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  • 1 stir up

    transitive verb
    1) (disturb) aufrühren
    2) (fig.): (arouse, provoke) wecken [Neugier, Interesse, Leidenschaft]; aufrütteln [Anhänger, Gefolgsleute]; entfachen [Liebe, Hass, Streit, Zorn, Revolution]; schüren [Hass, Feindseligkeit]
    * * *
    (to cause (trouble etc): He was trying to stir up trouble at the factory.) entfachen
    * * *
    vt
    1. (mix)
    ▪ to \stir up up ⇆ sth etw umrühren
    2. (raise)
    to \stir up up dust/leaves Staub/Blätter aufwirbeln
    3. (cause intentionally)
    to \stir up up discontent Unzufriedenheit entfachen
    to \stir up up dissention Zwietracht säen
    to \stir up up a mutiny/revolution/riot eine Meuterei/eine Revolution/einen Aufstand anzetteln
    to \stir up up sedition Volksverhetzung betreiben
    to \stir up up trouble/unrest Ärger/Unruhe stiften
    4. (start)
    to \stir up up a crisis eine Krise auslösen
    to \stir up up a dispute/feud einen Streit/eine Fehde entfachen
    to \stir up up rivalry between sb and sb zu einer Rivalität zwischen jdm und jdm führen
    5. (agitate)
    to \stir up up the crowd/mob die Menge/den Pöbel aufhetzen [o aufwiegeln
    to \stir up up anger/interest/resentment Ärger/Interesse/Groll erregen
    to \stir up up enthusiasm/hope/sympathy Begeisterung/Hoffnung/Sympathie wecken
    to \stir up up excitement/ill-feeling Aufregung/Unbehagen verursachen
    to \stir up up hatred Hass hervorrufen
    to \stir up up support Unterstützung gewinnen
    7. (cause a commotion)
    ▪ to \stir up sb ⇆ up jdn in Aufregung versetzen [o fam aufmischen]
    to \stir up things up einen Wirbel verursachen
    8.
    ▶ to \stir up up a hornet's nest in ein Wespennest stechen
    * * *
    vt sep
    1) liquid, mixture umrühren; cream rühren, schlagen; mud aufwühlen
    2) (fig) curiosity, attention, anger, controversy erregen; memories, the past wachrufen; opposition, discord entfachen, erzeugen; hatred schüren; revolution, revolt anzetteln; mob aufstacheln; lazy person aufrütteln

    to stir sb up to do sth — jdn dazu anstacheln, etw zu tun

    he's always trying to stir things up among the workers — er versucht immer, die Arbeiter aufzuhetzen

    * * *
    transitive verb
    1) (disturb) aufrühren
    2) (fig.): (arouse, provoke) wecken [Neugier, Interesse, Leidenschaft]; aufrütteln [Anhänger, Gefolgsleute]; entfachen [Liebe, Hass, Streit, Zorn, Revolution]; schüren [Hass, Feindseligkeit]
    * * *
    v.
    umrühren v.

    English-german dictionary > stir up

  • 2 stir up

    vt
    1) ( mix)
    to \stir up up <-> sth etw umrühren
    2) ( raise)
    to \stir up up dust/ leaves Staub/Blätter aufwirbeln
    to \stir up up discontent Unzufriedenheit entfachen;
    to \stir up up dissention Zwietracht säen;
    to \stir up up a mutiny/ revolution/ riot eine Meuterei/eine Revolution/einen Aufstand anzetteln;
    to \stir up up sedition Volksverhetzung betreiben;
    to \stir up up trouble/ unrest Ärger/Unruhe stiften
    4) ( start)
    to \stir up up a crisis eine Krise auslösen;
    to \stir up up a dispute/ feud einen Streit/eine Fehde entfachen;
    to \stir up up rivalry between sb and sb zu einer Rivalität zwischen jdm und jdm führen
    5) ( agitate)
    to \stir up up the crowd/ mob die Menge/den Pöbel aufhetzen [o aufwiegeln];
    6) ( arouse)
    to \stir up up anger/ interest/ resentment Ärger/Interesse/Groll erregen;
    to \stir up up enthusiasm/ hope/ sympathy Begeisterung/Hoffnung/Sympathie wecken;
    to \stir up up excitement/ ill-feeling Aufregung/Unbehagen verursachen;
    to \stir up up hatred Hass hervorrufen;
    to \stir up up support Unterstützung gewinnen
    to \stir up sb <-> up jdn in Aufregung versetzen [o ( fam) aufmischen];
    to \stir up things up einen Wirbel verursachen
    PHRASES:
    to \stir up up a hornet's nest in ein Wespennest stechen

    English-German students dictionary > stir up

  • 3 trip

    trip
    1. past tense, past participle - tripped; verb
    1) ((often with up or over) to (cause to) catch one's foot and stumble or fall: She tripped and fell; She tripped over the carpet.) tropezar
    2) (to walk with short, light steps: She tripped happily along the road.) ir con paso ligero

    2. noun
    (a journey or tour: She went on / took a trip to Paris.) viaje
    trip1 n viaje / excursión
    trip2 vb tropezar
    tr[trɪp]
    1 hacer tropezar, hacerle una zancadilla a
    2 (set off - switch, alarm, etc) activar, hacer que se dispare
    1 (stumble) tropezar ( over, con)
    2 (move lightly) ir con paso ligero
    3 slang (on drugs) viajar
    trip ['trɪp] v, tripped ; tripping vi
    1) : caminar (a paso ligero)
    2) stumble: tropezar
    3)
    to trip up err: equivocarse, cometer un error
    trip vt
    1) : hacerle una zancadilla (a alguien)
    you tripped me on purpose!: ¡me hiciste la zancadilla a propósito!
    2) activate: activar (un mecanismo)
    3)
    to trip up : hacer equivocar (a alguien)
    trip n
    1) journey: viaje m
    to take a trip: hacer un viaje
    2) stumble: tropiezo m, traspié m
    v.
    • echar la zancadilla a v.
    • hacer tropezar v.
    • pegar v.
    • trompicar v.
    • tropezar v.
    n.
    • escapada s.f.
    • excursión s.f.
    • gira s.f.
    • recorrido s.m.
    • traspiés s.m.
    • tropiezo s.m.
    • viaje s.m.
    trɪp
    I
    1) ( journey) viaje m; ( excursion) excursión f; ( outing) salida f

    a trip to the zoo/dentist — una visita al zoológico/dentista

    2)
    a) (stumble, fall) tropezón m, traspié m
    3) (sl)
    a) ( drug-induced) viaje m (arg), colocón m (arg), pasón m (Méx arg)
    b) ( obsession)

    she's been on a real guilt trip lately — le ha dado por sentirse culpable últimamente; see also ego trip


    II
    1.
    - pp- intransitive verb
    1) ( stumble) tropezar*

    to trip ON/OVER something — tropezar* con algo

    2) ( move lightly and easily) (+ adv compl)

    her surname doesn't exactly trip off the tongue — su apellido no es muy fácil de pronunciar, que digamos


    2.
    vt
    a) trip (up) ( make stumble - intentionally) hacerle* una zancadilla a, ponerle* or echarle una or la zancadilla a (Esp)
    b) ( set off) \<\<alarm\>\> activar, hacer* que se dispare
    Phrasal Verbs:
    [trɪp]
    1. N
    1) (=journey) viaje m ; (=excursion) excursión f ; (=visit) visita f ; (=outing) salida f

    it's a 100-mile trip — es un recorrido or un viaje de 100 millas

    a trip to the park/seaside — una excursión or una salida al parque/a la playa

    a trip to the cinema — una visita or una salida al cine

    • boat trip — paseo m or excursión f en barco

    • fishing trip — excursión f de pesca

    • to make a trip, we made a trip into town — fuimos a la ciudad

    • she went on a trip to Tasmania — (se) fue de viaje a Tasmania

    • school trip — excursión f del colegio

    • shopping trip — visita f a las tiendas

    • to take a trip, they took a trip to York — fueron de excursión a York

    take a trip to your local library — hágale una visita a la biblioteca de su barrio, visite la biblioteca de su barrio

    • weekend trip — viaje m de fin de semana

    - take a trip down memory lane
    business, coach, day, field, round
    2) * (on drugs) viaje m

    acid trip — viaje m de ácido

    ego, guilt
    3) (=stumble) tropezón m ; (=move to make sb trip) zancadilla f
    4) (Elec) (also: trip switch) interruptor m de desconexión
    2. VI
    1) (=stumble) tropezar

    to trip on/over sth — tropezar con algo

    trip over
    2) liter (=step lightly)

    to trip along, go tripping along — ir con paso ligero

    to trip off the tongue —

    tongue 1., 1)
    3. VT
    1) (also: trip up) (=cause to stumble) (intentionally) poner or echar la zancadilla a; (accidentally) hacer tropezar

    he tried to trip me — intentó ponerme or echarme la zancadilla

    2) (also: trip up) (=catch out)
    trip up 2., 2)
    3) (=set off) [+ mechanism, switch] activar
    4) (=dance)
    - trip the light fantastic
    4.
    CPD

    trip switch N — interruptor m de desconexión

    * * *
    [trɪp]
    I
    1) ( journey) viaje m; ( excursion) excursión f; ( outing) salida f

    a trip to the zoo/dentist — una visita al zoológico/dentista

    2)
    a) (stumble, fall) tropezón m, traspié m
    3) (sl)
    a) ( drug-induced) viaje m (arg), colocón m (arg), pasón m (Méx arg)
    b) ( obsession)

    she's been on a real guilt trip lately — le ha dado por sentirse culpable últimamente; see also ego trip


    II
    1.
    - pp- intransitive verb
    1) ( stumble) tropezar*

    to trip ON/OVER something — tropezar* con algo

    2) ( move lightly and easily) (+ adv compl)

    her surname doesn't exactly trip off the tongue — su apellido no es muy fácil de pronunciar, que digamos


    2.
    vt
    a) trip (up) ( make stumble - intentionally) hacerle* una zancadilla a, ponerle* or echarle una or la zancadilla a (Esp)
    b) ( set off) \<\<alarm\>\> activar, hacer* que se dispare
    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-spanish dictionary > trip

  • 4 ragione

    f reason
    ( diritto) right
    ragione sociale company name
    per ragioni di salute for health reasons
    aver ragione be right
    dare ragione a qualcuno admit that someone is right
    a ragione, con ragione rightly
    senza ragione for no reason
    * * *
    ragione s.f.
    1 reason: l'età della ragione, the age of discretion: avere l'età della ragione, to reach the age of discretion; avere, riacquistare l'uso della ragione, to have, to regain the use of one's reason; agire contro ragione, to act irrationally; ricondurre qlcu. alla ragione, to make s.o. see sense; ascoltare la voce della ragione, to listen to the voice of reason; perdere il lume, l'uso della ragione, to go out of one's mind (o to lose one's wits) // (fil.) ragione pura, pratica, pure, practical reason
    2 ( causa, motivo) reason, motive: che ragione può avere avuto per fare ciò?, what motive can he have had for doing that?; dimmi la ragione per la quale l'hai fatto, tell me your reason for doing it; ho qualche ragione di temerlo, I have (good) reason to fear him; non c'è ragione di pensarlo, there is no reason to think so (o there are no grounds for thinking so); non è una ( buona) ragione, that is no reason (o excuse); non so la ragione di tutto ciò, I do not know the reason for all that; chiedere la ragione di un'azione, to ask the reason for an action; non lo voglio vedere per nessuna ragione, I don't want to see him for any reason (o on no account do I want to see him) // ragione di essere, reason for existence (o raison d'être o justification): il suo sospetto non aveva più ragione d'essere, her suspicion was no longer justified (o she no longer had any reason to be suspicious) // ragione di più, all the more reason: è una ragione di più per licenziarlo, that's another reason for dismissing him // ragione per cui, that's why: ragione per cui sarebbe meglio parlargli, that's why it would be better to speak to him // ragioni di famiglia, family reasons // assente per ragioni di salute, absent on the ground of ill health (o for reasons of ill health) // la foto non può essere pubblicata per ragioni di spazio, the photo can't be published because of lack of space // dare, rendere ragione di qlco., to give reasons for sthg. // non so rendermi ragione di ciò che ho fatto, I cannot explain why I did it; non so rendermi ragione di tutto ciò, I cannot understand the reason for all that // farsi una ragione di qlco., ( rassegnarsi) to resign oneself (o to accept the inevitable) // (fil.) ragione ultima delle cose, the first cause of things
    3 ( argomentazione, prova) reason, justification: addurre le proprie ragioni, to put forward one's reasons; intendere, sentir ragione, to listen to reason: ho cercato di convincerlo ma non vuole sentir ragione, I've tried to convince him but he won't listen to reason // a ragion veduta, after due consideration; ( deliberatamente) deliberately // rendere di pubblica ragione, to make public knowledge
    4 ( diritto, legittimità) right; reason: ragione e torto, right and wrong; a ragione o a torto, rightly or wrongly; a ragione si preoccupa di ciò, he has good reason to worry about it; ciò mi darà ragione, this will prove (o show) I am right; è dalla parte della ragione, he is in the right; non voleva darmi ragione, he did not want to admit I was right; avere ragione, to be right: ho ragione da vendere, I am absolutely right; ha ragione di sgridarlo, he is right to tell him off (o he has every reason to tell him off); ha mille ragioni per non venire alla festa, he has all the reasons in the world for not coming to the party; far valere le proprie ragioni, to assert one's rights // a ragione, with good reason // a maggior ragione, even more so // aver ragione di qlcu., qlco., to get the better of s.o., sthg. // darle di santa ragione a qlcu., to give s.o. a good beating (o hiding o fam. to tan s.o.'s hide); prenderle di santa ragione, to get a good beating // farsi ragione da sé, to take the law into one's hands // rendere ragione a qlcu., to do justice to s.o. // ricorrere a chi di ragione, to apply to the proper (o right) person // la ragione di Stato, reason of State
    5 ( tasso) rate; ( rapporto, proporzione) ratio, proportion: ragione diretta, inversa, direct, inverse ratio; ragione geometrica, geometric ratio; in ragione del 10%, at the rate of 10%; in ragione di tanto ognuno, at the rate of so much a head; distribuire gli utili in ragione del capitale versato, to distribute profits in proportion to the capital paid in
    6 (dir. comm.): ragione sociale, style, corporate name, company title, trade name; la ragione sociale di una ditta, the style (o name) of a firm // ragione di scambio, terms of trade.
    * * *
    [ra'dʒone]
    1. sf
    1) (facoltà) reason

    perdere il lume della ragione — to lose one's reason, take leave of one's senses

    2) (motivo) reason, cause, motive, (argomentazione) argument, (diritto) right

    ... ragion per cui sarebbe meglio partire —...that's why it would be better to leave

    a o con ragione — with good reason, rightly, justly

    a ragion veduta — after due consideration, (intenzionalmente) deliberately

    3) Mat proportion, ratio
    4)

    (fraseologia) aver ragione (a fare) — to be right (in doing o to do)

    sì, hai perfettamente ragione — yes, you're quite right

    aver ragione di qn/qc — to get the better of sb/sth

    avere ragione da vendere — to be absolutely right, be dead right fam

    dare ragione a qn — (sogg : persona) to side with sb, (fatto) to prove sb right

    farsi una ragione di qc — to accept sth, come to terms with sth

    2.
    * * *
    [ra'dʒone]
    sostantivo femminile
    1) (razionalità) reason U

    ricondurre o riportare qcn. alla ragione to make sb. see reason; fare appello alla ragione — to appeal to people's common sense

    2) (causa, motivo) reason

    per la buona, semplice ragione che — for the (very) good, simple reason that

    per nessuna ragione al mondo — for nothing in the world, not for all the tea in China

    farsi una ragione di qcs. — to resign oneself to sth.

    3) (diritto, giusta pretesa)

    dare ragione a qcn. — to agree with sb.

    4) (spiegazione) reason

    chiedere (a qcn.) ragione di qcs. — to call (sb.) to account for sth

    5) mat. (rapporto) ratio

    in ragione del 5% — at the rate of 5%

    in ragione diretta, inversa — in direct, inverse ratio o proportion

    •

    ragion d'essere — reason for existence, raison d'être

    ragione sociale — dir. company o corporate name

    ragion di stato — pol. reason of state

    ••

    a maggior ragione — all the more reason, even more so

    a ragion veduta — after due consideration; (di proposito) deliberately, intentionally

    a o con ragione rightly; a torto o a ragione whether mistakenly or not, rightly or wrongly; avere ragione di qcn., qcs. to get the better of sb., sth.; perdere (il lume del)la ragione to lose one's reason o one's mind; darle a qcn. di santa ragione to thrash the living daylights out of sb., to give sb. a good thrashing; prenderle di santa ragione — to get a beating o thrashing

    * * *
    ragione
    /ra'dʒone/
    sostantivo f.
     1 (razionalità) reason U; età della ragione age of discretion; ricondurre o riportare qcn. alla ragione to make sb. see reason; fare appello alla ragione to appeal to people's common sense
     2 (causa, motivo) reason; non avere nessuna ragione per to have no reason to; senza ragione (apparente) for no (apparent) reason; per una ragione o per l'altra for some reason or other; per la buona, semplice ragione che for the (very) good, simple reason that; per nessuna ragione al mondo for nothing in the world, not for all the tea in China; per -i di salute for health reasons; la ragione per cui the reason why; non c'è ragione di preoccuparsi there is no cause for concern; non vedo la ragione di fare I don't see the point of doing; avere tutte le -i per fare to have every reason for doing o to do; avere delle buone -i per pensare che to have good reasons for thinking that; farsi una ragione di qcs. to resign oneself to sth.; ragione di più per fare all the more reason to do
     3 (diritto, giusta pretesa) avere ragione to be right; avere perfettamente ragione to be absolutely right; dare ragione a qcn. to agree with sb.; essere dalla parte della ragione to be in the right
     4 (spiegazione) reason; chiedere (a qcn.) ragione di qcs. to call (sb.) to account for sth.
     5 mat. (rapporto) ratio; in ragione del 5% at the rate of 5%; in ragione diretta, inversa in direct, inverse ratio o proportion
    a maggior ragione all the more reason, even more so; a ragion veduta after due consideration; (di proposito) deliberately, intentionally; a o con ragione rightly; a torto o a ragione whether mistakenly or not, rightly or wrongly; avere ragione di qcn., qcs. to get the better of sb., sth.; perdere (il lume del)la ragione to lose one's reason o one's mind; darle a qcn. di santa ragione to thrash the living daylights out of sb., to give sb. a good thrashing; prenderle di santa ragione to get a beating o thrashing
    \
    ragion d'essere reason for existence, raison d'être; ragione sociale dir. company o corporate name; ragion di stato pol. reason of state.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > ragione

  • 5 intención

    f.
    intention, meaning, purpose, mind.
    * * *
    1 (propósito) intention
    2 (malicia) maliciousness
    \
    con doble intención with double meaning
    con intención deliberately, intentionally
    con intención de in order to, with the intention of
    con la mejor intención with the best of intentions
    con mala intención deliberately, intentionally
    con segunda intención with double meaning
    tener buenas intenciones to mean well, be well-intentioned
    tener intención de to intend to
    buena intención good will
    mala intención ill will, malice
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=propósito) intention

    perdona, no ha sido mi intención despertarte — sorry, I didn't mean to wake you

    no, gracias, pero se agradece la intención — no, but thanks for thinking of me, no thanks, but it was a kind thought

    • con intención — (=a propósito) deliberately, intentionally

    esto está hecho con intención — this was deliberate, this was no accident

    mencionó lo del divorcio con mala o mucha intención — he spitefully mentioned the divorce

    • la intención de hacer algo, ha dejado clara su intención de venir — he has made it clear that he intends to come

    no lo dijo con la intención de ofenderla — he didn't say it with the intention of offending her, he didn't say it to offend her

    tenemos la intención de salir temprano — we intend o plan to start out early

    no tengo la menor o más mínima intención de pedir perdón — I haven't got the slightest intention of apologizing, I have no intention of apologizing

    • sin intención — without meaning to

    aunque lo haya hecho sin intención — even if he did it without meaning to, even if he didn't mean to do it

    2) pl intenciones (=planes) intentions, plans

    no te fíes, no sabes sus intenciones — don't trust him, you don't know what he has in mind

    ¿cuáles son tus intenciones para el año próximo? — what are your plans for next year?

    • tener buenas intenciones — to mean well, have good intentions

    • tener malas intenciones — to be up to no good

    3)

    • doble o segunda intención — double meaning

    lo dijo con segunda o doble intención — there was a double meaning to what he said

    * * *
    femenino intention

    tiene buenas intenciones — she's well-intentioned, she means well

    lo dijo con segunda or doble intención — she had an ulterior motive for saying it

    me preguntó por ella con mala intención — he asked after her on purpose, he deliberately asked after her

    no tengo la menor or la más mínima intención de devolvérselo — I have no intention whatsoever of giving it back to him

    * * *
    = intent, intention, agenda.
    Ex. The quality of indexing is influenced by the intellectual level and intent of document content in the subject area.
    Ex. The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.
    Ex. Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.
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    * actuar con la intención de ganarse la admiración de Alguie = play to + Nombre.
    * carta de intenciones = letter of intent.
    * con buenas intenciones = well meant, in good faith, well-intentioned, well-intended, well-meaning.
    * con intenciones ocultas = agenda-laden.
    * con la intención de = designing, with an eye toward(s), intending to, aimed at, purposefully, intended to, in the drive to, in a drive to.
    * con las mejores intenciones = best-intentioned.
    * con segundas intenciones = loaded.
    * declaración de intenciones = policy statement, statement of objectives, mission statement, purpose statement, letter of intent, declaration of intent, vision statement.
    * estar hecho con la intención de = be intended for/to.
    * hacer saber la intención de uno = announce + intention.
    * intenciones = designs.
    * intenciones ocultas = hidden agenda.
    * intención maliciosa = malicious intent.
    * mala intención = sinisterness.
    * ser la intención = be the intention.
    * ser la intención de uno = be + Posesivo + intention.
    * sin intención = involuntarily.
    * tener buenas intenciones = be well-intentioned, mean + well.
    * tener la intención de = be intended to, intend, mean.
    * tener la intención de + Infinitivo = set out to + Infinitivo.
    * tener malas intenciones = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * venir con buenas intenciones = come in + peace.
    * * *
    femenino intention

    tiene buenas intenciones — she's well-intentioned, she means well

    lo dijo con segunda or doble intención — she had an ulterior motive for saying it

    me preguntó por ella con mala intención — he asked after her on purpose, he deliberately asked after her

    no tengo la menor or la más mínima intención de devolvérselo — I have no intention whatsoever of giving it back to him

    * * *
    = intent, intention, agenda.

    Ex: The quality of indexing is influenced by the intellectual level and intent of document content in the subject area.

    Ex: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.
    Ex: Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.
    * actuar con la intención de ganarse la admiración de Alguie = play to + Nombre.
    * carta de intenciones = letter of intent.
    * con buenas intenciones = well meant, in good faith, well-intentioned, well-intended, well-meaning.
    * con intenciones ocultas = agenda-laden.
    * con la intención de = designing, with an eye toward(s), intending to, aimed at, purposefully, intended to, in the drive to, in a drive to.
    * con las mejores intenciones = best-intentioned.
    * con segundas intenciones = loaded.
    * declaración de intenciones = policy statement, statement of objectives, mission statement, purpose statement, letter of intent, declaration of intent, vision statement.
    * estar hecho con la intención de = be intended for/to.
    * hacer saber la intención de uno = announce + intention.
    * intenciones = designs.
    * intenciones ocultas = hidden agenda.
    * intención maliciosa = malicious intent.
    * mala intención = sinisterness.
    * ser la intención = be the intention.
    * ser la intención de uno = be + Posesivo + intention.
    * sin intención = involuntarily.
    * tener buenas intenciones = be well-intentioned, mean + well.
    * tener la intención de = be intended to, intend, mean.
    * tener la intención de + Infinitivo = set out to + Infinitivo.
    * tener malas intenciones = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * venir con buenas intenciones = come in + peace.

    * * *
    intention
    no fue mi intención ofenderte I didn't mean to offend you, it was not my intention to offend you
    ¿qué intenciones trae? what are his intentions?
    tiene buenas intenciones she's well-intentioned, her intentions are good, she means well
    tiene malas intenciones he is up to no good
    lo dijo con segundas intenciones or segunda intenciónor doble intención she had ulterior motives o her own reasons for saying it
    me preguntó por ella con (mala) intención he asked after her on purpose, he deliberately asked after her
    sé que lo hacen con la mejor intención I know they're doing it with the best of intentions, I know they mean well
    lo que cuenta es la intención it's the thought that counts
    intención DE + INF:
    vine con (la) intención de ayudarte I came to help you, I came with the intention of helping you, I came intending to help you
    tiene (la) intención de abrir un bar she plans o intends to open a bar
    no tengo la menor or la más mínima intención de devolvérselo I have no intention whatsoever of giving it back to him, I haven't the slightest intention of giving it back to him
    de buenas intenciones está empedrado el camino del infierno the road to hell is paved with good intentions
    Compuesto:
    la intención de voto de la mayoría de los encuestados the way that most of the people interviewed intended to vote
    * * *

     

    intención sustantivo femenino
    intention;

    tiene buenas/malas intenciones she's well-intentioned/up to no good;
    lo dijo con segunda or doble intención she had an ulterior motive for saying it;
    con la mejor intención with the best of intentions;
    lo que cuenta es la intención it's the thought that counts;
    vine con (la) intención de ayudarte I came to help you;
    tiene (la) intención de abrir un bar she plans o intends to open a bar;
    no tengo la menor intención de venderlo I have no intention whatsoever of selling it
    intención sustantivo femenino
    1 (propósito) intention: adivino sus intenciones, I can guess his intentions
    tenemos la intención de viajar a Marruecos este verano, we intend to travel to Morocco this summer
    vino con la intención de conocerte, she came with the idea of meeting you ➣ Ver nota en intend
    2 (malicia) lo dijo con intención, he said it deliberately/on purpose
    fue sin intención, it wasn't deliberate
    ese comentario tiene segunda intención, that remark has a hidden meaning

    ' intención' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    accidental
    - amagar
    - ánimo
    - bala
    - desplazarse
    - faltar
    - golpear
    - idea
    - intríngulis
    - ladrón
    - ladrona
    - malicia
    - matiz
    - mira
    - parecer
    - pensar
    - plan
    - porfiar
    - querer
    - robar
    - segunda
    - solapada
    - solapado
    - transparentarse
    - transparente
    - turbia
    - turbiedad
    - turbieza
    - turbio
    - uva
    - veneno
    - voluntad
    - declarar
    - disfrazar
    - fe
    - ir
    - maligno
    - para
    - propósito
    English:
    accidental
    - aim to
    - announce
    - approach
    - approachable
    - audition
    - back down
    - bypass
    - calculate
    - declare
    - declared
    - deploy
    - design
    - divorce
    - hand
    - holiday
    - idea
    - initiate
    - intend
    - intent
    - intention
    - malevolently
    - malice
    - mean
    - meaning
    - mind
    - plan
    - plan on
    - propose
    - purpose
    - thought
    - will
    - disrespect
    - good
    - set
    - sorry
    - ulterior
    - well
    * * *
    intention;
    su intención es volver a presentarse al concurso she intends to enter the competition again;
    ya veo cuáles son tus intenciones I see what you're up to now;
    el prólogo del acuerdo es una declaración de intenciones the preface to the agreement is a declaration of intent;
    se agradece la intención it was a nice thought;
    tener la intención de hacer algo to intend to do sth;
    no tengo intención alguna de ir I have no intention of going;
    con intención [intencionadamente] intentionally;
    lo hizo con intención de ayudar he was trying to help;
    los fans llegaron con intención de causar problemas the fans came with the intention of causing trouble;
    buena/mala intención good/bad intentions;
    tener buenas/malas intenciones to have good/bad intentions;
    lo hizo sin mala intención he didn't mean any harm;
    lo dije sin intención de ofender a nadie it wasn't my intention to offend anyone, I didn't mean any offence;
    lo dijo con segundas intenciones he had an ulterior motive for saying it;
    la intención es lo que cuenta it's the thought that counts;
    de buenas intenciones está empedrado el camino del infierno the road to hell is paved with good intentions
    intención de voto voting intentions;
    la encuesta le da el 20 por ciento de la intención de voto 20 percent of those interviewed in the poll said they would vote for her
    * * *
    f intention;
    con buena/mala intención with good/bad intentions, in good/bad faith;
    segunda intención ulterior motive;
    con/sin intención intentionally/unintentionally;
    * * *
    intención nf, pl - ciones : intention, plan
    * * *
    intención n intention
    con intención de with the intention of / in order to
    hacer algo con buena intención to mean well [pt. & pp. meant]

    Spanish-English dictionary > intención

  • 6 collapse

    [kə'læps]
    1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) styrte sammen; falde sammen; bryde sammen; kollapse
    2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) falde om; kollapse
    3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) bryde sammen; kollapse
    4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) klappe sammen; slå sammen
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    * * *
    [kə'læps]
    1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) styrte sammen; falde sammen; bryde sammen; kollapse
    2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) falde om; kollapse
    3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) bryde sammen; kollapse
    4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) klappe sammen; slå sammen
    •

    English-Danish dictionary > collapse

  • 7 цел

    1. aim, purpose, goal, object, objective, end
    без цел aimlessly; unintentionally
    без определена цел with no definite purpose (in mind)
    с цел purposely, on purpose, advisedly, intentionally, deliberately
    с цел да (in order) to (c inf.), with the purpose of (c ger.)
    с единствена цел да solely in order to (c inf.), with the sole purpose of (с ger.)
    с определена цел with a set purpose
    с каква цел? for what purpose?
    за тази цел for that purpose
    с тази цел with that end in view
    имам за цел да have for an object to(c inf.), aim at (c ger.)
    с цел да измамя with the intent to deceive, юр. with intent to defraud
    поставям си за цел set o.s. the task (да of с ger.) make it o.'s object (to с inf.)
    поставям си висока цел aim high, aim at the highest
    постигам целта си achieve/gain/attain/reach o.'s object/end
    get o. цел s end(s); secure o.'s object; accomplish what one has set out to do
    gain o.'s point
    разг. hook/land o.'s fish
    ам. разг. make o.'s Jack
    не постигам целта си miss the mark
    това отговаря на целта this answers the purpose
    целта оправдава средствата the aim justifies the means
    2. (мишена) target, mark
    земна/подвижна цел воен. a ground/moving target
    попадам в целта и прен. hit the mark/the bull's eye, come/get/hit/strike home
    удрям право в цел та hit the mark/the bull's eye
    не в цел та wide of the mark
    не попадам в целта u прен. miss the mark
    * * *
    ж., -и 1. aim, purpose, goal, object, objective, end; ( предназначение) designation; без определена \цел with no definite purpose (in mind); (за ходене) at random; без \цел aimlessly; unintentionally; задна \цел ulterior purpose; крайна \цел филос. final cause; набелязване на \цели targeting; не постигам \целта си miss the mark; поставям си висока \цел aim high; поставям си за \цел set o.s. the task (да of c ger.), make it o.’s object (to c inf.); постигам \целта си achieve/attain/reach/gain o.’s object; accomplish what one has set out to do; gain o.’s point; разг. hook/land o.’s fish; амер. разг. make o.’s Jack; преследвам обща \цел shoot for the same target; с благотворителна \цел in aid of charity; с единствена \цел да with the sole purpose of (c ger.); с тази \цел with that end in view; с \цел purposely, on purpose, advisedly, intentionally, deliberately; с \цел да with the purpose of (c ger.); с \цел да измамя with the intent to deceive, юр. with intent to defraud; \целта оправдава средствата the aim justifies the means;
    2. ( мишена) target, mark; земна/подвижна \цел воен. a ground/moving target; не попадам в \целта (и прен.) miss the mark; попадам в \целта (и прен.) hit the mark/the bull’s eye, come/get/hit/strike home; той винаги удря право в \целта he never misses.
    * * *
    aim: the цел justifies the means - целта оправдава средствата; goal (и сп.); object: He achieved his цел. - Той постигна целта си.; objective ; designation (предназначение); intent: with the цел to arrive first - с цел да пристигна пръв; intention ; purpose: with a set цел - с определена цел; (мишена): target: hit the цел - удрям право в целта, miss the цел - пропускам целта
    * * *
    1. (за ходене) at random 2. (мишена) target, mark 3. (предназначение) designation 4. aim, purpose, goal, object, objective, end 5. gain o.'s роint 6. get o.ЦЕЛs end(s);secure o.'s object;accomplish what one has set out to do 7. ЦЕЛта оправдава средствата the aim justifies the means 8. ам. разг. make o.'s Jack 9. без ЦЕЛ aimlessly;unintentionally 10. без определена ЦЕЛ with no definite purpose (in mind) 11. за тази ЦЕЛ for that purpose 12. земна/ подвижна ЦЕЛ воен. а ground/moving target 13. имам за ЦЕЛ да have for an object to(c inf.), aim at (c ger.) 14. не в ЦЕЛ та wide of the mark 15. не попадам в ЦЕЛта u прен. miss the mark 16. не постигам ЦЕЛта си miss the mark 17. попадам в ЦЕЛта и прен. hit the mark/the bull's eye, come/get/hit/strike home 18. поставям си висока ЦЕЛ aim high, aim at the highest 19. поставям си за ЦЕЛ set о. s. the task (да of c ger.) make it o.'s object (to c inf.) 20. постигам ЦЕЛта си achieve/ gain/attain/reach o.'s object/end 21. разг. hook/ land o.'s fish 22. с ЦЕЛ purposely, on purpose, advisedly, intentionally, deliberately 23. с ЦЕЛ да (in order) to (c inf.), with the purpose of (c ger.) 24. с ЦЕЛ да измамя with the intent to deceive, юр. with intent to defraud 25. с благотворителна ЦЕЛ in aid of charity 26. с единствена ЦЕЛ да solely in order to (c inf.), with the sole purpose of (c ger,) 27. с каква ЦЕЛ ? for what purpose? 28. с определена ЦЕЛ with a set purpose 29. с тази ЦЕЛ with that end in view 30. това отговаря на ЦЕЛта this answers the purpose 31. той винаги удря право в ЦЕЛ та he never misses 32. удрям право в ЦЕЛ та hit the mark/the bull's eye

    Български-английски речник > цел

  • 8 set

    set
    1. present participle - setting; verb
    1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) poner, colocar
    2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) poner
    3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) poner, fijar, acordar
    4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) mandar
    5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) provocar
    6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) ponerse
    7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) endurecer, cuajar
    8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) poner
    9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) marcar
    10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) montar, engastar
    11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) componer, encajar

    2. adjective
    1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) fijo, determinado, establecido
    2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) listo, preparado
    3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) deliberado
    4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) fijo
    5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) fijo
    6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) engastado

    3. noun
    1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) juego, colección, equipo
    2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) aparato
    3) (a group of people: the musical set.) grupo, pandilla
    4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) marcado
    5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) decorado
    6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set
    •
    - setback
    - set phrase
    - set-square
    - setting-lotion
    - set-to
    - set-up
    - all set
    - set about
    - set someone against someone
    - set against someone
    - set someone against
    - set against
    - set aside
    - set back
    - set down
    - set in
    - set off
    - set something or someone on someone
    - set on someone
    - set something or someone on
    - set on
    - set out
    - set to
    - set up
    - set up camp
    - set up house
    - set up shop
    - set upon
    set1 n
    1. juego / colección
    2. aparato
    3. decorado / plató
    4. set
    game, set and match juego, set y partido
    set2 vb
    1. poner
    have you set the alarm clock? ¿has puesto el despertador?
    2. fijar / establecer
    3. ponerse


    set sustantivo masculino (pl
    ◊ sets) set

    set m Ten set ' set' also found in these entries: Spanish: acondicionar - ajedrez - ambientar - aparato - azuzar - camino - cartabón - componer - conjunta - conjunto - constituir - constituirse - dar - decorado - decorador - decoradora - dentadura - destinar - determinar - disponer - ejemplo - empeño - emprender - enfrentar - engarzar - equipo - erigirse - escala - escenografía - escuadra - establecer - examen - fijar - fijarse - fraguar - frase - granada - granado - grifería - grupo - hecha - hecho - hombro - hundida - hundido - incendiar - indisponer - inflamar - instalar - jet English: adventure - ascetic - backing - barricade - beset - cassette - cat - dead - deep-set - example - film set - fire - foundation - fund - gather in - goblet - heart - intentionally - jet-set - journey - light - loose - nationalist - odds - pace - paper - pattern - preset - radio set - radiocassette - reset - rest - sail - scene - set - set about - set against - set apart - set aside - set back - set book - set down - set in - set off - set on - set out - set up - set upon - set-up - setting
    tr[set]
    ■ shampoo and set, please lavar y marcar, por favor
    ■ all actors must be on the set at 9.00 am todos los actores deben estar en el plató a las 9.00
    3 (position, posture) postura, posición nombre femenino
    1 (placed) situado,-a
    2 (fixed, arranged) fijo,-a, determinado,-a, establecido,-a
    3 (rigid, stiff) rígido,-a, forzado,-a; (opinion) inflexible; (idea) fijo,-a
    4 SMALLEDUCATION/SMALL (book) prescrito,-a
    5 (ready, prepared) listo,-a (for/to, para), preparado,-a (for/to, para); (likely) probable
    ■ is everyone set to go? ¿todos estáis listos para salir?
    transitive verb (pt & pp set)
    1 (put, place) poner, colocar
    2 (prepare - trap) tender, preparar; (- table) poner; (- camera, video) preparar; (- clock, watch, oven, etc) poner
    ■ I've set the alarm clock for 6.00 am he puesto el despertador a las 6.00
    3 (date, time) fijar, señalar, acordar; (example) dar; (rule, record, limit) establecer; (precedent) sentar; (fashion) imponer, dictar
    ■ have you set a date for the wedding? ¿has fijado una fecha para la boda?
    4 (price) fijar; (value) poner
    5 (jewel, stone) montar, engastar
    7 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL (broken bone) componer; (joint) encajar
    8 (exam, test, problem) poner; (homework) mandar, poner; (task) asignar; (text) prescribir; (target, aim) fijar, proponer
    9 (story, action) ambientar
    10 (provoke, start off) poner, hacer
    11 (provide music for) arreglar, poner música a
    12 (hair) marcar
    13 (make firm - jelly) cuajar; (- cement) hacer fraguar; (- teeth) apretar
    1 (sun, moon) ponerse
    2 (liquid, jelly) cuajar, cuajarse; (cement) fraguarse, endurecerse; (glue) endurecerse; (bone) soldarse
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be all set estar listo,-a, estar preparado,-a
    to be dead set against something oponerse rotundamente a algo
    to be set in one's ways tener unas costumbres muy arraigadas, ser reacio,-a al cambio
    to be set on doing something estar empeñado,-a en hacer algo, estar resuelto,-a a hacer algo
    to set fire to something prender fuego a algo
    to set free poner en libertad, liberar
    to set one's heart on something querer algo más que nada
    to set somebody's mind at rest tranquilizar a alguien
    to set the ball rolling / to set things in motion poner las cosas en marcha
    to set the pace marcar el paso
    to set the tone marcar las pautas
    set lunch menú nombre masculino del día
    set square cartabón nombre masculino, escuadra
    ————————
    tr[set]
    1 (of golf clubs, brushes, tools, etc) juego; (books, poems) colección nombre femenino; (of turbines) equipo, grupo; (of stamps) serie nombre femenino
    2 SMALLELECTRICITY/SMALL (apparatus) aparato
    3 SMALLMATHEMATICS/SMALL conjunto
    4 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (tennis) set nombre masculino
    5 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL (performance) actuación nombre femenino
    6 (of people) grupo; (clique) pandilla, camarilla
    7 (of pupils) grupo
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to make a dead set at (attack) emprenderla con 2 (seduce) proponerse ligar con
    set ['sɛt] v, set ; setting vt
    1) seat: sentar
    2) or set down place: poner, colocar
    3) arrange: fijar, establecer
    to set the date: poner la fecha
    he set the agenda: estableció la agenda
    4) adjust: poner (un reloj, etc.)
    to set fire to: prenderle fuego a
    she set it free: lo soltó
    6) make, start: poner, hacer
    I set them working: los puse a trabajar
    set vi
    1) solidify: fraguar (dícese del cemento, etc.), cuajar (dícese de la gelatina, etc.)
    2) : ponerse (dícese del sol o de la luna)
    set adj
    1) established, fixed: fijo, establecido
    2) rigid: inflexible
    to be set in one's ways: tener costumbres muy arraigadas
    3) ready: listo, preparado
    set n
    1) collection: juego m
    a set of dishes: un juego de platos, una vajilla
    a tool set: una caja de herramientas
    2) or stage set : decorado m (en el teatro), plató m (en el cine)
    3) apparatus: aparato m
    a television set: un televisor
    4) : conjunto m (en matemáticas)
    adj.
    • fijo, -a adj.
    • puesto, -a adj.
    • resuelto, -a adj.
    • rígido, -a adj.
    n.
    • conjunto (Matemática) s.m.
    • equipo s.m.
    • grupo s.m.
    • juego s.m.
    • muestra s.f.
    • partida s.f.
    • serie s.m.
    • servicio de mesa s.m.
    pret., p.p.
    (Preterito definido y participio pasivo de "to set")
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: set) = encasar v.
    • engastar v.
    • poner v.
    (§pres: pongo, pones...) pret: pus-
    pp: puesto
    fut/c: pondr-•)
    set
    I
    1)
    a) (of tools, golf clubs, bowls, pens, keys) juego m; (of books, records) colección f; ( of stamps) serie f

    a set of cutlery — un juego de cubiertos, una cubertería

    b) ( Math) conjunto m
    3) (TV) aparato m, televisor m; ( Rad) aparato m, receptor m
    4) (in tennis, squash) set m; (before n)

    set point — bola f de set, punto m para set (Méx), set point m (CS)

    5)
    a) ( Theat) ( stage) escenario m; ( scenery) decorado m
    b) ( Cin) plató m
    6) ( in hairdressing) marcado m

    shampoo and set — lavado m y marcado


    II
    1) (established, prescribed) <wage/price> fijo

    set book — ( Educ) obra f prescrita or del programa

    we ordered the set menu — (BrE) pedimos el menú del día

    a) (ready, prepared)

    to be set — estar* listo, estar* pronto (RPl)

    is everything set for the meeting? — ¿está todo preparado or listo or (RPl) pronto para la reunión?

    all set (to go)? — ¿listos?

    b) (likely, about to) (journ)

    to be set to + inf — llevar camino de + inf

    c) (determined, resolute)

    he's dead set on going to college — está resuelto or decidido a ir a la universidad sea como sea

    3)
    a) (rigid, inflexible)

    to be set in one's ways — tener* costumbres muy arraigadas

    b) ( solid) <yoghurt/custard/jelly> cuajado

    III
    1.
    (pres p setting; past & past p set) transitive verb
    1) (put, place) poner*, colocar*
    2)
    a) (cause to be, become)

    to set somebody free — poner* en libertad or liberar a alguien

    to set somebody loose — soltar* a alguien

    to set fire to something, to set something on fire — prenderle fuego a algo

    b) (make solid, rigid) \<\<jelly/cheese\>\> cuajar; \<\<cement\>\> hacer* fraguar
    3)
    a) ( prepare) \<\<trap\>\> tender*; \<\<table\>\> poner*
    b) ( Med) \<\<bone\>\> encajar, componer* (AmL)
    c) \<\<hair\>\> marcar*
    d) ( Print) \<\<type\>\> componer*
    4) ( adjust) \<\<oven/alarm clock/watch\>\> poner*
    5)
    a) (arrange, agree on) \<\<date/time\>\> fijar, acordar*; \<\<agenda\>\> establecer*, acordar*
    b) (impose, prescribe) \<\<target\>\> establecer*
    c) ( allot) \<\<task\>\> asignar; \<\<homework\>\> mandar, poner*; \<\<exam/test/problem\>\> poner*; \<\<text\>\> prescribir*
    d) ( establish) \<\<precedent\>\> sentar*; \<\<record/standard\>\> establecer*; \<\<fashion\>\> dictar, imponer*

    to set a good example — dar* buen ejemplo

    e) (fix, assign) \<\<price/bail\>\> fijar
    6) (cause to do, start)

    to set something going — poner* algo en marcha

    a) \<\<book/film\>\> ambientar
    b) ( locate) \<\<building\>\> situar*
    8)
    a) (mount, insert) \<\<gem\>\> engarzar*, engastar; \<\<stake\>\> hincar*, clavar
    b)

    to set a poem to music — ponerle* música a un poema

    9) (turn, direct)

    we set our course for the nearest island — pusimos rumbo a la isla más cercana; sail I 1) a)


    2.
    vi
    1) ( go down) \<\<sun/moon\>\> ponerse*
    2)
    a) (become solid, rigid) \<\<jelly\>\> cuajar(se); \<\<cement\>\> fraguar*
    b) \<\<bone\>\> soldarse*
    •
    Phrasal Verbs:
    [set] (vb: pt, pp set)
    1. N
    1) (=matching series) [of golf clubs, pens, keys] juego m ; [of books, works] colección f ; [of tools] equipo m, estuche m ; [of gears] tren m ; [of stamps] serie f ; (Math) conjunto m

    • the sofa and chairs are only sold as a set — el sofá y los sillones no se venden por separado

    • a chess set — un ajedrez

    • I need one more to make up the complete set — me falta uno para completar la serie

    • a set of crockery — una vajilla

    • a set of cutlery — una cubertería

    • they are sold in sets — se venden en juegos completos

    • it makes a set with those over there — hace juego con los que ves allá

    • set of teeth — dentadura f

    • a train set — un tren eléctrico

    2) (Tennis) set m
    3) (Elec) aparato m ; (Rad) aparato m de radio; (TV) televisor m, televisión f
    4) (Theat) decorado m ; (Cine) plató m
    5) (Hairdressing)
    6) esp pej (=group) grupo m, pandilla f ; (=clique) camarilla f

    • the fast set — la gente de vida airada

    • the literary set — los literatos, la gente literaria

    • the smart set — el mundo elegante, los elegantes

    jet II, 4.
    7) (Brit) (Scol) clase f
    8)
    - make a dead set at sb
    9) (=disposition) [of tide, wind] dirección f ; [of fabric] caída f ; [of dress] corte m, ajuste m ; [of head] porte m, manera f de llevar; [of saw] triscamiento m ; mind-set
    10) (Hort) planta f de transplantar

    onion sets — cebollitas fpl de transplantar

    2. ADJ
    1) (=fixed) [price, purpose] fijo; [smile] forzado; [opinions] inflexible, rígido; [talk] preparado de antemano; [expression] hecho; [date, time] señalado; (Scol) [books, subjects] obligatorio; [task] asignado

    to be set in one's ways/opinions — tener costumbres/opiniones profundamente arraigadas

    • set books — (Scol, Univ) lecturas mpl obligatorias

    • with no set limits — sin límites determinados

    • set menu — menú m, comida f corrida (Mex)

    • a set phrase — una frase hecha

    • set piece — (Art) grupo m ; (=fireworks) cuadro m ; (Literat etc) escena f importante; (Sport) jugada f ensayada, jugada f de pizarra

    • at a set time — a una hora señalada

    • there's no set way to do it — no hay una forma establecida or determinada de hacerlo

    2) (=determined) resuelto, decidido

    • to be (dead) set against (doing) sth — estar (completamente) opuesto a (hacer) algo

    • to be set in one's purpose — tener un propósito firme, mantenerse firme en su propósito

    • to be (dead) set on (doing) sth — estar (completamente) decidido a or empeñado en (hacer) algo

    since you are so set on it — puesto que te empeñas en ello, puesto que estás decidido a hacerlo

    3) (=ready) listo

    • to be all set to do sth — estar listo para hacer algo

    all set? — ¿(estás) listo?

    • the scene was set for... — (fig) todo estaba listo para...

    4) (Culin)
    5) (=disposed)

    the tide is set in our favour — la marea fluye para llevarnos adelante; (fig) la tendencia actual nos favorece, llevamos el viento en popa

    3. VT
    1) (=place, put) poner

    • the film/ scene is set in Rome — la película/escena se desarrolla or está ambientada en Roma

    • to set fire to sth, set sth on fire — prender fuego a algo

    • a novel set in Madrid — una novela ambientada en Madrid

    • to set places for 14 — poner cubiertos para 14 personas

    • to set a poem to music — poner música a un poema

    • what value do you set on it? — ¿en cuánto lo valoras?; (fig) ¿qué valor tiene para ti?

    2) (=arrange) poner, colocar; (=adjust) [+ clock] poner en hora; [+ mechanism] ajustar; [+ hair] marcar, fijar; [+ trap] armar

    • the alarm clock is set for seven — el despertador está puesto para las siete

    • I'll set your room — (US) voy a limpiar y arreglar su habitación

    • to set the table — poner la mesa

    • he sets his watch by Big Ben — pone su reloj en hora por el Big Ben; see sail 1., 1)

    3) (=mount) [+ gem] engastar, montar
    4) (Med) [+ broken bone] encajar, reducir
    5) (Typ) [+ type] componer
    6) (=fix, establish) [+ date, limit] fijar, señalar; [+ record] establecer; [+ fashion] imponer; [+ dye, colour] fijar

    • to set a course for — salir rumbo a

    • to set one's heart on sth — tener algo como máximo deseo

    • to set limits to sth — señalar límites a algo

    • the meeting is set for Tuesday — (US) la reunión se celebrará el martes

    • to set a period of three months — señalar un plazo de tres meses

    • to set a record of ten seconds — establecer un récord de diez segundos

    • to set a time for a meeting — fijar una hora para una reunión

    example
    7) (=assign) [+ task] dar

    • to set an exam in French — preparar un examen de francés

    8) (=cause to start)

    • the noise set the dogs barking — el ruido hizo ladrar a los perros

    • to set a fire — (US) provocar un incendio

    • to set sth going — poner algo en marcha

    • to set sb laughing — hacer reír a algn

    • to set everyone talking — dar que hablar a todos

    • it set me thinking — me puso a pensar

    • to set sb to work — poner a algn a trabajar

    9) (=cause to pursue)

    • to set a dog on sb — azuzar un perro contra algn

    • we set the police on to him — le denunciamos a la policía

    what set the police on the trail? — ¿qué puso a la policía sobre la pista?

    10) (=make solid) [+ cement] solidificar, endurecer; [+ jelly] cuajar
    4. VI
    1) (=go down) [sun, moon] ponerse
    2) (=go hard) [concrete, glue] endurecerse; (fig) [face] congelarse
    3) (Med) [broken bone, limb] componerse
    4) (Culin) [jelly, jam] cuajarse
    5) (=begin)
    5.
    CPD

    set designer N — (Theat) director(a) m / f de arte, decorador(a) m / f

    set point N — (Tennis) punto m de set

    * * *
    [set]
    I
    1)
    a) (of tools, golf clubs, bowls, pens, keys) juego m; (of books, records) colección f; ( of stamps) serie f

    a set of cutlery — un juego de cubiertos, una cubertería

    b) ( Math) conjunto m
    3) (TV) aparato m, televisor m; ( Rad) aparato m, receptor m
    4) (in tennis, squash) set m; (before n)

    set point — bola f de set, punto m para set (Méx), set point m (CS)

    5)
    a) ( Theat) ( stage) escenario m; ( scenery) decorado m
    b) ( Cin) plató m
    6) ( in hairdressing) marcado m

    shampoo and set — lavado m y marcado


    II
    1) (established, prescribed) <wage/price> fijo

    set book — ( Educ) obra f prescrita or del programa

    we ordered the set menu — (BrE) pedimos el menú del día

    a) (ready, prepared)

    to be set — estar* listo, estar* pronto (RPl)

    is everything set for the meeting? — ¿está todo preparado or listo or (RPl) pronto para la reunión?

    all set (to go)? — ¿listos?

    b) (likely, about to) (journ)

    to be set to + inf — llevar camino de + inf

    c) (determined, resolute)

    he's dead set on going to college — está resuelto or decidido a ir a la universidad sea como sea

    3)
    a) (rigid, inflexible)

    to be set in one's ways — tener* costumbres muy arraigadas

    b) ( solid) <yoghurt/custard/jelly> cuajado

    III
    1.
    (pres p setting; past & past p set) transitive verb
    1) (put, place) poner*, colocar*
    2)
    a) (cause to be, become)

    to set somebody free — poner* en libertad or liberar a alguien

    to set somebody loose — soltar* a alguien

    to set fire to something, to set something on fire — prenderle fuego a algo

    b) (make solid, rigid) \<\<jelly/cheese\>\> cuajar; \<\<cement\>\> hacer* fraguar
    3)
    a) ( prepare) \<\<trap\>\> tender*; \<\<table\>\> poner*
    b) ( Med) \<\<bone\>\> encajar, componer* (AmL)
    c) \<\<hair\>\> marcar*
    d) ( Print) \<\<type\>\> componer*
    4) ( adjust) \<\<oven/alarm clock/watch\>\> poner*
    5)
    a) (arrange, agree on) \<\<date/time\>\> fijar, acordar*; \<\<agenda\>\> establecer*, acordar*
    b) (impose, prescribe) \<\<target\>\> establecer*
    c) ( allot) \<\<task\>\> asignar; \<\<homework\>\> mandar, poner*; \<\<exam/test/problem\>\> poner*; \<\<text\>\> prescribir*
    d) ( establish) \<\<precedent\>\> sentar*; \<\<record/standard\>\> establecer*; \<\<fashion\>\> dictar, imponer*

    to set a good example — dar* buen ejemplo

    e) (fix, assign) \<\<price/bail\>\> fijar
    6) (cause to do, start)

    to set something going — poner* algo en marcha

    a) \<\<book/film\>\> ambientar
    b) ( locate) \<\<building\>\> situar*
    8)
    a) (mount, insert) \<\<gem\>\> engarzar*, engastar; \<\<stake\>\> hincar*, clavar
    b)

    to set a poem to music — ponerle* música a un poema

    9) (turn, direct)

    we set our course for the nearest island — pusimos rumbo a la isla más cercana; sail I 1) a)


    2.
    vi
    1) ( go down) \<\<sun/moon\>\> ponerse*
    2)
    a) (become solid, rigid) \<\<jelly\>\> cuajar(se); \<\<cement\>\> fraguar*
    b) \<\<bone\>\> soldarse*
    •
    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-spanish dictionary > set

  • 9 trip up

    1) v + adv ( make mistake) equivocarse*, meter la pata (fam)
    2) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
    a) ( cause to make mistake) hacer* equivocar
    b) trip II a)
    1. VI + ADV
    1) (=stumble) tropezar
    2) (=make a mistake) equivocarse
    2. VT + ADV
    1) (=cause to stumble) (intentionally) poner or echar la zancadilla a; (accidentally) hacer tropezar
    2) (=cause to make a mistake)
    * * *
    1) v + adv ( make mistake) equivocarse*, meter la pata (fam)
    2) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
    a) ( cause to make mistake) hacer* equivocar
    b) trip II a)

    English-spanish dictionary > trip up

  • 10 slop

    1. intransitive verb,
    - pp- schwappen (out of, from aus)
    2. transitive verb,
    - pp- schwappen; (intentionally) kippen; klatschen (ugs.) [Farbe an die Wand]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/111146/slop_about">slop about
    * * *
    [slop]
    past tense, past participle - slopped; verb
    (to (cause liquid to) splash, spill, or move around violently in a container: The water was slopping about in the bucket.) schwappen
    - sloppy
    - sloppily
    - sloppiness
    * * *
    [slɒp, AM slɑ:p]
    I. n
    1. (waste)
    ▪ \slops pl Abfälle pl; (food waste) Essensreste pl
    2. no pl ( pej fam: food) Schlabber m fam, Fraß m ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ pej fam
    3. (sentimental material) rührseliges Zeug fam
    II. vt
    <- pp->
    ( fam)
    to \slop water Wasser verschütten
    to \slop sth on the floor a liquid etw auf den Boden schütten
    to \slop sth on the table etw auf dem Tisch verschütten
    III. vi
    <- pp->
    ( fam) a liquid überschwappen
    to \slop out of the bucket/onto the floor aus dem Eimer/auf den Boden schwappen
    * * *
    [slɒp]
    1. vi
    (= spill) (über)schwappen

    to slop over ( into sth) — überschwappen (in etw acc )

    2. vt
    (= spill) verschütten; (= pour out) schütten
    3. n
    1) (inf sentimental) rührseliges Zeug, Schmalz m
    2) (= tasteless food also slops) Schlabber m (inf)
    3) (usu pl = waste) Schmutzwasser nt, Abwasser nt; (= swill) Schweinetrank m
    * * *
    slop1 [slɒp; US slɑp]
    A s
    1. (Schlamm)Pfütze f
    2. meist pl → slipslop 1 a
    3. meist pl
    a) Spülicht n
    b) Schmutzwasser n
    c) Exkremente pl
    4. Schweinetrank m
    5. Matsch m
    6. → slipslop 2 b
    B v/t
    1. verschütten:
    he slopped the soup over his trousers er schüttete sich die Suppe über die Hose
    2. bespritzen
    3. (hin)klatschen
    4. auch slop up geräuschvoll essen oder trinken
    C v/i
    1. slop about ( oder around) umg herumpanschen oder -spritzen (in in dat)
    2. slop over (the edge) überschwappen
    3. (hin)klatschen
    4. slop over US umg überschwänglich schwärmen
    5. auch slop about ( oder around) umg herumhängen (Person)
    slop2 [slɒp; US slɑp] s
    1. Kittel m, lose Jacke
    2. pl billige Konfektionskleidung
    3. SCHIFF Kleidung f und Bettzeug n, Klamotten pl
    4. pl, auch pair of slops HIST weite Hose
    * * *
    1. intransitive verb,
    - pp- schwappen (out of, from aus)
    2. transitive verb,
    - pp- schwappen; (intentionally) kippen; klatschen (ugs.) [Farbe an die Wand]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    n.
    Schmutzwasser n.

    English-german dictionary > slop

  • 11 volo

    1.
    vŏlo (2 d pers. sing. vis, orig. veis, Prisc. 9, 1, 6, p. 847 P.; 1 st pers. plur. volumus, but volimus, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 89 Speng.; 3 d pers. sing. volt, and 2 d pers. plur. voltis always in ante-class. writers;

    also volt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; 2, 5, 49, § 128; id. Sest. 42, 90; id. Phil. 8, 9, 26; id. Par. 5, 1, 34; id. Rep. 3, 33, 45:

    voltis,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 53, § 122; 2, 3, 94, § 219; 2, 5, 5, § 11; 2, 3, 89, § 208; id. Clu. 30, 83; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 33; id. Sest. 30, 64; id. Par. 1, 2, 11 et saep. — Pres. subj. velim, but sometimes volim, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 44 Ritschl; cf. Prisc. 9, 1, 8, p. 848 P.;

    so volint,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 65 Ritschl), velle, volui ( part. fut. voliturus, Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 712; contr. forms, vin for visne, freq. in Plaut. and Ter., also Hor. S. 1, 9, 69; Pers. 6, 63:

    sis for si vis,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 70; id. Merc. 4, 4, 37; id. Pers. 3, 3, 8; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 38; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18, 42; id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Mil. 22, 60; Liv. 34, 32, 20:

    sultis for si voltis, only ante-class.,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 8; id. As. prol. 1; id. Capt. 2, 3, 96; 3, 5, 9; 4, 4, 11), v. irreg. a. [Sanscr. var-; Gr. bol-, boulomai; cf. the strengthened root Wel- in eeldomai, elpomai; Germ. wollen; Engl. will], expressing any exercise of volition, and corresponding, in most cases, to the Germ. wollen; in Engl. mostly rendered, to wish, want, intend, purpose, propose, be willing, consent, mean, will, and, impersonally, it is my will, purpose, intention, plan, policy (syn.: cupio, opto; but volo properly implies a purpose).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With object-infinitive.
    1.
    With pres. inf.
    a.
    To wish.
    (α).
    Exire ex urbe priusquam luciscat volo, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 35:

    potare ego hodie tecum volo,

    id. Aul. 3, 6, 33:

    ego quoque volo esse liber: nequiquam volo,

    id. Trin. 2, 4, 39; so id. ib. 2, 4, 164:

    ait rem seriam agere velle mecum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 8:

    natus enim debet quicunque est velle manere In vita,

    Lucr. 5, 177:

    video te alte spectare et velle in caelum migrare,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 82:

    quid poetae? Nonne post mortem nobilitari volunt?

    id. ib. 1, 15, 34:

    si innocentes existimari volumus,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28:

    quoniam opinionis meae voluistis esse participes,

    id. de Or. 1, 37, 172:

    quod eas quoque nationes adire et regiones cognoscere volebat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

    si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,

    id. ib. 3, 8 fin.:

    dominari illi volunt, vos liberi esse,

    Sall. J. 31, 23:

    si haec relinquere voltis,

    id. C. 58, 15:

    priusquam liberi estis, dominari jam in adversarios vultis,

    Liv. 3, 53, 7:

    si quis vestrum suos invisere volt, commeatum do,

    id. 21, 21, 5:

    non enim vincere tantum noluit, sed vinci voluit,

    id. 2, 59, 2:

    suspitionem Caesar quibusdam reliquit, neque voluisse se diutius vivere, neque curasse,

    Suet. Caes. 85:

    Eutrapelus cuicunque nocere volebat, Vestimenta dabat pretiosa,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 31.—
    (β).
    Idiomatically: quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle ut ab iis marmorea illa Venus auferatur? what do you think the Rhegini would take for, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135.—
    (γ).
    Transf., of things: fabula quae posci vult et spectata reponi, a comedy which wishes (i. e. is meant) to be in demand, etc., Hor. A. P. 190:

    neque enim aut hiare semper vocalibus aut destitui temporibus volunt sermo atque epistula,

    Quint. 9, 4, 20; cf. id. 8, prooem. 23.—
    b.
    Of the wishes of those that have a right to command, the gods, masters, parents, commanders, etc., I want, wish, will, am resolved, it is my will:

    in acdibus quid tibi meis erat negoti...? Volo scire,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 14; 3, 2, 17; 3, 2, 18; 3, 6, 27; id. Curc. 4, 3, 11; id. Ep. 3, 4, 74; id. Mil. 2, 3, 74; 3, 1, 17; id. Stich. 1, 2, 56; Ter. And. 1, 2, 9; 4, 2, 17:

    maxima voce clamat populus, neque se uni, nec paucis velle parere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55:

    consuesse deos immortalis, quos pro scelere eorum ulcisci velint, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

    hic experiri vim virtutemque volo,

    Liv. 23, 45, 9.—
    c.
    = in animo habere, to intend, purpose, mean, design:

    ac volui inicere tragulam in nostrum senem,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 14:

    eadem quae illis voluisti facere tu, faciunt tibi,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 11; so id. Most. 2, 2, 5:

    puerumque clam voluit exstinguere,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 23:

    necare candem voluit,

    Cic. Cael. 13, 31: quid enim ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum [p. 2005] tacentem te irretiat an loquentem? id. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

    hostis hostem occidere volui,

    Liv. 2, 12, 9; 7, 34, 11: volui interdiu eum... occidere; volui, cum ad cenam invitavi, veneno scilicet tollere;

    volui... ferro interficere (ironically),

    id. 40, 13, 2:

    tuum crimen erit, hospitem occidere voluisse,

    the intention to kill your guest-friend, Val. Max. 5, 1, 3 fin.; 6, 1, 8:

    non enim vult mori, sed invidiam filio facere,

    Quint. 9, 2, 85.—

    Pregn., opp. optare: non vult mori qui optat,

    Sen. Ep. 117, 24:

    sed eo die is, cui dare volueram (epistulam), non est profectus,

    Cic. Att. 9, 7, 1:

    cum de senectute vellem aliquid scribere,

    id. Sen. 1, 2:

    ego te volui castigare, tu mihi accussatrix ades,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 10:

    bonus volo jam ex hoc die esse,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 10:

    ego jam a principio amici filiam, Ita ut aequom fuerat, volui uxorem ducere,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 46:

    at etiam eo negotio M. Catonis splendorem maculare voluerunt,

    it was their purpose, Cic. Sest. 28, 60:

    eum (tumulum) non tam capere sine certamine volebat, quam causam certaminis cum Minucio contrahere,

    his plan was, Liv. 22, 28, 4.—Of things:

    cum lex venditionibus occurrere voluit,

    when it was the purpose of the law, Dig. 46, 1, 46: sed quid ea drachuma facere vis? Ca. Restim volo Mihi emere... qui me faciam pensilem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 87: Ch. Revorsionem ad terram faciunt vesperi. Ni. Aurum hercle auferre voluere, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 63:

    si iis qui haec omnia flamma ac ferro delere voluerunt... bellum indixi, etc.,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 10, 24:

    (plebem) per caedem senatus vacuam rem publicam tradere Hannibali velle,

    Liv. 23, 2, 7:

    rem Nolanam in jus dicionemque dare voluerat Poeno,

    id. 23, 15, 9: qui (majores nostri) tanta cura Siculos tueri ac retinere voluerunt ut, etc., whose policy it was to protect, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 14:

    ut qui a principio mitis omnibus Italicis praeter Romanos videri vellet, etc.,

    Liv. 23, 15, 4: idem istuc, si in vilitate largiri voluisses, derisum tuum beneficium esset, if you had offered to grant the same thing during low prices, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 215.—
    d.
    = studere, conari, to try, endeavor, attempt:

    quas (i. e. magnas res) qui impedire vult, is et infirmus est mobilisque natura, et, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

    nam si quando id (exordium) primum invenire volui, nullum mihi occurrit, nisi aut exile, aut, etc.,

    id. Or. 2, 77, 315:

    de Antonio dico, numquam illum... nonnullorum de ipso suspitionem infitiando tollere voluisse,

    that he never attempted to remove, id. Sest. 3, 8; id. Div. 1, 18, 35:

    audes Fatidicum fallere velle deum?

    do you dare attempt? Ov. F. 2, 262.—
    e.
    To mean, of actions and expressions:

    hic respondere voluit, non lacessere,

    the latter meant to answer, not to provoke, Ter. Phorm. prol. 19:

    non te judices urbi sed carceri reservarunt, neque to retinere in civitate, sed exilio privare voluerunt,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9.—So, volo dicere, I mean (lit. I intend to say):

    quid aliud volui dicere?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 51:

    volo autem dicere, illud homini longe optimum esse quod ipsum sit optandum per se,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46.—Often with the acc. illud or id, as a correction: Tr. Specta quam arcte dormiunt. Th. Dormiunt? Tr. Illut quidem ut conivent volui dicere, I mean how they nod, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 145: Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, id. Mil. 1, 1, 27:

    adduxi volui dicere,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 21; id. Am. 1, 1, 233; 1, 1, 235; id. Cas. 2, 6, 14; id. Mil. 3, 2, 7; id. Ps. 3, 2, 54; id. Rud. 2, 4, 9.—
    f.
    To be going to: haec argumenta ego aedificiis dixi; nunc etiam volo docere ut homines aedium esse similes arbitremini, now I am going to show how, etc., Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 37: quando bene gessi rem, volo hic in fano supplicare, I am going to worship here, etc., id. Curc. 4, 2, 41:

    nunc quod relicuom restat volo persolvere,

    id. Cist. 1, 3, 40:

    sustine hoc, Penicule, exuvias facere quas vovi volo,

    id. Men. 1, 3, 13:

    sinite me prospectare ne uspiam insidiae sint, consilium quod habere volumus,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 3; id. As. 2, 2, 113; id. Cas. 4, 2, 3; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 61:

    si Prometheus, cum mortalibus ignem dividere vellet, ipse a vicinis carbunculos conrogaret, ridiculus videretur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9:

    ait se velle de illis HS. LXXX. cognoscere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

    hinc se recipere cum vellent, rursus illi ex loco superiore nostros premebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45. —
    g.
    To be about to, on the point of: quom mittere signum Volt, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 88 Vahl.):

    quotiens ire volo foras, retines me, rogitas quo ego eam,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 5:

    quae sese in ignem inicere voluit, prohibui,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 113:

    si scires aspidem latere uspiam, et velle aliquem imprudentem super eam adsidere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 59; id. Div. 1, 52, 118:

    quod cum facere vellent, intervenit M. Manilius,

    id. Rep. 1, 12, 18:

    qui cum opem ferre vellet, nuntiatum sibi esse aliam classem ad Aegates insulas stare,

    Liv. 22, 56, 7:

    at Libys obstantes dum vult obvertere remos, In spatium resilire manus breve vidit,

    Ov. M. 3, 676; 1, 635:

    P. Claudius cum proelium navale committere vellet,

    Val. Max. 1, 4, 3.—
    h.
    Will, and in oblique discourse and questions would, the auxiliaries of the future and potential: animum advortite: Comediai nomen dari vobis volo, I will give you, etc., Plaut. Cas. prol. 30:

    sed, nisi molestum est, nomen dare vobis volo comediai,

    id. Poen. prol. 50:

    vos ite intro. Interea ego ex hac statua verberea volo erogitare... quid sit factum,

    id. Capt. 5, 1, 30:

    i tu atque arcessi illam: ego intus quod facto est opus volo adcurare,

    id. Cas. 3, 3, 35; id. Cist. 1, 1, 113; id. Most. 1, 1, 63; id. Poen. 2, 44; id. Pers. 1, 3, 85; id. Rud. 1, 2, 33: cum vero (gemitus) nihil imminuat doloris, cur frustra turpes esse volumus? why will ( would) we be disgraceful to no purpose? Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

    illa enim (ars) te, verum si loqui volumus, ornaverat,

    id. ib. 1, 47, 112:

    ergo, si vere aestimare volumus, etc.,

    Val. Max. 7, 5, 6:

    si vere aestimare Macedonas, qui tunc erant, volumus,

    Curt. 4, 16, 33:

    ejus me compotem facere potestis, si meminisse vultis, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 40, 5:

    visne igitur, dum dies ista venit... interea tu ipse congredi mecum ut, etc....?

    id. 8, 7, 7:

    volo tibi Chrysippi quoque distinctionem indicare,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 14: vis tu homines urbemque feris praeponere silvis? will you prefer, etc., Hor. S. 2, 6, 92; cf. velim and vellem, would, II. A. 2.—
    k.
    Sometimes volui = mihi placuit, I resolved, concluded (generally, in this meaning, followed by an infinitive clause, v. I. B. 4.):

    uti tamen tuo consilio volui,

    still I concluded to follow your advice, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 1.—
    1.
    To be willing, ready, to consent, like to do something: si sine bello velint rapta... tradere... se exercitum domum reducturum, if they were willing, would consent to, would deliver, etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52:

    is dare volt, is se aliquid posci,

    likes to give, id. As. 1, 3, 29:

    hoc dixit, si hoc de cella concederetur, velle Siculos senatui polliceri frumentum in cellam gratis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 87, § 200:

    ei laxiorem daturos, si venire ad causam dicendam vellet,

    Liv. 39, 17, 2; 5, 36, 4: nemo invenitur qui pecuniam suam dividere velit. Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 1:

    plerique concessam sibi sub condicione vitam si militare adversus eum vellent, recusarunt,

    Suet. Caes. 68:

    dedere etiam se volebant, si toleranda viris imperarentur,

    Flor. 1, 33 (2, 18), 12.—So with negatives, to be not willing, not to suffer, not to like, not to allow, refuse:

    heri nemo voluit Sostratam intro admittere,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 49:

    cum alter verum audire non vult,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 98: a proximis quisque minime anteiri vult, likes least to be surpassed, etc., Liv. 6, 34, 7:

    nihil ex his praeter... accipere voluit,

    refused to accept, Val. Max. 4, 3, 4.—
    m.
    To do something voluntarily or intentionally: volo facere = mea voluntate or sponte facio: si voluit accusare, pietati tribuo;

    si jussus est, necessitati,

    if he accused of his own free will, I ascribe it to his filial love, Cic. Cael. 1, 2:

    utrum statuas voluerint tibi statuere, an coacti sint,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157:

    de risu quinque sunt quae quaerantur... sitne oratoris risum velle permovere,

    on purpose, id. Or. 2, 58, 235:

    laedere numquam velimus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 28.—So, non velle with inf., to do something unwillingly, with reluctance:

    vivere noluit qui mori non vult,

    who dies with reluctance, Sen. Ep. 30, 10.—
    n.
    To be of opinion, think, mean, pretend (rare with inf.; usu. with acc. and inf.; v. B. 8.):

    haec tibi scripsi ut isto ipso in genere in quo aliquid posse vis, te nihil esse cognosceres,

    in which you imagine you have some influence, Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:

    in hoc homo luteus etiam callidus ac veterator esse vult, quod ita scribit, etc.,

    pretends, means to be, id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: sed idem Aelius Stoicus esse voluit, orator autem nec studuit um quam, nec fuit, id. Brut. 56, 206:

    Pythago. ras, qui etiam ipse augur esse vellet,

    id. Div. 1, 3, 5.—
    o.
    To like, have no objection to, approve of (cf. E. 1. sq.):

    magis eum delectat qui se ait philosophari velle sed paucis: nam omnino haud placere,

    that he liked, had no objection to philosophizing, Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; v. also II. A.—
    2.
    With pres. inf. understood.
    a.
    Supplied from a preceding or subsequent clause.
    (α).
    To wish, it is his will, etc. (cf. 1. a. and b. supra):

    nunc bene vivo et fortunate atque ut volo, i. e. vivere,

    as I wish, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 111: quod diu vivendo multa quae non volt (i. e. videre) videt, Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 8, 25:

    proinde licet quotvis vivendo condere saecla,

    Lucr. 3, 1090:

    nec tantum proficiebam quantum volebam,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 1:

    tot autem rationes attulit, ut velle (i. e. persuadere) ceteris, sibi certe persuasisse videatur,

    id. Tusc. 1, 21, 49:

    sed liceret, si velint, in Ubiorum finibus considere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 81:

    quo praesidio senatus libere quae vellet decernere auderet,

    id. B. C. 1, 2.—Of things:

    neque chorda sonum reddit quem vult manus et mens,

    Hor. A. P. 348.—
    (β).
    To choose, be pleased (freq.):

    tum mihi faciat quod volt magnus Juppiter,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 50:

    id repetundi copia est, quando velis,

    id. Trin. 5, 2, 7:

    habuit aurum quamdiu voluit,

    Cic. Cael. 13, 31:

    rapiebat et asportabat quantum a quoque volebat Apronius,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 29:

    provincias quas vellet, quibus vellet, venderet?

    id. Sest. 39, 84:

    quotiens ille tibi potestatem facturus sit ut eligas utrum velis,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

    daret utrum vellet subclamatum est,

    Liv. 21, 18, 14:

    senatus consultum factum est ut plebes praeficeret quaestioni quem vellet,

    id. 4, 51, 2:

    saxi materiaeque caedendae unde quisque vellet jus factum,

    id. 5, 55, 3; cf. id. 2, 13, 9; 5, 46, 10; 6, 25, 5; 22, 10, 23; 23, 6, 2; 23, 15, 15; 23, 45, 10; 23, 47, 2;

    26, 21, 11: vicem suam conquestus, quod sibi soli non liceret amicis, quatenus vellet, irasci,

    Suet. Aug. 66:

    at tu quantum vis tolle,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16.—
    (γ).
    To intend, it is my purpose, etc. (v. 1. c. supra):

    sine me pervenire quo volo,

    let me come to my point, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 44:

    scripsi igitur Aristotelio more, quemadmodum quidem volui, tres libros... de Oratore,

    as I intended, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

    ut meliore condicione quam qua ipse vult imitetur homines eos qui, etc.,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 25:

    ego istos posse vincere scio, velle ne scirem ipsi fecerunt,

    Liv. 2, 45, 12. —
    (δ).
    To be willing, to consent, I will (v. 1. h. and l. supra): tu eum orato... St. Sane volo, yes, I will, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 57:

    jube me vinciri. Volo, dum istic itidem vinciatur,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 75:

    patri dic velle (i. e. uxorem ducere),

    that you consent, are willing, Ter. And. 2, 3, 20 (cf.: si vis, II. A. 2, and sis, supra init.).—
    (ε).
    To do something voluntarily (v. 1. m. supra):

    tu selige tantum, Me quoque velle velis, anne coactus amem,

    Ov. Am. 3, 11, 50.—
    b.
    With ellipsis of inf.
    (α).
    Volo, with a designation of place, = ire volo:

    nos in Formiano morabamur, quo citius audiremus: deinde Arpinum volebamus,

    I intended to go to Arpinum, Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:

    volo mensi Quinctili in Graeciam,

    id. ib. 14, 7, 2:

    hactenus Vitellius voluerat (i. e. procedere),

    Tac. A. 12, 42 fin. —
    (β).
    With other omissions, supplied from context: volo Dolabellae valde desideranti, non reperio quid (i. e. to dedicate some writing to him), Cic. Att. 13, 13, 2.—
    (γ).
    In mal. part., Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 7; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16; 2. 19, 2; Prop. 1, 13, 36.—
    3.
    With perfect infinitive active (rare).
    a.
    In negative imperative sentences dependent on ne velis, ne velit (in oblique discourse also ne vellet), where ne velis has the force of noli. The perfect infinitive emphatically represents the action as completed (ante-class. and poet.).
    (α).
    In ancient ordinances of the Senate and of the higher officers (not in laws proper): NEIQVIS EORVM BACANAL HABVISE VELET... BACAS VIR NEQVIS ADIESE VELET CEIVIS ROMANVS... NEVE PECVNIAM QVISQVAM EORVM COMOINEM HABVISE VELET... NEVE... QVIQVAM FECISE VELET. NEVE INTER SED CONIOVRASE, NEVE COMVOVISE NEVE CONSPONDISE, etc., S. C. de Bacch. 4-13 ap. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172.—So, in quoting such ordinances: per totam Italiam edicta mitti ne quis qui Bacchis initiatus esset, coisse aut convenisse causa sacrorum velit. [p. 2006] neu quid talis rei divinae fecisse, Liv. 39, 14, 8:

    edixerunt ne quis quid fugae causa vendidisse neve emisse vellet,

    id. 39, 17, 3. —
    (β).
    In imitation of official edicts: (vilicus) ne quid emisse velit insciente domino, neu quid domino celasse velit, the overseer must not buy any thing, etc., Cato, R. R. 5, 4:

    interdico, ne extulisse extra aedis puerum usquam velis,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48:

    oscula praecipue nulla dedisse velis (= noli dare),

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 38:

    ne quis humasse velit Ajacem, Atride, vetas? Cur?

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 187.—
    b.
    In affirmative sentences, implying command (in any mood or tense; mostly poet.): neminem nota strenui aut ignavi militis notasse volui, I have decided to mark no one, etc., Liv. 24, 16, 11: quia pepercisse vobis volunt, committere vos cur pereatis non patiuntur, because they have decided to spare you, etc., id. 32, 21, 33:

    sunt delicta tamen quibus ignovisse velimus (= volumus),

    which should be pardoned, Hor. A. P. 347.—
    c.
    To represent the will as referring to a completed action.
    (α).
    In optative sentences with vellem or velim, v. II. B. 5. b. a, and II. C. 1. b.—
    (β).
    In other sentences ( poet. and post-class.): ex omnibus praediis ex quibus non hac mente recedimus ut omisisse possessionem velimus, with the will to abandon (omittere would denote the purpose to give up at some future time), Dig. 43, 16, 1, § 25; so,

    an erit qui velle recuset Os populi meruisse?

    Pers. 1, 41:

    qui me volet incurvasse querela,

    id. 1, 91.
    B.
    With acc. and inf.
    1.
    To wish (v. A. 1. a.).
    a.
    With a different subject: hoc volo scire te: Perditus sum miser, I wish you to know, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 46:

    deos volo consilia vostra vobis recte vortere,

    id. Trin. 5, 2, 31:

    emere oportet quem tibi oboedire velis,

    id. Pers. 2, 4, 2:

    scin' quid nunc te facere volo?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 85:

    si perpetuam vis esse adfinitatem hanc,

    id. Hec. 2, 2, 10:

    consul ille egit eas res quarum me participem esse voluit,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

    vim volumus exstingui: jus valeat necesse est,

    id. Sest. 42, 92:

    nec mihi hunc errorem extorqueri volo,

    id. Sen. 23, 85:

    hoc te scire volui,

    id. Att. 7, 18, 4:

    harum causarum fuit justissima quod Germanos suis quoque rebus timere voluit,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16:

    ut equites qui salvam esse rempublicam vellent ex equis desilirent,

    Liv. 4, 38, 2:

    si me vivere vis recteque videre valentem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 3:

    si vis me flere, dolendum est Primum ipsi tibi,

    id. A. P. 102.—With pass. inf. impers.:

    regnari tamen omnes volebant,

    that there should be a king, Liv. 1, 17, 3:

    mihi volo ignosci,

    I wish to be pardoned, Cic. Or. 1, 28, 130:

    volt sibi quisque credi,

    Liv. 22, 22, 14. —
    b.
    With the same subject.
    (α).
    With inf. act.:

    quae mihi est spes qua me vivere velim,

    what hope have I, that I should wish to live? Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 33:

    volo me placere Philolachi,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 47; id. Rud. 2, 6, 1:

    judicem esse me, non doctorem volo,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    vult, credo, se esse carum suis,

    id. Sen. 20, 73; so id. Off. 1, 31, 113; id. de Or. 1, 24, 112; 2, 23, 95. —
    (β).
    With inf. pass.:

    quod certiorem te vis fieri quo quisque in me animo sit,

    Cic. Att. 11, 13, 1; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 18:

    qui se ex his minus timidos existimari volebant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; cf. id. B. C. 2, 29:

    religionis se causa... Bacchis initiari velle,

    Liv. 39, 10, 2:

    Agrippae se nepotem neque credi neque dici volebat,

    Suet. Calig. 22 fin. —
    2.
    Of the will of superiors, gods, etc. (cf. A. 1. b. supra), I want, it is my will:

    me absente neminem volo intromitti,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 21:

    viros nostros quibus tu voluisti esse nos matres familias,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 41; id. Most. 1, 4, 2; id. Rud. 4, 5, 9; id. Trin. 1, 2, 1:

    pater illum alterum (filium) secum omni tempore volebat esse,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:

    (deus) quinque reliquis motibus orbem esse voluit expertem,

    id. Univ. 10; cf. id. Sest. 69, 147; id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 57; 1, 5, 14:

    causa mittendi fuit quod iter per Alpes... patefieri volebat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 9; id. B. C. 1, 4:

    quippe (senatus) foedum hominem a republica procul esse volebat,

    Sall. C. 19, 2:

    nec (di) patefieri (crimina) ut impunita essent, sed ut vindicarentur voluerunt,

    Liv. 39, 16, 11; cf. id. 1, 56, 3; 2, 28, 5; 25, 32, 6:

    senatus... Romano sanguini pudicitiam tutam esse voluit,

    Val. Max. 6, 1, 9; cf. id. 6, 9, 2.—So in the historians: quid fieri vellet (velit), after a verbum imperandi or declarandi, he gave his orders, explained his will:

    quid fieri velit praecipit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

    ibi quid fieri vellet imperabat,

    id. ib. 7, 16:

    quid fieri vellet ostendit,

    id. ib. 7, 27:

    quae fieri vellet edocuit,

    id. B. C. 3, 108; cf. id. B. G. 7, 45; id. B. C. 3, 78; 3, 89:

    quid fieri vellet edixit,

    Curt. 8, 10, 30; 4, 13, 24; Val. Max. 7, 4, 2.— Frequently majores voluerunt, it was the will of our ancestors, referring to ancient customs and institutions:

    sacra Cereris summa majores nostri religione confici caerimoniaque voluerunt,

    Cic. Balb. 24, 55: majores vestri ne vos quidem temere coire voluerunt, cf. id. ib. 17, 39; 23, 54; id. Agr. 2, 11, 26; id. Fl. 7, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 39; id. Div. 1, 45, 103; id. Font. 24, 30 (10, 20); id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70.—Of testamentary dispositions: cum Titius, heres meus, mortuus erit, volo hereditatem meam ad P. Mevium pertinere, Gai Inst. 2, 277. Except in the institution of the first heir: at illa (institutio) non est comprobata: Titum heredem esse volo, Gai Inst. 2, 117. —
    3.
    Of the intention of a writer, etc., to want, to mean, intend:

    Asinariam volt esse (nomen fabulae) si per vos licet,

    Plaut. As. prol. 12:

    Plautus hanc mihi gnatam esse voluit Inopiam,

    has wanted Poverty to be my daughter, made her my daughter, id. Trin. prol. 9:

    primumdum huic esse nomen Diphilus Cyrenas voluit,

    id. Rud. prol. 33:

    quae ipsi qui scripserunt voluerunt vulgo intellegi,

    meant to be understood by all, Cic. Or. 2, 14, 60:

    si non hoc intellegi volumus,

    id. Fat. 18, 41:

    quale intellegi vult Cicero cum dicit orationem suam coepisse canescere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 31; so id. 9, 4, 82; 9, 3, 9:

    quamquam illi (Prometheo) quoque ferreum anulum dedit antiquitas vinculumque id, non gestamen, intellegi voluit,

    Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 8.—
    4.
    To resolve:

    Siculi... me defensorem calamitatum suarum... esse voluerunt,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11:

    si a me causam hanc vos (judices) agi volueritis,

    if you resolve, id. ib. 8, 25:

    senatus te voluit mihi nummos, me tibi frumentum dare,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

    qua (statua) abjecta, basim tamen in foro manere voluerunt,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 66, §

    160: liberam debere esse Galliam quam (senatus) suis legibus uti voluisset,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 45:

    tu Macedonas tibi voluisti genua ponere, venerarique te ut deum,

    Curt. 8 (7), 13.— Hence,
    5.
    To order, command: erus meus tibi me salutem multam voluit dicere, has ordered me, etc., Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 25:

    montem quem a Labieno occupari voluerit,

    which he had ordered to be occupied, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:

    ibi futuros esse Helvetios ubi eos Caesar... esse voluisset,

    id. ib. 1, 13 (for velitis jubeatis with inf.-clause, v. II. B. 5. d.).—
    6.
    To consent, allow (cf. A. 1. I.):

    obtinuere ut (tribuni) tribuniciae potestatis vires salubres vellent reipublicae esse,

    they prevailed upon them to permit the tribunitian power to be wholesome to the republic, Liv. 2, 44, 5:

    Hiero tutores... puero reliquit quos precatus est moriens ut juvenum suis potissimum vestigiis insistere vellent,

    id. 24, 4, 5:

    petere ut eum... publicae etiam curae ac velut tutelae vellent esse (i. e. senatus),

    id. 42, 19, 5:

    orare tribunos ut uno animo cum consulibus bellum ab urbe ac moenibus propulsari vellent,

    id. 3, 69, 5:

    quam superesse causam Romanis cur non... incolumis Syracusas esse velint?

    id. 25, 28, 8:

    si alter ex heredibus voluerit rem a legatario possideri, alter non, ei qui noluit interdictum competet,

    Dig. 43, 3, 1, § 15.—So negatively = not to let, not to suffer:

    cum P. Attio agebant ne sua pertinacia omnium fortunas perturbari vellet,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 36.—
    7.
    To be of opinion that something should be, to require, demand:

    voluisti enim in suo genere unumquemque... esse Roscium,

    Cic. Or. 1, 61, 258: eos exercitus quos contra se multos jam annos aluerint velle dimitti, he demanded the disbanding of, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 85:

    (Cicero) vult esse auctoritatem in verbis,

    Quint. 8, 3, 43:

    vult esse Celsus aliquam et superiorem compositionem,

    id. 9, 4, 137:

    si tantum irasci vis sapientem quantum scelerum indignitas exigit,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 9, 4. —
    8.
    To be of opinion that something is or was, = censere, dicere, but implying that the opinion is erroneous or doubtful, usu. in the third pers., sometimes in the second.
    (α).
    To imagine, consider:

    est genus hominum qui esse se primos omnium rerum volunt, Nec sunt,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17:

    semper auget adsentator id quod is cujus ad voluntatem dicitur vult esse magnum,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 98:

    si quis patricius, si quis—quod illi volunt invidiosius esse—Claudius diceret,

    Liv. 6, 40, 13.—
    (β).
    To be of opinion, to hold:

    vultis, opinor, nihil esse... in natura praeter ignem,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 36:

    volunt illi omnes... eadem condicione nasci,

    id. Div. 2, 44, 93:

    vultis evenire omnia fato,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 24:

    alteri censent, etc., alteri volunt a rebus fatum omne relegari,

    id. Fat. 19, 45:

    vultis a dis immortalibus hominibus dispertiri somnia,

    id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; id. Fin. 3, 11, 36; id. Rep. 2, 26, 48:

    volunt quidam... iram in pectore moveri effervescente circa cor sanguine,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 19, 3.—
    (γ).
    To say, assert:

    si tam familiaris erat Clodiae quam tu esse vis,

    as you say he is, Cic. Cael. 21, 53:

    sit sane tanta quanta tu illam esse vis,

    id. Or. 1, 55, 23:

    ad pastum et ad procreandi voluptatem hoc divinum animal procreatum esse voluerunt: quo nihil mihi videtur esse absurdius,

    id. Fin. 2, 13, 40; 2, 17, 55; 2, 42, 131; 2, 46, 142; id. Fat. 18, 41.—With perf. inf.:

    Rhodi ego non fui: me vult fuisse,

    Cic. Planc. 34, 84.—
    (δ).
    To pretend, with perf. inf., both subjects denoting the same person:

    unde homines dum se falso terrore coacti Effugisse volunt, etc.,

    Lucr. 3, 69 (cf. A. 1. n. supra).—
    (ε).
    To mean, with perf. inf.:

    utrum scientem vultis contra foedera fecisse, an inscientem?

    Cic. Balb. 5, 13.— With pres. inf.:

    quam primum istud, quod esse vis?

    what do you mean by as soon as possible? Sen. Ep. 117, 24.—
    (ζ).
    Rarely in the first pers., implying that the opinion is open to discussion:

    ut et mihi, quae ego vellem non esse oratoris, concederes,

    what according to my opinion is not the orator's province, Cic. Or. 1, 17, 74.—
    9.
    In partic.
    a.
    With things as subjects.
    (α).
    Things personified:

    ne res publica quidem haec pro se suscipi volet,

    would have such things done for it, Cic. Off. 1, 45, 159:

    cui tacere grave sit, quod homini facillimum voluerit esse natura,

    which nature willed should be easiest for man, Curt. 4, 6, 6: fortuna Q. Metellum... nasci in urbe terrarum principe voluit, fate ordained that, etc., Val. Max. 7, 1, 1: nihil rerum ipsa natura voluit magnum effici cito, it is the law of nature that, etc., Quint. 10, 3, 4:

    quid non ingenio voluit natura licere?

    what license did nature refuse to genius? Mart. 8, 68, 9:

    me sine, quem semper voluit fortuna jacere,

    Prop. 1, 6, 25:

    hanc me militiam fata subire volunt,

    id. 1, 6, 30.—
    (β).
    Of laws, to provide:

    duodecim tabulae nocturnum furem... interfici impune voluerunt,

    Cic. Mil. 3, 9:

    lex duodecim tabularum tignum aedibus junctum... solvi prohibuit, pretiumque ejus dari voluit,

    Dig. 46, 3, 98, § 8 fin. (cf. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21, b. a, infra).—
    b.
    With perf. pass. inf., to represent a state or result wished for.
    (α).
    The inf. being in full, with esse expressed: si umquam quemquam di immortales voluere esse auxilio adjutum, tum me et Calidorum servatum volunt, if it ever was the will of the gods that any one should be assisted, etc., Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 1: Corinthum patres vestri, totius Graeciae lumen, exstinctum esse voluerunt, it was their will that Corinth should be ( and remain) destroyed, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

    nostri... leges et jura tecta esse voluerunt,

    id. Or. 1, 59, 253:

    propter eam partem epistulae tuae per quam te et mores tuos purgatos et probatos esse voluisti,

    id. Att. 1, 17, 7; id. Fin. 4, 27, 76; id. de Or. 1, 51, 221:

    daturum se operam ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,

    Liv. 21, 45, 6: for velle redundant in this construction, v. II. A. 2. 3. infra.—With pass. inf. impers.:

    sociis maxime lex consultum esse vult,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21.—
    (β).
    With ellips. of esse (cf. Quint. 9, 3, 9): perdis me tuis dictis. Cu. Imo, servo et servatum volo, and mean that you should remain saved, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 56:

    aunt qui volum te conventam,

    who want to see you, id. Cist. 4, 2, 39:

    eidem homini, si quid recte cura tum velis, mandes,

    if you want to have anything done well, id. As. 1, 1, 106:

    sed etiam est paucis vos quod monitos voluerim,

    id. Capt. prol. 53: id nunc res indicium haeo [p. 2007] facit, quo pacto factum volueris, this shows now why you wished this to be done, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 31 (cf. Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 33; id. Aul. 3, 5, 30, II. B. 1, b, and II. B. 3. b. infra): domestica cura te levatum volo, I wish to see you relieved, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:

    nulla sedes quo concurrant qui rem publicam defensam velint,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 4:

    rex celatum voluerat (i. e. donum),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    Hannibal non Capuam neglectam, neque desertos volebat socios,

    Liv. 25, 20, 5; 2, 15, 2; 2, 44, 3; 3, 21, 4; 22, 7, 4;

    26, 31, 6: contemptum hominis quem destructum volebat,

    Quint. 8, 3, 21:

    si te non emptam vellet, emendus erat,

    Ov. Am. 1, 8, 34 (so with velle redundant, v. II. A. 1. d., and II. A. 3. infra).—Both subjects denoting the same person:

    velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Esp., with pass. inf. impers.: alicui consultum velle, to take care for or advocate somebody's interests:

    liberis consultum volumus propter ipsos,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

    obliviscere illum aliquando adversario tuo voluisse consultum,

    id. Att. 16, 16 C, 10:

    quibus tribuni plebis nunc consultum repente volunt,

    Liv. 5, 5, 3; so id. 25, 25, 17:

    quamquam senatus subventum voluit heredibus,

    Dig. 36, 1, 1, § 4; so with dep. part., used passively:

    volo amori ejus obsecutum,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63.—
    c.
    With predic. adj., without copula.
    (α).
    The subjects being different (mostly aliquem salvum velle):

    si me vivum vis, pater, Ignosce,

    if you wish me to live, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 7:

    ille, si me alienus adfinem volet, Tacebit,

    id. Phorm. 4, 1, 16:

    ut tu illam salvam magis velis quam ego,

    id. Hec. 2, 2, 17; 3, 5, 14:

    quoniam ex tota provincia soli sunt qui te salvum velint,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 67, § 150:

    irent secum extemplo qui rempublicam salvam vellent,

    Liv. 22, 53, 7.—
    (β).
    Both subjects denoting the same person (virtually = object infinitive):

    in occulto jacebis quom te maxime clarum voles (= clarus esse voles),

    when you will most wish to be famous, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 38:

    volo me patris mei similem,

    I wish to be like my father, id. As. 1, 1, 54: ut iste qui se vult dicacem et mehercule est, Appius, who means to be witty, etc., Cic. Or. 2, 60, 246:

    qui vero se populares volunt,

    who mean to be popular, id. Off. 2, 22, 78:

    ut integrum se salvumque velit,

    id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

    ut (omne animal) se et salvum in suo genere incolumeque vellet,

    id. ib. 4, 8, 19. —
    d.
    With an inf.-clause understood.
    (α).
    Velle, to wish: utinam hinc abierit in malam crucem! Ad. Ita nos velle aequom est (ita = eum abire, etc.), Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 5:

    stulta es, soror, magis quam volo (i.e. te esse),

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 78; id. Trin. 1, 2, 8; 2, 4, 175; id. Stich. 1, 1, 13; id. Ps. 1, 5, 55:

    senatum non quod sentiret, sed quod ego vellem decernere,

    Cic. Mil. 5, 12:

    neque enim facile est ut irascatur cui tu velis judex (= cui tu eum irasci velis),

    id. Or. 2, 45, 190; cf. id. Sest. 38, 82.—
    (β).
    Referring to the will of superiors, etc.:

    deos credo voluisse, nam ni vellent, non fieret,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46: jamne abeo? St. Volo (sc. te abire), so I will, id. Cas. 2, 8, 57; cf. id. Mil. 4, 6, 12; id. Merc. 2, 3, 33.—
    (γ).
    To mean, intend (v. B. 3.):

    acutum etiam illud est cum ex alterius oratione aliud atque ille vult (sc. te excipere),

    Cic. Or. 2, 67, 273.—
    (δ).
    To require, demand (v B. 7.):

    veremur quidem vos, Romani, et, si ita vultis, etiam timemus,

    Liv. 39, 37, 17;

    and of things as subjects: cadentque vocabula, si volet usus (i. e. ea cadere),

    Hor. A. P. 71.—
    (ε).
    To be of opinion, will have (v. B. 8.):

    ergo ego, inimicus, si ita vultis, homini, amicus esse rei publicae debeo,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:

    nam illi regi tolerabili, aut, si voltis, etiam amabili, Cyro,

    id. Rep. 1, 28, 44; id. Fin. 2, 27, 89; 3, 4, 12; id. Cael. 21, 53; Liv. 21, 10, 7; Quint. 2, 17, 41.—
    (ζ).
    With ellips. of predic. inf. (v. A. 2. b.): cras de reliquiis nos volo (i. e. cenare), it is my intention that we dine, etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 40:

    volo Varronem (i. e. hos libros habere),

    Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3.
    C.
    With ut, ne, or ut ne.
    1.
    With ut.
    a.
    To wish:

    volo ut quod jubebo facias,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 65:

    quia enim id maxime volo ut illi istac confugiant,

    id. Most. 5, 1, 49:

    ut mihi aedes aliquas conducat volo,

    id. Merc. 3, 2, 17: hoc prius volo meam rem agere. Th. Quid id est? Ph. Ut mihi hanc despondeas, id. Curc. 5, 2, 71: quid vis, nisi ut maneat Phanium? Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 8:

    velim ut tibi amicus sit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 16, 1:

    quare id quoque velim... ut sit qui utamur,

    id. ib. 11, 11, 2:

    maxime vellem, judices, ut P. Sulla... modestiae fructum aliquem percipere potuisset,

    id. Sull. 1, 1:

    equidem vellem uti pedes haberent (res tuae),

    id. Fam. 7, 33, 2:

    his ut sit digna puella volo,

    Mart. 11, 27, 14.—Both subjects denoting the same person: volueram, inquit, ut quam plurimum tecum essem, Brut. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1.—
    b.
    It is the will of, to want, ordain (v. B. 2.):

    at ego deos credo voluisse ut apud te me in nervo enicem,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 17: numquid me vis? Le. Ut valeas, id. Cist. 1, 1, 120: numquid vis? Ps. Dormitum ut abeas, id. Ps. 2, 2, 70:

    volo ut mihi respondeas,

    Cic. Vatin. 6, 14; 7, 17; 7, 18; 9, 21;

    12, 29: nuntia Romanis, caelestes ita velle ut mea Roma caput orbis terrarum sit,

    Liv. 1, 16, 7.—
    c.
    To intend, it is the purpose, aim, etc., the two subjects being the same:

    id quaerunt, volunt haec ut infecta faciant,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 9.—
    d.
    With other verbs:

    quod peto et volo parentes meos ut commonstres mihi,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 4:

    quasi vero aut populus Romanus hoc voluerit, aut senatus tibi hoc mandaverit ut... privares,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48;

    with opto,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 48;

    with laboro,

    Liv. 42, 14, 3;

    with aequum censere,

    id. 39, 19, 7.—
    2.
    With ne:

    at ne videas velim,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 23:

    quid nunc vis? ut opperiare hos sex dies saltem modo, ne illam vendas, neu me perdas, etc.,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 102:

    credibile est hoc voluisse legumlatorem, ne auxilia liberorum innocentibus deessent,

    intended, Quint. 7, 1, 56.—
    3.
    With ut ne: quid nunc tibi vis? Mi. Ut quae te cupit, eam ne spernas, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 60.
    D.
    With subjunct. of dependent verb (mostly ante-class.; class. and freq. with velim and vellem; but in Cic. mostly epistolary and colloquial).
    1.
    To wish:

    ergo animum advortas volo,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 23; 2, 3, 28; 2, 3, 70:

    volo amet me patrem,

    id. As. 1, 1, 63 dub.:

    hoc volo agatis,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 83:

    ducas volo hodie uxorem,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 14:

    quid vis faciam?

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 49; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 24; Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 64; 2, 3, 65; 2, 6, 65; 3, 3, 3; id. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 4, 7, 19; id. Cas. 2, 3, 56; id. Capt. 1, 2, 12; id. Poen. 3, 2, 16; id. Pers. 2, 4, 23; id. Rud. 5, 2, 45; 5, 3, 58; id. Stich. 5, 2, 21; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 14:

    volo etiam exquiras quam diligentissime poteris quid Lentulus agat?

    Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:

    Othonem vincas volo,

    id. ib. 13, 29, 2:

    eas litteras volo habeas,

    id. ib. 13, 32, 3:

    visne igitur videamus quidnam sit, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 10, 15: visne igitur descendatur ad Lirim? id. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4:

    volo, inquis, sciat,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 2.—
    2.
    To be of opinion that something should be, demand, require (v. B. 7.): volo enim se efferat in adulescentia fecunditas, I like to see, etc., Cic. Or. 2, 21, 88:

    volo hoc oratori contingat ut, etc.,

    id. Brut. 84, 290.—
    3.
    With subj.-clause understood:

    abi atque obsona, propera! sed lepide volo (i. e. obsones),

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 55.
    E.
    With object nouns, etc.
    1.
    With acc. of a thing.
    a.
    With a noun, to want, wish for, like to have:

    voltisne olivas, aut pulmentum, aut capparim?

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 90:

    animo male est: aquam velim,

    id. Am. 5, 1, 6:

    quia videt me suam amicitiam velle,

    id. Aul. 2, 3, 68; so,

    gratiam tuam,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 52; 2, 3, 56:

    aquam,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 34:

    discidium,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 14: nullam ego rem umquam in vita mea Volui quin tu in ea re mihi advorsatrix fueris, I never had any wish in my life, etc., id. Heaut. 5, 3, 5: (dixit) velle Hispaniam, he wanted Spain, i. e. as a province, Cic. Att. 12, 7, 1:

    mihi frumento non opus est: nummos volo,

    I want the money, id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

    non poterat scilicet negare se velle pacem,

    id. Att. 15, 1 a, 3; cf. id. ib. 13, 32, 2 (v. II. C. 4. infra):

    si amplius obsidum (= plures obsides) vellet, dare pollicentur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 9 fin.:

    pacem etiam qui vincere possunt, volunt,

    Liv. 7, 40, 18:

    ferunt (eum)... honestum finem voluisse,

    Tac. A. 6, 26:

    cum Scipio veram vellet et sine exceptione victoriam,

    Flor. 1, 33 (2, 18), 12:

    mensae munera si voles secundae, Marcentes tibi porrigentur uvae,

    Mart. 5, 78, 11.—
    b.
    Neutr. adjj., denoting things, substantively used: utrum vis opta, dum licet. La. Neutrum volo, Plaut. Ps. 3, 6, 16:

    quorum isti neutrum volunt,

    acknowledge neither, Cic. Fat. 12, 28:

    voluimus quaedam, contendimus... Obtenta non sunt,

    we aspired to certain things, id. Balb. 27, 61:

    restat ut omnes unum velint,

    hold one opinion, id. Marcell. 10, 32:

    si plura velim,

    if I wished for more, Hor. C. 3, 16, 38:

    per quod probemus aliud legislatorem voluisse,

    that the law-giver intended something different, Quint. 7, 6, 8:

    ut putent, aliud quosdam dicere, aliud velle,

    that they say one thing and mean another, id. 9, 2, 85:

    utrum is qui scripsit... voluerit,

    which of the two was meant by the author, id. 7, 9, 15:

    ut nemo contra id quod vult dicit, ita potest melius aliquid velle quam dicit,

    mean better than he speaks, id. 9, 2, 89:

    quis enim pudor omnia velle?

    to desire every thing, Mart. 12, 94, 11.—
    c.
    With neutr. demonstr. expressed or understood, to want, intend, aim at, like, will:

    immo faenus: id primum volo,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 64:

    proximum quod sit bono... id volo,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 22:

    nisi ea quae tu vis volo,

    unless my purpose is the same as yours, id. Ep. 2, 2, 82:

    siquidem id sapere'st, velle te id quod non potest contingere,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 83:

    hoc (i. e. otium cum dignitate) qui volunt omnes optimates putantur,

    who aim at this, Cic. Sest. 45, 98:

    privatum oportet in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    quid est sapientia? Semper idem velle atque idem nolle,

    Sen. Ep. 20, 5:

    pudebit eadem velle quae volueras puer,

    id. ib. 27, 2:

    nec volo quod cruciat, nec volo quod satiat,

    Mart. 1, 57, 4.—With demonstr. in place of inf.-clause:

    hoc Ithacus velit, et magno mercentur Atridae (sc. poenas in me sumi),

    Verg. A. 2, 104:

    hoc velit Eurystheus, velit hoc germana Tonantis (sc. verum esse, Herculem, etc.),

    Ov. H. 9, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 88.—
    d.
    With neutr. of interrog. pron.: quid nunc vis? Am. Sceleste, at etiam quid velim, id tu me rogas? what do you want now? Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 5:

    eloquere quid velis,

    id. Cas. 2, 4, 2: heus tu! Si. Quid vis? id. Ps. 4, 7, 21; so Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 11; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 152:

    sed plane quid velit nescio,

    what his intentions are, Cic. Att. 15, 1 a, 5; id. de Or. 2, 20, 84:

    mittunt etiam ad dominos qui quaerant quid velint,

    to ask for their orders, id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41:

    quid? Si haec... ipsius amici judicarunt? Quid amplius vultis?

    what more do you require, will you have? id. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152:

    quid amplius vis?

    Hor. Epod. 17, 30:

    spectatur quid voluerit scriptor,

    we find out the author's intention, Quint. 7, 10, 1.—Sometimes quid vult = quid sibi vult (v. 4. b.), to mean, signify:

    capram illam suspicor jam invenisse... quid voluerit,

    what it signified, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 30:

    sed tamen intellego quid velit,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:

    quid autem volunt ea di immortales significantes quae sine interpretibus non possimus intellegere? etc.,

    id. Div. 2, 25, 54.—Of things as subjects:

    hunc ensem mittit tibi... Et jubet ex merito scire quid iste velit,

    Ov. H. 11, 96.—
    e.
    With rel. pron.:

    quod volui, ut volui, impetravi... a Philocomasio,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 1:

    ut quod frons velit oculi sciant,

    that the eyes know what the forehead wants, id. Aul. 4, 1, 13:

    illi quae volo concedere,

    to yield to him my wishes, id. Cas. 2, 3, 49:

    si illud quod volumus dicitur,

    what we like, id. Truc. 1, 2, 95:

    multa eveniunt homini quae volt, quae nevolt,

    id. Trin. 2, 2, 84; id. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

    quamquam (litterae tuae) semper aliquid adferunt quod velim,

    Cic. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    quae vellem quaeque sentirem dicendi,

    id. Marcell. 1, 1:

    uti ea quae vellent impetrarent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    satis animi ad id quod tam diu vellent,

    to carry out what they had desired so long, Liv. 4, 54, 5:

    sed quod volebant non... expediebant,

    their purpose, id. 24, 23, 9. —Idiomatically: quod volo = quod demonstrare volo, what I intend to prove:

    illud quod volumus expressum est, ut vaticinari furor vera soleat,

    Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67:

    bis sumpsit quod voluit,

    he has twice begged the question, id. ib. 2, 52, 107.—With indef. relations:

    cornucopia ubi inest quidquid volo,

    whatever I wish for, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5:

    Caesar de Bruto solitus est dicere: magni refert hic quid velit, sed quidquid volt, valde volt,

    whatever he wills he wills strongly, Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2.—
    f.
    With indef. pronn.
    (α).
    Si quid vis, if you want any thing: illo praesente mecum agito si quid voles, [p. 2008] Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 72: Py. Adeat si quid volt. Pa. Si quid vis, adi, mulier, id. Mil. 4, 2, 47:

    eumque Alexander cum rogaret, si quid vellet, ut diceret,

    id. Or. 2, 66, 266; Caes. B. G. 1, 7 fin. —
    (β).
    Nisi quid vis, unless you wish to give some order, to make some remark, etc.:

    ego eo ad forum nisi quid vis,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 94:

    nunc de ratione videamus, nisi quid vis ad haec,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 18, 42.—
    (γ).
    Numquid vis or ecquid vis? have you any orders to give? a formula used by inferiors before leaving their superiors; cf. Don. ad Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 39:

    visunt, quid agam, ecquid velim,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 113:

    numquid vis aliud?

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 111; 1, 2, 106; id. Ad. 2, 2, 39; 3, 3, 78; id. Hec. 2, 2, 30:

    numquid vellem rogavit,

    Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6:

    frequentia rogantium num quid vellet,

    Liv. 6, 34, 7:

    rogavit num quid in Sardiniam vellet. Te puto saepe habere qui num quid Romam velis quaerant,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1.—
    2.
    With acc. of the person: aliquem velle.
    (α).
    To want somebody, i. e. in order to see him, to speak with him (ante-class. and colloq.):

    Demenaetum volebam,

    I wanted, wished to see, Demenoetus, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 12:

    bona femina et malus masculus volunt te,

    id. Cist. 4, 2, 40:

    solus te solum volo,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 70:

    quia non est intus quem ego volo,

    id. Mil. 4, 6, 40:

    hae oves volunt vos,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 24:

    quis me volt? Perii, pater est,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 1:

    centuriones trium cohortium me velle postridie,

    Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4.—With paucis verbis or paucis, for a few words ( moments):

    volo te verbis pauculis,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 28:

    sed paucis verbis te volo, Palaestrio,

    id. Mil. 2, 4, 22:

    Sosia, Adesdum, paucis te volo,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 2.—
    (β).
    To love, like somebody, to be fond of somebody (anteclass. and poet.):

    hanc volo (= amo),

    Plaut. As. 5, 1, 18:

    sine me amare unum Argyrippum... quem volo,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 38:

    quom quae te volt, eamdem tu vis,

    id. Mil. 4, 2, 80:

    aut quae (vitia) corpori' sunt ejus siquam petis ac vis,

    Lucr. 4, 1152:

    quam volui nota fit arte mea,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 60: nolo virum, facili redimit qui sanguine famam: hunc volo, laudari qui sine morte potest, I like the one who, etc., Mart. 1, 8, 6.—
    (γ).
    To wish to have:

    roga, velitne an non uxorem,

    whether he wishes to have his wife or not, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 43:

    ut sapiens velit gerere rem publicam, atque... uxorem adjungere, et velle ex ea liberos (anacoluth.),

    Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 68.—

    With two accusatives: (narrato) illam te amare et velle uxorem,

    that you wish to have her as your wife, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 25; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 65.—
    3.
    With two accusatives, of the person and the thing: aliquem aliquid velle, to want something of somebody (cf.: aliquem aliquid rogare; mostly ante-class.;

    not in Cic.): numquid me vis?

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120:

    face certiorem me quid meus vir me velit,

    id. Cas. 2, 6, 1:

    num quidpiam me vis aliud?

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 81:

    nunc verba in pauca conferam quid te velim,

    id. As. 1, 1, 74:

    narrabit ultro quid sese velis,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 60:

    quid me voluisti?

    id. Mil. 4, 2, 35:

    numquid aliud me vis?

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 101:

    quin tu uno verbo dic quid est quod me velis,

    id. And. 1, 1, 18; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 85; id. Cist. 2, 3, 49; id. As. 2, 3, 12; id. Merc. 5, 2, 27; id. Pers. 4, 6, 11; Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 31; id. Phorm. 2, 4, 18; id. Eun. 2, 3, 47; id. Hec. 3, 4, 15:

    si quid ille se velit, illum ad se venire oportere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 34:

    cum mirabundus quidnam (Taurea) sese vellet, resedisset Flaccus, Me quoque, inquit, etc.,

    Liv. 26, 15, 11; also, I want to speak with somebody (v. 2. a. a):

    paucis, Euclio, est quod te volo,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 22:

    est quod te volo secreto,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 33.—
    4.
    With acc. of thing and dat. of the person: aliquid alicui velle, to wish something to somebody (= cupio aliquid alicui; v. cupio;

    rare): quamquam vobis volo quae voltis, mulieres,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 1:

    si ex me illa liberos vellet sibi,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 33:

    praesidium velle se senectuti suae,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 44:

    nihil est mali quod illa non initio filio voluerit, optaverit,

    Cic. Clu. 66, 188:

    rem Romanam huc provectam ut externis quoque gentibus quietem velit,

    Tac. A. 12, 11:

    cui ego omnia meritissimo volo et debeo,

    to whom I give and owe my best wishes, Quint. 9, 2, 35.—Esp., in the phrase quid vis (vult) with reflex. dat. of interest, lit. what do you want for yourself?
    a.
    Quid tibi vis = quid vis, the dat. being redundant (rare):

    quid aliud tibi vis?

    what else do you want? Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 90.—With quisque:

    haud ita vitam agerent ut nunc plerumque videmus Quid sibi quisque velit nescire,

    be ignorant as to their own aims and purposes, Lucr. 3, 1058.—
    b.
    What do you mean? what do you drive at? what is your scope, object, drift (rare in post-Aug. writers; Don. ad Ter. Eun. prol. 45, declares it an archaism).
    (α).
    In 1 st pers. (rare):

    nunc quid processerim huc, et quid mihi voluerim dicam,

    and what I meant thereby, what was the purpose of my coming, Plaut. As. prol. 6:

    quid mihi volui? quid mihi nunc prodest bona voluntas?

    Sen. Ben. 4, 21, 6.—
    (β).
    In 2 d pers.:

    quid nunc tibi vis, mulier, memora,

    what is the drift of your talk? Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 60: sed quid nunc tibi vis? what do you want to come at (i.e. by your preamble)? id. Poen. 1, 1, 24: quid tu tibi vis? Ego non tangam meam? what do you mean? i. e. what is your purpose? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 28:

    quid tibi vis? quid cum illa rei tibi est?

    id. ib. 4, 7, 34:

    quid est quod sic gestis? quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? Quid est quod laetus sis? quid tibi vis?

    what do you mean by all this? id. ib. 3, 5, 11:

    quid est, inepta? quid vis tibi? quid rides?

    id. ib. 5, 6, 6:

    quid vis tibi? Quid quaeris?

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9: Ph. Fabulae! Ch. Quid vis tibi? id. Phorm. 5, 8, 53:

    roganti ut se in Asiam praefectum duceret, Quid tibi vis, inquit, insane,

    Cic. Or. 2, 67, 269; so in 2 d pers. plur.:

    pro deum fidem, quid vobis vultis?

    Liv. 3, 67, 7.—
    (γ).
    In 3 d pers.:

    quid igitur sibi volt pater? cur simulat?

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 1:

    quid hic volt veterator sibi?

    id. ib. 2, 6, 26:

    proinde desinant aliquando me isdem inflare verbis: quid sibi iste vult?... Cur ornat eum a quo desertus est?

    Cic. Dom. 11, 29:

    quid sibi vellet (Caesar)? cur in suas possessiones veniret?

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44 med.:

    conicere in eum oculos, mirantes quid sibi vellet (i. e. by courting the plebeians),

    Liv. 3, 35, 5:

    qui quaererent quid sibi vellent qui armati Aventinum obsedissent,

    id. 3, 50, 15:

    quid sibi voluit providentia quae Aridaeum regno imposuit?

    Sen. Ben. 4, 31, 1: volt, non volt dare Galla mihi, nec dicere possum quod volt et non volt, quid sibi Galla velit, Mart: 3, 90, 2.—
    (δ).
    Transf. of things as subjects, what means, what signifies? quid volt sibi, Syre, haec oratio? Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 2:

    ut pernoscatis quid sibi Eunuchus velit,

    id. Eun. prol. 45:

    quid ergo illae sibi statuae equestres inauratae volunt?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 150:

    quid haec sibi horum civium Romanorum dona voluerunt?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 80, §

    186: avaritia senilis quid sibi velit, non intellego,

    what is the meaning of the phrase, id. Sen. 18, 66:

    quid ergo illa sibi vult pars altera orationis qua Romanos a me cultos ait?

    Liv. 40, 12, 14:

    tacitae quid vult sibi noctis imago?

    Ov. M. 9, 473.—
    5.
    Bene or male alicui velle, to wish one well or ill, to like or dislike one (ante-class. and poet.): Ph. Bene volt tibi. St. Nequam est illud verbum bene volt, nisi qui bene facit, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 37 sq.:

    jam diu ego huic bene et hic mihi volumus,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 4:

    ut tibi, dum vivam, bene velim plus quam mihi,

    id. Cas. 2, 8, 30:

    egone illi ut non bene vellem?

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 90; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 95; id. Merc. 2, 1, 21; id. Ps. 4, 3, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 9:

    nisi quod tibi bene ex animo volo,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 6:

    quo tibi male volt maleque faciet,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 44:

    atque isti etiam parum male volo,

    id. Truc. 5, 7; cf. id. As. 5, 1, 13:

    utinam sic sient qui mihi male volunt,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 13:

    non sibi male vult,

    he does not dislike himself, Petr. 38; so, melius or optime alicui velle, to like one better or best:

    nec est quisquam mihi aeque melius quoi vellem,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 42; id. Merc. 5, 2, 57:

    illi ego ex omnibus optime volo,

    id. Most. 1, 4, 24.—And bene velle = velle: bene volueris in precatione augurali Messalla augur ait, significare volueris, Fest. s. v. bene sponsis, p. 351.—
    6.
    With abl.: alicujus causa velle, to like one for his own sake, i. e. personally, a Ciceronian phrase, probably inst. of omnia alicujus causa velle; lit. to wish every thing (i.e. good) in somebody's behalf.
    (α).
    With omnia expressed: etsi mihi videor intellexisse cum tecum de re M. Annaeii locutus sum, te ipsius causa vehementer omnia velle, tamen, etc.... ut non dubitem quin magnus cumulus accedat commenda tionis meae, Cic. Fam. 13, 55, 1:

    repente coepit dicere, se omnia Verris causa velle,

    that he had the most friendly disposition towards Verres, id. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 64:

    accedit eo quod Varro magnopere ejus causa vult omnia,

    id. Fam. 13, 22, 1.—
    (β).
    Without omnia:

    per eos qui nostra causa volunt, valentque apud illum,

    Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1:

    sed et Phameae causa volebam,

    id. ib. 13, 49, 1:

    etsi te ipsius Attici causa velle intellexeram,

    id. ib. 16, 16, A, 6:

    valde enim ejus causa volo,

    id. Fam. 16, 17, 2 fin.:

    illud non perficis quo minus tua causa velim,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 6;

    12, 7, 1: si me velle tua causa putas,

    id. ib. 7, 17, 2:

    regis causa si qui sunt qui velint,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

    credo tua causa velle Lentulum,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5; id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21; cf. id. Imp. Pomp. (v. C. 1. b. supra), where the phrase has its literal meaning; cf. also: alicujus causa (omnia) cupere; v. cupio.—
    7.
    With acc. and subjunct. per ecthesin (ante-class.): nunc ego illum meum virum veniat velim (by mixture of constructions: meum virum velim; and:

    meus vir veniat velim),

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 29:

    nunc ego Simonidem mi obviam veniat velim,

    id. Ps. 4, 5, 10:

    nimis hercle ego illum corvum ad me veniat velim,

    id. Aul. 4, 6, 4:

    saltem aliquem velim qui mihi ex his locis viam monstret,

    id. Rud. 1, 3, 35:

    patrem atque matrem viverent vellem tibi,

    id. Poen. 5, 2, 106; cf. id. Merc. 2, 1, 30 (v. E. 1. d. supra).
    F.
    Velle used absolutely, variously rendered to will, have a will, wish, consent, assent:

    quod vos, malum... me sic ludificamini? Nolo volo, volo nolo rursum,

    I nill I will, I will I nill again, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 57: novi ingenium mulierum: Nolunt ubi velis, ubi nolis cupiunt ultro, they will not where you will, etc., id. Eun. 4, 7, 43:

    quis est cui velle non liceat?

    who is not free to wish? Cic. Att. 7, 11. 2:

    in magnis et voluisse sat est,

    Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 6:

    tarde velle nolentis est,

    slow ness in consenting betrays the desire to refuse, Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 4:

    quae (animalia) nullam injuriam nobis faciunt, quia velle non possunt, id. Ira, 2, 26, 4: ejus est nolle qui potest velle,

    the power to assent implies the power to dissent, Dig. 50, 17, 3.—So velle substantively:

    sed ego hoc ipsum velle miserius duco quam in crucem tolli,

    that very wishing, Cic. Att. 7, 11, 2: inest enim velle in carendo, the word carere implies the notion of a wish, id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    velle ac posse in aequo positum erat,

    his will and power were balanced, Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 5:

    velle tuum nolo, Didyme, nolle volo,

    Mart. 5, 83, 2:

    velle suum cuique est,

    each has his own likings, Pers. 5, 53.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Redundant, when the will to do is identified with the act itself.
    1.
    In imperative sentences.
    a.
    In independent sentences introduced by noli velle, where noli has lost the idea of volition:

    nolite, judices, hunc velle maturius exstingui vulnere vestro quam suo fato,

    do not resolve, Cic. Cael. 32, 79:

    nolite igitur id velle quod fieri non potest,

    id. Phil. 7, 8, 25: qui timor bonis omnibus injectus sit... nolite a me commoneri velle, do not wish, expect, to be reminded by me, etc., id. Mur. 25, 50: nolite hunc illi acerbum nuntium velle perferri, let it not be your decision that, etc., id. Balb. 28, 64: cujus auspicia pro vobis experti nolite adversus vos velle experiri, do not desire, etc., Liv. 7, 40, 16:

    noli adversum eos me velle ducere, etc.,

    Nep. Att. 4, 2.—
    b.
    Ne velis or ne velit fecisse = ne feceris, or ne facito (v. I. A. 3. a. supra).—So ne velis with pres. inf.:

    neve, revertendi liber, abesse velis (= neve abfueris),

    Ov. H. 1, 80.—
    c.
    In affirmative imperative sentences (velim esse = esto;

    rare): tu tantum fida sorori Esse velis (= fida esto or sis),

    Ov. M. 2, 745; and in 3 d pers.:

    di procul a cunctis... Hujus notitiam gentis habere velint (= habeant),

    id. P. 1, 7, 8:

    credere modo qui discet velit (= credat qui discet),

    Quint. 8, prooem. 12. —
    d.
    In clauses dependent on verbs of commanding and wishing:

    aut quia significant divam praedicere ut armis Ac virtute velint patriam defendere terram (= ut defendant),

    Lucr. 2, 641: precor quaesoque ne ante oculos patris facere et pati omnia infanda velis (= facias et patiaris). Liv. 23, 9, 2:

    monentes ne experiri vellet imperium cujus vis, etc.,

    id. 2, 59, 4; 39, 13, 2:

    et mea... opto Vulnera qui fecit facta levare velit,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 18: nos contra (oravimus) [p. 2009]... ne vertere secum Cuncta pater fatoque urguenti incumbere vellet, Verg. A. 2, 653. —With pass. perf. inf. (v. I. B. 9. b. b):

    legati Sullam orant ut filii innocentis fortunas conservatas velit (virtually = fortunas conservet),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25:

    a te peto ut utilitatem sociorum per te quam maxime defensam et auctam velis (= defendas et augeas),

    id. Fam. 13, 9, 3.—So after utinam or ut:

    utinam illi qui prius eum viderint me apud eum velint adjutum tantum quantum ego vellem si quid possem (= utinam illi me adjuvent quantum ego adjuvarem, etc.),

    id. Att. 11, 7, 7:

    cautius ut saevo velles te credere Marti (= utinam te credidisses),

    Verg. A. 11, 153:

    edictum praemittit ad quam diem magistratus... sibi esse praesto Cordubae vellet (= sibi praesto essent),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 19 (cf. also I. B. 9. b. b, and I. B. 2. fin. supra).—
    2.
    In conditional clauses, si facere velim = si faciam, often rendered by the potential or future auxiliaries would or will:

    non tu scis, Bacchae bacchanti si velis advorsarier, ex insana insaniorem facies? (= si advorseris),

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 80:

    si meum Imperium exsequi voluisset, interemptam oportuit (= si executus esset),

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 22:

    si id confiteri velim, tamen istum condemnetis necesse est (= si id confitear),

    if I would acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45:

    si quis velit ita dicere... nihil dicat (= si quis dicat),

    id. Fat. 14, 32:

    dies deficiat si velim numerare, etc.,

    id. N. D. 3, 32, 81;

    so,

    id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102; id. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52:

    qua in sententia si constare voluissent, suam auctoritatem... recuperassent,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 14; id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31; id. Lael. 20, 75:

    conicere potestis, si recordari volueritis quanta, etc.,

    if you will remember, id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; so id. Or. 1, 44, 197; id. Brut. 1, 2, 5:

    quod si audire voletis externa, maximas res publicas ab adulescentibus labefactatas reperietis,

    id. Sen. 6, 20; so id. Or. 1, 60, 256; 2, 23, 95:

    ejus me compotem voti vos facere potestis, si meminisse vultis, non vos in Samnio, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 40, 5; 23, 13, 6; 23, 15, 4: cum olera Diogeni lavanti Aristippus dixisset: si Dionysium adulare velles, ista non esses;

    Imo, inquit, si tu ista esse velles, non adulares Dionysium,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 4:

    ut si his (legibus) perpetuo uti voluissent, sempiternum habituri fuerint imperium,

    id. 5, 3, ext. 3:

    quid enim si mirari velit, non in silvestribus dumis poma pendere,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 6; cf. Curt. 5, 1, 1; 3, 5, 6; Ov. H. 17 (18), 43.—With perf. inf. pass.:

    nisi ea (opera) certi auctores monumentis suis testata esse voluissent,

    Val. Max. 3, 2, 24.—
    3.
    In declarative sentences.
    a.
    Volo in 1 st pers. with perf. pass. inf. or part. (volo oratum esse or oratum = oro; v. I. B. 9. b. a and b):

    vos omnes opere magno esse oratos volo benigne ut operam detis, etc.,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 21:

    justam rem et facilem esse oratam a vobis volo,

    id. Am. prol. 33:

    illud tamen te esse admonitum volo, etc.,

    Cic. Cael. 3, 8:

    sed etiam est paucis vos quod monitos voluerim,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 53:

    illud te, Tulli, monitum velim etc.,

    Liv. 1, 23, 8:

    quamobrem omnes eos oratos volo Ne, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 26; so, factum volo = faciam: serva tibi sodalem, et mihi filium. Mne. Factum volo, I will, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 91: pariter nunc opera me adjuves ac, etc. Nau. Factum volo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 4; so Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 10.—In 3 d pers.:

    esse salutatum vult te mea littera primum,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 1.—
    b.
    With pres. inf.:

    propterea te vocari ad cenam volo (= voco te),

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 72:

    sed nunc rogare hoc ego vicissim te volo: quid fuit, etc. (= nunc te rogo),

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 136.—
    c.
    With perf. act. inf.:

    pace tua dixisse velim (= pace tua dixerim),

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 9.—
    d.
    In other connections, when the will or purpose is made more prominent than the action:

    eorum alter, qui Antiochus vocatur, iter per Siciliam facere voluit (= fecit),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 61:

    si suscipere eam (religionem) nolletis, tamen in eo qui violasset sancire vos velle oporteret (= sancire vos oporteret),

    id. ib. 2, 4, 51, §

    114: ut insequentibus diebus nemo eorum forum aut publicum adspicere vellet (= adspiceret),

    Liv. 9, 7, 11:

    talentis mille percussorem in me emere voluisti (= emisti),

    Curt. 3, 5, 6: quin etiam senatus gratias ei agentem quod redire voluisset ante portas eduxit (= quod redisset), Val. Max. 3, 4, 4:

    utri prius gratulemur, qui hoc dicere voluit, an cui audire contigit? (= qui hoc dixit),

    id. 4, 7, ext. 2:

    sic tua non paucae carpere facta volent (= carpent),

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 64.
    B.
    Velim, as potential subjunctive (mostly in 1 st pers. sing., as subjunctive of modest statement), = volo, I wish, I should like.
    1.
    With verb in the second person.
    a.
    With pres. subj., so most frequently in Cic.
    (α).
    As a modest imperative of the dependent verb: velim facias = fac, I wish you would do it, please do it:

    ego quae in rem tuam sint, ea velim facias,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 9:

    eas (litteras) in eundem fasciculum velim addas,

    Cic. Att. 12, 53:

    eum salvere jubeas velim,

    id. ib. 7, 7, 7:

    velim me facias certiorem, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 9:

    tu velim saepe ad nos scribas,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 4:

    velim mihi ignoscas,

    id. Fam. 13, 75, 1:

    tu velim animum a me parumper avertas,

    id. Lael. 1, 5; cf. id. Att. 1, 11, 3; 7, 3, 11; 8, 12, 5; id. Fam. 15, 3, 2 et saep.:

    haec pro causa mea dicta accipiatis velim,

    Liv. 42, 34, 13: velim, inquit, hoc mihi probes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 51:

    Musa velim memores, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 53.—
    (β).
    Expressing a wish without a command (v. vellem):

    vera dicas velim,

    I wish you told the truth, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 18:

    quam velim Bruto persuadeas ut Asturae sit,

    Cic. Att. 14, 15, 4:

    ipse velim poenas experiare meas,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 74;

    so in asseverations: ita velim me promerentem ames, dum vivas, mi pater, ut... id mihi vehementer dolet,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 47.—
    b.
    With infinitive clause.
    (α).
    With the force of a modest imperative:

    sed qui istuc credam ita esse, mihi dici velim (i. e. a te),

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 15:

    extremum illud est quod mihi abs te responderi velim,

    Cic. Vat. 17, 41 (may be a dependent subjunctive):

    itaque vos ego, milites, non eo solum animo.... pugnare velim, etc.,

    Liv. 21, 41, 10.—
    (β).
    As a mere wish:

    velim te arbitrari, frater, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 1:

    primum te arbitrari id quod res est velim,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 9.—With perf. act.:

    hanc te quoque ad ceteras tuas eximias virtutes, Masinissa, adjecisse velim,

    Liv. 30, 14, 6.—With perf. pass., Liv. 1, 23, 8 (v. II. A. 3. a. supra).—
    c.
    With ut (rare):

    de tuis velim ut eo sis animo, quo debes esse,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 4. —
    d.
    With ne (rare), Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 23 (v. I. C. 2. supra).—
    2.
    With dependent verb in the third person, expressing a wish.
    a.
    With pres. subj.:

    ita se defatigent velim Ut, etc.,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 3:

    de Cicerone quae mihi scribis, jucunda mihi sunt: velim sint prospera,

    Cic. Att. 14, 11, 2:

    velim seu Himilco, seu Mago respondeat,

    Liv. 23, 12, 15:

    sint haec vera velim,

    Verg. Cir. 306:

    nulla me velim syllaba effugiat,

    Quint. 11, 2, 45.—With final clause:

    tu velim mihi ad urbem praesto sis, ut tuis consiliis utar,

    Cic. Att. 9, 16, 3; cf. id. ib. 11, 11, 2 (v. I. C. 2. supra).—With ellips. of pres. subj.:

    velim mehercule Asturae Brutus (i. e. sit),

    Cic. Att. 14, 11, 1.—
    b.
    With perf. subj. (a wish referring to the past):

    nimis velim improbissumo homini malas edentaverint,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 48.—
    c.
    With inf.-clause:

    ne ego nunc mihi modium mille esse argenti velim!

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 9: di me perdant! Me. Quodcunque optes, velim tibi contingere, id. Cist. 2, 1, 30:

    velim eum tibi placere quam maxime,

    Cic. Brut. 71, 249: idque primum ita esse velim;

    deinde etiam, si non sit, mihi persuaderi tamen velim,

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

    quod faxitis, deos velim fortunare,

    Liv. 6, 41, 12.—With perf. pass. inf. (v. I. B. 9. b. b, supra):

    edepol te hodie lapide percussum velim,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 33:

    moribus praefectum mulierum hunc factum velim,

    id. Aul. 3, 5, 30.—With inf.-clause understood:

    nimium plus quam velim nostrorum ingenia sunt mobilia,

    Liv. 2, 37, 4.—
    3.
    With verb in the first person.
    a.
    With inf. pres. (so most freq.):

    atque hoc velim probare omnibus, etc.,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 20, 47:

    velim scire ecquid de te recordere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 6, 13:

    quare te, ut polliceris, videre plane velim,

    id. Att. 11, 9, 3:

    nec vero velim... a calce ad carceres revocari,

    id. Sen. 23, 83:

    sed multitudo ea quid animorum... habeat scire velim,

    Liv. 23, 12, 7:

    interrogare tamen velim, an Isocrates Attice dixerit,

    Quint. 12, 10, 22.—With perf. inf. act., Ov. P. 3, 1, 9 (v. II. A. 3. c.).—
    b.
    With acc. and inf.:

    quod velis, modo id velim me scire,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 8.—So with perf. pass. inf.:

    ego praeterquam quod nihil haustum ex vano velim, Fabium... potissimum auctorem habui,

    Liv. 22, 7, 4.—
    c.
    With subj. pres.:

    eo velim tam facili uti possim et tam bono in me quam Curione,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 10 B. and K. ex conj. Mull. (Lachm., Hoffm. posse; al. possem).—
    4.
    Velim in the principal sentence of conditional clauses, I would, I should be willing:

    aetatem velim servire, Libanum ut (= si) conveniam modo,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 8:

    velim, si fieri possit,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 12:

    si quid tibi compendi facere possim, factum edepol velim (redundant),

    id. ib. 2, 4, 26:

    si possim, velim,

    id. Stich. 4, 2, 9:

    nec velim (imitari orationes Thucydidis) si possim,

    Cic. Brut. 83, 287:

    si liceat, nulli cognitus esse velim,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 42.—
    5.
    The other persons of velim in potential use (rare).
    a.
    Velis.
    (α).
    Imperatively = cupito:

    quoniam non potest fieri quod vis, Id velis quod possit,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 6:

    atque aliquos tamen esse velis tibi, alumna, penates,

    Verg. Cir. 331.—
    (β).
    Declaratively with indef. subj.: quom inopia'st, cupias; quando ejus copia'st, tum non velis, then you (i.e. people, they) do not want it, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 45.—
    (γ).
    Redundant, as a form of the imperative of the dependent verb, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 38 (v. I. A. 3. a. b); id. H. 1, 80 (v. II. A. 1. b.); id. M. 2, 746 (v. II. A. 1. c.).—
    b.
    Velit.
    (α).
    Modestly for vult:

    te super aetherias licentius auras Haud pater ille velit, etc.,

    Verg. A. 7, 558: nemo enim minui velit id in quo maximus fuit, would like that to be diminished in which, etc., Quint. 12, 11, 6; cf. Verg. A. 2, 104, and Ov. H. 9, 7 (v. I. E. 1. c. supra).— So, poet., instead of vellet with perf. inf.:

    ut fiat, quid non illa dedisse velit?

    Ov. Am. 2, 17, 30.—
    (β).
    = imperative of third person:

    arma velit, poscatque simul rapiatque juventus,

    Verg. A. 7, 340.—Redundantly, giving to the dependent verb the force of an imperative, Quint. 8, prooem. 12 (v. II. A. 1. c. supra; v. also I. A. 3. a. supra).—
    c.
    Velimus.
    (α).
    In the optative sense of velim:

    sed scire velimus quod tibi nomen siet,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 18.—
    (β).
    With imperative sense (= let us, we should, etc.), Quint. 6, 3, 28 (v. I. A. 2. d. supra).—
    d.
    Velitis = velim velitis (i. e. jubeatis, jubete):

    novos consules ita cum Samnite gerere bellum velitis ut omnia ante nos bella gesta sunt,

    Liv. 9, 8, 10.—So especially in velitis jubeatis, a formula in submitting a law to the votes of the people in the comitia centuriata or tributa, let it be resolved and ordered by you:

    rogatus in haec verba populus: velitis jubeatisne haec sic fieri, si respublica populi Romani Quiritium, etc.,

    Liv. 22, 10, 2:

    velitis jubeatis, Quirites... uti de ea re Ser. Sulpicius praetor urbanus ad senatum referat, etc.,

    id. 38, 54, 3.—And parodied by Cic.:

    velitis jubeatis ut quod Cicero versum fecerit,

    Cic. Pis. 29, 72.—So in oblique discourse, vellent juberent:

    rogationem promulgavit, vellent juberent Philippo... bellum indici,

    Liv. 31, 6, 1:

    vellent juberentne se regnare,

    id. 1, 46, 1; cf.

    in the resolution of the people: plebis sic jussit: quod senatus... censeat, id volumus jubemusque,

    id. 26, 33, 14.—
    e.
    Velint, optative and redundant, Cic. Att. 11, 7, 7 (v. II. A. 1. d.); Ov. P. 1, 7, 8 (v. II. A. 1. c.).
    C.
    Vellem, as potential subjunctive, I wish, should like, should have liked, representing the wish as contrary to fact, while velim refers to a wish which may be realized:

    de Menedemo vellem verum fuisset, de regina velim verum sit,

    Cic. Att. 15, 4, 4. It is not used with imperative force; cf.:

    quod scribis, putare te... vellem scriberes, cur ita putares... tu tamen velim scribas,

    Cic. Att. 11, 24, 5.—Often quam vellem, how I wish, i. e. I wish very much; and in the same sense: nimium vellem, v. infra.
    1.
    With verb in first person.
    a.
    With inf. pres., I wish, would like, referring to present or future actions:

    videre equidem vos vellem, cum huic aurum darem,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 68:

    vellem equidem idem posse gloriari quod Cyrus,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 32:

    vellem equidem vobis placere, Quirites, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 68, 9:

    quam fieri vellem meus libellus!

    Mart. 8, 72, 9.—With cuperem and optarem:

    nunc ego Triptolemi cuperem conscendere currus... Nunc ego Medeae vellem frenare dracones... Nunc ego jactandas optarem sumere pennas, etc.,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 1 sqq.— [p. 2010] Rarely, I should have liked:

    tum equidem istuc os tuum inpudens videre nimium vellem!

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49.—And in conditional sense:

    maerorem minui: dolorem nec potui, nec, si possem, vellem (i. e. minuere),

    Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:

    certe ego, si sineres, titulum tibi reddere vellem,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 13:

    sic nec amari quidem vellem (i. e. if I were in his place),

    Sen. Ira, 1, 20, 4.—
    b.
    With perf. inf., I wish I had:

    abiit, vah! Rogasse vellem,

    I wish I had asked him, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 25:

    maxime vellem semper tecum fuisse,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, 5:

    quam vellem petisse ab eo quod audio Philippum impetrasse,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 10:

    non equidem vellem, quoniam nocitura fuerunt, Pieridum sacris imposuisse manum,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 27:

    ante equidem summa de re statuisse, Latini, Et vellem, et fuerat melius,

    Verg. A. 11, 303. —
    c.
    With inf.-clause, the predicate being a perf. part. (v. I. B. 9. b. b, supra):

    virum me natam vellem,

    would I had been born a man! Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 9.—
    d.
    With subj. imperf. (rare):

    quam vellem, Panaetium nostrum nobiscum haberemus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15.—
    2.
    The subject of the dependent verb in the second person.
    a.
    With subj. imperf. (the regular construction):

    hodie igitur me videbit, ac vellem tum tu adesses,

    I wish you could be present, Cic. Att. 13, 7, 2:

    quam vellem de his etiam oratoribus tibi dicere luberet,

    I wish you would please, id. Brut. 71, 248.—
    b.
    With subj. pluperf., I wish you had:

    vellem Idibus Martiis me ad cenam invitasses,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1:

    quam vellem te ad Stoicos inclinavisses,

    id. Fin. 3, 3, 10:

    vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,

    id. Att. 10, 6, 2:

    quam vellem Bruto studium tuum navare potuisses,

    id. ib. 15, 4, 5.—
    c.
    With ne and pluperf. subj.:

    tu vellem ne veritus esses ne parum libenter legerem tuas litteras,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 33, 2.—
    d.
    With ellipsis of verb: vera cantas, vana vellem (i. e. cantares). Plaut. Most. 3, 4, 41.—
    3.
    With verb in third person.
    a.
    With imperf. subj. (the regular construction):

    patrem atque matrem viverent vellem tibi (per ecthesin, v. I. E. b.),

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 106:

    vellem adesset Antonius, modo sine advocatis,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 16:

    vellem nobis hoc idem vere dicere liceret,

    id. Off. 3, 1, 1:

    vellem adesse posset Panaetius,

    id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

    vellem hoc esset laborare,

    id. Or. 2, 71, 287.—
    b.
    With pluperf. subj.:

    vellem aliqui ex vobis robustioribus hunc male dicendi locum suscepissent,

    Cic. Cael. 3, 7:

    vellem dictum esset ab eodem etiam de Dione,

    id. ib. 10, 23; so id. ib. 31, 74; id. Brut. 44, 163:

    quam vellem Dareus aliquid ex hac indole hausisset!

    Curt. 3, 32 (12), 26.—
    c.
    With inf.-clause.
    (α).
    With inf. pres., I wish he were:

    quam non abesse ab hujus judicio L. Vulsionem vellem!

    Cic. Clu. 70, 198:

    nunc mihi... Vellem, Maeonide, pectus inesse tuum,

    Ov. F. 2, 120.—
    (β).
    With perf. inf. or part., I wish he had, had been:

    quam vellem Menedemum invitatum!

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 11:

    epistulas, quas quidem vellem mihi numquam redditas,

    Cic. Att. 11, 22, 1.—

    With ellipsis of predicate: illud quoque vellem antea (i. e. factum, or factum esse),

    Cic. Att. 11, 23, 3.—
    d.
    With ut, Cic. Sull. 1, 1; id. Fam. 7, 33, 2 (v. I. C. 1. a. supra).—
    4.
    With acc. of a neuter pronoun or of a noun:

    aliquando sentiam us nihil nobis nisi, id quod minime vellem, spiritum reliquum esse,

    Cic. Att. 9, 19, 2: tris eos libros maxime nunc vellem: apti essent ad id quod cogito, I would like to have (cf. I. E. 1. a.), id. ib. 13, 22, 2.—
    5.
    In the other persons of vellem (mostly poet.).
    a.
    Velles.
    (α).
    In optative sentences redundant, Verg. A. 11, 153 (v. II. A. 1. d.).—
    (β).
    Of an indefinite subject:

    velles eum (Senecam) suo ingenio dixisse, alieno judicio,

    Quint. 10, 1, 130.—
    b.
    Vellet.
    (α).
    In the potential sense of vellem: vellet abesse quidem;

    sed adest. Velletque videre, Non etiam sentire canum fera facta suorum,

    Ov. M. 3, 247.—
    (β).
    Conditionally:

    quis vellet tanti nuntius esse mali (i. e. if in this situation)?

    Ov. H. 12, 146.—
    c.
    Vellent.
    (α).
    In the potential sense of vellem:

    quam vellent aethere in alto Nunc of pauperiem et duros perferre labores!

    Verg. A. 6, 436.—
    (β).
    Conditionally: nec superi vellent hoc licuisse sibi, would wish, i. e. if in this situation, Mart. 4, 44, 8.
    D.
    Volam and voluero.
    1.
    In gen.: respiciendus erit sermo stipulationis, utrumne talis sit: quem voluero, an quem volam. Nam si talis fuerit quem voluero, cum semel elegerit, mutare voluntatem non poterit;

    si vero... quem volam, donec judicium dictet, mutandi potestatem habebit,

    Dig. 45, 1, 112.—
    2.
    Volam in principal sentences.
    (α).
    = Engl. future, I shall wish, etc.:

    et commeminisse hoc ego volam te,

    I shall require you to recollect this, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 7: cum omnia habueris, tunc habere et sapientiam voles? will you also wish to have wisdom when? etc., Sen. Ep. 17, 8.—
    (β).
    Denoting present probability: et scilicet jam me hoc voles patrem exorare, ut, etc., you doubtless wish me, etc., Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 27.—
    3.
    In clauses dependent on predicates implying a future, generally rendered by an English present:

    quid si sors aliter quam voles evenerit?

    otherwise than as you wish, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 35:

    tum te, si voles, cum patriae quod debes solveris, satis diu vixisse dicito,

    then if you choose, if you will, Cic. Marcell. 9, 27:

    decedes cum voles,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 2:

    qui magis effugies eos qui volent fingere?

    those who are bent upon inventing, who will invent, falsehoods, id. ib. 8, 2, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 4; id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 24:

    quod voles gratum esse, rarum effice,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 1; cf. id. Brev. Vit. 7, 9: si di volent, the gods permitting, August. ap. Suet. Calig. 8:

    invenies, vere si reperire voles,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 34; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 78; Tib. 1, 4, 45.—So, voluero:

    quem (locum) si qui vitare voluerit, sex milium circuitu in oppidum pervenit,

    who wishes to avoid this spot, Caes. B. C. 2, 24.
    E.
    Si vis, parenthetically.
    1.
    If you please (cf. sis, supra init.):

    paulum opperirier, Si vis,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 52:

    audi, si vis, nunc jam,

    id. Ad. 2, 1, 30:

    dic, si vis, de quo disputari velis,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13.—
    2.
    If you wish, choose, insist upon it:

    hanc quoque jucunditatem, si vis, transfer in animum,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14:

    addam, si vis, animi, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 27, 89:

    concedam hoc ipsum, si vis, etc.,

    id. Div. 2, 15, 34.
    F.
    Quam, with any person of the pres. indic. or subj., or imperf. subj. or future, = quamvis, in a concessive sense, virtually, however, however much.
    1.
    3 d pers. sing.:

    quod illa, quam velit sit potens, numquam impetravisset (= quamvis sit potens),

    however powerful she may be, Cic. Cael. 26, 63:

    C. Gracchus dixit, sibi in somnis Ti. fratrem visum esse dicere, quam vellet cunctaretur, tamen eodem sibi leto... esse pereundum,

    id. Div. 1, 26, 56:

    quam volet jocetur,

    id. N. D. 2, 17, 46.—
    2.
    1 st pers. plur.:

    quam volumus licet ipsi nos amemus, tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 9, 19.—
    3.
    2 d pers. plur.: exspectate facinus quam vultis improbum, vincam tamen, etc., expect a crime, however wicked ( ever so wicked), etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11;

    but: hac actione quam voletis multi dicent,

    as many as you choose, id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 102.—
    4.
    3 d pers. plur.:

    quam volent illi cedant, tamen a re publica revocabuntur,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 113:

    quam volent in conviviis faceti, dicaces, etc., sint, alia fori vis est, alia triclinii,

    id. Cael. 28, 67;

    but: et ceteri quam volent magnas pecunias capere possint,

    as much money as they choose, id. Verr. 2, 2, 58, § 142.
    G.
    Volo = malo, to prefer, with a comparative clause (rare):

    quodsi in ceteris quoque studiis a multis eligere homines commodissimum quodque, quam sese uni alicui certo vellent addicere, = si se eligere mallent quam se uni addicere,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    malae rei quam nullius duces esse volunt,

    Liv. 3, 68, 11:

    famaene credi velis quanta urbs a te capta sit, quam posteris quoque eam spectando esse?

    id. 25, 29, 6.
    H.
    With magis and maxime.
    1.
    Magis velle: ut tu illam salvam magis velles quam ego, you wish more than I, etc., Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 17.—
    2.
    With maxime, to wish above all, more than any thing or any one else, to be most agreeable to one, to like best, to prefer (among more than two alternatives):

    quia id maxime volo ut illi istoc confugiant,

    wish above all, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 49; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 38:

    maxime vellem, judices, ut P. Sulla, etc.,

    Cic. Sull. 1, 1:

    caritate nos capiunt reges, consilio optimates, libertate populi, ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,

    which you prefer, like best, id. Rep. 1, 35, 55; so, quemadmodum ego maxime vellem, id. Att. 13, 1, 1:

    tris eos libros maxime nunc vellem,

    above all others, id. ib. 13, 32, 2:

    alia excusanti juveni, alia recipienti futura, ita ut maxime vellet senatus responderi placuit,

    as it was most agreeable to him, Liv. 39, 47:

    si di tibi permisissent quo modo maxime velles experiri animum meum,

    in the manner most convenient to yourself, Curt. 3, 6, 12.
    K.
    In disjunctive co - ordination.
    1.
    With sive... sive:

    tu nunc, sive ego volo, seu nolo, sola me ut vivam facis,

    whether I choose or not, Plaut. Cist. 3, 14:

    itaque Campanos sive velint, sive nolint, quieturos,

    Liv. 8, 2, 13.—
    2.
    Without connectives.
    a.
    Vis tu... vis:

    congredi cum hoste liceat... vis tu mari, vis terra, vis acie, vis urbibus expugnandis experiri virtutem?

    Liv. 25, 6, 22.—
    b.
    Velim nolim.
    (α).
    Interrogatively, = utrum velim nec ne:

    velit nolit scire, difficile est,

    it is difficult to know whether he intends it or not, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 4.—
    (β).
    = seu velim seu nolim:

    ut mihi, velim nolim, sit certa quaedam tuenda sententia,

    whether I will or not, Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 17:

    velim nolim, in cognomine Scipionum haeream necesse est,

    Val. Max. 3, 7, 3:

    mors interim adest, cui velis nolis vacandum est,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 8, 5:

    hunc ita fundatum necesse est, velit nolit, sequatur hilaritas continua,

    id. Vit. Beat. 4, 4:

    velint nolint, respondendum est... beate vivere bonum non esse,

    id. Ep. 117, 4:

    praeterea futuri principes, velint nolint, sciant, etc.,

    Plin. Pan. 20 fin. Part. and P. a.: vŏlens, entis.
    A.
    As a part. proper, retaining the meaning and construction of velle, with the force of a relative or adverbial clause.
    1.
    Agreeing with some member of the sentence ( poet. and in post-class. prose;

    rare): neque illum... multa volentem Dicere praeterea vidit (= qui multa voluit dicere),

    Verg. G. 4, 501; id. A. 2, 790:

    nec me vis ulla volentem Avertet (i. e. si adhaerere foederi volo),

    id. ib. 12, 203: decemviri, minuere volentes hujuscemodi violentiam... putaverunt, etc., intending ( who intended) to diminish such a violence, etc., Gell. 20, 1, 34:

    Milo, experiri etiamtunc volens, an ullae sibi reliquae vires adessent... rescindere quercum conatus est,

    id. 15, 16, 3:

    scio quosdam testatores, efficere volentes ne servi sui umquam ad libertatem venirent, etc., hactenus scribere solitos,

    Dig. 40, 4, 61:

    si te volentem ad prohibendum venire, deterruerit aliquis, etc.,

    ib. 43, 24, 1, § 10.—
    2.
    Abl. absol. (not ante-Aug.):

    ne cujus militis scripti nomen nisi ipso volente deleretur,

    except with his consent, Liv. 7, 41, 4; so,

    Teum ex medio cursu classem repente avertit, aut volentibus iis usurus commeatu parato hostibus, aut ipsos pro hostibus habiturus,

    with their consent, id. 37, 27, 3:

    ponuntque ferocia Poeni Corda, volente deo,

    since the god willed it, Verg. A. 1, 303: Thrasippo supplicium a se voluntaria morte exigere volente, while he was about to inflict punishment on himself, etc., Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2: scire volentibus immortalibus dis an Romana virtus imperium orbis mereretur, it being the will of the gods to know, etc., Flor. 1, 13, 3 (1, 7, 3): qui sciente aut volente eo ad quem res pertinet, possessionem nanciscitur, with the knowledge and consent of the person who, etc., Dig. 41, 2, 6. —
    B.
    As adj., willing, voluntary, and hence, favorably disposed (opp. invitus).
    1.
    Attributively.
    a.
    In the phrase cum dis volentibus, lit. with the willing or favoring gods, i. e. with the will, permission, or favor of the gods: dono ducite doque volentibu' cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):

    sequere hac, mea gnata, me cum dis volentibus,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 4:

    cum dis volentibus quodque bene eveniat mando tibi Mani uti illaec suovetaurilia, etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 141 (142).— And without cum, abl. absol.:

    virtute ac dis volentibus magni estis et opulenti,

    Sall. J. 14, 19.—
    b.
    Volenti animo.
    (α).
    = cupide, eagerly:

    Romae plebes litteris quae de Metello ac Mario missae erant, volenti animo de ambobus acceperant,

    Sall. J. 73, 3. —
    (β).
    On purpose, intentionally:

    consilio hanc omnes animisque volentibus urbem Adferimur,

    Verg. A. 7, 216.—
    2.
    Predicatively.
    a.
    Agreeing with the subject-nom. or subject - acc.
    (α).
    Voluntarily, willingly, [p. 2011] gladly (class.):

    (hi) divini generis appellentur... vobisque jure et lege volentes pareant,

    Cic. Univ. 11 fin.:

    quas victi ab hostibus poenas metuerant, eas ipsi volentes pendere,

    Sall. J. 76, 6:

    quia volentes in amicitiam non veniebant,

    Liv. 21, 39, 4:

    si volentes ac non coacti mansissent in amicitia,

    id. 24, 37, 7:

    quocunque loco seu volens seu invitus constitisti,

    id. 7, 40, 13:

    itaque se numquam volentem parte qua posset rerum consilio gerendarum cessurum,

    id. 22, 27, 9:

    (virtus), quidquid evenerit, feret, non patiens tantum, sed etiam volens,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:

    non est referre gratiam quod volens acceperis nolenti reddere,

    id. Ben. 4, 40, 4:

    volens vos Turnus adoro,

    Verg. A. 10, 677; 3, 457; 6, 146;

    12, 833: date vina volentes,

    id. ib. 8, 275: ipsa autem macie tenuant armenta volentes ( on purpose), id. G. 3, 129.—And referring to subjects denoting things: quos rami fructus, quos ipsa volentia rura Sponte tulere sua, carpsit ( spontaneously and willingly), Verg. G. 2, 500.—
    (β).
    Favorably; with propitius, favorably and kindly, referring to the gods:

    precantes Jovem ut volens propitius praebeat sacra arma pro patria,

    Liv. 24, 21, 10:

    precantibus ut volens propitiaque urbem Romanam iniret,

    id. 29, 14, 13:

    in ea arce (Victoriam) sacratam, volentem propitiamque, firmam ac stabilem fore populo Romano,

    id. 22, 37, 12; 1, 16, 3; 7, 26, 3; 24, 38, 8; Inscr. Orell. 2489 sq.—Parodied by Plautus:

    agite, bibite, festivae fores! fite mihi volentes propitiae,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 89.— Abl. absol.:

    omnia diis propitiis volentibusque ea faciemus,

    with the favor and help of the gods, Liv. 39, 16, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    si (Jovem) invocem ut dexter ac volens assit,

    Quint. 4, prooem. 5.—
    b.
    Agreeing with other terms of the sentence (rare): volenti consuli causa in Pamphyliam devertendi oblata est, a welcome cause was offered to the consul, etc., Liv. 38, 15, 3:

    quod nobis volentibus facile continget,

    if we wish, Quint. 6, 2, 30:

    is Ariobarzanem volentibus Armeniis praefecit,

    to their satisfaction, Tac. A. 2, 4:

    gemis... hominem, Urse, tuum, cui dulce volenti servitium... erat,

    to whom his servitude was sweet, since he liked it, Stat. S. 2, 6, 15:

    me mea virtus, etc., fatis egere volentem,

    Verg. A. 8, 133:

    saepe ille volentem castigabat erum,

    administered kindly received rebukes, Stat. S. 2, 6, 50.—
    c.
    In the phrase aliquid mihi volenti est or putatur, etc., something is welcome, acceptable to me, pleases me (= volens habeo or accipio aliquid; cf. the Gr. Humin tauta boulomenois estin, and, mihi aliquid cupienti est; v. cupio;

    rare but class.): uti militibus exaequatus cum imperatore labos volentibus esset,

    that the equalization of labor was acceptable to the soldier, Sall. J. 100, 4:

    quia neque plebei militia volenti putabatur,

    id. ib. 84, 3 Dietsch:

    grande periculum maritumis civitatibus esse, et quibusdam volentibus novas res fore,

    that to some a change of the government would be welcome, Liv. 21, 50, 10:

    quibus bellum volentibus erat, probare exemplum,

    Tac. Agr. 18.— Impers. with subject - inf.: ceterisque remanere et in verba Vespasiani adigi volentibus fuit, to the rest it was acceptable to remain, etc., Tac. H. 3, 43.—With subject-inf. understood:

    si volentibus vobis erit, in medium profero quae... legisse memini,

    Macr. S. 7, 13, 11:

    si volentibus vobis erit, diem fabulis et epulis exigamus,

    id. ib. 1, 7; 2, 3 fin.; 6, 6 init. —
    3.
    As subst. (mostly post-Aug.).
    a.
    vŏlens, entis, m., = is qui vult, in the different meanings, and often with the construction of the verb.
    (α).
    One who wishes:

    nunc cis Hiberum castra Romana esse, arcem tutam perfugiumque novas volentibus res,

    Liv. 22, 22, 11:

    consulere se volentibus vacuas aures accommodavit,

    Val. Max. 5, 8, 3:

    quid opus libertate si volentibus luxu perire non licet,

    id. 2, 9, 5:

    discere meliora volentibus promptum est,

    i. e. it depends on our own will to learn better things, Quint. 11, 11, 12:

    nec sum in hoc sollicitus, dum res ipsa volentibus discere appareat,

    to the students, id. 8, 4, 15:

    mori volentibus vis adhibita vivendi,

    Suet. Tib. 61.—
    (β).
    One who intends, is about:

    juris ignorantia non prodest acquirere volentibus,

    i. e. in the acquisition of property, Dig. 22, 6, 7:

    si quis volentem incipere uti frui prohibuit,

    one who is about to enter upon a usufruct, ib. 43, 16, 3, § 14. —
    (γ).
    One who is willing:

    non refert quid sit quod datur, nisi a volente volenti datur,

    unless it is both willingly given and received, Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 8:

    ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt,

    those willing to follow, id. Ep. 107, 11.—
    (δ).
    One who consents:

    tutiusque rati volentibus quam coactis imperitare,

    to rule men with their consent, Sall. J. 102, 6:

    quippe rempublicam si a volentibus nequeat ab invitis jus expetituram,

    peaceably if they could, forcibly if they must, Liv. 3, 40, 4:

    si quis aliam rem pro alia volenti solverit,

    if one pays with the consent of the receiver, Dig. 46, 3, 46:

    nulla injuria est quae in volentem fiat,

    ib. 47, 10, 1, § 5.—
    (ε).
    One who does a thing voluntarily:

    pecuniam etiam a volentibus acceperant,

    the contributions of money were voluntary, Vell. 2, 62, 3:

    parce, puer, stimulis... (solis equi) Sponte sua properant. Labor est inhibere volentis (i. e. properare),

    Ov. M. 2, 128.—
    (ζ).
    Volens = bene volens: munificus nemo habebatur nisi pariter volens, unless he was just as kindly disposed, sc. as he was liberal, Sall. J. 103, 6.—Often referring to a previously mentioned noun:

    hunc cape consiliis socium et conjunge volentem,

    and unite with him, since he wishes it, Verg. A. 5, 712; so may be taken Ov. M. 2, 128 (v. e).—
    b.
    In the neutr. plur. (volentia) rare, always with dat., things pleasing, acceptable:

    Pompeius multis suspitionibus volentia plebi facturus habebatur,

    that he would do what pleased the common people, Sall. H. 4, 31 Dietsch:

    haec atque talia plebi volentia fuere,

    Tac. A. 15, 36 Draeg. ad loc. al.:

    iique Muciano volentia rescripsere,

    id. H. 3, 52.—Hence, adv.: vŏlenter, willingly, App. M. 6, p. 178, 4.
    2.
    vŏlo, āvi, ātum ( part. gen. plur. volantūm, Verg. A. 6, 728; Lucr. 2, 1083), 1, v. n. [Sanscr. val-, to turn one's self, etc.; cf.: vŏlucer, vēlox, and vol- in velivolus], to fly.
    I.
    Lit.: ex alto... laeva volavit avis, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 95 Vahl.):

    aves,

    Lucr. 6, 742:

    accipitres,

    id. 4, 1010:

    corvi,

    id. 2, 822:

    altam supra volat ardea nubem,

    Verg. G. 1, 364:

    volat ille per aëra magnum Remigio alarum,

    id. A. 1, 300:

    columbae venere volantes,

    id. ib. 6, 191; Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 30; Juv. 8, 251:

    apes,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 96; cf. Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:

    volasse eum (Antonium), non iter fecisse diceres,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11.—Prov.:

    sine pennis volare haud facile est,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 49.—
    2.
    P. a. as subst.: vŏlantes, ĭum, comm., the birds ( poet.), Lucr. 2, 1083; Verg. A. 6, 239; 6, 728.—
    II.
    Transf., to fly, i. e. to move swiftly like one flying, to fleet, speed, hasten along:

    i sane... vola curriculo,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 17; cf.:

    per summa levis volat aequora curru,

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    medios volat ecce per hostes Vectus equo spumante Saces,

    id. ib. 12, 650:

    illa (Argo) volat,

    Ov. H. 6, 66:

    currus,

    Verg. G. 3, 181:

    axis,

    id. ib. 3, 107:

    nubes,

    Lucr. 5, 254:

    fulmina,

    id. 2, 213:

    tempestates,

    id. 6, 612:

    telum,

    id. 1, 971; cf. Sall. J. 60, 2; Verg. A. 9, 698; Liv. 26, 44, 7 al.:

    litterae Capuam ad Pompeium volare dicebantur,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3:

    volat aetas,

    id. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:

    hora,

    Sen. Hippol. 1141:

    fama,

    Verg. A. 3, 121:

    et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 71.— Poet., with inf.:

    ast Erebi virgo ditem volat aethere Memphim Praecipere et Phariā venientem pellere terrā,

    Val. Fl. 4, 407.
    3.
    vŏlo, ōnis, m. [1. volo], a volunteer, first applied to the slaves who, after the battle at Cannæ, were enrolled upon their own expressed desire to serve (cf. Liv. 22, 57, 11; Val. Max. 7, 6, 1):

    volones dicti sunt milites, qui post Cannensem cladem usque ad octo milia, cum essent servi, voluntarie se ad militiam obtulere,

    Paul. Diac. p. 370:

    volones, quia sponte hoc voluerunt, appellati,

    Macr. S. 1, 11, 30:

    vetus miles tironi, liber voloni sese exaequari sineret,

    Liv. 23, 35, 6; 23, 32, 1; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 21, 6; Macr. S. 1, 11, 30.

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  • 12 collapse

    1. noun
    1) (of person) (physical or mental breakdown) Zusammenbruch, der; (heart attack; of lung, blood vessel, circulation) Kollaps, der
    2) (of tower, bridge, structure, wall, roof) Einsturz, der
    3) (fig.): (failure) Zusammenbruch, der; (of negotiations, plans, hopes) Scheitern, das
    2. intransitive verb
    1) [Person:] zusammenbrechen; [Lunge, Gefäß, Kreislauf:] kollabieren

    collapse with laughter — (fig.) sich vor Lachen kugeln

    2) [Zelt:] in sich zusammenfallen; [Tisch, Stuhl:] zusammenbrechen; [Turm, Brücke, Gebäude, Mauer, Dach:] einstürzen
    3) (fig.): (fail) [Verhandlungen, Pläne, Hoffnungen:] scheitern; [Geschäft, Unternehmen usw.:] zusammenbrechen
    4) (fold down) [Regenschirm, Fahrrad, Tisch:] sich zusammenklappen lassen
    * * *
    [kə'læps]
    1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) zusammenbrechen
    2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) zusammenbrechen
    3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) scheitern
    4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) zusammenklappen
    •
    - academic.ru/14144/collapsible">collapsible
    * * *
    col·lapse
    [kəˈlæps]
    I. vi
    1. (fall down) things, buildings zusammenbrechen, einstürzen; people zusammenbrechen, kollabieren geh
    to \collapse with laughter [at a joke] ( fig) sich akk [über einen Witz] kaputtlachen fam
    2. (fail) zusammenbrechen; enterprise zugrunde gehen; government stürzen, zu Fall kommen; hopes sich akk zerschlagen; plans, talks scheitern; prices einbrechen; property market zusammenbrechen; society zerfallen
    his whole world had \collapsed für ihn war eine Welt zusammengebrochen
    II. n
    1. (act of falling down) Einsturz m
    \collapse of a bridge/building Einsturz m einer Brücke/eines Gebäudes
    2. (failure) Zusammenbruch m
    to be on the brink [or verge] of \collapse kurz vor dem Aus stehen
    \collapse of a business Zusammenbruch m eines Unternehmens
    \collapse of confidence Verlust m der Glaubwürdigkeit
    \collapse of one's marriage Scheitern nt einer Ehe
    \collapse of prices Preissturz m; MED Kollaps m
    to suffer a mental/nervous \collapse einen Nervenzusammenbruch erleiden
    * * *
    [kə'lps]
    1. vi
    1) (person) zusammenbrechen; (mentally, = have heart attack also) einen Kollaps erleiden or haben

    his health collapsed — er hatte einen Kollaps

    she collapsed onto her bed, exhausted — sie plumpste erschöpft aufs Bett

    2) (= fall down, cave in) zusammenbrechen; (building, wall, roof also) einstürzen; (lungs) zusammenfallen, kollabieren
    3) (fig: fail) zusammenbrechen; (negotiations) scheitern; (civilization) untergehen; (prices) stürzen, purzeln (inf); (government) zu Fall kommen, stürzen; (plans) scheitern, zu Fall kommen; (hopes) sich zerschlagen

    his whole world collapsed about him —

    4) (= fold table, umbrella, bicycle etc) sich zusammenklappen lassen; (telescope, walking stick) sich zusammenschieben lassen; (life raft) sich zusammenlegen or -falten lassen
    2. vt
    table, umbrella, bicycle etc zusammenklappen; telescope, walking stick zusammenschieben; life raft zusammenlegen or -falten
    3. n
    1) (of person) Zusammenbruch m; (= nervous breakdown also, heart attack) Kollaps m
    2) (of object) Zusammenbruch m; (of building, wall, roof also) Einsturz m; (of lungs) Kollaps m
    3) (fig: failure) Zusammenbruch m; (of negotiations also) Scheitern nt; (of civilization) Untergang m; (of government) Sturz m; (of hopes) Zerschlagung f
    * * *
    collapse [kəˈlæps]
    A v/i
    1. zusammenbrechen, einfallen, -stürzen
    2. fig scheitern (Plan etc), platzen umg (Prozess etc)
    3. fig (moralisch oder physisch) zusammenbrechen, zusammenklappen umg
    4. MED einen Kollaps erleiden, (auch Lunge) kollabieren
    5. TECH zusammenlegbar sein, sich zusammenklappen lassen
    B v/t
    1. zusammenbrechen lassen, zum Einsturz bringen
    2. zusammenlegen, -klappen
    C s
    1. Einsturz m:
    2. fig Scheitern n, Platzen n umg:
    collapse of a bank Bankkrach m;
    collapse of prices (tiefer) Preissturz
    3. fig (moralischer oder physischer) Zusammenbruch
    4. MED Kollaps m:
    nervous collapse Nervenzusammenbruch;
    have a nervous collapse einen Nervenzusammenbruch erleiden
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (of person) (physical or mental breakdown) Zusammenbruch, der; (heart attack; of lung, blood vessel, circulation) Kollaps, der
    2) (of tower, bridge, structure, wall, roof) Einsturz, der
    3) (fig.): (failure) Zusammenbruch, der; (of negotiations, plans, hopes) Scheitern, das
    2. intransitive verb
    1) [Person:] zusammenbrechen; [Lunge, Gefäß, Kreislauf:] kollabieren

    collapse with laughter — (fig.) sich vor Lachen kugeln

    2) [Zelt:] in sich zusammenfallen; [Tisch, Stuhl:] zusammenbrechen; [Turm, Brücke, Gebäude, Mauer, Dach:] einstürzen
    3) (fig.): (fail) [Verhandlungen, Pläne, Hoffnungen:] scheitern; [Geschäft, Unternehmen usw.:] zusammenbrechen
    4) (fold down) [Regenschirm, Fahrrad, Tisch:] sich zusammenklappen lassen
    * * *
    n.
    Einsturz -ë m.
    Kollaps -e m. v.
    einen Kollaps erleiden ausdr.
    zusammen brechen v.
    zusammenbrechen (alt.Rechtschreibung) v.
    zusammenfallen v.

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  • 13 Г-257

    МОРОЧИТЬ/ЗАМОРОЧИТЬ ГОЛОВУ кому coll ДУРЙТЬ/ЗАДУРЙТЬ ГОЛОВУ highly coll VP subj: human often in questions, neg imper, or infin with перестань, нечего etc)
    1. to deceive, intentionally mislead s.o.: X морочит Y-y голову - X is pulling the wool over Yb eyes
    X is leading Y up (down) the garden path X is trying to put something over on Y X is playing games with Y (in limited contexts) X is making
    Neg Imper не морочь мне голову - don't take me for a fool.
    «Ты поверь мне... я знаю, ты мне не веришь, но сейчас поверь, я ведь давно вам говорю: нельзя здесь оставаться... Голем тебе голову заморочил, пьяница носатая...» (Стругацкие 1). "Believe me. I know you don't believe me, but believe me now, I've been telling you for a long time, we can't stay here. Golem pulled the wool over your eyes, the long-nosed drunk" (1a).
    Когда же я... провозгласил заключительную фразу рассказа, то Бунин некоторое время молчал... а затем ледяным голосом спросил: «И это всё?» — «Всё», — сказал я. «Так какого же вы чёрта, - вдруг заорал Бунин, стукнув кулаком по столу с такой силой, что подпрыгнула пепельница, - так какого же вы чёрта битых сорок пять минут морочили нам голову» (Катаев 3). When I uttered the concluding sentence of the story, Bunin said nothing for a time...."Is that all?" he asked icily. "Yes," I said. "...Then why the devil," he shouted suddenly, banging on the table with his fist with such force that the ashtray bounced, "then why the devil have you been leading us up the garden path for the last forty-five minutes or more?" (3a).
    Едике, дорогой, только ты... голову мне не морочь» (Айтматов 2). "Yedigei, my dear fellow, don't take me for a fool..." (2a).
    2. \Г-257\Г-257 (кем-чем) to annoy or distract s.o. with trifling matters, unnecessary chatter, absurd requests etc: X морочит Y-y голову (Z-om) ' X is driving Y crazy (with Z)
    X makes Yb head spin X makes Y dizzy X is pestering Y (with Z).
    «Послушайте, - взмолился лётчик, - что вы мне голову морочите? Зачем мне говорить с народом? Мне с начальством поговорить надо» (Войнович 2). "Listen," implored the pilot. "Why are you trying to drive me crazy? Why should I talk with the people? I need to talk with my superiors" (2a).
    «Дали бы ей (тётушке Хрисуле) чего-нибудь пожевать, авось замолкнет», - говорил кто-нибудь по-абхазски, когда она своим лопотаньем слегка заморачивала всем головы (Искандер 5). "Give her (Auntie Chrysoula) something to nibble on and she might shut up," someone would say in Abkhazian when she had everyone dizzy with her jabbering (5a).
    3. to captivate s.o., cause s.o. to fall in love with one
    X задурил Y-y голову - X turned Y's head
    X made Y fall for X.
    Когда-то я дурил голову одной девочке, ей было тринадцать, а мне четырнадцать (Трифонов 5). Once I managed to turn a certain girl's head. She was thirteen and I was fourteen (5a).

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  • 14 дурить голову

    • МОРОЧИТЬ/ЗАМОРОЧИТЬ ГОЛОВУ кому coll; ДУРИТЬ/ЗАДУРИТЬ ГОЛОВУ highly coll
    [VP; subj: human; often in questions, neg imper, or infin with перестань, нечего etc]
    =====
    1. to deceive, intentionally mislead s.o.:
    || Neg Imper не морочь мне голову≈ don't take me for a fool.
         ♦ "Ты поверь мне... я знаю, ты мне не веришь, но сейчас поверь, я ведь давно вам говорю: нельзя здесь оставаться... Голем тебе голову заморочил, пьяница носатая..." (Стругацкие 1). "Believe me. I know you don't believe me, but believe me now, I've been telling you for a long time, we can't stay here. Golem pulled the wool over your eyes, the long-nosed drunk" (1a).
         ♦ Когда же я... провозгласил заключительную фразу рассказа, то Бунин некоторое время молчал... а затем ледяным голосом спросил: "И это всё?" - " Все", - сказал я. "Так какого же вы чёрта, - вдруг заорал Бунин, стукнув кулаком по столу с такой силой, что подпрыгнула пепельница, - так какого же вы чёрта битых сорок пять минут морочили нам голову" (Катаев 3). When I uttered the concluding sentence of the story, Bunin said nothing for a time...."Is that all?" he asked icily. "Yes," I said. "...Then why the devil," he shouted suddenly, banging on the table with his fist with such force that the ashtray bounced, "then why the devil have you been leading us up the garden path for the last forty-five minutes or more?" (3a).
         ♦ "Едике, дорогой, только ты... голову мне не морочь" (Айтматов 2). "Yedigei, my dear fellow, don't take me for a fool..." (2a).
    2. дурить голову (кем-чем) to annoy or distract s.o. with trifling matters, unnecessary chatter, absurd requests etc:
    - X морочит Y-y голову( Z-ом) ≈ X is driving Y crazy (with Z);
    - X is pestering Y (with Z).
         ♦ "Послушайте, - взмолился лётчик, - что вы мне голову морочите? Зачем мне говорить с народом? Мне с начальством поговорить надо" (Войнович 2). "Listen," implored the pilot. "Why are you trying to drive me crazy? Why should I talk with the people? I need to talk with my superiors" (2a).
         ♦ "Дали бы ей [тётушке Хрисуле] чего-нибудь пожевать, авось замолкнет", - говорил кто-нибудь по-абхазски, когда она своим лопотаньем слегка заморачивала всем головы (Искандер 5). "Give her [Auntie Chrysoula] something to nibble on and she might shut up," someone would say in Abkhazian when she had everyone dizzy with her jabbering (5a).
    3. to captivate s.o., cause s.o. to fall in love with one:
    - X задурил Y-y голову≈ X turned Y's head;
    - X made Y fall for X.
         ♦ Когда-то я дурил голову одной девочке, ей было тринадцать, а мне четырнадцать (Трифонов 5). Once I managed to turn a certain girl's head. She was thirteen and I was fourteen (5a).

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  • 15 задурить голову

    • МОРОЧИТЬ/ЗАМОРОЧИТЬ ГОЛОВУ кому coll; ДУРИТЬ/ЗАДУРИТЬ ГОЛОВУ highly coll
    [VP; subj: human; often in questions, neg imper, or infin with перестань, нечего etc]
    =====
    1. to deceive, intentionally mislead s.o.:
    || Neg Imper не морочь мне голову≈ don't take me for a fool.
         ♦ "Ты поверь мне... я знаю, ты мне не веришь, но сейчас поверь, я ведь давно вам говорю: нельзя здесь оставаться... Голем тебе голову заморочил, пьяница носатая..." (Стругацкие 1). "Believe me. I know you don't believe me, but believe me now, I've been telling you for a long time, we can't stay here. Golem pulled the wool over your eyes, the long-nosed drunk" (1a).
         ♦ Когда же я... провозгласил заключительную фразу рассказа, то Бунин некоторое время молчал... а затем ледяным голосом спросил: "И это всё?" - " Все", - сказал я. "Так какого же вы чёрта, - вдруг заорал Бунин, стукнув кулаком по столу с такой силой, что подпрыгнула пепельница, - так какого же вы чёрта битых сорок пять минут морочили нам голову" (Катаев 3). When I uttered the concluding sentence of the story, Bunin said nothing for a time...."Is that all?" he asked icily. "Yes," I said. "...Then why the devil," he shouted suddenly, banging on the table with his fist with such force that the ashtray bounced, "then why the devil have you been leading us up the garden path for the last forty-five minutes or more?" (3a).
         ♦ "Едике, дорогой, только ты... голову мне не морочь" (Айтматов 2). "Yedigei, my dear fellow, don't take me for a fool..." (2a).
    2. задурить голову (кем-чем) to annoy or distract s.o. with trifling matters, unnecessary chatter, absurd requests etc:
    - X морочит Y-y голову( Z-ом) ≈ X is driving Y crazy (with Z);
    - X is pestering Y (with Z).
         ♦ "Послушайте, - взмолился лётчик, - что вы мне голову морочите? Зачем мне говорить с народом? Мне с начальством поговорить надо" (Войнович 2). "Listen," implored the pilot. "Why are you trying to drive me crazy? Why should I talk with the people? I need to talk with my superiors" (2a).
         ♦ "Дали бы ей [тётушке Хрисуле] чего-нибудь пожевать, авось замолкнет", - говорил кто-нибудь по-абхазски, когда она своим лопотаньем слегка заморачивала всем головы (Искандер 5). "Give her [Auntie Chrysoula] something to nibble on and she might shut up," someone would say in Abkhazian when she had everyone dizzy with her jabbering (5a).
    3. to captivate s.o., cause s.o. to fall in love with one:
    - X задурил Y-y голову≈ X turned Y's head;
    - X made Y fall for X.
         ♦ Когда-то я дурил голову одной девочке, ей было тринадцать, а мне четырнадцать (Трифонов 5). Once I managed to turn a certain girl's head. She was thirteen and I was fourteen (5a).

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  • 16 заморочить голову

    • МОРОЧИТЬ/ЗАМОРОЧИТЬ ГОЛОВУ кому coll; ДУРИТЬ/ЗАДУРИТЬ ГОЛОВУ highly coll
    [VP; subj: human; often in questions, neg imper, or infin with перестань, нечего etc]
    =====
    1. to deceive, intentionally mislead s.o.:
    || Neg Imper не морочь мне голову≈ don't take me for a fool.
         ♦ "Ты поверь мне... я знаю, ты мне не веришь, но сейчас поверь, я ведь давно вам говорю: нельзя здесь оставаться... Голем тебе голову заморочил, пьяница носатая..." (Стругацкие 1). "Believe me. I know you don't believe me, but believe me now, I've been telling you for a long time, we can't stay here. Golem pulled the wool over your eyes, the long-nosed drunk" (1a).
         ♦ Когда же я... провозгласил заключительную фразу рассказа, то Бунин некоторое время молчал... а затем ледяным голосом спросил: "И это всё?" - " Все", - сказал я. "Так какого же вы чёрта, - вдруг заорал Бунин, стукнув кулаком по столу с такой силой, что подпрыгнула пепельница, - так какого же вы чёрта битых сорок пять минут морочили нам голову" (Катаев 3). When I uttered the concluding sentence of the story, Bunin said nothing for a time...."Is that all?" he asked icily. "Yes," I said. "...Then why the devil," he shouted suddenly, banging on the table with his fist with such force that the ashtray bounced, "then why the devil have you been leading us up the garden path for the last forty-five minutes or more?" (3a).
         ♦ "Едике, дорогой, только ты... голову мне не морочь" (Айтматов 2). "Yedigei, my dear fellow, don't take me for a fool..." (2a).
    2. заморочить голову (кем-чем) to annoy or distract s.o. with trifling matters, unnecessary chatter, absurd requests etc:
    - X морочит Y-y голову( Z-ом) ≈ X is driving Y crazy (with Z);
    - X is pestering Y (with Z).
         ♦ "Послушайте, - взмолился лётчик, - что вы мне голову морочите? Зачем мне говорить с народом? Мне с начальством поговорить надо" (Войнович 2). "Listen," implored the pilot. "Why are you trying to drive me crazy? Why should I talk with the people? I need to talk with my superiors" (2a).
         ♦ "Дали бы ей [тётушке Хрисуле] чего-нибудь пожевать, авось замолкнет", - говорил кто-нибудь по-абхазски, когда она своим лопотаньем слегка заморачивала всем головы (Искандер 5). "Give her [Auntie Chrysoula] something to nibble on and she might shut up," someone would say in Abkhazian when she had everyone dizzy with her jabbering (5a).
    3. to captivate s.o., cause s.o. to fall in love with one:
    - X задурил Y-y голову≈ X turned Y's head;
    - X made Y fall for X.
         ♦ Когда-то я дурил голову одной девочке, ей было тринадцать, а мне четырнадцать (Трифонов 5). Once I managed to turn a certain girl's head. She was thirteen and I was fourteen (5a).

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  • 17 морочить голову

    • МОРОЧИТЬ/ЗАМОРОЧИТЬ ГОЛОВУ кому coll; ДУРИТЬ/ЗАДУРИТЬ ГОЛОВУ highly coll
    [VP; subj: human; often in questions, neg imper, or infin with перестань, нечего etc]
    =====
    1. to deceive, intentionally mislead s.o.:
    || Neg Imper не морочь мне голову≈ don't take me for a fool.
         ♦ "Ты поверь мне... я знаю, ты мне не веришь, но сейчас поверь, я ведь давно вам говорю: нельзя здесь оставаться... Голем тебе голову заморочил, пьяница носатая..." (Стругацкие 1). "Believe me. I know you don't believe me, but believe me now, I've been telling you for a long time, we can't stay here. Golem pulled the wool over your eyes, the long-nosed drunk" (1a).
         ♦ Когда же я... провозгласил заключительную фразу рассказа, то Бунин некоторое время молчал... а затем ледяным голосом спросил: "И это всё?" - " Все", - сказал я. "Так какого же вы чёрта, - вдруг заорал Бунин, стукнув кулаком по столу с такой силой, что подпрыгнула пепельница, - так какого же вы чёрта битых сорок пять минут морочили нам голову" (Катаев 3). When I uttered the concluding sentence of the story, Bunin said nothing for a time...."Is that all?" he asked icily. "Yes," I said. "...Then why the devil," he shouted suddenly, banging on the table with his fist with such force that the ashtray bounced, "then why the devil have you been leading us up the garden path for the last forty-five minutes or more?" (3a).
         ♦ "Едике, дорогой, только ты... голову мне не морочь" (Айтматов 2). "Yedigei, my dear fellow, don't take me for a fool..." (2a).
    2. морочить голову (кем-чем) to annoy or distract s.o. with trifling matters, unnecessary chatter, absurd requests etc:
    - X морочит Y-y голову( Z-ом) ≈ X is driving Y crazy (with Z);
    - X is pestering Y (with Z).
         ♦ "Послушайте, - взмолился лётчик, - что вы мне голову морочите? Зачем мне говорить с народом? Мне с начальством поговорить надо" (Войнович 2). "Listen," implored the pilot. "Why are you trying to drive me crazy? Why should I talk with the people? I need to talk with my superiors" (2a).
         ♦ "Дали бы ей [тётушке Хрисуле] чего-нибудь пожевать, авось замолкнет", - говорил кто-нибудь по-абхазски, когда она своим лопотаньем слегка заморачивала всем головы (Искандер 5). "Give her [Auntie Chrysoula] something to nibble on and she might shut up," someone would say in Abkhazian when she had everyone dizzy with her jabbering (5a).
    3. to captivate s.o., cause s.o. to fall in love with one:
    - X задурил Y-y голову≈ X turned Y's head;
    - X made Y fall for X.
         ♦ Когда-то я дурил голову одной девочке, ей было тринадцать, а мне четырнадцать (Трифонов 5). Once I managed to turn a certain girl's head. She was thirteen and I was fourteen (5a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > морочить голову

  • 18 collapse

    kə'læps
    1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) derrumbarse
    2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) sufrir un colapso
    3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) fracasar
    4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) plegarse
    •
    1. derrumbarse / hundirse / venirse abajo
    2. desplomarse
    tr[kə'læps]
    1 (falling down) derrumbamiento; (falling in) hundimiento
    2 (failure, breakdown) fracaso
    3 (prices, currency) caída en picado; (business, company) quiebra
    4 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL colapso
    1 (building, bridge, etc) derrumbarse, desplomarse; (roof) hundirse, venirse abajo; (tired person) desplomarse
    2 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL (person) sufrir un colapso
    3 (fail - project, talks, etc) fracasar, venirse abajo; (- hopes) desvanecerse
    4 (prices, currency) caer en picado; (business, company) quebrar, ir a la bancarrota
    5 (chair, table) plegarse
    1 (table) plegar
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to collapse with laughter desternillarse de risa
    collapsed lung colapso pulmonar
    collapse [kə'læps] vi, - lapsed ; - lapsing
    1) : derrumbarse, desplomarse, hundirse
    the building collapsed: el edificio se derrumbó
    2) fall: desplomarse, caerse
    he collapsed on the bed: se desplomó en la cama
    to collapse with laughter: morirse de risa
    3) fail: fracasar, quebrar, arruinarse
    4) fold: plegarse
    1) fall: derrumbe m, desplome m
    2) breakdown, failure: fracaso m, colapso m (físico), quiebra f (económica)
    n.
    • caída s.f.
    • colapso s.m.
    • derrumbamiento s.m.
    • despeño s.m.
    • desplome s.m.
    • fracaso s.m.
    • hundimiento s.m.
    v.
    • aplanarse v.
    • aplomarse v.
    • derrumbarse v.
    • desmayarse v.
    • desplomar v.
    • hundir v.
    • plegar v.

    I kə'læps
    1) ( fall down) \<\<building\>\> derrumbarse, desmoronarse, desplomarse
    2)
    a) ( fall) \<\<person\>\> desplomarse
    b) ( Med) \<\<person\>\> sufrir un colapso
    3) ( fail) fracasar, venirse* abajo
    4)
    a) ( fold up) \<\<table/chair\>\> plegarse*
    b) collapsing pres p <table/chair> plegable

    II
    count & mass noun
    a) ( of building) derrumbe m, desmoronamiento m
    b) ( Med) colapso m
    c) ( of plan) fracaso m; ( of company) quiebra f
    [kǝ'læps]
    1.
    N (Med) colapso m ; [of building, roof, floor] hundimiento m, desplome m ; [of government] caída f ; [of plans, scheme] fracaso m ; (financial) ruina f ; [of civilization, society] ocaso m ; (Comm) [of business] quiebra f ; [of prices] hundimiento m, caída f
    2. VI
    1) [person] (Med) sufrir un colapso; (with laughter) morirse (de risa); [building, roof, floor] hundirse, desplomarse; [civilization, society] desaparecer, extinguirse; [government] caer; [scheme] fracasar; [business] quebrar; [prices] hundirse, bajar repentinamente
    2) (=fold down) plegarse, doblarse
    * * *

    I [kə'læps]
    1) ( fall down) \<\<building\>\> derrumbarse, desmoronarse, desplomarse
    2)
    a) ( fall) \<\<person\>\> desplomarse
    b) ( Med) \<\<person\>\> sufrir un colapso
    3) ( fail) fracasar, venirse* abajo
    4)
    a) ( fold up) \<\<table/chair\>\> plegarse*
    b) collapsing pres p <table/chair> plegable

    II
    count & mass noun
    a) ( of building) derrumbe m, desmoronamiento m
    b) ( Med) colapso m
    c) ( of plan) fracaso m; ( of company) quiebra f

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  • 19 target

    1) (a marked board or other object aimed at in shooting practice, competitions etc with a rifle, bow and arrow etc: His shots hit the target every time.) blanco
    2) (any object at which shots, bombs etc are directed: Their target was the royal palace.) blanco
    3) (a person, thing etc against which unfriendly comment or behaviour is directed: the target of criticism.) blanco
    target n blanco / objetivo
    tr['tɑːgɪt]
    1 (of missile, goal, aim) objetivo
    2 (in shooting, of criticism) blanco
    3 (board) diana
    1 (aim at target) apuntar
    2 (cause to have effect on) dirigir a, destinar a
    1 (date, figure) fijado,-a; (audience, market) objetivo
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be on target ir de acuerdo a lo previsto
    moving target blanco móvil
    target ['tɑrgət] vt
    : fijar como objetivo, dirigir, destinar
    1) : blanco m
    target practice: tiro al blanco
    2) goal, objective: meta f, objetivo m
    n.
    • blanco s.m.
    • hito s.m.
    • mira s.f.
    • mirilla s.f.
    • objetivo s.m.

    I 'tɑːrgət, 'tɑːgɪt
    1)
    a) ( thing aimed at) blanco m, objetivo m; ( Mil) objetivo m; ( board) ( Sport) diana f

    the shot was right on/way off target — el tiro dio de lleno en el blanco/se desvió mucho

    b) (of criticism, protest) blanco m

    his criticisms were right on/way off target — sus críticas dieron en el blanco/iban totalmente desencaminadas

    target FOR/OF something — blanco de algo

    2) (objective, goal) objetivo m

    above/below target — por encima/debajo del objetivo previsto

    to be on target — ir* de acuerdo a lo previsto (or al plan de trabajo etc); (before n) <date/figure> fijado; <area/zone> ( Mil) objetivo adj inv; <audience/market> ( Marketing) objetivo adj inv


    II
    b) (direct, aim) \<\<publicity/advertising\>\> dirigir*
    ['tɑːɡɪt]
    1. N
    1) (Sport) blanco m, diana f ; (Mil) objetivo m

    • an easy target — (lit, fig) un blanco fácil

    • a fixed target — un blanco fijo

    • a moving target — un blanco móvil

    • the shot was off target — (Ftbl, Hockey etc) el tiro iba desviado a gol

    • the shot was on target — (Ftbl, Hockey etc) el tiro iba directo a gol

    • a soft target — (lit, fig) un blanco fácil

    2) (=person on receiving end) [of criticism, remark] blanco m ; [of advertising] objetivo m
    3) (=objective) objetivo m, meta f

    production targets for 1980 — los objetivos or las metas de producción para 1980

    • the project is on target for completion — el proyecto lleva camino de terminarse dentro del plazo previsto

    • to set a target for sth — fijar un objetivo para algo

    to set o.s. a target — fijarse un objetivo

    2. VT
    1) (Mil) [+ positions, installations] fijar como objetivo
    2) (=select, single out)

    cigarette companies seem to be targeting children intentionally — las tabacaleras parecen estar dirigiendo su publicidad a los niños deliberadamente

    • to target sth/sb for sth, the government will target high earners for tax increases — el gobierno hará recaer la subida de los impuestos particularmente sobre aquellos con sueldos elevados

    3) (fig) (=aim)

    • to target sth at sb/sth, products targeted at children — productos dirigidos a los niños

    programs targeted at reducing infant deaths — programas que tienen como objetivo reducir el número de muertes infantiles

    3.
    CPD

    target area N — (Mil) zona f objetivo

    target audience N — público m objetivo

    target date N — fecha f límite

    target group N — grupo m objetivo, grupo m destinatario

    target language N — lengua f de destino

    target market N — mercado m objetivo

    target practice N — tiro m al blanco, prácticas fpl de tiro

    target price N — precio m indicativo

    target weight N — peso m ideal

    * * *

    I ['tɑːrgət, 'tɑːgɪt]
    1)
    a) ( thing aimed at) blanco m, objetivo m; ( Mil) objetivo m; ( board) ( Sport) diana f

    the shot was right on/way off target — el tiro dio de lleno en el blanco/se desvió mucho

    b) (of criticism, protest) blanco m

    his criticisms were right on/way off target — sus críticas dieron en el blanco/iban totalmente desencaminadas

    target FOR/OF something — blanco de algo

    2) (objective, goal) objetivo m

    above/below target — por encima/debajo del objetivo previsto

    to be on target — ir* de acuerdo a lo previsto (or al plan de trabajo etc); (before n) <date/figure> fijado; <area/zone> ( Mil) objetivo adj inv; <audience/market> ( Marketing) objetivo adj inv


    II
    b) (direct, aim) \<\<publicity/advertising\>\> dirigir*

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  • 20 zusammenklappen

    (trennb.)
    I v/t (hat zusammengeklappt)
    1. (Messer, Stuhl) fold up; (Schirm) close, shut
    2. (Buch) shut; ein Buch zusammenklappen laut: clap a book shut; die Hacken zusammenklappen click one’s heels
    II v/i (ist)
    1. Messer, Stuhl: fold up ( auch sich zusammenklappen lassen); Buch: shut
    2. umg., Person: collapse ( vor + Dat from); seelisch: break down
    * * *
    to fold
    * * *
    zu|sạm|men|klap|pen sep
    1. vt
    Messer, Stuhl, Tisch etc to fold up; Schirm to shut
    2. vi aux sein
    1) (Stuhl etc) to collapse
    2) (fig inf) to flake out (inf); (nach vorne) to double up
    * * *
    (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) collapse
    * * *
    zu·sam·men|klap·pen
    I. vt Hilfsverb: haben
    ▪ etw \zusammenklappen to fold up sth sep
    ▶ die Hacken \zusammenklappen to click one's heels
    II. vi Hilfsverb: sein
    2. (fam: kollabieren) to collapse; (durch Ermüdung) to flake [or BRIT a. fag] out fam
    * * *
    1.
    transitives Verb fold up
    2.
    intransitives Verb; mit sein (ugs.) collapse
    * * *
    zusammenklappen (trennb)
    A. v/t (hat zusammengeklappt)
    1. (Messer, Stuhl) fold up; (Schirm) close, shut
    2. (Buch) shut;
    ein Buch zusammenklappen laut: clap a book shut;
    die Hacken zusammenklappen click one’s heels
    B. v/i (ist)
    1. Messer, Stuhl: fold up ( auch
    2. umg, Person: collapse (
    vor +dat from); seelisch: break down
    * * *
    1.
    transitives Verb fold up
    2.
    intransitives Verb; mit sein (ugs.) collapse
    * * *
    (alt.Rechtschreibung) v.
    to fold v.
    to fold up v.
    to furl v.

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