abandoned by the gods

mūto, āvi, ātum (arch. subj. mutassis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; inf. pass. mutarier, id. Men. prol. 74), 1, v. a. and n. freq. [moveo].

Prop., to move, to move away or from its place, to move to a place (rare):

neque se luna quoquam mutat,

does not move, does not budge, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 117: illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, does not quit her dress or her dwelling, Hor. S. 2, 7, 64:

ne quis invitus civitate mutetur,

be forced to leave, be driven from, Cic. Balb. 13, 30:

hinc dum muter,

if I can only get away from here, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 73.—

Transf.

Of change in the thing spoken of itself.

In gen.

Act., to alter, change a thing (freq. and class.; cf.

vario): sententiam mutare numquam,

Cic. Mur 29, 61: ego rogatus mutavi consilium meum. id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

consuetudinem dicendi,

id. Brut. 91, 314:

mentes vestras voluntatesque,

id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25:

cum testamentum mutare cuperet,

id. Clu. 11, 31: propositum. Petr. 116:

ne haec mutet fidem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 36: nequeo exorare [p. 1181] ut me maneat et cum illo ut mutet fidem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28:

tabulas,

to alter one's will, Juv. 14, 55.— Absol.:

natura nescia mutari,

incapable of change, Juv. 13, 240. —With ob:

mutatum jus ob unius feneratoris libidinem,

Liv. 8, 28, 1:

facilem mutatu gentem,

Tac. A. 14, 23.—With ad:

gubernatori ad incursus tempestatum... ratio mutanda est,

Quint. 10, 7, 3:

ad singulas paene distinctiones vultus mutandus est,

id. 11, 3, 47.—With Gr. acc.:

mutata suos flumina cursus,

Verg. E. 8, 4:

negat quicquam ex Latinā ratione mutandum,

Quint. 1, 5, 89.—With cum:

cum illo fidem,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28 supra; more freq. cum aliquā re, to change with or under the influence of a thing:

facies locorum cum ventis simul mutatur,

Sall. J. 78, 3:

qui cum fortunā non animum mutāsset,

Vell. 2, 82, 2:

quarum uvarum vini jucunditas cum regione mutatur,

Col. 3, 2, 16; Ambros. in Abrah. 2, 10, 68.—With in and acc.:

bona facile mutantur in pejus,

Quint. 1, 1, 5.—With ex:

nisi forte non ex Graeco mutantes, etc.,

Quint. 3, 4, 14:

ex feminis mutari in mares,

Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 36. —With de:

de uxore nihil mutat,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 46.—With ab:

quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore,

Verg. A. 2, 274:

longe mutatus ab illo Sampsone, qui, etc.,

Ambros. Spir. Sanc. 2, prol. § 13.—Non mutat, with rel.-clause, it makes no difference: nec mutat confestim, an interjecto tempore, fidem suam adstrinxerunt, Pap. Dig. 46, 1, 52, § 2. —With abl. instrum. ( poet.):

ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos,

Hor. A. P. 60.—

Neutr., = mutari, to alter, change:

quantum mores mutaverint argumentum,

Liv. 39, 51, 10:

postquam mutabat aestus,

Tac. A. 2, 23; 12, 20:

annona ex ante convectā copiā nihil mutavit,

Liv. 5, 13, 1:

mox in superbiam mutans,

Tac. A. 12, 29:

adeo animi mutaverant, ut clariorem inter Romanos deditio Postumium... faceret,

Liv. 9, 12, 3:

tantum mutāsse fortunam, ut, etc.,

id. 29, 3, 10; 39, 51, 10.—

To differ, be different:

pastiones hiberno ac verno tempore hoc mutant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

quantum mutare a Menandro Caecilius visus est,

Gell. 2, 23, 7.—

Of style, to vary:

an ego... poetis, et maxime tragicis concederem, ut ne omnibus locis eādem contentione uterentur, crebroque mutarent? etc.,

Cic. Or. 31, 109.—

In partic.

To change the color of, to color, dye (cf.:

inficio, imbuo): aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,

Verg. E. 4, 44:

nec lanarum colores, quibus simplex ille candor mutatus est, elui possunt,

Quint. 1, 1, 5.—

To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.:

non, si queam mutare,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.—

To change for the worse; pass., of wine, to spoil, turn, etc.:

ac, nisi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:

melle mutatum (sc. balsamum),

adulterated, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122.—

Of change in its relation to other things, etc.

In gen., to change one thing, etc., for another:

mutatis ad celeritatem jumentis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 11:

vestimenta mutanti tunica ardere visa est,

Suet. Tib. 14:

calceos et vestimenta,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28.—Esp. freq.: mutare vestem, to change one's dress: An. Muta vestem. Ch. Ubi mutem?... An. Eamus ad me. Ibi proximum'st ubi mutes, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61 sqq.:

mutando nunc vestem, nunc tegumenta capitis,

Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2.—Esp., to put on the garb of mourning, of humility, etc.:

pro me praesente senatus hominumque praeterea viginti millia vestem mutaverunt,

Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 3, 8:

non modo ut vestem mutaret, aut supplex prensaret homines, sed, etc.,

Liv. 2, 61; 8, 37, 9; Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Hor. C. 1, 35, 23.—

Esp.

Mutata verba, i. e. figurative:

mutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliquā consequenti,

Cic. Or. 27, 92.—

Of style, to vary, alter:

reliquum est ut dicas de conversā oratione atque mutatā,

Cic. Part. Or. 7, 23:

genus eloquendi... mutatum,

id. ib. 5, 16.—

Of one's assertion or promise:

quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,

will not break my word, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90.—

Of place, to change, shift, alter:

locum ex loco mutans (sc. typhon) rapidā vertigine,

Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132; cf.: quod nec injussu populi mutari finibus posset, to be removed, Liv. 5, 46, 11:

exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutārunt,

i. e. gone into exile, Cic. Par. 4, 31:

jussa pars mutare Lares et urbem Sospite cursu,

Hor. C. Sec. 39.—

Of common or reciprocal relations, to interchange, exchange.—With cum:

cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 19:

ut vestem cum illo mutem,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 24:

ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,

Liv. 21, 45, 6.—With pro:

C. Hostilio pro Etruriā Tarentum mutaverant (sonatus) provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt,

Liv. 27, 35, 14:

non debere eum incerta pro certis mutare,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos,

Liv. 34, 49, 6.—With abl. of that for which the exchange, etc., is made:

quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus (patriā),

Hor. C. 2, 16, 19:

victoriae possessionem incertā pace mutāsse,

Liv. 9, 12, 2; also with abl. of that given in exchange, etc.:

victrice patriā victam mutari,

id. 5, 30, 3.—So esp. of trading, etc., to exchange, barter, sell, etc.:

coepit captivos conmercari Aleos, si quem reperire possit, qui mutet suum,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 28; cf.:

homines captivos conmercatur, si queat Aliquem invenire, suum qui mutet filium,

id. ib. 1, 1, 33;

1, 2, 68: hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 29:

mutandi copia,

Sall. J. 18, 5.—With abl.:

uvam Furtivā mutat strigili,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 109:

suburbanis lactens porcus aere mutandus est,

Col. 7, 9, 4:

caetera reponantur, vel aere mutentur,

id. 8, 5, 4:

aere mutandi sunt (sc. apri),

id. 9, 1, 7:

quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur,

Verg. G. 3, 307; so with cum and pers. with whom the exchange is made:

eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio,

Sall. J. 44, 5.—With inter:

mutare res inter se instituerant,

Sall. J. 18, 9.—

To forsake, abandon, leave:

mutare, derelinquere,

Non. p. 351, 1:

expertum jam principem anxii mutabant,

Tac. H. 3, 44: mihi non persuadetur... mutem meos, Lucil. ap. Non. 351, 3: mutataque sidera pondus Quaesivere suum, i. e. forsaken or abandoned by the gods, Petr. poët. 124, 264.—Hence, mūtā-tus, a, um, P. a., changed, i. e. different, successive:

quae (facies) mutatis inducitur atque fovetur Tot medicaminibus,

Juv. 6, 472.

mūto, ōnis, m., = membrum virile (rare and only poet.), Lucil. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 68; also id. ib. Orell. (K. and H. muttonis).

Mūto, a Roman surname, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Fundan. p. 445 Orell.

mūto, āvi, ātum (arch. subj. mutassis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; inf. pass. mutarier, id. Men. prol. 74), 1, v. a. and n. freq. [moveo].

Prop., to move, to move away or from its place, to move to a place (rare):

neque se luna quoquam mutat,

does not move, does not budge, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 117: illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, does not quit her dress or her dwelling, Hor. S. 2, 7, 64:

ne quis invitus civitate mutetur,

be forced to leave, be driven from, Cic. Balb. 13, 30:

hinc dum muter,

if I can only get away from here, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 73.—

Transf.

Of change in the thing spoken of itself.

In gen.

Act., to alter, change a thing (freq. and class.; cf.

vario): sententiam mutare numquam,

Cic. Mur 29, 61: ego rogatus mutavi consilium meum. id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

consuetudinem dicendi,

id. Brut. 91, 314:

mentes vestras voluntatesque,

id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25:

cum testamentum mutare cuperet,

id. Clu. 11, 31: propositum. Petr. 116:

ne haec mutet fidem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 36: nequeo exorare [p. 1181] ut me maneat et cum illo ut mutet fidem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28:

tabulas,

to alter one's will, Juv. 14, 55.— Absol.:

natura nescia mutari,

incapable of change, Juv. 13, 240. —With ob:

mutatum jus ob unius feneratoris libidinem,

Liv. 8, 28, 1:

facilem mutatu gentem,

Tac. A. 14, 23.—With ad:

gubernatori ad incursus tempestatum... ratio mutanda est,

Quint. 10, 7, 3:

ad singulas paene distinctiones vultus mutandus est,

id. 11, 3, 47.—With Gr. acc.:

mutata suos flumina cursus,

Verg. E. 8, 4:

negat quicquam ex Latinā ratione mutandum,

Quint. 1, 5, 89.—With cum:

cum illo fidem,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28 supra; more freq. cum aliquā re, to change with or under the influence of a thing:

facies locorum cum ventis simul mutatur,

Sall. J. 78, 3:

qui cum fortunā non animum mutāsset,

Vell. 2, 82, 2:

quarum uvarum vini jucunditas cum regione mutatur,

Col. 3, 2, 16; Ambros. in Abrah. 2, 10, 68.—With in and acc.:

bona facile mutantur in pejus,

Quint. 1, 1, 5.—With ex:

nisi forte non ex Graeco mutantes, etc.,

Quint. 3, 4, 14:

ex feminis mutari in mares,

Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 36. —With de:

de uxore nihil mutat,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 46.—With ab:

quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore,

Verg. A. 2, 274:

longe mutatus ab illo Sampsone, qui, etc.,

Ambros. Spir. Sanc. 2, prol. § 13.—Non mutat, with rel.-clause, it makes no difference: nec mutat confestim, an interjecto tempore, fidem suam adstrinxerunt, Pap. Dig. 46, 1, 52, § 2. —With abl. instrum. ( poet.):

ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos,

Hor. A. P. 60.—

Neutr., = mutari, to alter, change:

quantum mores mutaverint argumentum,

Liv. 39, 51, 10:

postquam mutabat aestus,

Tac. A. 2, 23; 12, 20:

annona ex ante convectā copiā nihil mutavit,

Liv. 5, 13, 1:

mox in superbiam mutans,

Tac. A. 12, 29:

adeo animi mutaverant, ut clariorem inter Romanos deditio Postumium... faceret,

Liv. 9, 12, 3:

tantum mutāsse fortunam, ut, etc.,

id. 29, 3, 10; 39, 51, 10.—

To differ, be different:

pastiones hiberno ac verno tempore hoc mutant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

quantum mutare a Menandro Caecilius visus est,

Gell. 2, 23, 7.—

Of style, to vary:

an ego... poetis, et maxime tragicis concederem, ut ne omnibus locis eādem contentione uterentur, crebroque mutarent? etc.,

Cic. Or. 31, 109.—

In partic.

To change the color of, to color, dye (cf.:

inficio, imbuo): aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,

Verg. E. 4, 44:

nec lanarum colores, quibus simplex ille candor mutatus est, elui possunt,

Quint. 1, 1, 5.—

To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.:

non, si queam mutare,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.—

To change for the worse; pass., of wine, to spoil, turn, etc.:

ac, nisi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:

melle mutatum (sc. balsamum),

adulterated, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122.—

Of change in its relation to other things, etc.

In gen., to change one thing, etc., for another:

mutatis ad celeritatem jumentis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 11:

vestimenta mutanti tunica ardere visa est,

Suet. Tib. 14:

calceos et vestimenta,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28.—Esp. freq.: mutare vestem, to change one's dress: An. Muta vestem. Ch. Ubi mutem?... An. Eamus ad me. Ibi proximum'st ubi mutes, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61 sqq.:

mutando nunc vestem, nunc tegumenta capitis,

Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2.—Esp., to put on the garb of mourning, of humility, etc.:

pro me praesente senatus hominumque praeterea viginti millia vestem mutaverunt,

Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 3, 8:

non modo ut vestem mutaret, aut supplex prensaret homines, sed, etc.,

Liv. 2, 61; 8, 37, 9; Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Hor. C. 1, 35, 23.—

Esp.

Mutata verba, i. e. figurative:

mutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliquā consequenti,

Cic. Or. 27, 92.—

Of style, to vary, alter:

reliquum est ut dicas de conversā oratione atque mutatā,

Cic. Part. Or. 7, 23:

genus eloquendi... mutatum,

id. ib. 5, 16.—

Of one's assertion or promise:

quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,

will not break my word, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90.—

Of place, to change, shift, alter:

locum ex loco mutans (sc. typhon) rapidā vertigine,

Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132; cf.: quod nec injussu populi mutari finibus posset, to be removed, Liv. 5, 46, 11:

exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutārunt,

i. e. gone into exile, Cic. Par. 4, 31:

jussa pars mutare Lares et urbem Sospite cursu,

Hor. C. Sec. 39.—

Of common or reciprocal relations, to interchange, exchange.—With cum:

cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 19:

ut vestem cum illo mutem,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 24:

ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,

Liv. 21, 45, 6.—With pro:

C. Hostilio pro Etruriā Tarentum mutaverant (sonatus) provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt,

Liv. 27, 35, 14:

non debere eum incerta pro certis mutare,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos,

Liv. 34, 49, 6.—With abl. of that for which the exchange, etc., is made:

quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus (patriā),

Hor. C. 2, 16, 19:

victoriae possessionem incertā pace mutāsse,

Liv. 9, 12, 2; also with abl. of that given in exchange, etc.:

victrice patriā victam mutari,

id. 5, 30, 3.—So esp. of trading, etc., to exchange, barter, sell, etc.:

coepit captivos conmercari Aleos, si quem reperire possit, qui mutet suum,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 28; cf.:

homines captivos conmercatur, si queat Aliquem invenire, suum qui mutet filium,

id. ib. 1, 1, 33;

1, 2, 68: hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 29:

mutandi copia,

Sall. J. 18, 5.—With abl.:

uvam Furtivā mutat strigili,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 109:

suburbanis lactens porcus aere mutandus est,

Col. 7, 9, 4:

caetera reponantur, vel aere mutentur,

id. 8, 5, 4:

aere mutandi sunt (sc. apri),

id. 9, 1, 7:

quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur,

Verg. G. 3, 307; so with cum and pers. with whom the exchange is made:

eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio,

Sall. J. 44, 5.—With inter:

mutare res inter se instituerant,

Sall. J. 18, 9.—

To forsake, abandon, leave:

mutare, derelinquere,

Non. p. 351, 1:

expertum jam principem anxii mutabant,

Tac. H. 3, 44: mihi non persuadetur... mutem meos, Lucil. ap. Non. 351, 3: mutataque sidera pondus Quaesivere suum, i. e. forsaken or abandoned by the gods, Petr. poët. 124, 264.—Hence, mūtā-tus, a, um, P. a., changed, i. e. different, successive:

quae (facies) mutatis inducitur atque fovetur Tot medicaminibus,

Juv. 6, 472.

mūto, ōnis, m., = membrum virile (rare and only poet.), Lucil. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 68; also id. ib. Orell. (K. and H. muttonis).

Mūto, a Roman surname, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Fundan. p. 445 Orell.

per-do, dĭdi, ditum, 3 (old form of the pres. subj. perduim, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6:

perduis,

id. Am. 2, 2, 215; id. Capt. 3, 5, 70:

perduit,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 64; id. Poen. 3, 4, 29;

but esp. freq., perduint,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Aul. 4, 10, 55; id. Curc. 5, 3, 41; id. Cas. 3, 5, 17; id. Most. 3, 1, 138; id. Men. 2, 2, 34; 3, 1, 6; 5, 5, 31; id. Merc. 4, 3, 11; 4, 4, 53; id. Poen. 3, 2, 33; 4, 2, 41; id. Stich. 4, 2, 15; id. Truc. 2, 3, 10; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 7; id. Hec. 3, 4, 27; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 73; Cic. Deiot. 7, 21; id. Att. 15, 4, 3.—As the pass. of perdo, only pereo, perditus, perire appear to be in good use.—The only classical example of a pass. form in the pres. is:

perditur haec inter misero lux non sine votis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 59 (K. and H. ad loc.), where Lachm., perh. needlessly, reads lux porgitur, the day seems too long for me. —In the pass. perdi, in late Lat.; v. infra), v. a., to make away with; to destroy, ruin; to squander, dissipate, throw away, waste, lose, etc. (class.; syn.: dissipo, perimo, deleo).

Lit.:

aliquem perditum ire,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 5:

Juppiter fruges perdidit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131:

funditus civitatem,

id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

se ipsum penitus,

id. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

perdere et affligere cives,

id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

perdere et pessundare aliquem,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 3:

aliquem capitis,

i. e. to charge with a capital offence, id. As. 1, 2, 6; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 86:

sumat, consumat, perdat,

squander, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; so,

perde et peri,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 59:

perdere et profundere,

to waste, Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 3:

perdere tempus,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 146:

operam,

id. Mur. 10, 23; cf.:

oleum et operam,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

Decius amisit vitam: at non perdidit,

Auct. Her. 4, 44, 57:

cur perdis adulescentem nobis? cur amat? Cur potat?

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 36.—In execrations (very common): di (deaeque omnes) te perduint, may the gods destroy you! See the passages with perduint cited init.—Pass. (late Lat.):

verbis perderis ipse tuis, Prosp. Epigr.: impii de terrā perdentur,

Vulg. Prov. 2, 22: quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur, id. Job, 20, 7.—

Transf., in gen., to lose utterly or irrecoverably:

eos (liberos),

Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 3:

omnes fructus industriae et fortunae,

id. ib. 4, 6, 2:

litem,

to lose one's cause, id. de Or. 1, 36, 167:

libertatem,

id. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

dextram manum,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

memoriam,

Cic. Sen. 7, 21:

causam,

id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:

spem,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 3:

vitam,

Mart. Spect. 13, 2:

perii hercle! nomen perdidi,

i. e. I have quite forgotten the name, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 39.— Pass. (late Lat.):

si principis vita perditur,

Amm. 14, 5, 4; Hor. S. 2, 6, 59 (v. supra).—Of loss at play:

ne perdiderit, non cessat perdere lusor,

Ov. A. A. 1, 451; Juv. 1, 93.—Hence, perdĭtus, a, um, P. a., lost, i. e.,

Hopeless, desperate, ruined, past recovery (class.;

syn. profligatus): perditus sum, i. q. perii,

I am lost! Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; id. Rud. 5, 1, 3:

per fortunas vide, ne puerum perditum perdamus,

Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 5:

perditus aere alieno,

id. Phil. 2, 32, 78:

lacrimis ac maerore perditus,

id. Mur. 40, 86:

tu omnium mortalium perditissime,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 64:

rebus omnibus perditis,

id. Caecin. 31, 90:

senatoria judicia,

id. Verr. 1, 3, 8:

valetudo,

id. Tusc. 5, 10, 29.—

In partic., desperately in love; lost, ruined by love ( poet.):

amore haec perdita est,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 13:

in puellā,

Prop. 1, 13, 7:

amor,

Cat. 89, 2.—

Lost in a moral sense, abandoned, corrupt, profligate, flagitious, incorrigible:

adulescens perditus ac dissolutus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 25, 55:

homo contaminatus, perditus, flagitiosus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

abjecti homines et perditi,

id. Mil. 18, 47; id. Cat. 1, 6, 9:

homo perditā nequitiā,

id. Clu. 13, 36:

perdita atque dissoluta consilia,

id. Agr. 2, 20, 55:

luxuriae ac lasciviae perditae,

Suet. Calig. 25:

nihil fieri potest miserius, nihil perditius, nihil foedius,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 4; id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1; Cat. 42, 13.—Hence, sup.:

omnium mortalium perditissimus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65; Just. 21, 5, 5.— Adv.: perdĭtē.

In an abandoned manner, incorrigibly:

se gerere,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 2.—

Desperately, excessively:

amare,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 32:

conari,

Quint. 2, 12, 5.

dē-vŏvĕo, vōvi, vōtum, 2, v. a.

To vow, devote (usually to a deity).

Prop. (class.):

Marti ea, quae bello ceperint,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 3; so,

Dianae pulcherrimum,

Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95:

gnatam pro muta agna,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 219 et saep.;

esp. freq.: se diis, or simply se,

to devote one's self to death, to sacrifice one's self, Cic. N. D. 2, 3 fin.; id. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

se pro aere alieno, in jesting allusion to the death of the Decii,

id. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

se pro patria Quiritibusque Romanis,

Liv. 5, 41, 3; id. 8, 9; 9, 4; Verg. A. 12, 234:

devota vita,

Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12; cf.:

devotis corporibus in hostem ruentes,

Liv. 9, 17:

ancipiti deum irae devotus,

id. 10, 39: hinc Remus auspicio se devovet, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107:

devota morti pectora,

Hor. Od. 4, 14, 18; cf.

without morti: stabat devota juventus,

Luc. 4, 533:

caput pro salute alicujus,

Val. Max. 6, 2, extr. 2 et saep.—

Transf., to devote, give up, attach (rarely):

vobis animam hanc devovi,

Verg. A. 11, 442; cf.:

suos annos soli tibi,

Ov. M. 14, 683; esp.: se, to give one's self up to, devote one's self to:

se amicitiae alicujus,

Caes. B. G. 3, 22, 2; cf.:

se gloriae,

Curt. 9, 6 fin.:

se regibus,

Sall. Hist. Fragm. 1, 73.—

To promise solemnly, vow; with inf. or obj. clause (late Lat.):

qui se devoverunt, nec manducare nec bibere,

Vulg. Act. 23, 21:

totam vitam suam serviturum se esse devovit,

August. Serm. 286, 4; Gregor. M. Homil. 1, 19, 7.—

To mark out, destine, appoint:

exspectatione omnium T. Annio devota et constituta ista hostia esse videtur,

Cic. Harusp. Resp. 3, 6.—

Qs. to devote to the infernal gods, i. e. to curse, to execrate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose—for syn. cf. detestor):

aliquem,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 5:

natum suum (Theseus),

Ov. F. 6, 738:

se ipse,

Quint. 5, 6, 2:

scelerata arma,

Ov. M. 5, 102:

suas artes,

id. ib. 8, 234:

devota arbos,

Hor. Od. 3, 4, 27:

devoti sanguinis aetas,

id. Epod. 16, 9 et saep.; v. such a form of imprecation in Macr. S. 3, 9.—

To bewitch by conjurations ( poet.):

aliquem carminibus, pollentibus herbis,

Tib. 1, 8, 18:

aliquem trajectis lanis,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 80; cf.:

devota veneno corpora,

id. ib. 3, 7, 27. —Hence, dēvōtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. I. B.).

Devoted to any one, i. e. attached, faithful (post-Aug.):

ni tibi deditus essem Devotusque cliens,

Juv. 9, 72;

so with deditus,

Sen. Ben. 3, 5:

devotissimus alicui,

Suet. Caes. 67 fin.; cf. Sen. Ben. 5, 17; and:

DEVOTISSIMVS NVMINI MAIESTATIQVE EIVS,

Inscr. Orell. 859; and so in comp., Claud. B. Gild. 289: animus alicui devotus, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 67:

equester ordo scenae harenaeque devotus,

id. Calig. 30.— Poet.:

devotae in externa proelia dextrae,

ready for, Luc. 3, 311.— Subst.:

cum DC devotis, quos illi Soldurios appellant,

with six hundred faithful followers, Caes. B. G. 3, 22, 1. —

In Christian authors, pious, devout:

Roma Deo,

Prud. adv. Symm. 2 fin.:

filia Christo,

Hier. Ep. 108, 2:

jejunia,

Aus. Idyll. 1, 2; so, obedient to authority, Cassiod. Varr. 2, 16.—

Like deditus, given to, abandoned to a habit or thing (rare):

vino,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 6.— Adv.: dēvōtē, devotedly, faithfully: devote ac strenue, Cod. Th. 6, 24, 10.— Sup.:

Deo devotissime serviamus,

Lact. 6, 9 fin.; Aug. Ep. 86 fin.