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  • 1 probo

    prŏbo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [1. probus].
    I.
    To try, test, examine, inspect, judge of any thing in respect of its goodness, fitness, etc. (rare in class. Lat.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; in eccl. Lat. very freq.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    militem neque a moribus neque a fortunā probabat, sed tantum a viribus,

    Suet. Caes. 65:

    tus probatur candore, etc.,

    Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65:

    mucronem cultri ad buccam,

    Petr. 70:

    terram amaram sive macram,

    Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 33:

    denarios,

    id. 33, 9, 46, § 132:

    pecuniam,

    Dig. 46, 3, 39; cf.:

    sicut probavi ipse,

    have learned, proved by experience, Pall. 12, 7, 22:

    aurum per ignem probatur,

    Vulg. 1 Pet. 1, 7:

    juga boum,

    id. Luc. 14, 19.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    tuo ex ingenio mores alienos probas,

    judge of, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 30; id. Trin. 4, 3, 42:

    amicitias utilitate,

    Ov. P. 2, 3, 8.— So, to test, try, prove, examine the mind or heart:

    ipsi vos probate,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 13, 5; cf. id. Zach. 13, 9; id. Psa. 138, 1 et saep.—
    II.
    To esteem as good, serviceable, fit, just, etc.; to be satisfied with, to approve a thing (class.; cf.

    comprobare): quis est, qui non probet, qui non laudet?

    Cic. Mil. 28, 77:

    istam rationem laudo vehementer et probo,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 5: Cato ea sentit, quae non probantur in vulgus, id. Par. prooem.; id. Fin. 2, 1, 1:

    Asia picem Idaeam maxime probat,

    Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 128.—With objectclause:

    Caesar maxime probat coactis navibus mare transire et Pompeium sequi,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 29.—
    B.
    In partic. (mil. t. t.), to approve for military service, to recruit, enlist: quo (die) primum probati sunt, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 30, 2.—
    C.
    To declare any thing well done, to express approbation of, to approve a thing:

    laudant fabrum atque aedes probant,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 20:

    domum,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3:

    villam,

    Liv. 4, 22:

    petentibus, ut ad opera probanda, anni et sex mensium tempus prorogaretur,

    id. 45, 15:

    plausu probatae puellae,

    Juv. 11, 164.—
    D.
    To approve a person, to recognize as fit or worthy:

    ad unum Vercingetorigem probant imperatorem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 6:

    quā impudentiā est, eumne testem improbabit quem judicem probarit?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45.—
    III.
    To represent or show a thing to be good, serviceable, fit, right, etc., to make acceptable, to recommend; and: aliquid alicui, to convince one of any thing:

    quos (libros), ut spero, tibi valde probabo,

    Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

    officium meum P. Servilio,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82:

    causam alicui,

    id. Quint. 30, 92:

    nostrum officium ac diligentiam,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72:

    factum suum alicui,

    id. Att. 16, 7, 4:

    omnia facta dictaque mea sanctissimis moribus tuis,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 3 (20), 3.—With de:

    quibus de meo celeri reditu non probabam,

    Cic. Att. 16, 7, 4: se alicui, to make one's self acceptable:

    (Epicurus) multis se probavit,

    id. Fin. 2, 25, 81:

    quā in legatione (Ligarius) et civibus et sociis ita se probavit, ut, etc.,

    id. Lig. 1, 2.— Pass.:

    mihi egregie probata est oratio tua,

    has pleased, Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 8.—
    B.
    In partic., to make a thing credible, to show, prove, demonstrate:

    crimen,

    Cic. Fl. 37, 93:

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

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    causam paucis verbis,

    id. Balb. 21, 49:

    se memorem probare,

    grateful, id. Fam. 10, 24, 1:

    perfacile factu esse illis probat, conata perficere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

    hoc difficile est probatu,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 1:

    et patrio pater esse metu probor,

    my paternal fear shows that I am your father, Ov. M. 2, 91:

    sicut Thrasvmachi probat exitus,

    Juv. 7, 204.—With se: malo praesens observantiā, indulgentiā, assiduitate memorem me tibi probare, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1.—
    C.
    To represent, pass off a person for another:

    loquebantur suppositum in ejus locum, quem pro illo probare velles,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 78:

    quod tu istis lacrumis te probare postulas, Non pluris refert quam, etc.,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 101.—So absol.: forma et aetas ipsast, facile ut pro eunucho probes, pass for one, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 84.—Hence, prŏbātus, a, um, P. a.
    A. 1.
    Of persons:

    ceterarum homines artium spectati et probati,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 124:

    ingeniosos et opulentos, et aetatis spatio probatos,

    id. Top. 19, 73:

    operum probatissimi artifices,

    Col. 11, 1, 6:

    probatissima femina,

    most excellent, Cic. Caecin. 4, 10.—
    2.
    Of things:

    argentum,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 1:

    probata experimento cultura,

    Quint. 10, 2, 2:

    boleti probatissimi,

    Plin. 16, 5, 11, § 31:

    probatissima palma,

    id. 23, 5, 52, § 98:

    probatissima statua,

    id. 34, 8, 19, § 53: probata et exspectata adulescentia, Lucil. ap. Non. 437, 13:

    moneta,

    Vulg. Gen. 23, 16.—
    B.
    Transf., pleasing, agreeable:

    ut nemo probatior primoribus patrum esset,

    Liv. 27, 8:

    probatissimus alicui,

    Cic. Planc. 11, 27.

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  • 2 laudō

        laudō āvī, ātus, āre    [laus], to praise, laud, commend, honor, extol, eulogize, approve: coram in os te, to your face, T.: rationem: sententiam eius, S.: laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones: Agricolam laudat iuris peritus, extols his happiness, H.: volucrem equum, praise for swiftness, Iu.: laudataque Ora Iovi, O.: depositum pudorem, approve, H.: numquam praestantibus viris laudata est permansio, etc.: in quo tuum consilium laudare: Extinxisse nefas Laudabor, V.: quod viris fortibus honos habitus est, laudo: Iamne igitur laudas, quod alter Ridebat, etc., Iu.: te, cum isto animo es, laudare.— Colloq.: Sy. Nil pepercit.... De. Laudo, I am glad of it, T.— To eulogize, pronounce a funeral oration over: alquem supremo eius die.— To compliment, dismiss with a compliment, turn from: laudato ingentia rura, Exiguum colito, V.: probitas laudatur et alget, Iu.— To adduce, name, quote, cite, refer to: alquem rerum Romanarum auctorem: auctores.
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    laudare, laudavi, laudatus V
    recommend; praise, approve, extol; call upon, name; deliver eulogy on

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  • 3 dīligō

        dīligō lēxī, lēctus, ere    [dis- + 2 lego], to single out, value, esteem, prize, love: alqm: se ipse: inter se: civitates eum diligebant, Cs.: magno dilectus amore, V.: Lalage, Dilecta quantum, etc., H.: te in fratris loco, T.—Prov.: Solus est quem diligant di, i. e. fortune's favorite, T.: Diligitur nemo, nisi cui fortuna secunda est, O.— To love, approve, aspire to, be content with, esteem, appreciate: pudo rem: locum: observantiam hominis: (poetarum) ingenia: alcuius consilia: nomen Romanum: mediocritatem, H.
    * * *
    diligere, dilexi, dilectus V
    select, pick, single out; love, value, esteem; approve, aspire to, appreciate

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  • 4 probō

        probō āvī, ātus, āre    [probus], to make good, esteem good, approve, esteem, commend: quis est, qui non probet: villam, L.: alqd in ipsis: Caesar maxime probat coactis navibus mare transire, Cs.: antequam civitas suffecturum (armis) probaverit, declared him capable of bearing arms, Ta.: Vercingetorigem imperatorem, Cs.: alquem iudicem.— To make good, represent as good, recommend, make acceptable, show: (libros) tibi: nostrum officium: quibus de meo celeri reditu non probabam: multis se probavit, won favor with: mihi egregie probata est oratio tua, has pleased.—To make credible, show, prove, demonstrate: iudicibus Verrem contra leges pecunias cepisse: perfacile factu esse illis probat, etc., Cs.: hoc difficile est probatu: patrio pater esse metu probor, my fatherly anxiety proves me your father, O.— To test, inspect, try, judge by trial: censores villam publicam probaverunt, accepted after inspection, L.: amicitias utilitate, O.— To represent, pass off for: alquem pro illo: pro eunucho (sc. te), pass for, T.
    * * *
    probare, probavi, probatus V TRANS
    approve (of), esteem/commend/recommend/certify; give assent/approval/sanction; let; show to be real/true; examine/test/try/prove/demonstrate; get accepted

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  • 5 scīscō

        scīscō scīvī, scītus, ere, inch.    [scio].—Of the people, to accept, approve, assent to, enact, decree, ordain: (maiores) quae scisceret plebes... iuberi vetarique voluerunt: consules populum iure rogaverunt populusque iure scivit: rogationem de Liguribus: nec sollemne quidquam ad sciscendum plebi fieri, at the adoption of a plebiscitum, L.: de aliquo cive, ut sit, etc.: multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis: scivere gentis suae more, ne, etc., Cu. — To approve, assent to, vote for, ordain: quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.
    * * *
    sciscere, scivi, scitus V TRANS
    investigate, inquire; (political) vote; ordain

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  • 6 adscisco

    a-scisco ( adsc-, Lachm., Baiter, Dietsch, Weissenb., K. and H., Halm in Tac.; asc-, Merk., Kayser, Rib., Halm in Nep.), īvi (in ante-class. and class. Lat. never ii), ītum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    A.. Lit., to take or receive a thing with knowledge (and approbation), to approve, receive as true:

    cum jussisset populus Romanus aliquid, si id ascivissent socii populi ac Latini, etc.,

    Cic. Balb. 8, 20:

    quas (leges) Latini voluerunt, asciverunt,

    id. ib. 8, 20, §

    21: quibus (scitis) adscitis susceptisque,

    id. Leg. 2, 5:

    tu vero ista ne adsciveris neve fueris commenticiis rebus assensus,

    id. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

    ne labar ad opinionem, et aliquid adsciscam et comprobem incognitum,

    id. ib. 2, 45, 138.—
    B.
    Of persons, to receive or admit one in some capacity ( as citizen, ally, son, etc.):

    dominos acrīs adsciscunt,

    Lucr. 5, 87; 6, 63:

    perficiam ut hunc A. Licinium non modo non segregandum, cum sit civis, a numero civium, verum etiam, si non esset, putetis asciscendum fuisse,

    Cic. Arch. 2 fin.; cf. id. Balb. 13:

    [aliā (civitate) ascitā],

    Nep. Att. 3, 1 Halm:

    Numam Pompilium... regem alienigenam sibi ipse populus adscivit eumque ad regnandum Romam Curibus adscivit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 13:

    aliquem patronum,

    id. Pis. 11, 25:

    socios sibi ad id bellum Osismios, etc., adsciscunt,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; so id. ib. 1, 5, 4:

    socius adscitus,

    Sall. C. 47, 1:

    aliquem ducem, Auct. B. Alex. 59, 2: qui non asciverit ultro Dardanium Aenean generumque acceperit urbi,

    Verg. A. 11, 471:

    gener inde provecto annis adscitus,

    Liv. 21, 2; so Tac. H. 1, 59:

    ascivit te filium non vitricus, sed princeps,

    Plin. Pan. 7, 4:

    tribuni centurionesque adsciscebantur,

    Tac. H. 2, 5 fin.:

    aliquem successorem,

    Suet. Tib. 23 fin. al.—In the histt. also with in (in civitatem, societatem, senatum, nomen, etc.):

    adsciti simul in civitatem et patres,

    Liv. 6, 40, 4:

    simul in civitatem Romanam et in familias patriciorum adscitus,

    Tac. A. 11, 24:

    aliquem in numerum patriciorum,

    id. ib. 11, 25:

    inter patricios,

    id. Agr. 9:

    Chauci in commilitium adsciti sunt,

    id. A. 1, 60:

    aliquem in penates suos,

    id. H. 1, 15:

    aliquem in nomen,

    id. A. 3, 30; Suet. Claud. 39:

    aliquem in bona et nomen,

    id. Galb. 17.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to take or receive a person to one's self; of things, to appropriate to one's self, adopt (diff. from adjungere and assumere, by the accessory idea of exertion and mediation, or of personal reflection; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; Sall. C. 24, 3).
    1.
    Of persons:

    nemo oppressus aere alieno fuit, quem non ad hoc incredibile sceleris foedus asciverit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 4 fin.:

    exsulibus omnium civitatium ascitis, receptis latronibus, etc.,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 30:

    eā tempestate plurimos cujusque generis homines adscivisse dicitur,

    Sall. C. 24, 3:

    Veientes re secundā elati voluntarios undique ad spem praedae adsciverunt,

    Liv. 4, 31, 3; Tac. H. 2, 8:

    in conscientiam facinoris pauci adsciti,

    id. ib. 1, 25.— Poet.: asciscere for asciscere se or ascisci, to join or unite one's self to one (cf.. Accingunt omnes operi, Verg. A. 2, 235):

    ascivere tuo comites sub numine divae centum omnes nemorum,

    Grat. Cyn. 16.—
    2.
    Of things: Quae neque terra sibi adscivit nec maxumus aether, which neither the earth appropriates to itself nor etc., Lucr. 5, 473: Jovisque numen Mulciberi adscivit manus, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

    sibi oppidum asciscere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10:

    Ceres et Libera... quarum sacra populus Romanus a Graecis ascita et accepta tantā religione tuetur, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 72; so id. Har Resp. 13, 27; Ov. M. 15, 625 Heins., where Merk. reads acciverit (cf. Web. ad Luc. 8, 831):

    peregrinos ritus,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    Spem si quam ascitis Aetolum habuistis in armis,

    Verg. A. 11, 308:

    opimum quoddam et tamquam adipatae dictionis genus,

    Cic. Or 8, 25: nova (verba) adsciscere, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119:

    quod ipsa natura adsciscat et reprobet,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23 (B. and K., sciscat et probet):

    adsciscere aut probare amicitiam aut justitiam,

    id. ib. 3, 21, 70; id. Leg. 1, 11:

    illa, quae prima sunt adscita naturā,

    id. Fin. 3, 5, 17 (cf. Beier ad Cic. Off. 3, 3, 13, p. 203): hanc consuetudinem [p. 172] lubenter ascivimus, id. Brut. 57, 209. —
    3.
    Sibi, like arrogo, to assume or arrogate something to one's self (very rare):

    eos illius expertes esse prudentiae, quam sibi asciscerent,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87:

    eloquentiae laudem uni sibi,

    Tac. A. 14, 52; cf. Cic. Dom. 36, 95.—
    * B.
    To order, decree, or approve also or further, = etiam sciscere:

    alterum (genus sacerdotum) quod interpretetur fatidicorum et vatium ecfata incognita, quae eorum senatus populusque adsciverit,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, ubi v. Moser.— ascītus, P. a. (opp. nativus, innatus, insitus), derived, assumed, foreign:

    in eo nativum quemdam leporem esse, non ascitum,

    Nep. Att. 4, 1 Halm:

    proles,

    Stat. S. 1, 1, 23;

    genitos esse vos mihi, non ascitos milites credite,

    Curt. 10, 3, 6:

    nec petit ascitas dapes,

    Ov. F. 6, 172.

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  • 7 ascisco

    a-scisco ( adsc-, Lachm., Baiter, Dietsch, Weissenb., K. and H., Halm in Tac.; asc-, Merk., Kayser, Rib., Halm in Nep.), īvi (in ante-class. and class. Lat. never ii), ītum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    A.. Lit., to take or receive a thing with knowledge (and approbation), to approve, receive as true:

    cum jussisset populus Romanus aliquid, si id ascivissent socii populi ac Latini, etc.,

    Cic. Balb. 8, 20:

    quas (leges) Latini voluerunt, asciverunt,

    id. ib. 8, 20, §

    21: quibus (scitis) adscitis susceptisque,

    id. Leg. 2, 5:

    tu vero ista ne adsciveris neve fueris commenticiis rebus assensus,

    id. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

    ne labar ad opinionem, et aliquid adsciscam et comprobem incognitum,

    id. ib. 2, 45, 138.—
    B.
    Of persons, to receive or admit one in some capacity ( as citizen, ally, son, etc.):

    dominos acrīs adsciscunt,

    Lucr. 5, 87; 6, 63:

    perficiam ut hunc A. Licinium non modo non segregandum, cum sit civis, a numero civium, verum etiam, si non esset, putetis asciscendum fuisse,

    Cic. Arch. 2 fin.; cf. id. Balb. 13:

    [aliā (civitate) ascitā],

    Nep. Att. 3, 1 Halm:

    Numam Pompilium... regem alienigenam sibi ipse populus adscivit eumque ad regnandum Romam Curibus adscivit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 13:

    aliquem patronum,

    id. Pis. 11, 25:

    socios sibi ad id bellum Osismios, etc., adsciscunt,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; so id. ib. 1, 5, 4:

    socius adscitus,

    Sall. C. 47, 1:

    aliquem ducem, Auct. B. Alex. 59, 2: qui non asciverit ultro Dardanium Aenean generumque acceperit urbi,

    Verg. A. 11, 471:

    gener inde provecto annis adscitus,

    Liv. 21, 2; so Tac. H. 1, 59:

    ascivit te filium non vitricus, sed princeps,

    Plin. Pan. 7, 4:

    tribuni centurionesque adsciscebantur,

    Tac. H. 2, 5 fin.:

    aliquem successorem,

    Suet. Tib. 23 fin. al.—In the histt. also with in (in civitatem, societatem, senatum, nomen, etc.):

    adsciti simul in civitatem et patres,

    Liv. 6, 40, 4:

    simul in civitatem Romanam et in familias patriciorum adscitus,

    Tac. A. 11, 24:

    aliquem in numerum patriciorum,

    id. ib. 11, 25:

    inter patricios,

    id. Agr. 9:

    Chauci in commilitium adsciti sunt,

    id. A. 1, 60:

    aliquem in penates suos,

    id. H. 1, 15:

    aliquem in nomen,

    id. A. 3, 30; Suet. Claud. 39:

    aliquem in bona et nomen,

    id. Galb. 17.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to take or receive a person to one's self; of things, to appropriate to one's self, adopt (diff. from adjungere and assumere, by the accessory idea of exertion and mediation, or of personal reflection; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; Sall. C. 24, 3).
    1.
    Of persons:

    nemo oppressus aere alieno fuit, quem non ad hoc incredibile sceleris foedus asciverit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 4 fin.:

    exsulibus omnium civitatium ascitis, receptis latronibus, etc.,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 30:

    eā tempestate plurimos cujusque generis homines adscivisse dicitur,

    Sall. C. 24, 3:

    Veientes re secundā elati voluntarios undique ad spem praedae adsciverunt,

    Liv. 4, 31, 3; Tac. H. 2, 8:

    in conscientiam facinoris pauci adsciti,

    id. ib. 1, 25.— Poet.: asciscere for asciscere se or ascisci, to join or unite one's self to one (cf.. Accingunt omnes operi, Verg. A. 2, 235):

    ascivere tuo comites sub numine divae centum omnes nemorum,

    Grat. Cyn. 16.—
    2.
    Of things: Quae neque terra sibi adscivit nec maxumus aether, which neither the earth appropriates to itself nor etc., Lucr. 5, 473: Jovisque numen Mulciberi adscivit manus, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

    sibi oppidum asciscere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10:

    Ceres et Libera... quarum sacra populus Romanus a Graecis ascita et accepta tantā religione tuetur, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 72; so id. Har Resp. 13, 27; Ov. M. 15, 625 Heins., where Merk. reads acciverit (cf. Web. ad Luc. 8, 831):

    peregrinos ritus,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    Spem si quam ascitis Aetolum habuistis in armis,

    Verg. A. 11, 308:

    opimum quoddam et tamquam adipatae dictionis genus,

    Cic. Or 8, 25: nova (verba) adsciscere, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119:

    quod ipsa natura adsciscat et reprobet,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23 (B. and K., sciscat et probet):

    adsciscere aut probare amicitiam aut justitiam,

    id. ib. 3, 21, 70; id. Leg. 1, 11:

    illa, quae prima sunt adscita naturā,

    id. Fin. 3, 5, 17 (cf. Beier ad Cic. Off. 3, 3, 13, p. 203): hanc consuetudinem [p. 172] lubenter ascivimus, id. Brut. 57, 209. —
    3.
    Sibi, like arrogo, to assume or arrogate something to one's self (very rare):

    eos illius expertes esse prudentiae, quam sibi asciscerent,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87:

    eloquentiae laudem uni sibi,

    Tac. A. 14, 52; cf. Cic. Dom. 36, 95.—
    * B.
    To order, decree, or approve also or further, = etiam sciscere:

    alterum (genus sacerdotum) quod interpretetur fatidicorum et vatium ecfata incognita, quae eorum senatus populusque adsciverit,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, ubi v. Moser.— ascītus, P. a. (opp. nativus, innatus, insitus), derived, assumed, foreign:

    in eo nativum quemdam leporem esse, non ascitum,

    Nep. Att. 4, 1 Halm:

    proles,

    Stat. S. 1, 1, 23;

    genitos esse vos mihi, non ascitos milites credite,

    Curt. 10, 3, 6:

    nec petit ascitas dapes,

    Ov. F. 6, 172.

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  • 8 scisco

    scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.
    I.
    Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

    nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

    illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

    id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

    rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

    rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

    Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

    adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

    id. 1, 17 fin.:

    ad sciscendum plebi,

    id. 6, 35:

    si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

    Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

    qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

    multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

    illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

    munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

    Sil. 7, 545.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

    qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

    id. Planc. 14, 35. —
    B.
    To learn, ascertain, know:

    ut illi id factum sciscerent,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —
    III.
    Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

    confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

    hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

    mulier scita atque prudens,

    Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

    sycophanta,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

    homo,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

    convivator,

    a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

    scitus bellum (venereum) init,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

    ea mulieris scitae comitas,

    Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

    non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

    Nessus scitus vadorum,

    acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

    Thalia lyrae,

    id. F. 5, 54:

    Sthenelus pugnandi,

    Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

    scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

    Sil. 17, 293:

    accendere Martem,

    id. 15, 594.—
    b.
    Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

    pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

    scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

    interrogationes,

    Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

    oratio optima et scitissima,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

    si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

    oratoris dictum,

    Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

    scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

    id. Lael. 24, 90;

    Scytharum legati,

    Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

    scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

    a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

    hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

    scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
    2.
    Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

    syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

    Iphis,

    Petr. 63, 3:

    mulierculae formae scitioris,

    Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

    vox admodum scita et canora,

    Gell. 18, 5, 2:

    haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

    scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

    Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

    quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

    plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

    de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

    Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

    scita plebis injuncta patribus,

    id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

    Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

    Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

    in one word, populiscitum,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

    ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

    Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

    cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

    Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

    decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

    id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    regis,

    Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

    eho, nimium scite scitus es,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

    tondetur nimium scite,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

    satis scite et probe,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

    (rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

    id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

    scite et venuste facta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

    illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

    54: non scite (dictum),

    id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

    dictum,

    Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

    scite loqui,

    Liv. 10, 19:

    parum scite convivium exornare,

    Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

    scitius,

    Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

    scitissime,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > scisco

  • 9 sciscor

    scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.
    I.
    Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

    nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

    illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

    id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

    rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

    rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

    Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

    adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

    id. 1, 17 fin.:

    ad sciscendum plebi,

    id. 6, 35:

    si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

    Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

    qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

    multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

    illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

    munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

    Sil. 7, 545.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

    qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

    id. Planc. 14, 35. —
    B.
    To learn, ascertain, know:

    ut illi id factum sciscerent,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —
    III.
    Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

    confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

    hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

    mulier scita atque prudens,

    Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

    sycophanta,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

    homo,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

    convivator,

    a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

    scitus bellum (venereum) init,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

    ea mulieris scitae comitas,

    Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

    non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

    Nessus scitus vadorum,

    acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

    Thalia lyrae,

    id. F. 5, 54:

    Sthenelus pugnandi,

    Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

    scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

    Sil. 17, 293:

    accendere Martem,

    id. 15, 594.—
    b.
    Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

    pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

    scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

    interrogationes,

    Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

    oratio optima et scitissima,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

    si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

    oratoris dictum,

    Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

    scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

    id. Lael. 24, 90;

    Scytharum legati,

    Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

    scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

    a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

    hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

    scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
    2.
    Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

    syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

    Iphis,

    Petr. 63, 3:

    mulierculae formae scitioris,

    Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

    vox admodum scita et canora,

    Gell. 18, 5, 2:

    haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

    scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

    Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

    quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

    plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

    de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

    Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

    scita plebis injuncta patribus,

    id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

    Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

    Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

    in one word, populiscitum,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

    ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

    Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

    cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

    Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

    decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

    id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    regis,

    Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

    eho, nimium scite scitus es,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

    tondetur nimium scite,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

    satis scite et probe,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

    (rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

    id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

    scite et venuste facta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

    illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

    54: non scite (dictum),

    id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

    dictum,

    Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

    scite loqui,

    Liv. 10, 19:

    parum scite convivium exornare,

    Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

    scitius,

    Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

    scitissime,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

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  • 10 accēdō or ad-cēdō

        accēdō or ad-cēdō cessī    （ perf sync.accēstis, V.), cessūrus, ere, to go to, come to, come near, draw near, approach, enter: ad flammam inprudentius, T.: ad oppidum, Cs.: ad hastam, to attend an auction, N.: ad numerum harum, joins, O.: in oppidum: illo: quo, S.: quocumque, S.: iuxta, O.: proxime deos accessit Clodius: propius tribunal, Cu.: urbem, V.: Scyllaeam rabiem scopulosque, V.; (poet.): delubris, O.: regno, shares, O.: sacris, takes part in, O.: accede, come here, O.: deici nullo modo potuisse qui non accesserit; (impers.): quod eā proxime accedi poterat.—Esp., to approach in a hostile manner, attack: acie instructā usque ad castra hostium accessit, Cs.: ad urbem, S.: ad manum, to come to close quarters, N. — Fig., to come near, approach: haud invito ad aurīs sermo mi accessit tuos, T.: ubi accedent anni et, etc., when the years shall come, in which, etc., H. — Esp., to come, happen, befall: voluntas vostra si ad poëtam accesserit, T.: dolor accessit bonis viris.— With the idea of increase, to be added: ut ad causam novum crimen accederet: ad eas navīs accesserant sex, Cs.: Medis adcessere Libues, S.: tantum fiduciae Pompeianis accessit, their confidence rose so high, Cs.: huc accedebant conlecti ex praedonibus, these were joined by, Cs.; (poet.): in tua damna, O.—Esp. with a clause or neuter pron., representing a clause, as subject: ad haec mala hoc mihi accedit etiam: haec, etc., T.: accedet etiam nobis illud, iudex est, etc<*> accessit etiam, quod illa pars equitatūs se cum iis coniunxerat. Cs.: e<*> accedebat, quod iudices dati non erant: huc adcedebat, quod exercitum habuerat, etc., S.: huc accedit, quod occultior vestra cupiditas esset; with ut: accedit, ut eo facilius animus evadat: ad Appii senectutem accedebat, ut caecus esset: accedebat, ut tempestatem ferrent facilius, Cs.: ad hoc detrimentum accessit, ut prohiberentur, etc., Cs. —To assent, accede, agree, approve, accept: ad eius condiciones: ad hoc consilium, N.: suadentibus, Ta.—(In appearance or character), to come near, approach, resemble, be like: homines ad Deos nullā re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando: proxime ad nostram disciplinam illam: Antonio Philippus proxime accedebat.—To enter upon, undertake: ad bellorum pericula: ad amicitiam Caesaris, Cs.: ad vectigalia, to undertake the collection of: ad causam, the direction of a lawsuit: ad invidiam levandam: has naturae partīs, take up, describe, V.: ad rem p., to enter on the service of the state: huic ego causae actor accessi, entered upon as prosecutor.

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  • 11 accipiō

        accipiō cēpī, ceptus, ere    [ad+capio], to take without effort, receive, get, accept. — Of voluntary taking, to take, accept, take into possession, receive: obsides, Cs.: divitias, N.: aliquid a patre, inherit, N.: suspitio acceptae pecuniae ob rem iudicandam (of a bribe): pecuniam per Volcatium, by the hands of: alqm gremio, V.: milites urbe tectisve, L.: sucos ore aut volnere, O. — Fig.: oculis aut pectore noctem, V.—To admit, let in: armatos in arcem, L.: alqm in amicitiam: (parentes) in civitatem, to citizenship, L.— To take under protection: (virginem) accepi, acceptam servabo, T.: taedā accepta iugali, i. e. wedded, O.—To receive as a guest, entertain, welcome: Laurentes nymphae, accipite Aenean, V.: quam Delos orantem accepit, O.: (eum) in vestram fidem, into your confidence.— Ironically, to entertain, deal with, treat: indignis modis, T.: quo te modo accepissem, nisi iratus essem: eum male acceptum... coegit, etc. (of a defeated enemy), N.—In busines, to collect (money): a praetore pecuniam. — acceptus, P., received, collected: accepta pecunia. — Esp. in the phrase, referre acceptum (alqd), to credit, give credit for: amplius sestertium ducentiens acceptum hereditatibus rettuli, entered to the credit of inheritance, i. e. owe to bequests: alcui vitam suam referre acceptam, acknowledge that he owes his life, etc.: salutem imperi uni omnes acceptam relaturos, Cs. — In law: sponsionem acceptam facere, to discharge the bond, acknowledge payment of the sponsio.—Of involuntary taking, to receive, get, be the recipient of, take, submit to, suffer, bear: volnera tergo, V.: graviore volnere accepto, Cs.: cum semel accepit solem (leo), has felt the power of, H.: hunc metum, i. e. take this risk, T.: contumeliam, T. — Esp. of places, to admit, take in, receive, open to: Strophadum me litora primum Accipiunt, V.: nullae eum urbes accipiunt, nulla moenia, L.: illum unda accipit sinu vasto, V. — Fig., of perception and thought: quae accepi auribus, T.: mandata auribus: quem ipse accepi oculis animoque sensum, hunc, etc., the impression I received.—In gen., to take, hear, attend to, perceive, understand, learn: Accipe nunc Danaum insidias, listen to, V.: sicut ego accepi, as I have heard, S.: ut accepi a senibus: accipite... veterem orationem Archytae: quae postea acciderant, Cs.: reliquos ne famā quidem acceperunt, have not heard of them, Cs.: si te aequo animo ferre accipiet, T.: hoc sic fieri solere accepimus: ex parente ita accepi, munditias mulieribus convenire, S.: ut celeriter acciperet quae tradebantur, understood, N.— Absol: non recte accipis, T.: volenti animo de ambobus acceperant, had eagerly welcomed news of both, S.—In partic., of a word or pledge, take: accipe daque fidem, i. e. exchange solemn assurances, V.—Praegn., to take, interpret, explain: ad contumeliam omnia, to regard as an insult, T.: his in maius acceptis, being exaggerated, L.: hoc in bonam partem, take kindly: alqd durius: facinus severe accipere, with displeasure: aliter tuom amorem atque est, T.: aequo animo, S. — Accipere aliquid in omen, to regard a thing as an omen, accept the omen: id a plerisque in omen magni terroris acceptum, L.; but accipere omen, to receive as a ( favorable) omen, L.—With ellips. of omen: Accipio, adgnoscoque deos, I accept ( the omen) and, etc., V.—To accept, be satisfied with, approve: dos, Pamphile, est decem talenta. Pam. Accipio, T.: ‘equi te esse feri similem, dico.’ Ridemus et ipse Messius, ‘accipio,’ I allow it, exactly so, H.: ab hoste armato condicionem, Cs.— To take upon one, undertake, assume, undergo: bellum, quod novus imperator noster accipiat, in which... succeeds to the command: causam: eos (magistratūs): iudicium (of the defendant), stand the trial: iudicium accipere pro Quinctio, i. e. agree for Q. to stand trial.
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    accipere, accepi, acceptus V TRANS
    take, grasp, receive, accept, undertake; admit, let in, hear, learn; obey

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  • 12 ad-amō

        ad-amō āvī, ātus, āre,    to fall in love with, conceive desire for, desire eagerly: cum signa pulcherrima vidisset, adamavit: agros, Cs.—Meton., to admire exceedingly, approve: patientiam: Platonem, N.

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  • 13 ad-sentiō (ass-)

        ad-sentiō (ass-) sēnsī, sēnsus, īre,    to agree with, assent, approve: Adsensere omnes, V.: eius voluntatibus: de aliis rebus, L.: multa... adsensa, acknowledged as real: si tibi non sit adsensum.

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  • 14 ad - sentior (ass-)

        ad - sentior (ass-) sēnsus, īrī, dep.,    to give assent, approve, agree with: omnes adsensi sunt, L.: clamori vestro: Sulpicio: illud: cetera Crasso: adsentior tibi, ut, etc.

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  • 15 āgnōscō (ad-gn- or ad-n-)

        āgnōscō (ad-gn- or ad-n-) nōvī, nitus, ere,    to recognize, identify, make out: illa reminiscendo: nomine audito virum, L.: veterem amicum, V.: non agnoscendum os, O.: hominem, Ph.: Augusti laudes, praise appropriate to Augustus, H.: accipio adgnoscoque deos, accept the omen, and discern the hand of the gods, V.: adgnoscunt spolia inter se, i. e. by the spoils identify the dead, V.: Ipse certe agnoscet, will recognize (the picture I drew of him): virtus cum suum lumen agnovit in alio, appreciated.—To declare, recognize, acknowledge as one's own: mihi tantum tribui quantum nec agnosco nec postulo, admit as due to me: quem ille natum non agnorat, at his birth, N.: prolem, O.: me ducem, L.— Pass: cuius (Iovis) oraculo adgnoscor, as his son, Cu.—To acknowledge as true, recognize, assent to, approve: me non esse inopem: facti gloriam: crimen.—With ex, to acquire knowledge by, know through: Deum ex operibus eius: agnosco ex me, from my own experience.—To understand, mark, perceive the meaning of: verbum: gemitum, V.: sonitum, V.

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  • 16 approbō (ad-p-)

        approbō (ad-p-) āvī, ātus, āre,    to assent to, favor, approve:, id si non fama adprobat, T.: orationem, Cs.: falsa pro veris: approbatā sententiā: ita fieri oportere: dis approbantibus: illud clamore.—To make acceptable, obtain approval for: iudici officium: rudimenta Paulino, served acceptably to, etc., Ta.: opus, Ph.: in approbandā excusatione. in making good his excuse, Ta.

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  • 17 ascīscō (ad-sc-)

        ascīscō (ad-sc-) scīvī, scītus, ere,    to take to oneself, adopt, accept: leges: aliā (civitate) ascitā, by accepting citizenship elsewhere, N.: si non esset (civis), asciscendum fuisse, ought to be made one: socios sibi ad bellum, Cs.: in civitatem et patres, L.: inter patricios, Ta.: alqm civem: (Aenean) generum urbi, V.: superis ascitus Caesar, O.— To associate with oneself, take into association, accept, win over: alquem ad sceleris foedus: homines, S.: voluntarios ad spem praedae, L.: Spem Aetolum in armis, in the alliance, V.—To receive, take, appropriate, adopt, approve: sacra a Graecis: Coroniden sacris urbis, add by adoption, O.: ritūs, L.: nova verba, H.: vacuitatem doloris, to seek as a good. — To claim, aspire to, lay claim to: imperium, L.: mihi sapientiam.

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  • 18 astrepō (ad-st-)

        astrepō (ad-st-) —, —, ere,    to make a noise at, resound in response: adstrepebat volgus, Ta.— To assent loudly, applaud: clamore, Ta.: haec dicenti, Ta.: eadem, approve loudly, Ta.

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  • 19 audiō

        audiō īvī or iī, ītus, īre    [2 AV-], to hear: quae vera audivi, taceo, T.: verbum ex te, T.: de te ex te, your account of yourself: ista de maioribus: ab ipso, H.: eum querentem, N.: hoc maiores natu dicere: a maioribus natu mirari solitum, etc.: Audiet civīs acuisse ferrum, H.: Bibulus nondum audiebatur esse in Syria: Cur ita crediderim audi, H.: audi Quid ferat, H.: id ex eo audivi, cum diceret, etc.: de Psaltriā hac audivit, T.: illos de quibus audivi: quin tu hoc audi, listen, T.: audin' (for audisne?), do you hear? T.—Supin. acc.: vocat (me) hic auditum scripta, H.—Supin. abl.: O rem auditu crudelem.—P. pass.: cui non sunt auditae Demosthenis vigiliae: non uni militi sed universis audiuntur, L.: Audita arboribus fides, H.: auditi advertitis cursum, already known by report, V. — Subst: nihil habeo praeter auditum, hearsay: refert audita, what he had heard, O.—To listen to, give attention to: etsi a vobis sic audior, ut, etc.: audi, Iuppiter, et tu, Iane, L.—To hear, be taught by, learn from: te annum iam audientem Cratippum: audiendum sibi de ambitu, i. e. must examine the charge: de pace audisse, entertained proposals, L.: dolos, investigate, V. — To listen to, lend an ear, regard, hear, grant: di meas preces audiverunt: neque preces audiri intellegit, Cs.: si sensisset auditas preces, L.: Audiit et genitor Intonuit, V.: puellas Ter vocata audis, H.—To hear with assent, accept, agree with, approve, yield to, grant, allow: fabulas: tum id audirem, si, etc., I would assent to it, if, etc.: audio, nunc dicis aliquid, granted: non audio, I do not admit it.—To obey, heed: sapientiam: me, L.: te tellus audit Hiberiae, H.: neque audit currus habenas, V.— In the phrase, dicto audiens esse, to obey: sunt illi quidem dicto audientes: dicto audientes in tantā re: dicto audiens esse huic ordini: Tullio iubere populum dicto audientem esse, L.: dicto audiens fuit iussis, N.—To be called, be named, reported, regarded: si curas esse quod audis, H.: Id audire, to bear that name, V.: bene audire velle, to be praised: bene a parentibus: male audies, you will be in bad repute, T.: insuetus male audiendi, N.: minus commode audire, i. e. to be injured in reputation.
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    audire, audivi, auditus V
    hear, listen, accept, agree with; obey; harken, pay attention; be able to hear

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  • 20 com-probō (conp-)

        com-probō (conp-) āvī, ātus, āre,    to approve, assent to, sanction, acknowledge: sententiam: (bellum) ab omnibus comprobatur: orationem omnium adsensu, L.: alqd publice, N.—To prove, establish, attest, make good, show, confirm, verify, vindicate: nec hoc oratione solum, sed vitā: comprobat hominis consilium fortuna, Cs.: conprobato eorum indicio, S.: interitu (servi) esse ab hoc comprobatum venenum.

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