carefully

com-mĭniscor ( con-m-), mentus, 3, v. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.

(Class., of something untrue;

esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71:

fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,

id. As. 1, 1, 89:

mendacium,

id. Ps. 2, 3, 23:

dolum docte,

id. ib. 4, 7, 64:

maledicta,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:

quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7:

nec me hoc commentum putes,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause:

neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37:

fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,

id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, P. a.).—

Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real:

Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so,

occurrentia nescio quae,

id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

quaedam,

id. Fat. 3, 5.—

In gen., to devise, invent, contrive:

nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,

Liv. 37, 5, 5:

id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,

id. 29, 37, 4:

novas litteras,

Suet. Claud. 41:

novum balinearum usum,

id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27:

Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,

Mel. 1, 12, 1:

excubias nocturnas vigilesque,

Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23.

P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious:

dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

sacra,

id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319:

crimen,

Liv. 26, 27, 8:

fraus,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence,

Subst.: commentum, i, n.

(Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood:

ipsis commentum placet,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

opinionum commenta delet dies,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before:

opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,

Liv. 1, 19, 5:

mixta rumorum,

Ov. M. 12, 54:

animi,

id. ib. 13, 38.—

Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—

Nefanda, a project, plan, Just. 21, 4, 3:

callidum,

Dig. 27, 9, 9. —

A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.—

A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = enthumêma, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1.

con-sīdĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [acc. to Corss. Nachtr. p. 43, from sidus, prop. to observe the stars; and so Paul. ex Fest. p. 42, 4, and 75, 8 Müll.; cf. desidero], to look at closely, attentively, carefully, to inspect, examine (class. in prose and poetry, esp. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

contemplari unum quidque otiose et considerare coepit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

candelabrum etiam atque etiam,

id. ib. 2, 4, 28, §

65: argentum (with contemplari),

id. ib. 2, 4, 15, §

33: opus (pictorum),

id. Off. 1, 41, 147:

aliquem,

Sall. C. 58, 18:

pallium diligentius,

Petr. 12, 3; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63:

feminas diligenter ac lente mercantium more,

Suet. Calig. 36:

formam, quā ludum gladiatorium erat aedificaturus,

id. Caes. 31:

lucentia sidera,

Gell. 2, 21, 2:

spatium,

Ov. M. 3, 95 al. —

With acc. and inf. as object, to observe, perceive (very rare):

cum folia decidere considerassent (corresp. with videre and animadvertere),

Col. 11, 2, 67.—

With a rel.-clause:

num tamen exciderit ferrum considerat, hastae,

Ov. M. 12, 105.—

Trop., to consider maturely, to reflect, contemplate, meditate; constr. with the acc., with de, a rel.-clause, ut, or absol.

With acc.:

mecum in animo vitam tuam,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 5; so,

eos casus mecum ipse,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

reliquum est, quod ipsae optime considerabitis, vestri similes feminae sintne Romae,

id. Fam. 14, 14, 1:

res atque pericula nostra,

Sall. C. 52, 2:

simul ipse qui suadet considerandus est,

Tac. H. 2, 76.— With ex:

Rosciorum factum ex ipsius Chrysogoni judicio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 108. —With aliquid ex aliquā re:

aliquid ex se et ex suā naturā,

Cic. Inv. 1, 10, 14; 2, 58, 176.—

With de:

cum de me ipso ac de meis te considerare velim,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3:

his de rebus velim cum Pomponio consideretis,

id. ib. 14, 14, 2:

de quā (intercessione) isti ipsi considerabunt,

id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

de totā re,

id. Att. 12, 24, 1.— Impers.:

quale sit id, de quo consideretur,

inquiry is made, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 18.—

With rel.-clause:

considerate cum vestris animis vosmet ipsi, ecquem putetis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 29:

sed velim consideres, quid faciendum putes,

id. Att. 7, 13, 3; id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 174; Liv. 45, 12, 5:

consideres quid agas, quo progrediare, quem hominem et quā ratione defendas,

Cic. Verr 2, 5, 68, § 174; Sall. C. 20, 6; 44, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 15; 3, 8, 51 al.: finitimos hostes an amicos velis esse considera, Curt. 7, 8, 30.—So impers.:

in quā (parte) quid juris sit consideratur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 11, 14.—

With ut or ne, to take care, to be considerate (rare):

considerandum erit, ut solum pingue sit,

Col. 2, 2, 17; so,

ut lunā crescente id fiat,

id. 8, 5, 9.— Impers.:

considerandum est, ne aut temere desperet, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73.—

Absol.:

ille se considerare velle (ait),

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1.—Hence,

con-sīdĕranter, adv. (of the P. a. considerans. which is not used), = considerate, in a deliberate, considerate manner (post-Aug. and rare):

agere,

Val. Max. 8, 1, Ambust. 2:

cuneum deponere,

Pall. Febr. 17, 2.— Comp. considerantius, acc. to Fronto, p. 2194 P., but without voucher.— Sup. not in use.—

consīdĕrātus, a, um, P. a., in acc. with 11., maturely reflected upon, considerate, circumspect, cautious, etc. (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.; not in Quint.).

Of things:

verbum consideratissimum, arbitror,

Cic. Font. 9, 19 (v. arbitror, II.):

considerata atque provisa via vivendi,

id. Par. 5, 1, 34; cf.:

considerata (et diligens) excogitatio faciendi aliquid aut non faciendi,

id. Inv. 2, 5, 18:

nihil,

id. Har. Resp. 2, 3:

factum,

id. Sull. 26, 72:

ratio,

id. Inv. 2, 54, 164:

tarditas,

id. Brut. 42, 154: facilitas parum considerata, Cod. Th. 8, 5, 19.— Comp.:

consilium,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 2.—

Transf., as in Engl., to the person:

homo,

Cic. Caecin. 1, 1; id. Quint. 3, 11:

consideratus ac sapiens,

Plin. Pan. 44, 5:

tardum pro considerato vocent,

Liv. 22, 39, 20.— Comp.: consideratior factus Caesar (with tardior), Auct. B. Afr. 73; cf.:

unā in re paulo minus consideratus,

Cic. Quint. 3, 11.— Adv.: consīdĕrātē, considerately:

fieri,

Cic. Quint. 16, 51; id. Off. 1, 38, 136:

agere,

id. ib. 1, 27, 94 al.— Comp., Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 9; Liv. 4, 45, 8; Suet. Caes. 77.— Sup., Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2.

con-tŭĕor, ŭĭtus, 2 (ante-class. and poet.; access. form pres. contŭor, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 23; Stat. Achill. 1, 131:

contuimur,

Lucr. 4, 35; inf. contui, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 111; 3, 1, 20; id. Most. 3, 2, 152; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 470, 31; cf. tueor and intueor; and in act. form contuo, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2, or Fragm. v. 95 Vahl.), v. a.

To look on, gaze upon, behold, survey, to consider attentively (syn. conspicio; rare but class.; most freq. in Cic.).

Lit.:

occepi contui, conspicio coleatam cuspidem,

Pompon. 1. 1.:

totam terram contueri ejusque situm, formam, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

hanc sedem et aeternam domum,

id. Rep. 6, 23, 25:

os,

id. Sull. 27, 74:

te duobus oculis,

id. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

aliquid,

id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

longinqua (opp. prope admota non cernere),

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 142 sq.; Suet. Aug. 94;

id novum Agesilaus contuens,

beholding this novelty, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2.— Absol.:

alicui acrius contuenti voltum summittere,

Suet. Aug. 79; so Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 132.—Of a place personified: Acrocorinthus utraque maria contuens. Mel. 2, 3, 7; cf. Cic. Dom. 57, 146. —

Trop., to take into view, to weigh, ponder maturely, to observe (rare):

quod bene propositum si plane contueare, Ac videas plane,

Lucr. 6, 653:

a contuendis malis avocare aliquem,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 35.—

With the access. idea of carefulness, to see to, take care of, preserve carefully:

pecus sic contuendum, ne,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 16.—

Inchoat. (cf. conspicio, II.), to get sight of, perceive, descry (very rare):

si volturios forte possis contui,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 152:

figuras miras simulacraque in somnis,

Lucr. 4, 35.

cūro (old orthog. COERO and COIRO, Inscr. Orell. 31; 560; 570:

coeret, coerari, coerandi,

Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 10), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. curassis, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 93; id. Ps. 1, 3, 3; id. Poen. 3, 1, 50; inf. pass. curarier, id. Capt. 3, 5, 79), v. a. [cura], to care for, take or have care of, to be solicitous for, to look or attend to, trouble one's self about, etc. (very freq. in every period and species of composition); constr. with the acc., the acc. with the gerundive, the inf. with ut, ne, the simple subj., the dat. or absol.

In gen.

Of persons.

With acc.:

curare omnia studiosissime ac diligentissime,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 7; cf.:

diligenter praeceptum,

Nep. Eum. 9, 5:

magna di curant, parva neglegunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 167:

negotia aliena,

id. Top. 17, 66; Hor. S. 2, 3, 19:

mandatum,

Cic. Att. 5, 7 init.:

cenam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 11; cf.

opsonium,

id. Merc. 3, 3, 22:

domum,

to cleanse, Petr. 71, 7:

vestimenta curare et polire,

Dig. 47, 2, 12 pr.:

funus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 81 Ruhnk.; cf.

in this sense, cadaver,

Suet. Ner. 49; and:

Aegyptii jussi corpus Alexandri suo more curare,

Curt. 10, 10, 13; in other connections, curare corpus means to nourish, take care of one's self, to refresh, invigorate one's self, Lucr. 2, 31; 5, 937:

nunc corpora curare tempus est,

Liv. 21, 54, 2; 3, 2, 10; 26, 48, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 22 al.;

in the same sense, membra,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 81:

cutem,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 29; 1, 4, 15:

pelliculam,

id. S. 2, 5, 38:

se,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 1; Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. de Or. 3, 61, 230; cf.:

se suamque aetatem,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 34:

virum,

Tib. 1, 5, 33; and in part. perf.:

curati cibo,

Liv. 9, 37, 7:

omnes vinoque et cibo curatos domos dimisit,

id. 34, 16, 5: vineam, to tend, Cato ap. Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; cf.

apes,

Col. 9, 14 et saep.:

res rationesque eri,

to superintend, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 32:

pensa ac domos, of the women of the family,

Mel. 1, 9, 6:

sociorum injurias,

Sall. J. 14, 19:

sublimia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 5:

preces (Diana),

id. C. S. 71:

prodigia,

to endeavor to avert, ward off, Liv. 1, 20, 7 et saep.:

munus te curaturum scio, Ut mittas mihi,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79; cf.:

aquam mulsam prope ut sit,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 28:

te multum amamus, quod ea (signa) abs te diligenter parvoque curata sunt,

provided, Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2; cf.

II. C. infra: ego illum cum curā magnā curabo tibi,

Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 7 and 9; so,

aliquem,

id. Stich. 1, 2, 39; 5, 3, 9; Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 121: curatur a multis, timetur a pluribus, is courted (cf. therapeuein), Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 15 et saep.—With a negative: quos peperisti ne cures, be unconcerned, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 656; Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 50:

alii, quasi corpus nullum sit hominis, ita praeter animum nihil curant,

care for nothing except the mind, Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 36:

viri nihil perjuria curant (with nihil metuere),

Cat. 64, 148:

non ego istuc curo, qui sit, unde sit,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 95: alia cura, a conversational expression (lit. trouble yourself about something else;

hence),

do not trouble yourself, never mind, id. Mil. 3, 3, 55 and 60;

and in like sense, aliud cura,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 5.—

With acc. and gerundive, to cause something to be done, to order, to urge on, etc. (in good prose and very freq.;

predominant in Cæsar): pontem in Arari faciundum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

obsides inter eos dandos,

id. ib. 1, 19; 3, 11;

4, 29 et saep.: buculam faciendam,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48:

epistulam mihi referendam,

id. Att. 8, 5, 1:

fratrem interficiendum,

Nep. Timol. 1, 4 al. —

With part. perf pass.:

inventum tibi curabo et mecum adductum Tuom Pamphilum,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 1.—

With inf. (most freq. with a negative):

ea nolui scribere, quae nec indocti intellegere possent, nec docti legere curarent,

would take the trouble, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 4;

so negatively,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 91; id. Fam. 1, 9, 16; cf.:

nihil Romae geritur, quod te putem scire curare,

id. ib. 9, 10, 1; 3, 8, 7; Suet. Caes. 86; Hor. C. 2, 13, 39; id. Ep. 1, 17, 58; id. A. P. 133; 297; Ov. M. 11, 370; 11, 682 et saep.—Affirmatively:

si qui sunt, qui illud curent defendere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 87:

qui istas res scire curavit,

id. Fl. 27, 64:

mando tibi, uti cures lustrare,

Cato, R. R. 141:

aspice, si quid Et nos, quod cures proprium fecisse, loquamur,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 5; 1, 16, 17; id. A. P. 35; 460 sq.; Suet. Dom. 20; id. Gram. 24.—

With acc. and inf. pass.:

neque vero haec inter se congruere possent, ut natura et procreari vellet et diligi procreatos non curaret,

Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 62:

symbolos proponi et saxis proscribi curat,

Just. 2, 12, 2; 3, 5, 12.—

With nom. and inf.:

ego capitis mei periculo patriam liberavi, vos liberi sine periculo esse non curatis,

Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66. —

With ut, ne, or a simple subj.:

pater curabit ut, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 25 sq.:

si fecisset, se curaturam, ut, etc.,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48; Quint. 4, 2, 47; Suet. Aug. 92.—So in concluding letters: cura ut valeas, take care of yourself, be careful of your health (for which da operam ut valeas, fac valeas, et al. sim.), Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 3; 7, 6, 2; 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6; 3, 8, 6; id. Att. 1, 5, 8; 2, 2, 3 et saep.:

omnibus rebus cura et provide, ne quid ei desit,

id. ib. 11, 3, 3; Quint. 1, 1, 34; 2, 5, 24; Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.:

ne illa quidem curo mihi scribas, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

jam curabo sentiat, quos attentarit,

Phaedr. 5, 2, 6; Petr. 58, 2:

curare uti Romae ne essent,

Suet. Rhet. 1 init. —

With dat. (ante-and post-class.):

illis curandum censeo,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 92; so, omnibus, Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:

rebus publicis,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 50:

rebus alienis,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 41:

rebus meis,

App. Mag. p. 297.—

With quod:

nam quod strabonus est, non curo,

Petr. 68, 8.—

With de:

vides, quanto hoc diligentius curem quam aut de rumore aut de Pollione,

Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3.—

Absol.:

curasti probe,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 6; cf. Plant. Rud. 2, 3, 50: abi intro;

ego hic curabo,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 49; id. Pers. 1, 3, 5:

ubi quisque legatus aut tribunus curabat,

commanded, Sall. J. 60, 1; cf.:

in eā parte,

id. ib. 60, 5:

in postremo loco cum equitibus,

id. ib. 46, 7.—

Impers.:

curabitur,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 70; id. Men. 3, 3, 15; Ter. And. 2, 3, 29:

curetur,

id. Hec. 2, 2, 15. —

Of things ( poet.):

quae causa suscipienda curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1163:

nec vera virtus Curat reponi deterioribus,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 30; with ut, Lucr. 5, 1015; 3, 127; 6, 231 Lachm.; with ne:

quod ne miremur sopor atque oblivia curant,

id. 4, 826 (822).—

In partic., t. t.

In state affairs, to take the charge of, to manage the business of, to do a thing in behalf of the state, to administer, govern, preside over, command, etc.

With acc.:

bellum maritimum curare,

Liv. 7, 26, 10; so,

Asiam,

Tac. A. 4, 36:

Achaiam,

id. ib. 5, 10:

superioris Germaniae legiones,

id. ib. 6, 30; cf. id. ib. 1, 31; cf.:

duabus his artibus... se remque publicam curabant,

Sall. C. 9, 3. —

Absol.:

Faesulanum in sinistrā parte curare jubet,

Sall. C. 59, 3; cf. id. J. 46, 7:

duo additi qui Romae curarent,

Tac. A. 11, 22.—

In medic. lang., to heal, cure.

With acc.:

an quod corpora curari possint, animorum medicina nulla sit?

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 4; id. Clu. 14, 40:

adulescentes gravius aegrotant, tristius curantur,

id. Sen. 19, 67; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 5:

aegrum,

Liv. 5, 5, 12:

quadrupedes,

Quint. 2, 10, 6:

aliquem frigidis,

Suet. Aug. 81:

aliquem radice vel herbā,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 151 et saep.: morbos, Cels. prooem.; Quint. 2, 3, 6; Curt. 5, 9, 3; 7, 1, 22:

vulnus,

Liv. 2, 17, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 84 et saep.:

apparentia vitia,

Quint. 12, 8, 10. —Rarely, to operate:

qui ferrum medici prius quam curetur aspexit,

Quint. 4, 5, 5. —

Absol.:

medicinae pars, quae manu curat,

Cels. 7 praef.; so Quint. 2, 17, 39 al. —Hence, P. a. as subst.: cūrans, antis, m., = medicus, a physician:

plurimi sub alterutro curantis errore moriuntur,

Cels. 3, 8, 5.—Also cūrandus, i, m., the patient:

nisi festinare curandi imbecillitas cogit,

Col. 7, 2, 12.—

Trop. (ironically):

cum provinciam curarit, sanguinem miserit, mihi tradiderit enectam, etc.,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2:

reduviam (corresp. with capiti mederi),

id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—

In mercantile lang., to take care of money matters, to adjust or settle, pay, etc.:

(nummos) pro signis,

Cic. Att. 1, 8, 2; cf.:

pecuniam pro eo frumento legatis,

Liv. 44, 16, 2:

dimidium pecuniae redemptori tuo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; id. Quint. 4, 15:

me cui jussisset curaturum,

that I would make payment according to his direction, id. Fam. 16, 9, 3.— Hence, cūrātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).

Earnest, anxious (post-Aug.):

curatissimae preces,

Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.: interim me [p. 503] quidam... secreto curatoque sermone corripit, monet, etc., Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 10.—

Taken care of, managed, attended to:

boves curatiores,

Cato, R. R. 103:

sacra,

Cic. Balb. 24, 55:

nitida illa et curata vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 26.— Adv.: cūrātē, carefully, diligently; only in comp.:

curatius disserere,

Tac. A. 2, 27; 14, 21; 16, 22; Plin. Ep. 1, 1, 1.

custōdĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. pass. custodibitur, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71), v. a. [id.], to watch, protect, keep, defend, guard (freq. and class.).

In gen.

With material objects: Q. Caepio Brutus pro consule provinciam Macedoniam, tueatur, defendat, custodiat incolumemque conservet, Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 26:

tuum corpus domumque,

id. Mil. 25, 67:

quod me receperit, juverit, custodierit,

id. Planc. 10, 26; cf.:

in meā salute custodiendā,

id. ib. 1, 1:

me non solum amicorum fidelitas, sed etiam universae civitatis oculi custodiunt,

id. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

ut haec insula ab eā (Cerere)... incoli custodirique videatur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

urbes,

Quint. 7, 10, 13:

maritimam oram viginti navibus longis,

Liv. 36, 2, 11 (cf. tueri, id. 36, 2, 7):

officinam diligentiā,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 59:

castra nocte, ne quis elabi posset,

Liv. 9, 42, 6:

amictum,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

poma in melle,

to lay up, preserve, Col. 12, 45, 3:

paries, qui laevum marinae Veneris latus Custodit,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

tua,

id. S. 2, 3, 151:

hic stilus... me veluti custodiet ensis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 40.—Esp.: se, to be on the watch:

quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

fac ut diligentissime te ipsum custodias,

id. Att. 14, 17, A, 8.—

With ab:

Gortynii templum magnā curā custodiunt non tam a ceteris quam ab Hannibale,

Nep. Hann. 9, 4:

poma ab insomni dracone,

Ov. M. 9, 190:

cutem a vitiis,

Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—

With immaterial objects (freq. in postAug. prose), to keep, preserve, regard, take heed, observe, maintain:

id quod tradatur posse percipere animo et memoriā custodire,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

dicta litteris,

id. ib. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

ex his (arboribus) quas memoria hominum custodit,

Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 234:

illa quae scriptis reposuimus, velut custodire desinimus,

Quint. 11, 2, 9;

opp. mutare,

id. 12, 8, 6:

modum ubique,

id. 4, 2, 35:

regulam loquendi,

id. 1, 7, 1:

praecepta,

Col. 1, 8, 15:

eam rationem,

id. 4, 29, 11:

ordinem,

id. 12, 4, 1:

quae custodienda in olearam curā... praecipiemus,

Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 125:

morem,

id. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

religiose quod juraveris,

id. Pan. 65, 2 et saep.—

With ab:

teneriores annos ab injuriā sanctitas docentis custodiat,

Quint. 2, 2, 3.—

With ut or ne:

in aliis quoque propinquitatibus custodiendum est, ut inviti judicemur dixisse,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

quo in genere id est praecipue custodiendum, ne, etc.,

id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 5, 7; Col. 4, 24, 11:

ut custoditum sit ne umquam veniret, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 7.—

With the access. idea of hindering free motion, in a good or bad sense.

In gen., to hold something back, to preserve, keep:

multorum te oculi et aures non sentientem... speculabuntur atque custodient,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 6:

aliquem, ne quid auferat,

to watch, observe, id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51:

ejus (sc. epistulae) custodiendae et proferendae arbitrium tuum,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1:

librum,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

codicillos,

Suet. Tib. 51:

prodit se quamlibet custodiatur simulatio,

Quint. 12, 1, 29.—

Esp., to hold in custody, hold captive:

noctu nervo vinctus custodibitur,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

ducem praedonum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

obsides,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4:

Domitium,

id. B. C. 1, 20:

bovem,

Verg. A. 8, 218 et saep.—Hence, * cu-stōdītē, adv. (acc. to I.), cautiously, carefully:

ut parce custoditeque ludebat!

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3.

custōdĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. pass. custodibitur, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71), v. a. [id.], to watch, protect, keep, defend, guard (freq. and class.).

In gen.

With material objects: Q. Caepio Brutus pro consule provinciam Macedoniam, tueatur, defendat, custodiat incolumemque conservet, Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 26:

tuum corpus domumque,

id. Mil. 25, 67:

quod me receperit, juverit, custodierit,

id. Planc. 10, 26; cf.:

in meā salute custodiendā,

id. ib. 1, 1:

me non solum amicorum fidelitas, sed etiam universae civitatis oculi custodiunt,

id. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

ut haec insula ab eā (Cerere)... incoli custodirique videatur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

urbes,

Quint. 7, 10, 13:

maritimam oram viginti navibus longis,

Liv. 36, 2, 11 (cf. tueri, id. 36, 2, 7):

officinam diligentiā,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 59:

castra nocte, ne quis elabi posset,

Liv. 9, 42, 6:

amictum,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

poma in melle,

to lay up, preserve, Col. 12, 45, 3:

paries, qui laevum marinae Veneris latus Custodit,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

tua,

id. S. 2, 3, 151:

hic stilus... me veluti custodiet ensis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 40.—Esp.: se, to be on the watch:

quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

fac ut diligentissime te ipsum custodias,

id. Att. 14, 17, A, 8.—

With ab:

Gortynii templum magnā curā custodiunt non tam a ceteris quam ab Hannibale,

Nep. Hann. 9, 4:

poma ab insomni dracone,

Ov. M. 9, 190:

cutem a vitiis,

Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—

With immaterial objects (freq. in postAug. prose), to keep, preserve, regard, take heed, observe, maintain:

id quod tradatur posse percipere animo et memoriā custodire,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

dicta litteris,

id. ib. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

ex his (arboribus) quas memoria hominum custodit,

Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 234:

illa quae scriptis reposuimus, velut custodire desinimus,

Quint. 11, 2, 9;

opp. mutare,

id. 12, 8, 6:

modum ubique,

id. 4, 2, 35:

regulam loquendi,

id. 1, 7, 1:

praecepta,

Col. 1, 8, 15:

eam rationem,

id. 4, 29, 11:

ordinem,

id. 12, 4, 1:

quae custodienda in olearam curā... praecipiemus,

Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 125:

morem,

id. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

religiose quod juraveris,

id. Pan. 65, 2 et saep.—

With ab:

teneriores annos ab injuriā sanctitas docentis custodiat,

Quint. 2, 2, 3.—

With ut or ne:

in aliis quoque propinquitatibus custodiendum est, ut inviti judicemur dixisse,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

quo in genere id est praecipue custodiendum, ne, etc.,

id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 5, 7; Col. 4, 24, 11:

ut custoditum sit ne umquam veniret, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 7.—

With the access. idea of hindering free motion, in a good or bad sense.

In gen., to hold something back, to preserve, keep:

multorum te oculi et aures non sentientem... speculabuntur atque custodient,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 6:

aliquem, ne quid auferat,

to watch, observe, id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51:

ejus (sc. epistulae) custodiendae et proferendae arbitrium tuum,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1:

librum,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

codicillos,

Suet. Tib. 51:

prodit se quamlibet custodiatur simulatio,

Quint. 12, 1, 29.—

Esp., to hold in custody, hold captive:

noctu nervo vinctus custodibitur,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

ducem praedonum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

obsides,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4:

Domitium,

id. B. C. 1, 20:

bovem,

Verg. A. 8, 218 et saep.—Hence, * cu-stōdītē, adv. (acc. to I.), cautiously, carefully:

ut parce custoditeque ludebat!

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3.

dē-cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

To boil away, boil down, diminish by boiling.

Lit.:

usque quo ad tertiam partem decoxeris,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26;

so acetum ad quartas, ad tertias,

Col. 12, 34; Plin. 22, 25, 69, § 140:

in dimidiam partem,

Col. 12, 24, 1:

aquam,

id. 12, 26:

pars quarta (argenti) decocta erat,

had melted away, passed off into dross, Liv. 32, 2.—

Trop.

With acc., to diminish, repress, consume, waste:

multum inde decoquent anni,

Quint. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31:

accensam sed qui bene decoquat iram,

Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 349.— Poet., with a personal object:

hic campo indulget, hunc alea decoquit,

Pers. 5, 57.—

Of personal subjects, to run through the property of one's self or others; to become a bankrupt:

tenesne memoria, praetextatum te decoxisse?

Cic. Phil. 2, 18:

qui primus hoc cognomen acceperit decoxit creditoribus suis,

Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 133.—

To waste away, become impaired, decline:

res ipsa jam domino decoxit,

Col. 11, 1, 28:

quibus (annis) inertiā Caesarum (imperium) quasi decoxit,

Flor. 1, Prooem. 8:

templorum vectigalia cotidie decoquunt,

Tert. adv. Gent. 42:

spero non tibi decoquet ornithon,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16.

To boil, cook.

Lit.:

axungiam fictili novo,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 138:

cyathum aceti in calice novo,

id. 32, 7, 25, § 78:

lentem in vino,

id. 22, 25, 77, § 147:

rapa aqua,

id. 18, 13, 34, § 126: olus, * Hor. S. 2, 1, 74 et saep.—Hence,

Part. perf. subst.

dēcocta, ae, f. (sc. aqua), an icy-cold decoction, invented by Nero as a drink, Suet. Ner. 48; Juv. 5, 50; cf. Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39. With aqua, Mart. 14, 116.—

dē-coctum, i, n., a medicinal drink, potion, Plin. 22, 20, 23, § 49; 27, 12, 84, § 108 al.—

Transf., pass. (acc. to coquo, no. I. b.), to ripen, dry, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 226; Pall. 1, 34, 7.—

To concoct, fabricate, invent: consilia nefarii facinoris, Decl. M. Posc. Latr.—

Trop.: suavitatem habeat orator austeram et solidam, non dulcem et decoctam, a severe and solid, not a luscious and mellow sweetness (the fig. being taken from wine), Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, dēcoctĭus, adj. comp. (cf. no. II. B. 2.), riper, of composition; more carefully elaborated:

aspice et haec, si forte aliquid decoctius audis,

Pers. 1, 125.

dī-lĭgo, lexi, lectum, 3, v. a. [2. lego]. Prop., to distinguish one by selecting him from others; hence, in gen., to value or esteem highly, to love (v. amo init., and cf. faveo, studeo, foveo, cupio; very freq. and class.).

Prop.:

nihil est enim virtute amabilius, nihil quod magis alliciat ad diligendum: quippe cum propter virtutem et probitatem etiam eos, quos numquam vidimus, quodam modo diligamus,

Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf. id. ib. 9, 29 sq.; 14, 50; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.; 1, 12 et saep. (cf. also the passages with diligo which are cited under amo, 1. and 1. colo, II. 2. b.); Caes. B. G. 6, 19 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 61, 3; Suet. Caes. 67; Verg. A. 9, 430; Hor. C. 2, 20, 7 et saep.:

satin habes, si feminarum nulla'st, quam aeque diligam?

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Verg. A. 1, 344; Hor. C. 2, 5, 17; Suet. Caes. 50; 52; id. Aug. 62 al.:

te in germani fratris dilexi loco,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 57; cf. Verg. A. 4, 31; Suet. Calig. 24 al.: quem di diligunt, whom the gods favor, denoting a fortunate person, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 18; Ter. And. 5, 6, 9; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 14. —Prov.:

diligitur nemo, nisi cui fortuna secunda est,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 23.

Transf.

Of inanimate objects:

fidem est complexus, observantiamque dilexit,

Cic. Balb. 28; cf.:

Caesaris consilia in re publica,

id. Prov. Cons. 10 fin.:

benevolentiam, diligentiam, prudentiam mirifice,

id. Att. 12, 34 fin.:

aviae memoriam,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

auream mediocritatem,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 6:

Cypron,

id. ib. 1, 30, 2 et saep. —

Very rarely, of inanimate subjects, to love, choose, affect:

montes amant cedrus, larix, etc.... montes et valles diligit abies,

Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 73 sq. —

With inf. for amare, to do willingly or habitually, to be fond of doing:

pira nasci tali solo maxime diligunt,

Pall. Febr. 25, 1.—Hence,

dī-lĭgens, entis, P. a., prop. esteeming, loving; hence, in respect to an inanimate object, careful, assiduous, attentive, diligent, accurate with regard to it, opp. negligens (very freq. and class.).

In gen.

With praepp.:

qui in re adventitia atque hereditaria tam diligens, tam attentus esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48; so, in rebus omnibus, id. Lael. 17, 62:

in exquirendis temporibus,

id. Rep. 2, 14 fin.:

in ostentis animadvertendis,

id. Div. 1, 42 fin.:

in compositione,

id. Quint. 10, 1, 79:

in philosophia,

id. ib. 129:

in eloquendo,

id. ib. 63:

in symmetria,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58 al.:

ad custodiendum aliquem diligentissimus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; so,

ad reportandum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6:

ad cetera,

Quint. 1, 1, 7:

diligentes circa hoc,

Plin. 31, 5, 30, § 56:

circa aerarium,

Eutr. 8, 7.—

With gen.:

omnis officii diligentissimus,

Cic. Cael. 30, 73:

veritatis,

Nep. Epam. 3:

imperii,

id. Con. 1, 2:

disciplinae,

Vell. 1, 6; cf.:

litterarum veterum,

Gell. 4, 11, 4:

compositionis,

Quint. 9, 4, 77:

aliarum rerum quae vitam instruunt,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 3:

temperamenti,

Plin. Pan. 79, 5:

naturae,

attentively investigating it, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; so,

medicinae,

id. 32, 3, 13, § 26 et saep.—

With dat.:

Corinthios video publicis equis assignandis et alendis, orborum et viduarum tributis fuisse quondam diligentes,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 32.—

Absol.:

experientissimus ac diligentissimus orator,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21: pro cauto ac diligente, Caes. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.;

for which: ut a diligenti curiosus distat,

Quint. 8, 3, 55; cf. id. 1, 4, 24; 2, 15, 10 et saep.—

Transf., of inanimate subjects:

assidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf.:

diligentior notitia,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84:

stilus,

Tac. Or. 39:

remedia,

Sen. Ep. 95; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 45; Vell. 1, 4.—

In partic., with reference to domestic affairs, frugal, thrifty, economical (cf. its opp. negligens = prodigus, and Ruhnk. Rutil. Lup. p. 95, a, ed. Frotsch.):

homo frugi ac diligens, qui sua servare vellet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1; cf.

opp. negligens,

ib. 4, 13, 8;

and c. c. parcus and opp. luxuriosus,

Auct. Her. 4, 34:

cum te pro illiberali diligentem (appelles),

Quint. 9, 3, 65:

ex re familiari, cujus diligentissimus erat,

Suet. Gramm. 23.—Hence, dīlĭgenter, adv. (acc. to II. A.), carefully, attentively, diligently:

accurate agatur, docte et diligenter,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 30; id. Men. 5, 6, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 1; 2, 3, 47 al.; Cic. Phil. 1, 15 fin.; id. Fam. 6, 5; id. Att. 16, 16 A. fin.; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 al.— Comp., Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Brut. 22, 86; Caes. B. G. 3, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8, 4; Vulg. Act. 22, 30 al.— Sup., Cic. Lael. 2, 7; id. Rep. 2, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 28 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 81 al.—

dīlectus, a, um, P. a., loved, beloved, dear (rare).—With dat.:

pueri dilecti Superis,

Ov. M. 10, 153; so id. ib. 5, 395; 8, 758.—In sup., Stat. Th. 8, 99; Vulg. Heb. 6, 9.— Absol.:

luce mihi carior dilectior fili,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1 init.; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 74 al.— Subst.: dīlectus, i, m., = ho erômenos, a favorite, Suet. Aug. 98.

ē-lăbōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to labor, endeavor, exert one's self, take pains either successfully or perseveringly = eniti (class.; most freq. in Cic.).— Constr. with ut, in aliqua re, in aliquid, with acc. and inf. as object, or absol.

With ut:

enitere, elabora, vel potius eblandire, effice, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 16 C, § 12; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14 fin.; id. de Or. 2, 72 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 18 (twice); and pass. impers.:

aperte elaboratur, ut verba verbis respondeant,

Cic. Or. 12, 38.—

In aliqua re (so in Cic. most freq.):

elaborant (senes) in iis, quae, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 7, 24 Gernh.; 8, 26; 11, 38; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 3; 1, 5, 18; id. Or. 16 fin.; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 25 fin.; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; id. Fam. 2, 6 fin. al.; Quint. 5, 10, 119; and pass. impers., Tac. Or. 29.—

Also in eo (iis), ut, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 45.—

In aliquid (very seldom):

ei non in unam partem aliquam, sed in omnia elaborandum est,

Quint. 2, 8, 8; cf.:

totis mentibus huc tendamus, in hoc elaboremus,

id. 12, 1, 31, v. Spald. N. cr. —

With acc. and inf. as object:

(declamatores) breviores commentarios facere elaborarunt,

Quint. 3, 8, 58.—

Absol. (very rare), Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 24; so Dom. Afer. in Quint. 6, 3, 68:

arte,

Vulg. Sap. 14, 19.—

Act., to labor on, take pains with, to work out, elaborate (so for the most part only in the pass., and esp. freq. since the Aug. period):

quicquid elaborari aut effici potuerit ad istorum benevolentiam conciliandam,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16:

in ingenio quoque, sicut in agro, quamquam diu serantur atque elaborentur,

Tac. Or. 6 fin.:

a Graecis elaborata dicendi vis atque copia,

Cic. Brut. 7, 26:

causae diligenter elaboratae et tamquam elucubratae,

carefully elaborated, id. ib. 90 fin.; cf. in the part. perf., id. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; id. Cael. 19, 45; Quint. 4, 1, 54; 8, 3, 12; Hor. Epod. 14, 12 al.:

elaboratum a parentibus imperium,

acquired by the labors of, Just. 1, 2, 11.—In the act.:

candelabrorum superficiem,

Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11:

non Siculae dapes Dulcem elaborabunt saporem,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 19.—

In rhet.: ēlăbōrātus, a, um, P. a., sometimes with the accessory notion of overdoing, elaborate:

elaborata concinnitas,

Cic. Or. 25, 84:

nihil arcessiti et elaborati,

Quint. 12, 10, 40.

ē-vĭgĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

To wake up, awak, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8; 9, 36, 1; Quint. 9, 4, 12; Suet. Aug. 78; Stat. S. 5, 3, 128; Vulg. Gen. 28, 16.—

To be wakeful, vigilant. — Trop.:

in quo evigilaverunt curae et cogitationes meae, si? etc.,

Cic. Par. 2, 17; Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 34.—

Act., to watch through, pass without sleeping:

nox evigilanda,

Tib. 1, 8, 64.—

Transf., to elaborate carefully, to compose, prepare (cf. elucubro).

Lit.:

libros,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 108; cf. Gell. 1, 7, 4.—

Trop.:

consilia evigilata cogitationibus,

Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1.— Pass. impers.: etsi nobis, qui id aetatis sumus, evigilatum ferest, tamen, etc., we have nearly done with watching or caring for ourselves, Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.

exāmĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [examen].

(acc. to examen, I.).— Neut., to form swarms, to swarm:

examinant alvi,

Col. 9, 14, 5.—

(acc. to examen, II.).

Lit.

Act., to weigh (class.):

(aër) tamquam paribus examinatus ponderibus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43; cf.: ad certum pondus, * Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 4.—

Neut.: alicui, to be in equilibrium with a thing, to counterbalance, counterpoise, Vitr. 10, 8.—

Trop., act., to weigh, ponder, consider, examine, try, test (class.):

non aurificis statera, sed quadam populari trutina examinari,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; cf.:

omnia verborum momentis, non rerum ponderibus,

id. Rep. 3, 8; so,

aliquid suis ponderibus,

id. Planc. 32 fin.:

diligenter verborum omnium pondera,

id. Or. 8, 26; Quint. 10, 3, 5:

emendate loquendi regulam,

id. 1, 5, 1;

juncturam syllabarum longarum et brevium aurium mensura,

Gell. 16, 18, 3:

(Parrhasius) examinasse subtilius lineas traditur (shortly after: circumscripsit omnia),

Quint. 12, 10, 4 Spald.: male verum examinat omnis Corruptus judex, * Hor. S. 2, 2, 8; cf.

of judicial examination,

Quint. 12, 3, 6; Dig. 30, 58; 33, 7, 12, § 43. —Hence, exāmĭnātus, a, um, P. a., tried, i. e. careful, thoughtful (late Lat.):

examinatissima diligentia,

Aug. Conf. 7, 6. — Adv.: exāmĭnātē, carefully, considerately:

credere,

Tert. Praescr. 33.— Comp.:

examinatius deliberare,

Amm. 25, 7.

ex-cŏlo, cŏlŭi, cultum, 3, v. a., to work carefully, to tend, cultivate.

Lit. (very rare, and mostly post-Aug.):

vineas,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48; cf. rura, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 196:

victum hominum (boves),

Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 187:

lanas rudes,

i. e. to spin fine, Ov. A. A. 2, 220.—

Transf., in gen., to improve, polish, adorn, perfect:

marmora, quibus solum, quibus parietes excolantur,

Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 3; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 118; cf.:

praetoria xystis et nemoribus,

Suet. Aug. 72:

urbem adeo, ut jure sit gloriatus marmoream se relinquere,

id. ib. 28:

aedificium,

Dig. 7, 1, 44:

fructuarius excolere quod invenit potest, qualitate aedium non immutata,

ib. 7, 1, 13, § 7:

vagos resecare capillos Doctus et hirsutas excoluisse genas,

Mart. 6, 52, 4:

triumphum,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 135:

tumulum in tropaei modum,

Flor. 4, 12:

legionarii injecere flammae arma sua, quibus exculti funus celebrabant,

Suet. Caes. 84.—

Trop.

To improve, ennoble, refine, perfect (the class. signif. of the word):

nihil tam horridum, tam incultum, quod non splendescat oratione et tamquam excolatur, Cic. Parad. prooem. § 3: C. Tuditanus omni vita atque victu excultus atque expolitus,

id. Brut. 25, 95; cf.:

mansuefactus et excultus,

id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62:

ex agresti immanique vita exculti ad humanitatem et mitigati sumus,

id. Leg. 2, 14, 36:

excultus doctrinā,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 4, 38, 84; Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 15:

animos doctrina,

Cic. Arch. 6, 12:

ingenia disciplinā exculta,

id. Or. 15, 48:

aetas exculta,

id. Rep. 2, 10:

quibus rebus exculta hominum vita tantum distat a victu et cultu bestiarum,

id. Off. 2, 4, 15:

inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes,

Verg. A. 6, 663:

an victus hominum Atheniensium beneficio excoli potuit, oratio non potuit?

Cic. Or. 9, 31; so,

mores aut studia,

Quint. 4 praef. §

3: mores studiis,

id. 12, 2, 1; 12, 3, 1; Gell. 13, 5, 2:

orationem,

Quint. 8, 3, 86; Tac. Or. 22:

excultae cujusdam elegantiae,

Quint. 6, 3, 20.—

Of persons, to honor ( poet., and very rare, for the class. colere):

deos,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 10:

aliquem,

Ov. Pont. 1, 7, 59.

ex-cōlo, āre, v. a., to strain out (post-class.):

acetum,

Pall. Jun. 8, 1:

culicem,

Vulg. Matt. 23, 24.

mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. madh-a, wisdom; Gr. mathos, manthanô, mêdomai; cf.: medeor, re-med-ium, etc.]; act., to think or reflect upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design, purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad, de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause, or absol. (class.).

Lit.

With acc.:

semulque cursuram meditabor ad ludos Olympios,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

ea para, meditare, cogita, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

nihil aliud cogitare, meditari, curare nisi, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

forum, subsellia, rostra curiamque,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

fugam ad legiones,

Suet. Tib. 65:

cor tuum meditabitur timorem,

i. e. promote by meditation, Vulg. Isa. 33, 18.—

With ad; ne ad eam rem meditere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1:

ad hujus vitae studium meditati illi sunt qui feruntur labores tui,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26.—

With de:

ut de tua ratione meditere,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4.—

With dat. (ante-class.):

nugis,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107. —

With inf.:

jam designatus alio incessu esse meditabatur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

multos annos regnare meditatus magno labore,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

cum animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas,

Nep. Ages. 4.—

With a rel.-clause:

ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 42:

meditabor, quo modo cum illo loquar,

Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1:

quid contra dicerem, mecum ipse meditabor,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

meditare, quibus verbis incensam illius cupiditatem comprimas,

id. Pis. 25, 59.—

Absol.:

multis modis meditatus egomet mecum sum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 1:

egressus ad meditandum in agro,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 63. —

Transf., to meditate, study, exercise one's self in, practise a thing:

nugas est meditatus male,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107:

Demosthenes perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

Demosthenes in litore meditans,

Quint. 10, 3, 30:

quid Crassus ageret meditandi aut discendi causā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:

aut in foro dicere aut meditari extra forum,

id. Brut. 88, 302:

musam,

Verg. E. 1, 2:

arma,

Veg. Mil. 1, 20:

proelia,

Juv. 4, 112.— Transf., of animals:

cervi editos partus exercent cursu, et fugam meditari docent,

to practise flight, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 113.—Of things: semper cauda scorpionis in ictu est: nulloque momento meditari cessat, to move as in readiness to strike, i. e. to threaten, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87:

semina meditantur aristas,

Prud. Cath. 10, 132; also, to murmur, utter a sad cry:

clamabo, meditabor ut columba,

Vulg. Isa. 38, 14; 59, 11.—

In pass. signif. (in verb. fin. post-class. and very rare):

adulteria meditantur,

Min. Fel. Oct. 25, 1.—But freq. in part. perf.: mĕdĭtā-tus, a, um.

Exercised, practised, instructed (only Plautin.):

cumque huc ad adulescentem meditatum probe mittam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 88:

probe meditatam utramque duco,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 29:

murmura,

Juv. 6, 539.—

Thought upon, meditated, weighed, considered, studied:

meditati sunt doli docte,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30:

ea, quae meditata et praeparata inferuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

meditatum et cogitatum scelus,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 85:

meditatum cogitatumque verbum,

id. ib. 10, 2, 6:

accuratae et meditatae commentationes,

id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

oratio,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

doli,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: meditata et composita oratio (opp. extemporized), Suet. Aug. 84. — Subst.: mĕdĭtāta, ōrum, n., a carefully prepared speech:

sive meditata sive subita proferret,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭtātē, thoughtfully, designedly, intentionally (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,

knowest thoroughly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16:

hau male meditate male dicax es,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 26:

effundere probra,

Sen. Const. Sap. 11, 3.

mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. madh-a, wisdom; Gr. mathos, manthanô, mêdomai; cf.: medeor, re-med-ium, etc.]; act., to think or reflect upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design, purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad, de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause, or absol. (class.).

Lit.

With acc.:

semulque cursuram meditabor ad ludos Olympios,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

ea para, meditare, cogita, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

nihil aliud cogitare, meditari, curare nisi, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

forum, subsellia, rostra curiamque,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

fugam ad legiones,

Suet. Tib. 65:

cor tuum meditabitur timorem,

i. e. promote by meditation, Vulg. Isa. 33, 18.—

With ad; ne ad eam rem meditere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1:

ad hujus vitae studium meditati illi sunt qui feruntur labores tui,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26.—

With de:

ut de tua ratione meditere,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4.—

With dat. (ante-class.):

nugis,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107. —

With inf.:

jam designatus alio incessu esse meditabatur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

multos annos regnare meditatus magno labore,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

cum animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas,

Nep. Ages. 4.—

With a rel.-clause:

ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 42:

meditabor, quo modo cum illo loquar,

Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1:

quid contra dicerem, mecum ipse meditabor,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

meditare, quibus verbis incensam illius cupiditatem comprimas,

id. Pis. 25, 59.—

Absol.:

multis modis meditatus egomet mecum sum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 1:

egressus ad meditandum in agro,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 63. —

Transf., to meditate, study, exercise one's self in, practise a thing:

nugas est meditatus male,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107:

Demosthenes perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

Demosthenes in litore meditans,

Quint. 10, 3, 30:

quid Crassus ageret meditandi aut discendi causā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:

aut in foro dicere aut meditari extra forum,

id. Brut. 88, 302:

musam,

Verg. E. 1, 2:

arma,

Veg. Mil. 1, 20:

proelia,

Juv. 4, 112.— Transf., of animals:

cervi editos partus exercent cursu, et fugam meditari docent,

to practise flight, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 113.—Of things: semper cauda scorpionis in ictu est: nulloque momento meditari cessat, to move as in readiness to strike, i. e. to threaten, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87:

semina meditantur aristas,

Prud. Cath. 10, 132; also, to murmur, utter a sad cry:

clamabo, meditabor ut columba,

Vulg. Isa. 38, 14; 59, 11.—

In pass. signif. (in verb. fin. post-class. and very rare):

adulteria meditantur,

Min. Fel. Oct. 25, 1.—But freq. in part. perf.: mĕdĭtā-tus, a, um.

Exercised, practised, instructed (only Plautin.):

cumque huc ad adulescentem meditatum probe mittam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 88:

probe meditatam utramque duco,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 29:

murmura,

Juv. 6, 539.—

Thought upon, meditated, weighed, considered, studied:

meditati sunt doli docte,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30:

ea, quae meditata et praeparata inferuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

meditatum et cogitatum scelus,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 85:

meditatum cogitatumque verbum,

id. ib. 10, 2, 6:

accuratae et meditatae commentationes,

id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

oratio,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

doli,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: meditata et composita oratio (opp. extemporized), Suet. Aug. 84. — Subst.: mĕdĭtāta, ōrum, n., a carefully prepared speech:

sive meditata sive subita proferret,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭtātē, thoughtfully, designedly, intentionally (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,

knowest thoroughly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16:

hau male meditate male dicax es,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 26:

effundere probra,

Sen. Const. Sap. 11, 3.