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  • 1 traho

    trăho, xi, ctum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. traxe, Verg. A. 5, 786), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. trankh, trakh, to move; Gr. trechô, to run], to draw, drag, or haul, to drag along; to draw off, forth, or away, etc. (syn.: tracto, rapio, rapto, duco).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    Amphitruonem collo,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 72:

    cum a custodibus in fugā trinis catenis vinctus traheretur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

    trahebatur passis Priameïa virgo Crinibus a templo Cassandra,

    Verg. A. 2, 403:

    corpus tractum et laniatum abjecit in mare,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    materiam (malagmata),

    Cels. 4, 7:

    bilem,

    Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54:

    vapor porro trahit aëra secum,

    Lucr. 3, 233:

    limum harenamque et saxa ingentia fluctus trahunt,

    Sall. J. 78, 3: Charybdis naves ad litora trahit, id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 3, 425; cf.:

    Scyllam naves in saxa trahentem, Verg. l. l.: (haematiten) trahere in se argentum, aes, ferrum,

    Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 146: Gy. Amiculum hoc sustolle saltem. Si. Sine trahi, cum egomet trahor, let it drag or trail, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 117; cf.:

    tragula ab eo, quod trahitur per terram,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.:

    sarcinas,

    Sen. Ep. 44, 6:

    vestem per pulpita,

    Hor. A. P. 215:

    plaustra per altos montes cervice (boves),

    Verg. G. 3, 536:

    siccas machinae carinas,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

    genua aegra,

    Verg. A. 5, 468:

    trahantur per me pedibus omnes rei,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 2; cf.:

    aliquem ad praetorem,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 45:

    praecipitem in pistrinum,

    id. Ps. 1, 5, 79:

    Hectorem circum sua Pergama,

    to drag, trail, Ov. M. 12, 591. —

    Of a train of soldiers, attendants, etc.: Scipio gravem jam spoliis multarum urbium exercitum trahens,

    Liv. 30, 9, 10:

    ingentem secum occurrentium prosequentiumque trahentes turbam,

    id. 45, 2, 3; 6, 3, 4; cf.:

    sacra manu victosque deos parvumque nepotem Ipse trahit,

    Verg. A. 2, 321:

    secum legionem,

    Val. Max. 3, 2, 20:

    feminae pleraeque parvos trahentes liberos, ibant,

    Curt. 3, 13, 12; 5, 5, 15:

    uxor, quam comitem trahebat,

    id. 8, 3, 2:

    folium secum,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 12:

    cum privato comitatu quem semper secum trahere moris fuit,

    Vell. 2, 40, 3:

    magnam manum Thracum secum,

    id. 2, 112, 4.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To draw out, pull out, extract, withdraw:

    trahens haerentia viscere tela,

    drawing out, extracting, Ov. M. 6, 290:

    ferrum e vulnere,

    id. ib. 4, 120:

    e corpore ferrum,

    id. F. 5, 399:

    de corpore telum,

    id. M. 5, 95; cf.:

    gladium de visceribus,

    Mart. 1, 14, 2:

    manu lignum,

    Ov. M. 12, 371; cf.:

    te quoque, Luna, traho (i. e. de caelo),

    draw down, id. ib. 7, 207:

    captum Jovem Caelo trahit,

    Sen. Oct. 810. —
    2.
    To draw together, bring together, contract, wrinkle:

    at coria et carnem trahit et conducit in unum,

    Lucr. 6, 968:

    in manibus vero nervi trahere,

    id. 6, 1190:

    vultum rugasque coëgit,

    Ov. Am. 2, 2, 33.—
    3.
    Of fluids, etc., to draw in, take in, quaff; draw, draw up: si pocula arente fauce traxerim, had drawn in, i. e. quaffed, Hor. Epod. 14, 4; cf. Ov. M. 15, 330:

    aquas,

    Luc. 7, 822:

    venena ore,

    id. 9, 934:

    ubera,

    id. 3, 351 al.:

    ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi (videmus),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25: navigium aquam trahit, draws or lets in water, leaks, Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 5; cf.:

    sanguinem jumento de cervice,

    to draw, let, Veg. Vet. 3, 43.—Of smelling:

    odorem naribus,

    Phaedr. 3, 1, 4.—Of drawing in the breath, inhaling:

    auras ore,

    Ov. M. 2, 230:

    animam,

    Plin. 11, 3, 2, § 6; cf.:

    Servilius exiguā in spe trahebat animam,

    Liv. 3, 6, 8:

    spiritum,

    to draw breath, Col. 6, 9, 3; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4; Cels. 4, 4; Curt. 3, 6, 10: spiritum extremum, [p. 1886] Phaedr. 1, 21, 4:

    penitus suspiria,

    to heave sighs, to sigh, Ov. M. 2, 753:

    vocem imo a pectore,

    Verg. A. 1, 371.—
    4.
    To take on, assume, acquire, get:

    Iris Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores,

    Verg. A. 4, 701:

    squamam cutis durata trahebat,

    Ov. M. 3, 675:

    colorem,

    id. ib. 2, 236;

    14, 393: ruborem,

    id. ib. 3, 482;

    10, 595: calorem,

    id. ib. 11, 305:

    lapidis figuram,

    id. ib. 3, 399:

    maturitatem,

    Col. 1, 6, 20:

    sucum,

    id. 11, 3, 60:

    robiginem,

    Plin. 36, 18, 30, § 136. —
    5.
    To drag away violently, to carry off, plunder, = agein kai pherein:

    cetera rape, trahe,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 12:

    rapere omnes, trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4:

    quibus non humana ulla neque divina obstant, quin... in opes potentisque trahant exscindant,

    id. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch:

    sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere,

    id. J. 41, 5:

    de aliquo trahere spolia,

    Cic. Balb. 23, 54:

    praedam ex agris,

    Liv. 25, 14, 11:

    tantum jam praedae hostes trahere, ut, etc.,

    id. 10, 20, 3; cf.:

    pastor cum traheret per freta navibus Idaeis Helenen,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 1.—
    6.
    Trahere pecuniam (for distrahere), to make away with, to dissipate, squander:

    omnibus modis pecuniam trahunt, vexant,

    Sall. C. 20, 12.—
    7.
    Of drugs, etc., to purge, rcmove, clear away:

    bilem ex alvo,

    Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 26, 8, 42, § 69:

    pituitam,

    id. 21, 23, 94, § 166:

    cruditates, pituitas, bilem,

    id. 32, 9, 31, § 95.—
    8.
    Trahere lanam, vellera, etc., to draw out lengthwise, i. e. to spin, manufacture: manibus trahere lanam, Varr. ap. Non. 545, 12:

    lanam,

    Juv. 2, 54:

    vellera digitis,

    Ov. M. 14, 265:

    data pensa,

    id. ib. 13, 511; id. H. 3, 75:

    Laconicas purpuras,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.,
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    To draw, draw along; to attract, allure, influence, etc.:

    trahimur omnes studio laudis et optimus quisque maxime gloriā ducitur,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 26; cf.:

    omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 18:

    allicere delectatione et viribus trahere,

    Quint. 5, 14, 29:

    trahit sua quemque voluptas,

    Verg. E. 2, 65: aliquem in aliam partem, to bring or gain over, Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2; so,

    Drusum in partes,

    Tac. A. 4, 60:

    civitatem ad regem,

    Liv. 42, 44, 3:

    aliquem in suam sententiam,

    id. 5, 25, 1; cf.

    also: rem ad Poenos,

    id. 24, 2, 8; 23, 8, 2:

    res ad Philippum,

    id. 32, 19, 2:

    ni ea res longius nos ab incepto traheret,

    draw off, divert, Sall. C. 7, 7.—
    2.
    To drag, lead, bring:

    plures secum in eandem calamitatem,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    Lucanos ad defectionem,

    Liv. 25, 16, 6:

    quo fata trahunt retrahuntque, sequamur,

    Verg. A. 5, 709: ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt, Cleanth. ap. Sen. Ep. 107, 11.—
    3.
    To draw to, i. e. appropriate, refer, ascribe, set down to, etc.:

    atque egomet me adeo cum illis una ibidem traho,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 166: St. Quid quod dedisti scortis? Le. Ibidem una traho, id. ib. 2, 4, 10:

    hi numero avium regnum trahebant,

    drew to their side, laid claim to, claimed, Liv. 1, 7, 1; cf.:

    qui captae decus Nolae ad consulem trahunt,

    id. 9, 28, 6:

    omnia non bene consulta in virtutem trahebantur,

    were set down to, referred, attributed, Sall. J. 92, 2:

    ornatum ipsius (ducis) in superbiam,

    Tac. H. 2, 20:

    cuncta Germanici in deterius,

    id. A. 1, 62 fin.:

    fortuita ad culpam,

    id. ib. 4, 64:

    id ad clementiam,

    id. ib. 12, 52; cf.:

    aliquid in religionem,

    Liv. 5, 23, 6:

    cur abstinuerit spectaculo ipse, varie trahebant,

    Tac. A. 1, 76 fin.:

    in se crimen,

    Ov. M. 10, 68:

    spinas Traxit in exemplum,

    adopted, id. ib. 8, 245. —
    4.
    To drag, distract, etc.:

    quae meum animum divorse trahunt,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

    trahi in aliam partem mente atque animo,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21:

    Vologeses diversas ad curas trahebatur,

    Tac. A. 15, 1.—
    5.
    To weigh, ponder, consider:

    belli atque pacis rationes trahere,

    Sall. J. 97, 2; cf. id. ib. 84, 4: trahere consilium, to form a decision or determination, id. ib. 98, 3.—
    6.
    To get, obtain, derive: qui majorem ex pernicie et peste rei publicae molestiam traxerit, who has derived, i. e. has received, suffered, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

    qui cognomen ex contumeliā traxerit,

    id. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

    nomen e causis,

    Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51:

    inde nomen,

    id. 36, 20, 38, § 146:

    nomen ab illis,

    Ov. M. 4, 291:

    originem ab aliquo,

    to derive, deduce, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86; 6, 28, 32, § 157:

    scio ab isto initio tractum esse sermonem,

    i. e. has arisen, Cic. Brut. 6, 21: facetiae, quae multum ex vero traxere, drew, i. e. they were founded largely on truth, Tac. A. 15, 68; cf.:

    multum ex moribus (Sarmatarum) traxisse,

    id. G. 46, 2.—
    7.
    Of time, to protract, drag out, linger:

    afflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

    Verg. A. 2, 92; so,

    vitam,

    Phaedr. 3, 7, 12; 4, 5, 37; Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 9:

    traherent cum sera crepuscula noctem,

    was bringing on the night, Ov. M. 1, 219: verba, to drag, i. e. to utter with difficulty, Sil. 8, 79.—
    8.
    To draw out, in respect of time; to extend, prolong, lengthen; to protract, put off, delay, retard (cf.:

    prolato, extendo): sin trahitur bellum,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2; cf. Liv. 5, 10, 7; Sall. J. 23, 2:

    trahere omnia,

    to interpose delays of all kinds, id. ib. 36, 2; Ov. M. 12, 584:

    pugnam aliquamdiu,

    Liv. 25, 15, 14:

    dum hoc naturae Corpus... manebit incolume, comitem aevi sui laudem Ciceronis trahet,

    Vell. 2, 66, 5:

    obsidionem in longius,

    Quint. 1, 10, 48; cf.:

    rem de industriā in serum,

    Liv. 32, 35, 4:

    omnia,

    id. 32, 36, 2:

    jurgiis trahere tempus,

    id. 32, 27, 1:

    tempus, Auct. B. Alex. 38, 2: moram ficto languore,

    Ov. M. 9, 767:

    (legati) querentes, trahi se a Caesare,

    that they were put off, delayed, Suet. Tib. 31 fin.; so,

    aliquem sermone, quousque, etc.,

    Val. Max. 4, 4, 1:

    Marius multis diebus et laboribus consumptis anxius trahere cum animo suo, omitteretne inceptum,

    Sall. J. 93, 1.—
    9.
    Rarely neutr., to drag along, to last, endure. si quis etiam in eo morbo diutius traxit, Cels. 2, 8 med.:

    decem annos traxit ista dominatio,

    Flor. 4, 2, 12.—Hence, tractus, a, um, P. a., drawn on, i. e. proceeding continuously, flowing, fluent, of language:

    genus orationis fusum atque tractum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 15, 64:

    in his (contione et hortatione) tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur,

    id. Or. 20, 66.—
    B.
    Subst.: tractum, i, n., any thing drawn out at length.
    1.
    A flock of wool drawn out for spinning:

    tracta de niveo vellere dente,

    Tib. 1, 6, 80.—
    2.
    A long piece of dough pulled out in making pastry, Cato, R. R. 76, 1; 76, 4; Apic. 2, 1; 4, 3; 5, 1 al.—Called also tracta, ae, f., Plin. 18, 11, 27, § 106.

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  • 2 participo

    partĭcĭpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (collat. dep. form partĭcĭpor, Dig. 4, 4, 9, § 1) [id.], to share; viz., to cause to partake of, to impart; and also, to partake of, participate in (in both senses mostly ante- and post-class.; syn.: communico, partior, impertior).
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    aliquem sermone suo de amicā eri,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 108:

    servum sui consilii,

    id. Cist. 1, 3, 17:

    ubi sint, quid agant, ecqui bene agant, Neque participant nos, neque redeunt,

    id. Stich. 1, 1, 33.— Pass.: non licet donati obsoni me participem fieri? Ast. Si volebas participari, etc., id. Truc. 4, 2, 34:

    uti dentes sensu participentur,

    Lucr. 3, 692:

    sequitur igitur, ad participandum alium ab alio homines naturā esse factos,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 33.—
    B.
    Transf.: aliquid cum aliquo, to share with, impart to one:

    suas laudes cum aliquo,

    Liv. 3, 12, 5; Spart. Hadr. 26.—With dat. (late Lat.):

    non participabant aliis ii, quibus aliquid affluebat,

    Lact. 5, 6, 1.— Pass.:

    participato cum eo (fratre) regno,

    Just. 34, 2, 8: participato imperio, Treb. Gall. 12 init.:

    nec cum quoquam participatis nocturnis imaginibus,

    App. M. 8, 9, p. 205, 19.—
    II.
    To share in, partake of, participate in any thing: pestem parem, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39 (Trag. v 22 Vahl.):

    lucrum, damnum,

    Dig. 17, 2, 55: consilium alicujus, Mamert. Grat. Act. Jul. init.:

    ad participandas ejusmodi voluptates,

    Gell. 15, 2, 7:

    de uno pane,

    Vulg. 1 Cor 10, 17.—With abl. alone:

    patrio sepulchro participans,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 10.—Hence, partĭcĭpā-tum, i, n. (lit. made to participate; hence), in gram., a participle (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 3, § 227.

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  • 3 participor

    partĭcĭpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (collat. dep. form partĭcĭpor, Dig. 4, 4, 9, § 1) [id.], to share; viz., to cause to partake of, to impart; and also, to partake of, participate in (in both senses mostly ante- and post-class.; syn.: communico, partior, impertior).
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    aliquem sermone suo de amicā eri,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 108:

    servum sui consilii,

    id. Cist. 1, 3, 17:

    ubi sint, quid agant, ecqui bene agant, Neque participant nos, neque redeunt,

    id. Stich. 1, 1, 33.— Pass.: non licet donati obsoni me participem fieri? Ast. Si volebas participari, etc., id. Truc. 4, 2, 34:

    uti dentes sensu participentur,

    Lucr. 3, 692:

    sequitur igitur, ad participandum alium ab alio homines naturā esse factos,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 33.—
    B.
    Transf.: aliquid cum aliquo, to share with, impart to one:

    suas laudes cum aliquo,

    Liv. 3, 12, 5; Spart. Hadr. 26.—With dat. (late Lat.):

    non participabant aliis ii, quibus aliquid affluebat,

    Lact. 5, 6, 1.— Pass.:

    participato cum eo (fratre) regno,

    Just. 34, 2, 8: participato imperio, Treb. Gall. 12 init.:

    nec cum quoquam participatis nocturnis imaginibus,

    App. M. 8, 9, p. 205, 19.—
    II.
    To share in, partake of, participate in any thing: pestem parem, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39 (Trag. v 22 Vahl.):

    lucrum, damnum,

    Dig. 17, 2, 55: consilium alicujus, Mamert. Grat. Act. Jul. init.:

    ad participandas ejusmodi voluptates,

    Gell. 15, 2, 7:

    de uno pane,

    Vulg. 1 Cor 10, 17.—With abl. alone:

    patrio sepulchro participans,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 10.—Hence, partĭcĭpā-tum, i, n. (lit. made to participate; hence), in gram., a participle (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 3, § 227.

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  • 4 sermo

    sermo, ōnis, m. [2. sero, qs. serta, conserta oratio], a speaking or talking with any one; talk, conversation, discourse:

    sermo est a serie: sermo enim non potest in uno homine esse solo, sed ubi oratio cum altero conjuncta,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll. (very freq. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (syn. colloquium): quoniam magna vis orationis est eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis: contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum, contionum, senatus: sermo in circulis, disputationibus, congressionibus familiarium versetur;

    sequatur etiam convivia, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

    quod mihi servus sermonem serat,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37:

    sermones serere,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 106:

    multa inter sese vario sermone serebant,

    Verg. A. 6, 160:

    sermonem nobiscum ibi copulat,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 42:

    dum sermones fabulandi conferant,

    id. ib. prol. 34:

    caput et pes sermonis,

    id. As. 3, 3, 139:

    cum ea tu sermonem nec joco nec serio Tibi habeas,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 25; Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 1:

    ibi illa cum sermonem occipit,

    id. Eun. 4, 1, 8:

    dum sermones caedimus,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 1:

    sermonem cum aliquo conferre,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136; id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

    in nostris sermonibus collocutionibusque,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 4:

    mature veniunt, discumbitur: fit sermo inter eos,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

    dum longior consulto ab Ambiorige instituitur sermo,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 37:

    sermonis aditum cum aliquo habere,

    id. ib. 5, 41:

    nullum tibi omnino cum Albinovano sermonem ullā de re fuisse,

    Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

    erat in ore, in sermone omnium,

    id. Phil. 10, 7, 14; cf.: memini in eum sermonem illum incidere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore, id. Lael. 1, 2:

    aestivam sermone benigno tendere noctem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

    referre sermones deorum,

    id. C. 3, 3, 71 (cf.:

    consiliantibus divis,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 18):

    et euntem multa loquendo Detinuit sermone diem,

    Ov. M. 1, 683:

    nunc inter eos tu sermo es,

    you are the talk, Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 7:

    jucundus est mihi sermo litterarum tuarum,

    the conversing with you by letter, Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 3; cf.:

    littera sermonis fida ministra mei,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Literary conversation, discourse, disputation, discussion (cf. oratio): tum Furius: Quid vos agitis? num sermonem vestrum aliquem diremit noster interventus? Minime vero, Africanus;

    soles enim tu haec studiose investigare, quae sunt in hoc genere, de quo instituerat paulo ante Tubero quaerere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 11, 17; cf. id. ib. 1, 13, 19:

    in sermonem ingredi (just before: in disputationem ingredi),

    id. ib. 1, 24, 38:

    (Scaevola) exposuit nobis sermonem Laelii de amicitiā habitum ab illo secum... Ejus disputationis sententias memoriae mandavi, etc.... ut tamquam a praesentibus haberi sermo videretur,

    id. Lael. 1, 3:

    rebus his, de quibus hic sermo est,

    id. Fin. 3, 12, 40:

    feci sermonem inter nos habitum in Cumano. Tibi dedi partes Antiochinas, etc.,

    id. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

    in quo (circulo) de philosophiā sermo haberetur,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 3:

    Socratici sermones,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 9; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 44; 2, 15, 26:

    in longum sermonem me vocas, Attice,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:

    nunc enim sermo de naturā est,

    our subject, Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67; 3, 1, pr. § 2; 16, 32, 58, § 134; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 17, 15; Capitol. Gord. 3, 3 init. —
    b.
    Concr., a talk, speech, discourse (more informal and unpretending than oratio):

    meos multos et illustres et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 2; Quint. 11, 2, 24.—
    2.
    Ordinary speech, speaking, talking, the language of conversation (opp. contentio):

    sermo est oratio remissa et finitima cottidianae locutioni,

    Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

    mollis est oratio philosophorum et umbratilis, etc.... Itaque sermo potius quam oratio dicitur,

    id. Or. 19, 64: in argumentis Caecilius poscit palmam, in sermonibus Plautus, i. e. in dialogue, Varr. ap. Non. 374, 9:

    soluta oratio, qualis in sermone et epistulis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 19:

    C. Piso, statarius et sermonis plenus orator,

    Cic. Brut. 68, 239:

    si quis scribat, uti nos, Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42:

    vocem sermoni proximam,

    Quint. 11, 3, 162:

    ut litigantes quoque a sermone incipiant, ad vociferationem transeant,

    Sen. Ep. 15, 6.—Of prose as opposed to poetry:

    comoedia... nisi quod pede certo Differt sermoni sermo merus,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 48:

    et tragicus plerumque dolet sermone pedestri Telephus et Peleus, etc.,

    id. A. P. 95.—
    b.
    Concr., of verses in a conversational style, a satire:

    ille (delectatur) Bioneis sermonibus et sale nigro,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 60:

    Albi, nostrorum sermonum candide judex,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 1:

    nec sermones ego mallem Repentes per humum quam res componere gestas,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 250.—
    3.
    With reference to some particular object, common talk respecting any thing, report, rumor (syn.:

    fama, rumor): vulgi sermo,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 1:

    nunc per urbem solus sermo est omnibus, Eum, etc.,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 4:

    sermo est totā Asiā dissipatus, Cn. Pompeium, etc.,

    Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

    mihi venit in mentem multum fore sermonem, me, etc.,

    id. Att. 7, 23, 2:

    si istiusmodi sermones ad te delati de me sunt, non debuisti credere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 5 sq.:

    in sermonem hominum venire,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13:

    audita et percelebrata sermonibus res est,

    id. Cael. 29, 69; cf.:

    vix feram sermones hominum, si, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 9, 23:

    vestrae perigrinantur aures, neque in hoc pervagato civitatis sermone versantur,

    this talk of the town, id. Mil. 12, 33:

    refrigerato jam levissimo sermone hominum,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    sermones inimicorum effugere,

    id. Cael. 16, 38:

    sermones lacessere, reprimere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 7: retudit sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

    ne putet aliquid oratione meā sermonis in sese aut invidiae esse quaesitum,

    of slander, calumny, Cic. Fl. 5, 13:

    dabimus sermonem iis, qui, etc.,

    give them something to talk about, id. Fam. 9, 3; so,

    materiam sermonibus praebere,

    Tac. H. 4, 4: cataplus ille Puteolanus, sermo illius temporis, Cic. [p. 1680] Rab. Post. 14, 40 B. and K. dub.; v. Orell. N. cr. —
    II.
    Transf., a manner of speaking, mode of expression, language, style, diction, etc. (cf. lingua):

    sermone eo debemus uti, qui notus est nobis, ne, ut quidam Graeca verba inculcantes jure optimo rideamur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:

    cujus (Terentii) fabellae propter elegantiam sermonis putabantur a C. Laelio scribi,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 10:

    et sane quid est aliud vetus sermo quam vetus loquendi consuetudo?

    Quint. 1, 6, 43; 12, 2, 3.—
    B.
    A language, the speech of a nation, etc.:

    cui (Catulo) non solum nos Latini sermonis, sed etiam Graeci ipsi solent suae linguae subtilitatem elegantiamque concedere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

    in Latino sermone,

    id. ib. 3, 11, 42:

    quae philosophi Graeco sermone tractavissent, ea Latinis litteris mandaremus,

    id. Fin. 1, 1, 1:

    patrii sermonis egestas,

    Lucr. 1, 832; 3, 260:

    cum lingua Catonis et Enni Sermonem patrium ditaverit,

    Hor. A. P. 57:

    aves, quae sermonem imitantur humanum... Agrippina turdum habuit imitantem sermones hominum... lusciniae Graeco atque Latino sermone dociles,

    Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 120.—
    C.
    Of a single expression:

    si quis ita legaverit: Fructus annuos, etc., perinde accipi debet hic sermo, ac si, etc.,

    Dig. 7, 1, 20; 11, 7, 2, § 1; 28, 5, 29.— Hence, of a single word (late Lat.): deos sermo Graecus est, Cassiod. in Psa. 21, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sermo

  • 5 sermō

        sermō ōnis, m    [1 SER-], continued speech, talk, conversation, discourse: vis orationis est duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis: Multa inter sese vario sermone serebant, V.: illa cum illo sermonem occipit, T.: sermones caedimus, T.: in nostris sermonibus: longior, Cs.: familiaris et cottidianus: erat in sermone omnium: Referre sermones deorum, H.: Detinuit sermone diem, O.: sermo litterarum tuarum, conversation by correspondence with you.—A set conversation, learned talk, discourse, disputation, discussion: num sermonem vestrum aliquem diremit noster interventus?: rebus iis de quibus hic sermo est: inter nos habitus: de philosophiā, N.— An utterance, declaration, speech, remark: sermones (eius) ansas dabant, quibus reconditos eius sensūs tenere possemus: qui (voltus) sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, i. e. expression: refertur eius sermo ad Apronium: hic sermo Abdalonymi, Cu.— Ordinary speech, talk, conversational language: oratio philosophorum sermo potius quam oratio dicitur: si quis scribat, uti nos, Sermoni propiora, H.— Prose: comoedia nisi quod pede certo Differt sermoni, sermo merus, H.— Conversational verse, satire: (delectari) Bioneis sermonibus, H.: sermones Repentes per humum, H.— Common talk, report, rumor: numquam de vobis eorum gratissimus sermo conticescet: sermo totā Asiā dissipatus, Cn. Pompeium, etc.: in sermonem hominum venire: in hoc pervagato civitatis sermone versantur, this talk of the town: sermones iniquorum effugere: aliquid oratione meā sermonis in sese esse quaesitum, calumny: dabimus sermonem iis, qui, etc., occasion for talk.—A manner of speaking, mode of expression, language, style, diction: sermone eo uti, qui innatus est nobis: elegantia sermonis.— A language, speech: cives et sermonis et iuris societate iuncti: in Latino sermone: patrius, H.
    * * *
    conversation, discussion; rumor; diction; speech; talk; the word

    Latin-English dictionary > sermō

  • 6 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.:

    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. —
    b.
    Esp.: referre se, to go back, return:

    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.—
    c.
    Pass. in mid. sense, to return, arrive:

    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.—
    d.
    To withdraw, remove:

    fines benignitatis introrsus referre,

    to narrow, Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 5:

    Seleucia ab mari relata,

    remote, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To give back something due; to give up, return, restore, pay back, repay (= reddere):

    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.—
    2.
    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):

    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.—
    b.
    Transf., out of the milit. sphere:

    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.
    II.
    Trop., to bear or carry back, to bring, draw, or give back.
    A.
    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:

    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) To pay back, give back, repay (syn. reddo):

    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.—
    2.
    To bring back any thing; to repeat, renew, restore, = repetere, retractare, renovare, etc.:

    (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.—
    b.
    To represent, set forth anew, reproduce, etc.:

    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.—
    3.
    To convey a report, account, intelligence, by speech or by writing; to report, announce, relate, recite, repeat, recount; to mention, allege (class.;

    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. —
    b.
    Poet. (mostly in Ovid), to repeat to one ' s self, call to mind:

    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.—
    c.
    Pregn., to say in return, to rejoin, answer, reply (syn. respondeo):

    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. —
    d.
    Publicists' t. t.
    (α).
    To bring, convey, deliver any thing as an official report, to report, announce, notify, = renuntiare:

    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.—
    (β).
    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.:

    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, *
    (γ).
    Referre ad populum (for denuo ferre), to propose or refer any thing anew to the people (cf. supra, II. B. 2.;

    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.—
    e.
    A mercantile and publicists' t. t., to note down, enter any thing in writing; to inscribe, register, record, etc.:

    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.—
    4.
    Referre aliquid ad aliquid, to trace back, ascribe, refer a thing to any thing:

    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.—
    5.
    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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  • 7 produco

    prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a., to lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    fidicinam intus,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

    aliquem foras ante aedes,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 2:

    aliquem e latebris,

    Petr. 126:

    castris omnem exercitum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

    copias pro castris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.
    a.
    To bring before the people, senate, or a court:

    aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

    quempiam in contionem,

    id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [p. 1456] plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4:

    harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    productus pro rostris,

    to give evidence, Suet. Jul. 20 fin.:

    producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,

    Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

    in judicium,

    to bring before a court, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

    aliquem in Sestium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

    aliquem ad necem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—
    b.
    Of an actor, to represent, perform:

    nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —
    c.
    To expose for sale:

    ancillam produxit, vendidit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

    servos,

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—
    d.
    To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

    producere malo aliquam moram,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

    scamnum lecto,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

    nubila menti,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—
    e.
    To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    pelles dentibus,

    Mart. 9, 74, 1:

    ferrum incude,

    Juv. 15, 165:

    supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

    id. 2, 94:

    lineas ex argento nigras,

    Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—
    f.
    To conduct to a place:

    non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—
    g.
    To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession ( poet.):

    nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,

    Verg. A. 9, 486:

    longum funus ad tumulos,

    Luc. 2, 298.—
    h.
    To lead or bring along, to bring away:

    qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,

    to drag forward, Col. 6, 2, 9.—
    i.
    To bring to light, disclose, expose:

    occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,

    Juv. 8, 266. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget:

    ego is sum qui te produxi pater,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129:

    liberos,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2:

    magnanimos nos natura produxit,

    Sen. Ep. 104, 23:

    quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,

    Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.):

    cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,

    Cels. 8, 7, 7:

    cum folia producere incipiunt fici,

    Pall. 4, 10, 30.—
    2.
    = adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—
    3.
    To make to grow, to advance, promote ( poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—
    4.
    In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.):

    inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159:

    syllabam,

    Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52:

    aliquem omni genere honoris,

    Liv. 40, 56:

    quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,

    Cic. Dom. 9, 21:

    a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,

    advanced to power, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—
    B.
    To lead, induce one to do any thing:

    producti sumus, ut loqueremur,

    Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5:

    productus ad aliquid faciendum,

    Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—
    C.
    To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.):

    producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59:

    cenam,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 70:

    convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

    sermonem in multam noctem,

    id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

    sermonem longius,

    id. Brut. 71, 251:

    Varro.. vitam Naevii producit longius,

    i. e. represents him as having lived longer, id. ib. 15, 60:

    somnum ultra primam lucem,

    Suet. Aug. 78:

    rem in hiemem,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

    animas,

    lives, Juv. 15, 94.—
    2.
    To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises:

    aliquem falsā spe producere,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

    aliquem conditionibus,

    Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—
    D.
    Of time, to pass, spend ( poet.):

    cyathos sorbillans diem,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—
    E.
    To bring up, educate:

    audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40:

    principes liberos,

    Tac. Or. 28:

    laevo monitu pueros avaros,

    Juv. 14, 228.—
    F.
    To make, devise, produce, bring into use:

    nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—
    G.
    To plant, cultivate:

    quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.):

    productiore cornu sinistro,

    drawn out, extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm:

    productissimum flagellum,

    Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

    dolores longinquitate producti,

    id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    exitus (orationis),

    id. de Or. 2. 53, 213:

    productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,

    too long, id. Or. 53, 178; so,

    producta syllaba (opp. short),

    id. ib. 48, 159:

    nomen,

    formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

    neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

    longer, Hor. A. P. 189.—
    B.
    Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua;

    et illa rejecta,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.):

    producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159:

    producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,

    Gell. 2, 17, 5.— Comp.:

    syllaba productius pronunciata,

    Gell. 4, 17, 8.

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  • 8 producta

    prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a., to lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    fidicinam intus,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

    aliquem foras ante aedes,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 2:

    aliquem e latebris,

    Petr. 126:

    castris omnem exercitum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

    copias pro castris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.
    a.
    To bring before the people, senate, or a court:

    aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

    quempiam in contionem,

    id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [p. 1456] plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4:

    harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    productus pro rostris,

    to give evidence, Suet. Jul. 20 fin.:

    producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,

    Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

    in judicium,

    to bring before a court, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

    aliquem in Sestium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

    aliquem ad necem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—
    b.
    Of an actor, to represent, perform:

    nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —
    c.
    To expose for sale:

    ancillam produxit, vendidit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

    servos,

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—
    d.
    To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

    producere malo aliquam moram,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

    scamnum lecto,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

    nubila menti,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—
    e.
    To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    pelles dentibus,

    Mart. 9, 74, 1:

    ferrum incude,

    Juv. 15, 165:

    supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

    id. 2, 94:

    lineas ex argento nigras,

    Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—
    f.
    To conduct to a place:

    non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—
    g.
    To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession ( poet.):

    nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,

    Verg. A. 9, 486:

    longum funus ad tumulos,

    Luc. 2, 298.—
    h.
    To lead or bring along, to bring away:

    qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,

    to drag forward, Col. 6, 2, 9.—
    i.
    To bring to light, disclose, expose:

    occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,

    Juv. 8, 266. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget:

    ego is sum qui te produxi pater,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129:

    liberos,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2:

    magnanimos nos natura produxit,

    Sen. Ep. 104, 23:

    quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,

    Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.):

    cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,

    Cels. 8, 7, 7:

    cum folia producere incipiunt fici,

    Pall. 4, 10, 30.—
    2.
    = adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—
    3.
    To make to grow, to advance, promote ( poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—
    4.
    In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.):

    inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159:

    syllabam,

    Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52:

    aliquem omni genere honoris,

    Liv. 40, 56:

    quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,

    Cic. Dom. 9, 21:

    a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,

    advanced to power, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—
    B.
    To lead, induce one to do any thing:

    producti sumus, ut loqueremur,

    Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5:

    productus ad aliquid faciendum,

    Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—
    C.
    To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.):

    producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59:

    cenam,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 70:

    convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

    sermonem in multam noctem,

    id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

    sermonem longius,

    id. Brut. 71, 251:

    Varro.. vitam Naevii producit longius,

    i. e. represents him as having lived longer, id. ib. 15, 60:

    somnum ultra primam lucem,

    Suet. Aug. 78:

    rem in hiemem,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

    animas,

    lives, Juv. 15, 94.—
    2.
    To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises:

    aliquem falsā spe producere,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

    aliquem conditionibus,

    Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—
    D.
    Of time, to pass, spend ( poet.):

    cyathos sorbillans diem,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—
    E.
    To bring up, educate:

    audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40:

    principes liberos,

    Tac. Or. 28:

    laevo monitu pueros avaros,

    Juv. 14, 228.—
    F.
    To make, devise, produce, bring into use:

    nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—
    G.
    To plant, cultivate:

    quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.):

    productiore cornu sinistro,

    drawn out, extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm:

    productissimum flagellum,

    Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

    dolores longinquitate producti,

    id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    exitus (orationis),

    id. de Or. 2. 53, 213:

    productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,

    too long, id. Or. 53, 178; so,

    producta syllaba (opp. short),

    id. ib. 48, 159:

    nomen,

    formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

    neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

    longer, Hor. A. P. 189.—
    B.
    Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua;

    et illa rejecta,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.):

    producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159:

    producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,

    Gell. 2, 17, 5.— Comp.:

    syllaba productius pronunciata,

    Gell. 4, 17, 8.

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  • 9 producte

    prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a., to lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    fidicinam intus,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

    aliquem foras ante aedes,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 2:

    aliquem e latebris,

    Petr. 126:

    castris omnem exercitum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

    copias pro castris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.
    a.
    To bring before the people, senate, or a court:

    aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

    quempiam in contionem,

    id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [p. 1456] plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4:

    harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    productus pro rostris,

    to give evidence, Suet. Jul. 20 fin.:

    producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,

    Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

    in judicium,

    to bring before a court, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

    aliquem in Sestium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

    aliquem ad necem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—
    b.
    Of an actor, to represent, perform:

    nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —
    c.
    To expose for sale:

    ancillam produxit, vendidit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

    servos,

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—
    d.
    To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

    producere malo aliquam moram,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

    scamnum lecto,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

    nubila menti,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—
    e.
    To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    pelles dentibus,

    Mart. 9, 74, 1:

    ferrum incude,

    Juv. 15, 165:

    supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

    id. 2, 94:

    lineas ex argento nigras,

    Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—
    f.
    To conduct to a place:

    non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—
    g.
    To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession ( poet.):

    nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,

    Verg. A. 9, 486:

    longum funus ad tumulos,

    Luc. 2, 298.—
    h.
    To lead or bring along, to bring away:

    qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,

    to drag forward, Col. 6, 2, 9.—
    i.
    To bring to light, disclose, expose:

    occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,

    Juv. 8, 266. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget:

    ego is sum qui te produxi pater,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129:

    liberos,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2:

    magnanimos nos natura produxit,

    Sen. Ep. 104, 23:

    quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,

    Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.):

    cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,

    Cels. 8, 7, 7:

    cum folia producere incipiunt fici,

    Pall. 4, 10, 30.—
    2.
    = adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—
    3.
    To make to grow, to advance, promote ( poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—
    4.
    In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.):

    inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159:

    syllabam,

    Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52:

    aliquem omni genere honoris,

    Liv. 40, 56:

    quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,

    Cic. Dom. 9, 21:

    a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,

    advanced to power, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—
    B.
    To lead, induce one to do any thing:

    producti sumus, ut loqueremur,

    Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5:

    productus ad aliquid faciendum,

    Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—
    C.
    To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.):

    producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59:

    cenam,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 70:

    convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

    sermonem in multam noctem,

    id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

    sermonem longius,

    id. Brut. 71, 251:

    Varro.. vitam Naevii producit longius,

    i. e. represents him as having lived longer, id. ib. 15, 60:

    somnum ultra primam lucem,

    Suet. Aug. 78:

    rem in hiemem,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

    animas,

    lives, Juv. 15, 94.—
    2.
    To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises:

    aliquem falsā spe producere,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

    aliquem conditionibus,

    Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—
    D.
    Of time, to pass, spend ( poet.):

    cyathos sorbillans diem,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—
    E.
    To bring up, educate:

    audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40:

    principes liberos,

    Tac. Or. 28:

    laevo monitu pueros avaros,

    Juv. 14, 228.—
    F.
    To make, devise, produce, bring into use:

    nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—
    G.
    To plant, cultivate:

    quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.):

    productiore cornu sinistro,

    drawn out, extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm:

    productissimum flagellum,

    Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

    dolores longinquitate producti,

    id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    exitus (orationis),

    id. de Or. 2. 53, 213:

    productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,

    too long, id. Or. 53, 178; so,

    producta syllaba (opp. short),

    id. ib. 48, 159:

    nomen,

    formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

    neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

    longer, Hor. A. P. 189.—
    B.
    Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua;

    et illa rejecta,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.):

    producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159:

    producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,

    Gell. 2, 17, 5.— Comp.:

    syllaba productius pronunciata,

    Gell. 4, 17, 8.

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  • 10 differo

    dif-fĕro, distŭli, dīlātum, differre ( inf. differrier, Lucr. 1, 1088. In tmesi:

    disque tulissent,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14), v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to carry different ways; to spread abroad, scatter, disperse, separate (cf.: reicere, proferre, procrastinare, producere, ampliare, prorogare—class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    scintillas agere ac late differre favillam,

    Lucr. 2, 675; cf.:

    favillam longe (ventus),

    id. 6, 692:

    nubila (vis venti),

    id. 1, 273; Verg. G. 3, 197:

    ignem (ventus),

    Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 2:

    casae venti magnitudine ignem distulerunt,

    id. B. G. 5, 43, 2:

    majorem partem classis (vis Africi),

    Vell. 2, 79, 2:

    rudentes fractosque remos (Eurus),

    Hor. Epod. 10, 6 et saep.; cf. Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14:

    nos cum scapha tempestas dextrovorsum Differt ab illis,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 39; cf. Lucr. 1, 1088: cytisum, to plant apart, in separate rows = disserere, digerere, Varr. R. R. 1, 43; Col. 11, 3, 30 sq.; 38; 42 al.; cf.:

    ulmos in versum,

    Verg. G. 4, 144:

    ut formicae frustillatim (te) differant,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 20; cf.:

    insepulta membra (lupi),

    Hor. Epod. 5, 99; and:

    Mettum in diversa (quadrigae),

    Verg. A. 8, 643. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To distract, disquiet, disturb a person (only ante-class.): vorsor in amoris rota miser, Exanimor, feror, differor, distrahor, diripior, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5:

    differor clamore,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 15:

    cupidine ejus,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 28; cf.:

    amore istius,

    id. Mil. 4, 4, 27:

    laetitia,

    id. Truc. 4, 1, 3:

    doloribus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 40.—Less freq. act.:

    aliquem dictis,

    to confound, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 125; cf. Ter. And. 2, 4, 5 Ruhnk.—
    2.
    To spread abroad, publish, divulge; with a personal object, to cry down, to defame (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.; not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.).
    (α).
    With acc. rei: cum de me ista foris sermonibus differs, Lucil. ap. Non. 284, 16; cf.:

    rumores famam differant licebit nosque carpant,

    Varr. ib. 18:

    commissam libertatem populo Rom. sermonibus,

    Liv. 34, 49:

    promissum jus anulorum fama distulit,

    Suet. Caes. 33.—With acc. and inf.:

    ne mi hanc famam differant, Me dedidisse, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 63; Ter. Heaut. prol. 16; Nep. Dion. 10; Val. Fl. 1, 753.—With quasi and dependent clause:

    rumore ab obtrectatoribus dilato, quasi eundem mox et discruciatum necasset,

    Suet. Aug. 14 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    quo pertinuit differri etiam per externos, tamquam veneno interceptus esset,

    Tac. A. 3, 12; cf. id. ib. 4, 25.—
    (β).
    With acc. pers.:

    aliquem pipulo,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 32 (cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll., and see pipulum): aliquem maledicendo sermonibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 284, 24:

    dominos variis rumoribus,

    Tac. A. 1, 4:

    te circum omnes alias puellas,

    to bring into disrepute with them, Prop. 1, 4, 22.—In the pass.: differor sermone miser, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 93, 10:

    alterna differor invidia,

    Prop. 1, 16, 48.—
    3.
    With reference to time, to defer, put off, protract, delay any thing; with a personal object also to put off, amuse with promises, get rid of (class. and very freq.).
    (α).
    With acc. rei:

    cetera praesenti sermoni reserventur: hoc tamen non queo differre, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

    differre quotidie ac procrastinare rem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9 fin.:

    saepe vadimonia,

    id. Quint. 5 fin.:

    iter in praesentia,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 85, 4:

    pleraque (with omittere in praesens tempus),

    Hor. A. P. 44:

    distulit ira sitim,

    Ov. M. 6, 366 et saep.:

    differri jam hora non potest,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 19:

    tempus,

    id. ib. 8, 8; id. Prov. Cons. 11 fin.; Liv. 3, 46; Ov. M. 1, 724 al.:

    diem de die,

    Liv. 25, 25 et saep.—With inf.:

    quaerere distuli,

    Hor. Od. 4, 4, 21; so Liv. 42, 2 (but not Suet. Caes. 81, where agere belongs to proposuerat, cf. id. Aug. 72; id. Calig. 49).—With quin:

    nihil dilaturi, quin periculum summae rerum facerent,

    Liv. 6, 22 fin.; so Suet. Caes. 4; with in and acc.:

    reliqua in crastinum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 44 fin.:

    in posterum diem,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 65 fin.:

    in posterum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 32; Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 5:

    in aliud tempus,

    Cic. Brut. 87; Caes. B. C. 1, 86, 2:

    in adventum tuum,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 3 fin.:

    diem edicti in a. d. IV. Kal. Dec.,

    id. Phil. 3, 8, 20:

    curandi tempus in annum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 39 et saep. — Poet.:

    tropaea in pueros suos,

    to reserve for, Prop. 4, 6, 82.—Rarely with ad:

    aliquid ad crudelitatis tempus,

    Cic. Vat. 11 fin.; cf. the foll.—
    (β).
    With acc. pers.:

    sin autem differs me in tempus aliud,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 10; Liv. 26, 51; 41, 8:

    differri non posse adeo concitatos animos,

    id. 7, 14:

    dilatus per frustrationem,

    id. 25, 25; cf.:

    aliquem variis frustrationibus,

    Just. 9, 6 fin.:

    Campanos,

    Liv. 26, 33:

    aliquem petentem,

    Suet. Vesp. 23 Ern.:

    caros amicos (opp. properare),

    Mart. 13, 55 et saep.— Poet.: vivacem anum, to preserve alive, i. e. to postpone her death, Ov. M. 13, 519; cf.:

    decimum dilatus in annum (belli) Hector erat,

    id. ib. 12, 76:

    aliquem in spem impetrandi tandem honoris,

    Liv. 39, 32:

    aliquem in septimum diem,

    Suet. Tib. 32; id. Caes. 82 Oud.; id. Aug. 44 fin. et saep.— Rarely with ad:

    legati ad novos magistratus dilati,

    Liv. 41, 8:

    aliquem ad finem muneris,

    Suet. Vit. 12:

    quas (legationes) par tim dato responso ex itinere dimisit, partim distulit Tarraconem,

    Liv. 26, 51.—Once with post:

    aliquid post bellum differre,

    Liv. 4, 6, 4.—
    (γ).
    Absol. Prov.: differ;

    habent parvae commoda magna morae,

    Ov. F. 3, 394.
    II.
    Neut., to differ, be different (esp. freq. since the Ciceron. period—cf.:

    discrepare, distare, interesse): qui re consentientes vocabulis differebant,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 2 fin.; cf.:

    naturis differunt, voluntate autem similes sunt,

    id. de Or. 2, 23: verbo [p. 575] differre, re esse unum, id. Caecin. 21, 59:

    distare aliquid aut ex aliqua parte differre,

    id. ib. 14:

    nihil aut non fere multum differre,

    id. Brut. 40 fin.:

    paulum differre,

    id. Agr. 2, 31, 85 et saep.:

    nec quicquam differre, utrumne... an, etc.,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 251; cf.:

    quid enim differt, barathrone Dones quicquid habes, an? etc.,

    id. ib. 166.—
    (β).
    With ab:

    ita ut pauxillum differat a cavillulis,

    Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 18:

    quidnam esset illud, quo ipsi (poëtae) differrent ab oratoribus,

    Cic. Or. 19, 66; id. Off. 1, 27 fin.:

    quid hoc ab illo differt?

    id. Caecin. 14:

    non multum ab hostili expugnatione,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 5 fin.:

    multum a Gallica consuetudine,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14; cf. ib. 6, 21; 6, 28, 5:

    hoc fere ab reliquis differunt, quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 6, 18, 3 et saep.—
    (γ).
    With inter (esp. impers.):

    si nihil inter deum et deum differt,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80; id. Off. 1, 28, 99; id. Fin. 4, 25, 70:

    nequid inter privatum et magistratum differat,

    id. Rep. 1, 43:

    ut non multum differat inter summos et mediocres viros,

    id. Off. 2, 8, 30: multa sunt alia, quae inter locum et locum plurimum differunt (for which, shortly before, inter locorum naturas quantum intersit), id. Fat. 4:

    haec cogitatione inter se differunt, re quidem copulata sunt,

    id. Tusc. 4, 11: inter se aliqua re, id. Opt. gen. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 7, 16; Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 2; 6, 11, 1; Quint. 12, 10, 22; 34; 67 et saep.:

    quae quidem inter se plurimum differunt,

    id. 5, 14, 27.—
    (δ).
    Rarely with cum:

    occasio cum tempore hoc differt,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 27:

    hoc genus causae cum superiore hoc differt, quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 30, 92 Orell. N. cr. —
    (ε).
    Likewise rarely, differre in aliqua re, Lucr. 3, 314; Nep. Ages. 7 fin. —
    (ζ).
    Rarely, and only poet. or in post-Aug. prose, with dat.:

    quod pede certo Differt sermoni sermo merus,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 48:

    tragico differre colori,

    id. A. P. 236; Quint. 2, 21, 10; Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107; cf. id. 9, 8, 7, § 23.—Hence, diffĕ-rens, entis, P. a., different, superior:

    differentius nomen,

    a more excellent name, Vulg. Heb. 1, 4; in Quintilian subst. n. (opp. proprium), a difference, Quint. 5, 10, 55; 58; 6, 3, 66; 7, 3, 3; 25 sq.—
    * Adv.: diffĕren-ter, differently, Sol. 1.

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  • 11 removeo

    rĕ-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (sync. pluperf. remorant, Hor. S. 2, 1, 71; Sil. 11, 175; inf. remosse, Lucr. 3, 69; perf. remorunt, Ov. Ib. 240), v. a., to move back, draw back; to take away, set aside, withdraw, remove (freq. and class.; syn.: amolior, repono, segrego).
    I.
    Lit.:

    tolle hanc patinam, remove pernam,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 163 sq.:

    pecora,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

    equos,

    Sall. C. 59, 1:

    equos ex conspectu,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

    dapes,

    Ov. M. 8, 571:

    mensam,

    id. ib. 13, 676:

    frena, Hor.S.2, 7, 74: tegimen,

    to lay aside, Ov. M. 1, 674:

    Aurora removerat ignes,

    had driven away, id. ib. 4, 81:

    monstra,

    id. ib. 5, 216:

    remoto atque ablegato viro,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 82:

    remotis arbitris,

    id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    custode remoto,

    Hor. A. P. 161:

    remoto Hannibale,

    Just. 31, 5, 1:

    quae jam infantem removerit,

    i. e. has weaned, Plin. 28, 7, 21, § 72:

    naves longas ab onerariis navibus,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

    cupas furcis ab opere,

    id. B. C. 2, 11:

    castra sex milia ab oppido,

    Liv. 9, 24:

    quae natura occultavit ab oculis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127:

    bracchia a latere modice,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    comas a fronte ad aures,

    Ov. M. 5, 488:

    se a corpore,

    Lucr. 3, 895:

    se a vulgo,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 71:

    parvos natos a se,

    id. C. 3, 5, 43:

    se a conspectu, Auct. B. Afr. 62: plura de medio (with auferre),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

    togam inde,

    Quint. 11, 3, 124:

    oculos,

    Cic. Balb. 5, 11:

    arcanis oculos profanos,

    Ov. M. 7, 256:

    tactu viriles virgineo manus,

    id. ib. 13, 467:

    toto sumus orbe remoti,

    id. P. 2, 2, 123: mensae remotae, Verg. A. 1, 216; Ov. M. 13, 676:

    cum paulum ab legionibus nostros removissent,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 16:

    aliquem ab exercitu, Auct. B. Afr. 54: praesidia ex iis locis, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 3:

    se in montes ex urbe,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 16:

    ex oculis manus,

    Ov. M. 9, 390:

    ut propinquis suis ultra ducentesimum lapidem removeretur,

    Tac. A. 2, 50.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    removete moram,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 37; Quint. 8, prooem. §

    3: sumptum removit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

    hominum conscientiā remotā,

    id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

    remotā subtilitate disputandi,

    id. ib. 2, 38, 98:

    omnia removistis, avaritiam, imperitiam, superbiam,

    Sall. J. 85, 45; cf.:

    remoto metu,

    id. ib. 87, 4; Tac. Agr. 15:

    remoto joco,

    jesting aside, Cic. Fam. 7, 11, 3:

    remoto personarum complexu,

    Quint. 3, 6, 57; 12, 11, 30:

    formam anilem,

    Ov. M. 6, 43:

    soporem,

    id. ib. 6, 493:

    obstantia fata,

    id. ib. 13, 373: remove istaec, no more of that (i. e. do not speak of it), Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 49 fin.:

    aliquem ab studio, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 14: aliquem ab republicā,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 21; Liv. 5, 11:

    aliquem ab hoc sermone,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    aliquem a legibus (sc. ferendis),

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

    aliquem a vitā (natura),

    Lucr. 5, 350:

    se a negotiis publicis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 69:

    se ab omni ejusmodi negotio,

    id. Clu. 15, 43:

    se ab amicitiā alicujus,

    id. Lael. 21, 77; cf.:

    se ab aliquo,

    id. Att. 4, 8, b, 3:

    se a suspitione,

    id. Agr. 2, 8, 22; cf.:

    illam suspitionem ab sese removere,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

    invidiam a se,

    Ov. M. 12, 626:

    vim procul hinc,

    id. Am. 1, 14, 29:

    (levissima) secerni arbitror oportere atque ex oratione removeri,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 76, 309:

    quartum (statum) ex generalibus,

    Quint. 3, 6, 67:

    omnes tribu remoti,

    Liv. 45, 15 Drak. N. cr.:

    ordine,

    Tac. A. 13, 11:

    quaesturā,

    Suet. Tib. 35:

    pudorem thalamis,

    Ov. M. 8, 157; cf.:

    se artibus suis,

    Cic. Or. 2, 5:

    se ministerio sceleris,

    Ov. M. 3, 645:

    aliquem tutelā,

    Dig. 26, 10, 4.— Absol., Dig. 26, 10, 3. —
    B.
    To deduct, subtract:

    si de quincunce remota est Uncia,

    Hor. A. P. 327.—Hence, rĕmōtus, a, um, P. a., removed, i. e. afar off, distant, remote.
    A.
    Lit.:

    silvestribus ac remotis locis,

    distant, retired, Caes. B. G. 7, 1; cf.:

    remoto loco,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 2:

    terrae,

    Lucr. 2, 534:

    Gades,

    Hor. C. 2, 2, 10:

    Britanni,

    id. ib. 4, 14, 47:

    fontes,

    id. S. 2, 4, 94:

    gramen,

    id. C. 2, 3, 6:

    rupes,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 1:

    domūs pars, i. e. penetralia,

    Ov. M. 6, 638. — Neutr. as subst.:

    in remoto,

    far away, Sen. Q. N. 3, 26, 1:

    remotius antrum,

    Ov. F. 6, 121:

    sedes, remotas a Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    ab arbitris remoto loco,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    civitas a conspectu remota,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 37, §

    85: in quibus (studiis) remoti ab oculis populi omne otiosum tempus contrivimus,

    id. Lael. 27, 104:

    ab aulā,

    Ov. M. 11, 764.— With abl.:

    civitatis oculis remotus,

    Suet. Tib. 42:

    quamvis longā regione remotus Absim,

    by however great a distance I am removed from you, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 73; cf.:

    licet caeli regione remotus,

    id. M. 15, 62.—
    B.
    Trop., removed, disconnected, separate, clear, free from, strange to any thing:

    quae jam diu gesta et a memoriā remota,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

    genus (narrationum) remotum a civilibus causis,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 27:

    natura deūm longe remota Sensibus ab nostris,

    Lucr. 5, 148:

    scientia remota ab justitiā,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

    (defensio) remota ab utilitate rei publicae,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 193:

    a verā ratione longe remotum,

    Lucr. 6, 853:

    (fabula) non a veritate modo, sed etiam a formā veritatis remota,

    Quint. 2, 4, 2:

    naturae jura a vulgari intellegentiā remotiora,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 67:

    sermo a forensi strepitu remotissimus,

    id. Or. 9, 32; Quint. 11, 1, 89 Spald. N. cr.:

    (Vestorium) hominem remotum a dialecticis, in arithmeticis satis versatum,

    Cic. Att. 14, 12, 3:

    homines maxime ab injuriis nostrorum magistratuum remoti,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

    a Tib. Gracchi aequitate ac pudore longissime remotus,

    id. Agr. 2, 12, 31:

    hic a culpā est remotus,

    id. Mur. 35, 73:

    ab inani laude et sermonibus vulgi,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:

    a vulgo longe lateque,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 18:

    vitio ab omni,

    id. A. P. 384:

    ab omni minimi errati suspicione remotissimus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40:

    (vilica) a vino, ab escis, a superstitionibus remotissima sit,

    Col. 12, 1, 3 et saep.—
    2.
    In the philos. lang. of the Stoics, remota, a transl. of the Gr. proêgmena, things not to be preferred; [p. 1564] things to be rejected or postponed (opp. promota), Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52.—Hence, adv.: rĕmōtē, at a distance, afar off, remotely (very rare).— Comp.:

    stellae eundem orbem tenentes aliae propius a terris, aliae remotius ab eisdem principiis eadem spatia conficiunt,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87.— Sup.:

    remotissime,

    Aug. Trin. 12, 5.

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  • 12 benignus

    bĕnignus, a, um, adj. [as if benigenus, from bonus genus, anal. with malignus and privignus], of a good kind or nature, beneficent, kind.
    I.
    Of feeling or deportment towards others, kind, good, friendly, pleasing, favorable, benignant:

    nam generi lenonio, Numquam ullus deus tam benignus fuit qui fuerit propitius,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 34:

    benignus et lepidus et comis,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 39:

    boni et benigni,

    id. Phorm. 5, 2, 2:

    comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur,

    Cic. Balb. 16, 36:

    Apelles in aemulis benignus,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88;

    id. praef. § 21: divi,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 52:

    numen,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 74; cf. Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 34 al.—
    B.
    Of things, friendly, favorable, pleasant, mild:

    animus,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22:

    oratio,

    Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48:

    sociorum comitas vultusque benigni,

    Liv. 9, 6, 8; 30, 14, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 20:

    verba,

    Prop. 1, 10, 24:

    benigniora verba,

    Liv. 21, 19, 11.—In the jurists, interpretatio, a mild, favorable interpretation (opp. dura, which follows the strictness of the letter; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31 sq.), Dig. 39, 5, 16:

    semper in dubiis benigniora praeferenda sunt,

    ib. 50, 17, 56:

    benignior sententia,

    ib. 37, 6, 8.—
    C.
    Poet., = faustus, lucky, propitious, favorable:

    dies,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 108:

    nox,

    id. Th. 10, 216.—
    II.
    More freq. of action, beneficent, obliging, that gives or imparts freely, liberal, bounteous, etc.:

    erga te benignus fui, atque opera mea Haec tibi sunt servata,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 33; id. Trin. 3, 3, 12; 2, 4, 58:

    fortuna... Nunc mihi, nunc alii benigna,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 52:

    qui benigniores volunt esse, quam res patitur, peccant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44:

    qui liberalis benignusque dicitur,

    id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

    facilius in timore benigni quam in victoriā grati reperiuntur,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 15, 8.— Poet., with gen.:

    vini somnique benignus,

    a hard drinker and a lover of sleep, Hor. S. 2, 3, 3.—Opp. to bonae frugi = prodigus, prodigal, lavish:

    est benignus potius quam bonae frugi,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 20.—
    B.
    Of things (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; cf. malignus), yielding liberally, abundant, fruitful, fertile, copious, rich: et magnas messes terra benigna daret, Tib [p. 233] 3, 3, 6:

    ager,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 56:

    tellus,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 1:

    vepres,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 8:

    cornu,

    id. C. 1, 17, 15:

    egens benignae Tantalus semper dapis,

    id. Epod. 17, 66:

    ingenī Benigna vena est,

    id. C. 2, 18, 10:

    praeda,

    Ov. F. 5, 174:

    benigna materia gratias agendi Romanis,

    Liv. 42, 38, 6: quem (ordinem) persequi longa est magis quam benigna materia, fruitful, or suitable for exhibition, Mel. prooem. § 1;

    so Seneca: primus liber.. benigniorem habuit materiem,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 1, 1:

    ipse materiā risūs benignissima,

    id. Const. 18, 1 (cf. also in Gr. aphthonos):

    aestivam sermone benigno tendere noctem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 11 (sermone multo et liberali et largo, Lamb.):

    benignissimum inventum, i. e. beneficentissimum,

    Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 11. —Hence, adv.: bĕnignē (ante-class. collat. form bĕnignĭter).
    1.
    In a friendly manner, kindly, benevolently, courteously, benignly:

    benigne et amice facere,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 109:

    me benignius Omnes salutant quam salutabant prius,

    id. Aul. 1, 2, 36:

    ecquid ego possiem Blande dicere aut benigne facere,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 24:

    viam monstrare,

    courteously, politely, Cic. Balb. 16, 36:

    salutare,

    id. Phil. 13, 2, 4:

    audire,

    id. Clu. 3, 8:

    polliceri,

    id. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

    servire alicui,

    Cat. 76, 3:

    respondere,

    Sall. J. 11, 1; Liv. 27, 4, 7:

    milites adpellare,

    Sall. J. 96, 2:

    habere,

    id. ib. 113, 2:

    alloqui,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    audire aliquem,

    id. 1, 9, 4:

    excipere aliquem,

    id. 2, 35, 6; 21, 19, 7; Tac. A. 1, 57:

    arma capere,

    readily, willingly, Liv. 3, 26, 1:

    audire,

    Suet. Aug. 89.—In the ante-class. form benigniter, Titin. ap. Non. p. 510, 13, and Prisc. p 1010 P.—
    b.
    Mildly, indulgently (in jurid. Lat.):

    in poenalibus causis benignius interpretandum est,

    Dig. 50, 17, 155; ib. 44, 7, 1, § 13:

    benignissime rescripserunt,

    ib. 37, 14, 4.—
    c.
    Benigne dicis, or absol. benigne, used in colloquial lang. in thanking one for something, both when it is taken and when it is refused (the latter a courtly formula like the Gr. ainô se, zêlô se, kalôs, kallista; cf. recte), you are very kind, I thank you very much, am under great obligation; no, I thank you.
    (α).
    In receiving: As. Peregre cum advenis, cena detur. Di. Benigne dicis, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 27; Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 62.—
    (β).
    In declining:

    frumentum, inquit, me abs te emere oportet. Optime. Modium denario. Benigne ac liberaliter: nam ego ternis HS non possum vendere, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

    dic Ad cenam veniat.. Benigne Respondet. Neget ille mihi? etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 62; id. ib. 1, 7, 16 Schmid.—
    2.
    Abundantly, liberally, freely, generously:

    pecuniam praebere,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 37; id. Aul. 4, 4, 20; Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 15, 52 and 53; Sall. J. 68, 3; Liv. 9, 31, 5; 9, 32. 2:

    benignius Deprome quadrimum,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 6:

    paulo benignius ipsum Te tractare voles,

    id. Ep. 1, 17, 11. —
    b.
    Benigne facere alicui = bene facere, to do a favor, to show favor, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 24 Ruhnk.; Cat. 73, 3:

    qui plurimis in istā provinciā benigne fecisti,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1; id. Off. 1, 14, 42; id. Inv. 1, 55, 109; Liv. 4, 14, 5; 28, 39, 18; Gell. 17, 5, 10 al.; cf. Rutil. Lup. p. 127 Ruhnk. (175 Frotscher).

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  • 13 celebro

    cĕlē̆bro, āvi, ātum, v. a. [id.].
    I.
    To go to a place or person in great numbers or often, to frequent, to fill (syn. frequento;

    class.): deūm delubra festis diebus,

    Lucr. 5, 1167:

    viam,

    Cic. Cael. 14, 34; id. Sest. 63, 131:

    domum alicujus,

    id. Mur. 34, 70:

    atria,

    Ov. M. 1, 172:

    silvas,

    id. ib. 10, 703:

    tecta,

    id. ib. 4, 444:

    forum,

    id. ib. 4, 144; cf.:

    forum maxime celebratum,

    Sall. J. 47, 1:

    Penates, i. e. domum redire,

    Tib. 1, 3, 33:

    me magistrum,

    id. 1, 4, 75.—
    b.
    Of a desired action (cf. celeber, B.), to do something frequently or in multitudes, to practise, engage in, say, use, employ, repeat, = frequento, etc.:

    intro abite atque haec cito celebrate,

    i. e. in company, all together, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 36:

    ad eas artes, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus, celebrandas inter nosque recolendas,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2:

    cognitionem exercitationemque,

    id. ib. 3, 28, 110:

    genus divinationis,

    id. Div. 1, 2, 3; cf.:

    celebratum genus mortis,

    a kind of death suffered by many, Tac. H. 2, 49 fin.:

    necessitatem,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155:

    jurisdictionem,

    Liv. 6, 32, 1:

    popularem potestatem,

    id. 2, 42, 6:

    iambum,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    seria ac jocos cum aliquo,

    Liv. 1, 4, 9.—
    c.
    Aliquid aliquā re, to fill up with something:

    contiones suas convicio cantorum,

    Cic. Sest. 55, 118:

    ripas carmine,

    Ov. M. 2, 252 (cf.:

    concelebrant ripas,

    Lucr. 2, 345):

    cujus litteris, famā, nuntiis celebrantur aures cottidie meae,

    i. e. are filled, full, Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 22.— Poet.: juvenes multo sermone, to talk much with [p. 309] them, Tib. 1, 6, 17.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    To go in great numbers to a celebration; hence, in gen., to celebrate, solemnize, keep a festival:

    festos dies,

    Cic. Arch. 6, 13; cf.:

    is (dies) festus celebratusque per omnem Africam,

    Sall. J. 66, 2; Cic. Pis. 22, 51; id. Cat. 3, 10, 23; Liv. 10, 37, 12; Tac. A. 15, 53; Suet. Aug. 75; id. Tib. 65 init.; Hor. S. 2, 2, 61; Ov. M. 4, 4:

    convivium omnium sermone laetitiāque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66; Liv. 40, 14, 2; Tac. A. 4, 59; cf.

    coetum,

    Verg. A. 1, 735:

    conjugia,

    id. ib. 7, 555; cf.

    nuptias,

    Liv. 36, 11, 2; cf.:

    solemnia nuptiarum,

    Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

    officium nuptiarum,

    Suet. Claud. 26; and poet.:

    taedas jugales Thetidis,

    Cat. 64, 302:

    annua sacra,

    Verg. A. 8, 173; cf. id. ib. 5, 598 and 603: funus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; cf.

    exsequias,

    Liv. 25, 17, 5; 37, 22, 2:

    diem natalem Vitellii,

    Tac. H. 2, 95; Lact. 1, 20, 6; Plin. Ep. 10, 102 (103):

    natales,

    id. ib. 6, 30, 1; Tac. A. 6, 18; and absol.:

    totā celebrante Siciliā sepultus est,

    Nep. Timol. 5 fin. —
    B.
    To honor, praise, celebrate the praises of a person or thing, to celebrate in song (syn.:

    colere, laudare, illustrare): laus, quae non poetarum carminibus, non annalium monumentis celebratur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43; cf. id. Planc. 39, 93:

    vestrum egressum ornando atque celebrando,

    id. Pis. 13, 31:

    fortuna res cunctas ex libidine magis quam ex vero celebrat obscuratque,

    Sall. C. 8, 1:

    talia carminibus,

    Verg. A. 8, 303:

    nomen alicujus scriptis,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

    facta pro maxumis,

    Sall. C. 8, 3:

    domestica facta,

    Hor. A. P. 287: se remque publicam haec faciundo, to make renowned, Sall J. 85, 36: Mari virtutem in majus ( = epi to meizon kosmein), id. ib. 73, 5:

    augereque aliquem,

    id. ib. 86, 3: honores alicujus, celebrate one ' s honor, Verg. A. 12, 840:

    memoriam,

    Tac. H. 1, 78:

    victoriam ingenti fama,

    id. Agr. 39 al.:

    virum aut heroa lyrā, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 2:

    sepulcrum hominum conventu et epulis,

    Cic. Fl. 38, 95:

    memoriam nominis epulis,

    id. Fin. 2, 31, 103:

    litora ludis,

    Verg. A. 3, 280:

    sententiam magno assensu,

    Tac. A. 15, 22:

    mortem funere censorio,

    id. ib. 6, 27:

    aliquem admiratione,

    id. H. 2, 71:

    obsequio,

    id. A. 16, 33:

    funere publico,

    id. ib. 6, 11 fin. —
    C.
    Without the access. idea of extolling, in gen., to make something known, to publish abroad, proclaim:

    quibus in locis factum esse consulem Murenam nuntii litteraeque celebrassent,

    Cic. Mur. 41, 89:

    quod vocibus maledictisque celebratum est,

    id. Cael. 3, 6:

    quā re celebratā,

    id. Div. 1, 17, 31.— cĕlĕbrā-tus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    (Acc. to I. a.) Frequented, much visited:

    forum rerum venalium totius regni maxime celebratum,

    Sall. J. 47, 1.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. b.) Customary, usual, frequent:

    tritum atque celebratum,

    Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

    celebratum est usque in proverbium,

    Quint. 1, 10, 21:

    schemata,

    id. 9, 2, 92:

    usus anuli celebratior,

    Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 28:

    verbum celebratius,

    Gell. 17, 2, 25 (cf. id. 17, 2, 25, § 17: verbum crebrius, and id. 17, 2, 25, § 18: verbum creberrimum).—
    II.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Solemn, festive, brilliant:

    dies celebratior,

    Ov. M. 7, 430:

    supplicatio celebratior,

    Liv. 3, 63, 5.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. B.) Known, celebrated, famous:

    loci famā celebrati,

    Tac. A. 2, 54:

    quo Actiacae victoriae memoria celebratior in posterum esset,

    Suet. Aug. 18.— Adv., v. celebriter.

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  • 14 confero

    confĕro, contŭli, collātum (conl-), conferre, v. a.
    I.
    To bring, bear, or carry together, to collect, gather (freq. and class.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    ligna circa casam,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    arma,

    Vell. 2, 114, 4:

    cibos ore suo (aves),

    Quint. 2, 6, 7:

    undique collatis membris,

    Hor. A. P. 3 al.:

    sarcinas in unum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 24; cf. id. ib. 2, 25:

    collatis militaribus signis,

    id. ib. 7, 2:

    ut premerer sacrā Lauroque collatāque myrto,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 19:

    quo (sc. in proximum horreum) omne rusticum instrumentum,

    Col. 1, 6, 7:

    illuc (sc. in castella) parentes et conjuges,

    Tac. A. 4, 46 fin.:

    dentes in corpore (canes),

    Ov. M. 3, 236:

    materiam omnem, antequam dicere ordiamur,

    Quint. 3, 9, 8:

    summas (scriptorum) in commentarium et capita,

    id. 10, 7, 32:

    plura opera in unam tabulam,

    id. 8, 5, 26:

    quae in proximos quinque libros conlata sunt,

    id. 8, prooem. 1: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Just. pr. 1; cf. Suet. Caes. 44; cf. I. B. 5. infra.; Quint. 4, 1, 23:

    rogus inimicis collatus manibus,

    Petr. 115 fin. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To collect money, treasures, etc., for any object, to bring offerings, contribute:

    dona mihi,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:

    contulit aes populus,

    Ov. F. 4, 351;

    so freq. on monuments: AERE CONLATO,

    Inscr. Orell. 3648; 74; Suet. Aug. 59:

    EX AERE CONLATO,

    Inscr. Orell. 3991:

    aurum argentumque in publicum,

    Liv. 28, 36, 3:

    munera ei,

    Nep. Ages. 7, 3:

    tributa quotannis ex censu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131:

    conferre eo minus tributi,

    Liv. 5, 20, 5:

    in commune,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. Quint. 3, 12:

    quadringena talenta quotannis Delum,

    Nep. Arist. 3, 1:

    (pecunia) ad ejus honores conlata,

    Cic. Fl. 25, 59:

    ad honorem tuum pecunias maximas contulisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157:

    sextantes in capita,

    Liv. 2, 33, 11:

    pecunias,

    Suet. Caes. 19; id. Aug. 57; 30; Just. 3, 6:

    vinum alius, alius mel,

    Dig. 41, 1, 7; 47, 7, 3 pr.:

    sua bona in medium,

    ib. 37, 6, 1 pr.:

    magnam partem patrimonii alicui rei,

    ib. 50, 4, 5:

    cum et Socrati collatum sit ad victum,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.— Absol.:

    nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 39.—Hence,
    b.
    Trop., like the Gr. sumpherô (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. 5.), to be useful, profitable, to profit, serve, be of use to ( = prosum; cf. also conduco, II.; post-Aug., and only in the third person; most freq. in Quint.); constr. with ad, in, the dat., inf., or absol.
    (α).
    With ad:

    naturane plus ad eloquentiam conferat an doctrina,

    Quint. 2, 19, 1; so id. 1, 8, 7; 2, 5, 1; 3, 6, 7 al.; Cels. 6, 6, 1; Col. 12, prooem. § 6; Suet. Tib. 4.—
    * (β).
    With in:

    rursus in alia plus prior (exercitatio) confert,

    Quint. 10, 7, 26.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    Gracchorum eloquentiae multum contulisse matrem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6; so id. prooem. § 6; 2, 9, 2; 3, 7, 12 al.; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 23, 98, § 261; 29, 1, 6, § 13; Suet. Vesp. 6.—
    (δ).
    With subj. inf.:

    incipiente incremento confert alterna folia circum obruere,

    Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    multum veteres etiam Latini conferunt, imprimis copiam verborum,

    Quint. 1, 8, 8; 2, 5, 16; 4, 2, 123 al.; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—
    2.
    To bring into connection, to unite, join, connect:

    membris collatis, of an embrace,

    Lucr. 4, 1101; cf.

    ora,

    App. M. 5, p. 161, 17:

    fontes e quibus collatae aquae flumen emittunt,

    Curt. 7, 11, 3: capita, to lay heads together (in conferring, deliberating, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; Liv. 2, 45, 7: pedem, to go or come with one, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 41; so,

    gradum ( = congredi),

    id. Men. 3, 3, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 17; Verg. A. 6, 488.—Of chemical union:

    dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem,

    Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    collatis viribus,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 17; cf.:

    conferre vires in unum,

    Liv. 33, 19, 7:

    collata omnium vota in unius salutem,

    Plin. Pan. 23, 5:

    e singulis frustis collata oratio,

    Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 2, 9, 3:

    velut studia inter nos conferebamus,

    id. 4, prooem. § 1.— So esp. of conferences, consultations, etc., to consult together, confer, consider or talk over together:

    si quid res feret, coram inter nos conferemus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1:

    sollicitudines nostras inter nos,

    id. Fam. 6, 21, 2:

    rationes,

    id. Att 5, 21, 12: familiares sermones cum aliquo, to unite in familiar conversation with, id. Off. 2, 11, 39:

    cum hoc in viā sermonem contulit,

    id. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.:

    cum aliquo aut sermones aut consilia,

    id. Phil. 2, 15, 38:

    consilia ad adulescentes,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 64; cf.:

    consilia dispersim antea habita,

    Suet. Caes. 80:

    injurias,

    to deliberate together concerning, Tac. Agr. 15; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.— Absol.:

    omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 8.—With a rel.clause:

    fusi contulerimus inter nos... quid finis,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 4:

    ibi conferentibus, quid animorum Hispanis esset,

    Liv. 27, 20, 4.—
    3.
    To bring or join together in a hostile manner, to set together (most freq. in milit. lang.):

    (Galli) cum Fontejo ferrum ac manus contulerunt,

    Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):

    signa cum Alexandrinis,

    id. Pis. 21, 49; cf.:

    collatis signis depugnare,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66:

    arma cum aliquo,

    Nep. Eum. 11, 5; 3, 6; cf.:

    arma inter se,

    Liv. 21, 1, 2:

    castra cum hoste,

    id. 26, 12, 14; cf.:

    castra castris,

    id. 23, 28, 9; 8, 23, 9; Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114; Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

    pedem cum pede,

    to fight foot to foot, Liv. 28, 2, 6; cf.:

    pede conlato,

    id. 6, 12, 10; 10, 29, 6; 26, 39, 12 al.:

    gradum cum aliquo,

    id. 7, 33, 11:

    pectora luctantia nexu pectoribus,

    Ov. M. 6, 242:

    stat conferre manum Aeneae,

    Verg. A. 12, 678:

    prima movet Cacus collatā proelia dextrā,

    Ov. F. 1, 569:

    collatis cursibus hastas conicere,

    Val. Fl. 6, 270:

    seque viro vir contulit,

    Verg. A. 10, 735.— Poet.:

    inter sese duri certamina belli,

    Verg. A. 10, 147:

    contra conferre manu certamina pugnae,

    Lucr. 4, 843:

    collato Marte,

    Ov. M. 12, 379.— Absol.:

    mecum confer, ait,

    fight with me, Ov. M. 10, 603.—
    b.
    Transf. from milit. affairs to lawsuits: pedem, to encounter, come in contact with one, to attack:

    non possum magis pedem conferre, ut aiunt, aut propius accedere?

    Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

    pedem cum singulis,

    Quint. 5, 13, 11; cf. id. 8, 6, 51; cf.:

    qui illi concedi putem utilius esse quod postulat quam signa conferri,

    Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5.— Poet.:

    lites,

    to contend, quarrel, Hor. S. 1, 5, 54.—
    4.
    To bring together for comparison, to compare; constr. with cum, inter se, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
    (α).
    With cum:

    quem cum eo (sc. Democrito) conferre possumus non modo ingenii magnitudine sed etiam animi?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115:

    ut non conferam vitam neque existimationem tuam cum illius,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Sull. 26, 72:

    cum maximis minima,

    id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17; Quint. 5, 13, 12; 8, 4, 2 al.:

    nostras leges cum illorum Lycurgo et Dracone et Solone,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 197; cf.:

    illa cum Graeciā,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; v. also d. —
    (β).
    With inter se (rare):

    vitam inter se utriusque conferte,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.—
    * (γ).
    With ad:

    bos ad bovem collatus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 28 Müll.—
    (δ).
    With dat.:

    tempora praesentia praeteritis,

    Lucr. 2, 1166:

    parva magnis,

    Cic. Or. 4, 14:

    alicui illud,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 151:

    lanam tinctam Tyriae lacernae,

    Quint. 12, 10, 75:

    ingenia ingeniis,

    Sen. Contr. 5, 33:

    illam puellis,

    Prop. 1, 5, 7; 1, 4, 9:

    nil jucundo amico,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 44:

    (Pausanias et Lysander) ne minimā quidem ex parte Lycurgi legibus et disciplinae conferendi sunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76; cf. supra, a.—
    (ε).
    With acc. only:

    tesseram hospitalem,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 88:

    conferte Verrem: non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:

    exemplum,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 85; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 7, 696:

    nec cum quaereretur gener Tarquinio, quisquam Romanae juventutis ullā arte conferri potuit,

    Liv. 1, 39, 4; Suet. Caes. 47:

    census,

    Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159.—Of documents:

    haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et conlata sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190.—
    5.
    With the idea of shortening by bringing together (cf. colligo), to compress, abridge, condense, make or be brief:

    quam potero in verba conferam paucissima,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 6; cf.:

    in pauca, ut occupatus nunc sum, confer, quid velis,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 44:

    rem in pauca,

    id. Poen. 5, 4, 68; and:

    in pauca verba,

    id. As. 1, 1, 75; id: Pers. 4, 4, 109:

    totam Academiam... ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor,

    Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1:

    ut in pauca conferam,

    id. Caecin. 6, 17:

    sua verba in duos versus,

    Ov. F. 1, 162:

    ex immensā diffusāque legum copiā optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros,

    Suet. Caes. 44.— [p. 412] *
    6.
    To join in bringing forward, to propose unitedly (as a law; cf.

    fero, II. B. 8. b.): cur enim non confertis, ne sit conubium divitibus et pauperibus,

    Liv. 4, 4, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.
    II.
    (Con intens.) To bear, carry, convey, direct a thing somewhere (in haste, for protection, etc.); and conferre se, to betake or turn one's self anywhere, to go (very freq. and class.).
    A.
    Prop.
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With the designation of the goal: quo me miser conferam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:

    qui cum se suaque omnia in oppidum Bratuspantium contulissent,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    se suaque eo,

    id. ib. 3, 28:

    se suaque in naves,

    Nep. Them. 2, 7 al.:

    iter Brundisium versus,

    Cic. Att. 3, 4 med.; cf.: iter eo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

    suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. B. Alex. 39;

    Auct. B. Afr. 60: quos eodem audita Cannensis clades contulerat,

    Liv. 23, 17, 8:

    parentes illuc,

    Tac. A. 4, 46:

    se Rhodum conferre,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: se Laodiceam, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4:

    se Colonas,

    Nep. Paus. 3, 3:

    quo se fusa acies,

    Liv. 9, 16, 1 al.:

    se ad Tissaphernem,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; so,

    se ad Pharnabazum,

    id. Con. 2, 1:

    se in fugam,

    Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: sese in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7 (cf.:

    conicere se in pedes,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13).—Of things:

    pituita eo se umorve confert,

    Cels. 2, 12.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    pulcre haec confertur ratis,

    is borne away, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 27.—
    2.
    Esp., in Ov. M. (cf. abeo, II.): aliquem in aliquid, to change into, transform to something:

    aliquem in saxum,

    Ov. M. 4, 278: versos vultus ( poet. circumlocution for se) in hanc, id. ib. 9, 348:

    corpus in albam volucrem,

    id. ib. 12, 145.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to bring, turn, direct something to; and conferre se, to turn, apply, devote one's self to, etc.:

    quo mortuo me ad pontificem Scaevolam contuli,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

    (Crassus) cum initio aetatis ad amicitiam se meam contulisset,

    id. Brut. 81, 281; id. Fam. 11, 29, 2:

    qui se ad senatūs auctoritatem, ad libertatem vestram contulerunt,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; id. Ac. 1, 9, 34:

    se ad studium scribendi,

    id. Arch. 3, 4:

    se ad studia litterarum,

    id. ib. 7, 16; cf. Suet. Gram. 24:

    meus pater eam seditionem in tranquillum conferet (the figure taken from the sea when in commotion),

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16: verba ad rem, to bring words to actions, i. e. to pass from words to deeds, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 4; id. Hec. 3, 1, 17:

    suspitionem in Capitonem,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:

    ut spes votaque sua non prius ad deos quam ad principum aures conferret,

    Tac. A. 4, 39:

    lamentationes suas etiam in testamentum,

    id. ib. 15, 68.—More freq., in partic.,
    2.
    With the access. idea of application or communication, to devote or apply something to a certain purpose, to employ, direct, confer, bestow upon, give, lend, grant, to transfer to (a favorite word with Cic.).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    dona quid cessant mihi Conferre?

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:

    tibi munera,

    Prop. 2, 3, 25; Nep. Ages. 7, 3:

    victoribus praemia,

    Suet. Calig. 20:

    puellae quinquaginta milia nummūm,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2:

    fructum alio,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 60; Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 24.—
    (β).
    With ad and acc.:

    hostiles exuvias ornatum ad urbis et posterum gloriam,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    Mithridates omne reliquum tempus non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem novi contulit,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

    omne studium atque omne ingenium ad populi Romani gloriam laudemque celebrandam,

    id. Arch. 9, 19; id. Fam. 10, 1, 3:

    omnem meam curam atque operam ad philosophiam,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 4:

    omnem tuum amorem omnemque tuam prudentiam... confer ad eam curam,

    id. Att. 7, 1, 2:

    animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. B. Alex. 9: ad naturae suae non vitiosae genus consilium vivendi omne,

    Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:

    orationem omnem ad misericordiam,

    id. Lig. 1, 1.—
    (γ).
    With in:

    omnes curas cogitationesque in rem publicam,

    Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2:

    diligentiam in valetudinem tuam,

    id. Fam. 16, 4, 4:

    praedas ac manubias suas non in monumenta deorum immortalium, neque in urbis ornamenta conferre, sed, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 23, 60:

    in eos, quos speramus nobis profuturos, non dubitamus officia conferre,

    id. Off. 1, 15, 48; so,

    plurimum benignitatis in eum,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 50; id. Lael. 19, 70: curam restituendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum confert, i. e. assigns to, charges with, Tac. H. 4, 53:

    in unius salutem collata omnium vota,

    Plin. Pan. 23, 5.—
    (δ).
    With erga:

    commemoratio benevolentiae ejus, quam erga me a pueritiā contulisses,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 1.—
    3.
    With aliquid ad or in aliquem or aliquid, to refer or ascribe something to a person or thing as its possessor, author (in a good, and freq. in a bad sense), to attribute, impute, assign, ascribe to one, to lay to the charge of:

    species istas hominum in deos,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77:

    res ad imperium deorum,

    Lucr. 6, 54:

    permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo numquam dicta sunt, conferuntur... Stomachor vero, cum aliorum non me digna in me conferuntur,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 35; id. Fam. 5, 5, 2:

    mortis illius invidiam in L. Flaccum,

    id. Fl. 17, 41:

    suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itinerum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    sua vitia et suam culpam in senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 5, 14:

    hanc ego de re publicā disputationem in Africani personam et Phili contuli,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 2.—So esp.:

    culpam in aliquem,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 156; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97; Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 1:

    causam in aliquem,

    id. ib. 12, 31, 1; Liv. 5, 11, 6; cf.:

    causam in tempus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
    4.
    To transfer to a fixed point of time, fix, assign, refer, appoint, put off, defer, postpone (cf. differo):

    Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum,

    Liv. 27, 7, 5: in posterum diem iter suum contulit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3:

    omnia in mensem Martium,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 24:

    aliquid in ambulationis tempus,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

    eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,

    id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

    quod in longiorem diem conlaturus fuisset,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.:

    alicujus consulatum in annum aliquem,

    Plin. Pan. 61.—Rarely of place:

    idoneum locum in agris nactus... ibi adventum expectare Pompei eoque omnem belli rationem conferre constituit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin. —
    5.
    To bring on, cause, occasion, induce:

    pestem alicui,

    Col. 1, 5, 4:

    candorem mollitiamque,

    Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175.

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  • 15 laevo

    1.
    lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a. [1. levis], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,

    Verg. A. 4, 690:

    se de caespite,

    to rise, Ov. M. 2, 427:

    se saxo,

    id. F. 4, 528:

    cum se matura levarit progenies (avium),

    Juv. 14, 83:

    apis se confestim levat sublimius,

    Col. 9, 12, 1; Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69; 36, 16, 24, § 122:

    per hiemem, quae altius levat Alpes, i. e. by the snow,

    Flor. 3, 3, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make lighter, lighten, to relieve, ease: cantantes ut eamus, ego te fasce levabo, Verg. E. 9, 65:

    serpentum colla levavit,

    i. e. alighted from the dragon-car, Ov. M. 8, 798:

    dentes,

    to clean the teeth, Mart. 14, 22:

    vesicam,

    Spart. Carac. 7:

    jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima, sed nec damna levant,

    do not lighten the ship, Juv. 12, 53.—
    2.
    To take away, take:

    furcā levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis,

    takes down, Ov. M. 8, 647:

    alicui manicas atque arcta Vincla,

    Verg. A. 2, 146:

    tributum,

    to raise, levy, Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.—
    II.
    Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). —Of a personal object:

    non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,

    Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1.—Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so,

    auxilio viros,

    Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538:

    curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,

    Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:

    molestias,

    id. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

    fonte sitim,

    to slake, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26:

    arida ora aqua,

    to refresh, id. R. Am. 230; so,

    membra gramine,

    id. F. 6, 328.— Pass.:

    levantur tamen miserae civitates, quod nullus fit sumptus in nos,

    Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate (cf.:

    laxo, libero): meam egestatem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 62:

    alicui paupertatem,

    id. Ep. 4, 1, 33:

    morbum,

    id. Mil. 4, 6, 57:

    inopiam multum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 48, 1:

    salutari arte fessos Corporis artus,

    Hor. C. S. 63:

    morbi vim levaturus,

    Curt. 3, 6, 2:

    levavitque apertis horreis pretia frugum,

    reduced, Tac. A. 2, 59:

    vario viam sermone,

    Verg. A. 8, 309:

    injurias,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

    suspicionem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

    ut sumptus levaretur,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 43 (52), 2:

    calamitatem innocentium,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

    his levabat omnem vulnerum metum nobilitas mortis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 59:

    qui paupertatem levet propinqui,

    Juv. 14, 236.—
    2.
    To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: cave lassitudo poplitum cursum levet, Att. ap. Non. 336, 29:

    laudem alicujus,

    id. ib. 31:

    inconstantiā levatur auctoritas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    multa fidem promissa levant,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10.—
    3.
    To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    leva me hoc onere,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

    aliquem miseriis,

    id. ib. 3, 8:

    me molestia,

    id. ib. 16, 9, 2:

    aliquem metu,

    Liv. 2, 22:

    animos religione,

    id. 21, 62; cf.:

    qui hac opinione non modo verbis, sed etiam opere levandi sunt,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    ut homines populares supplicio aut exsilio levarentur,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13:

    se aere alieno,

    id. Att. 6, 2, 4:

    se infamiā,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—
    * (β).
    With gen.:

    ut me omnium jam laborum levas,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—
    4.
    To avert:

    omen,

    Verg. A. 3, 36:

    ictum dextra,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.
    2.
    lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. levis], to make smooth, to smooth, polish.
    I.
    Lit.:

    levare ac radere tigna,

    Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3:

    magni levatique mensarum orbes,

    Sen. Helv. 11, 6:

    mensas,

    Stat. Th. 1, 519.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften:

    nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus, a, um; comp.:

    quae levatiora levioraque sunt,

    more highly polished, Gell. 17, 8, 15.

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  • 16 levo

    1.
    lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a. [1. levis], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,

    Verg. A. 4, 690:

    se de caespite,

    to rise, Ov. M. 2, 427:

    se saxo,

    id. F. 4, 528:

    cum se matura levarit progenies (avium),

    Juv. 14, 83:

    apis se confestim levat sublimius,

    Col. 9, 12, 1; Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69; 36, 16, 24, § 122:

    per hiemem, quae altius levat Alpes, i. e. by the snow,

    Flor. 3, 3, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make lighter, lighten, to relieve, ease: cantantes ut eamus, ego te fasce levabo, Verg. E. 9, 65:

    serpentum colla levavit,

    i. e. alighted from the dragon-car, Ov. M. 8, 798:

    dentes,

    to clean the teeth, Mart. 14, 22:

    vesicam,

    Spart. Carac. 7:

    jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima, sed nec damna levant,

    do not lighten the ship, Juv. 12, 53.—
    2.
    To take away, take:

    furcā levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis,

    takes down, Ov. M. 8, 647:

    alicui manicas atque arcta Vincla,

    Verg. A. 2, 146:

    tributum,

    to raise, levy, Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.—
    II.
    Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). —Of a personal object:

    non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,

    Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1.—Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so,

    auxilio viros,

    Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538:

    curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,

    Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:

    molestias,

    id. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

    fonte sitim,

    to slake, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26:

    arida ora aqua,

    to refresh, id. R. Am. 230; so,

    membra gramine,

    id. F. 6, 328.— Pass.:

    levantur tamen miserae civitates, quod nullus fit sumptus in nos,

    Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate (cf.:

    laxo, libero): meam egestatem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 62:

    alicui paupertatem,

    id. Ep. 4, 1, 33:

    morbum,

    id. Mil. 4, 6, 57:

    inopiam multum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 48, 1:

    salutari arte fessos Corporis artus,

    Hor. C. S. 63:

    morbi vim levaturus,

    Curt. 3, 6, 2:

    levavitque apertis horreis pretia frugum,

    reduced, Tac. A. 2, 59:

    vario viam sermone,

    Verg. A. 8, 309:

    injurias,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

    suspicionem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

    ut sumptus levaretur,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 43 (52), 2:

    calamitatem innocentium,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

    his levabat omnem vulnerum metum nobilitas mortis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 59:

    qui paupertatem levet propinqui,

    Juv. 14, 236.—
    2.
    To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: cave lassitudo poplitum cursum levet, Att. ap. Non. 336, 29:

    laudem alicujus,

    id. ib. 31:

    inconstantiā levatur auctoritas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    multa fidem promissa levant,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10.—
    3.
    To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    leva me hoc onere,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

    aliquem miseriis,

    id. ib. 3, 8:

    me molestia,

    id. ib. 16, 9, 2:

    aliquem metu,

    Liv. 2, 22:

    animos religione,

    id. 21, 62; cf.:

    qui hac opinione non modo verbis, sed etiam opere levandi sunt,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    ut homines populares supplicio aut exsilio levarentur,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13:

    se aere alieno,

    id. Att. 6, 2, 4:

    se infamiā,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—
    * (β).
    With gen.:

    ut me omnium jam laborum levas,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—
    4.
    To avert:

    omen,

    Verg. A. 3, 36:

    ictum dextra,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.
    2.
    lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. levis], to make smooth, to smooth, polish.
    I.
    Lit.:

    levare ac radere tigna,

    Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3:

    magni levatique mensarum orbes,

    Sen. Helv. 11, 6:

    mensas,

    Stat. Th. 1, 519.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften:

    nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus, a, um; comp.:

    quae levatiora levioraque sunt,

    more highly polished, Gell. 17, 8, 15.

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  • 17 remitto

    rĕ-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to let go back, send back, despatch back, drive back, cause to return (class. and very freq.; cf. reddo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Al. Redde mihi illam (filiam)... Non remissura es mihi illam?... non remittes? Me. Non remittam! Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 29 sq.:

    a legione omnes remissi sunt domum Thebis,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 22:

    aliquem domum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 43 fin.; 4, 21; 7, 4 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 27 fin.:

    mulieres Romam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2:

    paucos in regnum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

    Fabium cum legione in sua hiberna,

    id. B. G. 5, 53:

    partem legionum in sua castra,

    id. B. C. 3, 97:

    ad parentes aliquem nuntium,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 15:

    aliquem ad aliquem,

    id. Cas. 2, 8, 1; Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 24; 26:

    obsides alicui,

    id. B. G. 3, 8 fin.; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 14:

    is argentum huc remisit,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 69:

    librum tibi remisi,

    Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2: pila intercepta, to cast or hurl back, Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so,

    tractum de corpore telum,

    Ov. M. 5, 95:

    epistulam ad aliquem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 43:

    litteras Caesari,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 47; cf.:

    scripta ad eum mandata per eos,

    id. B. C. 1, 10:

    naves ad aliquem,

    id. B. G. 5, 23; so,

    naves,

    id. B. C. 1, 27:

    obsides,

    id. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 29:

    nonne vides etiam, quantā vi tigna trabesque Respuat umor aquae?.. Tam cupide sursum revomit magis atque remittit,

    drives back, Lucr. 2, 199; so,

    aquas longe (cautes),

    Sen. Hippol. 583:

    calces (equi),

    i. e. kick out behind, Nep. Eum. 5, 5.—
    b.
    To send forth from itself, give out, yield:

    ut melius muriā, quam testa marina remittit,

    gives forth, yields, Hor. S. 2, 8, 53:

    muriam,

    Col. 12, 9 init.:

    minimum seri,

    id. 12, 13:

    umorem (humus),

    id. 12, 15 init.:

    aeruginem (vasa aenea),

    id. 12, 20, 2:

    nec umenti sensit tellure remitti (nebulas),

    Ov. M. 1, 604:

    umorem ex se ipsa remittit,

    Verg. G. 2, 218:

    quod baca remisit olivae,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 69:

    sanguinem e pulmone,

    Ov. P. 1, 3, 19.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To let go back, to loosen, slacken, relax any thing strained, bound, rigid, etc. (syn. relaxo;

    opp. intendo, adduco): in agro ambulanti ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum recidisse,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123; cf.:

    habenas vel adducere vel remittere,

    id. Lael. 13, 45:

    frena,

    Ov. M. 2, 191 (opp. retinere);

    6, 228: lora,

    id. ib. 2, 200; id. Am. 3, 2, 14; cf.:

    vela pennarum,

    Lucr. 6, 743:

    ira contractis, hilaritas remissis (superciliis) ostenditur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 79:

    quattuor remissis (digitis) magis quam tensis,

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    digitis,

    Ov. H. 19, 197:

    remissis,

    id. M. 4, 229: junctasque manus remisit;

    vinclis remissis, etc.,

    i. e. to loose, id. ib. 9, 314 sq.:

    digitum contrahens ac remittens,

    Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 94: bracchia, i. e. to let sink or fall down, Verg. G. 1, 202: remissas manus, sinking or failing, Vulg. Heb. 12, 12:

    frigore mella Cogit hiems eademque calor liquefacta remittit,

    dissolves again, melts, Verg. G. 4, 36; cf.:

    cum se purpureo vere remittit humus,

    opens again, thaws, Tib. 3, 5, 4:

    vere remissus ager,

    Ov. F. 4, 126. —
    b.
    To leave behind, produce:

    veluti tractata notam labemque remittunt Atramenta,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 235.—
    c.
    Jurid. t. t.: remittere nuntium or repudium, to send a bill of divorce, to dissolve a marriage or betrothal; v. nuntius and repudium.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to send back, give back, return, restore, dismiss, remove, etc.:

    (specula) simulacra remittunt,

    Lucr. 4, 337 Lachm.:

    vocem late nemora alta remittunt,

    Verg. A. 12, 929; cf.:

    totidemque remisit Verba locus,

    Ov. M. 3, 500:

    chorda sonum... remittit acutum (with reddere),

    Hor. A. P. 349:

    vos me imperatoris nomine appellavistis: cujus si vos paenitet, vestrum vobis beneficium remitto, mihi meum restituite nomen,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

    quin etiam ipsis (imperium) remittere,

    id. B. G. 7, 20: integram causam ad senatum remittit, refers, Tac. A. 3, 10:

    a quibus appellatum erit, si forte ad eosdem remittemur,

    Quint. 11, 1, 76; 12, 10, 21:

    veniam,

    to return, repay, Verg. A. 4, 436:

    quae nisi respuis ex animo longeque remittis,

    Lucr. 6, 68; cf.:

    opinionem animo,

    to dismiss, reject, cast off, Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto,

    resign it, id. Sull. 30, 84:

    utramque provinciam remitto, exercitum depono,

    id. Phil. 8, 8, 25:

    Galliam togatam,

    id. ib. 8, 9, 27.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    (Acc. to I A. 2. a.) To slacken, relax, relieve, release, abate, remit (freq. and class.):

    omnes sonorum tum intendens tum remittens persequetur gradus,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf.:

    (sonorum vis) tum remittit animos, tum contrahit,

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 38: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed quibus relaxem ac remittam, relieve, recreate, refresh, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 383, 23:

    ut requiescerem curamque animi remitterem,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 61, § 137:

    animum per dies festos licentius,

    Liv. 27, 31; and in a like sense with se, Nep. Alcib. 1 fin.;

    and mid.: mirum est, ut opusculis animus intendatur remittaturque,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 13:

    animos a contentione pugnae,

    Liv. 5, 41:

    animos a certamine,

    id. 9, 12:

    animos a religione,

    id. 5, 25; cf.:

    nihil apud milites remittitur a summo certamine,

    id. 6, 24, 10:

    superioris temporis contentionem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 14 fin.; cf. Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    diligentiam in perdiscendo ac memoriam,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 14; cf.:

    curam et diligentiam remittunt,

    id. B. C. 2, 13:

    summum illud suum studium remisit,

    Cic. Brut. 93, 320:

    ea studia remissa temporibus revocavi,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1:

    belli opera,

    Liv. 30, 3:

    bellum,

    id. 30, 23:

    pugnam,

    Sall. J. 60, 3 al.:

    urguent tamen et nihil remittunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 77: equites petere ut sibi laxaret aliquid laboris;

    quibus ille, ne nihil remissum dicatis, remitto, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 16:

    cottidie aliquid iracundiae remittebat,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 19; cf. id. Att. 10, 4, 2:

    aliquid de suo,

    id. Rab. Post. 11, 31:

    horam de meis legitimis horis,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

    aliquid de severitate cogendi,

    id. Phil. 1, 5, 12; 13, 17, 36:

    nihil de saevitiā,

    Tac. A. 6, 25 al.; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

    ex eo, quod ipse potest in dicendo, aliquantum remittet,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    aliquid ex pristinā virtute,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

    aliquid ex curā verborum,

    Quint. 10, 7, 22; 7, 1, 22.—With ellipsis of aliquid, etc.:

    illum viris fortissimis remittere de summā non potuisse, te mulieri deterrimae recte remississe, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 82; Liv. 4, 43, 11:

    de voluntate nihil,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 17:

    nihil e solito luxu,

    Tac. H. 3, 55:

    nihil ex arrogantiā,

    id. Agr. 27 al. — Impers.:

    tum aequo animo remittendum de celeritate existumabat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 49.—
    (β).
    With inf., to cease, leave off, omit to do any thing (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): si cogites, remittas jam me onerare injuriis,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 8:

    neque remittit quid ubique hostis ageret explorare,

    Sall. J. 52, 5; cf.:

    quid bellicosus Cantaber cogitet, remittas Quaerere,

    Hor. C. 2, 11, 3.—
    (γ).
    With se, or mid., to relax, abate:

    ubi dolor et inflammatio se remiserunt,

    Cels. 4, 24 fin.; cf.:

    cum se furor ille remisit,

    Ov. H. 4, 51:

    quae (febres) certum habent circuitum et ex toto remittuntur,

    Cels. 3, 12; cf. under II.—
    (δ).
    Mid., to recreate one ' s self:

    eundem, cum scripsi, eundem etiam cum remittor, lego,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 7; cf.:

    fas est et carmine remitti,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 9; cf.

    supra: animus remittatur,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 13.—
    (ε).
    To give free course to (opp. continere):

    animi appetitus, qui tum remitterentur, tum continerentur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 34.—
    b.
    With respect to a person, to free one from any thing; to give up, grant, forgive, yield, resign, concede, surrender, sacrifice a thing to any one (= concedere, condonare); with acc. of the offence:

    Tranioni remitte quaeso hanc noxiam causā meā,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47:

    injuriam,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 2 Dietsch:

    quare tum cito senex ille remisit injuriam?

    Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 1:

    ut ex animo tibi volens omne delictum remittam,

    App. M. 3, p. 137, 29; so freq. in late Lat., to remit, forgive a sin or offence:

    peccata,

    Vulg. Matt. 9, 2:

    blasphemia,

    id. ib. 12, 31:

    cogitationem,

    id. Act. 8, 22. — Freq. with acc. of the penalty:

    multam,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    poenam alicui,

    Liv. 40, 10, 9: ipso remittente Verginio ultimam poenam, id. 3, 59, 10; 8, 35, 1:

    omnia tibi ista concedam et remittam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22; cf. id. Ac. 2, 33, 106; and:

    alicui remittere atque concedere, ut, etc.,

    id. Planc. 30, 73: meam animadversionem et suppli cium... remitto tibi et condono, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

    quod natura remittit, Invida jura negant,

    Ov. M. 10, 330:

    si per populum Romanum stipendium remittatur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    pecunias, quas erant in publicum Varroni cives Romani polliciti, remittit,

    id. B. C. 2, 21; cf. Liv. 42, 53: aedes (venditas) alicui, to give up, resign a purchase, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 111:

    tempus vobis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30:

    ut patria tantum nobis in nostrum privatum usum, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,

    id. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

    navem imperare debuisti ex foedere: remisisti in triennium: militem nullum umquam poposcisti per tot annos,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 21:

    tibi remittunt omnes istam voluptatem et eā se carere patiuntur,

    resign that pleasure to you, id. de Or. 1, 58, 246:

    ut memoriam simultatium patriae remitteret,

    sacrifice to his country, Liv. 9, 38; cf.:

    privata odia publicis utilitatibus remittere,

    Tac. A. 1, 10:

    ut sibi poenam magistri equitum remitteret (dictator),

    that he would remit for their sake, Liv. 8, 35:

    dictator consulibus in senatu magnifice conlaudatis et suarum quoque rerum illis remisso honore, dictaturā se abdicavit,

    having been resigned in their favor, id. 7, 11:

    jus ipsi remittent,

    will abandon their claim, id. 6, 18, 7.— Absol.:

    remittentibus tribunis plebis comitia per interregem sunt habita,

    withdrawing their opposition, Liv. 6, 36, 3:

    de tributo remiserunt,

    id. 5, 12, 13; cf. Tac. A. 1, 8:

    si hoc ipsi remitti vellent, remitterent ipsi de maritumis custodiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 17.—
    (β).
    Poet., with inf., to allow, permit:

    sed mora damnosa est nec res dubitare remittit,

    Ov. M. 11, 376; cf.:

    (Fides) occulte saevire vetat, prodesse remittit,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 37. —
    II.
    Neutr., to decrease, abate (very rare, but class.):

    si forte ventus remisisset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

    imbres,

    Liv. 40, 33, 4:

    pestilentia,

    id. 2, 34, 6:

    cum remiserant dolores pedum,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 130; cf.:

    si remittent quippiam Philumenae dolores,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 14:

    tumor remittens,

    Cels. 7, 18:

    vapor calidus primo non remittit propter levitatem,

    does not sink, Vitr. 8, 2.— Hence, rĕmissus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. A. 2. a.), slack, loose, relaxed, languid (opp. contentus, contendere):

    membra,

    Lucr. 5, 852.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ut onera contentis corporibus facilius feruntur, remissis opprimunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

    vox, ut nervi, quo remissior, hoc gravior et plenior,

    Quint. 11, 3, 42:

    ridens Venus et remisso Filius arcu,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 67:

    ammoniacum,

    i. e. liquid, Pall. 1, 41, 2; cf.

    adeps,

    Veg. 1, 11, 4. —
    B.
    Trop., relaxed, not rigid, strict, or hard, both in a good and bad sense.
    1.
    Mild, gentle, soft, indulgent, cheerful, good-humored, gay, etc. (syn.:

    lenis, mitis, dulcis): remissior ventus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

    remissiora frigora,

    id. B. G. 5, 12 fin.:

    cantūs remissiores,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254; cf.:

    tum intentis tum remissis modis,

    Quint. 11, 3, 17:

    si me non improbissime Dolabella tractasset, dubitassem fortasse, utrum remissior essem, an summo jure contenderem,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:

    in eo sermone non remissi sumus,

    id. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    remissus et subridens,

    Tac. Or. 11 init.:

    nisi magistratus valde lenes et remissi sint,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

    in ulciscendo remissior,

    id. Red. ad Quir. 7, 23:

    animus (with lenis),

    id. de Or. 2, 46, 193; cf.:

    remississimo ad otium et ad omnem comitatem animo,

    i. e. most prone, Suet. Aug. 98:

    remissus et mitis,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 5:

    cum tristibus severe, cum remissis jucunde vivere,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13; cf. Suet. Galb. 14; id. Claud. 21:

    decorus est sermo senis quietus et remissus,

    Cic. Sen. 9, 28:

    remissius genus dicendi,

    id. Sest. 54, 115:

    amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

    id. Lael. 18, 66; cf.

    affectus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 73:

    egressiones dulces et remissae,

    id. 11, 3, 164: joci, gay, merry (opp. curae graves), Ov. M. 3, 319; cf.:

    remissiores hilarioresque sermones,

    Suet. Tib. 21:

    opus,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 547. —
    2.
    Slack, negligent, remiss (syn. languidus):

    esse remisso ac languido animo,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf.:

    nostris languentibus atque animo remissis,

    id. ib. 2, 14: dolus Numidarum [p. 1563] nihil languidi neque remissi patiebatur, i. e. no negligence, Sall. J. 53, 6; 88, 2:

    in labore,

    Nep. Iphic. 3, 1:

    oderunt agilem gnavumque remissi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90:

    remissior in petendo,

    Cic. Mur. 26, 52:

    vita remissior,

    Suet. Tib. 52.—
    b.
    Lower, cheaper:

    remissior aliquanto ejus fuit aestimatio quam annona,

    below the market price, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 214. — Hence, adv.: rĕ-missē (acc. to B. 1.), gently, mildly (with leniter, urbane;

    opp. severe, graviter, vehementer, etc.),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102; id. Cael. 14, 33; Col. 1, 8, 10; Quint. 10, 2, 23; 12, 10, 71; Suet. Claud. 30.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255; id. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 76; Quint. 9, 2, 91.— Sup. is not found.

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  • 18 contingo

    1.
    con-tingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. and n. [tango], to touch on all sides. to touch, take hold of, seize (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    facile cibum terrestrem rostris,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    funem manu,

    Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. M. 2, 151:

    munera Cerealia dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 122:

    undas pede,

    id. ib. 2, 457:

    focos ore tremente,

    id. Tr. 1, 3, 44:

    terram osculo,

    Liv. 1, 56, 12:

    ora nati sacro medicamine,

    Ov. M. 2, 123; cf. id. ib. 14, 607:

    montes suo igni (sol),

    Lucr. 4, 407; cf. Cat. 64, 408, and Suet. Ner. 6:

    cibos sale modico,

    to sprinkle, Cels. 2, 24: sidera comā ( poet. designation for a very great height), Ov. F. 3, 34; cf.:

    nubes aërio vertice (Taurus),

    Tib. 1, 7, 15: summa sidera plantis, to reach the stars (a poet. designation of great prosperity), Prop. 1, 8, 43:

    mitem taurum,

    Ov. M. 2, 860; cf. id. ib. 8, 423:

    glebam,

    id. ib. 11, 111:

    paene terram (luna),

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91:

    caules (vitis),

    id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    dextras consulum (as a friendly greeting or congratulation),

    Liv. 28, 9, 6; so,

    manum,

    Vell. 2, 104, 5; 2, 107, 4.—
    B.
    With partic. access. ideas.
    1.
    To eat, partake of, taste ( poet.):

    neque illinc Audeat esuriens dominus contingere granum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 113:

    cibos ore,

    Ov. M. 5, 531:

    aquas,

    id. ib. 15, 281:

    fontem,

    id. ib. 3, 409.—
    2.
    To touch impurely (very rare):

    corpus corpore,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204.—
    3.
    To touch, i. e. to be near, neighboring, or contiguous, to border upon, to reach, extend to; with acc., dat., or inter se; with acc.:

    Helvi, qui fines Arvernorum contingunt,

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

    turri adactā et contingente vallum,

    id. ib. 5, 43; cf.:

    in saltu Vescino Falernum contingente agrum,

    Liv. 10, 21, 8:

    praesidium coloniarum Illyricum contingentium,

    Suet. Aug. 25. —With dat.:

    ut radices montis ex utrāque parte ripae fluminis contingant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38.—With inter se:

    ut (milites) contingant inter se atque omnem munitionem expleant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf. id. B. G. 7, 23.—
    4.
    With the idea of motion, to reach something by moving, to attain to, reach, come to, arrive at, meet with, etc. (mostly poet.); with acc.:

    optatam metam cursu,

    Hor. A. P. 412:

    Ephyren pennis,

    Ov. M. 7, 392:

    Italiam,

    Verg. A. 5, 18:

    fines Illyricos,

    Ov. M. 4, 568:

    Creten,

    id. ib. 8, 100:

    Cadmeïda arcem,

    id. ib. 6, 217:

    rapidas Phasidos undas,

    id. ib. 7, 6:

    auras,

    to come into the air, id. ib. 15, 416 al.:

    avem ferro,

    to hit, Verg. A. 5, 509; cf. Ov M. 8, 351: ullum mortalem (vox mea), id. id. 2, 578; cf.

    thus aures,

    id. ib. 1, 211; and aures fando, with the acc. and inf., id. ib. 15, 497: aevi florem, to come to or reach the flower of age, Lucr. 1, 565.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to touch, to seize upon, affect (rare). multitudo agrestium, quos in aliquā suā fortunā publica quoque contingebat cura, Liv. 22, 10, 8:

    contactus nullis ante cupidinibus,

    Prop. 1, 1, 2:

    quam me manifesta libido contigit!

    Ov. M. 9, 484: animum curā. Val. Fl. 7, 173; cf.:

    aliquem (curā), contacti simili sorte,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 78. —Far more freq.,
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To touch with pollution, to pollute, stain, defile, etc.; so generally in part. perf. (as a verb. finit. the kindr. contamino was in use):

    (Gallos) contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros,

    Liv. 21, 48, 3; so,

    contacta civitas rabie duorum juvenum,

    id. 4, 9, 10:

    omnes eā violatione templi,

    id. 29, 8, 11 (for which id. 29, 18, 8:

    nefandà praedā se ipsos ac domos contaminare suas): plebs regiā praedā,

    id. 2, 5, 2; cf. id. 4, 15, 8:

    equi candidi et nullo mortali opere contacti,

    Tac. G. 10: dies (sc. Alliensis) religione, [p. 450] Liv. 6, 28, 6:

    pectora vitiis,

    Tac. Or. 12.—Once absol.:

    contactus ensis,

    Sen. Hippol. 714.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) With aliquem aliquā re or only aliquem, to be connected with or related to, to concern:

    ut quisque tam foede interemptos aut propinquitate aut amicitiā contingebat,

    Liv. 25, 8, 2:

    aliquem sanguine ac genere,

    id. 45, 7, 3; 24, 22, 14:

    aliquem artissimo gradu,

    Suet. Aug. 4:

    domum Caesarum nullo gradu,

    id. Galb. 2; cf. absol.:

    deos (i. e. Maecenatem et Augustum) quoniam propius contingis,

    have more ready access to the great, Hor. S. 2, 6, 52:

    Sabinum modico usu,

    to have little intercourse with, Tac. A. 4, 68:

    multis in Italiā contactis gentibus Punici belli societate,

    Liv. 31, 8, 11; cf.:

    si crĭmine contingantur,

    have part in, Dig. 11, 4, 1:

    haec consultatio Romanos nihil contingit,

    concerns not, Liv. 34, 22, 12; cf.:

    quae (causa) nihil eo facto contingitur,

    id. 40, 14, 9.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. B. 4.) To attain to, reach, arrive at something, to come to (very rare):

    quam regionem cum superavit animus naturamque sui similem contigit et agnovit,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43.—
    b.
    With and without dat. of person; of occurrences, to happen to one, to befall, fall to one's lot, to succeed in, obtain a thing; and absol., to happen, fall to, turn out, come to pass (so most freq. in all perr. and species of composition; in gen., of favorable, but sometimes of indifferent, or even adverse occurrences).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    cui tam subito tot contigerint commoda,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

    haec tot propter me gaudia illi contigisse laetor,

    id. Hec. 5, 3, 35:

    quod isti (Crasso) contigit uni,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; 1, 35, 164; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 115; 12, 11, 29; Suet. Caes. 35; id. Calig. 3, 10 et saep.; Ov. M. 3, 321; 11, 268; 15, 443; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46; 1, 4, 10; 1, 17, 9 et saep.:

    cum tanto plura bene dicendi exempla supersint quam illis contigerunt,

    Quint. 10, 2, 28: quam mihi maxime hic hodie contigerit malum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 268, 12:

    quod (sc. servitus) potentibus populis saepe contigit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15; id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    cum miseri animi essent, quod plerisque contingeret,

    id. N. D. 1, 11, 27; id. Phil. 14, 8, 24; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5; id. Sen. 19, 71; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; 2, 19, 65; id. Fam. 11, 16, 2 al.: quoties ipsi testatori aliquid contingit, a misfortune befalls, etc., Dig. 28, 3, 6:

    si quid ei humanitus contigerit,

    ib. 34, 4, 30 fin. (cf. ib. § 2: sive in viā aliquid mihi humanitus acciderit, and v. 2. accido, II. B.).— Impers. with inf.:

    non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36:

    mihi Romae nutriri atque doceri,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41:

    mihi recusare principatum,

    Vell. 2, 124, 2:

    mihi cognoscere (eos),

    Quint. 12, 11, 3; 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25; 6, 1, 4 al.—And, at the same time, a dat. of the predicate (post-class. and rare):

    quo tempore mihi fratrique meo destinari praetoribus contigit,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4:

    maximo tibi et civi et duci evadere contigit,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 2 (in Ov. M. 11, 220, the better read. is nepotem); cf. Haase in Reisig. Lect. p. 794 sq.—With ut:

    volo hoc oratori contingat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 84, 290; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 11, 2, 51 al. —
    (β).
    With acc. (very rare):

    sors Tyrrhenum contigit,

    fell upon Tyrrhenus, Vell. 1, 1 fin.:

    Italiam palma frugum,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (very freq.):

    hanc mi expetivi, contigit,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

    magis adeo id facilitate quam aliā ullā culpā meā contigit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

    quod si nulla contingit excusatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 81:

    ubi quid melius contingit et unctius,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44 et saep.—With abl.:

    quia memoria atque actio naturā non arte contingant,

    Quint. 3, 3, 4; so id. 1, 1, 33; 2, 2, 11 al.—With ex:

    gratia, quae continget ex sermone puro atque dilucido,

    Quint. 11, 1, 53; so id. 8, 3, 70:

    ex eādem brassicā contingunt aestivi autumnalesque cauliculi,

    arise, spring, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 138 al.:

    nihil horum nisi in complexu loquendi serieque contingit,

    Quint. 1, 5, 3.—With inf.:

    fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis Continget,

    Hor. A. P. 51; Quint. 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25:

    concitare invidiam, etc.... liberius in peroratione contingit,

    id. 6, 1, 14.—With ut:

    quod nunquam opinatus fui... id contigit, ut salvi poteremur domi,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 32; so Quint. 4, 1, 7; 9, 3, 72; 11, 2, 39.
    2.
    con-tingo ( - tinguo), ĕre, v. a., to wet, moisten (perh. only in Lucr. and Verg.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    oras, pocula circum mellis liquore,

    Lucr. 1, 938:

    semina rerum colore,

    id. 2, 755:

    lac parco sale,

    to sprinkle, Verg. G. 3, 403:

    tonsum corpus amurcā,

    id. ib. 3, 448. —
    II.
    Trop.:

    musaeo contingens cuncta lepore,

    Lucr. 1, 934 and 947; 4, 9 and 22.

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  • 19 continguo

    1.
    con-tingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. and n. [tango], to touch on all sides. to touch, take hold of, seize (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    facile cibum terrestrem rostris,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    funem manu,

    Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. M. 2, 151:

    munera Cerealia dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 122:

    undas pede,

    id. ib. 2, 457:

    focos ore tremente,

    id. Tr. 1, 3, 44:

    terram osculo,

    Liv. 1, 56, 12:

    ora nati sacro medicamine,

    Ov. M. 2, 123; cf. id. ib. 14, 607:

    montes suo igni (sol),

    Lucr. 4, 407; cf. Cat. 64, 408, and Suet. Ner. 6:

    cibos sale modico,

    to sprinkle, Cels. 2, 24: sidera comā ( poet. designation for a very great height), Ov. F. 3, 34; cf.:

    nubes aërio vertice (Taurus),

    Tib. 1, 7, 15: summa sidera plantis, to reach the stars (a poet. designation of great prosperity), Prop. 1, 8, 43:

    mitem taurum,

    Ov. M. 2, 860; cf. id. ib. 8, 423:

    glebam,

    id. ib. 11, 111:

    paene terram (luna),

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91:

    caules (vitis),

    id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    dextras consulum (as a friendly greeting or congratulation),

    Liv. 28, 9, 6; so,

    manum,

    Vell. 2, 104, 5; 2, 107, 4.—
    B.
    With partic. access. ideas.
    1.
    To eat, partake of, taste ( poet.):

    neque illinc Audeat esuriens dominus contingere granum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 113:

    cibos ore,

    Ov. M. 5, 531:

    aquas,

    id. ib. 15, 281:

    fontem,

    id. ib. 3, 409.—
    2.
    To touch impurely (very rare):

    corpus corpore,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204.—
    3.
    To touch, i. e. to be near, neighboring, or contiguous, to border upon, to reach, extend to; with acc., dat., or inter se; with acc.:

    Helvi, qui fines Arvernorum contingunt,

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

    turri adactā et contingente vallum,

    id. ib. 5, 43; cf.:

    in saltu Vescino Falernum contingente agrum,

    Liv. 10, 21, 8:

    praesidium coloniarum Illyricum contingentium,

    Suet. Aug. 25. —With dat.:

    ut radices montis ex utrāque parte ripae fluminis contingant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38.—With inter se:

    ut (milites) contingant inter se atque omnem munitionem expleant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf. id. B. G. 7, 23.—
    4.
    With the idea of motion, to reach something by moving, to attain to, reach, come to, arrive at, meet with, etc. (mostly poet.); with acc.:

    optatam metam cursu,

    Hor. A. P. 412:

    Ephyren pennis,

    Ov. M. 7, 392:

    Italiam,

    Verg. A. 5, 18:

    fines Illyricos,

    Ov. M. 4, 568:

    Creten,

    id. ib. 8, 100:

    Cadmeïda arcem,

    id. ib. 6, 217:

    rapidas Phasidos undas,

    id. ib. 7, 6:

    auras,

    to come into the air, id. ib. 15, 416 al.:

    avem ferro,

    to hit, Verg. A. 5, 509; cf. Ov M. 8, 351: ullum mortalem (vox mea), id. id. 2, 578; cf.

    thus aures,

    id. ib. 1, 211; and aures fando, with the acc. and inf., id. ib. 15, 497: aevi florem, to come to or reach the flower of age, Lucr. 1, 565.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to touch, to seize upon, affect (rare). multitudo agrestium, quos in aliquā suā fortunā publica quoque contingebat cura, Liv. 22, 10, 8:

    contactus nullis ante cupidinibus,

    Prop. 1, 1, 2:

    quam me manifesta libido contigit!

    Ov. M. 9, 484: animum curā. Val. Fl. 7, 173; cf.:

    aliquem (curā), contacti simili sorte,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 78. —Far more freq.,
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To touch with pollution, to pollute, stain, defile, etc.; so generally in part. perf. (as a verb. finit. the kindr. contamino was in use):

    (Gallos) contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros,

    Liv. 21, 48, 3; so,

    contacta civitas rabie duorum juvenum,

    id. 4, 9, 10:

    omnes eā violatione templi,

    id. 29, 8, 11 (for which id. 29, 18, 8:

    nefandà praedā se ipsos ac domos contaminare suas): plebs regiā praedā,

    id. 2, 5, 2; cf. id. 4, 15, 8:

    equi candidi et nullo mortali opere contacti,

    Tac. G. 10: dies (sc. Alliensis) religione, [p. 450] Liv. 6, 28, 6:

    pectora vitiis,

    Tac. Or. 12.—Once absol.:

    contactus ensis,

    Sen. Hippol. 714.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) With aliquem aliquā re or only aliquem, to be connected with or related to, to concern:

    ut quisque tam foede interemptos aut propinquitate aut amicitiā contingebat,

    Liv. 25, 8, 2:

    aliquem sanguine ac genere,

    id. 45, 7, 3; 24, 22, 14:

    aliquem artissimo gradu,

    Suet. Aug. 4:

    domum Caesarum nullo gradu,

    id. Galb. 2; cf. absol.:

    deos (i. e. Maecenatem et Augustum) quoniam propius contingis,

    have more ready access to the great, Hor. S. 2, 6, 52:

    Sabinum modico usu,

    to have little intercourse with, Tac. A. 4, 68:

    multis in Italiā contactis gentibus Punici belli societate,

    Liv. 31, 8, 11; cf.:

    si crĭmine contingantur,

    have part in, Dig. 11, 4, 1:

    haec consultatio Romanos nihil contingit,

    concerns not, Liv. 34, 22, 12; cf.:

    quae (causa) nihil eo facto contingitur,

    id. 40, 14, 9.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. B. 4.) To attain to, reach, arrive at something, to come to (very rare):

    quam regionem cum superavit animus naturamque sui similem contigit et agnovit,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43.—
    b.
    With and without dat. of person; of occurrences, to happen to one, to befall, fall to one's lot, to succeed in, obtain a thing; and absol., to happen, fall to, turn out, come to pass (so most freq. in all perr. and species of composition; in gen., of favorable, but sometimes of indifferent, or even adverse occurrences).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    cui tam subito tot contigerint commoda,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

    haec tot propter me gaudia illi contigisse laetor,

    id. Hec. 5, 3, 35:

    quod isti (Crasso) contigit uni,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; 1, 35, 164; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 115; 12, 11, 29; Suet. Caes. 35; id. Calig. 3, 10 et saep.; Ov. M. 3, 321; 11, 268; 15, 443; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46; 1, 4, 10; 1, 17, 9 et saep.:

    cum tanto plura bene dicendi exempla supersint quam illis contigerunt,

    Quint. 10, 2, 28: quam mihi maxime hic hodie contigerit malum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 268, 12:

    quod (sc. servitus) potentibus populis saepe contigit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15; id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    cum miseri animi essent, quod plerisque contingeret,

    id. N. D. 1, 11, 27; id. Phil. 14, 8, 24; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5; id. Sen. 19, 71; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; 2, 19, 65; id. Fam. 11, 16, 2 al.: quoties ipsi testatori aliquid contingit, a misfortune befalls, etc., Dig. 28, 3, 6:

    si quid ei humanitus contigerit,

    ib. 34, 4, 30 fin. (cf. ib. § 2: sive in viā aliquid mihi humanitus acciderit, and v. 2. accido, II. B.).— Impers. with inf.:

    non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36:

    mihi Romae nutriri atque doceri,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41:

    mihi recusare principatum,

    Vell. 2, 124, 2:

    mihi cognoscere (eos),

    Quint. 12, 11, 3; 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25; 6, 1, 4 al.—And, at the same time, a dat. of the predicate (post-class. and rare):

    quo tempore mihi fratrique meo destinari praetoribus contigit,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4:

    maximo tibi et civi et duci evadere contigit,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 2 (in Ov. M. 11, 220, the better read. is nepotem); cf. Haase in Reisig. Lect. p. 794 sq.—With ut:

    volo hoc oratori contingat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 84, 290; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 11, 2, 51 al. —
    (β).
    With acc. (very rare):

    sors Tyrrhenum contigit,

    fell upon Tyrrhenus, Vell. 1, 1 fin.:

    Italiam palma frugum,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (very freq.):

    hanc mi expetivi, contigit,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

    magis adeo id facilitate quam aliā ullā culpā meā contigit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

    quod si nulla contingit excusatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 81:

    ubi quid melius contingit et unctius,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44 et saep.—With abl.:

    quia memoria atque actio naturā non arte contingant,

    Quint. 3, 3, 4; so id. 1, 1, 33; 2, 2, 11 al.—With ex:

    gratia, quae continget ex sermone puro atque dilucido,

    Quint. 11, 1, 53; so id. 8, 3, 70:

    ex eādem brassicā contingunt aestivi autumnalesque cauliculi,

    arise, spring, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 138 al.:

    nihil horum nisi in complexu loquendi serieque contingit,

    Quint. 1, 5, 3.—With inf.:

    fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis Continget,

    Hor. A. P. 51; Quint. 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25:

    concitare invidiam, etc.... liberius in peroratione contingit,

    id. 6, 1, 14.—With ut:

    quod nunquam opinatus fui... id contigit, ut salvi poteremur domi,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 32; so Quint. 4, 1, 7; 9, 3, 72; 11, 2, 39.
    2.
    con-tingo ( - tinguo), ĕre, v. a., to wet, moisten (perh. only in Lucr. and Verg.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    oras, pocula circum mellis liquore,

    Lucr. 1, 938:

    semina rerum colore,

    id. 2, 755:

    lac parco sale,

    to sprinkle, Verg. G. 3, 403:

    tonsum corpus amurcā,

    id. ib. 3, 448. —
    II.
    Trop.:

    musaeo contingens cuncta lepore,

    Lucr. 1, 934 and 947; 4, 9 and 22.

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  • 20 adfero

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

    lumen,

    Enn. Ann. 1, 40:

    viginti minas,

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

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

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 21:

    tandem bruma nives adfert,

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

    adfer huc scyphos,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 33:

    nuces,

    Juv. 5, 144:

    cibum pede ad rostrum veluti manu,

    Plin. 10, 46, 63, § 129:

    pauxillum aquae,

    Vulg. Gen. 18, 4:

    caput ejus,

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

    adferte nobis de fructibus terrae,

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

    adferre litteras, ad aliquem or alicui,

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

    huc me adfero,

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

    Fatis huc te poscentibus adfers,

    Verg. A. 8, 477:

    sese a moenibus,

    id. ib. 3, 345.—So pass. adferri:

    urbem adferimur,

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

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

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

    adfer manum tuam,

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

    pacem ad vos adfero,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 32:

    hic Stoicus genus sermonum adfert non liquidum,

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

    nihil ostentationis aut imitationis adferre,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 45:

    non minus adferret ad dicendum auctoritatis quam facultatis,

    id. Mur. 2, 4:

    consulatum in familiam,

    id. Phil. 9, 2:

    animum vacuum ad scribendas res difficiles,

    id. Att. 12, 38:

    tibi benedictionem,

    Vulg. Gen. 33, 11:

    Domino gloriam,

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

    bellum in patriam,

    Ov. M. 12, 5:

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

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

    adferam super eos mala,

    Vulg. Jer. 23, 12:

    Quam accusationem adfertis adversus hominem hunc?

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

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

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

    domino a familiā suā manus adlatas esse,

    id. Quint. 27:

    intellegimus eum detrudi, cui manus adferuntur,

    id. Caecin. 17:

    qui sit improbissimus, manus ei adferantur, effodiantur oculi,

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

    bonis alienis,

    id. Off. 2, 15:

    manus suis vulneribus,

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

    ne rescindam ipse dolorem meum): manus beneficio suo,

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

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

    Plaut. Am. prol. 9:

    istud quod adfers, aures exspectant meae,

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

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

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

    si ei subito sit adlatum periculum patriae,

    id. Off. 1, 43, 154:

    nihil novi ad nos adferebatur,

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

    Caelium ad illam adtulisse, se aurum quaerere,

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

    magnum enim, quod adferebant, videbatur,

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

    cum crebri adferrent nuntii, male rem gerere Darium,

    Nep. 3, 3:

    haud vana adtulere,

    Liv. 4, 37; 6, 31:

    exploratores missi adtulerunt quieta omnia apud Gallos esse,

    id. 8, 17 Drak.:

    per idem tempus rebellāsse Etruscos adlatum est,

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

    idem ex Hispaniā adlatum,

    Tac. H. 1, 76:

    esse, qui magnum nescio quid adferret,

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

    scelus adtulit umbris,

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

    aegritudinem alicui,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 2:

    alicui molestiam,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    populo Romano pacem, tranquillitatem, otium, concordiam,

    Cic. Mur. 1:

    alicui multas lacrimas, magnam cladem,

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

    ipsa detractio molestiae consecutionem adfert voluptatis,

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

    adferre auctoritatem et fidem orationi,

    id. Phil. 12, 7:

    metum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 25:

    dolorem,

    id. Sull. 1:

    luctum et egestatem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 5:

    consolationem,

    id. Att. 10, 4:

    delectationem,

    id. Fam. 7, 1 al.:

    detrimentum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 82:

    taedium,

    Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

    dolorem capitis,

    id. 23, 1, 18:

    gaudium,

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

    quam causam adferam?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 23:

    justas causas adfers,

    Cic. Att. 11, 15;

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

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

    idque me non ad meam defensionem adtulisse,

    id. Caecin. 29, 85:

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

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

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

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

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

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

    et, cur credam, adferre possum,

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

    quam ad rem magnum adtulimus adjumentum hominibus nostris,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1:

    negat Epicurus diuturnitatem temporis ad beate vivendum aliquid adferre,

    id. Fin. 2, 27, 87:

    quidquid ad rem publicam adtulimus, si modo aliquid adtulimus,

    id. Off. 1, 44, 155:

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

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

    quid enim oves aliud adferunt, nisi, etc.,

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

    agri fertiles, qui multo plus adferunt, quam acceperunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 15:

    herbam adferentem semen,

    Vulg. Gen. 1, 29:

    arva non adferent cibum,

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

    ager fructum,

    ib. Luc. 12, 16 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adfero

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