auctōrāmentum

auctōrāmentum, i, n. [auctoro].

That which binds or obliges to the performance of certain services; hence (in concr.), a contract, stipulation: illius turpissimi auctoramenti (sc. gladiatorii) verba sunt;

uri, vinciri ferroque necari,

Sen. Ep. 37.— More freq.,

That for which one binds himself to some service or duty (as that of soldiers, gladiators, etc.), wages, pay, hire, reward.

Lit.: est in illis ipsa merces, auctoramentum servitutis, *Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; so Tert. Apol. 39:

rudiariis revocatis auctoramento centenūm milium,

Suet. Tib. 7:

jugulati civis Romani auctoramentum,

Vell. 2, 28, 3; 2, 66, 3.—

Trop., reward:

nullum sine auctoramento malum est,

Sen. Ep. 69:

discriminis,

Eum. Pan. ad Constant. 12.

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ars, artis, f. [v. arma], skill in joining something, combining, working it, etc., with the advancement of Roman culture, carried entirely beyond the sphere of the common pursuits of life, into that of artistic and scientific action, just as, on the other hand, in mental cultivation, skill is applied to morals, designating character, manner of thinking, so far as it is made known by external actions (syn.: doctrina, sollertia, calliditas, prudentia, virtus, industria, ratio, via, dolus).

Skill in producing any material form, handicraft, trade, occupation, employment (technê).

Lit.:

Zeno censet artis proprium esse creare et gignere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 57:

quarum (artium) omne opus est in faciendo atque agendo,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 22; id. Off. 2, 3, 12 sq.—

Transf.

With the idea extended, any physical or mental activity, so far as it is practically exhibited; a profession, art ( music, poetry, medicine, etc.); acc. to Roman notions, the arts were either liberales or ingenuae artes, arts of freemen, the liberal arts; or artes illiberales or sordidae, the arts, employments, of slaves or the lower classes.

In gen.:

Eleus Hippias gloriatus est nihil esse ullā in arte rerum omnium, quod ipse nesciret: nec solum has artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometriam, musicam, litterarum cognitionem et poëtarum, atque illa, quae de naturis rerum, quae de hominum moribus, quae de rebus publicis dicerentur, sed anulum, quem haberet, pallium, quo amictus, soccos, quibus indutus esset, se suā manu confecisse,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

Jam de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint, haec fere accepimus. Primum improbantur ii quaestus, qui in odia hominum incurrunt, ut portitorum, ut feneratorum. Illiberales autem et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omniumque, quorum operae, non artes emuntur: est enim in illis ipsa merces auctoramentum servitutis... Opificesque omnes in sordidā arte versantur... Quibus autem artibus aut prudentia major inest aut non mediocris utilitas quaeritur, ut medicina, ut architectura, ut doctrina rerum honestarum, hae sunt iis, quorum ordini conveniunt, honestae,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150 sq.; cf. id. Fam. 4, 3:

artes elegantes,

id. Fin. 3, 2, 4:

laudatae,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 9:

bonae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 32:

optimae,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 111:

magnae,

id. Or. 1, 4:

maximae,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

gravissimae,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

leviores artes,

id. Brut. 1, 3:

mediocres,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

omnis artifex omnis artis,

Vulg. Apoc. 18, 22:

artifices omnium artium,

ib. 1 Par. 22, 15.—

Esp., of a single art, and,

With an adj. designating it:

ars gymnastica,

gymnastics, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 73:

ars duellica,

the art of war, id. Ep. 3, 4, 14:

ars imperatoria,

generalship, Quint. 2, 17, 34:

(artes) militares et imperatoriae,

Liv. 25, 9, 12:

artes civiles,

politics, Tac. Agr. 29:

artes urbanae,

i. e. jurisprudence and eloquence, Liv. 9, 42:

ars grammatica,

grammar, Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 128:

rhetorica,

Quint. 2, 17, 4:

musica,

poetry, Ter. Hec. prol. 23:

musica,

music, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 93:

medicae artes,

the healing art, medicine, Ov. H. 5, 145; so,

ars Apollinea,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 10:

magica,

Verg. A. 4, 493, and Vulg. Sap. 17, 7; so,

maleficis artibus inserviebat,

he used witchcraft, ib. 2 Par. 33, 6 al.—

With a gen. designating it:

ars disserendi,

dialectics, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 157:

ars dicendi,

the art of speaking, id. ib. 1, 23, 107, and Quint. 2, 17, 17; so,

ars eloquentiae,

id. 2, 11, 4:

ars medendi,

Ov. A. A. 2, 735:

ars medentium,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 158:

medicorum ars,

Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 12:

pigmentariorum ars,

the art of unguents, ib. 2 Par. 16, 4:

ars armorum,

the art of war, Quint. 2, 17, 33:

ars pugnae,

Vulg. Judith, 5, 27; so in plur.:

belli artes,

Liv. 25, 40, 5:

ars gubernandi,

navigation, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24; Quint. 2, 17, 33; so,

ars gubernatoris,

Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 42.—Sometimes the kind of art may be distinguished by the connection, so that ars is used absol. of a particular art:

instruere Atriden num potes arte meā? i. e. arte sagittandi,

Ov. H. 16, 364:

tunc ego sim Inachio notior arte Lino, i. e. arte canendi,

Prop. 3, 4, 8:

fert ingens a puppe Notus: nunc arte (sc. navigandi) relictā Ingemit,

Stat. Th. 3, 29; so Luc. 7, 126; Sil. 4, 715:

imus ad insignes Urbis ab arte (sc. rhetoricā) viros,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 16:

ejusdem erat artis, i. e. artis scaenofactoriae,

Vulg. Act. 18, 3.—

Science, knowledge:

quis ignorat, ii, qui mathematici vocantur, quantā in obscuritate rerum et quam reconditā in arte et multiplici subtilique versentur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 10:

nam si ars ita definitur, ex rebus penitus perspectis planeque cognitis atque ab opinionis arbitrio sejunctis, scientiāque comprehensis, non mihi videtur ars oratoris esse ulla,

id. ib. 1, 23, 108: nihil est quod ad artem redigi possit, nisi ille prius, qui illa tenet. quorum artem instituere vult, habeat illam scientiam (sc. dialecticam), ut ex iis rebus, quarum ars nondum sit, artem efficere possit, id. ib. 1, 41, 186:

ars juris civilis,

id. ib. 1, 42, 190:

(Antiochus) negabat ullam esse artem, quae ipsa a se proficisceretur. Etenim semper illud extra est, quod arte comprehenditur... Est enim perspicuum nullam artem ipsam in se versari, sed esse aliud artem ipsam, aliud, quod propositum sit arti,

id. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9; id. Cael. 30, 72; id. Or. 1, 4:

vir bonus optimisque artibus eruditus,

Nep. Att. 12, 4: ingenium docile, come, ap-tum ad artes optimas, id. Dion, 1, 2 al.—

The theory of any art or science: ars est praeceptio, quae dat certam viam rationemque faciendi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 1, 1;

Asper, p. 1725 P.: non omnia, quaecumque loquimur, mihi videntur ad artem et ad praecepta esse revocanda,

not every thing is to be traced back to theory and rules, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44: res mihi videtur esse facultate ( in practice) praeclara, arte ( in theory) mediocris;

ars enim earum rerum est, quae sciuntur: oratoris autem omnis actio opinionibus, non scientiā continetur,

id. ib. 2, 7, 30; id. Ac. 2, 7, 22.—In later Lat. ars is used,

Absol. for grammatical analysis, grammar:

curru non, ut quidam putant, pro currui posuit, nec est apocope: sed ratio artis antiquae, etc.,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 156; 1, 95: et hoc est artis, ut (vulgus) masculino utamur, quia omnia Latina nomina in us exeuntia, si neutra fuerint, tertiae sunt declinationis, etc., id. ad eund. ib. 1, 149: secundum artem dicamus honor, arbor, lepor: plerumque poëtae r in s mutant, id. ad eund. ib. 1, 153 al.—Hence also,

As a title of books in which such theories are discussed, for rhetorical and, at a later period, for grammatical treatises.

Rhetorical:

quam multa non solum praecepta in artibus, sed etiam exempla in orationibus bene dicendi reliquerunt!

Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

ipsae rhetorum artes, quae sunt totae forenses atque populares,

id. ib. 3, 1, 4: neque eo dico, quod ejus (Hermagorae) ars mihi mendosissime scripta videatur; nam satis in eā videtur ex antiquis artibus ( from the ancient works on rhetoric) ingeniose et diligenter electas res collocāsse, id. Inv. 1, 6 fin.:

illi verbis et artibus aluerunt naturae principia, hi autem institutis et legibus,

id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:

artem scindens Theodori,

Juv. 7, 177.—

Grammar:

in artibus legimus superlativum gradum non nisi genitivo plurali jungi,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 96: ut in artibus lectum est, id. ad eund. ib. 1, 535.—So Ars, as the title of the later Lat. grammars: Donati Ars Grammatica, Cledonii Ars, Marii Victorini Ars, etc.; v. the grammarians in Gothofred., Putsch., Lindem., Keil.—

The knowledge, art, skill, workmanship, employed in effecting or working upon an object (Fr. adresse):

majore quādam opus est vel arte vel diligentiā,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14 fin.:

et tripodas septem pondere et arte pares,

Ov. H. 3, 32: qui canit arte, canat;

qui bibit arte, bibat,

id. A. A. 2, 506:

arte laboratae vestes,

Verg. A. 1, 639:

plausus tunc arte carebat,

was void of art, was natural, unaffected, Ov. A. A. 1, 113.—

(Concr.) The object artistically formed, a work of art:

clipeum efferri jussit Didymaonis artis,

Verg. A. 5, 359:

divite me scilicet artium, Quas aut Parrhasius protulit aut Scopas,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 5; id. Ep. 1, 6, 17.—

Artes (personified), the Muses:

artium chorus,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 19.—

Transf. from mind to morals, the moral character of a man, so far as it is made known by actions, conduct, manner of acting, habit, practice, whether good or bad:

si in te aegrotant artes antiquae tuae,

your former manner of life, conduct, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 35; cf. Hor. C. 4, 15, 12; Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 6 Lind.:

nempe tuā arte viginti minae Pro psaltriā periere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 24:

quid est, Quod tibi mea ars efficere hoc possit amplius?

my assiduity, id. And. 1, 1, 4:

Hac arte (i. e. constantiā, perseverantiā) Pollux et vagus Hercules Enisus arces attigit igneas,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 9:

multae sunt artes (i. e. virtutes) eximiae, hujus administrae comitesque virtutis (sc. imperatoris),

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 13; id. Fin. 2, 34, 115; id. Verr. 2, 4, 37 Zumpt:

nam imperium facile his artibus retinetur, quibus initio partum est,

Sall. C. 2, 4 Kritz; so id. ib. 5, 7:

cultusque artesque virorum,

Ov. M. 7, 58:

mores quoque confer et artes,

id. R. Am. 713: praeclari facinoris aut artis [p. 167] bonae famam quaerere, Sall. C. 2, 9; so id. ib. 10, 4:

animus insolens malarum artium,

id. ib. 3, 4; so Tac. A. 14, 57.—Hence also, absol. in mal. part. as in Gr. technê for cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem:

haec arte tractabat virum,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 125 (cf. Ov. H. 17, 142):

capti eādem arte sunt, quā ceperant Fabios,

Liv. 2, 51; 3, 35:

at Cytherea novas artes, nova pectore versat Consilia,

Verg. A. 1, 657; so id. ib. 7, 477:

ille dolis instructus et arte Pelasgā,

id. ib. 2, 152:

talibus insidiis perjurique arte Sinonis Credita res, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 195:

fraudes innectere ponto Antiquā parat arte,

Luc. 4, 449:

tantum illi vel ingenii vel artis vel fortunae superfuit,

Suet. Tit. 1:

fugam arte simulantes,

Vulg. Jud. 20, 32: regem summis artibus pellexit, pasêi mêchanêi, Suet. Vit. 2.

auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,

In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—

Esp.,

A view, opinion, judgment:

errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

id. Lael. 4, 13.—

Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—

Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

id. ib. 18, 52:

legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

id. Phil. 3, 3:

nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,

Esp., in political lang., t. t.

Senatūs auctoritas,

The will of the senate:

agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,

A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

Liv. 7, 31:

imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

id. 26, 2:

Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

Suet. Claud. 12:

citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—

Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

publica,

Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—

Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—

Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

id. Phil. 8, 8.—

Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

Vell. 2, 32:

optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

Suet. Caes. 11; so,

auctoritatem habere,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

adripere,

id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

facere,

to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

imminuere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

levare,

id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

fructus capere auctoritatis,

id. Sen. 18, 62:

Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

id. Fl. 4:

utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

unguentorum,

id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

auctoritas dignitasque formae,

Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—

An example, pattern, model:

omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

id. Sest. 6, 14:

valuit auctoritas,

id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—

A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

id. Fl. 22, 53:

Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

id. Lael. 25, 94.—

Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.

A record, document:

videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—

The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—

Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—

In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,

In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—

Esp.,

A view, opinion, judgment:

errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

id. Lael. 4, 13.—

Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—

Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

id. ib. 18, 52:

legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

id. Phil. 3, 3:

nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,

Esp., in political lang., t. t.

Senatūs auctoritas,

The will of the senate:

agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,

A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

Liv. 7, 31:

imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

id. 26, 2:

Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

Suet. Claud. 12:

citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—

Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

publica,

Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—

Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—

Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

id. Phil. 8, 8.—

Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

Vell. 2, 32:

optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

Suet. Caes. 11; so,

auctoritatem habere,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

adripere,

id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

facere,

to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

imminuere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

levare,

id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

fructus capere auctoritatis,

id. Sen. 18, 62:

Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

id. Fl. 4:

utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

unguentorum,

id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

auctoritas dignitasque formae,

Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—

An example, pattern, model:

omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

id. Sest. 6, 14:

valuit auctoritas,

id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—

A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

id. Fl. 22, 53:

Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

id. Lael. 25, 94.—

Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.

A record, document:

videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—

The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—

Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—

In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,

In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—

Esp.,

A view, opinion, judgment:

errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

id. Lael. 4, 13.—

Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—

Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

id. ib. 18, 52:

legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

id. Phil. 3, 3:

nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,

Esp., in political lang., t. t.

Senatūs auctoritas,

The will of the senate:

agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,

A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

Liv. 7, 31:

imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

id. 26, 2:

Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

Suet. Claud. 12:

citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—

Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

publica,

Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—

Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—

Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

id. Phil. 8, 8.—

Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

Vell. 2, 32:

optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

Suet. Caes. 11; so,

auctoritatem habere,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

adripere,

id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

facere,

to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

imminuere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

levare,

id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

fructus capere auctoritatis,

id. Sen. 18, 62:

Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

id. Fl. 4:

utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

unguentorum,

id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

auctoritas dignitasque formae,

Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—

An example, pattern, model:

omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

id. Sest. 6, 14:

valuit auctoritas,

id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—

A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

id. Fl. 22, 53:

Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

id. Lael. 25, 94.—

Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.

A record, document:

videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—

The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—

Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—

In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

glădĭātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [gladiator], of or belonging to gladiators, gladiatorial.

Adj.:

ludus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 9:

certamen,

id. de Or. 2, 78, 317: familia, a band or troop of gladiators, id. Sest. 64, 134; Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 4; Sall. C. 30, 7:

munus,

Suet. Caes. 10; 39; id. Tib. 7; 37; 40; id. Calig. 18; 26 et saep.:

consessus,

spectators assembled at gladiatorial shows, Cic. Sest. 58, 124; cf.

locus,

a place for witnessing the same, id. Mur. 35, 73:

gladiatoria corporis firmitas,

id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

animus,

i. e. desperate, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71:

ad munus gladiatorium edendum,

Liv. 28, 21, 1:

spectaculum,

id. ib. § 2; Tac. A. 14, 17:

Venus, i. e. clinopale, concubitus,

App. M. 2, p. 121.—

Subst.: glădĭātōrĭum, ii, n. (sc. praemium, auctoramentum), the hire or pay of gladiators, for which freemen engaged as gladiators in the public games:

gladiatorio accepto decem talentis,

Liv. 44, 31 fin.— Adv.: glădĭātōrĭe, in the manner of a gladiator:

quae gladiatorie, quae lenonice faceret,

Lampr. Comm. 15, § 4.

glădĭātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [gladiator], of or belonging to gladiators, gladiatorial.

Adj.:

ludus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 9:

certamen,

id. de Or. 2, 78, 317: familia, a band or troop of gladiators, id. Sest. 64, 134; Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 4; Sall. C. 30, 7:

munus,

Suet. Caes. 10; 39; id. Tib. 7; 37; 40; id. Calig. 18; 26 et saep.:

consessus,

spectators assembled at gladiatorial shows, Cic. Sest. 58, 124; cf.

locus,

a place for witnessing the same, id. Mur. 35, 73:

gladiatoria corporis firmitas,

id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

animus,

i. e. desperate, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71:

ad munus gladiatorium edendum,

Liv. 28, 21, 1:

spectaculum,

id. ib. § 2; Tac. A. 14, 17:

Venus, i. e. clinopale, concubitus,

App. M. 2, p. 121.—

Subst.: glădĭātōrĭum, ii, n. (sc. praemium, auctoramentum), the hire or pay of gladiators, for which freemen engaged as gladiators in the public games:

gladiatorio accepto decem talentis,

Liv. 44, 31 fin.— Adv.: glădĭātōrĭe, in the manner of a gladiator:

quae gladiatorie, quae lenonice faceret,

Lampr. Comm. 15, § 4.

servĭtūs, ūtis ( gen. plur. servitutium, Dig. 8, 2, 32 fin.; 8, 3, 1 fin.; and acc. to Ritschl also Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 14), f. [id.], the condition of a servus; slavery, serfdom, service, servitude (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

servitus est constitutio juris gentium, quā quis dominio alieno contra naturam subicitur,

Dig. 1, 5, 4; Just. Inst. 1, 3, 2:

servitutem servire,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 31 (v. this freq. occurring phrase under servio, I. d): quibus nunc aerumna mea libertatem paro, Quibus servitutem mea miseria deprecor? Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 16, 9 (Trag. v. 173 Vahl.):

domi fuistis liberi: Nunc servitus si evenit, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:

qui hodie fuerim liber, eum nunc potivit pater servitutis,

id. Am. 1, 1, 24 Fleck.: quis hoc imperium, quis hanc servitutem ferre potest? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

ipsam (mulierem) in servitutem adjudicare,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 56:

ista corruptela servi si impunita fuerit... fit in dominatu servitus, in servitute dominatus,

id. Deiot. 11, 30:

mors servituti anteponenda,

id. Off. 1, 23, 81:

servitutem perpessi,

id. Phil. 8, 11, 32:

aliae nationes servitutem pati possunt, populi Romani est propria libertas,

id. ib. 6, 7, 19:

servitutem pati,

id. ib. 6, 7, 19: similitudo servitutis id. Rep. 1, 27, 43: hunc nimis liberum populum libertas ipsā servitute afficit, etc... Nimia illa libertas in nimiam servitutem cadit, id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

socios nostros in servitutem abduxerunt,

id. Pis. 34, 84:

servitutis jugum,

id. Rep. 2, 25, 47:

Themistocles cum servitute Graeciam liberasset,

id. Lael. 12, 42:

conjuges in servitutem abstrahi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14;

addicere aliquem in servitutem,

Liv. 3, 56; Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

liberum populum servitute adficere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

asserere aliquem in servitutem,

Liv. 3, 44, 5; 34, 18, 2; Suet. Tib. 2.—

As a verbal noun with dat.: opulento homini hoc servitus dura est, this serving or being servant of a rich man, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 12.—

Transf.

In gen. (acc to servio, II.), servitude, subjection: numquam salvis suis exuitur servitus muliebris;

et ipsae libertatem, quam viduitas et orbitas facit, detestantur,

Liv. 34, 7 Drak.:

silvestres gallinae in servitute non foetant,

in confinement, Col. 8, 12; so id. 8, 15, 7:

hujus tanti officii servitutem astringebam testimonio sempiterno,

Cic. Planc. 30, 74:

est enim in illis ipsa merces auctoramentum servitutis,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150; cf.:

ut se homines ad servitutem juris astringerent,

Quint. 2, 16, 9; 7, 3, 16.—

The government, rule, dominion of a master:

tibi Apud me justa et clemens servitus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 9.—

(Acc. to servio, II. B.) Jurid. t. t., of buildings, lands, etc., a liability resting upon them, an easement, servitude:

servitutes praediorum rusticorum sunt hae: iter, actus, via, aquaeductus,

Dig. 8, 3, 1:

jura praediorum urbanorum, quae servitutes vocantur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 14:

servitute fundo illi imposita,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3:

specus servitutis putat aliquid habituros,

id. Att. 15, 26, 4.—

Concr. (for the class. servitium), slaves, servants (collect.); poet. of lovers: adde quod pubes tibi crescit omnis, Servitus crescit nova (= catervae amatorum semper novorum). Hor. C. 2, 8, 18; cf. Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 14 Ritschl.