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1 callidus
callĭdus, a, um, adj. [calleo], that is taught wisdom by experience and practice, shrewd, expert, experienced, adroit, skilful:I. A.versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter mens versatur: callidos autem, quorum, tamquam manus opere, sic animus usu concalluit,
Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25.In gen. (class.):B.ad suum quaestum, callidus,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 34; id. Truc. 2, 4, 62 (cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 40: omnes homines ad suum quaestum callent); id. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Ep. 3, 3, 47; id. Poen. 1, 2, 25: callida Musa, Calliope, * Lucr. 6, 93:ego ut agitator callidus, priusquam ad fidem veniam, equos sustinebo,
Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:natura nihil potest esse callidius,
id. N. D. 2, 57, 142:Demosthene nec gravior exstitit quisquam nec callidior, nec temperatior,
id. Or. 7, 23:juvenis parum callidus,
Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 11:in disputando,
Quint. 12, 2, 14.—In reference to art, excelling in art, skilful, Hor. S. 2, 3, 23 Heind.; 2, 7, 101; id. Ep. 1, 10, 26. —Particular constructions.(α).With gen.:(β).rei rusticae,
Col. 2, 2, 1:rerum naturae,
id. 7, 3, 12:rei militaris,
Tac. H. 2, 32:temporum,
id. A. 4, 33.—With abl.:(γ).juncturā callidus acri,
Pers. 5, 14.—In the Greek manner, with inf.:C.callidus Condere furto,
Hor. C. 1, 10, 7; cf.:tuque testudo resonare septem Callida nervis,
id. ib. 3, 11, 4; Pers. 1, 118.—Meton., of things: foramina callidissimo artificio naturā fabricata, very well contrived or wrought, Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47:II. A.inventum,
Nep. Eum. 5, 4:junctura,
Hor. A. P. 47.—Of persons (class.):B.itaque me malum esse oportet, callidum, astutum,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 112:malum crudumque et callidum atque subdolum,
id. Poen. 5, 2, 148; id. Pers. 4, 4, 70; id. Cist. 4, 2, 61:ego hominem callidiorem vidi neminem,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 1; id. And. 1, 2, 27; id. Eun. 5, 6, 10; Petr. 4, 2, 1:hi saepe versutos homines et callidos admirantes, malitiam sapientiam judicant,
Cic. Off. 2, 3, 10 Beier; id. Caecin. 19, 55; cf. id. Off. 3, 13, 57; Quint. 6, 3, 96:homo luteus etiam callidus ac veterator esse vult,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35:gens non astuta nec callida,
Tac. G. 22:ad fraudem callidi,
Cic. Clu. 65, 183; cf. Plaut. As. 2, 1, 9:in disputando mire callidos,
Quint. 12, 2, 14:amici accendendis offensionibus callidi,
Tac. A. 2, 57.—Meton., of things:2.doli,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 4:consilium,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 10:audacia,
Cic. Clu. 65, 183:callida et malitiosa juris interpretatio,
id. Off. 1, 10, 33:liberalitas,
crafty, calculating, Nep. Att. 11, 3:malitia inimici,
Liv. 38, 44, 1:cunctatio,
Suet. Tib. 24:saevitia,
id. Dom. 11.—Trop.:1.merx, of a woman,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 61.—Hence, adv.: callĭdē (in both signiff. of the adj. freq. and class.).Skilfully, shrewdly, expertly, etc.:2.callide nosse aliquem,
well, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 82:intellegere,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 30:callide arguteque dicere,
Cic. Or. 28, 98:dicere,
id. de Or. 1, 20, 93:callide et perite versari,
id. ib. 1, 11, 48:sine quo nihil satis caute, nihil satis callide agi posset,
id. Caecin. 5, 15 al. — Comp., Tac. A. 6, [p. 271] 37.— Sup., Nep. Them. 1 fin. — -
2 callidus
callidus adj. with comp. and sup. [calleo], practised, shrewd, expert, experienced, adroit, skilful, ingenious, prudent, dexterous: agitator: naturā nihil callidius: Stamina suspendit callida (i. e. callide), O.: Callidus huic signo ponebam milia centum, a connoisseur, H.: veterum iudex, H.: callidus Condere furto, H.: foramina callidissimo artificio fabricari: inventum, N.: iunctura, H.— Crafty, cunning, artful, sly: ostendi quam sis callidus, T.: in isto artificio callidior: gens non astuta nec callida, Ta.: ad fraudem: auceps, O.: consilium, T.: ius: liberalitas, calculating, N.: malitia inimici, L.: iuris interpretatio, subtle.* * *callida -um, callidior -or -us, callidissimus -a -um ADJcrafty, sly, cunning; wise, expert, skillful, clever, experienced, ingenious -
3 callidus
clever, dextrous, experienced, skilful / cunning, sly. -
4 in-callidus
in-callidus adj., unskilful, unintelligent: servus non incallidus: homines. -
5 calliditas
callĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [callidus], the being callidus, in a good or bad sense.I.In a good sense, shrewdness, skill, skilfulness, readiness, aptness (so several times after the Aug. period):II.calliditas ingenii,
Nep. Eum. 1, 3; Ov. F. 3, 380; Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 195; Tac. Agr. 9; Flor. 2, 17, 15; Cic. Har. Resp. 9, 19.—Far more freq. and class.,In a bad sense, cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness:scientia, quae est remota ab justitiā, calliditas potius quam sapientia est appellanda,
Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; 3, 32, 113; id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; id. Har. Resp. 9, 19; id. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 2, 5, 7; 4, 2, 126; Ov. H. 16, 300; 20, 126; Mart. 11, 50, 2 al.—Of stratagem in war, Liv. 42, 47, 7:calliditas ad robur accesserat,
Flor. 3, 4, 3.— Trop., of oratorical artifice:genus ejusmodi calliditatis atque calumniae,
Cic. Part. Or. 39, 137.—In plur.:servi venere in mentem Syri Calliditates,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14; Lact. 2, 12, 17. -
6 versutus
I.In a good sense, adroit, dexterous, versatile; shrewd, clever, ingenious (class.;II.syn. callidus): homo versutus et callidus (versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter mens versatur),
Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:quod (genus acuminis) erat in reprehendendis verbis versutum et sollers,
id. Brut. 67, 236:animus acutus atque versutus,
id. de Or. 2, 20, 84:versutissimum et patientissimum Lacedaemonium Lysandrum accepimus,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:adulescens docte vorsutus fuit,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 55.—In a bad sense, cunning, crafty, wily, sly, deceitful (freq. and class.;syn. vafer): vorsutior es quam rota figularis,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 35:non esse servus pejor hoc quisquam potest, Nec magis versutus,
id. As. 1, 1, 106; cf. id. Ps. 4, 8, 6:hoc est hominis versuti, obscuri, astuti, fallacis, malitiosi, callidi, veteratoris, vafri,
Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 57; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 10:acutus, versutus, veterator,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 53; 2, 17, 54:Corinna,
Ov. Am. 2, 19, 9:propago,
id. M. 11, 312 al. — Sup., Vell. 2, 118, 1.—With gen.:versutus ingenii,
Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 56.— Adv.: ver-sūtē, cunningly, craftily, slyly, Cic. Or. 7, 22; id. Brut. 9, 35.— Sup., Aug Trin. 15, 20. -
7 vorsutus
I.In a good sense, adroit, dexterous, versatile; shrewd, clever, ingenious (class.;II.syn. callidus): homo versutus et callidus (versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter mens versatur),
Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:quod (genus acuminis) erat in reprehendendis verbis versutum et sollers,
id. Brut. 67, 236:animus acutus atque versutus,
id. de Or. 2, 20, 84:versutissimum et patientissimum Lacedaemonium Lysandrum accepimus,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:adulescens docte vorsutus fuit,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 55.—In a bad sense, cunning, crafty, wily, sly, deceitful (freq. and class.;syn. vafer): vorsutior es quam rota figularis,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 35:non esse servus pejor hoc quisquam potest, Nec magis versutus,
id. As. 1, 1, 106; cf. id. Ps. 4, 8, 6:hoc est hominis versuti, obscuri, astuti, fallacis, malitiosi, callidi, veteratoris, vafri,
Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 57; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 10:acutus, versutus, veterator,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 53; 2, 17, 54:Corinna,
Ov. Am. 2, 19, 9:propago,
id. M. 11, 312 al. — Sup., Vell. 2, 118, 1.—With gen.:versutus ingenii,
Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 56.— Adv.: ver-sūtē, cunningly, craftily, slyly, Cic. Or. 7, 22; id. Brut. 9, 35.— Sup., Aug Trin. 15, 20. -
8 auceps
auceps upis, m [avis + CAP-], a bird-catcher, fowler: callidus, O.; a poultry-dealer, H.—Fig., a snapper-up, carper: syllabarum.* * *Ibird-catcher, fowler; bird seller, poulterer; spy, eavesdropperIIbird-catcher, fowler; bird seller, poulterer; spy, eavesdropper -
9 callidē
callidē adv. with comp. and sup. [callidus], skilfully, shrewdly, expertly: hoc intellegere, T.: facere: dicere: versari: callidius interpretari, Ta.: callidissime dicere: de futuris conicere, N. —Cunningly, craftily: accedere: vitia sua occultans, S.* * *callidius, callidissime ADVexpertly, skillfully, cleverly; well, thoroughly; cunningly, artfully -
10 calliditās
calliditās ātis, f [callidus], shrewdness, skill, readiness, aptness (rare): ingeni, N.: fori, Ta.— Cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness: calliditas potius quam sapientia: calliditate Poenos superare: Graeca, L.: servi Calliditates, rogueries, T.* * *shrewdness, skillfulness, skill; craftiness, cunning; subtle tricks (pl.) -
11 īn-sinuō
īn-sinuō āvī, ātus, āre, to thrust in, push in, make a way: potestas in forum insinuandi: quācumque data intervalla essent, insinuabant ordines suos, pushed forward their files, L.—With pron reflex., to find a way in, creep in, steal in, intrude, insinuate oneself, make a way: se inter equitum turmas, Cs.: quā te insinuaveris, L.: quā se inter vallīs flumen insinuat, winds along, L.—Fig., to penetrate, enter, steal in, win one's way, become familiar: in ipsius consuetudinem: in causam: novus per pectora cunctis Insinuat pavor, V.: subtiliter eis, curry favor with, etc.—With se, to win one's way, enter, steal in: se in familiaritatem Metelli: se in familiarem usum, L.: callidus ille ne se insinuet, curry favor: plebi se, L. -
12 laqueus
laqueus ī, m [1 LAC-], a noose, snare: saxa laqueis vinciebat, S.: laqueis falces avertebant, Cs.: collum in laqueum inserere: inicere laqueum, throw upon, L.: laqueo gulam fregere, strangled, S.: Fortunae Mandare laqueum, bid go and be hanged, Iu.: laquei, quos callidus abdidit auceps, O.: laqueis captare feras, snares, V.: metuit accipiter Suspectos laqueos, H.: dabit in laqueum vestigia, step into a snare, Iu.—Fig., a snare, gin, trap: Non mortis laqueis expedies caput, H.: iudici laqueos declinans: laquei Stoicorum, subtleties: verbi laqueo capere.* * *noose; snare, trap -
13 ostendō
ostendō dī, tus, ere [obs (old for ob)+tendo], to stretch out, spread before, expose to view, show, point out, exhibit, display: os suum populo R.: se, appear, T.: hostium aciem, display, L.: equites sese ostendunt, show themselves, Cs.: Paucis ostendi gemis, H.: ‘quis Ille locus?’ digitoque ostendit, O.: vocem, make heard, Ph.: Aquilone glaebas, expose, V.: rapinae Caelo ostenduntur, are brought to light, V.—Fig., to show, hold out, disclose, exhibit, manifest: potestatem, T.: tum spem, tum metum, now promise, now threaten: Rem tibi, furnish ideas, H.: palma exstitisse ostendebatur, Cs.: sed quaedam mihi praeclara eius defensio ostenditur, is paraded as.—To show, express, indicate, declare, say, tell, make known: ut ostendimus supra, as we showed above, N.: innocentiam, demonstrate: quem profugisse supra ostendimus, S.: quam sis callidus, T.: quid sui consili sit, ostendit, Cs.* * *Iostendere, ostendi, ostensus Vshow; reveal; make clear, point out, display, exhibitIIostendere, ostendi, ostentus Vshow; reveal; make clear, point out, display, exhibit -
14 veterātor
veterātor ōris, m [vetero, to make old, from vetus], one wedded to routine, a commonplace orator: veterator habitus: in causis privatis satis veterator.—A crafty fellow, old fox, sly-boots: quid hic volt veterator sibi? T.: callidus ac veterator esse volt.* * *old hand (often derogatory); experienced practioner; experienced slave -
15 volō
volō (2d pers. vīs, 3d pers. volt or vult, plur. volumus, voltis or vultis, volunt; vīn for vīsne, T., H.; sīs for sī vīs, T., C., L.), voluī, velle [1 VOL-], to will, wish, want, purpose, be minded, determine: Nolo volo, volo nolo rursum, I won't I will, I will I won't again, T.: Nolunt ubi velis, ubi nolis cupiunt ultro, T.: quis est cui velle non liceat? who is not free to wish?: sed ego hoc ipsum velle miserius esse duco quam, etc., i. e. that very ambition: inest velle in carendo, wanting includes wishing: ait rem seriam Velle agere mecum, T.: quod eas quoque nationes adire volebat, Cs.: si haec relinquere voltis, S.: cuicunque nocere volebat, Vestimenta dabat, H.: quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle ut Venus illa auferatur? would take for, etc.: Fabula quae posci volt et spectata reponi, i. e. which is meant to be in demand, etc., H.: sed licere, si velint, in Ubiorum finibus considere, Cs.: daret utrum vellet, subclamatum est, L.; cf. volo Dolabellae valde desideranti, non reperio quid, i. e. to dedicate some book: neminem notā strenui aut ignavi militis notasse volui, I have decided to mark no one, etc., L.: Sunt delicta quibus ignovisse velimus, i. e. which should be pardoned, H.: edicta mitti ne quis... coisse aut convenisse causā sacrorum velit, L.; cf. Interdico, ne extulisse extra aedīs puerum usquam velis, T.: Oscula praecipue nulla dedisse velis (i. e. noli dare), O.: nostri... leges et iura tecta esse volue<*>unt: sociis maxime lex consultum esse volt: Id nunc res indicium haec facit, quo pacto factum volueris, shows why you wished it to be done, T.: Hannibal non Capuam neglectam volebat, L.: liberis consultum volumus propter ipsos: scin' quid nunc facere te volo? T.: vim volumus exstingui: qui salvam rem p. vellent esse, L.: si vis me flere, H.: qui se ex his minus timidos existimari volebant, Cs.: si me vivom vis, pater, Ignosce, if you wish me to live, T.: soli sunt qui te salvum velint: regnari tamen omnes volebant, that there should be a king, L.: mihi volo ignosci, I wish to be pardoned: quid vis, nisi ut maneat Phanium? T.: velim ut tibi amicus sit: Ducas volo hodie uxorem, T.: volo etiam exquiras quid Lentulus agat?: nullam ego rem umquam in vitā meā Volui quin, etc., I never had any wish in my life, etc., T.: (dixit) velle Hispaniam, he wanted Spain (as a province): nummos volo, I want the money: si amplius obsidum vellet, dare pollicentur, Cs.: pacem etiam qui vincere possunt, volunt, L.: quorum isti neutrum volunt, acknowledge neither: voluimus quaedam, we aspired to certain things: si plura velim, if I wished for more, H.—With acc. of person, to call for, demand, want, wish, desire: Quis me volt? T.: Centuriones trium cohortium me velle postridie: Sosia, Adesdum, paucis te volo (sc. verbis), I want a few words with you, T.: quam volui nota fit arte meā, she whom I love, O.: illam velle uxorem, to want her for a wife, T.—With acc. of person and thing, to want... of, require... from: Num quid aliud me vis? T.: si quid ille se velit, etc., Cs.—With dat. of person for whom a wish is expressed: Praesidium velle se senectuti suae, wants a guard for his old age, T.: nihil est mali quod illa non filio voluerit, she wished her son every misfortune.—Esp., with bene or male: tibi bene ex animo volo, I heartily wish you well, T.: qui mihi male volunt, my enemies, T. —With causā and gen. of person, to be interested in, be concerned for, be well disposed to: te ipsius causā vehementer omnia velle, heartily wish him all success; cf. qui nostrā causā volunt, our friends. —With subj., in softened expressions of desire or command: ego quae in rem tuam sint, ea velim facias (i. e. fac), T.: eum salvere iubeas velim, please salute him: velim mihi ignoscas, I beg your pardon: haec pro causā meā dicta accipiatis velim, L.: Musa velim memores, etc., H.: de Menedemo vellem verum fuisset, I wish it had been true: vellem equidem idem posse gloriari quod Cyrus, I wish I could, etc.; cf. Tum equidem istuc os tuum inpudens videre nimium vellem! I wish I could have seen, etc., T.: Abiit, vah! rogasse vellem, I wish I had asked him, T.: Et vellem, et fuerat melius, V.: vellem tum tu adesses, I wish you could be present: vellem Idibus Martiis me ad cenam invitasses, I wish you had invited, etc.: de tuis velim ut eo sis animo, quo debes esse: quod faxitis, deos velim fortunare, L.: virum me natum vellem, would I had been born a man, T.: Nunc mihi... Vellem, Maeonide, pectus inesse tuum, O.: Te super aetherias errare licentius auras Haud pater ille velit, etc., i. e. volt, V.: velim scire ecquid de te recordere: sed multitudo ea quid animorum... habeat scire velim, L.: nec velim (imitari, etc.) si possim: trīs eos libros maxime nunc vellem, I would like to have.—In concessive phrases with quam, however, however much: quod illa, quam velit sit potens, numquam impetravisset (i. e. quamvis sit potens), however powerful she may be: exspectate facinus quam voltis improbum, never so wicked: quam volent in conviviis faceti sint.—Parenthet., in the phrase, sī vīs (contracted sīs; colloq.), if you please, if you will: paulum opperirier, Si vis, T.: dic, si vis, de quo disputari velis: addam, si vis, animi, etc., if you will.—To intend, purpose, mean, design, be minded, be about: Puerumque clam voluit exstinguere, T.: hostis hostem occidere volui, L.: at etiam eo negotio M. Catonis splendorem maculare voluerunt, it was their purpose: rem Nolanam in ius dicionemque dare voluerat Poeno, L.: idem istuc, si in vilitate largiri voluisses, derisum tuum beneficium esset, if you had offered to grant the same thing during low prices, etc.: sine me pervenire quo volo, let me come to my point, T.: scripsi, quem ad modum quidem volui, etc., as I intended: ego istos posse vincere scio, velle ne scirem ipsi fecerunt, L.: quae ipsi qui scripserunt voluerunt volgo intellegi, meant to be understood by all.—To try, endeavor, attempt, aim: quas (i. e. magnas res) qui impedire volt, is et infirmus est mollisque naturā, et, etc.: audes Fatidicum fallere velle deum? do you dare attempt? O.: His respondere voluit, non lacessere, meant to answer, not to provoke, T.: quid aliud volui dicere? did I mean to say, T.: ait se velle de illis HS LXXX cognoscere, that he meant, i. e. was about: sed plane quid velit nescio.—To resolve, conclude, determine, require: uti tamen tuo consilio volui, concluded to follow your advice: Siculi... me defensorem calamitatum suarum... esse voluerunt: si a me causam hanc vos (iudices) agi volueritis, if you resolve.—Ellipt.: veremur quidem vos, Romani, et, si ita voltis, etiam timemus, L.: cadentque vocabula, si volet usus (i. e. ea cadere), H.—To be willing, be ready, consent, like, acquiesce: ei laxiorem diem daturos, si venire ad causam dicendam vellet, L.: qui se ait philosophari velle, that he liked philosophizing: Patri dic velle, that you consent (sc. uxorem ducere), T.: cum alter verum audire non volt, refuses: obtinuere ut (tribuni) tribuniciae potestatis virīs salubrīs vellent rei p. esse, to permit the tribunitian power to be useful to the republic, L.: cum P. Attio agebant ne suā pertinaciā omnium fortunas perturbari vellet, Cs.: duodecim tabulae furem interfici inpune voluerunt.—To do voluntarily, act intentionally: si voluit accusare, pietati tribuo; si iussus est, necessitati, if he accused of his own free will: (quaeritur) sitne oratoris risum velle movere, on purpose; cf. tu selige tantum, Me quoque velle velis, anne coactus amem, O.—To be of opinion, imagine, consider, think, mean, pretend, claim, hold, assert, assume: ergo ego, inimicus, si ita voltis, homini, amicus esse rei p. debeo: erat Mars alter, ut isti volunt, L.: isto ipso in genere in quo aliquid posse vis, in which you imagine you have some influence: in hoc homo luteus etiam callidus ac veterator esse volt, pretends to be: est genus hominum qui esse primos se omnium rerum volunt, Nec sunt, T.: si quis—quod illi volunt invidiosius esse—Claudius diceret, L.: voltis, nihil esse in naturā praeter ignem: si tam familiaris erat Clodiae quam tu esse vis, as you say he is: quae ego vellem non esse oratoris, what I claimed to be beyond the orator's province: restat ut omnes unum velint, are of one opinion: bis sumpsit quod voluit, i. e. begged the question.—In interrog. clause with quid, to mean, signify, intend to say, mean to express: sed tamen intellego quid velit: quid tibi vis? what do you mean by all this? T.: pro deum fidem, quid vobis voltis? L.: quid sibi vellet (Caesar)? cur in suas possessiones veniret? Cs.: avaritia senilis quid sibi velit, non intellego, what is the meaning of the phrase: tacitae quid volt sibi noctis imago? O.—With weakened force, as an auxiliary, or in periphrasis, will, shall: illa enim (ars) te, verum si loqui volumus, ornaverat: eius me compotem facere potestis, si meminisse voltis, etc., L.: Vis tu urbem feris praeponere silvis? will you prefer, etc., H.: tu tantum fida sorori Esse velis, i. e. fida sis, O.: si id confiteri velim, tamen istum condemnetis necesse est, if I should acknowledge: si quis velit ita dicere... nihil dicat, chooses to say, etc.: quā re oratos vos omnīs volo Ne, etc., T.: Esse salutatum volt te mea littera primum, O.—Redundant after noli or nolite: nolite, iudices, hunc velle maturius exstingui volnere vestro quam suo fato, do not resolve.—Of expressions of authority, to determine, resolvē, decree, demand, require, enact: utrum populus R. eum (honorem) cui velit, deferat: senatus te voluit mihi nummos dare: exercitūs quos contra se aluerint velle dimitti, Cs.: quid fieri velit praecipit, gives his orders, Cs.: sacra Cereris summā maiores nostri religione confici voluerunt, i. e. established the custom of celebrating: nostri maiores... insui voluerunt in culeum vivos, etc., made a law, that, etc.: Corinthum exstinctum esse voluerunt, should be (and remain) destroyed: volo ut mihi respondeas, I require you to answer: nuntia Romanis, Caelestes ita velle, ut Roma caput terrarum sit, L. —Esp., in the formula of asking a vote upon a law or decree: novos consules ita cum Samnite gerere bellum velitis, ut omnia ante nos bella gesta sunt, L.: plebes sic iussit—quod senatus... censeat, id volumus iubemusque, L.—To choose rather, prefer: a multis (studiis) eligere commodissimum quodque, quam sese uni alicui velle addicere: malae rei quam nullius duces esse volunt, L.* * *Ivelle, volui, - Vwish, want, prefer; be willing, willIIvolare, volavi, volatus VIIIvolunteers (pl.); (in the Second Punic War) -
16 adsentor
assentor ( ads-; v. assentior init.), ātus, 1, v. freq. [irreg. for adsensor, from assentior], lit., to join one in judgment or opinion (opp. adversor); hence, always to assent, to agree with one in every thing, to flatter (in the class. per. only in prose); with dat.:Etiam tu quoque adsentaris huice?
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 70; cf.assentatrix: (callidus adulator) etiam adversando saepe adsentetur et litigare se simulans blandiatur, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 26, 99; Vell. 2, 48:tibi adsentabor,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 89:Negat quis? nego: ait? aio. Postremo imperavi egomet mihi, Omnia adsentari,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 22; so id. Ad. 2, 4, 6; 5, 9, 31; id. Eun. 3, 2, 37:ita fuit, ut is adsentatoribus patefaciat aures suas maxime, qui ipse sibi adsentetur et se maxime delectet,
Cic. Lael. 26, 97:ut nihil nobis adsentati esse videamur,
id. Ac. 2, 14, 45:quia mihi ipse adsentor fortasse,
id. Fam. 3, 11: Baiae tibi assentantur, flatters you, i. e. endeavors to ingratiate itself into your favor by its sanative powers, id. ib. 9, 12:adsentante majore convivarum parte,
Just. 12, 6:cui ergo consilio adsentabimur?
Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 4. -
17 agitator
ăgĭtātor, ōris, m. [id.], pr. he that puts a thing in motion; used exclusively of those who drive animals (asses, horses, etc.), a driver (cf. agaso): agitator aselli, poet. for a peasant, Verg. G. 1, 273:II.equorum Achillis,
i. e. the charioteer, id. A. 2, 476:sustineat currum ut bonu' saepe agitator equosque,
Lucil. p. 154 Müll.—Hence,Esp., a charioteer, a combatant in the games of the circus, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 50:ego ut agitator callidus, priusquam ad finem veniam, equos sustinebo,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20; Suet. Calig. 55; so Inscr. Orell. 2593 sq.:agitatores consopiti sunt,
Vulg. Nah. 2, 3. -
18 artifex
artĭfex, fĭcis, m. [ars-facio].I.Subst.A.1.. One that is master in the liberal arts (while opifex is a master in the artes sordidae; cf. ars, I. B. 1.), an artist, artificer:2.illi artifices corporis simulacra ignotis nota faciebant,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12:reponendarum (tegularum) nemo artifex (i. e. architectus) inire rationem potuit,
Liv. 42, 3:in armamentario multis talium operum (sc. tormentorum) artificibus de industriā inclusis,
id. 29, 35:ut aiunt in Graecis artificibus eos auloedos esse, qui citharoedi fieri non potuerint, sic, etc.,
Cic. Mur. 13, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 169 al.:artifices scaenici,
Cic. Arch. 5, 10; id. Quinct. 25; Suet. Caes. 84:artifex lignorum,
a carpenter, Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 11; so,artifex lignarius,
ib. Isa. 44, 13:artifices lapidum,
masons, ib. 2 Reg. 5, 11:artifex aerarius,
a worker in bronze, ib. 3 Reg. 7, 14 (often thus used in Vulg. for opifex).—Also absol.:artifex,
Plaut. Am. prol. 70:multi artifices ex Graeciā venerunt,
Liv. 39, 22; so id. 5, 1; 5, 7; 5, 2; 41, 20; so Vulg. Exod. 36, 4; ib. Isa. 40, 20; ib. Act. 19, 24 et saep.—So of a charioteer, as in Gr. technitês:ne hoc gloriae artificis daretur (auriga standing just before),
Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186.—Of a physician, Liv. 5, 3. —Of an orator or writer:Graeci dicendi artifices et doctores,
Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23:cum contra talem artificem (sc. Hortensium oratorem) dicturus essem,
id. Quinct. 24 fin.:politus scriptor atque artifex,
id. Or. 51, 172. —Trop., a master in any thing, in doing any thing, etc.:B.artifices ad corrumpendum judicium,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71:artifex callidus comparandarum voluptatum,
id. Fin. 2, 35, 116:Cotta in ambitione artifex,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 47:serendae in alios invidiae artifex,
Tac. H. 2, 86 al. —A maker, originator, author, contriver:II.si pulcher est hic mundus, si probus ejus artifex, etc.,
Cic. Tim. 2:cujus (civitatis) artifex et conditor (est) Deus,
Vulg. Heb. 11, 10:artifex omnium natura,
Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:si indocta consuetudo tam est artifex suavitatis,
id. Or. 48, 161:artificem (sc. malorum) mediis immittam Terea flammis,
Ov. M. 6, 615:vadit ad artificem dirae Polymestora caedis,
id. ib. 13, 551:sceleris infandi artifex,
Sen. Agam. 975.—Ironic.:O artificem probum!
Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 29.—Also for a sly, cunning contriver, inventor of a thing (cf. ars, II. fin.):et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,
Verg. A. 2, 125; 11, 407. —Adj.A.Act., skilled in a thing; skilful, practised, ingenious, dexterous:B.Bomilcar et per homines talis negotii artifices itinera explorat,
Sall. J. 35, 5:miles decollandi artifex,
Suet. Calig. 32:artifex faber de silvā,
Vulg. Sap. 13, 11:tam artifices saltationis,
Suet. Tit. 7.—Also of inanimate things:artifices Natura manus admovit,
Ov. M. 15, 218:Tellus artifices ne terat Osca manus,
Prop. 5, 2, 62:artifex, ut ita dicam, stilus,
Cic. Brut. 25, 95:mobilitas ignea artifex ad formanda corpora,
Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 187:vir tam artificis ingenii,
id. 8, 16, 21, § 55 al. — Poet. with inf.:venter, negatas artifex sequi voces,
Pers. prol. 11.—Pass., skilfully prepared or made, artistic, artificial, ingenious:quattuor artifices vivida signa boves,
Prop. 3, 29, 8:tantae tamque artifices argutiae,
Plin. 10, 29, 4, § 85:artifex dimicatio,
id. 8, 40, 61, § 150:motus,
Quint. 9, 4, 8:manus libratur artifici temperamento,
Plin. 12, 25, 54, §115: artifex vultus,
Pers. 5, 40:plaga,
Sol. 35 al. — Poet. of a horse, broken, trained, Ov. A. A. 3, 556. -
19 assentor
assentor ( ads-; v. assentior init.), ātus, 1, v. freq. [irreg. for adsensor, from assentior], lit., to join one in judgment or opinion (opp. adversor); hence, always to assent, to agree with one in every thing, to flatter (in the class. per. only in prose); with dat.:Etiam tu quoque adsentaris huice?
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 70; cf.assentatrix: (callidus adulator) etiam adversando saepe adsentetur et litigare se simulans blandiatur, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 26, 99; Vell. 2, 48:tibi adsentabor,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 89:Negat quis? nego: ait? aio. Postremo imperavi egomet mihi, Omnia adsentari,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 22; so id. Ad. 2, 4, 6; 5, 9, 31; id. Eun. 3, 2, 37:ita fuit, ut is adsentatoribus patefaciat aures suas maxime, qui ipse sibi adsentetur et se maxime delectet,
Cic. Lael. 26, 97:ut nihil nobis adsentati esse videamur,
id. Ac. 2, 14, 45:quia mihi ipse adsentor fortasse,
id. Fam. 3, 11: Baiae tibi assentantur, flatters you, i. e. endeavors to ingratiate itself into your favor by its sanative powers, id. ib. 9, 12:adsentante majore convivarum parte,
Just. 12, 6:cui ergo consilio adsentabimur?
Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 4. -
20 astutus
astūtus, a, um, adj. [a lengthened form of the ante-class. astus, like versutus from versus, cinctutus from cinctus; and astus itself has the form of a P. a., q. v. init. ], shrewd, sagacious, expert; or (more freq., cf. astutia) in mal. part., sly, cunning, artful, designing, etc.* I.Ante-class. form astus, a, um: asta lingua, Att. ap. Non. p. 1, 54.—II.Class. form astūtus:malus, callidus, astutus admodum,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 112:Causam dicere adversus astutos, audacīs viros, valentes virgatores,
id. As. 3, 2, 19:non tam astutus, neque ita perspicax,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 1:verum ego numquam adeo astutus fui, Quin etc.,
id. Ad. 2, 2, 13:ratio,
Cic. Verr. 1, 11 fin.:nihil astutum,
id. Or. 19, 64: hoc celandi genus est hominis non aperti, non simplicis, non ingenui;versuti potius, obscuri, astuti, fallacis,
id. Off. 3, 13, 57:astuti Getae,
Prop. 5, 5, 44:Parthorum astutae tela remissa fugae,
id. 4, 8, 54:ut est astuta et ingeniosa sollertia,
Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 192, where Jan omits astuta et:gens non astuta, nec callida,
Tac. G. 22 et saep.:pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:homo sagax et astutus,
Mart. 12, 88, 4:Est vir astutus multorum eruditor,
Vulg. Eccli. 37, 21:vulpes,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 186:consilium,
Gell. 5, 10 al. —As subst. (eccl. Lat.):Astutus omnia agit cum consilio,
Vulg. Prov. 13, 16; ib. Eccli. 18, 28.— Comp.:fallacia astutior,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 7:si qui me astutiorem fingit (followed by callidius),
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:qui custodit increpationes, astutior fiet,
Vulg. Prov. 15, 5.—* Sup.:astutissimus adversarius,
Aug. Serm. 17: astutissima calliditas, id. Civ. Dei, 21, 6.— Adv.: astūtē, craftily, cunningly:astute comminisci aliquid,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 96:docte atque astute captare,
id. Most. 5, 1, 21:consulte, docte atque astute cavere,
id. Rud. 4, 7, 14: Astute, shrewdly done, Ter. And. 1, 2, 12:astute labefactare aliquem,
id. Eun. 3, 3, 3:satis astute adgredi aliquem,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 75:astute reticere aliquid,
Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1: astute nihil agere, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 3.— Comp.:astutius ponere aliquid,
Varr. L. L. 9, 1 Müll.— Sup.:astutissime componere aliquid,
Gell. 18, 4:astutissime excogitare,
Lact. 1, 22: astutissime fingi, Aug. Civ. Dei, 19, 5.
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