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  • 1 argūmentor

        argūmentor ātus sum, ārī, dep.    [argumentum], to adduce proof: quo pecunia pervenerit: facultās argumentandi. — To adduce in proof: illa quae sunt gravia: multa probabiliter, L.— To draw a conclusion: de eius voluntate.
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    argumentari, argumentatus sum V DEP
    support/prove by argument, reason, discuss; draw a conclusion; proven (PASS)

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  • 2 oppōnō

        oppōnō posuī, positus, ere    [ob+pono], to set against, set before, place opposite, oppose: se venientibus in itinere, Cs.: novem oppositis legionibus, Cs.: armatos homines ad omnes introitūs: Eumenem adversariis, N.: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpem, Iu.: ante oculos opposuit manum, held out, O.: auriculam, present, H.: oppositas habere fores, i. e. closed, O.: Fortia adversis pectora rebus, H.—To set against pledge, wager, mortgage: ager oppositus est pignori ob decem minas, T.: villula opposita... ad milia quindecim, Ct.— To expose, lay bare, open, abandon: se periculis pro re p.: quemquam morti, V.—Fig., to set before, bring forward, present, oppose, adduce, allege: formidines opponantur: armati exercitūs terrorem opponere togatis, intimidate by an armed force: eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam, represented to all assemblies as.—To say in opposition, object, reply, respond, adduce in answer, oppose. iis opposuit sese Socrates: quid habes quod mihi opponas?—To set against, place in comparison: multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, Cs.: rationibus labores: omni virtuti vitium opponitur.
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    opponere, opposui, oppositus V
    oppose; place opposite

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  • 3 adduco

    ad-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. (adduce for adduc, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 15; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 29; Afr. ap. Non. 174, 32:

    adduxti for adduxisti,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 15; id. Eun. 4, 7, 24:

    adduxe = adduxisse,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 3), to lead to, to bring or convey to, draw to any place or to one's self (opp. abduco, q. v.; syn.: adfero, apporto, adveho, induco).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quaeso, quī possim animum bonum habere, qui te ad me adducam domum,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 78:

    ille alter venit, quem secum adduxit Parmenio,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27; Afr. ap. Non. 174, 32: quos secum Mitylenis Cratippus adduxit, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 5:

    Demetrius Epimachum secum adduxit,

    Vitr. 10, 22, 262.—With ad:

    ad lenam,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 65; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 193: ad cenam, Lucil. ap. Non. 159, 25 (cf.:

    abduxi ad cenam,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2 [p. 32] 9):

    adduxit ea ad Adam,

    Vulg. Gen. 2, 19; ib. Marc. 14, 53.—Or with a local adv.:

    tu istos adduce intro,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 54:

    quia te adducturam huc dixeras eumpse non eampse,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 31; so Ter. And. 5, 3, 29:

    adduc huc filium tuum,

    Vulg. Luc. 9, 41. —
    2.
    In gen., without regard to the access. idea of accompanying, to lead or bring a person or thing to a place, to take or conduct from one place to another (of living beings which have the power of motion, while affero is properly used of things: attuli hunc. Pseud. Quid? attulisti? Ca. Adduxi volui dicere, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 21).—So of conducting an army:

    exercitum,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9:

    aquam,

    to lead to, id. Cael. 14.—With in:

    gentes feras in Italiam,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 4, 22, and Auct. B. G. 8, 35:

    in judicium adductus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28:

    adducta res in judicium est,

    id. Off. 3, 16, 67; so id. Clu. 17.—With dat.:

    puero nutricem adducit,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 4:

    qui ex Gallia pueros venales isti adducebat,

    Cic. Quint. 6.— Poet. with acc.:

    Diae telluris ad oras applicor et dextris adducor litora remis,

    Ov. M. 3, 598 (cf. advertor oras Scythicas, id. ib. 5, 649, and Rudd. II. p. 327):

    adducere ad populum, i. e. in judicium populi vocare,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 6.—Of a courtesan, to procure:

    puero scorta,

    Nep. Dion, 5:

    paelicem,

    Ov. Fast. 3, 483.— Poet. also of a place, which is, as it were, brought near. Thus Hor. in describing the attractions of his Sabine farm: dicas adductum propius frondere Tarentum, Ep. 1, 16, 11.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To bring a thing to a destined place by drawing or pulling, to draw or pull to one's self:

    tormenta eo graviores emissiones habent, quo sunt contenta atque adducta vehementius,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 24:

    adducto arcu,

    Verg. A. 5, 507; so,

    adducta sagitta,

    id. ib. 9, 632:

    utque volat moles, adducto concita nervo,

    Ov. M. 8, 357:

    adducta funibus arbor corruit,

    id. ib. 775:

    funem,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14: so Luc. 3, 700:

    colla parvis lacertis,

    Ov. M. 6, 625:

    equos,

    id. Fast. 6, 586.—Hence trop.:

    habenas amicitiae,

    to tighten, Cic. Lael. 13, 45; cf. Verg. A. 9, 632, and 1, 63.—
    2.
    Of the skin or a part of the body, to draw up, wrinkle, contract:

    adducit cutem macies,

    wrinkles the skin, Ov. M. 3, 397:

    sitis miseros adduxerat artus,

    Verg. G. 3, 483; so, frontem (opp. remittere), to contract:

    interrogavit, quae causa frontis tam adductae?

    a brow so clouded? Quint. 10, 3, 13; so Sen. Benef. 1, 1.
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    To bring a person or thing into a certain condition; with ad or in:

    numquam animum quaesti gratiā ad malas adducam partīs,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 38:

    rem adduci ad interregnum,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9:

    ad arbitrium alterius,

    id. Fam. 5, 20:

    ad suam auctoritatem,

    id. Deiot. 10, 29:

    numquam prius discessit, quam ad finem sermo esset adductus,

    Nep. Ep. 3:

    iambos ad umbilicum adducere,

    Hor. Epod. 14, 8:

    in discrimen extremum,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 7; cf. Liv. 45, 8:

    in summas angustias,

    Cic. Quint. 5:

    in invidiam falso crimine,

    id. Off. 3, 20:

    in necessitatem,

    Liv. 8, 7:

    vitam in extremum,

    Tac. A. 14, 61.—
    B.
    To bring or lead one to a certain act, feeling, or opinion; to prompt, induce, prevail upon, persuade, move, incite to it; with ad, in, or ut (very freq. and class., and for the most part in a good sense; while seducere and inducere denote instigating or seducing to something bad, Herz. Caes. B. G. 1, 3;

    although there are exceptions, as the foll. examples show): ad misericordiam,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 42:

    ad nequitiem,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 4:

    ad iracundiam, ad fletum,

    Cic. Brut. 93, 322:

    quae causa ad facinus adduxit,

    id. Rosc. Am. 31:

    in metum,

    id. Mur. 24:

    in summam exspectationem,

    id. Tusc. 1, 17:

    in spem,

    id. Att. 2, 22:

    in opinionem,

    id. Fam. 1, 1:

    in suspicionem alicui,

    Nep. Hann. 7:

    ad paenitentiam,

    Vulg. Rom. 2, 4; ib. 10, 19.—With gerund:

    ad suspicandum,

    Cic. Pr. Cons. 16:

    ad credendum,

    Nep. Con. 3.—With ut:

    adductus sum officio, fide, misericordia, etc., ut onus hoc laboris mihi suscipiendum putarem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 2:

    nullo imbre, nullo frigore adduci, ut capite operto sit,

    id. de Sen. 10: id. Cat. 1, 2; id. Fam. 3, 9; 6, 10, etc.; Caes. B. G. 6, 12; Liv. 4, 49 al.—And absol. in pass.:

    quibus rebus adductus ad causam accesserim demonstravi,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3:

    his rebus adducti,

    being induced, Caes. B. G. 1, 3; 6, 10.—With quin:

    adduci nequeo quin existimem,

    Suet. Tib. 21.—With inf.: facilius adducor ferre humana humanitus, Afr. ap. Non. 514, 20.—
    C.
    Adducor with inf., or with ut and subj. = adducor ad credendum, peithomai, to be induced to believe:

    ego non adducor, quemquam bonum ullam salutem putare mihi tanti fuisse,

    Cic. Att. 11, 16:

    ut jam videar adduci, hanc quoque, quae te procrearit, esse patriam,

    id. Leg. 2, 3:

    illud adduci vix possum, ut... videantur,

    id. Fin. 1, 5, 14; id. ib. 4, 20, 55; Lucr. 5, 1341.—Hence, adductus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Drawn tight, stretched, strained, contracted. — Trop.:

    vultus,

    Suet. Tib. 68:

    frons in supercilia adductior,

    Capitol. Ver. 10; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 16.—Hence,
    B.
    Of place, narrow, contracted, strait:

    (Africa) ex spatio paulatim adductior,

    Mel. 1, 4.—
    C.
    Of character, strict, serious, severe:

    modo familiaritate juvenili Nero et rursus adductus, quasi seria consociaret,

    Tac. A. 14, 4:

    adductum et quasi virile servitium,

    id. ib. 12, 7:

    vis pressior et adductior,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16.— Sup. not used.— Adv. only in comp. adductĭus,
    1.
    More tightly:

    adductius contorquere jacula,

    Aus. Grat. Act. 27.—
    2.
    Trop., more strictly:

    imperitare,

    Tac. H. 3, 7:

    regnari,

    id. Germ. 43.

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  • 4 argumentor

    argūmentor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [argumentum].
    I.
    To adduce proof of a thing, to prove:

    ego neque in causis, si quid est evidens, de quo inter omnes conveniat, argumentari soleo,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 4, 9; id. Verr. 2, 1, 57; id. Att. 3, 12:

    cum essem argumentatus,

    id. Brut. 80, 277; Liv. 39, 36 fin. —
    II.
    To adduce something as proof:

    atque ego illa non argumentabor, quae sunt gravia vehementer, eum corrupisse, etc.,

    Cic. Clu. 24:

    multa,

    Liv. 33, 28.—
    III.
    To make a conclusion, to conclude:

    de voluntate alicujus,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 44; cf. Auct. ad Her. 4, 35.
    ► Pass.: omnia argumentata nomina pistôthenta, Aufusius ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.

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  • 5 obpono

    oppōno ( obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 ( sync.:

    oppostus for oppositus,

    Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. [ob-pono], to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    se venientibus in itinere,

    Caes. B. C 3, 30:

    huic equites,

    id. ib. 3, 75:

    turrim ad introitum portūs,

    id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27:

    Eumenem adversariis,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.— To place or put before, to hold before:

    ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,

    id. ib. 3, 46:

    manum fronti,

    id. M. 2, 276:

    gallinae se opponant (pullis),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

    foramini oculos,

    to keep before the opening, Petr. 96:

    eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,

    represented, held up as, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

    licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,

    offer, present, Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

    oppositas habere fores,

    i. e. closed, Ov. H. 17, 8. — To apply, as a remedy:

    brassicam,

    Cato, R. R. 157.—
    B.
    In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:

    pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:

    villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,

    mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —
    C.
    To expose, lay bare or open, abandon:

    opponere se periculis pro re publicā,

    Cic. Balb. 10, 26:

    Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,

    Liv. 21, 8:

    nudatas radices hiberno frigori,

    Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege:

    pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,

    Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

    ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,

    id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96:

    auctoritatem suam,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

    his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

    id. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

    opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

    muri causam,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 41.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction:

    quid opponas, si negem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

    non minorem auctoritatem,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 6:

    iis opposuit sese Socrates,

    id. Brut. 8, 31:

    quid habes quod mihi opponas?

    id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.:

    ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,

    id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—
    2.
    To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:

    multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:

    rationibus labores,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:

    felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!

    Juv. 2, 39.—
    C.
    Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.):

    moles oppositae fluctibus,

    Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

    luna opposita soli,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

    oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,

    Ov. M. 14, 47.— Trop.:

    Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,

    Cic. Font. 1, 3.—
    2.
    Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (antikeimena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.

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  • 6 oppono

    oppōno ( obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 ( sync.:

    oppostus for oppositus,

    Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. [ob-pono], to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    se venientibus in itinere,

    Caes. B. C 3, 30:

    huic equites,

    id. ib. 3, 75:

    turrim ad introitum portūs,

    id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27:

    Eumenem adversariis,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.— To place or put before, to hold before:

    ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,

    id. ib. 3, 46:

    manum fronti,

    id. M. 2, 276:

    gallinae se opponant (pullis),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

    foramini oculos,

    to keep before the opening, Petr. 96:

    eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,

    represented, held up as, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

    licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,

    offer, present, Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

    oppositas habere fores,

    i. e. closed, Ov. H. 17, 8. — To apply, as a remedy:

    brassicam,

    Cato, R. R. 157.—
    B.
    In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:

    pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:

    villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,

    mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —
    C.
    To expose, lay bare or open, abandon:

    opponere se periculis pro re publicā,

    Cic. Balb. 10, 26:

    Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,

    Liv. 21, 8:

    nudatas radices hiberno frigori,

    Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege:

    pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,

    Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

    ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,

    id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96:

    auctoritatem suam,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

    his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

    id. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

    opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

    muri causam,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 41.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction:

    quid opponas, si negem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

    non minorem auctoritatem,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 6:

    iis opposuit sese Socrates,

    id. Brut. 8, 31:

    quid habes quod mihi opponas?

    id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.:

    ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,

    id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—
    2.
    To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:

    multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:

    rationibus labores,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:

    felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!

    Juv. 2, 39.—
    C.
    Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.):

    moles oppositae fluctibus,

    Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

    luna opposita soli,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

    oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,

    Ov. M. 14, 47.— Trop.:

    Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,

    Cic. Font. 1, 3.—
    2.
    Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (antikeimena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.

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  • 7 opposita

    oppōno ( obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 ( sync.:

    oppostus for oppositus,

    Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. [ob-pono], to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    se venientibus in itinere,

    Caes. B. C 3, 30:

    huic equites,

    id. ib. 3, 75:

    turrim ad introitum portūs,

    id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27:

    Eumenem adversariis,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.— To place or put before, to hold before:

    ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,

    id. ib. 3, 46:

    manum fronti,

    id. M. 2, 276:

    gallinae se opponant (pullis),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

    foramini oculos,

    to keep before the opening, Petr. 96:

    eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,

    represented, held up as, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

    licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,

    offer, present, Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

    oppositas habere fores,

    i. e. closed, Ov. H. 17, 8. — To apply, as a remedy:

    brassicam,

    Cato, R. R. 157.—
    B.
    In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:

    pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:

    villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,

    mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —
    C.
    To expose, lay bare or open, abandon:

    opponere se periculis pro re publicā,

    Cic. Balb. 10, 26:

    Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,

    Liv. 21, 8:

    nudatas radices hiberno frigori,

    Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege:

    pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,

    Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

    ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,

    id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96:

    auctoritatem suam,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

    his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

    id. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

    opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

    muri causam,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 41.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction:

    quid opponas, si negem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

    non minorem auctoritatem,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 6:

    iis opposuit sese Socrates,

    id. Brut. 8, 31:

    quid habes quod mihi opponas?

    id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.:

    ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,

    id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—
    2.
    To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:

    multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:

    rationibus labores,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:

    felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!

    Juv. 2, 39.—
    C.
    Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.):

    moles oppositae fluctibus,

    Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

    luna opposita soli,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

    oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,

    Ov. M. 14, 47.— Trop.:

    Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,

    Cic. Font. 1, 3.—
    2.
    Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (antikeimena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.

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  • 8 ad-dūcō

        ad-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere    （imper. adduce for adduc, T.—Perf. addūxtī for addūxistī, T.), to lead to, bring to, bring along (usu. of persons; cf. adfero, of things): quos Maecenas adduxerat umbras, brought along, H.: eos ad me domum adduxit <*> Iugurtham vinctum Romam, S.: in iudicium.— Poet.: dextris adducor litora remis, reach, O.— Rarely of things: aquam adduxi, brought into the city: carmen ad umbilicum, to finish, H.: sedulitas adducit febrīs, brings on, H.: Dicas adductum propius frondere Tarentum, the woods of Tarentum brought nearer (Rome), H. — Esp., to bring by drawing, draw, pull, stretch: tormenta quo sunt adducta vehementius: adducto arcu, V.: funes, Cs.: adductis lacertis, bent (in rowing), V.: colla parvis lacertis, to embrace, O.—Hence, fig.: habenas amicitiae, to tighten.—Of the skin, to draw up, wrinkle, contract: adducit cutem macies, wrinkles the skin, O.; cf. sitis miseros adduxerat artūs, V.—Fig., to bring to, bring into, bring under: ad suam auctoritatem: rem in extremum discrimen: me in necessitatem, L. — To bring, lead, prompt, move, induce, prevail upon, persuade, incite: te ad facinus: me in summam exspectationem: in spem, S.: ad suscipiendum bellum, Cs.: ad credendum, N.: adduci, ut capite operto sit: hoc nondum adducor ut faciam: quibus rebus adductus ad causam accesserim demonstravi: necessitate adductus, Cs.: adducti iudices sunt... potuisse, etc., were led to believe that, etc.

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  • 9 com-moveō (conm-)

        com-moveō (conm-) mōvī    (commōrat, T.; commōrit, H.; commōssem, commōsset, commōsse, C.), mōtus, ēre.    I. To put in violent motion, move, shake, stir: alas, V.: quis sese commovere potest? can stir: commovere se non sunt ausi, N.: si se commoverit, undertook anything, L.: hastam se commovisse, moved spontaneously, L. — Fig., to agitate, disorder, stir, toss, shake, disturb, unsettle, excite, disquiet: omnīs nos, T.: vehementer me: commoveri necesse est, it must make an impression: si quos fuga Gallorum commoveret, Cs.: qui me commorit, flebit, provoke, H.: Neptunus graviter commotus, V.: pol ego istos commovebo, arouse, T.: parricidarum tela, provoke: commotus habebitur (i. e. mente captus), crazed, H.: sed tu ut vitiis tuis commoveare, be affected: aliquem nimiā longinquitate locorum: conmotus irā, S.: admonitu commota ministrae, O.: Neque commovetur animus in eā re tamen, T.: vidi enim vos in hoc nomine, cum testis diceret, commoveri: in hac commotus sum, i. e. in love, T.: ut me neque amor Commoveat neque commoneat, ut servem fidem? T.: commoto omnium aere alieno, i. e. credit being shaken, Ta.—Of abstr. things, to rouse, stir up, excite, produce, generate: tumultum aut bellum: alqd novae dissensionis: invidiam in me: suspicio in servos commovebatur: dolorem: alcui misericordiam. —In discourse: nova quaedam, to start new doctrines, adduce novelties.—    II. To remove, carry away, displace, start, set in motion, move, drive, impel, rouse: languentem: columnas: castra ex eo loco, decamp: aciem, set in motion, L.: hostem, dislodge, L.: hunc (cervum), hunt, V: nummum, i. e. to turn: sacra, take from the shrines (in religious services), V.: commota tremoribus orbis Flumina prosiliunt, started, O.: glaebam in agro, to stir a clod. — Fig., to move, drive back, dislodge, refute, confute: convellere ea, quae commoveri non possunt: cornua disputationis.

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  • 10 īn-ferō

        īn-ferō intulī, inlātus    (ill-), īnferre, to bring in, introduce, bring to, carry in: nihil pati vini inferri, be imported, Cs.: peregrinos pecunia mores Intulit, introduced, Iu.: pedem, make an entrance: huc pedem, H.: gressūs, V.: illum in equum, set upon, Cs.: Scipio lecticulā in aciem inlatus, L.: deos Latio, V.: rates arvis, V.: Ignem gentibus, H.: scalas ad moenia, set against, L.—To bring for burial, bury, inter: alienum.—To bring against, direct, wage, throw upon: hostibus inlatus, Ta.: se stupentibus Romanis, L.: an manu stipata Inferar? V.—Freq. in phrases, with signa, arma, bellum, gradum, or pedem, to make an attack: conversa signa in hostīs inferre, wheel about and attack, Cs.: trepidantibus inferunt signa Romani, L.: signa patriae urbi: signa inferri iubet, N.: arma in Italiam, invade, N.: pedem, advance, L.: bellum, make war upon: bellum inferre... inlatum defendere, invade... repel invasion, Cs.: bellum contra patriam: arma, begin hostilities, L.—With se, to betake oneself, repair, go into, enter, present oneself: se ipse inferebat: Talis se infert, marches, V.: hostem regi se, V.: mediam se matribus, V.: se in periculum capitis, expose oneself: se in mediam contionem, L.—Of fire, to throw upon, apply, set: aggeri ignem, Cs.: tectis et templis ignīs inferre conati sunt.—To offer, sacrifice, render: Anchisae honores, V.—In an account, to give in, enter: sumptum civibus: rationes falsas.—Fig., to bring forward, adduce, introduce, produce, make, excite, occasion, cause, inflict: iniuriam, Cs.: in re severā sermonem: mentionem, mention, L.: alius aliā causā inlatā, alleging various pretexts, Cs.: iniuriis in socios inferendis: periculum civibus: sibi dedecus, O.: mors inlata per scelus īsdem: pestilentiam agris, L.: impeditis volnera, wound, Cs.: aliis proditionis crimen.—To conclude, infer, draw an inference.

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  • 11 inter-pōnō

        inter-pōnō posuī, posītus, ere,    to put between, place among, interpose, insert, intersperse: ubi spatium... pilae interponuntur, Cs.: ne interpositi quidem elephanti militem deterrebant, L.: lateri vinculum lapides sunt, quos interposuere, ut, etc., Cu.—In time, to insert, interpose, introduce: intercalariis mensibus interpositis, L.—In speech, to introduce, insert: hoc loco libet interponere... quantae, etc., N.: paucis interpositis versibus: verbum ullum.—Of time, to let pass, permit to elapse, leave, interpose: spatium ad recreandos animos, Cs.: tridui morā interpositā, after a delay of, Cs.: spatio interposito, some time after: hac interpositā nocte, L.—With personal objects, to introduce, make an associate of: quam sancta sit societas civium, dis inmortalibus interpositis, etc. —Of writings, to make insertions in, falsify, alter: rationibus populorum non interpositis.—Fig., to introduce, interpose, put forward, adduce, allege, use as a pretext, urge as an objection: decreta: iudicium suum: neque ullā belli suspicione interpositā, Cs.: accusatorem, make a pretext for delay: causam interponens conlegas exspectare, N.: operam, studium, laborem, apply.—To pledge, give, interpose: sponsio interponereter, L.: interpositā fide publicā, S.: in eam rem se suam fidem interponere, gave his word, Cs.—With se, to interfere, intermeddle, intrude, engage in, come in the way: ni se tribuni plebis interposuissent, L.: semper se interposuit, lent his aid, N.: te invitissimis his: se quo minus, etc., C., L.: te in istam pacificationem: me audaciae tuae.

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  • 12 laudō

        laudō āvī, ātus, āre    [laus], to praise, laud, commend, honor, extol, eulogize, approve: coram in os te, to your face, T.: rationem: sententiam eius, S.: laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones: Agricolam laudat iuris peritus, extols his happiness, H.: volucrem equum, praise for swiftness, Iu.: laudataque Ora Iovi, O.: depositum pudorem, approve, H.: numquam praestantibus viris laudata est permansio, etc.: in quo tuum consilium laudare: Extinxisse nefas Laudabor, V.: quod viris fortibus honos habitus est, laudo: Iamne igitur laudas, quod alter Ridebat, etc., Iu.: te, cum isto animo es, laudare.— Colloq.: Sy. Nil pepercit.... De. Laudo, I am glad of it, T.— To eulogize, pronounce a funeral oration over: alquem supremo eius die.— To compliment, dismiss with a compliment, turn from: laudato ingentia rura, Exiguum colito, V.: probitas laudatur et alget, Iu.— To adduce, name, quote, cite, refer to: alquem rerum Romanarum auctorem: auctores.
    * * *
    laudare, laudavi, laudatus V
    recommend; praise, approve, extol; call upon, name; deliver eulogy on

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  • 13 offerō (obf-)

        offerō (obf-) obtulī (opt-), oblātus, offerre    [ob +fero], to bring before, present, offer, show, exhibit: illis fors obtulerat adventum meum, T.: me perditum illi adflictumque: se consulibus ferociter, L.: quā novā re oblatā, upon this unexpected occurrence, Cs.: speciem, present a false appearance: offer Coniugis ora mihi, show, O.: oblata religio est, a religious scruple struck him: lex quaedam videbatur oblata.—To offer, expose, bring forward, adduce: nos periculis: se morti, Cs.: nos ad pericula, O.: vitam in discrimen: criminibus oblatis, adduced.—To offer, proffer, bring, cause, occasion, confer, bestow, thrust upon, inflict: iniuriam tibi, T.: quā oblatā potestate, Cs.: mortem hostibus: foedus, V.: in omnia ultro suam operam, L.: quod (boni) vobis ab dis inmortalibus oblatum est: laetitiam, procure: occasio ad occupandam Asia oblata: oblatā facultate, Cs.: offerebat se intercessurum, Ta.

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  • 14 perhibeō

        perhibeō uī, itus, ēre    [pro+habeo], to bring forward, adduce: alquem suo nomine.— To say, assert: ut Grai perhibent, V.: fratres, qui nuntii fuisse perhibentur.— To call, name: vatem hunc optimum: tellus, quae perhibetur amara, V.: nec minus est Agesilaus ille perhibendus, to be cited.
    * * *
    perhibere, perhibui, perhibitus V
    present, give, bestow; regard, hold; name

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  • 15 possum

        possum (possiem, possiet, T.), potuī, posse (old potesse), irreg.    [potis+sum], to be able, have power, can: quantum valeam, quantumque possim: ut, quoad possem numquam discederem: Caesari te commendavi, ut gravissime potui, as earnestly as I possibly could: potest fieri, ut fallar, it may be: non possum quin exclamem, I cannot but: ut nihil ad te dem litterarum, facere non possum, I cannot help writing to you: aequitatem tuam non potui non probare, I could not avoid approving: non potest, it is impossible, T.: nos dignitatem, ut potest, retinebimus, as far as possible: comprendi iube (eum), quantum potest, T.: posse loqui, the power of speech, O.: posse moveri, O.—Esp., as an auxiliary, represented in English by the potential mood, to have power, be able: plurima proferre possumus, I might adduce many more, N.: munitiones Caesaris prohibere non poterat, nisi, etc., he could not have hindered, Cs.: quamquam et illud dicere poteram, might have said, L.: consul esse qui potui, nisi tenuissem, etc., might have been consul: ut, si hostem habuisset consul, magna clades accipi potuerit, L.— To be able, be strong, be powerful, have influence, be efficacious, avail, accomplish: non dubium, quin totius Galliae plurimum Helvetii possent, Cs.: quod poterant, id audebant: apud me plurimum: quoniam multum potest provisio animi ad minuendum dolorem: ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem: non omnia possumus omnes, V. —Ellipt.: quod vi non poterant, fraude adsequi temptant, Cu.: ut collegam vi, si aliter non possent, de foro abducerent, L.
    * * *
    posse, potui, - V
    be able, can

    multum posse -- have much/more/most influence/power

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  • 16 prō-pōnō

        prō-pōnō posuī, positus, ere,    to put forth, set forth, lay out, place before, expose to view, display: vexillum, Cs.: manūs, caput, O.: ediscendos fastos populo: in publico epistulam.—Fig., to set before the mind, propose, imagine, conceive: tibi duos reges: ad imitandum mihi exemplar: eam (vitam) ante oculos vestros: condicio supplici in bello timiditati militis proposita: vim fortunae animo, L.—To point out, declare, represent, report, say, relate, set forth, publish: rem gestam, Cs.: quid dicturus sit: quaestionem, put, N.: viros notissimos, adduce: de Galliae moribus, Cs.: quod antea tacuerat, esse nonnullos, quorum, etc., Cs.— To offer, propose: fidem venalem, expose for sale: nullo praemio proposito: pugnae honorem, V.: tenesmos, cui remedia proponebantur, were prescribed, N.—To threaten, denounce: cui cum mors proponeretur: iniuriae propositae a Catone: mortem sibi ante oculos, L.—To purpose, resolve, intend, design, determine: iter a proposito (itinere) diversum, Cs.: cum id mihi propositum initio non fuisset, I had not intended it: mihi nihil erat propositum ad scribendum, I had no special occasion to write: ordo propositus dignitati, designed for men of worth: neque propositum nobis est hoc loco (laudare), etc., I am resolved: cum mihi proposuissem, ut animos commoverem: propositum est, ut, etc., the design is.—In logic, to premise, state a premise, assume.

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  • 17 subiciō

        subiciō (the first syl. usu. long by position; often pronounced, and sometimes written, subiiciō), iēcī, iectus, ere    [sub+iacio], to throw under, place under, cast below: inter carros rotasque mataras subiciebant, discharged below (the wagonbodies), Cs.: sarmenta circumdare ignemque circum subicere coeperunt: artūs subiecto torruit igni, O.: tectis ignīs: cum tota se luna sub orbem solis subiecisset: bracchia pallae, O.: collo Bracchia, O.—Of troops, to bring, cause to be encamped, post: castris legiones, Cs.: se iniquis locis, Cs.— To set up, mount, throw up: corpora in equos, V.: regem in equum, L.: Quantum vere novo se subicit alnus, shoots up, V.— To substitute, forge, counterfeit: testamenta: librum, N.— To suborn: subicitur Metellus, qui hanc rem distrahat, Cs.— Fig., to submit, subject, present: ei libellum: ea, quae subiciebantur oculis, L.: res subiectae sensibus.— To ascribe, attribute: nec videre, sub hanc vocem honestatis quae sit subicienda sententia, i. e. what meaning is to be attributed to it: intellegere quae res huic voci subiciatur.— To substitute: silentium erat, inopiā potioris subiciundi, L.: pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet. — To place under, make subject, subject se imperio alterius: se populi R. imperio subiectos dolere, Cs.: virtus subiecta sub varios casūs: bona civium voci praeconis: hiemi navigationem, expose, Cs.: fictis auditionibus fortunas innocentium: aliquid calumniae, L.—In thought, to subordinate, bring under, comprise in: formarum certus est numerus, quae cuique generi subiciantur: per quam res disperse dictae unum sub aspectum subiciuntur.— In order or time, to place after, let follow, affix, annex, append, subjoin: cur sic opinetur, rationem subicit, subjoins: a quibusdam senatoribus subiectum est, L.: vix pauca furenti Subicio, i. e. answer, V.— To bring forward, propose, adduce, bring to mind, prompt, suggest: Si meministi id, quod olim dictum est, subice, T.: quid dicerem: quae dolor querentibus subicit, L.: Spes est Peliā subiecta creatis, O.
    * * *
    subicere, subjeci, subjectus V TRANS
    throw under, place under; make subject; expose

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  • 18 sūmō

        sūmō sūmpsī, sūmptus, ere    [sub+cmo], to take, take up, take in hand, lay hold of, assume: a me argentum, T.: legem in manūs: litteras ad te a M. Lepido consule sumpsimus, have provided ourselves with: Tusculi ante quam Romae sumpta sunt arma, L.: perventum est eo, quo sumpta navis est, hired: pecuniam mutuam, borrow.—To take, eat, drink, consume, enjoy, put on: vinum, N.: Partem Falerni, H.: pomum de lance, O.: sumptā virili togā, put on: regium ornatum, N.— To take in exchange, buy, purchase: decumas agri Leontini: Quae parvo sumi nequeunt, H.—Fig., to take, take up, assume: tantos sibi spiritūs, ut, etc., assumed, Cs.: animum, take courage, O.: sump<*> tis inimicitiis, susceptā causā.— To take up, under take, enter upon, begin: omne bellum sumi facile, to be undertaken, S.: bellum cum Veientibus sumptum, L.: Prima fide vocisque ratae temptamina, O.: Quem virum lyrā sumis celebrare? H.— To exact, inflict, with supplicium or poenam: more maiorum supplicium sumpsit, Cs.: de illā supplicium sumere: virgis supplicium crudelissime sumere: pro maleficio poenam sumi oportere: tam crudelīs poenas, to take such cruel revenge, V.— To take, choose, select: philosophiae studium: hoc mihi sumo, this is my choice: meliores liberos sumpsisse quam genuisse, i. e. to have adopted, S.: materiam vestris aequam Viribus, H.: mala, O.: disceptatorem, L.: Miltiadem imperatorem sibi, N.— To take, assume, claim, arrogate, appropriate: quamquam mihi non sumo tantum neque adrogo, ut, etc.: imperatorias sibi partīs, Cs.: Nec sumit aut ponit securīs Arbitrio popularis aurae, H.: voltūs acerbos, O.: antiquos mores, L.— To take, obtain, get, acquire, receive: distat sumasne pudenter An rapias, H.: laudem a crimine, O.: sumpto rigore, O.— To take, lay out, use, apply, employ, spend, consume: frustra operam, T.: laborem, Cs.: diem ad deliberandum, Cs.: cibi quietisque tempus, L.: curis sumptus, worn out, C. poët.—Of a speaker, to take for granted, assume, maintain, suppose, affirm: id sumere pro certo, quod dubium est: beatos esse deos: pro non dubio, aequius esse, etc., L.— To take, bring forward, cite, mention, adduce: homines notos sumere odiosum est: unum hoc sumo: quid quisquam potest ex omni memoriā sumere inlustrius?
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    I
    sumere, sumpsi, sumptus V
    take up; begin; suppose, assume; select; purchase; exact (punishment); obtain
    II
    sumere, sumsi, sumtus V
    accept; begin; suppose; select; purchase; obtain; (= sumpsi, sumptum)

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  • 19 exemplo

    exemplare, exemplavi, exemplatus V TRANS
    adduce/serve as example/model/pattern; form after a pattern

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  • 20 adfero

    af-fĕro (better adf-), attŭli (adt-, better att-), allātum (adl-), afferre (adf-), v. a.; constr. aliquid ad aliquem or alicui.
    I.
    In gen., to bring, take, carry or convey a thing to a place (of portable things, while adducere denotes the leading or conducting of men, animals, etc.), lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit.:

    lumen,

    Enn. Ann. 1, 40:

    viginti minas,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 78; 1, 3, 87 al.:

    adtuli hunc.—Quid, adtulisti?—Adduxi volui dicere,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 21:

    tandem bruma nives adfert,

    Lucr. 5, 746: adlatus est acipenser, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    adfer huc scyphos,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 33:

    nuces,

    Juv. 5, 144:

    cibum pede ad rostrum veluti manu,

    Plin. 10, 46, 63, § 129:

    pauxillum aquae,

    Vulg. Gen. 18, 4:

    caput ejus,

    ib. Marc. 6, 28.—With de in part. sense:

    adferte nobis de fructibus terrae,

    Vulg. Num. 13, 21; ib. Joan. 21, 10 (as lit. rendering of the Greek).—So of letters:

    adferre litteras, ad aliquem or alicui,

    Cic. Att. 8, 6; id. Imp. Pomp. 2; Liv. 22, 11 al.: adferre se ad aliquem locum, to betake one's self to a place, to go or come to (opp. auferre se ab aliquo, to withdraw from, to leave, only poet.):

    huc me adfero,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 6; Ter. And. 4, 5, 12 Bentl.:

    Fatis huc te poscentibus adfers,

    Verg. A. 8, 477:

    sese a moenibus,

    id. ib. 3, 345.—So pass. adferri:

    urbem adferimur,

    are driven, come, Verg. A. 7, 217;

    and adferre pedem: abite illuc, unde malum pedem adtulistis,

    id. Cat. 14, 21.— To bring near, extend, = porrigo (eccl. Lat.):

    adfer manum tuam,

    reach hither, Vulg. Joan. 20, 27.—
    B.
    Trop., to bring to, upon, in a good or bad sense.
    (α).
    In bon. part.:

    pacem ad vos adfero,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 32:

    hic Stoicus genus sermonum adfert non liquidum,

    i.e. makes use of, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    nihil ostentationis aut imitationis adferre,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 45:

    non minus adferret ad dicendum auctoritatis quam facultatis,

    id. Mur. 2, 4:

    consulatum in familiam,

    id. Phil. 9, 2:

    animum vacuum ad scribendas res difficiles,

    id. Att. 12, 38:

    tibi benedictionem,

    Vulg. Gen. 33, 11:

    Domino gloriam,

    ib. 1 Par. 16, 28; ib. Apoc. 21, 26: ignominiam, ib. Osee, 4, 18.—
    (β).
    In mal. part.:

    bellum in patriam,

    Ov. M. 12, 5:

    nisi etiam illuc pervenerint (canes), ut in dominum adferant dentes,

    to use their teeth against their master, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 9:

    adferam super eos mala,

    Vulg. Jer. 23, 12:

    Quam accusationem adfertis adversus hominem hunc?

    id. Joan. 18, 29: quod gustatum adfert mortem, ib. Job, 6, 6: vim adferre alicui for inferre, to use force against or offer violence to one, Cic. Phil. 2, 7; id. Verr. 2, 1, 26; Liv. 9, 16; 42, 29 Drak.; Ov. H. 17, 21 Heins.; id. A. A. 1, 679; Suet. Oth. 12 al.: manus adferre alicui, in a bad sense, to lay hands on, attack, assail (opp.:

    manus abstinere ab aliquo): pro re quisque manus adfert (sc. ad pugnam),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

    domino a familiā suā manus adlatas esse,

    id. Quint. 27:

    intellegimus eum detrudi, cui manus adferuntur,

    id. Caecin. 17:

    qui sit improbissimus, manus ei adferantur, effodiantur oculi,

    id. Rep. 3, 17 Creuz. al.: sibi manus, to lay hands on one's self, to commit suicide: Qui quidem manus, quas justius in Lepidi perniciem animāsset, sibi adferre conatus est, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23.—Also of things: manus templo, to rob or plunder, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18:

    bonis alienis,

    id. Off. 2, 15:

    manus suis vulneribus,

    to tear open, id. Att. 3, 15 (a little before:

    ne rescindam ipse dolorem meum): manus beneficio suo,

    to nullify, render worthless, Sen. Ben. 2, 5 ext. —
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To bring, bear, or carry a thing, as news, to report, announce, inform, publish; constr. alicui or ad aliquem aliquid, or acc. with inf. (class.;

    in the histt., esp. in Livy, very freq.): ea adferam eaque ut nuntiem, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 9:

    istud quod adfers, aures exspectant meae,

    id. As. 2, 2, 65; Ter. Phorm. prol. 22:

    calamitas tanta fuit, ut eam non ex proelio nuntius, sed ex sermone rumor adferret,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

    si ei subito sit adlatum periculum patriae,

    id. Off. 1, 43, 154:

    nihil novi ad nos adferebatur,

    id. Fam. 2, 14; id. Att. 6, 8: rumores, qui de me adferuntur, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21:

    Caelium ad illam adtulisse, se aurum quaerere,

    id. Cael. 24; so id. Fam. 5, 2 al.:

    magnum enim, quod adferebant, videbatur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 15 Dint.:

    cum crebri adferrent nuntii, male rem gerere Darium,

    Nep. 3, 3:

    haud vana adtulere,

    Liv. 4, 37; 6, 31:

    exploratores missi adtulerunt quieta omnia apud Gallos esse,

    id. 8, 17 Drak.:

    per idem tempus rebellāsse Etruscos adlatum est,

    word was brought, id. 10, 45 al.:

    idem ex Hispaniā adlatum,

    Tac. H. 1, 76:

    esse, qui magnum nescio quid adferret,

    Suet. Dom. 16; Luc. 1, 475:

    scelus adtulit umbris,

    Val. Fl. 3, 172 al. —So of instruction: doctrinam, Vulg. prol. Eccli.; ib. 2 Joan. 10.—
    B.
    To bring a thing on one, i.e. to cause, occasion, effect, give, impart; esp. of states of mind:

    aegritudinem alicui,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 2:

    alicui molestiam,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    populo Romano pacem, tranquillitatem, otium, concordiam,

    Cic. Mur. 1:

    alicui multas lacrimas, magnam cladem,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

    ipsa detractio molestiae consecutionem adfert voluptatis,

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; so,

    adferre auctoritatem et fidem orationi,

    id. Phil. 12, 7:

    metum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 25:

    dolorem,

    id. Sull. 1:

    luctum et egestatem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 5:

    consolationem,

    id. Att. 10, 4:

    delectationem,

    id. Fam. 7, 1 al.:

    detrimentum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 82:

    taedium,

    Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

    dolorem capitis,

    id. 23, 1, 18:

    gaudium,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 2, 1 al. —
    C.
    To bring forwards, allege, assert, adduce, as an excuse, reason, etc.:

    quam causam adferam?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 23:

    justas causas adfers,

    Cic. Att. 11, 15;

    also without causa: rationes quoque, cur hoc ita sit, adferendas puto,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27; cf. id. Fam. 4, 13:

    idque me non ad meam defensionem adtulisse,

    id. Caecin. 29, 85:

    ad ea, quae dixi, adfer, si quid habes,

    id. Att. 7: nihil igitur adferunt, qui in re gerendā versari senectutem negant, they bring forwards nothing to the purpose, who, etc., id. Sen. 6; id. de Or. 2, 53, 215:

    quid enim poterit dicere?... an aetatem adferet?

    i. e. as an excuse, id. ib. 2, 89, 364.—Also absol.:

    Quid sit enim corpus sentire, quis adferet umquam...?

    will bring forwards an explanation, Lucr. 3, 354 (cf. reddo absol. in same sense, id. 1, 566):

    et, cur credam, adferre possum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 70; 3, 23, 55.—
    D.
    Adferre aliquid = conducere, conferre aliquid, to contribute any thing to a definite object, to be useful in any thing, to help, assist; constr. with ad, with dat., or absol.:

    quam ad rem magnum adtulimus adjumentum hominibus nostris,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1:

    negat Epicurus diuturnitatem temporis ad beate vivendum aliquid adferre,

    id. Fin. 2, 27, 87:

    quidquid ad rem publicam adtulimus, si modo aliquid adtulimus,

    id. Off. 1, 44, 155:

    illa praesidia non adferunt oratori aliquid, ne, etc.,

    id. Mil. 1: aliquid adtulimus etiam nos, id. Planc. 10, 24:

    quid enim oves aliud adferunt, nisi, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2, 63.—
    E.
    Very rare in class. period, to bring forth as a product, to yield, bear, produce, = fero:

    agri fertiles, qui multo plus adferunt, quam acceperunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 15:

    herbam adferentem semen,

    Vulg. Gen. 1, 29:

    arva non adferent cibum,

    ib. Hab. 3, 17: lignum adtulit fructum, ib. Joel, 2, 22; ib. Apoc. 22, 2:

    ager fructum,

    ib. Luc. 12, 16 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adfero

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