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1 opera
opera ae, f [opus], service, pains, exertion, effort, work, labor: operam abutitur, qui, etc., wastes labor, T.: frustra operam sumo, take pains, T.: res multae operae, Cs.: operam exigere: praebere amicis: in eā (arte) plus operae consumere, bestow upon: impendere: polliceri, S.: insumere, L.: interponere, employ: quorum operā interfectus, by whose agency, Cs.: exstabit opera peregrinationis huius, i. e. literary activity.—A service, rendering of service: esse in operis eius societatis, in the service of the society: qui operas in scripturā pro magistro dat, serves as director: musis operas reddere, serve.—In the phrase, operam dare, to bestow care, take pains, give attention, serve, exert oneself: id dare operam, qui istum amoveas, T.: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque (i. e. student), Enn. ap. C.: dare operam funeri, attend: sermoni, listen: dilectu dat operam, is busied in, L.: dabat operam, ut Dumnorigem contineret, Cs.: dent operam consules, ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat, Cs.: id scire, T.—In the phrase, meā operā, through my means, by my agency: Non meā operā neque culpā evenit, T.: meā operā Q. Tarentum recepisti.—In the phrase, operae pretium, something worth the effort.—Leisure, spare time: de versibus, deest mihi quidem opera, I have no leisure: quae non operae est referre, it is not worth while, L.: si operae illi esset, if he had time, L.—A day-laborer, journeyman, laborer, workman, artisan: nona, a ninth laborer (on a farm), H.: operae facessant: publice coactis operis: contentio cum operis conductis ad, etc., rabble hired.* * *work, care; aid; service, effort/trouble -
2 per
per praep. with acc. [1 PAR-]. I. In space, through, across, through the midst of, from side to side of, traversing: itinera duo, unum per Sequanos... alterum per provinciam, Cs.: qui per agros fluit: it hasta per tempus utrumque, V.: per medios hostīs evasit, L.— Through, over, throughout, all over, along, among: per totam Italiam, S.: per omnīs partīs provinciae: per viam, along, L.: aegro per manūs tractus servatur, from hand to hand, Cs.: invitati hospita<*>iter per domos, from house to house, L.: passim per herbam Corpora fusa, V.: imperium per omnīs in orbem ibat, went around, L.: per alia atque alia pavida consilia trepidans, from one place to another, L.: Transtra per et remos, V.—With ora, oculos or aurīs, before, to: incedunt per ora vestrum, S.: traducti per hostium oculos, L.: vestras per aurīs ire, V.— II. In time, through, during, for, throughout, in the course of: per hosce annos: per triennium: per eos forte dies, L.— At, at the time of, during: per idem tempus: per meridiem, at noon, L.: per ludos, L.: per lunam, V.: per infrequentiam comitia perficiunt, L.: per tempus, at the right time, T.— III. Of agency, through, by, by the hands of, by the agency of: quae comperta sunt per me: per homines explorare, S.: per procuratores agere: quo minus cum eis amicitia esset, per populum R. stetisse, L.: occidebantur? per quos? et a quibus? by whose hands, and at whose instance? —With pronn. reflex., in person, alone, of oneself: milites qui per se de conciliandā pace egerint, Cs.: homo per se cognitus, by his own merit: per me tibi obstiti, single-handed: per se solus, L.—Restrictive, by, for, as far as regards: per me vel stertas licet, I don't care if: per me isti pedibus trahantur: si per suos esset licitum, N.— IV. Of means or manner, through, by, by means of: id a te per litteras petere: vates per avīs consulti, L.: per litteras certior fit, S.— Through, by, under pretence of, by the pretext of: nos per fidem fallere: per causam exercendorum remigum prodire, Cs.: per Caecilium Sulla accusatur, in the name of: per speciem alienae fungendae vicis suas opes firmavit, L.— Through, by, for the sake of, on account of, with a view to: cum per aetatem nondum auderem, etc. —Esp., in oaths and adjurations: si per plurīs deos iuret, by: per tuam fidem Te obtestor, T.: per ego te deos oro, T.—Poet. in ellipsis: per, si qua est... Intemerata fides, oro, V.—Of manner, in adverb. phrases, by, through, with, at, in: per vim, violently, T.: per ludum et iocum, in sport: per summum dedecus, most infamously: per iram, angrily: per commodum rei p., without injury, L.: per otium, at leisure, L.: per commodum, leisurely, L.: per ignaviam et superbiam aetatem agere, in inglorious pride, S.: per turpitudinem, basely, S.: per virtutem emori, bravely, S.: Per facinus, wickedly, O.: haud per ambages portendere, not obscurely, L.: per tumultum, in disorder, L.* * *through (space); during (time); by, by means of -
3 ā
ā (before consonants), ab (before vowels, h, and some consonants, esp. l, n, r, s), abs (usu. only before t and q, esp. freq. before the pron. te), old af, praep. with abl., denoting separation or departure (opp. ad). I. Lit., in space, from, away from, out of. A. With motion: ab urbe proficisci, Cs.: a supero mari Flaminia (est via), leads: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun: usque a mari supero Romam proficisci, all the way from; with names of cities and small islands, or with domo, home (for the simple abl; of motion, away from, not out of, a place); hence, of raising a siege, of the march of soldiers, the setting out of a fleet, etc.: oppidum ab Aeneā fugiente a Troiā conditum: ab Alesiā, Cs.: profectus ab Orico cum classe, Cs.; with names of persons or with pronouns: cum a vobis discessero: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, i. e. from his house, T.; (praegn.): a rege munera repudiare, from, sent by, N.— B. Without motion. 1. Of separation or distance: abesse a domo paulisper maluit: tum Brutus ab Romā aberat, S.: hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat, Cs.: a foro longe abesse: procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt, Cs.: cum esset bellum tam prope a Siciliā; so with numerals to express distance: ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo, eight miles distant, Cs.: ab milibus passuum minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off, Cs.; so rarely with substantives: quod tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio instrueretur, so far away, Cs.— 2. To denote a side or direction, etc., at, on, in: ab sinistrā parte nudatis castris, on the left, Cs.: ab eā parte, quā, etc., on that side, S.: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, Cs.: ab decumanā portā castra munita, at the main entrance, Cs.: crepuit hinc a Glycerio ostium, of the house of G., T.: (cornua) ab labris argento circumcludunt, on the edges, Cs.; hence, a fronte, in the van; a latere, on the flank; a tergo, in the rear, behind; a dextro cornu, on the right wing; a medio spatio, half way.— II. Fig. A. Of time. 1. Of a point of time, after: Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus, immediately after, Cs.: ab eo magistratu, after this office, S.: recens a volnere Dido, fresh from her wound, V.: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine, i. e. after leaving, L.: ab his, i. e. after these words, hereupon, O.: ab simili <*>ade domo profugus, i. e. after and in consequence of, L.— 2. Of a period of time, from, since, after: ab hora tertiā bibebatur, from the third hour: ab Sullā et Pompeio consulibus, since the consulship of: ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumum annum, since, S.: augures omnes usque ab Romulo, since the time of: iam inde ab infelici pugnā ceciderant animi, from (and in consequence of), L.; hence, ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first: ab integro, anew, afresh: ab... ad, from (a time)... to: cum ab horā septimā ad vesperum pugnatum sit, Cs.; with nouns or adjectives denoting a time of life: iam inde a pueritiā, T.: a pueritiā: a pueris: iam inde ab incunabulis, L.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, L.: ab parvulis, Cs.— B. In other relations. 1. To denote separation, deterring, intermitting, distinction, difference, etc., from: quo discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem: propius abesse ab ortu: alter ab illo, next after him, V.: Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus, next in rank to, H.: impotentia animi a temperantiā dissidens: alieno a te animo fuit, estranged; so with adjj. denoting free, strange, pure, etc.: res familiaris casta a cruore civili: purum ab humano cultu solum, L.: (opoidum) vacuum ab defensoribus, Cs.: alqm pudicum servare ab omni facto, etc., II.; with substt.: impunitas ab iudicio: ab armis quies dabatur, L.; or verbs: haec a custodiis loca vacabant, Cs.— 2. To denote the agent, by: qui (Mars) saepe spoliantem iam evertit et perculit ab abiecto, by the agency of: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro: si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, at Caesar's hands, Cs.: vetus umor ab igne percaluit solis, under, O.: a populo P. imperia perferre, Cs.: equo lassus ab indomito, H.: volgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus? by whose hands and upon whose orders? factus ab arte decor, artificial, O.: destitutus ab spe, L.; (for the sake of the metre): correptus ab ignibus, O.; (poet. with abl. of means or instr.): intumuit venter ab undā, O.—Ab with abl. of agent for the dat., to avoid ambiguity, or for emphasis: quibus (civibus) est a vobis consulendum: te a me nostrae consuetudinis monendum esse puto.— 3. To denote source, origin, extraction, from, of: Turnus ab Ariciā, L.: si ego me a M. Tullio esse dicerem: oriundi ab Sabinis, L.: dulces a fontibus undae, V.—With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping (cf. a parte), from, on the part of: a quo quidem genere, iudices, ego numquam timui: nec ab Romanis vobis ulla est spes, you can expect nothing from the Romans, L.; (ellipt.): haec a servorum bello pericula, threatened by: quem metus a praetore Romano stimulabat, fear of what the praetor might do, L.—With verbs of paying, etc., solvere, persolvere, dare (pecuniam) ab aliquo, to pay through, by a draft on, etc.: se praetor dedit, a quaestore numeravit, quaestor a mensā publicā, by an order on the quaestor: ei legat pecuniam a filio, to be paid by his son: scribe decem (milia) a Nerio, pay by a draft on Nerius, H.; cognoscere ab aliquā re, to know or learn by means of something (but ab aliquo, from some one): id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, Cs.; in giving an etymology: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, L.—Rarely with verbs of beginning and repeating: coepere a fame mala, L.: a se suisque orsus, Ta.— 4. With verbs of freeing from, defending, protecting, from, against: ut a proeliis quietem habuerant, L.: provincia a calamitate est defendenda: sustinere se a lapsu, L.— 5. With verbs and adjectives, to define the respect in which, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of: orba ab optimatibus contio: mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu, S.: ne ab re sint omissiores, too neglectful of money or property, T.: posse a facundiā, in the matter of eloquence, T.; cf. with laborare, for the simple abl, in, for want of: laborare ab re frumentariā, Cs.— 6. In stating a motive, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: patres ab honore appellati, L.: inops tum urbs ab longinquā obsidione, L.— 7. Indicating a part of the whole, of, out of: scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto, Cs.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).— 8. Marking that to which anything belongs: qui sunt ab eā disciplinā: nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt.— 9. Of a side or party: vide ne hoc totum sit a me, makes for my view: vir ab innocentiā clementissimus, in favor of.—10. In late prose, of an office: ab epistulis, a secretary, Ta. Note. Ab is not repeated with a following pron interrog. or relat.: Arsinoën, Stratum, Naupactum... fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc. It is often separated from the word which it governs: a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo: a minus bono, S.: a satis miti principio, L.—The poets join a and que, making āque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.): aque Chao, V.: aque mero, O.—In composition, ab- stands before vowels, and h, b, d, i consonant, l, n, r, s; abs- before c, q, t; b is dropped, leaving as- before p; ā- is found in āfuī, āfore ( inf fut. of absum); and au- in auferō, aufugiō.* * *IAh!; (distress/regret/pity, appeal/entreaty, surprise/joy, objection/contempt)IIby (agent), from (departure, cause, remote origin/time); after (reference)IIIante, abb. a.in calendar expression a. d. = ante diem -- before the day
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4 foveō
foveō fōvī, fōtus, ēre [FAV-], to warm, keep warm: pennis (pullos): pulli a matribus foti: ignes manu, i. e. keep up, O.: nomen in marmore aperto pectore, warmed with her naked breast, O. — To cherish, foster, fondle, foment: corpus, O.: volnus lymphā, bathe, V.: gremio (puerum), V.: anhelans Colla fovet, i. e. leans against the tree, V.: castra fovere, cling to, V.: hiemem luxu, sit the winter through, V.—Fig., to cherish, caress, love, favor, support, assist, encourage: hunc: (duces) pugnantīs spe, encourage, L.: utram partem, L.: fovendis hominum sensibus, by pampering: vota animo, O.: perditam spem, L.: Cupidine bella, prolonged by Cupid's agency, V.: dolores, palliate: famam inanem, i. e. an unfounded reputation, V.: hoc regnum dea gentibus esse tenditque fovetque, fondly strives, V.* * *fovere, fovi, fotus Vkeep warm; favor, cherish, maintain, foster -
5 minister
minister tra, trum, adj. [3 MAN-], subordinate, that serves, ministering: Lumina (i. e. oculi) propositi facta ministra tui, furthering, O.: ministro baculo, with the aid of a staff, O.—As subst m., an attendant, waiter, servant, aider, furtherer, promoter, helper: quibus ministris ea egerit, by whose agency, S.: me ministro, by my aid, Iu.: ministri publici Martis: ministri imperi tui, under officers: ministros se praebent in iudiciis oratoribus, i. e. prompters: legum, administrator: ministri ac satellites cupiditatum: Calchante ministro, with the help of Calchas, V.: fulminis ales, i. e. the eagle, H.: calidae gelidaeque (aquae), one who serves, Iu.: sit anulus tuus non minister alienae voluntatis.* * *Iattendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide; accompliceII -
6 auraculum
oracle (place/agency/mouthpiece); prophecy; oracular saying/precept/maxim -
7 oraclum
oracle (place/agency/mouthpiece); prophecy; oracular saying/precept/maxim -
8 oraculum
oracle (place/agency/mouthpiece); prophecy; oracular saying/precept/maxim -
9 absque
1.abs-que, prep. gov. abl. [from abs and the generalizing -que, like susque deque from sub and de; cf. Prisc. 999 P.] (ante- and post - class.), without.I.Ante-class.A.Denoting defect in conception, while the class. sine indicates defect in reality. In Plaut. and Ter. only in conditional clauses: absque me, te, eo, etc., esset = nisi or si ego, tu, is, etc.. non fuissem; without me, i. e. without my agency, if it had not been for me:B.nam hercle absque me foret et meo praesidio, hic faceret te prostibilem,
if I had not stood by you, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 56; cf. id. Trin. 5, 2, 3: nam absque ted esset, numquam hodie ad solem occasum viverem, if you had not aided me, etc., id. Men. 5, 7, 33; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 3, 8; id. Trin. 4, 1, 13:absque eo esset, recte ego mihi vidissem,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 11. Somewhat different is, quam fortunatus ceteris sum rebus, absque una hac foret, if it were not for this one thing, id. Hec. 4, 2, 25.After Plaut. and Ter., absque appears in the classic lang. only a few times in a kind of jurid. formula: absque sententiā, without judgment, contrary to it:II.nullam a me epistulam ad te sino absque argumento ac sententiā pervenire,
Cic. Att. 1, 19, 1; cf.:an etiamsi nullā ratione ductus est, impetu raptus sit et absque sententiā?
Quint. 7, 2, 44.Post-class.A.Likewise in jurid. lang., i. q. sine, without: decerni absque libelli documento, Cod. Th. 11, 30, 40; so,B.absque praejudicio,
Gell. 2, 2, 7:absque ullā observatione, Cod. Th. 13, 5, 38: absque omni praerogativā principum,
Amm. 23, 5.I. q. praeter, except:2.apud Aeschylum eundem esse versum absque paucis syllabis,
Gell. 13, 18 (19), 4; so,absque paucis,
Symm. Ep. 2, 36: absque his, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 18;11, 16, 17: purpureus absque caudā,
except the tail, Sol. 46.— Adv., = praeterquam, nisi:absque labra,
except the lips, Amm. 23, 5; so,absque illud nomen,
Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 18.absque = et abs: loca, templa... eorum relinquatis absque his abeatis, Form. ap. Macr. S. 3, 9. -
10 beneficium
bĕnĕfĭcĭum (better than bĕnĭfĭcĭ-um), ii, n. [beneficus].I.A benefaction, kindness, favor, benefit, service, euergetêma (sunt qui ita distinguunt, quaedam beneficia esse, quaedam officia, quaedam ministeria. Beneficium esse, quod alienus det:A.alienus est, qui potuit sine reprehensione cessare: officium esse filii, uxoris et earum personarum, quas necessitudo suscitat et ferre opem jubet: ministerium esse servi, quem condicio sua eo loco posuit, ut nihil eorum, quae praestat, imputet superiori,
Sen. Ben.3, 18, 1);—(in prose freq.; in poetry, for metrical reasons, only in play-writers; most freq. in Ter.).In gen.:B.nullum beneficium esse duco id, quod, quoi facias, non placet,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 12:beneficium accipere,
Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 1:pro maleficio beneficium reddere,
id. Phorm. 2, 2, 22:immemor beneficii,
id. And. 1, 1, 17:cupio aliquos parere amicos beneficio meo,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 69:beneficium verbis initum re comprobare,
id. And. 5, 1, 5:nec enim si tuam ob causam cuiquam commodes, beneficium illud habendum est, sed feneratio,
Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117; id. Off. 2. 20, 70:beneficio adligari: beneficio victus esse,
Cic. Planc. 33, 81; cf.:Jugurtham beneficiis vincere,
Sall. J. 9, 3:collocare,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49 al.; 2, 20, 69:dare,
id. ib. 1, 15, 48; id. Fam. 13, 8, 3' deferre, id. Off. 1, 15, 49: conferre in aliquem, [p. 232] id. ib. 1, 14, 45: quia magna mihi debebat beneficia, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1:in republicā multo praestat benefici quam malefici immemorem esse,
Sall. J. 31, 28:senatus et populus Romanus benefici et injuriae memor esse solet,
id. ib. 104, 5; Petr. 126, 4:in iis (hominibus) beneficio ac maleficio abstineri aecum censent,
Liv. 5, 3, 8:immortali memoriā retinere beneficia,
Nep. Att. 11, 5 al. —Of the favor of the people in giving their vote:quidquid hoc beneficio populi Romani atque hac potestate praetoriā possum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69, and 71.—Esp.1.Beneficio, through favor, by the help, aid, support, mediation:(β).beneficio tuo salvus,
thanks to you, Cic. Fam. 11, 22, 1; 13, 35, 1:nostri consulatūs beneficio,
by means of, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 6:servari beneficio Caesaris,
Vell. 2, 71, 1:hoc beneficio,
by this means, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 14:sortium beneficio,
by the lucky turn of, Caes. B. G. 1, 53 Herz.:longissimae aetatis,
Quint. 3, 1, 9:ingenii,
id. 2, 11, 2; 5, 10, 121:eloquentiae,
Tac. Or. 8 al.; cf.: fortunae beneficium, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2.—In gen., by the agency of:2.quod beneficio ejus contingit,
Dig. 39, 2, 40, § 1:beneficio furis,
ib. 47, 2, 46 pr.—Alicujus beneficii facere (habere, etc.), to make dependent on one ' s bounty or favor (post-Aug.):II.commeatus a senatu peti solitos benefici sui fecit,
Suet. Claud. 23:ut munus imperii beneficii sui faceret,
Just. 13, 4, 9; cf.:adeo quidem dominis servi beneficia possunt dare, ut ipsos saepe beneficii sui fecerint,
Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 4:sed nihil habebimus nisi beneficii alieni?
Quint. 10, 4, 6.—Transf. to political life.A.A distinction, support, favor, promotion (esp. freq. after the Aug. per.):2.coöptatio collegiorum ad populi beneficium transferebatur,
Cic. Lael. 25, 96; id. Phil. 2, 36, 91:quibus omnia populi Romani beneficia dormientibus deferuntur,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:in beneficiis ad aerarium delatus,
among those recommended to favor, id. Arch. 5, 11 Halm. ad loc.; id. Fam. 7, 5, 3:cum suo magno beneficio esset,
under great obligation to his recommendation, id. Phil. 8, 6 Wernsd.; Flor. 4, 2, 92; cf. Suet. Tit. 8.—So,Esp. freq. of military promotions (whence beneficiarius, q. v.):B.quod scribis de beneficiis, scito a me et tribunos militaris et praefectos... delatos esse,
Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 7:ut tribuni militum... quae antea dictatorum et consulum ferme fuerant beneficia,
Liv. 9, 30, 3:beneficia gratuita esse populi Romani,
id. 45, 42, 11; Hirt. B. Afr. 54, 5:per beneficia Nymphidii,
promoted, advanced through the favor of Nymphidius, Tac. H. 1, 25; 4, 48 Lips.:beneficii sui centuriones,
i. e. his creatures, Suet. Tib. 12:Liber beneficiorum or Beneficium,
the book in which the public lands that were bestowed were designated, Hyg. Limit. Const. p. 193 Goes.; Arcad. ib. p. 260.—So, SERVVS. A. COMMENTARIIS. BENEFICIORVM., Inscr. Grut. 578, 1.—A privilege, right (post-Aug.):C.anulorum,
Dig. 48, 7, 42:religionis,
ib. 3, 3, 18:militaris,
ib. 29, 1, 3.—Hence, liberorum, a release from the office of judge, received in consequence of having a certain number of children, Suet. Claud. 15; Dig. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Personified, as a god:duos omnino (deos credere), Poenam et Beneficium,
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11 benificium
bĕnĕfĭcĭum (better than bĕnĭfĭcĭ-um), ii, n. [beneficus].I.A benefaction, kindness, favor, benefit, service, euergetêma (sunt qui ita distinguunt, quaedam beneficia esse, quaedam officia, quaedam ministeria. Beneficium esse, quod alienus det:A.alienus est, qui potuit sine reprehensione cessare: officium esse filii, uxoris et earum personarum, quas necessitudo suscitat et ferre opem jubet: ministerium esse servi, quem condicio sua eo loco posuit, ut nihil eorum, quae praestat, imputet superiori,
Sen. Ben.3, 18, 1);—(in prose freq.; in poetry, for metrical reasons, only in play-writers; most freq. in Ter.).In gen.:B.nullum beneficium esse duco id, quod, quoi facias, non placet,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 12:beneficium accipere,
Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 1:pro maleficio beneficium reddere,
id. Phorm. 2, 2, 22:immemor beneficii,
id. And. 1, 1, 17:cupio aliquos parere amicos beneficio meo,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 69:beneficium verbis initum re comprobare,
id. And. 5, 1, 5:nec enim si tuam ob causam cuiquam commodes, beneficium illud habendum est, sed feneratio,
Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117; id. Off. 2. 20, 70:beneficio adligari: beneficio victus esse,
Cic. Planc. 33, 81; cf.:Jugurtham beneficiis vincere,
Sall. J. 9, 3:collocare,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49 al.; 2, 20, 69:dare,
id. ib. 1, 15, 48; id. Fam. 13, 8, 3' deferre, id. Off. 1, 15, 49: conferre in aliquem, [p. 232] id. ib. 1, 14, 45: quia magna mihi debebat beneficia, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1:in republicā multo praestat benefici quam malefici immemorem esse,
Sall. J. 31, 28:senatus et populus Romanus benefici et injuriae memor esse solet,
id. ib. 104, 5; Petr. 126, 4:in iis (hominibus) beneficio ac maleficio abstineri aecum censent,
Liv. 5, 3, 8:immortali memoriā retinere beneficia,
Nep. Att. 11, 5 al. —Of the favor of the people in giving their vote:quidquid hoc beneficio populi Romani atque hac potestate praetoriā possum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69, and 71.—Esp.1.Beneficio, through favor, by the help, aid, support, mediation:(β).beneficio tuo salvus,
thanks to you, Cic. Fam. 11, 22, 1; 13, 35, 1:nostri consulatūs beneficio,
by means of, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 6:servari beneficio Caesaris,
Vell. 2, 71, 1:hoc beneficio,
by this means, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 14:sortium beneficio,
by the lucky turn of, Caes. B. G. 1, 53 Herz.:longissimae aetatis,
Quint. 3, 1, 9:ingenii,
id. 2, 11, 2; 5, 10, 121:eloquentiae,
Tac. Or. 8 al.; cf.: fortunae beneficium, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2.—In gen., by the agency of:2.quod beneficio ejus contingit,
Dig. 39, 2, 40, § 1:beneficio furis,
ib. 47, 2, 46 pr.—Alicujus beneficii facere (habere, etc.), to make dependent on one ' s bounty or favor (post-Aug.):II.commeatus a senatu peti solitos benefici sui fecit,
Suet. Claud. 23:ut munus imperii beneficii sui faceret,
Just. 13, 4, 9; cf.:adeo quidem dominis servi beneficia possunt dare, ut ipsos saepe beneficii sui fecerint,
Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 4:sed nihil habebimus nisi beneficii alieni?
Quint. 10, 4, 6.—Transf. to political life.A.A distinction, support, favor, promotion (esp. freq. after the Aug. per.):2.coöptatio collegiorum ad populi beneficium transferebatur,
Cic. Lael. 25, 96; id. Phil. 2, 36, 91:quibus omnia populi Romani beneficia dormientibus deferuntur,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:in beneficiis ad aerarium delatus,
among those recommended to favor, id. Arch. 5, 11 Halm. ad loc.; id. Fam. 7, 5, 3:cum suo magno beneficio esset,
under great obligation to his recommendation, id. Phil. 8, 6 Wernsd.; Flor. 4, 2, 92; cf. Suet. Tit. 8.—So,Esp. freq. of military promotions (whence beneficiarius, q. v.):B.quod scribis de beneficiis, scito a me et tribunos militaris et praefectos... delatos esse,
Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 7:ut tribuni militum... quae antea dictatorum et consulum ferme fuerant beneficia,
Liv. 9, 30, 3:beneficia gratuita esse populi Romani,
id. 45, 42, 11; Hirt. B. Afr. 54, 5:per beneficia Nymphidii,
promoted, advanced through the favor of Nymphidius, Tac. H. 1, 25; 4, 48 Lips.:beneficii sui centuriones,
i. e. his creatures, Suet. Tib. 12:Liber beneficiorum or Beneficium,
the book in which the public lands that were bestowed were designated, Hyg. Limit. Const. p. 193 Goes.; Arcad. ib. p. 260.—So, SERVVS. A. COMMENTARIIS. BENEFICIORVM., Inscr. Grut. 578, 1.—A privilege, right (post-Aug.):C.anulorum,
Dig. 48, 7, 42:religionis,
ib. 3, 3, 18:militaris,
ib. 29, 1, 3.—Hence, liberorum, a release from the office of judge, received in consequence of having a certain number of children, Suet. Claud. 15; Dig. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Personified, as a god:duos omnino (deos credere), Poenam et Beneficium,
Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14. -
12 cognitura
cognĭtūra, ae, f. [id.], the office of a fiscal agent, who looks up the debtors to the treasury; a state ' s attorneyship, a state agency, Gai Inst. 4, § 124; Paul. Sent. 1, 2, § 2; Suet. Vit. 2. -
13 interpres
inter-prĕs, ĕtis, com. [inter, and Sanscr. root prath-, to spread abroad; cf. platus, latus].I.An agent between two parties, a broker, factor, negotiator (class.):II.quod te praesente isti egi, teque interprete,
through your agency, Plaut. Curc. 3, 64:quasi ego ei rei sim interpres,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 203:quasi ea res per me interpretem curetur,
id. ib. 3, 3, 36;4, 1, 6: interpretes corrumpendi judicii,
Cic. Verr. 1, 12:pacis,
Liv. 21, 12: divūm, the messenger of the gods, i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 356; 3, 359:harum curarum,
i. e. Juno, the goddess of marriage, id. ib. 608.—An explainer, expounder, translator, interpreter (syn. internuntius):B.juris,
Cic. Top. 1:legum,
Juv. 4, 79; 6, 544:grammatici interpretes poëtarum,
Cic. Div. 1, 18:caeli,
an astronomer, id. ib. 2, 44:mentis est oratio,
id. Leg. 1, 10; cf.lingua,
Hor. A. P. 111:metus interpres semper in deteriora inclinatus,
Liv. 27, 44: comitiorum, i. e. the Haruspices, who can tell whether or not the comitia are properly held, Cic. N. D. 2, 4:portentorum,
a soothsayer, id. Div. 2, 28:nec converti, ut interpres, sed ut orator,
a translator, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 14:indiserti,
id. Fin. 3, 4:interpres veridica,
Liv. 1, 7.—Esp., an interpreter, dragoman:quotidianis interpretibus remotis, per C. Valerium cum eo (Divitiaco) colloquitur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 19:appellare aliquem per interpretem,
Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 6:audire aliquem cum interprete,
Cic. Fin. 5, 29:litteraeque lectae per interpretem sunt,
Liv. 27, 43 al. -
14 ministerium
mĭnistĕrĭum, ii, n. [minister], the office or functions of a minister, attendance, service, ministry, in a good or bad sense; an office, occupation, work, labor, employment, administration, etc. (not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf.: munus, officium).I.Lit.: sunt qui ita distinguant:II.quaedam beneficia esse, quaedam officia, quaedam ministeria: beneficium esse, quod alienus det: officium esse filii, uxoris, etc.: ministerium esse servi, quem conditio sua eo loco posuit, ut nihil eorum, quae praestat, imputet superiori,
Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 1:servorum,
Just. 2, 13, 10. ubi ego omnibus parvis magnisque ministeriis praefulcior, Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 6: facere uxoribus, to wait or attend upon, id. 32, 3, 16:praestare alicui,
Dig. 13, 5, 15:exhibere,
ib. 50, 1, 17:assuetos ministeriis talium facinorum,
Liv. 42, 15:magis necessarium quam speciosi ministerii procurationem intueri,
id. 4, 8, 6:praebere,
Dig. 47, 2. 51:ministerium consilii sui afferre,
Just. 31, 5, 8:fabrilia,
Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230:dura,
Ov. M. 11, 625:diurna,
id. ib. 4, 216:navis,
Petr. 108:triste,
Verg. A. 6, 223; cf.foeda,
id. ib. 7, 619; Sedul. 4, 130:Quirinus acribus ministeriis consulatum adeptus,
Tac. A. 3, 48:ministeria belli,
military service, id. ib. 2, 78:ministerio Catonis... facta provincia Cyprus est,
agency, Vell. 2, 38, 6:caedis,
Curt. 10, 1, 2: ministeris functi esse, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 13, 3, 2.—Esp., the Christian ministry, the office of a preacher of Christ or of religion:verbi,
Vulg. Act. 6, 4:reconciliationis,
id. 2 Cor. 6, 18:melius,
id. Heb. 8, 6.—Transf., concr.A.A suite of attendants:B.quindecim convivarum, ac ministerii capax triclinium,
Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 10:ministeria magistratibus conscribere, i. e. lictores, viatores, etc.,
Tac. A. 13, 27:aulicum,
court-servants, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41:atratum coquinae ministerium,
the kitchen-servants, Amm. 14, 6, 17:varia arenae ministeria,
managers of the games, Suet. Ner. 12.—A service of dishes, table-service (post-class.): ducentarum librarum argenti pondus ministerium, Lampr Alex. Sev. 34; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 86. -
15 opera
ŏpĕra, ae, f. [opus], service, pains, exertion, work, labor (opus is used mostly of the mechanical activity of work, as that of animals, slaves, and soldiers; opera supposes a free will and desire to serve).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.omnes, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,
Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:sine hominum manu atque operā,
id. ib. 2, 4, 14:operam exigere,
id. ib. 1, 13:perdere,
id. de Or. 1, 28, 126:praebere amicis,
id. Brut. 47, 174:in re ponere,
id. Clu. 57, 157:curamque in rebus honestis ponere,
id. Off. 1, 6, 19:et laborem consumere in aliquā re,
to bestow labor and pains on any thing, id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:studiumque in res obscuras conferre,
id. Off. 1, 6, 19:tribuere rei publicae,
id. Div. 2, 2, 7;sumere,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 31, § 69:impendere,
id. ib. 2, 2, 30, §68: polliceri,
Sall. C. 28, 1; 40, 6:insumere,
Liv. 10, 18:dicare alicui,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 12: interponere, to bestow, employ, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 19, 63: ipse dabat purpuram tantum, amici operas, gave their work thereto, i. e. wrought it, id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59:pleraque sunt hominum operis effecta,
id. Off. 2, 3, 12:ibo, atque illam adducam, Quam propter opera est mihi,
on whose behalf I am engaged, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 93:operam navare,
Cic. Fam. 15, 12, 2; Liv. 25, 6, 15.—In partic., a service, rendering of service: Cn. Pupius, qui est in operis ejus societatis, in the service of the society or company, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 3:II.operae forenses,
id. Fin. 1, 4, 10:P. Terentius, qui operas in portu et scripturā pro magistro dat,
serves as director, id. ib. 13, 65, 11:ferrum istud bonas edet operas,
will do good service, Sen. Prov. 2, 10:musis operas reddere,
to do service to, to serve, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2:dare operas alicui,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 11.—Transf.A.Care, attention, exertion bestowed on any thing:1.deditā operā,
seriously, with a purpose, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 29.—So esp. freq.,Operam dare, to bestow care or pains on, to give attention to any thing.—Constr. with dat., with ut or ne ( = studere).(α).With dat.: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 81 Vahl.):(β).dare operam funeri,
to attend, Cic. Att. 15, 1, 1:bellis, Sive foro,
Ov. R. Am. 165:amori,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 58: liberis ( to the begetting of children), Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: memoriae alicujus, to attend to what brings a person to mind, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1:tonsori,
to get shaved, Suet. Aug. 79:alicui,
to attend to one, listen to him, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 52:sermoni,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 4:amico,
to serve, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 17: me huic dedisse operam malam, that I have done him an ill turn, id. Capt. 3, 5, 43.—For dat. the acc. with ad occurs:benigne operam detis ad nostrum gregem,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 21.—With ut and subj.:(γ).da operam, ut valeas,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 5:omnem operam do, ut cognoscam,
Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 15; id. Vit. Beat. 3, 2.—With ne:(δ).dent operam consules, ne quid respublica detrimenti capiat,
Caes. B. C. 1, 5:ego omnem operam dabo, ne pervenire ad me erubescat,
Sen. Polyb. 13, 3:studiose te operam dare, ut ne quid meorum tibi esset ignotum,
Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1.—With subj. alone: dabo operam, quoad exercitus huc summittatis, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6.—(ε).With inf.:2.id scire,
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 38.—In abl.: operā meā, tuā, etc., through my ( thy, etc.) means, agency, fault:3.fateor Abiisse eum abs te, meā operā atque astutiā,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 21:quid mihi nisi malum vostra opera'st?
id. Ps. 1, 2, 50:non meā operā, neque pol culpā evenit,
Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:meā operā, Q. Fabi, Tarentum recepisti,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—Unā or eādem operā, in the same manner, at the same time (ante-class.):4.unā operā mihi sunt sodales, quā iste,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 31:eādem operā a praetore sumam syngrapham,
id. ib. 2, 3, 89.—Operā, by experience (ante-class.):5.nam te omnes saevom commemorant... ego contra operā expertus,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:id operā expertus sum esse ita,
id. Bacch. 3, 2, 3:magis non factum possum velle quam operā experiar persequi,
id. Capt. 2, 3, 65.—Operae pretium, v. pretium, II. B.—B.Leisure, spare time for any thing (class., but in the phrase operae est, only ante-class. and Livian):C.operae ubi mihi erit, ad te venero,
as soon as I can spare the time, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 30:si operae illi esset,
if he had time, Liv. 5, 15; 4, 8; 44, 36:dicam, si tibi videam esse operam, aut otium,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 15:operae non est,
id. ib. 5, 2, 77:quos tu operam gravare mihi,
id. Rud. 2, 4, 21: de versibus, quos tibi a me scribi vis, deest mihi quidem opera, I have not time or leisure, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 4.—In concr.1.A day's work or labor (usu. in plur.):2.quaternis operis singula jugera confodere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 18:puerilis una opera,
Col. 11, 2, 44:bubulcorum operae quatuor,
id. 2, 13:operae (filiorum) locari possunt,
Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1.—A day-laborer, journeyman; also, in gen., a laborer, workman (usu. in plur.):3.ipse dominus dives operis et laboris expers,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 16:plures operas conducere,
Col. 3, 21: nona, a ninth laborer (on his farm), Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; Suet. Oct. 3.—Hence, transf., in a bad sense: operae, hired aiders, abettors, tools, etc. (of political or theatrical parties):mercenariae (corresp. to multitudo conducta),
Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22; cf.:erat mihi contentio cum operis conductis et ad diripiendam urbem concitatis,
id. Sest. 17, 38:Claudianae,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; cf. id. Att. 4, 3, 3:theatrales,
parties for the purpose of applauding, theatrical factions, Tac. A. 1, 16:VETERES A SCENA,
Inscr. Grut. 467, 7.—That which is wrought or produced, a work:operae aranearum,
i. e. spiders' webs, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 19:exstabit opera peregrinationis hujus,
Cic. Att. 15, 13, 6. -
16 sponte
sponte, abl., and spontis, gen. (perh. the only cases in use of a noun spons, assumed by Charis. p. 34 P., and Aus. Idyll. 12, 8, 11, as nom. But ad spontem is Müller's reading, Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 72, for a sponte), f. [spondeo; prop. a pledging of one's self to a thing; hence, opp. to external necessity or inducement, of free will, of one's own accord].I.Sponte, in good prose always joined with meā, tuā, suā ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; also absol. or with gen.), of free will, of one's own accord, of one's self, freely, willingly, voluntarily, spontaneously (syn. ultro):(β).sponte valet a voluntate,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.:si imprudenter aut necessitate aut casu quippiam fecerit, quod non concederetur iis, qui suā sponte et voluntate fecissent,
Cic. Part. Or. 37, 131:tuo judicio et tuā sponte facere,
id. Fam. 9, 14, 2; cf.:Galliam totam hortatur ad bellum, ipsam suā sponte suoque judicio excitatam,
id. Phil. 4, 3, 8:potius consuefacere filium, Suā sponte recte facere quam alieno metu,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 50:si hic non insanit satis suā sponte, instiga,
id. And. 4, 2, 9:ut id suā sponte facerent, quod cogerentur facere legibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:meā sponte (opp. invitatu tuo),
id. Fam. 7, 5, 2:meā sponte (opp. monente et denuntiante te),
id. ib. 4, 3, 1:non solum a me provocatus, sed etiam suā sponte,
id. ib. 1, 7, 3:transisse Rhenum sese non suā sponte, sed rogatum et arcessitum a Gallis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44:et suā sponte multi in disciplinam conveniunt et a parentibus propinquisque mittuntur,
id. ib. 6, 14:sive ipse sponte suā, sive senatusconsulto accitus,
Liv. 10, 25, 12:quaesitum est, praecipitata esset ab eo uxor, an se ipsa suā sponte jecisset,
Quint. 7, 2, 24:gaudeo id te mihi suadere, quod ego meā sponte pridie feceram,
Cic. Att. 15, 27: sponte ipsam suāpte adductam, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.:me si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam Auspiciis et sponte meā componere curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341:interim sponte nostrā velut donantes,
Quint. 3, 6, 8.—Sometimes propriā for suā (late Lat.):sponte se propriā dederunt,
Amm. 17, 2, 3:Richomeres se sponte obtulit propriā,
id. 31, 12, 15.—Absol.:(γ).Italiam non sponte sequor,
Verg. A. 4, 361:sponte properant,
Ov. M. 11, 486:odio tyrannidis exsul Sponte erat,
id. ib. 15, 62:sponte en ultroque peremptus,
Stat. Th. 10, 809; cf.:multitudo sponte et ultro confluens,
Suet. Caes. 16:nec illum sponte exstinctum,
Tac. A. 3, 16:sponte judicioque plaudere,
Quint. 8, 3, 4:opto ut ea potissimum jubear, quae me deceat vel sponte fecisse,
Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 11: equites Romani natalem ejus sponte atque consensu biduo semper celebrarunt, Suet. Aug. 57.—With gen.:(δ).sponte deūm,
according to the will of the gods, Luc. 1, 234 Cort.:sponte ducum,
id. 1, 99:sponte deorum,
id. 5, 136; Val. Fl. 4, 358:naturae,
Plin. 7, prooem. 1, § 4; 9, 51, 74, § 160; 11, 49, 110, § 263; 14, 4, 6, § 53; Sil. 14, 153:principis,
Tac. A. 2, 59:Caesaris,
id. ib. 6, 31:praefecti,
id. ib. 4, 7:incolarum,
id. ib. 4, 51:litigatoris,
id. ib. 13, 42; 7, 51; id. H. 4, 19; Curt. 4, 1, 16.—Very rarely with a prep.: de tuā sponte, Cotta ap. Charis. p. 195 P.:B.a sponte,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.; cf. § 71 sqq. ib.—Transf., of one's own will or agency (opp. to foreign participation or assistance), by one's self, without the aid of others, alone (rare but class.):2.nequeo Pedibus meā sponte ambulare,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 46:nec suā sponte, sed eorum auxilio,
Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:cum oppidani autem etiam suā sponte Caesarem recipere conarentur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 11 fin.:his cum suā sponte persuadere non possent, legatos ad Dumnorigem mittunt, ut eo deprecatore a Sequanis impetrarent,
id. B. G. 1, 9:civitatem ignobilem atque humilem Eburonum suā sponte populo Romano bellum facere ausam, vix erat credendum,
id. ib. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 65:judicium quod Verres suā sponte instituisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111:cum illa civitas cum Poenis suo nomine ac suā sponte bellaret,
id. ib. 2, 4, 33, §72: ecquis Volcatio si suā sponte venisset, unam libellam dedisset?
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26.—Of things concr. and abstr., of itself, spontaneously:(β).is autem ardor non alieno impulsu sed suā sponte movetur, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 32:ut cum suā sponte nullā adhibitā vi, consumptus ignis exstinguitur,
id. Sen. 19, 71:natura videtur Ipsa suā per se sponte omnia dis agere expers,
Lucr. 2, 1092:aliae (arbores) nullis hominum cogentibus ipsae Sponte suā veniunt,
Verg. G. 2, 11; cf.:stellae sponte suā jussaene vagentur et errent,
Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17:sapientem suā sponte ac per se bonitas et justitia delectat,
Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26:res quae suā sponte scelerata est,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 108; id. Or. 32, 115:justitium in foro suā sponte coeptum prius quam indictum,
Liv. 9, 7, 8:clamor suā sponte ortus,
id. 9, 41, 17:id suā sponte ap parebat,
id. 22, 38, 13:de capite signum in manum sponte suā delapsum,
id. 27, 11, 3 ex loco superiore, qui prope suā sponte in hostem inferebat, id. 5, 43, 3:quod terra crearat Sponte suā,
Lucr. 5, 938:sponte suā quae fiunt aëre in ipso,
id. 4, 738:ut vera et falsa suā sponte, non alienā judicantur,
Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 45:te Sponte suā probitas officiumque juvat,
Ov. P. 2, 3, 34:sponte deae munus promeritumque patet (i. e. sine indice),
id. F. 4, 394.—Very rarely with quādam: litterae syllabaeque... orationem sponte quādam sequantur, Quint 5, 10, 125. —Absol.:II.ut numeri sponte fluxisse videantur,
Quint. 9, 4, 147.—spontis, only in the phrase suae spontis (esse).A.To be one's own master, at one's own disposal (very rare and mostly post-Aug.;B.not in Cic. or Cæs.): quod suae spontis statuerant finem,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 71 Müll.:sanus homo, qui suae spontis est, nullis obligare se legibus debet,
Cels. 1, 1.—In Columella, of things, = suā sponte, of itself, spontaneously:altera (cytisus est) suae spontis,
springs up spontaneously, Col. 9, 4, 2:ubi loci natura neque manu illatam neque suae spontis aquam ministrari patitur,
id. 11, 3, 10.
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agency — a gen*cy ([=a] jen*s[y^]), n.; pl. {Agencies} ([=a] jen*s[i^]z). [agentia, fr. L. agens, agentis: cf. F. agence. See {Agent}.] 1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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agency — [ā′jən sē] n. pl. agencies [ML agentia < prp. of L agere, ACT1] 1. active force; action; power 2. that by which something is done; means; instrumentality 3. the business of any person, firm, etc. empowered to act for another 4. the business… … English World dictionary
agency — (n.) 1650s, active operation, from M.L. agentia, noun of state from L. agentem (nom. agens) effective, powerful, prp. of agere (see ACT (Cf. act) (n.)). Meaning establishment where business is done for another first recorded 1861 … Etymology dictionary
