cannot

• As is impossible a way to qualify a proposition that cannot ever be true

• Since nature cannot change, true friendships are eternal. (Horace)

• What is natural cannot be bad

• The king cannot sin

• I know that I know nothing. Certain knowledge cannot be obtained. (Socrates)

• Study depends on the good will of the student, a quality which cannot be secured by compulsion

• It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. (Publilius Syrus)

(fem. pl. nom.) Let THOSE (women) WHO have ears to hear..

(neut. pl. acc.) those things WHICH we must have

(neut. plur. nom.) WHAT cannot be avoided must be endured.

, que

(fem. sing. nom.) (the milkmaid), WHO loved a prince.

(with comparative) the x the better (quod celior = the faster the better)

(beginning sentence) and, but, now.

(neut. sing. nom.) (the war), WHICH killed so many.

(neut. sing. acc.) (the sea), WHICH you cannot drink dry.

(with time) since, as far as, to the extent that.

because, whereas, the point that, the fact that.

ab-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Lit., polit. t. t.: to annul in all its parts a law now in force, to repeal, to abrogate wholly (whereas derogo means to abrogate partly and abrogo to counteract; v. these verbs), = apokuroô:

rogando legem tollere,

Front. Diff. 2195 P.;

v. rogo (very freq. in Cic.): huic legi nec obrogari fas est, neque derogari ex hac aliquid licet, neque tota abrogari potest,

this law cannot be invalidated by an opposing one, nor modified by restrictions, nor wholly repealed, Cic. Rep. 3, 22, from which example (cf. also id. ib. 2, 37; id. Att. 3, 23, 2, and many others in Liv.) it is evident that abrogare was constr. in the classical period with acc., and not, as later, with dat.; cf. Liv. 9, 34 Drak.—

Of a civil office: magistratum alicui, to take it from one, to recall it:

si tibi magistratum abrogāsset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 57; id. Dom. 83; so id. Off. 3, 10:

Cato legem promulgavit de imperio Lentulo abrogando,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1 (so the correct read., not Lentuli).—

Trop., in gen., to take away, to deprive of:

male fidem servando illis quoque abrogant fidem,

deprive others of credit, Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 41; so Cic. Rosc. Com. 15; id. Ac. 2, 11; Auct. ad Her. 1, 10.

al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

A.. Lit., to bind to something:

ad statuam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

ad palum,

id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

Macr. S. 2, 3:

leones adligati,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—

In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

dolia,

Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

adligatum vulnus,

Liv. 7, 24:

oculus adligatus,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

adliga, inquam, colliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

adligari se ac venire patitur,

Tac. G. 24:

adligetur vinculo ferreo,

Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

catenis,

ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

adligare caput lanā,

Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

lac adligatum,

curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—

Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

jure jurando adligare aliquem,

id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

hic furti se adligat,

shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

homo furti se astringet,

Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

1324): adligare se scelere,

Cic. Planc. 33:

adligatus sponsu,

Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

nuptiis adligari,

Cic. Clu. 179:

lex omnes mortales adligat,

id. ib. 54:

non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

id. Planc. 33, 81:

stipulatione adligari,

id. Q. Rosc. 34:

more majorum,

id. Sest. 16:

ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 42:

ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

adligatus es uxori,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

legi,

ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—

*

Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

A.. Lit., to bind to something:

ad statuam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

ad palum,

id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

Macr. S. 2, 3:

leones adligati,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—

In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

dolia,

Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

adligatum vulnus,

Liv. 7, 24:

oculus adligatus,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

adliga, inquam, colliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

adligari se ac venire patitur,

Tac. G. 24:

adligetur vinculo ferreo,

Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

catenis,

ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

adligare caput lanā,

Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

lac adligatum,

curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—

Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

jure jurando adligare aliquem,

id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

hic furti se adligat,

shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

homo furti se astringet,

Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

1324): adligare se scelere,

Cic. Planc. 33:

adligatus sponsu,

Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

nuptiis adligari,

Cic. Clu. 179:

lex omnes mortales adligat,

id. ib. 54:

non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

id. Planc. 33, 81:

stipulatione adligari,

id. Q. Rosc. 34:

more majorum,

id. Sest. 16:

ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 42:

ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

adligatus es uxori,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

legi,

ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—

*

Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

aequo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [aequus].

Act., to make one thing equal to another; constr. with cum and (in gen. in the histt.) with dat., and with cop. conj. (cf. adaequo).

With cum:

inventum est temperamentum, quo tenuiores cum principibus aequari se putarent,

Cic. Leg. 3, 10:

cum suas quisque opes cum potentissimis aequari videat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

numerum (corporum) cum navibus,

Verg. A. 1, 193.—

With dat.:

Insedabiliter sitis arida, corpora mersans, Aequabat multum parvis umoribus imbrem,

an unquenchable, burning thirst... made the most copious stream seem to them as only a few drops, Lucr. 6, 1176:

per somnum vinumque dies noctibus aequare,

Liv. 31, 41:

aequavit togatus armati gloriam collegae,

id. 4, 10, 8:

cujus magnitudini semper animum aequavit,

id. 33, 21, 3 (but in id. 6, 20, 8, facta dictis aequando, dictis is abl.; v Weissenb. ad h. l.); Vell. 2, 127;

aequare solo templum,

to level with the ground, Tac. A. 1, 51;

so domum,

Quint. 3, 7, 20, and Aur. Vict. Vir. lllustr. 17. 5;

and in an extended sense: Scipio Numantiam excisam aequavit solo,

Vell. 2, 4.—Hence, trop.: solo aequandae sunt dictaturae consulatusque, entirely abolished, Liv 6, 18.—

With cop. conj.:

Curios aequare Fabriciosque,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 18, 2. — Poet.:

si protinus illum Aequāsset nocti ludum,

had played through the whole night, Verg. A. 9, 338.—Hence also,

In comparison, to place a thing on an equality with, to compare.; in Cic. with cum; later with dat.:

aequare et conferre scelera alicujus cum aliis,

Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 8:

ne aequaveritis Hannibali Philippum, ne Carthaginiensibus Macedonas: Pyrrho certe aequabitis,

Liv. 31, 7:

Deum homini non aequabo,

Vulg. Job, 32, 21:

quis in nubibus aequabitur Domino,

ib. Psa. 88, 7.—

Of places, to make level, even, or smooth:

aequata agri planities,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48;

and trop.: aequato discrimine,

at an equal distance, Lucr. 5, 690:

aequato omnium periculo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

aequato Marte,

Liv. 1, 25:

aequato jure omnium,

id. 2, 3.— Poet.: ibant aequati numero, [p. 58] divided into equal parts, Verg. A. 7, 698:

foedera regum Vel Gabiis vel cum rigidis aequata Sabinis, i. e. aequis legibus icta,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25; cf.:

si foedus est, si societas aequatio juris est... cur non omnia aequantur?

placed in the same circumstances? Liv. 8, 4.—

T. t.

Aequare frontem, milit. t., to make an equal front, Liv. 5, 38:

aequatis frontibus,

Tib. 4, 1, 102; v. frons.—

Aequare sortes, to see that the lots are equal in number to those who draw, of the same material, and each with a different name. The classical passage for this phrase is Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 35: conicite sortes: uxor, aequa (sc. eas); v. the preceding verses. So Cic. Fragm. Or. Corn. 1, p. 449 Orell.: dum sitella defertur, dum aequantur sortes, dum sortitio fit, etc.—

Neutr. or act., to become equal to one, to equal, come up to, attain to (mostly in the histt.); constr. with dat., but oftener with acc. (cf. adaequo and aequipero, and Zumpt, §

389, 1): qui jam illis fere aequārunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3; Ov. M. 6, 21:

ea arte aequāsset superiores reges, ni, etc.,

Liv. 1, 53; so,

cursu equum,

id. 31, 35;

for which Curtius: cursum alicujus, 4, 1: gloriam alicujus,

Suet. Caes. 55:

eam picturam imitati sunt multi, aequavit nemo,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 126; Luc. 3, 456.— Poet.: sagitta aequans ventos, like the winds in swiftness, Verg. A. 10, 248:

valet nondum munia comparis Aequare (juvenca),

i. e. cannot yet draw even with her mate, Hor. C. 2, 5, 2.

aetas, ātis, f. [contr. from the anteclass. aevitas from aevum, q. v.; Prisc. 595 P.; cf. Welsh oet] ( gen. plur. aetatum;

but freq. also aetatium,

Liv. 1, 43; 9, 17; 26, 9; cf. Oud. ad Suet. Aug. 31; Vell. 2, 89; Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2; Gell. 14, 1).

The period of life, time of life, life, age (divided, acc. to Varr. ap. Censor. 14, into pueritia, from birth to the 15th year; adulescentia, from that time to the 30th; juventus, to the 45th; the age of the seniores, to the 60th; and, finally, senectus, from that time till death. Others make a different division, v. Flor. 1 prooem.; Isid. Orig. 11, 2; Gell. 10, 28; 15, 20):

a primo tempore aetatis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:

prima aetas,

id. Off. 2, 13:

ineuntis aetatis inscientia,

id. ib. 1, 34;

so 2, 13: flos aetatis,

the bloom of life, id. Phil. 2, 2; Liv. 21; Suet. Caes. 49; so,

bona aetas,

Cic. Sen. 14; and poet. in the plur.:

ambo florentes aetatibus,

Verg. E. 7, 4: quamquam aetas senet, satis habeo tamen virium, ut te arā arceam, Pac. ap. Prisc. 1, 10; id. ap. Non. 159, 19:

mala aetas,

old age, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 6; and absol.: aetas, aevitas = senectus, old age, SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT, Fragm. of the XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25: aetate ( through age) non quis obtuerier, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 154; 1, 3, 130; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 5:

sed ipse morbo atque aetate confectus,

Sall. J. 9:

graves aetate,

Liv. 7, 39.—Sometimes also absol. = adulescentia, youth:

fui ego illā aetate et feci illa omnia,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 4; id. Most. 5, 2, 27:

damna, dedecora aetas ipsius pertulit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12:

tua autem aetas (of his son),

id. Off. 2, 13:

(mulier) non formā, non aetate, non opibus maritum invenerit,

Tac. G. 19:

expers belli propter aetatem,

Suet. Aug. 8: aetas consularis, the legal age for the consulship, i. e. the 43d year, Cic. Phil. 5, 17:

id aetatis jam sumus,

we have now reached that time of life, id. Fam. 6, 20, 3.—

Transf.

In gen., the lifetime of man, without reference to its different stages; life, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 16:

aetas acta honeste et splendide,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25:

gerere,

id. Fam. 4, 5 al.:

tempus aetatis,

id. Sen. 19:

aetatem consumere in studio aliquo,

id. Off. 1, 1:

conterere in litibus,

id. Leg. 1, 20:

degere omnem in tranquillitate,

id. Fin. 2, 35; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 53 al.—In Ov. M. 12, 188, aetas = centum annos.—

A space of time, an age, generation, time:

heroicae aetates,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7:

haec aetas,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5; id. Rep. 1, 1:

alia,

id. Lael. 27, 101 Beier:

nostrā aetate,

in our times, Quint. 1, 4, 20:

cum primis aetatis suae comparabatur,

Nep. Iphicr. 1; Vell. 1, 16:

incuriosa suorum aetas,

Tac. Agr. 1:

omnia fert aetas,

time, Verg. E. 9, 51; so Hor. C. 4, 9, 10:

crastina aetas,

the morrow, Stat. Th. 3, 562. — Of the four ages of the world ( the golden age, silver age, etc.), Ov. M. 1, 89 sq.; v. aureus, argenteus, etc.—

Abstr. pro concreto, the time or period of life, for the man himself, the age, for the men living in it (mostly poet., and in prose after the Aug. per.; cf.

saeculum): sibi inimicus magis quam aetati tuae, i. e. tibi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 1:

vae aetati tuae,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 105:

quid nos dura refugimus Aetas?

Hor. C. 1, 35, 34:

impia,

id. Epod. 16, 9:

veniens,

Ov. F. 6, 639:

omnis aetas currere obviam,

Liv. 27, 51:

omnis sexus, omnis aetas,

Tac. A. 13, 16:

innoxiam liberorum aetatem miserarentur, i. e. innocentes liberos,

id. H. 3, 68:

sexum, aetatem, ordinem omnem,

Suet. Calig. 4.—

Also of things without life, e. g. of wine, its age: bibite Falernum hoc: annorum quadraginta est. Bene, inquit, aetatem fert, it keeps well, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 2, 3; Plin. 23, 1, 20, § 33; 15, 2, 3, § 7.—So of buildings:

aetates aedificiorum,

Dig. 30, 58.—

Aetatem, a dverb. (ante-class.).

= semper, perpetuo, through the whole of life, during lifetime, continually:

ut aetatem ambo nobis sint obnoxii,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 18:

at tu aegrota, si lubet, per me aetatem quidem,

id. Curc. 4, 3, 22:

Quid, malum, me aetatem censes velle id adsimularier,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 38.—

= diu, longo tempore, an age, a long time, a long while:

an abiit jam a milite? Jamdudum aetatem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 8:

quod solis vapor aetatem non posse videtur efficere,

what the heat of the sun cannot perhaps effect for years, Lucr. 6, 236.—

In aetate, adverb. (ante-class.).

At times, sometimes, now and then, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 2.—

At any time, always, ever, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61.

al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

A.. Lit., to bind to something:

ad statuam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

ad palum,

id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

Macr. S. 2, 3:

leones adligati,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—

In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

dolia,

Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

adligatum vulnus,

Liv. 7, 24:

oculus adligatus,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

adliga, inquam, colliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

adligari se ac venire patitur,

Tac. G. 24:

adligetur vinculo ferreo,

Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

catenis,

ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

adligare caput lanā,

Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

lac adligatum,

curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—

Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

jure jurando adligare aliquem,

id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

hic furti se adligat,

shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

homo furti se astringet,

Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

1324): adligare se scelere,

Cic. Planc. 33:

adligatus sponsu,

Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

nuptiis adligari,

Cic. Clu. 179:

lex omnes mortales adligat,

id. ib. 54:

non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

id. Planc. 33, 81:

stipulatione adligari,

id. Q. Rosc. 34:

more majorum,

id. Sest. 16:

ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 42:

ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

adligatus es uxori,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

legi,

ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—

*

Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

A.. Lit., to bind to something:

ad statuam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

ad palum,

id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

Macr. S. 2, 3:

leones adligati,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—

In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

dolia,

Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

adligatum vulnus,

Liv. 7, 24:

oculus adligatus,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

adliga, inquam, colliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

adligari se ac venire patitur,

Tac. G. 24:

adligetur vinculo ferreo,

Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

catenis,

ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

adligare caput lanā,

Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

lac adligatum,

curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—

Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

jure jurando adligare aliquem,

id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

hic furti se adligat,

shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

homo furti se astringet,

Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

1324): adligare se scelere,

Cic. Planc. 33:

adligatus sponsu,

Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

nuptiis adligari,

Cic. Clu. 179:

lex omnes mortales adligat,

id. ib. 54:

non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

id. Planc. 33, 81:

stipulatione adligari,

id. Q. Rosc. 34:

more majorum,

id. Sest. 16:

ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 42:

ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

adligatus es uxori,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

legi,

ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—

*

Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

amb-ĭgo, ĕre ( perf. tense not used), v. n. [ago].

Lit., to go about or around:

ambigens patriam et declinans,

Tac. A. 6, [p. 102] 15 fin. —

Trop., to wander about; to waver, hesitate, be undecided, to doubt, be in suspense (syn. dubito; class., but mostly in prose).—In this sense in Cic. either impers. or pass.

Impers.:

Quale quid sit, ambigitur,

is uncertain, Cic. de Or. 2, 26:

omnis res eandem habet naturam ambigendi, de quā disceptari potest,

i. e. admits of arguments for and against, id. ib. 3, 29:

ambigitur, quotiens uter utro sit prior,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 55:

de nomine ipso ambigi video,

Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10:

adspici aliquando eam volucrem, non ambigitur,

it cannot be doubted, Tac. A. 6, 28.—

Personal:

cui rei primum occurreret, ambigebat,

Just. 29, 4:

Alexandrum regnum Asiae occupaturum haud ambigere,

Curt. 3, 3; Tac. A. 12, 65:

causa, de quā tu ambigis,

Gell. 14, 2:

ambigebant de illis,

Vulg. Act. 5, 24.—

Pass.:

ambigitur status, in quo etc.,

Lucr. 3, 1074:

in eo jure, quod ambigitur inter peritissimos,

of which there is a doubt, Cic. de Or. 1, 57; 2, 24:

in eis causis, quae propter scriptum ambiguntur,

id. ib. 2, 26.—

Transf.

To argue, debate about something:

ut inter eos, qui ambigunt, conveniat, quid sit id, de quo agatur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2:

ambigere de vero,

id. Or. 36.—

To contend, dispute, wrangle, etc.: vicini nostri ambigunt de finibus, * Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 90:

ambigunt agnati cum eo, qui est heres,

Cic. Inv. 2, 42:

de fundo,

id. Caecin. 8:

de hereditate,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 45:

de regno,

Liv. 40, 15.