at+the+sale

vĕl, conj. and adv. [old imv. of volo] prop., will, choose, take your choice; hence,

As disjunctive conjunction, to introduce an alternative as a matter of choice or preference, or as not affecting the principal assertion (while aut introduces an absolute or essential opposition; cf. Madv. Gr. § 436; Zumpt, Gr. § 339; Fischer, Gr. § 383).

Singly.

In gen., or (if you will), or else, or (at your pleasure), or (at least), or (it is indifferent), or (what is the same thing), etc.:

dic igitur me passerculum... haedillum me tuom dic esse vel vitellum,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 77: viginti minis? Ba. Utrum vis, vel quater quinis minis, id. Ps. 1, 3, 111:

lege vel tabellas redde,

id. ib. 1, 1, 29:

in solem ponito vel sine sale in defrutum condito,

Cato, R. R. 7: orabant (sc. Ubii), ut sibi auxilium ferret... vel... exercitum modo Rhenum transportaret, or at least, i. e. or, if he preferred it, Caes. B. G. 4, 16:

ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:

in unius voluntate vel moribus,

id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

in unā urbe vel in hac ipsā,

id. ib. 3, 10, 17:

constituere vel conservare,

id. ib. 2, 38, 64:

in ardore caelesti, qui aether vel caelum nominatur,

id. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

transfer idem ad modestiam vel temperantiam,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 60; cf. Madv. ad id. ib. 2, 25, 81:

unum illud extimescebam, ne quid turpiter facerem, vel dicam, jam effecissem,

id. Att. 9, 7, 1: haec neque confirmare argumentis neque refellere in animo est;

ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem,

Tac. G. 3.—

Esp.

With potius, to correct or make more precise what has been said, or rather:

ex hoc populo indomito vel potius immani,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

post obitum vel potius excessum Romuli,

id. ib. 2, 30, 53:

cessit auctoritati amplissimi viri vel potius paruit,

id. Lig. 7, 22:

vide quid licentiae nobis tua liberalitas det, vel potius audaciae,

id. ib. 8, 23:

ludorum plausus vel testimonia potius,

id. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

quam valde ille reditu vel potius reversione meā laetatus!

id. Att. 16, 7, 5; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19:

novem tibi orbibus, vel potius globis conexa sunt omnia,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

plurimas vel potius omnes ex se ipso virtutes contulit,

Quint. 10, 1, 109.—In climax after a negative:

tu certe numquam in hoc ordine vel potius numquam in hac urbe mansisses,

Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 38.—

So corrective, without potius:

sed haec tu melius vel optime omnium,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 7:

clariore vel plane perspicua,

id. Fin. 5, 20, 55; id. Lael. 12, 41:

Capua ab duce eorum Capye, vel. quod propius vero est, a campestri agro appellata,

Liv. 4, 37, 1:

cum P. Decius se in Samnium vel in Etruriam proficisci paratum esse ostendisset,

id. 10, 26, 4.—Esp. in the phrase vel dicam, or let me rather say, or rather:

quando enim nobis, vel dicam aut oratoribus bonis aut poëtis, ullus... ornatus defuit?

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10; id. Brut. 57, 207; id. Cael. 31, 75; id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; id. Att. 9, 7, 1; Suet. Calig. 13.—So intensive, or I may even say (cf. II. A. 3. infra):

omnes binos consules, vel dicam amplius, omnia nomina,

Varr. L. L. 8, p. 106 Bip.:

a plerisque vel dicam ab omnibus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 3; id. Brut. 70, 246.—

Vel etiam, or even:

ut expositio quarundam rerum gestarum vel etiam fabulosarum,

Quint. 4, 3, 12. —

= aut, or else.

With an alternative necessary consequence:

id autem nec nasci potest nec mori, vel concidat omne caelum omnisque natura consistat necesse est,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54 Tischer ad loc.:

vel tu ne faceres tale in adulescentiā,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 22.—

In gen. ( poet. and post class.):

si copias armatorum... secum expenderent, vincendum illā acie vel cadendum esse,

Tac. A. 14, 35:

mortem omnibus ex naturā aequalem oblivione apud posteros vel gloriă distingui,

id. H. 1, 21; cf. id. A. 14, 61; 14, 62:

quod imperium variā sorte laetum rei publicae aut atrox, principibus prosperum vel exitio fuit,

id. H. 2, 1 init.; 2, 10; 2, 68; cf. Ov. M. 9, 624 sq.; 15, 601 sq.—

In a subordinate alternative after aut:

nec aut tibi ipsi aut huic Secundo vel huic Apro ignotas,

Tac. Or. 28:

ne contra Gai quidem aut Claudii vel Neronis... domum,

id. H. 2, 76:

abscedens in hortos aut Tusculanum vel Antiatem in agrum,

id. A. 14, 3 init.:

dementiae quoque judicia aut propter id quod factum est aut propter id quod adhuc fieri vel non fieri potest instituuntur,

Quint. 7, 4, 29.—

As co-ordinate.

Vel... vel, either... or, be it... or; in gen. (class.; but where the alternatives are necessary and exclusive, that is, where one must be right and the other wrong, aut... aut is used; v. infra, and cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 11, 27): sed hic numquis adest? Pa. Vel adest vel non, i. e. just as you please, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28 Brix ad loc.:

paucis me misit ad eam... vel ut ducentos Philippos reddat aureos, vel ut hinc eat secum,

id. Bacch. 4, 1, 18 sq.:

ubi illic biberit, vel servato meum modum vel ego dabo,

id. Stich. 5, 4, 37:

vel tu me vende, vel face quod tibi lubet,

id. Pers. 3, 1, 70:

nunc quamobrem huc sum missa, amabo, vel tu mihi ajas, vel neges,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 44:

Allobrogibus sese vel persuasuros... existimabant, vel vi coacturos, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6:

ut (Romani) vel sibi agros attribuant vel patiantur eos tenere, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 7:

vel sumptuosae vel desidiosae illecebrae,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8:

in omni vel officio vel sermone sollers,

id. ib. 2, 21, 37:

maximum virtutis vel documentum, vel officium,

id. ib. 1, 20, 33:

pace vel Quirini vel Romuli dixerim,

id. Off. 3, 10, 42:

erant quaestiones vel de caede vel de vi,

id. Mil. 5, 13; 7, 20; id. Leg. 3, 14, 32; id. Lig. 6, 17; id. Deiot. 1, 1; 5, 13; id. Brut. 69, 242:

animus vel bello vel paci paratus,

Liv. 1, 1, 8:

hunc ordinem ex censu descripsit vel paci decorum vel bello,

id. 1, 42, 5: Etruriam et Samnium provincias esse;

utram mallet eligeret: suo exercitu se vel in Etruriā vel in Samnio rem gesturum,

id. 10, 19, 9:

gladioque ruptis omnibus loris, oraculi sortem vel elusit vel implevit,

Curt. 3, 1, 18:

nihil illo fuisset excellentius vel in vitiis vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1, 1; 2, 1; id. Milt. 3, 4.—

Connected with aut, but not corresponding to it (cf. infra, 2. e.):

num aut tuum aut cujusquam nostrum nomen vel Caucasum hunc transcendere potuit vel illum Gangem transnatare?

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22:

ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere vel apricatione melius vel igni aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?

id. Sen. 16, 57:

si velim scribere quid aut legere aut canere vel voce vel fidibus, aut geometricum quiddam aut physicum aut dialecticum explicare, etc.,

id. Div. 2, 59, 122.—

Esp.

With weakened disjunctive force (nearly = et... et). quemadmodum ille vel Athenis vel Rhodi se doctissimorum hominum sermonibus dedisset, Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 3:

multos sine ratione, sine litteris, quā vel inpudentia vel fames duxit, ruentes,

Quint. 2, 20, 2:

affectus vel illos mites vel hos concitatos in suā potestate habuisse,

id. 10, 1, 48: eadem quaestio potest eundem vel accusatorem facere vel reum, id. 3, 6, 18: et nundina vetera ex ordine instituit, vel dies vel tempora, Lampr Alex. Sev. 43: pestilentia tanta exstiterat vel Romae, vel Achaicis urbibus, ut, etc., Treb. Gall. 5.—

More than twice, either... or... or, etc. tu vel suda, vel peri algu, vel tu aegrota, vel vale, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 24:

hance tu mihi vel vi vel clam vel precario Fac tradas: meā nil re fert, dum potiar modo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

vel in tempestate, vel in agris, vel in corporibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

vel quod ita vivit vel quod ita rem publicam gerit vel quod ita factus est,

id. Phil. 2, 5, 10:

vel spectator laudum tuarum vel particeps vel socius vel minister consiliorum,

id. Fam. 2, 7, 2; id. Red. Quir. 9, 23;

so eight times,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 6. —

The second (or last) vel strengthened,

By etiam:

quae vel ad usum vitae vel etiam ad ipsam rem publicam conferre possumus,

or even, Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 30; so id. ib. 1, 29, 45; 2, 1, 1; cf.:

ut vel ea defendam, quae Pompejus velit, vel taceam, vel etiam ad nostra me studia referam litterarum,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 3.—

By vero etiam:

in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis, vel vero etiam negotiis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4.—

By omnino: haec vel ad odium, vel ad misericordiam, vel omnino ad animos judicum movendos ex iis quae sunt ante posita, sumentur ( or in general), Cic. Part. Or. 36, 128.—

Rarely after a negative = neque, nor:

neque satis Bruto... vel tribunis militum constabat, quid agerent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14.—

In irregular construction, without the second vel:

utrumque est in his, quod ab hoc oratore abhorreat: vel quod omnis, qui sapientes non sint, insanos esse dicunt... accedit quod, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 65; id. Att. 11, 7, 5; cf. esp. Lucr. 5, 383 sqq. Munro ad loc. —

Vel... vel = aut... aut:

habere ea, quae secundum naturam sint, vel omnia vel plurima et maxima,

i. e. so nearly all that the difference is unimportant, Cic. Fin. 4, 11, 27; cf.

Madv. ad loc.: cum bonā quidem spe, ut ait idem, vel vincendi vel in libertate moriendi,

id. Att. 7, 9, 4.—For vel... vel, in a subordinate alternative after aut, v. the examples under I. B. 1. b. supra.—

Vel, correl. with aut (post-Aug. and rare):

verborum quoque vis ac proprietas confirmatur vel praesumptione... aut reprehensione,

Quint. 9, 2, 18:

voces... aut productione tantum vel correptione mutatae,

id. 9, 3, 69 (but the line Ov. M. 1, 546, is spurious); so,

aut... aut... vel: ut aut de nomine aut scripto et sententiā vel ratiocinatione quaeratur,

Quint. 3, 6, 72:

aut... aut... aut... aut... vel,

id. 8, 6, 68 sq.; cf.:

ubi regnat Protogenes aliquis vel Diphilus aut Erimarchus,

Juv. 3, 120.

As intens. particle (prop. ellipt., implying an alternative the first member of which is omitted, something else or even this, etc.).

In gen., or even, if you will, or indeed, or... itself, even, assuredly, certainly.

With subst.:

tum opsonium autem pol vel legioni sat est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 24; id. Capt. 1, 2, 23; id. Curc. 5, 2, 13:

ita me di ament, vel in lautumiis, vel in pistrino mavelim Agere aetatem, Quam, etc.,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 5: Ep. Si arte poteris accubare. Ge. Vel inter cuneos ferreos, id. Stich. 4, 2, 39:

vel rex semper maxumas Mihi agebat gratias,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 7:

sed tamen vel regnum malo quam liberum populum,

Cic. Rep. 3, 34, 46:

isto quidem modo vel consulatus vituperabilis est,

id. Leg. 3, 10, 23:

cum se vel principes ejus consilii fore profiterentur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 37:

vel Priamo miseranda manus,

Verg. A. 11, 259:

ego vel Prochytam praepono Suburae,

Juv. 3, 5:

facile me paterer vel illo ipso acerrimo judice quaerente vel apud Cassianos judices... pro Sex. Roscio dicere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85:

populus Romanus auctoritatem suam vel contra omnes defendere potest,

even if necessary, id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63:

id se probaturum vel ipso Verginio judice,

Liv. 3, 44, 10:

belli necessitatibus eam patientiam non adhibebimus, quam vel lusus ac voluptas elicere solet?

id. 5, 6, 3:

timebant ne Romana plebs... vel cum servitute pacem acciperet,

even if it should involve their enslavement, id. 2, 9, 5.—

With adjj.: Ch. Pax, te tribus verbis volo. Sy. Vel trecentis, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 122: Ca. Ut opperiare hos sex dies saltem modo... Ba. Animo bono es. Vel sex mensis opperibor, id. Ps. 1, 3, 89; cf.: jam hercle vel ducentae [p. 1964] minae, id. ib. 1, 3, 68;

1, 3, 111: hoc ascensu vel tres armati quamlibet multitudinem arcuerint,

Liv. 9, 24, 7: Ph. Dane suavium? Di. Immo vel decem, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 22:

ego illum eunuchum, si opus sit, vel sobrius,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 26:

si sit opus, vel totum triduom,

id. ib. 2, 1, 17:

haec sunt omnia ingenii vel mediocris,

Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 119.—

With verbs: namque edepol quamvis desubito vel cadus vorti potest, may even be turned over, i. e. will be empty, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 39:

ubi ego hinc abiero, vel occidito,

if you will, even, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 93:

per me vel stertas licet, inquit Carneades, non modo quiescas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93:

ut ipsis sententiis, quibus proluserunt, vel pugnare possint,

id. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

cum vel abundare debeam, cogor mutuari,

id. Att. 15 15, 3—

With pronn.:

videndum erit, quid quisque vel sine nobis aut possit consequi aut non possit,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 59:

existiment quod velint, ac vel hoc intellegant,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 33:

est tibi ex his ipsis qui assunt bella copia, vel ut a te ipso ordiare,

especially as you can begin with yourself, id. Rep. 2, 40, 67.—

With superlatives, to denote the highest possible degree, the very; the utmost; the most...possible.

With adjj.: hoc invenisset unum ad morbum illum homini vel bellissimum, the very loveliest, the most beautiful possible, Lucil. ap. Non. 527, 28:

vidi in dolore podagrae ipsum vel omnium maximum Stoicorum Posidonium,

Cic. Fragm. ib. 32:

hoc in genere nervorum vel minimum, suavitatis autem est vel plurimum,

the very least... the utmost possible, id. Or. 26, 91:

quarum duarum (civitatum) si adessent (legationes), duo crimina vel maxima minuerentur,

id. Div. in Caecil. 5, 14:

patre meā sententiā vel eloquentissimo temporibus illis,

the most eloquent possible, id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

quod erat ad obtinendam potentiam nobilium vel maximum, vehementer id retinebatur,

id. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

cujus (sc. Hannibalis) eo tempore vel maxima apud regem auctoritas erat,

Liv. 36, 41, 2:

vident unum senatorem vel tenuissimum esse damnatum,

Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 46:

fora templaque occupabantur, ut vel exspectatissimi triumphi laetitia praecipi posset,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 51:

sed vel potentissima apud Amphictyonas aequi tractatio est,

Quint. 5, 10, 118; 11, 1, 81.—

With advv.:

vel studiosissime quaerere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15:

cum Sophocles vel optime scripserit Electram,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

vel maxime confirmare,

id. N. D. 2, 65, 162; so,

vel maxime,

id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; id. de Or. 1, 8, 32; id. Att. 9, 12, 3; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 4, 3, 4.—

In adding an instance implying that other instances might be mentioned at will, or this one; for instance, for example, as for example, in particular:

Per pol quam paucos reperias Fideles amatores... Vel hic Pamphilus jurabat quotiens Bacchidi, etc.,

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 3:

vel heri in vino quam inmodestus fuisti,

id. Heaut. 3, 3, 7: nullast tam facilis res quin difficilis siet Quom invitus facias;

vel me haec deambulatio... ad languorum dedit,

id. ib. 4, 6, 1:

sed suavis accipio litteras, vel quas proxime acceperam, quam prudentis!

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 1:

cujus innumerabilia sunt exempla, vel Appii majoris illius, qui, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 70, 284.—

Concessive.

With superlatives, perhaps:

adulescens vel potentissimus nostrae civitatis,

Cic. Rosc. A. 2, 6:

domus vel optima Messanae, notissima quidem certe,

the best known, at any rate, if not the finest, id. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3.—

= saltem, at least:

quā re etsi minus veram causam habebis, tamen vel probabilem aliquam poteris inducere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 22, 2:

plurimi semetipsos exhortantur vel aliquas partes earum (scientiarum) addiscere, quamvis universas percipere non possint,

Col. 11, 1, 11:

ac, ni flexisset animos, vel Aegypti praefecturam concedi sibi oraret,

Suet. Ner. 47:

ut messe vel unā releves colla perusta,

Mart. 10, 12, 5; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 8; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43.

actĭo, ōnis, f. [ago], a doing, performing, acting, action, act.

In gen.:

non modo deos spoliat motu et actione divina, sed etiam homines inertes efficit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37; 2, 16;

virtutis laus omnis in actione consistit,

id. Off. 1, 6; id. Fin. 5, 19, 54.—With subject. gen.:

ad eas res parandas, quibus actio vitae continetur,

active, practical life, id. Off. 1, 5:

corporis,

id. Div. 1, 32:

mentis,

id. N. D. 1, 17; and with object. gen.: itaque nec actio rerum illarum ( the public performance of those things) apertā petulantiā vacat, id. ib. 1, 35, 127; ib. 1, 43:

actio ullius rei,

id. Ac. 2, 33, 108; and so plur.: periculosae rerum actiones sunt, Off. 1, 2, 4;

hence: actio gratiarum,

the giving of thanks, id. Fam. 10, 19 (cf.: gratias agere).—

Esp.

Public functions, civil acts, proceedings, or duties.

In gen., Cic. Fam. 9, 8:

tribunorum,

their official duties, Liv. 5, 11; so,

consularis,

id. 4, 55 al.:

actiones nostras scriptis mandamus,

Cic. Off. 2, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 5.—Hence negotiation, deliberation:

discessu consulum actio de pace sublata est,

Cic. Att. 9. 9.—Esp.

Of judicial proceedings.

An action, suit, process ( in abstr.), with a gen. more precisely defining it, e. g. actio furti, injuriarum; also with de:

actio de repetundis, de arboribus succisis, etc.: actionem alicui intendere,

Cic. Mil. 14:

instituere,

to bring an action against one, id. Mur. 9: multis actiones ( processes, suits) et res ( the property in suit) peribant, Liv. 39, 18 al.—

The accusation ( in concr.), the statement of the crime, the indictment, charge, accusation:

Inde illa actio, OPE CONSILIOQVE TVO FVRTVM AIO FACTVM ESSE,

Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74; cf. id. Caecin. 3; id. de Or. 1, 36, 167.—Hence, in gen., judicial forms (the omission of which rendered a suit null and void): actiones Manilianae, forms relative to purchase and sale; cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 246:

Hostilianae,

ib. 1, 57, 245.—Hence,

A pleading of a case (spoken or written); so Cic. calls his Orats. against Verres, actiones, pleas, simply dividing them into actio prima and actio secunda:

actio causae,

Cic. Caecin. 2, 4;

actiones litium,

id. Phil. 9, 5, 11; so,

Suet. continuae actiones, Ner. 15: in prima parte actionis,

Quint. 10, 1, 20 al. —

Permission for a suit:

dare alicui actionem (which was the right or duty of the praetor or judge),

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27.—

The judicial management of a suit, the trial, the day of trial:

prima, altera, tertia,

Cic. Verr. 1, 30; 2, 2, 6.—

Of an orator; the exterior air or bearing, the action, delivery: Demosthenem ferunt ei qui quaesivisset quid primum esset in dicendo, actionem;

quid secundum, idem et idem tertium respondisse,

Cic. Brut. 38; cf. id. de Or. 1, 18;

so that it often includes even the voice: actio ejus (Pompeii) habebat et in voce magnum splendorem et in motu summam dignitatem,

id. Brut. 68; cf. id. Or. 17:

est actio quasi sermo corporis,

id. de Or. 3, 59; cf. ib. 2, 17 al.—Hence, also —

Of an actor, action:

in quo tanta commoveri actio non posset,

id. de Or. 3, 26.—

In dramatic lang., the action, the connection or series of events, the plot, in a play:

habet enim (fabula) varios actus multasque actiones et consiliorum et temporum,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 6.

lex, lēgis, f. [perh. Sanscr. root lag-, lig-, to fasten; Lat. ligo, to bind, oblige; cf. religio], a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill (cf. institutum).

Lit.:

legem ferre: antiquare,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73:

rogare,

id. Phil. 2, 29, 72:

leges ac jura ferre,

Juv. 2, 72:

legem promulgavit pertulitque, ut, etc.,

Liv. 33, 46:

Antonius fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam, qua, etc.,

Cic. Att. 14, 12:

legem sciscere de aliqua re,

id. Planc. 14, 35:

populus R. jussit legem de civitate tribuenda,

id. Balb. 17, 38:

repudiare,

id. Lael. 25, 96.—

Transf.

A bill which has become a law in consequence of its adoption by the people in the comitia, a law (cf.: jus, fas; decretum, edictum, scitum): legem constituere alicui, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40:

legem gravem alicui imponere,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

legem neglegere, evertere, perfringere,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

neglegere, perrumpere,

id. Leg. 1, 15, 42:

leges ac jura labefactare,

id. Caecin. 25, 70:

legem condere,

Liv. 3, 34: leges duodecim tabularum, the laws composed by the decemvirs, the foundation of Roman legislation, Liv. 3, 33 sq.:

nunc barbaricā lege certumst jus meum omne persequi,

i. e. by the Roman law, that of the Twelve Tables, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 32.—

Esp. in phrases.

Lege and legibus, according to law, by law, legally:

ejus morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 4:

Athenas deductus est, ut ibi de eo legibus fieret judicium,

Nep. Phoc. 3, 4.—

Legis actio, a statutory process:

actiones quas in usu veteres habuerunt legis actiones appellabantur, vel ideo quod legibus proditae sunt,... vel ideo quia ipsarum legum verbis accommodatae erant, et ideo inmutabiles proinde atque leges observabantur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 11; cf. § 12 sqq.—

Hence, in partic.: lege agere, to proceed strictly according to law.

Of the lictor, to execute a sentence:

Fulvius praeconi imperavit, ut lictorem lege agere juberet,

Liv. 26, 15, 9. —

To bring a legal or statutory action: una injuria est tecum. Chr. Lege agito ergo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 90: lege agito dicebatur ei cujus intentio contemptibilis adversario videbatur, Don. ad Ter. l. l.: lege agito mecum;

molestus ne sis,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 11:

lege egit in hereditatem paternam exheres filius,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; 1, 36, 167; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115.—

Fraudem legi facere, to evade the law:

ut ne legi fraudem faciant aleariae, adcuratote ut, etc.,

the law against dicing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9:

quod emancupando filium fraudem legi fecisset,

Liv. 7, 16, 9; cf. Val. Max. 8, 6, 3; cf.

also: facio fraudem senatus consulto,

Cic. Att. 4, 12, 1.—

In gen., a law, precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner:

qui disciplinam suam legem vitae putet,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

communis condicio lexque vitae,

id. ib. 4, 29, 62; id. Balb. 7, 18:

haec lex in amicitia sauciatur,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

quaero cur vir bonus has sibi tam gravis leges imposuerit,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

lex veri rectique,

id. ib. 2, 9, 27:

aliquam legem vitae accipere,

Sen. Ep. 108, 6:

ad legem naturae revertamur,

id. ib. 25, 4:

leges in historia observandae,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 5:

quis nescit primam esse historiae legem, ne quid falsi dicere audeat?

id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3:

vetus est lex amicitiae, ut idem amici semper velint,

id. Planc. 2, 5:

hanc ad legem formanda est oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

versibus est certa quaedam et definita lex,

id. Or. 58:

legibus suis (i. e. philosophiae) parere,

id. Tusc. 5, 7, 19:

leges Epicuri,

id. ib. 5, 37, 108; 4, 4, 7; Sen. Ep. 94, 15; Suet. Ner. 24:

vetus lex sermonis,

Quint. 1, 5, 29:

contra leges loquendi,

id. 1, 8, 13:

lex et ratio loquendi,

Juv. 6, 453:

secundum grammaticam legem,

Gell. 13, 21, 22:

legem esse aiunt disciplinae dialecticae, etc.,

id. 16, 2, 1:

citharae leges,

Tac. A. 16, 4:

beneficii,

Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 4:

sic ingens rerum numerus jubet atque operum lex,

Juv. 7, 102:

scimus hujus opusculi illam esse legem, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 5:

qui titulus sola metri lege constringitur,

id. ib. 4, 14, 8.—Of things:

quā sidera lege mearent,

by what law, what rule, Ov. M. 15, 71.—Hence, sine lege, without order, in confusion, confusedly:

exspatiantur equi... quaque impetus egit, Hac sine lege ruunt,

Ov. M. 2, 204:

jacent collo sparsi sine lege capilli,

id. H. 15, 73:

haec in lege loci commoda Circus habet,

quality, nature, id. Am. 3, 2, 20; cf.:

sub lege loci sumit mutatque figuras,

id. Hal. 32.—

A contract, agreement, covenant:

oleam faciundam hac lege oportet locare, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 145:

in mancipii lege,

a contract of sale, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178; cf.:

Manilianas venalium vendendorum leges ediscere,

id. ib. 1, 58, 246: collegii Aesculapii, Inscr. ap. Fabrett. p. 724, n. 443.—

A condition, stipulation (cf. condicio).

In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

ego dabo ei talentum, primus qui in crucem excucurrerit, Set ca lege, ut offigantur bis pedes,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 13:

quia nequit, qua lege licuit velle dixit fieri,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 58: estne empta mi haec? Pe. His legibus [p. 1056] habeas licet, id. Ep. 3, 4, 39:

hac lege tibi adstringo meam fidem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

legibus dictis,

Liv. 9, 5, 3:

dicta tibi est lex,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18:

sed vos saevas imponite leges,

Juv. 7, 229.—

Hence of conditions or terms of peace:

pax data Philippo in has leges est,

Liv. 33, 30:

quibus ante dictum est legibus, pacem fecerunt,

id. 30, 43:

pacemque his legibus constituerunt,

Nep. Tim. 2:

se sub leges pacis iniquae Tradere,

Verg. A. 4, 618:

leges et foedera jungere,

id. ib. 12, 822:

in leges ire,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 27.—

In eccl. Lat. esp., the law of Moses:

nolite putare quoniam veni solvere legem,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 17; 11, 13;

often called lex Moysi,

id. Luc. 2, 22; id. Act. 15, 5;

but more freq. lex Domini,

id. Luc. 2, 23; id. Psa. 4, 2:

lex Dei,

id. 2 Esdr. 10, 28 sq.;

also cf.: lex Altissimi,

id. Eccl. 19, 21:

lex tua,

id. Psa. 39, 8; 118, 18:

lex mea,

id. Prov. 3, 1.—Also of a precept of the Mosaic law:

ista est lex animantium,

Vulg. Lev. 11, 46:

istae sunt leges quas constituit Dominus,

id. Num. 30, 17.

rĕ-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 ( fut. apoc. recipie, for recipiam, Cato ap. Fest. p. 138 and 236 Müll.; v. dico init.:

recepso, for recepero,

Cat. 44, 19), v. a. [capio].

To take back, get back, bring back; to retake, regain, recover.

Lit. (very freq. and class.):

dandis recipiendisque meritis,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

tu me sequere ad trapezitam... recipe actutum,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 49 (just before, ni argentum refers); cf.:

centum talenta et credidisse eos constat, et non recepisse,

Quint. 5, 10, 111; and (opp. mutuum dare) Mart. 3, 40, 4:

si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8 fin.:

obsides,

Suet. Aug. 21:

reges,

Liv. 2, 15:

recepto amico,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 27; 4, 2, 47. — Freq. of places, etc., once captured and lost, to retake:

cum Tarento amisso... aliquot post annos Maximus id oppidum recepisset... nunquam ego (Tarentum) recepissem, nisi tu perdidisses,

Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 273; cf. id. Sen. 4, 11:

Lavinium,

Liv. 2, 39;

so of other things: recipere suas res amissas,

Liv. 3, 63:

praeda omnis recepta est,

id. 3, 3:

signa, quae ademerant Parthi,

Suet. Tib. 9:

arma,

Liv. 9, 11; Curt. 4, 12, 17: pectore in adverso totum cui comminus ensem Condidit assurgenti, et multā morte recepit, drew out again, = retraxit, Verg. A. 9, 348; so,

sagittam ab alterā parte,

Cels. 7, 5, 2: suos omnes incolumes receperunt (sc. ex oppido in castra), drew off, withdrew, = reduxerunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 12 fin.; so,

milites defessos,

id. B. C. 1, 45 fin.:

exercitum,

Liv. 10, 42:

equitatum navibus ad se intra munitiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

illum ego... medio ex hoste recepi,

bore away, rescued, Verg. A. 6, 111.—

With se, to draw back, withdraw from or to any place, to betake one ' s self anywhere; in milit. lang., to retire, retreat:

se ex eo loco,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 10; cf.:

se e fano,

id. Poen. 4, 1, 5:

se ex opere,

id. Men. 5, 3, 7:

se ex hisce locis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21:

se e Siciliā,

id. Brut. 92, 318:

se ex fugā,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 102:

se inde,

id. B. G. 5, 15:

se hinc,

id. B. C. 1, 45 et saep.:

recipe te,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 8:

se,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45 (just before, reverti); Caes. B. C. 3, 45 (coupled with loco excedere); 3, 46; cf.:

sui recipiendi facultas,

id. B. G. 3, 4 fin.; 6, 37;

for which: se recipiendi spatium,

Liv. 10, 28:

recipe te ad erum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20:

se ad dominum,

id. ib. 4, 3, 1:

se ad nos,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 2:

se ad suos,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46; 7, 82; id. B. C. 3, 38; 3, 50; 3, 52 fin.:

se ad Caesarem (Allobroges, legati),

id. B. G. 1, 11; 4, 38:

se ad agmen,

id. ib. 7, 13; id. B. C. 3, 75 fin.:

se penitus ad extremos fines,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

se ad legionem,

id. ib. 7, 50 fin.:

se ad oppidum llerdam,

id. B. C. 1, 45:

se ad ordines suos,

id. ib. 2, 41:

se ad signa,

id. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 43 fin.:

se a pabulo ad stabulum,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 33:

inde se in currus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

se ex castris in oppidum,

id. B. C. 2, 35:

se in castra,

id. B. G. 2. 11 fin.; 2, 24; 3, 6; 3, 26 fin.;

4, 15 et saep.: se in fines,

id. ib. 4, 16:

se in Galliam,

id. ib. 4, 19 fin.:

se in montem,

id. ib. 1, 25: se in antiquas munitiones, id. B. C. 3, 54 fin.:

se in silvas ad suos,

id. B. G. 2, 19:

se in castra ad urbem,

id. B. C. 2, 25; 2, 26; cf.:

se retro in castra,

Liv. 23, 36;

and with this cf.: sese retro in Bruttios,

id. 23, 37;

and so, se, with rursus,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Pers. 4, 5, 6; id. Rud. 4, 6, 19; Caes. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 41 et saep.:

se in novissimos,

Liv. 7, 40:

se intra munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44; cf.:

se intra montes,

id. B. C. 1, 65:

se per declive,

id. ib. 3, 51:

se sub murum,

id. ib. 2, 14:

se trans Rhenum,

id. B. G. 6, 41:

se Larissam versus,

id. B. C. 3, 97:

se domum ex hostibus,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 52:

se domum,

id. ib. 2, 2, 31; id. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Aul. 2, 1, 55:

se Adrumetum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23:

se Hispalim,

id. ib. 2, 20:

se Dyrrhachium ad Pompeium,

id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:

se illuc,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 10; id. Merc. 5, 2, 40; id. Ps. 3, 1, 23 al.; cf.:

se huc esum ad praesepim suam,

id. Curc. 2, 1, 13:

se eo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25 et saep. — In the same meaning, without se: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.); cf.

of a military retreat: si quo erat longius prodeundum aut celerius recipiendum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48 fin.; so without se after the verbum finitum several times in Plaut.:

rursum in portum recipimus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 60:

dum recipis,

id. Rud. 3, 6, 42:

actutum face recipias,

id. Merc. 2, 4, 30. —

Transf.

In business lang., to keep back, retain, reserve (cf. Gell. 17, 6, 6):

posticulum hoc recepit, quom aedis vendidit,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 157; so in a sale, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226; Cic. Top. 26, 100; Dig. 19, 1, 53; 8, 4, 10: mulier magnam dotem dat et magnam pecuniam recipit, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 8. — With object-clause, Cato, R. R. 149, 2. — With dat.:

aqua, itinere, actu domini usioni recipitur,

Cato, R. R. 149, 2.—

To restore (late Lat.):

urbem munitissimam,

to fortify anew, Amm. 16, 3, 2. —

Trop., to get back, bring back; to receive again, regain, recover:

ut antiquam frequentiam recipere vastam ac desertam bellis urbem paterentur,

Liv. 24, 3:

jus,

Quint. 5, 10, 118:

et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit,

got back, Ov. M. 3, 384:

quam (vitam) postquam recepi,

received again, id. ib. 15, 535: anhelitum, to recover one ' s breath, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 21; id. Merc. 3, 4, 16; cf.

spiritum,

Quint. 11, 3, 55:

animam,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 26; Quint. 6, prooem. §

13: a tanto pavore recipere animos,

Liv. 21, 5, 16 Weissenb.:

a pavore animum,

id. 2, 50, 10:

e pavore recepto animo,

id. 44, 10, 1;

for which: animos ex pavore,

id. 21, 5 fin.:

recepto animo,

Curt. 6, 9, 2; 9, 5, 29:

animum vultumque,

Ov. F. 4, 615:

mente receptā,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 104:

(vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipere,

to bring it back, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —

In zeugma (cf. I. A. supra): arma et animos,

Curt. 4, 12, 17.—

With se.

To betake one ' s self, withdraw, retire from or to any place:

ad ingenium vetus versutum te recipis tuum,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 7:

ad frugem bonam,

Cic. Cael. 12, 28:

ad reliquam cogitationem belli,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17 fin.:

se a voluptatibus in otium,

Plin. Pan. 82, 8:

se in principem,

to resume his princely air, id. ib. 76, 5.— More freq.,

To recover, to collect one ' s self:

difficulter se recipiunt,

regain strength, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

quae cum intuerer stupens, ut me recepi, Quis hic, inquam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

nullum spatium respirandi recipiendique se dedit,

Liv. 10, 28:

se ex terrore ac fugā,

Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

se ex timore,

id. ib. 4, 34:

se ex fugā,

id. ib. 4, 27:

nondum totā me mente recepi,

Ov. M. 5, 275.

(Acc. to re, I. b.) To take to one ' s self, admit, accept, receive; constr. with the simple acc., with ad, or in and acc., in and abl., with simple abl., with a local acc.

Lit.

With simple acc.:

quos homines quondam Laurentis terra recepit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.): (ego) excludor, ille recipitur,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 79:

aliquem,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:

hic nulla munitio est, quae perterritos recipiat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 39; cf.:

hos tutissimus portus recipiebat,

id. B. C. 3, 27; 1, 15; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.;

3, 35: eum Jugurtha accuratissime recepit,

Sall. J. 16, 3:

neque quisquam aut expulsus invidiosius aut receptus est laetius,

Vell. 2, 45, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 14; 9, 2, 89:

nisi nos vicina Trivici Villa recepisset,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 80 [p. 1533] et saep.:

quisnam istic fluvius est, quem non recipiat mare?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 86; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 10; and:

(Peneus) accipit amnem Orcon nec recipit,

i. e. does not take it to itself, does not mingle with it, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:

equus frenum recepit,

received, submitted to, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:

necesse erat, ab latere aperto tela recipi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35. —

With ad:

recipe me ad te,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 9; id. Am. 3, 2, 11; id. Rud. 2, 3, 20; id. Ps. 3, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 6; Suet. Caes. 63:

aliquem ad epulas,

Cic. Top. 5, 25; cf.:

ad lusum,

Suet. Ner. 11. —

With in and acc.:

recipe me in tectum,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 16:

concubinam in aedes,

id. Mil. 4, 3, 3:

nos in custodiam tuam,

id. Rud. 3, 3, 34:

Tarquinium in civitatem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31; Liv. 2, 5; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 6:

aliquem in ordinem senatorium,

Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

aliquem in fidem,

id. Fam. 13, 19, 2; id. Att. 15, 14, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 15; 4, 22:

aliquem in civitatem,

Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

aliquem in caelum,

id. N. D. 3, 15, 39:

aliquem in deditionem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 21 fin.; Liv. 8, 13; Suet. Calig. 14 al.:

aliquem in jus dicionemque,

Liv. 21, 61:

aliquem in amicitiam,

Sall. J. 14, 5; 5, 4 Kritz N. cr.:

aliquam in matrimonium,

Suet. Caes. 50; Just. 9, 5, 9 et saep. —

With in and abl. (rare and in purely local relations; v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 5, 4):

aliquem in loco,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 3:

loricati in equis recipiuntur, Auct. B. Hisp. 4, 2: sidera in caelo recepta,

Ov. M. 2, 529 (but in Liv. 24, 32, 6, the correct read. is tuto Hexapylo, without in; v. Weissenb. ad h. l.). —

With simple abl. (mostly in purely local relations):

ut tuo recipias tecto servesque nos,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 18; so,

aliquem tecto,

Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:

exercitum tectis ac sedibus suis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90:

aliquem suis urbibus,

id. Fl. 25, 61:

aliquem civitate,

id. Balb. 14, 32:

aliquem finibus suis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 6; 7, 20 fin.:

aliquem oppido ac portu,

id. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 102 fin.:

aliquem moenibus,

Sall. J. 28, 2:

Romulus caelo receptus,

Quint. 3, 7, 5:

receptus Terra Neptunus,

Hor. A. P. 63 et saep. —

With local acc.:

me Acheruntem recipere Orcus noluit,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 68:

aliquem domum suam,

Cic. Arch. 3, 5; cf.:

aliquem domum ad se hospitio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20.—

Absol.:

plerosque hi, qui receperant, celant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—

Transf.

In business lang., to take in, receive as the proceeds of any thing:

dena milia sestertia ex melle,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11:

pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

pecunia, quae recipi potest,

id. ib. 2, 18, 47. —

In gladiator's lang.: recipe ferrum, receive your death-blow, the cry of the people to a vanquished gladiator whom they were not inclined to spare, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41 Kühn.; Sen. Tranq. 11, 1;

for which: totum telum corpore,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 33; and:

ense recepto,

Luc. 2, 194 Corte.—

Milit. t. t., to seize, capture, take possession of, occupy: mittit in Siciliam Curionem pro praetore cum legionibus duo;

eundem, cum Siciliam recepisset, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 30:

Praeneste non vi, sed per deditionem receptum est,

Liv. 6, 29:

Aegyptum sine certamine,

Just. 11, 11, 1:

eo oppido recepto,

Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:

civitatem,

id. ib. 6, 8; 7, 90; id. B. C. 1, 12; 1, 16; 1, 30;

3, 16: Aetoliam,

id. ib. 3, 55:

rempublicam armis,

Sall. C. 11, 4:

Alciden terra recepta vocat,

the subjugated earth, Prop. 5, 9, 38. —

In the later medical lang., of medicines, to receive, i. e. be compounded of various ingredients:

antidotos recipit haec: stoechados, marrubii, etc.,

Scrib. Comp. 106; so id. ib. 27; 28; 37; 52 al. (hence the mod. Lat. receptum, receipt, and recipe).—

Trop.

To take to or upon one ' s self, to assume; to receive, accept, admit, allow, endechomai:

non edepol istaec tua dicta nunc in aures recipio,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 34; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 91:

jusjurandum,

id. 5, 6, 1; 3; cf. id. 7, 1, 24: in semet ipsum religionem recipere, to draw upon one ' s self, Liv. 10, 40:

quae legibus cauta sunt, quae persuasione in mores recepta sunt,

admitted, Quint. 5, 10, 13; cf. id. 10, 7, 15:

antiquitas recepit fabulas... haec aetas autem respuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 10; cf. Quint. 6, 4, 19:

nec inconstantiam virtus recipit nec varietatem natura patitur,

Cic. Rep. 3, 11, 18; cf. Vell. 2, 130, 3: non recipit istam Conjunctionem honestas, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

assentatio nocere nemini potest, nisi ei, qui eam recipit atque eă delectatur,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

timor misericordiam non recipit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

casus recipere (res),

to admit, be liable to, id. B. C. 1, 78; so,

aliquem casum (res),

id. ib. 3, 51:

re jam non ultra recipiente cunctationem,

Liv. 29, 24; Vell. 2, 52, 3:

sed hoc distinctionem recipit,

Just. Inst. 1, 12 pr.:

si recipiatur poëtica fabulositas,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101:

in hoc genere prorsus recipio hanc brevem annotationem,

Quint. 10, 7, 31; cf. id. 8, 3, 31:

nos necessarios maxime atque in usum receptos (tropos) exequemur,

id. 8, 6, 2; cf. id. 8, 6, 32; 5, 11, 20; 11, 3, 104; so with a subj.-clause, id. 1, 3, 14; 6, 3, 103; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 24 al.—

Of opinions, etc., to adopt, embrace (late Lat.):

alicujus sententiam,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 39, 1:

opinionem,

id. Dial. 1, 17, 5.—

In partic.

To take upon one ' s self, undertake, accept the performance of a task consigned or intrusted to one (whereas suscipio denotes, in gen., the voluntary undertaking of any action; cf.:

spondeo, stipulor, polliceor): recepi causam Siciliae... ego tamen hoc onere suscepto et receptā causā Siciliensi amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius. Suscepi enim causam totius ordinis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1:

in hoc judicio mihi Siculorum causam receptam, populi Romani susceptam esse videor,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; and:

in quo est illa magna offensio vel neglegentiae susceptis rebus vel perfidiae receptis,

id. de Or. 2, 24, 101; cf. also Quint. 12, 1, 39:

verebamini, ne non id facerem, quod recepissem semel?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 9:

causam Sex. Roscii,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 2:

mandatum,

id. ib. 38, 112:

officium,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

curam ad se,

Suet. Tit. 6.—

To take an obligation upon one ' s self, to pledge one ' s self, pass one ' s word, be surety for a thing, to warrant, promise, engage a thing to any one, = anadechomai (a favorite word of Cic., esp. in his Epistles): Pe. Tute unus si recipere hoc ad te dicis... Pa. Dico et recipio Ad me, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 74; cf.:

ad me recipio: Faciet,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 12:

promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 3; cf.:

spondeo in meque recipio eos esse, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 17, 3.—With obj.-clause:

promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; so with hoc, id. Fam. 13, 50, 2 (with spondeo); 6, 12, 3; 13, 41, 2 (with confirmo); id. Att. 5, 13, 2; Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4; Liv. 7, 14 Drak.; 33, 13 fin.:

pro Cassio et te, si quid me velitis recipere, recipiam,

Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 4. — With de:

de aestate polliceris vel potius recipis,

Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2; Liv. 40, 35; cf.

also: sed fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me,

had given him a solemn assurance, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2.— With dat. (after the analogy of promitto, polliceor, spondeo):

ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5; cf.: omnia ei et petenti recepi et ultro pollicitus sum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 1; 7, 1:

mihi,

id. ib. 10, 13, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 82 fin.:

quid sibi is de me recepisset, in memoriam redegit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 9.—With dat. and obj.-clause:

mihi in Cumano diligentissime se, ut annui essemus, defensurum receperat,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5;

so,

id. Fam. 6, 12, 3 Manut. (with confirmare); 13, 72, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 17; Suet. Caes. 23 fin. —

In jurid. lang.: recipere nomen, of the prætor, to receive or entertain a charge against one, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; 2, 2, 42, § 102; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; Val. Max. 3, 7, 9;

for which: recipere reum,

Tac. A. 2, 74 fin.; 4, 21:

aliquem inter reos,

id. ib. 3, 70; 13, 10. —Hence,

rĕceptus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), received, usual, current, customary (post-class. and very rare):

auctoritas receptior,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 5: scriptores receptissimi, Sol. praef.—

rĕceptum, i, n. subst. (acc. to II. B. 2. b.), an engagement, obligation, guaranty:

satis est factum Siculis, satis promisso nostro ac recepto,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139; cf.:

promissum et receptum intervertit,

id. Phil. 2, 32, 79.

rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum (ruiturus, a, um, Ov. M. 4, 459; Luc. 7, 404; Mart. 1, 88, 4; Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 8; gen. plur. part. ruentum, Verg. A. 11, 886), 3, v. n. and a., to fall with violence, rush down; to fall down, tumble down, go to ruin (cf.: labor, procumbo, cado).

Neutr. (very freq. and class.).

Lit. Rarely of persons:

caedebant pariter pariterque ruebant Victores victique,

Verg. A. 10, 756; so Val. Fl. 7, 642.—Of things:

ruere illa non possunt, ut haec non eodem labefacta motu concidant,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

spectacula runnt,

fell down, tumbled down, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47; cf.:

parietes ruunt,

id. Most. 1, 2, 36:

lateres veteres,

id. Truc. 2, 2, 50; so,

aedes,

id. Am. 5, 1, 43; id. Most. 1, 2, 69:

omnia tecta (supra aliquem),

Lucr. 4, 403; Liv. 4, 21, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 68 al.:

altae turres,

Lucr. 5, 307:

moles et machina mundi,

id. 5, 96:

murus,

Liv. 21, 11:

templa deum,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104;

aulaea,

id. ib. 2, 8, 71:

acervus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 47:

murus latius quam caederetur,

Liv. 21, 11:

tecta in agris,

id. 4, 21:

silices a montibus altis,

Lucr. 5, 314:

alto a culmine Troja,

Verg. A. 2, 290.— Poet.:

caeli templa,

Lucr. 1, 1105: ruit arduus aether, it rains, or the rain descends in torrents, Verg. G. 1, 324; cf. id. A. 8, 525:

caelum imbribus immodicis,

Mart. 3, 100, 3; cf.:

caelum in se,

Liv. 40, 58:

ruit imbriferum ver,

i.e. is ending, hastening to its close, Verg. G. 1, 313; cf.:

turbidus imber aquā,

id. A. 5, 695:

tempestas,

Tac. A. 1, 30.

Prov.: caelum ruit, the sky is falling; of any thing very improbable: Cl. Quid tum, quaeso, si hoc pater resciverit? Sy. Quid si nunc caelum ruat? Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 41. —

Transf., of rapid, hasty movements, to hasten, hurry, run, rush (cf.:

volo, curro): id ne ferae quidem faciunt, ut ita ruant atque turbentur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; cf. id. Att. 7, 7, 7:

(Pompeium) ruere nuntiant et jam jamque adesse,

id. ib. 7, 20, 1:

huc omnis turba ruebat,

Verg. A. 6, 305:

Aeneadae in ferrum ruebant,

id. ib. 8, 648:

per proelia,

id. ib. 12, 526:

quidam inermes ultro ruere ac se morti offerre,

Tac. Agr. 37:

contis gladiisque ruerent,

id. A. 6, 35:

in aquam caeci ruebant,

Liv. 1, 27 fin.:

in castra fugientes,

id. 24, 16, 2: in vulnera ac tela, id. 26, 44:

promiscue in concubitus,

id. 3, 47:

eques pedesque certatim portis ruere,

id. 27, 41:

ad urbem infesto agmine,

id. 3, 3:

ad portas,

Tac. A. 1, 66:

ad convivium,

id. H. 2, 68 fin.:

per vias,

id. ib. 5, 22:

destinatā morte in proelium,

Flor. 2, 18, 12:

ruebant laxatis habenis aurigae,

Curt. 4, 15, 3:

de montibus amnes,

Verg. A. 4, 164:

flumina per campos,

Ov. M. 1, 285:

in Galliam Rhenus,

Tac. H. 5, 19.— Poet., of time:

vertitur interea caelum et ruit Oceano Nox,

i.e. hastens up, sets in, Verg. A. 2, 250:

revoluta ruebat dies,

was advancing, hastening on, id. ib. 10, 256; cf. of the setting of the sun, Val. Fl. 1, 274; App. M. 3, p. 136, 19.— Of sound, to break forth:

antrum, unde ruunt totidem voces, responsa Sibyllae,

Verg. A. 6, 44.—

Trop.

(Acc. to A. 1.) To fall, fail, sink (very rare):

ratio ruat omnis,

Lucr. 4, 507:

quae cum accidunt nemo est quin intellegat, ruere illam rem publicam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 12:

Vitellium ne prosperis quidem parem, adeo ruentibus debilitatum,

by his falling fortunes, Tac. H. 3, 64:

tam florentes Atheniensium opes ruisse,

Just. 5, 1, 9.—

(Acc. to A. 2.) To rush, dash, hurry, hasten, run, etc. (freq. and class.):

tamquam ad interitum ruerem voluntarium,

Cic. Marcell. 5, 14:

emptorem pati ruere et per errorem in maximam fraudem incurrere,

to act hastily, commit an oversight, id. Off. 3, 13, 55; cf. Liv. 3, 11:

cum cotidie rueret,

Cic. Sest. 64, 133; id. Att. 2, 14, 1; Quint. 2, 20, 2:

compescere ruentes,

Tac. H. 1, 56; 2, 63 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 34:

ad seditiones et discordias et bella civilia,

id. ib. 1, 46:

crudelitatis odio in crudelitatem ruitis,

Liv. 3, 53:

in servitium,

Tac. A. 1, 7:

in exitium,

id. H. 1, 84:

in sua fata,

Ov. M. 6, 51:

omnia fatis In pejus,

Verg. G. 1, 200:

quo scelesti ruitis?

Hor. Epod. 7, 1:

quo ruis,

Verg. A. 10, 811; Ov. M. 9, 428:

multos video, quā vel impudentiā vel fames duxit, ruentes,

Quint. 2, 20, 2.— Poet., with inf.:

quo ruis imprudens, vage, dicere fata?

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 71:

scire ruunt,

Luc. 7, 751; Stat. Th. 7, 177; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 387.— Impers. pass.:

ut ferme fugiendo in media fata ruitur,

Liv. 8, 24.—

Act., to cast down with violence, to dash down, tumble down, hurl to the ground, prostrate (except the jurid. phrase ruta caesa, perh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for in the passage, Cic. Att. 2, 15, 2, seu ruet seu eriget rem publicam, ruet might be neutr.)

Lit.:

imbres fluctusque... frangere malum, Ruere antennas, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

naves (vis venti),

Lucr. 1, 272:

res impetibus crebris (venti),

id. 1, 293:

ceteros ruerem, agerem, raperem, funderem et prosternerem,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21:

immanem molem volvuntque ruuntque,

Verg. A. 9, 516:

cumulos ruit pinguis harenae,

breaks down, levels, id. G. 1, 105: sese superne in praedam, to cast one ' s self upon, App. Flor. 1, p. 341, 6.—

Poet., transf., to cast up from the bottom, to turn up, throw up, rake up: cum mare permotum ventis, ruit intus harenam, casts up (syn. eruit), Lucr. 6, 726; cf.:

totum (mare) a sedibus imis (venti),

Verg. A. 1, 85:

spumas salis aere,

id. ib. 1, 35:

cinerem et confusa Ossa focis,

id. ib. 11, 211:

atram nubem ad caelum (ignis),

id. G. 2, 308:

unde Divitias aerisque ruam, dic, augur, acervos,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 22.—Hence, rŭtus, a, um, P. a., found only in the phrase rūta et caesa or rūta caesa (acc. to Varro, the u was pronounced long, although it is short in the compounds erutus, obrutus, etc.:

in venditionis lege fundi ruta caesa ita dicimus, ut U producamus,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 104).—In jurid. lang., every thing dug up (ruta) and cut down (caesa) on an estate without being wrought, and which is reserved by the owner at a sale; the timber and minerals: si ruta et caesa excipiantur in venditione, ea placuit esse ruta, quae eruta sunt, ut harena, creta et similia;

caesa ea esse, ut arbores caesas, et carbones et his similia, etc.,

Dig. 19, 1, 17:

in rutis caesis ea sunt, quae terrā non tenentur, quaeque opere structili tectoriove non continentur,

ib. 50, 16, 241:

ruta caesa dicuntur, quae venditor possessionis sui usus gratiā concidit ruendoque contraxit,

Fest. p. 262 Müll.:

ut venditores, cum aedes fundumve vendiderint rutis caesis receptis, concedant tamen aliquid emptori, quod ornandi causā apte et loco positum esse videatur,

Cic. Top. 26, 100: dicet te ne in rutis quidem et caesis solium tibl fraternum recepisse, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

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ădoptĭo, ōnis, f. [v. adoptatio], a taking or receiving of one in the place of a child (also of a grandchild, Dig. 1, 7, 10), an adopting, adoption (properly of one still under paternal authority, in patria potestate; on the contr., arrogatio referred to one who was already independent, homo sui juris. The former took place before the praetor or other magistrate and five witnesses, by a threefold mancipatio, i. e. sham sale;

the latter could only be effected before the assembled people in the comitia curiata,

Gell. 5, 19; Just. Inst. 1, 11; Dig. 1, 7. More used than adoptatio, q. v.):

emancipare filium alicui in adoptionem,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7:

dare se alicui in adoptionem,

Vell. 2, 8, 2; Suet. Tib. 2; cf. Liv. 45, 40:

adscire aliquem per adoptionem,

Tac. A. 1, 3;

or, in adoptionem,

id. H. 2, 1:

inserere aliquem familiae per adoptionem,

Suet. Claud. 39 fin.:

adscitus adoptione in imperium et cognomentum,

Tac. A. 11, 11:

adoptio in Domitium festinatur,

id. ib. 12, 25:

adoptionem nuncupare,

to make known, to announce, id. H. 1, 17: adoptio consularis, performed by a consul, Quint. prooem. 6, 13 Spald. al.—

Transf., of plants, the ingrafting, Plin. prooem. 1, 16.—Of bees, the admittance to or reception in a new hive:

ut tamquam novae prolis adoptione domicilia confirmentur,

Col. 9, 13, 9.—In eccl. Lat., in spiritual sense of adoption as children of God:

adoptionem filiorum Dei,

Vulg. Rom. 8, 23; ib. Gal. 4, 5; ib. Ephes. 1, 5.

ălĭēno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.] (purely prosaic, but class.).

Orig., to make one person or thing another:

facere, ut aliquis alius sit. Thus, in Plaut., Sosia says to Mercury, who represented himself as Sosia: certe edepol tu me alienabis numquam, quin noster siem,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 243. So also Pliny:

sacopenium, quod apud nos gignitur, in totum transmarino alienatur,

is entirely other than, different from, the transmarine one, Plin. 20, 18, 75, § 197.—Hence, of things, a t. t. in the Roman lang. of business, to make something the property of another, to alienate, to transfer by sale (in the jurid. sense, diff. from vendere: Alienatum non proprie dicitur, quod adhuc in dominio venditoris manet? venditum tamen recte dicetur, Dig. 50, 16, 67; the former, therefore, includes the idea of a complete transfer of the thing sold):

pretio parvo ea, quae accepissent a majoribus, vendidisse atque alienāsse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60:

venire vestras res proprias atque in perpetuum a vobis alienari,

id. Agr. 2, 21, 54:

vectigalia (opp. frui),

id. ib. 2, 13, 33; so Varr. R. R. 2, 1; Dig. 4, 7, 4.—Esp., to remove, separate, make foreign:

urbs maxuma alienata,

Sall. J. 48, 1.—

Transf. to mental objects, and with esp. reference to that from which any person or thing is separated or removed, to cast off, to alienate, estrange, set at variance, render averse, make enemies ( Abalienatus dicitur, quem quis a se removerit; alienatus, qui alienus est factus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll.; class., esp. freq. in the part. alienatus).

In gen.:

eum omnibus eadem res publica reconciliavit, quae alienārat,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

legati alienati,

id. Pis. 96:

alienati sunt peccatores,

Vulg. Psa. 51, 4; ib. Col. 1, 21:

alienari a Senatu,

Cic. Att. 1, 14:

studium ab aliquo,

id. Pis. 76:

si alienatus fuerit a me,

Vulg. Ezech. 14, 7:

alienati a viā Dei,

ib. Eph. 4, 18:

voluntatem ab aliquo,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38; id. Fam. 3, 6:

tantā contumeliā acceptā omnium suorum voluntates alienare (sc. a se),

Caes. B. G. 7, 10:

voluntate alienati,

Sall. J. 66, 2; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1:

falsā suspitione alienatum esse,

neglected, discarded, Sall. C. 35, 3:

animos eorum alienare a causā,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 21:

a dictatore animos,

Liv. 8, 35:

sibi animum alicujus,

Vell. 2, 112; Tac. H. 1, 59; Just. 1, 7, 18.—

Esp.

Mentem alienare alicui, to take away or deprive of reason, to make crazy, insane, to drive mad (not before the Aug. per., perh. first by Livy):

erat opinio Flaccum minus compotem fuisse sui: vulgo Junonis iram alienāsse mentem ferebant,

Liv. 42, 28:

signum alienatae mentis,

of insanity, Suet. Aug. 99:

alienata mens,

Sall. Rep. Ord. 2, 12, 6 (cf. Liv. 25, 39: alienatus sensibus).—And absol.:

odor sulfuris saepius haustus alienat,

deprives of reason, Sen. Q. N. 2, 53.—Hence, pass.:

alienari mente,

to be insane, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93:

ita alienatus mente Antiochus (erat),

Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 17.—

In medic. lang.: alienari, of parts of the body, to die, perish:

intestina momento alienantur,

Cels. 7, 16; 8, 10; 5, 26, n. 23:

in corpore alienato,

Sen. Ep. 89:

(spodium) alienata explet,

Plin. 23, 4, 38, § 76.—

Alienari ab aliquā re, to keep at a distance from something, i. e. to be disinclined to, have an aversion for, to avoid = abhorrere (only in Cic.):

a falsā assensione magis nos alienatos esse quam a ceteris rebus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18:

alienari ab interitu iisque rebus, quae interitum videantur afferre,

id. ib. 3, 5, 16.

cŏrōno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [corona], to furnish with a garland or crown, to crown, wreathe (class., esp. freq. in the poets).

Lit., aliquid or aliquem:

templa,

Ov. M. 8, 264; cf.:

postes lauro,

Quint. 8, 6, 32:

aras,

Prop. 3 (4), 10, 19:

deos fragili myrto,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 15:

puppim,

Ov. F. 4, 335:

cratera,

Verg. G. 2, 528 (cf.:

magnum cratera coronā Induit,

id. A. 3, 525); so,

crateras magnos statuunt et vina coronant,

id. A. 1, 724; 7, 147 Forbig. ad loc. (cf. Nitsch. ad Hom. Od. 1, 419; Buttman, Lexil. 2, p. 100; others, less correctly, render, fill to the brim, comparing kratêras epestepsanto potoio, Hom. Il. 1, 470):

epulae quas inibant propinqui coronati,

Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63.— Mid.:

hederā coronantur Bacchico ritu,

Macr. S. 1, 18, 2. —In the Gr. constr.:

coronatus malobathro Syrio capillos,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 7:

eodem anno (459 A. U. C.) coronati primum ob res bello bene gestas ludos Romanos spectaverunt,

Liv. 10, 47, 3; cf.

of the crowning of victors (soldiers, poets, pugilists, etc.),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; Quint. 10, 1, 66; 11, 2, 11; Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19 al.;

so also comoediam de sententiā judicum,

to award the prize to it, Suet. Claud. 11.—Unusual constr.:

tunc de oratoribus coronatus,

i. e. crowned as victor in the contest with the orators, Suet. Dom. 13 (cf.:

triumphare de aliquo, s. v. triumpho, I. A.).—And in the Gr. manner: quis... Magna coronari contemnat Olympia?

to be crowned in the Olympic games, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50.—To the crowning of captives for sale (cf. corona, I. B.) reference is made in the passage: ut coronatus veniat, Cato ap. Gell. 6 (7), 4, 5.—

Trop., to receive as the prize of victory:

nomine novo coronari,

Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 10.—

Meton., to surround, encompass, enclose something in a circular form, to wreathe:

cervices collumque,

Lucr. 2, 802:

Silva coronat aquas cingens latus omne,

Ov. M. 5, 388; so id. ib. 9, 335:

castra suggesta humo (previously praecingit),

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 8; cf.:

omnem abitum custode,

Verg. A. 9, 380; and:

nemus densā statione,

Stat. Th. 2, 526:

solem itineribus (stellarum),

Vitr. 9, 4.

ĕt, conj. [Sanscr. ati, beyond; Gr. eti, besides, yet; Lat. et-iam, at-avus], serves to connect, in the most general manner, single words or entire sentences, and.

In gen.: qui illius impudentiam norat et duritudinem, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 2, 20: te sale nata precor, Venus et genetrix patris nostri, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 16 (Ann. v. 53 ed. Vahlen): blande et docte percontat, Naev. ap. Non. 474, 7:

ut, quoad possem et liceret, a senis latere numquam discederem,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

de quo praeclare et multa praecipiuntur,

id. Or. 21, 70:

qui filium consularem clarum virum et magnis rebus gestis amisit,

id. Fam. 4, 6; cf.:

major (frater) et qui prius imperitarat,

Liv. 21, 31:

haec pueris et mulierculis et servis et servorum simillimis liberis esse grata,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57 et saep.:

salicta locis aquosis, humectis, umbrosis, propter amnes ibi seri oportet. Et id videto, uti, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 9:

optime vero, frater: et fleri sic decet,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3 fin.:

qua de re est igitur inter summos viros major dissensio? Et omitto illa, quae relicta jam videntur,

id. Ac. 2, 42 et saep.

In partic.

To subjoin a word or phrase which more accurately defines or more briefly comprehends what goes before, and indeed, and moreover, and that too:

te enim jam appello, et ea voce, ut me exaudire possis,

Cic. Mil. 25, 67:

at laudat, et saepe, virtutem,

id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48; cf.:

id, et facile, effici posse,

Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

errabas, Verres, et vehementer errabas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121;

so with a repetition of the same word: hostis et hostis,

id. ib. 2, 2, 21, §

51: tenetur, judices, et manifeste tenetur,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65, § 152; id. Cat. 3, 10; id. Deiot. 3; id. Mil. 23, 61 al.; Liv. 26, 13; Sen. de Clem. 15 et saep.:

haec nostra ut exigua et minima contemnimus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 127; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 32:

nulla enim nobis societas cum tyrannis, et potius summa distractio est,

id. Off. 3, 6, 32; cf.: cur eo non estis contenti? et cur id potius contenditis, quod? [p. 661] etc., id. Ac. 2, 17, 74:

si te ipse et tuas cogitationes et studia perspexeris,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 69:

omitto illa, quae relicta jam videntur, et Herillum, qui in cognitione et scientia summum bonum ponit,

id. Ac. 2, 42:

Romani, quibus Poeni et Hannibal in cervicibus erat,

Just. 29, 3, 7:

studiose ab his siderum magnitudines, intervalla, cursus anquirebantur et cuncta caelestia,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 10:

valde a Xenocrate et Aristotele et ab illa Platonis familia discreparet,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 55 et saep.:

et appetendi et refugiendi et omnino rerum gerendarum initia proficiscuntur aut a voluptate aut a dolore,

Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 42. —

To connect things similar or dissimilar after the words aeque, par, idem, similis, alius, etc. (more commonly atque, v. atque, I. 2.), as, than, and:

nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67, v. aeque:

omnia fuisse in Themistocle paria et in Coriolano,

Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf.:

nunc tu mihi es germanus pariter corpore et animo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 34:

Clodius eadem hora Interamnae fuerat et Romae,

Cic. Mil. 17 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 58, 11:

haec eodem tempore Caesari referebantur, et legati veniebant, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 37, 1:

similem sibi videri vitam hominum et mercatum eum, qui, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9; cf.:

neu simili forma et quom, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 416 and 420:

nec ratione alia, et cum,

id. 1, 280:

non enim alia causa est aequitatis in uno servo et in pluribus,

than, Cic. Caecin. 20, 57; id. Off. 2, 18; id. de Or. 3, 18, 66; id. Cael. 28 fin.; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 3:

aliter doctos (loqui) et indoctos?

Cic. Fin. 5, 29 fin. —

To connect two immediately successive points of time (only in poets and historians, esp. since the Aug. per.; cf. atque, II. C.), often to be rendered in English by when, and then: advenit, et navibu' complevit litora, Poeta ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31 fin.:

dixit, et extemplo... sensit medios delapsus in hostes,

Verg. A. 2, 376:

dixit (dixerat), et,

id. ib. 1, 402; 2, 705; 3, 258; Val. Fl. 1, 569; Stat. Th. 2, 120 al.; cf.:

nec plura effatus et,

Verg. A. 8, 443:

sic fatus et,

Stat. Th. 12, 773:

nec longum tempus et ingens exiit arbos,

Verg. G. 2, 80; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 300; Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8; Tac. H. 2, 95:

vix prima inceperat aestas, Et pater Anchises dare fatis vela jubebat,

Verg. A. 3, 9; so,

vix... et,

id. ib. 5, 858; 6, 498; Stat. Th. 2, 293; cf.:

vixdum... et,

Liv. 43, 4, 10; cf.

also: simul haec effatur, et, etc.,

Luc. 6, 246.—

After an imperative, to subjoin the consequence of an action ( poet. and in postAug. prose), and then:

dic quibus in terris, et eris mihi magnus Apollo,

Verg. E. 3, 104; Ov. Am. 2, 14, 44; Phaedr. 3, 5, 7; Luc. 4, 487; 2, 515; Sen. de Clem. 1, 16; Plin. Pan. 43, 3; 45, 6: sit mihi, quod nunc est, etiam minus;

et mihi vivam Quod superest aevi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 107.—

To subjoin the minor proposition (assumptio or propositio minor) in a syllogism, now, but (cf. atque, II.):

eorum, qui videntur, alia vera sunt, alia falsa: et quod falsum, id percipi non potest: nullum igitur est, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 13, 40; id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9; 5, 17; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33 al.—

With an accessory affirmative notion, and in fact, and indeed, and truly, and so:

multa me sollicitant... et sexcenta sunt, Cic. Att! 2, 19: et sunt illa sapientis,

id. Tusc. 3, 8 fin.; id. Leg. 2, 3, 7:

et erat, ut retuli, clementior,

Tac. A. 2, 57: jam pridem a me illos abducere Thestylis orat;

Et faciet, quoniam sordent tibi munera nostra,

Verg. E. 2, 44 et saep.:

estne ille noster Parmeno? et certe ipsus est,

Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 4;

with certe,

id. Ad. 1, 1, 53;

with hercle,

Cic. Brut. 72; id. Fin. 2, 8; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2.—

To subjoin an emphatic question or exclamation:

et sunt qui de via Appia querantur, taceant de curia?

Cic. Mil. 33, 91; id. Sest. 39, 80; id. Clu. 40, 111; id. Phil. 1, 8 et saep.; Verg. G. 2, 433; id. A. 1, 48; Ov. M. 13, 338 al.:

et his tot criminibus testimoniisque convictus in eorum tabella spem sibi aliquam proponit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16 fin.; id. Mil. 12 fin.; Plin. Pan. 28, 6; Flor. 4, 2, 89.—Esp. with quisquam:

et quisquam dubitabit quin, etc.,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 42 Matthiae; Ov. Am. 3, 8, 1 al.—

To connect an idea as either homogeneous or complementary to that which precedes, and so too, and also, and moreover, and at the same time; too, also, likewise (hence, often in Liv., Curt., and late Lat., rarely in Cic., = etiam; cf. Anton. Stud. pp. 26-69;

Krebs, Antibarb. p. 420): Terentia te maxime diligit salutemque tibi plurimam ascribit, et Tulliola, deliciae nostrae,

Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.: Ge. Salvus sis. Di. Et tu salve, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 44; id. Trin. 1, 2, 11; id. Mil. 4, 8, 42; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 122;

for which: salve et tu,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 42; v. the foll.:

haec ipsa mihi sunt voluptati: et erant illa Torquatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:

ubi tunc eras? Romae. Verum quid ad rem? et alii multi,

id. Rosc. Am. 33, 92; cf.

ib. § 94: et illud videndum quanto magis homines mala fugiant,

id. Part. 26:

et mihi sunt vires, et mihi facta tuba'st!

Tib. 2, 6, 10; cf. Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 83:

nihil verius. Probe et ille,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73; so,

et ille,

id. ib. 3, 13 fin.:

et ipse,

id. Caecin. 20 fin.; so id. de Or. 1, 46, 202; Liv. 1, 12; 6, 3; 41, 24 et saep.; cf.:

simul et ille,

Cic. Clu. 4, 10; 17, 48; 57, 155; id. Verr. 2, 5, 1:

simul et iste,

id. ib. 2, 1, 41; Sall. J. 20, 1 et saep.:

et nunc ego amore pereo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 14; so,

et nunc,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 7; Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40; id. Fam. 13, 54, 2; Caes. B. G. 6, 13 fin.;

for which: nunc et,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 11; cf.:

nonnumquam et,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15, 3:

sunt et,

Cic. Top. 6; Verg. A. 9, 136:

meruit et,

Suet. Caes. 3 et saep.:

quoniam formam cepi hujus in me et statum, Decet et facta moresque hujus habere me similes item,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 111:

nam et qui parat pecus, necesse est constituat numerum, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24: so,

nam et,

Cic. Leg. 1, 11; 2, 25, 63; id. de Or. 1, 25; id. Off. 1, 40, 142; Liv. 6, 19 al.; cf.:

at et,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3:

sed et,

id. Att. 5, 10 fin.; Quint. 10, 1, 107;

and with a preceding non modo or non solum (post-Aug.),

Tac. G. 15, 35; id. A. 14, 39; Suet. Aug. 89 et saep.; cf.:

et... non = ne... quidem, ego vero et in ipsa suffocatione non desii, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 54, 3:

ergo et,

Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 27; id. Leg. 1, 12, 33; id. Div. 1, 50, 114:

itaque et,

id. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 et saep.—

When repeated, et... et, it serves, like the Gr. kai... kai or te kai, to connect two ideas partitively, both... and, as well... as, not only... but also:

hoc etiam ad malum accersebatur malum, Et discipulus et magister perhibebantur improbi,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 23; 4, 8, 45:

et audax et malus,

id. ib. 4, 9, 25:

eloquere utrumque nobis, et quid tibi est, et quid velis nostram operam,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 59:

ut et severitas adhibeatur et contumelia repellatur,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

dimitto (puerum), et ut a magistris ne abducam et quod mater discedit,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9 fin.:

non et legatum argentum est et non est legata numerata pecunia,

id. Top. 13 et saep. More than twice:

quo facilius et hujus hominis innocentissimi miserias et illorum audaciam cognoscere possitis et rei publicae calamitatem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 5 fin.;

so three times,

id. Att. 12, 4, 2; id. Q. Fr. 3, 9 fin. et saep.;

six times,

Cic. Fam. 13, 25;

ten times,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 90.—With a subordinate que or atque:

nam et semper me coluit diligentissimeque observavit et a studiis nostris non abhorret,

Cic. Fam. 13, 22;

with atque,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 95.—Et... que are sometimes used for et... et (rarely in Cic.;

freq. in Liv. and post-Aug. writers): quis est quin intellegat et eos inmemores fuisse, nosque honestate duci?

Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; id. Brut. 88, 302:

id et singulis universisque semper honori fuisse,

Liv. 4, 2; 5, 46 fin.; 24, 2 fin.; 32, 32 fin.; Tac. Agr. 2 fin.; Suet. Ner. 33 al.—Sometimes the second et subjoins a more weighty assertion; in which case et... et = cum... tum, not only... but also:

homo et in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

Cic. Quint. 1, 3; id. Fat. 1, 2; id. de Or. 1, 9, 38; id. Off. 2, 11, 38.—

Et... neque or neque... et, when one clause is a negative (but et... et non, et non... et, when only one word is negatived):

ego vero et exspectabo ea quae polliceris neque exigam, nisi tuo commodo,

Cic. Brut. 4 fin.:

ego si et Silius is fuerit, quem tu putas nec Drusus facilem se praebuerit, Damasippum velim aggrediare,

id. Att. 12, 33:

cui quidem ita sunt Stoici assensi, ut et, quicquid honestum esset, id utile esse censerent, nec utile quicquam, quod non honestum,

id. Off. 3, 3, 11: pueris nobis Cn. Aufidius praetorius et in senatu sententiam dicebat nec amicis deliberantibus deerat et Graecam scribebat historiam et videbat in litteris, id. Tusc. 5, 38 fin.:

quia et consul aberat... nec, etc.,

Liv. 22, 8 et saep.:

nec miror et gaudeo,

Cic. Fam. 10, 1 fin.:

nam nec in eo jus cognationis servavit, cui ademit regnum, et eum, cui dedit, etc.,

Just. 8, 6 fin.:

id et nobis erit perjucundum et tibi non sane devium,

Cic. Att. 2, 4 fin.:

locus is melior, quem et non coquit sol et tangit ros,

Varr. R. R. 3, 14.—

Rarely neque... et = non quidem... sed: amicitias neque facile admisit et constantissime retinuit,

Suet. Aug. 66.—

Less freq., tum... et, et... tum, in the same sense:

omnis ejus oratio tum in virtute laudanda et in hominibus ad virtutis studium cohortandis consumebatur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

et in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime in celeritate et continuatione verborum adhaerescens, etc.,

id. Brut. 93, 320. See Hand Turs. II. pp. 467-540.

mensa, ae, f [Sanscr, ma, measure; Gr. metron; cf. manus, mane, etc.], a table for any purpose, as a dining-table; a market-stand for meat, vegetables, etc.; a money-dealer's table or counter, a sacrificial table, etc.

Lit. Of the table itself as a fabrid:

non ferre mensam nisi crebris distinctam venis,

Sen. Dial. 3, 35, 5:

mensa inanis nunc si adponatur mihi,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:

cibos in mensam alicui apponere,

id. Men. 1, 3, 29:

surgunt a mensā saturi, poti,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 62: ad mensam consistere. to wait at table, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61:

auferre mensam,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 14:

apud mensam,

at table, id. Trin. 2, 4, 77; Gell. 2, 22, 1; 19, 7, 2:

arae vicem praestare posse mensam dicatam,

Macr. S. 3, 11, 5.—

Transf.

Food; a table, meal, course: quocum mensam sermonesque suos impertit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 240 Vahl.):

communicabo te semper mensā meā,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 51:

ita mensas exstruit,

id. Men. 1, 1, 25:

parciore mensā uti,

Tac. A. 13, 16:

Italicae Syracusiaeque mensae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:

cui Quintus de mensa misit,

id. Att. 5, 1, 4; so,

parāsti mensam adversus eos qui tribulant me,

Vulg. Psa. 23, 5:

una mensa,

at a single meal, Juv. 1, 138: prior, proxima mensa, the first, the second rank at table; the first or second in esteem:

Raeticis uvis prior mensa erat,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 9, 17, 29, § 63: secunda mensa, the second course, the dessert (at which much wine was used), Cels 1, 2:

haec ad te scripsi, appositā secundā mensā,

during the dessert, Cic. Att. 14, 6, 2; 14, 21, 4:

Agesilaus coronas secundamque mensam servis dispertiit, Nep Ages. 8, 4: secunda mensa bono stomacho nihil nocet,

Cels. 1, 2, fin.:

mensae tempore,

meal-time, Juv. 13, 211.—

The guests at table:

cum primum istorum conduxit mensa choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70.—

A money-changer's counter:

decem minas dum hic solvit, omnis mensas transiit,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 4:

mensam poni jubet atque Effundi saccos nummorum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 148:

nummulariorum,

Vulg. Matt. 21, 12:

publica,

a public bank, Cic. Fl. 19, 44; id. Pis. 36, 88.—

A butcher's table:

mensa lanionia,

butcher's stall, shambles, Suet. Claud. 15.—

Mensa lusoria, a gaming-table (late Lat.), Aug. Conf. 8, 6.—

A sacrificial table:

Curiales mensae, in quibus immolabatur Junoni, quae Curis est appellata, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Curiales, p. 64 Müll.: mensae deorum,

Verg. A. 2, 764:

Jovis mensa,

Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105: a small altar:

super tumulum statuere,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66.—

The long flat part, the table, of a military engine (e. g. of a catapult), Vitr. 10, 16.—

A stand or platform on which slaves were exposed for sale:

servus de mensā paratus,

App. M. 8, p. 213; id. Mag. 17, p. 285, 15.

mordĕo, mŏmordi (archaic memordi; v. in the foll.), morsum, 2, v. a. [root smard-; Sanscr. mard-, bite; Gr. smerdnos, smerdaleos; (cf. Engl. smart)], to bite, to bite into (class.).

Lit.: si me canis memorderit, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 3 (Sat. v. 36 Vahl.):

canes mordere possunt,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 57:

mordens pulex,

biting, Mart. 14, 83:

(serpens) fixum hastile momordit,

bit into, Ov. M. 3, 68:

mordeat ante aliquis quidquid, etc.,

taste, Juv. 6, 632: terram, to bite the ground, bite the dust, of expiring warriors writhing on the ground:

procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit,

Verg. A. 11, 418; Ov. M. 9, 61.—Part. as subst.:

morsi a rabioso cane,

Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 100:

laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellis,

Cat. 64, 316.—

In partic., to eat, devour, consume ( poet.):

tunicatum cum sale mordens Caepe,

Pers. 4, 30:

ostrea,

Juv. 6, 305:

sordes farris mordere canini,

id. 5, 11.—

Transf.

To bite into, take fast hold of, catch fast; to press or cut into ( poet.):

laterum juncturas fibula mordet,

takes hold of, clasps, Verg. A. 12, 274:

mordebat fibula vestem,

Ov. M. 8, 318:

id quod a lino mordetur,

where the thread presses in, Cels. 7, 4, 4:

locus (corporis), qui mucronem (teli) momordit,

id. 7, 5, 4:

arbor mordet humum,

takes hold of the ground, is rooted in the ground, Stat. Th. 9, 499.—Hence, poet., of a river: non rura quae Liris quieta Mordet aqua, cuts or penetrates into, Hor. C. 1, 31, 7.—

To nip, bite, sting:

matutina parum cautos jam frigora mordent,

nips, attacks, Hor. S. 2, 6, 45: oleamque momorderit [p. 1165] aestus, id. Ep. 1, 8, 5:

mordeat et tenerum fortior aura nemus,

Mart. 8, 14, 2:

radix gustu acri mordet,

bites, hurts, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133:

linguam,

id. 29, 2, 9, § 34:

oculos,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 32:

urtica foliis non mordentibus,

stinging, burning, id. 22, 14, 16, § 37.—

Trop., to bite, sting, pain, hurt (syn.: pungo, stimulo, remordeo;

class.): invidere omnes mihi, Mordere clanculum,

bit, stung, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21:

morderi dictis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 25:

jocus mordens,

a biting jest, Juv. 9, 10:

mordear opprobriis falsis,

shall I be stung, vexed, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38:

par pari referto, quod eam mordeat,

to vex, mortify, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55:

valde me momorderunt epistolae tuae,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 1:

scribis, morderi te interdum, quod non simul sis,

that it grieves you, affects you, id. ib. 6, 2, 8:

dolore occulto morderi,

to be attacked, tormented, Ov. M. 2, 806:

nec qui detrectat praesentia, Livor iniquo Ullum de nostris dente momordit opus,

detracted, id. Tr. 4, 10, 124; cf. id. P. 4, 14, 46:

morderi conscientiā,

to feel the sting of conscience, Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:

hunc mordebit objurgatio,

Quint. 1, 3, 7.—

To seize fast, hold firmly in the mind (cf. mordicus, II.):

hoc tene, hoc morde,

Sen. Ep. 78, 29. —

To squander, dissipate: de integro patrimonio meo centum milia nummūm memordi, Laber. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 50 Rib.).