be+acquainted+with

in-frĕquens, tis, adj., that does not often or frequently take place, unfrequent.

Lit., of persons, that is not often at a place, that seldom does a thing, seldom, rare:

sum et Romae et in praedio infrequens,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 4:

parcus deorum cultor et infrequens,

unfrequent, Hor. C. 1, 34, 1: exercitus, thinned by furloughs, Liv. 43, 11, 10: miles, that does not appear regularly at his standard, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf. Gell. 16, 4, 5. —

Hence: pro infrequente eum mittat militia domum (meretrix), of a lover,

who makes few presents, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 19. —

Transf., that does not often happen, that is seldom used, rare, unusual:

cum Appius senatum infrequentem coëgisset,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12:

eae copiae ipsae hoc infrequentiores imponuntur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

interdictum,

Dig. 43, 31, 1:

usus,

Gell. 9, 12, 19:

vocabulum,

id. 2, 22, 2:

infrequentissima urbis,

the parts least inhabited, Liv. 31, 23, 4:

causa,

which is attended by few hearers, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320.—

Usually with abl. or gen., not filled with, not well provided with, not acquainted with any thing:

altera pars (urbis) infrequens aedificiis,

Liv. 37, 32:

signa infrequentia armatis,

to which but few soldiers belong, id. 10, 20.—Also absol.:

infrequentia signa,

Liv. 7, 8:

rei militaris te reddidisti infrequentem,

inexperienced, Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; with little knowledge of, unskilled in:

vocum Latinarum,

Gell. 13, 24, 4.— Hence, adv.: infrĕquenter, rarely (late Lat.), Ambros. Ep. 35.

in-frĕquens, tis, adj., that does not often or frequently take place, unfrequent.

Lit., of persons, that is not often at a place, that seldom does a thing, seldom, rare:

sum et Romae et in praedio infrequens,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 4:

parcus deorum cultor et infrequens,

unfrequent, Hor. C. 1, 34, 1: exercitus, thinned by furloughs, Liv. 43, 11, 10: miles, that does not appear regularly at his standard, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf. Gell. 16, 4, 5. —

Hence: pro infrequente eum mittat militia domum (meretrix), of a lover,

who makes few presents, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 19. —

Transf., that does not often happen, that is seldom used, rare, unusual:

cum Appius senatum infrequentem coëgisset,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12:

eae copiae ipsae hoc infrequentiores imponuntur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

interdictum,

Dig. 43, 31, 1:

usus,

Gell. 9, 12, 19:

vocabulum,

id. 2, 22, 2:

infrequentissima urbis,

the parts least inhabited, Liv. 31, 23, 4:

causa,

which is attended by few hearers, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320.—

Usually with abl. or gen., not filled with, not well provided with, not acquainted with any thing:

altera pars (urbis) infrequens aedificiis,

Liv. 37, 32:

signa infrequentia armatis,

to which but few soldiers belong, id. 10, 20.—Also absol.:

infrequentia signa,

Liv. 7, 8:

rei militaris te reddidisti infrequentem,

inexperienced, Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; with little knowledge of, unskilled in:

vocum Latinarum,

Gell. 13, 24, 4.— Hence, adv.: infrĕquenter, rarely (late Lat.), Ambros. Ep. 35.

callĕo, ēre, v. n. and a. [callum].

Lit., to be callous, to be thickskinned (rare):

plagis costae callent,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 258, 10:

callent rure manus,

Auct. Aetn. 260; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 211.—

Trop.

To be hardened, insensible, unfeeling: in illis rebus exercitatus animus callere jam debet atque omnia minoris existimare, Serv. Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 2; cf. callisco.—

To be practised, to be wise by experience, to be skilful, versed in; in a pun on the literal sense A. supra:

callum aprugnum callere aeque non sinam,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 2; cf. id. ib. v. 1; so id. Pers. 2, 5, 4:

omnes homines ad suum quaestum callent,

id. Truc. 5, 40 (cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 62: callidus ad quaestum); Amm. 15, 2, 4: melius quam viri callent mulieres, Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 28 Rib.):

satin' astu et fallendo callet?

id. ib. p. 258, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 475 ib.):

quod periti sumus in vitā atque usu callemus magis,

id. ib. 258, 5:

si in re navali, cujus esset ignarus, offendisset, eo plus in ea, quorum usu calleret, spei nactus,

Liv. 35, 26, 10:

cottidiano usu ejus (negotii) callebant,

Val. Max. 8, 12, 1; Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 91; 9, 29, 46, § 86:

augurandi studio Galli praeter caeteros callent,

Just. 24, 4, 3: arte, Ser. ap. Non. p. 258, 2; Sol. 8:

bellis callere,

by military experience, Sil. 6, 90 sq.: fidibus, App. Flor. n. 18.—

Act., to know by experience or practice, to know, have the knowledge of, understand (freq., esp. in the poets;

in Cic. very rare): memini et scio et calleo et commemini,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 8; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 52; id. Poen. 3, 1, 71:

cuncta perdocte callet,

id. Most. 1, 3, 122:

alicujus sensum,

Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 17: istaec malitiosa non tam calleo, Afran. ap. Non. p. 482, 10 (Com. Rel. v. 124 Rib.):

in colubras callet cantiunculam,

Pompon. ib. 482, 9 (Com. Rel. v. 118 ib.):

jura,

Cic. Balb. 14, 32; Gell. 16, 10, 3:

urbanas rusticasque res pariter,

Liv. 39, 40, 4:

artem,

Tac. A. 13, 3:

legitimum sonum digitis callemus et aure,

Hor. A. P. 274 al. —

With inf. as object: multaque de rerum mixturā dicere callent, * Lucr. 2, 978; Hor. C. 4, 9, 49; Juv. 4, 142; Pers. 5, 105.—

With acc. and inf.: quem Marcellini consiliarium fuisse callebant, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 258, 8.—

With rel.-clause:

quo pacto id fieri soleat, calleo,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 37.—Hence, callens, entis, P. a., acquainted with, versed in, skilful, expert (very rare):

qui sunt vaticinandi callentes,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 182:

utriusque linguae,

Gell. 17, 5, 3:

bellandi,

Amm. 16, 12, 32.—

* Adv.: callenter, skilfully, cunningly; for the class. callide, App. M. 4, p. 150, 3.

disco, dĭdĭci, 3 ( part. fut.: sic disciturum, etc., App. ap. Prisc. p. 887 P.), v. a. [from the root da-, Gr. dedaôs, daênai; dak-, cf. doceo, doctus, Gr. didaskô], to learn, to learn to know, to become acquainted with, etc. (for syn. cf.: capio, percipio, concipio, comprehendo, intellego, cognosco, nosco, agnosco, animadverto, calleo, scio—very freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).

With acc.:

litteras Graecas senex didici,

Cic. de Sen. 8, 26; id. Tusc. 1, 13, 29: so,

litteras,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22:

jus civile,

id. Mur. 9, 19; 10, 23:

litteras apud aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 2:

dialectica ab aliquo,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98:

artem ab aliquo,

Quint. 3, 1, 10 et saep.:

aliquid de aliquo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31:

virtutem ex me, fortunam ex aliis,

Verg. A. 12, 435; cf. Quint. 12, 8, 6 al.:

fabularum similia,

Cic. Rep. 1, 36:

artes,

id. ib. 2, 21:

palaestram,

Quint. 5, 10, 121:

affectum,

id. 1, 11, 2:

inde vocabula prima,

Lucr. 5, 1042:

elementa prima,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 26:

dulces querelas,

Lucr. 5, 1384; cf.

preces,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 133 et saep.:

me peritus Discet Iber,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 20; cf.:

quem (Augustum) didicere Vindelici,

id. ib. 4, 14, 8:

omnes crimine ab uno,

Verg. A. 2, 66 et saep.— Pass.:

dum est, unde jus civile discatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45; cf.

jus,

Quint. 12, 3, 9:

Crassus, quod disci potuit de jure didicit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 143:

tot artibus discendis,

Quint. 12, 11, 9 et saep.—

With inf. or acc. and inf.:

pueri qui nare discunt,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9:

rapere et clepere,

Cic. Rep. 4, 5 (ap. Non. 20, 15):

Latine loqui,

Sall. J. 101, 6:

nobis ignoscere,

Quint. 11, 2, 45:

assem in partes diducere,

Hor. A. P. 326:

bene ferre magnam fortunam,

id. C. 3, 27, 75 et saep.:

bene ubi quod consilium discimus accidisse, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 15:

discit, Litavicum ad sollicitandos Haeduos profectum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 54:

animadverti et didici ex tuis litteris te omnibus in rebus habuisse rationem, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 3, 5; id. Ac. 2, 30 fin.:

deos didici securum agere aevum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 101 et saep.—

With relat. clause:

plures discent, quemadmodum haec fiant, quam quemadmodum his resistatur,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

quantum in Etruria belli esset,

Liv. 10, 25:

patriae quid debeat, etc.,

Hor. A. P. 312 et saep.—

Absol.:

disces tu quidem a principe hujus aetatis philosophorum, et disces quamdiu voles,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2:

didicit,

i. e. oratory, id. Brut. 71, 249; Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; Quint. 1, 12, 14 al.:

discendi aut visendi causa maria transmittere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3; so,

discendi causa,

id. ib. 1, 10; id. Off. 2, 1, 4; Caes. B. G. 6, 13 fin. al.:

se ita a patribus majoribusque suis didicisse, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 6. —Ellipt.:

discebant fidibus antiqui, sc. canere,

Cic. de Sen. 8 fin. (cf.:

docere fidibus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

scire fidibus,

Ter. Eun. 1, 5, 53).—

Transf., of inanimate subjects:

manus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 159:

nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,

Verg. E. 4, 42:

arbores,

Plin. H. N. 16 prooem.—

To teach = docere (late Lat., cf. manthanein, and Eng. learn):

falsa discentes,

Amm. 14, 1.

fămĭlĭāris, e ( abl. sing. regularly familiari; familiare, Varr. and P. Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 105 P.), adj. [familia].

Of or belonging to servants (rare; only as subst.): fămĭlĭāris, is, m., a servant:

majores nostri servos (quod etiam in mimis adhuc durat) familiares appellaverunt,

Sen. Ep. 47 med.:

hujus familiae familiarem,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 203; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2.—

Of or belonging to a house, household, or family; household, domestic, family, private (freq. and class.):

fundus,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 24; cf.

focus,

Col. 11, 1, 19:

filius,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 23:

negotiis familiaribus impediti,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

res domesticae ac familiares,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; so,

res,

the household, family affairs, property, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 88; Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 4; Quint. 12, 1, 6; 12, 7, 9:

ab domo ab re familiari, diutius abesse,

Liv. 5, 4, 6 al.; cf.

copiae,

Liv. 2, 16, 7:

pecuniae,

Tac. A. 4, 15:

rationes,

id. ib. 6, 16:

curae,

id. ib. 11, 7:

referam nunc interiorem ac familiarem ejus vitam,

Suet. Aug. 61:

vita,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 46:

quis umquam in luctu domestico, quis in funere familiari cenavit cum toga pulla?

Cic. Vatin. 13, 31: parricidium, i. e. committed on a member of the same family, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

maeror,

a family grief, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 60:

Lar,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85; id. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 27; id. Rep. 5, 5 Mos. N. cr., v. Lar; cf.:

numen Minerva,

Quint. 10, 1, 91.—

Transf.

Familiar, intimate, friendly, and (more freq.) subst., a familiar acquaintance, friend (syn.: amicus, familiaris, intimus, necessarius).

With substt.:

videmus Papum Aemilium C. Luscino familiarem fuisse, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 39:

biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

id. Fam. 3, 1, 2; id. Phil. 2, 32, 78; id. Rep. 2, 20; cf. id. Fam. 7, 8, 1:

amici,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34, 1; 9, 37, 1:

sermones,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 39; id. Fam. 15, 15, 1; id. Att. 1, 9, 1; cf.

epistolae,

Quint. 1, 1, 29:

minus familiari vultu respexisse,

friendly, Suet. Caes. 78:

voltus ille,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1:

colloquium,

Liv. 25, 18, 5:

jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura assuetus,

the rights of intimacy, id. 24, 5, 9:

voluntas,

Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 1; cf.:

vox auribus meis familiaris,

Petr. 100:

familiaribus magis ei aetati exemplis,

Quint. 5, 10, 96:

exempla,

id. 7, 2, 17; 9, 4, 44:

verba regionibus quibusdam magis familiaria,

id. 8, 2, 13:

litterae,

Suet. Tib. 62.— Comp.:

qui familiarior nobis propter scriptorum multitudinem est,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 71:

aditus in domum,

Liv. 24, 5, 7:

frater ei (with carior),

Nep. Att. 16, 2:

quo boves familiariores bubulco fiant,

Col. 6, 2, 6:

color argenti militaribus signis,

Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 58. — Sup.:

homo amantissimus familiarissimus, conjunctissimus officiis,

Cic. Sull. 20, 57; cf. id. Att. 16, 16, F. 17:

luna terris familiarissimum sidus,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; 16, 18, 30, § 75; 16, 31, 57, § 131.—

Absol.:

est ex meis domesticis atque intimis familiaribus,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:

familiaris meus,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

per C. Valerium Procillum familiarem suum cum eo colloquitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19, 3:

Caelii,

Cic. Cael. 25, 61:

pauci familiares,

id. Lael. 1, 2.— Sup.:

quod M. Aemulius unus est ex meis familiarissimis atque intimis maxime necessarius,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 2; cf.:

intimus, proximus, familiarissimus quisque,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 1:

familiarissimus meus,

id. Fam. 13, 13, 1:

familiarissimi ejus,

id. Rep. 1, 9.—

Of or belonging to one's self, to one's own people or country (cf. domesticus); only in the lang. of the haruspices, of those parts of the animal which related to the party that sacrificed (opp. hostilis):

(haruspices) fissum familiare et vitale tractant,

Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; cf.:

Decio caput jecinoris a familiari parte caesum haruspex dicitur ostendisse,

Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf.:

mater procurans familiare ostentum,

Liv. 26, 6, 14.—

Familiar, customary, habitual:

mihi familiare est omnes cogitationes meas tecum communicare,

Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 7; 2, 5, 10:

familiare est hominibus omnia sibi ignoscere,

Vell. 2, 30, 3:

fuisse statuariam artem familiarem Italiae quoque indicant,

Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33; 35, 7, 31, § 49.—

Fitting, appropriate, adapted:

quae peregrina... transferuntur, minus sunt familiaria nostro solo quam vernacula,

Col. 3, 4, 1:

familiarissimum hoc platanis,

Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131:

hipposelinum sabulosis familiarissimum,

id. 19, 8, 48, § 163.—Hence, fămĭlĭārĭter, adv.

By families:

agros in montibus Romani acceperunt familiariter,

Front. de Colon. p. 119 Goes.—

Familiarly, intimately, on friendly terms (freq. and class.):

hominem ignotum compellare familiariter,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 23; cf.:

nimium familiariter Me attrectas,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 6; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2:

nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere, quicum familiariter vixeris,

Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

familiariter amicus,

Quint. 1, 2, 15:

amatum a me,

id. 10, 3, 12:

dilectus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 5 et saep.:

loqui,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37:

scribere,

id. Att. 9, 4, 1: nosse causas, i. e. to be familiarly or intimately, accurately acquainted with, Quint. 6, 4, 8; 5, 7, 7:

quod ex longinquo petitur, parum familiariter nostro solo venit,

i. e. suitable, adapted, Col. Arb. 1, 3.— Comp.:

licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

factum,

id. de Or. 2, 3, 14; Quint. 2, 7, 3.— Sup.:

cum Verre familiarissime et amicissime vivere,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29; Nep. Ages. 1, 1.

per-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour over, to wet, moisten, bedew, besprinkle (class.; syn.: umecto, aspergo, imbuo).

Lit.:

aquā ferventi Philodamus perfunditur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:

fluviis pecus,

Verg. G. 3, 445:

greges flumine,

id. ib. 2, 147:

perfusus liquidis odoribus,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 2: postquam perfusus est, had bathed, Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14:

panis perfusus aquā frigidā,

Suet. Aug. 77:

pisces olivo,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 50:

aliquem lacrimis,

Ov. H. 11, 115; so, poet.:

Aurorae lacrimis perfusus,

living far in the East, Sil. 3, 332:

perfundi nardo,

Hor. Epod. 13, 9:

boves hic perfunduntur,

bathe themselves, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3; Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72.—

Transf.

To pour into any thing (post-Aug.):

sextarios musti in vas,

Col. 12, 24, 3.—

To cause to flow out, i. e. to knock out an eye (post-class.):

ut oculus puero perfunderetur,

Dig. 9, 2, 5, § 3 dub. (al. perfodere or effundere).—

Of perspiration or of streams, to pour or flow over, to drench, bathe ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ossaque et artus Perfundit toto proruptus corpore sudor,

Verg. A. 7, 459:

tot amnium fontiumque ubertas totam Italiam perfundens,

Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 41:

Venafrano (oleo) piscem perfundere,

Juv. 5, 86.—

Of garments, to steep, dye ( poet.):

ostro Perfusae vestes,

steeped in purple, Verg. A. 5, 112.—

To scatter or sprinkle over, to besprinkle, bestrew ( poet.):

canitiem immundo perfusam pulvere turpans,

Verg. A. 12, 611:

sanguine currum,

Verg. A. 11, 88:

penates sanguine,

Ov. M. 5, 155:

Lethaeo perfusa papavera somno,

Verg. G. 1, 78:

scena perfusa croco,

Lucr. 2, 416.—

To cover ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

omne genus perfusa coloribus,

Lucr. 2, 821:

auro tecta,

Sen. Ep. 115, 9:

pedes amictu,

Mart. 7, 33, 3.—

Of the sun's beams or fire, to flood or fill ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

sol perfundens omnia luce,

Lucr. 2, 148; cf. Luc. 7, 215:

cubiculum plurimo sole perfunditur,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 24:

campos lumine (facis),

Sil. 10, 558.—

Trop.

To imbue, inspire, fill with any thing (class.):

ad perfundendum animum tamquam illiquefactae voluptates,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20:

sensus jucunditate quādam perfunditur,

id. Fin. 2, 3, 6:

sensus dulcedine omni quasi perfusi,

id. ib. 2, 34, 114:

di immortales, qui me horror perfudit!

id. Att. 8, 6, 3:

laetitiā,

id. Fin. 5, 24, 70:

gaudio,

Liv. 30, 16:

timore,

id. 2, 63.—

In partic., to fill with the apprehension of any thing, i. e. to disturb, disquiet, alarm:

nos judicio perfundere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

litora bello rapido,

Sil. 15, 301; cf.:

(Mars) perfusus pectora tempestate belli,

Stat. Th. 3, 228. —

To imbue slightly, make superficially acquainted with any thing (the fig. being borrowed from dyeing;

post-Aug.): perseveret perbibere liberalia studia, non illa, quibus perfundi satis est, sed haec, quibus tingendus est animus,

Sen. Ep. 36, 3; cf.:

acceperit: si illā (notitiā) se non perfuderit, sed infecerit,

id. ib. 110, 8.

usurpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [perh. contr. from usu rapio, to seize to one's own use], to take into use; to make use of; to use, employ, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy (class.; cf. utor).

In gen.:

inter novam rem verbum usurpabo vetus,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 29:

nomen tantum virtutis usurpas: quid ipsa valeat, ignoras,

Cic. Par. 2, 17:

at quam crebro usurpat Et consul, et Antonius!

id. Phil. 2, 28, 70; cf.:

praeclare est hoc usurpatum a doctissimis,

id. Par. 5, 1, 33:

peregrinae condicionis homines vetuit usurpare Romana nomina, duntaxat gentilicia,

Suet. Claud. 25: o barathrum! ubi nunc es? ut ego te usurpem lubens! I would occupy thee ( cast myself into thee), Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 41:

hoc genus poenae saepe in improbos cives hac in re publicā esse usurpatum recordatur,

Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 7:

conclusio, quā credo usuros veteres illos fuisse, si jam nota atque usurpata res esset,

id. Or. 51, 169:

id nunc jure imperii nostri quotannis usurpatum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51; consolationes, a sapientissimis viris usurpatae, id. Fam. 5, 16, 3:

paucas tribus ad usurpandam libertatem vocare,

id. Agr. 2, 7, 17:

officium, quod semper usurpavi,

id. Lael. 2, 8:

quis est, qui C. Fabricii, M'. Curii non um caritate aliquā benevolentiae memoriam usurpet?

who does not cherish the memory of, id. ib. 8, 28:

nec patrum nec avorum memoriā quemquam id jus usurpasse,

Liv. 27, 8, 9:

solita munia,

Tac. H. 4, 49 fin.:

modo comitatem et temperantiam, saepius violentiam ac libidines usurpans,

id. A. 11, 16:

otium post labores,

id. ib. 14, 55:

nec puduit has vestis usurpare etiam viros,

Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 78:

sibi quisque dominorum usurpat servitutem,

Dig. 8, 6, 6, § 1.—With de:

sed de hoc post erit usurpandum, cum de poëtis dicemus,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 52 Müll.— Impers.: usurpatum est, it is usual, customary; with a foll. ut, Dig. 50, 13, 1, § 6: quod in quibusdam provinciis usurpatur, Co. 2, 2, 22.—

In partic.

Aliquid oculis, auribus, etc., to take possession or cognizance of, i. e. to perceive, observe, etc., through the senses (ante-class.):

nec calidos aestus tuimur, nec frigora quimus Usurpare oculis,

Lucr. 1, 301:

advenio ex Seleuciā, Macedoniā atque Arabiā, Quas ego neque oculis neque pedibus umquam usurpavi meis,

I have never seen nor set foot in, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 4:

aliquid sensibus,

Lucr. 4, 975:

unde meae usurpant aures sonitum?

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 9.—

In jurid. lang., to get possession of, to acquire, obtain a thing:

amissam possessionem ex jure civili surculo defringendo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 110:

nec interest is qui usurpaverit (possessionem) dominus sit, necne,

Dig. 41, 3, 5:

mercatores, qui de fundis fiscalibus mercari consuerunt, nullam immunitatem solvendi publici vectigalis usurpare possunt,

ib. 39, 4, 9, § 8.— Abscl.: Mucium dicere solitum, lege non isse usurpatum mulierem, quae, cum Kal. Jan. apud virum matrimonii causā esse coepisset, a. d. IIII. Kal. Jan. sequentis usurpatum isset;

non enim posse impleri trinoctium, quod abesse a viro usurpandi causa ex XII. tabulis deberet, because, unless absent from him at least three full days of the year, she became subject to him as his wife by prescription,

Gell. 3, 2, 12 sq. Weiss (Herz. legi: non esse usurpatam mulierem); cf. Macr. S. 1, 3, 9; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 31; Gai Inst. 1, 111; Gell. 18, 6, 8 sq.—

To assume or appropriate unlawfully, to usurp (not ante-Aug.):

civitatem Romanam usurpantes securi percussit,

Suet. Claud. 25:

dominium totius loci,

Cod. Just. 8, 10, 8:

cognomina,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 71:

illicitum collegium,

Dig. 47, 22, 2:

cujus jus tyranni quaque usurparunt,

Liv. 34, 32, 2:

alienam possessionem,

id. 33, 40, 5:

possessionem Armeniae,

Tac. A. 14, 26.—

To make use of or be acquainted with under any name, i. e. to name or call, to speak of habitually, adopt, assume in words or speech (cf. nuncupo):

Jovem atque Junonem, reliquos, quos fratres inter se agnatosque usurpari atque appellari videmus,

Cic. Univ. 11:

soleo saepe ante oculos ponere idque libenter crebris usurpare sermonibus, omnis posse, etc.,

id. Marcell. 2, 5:

Graecum verbum usurpavi,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 1:

admonet saepe usurpatae Dionysi tyranni vocis, quā, etc.,

Liv. 24, 22, 8:

saepe eum usurpasse vocem, multo miserius seni exilium esse,

id. 2, 40, 11:

tabulata instituenda sunt: hoc enim nomine usurpant agricolae ramos truncosque prominentes,

Col. 5, 6, 11:

C. Laelius, is, qui Sapiens usurpatur,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40; Vulg. Deut. 5, 11:

cum hoc decere... quod semper usurpamus in omnibus dictis et factis..cum hoc, inquam, decere dicimus,

speak of, insist on, Cic. Or. 22, 73.

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inspĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. [inspecio], to look into; to look at, inspect; to consider, contemplate, examine (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

intro inspice,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 72:

inspicere tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 61:

cum Romam inspexerit Eos,

Ov. F. 4, 389:

inspice quid portem,

id. Tr. 3, 1, 9:

faciem,

Juv. 1, 97:

ranarum viscera,

id. 3, 45:

ea est procul inspicientibus natura loci, ut,

Just. 4, 1:

libros,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 1:

leges,

Cic. Balb. 14, 32:

aurum inspicere, ne subruptum siet,

to examine whether, Plaut. Aul. prol. 39.—

In partic.

To look at, inspect a thing with reference to its value, etc.: te hoc orare jussit, Ut sibi liceret inspicere has aedes. Si. Non sunt venales, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 65:

candelabrum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64; cf.:

praedium suum,

id. Fam. 9, 7, 2:

venalem domum,

Suet. Oth. 6:

ludorum sumptus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 509.—

To inspect, examine:

morbum,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 15:

arma, viros, equos, cum cura,

Liv. 44, 1, 6:

arma militis,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 61.—

To examine, spy out:

domos,

Verg. A. 2, 47.—

Trop., to consider, examine, become acquainted with, comprehend, perceive:

res sociorum,

to inspect their affairs, examine into their conduct, Liv. 21, 6, 3:

aliquem a puero,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44:

quem diliges ut ego, si ut ego propius inspexeris,

Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 3:

est aliquis, qui se inspici, aestimari fastidiat,

Liv. 6, 41, 2:

sententiam mulieris,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 51:

querelam,

Petr. 15:

rationes,

Plin. Ep. 10, 57, 1:

aes alienum,

Liv. 6, 27, 8:

fidem,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 26:

an possit fieri,

Mart. 1, 55, 6:

quid expediat, quid deceat,

Quint. 11, 1, 8 al.

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to learn, become acquainted with.

knowing, acquainted with, expert

to become acquainted with, get to know.

agnosco ( adgn-; also adn-; cf. Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 407), nōvi, nitum (like cognĭtum from cognosco; cf. pejĕro and dejĕro from jūro), 3, v. a. [ad, intens. -gnosco, nosco] ( part. perf. agnōtus, Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 887 P.; part. fut. act. agnoturus, Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 31; cf. Diom. 383 P.; class.; used very freq. by Cicero).

As if to know a person or thing well, as having known it before, to recognize: agnoscere always denotes a subjective knowledge or recognition; while cognoscere designates an objective perception; another distinction v. in II.): in turbā Oresti cognitā agnota est soror, was recognized by Orestes as his sister, Pac. ap. Prisc. 887 P.:

virtus cum se extollit et ostendit suum lumen et idem aspexit agnovitque in alio,

and when she has perceived the same in another, and has recognized it, Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

id facillime accipiunt animi, quod agnoscunt,

Quint. 8, 3, 71:

cum se collegit (animus) atque recreavit, tum agnoscit illa reminiscendo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 58:

quod mihi de filiā gratularis, agnosco humanitatem tuam,

id. Fam. 1, 7 (cf. on the contr. id. ib. 5, 2, where Cic., speaking of himself, says: Cognosce nunc humanitatem meam, learn from this, etc.):

nomine audito extemplo agnovere virum,

Liv. 7, 39:

veterem amicum,

Verg. A. 3, 82:

matrem,

id. ib. 1, 405: Figulum in patriam suam venisse atque ibi agnosci, and is there recognized (by those who had already known him), Quint. 7, 2, 26:

formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae agnoscunt,

Tac. G. 5:

agnoscent Britanni suam causam,

id. Agr. 32:

nitorem et altitudinem horum temporum agnoscimus,

id. Or. 21:

quam (tunicam) cum agnovisset pater,

Vulg. Gen. 37, 33.—

Transf., as a result of this knowledge or recognition, to declare, announce, allow, or admit a thing to be one's own, to acknowledge, own: qui mihi tantum tribui dicis, quantum ego nec agnosco ( neither can admit as due to me) nec postulo, Cic. Lael. 9:

natum,

Nep. Ages. 1, 4:

Aeacon agnoscit summus prolemque fatetur Juppiter esse suam,

Ov. M. 13, 27 (cf. in Pandects, 25, Tit. 3:

de agnoscendis vel alendis liberis): an me non agnoscetis ducem?

will you not acknowledge me as your general? Liv. 6, 7:

agnoscere bonorum possessionem,

to declare the property as one's own, to lay claim to it, Dig. 26, 8, 11 (cf. agnitio, I.):

agnoscere aes alienum,

ib. 28, 5, 1:

facti gloriam,

Cic. Mil. 14 fin.:

susciperem hoc crimen, agnoscerem, confiterer,

id. Rab. Perd. 6:

fortasse minus expediat agnoscere crimen quam abnuere,

Tac. A. 6, 8:

sortilegos,

Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132: et ego ipse me non esse verborum admodum inopem agnosco, and I myself confess, allow, etc., id. Fam. 4, 4:

id ego agnovi meo jussu esse factum,

id. ib. 5, 20, 3: carmina spreta exolescunt;

si irascare, agnita videntur,

Tac. A. 4, 34.—

To understand, recognize, know, perceive by, from, or through something:

ut deum agnoscis ex operibus ejus, sic ex memoriā rerum et inventione, vim divinam mentis agnoscito,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 70; id. Planc. 14, 35:

ex fructu arbor agnoscitur,

Vulg. Matt. 12, 33:

inde agnosci potest vis fortunae,

Vell. 2, 116, 3.—Also, absol.: Augusti laudes agnoscere possis, you can recognize the praises of Augustus, * Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 29:

accipio agnoscoque deos,

Verg. A. 12, 260 (cf. accipio):

agniti dempsere sollicitudinem,

Tac. H. 2, 68:

Germanicus, quo magis agnosceretur, detraxerat tegimen,

id. A. 2, 21:

terram non agnoscebant,

Vulg. Act. 27, 39.—In gen., to become acquainted with, to know; to perceive, apprehend, understand, discern, remark, see:

quin puppim flectis, Ulixe, Auribus ut nostros possis agnoscere cantus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 49 (as transl. of Hom. Od. 12, 185, Nêa katastêson, hina nôïterên op akousêis):

haec dicta sunt subtilius ab Epicuro quam ut quivis ea possit agnoscere,

understand, id. N. D. 1, 18, 49; Verg. A. 10, 843; Phaedr. 2, 5, 19:

alienis pedibus ambulamus, alienis oculis agnoscimus,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 19.

agnosco ( adgn-; also adn-; cf. Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 407), nōvi, nitum (like cognĭtum from cognosco; cf. pejĕro and dejĕro from jūro), 3, v. a. [ad, intens. -gnosco, nosco] ( part. perf. agnōtus, Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 887 P.; part. fut. act. agnoturus, Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 31; cf. Diom. 383 P.; class.; used very freq. by Cicero).

As if to know a person or thing well, as having known it before, to recognize: agnoscere always denotes a subjective knowledge or recognition; while cognoscere designates an objective perception; another distinction v. in II.): in turbā Oresti cognitā agnota est soror, was recognized by Orestes as his sister, Pac. ap. Prisc. 887 P.:

virtus cum se extollit et ostendit suum lumen et idem aspexit agnovitque in alio,

and when she has perceived the same in another, and has recognized it, Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

id facillime accipiunt animi, quod agnoscunt,

Quint. 8, 3, 71:

cum se collegit (animus) atque recreavit, tum agnoscit illa reminiscendo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 58:

quod mihi de filiā gratularis, agnosco humanitatem tuam,

id. Fam. 1, 7 (cf. on the contr. id. ib. 5, 2, where Cic., speaking of himself, says: Cognosce nunc humanitatem meam, learn from this, etc.):

nomine audito extemplo agnovere virum,

Liv. 7, 39:

veterem amicum,

Verg. A. 3, 82:

matrem,

id. ib. 1, 405: Figulum in patriam suam venisse atque ibi agnosci, and is there recognized (by those who had already known him), Quint. 7, 2, 26:

formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae agnoscunt,

Tac. G. 5:

agnoscent Britanni suam causam,

id. Agr. 32:

nitorem et altitudinem horum temporum agnoscimus,

id. Or. 21:

quam (tunicam) cum agnovisset pater,

Vulg. Gen. 37, 33.—

Transf., as a result of this knowledge or recognition, to declare, announce, allow, or admit a thing to be one's own, to acknowledge, own: qui mihi tantum tribui dicis, quantum ego nec agnosco ( neither can admit as due to me) nec postulo, Cic. Lael. 9:

natum,

Nep. Ages. 1, 4:

Aeacon agnoscit summus prolemque fatetur Juppiter esse suam,

Ov. M. 13, 27 (cf. in Pandects, 25, Tit. 3:

de agnoscendis vel alendis liberis): an me non agnoscetis ducem?

will you not acknowledge me as your general? Liv. 6, 7:

agnoscere bonorum possessionem,

to declare the property as one's own, to lay claim to it, Dig. 26, 8, 11 (cf. agnitio, I.):

agnoscere aes alienum,

ib. 28, 5, 1:

facti gloriam,

Cic. Mil. 14 fin.:

susciperem hoc crimen, agnoscerem, confiterer,

id. Rab. Perd. 6:

fortasse minus expediat agnoscere crimen quam abnuere,

Tac. A. 6, 8:

sortilegos,

Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132: et ego ipse me non esse verborum admodum inopem agnosco, and I myself confess, allow, etc., id. Fam. 4, 4:

id ego agnovi meo jussu esse factum,

id. ib. 5, 20, 3: carmina spreta exolescunt;

si irascare, agnita videntur,

Tac. A. 4, 34.—

To understand, recognize, know, perceive by, from, or through something:

ut deum agnoscis ex operibus ejus, sic ex memoriā rerum et inventione, vim divinam mentis agnoscito,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 70; id. Planc. 14, 35:

ex fructu arbor agnoscitur,

Vulg. Matt. 12, 33:

inde agnosci potest vis fortunae,

Vell. 2, 116, 3.—Also, absol.: Augusti laudes agnoscere possis, you can recognize the praises of Augustus, * Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 29:

accipio agnoscoque deos,

Verg. A. 12, 260 (cf. accipio):

agniti dempsere sollicitudinem,

Tac. H. 2, 68:

Germanicus, quo magis agnosceretur, detraxerat tegimen,

id. A. 2, 21:

terram non agnoscebant,

Vulg. Act. 27, 39.—In gen., to become acquainted with, to know; to perceive, apprehend, understand, discern, remark, see:

quin puppim flectis, Ulixe, Auribus ut nostros possis agnoscere cantus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 49 (as transl. of Hom. Od. 12, 185, Nêa katastêson, hina nôïterên op akousêis):

haec dicta sunt subtilius ab Epicuro quam ut quivis ea possit agnoscere,

understand, id. N. D. 1, 18, 49; Verg. A. 10, 843; Phaedr. 2, 5, 19:

alienis pedibus ambulamus, alienis oculis agnoscimus,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 19.