an+accusation

in-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to write in or upon any thing, to inscribe (class.).

Lit.:

aliquid in basi tropaeorum,

Cic. Pis. 38, 92:

in statua inscripsit, Parenti optime merito,

id. Fam. 12, 3, 1:

nomen suum monumentis,

id. Har. Resp. 27:

ea inscribam brevi, quae, etc.,

id. Att. 4, 1, 4:

sit inscriptum in fronte unius cujusque civis, quid de re publica sentiat,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

orationes in animo,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 355:

ut, si quae essent incisae aut inscriptae litterae, tollerentur,

id. Dom. 53, 137:

senarioli in ejus monumento inscripti,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

in illis libellis,

id. Arch. 11, 26 B. and K. (Klotz omits in):

Pan... vix ulla inscribens terrae vestigia cornu,

Sil. 13, 328. — Pass. with Gr. acc.:

inscripti nomina regum flores,

Verg. E. 3, 106.—

Transf., to furnish with an inscription:

statuae, quas tu inscribi jussisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 167: aedes, to write on a house that it is for sale:

aedes venales hasce inscribit litteris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 131; cf.:

aedes mercede,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 92: librum, to inscribe, give a title to a book:

eos (libellos) rhetoricos inscribunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122: [p. 963] in eo libro, qui Oeconomicus inscribitur, is entitled, id. Off. 2, 24, 87:

inscripta lintea,

i. e. curtains used as signs, Juv. 8, 168. — Hence, subst.: inscriptum, i, n., an inscription, title: alia inscripta nimis lepida, Gell. praef. 3. —

Trop.

In g e n.:

vitiis suis sapientiam inscribit,

gives to his vices the name of wisdom, Sen. Vit. Beat. 12. —

In partic.

To ascribe, assign, attribute:

Epicurus, quia tantummodo induit personam philosophi, et sibi ipse hoc nomen inscripsit,

has assigned, appropriated to himself, Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 73:

deos sceleri,

to ascribe crimes to the gods, Ov. M. 15, 128:

mea dextera leto Inscribenda tuo est,

thy death is to be ascribed to my hand, id. ib. 10, 199.—

To make known, mark, as if by an inscription:

sua quemque deorum inscribit facies,

Ov. M. 6, 74:

versā pulvis inscribitur hastā,

Verg. A. 1, 478; cf.:

sua quemque deorum Inscribit facies,

makes known, characterizes, Ov. M. 6, 74.—

To brand, place a brand upon: vultus. Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21:

naufrago stigmata,

Sen. Ben. 4, 37, 3:

inscripta ergastula,

Juv. 14, 24.—

To subscribe an accusation (post-class.), Cod. 9, 35, 11.—

To write something over an old writing, so that the latter is no longer legible (post-class.):

de his, quae in testamento delentur, inducuntur, inscribuntur,

Dig. 28, 4.

intentĭo, ōnis, f. [intendo], a stretching out, straining, tension.

Lit.:

corporis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

nervorum,

Col. 6, 6:

vocis,

Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 53:

aëris,

Gell. 5, 16, 2:

intentionem aëris ostendent tibi inflata,... quid enim est vox nisi intentio aëris?

Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 3:

et remissio motus,

Gell. 18, 10:

vultus,

Tac. A. 16, 34.—

Increase, augmentation:

doloris,

Sen. Ep. 78, 7:

ve particula tum intentionem significat, tum minutionem,

Gell. 16, 5, 5.—

Trop., a directing of the mind towards any thing.

Exertion, effort:

animus intentione sua depellit pressum omnem ponderum, opp. remissio,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54:

animi,

id. ib. 2, 27, 65:

cogitationum,

id. ib. 4, 2; id. Inv. 2, 14, 46:

tantum curae intentionisque,

Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 5:

ut libertatem revoces,

id. Pan. 78 med.:

ad intentiones capiendas habiliores,

Gell. 15, 2, 5.—

Attention, application to any thing:

lusūs,

to play, Liv. 4, 17:

intentionem alicui accommodare,

Sen. Ep. 113, 3:

avocare ab intentione operis destinati,

Quint. 10, 3, 23:

rerum,

id. 6, 3, 1:

rei familiaris,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 2.—

A design, purpose, intention:

haec intentio tua ut libertatem revoces,

Plin. Pan. 78:

defuncti,

Dig. 34, 1, 10; Ambros. de Jos. Patriarch. 11, 52; Aug. c. Mendac. 18.—

A charge, accusation:

intentio adversariorum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 43, 125:

judiciale genus officiis constat duobus, intentionis ac depulsionis,

Quint. 3, 9, 11; 7, 1, 9.— Hence,

Esp., law t. t., that part of the formula or instruction given by the prætor to the court, setting forth the judgment or relief prayed for by a plaintiff in his complaint (cf. Sanders, Inst. of Just. introd. p. 65 sqq.):

intentio est ea pars formulae qua actor desiderium suum concludit,

Gai. Inst. 4, 41; 44 sq.;

53 sq.: cum petitor intentionem suam perdiderit,

Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6: quod intentionis vestrae proprias afferre debeatis probationes, Vet. Consult. 6, 14 Huschke.—

The first or major premise in a syllogism:

ita erit prima intentio, secunda assumptio, tertia conexio,

Quint. 5, 14, 6.

jactūra, ae, f. [jacto], a throwing, a throwing away.

Lit., a throwing overboard:

si in mari jactura facienda sit, equine pretiosi potius jacturam faciat, an servuli vilis?

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89:

gubernator, ubi naufragium timet, jactura, quidquid servari potest, redimit,

Curt. 5, 9, 3; Dig. 14, 2, 2, § 2.—

Transf.

Loss, damage, detriment:

si nullam praeterquam vitae jacturam fieri viderem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

rei familiaris,

id. ib. 7, 64:

si qua jactura facienda sit in repraesentando,

Cic. Att. 12, 29, 2; cf.:

jacturae rei familiaris erunt faciendae,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

jacturas afferre,

Col. 1, 1:

jacturam pati, id. praef. l. l.: sarcinarum potius quam disciplinae facere,

Curt. 6, 6, 17:

fuit ordinis retinendi causa facienda jactura,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8:

jacturam gravissimam feci, si jactura dicenda est tanti viri amissio,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 1.—Of men:

seniorum,

Liv. 5, 39:

equitum,

id. 22, 8; Curt. 4, 14, 17:

suorum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

sepulcri,

want of, Verg. A. 2, 646.—

Expense, cost:

provincia sumptibus et jacturis exhausta,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; 3, 29:

non magnā jacturā factā,

id. Clu. 8, 23:

magnis jacturis sibi quorundam animos conciliare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 29:

eos ad se magnis jacturis pollicitationibusque perduxerant,

id. B. G. 6, 12, 1.—

A dismissal, turning away:

clientis,

Juv. 3, 125.—

Trop., loss or diminution:

concedam hoc ipsum, si vis, etsi magnam jacturam causae fecero,

Cic. Div. 2, 15, 34:

dignitatis jacturam facere,

id. Planc. 2, 6:

jacturam criminum facere,

i. e. to omit in the accusation, id. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33:

jacturam honoris et dignitatis facere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 32:

temporis,

Liv. 39, 4:

parvā jacturā acceptā,

id. 4, 32:

nulla Sophocleo veniet jactura cothurno,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 15; id. A. A. 2, 253:

humani generis,

id. M. 1, 246:

famae,

Juv. 6, 91.

jūdĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [judico].

A judging, investigating (class.):

longi subsellii,

Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 2;

hence,

an inquiry into an accusation, a judicial examination of a cause, id. Inv. 1, 13, 18:

consilium est ratio quaedam habens in se et inventionem et judicationem,

Quint. 6, 5, 3.—

In gen., a judgment, opinion, Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26:

arbitralis,

Macr. S. 7, 1, 7:

poetarum et carminum,

a critical estimate, Mart. Cap. 4, § 338.

călumnĭa (old form kălumnĭa; v. the letter K), ae, f. [perh. for calvomnia, from calvor; cf. incīlo], trickery, artifice, chicanery, cunning device.

Lit.

In gen.:

per obtrectatores Lentuli calumniā extracta res est,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 3:

(Lucullus) inimicorum calumniā triennio tardius quam debuerat triumphavit,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:

inpediti ne triumpharent calumniā paucorum, quibus omnia honesta atque inhonesta vendere mos erat,

Sall. C. 30, 4:

Metellus calumniā dicendi tempus exemit,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:

cum omni morā, ludificatione, calumniā senatūs auctoritas impediretur,

id. Sest. 35, 75.— Plur.:

res ab adversariis nostris extracta est variis calumniis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 4, 1.—

In partic.

A pretence, evasion, subterfuge:

juris judicium cum erit et aequitatis, cave in istā tam frigidā, tam jejunā calumniā delitescas,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 61:

senatus religionis calumniam non religione, sed malevolentiā... comprobat,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

Carneades... itaque premebat alio modo nec ullam adhibebat calumniam,

id. Fat. 14, 31:

calumniam stultitiamque ejus obtrivit ac contudit,

id. Caecin. 7, 18:

illud in primis, ne qua calumnia, ne qua fraus, ne quis dolus adhibeatur,

id. Dom. 14, 36:

quae major calumnia est, quam venire imberbum adulescentulum... dicere se filium senatorem sibi velle adoptare?

id. ib. 14, 37.—

In discourse, etc., a misrepresentation, false statement, fallacy, cavil (cf.:

cavillatio, perfugium): haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius, facilius effugiunt Academicorum calumniam,

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

(Carneades) saepe optimas causas ingenii calumniā ludificari solet,

id. Rep. 3, 5, 9:

nec Arcesilae calumnia conferenda est cum Democriti verecundiā,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

si in minimis rebus pertinacia reprehenditur, calumnia etiam coërcetur,

id. ib. 2, 20, 65:

altera est calumnia, nullam artem falsis adsentiri opinionibus,

Quint. 2, 17, 18:

si quis tamen... ad necessaria aliquid melius adjecerit, non erit hac calumniā reprendendus,

id. 12, 10, 43.—

A false accusation, malicious charge, esp. a false or malicious information, or action at law, a perversion of justice ( = sukophantia):

jam de deorum inmortalium templis spoliatis qualem calumniam ad pontifices adtulerit?

false report, Liv. 39, 4, 11:

Scythae... cum confecto jam bello supervenissent, et calumniā tardius lati auxilii, mercede fraudarentur,

an unjust charge, Just. 42, 1, 2:

quamquam illa fuit ad calumniam singulari consilio reperta ratio... Quae res cum ad pactiones iniquissimas magnam vim habuit, tum vero ad calumnias in quas omnes inciderent, quos vellent Apronius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

causam calumniae reperire,

id. ib. 2, 2, 8, §

21: (Heraclius), a quo HS. C. milia per calumniam malitiamque petita sunt,

id. ib. 2, 2, 27, §

66: mirari improbitatem calumniae,

id. ib. 2, 2, 15, §

37: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumniā quādam et nimis callidā juris interpretatione,

id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

iste amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 61:

quem iste in decumis, in rebus capitalibus, in omni calumniā praecursorem habere solebat et emissarium,

id. ib. 2, 5, 41, § 108; 2, 2, 9, §

25: ad rapinas convertit animum, vario et exquisitissimo calumniarum et auctionum et vectigalium genere,

Suet. Calig. 38 init.; cf.

the context: calumniā litium alienos fundos petere,

Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

adeo illis odium Romanorum incussit rapacitas proconsulum, sectio publicanorum, calumniae litium,

Just. 38, 7, 8:

calumniarum metum inicere alicui,

Suet. Caes. 20:

principes confiscatos ob tam leve ac tam inpudens calumniarum genus, ut, etc.,

id. Tib. 49:

calumniis rapinisque intendit animum,

id. Ner. 32:

creditorum turbam... nonnisi terrore calumniarum amovit,

id. Vit. 7:

fiscales calumnias magna calumniantium repressit,

id. Dom. 9 fin. — Plur.:

istae calumniae,

App. Mag. 1, p. 273, 9; cf.:

calumnia magiae,

id. ib. 2, p. 274, 10.—

Hence, jurid. t. t., the bringing of an action, whether civil or criminal, in bad faith:

actoris calumnia quoque coërcetur,

litigiousness on the part of the plaintiff, Just. Inst. 4, 16, 1 Sandars ad loc.; Gai Inst. 4, 174: vetus calumniae actio, a prosecution for blackmail or malicious prosecution, id. ib.: calumniam jurare, to take the oath that the action is brought or defence offered in good faith, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 3: sei juraverit calumniae causā non postulare, Lex Acil. Repetund. 19; Dig. 39, 2, 7; cf.: praeter jusjurandum exigere non calumniae causā infitias ire, Gai Inst. 4, 172:

jusjurandum exigere non calumniae causā agere,

id. ib. 4, 176.—Hence:

nec satis habere bello vicisse Hannibalem, nisi velut accusatores calumniam in eum jurarent ac nomen deferrent,

Liv. 33, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc; so,

de calumniā jurare,

Dig. 39, 2, 13, § 3: jusjurandum de calumniā, Gai Inst. 4, 179; Dig. 12, 3, 34 al.: et quidem calumniae judicium adversus omnes actiones locum habet, a conviction in a cross-action for malicious prosecution, Gai Inst. 4, 175:

turpissimam personam calumniae honestae civitati inponere,

to fasten the vile character of a malicious prosecutor upon, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 43:

sine ignominiā calumniae accusationem relinquere non posse,

id. Clu. 31, 86.— The person convicted of this charge was branded on the forehead with the letter K; v. calumniator.—

Transf., a conviction for malicious prosecution ( = calumniae judicium, v. I. A. 4. supra):

hic illo privato judicio, mihi credite, calumniam non effugiet,

Cic. Clu. 59, 163: scito C. Sempronium Rufum, mel ac delicias tuas, calumniam maximo plausu tulisse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1:

accusare alienae dominationis scelerisque socius propter calumniae metum non est ausus,

Cic. Dom. 19, 49:

perinde poenā teneri ac si publico judicio calumniae condemnatus,

Tac. A. 14, 41:

calumniam fictis eludere jocis,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 37.—

Trop.

Of abstr. things: in hac igitur calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento, cum plurima ad alieni sensūs conjecturam, non ad suum judicium scribantur, i. e. when the writer ' s mind is made the fool of his fears, Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4. —

Contra se, a mistaken severity towards one ' s self:

inveni qui Ciceroni crederent, eum (Calvum) nimiā contra se calumniā verum sanguinem perdidisse,

Quint. 10, 1, 115 (referring to Cic. Brut. 82, 283: nimium inquirens in se atque ipse sese observans, metuensque ne vitiosum colligeret, etiam verum sanguinem deperdebat).

līs, lītis (old form stlis, stlitis, like stlocus for locus; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 16), f. [root star-, in sterno; cf. Germ. streiten, to contend], a strife, dispute, quarrel.

In gen.:

si quis pugnam expectat, litis contrahat,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 63:

philosophi aetatem in litibus conterunt,

Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:

grammatici certant et adhuc sub judice lis est,

Hor. A. P. 78:

morsus litibus alternis dati,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 39:

semper habet lites alternaque jurgia lectus In quo nupta jacet,

Juv. 6, 268.— Transf., of inanimate things:

lis est cum formā magna pudicitiae,

Ov. H. 16, 288; id. F. 1, 107.—

In partic.

A charge, an accusation:

accipito hanc tute ad te litem... Fac ego ne metuam mihi, atque ut tu meam timeas vicem,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 23. —

A lawsuit, an action or process at law:

nam mihi tris hodie litis judicandas dicito,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 10: hodie juris coctiores [p. 1071] non sunt, qui litis creant, Quam sunt hice, qui, si nihil est litium, litis serunt, id. Poen. 3, 2, 9 sq.; Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 109:

repetere ac persequi lite atque judicio aliquid,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 13, § 32:

litem alicui intendere,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

in inferendis litibus,

id. Rab. Post. 4, 10:

contestari,

id. Att. 16, 15, 2:

obtinere aut amittere,

id. Rosc. Com. 4, 10:

orare,

id. Off. 3. 10, 43:

sedare,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132:

secare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42:

perdere,

Gai. Inst. 4, 30:

in litibus aestimandis,

in suits for damages, Cic. Clu. 41, 116; id. Rab. Post. 4, 9:

lis capitis,

a prosecution involving life, a capital charge, id. Clu. 41, 116:

aestimationem litium non esse judicium,

an appraisal of damages, id. ib.; cf. id. Rab. Post. 5, 11:

cum in eum litis aestimares,

id. ib. 5, 12:

quod vulgo dicitur, e lege Julia litem anno et sex mensibus mori,

Gai. Inst. 4, 104.—

In the phrase: litem suam facere, to make the cause his own, said,

Litem suam facere, of an advocate who neglects the cause of his client and seeks his own advantage:

quid, si cum pro altero dicas, litem tuam facias?

Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 305.—

Also of a judge who, out of favor or through bribery, pronounces an unjust sentence, or who turns aside from the questions strictly before him to express his own opinions or feelings through the judgment: debet enim judex attendere, ut cum certae pecuniae condemnatio posita sit, neque majoris neque minoris summa petita nummo condemnet, alioquin litem suam facit;

item si taxatio posita sit, ne pluris condemnet quam taxatum sit, alias enim similiter litem suam facit,

Gai. Inst. 2, 52:

si judex litem suam fecerit,

Dig. 44, 7, 4, § 4; cf. ib. 5, 1, 15; so, trop.: nam et Varro satis aperte, quid dicere oporteret, edocuit;

et ego adversus eum, qui doctus esse dicebatur, litem meam facere absens nolui,

Gell. 10, 1.—

Also of a judge who does not appear on the day appointed: inde ad comitium vadunt, ne litem suam faciant, C. Titius ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—

The subject of an action at law, the matter in dispute:

quibus res erat in controversia, ea vocabatur lis,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll.:

illud mihi mirum videri solet, tot homines statuere non potuisse, utrum rem an litem dici oporteret,

Cic. Mur. 12, 27:

lites severe aestimatae,

id. ib. 20, 42:

quo minus secundum eas tabulas lis detur, non recusamus,

id. Rosc. Com. 1, 3:

de tota lite pactionem facere,

id. ib. 14, 40:

in suam rem litem vertere,

Liv. 3, 72:

litem lite resolvere,

to explain one obscure thing by another equally so, Hor. S. 2, 3, 103.

mūnĭo (old form moenio, v. below), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. munibis for munies, Veg. Vet. 1, 10, 5), v. a. [moenia, lit. to wall; hence], to build a wall around, to defend with a wall, to fortify, defend, protect, secure, put in a state of defence (class.).

Lit.:

arcem ad urbem obsidendam,

Nep. Tim. 3, 3:

palatium,

Liv. 1, 7:

locum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24, 3.—With abl.:

Alpibus Italiam munierat ante natura,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

domum praesidiis,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:

castra vallo fossāque,

with palisades and a trench, Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

locum muro,

id. ib. 29.—With a homogeneous object, prov.:

magna moenis moenia,

you are undertaking a great thing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 73:

duovir urbis moeniendae,

Inscr. Orell. 7142.— Absol.: quod idoneum ad muniendum putarent, for fortifying, i. e. for use in the fortifications, Nep. Them. 6, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 31. —Also, to surround, guard, for the protection of other things: ignem ita munire ut non evagaretur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 7, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., to defend, guard, secure, protect, shelter:

Pergamum divinā moenitum manu,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2:

hortum ab incursu hominum,

Col. 11, 3, 2:

spica contra avium morsūs munitur vallo aristarum,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

hieme quaternis tunicis et tibialibus muniebatur,

he defended, protected, covered himself, Suet. Aug. 82. —

To make a road, etc., i. e. to make passable by opening, repairing, or paving it:

quasi Appius Caecus viam munierit,

Cic. Mil. 7, 17:

rupem,

Liv. 21, 37:

itinera,

Nep. Hann. 3, 4:

TEMPE MVNIVIT,

Inscr. Orell. 587. —

Trop.

To guard, secure, strengthen, support (cf.:

fulcio, sustineo): meretriculis Muniendis rem cogere,

to maintain, support, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 54 (dub.; Speng. moenerandis; v. munero).— Am strengthening myself:

munio me ad haec tempora,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 2:

imperium,

to secure, Nep. Reg. 2, 2:

muniri adversus fraudes,

to secure one's self, Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198 (dub. moneri, Jahn):

se contra ruborem,

Tac. Agr. 45:

se multorum benevolentiā,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84:

se contra perfidiam,

id. Fam. 4, 14, 3:

aliquid auctoritate,

Vell. 2, 127, 2:

domum terrore,

Plin. Pan. 48, 3.—

Munire viam, to make or open a way:

haec omnia tibi accusandi viam muniebant,

prepared the way for your accusation, Cic. Mur. 23, 48:

sibi viam ad stuprum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64.—Hence, mūnītus, a, um, P. a., defended, fortified, protected, secured, safe (class.):

nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem et audaciam posset esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39.— Neutr. plur. munita as subst.: munita viāi, fortification or breastwork of the mouth (cf. Homer. herkos odontôn), the lips, Lucr. 3, 498.— Comp.:

se munitiorem ad custodiendam vitam suam fore,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 3.— Sup.:

munitissima castra,

Caes. B. G. 4, 55.— Adv.: mūnītē, securely, safely (ante-class.):

munitius,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 141. Müll.

munĭo, ōnis, a false reading for nomionem, v. Orell. and Klotz, ad h. l.; Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251.

oppugnātĭo ( obp-), ōnis, f. [id.], a storming, assaulting, besieging; an attack, assault, siege (class.).

Lit.:

de oppidorum oppugnationibus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210:

oppugnatio Gallorum,

i. e. their method of besieging, Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 2; 7, 29, 2:

propulsare,

Cic. Cael. 9, 20:

relinquere,

to raise, Tac. A. 15, 16:

oppugnatione civitas cingitur,

Macr. S. 3, 9, 6.—

Trop., an assault, attack with words, an accusation, etc.: totum genus oppugnationis hujus propulsare debetis. Cic. Cael. 9, 20; id. Vatin. 2, 5:

sine oppugnatione,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 1.

ob-signo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to seal, seal up a will, a letter, etc. (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

cedo tu ceram ac linum actutum: age obliga, obsigna cito,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 96:

cellas,

id. Cas. 2, 1, 1:

lagenas,

Q. Cic. Fam. 16, 26:

epistulam,

Cic. Att. 8, 6, 1; id. Pis. 28, 71.—Esp.: tabulas, testamenta, to sign and seal, as a witness:

istam ipsam quaestionem, dicite, quis obsignavit?

Cic. Clu. 66, 185:

tabellas ejus rei condicionisque,

id. Quint. 21, 67:

testamentum signis adulterinis,

id. Clu. 14, 41:

obsignavit anulo,

Vulg. Dan. 6, 17.—Prov.: agere cum aliquo tabellis obsignatis, to deal with one with sealed writings, i. e. in the strictest form, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33 (cf.:

tamquam ex syngraphā agere cum populo,

id. Mur. 17, 35): tabulas obsignare velle, would seal up the documents, i. e. would have no discussion, id. Pis. 28, 69.—

In partic.

To seal up the papers and effects of an accused person, Cic. Verr. 1, 19, 50.—Hence,

To seal an accusation against one: qui contra Scaurum patrem suum obsignaverat, Cic. Scaur. Fragm. ap. Ascon.—

To pledge or mortgage under one's hand and seal:

tria agri jugera ad aerarium obsignaverat,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 7.—

To close under seal, make fast:

inane obsignari nihil solere,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 145; cf. the context.—

Trop., to stamp, impress:

formam verbi,

Lucr. 4, 567:

aliquid obsignatum habere,

to impress on the mind, id. 2, 581.

oppugnātĭo ( obp-), ōnis, f. [id.], a storming, assaulting, besieging; an attack, assault, siege (class.).

Lit.:

de oppidorum oppugnationibus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210:

oppugnatio Gallorum,

i. e. their method of besieging, Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 2; 7, 29, 2:

propulsare,

Cic. Cael. 9, 20:

relinquere,

to raise, Tac. A. 15, 16:

oppugnatione civitas cingitur,

Macr. S. 3, 9, 6.—

Trop., an assault, attack with words, an accusation, etc.: totum genus oppugnationis hujus propulsare debetis. Cic. Cael. 9, 20; id. Vatin. 2, 5:

sine oppugnatione,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 1.

Phīneus, ĕi and ĕos (Gr. acc. plur. Phineas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Phineus.

King of Salmydessus, in Thrace. He possessed the gift of prophecy, but was struck with blindness for having deprived his sons of sight, upon a false accusation made against them by Idœa, their step-mother, Ov. M. 7, 3; Val. Fl. 4, 425; Hyg. Fab. 19; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 209; Ov. A. A. 1, 339; id. R. Am. 355.—

Transf., a blind man, Mart. 9, 26, 10.—Hence,

Phīnēïus and Phīnēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phineus, Phinean:

Phineïa domus,

Verg. A. 3, 212:

guttur,

Ov. F. 6, 131:

Phineum venenum,

Petr. 136:

aves,

the Harpies, Sen. Thyest. 154.—

Phīnīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Phineus, Ov. Ib. 273.—

Brother of Cepheus, who fought with Perseus about Andromeda, and was changed by him into a stone, Ov. M. 5, 8.

Phīneus, ĕi and ĕos (Gr. acc. plur. Phineas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Phineus.

King of Salmydessus, in Thrace. He possessed the gift of prophecy, but was struck with blindness for having deprived his sons of sight, upon a false accusation made against them by Idœa, their step-mother, Ov. M. 7, 3; Val. Fl. 4, 425; Hyg. Fab. 19; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 209; Ov. A. A. 1, 339; id. R. Am. 355.—

Transf., a blind man, Mart. 9, 26, 10.—Hence,

Phīnēïus and Phīnēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phineus, Phinean:

Phineïa domus,

Verg. A. 3, 212:

guttur,

Ov. F. 6, 131:

Phineum venenum,

Petr. 136:

aves,

the Harpies, Sen. Thyest. 154.—

Phīnīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Phineus, Ov. Ib. 273.—

Brother of Cepheus, who fought with Perseus about Andromeda, and was changed by him into a stone, Ov. M. 5, 8.

Phīneus, ĕi and ĕos (Gr. acc. plur. Phineas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Phineus.

King of Salmydessus, in Thrace. He possessed the gift of prophecy, but was struck with blindness for having deprived his sons of sight, upon a false accusation made against them by Idœa, their step-mother, Ov. M. 7, 3; Val. Fl. 4, 425; Hyg. Fab. 19; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 209; Ov. A. A. 1, 339; id. R. Am. 355.—

Transf., a blind man, Mart. 9, 26, 10.—Hence,

Phīnēïus and Phīnēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phineus, Phinean:

Phineïa domus,

Verg. A. 3, 212:

guttur,

Ov. F. 6, 131:

Phineum venenum,

Petr. 136:

aves,

the Harpies, Sen. Thyest. 154.—

Phīnīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Phineus, Ov. Ib. 273.—

Brother of Cepheus, who fought with Perseus about Andromeda, and was changed by him into a stone, Ov. M. 5, 8.

praevārĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [praevaricor], a stepping out of the line of duty, a violation of duty; esp. of an advocate who has a secret understanding with the opposite party, the making of a sham accusation or defence, collusion, prevarication (class.), Cic. Part. 36, 124:

de praevaricatione absolutus,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3: praevaricatio est, transire dicenda;

praevaricatio etiam, cursim et breviter attingere, quae sint inculcanda, infigenda, repetenda,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 2:

praevaricationis crimine corruere,

id. ib. 3, 9, 34:

praevaricationis damnatus,

id. ib. —

Transgression, deviation from duty or law (eccl. Lat.):

ubi enim non est lex, nec praevaricatio,

Vulg. Rom. 4, 15:

in redemptionem earum praevaricationum,

id. Heb. 9, 15.

prae-vārĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to walk crookedly, not to walk straight. *

Lit.:

arator praevaricatur,

makes a crooked furrow, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179.—

Trop.

To walk crookedly in the discharge of one's duty, not to act uprightly; esp. of an advocate who is guilty of collusion with the opposite party, to make a sham accusation or defence, to collude, prevaricate:

qui praevaricatur, ex utrāque parte consistit, quinimo ex alterā,

Dig. 47, 15, 1; cf. Plin. l. c. supra: a Catilina pecuniam accepit, ut turpissime praevaricaretur, Auct. Har. Resp. 20; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 29.—With dat., to favor collusively:

interdum non defendere, sed praevaricari accusationi videbatur,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58.—

Late Lat., to transgress, sin against, violate:

pactum meum,

Vulg. Jos. 7, 11:

contra me,

id. Deut. 32, 51: legem, id. Osee, 8, 1.—Also in the form praevā-rĭco, āre:

quod audivit, praevaricavit,

Aug. Tract. in Joann. 99; cf. Prisc. 8, 6, 29.