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grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus] - Lebaigue P. 551 et P. 552. [st1]1 [-] agrément, charme, grâce, beauté (poet. et post-class.). - gratia verborum, Quint.: la grâce des expressions. - gratia villae, Plin.: l'agrément d'une villa. - neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13: la grâce ne masque pas son éloquence. - magnae veteribus curae fuit gratiam dicendi, Quint. 9: les anciens mettaient beaucoup de soin à agrémenter leurs discours. - gratia corporis, Suet. Vit. 3: agréments physiques. - gratia in vultu, Quint. 6, pr. 7: grâce dans le visage. - sincera sermonis Attici gratia, Quint. 10, 1, 65: la pure grâce du parler attique. - vinis gratiam affert fumus, Plin. 14, 16: la fumée donne un goût agréable aux vins. [st1]2 [-] faveur, complaisance, obligeance, grâce. - aliquid in beneficii et gratiae causa petere, Cic. Verr. 3, 189: demander qqch comme un bienfait et une grâce. --- cf. Verr. 3, 115. - gratiae causā, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7: par faveur. - alicui gratiam dare, Ter. Hec. 390: accorder une faveur à qqn. - alicui gratiam dicendi facere, Liv. 3, 41, 4: accorder à qqn la faveur de parler. --- cf. Suet. Aug. 38. - in gratiam alicujus, Liv. 28, 21, 4: pour complaire à qqn. --- cf. Liv. 28, 39, 12 ; 39, 26, 12. - abl. gratiā: pour l'amour de, à cause de [placé après son régime]. - hominum gratiā, Cic. Nat. 2, 158, pour les hommes. - Bruti conservandi gratiā, Cic. Ph. 14, 4: pour sauver Brutus. - si exempli gratiā vir bonus... Cic. Off. 3, 50: si, pour prendre un exemple, un honnête homme... - propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratiā propter voluptatem, Cic. 5, 30: en vue de n'importe quelle autre chose, par exemple, en vue du plaisir. - ea gratia, quod... Sall. J. 54, 4 ; 80, 4: pour ce motif que.... - meā gratiā, Plaut. Bac. 97: à cause de moi. - petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae ut... Verr. 2, 3: on demanda, comme une faveur et une grâce, la permission de... - alicui gratiam dare, Ter. (alicui gratiam facere, Plaut.): accorder une faveur à qqn. - facta Valerio dicendi gratia quae vellet, Liv. 3: on donna à Valérius l'autorisation de dire ce qu'il voulait. [st1]3 [-] remise accordée par complaisance. - alicui jurisjurandi gratiam facere, Plaut. Rud. 1415: faire à qqn remise de son serment, l'en délier. --- cf. Suet. Tib. 35. - gratiam, fecit conjurandi Bononiensibus, Suet. Aug. 17: il dispensa les habitants de Bologne de faire cause commune avec lui. --- cf. Suet. Dom. 14. - de cena facio gratiam, Plaut. Most. 1130: quant au souper, je t'en fais grâce (= non, merci). [st1]4 [-] faveur d'autrui, bonnes grâces, bonne entente, relations amicales, amitié, accord, concorde; indulgence, pardon, grâce. - inire gratiam ab aliquo: gagner l’amitié (la sympathie) de qqn, se concilier les bonnes grâces de qqn. - magnam inire gratiam, Cic. Fin. 4. 31: se mettre en grande faveur (en grand crédit). - gratiam inire ab aliquo, Cic. Verr. 4, 143: se mettre dans les bonnes grâces de qqn. - gratiam inire ad aliquem, Liv. 33, 46, 7 ; apud aliquem, Liv. 36, 5, 3: auprès de qqn. - ab aliquo gratiam inisse quod... Cic.: avoir mérité la faveur de qqn en... - ab aliquo summam gratiam inire, Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3: gagner au plus haut point la faveur de qqn. - in gratiam alicujus venire: trouver grâce auprès de qqn. - gratiam alicujus sequi: rechercher les bonnes grâces de qqn. - componere aliquid cum bona gratia, Ter.: régler une affaire à l'amiable. - alicui delicti gratiam facere, Sall. J. 104, 5: pardonner à qqn une faute. - gratiam alicujus sibi conciliare, Cic. Pomp. 70: se concilier la faveur de qqn. - aliquam bonam gratiam sibi quaerere, Cic. Pomp. 71: rechercher pour soi quelques bonnes grâces avantageuses. - aliquem apud aliquem in maxima gratia ponere, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6: mettre qqn dans les meilleures grâces de qqn. - plures ineuntur gratiae si... Cic. Br. 209: on se gagne plus souvent la faveur si (on se fait plus d'amis, si...). --- cf. Cic. Mur. 24 ; Agr. 2, 7. - multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione provincia afferre, Cic. Mur. 42: rapporter de sa province avec la meilleure réputation une quantité de bonnes sympathies. - si suam gratiam Romani velint,... Caes. BG. 4, 7, 4: [ils disent] que si les Romains veulent leur amitié. - in gratiam cum aliquo redire, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 7 ; Prov. 20, etc.: renouer des relations d'amitié avec qqn, se réconcilier avec qqn. - restituere aliquem in gratiam cum aliquo, Cic. Prov 23: remettre qqn en amitié avec qqn. --- [reducere Cic. R. P. 19]. - Sallustium restituere in ejus veterem gratiam non potui, Cic. Att. 1, 3, 3: je n'ai pu ramener Sallustius à ses vieilles relations avec lui. - cum aliquo in gratia esse, Fam. 1, 9, 4: être en bons termes avec qqn. - mihi cum illo magna gratia erat, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20: j'étais en fort bons termes avec lui. - cum bona gratia, cum mala, Ter. Ph. 621: en bonne, en mauvaise intelligence. - istuc quod postulo inpetro cum gratia, Ter. And. 422: ce que je demande, je l'obtiens de bon gré. - per gratiam, Plaut. Mil. 979: de bonne grâce. [st1]5 [-] crédit, pouvoir, influence, popularité. - gratiā plurimum posse, Caes. BG. 1, 9, 3: avoir le plus grand pouvoir par son crédit (être très influent). - cf. Caes. BG. 1, 20, 2 ; 7, 63, 2 ; BC. 2, 44, 1, etc. - Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos, Caes. BG. 2 6, 4: le Rémois Iccius, qui tenait parmi les siens le plus haut rang par sa noblesse et son crédit. - res contra nos faciunt, summa gratia et eloquentia, Cic. Quinct. 1: nous avons comme adversaires le crédit et l'éloquence au plus haut degré. - cf. Cic. Cael. 19 ; Off. 2, 64. - summā gratiā inter suos, Caes.: d'une très grande influence dans son pays. - auctior est gratiā, Caes.: il grandit en influence. - quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat, Liv. 40: ce triomphe, de toute évidence, il le devait plus à son influence qu'à l'importance de ses exploits. - summa apud populum gratia, Cic. Rep 2, 60: la plus grande popularité. - gratia alicujus, Cic Amer. 28: le crédit, l'influence de qqn. - per gratiam contendere, ut... Cic. Verr. pr. 48: faire appel aux influences pour obtenir que... [st1]6 [-] reconnaissance, gratitude, actions de grâces, gré. - gratiae, ārum: marques de reconnaissance, remerciement. - gratias agere alicui, Cic. Phil. 1, 3: adresser des remerciements à qqn. - gratiarum actio, Cic. Fam. 10, 19, 1: adresse (expression) de remerciements. - maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus, Cic. Phil. 3, 25: nous devons tous et vous remercier vivement et éprouver pour vous la plus vive reconnaissance. - gratias habere, Liv. 24, 37, 7: remercier. - alicui gratias agere de re (pro re): rendre grâces à qqn au sujet de qqch, remercier qqn au sujet de qqch. - gratiam habere alicui: savoir gré à qqn, avoir de la reconnaissance pour qqn. - gratiam alicui referre, Cic. Br. 217 ; de Or. 3, 14: témoigner à qqn sa reconnaissance en retour. - praeclaram gratiam alicui referre, Cic. Cat. 1, 28: montrer une belle reconnaissance à qqn. - habere gratiam, Cic. Off. 2, 69: avoir de la reconnaissance. - mais habebo apud posteros gratiam, Sen. Ep. 21, 5: j'aurai la faveur de la postérité. - alicui gratias referre Cic. Planc. 101: donner à qqn des marques (preuves) de reconnaissance. --- cf. Cic. Phil. 3, 39. - gratiam dis persolvere, Cic. Planc. 80: s'acquitter envers les dieux d'une dette de reconnaissance. - alicui pro aliqua re gratias agere, Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16: remercier qqn pour [de] qqch. - alicui in aliqua re gratias agere, Cic. Att. 2. 24. 2: - alicui ob aliquam rem gratias agere: remercier qqn de qqch. --- Liv. 34, 50, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 2. - est dis gratia, cum... Ter. Ad. 138: il y a à remercier les dieux, du moment que... - dis gratia ! Ter. Ad. 121, dieu merci ! grâce aux dieux ! - gratiast, Plaut. Men. 387: bien obligé ! merci bien ! [st1]7 [-] grātĭā + gén.: à cause de, pour faire plaisir, en faveur de, pour l'amour de, à titre de. - grātĭā + gérond. ou adj. verbal au gén.: en vue de, pour. - verbi gratiā (exempli gratiā): par exemple, à titre d'exemple. - patris gratiā: pour l'amour de la patrie. - meā (tuā, nostrā) gratiā: pour moi (pour toi, pour nous). - surrexit respondendi gratiā: il se leva pour répondre. - pugnat servandae patriae gratiā: il combat pour sauver sa patrie. - consolandi tui gratiā dicent: ils diront pour te consoler. - legatos ad Caesarem sui purgandi gratia mittunt, Caes. BG. 7: ils envoient des députés auprès de César pour se disculper. [st1]8 [-] grātĭīs ou grātīs: sans rétribution, gratuitement, gratis. - si non pretio, at gratiis, Ter. Ad.: sinon contre argent sonnant, du moins gratis. - cave ne gratis hic tibi constet amor ! Ov.: prends garde que cet amour ne te rapporte rien! - is repente, ut Romam venit, gratiis praetor factus est, Cic. Verr. 2, 1: cet homme, à peine arrivé de Rome, le voilà, tout à coup, devenu gratuitement préteur. [st1]9 [-] grâce (de Dieu); charisme. - gratiae tuae deputo et misericordiae tuae, quod peccata mea tamquam glaciem solvisti, Aug. Conf. 2: à votre grâce, à votre miséricorde je rapporte d’avoir fondu la glace de mes péchés. - prophetarum gratia, Ambr. de Off. 1, 1, 2: le charisme des prophètes. [st1]10 [-] grātiae, ārum, f.: les (trois) Grâces (Aglaé, Thalie, Euphrosyne). - [gr]gr. Χάριτες. - Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3 ; Serv. En. 1, 720 ; Hor. O. 1, 30, 6, etc ; Quint. 10, 1, 82. - sing. collect. Grātia, ae, Ov. M. 6, 429: les Grâces. - voir hors site les Charites / les Grâces.* * *grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus] - Lebaigue P. 551 et P. 552. [st1]1 [-] agrément, charme, grâce, beauté (poet. et post-class.). - gratia verborum, Quint.: la grâce des expressions. - gratia villae, Plin.: l'agrément d'une villa. - neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13: la grâce ne masque pas son éloquence. - magnae veteribus curae fuit gratiam dicendi, Quint. 9: les anciens mettaient beaucoup de soin à agrémenter leurs discours. - gratia corporis, Suet. Vit. 3: agréments physiques. - gratia in vultu, Quint. 6, pr. 7: grâce dans le visage. - sincera sermonis Attici gratia, Quint. 10, 1, 65: la pure grâce du parler attique. - vinis gratiam affert fumus, Plin. 14, 16: la fumée donne un goût agréable aux vins. [st1]2 [-] faveur, complaisance, obligeance, grâce. - aliquid in beneficii et gratiae causa petere, Cic. Verr. 3, 189: demander qqch comme un bienfait et une grâce. --- cf. Verr. 3, 115. - gratiae causā, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7: par faveur. - alicui gratiam dare, Ter. Hec. 390: accorder une faveur à qqn. - alicui gratiam dicendi facere, Liv. 3, 41, 4: accorder à qqn la faveur de parler. --- cf. Suet. Aug. 38. - in gratiam alicujus, Liv. 28, 21, 4: pour complaire à qqn. --- cf. Liv. 28, 39, 12 ; 39, 26, 12. - abl. gratiā: pour l'amour de, à cause de [placé après son régime]. - hominum gratiā, Cic. Nat. 2, 158, pour les hommes. - Bruti conservandi gratiā, Cic. Ph. 14, 4: pour sauver Brutus. - si exempli gratiā vir bonus... Cic. Off. 3, 50: si, pour prendre un exemple, un honnête homme... - propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratiā propter voluptatem, Cic. 5, 30: en vue de n'importe quelle autre chose, par exemple, en vue du plaisir. - ea gratia, quod... Sall. J. 54, 4 ; 80, 4: pour ce motif que.... - meā gratiā, Plaut. Bac. 97: à cause de moi. - petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae ut... Verr. 2, 3: on demanda, comme une faveur et une grâce, la permission de... - alicui gratiam dare, Ter. (alicui gratiam facere, Plaut.): accorder une faveur à qqn. - facta Valerio dicendi gratia quae vellet, Liv. 3: on donna à Valérius l'autorisation de dire ce qu'il voulait. [st1]3 [-] remise accordée par complaisance. - alicui jurisjurandi gratiam facere, Plaut. Rud. 1415: faire à qqn remise de son serment, l'en délier. --- cf. Suet. Tib. 35. - gratiam, fecit conjurandi Bononiensibus, Suet. Aug. 17: il dispensa les habitants de Bologne de faire cause commune avec lui. --- cf. Suet. Dom. 14. - de cena facio gratiam, Plaut. Most. 1130: quant au souper, je t'en fais grâce (= non, merci). [st1]4 [-] faveur d'autrui, bonnes grâces, bonne entente, relations amicales, amitié, accord, concorde; indulgence, pardon, grâce. - inire gratiam ab aliquo: gagner l’amitié (la sympathie) de qqn, se concilier les bonnes grâces de qqn. - magnam inire gratiam, Cic. Fin. 4. 31: se mettre en grande faveur (en grand crédit). - gratiam inire ab aliquo, Cic. Verr. 4, 143: se mettre dans les bonnes grâces de qqn. - gratiam inire ad aliquem, Liv. 33, 46, 7 ; apud aliquem, Liv. 36, 5, 3: auprès de qqn. - ab aliquo gratiam inisse quod... Cic.: avoir mérité la faveur de qqn en... - ab aliquo summam gratiam inire, Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3: gagner au plus haut point la faveur de qqn. - in gratiam alicujus venire: trouver grâce auprès de qqn. - gratiam alicujus sequi: rechercher les bonnes grâces de qqn. - componere aliquid cum bona gratia, Ter.: régler une affaire à l'amiable. - alicui delicti gratiam facere, Sall. J. 104, 5: pardonner à qqn une faute. - gratiam alicujus sibi conciliare, Cic. Pomp. 70: se concilier la faveur de qqn. - aliquam bonam gratiam sibi quaerere, Cic. Pomp. 71: rechercher pour soi quelques bonnes grâces avantageuses. - aliquem apud aliquem in maxima gratia ponere, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6: mettre qqn dans les meilleures grâces de qqn. - plures ineuntur gratiae si... Cic. Br. 209: on se gagne plus souvent la faveur si (on se fait plus d'amis, si...). --- cf. Cic. Mur. 24 ; Agr. 2, 7. - multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione provincia afferre, Cic. Mur. 42: rapporter de sa province avec la meilleure réputation une quantité de bonnes sympathies. - si suam gratiam Romani velint,... Caes. BG. 4, 7, 4: [ils disent] que si les Romains veulent leur amitié. - in gratiam cum aliquo redire, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 7 ; Prov. 20, etc.: renouer des relations d'amitié avec qqn, se réconcilier avec qqn. - restituere aliquem in gratiam cum aliquo, Cic. Prov 23: remettre qqn en amitié avec qqn. --- [reducere Cic. R. P. 19]. - Sallustium restituere in ejus veterem gratiam non potui, Cic. Att. 1, 3, 3: je n'ai pu ramener Sallustius à ses vieilles relations avec lui. - cum aliquo in gratia esse, Fam. 1, 9, 4: être en bons termes avec qqn. - mihi cum illo magna gratia erat, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20: j'étais en fort bons termes avec lui. - cum bona gratia, cum mala, Ter. Ph. 621: en bonne, en mauvaise intelligence. - istuc quod postulo inpetro cum gratia, Ter. And. 422: ce que je demande, je l'obtiens de bon gré. - per gratiam, Plaut. Mil. 979: de bonne grâce. [st1]5 [-] crédit, pouvoir, influence, popularité. - gratiā plurimum posse, Caes. BG. 1, 9, 3: avoir le plus grand pouvoir par son crédit (être très influent). - cf. Caes. BG. 1, 20, 2 ; 7, 63, 2 ; BC. 2, 44, 1, etc. - Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos, Caes. BG. 2 6, 4: le Rémois Iccius, qui tenait parmi les siens le plus haut rang par sa noblesse et son crédit. - res contra nos faciunt, summa gratia et eloquentia, Cic. Quinct. 1: nous avons comme adversaires le crédit et l'éloquence au plus haut degré. - cf. Cic. Cael. 19 ; Off. 2, 64. - summā gratiā inter suos, Caes.: d'une très grande influence dans son pays. - auctior est gratiā, Caes.: il grandit en influence. - quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat, Liv. 40: ce triomphe, de toute évidence, il le devait plus à son influence qu'à l'importance de ses exploits. - summa apud populum gratia, Cic. Rep 2, 60: la plus grande popularité. - gratia alicujus, Cic Amer. 28: le crédit, l'influence de qqn. - per gratiam contendere, ut... Cic. Verr. pr. 48: faire appel aux influences pour obtenir que... [st1]6 [-] reconnaissance, gratitude, actions de grâces, gré. - gratiae, ārum: marques de reconnaissance, remerciement. - gratias agere alicui, Cic. Phil. 1, 3: adresser des remerciements à qqn. - gratiarum actio, Cic. Fam. 10, 19, 1: adresse (expression) de remerciements. - maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus, Cic. Phil. 3, 25: nous devons tous et vous remercier vivement et éprouver pour vous la plus vive reconnaissance. - gratias habere, Liv. 24, 37, 7: remercier. - alicui gratias agere de re (pro re): rendre grâces à qqn au sujet de qqch, remercier qqn au sujet de qqch. - gratiam habere alicui: savoir gré à qqn, avoir de la reconnaissance pour qqn. - gratiam alicui referre, Cic. Br. 217 ; de Or. 3, 14: témoigner à qqn sa reconnaissance en retour. - praeclaram gratiam alicui referre, Cic. Cat. 1, 28: montrer une belle reconnaissance à qqn. - habere gratiam, Cic. Off. 2, 69: avoir de la reconnaissance. - mais habebo apud posteros gratiam, Sen. Ep. 21, 5: j'aurai la faveur de la postérité. - alicui gratias referre Cic. Planc. 101: donner à qqn des marques (preuves) de reconnaissance. --- cf. Cic. Phil. 3, 39. - gratiam dis persolvere, Cic. Planc. 80: s'acquitter envers les dieux d'une dette de reconnaissance. - alicui pro aliqua re gratias agere, Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16: remercier qqn pour [de] qqch. - alicui in aliqua re gratias agere, Cic. Att. 2. 24. 2: - alicui ob aliquam rem gratias agere: remercier qqn de qqch. --- Liv. 34, 50, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 2. - est dis gratia, cum... Ter. Ad. 138: il y a à remercier les dieux, du moment que... - dis gratia ! Ter. Ad. 121, dieu merci ! grâce aux dieux ! - gratiast, Plaut. Men. 387: bien obligé ! merci bien ! [st1]7 [-] grātĭā + gén.: à cause de, pour faire plaisir, en faveur de, pour l'amour de, à titre de. - grātĭā + gérond. ou adj. verbal au gén.: en vue de, pour. - verbi gratiā (exempli gratiā): par exemple, à titre d'exemple. - patris gratiā: pour l'amour de la patrie. - meā (tuā, nostrā) gratiā: pour moi (pour toi, pour nous). - surrexit respondendi gratiā: il se leva pour répondre. - pugnat servandae patriae gratiā: il combat pour sauver sa patrie. - consolandi tui gratiā dicent: ils diront pour te consoler. - legatos ad Caesarem sui purgandi gratia mittunt, Caes. BG. 7: ils envoient des députés auprès de César pour se disculper. [st1]8 [-] grātĭīs ou grātīs: sans rétribution, gratuitement, gratis. - si non pretio, at gratiis, Ter. Ad.: sinon contre argent sonnant, du moins gratis. - cave ne gratis hic tibi constet amor ! Ov.: prends garde que cet amour ne te rapporte rien! - is repente, ut Romam venit, gratiis praetor factus est, Cic. Verr. 2, 1: cet homme, à peine arrivé de Rome, le voilà, tout à coup, devenu gratuitement préteur. [st1]9 [-] grâce (de Dieu); charisme. - gratiae tuae deputo et misericordiae tuae, quod peccata mea tamquam glaciem solvisti, Aug. Conf. 2: à votre grâce, à votre miséricorde je rapporte d’avoir fondu la glace de mes péchés. - prophetarum gratia, Ambr. de Off. 1, 1, 2: le charisme des prophètes. [st1]10 [-] grātiae, ārum, f.: les (trois) Grâces (Aglaé, Thalie, Euphrosyne). - [gr]gr. Χάριτες. - Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3 ; Serv. En. 1, 720 ; Hor. O. 1, 30, 6, etc ; Quint. 10, 1, 82. - sing. collect. Grātia, ae, Ov. M. 6, 429: les Grâces. - voir hors site les Charites / les Grâces.* * *Gratia, gratiae: pen. corr. Cic. Grace, Bien et plaisir qu'on fait à aucun qui ne l'a pas merité et desservi.\Postulare gratiam apponi sibi. Terent. Demander qu'on luy scache bon gré.\Aduersus animus gratiae. Quintil. Contraire et ennemi de faveur, Qui hait jugements et toutes autres choses faictes par faveur, Qui ne se laisse corrompre par faveur.\Obnoxius animus gratiae. Quintil. Subject et enclin à favoriser les grands, à complaire et porter faveur aux grands.\Gratia dis. Ouid. Graces à Dieu, Dieu merci.\Nullam ingenii sperantes gratiam. Quintil. Louange.\Improba. Iuuen. Faveur meschante, Quand un juge par faveur absould un meschant.\Iuuenilis. Stat. Grace et beaulté de jeunesse.\Siquid benefacias, leuior pluma est gratia. Plaut. Ils n'en scavent ne gré ne grace, ou bien peu.\Gratia magna Ioui. Tibull. Grand merci à Dieu.\Nulla mala gratia Senatus aliquid facere. Cic. Sans qu'on en scache mauvais gré au Senat.\Debita sit facto gratia nulla meo. Ouid. Qu'on ne me scache point de gré de ce que j'ay faict, et qu'on ne m'en donne aucune retribution.\Fratrum rara gratia. Ouid. Peu de freres s'entr'aiment et s'accordent.\Viuax gratia. Horat. Perpetuelle.\Abest gratia officio. Ouid. Quand le plaisir qu'on fait, n'est point aggreable, et qu'on n'en scait point de gré.\Capere gratiam, dicitur animus. Cic. Quand il entend bien la grandeur du plaisir qu'il luy a esté faict.\Colligere gratiam ex priuatorum negotiis. Cic. Acquerir credit et bon gré, et l'amitié de beaucoup de gens.\Commemorare gratiam. Cic. Raconter un bienfaict ou plaisir que nous avons receu d'aucun.\Cum bona gratia aliquid componere. Terent. Accorder et appoincter quelque different par amitié et amour, Amiablement, Gratieusement.\Componere gratiam inter aliquos. Terent. Faire l'appoinctement entre aucuns.\Cupio gratiam tuam. Plaut. Je desire d'estre en ta grace.\Debere gratiam. Cic. Estre tenu et obligé de scavoir bon gré à aucun, pour quelque bienfaict ou plaisir que nous avons receu de luy.\Cum bona gratia dimittere aliquem. Cic. Sans le courroucer ou fascher.\Dissiluit gratia fratrum. Horat. L'amitié a esté separee et rompue.\Exornare aliquid gratia et venere. Quintil. De grace et beaulté de langage.\Facere gratiam iusiurandi. Plaut. Tenir aucun quicte de son serment tout ainsi que s'il avoit juré, Ne le faire point jurer.\Facere gratiam delicti. Liu. Pardonner, N'en demander rien à aucun.\Per gratiam legem alicui ferre. Cic. Par faveur.\Habere gratiam senectuti. Plaut. En scavoir bon gré à vieillesse.\Habere gratiam. Terent. Se tenir obligé envers aucun de quelque plaisir, et luy en scavoir bon gré, et ne luy avoir pas encore rendu le plaisir.\Incessere. Quintil. Impugner la faveur.\Inire gratiam ab aliquo. Cic. Acquerir la bonne grace d'aucun pour luy avoir faict quelque plaisir.\Languet mihi gratia. Silius. Je ne suis plus en telle grace que je souloye, Mon credit se diminue.\Negligere gratiam alicuius. Plaut. Ne tenir compte de l'amitié d'aucun, Ne la priser rien.\Parare gratiam. Quintil. Acquerir.\Petere gratiam a patre. Plaut. Demander grace et pardon.\Ponere aliquem in gratiam apud alterum. Cic. Le mettre en grace.\Apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam. Cic. Je feray l'appoinctement entre vous deux.\Non praecipiam gratiam publici beneficii. Liu. Je ne prendray point devant, Je ne preoccuperay ou anticiperay point.\Quaerere gratiam. Cic. Demander qu'on nous scache bon gré, et qu'on recongnoisse le plaisir qu'avons faict.\Recipere in gratiam. Cic. Aimer aucun et le recevoir en sa bonne grace.\Reddere gratiam. Cic. Rendre le plaisir ou desplaisir qu'on nous a faict, Rendre la pareille.\Redire in gratiam cum aliquo. Cic. Retourner en grace, Se reconcilier.\Redigere aliquos in gratiam. Terent. Les remettre d'accord, Remettre en amitié.\Referre gratiam. Terent. Rendre le plaisir ou desplaisir qu'on nous a faict, Rendre la pareille.\Restituere in gratiam. Cic. Remettre en grace.\Retinere alicuius gratiam. Cic. Entretenir son amitié.\Scribere gratias. Gell. Remercier par lettres.\Erat in Syria nostrum nomen in gratia. Cic. Ceulx de Syrie nous aimoyent, Nous estions en leur grace.\Esse in gratia cum aliquo. Cic. Estre aimé de luy, et avoir credit envers luy, Estre en sa grace.\Cum illo magna est mihi gratia. Cic. J'ay grande amitié avec luy.\Cum illo nulla est mihi gratia. Propert. Je n'ay nulle amitié avec luy.\Est gratia. Plaut. Je t'en remercie, Je t'en scay bon gré.\Neque veteranorum, neque possessorum gratiam tenuit. Suet. Il n'a obtenu, Il n'a acquis, Il n'a eu la grace, etc.\Trahere sibi gratiam recte factorum. Tacit. Tirer à soy, S'attribuer.\Tribuere gratiam alicuius rei inuentori. Cic. Attribuer honneur et louange.\Hic nunc credit ea me hic restitisse gratia. Terent. Pour ceste cause, Pour l'amour de cela.\Mitte hunc mea gratia. Plaut. Pour l'amour de moy.\Actio gratiarum. Cic. Remerciement, Regratiement.\Agere gratias et grates. Plaut. Cic. Liu. Remercier, Regratier, Rendre graces, Dire grand merci.\Bibulus Pompeium fecerat certiorem, vt caueret insidias. In quo ei Pompeius gratias egerat. Cic. Dequoy Pompee l'avoit remercié. -
2 ago
ēgī, āctum, ere1)а) приводить в движение, вести ( magnum agmen V); погонять, гнать (greges Sen; capellas V)a. potum V — вести на водопойб) загонять ( pisces in retia PM); уводить (captivos QC, M); угонять ( boves L); уносить (praedam Pl, Sl, L)ferre (portare) et a. L, Cs — уносить ( имущество) и угонять ( людей и скот), т. е. грабить, расхищатьa. turbinem V — запускать волчокв) приводить в волнение, волновать ( freta ventus agit O); изгонять ( membris venena V); шевелить, приводить в движение (a. carmine quercus V — об Орфее)2) возвр.se a. или pass. agi — приходить, идтиse ad auras a. V — подниматься, вырастать3) преследовать, гонять, охотиться (cervos, aprum V)aliquem in fugam a. Just — обратить кого-л. в бегствоaliquem in exsilium a. L — отправить в изгнание (сослать) кого-л.4)agi motu suo C — находиться в самопроизвольном движении, тж. пододвигать, приближать, подводить (vineas turresque ad oppidum Cs)б) направлять (carpentum per aliquid L); проводить (cloacam sub terram, v. l. sub terra L)limitem a. T — проводить границу, ноa. limitem per agmen V — проложить себе дорогу (мечом) через стан (врагов)cuniculos a. Cs, C — рыть подкопыin litus naves a. Lcr — вытащить суда на берегnaves in adversum amnem a. T — пустить суда вверх по реке5)а) метать (scintillas Lcr; hastam V); вращать, крутить ( fundam circum caput V); отбрасыватьб) испускать ( gemitus V); вбивать, вколачивать ( sublīcas Cs); вонзать ( stipitem per corpus Sen)radīces a. Vr, C, PM — пускать корниin crucem a. C etc. — пригвождать к кресту, распинатьrimas a. C etc. — давать трещиныspumas (in) ore a. C etc. — (ис)пускать ртом пенуvocem a. C — издавать голосjoca a. Sl — отпускать шутки, шутитьanimam a. C — испускать дух6) возбуждать, побуждать ( nova quaerere tecta V); доводить ( aliquem ad или in aliquam rem)a. in facinus O и ad scelus L — толкать на преступлениеa. aliquem praecipitem C etc. — толкать кого-л. в пропасть, но тж. стремительно гнать (преследовать) кого-л.aliquem transversum a. Sl, Sen etc. — сбивать с толку, совращать, тж. подстрекать кого-л. к мятежуin desperationem a. L — доводить до отчаяния7) беспокоить, тревожить, мучить, досаждать, преследовать ( stimulis V)aliquem diris a. H — проклинать кого-л.acerba fata aliquem agunt H — жестокая судьба тяготеет над кем-л.8) делать, действовать, заниматьсяomnia quae fiunt quaeque aguntur C — всё, что возникает ( в природе) и всё, что создаётся ( человеком)res egregias a. Eutr — творить великие делаquid agam? Ter etc. — что мне делать?natura agendis rebus apta Sen — характер, склонный к деятельностиrem mandatam a. C — выполнять поручениеsuum negotium( suam rem) a. C — заниматься своим деломmale secum a. PS — вредить самому себеnihil agendo homines male a. discunt впоследствии погов. Cato ap. Col — ничегонеделание учит людей дурным деламper litteras a. Nep — передать (изложить) письменноnihil (non multum) agit C — он ничего не может сделать, ничего у него не выходитnihil agis, nihil assequeris, neque tamen conari desistis C — ничего у тебя не получается, ничего ты не достигаешь, и всё же не прекращаешь попытокaliud (alias res) a. C, PS — заниматься другим делом, отвлекаться, не обращать вниманияactum est de me Pl — я пропалactam rem a. L и actum a. погов. Ter — делать сделанное (т. е. заниматься бесплодным делом)quid agitur? Pl, C — как дела?satis a. — быть озабоченным или встревоженным, беспокоиться ( de aliquā re AG и alicujus rei Ap)9) замышлять, задумывать, затевать, иметь в виду, старатьсяobservabo, quam rem agat Pl — посмотрю, что он затеваетa. de intrandā Britanniā T — намереваться вторгнуться в Британиюproditionem alicui a. T — задумать измену в пользу кого-л. (перейти на чью-л. сторону)aliud a., aliud simulare C — иметь в виду одно, а притворно утверждать другоеhoc (id) agere, ut (ne) C, L etc. — иметь в виду, чтобы (не)10) говорить, обсуждать (de aliquā re Cs, C); обращаться, беседовать ( plebejo sermone cum aliquo C); выражатьgratias (поэт. grates) a. C — выражать признательность, благодаритьalicui gratias pro aliquā re a. Pl — благодарить кого-л. за что-л.laudes a. L — прославлятьa. cum aliquo de re aliquā (aliquam rem) — договариваться (вести переговоры) с кем-л. о чём-л.Alcibiādes a. coepit se coacturum Lysandrum aut dimicare aut pacem petere Nep — Алкивиад стал утверждать, что он заставит Лисандра или сражаться, или просить мираcum populo a. C и per populum a. C, L — вносить предложение на голосование народного собрания (ср. contionem habere обращаться к народу с речью, не внося никаких законодательных предложений)de condicionibus pacis a. L — вести переговоры об условиях заключения мира11) ( реже se a. Sen) поступать, вести себя, обращаться ( familiariter cum aliquo Sl)a. inconsiderate negligenterque C — вести себя опрометчиво и нерадивоbene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si... VM — афиняне хорошо поступили бы с Мильтиадом, если бы...nullo discrimine a. V — не делать разницы (обращаться одинаково)12) pass. agi обстоять, касатьсяagitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus C — (дело обстоит) превосходно, если мы в состоянии сами собой управлять13) осуществлять, вести; заведовать, управлятьcustodias a. L — нести охрану, охранятьforum a. C — вершить судa. honorem L — занимать служебный постbellum a. Sl, O, QC — вести войну, но тж. L описывать войнуpraefecturam a. Su — быть префектомdies festos a. — справлять праздникиtriumphum a. C — праздновать триумфmorem a. Sl — соблюдать обычайmedium a. VP — держаться серединыannonae curam a. L — иметь попечение о продовольствииfiscum a. Su — управлять казнойpacem a. Sl, L — проводить мирную политику (поддерживать мир) и жить в миреincerta pace a. L — жить в условиях непрочного мираvigilias a. C, Nep — стоять на часах (быть в карауле)silentia a. O — хранить молчание14)hiberna a. L — стоять на зимних квартирахб) pass. протекать, идти ( о годах)в) поздн. в pl.a cujus obitu nonaginta aguntur anni PM — (Вергилий), со смерти которого прошло 90 летtempus actum H — прошлоеactum de exercitu foret, ni... L — армии пришёл бы конец, если бы не...15) жить, находиться ( в том или ином состоянии), пребыватьa. prope a mari PM — жить близ моряa. sine legibus L — жить, не имея законовlaeta a. Sl — жить в весельеThracia discors agebat T — Фракия раздиралась междоусобиямиa. inter homines desinere T — не быть больше среди людей (т. е. умереть)16) преследовать в судебном порядке, обвинять, судитьa. aliquem reum L — привлекать кого-л. к судебной ответственностиa. cum aliquo alicujus rei C, Q — судиться с кем-л. из-за чего-либоacta res est Ter — суд кончен, кончено17) юр. вести на суде, защищатьcausam alicujus a. C — вести чьё-л. дело (защищать чьи-л. интересы)18) произносить или петь ( rnedicabile carmen VF); читать, декламировать ( cum dignitate ac venustate C); представлять, разыгрывать, играть (на сцене) (fabulam Pl, Ter, C, Pt)a. partes Ter, Vr, C — исполнять рольamicum a. Sen — играть роль друга19) imper. (преим. при imper. другого глагола) age, agite ну, ну же, давай(те), тж. ладно (уж), хорошо, пускай, увы, что же (intens. agedum, agesis и др.)vade age, nate V — ступай, сын мойen, age, rumpe moras V — ну, довольно медлитьmittite, agedum, legatos L — отправьте же пословage, porro, cur C — а теперь скажи, пожалуйста, почемуage, novi tuum animum Ter — да будет, знаю я тебяnunc, age, quod superest, cognosce Lcr — ну, а теперь узнай про остальноеage, sit ita factum C — ладно, пусть это было такage, veniam Ter — что ж, приду -
3 perhibeo
hibuī, hibitum, ēre [ per + habeo ]1) пред(о)ставлять, предлагатьp. aliquem C — предлагать кого-л. в защитники2) оказывать ( alicui honorem PM); выражать ( alicui gratias Ap)3) придавать, приписывать ( vim herbae PM); признаватьalicui rei palmam p. PM — признавать за чем-л. превосходство4) высказывать, произносить (testimonium Vr, PJ); приводить ( exemplum PM); утверждать, говоритьRomulus perhibetur omnibus rebus ceteris praestitisse C — говорят, что Ромул превосходил всех прочих во всех отношенияхnuntii fuisse perhibentur C — (Диоскуры) были, говорят, вестниками (победы Эмилия Павла над Персеем Македонским при Пидне в 168 г. до н. э.)6) считать или называть ( aliquem optimum vatem C) -
4 cumulate
cumulātē [ cumulatus ]в изобилии, в полной мере, вполне (prolixe cumulateque PJ; c. alicui gratias agere C) -
5 Gratia
grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus; lit., favor, both that in which one stands with others and that which one shows to others].I.(Acc. to gratus, I.) Favor which one finds with others, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship (syn. favor):B.pluris pauciorum gratiam faciunt pars hominum quam id quod prosint pluribus,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12:perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 68:ut majores ejus (Plancii) summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenuerint et dignitatis et gratiae,
Cic. Planc. 13, 32; cf.:Sex. Roscius gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:deinde si maxime talis est deus, ut nulla gratia, nulla hominum caritate teneatur, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 124:neque quo Cn. Pompeii gratiam mihi per hanc causam conciliari putem,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70; cf.:aliquem restituere in gratiam,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23:aliquem restituere in ejus veterem gratiam,
id. Att. 1, 3, 3:in gratiam reducere,
id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; cf.also: cum aliquo in gratiam redire,
to reconcile one's self with one, id. Att. 1, 14, 7; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1; id. Thras. 3 fin.; id. Dat. 8, 5 al.:alicujus gratiam sequi,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3; cf.:si suam gratiam Romani velint, posse eis utiles esse amicos,
id. B. G. 4, 7, 4:ab aliquo inire gratiam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 113:a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam,
id. Att. 7, 9, 3:magnam inire gratiam,
id. Fin. 4, 12, 31:quantam eo facto ad plebem inierat gratiam,
Liv. 33, 46, 7:apud regem gratiam initam volebant,
id. 36, 5, 3:at te apud eum, dii boni, quanta in gratia posui!
Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6 fin.;with a different construction: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam (Ern. conj. in gratia),
Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3:cum aliquo in laude et in gratia esse,
id. Verr. 1, 17, 51; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:inter vos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17 Ruhnk.:plerique (in divortio) cum bona gratia discedunt,
Dig. 24, 1, 32, § 10;without bona: cum istuc quod postulo impetro cum gratia,
with a good grace, Ter. And. 2, 5, 11:omnia quae potui in hac summa tua gratia ac potentia a te impetrare,
credit, influence, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; cf.:Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 4; 1, 43, 8:gratiā plurimum posse,
id. ib. 1, 9, 3; 1, 20, 2; cf.:quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valent,
id. ib. 7, 63, 1:gratiā valere,
id. B. C. 2, 44, 1:inproba quamvis Gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,
Juv. 13, 4:quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat,
Liv. 40, 59, 1.—In plur.:L. Murenae provincia multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione attulit,
tokens of favor, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:cum haec res plurimas gratias, firmissimas amicitias pariat,
id. ib. 11, 24:non hominum potentium studio, non excellentibus gratiis paucorum, sed universi populi Romani judicio consulem factum,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 7.—Transf., objectively, like the Gr. charis, agreeableness, pleasantness, charm, beauty, loveliness, grace (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose;2.esp. freq. in Quint.): gratia formae,
Ov. M. 7, 44; Suet. Tit. 3:corporis,
id. Vit. 3; id. Vit. Ter. 1; Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:quid ille gratiae in vultu ostenderit,
Quint. 6 prooem. § 7; cf. id. 6, 3, 26:unica nec desit jocundis gratia verbis,
charm, Prop. 1, 2, 29; cf.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13, 127:plenus est jucunditatis et gratiae (Horatius),
Quint. 10, 1, 96:sermonis Attici,
id. ib. 65;12, 10, 35: dicendi,
id. 9, 3, 74:brevitatis novitatisque,
id. ib. 58:omnis bene scriptorum,
id. 11, 2, 46 et saep.; Cels. 4, 29 med.:uvis et vinis gratiam affert fumus fabrilis,
Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 17, 9, 6, § 53. —Hence,As a nom. propr.: Grātiae, ārum, f., a transl. of the Gr. Charites, the goddesses of favor, loveliness, grace, etc., the three Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720; Hor. C. 1, 4, 6; 1, 30, 6; 3, 19, 16; 3, 21, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 82.—In sing.: Grātia, ae, collect., Ov. M. 6, 429.II. A.In gen. (rare): ita mihi Telamonis patris, avi Aeaci et proavi Jovis grata est gratia, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 23 (Trag. v. 367 Vahl.):B.ergo ab eo petito gratiam istam,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 63; cf.:gratiam a patre si petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 23:petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 189; cf.:quod beneficii gratiaeque causa concessit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 48 fin.:hanc gratiam ut sibi des,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 30:juris jurandi volo gratiam facias,
excuse, release, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 59; cf.:alicui delicti gratiam facere,
to grant pardon, forgive, Sall. J. 104 fin. Kritz.:qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti gratiam fecissem,
id. Cat. 52, 8; cf.also: quibus senatus belli Lepidani gratiam fecerat,
id. Fragm. 3, 34 Gerl.:alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis,
to please, for the sake of, Liv. 28, 21, 4; cf.:deletam urbem cernimus eorum, quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,
id. 28, 39, 12 Drak.:in gratiam alicujus,
id. 35, 2, 6; 39, 26, 12; Vell. 2, 41, 2; Suet. Tib. 49 al.; cf.also: data visceratio in praeteritam judicii gratiam,
for the favor shown him on the trial, Liv. 8, 22, 4:nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla umbrarum,
Juv. 8, 64.—In partic., a mark of favor shown for a service rendered, thanks (by word or deed), thankfulness, gratitude; acknowledgment, return, requital (the form with agere of returning thanks is the plur., but with habere, referre, debere, nearly always in sing.; but when thanks are due to or rendered by more than one person, the form gratias referre, etc., may be used; v. infra., and cf. Krebs. Antibarb. p. 505):A.quae (gratia) in memoria et remuneratione officiorum et honoris et amicitiarum observantiam teneat,
Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66; cf.:gratia est, in qua amicitiarum et officiorum alterius memoria et remunerandi voluntas continetur,
id. ib. 2, 53, 161:immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam: nam relaturum me affirmare non possum,
id. Fam. 10, 11, 1; cf.:renuntiate, gratias regi me agere: referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse, quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37, 8 (v. ago):dīs gratias agere... si referre studeant gratias,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26 sq.:L. Lucceius meus, homo omnium gratissimus, mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, cum diceret, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1:eique amplissimis verbis per senatus consultum gratias egimus,
id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter,
id. Fam. 1, 10:justissimas gratias agere,
id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, etc.,
id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:nunc tecum sic agam, tulisse ut potius injuriam, quam retulisse gratiam videar,
to have made a return, requital, recompense, id. Sull. 16, 47 fin.:magno meo beneficio affecti cumulatissime mihi gratiam retulerunt,
id. Fam. 13, 4, 1:praeclaram vero populo Romano refers gratiam,
id. Cat. 1, 11, 28:ut pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores eis habeantur gratiaeque referantur,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 39; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 25:me omnibus, si minus referenda gratia satisfacere potuerim, at praedicanda et habenda certe satis esse facturum,
if I cannot requite... I can extol, id. Balb. 1, 2; cf.: nimirum inops ille, si bonus est vir, etiam si referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest. Commode autem quicumque dixit, pecuniam qui habeat, non reddidisse; qui reddiderit, non habere: gratiam autem et qui retulerit, habere et qui habeat retulisse, id. Off. 2, 20, 69; id. Planc. 28, 68; cf. id. ib. 42, 101; id. Fam. 5, 11, 1:gratias habere,
Liv. 24, 37, 7:alicui summas gratias habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 33:alicui maximas infinitasque agere atque habere gratias, quod, etc.,
Vitr. 6 praef. 4:merito vestro maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:meritam dīs immortalibus gratiam justis honoribus et memori mente persolvere,
id. Planc. 33, 80:pro beneficio gratiam repetere,
Liv. 1, 47, 7:gratias ob hoc agere, quod, etc.,
Liv. 54, 50, 4; so with ob, Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 21; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 9:pro tuo summo beneficio gratias agere,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; Liv. 23, 11, 12; Plin, Pan. 25, 1; cf. Gell. 9, 3, 5:dum carmine nostro Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,
Tib. 2, 1, 36; cf.:hoc certe justitiae convenit suum cuique reddere, beneficio gratiam, injuriae talionem aut certe malam gratiam,
Sen. Ep. 81 med.;rarely: in gratiam habere (=ita accipere, ut ad gratiam comparandam valere putet),
to accept as thankworthy, Sall. J. 111, 1:unum vis curem: curo. Et est dīs gratia, Cum ita, ut volo, est,
I thank, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 58; cf.: Er. Eamus intro, ut prandeamus. Me. Bene vocas: tam gratia est, no, I'm much obliged to you (the negative being omitted, as in the Fr. je vous remercie, and the Germ. ich danke sehr), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36.—Ellipt.: fores effregit? restituentur;discidit Vestem? resarcietur: est, dīs gratia, Et unde haec fiant, et adhuc non molesta sunt,
thank Heaven, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41.—With acc. and inf. (anteclass. and post-Aug.):dīs gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari, etc.,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 4, 64; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 4; id. And. 1, 1, 15.—Hence, as adverbs:grātĭā (acc. to II. A.), lit., in favor of, on account of, for the sake of; hence, in gen., on account of (usually placed after the gen., in Quint. a few times before it; cf.: causa, ergo).(α).With gen.:(β).sed neque longioribus quam oportet hyperbatis compositioni serviamus, ne quae ejus gratia fecerimus, propter eam fecisse videamur,
lest what we have done to embellish the style we should seem to have done merely on account of the construction we had chosen, Quint. 9, 4, 144:tantum abest, ut haec bestiarum etiam causa parata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.); cf.:honoris gratia nomino,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta omnia,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 17:simulabat sese negotii gratia properare,
Sall. J. 76, 1: hominem occisum esse constat;non praedae gratia: quia inspoliatus est,
Quint. 7, 1, 33; cf.:hereditatis gratia,
id. 5, 12, 5:quem censores senatu probri gratia moverant,
Sall. C. 23, 1:profectus gratia dicere,
Quint. 2, 10, 9:brevitatis gratia,
id. 4, 2, 43:decoris gratia,
id. 8, 6, 65:difficultatis gratia,
id. 9, 2, 77:aut invidiae gratia... aut miserationis,
id. 9, 2, 8:praesentis gratia litis,
id. 2, 7, 4 al. —With gerund.: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):ut aut voluptates omittantur majorum voluptatum adipiscendarum causa, aut dolores suscipiantur majorum dolorum effugiendorum gratia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 2:tentandi gratia,
Sall. J. 47, 2:hiemandi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 3:colloquendi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 4:placandi gratia,
id. ib. 71, 5:simulandi gratia,
id. ib. 37, 4:sui exposcendi gratia,
Nep. Hann. 7, 6:amplificandi gratia... vel miserandi,
Quint. 9, 3, 28:elevandae invidiae gratia,
id. 5, 13, 40:recuperandae dignitatis gratia,
id. 11, 1, 79:vitandae similitudinis gratia,
id. 9, 1, 11 al. —Ellipt.: ejus generis hae sunt quaestiones. Si, exempli gratia, vir bonus Alexandria Rhodum magnum frumenti numerum advexerit, etc., for example, for instance (for the usual exempli causa; so,verbi gratia, for verbi causa, infra),
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50; so,exempli gratia,
Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110;for which in full: pauca tamen exempli gratia ponam,
Quint. 6, 5, 6:eorum unam discordiam ponemus exempli gratia,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 213:propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratia propter voluptatem,
for instance, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—Placed before the [p. 826] gen.:gratiā decoris,
Quint. 8 praef. §18: compositionis,
id. 9, 4, 58:lenitatis,
id. 9, 4, 144:significationis,
id. 8, 6, 2.—With pron. (mostly ante-class.):B.meā gratiā,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3:qui nihil ocius venit tamen hac gratia,
id. Stich. 5, 1, 5; cf.:abire istac gratia,
id. Ps. 1, 5, 138: (Medea) per agros passim dispergit corpus: id eā gratiā, Ut, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67; so,eā gratiā,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 20; id. Hec. 4, 3, 11:sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 79:id ea gratia eveniebat, quod nemo ex fuga regem sequitur,
Sall. J. 54, 4:id ea gratia facilius fuit, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 80, 4.—grā-tĭīs (always as a trisyll. in ante-class. poets; Pompon. Com. Fragm. v. 110 Rib.; Plaut. As. prol. 5; id. Ep. 3, 4, 38; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Charis. p. 1806; so in Cic. Verr. 2, 4 and 5 Halm), and contr., grātīs (since the class. per.; acc. to II. A.), lit., out of favor or kindness; hence, pregn., without recompense or reward, for nothing, gratuitously, gratis, proika (cf.:gratuito, nequidquam, frustra): quae (psaltria) quantum potest Aliquo abicienda est, si non pretio, at gratiis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 46:si mihi dantur duo talenta argenti numerata in manum, Hanc tibi noctem honoris causa gratiis dono dabo,
id. As. 1, 3, 38 sq.:quam introduxistis fidicinam, atque etiam fides, Ei quae accessere, tibi addam dono gratiis,
into the bargain, to boot, id. Ep. 3, 4, 38:quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video,
Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118:hic primum questus est non leviter Saturius, communem factum esse gratis cum Roscio, qui pretio proprius fuisset Fanni,
id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:gratis dare alicui (opp. pretium accipere ab aliquo),
Mart. 14, 175, 2:id me scis antea gratis tibi esse pollicitum. Quid nunc putas, tanta mihi abs te mercede proposita?
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7:gratis rei publicae servire,
id. Clu. 26, 71:tantum gratis pagina nostra placet,
Mart. 5, 16, 10:virtutes omnes per se ipsas gratis diligere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 83.—Opp. for payment:is repente, ut Romam venit, gratis praetor factus est. Alia porro pecunia ne accusaretur data,
Cic. Verr. 1, 39, 101; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 19, §48: habitent gratis in alieno?
id. Off. 2, 23, 83; so,habitare in aedibus alienis,
Dig. 39, 5, 9:habitationem cui dare,
free of cost, ib. 19, 2, 53, § 2; Mart. 10, 3, 11. -
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grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus; lit., favor, both that in which one stands with others and that which one shows to others].I.(Acc. to gratus, I.) Favor which one finds with others, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship (syn. favor):B.pluris pauciorum gratiam faciunt pars hominum quam id quod prosint pluribus,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12:perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 68:ut majores ejus (Plancii) summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenuerint et dignitatis et gratiae,
Cic. Planc. 13, 32; cf.:Sex. Roscius gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:deinde si maxime talis est deus, ut nulla gratia, nulla hominum caritate teneatur, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 124:neque quo Cn. Pompeii gratiam mihi per hanc causam conciliari putem,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70; cf.:aliquem restituere in gratiam,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23:aliquem restituere in ejus veterem gratiam,
id. Att. 1, 3, 3:in gratiam reducere,
id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; cf.also: cum aliquo in gratiam redire,
to reconcile one's self with one, id. Att. 1, 14, 7; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1; id. Thras. 3 fin.; id. Dat. 8, 5 al.:alicujus gratiam sequi,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3; cf.:si suam gratiam Romani velint, posse eis utiles esse amicos,
id. B. G. 4, 7, 4:ab aliquo inire gratiam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 113:a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam,
id. Att. 7, 9, 3:magnam inire gratiam,
id. Fin. 4, 12, 31:quantam eo facto ad plebem inierat gratiam,
Liv. 33, 46, 7:apud regem gratiam initam volebant,
id. 36, 5, 3:at te apud eum, dii boni, quanta in gratia posui!
Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6 fin.;with a different construction: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam (Ern. conj. in gratia),
Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3:cum aliquo in laude et in gratia esse,
id. Verr. 1, 17, 51; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:inter vos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17 Ruhnk.:plerique (in divortio) cum bona gratia discedunt,
Dig. 24, 1, 32, § 10;without bona: cum istuc quod postulo impetro cum gratia,
with a good grace, Ter. And. 2, 5, 11:omnia quae potui in hac summa tua gratia ac potentia a te impetrare,
credit, influence, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; cf.:Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 4; 1, 43, 8:gratiā plurimum posse,
id. ib. 1, 9, 3; 1, 20, 2; cf.:quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valent,
id. ib. 7, 63, 1:gratiā valere,
id. B. C. 2, 44, 1:inproba quamvis Gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,
Juv. 13, 4:quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat,
Liv. 40, 59, 1.—In plur.:L. Murenae provincia multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione attulit,
tokens of favor, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:cum haec res plurimas gratias, firmissimas amicitias pariat,
id. ib. 11, 24:non hominum potentium studio, non excellentibus gratiis paucorum, sed universi populi Romani judicio consulem factum,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 7.—Transf., objectively, like the Gr. charis, agreeableness, pleasantness, charm, beauty, loveliness, grace (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose;2.esp. freq. in Quint.): gratia formae,
Ov. M. 7, 44; Suet. Tit. 3:corporis,
id. Vit. 3; id. Vit. Ter. 1; Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:quid ille gratiae in vultu ostenderit,
Quint. 6 prooem. § 7; cf. id. 6, 3, 26:unica nec desit jocundis gratia verbis,
charm, Prop. 1, 2, 29; cf.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13, 127:plenus est jucunditatis et gratiae (Horatius),
Quint. 10, 1, 96:sermonis Attici,
id. ib. 65;12, 10, 35: dicendi,
id. 9, 3, 74:brevitatis novitatisque,
id. ib. 58:omnis bene scriptorum,
id. 11, 2, 46 et saep.; Cels. 4, 29 med.:uvis et vinis gratiam affert fumus fabrilis,
Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 17, 9, 6, § 53. —Hence,As a nom. propr.: Grātiae, ārum, f., a transl. of the Gr. Charites, the goddesses of favor, loveliness, grace, etc., the three Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720; Hor. C. 1, 4, 6; 1, 30, 6; 3, 19, 16; 3, 21, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 82.—In sing.: Grātia, ae, collect., Ov. M. 6, 429.II. A.In gen. (rare): ita mihi Telamonis patris, avi Aeaci et proavi Jovis grata est gratia, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 23 (Trag. v. 367 Vahl.):B.ergo ab eo petito gratiam istam,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 63; cf.:gratiam a patre si petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 23:petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 189; cf.:quod beneficii gratiaeque causa concessit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 48 fin.:hanc gratiam ut sibi des,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 30:juris jurandi volo gratiam facias,
excuse, release, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 59; cf.:alicui delicti gratiam facere,
to grant pardon, forgive, Sall. J. 104 fin. Kritz.:qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti gratiam fecissem,
id. Cat. 52, 8; cf.also: quibus senatus belli Lepidani gratiam fecerat,
id. Fragm. 3, 34 Gerl.:alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis,
to please, for the sake of, Liv. 28, 21, 4; cf.:deletam urbem cernimus eorum, quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,
id. 28, 39, 12 Drak.:in gratiam alicujus,
id. 35, 2, 6; 39, 26, 12; Vell. 2, 41, 2; Suet. Tib. 49 al.; cf.also: data visceratio in praeteritam judicii gratiam,
for the favor shown him on the trial, Liv. 8, 22, 4:nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla umbrarum,
Juv. 8, 64.—In partic., a mark of favor shown for a service rendered, thanks (by word or deed), thankfulness, gratitude; acknowledgment, return, requital (the form with agere of returning thanks is the plur., but with habere, referre, debere, nearly always in sing.; but when thanks are due to or rendered by more than one person, the form gratias referre, etc., may be used; v. infra., and cf. Krebs. Antibarb. p. 505):A.quae (gratia) in memoria et remuneratione officiorum et honoris et amicitiarum observantiam teneat,
Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66; cf.:gratia est, in qua amicitiarum et officiorum alterius memoria et remunerandi voluntas continetur,
id. ib. 2, 53, 161:immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam: nam relaturum me affirmare non possum,
id. Fam. 10, 11, 1; cf.:renuntiate, gratias regi me agere: referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse, quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37, 8 (v. ago):dīs gratias agere... si referre studeant gratias,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26 sq.:L. Lucceius meus, homo omnium gratissimus, mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, cum diceret, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1:eique amplissimis verbis per senatus consultum gratias egimus,
id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter,
id. Fam. 1, 10:justissimas gratias agere,
id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, etc.,
id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:nunc tecum sic agam, tulisse ut potius injuriam, quam retulisse gratiam videar,
to have made a return, requital, recompense, id. Sull. 16, 47 fin.:magno meo beneficio affecti cumulatissime mihi gratiam retulerunt,
id. Fam. 13, 4, 1:praeclaram vero populo Romano refers gratiam,
id. Cat. 1, 11, 28:ut pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores eis habeantur gratiaeque referantur,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 39; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 25:me omnibus, si minus referenda gratia satisfacere potuerim, at praedicanda et habenda certe satis esse facturum,
if I cannot requite... I can extol, id. Balb. 1, 2; cf.: nimirum inops ille, si bonus est vir, etiam si referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest. Commode autem quicumque dixit, pecuniam qui habeat, non reddidisse; qui reddiderit, non habere: gratiam autem et qui retulerit, habere et qui habeat retulisse, id. Off. 2, 20, 69; id. Planc. 28, 68; cf. id. ib. 42, 101; id. Fam. 5, 11, 1:gratias habere,
Liv. 24, 37, 7:alicui summas gratias habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 33:alicui maximas infinitasque agere atque habere gratias, quod, etc.,
Vitr. 6 praef. 4:merito vestro maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:meritam dīs immortalibus gratiam justis honoribus et memori mente persolvere,
id. Planc. 33, 80:pro beneficio gratiam repetere,
Liv. 1, 47, 7:gratias ob hoc agere, quod, etc.,
Liv. 54, 50, 4; so with ob, Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 21; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 9:pro tuo summo beneficio gratias agere,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; Liv. 23, 11, 12; Plin, Pan. 25, 1; cf. Gell. 9, 3, 5:dum carmine nostro Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,
Tib. 2, 1, 36; cf.:hoc certe justitiae convenit suum cuique reddere, beneficio gratiam, injuriae talionem aut certe malam gratiam,
Sen. Ep. 81 med.;rarely: in gratiam habere (=ita accipere, ut ad gratiam comparandam valere putet),
to accept as thankworthy, Sall. J. 111, 1:unum vis curem: curo. Et est dīs gratia, Cum ita, ut volo, est,
I thank, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 58; cf.: Er. Eamus intro, ut prandeamus. Me. Bene vocas: tam gratia est, no, I'm much obliged to you (the negative being omitted, as in the Fr. je vous remercie, and the Germ. ich danke sehr), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36.—Ellipt.: fores effregit? restituentur;discidit Vestem? resarcietur: est, dīs gratia, Et unde haec fiant, et adhuc non molesta sunt,
thank Heaven, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41.—With acc. and inf. (anteclass. and post-Aug.):dīs gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari, etc.,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 4, 64; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 4; id. And. 1, 1, 15.—Hence, as adverbs:grātĭā (acc. to II. A.), lit., in favor of, on account of, for the sake of; hence, in gen., on account of (usually placed after the gen., in Quint. a few times before it; cf.: causa, ergo).(α).With gen.:(β).sed neque longioribus quam oportet hyperbatis compositioni serviamus, ne quae ejus gratia fecerimus, propter eam fecisse videamur,
lest what we have done to embellish the style we should seem to have done merely on account of the construction we had chosen, Quint. 9, 4, 144:tantum abest, ut haec bestiarum etiam causa parata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.); cf.:honoris gratia nomino,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta omnia,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 17:simulabat sese negotii gratia properare,
Sall. J. 76, 1: hominem occisum esse constat;non praedae gratia: quia inspoliatus est,
Quint. 7, 1, 33; cf.:hereditatis gratia,
id. 5, 12, 5:quem censores senatu probri gratia moverant,
Sall. C. 23, 1:profectus gratia dicere,
Quint. 2, 10, 9:brevitatis gratia,
id. 4, 2, 43:decoris gratia,
id. 8, 6, 65:difficultatis gratia,
id. 9, 2, 77:aut invidiae gratia... aut miserationis,
id. 9, 2, 8:praesentis gratia litis,
id. 2, 7, 4 al. —With gerund.: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):ut aut voluptates omittantur majorum voluptatum adipiscendarum causa, aut dolores suscipiantur majorum dolorum effugiendorum gratia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 2:tentandi gratia,
Sall. J. 47, 2:hiemandi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 3:colloquendi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 4:placandi gratia,
id. ib. 71, 5:simulandi gratia,
id. ib. 37, 4:sui exposcendi gratia,
Nep. Hann. 7, 6:amplificandi gratia... vel miserandi,
Quint. 9, 3, 28:elevandae invidiae gratia,
id. 5, 13, 40:recuperandae dignitatis gratia,
id. 11, 1, 79:vitandae similitudinis gratia,
id. 9, 1, 11 al. —Ellipt.: ejus generis hae sunt quaestiones. Si, exempli gratia, vir bonus Alexandria Rhodum magnum frumenti numerum advexerit, etc., for example, for instance (for the usual exempli causa; so,verbi gratia, for verbi causa, infra),
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50; so,exempli gratia,
Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110;for which in full: pauca tamen exempli gratia ponam,
Quint. 6, 5, 6:eorum unam discordiam ponemus exempli gratia,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 213:propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratia propter voluptatem,
for instance, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—Placed before the [p. 826] gen.:gratiā decoris,
Quint. 8 praef. §18: compositionis,
id. 9, 4, 58:lenitatis,
id. 9, 4, 144:significationis,
id. 8, 6, 2.—With pron. (mostly ante-class.):B.meā gratiā,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3:qui nihil ocius venit tamen hac gratia,
id. Stich. 5, 1, 5; cf.:abire istac gratia,
id. Ps. 1, 5, 138: (Medea) per agros passim dispergit corpus: id eā gratiā, Ut, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67; so,eā gratiā,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 20; id. Hec. 4, 3, 11:sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 79:id ea gratia eveniebat, quod nemo ex fuga regem sequitur,
Sall. J. 54, 4:id ea gratia facilius fuit, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 80, 4.—grā-tĭīs (always as a trisyll. in ante-class. poets; Pompon. Com. Fragm. v. 110 Rib.; Plaut. As. prol. 5; id. Ep. 3, 4, 38; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Charis. p. 1806; so in Cic. Verr. 2, 4 and 5 Halm), and contr., grātīs (since the class. per.; acc. to II. A.), lit., out of favor or kindness; hence, pregn., without recompense or reward, for nothing, gratuitously, gratis, proika (cf.:gratuito, nequidquam, frustra): quae (psaltria) quantum potest Aliquo abicienda est, si non pretio, at gratiis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 46:si mihi dantur duo talenta argenti numerata in manum, Hanc tibi noctem honoris causa gratiis dono dabo,
id. As. 1, 3, 38 sq.:quam introduxistis fidicinam, atque etiam fides, Ei quae accessere, tibi addam dono gratiis,
into the bargain, to boot, id. Ep. 3, 4, 38:quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video,
Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118:hic primum questus est non leviter Saturius, communem factum esse gratis cum Roscio, qui pretio proprius fuisset Fanni,
id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:gratis dare alicui (opp. pretium accipere ab aliquo),
Mart. 14, 175, 2:id me scis antea gratis tibi esse pollicitum. Quid nunc putas, tanta mihi abs te mercede proposita?
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7:gratis rei publicae servire,
id. Clu. 26, 71:tantum gratis pagina nostra placet,
Mart. 5, 16, 10:virtutes omnes per se ipsas gratis diligere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 83.—Opp. for payment:is repente, ut Romam venit, gratis praetor factus est. Alia porro pecunia ne accusaretur data,
Cic. Verr. 1, 39, 101; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 19, §48: habitent gratis in alieno?
id. Off. 2, 23, 83; so,habitare in aedibus alienis,
Dig. 39, 5, 9:habitationem cui dare,
free of cost, ib. 19, 2, 53, § 2; Mart. 10, 3, 11. -
7 respondeo
respondĕo, ēre, spondi, sponsum - tr. et intr. - [st1]1 [-] répondre (verbalement ou par écrit); donner une réponse, promettre (en parl. des devins). - alicui respondere: répondre à qqn. - alicui rei (ad rem, adversus rem, contra rem) respondere: répondre à qqch. - nec tibi de versibus plura respondebo, Cic.: et sur tes vers je ne te répondrai pas davantage. - respondere adversus haec in hanc sententiam, Liv.: riposter à ces paroles en ces termes. - tibi non rescribere, sed respondere, Sen.: te répondre non par écrit mais de vive voix. - respondere + prop. inf.: répondre que. - respondere ut: répondre (en demandant) de. - Pythia respondit ut moenibus ligneis se munirent, Nep. Them. 2, 6: la Pythie leur répondit de se défendre avec des murailles de bois. - respondere gratias alicui, Apul.: témoigner à qqn sa reconnaissance. [st1]2 [-] répondre (à un appel, à une citation en justice, à une convocation), comparaître (en justice). - respondere ad nomina, Liv.: répondre à l'appel de son nom, se présenter au recrutement. - profectus in exilium Tubulus statim nec respondere ausus; erat enim res aperta, Cic. Fin. 2: Tubulus s'en alla aussitôt en exil, sans oser comparaître en justice: le délit était évident. - nemo Epaminondam responsurum putabat, Nep. Epam. 8: personne ne pensait qu'Épaminondas répondît à l'assignation. [st1]3 [-] donner un avis (comme jurisconsulte). - jus (de jure) alicui respondere: donner des consultations juridiques à qqn. [st1]4 [-] répondre aux engagements, payer, s'acquitter. - respondere ad tempus, Cic.: payer à la date fixée. - respondere quieti, Tac.: payer sa dette au repos. - respondere nominibus, Sen.: faire honneur à sa signature, acquitter ses dettes. - par pari (dat.) ou paria paribus respondere, Cic.: s'acquitter exactement; rendre la pareille. - par pari respondeatur, Cic.: qu'on rende la pareille. - par pari respondes dicto, Plaut.: tu me réponds en employant les mêmes que les miens. [st1]5 [-] reproduire, réfléchir. - saxa et solitudines voci respondent, Cic. Arch. 8, 19: les rochers et les déserts font écho à la voix. - respondent flebile ripae, Ov. M. 11: les rives répètent ces gémissements. - respondentia tympana, Stat.: tambourins sonores. - sidera respondent in aqua, Lucr.: les astres se réflètent dans l'eau. - res ibi respondent simili forma atque colore, Lucr.: les objets s'y reflètent exactement avec leur forme et leur couleur. [st1]6 [-] répondre (à l'attente, aux efforts...); venir bien, réussir. - fructu non respondente labori, Ov. F. 4: le profit ne répondant pas à la peine. - haudquaquam ad spem eventus respondit, Liv. 28: le résultat ne répondit nullement à l'attente. - quod saepius respondeat, Cels.: un remède qui soit assez souvent efficace. - quicquid non ex voluntate respondet iram evocat, Sen.: tout ce qui ne répond pas à notre volonté éveille notre colère. [st1]7 [-] correspondre, faire pendant à; cadrer avec, s'accorder avec; être proportionné à, être égal à, être conforme à; répondre à, être à la hauteur de. - honoribus majorum respondere non potuit, Cic. Br.: il ne put s'élever aussi haut que ses ancêtres dans la carrière des honneurs. - is mensis Junio respondit, Curt.: ce mois correspond au mois de juin. - respondere ad parentum speciem, Varr.: ressembler à ses parents. - Graecorum gloriae respondere, Cic.: égaler la gloire des Grecs. - dictis respondent cetera patris, Virg. En. 1: tout le reste cadre avec les paroles de la vénérable divinité. - ad perpendiculum respondere, Vitr. Plin.: être d'aplomb. - ad normam respondere, Vitr.: être droit. [st1]8 [-] qqf. résister à. - invidiae respondere, Ov.: résister à l'envie. [st1]9 [-] Dig. appartenir à, dépendre de. - respondere ablativo casui, Prob.: se construire avec l'ablatif.* * *respondĕo, ēre, spondi, sponsum - tr. et intr. - [st1]1 [-] répondre (verbalement ou par écrit); donner une réponse, promettre (en parl. des devins). - alicui respondere: répondre à qqn. - alicui rei (ad rem, adversus rem, contra rem) respondere: répondre à qqch. - nec tibi de versibus plura respondebo, Cic.: et sur tes vers je ne te répondrai pas davantage. - respondere adversus haec in hanc sententiam, Liv.: riposter à ces paroles en ces termes. - tibi non rescribere, sed respondere, Sen.: te répondre non par écrit mais de vive voix. - respondere + prop. inf.: répondre que. - respondere ut: répondre (en demandant) de. - Pythia respondit ut moenibus ligneis se munirent, Nep. Them. 2, 6: la Pythie leur répondit de se défendre avec des murailles de bois. - respondere gratias alicui, Apul.: témoigner à qqn sa reconnaissance. [st1]2 [-] répondre (à un appel, à une citation en justice, à une convocation), comparaître (en justice). - respondere ad nomina, Liv.: répondre à l'appel de son nom, se présenter au recrutement. - profectus in exilium Tubulus statim nec respondere ausus; erat enim res aperta, Cic. Fin. 2: Tubulus s'en alla aussitôt en exil, sans oser comparaître en justice: le délit était évident. - nemo Epaminondam responsurum putabat, Nep. Epam. 8: personne ne pensait qu'Épaminondas répondît à l'assignation. [st1]3 [-] donner un avis (comme jurisconsulte). - jus (de jure) alicui respondere: donner des consultations juridiques à qqn. [st1]4 [-] répondre aux engagements, payer, s'acquitter. - respondere ad tempus, Cic.: payer à la date fixée. - respondere quieti, Tac.: payer sa dette au repos. - respondere nominibus, Sen.: faire honneur à sa signature, acquitter ses dettes. - par pari (dat.) ou paria paribus respondere, Cic.: s'acquitter exactement; rendre la pareille. - par pari respondeatur, Cic.: qu'on rende la pareille. - par pari respondes dicto, Plaut.: tu me réponds en employant les mêmes que les miens. [st1]5 [-] reproduire, réfléchir. - saxa et solitudines voci respondent, Cic. Arch. 8, 19: les rochers et les déserts font écho à la voix. - respondent flebile ripae, Ov. M. 11: les rives répètent ces gémissements. - respondentia tympana, Stat.: tambourins sonores. - sidera respondent in aqua, Lucr.: les astres se réflètent dans l'eau. - res ibi respondent simili forma atque colore, Lucr.: les objets s'y reflètent exactement avec leur forme et leur couleur. [st1]6 [-] répondre (à l'attente, aux efforts...); venir bien, réussir. - fructu non respondente labori, Ov. F. 4: le profit ne répondant pas à la peine. - haudquaquam ad spem eventus respondit, Liv. 28: le résultat ne répondit nullement à l'attente. - quod saepius respondeat, Cels.: un remède qui soit assez souvent efficace. - quicquid non ex voluntate respondet iram evocat, Sen.: tout ce qui ne répond pas à notre volonté éveille notre colère. [st1]7 [-] correspondre, faire pendant à; cadrer avec, s'accorder avec; être proportionné à, être égal à, être conforme à; répondre à, être à la hauteur de. - honoribus majorum respondere non potuit, Cic. Br.: il ne put s'élever aussi haut que ses ancêtres dans la carrière des honneurs. - is mensis Junio respondit, Curt.: ce mois correspond au mois de juin. - respondere ad parentum speciem, Varr.: ressembler à ses parents. - Graecorum gloriae respondere, Cic.: égaler la gloire des Grecs. - dictis respondent cetera patris, Virg. En. 1: tout le reste cadre avec les paroles de la vénérable divinité. - ad perpendiculum respondere, Vitr. Plin.: être d'aplomb. - ad normam respondere, Vitr.: être droit. [st1]8 [-] qqf. résister à. - invidiae respondere, Ov.: résister à l'envie. [st1]9 [-] Dig. appartenir à, dépendre de. - respondere ablativo casui, Prob.: se construire avec l'ablatif.* * *Respondeo, respondes, respondi, responsum, respondere. Terent. Respondre.\Responde quod rogo. Plaut. Respons à ce que je te demande.\De iure respondere. Cic. Donner conseil et resolution des difficultez de droict à ceulx qui viennent consulter.\Ius ciuile publice respondere. Plin. iunior. Consulter et donner conseil à touts venants sur les poincts de droict.\Respondere criminibus. Mattius ad Ciceronem. Se purger d'aucun cas qu'on nous met à sus.\Ad nomina respondere. Liu. Comparoir au jour de la monstre.\Non respondere. Cic. Faire default, Ne comparoir point.\Ad tempus respondere vel ad diem, debitor dicitur. Cic. Payer ou satisfaire au jour nommé.\Dictis respondent caetera matris. Virgil. Conviennent et se rapportent, ou s'accordent au parolles de ma mere.\Ad normam respondet. Pli. Est juste à l'esquierre et à la reigle.\Quarta chorda ad septimam respondet. Varro. Convient et s'accorde à la septiesme.\Haudquaquam ad spem euentus respondet. Liu. La chose ne vient pas comme on esperoit.\Fructus non respondens labori. Ouid. Qui n'est point correspondant ne pareil.\Laudibus respondere Graecorum. Cicero. Valoir autant que eulx, Paragonner.\Fauor non respondet meritis. Horat. La faveur ne respond point aux merites et desertes, On n'est point favorisé comme on a merité et deservi.\Tua virtus opinioni hominum non respondet. Cic. Tu n'es point si vertueux que les hommes pensent et estiment.\Voto alicuius respondere. Pli. iun. Faire ce qu'il soubhaite.\Si bonitas tua responderit iudicio meo. Cic. Si tu es de telle bonté que je t'estime.\Amore, vel in amore respondere alicui. Cic. L'aimer autant qu'il nous aime.\In omnibus tuis rebus meis optatis fortuna respondit. Cicero. La fortune a esté telle que je desiroye, Il est advenu comme je desiroye.\Respondere patri. Cic. Suyvre les meurs de son pere, Estre semblable à luy, Resembler.\Mari respondet Gnosia tellus. Virgil. Estre vis à vis.\Vbi aliquid non respondit. Celsus. Quand on voira que la medecine qu'on a baillé n'aura point prouffité comme on pensoit.\Responsu breue. Cic. Brief à respondre. -
8 nomen
nōmĕn, ĭnĭs, n. [*gnovimen, *gnomen →gnosco, nosco] - gén. sing. arch. nominus. [st1]1 [-] ce qui permet de connaître, nom, dénomination, nom de famille. - eunuchus nomine Pothinus, Caes. BC. 3: *un eunuque, Pothinus par son nom* = un eunuque appelé Pothinus. - mulier, Lamia nomine, Cic.: une femme du nom de Lamia. - est mihi nomen Petrus ou Petro (Petro: datif par attraction avec mihi): je m'appelle Pierre (**à moi est le nom Pierre**). - fons cui nomen Arethusa est: **la fontaine à laquelle est le nom Aréthuse** = la fontaine qui s'appelle Aréthuse. - ad nomen respondere: répondre à l'appel de son nom. - ex re (ab re) nomen capere: tirer son nom de qqch. - alicui rei nomen imponere (dare, ponere, indere): donner un nom à qqch. - alicui nomen imponere, Liv.: donner un nom à qqn. - carmina sub alieno nomine edere, Suet. Aug. 55: publier des vers sous un nom d'emprunt. - appellare aliquem nomine, Cic.: appeler qqn par son nom. - cui saltationi Titius nomen est, Cic. Brut. 62, 225: cette mimique porte le nom de Titius. - quae voluptatis nomen habent, Cic.: choses qui portent le nom de plaisir. - poetae nomen, Cic.: le nom de poète. - nomen dare (edere, profiteri): s’enrôler, donner son nom pour être soldat. - nomen dare in conjurationem, Tac.: s'enrôler dans une conspiration. - stipendium ad nomen singulis persolutum est, Liv. 28: on paya toute la solde à chacun d'eux à l'appel de son nom. [st1]2 [-] nom illustre, réputation, renom, titre, renommée, gloire, célébrité. - nomen habere, Cic.: avoir un nom. - magnum nomen habere, Cic.: avoir un grand renom. - tanti Tyrii Cassium faciunt, tantum ejus nomen est, Cic. Phil. 11: tant les Tyriens estiment Cassius! tant est grande sa renommée! - tantum ejus in Syria nomen est, Cic. Phil. 11: tant il a de prestige en Syrie. - nomen alicujus stringere, Ov. Tr. 2: ternir la réputation de qqn. - homines nonnullius in litteris nominis, Plin Ep. 7: hommes de quelque renom dans les lettres. - vos me imperatoris nomine appellavistis, Caes. BC. 2: vous m'avez donné le titre d'imperator. - ne vinum nomen perdat, Cato, R. R. 25: pour que le vin ne perde pas ses qualités. - pomis sua nomina servare,Virg. G. 2: garder aux fruits leur renommée. [st1]3 [-] famille, race, catégorie, personne; nation. - nomen Romanum: la domination romaine, la nation romaine, le peuple romain, la puissance romaine (tout ce qui est appelé romain). [st1]4 [-] nom mis en avant, rubrique, titre, article. - alio nomine, Cic.: à un autre titre. - nomine meo, Cic.: pour ma part, pour mon compte. - Caesarem suo nomine odisse, Caes.: haïr César à titre personnel. - nomine lucri, Cic.: à titre de gain. [st1]5 [-] mot, terme, expression; nom (t. de gram.); vain mot, apparence ([]réalité). - nomen carendi, Cic. Tusc. 1: le mot carere. - in hoc nomine, Cic. Verr. 4, 125: à propos de ce mot, quand on parla de ces objets. - reges, nomine magis quam imperio, Nep.: rois, qui en avaient le nom plus que l'autorité. - nomen duarum legionum habere, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 1: avoir deux légions de nom. --- cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 51 ; Par. 17. [st1]6 [-] prétexte, cause, raison, motif, sujet. - nomine + gén.: à titre de, sous prétexte de, sous couleur de, au nom de; par égard pour, à cause de. - Antonio tuo nomine gratias egi, Cic. Att. 1: j'ai remercié Antoine en ton nom. - ab amicitia Q. Pompei meo nomine se removerat, Cic.: il avait rompu avec Pompée à cause de moi. - amicitiae nostrae nomine, Cic.: au nom de notre amitié. - intellegitur nec... nec fortitudinem patientiamque laudari suo nomine, Cic. Fin. 1: on comprend que ni... ni le courage et la force de résistance ne sont loués par eux-mêmes. - honestis nominibus, Sall. C. 38: avec de beaux prétextes. - sub honesto patrum aut plebis nomine, Sall.: sous le couvert honorable de la défense du sénat ou de la plèbe. - me nomine neglegentiae suspectum esse tibi esse doleo, Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 1: je souffre d'être soupçonné par toi de négligence. [st1]7 [-] nom de la personne que l'on accuse. - nomen alicujus deferre (ad praetorem): accuser qqn (devant le préteur). - nomen recipere: (se dit du préteur), accueillir l’accusation, la rendre recevable. [st1]8 [-] titre d'une dette, créance, dette; débiteur. - nomen solvere (expedire): payer une dette (le nom du débiteur est inscrit sur les livres de comptes). - bonum nomen, Cic. Fam. 5: bon payeur. - lenta nomina non mala, Sen. Ben. 5: débiteurs en retard, mais solvables.* * *nōmĕn, ĭnĭs, n. [*gnovimen, *gnomen →gnosco, nosco] - gén. sing. arch. nominus. [st1]1 [-] ce qui permet de connaître, nom, dénomination, nom de famille. - eunuchus nomine Pothinus, Caes. BC. 3: *un eunuque, Pothinus par son nom* = un eunuque appelé Pothinus. - mulier, Lamia nomine, Cic.: une femme du nom de Lamia. - est mihi nomen Petrus ou Petro (Petro: datif par attraction avec mihi): je m'appelle Pierre (**à moi est le nom Pierre**). - fons cui nomen Arethusa est: **la fontaine à laquelle est le nom Aréthuse** = la fontaine qui s'appelle Aréthuse. - ad nomen respondere: répondre à l'appel de son nom. - ex re (ab re) nomen capere: tirer son nom de qqch. - alicui rei nomen imponere (dare, ponere, indere): donner un nom à qqch. - alicui nomen imponere, Liv.: donner un nom à qqn. - carmina sub alieno nomine edere, Suet. Aug. 55: publier des vers sous un nom d'emprunt. - appellare aliquem nomine, Cic.: appeler qqn par son nom. - cui saltationi Titius nomen est, Cic. Brut. 62, 225: cette mimique porte le nom de Titius. - quae voluptatis nomen habent, Cic.: choses qui portent le nom de plaisir. - poetae nomen, Cic.: le nom de poète. - nomen dare (edere, profiteri): s’enrôler, donner son nom pour être soldat. - nomen dare in conjurationem, Tac.: s'enrôler dans une conspiration. - stipendium ad nomen singulis persolutum est, Liv. 28: on paya toute la solde à chacun d'eux à l'appel de son nom. [st1]2 [-] nom illustre, réputation, renom, titre, renommée, gloire, célébrité. - nomen habere, Cic.: avoir un nom. - magnum nomen habere, Cic.: avoir un grand renom. - tanti Tyrii Cassium faciunt, tantum ejus nomen est, Cic. Phil. 11: tant les Tyriens estiment Cassius! tant est grande sa renommée! - tantum ejus in Syria nomen est, Cic. Phil. 11: tant il a de prestige en Syrie. - nomen alicujus stringere, Ov. Tr. 2: ternir la réputation de qqn. - homines nonnullius in litteris nominis, Plin Ep. 7: hommes de quelque renom dans les lettres. - vos me imperatoris nomine appellavistis, Caes. BC. 2: vous m'avez donné le titre d'imperator. - ne vinum nomen perdat, Cato, R. R. 25: pour que le vin ne perde pas ses qualités. - pomis sua nomina servare,Virg. G. 2: garder aux fruits leur renommée. [st1]3 [-] famille, race, catégorie, personne; nation. - nomen Romanum: la domination romaine, la nation romaine, le peuple romain, la puissance romaine (tout ce qui est appelé romain). [st1]4 [-] nom mis en avant, rubrique, titre, article. - alio nomine, Cic.: à un autre titre. - nomine meo, Cic.: pour ma part, pour mon compte. - Caesarem suo nomine odisse, Caes.: haïr César à titre personnel. - nomine lucri, Cic.: à titre de gain. [st1]5 [-] mot, terme, expression; nom (t. de gram.); vain mot, apparence ([]réalité). - nomen carendi, Cic. Tusc. 1: le mot carere. - in hoc nomine, Cic. Verr. 4, 125: à propos de ce mot, quand on parla de ces objets. - reges, nomine magis quam imperio, Nep.: rois, qui en avaient le nom plus que l'autorité. - nomen duarum legionum habere, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 1: avoir deux légions de nom. --- cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 51 ; Par. 17. [st1]6 [-] prétexte, cause, raison, motif, sujet. - nomine + gén.: à titre de, sous prétexte de, sous couleur de, au nom de; par égard pour, à cause de. - Antonio tuo nomine gratias egi, Cic. Att. 1: j'ai remercié Antoine en ton nom. - ab amicitia Q. Pompei meo nomine se removerat, Cic.: il avait rompu avec Pompée à cause de moi. - amicitiae nostrae nomine, Cic.: au nom de notre amitié. - intellegitur nec... nec fortitudinem patientiamque laudari suo nomine, Cic. Fin. 1: on comprend que ni... ni le courage et la force de résistance ne sont loués par eux-mêmes. - honestis nominibus, Sall. C. 38: avec de beaux prétextes. - sub honesto patrum aut plebis nomine, Sall.: sous le couvert honorable de la défense du sénat ou de la plèbe. - me nomine neglegentiae suspectum esse tibi esse doleo, Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 1: je souffre d'être soupçonné par toi de négligence. [st1]7 [-] nom de la personne que l'on accuse. - nomen alicujus deferre (ad praetorem): accuser qqn (devant le préteur). - nomen recipere: (se dit du préteur), accueillir l’accusation, la rendre recevable. [st1]8 [-] titre d'une dette, créance, dette; débiteur. - nomen solvere (expedire): payer une dette (le nom du débiteur est inscrit sur les livres de comptes). - bonum nomen, Cic. Fam. 5: bon payeur. - lenta nomina non mala, Sen. Ben. 5: débiteurs en retard, mais solvables.* * *Nomen, nominis, pen. corr. n. g. Virgil. Le nom de quelque chose que ce soit.\Nec mihi cognatus fuit quisquam istoc nomine. Terent. Qui fust ainsi nommé.\Sanguinis nomina, vt pater, frater, soror, etc. Ouid. Les noms de consanguinité.\Ambitus nominum. Plin. In nominum ambitu est. Il ha beaucoup de noms.\Causa nominis est in dubio. Ouid. On ne scait pourquoy il ha tel nom.\Inane nomen. Lucret. Le nom d'une chose qui jamais ne fut, et jamais ne sera.\Surdum nomen. Sil. Duquel n'est point de bruit ne renom.\Vagi nominis est ambrosia. Plin. Elle ha beaucoup de noms, les uns l'appellent d'une sorte, les autres autrement.\Accipere nomen Dicti. Quintil. Estre appellé et nommé Dictum.\Addere nomen alicui. Ouid. Donner et imposer un nom.\Affari nomine. Cic. Parler à aucun en le nommant par son nom.\Arrogare sibi nomen. Quintil. S'attribuer un nom.\Clamare aliquem nomine. Virgil. L'appeler par son nom.\Compositum nomen terrori. L. Florus. Pour faire paour.\Deductum nomen ab Anco. Ouid. Desduict et derivé d'Ancus, ou descendant, etc.\Iulius a magno demissum nomen Iulo. Virgil. Derivé.\Sic illos nomine dicunt. Virgil. On les nomme ainsi en leur nom.\Habet nomen Fabius. Ouid. On le nomme Fabius, Il ha nom Fabius.\Moenia habentia nomen positoris. Ouid. Ville ayant et portant le nom de son fondateur.\Notus mihi nomine tantum. Horat. Je ne le congnois que de nom.\Reddere aliquem nomine. Virgil. Avoir tel nom que luy.\Sedet nomen Polynicis in ore. Stat. Il ha tousjours le nom de Polynices en la bouche, Il ne parle que de Polynices.\Signata nomina saxo. Ouid. Entaillez, Engravez.\Faustulo fuisse nomen ferunt. Liu. On dit qu'il avoit nom Faustulus.\Nomen. Virgil. Bruit et renommee.\Pomis sua nomina seruat. Virgil. Leur bonté naturelle et vigueur.\Fortissima nomina. Sil. Gents vaillants.\Magna nomina. Plin. iunior. Gents de grand renom.\Committere nomen alicuius aeternae famae. Ouid. Rendre immortel.\Stringere nomen alicuius. Ouid. Mesdire et detracter d'aucun.\Multis nominibus est hoc vitium notandum. Cicero. Pour beaucoup de causes et raisons.\Ab amicitia Q. Pompeii meo nomine se remouerat, vt scitis, Scipio. Cic. Pour l'amour de moy, ou A cause de moy.\Portorii nomine aliquid exigere. Cic. Pour le, etc.\Dissoluere alicui alterius nomine. Cic. Payer pour autruy.\Res suo nomine in iudicium nunquam est vocata. Cic. Ceste cause en soy et principalement en fut encore jamais debatue.\Vno nomine. Cic. Par un mot, Generalement.\Nominibus honestis. Sallustius. Soubs honneste couverture, ou couleur.\Hoc vno nomine absolui velle. Cic. Pour ceste seule cause.\Nomina. Cic. Les item et articles d'un compte et autres papiers.\Nomina. Cic. Les noms et debtes.\Expedire nomina. Cicero. Chevir avec ses creanciers, Payer ses debtes.\Nomina exigere. Cic. Demander ses debtes, Se faire payer de ses debtes.\Idonea nomina inuenire. Caius iuriscon. Rencontrer gents qui ont bien de quoy, et bons payeurs. B.\Impedita nomina. Liu. Debtes longues qui ne sont pas prestes.\Nomina transcribere in alios. Liu. Transporter ses debtes à d'autres personnes, Les mettre soubs le nom d'autruy.\Nomen suum alicui commodare ad translationem criminis. Cic. Prester son nom à aucun luy disant, Deschargez vous sur moy.\Nomen absentis recipere. Cic. Recevoir un accusateur à deferer et poursuyvre aucun absent et hors du pays.\Ad nomina respondere. Liu. Comparoir au jour de la monstre. -
9 causa
causa (caussa), æ, f. - voir l'article causa de Gaffiot. [st1]1 [-] cause, origine, source, principe, occasion. - nihil potest evenire nisi causa antecedente, Cic. rien ne peut exister sans une cause préexistente. - in seminibus est causa arborum, Cic.: le principe des arbres est dans la semence. - causæ rerum, Virg.: causes premières des choses. [st1]2 [-] raison, motif allégué, prétexte, excuse. - causam bellandi reperire: trouver un prétexte pour faire la guerre. - eadem causā: pour la même raison. - quid est causæ, cur: quelle raison y a-t-il pour que...? pourquoi? - haud causast, quod nunc voluisti facere quin facias mihi, Plaut. Most.: il n'y a pas de raison que tu ne me fasses pas ce que tu as voulu me faire maintenant. - nulla est causa quin: rien n'empêche de. - causa ut ne (ne, quin, quominus): une raison de ne pas..., une raison pour ne pas... - ob eam causam ut (ob eam causam quo): afin que. - justis de causis: pour de justes raisons. - gravi de causā, Cic.: pour de fortes raisons. - causam alicui adjudicare: donner raison à qqn. - quæ causa fuit, consurgere in arma Europamque Asiamque, Virg. En. 10: pour quelle raison l'Europe et l'Asie en bloc ont-elles pris les armes? [st1]3 [-] causā + gén. = à cause de, en vue de, pour, dans l'intérêt de. - verbi causā: par exemple. - honoris causā: pour honorer, par honneur. - morbi causā: pour cause de maladie. - dissimulandi causā: pour dissimuler. [st1]4 [-] affaire judiciaire, procès, cause, thèse du plaideur. - causam agere (dicere, orare): plaider une cause. - causam Dionis agere, Cic.: plaider la cause de Dion. - indictā causā: sans jugement. - causam obtinere: gagner son procès, avoir gain de cause. - causam alicui inferre: intenter un procès à qqn. - causā cadere (causam perdere): perdre son procès. - causā desistere: renoncer à un procès, abandonner l’accusation. - causam accipere (amplecti, aggredi): se charger d'une cause, défendre une cause. - causam transferre in aliquem: rejeter la faute sur qqn. - aliquem causā incognitā condemnare: condamner un citoyen sans procès. [st1]5 [-] point débattu, sujet, matière, question, affaire; mission, charge, délégation. - causa disserendi, Cic.: sujet de controverse. - tria sunt causarum genera, Cic.: il y a trois sortes de sujets (pour l'orateur). - in causam descendere, Liv.: entrer dans le débat. - senatus dederat causam, ut mihi gratias ageret, Cic. Verr. 2: le sénat l'avait chargé de me remercier. - qui super tali causa missi erant, Nep.: ceux qui avaient été envoyés pour cette mission. [st1]6 [-] cas, circonstance, état, situation, condition, position. - incidunt causæ cum...: il y a des cas où... - in eadem causā esse: être dans le même cas, être dans la même situation. - suam causam non nosse, alienas facile discere, Cic.: ne pas connaître sa situation, et se rendre facilement compte de celle des autres. - erat in meliore causa, quam si remansisset, Cic.: sa situation était meilleure que s'il était resté. [st1]7 [-] la cause d'un homme politique, parti, faction. - causam optimatium agere, Nep.: suivre le parti de l'aristocratie. - in causam plebis inclinare, Quint.: pencher vers le parti populaire. [st1]8 [-] cas, maladie (qui sert d'excuse). - sontica causa, Tibul.: cas grave, maladie grave. - hæc facienda sunt causam metuentibus, Cels.: telles sont les règles à suivre pour ceux qui craignent d'être malades. [st1]9 [-] relation, rapport, liaison. - causam amicitiæ cum aliquo habere, Cæs. BG. 5: avoir des relations d'amitié avec qqn. - quīcum tibi omnes causæ intercedebant, Cic. Quint. 15: avec qui tu avais toutes les relations possibles. - explicare quæ mihi sit causa cum Cæsare, Cic. Prov. Cons. 17: expliquer quelles sont mes relations avec César. [st1]10 [-] avantage, utilité, profit, intérêt. - meā (tuā) causā: dans mon (ton) intérêt. - omnis familiæ causa consistit tibi, Plaut.: l'intérêt de toute ta maison est compromis. [st1]11 [-] valeur explétive. - causa bonorum, Dig.: les biens. - causa dotis, Dig.: la dot. - causa emptionis, Dig.: l'achat.* * *causa (caussa), æ, f. - voir l'article causa de Gaffiot. [st1]1 [-] cause, origine, source, principe, occasion. - nihil potest evenire nisi causa antecedente, Cic. rien ne peut exister sans une cause préexistente. - in seminibus est causa arborum, Cic.: le principe des arbres est dans la semence. - causæ rerum, Virg.: causes premières des choses. [st1]2 [-] raison, motif allégué, prétexte, excuse. - causam bellandi reperire: trouver un prétexte pour faire la guerre. - eadem causā: pour la même raison. - quid est causæ, cur: quelle raison y a-t-il pour que...? pourquoi? - haud causast, quod nunc voluisti facere quin facias mihi, Plaut. Most.: il n'y a pas de raison que tu ne me fasses pas ce que tu as voulu me faire maintenant. - nulla est causa quin: rien n'empêche de. - causa ut ne (ne, quin, quominus): une raison de ne pas..., une raison pour ne pas... - ob eam causam ut (ob eam causam quo): afin que. - justis de causis: pour de justes raisons. - gravi de causā, Cic.: pour de fortes raisons. - causam alicui adjudicare: donner raison à qqn. - quæ causa fuit, consurgere in arma Europamque Asiamque, Virg. En. 10: pour quelle raison l'Europe et l'Asie en bloc ont-elles pris les armes? [st1]3 [-] causā + gén. = à cause de, en vue de, pour, dans l'intérêt de. - verbi causā: par exemple. - honoris causā: pour honorer, par honneur. - morbi causā: pour cause de maladie. - dissimulandi causā: pour dissimuler. [st1]4 [-] affaire judiciaire, procès, cause, thèse du plaideur. - causam agere (dicere, orare): plaider une cause. - causam Dionis agere, Cic.: plaider la cause de Dion. - indictā causā: sans jugement. - causam obtinere: gagner son procès, avoir gain de cause. - causam alicui inferre: intenter un procès à qqn. - causā cadere (causam perdere): perdre son procès. - causā desistere: renoncer à un procès, abandonner l’accusation. - causam accipere (amplecti, aggredi): se charger d'une cause, défendre une cause. - causam transferre in aliquem: rejeter la faute sur qqn. - aliquem causā incognitā condemnare: condamner un citoyen sans procès. [st1]5 [-] point débattu, sujet, matière, question, affaire; mission, charge, délégation. - causa disserendi, Cic.: sujet de controverse. - tria sunt causarum genera, Cic.: il y a trois sortes de sujets (pour l'orateur). - in causam descendere, Liv.: entrer dans le débat. - senatus dederat causam, ut mihi gratias ageret, Cic. Verr. 2: le sénat l'avait chargé de me remercier. - qui super tali causa missi erant, Nep.: ceux qui avaient été envoyés pour cette mission. [st1]6 [-] cas, circonstance, état, situation, condition, position. - incidunt causæ cum...: il y a des cas où... - in eadem causā esse: être dans le même cas, être dans la même situation. - suam causam non nosse, alienas facile discere, Cic.: ne pas connaître sa situation, et se rendre facilement compte de celle des autres. - erat in meliore causa, quam si remansisset, Cic.: sa situation était meilleure que s'il était resté. [st1]7 [-] la cause d'un homme politique, parti, faction. - causam optimatium agere, Nep.: suivre le parti de l'aristocratie. - in causam plebis inclinare, Quint.: pencher vers le parti populaire. [st1]8 [-] cas, maladie (qui sert d'excuse). - sontica causa, Tibul.: cas grave, maladie grave. - hæc facienda sunt causam metuentibus, Cels.: telles sont les règles à suivre pour ceux qui craignent d'être malades. [st1]9 [-] relation, rapport, liaison. - causam amicitiæ cum aliquo habere, Cæs. BG. 5: avoir des relations d'amitié avec qqn. - quīcum tibi omnes causæ intercedebant, Cic. Quint. 15: avec qui tu avais toutes les relations possibles. - explicare quæ mihi sit causa cum Cæsare, Cic. Prov. Cons. 17: expliquer quelles sont mes relations avec César. [st1]10 [-] avantage, utilité, profit, intérêt. - meā (tuā) causā: dans mon (ton) intérêt. - omnis familiæ causa consistit tibi, Plaut.: l'intérêt de toute ta maison est compromis. [st1]11 [-] valeur explétive. - causa bonorum, Dig.: les biens. - causa dotis, Dig.: la dot. - causa emptionis, Dig.: l'achat.* * *Causa, siue caussa (vt scripserunt Virgilius et Cicero, teste Quintiliano), Ce qui fait faire quelque chose, La cause, La chose.\In ea causa res est. Vlpian. La chose est telle.\Ad eam causam scripta interpretari. Cic. Selon etc.\Causa est cur. Cic. Cause pourquoy.\Erit causa, qua consilium maiorum laudare possimus. Ci. Il y aura cause pourquoy, etc.\Ne causae quid sit, quo te quisquam quaeritet. Plaut. A fin que personne n'ait cause de te cercher.\Haec causa est, quod sic statuo. Cic. La cause est, pource que etc.\Quod si rarius fiet, id erit causae, quod non eius generis meae literae sunt, etc. Cic, La cause sera, pource que etc.\Ea te causa huc introire nolo. Terent. Pour ceste cause.\His de causis credere. Cic. Pour ces causes.\In causa damnationis fuisti. Quintil. Tu as esté cause etc.\Non est causa Zenoni quum Polemonem audisset, cur et ab eo ipso, et a superioribus dissideret. Cic. Il n'y a point de cause pourquoy. etc. Zeno n'ha raison ne excuse pourquoy, etc.\Non sine causa exquirere. Cic. Non sans cause.\Nulla causa est quin me condones cruci. Plaut. Je n'empesche point, et ne refuse point que tu ne me face crucifier, Je suis content que, etc.\Causa nulla est cur mentiar. Ci. Je n'ay aucune occasion de mentir.\Si doceo illa quae dixi, nunquid causae est Quirites, quin etc. Ci. Y a il chose qui peust estre dicte au contraire?\Ob eam ipsam causam. Cic. Pour ceste mesme cause.\Per causam exigendae pecuniae. Caes. Soubz couleur, Soubz ombre.\Pro causa supplementi, ab exercitu discedit. Caesar. Pour fournir ses bandes de gensdarmes.\Pro magnis causis nostrae necessitudinis. Cic. Pour les grandes raisons de nostre amitié.\Quid causae est, quin. Horat. Pourquoy ne, etc.\Libertatis causa fuit ciuitati. Cic. Cause que la ville s'est mise en liberté.\Malorum causa fuit adolescenti. Cic. Cause, ou occasion de tous ses maulx.\Adipiscendarum voluptatum causa. Cic. Pour avoir ses plaisirs et voluptez.\Breuitatis causa. Cic. A cause de briefveté.\Contumeliae causa. Terent. Par injure.\Mea quidem causa saluos sis licet. Plaut. Quant à moy, De par moy, De ma part.\Causa mea, causa tua, causa vestra, Quod vulgus dicit, Amore mei, tui, vestri. Plaut. Terent. Pour l'amour de moy, de toy, etc.\Tua causa velim. Cic. Je vouldroye pour l'amour de toy.\Trium nummorum causa subeunt sub hasta. Plaut. Pour trois tournois ils etc.\Qui simulatione amicitiae coluntur, et obseruantur causa temporis. Cic. Pour l'affaire qu'on en ha.\Verbi causa. Cic. Pour exemple.\Videndi causa. Virgil. Pour veoir.\Vtendi causa. Lucret. Pour en user, Pour s'en servir.\Vtilitatis causa. Lucret. Pour le prouffit et utilité.\Abdita causa. Celsus. Occulte.\Apparentes causae. Ouid. Evidentes.\Certis de causis aliter existimare. Cic. Pour certaines causes.\Graui de causa. Cic. Pour grande cause.\Iusta causa nulla cuiquam esse potest contra patriam arma capiendi. Cic. Cause juste et raisonnable.\Latens causa. Ouid. Incogneue.\Leuis. Terent. Legiere, et de petite importance.\Pudenda causa. Ouid. Deshonneste.\Recens accedit causa. Ouid. Nouvelle.\Repens causa. Tacit. Souldaine.\Speciosas causas habere. Cic. Belles.\Victa causa. Lucan. Le parti du vaincu.\Victrix causa. Lucan. Le parti du vainqueur.\Accipere causam quaesiti. Ouid. Ouir, Entendre, Escouter.\Accumulare causas. Ouid. Adiicere causam. Ouid. Adjouster.\Probabilem causam afferre. Ci. Amener, Alleguer cause et raison probable.\Afferre causam faciendi aliquid dicitur res aliqua. Ci. Apporter ou donner occasion.\Aperire causas. Propert. Declarer.\Attribuere causam calamitatis. Cic. Attribuer.\Valetudinis causas saepe attulerunt cibi. Quintil. Les viandes ont souvent esté cause de maladie.\Conferre causas. Cic. Comparer, Accomparager.\Congerere causas in aliquem. Liu. Rejecter les causes sur luy.\Constat causa belli huius in tua persona. Cic. Tu es cause de ceste guerre.\Contrahere sibi causam mortis. Plin. Estre cause de sa mort.\Dicere causas alicuius rei. Lucret. Dire et alleguer les causes et raisons pourquoy il est ainsi.\Exigere causam rei alicuius. Seneca. Demander.\Hortandi causas eximere. Tacit. Oster.\Expedire causam morbi. Virgil. Exposer, Declarer.\Explorare causas. Stat. Enquerir.\Exponere causam. Horat. Exposer.\Expromere veras causas. Lucan. Declarer,\Fluunt inde causae. Quintil. Viennent de là.\Incidunt causae. Cic. Il advient, le cas advient.\Inire causam alicuius rei. Liu. Trouver et entendre la raison pourquoy quelque chose se fait.\Retro causas legere. Quintil. Repeter ou redire depuis le commencement.\Manent causae. Cic. Durent, Sont encores.\Memorare causas alicui. Virgil. Raconter.\Nactus causam moriendi. Ci. Qui a trouvé l'occasion de mourir.\Perstare in causam damni. Ouid. Perseverer.\Repetere causas ab vltimo. Quint. Repeter depuis le commencement.\Causas sequi. Lucan. Suyvre le bon droict.\Ne miretur cur idem iterum facerem, hoc causae sumpsi, quod etc. Cic. J'ay prins ceste excuse.\Sustulit causas rerum efficientium. Cic. Il a osté.\Tegere causam alicuius rei. Ouid. Celer.\Tentare causas. Virgil. Cercher, Enquerir.\Videre causas. Lucret. Cognoistre.\Causa. Matiere, ou Question, ou Different, Cause, Proces.\Actor causae. Quintil. Celuy qui plaide une cause, Advocat.\Cardo causae. Quintil. Le neud, le principal point de la matiere.\Frons causae. Quintil. Maxime vbi frons causae non satis honesta est. Quand de prime face la cause ne semble point honneste.\Absoluta causa. Vlpian. Qui n'ha point de difficulté.\Certissima causa. Cic. Cause de laquelle il n'y a point de debat, Cause toute clere.\Accedere ad causam. Cic. Prendre la charge de la matiere, ou du proces, Se mesler de la matiere.\Acuere linguam causis. Horat. Exerciter sa langue à plaider.\Admissus reus ad causam dicendam. Ci. Qui est receu en ses deffenses et justifications.\Agere causam. Quintil. Plaider une cause.\Tu adhuc causam meam agis. Cic. Tu parles pour moy. B.\Amittere causam. Cic. Perdre son proces.\Cadere causa. Cic. Perdre sa cause, ou son proces.\Cognoscere causam alicuius ab altero. Cic. Par un autre.\Complecti causam. Cic. Prendre une querelle, Se formalizer.\Componere causam cum causa. Quintil. Comparer. Accomparager.\Credere causam alicui. Lucan. Commettre, Bailler en charge, à aucun, S'en fier en luy.\In causam se deducere. Liu. Prendre la querelle, et se formalizer, Se mettre en la meslee.\Demittere se in causam. Ci. Suyvir du tout un parti, et une querelle. Se formalizer, Se mesler de la matiere.\Causam dicere. Curt. Proposer ses defenses, Se defendre.\Causam dixisse quis dicitur, qui inter reos receptus est. Plin. Cic. Avoir esté attainct de justice, ou accusé de quelque cas en justice.\Causam dicere ex vinculis. Liu. Estre en prison, ou tenir prison fermee pendant qu'on se defend, et qu'on fait le proces.\Causae dictio. Caesar. Defense.\Causam haud dico. Plaut. Je ne contredy point, Je m'y accorde, Je ne vueil nier.\Causae nihil dicimus quin tibi vadimonium promiserit. Cic. Je ne dy point le contraire.\Non causam dico quin quod meritus est, ferat. Terent. Je n'empesche point.\In meliore causa esse. Cic. Estre mieulx.\Exudare causas. Horat. Plaider une cause en suans d'ahan, Suer en plaidant.\Fidere causae. Cic. Se fier en son bon droict.\Incumbere in causam. Cic. Incliner et s'addonner à un parti et querelle, Se mesler de la matiere.\Indicta causa damnari. Cic. Estre condamné sans estre ouy en ses defenses.\Indormire causae. Cic. S'endormir en un affaire, Le conduire negligemment.\Inedita causa. Ouid. Qui n'est point encore mise en avant, ne manifestee.\Ingredi in causam. Cic, Entrer en querelle, et suyvre un parti, Se formalizer pour un parti.\Insinuare se in causam. Cic. Entendre profondement la matiere.\Laborare causa. Quintil. N'avoir gueres bonne matiere, Quand nostre droict est bien malade.\Obtinere causam. Cic. Gaigner son proces, ou sa cause.\Vt causam certissimam obtineret. Cic. Pour gaigner sa cause toute clere.\Orare causas. Virgil. Plaider une cause.\Perdere causam. Cic. Perdre son proces.\Periclitari causa. Quintil. Estre en danger de perdre son proces.\Perorare causam. Cic. Faire fin à son plaidoyer.\Postulat causa. Cic. La matiere le requiert.\Recognoscere causam. Cic. Reveoir le proces.\Remittere causam ad Senatum. Tacit. Renvoyer.\Repetere ab vltimo causas. Quintil. Repeter depuis le commencement.\Superior causa. Cic. Le droict plus apparent, Le meilleur droict.\Sustinere causam. Cic. Quand le blasme vient sur quelcun, Estre fort souspeconné de quelque cas.\Tenere causam apud iudices. Tranquil. Gaigner sa cause.\Tradere causam aduersariis. Terent. Donner gaigné, Quicter, Trahir celuy de qui on meine la cause, et s'entendre avec partie adverse.\Vincere causam. Ouid. Gaigner sa cause.\Omnis familiae causa consistit tibi. Plaut. La charge, Le faiz, L'estat.\Accipere causam. Cic. Tenir pour excusé, Accepter l'excuse.\Fingere causas. Terent. Controuver des excuses ou menteries.\Inferre causam. Hirtius. Donner occasion.\Nectere causas. Virgil. Delayer et alleguer plusieurs excuses.\Obtendere fugae causas. Tacit. Alleguer des raisons pour couvrir et excuser la faulte qu'on a faict de s'en estre fuy.\Causa est tibi de hac re. Terent. Tu as excusation et dequoy te defendre.\Causa, Occasio: vt Causa adempta. Terent. Occasion ostee.\Capere causam. Terent. Prendre occasion.\Viro fit causa, exigitur matrimonio. Plaut. Le mari ha occasion.\Inuenta est causa qua te expellerent. Terent. Ils ont trouvé le moyen de te, etc.\Quamobrem insigne aliquid faceret. Terent. Il cercheoit occasion.\Causa, Status et conditio. Cicero. Qui in eadem causa, in qua ego, fuisset, Qui avoit suyvi le mesme parti que moy.\Eadem suam causam videbat esse, quam illorum qui innocentes peribant Ci. Il voyoit que son affaire estoit pareil, etc.\Negat Platonem, si sapiens non sit, eadem esse in causa qua Dionysium tyrannum. Cic. De mesme facon et condition.\In causam suam recidere. Pompon. Retourner en son estat, condition, et qualité.\Reuerti in pristinam causam. Martianus iuriscon. Retourner en son premier estat.\In ea causa res est. Vlpian. La chose est telle, ou en tel estat.\Sistere in eadem causa. Vlpian. Representer quelcun en mesme estat.\In eam causam venire. Triphoni. En cest estat et condition.\Causa, pro Partibus. Cic. Diutius in causa est, quam nos, commoratus. Il a plus long temps suyvi le parti de Pompee.\Quorum erat vna causa. Cic. Qui suyvoyent un mesme parti.\Causa, pro Accessione. Vlpian. Prouffit et emolument de quelque chose. -
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ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;I.axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).Lit.A.Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.a.Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:b.jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:B. a.agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—Absol.:b.agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—With prep., abl., or inf.:C.vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):D.Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).a.Of animals:b.apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—Of men:E.ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:F.quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):G.scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:II.(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.Trop.A.Spec., to guide, govern:B.Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:C.si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):D.me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.1. a.With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:b.numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,Without object:c.aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:d.Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;e.collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:2.hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):3.At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):4.nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):5.rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:6.tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:7.qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):8.qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:a.velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);b.ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:9.facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—Of transactions before a court or tribunal.a.Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:b.ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:c.causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:d.reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:(α).non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:(β).at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;(γ).perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:10. a.rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:b.quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—Of an actor, to represent, play, act:11.Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:12.tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.a.In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).(α).In the sing.:(β).age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—In the plur.:b.agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:c.nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;► Position.dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,I.Sometimes follows such verb; as,a.In dactylic metre:b.Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—In other metres (very rarely):II.appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—It is often separated from such verb:1.age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,ăgens, entis, P. a.A.Adj.1.Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):► 2.utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—B.Subst.: ăgentes, ium.a.Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—b.For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—2.actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,A.actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:B.actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;1.but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.With the time added:2.acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—C.acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—D.acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,a.Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—b.Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—E.acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19. -
11 acta militaria
ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;I.axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).Lit.A.Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.a.Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:b.jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:B. a.agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—Absol.:b.agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—With prep., abl., or inf.:C.vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):D.Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).a.Of animals:b.apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—Of men:E.ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:F.quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):G.scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:II.(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.Trop.A.Spec., to guide, govern:B.Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:C.si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):D.me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.1. a.With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:b.numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,Without object:c.aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:d.Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;e.collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:2.hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):3.At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):4.nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):5.rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:6.tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:7.qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):8.qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:a.velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);b.ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:9.facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—Of transactions before a court or tribunal.a.Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:b.ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:c.causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:d.reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:(α).non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:(β).at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;(γ).perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:10. a.rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:b.quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—Of an actor, to represent, play, act:11.Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:12.tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.a.In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).(α).In the sing.:(β).age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—In the plur.:b.agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:c.nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;► Position.dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,I.Sometimes follows such verb; as,a.In dactylic metre:b.Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—In other metres (very rarely):II.appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—It is often separated from such verb:1.age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,ăgens, entis, P. a.A.Adj.1.Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):► 2.utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—B.Subst.: ăgentes, ium.a.Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—b.For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—2.actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,A.actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:B.actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;1.but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.With the time added:2.acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—C.acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—D.acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,a.Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—b.Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—E.acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19. -
12 acta publica
ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;I.axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).Lit.A.Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.a.Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:b.jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:B. a.agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—Absol.:b.agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—With prep., abl., or inf.:C.vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):D.Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).a.Of animals:b.apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—Of men:E.ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:F.quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):G.scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:II.(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.Trop.A.Spec., to guide, govern:B.Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:C.si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):D.me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.1. a.With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:b.numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,Without object:c.aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:d.Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;e.collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:2.hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):3.At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):4.nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):5.rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:6.tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:7.qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):8.qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:a.velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);b.ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:9.facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—Of transactions before a court or tribunal.a.Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:b.ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:c.causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:d.reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:(α).non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:(β).at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;(γ).perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:10. a.rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:b.quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—Of an actor, to represent, play, act:11.Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:12.tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.a.In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).(α).In the sing.:(β).age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—In the plur.:b.agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:c.nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;► Position.dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,I.Sometimes follows such verb; as,a.In dactylic metre:b.Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—In other metres (very rarely):II.appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—It is often separated from such verb:1.age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,ăgens, entis, P. a.A.Adj.1.Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):► 2.utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—B.Subst.: ăgentes, ium.a.Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—b.For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—2.actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,A.actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:B.actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;1.but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.With the time added:2.acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—C.acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—D.acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,a.Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—b.Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—E.acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19. -
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ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;I.axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).Lit.A.Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.a.Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:b.jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:B. a.agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—Absol.:b.agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—With prep., abl., or inf.:C.vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):D.Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).a.Of animals:b.apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—Of men:E.ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:F.quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):G.scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:II.(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.Trop.A.Spec., to guide, govern:B.Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:C.si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):D.me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.1. a.With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:b.numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,Without object:c.aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:d.Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;e.collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:2.hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):3.At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):4.nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):5.rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:6.tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:7.qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):8.qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:a.velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);b.ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:9.facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—Of transactions before a court or tribunal.a.Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:b.ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:c.causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:d.reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:(α).non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:(β).at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;(γ).perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:10. a.rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:b.quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—Of an actor, to represent, play, act:11.Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:12.tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.a.In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).(α).In the sing.:(β).age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—In the plur.:b.agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:c.nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;► Position.dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,I.Sometimes follows such verb; as,a.In dactylic metre:b.Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—In other metres (very rarely):II.appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—It is often separated from such verb:1.age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,ăgens, entis, P. a.A.Adj.1.Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):► 2.utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—B.Subst.: ăgentes, ium.a.Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—b.For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—2.actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,A.actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:B.actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;1.but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.With the time added:2.acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—C.acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—D.acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,a.Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—b.Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—E.acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19. -
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ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;I.axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).Lit.A.Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.a.Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:b.jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:B. a.agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—Absol.:b.agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—With prep., abl., or inf.:C.vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):D.Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).a.Of animals:b.apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—Of men:E.ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:F.quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):G.scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:II.(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.Trop.A.Spec., to guide, govern:B.Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:C.si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):D.me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.1. a.With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:b.numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,Without object:c.aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:d.Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;e.collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:2.hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):3.At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):4.nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):5.rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:6.tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:7.qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):8.qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:a.velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);b.ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:9.facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—Of transactions before a court or tribunal.a.Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:b.ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:c.causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:d.reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:(α).non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:(β).at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;(γ).perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:10. a.rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:b.quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—Of an actor, to represent, play, act:11.Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:12.tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.a.In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).(α).In the sing.:(β).age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—In the plur.:b.agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:c.nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;► Position.dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,I.Sometimes follows such verb; as,a.In dactylic metre:b.Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—In other metres (very rarely):II.appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—It is often separated from such verb:1.age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,ăgens, entis, P. a.A.Adj.1.Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):► 2.utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—B.Subst.: ăgentes, ium.a.Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—b.For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—2.actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,A.actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:B.actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;1.but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.With the time added:2.acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—C.acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—D.acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,a.Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—b.Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—E.acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19. -
15 ago
ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;I.axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).Lit.A.Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.a.Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:b.jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:B. a.agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—Absol.:b.agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—With prep., abl., or inf.:C.vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):D.Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).a.Of animals:b.apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—Of men:E.ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:F.quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):G.scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:II.(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.Trop.A.Spec., to guide, govern:B.Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:C.si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):D.me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.1. a.With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:b.numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,Without object:c.aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:d.Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;e.collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:2.hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):3.At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):4.nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):5.rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:6.tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:7.qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):8.qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:a.velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);b.ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:9.facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—Of transactions before a court or tribunal.a.Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:b.ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:c.causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:d.reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:(α).non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:(β).at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;(γ).perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:10. a.rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:b.quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—Of an actor, to represent, play, act:11.Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:12.tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.a.In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).(α).In the sing.:(β).age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—In the plur.:b.agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:c.nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;► Position.dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,I.Sometimes follows such verb; as,a.In dactylic metre:b.Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—In other metres (very rarely):II.appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—It is often separated from such verb:1.age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,ăgens, entis, P. a.A.Adj.1.Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):► 2.utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—B.Subst.: ăgentes, ium.a.Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—b.For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—2.actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,A.actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:B.actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;1.but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.With the time added:2.acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—C.acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—D.acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,a.Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—b.Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—E.acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19. -
16 gratia
I grātia, ae f. [ gratus ]1) привлекательность, приятность, прелесть (in vultu Q; sermonis Attici Q; villae PJ); изящество (formae O; plenus jucunditatis et gratiae, sc. Horatius Q)2) благосклонность, милостьin gratiā esse C — быть в милости, пользоваться благосклонностьюgratiam alicujus sibi conciliare C — снискать себе чью-л. благосклонностьgratiam inire ab aliquo C, ad и apud aliquem L или alicujus QC — войти в милость к кому-л.sequi gratiam alicujus Cs — стараться приобрести чью-л. благосклонностьin gratiam alicujus L — из любезности к кому-л. или в чью-л. пользуfacere dicendi gratiam alicui L — дать кому-л. возможность высказатьсяgratiam ab aliquo petere Pl — просить у кого-л. милости (одолжения)3) снисхождение, прощениеgratiam alicui facere juris jurandi Pl — освободить кого-л. от клятвыde cenā facio gratiam Pl — за обед благодарю, т. е. от обеда отказываюсь4) влияние, авторитет, вес ( alicujus apud aliquem C)5) дружественная связь, взаимное согласие, дружба (esse in gratiā cum aliquō C; aliquem in gratiam recipere Cs)cum bonā gratiā Ter, C — дружелюбноin gratiam redire cum aliquo Ph, C — помириться с кем-л. или простить кому-л.restituere aliquem in bonam gratiam alicujus (или cum aliquo) Ter etc. — помирить кого-л. с кем-л.gratias agere alicui C — благодарить кого-л., выражать признательность кому-л.habere gratiam alicui C, усил. gratias agere atque habere C, Ap — питать благодарность, быть благодарным, признательнымgratiam referre (persolvere, reddere) C etc. — отблагодарить, воздать за благодеяние, отплатить услугой за услугуgratiast (= g. est) Pl, Ter — благодарю — см. gratis7) милость, благодать (g. gratis data Aug; g. caelestis Eccl)II grātiā praep. cum gen. [ из abl. от gratia I ]ради, для, из-за (hominum g. C)eā gratiā Sl — вследствие этого (того) (редко впереди genetiv'a: g. patris Lampr) -
17 refero
rĕfĕro, ferre, rĕtŭli (poét. rettŭli), rĕlātum [re, préf. + fero] - tr. - - rĕfert → rĕfĕro [re, préf. + fero] [] refert [rē, abl. de res + fert] → rēfert. [st1]1 [-] rapporter, ramener (chez soi); ramener (comme gain, comme conquête), remporter, gagner, obtenir. - referre vasa domum, Plaut.: rapporter chez soi des vases (pris ailleurs). - referre aurum secum, Plaut.: emporter son or. - referre signa: rapporter des enseignes. - referre victoriam ex (de) hostibus: remporter une victoire sur les ennemis. - repulsam referre: [ramener un échec] = subir un échec. - neque tu istud unquam decretum sine caede nostra referes, Liv. 3: et tu n'obtiendras l'exécution de ton arrêt qu'en nous égorgeant. [st1]2 [-] porter en arrière; tourner en arrière, revenir, retourner; tirer, retirer. - me referunt pedes in Tusculanum, Cic. Att. 15, 16: mes pas me ramènent dans ma maison de campagne de Tusculum. - referre se: retourner. - Romam se rettulit, Cic.: il retourna à Rome. - referre oculos ad aliquem: ramener les yeux sur qqn. - referre pedem (gradum): retourner, reculer, battre en retraite, lâcher pied, se replier. - referre pedem ad aliquem, Plaut.: retourner vers qqn. - referre se ou referri: reculer, battre en retraite, lâcher pied, se replier. - eum domum rettulerunt, Nep.: ils le retournèrent chez lui. - relatus domum, Tac. An. 3: de retour chez lui. - telum e corpore referre, Sil.: retirer un trait du corps. [st1]3 [-] apporter, donner (une chose due), rembourser, rendre, restituer, redonner; offrir (ce qui est dû aux dieux, aux mânes). - referre gratiam (qqf. gratias) alicui: rendre un bienfait à qqn, être reconnaissant à qqn, récompenser qqn. - debeo sperare omnis deos mihi relaturos esse gratiam, Cic. Cat. 4: je dois espérer que tous les dieux me témoigneront leur reconnaissance. - de praemiis vestris et de referenda gratia cogitare, Caes. BC. 2: penser à vos récompenses et à la reconnaissance qui vous est due. - par pari referre, Cic.: rendre la pareille. - referre vicem, Ov.: rendre la pareille. - referre gratiam meritam: témoigner une reconnaissance méritée. - referre sacra Cereri, Virg.: offrir à Cérès les sacrifices dus. [st1]4 [-] rendre, vomir. - cum sanguine mixta vina refert, Virg.: il rend des flots de vin mêlés avec son sang. [st1]5 [-] rendre, rapporter, produire. - quid studia referant, Quint. (sub. inter.): ce que rapportent les études. - multum militia retulit, Sen.: la guerre a été une source de bénéfices. [st1]6 [-] ramener, rétablir; ramener, reporter; rapporter à, attribuer à. - referre navem in mare, Hor.: remettre un navire à la mer. - referre rem judicatam, Cic.: revenir sur une affaire jugée. - referre mysteria, Cic.: recommencer la célébration des mystères. - referre veteres mores: rétablir les moeurs d'autrefois (faire revivre les moeurs d'autrefois). - referre se ad philosophiam, Cic.: revenir à la philosophie. - referre in melius, Virg.: améliorer. - referre omnia ad voluptatem, Cic.: ramener tout au plaisir. - culpam in aliquem referre: rejeter la faute sur qqn, accuser qqn. - causa ad matrem referebatur, Tac. A. 6, 49: la cause en était imputée à sa mère. - referre prospera ad fortunam, Tac.: attribuer les succès à la fortune. [st1]7 [-] rapporter (par la ressemblance), reproduire (les traits), représenter; reproduire (un son), répercuter. - vultum (os) alicujus referre: reproduire la physionomie de qqn, ressembler à qqn. - amisit filiam, quae non minus mores ejus quam os vultumque referebat, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9: il perdit sa fille qui lui ressemblait autant par son caractère que par sa physionomie. - rettulisse dicitur Decius parentis sui speciem, Liv. 10, 7: Décius rappelait, dit-on, l'image de son père. - temporis illius vultum referebat Achilles, quo petiit Agamemnona, Ov. M. 13: Achille avait le visage qu'il avait à l'époque où il attaqua Agamemnon. - nomine avum referens, animo manibusque parentem, Virg. En. 12, 348: (Eumède) qui tient de son aïeul par le nom, de son père par l'âme et le bras. - Marsigni sermone vultuque Suevos referunt, Tac. G. 43: par le langage et la coiffure, les Marsignes rappellent les Suèves. - neque amissos colores lana refert, Hor. C. 3, 5, 28: et la laine ne reprend pas sa couleur perdue. - referre saporem salis, Virg.: avoir le goût du sel. [st1]8 [-] porter (dans un livre, sur un document), reporter, transcrire, inscrire, consigner; mettre au nombre de, compter, admettre. - acceptum referre: inscrire comme reçu, mettre au crédit. - referre pecuniam expensam: porter sur un livre l'argent dépensé. - in censum referri, Liv.: être porté sur les registres du cens. - aliquid ad tabulas referre: porter qqch sur les livres de compte. - populum Romanum in tabulas referre, Flor. 1, 6: inscrire le peuple romain sur les rôles du cens. - rationes referre: rendre ses comptes, remettre ses comptes. - referre numerum: faire le recensement, compter. - referre aliquem (aliquid) in numero (in numerum): mettre qqn (qqch) au nombre de. - Ponticus Heraclides terram et caelum refert in deos, Cic. Nat. 1: Héraclide du Pont range au nombre des dieux le ciel et la terre. - eodem Caepionem referrem, Cic. Brut. 62, 223: je mettrais Cépion au même rang. [st1]9 [-] rapporter, raconter, annoncer, mentionner, dire, citer; répondre, répliquer; chanter, célébrer. - horresco referens, Virg. En. 2: je frémis en le racontant. - referre aliquid ad aliquem: rapporter (raconter) qqch à qqn. - referre + prop. inf.: répondre que, riposter que. - pauca refert: il répond en peu de mots. - (... negotiatoribus), quorum refert nomina, Suet.: (... hommes d'affaires), dont il cite les noms. - rettulit Ajax esse Jovis pronepos, Ov. M. 13, 141: Ajax rapporta qu'il était l'arrière-petit-fils de Jupiter. - quem referent Musae, Tib.: celui que célébreront les Muses. [st1]10 [-] rapporter une affaire, faire un rapport, rendre compte; soumettre à, en référer à. - referre legationem: rendre compte de son ambassade. - referre de re publica: faire un rapport sur la situation politique. - referre rem ad senatum: soumettre une chose à la délibération du sénat. - referre de aliqua re ad senatum: consulter le sénat au sujet de qqch, mettre qqch à l'ordre du jour du sénat. - referre ad populum: en appeler au peuple (en référer au peuple). - referre ad senatum, ad judicem: en référer au sénat, au juge. - te referente: sur ta proposition. - consul convocato senatu refert, quid de his fieri placeat, qui in custodiam traditi erant, Sall. C. 50, 3: le consul, ayant convoqué le sénat, lui demande ce qu'il convient de faire des hommes qui ont été arrêtés. [st1]11 [-] poét. repasser (dans son esprit), réfléchir à, ruminer, se rappeler (surtout chez Ovide). - tacitā recentia mente visa refert, Ov. M. 15, 27: il repasse en silence dans son esprit ce qu'il vient de voir. - si forte refers, Ov. Am. 2, 8, 17: si d'aventure tu t'en souviens. - haec refer, Ov. R. Am. 308: aie cela présent à l'esprit. - saepe refer tecum sceleratae facta puellae, Ov. R. Am. 299: rappelle-toi souvent les perfidies de ta maîtresse. - mente memor refero, Ov. M. 15, 451: je m'en souviens. - foeda Lycaoniae referens convivia mensae, Ov. M. 1, 165: se rappelant l'horrible festin que Lycaon venait de lui servir. - illam meminitque refertque, Ov. M. 11, 563: il pense sans cesse à elle. - hoc si ille ad animum rettulit, Phaedr.: s'il a médité ce mot.* * *rĕfĕro, ferre, rĕtŭli (poét. rettŭli), rĕlātum [re, préf. + fero] - tr. - - rĕfert → rĕfĕro [re, préf. + fero] [] refert [rē, abl. de res + fert] → rēfert. [st1]1 [-] rapporter, ramener (chez soi); ramener (comme gain, comme conquête), remporter, gagner, obtenir. - referre vasa domum, Plaut.: rapporter chez soi des vases (pris ailleurs). - referre aurum secum, Plaut.: emporter son or. - referre signa: rapporter des enseignes. - referre victoriam ex (de) hostibus: remporter une victoire sur les ennemis. - repulsam referre: [ramener un échec] = subir un échec. - neque tu istud unquam decretum sine caede nostra referes, Liv. 3: et tu n'obtiendras l'exécution de ton arrêt qu'en nous égorgeant. [st1]2 [-] porter en arrière; tourner en arrière, revenir, retourner; tirer, retirer. - me referunt pedes in Tusculanum, Cic. Att. 15, 16: mes pas me ramènent dans ma maison de campagne de Tusculum. - referre se: retourner. - Romam se rettulit, Cic.: il retourna à Rome. - referre oculos ad aliquem: ramener les yeux sur qqn. - referre pedem (gradum): retourner, reculer, battre en retraite, lâcher pied, se replier. - referre pedem ad aliquem, Plaut.: retourner vers qqn. - referre se ou referri: reculer, battre en retraite, lâcher pied, se replier. - eum domum rettulerunt, Nep.: ils le retournèrent chez lui. - relatus domum, Tac. An. 3: de retour chez lui. - telum e corpore referre, Sil.: retirer un trait du corps. [st1]3 [-] apporter, donner (une chose due), rembourser, rendre, restituer, redonner; offrir (ce qui est dû aux dieux, aux mânes). - referre gratiam (qqf. gratias) alicui: rendre un bienfait à qqn, être reconnaissant à qqn, récompenser qqn. - debeo sperare omnis deos mihi relaturos esse gratiam, Cic. Cat. 4: je dois espérer que tous les dieux me témoigneront leur reconnaissance. - de praemiis vestris et de referenda gratia cogitare, Caes. BC. 2: penser à vos récompenses et à la reconnaissance qui vous est due. - par pari referre, Cic.: rendre la pareille. - referre vicem, Ov.: rendre la pareille. - referre gratiam meritam: témoigner une reconnaissance méritée. - referre sacra Cereri, Virg.: offrir à Cérès les sacrifices dus. [st1]4 [-] rendre, vomir. - cum sanguine mixta vina refert, Virg.: il rend des flots de vin mêlés avec son sang. [st1]5 [-] rendre, rapporter, produire. - quid studia referant, Quint. (sub. inter.): ce que rapportent les études. - multum militia retulit, Sen.: la guerre a été une source de bénéfices. [st1]6 [-] ramener, rétablir; ramener, reporter; rapporter à, attribuer à. - referre navem in mare, Hor.: remettre un navire à la mer. - referre rem judicatam, Cic.: revenir sur une affaire jugée. - referre mysteria, Cic.: recommencer la célébration des mystères. - referre veteres mores: rétablir les moeurs d'autrefois (faire revivre les moeurs d'autrefois). - referre se ad philosophiam, Cic.: revenir à la philosophie. - referre in melius, Virg.: améliorer. - referre omnia ad voluptatem, Cic.: ramener tout au plaisir. - culpam in aliquem referre: rejeter la faute sur qqn, accuser qqn. - causa ad matrem referebatur, Tac. A. 6, 49: la cause en était imputée à sa mère. - referre prospera ad fortunam, Tac.: attribuer les succès à la fortune. [st1]7 [-] rapporter (par la ressemblance), reproduire (les traits), représenter; reproduire (un son), répercuter. - vultum (os) alicujus referre: reproduire la physionomie de qqn, ressembler à qqn. - amisit filiam, quae non minus mores ejus quam os vultumque referebat, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9: il perdit sa fille qui lui ressemblait autant par son caractère que par sa physionomie. - rettulisse dicitur Decius parentis sui speciem, Liv. 10, 7: Décius rappelait, dit-on, l'image de son père. - temporis illius vultum referebat Achilles, quo petiit Agamemnona, Ov. M. 13: Achille avait le visage qu'il avait à l'époque où il attaqua Agamemnon. - nomine avum referens, animo manibusque parentem, Virg. En. 12, 348: (Eumède) qui tient de son aïeul par le nom, de son père par l'âme et le bras. - Marsigni sermone vultuque Suevos referunt, Tac. G. 43: par le langage et la coiffure, les Marsignes rappellent les Suèves. - neque amissos colores lana refert, Hor. C. 3, 5, 28: et la laine ne reprend pas sa couleur perdue. - referre saporem salis, Virg.: avoir le goût du sel. [st1]8 [-] porter (dans un livre, sur un document), reporter, transcrire, inscrire, consigner; mettre au nombre de, compter, admettre. - acceptum referre: inscrire comme reçu, mettre au crédit. - referre pecuniam expensam: porter sur un livre l'argent dépensé. - in censum referri, Liv.: être porté sur les registres du cens. - aliquid ad tabulas referre: porter qqch sur les livres de compte. - populum Romanum in tabulas referre, Flor. 1, 6: inscrire le peuple romain sur les rôles du cens. - rationes referre: rendre ses comptes, remettre ses comptes. - referre numerum: faire le recensement, compter. - referre aliquem (aliquid) in numero (in numerum): mettre qqn (qqch) au nombre de. - Ponticus Heraclides terram et caelum refert in deos, Cic. Nat. 1: Héraclide du Pont range au nombre des dieux le ciel et la terre. - eodem Caepionem referrem, Cic. Brut. 62, 223: je mettrais Cépion au même rang. [st1]9 [-] rapporter, raconter, annoncer, mentionner, dire, citer; répondre, répliquer; chanter, célébrer. - horresco referens, Virg. En. 2: je frémis en le racontant. - referre aliquid ad aliquem: rapporter (raconter) qqch à qqn. - referre + prop. inf.: répondre que, riposter que. - pauca refert: il répond en peu de mots. - (... negotiatoribus), quorum refert nomina, Suet.: (... hommes d'affaires), dont il cite les noms. - rettulit Ajax esse Jovis pronepos, Ov. M. 13, 141: Ajax rapporta qu'il était l'arrière-petit-fils de Jupiter. - quem referent Musae, Tib.: celui que célébreront les Muses. [st1]10 [-] rapporter une affaire, faire un rapport, rendre compte; soumettre à, en référer à. - referre legationem: rendre compte de son ambassade. - referre de re publica: faire un rapport sur la situation politique. - referre rem ad senatum: soumettre une chose à la délibération du sénat. - referre de aliqua re ad senatum: consulter le sénat au sujet de qqch, mettre qqch à l'ordre du jour du sénat. - referre ad populum: en appeler au peuple (en référer au peuple). - referre ad senatum, ad judicem: en référer au sénat, au juge. - te referente: sur ta proposition. - consul convocato senatu refert, quid de his fieri placeat, qui in custodiam traditi erant, Sall. C. 50, 3: le consul, ayant convoqué le sénat, lui demande ce qu'il convient de faire des hommes qui ont été arrêtés. [st1]11 [-] poét. repasser (dans son esprit), réfléchir à, ruminer, se rappeler (surtout chez Ovide). - tacitā recentia mente visa refert, Ov. M. 15, 27: il repasse en silence dans son esprit ce qu'il vient de voir. - si forte refers, Ov. Am. 2, 8, 17: si d'aventure tu t'en souviens. - haec refer, Ov. R. Am. 308: aie cela présent à l'esprit. - saepe refer tecum sceleratae facta puellae, Ov. R. Am. 299: rappelle-toi souvent les perfidies de ta maîtresse. - mente memor refero, Ov. M. 15, 451: je m'en souviens. - foeda Lycaoniae referens convivia mensae, Ov. M. 1, 165: se rappelant l'horrible festin que Lycaon venait de lui servir. - illam meminitque refertque, Ov. M. 11, 563: il pense sans cesse à elle. - hoc si ille ad animum rettulit, Phaedr.: s'il a médité ce mot.* * *Refero, pen. corr. refers, retuli, pen. corr. relatum, pe. prod. et metri causa rettuli, rellatum, referre. Quintil. Reporter, ou Rapporter.\Siquid somniasti, ad me refers. Plaut. Tu m'en demande advis.\Populus de suis rebus ad eum refert. Cic. Luy demande conseil de ses affaires.\Ad seipsum aliquid referre. Cic. Juger du faict d'autruy par soymesme, en considerant comment nous ferions si nous estions en sa place, Prendre à son coeur l'autruy.\Acceptam referre salutem suam beneuolentiae alicuius. Cic. Confesser tenir sa vie de la benevolence d'aucun, Estre envié par luy, Luy estre tenu de ce qu'on est vif.\In acceptum referre. Cic. Approuver une chose comme bien faicte, et la declarer recevable.\In acta referri. Iuuena. Estre enregistré, ou Estre mis és chroniques.\In aerarios referre, Vide AErarius adiectiuum in AES, aeris. Suspendre aucun des commoditez et privileges de la bourgeoisie, et neantmoins le contraindre aux charges.\In album referre. Liu. Rediger par escript.\Aliquem ore referre. Virg. Luy resembler de viaire, ou visage.\Animum referre ad rem aliquam. Cic. Tourner et appliquer sa pensee à icelle, Penser à icelle.\In apertum referre opus. Cic. Publier.\Ad arbitrium alicuius referre. Cic. Se rapporter à aucun.\Ad vos nunc refero quem sequar. Cic. Je vous demande qui vous voulez que je suyve.\Aspectum referre in curiam. Cic. Tourner sa veue et son regard à, etc.\In codicem referre. Cic. Faire registre de quelque chose, Enregistrer.\Colorem paternum referre. Columella. Estre de la couleur de son pere.\In commentarium referre. Cic. Enregistrer.\Ad conscientiam referre omnia, nihil ad ostentationem. Plin. iun. Ne faire rien par vaine gloire, mais seulement se contenter du tesmoignage de sa conscience, Faire tout en conscience.\Consuetudinem repetere atque referre. Cic. Ramener une coustume en usage.\Referre ad aliquem omnes curas. Cic. N'avoir cure et soing que de luy.\Dexteram ad osculum referre. Plinius. Mettre la main sur sa bouche.\In deterius referre aliquid. Tacitus. L'interpreter en mauvaise partie.\In deos referre. Cic. Nombrer entre les dieux, Canonizer.\Diem referre dicitur sol. Virg. Ramener le jour.\Ensem vaginae referre. Sil. Rengainer.\Eodem referri. Cic. Estre rapporté au lieu mesme.\Vt sit qui a te mihi epistolam referat. Cic. Qui me rapporte lettres de toy.\Facta referre quae mandata sunt. Plaut. Mettre en execution ce qu'on nous a enchargé.\Ad finem aliquem referre omnia. Cic. Rapporter toutes choses à quelque fin.\Fructum diligentiae referre alicui. Cic. Le recompenser de sa diligence.\Gradum referre, quod et Pedem referre dicitur. Liu. Reculer, Retourner arriere, Retourner tout court dont on venoit, S'en retourner, Tourner le dos.\Gratiam referre. Cic. Rendre le plaisir.\In selectos iudices referre. Cic. Mettre au nombre des juges.\Laudem referre familiae alicuius. Cic. Remettre sus sa louange.\In libellum referre. Cic. Escrire en un petit livre qui sert pour memoire, et en papiers journaulx.\In literas publicas referri. Cic. Estre escript és registres et chartres, Estre mis en registre public, Estre enregistré.\Mandata referre ad aliquem. Caesar. Luy dire ce qu'on avoit en mandement et charge de luy dire.\Manum ad poplitem referre. Plin. Mettre la main au jarret.\Referre in melius. Virg. Tourner ou changer en mieulx.\Ad memoriam vetustatis referte omnia. Cic. Estimez que tout ce que j'ay dict, ce a esté pour avoir memoire de l'antiquité, Rapportez tout cela au vieil temps.\Morem referre. Virg. Ramener une vieille coustume, La remettre en usage.\Mores patris referre. Plin. iunior. Avoir les meurs de son pere, Luy resembler de meurs.\Si patrem non referret. Plin. iun. S'il ne resembloit à son pere.\Inter nefastos referre diem. Plin. iun. Mettre au nombre des jours qu'on ne plaidoit point.\In Nouocomenses retulit. Cic. Il l'a escript parmi les, etc.\Referre numerum. Virgil. Compter, Nombrer.\In numeros referre. Plin. iunior. Enrouler aux bandes.\Referre in oratorum numerum. Cic. Compter parmi les orateurs.\In numerum deorum referre. Sueton. Canonizer.\Omnia referre ad vnum. Cic. Mettre tout entre les mains d'aucun, Rapporter tout à un.\Referre oculos ad aliquem, vel ad terram. Cic. Jecter ses yeulx ou sa veue sur aucun, Tourner sa veue contre terre.\Opem referre. Cic. Aider.\Retulit ora ad iuuenem. Valer. Flac. Il a tourné son visage vers, etc.\Par referre. Terent. Rendre la pareille.\Pedem referre. Caesar. Se retirer, Retourner, Se reculer.\Rettulit ad me pedem. Plaut. Il est retourné chez moy.\Me referunt pedes in Tusculanum. Cicero. Me reportent, Je m'en revay à pied en, etc.\Primas referre ad aliquem. Cicero. L'estimer plus que touts les autres.\Quaestum maiorem referre. Colum. Rapporter plus grand gaing, Faire plus de prouffit.\Rationes referre. Cic. Rendre comptes.\Referre rationibus, et in rationes. Tranquil. Escrire parmi ses comptes.\Referunt haec ad rem. Plaut. Appartiennent à l'affaire.\Repulsam referre, quod et Ferre repulsam simpliciter dicitur, et Pati repulsam. Cic. Estre refusé, Estre esconduict.\Responsum referre. Cic. Rapporter response.\In, vel inter reos referre. Cic. Declarer une accusation et delation faicte d'aucun crime à l'encontre d'aucun, estre recevable.\Salutem alicui referre. Cic. Le resaluer.\Saporem salis referre. Virgil. Avoir telle saveur que le sel.\Se referre. Virgil. S'en retourner en la maison.\Se in gregem suum veterem referre. Cic. Se retourner, etc.\Se ad ordinem referre. Cic. Retourner à son ordre.\Se ad studia referre. Cic. Se remettre à l'estude.\Senium parentis referre. Columel. Se sentir de, etc.\Similitudinem referre. Plin. Resembler.\Pro re certa spem falsam domum retulerunt. Cic. Ils ont reporté, etc.\In spem sibi aliquid referre. Plaut. Esperer quelque chose, Avoir esperance de quelque chose.\Referre omnia ad vnam summam. Cic. Assembler tout en un.\In tabulas, siue tabellas referre. Cic. Mettre en son registre.\In tectum referre. Varro. Mettre en toict.\Retulit me ventus ad, vel in Italiam. Cic. M'a rapporté, ou ramené.\Vicem referre. Ouid. Rendre la pareille.\Nec incruentam victoriam retulit. Liu. Il gaigna la victoire, mais il y eut beaucoup de ses gents tuez.\Referre omnia ad voluptatem. Cic. Faire tout pour vivre en voluptez et delices, N'avoir esgard sinon à volupté, Referer tout à volupté.\Referre. Virgil. Rendre.\Referre. Virgil. Raconter, Referer, Relater, Reciter.\Vna foeminarum in omni aeuo refertur. Plin. Il n'est parlé que d'une.\Ego tibi refero, si non sum ex eo loco deiectus, etc. Cic. Je parle à toy, Je te demande si, etc.\Referre. Seneca. Revoquer, Retirer. -
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ăgo, ĕre, ēgi, actum, tr. - voir l'article ago de Gaffiot. - axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; axit = egerit, Paul. Diac. 3, 3; agier = agi,” Cic. Off. 3, 15; agentūm = agentium, Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6). - cf. gr. ἄγω. [st1]1 [-] chasser devant soi, faire marcher, conduire, pousser, amener (en parlant des êtres animés ou personnifiés). - jus agendi, Caj.: le droit de passage (avec un troupeau). - agere captivum prae se, Curt. 7, 6: faire marcher un captif devant soi. - agere agmen, Virg.: conduire une troupe. - agere currum: conduire un char. - agere capellas, Virg.: mener les chèvres au pâturage. - se agere, Virg. (agi, Liv.): se transporter, aller. - unde agis (s.-ent. te)? Plaut.: d'où viens-tu? - quo agis te? Plaut. Am.: où vas-tu? - ad castra Samnitium perrexit, quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur, Liv. 10, 29: il marcha vers le camp des Samnites où se dirigeait, épouvantée, toute la foule des soldats. - agere carmine quercus, Virg.: entraîner les chênes par ses chants. - fluvius vi agens undas, Curt.: fleuve qui roule ses eaux avec impétuosité. - praecipites Germani in amnem aguntur, Tac. H. 5: les Germains sont poussés et précipités dans le fleuve. [st1]2 [-] emmener comme capture. - praedam (praedas) agere, Sall.: se retirer avec du butin (hommes et bétail). - agere et ferre: emmener et emporter = piller. - res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv.: il vit livrer au pillage les biens des alliés. - agunt feruntque cuncta, Tac. (fig.): ils mènent tout à leur gré. [st1]3 [-] poursuivre, chasser, mettre en fuite. - apros agere, Virg. G. 3, 412: poursuivre des sangliers [à la chasse]. - acerba fata Romanos agunt, Hor. Epo. 7,17: des destins cruels poursuivent les Romains. - agentia verba Lycamben, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25: les mots qui harcèlent Lycambe. - agere hostem ad naves, Just.: poursuivre l'ennemi jusqu'aux vaisseaux. - agere aliquem de fundo, Cic.: chasser qqn de sa propriété. - agere in fugam: mettre en fuite. - lapidibus aliquem agere: chasser qqn à coups de pierres. [st1]4 [-] conduire, gouverner, entraîner, pousser à, contraindre; émouvoir, agiter, inquiéter, solliciter, attirer. - Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur, Virg. En. 1: Troyens ou Tyriens, ils seront traités par moi sans distinction. - se agere = se gerere: se comporter, se conduire. - tantā mobilitate sese Numidae agunt, Sall. J. 56: tant la conduite des Numides est mobile. - aliquem transvorsum agere, Sall. J. 6, 3: pousser qqn hors du droit chemin. - aliquem praecipitem agere, Cic.: entraîner qqn à sa perte. - agere in furorem, Quint.: rendre furieux. - agere in bellum, Tac.: pousser à la guerre. - agere ad omne scelus, Tac.: pousser à tous les crimes. - me profari agit, Sil.: il me pousse à parler. - agere in mortem: pousser à se donner la mort. - deus ultor agebat, Ov. M. 14: un dieu vengeur l'agitait. - diris agam vos, Hor. Epod. 5: je vous poursuivrai de mes imprécations. - ubi studio agitur aut irā, Curt.: dès que (la foule) est emportée par l'enthousiasme ou la colère. - seu te discus agit, Hor.: ou si le disque t'attire. [st1]5 [-] mouvoir (une chose), donner une impulsion, donner une direction, faire avancer, pousser. - fracturae centum libras agentes, Plin.: des fragments de roche [remuant la balance] = pesant cent livres. - agere navem, Hor.: diriger un vaisseau. - in litus naves agere, Liv. 22, 19: tirer les bateaux sur le rivage. - agere vineas, Caes.: faire avancer les mantelets. - cuniculum agere ad aerarium? Cic. Off. 3: conduire (faire) une galerie jusqu'au Trésor public. - agere limitem (au fig.): reculer les limites, gagner du terrain. [st1]6 [-] pousser au-dedans, faire pénétrer, enfoncer. - agere telum costis, Sil.: enfoncer un trait dans la poitrine. - agere fulmen, V.-Fl.: lancer la foudre. - pluma in cutem radices egerat imas, Ov. M. 2: le plumage avait enfoncé dans la peau de profondes racines. - agere rimas: se fendre, se lézarder, se gercer. [st1]7 [-] pousser au-dehors, faire sortir de soi. - agere frondem, Plin.: pousser des feuilles. - scintillas agere, Lucr. 2, 675: lancer des étincelles. - agere spumas, Cic.: écumer. - agere contagia, Virg.: répandre la contagion. - animam agere, Cic.: rendre l’âme, expirer. - sudor agitur, Sil.: la sueur s'échappe des pores. [st1]8 [-] passer le temps, être, vivre, séjourner, habiter. - agere (vitam): passer sa vie, vivre. - decimum annum agere: être dans sa dixième année, être âgé de neuf ans. - agere pacem: vivre en paix, être en paix. - alter agebatur mensis, Ov.: le second mois s'écoulait. - securum agere aevum, Hor.: mener une vie tranquille. - agere hiberna, Liv.: être en quartier d'hiver. - annum ago octogesimum, Cic.: je suis dans ma quatre-vingtième année. - Marius apud primos agebat, Sall.: Marius était à l'avant-garde. - in spe agere, Tac.: espérer. - in omni Africa, quae procul a mari agebat, Sall. J. 89: dans toute l'Afrique, qui était éloignée de la mer. - agere dies festos, Cic. Verr. 2.4.48: célébrer des jours de fête. [st1]9 [-] faire, agir, être actif, travailler, être efficace. - agere rem negligenter, Ter.: mener une affaire avec négligence. - quid agis? = que fais-tu? ou comment vas-tu? - hoc age, Plaut.: fais attention. - quid agam? = que dois-je faire? que faire? - aliud agere: penser à autre chose, être indifférent, être distrait. - nihil agere: ne rien faire, n’aboutir à rien. - nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61: tu perds ton temps, ô douleur! Si importune que tu sois, jamais je ne reconnaîtrai que tu es un mal. - electum agere: faire son choix, choisir. - virtus aliquid agit, Sen.: la vertu est active. - id agimus ut + subj.: nous travaillons à ceci que, notre but (notre objectif) est de. - nihil agetur, Dig.: il n'y aura rien de fait, l'acte sera nul. - gratias agere: remercier. - laudes agere: glorifier. - forum agere: rendre la justice. - e re sua agere: agir selon son propre intérêt. - rem agere cum aliquo: régler une affaire avec qqn. [st1]10 [-] agir de telle ou telle façon, traiter qqn bien ou mal. - agere bene aliquo: se comporter bien à l’égard de qqn. - male agere, Cic.: se conduire mal. - praeclare agere cum aliquo: bien agir à l'égard de qqn. - non pessime cum iis agitur, Cic. (impers.): ils ne sont pas à plaindre. - bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si... Suet.:... que le monde aurait pu être heureux si... - agere pro victoribus: se comporter en vainqueurs. - sic par est agere cum civibus, Cic. Off. 2, 83: voilà comment il convient d’agir à l’égard de ses concitoyens. - au pass. impers. secum male actum putat, Cic. Verr. 3, 119: il pense qu’on s’est mal comporté à son égard. - cum illo quis neget actum esse praeclare? Cic. Lael. 11: qui pourrait dire que la destinée n’a pas été belle pour lui? - optime actum cum eo videlur esse, qui... Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1: il semble avoir un sort heureux celui qui... - agite ut voltis, Cic. de Or. 2,367: agissez à votre guise. - perge ut agis, Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 5: continue d’agir comme tu fais. - bene agis, cum... jussisti, Liv. 8, 33, 10: tu as raison d’avoir ordonné. - agere lege: agir conformément à la loi (c.-à-d. frapper de la hache). - lictor, in eum primum lege age, Liv. 26, 6, 3: licteur, commence par lui l’application de la loi. - cf. Liv. 26, 15, 9 ; Sen. Contr. 10, 3, 6. [st1]11 [-] administrer, gouverner, gérer, remplir une charge, s'occuper de, procéder à. - agere bellum, Caes.: conduire la guerre, avoir la conduite de la guerre. - agere regnum: régner. - agere triumphum, Cic. Fam. 3, 10: triompher. - agere mensuram, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 14: mesurer. - agere stationem, Liv. 35, 29: monter la garde. - libera arbitria agere, Liv. 24, 45: [faire des décisions libres] = décider arbitrairement. - agere consulatum, Quint. 12, 1, 16: être consul, exercer la fonction de consul, exercer le consulat. - vigilias agere, Cic. Verr. 4.43.93: faire sentinelle. - censum agere, Liv. 3.22: faire le recensement. - agere senatum, Suet. Caes. 88: assembler le sénat. - fiscum agere, Suet.: lever l'impôt. [st1]12 [-] rouler dans son esprit, songer à. - nescio quid mens mea agat, Ov. H. 12, 212: je ne sais ce qui se passe dans mon esprit. - agere cogitationem parricidalem, Quint.: nourrir la pensée d'un parricide. - agere de intranda Britannia, Tac. Agr. 13: méditer une descente en Bretagne. [st1]13 [-] parler en public, prononcer un discours, haranguer, plaider; discuter, conférer, traiter; qqf. rendre un arrêt. - in agendo plus quam in scribendo operam ponere, Cic.: s'occuper plus de parler que d'écrire. - quum proxime res agentur, Plin.-jn.: la prochaine fois qu'on plaidera, à la première audience. - agere (causam): plaider. - Agricola juste agebat, Tac.: Agricola prononçait avec équité. - agere coepit se + inf. Nep: il proposa de... - agebatur de condicionibus, Liv.: on discutait sur les conditions. - agere de aliqua re: traiter une affaire. - agitur ea res in senatu: on traite de cette question au sénat. - agere cum populo: s’adresser au peuple, porter une question devant le peuple. - agere cum senatu: porter une question devant le sénat. - nihil ago tecum, Plaut.: je n'ai rien à démêler avec toi. - sic agere cum meis soleo, Plin.-jn.: voici ce que je dis aux gens de ma maison. - hic de quo agebam, Ter.: celui dont je parlais. - bella, quae agimus, Liv. 10: les guerres que nous racontons. - quae tecum, Catilina, sic agit: et la voici qui s’adresse directement à toi, Catilina (à propos de la patrie). - agere cum aliquo ut... Cic.: discuter avec qqn pour que, prier qqn de... - formule de contrat inter bonos bene agier oportet, Cic. Off. 3: il faut que les choses se passent bien entre honnêtes gens. [st1]14 [-] intenter une accusation, accuser. - si quid de se agi vellent, Nep.: s'ils voulaient lui faire un procès. - agere aliquem reum, Liv.: poursuivre qqn en justice. - agere aliquem adulterii, Quint.: accuser qqn d'adultère. [st1]15 [-] représenter, exprimer, débiter (comme acteur ou comme orateur), remplir le rôle de, se conduire, agir comme; simuler, se donner les airs de, faire le... - agere fabulam: jouer une pièce. - agere primas partes: jouer le premier rôle. - agere bonum virum: jouer le rôle d’honnête homme. - agit Chaeram, Cic.: il joue le rôle de Chéréas. - agere cum venustate, Cic.: avoir un débit agréable. - agere partes misericordiae, Cic.: se conduire en homme compatissant. - laetum convivam agit, Hor.: il agit en joyeux convive. - agere unum hominem, Sen.: être toujours le même (ne jouer qu'un personnage). - egi illos omnes adulescentes, Cic. Fam. 2, 9: j'ai contrefait (mimé) toute cette fameuse jeunesse. [st1]16 [-] au passif: être en question, être en jeu. - non pecunia agitur, Ter.: ce n'est pas d'argent qu'il s'agit. - agitur populi Romani gloria: il s’agit de la gloire du peuple romain (la gloire du peuple romain est en jeu). - is de quo agitur: la personne en question. - magna hereditas agitur: il est question d'un important héritage. - mea res agitur: mon intérêt est en question, mon intérêt est en jeu. - id agitur quis occiderit: la question est de savoir qui a tué. - id de quo agitur: l'affaire en question. - aguntur bona multorum, Cic.: il y va de la fortune de beaucoup de gens. - voir actum; actus* * *ăgo, ĕre, ēgi, actum, tr. - voir l'article ago de Gaffiot. - axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; axit = egerit, Paul. Diac. 3, 3; agier = agi,” Cic. Off. 3, 15; agentūm = agentium, Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6). - cf. gr. ἄγω. [st1]1 [-] chasser devant soi, faire marcher, conduire, pousser, amener (en parlant des êtres animés ou personnifiés). - jus agendi, Caj.: le droit de passage (avec un troupeau). - agere captivum prae se, Curt. 7, 6: faire marcher un captif devant soi. - agere agmen, Virg.: conduire une troupe. - agere currum: conduire un char. - agere capellas, Virg.: mener les chèvres au pâturage. - se agere, Virg. (agi, Liv.): se transporter, aller. - unde agis (s.-ent. te)? Plaut.: d'où viens-tu? - quo agis te? Plaut. Am.: où vas-tu? - ad castra Samnitium perrexit, quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur, Liv. 10, 29: il marcha vers le camp des Samnites où se dirigeait, épouvantée, toute la foule des soldats. - agere carmine quercus, Virg.: entraîner les chênes par ses chants. - fluvius vi agens undas, Curt.: fleuve qui roule ses eaux avec impétuosité. - praecipites Germani in amnem aguntur, Tac. H. 5: les Germains sont poussés et précipités dans le fleuve. [st1]2 [-] emmener comme capture. - praedam (praedas) agere, Sall.: se retirer avec du butin (hommes et bétail). - agere et ferre: emmener et emporter = piller. - res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv.: il vit livrer au pillage les biens des alliés. - agunt feruntque cuncta, Tac. (fig.): ils mènent tout à leur gré. [st1]3 [-] poursuivre, chasser, mettre en fuite. - apros agere, Virg. G. 3, 412: poursuivre des sangliers [à la chasse]. - acerba fata Romanos agunt, Hor. Epo. 7,17: des destins cruels poursuivent les Romains. - agentia verba Lycamben, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25: les mots qui harcèlent Lycambe. - agere hostem ad naves, Just.: poursuivre l'ennemi jusqu'aux vaisseaux. - agere aliquem de fundo, Cic.: chasser qqn de sa propriété. - agere in fugam: mettre en fuite. - lapidibus aliquem agere: chasser qqn à coups de pierres. [st1]4 [-] conduire, gouverner, entraîner, pousser à, contraindre; émouvoir, agiter, inquiéter, solliciter, attirer. - Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur, Virg. En. 1: Troyens ou Tyriens, ils seront traités par moi sans distinction. - se agere = se gerere: se comporter, se conduire. - tantā mobilitate sese Numidae agunt, Sall. J. 56: tant la conduite des Numides est mobile. - aliquem transvorsum agere, Sall. J. 6, 3: pousser qqn hors du droit chemin. - aliquem praecipitem agere, Cic.: entraîner qqn à sa perte. - agere in furorem, Quint.: rendre furieux. - agere in bellum, Tac.: pousser à la guerre. - agere ad omne scelus, Tac.: pousser à tous les crimes. - me profari agit, Sil.: il me pousse à parler. - agere in mortem: pousser à se donner la mort. - deus ultor agebat, Ov. M. 14: un dieu vengeur l'agitait. - diris agam vos, Hor. Epod. 5: je vous poursuivrai de mes imprécations. - ubi studio agitur aut irā, Curt.: dès que (la foule) est emportée par l'enthousiasme ou la colère. - seu te discus agit, Hor.: ou si le disque t'attire. [st1]5 [-] mouvoir (une chose), donner une impulsion, donner une direction, faire avancer, pousser. - fracturae centum libras agentes, Plin.: des fragments de roche [remuant la balance] = pesant cent livres. - agere navem, Hor.: diriger un vaisseau. - in litus naves agere, Liv. 22, 19: tirer les bateaux sur le rivage. - agere vineas, Caes.: faire avancer les mantelets. - cuniculum agere ad aerarium? Cic. Off. 3: conduire (faire) une galerie jusqu'au Trésor public. - agere limitem (au fig.): reculer les limites, gagner du terrain. [st1]6 [-] pousser au-dedans, faire pénétrer, enfoncer. - agere telum costis, Sil.: enfoncer un trait dans la poitrine. - agere fulmen, V.-Fl.: lancer la foudre. - pluma in cutem radices egerat imas, Ov. M. 2: le plumage avait enfoncé dans la peau de profondes racines. - agere rimas: se fendre, se lézarder, se gercer. [st1]7 [-] pousser au-dehors, faire sortir de soi. - agere frondem, Plin.: pousser des feuilles. - scintillas agere, Lucr. 2, 675: lancer des étincelles. - agere spumas, Cic.: écumer. - agere contagia, Virg.: répandre la contagion. - animam agere, Cic.: rendre l’âme, expirer. - sudor agitur, Sil.: la sueur s'échappe des pores. [st1]8 [-] passer le temps, être, vivre, séjourner, habiter. - agere (vitam): passer sa vie, vivre. - decimum annum agere: être dans sa dixième année, être âgé de neuf ans. - agere pacem: vivre en paix, être en paix. - alter agebatur mensis, Ov.: le second mois s'écoulait. - securum agere aevum, Hor.: mener une vie tranquille. - agere hiberna, Liv.: être en quartier d'hiver. - annum ago octogesimum, Cic.: je suis dans ma quatre-vingtième année. - Marius apud primos agebat, Sall.: Marius était à l'avant-garde. - in spe agere, Tac.: espérer. - in omni Africa, quae procul a mari agebat, Sall. J. 89: dans toute l'Afrique, qui était éloignée de la mer. - agere dies festos, Cic. Verr. 2.4.48: célébrer des jours de fête. [st1]9 [-] faire, agir, être actif, travailler, être efficace. - agere rem negligenter, Ter.: mener une affaire avec négligence. - quid agis? = que fais-tu? ou comment vas-tu? - hoc age, Plaut.: fais attention. - quid agam? = que dois-je faire? que faire? - aliud agere: penser à autre chose, être indifférent, être distrait. - nihil agere: ne rien faire, n’aboutir à rien. - nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61: tu perds ton temps, ô douleur! Si importune que tu sois, jamais je ne reconnaîtrai que tu es un mal. - electum agere: faire son choix, choisir. - virtus aliquid agit, Sen.: la vertu est active. - id agimus ut + subj.: nous travaillons à ceci que, notre but (notre objectif) est de. - nihil agetur, Dig.: il n'y aura rien de fait, l'acte sera nul. - gratias agere: remercier. - laudes agere: glorifier. - forum agere: rendre la justice. - e re sua agere: agir selon son propre intérêt. - rem agere cum aliquo: régler une affaire avec qqn. [st1]10 [-] agir de telle ou telle façon, traiter qqn bien ou mal. - agere bene aliquo: se comporter bien à l’égard de qqn. - male agere, Cic.: se conduire mal. - praeclare agere cum aliquo: bien agir à l'égard de qqn. - non pessime cum iis agitur, Cic. (impers.): ils ne sont pas à plaindre. - bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si... Suet.:... que le monde aurait pu être heureux si... - agere pro victoribus: se comporter en vainqueurs. - sic par est agere cum civibus, Cic. Off. 2, 83: voilà comment il convient d’agir à l’égard de ses concitoyens. - au pass. impers. secum male actum putat, Cic. Verr. 3, 119: il pense qu’on s’est mal comporté à son égard. - cum illo quis neget actum esse praeclare? Cic. Lael. 11: qui pourrait dire que la destinée n’a pas été belle pour lui? - optime actum cum eo videlur esse, qui... Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1: il semble avoir un sort heureux celui qui... - agite ut voltis, Cic. de Or. 2,367: agissez à votre guise. - perge ut agis, Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 5: continue d’agir comme tu fais. - bene agis, cum... jussisti, Liv. 8, 33, 10: tu as raison d’avoir ordonné. - agere lege: agir conformément à la loi (c.-à-d. frapper de la hache). - lictor, in eum primum lege age, Liv. 26, 6, 3: licteur, commence par lui l’application de la loi. - cf. Liv. 26, 15, 9 ; Sen. Contr. 10, 3, 6. [st1]11 [-] administrer, gouverner, gérer, remplir une charge, s'occuper de, procéder à. - agere bellum, Caes.: conduire la guerre, avoir la conduite de la guerre. - agere regnum: régner. - agere triumphum, Cic. Fam. 3, 10: triompher. - agere mensuram, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 14: mesurer. - agere stationem, Liv. 35, 29: monter la garde. - libera arbitria agere, Liv. 24, 45: [faire des décisions libres] = décider arbitrairement. - agere consulatum, Quint. 12, 1, 16: être consul, exercer la fonction de consul, exercer le consulat. - vigilias agere, Cic. Verr. 4.43.93: faire sentinelle. - censum agere, Liv. 3.22: faire le recensement. - agere senatum, Suet. Caes. 88: assembler le sénat. - fiscum agere, Suet.: lever l'impôt. [st1]12 [-] rouler dans son esprit, songer à. - nescio quid mens mea agat, Ov. H. 12, 212: je ne sais ce qui se passe dans mon esprit. - agere cogitationem parricidalem, Quint.: nourrir la pensée d'un parricide. - agere de intranda Britannia, Tac. Agr. 13: méditer une descente en Bretagne. [st1]13 [-] parler en public, prononcer un discours, haranguer, plaider; discuter, conférer, traiter; qqf. rendre un arrêt. - in agendo plus quam in scribendo operam ponere, Cic.: s'occuper plus de parler que d'écrire. - quum proxime res agentur, Plin.-jn.: la prochaine fois qu'on plaidera, à la première audience. - agere (causam): plaider. - Agricola juste agebat, Tac.: Agricola prononçait avec équité. - agere coepit se + inf. Nep: il proposa de... - agebatur de condicionibus, Liv.: on discutait sur les conditions. - agere de aliqua re: traiter une affaire. - agitur ea res in senatu: on traite de cette question au sénat. - agere cum populo: s’adresser au peuple, porter une question devant le peuple. - agere cum senatu: porter une question devant le sénat. - nihil ago tecum, Plaut.: je n'ai rien à démêler avec toi. - sic agere cum meis soleo, Plin.-jn.: voici ce que je dis aux gens de ma maison. - hic de quo agebam, Ter.: celui dont je parlais. - bella, quae agimus, Liv. 10: les guerres que nous racontons. - quae tecum, Catilina, sic agit: et la voici qui s’adresse directement à toi, Catilina (à propos de la patrie). - agere cum aliquo ut... Cic.: discuter avec qqn pour que, prier qqn de... - formule de contrat inter bonos bene agier oportet, Cic. Off. 3: il faut que les choses se passent bien entre honnêtes gens. [st1]14 [-] intenter une accusation, accuser. - si quid de se agi vellent, Nep.: s'ils voulaient lui faire un procès. - agere aliquem reum, Liv.: poursuivre qqn en justice. - agere aliquem adulterii, Quint.: accuser qqn d'adultère. [st1]15 [-] représenter, exprimer, débiter (comme acteur ou comme orateur), remplir le rôle de, se conduire, agir comme; simuler, se donner les airs de, faire le... - agere fabulam: jouer une pièce. - agere primas partes: jouer le premier rôle. - agere bonum virum: jouer le rôle d’honnête homme. - agit Chaeram, Cic.: il joue le rôle de Chéréas. - agere cum venustate, Cic.: avoir un débit agréable. - agere partes misericordiae, Cic.: se conduire en homme compatissant. - laetum convivam agit, Hor.: il agit en joyeux convive. - agere unum hominem, Sen.: être toujours le même (ne jouer qu'un personnage). - egi illos omnes adulescentes, Cic. Fam. 2, 9: j'ai contrefait (mimé) toute cette fameuse jeunesse. [st1]16 [-] au passif: être en question, être en jeu. - non pecunia agitur, Ter.: ce n'est pas d'argent qu'il s'agit. - agitur populi Romani gloria: il s’agit de la gloire du peuple romain (la gloire du peuple romain est en jeu). - is de quo agitur: la personne en question. - magna hereditas agitur: il est question d'un important héritage. - mea res agitur: mon intérêt est en question, mon intérêt est en jeu. - id agitur quis occiderit: la question est de savoir qui a tué. - id de quo agitur: l'affaire en question. - aguntur bona multorum, Cic.: il y va de la fortune de beaucoup de gens. - voir actum; actus* * *Ago, Agis, priore corr. egi, actum, agere. Besongner, Faire quelque chose.\Hoc age. Terent. Sois du tout attentif à cela, Laisse toutes choses pour entendre à cela, Pren y garde.\Id agunt, vt viri boni esse videantur. Cic. Ils taschent et mettent peine à estre estimez gents de bien.\Cum seruo Habiti furti egit. Cic. Il a accusé de larcin le serf d'Habitus.\Agere iniuriarum cum aliquo. Sub. crimine. Cic. Intenter action en cas d'injures alencontre de quelcun, Agir contre quelcun, etc.\Agere vineas et turres. Caesar. Poulser devant soy, Approcher, ou mettre pres.\Hoccine agis, an non? Terent. Entens tu à ce que je te dis, ou non?\Membris agit atra venena. Virgil. Chasse dehors.\Agere caudam. Colum. Remuer la queue.\Est ne ipsus de quo agebam? Terent. N'est ce pas celuy de qui je parloye?\Agere. Virgil. Gouverner.\Agere. Virgil. Vexer, Inquieter, Tormenter.\Agere. Virg. Poursuyvre aucun, Presser, Chasser de pres.\Agere. Tacit. Vivre.\Agere inter homines desiit. Tacit. Il est mort.\Vt ferri agique res suas viderunt. Liuius. Quand ils veirent qu'on ravissoit et qu'on emmenoit tout leur bien.\Agere aliquem ad aliquid. Plin. Induire, Inciter.\Agere ad populum. Cic. Traicter et adviser avec le peuple de quelque affaire publique.\Agere omnia ad praescriptum. Caesar. Faire tout par, ou selon l'ordonnance d'autruy.\AEtatem agere Athenis. Cicero. Vivre en Athenes, Passer ses jours, Finer ses jours, User sa vie en Athenes.\Hic fere aetatem egit in literis. Cicero. Il a estudié presque toute sa vie, Consumé sa vie à l'estude.\AEuum cum diis in caelo. Cic. Vivre eternellement.\AEuum per crimina. Ouid. Vivre en toutes meschancetez.\Aliquem. Cic. Contrefaire aucun.\Aliud agere. Cic. Ne point penser ou entendre à ce qu'on dict, Penser ailleurs, Faire des chasteauls en Espaigne.\Aliud nunc agit. Cic. Il ne s'en soulcie pas à ceste heure. Bud.\Ambages. Plaut. User d'ambages, Parler ambiguement.\Ambigue. Corn. Tacit. Tourner autour du pot, Aller en ambageoye.\Amicum. Plin. Se monstrer vray ami, Faire office d'ami, Faire en bon ami.\Animam. Ci. Se mourir, Estre à l'article de la mort, Tirer à la fin, Rendre l'esprit.\Animum. Horat. Tourner, Induire.\Animo magno et forti rem aliquam agere. Cic. Faire quelque chose hardiement et sans crainte.\Annum secundum agere, etc. Varro. Estre au deuxiesme an de son aage.\Anni nonaginta aguntur a Virgilii vatis obitu. Plin. Il y a quatre vingts dix ans que Virgile est mort.\Apologum. Plaut. Conter une fable.\Apud aliquos. Cic. Faire une harangue à aucuns.\Arbitrium alicuius rei. Liu. Faire le maistre de quelque chose, En disposer et ordonner à son plaisir.\Astute. Matius. Cic. User de finesse, ou astuce, Faire ou dire quelque chose par faintise.\Agere bellum: vt, Bella agenda non puero. Ouid. Faire la guerre.\Bene mecum agitur. Cicero. Je suis bien, Mon cas va bien, Mon cas se porte bien, Je me tiens bien pour content, Je suis bien heureux, etc.\Bene cum rebus humanis ageretur. Sueton. Ce seroit un grand bien pour les hommes.\Bene egissent Athenienses cum Milciade, etc. Valer. Max. Les Atheniens se feussent bien portez envers luy, Ils luy eussent faict grand plaisir, Ils eussent beaucoup faict pour luy, si, etc.\Blanditiis agitur nihil. Ouid. On ne gaigne rien à flatter.\Agere canticum. Liu. Danser.\Captiuos sub curribus. Mart. Mener les prisonniers en triomphe.\Causam, vel causas. Plin. Advocasser, Plaider une cause.\Censuram. Senec. Estre rigoreux.\Censura agitur. Ouid. Agere circum. Virg. Faire tournoyer.\Ciuem mirificum. Caelius Cic. Se monstrer bon et vray citoyen.\Coliculum. Columel. Jecter, ou produire une petite tige.\Communiter aliquid. Cic. Traicter de quelque chose ensemble.\Consilia. Liu. Tenir conseil, Consulter ensemble.\Consulem. Plin. iunior. Faire office de Consul.\Contagia late. Ouid. Jecter bien loing et espardre sa contagion et infection.\Contentione magna. Liu. Tascher fort et prendre grand peine à faire quelque chose.\Conuentus. Caesar. Terent. Tenir les estats d'un pais, Tenir les grands jours ou l'eschiquier.\Agere cum alio re aliqua: vt, Plebeio sermone agere cum aliquo. Ci. User de language commun et vulgaire en parlant à luy.\Agere cum aliquo. Caes. Traicter de quelque chose avec aucun, Luy tenir propos de quelque chose.\Egit nobiscum, vt, si nobis videretur, adiremus ad eorum senatum. Ci. Il nous teint propos d'aller si bon nous sembloit, etc.\Agere cum aliquo. Cice. Soliciter un homme à faire quelque chose, et l'en requerir.\Quid cum illis agas, qui neque ius, etc. Terent. Que ferois tu avec ces gents là qui, etc.\Nihil ago tecum. Plau. Je n'ay que faire ne que soulder avec toy.\Accurate agere cum aliquo, vt. Ci. Le solliciter fort et soigneusement que, etc.\Familiariter agere cum aliquo. Cic. Dire, ou Parler familierement et priveement à aucun.\Gladiis. Cic. User de glaives envers aucuns.\Hortatione. Cic. User d'exhortation.\Iracunde. Cic. En se courrouceant.\Leniter. Cic. Doulcement, Gratieusement.\Praeceptis. Cic. User de commandements, Commander à aucun.\Precibus. Cic. User de prieres, Prier aucun.\Prisce. Cic. Le traicter à la mode ou maniere ancienne, à l'antique.\Remisse. Cic. Non asprement.\Seuere. Cic. User de severité envers aucun.\Simpliciter. Cic. Simplement et rondement.\Tabellis obsignatis. Cic. Le convaincre par ses lettres mesmes.\Vehementer. Cic. Asprement.\Vrbane. Cic. Civilement.\Agere cum Patribus. Cic. Traicter de quelque chose avec les senateurs.\Agere cum populo. Cic. Quand un magistrat assembloit le peuple, et traictoit avec euls de quelque affaire publique.\Agere cuniculos ad aerarium. Cic. Faire une mine, Miner.\Curam. Liu. Se soulcier de quelque chose.\Euphrates cursum ad occasum solis agit. Pli. Flue, coule, fait son cours vers Occident.\Custodiam vrbis. Liu. Garder la ville, Faire le guet sur la ville.\De caeteris rebus quicquid erit actum, scribam ad te. Cic. Tout ce qui aura esté faict et traicté des autres choses.\Agere de pace. Liu. Traicter de la paix.\Agere de re aliqua ad fidem. Liu. Parler de quelque chose en sorte qu'on soit creu.\De cosilio publico aliquid agere. Cic. Faire quelque chose par conseil et advis commun.\Agere aliquid de loco superiore. Cic. Estant hault assis en siege judicial, Tenant le siege.\Agitur de capite, aut fama. Ci. Il est question de la vie, La vie y pend.\Delectum. Plin. Faire eslite, Discerner.\Agi desiderio alicuius rei. Liu. Avoir grand desir de quelque chose, La desirer et regretter fort.\Diem vitae extremum agere. Cic. Estre à son dernier jour, Se mourir.\Diem festum. Cic. Faire feste, Celebrer, ou solennizer la feste.\Diem vnum bene agere ex philosophiae praeceptis. Cice. Vivre un jour selon, etc.\Diris agere aliquem. Horat. Mauldire quelcun, et prier ou souhaiter que mal luy advienne.\Agentur a nobis omnia diligenter. Cic. Nous ferons toute diligence de cela.\Agere equum in viam. Liu. Picquer son cheval, et s'en aller.\Error agit aliquem. Ouid. Erreur le meine.\Agere ex aequo. Tacit. Avoir pareille authorité et preeminence.\Res agitur ex animo. Author ad Heren. A bon escient, et sans faintise.\Ex diuerso agere. Quintil. Advocasser pour partie adverse.\Ex fide bona agere. Cic. Intenter une action de bonne foy, Y aller à la bonne foy.\Agere ex insidiis. Cic. Aller, ou proceder par trahison.\Ex sponso siue ex sponsu agere. Quod recentiores dixerunt, Agere ex stipulatu. Cic. Convenir sa partie pour raison d'une stipulation.\Ex syngrapha cum aliquo agere. Cicer. Faire poursuyte d'une debte ou promesse dont il appert par cedule du defendeur.\Exemplis. Plin. Amener, ou alleguer exemples.\Experimenta. Plin. Experimenter.\Agere fabulam, comoediam, tragoediam. Cic. Jouer une farce.\Fama agit aliquem. Horat. Le bruit le fait estre congneu du monde.\Folia agere dicitur arbor. Col. Jecter, ou produire ses fueilles.\Fortuna nostra agitur per aduersas procellas. Ouid. Est agitee.\Agere forum. Cic. Exercer judicature, Tenir les plaids.\Frigora agunt venti. Virg. Les vents ameinent la froidure.\Agere frondem dicitur arbor. Plin. Jecter et produire ses branches et fueilles.\Agere fugam. Liu. S'enfuir.\Fundamenta. Cicero. Mettre et jecter ou faire les fondements, Fonder.\Genialiter agere festum. Ouid. Faire grand chere à la feste.\Gemmas agere dicitur vitis, aut arbor. Columel. Bourgeonner.\Agere gestum in scena. Cic. Faire les gestes et mines.\Grauiter agere aliquid. Horat. Diligemment et habillement.\Gradus agere praecipites. Valer. Flac. Cheminer fort vistement.\Gradus agere tacitos. Idem. Marcher, ou cheminer sans dire mot.\Agere grates, poeticum magis, quam oratorium. Plau. Ci. Liu. Remercier, Rendre graces.\Gratias. Cic. Remercier, Regracier.\Gratias alicui apud alium. Cicero, Mirificas apud me tibi gratias egit, prorsus incredibiles. Il t'a grandement remercié, ou regracie en parlant à moy.\In aliqua re gratias agere. Cic. Remercier de quelque chose.\In singulas res agere gratias. Cic. A chascun poinct.\Dicimus Agere maximas gratias, meritas, incredibiles, singulares, singularibus verbis, et amplissimis. Ex Terentio et Cicerone. Remercier grandement, Regracier haultement.\Age hoc. Plaut. Entens ici.\Hoc age. Terent. Bien doncques, fay le.\Hoc age. Passe oultre. Bud. ex Gellio.\Hoc agite amabo. Terent. Entendez ici je vous prie.\Agere hyemem sub tectis. Liu. Passer son yver à couvert.\Agere ictum. Liu. Donner un coup, Poulser le coup.\Id agere, vt hoc fiat. Cic. Mettre peine que cela se face.\Non id agebam. Plin. Je n'y pensoye pas. B.\Imperium agere. Plin. Conuicto male acti imperii rei militaris. Convaincu d'avoir mal gouverné et administré l'office de capitaine et chef de guerre.\Agere in, pro esse. Virg. Plin. Dies in terra agit, noctes in aqua. De jour il est en terre, de nuict en l'eaue.\Agere animum in admirationem. Pli. Faire esmerveiller, Ravir en admiration.\In arma. Liu. Inciter à faire la guerre.\Agere in crucem. Cic. Crucifier.\In exilium. Plin. Bannir, Envoyer en exil.\In fraudem. Virg. Mettre en danger.\In fugam. Liu. Chasser, Faire fuir, Donner la chasse, Mettre en fuite.\Redit agricolis labor actus in orbem. Virgil. Les laboureurs sont touts les ans à recommencer leur labeur.\In bona spe. Tacit. Avoir bonne esperance, Estre en bonne esperance.\Incuriosius. Tacit. Ne penser point à soy, N'estre point sur ses gardes.\Inquisitio agitur. Plin. On fait enqueste.\Iter agere. Ouid. Aller.\Iudicium agitur. Plin. Quand le juge congnoist d'une matiere.\Iure summo agere. Cic. Traicter un homme en toute rigueur, Luy faire au pis qu'on peult.\Agere laudes et grates diis. Liu. Louer et remercier Dieu.\Legationem apud aliquem. Asconius. Estre ambassadeur envers aucun.\Agere dicuntur legati suppliciter. Liu. Quand les ambassadeurs font leur harangue en suppliant.\Lege agere. Cic. Poursuyvre selon la loy.\Leniter. Cic. Doulcement.\Lente agere. Liu. Laschement.\Luxuriam agere. Horat. Reprendre et blasmer prodigalité.\Agere mandata. Cic. Faire ce qu'on nous a commande, Mettre en execution ce, etc.\Agit mecum fortuna secundis rebus. Lucan. Fortune me favorise, me dit, me rit.\Agitur mensis septimus, aut annus. Terent. C'est ici, ou Voici la septieme annee.\Mensuram alicuius rei agere. Plin. Reduire à mesure.\Foras agendus est metus mortis. Lucret. Il fault chasser dehors la crainte de mourir, Il ne fault point craindre la mort.\Agere pingui Minerua. Cic. Parler grossement et lourdement.\Morem. Sallust. Avoir et entretenir une coustume.\Modice agere quippiam. Cic. Tempereement, Modereement.\Multum agit sexus, aetas, conditio. Quintil. Y sert de beaucoup, y fait beaucoup.\Non multum egerit. Curius ad Ciceronem. Il ne profictera pas beaucoup.\Agere ne. Liu. Omnia, ne id fieret, agentibus. Cerchants touts les moyents que cela ne se feist.\Agere negotium suum. Cic. Se mesler de ses affaires.\Nihil agere. Cic. Ne faire chose qui vaille, Perdre sa peine, Perdre temps.\Neque nostrae disputationes quicquam aliud agunt, nisi vt, etc. Nos disputations ne tendent à autre chose, sinon que, etc.\Noctem inter gaudia agere. Virg. Passer la nuict en joyeusetez.\Nugas agere. Plaut. Baver.\Orationem. Cic. Prononcer une oraison, ou faire une harangue.\Oscitanter. Cic. Negligemment.\Otia. Virgil. Estre oiseulx.\Pacem. Sallust. faire la paix. Estre en repos. apud Sillium.\Partes aliquas, siue aliquem. Cic. Jouer le personnage d'aucun, ou son roulet.\Primas partes. Terent. Estre le principal personnage d'une farce.\Partes alicuius vicissim. Terent. Faire l'office de quelcun, ainsi qu'il a faict le nostre, Faire pour aucun comme il a faict pour nous.\Primas partes in re aliqua. Cic. Estre le principal et plus excellent que les autres.\Agi dicuntur pecora. Virg. Quand on les meine.\Agere animalia potum. Varro. Mener ou chasser les bestes à l'abbrevoir, Les mener boire.\Agere prae se armenta. Liu. Toucher devant soy et mener.\Agere aliquid per alium. Cic. Faire par un autre.\Agi per saxa latratibus canum. Ouid. Estre chassé parmi les pierres et rochiers.\Agere plebem. Liu. Mener le peuple à sa fantasie, ou Troubler et mutiner.\Poenas alicuius sceleris ab aliquo agere. Liu. Punir aucun pour quelque cas.\Poenitentiam agere. Plin. iunior. Se repentir, Avoir regret d'avoir faict quelque chose.\Prae se agere aliquem. Statius. Chasser devant soy.\Praecipitem ex alto. Caesar. Jecter du hault en bas.\Praecipitem de fundo. Cic. Jecter violentement hors de sa terre.\Praecipitem, per metaphoram. Cic. Ruiner.\Praecipitem eum agunt poenae ciuium. Ci. Les meurtres qu'il a commis luy tormentent l'esprit et la conscience tellement qu'il en est comme furieux et troublé de l'entendement.\Praedam. Liu. Emmener la proye ou le butin.\Quercus agere carmine. Virg. Esmouvoir.\Quid ages? Terent. Non interrogantis, sed metuentis hoc dictum est. Que penses tu faire? Qu'est ce que tu feras?\Vide quid agas. Ter. Que veuls tu faire? Regarde que tu feras.\Agamus quod agitur. Cic. Parlons de la matiere subjecte.\Agere radices deorsum. Colu. Jecter ses racines avant en terre.\Radices agit vera gloria, per metaphoram. Cic. Prend racines, Est de longue duree.\Agere remissius cum subjectis. Colum. Ne traicter point rudement ses subjects.\Alias res agere. Terent. Penser à autre chose, N'entendre point à ce qu'on dict, Penser ailleurs.\Res alicuius agere. Cic. Faire les affaires d'aucun.\Retro aliquid agere. Plin. Compter à reculons, ou à rebours.\Agere reum. Plin. Accuser, mettre sus un crime à quelcun, et le poursuyvre judiciairement.\Agere rimas. Cic. Se fendre, Se crevasser.\Scintillas agere. Lucret. Jecter des estincelles, Estinceler.\Agere se. Cheminer. vt, Quo hinc te agis? Ter. Où vas tu d'ici?\Agere se pro equite Rom. Suet. Se dire et maintenir estre, etc.\Agit se pro nobili. Il se dit noble. B.\Agere secretum. Sueton. Estre tout seul.\Agere aliquid secum. Cic. Faire quelque chose tout seul.\Agitur Senarus. Sueton. Le senat est assemblé.\Agere honoratam senectutem. Li. Passer sa vieillesse honorablement.\Silentium. Ouid. Se taire, Ne sonner mot.\Spumas. Cic. Jecter escumes, ou Escumer par la bouche.\Stationem. Tacit. Faire le guet en la guerre, ou autour de la personne du prince.\Triumphum. Cic. Triompher.\Triumphum ex aliquo populo agere. Liu. Triompher apres avoir eu victoire de quelque peuple.\Ventis agi. Ouid. Estre mené ou poulsé des vents.\Ver agit orbis. Virg. Il est le prin temps.\Agere versum. Cic. Prononcer un vers avec le geste requis.\Vi agere. Liu. User de force, Aller par force.\Vigilias noctu ad aedes sacras. Cic. Faire le guet de nuict.\Agere vitam ruri. Liu. Vivre és champs.\Lachrymis agendum est. Sen. Il fault user de larmes, Il fault plourer.\Agitur gloria pop. Romani. Cic. Il est question de la gloire et honneur des Romains.\Agitur magnum ipsius periculum. Plancus Ciceroni. Il est en grand danger.\Aguntur res Attici. Cic. Il est question des affaires d'Atticus. -
19 polliceor
pollĭcĕor, ēri, ĭtus sum [st2]1 [-] proposer, offrir. [st2]2 [-] promettre, s'engager à. [st2]3 [-] annoncer, prédire. - polliceri de aliqua re: s'engager à qqch. - polliceri operam: promettre son concours. - polliceri + prop. inf. au futur (rarement au présent): promettre de, s'engager à. - pollicetur Piso censor sese iturum ad Caesarem, Caes. BC. 1: le censeur Pison s'engage à aller auprès de César. - Auximatibus agit gratias seque eorum facti memorem fore pollicetur, Caes. BC. 1: il remercie les Auximates et leur promet de se souvenir de leur conduite. - pollicentur obsides dare, Caes.: ils promettent de livrer des otages. - pro certo polliceor hoc vobis me esse perfecturum, ut... Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 100: je m'engage formellement auprès de vous à obtenir que... - polliceri aliquid alicui: promettre qqch à qqn. - polliceri (sens passif) → polliceo.* * *pollĭcĕor, ēri, ĭtus sum [st2]1 [-] proposer, offrir. [st2]2 [-] promettre, s'engager à. [st2]3 [-] annoncer, prédire. - polliceri de aliqua re: s'engager à qqch. - polliceri operam: promettre son concours. - polliceri + prop. inf. au futur (rarement au présent): promettre de, s'engager à. - pollicetur Piso censor sese iturum ad Caesarem, Caes. BC. 1: le censeur Pison s'engage à aller auprès de César. - Auximatibus agit gratias seque eorum facti memorem fore pollicetur, Caes. BC. 1: il remercie les Auximates et leur promet de se souvenir de leur conduite. - pollicentur obsides dare, Caes.: ils promettent de livrer des otages. - pro certo polliceor hoc vobis me esse perfecturum, ut... Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 100: je m'engage formellement auprès de vous à obtenir que... - polliceri aliquid alicui: promettre qqch à qqn. - polliceri (sens passif) → polliceo.* * *Polliceor, polliceris, pen. prod. pollicitus sum, pen. corr. polliceri. Plaut. Promettre.\Alicui operam suam polliceri. Cic. Promettre de luy aider.\Se memorem alicuius facti polliceri. Caesar. Promettre qu'il luy en souviendra.\Bene polliceri. Sallust. Promettre largement.\Annio tantum tibi polliceor, etc. Cic. Je t'asseure.\Habeo polliceri. Cic. J'ay à promettre, ou Il fault que je promette. -
20 refero
rĕ-fĕro, rettŭli (also written retuli), rĕlātum (rēlātum or rellatum, Lucr. 2, 1001), rĕferre, v. a. irr., to bear, carry, bring, draw, or give back (very freq. and class.; cf.: reduco, reporto, retraho).I.Lit.A.Ingen.: zonas, quas plenas argenti extuli, eas ex provinciā inanes rettuli, C. Gracchus ap. Gell. 15, 12 fin.:b.arma,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 25:vasa domum,
id. Poen. 4, 2, 25; cf.:pallam domum,
id. Men. 5, 7, 59; 4, 2, 97; 98; cf.:anulum ad me,
id. Cas. 2, 1, 1;and simply pallam, spinther,
id. Men. 3, 3, 16; 5, 1, 5; 5, 2, 56:secum aurum,
id. Aul. 4, 5, 4:exta,
id. Poen. 2, 44:uvidum rete sine squamoso pecu,
id. Rud. 4, 3, 5:aestus aliquem in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:Auster me ad tribulos tuos Rhegium rettulit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3: ut naves eodem, unde erant profectae, reterrentur, Caes. B. G. 4, 28:me referunt pedes in Tusculanum,
Cic. Att. 15, 16, B; cf.:aliquem lecticae impositum domum,
Suet. Caes. 82; and:in Palatium,
id. Vit. 16: intro referre pedem, to turn one ' s feet back, to return, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 50; cf.:incertus tuum cave ad me rettuleris pedem,
id. Ep. 3, 4, 3:caelo rettulit illa pedem,
Ov. H. 16, 88; 15, 186:fertque refertque pedes,
id. F. 6, 334 (for a different use of the phrase, v. infra B. 2.):in decimum vestigia rettulit annum (victoria),
Verg. A. 11, 290:in convivia gressum,
Sil. 11, 355:in thalamos cursum,
id. 8, 89:ad nomen caput ille refert,
turns his head, looks back, Ov. M. 3, 245:suumque Rettulit os in se,
drew back, concealed, id. ib. 2, 303:ad Tuneta rursum castra refert,
Liv. 30, 16:corpus in monumentum,
Petr. 113:relatis Lacedaemona (ossibus),
Just. 3, 3, 12:gemmam non ad os, sed ad genas,
Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 5: digitos ad os referre, to draw back (v. digitus), Quint. 11, 3, 103:digitos ad frontem saepe,
Ov. M. 15, 567:manum ad capulum,
Tac. A. 15, 58 fin.:rursus enses vaginae,
Sil. 7, 508:pecunias monumentaque, in templum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 21:caput ejus in castra,
id. B. G. 5, 58:vulneratos in locum tutum,
id. B. C. 2, 41:cornua (urorum) in publicum,
id. B. G. 6, 28:frumentum omne ad se referri jubet,
id. ib. 7, 71:signa militaria, scutum, litteras ad Caesarem,
id. ib. 7, 88; id. B. C. 3, 53; 3, 99; id. B. G. 1, 29; 5, 49:Caesaris capite relato,
id. B. C. 3, 19 fin. —Esp.: referre se, to go back, return:c.Romam se rettulit,
Cic. Fl. 21, 50:sese in castra,
Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.:se huc,
id. ib. 2, 8, 2:domum me Ad porri catinum,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 115:sese ab Argis (Juno),
Verg. A. 7, 286:se ab aestu,
Ov. M. 14, 52; cf.:se de Britannis ovans,
Tac. A. 13, 32:causam Cleanthes offert, cur se sol referat,
Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 37.—Pass. in mid. sense, to return, arrive:d.sin reiciemur, tamen eodem paulo tardius referamur necesse est,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119:classem relatam,
Verg. A. 1, 390:nunc Itali in tergum versis referuntur habenis,
Sil. 4, 317; 7, 623.—To withdraw, remove:B.fines benignitatis introrsus referre,
to narrow, Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 5:Seleucia ab mari relata,
remote, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93. —In partic.1.To give back something due; to give up, return, restore, pay back, repay (= reddere):2.scyphos, quos utendos dedi Philodamo, rettuleritne?
Plaut. As. 2, 4, 34; cf. id. Aul. 4, 10, 29; 37; 38;and, pateram (surreptam),
Cic. Div. 1, 25, 54:argentum,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 29; so (with reddere) id. Curc. 5, 3, 45:mercedem (with reddere),
id. As. 2, 4, 35; cf.:octonis idibus aera,
to pay the money for tuition. Hor. S. 1, 6, 75 (v. idus):si non Rettuleris pannum,
id. Ep. 1, 17, 32; 1, 6, 60:verum, si plus dederis, referam,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 112.—Referre pedem or gradum, as a milit. t. t., to draw back, retire, withdraw, retreat (different from the gen. signif., to return, and the above passages):b.vulneribus defessi pedem referre coeperunt,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25; cf.:ut paulatim cedant ac pedem referant,
id. B. C. 2, 40; Liv. 7, 33; so,referre pedem,
Caes. B. C. 1, 44 (with loco excedere); Cic. Phil. 12, 3 (opp. insistere); Liv. 3, 60 (opp. restituitur pugna);21, 8 al.— For the sake of euphony: referre gradum: cum pedes referret gradum,
Liv. 1, 14. —And, in a like sense, once mid.: a primā acie ad triarios sensim referebatur,
Liv. 8, 8, 11.—Transf., out of the milit. sphere:II. A.feroque viso retulit retro pedem (viator),
Phaedr. 2, 1, 8; cf.:viso rettulit angue pedem,
Ov. F. 2, 342; 6, 334:rettulit ille gradus horrueruntque comae,
id. ib. 2, 502:(in judiciis) instare proficientibus et ab iis, quae non adjuvant, quam mollissime pedem oportet referre,
Quint. 6, 4, 19.In gen.: (Saxum) ejulatu... Resonando mutum flebiles voces refert, Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94 (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.); cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42:B.sonum,
id. N. D. 2, 57, 144; id. Or. 12, 38; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 201 al.:voces,
Ov. M. 12, 47; cf.:Coëamus rettulit Echo,
id. ib. 3, 387: cum ex CXXV. judicibus reus L. referret, restored to the list, i. e. retained, accepted (opp. quinque et LXX. reiceret), Cic. Planc. 17:o mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos!
Verg. A. 8, 560; cf.: tibi tempora, Hor. C. 4, 13, 13:festas luces (sae culum),
id. ib. 4, 6, 42:dies siccos (sol),
id. ib. 3, 29, 20 et saep.:hoc quidem jam periit: Ni quid tibi hinc in spem referas,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 3:ad amicam meras querimonias referre,
id. Truc. 1, 2, 65:hic in suam domum ignominiam et calamitatem rettulit,
Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138; cf.:pro re certā spem falsam domum rettulerunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:rem publicam sistere negat posse, nisi ad equestrem ordinem judicia referantur,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:servati civis decus referre,
Tac. A. 3, 21:e cursu populari referre aspectum in curiam,
to turn back, turn towards, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:oculos animumque ad aliquem,
id. Quint. 14, 47:animum ad studia,
id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:animum ad veritatem,
id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48:animum ad firmitudinem,
Tac. A. 3, 6 et saep.:multa dies variique labor mutabilis aevi Rettulit in melius,
brought to a better state, Verg. A. 11, 426:uterque se a scientiae delectatione ad efficiendi utilitatem refert,
Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5; so,se ad philosophiam referre,
to go back, return, id. Off. 2, 1, 4:ut eo, unde digressa est, referat se oratio,
id. ib. 2, 22, 77.—In partic.1.(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To pay back, give back, repay (syn. reddo):2.denique Par pari referto,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55; cf.:quod ab ipso adlatum est, id sibi esse relatum putet,
id. Phorm. prol. 21:ut puto, non poteris ipsa referre vicem,
pay him back in his own coin, Ov. A. A. 1, 370; Sen. Herc. Fur. 1337. — Esp. in the phrase referre gratiam (rarely gratias), to return thanks, show one ' s gratitude (by deeds), to recompense, requite (cf.:gratiam habeo): spero ego mihi quoque Tempus tale eventurum, ut tibi gratium referam parem,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 39:parem gratiam,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 51:et habetur et refertur, Thais, a me ita, uti merita es, gratia,
id. ib. 4, 6, 12; cf.:meritam gratiam debitamque,
Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 14:justam ac debitam gratiam,
id. Balb. 26, 59:pro eo mihi ac mereor relaturos esse gratiam,
id. Cat. 4, 2, 3; 1, 11, 28; id. Off. 2, 20, 69:fecisti ut tibi numquam referre gratiam possim,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 12; id. Most. 1, 3, 57; id. Pers. 5, 2, 71; id. Ps. 1, 3, 86; id. Rud. 5, 3, 36 al.; Cic. Lael. 15, 53; Caes. B. G. 1, 35:alicui pro ejus meritis gratiam referre,
id. ib. 5, 27 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 39; 3, 1, fin.:gratiam emeritis,
Ov. P. 1, 7, 61:gratiam factis,
id. Tr. 5, 4, 47.— Plur.:pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores ei habeantur gratiaeque referantur,
Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 39; 10, 11, 1:dis advenientem gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27; v. gratia.—To bring back any thing; to repeat, renew, restore, = repetere, retractare, renovare, etc.:b.(Hecyram) Iterum referre,
to produce it again, Ter. Hec. prol. 7; id. ib. prol. alt. 21 and 30; cf. Hor. A. P. 179.— So, to bring up for reconsideration:rem judicatam,
Cic. Dom. 29, 78:ludunt... Dictaeos referunt Curetas,
Lucr. 2, 633:Actia pugna per pueros refertur,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 62: institutum referri ac renovari, Civ. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68; cf.:consuetudo longo intervallo repetita ac relata,
id. ib. 21, 67:te illud idem, quod tum explosum et ejectum est, nunc rettulisse demiror,
Cic. Clu. 31, 86:cum ad idem, unde semel profecta sunt, cuncta astra redierint eandemque totius caeli descriptionem longis intervallis retulerint,
id. Rep. 6, 22, 24:mysteria ad quae biduo serius veneram,
id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:quasdam caerimonias ex magno intervallo,
Liv. 3, 55:antiquum morem,
Suet. Caes. 20:consuetudinem antiquam,
id. Tib. 32 et saep.:cum aditus consul idem illud responsum rettulit,
repeated, Liv. 37, 6 fin.:veterem Valeriae gentis in liberandā patriā laudem,
to restore, Cic. Fl. 1, 1:hunc morem, hos casus atque haec certamina primus Ascanius Rettulit,
Verg. A. 5, 598:O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,
id. ib. 8, 560.—To represent, set forth anew, reproduce, etc.:3.referre Naturam, mores, victum motusque parentum,
to reproduce, Lucr. 1, 597:majorum vultus vocesque comasque,
id. 4, 1221:mores, os vultusque ejus (sc. patris),
Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9:parentis sui speciem,
Liv. 10, 7; cf.:(Tellus) partim figuras Rettulit antiquas, partim nova monstra creavit,
Ov. M. 1, 437:faciem demptā pelle novam,
Tib. 1, 8, 46:temporis illius vultum,
Ov. M. 13, 443: si quis mihi parvulus aulā Luderet Aeneas, qui te tamen ore [p. 1545] referret, might represent, resemble thee, Verg. A. 4, 329; cf.:nomine avum referens, animo manibusque parentem,
id. ib. 12, 348:Marsigni sermone vultuque Suevos referunt,
Tac. G. 43:neque amissos colores lana refert,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 28.—To convey a report, account, intelligence, by speech or by writing; to report, announce, relate, recite, repeat, recount; to mention, allege (class.;b.in late Lat. saepissime): certorum hominum sermones referebantur ad me,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10 Orell. N. cr.:tales miserrima fletus Fertque refertque soror (sc. ad Aeneam),
Verg. A. 4, 438:pugnam referunt,
Ov. M. 12, 160:factum dictumve,
Liv. 6, 40:si quis hoc referat exemplum,
Quint. 5, 11, 8:in epistulis Cicero haec Bruti refert verba,
id. 6, 3, 20:quale refert Cicero de homine praelongo, caput eum, etc.,
id. 6, 3, 67 et saep.:quaecunque refers,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 60; 2, 1, 130:sermones deorum,
id. C. 3, 3, 71:multum referens de Maecenate,
Juv. 1, 66. —With obj.-clause, Suet. Caes. 30; Ov. M. 1, 700; 4, 796:Celso gaudere et bene rem gerere refer,
Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 2 al.; cf. poet. by Greek attraction:quia rettulit Ajax Esse Jovis pronepos,
Ov. M. 13, 141; and:referre aliquid in annales,
Liv. 4, 34 fin., and 43, 13, 2:ut Proetum mulier perfida credulum Falsis impulerit criminibus, refert,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 16.— Absol.:quantum, inquam, debetis? Respondent CVI. Refero ad Scaptium,
I report, announce it to Scaptius, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:in quo primum saepe aliter est dictum, aliter ad nos relatum,
reported, stated, id. Brut. 57, 288:(Hortensius) nullo referente, omnia adversariorum dicta meminisset,
id. ib. 88, 301:abi, quaere, et refer,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 53. —Poet. (mostly in Ovid), to repeat to one ' s self, call to mind:c.tacitāque recentia mente Visa refert,
Ov. M. 15, 27:si forte refers,
id. Am. 2, 8, 17:haec refer,
id. R. Am. 308:saepe refer tecum sceleratae facta puellae,
id. ib. 299:mente memor refero,
id. M. 15, 451:foeda Lycaoniae referens convivia mensae,
id. ib. 1, 165; cf.:illam meminitque refertque,
id. ib. 11, 563.—Pregn., to say in return, to rejoin, answer, reply (syn. respondeo):d.id me non ad meam defensionem attulisse, sed illorum defensioni rettulisse,
Cic. Caecin. 29, 85:ego tibi refero,
I reply to you, id. ib. 29, 85, §84: ut si esset dictum, etc., et referret aliquis Ergo, etc.,
id. Fat. 13, 30:quid a nobis autem refertur,
id. Quint. 13, 44: retices;nec mutua nostris Dicta refers,
Ov. M. 1, 656; 14, 696:Musa refert,
id. ib. 5, 337; id. F. 5, 278:Anna refert,
Verg. A. 4, 31:talia voce,
id. ib. 1, 94:pectore voces,
id. ib. 5, 409:tandem pauca refert,
id. ib. 4, 333 et saep. —Publicists' t. t.(α).To bring, convey, deliver any thing as an official report, to report, announce, notify, = renuntiare:(β).legati haec se ad suos relaturos dixerunt,
Caes. B. G. 4, 9; cf.:cujus orationem legati domum referunt,
id. B. C. 1, 35: responsa (legati), Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 380, 31:legationem Romam,
Liv. 7, 32:mandata ad aliquem,
Caes. B. C. 3, 57:responsa,
id. B. G. 1, 35; cf.:mandata alicui,
id. ib. 1, 37:numerum capitum ad aliquem,
id. ib. 2, 33 fin.:rumores excipere et ad aliquem referre,
Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 47:Ubii paucis diebus intermissis referunt, Suevos omnes, etc.,
id. ib. 6, 10; Liv. 3, 38, 12.—Ad senatum de aliquā re referre (less freq with acc., a rel.-clause, or absol.), to make a motion or proposition in the Senate; to consult, refer to, or lay before the Senate; to move, bring forward, propose: VTI L. PAVLVS C. MARCELLVS COSS... DE CONSVLARIBVS PROVINCIIS AD SENATVM REFERRENT, NEVE QVID PRIVS... AD SENATVM REFERRENT, NEVE QVID CONIVNCTVM DE EA RE REFERRETVR A CONSVLIBVS, S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq.: de legibus abrogandis ad senatum referre. Cic. Cornel. 1, Fragm. 8 (p. 448 Orell.); cf.:(γ).de quo legando consules spero ad senatum relaturos,
id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:de ejus honore ad senatum referre,
id. Phil. 8, 11, 33:de eā re postulant uti referatur. Itaque consulente Cicerone frequens senatus decernit, etc.,
Sall. C. 48, 5, 6:rem ad senatum refert,
id. ib. 29, 1; cf.:tunc relata ex integro res ad senatum,
Liv. 21, 5:rem ad senatum,
id. 2, 22:consul convocato senatu refert, quid de his fieri placeat, qui, etc.,
Sall. C. 50, 3: ut ex litteris ad senatum referretur, impetrari (a consulibus) non potuit. Referunt consules de re publicā, Caes. B. C. 1, 1; cf.:refer, inquis, ad senatum. Non referam,
Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20.—Of other bodies than the Senate (cf.: defero, fero): C. Cassium censorem de signo Concordiae dedicando ad pontificum collegium rettulisse,
Cic. Dom. 53, 136: eam rem ad consilium cum rettulisset Fabius. Liv. 24, 45, 2; 30, 4, 9:est quod referam ad consilium,
id. 30, 31, 9; 44, 2, 5; Curt. 4, 11, 10.— Per syllepsin: DE EA RE AD SENATVM POPVLVMQVE REFERRI, since referre ad populum was not used in this sense (for ferre ad populum); v. fero, and the foll. g:de hoc (sc. Eumene) Antigonus ad consilium rettulit,
Nep. Eum. 12, 1.— Transf., to make a reference, to refer (class.): de rebus et obscuris et incertis ad Apollinem censeo referendum;ad quem etiam Athenienses publice de majoribus rebus semper rettulerunt,
Cic. Div. 1, 54, 122; cf. Nep. Lys. 3; Cic. Quint. 16, 53.— Different from this is, *Referre ad populum (for denuo ferre), to propose or refer any thing anew to the people (cf. supra, II. B. 2.;e.v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1006): factum est illorum aequitate et sapientiā consulum, ut id, quod senatus decreverat, id postea referendum ad populum non arbitrarentur,
Cic. Clu. 49, 137; cf. Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 29; Liv. 22, 20; Val. Max. 8, 10, 1.—A mercantile and publicists' t. t., to note down, enter any thing in writing; to inscribe, register, record, etc.:4.cum scirem, ita indicium in tabulas publicas relatum,
Cic. Sull. 15, 42:in tabulas quodcumque commodum est,
id. Fl. 9, 20:nomen in tabulas, in codicem,
id. Rosc. Com. 1, 4:quod reliquum in commentarium,
id. Att. 7, 3, 7:quid in libellum,
id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:tuas epistulas in volumina,
i. e. to admit, id. Fam. 16, 17 init.; cf.:orationem in Origines,
id. Brut. 23, 89 al.:in reos, in proscriptos referri,
to be set down among, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 27:absentem in reos,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 109; cf.:aliquem inter proscriptos,
Suet. Aug. 70:anulos quoque depositos a nobilitate, in annales relatum est,
Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 18:senatūs consulta falsa (sc. in aerarium),
enter, register, Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1; id. Phil. 5, 4, 12. —Entirely absol.:ut nec triumviri accipiundo nec scribae referundo sufficerent,
Liv. 26, 36 fin. —Here, too, belongs referre rationes or aliquid (in rationibus, ad aerarium, ad aliquem, alicui), to give, present, or render an account:rationes totidem verbis referre ad aerarium,
Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2;and rationes referre alone: in rationibus referendis... rationum referendarum jus, etc.,
id. ib. 5, 20, 1; id. Pis. 25, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77; 2, 3, 71, § 167:referre rationes publicas ad Caesarem cum fide,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20 fin.:si hanc ex fenore pecuniam populo non rettuleris, reddas societati,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167:(pecuniam) in aerarium,
Liv. 37, 57, 12; cf.: pecuniam operi publico, to charge to, i. e. to set down as applied to, Cic. Fl. 19, 44.— So, too, acceptum and in acceptum referre, to place to one ' s credit, in a lit. and trop. sense (v. accipio).— Hence, transf.: aliquem (aliquid) in numero (as above, in rationibus), in numerum, etc., to count or reckon a person or thing among:Democritus, qui imagines eorumque circuitus in deorum numero refert,
Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29:(Caesar, Claudius) in deorum numerum relatus est,
Suet. Caes. 88; id. Claud. 45:Ponticus Heraclides terram et caelum refert in deos,
Cic. N. D. 1, 13, 34:nostri oratorii libri in Eundem librorum numerum referendi videntur,
id. Div. 2, 1, 4: hoc nomen in codicem relatum, id. Rosc. Com. B. and K. (al. in codice).—With inter (postAug. and freq.):ut inter deos referretur (August.),
Suet. Aug. 97:diem inter festos, nefastos,
Tac. A. 13, 41 fin.:hi tamen inter Germanos referuntur,
id. G. 46; Suet. Claud. 11; id. Tib. 53:dumque refert inter meritorum maxima, demptos Aesonis esse situs,
Ov. M. 7, 302:intellectum est, quod inter divos quoque referretur,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 14:inter sidera referre,
Hyg. Fab. 192:inter praecipua crudelitatis indicia referendus,
Val. Max. 9, 2, ext. 5:inter insulas,
Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48:dicebat quasdam esse quaestiones, quae deberent inter res judicatas referri,
Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 12:eodem Q. Caepionem referrem,
I should place in the same category, Cic. Brut. 62, 223.—Referre aliquid ad aliquid, to trace back, ascribe, refer a thing to any thing:5.qui pecudum ritu ad voluptatem omnia referunt,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:omnia ad igneam vim,
id. N. D. 3, 14, 35:omnia ad incolumitatem et ad libertatem suam,
id. Rep. 1, 32, 49; 1, 26, 41:in historiā quaeque ad veritatem, in poëmate pleraque ad delectationem,
id. Leg. 1, 1, 5; id. Off. 1, 16, 52 et saep. al.:hunc ipsum finem definiebas id esse, quo omnia, quae recte fierent, referrentur, neque id ipsum usquam referretur,
id. Fin. 2, 2, 5; cf.nusquam,
id. ib. 1, 9, 29:ad commonendum oratorem, quo quidque referat,
id. de Or. 1, 32, 145:hinc omne principium, huc refer exitum,
Hor. C. 3, 6, 6.— With dat.:cujus adversa pravitati ipsius, prospera ad fortunam referebat,
Tac. A. 14, 38 fin. — In Tac. once with in:quidquid ubique magnificum est, in claritatem ejus (sc. Herculis) referre consensimus,
Tac. G. 34.—Rarely of persons;as: tuum est Caesar, quid nunc mihi animi sit, ad te ipsum referre,
Cic. Deiot. 2, 7.— Absol.: ita inserere oportet referentem ad fructum, meliore genere ut sit surculus, etc., one who looks to or cares for the fruit, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6.—Culpam in aliquem referre, to throw the blame upon, accuse, hold responsible for, etc. (post-Aug.):hic, quod in adversis rebis solet fieri, alius in alium culpam referebant,
Curt. 4, 3, 7; Aug. contr. Man. 2, 17, 25 Hier. Epp. 1, 9 fin.: cf.:augere ejus, in quem referet crimen, culpam,
Cic. Inv. 2, 28, 83:causa ad matrem referebatur,
Tac. A. 6, 49:causam abscessus ad Sejani artes,
id. ib. 4, 57.
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lettre — Une Lettre, Litera. Une menuë lettre, Literula. Lettres qui blanchissent et s effacent, Caducae literae, Fugientes literae. Lettre transposée, Commota litera. Lettres missives, Epistola, Libelli, Literae literarum, Tabellae, vel Tabulae. Lettres… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
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DEXTRA — fidei symbolum: Certe in toto pene orbe ἐθος ἐπὶ πίςτει καὶ ςυνθήκαις βεβαίαις τὰς δεξιὰς διδόναι ἀλλήλοις, Schol. in Aristoph. Nub. Inprimus apud Persas, quibus omni iuramento fides dextrâ data fuit Sanctior. Diod. l. 16. Quos imitatus Alexander … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
PHARISAEI — secta quaedam apud Iudaeos, orta temporibus belli Punici tertii, cuius sectae homines, non modo victu vitaeque institutô a reliquo vulgo secreti erant, sed etiam veste et corporis cultu, quapropter Pharisaei vocantur, quae dictio idem Hebraeis… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
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