beseeching

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gĕnu, ūs, n. (also nom. sing. gĕnum, n., Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 44; and gĕnus, m., Lucil. ap. Non. 207, 28; gen. sing. genuis; dat. genui, genu, Mart. Cap. 3, § 293. —In neutr., nom. and acc. sing. genus, Cic. Arat. 45; 46; 399; 403; plur. gēnu͡a, as a dissyllable, Carey's Lat. Prosody, § 47; Verg. A. 5, 432; 12, 905; gen. plur. genuorum, Vitr. 9, 6 dub.; dat. plur. genubus, Sen. Thyest. 406; Hippol. 667; Mart. Cap. 3, § 293;

but usu. genibus,

Curt. 10, 5, 24; Tac. A. 12, 18; Liv. 44, 31 fin.; Ov. M. 13, 585) [kindr. with Sanscr. jānu; Gr. gonu; Goth. kniu; Germ. Knie; Engl. knee], the knee.

Lit.:

meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, Umerus aries: tum genu ut quemque icero, ad terram dabo,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17: hujus genus, Cic. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 22:

fine genus vestem ritu succincta Dianae,

Ov. M. 10, 536:

per aquam ferme genus tenus altam,

Liv. 44, 40, 8 Drak. N. cr.:

in ipsa genus utriusque commissura,

knee-joint, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

sedatis tibi doloribus genus,

Fronto Ep. p. 134 Rom.:

dolorem genus suscitare,

id. ib. p. 138:

ne quem in cursu capite aut cubito offendam aut genu,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 3:

genu mehercule M. Antonium vidi, cum contente pro se ipse lege Varia diceret, terram tangere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

genua inediā succidunt,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30:

dumque virent genua,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

genuum junctura,

knee-joint, Ov. M. 2, 823:

genuumque tumebat orbis,

knee-pan, id. ib. 8, 809: ad genua accidere, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 9 Vahl.):

procidere,

Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 12:

ad genua se alicui submittere,

Suet. Tib. 20; cf.:

genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,

Verg. A. 3, 607:

atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,

i. e. be clasped in earnest entreaty, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80; so,

fricare,

ib. 88:

nunc tibi amplectimur genua egentes opum,

id. Rud. 1, 5, 16; cf.:

exurgite a genibus,

id. ib. v. 22: advolvi, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 311; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.; 6, 49; 15, 71;

for which: genibus se advolvere or advolvi,

Liv. 8, 37 fin.; 28, 34, 4; Vell. 2, 80 fin.:

nixi genibus ab senatu petierunt, ne, etc.,

Liv. 43, 2, 2:

muta metu terram genibus summissa petebat,

Lucr. 1, 92:

corde et genibus tremit,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 8:

jus imperiumque Phraates Caesaris accepit genibus minor,

i. e. kneeling, beseeching, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; Vulg. Phil. 2, 10 saep.:

genu ponere,

to bow the knee, Curt. 4, 6, 28; so,

alicui,

id. 8, 7, 13:

genu flectere, Hier. in. Eph. 3, 14: inflexo genu adorare aliquem,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 410:

nixi genibus,

on bended knees, Liv. 43, 2, 2:

per tua genua te opsecro,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31:

genua incerare deorum,

i. e. to attach to the statues of the gods wax tablets with prayers written on them, Juv. 10, 55.—

Transf., of plants, a knot, joint, usually called geniculum:

a genibus (ferulae) exeuntia folia,

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.

gĕnu, ūs, n. (also nom. sing. gĕnum, n., Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 44; and gĕnus, m., Lucil. ap. Non. 207, 28; gen. sing. genuis; dat. genui, genu, Mart. Cap. 3, § 293. —In neutr., nom. and acc. sing. genus, Cic. Arat. 45; 46; 399; 403; plur. gēnu͡a, as a dissyllable, Carey's Lat. Prosody, § 47; Verg. A. 5, 432; 12, 905; gen. plur. genuorum, Vitr. 9, 6 dub.; dat. plur. genubus, Sen. Thyest. 406; Hippol. 667; Mart. Cap. 3, § 293;

but usu. genibus,

Curt. 10, 5, 24; Tac. A. 12, 18; Liv. 44, 31 fin.; Ov. M. 13, 585) [kindr. with Sanscr. jānu; Gr. gonu; Goth. kniu; Germ. Knie; Engl. knee], the knee.

Lit.:

meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, Umerus aries: tum genu ut quemque icero, ad terram dabo,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17: hujus genus, Cic. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 22:

fine genus vestem ritu succincta Dianae,

Ov. M. 10, 536:

per aquam ferme genus tenus altam,

Liv. 44, 40, 8 Drak. N. cr.:

in ipsa genus utriusque commissura,

knee-joint, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

sedatis tibi doloribus genus,

Fronto Ep. p. 134 Rom.:

dolorem genus suscitare,

id. ib. p. 138:

ne quem in cursu capite aut cubito offendam aut genu,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 3:

genu mehercule M. Antonium vidi, cum contente pro se ipse lege Varia diceret, terram tangere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

genua inediā succidunt,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30:

dumque virent genua,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

genuum junctura,

knee-joint, Ov. M. 2, 823:

genuumque tumebat orbis,

knee-pan, id. ib. 8, 809: ad genua accidere, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 9 Vahl.):

procidere,

Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 12:

ad genua se alicui submittere,

Suet. Tib. 20; cf.:

genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,

Verg. A. 3, 607:

atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,

i. e. be clasped in earnest entreaty, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80; so,

fricare,

ib. 88:

nunc tibi amplectimur genua egentes opum,

id. Rud. 1, 5, 16; cf.:

exurgite a genibus,

id. ib. v. 22: advolvi, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 311; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.; 6, 49; 15, 71;

for which: genibus se advolvere or advolvi,

Liv. 8, 37 fin.; 28, 34, 4; Vell. 2, 80 fin.:

nixi genibus ab senatu petierunt, ne, etc.,

Liv. 43, 2, 2:

muta metu terram genibus summissa petebat,

Lucr. 1, 92:

corde et genibus tremit,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 8:

jus imperiumque Phraates Caesaris accepit genibus minor,

i. e. kneeling, beseeching, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; Vulg. Phil. 2, 10 saep.:

genu ponere,

to bow the knee, Curt. 4, 6, 28; so,

alicui,

id. 8, 7, 13:

genu flectere, Hier. in. Eph. 3, 14: inflexo genu adorare aliquem,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 410:

nixi genibus,

on bended knees, Liv. 43, 2, 2:

per tua genua te opsecro,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31:

genua incerare deorum,

i. e. to attach to the statues of the gods wax tablets with prayers written on them, Juv. 10, 55.—

Transf., of plants, a knot, joint, usually called geniculum:

a genibus (ferulae) exeuntia folia,

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.

obsĕcrātĭo, ōnis, f. [obsecro].

In gen., a beseeching, imploring, supplication, entreaty (class.):

prece et obsecratione humili uti,

Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; id. Font. 17, 39:

judicum,

addressed to the judges, Quint. 6, 1, 33:

percipe obsecrationem meam,

Vulg. Psa. 142, 1:

fit ad Deum pro illis,

id. Rom. 10, 1.—

In partic.

An asseveration, protestation, accompanied by an invocation of the gods or of religious things, Gr. deêsis, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 105; cf. Just. 24, 2, 5; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6, 13.—

A public prayer:

obsecrationem indicere,

Liv. 27, 11; id. 4, 21; 26, 23; 31, 9; Cic. Har. Resp. 28 fin.:

habere,

Suet. Caes. 22.

pĕtītĭo, ōnis, f. [peto].

Lit., an attack, a blow, thrust, pass:

tuas petiti ones effugi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15; cf.:

petitiones proprie dicimus impetus gladiorum,

Serv. Verg. A. 9, 439.—

Trop., an attack made in words before a court of justice, Cic. Or. 68, 228;

or in debate,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 15; cf.:

novi omnis hominis petitiones rationesque dicendi,

methods of attack, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. de Or. 3, 54, 206.—

In gen., a requesting, beseeching; a request, petition for any thing (postAug.), Plin. 29, 4, 19, § 66: huic quoque petitioni tuae negare non sustineo, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 7 (23); Gell. 11, 16, 8 al.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a request offered to God, a prayer:

impleat Dominus omnes petitiones tuas,

Vulg. Psa. 19, 6; id. Phil. 4, 6; id. 1 Johan. 5, 15: petitionem offerre Domino Deo, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 16, 1, 4.—

In partic.

An applying or soliciting for office, an application, solicitation, candidacy, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1:

petitioni se dari,

to become a candidate for office, id. Fam. 13, 10, 2:

consulatus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 22:

pontificatūs,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

regni,

Just. 1, 10, 17:

tribunatūs et aedilitatis,

Val. Max. 6, 9, 14:

dare alicui petitionem consulatūs,

to admit one as a candidate for the consulship, Suet. Caes. 26:

abstinere petitione honorum,

Tac. A. 2, 43; Suet. Caes. 28:

petitioni se dare,

to solicit an office, Cic. Fam. 13, 10.—

A laying claim to any thing, a suit, petition, in private or civil cases (opp. the accusatio, in criminal cases):

petitio pecuniae,

Quint. 4, 4, 6:

hereditatis,

Dig. 44, 5, 3:

integram petitionem relinquere,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 56.—

A right of claim, a right to bring an action of recovery:

cavere, neminem, cujus petitio sit, petiturum,

Cic. Brut. 5, 18; Dig. 2, 14, 56.

supplex ( subpl-), ĭcis (abl. supplĭci, but also -ĭce freq. in dactyl. and anap. verse, Hor. C. 3, 14, 8; Tib. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 2, 396 al.;

and always when used subst.,

Verg. A. 3, 667; Ov. M. 8, 261; Curt. 5, 3, 14;

or to denote a temporary attitude or relation, not a permanent characteristic,

Cic. Scaur. 2, 35; Luc. 8, 287; 8, 346; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 46; gen. plur. supplicium, Liv. 24, 30; 29, 16; 35, 34), adj. [sup-plico, bending the knees, kneeling down; hence], humbly begging or entreating; humble, submissive, beseeching, suppliant, supplicant (class.; syn.: humilis, submissus).

Absol.:

supplex te ad pedes abiciebas,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf. id. Lig. 5, 13:

ad alios se reges supplicem contulisse,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21:

et genua amplectens effatur talia supplex,

Verg. A. 10, 523:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18; cf.

infra II.: se supplicem pro aliquo profiteri,

id. Pis. 32, 80:

supplex ad aliquem venire,

id. Att. 16, 16, C, §

10: ad opem judicum supplices confugere,

id. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23):

do manus Supplex,

Hor. Epod. 17, 2:

supplex populi suffragia capto,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 103:

tibi quo die Portus Alexandrea supplex patefecit,

id. C. 4, 14, 35:

supplex rogabo,

Stat. Achill. 1, 50.—

With dat.:

ut tibi fierem supplex,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 20:

judicibus supplex,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

ego me plurimis pro te supplicem abjeci,

id. Mil. 36, 100; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 101; id. Cist. 1, 1, 34; id. Pers. 2, 3, 18; id. Stich. 2, 1, 18; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 47; Cic. Planc. 8, 21; Ov. H. 12, 185 al.:

cum Alcibiades Socrati supplex esset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 77.—

As subst.: supplex, ĭcis, m., a suppliant, humble petitioner:

in miseros ac supplices misericordiā uti,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

et nos jacentis ad pedes supplicum voce prohibebis?

Cic. Lig. 5, 13:

tu supplice digno dignior,

Val. Fl. 7, 290:

paternus,

Sen. Troad. 315; so with a pron. possess. or gen.:

vester est supplex, judices,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; so,

vester,

id. Clu. 70, 200:

tuus,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 16:

supplex vestrae misericordiae,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79:

dei,

Nep. Paus. 4, 5; id. Ages. 4, 8:

tui numinis,

Sen. Agam. 343:

domus inimicae,

Quint. Decl. 9, 1.—

Transf., of things:

manus supplices,

Cic. Font. 21, 48 (17, 38):

manu supplice,

Ov. M. 11, 279:

dextra,

Val. Fl. 4, 11:

vitta,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 8:

dona,

Verg. A. 3, 439:

libelli,

Mart. 8, 31, 3:

vota,

Verg. A. 8, 61:

verba,

Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

vox,

Sall. C. 31, 7; Ov. M. 2, 396; Liv. 30, 12; Curt. 4, 6, 28:

voce supplex,

Tac. A. 1, 57:

oliva,

Val. Fl. 3, 424:

querelae,

Tib. 1, 4, 72:

lacrimae,

Prop. 1, 16, 4:

causa,

Quint. 11, 1, 3.—Hence, adv.: sup-plĭcĭter, humbly, submissively, suppliantly:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

Cic. Fl. 10, 21; id. de Or. 1, 20, 90; Caes. B. G. 1, 27; Suet. Aug. 13; id. Tib. 10; Verg. A. 1, 481; 12, 220; Hor. S. 1, 8, 32; Ov. F. 2, 438; id. P. 1, 10, 44.

supplex ( subpl-), ĭcis (abl. supplĭci, but also -ĭce freq. in dactyl. and anap. verse, Hor. C. 3, 14, 8; Tib. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 2, 396 al.;

and always when used subst.,

Verg. A. 3, 667; Ov. M. 8, 261; Curt. 5, 3, 14;

or to denote a temporary attitude or relation, not a permanent characteristic,

Cic. Scaur. 2, 35; Luc. 8, 287; 8, 346; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 46; gen. plur. supplicium, Liv. 24, 30; 29, 16; 35, 34), adj. [sup-plico, bending the knees, kneeling down; hence], humbly begging or entreating; humble, submissive, beseeching, suppliant, supplicant (class.; syn.: humilis, submissus).

Absol.:

supplex te ad pedes abiciebas,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf. id. Lig. 5, 13:

ad alios se reges supplicem contulisse,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21:

et genua amplectens effatur talia supplex,

Verg. A. 10, 523:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18; cf.

infra II.: se supplicem pro aliquo profiteri,

id. Pis. 32, 80:

supplex ad aliquem venire,

id. Att. 16, 16, C, §

10: ad opem judicum supplices confugere,

id. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23):

do manus Supplex,

Hor. Epod. 17, 2:

supplex populi suffragia capto,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 103:

tibi quo die Portus Alexandrea supplex patefecit,

id. C. 4, 14, 35:

supplex rogabo,

Stat. Achill. 1, 50.—

With dat.:

ut tibi fierem supplex,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 20:

judicibus supplex,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

ego me plurimis pro te supplicem abjeci,

id. Mil. 36, 100; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 101; id. Cist. 1, 1, 34; id. Pers. 2, 3, 18; id. Stich. 2, 1, 18; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 47; Cic. Planc. 8, 21; Ov. H. 12, 185 al.:

cum Alcibiades Socrati supplex esset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 77.—

As subst.: supplex, ĭcis, m., a suppliant, humble petitioner:

in miseros ac supplices misericordiā uti,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

et nos jacentis ad pedes supplicum voce prohibebis?

Cic. Lig. 5, 13:

tu supplice digno dignior,

Val. Fl. 7, 290:

paternus,

Sen. Troad. 315; so with a pron. possess. or gen.:

vester est supplex, judices,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; so,

vester,

id. Clu. 70, 200:

tuus,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 16:

supplex vestrae misericordiae,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79:

dei,

Nep. Paus. 4, 5; id. Ages. 4, 8:

tui numinis,

Sen. Agam. 343:

domus inimicae,

Quint. Decl. 9, 1.—

Transf., of things:

manus supplices,

Cic. Font. 21, 48 (17, 38):

manu supplice,

Ov. M. 11, 279:

dextra,

Val. Fl. 4, 11:

vitta,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 8:

dona,

Verg. A. 3, 439:

libelli,

Mart. 8, 31, 3:

vota,

Verg. A. 8, 61:

verba,

Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

vox,

Sall. C. 31, 7; Ov. M. 2, 396; Liv. 30, 12; Curt. 4, 6, 28:

voce supplex,

Tac. A. 1, 57:

oliva,

Val. Fl. 3, 424:

querelae,

Tib. 1, 4, 72:

lacrimae,

Prop. 1, 16, 4:

causa,

Quint. 11, 1, 3.—Hence, adv.: sup-plĭcĭter, humbly, submissively, suppliantly:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

Cic. Fl. 10, 21; id. de Or. 1, 20, 90; Caes. B. G. 1, 27; Suet. Aug. 13; id. Tib. 10; Verg. A. 1, 481; 12, 220; Hor. S. 1, 8, 32; Ov. F. 2, 438; id. P. 1, 10, 44.