before my eyes

ŏcŭlus (sync. oclus, Prud. steph. 10, 592 dub.), i, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. akshi and aksha, from the root ītsh, videre; Gr. ossomai, osse; Goth. augō; Germ. Auge; Engl. eye], an eye.

Lit.:

quae (natura) primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit... sed lubricos oculos fecit et mobiles,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; cf. Cels. 7, 7, 13; Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 139 sq.; Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

venusti,

id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

eminentes,

prominent, id. Vatin. 2, 4:

oculi tanquam speculatores,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 140:

acuti,

id. Planc. 27, 69:

maligni,

Verg. A. 5, 654:

minaces,

Luc. 2, 26: oculos conicere in aliquem, to cast or fix one's eyes upon, Cic. Clu. 19, 54:

oculos conjecit in hostem,

Verg. A. 12, 483: adicere alicui rei, to cast one's eyes upon, glance at:

ad eorum ne quem oculos adiciat suos,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 24; to covet, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 37:

adicere ad rem aliquam,

id. Agr. 2, 10, 25:

de aliquo nusquam deicere,

to never turn one's eyes away from, to regard with fixed attention, id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

deicere ab aliquā re,

to turn away, id. Phil. 1, 1, 1:

in terram figere,

to fix one's eyes upon the ground, Tac. H. 4, 72:

deicere in terram,

to cast down to, Quint. 1, 11, 9:

demittere,

Ov. M. 15, 612:

erigere,

id. ib. 4, 146: attollere. Verg. A. 4, 688; Ov. M. 2, 448:

circumferre,

id. ib. 6, 169:

premere,

Verg. A. 9, 487: deponere, to fix, Hor C. 1, 36, 18:

distorquere,

id. S. 1, 9, 65:

spargere,

to direct hither and thither, Pers. 5, 33:

oculis cernere,

to see with one's own eyes, Nep. Timol. 2, 2:

oculos auferre spectanti,

to blind the eyes of an observer, to cheat him before his eyes, Liv. 6, 15 fin.: ponere sibi aliquid ante oculos. i. e. to imagine to one's self any thing, Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:

proponere oculis suis aliquid,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

esse ante oculos,

to be before one's eyes, id. Lael. 11, 38: res posita in oculis, and ante oculos, that lies before one's eyes, is apparent, evident:

de rebus ante oculos positis,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 5:

omnia sunt enim posita ante oculos,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 192:

inque meis oculis candida Delos erat,

before my eyes, Ov. H. 21, 82: vivere in oculis, habitare in oculis, to live in the sight of, in the presence of, in intercourse with:

in maximā celebritate atque in oculis civium quondam viximus,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3:

habitavi in oculis,

id. Planc. 27, 66; cf.:

in foro palam Syracusis in ore atque in oculis provinciae,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81; Liv. 22, 12; 35, 10; Tac. H. 4, 77:

habere in oculis,

to keep in sight, to watch, observe, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 66:

in oculis omnium submergi,

Curt. 9, 4, 11:

se ante oculos suos trucidari sinerent,

Liv. 2, 6, 2; 4, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48: ab oculis alicujus abire (ire), to leave one's presence:

Abin' hinc ab oculis?

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 147; id. Truc. 2, 5, 24; Sen. Ep. 36, 10; cf.:

ab oculis recedere,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 11:

ab oculis concedere,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

(angues) conspecti repente ex oculis abierunt,

out of sight, Liv. 25, 16, 2:

prodigii species ex oculis elapsa,

id. 26, 19, 7:

(avem) ablatam ex oculis,

Tac. H. 2, 50:

facesserent propere ex urbe ab ore atque oculis populi Romani,

Liv. 6, 17, 8:

sub oculis alicujus,

before a person's eyes, in his presence, Caes. B. C. 1, 71; Vell. 2, 79, 4:

sub oculis domini esse,

Col. 9, 5, 2:

quos honores sub oculis tuis gessit,

Plin. Ep. 10, 11, 2:

sub avi oculis necari,

Just. 1, 4, 5; Flor. 4, 7, 8:

hostes sub oculis erant,

Liv. 22, 14, 3; 26, 38, 9:

sub oculis Caesaris,

Tac. A. 2, 35: hunc oculis suis nostrarum numquam quisquam vidit, with his own eyes, i. e. actually, in person, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 10:

numquam ante hunc diem meis oculis eam videram,

id. Hec. 5, 4, 23: ad oculum, for display, to be seen:

non ad oculum servientes,

Vulg. Eph. 1, 18; id. Col. 3, 22.—As a term of endearment, the apple of my eye, my darling:

ubi isti sunt quibus vos oculi estis, quibus vitae estis, quibus deliciae?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 46:

bene vale, ocule mi!

id. Curc. 1, 3, 47 —Hence, in a double sense:

par oculorum in amicitiā M. Antonii triumviri,

Suet. Rhet. 5.—The ancients swore by their eyes:

si voltis per oculos jurare, nihilo magis facietis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 1.—

Transf.

The power of seeing, sight, vision: ut eum quoque oculum, quo bene videret, amitteret, lost, i. e. became blind, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48:

oculos perdere,

id. Har. Resp. 18, 37:

restituere alicui,

Suet. Vesp. 7; cf.:

oculis usurpare rem,

i. e. see, Lucr. 1, 301.—

A luminary, said of the sun and stars ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): mundi oculus. i. e. the sun, Ov. M. 4, 228:

stellarum oculi,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—

A spot resembling an eye, as on a panther's hide, a peacock's tail, etc., Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62:

pavonum caudae,

id. 13, 15, 30, § 96. —So arch. t. t.:

oculus volutae,

Vitr. 3, 5. —

Of plants.

An eye, bud, bourgeon: oculos imponere, i. e. to bud, inoculate, Verg. G. 2, 73:

gemmans,

Col. 4, 24, 16.—

A bulb or knob on many roots, on the reed, etc.:

harundinis,

Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 3:

seritur harundo bulbo radicis, quem alii oculum vocant,

Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144.—

A plant, called also aizoum majus, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 160. —

Trop.

A principal ornament: hi duo illos oculos orae maritimae effoderunt ( Corinth and Carthage), Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91:

ex duobus Graeciae oculis,

i. e. Athens and Sparta, Just. 5, 8, 4.—

The eye of the soul, the mind's eye:

eloquentiam quam nullis nisi mentis oculis videre possumus,

Cic. Or. 29, 101:

acrioribus mentis oculis intueri,

Col. 3, 8, 1:

oculos pascere re aliquā,

to feast one's eyes on any thing, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.:

concupiscentia oculorum,

Vulg. 1 Joh. 2, 16: fructum oculis (dat.) capere ex aliquā re, Nep. Eum. 11, 2: oculi dolent, the eyes ache, i. e. one is afflicted by something seen, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 64; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1; cf.:

pietas, pater, oculis dolorem prohibet,

i. e. forbids me to take offence, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 4: in oculis, in the eye, i. e. in view, hoped or expected:

frumenti spes, quae in oculis fuerat, utrosque frustrata pariter,

Liv. 26, 39, 23:

acies et arma in oculis erant,

Curt. 3, 6, 3:

Philotae supplicium in oculis erat,

id. 8, 6, 21:

esse in oculis,

to be beloved, esteemed, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 5:

esse in oculis multitudinis,

id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63: ferre, gestare in oculis, to love, esteem, value:

oderat tum, cum, etc....jam fert in oculis,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 11:

rex te ergo in oculis,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 11: aequis oculis videre, i. e. contentedly, with satisfaction (like aequo animo), Curt. 8, 2, 9: ante oculos, in mind, in view:

mors ante oculos debet esse,

Sen. Ep. 12, 6; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6; also plain, obvious:

simul est illud ante oculos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 349:

sit ante oculos Nero,

i. e. set him before you, consider him, Tac. H. 1, 16: ante oculos habere, to keep in mind (post-class.):

habe ante oculos hanc esse terram,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 4:

mortalitatem,

id. ib. 2, 10, 4; Just. 5, 6, 1; for which (late Lat.) prae oculis: prae oculis habere terrorem futuri judicii, Greg. M. Ep. 2, 48;

3, 27 al.: nec jam fas ullum prae oculis habent,

Amm. 30, 4, 18: ob oculos versari, to be before the mind, etc.:

mors (ei) ob oculos versatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; Liv. 28, 19, 14; cf.:

usu versatur ante oculos vobis Glaucia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98; id. Fin. 2, 22, 75; 5, 1, 3; id. Dom. 55, 141; Liv. 34, 36, 6: ponere aliquid ante oculos, to call up in mind, imagine, etc.:

eā (translatione) utimur rei ante oculos ponendae causā,

Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45:

ora eorum ponite vobis ante oculos,

Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 4:

calamitatem Cottae sibi ante oculos ponunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

exsilium Cn. Marci sibi proponunt ante oculos,

Liv. 2, 54, 6:

conjurationem ante oculos ponere,

id. 24, 24, 8:

studia eorum vobis ante oculos proponere,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48;

rarely: constituere sibi aliquid ante oculos,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; Aug. Serm. 233, 3: ante oculos ponere (proponere), with ellips. of dat. of person, Cic. Marc. 2, 5; id. Deiot. 7, 20; id. Phil. 2, 45, 115; 11, 3, 7; id. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

nec a re publicā deiciebam oculos,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 1.

conspectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from conspicio.

conspectus, ūs, m. [conspicio], a seeing, looking at, a look, sight, view, the range or reach of sight, the power of sceing (freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: casurusne in conspectum videatur animus, an tanta sit ejus tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

quo longissime conspectum oculi ferebant,

Liv. 1, 18, 8:

obscuritas lucis Romanis non adimebat in omnis partes conspectum,

id. 37, 41, 3:

conspectu urbis frui,

Cic. Sull. 9, 26:

suorum,

id. Mur. 41, 89: sese dare in conspectum, Enn. Ann. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41:

dare se in conspectum alicui,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86; cf.:

alicui in conspectum prodire,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 3:

prodire ad aliquem in conspectum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 84; id. Most. 5, 2, 33:

paene in conspectu exercitūs nostri,

before the eyes, Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

illam e conspectu amisi meo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 2:

venire in conspectum alicujus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; Nep. Con. 3, 3 al.:

fugere e conspectu alicujus,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 107; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

ex hominum conspectu morte decedere,

Nep. Timol. 1, 6:

fugare aliquem e conspectu,

Lucr. 3, 49:

conspectum fugere,

Ov. M. 2, 594.—

Pregn., public attention, notice:

subito consilium cepi ut ante quam luceret exirem, ne qui conspectus fieret aut sermo,

Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —

Meton.

Presence, proximity (very freq.; in many connections coinciding with the foregoing, as the phrase venire in conspectum can be translated to come before the eyes or to come near; so also e conspectu fugere, etc.).

Of persons:

etsi scio, eis fore meum conspectum invisum hodie,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 22:

(tibi) cujus prope in conspectu Aegyptus est,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5; so, in conspectu, in the presence or vicinity, before the eyes, before the face of, in sight, id. Agr. 1, 3, 7; Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.; Liv. 1, 31, 2; Verg. A. 1, 184.—

Of inanimate things:

quercus, quae est in oppidi conspectu,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:

procul a conspectu imperii,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87: spectet patriam;

in conspectu legum libertatisque moriatur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170.—

Appearance (cf. adspectus;

very rare): videamus animi partis, quarum est conspectus inlustrior,

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48 Madv. ad loc.:

Hieronymus... primo statim aspectu omnia quam disparia essent ostendit,

i. e. at the first view the public had of him, Liv. 24, 5, 2; 6, 8, 6.—

Trop., the mental view, glance, survey, consideration (rare, but in good prose):

quae ponunt in conspectu animi, quae cernere et videre non possumus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161:

et cognitio naturae,

id. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

uno in conspectu omnia videre,

id. Brut. 4, 15; id. Leg. 3, 5, 12; Quint. 10, 1, 6; 7, 1, 4; Liv. 10, 25, 12:

ut ea ne in conspectu quidem relinquantur,

never come into consideration, are scarcely observed, Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93.—

In Gellius concr., like the Gr. sunopsis, a short view, sketch, synopsis, Gell. 17, 21, 2; 19, 10, 3.

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ŏb (old form obs, v. III.), prep. with acc. (in late Lat. also with the abl.:

OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE,

Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. with Sanscr. api; Gr. epi].

Lit.

With verbs of motion, towards, to (only ante-class.): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, let him go before his house to summon him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.:

ob Troiam duxit,

id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—

With verbs of rest, about, before, in front of, over (in Cic.):

follem sibi obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

lanam ob oculum habere,

id. Mil. 5, 37:

ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse,

before my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51:

mors ob oculos saepe versata est,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47:

ignis qui est ob os offusus,

id. Univ. 14.—

Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc.

In gen. (freq. and class.):

etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris?

do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

pretium ob stultitiam fero,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23:

ob eam rem iratus,

on that account, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33:

neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20:

ob rem nullam,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 2:

hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob eam rem, quod veritus est, ne, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 10, 23:

ob eam causam, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: quam ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26:

non solum ob eam causam fieri volui, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 21, 34:

ob hanc causam, quod,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc.,

id. Lael. 20, 74:

ob meas injurias,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.:

quodnam ob facinus?

id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob peccatum hoc. id. ib. v. 37:

ob malefacta haec,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

ob illam injuriam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

ob aliquod emolumentum suum,

id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87:

nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,

on account of, for that knowledge, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

ob eam (amicitiam) summā fide servatam,

id. Lael. 7, 25:

is igitur dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse,

id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

unius ob iram Prodimur,

Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.:

saevae memorem Junonis ob iram,

id. ib. 1, 4; cf.

also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

barbarus eum quidam palam ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat,

Liv. 21, 2, 6:

non noxā neque ob metum,

Tac. H. 2, 49:

Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse,

for the republic, id. A. 2, 83:

cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat,

id. ib. 6, 5.—

In partic.

In consideration of, in return for, instead of (mostly ante-class.):

ob asinos ferre argentum,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38:

quin arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem?

id. Rud. 3, 6, 23:

ager oppositus est pignori Ob decem minas,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: talentum magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.:

pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78:

pecuniam ob delicta dare,

Tac. A. 14, 14.—

Ob rem, like ex re (opp. frustra), to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully (very rare): An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41:

verum id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est,

Sall. J. 31, 5.—

Ob industriam, on purpose, intentionally, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—

Quam ob rem, also written in one word, quamobrem, on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly; a very freq. particle of transition, esp. in Cic.:

quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 36:

quam ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum admodum feceris,

id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—

Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.).

Ob id:

ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis,

Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5:

ob id ipsum,

Curt. 4, 16, 23.—

Ob hoc:

ob hoc cum omnia neglecta apud hostes essent,

Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.:

ob hoc miserior,

Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —

Ob haec:

ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset,

Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—

Ob ea:

ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat,

Sall. J. 39, 2.—

Ob quae:

ob quae posterum diem reus petivit,

Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—

In composition, the b of ob remains unchanged before vowels and most consonants; only before p, f, c, g, is assimilation more common: oppeto, offero, occido, ogganio, etc.—An ancient form obs, analogous to abs, is implied in obs-olesco and os-tendo.—In signification, that of direction towards, or of existence at or before a thing is predominant, although it likewise gives to the simple verb the accessory notion of against: obicere, opponere, obrogare.

oppōno ( obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 ( sync.:

oppostus for oppositus,

Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. [ob-pono], to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).

Lit.

In gen.:

se venientibus in itinere,

Caes. B. C 3, 30:

huic equites,

id. ib. 3, 75:

turrim ad introitum portūs,

id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27:

Eumenem adversariis,

Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.— To place or put before, to hold before:

ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,

id. ib. 3, 46:

manum fronti,

id. M. 2, 276:

gallinae se opponant (pullis),

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

foramini oculos,

to keep before the opening, Petr. 96:

eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,

represented, held up as, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,

offer, present, Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

oppositas habere fores,

i. e. closed, Ov. H. 17, 8. — To apply, as a remedy:

brassicam,

Cato, R. R. 157.—

In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:

pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:

villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,

mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —

To expose, lay bare or open, abandon:

opponere se periculis pro re publicā,

Cic. Balb. 10, 26:

Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,

Liv. 21, 8:

nudatas radices hiberno frigori,

Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—

Trop.

In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege:

pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,

Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,

id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96:

auctoritatem suam,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

id. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

muri causam,

id. Off. 3, 10, 41.—

In partic.

To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction:

quid opponas, si negem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

non minorem auctoritatem,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 6:

iis opposuit sese Socrates,

id. Brut. 8, 31:

quid habes quod mihi opponas?

id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.:

ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,

id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—

To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:

multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:

rationibus labores,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:

felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!

Juv. 2, 39.—

Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.):

moles oppositae fluctibus,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

luna opposita soli,

id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,

Ov. M. 14, 47.— Trop.:

Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,

Cic. Font. 1, 3.—

Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (antikeimena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.

ŏb (old form obs, v. III.), prep. with acc. (in late Lat. also with the abl.:

OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE,

Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. with Sanscr. api; Gr. epi].

Lit.

With verbs of motion, towards, to (only ante-class.): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, let him go before his house to summon him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.:

ob Troiam duxit,

id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—

With verbs of rest, about, before, in front of, over (in Cic.):

follem sibi obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

lanam ob oculum habere,

id. Mil. 5, 37:

ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse,

before my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51:

mors ob oculos saepe versata est,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47:

ignis qui est ob os offusus,

id. Univ. 14.—

Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc.

In gen. (freq. and class.):

etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris?

do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

pretium ob stultitiam fero,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23:

ob eam rem iratus,

on that account, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33:

neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20:

ob rem nullam,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 2:

hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob eam rem, quod veritus est, ne, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 10, 23:

ob eam causam, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: quam ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26:

non solum ob eam causam fieri volui, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 21, 34:

ob hanc causam, quod,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc.,

id. Lael. 20, 74:

ob meas injurias,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.:

quodnam ob facinus?

id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob peccatum hoc. id. ib. v. 37:

ob malefacta haec,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

ob illam injuriam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

ob aliquod emolumentum suum,

id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87:

nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,

on account of, for that knowledge, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

ob eam (amicitiam) summā fide servatam,

id. Lael. 7, 25:

is igitur dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse,

id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

unius ob iram Prodimur,

Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.:

saevae memorem Junonis ob iram,

id. ib. 1, 4; cf.

also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

barbarus eum quidam palam ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat,

Liv. 21, 2, 6:

non noxā neque ob metum,

Tac. H. 2, 49:

Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse,

for the republic, id. A. 2, 83:

cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat,

id. ib. 6, 5.—

In partic.

In consideration of, in return for, instead of (mostly ante-class.):

ob asinos ferre argentum,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38:

quin arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem?

id. Rud. 3, 6, 23:

ager oppositus est pignori Ob decem minas,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: talentum magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.:

pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78:

pecuniam ob delicta dare,

Tac. A. 14, 14.—

Ob rem, like ex re (opp. frustra), to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully (very rare): An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41:

verum id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est,

Sall. J. 31, 5.—

Ob industriam, on purpose, intentionally, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—

Quam ob rem, also written in one word, quamobrem, on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly; a very freq. particle of transition, esp. in Cic.:

quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 36:

quam ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum admodum feceris,

id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—

Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.).

Ob id:

ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis,

Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5:

ob id ipsum,

Curt. 4, 16, 23.—

Ob hoc:

ob hoc cum omnia neglecta apud hostes essent,

Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.:

ob hoc miserior,

Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —

Ob haec:

ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset,

Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—

Ob ea:

ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat,

Sall. J. 39, 2.—

Ob quae:

ob quae posterum diem reus petivit,

Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—

In composition, the b of ob remains unchanged before vowels and most consonants; only before p, f, c, g, is assimilation more common: oppeto, offero, occido, ogganio, etc.—An ancient form obs, analogous to abs, is implied in obs-olesco and os-tendo.—In signification, that of direction towards, or of existence at or before a thing is predominant, although it likewise gives to the simple verb the accessory notion of against: obicere, opponere, obrogare.

oppōno ( obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 ( sync.:

oppostus for oppositus,

Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. [ob-pono], to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).

Lit.

In gen.:

se venientibus in itinere,

Caes. B. C 3, 30:

huic equites,

id. ib. 3, 75:

turrim ad introitum portūs,

id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27:

Eumenem adversariis,

Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.— To place or put before, to hold before:

ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,

id. ib. 3, 46:

manum fronti,

id. M. 2, 276:

gallinae se opponant (pullis),

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

foramini oculos,

to keep before the opening, Petr. 96:

eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,

represented, held up as, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,

offer, present, Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

oppositas habere fores,

i. e. closed, Ov. H. 17, 8. — To apply, as a remedy:

brassicam,

Cato, R. R. 157.—

In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:

pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:

villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,

mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —

To expose, lay bare or open, abandon:

opponere se periculis pro re publicā,

Cic. Balb. 10, 26:

Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,

Liv. 21, 8:

nudatas radices hiberno frigori,

Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—

Trop.

In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege:

pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,

Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,

id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96:

auctoritatem suam,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

id. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

muri causam,

id. Off. 3, 10, 41.—

In partic.

To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction:

quid opponas, si negem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

non minorem auctoritatem,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 6:

iis opposuit sese Socrates,

id. Brut. 8, 31:

quid habes quod mihi opponas?

id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.:

ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,

id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—

To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:

multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:

rationibus labores,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:

felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!

Juv. 2, 39.—

Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.):

moles oppositae fluctibus,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

luna opposita soli,

id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,

Ov. M. 14, 47.— Trop.:

Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,

Cic. Font. 1, 3.—

Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (antikeimena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.

oppōno ( obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 ( sync.:

oppostus for oppositus,

Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. [ob-pono], to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).

Lit.

In gen.:

se venientibus in itinere,

Caes. B. C 3, 30:

huic equites,

id. ib. 3, 75:

turrim ad introitum portūs,

id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27:

Eumenem adversariis,

Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.— To place or put before, to hold before:

ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,

id. ib. 3, 46:

manum fronti,

id. M. 2, 276:

gallinae se opponant (pullis),

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

foramini oculos,

to keep before the opening, Petr. 96:

eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,

represented, held up as, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,

offer, present, Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

oppositas habere fores,

i. e. closed, Ov. H. 17, 8. — To apply, as a remedy:

brassicam,

Cato, R. R. 157.—

In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:

pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:

villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,

mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —

To expose, lay bare or open, abandon:

opponere se periculis pro re publicā,

Cic. Balb. 10, 26:

Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,

Liv. 21, 8:

nudatas radices hiberno frigori,

Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—

Trop.

In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege:

pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,

Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,

id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96:

auctoritatem suam,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

id. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

muri causam,

id. Off. 3, 10, 41.—

In partic.

To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction:

quid opponas, si negem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

non minorem auctoritatem,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 6:

iis opposuit sese Socrates,

id. Brut. 8, 31:

quid habes quod mihi opponas?

id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.:

ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,

id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—

To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:

multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:

rationibus labores,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:

felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!

Juv. 2, 39.—

Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.):

moles oppositae fluctibus,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

luna opposita soli,

id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,

Ov. M. 14, 47.— Trop.:

Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,

Cic. Font. 1, 3.—

Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (antikeimena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.

ăbante [ab-ante, like Incircum, insuper, etc.; cf. also the Heb. and the Engl. from before].

Prep. with abl., from before:

abante oculis parcntis rapuerunt nymphae,

away before the eyes of the father, Inscr. Grut. 717, 11. —

Adv., before:

ne (quis) abante aliam (arcam) ponat,

Inscr. Orell. 4396.

cōram, adv. and prep. [prob. kindred with ōs, ōris].

Object., in the presence of, before the eyes of, in the face of, before (freq. and class.).

Adv.:

vereor coram in os te laudare amplius,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

omnia quae tute dudum coram me incusaveras,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 21:

coram potius me praesente dixissent,

Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 1:

Manlius quoque ad restituendam aciem se ipse coram offert,

i. e. before the soldiers, Liv. 2, 47, 4:

ut veni coram, singultim pauca locutus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 56 et saep.:

lenissimum genus admonitionis fuit traditio coram pugillarium,

in their presence, in their own hands, Suet. Aug. 39.—

With gen. (very rare):

coram noxae prehensus,

in the very act, App. M. 9, p. 226 fin. —So in coram with gen. in App. = coram:

omnium,

App. M. 7, p. 197, 21 Oud.; so id. ib. 9, p. 221, 17; 9, p. 223, 32; 10, p. 241, 5.—

Esp., with verbs of command, in one's presence, i. e. on the spot, forthwith (post-Aug.;

mostly in Suet.): clipeos et imagines ejus coram detrahi jubet,

Suet. Dom. 23:

Pinarium... coram confodi imperavit,

id. Aug. 27:

essedum... redimi concidique coram imperavit,

id. Claud. 16 (al. explain coram in all these passages as = coram omnibus, i. e. publicly, openly; cf. palam).—Hence, coram deprehensus = ep autophôrôi, in the very act, App. M. 3, p. 131, 2.—

Prep with abl.

Before the noun:

coram genero meo quae dicere ausus es?

Cic. Pis. 6, 12:

coram frequentissimo legationum conventu,

Nep. Epam. 6, 4; Quint. 6, 3, 47; Tac. A. 4, 75:

coram judicibus,

Suet. Aug. 56:

coram ipso,

id. Tib. 43; so id. ib. 62:

coram populo,

Hor. A. P. 185:

coram latrone,

Juv. 10, 22 al. —

After the noun (freq. in Tac.):

ipso Germanico coram,

Tac. A. 3, 14; so id. ib. 3, 24; 4, 8; 13, 32; Suet. Ner. 33; id. Oth. 1:

te coram,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 95.—

Subject. adv., present in one's own person or presence, personally (very freq. and class.):

quia ted ipsus coram praesens praesentem videt,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 43:

istos rastros... faoito coram ut tradas in manum,

id. Merc. 2, 2, 7:

sine me expurgem atque illum huc coram adducam,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 29:

velut si coram adesset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32; so,

adesse,

Verg. A. 1, 595:

eadem fere, quae ex nuntiis litteris cognoverat, coram perspicit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11; so,

opp. letters,

Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1; 7, 3, 12; 12, 1, 2 al.; cf. with abl.:

coram me tecum eadem haec agere saepe conantem deterruit pudor, quae nunc expromam absens audacius,

by word of mouth, id. Fam. 5, 12. 1:

coram cernere letum nati,

Verg. A. 2, 538:

quod coram etiam ex ipso audiebamus,

Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 13:

fidem nec dare nec accipere nisi cum ipso coram duce,

Liv. 28, 17, 8; 28, 18, 7; 36, 11, 1; 43, 5, 6: rexque paterque Audisti coram, nec verbo parcius absens, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 38; Verg. A. 3, 173; Ov. M. 9, 560 et saep.

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praeter, adv. and prep. [prae, with the demonstrative suffix ter, as in inter, subter, propter], signifies motion by or past, and hence, also, beyond, or rest outside a thing.

Adv., past, by, beyond (cf. praeterquam), in the trop. sense; i. e.

Comparatively, before, beyond, above, more than (only ante-class.):

quae praeter sapiet quam placet parentibus,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 38:

quod mihi videre Facere, et praeter quam res te adhortatur tua,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 8.—

Exceptionally, except, excepting, unless, save (class. but rare):

etiam e Graecis ipsis diligenter cavendae sunt quaedam familiaritates, praeter hominum perpaucorum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 16:

ne quis praeter armatus violaretur,

Liv. 4, 59, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.:

diem statuit, ante quam liceret sine fraude ab armis discedere, praeter rerum capitalium damnatis,

Sall. C. 36, 2:

religionum usquequaque contemptor, praeter unius deae Syriae,

Suet. Ner. 56; id. Claud. 4 fin.: exsules, praeter caedis damnati, restituebantur, [p. 1434] Just. 13, 5, 2:

praeter hodie,

Vulg. Gen. 21, 26:

nil praeter salices cassaque canna fuit,

Ov. F. 6, 406:

uti pueri in curiam ne introeant, praeter ille unus Papirius,

Gell. 1, 23, 13.—In connection with the particles si, quod, que:

praeter si aliter nequeas,

unless, Varr. R. R. 1, 41 fin.:

praeter quod epulis alienis voluptates meas anteferrem, etc.,

besides that, App. M. 2, p. 122:

montes in Arcadiā Cyllene, Lycaeus... praeterque ignobiles octo,

and besides, and also, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21:

praeterque,

id. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 8, 42, 67, § 166; 9, 39, 64, § 138; 11, 4, 3, § 10. —For praeter quam and praeter propter, v. praeterquam and praeterpropter.—

Prep. with acc., past, by, before, in front of, along.

Lit., of place (rare but class.):

mustela murem mihi abstulit praeter pedes,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 7:

magni montes solem succedere praeter,

Lucr. 4, 139:

praeter castra Caesaris suas copias transduxit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

servi ejus praeter oculos Lollii haec omnia ferebant,

before the eyes of, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62:

Ligures praeter oram Etrusci maris Neapolim transmisit,

Liv. 40, 41:

praeter radices montis lapsus amnis,

Plin. 6, 3, 4, § 10:

praeter ora suorum,

Tac. H. 4, 30:

tela volant... Praeter utrumque latus praeterque et lumen et aures,

Ov. M. 5, 158:

praeter majorum cineres rapitur Lateranus,

Juv. 8, 146.—

Trop.

In gen., over, beyond; against, contrary to, aside from:

nihil praeter rem locuti sumus,

beside the matter, irrelevant, Auct. Her. 4, 1, 1:

praeter aetatem stultus,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 3:

praeter aequom delinquere,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 14:

multa praeter spem evenisse,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 69; cf.:

quor sedebas in foro Tu solus praeter alios,

apart from, id. Ps. 3, 2, 13:

praeter naturam praeterque fatum,

Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 10:

praeter consuetudinem,

id. Div. 2, 28, 60:

cum lacus Albanus praeter modum crevisset,

id. ib. 1, 44, 100:

quod mihi videre praeter aetatem tuam Facere,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 7.—

In partic.

Comparatively, of that which goes beyond something else, beyond, above, more than; esp.:

praeter ceteros, alios, omnes, etc.: illud praeter alia mira miror,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 140:

praeter ceteros laborabis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43; id. Sull. 3, 7:

quae me igitur res praeter ceteros impulit, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 1, 2:

necesse est quod mihi consuli praecipuum fuit praeter alios, id jam privato cum ceteris esse commune,

id. Sull. 3, 9:

ut Argonautas praeter omnes candidum Medea mirata est ducem,

Hor. Epod. 3, 9; Ter. And. 1, 1, 31.—With neg.:

nonne ostendis te vereri, quod praeter ceteros tu metuere non debeas,

less than the rest, Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145.—

Of that besides which there is something else in addition, besides, together with, in addition to:

ut praeter se denos ad colloquium adducerent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

praeter imperatas pecunias,

id. B. C. 3, 32:

ut praeter auctoritatem vires quoque haberet,

id. ib. 3, 57:

praeter illud commodum, quod, etc., tum etiam, etc.,

Col. 4, 18.—

Exceptionally, besides, except:

nec nobis praeter me alius est servos,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 244:

hoc nemini praeter me videtur,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

omnibus sententiis praeter unam condemnatus est,

id. Clu. 20, 55:

neque vestitus, praeter pelles habeant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

frumentum omne, praeter quod secum portaturi erant, comburunt,

id. ib. 1, 5:

nullas (litteras) acceperam praeter quae mihi binae redditae sunt, etc.,

Cic. Att. 5, 3, 2:

ex plurimis honoribus, praeter paucos non recepit,

Suet. Tib. 26.—

Praeter haec, for praeterea, besides that, besides, moreover (ante- and postclass.), Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 61; Cels. 2, 4.

g. praeterducere, praetermittere, praeterea.

prō-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a., to put or set forth, to set or lay out, to place before, expose to view, to display (class.).

Lit.:

proponere vexillum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

pallentesque manus, sanguineumque caput,

Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 30:

i puer et citus haec aliquā propone columnā,

Prop. 3 (4), 23, 23:

aliquid venale,

to expose for sale, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; cf. Suet. Ner. 16:

geminum pugnae proponit honorem,

proposes, offers, Verg. A. 5, 365:

singulis diebus ediscendos fastos populo proposuit,

Cic. Mur. 11, 25:

legem in publicum,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

in publico epistulam,

id. Att. 8, 9, 2; id. Pis. 36, 88:

vectigalia,

to publish, publicly advertise, Suet. Calig. 41:

oppida Romanis proposita ad copiam commeatūs,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

ne quid volucre proponeretur, praeter, etc.,

should be served up, Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 139 (al. poneretur).—

Trop.

To set before the eyes, to propose mentally; to imagine, conceive:

propone tibi duos reges,

Cic. Deiot. 14, 40:

aliquid sibi exemplar,

id. Univ. 2:

sibi aliquem ad imitandum,

id. de Or. 2, 22, 93:

vos ante oculos animosque vestros... Apronii regnum proponite,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 58:

eam (vitam) ante oculos vestros proponite,

id. Sull. 26, 72:

condicio supplicii in bello timiditati militis proposita,

id. Clu. 46, 129; 56, 154; 12, 42:

vim fortunae animo,

Liv. 30, 30:

spem libertatis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 15:

nihil ad scribendum,

id. Att. 5, 10, 4.—

To expose:

omnibus telis fortunae proposita est vita nostra,

Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2:

tabernis apertis proposita omnia in medio vidit,

Liv. 6, 25, 9.—

To point out, declare, represent, report, say, relate, set forth, publish, etc. (cf.:

indico, denuntio): ut proponat, quid dicturus sit,

Cic. Or. 40, 137; id. Brut. 60, 217:

extremum illud est de iis, quae proposueram,

id. Fam. 15, 14, 6:

contione habitā, rem gestam proponit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 50:

in exemplum proponere,

Quint. 7, 1, 41; 12, 2, 27.—With de:

de Galliae Germaniaeque moribus, et quo differant eae nationes inter se,

Caes. B. G. 6, 11.—With object-clause:

quod ante tacuerat, proponit, esse nonnullos, quorum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 17:

cui (morbo) remedia celeria faciliaque proponebantur,

were proposed, suggested, believed to be efficient, Nep. Att. 21, 2.—

To offer, propose as a reward:

Xerxes praemium proposuit, qui invenisset novam voluptatem,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:

populo congiarium, militi donativum,

Suet. Ner. 7.—

In a bad sense, to threaten, denounce:

cui cum publicatio bonorum, exsilium, mors proponeretur,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97:

injuriae, quae propositae sunt a Catone,

id. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2:

contentiones, quae mihi proponuntur,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

improbis poenam,

id. Fin. 2, 17, 57:

damnationem et mortem sibi proponat ante oculos,

Liv. 2, 54, 6; Just. 16, 5, 2.—

To lay before, to propose for an answer: aliquam quaestionem, Nep Att. 20, 2:

aenigma,

Vulg. Ezech. 17, 2.—

To purpose, resolve, intend, design, determine:

consecutus id, quod animo proposuerat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

cum id mihi propositum initio non fuisset,

I had not proposed it to myself, had not intended it, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6.— With inf.:

neque propositum nobis est hoc loco (laudare), etc.,

I am resolved, Cic. Brut. 6, 25.—With ut:

propositum est, non ut eloquentiam meam perspicias, sed ut,

the design is, Cic. Brut. 92, 318.—

To say or mention beforehand (post-Aug.), Col. 8, 17, 8.—

To state the first premise of a syllogism:

cum proponimus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 70; 1, 40, 72.—

To impose (post-class.):

novam mihi propono dicendi legem,

Mamert. Genethl. 5.—Hence, prōpŏsĭtum, i, n.

A plan, intention, design, resolution, purpose (class.):

quidnam Pompeius propositi aut voluntatis ad dimicandum haberet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84:

assequi,

to attain, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 22:

est enim propositum, ut iratum efficiat judicem,

id. Part. 4, 14:

tenere,

to keep to one's purpose, Nep. Eum. 3, 5; Liv. 3, 41, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 83; 3, 42; 64:

propositum peragere,

Nep. Att. 22, 2:

tenax propositi,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 1: in proposito manere. Suet. Gram. 24:

reprehendendi habere,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 7:

omne propositum operis a nobis destinati,

Quint. 2, 10, 15; 2, 19, 1; 12, 9, 14.—

The first premise of a syllogism, Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215; Sen. Q. N. 1, 8, 4.—

An argument: nam est in proposito finis fides, Cic. Part. 3, 9.—

The main point, principal subject, theme:

a proposito declinare aliquantulum,

Cic. Or. 40, 137:

egredi a proposito ornandi causā,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

a proposito aberrare,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

redire ad propositum,

id. de Or. 3, 53, 203:

ad propositum revertamur,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

a proposito aversus,

Liv. 2, 8, 8:

propositum totius operis,

Sen. Ep. 65, 4 sq.; 65, 8:

vitae,

Cels. 5, 26, 6:

meum,

Phaedr. 1, 5, 2:

tuum,

Sen. Ep. 68, 3.—

A way, manner, or course of life ( poet. and post-Aug.):

mutandum tibi propositum est et vitae genus,

Phaedr. prol. 3, 15:

vir proposito sanctissimus,

Vell. 2, 2, 2.

ŏb-erro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to wander, rove, or ramble about a place ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

oberrare tentoriis,

Tac. A. 1, 65:

ignotis locis,

Curt. 6, 5, 18:

mustela quae in domibus nostris oberrat,

Plin. 29, 4, 16, § 60:

dives arat Curibus, quantum non milvus oberrat,

Pers. 4, 26.—

Transf.:

crebris oberrantibus rivis,

Curt. 3, 4, 12.—

Trop.

To flit, hover before one:

mihi monstrum oberrat,

hovers before my eyes, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1280:

cum tanti periculi... imago oculis oberraret,

Curt. 8, 6, 26.—

To err, mistake:

ut citharoedus Ridetur, chordā qui semper oberrat eādem,

blunders at, Hor. A. P. 356.

conspĭcŭus, a, um, adj. [1. conspicio] ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose, esp. in Tac.; not in Quint.).

Lit., that is or comes in view, visible; opp. occultus:

quot inter Occultum stellae conspicuumque polum,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 108:

rebus ab auditis conspicuisque,

id. P. 3, 4, 22: late vertex, * Hor. C. 3, 16, 19:

signum in proeliis,

Phaedr. 4, 6, 6:

acies barbarorum,

Tac. H. 4, 29:

tabernaculum undique,

Curt. 9, 6, 1: sidus omnibus e terris, Augustus ap. Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94.—

Trop., in gen.:

habere mortem in conspicuo,

before the eyes, Sen. Brev. Vit. 20, 5:

nives,

id. Thyest. 126:

pyramides,

Plin. 36, 12, 16, § 76.—

Pregn., that attracts the attention to itself, striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable, phaneros; with dat. pers.:

Romanis conspicuum eum novitas divitiaeque faciebant,

Liv. 1, 34, 11; Suet. Aug. 45.—With abl.:

insignis clara conspicuusque domo,

Tib. 3, 3, 4; so Ov. M. 12, 467; id. H. 5, 139; Tac. H. 3, 29; 3, 33; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 2; Suet. Aug. 72 al.; cf. with dat. pers.:

consilio, manu, voce insignis hosti, conspicuus suis,

Tac. H. 3, 17.— Absol.:

ambo conspicui,

Ov. M. 8, 373; so Tac. H. 1, 88; 4, 42; id. G. 7; id. Or. 36.