aliquem+alicui+la

antĕ-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre, v. a.

To bear or carry before:

ut legum latarum tituli anteferrentur,

Tac. A. 1, 8.—More freq.,

Trop., to place before, to prefer, give the preference to, aliquem alicui:

longe omnibus unum Demosthenem,

Cic. Or. 7; so id. Sull. 32; id. Att. 6, 8; id. Fam. 1, 9; 5, 20; 6, 6 al.:

cum ipse ceteris esset omni honore antelatus,

id. Prov. Cons. 11; Nep. Them. 1, 1.—

To anticipate: quod dies est allaturus, id consilio anteferre debemus, i. e. to consider beforehand, to reflect upon (in order to diminish the overpowering effect of it), Cic. Fam. 5, 16.

con-firmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make firm, establish, strengthen, confirm (class., esp. in prose).

In gen. (prop. and trop.):

stipites confirmare et stabilire,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

ali hōc vires nervosque confirmari putant,

id. ib. 6, 21:

dentis mobilis,

Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 178; cf. Scrib. Comp. 57; 59 sq.:

confirmare et densare defluentem capillum,

Plin. 25, 11, 83, § 132:

crus debile,

Suet. Vesp. 7; cf. id. Aug. 80:

maxime religando confirmant parietum soliditatem,

Vitr. 2, 8, 7:

castellum magnis munitionibus multisque tormentis, Auct. B. Alex. 21, 5: intestina,

i. e. to heal, cure, Cels. 4, 19:

cicatriculam,

id. 2, 10 fin.: se, to recover physically, to grow well (corresp. with convalescere), Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2; 16, 3, 1; 16, 4, 4; 16, 1, 1.— Transf., of the vine, Col. 4, 3, 4:

valetudinem,

Cic. Att. 10, 17, 2:

pacem et amicitiam cum proximis civitatibus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3; cf.:

confirmare societatem datā ac acceptā fide,

Sall. C. 44, 3:

opes factionis,

id. ib. 32, 2; cf.:

viris suas,

Vell. 2, 44, 2:

suam manum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24:

se transmarinis auxiliis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 29:

conjurationem,

Nep. Dion, 8, 3:

regnum Persarum,

id. Milt. 3, 5; so,

regnum,

Suet. Caes. 9:

imperium,

id. Vit. 9:

decreta,

to confirm, Nep. Phoc. 3, 2:

acta Caesaris,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 12:

acta alicujus in transmarinis provinciis,

Vell. 2, 44, 2:

beneficia edicto,

Suet. Tit. 8:

provinciam a Caesare datam,

id. Aug. 10.—

Esp.

To confirm or strengthen courage, to instil courage into one, to encourage, inspirit, animate, embolden:

animum meum,

to take heart, take courage, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 1:

animum sapientissimi hominis,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2; id. Quint. 24, 77:

maximi animi hominem,

id. ib. 4, 8, 1:

animos ratione,

Lucr. 1, 426:

confirmare et excitare afflictos animos bonorum,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8:

animos Gallorum verbis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33; Sall. C. 46, 3:

vacillantium gentium animos,

Vell. 2, 120, 1:

suos ad dimicandum animo,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49:

milites,

id. ib. 5, 52:

timentes,

id. ib. 7, 7; cf.:

diffidentem rebus suis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

territos,

Sall. J. 38, 5:

perterritos,

Suet. Caes. 66; id. Aug. 43:

Massilienses obsidione laborantes adventu suo,

id. Ner. 2:

animum suum ad virtutem,

Auct. Her. 4, 22, 31 Klotz (al. conformavit):

nepotem suum ad successionem imperii,

Suet. Tib. 55 fin.:

nunc erige te et confirma,

take courage, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:

cum ipse te confirmasses,

hast acquired courage, id. Quint. 11, 39; cf.:

confirmant ipsi se,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95; Caes. B. G. 2, 19; id. B. C. 1, 14 al.:

eos multa pollicendo confirmat, uti Romam pergerent,

Sall. J. 23, 2:

alius alium confirmare, ne nomina darent,

Liv. 2, 24, 2.— Aliquem alicui rei: gladiatores Lentulus libertati confirmat, encourages them to freedom, i. e. incites them to make themselves worthy of freedom, Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4 dub. (Dinter and Kraner:

spe libertatis).—With abstr. objects: reliqui temporis spem,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71:

spem alicujus,

Suet. Calig. 12:

suspitionem,

id. Tib. 52; cf.:

sensus rectus et confirmatus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 2.—

To confirm one in his disposition or feelings, in his fidelity (rare):

insulas bene animatas,

Nep. Cim. 2, 4:

homines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

Gallias,

Vell. 2, 120.—

To confirm, give full assurance of, a fact, corroborate an assertion, settle, fix, establish, to prove, demonstrate the truth of a thing, etc. (very freq.):

confirmare nostra argumentis ac rationibus, deinde contraria refutare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 80;

so opp. refutare,

Quint. 5, prooem. § 2; 5, 13, 53; cf.

opp. refellere,

id. 3, 9, 6; 12, 1, 45;

opp. diluere,

id. 9, 2, 80:

confirmare aut infirmare rem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49:

divinationem,

id. Div. 1, 32, 71; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 78:

quorum omnium testimoniis de hac Dionis pecuniā confirmatum est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23:

crimen commenticium,

id. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:

haec istius vituperatio atque infamia confirmabatur eorum sermone, qui, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 101:

perjurium,

id. ib. 2, 4, 9, §

19: iste locus est tibi etiam atque etiam confirmandus,

id. Fin. 5, 32, 95:

his rebus confirmatis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 6 Kraner ad loc. —With acc. and inf., Lucr. 2, 185; cf. id. 2, [p. 415] 179; 5, 198.— Pass. impers., with ne:

sanctissimo jurejurando confirmari oportere, ne tecto recipiatur, qui non, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:

hoc idem visum esse ex superioribus castellis confirmaverunt,

id. B. C. 3, 67; cf.:

hoc ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim Confirmare, nequaquam esse creatam, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 179.—Hence,

To assert, affirm, protest something as true or certain; constr. with acc., acc. and inf., or de:

hoc cum mihi non modo confirmasset, sed etiam persuasisset,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

talem exsistere eloquentiam non potuisse confirmo,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 6.—So with acc. and inf., Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 50; cf.:

illud se polliceri et jurejurando confirmare, tutum iter per fines suos daturum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 27:

confirmare, fidem publicam per sese inviolatam fore,

Sall. J. 33, 3:

memini me audire te de glorioso et celeri reditu meo confirmare,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—So with de, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 1; id. Arch. 7, 15.—Hence, confirmātus, a, um, P. a.

(In acc. with II. A.) Encouraged, courageous, resolute:

animus certus et confirmatus,

Cic. Quint. 24, 77; so,

sensus rectus et confirmatus,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

confirmatiorem exercitum efficere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84.—

(Acc. to II. C.) Asserted, affirmed:

in quibus (litteris) erat confirmatius idem illud, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 15, 1.—

(Proved; hence,) Certain, credible:

quod eo confirmatius erit, si, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 11, 35: fides confirmatissima, most fixed, Porph. ad Hor. S. 1, 5, 27.—

* Adv.: confirmātē (in acc. with I.), firmly, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16.

crīmĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [crimen, I.].

With a personal object, to accuse one of crime, to complain of, impeach, calumniate (rare but class.):

hanc metui ne me criminaretur tibi,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 16; so,

aliquem alicui,

Tac. Or. 42; Suet. Calig. 56; cf. under b:

Q. Metellum apud populum Romanum criminatus est, bellum illum ducere, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf. Liv. 1, 54, 8:

Patres,

id. 31, 6, 4:

auctores,

Quint. 1, 5, 11:

inopinantem,

Suet. Tib. 64 al. —

With things as objects, to complain of, to charge with:

quibus (contionibus) cotidie potentiam meam invidiose criminabatur,

Cic. Mil. 5, 12; so,

res gestas argumentando crimenve dissolvere,

id. Opt. Gen. 5, 15:

nescio quid de illā tribu,

id. Planc. 16, 38:

auctoritatem Paullini, vigorem Celsi, maturitatem Galli,

Tac. H. 1, 87 fin.:

rhetoricen vitiis,

Quint. 2, 17, 26:

humilitatem inopiamque ejus apud amicos Alexandri,

Curt. 4, 1, 24:

senatusconsultum absenti principi,

Plin. Ep. 6, 13, 2; cf. a supra.—With acc. and inf.:

de amicitiā, quam a me violatam esse criminatus est, pauca dicam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 1, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 44; Liv. 2, 31, 5; 2, 37, 3.— With de, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 48.—

Absol., to accuse, criminate:

neque ego vos ultum injurias hortor... neque discordias, ut illi criminantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 17 Dietsch:

Tiberio criminante,

Suet. Calig. 7; 30.

ex-aequo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To make even or level with any thing.

Lit. (very rarely):

inferior pars (ex transtillis) sub aqua exaequanda, etc.,

Vitr. 5, 12, 3: tumulos tumulis exaequabant, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin. —

Transf.:

aurum auro expendetur, argentum argento exaequabitur,

shall be balanced, compensated, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 43.—Freq. and class.,

Trop., to place on a level, regard as equal, to equal:

ii, qui sunt in amicitiae conjunctionisque necessitudine superiores, exaequare se cum inferioribus debent,

Cic. Lael. 20, 71; cf.: neminem secum dignitate, * Caes. B. C. 1, 4, 4; Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; cf.:

vetus miles tironi liber voloni sese exaequari sineret,

Liv. 23, 35, 7; so,

aliquem alicui,

id. 34, 3; 45, 38:

nos caelo (victoria),

Lucr. 1, 79:

facta dictis,

i. e. to relate the events with historic accuracy just as they occurred, Sall. C. 3, 2 Kritz.:

uti militibus exaequatus cum imperatore labos volentibus esset,

id. J. 100, 4:

ad hanc regulam omnem vitam tuam exaequa,

conform, Sen. Ep. 20:

qui omnia jura pretio exaequasset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50; cf.:

certamina belli ferro,

Lucr. 5, 1296:

libertatem,

Liv. 3, 39 fin.:

periculum,

Sall. C. 59, 1.—

To equal, be equal to any one; with acc. (cf. aequo):

ut longitudo aut plenitudo harum (syllabarum) multitudinem alterius assequatur et exaequet,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

tetricas Sabinas,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 61.