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1 ostentus

1.
ostentus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from ostendo.
2.
ostentus, ūs, m. [ostendo].
I.
In gen., a showing, exhibiting, display (not in Cic. or Cæs.):
corpora extra vallum abjecta ostentui,
as a public spectacle, Tac. A. 1, 29:
atrocitatis,
Gell. 20, 1, 48.—
II.
In partic.
A.
Show, parade, external appearance: [p. 1284] nova jura Cappadociae dedit bstentui magis, quam mansura, Tac. H. 1, 78.—
B.
A sign, proof:
ut Jugurthae scelerum ostentui essem,
Sall. J. 24, 9; also a pretence, a sign given to deceive, id. ib. 46, 6:
ut ostentui esset, multum vitalis spiritūs egestum,
as a proof that, Tac. A. 15, 64; cf.:
ostentui clementiae suae,
id. ib. 12, 14 fin.:
ostentui habere,
Vulg. Heb. 6, 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ostentus
2 porta

porta, ae (portabus for portis, Cn. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.), f. [from root par-, to pierce, pass through; Gr. peraô, peirô, poros, ford; Lat.: peritus, ex-perior, and v. periculum], a city-gate, a gate.
I.
Lit.:
hic (miles) portas frangit, at ille (amans) fores,
Ov. Am. 1, 9, 20:
rectā portā invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom et vetus,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60; id. Ps. 2, 2, 3:
si Hannibal ad portas venisset,
Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:
pedem portā efferre,
id. Att. 8, 2, 4; 7, 2, 6; Verg. A. 4, 130:
ad portam praesto esse,
Cic. Pis. 23, 55:
portā introire,
id. ib. 23, 55:
egressus portā Capenā,
id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:
extra portam Collinam,
id. Leg. 2, 23, 58:
porta Carmentalis,
Liv. 2, 49, 8:
pars egressa portis erat,
id. 3, 60, 9; 23, 46, 10:
omnibus portis effundi,
id. 24, 1, 3:
portā Capenā Romam ingressus,
id. 26, 10, 1; 33, 26, 9:
signa portis efferre,
id. 27, 2, 5:
portis ruere,
id. 27, 41, 8:
eādem portā signa infesta urbi inferre,
id. 28, 3, 13:
patefactā portā Romani erumpunt,
id. 28, 36, 8:
subito omnibus portis eruptione factā,
Caes. B. G. 3, 6; 19; 5, 51:
omnibus portis prorumpunt,
Tac. H. 4, 20; 34:
portarum claustra,
Verg. A. 7, 185:
limina portarum,
id. ib. 2, 803:
portas obice firmā claudere,
Ov. M. 14, 780:
portas reserare hosti,
id. A. A. 3, 577:
portā triumphali ducere funus,
Tac. A. 3, 47:
sanctae quoque res, veluti muri et portae, quodammodo divini juris sunt,
Gai. Inst. 2, 8:
vidi Portas (Carthaginis) non clausas, a proof that the people were fearless,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 23.—Connected with urbis:
qui urbis portas occuparent,
Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 15:
bellum a portis hujus urbis avolsum,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1.—With per (rare except in Livy):
per unam portam praesidium Romanum irrumpit,
Liv. 9, 24, 12:
paulo ante lucem per effractam portam urbem ingreditur,
id. 24, 46, 7:
per aversam portam silentio excedere,
id. 10, 34, 4; 4, 46, 6; 23, 47, 8:
elapsus per eam portam quae... ad Darii castra pervenit,
Curt. 4, 10, 25; Vulg. Gen. 34, 20:
in fastigio portae,
id. 2 Reg. 18, 24.—Prov.: porta itineri longissima, the way to the gate is the longest (sc. in making a journey), i. e. it is the first step that costs, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2.—
B.
Transf., in gen., like our gate, of an avenue, entrance, passage, outlet, door of any kind (syn.: fores, janua, ostium). —Of the gates of a camp:
ab decumanā portā castra munita,
Caes. B. G. 3, 25; so,
principalis,
Liv. 40, 27:
quaestoria,
id. ib.:
villarum,
Plin. 28, 10, 44, § 157: venti, velut agmine facto, Quā data porta, ruunt, [p. 1401] Verg. A. 1, 82.—Of a cage:
ex portā ludis emitti, said of hares,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 30: porta tonat caeli, Enn. ap. Vet. Gram. ap. Col. (Ann. v. 597 Vahl.); Verg. G. 3, 261:
somni,
id. A. 6, 893; cf.
eburna,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 41:
ubi portitor aera recepit, Obserat umbrosos lurida porta rogos,
the portal of the infernal regions, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 8: belli portae, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 61 (Ann. v. 271 Vahl.):
mortis,
Vulg. Psa. 9, 15:
inferi,
id. Isa. 38, 10:
portae, quae alibi Armeniae, alibi Caspiae, alibi Ciliciae vocantur,
passes, gorges, defiles, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Nep. Dat. 7, 3; Val. Fl. 3, 496:
solis,
the signs of Cancer and Aries in the zodiac, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12, and S. 1, 17: jecoris, a part of the liver (so too in Gr. pulê), Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137:
fluviorum,
Vulg. Nahum, 2, 6.—Of the fundament, Cat. 15, 17.—
* II.
Trop.
A.
Et quibus e portis occurri cuique deceret, by what way, by what means, Lucr. 6, 32.—
B.
As the symbol of strength:
portae inferi,
the powers of hell, Vulg. Matt. 16, 18.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > porta
3 Qvod erat demonstrandvm

• [ that] which has been demonstrated

• a statement of logical proof, especially in mathematics and law, abbreviated Q.E.D

Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > Qvod erat demonstrandvm
4 quin

quīn, conj. [abl. quī and ne].
I.
As an interrog. particle, why not? wherefore not? (only in exhortation or remonstrance; not in inquiring for a fact; cf.: quidni, cur non).
1.
Usu. with indic. pres.:
quid stas, lapis? Quin accipis?
Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 4:
quin experimur,
id. Phorm. 3, 3, 5 Fleck. (Umpf experiemur):
quin continetis vocem?
Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:
quin potius pacem aeternam Exercemus?
Verg. A. 4, 99:
quin igitur ulciscimur Graeciam?
Curt. 5, 7, 4:
quin conscendimus equos?
why not mount our horses? Liv. 1, 57.—
2.
With imper.:
quin me aspice et contempla,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 16:
quin uno verbo dic, quid est, quod me velis,
just say in one word! Ter. And. 1, 1, 18:
quin tu hoc crimen obice ubi licet agere,
i. e. you had better, Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 25. —
3.
With subj. only in orat. obliq.:
quin illi congrederentur acie inclinandamque semel fortunae rem darent,
Liv. 3, 61, 14; 4, 43, 11; 40, 40, 4.—
II.
Transf.
A.
As a rel. particle, prop. quī or qui ne, and mostly where the rel. stands for a nom. masc. or for abl. of time, who... not, that not, but that, but, often = Engl. without and a participial clause.
1.
In gen.:
curiosus nemo est quin sit malevolus,
Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 54:
neque aequom est occultum id haberi, quin participem te,
id. Aul. 2, 1, 13; id. Cas. 2, 8, 68:
nulla causast quin me condones cruci,
id. Rud. 4, 4, 26:
ut nullo modo Introire possem, quin me viderent,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 2:
facere non possum, quin ad te mittam,
I cannot forbear sending to you, Cic. Att. 12, 27, 3:
cum causae nihil esset, quin secus indicaret,
id. Quint. 9, 32:
nihil abest, quin sim miserrimus,
id. Att. 11, 15, 3:
neminem conveni, quin omnes mihi maximas gratias agant,
id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:
nemo est, quin ubivis quam ibi ubi est, esse malit,
id. ib. 6, 1, 1:
repertus est nemo quin mori diceret satius est,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 88:
nemo, qui aliquo esset in numero, scripsit orationem quin redigeret omnis sententias, etc.,
id. Or. 61, 208:
nihil praetermisi, quin enucleate ad te scriberem,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:
neque ullus flare ventus poterat quin aliquā ex parte secundum cursum haberent,
Caes. B. C. 3, 47:
nulli ex itinere excedere licebat quin ab equitatu Caesaris exciperetur,
without being cut off, id. ib. 1, 79:
nullum fere tempus intermiserunt, quin trans Rhenum legatos mitterent,
without sending, id. B. G. 5, 55:
in castello nemo fuit omnino militum quin vulneraretur,
id. B. C. 3, 53:
quid recusare potest, quin et socii sibi consulant,
Liv. 32, 21: vix superat, quin triumphus decernatur, it wants little that, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 13, 5:
paene factum est, quin castra relinquerentur,
i.e. they were very near deserting their camp, id. ib. 17, 13, 5.— So quin (= quī non) stands for a rel. abl. of time:
neque ullum fere tempus intercessit quin aliquem de motu Gallorum nuntium acciperet,
Caes. B. G. 5, 53.— More rarely quin stands for quae non, quod non, etc.: nulla est civitas quin ad id tempus partem senatus Cordubam mitteret. Caes. B. C. 2, 19:
nulla fuit Thessaliae civitas quin Caesari pareret,
id. ib. 3, 81:
nulla (natura), quin suam vim retineat,
Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 32:
horum autem nihil est quin intereat,
id. N. D. 3, 12, 30; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: nihil est quin male narrando possit depravari, Ter. [p. 1513] Phorm. 4, 4, 16:
nihil tam difficilest quin investigare possiet,
id. Heant. 4, 2, 8:
cum nemo esset, quin hoc se audisse liquido diceret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:
Messanam nemo venit, quin viderit,
id. ib. 2, 4, 4, §
7: nego ullam picturam fuisse, quin inspexerit,
id. ib. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. Gell. 17, 13, 2 sq., and Cato ap. Gell. ib. § 3.— 2. Esp. after words expressing hesitation (usu. with neg.):
non dubitaturum, quin cederet, Cic Mil. 23, 63: nolite dubitare, quin,
id. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:
et vos non dubitatis, quin,
id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:
dubitatis, Quirites, quin hoc tantum boni in rem publicam conferatis?
id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49. —
3.
Much more freq. after words expressing doubt, ignorance, etc.:
non dubitabat, quin,
Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3:
cave dubites, quin,
id. Fam. 5, 20, 6:
non dubitabat quin... non posset,
id. Att. 5, 11, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:
non esse dubium, quin... possent,
no doubt that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4; Ter. And. 2, 3, 17:
neque abest suspicio, quin,
a suspicion that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:
quis ignerat, quin?
who is ignorant that? who does not know that? Cic. Fl. 27, 64:
dies fere nullus est, quin hic Satyrus domum meam ventitet,
hardly a day passes that he does not come, id. Att. 1, 1, 3.—
B.
That not, as if not, as though not:
non quin ipse dissentiam, sed quod,
not but that, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 1: non quin breviter reddi responsum potuerit, Liv 2, 15. —
C.
For corroboration.
1.
But, indeed, really, verily, of a truth:
Hercle quin tu recte dicis,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 77: credo;
neque id injuria: quin Mihi molestum est,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 20:
te nec hortor, nec rogo, ut domum redeas, quin hinc ipse evolare cupio,
Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1.— Esp. in reaching a climax or adding a stronger assertion or proof: quin etiam, yea indeed, nay even:
credibile non est, quantum scribam die: quin etiam noctibus,
Cic. Att. 13, 26, 3; 14, 21, 3:
quin etiam necesse crit cupere et optare, ut, etc.,
id. Lael. 16, 59:
quin etiam voces jactare,
Verg. A. 2, 768: mortem non esse metuendam, quin etiam si, etc., nay, not even if, etc., Lact. 3, 27 fin.; cf.:
quin et Atridas Priamus fefellit,
Hor. C. 1, 10, 13.—
2.
Rather, yea rather:
nihil ea res animum militaris viri imminuit, quin contra plus spei naotus,
Liv. 35, 26.—
D.
In corrections, nay, rather:
non potest dici satis quantum in illo sceleris fuerit, Quin sic attendite, judices, etc.,
Cic. Mil. 29, 78 sq. (cf. Halm ad loc., and Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 164).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > quin
5 locus

locus ī, m (plur. loci, single places; loca, n, places connected, a region), a place, spot: coacto in unum locum exercitu, Cs.: locorum situm nosse, L.: Romae per omnīs locos, S.: loci communes, public places, parks: de loco superiore dicere, i. e. from the judicial bench: Celsior ipse loco (i. e. celsiore loco), O.: et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habiti, i. e. orations and conversations: ex inferiore loco, i. e. before a judge: primus aedium, a dwelling on the ground-floor, N.—An appointed place, station, post, position: loco movere, drive from a post, T.: loco deicere, H.: loco cedere, give way, S.: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: loca senatoria secernere a populo, L.: loca iussa tenere, V.—Place, room: ut locus in foro daretur amicis: locum sibi fecit, O.: non erat his locus, right place, H.—A lodging, quarters: locus inde lautiaque legatis praeberi iussa, L.—A place, spot, locality, region, country: non hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco: est locus, Hesperiam dicunt, V.: locos tenere, L.: occupare, S.: venisse in illa loca: ea loca incolere, that region, Cs.—Fig., place, position, degree, rank, order, office: summo loco natus, Cs.: infimo loco natus: legationis princeps locus, head, Cs.: tua dignitas suum locum obtinebit: voluptatem nullo loco numerat: qui locum tenuit virtute secundum, V.: de locis contendere, i. e. precedence, Cs.: signiferos loco movit, degraded, Cs.: duo consularia loca, L.: omnia loca obtinuere, ne cui plebeio aditus esset, L.—Place, position, situation, condition, relation, state: in eum iam res rediit locum, ut, etc., T.: Peiore res loco non potis est esse, T.: Quo res summa loco? In what state? V.: missis nuntiis, quo loco res essent, L.: primo loco, first in order, Iu.: se (eos) eodem loco quo Helvetios habiturum, would treat as, etc., Cs.: parentis loco esse: reliquos obsidum loco ducere, Cs.: criminis loco esse, quod vivam, serves for: in uxoris loco habere, T.: in liberūm loco esse: se in hostium habiturum loco, qui, etc., Cs.: nescire quo loci esset, in what condition: erat causa in eo iam loci, ut, etc., in such a condition.—A topic, matter, subject, point, head, division: tractat locos ab Aristotele ante tractatos: hic locus, de naturā usuque verborum: ex quattuor locis in quos divisimus, etc.: locos quosdam transferam, shall make some extracts: speciosa locis Fabula, quotable passages, H.: loca iam recitata, H.—In rhet.: loci communes, passages of a general import (see communis).—Of time: interea loci, meanwhile, T.: postea loci, afterwards, S.: ad id locorum, till then, S.—In abl, at the right time, seasonably, appropriately, suitably: posuisti loco versūs: et properare loco et cessare, H.: Dulce est desipere in loco, H.— A fitting place, room, opportunity, cause, occasion, place, time: et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus, T.: probandae virtutis, Cs.: aliquid loci rationi dedisses: Interpellandi locus hic erat, H.: nec vero hic locus est, ut, etc., the proper occasion: Est locus in volnus, room for injury, O.: meritis vacat hic tibi locus, opportunity for services, V.: in poëtis non Homero soli locus est aut Archilocho, etc.: vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit, i. e. renders impossible: resecandae libidinis: si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus.
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I
loci N M

place, territory/locality/neighborhood/region; position/point; aim point; site; part of the body; female genitals (pl.); grounds of proof
II
loci N M

seat, rank, position; soldier's post; quarters; category; book passage, topic; part of the body; female genitals (pl.); grounds of proof

Latin-English dictionary > locus
6 ratio

rătĭo, onis (abl. rationi, Lucr. 6, 66), f. [reor, ratus], a reckoning, account, calculation, computation.
I.
Lit.
(α).
Sing.: Les. Nequaquam argenti ratio conparet tamen. Sta. Ratio quidem hercle adparet: argentum oichetai, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 15 sq.:
rationem putare... bene ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos convenit,
id. Most. 1, 3, 141; 146; cf.: ad calculos vocare amicitiam, ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:
itur, putatur ratio cum argentario... Ubi disputata est ratio cum argentario,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 53 sq.:
dextera digitis rationem computat,
id. Mil. 2, 2, 49:
magna ratio C. Verruci,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 188:
direptio ejus pecuniae, cujus ratio in aede Opis confecta est,
id. Phil. 5, 6, 16; cf.:
quibus in tabulis nominatim, ratio confecta erat, qui numerus domo exisset, etc.,... Quarum omnium rerum summa erat, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 29: auri ratio constat: aurum in aerario est, the account agrees, i. e. is correct, Cic. Fl. 28, 69 (v. consto):
decumo post mense, ut rationem te dictare intellego,
to make the reckoning, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 38 (al. ductare):
rationem ducere,
to make a computation, to compute, calculate, reckon, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; so, rationem habere, to take an account, make a computation:
omnium proeliorum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 53; cf.:
hujus omnis pecuniae conjunctim ratio habetur,
id. B. G. 6, 19; and:
piratarum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:
rationem inire,
to cast up, reckon, calculate, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:
quattuor minae periere, ut ratio redditur,
Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 23; cf.:
tibi ego rationem reddam?
id. Aul. 1, 1, 6; id. Trin. 2, 4, 114:
rationem referre,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 98:
rationem repetere de pecuniis repetundis,
id. Clu. 37, 104: Py. Quanta istaec hominum summa est? Ar. Septem millia. Py. Tantum esse oportet:
recte rationem tenes,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47 et saep.:
drachumae, quas de ratione debuisti,
according to the account, id. Trin. 2, 4, 24:
grandem (pecuniam) quemadmodum in rationem inducerent, non videbant,
how they should bring it into their accounts, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 106.—
(β).
Plur.: rationes putare argentariam, frumentariam, pabuli causa quae parata sunt;
rationem vinariam, oleariam, quid venierit, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 2, 5:
rationes ad aerarium continuo detuli... quas rationes si cognoris, intelleges, etc.,
Cic. Pis. 25, 61:
ut rationes cum publicanis putarent,
id. Att. 4, 11, 1:
rationes a colono accepit,
id. Caecin. 32, 94:
quid opus est? inquam. Rationes conferatis. Assidunt, subducunt, ad nummum convenit,
id. Att. 5, 21, 12:
rationes referre... rationes deferre,
id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:
Romani pueri longis rationibus assem Discunt in partes centum diducere,
Hor. A. P. 325 et saep.:
A RATIONIBVS,
an accountant, Inscr. Orell. 1494; 2973; 2986; 4173 et saep. (cf. ab).—
B.
Transf.
1.
A list, roll, register (rare):
cedo rationem carceris, quae diligentissime conficitur, quo quisque die datus in custodiam, quo mortuus, quo necatus sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:
rationes imperii, ab Augusto proponi solitas, sed a Tiberio intermissas, publicavit (sc. Caligula),
Suet. Calig. 16 ( = breviarium) totius imperii, id. Aug. 101 fin.:
rationarium imperii,
id. ib. 28.—
2.
A sum, number (rare), Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 11:
nunc lenonum et scortorum plus est fere Quam olim muscarum est. Ea nimia est ratio,
id. Truc. 1, 1, 49:
pro ratione pecuniae liberalius est Brutus tractatus quam Pompeius,
Cic. Att. 6, 3, 5; cf. II. B. 1. c. infra.—
3.
A business matter, transaction, business; also, a matter, affair, in gen. (a favorite word of Cicero):
res rationesque eri Ballionis curo,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 31:
res rationesque vestrorum omnium,
id. Am. prol. 4:
re ac ratione cum aliquo conjunctus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 172:
de tota illa ratione atque re Gallicana inter se multa communicare,
id. Quint. 4, 15:
cum (Druides) in reliquis fere rebus, publicis privatisque rationibus, Graecis utantur litteris,
Caes. B. G. 6, 14 (metaphrast. pragmasi):
ratio nummaria,
Cic. Att. 10, 11, 2:
aeraria ratio,
id. Quint. 4, 15:
ratio domestica... bellica,
id. Off. 1, 22, 76:
quod ad popularem rationem attinet,
id. Fam. 1, 2, 4:
rationes familiares componere,
Tac. A. 6, 16 fin.:
fori judiciique rationem Messala suscepit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149; cf.:
in explicandis rationibus rerum civilium,
id. Rep. 1, 8, 13:
rationes civitatis,
id. ib. 1, 6, 11:
quantos aestus habet ratio comitiorum... nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum,
id. Mur. 17, 35:
propter rationem Gallici belli,
id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19; so id. ib. 8, 14, 35:
ad omnem rationem humanitatis,
id. Mur. 31, 66: in hac ratione quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu facillime perspicies, id. Fam. 1, 7, 6 fin.:
ad eam rationem existimabam satis aptam naturam meam,
id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—
b.
Pregn.: meae (tuae, etc.) rationes, my ( thy, etc.) interest, my ( thy, etc.) advantage (cf. in Engl. to find one's account in any thing):
me ad ejus rationes adjungo, quem tu in meis rationibus tibi esse adjungendum putasti,
Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 2; cf.:
exemplum meis alienissimum rationibus,
id. Corn. Fragm. 1, 7 B. and K.:
consideres, quid tuae rationes postulent,
Sall. C. 44, 5: servitia repudiabat... alienum suis rationibus existimans videri causam civium cum servis fugitivis communicasse, inconsistent with his policy or interests, id. ib. 56, 5:
si meas rationes unquam vestrae saluti anteposuissem,
Cic. Red. ad Quir. 1, 1.
II.
Trop., a reckoning, account, computation:
postquam hanc rationem cordi ventrique edidi,
presented this reckoning, Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 12:
itidem hic ut Acheronti ratio accepti scribitur,
i.e. things are taken only, nothing is given back, id. Truc. 4, 2, 36:
nomen (comoediae) jam habetis, nunc rationes ceteras Accipite,
an account of the rest, id. Poen. prol. 55; cf.:
census quom sum, juratori recte rationem dedi,
id. Trin. 4, 2, 30; so,
rationem dare, for the more usual rationem reddere,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 86 Mull.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92 Zumpt:
(argentarii) ratione utuntur,
make a reckoning, settle up, Plaut. Cas. prol. 27:
cum eam mecum rationem puto,
go into that calculation, think over the matter, id. ib. 3, 2, 25; cf.:
frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 54:
(Medea et Atreus) inita subductaque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes,
Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 71:
quod posteaquam iste cognovit hanc rationem habere coepit,
to make the following calculation, reflection, id. Verr. 2, 5, 39, § 101; cf.: totius rei consilium his rationibus explicavit, ut si, etc.,... si, etc.,... sin, etc., drew the plan of the whole undertaking according to the following calculation, that if, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 78;
and herewith cf.: rationem consilii mei accipite,
id. ib. 3, 86:
ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me convenias, etc.,
that you may calculate, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 6:
semper ita vivamus, ut rationem reddendam nobis arbitremur,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 28; cf.:
nihil est, quod minus ferendum sit, quam rationem ab altero vitae reposcere eum, qui non possit suae reddere,
id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 28;
and with this cf.: si gravius quid acciderit, abs te rationem reposcent,
will call you to account, Caes. B. G. 5, 30: clarorum virorum atque magnorum non minus otii, quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, an account must be capable of being given, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66:
tam otii quam negotii rationem reddere majores censuisse,
Col. 11 fin.: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio constet, quam si uni reddatur, that the account is not correct unless, etc., Tac. A. 1, 6 fin.:
mirum est quam singulis diebus in urbe ratio aut constet aut constare videatur,
Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; 1, 5, 16 et saep.; cf. Just. praef. 5.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Relation, reference, respect to a thing:
(agricolae) habent rationem cum terra, quae nunquam recusat imperium,
have an account, have to do, have dealings with the earth, Cic. Sen. 15, 51; cf.:
ubi ratio cum Orco habetur,
Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 3;
for which: ubi sit cum Orco ratio ponenda,
Col. 1, 3, 2:
cum omnibus Musis rationem habere cogito,
Cic. Att. 2, 5, 2:
cum hac (muliere) aliquid adulescentem hominem habuisse rationis,
id. Cael. 20, 50; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190. omnes, quibuscum ratio huic aut est aut fuit, assunt, defendunt, id. Quint. 23, 75; cf.
. quae ratio tibi cum eo intercesserat?
id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:
pacis vero quae potest esse cum eo ratio, in quo est incredibilis crudelitas, fides nulla?
id. Phil. 4, 6, 14:
quod si habenda cum M. Antonii latrocinio pacis ratio fuit, etc.,
id. ib. 12, 7, 17:
fontes ad nostrorum annalium rationem veteres, ad ipsorum sane recentes,
in respect to our annals, id. Brut. 13, 49.—
b.
Pregn., a respect, regard, concern, consideration, care for a thing (usu. in the connection habere and ducere alicujus rei rationem): ad hanc rationem quoniam maximam vim natura habet, fortuna proximam: utriusque omnino habenda ratio est in deligendo genere vitae, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:
quorum (civium Romanorum) nobis pro vestra sapientia, Quirites, habenda est ratio diligenter,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:
(deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem,
id. Leg. 2, 7, 15:
cujus absentis rationem haberi proximis comitiis populus jussisset,
Caes. B. C. 1, 9; so,
absentis,
id. ib. 1, 32; 3, 82 fin.:
sauciorum et aegrorum habita ratione,
id. ib. 3, 75:
moneret, frumenti rationem esse habendam,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 34;
so (al. frumentandi), rationem habere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 75 Oud.; cf. id. ib. 7, 71:
alicujus vel dignitatis vel commodi rationem non habere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17: ut summae rei publicae rationem habeamus, Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, c, 3:
alicujus salutis rationem habere,
i. e. to regard, care for, be concerned about, Caes. B. G. 7, 71; so id. B. C. 1, 20:
turpissimae fugae rationem habere,
id. ib. 2, 31:
ut in ceteris habenda ratio non sui solum sed etiam aliorum, sic, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:
proinde habeat rationem posteritatis et periculi sui,
Caes. B. C. 1, 13:
habere nunc se rationem officii pro beneficiis Caesaris,
id. B. G. 5, 27:
non ullius rationem sui commodi ducit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:
cum hujusce periculi tum ceterorum quoque officiorum et amicitiarum ratio,
id. Clu. 42, 117:
omnis hac in re habenda ratio et diligentia est, ut, etc.,
id. Lael. 24, 89; cf.:
didici ex tuis litteris, te omnibus in rebus habuisse rationem, ut mihi consuleres,
id. Fam. 3, 5, 1:
habeo rationem, quid a populo Romano acceperim,
bring into consideration, consider, id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:
ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me salva lege Cornelia convenias, ego veni, etc.,
id. Fam. 3, 6, 6:
neque illud rationis habuisti, eam provinciam ad summam stultitiam nequitiamque venisse,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 38; cf.:
hoc rationis habebant, facere eos nullo modo posse, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 2, 29, e70.—
c.
Relation to a thing, i. e.
(α).
Subject., course, conduct, procedure, mode, manner, method, fashion, plan, etc. (cf. consilium):
nunc sic rationem incipissam, hanc instituam astutiam, ut, etc.,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 82; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 175 sqq.:
ubi cenas hodic, si hanc rationem instituis?
Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 26; id. Truc. 1, 1, 3:
tua ratio est, ut secundum binos ludos mihi respondere incipias: mea, ut ante primos ludos comperendinem. Ita fiet, ut tua ista ratio existimetur astuta, meum hoc consilium necessarium,
Cic. Verr. 1, 11, 34; cf.:
ratio viaque defensionis,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 4:
itaque in praesentia Pompeii insequendi rationem omittit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 30:
mea autem ratio in dicendo haec esse solet, ut, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 292:
haec in philosophia ratio contra omnia disserendi,
id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:
dicendi,
id. Or. 32, 114; id. de Or. 3, 15, 56; cf.:
aliquot ante annis inita ratio est, ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 2, 36, 61:
ut, quo primum occurreretur, vix ratio iniri possit,
Caes. B. G. 7, 24:
quia reponendarum (tegularum) nemo artifex inire rationem potuerit,
Liv. 42, 3 fin. —In plur.:
hoc aditu laudis non mea me voluntas sed meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae prohibuerunt,
plan of life, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:
de rationibus rerum publicarum aut constituendarum aut tuendarum,
id. Rep. 1, 6, 11.—
(β).
Object., relation, condition, nature, kind, sort, fashion, way, etc. (cf. modus):
sed ratio ordoque agminis aliter se habebat ac Belgae ad Nervios detulerant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 19; cf.:
ut rei militaris ratio atque ordo postulabat,
id. ib. 2, 22; so,
rei militaris,
id. ib. 4, 23:
ratio atque usus belli,
the art and practice of war, id. ib. 4, 1; id. B. C. 1, 76 fin.; 2, 18; 3, 17 et saep. al.; cf.:
novae rationes bellandi,
id. ib. 3, 50:
ratio equestris proelii,
id. B. G. 5, 16:
quorum operum haec erat ratio, etc.,
id. B. C. 1, 25; cf.: rationem pontis hanc instituit;
tigna bina, etc.,
id. B. G. 4, 17:
serpit per omnium vitas amicitia, nec ullam aetatis degendae rationem patitur esse expertem sui,
Cic. Lael. 23, 87; cf.:
ita ratio comparata est vitae naturaeque nostrae, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 27, 101; id. Ac. 2, 43, 132:
civitas (Platonis) non quae possit esse, sed in qua ratio rerum civilium perspici posset,
id. Rep. 2, 30, 52 init.; cf.:
reliqui disseruerunt de generibus et de rationibus civitatum,
id. ib. 2, 11, 22;
1, 8, 13: quam creberrimis litteris faciam ut tibi nota sit omnis ratio dierum atque itinerum meorum,
id. Fam. 3, 5, 4: quoniam eadem est ratio juris in utroque, id. Rep. 3, 12, 21; cf.:
haec eadem ratio est in summa totius Galliae,
Caes. B. G. 6, 11 fin.:
ab nostris eadem ratione, qua pridie, resistitur,
id. ib. 5, 40; id. B. C. 3, 100; cf. id. ib. 3, 101:
docet, longe alia ratione esse bellum gerendum atque antea sit gestum,
id. B. G. 7, 14:
hoc si Romae fieri posset, certe aliqua ratione expugnasset iste,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, ee130:
quid refert, qua me ratione cogatis?
id. Lael. 8, 26:
quod fuit illis conandum atque omni ratione efficiendum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 65 fin.; 1, 67 fin.:
simili ratione Pompeius in suis castris consedit,
id. ib. 3, 76:
auxilium ferri nulla ratione poterat,
id. ib. 1, 70:
nec quibus rationibus superare possent, sed quem ad modum uti victoria deberent, cogitabant,
id. ib. 3, 83 fin.; 3, 58; 3, 18 fin. et saep.—
(γ).
With gen. of a subst. in circumlocution for the subst. itself (v. Zumpt, Gram. §
678): vereor ne oratio mea aliena ab judiciorum ratione esse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, ee109:
multa autem propter rationem brevitatis praetermittenda,
id. ib. 2, 1, 40, ee
103: quantas perturbationes et quantos aestus habet ratio comitiorum?
id. Mur. 17, 35:
nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum,
id. ib. 17, 36:
praedicere tempestatum rationem et praedonum,
id. ib. 2, 4:
tota ratio talium largitionum genere vitiosa est,
id. Off. 2, 17, 60.—
2.
Pregn., that faculty of the mind which forms the basis of computation and calculation, and hence of mental action in general, i. e. judgment, understanding, reason: duplex est vis animorum atque natura: una pars in appetitu posita est, quae est hormê Graece, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit;
altera in ratione, quae docet et explanat, quid faciendum, quid fugiendum sit. Ita fit, ut ratio praesit, appetitus obtemperet,
Cic. Off. 1, 28, 101:
homo, quod rationis est particeps, per quam consequentia cernit, causas rerum videt earumque progressus et quasi antecessiones non ignorat, similitudines comparat rebusque praesentibus adjungit atque annectit futuras, facile totius vitae cursum videt ad eamque degendam praeparat res necessarias. Eademque natura vi rationis hominem concilia homini et ad orationis et ad vitae societatem, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 4, 11 sq.:
haud scio, an melius fuerit, humano generi motum istum celerem cogitationis, acumen, sollertiam, quam rationem vocamus, non dari omnino quam tam munifice et tam large dari, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 27, 69:
lex est ratio summa, insita in natura, quae jubet ea, quae facienda sunt, prohibetque contraria. Eadem ratio, cum est in hominis mente confirmata et confecta, lex est,
id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:
ut, quos ratio non posset, eos ad officium religio duceret,
id. N. D. 1, 42, 118:
mens et ratio et consilium in senibus est,
id. Sen. 19, 67; cf. Liv. 28, 28:
si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit, si ratio, consilium, prudentia, Pompeius antistat,
Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; cf. id. Quint. 16, 53; and:
si ratio et prudentia curas aufert,
Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 25:
quibus in rebus temeritas et casus, non ratio nec consilium valet,
Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85; cf.:
illa de urbis situ revoces ad rationem quae a Romulo casu aut necessitate facta sunt,
id. Rep. 2, 11, 22; and:
moneo ut agentem te ratio ducat, non fortuna,
Liv. 22, 39 fin.: mulier abundat audacia;
consilio et ratione deficitur,
Cic. Clu. 65, 184:
Ariovistum magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse. Cui rationi contra homines barbaros locus fuisset, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40: arma amens capio;
nec sat rationis in armis,
Verg. A. 2, 314:
rationis egens,
id. ib. 8, 299 et saep.:
iracundia dissidens a ratione,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:
majora quam hominum ratio consequi possit,
id. ib. 1, 10, 15:
quantum ratione provideri poterat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.:
quantumque in ratione esset, exploratum habuit,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 6 init.:
nec majore ratione bellum administrari posse,
Caes. B. C. 7, 21:
minari divisoribus ratio non erat,
it was not reasonable, was contrary to reason, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24; so, nulla ratio est, with an objectclause, id. Caecin. 5, 15; so,
too, minime rationis est,
Col. 3, 5, 3; cf. with dat.:
Vitellianus exercitus, cui acquiescere Cremonae ratio fuit,
which, as reason dictated, ought to have rested at Cremona, Tac. H. 3, 22:
quod domi te inclusisti, ratione fecisti,
reasonably, sensibly, judiciously, Cic. Att. 12, [p. 1527] 14, 3.—
b.
The reasonable cause of a thing, a ground, motive, reason:
ratio est causa, quae demonstrat, verum esse id, quod intendimus, brevi subjectione. Rationis confirmatio est ea, quae pluribus argumentis corroborat breviter expositam rationem,
Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28:
quid tandem habuit argumenti aut rationis res, quamobrem, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115; cf.:
nostra confirmare argumentis ac rationibus: deinde contraria refutare,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 80:
noverit orator argumentorum et rationum locos,
id. Or. 14, 44 (v. also argumentum):
si mei consilii causam rationemque cognoverit,
id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1; cf.:
ad eam sententiam cum reliquis causis haec quoque ratio eos deduxit, quod, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10 fin.:
quam habet rationem, non quaero aequitatis, sed ipsius improbitatis atque impudentiae?... facti, si non bonam, at aliquam rationem afferre,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, e196; cf.:
deinde nihil rationis affert, quamobrem, etc.,
id. Caecin. 33, 96:
non deest hoc loco copia rationum, quibus docere velitis, humanas esse formas deorum: primum quod, etc.... deinde quod, etc.... tertiam rationem affertis, quod, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 27, 76:
et quidem, cur sic opinetur, rationem subicit,
id. Div. 2, 50, 104:
idcirco minus existimo te nihil nisi summa ratione fecisse,
id. Att. 8, 11, D, §
5: nunc non modo agendi rationem nullam habeo, sed ne cogitandi quidem,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 3:
rationes in ea disputatione a te collectae vetabant me rei publicae penitus diffidere,
id. Fam. 5, 13, 3; cf. id. Ac. 2, 36, 116:
rationibus conquisitis de voluptate et dolore disputandum putant,
id. Fin. 1, 9, 31; cf.:
quod cum disputando rationibusque docuisset,
id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:
his rationibus tam certis tamque illustribus opponuntur ab his, qui contra disputant primum labores, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:
num parva causa aut prava ratio est?
reason, excuse, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 27.—
(β).
In rhet., a showing cause, argument, reasoning in support of a proposition:
ratio est, quae continet causam, quae si sublata sit, nihil in causa controversiae relinquatur, hoc modo: Orestes si accusetur matricidii, nisi hoc dicat, Jure feci, illa enim patrem meum occiderat, non habet defensionem,
Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18:
ad propositum subjecta ratio, et item in distributis supposita ratio,
id. de Or. 3, 54, 207; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 4; 5, 14, 1; 16; 7, 8, 3.—
c.
Reasonableness, reason, propriety, law, rule, order, conformity, etc.:
in omnibus, quae ratione docentur et via, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,
in a reasonable, regular manner, Cic. Or. 33, 116; cf.:
ut ratione et via procedat oratio,
id. Fin. 1, 9, 29:
modo et ratione aliquid facere (along with recte atque ordine facere),
id. Quint. 7, 28; cf.:
quae res Nec modum habet neque consilium, ratione modoque Tractari non vult,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 266:
nihil est, quod ratione et numero moveri possit sine consilio,
Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 43:
intervallis imparibus, sed tamen pro rata parte ratione distinctis,
divided proportionally by rule, id. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf.:
ex summis et infimis et mediis interjectis ordinibus ut sonis moderata ratione civitas concinit,
in symmetrical proportion, id. ib. 2, 42, 69:
in quo defuit fortasse ratio, sed tamen vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem,
order, system, id. ib. 2, 33, 57;
5, 5, 7: declinatio si cum ratione fiet,
reasonably, id. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:
ratio et distributio,
a reasonable division, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 1.—
d.
A theory, doctrine, or system based upon reason; science, and (less freq.), subject., knowledge:
erat enim tunc haec nova et ignota ratio, solem lunae oppositum solere deficere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:
nova et a nobis inventa ratio,
id. ib. 1, 8, 13;
2, 39, 66: si animum contulisti in istam rationem et quasi artem,
id. ib. 1, 23, 37; cf.:
omnes tacito quodam sensu sine ulla arte aut ratione, quae sint in artibus ac rationibus recta ac prava dijudicant,
id. de Or. 3, 50, 195; id. Brut. 74, 258:
continet enim totam hanc quaestionem ea ratio, quae est de natura deorum,
id. Div. 1, 51, 117:
Epicuri ratio, quae plerisque notissima est,
doctrine, system, philosophy, id. Fin. 1, 5, 13; cf.:
Stoicorum ratio disciplinaque,
id. Off. 3, 4, 20:
Cynicorum ratio,
id. ib. 1, 41, 148; so id. Fin. 3, 20, 68: ratio vivendi... ratio civilis et disciplina populorum, the art of living... statesmanship, id. Rep. 3, 3, 4; cf.:
etiamsi cui videbitur illa in optimis studiis et artibus quieta vitae ratio beatior, haec civilis laudabilior est certe et illustrior,
id. ib. 3, 3, 4:
improba navigii ratio tum caeca jacebat,
Lucr. 5, 1004: saltationis ac musicae rationis studiosi, Col. prooem. e3 al.—Subject., knowledge:
si qua (est in me) exercitatio dicendi aut si hujus rei ratio aliqua, ab optimarum artium studiis ac disciplina profecta,
Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—
e.
A view or opinion resting upon reasonable grounds:
mea sic est ratio,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 43; cf.:
inventus est nemo, cujus non haec et sententia esset et oratio, non esse metuendum, etc.... Haec cum omnes sentirent et cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 68 sq.; and with this cf. id. Att. 1, 11, 1:
cujus ratio etsi non valuit,
Nep. Milt. 3, 6 (just before: hujus cum sententiam plurimi essent secuti).—
f.
In philos. lang., a production of proof, argumentation, reasoning: (Epicurus) tollit definitiones; nihil de dividendo ac partiendo docet;
non, quo modo efficiatur concludaturque ratio, tradit,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22; cf. id. Div. 2, 10, 25; id. de Or. 2, 38, 158:
ratio ipsa coget, et ex aeternitate quaedam esse vera et ea non esse nexa causis aeternis, etc.,
id. Fat. 16, 38; cf.:
ergo, ubi tyrannus est, ibi non vitiosam ut heri dicebam, sed, ut nunc ratio cogit, dicendum est, plane nullam esse rem publicam,
id. Rep. 3, 31, 43.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ratio
7 specimen

spĕcĭmen, ĭnis, n. [id.], that by which a thing is seen, known, or recognized.
I.
Lit., a mark, token, proof, example, indication, evidence, sign (class.; used only in sing.; cf.:
exemplum, exemplar): nunc specimen specitur, nunc certamen cernitur,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 2, 15:
tum Specimen cernitur, quo eveniat aedificatio,
id. Most. 1, 2, 52:
hoc specimen verum esse videtur, Quam celeri motu rerum simulacra ferantur,
Lucr. 4, 209:
ingenii specimen est quoddam transilire ante pedes posita,
Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160:
ingenii, ingenui hominis,
id. Fragm. Pis. 1, 2:
popularis judicii,
id. Brut. 50, 188:
eximium consilii specimen,
Liv. 8, 7, 18:
anticum specimen animorum,
id. 38, 17, 20:
securitatis,
Plin. 7, 55, 56, § 196:
Solis avi,
Verg. A. 12, 164:
tellus Tale dabit specimen,
id. G. 2, 241:
matris Horae,
Val. Fl. 6, 57:
specimen dare alicui in aliquā re,
to furnish proof, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27; cf.:
Romanae fidei specimen gentibus dare,
Liv. 38, 58, 6; 25, 36, 16:
virtutis,
id. 5, 26, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.:
ad specimen virtutis ostendendum,
id. 28, 21, 3.—
II.
Transf., a pattern, model, example, ideal (so a favorite word with Cic.):
specimen sationis et insitionis origo Ipsa fuit Natura,
Lucr. 5, 1361; cf. id. 5, 186:
specimen humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:
temperantiae prudentiaeque specimen est Q. Scaevola,
id. N. D. 3, 32, 80:
innocentiae,
id. Pis. 39, 95:
is ordo ceteris specimen esto,
id. Leg. 3, 3, 10:
num dubitas, quin specimen naturae capi deceat ex optumā quāque naturā?
id. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:
unicum antiquitatis specimen,
Tac. A. 3, 4.—
B.
An ornament, honor:
antiquum imperii,
Sen. Thyest. 223:
egregium,
id. Phoen. 80:
summum,
Amm. 23, 6, 23:
tibi specimen gloriosum arrogaris,
App. M. 1, p. 112 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > specimen
8 testimonium

testĭmōnĭum, ii, n. [testor], witness, evidence, attestation, testimony (oral or written):
qui falsas lites falsis testimoniis Petunt,
Plaut. Rud. prol. 13:
testimonii dictio,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 63:
quorum egregiam fuisse virtutem testimonio Ciceronis cognoverat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 52:
testimonium in aliquem dicere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 102;
testimonium dicere de conjuratione,
id. Sull. 30, 83:
testimonium dicere contra deos,
id. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:
dicere aliquid pro testimonio,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 19; Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101; 36, 102; id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14:
testimonium impertire,
id. Fam. 5, 12, 7:
Bruttiano justissimum integritatis testimonium redditum,
Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 6: licet iis testimonium reddere industriae, Quint. 11, 1, 88:
Publio tuo neque operā... neque testimonio defui,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 2:
legite testimonia testium vestrorum,
id. Mil. 17, 46: testimonia recitare, Hadrian. in Dig. 22, 5, 3, § 4; so,
falsi testes, falsa signa testimoniaque et indicia ex eādem officinā exibant,
Liv. 39, 8, 7:
vocare aliquem ad testimonium,
Varr. R. R. 1, 4 fin.:
citare ad testimonium,
Petr. 2:
in testimonium citare,
Macr. S. 1, 4:
ovis damnata falso testimonio,
Phaedr. 1, 17, 6.—
II.
Transf., that which serves as proof of any thing, proof, evidence:
hoc interest inter exemplum et testimonium: exemplo demonstratur, id quod dicimus cujusmodi sit: testimonio, esse illud ita, ut nos dicimus, confirmatur,
Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5:
testimoniorum quae sunt genera? Divinum et humanum: divinum, ut oracula, ut auspicia, ut vaticinationes et responsa sacerdotum, haruspicum, conjectorum: humanum, quod spectatur ex auctoritate et ex voluntate et ex oratione aut liberā aut expressā: in quo insunt scripta, pacta, promissa, jurata, quaesita,
Cic. Part. Or. 2, 6:
dare testimonium sui judicii,
id. Leg. 3, 1, 1; so,
laudum suarum,
id. Lael. 26, 98:
laboris sui periculique afferre,
Caes. B. C. 3, 53:
ejus rei testimonium esse, quod, etc.,
id. B. G. 1, 44; cf.:
ejus rei ipsa verba formulae testimonio sunt,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:
cui rei mors indigna Palamedis testimonium dat,
Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28: quod testimonio sit, non ex verbis aptum pendere jus, sed, etc. Cic. Caecin. 18, 52:
postquam, quae voluerat, dixerat, testimonii loco librum tradidit,
Nep. Lys. 4, 3:
testimonio sunt clarissimi poëtae,
Quint. 1, 10, 10:
arca testimonii,
Vulg. Exod. 25, 22; 40, 5 et saep.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > testimonium
9 locum

lŏcus (old form stlocus, like stlis for lis, Quint. 1, 4, 16), i, m. ( lŏcum, i, n., Inscr. ap. Grut. 129, 14; plur. loci, single places; loca, places connected with each other, a region; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 666 sq., and v. infra), a place, spot.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
adsedistis in festivo loco,
i. e. the theatre, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 83:
locum sibi velle liberum praeberier, ubi nequam faciat clam,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 3, 44; cf.
3, 2, 25: omnes copias in unum locum convenire,
Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2:
Galli qui ea loca incolerent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:
locorum situm naturam regionis nosse,
Liv. 22, 38:
Romae per omnes locos,
Sall. J. 32:
facere alicui locum in turba,
Ov. A. A. 2, 210:
ex loco superiore agere, of an orator speaking from the rostra, or of a judge pronouncing judgment: de loco superiore dicere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:
ex aequo loco, of one speaking in the Senate or conversing with another: et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habiti,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
ex inferiore loco,
to speak before a judge, id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: primus locus aedium, a dwelling on the ground-floor, Nep. praef. 6.— A post, position: loco movere, to drive from a place or post, Ter. Phorm. prol. 32; so,
loco deicere,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30:
loco cedere,
to give way, abandon one's post, retire, Sall. C. 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 15.—
B.
In partic.
1.
A place, seat, in the theatre, the circus, or the forum:
Servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus,
room, seats, Plaut. Cas. prol. 23.—
Esp. the place assigned by the Senate to foreign ambassadors: locum ad spectandum dare,
Cic. Mur. 35, 73; 34, 72; so Liv. 30, 17. — Plur. loca, Liv. 34, 44, 5; Vell. 2, 32, 3; Suet. Claud. 21; id. Ner. 11; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21.—But plur. loci, Tac. A. 15, 32.—
2.
So of the lodging, quarters, place of abode assigned to foreign ambassadors for their residence:
locus inde lautiaque legatis praeberi jussa,
Liv. 28, 39, 19; 30, 17, 14; 42, 26, 5; Symm. Ep. 4, 56; Sid. Ep. 8, 12:
loca lautia,
App. M. 3, p. 140, 30.—
3.
A piece or part of an estate:
stricte loquendo locus non est fundus sed pars aliqua fundi,
Dig. 50, 16, 60:
locus certus ex fundo possideri potest,
ib. 41, 2, 26.—
4.
A place, spot, locality; a country region: hau longe abesse oportet homines hinc;
ita hic lepidust locus,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35:
nunc hoc ubi abstrudam cogito solum locum,
id. Aul. 4, 6, 7:
non hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10; Verg. A. 1, 530; Caes. B. G. 5, 12.— Poet. of the inhabitants of a place, a neighborhood:
numina vicinorum odit uterque locus,
Juv. 15, 37.—Of a place where a city once stood, a site:
locus Pherae,
Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13:
locus Buprasium, Hyrmine,
id. ib.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 280.— Plur. rarely loci:
quos locos adiisti,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86:
locos tenere,
Liv. 5, 35, 1:
occupare,
Sall. J. 18, 4; 76, 1; Lucr. 4, 509; Verg. A. 1, 306; 2, 28; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 22; Tac. A. 1, 61; 13, 36; Suet. Tib. 43.—Usually loca:
loca haec circiter,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8:
venisse in illa loca,
Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 5; id. Fin. 5, 1, 2 sq.; Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 2; Lucr. 1, 373; 2, 146; Cat. 9, 7; 63, 3; Sall. J. 18, 11; 54, 3; Verg. G. 2, 140; id. A. 1, 51; 2, 495; Hor. C. 1, 22, 7; Tib. 4, 1, 97; Ov. M. 10, 29; Liv. 1, 1, 5; 1, 5, 2; 1, 6, 4 et saep.—
5.
In war [p. 1075] or battle, a post, station (plur. loca):
tum loca sorte legunt,
Verg. A. 5, 132:
loca jussa tenere,
id. ib. 10, 238:
loca servare,
Amm. 25, 6, 14.—
6.
Loci and loca, of parts of the body:
loci nervosi,
Cels. 5, 26, 26.—Esp.:
muliebres,
Varr. L. L. 5, 2, 15; and without adj., in females, the womb:
si ea lotio locos fovebit,
Cato, R. R. 157, 11:
cum in locis semen insederit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 51; Cels. 2, 8. —Of animals, Col. 6, 27, 10.—Of birds, Col. 8, 11, 8; Lucr. 14, 1246; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17:
genitalia,
Col. 7, 7, 4; cf. id. 8, 7, 2; 8, 11, 8;
in males,
Lucr. 4, 1034; 4, 1045.—
7.
Communis locus,
(α).
The place of the dead:
qui nunc abierunt hinc in communem locum,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 19.—
(β).
A public place:
Sthenius... qui oppidum non maximum maximis ex pecunia sua locis communibus monumentisque decoravit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 112.—
8.
A burial-place, grave; very freq. in epitaphs; v. Inscr. Orell. 8; 4499; 4500 sq.
II.
Trop.
A.
A topic of discussion or thought; a matter, subject, point, head or division of a subject.
1.
In gen.:
cum fundamentum esset philosophiae positum in finibus bonorum, perpurgatus est is locus a nobis quinque libris,
Cic. Div. 2, 1, 2:
Theophrastus cum tractat locos ab Aristotele ante tractatos,
id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:
hic locus, de natura usuque verborum,
id. Or. 48, 162:
philosophiae noti et tractati loci,
id. ib. 33, 118:
ex quattuor locis in quos honesti naturam vimque divisimus,
id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Inv. 2, 3, 11; 2, 5, 16; 2, 8, 26 et saep.; Quint. 2, 4, 27; 2, 11, 6; 5, 8, 4; Juv. 6, 245; Tac. Or. 31.—
2.
Esp.: loci, the grounds of proof, the points on which proofs are founded or from which they are deduced:
cum pervestigare argumentum aliquod volumus, locos nosse debemus,
Cic. Top. 2, 7; id. de Or. 1, 13, 56; 3, 55, 210:
traditi sunt ex quibus argumenta ducantur duplices loci,
id. Or. 35; so sing.:
itaque licet definire, locum esse argumenti sedem,
id. Top. 2.—
3.
Esp.: loci communes, general arguments, which do not grow out of the particular facts of a case, but are applicable to any class of cases:
pars (argumentorum) est pervagatior et aut in omnis ejusdem generis aut in plerasque causas adcommodata: haec ergo argumenta, quae transferri in multas causas possunt, locos communis nominamus,
Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 47 sq.; cf. the passage at length; id. ib. 2, 16, 50 sq.; 2, 18, 56; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; Quint. 2, 1, 9; 3, 1, 12; 5, 1, 3; 5, 13, 57 al.— Sing.:
vix ullus est tam communis locus, qui possit cohaerere cum causa, nisi aliquo proprio quaestionis vinculo copulatus,
Quint. 2, 4, 30:
locus, for communis locus,
id. 4, 2, 117; 5, 7, 32.—
B.
A passage in a book or author; plur. loci (Zumpt, Gram. §
99): locos quosdam transferam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 1, 36; 1, 4, 4; 5, 13, 42; 6, 3, 36; Tac. Or. 22:
locos Lucreti plurimos sectare,
Gell. 1, 21, 7;
but rarely loca: loca jam recitata,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 223; Amm. 29, 2, 8.—
C.
Room, opportunity, cause, occasion, place, time, etc., for any thing:
et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 6:
avaritia paululum aliquid loci rationi et consilio dedisset,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53:
de tuo in me animo iniquis secus existimandi videris nonnihil dedisse loci,
to have given occasion, cause, reason, id. Fam. 3, 6, 6:
dare suspicioni locum,
id. Cael. 4, 9:
dare locum dubitationis,
id. Balb. 6, 16; Val. Fl. 4, 451: locum habere, to find a place:
qui dolorem summum malum dicit, apud eum, quem locum habet fortitudo?
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:
in hoc altero dicacitatis quid habet ars loci?
id. de Or. 2, 54, 219; so,
locus est alicui rei: legi Aquiliae locus est adversus te,
Dig. 9, 2, 27; cf.:
huic edicto locus est,
ib. 37, 10, 6; cf.:
meritis vacat hic tibi locus,
Verg. A. 11, 179:
cum defendendi negandive non est locus,
Quint. 5, 13, 8:
quaerendi,
id. 3, 8, 21.—Also in the sense of there is place for any thing, it finds acceptance:
in poëtis non Homero soli locus est aut Archilocho, etc.,
Cic. Or. 1, 4:
si in mea familiaritate locus esset nemini nisi, etc.,
id. Planc. 33, 82:
maledicto nihil loci est,
id. Mur. 5, 12: locum non relinquere, to leave no room for, not to admit, to exclude:
vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,
id. Quint. 15, 49; so,
nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum,
id. Fam. 1, 1, 2: nancisci locum, to find occasion:
nactus locum resecandae libidinis,
id. Att. 1, 18, 2:
valde gaudeo, si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus,
id. ib. 9, 7, 6.—
D.
In aliquo loco esse, to be in any place, position, situation, condition, state, relation:
si ego in istoc siem loco, dem potius aurum, quam, etc.,
position, place, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 116:
tanta ibi copia venustatum aderat, in suo quaeque loco sita munde,
id. Poen. 5, 4, 8:
in uxoris loco habere,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 52:
in liberūm loco esse,
Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 200; id. Planc. 11, 28; id. Brut. 1, 1; but more freq. without in:
is si eo loco esset, negavit se facturum,
id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:
eodem loco esse,
Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2; 7, 14, 6.—Esp. with a gen.:
parentis loco esse,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61:
hostium loco esse,
Liv. 2, 4, 7:
fratris loco esse,
Cic. Fam. 5, 3, 1; 7, 3, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 7:
nec vero hic locus est, ut, etc.,
not the proper occasion, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 1; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33.— Hence, loco or in loco, at the right place or time, seasonably, suitably:
posuisti loco versus Attianos,
Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4:
epistolae non in loco redditae,
id. ib. 11, 16, 1:
dulce est desipere in loco,
Hor. C. 4, 12, 28; so,
locis: non insurgit locis? non figuris gaudet?
Quint. 12, 10, 23:
quo res summa loco?
in what condition? Verg. A. 2, 322:
quo sit fortuna loco,
id. ib. 9, 723:
quo sit Romana loco res,
Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 25:
quo tua sit fortuna loco,
Stat. Th. 7, 558:
missis nuntiis, quo loco res essent,
Liv. 2, 47, 5:
primo loco,
in the first place, first in order, Juv. 5, 12.—Freq. as a partit. gen.:
quo loci for quo loco,
Cic. Att. 8, 10; id. Div. 2, 66:
eo loci for eo loco,
id. Sest. 31, 68; Tac. A. 15, 74:
eodem loci,
Suet. Calig. 53:
ubi loci,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 26:
ibidem loci,
id. Cist. 3, 1, 53:
interea loci for interea,
meanwhile, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 46:
postea loci,
after that, afterwards, Sall. J. 102:
ubicumque locorum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 34:
adhuc locorum,
hitherto, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 25:
ad id locorum,
to that time, till then, hitherto, Sall. J. 63, 6; 73, 2; Liv. 22, 38, 12:
post id locorum,
after that, thereupon, Plaut. Cas. 1, 32:
inde loci,
since then, Lucr. 5, 437.—
E.
Place, position, degree, rank, order, office, of persons or things:
summus locus civitatis,
Cic. Clu. 55, 150:
tua dignitas suum locum obtinebit,
id. Fam. 3, 9, 2:
quem locum apud ipsum Caesarem obtinuisti?
id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:
res erat et causa nostra eo jam loci, ut, etc.,
id. Sest. 31, 68:
Socrates voluptatem nullo loco numerat,
id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:
codem loco habere, quo, etc.,
id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 26, 6; 7, 77, 3; id. B. C. 1, 84, 2:
indignantes eodem se loco esse, quo, etc.,
Liv. 42, 37, 8:
sed esto, neque melius quod invenimus esse, neque par, est certe proximus locus,
Quint. 10, 5, 6:
erat ordine proximus locus,
id. 7, 3, 36:
humili loco,
id. 4, 2, 2.— Plur. loca:
ut patricii recuperarent duo consularia loca,
Liv. 10, 15, 8:
quinque augurum loca,
id. 10, 8, 3; 42, 34, 15:
omnia loca obtinuere, ne cui plebeio aditus esset,
id. 4, 57, 11; Tac. A. 2, 55:
Vesta loca prima tenet,
Ov. F. 6, 304.—Esp. of birth:
infimo loco natus,
Cic. Fl. 11, 24:
esse summo loco natus,
id. Planc. 25, 60:
Tanaquil summo loco nata,
Liv. 1, 34.—
F.
Loco, adverbially, in the place of, instead of, for:
criminis loco putant esse, quod vivam,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 6:
haec filium suum sibi praemii loco deposcit,
id. Inv. 2, 49, 144.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > locum
10 locus

lŏcus (old form stlocus, like stlis for lis, Quint. 1, 4, 16), i, m. ( lŏcum, i, n., Inscr. ap. Grut. 129, 14; plur. loci, single places; loca, places connected with each other, a region; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 666 sq., and v. infra), a place, spot.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
adsedistis in festivo loco,
i. e. the theatre, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 83:
locum sibi velle liberum praeberier, ubi nequam faciat clam,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 3, 44; cf.
3, 2, 25: omnes copias in unum locum convenire,
Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2:
Galli qui ea loca incolerent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:
locorum situm naturam regionis nosse,
Liv. 22, 38:
Romae per omnes locos,
Sall. J. 32:
facere alicui locum in turba,
Ov. A. A. 2, 210:
ex loco superiore agere, of an orator speaking from the rostra, or of a judge pronouncing judgment: de loco superiore dicere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:
ex aequo loco, of one speaking in the Senate or conversing with another: et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habiti,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
ex inferiore loco,
to speak before a judge, id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: primus locus aedium, a dwelling on the ground-floor, Nep. praef. 6.— A post, position: loco movere, to drive from a place or post, Ter. Phorm. prol. 32; so,
loco deicere,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30:
loco cedere,
to give way, abandon one's post, retire, Sall. C. 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 15.—
B.
In partic.
1.
A place, seat, in the theatre, the circus, or the forum:
Servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus,
room, seats, Plaut. Cas. prol. 23.—
Esp. the place assigned by the Senate to foreign ambassadors: locum ad spectandum dare,
Cic. Mur. 35, 73; 34, 72; so Liv. 30, 17. — Plur. loca, Liv. 34, 44, 5; Vell. 2, 32, 3; Suet. Claud. 21; id. Ner. 11; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21.—But plur. loci, Tac. A. 15, 32.—
2.
So of the lodging, quarters, place of abode assigned to foreign ambassadors for their residence:
locus inde lautiaque legatis praeberi jussa,
Liv. 28, 39, 19; 30, 17, 14; 42, 26, 5; Symm. Ep. 4, 56; Sid. Ep. 8, 12:
loca lautia,
App. M. 3, p. 140, 30.—
3.
A piece or part of an estate:
stricte loquendo locus non est fundus sed pars aliqua fundi,
Dig. 50, 16, 60:
locus certus ex fundo possideri potest,
ib. 41, 2, 26.—
4.
A place, spot, locality; a country region: hau longe abesse oportet homines hinc;
ita hic lepidust locus,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35:
nunc hoc ubi abstrudam cogito solum locum,
id. Aul. 4, 6, 7:
non hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10; Verg. A. 1, 530; Caes. B. G. 5, 12.— Poet. of the inhabitants of a place, a neighborhood:
numina vicinorum odit uterque locus,
Juv. 15, 37.—Of a place where a city once stood, a site:
locus Pherae,
Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13:
locus Buprasium, Hyrmine,
id. ib.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 280.— Plur. rarely loci:
quos locos adiisti,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86:
locos tenere,
Liv. 5, 35, 1:
occupare,
Sall. J. 18, 4; 76, 1; Lucr. 4, 509; Verg. A. 1, 306; 2, 28; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 22; Tac. A. 1, 61; 13, 36; Suet. Tib. 43.—Usually loca:
loca haec circiter,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8:
venisse in illa loca,
Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 5; id. Fin. 5, 1, 2 sq.; Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 2; Lucr. 1, 373; 2, 146; Cat. 9, 7; 63, 3; Sall. J. 18, 11; 54, 3; Verg. G. 2, 140; id. A. 1, 51; 2, 495; Hor. C. 1, 22, 7; Tib. 4, 1, 97; Ov. M. 10, 29; Liv. 1, 1, 5; 1, 5, 2; 1, 6, 4 et saep.—
5.
In war [p. 1075] or battle, a post, station (plur. loca):
tum loca sorte legunt,
Verg. A. 5, 132:
loca jussa tenere,
id. ib. 10, 238:
loca servare,
Amm. 25, 6, 14.—
6.
Loci and loca, of parts of the body:
loci nervosi,
Cels. 5, 26, 26.—Esp.:
muliebres,
Varr. L. L. 5, 2, 15; and without adj., in females, the womb:
si ea lotio locos fovebit,
Cato, R. R. 157, 11:
cum in locis semen insederit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 51; Cels. 2, 8. —Of animals, Col. 6, 27, 10.—Of birds, Col. 8, 11, 8; Lucr. 14, 1246; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17:
genitalia,
Col. 7, 7, 4; cf. id. 8, 7, 2; 8, 11, 8;
in males,
Lucr. 4, 1034; 4, 1045.—
7.
Communis locus,
(α).
The place of the dead:
qui nunc abierunt hinc in communem locum,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 19.—
(β).
A public place:
Sthenius... qui oppidum non maximum maximis ex pecunia sua locis communibus monumentisque decoravit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 112.—
8.
A burial-place, grave; very freq. in epitaphs; v. Inscr. Orell. 8; 4499; 4500 sq.
II.
Trop.
A.
A topic of discussion or thought; a matter, subject, point, head or division of a subject.
1.
In gen.:
cum fundamentum esset philosophiae positum in finibus bonorum, perpurgatus est is locus a nobis quinque libris,
Cic. Div. 2, 1, 2:
Theophrastus cum tractat locos ab Aristotele ante tractatos,
id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:
hic locus, de natura usuque verborum,
id. Or. 48, 162:
philosophiae noti et tractati loci,
id. ib. 33, 118:
ex quattuor locis in quos honesti naturam vimque divisimus,
id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Inv. 2, 3, 11; 2, 5, 16; 2, 8, 26 et saep.; Quint. 2, 4, 27; 2, 11, 6; 5, 8, 4; Juv. 6, 245; Tac. Or. 31.—
2.
Esp.: loci, the grounds of proof, the points on which proofs are founded or from which they are deduced:
cum pervestigare argumentum aliquod volumus, locos nosse debemus,
Cic. Top. 2, 7; id. de Or. 1, 13, 56; 3, 55, 210:
traditi sunt ex quibus argumenta ducantur duplices loci,
id. Or. 35; so sing.:
itaque licet definire, locum esse argumenti sedem,
id. Top. 2.—
3.
Esp.: loci communes, general arguments, which do not grow out of the particular facts of a case, but are applicable to any class of cases:
pars (argumentorum) est pervagatior et aut in omnis ejusdem generis aut in plerasque causas adcommodata: haec ergo argumenta, quae transferri in multas causas possunt, locos communis nominamus,
Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 47 sq.; cf. the passage at length; id. ib. 2, 16, 50 sq.; 2, 18, 56; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; Quint. 2, 1, 9; 3, 1, 12; 5, 1, 3; 5, 13, 57 al.— Sing.:
vix ullus est tam communis locus, qui possit cohaerere cum causa, nisi aliquo proprio quaestionis vinculo copulatus,
Quint. 2, 4, 30:
locus, for communis locus,
id. 4, 2, 117; 5, 7, 32.—
B.
A passage in a book or author; plur. loci (Zumpt, Gram. §
99): locos quosdam transferam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 1, 36; 1, 4, 4; 5, 13, 42; 6, 3, 36; Tac. Or. 22:
locos Lucreti plurimos sectare,
Gell. 1, 21, 7;
but rarely loca: loca jam recitata,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 223; Amm. 29, 2, 8.—
C.
Room, opportunity, cause, occasion, place, time, etc., for any thing:
et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 6:
avaritia paululum aliquid loci rationi et consilio dedisset,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53:
de tuo in me animo iniquis secus existimandi videris nonnihil dedisse loci,
to have given occasion, cause, reason, id. Fam. 3, 6, 6:
dare suspicioni locum,
id. Cael. 4, 9:
dare locum dubitationis,
id. Balb. 6, 16; Val. Fl. 4, 451: locum habere, to find a place:
qui dolorem summum malum dicit, apud eum, quem locum habet fortitudo?
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:
in hoc altero dicacitatis quid habet ars loci?
id. de Or. 2, 54, 219; so,
locus est alicui rei: legi Aquiliae locus est adversus te,
Dig. 9, 2, 27; cf.:
huic edicto locus est,
ib. 37, 10, 6; cf.:
meritis vacat hic tibi locus,
Verg. A. 11, 179:
cum defendendi negandive non est locus,
Quint. 5, 13, 8:
quaerendi,
id. 3, 8, 21.—Also in the sense of there is place for any thing, it finds acceptance:
in poëtis non Homero soli locus est aut Archilocho, etc.,
Cic. Or. 1, 4:
si in mea familiaritate locus esset nemini nisi, etc.,
id. Planc. 33, 82:
maledicto nihil loci est,
id. Mur. 5, 12: locum non relinquere, to leave no room for, not to admit, to exclude:
vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,
id. Quint. 15, 49; so,
nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum,
id. Fam. 1, 1, 2: nancisci locum, to find occasion:
nactus locum resecandae libidinis,
id. Att. 1, 18, 2:
valde gaudeo, si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus,
id. ib. 9, 7, 6.—
D.
In aliquo loco esse, to be in any place, position, situation, condition, state, relation:
si ego in istoc siem loco, dem potius aurum, quam, etc.,
position, place, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 116:
tanta ibi copia venustatum aderat, in suo quaeque loco sita munde,
id. Poen. 5, 4, 8:
in uxoris loco habere,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 52:
in liberūm loco esse,
Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 200; id. Planc. 11, 28; id. Brut. 1, 1; but more freq. without in:
is si eo loco esset, negavit se facturum,
id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:
eodem loco esse,
Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2; 7, 14, 6.—Esp. with a gen.:
parentis loco esse,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61:
hostium loco esse,
Liv. 2, 4, 7:
fratris loco esse,
Cic. Fam. 5, 3, 1; 7, 3, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 7:
nec vero hic locus est, ut, etc.,
not the proper occasion, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 1; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33.— Hence, loco or in loco, at the right place or time, seasonably, suitably:
posuisti loco versus Attianos,
Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4:
epistolae non in loco redditae,
id. ib. 11, 16, 1:
dulce est desipere in loco,
Hor. C. 4, 12, 28; so,
locis: non insurgit locis? non figuris gaudet?
Quint. 12, 10, 23:
quo res summa loco?
in what condition? Verg. A. 2, 322:
quo sit fortuna loco,
id. ib. 9, 723:
quo sit Romana loco res,
Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 25:
quo tua sit fortuna loco,
Stat. Th. 7, 558:
missis nuntiis, quo loco res essent,
Liv. 2, 47, 5:
primo loco,
in the first place, first in order, Juv. 5, 12.—Freq. as a partit. gen.:
quo loci for quo loco,
Cic. Att. 8, 10; id. Div. 2, 66:
eo loci for eo loco,
id. Sest. 31, 68; Tac. A. 15, 74:
eodem loci,
Suet. Calig. 53:
ubi loci,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 26:
ibidem loci,
id. Cist. 3, 1, 53:
interea loci for interea,
meanwhile, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 46:
postea loci,
after that, afterwards, Sall. J. 102:
ubicumque locorum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 34:
adhuc locorum,
hitherto, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 25:
ad id locorum,
to that time, till then, hitherto, Sall. J. 63, 6; 73, 2; Liv. 22, 38, 12:
post id locorum,
after that, thereupon, Plaut. Cas. 1, 32:
inde loci,
since then, Lucr. 5, 437.—
E.
Place, position, degree, rank, order, office, of persons or things:
summus locus civitatis,
Cic. Clu. 55, 150:
tua dignitas suum locum obtinebit,
id. Fam. 3, 9, 2:
quem locum apud ipsum Caesarem obtinuisti?
id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:
res erat et causa nostra eo jam loci, ut, etc.,
id. Sest. 31, 68:
Socrates voluptatem nullo loco numerat,
id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:
codem loco habere, quo, etc.,
id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 26, 6; 7, 77, 3; id. B. C. 1, 84, 2:
indignantes eodem se loco esse, quo, etc.,
Liv. 42, 37, 8:
sed esto, neque melius quod invenimus esse, neque par, est certe proximus locus,
Quint. 10, 5, 6:
erat ordine proximus locus,
id. 7, 3, 36:
humili loco,
id. 4, 2, 2.— Plur. loca:
ut patricii recuperarent duo consularia loca,
Liv. 10, 15, 8:
quinque augurum loca,
id. 10, 8, 3; 42, 34, 15:
omnia loca obtinuere, ne cui plebeio aditus esset,
id. 4, 57, 11; Tac. A. 2, 55:
Vesta loca prima tenet,
Ov. F. 6, 304.—Esp. of birth:
infimo loco natus,
Cic. Fl. 11, 24:
esse summo loco natus,
id. Planc. 25, 60:
Tanaquil summo loco nata,
Liv. 1, 34.—
F.
Loco, adverbially, in the place of, instead of, for:
criminis loco putant esse, quod vivam,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 6:
haec filium suum sibi praemii loco deposcit,
id. Inv. 2, 49, 144.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > locus
11 argumentum

argūmentum, i, n. [arguo].
I.
A.. The means by which an assertion or assumption may be made clear, proved, an argument, evidence, proof (and in particular, that which rests upon facts, while ratio is that which depends upon reasoning):
argumentum est ratio, quae rei dubiae facit fidem,
Cic. Top. 2, 7: quid est argumentum? Probabile inventum ad faciendam fidem, id. Part. Or. 2:
argumentum est ratio probationem praestans, quā colligitur aliquid per aliud, et quae, quod est dubium, per id quod dubium non est, confirmat,
Quint. 5, 10, 11:
de eā re signa atque argumenta paucis verbis eloquar,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 35; 1, 1, 267; id. Rud. 4, 3, 84; id. Truc. 2, 6, 26 al.:
commemorando Argumenta fidem dictis conradere,
Lucr. 1, 401; so id. 1, 417:
argumenta multa et firma ad probandum,
Cic. Brut. 78, 272:
aliquid exemplis magis quam argumentis refellere,
id. de Or. 1, 19, 88:
argumento esse,
Liv. 5, 44; 39, 51:
litterae ad senatum missae argumentum fuere, etc.,
id. 8, 30:
In argumentum fidei retentum pallium ostendit marito,
Vulg. Gen. 39, 16; ib. Act. 1, 3:
inopia fecerat eam (rem parvam) argumentum ingens caritatis,
Liv. 5, 47:
libertatis argumentum,
Tac. G. 25:
Est fides argumentum non apparentium,
Vulg. Heb. 11, 22:
addit pro argumento,
Suet. Calig. 8:
velut argumentum rursus conditae urbis,
id. ib. 16:
levibus utrimque argumentis,
id. Galb. 7 et saep.—
B.
A sign by which any thing is known, a mark, token, evidence:
animi laeti Argumenta,
signs, indications, Ov. M. 4, 762:
voti potentis,
id. ib. 8, 745: unguentarii myrrham digerunt haud difficulter odoris atque pinguetudinis argumentis, according to the indications of smell, etc., Plin. 12, 15, 35, § 68:
caelum quidem haud dubie caelati argumenti dicimus,
id. 2, 4, 3, § 8:
amoris hoc est argumentum, non malignitatis,
Petr. 137, 8:
argumenta viri, i. e. indicia,
Juv. 9, 85 al. —
II.
The matter which lies at the basis of any written or artistic representation, contents, subject, theme, argument, hupothesis:
Argumentum plura significat. Nam et fabulae ad actum scaenicarum compositae argumenta dicuntur: et orationum Ciceronis velut thema ipse exponens Pedianus, argumentum, inquit, tale est: quo apparet omnem ad scribendum destinatam materiam ita appellari,
Quint. 5, 10, 9 and 10.
A.
Of every kind of representation in writing.
1.
Lit.:
argumentum est ficta res, quae tamen fieri potuit,
Cic. Inv. 1, 19; id. Att. 15, 4, 3:
tabulae novae, quid habent argumenti, nisi ut, etc.,
what is their drift? what do they mean? id. Off. 2, 23, 84:
epistulae,
id. Att. 10, 13; 9, 10; 1, 19.
a.
But esp. freq., the subject-matter of a poem or fictitious writing, the subject, contents:
post argumentum hujus eloquar tragoediae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 51; cf. id. ib. 96; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 81:
argumentum narrare,
Ter. And. prol. 6:
fabulae,
id. Ad. prol. 22:
Livius Andronicus ab saturis ausus est primus argumento fabulam serere,
i. e. a scenic representation of a subject in its connection, Liv. 7, 2:
spectaculum, quo argumenta inferorum explicarentur,
Suet. Calig. 57.—Hence,
b.
Meton. ( part for the whole), a poem in gen.:
explicare argumenti exitum,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 53:
hoc argumento se describi sentiat,
Phaedr. 4, 8; so id. 4, 16; 5, 3; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29 fin.:
sumque argumenti conditor ipse mei,
I am myself the subject of my poem, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 10.—
2.
Trop., intrinsic worth, reality, truth:
haec tota fabella... quam est sine argumento,
without value, reality, Cic. Cael. 27:
non sine argumento maledicere,
not without some reason, id. ib. 3 fin. —
B.
The subject of artistic representations ( sculpture, painting, embroidery. etc.):
ex ebore diligentissime perfecta argumenta erant in valvis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56:
(cratera) fabricaverat Alcon Hyleus, et longo caelaverat argumento,
Ov. M. 13, 684; cf. id. ib. 2, 5 sq.:
vetus in telā deducitur argumentum,
id. ib. 6, 69; Verg. A. 7, 791:
Parrhasii tabulae,
Suet. Tib. 44.— In philos. lang., a conclusion, a syllogism:
Nam concludi non potest nisi iis, quae ad concludendum sumpta erunt, ita probatis ut falsa ejusdem modi nulla possint esse,
Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > argumentum
12 exemplum

exemplum, i, n. [eximo], orig., what is taken out as a sample (cf. eximius, from eximo), a sample.
I.
Prop. (cf. exemplar, specimen):
purpurae, tritici,
Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.—Hence,
II.
Transf.
A.
An imitation, image, portrait taken from something; a draught, transcript, copy.
1.
Hic quoque exemplum reliquit, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 56; cf.:
o Apella, o Zeuxis pictor, Cur numero estis mortui? hinc exemplum ut pingeretis: Nam alios pictores nihil moror hujusmodi tractare exempla,
id. Poen. 5, 4, 102 sq.; and in a pun with the follg. signif. under B.: Th. Exempla edepol faciam ego in te. Tr. Quia placeo, exemplum expetis, id. Most. 5, 1, 67:
aedes probant: sibi quisque Inde exemplum expetunt,
a sketch, draught, id. ib. 1, 2, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 75 sq.:
Pompeii litterarum ad consulem exemplum attulit: Litterae mihi a L. Domitio allatae sunt: earum exemplum infra scripsi... Deinde supposuit exemplum epistolae Domitii, quod ego ad te pridie miseram,
a transcript, copy, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 1 sq.; 8, 11, 6; 7, 23, 3; id. Fam. 9, 26, 3; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 23 al.—
2.
An equal, parallel:
clarissimum Homeri inluxit ingenium, sine exemplo maximum,
Vell. 1, 5, 1.—
B.
A sample for imitation, instruction, proof, a pattern, model, original, example, precedent, case (the predominant meaning of the word).
1.
In gen.:
ut mutum in simulacrum ex animali exemplo veritas transferatur,
from a living model, original, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 2; cf.:
feruntur enim ex optimis naturae et veritatis exemplis,
id. Off. 3, 17, 69:
propones illi exempla ad imitandum,
id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; cf.:
habere exemplum ad imitandum (corresp. to exemplar),
id. Mur. 31, 66; and:
nostris exemplo fuit ad imitandum,
Suet. Gramm. 2:
exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,
Cic. Rep. 1, 46 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 31 fin.:
loquimur de iis amicis, qui ante oculos sunt... Ex hoc numero nobis exempla sumenda sunt,
id. Lael. 11, 38:
aliquem ex barbatis illis exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis,
id. Sest. 8, 19:
a sapiente petitur exemplum,
id. Off. 3, 4, 16:
exemplum a me petere,
Liv. 7, 32, 12:
ab eodem Pompeio omnium rerum egregiarum exempla sumantur,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:
ab se ipso exemplum capi posse,
Liv. 1, 49, 2; cf.:
cum et ipse sis quasi unicum exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei,
Cic. Rep. 3, 5:
quod in juventute habemus illustrius exemplum veteris sanctitatis?
id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:
innocentiae,
id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:
qua in muliere etiam nunc quasi exempli causa vestigia antiqui officii remanent,
as a pattern, example, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 27 (cf. infra, 2.):
eum virum, unde pudoris pudicitiaeque exempla peterentur,
id. Deiot. 10, 28:
firmare animum constantibus exemplis (for constantiae),
Tac. A. 16, 35; cf.:
exemplum modestum,
id. H. 2, 64:
vitiosi principes plus exemplo quam peccato nocent,
by their example, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:
(Tullus Hostilius) de imperio suo, exemplo Pompilii, populum consuluit curiatim,
id. Rep. 2, 17:
quod autem exemplo nostrae civitatis usus sum, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 39: atrox videbatur Appi sententia;
rursus Vergini Larciique exemplo haud salubres,
i. e. judged by the precedent, Liv. 2, 30 init.:
divinare morientes etiam illo exemplo confirmat Posidonius, quo affert, etc.,
by that example, that case, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64; id. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:
hinc illa et apud Graecos exempla... levitatis Atheniensium crudelitatisque in amplissimos cives exempla,
id. Rep. 1, 3:
datum in omnes provincias exemplum,
Tac. A. 1, 78; so,
dare exemplum,
to set the example, id. ib. 4, 50:
tertia legio exemplum ceteris praebuit,
id. H. 2, 85; 4, 52; Val. Max. 3, 6, 5.—
2.
Esp. in phrase: exempli causā or gratiā, for instance, for an example (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 437):
exempli causa paucos nominavi,
for example's sake, Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 2; cf.:
quia in alicujus libris exempli causa id nomen invenerant, putarunt, etc.,
id. Mur. 12, 27; id. Inv. 1, 37, 66:
haec exempli gratia sufficient,
Quint. 9, 2, 56; cf.:
pauca exempli gratia ponam,
id. 6, 5, 6; 5, 10, 110; cf.:
ex quibus in exemplum pauca subjeci,
Suet. Tib. 21 et saep.:
venit in exemplum furor,
teaches, Ov. F. 4, 243; cf. Just. 23, 3.—
3.
In partic., a warning example, an example, warning, punishment (rare):
exemplum statuite in me, ut adolescentuli vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; cf.:
quibus liberi sunt, statuite exemplum, quantae poenae in civitate sint hominibus istiusmodi comparatae,
Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:
simile in superiore parte provinciae edere exemplum severitatis tuae,
Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5; cf. Tac. A. 3, 36 fin.; so,
edere exempla in aliquem,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 21; Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 12; Liv. 29, 27, 4:
ut ne viderem, quae futura exempla dicunt in eum indigna,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 24:
habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum,
Tac. A. 14, 44:
meritum quidem novissima exempla Mithridatem,
i. e. the punishment of death, id. ib. 12, 20:
esse in exemplo,
to serve as a warning, Ov. M. 9, 454; cf. Vulg. Judae, 7 al.:
exemplo supplicii reliquos deterrere,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 44, 1.—
4.
Law t. t., a precedent:
ad exemplum trahere,
Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6:
alicui sine exemplo subvenire,
id. ib. —
C.
A way, manner, kind, nature:
multi more isto atque exemplo vivunt,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 11; cf.:
negat se more et exemplo populi Romani posse iter ulli per provinciam dare,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3:
uno exemplo ne omnes vitam viverent,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:
istoc exemplo,
id. ib. 2, 4, 6:
quot me exemplis ludificatust,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 6:
eodem exemplo, quo,
Liv. 31, 12, 3:
ad hoc exemplum,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 6:
quod ad exemplum,
id. Trin. 4, 2, 76 et saep.—Hence often of methods or examples of punishment (cf. 3. supra):
quando ego te exemplis pessumis cruciavero,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 33:
omnibus exemplis crucior,
id. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 35; 55; 5, 1, 67.—Freq. of the tenor, purport, contents of a letter, etc.:
litterae uno exemplo,
i. e. of the same tenor, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 1; 10, 5, 1:
scribere bis eodem exemplo,
id. ib. 9, 16, 1:
testamentum duplex... sed eodem exemplo,
Suet. Tib. 76:
Capua litterae sunt allatae hoc exemplo: Pompeius mare transiit, etc.,
Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:
(litterarum) exemplum componere,
id. Agr. 2, 20, 53; Suet. Calig. 55.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > exemplum
13 nego

nĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. negāssim for negaverim, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 96.—Lengthened collat. form negumo: negumate in carmine Cn. Marci vatis significat negate, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.; cf. Herm. Doct. Metr. p. 614), v. n. and a. [for ne-igo, ne and ajo, q. v.], to say no, to deny, refuse (opp. ajo, to say yes; v. ajo; cf.: abnuo, diffiteor, infitior).
I.
In gen.: vel ai, vel nega, say yes or no, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 473 P.:
vel tu mihi aias vel neges,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 14:
negat quis? nego. Ait? aio,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 21:
Diogenes ait, Antipater negat,
Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:
quasi ego id curem, quid ille aiat aut neget,
id. Fin. 2, 22, 70:
quia nunc aiunt, quod tunc negabant,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.— With acc. and inf., to say or affirm that not, to deny that, etc.:
Demosthenes negat, in eo positas esse fortunas Graeciae, hoc, etc.,
Cic. Or. 8 fin.:
Stoici negant quidquam esse bonum, nisi quod honestum sit,
id. Fin. 2, 21, 68; id. de Or. 3, 14, 54:
nego, ullam picturam fuisse, quin abstulerit,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 31.—With quoniam (eccl. Lat.):
negat quoniam Jesus est Christus,
Vulg. 1 Joann. 2, 22.—Sometimes two propositions depend upon nego, with the latter of which an affirmative verb (dico, etc.) is to be supplied:
plerique negant Caesarem in condicione mansurum: postulataque haec ab eo interposita esse, etc.,
Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3:
negabat cessandum et utique prius confligendum,
Liv. 35, 1:
ille negat se Numidam pertimescere, virtuti suorum credere,
Sall. J. 106, 3; Vell. 2, 118, 5; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 6.—Sometimes another negation follows, which, however, does not destroy the first:
negat nec suspicari,
Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:
negato esse nec mu, nec mutuum,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 101:
tu autem te negas infracto remo, neque columbae collo, commoveri,
Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79.—
(β).
Pass. with inf., they say I am not, etc.:
casta negor (sc. esse),
Ov. F. 4, 321:
saepe domi non es, cum sis quoque saepe negaris,
Mart. 2, 5, 5:
ex eo negantur ibi ranae coaxare,
Suet. Aug. 94:
ciconiae pullum qui ederit, negatur annis continuis lippiturus,
Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 128.—
II.
In partic.
A.
To deny a thing;
factum est: non nego,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 12;
opp. fateri,
Cic. Brut. 19, 76:
sed posthac omnia, quae certa non erunt, pro certo negato,
id. Att. 5, 21, 5:
negaturum aut me pro M. Fulvio, aut ipsum M. Fulvium censetis?
Liv. 38, 43:
negando minuendove,
Suet. Caes. 66:
mitto enim domestica, quae negari possunt,
i. e. the proof of which can be suppressed, Cic. Pis. 5, 11:
videant servi ne quis neget,
Juv. 10, 87.— With quin:
negare non posse, quin rectius sit, etc.,
Liv. 40, 36:
quod si negari non potest, quin, etc.,
Lact. 5, 23 init. —
B.
To deny, refuse: quicquam quisquam cuiquam, quod ei conveniat, neget, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18 (Trag. v. 448 Vahl.):
numquam reo cuiquam tam praecise negavi, quam hic mihi,
Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:
postquam id obstinate sibi negari videt,
Caes. B. G. 5, 6:
alicui impune negare,
Ov. M. 13, 741:
patriae opem,
id. H. 3, 96:
miseris,
id. Tr. 5, 8, 13:
civitatem alicui,
Suet. Aug. 40:
non ego me vinclis verberibusque nego,
Tib. 2, 3, 80; Luc. 8, 3:
exstingui primordia tanta negabam,
Sil. 9, 532:
neque enim negare tibi quidquam potest,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 17.—
b.
Se, to refuse (ante class.):
obsecrat, Ut sibi ejus faciat copiam: illa enim se negat,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 63; id. Hec. 1, 2, 45.—
C.
E s p., to decline an invitation:
invitatus ad haec aliquis de ponte negabit,
Juv. 14, 135.—
2.
Transf., of inanim. things ( poet.):
poma negat regio,
i. e. does not yield, produce, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 73:
nec mihi materiam bellatrix Roma negabat,
id. ib. 2, 321:
pars ventis vela negare,
i. e. to furl the sails, Ov. M. 11, 487:
si dextra neget,
Stat. Th. 6, 553:
saxa negantia ferro,
opposing, id. Silv. 3, 1:
illi membra negant,
his limbs fail him, id. Th. 2, 668.—
D.
To deny any knowledge of, to reject (with acc. of persons;
eccl. Lat.): negaverunt Dominum,
Vulg. Jer. 5, 12:
qui me negaverit,
ib. Matt. 10, 33: Christum negantes, ib. Judae, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nego
14 negumo

nĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. negāssim for negaverim, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 96.—Lengthened collat. form negumo: negumate in carmine Cn. Marci vatis significat negate, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.; cf. Herm. Doct. Metr. p. 614), v. n. and a. [for ne-igo, ne and ajo, q. v.], to say no, to deny, refuse (opp. ajo, to say yes; v. ajo; cf.: abnuo, diffiteor, infitior).
I.
In gen.: vel ai, vel nega, say yes or no, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 473 P.:
vel tu mihi aias vel neges,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 14:
negat quis? nego. Ait? aio,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 21:
Diogenes ait, Antipater negat,
Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:
quasi ego id curem, quid ille aiat aut neget,
id. Fin. 2, 22, 70:
quia nunc aiunt, quod tunc negabant,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.— With acc. and inf., to say or affirm that not, to deny that, etc.:
Demosthenes negat, in eo positas esse fortunas Graeciae, hoc, etc.,
Cic. Or. 8 fin.:
Stoici negant quidquam esse bonum, nisi quod honestum sit,
id. Fin. 2, 21, 68; id. de Or. 3, 14, 54:
nego, ullam picturam fuisse, quin abstulerit,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 31.—With quoniam (eccl. Lat.):
negat quoniam Jesus est Christus,
Vulg. 1 Joann. 2, 22.—Sometimes two propositions depend upon nego, with the latter of which an affirmative verb (dico, etc.) is to be supplied:
plerique negant Caesarem in condicione mansurum: postulataque haec ab eo interposita esse, etc.,
Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3:
negabat cessandum et utique prius confligendum,
Liv. 35, 1:
ille negat se Numidam pertimescere, virtuti suorum credere,
Sall. J. 106, 3; Vell. 2, 118, 5; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 6.—Sometimes another negation follows, which, however, does not destroy the first:
negat nec suspicari,
Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:
negato esse nec mu, nec mutuum,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 101:
tu autem te negas infracto remo, neque columbae collo, commoveri,
Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79.—
(β).
Pass. with inf., they say I am not, etc.:
casta negor (sc. esse),
Ov. F. 4, 321:
saepe domi non es, cum sis quoque saepe negaris,
Mart. 2, 5, 5:
ex eo negantur ibi ranae coaxare,
Suet. Aug. 94:
ciconiae pullum qui ederit, negatur annis continuis lippiturus,
Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 128.—
II.
In partic.
A.
To deny a thing;
factum est: non nego,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 12;
opp. fateri,
Cic. Brut. 19, 76:
sed posthac omnia, quae certa non erunt, pro certo negato,
id. Att. 5, 21, 5:
negaturum aut me pro M. Fulvio, aut ipsum M. Fulvium censetis?
Liv. 38, 43:
negando minuendove,
Suet. Caes. 66:
mitto enim domestica, quae negari possunt,
i. e. the proof of which can be suppressed, Cic. Pis. 5, 11:
videant servi ne quis neget,
Juv. 10, 87.— With quin:
negare non posse, quin rectius sit, etc.,
Liv. 40, 36:
quod si negari non potest, quin, etc.,
Lact. 5, 23 init. —
B.
To deny, refuse: quicquam quisquam cuiquam, quod ei conveniat, neget, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18 (Trag. v. 448 Vahl.):
numquam reo cuiquam tam praecise negavi, quam hic mihi,
Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:
postquam id obstinate sibi negari videt,
Caes. B. G. 5, 6:
alicui impune negare,
Ov. M. 13, 741:
patriae opem,
id. H. 3, 96:
miseris,
id. Tr. 5, 8, 13:
civitatem alicui,
Suet. Aug. 40:
non ego me vinclis verberibusque nego,
Tib. 2, 3, 80; Luc. 8, 3:
exstingui primordia tanta negabam,
Sil. 9, 532:
neque enim negare tibi quidquam potest,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 17.—
b.
Se, to refuse (ante class.):
obsecrat, Ut sibi ejus faciat copiam: illa enim se negat,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 63; id. Hec. 1, 2, 45.—
C.
E s p., to decline an invitation:
invitatus ad haec aliquis de ponte negabit,
Juv. 14, 135.—
2.
Transf., of inanim. things ( poet.):
poma negat regio,
i. e. does not yield, produce, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 73:
nec mihi materiam bellatrix Roma negabat,
id. ib. 2, 321:
pars ventis vela negare,
i. e. to furl the sails, Ov. M. 11, 487:
si dextra neget,
Stat. Th. 6, 553:
saxa negantia ferro,
opposing, id. Silv. 3, 1:
illi membra negant,
his limbs fail him, id. Th. 2, 668.—
D.
To deny any knowledge of, to reject (with acc. of persons;
eccl. Lat.): negaverunt Dominum,
Vulg. Jer. 5, 12:
qui me negaverit,
ib. Matt. 10, 33: Christum negantes, ib. Judae, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > negumo
15 periclum

pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. [root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. peraô, to pierce; poros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr], a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).
I.
Lit.:
fac periculum in litteris,
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23:
miser est homo qui amat... Scio qui periclum feci,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:
priusquam periclum faceret,
Caes. B. G. 4, 21:
ex aliis,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36:
alicujus fidei periculum facere,
to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34:
quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.—
II.
Transf.
A.
Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:
faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius),
Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—
B.
Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;
the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100:
tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo,
id. ib. 4, 2, 17:
periculum facere,
to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63:
si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,
Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:
salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:
discriminum et periculorum comites,
id. N. D. 2, 66, 166:
obire pericula ac labores,
Liv. 1, 54:
periculum adire capitis,
to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:
in periculo animarum suarum,
Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19:
subire pro amico,
Cic. Part. 19, 66:
suscipere,
to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76:
ingredi,
id. ib. 2, 4:
conflare alicui,
to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13:
intendere in aliquem,
id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:
intendere alicui,
id. Att. 2, 19, 1:
mortis alicui inicere,
id. Caecin. 29, 83:
facessere innocenti,
id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:
facere alicui,
Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.:
ego nihil facio tibi periculi,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:
creare alicui,
Cic. Att. 22, 2:
comparare alicui,
id. Fl. 38, 96:
moliri optimis civibus,
id. Sest. 1, 1:
amici depellere,
id. Clu. 6, 8:
subterfugere,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 4:
adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen,
id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:
se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre,
id. Balb. 10, 25:
arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum,
id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:
includere in periculum,
id. Clu. 55, 155:
in periculum se committere,
to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37:
eripere ex periculo,
id. Clu. 26, 70:
extrahere ex periculo,
to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11:
rem publicam a periculo prohibere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:
liberare periculis,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:
res in periculo vertitur,
the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12:
esse in periculo,
Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2:
in periculo versari,
id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:
a securi negat ei periculum esse,
that danger threatens him, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:
periculum est, ne,
there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so id. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk:
meo periculo,
id. Sest. 52, 111:
crede audacter meo periculo,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:
meo periculo rem gero,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51:
des ei nummos fide et periculo meo,
Dig. 46, 1, 24:
navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41:
rem periculi sui facere,
to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—
2.
In partic.
a.
A trial, action, suit at law (class.):
meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:
aliquem in periculis defendere,
Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—
b.
A writ of judgment, a sentence:
unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc.,
Nep. Ep. 8:
pericula magistratuum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—
c.
A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):
in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,
Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—
d.
Ruin, destruction (postclass.):
tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,
Arn. 1, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > periclum
16 periculum

pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. [root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. peraô, to pierce; poros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr], a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).
I.
Lit.:
fac periculum in litteris,
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23:
miser est homo qui amat... Scio qui periclum feci,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:
priusquam periclum faceret,
Caes. B. G. 4, 21:
ex aliis,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36:
alicujus fidei periculum facere,
to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34:
quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.—
II.
Transf.
A.
Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:
faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius),
Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—
B.
Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;
the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100:
tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo,
id. ib. 4, 2, 17:
periculum facere,
to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63:
si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,
Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:
salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:
discriminum et periculorum comites,
id. N. D. 2, 66, 166:
obire pericula ac labores,
Liv. 1, 54:
periculum adire capitis,
to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:
in periculo animarum suarum,
Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19:
subire pro amico,
Cic. Part. 19, 66:
suscipere,
to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76:
ingredi,
id. ib. 2, 4:
conflare alicui,
to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13:
intendere in aliquem,
id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:
intendere alicui,
id. Att. 2, 19, 1:
mortis alicui inicere,
id. Caecin. 29, 83:
facessere innocenti,
id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:
facere alicui,
Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.:
ego nihil facio tibi periculi,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:
creare alicui,
Cic. Att. 22, 2:
comparare alicui,
id. Fl. 38, 96:
moliri optimis civibus,
id. Sest. 1, 1:
amici depellere,
id. Clu. 6, 8:
subterfugere,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 4:
adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen,
id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:
se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre,
id. Balb. 10, 25:
arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum,
id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:
includere in periculum,
id. Clu. 55, 155:
in periculum se committere,
to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37:
eripere ex periculo,
id. Clu. 26, 70:
extrahere ex periculo,
to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11:
rem publicam a periculo prohibere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:
liberare periculis,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:
res in periculo vertitur,
the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12:
esse in periculo,
Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2:
in periculo versari,
id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:
a securi negat ei periculum esse,
that danger threatens him, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:
periculum est, ne,
there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so id. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk:
meo periculo,
id. Sest. 52, 111:
crede audacter meo periculo,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:
meo periculo rem gero,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51:
des ei nummos fide et periculo meo,
Dig. 46, 1, 24:
navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41:
rem periculi sui facere,
to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—
2.
In partic.
a.
A trial, action, suit at law (class.):
meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:
aliquem in periculis defendere,
Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—
b.
A writ of judgment, a sentence:
unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc.,
Nep. Ep. 8:
pericula magistratuum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—
c.
A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):
in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,
Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—
d.
Ruin, destruction (postclass.):
tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,
Arn. 1, 4.

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17 cōnsectārius

cōnsectārius adj. [consector], that follows logically, consequent: illud minime. — Plur n. as subst, conclusions, inferences.
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consectaria, consectarium ADJ

conclusive; effecting proof (syllogism); following logically, consequent (L+S)

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18 perīculum or (poet.) perīclum

perīculum or (poet.) perīclum ī, n [1 PAR-], a trial, experiment, attempt, test, proof, essay: fac periculum in litteris, T.: priusquam periclum faceret, Cs.: meae fidei periculum facere. — An attempt, essay: in isto periculo veritatem exigere (of a poem).— Risk, hazard, danger, peril: Non fit sine periclo facinus magnum, T.: salus sociorum summum in periculum vocatur: obire pericula ac labores, L.: periculum adire capitis, run the risk of life: suscipere, take upon oneself: facessere innocenti: aliis facere, S.: si mihi periculum crearetur ab eo: periculis vobiscum adero, S.: erat magni periculi res dimicare, etc., Cs.: non est periculum, ne id facere non possit: in periculum se committere, get into danger: extrahere ex periculo, release from danger: esse in periculo: a securi negat ei periculum esse, that danger threatens him: meo periculo, at my risk.—A trial, action, suit at law: meus labor in privatorum periculis: hunc in periculis defendere, N.— A judicial record, judgment-roll: petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc., N.: pericula magistratuum.

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19 prōmissiō

prōmissiō ōnis, f [pro+MIT-], a promising, promise: provinciae: scelerum.—In rhet., a promise.
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promissionis N F

promise; act/instance of promising; guarantee that proof will come (rhetoric)

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20 sat

sat adj. (for comp., see satius), n indecl. [for satis].—Only nom. and acc, enough, sufficient, satisfactory, adequate, ample: paene plus quam sat erat, T.: tantum quantum sat est: Tantum sat habes? are you satisfied with that? T.: nam mihi facti Fama sat est, V.: Qui non sat habuit coniugem inlexe, was not content, C. poët.: Perdere posse sat est, O.—As subst n.: non signi hoc sat est, Quod, etc., proof enough, T.: nec sat rationis in armis, V.—As adv., enough, sufficiently, satisfactorily: sat scio, I am sure, T.: accusator sat bonus: non sat idoneus Pugnae, H.— Only enough, just, moderately, tolerably, somewhat: sat commode, T.: si me voltis esse oratorem, si etiam sat bonum, etc.— Enough, too much ; with ago (less correctly, satago): suarum rerum sat agit, has his hands full with his own affairs, T. (al. sat agitat).
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I
ADV

enough, adequately; sufficiently; well enough, quite; fairly, pretty
II
undeclined ADJ

enough, adequate, sufficient; satisfactory

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