an address to the Deity

ōrātĭo, ōnis, f. [oro], a speaking, speech, discourse, language

In gen., the connection of words to express thought:

non est autem in verbo modus hic, sed in oratione, id est, in continuatione verborum,

Cic. 3, 42, 167.

Speech, the power or faculty of speech, the habit or use of language:

quae (ferae) sunt rationis et orationis expertes,

Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50:

natura vi rationis hominem conciliat homini et ad orationis et ad vitae societatem,

id. ib. 1, 4, 12.—

Speech, language, utterance; opp. to fact, action, etc.:

lenitudo orationis, mollitudo corporis,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

idque videns Epicurus re tollit, oratione relinquit deos,

id. N. D. 1, 44, 123:

qui sunt leves locutores... eorum orationem bene existimatum est in ore nasci, non in pectore,

Gell. 1, 15, 1:

nam quid te igitur rettulit beneficum esse oratione, si ad rem auxilium emortuum est,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 19:

ut in vitā, sic in oratione, nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre,

Cic. Or. 21, 70: qualis homo ipse esset, talem ejus esse orationem;

orationi autem facta similia, factis vitam,

id. Tusc. 5, 16, 47:

partes igitur orationis secundum dialecticos duae, nomen et verbum,

parts of speech, Prisc. 2, 4, 15.—

Hence, a mode of speaking; a kind, manner, style of speech; language:

quin tu istanc orationem hinc veterem atque antiquam amoves. Nam proletario sermone nunc utere,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 155: nam opulenti cum loquuntur pariter atque ignobiles, eadem dicta eademque oratio aequa non aeque valet, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3: quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, id. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

aliam nunc mihi orationem despoliato praedicas,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 52: Creta est profecto horum hominum oratio, quam orationem [p. 1275] hanc aures dulce devorant, id. Poen. 5, 2, 9:

(Andria et Perinthia) non ita sunt dissimili argumento, sed tamen Dissimili oratione,

Ter. And. prol. 11.—Esp. (in gram.): oratio obliqua, indirect speech, the use of dependent clauses in citing the language of others:

quam (orationem) obliquam Pompeius Trogus exposuit (opp. to conciones directae),

Just. 38, 3, 11.—Hence,

Mode of speech, language, use of language, style:

mollis est enim oratio philosophorum,

Cic. Or. 19, 64:

(fabulae) tenui oratione et scripturā levi,

Ter. Phorm. prol. 5:

ut Stoicorum est astrictior oratio aliquantoque contractior, quam aures populi requirunt, sic illorum (Peripateticorum) liberior et latior, quam patitur consuetudo judiciorum et fori,

Cic. Brut. 31, 120:

orationem Latinam efficies profecto legendis nostris pleniorem,

id. Off. 1, 1, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 1.—

Esp., the language of any people or nation:

Timaeus in historiis quas oratione Graecā composuit,

Gell. 11, 1, 1:

semper cum Graecis Latina (exempla) conjunxi... ut par sis in utriusque orationis facultate,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1.—

In partic., formal language, artificial discourse, set speech (opp. to sermo, ordinary speech, conversational language):

mollis est oratio philosophorum et umbratilis, nec verbis instructa popularibus nec vincta numeris, sed soluta liberius: itaque sermo potiusquam oratio dicitur. Quamquam enim omnis locutio oratio est, tamen unius oratoris locutio hoc proprio dignata nomine est,

Cic. Or. 19, 64; cf.:

et quoniam magna vis orationis est eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis, contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum, contionum, senatus, sermo in circulis, disputationibus, congressionibus familiarium versetur, sequatur etiam convivia,

id. Off. 1, 37, 132.—Hence,

A set speech, harangue, discourse, oration:

(oratio) ut gravis, ut suavis, ut erudita sit, ut liberalis, ut polita, ut sensus, ut doloris habeat quantum opus sit, non est singulorum articulorum: in toto spectantur haec corpore, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96; cf.

the context: illam orationem disertam sibi et oratoriam videri, fortem et virilem non videri,

id. ib. 1, 54, 231:

hanc habere orationem mecum principio institit,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 21:

pleraeque scribuntur orationes habitae jam, non ut habeantur,

Cic. Brut. 24, 91:

non est haec oratio habenda apud imperitam multitudinem,

id. Mur. 29, 61:

ignarus faciundae ac poliendae orationis,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 63:

in orationibus hisce ipsis judiciorum, contionum, senatus,

id. ib. 1, 16, 73:

quanta illa, di immortales, fuit gravitas, quanta in oratione majestas! sed adfuistis, et est in manibus oratio,

id. Lael. 25, 96:

qui orationem adversus rem publicam habuissent, eorum bona in publicum adducebat,

Caes. B. C. 2, 18, 5:

ab adulescentiā confecit orationes,

Nep. Cat. 3, 3:

Catonis aliae acerbae orationes extant, etc.,

Liv. 39, 42, 6:

oratio plebi acceptior,

id. 3, 69:

accurata et polita,

Cic. Brut. 95, 326:

longa,

Liv. 34, 5:

acris et vehemens,

Quint. 5, 13, 25:

admirabilis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 94:

angusta et concisa, opp. collata et diffusa,

id. Or. 56, 187:

aspera, tristis, horrida, neque perfecta neque conclusa, opp. laevis et structa et terminata,

id. ib. 5, 20:

circumcisa et brevis,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4:

rotunda et undique circumcisa,

Quint. 8, 5, 27:

cohaerens,

Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 173:

concinna,

id. ib. 3, 25, 98:

stabilis, opp. volubilis,

id. Or. 56, 187.—

Transf.

The power of oratory, eloquence:

tantam vim habet illa, quae recte a bono poëtā dicta est, flexamina atque omnium regina rerum oratio, ut non modo inclinantem excipere aut stantem inclinare, sed etiam adversantem ac repugnantem ut imperator fortis ac bonus capere possit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187:

satis in eo fuisse orationis atque ingenii,

id. Brut. 45, 165:

non enim verendum est ne te in tam bonā causā deficiat oratio,

Lact. 2, 3.—

Prose (opp. to poetry):

et in poëmatis et in oratione,

Cic. Or. 21, 70.—

(In gram.) A sentence, a clause expressing a complete sense:

oratio est ordinatio dictionum congrua sententiam perfectam demonstrans,

Prisc. 2, 4, 15:

oratio dicitur liber rhetoricus, necnon unaquaeque dictio hoc saepe nomine nuncupatur cum plenam ostendit sententiam,

id. ib.: defectio litterae, et syllabae, et dictionis, et orationis, id. 17, 1, 5.—

(Under the empire.) An imperial message, rescript:

orationes ad senatum missae,

Suet. Ner. 15:

oratio principis per quaestorem ejus audita est,

Tac. A. 16, 27:

orationesque in senatu recitaret etiam quaestoris vice,

Suet. Tit. 6; cf. id. Aug. 65.—

A prayer, an address to the Deity (eccl. Lat.):

respice ad orationem servi tui,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 8, 28:

per orationes Dominum rogantes,

id. 2 Macc. 10, 16:

pernoctans in oratione Dei,

id. Luc. 6, 12.—Also absol., prayer, the habit or practice of prayer:

perseverantes in oratione,

Vulg. Act. 1, 14:

orationi instate,

id. Col. 4, 2; cf. Gell. 13, 22, 1.

prae-for, fātus, 1 (old imper. praefato, Cato, R. R. 134. 1:

praefamino,

id. ib. 141, 2; cf. Müll. ad Fest. p. 87, 10), v. dep. n. and a.

In gen., to say or utter beforehand, to premise, preface:

in parte operis mei licet mihi praefari, quod, etc.,

Liv. 21, 1, 1; Col. 10, praef. 5; 12, 50, 7; Cels. 3, 1: praefatus, de summā se republicā acturum, having first announced by edict that, etc., Suet. Caes. 28:

quae de deorum naturā praefati sumus, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 10 fin.:

cum praefatus fuero, quae, etc.,

Col. 1 prooem. fin.; Gell. 9, 15, 4:

sibi Asiam sufficere praefatus,

Just. 11, 5, 5:

arcana se et silenda afferre praefatus,

Curt. 6, 7, 3:

is cum praefatus esset, scire, etc.,

id. 7, 4, 9; Liv. 43, 7, 7.—

Esp.

In a relig. sense, to utter a preliminary prayer, to address in prayer beforehand:

majores nostri omnibus rebus agendis Quod bonum, faustum, felix fortunatumque esset, praefabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102:

pontifice maximo praefante carmen,

Liv. 5, 41, 3: decemviri carminibus (abl.) praefarentur, should say beforehand ( = praeirent), id. 22, 1, 16 (v. Weissenb. ad h. l.): priusquam hasce fruges condantur... ture, vino Jano, Jovi, Junoni praefato, offering wine and incense, say a prayer to Janus, etc., Cato, R. R. 134, 1.—With the obj.-acc. of the deity:

Janum Jovemque vino praefamino,

id. ib. 141, 2:

divos,

Verg. A. 11, 301.—

Si dicimus, Ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur:

sin de Aureliā aliquid aut Lolliā, honos praefandus est,

we do not preface it by saying, with permission, with respect be it spoken, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4:

veniam,

to ask leave before speaking, App. M. 1 init.; id. Flor. init. —

To name or cite beforehand: Aristoteles, quem in iis magnā secuturus ex parte praefandum reor, to mention or name as an authority in advance, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43.—

To foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare), Cat. 64, 383.—Hence,

praefātus, a, um, in pass. signif., mentioned or stated before (post-class.):

condemnatus ex praefatis causis,

Dig. 20, 4, 12:

jura,

ib. 10, 3, 19: sic etiam nostro praefatus habebere libro, named at the beginning, Aus. praef. 2 fin.:

sine honoribus praefatis appellare aliquid,

without saying, By your leave, Arn. 5, 176:

vir praefatā reverentiā nominandus,

Vop. Aur. 1.—Hence, subst.: praefātum, i, n., for praefatio, a preface:

praefato opus est,

Symm. Ep. 6, 3.—

praefandus, a, um, P. a., for which must be asked permission or indulgence; that requires apology:

praefandi umoris e corpore effluvium,

Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171.—Hence, subst.: praefanda, ōrum, n., foul expressions:

in praefanda videmur incidere,

Quint. 8, 3, 45.

prae-for, fātus, 1 (old imper. praefato, Cato, R. R. 134. 1:

praefamino,

id. ib. 141, 2; cf. Müll. ad Fest. p. 87, 10), v. dep. n. and a.

In gen., to say or utter beforehand, to premise, preface:

in parte operis mei licet mihi praefari, quod, etc.,

Liv. 21, 1, 1; Col. 10, praef. 5; 12, 50, 7; Cels. 3, 1: praefatus, de summā se republicā acturum, having first announced by edict that, etc., Suet. Caes. 28:

quae de deorum naturā praefati sumus, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 10 fin.:

cum praefatus fuero, quae, etc.,

Col. 1 prooem. fin.; Gell. 9, 15, 4:

sibi Asiam sufficere praefatus,

Just. 11, 5, 5:

arcana se et silenda afferre praefatus,

Curt. 6, 7, 3:

is cum praefatus esset, scire, etc.,

id. 7, 4, 9; Liv. 43, 7, 7.—

Esp.

In a relig. sense, to utter a preliminary prayer, to address in prayer beforehand:

majores nostri omnibus rebus agendis Quod bonum, faustum, felix fortunatumque esset, praefabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102:

pontifice maximo praefante carmen,

Liv. 5, 41, 3: decemviri carminibus (abl.) praefarentur, should say beforehand ( = praeirent), id. 22, 1, 16 (v. Weissenb. ad h. l.): priusquam hasce fruges condantur... ture, vino Jano, Jovi, Junoni praefato, offering wine and incense, say a prayer to Janus, etc., Cato, R. R. 134, 1.—With the obj.-acc. of the deity:

Janum Jovemque vino praefamino,

id. ib. 141, 2:

divos,

Verg. A. 11, 301.—

Si dicimus, Ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur:

sin de Aureliā aliquid aut Lolliā, honos praefandus est,

we do not preface it by saying, with permission, with respect be it spoken, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4:

veniam,

to ask leave before speaking, App. M. 1 init.; id. Flor. init. —

To name or cite beforehand: Aristoteles, quem in iis magnā secuturus ex parte praefandum reor, to mention or name as an authority in advance, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43.—

To foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare), Cat. 64, 383.—Hence,

praefātus, a, um, in pass. signif., mentioned or stated before (post-class.):

condemnatus ex praefatis causis,

Dig. 20, 4, 12:

jura,

ib. 10, 3, 19: sic etiam nostro praefatus habebere libro, named at the beginning, Aus. praef. 2 fin.:

sine honoribus praefatis appellare aliquid,

without saying, By your leave, Arn. 5, 176:

vir praefatā reverentiā nominandus,

Vop. Aur. 1.—Hence, subst.: praefātum, i, n., for praefatio, a preface:

praefato opus est,

Symm. Ep. 6, 3.—

praefandus, a, um, P. a., for which must be asked permission or indulgence; that requires apology:

praefandi umoris e corpore effluvium,

Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171.—Hence, subst.: praefanda, ōrum, n., foul expressions:

in praefanda videmur incidere,

Quint. 8, 3, 45.

ăd-ōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

In the earliest per., to speak to or accost one, to address; hence, also, to treat of or negotiate a matter with one:

adorare veteribus est alloqui,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 677:

immo cum gemitu populum sic adorat,

App. Met. 2, p. 127; 3, p. 130: adorare apud antiquos significabat agere: unde et legati oratores dicuntur, quia mandata populi agunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.; cf. oro and orator.— Hence, also, in judicial lang., to bring an accusation, to accuse; so in the Fragm. of the XII. Tab. lex viii.: SEI (Si) ADORAT FVRTO QVOD NEC MANIFESTVM ERIT, Fest. S. V. NEC, p. 162 Müll.—

In the class. per., to speak to one in order to obtain something of him; to ask or entreat one, esp. a deity, to pray earnestly, to beseech, supplicate, implore; constr. with acc., ut, or the simple subj.:

quos adorent, ad quos precentur et supplicent,

Liv. 38, 43:

affaturque deos et sanctum sidus adorat,

Verg. A. 2, 700:

in rupes, in saxa (volens vos Turnus adoro) Ferte ratem,

id. ib. 10, 677:

Junonis prece numen,

id. ib. 3, 437:

prece superos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 41:

non te per meritum adoro,

id. H. 10, 141.—With the thing asked for in the acc. (like rogo, peto, postulo):

cum hostiā caesā pacem deūm adorāsset,

Liv. 6, 12 Drak.—With ut:

adoravi deos, ut, etc.,

Liv. 7, 40; Juv. 3, 300:

adorati di, ut bene ac feliciter eveniret,

Liv. 21, 17:

Hanc ego, non ut me defendere temptet, adoro,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 55.—With the subj. without ut, poet.:

maneat sic semper adoro,

I pray, Prop. 1, 4, 27.—

Hence,

Dropping the idea of asking, entreating, to reverence, honor, adore, worship the gods or objects of nature regarded as gods; more emphatic than venerari, and denoting the highest degree of reverence (Gr. proskunein); the habitus adorantium was to put the right hand to the mouth and turn about the entire body to the right (dextratio, q. v.); cf. Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; Liv. 5, 21; App. M. 4, 28. —Constr. with acc., dat., with prepp. or absol.

With acc.:

Auctoremque viae Phoebum taciturnus adorat,

Ov. M. 3, 18:

Janus adorandus,

id. F. 3, 881:

in delubra non nisi adoraturus intras,

Plin. Pan. 52:

large deos adorare,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62:

nil praeter nubes et caeli numen adorat,

Juv. 14, 97:

adorare crocodilon,

id. 15, 2.—

In eccl. Lat. of the worship of the true God: adoravit Israel Deum,

Vulg. Gen. 47, 31:

Dominum Deum tuum adorabis,

ib. Matt. 4, 10:

Deum adora,

ib. Apoc. 22, 9;

so of Christ: videntes eum adoraverunt,

ib. Matt. 28, 17;

adorent eum omnes angeli Dei,

ib. Heb. 1, 6.—

With dat. (eccl.): adorato ( imperat.) Domino Deo tuo, Vulg. Deut. 26, 10:

nec adorabis deo alieno,

id. Ital. Ps. 80, 10 Mai (deum alienum, Vulg.):

qui adorant sculptibus,

ib. ib. 96, 7 Mai (sculptilia, Vulg.).—

With prepp. (eccl.):

si adoraveris coram me,

Vulg. Luc. 4, 7:

adorabunt in conspectu tuo,

ib. Apoc. 15, 4:

adorent ante pedes tuos,

ib. ib. 3, 9; 22, 8.—

Absol. (eccl.):

Patres nostri in hoc monte adoraverunt,

Vulg. Joan. 4, 20 bis.; ib. Act. 24, 11.—And,

The notion of religious regard being dropped, to reverence, admire, esteem highly:

adorare priscorum in inveniendo curam,

Plin. 27, 1, 1, § 1:

Ennium sicut sacros vetustate lucos adoremus,

Quint. 10, 1, 88:

veteris qui tollunt grandia templi pocula adorandae rubiginis,

Juv. 13, 148:

nec tu divinam Aeneida tenta, Sed longe sequere et vestigia semper adora,

Stat. Th. 12, 816.—

Under the emperors the Oriental custom being introduced of worshipping the Cæsars with divine ceremony, to worship, to reverence:

C. Caesarem adorari ut deum constituit, cum reversus ex Syria, non aliter adire ausus esset quam capite velato circumvertensque se, deinde procumbens,

Suet. Vit. 2; App. M. 4, 28; Min. Fel. 2, 5:

non salutari, sed adorari se jubet (Alexander),

Just. 12, 7:

adorare Caesarum imagines,

Suet. Calig. 14: coronam a judicibus ad se delatam adoravit, did obeisance before, id. Ner. 12:

adorare purpuram principis,

i. e. touched his purple robe and brought it to the mouth in reverence, Amm. 21, 9.—Of adulation to the rabble, to pay court to:

nec deerat Otho protendens manus, adorare volgum,

Tac. H. 1, 36.

; for in Arch. 11, 28, where adoravi was given by Mai in Fragm. p. 124, Halm reads adhortatus sum, and B. and K. adornavi.