollo) progress

la marcha de la economía the progress of the economy

3. (velocidad) gear

este coche tiene cinco marchas this car has got five gears

4. (energía persona) energy / go

tiene mucha marcha he's full of energy

5. (animación de lugar) life

hay mucha marcha durante las fiestas the festivities are very lively

a marchas forzadas against the clock

a toda marcha a top speed

dar marcha atrás (coche) to reverse (idea, proyecto) to back out

poner en marcha (máquina) to turn on (proyecto) to start up

sobre la marcha as I go along / as you go along etc.

lo decidirán sobre la marcha they'll decide as they go along

Spanish-English dictionary > marcha
15 Takt

m; -(e)s, -e

1. MUS. (rhythmische Gliederung) time, rhythm; der Takt eines Walzers waltz time ( oder rhythm); 3 / 4-Takt three-four time; den Takt schlagen beat time; den Takt halten, im Takt bleiben keep time; den Takt angeben give the time ( oder beat); fig. call the tune, set the pace; aus dem Takt out of time; aus dem Takt kommen lose the beat; fig. be put off one’s stroke; jemanden aus dem Takt bringen fig. put s.o. off his ( oder her) stroke; stärker: throw umg. ( oder disconcert) s.o.

2. MUS. (Takteinheit) bar; ein paar Takte a few ( oder a couple of) bars

3. LIT., Verslehre: beat, (metrical) stress

4. (Bewegungsrhythmus) rhythm; beim Rudern: auch stroke

5. MOT. stroke

6. ETRON. (processor) speed

7. umg., fig.: ein paar Takte (Worte) a few words, something Sg.; ein paar Takte mit jemandem reden have a few words with s.o.; tadelnd: give s.o. a good talking-to

—

Takt2

m; -(e)s, kein Pl. tact(fulness), sensitivity, delicacy; das ist eine Frage des Taktes it’s a question of tact ( oder sensitivity), it’s about being tactful umg.; wenig / keinen Takt haben have not much / no tact, be not a particularly tactful / be a totally tactless person etc.; mit großem Takt behandeln treat ( oder handle oder deal with) s.o. (oder s.th.) very tactfully ( oder diplomatically oder sensitively); taktlos, taktvoll

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der Takt

(Motor) stroke;

(Musik) measure; time; beat;

(Verhalten) discretion; tact

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Tạkt [takt]
m -(e)s, -e

1) (= Einheit) (MUS) bar; (PHON, POET) foot

2) (= Rhythmus) time

den Takt schlagen — to beat time

(den) Takt halten — to keep time

im Takt bleiben — to stay in time

den Takt verlieren — to lose the beat

den Takt wechseln — to change the beat, to change (the) time

im Takt singen/tanzen — to sing/dance in time (to (Brit) or with the music)

gegen den Takt — out of time (with the music)

im/gegen den Takt marschieren — to be in/out of step

den Takt angeben (lit) — to give the beat or time; (fig) to call the tune

im Takt der Musik — in time to (Brit) or with music

das Publikum klatschte den Takt dazu — the audience clapped in time to the music

wenn alle Kolben im Takt arbeiten — if all the pistons are in phase

3) (AUT) stroke

4) (IND) phase

5) no pl (= Taktgefühl) tact

mit dem ihm eigenen Takt — with his great tact(fulness)

er hat keinen Takt im Leibe (inf) — he hasn't an ounce of tact in him

6) (= Taktverkehr) regular service

im Takt fahren — to go at regular intervals

alle Linien verkehren im Einstundentakt — there is an hourly service on all routes

7) (COMPUT) (clock) pulse or signal

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der

1) (a measured division in music: Sing the first ten bars.) bar

2) (care and skill in one's behaviour to people, in order to avoid hurting or offending them: He showed tact in dealing with difficult customers.) tact

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Takt

<-[e]s, -e>

[takt]

m

1. MUS bar

den \Takt [zu etw dat] schlagen to beat time to sth

2. kein pl (Rhythmus) rhythm

den \Takt angeben [o schlagen] to beat time

jdn aus dem \Takt bringen to make sb lose their rhythm, to disconcert sb

jd kommt aus dem \Takt to lose one's rhythm [or the beat]

im \Takt in time to sth

3. kein pl (Taktgefühl) tact

etw mit \Takt behandeln to deal tactfully with sth

keinen \Takt [im Leib] haben (fam) not to have an ounce of tact in one

gegen den \Takt verstoßen to behave tactlessly

4. AUTO stroke

4-\Takt-Motor 4-stroke [engine]

5. kein pl LING foot

6. TECH phase

7.

▶ ein paar \Takte (fam) a few words

▶ ein paar \Takte mit jdm reden to have a word with sb

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der; Takt[e]s, Takte

1) (Musik) time; (Einheit) bar; measure (Amer.)

den Takt [ein]halten — keep in time

aus dem Takt kommen/sich nicht aus dem Takt bringen lassen — Lose/not lose the beat

mit ihm muss ich mal ein paar Takte reden — (fig. ugs.) I need to have a serious talk with him

2) o. Pl. (rhythmischer Bewegungsablauf) rhythm

im/gegen den Takt — in/out of rhythm

3) o. Pl. (Feingefühl) tact

4) (Verslehre) foot

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Takt¹ m; -(e)s, -e

1. MUS (rhythmische Gliederung) time, rhythm;

der Takt eines Walzers waltz time ( oder rhythm);

3/4-Takt three-four time;

den Takt schlagen beat time;

den Takt halten, im Takt bleiben keep time;

den Takt angeben give the time ( oder beat); fig call the tune, set the pace;

aus dem Takt out of time;

aus dem Takt kommen lose the beat; fig be put off one’s stroke;

jemanden aus dem Takt bringen fig put sb off his ( oder her) stroke; stärker: throw umg ( oder disconcert) sb

2. MUS (Takteinheit) bar;

ein paar Takte a few ( oder a couple of) bars

3. LIT, Verslehre: beat, (metrical) stress

4. (Bewegungsrhythmus) rhythm; beim Rudern: auch stroke

5. AUTO stroke

6. Elektronik: (processor) speed

7. umg, fig:

ein paar Takte (Worte) a few words, something sg;

ein paar Takte mit jemandem reden have a few words with sb; tadelnd: give sb a good talking-to

Takt² m; -(e)s, kein pl tact(fulness), sensitivity, delicacy;

das ist eine Frage des Taktes it’s a question of tact ( oder sensitivity), it’s about being tactful umg;

wenig/keinen Takt haben have not much/no tact, be not a particularly tactful/be a totally tactless person etc;

mit großem Takt behandeln treat ( oder handle oder deal with) sb (oder sth) very tactfully ( oder diplomatically oder sensitively); → taktlos, taktvoll

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der; Takt[e]s, Takte

1) (Musik) time; (Einheit) bar; measure (Amer.)

den Takt [ein]halten — keep in time

aus dem Takt kommen/sich nicht aus dem Takt bringen lassen — Lose/not lose the beat

mit ihm muss ich mal ein paar Takte reden — (fig. ugs.) I need to have a serious talk with him

2) o. Pl. (rhythmischer Bewegungsablauf) rhythm

im/gegen den Takt — in/out of rhythm

3) o. Pl. (Feingefühl) tact

4) (Verslehre) foot

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-e (Musik) m.

bar (music) n.

measure (music) n. -e m.

beat n.

clock pulse n.

measure n.

meter n.

savoir faire n.

step n.

stroke n.

tact n.

time signature (music) n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Takt
16 aumentar

v.

1 to increase, to rise.

aumentar la producción to increase production

la lente aumenta la imagen the lens magnifies the image

me han aumentado el sueldo my salary has been raised

aumentó casi 10 kilos he put on almost 10 kilos

aumentar de peso/tamaño to increase in weight/size

aumentar de precio to go up o increase in price

el desempleo aumentó en un 4 por ciento unemployment rose o increased by 4 percent

El ejercicio aumenta el apetito Exercising increases the appetite.

Aumentaron los gastos The expenses increased.

Nos aumentaron las ganancias este año Our profits increased this year.

2 to magnify, to amplify.

El reportero aumentó la noticia The reporter magnified the news story.

3 to enlarge.

Vamos a aumentar la casa We will enlarge the house.

4 to raise, to improve.

El movimiento aumentó la temperatura Movement raised the temperature.

5 to increase the size of, to enlarge.

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aumentar

► verbo transitivo

1 to augment, increase (precios) to put up; (producción) to step up

2 (óptica) to magnify

3 (fotos) to enlarge

4 (sonido) to amplify

► verbo intransitivo

1 to rise, go up

► verbo pronominal aumentarse

1 to increase, be on the increase (precios) to go up, rise

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verb

1) to increase

2) raise

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1. VT

1) [+ tamaño] to increase; (Fot) to enlarge; (Ópt) to magnify

2) [+ cantidad] to increase; [+ precio] to increase, put up; [+ producción] to increase, step up

me van a aumentar el sueldo — they are going to increase o raise my salary

no aumentes la velocidad todavía — don't speed up yet

esto aumentó el número de parados — this swelled the numbers of the unemployed

3) [+ intensidad] to increase

su dimisión ha aumentado la tensión política — his resignation has increased political tension

estas pastillas pueden aumentar las molestias — these tablets can make the problem worse

4) (Elec, Radio) to amplify

2. VI

1) [tamaño] to increase

2) [cantidad, precio, producción] to increase, go up

las temperaturas aumentarán mañana — temperatures will rise tomorrow

el número de asesinatos ha aumentado en 200 — the number of killings has increased o gone up by 200

este semestre aumentó la inflación en un 2% — inflation has increased o gone up by 2% over the last 6 months

3) [intensidad] to increase

el calor aumenta por la tarde — the heat increases in the afternoon

su popularidad ha aumentado — his popularity has increased o risen

la crispación política aumenta por momentos — political tension is increasing o rising by the moment

4)

aumentar de — to increase in

aumentar de peso — [objeto] to increase in weight; [persona] to put on o gain weight

aumentar de tamaño — to increase in size

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <precio/sueldo> to increase, raise; <cantidad/velocidad/tamaño> to increase; <producción/dosis> to increase, step up; dolor/miedo/tensión to increase

el microscopio aumenta la imagen — the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image

b) < puntos> ( en tejido) to increase
2.
aumentar vi temperatura/presión to rise; velocidad to increase; precio/producción/valor to increase, rise

el niño aumentó 500 gramos — the child put on o gained 500 grams

su popularidad ha aumentado — his popularity has grown

aumentará el frío — it will become colder

aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

* * *

= accelerate, augment, become + large, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow + larger, increase, raise, rise, strengthen, accentuate, grow, add to, deepen, mushroom, intensify, wax, swell, pump up, bump up, step up, spike, crank up, ramp up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, amp up, turn up.

Ex. In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.

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Ex. Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.

Ex. Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.

Ex. As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

Ex. As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.

Ex. Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.

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Ex. Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex. EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.

Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

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* aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.

* aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.

* aumentar de valor = increase in + value.

* aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.

* aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.

* aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.

* aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.

* aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.

* aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.

* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.

* aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.

* aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.

* aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.

* aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.

* aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.

* aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.

* aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.

* aumentar los costes = cost + rise.

* aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.

* aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.

* aumentar rápidamente = snowball.

* crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.

* estar aumentando = be on the increase.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <precio/sueldo> to increase, raise; <cantidad/velocidad/tamaño> to increase; <producción/dosis> to increase, step up; dolor/miedo/tensión to increase

el microscopio aumenta la imagen — the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image

b) < puntos> ( en tejido) to increase
2.
aumentar vi temperatura/presión to rise; velocidad to increase; precio/producción/valor to increase, rise

el niño aumentó 500 gramos — the child put on o gained 500 grams

su popularidad ha aumentado — his popularity has grown

aumentará el frío — it will become colder

aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

* * *

= accelerate, augment, become + large, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow + larger, increase, raise, rise, strengthen, accentuate, grow, add to, deepen, mushroom, intensify, wax, swell, pump up, bump up, step up, spike, crank up, ramp up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, amp up, turn up.

Ex: In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.

Ex: These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.

Ex: If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.

Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.

Ex: Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.

Ex: Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.

Ex: As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

Ex: As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.

Ex: Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.

Ex: The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.

Ex: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Ex: He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.

Ex: However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.

Ex: No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.

Ex: In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.

Ex: One of the effects of reading in children is that their appreciation of the processes and function of literature is deepened.

Ex: The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.

Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.

Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

Ex: Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.

Ex: The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.

Ex: Most librarians will admit that they could probably increase the use made of their lending libraries and bump up their annual loans by stocking more romances and thrillers and fewer serious novels, but they do not do this.

Ex: The intensity of marketing to schools and parents will have to be stepped up by publishers if they are to succeed in the more competitive market.

Ex: Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.

Ex: Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex: EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.

Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex: The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.

Ex: In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.

Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

* aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.

* aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.

* aumentar de valor = increase in + value.

* aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.

* aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.

* aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.

* aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.

* aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.

* aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.

* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.

* aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.

* aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.

* aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.

* aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.

* aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.

* aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.

* aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.

* aumentar los costes = cost + rise.

* aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.

* aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.

* aumentar rápidamente = snowball.

* crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.

* estar aumentando = be on the increase.

* * *

aumentar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹precio› to increase, raise, put up; ‹sueldo› to increase, raise; ‹cantidad/velocidad/tamaño› to increase; ‹producción/dosis› to increase, step up

el microscopio aumenta la imagen the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image

no hizo más que aumentar su dolor/miedo all it did was increase her pain/fear

esto aumentó la tensión this added to o increased the tension

2 ‹puntos› (en tejido) to increase

■ aumentar

vi

«temperatura» to rise; «presión» to rise, increase; «velocidad» to increase; «precio/producción/valor» to increase, rise

el niño aumentó 500 gramos the child put on o gained 500 grams

su popularidad ha aumentado his popularity has grown, he has gained in popularity

el costo de la vida aumentó en un 3% the cost of living rose by 3%

la dificultad de los ejercicios va aumentando the exercises get progressively more difficult

aumentará el frío durante el fin de semana it will become colder over the weekend

aumentar DE algo to increase IN sth

aumentó de volumen/tamaño it increased in volume/size

ha aumentado de peso he's put on o gained weight

* * *

aumentar ( conjugate aumentar) verbo transitivo
a) ( en general) to increase;

‹precio/sueldo› to increase, raise
b) (Opt) to magnify

verbo intransitivo [temperatura/presión] to rise;
[ velocidad] to increase;
[precio/producción/valor] to increase, rise;
◊ aumentará el frío it will become colder;

aumentar de algo ‹de volumen/tamaño› to increase in sth;
aumentó de peso he put on o gained weight
aumentar
I verbo transitivo to increase
Fot to enlarge
Ópt to magnify
II vi (una cantidad) to go up, rise
(de valor) to appreciate

' aumentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alargar
- engordar
- explorar
- separar
- separarse
- doblar
- elevar
- multiplicar
- redoblar
English:
add to
- appreciate
- augment
- boost
- build up
- deepen
- efficiency
- enhance
- escalate
- gain
- grow
- heighten
- improve
- increase
- intensify
- jack up
- jump
- magnify
- mark up
- mount
- odds
- put up
- quantity
- raise
- rise
- snowball
- step up
- surge
- swell
- up
- add
- develop
- go
- put
- soar
- strengthen

* * *

aumentar

♦ vt

to increase;

aumentar la producción to increase production;

los enfrentamientos aumentaron la tensión en la zona the clashes increased the tension in the zone;

me han aumentado el sueldo my salary has been increased o raised;

la lente aumenta la imagen the lens magnifies the image;

aumentó casi 10 kilos he put on almost 10 kilos

♦ vi
[temperatura, precio, gastos, tensión] to increase, to rise; [velocidad] to increase;
aumentar de tamaño to increase in size;

aumentar de precio to go up o increase in price;

el desempleo aumentó en un 4 por ciento unemployment rose o increased by 4 percent;

con lo que come, no me sorprende que haya aumentado de peso it doesn't surprise me that he's put on weight, considering how much he eats

* * *

aumentar

I v/t increase; precio increase, raise, put up

II v/i de precio, temperatura rise, increase, go up

* * *

aumentar vt

acrecentar: to increase, to raise

aumentar vi

: to rise, to increase, to grow

* * *

aumentar vb

1. (hacer subir) to increase / to raise

han aumentado el número de plazas they've increased the number of places

el Gobierno aumentará los impuestos the government will raise taxes

2. (subir) to rise [pt. rose; pp. risen] / to increase

las temperaturas aumentan en verano temperatures rise in summer

aumenta el número de accidentes de moto the number of motorbike accidents is increasing

3. (con lupa, microscopio) to magnify [pt. & pp. magnified]

un instrumento que aumenta el tamaño de cosas pequeñas an instrument that magnifies the size of small things

Spanish-English dictionary > aumentar
17 en gran medida

= broadly, by and large, extensively, greatly, heavily, largely, to a considerable extent, to a high degree, to a large extent, tremendously, vastly, very much, keenly, in no small way, to any great degree, in many ways, in large part, in large measure, in no small measure, to a great extent, to a large degree, to a great degree

Ex. These can be broadly categorised into the following two groups.

Ex. This has been the case with newspapers which by and large have changed very little over the past century.

Ex. Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries.

Ex. The computer can greatly assist in thesaurus compilation and updating.

Ex. Regular overhaul of guiding is important, especially for the new user who may rely heavily upon it.

Ex. The reason for its popularity was largely that it was based upon a principle of conformity in essentials, and freedom in details.

Ex. If the report is to a considerable extent in the words of the reporter then entry will be made under the heading for the reporter.

Ex. UDC recognizes, to a high degree, the value of synthesis in classification.

Ex. Variations in the extent of the description between a set of entries account to a large extent for the distinction between main, added and unit entries.

Ex. The importance of the practicum in the curriculum has ebbed and flowed tremendously throughout the history of library education.

Ex. And with the advent of computers, we have vastly accelerated the pace at which we are proceeding.

Ex. She is still very much a children's book borrower with a smattering of titles taken from the applied sciences, which in Susan's case meant books on cookery and needlework.

Ex. Those of us who deal with cooperatively produced catalogs and buy MARC tapes from a vendor will certainly feel the effects of all this keenly.

Ex. His excellent rapport with Congress was in no small way responsible for the progress made by LC during his administration.

Ex. Consumer advice centres were not used to any great degree by the working classes or those groups most at risk as consumers -- the elderly, divorced, widowed and separated.

Ex. In many ways, the order in DC is poor, separating language (400) from literature (800), and history (900) from the other social sciences (300) = En muchos sentidos, el orden de la CD es pobre al separar la lengua (400) de la literatura (800) y la historia (900) de las otras ciencias sociales (300).

Ex. Only journals published in the USA and devoted exclusively or in large part to the literature of social gerontology are described here.

Ex. Despite their weight of numbers, nurses have not been accorded a pre-eminent place in hospitals, and in large measure they continue to rely on medical libraries for their information needs.

Ex. Although it may have taken a little while to find its feet, this collection is now a most significant resource in its own right, due in no small measure by the stimulation provided by Victorian historians.

Ex. To a great extent, these are self-explanatory reasons.

Ex. To a large degree, the image an institution creates is determined by the leader who is the directing force of that institution.

Ex. To a great degree, it is the faculty that make the Stanford psychology program so reputable.

* * *

= broadly, by and large, extensively, greatly, heavily, largely, to a considerable extent, to a high degree, to a large extent, tremendously, vastly, very much, keenly, in no small way, to any great degree, in many ways, in large part, in large measure, in no small measure, to a great extent, to a large degree, to a great degree

Ex: These can be broadly categorised into the following two groups.

Ex: This has been the case with newspapers which by and large have changed very little over the past century.

Ex: Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries.

Ex: The computer can greatly assist in thesaurus compilation and updating.

Ex: Regular overhaul of guiding is important, especially for the new user who may rely heavily upon it.

Ex: The reason for its popularity was largely that it was based upon a principle of conformity in essentials, and freedom in details.

Ex: If the report is to a considerable extent in the words of the reporter then entry will be made under the heading for the reporter.

Ex: UDC recognizes, to a high degree, the value of synthesis in classification.

Ex: Variations in the extent of the description between a set of entries account to a large extent for the distinction between main, added and unit entries.

Ex: The importance of the practicum in the curriculum has ebbed and flowed tremendously throughout the history of library education.

Ex: And with the advent of computers, we have vastly accelerated the pace at which we are proceeding.

Ex: She is still very much a children's book borrower with a smattering of titles taken from the applied sciences, which in Susan's case meant books on cookery and needlework.

Ex: Those of us who deal with cooperatively produced catalogs and buy MARC tapes from a vendor will certainly feel the effects of all this keenly.

Ex: His excellent rapport with Congress was in no small way responsible for the progress made by LC during his administration.

Ex: Consumer advice centres were not used to any great degree by the working classes or those groups most at risk as consumers -- the elderly, divorced, widowed and separated.

Ex: In many ways, the order in DC is poor, separating language (400) from literature (800), and history (900) from the other social sciences (300) = En muchos sentidos, el orden de la CD es pobre al separar la lengua (400) de la literatura (800) y la historia (900) de las otras ciencias sociales (300).

Ex: Only journals published in the USA and devoted exclusively or in large part to the literature of social gerontology are described here.

Ex: Despite their weight of numbers, nurses have not been accorded a pre-eminent place in hospitals, and in large measure they continue to rely on medical libraries for their information needs.

Ex: Although it may have taken a little while to find its feet, this collection is now a most significant resource in its own right, due in no small measure by the stimulation provided by Victorian historians.

Ex: To a great extent, these are self-explanatory reasons.

Ex: To a large degree, the image an institution creates is determined by the leader who is the directing force of that institution.

Ex: To a great degree, it is the faculty that make the Stanford psychology program so reputable.

Spanish-English dictionary > en gran medida
18 égal

égal, e (masculine plural - aux) [egal, o]

1. adjective

a. ( = de même valeur) equal (à to)

• à prix égal for the same price

• à égale distance de deux points exactly halfway between two points

• Tours et Paris sont à égale distance d'Orléans Tours and Paris are the same distance from Orléans

• toutes choses égales par ailleurs all things being equal

► être égal à qn

• ça m'est égal ( = je n'y attache pas d'importance) I don't mind ; ( = je m'en fiche) I don't care

• tout lui est égal he doesn't feel strongly about anything

b. ( = sans variation) de caractère égal even-tempered

• marcher d'un pas égal to walk with an even step

• rester égal à soi-même to remain true to form

2. masculine noun, feminine noun

equal

• nous parlions d'égal à égal we talked to each other as equals

• sans égal unequalled

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1.

égale, mpl - aux egal, o adjectif

1) ( identique) equal (à to)

à travail égal, salaire égal — equal work for equal pay

égal à lui-même, il... — true to form, he...

2) ( régulier) [terrain] level; [lumière] even; [teinte] uniform; [temps] settled; [pouls, respiration] steady

d'un pas égal — at an even pace

avoir un tempérament égal — to be even-tempered

3) ( indifférent)

ça m'est égal — ( je n'ai pas de préférence) I don't mind either way; ( je m'en moque) I don't care

c'est égal — (colloq) all the same

4) ( équitable)

la partie n'est pas égale (entre eux) — they are not evenly matched

2.

nom masculin, féminin equal

traiter d'égal à égal avec quelqu'un — to deal with somebody as an equal

être d'une beauté sans égale — to be supremely beautiful

il fera un piètre ministre, à l'égal de son prédécesseur — he'll make a poor minister, just like his predecessor

••

rester égal à soi-même — to be one's usual self

combattre à armes égales — to be on an equal footing

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eɡal, o égal, -e égaux mpl
1. adj

1) (= identique) equal

une quantité égale de farine et de sucre — an equal quantity of flour and sugar

être égal à [prix, nombre] — to be equal to

à qualité égale; À qualité égale, prends le moins cher. — If they're the same quality, take the cheaper one.

2) (= ayant les mêmes droits) equal

3) (= plan) (surface) even, level

4) (= constant) (vitesse) steady

5) (= équitable) (distribution) even

6) (autres locutions)

ça m'est égal (= je n'ai pas de préférence) — I don't mind

Tu préfères du riz ou des pâtes? - Ça m'est égal. — Would you rather have rice or pasta? - I don't mind., (= j'y suis indifférent) it's all the same to me, (= je ne veux pas le savoir) I don't care

Fais ce que tu veux, ça m'est égal. — Do what you like, I don't care.

ça m'est complètement égal — I couldn't care less

c'est égal,... — all the same,...

faire jeu égal — to be evenly matched

2. nm/f

1) (= personne) equal

d'égal à égal — as equals

2) (autres locutions)

sans égal — matchless, unequalled

à l'égal de (= comme) — just like

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égal, égale, mpl - aux

A adj

1 ( identique) equal (à to); plantés à intervalles égaux planted at an equal distance from each other; de force/d'intelligence égale of equal strength/intelligence, equally strong/intelligent; à travail égal, salaire égal equal pay for equal work; découper un gâteau en parts égales to cut a cake into equal portions; toutes choses égales d'ailleurs all things being equal; à distance égale de equidistant from, at the same distance from; à prix égal, je préfère celui-là if the price is the same, I'd rather have that one; augmentation/baisse égale ou inférieure à 2% rise/drop of 2% or less; égal à lui-même, il… true to form, he…;

2 ( régulier) [terrain, allée] level; [lumière] even; [teinte] uniform; [temps] settled; [pouls, respiration] steady; d'un pas égal at an even pace; avoir un tempérament égal to be even-tempered;

3 ( indifférent) ça m'est égal ( je n'ai pas de préférence) I don't mind either way; ( je m'en moque) I don't care, it makes no difference to me; les privations leur sont égales they don't mind putting up with hardship; il lui est complètement égal d'être critiqué or qu'on le critique he couldn't care less about being criticized; c'est égal, tu aurais pu m'avertir○ all the same, you could have warned me;

4 ( équitable) la partie n'est pas égale (entre eux) they are not evenly matched.

B nm,f equal; être l'égal de qn en mérite/talent to be sb's equal in terms of merit/talent; traiter d'égal à égal avec qn to deal with sb as an equal; n'avoir point d'égal, ne pas avoir son égal to have no equal, to be the best there is; adresse/beauté sans égale unrivalled^GB ou unparalleled skill/beauty; être d'une beauté sans égale to be supremely beautiful; être d'une bêtise/maladresse sans égale to be unbelievably stupid/clumsy; leur talent n'a d'égal que leur modestie their talent is only equalled^GB by their modesty; il aime/admire l'un à l'égal de l'autre he loves/admires them both equally; il fera un piètre ministre, à l'égal de son prédécesseur he'll make a poor minister, just like his predecessor.

Idiomes

rester égal à soi-même to be one's usual self; combattre à armes égals to be on an equal footing.

( féminin égale, pluriel masculin égaux) [egal, o] adjectif

1. [identique] equal

à prix égal, tu peux trouver mieux for the same price, you can find something better

à égale distance de A et de B equidistant from A and B, an equal distance from A and B

la partie n'est pas égale entre les deux joueurs the players are unevenly matched

toutes choses égales d'ailleurs all (other) things being equal

faire jeu égal

a. (sens propre) to have an equal score, to be evenly matched (in the game)

b. (figuré) to be neck and neck

égal à lui-même/soi-même: être ou rester égal à soi-même to remain true to form, to be still one's old self

égal à lui-même, il n'a pas dit un mot typically, he didn't say a word

2. MATHÉMATIQUES

3 est égal à 2 plus 1 3 is equal to 2 plus 1

3. [régulier - terrain] even, level ; [ - souffle, pouls] even, regular ; [ - pas] even, regular, steady ; [ - climat] equable, unchanging

être de caractère égal ou d'humeur égale to be even-tempered

4. (locution)

ça m'est (complètement) égal

a. [ça m'est indifférent] I don't care either way

b. [ça ne m'intéresse pas] I don't care at all, I couldn't care less

en train ou en avion, ça m'est égal I don't care whether we go by train or plane

c'est égal (soutenu) all the same

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, égale, égaux [egal, o] nom masculin, nom féminin

[personne] equal

nos égaux our equals

la femme est l'égale de l'homme woman is equal to man

il n'a pas son égal pour animer une fête he's second to none when it comes to livening up a party

son arrogance n'a d'égale que sa sottise (soutenu) his arrogance is only equalled by his foolishness

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à l'égal de locution prépositionnelle

(littéraire)

je l'aimais à l'égal d'un fils I loved him like a son

d'égal à égal locution adverbiale

[s'entretenir] on equal terms

[traiter] as an equal

sans égal locution adjectivale

matchless, unequalled, unrivalled

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > égal
19 volo

1.
vŏlo (2 d pers. sing. vis, orig. veis, Prisc. 9, 1, 6, p. 847 P.; 1 st pers. plur. volumus, but volimus, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 89 Speng.; 3 d pers. sing. volt, and 2 d pers. plur. voltis always in ante-class. writers;
also volt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; 2, 5, 49, § 128; id. Sest. 42, 90; id. Phil. 8, 9, 26; id. Par. 5, 1, 34; id. Rep. 3, 33, 45:
voltis,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 53, § 122; 2, 3, 94, § 219; 2, 5, 5, § 11; 2, 3, 89, § 208; id. Clu. 30, 83; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 33; id. Sest. 30, 64; id. Par. 1, 2, 11 et saep. — Pres. subj. velim, but sometimes volim, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 44 Ritschl; cf. Prisc. 9, 1, 8, p. 848 P.;
so volint,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 65 Ritschl), velle, volui ( part. fut. voliturus, Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 712; contr. forms, vin for visne, freq. in Plaut. and Ter., also Hor. S. 1, 9, 69; Pers. 6, 63:
sis for si vis,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 70; id. Merc. 4, 4, 37; id. Pers. 3, 3, 8; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 38; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18, 42; id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Mil. 22, 60; Liv. 34, 32, 20:
sultis for si voltis, only ante-class.,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 8; id. As. prol. 1; id. Capt. 2, 3, 96; 3, 5, 9; 4, 4, 11), v. irreg. a. [Sanscr. var-; Gr. bol-, boulomai; cf. the strengthened root Wel- in eeldomai, elpomai; Germ. wollen; Engl. will], expressing any exercise of volition, and corresponding, in most cases, to the Germ. wollen; in Engl. mostly rendered, to wish, want, intend, purpose, propose, be willing, consent, mean, will, and, impersonally, it is my will, purpose, intention, plan, policy (syn.: cupio, opto; but volo properly implies a purpose).
I.
In gen.
A.
With object-infinitive.
1.
With pres. inf.
a.
To wish.
(α).
Exire ex urbe priusquam luciscat volo, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 35:
potare ego hodie tecum volo,
id. Aul. 3, 6, 33:
ego quoque volo esse liber: nequiquam volo,
id. Trin. 2, 4, 39; so id. ib. 2, 4, 164:
ait rem seriam agere velle mecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 8:
natus enim debet quicunque est velle manere In vita,
Lucr. 5, 177:
video te alte spectare et velle in caelum migrare,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 82:
quid poetae? Nonne post mortem nobilitari volunt?
id. ib. 1, 15, 34:
si innocentes existimari volumus,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28:
quoniam opinionis meae voluistis esse participes,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 172:
quod eas quoque nationes adire et regiones cognoscere volebat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7:
si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,
id. ib. 3, 8 fin.:
dominari illi volunt, vos liberi esse,
Sall. J. 31, 23:
si haec relinquere voltis,
id. C. 58, 15:
priusquam liberi estis, dominari jam in adversarios vultis,
Liv. 3, 53, 7:
si quis vestrum suos invisere volt, commeatum do,
id. 21, 21, 5:
non enim vincere tantum noluit, sed vinci voluit,
id. 2, 59, 2:
suspitionem Caesar quibusdam reliquit, neque voluisse se diutius vivere, neque curasse,
Suet. Caes. 85:
Eutrapelus cuicunque nocere volebat, Vestimenta dabat pretiosa,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 31.—
(β).
Idiomatically: quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle ut ab iis marmorea illa Venus auferatur? what do you think the Rhegini would take for, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135.—
(γ).
Transf., of things: fabula quae posci vult et spectata reponi, a comedy which wishes (i. e. is meant) to be in demand, etc., Hor. A. P. 190:
neque enim aut hiare semper vocalibus aut destitui temporibus volunt sermo atque epistula,
Quint. 9, 4, 20; cf. id. 8, prooem. 23.—
b.
Of the wishes of those that have a right to command, the gods, masters, parents, commanders, etc., I want, wish, will, am resolved, it is my will:
in acdibus quid tibi meis erat negoti...? Volo scire,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 14; 3, 2, 17; 3, 2, 18; 3, 6, 27; id. Curc. 4, 3, 11; id. Ep. 3, 4, 74; id. Mil. 2, 3, 74; 3, 1, 17; id. Stich. 1, 2, 56; Ter. And. 1, 2, 9; 4, 2, 17:
maxima voce clamat populus, neque se uni, nec paucis velle parere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55:
consuesse deos immortalis, quos pro scelere eorum ulcisci velint, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
hic experiri vim virtutemque volo,
Liv. 23, 45, 9.—
c.
= in animo habere, to intend, purpose, mean, design:
ac volui inicere tragulam in nostrum senem,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 14:
eadem quae illis voluisti facere tu, faciunt tibi,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 11; so id. Most. 2, 2, 5:
puerumque clam voluit exstinguere,
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 23:
necare candem voluit,
Cic. Cael. 13, 31: quid enim ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum [p. 2005] tacentem te irretiat an loquentem? id. Ac. 2, 29, 94:
hostis hostem occidere volui,
Liv. 2, 12, 9; 7, 34, 11: volui interdiu eum... occidere; volui, cum ad cenam invitavi, veneno scilicet tollere;
volui... ferro interficere (ironically),
id. 40, 13, 2:
tuum crimen erit, hospitem occidere voluisse,
the intention to kill your guest-friend, Val. Max. 5, 1, 3 fin.; 6, 1, 8:
non enim vult mori, sed invidiam filio facere,
Quint. 9, 2, 85.—
Pregn., opp. optare: non vult mori qui optat,
Sen. Ep. 117, 24:
sed eo die is, cui dare volueram (epistulam), non est profectus,
Cic. Att. 9, 7, 1:
cum de senectute vellem aliquid scribere,
id. Sen. 1, 2:
ego te volui castigare, tu mihi accussatrix ades,
Plaut. As. 3, 1, 10:
bonus volo jam ex hoc die esse,
id. Pers. 4, 3, 10:
ego jam a principio amici filiam, Ita ut aequom fuerat, volui uxorem ducere,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 46:
at etiam eo negotio M. Catonis splendorem maculare voluerunt,
it was their purpose, Cic. Sest. 28, 60:
eum (tumulum) non tam capere sine certamine volebat, quam causam certaminis cum Minucio contrahere,
his plan was, Liv. 22, 28, 4.—Of things:
cum lex venditionibus occurrere voluit,
when it was the purpose of the law, Dig. 46, 1, 46: sed quid ea drachuma facere vis? Ca. Restim volo Mihi emere... qui me faciam pensilem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 87: Ch. Revorsionem ad terram faciunt vesperi. Ni. Aurum hercle auferre voluere, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 63:
si iis qui haec omnia flamma ac ferro delere voluerunt... bellum indixi, etc.,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 10, 24:
(plebem) per caedem senatus vacuam rem publicam tradere Hannibali velle,
Liv. 23, 2, 7:
rem Nolanam in jus dicionemque dare voluerat Poeno,
id. 23, 15, 9: qui (majores nostri) tanta cura Siculos tueri ac retinere voluerunt ut, etc., whose policy it was to protect, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 14:
ut qui a principio mitis omnibus Italicis praeter Romanos videri vellet, etc.,
Liv. 23, 15, 4: idem istuc, si in vilitate largiri voluisses, derisum tuum beneficium esset, if you had offered to grant the same thing during low prices, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 215.—
d.
= studere, conari, to try, endeavor, attempt:
quas (i. e. magnas res) qui impedire vult, is et infirmus est mobilisque natura, et, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 20, 75:
nam si quando id (exordium) primum invenire volui, nullum mihi occurrit, nisi aut exile, aut, etc.,
id. Or. 2, 77, 315:
de Antonio dico, numquam illum... nonnullorum de ipso suspitionem infitiando tollere voluisse,
that he never attempted to remove, id. Sest. 3, 8; id. Div. 1, 18, 35:
audes Fatidicum fallere velle deum?
do you dare attempt? Ov. F. 2, 262.—
e.
To mean, of actions and expressions:
hic respondere voluit, non lacessere,
the latter meant to answer, not to provoke, Ter. Phorm. prol. 19:
non te judices urbi sed carceri reservarunt, neque to retinere in civitate, sed exilio privare voluerunt,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9.—So, volo dicere, I mean (lit. I intend to say):
quid aliud volui dicere?
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 51:
volo autem dicere, illud homini longe optimum esse quod ipsum sit optandum per se,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46.—Often with the acc. illud or id, as a correction: Tr. Specta quam arcte dormiunt. Th. Dormiunt? Tr. Illut quidem ut conivent volui dicere, I mean how they nod, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 145: Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, id. Mil. 1, 1, 27:
adduxi volui dicere,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 21; id. Am. 1, 1, 233; 1, 1, 235; id. Cas. 2, 6, 14; id. Mil. 3, 2, 7; id. Ps. 3, 2, 54; id. Rud. 2, 4, 9.—
f.
To be going to: haec argumenta ego aedificiis dixi; nunc etiam volo docere ut homines aedium esse similes arbitremini, now I am going to show how, etc., Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 37: quando bene gessi rem, volo hic in fano supplicare, I am going to worship here, etc., id. Curc. 4, 2, 41:
nunc quod relicuom restat volo persolvere,
id. Cist. 1, 3, 40:
sustine hoc, Penicule, exuvias facere quas vovi volo,
id. Men. 1, 3, 13:
sinite me prospectare ne uspiam insidiae sint, consilium quod habere volumus,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 3; id. As. 2, 2, 113; id. Cas. 4, 2, 3; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 61:
si Prometheus, cum mortalibus ignem dividere vellet, ipse a vicinis carbunculos conrogaret, ridiculus videretur,
Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9:
ait se velle de illis HS. LXXX. cognoscere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:
hinc se recipere cum vellent, rursus illi ex loco superiore nostros premebant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45. —
g.
To be about to, on the point of: quom mittere signum Volt, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 88 Vahl.):
quotiens ire volo foras, retines me, rogitas quo ego eam,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 5:
quae sese in ignem inicere voluit, prohibui,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 113:
si scires aspidem latere uspiam, et velle aliquem imprudentem super eam adsidere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 59; id. Div. 1, 52, 118:
quod cum facere vellent, intervenit M. Manilius,
id. Rep. 1, 12, 18:
qui cum opem ferre vellet, nuntiatum sibi esse aliam classem ad Aegates insulas stare,
Liv. 22, 56, 7:
at Libys obstantes dum vult obvertere remos, In spatium resilire manus breve vidit,
Ov. M. 3, 676; 1, 635:
P. Claudius cum proelium navale committere vellet,
Val. Max. 1, 4, 3.—
h.
Will, and in oblique discourse and questions would, the auxiliaries of the future and potential: animum advortite: Comediai nomen dari vobis volo, I will give you, etc., Plaut. Cas. prol. 30:
sed, nisi molestum est, nomen dare vobis volo comediai,
id. Poen. prol. 50:
vos ite intro. Interea ego ex hac statua verberea volo erogitare... quid sit factum,
id. Capt. 5, 1, 30:
i tu atque arcessi illam: ego intus quod facto est opus volo adcurare,
id. Cas. 3, 3, 35; id. Cist. 1, 1, 113; id. Most. 1, 1, 63; id. Poen. 2, 44; id. Pers. 1, 3, 85; id. Rud. 1, 2, 33: cum vero (gemitus) nihil imminuat doloris, cur frustra turpes esse volumus? why will ( would) we be disgraceful to no purpose? Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:
illa enim (ars) te, verum si loqui volumus, ornaverat,
id. ib. 1, 47, 112:
ergo, si vere aestimare volumus, etc.,
Val. Max. 7, 5, 6:
si vere aestimare Macedonas, qui tunc erant, volumus,
Curt. 4, 16, 33:
ejus me compotem facere potestis, si meminisse vultis, etc.,
Liv. 7, 40, 5:
visne igitur, dum dies ista venit... interea tu ipse congredi mecum ut, etc....?
id. 8, 7, 7:
volo tibi Chrysippi quoque distinctionem indicare,
Sen. Ep. 9, 14: vis tu homines urbemque feris praeponere silvis? will you prefer, etc., Hor. S. 2, 6, 92; cf. velim and vellem, would, II. A. 2.—
k.
Sometimes volui = mihi placuit, I resolved, concluded (generally, in this meaning, followed by an infinitive clause, v. I. B. 4.):
uti tamen tuo consilio volui,
still I concluded to follow your advice, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 1.—
1.
To be willing, ready, to consent, like to do something: si sine bello velint rapta... tradere... se exercitum domum reducturum, if they were willing, would consent to, would deliver, etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52:
is dare volt, is se aliquid posci,
likes to give, id. As. 1, 3, 29:
hoc dixit, si hoc de cella concederetur, velle Siculos senatui polliceri frumentum in cellam gratis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 87, § 200:
ei laxiorem daturos, si venire ad causam dicendam vellet,
Liv. 39, 17, 2; 5, 36, 4: nemo invenitur qui pecuniam suam dividere velit. Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 1:
plerique concessam sibi sub condicione vitam si militare adversus eum vellent, recusarunt,
Suet. Caes. 68:
dedere etiam se volebant, si toleranda viris imperarentur,
Flor. 1, 33 (2, 18), 12.—So with negatives, to be not willing, not to suffer, not to like, not to allow, refuse:
heri nemo voluit Sostratam intro admittere,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 49:
cum alter verum audire non vult,
Cic. Lael. 26, 98: a proximis quisque minime anteiri vult, likes least to be surpassed, etc., Liv. 6, 34, 7:
nihil ex his praeter... accipere voluit,
refused to accept, Val. Max. 4, 3, 4.—
m.
To do something voluntarily or intentionally: volo facere = mea voluntate or sponte facio: si voluit accusare, pietati tribuo;
si jussus est, necessitati,
if he accused of his own free will, I ascribe it to his filial love, Cic. Cael. 1, 2:
utrum statuas voluerint tibi statuere, an coacti sint,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157:
de risu quinque sunt quae quaerantur... sitne oratoris risum velle permovere,
on purpose, id. Or. 2, 58, 235:
laedere numquam velimus,
Quint. 6, 3, 28.—So, non velle with inf., to do something unwillingly, with reluctance:
vivere noluit qui mori non vult,
who dies with reluctance, Sen. Ep. 30, 10.—
n.
To be of opinion, think, mean, pretend (rare with inf.; usu. with acc. and inf.; v. B. 8.):
haec tibi scripsi ut isto ipso in genere in quo aliquid posse vis, te nihil esse cognosceres,
in which you imagine you have some influence, Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:
in hoc homo luteus etiam callidus ac veterator esse vult, quod ita scribit, etc.,
pretends, means to be, id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: sed idem Aelius Stoicus esse voluit, orator autem nec studuit um quam, nec fuit, id. Brut. 56, 206:
Pythago. ras, qui etiam ipse augur esse vellet,
id. Div. 1, 3, 5.—
o.
To like, have no objection to, approve of (cf. E. 1. sq.):
magis eum delectat qui se ait philosophari velle sed paucis: nam omnino haud placere,
that he liked, had no objection to philosophizing, Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; v. also II. A.—
2.
With pres. inf. understood.
a.
Supplied from a preceding or subsequent clause.
(α).
To wish, it is his will, etc. (cf. 1. a. and b. supra):
nunc bene vivo et fortunate atque ut volo, i. e. vivere,
as I wish, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 111: quod diu vivendo multa quae non volt (i. e. videre) videt, Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 8, 25:
proinde licet quotvis vivendo condere saecla,
Lucr. 3, 1090:
nec tantum proficiebam quantum volebam,
Cic. Att. 1, 17, 1:
tot autem rationes attulit, ut velle (i. e. persuadere) ceteris, sibi certe persuasisse videatur,
id. Tusc. 1, 21, 49:
sed liceret, si velint, in Ubiorum finibus considere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 81:
quo praesidio senatus libere quae vellet decernere auderet,
id. B. C. 1, 2.—Of things:
neque chorda sonum reddit quem vult manus et mens,
Hor. A. P. 348.—
(β).
To choose, be pleased (freq.):
tum mihi faciat quod volt magnus Juppiter,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 50:
id repetundi copia est, quando velis,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 7:
habuit aurum quamdiu voluit,
Cic. Cael. 13, 31:
rapiebat et asportabat quantum a quoque volebat Apronius,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 29:
provincias quas vellet, quibus vellet, venderet?
id. Sest. 39, 84:
quotiens ille tibi potestatem facturus sit ut eligas utrum velis,
id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:
daret utrum vellet subclamatum est,
Liv. 21, 18, 14:
senatus consultum factum est ut plebes praeficeret quaestioni quem vellet,
id. 4, 51, 2:
saxi materiaeque caedendae unde quisque vellet jus factum,
id. 5, 55, 3; cf. id. 2, 13, 9; 5, 46, 10; 6, 25, 5; 22, 10, 23; 23, 6, 2; 23, 15, 15; 23, 45, 10; 23, 47, 2;
26, 21, 11: vicem suam conquestus, quod sibi soli non liceret amicis, quatenus vellet, irasci,
Suet. Aug. 66:
at tu quantum vis tolle,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16.—
(γ).
To intend, it is my purpose, etc. (v. 1. c. supra):
sine me pervenire quo volo,
let me come to my point, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 44:
scripsi igitur Aristotelio more, quemadmodum quidem volui, tres libros... de Oratore,
as I intended, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 23:
ut meliore condicione quam qua ipse vult imitetur homines eos qui, etc.,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 25:
ego istos posse vincere scio, velle ne scirem ipsi fecerunt,
Liv. 2, 45, 12. —
(δ).
To be willing, to consent, I will (v. 1. h. and l. supra): tu eum orato... St. Sane volo, yes, I will, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 57:
jube me vinciri. Volo, dum istic itidem vinciatur,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 75:
patri dic velle (i. e. uxorem ducere),
that you consent, are willing, Ter. And. 2, 3, 20 (cf.: si vis, II. A. 2, and sis, supra init.).—
(ε).
To do something voluntarily (v. 1. m. supra):
tu selige tantum, Me quoque velle velis, anne coactus amem,
Ov. Am. 3, 11, 50.—
b.
With ellipsis of inf.
(α).
Volo, with a designation of place, = ire volo:
nos in Formiano morabamur, quo citius audiremus: deinde Arpinum volebamus,
I intended to go to Arpinum, Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:
volo mensi Quinctili in Graeciam,
id. ib. 14, 7, 2:
hactenus Vitellius voluerat (i. e. procedere),
Tac. A. 12, 42 fin. —
(β).
With other omissions, supplied from context: volo Dolabellae valde desideranti, non reperio quid (i. e. to dedicate some writing to him), Cic. Att. 13, 13, 2.—
(γ).
In mal. part., Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 7; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16; 2. 19, 2; Prop. 1, 13, 36.—
3.
With perfect infinitive active (rare).
a.
In negative imperative sentences dependent on ne velis, ne velit (in oblique discourse also ne vellet), where ne velis has the force of noli. The perfect infinitive emphatically represents the action as completed (ante-class. and poet.).
(α).
In ancient ordinances of the Senate and of the higher officers (not in laws proper): NEIQVIS EORVM BACANAL HABVISE VELET... BACAS VIR NEQVIS ADIESE VELET CEIVIS ROMANVS... NEVE PECVNIAM QVISQVAM EORVM COMOINEM HABVISE VELET... NEVE... QVIQVAM FECISE VELET. NEVE INTER SED CONIOVRASE, NEVE COMVOVISE NEVE CONSPONDISE, etc., S. C. de Bacch. 4-13 ap. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172.—So, in quoting such ordinances: per totam Italiam edicta mitti ne quis qui Bacchis initiatus esset, coisse aut convenisse causa sacrorum velit. [p. 2006] neu quid talis rei divinae fecisse, Liv. 39, 14, 8:
edixerunt ne quis quid fugae causa vendidisse neve emisse vellet,
id. 39, 17, 3. —
(β).
In imitation of official edicts: (vilicus) ne quid emisse velit insciente domino, neu quid domino celasse velit, the overseer must not buy any thing, etc., Cato, R. R. 5, 4:
interdico, ne extulisse extra aedis puerum usquam velis,
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48:
oscula praecipue nulla dedisse velis (= noli dare),
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 38:
ne quis humasse velit Ajacem, Atride, vetas? Cur?
Hor. S. 2, 3, 187.—
b.
In affirmative sentences, implying command (in any mood or tense; mostly poet.): neminem nota strenui aut ignavi militis notasse volui, I have decided to mark no one, etc., Liv. 24, 16, 11: quia pepercisse vobis volunt, committere vos cur pereatis non patiuntur, because they have decided to spare you, etc., id. 32, 21, 33:
sunt delicta tamen quibus ignovisse velimus (= volumus),
which should be pardoned, Hor. A. P. 347.—
c.
To represent the will as referring to a completed action.
(α).
In optative sentences with vellem or velim, v. II. B. 5. b. a, and II. C. 1. b.—
(β).
In other sentences ( poet. and post-class.): ex omnibus praediis ex quibus non hac mente recedimus ut omisisse possessionem velimus, with the will to abandon (omittere would denote the purpose to give up at some future time), Dig. 43, 16, 1, § 25; so,
an erit qui velle recuset Os populi meruisse?
Pers. 1, 41:
qui me volet incurvasse querela,
id. 1, 91.
B.
With acc. and inf.
1.
To wish (v. A. 1. a.).
a.
With a different subject: hoc volo scire te: Perditus sum miser, I wish you to know, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 46:
deos volo consilia vostra vobis recte vortere,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 31:
emere oportet quem tibi oboedire velis,
id. Pers. 2, 4, 2:
scin' quid nunc te facere volo?
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 85:
si perpetuam vis esse adfinitatem hanc,
id. Hec. 2, 2, 10:
consul ille egit eas res quarum me participem esse voluit,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:
vim volumus exstingui: jus valeat necesse est,
id. Sest. 42, 92:
nec mihi hunc errorem extorqueri volo,
id. Sen. 23, 85:
hoc te scire volui,
id. Att. 7, 18, 4:
harum causarum fuit justissima quod Germanos suis quoque rebus timere voluit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 16:
ut equites qui salvam esse rempublicam vellent ex equis desilirent,
Liv. 4, 38, 2:
si me vivere vis recteque videre valentem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 3:
si vis me flere, dolendum est Primum ipsi tibi,
id. A. P. 102.—With pass. inf. impers.:
regnari tamen omnes volebant,
that there should be a king, Liv. 1, 17, 3:
mihi volo ignosci,
I wish to be pardoned, Cic. Or. 1, 28, 130:
volt sibi quisque credi,
Liv. 22, 22, 14. —
b.
With the same subject.
(α).
With inf. act.:
quae mihi est spes qua me vivere velim,
what hope have I, that I should wish to live? Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 33:
volo me placere Philolachi,
id. Most. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 47; id. Rud. 2, 6, 1:
judicem esse me, non doctorem volo,
Cic. Or. 33, 117:
vult, credo, se esse carum suis,
id. Sen. 20, 73; so id. Off. 1, 31, 113; id. de Or. 1, 24, 112; 2, 23, 95. —
(β).
With inf. pass.:
quod certiorem te vis fieri quo quisque in me animo sit,
Cic. Att. 11, 13, 1; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 18:
qui se ex his minus timidos existimari volebant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; cf. id. B. C. 2, 29:
religionis se causa... Bacchis initiari velle,
Liv. 39, 10, 2:
Agrippae se nepotem neque credi neque dici volebat,
Suet. Calig. 22 fin. —
2.
Of the will of superiors, gods, etc. (cf. A. 1. b. supra), I want, it is my will:
me absente neminem volo intromitti,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 21:
viros nostros quibus tu voluisti esse nos matres familias,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 41; id. Most. 1, 4, 2; id. Rud. 4, 5, 9; id. Trin. 1, 2, 1:
pater illum alterum (filium) secum omni tempore volebat esse,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:
(deus) quinque reliquis motibus orbem esse voluit expertem,
id. Univ. 10; cf. id. Sest. 69, 147; id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 57; 1, 5, 14:
causa mittendi fuit quod iter per Alpes... patefieri volebat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 9; id. B. C. 1, 4:
quippe (senatus) foedum hominem a republica procul esse volebat,
Sall. C. 19, 2:
nec (di) patefieri (crimina) ut impunita essent, sed ut vindicarentur voluerunt,
Liv. 39, 16, 11; cf. id. 1, 56, 3; 2, 28, 5; 25, 32, 6:
senatus... Romano sanguini pudicitiam tutam esse voluit,
Val. Max. 6, 1, 9; cf. id. 6, 9, 2.—So in the historians: quid fieri vellet (velit), after a verbum imperandi or declarandi, he gave his orders, explained his will:
quid fieri velit praecipit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 56:
ibi quid fieri vellet imperabat,
id. ib. 7, 16:
quid fieri vellet ostendit,
id. ib. 7, 27:
quae fieri vellet edocuit,
id. B. C. 3, 108; cf. id. B. G. 7, 45; id. B. C. 3, 78; 3, 89:
quid fieri vellet edixit,
Curt. 8, 10, 30; 4, 13, 24; Val. Max. 7, 4, 2.— Frequently majores voluerunt, it was the will of our ancestors, referring to ancient customs and institutions:
sacra Cereris summa majores nostri religione confici caerimoniaque voluerunt,
Cic. Balb. 24, 55: majores vestri ne vos quidem temere coire voluerunt, cf. id. ib. 17, 39; 23, 54; id. Agr. 2, 11, 26; id. Fl. 7, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 39; id. Div. 1, 45, 103; id. Font. 24, 30 (10, 20); id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70.—Of testamentary dispositions: cum Titius, heres meus, mortuus erit, volo hereditatem meam ad P. Mevium pertinere, Gai Inst. 2, 277. Except in the institution of the first heir: at illa (institutio) non est comprobata: Titum heredem esse volo, Gai Inst. 2, 117. —
3.
Of the intention of a writer, etc., to want, to mean, intend:
Asinariam volt esse (nomen fabulae) si per vos licet,
Plaut. As. prol. 12:
Plautus hanc mihi gnatam esse voluit Inopiam,
has wanted Poverty to be my daughter, made her my daughter, id. Trin. prol. 9:
primumdum huic esse nomen Diphilus Cyrenas voluit,
id. Rud. prol. 33:
quae ipsi qui scripserunt voluerunt vulgo intellegi,
meant to be understood by all, Cic. Or. 2, 14, 60:
si non hoc intellegi volumus,
id. Fat. 18, 41:
quale intellegi vult Cicero cum dicit orationem suam coepisse canescere,
Quint. 11, 1, 31; so id. 9, 4, 82; 9, 3, 9:
quamquam illi (Prometheo) quoque ferreum anulum dedit antiquitas vinculumque id, non gestamen, intellegi voluit,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 8.—
4.
To resolve:
Siculi... me defensorem calamitatum suarum... esse voluerunt,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11:
si a me causam hanc vos (judices) agi volueritis,
if you resolve, id. ib. 8, 25:
senatus te voluit mihi nummos, me tibi frumentum dare,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:
qua (statua) abjecta, basim tamen in foro manere voluerunt,
id. ib. 2, 2, 66, §
160: liberam debere esse Galliam quam (senatus) suis legibus uti voluisset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45:
tu Macedonas tibi voluisti genua ponere, venerarique te ut deum,
Curt. 8 (7), 13.— Hence,
5.
To order, command: erus meus tibi me salutem multam voluit dicere, has ordered me, etc., Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 25:
montem quem a Labieno occupari voluerit,
which he had ordered to be occupied, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:
ibi futuros esse Helvetios ubi eos Caesar... esse voluisset,
id. ib. 1, 13 (for velitis jubeatis with inf.-clause, v. II. B. 5. d.).—
6.
To consent, allow (cf. A. 1. I.):
obtinuere ut (tribuni) tribuniciae potestatis vires salubres vellent reipublicae esse,
they prevailed upon them to permit the tribunitian power to be wholesome to the republic, Liv. 2, 44, 5:
Hiero tutores... puero reliquit quos precatus est moriens ut juvenum suis potissimum vestigiis insistere vellent,
id. 24, 4, 5:
petere ut eum... publicae etiam curae ac velut tutelae vellent esse (i. e. senatus),
id. 42, 19, 5:
orare tribunos ut uno animo cum consulibus bellum ab urbe ac moenibus propulsari vellent,
id. 3, 69, 5:
quam superesse causam Romanis cur non... incolumis Syracusas esse velint?
id. 25, 28, 8:
si alter ex heredibus voluerit rem a legatario possideri, alter non, ei qui noluit interdictum competet,
Dig. 43, 3, 1, § 15.—So negatively = not to let, not to suffer:
cum P. Attio agebant ne sua pertinacia omnium fortunas perturbari vellet,
Caes. B. C. 2, 36.—
7.
To be of opinion that something should be, to require, demand:
voluisti enim in suo genere unumquemque... esse Roscium,
Cic. Or. 1, 61, 258: eos exercitus quos contra se multos jam annos aluerint velle dimitti, he demanded the disbanding of, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 85:
(Cicero) vult esse auctoritatem in verbis,
Quint. 8, 3, 43:
vult esse Celsus aliquam et superiorem compositionem,
id. 9, 4, 137:
si tantum irasci vis sapientem quantum scelerum indignitas exigit,
Sen. Ira, 2, 9, 4. —
8.
To be of opinion that something is or was, = censere, dicere, but implying that the opinion is erroneous or doubtful, usu. in the third pers., sometimes in the second.
(α).
To imagine, consider:
est genus hominum qui esse se primos omnium rerum volunt, Nec sunt,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17:
semper auget adsentator id quod is cujus ad voluntatem dicitur vult esse magnum,
Cic. Lael. 26, 98:
si quis patricius, si quis—quod illi volunt invidiosius esse—Claudius diceret,
Liv. 6, 40, 13.—
(β).
To be of opinion, to hold:
vultis, opinor, nihil esse... in natura praeter ignem,
Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 36:
volunt illi omnes... eadem condicione nasci,
id. Div. 2, 44, 93:
vultis evenire omnia fato,
id. ib. 2, 9, 24:
alteri censent, etc., alteri volunt a rebus fatum omne relegari,
id. Fat. 19, 45:
vultis a dis immortalibus hominibus dispertiri somnia,
id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; id. Fin. 3, 11, 36; id. Rep. 2, 26, 48:
volunt quidam... iram in pectore moveri effervescente circa cor sanguine,
Sen. Ira, 2, 19, 3.—
(γ).
To say, assert:
si tam familiaris erat Clodiae quam tu esse vis,
as you say he is, Cic. Cael. 21, 53:
sit sane tanta quanta tu illam esse vis,
id. Or. 1, 55, 23:
ad pastum et ad procreandi voluptatem hoc divinum animal procreatum esse voluerunt: quo nihil mihi videtur esse absurdius,
id. Fin. 2, 13, 40; 2, 17, 55; 2, 42, 131; 2, 46, 142; id. Fat. 18, 41.—With perf. inf.:
Rhodi ego non fui: me vult fuisse,
Cic. Planc. 34, 84.—
(δ).
To pretend, with perf. inf., both subjects denoting the same person:
unde homines dum se falso terrore coacti Effugisse volunt, etc.,
Lucr. 3, 69 (cf. A. 1. n. supra).—
(ε).
To mean, with perf. inf.:
utrum scientem vultis contra foedera fecisse, an inscientem?
Cic. Balb. 5, 13.— With pres. inf.:
quam primum istud, quod esse vis?
what do you mean by as soon as possible? Sen. Ep. 117, 24.—
(ζ).
Rarely in the first pers., implying that the opinion is open to discussion:
ut et mihi, quae ego vellem non esse oratoris, concederes,
what according to my opinion is not the orator's province, Cic. Or. 1, 17, 74.—
9.
In partic.
a.
With things as subjects.
(α).
Things personified:
ne res publica quidem haec pro se suscipi volet,
would have such things done for it, Cic. Off. 1, 45, 159:
cui tacere grave sit, quod homini facillimum voluerit esse natura,
which nature willed should be easiest for man, Curt. 4, 6, 6: fortuna Q. Metellum... nasci in urbe terrarum principe voluit, fate ordained that, etc., Val. Max. 7, 1, 1: nihil rerum ipsa natura voluit magnum effici cito, it is the law of nature that, etc., Quint. 10, 3, 4:
quid non ingenio voluit natura licere?
what license did nature refuse to genius? Mart. 8, 68, 9:
me sine, quem semper voluit fortuna jacere,
Prop. 1, 6, 25:
hanc me militiam fata subire volunt,
id. 1, 6, 30.—
(β).
Of laws, to provide:
duodecim tabulae nocturnum furem... interfici impune voluerunt,
Cic. Mil. 3, 9:
lex duodecim tabularum tignum aedibus junctum... solvi prohibuit, pretiumque ejus dari voluit,
Dig. 46, 3, 98, § 8 fin. (cf. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21, b. a, infra).—
b.
With perf. pass. inf., to represent a state or result wished for.
(α).
The inf. being in full, with esse expressed: si umquam quemquam di immortales voluere esse auxilio adjutum, tum me et Calidorum servatum volunt, if it ever was the will of the gods that any one should be assisted, etc., Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 1: Corinthum patres vestri, totius Graeciae lumen, exstinctum esse voluerunt, it was their will that Corinth should be ( and remain) destroyed, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:
nostri... leges et jura tecta esse voluerunt,
id. Or. 1, 59, 253:
propter eam partem epistulae tuae per quam te et mores tuos purgatos et probatos esse voluisti,
id. Att. 1, 17, 7; id. Fin. 4, 27, 76; id. de Or. 1, 51, 221:
daturum se operam ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,
Liv. 21, 45, 6: for velle redundant in this construction, v. II. A. 2. 3. infra.—With pass. inf. impers.:
sociis maxime lex consultum esse vult,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21.—
(β).
With ellips. of esse (cf. Quint. 9, 3, 9): perdis me tuis dictis. Cu. Imo, servo et servatum volo, and mean that you should remain saved, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 56:
aunt qui volum te conventam,
who want to see you, id. Cist. 4, 2, 39:
eidem homini, si quid recte cura tum velis, mandes,
if you want to have anything done well, id. As. 1, 1, 106:
sed etiam est paucis vos quod monitos voluerim,
id. Capt. prol. 53: id nunc res indicium haeo [p. 2007] facit, quo pacto factum volueris, this shows now why you wished this to be done, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 31 (cf. Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 33; id. Aul. 3, 5, 30, II. B. 1, b, and II. B. 3. b. infra): domestica cura te levatum volo, I wish to see you relieved, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:
nulla sedes quo concurrant qui rem publicam defensam velint,
id. Att. 8, 3, 4:
rex celatum voluerat (i. e. donum),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:
Hannibal non Capuam neglectam, neque desertos volebat socios,
Liv. 25, 20, 5; 2, 15, 2; 2, 44, 3; 3, 21, 4; 22, 7, 4;
26, 31, 6: contemptum hominis quem destructum volebat,
Quint. 8, 3, 21:
si te non emptam vellet, emendus erat,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 34 (so with velle redundant, v. II. A. 1. d., and II. A. 3. infra).—Both subjects denoting the same person:
velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Esp., with pass. inf. impers.: alicui consultum velle, to take care for or advocate somebody's interests:
liberis consultum volumus propter ipsos,
Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:
obliviscere illum aliquando adversario tuo voluisse consultum,
id. Att. 16, 16 C, 10:
quibus tribuni plebis nunc consultum repente volunt,
Liv. 5, 5, 3; so id. 25, 25, 17:
quamquam senatus subventum voluit heredibus,
Dig. 36, 1, 1, § 4; so with dep. part., used passively:
volo amori ejus obsecutum,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63.—
c.
With predic. adj., without copula.
(α).
The subjects being different (mostly aliquem salvum velle):
si me vivum vis, pater, Ignosce,
if you wish me to live, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 7:
ille, si me alienus adfinem volet, Tacebit,
id. Phorm. 4, 1, 16:
ut tu illam salvam magis velis quam ego,
id. Hec. 2, 2, 17; 3, 5, 14:
quoniam ex tota provincia soli sunt qui te salvum velint,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 67, § 150:
irent secum extemplo qui rempublicam salvam vellent,
Liv. 22, 53, 7.—
(β).
Both subjects denoting the same person (virtually = object infinitive):
in occulto jacebis quom te maxime clarum voles (= clarus esse voles),
when you will most wish to be famous, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 38:
volo me patris mei similem,
I wish to be like my father, id. As. 1, 1, 54: ut iste qui se vult dicacem et mehercule est, Appius, who means to be witty, etc., Cic. Or. 2, 60, 246:
qui vero se populares volunt,
who mean to be popular, id. Off. 2, 22, 78:
ut integrum se salvumque velit,
id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:
ut (omne animal) se et salvum in suo genere incolumeque vellet,
id. ib. 4, 8, 19. —
d.
With an inf.-clause understood.
(α).
Velle, to wish: utinam hinc abierit in malam crucem! Ad. Ita nos velle aequom est (ita = eum abire, etc.), Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 5:
stulta es, soror, magis quam volo (i.e. te esse),
id. Pers. 4, 4, 78; id. Trin. 1, 2, 8; 2, 4, 175; id. Stich. 1, 1, 13; id. Ps. 1, 5, 55:
senatum non quod sentiret, sed quod ego vellem decernere,
Cic. Mil. 5, 12:
neque enim facile est ut irascatur cui tu velis judex (= cui tu eum irasci velis),
id. Or. 2, 45, 190; cf. id. Sest. 38, 82.—
(β).
Referring to the will of superiors, etc.:
deos credo voluisse, nam ni vellent, non fieret,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46: jamne abeo? St. Volo (sc. te abire), so I will, id. Cas. 2, 8, 57; cf. id. Mil. 4, 6, 12; id. Merc. 2, 3, 33.—
(γ).
To mean, intend (v. B. 3.):
acutum etiam illud est cum ex alterius oratione aliud atque ille vult (sc. te excipere),
Cic. Or. 2, 67, 273.—
(δ).
To require, demand (v B. 7.):
veremur quidem vos, Romani, et, si ita vultis, etiam timemus,
Liv. 39, 37, 17;
and of things as subjects: cadentque vocabula, si volet usus (i. e. ea cadere),
Hor. A. P. 71.—
(ε).
To be of opinion, will have (v. B. 8.):
ergo ego, inimicus, si ita vultis, homini, amicus esse rei publicae debeo,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:
nam illi regi tolerabili, aut, si voltis, etiam amabili, Cyro,
id. Rep. 1, 28, 44; id. Fin. 2, 27, 89; 3, 4, 12; id. Cael. 21, 53; Liv. 21, 10, 7; Quint. 2, 17, 41.—
(ζ).
With ellips. of predic. inf. (v. A. 2. b.): cras de reliquiis nos volo (i. e. cenare), it is my intention that we dine, etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 40:
volo Varronem (i. e. hos libros habere),
Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3.
C.
With ut, ne, or ut ne.
1.
With ut.
a.
To wish:
volo ut quod jubebo facias,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 65:
quia enim id maxime volo ut illi istac confugiant,
id. Most. 5, 1, 49:
ut mihi aedes aliquas conducat volo,
id. Merc. 3, 2, 17: hoc prius volo meam rem agere. Th. Quid id est? Ph. Ut mihi hanc despondeas, id. Curc. 5, 2, 71: quid vis, nisi ut maneat Phanium? Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 8:
velim ut tibi amicus sit,
Cic. Att. 10, 16, 1:
quare id quoque velim... ut sit qui utamur,
id. ib. 11, 11, 2:
maxime vellem, judices, ut P. Sulla... modestiae fructum aliquem percipere potuisset,
id. Sull. 1, 1:
equidem vellem uti pedes haberent (res tuae),
id. Fam. 7, 33, 2:
his ut sit digna puella volo,
Mart. 11, 27, 14.—Both subjects denoting the same person: volueram, inquit, ut quam plurimum tecum essem, Brut. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1.—
b.
It is the will of, to want, ordain (v. B. 2.):
at ego deos credo voluisse ut apud te me in nervo enicem,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 17: numquid me vis? Le. Ut valeas, id. Cist. 1, 1, 120: numquid vis? Ps. Dormitum ut abeas, id. Ps. 2, 2, 70:
volo ut mihi respondeas,
Cic. Vatin. 6, 14; 7, 17; 7, 18; 9, 21;
12, 29: nuntia Romanis, caelestes ita velle ut mea Roma caput orbis terrarum sit,
Liv. 1, 16, 7.—
c.
To intend, it is the purpose, aim, etc., the two subjects being the same:
id quaerunt, volunt haec ut infecta faciant,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 9.—
d.
With other verbs:
quod peto et volo parentes meos ut commonstres mihi,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 4:
quasi vero aut populus Romanus hoc voluerit, aut senatus tibi hoc mandaverit ut... privares,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48;
with opto,
id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 48;
with laboro,
Liv. 42, 14, 3;
with aequum censere,
id. 39, 19, 7.—
2.
With ne:
at ne videas velim,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 23:
quid nunc vis? ut opperiare hos sex dies saltem modo, ne illam vendas, neu me perdas, etc.,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 102:
credibile est hoc voluisse legumlatorem, ne auxilia liberorum innocentibus deessent,
intended, Quint. 7, 1, 56.—
3.
With ut ne: quid nunc tibi vis? Mi. Ut quae te cupit, eam ne spernas, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 60.
D.
With subjunct. of dependent verb (mostly ante-class.; class. and freq. with velim and vellem; but in Cic. mostly epistolary and colloquial).
1.
To wish:
ergo animum advortas volo,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 23; 2, 3, 28; 2, 3, 70:
volo amet me patrem,
id. As. 1, 1, 63 dub.:
hoc volo agatis,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 83:
ducas volo hodie uxorem,
Ter. And. 2, 3, 14:
quid vis faciam?
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 49; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 24; Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 64; 2, 3, 65; 2, 6, 65; 3, 3, 3; id. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 4, 7, 19; id. Cas. 2, 3, 56; id. Capt. 1, 2, 12; id. Poen. 3, 2, 16; id. Pers. 2, 4, 23; id. Rud. 5, 2, 45; 5, 3, 58; id. Stich. 5, 2, 21; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 14:
volo etiam exquiras quam diligentissime poteris quid Lentulus agat?
Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:
Othonem vincas volo,
id. ib. 13, 29, 2:
eas litteras volo habeas,
id. ib. 13, 32, 3:
visne igitur videamus quidnam sit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 10, 15: visne igitur descendatur ad Lirim? id. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4:
volo, inquis, sciat,
Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 2.—
2.
To be of opinion that something should be, demand, require (v. B. 7.): volo enim se efferat in adulescentia fecunditas, I like to see, etc., Cic. Or. 2, 21, 88:
volo hoc oratori contingat ut, etc.,
id. Brut. 84, 290.—
3.
With subj.-clause understood:
abi atque obsona, propera! sed lepide volo (i. e. obsones),
Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 55.
E.
With object nouns, etc.
1.
With acc. of a thing.
a.
With a noun, to want, wish for, like to have:
voltisne olivas, aut pulmentum, aut capparim?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 90:
animo male est: aquam velim,
id. Am. 5, 1, 6:
quia videt me suam amicitiam velle,
id. Aul. 2, 3, 68; so,
gratiam tuam,
id. Curc. 2, 3, 52; 2, 3, 56:
aquam,
id. ib. 2, 3, 34:
discidium,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 14: nullam ego rem umquam in vita mea Volui quin tu in ea re mihi advorsatrix fueris, I never had any wish in my life, etc., id. Heaut. 5, 3, 5: (dixit) velle Hispaniam, he wanted Spain, i. e. as a province, Cic. Att. 12, 7, 1:
mihi frumento non opus est: nummos volo,
I want the money, id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:
non poterat scilicet negare se velle pacem,
id. Att. 15, 1 a, 3; cf. id. ib. 13, 32, 2 (v. II. C. 4. infra):
si amplius obsidum (= plures obsides) vellet, dare pollicentur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 9 fin.:
pacem etiam qui vincere possunt, volunt,
Liv. 7, 40, 18:
ferunt (eum)... honestum finem voluisse,
Tac. A. 6, 26:
cum Scipio veram vellet et sine exceptione victoriam,
Flor. 1, 33 (2, 18), 12:
mensae munera si voles secundae, Marcentes tibi porrigentur uvae,
Mart. 5, 78, 11.—
b.
Neutr. adjj., denoting things, substantively used: utrum vis opta, dum licet. La. Neutrum volo, Plaut. Ps. 3, 6, 16:
quorum isti neutrum volunt,
acknowledge neither, Cic. Fat. 12, 28:
voluimus quaedam, contendimus... Obtenta non sunt,
we aspired to certain things, id. Balb. 27, 61:
restat ut omnes unum velint,
hold one opinion, id. Marcell. 10, 32:
si plura velim,
if I wished for more, Hor. C. 3, 16, 38:
per quod probemus aliud legislatorem voluisse,
that the law-giver intended something different, Quint. 7, 6, 8:
ut putent, aliud quosdam dicere, aliud velle,
that they say one thing and mean another, id. 9, 2, 85:
utrum is qui scripsit... voluerit,
which of the two was meant by the author, id. 7, 9, 15:
ut nemo contra id quod vult dicit, ita potest melius aliquid velle quam dicit,
mean better than he speaks, id. 9, 2, 89:
quis enim pudor omnia velle?
to desire every thing, Mart. 12, 94, 11.—
c.
With neutr. demonstr. expressed or understood, to want, intend, aim at, like, will:
immo faenus: id primum volo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 64:
proximum quod sit bono... id volo,
id. Capt. 2, 2, 22:
nisi ea quae tu vis volo,
unless my purpose is the same as yours, id. Ep. 2, 2, 82:
siquidem id sapere'st, velle te id quod non potest contingere,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 83:
hoc (i. e. otium cum dignitate) qui volunt omnes optimates putantur,
who aim at this, Cic. Sest. 45, 98:
privatum oportet in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
quid est sapientia? Semper idem velle atque idem nolle,
Sen. Ep. 20, 5:
pudebit eadem velle quae volueras puer,
id. ib. 27, 2:
nec volo quod cruciat, nec volo quod satiat,
Mart. 1, 57, 4.—With demonstr. in place of inf.-clause:
hoc Ithacus velit, et magno mercentur Atridae (sc. poenas in me sumi),
Verg. A. 2, 104:
hoc velit Eurystheus, velit hoc germana Tonantis (sc. verum esse, Herculem, etc.),
Ov. H. 9, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 88.—
d.
With neutr. of interrog. pron.: quid nunc vis? Am. Sceleste, at etiam quid velim, id tu me rogas? what do you want now? Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 5:
eloquere quid velis,
id. Cas. 2, 4, 2: heus tu! Si. Quid vis? id. Ps. 4, 7, 21; so Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 11; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 152:
sed plane quid velit nescio,
what his intentions are, Cic. Att. 15, 1 a, 5; id. de Or. 2, 20, 84:
mittunt etiam ad dominos qui quaerant quid velint,
to ask for their orders, id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41:
quid? Si haec... ipsius amici judicarunt? Quid amplius vultis?
what more do you require, will you have? id. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152:
quid amplius vis?
Hor. Epod. 17, 30:
spectatur quid voluerit scriptor,
we find out the author's intention, Quint. 7, 10, 1.—Sometimes quid vult = quid sibi vult (v. 4. b.), to mean, signify:
capram illam suspicor jam invenisse... quid voluerit,
what it signified, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 30:
sed tamen intellego quid velit,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
quid autem volunt ea di immortales significantes quae sine interpretibus non possimus intellegere? etc.,
id. Div. 2, 25, 54.—Of things as subjects:
hunc ensem mittit tibi... Et jubet ex merito scire quid iste velit,
Ov. H. 11, 96.—
e.
With rel. pron.:
quod volui, ut volui, impetravi... a Philocomasio,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 1:
ut quod frons velit oculi sciant,
that the eyes know what the forehead wants, id. Aul. 4, 1, 13:
illi quae volo concedere,
to yield to him my wishes, id. Cas. 2, 3, 49:
si illud quod volumus dicitur,
what we like, id. Truc. 1, 2, 95:
multa eveniunt homini quae volt, quae nevolt,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 84; id. Ep. 2, 2, 4:
quamquam (litterae tuae) semper aliquid adferunt quod velim,
Cic. Att. 11, 11, 1:
quae vellem quaeque sentirem dicendi,
id. Marcell. 1, 1:
uti ea quae vellent impetrarent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31:
satis animi ad id quod tam diu vellent,
to carry out what they had desired so long, Liv. 4, 54, 5:
sed quod volebant non... expediebant,
their purpose, id. 24, 23, 9. —Idiomatically: quod volo = quod demonstrare volo, what I intend to prove:
illud quod volumus expressum est, ut vaticinari furor vera soleat,
Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67:
bis sumpsit quod voluit,
he has twice begged the question, id. ib. 2, 52, 107.—With indef. relations:
cornucopia ubi inest quidquid volo,
whatever I wish for, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5:
Caesar de Bruto solitus est dicere: magni refert hic quid velit, sed quidquid volt, valde volt,
whatever he wills he wills strongly, Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2.—
f.
With indef. pronn.
(α).
Si quid vis, if you want any thing: illo praesente mecum agito si quid voles, [p. 2008] Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 72: Py. Adeat si quid volt. Pa. Si quid vis, adi, mulier, id. Mil. 4, 2, 47:
eumque Alexander cum rogaret, si quid vellet, ut diceret,
id. Or. 2, 66, 266; Caes. B. G. 1, 7 fin. —
(β).
Nisi quid vis, unless you wish to give some order, to make some remark, etc.:
ego eo ad forum nisi quid vis,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 94:
nunc de ratione videamus, nisi quid vis ad haec,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 18, 42.—
(γ).
Numquid vis or ecquid vis? have you any orders to give? a formula used by inferiors before leaving their superiors; cf. Don. ad Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 39:
visunt, quid agam, ecquid velim,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 113:
numquid vis aliud?
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 111; 1, 2, 106; id. Ad. 2, 2, 39; 3, 3, 78; id. Hec. 2, 2, 30:
numquid vellem rogavit,
Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6:
frequentia rogantium num quid vellet,
Liv. 6, 34, 7:
rogavit num quid in Sardiniam vellet. Te puto saepe habere qui num quid Romam velis quaerant,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1.—
2.
With acc. of the person: aliquem velle.
(α).
To want somebody, i. e. in order to see him, to speak with him (ante-class. and colloq.):
Demenaetum volebam,
I wanted, wished to see, Demenoetus, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 12:
bona femina et malus masculus volunt te,
id. Cist. 4, 2, 40:
solus te solum volo,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 70:
quia non est intus quem ego volo,
id. Mil. 4, 6, 40:
hae oves volunt vos,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 24:
quis me volt? Perii, pater est,
Ter. And. 5, 3, 1:
centuriones trium cohortium me velle postridie,
Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4.—With paucis verbis or paucis, for a few words ( moments):
volo te verbis pauculis,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 28:
sed paucis verbis te volo, Palaestrio,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 22:
Sosia, Adesdum, paucis te volo,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 2.—
(β).
To love, like somebody, to be fond of somebody (anteclass. and poet.):
hanc volo (= amo),
Plaut. As. 5, 1, 18:
sine me amare unum Argyrippum... quem volo,
id. ib. 3, 2, 38:
quom quae te volt, eamdem tu vis,
id. Mil. 4, 2, 80:
aut quae (vitia) corpori' sunt ejus siquam petis ac vis,
Lucr. 4, 1152:
quam volui nota fit arte mea,
Ov. Am. 1, 10, 60: nolo virum, facili redimit qui sanguine famam: hunc volo, laudari qui sine morte potest, I like the one who, etc., Mart. 1, 8, 6.—
(γ).
To wish to have:
roga, velitne an non uxorem,
whether he wishes to have his wife or not, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 43:
ut sapiens velit gerere rem publicam, atque... uxorem adjungere, et velle ex ea liberos (anacoluth.),
Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 68.—
With two accusatives: (narrato) illam te amare et velle uxorem,
that you wish to have her as your wife, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 25; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 65.—
3.
With two accusatives, of the person and the thing: aliquem aliquid velle, to want something of somebody (cf.: aliquem aliquid rogare; mostly ante-class.;
not in Cic.): numquid me vis?
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120:
face certiorem me quid meus vir me velit,
id. Cas. 2, 6, 1:
num quidpiam me vis aliud?
id. Truc. 2, 4, 81:
nunc verba in pauca conferam quid te velim,
id. As. 1, 1, 74:
narrabit ultro quid sese velis,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 60:
quid me voluisti?
id. Mil. 4, 2, 35:
numquid aliud me vis?
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 101:
quin tu uno verbo dic quid est quod me velis,
id. And. 1, 1, 18; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 85; id. Cist. 2, 3, 49; id. As. 2, 3, 12; id. Merc. 5, 2, 27; id. Pers. 4, 6, 11; Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 31; id. Phorm. 2, 4, 18; id. Eun. 2, 3, 47; id. Hec. 3, 4, 15:
si quid ille se velit, illum ad se venire oportere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 34:
cum mirabundus quidnam (Taurea) sese vellet, resedisset Flaccus, Me quoque, inquit, etc.,
Liv. 26, 15, 11; also, I want to speak with somebody (v. 2. a. a):
paucis, Euclio, est quod te volo,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 22:
est quod te volo secreto,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 33.—
4.
With acc. of thing and dat. of the person: aliquid alicui velle, to wish something to somebody (= cupio aliquid alicui; v. cupio;
rare): quamquam vobis volo quae voltis, mulieres,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 1:
si ex me illa liberos vellet sibi,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 33:
praesidium velle se senectuti suae,
id. ib. 1, 2, 44:
nihil est mali quod illa non initio filio voluerit, optaverit,
Cic. Clu. 66, 188:
rem Romanam huc provectam ut externis quoque gentibus quietem velit,
Tac. A. 12, 11:
cui ego omnia meritissimo volo et debeo,
to whom I give and owe my best wishes, Quint. 9, 2, 35.—Esp., in the phrase quid vis (vult) with reflex. dat. of interest, lit. what do you want for yourself?
a.
Quid tibi vis = quid vis, the dat. being redundant (rare):
quid aliud tibi vis?
what else do you want? Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 90.—With quisque:
haud ita vitam agerent ut nunc plerumque videmus Quid sibi quisque velit nescire,
be ignorant as to their own aims and purposes, Lucr. 3, 1058.—
b.
What do you mean? what do you drive at? what is your scope, object, drift (rare in post-Aug. writers; Don. ad Ter. Eun. prol. 45, declares it an archaism).
(α).
In 1 st pers. (rare):
nunc quid processerim huc, et quid mihi voluerim dicam,
and what I meant thereby, what was the purpose of my coming, Plaut. As. prol. 6:
quid mihi volui? quid mihi nunc prodest bona voluntas?
Sen. Ben. 4, 21, 6.—
(β).
In 2 d pers.:
quid nunc tibi vis, mulier, memora,
what is the drift of your talk? Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 60: sed quid nunc tibi vis? what do you want to come at (i.e. by your preamble)? id. Poen. 1, 1, 24: quid tu tibi vis? Ego non tangam meam? what do you mean? i. e. what is your purpose? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 28:
quid tibi vis? quid cum illa rei tibi est?
id. ib. 4, 7, 34:
quid est quod sic gestis? quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? Quid est quod laetus sis? quid tibi vis?
what do you mean by all this? id. ib. 3, 5, 11:
quid est, inepta? quid vis tibi? quid rides?
id. ib. 5, 6, 6:
quid vis tibi? Quid quaeris?
id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9: Ph. Fabulae! Ch. Quid vis tibi? id. Phorm. 5, 8, 53:
roganti ut se in Asiam praefectum duceret, Quid tibi vis, inquit, insane,
Cic. Or. 2, 67, 269; so in 2 d pers. plur.:
pro deum fidem, quid vobis vultis?
Liv. 3, 67, 7.—
(γ).
In 3 d pers.:
quid igitur sibi volt pater? cur simulat?
Ter. And. 2, 3, 1:
quid hic volt veterator sibi?
id. ib. 2, 6, 26:
proinde desinant aliquando me isdem inflare verbis: quid sibi iste vult?... Cur ornat eum a quo desertus est?
Cic. Dom. 11, 29:
quid sibi vellet (Caesar)? cur in suas possessiones veniret?
Caes. B. G. 1, 44 med.:
conicere in eum oculos, mirantes quid sibi vellet (i. e. by courting the plebeians),
Liv. 3, 35, 5:
qui quaererent quid sibi vellent qui armati Aventinum obsedissent,
id. 3, 50, 15:
quid sibi voluit providentia quae Aridaeum regno imposuit?
Sen. Ben. 4, 31, 1: volt, non volt dare Galla mihi, nec dicere possum quod volt et non volt, quid sibi Galla velit, Mart: 3, 90, 2.—
(δ).
Transf. of things as subjects, what means, what signifies? quid volt sibi, Syre, haec oratio? Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 2:
ut pernoscatis quid sibi Eunuchus velit,
id. Eun. prol. 45:
quid ergo illae sibi statuae equestres inauratae volunt?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 150:
quid haec sibi horum civium Romanorum dona voluerunt?
id. ib. 2, 3, 80, §
186: avaritia senilis quid sibi velit, non intellego,
what is the meaning of the phrase, id. Sen. 18, 66:
quid ergo illa sibi vult pars altera orationis qua Romanos a me cultos ait?
Liv. 40, 12, 14:
tacitae quid vult sibi noctis imago?
Ov. M. 9, 473.—
5.
Bene or male alicui velle, to wish one well or ill, to like or dislike one (ante-class. and poet.): Ph. Bene volt tibi. St. Nequam est illud verbum bene volt, nisi qui bene facit, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 37 sq.:
jam diu ego huic bene et hic mihi volumus,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 4:
ut tibi, dum vivam, bene velim plus quam mihi,
id. Cas. 2, 8, 30:
egone illi ut non bene vellem?
id. Truc. 2, 4, 90; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 95; id. Merc. 2, 1, 21; id. Ps. 4, 3, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 9:
nisi quod tibi bene ex animo volo,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 6:
quo tibi male volt maleque faciet,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 44:
atque isti etiam parum male volo,
id. Truc. 5, 7; cf. id. As. 5, 1, 13:
utinam sic sient qui mihi male volunt,
Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 13:
non sibi male vult,
he does not dislike himself, Petr. 38; so, melius or optime alicui velle, to like one better or best:
nec est quisquam mihi aeque melius quoi vellem,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 42; id. Merc. 5, 2, 57:
illi ego ex omnibus optime volo,
id. Most. 1, 4, 24.—And bene velle = velle: bene volueris in precatione augurali Messalla augur ait, significare volueris, Fest. s. v. bene sponsis, p. 351.—
6.
With abl.: alicujus causa velle, to like one for his own sake, i. e. personally, a Ciceronian phrase, probably inst. of omnia alicujus causa velle; lit. to wish every thing (i.e. good) in somebody's behalf.
(α).
With omnia expressed: etsi mihi videor intellexisse cum tecum de re M. Annaeii locutus sum, te ipsius causa vehementer omnia velle, tamen, etc.... ut non dubitem quin magnus cumulus accedat commenda tionis meae, Cic. Fam. 13, 55, 1:
repente coepit dicere, se omnia Verris causa velle,
that he had the most friendly disposition towards Verres, id. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 64:
accedit eo quod Varro magnopere ejus causa vult omnia,
id. Fam. 13, 22, 1.—
(β).
Without omnia:
per eos qui nostra causa volunt, valentque apud illum,
Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1:
sed et Phameae causa volebam,
id. ib. 13, 49, 1:
etsi te ipsius Attici causa velle intellexeram,
id. ib. 16, 16, A, 6:
valde enim ejus causa volo,
id. Fam. 16, 17, 2 fin.:
illud non perficis quo minus tua causa velim,
id. ib. 3, 7, 6;
12, 7, 1: si me velle tua causa putas,
id. ib. 7, 17, 2:
regis causa si qui sunt qui velint,
id. ib. 1, 1, 1:
credo tua causa velle Lentulum,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5; id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21; cf. id. Imp. Pomp. (v. C. 1. b. supra), where the phrase has its literal meaning; cf. also: alicujus causa (omnia) cupere; v. cupio.—
7.
With acc. and subjunct. per ecthesin (ante-class.): nunc ego illum meum virum veniat velim (by mixture of constructions: meum virum velim; and:
meus vir veniat velim),
Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 29:
nunc ego Simonidem mi obviam veniat velim,
id. Ps. 4, 5, 10:
nimis hercle ego illum corvum ad me veniat velim,
id. Aul. 4, 6, 4:
saltem aliquem velim qui mihi ex his locis viam monstret,
id. Rud. 1, 3, 35:
patrem atque matrem viverent vellem tibi,
id. Poen. 5, 2, 106; cf. id. Merc. 2, 1, 30 (v. E. 1. d. supra).
F.
Velle used absolutely, variously rendered to will, have a will, wish, consent, assent:
quod vos, malum... me sic ludificamini? Nolo volo, volo nolo rursum,
I nill I will, I will I nill again, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 57: novi ingenium mulierum: Nolunt ubi velis, ubi nolis cupiunt ultro, they will not where you will, etc., id. Eun. 4, 7, 43:
quis est cui velle non liceat?
who is not free to wish? Cic. Att. 7, 11. 2:
in magnis et voluisse sat est,
Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 6:
tarde velle nolentis est,
slow ness in consenting betrays the desire to refuse, Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 4:
quae (animalia) nullam injuriam nobis faciunt, quia velle non possunt, id. Ira, 2, 26, 4: ejus est nolle qui potest velle,
the power to assent implies the power to dissent, Dig. 50, 17, 3.—So velle substantively:
sed ego hoc ipsum velle miserius duco quam in crucem tolli,
that very wishing, Cic. Att. 7, 11, 2: inest enim velle in carendo, the word carere implies the notion of a wish, id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:
velle ac posse in aequo positum erat,
his will and power were balanced, Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 5:
velle tuum nolo, Didyme, nolle volo,
Mart. 5, 83, 2:
velle suum cuique est,
each has his own likings, Pers. 5, 53.
II.
In partic.
A.
Redundant, when the will to do is identified with the act itself.
1.
In imperative sentences.
a.
In independent sentences introduced by noli velle, where noli has lost the idea of volition:
nolite, judices, hunc velle maturius exstingui vulnere vestro quam suo fato,
do not resolve, Cic. Cael. 32, 79:
nolite igitur id velle quod fieri non potest,
id. Phil. 7, 8, 25: qui timor bonis omnibus injectus sit... nolite a me commoneri velle, do not wish, expect, to be reminded by me, etc., id. Mur. 25, 50: nolite hunc illi acerbum nuntium velle perferri, let it not be your decision that, etc., id. Balb. 28, 64: cujus auspicia pro vobis experti nolite adversus vos velle experiri, do not desire, etc., Liv. 7, 40, 16:
noli adversum eos me velle ducere, etc.,
Nep. Att. 4, 2.—
b.
Ne velis or ne velit fecisse = ne feceris, or ne facito (v. I. A. 3. a. supra).—So ne velis with pres. inf.:
neve, revertendi liber, abesse velis (= neve abfueris),
Ov. H. 1, 80.—
c.
In affirmative imperative sentences (velim esse = esto;
rare): tu tantum fida sorori Esse velis (= fida esto or sis),
Ov. M. 2, 745; and in 3 d pers.:
di procul a cunctis... Hujus notitiam gentis habere velint (= habeant),
id. P. 1, 7, 8:
credere modo qui discet velit (= credat qui discet),
Quint. 8, prooem. 12. —
d.
In clauses dependent on verbs of commanding and wishing:
aut quia significant divam praedicere ut armis Ac virtute velint patriam defendere terram (= ut defendant),
Lucr. 2, 641: precor quaesoque ne ante oculos patris facere et pati omnia infanda velis (= facias et patiaris). Liv. 23, 9, 2:
monentes ne experiri vellet imperium cujus vis, etc.,
id. 2, 59, 4; 39, 13, 2:
et mea... opto Vulnera qui fecit facta levare velit,
Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 18: nos contra (oravimus) [p. 2009]... ne vertere secum Cuncta pater fatoque urguenti incumbere vellet, Verg. A. 2, 653. —With pass. perf. inf. (v. I. B. 9. b. b):
legati Sullam orant ut filii innocentis fortunas conservatas velit (virtually = fortunas conservet),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25:
a te peto ut utilitatem sociorum per te quam maxime defensam et auctam velis (= defendas et augeas),
id. Fam. 13, 9, 3.—So after utinam or ut:
utinam illi qui prius eum viderint me apud eum velint adjutum tantum quantum ego vellem si quid possem (= utinam illi me adjuvent quantum ego adjuvarem, etc.),
id. Att. 11, 7, 7:
cautius ut saevo velles te credere Marti (= utinam te credidisses),
Verg. A. 11, 153:
edictum praemittit ad quam diem magistratus... sibi esse praesto Cordubae vellet (= sibi praesto essent),
Caes. B. C. 1, 19 (cf. also I. B. 9. b. b, and I. B. 2. fin. supra).—
2.
In conditional clauses, si facere velim = si faciam, often rendered by the potential or future auxiliaries would or will:
non tu scis, Bacchae bacchanti si velis advorsarier, ex insana insaniorem facies? (= si advorseris),
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 80:
si meum Imperium exsequi voluisset, interemptam oportuit (= si executus esset),
Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 22:
si id confiteri velim, tamen istum condemnetis necesse est (= si id confitear),
if I would acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45:
si quis velit ita dicere... nihil dicat (= si quis dicat),
id. Fat. 14, 32:
dies deficiat si velim numerare, etc.,
id. N. D. 3, 32, 81;
so,
id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102; id. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52:
qua in sententia si constare voluissent, suam auctoritatem... recuperassent,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 14; id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31; id. Lael. 20, 75:
conicere potestis, si recordari volueritis quanta, etc.,
if you will remember, id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; so id. Or. 1, 44, 197; id. Brut. 1, 2, 5:
quod si audire voletis externa, maximas res publicas ab adulescentibus labefactatas reperietis,
id. Sen. 6, 20; so id. Or. 1, 60, 256; 2, 23, 95:
ejus me compotem voti vos facere potestis, si meminisse vultis, non vos in Samnio, etc.,
Liv. 7, 40, 5; 23, 13, 6; 23, 15, 4: cum olera Diogeni lavanti Aristippus dixisset: si Dionysium adulare velles, ista non esses;
Imo, inquit, si tu ista esse velles, non adulares Dionysium,
Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 4:
ut si his (legibus) perpetuo uti voluissent, sempiternum habituri fuerint imperium,
id. 5, 3, ext. 3:
quid enim si mirari velit, non in silvestribus dumis poma pendere,
Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 6; cf. Curt. 5, 1, 1; 3, 5, 6; Ov. H. 17 (18), 43.—With perf. inf. pass.:
nisi ea (opera) certi auctores monumentis suis testata esse voluissent,
Val. Max. 3, 2, 24.—
3.
In declarative sentences.
a.
Volo in 1 st pers. with perf. pass. inf. or part. (volo oratum esse or oratum = oro; v. I. B. 9. b. a and b):
vos omnes opere magno esse oratos volo benigne ut operam detis, etc.,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 21:
justam rem et facilem esse oratam a vobis volo,
id. Am. prol. 33:
illud tamen te esse admonitum volo, etc.,
Cic. Cael. 3, 8:
sed etiam est paucis vos quod monitos voluerim,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 53:
illud te, Tulli, monitum velim etc.,
Liv. 1, 23, 8:
quamobrem omnes eos oratos volo Ne, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 26; so, factum volo = faciam: serva tibi sodalem, et mihi filium. Mne. Factum volo, I will, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 91: pariter nunc opera me adjuves ac, etc. Nau. Factum volo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 4; so Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 10.—In 3 d pers.:
esse salutatum vult te mea littera primum,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 1.—
b.
With pres. inf.:
propterea te vocari ad cenam volo (= voco te),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 72:
sed nunc rogare hoc ego vicissim te volo: quid fuit, etc. (= nunc te rogo),
id. Trin. 1, 2, 136.—
c.
With perf. act. inf.:
pace tua dixisse velim (= pace tua dixerim),
Ov. P. 3, 1, 9.—
d.
In other connections, when the will or purpose is made more prominent than the action:
eorum alter, qui Antiochus vocatur, iter per Siciliam facere voluit (= fecit),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 61:
si suscipere eam (religionem) nolletis, tamen in eo qui violasset sancire vos velle oporteret (= sancire vos oporteret),
id. ib. 2, 4, 51, §
114: ut insequentibus diebus nemo eorum forum aut publicum adspicere vellet (= adspiceret),
Liv. 9, 7, 11:
talentis mille percussorem in me emere voluisti (= emisti),
Curt. 3, 5, 6: quin etiam senatus gratias ei agentem quod redire voluisset ante portas eduxit (= quod redisset), Val. Max. 3, 4, 4:
utri prius gratulemur, qui hoc dicere voluit, an cui audire contigit? (= qui hoc dixit),
id. 4, 7, ext. 2:
sic tua non paucae carpere facta volent (= carpent),
Ov. P. 3, 1, 64.
B.
Velim, as potential subjunctive (mostly in 1 st pers. sing., as subjunctive of modest statement), = volo, I wish, I should like.
1.
With verb in the second person.
a.
With pres. subj., so most frequently in Cic.
(α).
As a modest imperative of the dependent verb: velim facias = fac, I wish you would do it, please do it:
ego quae in rem tuam sint, ea velim facias,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 9:
eas (litteras) in eundem fasciculum velim addas,
Cic. Att. 12, 53:
eum salvere jubeas velim,
id. ib. 7, 7, 7:
velim me facias certiorem, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 9:
tu velim saepe ad nos scribas,
id. ib. 1, 12, 4:
velim mihi ignoscas,
id. Fam. 13, 75, 1:
tu velim animum a me parumper avertas,
id. Lael. 1, 5; cf. id. Att. 1, 11, 3; 7, 3, 11; 8, 12, 5; id. Fam. 15, 3, 2 et saep.:
haec pro causa mea dicta accipiatis velim,
Liv. 42, 34, 13: velim, inquit, hoc mihi probes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 51:
Musa velim memores, etc.,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 53.—
(β).
Expressing a wish without a command (v. vellem):
vera dicas velim,
I wish you told the truth, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 18:
quam velim Bruto persuadeas ut Asturae sit,
Cic. Att. 14, 15, 4:
ipse velim poenas experiare meas,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 74;
so in asseverations: ita velim me promerentem ames, dum vivas, mi pater, ut... id mihi vehementer dolet,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 47.—
b.
With infinitive clause.
(α).
With the force of a modest imperative:
sed qui istuc credam ita esse, mihi dici velim (i. e. a te),
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 15:
extremum illud est quod mihi abs te responderi velim,
Cic. Vat. 17, 41 (may be a dependent subjunctive):
itaque vos ego, milites, non eo solum animo.... pugnare velim, etc.,
Liv. 21, 41, 10.—
(β).
As a mere wish:
velim te arbitrari, frater, etc.,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 1:
primum te arbitrari id quod res est velim,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 9.—With perf. act.:
hanc te quoque ad ceteras tuas eximias virtutes, Masinissa, adjecisse velim,
Liv. 30, 14, 6.—With perf. pass., Liv. 1, 23, 8 (v. II. A. 3. a. supra).—
c.
With ut (rare):
de tuis velim ut eo sis animo, quo debes esse,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 4. —
d.
With ne (rare), Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 23 (v. I. C. 2. supra).—
2.
With dependent verb in the third person, expressing a wish.
a.
With pres. subj.:
ita se defatigent velim Ut, etc.,
Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 3:
de Cicerone quae mihi scribis, jucunda mihi sunt: velim sint prospera,
Cic. Att. 14, 11, 2:
velim seu Himilco, seu Mago respondeat,
Liv. 23, 12, 15:
sint haec vera velim,
Verg. Cir. 306:
nulla me velim syllaba effugiat,
Quint. 11, 2, 45.—With final clause:
tu velim mihi ad urbem praesto sis, ut tuis consiliis utar,
Cic. Att. 9, 16, 3; cf. id. ib. 11, 11, 2 (v. I. C. 2. supra).—With ellips. of pres. subj.:
velim mehercule Asturae Brutus (i. e. sit),
Cic. Att. 14, 11, 1.—
b.
With perf. subj. (a wish referring to the past):
nimis velim improbissumo homini malas edentaverint,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 48.—
c.
With inf.-clause:
ne ego nunc mihi modium mille esse argenti velim!
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 9: di me perdant! Me. Quodcunque optes, velim tibi contingere, id. Cist. 2, 1, 30:
velim eum tibi placere quam maxime,
Cic. Brut. 71, 249: idque primum ita esse velim;
deinde etiam, si non sit, mihi persuaderi tamen velim,
id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:
quod faxitis, deos velim fortunare,
Liv. 6, 41, 12.—With perf. pass. inf. (v. I. B. 9. b. b, supra):
edepol te hodie lapide percussum velim,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 33:
moribus praefectum mulierum hunc factum velim,
id. Aul. 3, 5, 30.—With inf.-clause understood:
nimium plus quam velim nostrorum ingenia sunt mobilia,
Liv. 2, 37, 4.—
3.
With verb in the first person.
a.
With inf. pres. (so most freq.):
atque hoc velim probare omnibus, etc.,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 20, 47:
velim scire ecquid de te recordere,
id. Tusc. 1, 6, 13:
quare te, ut polliceris, videre plane velim,
id. Att. 11, 9, 3:
nec vero velim... a calce ad carceres revocari,
id. Sen. 23, 83:
sed multitudo ea quid animorum... habeat scire velim,
Liv. 23, 12, 7:
interrogare tamen velim, an Isocrates Attice dixerit,
Quint. 12, 10, 22.—With perf. inf. act., Ov. P. 3, 1, 9 (v. II. A. 3. c.).—
b.
With acc. and inf.:
quod velis, modo id velim me scire,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 8.—So with perf. pass. inf.:
ego praeterquam quod nihil haustum ex vano velim, Fabium... potissimum auctorem habui,
Liv. 22, 7, 4.—
c.
With subj. pres.:
eo velim tam facili uti possim et tam bono in me quam Curione,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 10 B. and K. ex conj. Mull. (Lachm., Hoffm. posse; al. possem).—
4.
Velim in the principal sentence of conditional clauses, I would, I should be willing:
aetatem velim servire, Libanum ut (= si) conveniam modo,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 8:
velim, si fieri possit,
id. Truc. 2, 4, 12:
si quid tibi compendi facere possim, factum edepol velim (redundant),
id. ib. 2, 4, 26:
si possim, velim,
id. Stich. 4, 2, 9:
nec velim (imitari orationes Thucydidis) si possim,
Cic. Brut. 83, 287:
si liceat, nulli cognitus esse velim,
Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 42.—
5.
The other persons of velim in potential use (rare).
a.
Velis.
(α).
Imperatively = cupito:
quoniam non potest fieri quod vis, Id velis quod possit,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 6:
atque aliquos tamen esse velis tibi, alumna, penates,
Verg. Cir. 331.—
(β).
Declaratively with indef. subj.: quom inopia'st, cupias; quando ejus copia'st, tum non velis, then you (i.e. people, they) do not want it, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 45.—
(γ).
Redundant, as a form of the imperative of the dependent verb, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 38 (v. I. A. 3. a. b); id. H. 1, 80 (v. II. A. 1. b.); id. M. 2, 746 (v. II. A. 1. c.).—
b.
Velit.
(α).
Modestly for vult:
te super aetherias licentius auras Haud pater ille velit, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 558: nemo enim minui velit id in quo maximus fuit, would like that to be diminished in which, etc., Quint. 12, 11, 6; cf. Verg. A. 2, 104, and Ov. H. 9, 7 (v. I. E. 1. c. supra).— So, poet., instead of vellet with perf. inf.:
ut fiat, quid non illa dedisse velit?
Ov. Am. 2, 17, 30.—
(β).
= imperative of third person:
arma velit, poscatque simul rapiatque juventus,
Verg. A. 7, 340.—Redundantly, giving to the dependent verb the force of an imperative, Quint. 8, prooem. 12 (v. II. A. 1. c. supra; v. also I. A. 3. a. supra).—
c.
Velimus.
(α).
In the optative sense of velim:
sed scire velimus quod tibi nomen siet,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 18.—
(β).
With imperative sense (= let us, we should, etc.), Quint. 6, 3, 28 (v. I. A. 2. d. supra).—
d.
Velitis = velim velitis (i. e. jubeatis, jubete):
novos consules ita cum Samnite gerere bellum velitis ut omnia ante nos bella gesta sunt,
Liv. 9, 8, 10.—So especially in velitis jubeatis, a formula in submitting a law to the votes of the people in the comitia centuriata or tributa, let it be resolved and ordered by you:
rogatus in haec verba populus: velitis jubeatisne haec sic fieri, si respublica populi Romani Quiritium, etc.,
Liv. 22, 10, 2:
velitis jubeatis, Quirites... uti de ea re Ser. Sulpicius praetor urbanus ad senatum referat, etc.,
id. 38, 54, 3.—And parodied by Cic.:
velitis jubeatis ut quod Cicero versum fecerit,
Cic. Pis. 29, 72.—So in oblique discourse, vellent juberent:
rogationem promulgavit, vellent juberent Philippo... bellum indici,
Liv. 31, 6, 1:
vellent juberentne se regnare,
id. 1, 46, 1; cf.
in the resolution of the people: plebis sic jussit: quod senatus... censeat, id volumus jubemusque,
id. 26, 33, 14.—
e.
Velint, optative and redundant, Cic. Att. 11, 7, 7 (v. II. A. 1. d.); Ov. P. 1, 7, 8 (v. II. A. 1. c.).
C.
Vellem, as potential subjunctive, I wish, should like, should have liked, representing the wish as contrary to fact, while velim refers to a wish which may be realized:
de Menedemo vellem verum fuisset, de regina velim verum sit,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 4. It is not used with imperative force; cf.:
quod scribis, putare te... vellem scriberes, cur ita putares... tu tamen velim scribas,
Cic. Att. 11, 24, 5.—Often quam vellem, how I wish, i. e. I wish very much; and in the same sense: nimium vellem, v. infra.
1.
With verb in first person.
a.
With inf. pres., I wish, would like, referring to present or future actions:
videre equidem vos vellem, cum huic aurum darem,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 68:
vellem equidem idem posse gloriari quod Cyrus,
Cic. Sen. 10, 32:
vellem equidem vobis placere, Quirites, sed, etc.,
Liv. 3, 68, 9:
quam fieri vellem meus libellus!
Mart. 8, 72, 9.—With cuperem and optarem:
nunc ego Triptolemi cuperem conscendere currus... Nunc ego Medeae vellem frenare dracones... Nunc ego jactandas optarem sumere pennas, etc.,
Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 1 sqq.— [p. 2010] Rarely, I should have liked:
tum equidem istuc os tuum inpudens videre nimium vellem!
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49.—And in conditional sense:
maerorem minui: dolorem nec potui, nec, si possem, vellem (i. e. minuere),
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:
certe ego, si sineres, titulum tibi reddere vellem,
Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 13:
sic nec amari quidem vellem (i. e. if I were in his place),
Sen. Ira, 1, 20, 4.—
b.
With perf. inf., I wish I had:
abiit, vah! Rogasse vellem,
I wish I had asked him, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 25:
maxime vellem semper tecum fuisse,
Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, 5:
quam vellem petisse ab eo quod audio Philippum impetrasse,
id. ib. 10, 4, 10:
non equidem vellem, quoniam nocitura fuerunt, Pieridum sacris imposuisse manum,
Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 27:
ante equidem summa de re statuisse, Latini, Et vellem, et fuerat melius,
Verg. A. 11, 303. —
c.
With inf.-clause, the predicate being a perf. part. (v. I. B. 9. b. b, supra):
virum me natam vellem,
would I had been born a man! Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 9.—
d.
With subj. imperf. (rare):
quam vellem, Panaetium nostrum nobiscum haberemus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15.—
2.
The subject of the dependent verb in the second person.
a.
With subj. imperf. (the regular construction):
hodie igitur me videbit, ac vellem tum tu adesses,
I wish you could be present, Cic. Att. 13, 7, 2:
quam vellem de his etiam oratoribus tibi dicere luberet,
I wish you would please, id. Brut. 71, 248.—
b.
With subj. pluperf., I wish you had:
vellem Idibus Martiis me ad cenam invitasses,
Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1:
quam vellem te ad Stoicos inclinavisses,
id. Fin. 3, 3, 10:
vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
id. Att. 10, 6, 2:
quam vellem Bruto studium tuum navare potuisses,
id. ib. 15, 4, 5.—
c.
With ne and pluperf. subj.:
tu vellem ne veritus esses ne parum libenter legerem tuas litteras,
Cic. Fam. 7, 33, 2.—
d.
With ellipsis of verb: vera cantas, vana vellem (i. e. cantares). Plaut. Most. 3, 4, 41.—
3.
With verb in third person.
a.
With imperf. subj. (the regular construction):
patrem atque matrem viverent vellem tibi (per ecthesin, v. I. E. b.),
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 106:
vellem adesset Antonius, modo sine advocatis,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 16:
vellem nobis hoc idem vere dicere liceret,
id. Off. 3, 1, 1:
vellem adesse posset Panaetius,
id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:
vellem hoc esset laborare,
id. Or. 2, 71, 287.—
b.
With pluperf. subj.:
vellem aliqui ex vobis robustioribus hunc male dicendi locum suscepissent,
Cic. Cael. 3, 7:
vellem dictum esset ab eodem etiam de Dione,
id. ib. 10, 23; so id. ib. 31, 74; id. Brut. 44, 163:
quam vellem Dareus aliquid ex hac indole hausisset!
Curt. 3, 32 (12), 26.—
c.
With inf.-clause.
(α).
With inf. pres., I wish he were:
quam non abesse ab hujus judicio L. Vulsionem vellem!
Cic. Clu. 70, 198:
nunc mihi... Vellem, Maeonide, pectus inesse tuum,
Ov. F. 2, 120.—
(β).
With perf. inf. or part., I wish he had, had been:
quam vellem Menedemum invitatum!
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 11:
epistulas, quas quidem vellem mihi numquam redditas,
Cic. Att. 11, 22, 1.—
With ellipsis of predicate: illud quoque vellem antea (i. e. factum, or factum esse),
Cic. Att. 11, 23, 3.—
d.
With ut, Cic. Sull. 1, 1; id. Fam. 7, 33, 2 (v. I. C. 1. a. supra).—
4.
With acc. of a neuter pronoun or of a noun:
aliquando sentiam us nihil nobis nisi, id quod minime vellem, spiritum reliquum esse,
Cic. Att. 9, 19, 2: tris eos libros maxime nunc vellem: apti essent ad id quod cogito, I would like to have (cf. I. E. 1. a.), id. ib. 13, 22, 2.—
5.
In the other persons of vellem (mostly poet.).
a.
Velles.
(α).
In optative sentences redundant, Verg. A. 11, 153 (v. II. A. 1. d.).—
(β).
Of an indefinite subject:
velles eum (Senecam) suo ingenio dixisse, alieno judicio,
Quint. 10, 1, 130.—
b.
Vellet.
(α).
In the potential sense of vellem: vellet abesse quidem;
sed adest. Velletque videre, Non etiam sentire canum fera facta suorum,
Ov. M. 3, 247.—
(β).
Conditionally:
quis vellet tanti nuntius esse mali (i. e. if in this situation)?
Ov. H. 12, 146.—
c.
Vellent.
(α).
In the potential sense of vellem:
quam vellent aethere in alto Nunc of pauperiem et duros perferre labores!
Verg. A. 6, 436.—
(β).
Conditionally: nec superi vellent hoc licuisse sibi, would wish, i. e. if in this situation, Mart. 4, 44, 8.
D.
Volam and voluero.
1.
In gen.: respiciendus erit sermo stipulationis, utrumne talis sit: quem voluero, an quem volam. Nam si talis fuerit quem voluero, cum semel elegerit, mutare voluntatem non poterit;
si vero... quem volam, donec judicium dictet, mutandi potestatem habebit,
Dig. 45, 1, 112.—
2.
Volam in principal sentences.
(α).
= Engl. future, I shall wish, etc.:
et commeminisse hoc ego volam te,
I shall require you to recollect this, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 7: cum omnia habueris, tunc habere et sapientiam voles? will you also wish to have wisdom when? etc., Sen. Ep. 17, 8.—
(β).
Denoting present probability: et scilicet jam me hoc voles patrem exorare, ut, etc., you doubtless wish me, etc., Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 27.—
3.
In clauses dependent on predicates implying a future, generally rendered by an English present:
quid si sors aliter quam voles evenerit?
otherwise than as you wish, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 35:
tum te, si voles, cum patriae quod debes solveris, satis diu vixisse dicito,
then if you choose, if you will, Cic. Marcell. 9, 27:
decedes cum voles,
id. Att. 6, 3, 2:
qui magis effugies eos qui volent fingere?
those who are bent upon inventing, who will invent, falsehoods, id. ib. 8, 2, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 4; id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 24:
quod voles gratum esse, rarum effice,
Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 1; cf. id. Brev. Vit. 7, 9: si di volent, the gods permitting, August. ap. Suet. Calig. 8:
invenies, vere si reperire voles,
Ov. P. 3, 1, 34; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 78; Tib. 1, 4, 45.—So, voluero:
quem (locum) si qui vitare voluerit, sex milium circuitu in oppidum pervenit,
who wishes to avoid this spot, Caes. B. C. 2, 24.
E.
Si vis, parenthetically.
1.
If you please (cf. sis, supra init.):
paulum opperirier, Si vis,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 52:
audi, si vis, nunc jam,
id. Ad. 2, 1, 30:
dic, si vis, de quo disputari velis,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13.—
2.
If you wish, choose, insist upon it:
hanc quoque jucunditatem, si vis, transfer in animum,
Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14:
addam, si vis, animi, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 27, 89:
concedam hoc ipsum, si vis, etc.,
id. Div. 2, 15, 34.
F.
Quam, with any person of the pres. indic. or subj., or imperf. subj. or future, = quamvis, in a concessive sense, virtually, however, however much.
1.
3 d pers. sing.:
quod illa, quam velit sit potens, numquam impetravisset (= quamvis sit potens),
however powerful she may be, Cic. Cael. 26, 63:
C. Gracchus dixit, sibi in somnis Ti. fratrem visum esse dicere, quam vellet cunctaretur, tamen eodem sibi leto... esse pereundum,
id. Div. 1, 26, 56:
quam volet jocetur,
id. N. D. 2, 17, 46.—
2.
1 st pers. plur.:
quam volumus licet ipsi nos amemus, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Har. Resp. 9, 19.—
3.
2 d pers. plur.: exspectate facinus quam vultis improbum, vincam tamen, etc., expect a crime, however wicked ( ever so wicked), etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11;
but: hac actione quam voletis multi dicent,
as many as you choose, id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 102.—
4.
3 d pers. plur.:
quam volent illi cedant, tamen a re publica revocabuntur,
Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 113:
quam volent in conviviis faceti, dicaces, etc., sint, alia fori vis est, alia triclinii,
id. Cael. 28, 67;
but: et ceteri quam volent magnas pecunias capere possint,
as much money as they choose, id. Verr. 2, 2, 58, § 142.
G.
Volo = malo, to prefer, with a comparative clause (rare):
quodsi in ceteris quoque studiis a multis eligere homines commodissimum quodque, quam sese uni alicui certo vellent addicere, = si se eligere mallent quam se uni addicere,
Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:
malae rei quam nullius duces esse volunt,
Liv. 3, 68, 11:
famaene credi velis quanta urbs a te capta sit, quam posteris quoque eam spectando esse?
id. 25, 29, 6.
H.
With magis and maxime.
1.
Magis velle: ut tu illam salvam magis velles quam ego, you wish more than I, etc., Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 17.—
2.
With maxime, to wish above all, more than any thing or any one else, to be most agreeable to one, to like best, to prefer (among more than two alternatives):
quia id maxime volo ut illi istoc confugiant,
wish above all, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 49; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 38:
maxime vellem, judices, ut P. Sulla, etc.,
Cic. Sull. 1, 1:
caritate nos capiunt reges, consilio optimates, libertate populi, ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,
which you prefer, like best, id. Rep. 1, 35, 55; so, quemadmodum ego maxime vellem, id. Att. 13, 1, 1:
tris eos libros maxime nunc vellem,
above all others, id. ib. 13, 32, 2:
alia excusanti juveni, alia recipienti futura, ita ut maxime vellet senatus responderi placuit,
as it was most agreeable to him, Liv. 39, 47:
si di tibi permisissent quo modo maxime velles experiri animum meum,
in the manner most convenient to yourself, Curt. 3, 6, 12.
K.
In disjunctive co - ordination.
1.
With sive... sive:
tu nunc, sive ego volo, seu nolo, sola me ut vivam facis,
whether I choose or not, Plaut. Cist. 3, 14:
itaque Campanos sive velint, sive nolint, quieturos,
Liv. 8, 2, 13.—
2.
Without connectives.
a.
Vis tu... vis:
congredi cum hoste liceat... vis tu mari, vis terra, vis acie, vis urbibus expugnandis experiri virtutem?
Liv. 25, 6, 22.—
b.
Velim nolim.
(α).
Interrogatively, = utrum velim nec ne:
velit nolit scire, difficile est,
it is difficult to know whether he intends it or not, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 4.—
(β).
= seu velim seu nolim:
ut mihi, velim nolim, sit certa quaedam tuenda sententia,
whether I will or not, Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 17:
velim nolim, in cognomine Scipionum haeream necesse est,
Val. Max. 3, 7, 3:
mors interim adest, cui velis nolis vacandum est,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 8, 5:
hunc ita fundatum necesse est, velit nolit, sequatur hilaritas continua,
id. Vit. Beat. 4, 4:
velint nolint, respondendum est... beate vivere bonum non esse,
id. Ep. 117, 4:
praeterea futuri principes, velint nolint, sciant, etc.,
Plin. Pan. 20 fin. Part. and P. a.: vŏlens, entis.
A.
As a part. proper, retaining the meaning and construction of velle, with the force of a relative or adverbial clause.
1.
Agreeing with some member of the sentence ( poet. and in post-class. prose;
rare): neque illum... multa volentem Dicere praeterea vidit (= qui multa voluit dicere),
Verg. G. 4, 501; id. A. 2, 790:
nec me vis ulla volentem Avertet (i. e. si adhaerere foederi volo),
id. ib. 12, 203: decemviri, minuere volentes hujuscemodi violentiam... putaverunt, etc., intending ( who intended) to diminish such a violence, etc., Gell. 20, 1, 34:
Milo, experiri etiamtunc volens, an ullae sibi reliquae vires adessent... rescindere quercum conatus est,
id. 15, 16, 3:
scio quosdam testatores, efficere volentes ne servi sui umquam ad libertatem venirent, etc., hactenus scribere solitos,
Dig. 40, 4, 61:
si te volentem ad prohibendum venire, deterruerit aliquis, etc.,
ib. 43, 24, 1, § 10.—
2.
Abl. absol. (not ante-Aug.):
ne cujus militis scripti nomen nisi ipso volente deleretur,
except with his consent, Liv. 7, 41, 4; so,
Teum ex medio cursu classem repente avertit, aut volentibus iis usurus commeatu parato hostibus, aut ipsos pro hostibus habiturus,
with their consent, id. 37, 27, 3:
ponuntque ferocia Poeni Corda, volente deo,
since the god willed it, Verg. A. 1, 303: Thrasippo supplicium a se voluntaria morte exigere volente, while he was about to inflict punishment on himself, etc., Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2: scire volentibus immortalibus dis an Romana virtus imperium orbis mereretur, it being the will of the gods to know, etc., Flor. 1, 13, 3 (1, 7, 3): qui sciente aut volente eo ad quem res pertinet, possessionem nanciscitur, with the knowledge and consent of the person who, etc., Dig. 41, 2, 6. —
B.
As adj., willing, voluntary, and hence, favorably disposed (opp. invitus).
1.
Attributively.
a.
In the phrase cum dis volentibus, lit. with the willing or favoring gods, i. e. with the will, permission, or favor of the gods: dono ducite doque volentibu' cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):
sequere hac, mea gnata, me cum dis volentibus,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 4:
cum dis volentibus quodque bene eveniat mando tibi Mani uti illaec suovetaurilia, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 141 (142).— And without cum, abl. absol.:
virtute ac dis volentibus magni estis et opulenti,
Sall. J. 14, 19.—
b.
Volenti animo.
(α).
= cupide, eagerly:
Romae plebes litteris quae de Metello ac Mario missae erant, volenti animo de ambobus acceperant,
Sall. J. 73, 3. —
(β).
On purpose, intentionally:
consilio hanc omnes animisque volentibus urbem Adferimur,
Verg. A. 7, 216.—
2.
Predicatively.
a.
Agreeing with the subject-nom. or subject - acc.
(α).
Voluntarily, willingly, [p. 2011] gladly (class.):
(hi) divini generis appellentur... vobisque jure et lege volentes pareant,
Cic. Univ. 11 fin.:
quas victi ab hostibus poenas metuerant, eas ipsi volentes pendere,
Sall. J. 76, 6:
quia volentes in amicitiam non veniebant,
Liv. 21, 39, 4:
si volentes ac non coacti mansissent in amicitia,
id. 24, 37, 7:
quocunque loco seu volens seu invitus constitisti,
id. 7, 40, 13:
itaque se numquam volentem parte qua posset rerum consilio gerendarum cessurum,
id. 22, 27, 9:
(virtus), quidquid evenerit, feret, non patiens tantum, sed etiam volens,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:
non est referre gratiam quod volens acceperis nolenti reddere,
id. Ben. 4, 40, 4:
volens vos Turnus adoro,
Verg. A. 10, 677; 3, 457; 6, 146;
12, 833: date vina volentes,
id. ib. 8, 275: ipsa autem macie tenuant armenta volentes ( on purpose), id. G. 3, 129.—And referring to subjects denoting things: quos rami fructus, quos ipsa volentia rura Sponte tulere sua, carpsit ( spontaneously and willingly), Verg. G. 2, 500.—
(β).
Favorably; with propitius, favorably and kindly, referring to the gods:
precantes Jovem ut volens propitius praebeat sacra arma pro patria,
Liv. 24, 21, 10:
precantibus ut volens propitiaque urbem Romanam iniret,
id. 29, 14, 13:
in ea arce (Victoriam) sacratam, volentem propitiamque, firmam ac stabilem fore populo Romano,
id. 22, 37, 12; 1, 16, 3; 7, 26, 3; 24, 38, 8; Inscr. Orell. 2489 sq.—Parodied by Plautus:
agite, bibite, festivae fores! fite mihi volentes propitiae,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 89.— Abl. absol.:
omnia diis propitiis volentibusque ea faciemus,
with the favor and help of the gods, Liv. 39, 16, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:
si (Jovem) invocem ut dexter ac volens assit,
Quint. 4, prooem. 5.—
b.
Agreeing with other terms of the sentence (rare): volenti consuli causa in Pamphyliam devertendi oblata est, a welcome cause was offered to the consul, etc., Liv. 38, 15, 3:
quod nobis volentibus facile continget,
if we wish, Quint. 6, 2, 30:
is Ariobarzanem volentibus Armeniis praefecit,
to their satisfaction, Tac. A. 2, 4:
gemis... hominem, Urse, tuum, cui dulce volenti servitium... erat,
to whom his servitude was sweet, since he liked it, Stat. S. 2, 6, 15:
me mea virtus, etc., fatis egere volentem,
Verg. A. 8, 133:
saepe ille volentem castigabat erum,
administered kindly received rebukes, Stat. S. 2, 6, 50.—
c.
In the phrase aliquid mihi volenti est or putatur, etc., something is welcome, acceptable to me, pleases me (= volens habeo or accipio aliquid; cf. the Gr. Humin tauta boulomenois estin, and, mihi aliquid cupienti est; v. cupio;
rare but class.): uti militibus exaequatus cum imperatore labos volentibus esset,
that the equalization of labor was acceptable to the soldier, Sall. J. 100, 4:
quia neque plebei militia volenti putabatur,
id. ib. 84, 3 Dietsch:
grande periculum maritumis civitatibus esse, et quibusdam volentibus novas res fore,
that to some a change of the government would be welcome, Liv. 21, 50, 10:
quibus bellum volentibus erat, probare exemplum,
Tac. Agr. 18.— Impers. with subject - inf.: ceterisque remanere et in verba Vespasiani adigi volentibus fuit, to the rest it was acceptable to remain, etc., Tac. H. 3, 43.—With subject-inf. understood:
si volentibus vobis erit, in medium profero quae... legisse memini,
Macr. S. 7, 13, 11:
si volentibus vobis erit, diem fabulis et epulis exigamus,
id. ib. 1, 7; 2, 3 fin.; 6, 6 init. —
3.
As subst. (mostly post-Aug.).
a.
vŏlens, entis, m., = is qui vult, in the different meanings, and often with the construction of the verb.
(α).
One who wishes:
nunc cis Hiberum castra Romana esse, arcem tutam perfugiumque novas volentibus res,
Liv. 22, 22, 11:
consulere se volentibus vacuas aures accommodavit,
Val. Max. 5, 8, 3:
quid opus libertate si volentibus luxu perire non licet,
id. 2, 9, 5:
discere meliora volentibus promptum est,
i. e. it depends on our own will to learn better things, Quint. 11, 11, 12:
nec sum in hoc sollicitus, dum res ipsa volentibus discere appareat,
to the students, id. 8, 4, 15:
mori volentibus vis adhibita vivendi,
Suet. Tib. 61.—
(β).
One who intends, is about:
juris ignorantia non prodest acquirere volentibus,
i. e. in the acquisition of property, Dig. 22, 6, 7:
si quis volentem incipere uti frui prohibuit,
one who is about to enter upon a usufruct, ib. 43, 16, 3, § 14. —
(γ).
One who is willing:
non refert quid sit quod datur, nisi a volente volenti datur,
unless it is both willingly given and received, Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 8:
ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt,
those willing to follow, id. Ep. 107, 11.—
(δ).
One who consents:
tutiusque rati volentibus quam coactis imperitare,
to rule men with their consent, Sall. J. 102, 6:
quippe rempublicam si a volentibus nequeat ab invitis jus expetituram,
peaceably if they could, forcibly if they must, Liv. 3, 40, 4:
si quis aliam rem pro alia volenti solverit,
if one pays with the consent of the receiver, Dig. 46, 3, 46:
nulla injuria est quae in volentem fiat,
ib. 47, 10, 1, § 5.—
(ε).
One who does a thing voluntarily:
pecuniam etiam a volentibus acceperant,
the contributions of money were voluntary, Vell. 2, 62, 3:
parce, puer, stimulis... (solis equi) Sponte sua properant. Labor est inhibere volentis (i. e. properare),
Ov. M. 2, 128.—
(ζ).
Volens = bene volens: munificus nemo habebatur nisi pariter volens, unless he was just as kindly disposed, sc. as he was liberal, Sall. J. 103, 6.—Often referring to a previously mentioned noun:
hunc cape consiliis socium et conjunge volentem,
and unite with him, since he wishes it, Verg. A. 5, 712; so may be taken Ov. M. 2, 128 (v. e).—
b.
In the neutr. plur. (volentia) rare, always with dat., things pleasing, acceptable:
Pompeius multis suspitionibus volentia plebi facturus habebatur,
that he would do what pleased the common people, Sall. H. 4, 31 Dietsch:
haec atque talia plebi volentia fuere,
Tac. A. 15, 36 Draeg. ad loc. al.:
iique Muciano volentia rescripsere,
id. H. 3, 52.—Hence, adv.: vŏlenter, willingly, App. M. 6, p. 178, 4.
2.
vŏlo, āvi, ātum ( part. gen. plur. volantūm, Verg. A. 6, 728; Lucr. 2, 1083), 1, v. n. [Sanscr. val-, to turn one's self, etc.; cf.: vŏlucer, vēlox, and vol- in velivolus], to fly.
I.
Lit.: ex alto... laeva volavit avis, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 95 Vahl.):
aves,
Lucr. 6, 742:
accipitres,
id. 4, 1010:
corvi,
id. 2, 822:
altam supra volat ardea nubem,
Verg. G. 1, 364:
volat ille per aëra magnum Remigio alarum,
id. A. 1, 300:
columbae venere volantes,
id. ib. 6, 191; Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 30; Juv. 8, 251:
apes,
Ov. A. A. 1, 96; cf. Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:
volasse eum (Antonium), non iter fecisse diceres,
Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11.—Prov.:
sine pennis volare haud facile est,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 49.—
2.
P. a. as subst.: vŏlantes, ĭum, comm., the birds ( poet.), Lucr. 2, 1083; Verg. A. 6, 239; 6, 728.—
II.
Transf., to fly, i. e. to move swiftly like one flying, to fleet, speed, hasten along:
i sane... vola curriculo,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 17; cf.:
per summa levis volat aequora curru,
Verg. A. 5, 819:
medios volat ecce per hostes Vectus equo spumante Saces,
id. ib. 12, 650:
illa (Argo) volat,
Ov. H. 6, 66:
currus,
Verg. G. 3, 181:
axis,
id. ib. 3, 107:
nubes,
Lucr. 5, 254:
fulmina,
id. 2, 213:
tempestates,
id. 6, 612:
telum,
id. 1, 971; cf. Sall. J. 60, 2; Verg. A. 9, 698; Liv. 26, 44, 7 al.:
litterae Capuam ad Pompeium volare dicebantur,
Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3:
volat aetas,
id. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:
hora,
Sen. Hippol. 1141:
fama,
Verg. A. 3, 121:
et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 71.— Poet., with inf.:
ast Erebi virgo ditem volat aethere Memphim Praecipere et Phariā venientem pellere terrā,
Val. Fl. 4, 407.
3.
vŏlo, ōnis, m. [1. volo], a volunteer, first applied to the slaves who, after the battle at Cannæ, were enrolled upon their own expressed desire to serve (cf. Liv. 22, 57, 11; Val. Max. 7, 6, 1):
volones dicti sunt milites, qui post Cannensem cladem usque ad octo milia, cum essent servi, voluntarie se ad militiam obtulere,
Paul. Diac. p. 370:
volones, quia sponte hoc voluerunt, appellati,
Macr. S. 1, 11, 30:
vetus miles tironi, liber voloni sese exaequari sineret,
Liv. 23, 35, 6; 23, 32, 1; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 21, 6; Macr. S. 1, 11, 30.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > volo
20 velocidad

f.

1 speed (rapidity).

¿a qué velocidad van? (specialist term) what speed are they going at?, how fast are they going?

a toda velocidad at full speed (en vehículo)

lo tuvimos que hacer a toda velocidad we had to do it as fast as we could

de alta velocidad high-speed

con la velocidad de un rayo as quick as lightning

velocidad de crucero cruising speed

la velocidad de la luz the speed of light

velocidad máxima top speed

velocidad de proceso (computing) processing speed

la velocidad del sonido the speed of sound

velocidad de transmisión (computing) baud rate (en módem)

velocidad de vuelo airspeed

2 gear (automobiles) (marcha).

cambiar de velocidad to change gear

3 velocity, speed, quickness, speediness.

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velocidad

► nombre femenino

1 (rapidez) speed, velocity

2 AUTOMÓVIL (marcha) gear

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a toda velocidad at full speed

cambiar de velocidad AUTOMÓVIL to change gear

cobrar velocidad / ganar velocidad to gather speed

con la velocidad del rayo figurado as quick as a flash

de alta velocidad high-speed

disminuir la velocidad to slow down

caja de velocidades gear box

Europa de dos velocidades two-speed Europe

velocidad de crucero cruising speed

velocidad de la luz speed of light

velocidad de transmisión INFORMÁTICA bit rate

velocidad máxima speed limit

velocidad operativa INFORMÁTICA operating speed

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noun f.

speed, velocity

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SF

1) (gen) speed; (Téc) velocity; (fig) swiftness, speediness

de alta velocidad — high-speed

a gran velocidad — at high speed

a máxima o toda velocidad — at full speed, at top speed

¿a qué velocidad? — how fast?, at what speed?

¿a qué velocidad ibas? — what speed were you doing?

cobrar velocidad — to pick up o gather speed

disminuir o moderar la velocidad, perder velocidad — to slow down

exceder la velocidad permitida — to speed, exceed the speed limit

- confundir la velocidad con el tocino

velocidad adquirida — momentum

velocidad de crucero — cruising speed

velocidad de despegue — takeoff speed

velocidad del sonido — speed of sound

velocidad de obturación, velocidad de obturador — shutter speed

velocidad de transferencia — transfer rate

velocidad económica — cruising speed

velocidad máxima — maximum speed, top speed

velocidad máxima de impresión — (Inform) maximum print speed

velocidad punta — maximum speed, top speed

2) (Mec) gear, speed

primera velocidad, velocidad corta — low gear, bottom gear, first gear

segunda/tercera/cuarta velocidad — second/third/top gear

meter la segunda velocidad — to change into second gear

cuatro velocidades hacia adelante — four forward gears

velocidades de avance — forward gears

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femenino

1)

a) (medida, relación) speed

¿a qué velocidad iba? — how fast was he going?

cobrar velocidad — to pick up o gather speed

disminuir la velocidad — to slow down

a toda/gran velocidad — at top/high speed

de alta velocidad — high-speed

b) ( rapidez) speed

la velocidad con que lo hizo — the speed with which he did it

- velocidad de crucero

- velocidad de subida

- velocidad máxima or punta

2) (Auto, Mec) gear

un modelo de cinco velocidades — a five-gear model

en primera velocidad — in first (gear)

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= rate, speed, velocity, speed setting, momentum.

Ex. Whether, in the future, the co-operatives will be able to fund appropriate developments at a sufficiently rapid rate remains an unanswered question.

Ex. A leased line connection is useful for heavy users, since it offers higher speeds of transmission.

Ex. A square building with low velocity air conditioning would consume less energy than a rectangular building with no artificial ventilation.

Ex. A special rheostat control box allows infinitely variable speed settings.

Ex. They were splendid starters of projects but like so many bibliographers poor sustainers of momentum.

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* a gran velocidad = at great speed.

* a la velocidad de la luz = at the speed of light.

* a la velocidad del rayo = at the speed of lightning.

* a la velocidad del sonido = at the speed of sound.

* alta velocidad = high-rate.

* a toda velocidad = full-tilt, at full tilt, at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed.

* aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.

* a una velocidad de = at a rate of.

* a una velocidad desorbitante = at a rate of knots.

* a una velocidad vertiginosa = at an exponential rate, at exponential rates.

* a un velocidad + Adjetivo = at a + Adjetivo + rate.

* a velocidad estelar = at warp speed.

* cambiar de velocidad = gear.

* cambiar velocidades = gear.

* cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.

* cobrar velocidad = gather + momentum, gather + pace.

* confundir la velocidad con el tocino = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.

* correr a toda velocidad = sprint.

* de alta velocidad = high-speed.

* disminuir la velocidad = slow up.

* exceso de velocidad = speeding.

* ir a toda velocidad = hurtle.

* límite de velocidad = speed limit.

* moderar la velocidad = slow down.

* multa por exceso de velocidad = speeding ticket, speed ticket.

* pasar a toda velocidad = whiz.

* persecución en coche a alta velocidad = high-speed chase.

* velocidad angular constante (VAC) = constant angular velocity (CAV).

* velocidad controlada por radar = radar-controlled speed.

* velocidad de arranque = getaway speed.

* velocidad de búsqueda = search speed.

* velocidad de flujo = rate of flow.

* velocidad de funcionamiento = speed of operation.

* velocidad de la luz, la = speed of light, the.

* velocidad del rayo, la = speed of lightning, the.

* velocidad del sonido, la = speed of sound, the.

* velocidad del viento = wind velocity.

* velocidad de reproducción = playing speed.

* velocidad lineal constante (VLC) = constant linear velocity (CLV).

* velocidad máxima = speed limit.

* velocidad máxima permitida = speed limit.

* velocidad permitida = speed limit.

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femenino

1)

a) (medida, relación) speed

¿a qué velocidad iba? — how fast was he going?

cobrar velocidad — to pick up o gather speed

disminuir la velocidad — to slow down

a toda/gran velocidad — at top/high speed

de alta velocidad — high-speed

b) ( rapidez) speed

la velocidad con que lo hizo — the speed with which he did it

- velocidad de crucero

- velocidad de subida

- velocidad máxima or punta

2) (Auto, Mec) gear

un modelo de cinco velocidades — a five-gear model

en primera velocidad — in first (gear)

* * *

= rate, speed, velocity, speed setting, momentum.

Ex: Whether, in the future, the co-operatives will be able to fund appropriate developments at a sufficiently rapid rate remains an unanswered question.

Ex: A leased line connection is useful for heavy users, since it offers higher speeds of transmission.

Ex: A square building with low velocity air conditioning would consume less energy than a rectangular building with no artificial ventilation.

Ex: A special rheostat control box allows infinitely variable speed settings.

Ex: They were splendid starters of projects but like so many bibliographers poor sustainers of momentum.

* a gran velocidad = at great speed.

* a la velocidad de la luz = at the speed of light.

* a la velocidad del rayo = at the speed of lightning.

* a la velocidad del sonido = at the speed of sound.

* alta velocidad = high-rate.

* a toda velocidad = full-tilt, at full tilt, at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed.

* aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.

* a una velocidad de = at a rate of.

* a una velocidad desorbitante = at a rate of knots.

* a una velocidad vertiginosa = at an exponential rate, at exponential rates.

* a un velocidad + Adjetivo = at a + Adjetivo + rate.

* a velocidad estelar = at warp speed.

* cambiar de velocidad = gear.

* cambiar velocidades = gear.

* cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.

* cobrar velocidad = gather + momentum, gather + pace.

* confundir la velocidad con el tocino = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.

* correr a toda velocidad = sprint.

* de alta velocidad = high-speed.

* disminuir la velocidad = slow up.

* exceso de velocidad = speeding.

* ir a toda velocidad = hurtle.

* límite de velocidad = speed limit.

* moderar la velocidad = slow down.

* multa por exceso de velocidad = speeding ticket, speed ticket.

* pasar a toda velocidad = whiz.

* persecución en coche a alta velocidad = high-speed chase.

* velocidad angular constante (VAC) = constant angular velocity (CAV).

* velocidad controlada por radar = radar-controlled speed.

* velocidad de arranque = getaway speed.

* velocidad de búsqueda = search speed.

* velocidad de flujo = rate of flow.

* velocidad de funcionamiento = speed of operation.

* velocidad de la luz, la = speed of light, the.

* velocidad del rayo, la = speed of lightning, the.

* velocidad del sonido, la = speed of sound, the.

* velocidad del viento = wind velocity.

* velocidad de reproducción = playing speed.

* velocidad lineal constante (VLC) = constant linear velocity (CLV).

* velocidad máxima = speed limit.

* velocidad máxima permitida = speed limit.

* velocidad permitida = speed limit.

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velocidad

feminine

A

1 (medida, relación) speed

¿a qué velocidad iba? how fast was he going?, what speed was he traveling at o ( colloq) was he doing?

disminuye la velocidad slow down, reduce your speed

la velocidad de la luz/del sonido the speed of light/sound

la velocidad del viento the wind speed

los trenes pasan a toda/gran velocidad the trains go by at top speed/high speed

de alta velocidad high-speed

perder velocidad to lose speed, to slow down

iba cobrando velocidad it was picking up speed, it was speeding up, it was gathering speed o momentum

un cuerpo con una velocidad de 150 km/s ( Fís) an object with a velocity of 150 km/s, an object traveling at 150 km/s

2 (rapidez) speed

la velocidad con que lo hizo the speed with which he did it

confundir la velocidad con el tocino ( fam hum); to mix up o confuse two completely different things

Compuestos:

● velocidad de ascensión

rate of climb

● velocidad de crucero

cruising speed

● velocidad de escape

escape velocity

● velocidad de flujo

rate of flow

● velocidad de liberación

escape velocity

● velocidad de obturación

shutter speed

● velocidad de subida

rate of climb

● velocidad máxima

maximum o top speed

● velocidad operativa

operating speed

● velocidad punta

maximum o top speed

● velocidad terminal

terminal velocity

B ( Auto, Mec) (marcha, cambio) gear

el modelo de cinco velocidades the five-gear model, the model with a five-speed gearbox

cambiar de velocidad to change gear

en primera velocidad in first gear, in first

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velocidad sustantivo femenino
1 ( en general) speed;
◊ cobrar velocidad to pick up o gather speed;

¿a qué velocidad iba? how fast was he going?;
disminuir la velocidad to slow down;
a toda velocidad at top speed;
la velocidad con que lo hizo the speed with which he did it
2 (Auto, Mec) gear;
◊ un modelo de cinco velocidades a five-gear model

velocidad sustantivo femenino
1 (rapidez, prontitud) speed: no puedo escribir a esa velocidad, I can't write so quickly
2 (de un coche, avión, ordenador, etc) speed
Inform velocidad de transmisión, bit rate
3 Fís velocity
4 Auto (marcha) gear
' velocidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
AVE
- cambiar
- circular
- coger
- cuentakilómetros
- embalarse
- imprimir
- indicador
- indicadora
- ligereza
- marcha
- moderar
- nudo
- obturación
- punta
- taquímetro
- tren
- vértigo
- agarrar
- aproximado
- aumentar
- disminuir
- endiablado
- exceso
- grande
- límite
- máximo
- media
- medir
- paso
- patinaje
- rebasar
- reducir
- regular
- ritmo
- sobrepasar
- todo
- tomar
- tremendo
- uniforme
- vertiginoso
English:
Arabian
- at
- bend
- blitz
- breakneck
- burst
- career
- caution
- cruise
- cruise speed
- dangerously
- decrease
- do
- drop
- even
- exceed
- fast
- fourth
- full
- gain
- gather
- gear
- high
- high-speed
- insane
- knot
- low
- lower
- momentum
- pace
- pelt
- pull over
- rate
- reduce
- slacken
- slow
- speed
- speed along
- speed restriction
- speed-skating
- speeding
- spin
- steady
- tear along
- top
- uniform
- velocity
- zoom
- compare
- decelerate

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velocidad nf

1. [rapidez] speed, Espec velocity;

íbamos a gran velocidad we were going very fast;

¿a qué velocidad van? what speed are they going at?, how fast are they going?;

a toda velocidad [en vehículo] at full speed;

lo tuvimos que hacer a toda velocidad we had to do it as fast as we could;

de alta velocidad high-speed;

a la velocidad del rayo as quick as lightning;

reducir la velocidad to slow down

Comp
velocidad de crucero cruising speed; Fís velocidad límite terminal velocity;
la velocidad de la luz the speed of light;

velocidad máxima top speed;
Informát velocidad de proceso processing speed;
velocidad punta top speed;

la velocidad del sonido the speed of sound;

velocidad supersónica supersonic speed;
Fís velocidad terminal terminal velocity; Informát velocidad de transferencia transfer rate; Informát velocidad de transmisión [en módem] baud rate;
velocidad de vuelo airspeed

2. Aut [marcha] gear;

cambiar de velocidad to change gear

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velocidad

f

1 speed;

a gran velocidad at high speed;

ir a toda velocidad go at full speed;

ganar velocidad pick up speed, gain momentum

2 ( marcha) gear

* * *

velocidad nf

1) : speed, velocity

velocidad máxima: speed limit

2) marcha: gear (of an automobile)

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velocidad n

1. (rapidez) speed

los coches circulan a gran velocidad por la autopista cars go very fast on the motorway

escribe a máquina a gran velocidad she types very quickly

2. (marcha) gear

cambiar de velocidad to change gear

velocidad máxima top speed

Spanish-English dictionary > velocidad

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Pace Mannion — Datos personales Nombre completo Pace Shewan Mannion Nacimiento Salt Lake City, Utah … Wikipedia Español
pace — pace1 [pās] n. [ME pas < OFr < L passus, a step, lit., a stretching out of the leg < pp. of pandere, to stretch out < IE base * pet , to stretch out > FATHOM] 1. a step in walking, running, etc.; stride 2. a unit of linear measure … English World dictionary
Pace — (p[=a]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paced} (p[=a]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Pacing} (p[=a] s[i^]ng).] 1. To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps. I paced on slowly. Pope. With speed so pace. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To proceed;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pace something off — ˌpace sthˈoff/ˈout derived to measure the size of sth by walking across it with regular steps Main entry: ↑pacederived … Useful english dictionary
pace something out — ˌpace sthˈoff/ˈout derived to measure the size of sth by walking across it with regular steps Main entry: ↑pacederived … Useful english dictionary
pace — 1 noun 1 WALK/RUN (singular) the speed at which you walk or run: They ve run the first mile in under six minutes can they keep up this pace? | at a steady/gentle/brisk pace: The troops marched at a steady pace. 2 SPEED STH HAPPENS (singular) the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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pace — pace1 [ peıs ] noun ** ▸ 1 speed ▸ 2 exciting quality ▸ 3 walking/running step ▸ 4 ability to run quickly ▸ 5 way a horse walks/runs ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) singular or uncount the speed at which something happens or is done: the pace of something: The… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pace — I UK [peɪs] / US noun Word forms pace : singular pace plural paces ** 1) [singular/uncountable] the speed at which something happens or is done the pace of something: The pace of technological change increased steadily during the 20th century.… … English dictionary
pace — pace1 /pays/, n., v., paced, pacing. n. 1. a rate of movement, esp. in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour. 2. a rate of activity, progress, growth, performance, etc.; tempo. 3. any of various standard linear… … Universalium

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