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  • 1 lēgō

        lēgō āvī (lēgāssit for lēgāverit, XII Tabb. ap. C.), ātus, āre    [lex], to send with a commission, send as ambassador, depute, commission, despatch: ut legati ex eius ordinis auctoritate legarentur: eos privatae rei causā legari: iuste pieque legatus venio, L.: in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, S.— To appoint as deputy, commission as lieutenant: eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius: me legatum iri non arbitror: me sibi legavit, chose me for his lieutenant: sibi homines nobilīs, S.— To bequeath, leave by will: Numitori regnum, L.: usum et fructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae: Nil sibi legatum, H.: uxori grandem pecuniam a filio, to be paid by the son.
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    I
    legare, legavi, legatus V
    bequeath, will; entrust, send as an envoy, choose as a deputy
    II
    legere, legi, lectus V
    read; gather, collect (cremated bones); furl (sail), weigh (anchor); pick out

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  • 2 trādō

        trādō (old also trānsdō, T.), didī, ditus, ere    [trans+do], to give up, hand over, deliver, transmit, surrender, consign: ut arma per manūs necessario traderentur, Cs.: se hostibus, Cs.: nominare cui poculum tradituri sint: pecuniam regiam quaestoribus, L.: pueros magistris, O.: testamentum tibi legendum, H.: urbem, L.: armis traditis, Cs.: transdere hominem in otium, i. e. drive, T.— To deliver, commit, intrust, confide: ei te: totum denique hominem tibi: hos (obsides) Aeduis custodiendos tradit, Cs.— To surrender treacherously, betray: causam advorsariis, T.: quos tradituros sperabas, vides iudicare.—Fig., to give up, surrender, hand over, deliver, intrust: quae dicam memoriae: possessionem Galliae sibi, Cs.: Vercassivellauno summa imperi traditur, Cs.: tristitiam et metūs Tradam protervis in mare Portare ventis, H.—With pron reflex., to give oneself up, yield, surrender, devote oneself: se totos voluptatibus: te in disciplinam meam.— To make over, transmit, leave, bequeath (cf. lēgo): posteris inimicitias: traditumque inde fertur, ut in senatum vocarentur, it is said that from this arose the custom, etc., L.— To hand down, transmit, pass on, relate, narrate, recount: hunc (clamorem) excipere et proxumis tradere, Cs.: pugnae memoriam posteris, L.: ipsum regem tradunt... operatum iis sacris se abdidisse, L.: qui (Aristides) unus omnium iustissimus fuisse traditur: sic enim est traditum, such is the tradition: ut Isocratem dixisse traditum est: convertentem se... traditur memoriae cecidisse, L.—Of a teacher, to deliver, propose, propound, teach: ea, quae dialectici nunc tradunt et docent: ad omnia imitanda, quae ab quoque traduntur, Cs.: virtutem hominibus: multa de sideribus iuventuti, Cs.
    * * *
    tradere, tradidi, traditus V
    hand over, surrender; deliver; bequeath; relate

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  • 3 praelego

    I
    praelegare, praelegavi, praelegatus V
    pre-bequeath; bequeath before inheritance is divided
    II
    praelegere, praelegi, praelectus V

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  • 4 praelego

    1.
    prae-lēgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bequeath beforehand, i. e. to bequeath a thing to be given before the inheritance is divided (post-Aug.):

    eam coronam testamento ei praelegavit,

    Plin. 33, 2, 11, § 38: peculia [p. 1422] filiis, Dig. 33, 8, 26:

    fundum,

    ib. 31, 1, 69:

    uxori dotem,

    Paul. Sent. 4, 1, 1.
    2.
    prae-lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To read any thing to others, as a teacher, to show how it should be read, to set an example in reading, to lecture upon an author (post-Aug.):

    auctores,

    Quint. 1, 5, 11:

    Vergilium et alios poëtas,

    Suet. Gram. 16.—
    II.
    To pick or choose out, to select (post-class.):

    praelectus hircus,

    App. M. 7, p. 192, 29.—
    III.
    To sail by or along a place (post-Aug. for praetervehor); with acc.:

    Campaniam,

    Tac. A. 6, 1; 2, 79 init.: Alsia praelegitur tellus, is sailed by, Rut. Itin. 1, 223.

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  • 5 legō

        legō lēgī, lēctus, ere    [1 LEG-], to bring together, gather, collect: herbas collibus, O.: mala, nuces, V.: spolia caesorum, L.: quos (asparagos), Iu.: homini mortuo ossa: ficus apta legi, to be plucked, O.: Parcae fila legunt, i. e. spin out, V.: Ore legam (extremum halitum), receive the last breath, i. e. give a parting kiss, V.: Umida vela, to furl, V.: tenerā vela manu, O.— To take, carry off, steal: sacra divum, H.— To go over, traverse, pass, wander through: saltūs, O.: pontum Pone legit, sails through, V.: Aequora Afra, O.: presso vestigia gressu, track, O.: tortos orbīs, wander through, V.— To sail by, skirt, coast along: Inarimen Prochytenque, O.: navibus oram Italiae, L.; cf. primi litoris oram, i. e. of my theme, V.— To choose, pick out, single out, select, elect, appoint: iudices: condiciones: civīs in patres, L.: viros ad bella, O.: geminas de classe biremīs, V.: legit virum vir, man singles out man (in battle), V.: omnīs longo ordine Adversos legere, pass in review, V.—Esp., of the censors: in senatu legendo, making up the roll of the senate.—Fig., to read, peruse, scan: legi ipse animoque notavi, O.: libros: acta maiorum, S.: liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter: Ore legar populi, O.: sepulcra, epitaphs: ut scriptum legimus, find written: relatum legere, quis docuerit, etc., N.: nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata, Iu.— To read out, read aloud, recite: convocatis auditoribus volumen: Obturem impune legentibus aurīs, H.: alqm occidit legendo, with recitation, H.: acta, the news of the day, Iu.
    * * *
    I
    legare, legavi, legatus V
    bequeath, will; entrust, send as an envoy, choose as a deputy
    II
    legere, legi, lectus V
    read; gather, collect (cremated bones); furl (sail), weigh (anchor); pick out

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  • 6 linquō

        linquō līquī, —, ere    [LIC-], to go away, leave, quit, forsake, depart from: Linquebat comite ancillā, Iu.: terrani: Nil intentatum nostri liquere poetae, H.: nil inausum, i. e. try everything, V.: trepidantem liquerunt nervi, strength forsook him, O.: Linquor et cado, swoon away, O.: Linquebant dulcīs animas, died, V.: Socios, abandon, V.: promissa procellae, i. e. not to keep, Ct.: alquem Seminecem, V.—Fig., to leave, give up, resign, abandon, relinquish: haec: Linque severa, H.
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    linquere, linqui, lictus V
    leave, quit, forsake; abandon, desist from; allow to remain in place; bequeath

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  • 7 re-linquo

        re-linquo līquī, lictus, ere,    to leave behind, not take along, not stay with, leave, move away from, quit, abandon: deos penatīs: vim auri in Ponto reliquit: post se hostem, Cs.: petere, ut in Galliā relinqueretur, might be left behind, Cs.: (cacumina silvae) limum tenent in fronde relictum, remaining, O.: sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit, in the rear, Cs.: me filiis quasi magistrum, T.: deum nullum Siculis.—Fig., to leave behind, leave: hanc excusationem ad Caesarem: Aeeta relictus, abandoned, O.—P. plur. n. as subst: repetat relicta, i. e. his former life, H.—At death, to leave behind, leave, bequeath: ea mortuast; reliquit filiam adulescentulam, T.: fundos decem et tres reliquit: ei testamento sestertiūm miliens: mihi haec omnia, T.: mihi arva, O.: heredem testamento hunc.—Fig., to leave, leave behind: virtutum nostrarum effigiem: Sibi hanc laudem relinquont: vixit, dum vixit, bene, T.: Sappho sublata desiderium sui reliquit: in scriptis relictum: orationes et annalīs: pater, o relictum Filiae nomen, H.: rem p. nobis: de valvarum pulchritudine scriptum: posterioribus exemplum.—To leave behind, leave remaining, permit to remain, let remain, leave: nil in aedibus, T.: ne paleae quidem ex annuo labore relinquerentur: angustioribus portis relictis, i. e. since the gates they had left were rather narrow, Cs.: unam (filiam) relinque, leave to me, O.: pauca aratro iugera Moles relinquent, H.: dapis meliora relinquens, H.: haec porcis comedenda, H.: relinquebatur una per Sequanos via, remained, Cs.: se cum paucis relictum videt, S.: equites paucos, leave alive, Cs.—Fig.: quam igitur relinquis populari rei p. laudem?: ceterorum sententiis semotis, relinquitur mihi, etc., there remains: non provocatione ad populum contra necem relictā: nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum, i. e. he renders superfluous: deliberandi spatium, N.: tantummodo vita relicta est, O.: urbem direptioni, abandon: poenae Medea relinquar? O.: hominem innocentem ad alicuius quaestum: Posse queri tantum rauco stridore reliquit, O.: Dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas, H.: relinquitur, ut, si vincimur in Hispaniā, quiescamus, it remains, that: relinquebatur, ut pateretur, etc., Cs.: relinquitur ergo, ut omnia tria genera sint causarum, hence the conclusion is, etc.—With two acc, to leave behind, leave, let remain, suffer to be: eum locum integrum, leave untouched, T.: integram rem et causam, have left untouched: Morini, quos Caesar pacatos reliquerat, Cs.: amici, quos incorruptos Iugurtha reliquerat, S.: reliquit (eam) Incertam, V.: In mediis lacerā nave relinquor aquis, O.: inceptam oppugnationem, abandon, Cs.: infecta sacra, O.: sine ture aras, O.: mulierem nullam nominabo; tantum in medio relinquam.—To leave behind, leave, go away from, forsake, abandon, desert: domum propinquosque, Cs.: Ilio relicto, H.: litus relictum Respicit, O.: Roma relinquenda est, O.: me somnu' reliquit, Enn. ap. C.: ubi vita tuos reliquerit artūs, O.: Animam, T.: lucem, V.: animus relinquit euntem, O.: ab omni honestate relictus, destitute of: si puerum quartana reliquerat, H.—To leave in the lurch, forsake, abandon, desert: Reliquit me homo atque abiit, has given me the slip, T.: succurrere relictae, V.—To leave, give up, abandon: auctores signa relinquendi et deserendi castra audiuntur, L.: relictā non bene parmulā, H.—To leave, let alone, give up, resign, neglect, forsake, abandon, relinquish: rem et causam: (puella) Quod cupide petiit, mature plena reliquit, H.: me relictis rebus iussit observare, etc., to stop work and watch, T.: omnibus rebus relictis persequendum sibi Pompeium existimavit, Cs.: agrorum et armorum cultum, neglect: bellum illud, abandon: obsidionem, raise the siege, L.: caedes, leave unmentioned: hoc certe neque praetermittendum neque relinquendum est: quae Desperat tractata nitescere posse relinquit, H.: iniurias tuas, leave unnoticed: vim hominibus armatis factam relinqui putare oportere.

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  • 8 derelinquo

    derelinquere, dereliqui, derelictus V TRANS
    leave behind/abandon/discard; forsake/desert; neglect; leave derelict; bequeath

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  • 9 fideicommitto

    fideicommittere, fideicommisi, fideicommissus V
    leave by will; bequeath

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  • 10 relinquo

    relinquere, reliqui, relictus V
    leave behind, abandon; (pass.) be left, remain; bequeath

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  • 11 relinquo

    to leave behind, bequeath/ abandon, forsake.

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  • 12 adspergo

    1.
    a-spergo ( adsp-, Ritschl, Jan; asp-, others; in MSS. sometimes aspar-go, v. Cort. ad Luc. 1, 384, and Wagner ad Verg. G. 3, 419, and infra examples from Lucr. and Hor.; cf. 2. aspergo), ersi, ersum, 3, v. a. [spargo].
    I.
    Aliquid (alicui rei), to scatter, strew something on something; or of liquids, to sprinkle, spatter over (syn.: adfundo, inicio; never in Ovid, but he often uses the simple spargo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    aequor Ionium glaucis aspargit virus ab undis,

    Lucr. 1, 719 Lachm.:

    Ah! adspersisti aquam, Jam rediit animus,

    you have dashed water on me, have revived me, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 15:

    Euax, adspersisti aquam,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 13:

    guttam bulbo (with a play upon the names Gutta and Bulbus),

    Cic. Clu. 26, 71:

    pigmenta in tabulā,

    id. Div. 1, 13, 23:

    corpus ejus adustum adspergunt aliis carnibus,

    Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

    liquor adspersus oculis,

    id. 12, 8, 18, § 34:

    Bubus glandem tum adspergi convenit,

    id. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

    corpus floribus aspersis veneratus est,

    Suet. Aug. 18:

    pecori virus aspergere,

    to infect, poison, Verg. G. 3, 419:

    aspergens cinerem capiti,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 15:

    huc tu jussos asperge sapores,

    Verg. G. 4, 62:

    Non nihil aspersis gaudet Amor lacrimis,

    Prop. 1, 12, 16:

    sanguinem aspergere,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 29, 24:

    nivem,

    ib. Eccli. 43, 19.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    cum clarissimo viro non nullam laudatione tuā labeculam aspergas,

    fasten upon, Cic. Vatin. 17, 41:

    ne qua ex tuā summā indignitate labes illius dignitati aspersa videatur,

    id. ib. 6, 15:

    notam alicui,

    Dig. 37, 14, 17 fin. (cf.:

    allinere notam,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17).—So of an inheritance, to bestow, bequeath something to, to set apart for:

    Aebutio sextulam aspergit,

    Cic. Caecin. 6, 17.— Poet.:

    alas: lacteus extentas aspergit circulus alas,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 175.—In gen., to add to, to join, = adjungere:

    si illius (sc. Catonis majoris) comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

    Cic. Mur. 31 fin.:

    huic generi orationis aspergentur etiam sales,

    id. Or. 26, 87; id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 10:

    hos aspersi, ut scires etc.,

    id. Fam. 2, 16 fin. —
    II.
    Aliquem or aliquid aliquā re (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 362; Zumpt, Gr. § 418), to strew some person or thing with something, to splash over, besprinkle, bespatter, bedew, lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ah, guttulā Pectus ardens mihi adspersisti (cf. supra, aquam),

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 28:

    quas (sedes) nec nubila nimbis Aspergunt,

    Lucr. 3, 20:

    ne aram sanguine aspergeret,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88; so Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, [p. 175] 33; ib. Apoc. 19, 13:

    sanguine mensas,

    Ov. M. 5, 40; and with de:

    asperget de sanguine ejus (turturis) parietem altaris,

    Vulg. Lev. 5, 9:

    vaccam semine,

    Liv. 41, 13:

    Vinxit et aspersas altera vitta comas,

    the sprinkled hair, Prop. 5, 11, 34 (Müller, † acceptas):

    imbre lutoque Aspersus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 12 K. and H.; Claud. B. Gild. 494:

    aquā,

    Vulg. Num. 8, 7; ib. 2 Macc. 1, 21:

    hyssopo,

    ib. Psa. 50, 9:

    cinere,

    ib. Jer. 25, 34:

    terrā,

    ib. 2 Macc. 10, 25 al.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    (Mons Idae) primo parvis urbibus aspersus erat,

    dotted over with, Mel. 1, 18, 2:

    aures gemitu,

    to fill, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 1:

    auditiunculā quādam aspersus, i. e. imbutus,

    instructed, Gell. 13, 19, 5:

    aspersi corda a conscientiā malā,

    Vulg. Heb. 10, 22.—Esp., to spot, stain, sully, defile, asperse:

    hunc tu vitae splendorem maculis aspergis istis?

    Cic. Planc. 12, 30; so also absol.:

    leviter aspersus,

    id. Fam. 6, 6, 9:

    istius facti non modo suspitione, sed ne infamiā quidem est aspersus,

    id. Cael. 10; so Liv. 23, 30:

    aspergebatur etiam infamiā, quod, etc.,

    Nep. Alcib. 3 fin.; so Suet. Ner. 3: aliquem linguā, Auct. ad Her. 4, 49, 62:

    e quibus unus amet quāvis aspargere cunctos, i. e. quibusvis dicteriis perstringere, laedere,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 87 K. and H.
    2.
    aspergo (Merk., Müller, Strüb.; in MSS. sometimes aspargo, Lachm., Rib., e. g. Verg. A. 3, 534, acc. to Non. p. 405, 5, and Vel. Long. p. 2234 P.; v. 1. aspergo), ĭnis, f. (in the ante-class. per. com. acc. to Prisc. p. 658 P.) [1. aspergo].
    I.
    A sprinkling, besprinkling (most freq. in the poets, never in Cic., who uses aspersio, q. v.):

    aspergo aquarum,

    Ov. M. 7, 108:

    aquae,

    Petr. 102, 15:

    (Peneus) Nubila conducit, summasque aspergine silvas Impluit,

    Ov. M. 1, 572:

    sanguis virides aspergine tinxerat herbas,

    id. ib. 3, 86;

    3, 683 al.: Aspergine et gelu pruinisque (lapides) rumpuntur,

    Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 167:

    parietum,

    the moisture, sweat, upon walls, Cato, R. R. 128; so Vitr. 5, 11, 1, and Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 63.— Trop.:

    omni culparum aspergine liber,

    Prud. Apoth. 1005.—
    II.
    Meton. (abstr. for concr.), that which is sprinkled, drops:

    hic ubi sol radiis.... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspargine contra,

    opposite to the falling rain, Lucr. 6, 525 Lachm.:

    Objectae salsā spumant aspargine cautes,

    the spray, Verg. A. 3, 534:

    Flammiferā gemini fumant aspergine postes,

    Ov. M. 14, 796:

    maduere graves aspergine pennae,

    id. ib. 4, 729:

    arborei fetus aspergine caedis in atram Vertuntur faciem,

    by means of the sprinkled blood, id. ib. 4, 125 al.

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  • 13 aspergo

    1.
    a-spergo ( adsp-, Ritschl, Jan; asp-, others; in MSS. sometimes aspar-go, v. Cort. ad Luc. 1, 384, and Wagner ad Verg. G. 3, 419, and infra examples from Lucr. and Hor.; cf. 2. aspergo), ersi, ersum, 3, v. a. [spargo].
    I.
    Aliquid (alicui rei), to scatter, strew something on something; or of liquids, to sprinkle, spatter over (syn.: adfundo, inicio; never in Ovid, but he often uses the simple spargo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    aequor Ionium glaucis aspargit virus ab undis,

    Lucr. 1, 719 Lachm.:

    Ah! adspersisti aquam, Jam rediit animus,

    you have dashed water on me, have revived me, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 15:

    Euax, adspersisti aquam,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 13:

    guttam bulbo (with a play upon the names Gutta and Bulbus),

    Cic. Clu. 26, 71:

    pigmenta in tabulā,

    id. Div. 1, 13, 23:

    corpus ejus adustum adspergunt aliis carnibus,

    Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

    liquor adspersus oculis,

    id. 12, 8, 18, § 34:

    Bubus glandem tum adspergi convenit,

    id. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

    corpus floribus aspersis veneratus est,

    Suet. Aug. 18:

    pecori virus aspergere,

    to infect, poison, Verg. G. 3, 419:

    aspergens cinerem capiti,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 15:

    huc tu jussos asperge sapores,

    Verg. G. 4, 62:

    Non nihil aspersis gaudet Amor lacrimis,

    Prop. 1, 12, 16:

    sanguinem aspergere,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 29, 24:

    nivem,

    ib. Eccli. 43, 19.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    cum clarissimo viro non nullam laudatione tuā labeculam aspergas,

    fasten upon, Cic. Vatin. 17, 41:

    ne qua ex tuā summā indignitate labes illius dignitati aspersa videatur,

    id. ib. 6, 15:

    notam alicui,

    Dig. 37, 14, 17 fin. (cf.:

    allinere notam,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17).—So of an inheritance, to bestow, bequeath something to, to set apart for:

    Aebutio sextulam aspergit,

    Cic. Caecin. 6, 17.— Poet.:

    alas: lacteus extentas aspergit circulus alas,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 175.—In gen., to add to, to join, = adjungere:

    si illius (sc. Catonis majoris) comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

    Cic. Mur. 31 fin.:

    huic generi orationis aspergentur etiam sales,

    id. Or. 26, 87; id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 10:

    hos aspersi, ut scires etc.,

    id. Fam. 2, 16 fin. —
    II.
    Aliquem or aliquid aliquā re (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 362; Zumpt, Gr. § 418), to strew some person or thing with something, to splash over, besprinkle, bespatter, bedew, lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ah, guttulā Pectus ardens mihi adspersisti (cf. supra, aquam),

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 28:

    quas (sedes) nec nubila nimbis Aspergunt,

    Lucr. 3, 20:

    ne aram sanguine aspergeret,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88; so Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, [p. 175] 33; ib. Apoc. 19, 13:

    sanguine mensas,

    Ov. M. 5, 40; and with de:

    asperget de sanguine ejus (turturis) parietem altaris,

    Vulg. Lev. 5, 9:

    vaccam semine,

    Liv. 41, 13:

    Vinxit et aspersas altera vitta comas,

    the sprinkled hair, Prop. 5, 11, 34 (Müller, † acceptas):

    imbre lutoque Aspersus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 12 K. and H.; Claud. B. Gild. 494:

    aquā,

    Vulg. Num. 8, 7; ib. 2 Macc. 1, 21:

    hyssopo,

    ib. Psa. 50, 9:

    cinere,

    ib. Jer. 25, 34:

    terrā,

    ib. 2 Macc. 10, 25 al.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    (Mons Idae) primo parvis urbibus aspersus erat,

    dotted over with, Mel. 1, 18, 2:

    aures gemitu,

    to fill, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 1:

    auditiunculā quādam aspersus, i. e. imbutus,

    instructed, Gell. 13, 19, 5:

    aspersi corda a conscientiā malā,

    Vulg. Heb. 10, 22.—Esp., to spot, stain, sully, defile, asperse:

    hunc tu vitae splendorem maculis aspergis istis?

    Cic. Planc. 12, 30; so also absol.:

    leviter aspersus,

    id. Fam. 6, 6, 9:

    istius facti non modo suspitione, sed ne infamiā quidem est aspersus,

    id. Cael. 10; so Liv. 23, 30:

    aspergebatur etiam infamiā, quod, etc.,

    Nep. Alcib. 3 fin.; so Suet. Ner. 3: aliquem linguā, Auct. ad Her. 4, 49, 62:

    e quibus unus amet quāvis aspargere cunctos, i. e. quibusvis dicteriis perstringere, laedere,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 87 K. and H.
    2.
    aspergo (Merk., Müller, Strüb.; in MSS. sometimes aspargo, Lachm., Rib., e. g. Verg. A. 3, 534, acc. to Non. p. 405, 5, and Vel. Long. p. 2234 P.; v. 1. aspergo), ĭnis, f. (in the ante-class. per. com. acc. to Prisc. p. 658 P.) [1. aspergo].
    I.
    A sprinkling, besprinkling (most freq. in the poets, never in Cic., who uses aspersio, q. v.):

    aspergo aquarum,

    Ov. M. 7, 108:

    aquae,

    Petr. 102, 15:

    (Peneus) Nubila conducit, summasque aspergine silvas Impluit,

    Ov. M. 1, 572:

    sanguis virides aspergine tinxerat herbas,

    id. ib. 3, 86;

    3, 683 al.: Aspergine et gelu pruinisque (lapides) rumpuntur,

    Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 167:

    parietum,

    the moisture, sweat, upon walls, Cato, R. R. 128; so Vitr. 5, 11, 1, and Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 63.— Trop.:

    omni culparum aspergine liber,

    Prud. Apoth. 1005.—
    II.
    Meton. (abstr. for concr.), that which is sprinkled, drops:

    hic ubi sol radiis.... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspargine contra,

    opposite to the falling rain, Lucr. 6, 525 Lachm.:

    Objectae salsā spumant aspargine cautes,

    the spray, Verg. A. 3, 534:

    Flammiferā gemini fumant aspergine postes,

    Ov. M. 14, 796:

    maduere graves aspergine pennae,

    id. ib. 4, 729:

    arborei fetus aspergine caedis in atram Vertuntur faciem,

    by means of the sprinkled blood, id. ib. 4, 125 al.

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  • 14 derelinquo

    dē-rĕlinquo, līqui, lictum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    In the class. lang., to forsake wholly, to abandon, desert (good prose): cf.:

    Ti. Gracchum a Q. Tuberone derelictum videbamus,

    Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

    ut aratores agros latos ac fertiles desererent totasque arationes derelinquerent,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120:

    serere aliquid in inculto et derelicto solo,

    id. Brut. 4, 16: naves ab aestu derelictae, * Caes. B. G. 3, 13 fin.:

    castra,

    Liv. 39, 50, 5; cf. 37, 8, 5;

    10, 17, 5: in arce praesidium dereliquit,

    Curt. 9, 4:

    perditi atque ab omni non modo fortuna, verum etiam spe derelicti,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 25; cf.:

    ut me quasi pro derelicta sis habiturus,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 14; Cic. Att. 8, 1:

    communem causam (with deserere),

    Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.:

    desertarum derelictarumque rerum patrocinium suscipere,

    id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:

    Dominum,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 12, 10 et saep.—
    2.
    To leave behind:

    in qua (arce) praesidium dereliquit,

    Curt. 9, 4, 8:

    filium quem privatum dereliquerat,

    Sall. J. 5 fin.; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 12.—
    II.
    In late Lat., to leave behind, to bequeath:

    libros de gente Romana conscriptos,

    Arn. 5, p. 161:

    derelictum magnum aes alienum,

    Hier. Ep. 108, 30.

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  • 15 elego

    ē-lēgo, āvi, 1, v. a., to convey away (from the family) by bequest, to bequeath away, Petr. 43, 5; Gai. Inst. 2, 215.

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  • 16 erogo

    ē-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    Orig., a pub. law t. t., to expend, pay out money from the public treasury, after asking the consent of the people:

    pecunias ex aerario,

    Cic. Vat. 12; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 71; 2, 5, 19; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14; Liv. 22, 23; 33, 47 al.; cf.:

    pecuniam in classem,

    Cic. Fl. 13:

    in aes alienum,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 21:

    unde in eos sumptus, pecunia erogaretur,

    Liv. 1, 20; Vulg. Marc. 5, 26.—
    B.
    Transf. beyond the pub. law sphere, to pay, pay out, disburse, expend (cf.:

    pendo, expendo, perpendo, pondero, solvo, luo): Tironem Curio commendes, ut ei, si quid opus erit, in sumptum eroget,

    Cic. Att. 8, 5 fin.:

    aliquid in pretium servi,

    Dig. 25, 2, 36 fin.:

    bona sua in fraudem futurae actionis,

    to squander, ib. 17, 2, 68:

    grandem pecuniam in Tigellinum,

    to bequeath, Tac. A. 16, 17; cf.:

    in Tiridatem erogavit,

    Suet. Ner. 30:

    odores, unguenta ad funus,

    Dig. 15, 3, 7:

    nihil de bonis,

    ib. 24, 1, 5 fin.; cf.:

    aliquid ex bonis,

    ib. 26, 7, 12:

    aliquid pro introitu,

    ib. 32, 1, 102 fin. et saep.—
    C.
    Trop., in Tertullian: aliquem, to expose to death, to destroy, kill:

    tot innocentes,

    Tert. Apol. 44; id. Spect. 12; id. Praescript. 2.—
    II.
    To entreat, prevail on by entreaties:

    precibus erogatus,

    App. M. 5, p. 165.

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  • 17 fidei committo

    fĭdĕĭ-committo (also separately fidei committo), mīsi, missum, 3, v. n. and a. [fides; lit., to intrust a thing to a person's good faith; hence], jurid. t. t., to leave any thing by last will and testament to be delivered to a third party, to bequeath in trust:

    pater filium praedia alienare prohibuerat, sed conservare liberis et ceteris cognatis fideicommiserat,

    Dig. 32, 1, 38:

    avia nepotibus heredibus institutis fideicommisit, ut solida legata fratribus solverent,

    ib. 35, 2, 14; 30, 1, 114; § 3:

    qui intestato decedit et scit bona sua ad fiscum perventura vacantia, fidei fisci committere potest, ib. § 2: fideicommissa libertas,

    given by fideicommissum, Gai. Inst. 2, 267; Dig. 40, 5, 1 sq.—Hence, fĭdĕĭcommissum, i, n., a bequest given for the benefit of a third person, by way of request, not of command; and held to be equitably due out of respect to the wish of the testator (cf. legatum):

    fideicommissum est quod non civilibus verbis, sed precative relinquitur, nec ex rigore juris civilis proficiscitur, sed ex voluntate datur relinquentis,

    Ulp. Fragm. 25, 1:

    De fideicommissis,

    Dig. 30 -32; Gai. Inst. 2, 246-289; Cod. Just. 6, 42; Suet. Claud. 23; Quint. 3, 6, 70; 9, 2, 74.

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  • 18 fideicommitto

    fĭdĕĭ-committo (also separately fidei committo), mīsi, missum, 3, v. n. and a. [fides; lit., to intrust a thing to a person's good faith; hence], jurid. t. t., to leave any thing by last will and testament to be delivered to a third party, to bequeath in trust:

    pater filium praedia alienare prohibuerat, sed conservare liberis et ceteris cognatis fideicommiserat,

    Dig. 32, 1, 38:

    avia nepotibus heredibus institutis fideicommisit, ut solida legata fratribus solverent,

    ib. 35, 2, 14; 30, 1, 114; § 3:

    qui intestato decedit et scit bona sua ad fiscum perventura vacantia, fidei fisci committere potest, ib. § 2: fideicommissa libertas,

    given by fideicommissum, Gai. Inst. 2, 267; Dig. 40, 5, 1 sq.—Hence, fĭdĕĭcommissum, i, n., a bequest given for the benefit of a third person, by way of request, not of command; and held to be equitably due out of respect to the wish of the testator (cf. legatum):

    fideicommissum est quod non civilibus verbis, sed precative relinquitur, nec ex rigore juris civilis proficiscitur, sed ex voluntate datur relinquentis,

    Ulp. Fragm. 25, 1:

    De fideicommissis,

    Dig. 30 -32; Gai. Inst. 2, 246-289; Cod. Just. 6, 42; Suet. Claud. 23; Quint. 3, 6, 70; 9, 2, 74.

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  • 19 legens

    1.
    lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
    I.
    A publicist's t. t.
    A.
    To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

    ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

    Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    juste pieque legatus venio,

    Liv. 1, 32:

    tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

    Sall. J. 21, 4:

    quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

    quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

    what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
    b.
    Beyond the official sphere:

    quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

    committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
    B.
    To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

    eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

    ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

    istum legatum iri non arbitror,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

    ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    Dolabella me sibi legavit,

    chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

    Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

    Sall. J. 28.—
    II.
    A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

    Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

    Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

    usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

    Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

    id. Top. 3, 14:

    cui argentum omne legatum est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 62:

    in argento legato,

    id. 7, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

    uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

    si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

    id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
    1.
    lēgātus, i, m.
    A.
    (Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    legatos mittere,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

    id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

    missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

    Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
    B.
    (Acc. to lego, I. B.).
    a.
    An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

    quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

    qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

    id. Clu. 36, 99:

    Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

    Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

    id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

    neque se ei legatum defuturum,

    id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

    hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

    quaestorius,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

    L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

    id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

    magnitudo et splendor legati,

    Liv. 38, 58, 9:

    in magna legatum quaere popina,

    Juv. 8, 172.—
    b.
    Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
    (β).
    Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

    Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

    legatus praetorius,

    Tac. Agr. 7.—
    2.
    lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

    legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

    Dig. 30, 116:

    Hortensii legata cognovi,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

    reliqua legata varie dedit,

    Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

    legatum peto ex testamento,

    Quint. 4, 2, 6:

    jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

    Juv. 9, 62:

    legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
    2.
    lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    oleam,

    Cato, R. R. 144:

    nuces,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    herbas collibus,

    Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

    roscida mala,

    id. ib. 8, 38:

    flores in calathos,

    Ov. F. 5, 218:

    spolia caesorum,

    Liv. 5, 39:

    quos (montanos asparagos),

    Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

    ossa,

    Ov. H. 10, 150:

    homini mortuo ossa,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

    reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

    Suet. Aug. 100. —
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

    quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

    Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

    ossa vivis,

    id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

    ossa in capite lecta,

    id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

    ossa e vulneribus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
    2.
    To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

    oleam qui legerit,

    Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

    ficus non erat apta legi,

    Ov. F. 2, 254.—
    3.
    Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

    extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

    i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

    quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

    Ov. F. 3, 462:

    stamen,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
    4.
    Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

    omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

    Verg. G. 1, 373:

    vela legunt socii,

    id. A. 3, 532:

    ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

    Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

    prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

    draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

    ancoras classis legit,

    is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
    5.
    To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

    majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

    sacra divum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

    soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

    Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
    6.
    Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

    nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

    Ov. M. 5, 579:

    pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

    sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

    vada dura lego,

    id. ib. 3, 706:

    freta,

    id. ib. 3, 127:

    aequora Afra,

    Ov. F. 4, 289:

    Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

    id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

    subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

    et vestigia retro Observata legit,

    Verg. A. 9, 392:

    tortos orbes,

    to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
    7.
    To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

    Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

    Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

    navibus oram Italiae,

    Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

    oram Campaniae,

    Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

    terram,

    id. Aug. 16. —
    8.
    Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

    alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

    pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

    judices,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

    omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

    id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

    scribam,

    to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

    condiciones nubendi,

    id. Cael. 15:

    cives in patres,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    viros ad bella,

    Ov. M. 7, 669:

    geminasque legit de classe biremes,

    Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

    senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

    Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
    * (β).
    With inf.:

    fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

    Stat. Th. 1, 530.
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

    nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
    B.
    To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
    * 1.
    In gen.:

    tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

    Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
    2.
    In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

    ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

    Cic. Top. 1:

    defensionem causae,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

    legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

    aliquid studiose intenteque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

    significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

    id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

    liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    orationem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

    antiquos et novos,

    Quint. 2, 5, 23:

    antiquos studiosius,

    id. 3, 6, 62:

    poëtas,

    id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

    Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

    id. 10, 1, 116:

    dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

    sepulcra legens,

    when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

    legentium plerisque,

    Liv. 1 praef. §

    4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

    to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

    nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

    Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

    legendi usus,

    Lact. 3, 25, 9:

    memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

    Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

    convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

    audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

    obturem impune legentibus aures,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

    quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

    with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

    quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

    to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
    (β).
    To find in an author or a writing:

    ut scriptum legimus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

    legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

    ego vero haec scripta legi,

    id. Planc. 39, 94:

    praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

    Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

    in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

    Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
    C.
    A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

    v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

    Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

    argentum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

    ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

    uxor lectissima,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

    id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

    nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    juvenum lectissime,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

    viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

    Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

    ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

    lectius,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

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  • 20 lego

    1.
    lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
    I.
    A publicist's t. t.
    A.
    To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

    ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

    Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    juste pieque legatus venio,

    Liv. 1, 32:

    tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

    Sall. J. 21, 4:

    quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

    quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

    what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
    b.
    Beyond the official sphere:

    quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

    committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
    B.
    To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

    eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

    ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

    istum legatum iri non arbitror,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

    ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    Dolabella me sibi legavit,

    chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

    Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

    Sall. J. 28.—
    II.
    A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

    Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

    Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

    usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

    Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

    id. Top. 3, 14:

    cui argentum omne legatum est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 62:

    in argento legato,

    id. 7, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

    uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

    si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

    id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
    1.
    lēgātus, i, m.
    A.
    (Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    legatos mittere,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

    id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

    missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

    Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
    B.
    (Acc. to lego, I. B.).
    a.
    An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

    quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

    qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

    id. Clu. 36, 99:

    Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

    Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

    id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

    neque se ei legatum defuturum,

    id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

    hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

    quaestorius,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

    L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

    id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

    magnitudo et splendor legati,

    Liv. 38, 58, 9:

    in magna legatum quaere popina,

    Juv. 8, 172.—
    b.
    Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
    (β).
    Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

    Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

    legatus praetorius,

    Tac. Agr. 7.—
    2.
    lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

    legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

    Dig. 30, 116:

    Hortensii legata cognovi,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

    reliqua legata varie dedit,

    Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

    legatum peto ex testamento,

    Quint. 4, 2, 6:

    jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

    Juv. 9, 62:

    legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
    2.
    lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    oleam,

    Cato, R. R. 144:

    nuces,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    herbas collibus,

    Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

    roscida mala,

    id. ib. 8, 38:

    flores in calathos,

    Ov. F. 5, 218:

    spolia caesorum,

    Liv. 5, 39:

    quos (montanos asparagos),

    Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

    ossa,

    Ov. H. 10, 150:

    homini mortuo ossa,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

    reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

    Suet. Aug. 100. —
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

    quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

    Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

    ossa vivis,

    id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

    ossa in capite lecta,

    id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

    ossa e vulneribus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
    2.
    To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

    oleam qui legerit,

    Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

    ficus non erat apta legi,

    Ov. F. 2, 254.—
    3.
    Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

    extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

    i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

    quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

    Ov. F. 3, 462:

    stamen,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
    4.
    Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

    omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

    Verg. G. 1, 373:

    vela legunt socii,

    id. A. 3, 532:

    ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

    Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

    prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

    draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

    ancoras classis legit,

    is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
    5.
    To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

    majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

    sacra divum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

    soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

    Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
    6.
    Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

    nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

    Ov. M. 5, 579:

    pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

    sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

    vada dura lego,

    id. ib. 3, 706:

    freta,

    id. ib. 3, 127:

    aequora Afra,

    Ov. F. 4, 289:

    Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

    id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

    subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

    et vestigia retro Observata legit,

    Verg. A. 9, 392:

    tortos orbes,

    to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
    7.
    To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

    Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

    Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

    navibus oram Italiae,

    Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

    oram Campaniae,

    Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

    terram,

    id. Aug. 16. —
    8.
    Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

    alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

    pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

    judices,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

    omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

    id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

    scribam,

    to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

    condiciones nubendi,

    id. Cael. 15:

    cives in patres,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    viros ad bella,

    Ov. M. 7, 669:

    geminasque legit de classe biremes,

    Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

    senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

    Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
    * (β).
    With inf.:

    fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

    Stat. Th. 1, 530.
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

    nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
    B.
    To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
    * 1.
    In gen.:

    tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

    Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
    2.
    In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

    ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

    Cic. Top. 1:

    defensionem causae,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

    legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

    aliquid studiose intenteque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

    significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

    id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

    liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    orationem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

    antiquos et novos,

    Quint. 2, 5, 23:

    antiquos studiosius,

    id. 3, 6, 62:

    poëtas,

    id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

    Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

    id. 10, 1, 116:

    dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

    sepulcra legens,

    when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

    legentium plerisque,

    Liv. 1 praef. §

    4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

    to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

    nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

    Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

    legendi usus,

    Lact. 3, 25, 9:

    memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

    Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

    convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

    audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

    obturem impune legentibus aures,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

    quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

    with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

    quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

    to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
    (β).
    To find in an author or a writing:

    ut scriptum legimus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

    legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

    ego vero haec scripta legi,

    id. Planc. 39, 94:

    praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

    Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

    in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

    Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
    C.
    A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

    v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

    Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

    argentum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

    ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

    uxor lectissima,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

    id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

    nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    juvenum lectissime,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

    viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

    Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

    ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

    lectius,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

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