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1 auctor
auctor (incorrectly written autor or author), ōris, comm. [id.], he that brings about the existence of any object, or promotes the increase or prosperity of it, whether he first originates it, or by his efforts gives greater permanence or continuance to it; to be differently translated according to the object, creator, maker, author, inventor, producer, father, founder, teacher, composer, cause, voucher, supporter, leader, head, etc. (syn.: conditor, origo, consiliarius, lator, suasor, princeps, dux).I.Lit.A.Of persons, a progenitor, father, ancestor:B.L. Brutus, praeclarus auctor nobilitatis tuae,
the founder, progenitor of your nobility, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:generis,
Verg. A. 4, 365; so Ov. M. 4, 640, and Suet. Vit. 2:tu sanguinis ultimus auctor,
Verg. A. 7, 49; so Ov. M. 12, 558, and 13, 142:tantae propaginis,
id. F. 3, 157:originis,
Suet. Ner. 1:gentis,
id. Claud. 25:auctores parentes animarum,
Vulg. Sap. 12, 6:auctore ab illo ducit originem,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 5:Sive neglectum genus et nepotes Respicis auctor,
id. ib. 1, 2, 36:mihi Tantalus auctor,
Ov. M. 6, 172:auctores saxa fretumque tui,
id. H. 10, 132:Juppiter e terrā genitam mentitur, ut auctor Desinat inquiri,
id. M. 1, 615.—Of animals, Col. 6, 27, 1.—Of buildings, etc., founder, builder:C.Trojae Cynthius auctor,
Verg. G. 3, 36:murorum Romulus auctor,
Prop. 5, 6, 43 ( augur, Müll.):auctor posuisset in oris Moenia,
Ov. M. 15, 9:porticus auctoris Livia nomen habet,
id. A. A. 1, 72:amphitheatri,
Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 118:omnia sub titulo tantum suo ac sine ullā pristini auctoris memoriā,
Suet. Dom. 5.—Of works of art, a maker, artist:II.statua auctoris incerti,
Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93: apparuit summam artis securitatem auctori placaisse, id. praef. § 27.—Transf.A.In gen., the originator, executor, performer, doer, cause, occasion of other things (freq. interchanged with actor):B.tametsi haud quaquam par gloriá sequitur scriptorem et auctorem rerum, tamen etc.,
Sall. C. 3, 2 Kritz (cf. without rerum: Suam quisque culpam auctores ad negotia transferunt, id. J. 1, 4):praeclari facinoris,
Vell. 2, 120, 6:facti,
Ov. M. 9, 206; Vell. 1, 8:cum perquirerent auctorem facti,
Vulg. Jud. 6, 29:optimi statūs auctor,
Suet. Aug. 28:honoris,
Ov. M. 10, 214:vitae,
Vulg. Act. 3, 15:salutis,
ib. Heb. 2, 10:fidei,
ib. ib. 12, 2:funeris,
Ov. M. 10, 199:necis,
id. ib. 8, 449;9, 214: mortis,
id. ib. 8, 493:vulneris,
id. ib. 5, 133;8, 418: plagae,
id. ib. 3, 329:seditionis sectae,
Vulg. Act. 24, 5.—Also, in gen., one from whom any thing proceeds or comes:auctor in incerto est: jaculum de parte sinistrā Venit,
i. e. the sender, Ov. M. 12, 419; so,teli,
id. ib. 8, 349:muneris,
the giver, id. ib. 2, 88;5, 657, 7, 157 al.: meritorum,
id. ib. 8, 108 al.—An author of scientific or literary productions.1.An investigator:2.non sordidus auctor Naturae verique,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 14.—And as imparting learning, a teacher:quamquam in antiquissimā philosophiā Cratippo auctore versaris,
Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:dicendi gravissimus auctor et magister Plato,
id. Or. 3, 10:divini humanique juris auctor celeberrimus,
Vell. 2, 26, 2:Servius Sulpicius, juris civilis auctor,
Gell. 2, 10; Dig. 19, 1, 39; 40, 7, 36.—The author of a writing, a writer:C.ii quos nunc lectito auctores,
Cic. Att. 12, 18:ingeniosus poëta et auctor valde bonus,
id. Mur. 14:scripta auctori perniciosa suo,
Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 68:Belli Alexandrini Africique et Hispaniensis incertus auctor est,
Suet. Caes. 56; id. Aug. 31:sine auctore notissimi versus,
i. e. anonymous verses, id. ib. 70; so id. Calig. 8; id. Dom. 8 al.— Meton. of cause for effect, for a literary production, writing, work:in evolvendis utriusque linguae auctoribus, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 89. —In partic., the author of historical works, an historian (with and without rerum):ego cautius posthac historiam attingam, te audiente, quem rerum Romanarum auctorem laudare possum religiosissimum,
Cic. Brut. 11, 44; so,Matrem Antoniam non apud auctores rerum, non diurnā actorum scripturā reperio ullo insigni officio functam,
Tac. A. 3, 3; 3, 30 (diff. from auctor rerum in II. A.):Polybius bonus auctor in primis,
Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113; so Nep. Them. 10, 4; Liv. 4, 20; Tac. A. 5, 9; 14, 64 al.—With historiae (eccl. Lat.):historiae congruit auctori,
Vulg. 2 Macc. 2, 31.—Hence, in gen., one that gives an account of something, a narrator, reporter, informant (orally or in writing):sibi insidias fieri: se id certis auctoribus comperisse,
Cic. Att. 14, 8:celeberrimos auctores habeo tantam victoribus irreverentiam fuisse, ut, etc.,
Tac. H. 3, 51:criminis ficti auctor, i. e. nuntius,
Ov. M. 7, 824:Non haec tibi nuntiat auctor Ambiguus,
id. ib. 11, 666; 12, 58; 12, 61; 12, 532.—Hence, auctorem esse, with acc. and inf., to relate, recount:Auctores sunt ter novenis punctis interfici hominem,
Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 73:Fabius Rustiçus auctor est scriptos esse ad Caecinam Tuscum codicillos,
Tac. A. 13, 20:Auctor est Julius Marathus ante paucos quam nasceretur menses prodigium Romae factum (esse) publice, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.—One by whose influence, advice, command, etc., any thing is done, the cause, occasion, contriver, instigator, counsellor, adviser, promoter; constr. sometimes with ut, acc. and inf., or gen. gerund.: quid mihi es auctor ( what do you counsel me?) huic ut mittam? Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 2; 4, 7, 70; id. Poen. 1, 3, 1:2.idne estis auctores mihi?
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 16:mihique ut absim, vehementer auctor est,
Cic. Att. 15, 5:Gellium ipsis (philosophis) magno opere auctorem fuisse, ut controversiarum facerent modum,
id. Leg. 1, 20, 53:ut propinqui de communi sententiā coërcerent, auctor fuit,
Suet. Tib. 35; id. Claud. 25; id. Calig. 15:a me consilium petis, qui sim tibi auctor in Siciliāne subsidas, an proficiscare,
Cic. Fam. 6, 8: ego quidem tibi non sim auctor, si Pompeius Italiam reliquit, te quoque profugere, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10:ne auctor armorum duxque deesset, Auct. B. G. 8, 47: auctor facinori non deerat,
Liv. 2, 54:auctores Bibulo fuere tantundem pollicendi,
Suet. Caes. 19:auctores restituendae tribuniciae potestatis,
id. ib. 5; so id. Dom. 8:auctor singulis universisque conspirandi simul et ut... communem causam juvarent,
id. Galb. 10 al. —So freq. in the abl. absol.: me, te, eo auctore, at my, your, his instance, by my [p. 199] advice, command, etc.:non me quidem Faciet auctore, hodie ut illum decipiat,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 23:an paenitebat flagiti, te auctore quod fecisset Adulescens?
Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 12:quare omnes istos me auctore deridete atque contemnite,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 54:quia calida fomenta non proderant, frigidis curari coactus auctore Antonio Musā,
Suet. Aug. 81; 96; id. Galb. 19; id. Vit. 2 al.: agis Carminibus grates et dis auctoribus horum, the promoters or authors of spells, Ov. M. 7, 148.—Esp., in political lang., t. t.a.Auctor legis.(α).One who proposes a law, a mover, proposer (very rare):(β).quarum legum auctor fuerat, earum suasorem se haud dubium ferebat,
Liv. 6, 36:Quid desperatius, qui ne ementiendo quidem potueris auctorem adumbrare meliorem,
Cic. Dom. 30, 80.—One who advises the proposal of a law, and exerts all his influence to have it passed, a supporter (stronger than suasor; cf. Suet. Tib. 27:(γ).alium dicente, auctore eo Senatum se adīsse, verba mutare et pro auctore suasorem dicere coegit): isti rationi neque lator quisquam est inventus neque auctor umquam bonus,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:cum ostenderem, si lex utilis plebi Romanae mihi videretur, auctorem me atque adjutorem futurum (esse),
id. Agr. 2, 5; id. Att. 1, 19:quo auctore societatem cum Perseo junxerunt,
Liv. 45, 31; Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 11 al.—Sometimes in connection with suasor:atque hujus deditionis ipse Postumius suasor et auctor fuit,
Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109:Nisi quis retinet, idem suasor auctorque consilii ero,
Tac. H. 3, 2 al. —Of a senate which accepts or adopts a proposition for a law, a confirmer, ratifier:b.nunc cum loquar apud senatores populi Romani, legum et judiciorum et juris auctores,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67.— Poet., in gen., a law-giver:animum ad civilia vertet Jura suum, legesque feret justissimus auctor,
Ov. M. 15, 833;and of one who establishes conditions of peace: leges captis justissimus auctor imposuit,
id. ib. 8, 101. —Hence, auctores fieri, to approve, accept, confirm a law:cum de plebe consulem non accipiebat, patres ante auctores fieri coëgerit,
Cic. Brut. 14, 55:Decreverunt ut, cum populus regem jussisset, id sic ratum esset, si patres auctores fierent,
Liv. 1, 17; 1, 22; 2, 54; 2, 56; 6, 42; 8, 12 al.—Auctor consilii publici, he who has the chief voice in the senate, a leader:D.hunc rei publicae rectorem et consilii publici auctorem esse habendum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 211; 3, 17, 63. —Also absol.:regem Ariobarzanem, cujus salutem a senatu te auctore, commendatam habebam,
by your influence, and the decree of the senate occasioned by it, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6; cf. Gron. ad Liv. 24, 43.—One who is an exemplar, a model, pattern, type of any thing:E.Caecilius, malus auctor Latinitatis,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10:nec litterarum Graecarum, nec philosophiae jam ullum auctorem requiro,
id. Ac. 2, 2, 5; cf.Wopk. Lect. Tull. p. 34: unum cedo auctorem tui facti, unius profer exemplum,
i. e. who has done a similar thing, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26:Cato omnium virtutum auctor,
id. Fin. 4, 16, 44 al. —One that becomes security for something, a voucher, bail, surety, witness:F.id ita esse ut credas, rem tibi auctorem dabo,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 70:auctorem rumorem habere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19: fama nuntiabat te esse in Syriā;auctor erat nemo,
id. Fam. 12, 4:non si mihi Juppiter auctor Spondeat,
Verg. A. 5, 17:gravis quamvis magnae rei auctor,
Liv. 1, 16:auctorem levem, nec satis fidum super tantā re Patres rati,
id. 5, 15 fin.:urbs auspicato deis auctoribus in aeternum condita,
under the guaranty of the gods, id. 28, 28.—Also with acc. and inf.:auctores sumus tutam ibi majestatem Romani nominis fore,
Liv. 2, 48.—In judic. lang., t. t.1.A seller, vender (inasmuch as he warrants the right of possession of the thing to be sold, and transfers it to the purchaser; sometimes the jurists make a distinction between auctor primus and auctor secundus; the former is the seller himself, the latter the bail or security whom the former brings, Dig. 21, 2, 4; cf.2.Salmas. Mod. Usur. pp. 728 and 733): quod a malo auctore emīssent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22:auctor fundi,
id. Caecin. 10; Dig. 19, 1, 52: Inpero (auctor ego sum), ut tu me quoivis castrandum loces, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 73 Wagn.; id. Ep. 3, 2, 21; id. Curc. 4, 2, 12.— Trop.:auctor beneficii populi Romani,
Cic. Mur. 2.—A guardian, trustee (of women and minors):3.dos quam mulier nullo auctore dixisset,
Cic. Caecin. 25:majores nostri nullam ne privatam quidem rem agere feminas sine auctore voluerunt,
Liv. 34, 2:pupillus obligari tutori eo auctore non potest,
Dig. 26, 8, 5.—In espousals, auctores are the witnesses of the marriage contract (parents, brothers, guardians, relatives, etc.):G.nubit genero socrus, nullis auspicibus, nullis auctoribus,
Cic. Clu. 5.—An agent, factor, spokesman, intercessor, champion:► In class.praeclarus iste auctor suae civitatis,
Cic. Fl. 22:(Plancius) princeps inter suos... maximarum societatum auctor, plurimarum magister,
id. Planc. 13, 22:meae salutis,
id. Sest. 50, 107:doloris sui, querelarum, etc.,
id. Fl. 22 fin.Lat. auctor is also used as fem.:eas aves, quibus auctoribus etc.,
Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:Et hostes aderant et (Theoxena) auctor mortis instabat,
Liv. 40, 4, 15:auctor ego (Juno) audendi,
Verg. A. 12, 159; Ov. M. 8, 108; id. F. 5, 192; 6, 709; id. H. 14, 110; 15, 3; Sen. Med. 968; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 29 Müll. The distinction which the grammarians, Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 159, Prob. p. 1452 sq. P., and others make between auctor fem. and auctrix, that auctrix would refer more to the lit. signif. of the verb, augeo, while auctor fem. has more direct relation to the prevailing signif. of its noun, auctoritas, is unfounded. -
2 auctor
auctor ōris, m, rarely f [AVG-], a promoter, producer, father, progenitor: auctores generis: mihi Tantalus auctor, O.: auctore ab illo ducit originem, H.: sanguinis, V.—A builder, founder: Troiae, V.: auctor posuisset in oris Moenia, O.— A trustworthy writer, authority: satis certus, L.: valde bonus: iudicia proferre Herodoto auctore: carminis, H.: rerum Romanarum, an historian: auctores citare, L.: sunt qui male pugnatum ab his auctores sint, i. e. who assert, L.—An originator, performer, doer, cause: iniuriae: auctorem odimus, acta defendimus: culpam auctores ad negotia transferunt, S.: nec auctor facinori deerat, L.: volneris, O.: muneris, the giver, O.: quis elegos emiserit auctor, who was the first to produce, H. — A responsible person, authority, narrator, teacher: in philosophiā, Cratippo auctore, versaris, as your teacher: hominibus auctoribus uti, cite as authorities: criminis ficti, O.: auctorem rumorem habere: non sordidus Naturae, H.: de cuius morte Thucydidem auctorem probamus, N.—A voucher, guarantor, security: gravis magnae rei (i. e. testis), L.: non si mihi Iuppiter auctor Spondeat, V.: auctores sumus, tutam ibi maiestatem fore, etc., we vouch for it, L: nubit nullis auctoribus, with no attesting witnesses: quod a malo auctore emisset, i. e. a seller without title: auctor benefici esse, i. e. hold himself responsible for: mulier sine tutore auctore, a guardian as voucher. — An example, model: Latinitatis: dicendi Plato: tui facti, precedent: habeo auctorem, quo facias hoc, H.—A counsellor, adviser, promoter: publici consili, i. e. a statesman: mei reditūs: audendi, who advise boldness, V.: meritorum auctore relictā, deserting the prompter of your exploits, O.: auctor est, ut agere incipiat, advises: mihi ut absim, auctor est: te auctore quod fecisset, under your influence, T.: me duce et auctore, by my influence and advice: idne estis auctores mihi? Do you advise it? T.: Ille populis fuit auctor transferre, etc., O.: regem populus iussit, patres auctores facti, i. e. ratified it, L.: id sic ratum esset, si patres auctores fierent, L.* * *seller, vendor; originator; historian; authority; proposer, supporter; founder -
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4 auctoritas
auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,I.In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;II.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.A view, opinion, judgment:B.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.C.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:2.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.a.Senatūs auctoritas,(α).The will of the senate:(β).agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:b.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:c.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.—D.Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:E.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.):F.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:G.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:2.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.A record, document:b.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:H.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.):J.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. -
5 authoritas
auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,I.In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;II.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.A view, opinion, judgment:B.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.C.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:2.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.a.Senatūs auctoritas,(α).The will of the senate:(β).agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:b.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:c.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.—D.Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:E.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.):F.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:G.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:2.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.A record, document:b.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:H.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.):J.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. -
6 autoritas
auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,I.In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;II.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.A view, opinion, judgment:B.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.C.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:2.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.a.Senatūs auctoritas,(α).The will of the senate:(β).agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:b.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:c.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.—D.Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:E.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.):F.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:G.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:2.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.A record, document:b.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:H.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.):J.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. -
7 historia
I.Lit.:II. A.historia testis temporum, lux veritatis, vita memoriae, magistra vitae, nuntia vetustatis, qua voce alia nisi oratoris immortalitati commendatur?
Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:erat enim historia (initio) nihil aliud nisi annalium confectio, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 12, 51 sq.; cf. id. Leg. 1, 2, 5 sq.; Gell. 5, 18; Plin. Ep. 5, 8;v. the art. annalis: videtisne, quantum munds sit oratoris historia?... Nam quis nescit, primam esse historiae legem, ne quid falsi dicere audeat? deinde ne quid veri non audeat? ne qua suspicio gratiae sit in scribendo? ne qua simultatis? etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 15, 62 sq.:huic generi historia finitima est, in qua et narratur ornate et regio saepe aut pugna describitur: interponuntur etiam contiones et hortationes, sed in his tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur, non haec contorta et acris oratio,
id. Or. 20, 66:nihil est in historia pura et illustri brevitate dulcius,
id. Brut. 75, 262:Italici belli et civilis historia,
id. Fam. 5, 12, 2; id. Leg. 1, 2, 5:historia nec institui potest nisi praeparato otio, nec exiguo tempore absolvi,
id. ib. 1, 3, 9:apud Herodotum, patrem historiae,
id. ib. 1, 1, 5:hic (Sallustius) historiae major est auctor,
Quint. 2, 5, 19:obscura est historia Romana,
Cic. Rep. 2, 18; cf.:cum historiae cuidam tamquam vanae repugnaret,
Quint. 1, 8, 20:si historiae lectione discipulos instruxerit,
id. 2, 5, 1:res memoranda novis annalibus atque recenti historia,
Juv. 2, 103:quidquid Graecia mendax audet in historia,
id. 10, 175:auctor historiae Graecae gravissimus,
Gell. 1, 11 init.:Sabinus, secutus quosdam historiae scriptores, dicit, etc.,
id. 7, 7, 8:certus Romanae Historiae auctor,
Val. Max. 1, 7, 6.— Prov.: historiam scribere, to inform one's self accurately of any thing, to see a thing for one's self:in scirpo nodum quaeris: quin nos hinc domum Redimus, nisi si historiam scripturi sumus?
Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 23.—In plur.:simiae improbitatem historiis Graecis mandatam esse demiror,
Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69:concessum est rhetoribus ementiri in historiis,
id. Brut. 11, 42:nihil in historiis supra Pontificum annales haberemus,
Quint. 10, 2, 7; 12, 4, 1:historiarum scriptor,
id. 3, 8, 49; so,scriptores,
Juv. 7, 98:non orationes modo, sed etiam historias legere,
Quint. 3, 8, 67; cf. id. 2, 18, 5:tuque pedestribus Dices historiis proelia Caesaris,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 10.—In abstr.:* B.historiam veterem atque antiquam haec mea senectus sustinet,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 100:si quid in ea epistula fuit historia dignum, scribe quam primum, ne ignoremus,
Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:et quia narrationum tres accepimus species: fabulam... argumentum... historiam, in qua est gestae rei expositio, etc.,
Quint. 2, 4, 2:maxima de nihilo nascitur historia,
Prop. 2, 1, 16:hactenus historiae: nunc ad tua devehar astra,
id. 4 (5), 1, 119; cf.:satis historiarum est,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 50:amarae,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 89; id. C. 3, 7, 20; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 44.—Hence: Naturalis Historia, the title of the encyclopœdical work of Pliny the Elder. —Historia, a surname of C. Julius Hyginus, Suet. Gramm. 20.—Concr., a subject of discourse:tu quoque uti fieres nobilis historia,
Prop. 1, 15, 24. -
8 incertum
incertum ī, n [incertus], an uncertainty: ne cuius incerti vanique auctor esset, L.: scribere legiones ad incerta belli, contingencies, L.: Haud incerta cano, V.: bona omnium in dubium incertumque revocabuntur: praefectus in incertum creatus, for an indefinite time, L.: postremo fugere an manere tutius foret, in incerto erat, S.: Auctor in incerto est, O. -
9 adauctor
ăd-auctor, ōris, m., an augmenter, Tert. de Anim. 2, where better auctor. -
10 auctrix
auctrix, īcis, f. [auctor].I.She that originates a thing, an author (very rare, and post-class. for auctor, q. v. fin.):II.materia auctrix universitatis,
Tert. adv. Herm. 5:anima auctrix operum carnis,
id. adv. Marc. 5, 10:comoediae scelerum et libidinum auctrices,
id. Spect. 18.—A female seller or surety (very rare, and post-class.), Cod. Diocl. et Max. 8, 45, 16; Tert. Anim. 57. -
11 certus
certus, a, um [orig. P. a. from cerno; hence], adj., determined, resolved, fixed, settled, purposed: non dubius.I.(Acc. to cerno, II. D.) Certum est (mihi), it is determined, it is my ( thy, his, etc.) decision, resolution, will, I am resolved, I mean, etc. (mostly ante-class.; most freq. in Plaut.); with inf.: quorum virtuti belli Fortuna pepercit, Eorundem me libertati parcere certum est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 206 Vahl.):b.certum'st hominem eludere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 109:tibi credere,
id. Aul. 4, 9, 7; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 32; id. Curc. 2, 1, 1; id. Cas. 2, 4, 15; id. Cist. 3, 1, 16; id. Ep. 5, 1, 57; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 37; id. Most. 1, 3, 80; id. Men. 5, 6, 12; id. Mil. 2, 3, 32; id. Merc. 3, 1, 7; id. Ps. 1, 5, 138; id. Poen. 5, 5, 25; id. Pers. 2, 2, 39; id. Rud. 3, 3, 22; id. Stich. 5, 4, 2; id. Trin. 2, 1, 34; id. Truc. 2, 6, 68; Ter. And. 2, 1, 11; id. Eun. 1, 2, 108: certum est deliberatumque, quae ad causam pertinere arbitror, omnia dicere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:certum atque decretum est non dare signum,
Liv. 2, 45, 13:certum est igni circumdare muros,
Verg. A. 9, 153.—Certum'st mihi with inf., Plaut. As. 1, 3, 94; 3, 3, 23; id. Cas. 1, 1, 3; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Ps. 4, 8, 2; Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144; Liv. 35, 46, 13; Ov. M. 9, 53 al.—Without inf., esp. parenthet., with expression of purpose by a fut. tense:certum est, malam rem potius quaeram cum lucro,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 15:certum est, jam dicam patri,
id. Bacch. 3, 1, 15:certum est, ibo ad medicum,
id. Merc. 2, 4, 4: An. Certumn' est tibi? Ly. Certum, id. Poen. 2, 48; cf. id. Stich. 4, 2, 33.—With pron. or subst.: Ar. Certumne'st tibi istuc? He. Non moriri certius, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 74;so further with istuc,
id. ib. 2, 1, 20; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 30:mihi autem abjurare certius est quam dependere,
Cic. Att. 1, 8, 3:ad eum senem oppugnare certum est consilium,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 60:quae nunc sunt certa ei consilia, etc.,
Ter. And. 2, 3, 16:certa res hanc est objurgare,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73; so id. Merc. 5, 2, 16; id. Mil. 2, 4, 45; Ter. And. 2, 2, 31; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 16.—(From the time of the Aug. poets.) Transf. to the person who is determined upon something, determined, resolved, bent.(α).With inf.:(β).certa mori,
Verg. A. 4, 564 (cf. id. ib. 4, 475:decrevitque mori): certi non cedere,
Ov. M. 9, 43:certa sequi,
Val. Fl. 5, 47.—With gen. (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 323; Zumpt, Gr. § 437, n. 1;(γ).A. and S. § 213, R. 1): certus eundi,
Verg. A. 4, 554; Ov. M. 11, 440:desciscendi,
Tac. H. 4, 14:relinquendae vitae,
id. A. 4, 34:necis,
Sil. 6, 27:fugae,
Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12:destinationis,
Tac. A. 12, 32:sceleris,
id. ib. 12, 66:consilii,
id. H. 2, 46.—With an:II.nec sat certa an cederet armis,
Sil. 9, 480.—An epithet of all those objects whose existence or reality is fixed, determined (hence in connection with definitus, Quint. 7, 10, 7;A.with praefinitus,
Suet. Galb. 14), or in respect to which there can be no doubt (hence opp. dubius, Quint. 7, 6, 3; 5, 12, 3; 12, 3, 6 al.).Object.1.Of things whose external qualities, number, etc., are invariable, established, settled, fixed, particular, specified, etc. (class.):b.Arboribus primum certis gravis umbra tributa,
Lucr. 6, 783:fruges, bacae,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:jam ad certas res conficiendas certos homines delectos ac descriptos habebat,
id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:concilium in diem certam indicere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30 fin.;so with dies,
a fixed term, Cato, R. R. 149, 1; Cic. Att. 6, 2, 9; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1; Liv. 1, 50, 1; Tac. G. 9 al.; cf.:certis diebus,
Verg. G. 2, 329:quaerere ab judicibus cur in certa verba jurent, cur certo tempore conveniant, certo discedant,
Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132; cf. Suet. Aug. 41:certum praefinitumque tempus,
id. Galb. 14; and:certum statumque vectigal,
id. Calig. 40:pecunia (opp. arbitraria), v. arbitrarius: finis aerumnarum,
Lucr. 1, 108; cf. id. 2, 512; 8, 1091; Hor. S. 1, 1, 106; id. Ep. 1, 2, 56:locus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 6:numerus,
id. ib. 7, 75:signum,
fixed, agreed upon, id. B. C. 1, 27:naves,
fixed in number and quality, id. ib. 1, 56:pecuniae imperabantur,
id. ib. 3, 32 fin.:conviva,
i. e. a daily, constant guest, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 75 Schmid:ecquem tu illo certiorem nebulonem,
Cic. Att. 15, 21, 2.—But sometimes indef., like quidam, and our certain, of things, the certainty of whose existence is given, but whose nature is not more definitely designated, or comes not into consideration (cf. aliquis):2.Cephaloedi mensis est certus, quo mense sacerdotem maximum creari oporteat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:habet certos sui studiosos,
id. Brut. 16, 64:(hunc) certis rebus imperatis regnare jussit,
id. Sest. 27, 58:certi homines ad eam rem periti,
id. ib. 18, 41:res a certis hominibus corrupta,
id. Fam. 1, 2, 3; 4, 9, 2; 16, 11, 2; id. Marcell. 6, 16; id. Deiot. 4, 11; Liv. 34, 61, 7.—Hence in Quint. several times in connection with quidam and aliquis:ad certas quasdam dicendi leges alligati,
Quint. 8, prooem. § 2; so id. 8, prooem. § 12; 4, 2, 28; 5, 10, 2; 5, 10, 5; 9, 4, 8;11, 2, 28: aliquos compositionis certos pedes,
id. 10, 2, 13; so id. 7, prooem. § 4; and subst.:in his certos aliquos docebit,
id. 2, 8, 13.—Trop., of things whose internal moral qualities are established, fixed, can be relied upon, sure, unerring, to be depended upon, true, faithful, [p. 321] etc. (so most freq. in all periods and species of composition; syn.: firmus, confirmatus, exploratus, indubitatus, manifestus al.).a.Of persons: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64; cf.:b.tu ex amicis certis mi es certissimus,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 57:certi homines, quibus dem litteras,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. Cat. 3, 7, 16; Nep. Paus. 2, 4; id. Alcib. 10, 1; Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 53; id. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156:certus enim promisit Apollo, etc.,
Hor. C. 1, 7, 28:auctor (mortis),
Quint. 6, 3, 68; cf. Suet. Tib. 5:adversus hostem nec spe nec animo certiorem, i. e. firmiorem,
Liv. 10, 35, 17: apud latera certos collocaverat, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 576 (H. 1, 53 Dietsch); cf. Nep. Dion, 9, 2:per litora certos dimittam,
Verg. A. 1, 576:certissimus auctor (Phoebus),
id. G. 1, 432.—Of things:B.satis animo certo et confirmato,
Cic. Quint. 24, 77; cf.pectora,
Verg. A. 9, 249, and certior indoles, Suet. Ner. 10:promissa,
Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 1:parata dicendi copia et certa,
Quint. 10, 6, 6; id. 6, prooem. §9: jus,
id. 12, 3, 6 et saep.:jactus (telorum),
Tac. A. 14, 37; cf.in this sense certa hasta,
Verg. A. 11, 767:sagitta,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 23:fides segetis,
id. ib. 3, 16, 30:spes,
id. C. S. 74:trames,
id. S. 2, 3, 49:lar,
id. Ep. 1, 7, 58 al.:plana et certa,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:certa et clara,
Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 1 Ruhnk.; so Liv. 22, 39, 22; cf. Hor. S. 2, 6, 27.—Subst., with gen.:certa maris,
Tac. H. 4, 81.—Subject., of that which is established by evidence, etc., placed beyond doubt, certain, sure, true, proved, established (class.; esp. freq. in neutr.):2.cum ad has suspitiones certissimae res accederent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 19; 5, 29:incerta pro certis malebant,
Sall. C. 17, 6; cf.:incerta pro certis mutare,
id. J. 83, 1:postremo certior res,
Liv. 29, 6, 12:certiora esse dicunt quam, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 13; id. Att. 3, 11, 2; Liv. 10, 35, 12: So. Satin hoc certum'st? Ge. Certum:hisce oculis egomet vidi,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 31:jam satis certumst virginem vitiatam esse?
id. Enn. 4, 4, 36:cum certius tibi sit me esse Romae quam mihi te Athenis,
Cic. Att. 1, 9, 1:id parum certum est,
Liv. 5, 35, 3:cum de altero intellectu certum est, de altero dubium,
Quint. 7, 6, 3; cf. id. 7, 3, 4: non certum traditur, with interrog.-clause, Liv. 2, 8, 8:nec quicquam certi respondes mihi?
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 84:neque tanto spatio certi quid esset explorari poterat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 45:certum inveniri non potest ne... an,
id. B. C. 1, 25:si quicquam humanorum certi est,
Liv. 5, 33, 1: Ph. Civemne? Th. Arbitror:Certum non scimus,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 31; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 98; Cic. Att. 12, 23, 2.—So, certum scire, to know for a certainty, Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 12; id. Hec. 3, 1, 44; Cic. Fam. 9, 23 init.:certum habere,
to reckon certain, id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 36, 28, 4; 5, 3, 2; Quint. 2, 3, 9; Col. 2, 22, 5 al.:certum respondeo,
Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:cognoscere, Auct. B. Alex. 53: comperire, Auct. B. Hisp. 22.—So also pro certo habere,
Cic. Att. 10, 6, 3; Matius ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, A med.; Sall. C. 52, 17; Suet. Dom. 23:negare,
Cic. Att. 5, 21, 5:polliceri,
id. Agr. 2, 37, 102:dicere aliquid,
id. Brut. 3, 10:ponere,
Liv. 23, 6, 8:scire,
id. 25, 10, 1:affirmare,
id. 27, 1, 13; 3, 23, 7; cf. id. 1, 3, 2 Drak.:creditur,
Sall. C. 15, 2:coeperit esse,
Quint. 5, 12, 2:certius cognoscere ex aliquo de aliquā re,
Caes. B. G. 5, 52, 5.—Strengthened by comp.:quin nihil invenies magis hoc certo certius,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 111; cf.:et hoc certo certius est et saepissime constitutum,
Dig. 42, 8, 10, § 14:certo certius,
Ambros. in Ephes. 5; Paul. Vit. St. Ambros. 25; App. M. 9, p. 237, 27.—In Plaut. certum or certius facere alicui, to give certainty to one concerning any thing, make him certain, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 17; 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 2, 2, 4.—Transf. to the person who is made certain in reference to a thing, certain, sure:A.certi sumus periisse omnia,
Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5:num quid nunc es certior?
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 191:posteritatis,
i. e. of posthumous fame, Plin. Ep. 9, 3, 1:sententiae,
Quint. 4, 3, 8:judicii,
Sen. Ep. 45, 9:certus de suā geniturā,
Suet. Vesp. 25:damnationis,
id. Tib. 61:exitii,
Tac. A. 1, 27:spei,
id. H. 4, 3:matrimonii,
id. A. 12, 3:certi sumus, etc.,
Gell. 18, 10, 5.—In class. prose mostly in the phrase certiorem facere aliquem (de aliquā re, alicujus rei, with a foll, acc. and inf., with a rel.-clause or absol.), to inform, apprise one of a thing:me certiorem face,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 69:ut nos facias certiores,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 32:uti se (sc. Caesarem) de his rebus certiorem faciant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 2:qui certiorem me sui consilii fecit,
Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 2:Caesarem certiorem faciunt, sese non facile ab oppidis vim hostium prohibere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 11:faciam te certiorem quid egerim,
Cic. Att. 3, 11, 1.— With subj. only:milites certiores facit, paulisper intermitterent proelium,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5 fin. — Pass.:quod crebro certior per me fias de omnibus rebus,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so Caes. B. G. 1, 7; Sall. J. 104, 1:Caesar certior factus est, tres jam copiarum partes Helvetios id flumen transduxisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 12; so id. ib. 1, 21; 1, 41; 2, 1; Sall. J. 82, 2; Nep. Att. 12, 3:factus certior, quae res gererentur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 15:non consulibus certioribus factis,
Liv. 45, 21, 4.—Also in posit., though rarely:fac me certum quid tibi est,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 16; 4, 6, 35; Verg. A. 3, 179:lacrimae suorum Tam subitae matrem certam fecere ruinae,
Ov. M. 6, 268.— Hence, adv. in two forms.certō, with certainty, certainly, surely, of a truth, in fact, really, object. and subject. (cf. supra, II. A. and B.); only in the comic poets, and sometimes (most. freq. in his epistt.) in Cic., while the adverbial form certe belongs to all periods and all species of composition. The difference between them is, perhaps, merely historical; but v. infra, certe, B. I. 2. init.1.Object.:b.perii certo, haud arbitrario,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 42; cf. id. Merc. 2, 3, 106:mihi certo nomen Sosia'st,
id. Am. 1, 1, 176; id. Men. 2, 2, 39; Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 12:nihil ita exspectare quasi certo futurum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81 (cf. the passage cited under certo, I. 1., from id. Div. 2, 7, 18).—In affirm. answers: Me. Liberum ego te jussi abire? Mes. Certo, yes, certainly, Plaut. Men. 5, 8, 9; so id. ib. 5, 9, 50; 2, 3, 38; id. Poen. 5, 5, 21; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 9.—2.Subject.a.In gen. (very rare):b.certo enim ego vocem hic loquentis modo mi audire visus sum,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 5, 4:ego rus abituram me esse certo decrevi,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 10: Th. Quid aīs? Py. Atqui certo comperi, id. Eun. 5, 1, 9.—Esp. in the formula of asseveration, certo scio, I certainly know, I am fully persuaded, beyond all doubt (class.):B.certo edepol scio, me vidisse, etc.,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 2; id. Truc. 1, 1, 49; Ter. And. 5, 4, 26; id. Ad. 4, 5, 14; id. Eun. 1, 2, 119; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 19:quod te moleste ferre certo scio,
Cic. Att. 1, 12, 3; 2, 23, 2; id. Fam. 4, 13, 6; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; id. Rosc. Am. 8, 21; id. Phil. 3, 6, 17; id. Sen. 1, 1; 1, 2; Sall. J. 9, 2; id. C. 51, 16:veniunt in mentem mihi permulta: vobis plura, certo scio,
Cic. Caecin. 19, 55 (cf. under certe, I. 2.).—certē (class.; cf. supra, certo init.).I. 1.Object.:b.certe edepol, tu me alienabis,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 243:ego quidem ab hoc certe exorabo,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 58:certe hercle,
id. As. 2, 1, 15; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 8; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 71; Ter. And. 2, 2, 10:quom is certe Renuntiarit,
id. Heaut. 4, 4, 4:certe captus est!
id. And. 1, 1, 55:certe ut videamur cernere eum,
Lucr. 4, 760:si enim scit, certe illud eveniet: sin certe eveniet, nulla fortuna est,
Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18; cf. id. N. D. 1, 2, 5:fuit certe id aequum et certe exspectatum est, etc.,
id. Planc. 16, 38:ea certe vera sunt,
id. Mil. 35, 96:M. Catoni certe licuit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:jam illa perfugia certe minime sunt audienda,
id. ib. 1, 5, 9:cum se certe decessurum videret,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104; Cat. 62, 8:certe hinc Romanos olim fore ductores pollicitus,
Verg. A. 1, 234:o dea certe,
a goddess surely, id. ib. 1, 328:postremo expellet certe vivacior heres,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 132:placuit tibi, Delphice, certe, Dum, etc.,
Ov. M. 2, 543 al. — Comp.:speculatores mittere, qui certius explorata referant,
Liv. 3, 40, 13; 35, 48, 3:si reperire vocas amittere certius,
Ov. M. 5, 519; App. M. 2, p. 118, 1.— Sup., Tert. Pall. 4.—In an answer of affirmation:2.estne ipsus an non est! Is est, Certe is est, is est profecto,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 65; so Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53; Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 9; id. Clu. 54, 149; id. Phil. 1, 15, 37; id. Ac. 2, 35, 113; and in confirmation of a preceding fact: venerat, ut opinor, haec res in judicium. Certe, certainly, surely, Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 42; id. Fam. 4, 2, 5; id. Or. 42, 144; cf. id. Off. 3, 29, 105; id. Fin. 2, 27, 91.—Subject., mostly in the phrase certe scio, I know to a certainty, I am sure (acc. to Klotz ad Cic. Sen. 1, 2, certe scio = certum est me scire, I am fully convinced: certo scio = certum est quod scio, my knowledge is accurate, etc.):b.certe edepol scio, si aliud quicquam est quod credam aut certo sciam, etc.,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 115:edepol certo scio,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 20:scelestiorem me hac anu certe scio Vidisse numquam,
id. Aul. 1, 1, 21; cf. Cic. Arch. 12, 32:ex litteris certe scire potuistis,
id. Font. 4, 8; id. Phil. 12, 12, 29:quod iste certe statuerat ac deliberaverat non adesse,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1.—In affirm. answers: Ar. Ain' vero? Le. Certe, inquam, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 132: Ch. Ain'tu? So. Certe, sic erit, Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 12.—c.In a subjective supposition or presumption that a thing is so, certainly, surely, assuredly, doubtless, of course; Gr. isôs:(β).ah nugas agis, Certe habes,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 25; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 58:si me tanti facis, quanti certe facis,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; 7, 8, 1; cf. Verg. A. 1, 234; Ov. M. 2, 423; Prop. 2, 7, 1. —In interrog., Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3; Suet. Aug. 33.—II.Affirming with restriction, yet surely, yet indeed, at least, notwithstanding (very freq. in prose and poetry, esp. after the class. per.).A.Alone:B.si non ipsā re tibi istuc dolet, Simulare certe est hominis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 16:cingitur, certe expedit se,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 152:ut homines mortem vel optare incipiant, vel certe timere desistant,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117:haec... sint falsa sane, invidiosa certe non sunt,
id. Ac. 2, 32, 105:qui... ut non referat pedem, sistet certe,
id. Phil. 12, 4, 8:res fortasse verae, certe graves,
id. Fin. 4, 3, 7; cf. Liv. 9, 11, 13:consulatum unum certe plebis Romanae esse,
id. 22, 34, 11:quos quoniam caeli nondum dignamur honore, Quas dedimus certe terras habitare sinamus,
Ov. M. 1, 195 et saep.:quo quid sit beatius, mihi certe in mentem venire non potest,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81; so,ego certe,
Quint. 8, 3, 65; 9, 4, 57:certe ego,
Sall. J. 31, 5; Ov. H. 19, 81; id. M. 13, 840; id. Tr. 4, 5, 13:mihi certe,
Quint. 10, 3, 23:ipse certe,
id. 8, 6, 30; Curt. 7, 4, 19; 7, 6, 22.—With other particles.1.With tamen:2.illud certe tamen, quod jam amplexi sumus,
Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 22; id. Sen. 23, 84.—With at: quod (consilium) si non fuerit prudens, at certe ab optima fide proficiscetur, Balb. et opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 1; Ov. F. 3, 351; cf. at II. 3.—3.With sed: non integrā re, sed certe minus infractā, quam, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 8; cf. Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56 dub. B. and K. —4.With quidem:ubi sit animus, certe quidem in te est,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 70:quoniam volumus quidem certe senes fieri,
id. Sen. 2, 6; id. Quint. 15, 50:certe quidem vos estis Romani, etc.,
Liv. 45, 22, 5. (But quidem does not belong with certe in such passages as the foll.:hic quidem certe memorat, etc.,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 261 al.; v. quidem; cf. also aut and vel.) -
12 dux
dux, dŭcis, com. [duco], a leader, conductor, guide (for syn. cf.: imperator, ductor, tyrannus, rex, princeps, praetor, auctor).I.In gen.:II. A.illis non ducem locorum, non exploratorem fuisse,
Liv. 9, 5, 7; cf.itineris,
Curt. 5, 4:itinerum,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 1:regendae civitatis (with auctor publici consilii),
Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63:dux isti quondam et magister ad despoliandum Dianae templum fuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 21:nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro,
Hor. C. 1, 7, 27:tu dux et comes es,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 119; id. P. 4, 12, 23 et saep. —In the fem., Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71; id. Lael. 5, 19; id. Div. 2, 40; id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; Verg. A. 1, 364; Ov. M. 3, 12; 14, 121 et saep.—Prop., Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 2; 2, 23, 4 (with qui summam imperii tenebat); 3, 18, 7;B.3, 23, 3 et saep.—Prov.: ducis in consilio posita est virtus militum,
Pub. Syr. 136 (Rib.). Also a lieutenant-general, general of division (cf. duco, I. B. 5. b., and imperator), as opp. to the imperator, Caes. B. G. 3, 21, 1; Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99; id. Fl. 12, 27; Tac. H. 3, 37 al.—Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, a leader, chief, head:dux regit examen,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 23; cf.gregis, i. e. aries,
Ov. M. 5, 327; 7, 311; so,pecoris,
Tib. 2, 1, 58;but dux gregis = pastor,
id. 1, 10, 10:armenti, i. e. taurus,
Ov. M. 8, 884;of the head of a sect of philosophers,
Lucr. 1, 638; cf. Quint. 5, 13, 59; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 13. -
13 exstans
ex-sto ( ext-), āre, v. n. ( part. fut. exstaturus, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 7; Pand. 47, 2, 78 al.), to stand out or forth, to project, to stand above.I.Prop.:B.(milites) cum capite solo ex aqua exstarent,
Caes. B. G. 5, 18, 5;for which: super aequora celso collo,
Ov. M. 11, 358:aquis (navis),
id. Tr. 5, 11, 14; cf. absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 62, 2:ferrum de pectore,
Ov. M. 9 128:de arbore (surculus),
Col. 5, 11, 5:ossa sub incurvis lumbis,
Ov. M. 8, 807:aedificia modice ab humo exstantia,
Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 89:paulum supra terram,
Gell. 19, 13, 3.— Poet. with acc.:aliquem,
to overtop, Stat. S. 1, 2, 116.—Trop. (syn.: emineo, eniteo), to be prominent, stand forth, be conspicuous:II.quo magis id, quod erit illuminatum. exstare atque eminere videatur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101:haec enitere et exstare aliquatenus,
Quint. 8, 5, 29:arma tubaeque sonent, vox et tua noctibus exstet,
predominate, be heard above, Val. Fl. 5, 252.—Meton. (causa pro effectu), to be visible, show itself, appear; [p. 705] to be extant, to exist, to be (most freq., esp. of inanim. and abstr. subjects):(β).hominum nemo exstat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 142:auctor doctrinae ejus non exstat,
Liv. 1, 18, 2. pecunia, cujus auctor non exstat, Quint. 7, 2, 57:Sarmenti domina exstat,
still lives, Hor. S. 1, 5, 55:exstant hujus fortitudinis impressa vestigia,
Cic. Balb. 5, 13:exstant epistolae Philippi ad Alexandrum,
id. Off. 2, 14, 48:litterae,
id. Inv. 1, 39, 70:leges,
id. Rep. 5, 2 fin.:orationes,
Quint. 10, 7, 30: clarorum virorum non minus otii quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66:sine oculis non potest exstare officium et munus oculorum,
Cic. Div. 1, 32, 71; 2, 52, 107:video hoc in numero neminem, cujus non exstet in me suum meritum,
id. Planc. 1, 2:studium nostrum,
id. Fam. 1, 8, 7.—Impers., with a subject or rel.-clause (very rare):quem vero exstet et de quo sit memoriae proditum eloquentem fuisse, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 15, 57:apparet atque exstat, utrum simus earum (artium) rudes an didicerimus,
id. de Or. 1, 16, 72 —Hence, ex-stans, ntis, P. a., projecting, prominent; comp. partes exstantiores, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 3. -
14 exstinctor
I.Lit.:B.non exstinctor sed auctor incendii,
Cic. Pis. 11, 26.—Transf., an annihilator, destroyer:II.ne exstinctor patriae, ne proditor, ne hostis appelletur,
Cic. Sull. 31, 88:regiae domus (Cassander),
Just. 16, 1.—Trop.: conjurationis, suppressor (opp. auctor et dux), Auct. Or. pro Domo, 38, 101: belli, Auct. Or. de Harusp. Resp. 23, 94. -
15 exsto
ex-sto ( ext-), āre, v. n. ( part. fut. exstaturus, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 7; Pand. 47, 2, 78 al.), to stand out or forth, to project, to stand above.I.Prop.:B.(milites) cum capite solo ex aqua exstarent,
Caes. B. G. 5, 18, 5;for which: super aequora celso collo,
Ov. M. 11, 358:aquis (navis),
id. Tr. 5, 11, 14; cf. absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 62, 2:ferrum de pectore,
Ov. M. 9 128:de arbore (surculus),
Col. 5, 11, 5:ossa sub incurvis lumbis,
Ov. M. 8, 807:aedificia modice ab humo exstantia,
Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 89:paulum supra terram,
Gell. 19, 13, 3.— Poet. with acc.:aliquem,
to overtop, Stat. S. 1, 2, 116.—Trop. (syn.: emineo, eniteo), to be prominent, stand forth, be conspicuous:II.quo magis id, quod erit illuminatum. exstare atque eminere videatur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101:haec enitere et exstare aliquatenus,
Quint. 8, 5, 29:arma tubaeque sonent, vox et tua noctibus exstet,
predominate, be heard above, Val. Fl. 5, 252.—Meton. (causa pro effectu), to be visible, show itself, appear; [p. 705] to be extant, to exist, to be (most freq., esp. of inanim. and abstr. subjects):(β).hominum nemo exstat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 142:auctor doctrinae ejus non exstat,
Liv. 1, 18, 2. pecunia, cujus auctor non exstat, Quint. 7, 2, 57:Sarmenti domina exstat,
still lives, Hor. S. 1, 5, 55:exstant hujus fortitudinis impressa vestigia,
Cic. Balb. 5, 13:exstant epistolae Philippi ad Alexandrum,
id. Off. 2, 14, 48:litterae,
id. Inv. 1, 39, 70:leges,
id. Rep. 5, 2 fin.:orationes,
Quint. 10, 7, 30: clarorum virorum non minus otii quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66:sine oculis non potest exstare officium et munus oculorum,
Cic. Div. 1, 32, 71; 2, 52, 107:video hoc in numero neminem, cujus non exstet in me suum meritum,
id. Planc. 1, 2:studium nostrum,
id. Fam. 1, 8, 7.—Impers., with a subject or rel.-clause (very rare):quem vero exstet et de quo sit memoriae proditum eloquentem fuisse, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 15, 57:apparet atque exstat, utrum simus earum (artium) rudes an didicerimus,
id. de Or. 1, 16, 72 —Hence, ex-stans, ntis, P. a., projecting, prominent; comp. partes exstantiores, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 3. -
16 extinctor
I.Lit.:B.non exstinctor sed auctor incendii,
Cic. Pis. 11, 26.—Transf., an annihilator, destroyer:II.ne exstinctor patriae, ne proditor, ne hostis appelletur,
Cic. Sull. 31, 88:regiae domus (Cassander),
Just. 16, 1.—Trop.: conjurationis, suppressor (opp. auctor et dux), Auct. Or. pro Domo, 38, 101: belli, Auct. Or. de Harusp. Resp. 23, 94. -
17 fundus
fundus, i, m. [Sanscr. budh-nas, ground; Gr. puthmên, pundax; O. H. Germ. Bodam; Germ. Boden; v. fodio], the bottom of any thing (class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.:* 2.armarii fundum exsecuit,
the bottom of the chest, Cic. Clu. 64, 179:ollae,
Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 60:scyphi,
Dig. 41, 1, 26:(Aetna) fundo exaestuat imo,
from the lowest bottom, Verg. A. 3, 577; cf.:imo Nereus ciet aequora fundo,
id. ib. 2, 419:amnis fundo carens,
Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 122:maris,
Vulg. Judith, 5, 12:calicis,
id. Isa. 51, 17.—Prov.:largitio fundum non habet,
there is no end of giving, Cic. Off. 2, 15, 55.—Transf. (pars pro toto), a cup:B.hi duo longaevo censentur Nestore fundi,
Mart. 8, 6, 9.—In partic., a piece of land, a farm, estate (syn.: praedium, villa): fundi appellatione omne aedificium et omnis ager continetur; sed in usu urbana aedificia aedes, rustica villae dicuntur;II.locus vero sine aedificio in urbe area, rure autem ager appellatur: idemque ager cum aedificio fundus dicitur,
Dig. 50, 16, 211; Cic. Agr. 3, 2 fin.:cum inprobata sit eorum sententia qui putaverint furtivum fundum fieri posse,
Gai. Inst. 2, 51; cf.: non hominum tantum neque rerum moventium... sed fundi quoque et aedium fieri furtum, Masur. Sab. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 13:cui nostrum non licet fundos nostros obire?
Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249:nunquam tam mane egredior, quin te in fundo conspicer fodere,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 16; Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Cic. Caecin. 36, 104; id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119; id. Fam. 13, 69, 2; [p. 794] Quint. 4, 2, 131:dulcia poma feret cultus tibi fundus,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 13 et saep.:euge, fundi et aedes, per tempus subvenistis mihi,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 84; cf.:si quidem habes fundum atque aedis,
id. ib. 1, 2, 75:nostri fundi calamitas,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 34:quasi non fundis exornatae multae incedant per vias,
i. e. with the price of a farm, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 42:unumne fundum pulcherrimum populi Romani, disperire patiemini?
Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:nunc is nobis fundus est, i. e. ex quo fructus capiamus,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 15 Spengel ad loc.—Prov.: fundum alienum arat, incultum familiarem deserit,
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 24.—Trop.A.In gen.: fluxas Phrygiae res vertere fundo, i. e. from its foundation, = funditus, Verg. A. 10, 88:B.cenae,
the principal dish, Gell. 17, 8, 2.—In partic., publicists' t. t., qs. one who lays the foundation for the decision of a thing, one that approves a thing or ratifies it, the approver (syn. auctor): fundus dicitur populus esse rei, quam alienat, hoc est auctor, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.:2.non ut hujus sententiae legisque fundus fierem,
Gell. 19, 8, 12:negat ex foederato populo quemquam potuisse, nisi is populus fundus factus esset, in hanc civitatem venire, etc.,
Cic. Balb. 8, 19 (where Cicero gives to this legal principle another meaning); cf.:quid enim potuit dici imperitius quam foederatos populos fieri fundos oportere?
id. ib. 8, 20; 11, 27;18, 42: municipes sunt cives Romani ex municipiis, legibus suis et suo jure utentes... neque ulla populi Romani lege astricti, nisi populus eorum fundus factus est,
Gell. 16, 13, 6.—Transf. (ante- and post-class., and rare):ut, quae cum ejus filio egi, ei rei fundus pater sit potior,
may officially confirm, Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 7; cf. Gell. 19, 8, 12; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll. supra. -
18 idoneus
ĭdōnĕus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root indh-, idh-, to kindle; prop. bright, conspicuous; cf. Idus], fit for something (esp. for an action), meet, proper, becoming, suitable, apt, capable, convenient, sufficient (of persons and things; class. and very freq. in prose and poetry; syn.: aptus, opportunus); constr. most commonly with ad, qui, the dat., or absol.; less freq. with in aliquid, the abl., or the inf.(α).With ad:(β).tot quidem non potuisti adducere homines magis ad hanc rem idoneos, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 6:non essem ad ullam causam idoneus, judices, si hoc non viderem,
Cic. Clu. 6, 17:ad amicitiam esse idoneus,
id. Lael. 17, 62:loco pro castris ad aciem instruendam opportuno atque idoneo,
Caes. B. G. 2, 8, 3:cum statim auditoris animum nobis idoneum reddimus ad audiendum,
Auct. Her. 1, 4, 6:est enim (lex) ratio mensque sapientis, ad jubendum et ad deterrendum idonea,
Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:scientia opportunitatis idoneorum ad agendum temporum,
id. Off. 1, 40, 142:ad captandos lacertos tempestates non sunt idoneae,
id. Att. 2, 6, 1:consilia idonea ad hoc nostrum negotium,
id. ib. 5, 6, 1 al.—With qui, or a rel. adverb:(γ).video hercle ego te me arbitrari, Euclio, hominem idoneum, Quem senecta aetate ludos facias,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 74; cf. Ter. And. 3, 2, 12; 4, 4, 18:utrum ille (Pompeius) idoneus non est, qui impetret, etc.,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:tibi fortasse idoneus fuit nemo, quem imitarere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41:idonea mihi Laelii persona visa est, quae de amicitia dissereret,
id. Lael. 1, 4:et rem idoneam, de qua quaeratur, et homines dignos, quibuscum disseratur, putant,
id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:nequeo mearum rerum initium ullum invenire idoneum, Unde exordiar narrare, quae, etc.,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 1.—With dat.:(δ).erit alius (discipulus) historiae magis idoneus,
Quint. 2, 8, 7; 12, 10, 49:idoneus arti Cuilibet,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 8:non sat idoneus Pugnae ferebaris,
id. C. 2, 19, 26:vixi puellis nuper idoneus,
id. ib. 3, 26, 1:cum idoneos rhetori pueros putaverunt,
Quint. 2, 3, 1:Falernum mihi semper idoneum visum est deversorio,
Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 1:castris idoneum locum deligit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 10, 2; 7, 35, 4:ad cibos viribus conservandis idoneos redeunt,
Quint. 2, 10, 6:(volunt poëtae) simul et jucunda et idonea dicere vitae,
Hor. A. P. 334: metuensque futuri In pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello, id. S. 2, 2, 111:ut patriae sit idoneus,
serviceable, Juv. 14, 71.—With dat. gerundi (post-Aug.):Julius, qui perferendis militum mandatis habebatur idoneus,
Tac. A. 1, 23 fin. —Absol.:(ε).cujus (Cethegi) eloquentiae est auctor, et idoneus quidem mea sententia, Q. Ennius, etc.,
a proper, sufficient voucher, Cic. Brut. 15, 57:auctor,
Quint. 1, 4, 20; 2, 4, 42:qui si adductus gratia minus idoneum hominem praemio affecisset, etc.,
i. e. deserving, worthy, Cic. Balb. 3, 7; cf. id. Off. 2, 15, 54:idoneus suae rei quisque defensor,
Quint. 4, 1, 46:imperator,
id. 12, 3, 5:juvenis,
id. 10, 5, 21: debitor, safe, able to pay (opp. inops), Dig. 4, 4, 27 fin.; so,tutor,
ib. 26, 1, 9; 27, 8, 1:homines,
ib. 35, 2, 88; cf. Sen. Ben. 4, 39:servi conscii, tempus idoneum, locus opportune captus ad eam rem,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:tempora,
Quint. 12, 11, 18; cf.:lex promulgata idoneo die,
id. 2, 4, 35:minus idoneis (verbis) uti,
Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 154; cf.:aptum atque idoneum verbum,
Quint. 9, 4, 144:vox actoris,
id. 12, 7, 1:lectio,
id. ib. 8 praef. §28: cautio,
Dig. 40, 4, 50:paries,
safe, sound, ib. 39, 2, 36:navis,
ib. 19, 2, 13:pignora,
sufficient, satisfactory, ib. 22, 1, 33.— Comp. (post-class.):si persona idoneior accedat ad emptionem,
Dig. 18, 2, 4, § 6; cf. ib. 47, 23, 2; 43, 29, 3; 50, 6, 5 fin.; Tert. adv. Herm. 18; Anim. 18 (al. idonior or idoneor). — Subst.:in deligendis idoneis judicium et diligentiam adhibere,
Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62:cum idoneis collocutus,
Liv. 34, 25, 7:nullo idoneo respondente,
Suet. Ner. 44; Quint. 7, 4, 39:novum illud exemplum a dignis et idoneis ad indignos et non idoneos transfertur,
Sall. C. 51, 27:per idoneos et secreti ejus socios,
Tac. A. 2, 39:apud idonea provinciarum,
i. e. at proper stations, id. ib. 4, 5.—With in and acc.:* (ζ).infirmi et in nullam spem idonei,
Sen. Contr. 5, 33:componere materias in hoc idoneas, ut, etc.,
Quint. 6, 3, 15.—With abl. (like dignus):(η).res idoneas dignitate suā judicare,
Auct. Her. 3, 3, 5.—With inf. ( poet. and postclass.):fons etiam rivo dare nomen idoneus,
i. e. large enough, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 12:si torrere jecur quaeris idoneum,
id. C. 4, 1, 12:accendi idonea,
Sen. N. Q. 1, 15, 1.— Comp.:idoneor (late Lat.),
Dig. 18, 2, 4, § 6; 47, 23, 2; Tert. adv. Herm. 18; id. de Anim. 18.—Hence, adv.: ĭdōnĕē, fitly, suitably, properly, duly, sufficiently (very rare):exordium est oratio animum auditoris idonee comparans ad reliquam dictionem,
Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20:ergo cavendum est idonee. Quid est idonee? Satisdato utique aut pignoribus datis,
enough, Dig. 40, 5, 4:cavere,
ib. 5, 3, 41; 27, 8, 1:magis idonee reficere parietem,
more safely, solidly, ib. 39, 2, 41.— Comp.:idonius,
Tert. Pall. 3 med. -
19 incertus
incertus, a, um (archaic gen. plur. incertūm, Pac. ap. Non. 495, 27), adj. [2. incertus; hence, acc. to certus].I.Object., of things whose (external or internal) qualities are not firmly established, uncertain, unsettled, doubtful, untrustworthy, not fast, not firm (class.): amicus certus in re incerta cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64 (Trag. v. 428 Vahl.); cf. id. ap. Non. 166, 22 (Trag. v. 12 Vahl.):II.incerti socii an hostes essent,
Liv. 30, 35, 9:incertus (infans) masculus an femina esset,
id. 31, 12, 6; cf. Sall. J. 49, 5:cum incerta bellum an pax cum Celtiberis essent,
Liv. 34, 19, 8 Weissenb.: spe incerta certum mihi laborem sustuli, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 9; id. And. 2, 3, 16:nuptiae,
id. ib. 5, 1, 11:aetas (puerilis) maxime lubrica atque incerta,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 137:itinera,
Caes. B. G. 5, 37 fin.:dominatus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17:status,
id. ib. 1, 26:sedes,
Sall. C. 6, 1:ambiguae testis incertaeque rei,
Juv. 8, 81:comarum Anulus incertā non bene fixus acu,
not fast, Mart. 2, 66, 2:colligere incertos et in ordine ponere crines,
dishevelled, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 1:per incertam lunam sub luce maligna,
not clearly visible, dim, Verg. A. 6, 270:soles,
id. ib. 3, 203:securis,
that did not strike with a sure blow, id. ib. 2, 224:vultus,
disturbed, uneasy, Sall. J. 106, 2:ille vitam suam ad incertissimam spem reservavit,
Cic. Sest. 22, 50: arbori incertae nullam prudentia cani Rectoris cum ferret opem, the ship uncertain in her course, because no longer obeying the helm, Juv. 12, 32 Halm. — In neutr. ellipt.:clauserant portas incertum vi an voluntate,
Liv. 31, 41, 2; 31, 43, 7 al. — Neutr. as adv. ( poet.):incertum vigilans,
Ov. H. 10, 9; Stat. Th. 5, 212. —Subject., as respects one's perceptions or convictions, not firmly established, uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, dubious (so most freq. in prose and poetry):(β).nihil est incertius vulgo,
Cic. Mur. 17, 36:casus,
id. Or. 28, 98:ut alia certa, alia incerta esse dicunt,
id. Off. 2, 2, 7; cf.: est igitur ridiculum, quod est dubium, id relinquere incertum, id. Mur. 32, 68; and:incerta atque dubia,
Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 9 fin.:ut incertis temporibus diversisque itineribus iretur,
Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.; so,eventus reliqui temporis,
Cic. Quint. 26, 83:exitus pugnarum,
id. Mil. 21, 56:adulterium,
Quint. 7, 2, 52:auctor,
id. 5, 11, 41:cujus ora puellares faciunt incerta capilli,
make the sex doubtful, Juv. 15, 137:incerta persona heres institui non potest,
Ulp. Fragm. 22, 4; Gai. Inst. 2, 242; cf. 2, 238.—With rel. or interrog.-clause:2.nunc mihi incertumst, abeam an maneam,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 19:moriendum certe est, et id incertum, an hoc ipso die,
Cic. Sen. 20, 74; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 27:(Gallus) avem, an gentem, an nomen, an fortunam corporis significet, incertum est,
id. 7, 9, 2:confessus est quidem sed incertum, utrum quia verum erat, an quia, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 5:neque plane occultati humilitate arborum et tamen incerti, quidnam esset,
Sall. J. 49, 5 Kritz.— Abl. absol.:multi annantes navibus incerto prae tenebris, quid aut peterent aut vitarent, foede interierunt,
Liv. 28, 36, 12.—Subst.: incer-tum, i, n., an uncertainty:B.quicquid incerti mihi in animo prius aut ambiguum fuit, Nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 69:ne cujus incerti vanique auctor esset,
Liv. 4, 13, 9:incerta maris et tempestatum,
Tac. A. 3, 54:incerta fortunae experiri,
Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 4:incerta belli,
Liv. 30, 2:bona, fortunae possessionesque omnium in dubium incertumque revocabuntur,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 76; cf. id. ib. 13, 38:Minucius praefectus annonae in incertum creatus,
for an indefinite time, Liv. 4, 13, 7:postremo fugere an manere tutius foret, in incerto erat,
Sall. J. 38, 5:Allobroges diu in incerto habuere, quidnam consilii caperent,
id. C. 41, 1; cf. id. J. 46, 8:imperia ducum in incerto reliquerat,
Tac. H. 2, 33 fin. —Transf., of a person who is in a state of uncertainty respecting any thing, uncertain, in uncertainty, hesitating, doubtful: quo ego ope mea Pro incertis certos compotesque consili Dimitto, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 188 Vahl.):(β).nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscura spe et caeca exspectatione pendere,
Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66; so,varius incertusque agitabat,
Sall. J. 74, 1; Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 3:ego certe me incerto scio hoc daturum nemini homini,
id. As. 2, 4, 60.—With rel.-clause:(γ).quid dicam hisce, incertus sum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 36:cum incertus essem, ubi esses,
Cic. Att. 1, 9, 1:incerti ignarique, quid potissimum facerent,
Sall. J. 67, 1:incerti quidnam esset,
id. ib. 49, 5:incertus, quonam modo aciem instrueret,
id. ib. 101, 2:incerti, quo fata ferant, ubi sistere detur,
Verg. A. 3, 7:incertus, Geniumne loci famulumne parentis Esse putet,
id. ib. 5, 95:faber, incertus scamnum faceretne Priapum,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 2.—With gen. (not in Cic.): summarum rerum incerti, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 187 Vahl.):(δ).incertusque meae paene salutis eram,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 4:sententiae,
Liv. 4, 57, 3:veri,
id. 4, 23, 3; 1, 27, 6:rerum,
id. 24, 24, 9:ultionis,
Tac. A. 2, 75:sui,
Stat. Th. 5, 525:naves incertae locorum, Auct. B. Afr. 7: mox incertus animi, fesso corpore, etc.,
Tac. A. 6, 46; id. H. 3, 55 fin.:futurorum,
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 11:consilii,
Curt. 8, 10, 27.—With abl.:(ε).incerti metu,
Val. Fl. 3, 602.—With de and abl.:incertus de salute alicujus,
Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 10.—Hence, adv. in two forms: incertē and incerto (both ante-class.), uncertainly, not certainly, dubiously: incerte errat animus, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 259 Vahl.): vagat exsul, Pac. ap. Non. 467, 25 (Trag. Rel. p. 87 Rib.):ubi Habitet dum incerto scio,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 69:incerto scio,
id. Ps. 4, 2, 7:incerto autumo,
id. Ep. 4, 1, 18. -
20 locuples
lŏcū̆ples, ētis (ū, Mart. 5, 36, 6; gen. locupletium and locupletum; abl. sing. locuplete, usu. of a person, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29; id. Att. 12, 43, 2; Tac. H. 1, 46;I.rarely of a thing,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 102; Pers. 3, 74:locupleti, of things,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; Sen. Contr. 2, 9, 4;rarely of a person,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46; Macrob. S. 5, 18, 14; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 49 sq.), adj. [locus-plenus], rich in lands, substantial, opulent (syn.: dives, abundans, copiosus).Lit.:B.quod tum erat res in pecore et locorum possessionibus: ex quo pecuniosi et locupletes vocabantur,
Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16; cf.:(P. Nigidius) locupletem dictum ait ex compositis vocibus, qui pleraque loca, hoc est, qui multas possessiones teneret,
Gell. 10, 5: locupletes locorum multorum domini, Paul. ex Fest. p. 119 Müll.—So too, locupletem a locorum copia,
Quint. 5, 10, 55:locupletes dicebant loci, hoc est agri plenos,
Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11:unum genus est eorum, qui magno in aere alieno, majores etiam possessiones habent: horum hominum species est honestissima, sunt enim locupletes,
Cic. Cat. 2, 8;rarely of things: neque minus locuples ad eos hereditas perveniat,
Gai. Inst. 1, 192.—Transf., in gen., rich, wealthy, opulent:II.de ornatu ut locupletes simus scitis,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 4:egebat? immo locuples erat,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:mulier copiosa plane et locuples,
id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55.—As subst.:Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi, ut servitio, colendos dedit,
the rich, Cic. Rep. 3, 9 fin.:ut suffragia non in multitudinis, sed in locupletium potestate essent,
id. ib. 2, 22, 39.—So fem.:locuples quae nupsit avaro,
Juv. 6, 141:locuples et referta domus,
id. de Or. 1, 35, 161:in locuplete penu,
Pers. 3, 74:locupletem optare podagram,
i. e. characteristic of the rich, Juv. 13, 96. —With abl.:praedā locuples,
Sall. J. 84:locuples frugibus annus,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 137:mancipiis locuples,
id. ib. 1, 6, 39.—With gen.:pecuniae,
App. M. 8, p. 202, 12:locuples aquila,
i. e. the lucrative post of centurion, Juv. 14, 197.—With in and abl. in thesauris, Vulg. Jer. 51, 13.— Comp.:locupletior negotiator,
Quint. 1, 12, 17.— Sup.:urbs locupletissima,
Cic. Rep. 1, 14:locupletissimae urbes,
Caes. B. C. 3, 31.—Trop.A.Well stored or provided, richly supplied, rich:B.Lyslas oratione locuples, rebus ipsis jejunior,
Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 13; id. N. D. 1, 40, 112:Latinam linguam non modo non inopem, sed locupletiorem etiam esse quam Graecam,
id. Fin. 1, 3, 10.—Transf., that is able to answer for a thing, that is a good surety, responsible, trustworthy, reliable, safe, sure:1.reus,
that can fulfil his engagement, Liv. 9, 9: auctor, testis, a sufficient surety, a credible witness:Pythagoras et Plato locupletissimi auctores, jubent,
Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119; cf.:quem enim auctorem de illo (Socrate) locupletiorem Platone laudare possumus?
id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:locuples auctor Thucydides,
id. Brut. 12, 47; id. Div. 1, 19, 37:accedit etiam testis locuples, Posidonius,
id. Off. 3, 2, 10:tabellarius,
a trusty, safe letter-carrier, id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 6.—Hence, adv.: lŏcū̆plētē, richly, amply (postclass.).Lit., sup.:2.locupletissime mu neratus,
Spart. Hadr. 3:dotata filia,
Aur. Vict. Epit. 9.—Trop., in comp., Front. ad Anton. Imp. 1, 3 Mai.
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