calumnior

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călumnĭor (anciently kăl-; v. the letter K), ātus, 1, v. dep. act. [calumnia].

Jurid. t. t.

To accuse falsely, bring false information against a person.

Absol.:

calumniari est falsa crimina intendere,

Dig. 48, 16, 1, § 1; cf.

ib. prooem.: ut hic quoque Apronio... ex miseris aratoribus calumniandi quaestus accederet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

cum aliquid habeat quod possit criminose ac suspitiose dicere, aperte ludificari et calumniari sciens non videatur,

id. Rosc. Am. 20, 55:

cum (defensor) accusatorem calumniari criminatur,

Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9:

nondum Romam accusator Eumenes venerat, qui calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta et invisa efficeret,

Liv. 42, 42, 5:

tabulae veterum aerari debitorum, vel praecipua calumniandi materia,

Suet. Aug. 32:

magna calumniantium poena,

id. Dom. 9:

minus objectus calumniantibus foret,

Quint. 6, 3, 5:

calumniatur accusator actione sacrilegii, cum privata fuerit (pecunia sublata) non sacra,

id. 4, 2, 8:

an petitorem calumniari, an reum infitiatorem esse,

id. 7, 2, 50.—

With acc.:

si tamen alio crimine postuletur ab eodem, qui in alio crimine eum calumniatus est, puto non facile admittendum eum qui semel calumniatus est,

Dig. 48, 2, 7, § 3:

sed non utique qui non probat quod intendit calumniari videtur,

ib. 48, 16, 1, § 3.—

To practise chicanery, trickery, or subterfuge:

jacet res in controversiis isto calumniante biennium,

Cic. Quint. 21, 67:

meque, etiam si diutius calumniarentur. redire jussistis,

id. Red. in Sen. 11, 27.—

In gen., to depreciate, misrepresent, calumniate, to blame unjustly.

With personal object:

nam, quod antea te calumniatus sum, indicabo malitiam meam,

Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1; cf.:

nisi calumniari naturam rerum homines quam sibi prodesse mallent,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 272:

aliis tamen eum verbis calumniatur,

Gell. 6 (7), 3, 23.—With dat. (late Lat.):

non solum filio sed etiam patri,

Ambros. Inc. Dom. Sacr. 8, 83.—

Esp., with se, to depreciate one ' s self, be unduly anxious or careful:

quibusdam tamen nullus est finis calumniandi se, et... qui etiam, cum optima sunt reperta, quaerunt aliquid, quod sit magis antiquum, remotum, inopinatum,

Quint. 8, proocm. §

31: neque eos... ad infelicem calumniandi se poenam alligandos puto,

id. 10, 3, 10.—

Absol.: sed calumniabar ipse;

putabam, qui obviam mihi venisset, suspicaturum,

i. e. indulged unreasonable fears, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 3; cf. A. 2. supra.—

With things as objects, to misrepresent, interpret injuriously, set in a false light: non calumniatur verba nec voltus;

quicquid accidit, benigne interpretando levat,

Sen. Ep. 81, 25:

suspitionibus inquietantur medicisque jam sani manum porrigunt et omnem calorem corporis sui calumniantur,

id. Tranq. 2, 1:

festinationem alicujus,

Quint. 2, 1, 12:

id unum,

Tac. H. 3, 75:

jus civile,

Dig. 10, 4, 19.

to accuse falsely.

călumnĭor (anciently kăl-; v. the letter K), ātus, 1, v. dep. act. [calumnia].

Jurid. t. t.

To accuse falsely, bring false information against a person.

Absol.:

calumniari est falsa crimina intendere,

Dig. 48, 16, 1, § 1; cf.

ib. prooem.: ut hic quoque Apronio... ex miseris aratoribus calumniandi quaestus accederet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

cum aliquid habeat quod possit criminose ac suspitiose dicere, aperte ludificari et calumniari sciens non videatur,

id. Rosc. Am. 20, 55:

cum (defensor) accusatorem calumniari criminatur,

Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9:

nondum Romam accusator Eumenes venerat, qui calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta et invisa efficeret,

Liv. 42, 42, 5:

tabulae veterum aerari debitorum, vel praecipua calumniandi materia,

Suet. Aug. 32:

magna calumniantium poena,

id. Dom. 9:

minus objectus calumniantibus foret,

Quint. 6, 3, 5:

calumniatur accusator actione sacrilegii, cum privata fuerit (pecunia sublata) non sacra,

id. 4, 2, 8:

an petitorem calumniari, an reum infitiatorem esse,

id. 7, 2, 50.—

With acc.:

si tamen alio crimine postuletur ab eodem, qui in alio crimine eum calumniatus est, puto non facile admittendum eum qui semel calumniatus est,

Dig. 48, 2, 7, § 3:

sed non utique qui non probat quod intendit calumniari videtur,

ib. 48, 16, 1, § 3.—

To practise chicanery, trickery, or subterfuge:

jacet res in controversiis isto calumniante biennium,

Cic. Quint. 21, 67:

meque, etiam si diutius calumniarentur. redire jussistis,

id. Red. in Sen. 11, 27.—

In gen., to depreciate, misrepresent, calumniate, to blame unjustly.

With personal object:

nam, quod antea te calumniatus sum, indicabo malitiam meam,

Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1; cf.:

nisi calumniari naturam rerum homines quam sibi prodesse mallent,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 272:

aliis tamen eum verbis calumniatur,

Gell. 6 (7), 3, 23.—With dat. (late Lat.):

non solum filio sed etiam patri,

Ambros. Inc. Dom. Sacr. 8, 83.—

Esp., with se, to depreciate one ' s self, be unduly anxious or careful:

quibusdam tamen nullus est finis calumniandi se, et... qui etiam, cum optima sunt reperta, quaerunt aliquid, quod sit magis antiquum, remotum, inopinatum,

Quint. 8, proocm. §

31: neque eos... ad infelicem calumniandi se poenam alligandos puto,

id. 10, 3, 10.—

Absol.: sed calumniabar ipse;

putabam, qui obviam mihi venisset, suspicaturum,

i. e. indulged unreasonable fears, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 3; cf. A. 2. supra.—

With things as objects, to misrepresent, interpret injuriously, set in a false light: non calumniatur verba nec voltus;

quicquid accidit, benigne interpretando levat,

Sen. Ep. 81, 25:

suspitionibus inquietantur medicisque jam sani manum porrigunt et omnem calorem corporis sui calumniantur,

id. Tranq. 2, 1:

festinationem alicujus,

Quint. 2, 1, 12:

id unum,

Tac. H. 3, 75:

jus civile,

Dig. 10, 4, 19.

călumnĭātor ( kălumnĭātor; v. the foreg.), ōris, m. [calumnior]; mostly t. t., a contriver of tricks or artifices, a pettifogger, a perverter of law, a chicaner (sometimes, perhaps, branded on the forehead with the letter K = calumniator; cf. Voss, Arist. 1, 17;

Ernest. Clav. Cic. Ind. Leg. s. v. Remmia): si calvitur et moretur et frustratur. Inde et calumniatores appellati sunt, quia per fraudem et frustrationem alios vexarent litibus,

Dig. 50, 16, 223:

scriptum sequi calumniatoris esse: boni judicis, voluntatem scriptoris auctoritatemque defendere,

Cic. Caecil. 23, 65:

calumniatores apponere,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27:

calumniatorem quaerere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 8, § 22;

2, 2, 10, § 26: egens,

id. Clu. 59, 163; id. Quint. 28, 87; Phaedr. 1, 17, 2; Mart. 11, 66, 1; Dig. 3, 2, 4, § 4; Suet. Rhet. 4.—

Trop.:

calumniator sui,

one who is too anxious in regard to his work, over-scrupulous, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92; cf. calumnia, III. B., and calumnior, II. B. [p. 273]

calvor, 3, v. dep. a. (access. form cal-vo, ĕre, v. infra; calvio, Are, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 720).

To devise tricks, use artifice, attack one with artifice, to intrigue against, to deceive (except in Sallust, only ante-class. for the class. calumnior): SI. CALVITVR. PEDEMVE. STRVIT., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. struere, p. 313 Müll.; the same law is fragmentarily mentioned by Lucil. ap. Non. p. 7, 2, and Dig. 50, 16, 233.—

In gen., to deceive, delude: me calvitur suspitio, Pac. ap. Non. p. 7, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 137 Rib.): calamitas arvas calvitur, Pac. ap. Non. p. 192, 32 (Trag. Rel. v. 396 Rib.); Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 4: sed memet calvor, Att. ap. Non. p. 6, 33.

► Pass. (cf. calumnior fin.): te vocis calvi similitudine, Pac. ap. Non. p. 6, 29; Sall. H. 3, 78 Dietsch, and Prisc. p. 883 P.

calvor, 3, v. dep. a. (access. form cal-vo, ĕre, v. infra; calvio, Are, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 720).

To devise tricks, use artifice, attack one with artifice, to intrigue against, to deceive (except in Sallust, only ante-class. for the class. calumnior): SI. CALVITVR. PEDEMVE. STRVIT., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. struere, p. 313 Müll.; the same law is fragmentarily mentioned by Lucil. ap. Non. p. 7, 2, and Dig. 50, 16, 233.—

In gen., to deceive, delude: me calvitur suspitio, Pac. ap. Non. p. 7, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 137 Rib.): calamitas arvas calvitur, Pac. ap. Non. p. 192, 32 (Trag. Rel. v. 396 Rib.); Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 4: sed memet calvor, Att. ap. Non. p. 6, 33.

► Pass. (cf. calumnior fin.): te vocis calvi similitudine, Pac. ap. Non. p. 6, 29; Sall. H. 3, 78 Dietsch, and Prisc. p. 883 P.

călumnĭātor ( kălumnĭātor; v. the foreg.), ōris, m. [calumnior]; mostly t. t., a contriver of tricks or artifices, a pettifogger, a perverter of law, a chicaner (sometimes, perhaps, branded on the forehead with the letter K = calumniator; cf. Voss, Arist. 1, 17;

Ernest. Clav. Cic. Ind. Leg. s. v. Remmia): si calvitur et moretur et frustratur. Inde et calumniatores appellati sunt, quia per fraudem et frustrationem alios vexarent litibus,

Dig. 50, 16, 223:

scriptum sequi calumniatoris esse: boni judicis, voluntatem scriptoris auctoritatemque defendere,

Cic. Caecil. 23, 65:

calumniatores apponere,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27:

calumniatorem quaerere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 8, § 22;

2, 2, 10, § 26: egens,

id. Clu. 59, 163; id. Quint. 28, 87; Phaedr. 1, 17, 2; Mart. 11, 66, 1; Dig. 3, 2, 4, § 4; Suet. Rhet. 4.—

Trop.:

calumniator sui,

one who is too anxious in regard to his work, over-scrupulous, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92; cf. calumnia, III. B., and calumnior, II. B. [p. 273]

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ex-ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a., to drive out of its position or place; to stir up, rouse up, disturb.

Lit. (very seldom):

ut quicquid faecis subsederit exagitet, et in summum reducat,

Col. 12, 19, 4:

vis (venti) exagitata foras erumpitur,

Lucr. 6, 583. — Poet.:

lustra ferarum Venatu,

to disturb, Sil. 16, 553:

lepus hic aliis exagitandus erit,

to rouse, start, Ov. A. A. 3, 662; cf. Petr. 131, 7.—

Trop., to rouse up (qs. like a wild beast), to disquiet, harass, persecute, disturb, torment.

In gen.:

insectandis exagitandisque nummariis judicibus,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8; cf. Prop. 2, 8, 19:

permulti sedes suas patrias, istius injuriis exagitati, reliquerant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18:

ab Suevis complures annos exagitati bello premebantur et agricultura prohibebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 29 fin.:

at omnes di exagitent me, si, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 54; cf. Ov. F. 5, 141:

exagitari verberibus Furiarum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

quos flagitium, egestas, conscius animus exagitabat,

Sall. C. 14, 3:

senatus vulgi rumoribus exagitatus,

id. ib. 29, 1:

rem publicam seditionibus,

id. ib. 51, 32.—

In partic.

To scold, rail at, to attack violently, to censure, criticise, satirize, rally (cf.: objurgo, improbo, increpo, vitupero, calumnior, reprehendo;

peto, incuso, etc.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 4:

cum etiam Demosthenes exagitetur ut putidus,

Cic. Or. 8 fin.; cf. Suet. Aug. 86:

inventi sunt, qui hanc dicendi exercitationem exagitarent atque contemnerent,

Cic. de Or. 3, 16:

in rebus palam a consularibus exagitatis et in summam invidiam adductis,

id. Fam. 1, 1 fin.; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3:

exagitabantur omnes ejus fraudes atque fallaciae,

Cic. Clu. 36, 101; cf. id. Sull. 21:

quod apud Lucilium scite exagitat in Albucio Scaevola, quam lepide lexeis compostae, etc.,

id. Or. 44, 149.—

To stir up, irritate, excite:

coepere (tribuni) senatum criminando plebem exagitare,

Sall. C. 38, 1; cf.

vulgum,

id. J. 73, 5.—In a good sense:

hujus disputationibus et exagitatus maxime orator est et adjutus,

incited, urged onwards, Cic. Or. 3, 12.—Of abstract objects:

in tali tempore tanta vis hominis leniunda quam exagitanda videbatur,

Sall. C. 48, 5; Tac. A. 4, 12.—

Transf., to stir up, excite the passions themselves: ne et meum maerorem exagitem et te in eundem luctum vocem, Cic. Att. 3, 7, 2;

tristes curas,

Luc. 8, 44:

furores immiti corde,

Cat. 64, 94.

ex-postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.

To demand vehemently or urgently, to demand, require (mostly post-Aug. for class. exposco; not in Cic., since in Rosc. Com. 17, 50, the true read. is: et postulare; cf.

also: peto, exigo, flagito, postulo): aures meae auxilium expostulant,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 25:

quae ne civilium quidem bellorum victores expostulaverint,

Tac. A. 1, 19:

primas sibi partes,

id. ib. 15, 53:

cum quid expostulabit usus,

Col. 12, 2, 3:

tarda sunt quae in commune expostulantur,

Tac. A. 1, 28:

Armeniam praesidiis vacuam fieri, expostulabat,

id. ib. 15, 17:

expostulat, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 12, 46:

quibus clamoribus expostulatum est, ne, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 75, 4.— Absol.:

expostulante consensu populi, pax inita,

Vell. 2, 77, 1.—

In partic. (cf. exposco, II.), to require to be delivered up, to demand one for punishment:

Marium Celsum ad supplicium expostulabant,

Tac. H. 1, 45; cf. id. ib. 1, 73:

auctores caedis ad poenam,

Suet. Dom. 23.—

Cum aliquo ( de aliqua re or aliquid) or absol., to find fault, dispute, expostulate with one respecting something; to complain of one (class.; syn.: calumnior, reprehendo, vitupero, increpo, improbo, etc.).—With acc. rei, and cum with abl. pers.:

lenis a te et facilis existimari debeo, qui nihil tecum de his ipsis rebus expostulem,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 6:

cum illo injuriam,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 15:

ne illum quidem Juventium tecum expostulavi,

Cic. Planc. 24, 58. —With acc. alone:

qui putant sibi fieri injuriam ultro, si quam fecere ipsi, expostules,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 4.—With acc. and inf. as object:

tum obstetrix expostulavit mecum, parum missum sibi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 103:

sed locus esse videtur tecum expostulandi,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6.—With de and abl. rei:

regna omnia de nostris cupiditatibus et injuriis expostulant,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207.—With quia or cur:

expostulare, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 88:

mittebat oratores, qui suo nomine expostularent, cur, etc.,

Tac. A. 13, 37:

cur non mecum questus es? aut... iracundius ac vehementius expostulasti?

Cic. Sull. 15, 44; cf.:

ne expostulent et querantur, se, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 5, 14:

verecunde,

Dig. 1, 12, 1, § 8.