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  • 1 rogo

    rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. paragog. rogarier, Cic. Caecin. 33, 95:

    rogassint, for rogaverint,

    id. Leg. 3, 3, 9), v. a. [etym. dub.; perh. for progo; kindr. with Sanscr. prac, to ask, whence also precor and procus, but referred by Corss. to the same root with Sanscr. rgus, straight; Gr. oregô; Lat. rego, rex, rogus, Krit. Beit. p. 93], to ask, question, interrogate one about a thing.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (so generally throughout ante-class. Lat.; less. freq. in Cic.; syn.: percontor, sciscitor, quaero), constr. aliquem aliquid, or simply aliquem, aliquid, with de, a rel.-clause, or absol. (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 393). ( a) Aliquem aliquid (class. only with acc. of neutr. pron. or adj., or with sententiam; v. infra, B. 1.):

    aliud te rogo,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 70:

    haud istuc te rogo,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 49:

    quin tu id me rogas,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 24:

    hoc te rogo, quos locos adisti?

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 85; cf.:

    rogare hoc unum te volo,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 17:

    dic mihi hoc, quod te rogo,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 16; id. Most. 3, 1, 130; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 1, 5, 64 et saep.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 12 sq.:

    ego patriam te rogo, quae sit tua,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 83; cf.:

    hanc (colubram) alia cum rogaret causam facinoris, Respondit, etc.,

    Phaedr. 4, 17, 5. —
    (β).
    Aliquem or aliquid:

    quos rogo,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 6:

    quem ego igitur rogem?

    Ter. And. 4, 4, 10:

    ecquem hominem tu novisti? te rogo,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 15; men' or me rogas? also, rogas me? in colloq. lang., do you ask that of me? how can you ask? what do you mean by asking that? Eu. Quid ego facerem? Ch. Quid tu faceres? men' rogas? requireres, Rogitares, etc., id. Merc. 3, 4, 48; Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 11; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 5; 4, 5, 32; id. Ad. 1, 2, 2; 4, 5, 31 al.; cf.:

    quid me istud rogas? inquam: Stoicos roga,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

    hoc quod rogo responde,

    Plaut. As. 3, 2, 32; id. Curc. 2, 1, 30; 5, 3, 30; id. Ps. 4, 2, 12 al.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 23; Suet. Caes. 82.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    jam de istoc rogare omitte,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 90; so,

    de istac virgine,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

    de te ipso,

    Cic. Vatin. 4, 10.—
    (δ).
    With interrog.-clause:

    rogant me servi, quo eam?

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 83: roga ipsum, quemadmodum ego eum Arimini acceperim, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 383, 8:

    quodsi me populus Romanus forte roget, cur Non, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 70:

    quae sit, rogo,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 97:

    rogo, num quid velit,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 50:

    rogavi pervenissetne Agrigentum?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27:

    unde venis? et Quo tendis? rogat et respondet,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 63:

    quid verum atque decens curo et rogo,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 11. —
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    prius respondes quam rogo,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 119:

    roganti respondebo,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 17:

    non edepol nunc, ubi terrarum, sim, scio, si quis roget,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 180:

    quin tu ergo rogas?

    id. As. 1, 1, 15: Ty. Quid ego deliqui? He. Rogas? id. Capt. 3, 5, 2; so id. Rud. 3, 6, 22; id. Cas. 2, 3, 35; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 28; 38 al.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 136; 1, 2, 13; 1, 5, 32 al.; cf. Cic. Mil. 22, 59: etiam rogas? [p. 1599] do you dare to ask? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 21; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 97; id. Merc. 1, 2, 92; Ter. And. 4, 4, 23 (v. etiam). — Particularly as subst.:

    numquam nobis ad rogatum respondent,

    Cic. Fl. 4, 10. —
    B.
    In partic. (class. in all per.).
    1.
    Publicists' t. t.
    a.
    Rogare aliquem (sententiam), to ask one for his opinion or vote:

    Racilius Marcellinum primum rogavit. Is sententiam dixit, ut, etc.... Postea Racilius de privatis me primum sententiam rogavit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2:

    quos priores sententiam rogabat,

    id. Rep. 2, 20, 35. — Pass.:

    cum omnes ante me rogati gratias Caesari egissent, ego rogatus mutavi meum consilium,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

    scito primum me non esse rogatum sententiam,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    primus rogatus sententiam,

    Sall. C. 50, 4:

    is enim primus rogatus sententiam,

    Liv. 37, 14; Quint. 6, 3, 97 al.:

    propter ipsam rem, de quā sententiae rogantur, consultabitur,

    id. 3, 8, 18. —
    b.
    Rogare populum or legem, or absol., prop., to ask the people about a law; hence, in gen., to bring the plan of a law before the people for their approval; to propose a law, introduce a bill:

    in aes incidi jubebitis credo illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.: T. Quinctius Crispinus consul populum jure rogavit populusque jure scivit in foro pro rostris... quicumque post hanc legem rogatam rivos, specus, etc., an old legal formula ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:

    plebem,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    legem,

    id. Rep. 3, 10, 17; id. Phil. 2, 29, 72; cf.:

    quae (leges) non in perpetuum rogentur,

    Quint. 2, 4, 40. — Absol.:

    ego hanc legem, uti rogas, jubendam censeo,

    Liv. 10, 8 fin.; Quint. 2, 4, 35. — Impers. pass.:

    nunc rogari, ut populus consules creet,

    Liv. 4, 2.—
    c.
    Rogare populum magistratum, and simply magistratum, to propose a magistrate to the people for their choice, to offer him for election:

    factum senatus consultum, ut duo viros aediles ex patribus dictator populum rogaret,

    Liv. 6, 42 fin.; cf.:

    L. Trebonius tribunus plebis rogationem tulit, ut qui plebem Romanam tribunos plebi rogaret, is usque eo rogaret dum, etc.,

    id. 3, 65, 4:

    (Caesar) volet, ut consules roget praetor vel dictatorem dicat: quorum neutrum jus est,

    Cic. Att. 9, 15, 2; cf.:

    praetores, cum ita rogentur, ut collegae consulibus sint, etc.,

    id. ib. 9, 9, 3:

    hodieque in legibus magistratibusque rogandis usurpatur idem jus,

    Liv. 1, 17:

    comitia consulibus rogandis habuit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33; Liv. 26, 22; 38, 42; cf. id. 23, 31; 22, 35:

    Calpurnius Romam ad magistratus rogandos proficiscitur,

    Sall. J. 29, 6.— Absol.:

    mortuo rege Pompilio Tullum Hostilium populus regem, interrege rogante, comitiis curiatis creavit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: rogare milites sacramento, qs. to ask the soldiers if they will take and keep an oath, i. e. to bind them by an oath, administer an oath to them, Caes. B. G. 6, 1; Liv. 32, 26; 35, 2 fin.; 40, 26; cf. Quint. 12, 2, 26. —
    3.
    Jurid. t. t., to ask a person if he will promise something in making an agreement; to propose a stipulation:

    quod fere novissimā parte pactorum ita solet inseri: rogavit Titius, spopondit Maevius, haec verba non tantum pactionis loco accipiuntur sed etiam stipulationis,

    Dig. 1, 14, 7, § 12; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 114; 4, 6, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 37.
    II.
    Transf., to ask, beg, request, solicit one for a thing (so predominantly in the class. per.; syn.: posco, oro, obsecro, ambio, capto); constr. aliquem (rarely ab aliquo) aliquid, aliquem, aliquid, with ut, ne, or absol.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    quā confidentiā rogare argentum me tantum audes, Impudens? Quin si egomet totus veneam, vix recipi potis est, Quod tu me rogas,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 40:

    hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 43 fin.:

    nefas sit tale aliquid et facere rogatum et rogare... Haec igitur lex in amicitiā sanciatur, ut neque rogemus res turpes nec faciamus rogati,

    id. Lael. 11, 39 sq.: otium divos rogat, Hor. c. 2, 16, 1; cf.:

    divitias deos,

    Mart. 4, 77, 1:

    a Metello missionem,

    Sall. J. 64, 1:

    ut ab avunculo rogetur Aethiops,

    Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63:

    rogo te, vos, etc., parenthet.: rogo te, videte, quibus hominibus negotium detis, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 26:

    rogo vos, quis potest sine offulā vivere?

    Suet. Claud. 40:

    illae Priami rogantis Achillem preces,

    Quint. 10, 1, 50: taurum de aquā per fundum ejus ducenda rogabo, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4:

    ambiuntur, rogantur,

    are asked for their votes, id. Rep. 1, 31, 47:

    etiamsi precario essent rogandi,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 23, § 59:

    transisse Rhenum sese non suā sponte sed rogatum et arcessitum a Gallis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44; cf.:

    ille ab Sardis rogatus ad causam accesserat,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 63:

    in proximum annum consulatum peteres, vel potius rogares... a quā (Galliā) nos tum, cum consulatus petebatur, non rogabatur, etc.,

    was not begged for, id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    abii ad praetorem, rogo syngraphum: Datur mihi,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 6:

    aquam,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 2:

    legatos ad Caesarem mittunt rogatum auxilium,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11; cf. id. ib. 7, 5:

    aliquid ab aliquo (rare),

    Auct. Her. 4, 50; Sall. J. 64, 1:

    cultrum, securim, etc.... Quae utenda vasa semper vicini rogant,

    ask for, borrow, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 18; id. Mil. 2, 3, 76; Dig. 18, 6, 16.—
    (β).
    With ut or ne (so most freq.):

    scitin' quid ego vos rogo? mihi ut praeconium detis,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 92; id. Stich. 1, 3, 93:

    id ut facias, vehementer te rogo,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 44:

    etiam atque etiam te rogo atque oro, ut eum juves,

    id. ib. 13, 66, 2:

    rogat et orat Dolabellam, ut, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 29, § 72:

    cum rogat et prece cogit Scilicet ut, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 2; Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1; id. B. G. 1, 7:

    videbatur rogare, scalas ut darem utendas sibi,

    that I would lend, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 10; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 5; 4, 13, 11; 4, 28, 3.— With a simple final clause without ut:

    Caesar consolatus rogat, finem orandi faciat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Quint. 6, 3, 88; 9, 3, 68; Ov. Ib. 643; and very freq. ap. Plin. Ep.; e. g. 1, 2, 1; 1, 5, 8; 1, 20, 24; 2, 5, 2; 3, 2, 6; 5, 19, 8; 7, 6, 11; 8, 17, 6.—With ne:

    rogat frater, ne abeas longius,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 1:

    ac te illud primum rogabo, ne quid invitus meā causā facias,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 2. —
    (γ).
    Absol.: neque enim ego sic rogabam, ut petere viderer, quia familiaris esset meus (Plancus), etc., did not solicit in such a way as to, etc., Cic. Planc. 10, 25 (differing from a):

    in blandiendo, rogando lenis et summissa (vox),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63:

    patrem et filium pro vitā rogantes,

    Suet. Aug. 13; cf.:

    pro aliquo,

    id. ib. 40; id. Vit. 12.—
    b.
    Esp., to invite, ask a visit from any one:

    Tertia aderit, modo ne Publius rogatus sit,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1 fin.:

    Pomponiam Terentia rogat,

    id. Att. 2, 3, 3 fin. — With ad or in and acc.:

    ad Palatium,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 48, 1:

    in senatum,

    id. Heliog. 4, 1:

    ad convivium,

    Just. 43, 3, 10:

    ad nuptias,

    Amm. 14, 6, 24:

    in consilium,

    Gell. 14, 2, 9.—
    c.
    Prov.:

    malo emere quam rogare, of a thing that does not cost much,

    I had rather buy than borrow it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12; cf. supra, a and b. —
    2.
    In gen., to seek, bring, take:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 75:

    hujus (purpurae) exemplum aliunde rogabo, tibi quod ostendam (cf.: exemplum quaeritent, etc., in context),

    Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.

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  • 2 rogō

        rogō āvī    (rogāssint, for rogāverint, C.), ātus, āre, to ask, question, interrogate: My. quid vis? Da. At etiam rogas? can you ask? T.: de istac rogas Virgine, T.: de te ipso: Dictura es quod rogo? T.: omnia rogabat: quem igitur rogem? T.: cum eos nemo rogaret: quae te de te ipso rogaro: Hanc (colubram) alia cum rogaret causam facinoris, Ph.: ad ea, quae rogati erunt, respondere: Quodsi me populus R. roget, cur Non, etc., H.: quae sit, rogo, T.: rogavi pervenissentne Agrigentum?: Quid verum atque decens, curo et rogo, H.—In public life, to ask an opinion, call upon to vote: de re p. sententiam rogo: qui ordo in sententiis rogandis servari solet, in calling the roll (of senators): quos priores sententiam rogabat: omnes ante me rogati: primus sententiam rogatus, S.—Of a bill or resolution, to question concerning, bring forward for approval, propose, move, introduce: consules populum iure rogaverunt: ego hanc legem, uti rogas, iubendam censeo, L.: nunc rogari, ut populus consules creet, L.—To propose for election, offer as a candidate, nominate: populus regem, interrege rogante, creavit, on the nomination of: ut consules roget praetor: praetores, cum ita rogentur, ut collegae consulibus sint, etc.: comitia rogando conlegae, L.: ad magistratūs rogandos proficiscitur, S.: ut duo viros aedilīs ex patribus dictator populum rogaret, L. —Of soldiers, with sacramento, to require answer under oath, bind by oath: (milites) consulis sacramento, Cs.: sacramento rogatos arma capere cogebat, swore them into the service and forced them, etc., L.—To ask, beg, request, solicit, implore: neque enim ego sic rogabam, ut, etc., did not solicit in such a way.—Prov.: malo emere quam rogare, i. e. it is absurdly cheap.—With acc: hoc te vehementer: res turpīs: Otium divos rogat, H.: ab Metello missionem, S.: ambiuntur, rogantur, are asked for their votes: etiamsi precario essent rogandi: non suā sponte sed rogatus a Gallis, Cs.: cum consulatus petebatur, non rogabatur, etc., was not begged for: legatos ad Caesarem mittunt rogatum auxilium, Cs.: etiam atque etiam te rogo atque oro, ut eum iuves: ut temptes dissimulare rogat, O.: Caesar consolatus rogat, finem orandi faciat, Cs.: rogat frater, ne abeas longius, T.: ne quid invitus meā causā facias: euntem (eum) morari, Ct.—To invite, ask a visit from: Tertia aderit, modo ne Publius rogatus sit: Pomponiam.
    * * *
    rogare, rogavi, rogatus V
    ask, ask for; invite; introduce

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  • 3 posco

    posco, pŏposci, 3 (old perf. peposci, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 9), v. inch. a. [for porc-scere; Sanscr. root parkh- prakh-, to ask; cf.: precor, procus, procax], to ask for urgently; to beg, demand, request, desire (syn.: flagito, postulo, peto).
    I.
    In gen., constr. usually with aliquid, aliquem ( sibi): aliquid ab aliquo; also with a double acc., with ut, with inf., or with acc. and inf., or wholly absol.:

    poscere est secundum Varronem, quotiens aliquid pro merito nostro deposcimus: petere vero est cum aliquid humiliter et cum precibus postulamus,

    Serv. Verg. A. 9, 194.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    posco atque adeo flagito crimen,

    Cic. Planc. 19, 48; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:

    argentum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44;

    2, 3, 34, § 78: pugnam,

    Liv. 2, 45, 6: nec mi aurum posco, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 200 Vahl.):

    si quid poscam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 10:

    pulvinos,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 29; id. Planc. 19, 48:

    vades poposcit,

    id. Rep. 2, 36, 61; cf.:

    audaciae partes Roscii sibi poposcerunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 35:

    peccatis veniam poscentem (preceded by postulare),

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 75.—
    (β).
    With ab:

    fac, ut audeat Tibi credere omnia, abs te petere et poscere,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 53: diem a praetore peposcit, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 9:

    abs te litteras,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36; 2, 2, 47, § 117:

    tutorem ab aliquo,

    Suet. Aug. 94:

    bibere a me poscis,

    Vulg. Joann. 4, 9.—
    (γ).
    With a double acc.:

    parentes pretium pro sepulturā liberum poscere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

    magistratum nummos,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 17, §

    44: aliquem causam disserendi,

    id. Tusc. 3, 3, 7:

    claves portarum magistratus,

    Liv. 27, 24, 8:

    non ita creditum Poscis Quintilium deos,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 12:

    cur me in decursu lampada poscis?

    Pers. 6, 61:

    poscenti vos rationem,

    Vulg. 1 Pet. 3, 15.—Hence, pass.: poscor aliquid, I am asked for something, something is asked or demanded of me ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    gravidae posceris exta bovis,

    they ask you for the entrails, Ov. F. 4, 670; cf.:

    poscor meum Laelapa,

    they demand of me my Lœlaps, id. M. 7, 771:

    nec tantum segetes alimentaque debita dives Poscebatur humus,

    id. ib. 1, 138:

    quod rationem pecuniae posceretur,

    Gell. 4, 18, 12; to be called upon or invoked to inspire a poet or to sing:

    aversus Apollo Poscitur invitā verba pigenda lyrā,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 76 (better reading poscis ab); cf. absol. Palilia poscor: Non poscor frustra;

    si favet alma Pales,

    Ov. F. 4, 721; so,

    poscimur Aonides,

    Ov. M. 5, 333:

    poscimur,

    Hor. C. 1, 32, 1.—
    (δ).
    With ut:

    poscimus, ut cenes civiliter,

    Juv. 5, 112:

    poscimus ut sit, etc.,

    id. 7, 71; Tac. H. 2, 39: poposcit, ut haec ipsa quaestio diligentius tractaretur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 21.—
    (ε).
    With inf. or acc. and inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    poscat sibi fabula credit,

    Hor. A. P. 339; cf.:

    immolare Fauno, Seu poscat agnā sive malit haedo,

    id. C. 1, 4, 12:

    esse sacerdotes delubraque vestra tueri Poscimus,

    Ov. M. 8, 708:

    contraque occurrere poscunt,

    Val. Fl. 4, 194; Pers. 1, 128; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 151.—In prose:

    ego vero te etiam morari posco inter voluptates,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 8; Arn. 7, p. 254. So, too, perh. (acc. to Stephanus's conjecture):

    vos fallere poscunt,

    Rutil. Lup. Fig. 2, 19, p. 181 Frotsch.—
    (ζ).
    Ellipt.:

    poscunt majoribus poculis, sc. bibere,

    they challenge to drink from larger goblets, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.—
    (η).
    Absol., to beg, be a beggar:

    improbus es, cum poscis, ait. Sed pensio clamat, posce,

    Juv. 9, 63 sq. —
    B.
    Of inanimate and abstract subjects, to demand, require, need:

    quod res poscere videbatur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    cum usus poscit,

    id. ib. 4, 2: quod negotium poscebat, Sail J. 56, 1; 70, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 162 et saep.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To demand for punishment, to ask the surrender of: accusant [p. 1403] ii, quos populus poscit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13; cf.:

    hujus tantae cladis auctor Annibal poscitur,

    Flor. 2, 6, 7:

    nec poscitur auctor,

    Sil. 2, 44:

    poscendum poenae juvenem jubebat,

    id. 1, 677; so Liv. 9, 26.—
    B.
    In gen., to call one (ante-class. and poet.):

    clamore hominem posco,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 5:

    gemitu Alciden,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1887.— Pass.: ego poscor Olympo ( dat. of agent), Olympus calls me, summons me to the combat, Verg. A. 8, 533:

    poscimur,

    Ov. M. 2, 144.—
    2.
    In partic., to call upon, invoke:

    supplex tua numina posco,

    Verg. A. 1, 666.—
    C.
    In selling.
    1.
    To ask, demand for a thing, to offer at a price:

    tanti quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22: pro reliquis (libris) idem pretium poposcit, Varr. ap. Lact. 1, 6, 10.—
    2.
    To ask, bid, offer a price for a thing:

    agite licemini. Qui cenā poscit? ecqui poscit prandio?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68; id. Merc. 2, 3, 101; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88.—
    D.
    To demand one's hand, ask in marriage:

    eam si jubes, frater, tibi me poscere, poscam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 38:

    filiam tuam mihi uxorem posco,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 42:

    tibi permittam, posce, duce,

    id. Trin. 2, 2, 103:

    sine dote posco tuam sororem filio,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 98:

    tuam sororem uxorem alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 49.

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  • 4 postulō

        postulō āvī, ātus, āre    [PREC-], to ask, demand, claim, require, request, desire: incipiunt postulare, minari: nemo inventus est tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet: postulavere plerique, ut proponeret, etc., S.: suom ius postulat, T.: fidem publicam: ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum, Cs.: noctem sibi ad deliberandum: postulatur a te iam diu historia: quod principes civitatum a me postulassent: postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur: legatos mittit postulatum, ne, etc., S.: qui postularent, eos sibi dederent, Cs.: postulo, Appi, consideres, quo progrediare, L.: a senatu de foedere: me ducere istis dictis postulas? expect, T.: quod de argento posse postulem me fallere (eum), i. e. undertake to deceive him, T.: qui adire senatum non postulassent, asked an audience, L.: ante quam bona possideri postularentur, were claimed: hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc., expects: haec cum praetorem postulabas, of the praetor: qui postulat deus credi, Cu. — To summon, arraign before a court, prosecute, accuse, impeach: Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: alqm de ambitu: alqm maiestatis, Ta.: delationem nominis, i. e. ask leave to prosecute: servos in quaestionem, ask that the slaves be examined under torture: quaestionem, the appointment of a special tribunal, L.—Of price, to demand, ask: Accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum, Iu.—Of things, to make necessary, require, demand, call for: Nunc hic dies alios mores postulat, T.: ut temporis exiguitas postulabat, Cs.: mittor, quo postulat usus, O.: res postulare videtur alqd exponere, S.
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    postulare, postulavi, postulatus V
    demand, claim; require; ask/pray for

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  • 5 cōnsulō

        cōnsulō luī, ltum, ere    [com-+2 SAL-], to meet and consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, consult, take care, have regard, look out, be mindful: tempus consulendi, T.: ad consulendum potestas, L.: ut animi trepidarent magis quam consulerent, L.: praesidium consulenti curiae, H.: inpensius, V.: in longitudinem, to take thought for the future, T.: in commune, for the common good, T.: in medium, V.: de salute suorum: ut illorum solitudo munita sit: custodi et consule longe (with ne), V.: ut urbi satis esset praesidii, consultum est: famae tuae: receptui suo, Cs.: rei p., S.: timori magis quam religioni, Cs.: mi consultum optime esse, T.: rerum summae, O.: male patriae, N. — To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine: de uxore, S.: de nullis quam vobis infestius, L.: gravius in eum, S.: in humiliores libidinose, L.: in deditos durius, Ta.—To consult, inquire of, ask for advice, counsel with, apply to, question: spectatas undas, quid se deceat, O.: pro te hos: si publice consuletur, Ta.: collegium consuli iussit, num, etc., L.: consulta, qualem Optet habere virum, asked, O.: te id, ask your opinion of it. — Supin. acc.: ut esset, quo consultum plebes veniret, L.— To consult (a god, an oracle, etc.): Apollinem de re: deum auguriis, L.: Phoebi oracula, O.: de se ter sortibus consultum, utrum, etc., Cs.: spirantia exta, V.: numen nunc extis nunc per aves, L.: consultus vates, V.— To take counsel (of a lawyer), ask advice: de iure civili consuli: qui consuluntur, i. e. skilled in the law: licet consulere? (a formula of asking advice): consulere licebit? Consule, H.— To refer to (an authority, a legislative body, etc.), consult: senatum, S.: senatum de foedere, Cs.: populum de eius morte: plebem in omnia (tribuni), L. — To deliberate upon, consider: rem ordine, L.: consulere et explorare rem: quid agant, Cs. — To advise, counsel, recommend: tun consulis quicquam? T. — To resolve upon, determine, decide: potestas consulendi quid velis, T.: pessime istuc in te, T.: suae vitae durius, i. e. commit suicide, Cs.: quae reges male consuluerint, S. —In the phrase, boni consulere, to regard favorably, take in good part: tu haec consule missa boni, O.
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    consulere, consului, consultus V
    ask information/advice of; consult, take counsel; deliberate/consider; advise; decide upon, adopt; look after/out for (DAT), pay attention to; refer to

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  • 6 quaerō

        quaerō sīvī, sītus, ere    [QVAES-], to seek, look for: quaerenti (deae) defuit orbis, O.: te ipsum quaerebam, was looking for, T.: suos notos, Cs.: ab ostio quaerens Ennium, asking for: cum praetor quaereretur: quem quaeritis, adsum, V.: liberi ad necem quaerebantur: escam in sterquilinio, Ph.: per imas Quaerit iter vallīs (Ufens), V.: cauda colubrae... moriens dominae vestigia quaerit, O.— To seek to obtain, look for, strive for, seek: sibi alium imperatorem, S.: in regnum quaeritur heres, V.: milites ducem quaerentes: in eum invidia quaesita est, i. e. prejudice is excited: ad ornatum ludorum aurum: regia potestas hac lege quaeritur: ne quaeratur latebra periurio: voce pericula, provoke, O.: defensorem suae salutis eum.—With inf, to seek, strive, endeavor, ask: ne quaere doceri Quam poenam, etc., V.: Antequam... speciosa quaero Pascere tigrīs, i. e. let me rather, H.: classibus advehebantur, qui mutare sedes quaerebant, Ta.— To strive to gain, earn, win by effort, acquire: Conserva, quaere, parce, T.: Quaerit ac timet uti, H.: victum volgo, T.: confiteri sibi quaesito opus esse, that he must earn something.—To feel the want of, miss, lack: Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte: ne ille saepe Persas et Indos quaesisset, L.: quaerit Boeotia Dircen, O.— To ask, desire, require, demand, need, call for: quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? i. e. what do you mean by? T.: collis pauca munimenta quaerebat, S.: qui tumultus dictatoriam maiestatem quaesisset, made necessary, L.: nego esse quicquam, quod cuiusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret: quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem.—Fig., to seek mentally, think over, meditate, aim at, plan, devise, find: consilium, T.: quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus, S.: remedium: rationes eas, quae ex coniecturā pendent.— To seek to learn, make inquiry, ask, inquire, interrogate: item alio die Quaerebam, T.: quaerendo cognoveram: vide, quaere, circumspice!: quaesiturus, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia: Naturā fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est, has been made a question, H.: cum ab iis saepius quaereret, made inquiries, Cs.: quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.: quaesivit a medicis, quem a modum se haberet, N.: quaero de te, num, etc.: Cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit, O.: in dominos quaeri de servis iniquom est, i. e. to examine under torture: quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc., Cs.: habes, quod ex me quaesisti.— To examine, inquire into, make inquiry, investigate: coëgit consules circa fora proficisci ibique quaerere, L.: hunc abduce, vinci, quaere rem, T.: scrutatus sum quae potui et quaesivi omnia: rem illam: quorum de naturā Caesar cum quaereret, sic reperiebat, Cs.—Esp., of judicial investigation: de pecuniis repetundis: dum de patris morte quaereretur: ut veteribus legibus, tantum modo extra ordinem, quaereretur, the investigation should be made.—In parenthet. clauses, to inquire, consider: omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi: noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est, in short: si verum quaeritis, to speak the truth: si verum quaerimus.
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    quaerere, quaesivi, quaesitus V
    search for, seek, strive for; obtain; ask, inquire, demand

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  • 7 petō

        petō īvī and iī （perf. petīt, V., O; petīstī, C., V.; petīsse, C., O.; petīssem, C., L, O.), petītus, ere    [PET-], to strive for, seek, aim at, repair to, make for, travel to: summum locum, Cs.: maris oras: navīs, take refuge in, N.: Troia peteretur classibus, V.: caelum pennis, fly to, O.: Grais Phasi petite viris, visited by the Greeks, O.: ille Reginam petit, turns to, V.: campum petit amnis, V.: mons petit astra, rises to, O.— To fall upon, rush at, attack, assault, assail, fly at, aim at, thrust at: Indutiomarum, aim at, Cs.: cuius latus mucro ille petebat: non latus, sed caput, aim at: Tarquinium spiculo infeste, L.: Mālo me, throw an apple at, V.: cui petit ungue genas, O.: Vos turba saxis petens, stoning, H.—Fig., to attack, assail: me epistulā: uter ab utro petitus insidiis esset, L.— To demand, exact, require: ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus: poenas ab optimo quoque sui doloris, i. e. exact satisfaction.—To demand at law, sue for, claim: unde petitur... qui petit, the defendant... the plaintiff, T.: qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit: alienos fundos.— To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat: flentes pacem petere, Cs.: Curtio tribunatum a Caesare, ask for Curtius: a te pro Ligario, intercede with you for: reus ut absolvatur: a te, ut, etc.—Of office, to solicit, be a candidate: nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.: ambitiose regnum, L.— To woo, court, solicit: ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur, S.: illam, O.: virgo ad libidinem petita, L.— To pursue, seek, strive after, aim at: fugā salutem, Cs.: praedam pedibus, O.: gloriam, S.: eloquentiae principatum: bene vivere, H.: conubiis natam sociare Latinis, V.: ex hostium ducibus victoriam, over, L.: imperium ex victis hostibus, L.— To fetch, bring, elicit, obtain, wrest, draw: E flammā cibum, T.: custodem in vincula, V.: a litteris doloris oblivionem: latere petitus imo spiritus, H.: gemitūs alto de corde petiti, O.— To take, betake oneself to, repair to: alium cursum, take another route: aliam in partem fugam, betake themselves to flight, Cs.— To refer to, relate to: Troianos haec monstra petunt, V.
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    petere, petivi, petitus V
    attack; aim at; desire; beg, entreat, ask (for); reach towards, make for

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  • 8 pōscō

        pōscō popōscī, —, ere, inch.    [PREC-], to ask urgently, beg, demand, request, desire: Impius es cum poscis, ait: sed pensio clamat, Posce, beg, Iu.: Fauno immolare, Seu poscat agnā sīve malit haedo, if he require it, H.: argentum: pugnam, L.: peccatis veniam, H.: accusant ei, quos populus poscit, demands for punishment: dictatorem reum, require the prosecution of, L.: ego poscor Olympo, it is I that Olympus summons, V.: tua numina, invoke, V.: abs te litteras: parentes pretium pro sepulturā liberūm poscere: non ita creditum Poscis Quintilium deos, H.: Quid dedicatum poscit Apollinem Vates? H.: gravidae posceris exta bovis, they ask you for the entrails, O.: poscor meum Laelapa, they demand of me, O.: Parilia poscor, O.: poscimus, ut cenes civiliter, Iu.: poscat sibi fabula credi, H.: Esse sacerdotes delubraque vestra tueri Poscimus, O.: poscunt maioribus poculis (sc. bibere), challenge with larger goblets.—Of things, to make necessary, demand, require, need, call for: quod res poscere videbatur, Cs.: quod negotium poscebat, S.: terrae semina poscunt, V.
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    poscere, poposci, - V
    ask, demand

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  • 9 consulo

    consŭlo, lŭi, ltum, 3, v. n. and a. [from con and root sal-; cf. consul and consilium].
    I.
    To consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, reflect upon, consult.
    A. 1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.: quid nunc? etiam consulis? do you still deliberate, i. e. hesitate? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 171; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 75 Speng.: ne quid in consulendo adversi eveniat, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:

    consulto opus est,

    there is need of deliberation, Sall. C. 1, 6:

    dum tempus consulendi est,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 19:

    satis facere consulentibus,

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

    ut omnium rerum vobis ad consulendum potestas esset,

    Liv. 8, 13, 18:

    ut tot uno tempore motibus animi turbati trepidarent magis quam consulerent,

    id. 21, 16, 2:

    praesidium consulenti curiae,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    consulere in longitudinem,

    to take thought for the future, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10:

    in commune,

    for the common good, id. And. 3, 3, 16; Liv. 32, 21, 1; Tac. A. 12, 5; id. Agr. 12; Curt. 5, 9, 14;

    and in the same sense: in medium,

    Verg. A. 11, 335; Liv. 24, 22, 15; Tac. H. 2, 5; Luc. 5, 46:

    in unum,

    Tac. H. 1, 68; 4, 70:

    in publicum (opp. suscipere proprias simultates),

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Tac. A. 1, 24.—
    (γ).
    With de and abl.:

    bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

    Sall. C. 51, 5; so,

    de communibus negotiis,

    id. J. 105, 1:

    de salute suorum,

    Cic. Sull. 22, 63:

    omnibus de rebus,

    Tac. A. 4, 40.—
    (δ).
    With ut or ne:

    consulere vivi ac prospicere debemus, ut illorum (liberorum) solitudo munita sit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:

    tu ne qua manus se attollere nobis A tergo possit, custodi et consule longe,

    Verg. A. 9, 322.— Impers.:

    ut urbi... satis esset praesidii, consultum atque provisum est,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26:

    ne deficerent, consulendum esse,

    Cels. 3, 4, 31.—
    2.
    Esp., consulere alicui or alicui rei, to take care for some person or thing, to be mindful of, take care of, look to, have regard for, to counsel or consult for:

    tuae rei bene consulere cupio,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 9:

    quid me fiat, parvi pendis, dum illi consulas,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 37:

    qui parti civium consulunt, partem neglegunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: consulere eorum commodis et utilitati salutique [p. 442] servire, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; so,

    famae, pudicitiae tuae,

    id. Phil. 2, 2, 3:

    dignitati meae,

    id. Fam. 11, 29, 1:

    suae vitae,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 12:

    receptui sibi,

    id. B. C. 3, 69:

    reipublicae juxta ac sibi,

    Sall. C. 37, 8; id. J. 58, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 1:

    timori magis quam religioni,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 67; cf.:

    magis irae quam famae,

    Sall. C. 51, 7:

    qui mi consultum optime velit esse,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1: mi ires consultum male? to counsel evil or badly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 36; so,

    male patriae,

    Nep. Epam. 10, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 2.—With si:

    melius consulet (sibi), si, etc.,

    Cels. 1, 3, 55.—
    B.
    Act.
    1.
    Consulere aliquem (or aliquid), to consult with one, to ask his opinion or advice, to ask counsel of, to consult, question (for the sake of advice).
    a.
    In gen.:

    cum te consuluissem, quid mihi faciendum esse censeres,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 29, 1:

    te, qui philosophum audis,

    id. ib. 9, 26, 1:

    Apellem tragoedum, uter, etc.,

    Suet. Calig. 33 al. —Of inanim. objects:

    speculum suum,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 136; cf.:

    spectatas undas, quid se deceat,

    id. M. 4, 312:

    nares, an olerent aera Corinthōn,

    Mart. 9, 60, 11:

    diem de gemmis, etc.,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 251 sq.:

    animum nostrum,

    Quint. 4, 2, 52:

    aures meas,

    id. 9, 4, 93:

    suas vires,

    id. 10, 2, 18 al. —With two accs.:

    ibo et consulam hanc rem amicos, quid faciundum censeant,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 26:

    nec te id consulo,

    Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:

    consulere prudentiorem coepi aetates tabularum,

    Petr. 88.—Freq.,
    b.
    Esp. as t. t.
    (α).
    In the lang. of religion, to consult a deity, an oracle, omens, etc.:

    Apollinem de re,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    deum consuluit auguriis, quae suscipienda essent,

    Liv. 1, 20, 7:

    deos hominum fibris,

    Tac. A. 14, 30 fin.:

    Phoebi oracula,

    Ov. M. 3, 9; Suet. Vesp. 5:

    Tiresiam conjectorem,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76:

    haruspicem,

    Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; Suet. Tib. 63; Cato, R. R. 5, 4:

    vates nunc extis, nunc per aves,

    Liv. 2, 42, 10:

    Cumaeam anum,

    Ov. F. 4, 158:

    avem primum visam augur,

    id. ib. 1, 180:

    spirantia exta,

    Verg. A. 4, 64; so,

    trepidantia exta,

    Ov. M. 15, 576:

    sacras sortes,

    id. ib. 11, 412:

    Etrusci haruspices male consulentes,

    Gell. 4, 5, 5.— Pass. impers.:

    si publice consuletur... sin privatim,

    Tac. G. 10. —With dependent question:

    senatus pontificum collegium consuli jussit, num omne id aurum in ludos consumi necessum esset,

    Liv. 39, 5, 9:

    consulti per ludibrium pontifices, an concepto necdum edito partu rite nuberet,

    Tac. A. 1, 10.—
    (β).
    In judic. lang., to ask advice of a lawyer, to consult, etc.:

    quam inanes domus eorum omnium, qui de jure civili consuli solent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:

    consuli quidem te a Caesare scribis: sed ego tibi ab illo consuli mallem,

    id. Fam. 7, 11, 2:

    si jus consuleres, peritissimus,

    Liv. 39, 40, 6:

    munus hoc eorum qui consuluntur,

    i. e. who are skilled in the law, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14; so id. Quint. 16, 53.—

    With dependent question: consulens eum, an seni jam testato suaderet ordinare suprema judicia,

    Quint. 6, 3, 92.—The formula usual in asking advice was, licet consulere? Cic. Mur. 13, 28; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 192.—
    (γ).
    In publicists' lang., to take counsel with the competent authorities, to consult:

    Quirites, utrum, etc.,

    Liv. 31, 7, 2; so,

    senatum,

    Sall. J. 28, 2:

    senatum de foedere,

    id. ib. 39, 2;

    62, 10: populum de ejus morte,

    Cic. Mil. 7, 16:

    plebem in omnia (tribuni),

    Liv. 6, 39, 2 al. —
    2.
    Aliquid.
    a.
    To take counsel or deliberate upon something, to consider:

    est consulere quiddam quod tecum volo,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 53; id. Pers. 5, 2, 63:

    rem delatam consulere ordine non licuit,

    Liv. 2, 28, 2; so,

    consulere et explorare rem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4:

    consulis rem nulli obscuram,

    Verg. A. 11, 344 al.:

    bis repulsi Galli quid agant consulunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 83.—
    b.
    To advise something, to give advice:

    tun' consulis quicquam?

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 22.— Absol.:

    ab re consulit blandiloquentulus,

    advises to his hurt, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 17.
    II.
    Sometimes meton. (causa pro effectu).
    A.
    To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine.
    1.
    Neutr.; constr. absol. or with de aliquo or in aliquem:

    de nullis quam de vobis infestius aut inimicius consuluerunt,

    Liv. 28, 29, 8; so,

    de perfugis gravius quam de fugitivis,

    id. 30, 43, 13:

    in humiliores libidinose crudeliterque consulebatur,

    id. 3, 36, 7; so,

    crudeliter in deditos victosque,

    id. 8, 13, 15; cf. Tac. Agr. 16. —
    2.
    Act.:

    quid in concilio consuluistis?

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 6:

    animum ego inducam tamen, ut illud, quod tuam in rem bene conducat, consulam,

    id. Cist. 3, 4: ne quid gravius de salute tuā consulas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1:

    pessime istuc in te atque in illum consulis,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 28:

    quae reges irā inpulsi male consuluerint,

    Sall. C. 51, 4:

    nisi quod de uxore potuit honestius consuli,

    id. J. 95, 3.— Pass. impers.:

    aliter mihi de illis ac de me ipso consulendum est,

    Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3.—
    B.
    With the access. idea of judging, in the connection boni, optimi aliquid consulere, to excuse, take in good part, interpret favorably; be contented, pleased, or satisfied with:

    sit consul a consulendo vel a judicando: nam et hoc consulere veteres vocaverunt, unde adhuc remanet illud Rogat boni consulas, id est bonum judices,

    Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 8 Müll.: nemo hoc rex ausus est facere, eane fieri bonis, bono genere gnatis boni consulitis? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

    boni consulendum,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 40 Müll.:

    tu haec quaeso consule missa boni,

    Ov. P. 3, 8, 24; cf. id. Tr. 4, 1, 106; so,

    nostrum laborem,

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 16; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 3:

    hoc munus,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 8; id. Prov. 2, 4; id. Ep. 9, 20; 17, 9; 88, 17:

    quaerebat argentum avaritia: boni consuluit interim invenisse minium,

    Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4;

    8, 16, 17, § 44: boni et optimi consulere,

    App. M. 8, p. 205, 28.— Hence,
    1.
    consultus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Well considered or weighed, deliberated upon, maturely pondered:

    bene consultum consilium surripitur saepissume, si minus, etc.,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 5 sq.:

    ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: neque eam usquam invenio, neque quo eam, neque quā quaeram consultum'st, I know neither, etc., Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 6:

    operā consultā,

    with mature reflection, Gell. 7 (6), 17, 3;

    in the same sense, consulto consilio,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 9, 6:

    consultius est huic poenalem quoque stipulationem subjungere,

    it is better. more advantageous, Dig. 2, 15, 15.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) Knowing, skilful, experienced, practised, esp. in law; skilled or learned in the law:

    non ille magis juris consultus quam justitiae fuit,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10:

    juris atque eloquentiae,

    Liv. 10, 22, 7:

    consultissimus vir omnis divini atque humani juris,

    id. 1, 18, 1; cf. Gell. 1, 13, 10:

    insanientis sapientiae,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 3:

    universae disciplinae,

    Col. 11, 1, 12.—Hence, subst.: consultus, i, m., a lawyer:

    tu consultus modo rusticus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 17; id. Ep 2, 2, 87; 2, 2, 159; Ov. A. A. 1, 83.— Esp. with juris, often written as one word, jūrisconsultus, i, m., v. h. v.— Absol.:

    ut natura non disciplinā consultus esse videatur,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

    consultorum alterum disertissimum, disertorum alterum consultissimum fuisse,

    id. Brut. 40, 148:

    consultiores sibimet videntur Deo,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2.—
    2.
    Subst.: consultum, i, n.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) A consultation, inquiry of a deity:

    Sostratus (sacerdos) ubi laeta et congruentia exta magnisque consultis annuere deam videt, etc.,

    Tac. H. 2, 4.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II.) A decree, decision, resolution, plan; so first, Senatus consultum, or in one word, Senatusconsul-tum, a decree of the Senate (most freq. in all periods; the senatus consulta were not, like the plebiscita, the supreme law of the republic; but under the emperors, all new laws took this form, v. esp. Sandars, Introd., Just. Inst. § 15;

    1, 2, 5),

    Sall. C. 42, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149:

    senatus consultum est quod senatus jubet atque constituit, nam cum auctus esset populus Romanus... aequum visum est senatum vice populi consuli,

    Just. Inst. 1, 2, 5;

    for which, consulta Patrum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 41. —Of a decree of the Sicilian council:

    ne senatus consultum Siculi homines facere possent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146.—Also in other connections:

    facta et consulta fortium et sapientium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62; cf.:

    facta consultaque Alexandri,

    Sall. H. 3, 7 Dietsch:

    consulta et decreta,

    id. J. 11, 5:

    consulta sese omnia cum illo integra habere,

    all objects of consultation, plans, id. ib. 108, 2; cf.:

    ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,

    plans, Liv. 25, 16, 4; and:

    approbare collegam consulta,

    id. 10, 39, 10:

    dum consulta petis,

    responses, oracles, divinations, Verg. A. 6, 151:

    tua magna,

    decisions, id. ib. 11, 410; so,

    mollia,

    Tac. A. 1, 40:

    mala,

    id. ib. 6, 6:

    ex consulto factum,

    purposely, voluntarily, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 49.—Hence, adv., considerately, deliberately, designedly, on purpose.
    (α).
    Form consultō (class. in prose and poetry):

    utrum perturbatione aliquā animi an consulto et cogitata fiat injuria,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 43; Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 85; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 37; Sall. J. 60, 5; 64, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 19; Tac. A. 4, 16; Suet. Caes. 56; * Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 al. —
    (β).
    Form consultē (mostly ante- and post-class.):

    qui consulte, docte atque astute cavet,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:

    caute atque consulte gesta,

    Liv. 22, 38, 11; Spart. Had. 2.— Comp., Liv. 22, 24, 3; Tac. H. 2, 24. — Sup., Capitol. Pert. 7.

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  • 10 postulata

    postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [posco], to ask, demand, require, request, desire (syn.: posco, flagito, peto); constr. with aliquid, aliquid ab aliquo, aliquem aliquid, with ut ( ne), de, with inf., or absol.
    I.
    In gen.:

    incipiunt postulare, poscere, minari,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78:

    nemo inventus est tam audax, qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; cf. Liv. 2, 45; 3, 19:

    tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 13:

    postulabat autem magis quam petebat, ut, etc.,

    Curt. 4, 1, 8:

    dehinc postulo, sive aequom est, te oro, ut, etc.,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 19:

    ita volo itaque postulo ut fiat,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 27:

    suom jus postulat,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47; cf.:

    aequom postulat, da veniam,

    id. And. 5, 3, 30; and:

    quid est? num iniquom postulo?

    id. Phorm. 2, 3, 64:

    nunc hic dies alios mores postulat,

    id. And. 1, 2, 18:

    fidem publicam,

    Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2:

    istud, quod postulas,

    id. Rep. 1, 20, 33; id. Lael. 2, 9:

    ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    deliberandi sibi unum diem postulavit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; cf.:

    noctem sibi ad deliberandum postulavit,

    id. Sest. 34, 74:

    postulo abs te, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 18:

    postulatur a te jam diu vel flagitatur potius historia,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 5:

    quom maxime abs te postulo atque oro, ut, etc.,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 4; and:

    quidvis ab amico postulare,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 35; cf. in pass.:

    cum aliquid ab amicis postularetur,

    id. ib.:

    orationes a me duas postulas,

    id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

    quod principes civitatum a me postulassent,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; cf. infra the passages with an object-clause.—With ut ( ne):

    quodam modo postulat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2:

    postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 1 (for other examples with ut, v. supra):

    legatos ad Bocchum mittit postulatum, ne sine causā hostis populo Romano fieret,

    Sall. J. 83, 1.—With subj. alone:

    qui postularent, eos qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent, sibi dederent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3.—With de:

    sapientes homines a senatu de foedere postulaverunt,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    Ariovistus legatos ad eum mittit, quod antea de colloquio postulasset, id per se fieri licere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 42.—With inf., freq. to be rendered, to wish, like, want: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 32 Vahl.):

    hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 138:

    o facinus impudicum! quam liberam esse oporteat, servire postulare,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; id. Men. 2, 3, 88:

    me ducere istis dictis postulas?

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Eun. 1, 1, 16:

    (lupinum) ne spargi quidem postulat decidens sponte,

    Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135:

    si me tibi praemandere postulas,

    Gell. 4, 1, 11.—With a double object: quas (sollicitudines) levare tua te prudentia postulat, demands of you, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2. —With nom. and inf.:

    qui postulat deus credi,

    Curt. 6, 11, 24.—
    II.
    In partic., in jurid. lang.
    A.
    To summon, arraign before a court, to prosecute, accuse, impeach (syn.: accuso, insimulo); constr. class. usu. with de and abl., post-Aug. also with gen.):

    Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: L. Lentulus, qui jam de majestate postulavit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

    aliquem apud praetorem de pecuniis repetundis,

    id. Cornel. Fragm. 1:

    aliquem repetundis,

    Tac. A. 3, 38:

    aliquem majestatis,

    id. ib. 1, 74:

    aliquem repetundarum,

    Suet. Caes. 4: aliquem aliquā lege, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

    aliquem ex aliquā causā reum,

    Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33:

    aliquem impietatis reum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7:

    aliquem injuriarum,

    Suet. Aug. 56 fin.:

    aliquem capitis,

    Dig. 46, 1, 53:

    qui (infames) postulare prohibentur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 1.—
    B.
    To demand a writ or leave to prosecute, from the prætor or other magistrate:

    postulare est desiderium suum vel amici sui in jure apud eum qui jurisdictioni praeest exponere vel alterius desiderio contradicere, etc.,

    Dig. 3, 1, 1; cf.

    this whole section: De postulando: in aliquem delationem nominis postulare,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64:

    postulare servos in quaestionem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

    quaestionem,

    Liv. 2, 29, 5.—
    C.
    For the usual expostulare, to complain of one:

    quom patrem adeas postulatum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38 (but in id. Mil. 2, 6, 35, the correct read. is expostulare; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—
    * D.
    Postulare votum (lit. to ask a desire, i. e.), to vow, App. Flor. init. —
    E.
    Of the seller, to demand a price, ask (post-class. for posco):

    pro eis (libris) trecentos Philippeos postulasse,

    Lact. 1, 6, 10; cf.:

    accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum,

    Juv. 7, 243. —
    III.
    Transf., of things.
    A.
    To contain, measure:

    jugerum sex modios seminis postulat,

    Col. 2, 9, 17.—
    B.
    To need, require:

    cepina magis frequenter subactam postulat terram,

    Col. 11, 3, 56.—Hence, po-stŭlātum, i, n.; usually in plur.: po-stŭlāta, ōrum, a demand, request (class.):

    intolerabilia postulata,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1; id. Phil. 12, 12, 28: deferre postulata alicujus ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

    cognoscere de postulatis alicujus,

    id. B. G. 4, 11 fin.:

    postulata facere,

    Nep. Alcib. 8, 4.

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  • 11 postulo

    postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [posco], to ask, demand, require, request, desire (syn.: posco, flagito, peto); constr. with aliquid, aliquid ab aliquo, aliquem aliquid, with ut ( ne), de, with inf., or absol.
    I.
    In gen.:

    incipiunt postulare, poscere, minari,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78:

    nemo inventus est tam audax, qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; cf. Liv. 2, 45; 3, 19:

    tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 13:

    postulabat autem magis quam petebat, ut, etc.,

    Curt. 4, 1, 8:

    dehinc postulo, sive aequom est, te oro, ut, etc.,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 19:

    ita volo itaque postulo ut fiat,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 27:

    suom jus postulat,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47; cf.:

    aequom postulat, da veniam,

    id. And. 5, 3, 30; and:

    quid est? num iniquom postulo?

    id. Phorm. 2, 3, 64:

    nunc hic dies alios mores postulat,

    id. And. 1, 2, 18:

    fidem publicam,

    Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2:

    istud, quod postulas,

    id. Rep. 1, 20, 33; id. Lael. 2, 9:

    ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    deliberandi sibi unum diem postulavit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; cf.:

    noctem sibi ad deliberandum postulavit,

    id. Sest. 34, 74:

    postulo abs te, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 18:

    postulatur a te jam diu vel flagitatur potius historia,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 5:

    quom maxime abs te postulo atque oro, ut, etc.,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 4; and:

    quidvis ab amico postulare,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 35; cf. in pass.:

    cum aliquid ab amicis postularetur,

    id. ib.:

    orationes a me duas postulas,

    id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

    quod principes civitatum a me postulassent,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; cf. infra the passages with an object-clause.—With ut ( ne):

    quodam modo postulat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2:

    postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 1 (for other examples with ut, v. supra):

    legatos ad Bocchum mittit postulatum, ne sine causā hostis populo Romano fieret,

    Sall. J. 83, 1.—With subj. alone:

    qui postularent, eos qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent, sibi dederent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3.—With de:

    sapientes homines a senatu de foedere postulaverunt,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    Ariovistus legatos ad eum mittit, quod antea de colloquio postulasset, id per se fieri licere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 42.—With inf., freq. to be rendered, to wish, like, want: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 32 Vahl.):

    hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 138:

    o facinus impudicum! quam liberam esse oporteat, servire postulare,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; id. Men. 2, 3, 88:

    me ducere istis dictis postulas?

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Eun. 1, 1, 16:

    (lupinum) ne spargi quidem postulat decidens sponte,

    Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135:

    si me tibi praemandere postulas,

    Gell. 4, 1, 11.—With a double object: quas (sollicitudines) levare tua te prudentia postulat, demands of you, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2. —With nom. and inf.:

    qui postulat deus credi,

    Curt. 6, 11, 24.—
    II.
    In partic., in jurid. lang.
    A.
    To summon, arraign before a court, to prosecute, accuse, impeach (syn.: accuso, insimulo); constr. class. usu. with de and abl., post-Aug. also with gen.):

    Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: L. Lentulus, qui jam de majestate postulavit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

    aliquem apud praetorem de pecuniis repetundis,

    id. Cornel. Fragm. 1:

    aliquem repetundis,

    Tac. A. 3, 38:

    aliquem majestatis,

    id. ib. 1, 74:

    aliquem repetundarum,

    Suet. Caes. 4: aliquem aliquā lege, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

    aliquem ex aliquā causā reum,

    Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33:

    aliquem impietatis reum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7:

    aliquem injuriarum,

    Suet. Aug. 56 fin.:

    aliquem capitis,

    Dig. 46, 1, 53:

    qui (infames) postulare prohibentur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 1.—
    B.
    To demand a writ or leave to prosecute, from the prætor or other magistrate:

    postulare est desiderium suum vel amici sui in jure apud eum qui jurisdictioni praeest exponere vel alterius desiderio contradicere, etc.,

    Dig. 3, 1, 1; cf.

    this whole section: De postulando: in aliquem delationem nominis postulare,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64:

    postulare servos in quaestionem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

    quaestionem,

    Liv. 2, 29, 5.—
    C.
    For the usual expostulare, to complain of one:

    quom patrem adeas postulatum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38 (but in id. Mil. 2, 6, 35, the correct read. is expostulare; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—
    * D.
    Postulare votum (lit. to ask a desire, i. e.), to vow, App. Flor. init. —
    E.
    Of the seller, to demand a price, ask (post-class. for posco):

    pro eis (libris) trecentos Philippeos postulasse,

    Lact. 1, 6, 10; cf.:

    accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum,

    Juv. 7, 243. —
    III.
    Transf., of things.
    A.
    To contain, measure:

    jugerum sex modios seminis postulat,

    Col. 2, 9, 17.—
    B.
    To need, require:

    cepina magis frequenter subactam postulat terram,

    Col. 11, 3, 56.—Hence, po-stŭlātum, i, n.; usually in plur.: po-stŭlāta, ōrum, a demand, request (class.):

    intolerabilia postulata,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1; id. Phil. 12, 12, 28: deferre postulata alicujus ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

    cognoscere de postulatis alicujus,

    id. B. G. 4, 11 fin.:

    postulata facere,

    Nep. Alcib. 8, 4.

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  • 12 requiro

    rĕ-quīro, sīvi or sii, sītum, 3, v. a. [quaero], to seek again; to look after, to seek or search for; to seek to know, to ask or inquire after (class.; cf.: repeto, reposco, exploro).
    I.
    In gen.: Ph. Quid quaeritas? Ha. Vestigium hic requiro, Qua, etc., Plaut. Cist. 4. 2, 58:

    ego illam requiram jam, ubi ubi est,

    id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; so,

    aliquem,

    id. As. 2, 2, 1; id. Capt. 3, 1, 13; id. Bacch. 3, 5, 2; id. Pers. 4, [p. 1575] 6, 14; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 79; 5, 6, 41; Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; Sall. C. 40, 1: legatos Allobrogum, Greg. M. in Job, 31, 54; Amm. 23, 6 al.; cf.:

    juvenem oculisque animoque,

    Ov. M. 4, 129:

    oculis terram,

    Curt. 4, 7, 11:

    cerva requisita,

    Gell. 15, 22, 6:

    libros,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

    scripta SCtis abolita,

    Suet. Calig. 16:

    extractum anulum,

    id. Tib. 73:

    membra omnia,

    Quint. 11, 2, 13:

    artus, ossa,

    Ov. M. 2, 336:

    portus Velinos,

    Verg. A. 6, 366:

    cibos,

    Col. 8, 8, 1:

    vinum generosum et lene,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 18:

    animi neque admirantur neque requirunt rationes earum rerum, quas semper vident,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96:

    causam tam facilis eventus,

    Front. Strat. 3, 1, 2; cf.

    causam,

    Ov. M. 10, 388:

    vera,

    Lucr. 1, 640:

    tua facta,

    Ov. H. 6, 31:

    mea facta,

    id. M 13, 211:

    quaedam requisita se occultant, et eadem forte succurrunt,

    Quint. 11, 2, 7; cf. id. 8, prooem. § 30 Zumpt N. cr.; id. 5, 10, 121:

    quod si quis parum credat, apud ipsum (Lucilium) in nono requirat,

    id. 1, 7, 19.—With dependent clause:

    requireres, rogitares, quis esset, aut unde esset, etc.,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 48:

    (bestiae) ut requirant atque appetant, ad quas se applicent ejusdem generis animantes,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 81:

    illud quoque requisivi, quā ratione, etc.,

    id. Quint. 29, 88; cf. id. N. D. 1, 22, 60:

    requirunt, num aliquid, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 9, 17:

    forsitan et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras,

    Verg. A. 2, 506:

    cum requisisset ubinam esset,

    Nep. Att. 10, 4:

    secum, cur sit bis rapta, requirit,

    Ov. M. 15, 233.— Impers. pass.:

    requiretur fortasse nunc, quemadmodem, etc.,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22. — Absol.:

    videmusne, ut pueri... pulsi requirant et aliquid scire se gaudeant?

    Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48:

    subito res vetustas reddere se et offerre, nec tantum requirentibus, sed etiam sponte interim,

    Quint. 11, 2, 5:

    pande requirenti nomen terraeque tuumque,

    Ov. M. 4, 679. —
    b.
    Requirere ex or ab aliquo (aliquid), to ask, demand, inquire any thing of a person; to question a person about any thing:

    ex quibus requiram, quonam modo latuerint aut ubi, etc.,

    Cic. Cael. 28, 67:

    si quis requirit cur Romae non sim,

    id. Att. 12, 40, 3; cf.:

    saepe ex me requiris, cur, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 1:

    quoniam nihil ex te hi requirunt,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 38, 64; Quint. 1, 6, 31:

    facilia sunt ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; cf.:

    ut id a me neve in hoc reo neve in aliis requiras,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 19:

    illud mihi numquam in mentem venit a te requirere,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 5:

    aliquid de antiquitate ab aliquo,

    Nep. Att. 20, 2. —
    II.
    In partic., with the accessory idea of need, to ask for something needed; to need, want, lack, miss, be in want of, require (syn. desidero):

    omnes hoc loco cives Romani vestram severitatem desiderant, vestram fidem implorant, vestrum auxilium requirunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23:

    habuit, non habet: desiderat, requirit, indiget,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 87: isto bono utare, dum assit;

    cum absit, ne requiras: nisi forte adulescentes pueritiam, paulum aetate progressi adulescentiam debent requirere,

    id. Sen. 10, 33; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

    magnam res diligentiam requirebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 34:

    non ex liberis populis reges requiri,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

    mala causa est quae requirit misericordiam, Publ. Syr. v. 312 Rib.: divitias,

    Tib. 1, 1, 41.—
    b.
    Pass., to be required, i. e. to be requisite, necessary:

    in hoc bello Asiatico virtutes animi magnae et multae requiruntur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    haec in altercatione,

    Quint. 6, 3, 46:

    aliquae orationes ad cognoscendam litium rationem requiruntur,

    id. 10, 1, 23; Col. 1, 7, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., like desiderare, to perceive to be wanting, to look in vain for, to miss:

    qui (oculi) quocumque inciderunt, veterem consuetudinem fori et pristinum morem judiciorum requirunt,

    Cic. Mil. 1, 1:

    libertatem meam,

    id. Planc. 38, 93:

    et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6: unum historikon, id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

    Caesaris in se indulgentiam,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

    quae nonnumquam requirimus,

    Cic. Mur. 29, 61:

    aliquid,

    Quint. 2, 10, 15:

    multos, Quos quondam vidi,

    Ov. M. 7, 515:

    vereor, ne desideres officium meum... sed tamen vereor, ne litterarum a me officium requiras,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 1:

    in quo equidem majorum nostrorum saepe requiro prudentiam,

    id. Par. 1, 1, 7.— Hence, rĕquīsītum, i, n., P. a., as subst. (acc. to II.), a want, need, requirement (rare): ad requisita naturae, i. e. to the calls, Sall. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 59 (Hist. 1, 54 Dietsch); Spart. Car. 6.

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  • 13 Senatusconsultum

    consŭlo, lŭi, ltum, 3, v. n. and a. [from con and root sal-; cf. consul and consilium].
    I.
    To consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, reflect upon, consult.
    A. 1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.: quid nunc? etiam consulis? do you still deliberate, i. e. hesitate? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 171; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 75 Speng.: ne quid in consulendo adversi eveniat, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:

    consulto opus est,

    there is need of deliberation, Sall. C. 1, 6:

    dum tempus consulendi est,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 19:

    satis facere consulentibus,

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

    ut omnium rerum vobis ad consulendum potestas esset,

    Liv. 8, 13, 18:

    ut tot uno tempore motibus animi turbati trepidarent magis quam consulerent,

    id. 21, 16, 2:

    praesidium consulenti curiae,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    consulere in longitudinem,

    to take thought for the future, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10:

    in commune,

    for the common good, id. And. 3, 3, 16; Liv. 32, 21, 1; Tac. A. 12, 5; id. Agr. 12; Curt. 5, 9, 14;

    and in the same sense: in medium,

    Verg. A. 11, 335; Liv. 24, 22, 15; Tac. H. 2, 5; Luc. 5, 46:

    in unum,

    Tac. H. 1, 68; 4, 70:

    in publicum (opp. suscipere proprias simultates),

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Tac. A. 1, 24.—
    (γ).
    With de and abl.:

    bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

    Sall. C. 51, 5; so,

    de communibus negotiis,

    id. J. 105, 1:

    de salute suorum,

    Cic. Sull. 22, 63:

    omnibus de rebus,

    Tac. A. 4, 40.—
    (δ).
    With ut or ne:

    consulere vivi ac prospicere debemus, ut illorum (liberorum) solitudo munita sit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:

    tu ne qua manus se attollere nobis A tergo possit, custodi et consule longe,

    Verg. A. 9, 322.— Impers.:

    ut urbi... satis esset praesidii, consultum atque provisum est,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26:

    ne deficerent, consulendum esse,

    Cels. 3, 4, 31.—
    2.
    Esp., consulere alicui or alicui rei, to take care for some person or thing, to be mindful of, take care of, look to, have regard for, to counsel or consult for:

    tuae rei bene consulere cupio,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 9:

    quid me fiat, parvi pendis, dum illi consulas,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 37:

    qui parti civium consulunt, partem neglegunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: consulere eorum commodis et utilitati salutique [p. 442] servire, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; so,

    famae, pudicitiae tuae,

    id. Phil. 2, 2, 3:

    dignitati meae,

    id. Fam. 11, 29, 1:

    suae vitae,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 12:

    receptui sibi,

    id. B. C. 3, 69:

    reipublicae juxta ac sibi,

    Sall. C. 37, 8; id. J. 58, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 1:

    timori magis quam religioni,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 67; cf.:

    magis irae quam famae,

    Sall. C. 51, 7:

    qui mi consultum optime velit esse,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1: mi ires consultum male? to counsel evil or badly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 36; so,

    male patriae,

    Nep. Epam. 10, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 2.—With si:

    melius consulet (sibi), si, etc.,

    Cels. 1, 3, 55.—
    B.
    Act.
    1.
    Consulere aliquem (or aliquid), to consult with one, to ask his opinion or advice, to ask counsel of, to consult, question (for the sake of advice).
    a.
    In gen.:

    cum te consuluissem, quid mihi faciendum esse censeres,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 29, 1:

    te, qui philosophum audis,

    id. ib. 9, 26, 1:

    Apellem tragoedum, uter, etc.,

    Suet. Calig. 33 al. —Of inanim. objects:

    speculum suum,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 136; cf.:

    spectatas undas, quid se deceat,

    id. M. 4, 312:

    nares, an olerent aera Corinthōn,

    Mart. 9, 60, 11:

    diem de gemmis, etc.,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 251 sq.:

    animum nostrum,

    Quint. 4, 2, 52:

    aures meas,

    id. 9, 4, 93:

    suas vires,

    id. 10, 2, 18 al. —With two accs.:

    ibo et consulam hanc rem amicos, quid faciundum censeant,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 26:

    nec te id consulo,

    Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:

    consulere prudentiorem coepi aetates tabularum,

    Petr. 88.—Freq.,
    b.
    Esp. as t. t.
    (α).
    In the lang. of religion, to consult a deity, an oracle, omens, etc.:

    Apollinem de re,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    deum consuluit auguriis, quae suscipienda essent,

    Liv. 1, 20, 7:

    deos hominum fibris,

    Tac. A. 14, 30 fin.:

    Phoebi oracula,

    Ov. M. 3, 9; Suet. Vesp. 5:

    Tiresiam conjectorem,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76:

    haruspicem,

    Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; Suet. Tib. 63; Cato, R. R. 5, 4:

    vates nunc extis, nunc per aves,

    Liv. 2, 42, 10:

    Cumaeam anum,

    Ov. F. 4, 158:

    avem primum visam augur,

    id. ib. 1, 180:

    spirantia exta,

    Verg. A. 4, 64; so,

    trepidantia exta,

    Ov. M. 15, 576:

    sacras sortes,

    id. ib. 11, 412:

    Etrusci haruspices male consulentes,

    Gell. 4, 5, 5.— Pass. impers.:

    si publice consuletur... sin privatim,

    Tac. G. 10. —With dependent question:

    senatus pontificum collegium consuli jussit, num omne id aurum in ludos consumi necessum esset,

    Liv. 39, 5, 9:

    consulti per ludibrium pontifices, an concepto necdum edito partu rite nuberet,

    Tac. A. 1, 10.—
    (β).
    In judic. lang., to ask advice of a lawyer, to consult, etc.:

    quam inanes domus eorum omnium, qui de jure civili consuli solent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:

    consuli quidem te a Caesare scribis: sed ego tibi ab illo consuli mallem,

    id. Fam. 7, 11, 2:

    si jus consuleres, peritissimus,

    Liv. 39, 40, 6:

    munus hoc eorum qui consuluntur,

    i. e. who are skilled in the law, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14; so id. Quint. 16, 53.—

    With dependent question: consulens eum, an seni jam testato suaderet ordinare suprema judicia,

    Quint. 6, 3, 92.—The formula usual in asking advice was, licet consulere? Cic. Mur. 13, 28; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 192.—
    (γ).
    In publicists' lang., to take counsel with the competent authorities, to consult:

    Quirites, utrum, etc.,

    Liv. 31, 7, 2; so,

    senatum,

    Sall. J. 28, 2:

    senatum de foedere,

    id. ib. 39, 2;

    62, 10: populum de ejus morte,

    Cic. Mil. 7, 16:

    plebem in omnia (tribuni),

    Liv. 6, 39, 2 al. —
    2.
    Aliquid.
    a.
    To take counsel or deliberate upon something, to consider:

    est consulere quiddam quod tecum volo,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 53; id. Pers. 5, 2, 63:

    rem delatam consulere ordine non licuit,

    Liv. 2, 28, 2; so,

    consulere et explorare rem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4:

    consulis rem nulli obscuram,

    Verg. A. 11, 344 al.:

    bis repulsi Galli quid agant consulunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 83.—
    b.
    To advise something, to give advice:

    tun' consulis quicquam?

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 22.— Absol.:

    ab re consulit blandiloquentulus,

    advises to his hurt, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 17.
    II.
    Sometimes meton. (causa pro effectu).
    A.
    To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine.
    1.
    Neutr.; constr. absol. or with de aliquo or in aliquem:

    de nullis quam de vobis infestius aut inimicius consuluerunt,

    Liv. 28, 29, 8; so,

    de perfugis gravius quam de fugitivis,

    id. 30, 43, 13:

    in humiliores libidinose crudeliterque consulebatur,

    id. 3, 36, 7; so,

    crudeliter in deditos victosque,

    id. 8, 13, 15; cf. Tac. Agr. 16. —
    2.
    Act.:

    quid in concilio consuluistis?

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 6:

    animum ego inducam tamen, ut illud, quod tuam in rem bene conducat, consulam,

    id. Cist. 3, 4: ne quid gravius de salute tuā consulas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1:

    pessime istuc in te atque in illum consulis,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 28:

    quae reges irā inpulsi male consuluerint,

    Sall. C. 51, 4:

    nisi quod de uxore potuit honestius consuli,

    id. J. 95, 3.— Pass. impers.:

    aliter mihi de illis ac de me ipso consulendum est,

    Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3.—
    B.
    With the access. idea of judging, in the connection boni, optimi aliquid consulere, to excuse, take in good part, interpret favorably; be contented, pleased, or satisfied with:

    sit consul a consulendo vel a judicando: nam et hoc consulere veteres vocaverunt, unde adhuc remanet illud Rogat boni consulas, id est bonum judices,

    Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 8 Müll.: nemo hoc rex ausus est facere, eane fieri bonis, bono genere gnatis boni consulitis? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

    boni consulendum,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 40 Müll.:

    tu haec quaeso consule missa boni,

    Ov. P. 3, 8, 24; cf. id. Tr. 4, 1, 106; so,

    nostrum laborem,

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 16; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 3:

    hoc munus,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 8; id. Prov. 2, 4; id. Ep. 9, 20; 17, 9; 88, 17:

    quaerebat argentum avaritia: boni consuluit interim invenisse minium,

    Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4;

    8, 16, 17, § 44: boni et optimi consulere,

    App. M. 8, p. 205, 28.— Hence,
    1.
    consultus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Well considered or weighed, deliberated upon, maturely pondered:

    bene consultum consilium surripitur saepissume, si minus, etc.,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 5 sq.:

    ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: neque eam usquam invenio, neque quo eam, neque quā quaeram consultum'st, I know neither, etc., Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 6:

    operā consultā,

    with mature reflection, Gell. 7 (6), 17, 3;

    in the same sense, consulto consilio,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 9, 6:

    consultius est huic poenalem quoque stipulationem subjungere,

    it is better. more advantageous, Dig. 2, 15, 15.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) Knowing, skilful, experienced, practised, esp. in law; skilled or learned in the law:

    non ille magis juris consultus quam justitiae fuit,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10:

    juris atque eloquentiae,

    Liv. 10, 22, 7:

    consultissimus vir omnis divini atque humani juris,

    id. 1, 18, 1; cf. Gell. 1, 13, 10:

    insanientis sapientiae,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 3:

    universae disciplinae,

    Col. 11, 1, 12.—Hence, subst.: consultus, i, m., a lawyer:

    tu consultus modo rusticus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 17; id. Ep 2, 2, 87; 2, 2, 159; Ov. A. A. 1, 83.— Esp. with juris, often written as one word, jūrisconsultus, i, m., v. h. v.— Absol.:

    ut natura non disciplinā consultus esse videatur,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

    consultorum alterum disertissimum, disertorum alterum consultissimum fuisse,

    id. Brut. 40, 148:

    consultiores sibimet videntur Deo,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2.—
    2.
    Subst.: consultum, i, n.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) A consultation, inquiry of a deity:

    Sostratus (sacerdos) ubi laeta et congruentia exta magnisque consultis annuere deam videt, etc.,

    Tac. H. 2, 4.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II.) A decree, decision, resolution, plan; so first, Senatus consultum, or in one word, Senatusconsul-tum, a decree of the Senate (most freq. in all periods; the senatus consulta were not, like the plebiscita, the supreme law of the republic; but under the emperors, all new laws took this form, v. esp. Sandars, Introd., Just. Inst. § 15;

    1, 2, 5),

    Sall. C. 42, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149:

    senatus consultum est quod senatus jubet atque constituit, nam cum auctus esset populus Romanus... aequum visum est senatum vice populi consuli,

    Just. Inst. 1, 2, 5;

    for which, consulta Patrum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 41. —Of a decree of the Sicilian council:

    ne senatus consultum Siculi homines facere possent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146.—Also in other connections:

    facta et consulta fortium et sapientium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62; cf.:

    facta consultaque Alexandri,

    Sall. H. 3, 7 Dietsch:

    consulta et decreta,

    id. J. 11, 5:

    consulta sese omnia cum illo integra habere,

    all objects of consultation, plans, id. ib. 108, 2; cf.:

    ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,

    plans, Liv. 25, 16, 4; and:

    approbare collegam consulta,

    id. 10, 39, 10:

    dum consulta petis,

    responses, oracles, divinations, Verg. A. 6, 151:

    tua magna,

    decisions, id. ib. 11, 410; so,

    mollia,

    Tac. A. 1, 40:

    mala,

    id. ib. 6, 6:

    ex consulto factum,

    purposely, voluntarily, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 49.—Hence, adv., considerately, deliberately, designedly, on purpose.
    (α).
    Form consultō (class. in prose and poetry):

    utrum perturbatione aliquā animi an consulto et cogitata fiat injuria,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 43; Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 85; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 37; Sall. J. 60, 5; 64, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 19; Tac. A. 4, 16; Suet. Caes. 56; * Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 al. —
    (β).
    Form consultē (mostly ante- and post-class.):

    qui consulte, docte atque astute cavet,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:

    caute atque consulte gesta,

    Liv. 22, 38, 11; Spart. Had. 2.— Comp., Liv. 22, 24, 3; Tac. H. 2, 24. — Sup., Capitol. Pert. 7.

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  • 14 inter-rogō

        inter-rogō āvī, ātus, āre,    to ask, question, inquire, interrogate: recte, T.: interrogandi facultas: testem: illud, put this question, L.: nil plus, have no more to ask, Iu.: quendam quaedam geometrica: interrogans, solerentne, etc., Cs.: interrogas me, num, etc.: interrogatus, quid sentires: tunc sententiae interrogari coeptae, L.—To interrogate judicially, examine, go to law with, sue: bene testem, cross-examine: legibus interrogari, L.: consules legibus ambitūs interrogati, S.: Capitonem repetundarum (i. e. reum facere), Ta.—P. n. as subst: ad interrogata respondere, to inquiries.

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  • 15 percontor or percūnctor

        percontor or percūnctor ātus, ārī, dep.    [per+contus, to search with a pole; the form percunctor was suggested by a mistaken etymology from cunctus], to ask particularly, question strictly, inquire, interrogate, investigate: percontando elicere opinionem: Sed quos perconter video, T.: Porum an verum esset, Cu.: nutricem, quid hoc rei sit, L.: tu numquam mihi percontanti aliquid defuisti: ex aniculā quanti aliquid venderet: ex his scribis quid velint: pauca percunctatus de statu civitatis, S.: eam quoque esse quae percunctari vellet, of her too he wished to ask some questions, L.: meum si quis te percontabitur aevum, H.: percontari Patrona causam consilii, Cu.

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  • 16 procor

        procor —, ārī, dep.    [procus], to ask, demand: a procando procacitas nominata.
    * * *
    procari, procoratus sum V DEP
    urge/press (w/commands/suits); woo, importune for one's hand; ask/demand (L+S)

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  • 17 quaesō

        quaesō —, — (ere)    [QVAES-].—Only 1st pers. indic. praes., sing. and plur, to beg, pray, beseech, entreat: quaeso, ut eum diem memoriae mandetis: quaeso a vobis, ut, in hac causā, etc.: id uti permittatis, quaesumus, L.: quaeso obtestorque, ne: Decium quaeso mecum consulem faciatis, L.: deos quaeso, ut istaec prohibeant, T.: te precor et quaeso, ut liceret, etc.: hoc quaeso, Svre, Ut, etc., T.—Parenthet., I beg, I pray, prithee, please: ubinam est, quaeso? prithee, T.: tu, quaeso, crebro ad me scribe: quam ob rem aggredere, quaesumus, etc.
    * * *
    quaesere, -, - V
    beg, ask, ask for, seek

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  • 18 re-pōscō

        re-pōscō —, —, ere,    to demand back, ask again: propensiores ad bene merendum quam ad reposcendum: me Catilinam: Parthos signa, V. —Fig., to ask for, claim, demand, exact, require: Amissam meā virtutem voce, O.: foedus flammis, V.: Quos illi poenas ob nostra reposcent Effugia, V.: ab altero rationem vitae: vos rationem reposcitis, quid fecerimus? L.

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  • 19 requīrō

        requīrō sīvī, sītus, ere    [re-+quaero], to seek again, look after, search for: fratrem, T.: iuvenem oculis animoque, O.: terram oculis, Cu.: libros, V.: vinum generosum, H.— To seek to know, ask, inquire for, demand: Pande requirenti nomen tuum, O.: rationes rerum: mea facta, O.: ex quibus requiram, quem ad modum, etc.: ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris: aliquid de antiquitate ab eo, N.: cur Romae non sim: Forsitan et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras, V.: ubinam esset, N.: dolus an virtus, quis in hoste requirat? V.— To need, want, lack, be in want of, require: desiderat, requirit, indiget: isto bono utare, dum adsit; cum absit, ne requiras: qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior: magnam res diligentiam requirebat, Cs.: in hoc bello virtutes animi requiruntur, are called for.—To perceive to be wanting, feel the lack of, look in vain for, miss: pristinum morem iudiciorum: pacis ornamenta: Caesaris indulgentiam in se, Cs.: quae (bona) nonnumquam requirimus, lament the absence of: Amissos longo socios sermone, i. e. lament, V.
    * * *
    requirere, requisivi, requisitus V
    require, seek, ask for; need; miss, pine for

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  • 20 rogitō

        rogitō āvī, —, āre, freq.    [rogo], to ask eagerly, inquire persistently, keep asking: at rogitas? T.: me, ubi fuerim, T.: Multa super Priamo, V.
    * * *
    rogitare, rogitavi, rogitatus V
    ask, inquire

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