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1 ad-optō
ad-optō āvī, ātus, āre, to take by choice, select, choose, adopt: alqm sibi defensorem sui iuris: eum sibi patronum. —Esp., to take into a family, adopt as a child: eum adoptavit heredemque fecit, N.: alqm in regnum, as successor to the throne, S.— Poet.: fac ramus ramum adoptet (by grafting), O. -
2 ascīscō (ad-sc-)
ascīscō (ad-sc-) scīvī, scītus, ere, to take to oneself, adopt, accept: leges: aliā (civitate) ascitā, by accepting citizenship elsewhere, N.: si non esset (civis), asciscendum fuisse, ought to be made one: socios sibi ad bellum, Cs.: in civitatem et patres, L.: inter patricios, Ta.: alqm civem: (Aenean) generum urbi, V.: superis ascitus Caesar, O.— To associate with oneself, take into association, accept, win over: alquem ad sceleris foedus: homines, S.: voluntarios ad spem praedae, L.: Spem Aetolum in armis, in the alliance, V.—To receive, take, appropriate, adopt, approve: sacra a Graecis: Coroniden sacris urbis, add by adoption, O.: ritūs, L.: nova verba, H.: vacuitatem doloris, to seek as a good. — To claim, aspire to, lay claim to: imperium, L.: mihi sapientiam. -
3 capiō
capiō cēpī (capsis, old for cēperis, C.), captus, ere [CAP-], to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp: flabellum, T.: sacra manu, V.: pocula, H.: baculum, O.: pignera, L.: manibus tympanum, Ct.: lora, Pr.: arma capere alii, seized their arms, S.: ensem, O.: tela, O.: omnia arma contra illam pestem, i. e. contend in every way: Manlium arma cepisse, had begun hostilities, S.: capere arma parabat, was on the point of attacking, O.—Of food, to take, partake of: Cibum cum eā, T.: lauti cibum capiunt, Ta. — To take captive, seize, make prisoner: belli duces captos tenetis: unus e filiis captus est, Cs.: capta tria milia peditum, L.: alquos Byzantii, N.: captos ostendere civibus hostes, H.: Num capti (Phryges) potuere capi? could they not, when taken, be taken (once for all)? V.: casus est enim in capiendo (sc. praedones).—To catch, hunt down, take: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cervum, Ph.: illa pro lepusculis capiebantur, patellae, etc.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate: ut te redimas captum (i. e. amore), T.: quibus (rebus) illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest: te pecuniā captum: quem suā cepit humanitate, N.: hunc capit argenti splendor, H.: dulcedine vocis, O.: (bos) herbā captus viridi, V.: oculis captis.— To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch: Aut quā viā te captent eādem ipsos capi? T.: eodem captus errore, involved in: suis miserum me cepit ocellis, Pr.: carmine formosae capiuntur, Tb.: me dolis, S.: capi alcuius dolo, N.: alqm amicitiae mendacis imagine, O.—To defeat, convict, cast, overcome (in a suit or dispute): ne tui consultores capiantur: in capiendo adversario versutus (orator).—To harm, lame, mutilate, maim, disable, impair, weaken: oculis et auribus captus, blind and deaf: membris omnibus captus: altero oculo capitur, loses an eye, L.: capti auribus metu, L.: lumine, O.: numquam erit tam captus equester ordo: captā re p. — P. pass., of the mind, deprived of sense, silly, insane, crazed, lunatic, mad: mente esse captum: virgines captae furore, L.: capti et stupentes animi, L. — To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept: iudicem populum R., L.: Me arbitrum, T.: inimicos homines, make enemies, T.: sacerdotem sortito: Flaccus flamen captus a Licinio erat, L. — Of places, to occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into: loca capere, to take up a position, Cs.: castris locum capere: locum extra urbem editum capere, N.: locum editiorem, S.: capto monte, Cs.: Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa, L.: montes fugā, for refuge, L.: tumulum, V.: terras captas despectare videntur (cycni), to be settling down on places selected, V. — To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize: pauca (oppida), S.: Troiā captā, L.: quod (agri) de Campanis ceperant: castra hostium, N.: oppida manu, V.; cf. oppressā captāque re p.: patriam suam, L.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake oneself to: insulam, Cs.: oti illum portum.—Of property or money, to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get: agros de hostibus: ager ex hostibus captus, L.: praedas, N.: ex hostibus pecuniam, L.: cape cedo, give and take, T.: de re p. nihil praeter gloriam, N.: ex calamitate populi R. nomen capere, Cs.: regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit, succeeded to, O.— With pecuniam, to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe, take blackmail: contra leges pecuniam cepisse?: pecuniae per vim atque iniuriam captae: aperte pecunias ob rem iudicandam: alqm pecuniae captae arcessere, S.—To take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept: morte testamentove alcuius alqd capere: a civibus Romanis hereditates: si capiendi Ius nullum uxori, Iu.—To collect, receive, obtain: ex eis praediis talenta argenti, T.: stipendium iure belli, Cs.: ex quo (castro) talenta, N.— Fig., to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap: Fructum, T.: fructūs auctoritatis: fructum vestri in me amoris: alquid ex eā re commodi? T.: utilitates ex amicitiā.—To take, assume, acquire, put on: gestūs voltūsque novos, T.: figuras, O.—To take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess: petitoris personam: patris vim: patrium animum.— To undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take up: provinciam duram, T.: consulatum: honores, N.: rerum moderamen, O.: rem p., S.: magistratum, L.—With dat. of person, to obtain for, secure for: patres praeturam Camillo ceperunt, L.—To begin, enter upon, undertake: bellum: labores, T.: augurium ex arce, L.: aliud initium belli, i. e. war on a new plan, Cs.: conatūs ad erumpendum, L.: nec vestra capit discordia finem, V.: ad impetum capiundum spatium, to take a start, L.: somnum, fall asleep.—Poet.: Unde nova ingressūs experientia cepit? i. e. was devised, V.—To seize, embrace, take (an opportunity): si quam causam ceperit, T.: tempus ad te adeundi.—To form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach: sensum verae gloriae: ex lucri magnitudine coniecturam furti: consilium unā tecum, T.: consilium hominis fortunas evertere: consilium equitatum demittere, Cs.: consilium ut exirem: legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.—To take, derive, draw, obtain: de te exemplum, T.: exemplum ex aliquā re. — To take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience: miseriam omnem, T.: angorem pro amico: ex huius incommodis molestiam: infamiam sine voluptate: invidiam apud patres ex largitione, L.: timorem, V.: voluptatem animi.— With a feeling as subj, to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui, etc.: ut caperet odium illam mei, T.: nos oblivio ceperat: Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae, L.: animum cura cepit, L.: meae si te ceperunt taeda laudis, V.: dementia cepit amantem, V.—Of injury or loss, to suffer, take, be subjected to: calamitatem: incommodi nihil.—Esp., in the formula by which the senate, in great emergencies, gave absolute power to magistrates: videant ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc., S.—To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for: capit alveus amnes O.: terra feras cepit, O.: quid turbae est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio, T.: unā domo iam capi non possunt: Nec iam se capit unda, V.: Non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus, H.: tot domūs locupletissimas istius domus una capiet? will swallow up.—To contain, hold, suffice for, be strong enough for, bear: eam amentiam: nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas, O.: iram Non capit ipsa suam, O.: Nec te Troia capit, is too small for your glory, V.—To take, receive, hold, comprehend, grasp, embrace: gratia, quantam maximam animi nostri capere possunt: ille unus veram speciem senatūs cepit, L.* * *Icapere, additional forms V TRANStake hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivateIIcapere, cepi, captus V TRANStake hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivateIIItaking/seizing -
4 concipiō
concipiō cēpī, ceptus, ere [com- + capio], to take hold of, take up, take in, take, receive: inde pabula terrae concipiunt, V.: concipit Iris aquas, draws up, O.: terra Concepit lacrimas, O.: praecordiis conceptam mortem continere: conceptum motu ignem ferre, kindled, L.: ubi silices Concipiunt ignem, O.: flammam, Cs.: Bucina, quae concepit aëra (by blowing), O.: quem mens mea concipit ignem? O.—To conceive, become pregnant: cum concepit mula: ex illo, O.: id, quod conceperat: alqm ex alqo: quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro, O.: omnia, quae terra concipiat semina: concepta crimina portat, the fruit of sin, O.— Fig., to imagine, conceive, think: quae concipiuntur animo: aliquid animo, L.: aethera mente, grasps in imagination, O.: quicquid concipitur nefas, H.—To understand, comprehend, perceive: principia rerum animo: alqd fieri oportere: lucos illic esse, O. — To adopt, harbor, entertain, conceive: inimicitiae ex aedilitate conceptae, Cs.: mente furores, O.: spem, O.: auribus cupiditatem: malum aut scelus: flagitium cum aliquo: ducis tu concipe curam, i. e. assume, V.—To draw up, comprisc, express in words, compose: sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro, as our phrase is: ius iurandum, L.: verba, quibus gratīs agit, a form, O.: conceptis verbis peierasse: foedus, V.: summas, to report definitely, L. — To promulgate, declare formally, phrase (in religious rites): vota sacerdos, O.: Latinas (ferias) sacrumque rite, L.* * *concipere, concepi, conceptus V TRANStake in/up, receive, catch; derive/draw (from); contain/hold; grasp; adopt; wed; form, devise; understand, imagine; conceive, be mother of; utter (oath/prayer) -
5 ūsūrpō
ūsūrpō āvī, ātus, āre [usus+RAP-], to seize for use, grasp for enjoyment, seize upon, take into use, make use of, use, employ, adopt, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy. hoc genus poenae saepe in improbos civīs esse usurpatum recordatur: ex tanto intervallo rem desuetam, L.: consolationes a sapientissimis viris usurpatae: ex usurpatā libertate in servitutem adserendi, i. e. after experience of liberty, L.: Curi cum caritate aliquā benevolā memoriam usurpare, cherish the memory of: ius, exercise, L.—In law, to seize, become seized, take possession, acquire, obtain: surculo defringendo, i. e. by breaking off a twig (as a symbol of ownership). — To seize wrongfully, usurp, trespass on: cuius ius tyranni quoque usurparunt, appropriated, L.: usurpandae alienae possessionis causā, L.—In language, to name, call, speak of, talk of, adopt, assume: Graecum verbum: admonet saepe usurpatae Dionysi vocis, quā, etc., L.: Laelius, is, qui Sapiens usurpatur: quae (via) antea silebatur, eadem nunc crebro usurpatur, is on everybody's tongue.* * *usurpare, usurpavi, usurpatus Vseize upon, usurp; use -
6 ūtor
ūtor (old, oetor), ūsus, ī, dep., to use, make use of, employ, profit by, take advantage of, enjoy, serve oneself with: utor neque perantiquis neque inhumanis testibus, cite: num argumentis utendum in re eius modi?: dextro (oculo) aeque bene, N.: exemplis in parvo grandibus uti, to apply, O.: naves neque usae nocturnā aurā in redeundo, Cs.: usus est hoc cupidine, tamdiu, dum, etc., i. e. borrowed: si fortunā permittitis uti, to take advantage of, V.: libertate modice utantur, L.: deorum Muneribus sapienter uti, H.: temporibus sapienter utens, taking advantage of, N.: opportunae sunt divitiae ut utare (sc. eis): administris ad ea sacrificia Druidibus, Cs.: ut eā potestate ad quaestum uteretur, might avail himself of: utuntur aut aere aut taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro nummo, Cs.—Prov.: scisti uti foro, to make your market, i. e. to conciliate, T.—With acc. (old): Mea, quae praeter spem evenere, utantur sine, T.—Pass., only in gerundive: Quod illa aetas magis ad haec utenda idoneast, i. e. for these enjoyments, T.: te, quod utendum acceperis, reddidisse, what you borrowed: Multa rogant utenda dari, O.—To manage, control, wield: bene armis, optime equis.—To spend, use: notum et quaerere et uti, H.: cum horis nostris nos essemus usi, exhausted.—To wear: pellibus aut parvis tegimentis, Cs.: insignibus regiis.—To accept, adopt: eā condicione, quae a Caesare ferretur, Cs.: praeposteris consiliis.—To resort to, consult: quaestor, cuius consilio uteretur.—To make, adopt, employ, express oneself: si provincia loqui posset, hac voce uteretur: haec oratio, quā me uti res p. coëgit.— To perform, exercise, practise: virtute suā: Viribus per clivos, H.: nil circuitione, T.—To indulge, practise, exercise, yield to: alacritate ac studio, Cs.: incredibili patientiā: dementer amoribus, O.: suā clementiā in eos, Cs.—To experience, undergo, receive, enjoy: Ne simili utamur fortunā atque usi sumus, Quom, ete., T.: hoc honore usi togati solent esse.—To consume, take, drink: Lacte mero et herbis, O.—To enjoy the friendship of, be intimate with, associate with: quā (Caeciliā） pater usus erat plurimum: Utere Pompeio Grospho, H.: regibus, H.—With two abll., to use as, employ for, hold in the capacity of, find to be: Mihi si umquam filius erit, ne ille facili me utetur patre, shall find me an indulgent father, T.: hic vide quam me sis usurus aequo, i. e. how justly I have dealt with you: uteris monitoribus isdem, H.: valetudine non bonā, Cs.* * *uti, usus sum V DEPuse, make use of, enjoy; enjoy the friendship of (with ABL) -
7 adopto
adoptare, adoptavi, adoptatus V TRANSadopt, select, secure, pick out; wish/name for oneself; adopt legally -
8 atopto
atoptare, atoptavi, atoptatus V TRANSadopt, select, secure, pick out; wish/name for oneself; adopt legally -
9 capio
1.căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:I.capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].Lit.A.In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:B.sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—In partic.1.Of living objects.a. (α).Of persons:(β).oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:b.si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:c.quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:d.sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):e. (α).tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):(β).mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:f.labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:2.de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—Of places.a.To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:b.loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:c.invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):3.insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—Of things of value, property, money, etc.a.In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:b.AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—In particular connections.(α).With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:(β).his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:(γ).si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:C.capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—Trop.1.Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):2.metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:3.gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:4.cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:5.nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:imperium,
id. Claud. 10:magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:6.augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:7.si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:8.quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:9.ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:10.tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):11.edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:II. A.calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.Lit.1.In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:2.parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:B.di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—Trop.1.To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):2. a.tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—Affirmatively (rare):b.quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—With negatives:3.non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):4.rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):5.nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):2.sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,I.A taking:II.dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio. -
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1.căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:I.capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].Lit.A.In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:B.sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—In partic.1.Of living objects.a. (α).Of persons:(β).oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:b.si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:c.quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:d.sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):e. (α).tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):(β).mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:f.labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:2.de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—Of places.a.To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:b.loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:c.invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):3.insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—Of things of value, property, money, etc.a.In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:b.AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—In particular connections.(α).With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:(β).his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:(γ).si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:C.capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—Trop.1.Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):2.metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:3.gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:4.cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:5.nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:imperium,
id. Claud. 10:magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:6.augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:7.si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:8.quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:9.ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:10.tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):11.edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:II. A.calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.Lit.1.In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:2.parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:B.di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—Trop.1.To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):2. a.tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—Affirmatively (rare):b.quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—With negatives:3.non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):4.rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):5.nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):2.sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,I.A taking:II.dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio. -
11 utor
ūtor (old form oetor, oesus, etc., from oitor, oisus, Lex. Thor. lin. 11; inf. parag. oetier, Rogat. Tribun. ap. Fest. p. 246 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 4), ūsus ( inf. utier, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 4; Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 13), 3, v. dep. [etym. dub.].I.Prop., to use.A.With abl.1.To make use of, employ: cave... ne tibi hoc scipione malum magnum dem. Paeg. Jam utere eo, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 36: Th. Oh Epidicumne ego conspicor? Ep. Certe oculis utere, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 4:2.hoc oculo,
id. Mil. 4, 7, 25:sola potest animi per se natura... durare et sensibus uti,
Lucr. 3, 560:de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio,
Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2:utinam, quem ad modum oratione sum usurus alienā, sic mihi ore uti liceret alieno,
id. Rep. 3, 5, 8:utor neque perantiquis neque inhumanis ac feris testibus,
cite, appeal to, id. ib. 1, 37, 58:neque enim accusatore muto neque teste quisquam utitur eo, qui de accusatoris subsellio surgit,
id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:num argumentis utendum in re ejus modi?
id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11:mancipium, quo et omnes utimur, et non praebetur a populo,
id. ib. 2, 4, 5, §9: quo interprete non ad linguam Graecam, sed ad furta et flagitia uti solebat,
id. ib. 2, 3, 37, §84: ut postea numquam dextro (oculo) aeque bene usus sit,
Nep. Hann. 4, 3:si licet exemplis in parvo grandibus uti,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 25:viribus utendum est, quas fecimus,
Luc. 1, 347.—With ad: ad eam rem usus est tuā mihi operā Sa. Utere, ut vis, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 27:earum (navium) materiā atque aere ad reliquas reficiendas utebatur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 31:administris ad ea sacrificia Druidibus,
id. ib. 6, 16:ut eā potestate ad quaestum uteretur,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11:ad quam rem (deus) motu mentis ac ratione utatur,
id. N. D. 1, 37, 104.—With pro:utuntur aut aere aut taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro nummo,
Caes. B. G. 5, 12.—Esp.a.To manage, control, wield:b.bene ut armis, optime ut equis uteretur,
Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:nemo est quin eo ipso (equo), quo consuevit, libentius utatur quam intractato,
id. Lael. 19, 68.—To spend, use:c.velim cum illā videas ut sit qui utamur (sc. pecunia),
Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2:tantis vectigalibus ad liberalitatem utens,
id. Fin. 2, 26, 84:cum horis nostris nos essemus usi,
spent, exhausted, id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30.— Absol.:notum et quaerere et uti,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57.—To wear:d.pellibus aut parvis renonum tegimentis utuntur, magnā corporis parte nudā,
Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.:ne insignibus quidem regiis Tullus nisi jussu populi est ausus uti,
Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31.—To accept, adopt:e.eā condicione, quae a Caesare ferretur, se usuros ostendebant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 11:praeposteris enim utimur consiliis et acta agimus,
Cic. Lael. 22, 85.—To resort to, consult:f.neque Vectium ad se arcessit, quaestorem suum, cujus consilio uteretur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 114:oraculo,
Tac. A. 2, 54.—Of a form or style of speech, sentiment, etc., to make, adopt, employ:g.sermonibus morologis utier,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 21:si provincia loqui posset, hac voce uteretur,
Cic. Div. in Caecin. 5, 19:hac unā defensione,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 8:haec oratio, quā me uti res publica coëgit,
id. Rosc. Am. 49, 143:cum hortatione non egeas, non utar eā pluribus verbis,
id. Fam. 11, 5, 3:illa criminatio, quā in me absentem usus est,
id. Agr. 3, 1, 3.—To perform, exercise, practise, etc.:h.crucior, patrem... nunc inprobi viri officio uti,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 14:eādem nos disciplinā utimur,
id. As. 1, 3, 49; cf.:nec vero habere virtutem satis est quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare: etsi ars quidem, cum eā non utare, scientiā ipsā teneri potest,
Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2:diuturni silentii, quo eram his temporibus usus, finem hodiernus dies attulit,
observed, kept, id. Marcell. 1, 1:eos (senes) ego fortasse nunc imitor et utor aetatis vitio,
id. Fam. 2, 16, 6:ratione utuntur,
exercise moderation, Plaut. Cas. prol. 27:ut anteponantur... ratione utentia rationis expertibus,
Cic. Top. 18, 69:ne tu, leno, postules Te hic fide lenoniā uti: non potis,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 30:viribus uteris per clivos,
Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10.—With adverb. acc.:ut hoc utimur maxime more moro multum,
Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 1:ita aperte ipsam rem locutus nil circuitione usus es,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 31.—In gen., to use, enjoy, profit by, take advantage of, etc.: otio qui nescit uti plus negoti habet, quam, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 20, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 252 Vahl.): sinite... eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, quo jure sum usus adulescentior, i. e. enjoy, exercise, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 2:k.commodius esse opinor duplici spe utier,
id. Phorm. 4, 2, 13:serius a terrā provectae naves neque usae nocturnā aurā in redeundo offenderunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 8:commoda quibus utimur lucemque quā fruimur ab eo nobis dari,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131:in maximo meo dolore hoc solacio utor, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 26 init.: usus est hoc cupidine, tamdiu, dum, etc., had the use of, i. e. borrowed, id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf.I. B. 2. infra: utatur suis bonis oportet et fruatur, qui beatus futurus est,
id. N. D. 1, 37, 103:propter nauticarum rerum scientiam plurimisque maritimis rebus fruimur atque utimur,
id. ib. 2, 60, 152:si fortunā permittitis uti,
to try, take advantage of, Verg. A. 9, 240:nostrā utere amicitiā, ut voles,
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 38; cf.:decet hunc ordinem... bene utier amicitiā,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 24:libertate modice utantur,
Liv. 34, 49, 8:deorum Muneribus sapienter uti,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 48:Ofellam Integris opibus novi non latius usum Quam nunc accisis,
id. S. 2, 2, 113:quia parvo nesciet uti,
id. Ep. 1, 10, 41:temporibus sapienter utens,
taking advantage of, Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—Prov.: foro uti, to make one's market, i. e. accommodate one's prices, actions, etc., to circumstances, take advantage of events:scisti uti foro,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 29.— Absol.:opportunae sunt divitiae ut utare (sc. eis),
Cic. Lael. 6, 22.— With adverb. acc.:ne Silius quidem quicquam utitur (sc. suis hortis),
Cic. Att. 12, 22, 3. —Of passions, traits of character, etc., to indulge, practise, exercise, yield to, etc.:1.inter nos amore utemur semper subrepticio?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 49:alacritate ac studio,
Caes. B. G. 4, 24:severitas, quā tu in iis rebus usus es,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:usus est ipse incredibili patientiā,
id. Phil. 1, 4, 9: ego pervicaciam (esse hanc) aio, et eā me uti volo, Att. ap. Non. 433, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 5 Rib.):dementer amoribus usa,
Ov. M. 4, 259.—With in and acc.:ut suā clementiā ac mansuetudine in eos utatur,
Caes. B. G. 2, 14.—To experience, undergo, receive, enjoy, etc., ne simili utamur fortunā atque usi sumus, Quom, etc., Ter. Phorm. prol. 31:m.hoc honore usi togati solent esse,
Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32:homines amplissimis usos honoribus,
id. Fl. 19, 45:nobiles amplis honoribus usi,
Sall. J. 25, 4:neminem curuli honore usum praeterierunt,
Liv. 34, 44, 4:primus externorum usus illo honore quem majores Latio quoque negaverint,
Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 136: quoniam semel est odio civiliter usus, Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 41.—To use as food or medicine, to take, drink, etc.:B.lacte mero veteres usi memorantur et herbis,
Ov. F. 4, 369:aquis frigidis,
Cels. 1, 1:antidoto,
Scrib. Comp. 171:medicamento,
id. ib. 228:vino modice,
Cels. 8, 11:ex altero (loco, i. e. ex lacu) ut pecus uti possit (sc. aquā),
Varr. R. R. 1, 11, 2.—With the thing used, etc., as direct obj. (class. only in gerund. constr.; v. infra): nuptias abjeci, amicos utor primoris viros, Turp. ap. Non. p. 497, 15 (Com. Rel. v. 164 Rib.):2.facilitatem vulgariam,
Nov. ib. 481, 21 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.):res pulchras, quas uti solet,
id. ib. 500, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 69 ib.):ita uti eum oportet libertatem,
Titin. ib. 481, 19 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.):cetera quae volumus uti Graecā mercamur fide,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47:dic mihi, an boni quid usquam'st, quod quisquam uti possiet,
id. Merc. 1, 2, 37:diutine uti bene licet partum bene,
id. Rud. 4, 7, 15:profecto uteris ut voles operam meam,
id. Poen. 5, 2, 128:mea, quae praeter spem evenere, utantur sine,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 29:BALINEVM... QVOD VSI FVERANT AMPLIVS ANNIS XXXX.,
Inscr. Orell. 202: si quid est, quod utar, utor: si non est, egeo, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1:oleam albam, quam voles uti, condito,
id. R. R. 118:quam rem etiam nomine eodem medici utuntur,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 23:ferrum,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 17, 4.—Hence, esp. gerund. in phrases dare utendum, to lend; recipere or rogare or petere utendum, to borrow, etc. (class.;II.freq. in Plaut.): quod datum utendum'st,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 7:quae utenda vasa semper vicini rogant,
id. Aul. 1, 2, 18; 2, 4, 32; 2, 9, 4; id. Pers. 1, 3, 47 sq.; id. Mil. 2, 3, 76; id. Rud. 3, 1, 10: auris tibi contra utendas dabo, Enn. ap. Non. 506, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 364 Vahl.); Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 81:quae bona is Heraclio omnia utenda ac possidenda tradiderat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 46:te, quod utendum acceperis, reddidisse,
id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36:multa rogant utenda dari, data reddere nolunt,
Ov. A. A. 1, 433.—Transf. (through the intermediate idea of having and using).A.Pregn., to enjoy the friendship of any one; to be familiar or intimate with, to associate with a person.a.With abl:b.his Fabriciis semper est usus Oppianicus familiarissime,
Cic. Clu. 16, 46:quā (Caeciliā) pater usus erat plurimum,
id. Rosc. Am. 11, 27:Trebonio multos annos utor valde familiariter,
id. Fam. 1, 3, 1:Lucceius qui multum utitur Bruto,
id. Att. 16, 5, 3:utere Pompeio Grospho,
Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 22:quo pacto deceat majoribus uti,
id. ib. 1, 17, 2:si sciret regibus uti,
ib. ib. 14:ita me verebatur ut me formatore morum, me quasi magistro uteretur,
Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 2.—With acc.:B.vilica vicinas aliasque mulieres quam minimum utatur,
Cato, R. R. 143, 1.—To be in possession of a thing, esp. to have, hold, or find a thing in some particular mode or character; with abl.:mihi si unquam filius erit, ne ille facili me utetur patre,
he shall find an indulgent father in me, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 5; cf.:patre usus est diligente et diti,
Nep. Att. 1, 2:bonis justisque regibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50:quae (sc. libertas) non in eo est, ut justo utamur domino, sed ut nullo,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43; cf. id. Fin. 1, 1, 2:hic vide quam me sis usurus aequo,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:ut is illis benignis usus est ad commodandum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 3, §6: ne bestiis quoque immanioribus uteremur,
id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:me Capitolinus convictore usus amicoque A puero est,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 95:uteris monitoribus isdem,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 154:valetudine non bonā,
Caes. B. C. 3, 49:quo (sc. Philoctete) successore sagittae Herculis utuntur,
Ov. M. 13, 52.— Absol.:nam pol placidum te et clementem eo usque modo ut volui usus sum in alto (= placidum te esse ut volui, sic te usus sum),
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 8.—Hence, P. a.: ūtens, ntis, m., possessing, that possesses:utentior sane sit,
i. e. a larger possessor, richer, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71. -
12 āiō
āiō v. defect. [for * ag-io, AG-]; in use, praes. ind. āiō, aïs, aït, āiunt; subj. āias, āiat; imperf. āiēbam throughout, colloq., aibam (disyl.); part. āiēns (C. twice), to say yes, assent, affirm: negat quis? nego: ait? aio, if one says no, I say no; if yes, I say yes, T.: Diogenes ait, Antipater negat: ut quibus creditam non sit negantibus, isdem credatur aientibus: ne faciam Omnino versūs? aio, I say so, H.—In gen., to assert, affirm, aver, say, tell, relate: crimen ais te metuisse: Tarquinium a Cicerone inmissum aiebant, S.: nescio quid velle loqui te aiebas mecum, you were saying, H.: quem secum aiunt portare Penatīs, they say, V.: a me deceptos ait Hirtium et Caesarem (sc. esse).—With attraction: vir bonus ait esse paratus, H.: ‘hunccine,’ aiebat, ‘quem,’ etc., L.: ‘loris non uteris,’ aio, H.: ‘O te felicem,’ aiebam tacitus, said to myself, H.: secum ait, O.: Talia dicenti, ‘tibi’ ait ‘revocamina’ corvus ‘Sint precor,’ O.: Causa optumast, nisi quid pater ait aliud, T.: Haec ait, V.: Sic ait, et dicto citius tumida aequora placat, V.: vita vitalis, ut ait Ennius, to adopt the phrase of: uti mos vester ais, H.: ut ait in Synephebis, as (the author) says.—Aiunt, ut aiunt, quem ad modum or quod aiunt, in quoting a current phrase, as they say, as is said, as the saying is: ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet, T.: se Massiliam, ut aiunt, non in haec castra conferet: Iste claudus, quem ad modum aiunt, pilam: conspexit, ut aiunt, Adrasum quendam vacuā tonsoris in umbrā, H.: ain tu? (for aisne) ain tute? ain tandem? ain vero? a colloq. phrase, expressing surprise, do you really mean? indeed? really? is it possible? often only an emphatic what? Ain tu tibi hoc incommodum evenisse iter? T.: ain tandem? inquit, num castra vallata non habetis? L.: Hem, quid ais, scelus? what do you mean? T.: Quid tu ais, Gnatho? num quid habes quod contemnas? what say you? T. -
13 asciō (ad-sciō）
asciō (ad-sciō） —, —, īre, to receive, adopt, select: socios, V.: centurionem, Ta. -
14 cōn-sequor
cōn-sequor secūtus (sequūtus), ī, dep., to follow, follow up, press upon, go after, attend, accompany, pursue. litteras suas prope, L.: se coniecit intro, ego consequor, T.: hos vestigiis.—To follow, pursue (as a foe): copias, Cs.: (alitem) pennis, O.: face iactatā Consequitur ignibus ignes, makes a circle of fire (to the eye), O.—In time, to follow, come after: Cethegum aetate: has res consecuta est mutatio, N.: eius modi sunt tempestates consecutae, uti, etc., Cs.: reliquis consecutis diebus: silentium est consecutum. — To overtake, reach, come up with, attain to, arrive at: hunc fugientem: columbam, V.: rates, O.: ad vesperam consequentur: reliqui legati sunt consecuti, came up, N.: (telum) Consequitur quocumque petit, hits, O.—Fig., to follow, copy, imitate, adopt, obey: Chrysippum Diogenes consequens: Necessest consilia consequi consimilia, T.: mediam consili viam, L. — To follow, ensue, result, be the consequence, arise from: ex quo caedes esset vestrum consecuta: dictum invidia consecuta est, N.: quia libertatem pax consequebatur: illud naturā consequi, ut, etc. — To reach, overtake, obtain, acquire, get, attain: opes quam maximas: honores: eam rem, Cs.: fructum amplissimum ex vestro iudicio: omnia per senatum: suis meritis inpunitatem: gloriam victoriis, N.: in hac pernicie rei p. gratiam: multum in eo se consequi dicebat, quod, etc., that it was a great advantage to him, N.: perverse dicere perverse dicendo, acquire bad habits of speaking.—To reach, come to, overtake, strike: matrem mors consecutast, T.: tanta prosperitas Caesarem est consecuta, ut, N.—To become like, attain, come up to, equal: aliquem maiorem. — To attain to, understand, perceive, learn, know: plura, N.: omnīs illorum conatūs: facta memoriā: tantam causam diligentiā: quid copiarum haberes.—Of speech, to attain, be equal to, do justice to: laudes eius verbis: omnia verbis. -
15 cōnsulō
cōnsulō luī, ltum, ere [com-+2 SAL-], to meet and consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, consult, take care, have regard, look out, be mindful: tempus consulendi, T.: ad consulendum potestas, L.: ut animi trepidarent magis quam consulerent, L.: praesidium consulenti curiae, H.: inpensius, V.: in longitudinem, to take thought for the future, T.: in commune, for the common good, T.: in medium, V.: de salute suorum: ut illorum solitudo munita sit: custodi et consule longe (with ne), V.: ut urbi satis esset praesidii, consultum est: famae tuae: receptui suo, Cs.: rei p., S.: timori magis quam religioni, Cs.: mi consultum optime esse, T.: rerum summae, O.: male patriae, N. — To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine: de uxore, S.: de nullis quam vobis infestius, L.: gravius in eum, S.: in humiliores libidinose, L.: in deditos durius, Ta.—To consult, inquire of, ask for advice, counsel with, apply to, question: spectatas undas, quid se deceat, O.: pro te hos: si publice consuletur, Ta.: collegium consuli iussit, num, etc., L.: consulta, qualem Optet habere virum, asked, O.: te id, ask your opinion of it. — Supin. acc.: ut esset, quo consultum plebes veniret, L.— To consult (a god, an oracle, etc.): Apollinem de re: deum auguriis, L.: Phoebi oracula, O.: de se ter sortibus consultum, utrum, etc., Cs.: spirantia exta, V.: numen nunc extis nunc per aves, L.: consultus vates, V.— To take counsel (of a lawyer), ask advice: de iure civili consuli: qui consuluntur, i. e. skilled in the law: licet consulere? (a formula of asking advice): consulere licebit? Consule, H.— To refer to (an authority, a legislative body, etc.), consult: senatum, S.: senatum de foedere, Cs.: populum de eius morte: plebem in omnia (tribuni), L. — To deliberate upon, consider: rem ordine, L.: consulere et explorare rem: quid agant, Cs. — To advise, counsel, recommend: tun consulis quicquam? T. — To resolve upon, determine, decide: potestas consulendi quid velis, T.: pessime istuc in te, T.: suae vitae durius, i. e. commit suicide, Cs.: quae reges male consuluerint, S. —In the phrase, boni consulere, to regard favorably, take in good part: tu haec consule missa boni, O.* * *consulere, consului, consultus Vask information/advice of; consult, take counsel; deliberate/consider; advise; decide upon, adopt; look after/out for (DAT), pay attention to; refer to -
16 currō
currō cucurrī, cursus, ere [1 CEL-], to run, move quickly, hasten: propere, T.: per totum conclave pavidi, H.: fugiens hostem, H.: Plus homine, with superhuman speed, O.: ad vocem praeceps, O.: eosdem cursūs: curritur ad praetorium. —With acc: qui stadium currit, runs a race: iter aequore, V.: aequor, V.—Prov.: currentem incitare, to spur a willing horse: asellum currere doceas, i. e. you labor to no purpose, H.: per flammam, to go through fire.—Poet., of rapid motion, to sail, fly, hasten, move rapidly: per omne mare, H.: mercator ad Indos, H.: medio ut limite curras, Icare, O.—Of things, to run, flow, roll, spread, extend: amnes in aequora currunt, V.: flumina, O.: currente rotā, H.: rubor per ora, V.: rivis currentia vina, V. — Fig., to run, flow, trip, advance, move, pass away: proclivi currit oratio: versus incomposito pede, H.: nox inter pocula currat, Pr.: Aetas, H.—With acc, to run, traverse: eosdem cursūs, adopt the same policy. — Poet.: Talia saecla currite (i. e. currendo efficite), V.* * *currere, cucurri, cursus V INTRANSrun/trot/gallop, hurry/hasten/speed, move/travel/proceed/flow swiftly/quickly -
17 dē-scrībō
dē-scrībō īpsī, īptus, ere (often confounded with discribo), to copy off, transcribe, write out, write down: a te librum (i. e. a tuo exemplo): descriptam legem adferunt, the draf<*> in foliis carmina, V.: in cortice Carmina, carve, V.: ius ab antiquā gente, copy, adopt, L.—To sketch, describe, draw, depict, represent: formas in harenā: caeli meatūs radio, V.—Fig., to represent, delineate, describe: res verbis describenda: dignus describi, quod malus ac fur, etc., H.: volnera Parthi, H.: cum pluvius describitur arcus, H.: facta versibus, N.: Votivā descripta tabellā Vita senis, H.—To define, prescribe, fix, assign: iura finium: rationem totius belli: classīs ex censu, L.: vices (poetae), H.: in quattuor urbanas tribūs libertinos, L.: in duodecim mensīs annum, L.: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus, Cs.: suum cuique munus. -
18 dis-cēdō
dis-cēdō cessī, cessus, ere, to go apart, part asunder, divide, separate, disperse, scatter: ex hac fugā auxilia discesserunt, Cs.: lignationis causā in silvas, Cs.: ut sodalitates decuriatique discederent: cum discedere populum iussissent tribuni, L.: in duas partīs, S.: cum terra discessisset: caelum, opens: scaena ut versis discedat frontibus, open, V.—To go away, depart, leave: petebat ut discedere liceret, Cs.: misere discedere quaerens, H.: ab exercitu, Cs.: a senis latere: e Galliā: ex contione, Cs.: de foro: templo, O.: longius ab agmine discedi, Cs.: de colloquio discessum, L.: in loca occulta, S.: ad urbem, V.: ex castris domum, Cs.: domos suas, N.—Of troops, to march off, march away, decamp: discessit a Brundisio, Cs.: ex hibernis, Cs.: Tarracone, Cs.: ab signis, to leave the standard, Cs.: exercitus ab signis discessit, disbanded, L.: ab armis, to lay down their arms, Cs.: in itinere ab eo, desert, Cs. — From a battle, to get away, come away, come off, be left, remain: se superiores discessisse existimare, Cs.: victor discessit ab hoste, H.: victus, S.: graviter volneratus, S.: ut inanes discederent: aequā manu, S.: aequo Marte, L.: sine detrimento, Cs. —From a trial or struggle, to come off, get off, be left, remain: ut spoliis ex hoc iudicio ornati discedant: se superiorem discessurum: liberatus, N.: si istius haec iniuria inpunita discesserit: pulchre, T.: turpissime: a iudicio capitis maximā gloriā, N.: Discedo Alcaeus puncto illius, he votes me an Alcaeus, H.—Fig., to depart, deviate, swerve from, leave, forsake, give up, abandon: nihil a statu naturae: a fide: a suā sententiā, Cs.: ab amicis in magnā re peccantibus.—To pass away, vanish, cease: audivi quartanam a te discessisse: ex animo illius memoria: hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit, Cs.: ubi hae sollicitudines discessere, L.—In the phrase, in sententiam discedere, to adopt a view, pass over to a party, vote for a measure: senatus in Catonis sententiam discessit, S.: senatus in alia omnia discessit: in hanc sententiam ut discederetur, L.: illud SC, quo numquam ante discessum est, Cs.—To leave in thought, depart: cum a vobis discesserim, i. e. except you: ut cum ab illo discesserint, me habeant proximum. -
19 eō
eō īvī or iī (3d pers. rarely īt, V.; inf. īvisse or. īsse), itūrus (P. praes. iēns, euntis; ger. eundum), īre [1 I-], to go, walk, ride, sail, fly, move, pass: In in malam rem, T.: subsidio suis ierunt, Cs.: quocumque ibat: in conclave: eo dormitum, H.: animae ad lumen iturae, V.: It visere ad eam, T.: quo pedibus ierat, on foot, L.: equis, to ride, L.: quos euntīs mirata iuventus, as they ride, V.: Euphrates ibat iam mollior undis, flowed, V.: ite viam: ibis Cecropios portūs, O.: hinc ibimus Afros, V.: Exsequias, T.: pompam funeris, O.— To go, march, move, advance (against a foe): infestis signis ad se, Cs.: equites late, pedites quam artissume ire, S.: ad hostem, L.: adversus quem ibatur, L.: in Capitolium, attack, L. — To pass, turn, be transformed: Sanguis it in sucos, O.— Fig., to go, pass, proceed, move, advance, enter, betake oneself: in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam, L.: in lacrimas, V.: per oppida Rumor it, spreads, O.: it clamor caelo, rises, V.—In the phrase, ire in sententiam, to accede to, adopt, vote for, follow: in eam (sententiam) se ituram: in sententiam eius pedibus, L.: in quam sententiam cum pedibus iretur, L.: ibatur in eam sententiam, the decision was.—With supin. acc., to go about, set out, prepare: gentem universam perditum, L.: servitum Grais matribus, V.: bonorum praemia ereptum eunt, S. — Imper., in mockery or indignation, go then, go now, go on: I nunc et nomen habe, etc., O.: ite, consules, redimite civitatem, L.—Of time, to pass by, pass away: quotquot eunt dies, H.: Singula anni praedantur euntes, as they fly, H.— Of events, to go, proceed, turn out, happen: incipit res melius ire quam putaram: prorsus ibat res: Si non tanta quies iret, continued, V.—Of persons, to fare, prosper, be fated: sic eat quaecunque Romana lugebit hostem, L.* * *Ithere, to/toward that place; in that direction; to that object/point/stageIItherefore, for that reason, consequently; by that degree; so much the more/lessIIIeare, evi, etus Vgo, walk; march, advance; pass; flow; pass (time); ride; be in the middleIVire, ivi(ii), itus Vgo, walk; march, advance; pass; flow; pass (time); ride; sail -
20 iūrō
iūrō āvī, ātus, āre [2 ius], to swear, take an oath: si aram tenens iuraret: ex animi tui sententiā, without reservation: Boeotum in crasso iurares aëre natum, H.: falsum, swear falsely: vere: testari deos per quos iuravisset, S.: per Iovem, by Jupiter: aedilis, qui pro se iuraret, in his stead, L.: idem omnis exercitus in se quisque iurat, i. e. each soldier individually, L.: Numquam ducturum uxorem, T.: se eum non deserturum, Cs.: verissimum ius iurandum.—With in and acc, to swear to observe, swear allegiance, vow obedience, adopt under oath: in legem: in leges, L.: in haec verba iurat ipse, takes this form of oath, Cs.: cur in certa verba iurent: in haec verba iures postulo, in this form of words, L.: in verba magistri, echo the sentiments, H.—To swear by, attest, call to witness: Terram, Mare, Sidera, V.: Iovem lapidem: quaevis tibi numina, O.: Samothracum aras, Iu.: Iurandae tuum per nomen arae, H.: dis iuranda palus, the Styx, by which the gods swear, O.—To swear to, attest by an oath: morbum, to the fact of sickness: id (nomen) iurare in litem, swear to a debt.—With person. obj., to swear, bind by an oath, cause to swear (only perf pass.): iudici demonstrandum est, quid iuratus sit: lex, in quam iurati sitis: iuratus se eum interempturum, L.— To conspire: In me, O.: in facinus, O.—In the phrase: iurare calumniam, to swear that an accusation is not malicious, L.
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