as-sŭesco

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sŭesco, sŭēvi, sŭētum (dissyl. suēvi, suētum; sync. forms, suesti, suerunt, suesse, etc.; v. in the foll., and cf. also the preced. art.), 3, v. inch. n. and a. [Sanscr. svadhā, will, might, custom; Gr. ethos, êthos].

Neutr., to become used or accustomed; in the tempp. perff., to have accustomed one ' s self; hence, to be wont, used, or accustomed (rare).

Tempp. press.:

Drusus in Illyricum missus est, ut suesceret militiae,

Tac. A. 2, 44; 2, 52; Aus. Ep. 16, 91.—

Tempp. perff.:

has Graeci stellas Hyadas vocitare suërunt, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111: a te id, quod suesti, peto, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 8:

mittere suevit,

Lucr. 6, 793:

de divis dare dicta suërit,

id. 5, 53:

gemmis florere arbusta suësse,

id. 5, 912:

vincere suevit,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 17:

sueverat claustra remoliri,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 194.—

Act., to accustom, habituate, train (very rare in finite verb):

ut lectos viros... disciplinae et imperiis suesceret,

Tac. A. 2, 52. —Esp., P. and P. a.: suētus, a, um.

Accustomed, wont, used, habituated; with inf.:

ex aliis sentire sueti,

Lucr. 2, 903:

mala secundis rebus oriri sueta, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 18: suetus abstinere,

Liv. 5, 43:

curru succedere sueti Quadrupedes,

Verg. A. 3, 541:

vexare suëtae,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 17:

comitialem propter morbum despui suetum,

Plin. 10, 23, 34, § 69.—With dat.:

his (armis) ego suetus,

Verg. A. 5, 414:

neque conjugiis suscipiendis neque alendis liberis sueti,

Tac. A. 14, 27:

suetae aquis volucres,

Tac. H. 5, 6:

sueti latrociniis,

id. A. 2, 52:

suetus civilibus armis,

Luc. 1, 325. —

Transf., of things, customary, usual (mostly post-class.):

contra Cheruscis sueta aput paludes proelia,

Tac. A. 1, 64:

sueto militum contubernio gaudere,

id. H. 2, 80 fin.;

vestigium,

App. M. 6, p. 198, 21:

cibaria,

id. ib. 9, p. 232, 13.—Hence, subst.: suē-tum, i, n., a custom, usage:

se ad sectae sueta conferunt,

App. M. 4, p. 153, 22.

sŭesco, sŭēvi, sŭētum (dissyl. suēvi, suētum; sync. forms, suesti, suerunt, suesse, etc.; v. in the foll., and cf. also the preced. art.), 3, v. inch. n. and a. [Sanscr. svadhā, will, might, custom; Gr. ethos, êthos].

Neutr., to become used or accustomed; in the tempp. perff., to have accustomed one ' s self; hence, to be wont, used, or accustomed (rare).

Tempp. press.:

Drusus in Illyricum missus est, ut suesceret militiae,

Tac. A. 2, 44; 2, 52; Aus. Ep. 16, 91.—

Tempp. perff.:

has Graeci stellas Hyadas vocitare suërunt, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111: a te id, quod suesti, peto, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 8:

mittere suevit,

Lucr. 6, 793:

de divis dare dicta suërit,

id. 5, 53:

gemmis florere arbusta suësse,

id. 5, 912:

vincere suevit,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 17:

sueverat claustra remoliri,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 194.—

Act., to accustom, habituate, train (very rare in finite verb):

ut lectos viros... disciplinae et imperiis suesceret,

Tac. A. 2, 52. —Esp., P. and P. a.: suētus, a, um.

Accustomed, wont, used, habituated; with inf.:

ex aliis sentire sueti,

Lucr. 2, 903:

mala secundis rebus oriri sueta, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 18: suetus abstinere,

Liv. 5, 43:

curru succedere sueti Quadrupedes,

Verg. A. 3, 541:

vexare suëtae,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 17:

comitialem propter morbum despui suetum,

Plin. 10, 23, 34, § 69.—With dat.:

his (armis) ego suetus,

Verg. A. 5, 414:

neque conjugiis suscipiendis neque alendis liberis sueti,

Tac. A. 14, 27:

suetae aquis volucres,

Tac. H. 5, 6:

sueti latrociniis,

id. A. 2, 52:

suetus civilibus armis,

Luc. 1, 325. —

Transf., of things, customary, usual (mostly post-class.):

contra Cheruscis sueta aput paludes proelia,

Tac. A. 1, 64:

sueto militum contubernio gaudere,

id. H. 2, 80 fin.;

vestigium,

App. M. 6, p. 198, 21:

cibaria,

id. ib. 9, p. 232, 13.—Hence, subst.: suē-tum, i, n., a custom, usage:

se ad sectae sueta conferunt,

App. M. 4, p. 153, 22.

as-sŭesco ( ads-, B. and K., Rib., Halm, Weissenb.; ads- and ass-, Merk.), ēvi, ētum, 3 (adsuëtus, four syll., Phaedr. 3, prol. 14), v. a., to use or accustom one to something, to habituate; or, more freq., v. n., to accustom one's self to, to be wont, to be accustomed to.

In gen.; constr. usu. with abl. or inf.; after the Aug. per. also with ad, in with acc., or dat.

With abl. (a constr. unjustly censured by Wunder, Rhein. Mus. 1829, II. p. 288 sq. The idea of the ad, which would require the acc. or dat. case, is not, as at a later period, prominent in the word, but that of suesco; accordingly, pr., to adopt some custom, to addict or apply one's self to a custom or habit, to become accustomed to something; so that the abl. of specification, as in amore affici, pedibus laborare, etc., only designates more specifically the object which is the subject of that custom; cf. Gron. and Drak. ad Liv. 31, 35, 3; Kritz. ad Sall. C. 2, 9; Rudd. II. p. 137 sq.; Ramsh. p. 427;

v. also assuefacio): homines labore adsiduo et cotidiano adsueti,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58; so,

vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā, non adsueta mendaciis,

id. Planc. 9, 22:

gens adsueta multo Venatu nemorum,

Verg. A. 7, 746:

Odrysius praedae assuetus amore,

Ov. M. 13, 554:

genus pugnae, quo adsuērant,

Liv. 31, 35 Gron.:

adsuetae sanguine et praedā aves,

Flor. 1, 1, 7; 4, 12, 17:

adsuetus imperio et inmoderatā licentiā militari,

Just. 31, 1, 8:

gentes alterius imperio ac nomine adsuetas,

Curt. 6, 3, 8; Front. Princ. Hist. Fragm. 2, p. 341.—

With inf.:

fremitum voce vincere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

votis jam nunc adsuesce vocari,

Verg. G. 1, 42:

adsueti muros defendere,

id. A. 9, 511:

Candida de nigris et de candentibus atra Qui facere adsuērat,

Ov. M. 11, 315; 10, 533; id. Tr. 2, 504; id. M. 8, 335:

adsuetus graecari,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 11:

auditor adsuevit jam exigere laetitiam,

Tac. Or. 20; 34; id. H. 4, 34; Vell. 2, 33:

(polypus) adsuetus exire e mari in lacus,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92:

reliquas (legiones) in hiberna dimittere assuerat,

Suet. Aug. 49.—

With ad or in with acc.:

uri adsuescere ad homines ne parvuli quidem possunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 707 P.:

manus adsuetae ad sceptra,

Sen. Troad. 152:

jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura adsuetus,

Liv. 24, 5; Flor. 4, 12, 43.—

With dat.:

mensae adsuetus erili,

Verg. A. 7, 490:

Adsuescent Latio Partha tropaea Jovi,

Prop. 4, 3, 6:

caritas ipsius soli, cui longo tempore adsuescitur,

to which one is accustomed, Liv. 2, 1:

ex more, cui adsuerunt,

Quint. 4, 2, 29:

ut quieti et otio per voluptates adsuescerent,

Tac. Agr. 21:

adsuetus expeditionibus miles,

id. ib. 16:

adsueti juventae Neronis,

id. H. 1, 7:

quo celerius (libri senatorum) rei publicae assuescerent,

Suet. Aug. 38:

Jurationi non adsuescat os tuum,

Vulg. Eccli. 23, 9.—Acc. to a rare constr.,

With acc. rei in the Gr. manner, eithismai ti:

ne pueri, ne tanta animis adsuescite bella (for bellis),

accustom not your minds to such great wars, Verg. A. 6, 833:

Galli juxta invia ac devia adsueti,

Liv. 21, 33:

frigora atque inediam caelo solove adsuerunt,

Tac. G. 4 Baumst.—

With gen.:

Romanis Gallici tumultūs adsuetis,

Liv. 38, 17.—

Esp.:

alicui, in mal. part.,

Curt. 6, 5.— Hence, assŭētus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., accustomed, customary, usual:

Tempus et adsuetā ponere in arte juvat,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 36:

otium des corpori, adsueta vicis,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 14:

adsuetos potare fontes,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169:

adsuetam sibi causam suscipit,

Vell. 2, 120.—Hence with a comp. and abl.:

longius adsueto lumina nostra vident,

Ov. H. 6, 72:

adsueto propior,

Stat. Th. 12, 306.

as-sŭesco ( ads-, B. and K., Rib., Halm, Weissenb.; ads- and ass-, Merk.), ēvi, ētum, 3 (adsuëtus, four syll., Phaedr. 3, prol. 14), v. a., to use or accustom one to something, to habituate; or, more freq., v. n., to accustom one's self to, to be wont, to be accustomed to.

In gen.; constr. usu. with abl. or inf.; after the Aug. per. also with ad, in with acc., or dat.

With abl. (a constr. unjustly censured by Wunder, Rhein. Mus. 1829, II. p. 288 sq. The idea of the ad, which would require the acc. or dat. case, is not, as at a later period, prominent in the word, but that of suesco; accordingly, pr., to adopt some custom, to addict or apply one's self to a custom or habit, to become accustomed to something; so that the abl. of specification, as in amore affici, pedibus laborare, etc., only designates more specifically the object which is the subject of that custom; cf. Gron. and Drak. ad Liv. 31, 35, 3; Kritz. ad Sall. C. 2, 9; Rudd. II. p. 137 sq.; Ramsh. p. 427;

v. also assuefacio): homines labore adsiduo et cotidiano adsueti,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58; so,

vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā, non adsueta mendaciis,

id. Planc. 9, 22:

gens adsueta multo Venatu nemorum,

Verg. A. 7, 746:

Odrysius praedae assuetus amore,

Ov. M. 13, 554:

genus pugnae, quo adsuērant,

Liv. 31, 35 Gron.:

adsuetae sanguine et praedā aves,

Flor. 1, 1, 7; 4, 12, 17:

adsuetus imperio et inmoderatā licentiā militari,

Just. 31, 1, 8:

gentes alterius imperio ac nomine adsuetas,

Curt. 6, 3, 8; Front. Princ. Hist. Fragm. 2, p. 341.—

With inf.:

fremitum voce vincere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

votis jam nunc adsuesce vocari,

Verg. G. 1, 42:

adsueti muros defendere,

id. A. 9, 511:

Candida de nigris et de candentibus atra Qui facere adsuērat,

Ov. M. 11, 315; 10, 533; id. Tr. 2, 504; id. M. 8, 335:

adsuetus graecari,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 11:

auditor adsuevit jam exigere laetitiam,

Tac. Or. 20; 34; id. H. 4, 34; Vell. 2, 33:

(polypus) adsuetus exire e mari in lacus,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92:

reliquas (legiones) in hiberna dimittere assuerat,

Suet. Aug. 49.—

With ad or in with acc.:

uri adsuescere ad homines ne parvuli quidem possunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 707 P.:

manus adsuetae ad sceptra,

Sen. Troad. 152:

jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura adsuetus,

Liv. 24, 5; Flor. 4, 12, 43.—

With dat.:

mensae adsuetus erili,

Verg. A. 7, 490:

Adsuescent Latio Partha tropaea Jovi,

Prop. 4, 3, 6:

caritas ipsius soli, cui longo tempore adsuescitur,

to which one is accustomed, Liv. 2, 1:

ex more, cui adsuerunt,

Quint. 4, 2, 29:

ut quieti et otio per voluptates adsuescerent,

Tac. Agr. 21:

adsuetus expeditionibus miles,

id. ib. 16:

adsueti juventae Neronis,

id. H. 1, 7:

quo celerius (libri senatorum) rei publicae assuescerent,

Suet. Aug. 38:

Jurationi non adsuescat os tuum,

Vulg. Eccli. 23, 9.—Acc. to a rare constr.,

With acc. rei in the Gr. manner, eithismai ti:

ne pueri, ne tanta animis adsuescite bella (for bellis),

accustom not your minds to such great wars, Verg. A. 6, 833:

Galli juxta invia ac devia adsueti,

Liv. 21, 33:

frigora atque inediam caelo solove adsuerunt,

Tac. G. 4 Baumst.—

With gen.:

Romanis Gallici tumultūs adsuetis,

Liv. 38, 17.—

Esp.:

alicui, in mal. part.,

Curt. 6, 5.— Hence, assŭētus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., accustomed, customary, usual:

Tempus et adsuetā ponere in arte juvat,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 36:

otium des corpori, adsueta vicis,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 14:

adsuetos potare fontes,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169:

adsuetam sibi causam suscipit,

Vell. 2, 120.—Hence with a comp. and abl.:

longius adsueto lumina nostra vident,

Ov. H. 6, 72:

adsueto propior,

Stat. Th. 12, 306.

as-sŭesco ( ads-, B. and K., Rib., Halm, Weissenb.; ads- and ass-, Merk.), ēvi, ētum, 3 (adsuëtus, four syll., Phaedr. 3, prol. 14), v. a., to use or accustom one to something, to habituate; or, more freq., v. n., to accustom one's self to, to be wont, to be accustomed to.

In gen.; constr. usu. with abl. or inf.; after the Aug. per. also with ad, in with acc., or dat.

With abl. (a constr. unjustly censured by Wunder, Rhein. Mus. 1829, II. p. 288 sq. The idea of the ad, which would require the acc. or dat. case, is not, as at a later period, prominent in the word, but that of suesco; accordingly, pr., to adopt some custom, to addict or apply one's self to a custom or habit, to become accustomed to something; so that the abl. of specification, as in amore affici, pedibus laborare, etc., only designates more specifically the object which is the subject of that custom; cf. Gron. and Drak. ad Liv. 31, 35, 3; Kritz. ad Sall. C. 2, 9; Rudd. II. p. 137 sq.; Ramsh. p. 427;

v. also assuefacio): homines labore adsiduo et cotidiano adsueti,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58; so,

vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā, non adsueta mendaciis,

id. Planc. 9, 22:

gens adsueta multo Venatu nemorum,

Verg. A. 7, 746:

Odrysius praedae assuetus amore,

Ov. M. 13, 554:

genus pugnae, quo adsuērant,

Liv. 31, 35 Gron.:

adsuetae sanguine et praedā aves,

Flor. 1, 1, 7; 4, 12, 17:

adsuetus imperio et inmoderatā licentiā militari,

Just. 31, 1, 8:

gentes alterius imperio ac nomine adsuetas,

Curt. 6, 3, 8; Front. Princ. Hist. Fragm. 2, p. 341.—

With inf.:

fremitum voce vincere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

votis jam nunc adsuesce vocari,

Verg. G. 1, 42:

adsueti muros defendere,

id. A. 9, 511:

Candida de nigris et de candentibus atra Qui facere adsuērat,

Ov. M. 11, 315; 10, 533; id. Tr. 2, 504; id. M. 8, 335:

adsuetus graecari,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 11:

auditor adsuevit jam exigere laetitiam,

Tac. Or. 20; 34; id. H. 4, 34; Vell. 2, 33:

(polypus) adsuetus exire e mari in lacus,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92:

reliquas (legiones) in hiberna dimittere assuerat,

Suet. Aug. 49.—

With ad or in with acc.:

uri adsuescere ad homines ne parvuli quidem possunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 707 P.:

manus adsuetae ad sceptra,

Sen. Troad. 152:

jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura adsuetus,

Liv. 24, 5; Flor. 4, 12, 43.—

With dat.:

mensae adsuetus erili,

Verg. A. 7, 490:

Adsuescent Latio Partha tropaea Jovi,

Prop. 4, 3, 6:

caritas ipsius soli, cui longo tempore adsuescitur,

to which one is accustomed, Liv. 2, 1:

ex more, cui adsuerunt,

Quint. 4, 2, 29:

ut quieti et otio per voluptates adsuescerent,

Tac. Agr. 21:

adsuetus expeditionibus miles,

id. ib. 16:

adsueti juventae Neronis,

id. H. 1, 7:

quo celerius (libri senatorum) rei publicae assuescerent,

Suet. Aug. 38:

Jurationi non adsuescat os tuum,

Vulg. Eccli. 23, 9.—Acc. to a rare constr.,

With acc. rei in the Gr. manner, eithismai ti:

ne pueri, ne tanta animis adsuescite bella (for bellis),

accustom not your minds to such great wars, Verg. A. 6, 833:

Galli juxta invia ac devia adsueti,

Liv. 21, 33:

frigora atque inediam caelo solove adsuerunt,

Tac. G. 4 Baumst.—

With gen.:

Romanis Gallici tumultūs adsuetis,

Liv. 38, 17.—

Esp.:

alicui, in mal. part.,

Curt. 6, 5.— Hence, assŭētus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., accustomed, customary, usual:

Tempus et adsuetā ponere in arte juvat,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 36:

otium des corpori, adsueta vicis,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 14:

adsuetos potare fontes,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169:

adsuetam sibi causam suscipit,

Vell. 2, 120.—Hence with a comp. and abl.:

longius adsueto lumina nostra vident,

Ov. H. 6, 72:

adsueto propior,

Stat. Th. 12, 306.

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dē-sŭesco, sŭēvi, sŭētum, 3, v. a. and n. (mostly poet., or in post-Aug. prose; in Cic. and Caes. not at all; cf., however, desuefacio).

Act., to disuse, to lay aside a custom or habit, to disaccustom, to put out of use: desuevi, ne quo ad cenam iret, Titin. ap. Non. 95, 1:

arma diu desueta,

Verg. A. 2, 509; cf.:

rem desuetam usurpare,

Liv. 3, 38:

desueta sidera cerno (i. e. quae cernere desuevi),

Ov. M. 5, 503; cf.:

voces jam mihi desuetae,

id. ib. 7, 646:

desueta verba,

id. Tr. 5, 7, 63:

in desuescendis morari,

Quint. 3, 8, 70.—With inf.:

desueto Samnite clamorem Romani exercitus pati,

Liv. 8, 38, 10.—

Neutr., to become unaccustomed, to disaccustom one's self; or in the perf., to be unaccustomed:

paullatim antiquo patrum honori,

Sil. 3, 576:

jam desueta triumphis (i. e. bellis) agmina,

Verg. A. 6, 815; cf. id. ib. 7, 693:

fera rabiem desueta,

Stat. Th. 5, 231:

desueta corda,

Verg. A. 1, 722.

in-suesco, suēvi, suētum, 3, v. n. and a. (insuerat, Tac. A. 4, 57), to accustom, habituate (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Neutr., to accustom or habituate one ' s self, to become accustomed to a thing; constr. with dat., with ad, or inf.

With dat.:

corpori,

Tac. A. 11, 29. —

With ad:

ad disciplinam militiae insuescere militem nostrum,

Liv. 5, 6.—

With inf.:

mentiri,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 30:

largiri,

Sall. J. 8, 2:

amare, potare,

id. C. 11, 6. —

Act., to accuslom or habituate one to a thing; constr. aliquem aliquid or aliqua re.

Aliquem aliquid:

insuevit pater optimus hoc me Ut fugerem,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 105.—

Aliquem aliqua re:

aquā pecus,

Col. 6, 4.— Pass.:

sic insuesci debent, ut,

id. 11, 3:

ita se a pueris insuetos,

Liv. 24, 48, 6.

mansŭesco, sŭēvi, sŭētum, 3, v. inch. a. and n. [manus-suesco; lit., to accustom to the hand; hence],

Act., to tame, to make tame (in the verb. finit. ante- and post-class.; but cf. infra, mansuetus).

Lit.:

silvestria animalia,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 4:

tigres, Coripp. Johann. 6, 253: fructus feros,

Lucr. 5, 1368; v. Lachm. ad h. l.—

Trop., to render mild, gentle, or peaceable: gentes, Coripp. Johann. 6, 484.—

Neutr. ( = mansuetum fieri), to become or grow tame (in the verb. finit. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

buculi triduo fere mansuescunt,

Col. 6, 2, 4:

ferae,

Luc. 4, 237.—

Trop., to grow tame, gentle, mild, soft:

nesciaque humanis precibus mansuescere corda,

Verg. G. 4, 470:

umor,

Lucr. 2, 475:

tellus,

Verg. G. 2, 239:

radii,

Petr. 122:

fera mansuescere jussa,

Juv. 11, 104.—Hence, mansŭētus (MASVETA, Inscr. Grut. 688, 2), a, um, P. a., tamed, tame.

Lit.:

juvenci diebus paucis erunt mansueti,

Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2:

sus,

Liv. 35, 49:

cum (apes) sint neque mansueti generis, neque feri,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 12:

stabula, i. e. mansuetarum pecudum,

Grat. Cyn. 164.—

Trop., mild, soft, gentle, quiet, etc. (syn. mitis;

opp. ferus): illud quaero, cur tam subito mansuetus in senatu fuerit, cum in edictis tam fuisset ferus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 23:

amor,

Prop. 1, 9, 12:

manus,

id. 3, 14, 10:

malum,

Liv. 3, 16:

litora,

tranquil, not stormy, Prop. 1, 17, 28.— Comp.: ut mitior mansuetiorque fiat, Asellio ap. Prisc. p. 668 P.:

nam me jam ab orationibus dijungo fere, referoque ad mansuetiores Musas,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

ira,

Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 23.— Sup.:

ut mansuetissimus viderer,

Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201:

ingenium,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 11.—Hence, adv.: mansŭētē (acc. to B.), gently, mildly, calmly, quietly, etc.:

clementer, mansuete factum,

Cic. Marcell. 3, 9:

adeo tum imperio meliori animus mansuete obediens erat,

Liv. 3, 29, 3:

ferre fortunam,

Auct. Her. 4, 52, 65.— Comp.:

mansuetius versari,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 10.

sŏlĕo, ĭtus, 2 ( pres. solinunt, for solent, acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162 Müll.; perf. solui, Cato and Enn. acc. to Varr. L.L. 9, § 107: soluerint, Cael. ap. Non. 509, 2: soluerat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 872 P.; or H. 2, 55 Dietsch; no fut., v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 591; 609), v. n. [cf. suesco].

In gen., to use, be wont, be accustomed (cf. assuesco).

With inf. (so most freq.); act.:

qui mentiri solet, pejerare consuevit,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

ruri crebro esse soleo,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18:

nihil ego in occulto agere soleo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86:

hi (servi) solent esse eris utibiles,

id. Most. 4, 1, 2; id. Capt. 3, 1, 23: nam vi depugnare sues stolidi soliti sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 317 Müll. (Ann. v. 109 Vahl.): quaerunt in scirpo, soliti quod dicere, nodum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.):

qui (paterā) Pterela potitare rex solitus est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 105; 1, 1, 263:

quā (consuetudine) solitus sum uti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135:

soliti prandere,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245:

(cum Thucydides), id quod optimo cuique Athenis accidere solitum est, in exsilium pulsus esset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56 et saep.;

often solitus eram = solebam,

Sall. C. 50, 1; id. J. 4, 7; Liv. 38, 1, 7 al.—

With inf. pass.:

majore operā ibi serviles nuptiae, quam liberales etiam, curari solent,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 74:

verum illud verbum est, vulgo quod dici solet,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 15; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 2, 9:

unde videri Danaum solitae naves,

Verg. A. 2, 462:

ad haec illa dici solent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26:

permirum mihi videri solet,

id. ib. 5, 5, 7:

si (domus) alio domino solita est frequentari,

id. Off. 1, 39, 139:

quod spernerentur ab iis a quibus essent coli soliti,

id. Sen. 3, 7:

ut solet fieri,

Curt. 3, 8, 20; 4, 3, 7:

ut fieri solet,

Lact. 1, 15, 2 et saep.—

Without inf.:

cave tu idem faxis, alii quod servi solent,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 8:

me dico ire, quo saturi solent,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 83:

artior, quam solebat, somnus complexus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10: Pl. Nugas garris. Cu. Soleo, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6:

ita ego soleo,

id. Men. 1, 2, 31:

sic soleo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 25; cf. id. Eun. 2, 2, 48:

eodem pacto ut comici servi solent, Coniciam in collum pallium,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 11:

credo jam, ut solet, Jurgabit,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 54:

agedum, ut soles,

id. Phorm. 5, 3, 1; cf.:

ut solitus es,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 25:

cum audissem Antiochum, ut solebam,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1:

quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet,

Sall. C. 29, 2:

quod prava ambitio solet,

id. J. 96, 3:

ut solebat,

Amm. 16, 11, 15:

cum quaedam in collibus, ut solet, controversia pastorum esset orta,

Cic. Clu. 59, 161; Sall. J. 15, 5; 25, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 24.—So often with Plautus in the part. pres.: Di. Mala femina es. As. Solens sum:

ea est disciplina,

that's my way, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 29; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 43:

lubens fecero et solens,

id. Cas. 5, 1, 14:

ego abscessi solens Paulum ab illis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 53.—

In partic., to have intercourse with, in mal. part. (rare): viris cum suis praedicant nos solere;

Suas pellices esse aiunt,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 38; Cat. 113, 1.—Hence, sŏlĭtus, a, um, P. a., in a passive sense (which one is used to, or which usually happens), wonted, accustomed, usual, habitual, ordinary (freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. consuetus); absol.:

solito membra levare toro,

Tib. 1, 1, 44:

ad solitum rusticus ibit opus,

Ov. F. 4, 168:

cunctantibus solita insolitaque alimenta deerant,

Tac. H. 4, 60:

chori,

Prop. 1, 20, 46:

locus,

Ov. M. 4, 83:

torus,

Tib. 1, 1, 44:

ars,

id. 1, 9, 66:

artes,

Ov. M. 11, 242:

virtus,

Verg. A. 11, 415:

mos,

Ov. H. 21, 127; id. P. 3, 1, 165:

honores,

Tac. A. 3, 5:

inertia Germanorum,

id. G. 45:

exercitationes,

Suet. Tib. 13 et saep.—With dat.:

armamenta Liburnicis solita,

Tac. H. 5, 23; cf. in the foll. —Hence, subst.: sŏlĭtum, i, n., the customary, what is usual: hostibus gratiam habendam, [p. 1719] quod solitum quicquam liberae civitatis fieret (opp. res desueta), a usual thing in a free state, Liv. 3, 38, 9:

proinde tona eloquio, solitum tibi!

according to your custom, Verg. A. 11, 383:

ultra solitum,

Tac. A. 4, 64, 1.—In plur.:

parentum neces aliaque solita regibus ausi,

Tac. H. 5, 8 fin.; cf.: praeter solita vitiosis magistratibus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 23:

si quando aliquid ex solito variaret,

Vell. 2, 41, 3:

nescio quā praeter solitum dulcedine laeti,

Verg. G. 1, 412; so,

praeter solitum,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 20:

supra solitum,

Sen. Ben. 6, 36, 1; and esp. freq. with a comparative in the abl. comp. solito:

solito formosior Aesone natus,

more than usually handsome, Ov. M. 7, 84; so,

solito uberior,

id. ib. 9, 105:

blandior,

id. A. A. 2, 411:

exactior,

Suet. Tib. 18:

frequentiores,

id. ib. 37:

velocius,

Ov. M. 14, 388:

citius,

id. F. 5, 547:

plus,

id. H. 15, 47; Liv. 24, 9:

magis,

id. 25, 7.

sŏlĕo, ĭtus, 2 ( pres. solinunt, for solent, acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162 Müll.; perf. solui, Cato and Enn. acc. to Varr. L.L. 9, § 107: soluerint, Cael. ap. Non. 509, 2: soluerat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 872 P.; or H. 2, 55 Dietsch; no fut., v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 591; 609), v. n. [cf. suesco].

In gen., to use, be wont, be accustomed (cf. assuesco).

With inf. (so most freq.); act.:

qui mentiri solet, pejerare consuevit,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

ruri crebro esse soleo,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18:

nihil ego in occulto agere soleo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86:

hi (servi) solent esse eris utibiles,

id. Most. 4, 1, 2; id. Capt. 3, 1, 23: nam vi depugnare sues stolidi soliti sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 317 Müll. (Ann. v. 109 Vahl.): quaerunt in scirpo, soliti quod dicere, nodum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.):

qui (paterā) Pterela potitare rex solitus est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 105; 1, 1, 263:

quā (consuetudine) solitus sum uti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135:

soliti prandere,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245:

(cum Thucydides), id quod optimo cuique Athenis accidere solitum est, in exsilium pulsus esset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56 et saep.;

often solitus eram = solebam,

Sall. C. 50, 1; id. J. 4, 7; Liv. 38, 1, 7 al.—

With inf. pass.:

majore operā ibi serviles nuptiae, quam liberales etiam, curari solent,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 74:

verum illud verbum est, vulgo quod dici solet,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 15; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 2, 9:

unde videri Danaum solitae naves,

Verg. A. 2, 462:

ad haec illa dici solent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26:

permirum mihi videri solet,

id. ib. 5, 5, 7:

si (domus) alio domino solita est frequentari,

id. Off. 1, 39, 139:

quod spernerentur ab iis a quibus essent coli soliti,

id. Sen. 3, 7:

ut solet fieri,

Curt. 3, 8, 20; 4, 3, 7:

ut fieri solet,

Lact. 1, 15, 2 et saep.—

Without inf.:

cave tu idem faxis, alii quod servi solent,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 8:

me dico ire, quo saturi solent,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 83:

artior, quam solebat, somnus complexus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10: Pl. Nugas garris. Cu. Soleo, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6:

ita ego soleo,

id. Men. 1, 2, 31:

sic soleo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 25; cf. id. Eun. 2, 2, 48:

eodem pacto ut comici servi solent, Coniciam in collum pallium,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 11:

credo jam, ut solet, Jurgabit,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 54:

agedum, ut soles,

id. Phorm. 5, 3, 1; cf.:

ut solitus es,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 25:

cum audissem Antiochum, ut solebam,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1:

quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet,

Sall. C. 29, 2:

quod prava ambitio solet,

id. J. 96, 3:

ut solebat,

Amm. 16, 11, 15:

cum quaedam in collibus, ut solet, controversia pastorum esset orta,

Cic. Clu. 59, 161; Sall. J. 15, 5; 25, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 24.—So often with Plautus in the part. pres.: Di. Mala femina es. As. Solens sum:

ea est disciplina,

that's my way, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 29; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 43:

lubens fecero et solens,

id. Cas. 5, 1, 14:

ego abscessi solens Paulum ab illis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 53.—

In partic., to have intercourse with, in mal. part. (rare): viris cum suis praedicant nos solere;

Suas pellices esse aiunt,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 38; Cat. 113, 1.—Hence, sŏlĭtus, a, um, P. a., in a passive sense (which one is used to, or which usually happens), wonted, accustomed, usual, habitual, ordinary (freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. consuetus); absol.:

solito membra levare toro,

Tib. 1, 1, 44:

ad solitum rusticus ibit opus,

Ov. F. 4, 168:

cunctantibus solita insolitaque alimenta deerant,

Tac. H. 4, 60:

chori,

Prop. 1, 20, 46:

locus,

Ov. M. 4, 83:

torus,

Tib. 1, 1, 44:

ars,

id. 1, 9, 66:

artes,

Ov. M. 11, 242:

virtus,

Verg. A. 11, 415:

mos,

Ov. H. 21, 127; id. P. 3, 1, 165:

honores,

Tac. A. 3, 5:

inertia Germanorum,

id. G. 45:

exercitationes,

Suet. Tib. 13 et saep.—With dat.:

armamenta Liburnicis solita,

Tac. H. 5, 23; cf. in the foll. —Hence, subst.: sŏlĭtum, i, n., the customary, what is usual: hostibus gratiam habendam, [p. 1719] quod solitum quicquam liberae civitatis fieret (opp. res desueta), a usual thing in a free state, Liv. 3, 38, 9:

proinde tona eloquio, solitum tibi!

according to your custom, Verg. A. 11, 383:

ultra solitum,

Tac. A. 4, 64, 1.—In plur.:

parentum neces aliaque solita regibus ausi,

Tac. H. 5, 8 fin.; cf.: praeter solita vitiosis magistratibus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 23:

si quando aliquid ex solito variaret,

Vell. 2, 41, 3:

nescio quā praeter solitum dulcedine laeti,

Verg. G. 1, 412; so,

praeter solitum,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 20:

supra solitum,

Sen. Ben. 6, 36, 1; and esp. freq. with a comparative in the abl. comp. solito:

solito formosior Aesone natus,

more than usually handsome, Ov. M. 7, 84; so,

solito uberior,

id. ib. 9, 105:

blandior,

id. A. A. 2, 411:

exactior,

Suet. Tib. 18:

frequentiores,

id. ib. 37:

velocius,

Ov. M. 14, 388:

citius,

id. F. 5, 547:

plus,

id. H. 15, 47; Liv. 24, 9:

magis,

id. 25, 7.