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1 confessio
confessĭo, ōnis, f. [confiteor], a confession, acknowledgment.I.In gen. (in good prose; esp. freq. in Cic. and Quint.), with gen. obj.:II.errati sui,
Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33:ignorationis,
id. Ac. 1, 12, 44; cf.:inscitiae suae,
Quint. 2, 11, 2:captae pecuniae,
Cic. Clu. 53, 148:culpae,
Liv. 21, 18, 5; 36, 27, 6:paenitentiae,
Quint. 11, 1, 76:vitiorum,
Tac. A. 2, 33:facinoris,
Suet. Tib. 19. —In plur.:cum ad vos indicia, litteras, confessiohes communis exitii detuli,
Cic. Sest. 69, 145.—With acc. and inf.:ea erat confessio caput rerum Romam esse,
Liv. 1, 45, 3; so id. 2, 7, 7; 42, 47, 8 al.—With pron. pers.:sua,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104; 2, 5, 64, § 166;Liv 28, 40, 11: confessionibus suis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 15.—With gen. subj.:illorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 103:inimicorum,
id. Red. Quir. 1, 1:omnium,
Vell. 2, 43:illa Ciceronis,
Quint. 11, 1, 44:adversarii,
id. 4, 4, 4; cf.ipsorum,
Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18 al.: extera corporum indubitatas confessiones habent, i. e. proofs of the healing power (of assafœtida), id. 22, 23, 49, § 103.—With de and abl.: immo si actionem stultissimasque de se, nefarias de patre confessiones audisses? Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2:ipsorum de somno piscium confessio,
Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18.—With abstr. subjects: ea confessionem faciunt, non defensionem, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 15.—Esp.A.As a fig. of speech, Quint. 9, 2, 17; 12, 1, 33.—B.In eccl. Lat.1.A creed, avowal of belief:2. (α).fidei, Greg. M. Ep. 7, 5: nostra,
Vulg. Heb. 3, 1.—In gen., Vulg. Rom. 10, 10.—(β).Esp., an acknowledgment of Christ under torture; and hence, transf., torture, suffering for religion's sake, Lact. Mort. Pers. 1 init. -
2 cōnfessiō
cōnfessiō ōnis, f [confiteor], a confession, acknowledgment: sua: servorum: confessionibus ipsius patefacta parricidia: ignorationis: captae pecuniae: culpae, L.: ea erat confessio caput rerum Romam esse, L.: tacita, L.* * *confession, creed, avowal of belief/faith; acknowledgement of Christ; suffering; confession, acknowledgement; (act implying) admission (of guilt); proof, token; praise, thanksgivng; (Vulgate) -
3 grātia
grātia ae, f [gratus], favor, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship, partiality: aeterna inter nos, T.: falsam gratiam inire, curry favor, T.: gratiā florens hominum: Pompei gratiam mihi conciliari putare: cum inimico reditus in gratiam, reconciliation: fides reconciliatae gratiae: si suam gratiam Romani velint, Cs.: a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam: apud regem inita, L.: cum populo R. in gratiā esse: istuc impetro cum gratiā, with a good grace, T.: summa inter suos, Cs.: fratrum geminorum, harmony, H.: male sarta, interrupted friendship, H.: quantum gratiā valent, Cs.: improba, partiality, Iu.: cum gratiā imperatoris, to the satisfaction of, L.: provincia multas bonas gratias attulit, tokens of favor.— Charm, beauty, loveliness: formae, O.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, O.— A favor, kindness, courtesy, service, obligation: hanc gratiam ut sibi des, T.: petivit in loco gratiae, ut, etc.: Boccho delicti gratiam facit, forgives, S.: pugnaturi in gratiam ducis, to please, L.: data in praeteritam iudici gratiam, for the favor shown him on the trial, L.— Thanks, thankfulness, gratitude, acknowledgment: est dis gratia, cum ita est, I thank, T.: veteris stat gratia facti, V.: illi debetur a me gratia maior, H.: annonae levatae gratiam tulit, received, L.: dis gratia, thank heaven, T.: ac Syro nil gratiae, no thanks to, T.: mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, expressed: ei gratias egimus, thanked him: et non neglexisse habeo gratiam, am grateful, T.: sibi gratias habere, L.: maximas vobis gratias et agere et habere: alqd in gratiam habere, take as a favor, S.: meritam dis inmortalibus gratiam honoribus persolvere, express.—A return, requital, recompense (for a favor): pro eo (beneficio) gratiam repetere, L.: Nec nulla est inaratae gratia terrae, V.: tulisse potius iniuriam, quam retulisse gratiam, requited: praeclaram populo R. refers gratiam: omnibus referendā gratiā satisfacere, by a recompense: referre gratiam aliam non posse, quam, etc., L.: ut pro tantis eorum in rem p. meritis gratiae referantur.—Person., usu. plur, the graces, three goddesses of loveliness, attendants of Venus (Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia), H.— Sing collect.: non illi Gratia lecto, O. —Fig., a cause, reason, ground, occasion, motive, sake.—Only abl., usu. after a gen, in favor, on account, for the sake, for: bestiae hominum gratiā generatae: Nuptiarum gratiā haec sunt facta, T.: negoti gratiā properare, S.: dolorum effugiendorum gratiā: placandi gratiā, S.: exempli gratiā, for instance: verbi gratiā: eā gratiā Simulavi, ut, etc., for that reason, T.: id eā gratiā eveniebat, quod, etc., S.: quā gratiā Te arcessi iussi, ausculta, for what purpose, T.: Excludor, ille recipitur, quā gratiā? why? T.—Of persons, a favorite: ut unus gratia nostra fores, O.* * *porularity/esteem/credit (w/bona); unpopularity (w/mala); partiality/favoritism; favor/goodwill/kindness/friendship; influence; gratitude; thanks (pl.); Graces -
4 honōs, or honor
honōs, or honor ōris, m —Of persons, honor, repute, esteem, reputation, praise, distinction: honos alit artīs: honore auctus, Cs.: suum cuique honorem reddere: summo in honore: Iovem quanto honore fuisse, etc.: Gentis, glory, V.: pugnae, military glory, V.: Quem multo conpellat honore, deference, V.: magno sunt apud eos honore, Cs.: inservit honori, i. e. ambition, H.: honori summo Miloni fuit qui, etc.: quod apud Numidas honori ducitur, S.: Baccho dicemus honorem, praise, V.: mortalis vitae, fame achieved in, V.: Plena honorum munera, H.—Of things, honor, esteem, value: physicae tributus idem est honos: Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, are approved, H.—Public honor, official dignity, office, post, preferment: indignus illo honore (i. e. consulatu), S.: equites in tribunicium restituit honorem, Cs.: hic honos delatus ad me, L.: ad inperia et honores niti, S.: tempus honoris, the term of office, Iu.: hominibus novis honores mandare: honores dare indignis, H.: honoribus amplissimis perfungi: rapti Ganymedis, i. e. office, V.—In the phrases, honoris causā, out of respect, to show honor: quem honoris causā nomino: honoris causā civitas data, L.: vestri honoris causā, for your sake, T.: praefari honorem, to say by your leave, begin with an apology: honos praefandus est.—Person., a deity, worshipped with uncovered head, C., H., L.—A mark of honor, honorary gift, reward, acknowledgment, recompense, fee: ut medico honos haberetur, fee: geminum pugnae proponit honorem, prize, V.: nec Telamon sine honore recessit, O.: divōm templis indicit honorem, sacrifice, V.: nullos aris adoleret honores, O.: sepulturae: mortis honore carentes, funeral rites, V.—An ornament, decoration, grace, charm, beauty: silvis Aquilo decussit honorem, V.: regius, array, V.: laetos oculis adflarat honores, V.: copia Ruris honorum opulenta, H.—A magistrate, office-holder: summus, Iu. -
5 littera (lītera)
littera (lītera) ae, f [LI-], a letter, alphabetical sign, written sign of a sound: (epistula) Graecis conscripta litteris, Cs.: sus rostro si humi A litteram inpresserit: maximis litteris incisum: alqd litteris mandare, commit to writing, Cs.: salutaris, tristis (i. e. A and C on the ballots of jurors, for absolvo, condemno): provocatis ostentata inanibus litteris, as a pretence, L.: ad me litteram numquam misit, not a line.—A handwriting: accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae: Arguit ipsorum quos littera, Iu.— A writing, document, record: iunget nos littera, inscription, O.: littera poscetur, acknowledgment in writing, O.—Usu. plur: litterae publicae, records, C., Cs.: ratio omnis et omnes litterae, accounts: praetoris, edict. —Plur., a letter, epistle: mittuntur ad Caesarem ab Cicerone litterae, Cs.: meas acceperat litteras: nullas iis praeterquam ad te dedi litteras: per litteras mandare, ne, etc., Cs.: invitare alqm per litteras: liber litterarum missarum et adlatarum, a book of correspondence ; cf. sing: Quam legis a raptā Briseide littera venit, O.— Plur, written monuments, literature, books, literary works: litteras Graecas discere, S.: abest historia litteris nostris, is wanting in our literature: Graecae de philosophiā litterae, philosophical literature: damnum Hortensi interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere, L.: cupidissimus litterarum, N.—Fig., learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters: fac periclum in litteris, T.: erant in eo plurimae litterae: scire litteras, to be educated: homo sine ingenio, sine litteris: nescire litteras: litterarum cognitio: in litteris vivere. -
6 professiō
professiō ōnis, f [profiteor], a public acknowledgment, avowal, declaration, expression, profession, promise: pietatis, Ta.: postquam professionibus detecta est magnitudo aeris alieni, L.: in Leontino iugerūm.— A business, profession, calling: bene dicendi: magicae artis, Cu.* * *I IIdeclaration/avowal/profession; formal declaration/return; profession/occupation -
7 agnitio
agnĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [agnosco].I.A recognition, acknowledgment, admission, acceptance:II.admissio: bonorum possessionis,
Dig. 38, 15, 5 (cf. agnosco, II.); a recognizing:cadaveris,
Plin. 10, 70, 90, § 194:nullus interesset alienus agnitioni mutuae,
Vulg. Gen. 45, 1.—A knowing, perceiving, apprehending, knowledge, in gen.: ad agnitionem animi, for the knowledge of the nature of mind, * Cic. N. D. 1, 1 Creuz:ut impleamini agnitione,
Vulg. Col. 1, 9; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8; Cassian. Incarn. 4, 2; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 155. -
8 confessi
confĭtĕor, fessus, 2 (arch. inf. confiterier, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22), v. dep. [fateor], to acknowledge, confess, own, avow (an error, mistake, or a fact previously denied or doubted, etc., implying a sacrifice of will or a change of conviction; while fateor expresses a simple acknowledgment, and profiteor a voluntary avowal), to concede, allow, grant (class. in prose and poetry):I.quid confitetur, atque ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri sed etiam profiteri videatur?
Cic. Caecin. 9, 24; cf.: hic ego non solum confiteor, verum etiam profiteor, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 434, 30:tacendo loqui, non infitiando confiteri videbantur,
id. Sest. 18, 40.In gen.(α).With acc.:(β).et genus et divitias meas,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 52:peccatum suum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:amorem nutrici,
Ov. M. 14, 703; cf.:amorem patris nutrici,
Quint. 9, 2, 64:crimen,
Curt. 6, 11, 31:facinus,
id. 8, 8, 2: singula, * Cat. 86, 2: se, to make one's self known (sc. Jovem), Ov. M. 3, 2; cf.deam,
Verg. A. 2, 591.—With two accs.:se victos, Cacs. B. C. 1, 84: se imperitum,
Quint. 1, 10, 19:causam Caesaris meliorem,
id. 5, 11, 42:hoc de statuis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 149:summam infirmitatem de se,
Quint. 2, 4, 28:de se quid voluerit,
id. 8, 4, 23.—With acc. and inf.:(γ).hoc confiteor jure mi obtigisse,
Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 97; 5, 3, 12:me abs te cupisse laudari aperte atque ingenue confitebar,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2; 1, 9, 18; id. N. D. 1, 7, 44; Lucr. 1, 271; 1, 826; 2, 691 al.; Quint. 2, 17, 19; 11, 1, 85; Suet. Caes. 52 et saep.—Absol.:(δ).ut eampse vos audistis confiterier,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 5, 9 (8), 46:confitentem audire Torquatum,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21; Ov. M. 2, 52; 13, 270; Curt. 6, 11, 14; Tac. A. 11, 28:vere,
Ov. R. Am. 318; cf.:confessae manus,
i. e. confessing defeat, id. M. 5, 215.—With de:b.de maleficio,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; so id. ib. 42, 123; Tac. A. 14, 59; cf. supra, a fin. —Part. perf.: confessus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: aes, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 11, and 20, 1, 45; Dig. 42, 1, 15; v. under P. a.—Hence,II.Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.(α).With acc.:(β).confessa vultibus iram,
Ov. M. 6, 35:motum animi sui lacrimis,
Quint. 6, 1, 23:admirationem suam plausu,
id. 8, 3, 3; 9, 4, 39:cupidinem coëundi,
id. 1, 28, 2. —With acc. and inf., Quint. 1, 6, 15; 4, 2, 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 3; Pall. Jun. 7, 6.—III.In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:1.tibi, Domine,
Vulg. Psa. 137, 1:nomini tuo,
id. ib. 141, 8.— Absol., Cypr. Ep. 15.— confessus, a, um, P. a.Act., confessing, that has acknowledged, pleaded guilty, etc.:2.reus,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 56:in judicio reus,
Dig. 48, 4, 4, § 1.— Subst.: confessi, ōrum, m., criminals who have confessed their guilt:de confessis supplicium sumere,
Sall. C. 52, 36.—Pass., lit., acknowledged; hence, undoubted, evident, certain, incontrovertible (most freq. in the post-Aug. per.):ut omnes intellegant, quam improbam, quam manifestam, quam confessam rem pecuniā redimere conetur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 130:confessā in re,
Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 164; 20, 11, 45, § 116.—Esp., subst.: confessum, i, n., an undoubted, certain, acknowledged thing, matter:a confessis transeamus ad dubiā,
Sen. Q. N. 2, 21, 1:adhuc versamur in confessis,
Quint. 7, 1, 48:de confessis disserere,
Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 138 al. —Hence the phrases:ex confesso,
confessedly, beyond doubt, Quint. 3, 5, 3; Sen. Ep. 76, 12:in confesso esse,
to be notorious, everywhere known, id. Ben. 3, 11, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 2, 3; id. Q. N. 2, 22, 2; Vell. 2, 85, 4; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54; Tac. Or. 25; 27:vita cervis in confesso longa est,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 191; Amm. 21, 1, 3:in confessum venire,
to be generally acknowledged, be well known, Plin. Ep. 10, 81 (85), 8; cf.:ad liquidum confessumque perducere omnia,
Quint. 5, 14, 28:pro confesso habere aliquid,
Lact. 2, 8. -
9 confessorius
confessōrĭus, a, um, adj. [confessor]; in the jurists, of or pertaining to confession or acknowledgment:actio,
Dig. 8, 5, 2; 8, 5, 4; 9, 2, 23; 9, 2, 25 al. -
10 confessum
confĭtĕor, fessus, 2 (arch. inf. confiterier, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22), v. dep. [fateor], to acknowledge, confess, own, avow (an error, mistake, or a fact previously denied or doubted, etc., implying a sacrifice of will or a change of conviction; while fateor expresses a simple acknowledgment, and profiteor a voluntary avowal), to concede, allow, grant (class. in prose and poetry):I.quid confitetur, atque ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri sed etiam profiteri videatur?
Cic. Caecin. 9, 24; cf.: hic ego non solum confiteor, verum etiam profiteor, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 434, 30:tacendo loqui, non infitiando confiteri videbantur,
id. Sest. 18, 40.In gen.(α).With acc.:(β).et genus et divitias meas,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 52:peccatum suum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:amorem nutrici,
Ov. M. 14, 703; cf.:amorem patris nutrici,
Quint. 9, 2, 64:crimen,
Curt. 6, 11, 31:facinus,
id. 8, 8, 2: singula, * Cat. 86, 2: se, to make one's self known (sc. Jovem), Ov. M. 3, 2; cf.deam,
Verg. A. 2, 591.—With two accs.:se victos, Cacs. B. C. 1, 84: se imperitum,
Quint. 1, 10, 19:causam Caesaris meliorem,
id. 5, 11, 42:hoc de statuis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 149:summam infirmitatem de se,
Quint. 2, 4, 28:de se quid voluerit,
id. 8, 4, 23.—With acc. and inf.:(γ).hoc confiteor jure mi obtigisse,
Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 97; 5, 3, 12:me abs te cupisse laudari aperte atque ingenue confitebar,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2; 1, 9, 18; id. N. D. 1, 7, 44; Lucr. 1, 271; 1, 826; 2, 691 al.; Quint. 2, 17, 19; 11, 1, 85; Suet. Caes. 52 et saep.—Absol.:(δ).ut eampse vos audistis confiterier,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 5, 9 (8), 46:confitentem audire Torquatum,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21; Ov. M. 2, 52; 13, 270; Curt. 6, 11, 14; Tac. A. 11, 28:vere,
Ov. R. Am. 318; cf.:confessae manus,
i. e. confessing defeat, id. M. 5, 215.—With de:b.de maleficio,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; so id. ib. 42, 123; Tac. A. 14, 59; cf. supra, a fin. —Part. perf.: confessus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: aes, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 11, and 20, 1, 45; Dig. 42, 1, 15; v. under P. a.—Hence,II.Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.(α).With acc.:(β).confessa vultibus iram,
Ov. M. 6, 35:motum animi sui lacrimis,
Quint. 6, 1, 23:admirationem suam plausu,
id. 8, 3, 3; 9, 4, 39:cupidinem coëundi,
id. 1, 28, 2. —With acc. and inf., Quint. 1, 6, 15; 4, 2, 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 3; Pall. Jun. 7, 6.—III.In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:1.tibi, Domine,
Vulg. Psa. 137, 1:nomini tuo,
id. ib. 141, 8.— Absol., Cypr. Ep. 15.— confessus, a, um, P. a.Act., confessing, that has acknowledged, pleaded guilty, etc.:2.reus,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 56:in judicio reus,
Dig. 48, 4, 4, § 1.— Subst.: confessi, ōrum, m., criminals who have confessed their guilt:de confessis supplicium sumere,
Sall. C. 52, 36.—Pass., lit., acknowledged; hence, undoubted, evident, certain, incontrovertible (most freq. in the post-Aug. per.):ut omnes intellegant, quam improbam, quam manifestam, quam confessam rem pecuniā redimere conetur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 130:confessā in re,
Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 164; 20, 11, 45, § 116.—Esp., subst.: confessum, i, n., an undoubted, certain, acknowledged thing, matter:a confessis transeamus ad dubiā,
Sen. Q. N. 2, 21, 1:adhuc versamur in confessis,
Quint. 7, 1, 48:de confessis disserere,
Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 138 al. —Hence the phrases:ex confesso,
confessedly, beyond doubt, Quint. 3, 5, 3; Sen. Ep. 76, 12:in confesso esse,
to be notorious, everywhere known, id. Ben. 3, 11, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 2, 3; id. Q. N. 2, 22, 2; Vell. 2, 85, 4; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54; Tac. Or. 25; 27:vita cervis in confesso longa est,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 191; Amm. 21, 1, 3:in confessum venire,
to be generally acknowledged, be well known, Plin. Ep. 10, 81 (85), 8; cf.:ad liquidum confessumque perducere omnia,
Quint. 5, 14, 28:pro confesso habere aliquid,
Lact. 2, 8. -
11 confiteor
confĭtĕor, fessus, 2 (arch. inf. confiterier, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22), v. dep. [fateor], to acknowledge, confess, own, avow (an error, mistake, or a fact previously denied or doubted, etc., implying a sacrifice of will or a change of conviction; while fateor expresses a simple acknowledgment, and profiteor a voluntary avowal), to concede, allow, grant (class. in prose and poetry):I.quid confitetur, atque ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri sed etiam profiteri videatur?
Cic. Caecin. 9, 24; cf.: hic ego non solum confiteor, verum etiam profiteor, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 434, 30:tacendo loqui, non infitiando confiteri videbantur,
id. Sest. 18, 40.In gen.(α).With acc.:(β).et genus et divitias meas,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 52:peccatum suum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:amorem nutrici,
Ov. M. 14, 703; cf.:amorem patris nutrici,
Quint. 9, 2, 64:crimen,
Curt. 6, 11, 31:facinus,
id. 8, 8, 2: singula, * Cat. 86, 2: se, to make one's self known (sc. Jovem), Ov. M. 3, 2; cf.deam,
Verg. A. 2, 591.—With two accs.:se victos, Cacs. B. C. 1, 84: se imperitum,
Quint. 1, 10, 19:causam Caesaris meliorem,
id. 5, 11, 42:hoc de statuis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 149:summam infirmitatem de se,
Quint. 2, 4, 28:de se quid voluerit,
id. 8, 4, 23.—With acc. and inf.:(γ).hoc confiteor jure mi obtigisse,
Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 97; 5, 3, 12:me abs te cupisse laudari aperte atque ingenue confitebar,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2; 1, 9, 18; id. N. D. 1, 7, 44; Lucr. 1, 271; 1, 826; 2, 691 al.; Quint. 2, 17, 19; 11, 1, 85; Suet. Caes. 52 et saep.—Absol.:(δ).ut eampse vos audistis confiterier,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 5, 9 (8), 46:confitentem audire Torquatum,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21; Ov. M. 2, 52; 13, 270; Curt. 6, 11, 14; Tac. A. 11, 28:vere,
Ov. R. Am. 318; cf.:confessae manus,
i. e. confessing defeat, id. M. 5, 215.—With de:b.de maleficio,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; so id. ib. 42, 123; Tac. A. 14, 59; cf. supra, a fin. —Part. perf.: confessus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: aes, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 11, and 20, 1, 45; Dig. 42, 1, 15; v. under P. a.—Hence,II.Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.(α).With acc.:(β).confessa vultibus iram,
Ov. M. 6, 35:motum animi sui lacrimis,
Quint. 6, 1, 23:admirationem suam plausu,
id. 8, 3, 3; 9, 4, 39:cupidinem coëundi,
id. 1, 28, 2. —With acc. and inf., Quint. 1, 6, 15; 4, 2, 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 3; Pall. Jun. 7, 6.—III.In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:1.tibi, Domine,
Vulg. Psa. 137, 1:nomini tuo,
id. ib. 141, 8.— Absol., Cypr. Ep. 15.— confessus, a, um, P. a.Act., confessing, that has acknowledged, pleaded guilty, etc.:2.reus,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 56:in judicio reus,
Dig. 48, 4, 4, § 1.— Subst.: confessi, ōrum, m., criminals who have confessed their guilt:de confessis supplicium sumere,
Sall. C. 52, 36.—Pass., lit., acknowledged; hence, undoubted, evident, certain, incontrovertible (most freq. in the post-Aug. per.):ut omnes intellegant, quam improbam, quam manifestam, quam confessam rem pecuniā redimere conetur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 130:confessā in re,
Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 164; 20, 11, 45, § 116.—Esp., subst.: confessum, i, n., an undoubted, certain, acknowledged thing, matter:a confessis transeamus ad dubiā,
Sen. Q. N. 2, 21, 1:adhuc versamur in confessis,
Quint. 7, 1, 48:de confessis disserere,
Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 138 al. —Hence the phrases:ex confesso,
confessedly, beyond doubt, Quint. 3, 5, 3; Sen. Ep. 76, 12:in confesso esse,
to be notorious, everywhere known, id. Ben. 3, 11, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 2, 3; id. Q. N. 2, 22, 2; Vell. 2, 85, 4; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54; Tac. Or. 25; 27:vita cervis in confesso longa est,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 191; Amm. 21, 1, 3:in confessum venire,
to be generally acknowledged, be well known, Plin. Ep. 10, 81 (85), 8; cf.:ad liquidum confessumque perducere omnia,
Quint. 5, 14, 28:pro confesso habere aliquid,
Lact. 2, 8. -
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grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus; lit., favor, both that in which one stands with others and that which one shows to others].I.(Acc. to gratus, I.) Favor which one finds with others, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship (syn. favor):B.pluris pauciorum gratiam faciunt pars hominum quam id quod prosint pluribus,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12:perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 68:ut majores ejus (Plancii) summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenuerint et dignitatis et gratiae,
Cic. Planc. 13, 32; cf.:Sex. Roscius gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:deinde si maxime talis est deus, ut nulla gratia, nulla hominum caritate teneatur, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 124:neque quo Cn. Pompeii gratiam mihi per hanc causam conciliari putem,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70; cf.:aliquem restituere in gratiam,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23:aliquem restituere in ejus veterem gratiam,
id. Att. 1, 3, 3:in gratiam reducere,
id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; cf.also: cum aliquo in gratiam redire,
to reconcile one's self with one, id. Att. 1, 14, 7; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1; id. Thras. 3 fin.; id. Dat. 8, 5 al.:alicujus gratiam sequi,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3; cf.:si suam gratiam Romani velint, posse eis utiles esse amicos,
id. B. G. 4, 7, 4:ab aliquo inire gratiam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 113:a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam,
id. Att. 7, 9, 3:magnam inire gratiam,
id. Fin. 4, 12, 31:quantam eo facto ad plebem inierat gratiam,
Liv. 33, 46, 7:apud regem gratiam initam volebant,
id. 36, 5, 3:at te apud eum, dii boni, quanta in gratia posui!
Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6 fin.;with a different construction: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam (Ern. conj. in gratia),
Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3:cum aliquo in laude et in gratia esse,
id. Verr. 1, 17, 51; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:inter vos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17 Ruhnk.:plerique (in divortio) cum bona gratia discedunt,
Dig. 24, 1, 32, § 10;without bona: cum istuc quod postulo impetro cum gratia,
with a good grace, Ter. And. 2, 5, 11:omnia quae potui in hac summa tua gratia ac potentia a te impetrare,
credit, influence, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; cf.:Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 4; 1, 43, 8:gratiā plurimum posse,
id. ib. 1, 9, 3; 1, 20, 2; cf.:quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valent,
id. ib. 7, 63, 1:gratiā valere,
id. B. C. 2, 44, 1:inproba quamvis Gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,
Juv. 13, 4:quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat,
Liv. 40, 59, 1.—In plur.:L. Murenae provincia multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione attulit,
tokens of favor, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:cum haec res plurimas gratias, firmissimas amicitias pariat,
id. ib. 11, 24:non hominum potentium studio, non excellentibus gratiis paucorum, sed universi populi Romani judicio consulem factum,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 7.—Transf., objectively, like the Gr. charis, agreeableness, pleasantness, charm, beauty, loveliness, grace (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose;2.esp. freq. in Quint.): gratia formae,
Ov. M. 7, 44; Suet. Tit. 3:corporis,
id. Vit. 3; id. Vit. Ter. 1; Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:quid ille gratiae in vultu ostenderit,
Quint. 6 prooem. § 7; cf. id. 6, 3, 26:unica nec desit jocundis gratia verbis,
charm, Prop. 1, 2, 29; cf.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13, 127:plenus est jucunditatis et gratiae (Horatius),
Quint. 10, 1, 96:sermonis Attici,
id. ib. 65;12, 10, 35: dicendi,
id. 9, 3, 74:brevitatis novitatisque,
id. ib. 58:omnis bene scriptorum,
id. 11, 2, 46 et saep.; Cels. 4, 29 med.:uvis et vinis gratiam affert fumus fabrilis,
Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 17, 9, 6, § 53. —Hence,As a nom. propr.: Grātiae, ārum, f., a transl. of the Gr. Charites, the goddesses of favor, loveliness, grace, etc., the three Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720; Hor. C. 1, 4, 6; 1, 30, 6; 3, 19, 16; 3, 21, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 82.—In sing.: Grātia, ae, collect., Ov. M. 6, 429.II. A.In gen. (rare): ita mihi Telamonis patris, avi Aeaci et proavi Jovis grata est gratia, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 23 (Trag. v. 367 Vahl.):B.ergo ab eo petito gratiam istam,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 63; cf.:gratiam a patre si petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 23:petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 189; cf.:quod beneficii gratiaeque causa concessit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 48 fin.:hanc gratiam ut sibi des,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 30:juris jurandi volo gratiam facias,
excuse, release, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 59; cf.:alicui delicti gratiam facere,
to grant pardon, forgive, Sall. J. 104 fin. Kritz.:qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti gratiam fecissem,
id. Cat. 52, 8; cf.also: quibus senatus belli Lepidani gratiam fecerat,
id. Fragm. 3, 34 Gerl.:alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis,
to please, for the sake of, Liv. 28, 21, 4; cf.:deletam urbem cernimus eorum, quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,
id. 28, 39, 12 Drak.:in gratiam alicujus,
id. 35, 2, 6; 39, 26, 12; Vell. 2, 41, 2; Suet. Tib. 49 al.; cf.also: data visceratio in praeteritam judicii gratiam,
for the favor shown him on the trial, Liv. 8, 22, 4:nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla umbrarum,
Juv. 8, 64.—In partic., a mark of favor shown for a service rendered, thanks (by word or deed), thankfulness, gratitude; acknowledgment, return, requital (the form with agere of returning thanks is the plur., but with habere, referre, debere, nearly always in sing.; but when thanks are due to or rendered by more than one person, the form gratias referre, etc., may be used; v. infra., and cf. Krebs. Antibarb. p. 505):A.quae (gratia) in memoria et remuneratione officiorum et honoris et amicitiarum observantiam teneat,
Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66; cf.:gratia est, in qua amicitiarum et officiorum alterius memoria et remunerandi voluntas continetur,
id. ib. 2, 53, 161:immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam: nam relaturum me affirmare non possum,
id. Fam. 10, 11, 1; cf.:renuntiate, gratias regi me agere: referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse, quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37, 8 (v. ago):dīs gratias agere... si referre studeant gratias,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26 sq.:L. Lucceius meus, homo omnium gratissimus, mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, cum diceret, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1:eique amplissimis verbis per senatus consultum gratias egimus,
id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter,
id. Fam. 1, 10:justissimas gratias agere,
id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, etc.,
id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:nunc tecum sic agam, tulisse ut potius injuriam, quam retulisse gratiam videar,
to have made a return, requital, recompense, id. Sull. 16, 47 fin.:magno meo beneficio affecti cumulatissime mihi gratiam retulerunt,
id. Fam. 13, 4, 1:praeclaram vero populo Romano refers gratiam,
id. Cat. 1, 11, 28:ut pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores eis habeantur gratiaeque referantur,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 39; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 25:me omnibus, si minus referenda gratia satisfacere potuerim, at praedicanda et habenda certe satis esse facturum,
if I cannot requite... I can extol, id. Balb. 1, 2; cf.: nimirum inops ille, si bonus est vir, etiam si referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest. Commode autem quicumque dixit, pecuniam qui habeat, non reddidisse; qui reddiderit, non habere: gratiam autem et qui retulerit, habere et qui habeat retulisse, id. Off. 2, 20, 69; id. Planc. 28, 68; cf. id. ib. 42, 101; id. Fam. 5, 11, 1:gratias habere,
Liv. 24, 37, 7:alicui summas gratias habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 33:alicui maximas infinitasque agere atque habere gratias, quod, etc.,
Vitr. 6 praef. 4:merito vestro maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:meritam dīs immortalibus gratiam justis honoribus et memori mente persolvere,
id. Planc. 33, 80:pro beneficio gratiam repetere,
Liv. 1, 47, 7:gratias ob hoc agere, quod, etc.,
Liv. 54, 50, 4; so with ob, Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 21; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 9:pro tuo summo beneficio gratias agere,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; Liv. 23, 11, 12; Plin, Pan. 25, 1; cf. Gell. 9, 3, 5:dum carmine nostro Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,
Tib. 2, 1, 36; cf.:hoc certe justitiae convenit suum cuique reddere, beneficio gratiam, injuriae talionem aut certe malam gratiam,
Sen. Ep. 81 med.;rarely: in gratiam habere (=ita accipere, ut ad gratiam comparandam valere putet),
to accept as thankworthy, Sall. J. 111, 1:unum vis curem: curo. Et est dīs gratia, Cum ita, ut volo, est,
I thank, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 58; cf.: Er. Eamus intro, ut prandeamus. Me. Bene vocas: tam gratia est, no, I'm much obliged to you (the negative being omitted, as in the Fr. je vous remercie, and the Germ. ich danke sehr), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36.—Ellipt.: fores effregit? restituentur;discidit Vestem? resarcietur: est, dīs gratia, Et unde haec fiant, et adhuc non molesta sunt,
thank Heaven, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41.—With acc. and inf. (anteclass. and post-Aug.):dīs gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari, etc.,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 4, 64; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 4; id. And. 1, 1, 15.—Hence, as adverbs:grātĭā (acc. to II. A.), lit., in favor of, on account of, for the sake of; hence, in gen., on account of (usually placed after the gen., in Quint. a few times before it; cf.: causa, ergo).(α).With gen.:(β).sed neque longioribus quam oportet hyperbatis compositioni serviamus, ne quae ejus gratia fecerimus, propter eam fecisse videamur,
lest what we have done to embellish the style we should seem to have done merely on account of the construction we had chosen, Quint. 9, 4, 144:tantum abest, ut haec bestiarum etiam causa parata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.); cf.:honoris gratia nomino,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta omnia,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 17:simulabat sese negotii gratia properare,
Sall. J. 76, 1: hominem occisum esse constat;non praedae gratia: quia inspoliatus est,
Quint. 7, 1, 33; cf.:hereditatis gratia,
id. 5, 12, 5:quem censores senatu probri gratia moverant,
Sall. C. 23, 1:profectus gratia dicere,
Quint. 2, 10, 9:brevitatis gratia,
id. 4, 2, 43:decoris gratia,
id. 8, 6, 65:difficultatis gratia,
id. 9, 2, 77:aut invidiae gratia... aut miserationis,
id. 9, 2, 8:praesentis gratia litis,
id. 2, 7, 4 al. —With gerund.: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):ut aut voluptates omittantur majorum voluptatum adipiscendarum causa, aut dolores suscipiantur majorum dolorum effugiendorum gratia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 2:tentandi gratia,
Sall. J. 47, 2:hiemandi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 3:colloquendi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 4:placandi gratia,
id. ib. 71, 5:simulandi gratia,
id. ib. 37, 4:sui exposcendi gratia,
Nep. Hann. 7, 6:amplificandi gratia... vel miserandi,
Quint. 9, 3, 28:elevandae invidiae gratia,
id. 5, 13, 40:recuperandae dignitatis gratia,
id. 11, 1, 79:vitandae similitudinis gratia,
id. 9, 1, 11 al. —Ellipt.: ejus generis hae sunt quaestiones. Si, exempli gratia, vir bonus Alexandria Rhodum magnum frumenti numerum advexerit, etc., for example, for instance (for the usual exempli causa; so,verbi gratia, for verbi causa, infra),
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50; so,exempli gratia,
Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110;for which in full: pauca tamen exempli gratia ponam,
Quint. 6, 5, 6:eorum unam discordiam ponemus exempli gratia,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 213:propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratia propter voluptatem,
for instance, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—Placed before the [p. 826] gen.:gratiā decoris,
Quint. 8 praef. §18: compositionis,
id. 9, 4, 58:lenitatis,
id. 9, 4, 144:significationis,
id. 8, 6, 2.—With pron. (mostly ante-class.):B.meā gratiā,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3:qui nihil ocius venit tamen hac gratia,
id. Stich. 5, 1, 5; cf.:abire istac gratia,
id. Ps. 1, 5, 138: (Medea) per agros passim dispergit corpus: id eā gratiā, Ut, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67; so,eā gratiā,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 20; id. Hec. 4, 3, 11:sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 79:id ea gratia eveniebat, quod nemo ex fuga regem sequitur,
Sall. J. 54, 4:id ea gratia facilius fuit, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 80, 4.—grā-tĭīs (always as a trisyll. in ante-class. poets; Pompon. Com. Fragm. v. 110 Rib.; Plaut. As. prol. 5; id. Ep. 3, 4, 38; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Charis. p. 1806; so in Cic. Verr. 2, 4 and 5 Halm), and contr., grātīs (since the class. per.; acc. to II. A.), lit., out of favor or kindness; hence, pregn., without recompense or reward, for nothing, gratuitously, gratis, proika (cf.:gratuito, nequidquam, frustra): quae (psaltria) quantum potest Aliquo abicienda est, si non pretio, at gratiis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 46:si mihi dantur duo talenta argenti numerata in manum, Hanc tibi noctem honoris causa gratiis dono dabo,
id. As. 1, 3, 38 sq.:quam introduxistis fidicinam, atque etiam fides, Ei quae accessere, tibi addam dono gratiis,
into the bargain, to boot, id. Ep. 3, 4, 38:quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video,
Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118:hic primum questus est non leviter Saturius, communem factum esse gratis cum Roscio, qui pretio proprius fuisset Fanni,
id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:gratis dare alicui (opp. pretium accipere ab aliquo),
Mart. 14, 175, 2:id me scis antea gratis tibi esse pollicitum. Quid nunc putas, tanta mihi abs te mercede proposita?
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7:gratis rei publicae servire,
id. Clu. 26, 71:tantum gratis pagina nostra placet,
Mart. 5, 16, 10:virtutes omnes per se ipsas gratis diligere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 83.—Opp. for payment:is repente, ut Romam venit, gratis praetor factus est. Alia porro pecunia ne accusaretur data,
Cic. Verr. 1, 39, 101; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 19, §48: habitent gratis in alieno?
id. Off. 2, 23, 83; so,habitare in aedibus alienis,
Dig. 39, 5, 9:habitationem cui dare,
free of cost, ib. 19, 2, 53, § 2; Mart. 10, 3, 11. -
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grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus; lit., favor, both that in which one stands with others and that which one shows to others].I.(Acc. to gratus, I.) Favor which one finds with others, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship (syn. favor):B.pluris pauciorum gratiam faciunt pars hominum quam id quod prosint pluribus,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12:perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 68:ut majores ejus (Plancii) summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenuerint et dignitatis et gratiae,
Cic. Planc. 13, 32; cf.:Sex. Roscius gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:deinde si maxime talis est deus, ut nulla gratia, nulla hominum caritate teneatur, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 124:neque quo Cn. Pompeii gratiam mihi per hanc causam conciliari putem,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70; cf.:aliquem restituere in gratiam,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23:aliquem restituere in ejus veterem gratiam,
id. Att. 1, 3, 3:in gratiam reducere,
id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; cf.also: cum aliquo in gratiam redire,
to reconcile one's self with one, id. Att. 1, 14, 7; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1; id. Thras. 3 fin.; id. Dat. 8, 5 al.:alicujus gratiam sequi,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3; cf.:si suam gratiam Romani velint, posse eis utiles esse amicos,
id. B. G. 4, 7, 4:ab aliquo inire gratiam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 113:a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam,
id. Att. 7, 9, 3:magnam inire gratiam,
id. Fin. 4, 12, 31:quantam eo facto ad plebem inierat gratiam,
Liv. 33, 46, 7:apud regem gratiam initam volebant,
id. 36, 5, 3:at te apud eum, dii boni, quanta in gratia posui!
Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6 fin.;with a different construction: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam (Ern. conj. in gratia),
Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3:cum aliquo in laude et in gratia esse,
id. Verr. 1, 17, 51; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:inter vos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17 Ruhnk.:plerique (in divortio) cum bona gratia discedunt,
Dig. 24, 1, 32, § 10;without bona: cum istuc quod postulo impetro cum gratia,
with a good grace, Ter. And. 2, 5, 11:omnia quae potui in hac summa tua gratia ac potentia a te impetrare,
credit, influence, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; cf.:Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 4; 1, 43, 8:gratiā plurimum posse,
id. ib. 1, 9, 3; 1, 20, 2; cf.:quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valent,
id. ib. 7, 63, 1:gratiā valere,
id. B. C. 2, 44, 1:inproba quamvis Gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,
Juv. 13, 4:quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat,
Liv. 40, 59, 1.—In plur.:L. Murenae provincia multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione attulit,
tokens of favor, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:cum haec res plurimas gratias, firmissimas amicitias pariat,
id. ib. 11, 24:non hominum potentium studio, non excellentibus gratiis paucorum, sed universi populi Romani judicio consulem factum,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 7.—Transf., objectively, like the Gr. charis, agreeableness, pleasantness, charm, beauty, loveliness, grace (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose;2.esp. freq. in Quint.): gratia formae,
Ov. M. 7, 44; Suet. Tit. 3:corporis,
id. Vit. 3; id. Vit. Ter. 1; Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:quid ille gratiae in vultu ostenderit,
Quint. 6 prooem. § 7; cf. id. 6, 3, 26:unica nec desit jocundis gratia verbis,
charm, Prop. 1, 2, 29; cf.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13, 127:plenus est jucunditatis et gratiae (Horatius),
Quint. 10, 1, 96:sermonis Attici,
id. ib. 65;12, 10, 35: dicendi,
id. 9, 3, 74:brevitatis novitatisque,
id. ib. 58:omnis bene scriptorum,
id. 11, 2, 46 et saep.; Cels. 4, 29 med.:uvis et vinis gratiam affert fumus fabrilis,
Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 17, 9, 6, § 53. —Hence,As a nom. propr.: Grātiae, ārum, f., a transl. of the Gr. Charites, the goddesses of favor, loveliness, grace, etc., the three Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720; Hor. C. 1, 4, 6; 1, 30, 6; 3, 19, 16; 3, 21, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 82.—In sing.: Grātia, ae, collect., Ov. M. 6, 429.II. A.In gen. (rare): ita mihi Telamonis patris, avi Aeaci et proavi Jovis grata est gratia, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 23 (Trag. v. 367 Vahl.):B.ergo ab eo petito gratiam istam,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 63; cf.:gratiam a patre si petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 23:petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 189; cf.:quod beneficii gratiaeque causa concessit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 48 fin.:hanc gratiam ut sibi des,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 30:juris jurandi volo gratiam facias,
excuse, release, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 59; cf.:alicui delicti gratiam facere,
to grant pardon, forgive, Sall. J. 104 fin. Kritz.:qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti gratiam fecissem,
id. Cat. 52, 8; cf.also: quibus senatus belli Lepidani gratiam fecerat,
id. Fragm. 3, 34 Gerl.:alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis,
to please, for the sake of, Liv. 28, 21, 4; cf.:deletam urbem cernimus eorum, quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,
id. 28, 39, 12 Drak.:in gratiam alicujus,
id. 35, 2, 6; 39, 26, 12; Vell. 2, 41, 2; Suet. Tib. 49 al.; cf.also: data visceratio in praeteritam judicii gratiam,
for the favor shown him on the trial, Liv. 8, 22, 4:nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla umbrarum,
Juv. 8, 64.—In partic., a mark of favor shown for a service rendered, thanks (by word or deed), thankfulness, gratitude; acknowledgment, return, requital (the form with agere of returning thanks is the plur., but with habere, referre, debere, nearly always in sing.; but when thanks are due to or rendered by more than one person, the form gratias referre, etc., may be used; v. infra., and cf. Krebs. Antibarb. p. 505):A.quae (gratia) in memoria et remuneratione officiorum et honoris et amicitiarum observantiam teneat,
Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66; cf.:gratia est, in qua amicitiarum et officiorum alterius memoria et remunerandi voluntas continetur,
id. ib. 2, 53, 161:immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam: nam relaturum me affirmare non possum,
id. Fam. 10, 11, 1; cf.:renuntiate, gratias regi me agere: referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse, quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37, 8 (v. ago):dīs gratias agere... si referre studeant gratias,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26 sq.:L. Lucceius meus, homo omnium gratissimus, mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, cum diceret, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1:eique amplissimis verbis per senatus consultum gratias egimus,
id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter,
id. Fam. 1, 10:justissimas gratias agere,
id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, etc.,
id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:nunc tecum sic agam, tulisse ut potius injuriam, quam retulisse gratiam videar,
to have made a return, requital, recompense, id. Sull. 16, 47 fin.:magno meo beneficio affecti cumulatissime mihi gratiam retulerunt,
id. Fam. 13, 4, 1:praeclaram vero populo Romano refers gratiam,
id. Cat. 1, 11, 28:ut pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores eis habeantur gratiaeque referantur,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 39; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 25:me omnibus, si minus referenda gratia satisfacere potuerim, at praedicanda et habenda certe satis esse facturum,
if I cannot requite... I can extol, id. Balb. 1, 2; cf.: nimirum inops ille, si bonus est vir, etiam si referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest. Commode autem quicumque dixit, pecuniam qui habeat, non reddidisse; qui reddiderit, non habere: gratiam autem et qui retulerit, habere et qui habeat retulisse, id. Off. 2, 20, 69; id. Planc. 28, 68; cf. id. ib. 42, 101; id. Fam. 5, 11, 1:gratias habere,
Liv. 24, 37, 7:alicui summas gratias habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 33:alicui maximas infinitasque agere atque habere gratias, quod, etc.,
Vitr. 6 praef. 4:merito vestro maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:meritam dīs immortalibus gratiam justis honoribus et memori mente persolvere,
id. Planc. 33, 80:pro beneficio gratiam repetere,
Liv. 1, 47, 7:gratias ob hoc agere, quod, etc.,
Liv. 54, 50, 4; so with ob, Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 21; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 9:pro tuo summo beneficio gratias agere,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; Liv. 23, 11, 12; Plin, Pan. 25, 1; cf. Gell. 9, 3, 5:dum carmine nostro Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,
Tib. 2, 1, 36; cf.:hoc certe justitiae convenit suum cuique reddere, beneficio gratiam, injuriae talionem aut certe malam gratiam,
Sen. Ep. 81 med.;rarely: in gratiam habere (=ita accipere, ut ad gratiam comparandam valere putet),
to accept as thankworthy, Sall. J. 111, 1:unum vis curem: curo. Et est dīs gratia, Cum ita, ut volo, est,
I thank, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 58; cf.: Er. Eamus intro, ut prandeamus. Me. Bene vocas: tam gratia est, no, I'm much obliged to you (the negative being omitted, as in the Fr. je vous remercie, and the Germ. ich danke sehr), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36.—Ellipt.: fores effregit? restituentur;discidit Vestem? resarcietur: est, dīs gratia, Et unde haec fiant, et adhuc non molesta sunt,
thank Heaven, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41.—With acc. and inf. (anteclass. and post-Aug.):dīs gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari, etc.,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 4, 64; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 4; id. And. 1, 1, 15.—Hence, as adverbs:grātĭā (acc. to II. A.), lit., in favor of, on account of, for the sake of; hence, in gen., on account of (usually placed after the gen., in Quint. a few times before it; cf.: causa, ergo).(α).With gen.:(β).sed neque longioribus quam oportet hyperbatis compositioni serviamus, ne quae ejus gratia fecerimus, propter eam fecisse videamur,
lest what we have done to embellish the style we should seem to have done merely on account of the construction we had chosen, Quint. 9, 4, 144:tantum abest, ut haec bestiarum etiam causa parata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.); cf.:honoris gratia nomino,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta omnia,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 17:simulabat sese negotii gratia properare,
Sall. J. 76, 1: hominem occisum esse constat;non praedae gratia: quia inspoliatus est,
Quint. 7, 1, 33; cf.:hereditatis gratia,
id. 5, 12, 5:quem censores senatu probri gratia moverant,
Sall. C. 23, 1:profectus gratia dicere,
Quint. 2, 10, 9:brevitatis gratia,
id. 4, 2, 43:decoris gratia,
id. 8, 6, 65:difficultatis gratia,
id. 9, 2, 77:aut invidiae gratia... aut miserationis,
id. 9, 2, 8:praesentis gratia litis,
id. 2, 7, 4 al. —With gerund.: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):ut aut voluptates omittantur majorum voluptatum adipiscendarum causa, aut dolores suscipiantur majorum dolorum effugiendorum gratia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 2:tentandi gratia,
Sall. J. 47, 2:hiemandi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 3:colloquendi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 4:placandi gratia,
id. ib. 71, 5:simulandi gratia,
id. ib. 37, 4:sui exposcendi gratia,
Nep. Hann. 7, 6:amplificandi gratia... vel miserandi,
Quint. 9, 3, 28:elevandae invidiae gratia,
id. 5, 13, 40:recuperandae dignitatis gratia,
id. 11, 1, 79:vitandae similitudinis gratia,
id. 9, 1, 11 al. —Ellipt.: ejus generis hae sunt quaestiones. Si, exempli gratia, vir bonus Alexandria Rhodum magnum frumenti numerum advexerit, etc., for example, for instance (for the usual exempli causa; so,verbi gratia, for verbi causa, infra),
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50; so,exempli gratia,
Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110;for which in full: pauca tamen exempli gratia ponam,
Quint. 6, 5, 6:eorum unam discordiam ponemus exempli gratia,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 213:propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratia propter voluptatem,
for instance, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—Placed before the [p. 826] gen.:gratiā decoris,
Quint. 8 praef. §18: compositionis,
id. 9, 4, 58:lenitatis,
id. 9, 4, 144:significationis,
id. 8, 6, 2.—With pron. (mostly ante-class.):B.meā gratiā,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3:qui nihil ocius venit tamen hac gratia,
id. Stich. 5, 1, 5; cf.:abire istac gratia,
id. Ps. 1, 5, 138: (Medea) per agros passim dispergit corpus: id eā gratiā, Ut, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67; so,eā gratiā,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 20; id. Hec. 4, 3, 11:sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 79:id ea gratia eveniebat, quod nemo ex fuga regem sequitur,
Sall. J. 54, 4:id ea gratia facilius fuit, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 80, 4.—grā-tĭīs (always as a trisyll. in ante-class. poets; Pompon. Com. Fragm. v. 110 Rib.; Plaut. As. prol. 5; id. Ep. 3, 4, 38; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Charis. p. 1806; so in Cic. Verr. 2, 4 and 5 Halm), and contr., grātīs (since the class. per.; acc. to II. A.), lit., out of favor or kindness; hence, pregn., without recompense or reward, for nothing, gratuitously, gratis, proika (cf.:gratuito, nequidquam, frustra): quae (psaltria) quantum potest Aliquo abicienda est, si non pretio, at gratiis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 46:si mihi dantur duo talenta argenti numerata in manum, Hanc tibi noctem honoris causa gratiis dono dabo,
id. As. 1, 3, 38 sq.:quam introduxistis fidicinam, atque etiam fides, Ei quae accessere, tibi addam dono gratiis,
into the bargain, to boot, id. Ep. 3, 4, 38:quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video,
Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118:hic primum questus est non leviter Saturius, communem factum esse gratis cum Roscio, qui pretio proprius fuisset Fanni,
id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:gratis dare alicui (opp. pretium accipere ab aliquo),
Mart. 14, 175, 2:id me scis antea gratis tibi esse pollicitum. Quid nunc putas, tanta mihi abs te mercede proposita?
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7:gratis rei publicae servire,
id. Clu. 26, 71:tantum gratis pagina nostra placet,
Mart. 5, 16, 10:virtutes omnes per se ipsas gratis diligere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 83.—Opp. for payment:is repente, ut Romam venit, gratis praetor factus est. Alia porro pecunia ne accusaretur data,
Cic. Verr. 1, 39, 101; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 19, §48: habitent gratis in alieno?
id. Off. 2, 23, 83; so,habitare in aedibus alienis,
Dig. 39, 5, 9:habitationem cui dare,
free of cost, ib. 19, 2, 53, § 2; Mart. 10, 3, 11. -
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hŏnor or hŏnos (the latter form almost exclusively in Cic., who has honor only Phil. 9, 6 fin., and Fragm. pro Tull. 21; also in Caes., Liv., Sall., Prop., Verg., Nep., and Curt.; but honor in Sen., Vell., Ov.; and Hor. and Tac. use both forms. Honos was antiquated in Quintilian's day, v. Quint. 1, 4, 13; Neue, Formenl. 1, 168 sq.), ōris (archaic gen. honorus, like venerus, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, n. 7), m. [perh. Sanscr. hu-, call], honor, repute, esteem in which a person or thing is held.I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem, qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur. Qui autem occasione aliqua etiam invitis suis civibus nactus est imperium, hunc nomen honoris adeptum, non honorem puto,
Cic. Brut. 81, 281; cf.:is autem, qui vere appellari potest honos, non invitamentum ad tempus, sed perpetuae virtutis est praemium,
id. Fam. 10, 10, 1 sq.:honos alit artes omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloria,
id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4;so with gloria,
id. Part. 24, 87: si honos is fuit, majorem tibi habere non [p. 862] potui, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:quanto et honor hic illo est amplior, etc.,
id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:gratia, dignitate, honore auctus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8:amplissimis honoribus et praemiis decorari... honos maximus,
Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232:ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine affeceris,
id. Deiot. 5, 14:aliquem praecipuo honore habere,
Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:suum cuique honorem et gradum reddere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:apud eum sunt in honore et in pretio,
id. ib. 28, 77; Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 1; so with in:in honore magno esse,
Cic. Brut. 8, 30:summo in honore,
id. de Or. 1, 55, 235; id. Off. 2, 19, 65:tanto in honore,
id. Tusc. 2, 2, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2; 3, 47, 7; Liv. 42, 6, 12; but without in:Jovem autem quanto honore in suo templo fuisse arbitramini,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:(Druides) magno sunt apud eos honore,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 5, 54, 5; Liv. 1, 40, 1; Tac. A. 14, 6; id. H. 1, 6, 4:honorem accipere,
Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:honorem huic generi (i. e. poëtis) non fuisse declarat oratio Catonis,
id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:honori summo nostro Miloni fuit qui P. Clodii conatus compressit,
id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf.:quod (i. e. medium ex tribus sedere) apud Numidas honori ducitur,
Sall. J. 11, 3:rite suum Baccho dicemus honorem,
honor, praise, Verg. G. 2, 393: tanto ille vobis quam mihi pejorem honorem habuit, worse honor, i. e. greater dishonor or disgrace, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 12, 9, 4; cf.:exsilii honor,
i. e. honorable exile, Tac. H. 1, 21.—Personified:tute pone te latebis facile, ne inveniat te honos,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, honor, esteem, value:physicae quoque non sine causa tributus idem est honos,
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 73; id. Fam. 7, 26, 2:ornatus ille admirabilis, propter quem ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia,
id. Or. 36, 125:multa renascentur quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus,
Hor. A. P. 71:apud antiquos piscium nobilissimus habitus acipenser nullo in honore est,
Plin. 9, 17, 27, § 60; 19, 6, 32, § 104:vino Pramnio etiam nunc honos durat,
id. 14, 4, 6, § 54 al. —In partic.1.Public honor, official dignity, office, post, preferment (cf. munus):2.ita quaestor sum factus, ut mihi honorem illum tum non solum datum, sed etiam creditum ac commissum putem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35:ille honoris gradus,
id. Sull. 29, 82:equites Romanos in tribunicium restituit honorem,
Caes. B. C. 1, 77 fin.:extraordinarium honorem appetere,
id. ib. 1, 32, 2:hic ipse honos (sc. dictatura), delatus ad me, testis est innocentiae meae,
Liv. 9, 26, 14:curulem adferri sellam eo jussit (Flavius) ac sede honoris sui inimicos spectavit,
id. 9, 46, 9:honore abiit,
Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:deposito honore,
id. ib. 36:paene honore summotus est,
id. Claud. 9:honor municipalis est administratio rei publicae cum dignitatis gradu, sive cum sumtu, sive sine erogatione contingens,
Dig. 50, 4, 14 pr.: honorem aut magistratum gerere, Gai Inst. 1, 96:clari velamen honoris sufficiunt tunicae summis aedilibus albae,
Juv. 3, 178:tempus honoris,
the term of office, id. 8, 150:honorem militiae largiri,
military honors, id. 7, 88.—In plur.:populum Romanum hominibus novis industriis libenter honores mandare semperque mandasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; cf.:qui (populus) stultus honores Saepe dat indignis,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 15:ascendisset ad honores, nisi, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 68, 241:honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfungi,
id. Fam. 1, 8, 3:obrepisti ad honores errore hominum,
id. Pis. 1, 1:Catulus maximis honoribus usus,
Sall. C. 49, 2:magistratus atque honores capere,
Suet. Aug. 26:largiri opes, honores,
Tac. A. 11, 12.—Particular phrases.a.Honoris causa.(α).Out of respect, in order to show honor (class.):(β).C. Curio, quem ego hominem honoris potius quam contumeliae causa nominatum volo,
Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 18:quem honoris causa nomino,
id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:toties hunc et virum bonum esse dixisti et honoris causa appellasti,
id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:Campanis equitum honoris causa, civitas sine suffragio data,
Liv. 8, 14, 10; 32, 34, 8; 39, 22, 2.—For the sake of (ante-class.):b.ejus honoris causa, feci thensaurum ut hic reperiret Euclio,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 25: mei honoris causa mittere coquos, id. ib. 3, 4, 4:huc honoris vostri venio gratia,
id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. Stich. 2, 2, 14:vestri honoris causa,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35.—Praefari or dicere honorem, to make an excuse in saying any thing that may be distasteful = by your leave or saving your presence:3.si dicimus: ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur. Sin de Aurelia aliquid aut Lollia, honos. praefandus est,
Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4;for which: haec sunt quae retulisse fas sit, ac pleraque ex his non nisi honore dicto,
Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 87; cf.also: honos auribus sit,
i. e. pardon the expression, Curt. 5, 1, 22.—Personified, Hŏnor or Hŏnos, as a deity whose temple adjoined that of Virtus, and who was worshipped with uncovered head, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121; id. Sest. 54, 116; id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Val. Max. 1, 1, 8; Liv. 27, 25, 7 sqq.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 21; Inscr. Orell. 543.II.Transf.A.Concr., any thing given as a mark of honor, an honorary gift, a reward, acknowledgment, recompense, fee; a sacrifice; funeral rites; a legacy, etc. (mostly poet. and since the Aug. period):B.Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui,... honori posterorum tuorum ut vindex fieres,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 18:Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur et tibi daret quod opus esset,
Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 22:geminum pugnae proponit honorem,
Verg. A. 5, 365:nil victor honoris Ex opibus posco,
Sil. 9, 199:dicite, Pierides, quonam donetur honore Neaera,
Tib. 3, 1, 5:nec Telamon sine honore recessit Hesioneque data potitur,
Ov. M. 11, 216:arae sacrificiis fument, honore, donis cumulentur,
Liv. 8, 33, 21:divūm templis indicit honorem,
Verg. A. 1, 632; Ov. F. 4, 409:nullos aris adoleret honores,
id. M. 8, 742:meritos aris mactavit honores,
Verg. A. 3, 118:honore sepulturae carere,
Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; id. Inv. 1, 55, 108:cernit ibi maestos et mortis honore carentes Leucaspim, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 333; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 45:mille viri, qui supremum comitentur honorem,
Verg. A. 11, 61:solutus honos cineri,
Val. Fl. 3, 357:honorem habere alicui,
Curt. 3, 12, 13:omnem honorem funeri servare,
id. 4, 10, 23:communem sepulturae honorem alicui tribuere,
Suet. Aug. 17:nec enim quaerimus, cui acquiratur, sed cui honos habitus est,
the honorary legacy, Dig. 37, 5, 3; 32, 1, 11:sepulturae honore spoliatus,
Val. Max. 4, 7, 1; 9, 8, 1 fin.; cf.:supremitatis honor,
Amm. 31, 13:supremus condicionis humanae honos,
Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.—Objectively, a quality that brings honor or consideration, an ornament, grace, charm, beauty ( poet.):C.silvis Aquilo decussit honorem,
Verg. G. 2, 404:December silvis honorem decutit,
Hor. Epod. 11, 6; cf.:populeus cui frondis honor,
Val. Fl. 6, 296:notus in vultus honor,
Hor. Epod. 17, 18; Stat. Th. 10, 788.—In plur.:laetos oculis afflārat honores,
Verg. A. 1, 591; cf. Sil. 12, 244:hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu,
Hor. C. 1, 17, 16:nullum ver usquam nullique aestatis honores,
Sil. 3, 487.—A magistrate, office-holder:sed cum summus honor finito computet anno, sportula quid referat,
Juv. 1, 117; cf. v. 110. -
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hŏnor or hŏnos (the latter form almost exclusively in Cic., who has honor only Phil. 9, 6 fin., and Fragm. pro Tull. 21; also in Caes., Liv., Sall., Prop., Verg., Nep., and Curt.; but honor in Sen., Vell., Ov.; and Hor. and Tac. use both forms. Honos was antiquated in Quintilian's day, v. Quint. 1, 4, 13; Neue, Formenl. 1, 168 sq.), ōris (archaic gen. honorus, like venerus, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, n. 7), m. [perh. Sanscr. hu-, call], honor, repute, esteem in which a person or thing is held.I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem, qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur. Qui autem occasione aliqua etiam invitis suis civibus nactus est imperium, hunc nomen honoris adeptum, non honorem puto,
Cic. Brut. 81, 281; cf.:is autem, qui vere appellari potest honos, non invitamentum ad tempus, sed perpetuae virtutis est praemium,
id. Fam. 10, 10, 1 sq.:honos alit artes omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloria,
id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4;so with gloria,
id. Part. 24, 87: si honos is fuit, majorem tibi habere non [p. 862] potui, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:quanto et honor hic illo est amplior, etc.,
id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:gratia, dignitate, honore auctus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8:amplissimis honoribus et praemiis decorari... honos maximus,
Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232:ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine affeceris,
id. Deiot. 5, 14:aliquem praecipuo honore habere,
Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:suum cuique honorem et gradum reddere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:apud eum sunt in honore et in pretio,
id. ib. 28, 77; Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 1; so with in:in honore magno esse,
Cic. Brut. 8, 30:summo in honore,
id. de Or. 1, 55, 235; id. Off. 2, 19, 65:tanto in honore,
id. Tusc. 2, 2, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2; 3, 47, 7; Liv. 42, 6, 12; but without in:Jovem autem quanto honore in suo templo fuisse arbitramini,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:(Druides) magno sunt apud eos honore,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 5, 54, 5; Liv. 1, 40, 1; Tac. A. 14, 6; id. H. 1, 6, 4:honorem accipere,
Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:honorem huic generi (i. e. poëtis) non fuisse declarat oratio Catonis,
id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:honori summo nostro Miloni fuit qui P. Clodii conatus compressit,
id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf.:quod (i. e. medium ex tribus sedere) apud Numidas honori ducitur,
Sall. J. 11, 3:rite suum Baccho dicemus honorem,
honor, praise, Verg. G. 2, 393: tanto ille vobis quam mihi pejorem honorem habuit, worse honor, i. e. greater dishonor or disgrace, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 12, 9, 4; cf.:exsilii honor,
i. e. honorable exile, Tac. H. 1, 21.—Personified:tute pone te latebis facile, ne inveniat te honos,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, honor, esteem, value:physicae quoque non sine causa tributus idem est honos,
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 73; id. Fam. 7, 26, 2:ornatus ille admirabilis, propter quem ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia,
id. Or. 36, 125:multa renascentur quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus,
Hor. A. P. 71:apud antiquos piscium nobilissimus habitus acipenser nullo in honore est,
Plin. 9, 17, 27, § 60; 19, 6, 32, § 104:vino Pramnio etiam nunc honos durat,
id. 14, 4, 6, § 54 al. —In partic.1.Public honor, official dignity, office, post, preferment (cf. munus):2.ita quaestor sum factus, ut mihi honorem illum tum non solum datum, sed etiam creditum ac commissum putem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35:ille honoris gradus,
id. Sull. 29, 82:equites Romanos in tribunicium restituit honorem,
Caes. B. C. 1, 77 fin.:extraordinarium honorem appetere,
id. ib. 1, 32, 2:hic ipse honos (sc. dictatura), delatus ad me, testis est innocentiae meae,
Liv. 9, 26, 14:curulem adferri sellam eo jussit (Flavius) ac sede honoris sui inimicos spectavit,
id. 9, 46, 9:honore abiit,
Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:deposito honore,
id. ib. 36:paene honore summotus est,
id. Claud. 9:honor municipalis est administratio rei publicae cum dignitatis gradu, sive cum sumtu, sive sine erogatione contingens,
Dig. 50, 4, 14 pr.: honorem aut magistratum gerere, Gai Inst. 1, 96:clari velamen honoris sufficiunt tunicae summis aedilibus albae,
Juv. 3, 178:tempus honoris,
the term of office, id. 8, 150:honorem militiae largiri,
military honors, id. 7, 88.—In plur.:populum Romanum hominibus novis industriis libenter honores mandare semperque mandasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; cf.:qui (populus) stultus honores Saepe dat indignis,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 15:ascendisset ad honores, nisi, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 68, 241:honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfungi,
id. Fam. 1, 8, 3:obrepisti ad honores errore hominum,
id. Pis. 1, 1:Catulus maximis honoribus usus,
Sall. C. 49, 2:magistratus atque honores capere,
Suet. Aug. 26:largiri opes, honores,
Tac. A. 11, 12.—Particular phrases.a.Honoris causa.(α).Out of respect, in order to show honor (class.):(β).C. Curio, quem ego hominem honoris potius quam contumeliae causa nominatum volo,
Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 18:quem honoris causa nomino,
id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:toties hunc et virum bonum esse dixisti et honoris causa appellasti,
id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:Campanis equitum honoris causa, civitas sine suffragio data,
Liv. 8, 14, 10; 32, 34, 8; 39, 22, 2.—For the sake of (ante-class.):b.ejus honoris causa, feci thensaurum ut hic reperiret Euclio,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 25: mei honoris causa mittere coquos, id. ib. 3, 4, 4:huc honoris vostri venio gratia,
id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. Stich. 2, 2, 14:vestri honoris causa,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35.—Praefari or dicere honorem, to make an excuse in saying any thing that may be distasteful = by your leave or saving your presence:3.si dicimus: ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur. Sin de Aurelia aliquid aut Lollia, honos. praefandus est,
Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4;for which: haec sunt quae retulisse fas sit, ac pleraque ex his non nisi honore dicto,
Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 87; cf.also: honos auribus sit,
i. e. pardon the expression, Curt. 5, 1, 22.—Personified, Hŏnor or Hŏnos, as a deity whose temple adjoined that of Virtus, and who was worshipped with uncovered head, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121; id. Sest. 54, 116; id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Val. Max. 1, 1, 8; Liv. 27, 25, 7 sqq.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 21; Inscr. Orell. 543.II.Transf.A.Concr., any thing given as a mark of honor, an honorary gift, a reward, acknowledgment, recompense, fee; a sacrifice; funeral rites; a legacy, etc. (mostly poet. and since the Aug. period):B.Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui,... honori posterorum tuorum ut vindex fieres,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 18:Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur et tibi daret quod opus esset,
Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 22:geminum pugnae proponit honorem,
Verg. A. 5, 365:nil victor honoris Ex opibus posco,
Sil. 9, 199:dicite, Pierides, quonam donetur honore Neaera,
Tib. 3, 1, 5:nec Telamon sine honore recessit Hesioneque data potitur,
Ov. M. 11, 216:arae sacrificiis fument, honore, donis cumulentur,
Liv. 8, 33, 21:divūm templis indicit honorem,
Verg. A. 1, 632; Ov. F. 4, 409:nullos aris adoleret honores,
id. M. 8, 742:meritos aris mactavit honores,
Verg. A. 3, 118:honore sepulturae carere,
Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; id. Inv. 1, 55, 108:cernit ibi maestos et mortis honore carentes Leucaspim, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 333; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 45:mille viri, qui supremum comitentur honorem,
Verg. A. 11, 61:solutus honos cineri,
Val. Fl. 3, 357:honorem habere alicui,
Curt. 3, 12, 13:omnem honorem funeri servare,
id. 4, 10, 23:communem sepulturae honorem alicui tribuere,
Suet. Aug. 17:nec enim quaerimus, cui acquiratur, sed cui honos habitus est,
the honorary legacy, Dig. 37, 5, 3; 32, 1, 11:sepulturae honore spoliatus,
Val. Max. 4, 7, 1; 9, 8, 1 fin.; cf.:supremitatis honor,
Amm. 31, 13:supremus condicionis humanae honos,
Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.—Objectively, a quality that brings honor or consideration, an ornament, grace, charm, beauty ( poet.):C.silvis Aquilo decussit honorem,
Verg. G. 2, 404:December silvis honorem decutit,
Hor. Epod. 11, 6; cf.:populeus cui frondis honor,
Val. Fl. 6, 296:notus in vultus honor,
Hor. Epod. 17, 18; Stat. Th. 10, 788.—In plur.:laetos oculis afflārat honores,
Verg. A. 1, 591; cf. Sil. 12, 244:hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu,
Hor. C. 1, 17, 16:nullum ver usquam nullique aestatis honores,
Sil. 3, 487.—A magistrate, office-holder:sed cum summus honor finito computet anno, sportula quid referat,
Juv. 1, 117; cf. v. 110. -
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hŏnor or hŏnos (the latter form almost exclusively in Cic., who has honor only Phil. 9, 6 fin., and Fragm. pro Tull. 21; also in Caes., Liv., Sall., Prop., Verg., Nep., and Curt.; but honor in Sen., Vell., Ov.; and Hor. and Tac. use both forms. Honos was antiquated in Quintilian's day, v. Quint. 1, 4, 13; Neue, Formenl. 1, 168 sq.), ōris (archaic gen. honorus, like venerus, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, n. 7), m. [perh. Sanscr. hu-, call], honor, repute, esteem in which a person or thing is held.I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem, qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur. Qui autem occasione aliqua etiam invitis suis civibus nactus est imperium, hunc nomen honoris adeptum, non honorem puto,
Cic. Brut. 81, 281; cf.:is autem, qui vere appellari potest honos, non invitamentum ad tempus, sed perpetuae virtutis est praemium,
id. Fam. 10, 10, 1 sq.:honos alit artes omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloria,
id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4;so with gloria,
id. Part. 24, 87: si honos is fuit, majorem tibi habere non [p. 862] potui, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:quanto et honor hic illo est amplior, etc.,
id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:gratia, dignitate, honore auctus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8:amplissimis honoribus et praemiis decorari... honos maximus,
Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232:ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine affeceris,
id. Deiot. 5, 14:aliquem praecipuo honore habere,
Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:suum cuique honorem et gradum reddere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:apud eum sunt in honore et in pretio,
id. ib. 28, 77; Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 1; so with in:in honore magno esse,
Cic. Brut. 8, 30:summo in honore,
id. de Or. 1, 55, 235; id. Off. 2, 19, 65:tanto in honore,
id. Tusc. 2, 2, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2; 3, 47, 7; Liv. 42, 6, 12; but without in:Jovem autem quanto honore in suo templo fuisse arbitramini,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:(Druides) magno sunt apud eos honore,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 5, 54, 5; Liv. 1, 40, 1; Tac. A. 14, 6; id. H. 1, 6, 4:honorem accipere,
Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:honorem huic generi (i. e. poëtis) non fuisse declarat oratio Catonis,
id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:honori summo nostro Miloni fuit qui P. Clodii conatus compressit,
id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf.:quod (i. e. medium ex tribus sedere) apud Numidas honori ducitur,
Sall. J. 11, 3:rite suum Baccho dicemus honorem,
honor, praise, Verg. G. 2, 393: tanto ille vobis quam mihi pejorem honorem habuit, worse honor, i. e. greater dishonor or disgrace, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 12, 9, 4; cf.:exsilii honor,
i. e. honorable exile, Tac. H. 1, 21.—Personified:tute pone te latebis facile, ne inveniat te honos,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, honor, esteem, value:physicae quoque non sine causa tributus idem est honos,
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 73; id. Fam. 7, 26, 2:ornatus ille admirabilis, propter quem ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia,
id. Or. 36, 125:multa renascentur quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus,
Hor. A. P. 71:apud antiquos piscium nobilissimus habitus acipenser nullo in honore est,
Plin. 9, 17, 27, § 60; 19, 6, 32, § 104:vino Pramnio etiam nunc honos durat,
id. 14, 4, 6, § 54 al. —In partic.1.Public honor, official dignity, office, post, preferment (cf. munus):2.ita quaestor sum factus, ut mihi honorem illum tum non solum datum, sed etiam creditum ac commissum putem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35:ille honoris gradus,
id. Sull. 29, 82:equites Romanos in tribunicium restituit honorem,
Caes. B. C. 1, 77 fin.:extraordinarium honorem appetere,
id. ib. 1, 32, 2:hic ipse honos (sc. dictatura), delatus ad me, testis est innocentiae meae,
Liv. 9, 26, 14:curulem adferri sellam eo jussit (Flavius) ac sede honoris sui inimicos spectavit,
id. 9, 46, 9:honore abiit,
Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:deposito honore,
id. ib. 36:paene honore summotus est,
id. Claud. 9:honor municipalis est administratio rei publicae cum dignitatis gradu, sive cum sumtu, sive sine erogatione contingens,
Dig. 50, 4, 14 pr.: honorem aut magistratum gerere, Gai Inst. 1, 96:clari velamen honoris sufficiunt tunicae summis aedilibus albae,
Juv. 3, 178:tempus honoris,
the term of office, id. 8, 150:honorem militiae largiri,
military honors, id. 7, 88.—In plur.:populum Romanum hominibus novis industriis libenter honores mandare semperque mandasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; cf.:qui (populus) stultus honores Saepe dat indignis,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 15:ascendisset ad honores, nisi, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 68, 241:honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfungi,
id. Fam. 1, 8, 3:obrepisti ad honores errore hominum,
id. Pis. 1, 1:Catulus maximis honoribus usus,
Sall. C. 49, 2:magistratus atque honores capere,
Suet. Aug. 26:largiri opes, honores,
Tac. A. 11, 12.—Particular phrases.a.Honoris causa.(α).Out of respect, in order to show honor (class.):(β).C. Curio, quem ego hominem honoris potius quam contumeliae causa nominatum volo,
Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 18:quem honoris causa nomino,
id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:toties hunc et virum bonum esse dixisti et honoris causa appellasti,
id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:Campanis equitum honoris causa, civitas sine suffragio data,
Liv. 8, 14, 10; 32, 34, 8; 39, 22, 2.—For the sake of (ante-class.):b.ejus honoris causa, feci thensaurum ut hic reperiret Euclio,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 25: mei honoris causa mittere coquos, id. ib. 3, 4, 4:huc honoris vostri venio gratia,
id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. Stich. 2, 2, 14:vestri honoris causa,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35.—Praefari or dicere honorem, to make an excuse in saying any thing that may be distasteful = by your leave or saving your presence:3.si dicimus: ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur. Sin de Aurelia aliquid aut Lollia, honos. praefandus est,
Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4;for which: haec sunt quae retulisse fas sit, ac pleraque ex his non nisi honore dicto,
Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 87; cf.also: honos auribus sit,
i. e. pardon the expression, Curt. 5, 1, 22.—Personified, Hŏnor or Hŏnos, as a deity whose temple adjoined that of Virtus, and who was worshipped with uncovered head, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121; id. Sest. 54, 116; id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Val. Max. 1, 1, 8; Liv. 27, 25, 7 sqq.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 21; Inscr. Orell. 543.II.Transf.A.Concr., any thing given as a mark of honor, an honorary gift, a reward, acknowledgment, recompense, fee; a sacrifice; funeral rites; a legacy, etc. (mostly poet. and since the Aug. period):B.Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui,... honori posterorum tuorum ut vindex fieres,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 18:Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur et tibi daret quod opus esset,
Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 22:geminum pugnae proponit honorem,
Verg. A. 5, 365:nil victor honoris Ex opibus posco,
Sil. 9, 199:dicite, Pierides, quonam donetur honore Neaera,
Tib. 3, 1, 5:nec Telamon sine honore recessit Hesioneque data potitur,
Ov. M. 11, 216:arae sacrificiis fument, honore, donis cumulentur,
Liv. 8, 33, 21:divūm templis indicit honorem,
Verg. A. 1, 632; Ov. F. 4, 409:nullos aris adoleret honores,
id. M. 8, 742:meritos aris mactavit honores,
Verg. A. 3, 118:honore sepulturae carere,
Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; id. Inv. 1, 55, 108:cernit ibi maestos et mortis honore carentes Leucaspim, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 333; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 45:mille viri, qui supremum comitentur honorem,
Verg. A. 11, 61:solutus honos cineri,
Val. Fl. 3, 357:honorem habere alicui,
Curt. 3, 12, 13:omnem honorem funeri servare,
id. 4, 10, 23:communem sepulturae honorem alicui tribuere,
Suet. Aug. 17:nec enim quaerimus, cui acquiratur, sed cui honos habitus est,
the honorary legacy, Dig. 37, 5, 3; 32, 1, 11:sepulturae honore spoliatus,
Val. Max. 4, 7, 1; 9, 8, 1 fin.; cf.:supremitatis honor,
Amm. 31, 13:supremus condicionis humanae honos,
Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.—Objectively, a quality that brings honor or consideration, an ornament, grace, charm, beauty ( poet.):C.silvis Aquilo decussit honorem,
Verg. G. 2, 404:December silvis honorem decutit,
Hor. Epod. 11, 6; cf.:populeus cui frondis honor,
Val. Fl. 6, 296:notus in vultus honor,
Hor. Epod. 17, 18; Stat. Th. 10, 788.—In plur.:laetos oculis afflārat honores,
Verg. A. 1, 591; cf. Sil. 12, 244:hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu,
Hor. C. 1, 17, 16:nullum ver usquam nullique aestatis honores,
Sil. 3, 487.—A magistrate, office-holder:sed cum summus honor finito computet anno, sportula quid referat,
Juv. 1, 117; cf. v. 110. -
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littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.I.Lit.:II.cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:quid hae locuntur litterae?
id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;ipsae tibi narrabunt,
id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,
Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:priscarum litterarum notae,
id. ib. 2, 41, 85:maximis litteris incisum,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:lenis appellatio litterarum,
id. Brut. 74, 159:suavis appellatio litterarum,
Quint. 11, 3, 35:quae si nostris litteris scribantur,
id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,
to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:nescire litteras,
not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:scribere aureis litteris,
Gai. Inst. 2, 77:scientia litterarum,
the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:facere litteram or litteras,
to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,
a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,
id. ib. 1, 1, 37:littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,
Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—Transf.A.Sing.1.A word, a line:2.ad me litteram numquam misit,
Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:locum ad litteram subjeci,
Quint. 9, 1, 15.—A handwriting:B.Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,
Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:arguit ipsorum quos littera,
Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—Usually plur.1.Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:2.ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,
id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,
id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:litteras mittere,
id. Att. 5, 21, 2:reddere alicui,
id. ib. 5, 21, 4:accipere,
id. ib. 5, 21, 7:remittere,
id. ib. 11, 16, 4:nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,
id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:queri apud aliquem per litteras,
id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:civitatum animos litteris temptare,
Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,
Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,
Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—A writing, document, paper:3.litterae publicae,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:littera poscetur,
Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—An account-book:4.ratio omnis et litterae,
Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—An edict, ordinance:5.praetoris litterae,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:litteras revocavit,
letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —Written monuments, records, literature:6.abest historia litteris nostris,
is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:Graecae de philosophia litterae,
philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,
id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:Graecis litteris studere,
id. Brut. 20, 78:damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,
id. ib. 33, 125:nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,
merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,
id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,
Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:Etruscae,
id. 9, 36, 3:paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,
Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:7.cupidissimus litterarum fuit,
Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,
Liv. 6, 1.—Literary labor, composition:8.omnis varietas litterarum mearum,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,
Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—9.Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:erant in eo plurimae litterae,
id. Brut. 76, 265:homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,
id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,
id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,
id. Att. 9, 10, 2:litterarum scientia,
id. Brut. 42, 153:litterarum coguitio,
id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:altiores litterae,
magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;quando scis, sine alios discere,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22. -
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littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.I.Lit.:II.cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:quid hae locuntur litterae?
id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;ipsae tibi narrabunt,
id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,
Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:priscarum litterarum notae,
id. ib. 2, 41, 85:maximis litteris incisum,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:lenis appellatio litterarum,
id. Brut. 74, 159:suavis appellatio litterarum,
Quint. 11, 3, 35:quae si nostris litteris scribantur,
id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,
to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:nescire litteras,
not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:scribere aureis litteris,
Gai. Inst. 2, 77:scientia litterarum,
the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:facere litteram or litteras,
to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,
a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,
id. ib. 1, 1, 37:littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,
Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—Transf.A.Sing.1.A word, a line:2.ad me litteram numquam misit,
Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:locum ad litteram subjeci,
Quint. 9, 1, 15.—A handwriting:B.Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,
Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:arguit ipsorum quos littera,
Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—Usually plur.1.Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:2.ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,
id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,
id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:litteras mittere,
id. Att. 5, 21, 2:reddere alicui,
id. ib. 5, 21, 4:accipere,
id. ib. 5, 21, 7:remittere,
id. ib. 11, 16, 4:nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,
id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:queri apud aliquem per litteras,
id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:civitatum animos litteris temptare,
Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,
Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,
Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—A writing, document, paper:3.litterae publicae,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:littera poscetur,
Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—An account-book:4.ratio omnis et litterae,
Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—An edict, ordinance:5.praetoris litterae,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:litteras revocavit,
letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —Written monuments, records, literature:6.abest historia litteris nostris,
is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:Graecae de philosophia litterae,
philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,
id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:Graecis litteris studere,
id. Brut. 20, 78:damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,
id. ib. 33, 125:nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,
merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,
id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,
Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:Etruscae,
id. 9, 36, 3:paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,
Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:7.cupidissimus litterarum fuit,
Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,
Liv. 6, 1.—Literary labor, composition:8.omnis varietas litterarum mearum,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,
Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—9.Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:erant in eo plurimae litterae,
id. Brut. 76, 265:homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,
id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,
id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,
id. Att. 9, 10, 2:litterarum scientia,
id. Brut. 42, 153:litterarum coguitio,
id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:altiores litterae,
magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;quando scis, sine alios discere,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22. -
19 professio
prŏfessĭo, ōnis, f. [profiteor], a public acknowledgment, declaration, expression, profession, promise (mostly post-Aug.).I.In gen.: professio bonae voluntatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:B. II.Canidius timidius decessit, quam professioni ejus congruebat,
Vell. 2, 87, 3: memores professionis, of our promise ( of brevity), id. 2, 89, 6:aperta,
Plin. 27, 3, 2, § 9:suae opinionis,
expression, Gell. 7, 3, 24:summa stultitiae,
id. 7, 3, 24:flagitii,
Tac. A. 2, 85:pietatis,
id. Agr. 3.—In partic., a public declaration or specification of one's person, name, property, business, etc. (class.): IS. APVD. QVEM. EA. PROFESSIO FIET, etc., Tab. Her. in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 101 sq.; Liv. 35, 7:B.tu vero confice professionem, si potes. Etsi haec pecunia ex eo genere est, ut professione non egeat,
Cic. Fam. 16, 23, 1:post professionem de fideicommisso factam,
Dig. 49, 14, 2; Tert. Apol. 42; Vulg. Act. 5, 37.—Transf.1.A public register of persons or property thus given in (class.):2.in Leontino jugerum subscriptio ac professio non est plus triginta millium,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 113.—A business or profession which one publicly avows (class.):professio bene dicendi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 21:grammaticae,
Suet. Gram. 8:sapientiae,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:magicae artis,
Curt. 7, 4, 8:professionem honestarum artium malis corruperant moribus,
id. 8, 5, 7: ista salutaris, the art of healing, medicine, Cels. praef.:ultimae professionis homines, i. e. vilissimi artificii,
Lampr. Elag. 20; Dig 2, 13, 9. -
20 securitas
I.Lit.A.In a good sense (class.): Democriti securitas, quae est animi tamquam tranquillitas, quam appellavit euthumian, eo separanda fuit ab hac disputatione, quia ista animi tranquillitas ea ipsa est beata vita, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23:B.securitatem nunc appello vacuitatem aegritudinis, in quā vita beata posita est,
id. Tusc. 5, 15, 42:vacandum omni est animi perturbatione, ut tranquillitas animi et securitas assit, quae affert cum constantiam tum etiam dignitatem,
id. Off. 1, 21, 69:beatam vitam in animi securitate et in omnium vacatione munerum ponimus,
id. N. D. 1, 20, 53; id. Lael. 15, 45 and 47; id. Att. 4, 16, 10; Liv. 36, 41; Cels. 4, 4 fin.; Quint. 5, 13, 52 (opp. cura); Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12 (opp. timor); 7, 6, 14; 7, 10, 60; Tac. A. 3, 44; 11, 3 fin.; Sen. Ep. 105, 7:securitas inaffectatae orationis,
quietness, Quint. 11, 1, 93; cf.:vocis ac vultus,
Tac. A. 15, 55.— Plur. (opp. curae):somno ac securitatibus jam dudum hoc fuit,
Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41.—With gen. obj.:operosissima securitas mortis in M. Ofilio Hilaro ab antiquis traditur,
Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 184.—In a bad sense, carelessness, heedlessness, negligence (not till after the Aug. period;II.syn. incuria): neminem celerius opprimi quam qui nihil timeret et frequentissimum initium esse calamitatis securitatem,
Vell. 2, 118, 2:res altera taedium laboris, altera securitatem parit,
Quint. 2, 2, 6; 2, 5, 13; 2, 3, 4; 4, 1, 55; 6, 1, 34; 6, 3, 62; Tac. H. 3, 83; Gell. 1, 15, 2; 4, 20, 8.—With gen. obj.:memoriae plerumque inhaeret fidelius, quod nullā scribendi securitate laxatur,
Quint. 10, 6, 2.—Transf., object., freedom from danger, safety, security (not till after the Aug. period):B.cum innumerabilia sint mortis signa, salutis securitatisque nulla sunt,
Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171:securitatis urbanae custos,
Vell. 2, 98, 1:securitas securitate mutuā persciscenda est,
Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 5; cf.:securitati ante quam vindictae consulere,
Tac. A. 11, 31:perpetua Romani imperii,
Vell. 2, 103, 3:tutela securitatis,
id. 2, 128, 3:nec spem modo ac votum securitas publica, sed ipsius voti fiduciam assumserit,
Tac. Agr. 3:itinerum,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 21:annonae,
Tac. A. 15, 18:somnum a repentinā securitate datum,
Just. 11, 13, 3:dextras securitatis,
a safe conduct, Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 30.—Hence, SECVRITAS, personified as the tutelary goddess of the Roman State, Inscr. Orell. 1830 and 1831.—Mercant. t. t., a guarantee, security for a debt or obligation (by hypothecation, mortgage; by receipt or acknowledgment, etc.): id quod sibi debetur, consequi debet vel ejus securitatem, Dig. 27, 4, 1 fin.—Plur., Amm. 17, 10, 4; Symm. Ep. 10, 43 fin.
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