birds

ăpex, ĭcis, m. [etym. acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 270, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll., from apo, to join to, whence aptus; cf. Van. Etym. p. 33], the extreme end of a thing, the point, summit, top (syn.: cacumen, summa, fastigium, culmen, vertex); hence,

Lit., the small rod at the top of the flamen's cap, wound round with wool, Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 683; 10, 270.—Hence,

Transf.

(As pars pro toto.) The conical cap of the flamen, ornamented with this rod:

QVEI. APICEM. INSIGNE. DIALIS. FLAMINIS. GESISTEI, Epitaph. Scip. Grotef. 2, 299: apicem dialem,

Liv. 6, 41:

apex e capite prolapsus,

Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 4.—Hence, of the priesthood itself: homo honestus non apice insignis, Sen. ap. Lact. 17, 6.—

Any hat or helmet, a crown:

ab aquilā Tarquinio apicem impositum putent,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1:

regum apices,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 20:

ardet apex capiti,

Verg. A. 10, 270; 2, 683.—Of birds, the crest, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—

A projecting point or summit.

Lit., of trees:

lauri,

Verg. A. 7, 66.—Of a headland:

sublimis,

Juv. 12, 72:

montis apex,

Sil. 12, 709; so Vulg. Judith, 7, 3.—Of the point of a sickle, Col. 4, 25, 1.—Of the summit of a flame, Ov. M. 10, 279 et saep.—

Trop., the highest ornament or honor, the crown of a thing:

apex est senectutis auctoritas,

Cic. Sen. 17, 60:

hinc apicem Fortuna sustulit, hic posuisse gaudet,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 14.—

1.. In gram., the long mark over a vowel, Quint. 1, 7, 2; 1, 4, 10; 1, 5, 23;

Victor. p. 2469 P.—Hence, trop.: nullum apicem quaestionis praetermittere,

Arn. 3 init. —

The forms or outlines of the letters:

litterarum apices,

Gell. 13, 30, 10; 17, 9, 12.—Hence (per synecdochen),

A letter or any other writing:

apicum oblator,

Sid. Ep. 6, 8:

Augusti apices,

i. e. rescripts, Cod. Just. 2, 8, 6 fin. —

Of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter, put fig. for the least particle, tittle (eccl. Lat.; Gr. hê keraia):

iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; ib. Luc. 16, 17.

aucŭpĭum, ii, n. [auceps], bird-catching, fowling.

Lit.:

piscatu, aucupio, venatione, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23; Pall. Dec. 6, 2:

noctuae,

id. Sept. 12.— Poet.: aucupium sagittarum, bird-taking with arrows, Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 32:

harundine sumptā Faunus plumoso sum deus aucupio,

Prop. 5, 2, 34; cf. Hermann. Opusc. III. p. 121.— Trop., a catching at, lying in wait for something:

facere aucupium auribus,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 44 (cf. auceps and aucupor):

hoc novum est aucupium,

a new kind of fowling, new way of catching things, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 16 (cf. the preced. verse, quaestus):

aucupium delectationis,

Cic. Or. 25, 84; 58, 197: aucupia verborum, a catching at words, quibbling; cf. auceps, id. Caecin. 23, 65:

nomenclationis,

Col. 3, 2, 31.—

Meton. (abstr. for concr.), the birds caught: qui tot res in se habet egregias, Aucupium, omne genus piscis, etc., * Cat. 114, 3; Cels. 2, 26; Sen. Prov. 3.

augĕo, auxi, auctum, 2, v. a. and n. ( perf subj. auxitis = auxeritis, Liv. 29, 27: auceta: saepe aucta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.) [Gr. auxô auxanô; Lith. augu, and augmu = growth; Sanscr. vaksh; Goth. vahsjan, and auka = growth; Germ. wachsen; Engl. wax; also allied to vegeo vegetus, vigeo vigor, vigil [p. 204] v. Curt. pp. 67, 186 sq., and Bopp, Gloss. p. 304 b].

Act., to increase, to nourish (orig., to produce, bring forth that not already in existence; in which signification only the derivative auctor is now found).

1.. To increase, enlarge, augment, strengthen, advance that which is already in existence (class. in prose and poetry; syn.: adaugeo, amplio, amplifico): Quicquid est hoc, omnia animat, format, alit, auget, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131:

cibus auget corpus alitque,

Lucr. 1, 859:

redductum (animale genus) daedala tellus alit atque auget generatim pabula praebens,

id. 1, 229; 5, 220; 5, 322;

6, 946: virīs,

id. 6, 342:

in augendā re,

Cic. Rab. Post. 2; 14; so,

in augendā obruitur re,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 68:

rem strenuus auge,

increase your gains, id. ib. 1, 7, 71:

opes,

Nep. Thras. 2, 4:

possessiones,

id. Att. 12, 2:

divitias,

Vulg. Prov 22, 16:

dotem et munera,

ib. Gen. 34, 12:

rem publicam agris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18; so Tac. H 1, 79:

aerarium,

id. A. 3, 25:

vallum et turres,

id. H. 4, 35:

classem,

Suet. Ner. 3:

tributa,

id. Vesp. 16:

pretium,

Vulg. Ezech. 16, 31:

numerum,

Suet. Aug. 37, and Vulg. Deut. 20, 19 al.:

morbum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 54:

suspitionem,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 46; Suet. Tit. 5:

industriam,

Ter. Ad. prol. 25:

molestiam,

Cic. Fl. 12:

dolorem alicui,

id. Att. 11, 22 vitium ventris, id. Cael. 19:

peccatum,

Vulg. Exod. 9, 34:

furorem,

ib. Num. 32, 14:

benevolentiam,

Cic. Lael. 9, 30: animum alicujus, to increase one ' s courage, id. Att. 10, 14; so,

animos,

Stat. Th. 10, 23:

vocem,

to strengthen, raise, Suet. Claud. 33; id. Ner. 20' hostias, to increase, multiply, id. Aug. 96:

ego te augebo et multiplicabo,

Vulg. Gen. 48, 4 al. — Poet.:

nuper et istae Auxerunt volucrum victae certamine turbam,

i. e. have been changed into birds, Ov. M. 5, 301.—

Trop., to magnify, to exalt, to extol, embellish, to praise (syn.:

laudo, laude afficere, verbis extollere, orno): homo tenuis non verbis auget suum munus, sed etiam extenuat,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

aliquid augere atque ornare,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94; so,

rem laudando,

id. Brut. 12, 47:

munus principis,

Plin. Pan. 38 al. —

Aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re, to furaish abundantly with something, to heap upon, give to, to enrich, endow, bless, load with: lunae pars ignibus aucta, the part that is entirely filled with fire, Lucr 5, 722: 3. 630: Tantā laetitiā auctus sum, ut nil constet, poët, ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14 oaque vos omnia bene juvetis, bonis auctibus auxitis, old form of prayer in Liv. 29, 27:

alter te scientia augere potest, altera exemplis,

the one can enrich you with learning, the other furnish you with examples, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1:

aliquid divitiis,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

commodis,

id. Phil. 11, 14 fin.:

senectus augeri solet consilio, auctoritate, sententiā,

id. Sen. 6, 17:

gratulatione,

id. Phil. 14, 6:

honore,

id. ib. 9, 6:

honoribus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 11; so Tac. A. 6, 8:

honoribus praemiisque,

Suet. Caes. 52; id. Vit. 5: augeri damno, to be enriched with a loss (said comically), Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 15:

liberalitate,

Tac. A. 3, 8:

largitione,

id. ib. 13, 18:

nomine imperatorio,

id. ib. 1, 3:

cognomento Augustae,

id. ib. 12, 26 et saep.—Also without abl.:

Di me equidem omnes adjuvant, augent, amant,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 27, and id. Ep. 2, 2, 8:

aliquem augere atque ornare,

to advance, Cic. Fam. 7, 17:

aut augendi alterius aut minuendi sui causā aliquid dicere,

id. Part. Or. 6, 22 solum te commendat augetque temporis spatium, honors, Plin. Pan. 24; so id. ib. 26; Suet. Claud. 12.—

In the lang. of religion, t. t. (like mactare, adolere, etc.), to honor, reverence, worship by offerings:

Aliquid cedo, Qui vicini hanc nostram augeam aram [Apoliinis],

Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 10:

si quā ipse meis venatibus auxi, etc.,

Verg. A. 9, 407.—

Neutr., to grow, increase, become greater (rare; syn.: augesco, cresco, incresco; on this use of vbs. com. act., v. Ellis ad Cat. 22, 11): eo res eorum auxit, Cato ap. Gell. 18, 12, 7:

usque adeo parcunt fetus augentque labore,

Lucr. 2, 1163:

ignoscendo populi Romani magnitudinem auxisse,

Sall. H. 1 (Fragm. Orat. Philipp. contra Lepid. §

6): O decus eximium magnis virtutibus augens,

Cat. 64, 323:

balnea Romae ad infinitum auxere numerum,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; 2, 16, 13, § 71:

veram potentiam augere,

Tac. A. 4, 41 (Halm, augeri).—Hence, auctus, a, um, P. a., enlarged, increased, great, abundant; in posit. only as subst.:

auctum vocabatur spatium, quod super definitum modum victoriae adjungitur,

Paul. Ex Fest. p. 14 Müll. — Comp.:

tanto mi aegritudo auctior est in animo,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 2:

auctior est animi vis,

Lucr. 3, 450:

auctior et amplior majestas,

Liv. 4, 2; 3, 68; 25, 16:

auctius atque Di melius fecere,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 3.—

* Sup.: auctissima basis, Treb. Gall. 18.— Adv. probably not in use, for in App. Met. 4, p. 290 Oud., altius is the correct reading.

balbūtĭo ( - uttio), īre, v. n. and a. [balbus].

Neutr., to stammer, stutter:

balbutire est cum quādam linguae haesitatione et confusione trepidare,

Non. p. 80, 13; Cels. 5, 26, 31: lingua, Cod. 15, 6, 22. — Transf., of birds, not to sing clearly:

merula hieme balbutit,

Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80. —

Trop., to speak upon something obscurely, not distinctly or not correctly:

desinant balbutire (Academici), aperteque et clarā voce audeant dicere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 75; id. Div. 1, 3, 5.—

Act., to stutter, stammer, or lisp out something: illum Balbutit Scaurum pravis fultum male talis, he, lisping or fondling, calls him Scaurus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 48.— Trop., as above:

Stoicus perpauca balbutiens,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 137.

balbūtĭo ( - uttio), īre, v. n. and a. [balbus].

Neutr., to stammer, stutter:

balbutire est cum quādam linguae haesitatione et confusione trepidare,

Non. p. 80, 13; Cels. 5, 26, 31: lingua, Cod. 15, 6, 22. — Transf., of birds, not to sing clearly:

merula hieme balbutit,

Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80. —

Trop., to speak upon something obscurely, not distinctly or not correctly:

desinant balbutire (Academici), aperteque et clarā voce audeant dicere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 75; id. Div. 1, 3, 5.—

Act., to stutter, stammer, or lisp out something: illum Balbutit Scaurum pravis fultum male talis, he, lisping or fondling, calls him Scaurus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 48.— Trop., as above:

Stoicus perpauca balbutiens,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 137.

călămus, i, m., = kalamos.

Lit., a reed, cane (pure Lat. harundo; cf.

canna),

Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 159 sq.; 16, 21, 33, § 80; Col. 3, 15, 1; 4, 4, 1; Pall. Nov. 22, 3 al.:

aromaticus (found in Syria and Arabia),

sweet calamus, Col. 12, 52, 2:

odoratus,

Plin. 12, 22, 48, § 104; Veg. 6, 13, 3.—Also absol.:

calamus,

Cato, R. R. 105, 2; Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8 sq.:

Syriacus,

Veg. 4, 13, 4.—

Meton.

For objects made of reeds (cf. harundo, and Liddell and Scott, under kalamos).

A reed-pen (cf. Dict. of Antiq.;

class.): quicumque calamus in manus meas inciderit, eo utar tamquam bono,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15 b), 1:

sumere,

id. Att. 6, 8, 1: calamo et atramento militare, Cato ap. Ruf. p. 199:

quoad intinguntur calami,

Quint. 10, 3, 31:

transversus,

Hor. A. P. 447:

scriptorius,

Cels. 7, 11; 7, 27; Scrib. 10, 47.—

A reed-pipe, reed (cf. Lucr. 5, 1380 sq.; the form is described in Tib. 2, 5, 32; Ov. M. 1, 711):

unco saepe labro calamos percurrit hiantes,

with curved lip runs over the open reeds, Lucr. 4, 590; 5, 1382; 5, 1407; Verg. E. 2, 34; 5, 48; 1, 10; 2, 32; 5, 2; Cat. 63, 22; Prop. 3 (4), 17, 34; 4 (5), 1, 24; Ov. M. 11, 161 al.—

An arrow:

hastas et calami spicula Gnosii,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 17; Verg. E. 3, 13; Prop. 2 (3), 19, 24; Ov. M. 7, 778; 8, 30; Juv. 13, 80; cf. Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 159 sq.—

An angling-rod, fishing-rod:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587.—

A lime-twig for snaring birds, Prop. 3 (4), 13, 46; Mart. 13, 68; 14, 218; Sen. Oct. 411.—

A signal-pole or rod, Col. 3, 15, 1 sq.—

A measuring-rod, Vulg. Ezech. 40, 5 al.—

Transf. to things of a similar form.

In gen., any straw of grain, a stalk, stem, blade:

lupini calamus,

Verg. G. 1, 76:

calamus altior frumento quam hordeo,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 61.—

A graft, a scion, Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 102 sq.; 17, 18. 30, § 129; 24, 14, 75, § 123; Col. 4, 29, 9.—

A small rod, used in Egypt for pointing out the way, Plin. 6, 29, 33, § 166.—

The hollow arm of a candelabra, Vulg. Exod. 25, 31 sq. [p. 267]

candĭdus, a, um, adj. [candeo], of a shining, dazzling white, white, clear, bright (opp. niger, a glistening black; while albus is a lustreless white, opp. ater, a lustreless black; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82; lsid. Orig. 12, 1, 51; Doed. Syn. III. p. 193 sq.) (class., and in the poets very freq.; in Cic. rare).

Lit.

In gen.

Of shining objects, bright:

stella splendens candida,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 3:

sidera,

Lucr. 5, 1209:

luna,

Verg. A. 7, 8:

lux clara et candida,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49; so,

clarā loco luce,

Lucr. 5, 777:

stellae,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 6:

color candidus Saturni,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79:

flamma,

Val. Fl. 8, 247:

Taurus (the constellation),

Verg. G. 1, 217:

dies,

Ov. Tr. 2, 142: aqua, Mart, 6, 42, 19: lacte, Varr. ap. Non. p. 483, 6; cf. id. ib. p. 169, 14.—

Hence, an epithet of the gods or persons transformed to gods:

Cupido,

radiant, Cat. 68, 134:

Liber,

Tib. 3, 6, 1:

Bassareus,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31):

Daphnis,

Verg. E. 5, 56 Wagn.—

Of birds, animals, etc., white:

anser,

Lucr. 4, 685:

avis,

i. e. the stork, Verg. G. 2, 320; cf. Ov. M. 6, 96:

ales, i. e. cygnus,

Auct. Aetn. 88:

candidior cygnis,

Verg. E. 7, 38:

aries,

id. G. 3, 387:

agnus,

Tib. 2, 5, 38:

equi,

Tac. G. 10.—

Of the dazzling whiteness of snow:

altā nive candidum Soracte,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 1; 3, 25, 10; Ov. H. 16, 250; id. M. 8, 373.—

Of resplendent beauty of person, splendid, fair, beautiful:

Dido,

Verg. A. 5, 571:

Maia,

id. ib. 8, 138 Serv.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. E. 5, 56:

candidus et pulcher puer,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

puella,

Cat. 35, 8; Hor. Epod. 11, 27:

dux,

id. ib. 3, 9:

Lampetie,

Ov. M. 2, 349:

membra,

id. ib. 2, 607:

cutis,

Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189:

pes,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 27:

umeri,

id. ib. 1, 13, 9:

bracchia,

Prop. 2 (3), 16, 24:

colla,

id. 3 (4), 17, 29:

cervix,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

ora,

Ov. M. 2, 861:

sinus,

Tib. 1, 10, 68:

dentes,

Cat. 39, 1 (cf. candidulus) al.—

Of the hair, hoary, white (more poet. than canus), Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 27:

candidior barba,

Verg. E. 1, 29:

crinis,

Val. Fl. 6, 60; cf.:

inducto candida barba gelu,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 22.—

Of trees or plants: pōpulus, the white or silver poplar, Verg. E. 9, 41:

lilia,

id. ib. 6, 708; Prop. 1, 20, 38; Ov. M. 4, 355:

folium nivei ligustri,

id. ib. 13, 789:

piper,

Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 26. —

Of textile fabrics, sails, dress, etc.:

vela,

Cat. 64, 235:

tentoria,

Ov. M. 8, 43:

vestis,

Liv. 9, 40, 9: toga, made brilliant by fulling (cf. Liv. 4, 25, 13;

v. candidatus),

Plin. 7, 34, 34, § 120; cf. Titinn. ap. Non. p. 536, 23.—So Cicero's oration: In Toga Candida, v. the fragments B. and K. vol. xi. p. 20-25; and the commentary of Asconius, Orell. vol. v. 2, p. 82 sq.— Sup.:

candidissimus color,

Vitr. 10, 7; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 17 Müll.—

Opp. niger, Lucr. 2, 733; Verg. E. 2, 16; id. G. 3, 387; Plin. 12, 10, 42, § 92.—Prov.:

candida de nigris et de candentibus atra facere,

to make black white, Ov. M. 11, 315; so,

acc. to some: nigrum in candida vertere,

Juv. 3, 30.—

In the neutr. absol.:

ut candido candidius non est adversum,

Quint. 2, 17, 35; and with a gen.:

candidum ovi,

the white of an egg, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 40 (twice); cf.: album ovi, under album.—

Poet. and causative, of the winds, making clear, cloud-dis-pelling, purifying:

Favonii,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 1. —

Also poet. for candidatus (= albatus), clothed in white:

turba,

Tib. 2, 1, 16:

pompa,

Ov. F. 2, 654; 4, 906:

Roma, i. e. Romani,

Mart. 8, 65, 6.—

Candida sententia = candidi lapilli, Ov. M. 15, 47; v. the pass. in connection, and cf. albus, and calculus, II. D.—

Candidus calculus, v. calculus, II. E.— Subst.: candĭda, ae, f., a game or play exhibited by a candidate for office (late Lat.):

edere candidam,

Ambros. Serm. 81.—

Trop., pure, clear, serene, clean, spotless, etc.

Of the voice, distinct, clear, pure, silver-toned (opp. fuscus), Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58; perh. also Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 (B. and K. with MSS. canorum; cf. Orell. N cr.).—

Of discourse, clear, perspicuous, flowing, artless, unaffected:

elaborant alii in puro et quasi quodam candido genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 16, 53. candidum et lene et speciosum dicendi genus, Quint. 10, 1, 121; Gell. 16, 19, 1.—And meton. of the orator himself:

Messala nitidus et candidus,

Quint. 10, 1, 113:

dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus,

id. 10, 1, 73:

candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum,

id. 2, 5, 19.—

Of purity of mind, character ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), unblemished, pure, guileless, honest, upright, sincere, fair, candid, frank, open:

judex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 1 (integer, verax, purus, sine fuco, sine fallaciā, Schol. Crucq.):

Maecenas,

id. Epod. 14, 5:

Furnius,

id. S. 1, 10, 86:

animae,

id. ib. 1, 5, 41:

pectore candidus,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 43:

ingenium,

Hor. Epod. 11, 11:

habet avunculum quo nihil verius, nihil simplicius, nihil candidius novi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 4; Vell. 2, 116, 5:

candidissimus omnium magnorum ingeniorum aestimator,

Sen. Suas. 6, 22:

humanitas,

Petr. 129, 11.—

Of conditions of life, cheerful, joyous, happy, fortunate, prosperous, lucky:

convivia,

joyful, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 71:

nox,

id. 2 (3), 15, 1:

omina,

id. 4 (5), 1, 67:

fata,

Tib. 3, 6, 30, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 34: dies. id. ib. 2, 142:

pax,

Tib. 1, 10, 45:

natalis,

id. 1, 7, 64; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 14.—Hence, adv.: candĭdē.

Acc. to I., in dazzling white' vestitus, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10.—

Acc. to II., clearly, candidly, sincerely: candide et simpliciter, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; Quint. 12, 11, 8; Petr. 107, 13.—

As adj. propr: Candidum Promontorium, in Zeugitana, now C. Bianco, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23.

candĭdus, a, um, adj. [candeo], of a shining, dazzling white, white, clear, bright (opp. niger, a glistening black; while albus is a lustreless white, opp. ater, a lustreless black; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82; lsid. Orig. 12, 1, 51; Doed. Syn. III. p. 193 sq.) (class., and in the poets very freq.; in Cic. rare).

Lit.

In gen.

Of shining objects, bright:

stella splendens candida,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 3:

sidera,

Lucr. 5, 1209:

luna,

Verg. A. 7, 8:

lux clara et candida,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49; so,

clarā loco luce,

Lucr. 5, 777:

stellae,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 6:

color candidus Saturni,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79:

flamma,

Val. Fl. 8, 247:

Taurus (the constellation),

Verg. G. 1, 217:

dies,

Ov. Tr. 2, 142: aqua, Mart, 6, 42, 19: lacte, Varr. ap. Non. p. 483, 6; cf. id. ib. p. 169, 14.—

Hence, an epithet of the gods or persons transformed to gods:

Cupido,

radiant, Cat. 68, 134:

Liber,

Tib. 3, 6, 1:

Bassareus,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31):

Daphnis,

Verg. E. 5, 56 Wagn.—

Of birds, animals, etc., white:

anser,

Lucr. 4, 685:

avis,

i. e. the stork, Verg. G. 2, 320; cf. Ov. M. 6, 96:

ales, i. e. cygnus,

Auct. Aetn. 88:

candidior cygnis,

Verg. E. 7, 38:

aries,

id. G. 3, 387:

agnus,

Tib. 2, 5, 38:

equi,

Tac. G. 10.—

Of the dazzling whiteness of snow:

altā nive candidum Soracte,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 1; 3, 25, 10; Ov. H. 16, 250; id. M. 8, 373.—

Of resplendent beauty of person, splendid, fair, beautiful:

Dido,

Verg. A. 5, 571:

Maia,

id. ib. 8, 138 Serv.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. E. 5, 56:

candidus et pulcher puer,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

puella,

Cat. 35, 8; Hor. Epod. 11, 27:

dux,

id. ib. 3, 9:

Lampetie,

Ov. M. 2, 349:

membra,

id. ib. 2, 607:

cutis,

Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189:

pes,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 27:

umeri,

id. ib. 1, 13, 9:

bracchia,

Prop. 2 (3), 16, 24:

colla,

id. 3 (4), 17, 29:

cervix,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

ora,

Ov. M. 2, 861:

sinus,

Tib. 1, 10, 68:

dentes,

Cat. 39, 1 (cf. candidulus) al.—

Of the hair, hoary, white (more poet. than canus), Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 27:

candidior barba,

Verg. E. 1, 29:

crinis,

Val. Fl. 6, 60; cf.:

inducto candida barba gelu,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 22.—

Of trees or plants: pōpulus, the white or silver poplar, Verg. E. 9, 41:

lilia,

id. ib. 6, 708; Prop. 1, 20, 38; Ov. M. 4, 355:

folium nivei ligustri,

id. ib. 13, 789:

piper,

Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 26. —

Of textile fabrics, sails, dress, etc.:

vela,

Cat. 64, 235:

tentoria,

Ov. M. 8, 43:

vestis,

Liv. 9, 40, 9: toga, made brilliant by fulling (cf. Liv. 4, 25, 13;

v. candidatus),

Plin. 7, 34, 34, § 120; cf. Titinn. ap. Non. p. 536, 23.—So Cicero's oration: In Toga Candida, v. the fragments B. and K. vol. xi. p. 20-25; and the commentary of Asconius, Orell. vol. v. 2, p. 82 sq.— Sup.:

candidissimus color,

Vitr. 10, 7; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 17 Müll.—

Opp. niger, Lucr. 2, 733; Verg. E. 2, 16; id. G. 3, 387; Plin. 12, 10, 42, § 92.—Prov.:

candida de nigris et de candentibus atra facere,

to make black white, Ov. M. 11, 315; so,

acc. to some: nigrum in candida vertere,

Juv. 3, 30.—

In the neutr. absol.:

ut candido candidius non est adversum,

Quint. 2, 17, 35; and with a gen.:

candidum ovi,

the white of an egg, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 40 (twice); cf.: album ovi, under album.—

Poet. and causative, of the winds, making clear, cloud-dis-pelling, purifying:

Favonii,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 1. —

Also poet. for candidatus (= albatus), clothed in white:

turba,

Tib. 2, 1, 16:

pompa,

Ov. F. 2, 654; 4, 906:

Roma, i. e. Romani,

Mart. 8, 65, 6.—

Candida sententia = candidi lapilli, Ov. M. 15, 47; v. the pass. in connection, and cf. albus, and calculus, II. D.—

Candidus calculus, v. calculus, II. E.— Subst.: candĭda, ae, f., a game or play exhibited by a candidate for office (late Lat.):

edere candidam,

Ambros. Serm. 81.—

Trop., pure, clear, serene, clean, spotless, etc.

Of the voice, distinct, clear, pure, silver-toned (opp. fuscus), Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58; perh. also Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 (B. and K. with MSS. canorum; cf. Orell. N cr.).—

Of discourse, clear, perspicuous, flowing, artless, unaffected:

elaborant alii in puro et quasi quodam candido genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 16, 53. candidum et lene et speciosum dicendi genus, Quint. 10, 1, 121; Gell. 16, 19, 1.—And meton. of the orator himself:

Messala nitidus et candidus,

Quint. 10, 1, 113:

dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus,

id. 10, 1, 73:

candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum,

id. 2, 5, 19.—

Of purity of mind, character ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), unblemished, pure, guileless, honest, upright, sincere, fair, candid, frank, open:

judex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 1 (integer, verax, purus, sine fuco, sine fallaciā, Schol. Crucq.):

Maecenas,

id. Epod. 14, 5:

Furnius,

id. S. 1, 10, 86:

animae,

id. ib. 1, 5, 41:

pectore candidus,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 43:

ingenium,

Hor. Epod. 11, 11:

habet avunculum quo nihil verius, nihil simplicius, nihil candidius novi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 4; Vell. 2, 116, 5:

candidissimus omnium magnorum ingeniorum aestimator,

Sen. Suas. 6, 22:

humanitas,

Petr. 129, 11.—

Of conditions of life, cheerful, joyous, happy, fortunate, prosperous, lucky:

convivia,

joyful, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 71:

nox,

id. 2 (3), 15, 1:

omina,

id. 4 (5), 1, 67:

fata,

Tib. 3, 6, 30, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 34: dies. id. ib. 2, 142:

pax,

Tib. 1, 10, 45:

natalis,

id. 1, 7, 64; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 14.—Hence, adv.: candĭdē.

Acc. to I., in dazzling white' vestitus, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10.—

Acc. to II., clearly, candidly, sincerely: candide et simpliciter, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; Quint. 12, 11, 8; Petr. 107, 13.—

As adj. propr: Candidum Promontorium, in Zeugitana, now C. Bianco, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23.

cantĭo, ōnis, f. [cano, lit. a singing, playing; hence meton. abstr. pro concr.].

A song (rare;

mostly ante-class.),

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 25; 5, 5, 19; 5, 6, 8; Suet. Ner. 25;

of birds,

App. Flor. 2, p. 349, 11; Fronto ad Ver. 1 (cf. cantatio).—

An incantation, charm, spell, Cato, R. R. 160:

subito totam causam oblitus est, idque veneficiis et cantionibus Titiniae factum dicebat,

Cic. Brut. 60, 217; App. M. 1, 10, p. 106, 27.

canto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cano], freq. in form, but mostly agrees in meaning with cano.

Neutr., to produce melodious sounds (by the voice or an instrument), to sound, sing, play (class. in prose and poetry; rare in Cic.).

Of men:

Pamphilam Cantatum provocemus,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 53:

saltare et cantare,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

neque enim vocum suavitate videntur aut novitate quădam cantandi revocare eos solitae (sirenes),

id. Fin. 5, 18, 49:

Arcades ambo Et cantare pares,

Verg. E. 7, 5; 10, 32:

cantando victus,

id. ib. 3, 21; Tib. 2, 1, 66:

adimam cantare severis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 9:

ut (cantores) numquam inducant animum cantare rogati,

id. S. 1, 3, 2; Suet. Tit. 3: non est Cantandum, there is no occasion for singing, i. e. for imagination, fiction, Juv. 4, 35.—Of an actor:

cantante eo (Nerone) ne necessariă quidem causă excedere theatro licitum erat,

Suet. Ner. 23; 20; id. Vesp. 4 al.; cf.

under II. B. 2.: conducta veni, ut fidibus cantarem seni,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 64:

structis avenis,

Ov. M. 1, 677:

ad chordarum sonum,

Nep. Epam. 2, 1.—Less freq. of instrumental music, and only with abl. of the instrument (cf. cano):

tibiis,

Nep. Epam. 2, 1; id. ib. praef. § 1; Vulg. Luc. 7, 32:

lituo, tubă,

Gell. 20, 2, 2:

calamo,

Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 5: ad manum histrioni, in comedy, to sing and play while the actor accompanies the song with gestures or dancing, Liv. 7, 2, 10; cf. Val. Max. 2, 4, 4.— Pass. impers.:

in caelo cantatur et psallitur,

Arn. 3, 21.—Prov.:

surdo,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 47, and ad surdas aures, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 61, to preach to deaf ears; cf. cano, II. B.—

Of the singing pronunciation of an orator, to declaim in a singing tone, to sing, drawl: si cantas, male cantas, si legis, cantas, C. Caesar ap. Quint. 1, 8, 2; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 57; 11, 3, 58; 11, 3, 59; 11, 3, 60; cf. Juv. 10, 178.—Hence, to recite, declaim:

quaecumque sedens modo legerat, haec eadem... cantabit versibus isdem,

Juv. 7, 153.—

Of birds and fowls:

prius quam galli cantent,

crow, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 96; so,

deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57:

cantantes aves,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 30.—

Transf., of instruments, to sound, resound:

pastoris bucina cantat,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 30:

cantabat fanis, cantabat tibia ludis,

Ov. F. 6, 659 sq. —

Act., to make some person or thing the subject of one ' s singing, playing, or song (cf. cano, II.).

With the song itself, carmen, versus, etc., as object, to sing, play, recite:

carmina non prius Audita canto,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 4:

rustica verba,

Tib. 2, 1, 52:

Hymen cantatus,

Ov. H. 12, 137; cf.:

Hymenaeum qui cantent,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 7:

obscena,

Ov. F. 3, 676.—

With particular persons or things, the subjects of song, as objects, to sing, to celebrate or praise in song, sing of, write poetry upon, etc.:

celebrem deum,

Tib. 2, 1, 83:

absentem amicam,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 15:

rivos,

id. C. 2, 19, 11:

convivia, proelia virginum,

id. ib. 1, 6, 19:

Augusti tropaea,

id. ib. 2, 9, 19:

Pythia (sc. certamina),

id. A. P. 414:

cantari dignus,

Verg. E. 5, 54:

per totum cantabimur orbem,

Ov. Am. 1, 3, 25; 2, 17, 33; cf.:

illa meis multum cantata libellis,

Mart. 9, 50, 1:

cantatus Achilles,

Ov. Am. 2, 1, 29:

laudes tuas,

id. F. 2, 658. —Esp.,

Of an actor, to represent a part, to act (cf. supra, I. A.):

cantavit (Nero) Orestem matricidam, Oedipodem excaecatum, etc.,

Suet. Ner. 21:

Nioben,

id. ib. 21:

tragoedias,

id. ib. 21:

fabulam,

id. ib. 46 fin.:

epinicia,

id. ib. 43 fin. —

Hence, because the oracles were of old uttered in verse, of any mysterious, prophetic, or warning utterance, to predict, warn, point out, indicate, make known, say:

vera cantas? vana vellem,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 64. —Of inanimate things:

urna haec litterata est: ab se cantat cuja sit,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 21:

civi inmoeni scin quid cantari solet?

id. Trin. 2, 2, 69; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 61.—

To bring something repeatedly to recollection, to reiterate, harp upon, forewarn of or against:

haec dies noctes canto, ut caveas,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 12:

harum mores,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 19:

nam, ut scis, jam pridem istum canto Caesarem,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 1:

quid fati provida cantet avis,

Tib. 2, 5, 12:

quae me juvene utique cantare solebant,

Quint. 8, 3, 76.—

In the lang. of religion, as v. n. or a., to use enchantments, charms, incantations, to enchant, to charm, Cato, R. R. 160, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 27:

frigidus in pratis cantando rumpitur anguis,

Verg. E. 8, 71:

cantata Luna,

exorcised by magic, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 13:

falx,

Ov. H. 6, 84:

herbae,

id. M. 7, 98:

ignis,

Sil. 1, 430:

tum quoque cantato densetur carmine caelum,

an incantation, Ov. M. 14, 369.—

To call forth, produce by charms:

et chelydris cantare soporem,

Sil. 8, 498:

cantata umbra,

Luc. 6, 767.

cantus, ūs, m. [id.], the production of melodious sound, a musical utterance or expression, either with voice or instrument; hence, song, singing, playing, music (while carmen is prop. the contents or substance of the song, etc.; cf.:

qui enim cantus moderatā oratione dulcior invenire potest? Quod carmen artificiosā conclusione aptius?

Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 34).

In gen.

Of persons.

With the voice, a singing, song; in full, cantus vocum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134:

fit etiam saepe vocum gravitate et cantibus ut pellantur animi, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 36, 80:

cantus vocis juvat sociatā nervorum concordiā,

Quint. 5, 10, 124:

oris,

id. 11, 3, [p. 282] 23:

Sirenum,

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 5, 8, 1; cf. Juv. 9, 150:

comissationes, cantus, symphoniae,

Cic. Cael. 15, 35; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 31; id. Fin. 5, 18, 49; Lucr. 5, 1406:

felices cantus ore sonante dedit,

Tib. 3, 4, 40:

cantu tremulo (i.e. voce anili),

Hor. C. 4, 13, 5:

praecipe lugubres Cantus,

id. ib. 1, 24, 3:

longum cantu solata laborem,

Verg. G. 1, 293; cf.:

est etiam in dicendo quidam cantus obscurior,

musical play of voice, Cic. Or. 17, 57.—

With instruments, a playing, music:

in nervorum vocumque cantibus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134:

citharae,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 20:

horribili stridebat tibia cantu,

Cat. 64, 264:

querulae tibiae,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 30:

dulcis tibia cantu,

Tib. 1, 7, 47:

bucinarum,

Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

simul ac tubarum est auditus cantus,

Liv. 25, 24, 5:

lyrae,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 72:

tibicines, qui fidibus utuntur, suo arbitrio cantus numerosque moderantur,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104:

cantu tubarum convocare concilium, Auct. B. G. 8, 20: raucisonoque mi-nantur cornua cantu,

Lucr. 2, 619:

rauco strepuerunt cornua cantu,

Verg. A. 8, 2.—

Of an actor: tardiores tibicinis modos et cantus remissiores facere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254.—

Of birds, etc.:

raucisoni cantus,

Lucr. 5, 1084:

cantus avium et volatus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; Hor. C. 3, 1, 20; App. Flor. 2, p. 349:

volucrum,

Quint. 10, 3, 24.—Of the nightingale, Phaedr. 3, 18, 2; Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81.—Of the cock, a crowing: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu plausuque premunt alas, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. Rel. v. 251 Vahl.); Cic. Mur. 9, 22; id. Div. 2, 26, 56:

sub galli cantum,

at daybreak, cock-crowing, Hor. S. 1, 1, 10:

vigil ales cristati cantibus oris Evocat Auroram,

Ov. M. 11, 597; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 46; Quint. 11, 3, 51:

fulix fundens e gutture cantus, Cic. Div, poët. 1, 8, 14: perdix testata gaudia cantu est,

Ov. M. 8, 238:

seros exercet noctua cantus,

Verg. G. 1, 403:

(cycni) cantus dedere,

id. A. 1, 398.—

Esp.

Prophetic or oracular song:

veridicos Parcae coeperunt edere cantus,

Cat. 64, 306; cf. Tib. 1, 8, 4.—

An incantation, charm, magic song, etc.: cantusque artesque magorum. Ov. M. 7, 195; 7, 201:

at cantu commotae Erebi de sedibus imis Umbrae ibant,

Verg. G. 4, 471:

magici,

Col. 10, 367:

Haemoniis agitare cantibus umbras,

Val. Fl. 6, 448:

amores Cantibus solvere,

Tib. 1, 2, 60; 1, 2, 45; 1, 2, 53:

cantus e curru Lunam deducere tentat,

id. 1, 8, 19; 4, 1, 63; 4, 4, 10; Ov. H. 12, 167; id. M. 4, 49.

căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

capsimus,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].

Lit.

In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

cape hoc flabellum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

cepit manibus tympanum,

Cat. 6, 3, 8:

tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

Verg. A. 2, 717:

cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

id. G. 3, 420:

flammeum,

Cat. 61, 8:

acria pocula,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

lora,

Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

baculum,

Ov. M. 2, 789:

colum cum calathis,

id. ib. 12, 475:

florem ternis digitis,

Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

pignera,

Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

rem pignori,

Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

scutum laeva,

Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

capias tu illius vestem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

and of particular weapons: ensem,

Ov. M. 13, 435:

tela,

id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

lauti cibum capiunt,

Tac. G. 22.—

In partic.

Of living objects.

To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.

Of persons:

oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

reges capiuntur,

Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

Liv. 22, 49, 18:

quos Byzantii ceperat,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

captos ostendere civibus hostes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

captus Tarento Livius,

Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

servus ex hoste captus,

Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

in captos clementia uti,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

inludere capto,

Verg. A. 2, 64:

quae sit fiducia capto,

id. ib. 2, 75:

ex captorum numero,

Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—

Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

nisi quid concharum capsimus,

id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

cervum,

Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

Verg. G. 4, 396.—

To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

quamvis voluptate capiatur,

id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

id. Att. 4, 1:

nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

Hor. A. P. 362:

hunc capit argenti splendor,

id. S. 1, 4, 28:

te conjux aliena capit,

id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

Prop. 1, 1, 1:

carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

Tib. 3, 1, 7:

munditiis capimur,

Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

Liv. 30, 12, 18:

dulcedine vocis,

Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

voce nova,

id. ib. 1, 678:

temperie aquarum,

id. ib. 4, 344:

(bos) herba captus viridi,

Verg. E. 6, 59:

amoenitate loci,

Tac. A. 18, 52:

auro,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

splendore hominis,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—

To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

eodem captus errore quo nos,

involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

ne quo errore milites caperentur,

Liv. 8, 6, 16:

capere ante dolis Reginam,

Verg. A. 1, 673:

captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

id. ib. 2, 196:

ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

Sall. J. 14, 11:

adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

id. C. 14, 5:

capi alicujus dolo,

Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

Liv. 23, 35, 2:

quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

Ov. M. 7, 301.—

To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

id. Brut. 48, 178.—

To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.

Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

captus omnibus membris,

id. 2, 36, 8:

capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

id. 21, 58, 5:

oculis membrisque captus,

Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

habuit filium captum altero oculo,

Suet. Vit. 6:

censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

lumine,

Ov. F. 6, 204:

princeps pedibus captus,

Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

captum leto posuit caput,

Verg. A. 11, 830;

and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

id. G. 1, 183.—

Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

rarely mentibu' capti,

Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

animo,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

captus animi,

Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

virgines captae furore,

Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

Liv. 39, 13, 12:

captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

capti et stupentes animi,

id. 6, 36, 8.—

To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

de istac sum judex captus,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

Liv. 3, 71, 2:

me cepere arbitrum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

quom illum generum cepimus,

id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

Gell. 1, 12, 15:

jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—

Of places.

To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

loca capere, castra munire,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

castris locum capere,

Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

locum capere castris,

Quint. 12, 2, 5:

ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

Liv. 34, 14, 1:

neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

id. 35, 14, 9:

erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

id. 35, 28, 1:

locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

Sall. J. 58, 3:

duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

Liv. 7, 26, 5:

quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

tumulum suis cepit,

Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

Liv. 1, 6, 4;

for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

id. 9, 43, 20:

Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—

To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

CORSICAM,

Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

Troja capta,

Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

urbem opulentissimam,

id. 5, 20, 1:

ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

castra hostium,

Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

Liv. 42, 63, 6:

plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

id. 28, 39, 10:

sedem belli,

Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

oppressa captaque re publica,

Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—

To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

insulam capere non potuerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

id. ib. 4, 36:

accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

id. ib. 5, 23:

nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—

Of things of value, property, money, etc.

In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

de praedonibus praedam capere,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

agros de hostibus,

Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

Liv. 4, 48, 2:

quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

Nep. Con. 4, 4:

classem,

id. Cim. 2, 2:

magnas praedas,

id. Dat. 10, 2:

ex hostibus pecuniam,

Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

cape cedo,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

id. Att. 7, 2:

quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—

In particular connections.

With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

id. ib. §

27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

id. Clu. 42, 120:

nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

ab regibus Illyriorum,

Liv. 42, 45, 8:

saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—

Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

Quint. 3, 6, 96:

aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

id. 5, 14, 16:

si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

Juv. 1, 55:

qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—

Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

stipendium jure belli,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

Liv. 28, 39, 13:

quadragena annua ex schola,

Suet. Gram. 23:

si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

id. Div. 2, 5:

ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

id. Pis. 14, 31:

aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

usuram alicujus corporis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—

Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

gestum atque voltum novom,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

figuras Datque capitque novas,

id. ib. 15, 309:

formam capit quam lilia,

id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

duritiam ab aere,

id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

radicem capere,

to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

siliculam capere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

maturitatem capere,

Col. 4, 23, 1:

radix libere capit viris,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

vires cepisse nocendi,

Ov. M. 7, 417:

(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—

Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

consuetudinem exercitationemque,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

misericordiam,

id. Quint. 31, 97:

quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

disciplinam principum,

Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—

Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

consulatum,

id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

honores,

Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

imperium,

id. Claud. 10:

magistratum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

magistratus,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

Ov. M. 3, 644:

rerum moderamen,

id. ib. 6, 677:

pontificatum maximum,

Suet. Vit. 11:

rem publicam,

Sall. C. 5, 6:

neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

Liv. 2, 33, 1:

ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

Liv. 7, 1, 2.—

In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

augurium ex arce,

Liv. 10, 7, 10:

augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

omen,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

Liv. 9, 4, 1:

rursus impetu capto enituntur,

id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

nec vestra capit discordia finem,

Verg. A. 10, 106:

fugam,

to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—

Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

si occassionem capsit,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—

Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

conjecturam capere,

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

capti consili memorem mones,

id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

temerarium consilium,

Liv. 25, 34, 7:

tale capit consilium,

Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

ut ego rationem oculis capio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

cepi rationem ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—

Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

praesagia a sole,

Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—

Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

laborem inanem ipsus capit,

id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

hic potitur gaudia,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

id. ib. prol. 114:

angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

id. Sen. 15, 54:

opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

id. Brut. 1, 1:

itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

id. ib. 40, 147:

ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

Liv. 27, 40, 9:

ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

id. 5, 20, 2:

ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

Liv. 33, 27, 10:

voluptatem animi,

Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—

Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2:

etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

Liv. 27, 13, 2:

oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

id. 38, 46, 12:

tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

Liv. 27, 8, 6:

hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

id. 44, 12, 1:

tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

Verg. A. 2, 384:

infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

Liv. 1, 57, 10:

ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

id. 25, 22, 1:

tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

id. 23, 20, 7:

senatum metus cepit,

id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

Liv. 43, 11, 9.—

Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

calamitatem,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.

To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.

Lit.

In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

Lucr. 6, 1030:

jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

id. ib. 1, 75:

dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

id. ib. 8, 558:

cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

id. ib. 5, 324.—

Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

volat vapor ater ad auras,

Verg. A. 7, 466:

non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

non capit se mare,

Sen. Agam. 487:

neque enim capiebant funera portae,

Ov. M. 7, 607:

officium populi vix capiente domo,

id. P. 4, 4, 42:

si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

Curt. 7, 8, 12:

ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

Just. 2, 10, 19.—

Trop.

To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—

To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.

Affirmatively (rare):

quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

Curt. 9, 3, 7:

si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

Quint. 2, 4, 17:

dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

Dig. 40, 12, 15.—

With negatives:

non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

Lucr. 3, 298:

nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

Ov. M. 6, 466:

vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

id. ib. 11, 118:

ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

Curt. 7, 8, 13:

majora quam capit spirat,

id. 6, 9, 11:

ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

id. 3, 12, 20:

infirma aetas majora non capiet,

Quint. 1, 11, 13.—

Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

Dig. 4, 4, 19.—

With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

Prud. Apoth. 154:

crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—

Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 45:

nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

id. 2, 6, 2:

quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

Liv. 9, 17, 14:

somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.

căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,

A taking:

dominii,

Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—

= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

capsimus,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].

Lit.

In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

cape hoc flabellum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

cepit manibus tympanum,

Cat. 6, 3, 8:

tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

Verg. A. 2, 717:

cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

id. G. 3, 420:

flammeum,

Cat. 61, 8:

acria pocula,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

lora,

Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

baculum,

Ov. M. 2, 789:

colum cum calathis,

id. ib. 12, 475:

florem ternis digitis,

Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

pignera,

Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

rem pignori,

Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

scutum laeva,

Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

capias tu illius vestem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

and of particular weapons: ensem,

Ov. M. 13, 435:

tela,

id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

lauti cibum capiunt,

Tac. G. 22.—

In partic.

Of living objects.

To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.

Of persons:

oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

reges capiuntur,

Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

Liv. 22, 49, 18:

quos Byzantii ceperat,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

captos ostendere civibus hostes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

captus Tarento Livius,

Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

servus ex hoste captus,

Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

in captos clementia uti,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

inludere capto,

Verg. A. 2, 64:

quae sit fiducia capto,

id. ib. 2, 75:

ex captorum numero,

Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—

Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

nisi quid concharum capsimus,

id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

cervum,

Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

Verg. G. 4, 396.—

To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

quamvis voluptate capiatur,

id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

id. Att. 4, 1:

nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

Hor. A. P. 362:

hunc capit argenti splendor,

id. S. 1, 4, 28:

te conjux aliena capit,

id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

Prop. 1, 1, 1:

carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

Tib. 3, 1, 7:

munditiis capimur,

Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

Liv. 30, 12, 18:

dulcedine vocis,

Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

voce nova,

id. ib. 1, 678:

temperie aquarum,

id. ib. 4, 344:

(bos) herba captus viridi,

Verg. E. 6, 59:

amoenitate loci,

Tac. A. 18, 52:

auro,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

splendore hominis,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—

To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

eodem captus errore quo nos,

involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

ne quo errore milites caperentur,

Liv. 8, 6, 16:

capere ante dolis Reginam,

Verg. A. 1, 673:

captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

id. ib. 2, 196:

ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

Sall. J. 14, 11:

adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

id. C. 14, 5:

capi alicujus dolo,

Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

Liv. 23, 35, 2:

quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

Ov. M. 7, 301.—

To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

id. Brut. 48, 178.—

To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.

Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

captus omnibus membris,

id. 2, 36, 8:

capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

id. 21, 58, 5:

oculis membrisque captus,

Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

habuit filium captum altero oculo,

Suet. Vit. 6:

censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

lumine,

Ov. F. 6, 204:

princeps pedibus captus,

Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

captum leto posuit caput,

Verg. A. 11, 830;

and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

id. G. 1, 183.—

Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

rarely mentibu' capti,

Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

animo,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

captus animi,

Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

virgines captae furore,

Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

Liv. 39, 13, 12:

captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

capti et stupentes animi,

id. 6, 36, 8.—

To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

de istac sum judex captus,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

Liv. 3, 71, 2:

me cepere arbitrum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

quom illum generum cepimus,

id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

Gell. 1, 12, 15:

jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—

Of places.

To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

loca capere, castra munire,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

castris locum capere,

Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

locum capere castris,

Quint. 12, 2, 5:

ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

Liv. 34, 14, 1:

neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

id. 35, 14, 9:

erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

id. 35, 28, 1:

locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

Sall. J. 58, 3:

duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

Liv. 7, 26, 5:

quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

tumulum suis cepit,

Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

Liv. 1, 6, 4;

for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

id. 9, 43, 20:

Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—

To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

CORSICAM,

Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

Troja capta,

Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

urbem opulentissimam,

id. 5, 20, 1:

ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

castra hostium,

Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

Liv. 42, 63, 6:

plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

id. 28, 39, 10:

sedem belli,

Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

oppressa captaque re publica,

Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—

To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

insulam capere non potuerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

id. ib. 4, 36:

accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

id. ib. 5, 23:

nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—

Of things of value, property, money, etc.

In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

de praedonibus praedam capere,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

agros de hostibus,

Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

Liv. 4, 48, 2:

quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

Nep. Con. 4, 4:

classem,

id. Cim. 2, 2:

magnas praedas,

id. Dat. 10, 2:

ex hostibus pecuniam,

Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

cape cedo,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

id. Att. 7, 2:

quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—

In particular connections.

With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

id. ib. §

27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

id. Clu. 42, 120:

nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

ab regibus Illyriorum,

Liv. 42, 45, 8:

saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—

Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

Quint. 3, 6, 96:

aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

id. 5, 14, 16:

si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

Juv. 1, 55:

qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—

Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

stipendium jure belli,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

Liv. 28, 39, 13:

quadragena annua ex schola,

Suet. Gram. 23:

si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

id. Div. 2, 5:

ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

id. Pis. 14, 31:

aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

usuram alicujus corporis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—

Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

gestum atque voltum novom,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

figuras Datque capitque novas,

id. ib. 15, 309:

formam capit quam lilia,

id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

duritiam ab aere,

id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

radicem capere,

to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

siliculam capere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

maturitatem capere,

Col. 4, 23, 1:

radix libere capit viris,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

vires cepisse nocendi,

Ov. M. 7, 417:

(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—

Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

consuetudinem exercitationemque,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

misericordiam,

id. Quint. 31, 97:

quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

disciplinam principum,

Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—

Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

consulatum,

id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

honores,

Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

imperium,

id. Claud. 10:

magistratum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

magistratus,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

Ov. M. 3, 644:

rerum moderamen,

id. ib. 6, 677:

pontificatum maximum,

Suet. Vit. 11:

rem publicam,

Sall. C. 5, 6:

neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

Liv. 2, 33, 1:

ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

Liv. 7, 1, 2.—

In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

augurium ex arce,

Liv. 10, 7, 10:

augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

omen,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

Liv. 9, 4, 1:

rursus impetu capto enituntur,

id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

nec vestra capit discordia finem,

Verg. A. 10, 106:

fugam,

to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—

Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

si occassionem capsit,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—

Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

conjecturam capere,

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

capti consili memorem mones,

id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

temerarium consilium,

Liv. 25, 34, 7:

tale capit consilium,

Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

ut ego rationem oculis capio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

cepi rationem ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—

Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

praesagia a sole,

Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—

Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

laborem inanem ipsus capit,

id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

hic potitur gaudia,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

id. ib. prol. 114:

angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

id. Sen. 15, 54:

opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

id. Brut. 1, 1:

itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

id. ib. 40, 147:

ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

Liv. 27, 40, 9:

ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

id. 5, 20, 2:

ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

Liv. 33, 27, 10:

voluptatem animi,

Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—

Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2:

etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

Liv. 27, 13, 2:

oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

id. 38, 46, 12:

tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

Liv. 27, 8, 6:

hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

id. 44, 12, 1:

tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

Verg. A. 2, 384:

infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

Liv. 1, 57, 10:

ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

id. 25, 22, 1:

tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

id. 23, 20, 7:

senatum metus cepit,

id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

Liv. 43, 11, 9.—

Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

calamitatem,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.

To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.

Lit.

In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

Lucr. 6, 1030:

jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

id. ib. 1, 75:

dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

id. ib. 8, 558:

cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

id. ib. 5, 324.—

Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

volat vapor ater ad auras,

Verg. A. 7, 466:

non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

non capit se mare,

Sen. Agam. 487:

neque enim capiebant funera portae,

Ov. M. 7, 607:

officium populi vix capiente domo,

id. P. 4, 4, 42:

si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

Curt. 7, 8, 12:

ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

Just. 2, 10, 19.—

Trop.

To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—

To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.

Affirmatively (rare):

quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

Curt. 9, 3, 7:

si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

Quint. 2, 4, 17:

dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

Dig. 40, 12, 15.—

With negatives:

non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

Lucr. 3, 298:

nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

Ov. M. 6, 466:

vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

id. ib. 11, 118:

ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

Curt. 7, 8, 13:

majora quam capit spirat,

id. 6, 9, 11:

ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

id. 3, 12, 20:

infirma aetas majora non capiet,

Quint. 1, 11, 13.—

Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

Dig. 4, 4, 19.—

With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

Prud. Apoth. 154:

crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—

Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 45:

nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

id. 2, 6, 2:

quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

Liv. 9, 17, 14:

somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.

căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,

A taking:

dominii,

Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—

= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Cārĭa, ae, f., = Karia.

A province in Asia Minor, south of Lydia, now the provinces Aïdin and Mentesche in Ejalet Anadoli, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 16, 1; 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 27, 29, § 103 sq.; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 46; Cic. Fl. 27, 65; id. Or. 8, 24; 18, 57; id. Div. 1, 41, 91; Nep. Ages. 3, 1; Curt. 10, 10, 1 al.—

Hence,

Car, Cāris, a Carian, Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Nep. Dat. 1, 3.—Orig., the supposed father of the Carian race, and inventor of augury by observing the fight of birds, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 203.—And in plur.: Cāres, um, m., the inhabitants of Caria, the Carians, Liv. 33, 18, 9.— Acc. Gr. Cārăs, Plaut. Curc. 3, 73; Liv. 38, 13, 7; 44, 15, 1; Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 1; Verg. A. 8, 725; Ov. M. 4, 297; 9, 645; notorious for their treachery; hence the proverbial expression: quid? de totā Cariā nonne hoc vestrā voce vulgatum est, si quid cum periculo experiri velis, in Care id potissimum esse faciendum? Cic. l. l.—

Cārĭcus, a, um, Carian:

creta,

Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 1; Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 305.— Subst.: Cārĭca, ae (sc. ficus), a kind of dry fig, Pall. 1, 26, 2; 1, 30, 4; Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84; Stat. S. 4, 9, 26; also for dried figs, in gen., Ov. M. 8, 674; id. F. 1, 185; Plin. 13, 5, 10, § 51.—

A town in Caria, called also Hydrela, Liv. 37, 56, 3.—

A harbor in Thrace, Mel. 2, 2, 5.

Cārĭa, ae, f., = Karia.

A province in Asia Minor, south of Lydia, now the provinces Aïdin and Mentesche in Ejalet Anadoli, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 16, 1; 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 27, 29, § 103 sq.; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 46; Cic. Fl. 27, 65; id. Or. 8, 24; 18, 57; id. Div. 1, 41, 91; Nep. Ages. 3, 1; Curt. 10, 10, 1 al.—

Hence,

Car, Cāris, a Carian, Cic. Fl. 27, 65; Nep. Dat. 1, 3.—Orig., the supposed father of the Carian race, and inventor of augury by observing the fight of birds, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 203.—And in plur.: Cāres, um, m., the inhabitants of Caria, the Carians, Liv. 33, 18, 9.— Acc. Gr. Cārăs, Plaut. Curc. 3, 73; Liv. 38, 13, 7; 44, 15, 1; Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 1; Verg. A. 8, 725; Ov. M. 4, 297; 9, 645; notorious for their treachery; hence the proverbial expression: quid? de totā Cariā nonne hoc vestrā voce vulgatum est, si quid cum periculo experiri velis, in Care id potissimum esse faciendum? Cic. l. l.—

Cārĭcus, a, um, Carian:

creta,

Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 1; Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 305.— Subst.: Cārĭca, ae (sc. ficus), a kind of dry fig, Pall. 1, 26, 2; 1, 30, 4; Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84; Stat. S. 4, 9, 26; also for dried figs, in gen., Ov. M. 8, 674; id. F. 1, 185; Plin. 13, 5, 10, § 51.—

A town in Caria, called also Hydrela, Liv. 37, 56, 3.—

A harbor in Thrace, Mel. 2, 2, 5.

cirrus, i, m. (used mostly in plur.), a (natural) lock, curl, ringlet, or tuft of hair (rare): cirri, Varr. ap. Non. p. 94, 21; Mart. 10, 83.— Sing.:

cirrus,

Juv. 13, 165.—Also, the hair on the forehead of a horse, Veg. 2, 28, 34; 6, 2, 1.—

Transf.

A tuft of feathers or crest of birds, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 122.—

The arms of polypi, Plin. 9, 28, 44, § 83; 25, 7, 33, § 70; 26, 8, 37, § 58.—

Filaments of plants similar to tufts of hair, Plin. 26, 7, 20, § 36; 27, 4, 9, § 25.—

A fringe upon a tunic, Phaedr. 2, 5, 13; cf. cirratus, II.

clangor, ōris, m. [clango], a sound, clang, noise (mostly poet. and in Aug. prose).

Of wind instruments:

tubarum,

Verg. A. 2, 313; cf. id. ib. 8, 526; 11, 192; Luc. 1, 237; Sil. 2, 19; Stat. Th. 3, 651; Flor. 4, 2, 67; cf. Ov. M. 3, 707.—

Of birds (in crying or flying). clangorem fundere, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: tremulo clangore volare, id. poët. Div. 2, 30, 63; Ov. M. 12, 528; 13, 611:

cum magno clangore volitare,

Liv. 1, 34, 8; 5, 47, 4; Col. 8, 13, 2; Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 363 sq.; 10, 8, 10, § 23 al.; Flor. 1, 13, 15; * Suet. Dom. 6 al.—In plur., Verg. A. 3, 226.—

Of dogs, a barking, baying, Grat. Cyn. 186.

claudĭco ( clōdĭco, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249, like Claudius and Clodius, codex and caudex, etc., v. au), āre, v. n. [claudeo; like albico, candico from albeo, candeo], to limp, halt, be lame (class.).

Prop.:

Carvilio graviter claudicanti ex vulnere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249; Ov. F. 3, 758; Col. 6, 12, 3; Suet. Aug. 80; Just. 6, 2, 6.—

In Lucretius, meton., of other irregular or unbalanced motions, to waver, wabble, halt; of the lame wings of birds, Lucr. 6, 834;

of the wavering of balances or scales,

id. 4, 515; and of the earth's axis, id: 6, 1107.—

Trop., to halt, waver, to be wanting, incomplete or defective:

claudicat ingenium,

Lucr. 3, 453:

tota res vacillat et claudicat, Cic. N. D, 1, 38, 107: vereri ne tota amicitia quasi claudicare videatur,

id. Fin. 1, 20, 69; so id. Brut. 63, 227; Liv. 22, 39, 3 (al. leg. claudo); Col. 4, 2, 1; Just. 6, 2, 5 and 6:

ut constare possimus nobismet ipsis nec in ullo officio claudicare,

Cic. Off. 1, 33, 119; cf.:

in comoediā, claudicamus,

Quint. 10, 1, 99.—So of discourse:

ne sermo in aequalitate horum omnium sicut pedum claudicet,

Quint. 11, 3, 43:

si quid in nostrā oratione claudicat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198.—And once of the measure of a verse: claudicat hic versus;

haec, inquit, syllaba nutat,

Claud. Epigr. 79, 3.