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  • 41 calcar

    calcar, āris, n. (calx), der Sporn, I) der Sporn des Reiters, A) eig.: equo calcaria subdere, dem Pferde die Sporen geben, Liv.: u. so equum calcaribus incendere, Hirt. b. G., concitare, Liv. u. Curt., stimulare, Val. Max. scherzh., ventus buccas vehementius sufflare et calcar admovere, Varr. fr. – Sprichw., addere calcaria sponte currenti, d.i. jmd. zu etw. antreiben, was er schon von selbst tut, Plin. ep. 1, 8, 1. – B) übtr., der Sporn = der Antrieb, die Anregung, der Reiz, α) Sing.: immensum gloria calcar habet, Ov.: (iram) calcar ait esse virtutis, Sen.: anticipate atque addite calcar, Varr. fr.: ascribit etiam et quasi calcar admovet, intercessisse se etc., Cic.: vatibus addere calcar, Hor.: temeritati frenos iniectos, ignaviae subditum calcar, Sen. – β) gew. Plur.: alter frenis eget, alter calcaribus, Cic.: alteri calcaria adhibere, alteri frenos, Cic.: se calcaribus in Ephoro, contra autem in Theopompo frenis uti solere, Cic. – II) der Sporn am Fuße des Hahns, Col. 8, 2, 8.

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  • 42 contumax

    contumāx, mācis, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (zu tumeo), jeder fremden Macht, jedem fremden Willen, jeder fremden Zumutung aus Selbstgefühl od. Hochmut die Stirne bietend, trotzig, Trotz bietend, unbeugsam, störrig, widerspenstig, eigensinnig, a) v. Pers.u. pers. Vornahmen od. Zuständen: α) übh.: si (reus) contumax, arrogans, securus sit, Quint.: arrogantia oris et c. animus, Tac.: quis contumacior? quis inhumanior? quis superbior? Cic.: ebrietas contumacissimos et iugum recusantes in alienum egit arbitrium, Sen. – preces, Tac.: voces c. et inconsultae, Tac.: ille non interrito modo, sed contumaci quoque vultu intuens regem, Curt. – m. Ang. gegen wen od. was? in superiores c., in aequos et pares fastidiosus, Cornif. rhet.: c. adversus plebem, Suet.: animus contra calamitates fortis et c., Sen.: c. etiam adversus tormenta servorum fides, Tac.: m. Genet., omnium c., Apul. de dogm. Plat. 2, 21: m. Dat. (= gegen), populus c. regibus suis, Sen. poët.: c. Homero, dem H. zum Trotze, Sidon. poët.: Hispanis c. capillis, Mart. – β) insbes., widerspenstig gegen den Richterspruch od. gegen die Ladung vor Gericht, Plin. pan. 40, 5 u. ICt. – b) v. Tieren: c. boves, Col. – m. Ang. wobei? durch ad u. Akk., gallina c. ad concubitum, Col. – m. Ang. wogegen? durch Dat., asinus c. servitio, Col.: ubi iidem equi obsequentes alteri equiti, alteri contu-
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    maces sunt, Sen. – c) v. Lebl., ungefügig, spröde, lima, Phaedr.: syllaba, sich nicht ins Metrum fügend, Mart. – v. Pflanzen, laserpicium res fera et c., schwer zu ziehen, Plin.: m. Dat. (= gegen), cardamum c. frianti, Plin.

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  • 43 devoveo

    dē-voveo, vōvī, vōtum, ēre, durch Gelübde geloben, -widmen, I) als t. t. der Religionsspr., einer Gottheit als Opfer geloben, zum Opfer bestimmen, - weihen, -darbringen, A) im allg.: Dianae, quod natum esset, Cic.: Marti ea, quae ceperunt, Caes.: victima devota, Hor.: devota Christo virgo, Hieron. – B) insbes.: 1) den Göttern (bes. den unterirdischen) weihen, a) als Sühnopfer weihen, dem od. zum Tode weihen, bes. se, sich als Sühnopfer dem Tode weihen, den Opfertod sterben, sich aufopfern, pro re publica... legiones auxiliaque hostium deis manibus Tellurique, Liv.: se dis immortalibus pro re publica, Cic.: se pro populo Romano legionibusque, Liv.: se pro patria, Sen.: se pro aere alieno, scherzh. (mit Anspielung auf den Opfertod der Dezier), Cic. Phil. 11, 13: devota corpora (Deciorum), Liv.: devota vita (Decii), Cic. – b) eine Waffe zum Morde weihen, sicam, Cic.: capulum, Petron. – 2) prägn.: a) den unterirdischen Göttern weihend verfluchen, verwünschen, alqm, Nep. u.a.: se, Quint. u. Ps. Cypr.: eorum exsecrationibus devoveri, Iustin.: dev. suas artes, Ov.: scelerata arma, Ov.: spiritum suum, Petron. – b) den unterirdischen Göttern weihend verzaubern, Tibull. u.a. – II) übtr., außerhalb der Religionssphäre, 1) (gleichs. als Opfer) dahinzugeben geloben, dahingeben, aufopfern, preisgeben,
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    zum Raube anheimgeben, dem Tode weihen, alteri vitam debet, alteri devovet, Sen. rhet.: dev. animam alci (für jmd.), Verg. u. Apul.: aber auch animam hostibus, Acc. fr.: pro alcis salute spiritum, Val. Max.: devota morti pectora, Hor.: Andromeda devota monstris marinis, Prop.: Phoenissa pesti devota futurae, Verg.: arma devota focis, Mart.: devotis omnium capitibus, Curt. – 2) se devov. alci od. alci rei, sich auf Leben u. Tod zu eigen ergeben, se regibus, Sall. hist. fr. 1, 73 (2, 20): se alcis amicitiae, Caes. b. G. 3, 22, 3. – Präs. nach der 3. Konj. devovunt, Ps. Cypr. de aleat. 9. – Futur. exakt. synk. devoro (= devovero), Acc. praet. 15.

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  • 44 motus

    mōtus, ūs, m. (moveo), die Bewegung, I) = κίνησις, das Sich-Bewegen, A) eig.: a) übh.: natura omnia ciens motibus suis, Cic.: deus motum dedit caelo eum, qui etc., Cic.: ex corporis totius natura et figura varios motus (Schwingungen) cieri tamquam in cantu sonos, Cic.: Arati materia motu caret, Quint.: m. remorum, Caes.: m. siderum, Caes.: siderum motus cursusque stellarum, Val. Max.: solis et lunae ac siderum motus (Plur.), Augustin.: celerem et instabilem motum habere, v. Meere, Caes.: naves longae, quarum motus ad usum expeditior erat, Caes.: m. lecti suspensi, Cels.: motus (unci) triplex, in utrumque latus et extra, Cels.: vibrata per auras hastarum tremulo quatiebant spicula motu, Ov. – m. oculorum, m. oris, Cels.: m. caudae, Plin.: m. venarum, das Schlagen, Cels.: pectora salientia trepido motu, Ov.: (lepus) nullos audet dare corpore motus, wagt sich nicht zu rühren, Ov. – b) v. der erschütternden Bewegung der Erde, terrae motus, das Erdbeben, die Erderschütterung, Cic. u.a.: subitus terrae motus, Frontin.: crebri terrae motus, Curt.: motus hiatusque terrarum, Augustin. – c) v. der Körperbewegung als Ggstd. α) der Palästrik, Gymnastik, Orchestrik usw., die Bewegung, die Wendung, habitus oris et vultus, status (στάσις), motus (κίνησις), Cic.: status, incessus... manuum motus teneant illud decorum, Cic.: rusticus alter
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    motus, concesso mollior alter erit, Ov.: decens motus, Anmut in Bewegung u. Gang, Hor.: motus palaestrici, s. palaestricus: artifex motus et certi quidam pedes, Quint. – v. der körperl. Bewegung, dem Gebärdenspiele des Redners, ex motus mei mediocritate, Cic.: qui celeri motu et difficili utuntur (Ggstz. statarius), Cic.: iactatione, gestu, motu capitis furentes, Quint. – von den pantomimischen Bewegungen der Tanzenden, haud indecoros motus more Tusco dare, Liv.: histrionicis motibus sinuati corporis saltus, Ambros.: dah. vom mehr pantom. Tanze der Alten, motus Ionici, Hor.: dare motus Cereri, Tänze aufführen, Verg. – β) als Gegenstand der Diät, die Bewegung, Motion, motus post cibum, Cels.: ab omni motu corporis abstinere, Cels. – γ) als milit. t. t., eine Heeresbewegung, Schwenkung, ein Manöver, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores, Nep. Iph. 1, 4.: multi per eos dies motus multique impetus hinc atque illinc facti (sunt), Liv. 3, 5, 1. – B) übtr.: 1) die sinnl. u. geistige Bewegung, Regung im Menschen, a) die sinnliche Bewegung, die Erregung, erregende Empfindung, omnes iucundum motum, quo sensus hilaretur, Graece ἡδονήν, Latine voluptatem vocant, Cic.: dulcem motum afferent, Cic. – b) die geistige Bewegung, Tätigkeit, Wirksamkeit, animorum motus voluntarii, Cic.: motus animorum duplices sunt, alteri cogitationis, alteri appetitus, Cic.: et animi
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    et ingenii celeres quidam motus esse debent, Herz u. Verstand müssen ihre Kräfte mit Leichtigkeit gebrauchen können, Cic. – dah. insbes., α) die leidenschaftl. Bewegung, Erregung des Gemütes, die Gemütsbewegung, Aufregung, Leidenschaft, mit Genet. animi, Cic. u.a., u. ohne animi, zB. motus turbidus (störende), Cic.: motus animi nimii, Cic.: m. mentis meae, Unruhe meines Gemütes, Cic.: irritare in alqm potentiorum motus (Leidenschaften), Sen. – β) die Tätigkeit, Wirksamkeit des Denkvermögens, Verstandes, motus iste celer cogitationis, jene schnelle Beweglichkeit der Gedanken, jener schn. Gedankenflug, Cic.: ad alqd motu animi (Verstandestätigkeit) ac ratione uti, Cic.; vgl. Halm Cic. Sest. 143. p. 314. – γ) die Tätigkeit, Regung des Begehrens u. Willens, die Bewegung, αα) der Trieb, der Antrieb, sine motu animi et cogitatione, Cic.: est (carmen) magis artis et diligentiae quam incitationis et motus, Cic.: divino od. insano motu concita, Ov. – ββ) der Beweggrund, audisti consilii mei motus, Plin. ep. 3, 4, 9. – 2) die politische Bewegung, a) im guten Sinne, die Erhebung, Italiae magnificentissimus ille motus, Cic. de domo 142. – b) im üblen Sinne, die Bewegung, die Volksbewegung, Gärung, der Auflauf, Aufstand, die Unruhen, populi, Cic.: servilis, Liv.: civicus, Hor.: magnus et implacabilis (nicht zu beschwichtigende), Tac.: hic tantus motus rerum, be-
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    wegte Zeit, Cic. u. Tac.: domi motus orti, Liv.: intumescente motu, Tac.: motum afferre rei publicae, Cic. – 3) die Wendung nach der einen od. anderen Seite, der Wechsel, motum (Wechsel der politischen Strömung) non tantum impendere video, quantum tu aut vides aut ad me consolandum affers, Cic.: se quoque ad motus fortunae movere coepit, sich nach den Wendungen (Wechselfällen) des Gl. zu richten, den Mantel nach dem Winde zu hängen, Caes.
    II) mit Rücksicht auf das Woher? A) das Hervortreiben; dah. als t. t. des Gartenbaues = der Trieb, Schuß der Pflanzen (griech. ορμή), tres esse motus in vite, seu potius in surculo, naturales: unum, quo germinet; alterum, quo floreat; tertium, quo maturescat, Colum. 4, 28, 2. – B) der Aufbruch, die Abreise, die Abfahrt, sub Aurorae primos excedere motus, Lucan. 4, 734: motus excepit futuros, Verg. Aen. 4, 297 (vgl. 299). – C) die Umwandlung, κίνησις 1) die politische, die Staatsumwälzung, Veränderung im Staate (griech. τῶν πολιτειῶν κίνησις), concussi orbis motus, Welterschütterung u. Umwälzung, Tac. hist. 1, 16: ut Persarum imperium magno motu (Stoß) concuterent magis quam affligerent, Curt. 4, 14 (54), 20. – 2) die rhetorische, u. zwar meton. = τρόπος, der umgewandte, figürliche Ausdruck, die Redewendung, der Tropus (bei Cicero immutatio verborum, immutata verba), Quint. 8, 5, 35 u. (bes.) 9, 1, 2.

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  • 45 obsequens

    obsequēns, entis, PAdi. (v. obsequor), nachgiebig, willfährig, I) im allg.: patri sum obsequens, Ter.: ubi iidem equi obsequentes alteri equiti, alteri contumaces sunt, Sen. – animus omni umore obsequentior, Sen.: tibi obsequentior, Ps. Sall.: mihi obsequentissimus, Inscr.: nurus obsequentissima, Ps. Quint. decl.: contubernalis obsequentissimus, Inscr.: curae mortalium obsequentissimam esse Italiam, Colum. – II) insbes., v. der Gottheit = gnädig, v. der Venus, Plaut. rud. 260 Sch.: bes. v. der Fortuna, Plaut. asin. 716. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1153; 5, 814 (vgl. L. Preller Röm. Mythol. Bd. 2. S. 186. Aufl. 3).

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  • 46 secundatus

    secundātus, ūs, m. (secundus), die zweite Stelle, der zweite Rang, alteri primatum damus, alteri secundatum, Tert. de anim. 27.

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  • 47 supersum

    super-sum, fuī, esse, I) übrig sein, u. zwar als Rest oder als Überschuß, A) als Rest übrig sein, übrig bleiben, noch vorhanden sein, a) v. lebl. Subjj.: duae partes, quae mihi supersunt illustrandae, Cic.: biduum supererat, Caes.: non multum aestatis supererat, Caes.: quantum hominis avarissimi satietati superfuit, Cic.: quod gerendis rebus superesset, Liv.: quoniam mihi per condicionem fragilitatis humanae non multum superesse videtur ad vitam, Lampr. Diadum. 1, 5. – quod superest, der Rest, Verg. Aen. 5, 691 u.a.: aber quod superest, scribe, quaeso, accuratissime, quid placeat, was ich noch sagen wollte, Cic. ad Att. 9, 19, 4. – superest m. folg. ut u. Konj., Plin. ep. 1, 1, 2. Vopisc. Aurel. 48, 3. Dict. 5, 6. Lact. 1, 23, 1 u.a. (s. Bünem. Lact. 1, 6, 6). – m. folg. Infin., Liv. 44, 6, 14. Ov. met. 7, 149; 14, 145 u.a. Plin. 19, 49. Censorin. 7, 1 u. 23, 1. Auct. de pond. 56. Tert. de pudic. 2 extr. Lact. 1, 6, 6 u.a. (s. Bünem. z.d. St.). – b) v. Pers.: α) übh. als Rest noch übrig-, noch vorhanden sein, perexigua pars illius exercitus superest, Caes.: omnes, qui supersunt de Hirtii exercitu, Asin. Poll. in Cic. ep.: superesse qui etc., es gäbe außer jenen noch welche, die, Tac.: si qui de interfectoribus superfuerunt, etwa noch übrige Mörder, Vopisc.: et superesse videt de tot modo milibus unum, Ov.: ex eo proelio circiter milia hominum
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    CXXX superfuerunt, Caes.: Lusitani, qui ex pugna superfuerunt, Auct. b. Hisp. – β) noch übrig sein = noch leben, noch am Leben sein od. bleiben, m. Dat. = etwas od. jmd. überleben, tuum vis unicum gnatum tuae superesse vitae superstitem, Plaut.: patri, exercitui, Liv.: isti latroni, Rufus in Plin. ep.: rei publicae, Asin. Poll. in Cic. ep.: pugnae, Liv.: non enim desertis superfuit, sed desertor occĭdit, Vell. – absol., cum superessent adhuc, qui spectaverant, Suet. – B) als Überschuß übrig sein, mehr als zuviel vorhanden sein, a) = reichlich-, im Überfluß vorhanden sein, völlig ausreichen (Ggstz. deesse; vgl. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 14, 54 u. Heräus Tac. hist. 1, 51, 8), cui tanta erat res et supererat, Ter.: vereor, ne iam superesse mihi verba putes, quae dixeram defutura, Cic.: quantum alteri sententiae deesset animi, tantum alteri superesse dicebat, Caes.: fama Iovi superest, Ov.: equi ad usum et ad decus supererant, Tac.: modo vita supersit, ausreiche, Verg. – im üblen Sinne, ut neque absit quicquam neque supersit, zu viel-, überflüssig ist, Cic. de or. 2, 108. – b) hinlänglich gewachsen sein, v. leb. Wesen, labori, Verg. georg. 3, 127: Veneri, Colum. 4, 27, 8. – c) überlegen sein = überwiegen, doctrina etiam superfuit, Cic. fr. bei Gell. 1, 22, 7; vgl. Dräger Tac. ann. 3, 47. – II) beistehen, Aug. b. Suet. Aug. 56, 3; vgl. Gell. 1, 22, 3. – III) über etw. sein, hervorragen, Val. Flacc. 6, 760. – IV)
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    einer Sache vorstehen, über etw. gesetzt sein, unctionibus, Arnob. 3, 25: libidinum tutelis, Arnob. 4, 9: deos nobis superesse custodes (als H.), Arnob. 3, 23. – Archaist. Nbf. des Futur, superescit, Enn. ann. 494. Acc. tr. 266. – in der Tmesis, Plaut. Curc. 85. Nep. Alc. 8, 1. Verg. ecl. 6, 6 u. Aen. 2, 567. Tac. hist. 1, 20.

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  • 48 deesse

    1) о лицах: а) не присутствовать, особ. в суде, не явиться в определенный срок, si contra emtorem iudicatum est, quod defuit - ad iudisium non adfuit (1. 55 pr. D. 21, 2); (1. 27 § 4 D. 4, 8); (1. 2 § 41 D. 38, 17); (1. 6 C. 9, 2); (1. 13 pr. D. 4, 4. 1. 73 § 3 D. 5, 1. 1. 5 pr. D. 48, 19);

    deesse cognitioni (1. 27 § 1 D. 40, 12. 1. 7 D. 47, 9);

    b) уклоняться, non deesse dejensioni (1. 21 § 3 D. 4, 6).

    2) о вещах, правах, качествах: недоставать, не быть, evenit ut quod alteri superest, alteri desit (1. 1 pr. D. 18. 1); (1. 14 § 1 D. 7, 8); (1. 9 § 3 D. 21, 2);

    animus deest in furioso (1. 2 § 1 D. 3, 3).

    Латинско-русский словарь к источникам римского права > deesse

  • 49 nubere

    1) выходить замуж (1. 5 D. 23, 2. 1. 59. 62 pr. eod. 1. 11 § 3 D. 27, 6. 1. 88 D. 46, 3);

    nuptum se collocare (1. 11 § 1. 3 D. 3, 2. 1. 30 D. 36, 2. 1. 68 D. 35, 1. 1. 63 eod. 1. 62 § 2 eod. 1. 21 D. 33, 5. cf. 1. 41 § 7 D. 32. 1. 7 C. 8, 56);

    alteri sponsa, alteri nupta (1. 13 § 3 D. 3, 2. 1. 101 pr. D. 50, 16).

    2) тк. относительно мужчин, которые посвящают себя удовлетворению похоти других мужчин (1. 31 C. 9, 9).

    Латинско-русский словарь к источникам римского права > nubere

  • 50 largus

        largus adj.    with comp. and sup, abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much: viaticum: odores, O.: largiore vino usus, L.: amicum Largiora flagito, more, H.: fletus, floods of tears, V.: opum, abounding in, V.—Giving abundantly, bountiful, profuse, liberal: duo genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales: largissimus esse: ingenii fons, Iu.: Spes donare novas largus, H.
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    larga, largum ADJ
    lavish; plentiful; bountiful

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  • 51 latrōcinor

        latrōcinor —, ārī, dep.    [2 latro], to practise freebooting, plunder, rob on the highway: inpune: maritumi, alteri mercandi causā, alteri latrocinandi, piracy.
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    latrocinari, latrocinatus sum V DEP

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  • 52 capio

    1.
    căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

    capsimus,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

    sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

    cape hoc flabellum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

    cepit manibus tympanum,

    Cat. 6, 3, 8:

    tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

    Verg. A. 2, 717:

    cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

    id. G. 3, 420:

    flammeum,

    Cat. 61, 8:

    acria pocula,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

    lora,

    Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

    baculum,

    Ov. M. 2, 789:

    colum cum calathis,

    id. ib. 12, 475:

    florem ternis digitis,

    Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

    pignera,

    Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

    ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

    rem pignori,

    Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

    scutum laeva,

    Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

    capias tu illius vestem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

    and of particular weapons: ensem,

    Ov. M. 13, 435:

    tela,

    id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

    quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

    lauti cibum capiunt,

    Tac. G. 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of living objects.
    a. (α).
    Of persons:

    oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    reges capiuntur,

    Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

    capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

    Liv. 22, 49, 18:

    quos Byzantii ceperat,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

    captos ostendere civibus hostes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

    captus Tarento Livius,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

    servus ex hoste captus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

    in captos clementia uti,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

    inludere capto,

    Verg. A. 2, 64:

    quae sit fiducia capto,

    id. ib. 2, 75:

    ex captorum numero,

    Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

    dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
    (β).
    Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

    si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

    id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

    hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

    neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

    nisi quid concharum capsimus,

    id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    cervum,

    Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

    hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

    Verg. G. 4, 396.—
    b.
    To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

    quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

    Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

    quamvis voluptate capiatur,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

    quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

    secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

    id. Att. 4, 1:

    nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

    Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

    erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

    Hor. A. P. 362:

    hunc capit argenti splendor,

    id. S. 1, 4, 28:

    te conjux aliena capit,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

    Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

    Prop. 1, 1, 1:

    carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

    Tib. 3, 1, 7:

    munditiis capimur,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

    14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

    Liv. 30, 12, 18:

    dulcedine vocis,

    Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

    voce nova,

    id. ib. 1, 678:

    temperie aquarum,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    (bos) herba captus viridi,

    Verg. E. 6, 59:

    amoenitate loci,

    Tac. A. 18, 52:

    auro,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

    neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    splendore hominis,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

    nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
    c.
    To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

    sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

    eodem captus errore quo nos,

    involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

    ne quo errore milites caperentur,

    Liv. 8, 6, 16:

    capere ante dolis Reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 673:

    captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

    id. ib. 2, 196:

    ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

    Sall. J. 14, 11:

    adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

    id. C. 14, 5:

    capi alicujus dolo,

    Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

    dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

    Liv. 23, 35, 2:

    quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

    Ov. M. 7, 301.—
    d.
    To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

    tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

    Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

    callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

    id. Brut. 48, 178.—
    e. (α).
    Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

    mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

    loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

    captus omnibus membris,

    id. 2, 36, 8:

    capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

    id. 21, 58, 5:

    oculis membrisque captus,

    Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

    congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

    id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

    habuit filium captum altero oculo,

    Suet. Vit. 6:

    censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

    Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

    lumine,

    Ov. F. 6, 204:

    princeps pedibus captus,

    Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

    captum leto posuit caput,

    Verg. A. 11, 830;

    and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

    id. G. 1, 183.—
    (β).
    Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

    labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

    id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

    rarely mentibu' capti,

    Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

    animo,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

    captus animi,

    Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

    virgines captae furore,

    Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

    viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

    Liv. 39, 13, 12:

    captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

    id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

    capti et stupentes animi,

    id. 6, 36, 8.—
    f.
    To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

    de istac sum judex captus,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

    Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

    Liv. 3, 71, 2:

    me cepere arbitrum,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

    te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

    quom illum generum cepimus,

    id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

    non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

    make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

    si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

    plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

    Gell. 1, 12, 15:

    jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

    Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

    religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

    C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

    Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    2.
    Of places.
    a.
    To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

    loca capere, castra munire,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

    castris locum capere,

    Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

    locum capere castris,

    Quint. 12, 2, 5:

    ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

    ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

    Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

    nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

    Liv. 34, 14, 1:

    neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

    id. 35, 14, 9:

    erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

    Sall. J. 58, 3:

    duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

    Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

    of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

    tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 26, 5:

    quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

    Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

    tumulum suis cepit,

    Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

    for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

    Liv. 1, 6, 4;

    for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

    id. 9, 43, 20:

    Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

    Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

    ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

    Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
    b.
    To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

    invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

    MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    CORSICAM,

    Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

    ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

    Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

    Troja capta,

    Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

    urbem opulentissimam,

    id. 5, 20, 1:

    ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    castra hostium,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

    concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

    Liv. 42, 63, 6:

    plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

    id. 28, 39, 10:

    sedem belli,

    Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

    oppressa captaque re publica,

    Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
    c.
    To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

    insulam capere non potuerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

    onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 36:

    accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

    id. ib. 5, 23:

    nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

    id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

    qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

    Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
    3.
    Of things of value, property, money, etc.
    a.
    In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

    AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    de praedonibus praedam capere,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

    agros de hostibus,

    Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

    ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

    Liv. 4, 48, 2:

    quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

    Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    classem,

    id. Cim. 2, 2:

    magnas praedas,

    id. Dat. 10, 2:

    ex hostibus pecuniam,

    Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

    e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

    signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

    82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

    cape cedo,

    id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

    ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

    majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

    te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

    Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

    paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

    ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

    id. Att. 7, 2:

    quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

    assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

    quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

    regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

    succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
    b.
    In particular connections.
    (α).
    With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

    his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

    quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

    id. ib. §

    27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

    91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

    218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

    71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

    id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

    ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

    id. Clu. 42, 120:

    nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

    id. Pis. 16, 38:

    si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

    id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

    ab regibus Illyriorum,

    Liv. 42, 45, 8:

    saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

    Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
    (β).
    Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

    si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

    Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

    qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

    id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

    abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

    Quint. 3, 6, 96:

    aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

    id. 5, 14, 16:

    si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

    Juv. 1, 55:

    qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

    Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

    qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

    ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
    (γ).
    Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

    capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

    stipendium jure belli,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

    quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

    vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

    Liv. 28, 39, 13:

    quadragena annua ex schola,

    Suet. Gram. 23:

    si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

    Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

    metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

    honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

    ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

    id. Div. 2, 5:

    ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

    id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

    multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

    id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

    fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

    id. Pis. 14, 31:

    aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

    Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

    quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

    utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    usuram alicujus corporis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
    2.
    Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

    gestum atque voltum novom,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

    figuras Datque capitque novas,

    id. ib. 15, 309:

    formam capit quam lilia,

    id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

    duritiam ab aere,

    id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

    radicem capere,

    to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

    cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

    Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

    siliculam capere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

    maturitatem capere,

    Col. 4, 23, 1:

    radix libere capit viris,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

    vires cepisse nocendi,

    Ov. M. 7, 417:

    (telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

    Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
    3.
    Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

    cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

    qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

    aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

    id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

    consuetudinem exercitationemque,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    misericordiam,

    id. Quint. 31, 97:

    quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

    disciplinam principum,

    Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

    quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
    4.
    Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

    nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

    o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

    in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

    took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

    consulatum,

    id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

    honores,

    Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

    imperium,

    id. Claud. 10:

    magistratum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

    magistratus,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

    capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

    Ov. M. 3, 644:

    rerum moderamen,

    id. ib. 6, 677:

    pontificatum maximum,

    Suet. Vit. 11:

    rem publicam,

    Sall. C. 5, 6:

    neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

    Liv. 2, 33, 1:

    ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

    id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

    patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

    Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
    5.
    In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

    augurium ex arce,

    Liv. 10, 7, 10:

    augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

    Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

    omen,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

    Liv. 9, 4, 1:

    rursus impetu capto enituntur,

    id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

    a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

    Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

    nec vestra capit discordia finem,

    Verg. A. 10, 106:

    fugam,

    to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

    ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

    Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

    expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

    suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

    ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

    Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

    eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
    6.
    Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

    si occassionem capsit,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

    si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

    quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

    si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
    7.
    Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

    quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

    cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

    hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

    conjecturam capere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

    capti consili memorem mones,

    id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

    quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

    temerarium consilium,

    Liv. 25, 34, 7:

    tale capit consilium,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

    confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

    subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

    legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

    obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

    Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

    si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

    ut ego rationem oculis capio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

    cepi rationem ut, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
    8.
    Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

    ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    praesagia a sole,

    Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

    illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
    9.
    Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

    tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

    omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

    id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

    laborem inanem ipsus capit,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

    id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

    hic potitur gaudia,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

    plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

    cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

    id. ib. prol. 114:

    angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

    quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

    id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

    laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

    id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

    lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

    id. Sen. 15, 54:

    opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

    id. Brut. 1, 1:

    itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

    id. ib. 40, 147:

    ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

    Liv. 27, 40, 9:

    ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

    id. 5, 20, 2:

    ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

    id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

    laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

    ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

    lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

    maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

    et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

    Liv. 33, 27, 10:

    voluptatem animi,

    Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

    malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

    id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

    quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

    Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
    10.
    Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

    edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

    numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

    sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

    id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

    nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

    te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

    Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

    Liv. 1, 6, 3:

    cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

    id. 40, 21, 2:

    etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

    id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

    qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

    Liv. 27, 13, 2:

    oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

    id. 38, 46, 12:

    tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

    Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

    ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

    Liv. 27, 8, 6:

    hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

    id. 44, 12, 1:

    tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

    Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

    I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 384:

    infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

    id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

    cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

    id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

    I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

    Liv. 1, 57, 10:

    ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

    id. 25, 22, 1:

    tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

    id. 23, 20, 7:

    senatum metus cepit,

    id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

    quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

    Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
    11.
    Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

    calamitatem,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

    detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

    Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

    videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

    quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

    Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
    II.
    To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

    parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

    Lucr. 6, 1030:

    jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

    Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

    terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

    id. ib. 1, 75:

    dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

    id. ib. 8, 558:

    cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

    id. ib. 5, 324.—
    2.
    Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

    di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

    qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

    volat vapor ater ad auras,

    Verg. A. 7, 466:

    non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

    non capit se mare,

    Sen. Agam. 487:

    neque enim capiebant funera portae,

    Ov. M. 7, 607:

    officium populi vix capiente domo,

    id. P. 4, 4, 42:

    si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

    Curt. 7, 8, 12:

    ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

    Just. 2, 10, 19.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

    tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
    2. a.
    Affirmatively (rare):

    quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

    Curt. 9, 3, 7:

    si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

    Quint. 2, 4, 17:

    dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

    Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
    b.
    With negatives:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

    Lucr. 3, 298:

    nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

    Ov. M. 6, 466:

    vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

    id. ib. 11, 118:

    ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

    id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

    sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

    Curt. 7, 8, 13:

    majora quam capit spirat,

    id. 6, 9, 11:

    ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

    id. 3, 12, 20:

    infirma aetas majora non capiet,

    Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
    3.
    Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

    rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

    Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

    molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

    id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

    res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

    Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
    4.
    With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

    nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

    Prud. Apoth. 154:

    crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

    Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
    5.
    Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

    sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

    Quint. 11, 1, 45:

    nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

    id. 2, 6, 2:

    quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

    Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

    senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

    Liv. 9, 17, 14:

    somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

    id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
    2.
    căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
    I.
    A taking:

    dominii,

    Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
    II.
    = usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio

  • 53 Capta

    1.
    căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

    capsimus,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

    sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

    cape hoc flabellum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

    cepit manibus tympanum,

    Cat. 6, 3, 8:

    tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

    Verg. A. 2, 717:

    cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

    id. G. 3, 420:

    flammeum,

    Cat. 61, 8:

    acria pocula,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

    lora,

    Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

    baculum,

    Ov. M. 2, 789:

    colum cum calathis,

    id. ib. 12, 475:

    florem ternis digitis,

    Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

    pignera,

    Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

    ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

    rem pignori,

    Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

    scutum laeva,

    Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

    capias tu illius vestem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

    and of particular weapons: ensem,

    Ov. M. 13, 435:

    tela,

    id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

    quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

    lauti cibum capiunt,

    Tac. G. 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of living objects.
    a. (α).
    Of persons:

    oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    reges capiuntur,

    Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

    capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

    Liv. 22, 49, 18:

    quos Byzantii ceperat,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

    captos ostendere civibus hostes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

    captus Tarento Livius,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

    servus ex hoste captus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

    in captos clementia uti,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

    inludere capto,

    Verg. A. 2, 64:

    quae sit fiducia capto,

    id. ib. 2, 75:

    ex captorum numero,

    Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

    dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
    (β).
    Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

    si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

    id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

    hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

    neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

    nisi quid concharum capsimus,

    id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    cervum,

    Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

    hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

    Verg. G. 4, 396.—
    b.
    To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

    quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

    Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

    quamvis voluptate capiatur,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

    quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

    secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

    id. Att. 4, 1:

    nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

    Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

    erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

    Hor. A. P. 362:

    hunc capit argenti splendor,

    id. S. 1, 4, 28:

    te conjux aliena capit,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

    Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

    Prop. 1, 1, 1:

    carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

    Tib. 3, 1, 7:

    munditiis capimur,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

    14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

    Liv. 30, 12, 18:

    dulcedine vocis,

    Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

    voce nova,

    id. ib. 1, 678:

    temperie aquarum,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    (bos) herba captus viridi,

    Verg. E. 6, 59:

    amoenitate loci,

    Tac. A. 18, 52:

    auro,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

    neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    splendore hominis,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

    nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
    c.
    To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

    sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

    eodem captus errore quo nos,

    involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

    ne quo errore milites caperentur,

    Liv. 8, 6, 16:

    capere ante dolis Reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 673:

    captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

    id. ib. 2, 196:

    ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

    Sall. J. 14, 11:

    adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

    id. C. 14, 5:

    capi alicujus dolo,

    Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

    dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

    Liv. 23, 35, 2:

    quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

    Ov. M. 7, 301.—
    d.
    To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

    tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

    Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

    callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

    id. Brut. 48, 178.—
    e. (α).
    Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

    mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

    loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

    captus omnibus membris,

    id. 2, 36, 8:

    capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

    id. 21, 58, 5:

    oculis membrisque captus,

    Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

    congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

    id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

    habuit filium captum altero oculo,

    Suet. Vit. 6:

    censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

    Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

    lumine,

    Ov. F. 6, 204:

    princeps pedibus captus,

    Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

    captum leto posuit caput,

    Verg. A. 11, 830;

    and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

    id. G. 1, 183.—
    (β).
    Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

    labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

    id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

    rarely mentibu' capti,

    Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

    animo,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

    captus animi,

    Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

    virgines captae furore,

    Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

    viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

    Liv. 39, 13, 12:

    captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

    id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

    capti et stupentes animi,

    id. 6, 36, 8.—
    f.
    To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

    de istac sum judex captus,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

    Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

    Liv. 3, 71, 2:

    me cepere arbitrum,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

    te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

    quom illum generum cepimus,

    id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

    non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

    make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

    si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

    plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

    Gell. 1, 12, 15:

    jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

    Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

    religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

    C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

    Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    2.
    Of places.
    a.
    To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

    loca capere, castra munire,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

    castris locum capere,

    Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

    locum capere castris,

    Quint. 12, 2, 5:

    ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

    ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

    Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

    nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

    Liv. 34, 14, 1:

    neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

    id. 35, 14, 9:

    erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

    Sall. J. 58, 3:

    duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

    Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

    of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

    tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 26, 5:

    quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

    Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

    tumulum suis cepit,

    Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

    for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

    Liv. 1, 6, 4;

    for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

    id. 9, 43, 20:

    Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

    Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

    ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

    Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
    b.
    To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

    invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

    MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    CORSICAM,

    Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

    ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

    Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

    Troja capta,

    Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

    urbem opulentissimam,

    id. 5, 20, 1:

    ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    castra hostium,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

    concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

    Liv. 42, 63, 6:

    plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

    id. 28, 39, 10:

    sedem belli,

    Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

    oppressa captaque re publica,

    Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
    c.
    To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

    insulam capere non potuerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

    onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 36:

    accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

    id. ib. 5, 23:

    nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

    id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

    qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

    Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
    3.
    Of things of value, property, money, etc.
    a.
    In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

    AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    de praedonibus praedam capere,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

    agros de hostibus,

    Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

    ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

    Liv. 4, 48, 2:

    quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

    Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    classem,

    id. Cim. 2, 2:

    magnas praedas,

    id. Dat. 10, 2:

    ex hostibus pecuniam,

    Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

    e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

    signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

    82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

    cape cedo,

    id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

    ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

    majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

    te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

    Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

    paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

    ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

    id. Att. 7, 2:

    quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

    assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

    quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

    regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

    succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
    b.
    In particular connections.
    (α).
    With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

    his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

    quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

    id. ib. §

    27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

    91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

    218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

    71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

    id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

    ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

    id. Clu. 42, 120:

    nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

    id. Pis. 16, 38:

    si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

    id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

    ab regibus Illyriorum,

    Liv. 42, 45, 8:

    saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

    Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
    (β).
    Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

    si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

    Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

    qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

    id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

    abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

    Quint. 3, 6, 96:

    aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

    id. 5, 14, 16:

    si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

    Juv. 1, 55:

    qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

    Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

    qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

    ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
    (γ).
    Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

    capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

    stipendium jure belli,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

    quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

    vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

    Liv. 28, 39, 13:

    quadragena annua ex schola,

    Suet. Gram. 23:

    si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

    Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

    metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

    honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

    ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

    id. Div. 2, 5:

    ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

    id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

    multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

    id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

    fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

    id. Pis. 14, 31:

    aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

    Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

    quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

    utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    usuram alicujus corporis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
    2.
    Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

    gestum atque voltum novom,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

    figuras Datque capitque novas,

    id. ib. 15, 309:

    formam capit quam lilia,

    id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

    duritiam ab aere,

    id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

    radicem capere,

    to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

    cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

    Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

    siliculam capere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

    maturitatem capere,

    Col. 4, 23, 1:

    radix libere capit viris,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

    vires cepisse nocendi,

    Ov. M. 7, 417:

    (telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

    Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
    3.
    Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

    cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

    qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

    aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

    id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

    consuetudinem exercitationemque,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    misericordiam,

    id. Quint. 31, 97:

    quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

    disciplinam principum,

    Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

    quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
    4.
    Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

    nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

    o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

    in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

    took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

    consulatum,

    id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

    honores,

    Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

    imperium,

    id. Claud. 10:

    magistratum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

    magistratus,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

    capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

    Ov. M. 3, 644:

    rerum moderamen,

    id. ib. 6, 677:

    pontificatum maximum,

    Suet. Vit. 11:

    rem publicam,

    Sall. C. 5, 6:

    neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

    Liv. 2, 33, 1:

    ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

    id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

    patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

    Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
    5.
    In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

    augurium ex arce,

    Liv. 10, 7, 10:

    augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

    Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

    omen,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

    Liv. 9, 4, 1:

    rursus impetu capto enituntur,

    id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

    a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

    Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

    nec vestra capit discordia finem,

    Verg. A. 10, 106:

    fugam,

    to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

    ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

    Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

    expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

    suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

    ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

    Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

    eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
    6.
    Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

    si occassionem capsit,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

    si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

    quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

    si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
    7.
    Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

    quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

    cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

    hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

    conjecturam capere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

    capti consili memorem mones,

    id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

    quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

    temerarium consilium,

    Liv. 25, 34, 7:

    tale capit consilium,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

    confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

    subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

    legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

    obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

    Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

    si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

    ut ego rationem oculis capio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

    cepi rationem ut, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
    8.
    Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

    ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    praesagia a sole,

    Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

    illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
    9.
    Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

    tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

    omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

    id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

    laborem inanem ipsus capit,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

    id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

    hic potitur gaudia,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

    plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

    cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

    id. ib. prol. 114:

    angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

    quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

    id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

    laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

    id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

    lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

    id. Sen. 15, 54:

    opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

    id. Brut. 1, 1:

    itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

    id. ib. 40, 147:

    ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

    Liv. 27, 40, 9:

    ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

    id. 5, 20, 2:

    ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

    id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

    laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

    ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

    lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

    maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

    et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

    Liv. 33, 27, 10:

    voluptatem animi,

    Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

    malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

    id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

    quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

    Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
    10.
    Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

    edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

    numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

    sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

    id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

    nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

    te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

    Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

    Liv. 1, 6, 3:

    cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

    id. 40, 21, 2:

    etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

    id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

    qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

    Liv. 27, 13, 2:

    oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

    id. 38, 46, 12:

    tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

    Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

    ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

    Liv. 27, 8, 6:

    hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

    id. 44, 12, 1:

    tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

    Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

    I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 384:

    infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

    id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

    cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

    id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

    I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

    Liv. 1, 57, 10:

    ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

    id. 25, 22, 1:

    tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

    id. 23, 20, 7:

    senatum metus cepit,

    id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

    quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

    Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
    11.
    Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

    calamitatem,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

    detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

    Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

    videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

    quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

    Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
    II.
    To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

    parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

    Lucr. 6, 1030:

    jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

    Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

    terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

    id. ib. 1, 75:

    dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

    id. ib. 8, 558:

    cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

    id. ib. 5, 324.—
    2.
    Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

    di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

    qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

    volat vapor ater ad auras,

    Verg. A. 7, 466:

    non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

    non capit se mare,

    Sen. Agam. 487:

    neque enim capiebant funera portae,

    Ov. M. 7, 607:

    officium populi vix capiente domo,

    id. P. 4, 4, 42:

    si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

    Curt. 7, 8, 12:

    ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

    Just. 2, 10, 19.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

    tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
    2. a.
    Affirmatively (rare):

    quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

    Curt. 9, 3, 7:

    si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

    Quint. 2, 4, 17:

    dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

    Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
    b.
    With negatives:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

    Lucr. 3, 298:

    nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

    Ov. M. 6, 466:

    vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

    id. ib. 11, 118:

    ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

    id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

    sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

    Curt. 7, 8, 13:

    majora quam capit spirat,

    id. 6, 9, 11:

    ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

    id. 3, 12, 20:

    infirma aetas majora non capiet,

    Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
    3.
    Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

    rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

    Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

    molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

    id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

    res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

    Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
    4.
    With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

    nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

    Prud. Apoth. 154:

    crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

    Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
    5.
    Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

    sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

    Quint. 11, 1, 45:

    nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

    id. 2, 6, 2:

    quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

    Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

    senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

    Liv. 9, 17, 14:

    somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

    id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
    2.
    căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
    I.
    A taking:

    dominii,

    Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
    II.
    = usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

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  • 54 desum

    dē-sum, fŭi, esse (ee in deest, deesse, deerit, etc., in the poets per synaeresin as one syll., Lucr. 1, 44; Cat. 64, 151; Verg. G. 2, 233; id. A. 7, 262; 10, 378; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 24; Ov. M. 15, 354 et saep.; praes. subj., desiet, Cato R. R. 8; perf., defuerunt, trisyl., Ov. M. 6, 585; fut. inf., commonly defuturum esse, as Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2, etc.;

    also defore,

    id. Fam. 13, 63; Caes. B. G. 5, 56; Sil. 9, 248; imperf. subj., deforent, Ambros. Hexaem. 3, 13), v. n., to be away, be absent; to fail, be wanting (for syn. cf.: absum, deficio, descisco, negligo; freq. in all periods).
    I.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    non ratio, verum argentum deerat,

    Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 69:

    frigore enim desunt ignes ventique calore Deficiunt,

    Lucr. 6, 360: cf. id. 3, 455; Cato R. R. 8:

    omnia deerant, quae, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin.:

    semper paullum ad summam felicitatem defuisse,

    id. ib. 6, 43, 5:

    ibi numquam causas seditionum et certaminis defore,

    Liv. 45, 18:

    quod non desit habentem, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 52 et saep.:

    non desunt qui, for sunt qui,

    Quint. 4, 5, 11; 8, 3, 85; Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
    (β).
    With dat. (so most freq.):

    metuo mihi in monendo ne defuerit oratio,

    Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 3 and 4:

    cui nihil desit, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. id. Lael. 14, 51:

    sive deest naturae quippiam, sive abundat atque affluit,

    id. Div. 1, 29, 61:

    quantum alteri sententiae deesset animi, tantum alteri superesse,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 31; so,

    opp. superesse,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 63; cf.

    opp. superare,

    Sall. C. 20, 11:

    neu desint epulis rosae,

    Hor. Od. 1, 36, 15; id. Ep. 1, 1, 58 et saep.:

    hoc unum ad pristinam fortunam Caesari defuit,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.; cf. id. B. C. 3, 2, 2; 3, 96, 2. —
    (γ).
    With in:

    ut neque in Antonio deesset hic ornatus orationis, neque in Crasso redundaret,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 4 fin.; id. Rep. 2, 33:

    in C. Laenio commendando,

    id. Fam. 13, 63 al. —
    (δ).
    With inf. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

    et mihi non desunt turpes pendere corollae,

    Prop. 1, 16, 7; Sil. 6, 10; Tac. H. 4, 1 al.—
    (ε).
    With quominus:

    duas sibi res, quominus in vulgus et in foro diceret, defuisse,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 30 fin. (ap. Non. 262, 23); Tac. A. 14, 39.—
    (ζ).
    With quin:

    nihil contumeliarum defuit, quin subiret,

    Suet. Ner. 45.—
    (η).
    With ut:

    non defuit, ut, etc.,

    Capitol. Gord. III. 31.—
    II.
    Pregn., to fail, be wanting in one's duty, as in rendering assistance, etc.; not to assist or serve, to desert one, to neglect a person or thing.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    tantum enitor, ut neque amicis neque etiam alienioribus opera, consilio, labore desim,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17; cf. id. Mur. 4 fin.:

    ne tibi desis,

    that you be not wanting to yourself, neglect not your own advantage, id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2; cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 56; 2, 1, 17; 1, 4, 134:

    senatu reique publicae,

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

    communi saluti nulla in re,

    id. B. G. 5, 33, 2:

    Timotheo de fama dimicanti,

    Nep. Timoth. 4, 3:

    huic rei,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 2:

    negotio,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 3:

    decori vestro,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 24:

    officio et dignitati meae,

    id. Att. 7, 17, 4; Liv. 3, 50:

    tempori,

    id. 21, 27; cf.:

    occasioni temporis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 79 et saep.—
    (β).
    Without dat.:

    non deest reipublicae consilium... nos, nos, dico aperte, consules desumus,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1 fin.; id. Rep. 3, 21:

    qui non deerat in causis,

    id. Brut. 34, 130:

    nec deerat Ptolemaeus,

    Tac. H. 1, 22 fin.
    B.
    To fall short of, miss, fail to obtain:

    ne quis desit gratiae Dei,

    Vulg. Heb. 12, 15.

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  • 55 frena

    frēnum or fraenum, i, n., and more freq. (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 567; and v. infra), plur. heterocl. frēni, ōrum, m., and mostly poet. frēna, ōrum, n. [root dhar-; Sanscr. dhar-ā-mi, hold, support; Gr. thra-, in thrênus, thronos; Lat. frētus], a bridle, curb, bit (syn.: lupi, lupata).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Plur.:

    aurei freni,

    Curt. 4, 13 med.; so nom. freni, id. 7, 10 fin.; cf. under II.; acc. frena, Verg. A. 4, 135; 5, 818; Ov. M. 15, 519; id. Am. 3, 4, 16:

    non domito frenos ore momordit equus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 42; so,

    frenos: equus, equa, quae frenos recipere solet,

    Cic. Top. 8, 36; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 12; Verg. G. 3, 184; Liv. 1, 48, 6; Sen. Tranq. 15 fin. al.:

    moderarier hunc (equum) frenis,

    Lucr. 5, 1298; so,

    frenis,

    id. 5, 1317; Verg. A. 11, 719; 889; 12, 372; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; Ov. M. 5, 643; Liv. 1, 14 fin.:

    equum cogere frenos pati,

    Phaedr. 4, 3, 9:

    frenos et strata equorum Pelethronium (invenisse),

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202 et saep.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    frenumque (equus) recepit, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:

    non frenum depulit ore,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 38.—
    b.
    Prov.: frenum mordere, to take the bit in one's teeth, i. e. to offer opposition, to resist: si frenum momorderis peream, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 23, 2; cf.:

    sed ut mones, frenum momordi,

    Cic. ib. 11, 24, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Like our terms bridle and curb, i. q. means of guiding or governing, restraint, check, limit.
    (α).
    Plur.:

    rerum freni,

    the reins of dominion, Sil. 1, 240:

    freni sunt injecti vobis, Quirites, nullo modo perpetiendi: alligati et constricti estis amaro vinculo servitutis,

    Val. Max. 2, 9, 5; cf.:

    freni domitarum gentium,

    Curt. 7, 10 fin.:

    ne Lycurgi quidem disciplina tenuit illos in hominibus Graecis frenos,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33:

    ut Isocratem in acerrimo ingenio Theopompi et lenissimo Ephori dixisse traditum est, alteri se calcaria adhibere, alteri frenos,

    id. Brut. 56, 204:

    Mutinam illi exsultanti tamquam frenos furoris injecit,

    id. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

    date frenos impotenti naturae et indomito animali,

    give the reins to, allow full scope to, Liv. 34, 2, 13; so,

    frenos furentibus ira Laxat,

    Luc. 7, 125:

    impone felicitati tuae frenos,

    put on, Curt. 7, 8 fin.:

    imperii frena tenere sui,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 42:

    frena imperii moderari,

    id. P. 2, 9, 33:

    capere,

    id. ib. 4, 13, 27:

    frena licentiae inicere,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 10:

    pone irae frena modumque, Pone et avaritiae,

    Juv. 8, 88:

    subiit leges et frena momordit Ille solutus amor,

    i. e. submitted to, Stat. S. 1, 2, 28:

    quod dicebat Isocrates, se calcaribus in Ephoro, contra autem in Theopompo frenis uti solere,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36; Quint. 2, 8, 11; cf. above the passage Cic. Brut. 56, 204:

    alter, uti dixit Isocrates in Ephoro et Theopompo, frenis eget, alter calcaribus,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

    non solum frenis sed etiam jugo accepto,

    Liv. 37, 36, 5:

    animum rege: qui nisi paret, Imperat: hunc frenis, hunc tu compesce catenā,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:

    jam vaga prosiliet frenis natura remotis,

    id. S. 2, 7, 74.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    ni frenum accipere et victi parere fatentur,

    Verg. A. 12, 568:

    voluptates tenere sub freno,

    Sen. Ep. 23 med.
    B.
    Poet., horse, steed, charger:

    eques aptus frenis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 19:

    portarumque moras frenis assultat et hastis,

    Stat. Th. 11, 243.—
    C.
    In gen.
    1.
    That which holds things together, a band (post-Aug. and rare):

    absiliunt pontes tectique trementis Saxea frena labant, etc.,

    the stone bands, ties, Stat. Th. 10, 880.—
    2.

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  • 56 frenum

    frēnum or fraenum, i, n., and more freq. (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 567; and v. infra), plur. heterocl. frēni, ōrum, m., and mostly poet. frēna, ōrum, n. [root dhar-; Sanscr. dhar-ā-mi, hold, support; Gr. thra-, in thrênus, thronos; Lat. frētus], a bridle, curb, bit (syn.: lupi, lupata).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Plur.:

    aurei freni,

    Curt. 4, 13 med.; so nom. freni, id. 7, 10 fin.; cf. under II.; acc. frena, Verg. A. 4, 135; 5, 818; Ov. M. 15, 519; id. Am. 3, 4, 16:

    non domito frenos ore momordit equus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 42; so,

    frenos: equus, equa, quae frenos recipere solet,

    Cic. Top. 8, 36; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 12; Verg. G. 3, 184; Liv. 1, 48, 6; Sen. Tranq. 15 fin. al.:

    moderarier hunc (equum) frenis,

    Lucr. 5, 1298; so,

    frenis,

    id. 5, 1317; Verg. A. 11, 719; 889; 12, 372; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; Ov. M. 5, 643; Liv. 1, 14 fin.:

    equum cogere frenos pati,

    Phaedr. 4, 3, 9:

    frenos et strata equorum Pelethronium (invenisse),

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202 et saep.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    frenumque (equus) recepit, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:

    non frenum depulit ore,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 38.—
    b.
    Prov.: frenum mordere, to take the bit in one's teeth, i. e. to offer opposition, to resist: si frenum momorderis peream, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 23, 2; cf.:

    sed ut mones, frenum momordi,

    Cic. ib. 11, 24, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Like our terms bridle and curb, i. q. means of guiding or governing, restraint, check, limit.
    (α).
    Plur.:

    rerum freni,

    the reins of dominion, Sil. 1, 240:

    freni sunt injecti vobis, Quirites, nullo modo perpetiendi: alligati et constricti estis amaro vinculo servitutis,

    Val. Max. 2, 9, 5; cf.:

    freni domitarum gentium,

    Curt. 7, 10 fin.:

    ne Lycurgi quidem disciplina tenuit illos in hominibus Graecis frenos,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33:

    ut Isocratem in acerrimo ingenio Theopompi et lenissimo Ephori dixisse traditum est, alteri se calcaria adhibere, alteri frenos,

    id. Brut. 56, 204:

    Mutinam illi exsultanti tamquam frenos furoris injecit,

    id. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

    date frenos impotenti naturae et indomito animali,

    give the reins to, allow full scope to, Liv. 34, 2, 13; so,

    frenos furentibus ira Laxat,

    Luc. 7, 125:

    impone felicitati tuae frenos,

    put on, Curt. 7, 8 fin.:

    imperii frena tenere sui,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 42:

    frena imperii moderari,

    id. P. 2, 9, 33:

    capere,

    id. ib. 4, 13, 27:

    frena licentiae inicere,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 10:

    pone irae frena modumque, Pone et avaritiae,

    Juv. 8, 88:

    subiit leges et frena momordit Ille solutus amor,

    i. e. submitted to, Stat. S. 1, 2, 28:

    quod dicebat Isocrates, se calcaribus in Ephoro, contra autem in Theopompo frenis uti solere,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36; Quint. 2, 8, 11; cf. above the passage Cic. Brut. 56, 204:

    alter, uti dixit Isocrates in Ephoro et Theopompo, frenis eget, alter calcaribus,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

    non solum frenis sed etiam jugo accepto,

    Liv. 37, 36, 5:

    animum rege: qui nisi paret, Imperat: hunc frenis, hunc tu compesce catenā,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:

    jam vaga prosiliet frenis natura remotis,

    id. S. 2, 7, 74.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    ni frenum accipere et victi parere fatentur,

    Verg. A. 12, 568:

    voluptates tenere sub freno,

    Sen. Ep. 23 med.
    B.
    Poet., horse, steed, charger:

    eques aptus frenis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 19:

    portarumque moras frenis assultat et hastis,

    Stat. Th. 11, 243.—
    C.
    In gen.
    1.
    That which holds things together, a band (post-Aug. and rare):

    absiliunt pontes tectique trementis Saxea frena labant, etc.,

    the stone bands, ties, Stat. Th. 10, 880.—
    2.

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  • 57 index

    index, dĭcis, com. [1. indico], he who ( that which) points out, a pointer, indicator (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of things.
    1.
    Of the forefinger, index-finger.
    (α).
    With digitus:

    indice monstraret digito,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 26; Isid. Orig. 11, 1, 70.—
    (β).
    Alone:

    sed plane pollex, non index,

    Cic. Att. 13, 46, 1. —
    2.
    In gen., an index, sign, mark, indication, proof:

    complexus, summae benevolentiae falsi indices in amore simulato,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    quia continetis vocem, indicem stultitiae vestrae,

    id. Rab. Perd. 6, 18: auctoris anulus index, Ov. P. 2, 10, 3:

    lacrimas paenitentiae indices profuderunt,

    Curt. 5, 10, 13:

    herbae horarum indices heliotropium ac lupinum,

    Plin. 18, 27, 67, § 252:

    imago animi vultus, indices oculi,

    Cic. Or. 18, 60:

    Janum indicem pacis bellique fecit,

    Liv. 1, 19, 2.—
    B.
    Of persons.
    1.
    In gen., one who indicates or discloses, a discoverer, director, guide, informer, discloser, witness:

    haec omnia indices detulerunt, rei confessi sunt,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 5:

    Sestius ab indice Cn. Nerio de ambitu est postulatus,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5; id. Clu. 7, 21:

    immittere ad rei probationem,

    Just. 32, 2 fin.:

    idem et testis,

    Tac. A. 4, 28.—
    2.
    Esp., in a bad sense, an informer, betrayer, spy:

    Catilinam vallatum indicibus atque sicariis,

    Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

    saeptus armatis indicibus,

    id. Sest. 44, 95; id. Vat. 10, 24.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of books.
    1.
    A title, superscription:

    deceptus indicibus librorum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

    alteri (libello) Gladius, alteri Pugio index erat,

    Suet. Cal. 49:

    index orationis P. Scipionis nomen M. Naevii habet,

    Liv. 38, 56. —
    2.
    An index, catalogue, table, list, summary:

    ut non indicem certe ex bibliotheca sumptum transferre in libros suos possit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 57:

    philosophorum,

    Sen. Ep. 39, 2; cf. Gell. 3, 3, 1:

    hactenus omnia jura quasi per indicem tetigisse satis est,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 54:

    quasi per indicem rem exponere,

    id. ib. 4, 15:

    fungar indicis partibus,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 2.—
    B.
    Of paintings or statues, an inscription:

    nec quaeris, quid quaque index sub imagine dicat,

    Tib. 4, 1, 30:

    tabula in aedem Matris Matutae cum indice hoc posita est, etc.,

    Liv. 41, 28, 8.—
    C.
    Of a touchstone:

    in durum silicem, qui nunc quoque dicitur Index,

    Ov. M. 2, 706.

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  • 58 Largus

    1.
    largus, a, um, adj. [perh. for lasgus; Sanscr. root lash, desire; Gr. la- in lilaiomai, lêma; cf. Lat. lascivus], abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much.
    I.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    pabula,

    abundant, Lucr. 5, 869:

    haustus,

    id. 1, 412:

    semen,

    id. 4, 1238:

    imbres,

    id. 1, 282; cf.:

    undae fluminis,

    id. 1, 1031:

    lux,

    id. 2, 806; cf.:

    (sol) cum terras larga luce compleverit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    odores,

    Ov. M. 4, 758:

    aër,

    Lucr. 4, 894 — Comp.:

    largior ignis,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 44:

    largiore vino usus,

    Liv. 40, 14:

    largiora stipendia,

    Tac. A. 1, 31:

    nec potentem amicum Largiora flagito,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 13.— Sup.:

    munus largissimum edere,

    Suet. Tit. 7 fin.:

    vena largissima ferri,

    Plin. 34, 14, 43, § 149.—
    (β).
    With gen., abounding in any thing:

    largus lacrumarum,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 30:

    opum,

    Verg. A. 11, 338: fons largus aquae, Luc. 9, 608:

    comae,

    Sil. 7, 601:

    rapinae,

    id. 8, 250.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    audin' hunc, opera ut largus est nocturna?

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 8:

    folia larga suco,

    Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161.—
    II.
    In partic., giving abundantly or much, bountiful, profuse, liberal:

    justus, injustus: malignus, largus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17:

    duo sunt genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55:

    largissimus esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118:

    largus et exundans ingenii fons,

    Juv. 10, 119:

    largus animo,

    of a generous disposition, Tac. H. 2, 59:

    promissis,

    liberal in promises, Tac. H. 3, 58:

    natura,

    Juv. 10, 301.— Comp.:

    Quid ego concesso pedibus, linguā largior?

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 24. — Poet.:

    largus animae,

    prodigal of life, Stat. Th. 3, 603.—With inf.:

    spes donare novas largus,

    Hor. C. 4, 12, 19.—Hence, adv. in three forms.
    A.
    largē (class.), abundantly, plentifully, bountifully, liberally:

    large blandus,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

    large dare,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 10:

    large effuseque donare,

    id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

    large et copiose aliquid comparare,

    id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

    munifice et large dari,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 69:

    large atque honorifice promittere,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44:

    large liberaliterque aestimare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 88, § 204:

    ministrare libertatem alicui,

    id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

    senatus consultum large factum,

    Tac. A. 6, 15:

    large florescens,

    Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:

    large frequentantibus (locum),

    in great numbers, id. 5, 17, 15, § 73:

    large amplecti,

    widely, id. 2, 11, 8, § 50; 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Comp.:

    dare largius,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 48:

    ne potum largius aequo Rideat,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215.— Sup.:

    copia quam largissime facta,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 158 Zumpt N. cr. (Klotz, largissima), Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—
    B.
    largĭter, largely, in abundance, plentifully, much; greatly, far (rare in class. prose;

    not used by Cic.),

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 11:

    peccavisti largiter,

    id. Most. 2, 2, 9; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 49: apud finitimas civitates largiter posse, to have great weight or influence, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    distare,

    Lucr. 6, 1112:

    auferre,

    id. 6, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 132:

    discrepare,

    Vitr. 6, 1, 8:

    largius a prisca consuetudine movere,

    Varr. L. L. 10, p. 583.—
    (β).
    Substantively, with gen. (anteand post-class.):

    credo, illic inesse auri et argenti largiter,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 144; cf.:

    largiter mercedis indipiscar,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 28. —
    * C.
    largĭtus, copiously: quid lacrimas largitus? Afran. ap. Non. 514, 31 (Com. Fragm. v. 212 Rib.).
    2.
    Largus, i, m., a Roman surname, esp. in the gens Scribonia, Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 1; id. de Or. 2, 59, 240:

    P. Largus Caecina,

    Tac. A. 11, 33.—Hence,
    II.
    Largĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Largus, Largian:

    senatusconsultum,

    Just. Inst. 3, 7 fin.

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  • 59 largus

    1.
    largus, a, um, adj. [perh. for lasgus; Sanscr. root lash, desire; Gr. la- in lilaiomai, lêma; cf. Lat. lascivus], abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much.
    I.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    pabula,

    abundant, Lucr. 5, 869:

    haustus,

    id. 1, 412:

    semen,

    id. 4, 1238:

    imbres,

    id. 1, 282; cf.:

    undae fluminis,

    id. 1, 1031:

    lux,

    id. 2, 806; cf.:

    (sol) cum terras larga luce compleverit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    odores,

    Ov. M. 4, 758:

    aër,

    Lucr. 4, 894 — Comp.:

    largior ignis,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 44:

    largiore vino usus,

    Liv. 40, 14:

    largiora stipendia,

    Tac. A. 1, 31:

    nec potentem amicum Largiora flagito,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 13.— Sup.:

    munus largissimum edere,

    Suet. Tit. 7 fin.:

    vena largissima ferri,

    Plin. 34, 14, 43, § 149.—
    (β).
    With gen., abounding in any thing:

    largus lacrumarum,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 30:

    opum,

    Verg. A. 11, 338: fons largus aquae, Luc. 9, 608:

    comae,

    Sil. 7, 601:

    rapinae,

    id. 8, 250.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    audin' hunc, opera ut largus est nocturna?

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 8:

    folia larga suco,

    Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161.—
    II.
    In partic., giving abundantly or much, bountiful, profuse, liberal:

    justus, injustus: malignus, largus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17:

    duo sunt genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55:

    largissimus esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118:

    largus et exundans ingenii fons,

    Juv. 10, 119:

    largus animo,

    of a generous disposition, Tac. H. 2, 59:

    promissis,

    liberal in promises, Tac. H. 3, 58:

    natura,

    Juv. 10, 301.— Comp.:

    Quid ego concesso pedibus, linguā largior?

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 24. — Poet.:

    largus animae,

    prodigal of life, Stat. Th. 3, 603.—With inf.:

    spes donare novas largus,

    Hor. C. 4, 12, 19.—Hence, adv. in three forms.
    A.
    largē (class.), abundantly, plentifully, bountifully, liberally:

    large blandus,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

    large dare,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 10:

    large effuseque donare,

    id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

    large et copiose aliquid comparare,

    id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

    munifice et large dari,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 69:

    large atque honorifice promittere,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44:

    large liberaliterque aestimare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 88, § 204:

    ministrare libertatem alicui,

    id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

    senatus consultum large factum,

    Tac. A. 6, 15:

    large florescens,

    Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:

    large frequentantibus (locum),

    in great numbers, id. 5, 17, 15, § 73:

    large amplecti,

    widely, id. 2, 11, 8, § 50; 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Comp.:

    dare largius,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 48:

    ne potum largius aequo Rideat,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215.— Sup.:

    copia quam largissime facta,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 158 Zumpt N. cr. (Klotz, largissima), Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—
    B.
    largĭter, largely, in abundance, plentifully, much; greatly, far (rare in class. prose;

    not used by Cic.),

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 11:

    peccavisti largiter,

    id. Most. 2, 2, 9; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 49: apud finitimas civitates largiter posse, to have great weight or influence, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    distare,

    Lucr. 6, 1112:

    auferre,

    id. 6, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 132:

    discrepare,

    Vitr. 6, 1, 8:

    largius a prisca consuetudine movere,

    Varr. L. L. 10, p. 583.—
    (β).
    Substantively, with gen. (anteand post-class.):

    credo, illic inesse auri et argenti largiter,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 144; cf.:

    largiter mercedis indipiscar,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 28. —
    * C.
    largĭtus, copiously: quid lacrimas largitus? Afran. ap. Non. 514, 31 (Com. Fragm. v. 212 Rib.).
    2.
    Largus, i, m., a Roman surname, esp. in the gens Scribonia, Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 1; id. de Or. 2, 59, 240:

    P. Largus Caecina,

    Tac. A. 11, 33.—Hence,
    II.
    Largĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Largus, Largian:

    senatusconsultum,

    Just. Inst. 3, 7 fin.

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  • 60 latrocinanter

    lā̆trōcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [2. latro].
    I.
    To perform military service for pay, to be a hired soldier (ante-class.):

    ibit aliquo Latrocinatum,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 198; id. Mil. 2, 6, 19: qui regi latrocinatus decem annos Demetrio, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 52 Müll.—
    II.
    To practise freebooting, robbery, or highway-robbery, to rob on the highway:

    Catilina latrocinantem se interfici mallet, quam exsulem vivere,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 7 fin.:

    ubi impune sui posteri latrocinarentur,

    id. Mil. 7, 17:

    vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 15.— To commit piracy:

    maritimi, alteri mercandi causa, alteri latrocinandi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9.—
    B.
    Transf.
    * 1.
    Of a fish preying upon others, to hunt, seize:

    pastinaca latrocinatur ex occulto,

    Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 144.—
    * 2.
    Of a physician who dissects a body:

    mortui praecordia et viscus omne in conspectum,

    Cels. 1 praef. —Hence. lā̆trōcĭnanter, adv., like a robber, Aug. Ep. 35, 3.

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