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  • 1 doceō

        doceō uī, ctus, ēre    [DIC-], to cause to know, make aware, teach, instruct, inform, show, prove, convince, tell: studiosos discendi: ut docui te, H.: omnia, T.: falces, quas captivi docuerant, facere, had shown (how to make), Cs.: Munus et officium, H.: populos urbemque, describes, V.: quod de lacu Albano docuisset, L.: te litteras: me hanc causam: pueros elementa, H.: Motūs doceri, H.: puerum Romam portare docendum Artīs, H.: Rullum tacere: asellum currere, H.: Socratem fidibus (sc. canere): alqm docendum curare armis, L.: resonare Amaryllida Silvas, V.: docemur domitas habere libidines: equi variare gyros docentur, Ta.: Graece loqui docendus: qui doceant, nihil factum, etc., Cs.: similem (errorum) cunctum insanire, H.: de his rebus doceri: senatum de caede fratris, S.: eum, qui vir Roscius fuerit: vos quem ad modum acta defenderet.—Poet.: docuit post exitus ingens, proved (the truth of the omen), V.—Of a play, to teach, rehearse, produce, exhibit: multas (fabulas): praetextas, H.— To be a teacher, give instruction: apud alqm: mercede.
    * * *
    docere, docui, doctus V
    teach, show, point out

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  • 2 forte

        forte adv.    [abl. of fors], by chance, by accident, casually, accidentally: forte, temere, casu: captivi, pars forte pars consilio oblati, L.: cum casu Puteolos forte venissem: cum cenatum forte apud Vitellios esset, L.: fit forte obviam Mihi Phormio, T.: forte evenit, ut, etc.: erat forte brumae tempus, L.: quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae, etc., T.: nec quicquam raptim aut forte temere egeritis, L.— Once, once on a time: Forte per angustam volpecula rimam Repserat, H.: Ibam forte Viā Sacrā, H.— Perhaps, perchance, peradventure: si forte frater redierit viso, T.: si quis vestrum forte miratur, etc.: si forte eo vestigia ferrent, L.: quod si forte ceciderint: certare sagittā Invitat qui forte velint (i. e. si qui forte velint), V.: nemo saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit: qui metuo, ne te forte flagitent: metuens, ne forte deprehensus retraheretur, L.: Forte quid expediat communiter quaeritis, H.— Unless indeed, unless to be sure: criminatio dissoluta est, nisi forte exspectatis, ut, etc.: nisi forte me animus fallit, S.
    * * *
    by chance; perhaps, perchance; as luck would have it

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  • 3 ita

        ita adv.    [2 I-].    I. In gen., referring to what precedes, in this manner, in this wise, in such a way, so, thus, accordingly, as has been said: des operam ut investiges sitne ita: Ita aiunt, T.: his rebus ita actis, S.: factum est ita: ita digerit omina Calchas, such is his interpretation, V.: quae cum ita sint, and since this is so, and accordingly: quod cum ita sit.—Referring to what follows, thus, in the following manner, as follows, in this way: ita censes; publicandas pecunias, etc., S.: is ita cum Caesare egit; si, etc., Cs.: ita constitui, fortiter esse agendum.—In affirmation, yes, it is so, just so, true: quid istic tibi negotist? Dav. mihin'? Si. Ita, T.: an laudationes? ita, inquit Antonius: Davusne? ita, H.: itast, T.: non est ita: ita prorsus: ita plane.—In interrogations, expecting an affirmative answer: itane? really? truly? is it so?: Itan credis? T.: itane est?: itane tandem?—In the phrase, quid ita? implying reproach or surprise, why so? how is that? what do you mean?: accusatis Sex. Roscium. quid ita?: quid ita passus est Eretriam capi? L.—    II. Esp., in comparisons, so, thus, just, in the same way: ita ut res sese habet, T.: ita vero, Quirites, ut precamini, eveniat: ut homo est, ita morem geras, T.: ita loquor, quasi ego fecerim, etc.: me consulem ita fecistis, quo modo pauci facti sunt: castra ita posita, tamquam procul abesset hostis, L.—Correl. with ut, in parallel clauses: in pace ita ut in bello, alike in peace, etc., S.: ut Eurysthei filios, ita suos configebat, his own, as well as, etc.—In oaths or emphatic wishes, so, if it be true: Ita me di ament, non nil timeo, i. e. so help me, T.: sollicitat, ita vivam, me tua valetudo: ita me referat tibi Iuppiter, V.: tecum esse, ita mihi omnia quae opto contingant, ut vehementer velim.—    III. Praegn., of kind or quality, so, such, of this nature, of this kind: ita sunt res nostrae: ita inquam (i. e. hoc dico).—Of a natural consequence or inference, so, thus, accordingly, under these circumstances, in this manner, therefore: ita sine periculo, etc., Cs.: ita praetorium missum, L.: ita Iovis illud sacerdotium per hanc rationem Theomnasto datur: ita fit ut animus iudicet, etc., thus it comes to pass: ita fit ut deus ille nusquam prorsus appareat, hence it follows.—In restriction, on the condition, on the assumption, in so far, to such an extent, only in so far: haec ita administrabat, ut, etc., Cs.: cuius ingenium ita laudo, ut non pertimescam: pax ita convenerat, ut Etruscis Latinisque fluvius finis esset, L.: ita admissi captivi, ne tamen iis senatus daretur, L.—Of degree, so, to such a degree, so very, so much: ita fugavit Samnites, ut, etc., L.: iudices ita fortes tamen fuerunt, ut... vel perire maluerint, quam, etc.: ita acriter... itaque repente, Cs. —With negatives, not very, not especially: non ita magnus numerus, Cs.: non ita lato interiecto mari: accessione utuntur non ita probabili: post, neque ita multo, N.
    * * *
    thus, so; therefore

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  • 4 ostentātiō

        ostentātiō ōnis, f    [ostento], a showing, exhibition, display: ostentationis causā vagari, to attract notice, Cs.: saevitiae, open display, L.—An idle show, vain display, pomp, parade, ostentation: ingeni ostentationis suspicio: sui, Cs.: multorum annorum ostentationes mea, my many years' boastful promises.—A false show, pretence, simulation, deception: consul veritate, non ostentatione popularis: (captivi) producti ostentationis causā, Cs.
    * * *
    exhibition, display; showing off

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  • 5 redēmptō

        redēmptō —, —, āre, freq.    [redimo], to ransom, redeem: (captivi) a propinquis redemptabantur, Ta.

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  • 6 vehō

        vehō vexī, vectus, ere    [VAG-], to bear, carry, convey, draw: Reticulum panis onusto umero, H.: ore cibum, O.: Europam: cum triumphantem (Camillum) albi per urbem vexerant equi, L.: Quod fugiens semel hora vexit, has brought, H.: visus est in somnis curru quadrigarum vehi, to ride: curru vectus, O.: in navibus vehi, to sail: in niveis victor equis, O.: apes liquidum trans aethera vectae, borne, V.: ventis maria omnia vecti, carried over, V.: temere in pericula vectus, rushing, Cu.: vecta spolia, captivi, borne in triumph, Ta.—P. praes. intrans.: adulescentia per medias laudes quasi quadrigis vehens (i. e. vecta).
    * * *
    vehere, vexi, vectus V
    bear, carry, convey; pass, ride, sail

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  • 7 captivus

    I
    captiva, captivum ADJ
    caught, taken captive; captured (in war), imprisoned; conquered; of captives
    II
    prisoner of war (likely male, but maybe female), captive

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  • 8 auctoritas

    auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
    I.
    In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

    syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

    originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

    ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

    utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    A view, opinion, judgment:

    errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

    Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

    reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

    Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

    id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

    plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

    id. Lael. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

    auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

    Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

    cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

    jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

    ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

    his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
    C.
    Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

    si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

    verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

    id. ib. 18, 52:

    legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

    id. Phil. 3, 3:

    nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

    under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in political lang., t. t.
    a.
    Senatūs auctoritas,
    (α).
    The will of the senate:

    agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
    (β).
    A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

    Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

    id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

    responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

    id. 26, 2:

    Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

    id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

    SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

    the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
    b.
    Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

    isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

    publica,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
    c.
    Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
    D.
    Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

    qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

    Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

    videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8.—
    E.
    Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

    ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

    id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

    Vell. 2, 32:

    optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

    Suet. Caes. 11; so,

    auctoritatem habere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

    adripere,

    id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    facere,

    to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

    imminuere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

    levare,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    fructus capere auctoritatis,

    id. Sen. 18, 62:

    Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

    id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

    bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

    more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

    totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

    id. Fl. 4:

    utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

    bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

    id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

    auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

    Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

    unguentorum,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    auctoritas dignitasque formae,

    Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

    nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

    that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
    F.
    An example, pattern, model:

    omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

    id. Sest. 6, 14:

    valuit auctoritas,

    id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

    tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
    G.
    A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

    cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

    desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

    id. Fl. 22, 53:

    Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

    id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

    tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

    cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

    id. Lael. 25, 94.—
    2.
    Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
    a.
    A record, document:

    videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
    b.
    The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

    cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

    Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

    sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

    quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    H.
    Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

    lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

    usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

    id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
    J.
    In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

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  • 9 authoritas

    auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
    I.
    In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

    syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

    originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

    ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

    utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    A view, opinion, judgment:

    errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

    Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

    reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

    Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

    id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

    plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

    id. Lael. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

    auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

    Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

    cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

    jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

    ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

    his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
    C.
    Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

    si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

    verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

    id. ib. 18, 52:

    legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

    id. Phil. 3, 3:

    nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

    under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in political lang., t. t.
    a.
    Senatūs auctoritas,
    (α).
    The will of the senate:

    agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
    (β).
    A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

    Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

    id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

    responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

    id. 26, 2:

    Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

    id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

    SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

    the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
    b.
    Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

    isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

    publica,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
    c.
    Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
    D.
    Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

    qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

    Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

    videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8.—
    E.
    Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

    ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

    id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

    Vell. 2, 32:

    optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

    Suet. Caes. 11; so,

    auctoritatem habere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

    adripere,

    id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    facere,

    to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

    imminuere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

    levare,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    fructus capere auctoritatis,

    id. Sen. 18, 62:

    Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

    id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

    bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

    more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

    totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

    id. Fl. 4:

    utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

    bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

    id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

    auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

    Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

    unguentorum,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    auctoritas dignitasque formae,

    Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

    nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

    that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
    F.
    An example, pattern, model:

    omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

    id. Sest. 6, 14:

    valuit auctoritas,

    id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

    tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
    G.
    A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

    cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

    desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

    id. Fl. 22, 53:

    Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

    id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

    tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

    cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

    id. Lael. 25, 94.—
    2.
    Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
    a.
    A record, document:

    videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
    b.
    The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

    cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

    Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

    sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

    quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    H.
    Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

    lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

    usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

    id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
    J.
    In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

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  • 10 autoritas

    auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
    I.
    In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

    syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

    originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

    ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

    utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    A view, opinion, judgment:

    errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

    Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

    reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

    Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

    id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

    plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

    id. Lael. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

    auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

    Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

    cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

    jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

    ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

    his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
    C.
    Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

    si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

    verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

    id. ib. 18, 52:

    legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

    id. Phil. 3, 3:

    nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

    under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in political lang., t. t.
    a.
    Senatūs auctoritas,
    (α).
    The will of the senate:

    agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
    (β).
    A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

    Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

    id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

    responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

    id. 26, 2:

    Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

    id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

    SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

    the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
    b.
    Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

    isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

    publica,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
    c.
    Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
    D.
    Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

    qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

    Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

    videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8.—
    E.
    Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

    ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

    id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

    Vell. 2, 32:

    optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

    Suet. Caes. 11; so,

    auctoritatem habere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

    adripere,

    id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    facere,

    to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

    imminuere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

    levare,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    fructus capere auctoritatis,

    id. Sen. 18, 62:

    Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

    id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

    bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

    more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

    totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

    id. Fl. 4:

    utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

    bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

    id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

    auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

    Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

    unguentorum,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    auctoritas dignitasque formae,

    Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

    nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

    that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
    F.
    An example, pattern, model:

    omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

    id. Sest. 6, 14:

    valuit auctoritas,

    id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

    tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
    G.
    A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

    cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

    desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

    id. Fl. 22, 53:

    Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

    id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

    tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

    cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

    id. Lael. 25, 94.—
    2.
    Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
    a.
    A record, document:

    videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
    b.
    The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

    cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

    Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

    sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

    quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    H.
    Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

    lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

    usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

    id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
    J.
    In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

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  • 11 congruo

    congrŭo, ŭi, 3 ( inf. pres. congruēre, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102), v. n. [etym. dub.; cf. Corss. Beitr. 457], to run, come, or meet together with something.
    I.
    Prop. (rare;

    mostly post-Aug.): guttae inter se congruunt et confunduntur,

    Vitr. 7, 8, 2:

    arcem nata petit, quo jam manus horrida matrum Congruerat,

    Val. Fl. 2, 307; 6, 58;

    of the stars: sidera meantia cum sole aut congruentia,

    Plin. 2, 79, 81 § 191; cf. Sen. Q. N. 7, 19, 1 (cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69, II. B. infra).—

    Hence also of the calendar dates, fixed in accordance with the stars: ut vicesimo anno ad metam eandem solis, unde orsi essent, dies cóngruerent,

    Liv. 1, 19, 6.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,
    II.
    Trop., to coincide or correspond with a person or thing, in substance, in feeling, or in time, to be suited or adapted to, to agree with, accord, suit, fit.
    A.
    To be suited or fitted to, to agree with (in substance), to correspond; constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With cum:

    illa congruere et cohaerere cum causā,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 19; so id. Lael. 8, 27; id. Att. 2, 8, 1; Liv. 23, 38, 5; Quint. 11, 3, 74: cum virtute congruere semper, Cic. Off. 3, 3, 13.—
    (β).
    With inter se:

    ut corporis temperatio, cum ea congruunt inter se, e quibus constamus, sanitas: sic animi dicitur, cum ejus judicia opinionesque concordant,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30:

    cum multae causae... inter se congruere videntur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62; id. Fin. 3, 19, 62; Quint. 12, 6, 7 fin.; Sen. Ep. 9, 8.—Somewhat diff.:

    fidem auxere captivi eo maxime, quod sermo inter omnes congruebat (for sermones omnium inter se congruebant),

    agreed, was congruous, Liv. 9, 2, 4.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    quibus (principiis) congruere debent quae sequuntur,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 20; 2, 31, 99; Liv. 8, 6, 12; 42, 17, 1; Quint. 9, 3, 40; Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 33; Tac. A. 6, 22; 13, 1; Suet. Calig. 3: non omni causae nec auditori neque personae neque tempori congruere orationis unum genus, is suitable, fit, = convenire, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 210; Quint. 4, 2, 89; Dig. 1, 16, 13.— Impers.:

    Canidius timidius decessit quam professioni ejus congruebat,

    Vell. 2, 87, 3; Dig. 1, 18, 13.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    quemadmodum congruit, ut simul et affirmes, te assiduis occupationibus impediri, et scripta nostra desideres?

    is it consistent? Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 1; cf. Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 171:

    res prout congruunt aut repugnant,

    Quint. 7, 2, 57; so id. 5, 10, 74; 5, 10, 107; Tac. A. 12, 6; id. H. 2, 4:

    adversus Latinos bellandum erat, lingua, moribus, etc., congruentes,

    Liv. 8, 6, 15.—
    B.
    To agree (in feeling, opinion, etc.):

    illi inter se congruunt concorditer,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 14; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102:

    mulier mulieri magis congruit,

    id. Phorm. 4, 5, 14; Nep. Lys. 3 fin.:

    linguā, moribus, armorum genere institutis ante omnia militaribus congruentes,

    Liv. 8, 6, 15:

    ecce autem similia omnia: omnes congruunt: unum cognoris, omnes noris,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 34:

    de re unā solum dissident de ceteris mirifice congruunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:

    vereor ne natura... animos quoque dederit corporum doloribus congruentis,

    sympathizing with, sharing in, affected by, id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3; cf.:

    sidera innumerabilia caelo inhaerentia cum ejus ipsius motu congruere,

    id. ib. 5, 24, 69 Tischer ad loc.—Rarely with in and acc.:

    Bruttiis non societate magis Punicā quam suopte ingenio congruentibus in eum morem,

    Liv. 29, 6, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    omniumque in unum sententiae congruebant,

    id. 26, 2, 5; 25, 32, 2:

    omnes eae res in unum congruentes... damnationem faciebant,

    id. 3, 24, 6.—
    C.
    To come together, agree, meet, coincide (in time):

    suos dies mensisque congruere volunt cum solis lunaeque ratione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129:

    tempus ad id ipsum congruere,

    Liv. 1, 5, 5; so with ad, id. 1, 19, 6:

    cum temporum ratio vix congruat,

    Suet. Gram. 7:

    forte congruerat, ut Clodii Macri et Fonteii Capitonis caedes nuntiarentur,

    it happened at the same time, Tac. H. 1, 7:

    in idem artati temporis,

    Vell. 1, 16, 2; Suet. Caes. 40; Quint. 5, 5, 2.—Hence, congrŭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II.).
    A.
    Agreeing, fit, appropriate, suitable, consistent, congruous.
    (α).
    With cum:

    vita cum disciplinā,

    Cic. Brut. 31, 117; 38, 141; id. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

    Aristoteles et Theophrastus, cum illis re congruentes, genere docendi paulum differentes,

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 38.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    congruens actio menti,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 222; id. Fin. 5, 21, 58; 2, 31, 99; id. Fam. 9, 24, 1; Suet. Oth. 12.— Comp.:

    quid congruentius Deo?

    Lact. 4, 26, 13.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    genus dicendi aptum et congruens,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53; Liv. 7, 2, 7:

    actio vocis, vultūs et gestūs,

    Cic. Part. Or. 15, 54:

    oratio verbis discrepans, sententiis congruens,

    id. Leg. 1, 10, 30:

    cum haec duo pro congruentibus sumunt, tam vehementer repugnantia,

    id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—Hence,
    2.
    Congruens est or videtur, = convenit, it is ( seems) fit, proper, meet (post-Aug. and rare); with acc. and inf.:

    congruens erat, eandem immunitatem parentes obtinere,

    Plin. Pan. 38, 6: congruentius est, Cod. 8, 47, 4.—In sup.:

    congruentissimum est, animam puniri,

    Tert. Anim. 58.—With inf.:

    congruens videtur primordia ejus aperire,

    Tac. H. 5, 2; cf.:

    congruens crediderim recensere,

    id. A. 4, 6. —With ut:

    congruens est, ut, etc.,

    Gell. 17, 8, 13; Dig. 1, 16, 4, § 3.—
    B.
    Agreeing in all its parts; symmetrical, proportioned; accordant, consistent, harmonious: is concentus ex dissimillumarum vocum moderatione concors tamen efficitur et congruens, [p. 421] Cic. Rep. 2, 42, 69:

    Tiberius corpore fuit amplo et robusto... ceteris quoque membris usque ad imos pedes aequalis et congruens,

    Suet. Tib. 68:

    congruens clamor (opp. dissonus),

    Liv. 30, 34, 1; cf.:

    congruentissimā voce acclamare,

    App. Mag. p. 320, 31.—Hence, congrŭenter, adv., agreeably, filly, suitably (twice in Cic., but very rare in the class. per.):

    congruenter naturae convenienterque vivere,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

    ut ad id quodcumque agetur apte congruenterque dicamus,

    id. de Or. 3, 10, 37:

    respondere,

    Dig. 45, 1, 1 fin. — Comp., Fronto Orat. 3 fin.; Min. Fel. Oct. 40 fin. — Sup., Tert. Pudic. 8 fin.; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 1, 12 al.

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  • 12 Fors

    fors, fortis, f. [fero, to bring, whence fortuna, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300 sq.], chance, hap, luck, hazard.
    I.
    Subst.
    A.
    As an appellative noun (used only in the nom. and abl.; syn.: fortuna, casus, sors): quo saxum impulerit fors, eo cadere Fortunam autumant, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 368 Rib., who regards this verse as spurious); cf.: quibus natura prava magis quam fors aut fortuna obfuit, Att. ap. Non. 425, 13 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. v. 110): cui parilem fortuna locum fatumque tulit fors, Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 15; cf.

    also: casumque timent quem cuique ferat fors,

    Lucr. 3, 983 Lachm. N. cr.:

    unum hoc scio: Quod fors feret, feremus aequo animo,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 88:

    sed haec, ut fors tulerit,

    Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.:

    sed haec fors viderit,

    id. ib. 14, 13, 3;

    4, 10, 1: quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 2:

    quia tam incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10:

    telum quod cuique fors offerebat, arripuit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43; Hor. S. 1, 6, 54; 2, 1, 59:

    forte quadam divinitus super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis,

    Liv. 1, 4, 4:

    fors fuit, ut, etc.,

    it happened that, Gell. 12, 8, 2:

    fors fuat pol!

    so be it! God grant it! Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 4;

    post-class.: fors fuat, ut his remediis convalescamus,

    Symm. Ep. 2, 7; Aus. Ep. 16: fors fuat, an, etc., it might so happen that; perchance, i. q. forsitan, Symm. Ep. 1, 39; 4, 28 and 29; cf.

    also: pretio fors fuat officiove, etc.,

    perhaps, Sid. Ep. 9, 7 (but not in Lucr. 1, 486, v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—
    B.
    Personified, Fors, the goddess of chance:

    dea Fors,

    Ov. F. 6, 775; also in the connection Fors Fortuna, whose temple was situated on the Tiber, outside of the city: vosne velit an me regnare, era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. de Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 ed. Vahl.); so,

    sit sane Fors domina campi,

    Cic. Pis. 2, 3:

    fors, in quo incerti casus significantur magis (different from Fortuna),

    id. Leg. 2, 11 fin. Mos. N. cr.:

    sed de illa ambulatione Fors viderit, aut si qui est qui curet deus,

    id. Att. 4, 10, 1:

    saeva,

    Cat. 64, 170:

    dies Fortis Fortunae appellatus ab Servio Tullio rege, quod is fanum Fortis Fortunae secundum Tiberim extra urbem Romam dedicavit Junio mense,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.; cf.;

    aedis Fortis Fortunae,

    Liv. 10, 46, 14; Tac. A. 2, 41:

    Fortunae Fortis honores,

    Ov. F. 6, 773:

    o Fortuna! o Fors Fortuna! quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1 (quoted by Varr. ap. Non. 425, 19; for Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18, v. II. B. 1. infra).
    II.
    Adverb., in the nom. and abl.
    A.
    fors, ellipt., for fors sit, it might happen, i. e. perchance, perhaps, peradventure (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

    similiter fors, cum sit nominativus, accipitur pro adverbio,

    Prisc. p. 1015 P.:

    et fors aequatis cepissent praemia rostris, Ni, etc.,

    Verg. A. 5, 232; 6, 535:

    cesserit Ausonio si fors victoria Turno,

    if perchance, id. ib. 12, 183; Val. Fl. 3, 665; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 2.—Esp. in the connection fors et, i. q. fortasse etiam, perhaps too:

    iste quod est, ego saepe fui, sed fors et in hora Hoc ipso ejecto carior alter erit,

    Prop. 2, 9, 1:

    et nunc ille quidem spe multum captus inani, Fors et vota facit cumulatque altaria donis,

    Verg. A. 11, 50; 2, 139:

    fors et Debita jura vicesque superbae Te maneant ipsum,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Stat. S. 3, 4, 4.—Less freq.:

    fors etiam,

    Val. Fl. 4, 620.—
    B.
    forte, by chance, by accident, casually, accidentally; freq. with casu, temere, fortuna (freq. and class.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

    forte fortuna per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 75: aut forte omnino ac fortuna vincere bello: Si forte et temere omnino, quid cursum ad honorem? Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 16 sq.:

    si forte, temere, casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 3, 6; cf.:

    nisi ista casu nonnumquam, forte, temere concurrerent,

    id. Div. 2, 68, 141:

    quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7:

    nec quicquam raptim aut forte temere egeritis,

    id. 23, 3, 3: perpulere, ut forte temere in adversos montes erigeret, 2, 31, 5; 25, 38, 12;

    39, 15, 11: quibus forte temere humana negotia volvi persuasum est,

    Curt. 5, 11, 10:

    captivi quidam pars forte pars consilio oblati,

    Liv. 9, 31, 7:

    dumque hoc vel forte, vel providentia, vel utcumque constitutum rerum naturae corpus, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 66, 5; cf.:

    mihi haec et talia audienti in incerto judicium est, fatone res mortalium et necessitate immutabili, an forte volvantur,

    Tac. A, 6, 22: [p. 771] si adhuc dubium fuisset, forte casuque rectores terris, an aliquo numine darentur, Plin. Pan. 1, 4:

    seu dolo seu forte surrexerit, parum compertum,

    Tac. H. 2, 42; cf.:

    seu forte seu tentandi causa,

    Suet. Aug. 6:

    donec advertit Tiberius forte an quia audiverat,

    Tac. A. 4, 54:

    cum casu diebus iis itineris faciendi causa, Puteolos forte venissem,

    Cic. Planc. 26, 65:

    cum cenatum forte apud Vitellios esset,

    Liv. 2, 4, 5:

    ibi cum stipendium forte militibus daretur,

    id. 2, 12, 6:

    forte aspicio militem,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 58; cf.:

    fit forte obviam mihi Phormio,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 11:

    rus ut ibat forte,

    id. ib. 63:

    forte ut assedi in stega,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 44:

    lucernam forte oblitus fueram exstinguere,

    id. Most. 2, 2, 56:

    forte evenit, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Liv. 1, 7, 13:

    Tarenti ludi forte erant,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 29:

    erat forte brumae tempus,

    Liv. 21, 54, 7:

    et pernox forte luna erat,

    id. 32, 11, 9:

    per eos forte dies consul copias Larisam ducere tribunos militum jussit,

    i. e. it came to pass on one of those days, id. 36, 14, 1:

    per eosdem forte dies, etc.,

    id. 37, 20, 1; 37, 34, 1; cf. Tac. A. 4, 59:

    in locum tribuni plebis forte demortui candidatum se ostendit,

    Suet. Aug. 10. —So nearly = aliquando (mostly poet. and post - Aug.):

    forte per angustam tenuis vulpecula rimam repserat in cumeram frumenti,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

    ibam forte via sacra,

    id. S. 1, 9, 1; Mart. 1, 54, 7:

    forte quondam in disponendo mane die praedixerat, etc.,

    Suet. Tib. 11; Aur. Vict. de Caes. 17, 5.—
    2.
    Transf., to denote uncertainty, corresp. to the Gr. an, perhaps, perchance, peradventure.
    a.
    In conditional and causal sentences.
    (α).
    With si:

    irae si quae forte eveniunt hujusmodi,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 60:

    si quis vestrum, judices, aut eorum qui assunt, forte miratur, etc.,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:

    hicine vir usquam, nisi in patria, morietur? aut, si forte, pro patria?

    id. Mil. 38, 104:

    si forte est domi,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 104; Liv. 1, 7, 6:

    si forte eos primus aspectus mundi conturbaverat, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90:

    si te Latina forte deficient,

    id. Ac. 1, 7, 25:

    si qui me forte locus admonuerit,

    id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:

    si quae te forte res aliquando offenderit,

    id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    quod si forte ceciderint,

    id. Lael. 15, 53:

    si quando, si forte, tibi visus es irasci alicui,

    id. Rep. 1, 38 Mos. N. cr.; cf. id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—Rarely forte si:

    forte si tussire occepsit, ne sic tussiat, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 49:

    ita demum novatio fit... forte si condicio vel sponsor vel dies adiciatur,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 177.—Rarely with ellipsis of si:

    protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta invitat qui forte velint, i. e. si qui forte velint,

    Verg. A, 5, 485.—
    (β).
    With nisi ironically:

    hoc te monitum, nisi forte ipse non vis, volueram,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 59:

    nemo fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit,

    Cic. Mur. 6, 13:

    propensior benignitas esse debebit in calamitosos, nisi forte erunt digni calamitate,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 62; 3, 24, 93: is constantiam teneat;

    nisi forte se intellexerit errasse, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 33, 120:

    negare hoc, nisi forte negare omnia constituisti, nullo modo potes,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149: accedam ad omnia tua, Torquate;

    nisi memoria forte defecerit,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—In indirect locution with an inf.:

    nisi forte clarissimo cuique plures curas, majora pericula subeunda, delenimentis curarum et periculorum carendum esse,

    Tac. A. 2, 33.— Ironically, unless indeed, unless to be sure:

    Erucii criminatio tota, ut arbitror, dissoluta est, nisi forte exspectatis, ut illa diluam, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82; cf.:

    immo vero te audiamus, nisi forte Manilius interdictum aliquod inter duo soles putat esse componendum,

    id. Rep. 1, 13:

    ortum quidem amicitiae videtis nisi quid ad haec forte vultis,

    id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Mil. 7, 17; 31, 84; id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149; id. Leg. 1, 1, 2; id. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Fat. 16, 37; Sall. C. 20, 17; Quint. 10, 1, 70; Tac. H. 4, 74.—
    (γ).
    With ne:

    ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 24 and 26; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 56:

    pacem ab Aesculapio Petas, ne forte tibi eveniat magnum malum,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 21:

    qui metuo, ne te forte flagitent,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

    metuens, ne forte deprehensus retraheretur,

    Liv. 2, 12, 4:

    comperisse me non audeo dicere, ne forte id ipsum verbum ponam, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4: ac ne forte hoc magnum ac mirabile esse videatur, hominem toties irasci, id. de Or. 2, 46, 191; id. Att. 2, 18, 2.—Rarely with ut non instead of ne, Quint. 1, 3, 1.—
    b.
    In relat. clauses (very rare):

    nisi si quispiamst Amphitruo alius, qui forte te hic absente tamen tuam rem curet,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 195:

    unus in hoc non est populo, qui forte Latine reddere verba queat,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 53:

    nam qui forte Stichum et Erotem emerit, recte videtur ita demonstrare,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 59; Aur. Vict. Caes. 10, 3; 39, 45.—
    c.
    In gen. (rare; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 20, 70, the true read. is: in uno illo aut, si forte, in liberis ejus manet gratia, B. and K.;

    and in the corrupt passage,

    id. Att. 10, 12, 5; Orelli reads: fortiter ac tempestive;

    Kayser, fortiter vel cum tempestate): quid si apud te veniat de subito prandium aut potatio Forte, aut cena,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 47:

    neque solum alium pro alio pedem metrorum ratio non recipit, sed ne dactylum quidem aut forte spondeum alterum pro altero,

    Quint. 9, 4, 49:

    sive non trino forte nundino promulgata, sive non idoneo die, etc.,

    id. 2, 4, 35:

    ut sciant, an ad probandum id quod intendimus forte respondeant,

    id. 5, 10, 122; cf. id. 7, 3, 20: quo casu licet uxori vel in omnes res, vel in unam forte aut duas (optare), Gai Inst. 1, 150; 4, 74:

    forte quid expediat, communiter aut melior pars Malis carere quaeritis laboribus,

    what may perhaps be of some use, Hor. Epod. 16, 15:

    alii nulli rem obligatam esse quam forte Lucio Titio,

    than for instance, Dig. 20, 1, 15, § 2; 30, 1, 67; 48, 22, 7, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 179.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Fors

  • 13 fors

    fors, fortis, f. [fero, to bring, whence fortuna, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300 sq.], chance, hap, luck, hazard.
    I.
    Subst.
    A.
    As an appellative noun (used only in the nom. and abl.; syn.: fortuna, casus, sors): quo saxum impulerit fors, eo cadere Fortunam autumant, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 368 Rib., who regards this verse as spurious); cf.: quibus natura prava magis quam fors aut fortuna obfuit, Att. ap. Non. 425, 13 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. v. 110): cui parilem fortuna locum fatumque tulit fors, Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 15; cf.

    also: casumque timent quem cuique ferat fors,

    Lucr. 3, 983 Lachm. N. cr.:

    unum hoc scio: Quod fors feret, feremus aequo animo,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 88:

    sed haec, ut fors tulerit,

    Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.:

    sed haec fors viderit,

    id. ib. 14, 13, 3;

    4, 10, 1: quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 2:

    quia tam incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10:

    telum quod cuique fors offerebat, arripuit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43; Hor. S. 1, 6, 54; 2, 1, 59:

    forte quadam divinitus super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis,

    Liv. 1, 4, 4:

    fors fuit, ut, etc.,

    it happened that, Gell. 12, 8, 2:

    fors fuat pol!

    so be it! God grant it! Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 4;

    post-class.: fors fuat, ut his remediis convalescamus,

    Symm. Ep. 2, 7; Aus. Ep. 16: fors fuat, an, etc., it might so happen that; perchance, i. q. forsitan, Symm. Ep. 1, 39; 4, 28 and 29; cf.

    also: pretio fors fuat officiove, etc.,

    perhaps, Sid. Ep. 9, 7 (but not in Lucr. 1, 486, v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—
    B.
    Personified, Fors, the goddess of chance:

    dea Fors,

    Ov. F. 6, 775; also in the connection Fors Fortuna, whose temple was situated on the Tiber, outside of the city: vosne velit an me regnare, era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. de Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 ed. Vahl.); so,

    sit sane Fors domina campi,

    Cic. Pis. 2, 3:

    fors, in quo incerti casus significantur magis (different from Fortuna),

    id. Leg. 2, 11 fin. Mos. N. cr.:

    sed de illa ambulatione Fors viderit, aut si qui est qui curet deus,

    id. Att. 4, 10, 1:

    saeva,

    Cat. 64, 170:

    dies Fortis Fortunae appellatus ab Servio Tullio rege, quod is fanum Fortis Fortunae secundum Tiberim extra urbem Romam dedicavit Junio mense,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.; cf.;

    aedis Fortis Fortunae,

    Liv. 10, 46, 14; Tac. A. 2, 41:

    Fortunae Fortis honores,

    Ov. F. 6, 773:

    o Fortuna! o Fors Fortuna! quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1 (quoted by Varr. ap. Non. 425, 19; for Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18, v. II. B. 1. infra).
    II.
    Adverb., in the nom. and abl.
    A.
    fors, ellipt., for fors sit, it might happen, i. e. perchance, perhaps, peradventure (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

    similiter fors, cum sit nominativus, accipitur pro adverbio,

    Prisc. p. 1015 P.:

    et fors aequatis cepissent praemia rostris, Ni, etc.,

    Verg. A. 5, 232; 6, 535:

    cesserit Ausonio si fors victoria Turno,

    if perchance, id. ib. 12, 183; Val. Fl. 3, 665; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 2.—Esp. in the connection fors et, i. q. fortasse etiam, perhaps too:

    iste quod est, ego saepe fui, sed fors et in hora Hoc ipso ejecto carior alter erit,

    Prop. 2, 9, 1:

    et nunc ille quidem spe multum captus inani, Fors et vota facit cumulatque altaria donis,

    Verg. A. 11, 50; 2, 139:

    fors et Debita jura vicesque superbae Te maneant ipsum,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Stat. S. 3, 4, 4.—Less freq.:

    fors etiam,

    Val. Fl. 4, 620.—
    B.
    forte, by chance, by accident, casually, accidentally; freq. with casu, temere, fortuna (freq. and class.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

    forte fortuna per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 75: aut forte omnino ac fortuna vincere bello: Si forte et temere omnino, quid cursum ad honorem? Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 16 sq.:

    si forte, temere, casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 3, 6; cf.:

    nisi ista casu nonnumquam, forte, temere concurrerent,

    id. Div. 2, 68, 141:

    quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7:

    nec quicquam raptim aut forte temere egeritis,

    id. 23, 3, 3: perpulere, ut forte temere in adversos montes erigeret, 2, 31, 5; 25, 38, 12;

    39, 15, 11: quibus forte temere humana negotia volvi persuasum est,

    Curt. 5, 11, 10:

    captivi quidam pars forte pars consilio oblati,

    Liv. 9, 31, 7:

    dumque hoc vel forte, vel providentia, vel utcumque constitutum rerum naturae corpus, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 66, 5; cf.:

    mihi haec et talia audienti in incerto judicium est, fatone res mortalium et necessitate immutabili, an forte volvantur,

    Tac. A, 6, 22: [p. 771] si adhuc dubium fuisset, forte casuque rectores terris, an aliquo numine darentur, Plin. Pan. 1, 4:

    seu dolo seu forte surrexerit, parum compertum,

    Tac. H. 2, 42; cf.:

    seu forte seu tentandi causa,

    Suet. Aug. 6:

    donec advertit Tiberius forte an quia audiverat,

    Tac. A. 4, 54:

    cum casu diebus iis itineris faciendi causa, Puteolos forte venissem,

    Cic. Planc. 26, 65:

    cum cenatum forte apud Vitellios esset,

    Liv. 2, 4, 5:

    ibi cum stipendium forte militibus daretur,

    id. 2, 12, 6:

    forte aspicio militem,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 58; cf.:

    fit forte obviam mihi Phormio,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 11:

    rus ut ibat forte,

    id. ib. 63:

    forte ut assedi in stega,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 44:

    lucernam forte oblitus fueram exstinguere,

    id. Most. 2, 2, 56:

    forte evenit, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Liv. 1, 7, 13:

    Tarenti ludi forte erant,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 29:

    erat forte brumae tempus,

    Liv. 21, 54, 7:

    et pernox forte luna erat,

    id. 32, 11, 9:

    per eos forte dies consul copias Larisam ducere tribunos militum jussit,

    i. e. it came to pass on one of those days, id. 36, 14, 1:

    per eosdem forte dies, etc.,

    id. 37, 20, 1; 37, 34, 1; cf. Tac. A. 4, 59:

    in locum tribuni plebis forte demortui candidatum se ostendit,

    Suet. Aug. 10. —So nearly = aliquando (mostly poet. and post - Aug.):

    forte per angustam tenuis vulpecula rimam repserat in cumeram frumenti,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

    ibam forte via sacra,

    id. S. 1, 9, 1; Mart. 1, 54, 7:

    forte quondam in disponendo mane die praedixerat, etc.,

    Suet. Tib. 11; Aur. Vict. de Caes. 17, 5.—
    2.
    Transf., to denote uncertainty, corresp. to the Gr. an, perhaps, perchance, peradventure.
    a.
    In conditional and causal sentences.
    (α).
    With si:

    irae si quae forte eveniunt hujusmodi,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 60:

    si quis vestrum, judices, aut eorum qui assunt, forte miratur, etc.,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:

    hicine vir usquam, nisi in patria, morietur? aut, si forte, pro patria?

    id. Mil. 38, 104:

    si forte est domi,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 104; Liv. 1, 7, 6:

    si forte eos primus aspectus mundi conturbaverat, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90:

    si te Latina forte deficient,

    id. Ac. 1, 7, 25:

    si qui me forte locus admonuerit,

    id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:

    si quae te forte res aliquando offenderit,

    id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    quod si forte ceciderint,

    id. Lael. 15, 53:

    si quando, si forte, tibi visus es irasci alicui,

    id. Rep. 1, 38 Mos. N. cr.; cf. id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—Rarely forte si:

    forte si tussire occepsit, ne sic tussiat, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 49:

    ita demum novatio fit... forte si condicio vel sponsor vel dies adiciatur,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 177.—Rarely with ellipsis of si:

    protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta invitat qui forte velint, i. e. si qui forte velint,

    Verg. A, 5, 485.—
    (β).
    With nisi ironically:

    hoc te monitum, nisi forte ipse non vis, volueram,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 59:

    nemo fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit,

    Cic. Mur. 6, 13:

    propensior benignitas esse debebit in calamitosos, nisi forte erunt digni calamitate,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 62; 3, 24, 93: is constantiam teneat;

    nisi forte se intellexerit errasse, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 33, 120:

    negare hoc, nisi forte negare omnia constituisti, nullo modo potes,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149: accedam ad omnia tua, Torquate;

    nisi memoria forte defecerit,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—In indirect locution with an inf.:

    nisi forte clarissimo cuique plures curas, majora pericula subeunda, delenimentis curarum et periculorum carendum esse,

    Tac. A. 2, 33.— Ironically, unless indeed, unless to be sure:

    Erucii criminatio tota, ut arbitror, dissoluta est, nisi forte exspectatis, ut illa diluam, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82; cf.:

    immo vero te audiamus, nisi forte Manilius interdictum aliquod inter duo soles putat esse componendum,

    id. Rep. 1, 13:

    ortum quidem amicitiae videtis nisi quid ad haec forte vultis,

    id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Mil. 7, 17; 31, 84; id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149; id. Leg. 1, 1, 2; id. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Fat. 16, 37; Sall. C. 20, 17; Quint. 10, 1, 70; Tac. H. 4, 74.—
    (γ).
    With ne:

    ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 24 and 26; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 56:

    pacem ab Aesculapio Petas, ne forte tibi eveniat magnum malum,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 21:

    qui metuo, ne te forte flagitent,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

    metuens, ne forte deprehensus retraheretur,

    Liv. 2, 12, 4:

    comperisse me non audeo dicere, ne forte id ipsum verbum ponam, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4: ac ne forte hoc magnum ac mirabile esse videatur, hominem toties irasci, id. de Or. 2, 46, 191; id. Att. 2, 18, 2.—Rarely with ut non instead of ne, Quint. 1, 3, 1.—
    b.
    In relat. clauses (very rare):

    nisi si quispiamst Amphitruo alius, qui forte te hic absente tamen tuam rem curet,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 195:

    unus in hoc non est populo, qui forte Latine reddere verba queat,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 53:

    nam qui forte Stichum et Erotem emerit, recte videtur ita demonstrare,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 59; Aur. Vict. Caes. 10, 3; 39, 45.—
    c.
    In gen. (rare; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 20, 70, the true read. is: in uno illo aut, si forte, in liberis ejus manet gratia, B. and K.;

    and in the corrupt passage,

    id. Att. 10, 12, 5; Orelli reads: fortiter ac tempestive;

    Kayser, fortiter vel cum tempestate): quid si apud te veniat de subito prandium aut potatio Forte, aut cena,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 47:

    neque solum alium pro alio pedem metrorum ratio non recipit, sed ne dactylum quidem aut forte spondeum alterum pro altero,

    Quint. 9, 4, 49:

    sive non trino forte nundino promulgata, sive non idoneo die, etc.,

    id. 2, 4, 35:

    ut sciant, an ad probandum id quod intendimus forte respondeant,

    id. 5, 10, 122; cf. id. 7, 3, 20: quo casu licet uxori vel in omnes res, vel in unam forte aut duas (optare), Gai Inst. 1, 150; 4, 74:

    forte quid expediat, communiter aut melior pars Malis carere quaeritis laboribus,

    what may perhaps be of some use, Hor. Epod. 16, 15:

    alii nulli rem obligatam esse quam forte Lucio Titio,

    than for instance, Dig. 20, 1, 15, § 2; 30, 1, 67; 48, 22, 7, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 179.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fors

  • 14 ostentatio

    ostentātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].
    I.
    In gen., a showing, exhibition, display (very rare). in armorum magis quam togarum ostentatione, Plin. Pan. 56 fin.:

    cognomen Imperiosi... ab ostentatione saevitiae ascitum,

    from an open display, Liv. 7, 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    An idle show, vain display, pomp, parade, ostentation (the predom. signif. of the word):

    vitanda etiam ingenii ostentationis suspicio,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 333:

    magnifica et gloriosa,

    id. Fl. 22, 52:

    insolens,

    id. Par. 6, 1, 42:

    et gloria,

    id. Rab. Post. 14, 38:

    inanis et simulatio,

    id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    et venditatio,

    id. Lael. 23, 86:

    sui,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 4.—In plur.: multorum annorum ostentationes meas nunc in discrimen esse adductas, that my many years' boastful promises (of an able administration) are now brought to the test, Cic. Att. 5, 13, 1.—
    B.
    A false, deceitful show, pretence, simulation, deception:

    consul veritate, non ostentatione popularis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 23; cf.:

    ut in fronte ostentatio sit, intus veritas occultetur,

    id. Fin. 2, 24, 77:

    doloris,

    feigned pain, Sen. Ep. 99, 15:

    (captivi) producti ostentationis causā,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 71 fin.:

    qui latius ostentationis causā vagarentur,

    id. B. G. 7, 45.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ostentatio

  • 15 pendeo

    pendĕo, pĕpendi, 2, v. n. [ intr. of pendo, q. v.], to hang, hang down, be suspended.
    I.
    Lit., constr. with ab, ex, or in and abl.; also ( poet.), with abl. alone, or with de: pendent peniculamenta, Enn. ap. Non. 149, 32 (Ann. v. 363 Vahl.): in candelabro pendet strigilis, Varr. ap. Non. 223, 7:

    in arbore,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

    sagittae pende, bant ab umero,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 34, §

    74: ex arbore,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 26, §

    66: ubera circum (pueri),

    Verg. A. 8, 632:

    horrida pendebant molles super ora capilli,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 17:

    capiti patiar sacros pendere corymbos,

    Prop. 2, 23, 35 (3, 28, 39):

    telum... summo clipei nequiquam umbone pependit,

    Verg. A. 2, 544:

    deque viri collo dulce pependit onus,

    Ov. F. 2, 760.—Of garments:

    chlamydemque ut pendeat apte, Collocat,

    Ov. M. 2, 733:

    tigridis exuviae per dorsum a vertice pendent,

    Verg. A. 11, 577.—Of slaves, who were strung up to be flogged, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:

    quando pendes per pedes,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 35:

    ibi pendentem ferit,

    id. Trin. 2, 1, 19; id. Truc. 4, 3, 3; cf. id. Men. 5, 5, 48: quid me fiet nunciam? Theo. Verberibus caedere pendens, id. Most. 5, 2, 45:

    ego plectar pendens, nisi, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 43; id. Eun. 5, 6, 20.— Poet., of suspended votive offerings:

    omnibus heu portis pendent mea noxia vota,

    Prop. 4 (5), 3, 17; Tib. 1, 1, 16 (24):

    pendebatque vagi pastoris in arbore votum,

    id. 2, 5, 29:

    pendebit fistula pinu,

    Verg. E. 7, 24:

    multaque praeterea sacris in postibus arma, Captivi pendent currus, etc.,

    id. A. 7, 184.—Of one who hangs himself, Mart. 8, 61, 2:

    e trabe sublimi triste pependit onus,

    Ov. R. Am. 18:

    pendentem volo Zoilum videre,

    Mart. 4, 77, 5.—Of any thing hung up for public notice;

    of the names of persons accused,

    Suet. Dom. 9, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 1;

    of goods hung up, exposed for sale,

    Phaedr. 3, 4, 1;

    transf., of a debtor whose goods are exposed for sale,

    Suet. Claud. 9 fin. —Prov.: pendere filo or tenui filo, to hang by a thread, i. e. to be in great danger: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.):

    omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo,

    Ov. P. 4, 3, 35; Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.—
    B.
    Transf. (mostly poet.; cf. immineo).
    1.
    To hang in the air, be suspended, to float, hover, overhang: per speluncas saxis structas asperis, pendentibus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37 (Trag. Rel. p. 245 Rib.);

    imitated,

    Lucr. 6, 195:

    hinc scopulus raucis pendet adesus aquis,

    Ov. H. 10, 26:

    dum siccā tellure licet, dum nubila pendent,

    Verg. G. 1, 214:

    hi summo in fluctu pendent,

    id. A. 1, 106:

    illisaque prora pependit,

    id. ib. 5, 206; Curt. 4, 2, 9:

    dumosā pendere procul de rupe videbo (capros),

    Verg. E. 1, 77:

    pendentes rupe capellae,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 51.—So of birds, which float or hover in the air:

    olor niveis pendebat in aëra pennis,

    Ov. M. 7, 379; 8, 145:

    et supra vatem multa pependit avis,

    Mart. Spect. 21.—

    Of a rapid course: raraque non fracto vestigia pulvere pendent,

    Stat. Th. 6, 638.—
    2.
    To hang loosely together, be unstable, movable:

    opertum (litus) pendeat algā,

    Ov. M. 11, 233.—
    3.
    To hang about, loiter, tarry, linger anywhere:

    nostroque in limine pendes,

    Verg. A. 6, 151.—
    4.
    To hang down, be flabby or flaccid, weak, without strength:

    fluidos pendere lacertos,

    Ov. M. 15, 231:

    pendentesque genas et aniles aspice rugas,

    Juv. 10, 193.—
    5.
    To weigh:

    offula cum duabus costis quae penderet III. et XX. pondo,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:

    cyathus pendet drachmas X., mna pendet drachmas Atticas centum,

    Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185:

    Lucio Titio modios centum, qui singuli pondo centum pendeant, heres dato,

    Dig. 33, 6, 7.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To hang, rest, or depend upon a person or thing (class.); constr. with ex, in, ab, the simple abl., or de:

    tuorum, qui ex te pendent,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2:

    spes pendet ex fortunā,

    id. Par. 2, 17:

    ex quo verbo tota causa pendebat,

    id. de Or. 2, 25, 107; id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    hinc omnis pendet Lucilius,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 6:

    an ignoratis. vectigalia perlevi saepe momento fortunae pendere?

    Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:

    salus nostra, quae spe exiguā extremāque pendet,

    Cic. Fl. 2, 4:

    tam levi momento mea apud vos fama pendet,

    Liv. 2, 7, 10:

    pendere ex alterius vultu ac nutu,

    id. 39, 5, 3:

    oblite, tuā nostram pendere salutem,

    Sil. 3, 109: in sententiis [p. 1328] omnium civium famam nostram fortunamque pendere, Cic. Pis. 41, 98:

    ex ancipiti temporum mutatione pendere,

    Curt. 4, 1, 27; Luc. 5, 686:

    deque tuis pendentia Dardana fatis,

    Sil. 13, 504; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 105:

    tyrannus, cum quo fatum pendebat amici,

    Juv. 4, 88.—
    B.
    To hang upon a person's words, to gaze fixedly, listen attentively to ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

    haereo): (Dido) pendet iterum narrantis ab ore,

    Verg. A. 4, 79:

    narrantis conjux pendet ab ore viri,

    Ov. H. 1, 30:

    ab imagine pendet,

    Sil. 8, 93; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 72:

    pervigil Arcadio Tiphys pendebat ab astro,

    Val. Fl. 1, 481:

    attentus et pendens,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 7:

    ex vultu dicentis pendent omnium vultus,

    Sen. Contr. 9, 23, 5.— Poet., with a terminal clause:

    e summo pendent cupida agmina vallo, Noscere quisque suos,

    Stat. Th. 10, 457.—
    C.
    To be suspended, interrupted, discontinued ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    pendent opera interrupta,

    Verg. A. 4, 88:

    mutui datio interdum pendet,

    Dig. 12, 1, 8:

    condictio pendet,

    ib. 7, 1, 12 fin.:

    actio negotiorum gestorum pendeat,

    ib. 3, 5, 8; 24, 1, 11:

    pendet jus liberorum, propter jus postliminii,

    Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5.—
    D.
    To hang suspended, be ready to fall:

    nec amicum pendentem corruere patitur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43.—
    E.
    To be in suspense, to be uncertain, doubiful, irresolute, perplexed (cf. haesito):

    animus tibi pendet?

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 18:

    nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    ne diutius pendeas,

    id. Att. 4, 15, 6:

    quia quam diu futurum hoc sit, non nimis pendeo,

    Sen. Ep. 61, 2:

    mortales pavidis cum pendent mentibus,

    Lucr. 6, 51.—Esp. freq.:

    pendere animi (locative case, v. Kühnast,

    Liv. Synt. p. 39):

    Clitipho cum spe pendebit animi,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 5:

    exanimatus pendet animi,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35:

    pendeo animi exspectatione Corfiniensi,

    id. Att. 8, 5, 2:

    animi pendeo et de te et de me,

    id. ib. 16, 12.—With rel.-clause:

    ego animi pendeo, quid illud sit negotii,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 18:

    ostendis te pendere animi, quamnam rationem, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 12, 1; id. Leg. 1, 3, 9.—Less freq.: pendere animo: atque animo noctu pendens eventa timebat, Cic. poët. ap. Non. 204, 8.—In plur.:

    animis: quodsi exspectando et desiderando pendemus animis, cruciamur, angimur,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

    sollicitis ac pendentibus animis,

    Liv. 7, 30 fin. dub. (al. animi, v. Drak. ad loc.).—With cum:

    plebs innumera mentibus cum dimicationum curulium eventu pendentem,

    Amm. 14, 6, 26.—Law t. t., to be undetermined, to await decision:

    pendente condicione,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 200; 1, 186; 3, 179.—
    F.
    To have weight or value:

    bona vera idem pendent,

    Sen. Ep. 66, 30 (Haas; al. pendunt).—Hence, pendens, entis, P. a.
    A.
    Hanging; in econom. lang., of fruits not yet plucked or gathered:

    vinum,

    Cato, R. R. 147:

    vindemia,

    Dig. 19, 1, 25:

    olea,

    Cato, R. R. 146:

    fructus,

    Dig. 6, 1, 44. —
    B.
    Pending; hence, in jurid, Lat., in pendenti esse, to be pending, undecided, uncertain:

    quando in pendenti est, an, etc.,

    Dig. 38, 17, 10:

    in pendenti est posterior solutio ac prior,

    ib. 46, 3, 58; 7, 1, 25:

    in pendenti habere aliquid,

    to regard a thing as uncertain, doubtful, Dig. 49, 17, 19 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pendeo

  • 16 redempto

    rĕdempto, āre, v. freq. a. [redimo], to buy back, ransom, redeem:

    (captivi) a propinquis redemptabantur,

    Tac. H. 3, 36.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > redempto

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