absol.

antĕ-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go before, precede (in space), to take the lead, get the start; with dat., acc., or absol.

Lit.

With dat.: ubi ambitionem virtuti videas antecedere, Titin. ap. Non. 499, 8:

si huic rei illa antecedit, huic non antecedit,

Cic. Top. 23.—

With acc.:

Pompeius expeditus antecesserat legiones,

Cic. Att. 8, 9: biduo me Antonius antecessit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13; Curt. 4, 7, 15:

antecedite me,

Vulg. Gen. 32, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 9, 27; ib. Matt. 2, 9, and so Vulg. always.—

Absol.:

magnis itineribus antecessit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35; Liv. 2, 6; Vell. 1, 4, 1:

antecedente famā,

Liv. 5, 37, 6: antecedens scelestus, * Hor. C. 3, 2, 31.—

Fig.

To precede, in time: haec (dies) ei antecessit, * Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 40:

exercitatio semper antecedere cibum debet,

Cels. 1, 2.—

To have the precedence of any one, to excel, surpass; with dat. and acc. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 136).

With dat.:

virtute regi antecesseris,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 118:

quantum natura hominis pecudibus antecedit,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105; so id. Brut. 21, 82.—

With acc. of person or thing and abl. or abl. with in:

scientiā atque usu nauticarum rerum ceteros antecedunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

nemo eum in amicitiā antecessit,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

maltha duritiam lapidis antecedens,

Plin. 36, 24, 58, § 18.—

Absol., to distinguish one's self, to become eminent:

ut quisque honore et aetate antecedebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64; so id. Inv. 2, 22.—Hence,

antĕcēdens, entis, P. a.

In gen.:

hora,

Cic. ad Octav. 3:

annus,

Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59; so Suet. Tib. 5.—

T. t. of philosophy, the antecedent (opp. consequens):

causa,

Cic. Fat. 11, 33; 15, 34.—In plur. as subst.: an-tĕcēdentĭa, ōrum, n.:

locus ex antecedentibus,

Cic. Top. 12; so id. Part. Or. 2; Quint. 5, 10, 45; 6, 3, 66.—

antĕces-sus, a, um, P. a., that goes before; only in the connection, in antecessum dare, solvere, accipere, etc.; t. t., to give, pay, receive, etc., beforehand, in advance (postAug.):

in antecessum dabo,

Sen. Ep. 118:

accipere,

id. ib. 7:

reponere,

id. Ben. 4, 32:

praedam dividere,

Flor. 4, 12, 24 al.

ăpo (or ăpio, Isid. Orig. 19, 30), ĕre, v. a. [cf.: haptô, apiscor, apex].

A.. To fasten, attach, join, bind, tie to (syn.: ligo, adligo, jungo, conjungo, recto): comprehendere antiqui vinculo apere dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll.; cf. apex; used only in part. perf. pass. aptus (the P. a. v. infra):

uteri terrae radicibus apti,

fastened to the earth, Lucr. 5, 808 (Lachm., terram and apti = adepti):

bracchia validis ex apta lacertis,

united with the strong shoulders, id. 4, 829:

gladium e lacunari setā equinā aptum demitti jussit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62:

linguam vinclis de pectore imo aptis moveri,

Gell. 1, 15.—

Trop.: ex aliquā re (like pendere ex aliquā re), depending upon, arising from (so only in Cic.):

rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 70:

honestum, ex quo aptum est officium,

id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Fin. 2, 14, 47:

ex quā re (sc. virtute) una vita omnis apta sit,

id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:

causa ex aeternis causis apta,

id. Fat. 15, 34:

cui viro ex se apta sunt omnia, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36 (as transl. of Plat. Menex. p. 302: Hotôi gar andri eis heauton anêrtêtai panta, etc.); cf. id. Fam. 5, 13.—Once also with pendere:

non ex verbis aptum pendere jus,

Cic. Caecin. 18.—Also without ex:

vitā modicā et aptā virtute perfrui,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

rudentibus apta fortuna,

id. Tusc. 5, 14, [p. 138] 40.—

A.. Joined, bound, or tied together, connected:

aptum conexum et colligatum significat,

Non. p. 234, 32 (so most freq. in Lucr.):

conjugio corporis atque animae consistimus uniter apti,

Lucr. 3, 846; 5, 555; 5, 558:

genus... validis aptum per viscera nervis,

bound together by the strong band of the sinews, id. 5, 928:

quae memorare queam inter se singlariter apta,

id. 6, 1067 al.:

facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

quā ex conjunctione caelum ita aptum est, ut, etc.,

id. Tim. 5:

qui tam certos caeli motus, tamque omnia inter se conexa et apta viderit,

id. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Gell. 6, 2. —

Trop.:

omnia inter se apta et conexa,

Cic. Fin. 4, 19, 53:

apta inter se et cohaerentia,

id. N. D 3, 1, 4:

efficiatur aptum illud, quod fuerit antea diffiuens ac solutum,

id. Or. 70, 233.— Poet., with abl., endowed, furnished, or ornamented with something: fides alma, apta pinnis, furnished with wings, winged, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105:

stellis fulgentibus apta caeli domus,

the abode of heaven studded with glittering stars, Lucr. 6, 357 (cf. id. 5, 1205: stellis micantibus aethera fixum);

imitated by Verg.: caelum stellis fulgentibus aptum,

Verg. A. 11, 202, and:

axis stellis ardentibus aptus,

id. ib. 4, 482:

veste signis ingentibus aptā,

Lucr. 5, 1428:

magis apta figura,

id. 2, 814: lucus opacus teneris fruticibus aptus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 235, 9:

Tyrio prodeat apta sinu,

Tib. 1, 9, 70.—Hence,

aptus, a, um, P. a., pr., fitted to something; hence, suited, suitable, proper, apposite, fit, appropriate, adapted, conformable to (cf. accommodatus and appositus, 2.).

In gen.: aptus is, qui convenienter alicui junctus est, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll. (so most freq. after the Cic. per.); constr. with ad or dat.; of persons always with dat.

With ad:

ossa habent commissuras ad stabilitatem aptas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

in pulmonibus inest raritas quaedam ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,

id. ib. 2, 55, 136:

locus ad insidias aptior,

id. Mil. 20:

calcei habiles et apti ad pedem,

id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

castra ad bellum ducendum aptissima,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; so Vulg. 1 Par. 7, 40; ib. 2 Par. 26, 13:

aptum ad proelium,

ib. 1 Reg. 14, 52:

fornices in muro erant apti ad excurrendum,

Liv. 36, 23, 3 al. —

With dat.:

non omnia rebus sunt omnibus apta,

Lucr. 6, 961:

aliis alias animantibus aptas Res,

id. 6, 773:

initia apta et accommodata naturae,

Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 46:

quod verum, simplex sincerumque sit, id esse naturae hominis aptissimum,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

haec genera dicendi aptiora sunt adulescentibus,

id. Brut. 95, 223; so id. ib. 62, 326; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; id. Or. 22, 1 al.:

quod aetati tuae esset aptissimum,

id. Off. 1, 2, 4; so Nep. Att. 16, 1:

apta dies sacrificio,

Liv. 1, 45:

venti aptiores Romanae quam suae classi,

id. 25, 37 al.:

notavi portus puppibus aptos,

Ov. M. 3, 596; 4, 160:

armis apta magis tellus,

Prop. 4, 22, 19:

aptum equis Argos,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 9:

apta vinculo conjugali,

Vulg. Ruth, 1, 12; ib. Luc. 9, 62:

aptus amicis,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 43 et saep.— Other constrr.:

With in (cf. Rudd. II. p. 96, n. 60):

in quod (genus pugnae) minime apti sunt,

Liv. 38, 21:

formas deus aptus in omnes,

apt for, easily changed into, Ov. M. 14, 765:

in ceteros apta usus,

Vulg. Deut. 20, 20:

vasa apta in interitum,

ib. Rom. 9, 22.—

With qui (cf. Zumpt, §

568): nulla videbatur aptior persona, quae de illā aetate loqueretur,

Cic. Am. 1, 4:

est mihi, quae lanas molliat, apta manus,

Ov. H. 3, 70.—

Poet., with inf:

(Circe) apta cantu veteres mutare figuras,

Tib. 4, 1, 63:

aetas mollis et apta regi,

Ov. A. A. 1, 10.— Esp. freq.,

Absol., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 235, 16:

amor,

Prop. 4, 22, 42:

saltus,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

ars,

Tib. 1, 7, 60:

apta oscula,

Tib. 1, 4, 54; Ov. H. 15, 132:

lar aptus,

an extensive, satisfying possession, Hor. C. 1, 12, 43.—So in prose:

aptus exercitus,

an army good in fight, ready for battle, Liv. 10, 25:

tempus aptum,

the right time, id. 35, 19; so Vulg. Eccli. 20, 6 al.—

Esp., in rhet., of the fitness, appropriateness of discourse:

quid aptum sit, hoc est quid maxime decens in oratione,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 210; so apta oratio, which has the appropriate rhet. fulness and periodic rounding: numerosa et apta oratio, id. Or. 50, 168; cf. id. ib. 50, 70; so id. Brut. 17, 68:

Thucydides verbis aptus et pressus,

exact and brief in expression, id. de Or. 2, 13, 56.—Hence, aptē, adv., closely, fitly, suitably, nicely, rightly.

Lit.

Absol.:

atque ita apte cohaeret (mundi corpus), ut etc.,

Cic. Tim. 5: altera est nexa cum superiore et inde apteque pendens, id. ap. Non. p. 235, 18:

capiti apte reponere,

Liv. 1, 34, 8.—

With ad:

apte convenire ad pedem,

Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.— Sup.,

With inter:

ut inter se quam aptissime cohaereant extrema (verba) cum primis etc.,

Cic. Or. 44, 149.—

Trop., fitly, suitably, properly, duly, rightly.

Absol.:

facile judicabimus, quid eorum apte fiat,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146:

quod est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

id. ib. 1, 1, 2:

apte et quiete ferre,

id. ib. 4, 17, 38:

non equite apte locato,

Liv. 4, 37, 8:

Qui doceant, apte quid tibi possit emi,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 88:

nec aliter imperium apte regi potest,

Curt. 8, 8, 13:

floribus compositis apte et utiliter,

Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 46. — Comp.:

qualia aptius suis referentur locis,

Plin. 2, 62, 62, § 153:

Aptius haec puero, quam tibi, dona dabis,

Mart. 13, 26.—

With dat.:

si quid exierit numeris aptius,

Quint. 10, 12, 26.— Sup.:

seruntur Parilibus tamen aptissime,

Plin. 19, 3, 24, § 69.—

With ad:

(ut) ad rerum dignitatem apte et quasi decore (loquamur),

Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 144:

spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens,

Liv. 1, 10, 5.

ars, artis, f. [v. arma], skill in joining something, combining, working it, etc., with the advancement of Roman culture, carried entirely beyond the sphere of the common pursuits of life, into that of artistic and scientific action, just as, on the other hand, in mental cultivation, skill is applied to morals, designating character, manner of thinking, so far as it is made known by external actions (syn.: doctrina, sollertia, calliditas, prudentia, virtus, industria, ratio, via, dolus).

Skill in producing any material form, handicraft, trade, occupation, employment (technê).

Lit.:

Zeno censet artis proprium esse creare et gignere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 57:

quarum (artium) omne opus est in faciendo atque agendo,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 22; id. Off. 2, 3, 12 sq.—

Transf.

With the idea extended, any physical or mental activity, so far as it is practically exhibited; a profession, art ( music, poetry, medicine, etc.); acc. to Roman notions, the arts were either liberales or ingenuae artes, arts of freemen, the liberal arts; or artes illiberales or sordidae, the arts, employments, of slaves or the lower classes.

In gen.:

Eleus Hippias gloriatus est nihil esse ullā in arte rerum omnium, quod ipse nesciret: nec solum has artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometriam, musicam, litterarum cognitionem et poëtarum, atque illa, quae de naturis rerum, quae de hominum moribus, quae de rebus publicis dicerentur, sed anulum, quem haberet, pallium, quo amictus, soccos, quibus indutus esset, se suā manu confecisse,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

Jam de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint, haec fere accepimus. Primum improbantur ii quaestus, qui in odia hominum incurrunt, ut portitorum, ut feneratorum. Illiberales autem et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omniumque, quorum operae, non artes emuntur: est enim in illis ipsa merces auctoramentum servitutis... Opificesque omnes in sordidā arte versantur... Quibus autem artibus aut prudentia major inest aut non mediocris utilitas quaeritur, ut medicina, ut architectura, ut doctrina rerum honestarum, hae sunt iis, quorum ordini conveniunt, honestae,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150 sq.; cf. id. Fam. 4, 3:

artes elegantes,

id. Fin. 3, 2, 4:

laudatae,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 9:

bonae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 32:

optimae,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 111:

magnae,

id. Or. 1, 4:

maximae,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

gravissimae,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

leviores artes,

id. Brut. 1, 3:

mediocres,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

omnis artifex omnis artis,

Vulg. Apoc. 18, 22:

artifices omnium artium,

ib. 1 Par. 22, 15.—

Esp., of a single art, and,

With an adj. designating it:

ars gymnastica,

gymnastics, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 73:

ars duellica,

the art of war, id. Ep. 3, 4, 14:

ars imperatoria,

generalship, Quint. 2, 17, 34:

(artes) militares et imperatoriae,

Liv. 25, 9, 12:

artes civiles,

politics, Tac. Agr. 29:

artes urbanae,

i. e. jurisprudence and eloquence, Liv. 9, 42:

ars grammatica,

grammar, Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 128:

rhetorica,

Quint. 2, 17, 4:

musica,

poetry, Ter. Hec. prol. 23:

musica,

music, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 93:

medicae artes,

the healing art, medicine, Ov. H. 5, 145; so,

ars Apollinea,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 10:

magica,

Verg. A. 4, 493, and Vulg. Sap. 17, 7; so,

maleficis artibus inserviebat,

he used witchcraft, ib. 2 Par. 33, 6 al.—

With a gen. designating it:

ars disserendi,

dialectics, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 157:

ars dicendi,

the art of speaking, id. ib. 1, 23, 107, and Quint. 2, 17, 17; so,

ars eloquentiae,

id. 2, 11, 4:

ars medendi,

Ov. A. A. 2, 735:

ars medentium,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 158:

medicorum ars,

Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 12:

pigmentariorum ars,

the art of unguents, ib. 2 Par. 16, 4:

ars armorum,

the art of war, Quint. 2, 17, 33:

ars pugnae,

Vulg. Judith, 5, 27; so in plur.:

belli artes,

Liv. 25, 40, 5:

ars gubernandi,

navigation, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24; Quint. 2, 17, 33; so,

ars gubernatoris,

Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 42.—Sometimes the kind of art may be distinguished by the connection, so that ars is used absol. of a particular art:

instruere Atriden num potes arte meā? i. e. arte sagittandi,

Ov. H. 16, 364:

tunc ego sim Inachio notior arte Lino, i. e. arte canendi,

Prop. 3, 4, 8:

fert ingens a puppe Notus: nunc arte (sc. navigandi) relictā Ingemit,

Stat. Th. 3, 29; so Luc. 7, 126; Sil. 4, 715:

imus ad insignes Urbis ab arte (sc. rhetoricā) viros,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 16:

ejusdem erat artis, i. e. artis scaenofactoriae,

Vulg. Act. 18, 3.—

Science, knowledge:

quis ignorat, ii, qui mathematici vocantur, quantā in obscuritate rerum et quam reconditā in arte et multiplici subtilique versentur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 10:

nam si ars ita definitur, ex rebus penitus perspectis planeque cognitis atque ab opinionis arbitrio sejunctis, scientiāque comprehensis, non mihi videtur ars oratoris esse ulla,

id. ib. 1, 23, 108: nihil est quod ad artem redigi possit, nisi ille prius, qui illa tenet. quorum artem instituere vult, habeat illam scientiam (sc. dialecticam), ut ex iis rebus, quarum ars nondum sit, artem efficere possit, id. ib. 1, 41, 186:

ars juris civilis,

id. ib. 1, 42, 190:

(Antiochus) negabat ullam esse artem, quae ipsa a se proficisceretur. Etenim semper illud extra est, quod arte comprehenditur... Est enim perspicuum nullam artem ipsam in se versari, sed esse aliud artem ipsam, aliud, quod propositum sit arti,

id. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9; id. Cael. 30, 72; id. Or. 1, 4:

vir bonus optimisque artibus eruditus,

Nep. Att. 12, 4: ingenium docile, come, ap-tum ad artes optimas, id. Dion, 1, 2 al.—

The theory of any art or science: ars est praeceptio, quae dat certam viam rationemque faciendi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 1, 1;

Asper, p. 1725 P.: non omnia, quaecumque loquimur, mihi videntur ad artem et ad praecepta esse revocanda,

not every thing is to be traced back to theory and rules, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44: res mihi videtur esse facultate ( in practice) praeclara, arte ( in theory) mediocris;

ars enim earum rerum est, quae sciuntur: oratoris autem omnis actio opinionibus, non scientiā continetur,

id. ib. 2, 7, 30; id. Ac. 2, 7, 22.—In later Lat. ars is used,

Absol. for grammatical analysis, grammar:

curru non, ut quidam putant, pro currui posuit, nec est apocope: sed ratio artis antiquae, etc.,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 156; 1, 95: et hoc est artis, ut (vulgus) masculino utamur, quia omnia Latina nomina in us exeuntia, si neutra fuerint, tertiae sunt declinationis, etc., id. ad eund. ib. 1, 149: secundum artem dicamus honor, arbor, lepor: plerumque poëtae r in s mutant, id. ad eund. ib. 1, 153 al.—Hence also,

As a title of books in which such theories are discussed, for rhetorical and, at a later period, for grammatical treatises.

Rhetorical:

quam multa non solum praecepta in artibus, sed etiam exempla in orationibus bene dicendi reliquerunt!

Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

ipsae rhetorum artes, quae sunt totae forenses atque populares,

id. ib. 3, 1, 4: neque eo dico, quod ejus (Hermagorae) ars mihi mendosissime scripta videatur; nam satis in eā videtur ex antiquis artibus ( from the ancient works on rhetoric) ingeniose et diligenter electas res collocāsse, id. Inv. 1, 6 fin.:

illi verbis et artibus aluerunt naturae principia, hi autem institutis et legibus,

id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:

artem scindens Theodori,

Juv. 7, 177.—

Grammar:

in artibus legimus superlativum gradum non nisi genitivo plurali jungi,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 96: ut in artibus lectum est, id. ad eund. ib. 1, 535.—So Ars, as the title of the later Lat. grammars: Donati Ars Grammatica, Cledonii Ars, Marii Victorini Ars, etc.; v. the grammarians in Gothofred., Putsch., Lindem., Keil.—

The knowledge, art, skill, workmanship, employed in effecting or working upon an object (Fr. adresse):

majore quādam opus est vel arte vel diligentiā,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14 fin.:

et tripodas septem pondere et arte pares,

Ov. H. 3, 32: qui canit arte, canat;

qui bibit arte, bibat,

id. A. A. 2, 506:

arte laboratae vestes,

Verg. A. 1, 639:

plausus tunc arte carebat,

was void of art, was natural, unaffected, Ov. A. A. 1, 113.—

(Concr.) The object artistically formed, a work of art:

clipeum efferri jussit Didymaonis artis,

Verg. A. 5, 359:

divite me scilicet artium, Quas aut Parrhasius protulit aut Scopas,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 5; id. Ep. 1, 6, 17.—

Artes (personified), the Muses:

artium chorus,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 19.—

Transf. from mind to morals, the moral character of a man, so far as it is made known by actions, conduct, manner of acting, habit, practice, whether good or bad:

si in te aegrotant artes antiquae tuae,

your former manner of life, conduct, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 35; cf. Hor. C. 4, 15, 12; Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 6 Lind.:

nempe tuā arte viginti minae Pro psaltriā periere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 24:

quid est, Quod tibi mea ars efficere hoc possit amplius?

my assiduity, id. And. 1, 1, 4:

Hac arte (i. e. constantiā, perseverantiā) Pollux et vagus Hercules Enisus arces attigit igneas,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 9:

multae sunt artes (i. e. virtutes) eximiae, hujus administrae comitesque virtutis (sc. imperatoris),

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 13; id. Fin. 2, 34, 115; id. Verr. 2, 4, 37 Zumpt:

nam imperium facile his artibus retinetur, quibus initio partum est,

Sall. C. 2, 4 Kritz; so id. ib. 5, 7:

cultusque artesque virorum,

Ov. M. 7, 58:

mores quoque confer et artes,

id. R. Am. 713: praeclari facinoris aut artis [p. 167] bonae famam quaerere, Sall. C. 2, 9; so id. ib. 10, 4:

animus insolens malarum artium,

id. ib. 3, 4; so Tac. A. 14, 57.—Hence also, absol. in mal. part. as in Gr. technê for cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem:

haec arte tractabat virum,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 125 (cf. Ov. H. 17, 142):

capti eādem arte sunt, quā ceperant Fabios,

Liv. 2, 51; 3, 35:

at Cytherea novas artes, nova pectore versat Consilia,

Verg. A. 1, 657; so id. ib. 7, 477:

ille dolis instructus et arte Pelasgā,

id. ib. 2, 152:

talibus insidiis perjurique arte Sinonis Credita res, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 195:

fraudes innectere ponto Antiquā parat arte,

Luc. 4, 449:

tantum illi vel ingenii vel artis vel fortunae superfuit,

Suet. Tit. 1:

fugam arte simulantes,

Vulg. Jud. 20, 32: regem summis artibus pellexit, pasêi mêchanêi, Suet. Vit. 2.

a-scendo ( ads-, Jan; ads- and as-, Müller; as-, other editors), scendi, scensum, 3, v. n. [scando], to ascend, mount up, climb; and in eccl. Lat. simply to go up, to rise, to spring up, grow up (syn.: scando, conscendo, orior, surgo, prodeo).

Lit. (opp. descendo; and diff. from escendo, which designates a climbing, mounting upon some high object, and involves the idea of exertion; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 7, 27; Suet. Caes. 61; Ochsn. Ecl. pp. 287 and 288; Doed. Syn. IV. pp. 60 and 61; it often interchanges with escendere in MSS.; cf. e. g. Halm ad Nep. Epam. 4, 5; id. Them. 8, 6, and v. examples below; class.; in Cic. and in Vulg. very freq.), constr. most freq. with in, but also with ad with super, supra, contra, adversus, with acc., and absol. (in Cic. in the lit. signif., except once with the acc., always with in with acc.; but in the trop. signif. in all constrr.).

With in with acc.:

in navem ascendere,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 20; 2, 6, 54 Fleck.:

ascendere in naviculam,

Vulg. Matt. 8, 23:

in triremem ascendit,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 3 (in id. Epam. 4, 5, and Them. 8, 6 Halm now reads escendere):

in arborem ascendere,

Vulg. Luc. 19, 4:

ut in Amanum (urbem) ascenderem,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 8:

ascende in oppidum,

Vulg. Jos. 8, 1:

lex peregrinum vetat in murum ascendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 100:

in equum,

id. Sen. 10, 34:

in caelum,

id. Am. 23, 88; so id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71 (B. and K., escendere); id. Dom. 28, 75; id. Mil. 35, 97 (cf. id. Leg. 2, 8:

ascensus in caelum): inque plagas caeli,

Ov. M. 11, 518:

cavete, ne ascendatis in montem,

Vulg. Exod. 19, 12; 24, 13; ib. Matt. 5, 1; ib. Marc. 3, 13:

in tribunal ascendere,

Cic. Vatin. 14, 34 (B. and K., escendere); so Liv. 2, 28 Drak. (Weissenb., escendere):

in contionem,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3 (B. and K., escendit); so Liv. 3, 49; 5, 50 (Weissenb., escendere, in both these pass.):

in Capitolium ascendere,

id. 10, 7:

sin vestram ascendisset in urbem,

Verg. A. 2, 192.—

With ad. ad Gitanas Epiri oppidum, Liv. 42, 38:

ad laevam paulatim,

Sall. C. 55, 3.—

With acc. or loc. adv.:

navem ascendit,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 69; Phaedr. 4, 22, 9; Vulg. Marc. 4, 1; ib. Luc. [p. 171] 8, 37:

ascendit classem,

Tac. A. 2, 75:

montīs cum ascendimus altos,

Lucr. 6, 469:

montem,

Juv. 1, 82, and Vulg. Psa. 103, 8; cf.:

summum jugum montis ascendere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

fastigia montis anheli,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 383:

altitudinem montium,

Vulg. Isa. 37, 24:

currus,

Lucr. 5, 1301 (Lachm., escendere); so Vulg. 3 Reg. 12, 13:

adversam ripam,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

murum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27; so Verg. A. 9, 507, and Vulg. Jer. 5, 10:

equum,

Liv. 23, 14; so Suet. Caes. 61, and Vulg. Psa. 75, 7:

ascendit Capitolium ad lumina,

Suet. Caes. 37:

deus adscensurus, Olympum,

Tib. 4, 1, 12:

magnum iter ascendo,

Prop. 4, 10, 3:

illuc solita est ascendere filia Nisi,

Ov. M. 8, 17; 11, 394:

quo simul ascendit,

id. ib. 7, 220.—Also pass.:

si mons erat ascendendus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 79:

primus gradus ascendatur,

Vitr. 3, 3:

porticus adscenduntur nonagenis gradibus,

Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 88 (Jan, descenduntur):

ascenso simul curru,

Suet. Tib. 2 fin.: ne ascensis tanti sit gloria Bactris, Prop 4, 3, 63.—

Absol., of persons ex locis superioribus desuper suos ascendentes protegebant, Caes. B. C. 1, 79:

quā fefellerat ascendens hostis,

Liv. 5, 47:

Ascendit ergo Abram de Aegypto,

Vulg. Gen. 13, 1; 19, 30:

Ascende huc,

ib. Apoc. 4, 1; 12, 12.—Of things:

fons ascendebat de terrā,

Vulg. Gen. 2, 6:

sicut ascendit mare fluctu,

ib. Ezech. 26, 3:

jam ascendit aurora,

ib. Gen. 32, 26 ' ascendit ignis de petrā, ib. Jud. 6, 21:

ascendet fumus ejus,

ib. Isa. 34, 10; ib. Apoc. 8, 4:

vidit ascendentem favillam de terrā,

ib. Gen. 19, 28:

ascendet sicut virgultum,

ib. Isa. 53, 2; 5, 6:

germen eorum, ut pulvis, ascendet,

ib. ib. 5, 24.—Also, after the Greek, to go aboard ship, to go out to sea (eccl. Lat.): ascendentes navigavimus, epibantes, Vulg. Act. 21, 2: Et ascenderunt, anêchthêsan, ib. Luc. 8, 22.—

Trop.

Constr in like manner,

With in with acc.:

in summum locum civitatis ascendere,

Cic. Clu. 55:

propter quem (ornatum) ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia,

has grown into such reputation, id. Or. 36, 125:

ira ascendit in Israel,

Vulg. Psa. 77, 21:

Quid cogitationes ascendunt in corda vestra?

ib. Luc. 24, 38; ib. Act. 7, 23.—

With ad:

sic a principiis ascendit motus et exit paulatim nostros ad sensus,

Lucr. 2, 137:

aut a minoribus ad majora ascendimus aut a majoribus ad minora delabimur,

Cic. Part. Or. 4, 12:

propius ad magnitudinem alicujus,

Plin. Pan. 61, 2:

ad honores,

Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

ad hunc gradum amicitiae,

Curt. 7, 1, 14.—

With super with acc.:

ira Dei ascendit super eos,

Vulg. Psa. 77, 31:

ascendent sermones super cor tuum,

ib. Ezech. 38, 10.—

With acc.:

ex honoribus continuis familiae unum gradum dignitatis ascendere,

Cic. Mur. 27:

altiorem gradum,

id. Off. 2, 18, 62:

cum, quem tenebat, ascenderat gradum,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 3:

altissimum (gradum),

Plin. Ep. 3, 2, 4.— Poet.:

ascendere thalamum, i. e. matrimonium contrahere,

Val. Fl. 6, 45.—

Absol.:

ad summam amplitudinem pervenisset, ascendens gradibus magistratuum,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281; Plin. Pan. 58, 3: altius ascendere, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 4:

gradatim ascendit vox,

rises, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 227:

usque ad nos contemptus Samnitium pervenit, supra non ascendit, i. e. alios non tetigit,

Liv. 7, 30:

donec ascenderit furor Domini,

Vulg. 2 Par. 36, 16:

ascendet indignatio mea,

ib. Ezech. 38, 18.—

Esp., super, supra aliquem or aliquid ascendere, to rise above any person or thing, to surpass, to stand higher (twice in Tacitus):

(liberti) super ingenuos et super nobiles ascendunt,

Tac. G. 25:

mihi supra tribunatus et praeturas et consulatus ascendere videor,

id. Or. 7.—Hence, ascen-dens ( ads-), entis, P. a.

Machina, a machine for ascending, a scaling-ladder, Vitr. 10, 19.—

In the jurists, ascendentes are the kindred in an ascending line, ancestors ( parents, grandparents, etc.; opp. descendentes, descendants, children, grandchildren, etc.), Dig. 23, 2, 68.

a-spīro ( adsp-, Baiter, Rib., Merk., K. and H.; asp-, Kayser, Halm, Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

To breathe or blow upon; constr. with ad, the dat., or absol.:

ad quae (granaria) nulla aura umida ex propinquis locis adspiret,

Varr. R. R. 1, 57:

ut ne ad eum frigus adspiret,

Cels. 2, 17:

pulmones se contrahunt adspirantes,

exhaling, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

Lenius aspirans aură,

Cat. 68, 64:

amaracus illum Floribus et dulci adspirans complectitur umbrā,

Verg. A. 1, 694: adspirant aurae in noctem, rise at or toward night, id. ib. 7, 8:

si minuma adspirat aura,

Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 124:

tibia adspirat choro,

accompanies, Hor. A. P. 204 al. —

Trop.: alicui, to be favorable to, to favor, assist (the figure taken from a fair breeze):

aspira mihi,

Tib. 2, 1, 35:

quibus aspirabat Amor,

id. 2, 3, 71:

adspirat primo fortuna labori,

Verg. A. 2, 385:

adspirate canenti,

id. ib. 9, 525:

di, coeptis adspirate meis,

Ov. M. 1, 3.—Also absol.: magno se praedicat auxilio fuisse, quia paululum in rebus difficillimis aspiravit, Auct. ad Her. 4, 34 (cf. afflo).—

To aspire to a person or thing, to desire to reach or obtain, i. e. to approach, come near (esp. with the access. idea of striving to attain to); constr. with ad, in with acc., the dat., a local adv., or absol. (class.; freq. in Cic.): qui prope ad ostium adspiraverint, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 4, 142:

quid enim quisquam ad meam pecuniam me invito aspirat? quid accedit?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54 fin.; so id. Div. in Caecil. 5 fin.:

tu ad eum Ciceronem numquam aspirasti,

id. Pis. 5 fin.; so id. Fam. 7, 10:

omnes aditus tuos interclusi, ut ad me adspirare non posses,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

aspirare in curiam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 31:

in campum,

id. Sull. 18, 52:

ne non modo intrare, verum etiam adspicere aut aspirare possim,

id. Caecin. 14; Col. 8, 14, 9:

nec equis adspirat Achillis,

Verg. A. 12, 352:

sed non incendia Colchis adspirare sinit,

Val. Fl. 7, 584.— Trop.:

sed haec ad eam laudem, quam volumus, aspirare non possunt,

arrive at, attain to, Cic. Or. 41, 140:

bellicā laude aspirare ad Africanum nemo potest,

id. Brut. 21, 84:

haec etiam in equuleum coniciuntur, quo vita non adspirat beata,

id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13; Gell. 14, 3, 10.—

In gram., to give the h sound, to aspirate (cf. aspiratio, II. B.):

consonantibus,

Quint. 1, 5, 20:

Graeci aspirare solent,

id. 1, 4, 14; Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 6, 3.—

To breathe or blow upon, to infuse, instil; lit. and trop. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

Juno ventos adspirat eunti,

sends favoring winds, Verg. A. 5, 607:

adspiravit auram quandam salutis fortuna,

Amm. 19, 6:

dictis divinum amorem,

Verg. A. 8, 373:

novam pectoribus fidem,

Claud. Fesc. 14, 16:

nobis tantum ingenii aspiret,

Quint. 4, prooem. § 5.—

To breathe or blow upon; trop. of the sea, to wash:

insula adspiratur freto Gallico,

is washed, Sol. 22.

audĭo, īvi or ii, itum, 4, v. a. ( imperf. audibat, Ov F. 3, 507: audibant. Cat. 84, 8; fut. audibo, Enn. ap. Non. p. 506, 1:

audibis,

id. ib.; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 86; id. Poen. 1, 2, 97; Caecil. ap. Gell. 7, 17 fin.; id. ap. Non. l. l.; cf. Struve, p. 137 sq.: audin = audisne, as ain = aisne; inf. perf. audīsse better than audivisse, acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 17) (cf. the Lacon. aus = hous; auris; Lith. ausis; Goth. auso; Germ. Ohr, and Engl ears [p. 202] the Fr. ouïr, and Lat. ausculto; Curtius also compares the Gr. aïô, to hear, perceive, and the Sanscr. av, to notice, to favor; v. ausculto, 1. aveo init., and cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll.], to hear, to perceive or understand by hearing, to learn (audio pr. differs from ausculto as the Gr. akouô from akroaomai, the Germ. hören from horchen, and the Engl. to hear from to listen, the former of these words denoting an involuntary, the latter a voluntary act; other syn.: exaudio, sentio, cognosco, oboedio, dicor).

A.. In gen.

Aliquid:

auribus si parum audies terito cum vino brassicam, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 157 fin.:

ubi molarum strepitum audibis maximum, Enn. ap. Non. l. l. (Com. v. 7 Vahl. p. 153): verba,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 97; Vulg. Gen. 24, 30:

quae vera audivi, taceo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23:

Mane, non dum audīsti, Demea, Quod est gravissumum,

id. Ad. 3, 4, 21:

vocem,

id. Hec. 4, 1, 2:

vera an falsa,

id. And. 5, 4, 19:

mixtos vagitibus aegris Ploratus,

Lucr. 2, 579:

voces,

Verg. A. 4, 439; Hor. C. 3, 7, 22; Vulg. Gen. 3, 8; ib. Matt. 2, 18:

strepitus,

Verg. A. 9, 394:

sonitum,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 31:

haec,

id. ib. 3, 27, 51:

aquas,

Ov. Am. 3, 11, 30:

gemitus,

id. M. 7, 839; Vulg. Exod. 2, 24: ait se omnia audivisse, Titinn. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

ut quod te audīsse dicis numquam audieris,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

Nihil enim habeo praeter auditum,

id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

quod quisque eorum de quāque re audierit,

Caes. B. G. 4, 5:

Hac auditā pugnā maxima pars sese Crasso dedidit,

id. ib. 3, 27:

Auditis hostium copiis respicerent suum ipsi exercitum,

Liv. 42, 52, 10:

quod cum audīsset Abram,

Vulg. Gen. 14, 14:

auditis sermonibus,

ib. 4 Reg. 22, 19; ib. Heb. 4, 3: clangorem tubae, ib:

Isa. 18, 3: symphoniam,

ib. Luc. 15, 25:

animal,

ib. Apoc. 6, 3; 6, 5 al. persaep.

Constr., the person from whom one hears or learns any thing, with ex (so most freq.), ab, de, acc. and part., acc. and inf., cum or dum.

With ex:

verbum ex aliquo,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; so id. And. 2, 1, 2; 5, 4, 24; id. Eun. 1, 2, 34; id. Hec. 4, 1, 35; id. And. 3, 3, 2:

audivi ex majoribus natu hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasicā,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

hoc ex aliis,

id. Att. 5, 17:

ex obviis,

Liv. 28, 26; so Suet. Caes. 29; id. Dom. 12 al.. saepe audivi ex majoribus natu mirari solitum C. Fabricium etc., Cic. Sen. 13, 43; so Suet. Claud. 15.—

With ab:

a quibus cum audi/sset non multum superesse munitionis,

Nep. Them. 7, 2.—

With de:

equidem saepe hoc audivi de patre et de socero meo,

i. e. from his mouth, Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133; so id. Off. 3, 19, 77; id. Brut. 26, 100.—

With acc. and part. pres. (cf. Zumpt, Gr. §

636): ut neque eum querentem quisquam audierit neque etc.,

Nep. Timol. 4, 1; so Suet. Calig. 22; Cat. 9, 6; 61, 125; 67, 41 al.—

With acc. and inf.:

mihi non credo, quom illaec autumare illum audio,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 260:

Audin (eum) lapidem quaeritare?

id. Capt. 3, 4, 70:

erilem filium ejus duxisse audio Uxorem,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 5; 2, 1, 59:

saepe hoc majores natu dicere audivi,

Cic. Mur. 28:

Gellius audierat patruom objurgare solere,

Cat. 74, 1; Verg. A. 1, 20; 4, 562:

audiet cives acuisse ferrum, Audiet pugnas juventus,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 21 sq.:

audire videor pios Errare per lucos,

id. ib. 3, 4, 5. —Hence also pass. with nom. and inf. (cf. Zumpt, Gr. §

607): Bibulus nondum audiebatur esse in Syriā,

was said, Cic. Att. 5, 18; so Caes. B. G. 7, 79.—

With cum or dum (cf. Zumpt, Gr. §

749): id quidem saepe ex eo audivi, cum diceret sibi certum esse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

quis umquam audivit, cum ego de me nisi coactus ac necessario dicerem?

id. Dom. 35; so id. Brut. 56; id. Fin. 5, 19, 54; id. de Or. 1, 28, 129; 1, 2, 99; Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 5:

auditus est certe, dum ex eo quaerit,

Suet. Dom. 4. —Diff. from the preced. constr. with de is audire de aliquo (aliquid); more freq. in pass. sense, to hear any thing concerning any one:

de psaltriā hac audivit,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 5:

illos etiam convenire aveo, de quibus audivi et legi,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83; so id. Att. 7, 20; id. Ac. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

aliquid in aliquem,

to hear something against, something bad of any one, id. de Or. 2, 70, 285 al. —

In conversation.

Audi, as a call to gain attention, hear, attend, give ear, listen, = hoc age:

audi cetera,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 127:

audi heus tu,

id. ib. 4, 3, 52:

Dorio, audi, obsecro,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 1: Hoc audi, id. And. 3, 4, 11;

4, 1, 36: Quin tu audi,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 42:

quin tu hoc audi,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 9.—

Audis or audin = audisne? do you hear? atque audin? Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 70:

Equidem deciens dixi: Et domi [nunc] sum ego, inquam, ecquid audis?

id. Am. 2, 1, 27; id. Trin. 3, 2, 91:

Heus, audin quid ait? Quin fugis?

id. Capt. 3, 4, 60:

cura adversandum atque audin? quadrupedem constringito,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 24; 1, 5, 64:

Audin tu? Hic furti se adligat,

id. Eun. 4, 7, 39:

Audin quid dicam?

id. Hec. 1, 2, 3.—

Audito, with a clause for its subject, as abl. absol. in the histt., upon the receipt of the news that, at the tidings that: audito, Q. Marcium in Ciliciam tendere, when news came that Q. Marcius etc., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 1130 P.:

audito Machanidam famā adventūs sui territum refugisse Lacedaemonem,

Liv. 28, 7:

audito venisse missu Agrippinae nuntium Agerinum,

Tac. A. 14, 7.—

Esp.,

1.. In a pregnant signif., to listen to a person or thing, to give ear to, hearken to, attend:

etsi a vobis sic audior, ut numquam benignius neque attentius quemquam auditum putem,

Cic. Clu. 23, 63; so id. de Or. 1, 61, 259:

sed non eis animis audiebantur, qui doceri possent,

Liv. 42, 48; 1, 32; 5, 6:

ut legationes audiret cubans,

Suet. Vesp. 24; id. Caes. 32; id. Ner. 22; 23; Vulg. Job. 11, 2; ib. Psa. 33, 12; ib. Matt. 10, 14; ib. Heb. 3, 7 al.—

Aliquem, of pupils, to hear a teacher, i. e. to receive instruction from, to study under:

te, Marce fili, annum jam audientem Cratippum,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1:

Jam Polemonem audiverant adsidue Zeno et Arcesilas,

id. Ac. 1, 9, 34; so id. N. D. 1, 14, 37; 3, 1, 2; id. Fat. 2, 4:

Diogenes venientem eum, ut se extra ordinem audiret, non admiserat,

Suet. Tib. 32; id. Gram. 10, 20 al.— Absol.: possumne aliquid audire? (i. e. will you communicate something to me?) tu vero, inquam, vel audire vel dicere, Cic. Fat. 2, 3:

ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, volo,

id. ib. 2, 4.—

De aliquā re or aliquid, aliquem, of judges, to listen or hearken to, to examine:

nemo illorum judicum clarissimis viris accusantibus audiendum sibi de ambitu putavit,

Cic. Fl. 39, 98:

de capite,

Sen. Ben. 2, 12 al. — Trop.:

de pace,

Liv. 27, 30:

dolos,

Verg. A. 6, 567:

nequissimum servum,

Suet. Dom. 11; so id. Aug. 93; id. Tib. 73; id. Claud. 15; id. Dom. 14; 16; Dig. 11, 3, 14 fin.; 28, 6, 10; 39, 2, 18 et saep.—

Of prayer or entreaty, to hear, listen to, lend an ear to, regard, grant:

in quo di immortales meas preces audiverunt,

Cic. Pis. 19:

Curio ubi... neque cohortationes suas neque preces audiri intellegit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 42:

velut si sensisset auditas preces,

Liv. 1, 12:

audivit orationem eorum,

Vulg. Psa. 105, 44:

audisti verba oris mei,

ib. ib. 137, 1:

Audiat aversā non meus aure deus,

Tib. 3, 3, 28:

audiit et caeli Genitor de parte serenā Intonuit laevum,

Verg. A. 9, 630:

minus audientem carmina Vestam,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 27; 4, 13, 1:

audivit Dominus,

Vulg. Psa. 29, 11 al. —Also aliquem, to hear one, to grant his desire or prayer:

puellas ter vocata audis,

Hor. C. 3, 22, 3; so id. C. S. 34; 35:

Ferreus orantem nequiquam, janitor, audis,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 27; id. M. 8, 598 al.:

Audi nos, domine,

Vulg. Gen. 23, 6; 23, 8:

semper me audis,

ib. Joan. 11, 42.—

Aliquem, aliquid, or absol. audio, to hear a person or thing with approbation, to assent to, agree with, approve, grant, allow:

nec Homerum audio, qui Ganymeden ab dis raptum ait, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

Socratem audio dicentem cibi condimentum esse famem, sed qui ad voluptatem omnia referens vivit ut Gallonius, non audio,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. de Or. 1, 15, 68; 3, 28, 83; id. Marcell. 8, 25: audio ( I grant it, well, that I agree to, that is granted):

nunc dicis aliquid, quod ad rem pertineat,

id. Rosc. Am. 18 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 2, 59; 2, 5, 27:

non audio,

that I do not grant, id. ib. 2, 3, 34.—

To hear, to listen to, to obey, heed; orig. and class. only with acc., but also with dat.—

With acc.:

tecum loquere, te adhibe in consilium, te audi, tibi obtempera,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2; id. N. D. 1, 20, 55:

ne ego sapientiam istam, quamvis sit erudita, non audiam,

id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

si me audiatis, priusquam dedantur, etc.,

Liv. 9, 9:

Non, si me satis audias, Speres etc.,

Hor. C.1, 13, 13; 4, 14, 50; id. Ep. 1, 1, 48:

patris aut matris imperium,

Vulg. Deut. 21, 18 al. — Poet. transf. to inanimate things:

neque audit currus habenas,

heeds, Verg. G. 1, 514; so Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 187 (cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 13: equi frenato est auris in ore; and Pind. Pyth. 2, 21: harmata peisichalina):

nec minus incerta (sagitta) est, nec quae magis audiat arcum,

which better heeds the bow, Ov. M. 5, 382:

teque languenti manu Non audit arcus?

Sen. Herc. Oet. 980; so Stat. Th. 5, 412; Luc. 3, 594; 9, 931; Sil. 14, 392.—

With dat.: nam istis qui linguam avium intellegunt, magis audiendum censeo, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131 (B. and K. isti):

sibi audire,

App. Mag. p. 326, 34; so, dicto audientem esse, to listen to one's word, to be obedient to one's word, to obey (not in Ter.):

dicto sum audiens,

I obey, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Trin. 4, 3, 55; id. As. 3, 1, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 89:

qui dicto audientes in tantā re non fuisset,

Cic. Deiot. 8, 23 ' sunt illi quidem dicto audientes, id. Verr. 1, 88:

quos dicto audientes jussi,

id. ib. 5, 104.—And, on account of the signif. to obey, with a second personal dat.: dicto audientem esse alicui, to obey one (freq. and class.); cf.

Stallb. ad Rudd. Gr. II. p. 124, n. 38: vilicus domino dicto audiens sit,

Cato, R. R. 142: si habes, qui te audiat;

si potest tibi dicto audiens esse quisquam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44; 2, 4. 12; 2, 5, 32; id. Phil. 7, 2:

dicto audiens fuit jussis absentium magistratuum,

Nep. Ages. 4, 2; id. Lys. 1, 2; id. Iphicr. 2, 1:

interim Servio Tullio jubere populum dicto audientem esse,

Liv. 1, 41; 4, 26; 29, 20;

41, 10 al.—Once pleon. with oboedio: ne plebs nobis dicto audiens atque oboediens sit,

Liv. 5, 3.—

To hear thus and thus, i. e. to be named or styled somehow (as in Gr. akouô; and in Engl. to hear, as Milton: Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, P. L. III. 7); and with bene or male (as in Gr. kalôs or kakôs akouein; cf. Milton: For which Britain hears ill abroad, Areop.; and Spenser: If old Aveugles sonnes so evil hear, F. Q. I. 5, 23), to be in good or bad repute, to be praised or blamed, to have a good or bad character:

benedictis si certāsset, audīsset bene (Bene audire est bene dici, laudari, Don.),

Ter. Phorm. prol. 20:

tu recte vivis, si curas esse quod audis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 17:

rexque paterque Audisti coram,

id. ib. 1, 7, 38; so id. S. 2, 6, 20; Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 12; Cic. Att. 6, 1; id. Fin. 3, 17, 57; id. Leg. 1, 19; Nep. Dion, 7, 3:

Ille, qui jejunus a quibusdam et aridus habetur, non aliter ab ipsis inimicis male audire quam nimiis floribus et ingenii afluentia potuit,

Quint. 12, 10, 13 al. —In a play upon words: erat surdaster M. Crassus;

sed aliud molestius quod male audiebat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; so,

minus commode: quod illorum culpā se minus commode audire arbitrarentur,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 58.—

As it were to hear, to hear mentally, i. e. to understand, to supply, something (later subaudio): cum subtractum verbum aliquod satis ex ceteris intellegitur, ut, stupere gaudio Graecus. Simul enim auditur coepit, is understood, is to be supplied, Quint. 9, 3, 58; 8, 5, 12.—Hence, audĭens, entis, P. a. subst.

(Acc. to II. A.) A hearer, auditor ( = auditor, q. v., or qui audit, Cic. Brut. 80, 276)' ad animos audientium permovendos, Cic. Brut. 23, 89; 80, 279:

cum adsensu audientium egit,

Liv. 21, 10 al. —Hence, in eccl. Lat., a catechumen, Tert. Poen. 6.—

(Acc. to II. C.) With the gen.: tibi servio atque audiens sum imperii, a hearer of, i. e. obedient to, your command, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 25.

ā-verto (arch. - vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto).

Lit.

In gen.

Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad):

ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum:

Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier,

id. Am. 3, 2, 18:

(M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11:

aliquid ab oculis,

id. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

turn off, id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant, had turned aside their march from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.:

locis seminis ic tum,

Lucr. 4, 1273:

Italiā Teucrorum regem,

Verg. A. 1, 42:

a ceteris omnium in se oculos,

Liv. 2, 5, 6:

in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen,

id. 3, 24, 9:

ab hominibus ad deos preces,

id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And poet. with acc.:

quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras,

Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.:

Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici,

Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.:

in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam,

id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.:

mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam),

put to flight, id. 9, 19, 17.—

Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from:

equus fontes avertitur,

Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. apostrephesthai to hudôr, and aversari):

oppositas impasta avertitur herbas,

Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—

As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire:

ob eam causam huc abs te avorti,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83:

ecce avortit,

id. ib. 2, 2, 50:

dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit,

Verg. A. 1, 402:

tum prora avertit,

id. ib. 1, 104:

avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit,

Gell. 4, 18, 4 al. —

To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one ' s self:

pecuniam publicam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4:

compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse,

Tac. H. 1, 53:

aliquid domum tuam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

praedam omnem domum avertebant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.:

auratam Colchis pellem,

to carry off, Cat. 64, 5:

quattuor a stabulis tauros,

Verg. A. 8, 208:

avertere praedas,

id. ib. 10, 78:

carā pisces avertere mensā,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—

Trop.

To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.:

accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt,

Cic. Mur. 21:

avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis,

Liv. 9, 24, 11:

qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant,

Cic. Sest. 31:

ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus,

Liv. 1, 28, 5:

animum a pietate,

id. 7, 5, 7:

aliquem ab incepto avertit,

id. 23, 18, 9:

a philosophiā,

Suet. Ner. 52.—

Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange:

legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit,

Cic. Phil. 10, 3:

ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat,

had quite alienated himself from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4:

civitates ab alicujus amicitiā,

id. ib. 3, 79:

popularium animos,

Sall. J. 111, 2:

futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

nobis mentem deorum,

Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.

Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant:

et adversus et aversus impudicus es,

before and behind, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:

canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, fall upon our troops in the rear, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur,

from behind, in the rear, Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

aversos proterere,

id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30;

32: aversum ferro transfixit,

Nep. Dat. 11, 5:

aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit,

backwards, Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12:

Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti porta,

Tac. A. 1, 66:

scribit in aversā Picens epigrammata chartā,

upon the back of the paper, Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al.— Trop.:

milites aversi a proelio,

withdrawn from the battle, Caes. B. C. 2, 12. — Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.):

per aversa castrorum receptus est,

Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.:

per aversa urbis fugam dederat,

Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. [p. 215] 37, 27, 2:

aversa montis,

Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards:

Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus,

Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum):

collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum,

id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —

Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol.

With ab (so most frequently in Cicero):

aversus a Musis,

Cic. Arch. 9, 20:

aversus a vero,

id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,

id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34:

Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit,

id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14:

aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum,

Sen. Ep. 50.—

With dat.:

aversus mercaturis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 107:

vilicus aversus contubernio,

Col. 12, 1, 2:

defensioni aversior,

Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—

Absol.:

aversa deae mens,

Verg. A. 2, 170:

aversa voluntas,

id. ib. 12, 647:

aversos soliti componere amicos,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

aversus animus,

Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.:

vultus aversior,

Sen. Ira, 2, 24:

aversi animis,

Tac. A. 14, 26.— Adv. not used.

ā-verto (arch. - vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto).

Lit.

In gen.

Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad):

ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum:

Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier,

id. Am. 3, 2, 18:

(M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11:

aliquid ab oculis,

id. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

turn off, id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant, had turned aside their march from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.:

locis seminis ic tum,

Lucr. 4, 1273:

Italiā Teucrorum regem,

Verg. A. 1, 42:

a ceteris omnium in se oculos,

Liv. 2, 5, 6:

in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen,

id. 3, 24, 9:

ab hominibus ad deos preces,

id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And poet. with acc.:

quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras,

Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.:

Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici,

Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.:

in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam,

id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.:

mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam),

put to flight, id. 9, 19, 17.—

Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from:

equus fontes avertitur,

Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. apostrephesthai to hudôr, and aversari):

oppositas impasta avertitur herbas,

Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—

As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire:

ob eam causam huc abs te avorti,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83:

ecce avortit,

id. ib. 2, 2, 50:

dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit,

Verg. A. 1, 402:

tum prora avertit,

id. ib. 1, 104:

avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit,

Gell. 4, 18, 4 al. —

To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one ' s self:

pecuniam publicam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4:

compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse,

Tac. H. 1, 53:

aliquid domum tuam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

praedam omnem domum avertebant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.:

auratam Colchis pellem,

to carry off, Cat. 64, 5:

quattuor a stabulis tauros,

Verg. A. 8, 208:

avertere praedas,

id. ib. 10, 78:

carā pisces avertere mensā,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—

Trop.

To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.:

accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt,

Cic. Mur. 21:

avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis,

Liv. 9, 24, 11:

qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant,

Cic. Sest. 31:

ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus,

Liv. 1, 28, 5:

animum a pietate,

id. 7, 5, 7:

aliquem ab incepto avertit,

id. 23, 18, 9:

a philosophiā,

Suet. Ner. 52.—

Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange:

legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit,

Cic. Phil. 10, 3:

ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat,

had quite alienated himself from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4:

civitates ab alicujus amicitiā,

id. ib. 3, 79:

popularium animos,

Sall. J. 111, 2:

futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

nobis mentem deorum,

Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.

Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant:

et adversus et aversus impudicus es,

before and behind, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:

canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, fall upon our troops in the rear, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur,

from behind, in the rear, Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

aversos proterere,

id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30;

32: aversum ferro transfixit,

Nep. Dat. 11, 5:

aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit,

backwards, Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12:

Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti porta,

Tac. A. 1, 66:

scribit in aversā Picens epigrammata chartā,

upon the back of the paper, Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al.— Trop.:

milites aversi a proelio,

withdrawn from the battle, Caes. B. C. 2, 12. — Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.):

per aversa castrorum receptus est,

Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.:

per aversa urbis fugam dederat,

Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. [p. 215] 37, 27, 2:

aversa montis,

Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards:

Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus,

Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum):

collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum,

id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —

Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol.

With ab (so most frequently in Cicero):

aversus a Musis,

Cic. Arch. 9, 20:

aversus a vero,

id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,

id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34:

Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit,

id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14:

aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum,

Sen. Ep. 50.—

With dat.:

aversus mercaturis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 107:

vilicus aversus contubernio,

Col. 12, 1, 2:

defensioni aversior,

Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—

Absol.:

aversa deae mens,

Verg. A. 2, 170:

aversa voluntas,

id. ib. 12, 647:

aversos soliti componere amicos,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

aversus animus,

Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.:

vultus aversior,

Sen. Ira, 2, 24:

aversi animis,

Tac. A. 14, 26.— Adv. not used.