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agnĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [agnosco].

A recognition, acknowledgment, admission, acceptance:

admissio: bonorum possessionis,

Dig. 38, 15, 5 (cf. agnosco, II.); a recognizing:

cadaveris,

Plin. 10, 70, 90, § 194:

nullus interesset alienus agnitioni mutuae,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 1.—

A knowing, perceiving, apprehending, knowledge, in gen.: ad agnitionem animi, for the knowledge of the nature of mind, * Cic. N. D. 1, 1 Creuz:

ut impleamini agnitione,

Vulg. Col. 1, 9; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8; Cassian. Incarn. 4, 2; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 155.

con-sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3, v. a.

To strew over, cover by strewing, bestrew, to thatch, floor, pave, spread, cover (class. in prose and poetry).

With abl.:

tabernacula caespitibus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

cubilia gallinarum paleis,

Col. 8, 5, 3:

stabula culmis,

id. 7, 3, 8:

aream silice,

id. 1, 6, 23:

specus molli fronde,

Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 127:

nidum mollibus plumis,

id. 10, 33, 49, § 92:

contabulationem summam lateribus lutoque,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

haec longuriis cratibusque,

id. B. G. 4, 17:

mare classibus,

Liv. 35, 49, 5; Curt. 9, 6, 7:

amnis constratus navigiis,

id. 9, 8, 5:

cubile purpureā veste,

Cat. 64, 163:

ossaeis aethera saxis,

Verg. Cir. 33:

omnia constrata telis, armis, cadaveribus,

Sall. J. 101, 11:

campos milite,

Sil. 1, 125:

forum corporibus civium caede nocturnā,

Cic. Sest. 39, 85:

late terram tergo,

Verg. A. 12, 543; cf.: terram gravi casu, * Lucr. 5, 1332; and:

terram gravi corpore,

Cic. Arat. 433:

paludem pontibus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14.—

Without abl.:

frumentum vias omnes constraveras,

Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69:

terram frondes altae,

Verg. A. 4, 444:

triclinium,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 9 Müll.; cf.:

lectum,

App. M. 9, p. 218, 13:

ratem pontis in modum humo injecta,

Liv. 21, 28, 7.—Hence, constrata navis, covered, having a deck, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104; Caes. B. C. 3, 27; Auct. B. Alex. 11; Liv. 35, 46, 3; cf.

vehicula,

Curt. 9, 10, 25.—Hence,

constrā-tum, i, n. subst.,

A covering:

pontium,

Liv. 30, 10, 14.—

A deck:

puppis,

Petr. 100, 3:

navis,

id. ib. § 6.—

To throw down, prostrate, level (very rare).

Lit.:

tempestas in Capitolio aliquot signa constravit,

Liv. 40, 45, 3; cf.:

culcitae humi constratae, Jul. Epit. Nov. c. 4, § 15: montes erigat, campos tendat, maria consternat,

levels, Lact. 3, 24, 8:

Ephesus et Nicomedia constratae terrae motu,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 16, 12.—

Trop.: constrata ira, moderated, subdued (the figure taken from animals conquered in combat), Stat. S. 2, 5, 1.

consterno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [strengthened collat. form of 1. consterno, acc. to II.].

To stretch upon the ground, to overcome:

pecorum in modum consternatos (Gallos) caedunt fugantque,

Liv. 38, 17, 7.—Far more freq., esp. after the Aug. per. (not in Cic., Hor., or Quint.),

To bring into confusion, to perplex; to terrify, alarm, affright, dismay, overwhelm with terror, etc.

In gen.:

sic sunt animo consternati ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 30 fin.;

without animo,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19; Liv. 6, 2, 11; 8, 9, 12; 21, 11, 13; Suet. Aug. 23, 90 al.:

vana Laetitia est, consternatique Timores,

Ov. M. 12, 60: in fugam, to put to flight by disquieting or alarming, Liv. 10, 43, 13; 38, 46, 5; cf.:

foedā fugā,

Tac. H. 3, 79 fin.:

Coriolanus prope ut amens consternatus ab sede suo,

Liv. 2, 40, 5.—

Transf., of animals, to make afraid, to frighten, startle; and pass.: consternari, to be frightened, to become shy:

consternantur equi,

Sall. H. 1, 96 Dietsch; Ov. M. 2, 314; id. F. 5, 310:

equos,

Liv. 37, 41, 10:

equo ex odore cadaveris consternato,

Suet. Ner. 48:

taurus securis ictu consternatus,

id. Galb. 18.—

In partic., to excite to sedition or revolt:

eam multitudinem conjuratorum ad arma consternatam esse,

Liv. 7, 42, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:

ad arma,

id. 21, 24, 2; 34, 3, 6 al.

tābes, is, f. [root in Gr. têkô, etakên, to melt; suffix as in plebes, pubes], a wasting away, melting, dwindling, consumption [p. 1832] corruption, putrefaction; a wasting disease, consumption, decline; plague, pestilence.

Lit. (class.;

syn. lues): aegritudo (habet) tabem, cruciatum, afflictationem, foeditatem,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27:

fames lenta nos consumit tabe,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 156:

atrox hiems seu parum provisi commeatus et orta ex utroque tabes,

Tac. A. 12, 50:

orta per Aegyptum,

id. H. 5, 3:

per tabem tot annorum omnibus consumptis,

Liv. 40, 29, 5:

cadaveris,

Suet. Vit. 10; Luc. 2, 166; 7, 809:

corpora... seu tabe vetustas Abstulerit,

Ov. M. 15, 156:

multorum tabe mensum mortuum,

Liv. 3, 24, 4:

arborum,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 225:

soli,

barrenness, id. 8, 21, 33, § 79:

tanta vis morbi, uti tabes, plerosque civium animos invaserat,

like a consuming fever, Sall. C. 36, 5; cf.:

tanta vis avaritiae, velut tabes, invaserat, etc.,

id. J. 32, 4; id. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 359; Liv. 2, 23, 6; cf. id. 7, 22, 5.— Trop.:

tabes crescentis fenoris,

Liv. 7, 38, 7:

infecit ea tabes legionum quoque motas jam mentes,

Tac. H. 1, 26; 5, 3:

oculorum,

id. ib. 4, 81; Ov. M. 2, 807:

quos durus amor crudeli tabe peredit,

Verg. A. 6, 442; Cels. 3, 22. —

Transf., concr., the moisture of a melting or decaying substance, corruption (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.):

tabes liquentis nivis,

Liv. 21, 36, 6; cf. Sen. Q. N. 4, 2; so,

sanguinis,

Liv. 30, 34, 10:

funesta veneni,

Ov. M. 3, 49:

tinctaque mortiferā tabe sagitta madet,

poison, id. P. 3, 1, 26:

pituitae,

Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70:

putri arboris,

id. 15, 19, 21, § 80:

cujus aceti asperitas visque in tabem margaritas resolvit,

id. 9, 35, 58, § 120.