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    certus, a, um [orig. P. a. from cerno; hence], adj., determined, resolved, fixed, settled, purposed: non dubius.
    I.
    (Acc. to cerno, II. D.) Certum est (mihi), it is determined, it is my ( thy, his, etc.) decision, resolution, will, I am resolved, I mean, etc. (mostly ante-class.; most freq. in Plaut.); with inf.: quorum virtuti belli Fortuna pepercit, Eorundem me libertati parcere certum est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 206 Vahl.):

    certum'st hominem eludere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 109:

    tibi credere,

    id. Aul. 4, 9, 7; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 32; id. Curc. 2, 1, 1; id. Cas. 2, 4, 15; id. Cist. 3, 1, 16; id. Ep. 5, 1, 57; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 37; id. Most. 1, 3, 80; id. Men. 5, 6, 12; id. Mil. 2, 3, 32; id. Merc. 3, 1, 7; id. Ps. 1, 5, 138; id. Poen. 5, 5, 25; id. Pers. 2, 2, 39; id. Rud. 3, 3, 22; id. Stich. 5, 4, 2; id. Trin. 2, 1, 34; id. Truc. 2, 6, 68; Ter. And. 2, 1, 11; id. Eun. 1, 2, 108: certum est deliberatumque, quae ad causam pertinere arbitror, omnia dicere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

    certum atque decretum est non dare signum,

    Liv. 2, 45, 13:

    certum est igni circumdare muros,

    Verg. A. 9, 153.—Certum'st mihi with inf., Plaut. As. 1, 3, 94; 3, 3, 23; id. Cas. 1, 1, 3; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Ps. 4, 8, 2; Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144; Liv. 35, 46, 13; Ov. M. 9, 53 al.—Without inf., esp. parenthet., with expression of purpose by a fut. tense:

    certum est, malam rem potius quaeram cum lucro,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 15:

    certum est, jam dicam patri,

    id. Bacch. 3, 1, 15:

    certum est, ibo ad medicum,

    id. Merc. 2, 4, 4: An. Certumn' est tibi? Ly. Certum, id. Poen. 2, 48; cf. id. Stich. 4, 2, 33.—With pron. or subst.: Ar. Certumne'st tibi istuc? He. Non moriri certius, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 74;

    so further with istuc,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 20; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 30:

    mihi autem abjurare certius est quam dependere,

    Cic. Att. 1, 8, 3:

    ad eum senem oppugnare certum est consilium,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 60:

    quae nunc sunt certa ei consilia, etc.,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 16:

    certa res hanc est objurgare,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73; so id. Merc. 5, 2, 16; id. Mil. 2, 4, 45; Ter. And. 2, 2, 31; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 16.—
    b.
    (From the time of the Aug. poets.) Transf. to the person who is determined upon something, determined, resolved, bent.
    (α).
    With inf.:

    certa mori,

    Verg. A. 4, 564 (cf. id. ib. 4, 475:

    decrevitque mori): certi non cedere,

    Ov. M. 9, 43:

    certa sequi,

    Val. Fl. 5, 47.—
    (β).
    With gen. (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 323; Zumpt, Gr. § 437, n. 1;

    A. and S. § 213, R. 1): certus eundi,

    Verg. A. 4, 554; Ov. M. 11, 440:

    desciscendi,

    Tac. H. 4, 14:

    relinquendae vitae,

    id. A. 4, 34:

    necis,

    Sil. 6, 27:

    fugae,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12:

    destinationis,

    Tac. A. 12, 32:

    sceleris,

    id. ib. 12, 66:

    consilii,

    id. H. 2, 46.—
    (γ).
    With an:

    nec sat certa an cederet armis,

    Sil. 9, 480.—
    II.
    An epithet of all those objects whose existence or reality is fixed, determined (hence in connection with definitus, Quint. 7, 10, 7;

    with praefinitus,

    Suet. Galb. 14), or in respect to which there can be no doubt (hence opp. dubius, Quint. 7, 6, 3; 5, 12, 3; 12, 3, 6 al.).
    A.
    Object.
    1.
    Of things whose external qualities, number, etc., are invariable, established, settled, fixed, particular, specified, etc. (class.):

    Arboribus primum certis gravis umbra tributa,

    Lucr. 6, 783:

    fruges, bacae,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

    jam ad certas res conficiendas certos homines delectos ac descriptos habebat,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    concilium in diem certam indicere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 30 fin.;

    so with dies,

    a fixed term, Cato, R. R. 149, 1; Cic. Att. 6, 2, 9; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1; Liv. 1, 50, 1; Tac. G. 9 al.; cf.:

    certis diebus,

    Verg. G. 2, 329:

    quaerere ab judicibus cur in certa verba jurent, cur certo tempore conveniant, certo discedant,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132; cf. Suet. Aug. 41:

    certum praefinitumque tempus,

    id. Galb. 14; and:

    certum statumque vectigal,

    id. Calig. 40:

    pecunia (opp. arbitraria), v. arbitrarius: finis aerumnarum,

    Lucr. 1, 108; cf. id. 2, 512; 8, 1091; Hor. S. 1, 1, 106; id. Ep. 1, 2, 56:

    locus,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 6:

    numerus,

    id. ib. 7, 75:

    signum,

    fixed, agreed upon, id. B. C. 1, 27:

    naves,

    fixed in number and quality, id. ib. 1, 56:

    pecuniae imperabantur,

    id. ib. 3, 32 fin.:

    conviva,

    i. e. a daily, constant guest, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 75 Schmid:

    ecquem tu illo certiorem nebulonem,

    Cic. Att. 15, 21, 2.—
    b.
    But sometimes indef., like quidam, and our certain, of things, the certainty of whose existence is given, but whose nature is not more definitely designated, or comes not into consideration (cf. aliquis):

    Cephaloedi mensis est certus, quo mense sacerdotem maximum creari oporteat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

    habet certos sui studiosos,

    id. Brut. 16, 64:

    (hunc) certis rebus imperatis regnare jussit,

    id. Sest. 27, 58:

    certi homines ad eam rem periti,

    id. ib. 18, 41:

    res a certis hominibus corrupta,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 3; 4, 9, 2; 16, 11, 2; id. Marcell. 6, 16; id. Deiot. 4, 11; Liv. 34, 61, 7.—Hence in Quint. several times in connection with quidam and aliquis:

    ad certas quasdam dicendi leges alligati,

    Quint. 8, prooem. § 2; so id. 8, prooem. § 12; 4, 2, 28; 5, 10, 2; 5, 10, 5; 9, 4, 8;

    11, 2, 28: aliquos compositionis certos pedes,

    id. 10, 2, 13; so id. 7, prooem. § 4; and subst.:

    in his certos aliquos docebit,

    id. 2, 8, 13.—
    2.
    Trop., of things whose internal moral qualities are established, fixed, can be relied upon, sure, unerring, to be depended upon, true, faithful, [p. 321] etc. (so most freq. in all periods and species of composition; syn.: firmus, confirmatus, exploratus, indubitatus, manifestus al.).
    a.
    Of persons: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64; cf.:

    tu ex amicis certis mi es certissimus,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 57:

    certi homines, quibus dem litteras,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. Cat. 3, 7, 16; Nep. Paus. 2, 4; id. Alcib. 10, 1; Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 53; id. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156:

    certus enim promisit Apollo, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 28:

    auctor (mortis),

    Quint. 6, 3, 68; cf. Suet. Tib. 5:

    adversus hostem nec spe nec animo certiorem, i. e. firmiorem,

    Liv. 10, 35, 17: apud latera certos collocaverat, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 576 (H. 1, 53 Dietsch); cf. Nep. Dion, 9, 2:

    per litora certos dimittam,

    Verg. A. 1, 576:

    certissimus auctor (Phoebus),

    id. G. 1, 432.—
    b.
    Of things:

    satis animo certo et confirmato,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77; cf.

    pectora,

    Verg. A. 9, 249, and certior indoles, Suet. Ner. 10:

    promissa,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 1:

    parata dicendi copia et certa,

    Quint. 10, 6, 6; id. 6, prooem. §

    9: jus,

    id. 12, 3, 6 et saep.:

    jactus (telorum),

    Tac. A. 14, 37; cf.

    in this sense certa hasta,

    Verg. A. 11, 767:

    sagitta,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 23:

    fides segetis,

    id. ib. 3, 16, 30:

    spes,

    id. C. S. 74:

    trames,

    id. S. 2, 3, 49:

    lar,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 58 al.:

    plana et certa,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

    certa et clara,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 1 Ruhnk.; so Liv. 22, 39, 22; cf. Hor. S. 2, 6, 27.—Subst., with gen.:

    certa maris,

    Tac. H. 4, 81.—
    B.
    Subject., of that which is established by evidence, etc., placed beyond doubt, certain, sure, true, proved, established (class.; esp. freq. in neutr.):

    cum ad has suspitiones certissimae res accederent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 19; 5, 29:

    incerta pro certis malebant,

    Sall. C. 17, 6; cf.:

    incerta pro certis mutare,

    id. J. 83, 1:

    postremo certior res,

    Liv. 29, 6, 12:

    certiora esse dicunt quam, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 13; id. Att. 3, 11, 2; Liv. 10, 35, 12: So. Satin hoc certum'st? Ge. Certum:

    hisce oculis egomet vidi,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 31:

    jam satis certumst virginem vitiatam esse?

    id. Enn. 4, 4, 36:

    cum certius tibi sit me esse Romae quam mihi te Athenis,

    Cic. Att. 1, 9, 1:

    id parum certum est,

    Liv. 5, 35, 3:

    cum de altero intellectu certum est, de altero dubium,

    Quint. 7, 6, 3; cf. id. 7, 3, 4: non certum traditur, with interrog.-clause, Liv. 2, 8, 8:

    nec quicquam certi respondes mihi?

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 84:

    neque tanto spatio certi quid esset explorari poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

    certum inveniri non potest ne... an,

    id. B. C. 1, 25:

    si quicquam humanorum certi est,

    Liv. 5, 33, 1: Ph. Civemne? Th. Arbitror:

    Certum non scimus,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 31; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 98; Cic. Att. 12, 23, 2.—So, certum scire, to know for a certainty, Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 12; id. Hec. 3, 1, 44; Cic. Fam. 9, 23 init.:

    certum habere,

    to reckon certain, id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 36, 28, 4; 5, 3, 2; Quint. 2, 3, 9; Col. 2, 22, 5 al.:

    certum respondeo,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:

    cognoscere, Auct. B. Alex. 53: comperire, Auct. B. Hisp. 22.—So also pro certo habere,

    Cic. Att. 10, 6, 3; Matius ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, A med.; Sall. C. 52, 17; Suet. Dom. 23:

    negare,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 5:

    polliceri,

    id. Agr. 2, 37, 102:

    dicere aliquid,

    id. Brut. 3, 10:

    ponere,

    Liv. 23, 6, 8:

    scire,

    id. 25, 10, 1:

    affirmare,

    id. 27, 1, 13; 3, 23, 7; cf. id. 1, 3, 2 Drak.:

    creditur,

    Sall. C. 15, 2:

    coeperit esse,

    Quint. 5, 12, 2:

    certius cognoscere ex aliquo de aliquā re,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 52, 5.—Strengthened by comp.:

    quin nihil invenies magis hoc certo certius,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 111; cf.:

    et hoc certo certius est et saepissime constitutum,

    Dig. 42, 8, 10, § 14:

    certo certius,

    Ambros. in Ephes. 5; Paul. Vit. St. Ambros. 25; App. M. 9, p. 237, 27.—In Plaut. certum or certius facere alicui, to give certainty to one concerning any thing, make him certain, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 17; 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 2, 2, 4.—
    2.
    Transf. to the person who is made certain in reference to a thing, certain, sure:

    certi sumus periisse omnia,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5:

    num quid nunc es certior?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 191:

    posteritatis,

    i. e. of posthumous fame, Plin. Ep. 9, 3, 1:

    sententiae,

    Quint. 4, 3, 8:

    judicii,

    Sen. Ep. 45, 9:

    certus de suā geniturā,

    Suet. Vesp. 25:

    damnationis,

    id. Tib. 61:

    exitii,

    Tac. A. 1, 27:

    spei,

    id. H. 4, 3:

    matrimonii,

    id. A. 12, 3:

    certi sumus, etc.,

    Gell. 18, 10, 5.—In class. prose mostly in the phrase certiorem facere aliquem (de aliquā re, alicujus rei, with a foll, acc. and inf., with a rel.-clause or absol.), to inform, apprise one of a thing:

    me certiorem face,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 69:

    ut nos facias certiores,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 32:

    uti se (sc. Caesarem) de his rebus certiorem faciant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    qui certiorem me sui consilii fecit,

    Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 2:

    Caesarem certiorem faciunt, sese non facile ab oppidis vim hostium prohibere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

    faciam te certiorem quid egerim,

    Cic. Att. 3, 11, 1.— With subj. only:

    milites certiores facit, paulisper intermitterent proelium,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 5 fin. — Pass.:

    quod crebro certior per me fias de omnibus rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so Caes. B. G. 1, 7; Sall. J. 104, 1:

    Caesar certior factus est, tres jam copiarum partes Helvetios id flumen transduxisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 12; so id. ib. 1, 21; 1, 41; 2, 1; Sall. J. 82, 2; Nep. Att. 12, 3:

    factus certior, quae res gererentur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

    non consulibus certioribus factis,

    Liv. 45, 21, 4.—Also in posit., though rarely:

    fac me certum quid tibi est,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 16; 4, 6, 35; Verg. A. 3, 179:

    lacrimae suorum Tam subitae matrem certam fecere ruinae,

    Ov. M. 6, 268.— Hence, adv. in two forms.
    A.
    certō, with certainty, certainly, surely, of a truth, in fact, really, object. and subject. (cf. supra, II. A. and B.); only in the comic poets, and sometimes (most. freq. in his epistt.) in Cic., while the adverbial form certe belongs to all periods and all species of composition. The difference between them is, perhaps, merely historical; but v. infra, certe, B. I. 2. init.
    1.
    Object.:

    perii certo, haud arbitrario,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 42; cf. id. Merc. 2, 3, 106:

    mihi certo nomen Sosia'st,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 176; id. Men. 2, 2, 39; Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 12:

    nihil ita exspectare quasi certo futurum,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81 (cf. the passage cited under certo, I. 1., from id. Div. 2, 7, 18).—
    b.
    In affirm. answers: Me. Liberum ego te jussi abire? Mes. Certo, yes, certainly, Plaut. Men. 5, 8, 9; so id. ib. 5, 9, 50; 2, 3, 38; id. Poen. 5, 5, 21; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 9.—
    2.
    Subject.
    a.
    In gen. (very rare):

    certo enim ego vocem hic loquentis modo mi audire visus sum,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 5, 4:

    ego rus abituram me esse certo decrevi,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 10: Th. Quid aīs? Py. Atqui certo comperi, id. Eun. 5, 1, 9.—
    b.
    Esp. in the formula of asseveration, certo scio, I certainly know, I am fully persuaded, beyond all doubt (class.):

    certo edepol scio, me vidisse, etc.,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 2; id. Truc. 1, 1, 49; Ter. And. 5, 4, 26; id. Ad. 4, 5, 14; id. Eun. 1, 2, 119; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 19:

    quod te moleste ferre certo scio,

    Cic. Att. 1, 12, 3; 2, 23, 2; id. Fam. 4, 13, 6; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; id. Rosc. Am. 8, 21; id. Phil. 3, 6, 17; id. Sen. 1, 1; 1, 2; Sall. J. 9, 2; id. C. 51, 16:

    veniunt in mentem mihi permulta: vobis plura, certo scio,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 55 (cf. under certe, I. 2.).—
    B.
    certē (class.; cf. supra, certo init.).
    I.
    Affirming strongly, with certainty, certainly, undoubtedly, assuredly, surely, really.
    1.
    Object.:

    certe edepol, tu me alienabis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 243:

    ego quidem ab hoc certe exorabo,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 58:

    certe hercle,

    id. As. 2, 1, 15; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 8; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 71; Ter. And. 2, 2, 10:

    quom is certe Renuntiarit,

    id. Heaut. 4, 4, 4:

    certe captus est!

    id. And. 1, 1, 55:

    certe ut videamur cernere eum,

    Lucr. 4, 760:

    si enim scit, certe illud eveniet: sin certe eveniet, nulla fortuna est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18; cf. id. N. D. 1, 2, 5:

    fuit certe id aequum et certe exspectatum est, etc.,

    id. Planc. 16, 38:

    ea certe vera sunt,

    id. Mil. 35, 96:

    M. Catoni certe licuit, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

    jam illa perfugia certe minime sunt audienda,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 9:

    cum se certe decessurum videret,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104; Cat. 62, 8:

    certe hinc Romanos olim fore ductores pollicitus,

    Verg. A. 1, 234:

    o dea certe,

    a goddess surely, id. ib. 1, 328:

    postremo expellet certe vivacior heres,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 132:

    placuit tibi, Delphice, certe, Dum, etc.,

    Ov. M. 2, 543 al. — Comp.:

    speculatores mittere, qui certius explorata referant,

    Liv. 3, 40, 13; 35, 48, 3:

    si reperire vocas amittere certius,

    Ov. M. 5, 519; App. M. 2, p. 118, 1.— Sup., Tert. Pall. 4.—
    b.
    In an answer of affirmation:

    estne ipsus an non est! Is est, Certe is est, is est profecto,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 65; so Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53; Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 9; id. Clu. 54, 149; id. Phil. 1, 15, 37; id. Ac. 2, 35, 113; and in confirmation of a preceding fact: venerat, ut opinor, haec res in judicium. Certe, certainly, surely, Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 42; id. Fam. 4, 2, 5; id. Or. 42, 144; cf. id. Off. 3, 29, 105; id. Fin. 2, 27, 91.—
    2.
    Subject., mostly in the phrase certe scio, I know to a certainty, I am sure (acc. to Klotz ad Cic. Sen. 1, 2, certe scio = certum est me scire, I am fully convinced: certo scio = certum est quod scio, my knowledge is accurate, etc.):

    certe edepol scio, si aliud quicquam est quod credam aut certo sciam, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 115:

    edepol certo scio,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 20:

    scelestiorem me hac anu certe scio Vidisse numquam,

    id. Aul. 1, 1, 21; cf. Cic. Arch. 12, 32:

    ex litteris certe scire potuistis,

    id. Font. 4, 8; id. Phil. 12, 12, 29:

    quod iste certe statuerat ac deliberaverat non adesse,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1.—
    b.
    In affirm. answers: Ar. Ain' vero? Le. Certe, inquam, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 132: Ch. Ain'tu? So. Certe, sic erit, Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 12.—
    c.
    In a subjective supposition or presumption that a thing is so, certainly, surely, assuredly, doubtless, of course; Gr. isôs:

    ah nugas agis, Certe habes,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 25; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 58:

    si me tanti facis, quanti certe facis,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; 7, 8, 1; cf. Verg. A. 1, 234; Ov. M. 2, 423; Prop. 2, 7, 1. —
    (β).
    In interrog., Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3; Suet. Aug. 33.—
    II.
    Affirming with restriction, yet surely, yet indeed, at least, notwithstanding (very freq. in prose and poetry, esp. after the class. per.).
    A.
    Alone:

    si non ipsā re tibi istuc dolet, Simulare certe est hominis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 16:

    cingitur, certe expedit se,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 152:

    ut homines mortem vel optare incipiant, vel certe timere desistant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117:

    haec... sint falsa sane, invidiosa certe non sunt,

    id. Ac. 2, 32, 105:

    qui... ut non referat pedem, sistet certe,

    id. Phil. 12, 4, 8:

    res fortasse verae, certe graves,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7; cf. Liv. 9, 11, 13:

    consulatum unum certe plebis Romanae esse,

    id. 22, 34, 11:

    quos quoniam caeli nondum dignamur honore, Quas dedimus certe terras habitare sinamus,

    Ov. M. 1, 195 et saep.:

    quo quid sit beatius, mihi certe in mentem venire non potest,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81; so,

    ego certe,

    Quint. 8, 3, 65; 9, 4, 57:

    certe ego,

    Sall. J. 31, 5; Ov. H. 19, 81; id. M. 13, 840; id. Tr. 4, 5, 13:

    mihi certe,

    Quint. 10, 3, 23:

    ipse certe,

    id. 8, 6, 30; Curt. 7, 4, 19; 7, 6, 22.—
    B.
    With other particles.
    1.
    With tamen:

    illud certe tamen, quod jam amplexi sumus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 22; id. Sen. 23, 84.—
    2.
    With at: quod (consilium) si non fuerit prudens, at certe ab optima fide proficiscetur, Balb. et opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 1; Ov. F. 3, 351; cf. at II. 3.—
    3.
    With sed: non integrā re, sed certe minus infractā, quam, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 8; cf. Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56 dub. B. and K. —
    4.
    With quidem:

    ubi sit animus, certe quidem in te est,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 70:

    quoniam volumus quidem certe senes fieri,

    id. Sen. 2, 6; id. Quint. 15, 50:

    certe quidem vos estis Romani, etc.,

    Liv. 45, 22, 5. (But quidem does not belong with certe in such passages as the foll.:

    hic quidem certe memorat, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 261 al.; v. quidem; cf. also aut and vel.)

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  • 2 certus

        certus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of cerno], determined, resolved, fixed, settled, purposed, certain: ei consilia, T.: Certa res est, T.: illos ad certam mortem adducere: omnia experiri certumst prius quam pereo, it is determined, T.: ita facere certumst, T.: certum est omnia dicere: cum diceret síbi certum esse discedere, that he had resolved: mihi abiurare certius est quam dependere, I have determined rather, etc. — Of persons, determined, resolved, bent: certa mori, V.: certi non cedere, O.: certus eundi, V., O.—Determined in thought, sure, proved, true, established, certain: ut mi haec certa attuleris, T.: cum ad has suspiciones certissimae res accederent, Cs.: crimen: certum esse ratus quod acceperat, S.: nec quicquam certi respondes mihi, T.: id parum certum est, L.: neque certi quid esset explorari poterat, Cs.: neque certum inveniri poterat, Cs.: si quicquam humanorum certi est, L.: certum habere, to regard as certain: pro certo habetote vos decernere, be assured, S.: pro certo polliceor hoc vobis: id ponere pro certo, L.: quot caesa milia sint, quis pro certo adfirmet? L.: pro certo creditur (Catilina) fecisse, etc., S. — Of persons, informed, assured, certain: certi sumus periisse omnia: Anchisen facio Certum, V.: futurorum certi, O.: Quantum potest me certiorem face, inform me, T.: qui certiorem me sui consili fecit: Caesarem certiorem faciunt, sese non facile prohibere, etc., Cs.: milites certiores facit, paulisper intermitterent proelium, instructs, Cs.: ubi de eius adventu Helvetii certiores facti sunt, Cs.: factus certior, quae res gererentur, Cs. —Definite, precise, certain, specified, particular: ad certas res conficiendas certos homines delectos habebat, for special purposes special agents: concilium in diem certam indicere, Cs.: certum pretium missionis constituere: imperatorem certum deposcere: signum, agreed, Cs.: domicilium, fixed: sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultra, etc., H.—Determined only in thought, certain, nameless, not specified: de certā causā nondum facere: certorum hominum avaritia: expositis certis rebus, a few points. — Of persons, trustworthy, consistent, firm: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur: homo certus et diligens: honestissimus et certissimus: hostis nec spe nec animo certior (i. e. firmior), L.: pectus, V.: illud ex hominibus certis reperiebam: certissimus auctor (Phoebus), V.: certi accusatoris officium. — Of things, settled, fixed, assured, established, trustworthy, certain: certius argumentum odi: cum illa certissima argumenta atque, iudicia sceleris, tum multo certiora illa, conclusive: certiores nuntii, more trustworthy news, Cs.: vectigalia populi R. certissima: quod salutis certa laetitia est, nascendi incerta condicio: certissima victoria, complete, Cs.: convivia, constant, H.: certiorem capessere fugam, more decided, L.: certam quatit improbus hastam, sure of aim, V.: certo subtemine Parcae, inexorable, H.: si certa pestis adesset, sure destruction, S.
    * * *
    certa -um, certior -or -us, certissimus -a -um ADJ
    fixed, settled, firm; certain; trusty/reliable; sure; resolved, determined

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  • 3 certus

    undoubted, certain, sure, settled, resolved, decided / definite

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  • 4 in-certus

        in-certus adj.    with comp. and sup.—Of things, not fixed, unsettled, undetermined: consilia, T.: cum incerta bellum an pax essent, L.: securis, ill-aimed, V.— Abl absol.: incerto quid peterent, L.—Of persons, irresolute, hesitating, undecided, doubtful, at a loss: Incertior sum multo quam dudum, T.: plebes: varius incertusque agitabat, S.: quid dicam incertus sum, T.: animi incertus, anne, etc., T.: quid potissumum facerent, S.: summarum rerum: consili, T.—Unascertained, unproved, doubtful, uncertain: alia certa, alia incerta esse dicunt: eventus reliqui temporis: ambiguae testis Incertaeque rei, Iu.: incertus masculus an femina esset, L.: victoria, Cs.: moriendum certe est, et id incertum, an, etc.: Quis deus, incertum est, V.: cuius Ora puellares faciunt incerta capilli (i. e. make the sex doubtful), Iu.: incertum habeo, pudeat an pigeat magis, cannot decide, S.: clauserant portas, incertum vi an voluntate, L.—Of persons, uninformed, not assured, doubtful, uncertain: cum incertus sum, ubi esses: Incerti quo fata ferant, V.: sententiae, L.: rerum multitudo, L.—Vague, indefinite, unsettled, obscure, dim: spes, T.: ut incertis temporibus iretur, unexpected, Cs.: luna sub luce malignā, V.: voltus, disturbed, S.—Fig., untrustworthy, inconsistent, fickle: aetas (puerilis): nihil est incertius volgo: menses, V.: Filiam dare in incertas nuptias, hazardous, T.: arbor, the unsteady ship, Iu.

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  • 5 Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur

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  • 6 Nonne amicus certus in re incerta cernitur?

    • A friend in need is a friend in deed. (our equivalent)

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  • 7 cerno

    cerno, crēvi, crētum ( part. pass. cretus is apparently used only once:

    cineris bene creti,

    Pall. 12, 22, 3; but freq. in the compounds of cerno; for the simple part., the orig. form certus also is very rarely used:

    certā deinde sorte senatus consultum factum est,

    Liv. 36, 2, 2; v. under II. C., and cf. certus), 3, v. a. [root car- for scar-, to separate; cf. krinô; hence, skôr, stercus, screo; cf. cera].
    I.
    To separate, sift (rare):

    per cribrum, Cato. R. R. 107, 1: farinam cribro,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 115; cf. id. 33, 5, 26, § 87; Pall. Jun. 1; Veg. 3, 28, 6:

    in cribris omnia cerne cavis,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 62; cf.:

    per densa foramina,

    id. ib. 89:

    cineris bene creti,

    well sifted, Pall. Nov. 22.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To separate, distinguish by the senses, mostly by the eyes, i. e. to perceive, see, discern (syn.: video, conspicio; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. probably in Lucretius, where it is used about a hundred times); rarely by the ears; v. infra: lumen jubarve in caelo cerno? [p. 319] Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.;

    7, § 76 ib.: sed quis illic est, procul quem video? estne hic Hegio? si satis cerno, is hercle'st,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 85:

    tum porro varios rerum sentimus odores, nec tamen ad nareis venienteis cernimus umquam: nec voces cernere suemus,

    Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 598:

    quod nequeunt oculis rerum primordia cerni,

    id. 1, 269; v. also id. 2, 314 sq.; 4, 242; cf. id. 2, 837:

    acute,

    id. 4, 811; cf.:

    cerno acutum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:

    altaria exhalare vapore,

    Lucr. 3, 432; 2, 928 al.—Hence, sometimes opp. to hearing:

    ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur,

    Nep. Timol. 2, 2;

    or to mental perception: quem ego tam video animo, quam ea, quae oculis cernimus,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 3, 2:

    nos enim ne nunc quidem oculis cernimus ea, quae videmus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46:

    quae cernere et videre non possumus,

    id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf. id. Rep. 6, 20, 21 sq.:

    ego Catuli Cumanum ex hoc loco cerno, Pompeianum non cerno,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ut ea cernimus quae videmus,

    id. Mil. 29, 79:

    omnia sic aperiam, ut ea cernere oculis videamini,

    id. Clu. 24, 66:

    coram aliquid,

    to witness, Caes. B. G. 6, 8; Verg. A. 2, 538:

    aliquem,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

    acies a nostris cernebatur,

    id. B. C. 3, 69:

    in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni,

    Quint. 8, 5, 29:

    simile quiddam facientes aves cernimus,

    id. 2, 6, 7:

    me miserum, turbā quod non ego cernar in illā,

    Ov. P. 4, 4, 43:

    Constitit alma Venus, nulli cernenda,

    id. M. 15, 844; Curt. 8, 13, 16; Tac. A. 1, 59.—With acc. and inf.: sensumque inesse et motum in membris cerno, Canius ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.:

    neque mutari ac misceri omnia cerneres,

    Sall. C. 2, 3: quos ad resistendum concucurrisse cernebat, * Suet. Caes. 15 fin.:

    cernis ut insultent Rutuli?

    Verg. A. 10, 20:

    cerne quam tenui vos parte contingat,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

    cerneres, quanta audacia fuisset, etc.,

    Sall. C. 61, 1.— Impers. with acc. and inf.:

    cernebatur, novissimos illorum premi vehementer,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 64 Herz. N. cr. — So impers. with rel. -clause:

    ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur quem detulisset,

    Nep. Timol. 2, 2. —Ante-class., of the hearing: vox illius certe est: idem omnes cernimus, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 11, and perh. also, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.—Hence,
    b.
    Cerni aliquā re or in aliquā re, to become distinguished or known in something:

    fortis animus et magnus duabus rebus maxime cernitur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66; so id. Tusc. 5, 8, 22: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64:

    atque hae quidem virtutes cernuntur in agendo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 23, 78; id. Top. 21, 80 (also in Quint. 3, 5, 18).—
    * c.
    Have before the mind, have respect to, regard any one:

    ubi gratus, si non eum ipsi cernunt grati, cui referunt gratiam?

    Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—
    B.
    Transf. to intellectual objects, to perceive, comprehend, understand (syn.:

    intellego, cognosco, perspicio): neque tanta in rebus obscuritas, ut eas (res) non penitus acri vir ingenio cernat, si modo aspexerit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

    jam cernam mene an illam potiorem putes, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 20: (antiquitas) hoc melius ea fortasse, quae erant vera, cernebat,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 26; id. Fin. 1, 19, 64; id. Top. 5, 27; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

    quae cum ego non solum suspicarer, sed plane cernerem,

    id. Agr. 2, 4, 9; id. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

    ut consuetum facile amorem cerneres,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 108.—Hence,
    b.
    Rarely of future events, to foresee, discern beforehand:

    cerno animo sepultā in patriā miseros atque insepultos acervos civium,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

    cerno jam animo, quanto omnia uberiora atque ornatiora futura sint,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 2.—
    C.
    To decide something that is contested or doubtful (judicially), to decree, determine (more rare than decernere):

    quotcumque senatus creverit populusque jusserit tot sunto,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 8:

    quodcumque senatus creverit agunto,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 8, § 6: jurati cernant. Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 13:

    illum locum tempusque consilio destinatum quid de Armeniā cernerent,

    Tac. A. 15, 14:

    priusquam id sors cerneret,

    Liv. 43, 12, 2:

    certā sorte,

    after the lot was decided, id. 36, 2, 2.—Hence,
    b.
    To decide by contending or fighting (more rare than the freq. certare, and even in Seneca's time out of use; cf. Sen. Ep. 58, 3): ferro non auro vitam ( acc. respect = de vitā) cernamus utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; id. ap. Non. p. 261, 19, and ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.; Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 21: nisi esset qui armis secum vellet cernere, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 17:

    cernere ferro,

    Verg. A. 12, 709 (also ap. Sen. Ep. 58, 3); so,

    cernere certamen,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 15; id. Cas. 3, 1, 2; Lucr. 5, 394: pro patriā, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis, * Sall. C. 59, 5 Kritz N. cr. (al. certare):

    seu libeat duplicem sejunctim cernere martem,

    Tib. 4, 1, 103.—Humorously, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 77.—
    D.
    In gen., to decide for something, to conclude upon, resolve (syn.: constituo, decerno; also rare): praesidium castris educere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 5:

    acribus inter se cum armis confligere,

    id. ib. p. 261, 6:

    te mihi amicam esse crevi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 1 (crevi valet constitui, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.); Cat. 64, 150.—Hence,
    E.
    In judic. lang. t. t., of inheritances.
    1.
    To resolve to enter upon an inheritance, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.; cf. Tit. 22, 27, and cretio.—
    2.
    To make known this determination, Tit. 22, 28 and 30; Cic. Att. 11, 2, 1.—
    3.
    = adire, to enter upon an inheritance, Cic. Agr. 2, 15, 40; Liv. 24, 25, 3; 40, 8, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 79, 2; Quint. Decl. 261; Fest. p. 41.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    debet etiam fratris Appii amorem erga me cum reliquā hereditate crevisse,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 10; so id. Fam. 9, 14, 4; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3.—P. a. v. certus.

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  • 8 destinata

    dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    antemnas ad malos,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

    rates ancoris,

    id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

    falces (laqueis),

    id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

    arcas,

    Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—
    II.
    Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).
    A.
    In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).
    (α).
    With double acc.:

    aliquem consulem,

    Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

    Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

    animis auctorem caedis,

    id. 33, 28:

    aliquem regem,

    Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a clause:

    infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

    potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

    Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    sibi aliquid,

    i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

    operi destinati possent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

    aliquem foro,

    Quint. 2, 8, 8:

    me arae,

    Verg. A 2, 129:

    diem necis alicui,

    Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

    domos publicis usibus,

    Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

    Anticyram omnem illis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

    cados tibi,

    id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—
    (δ).
    With ad:

    tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

    Liv. 33, 37:

    aliquem ad mortem,

    id. 2, 54:

    consilia ad bellum,

    id. 42, 48:

    materiam ad scribendum,

    Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

    ad omne obsequium destinati,

    Curt. 5, 28, 5.—
    (ε).
    With in:

    saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

    Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

    legati in provinciam destinati,

    Dig. 5, 1, 2:

    noctem proximam in fugam,

    Amm. 29, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

    locum oris,

    Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

    sagittas,

    to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—
    2.
    In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

    minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).
    A.
    Adj.:

    certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

    ad horam mortis destinatam,

    id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

    si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

    Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

    persona (coupled with certus),

    Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—
    2. a.
    A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —
    b.
    An intended, determined object, design, intention:

    neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

    Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

    destinata retinens,

    id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

    antequam destinata componam,

    the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

    ad destinatum persequor,

    the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

    ex destinato,

    adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

    and in a like sense merely destinato,

    Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

    certare,

    Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

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  • 9 destino

    dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    antemnas ad malos,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

    rates ancoris,

    id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

    falces (laqueis),

    id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

    arcas,

    Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—
    II.
    Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).
    A.
    In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).
    (α).
    With double acc.:

    aliquem consulem,

    Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

    Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

    animis auctorem caedis,

    id. 33, 28:

    aliquem regem,

    Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a clause:

    infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

    potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

    Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    sibi aliquid,

    i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

    operi destinati possent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

    aliquem foro,

    Quint. 2, 8, 8:

    me arae,

    Verg. A 2, 129:

    diem necis alicui,

    Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

    domos publicis usibus,

    Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

    Anticyram omnem illis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

    cados tibi,

    id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—
    (δ).
    With ad:

    tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

    Liv. 33, 37:

    aliquem ad mortem,

    id. 2, 54:

    consilia ad bellum,

    id. 42, 48:

    materiam ad scribendum,

    Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

    ad omne obsequium destinati,

    Curt. 5, 28, 5.—
    (ε).
    With in:

    saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

    Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

    legati in provinciam destinati,

    Dig. 5, 1, 2:

    noctem proximam in fugam,

    Amm. 29, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

    locum oris,

    Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

    sagittas,

    to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—
    2.
    In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

    minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).
    A.
    Adj.:

    certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

    ad horam mortis destinatam,

    id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

    si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

    Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

    persona (coupled with certus),

    Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—
    2. a.
    A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —
    b.
    An intended, determined object, design, intention:

    neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

    Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

    destinata retinens,

    id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

    antequam destinata componam,

    the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

    ad destinatum persequor,

    the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

    ex destinato,

    adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

    and in a like sense merely destinato,

    Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

    certare,

    Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

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  • 10 incertus

    incertus, a, um (archaic gen. plur. incertūm, Pac. ap. Non. 495, 27), adj. [2. incertus; hence, acc. to certus].
    I.
    Object., of things whose (external or internal) qualities are not firmly established, uncertain, unsettled, doubtful, untrustworthy, not fast, not firm (class.): amicus certus in re incerta cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64 (Trag. v. 428 Vahl.); cf. id. ap. Non. 166, 22 (Trag. v. 12 Vahl.):

    incerti socii an hostes essent,

    Liv. 30, 35, 9:

    incertus (infans) masculus an femina esset,

    id. 31, 12, 6; cf. Sall. J. 49, 5:

    cum incerta bellum an pax cum Celtiberis essent,

    Liv. 34, 19, 8 Weissenb.: spe incerta certum mihi laborem sustuli, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 9; id. And. 2, 3, 16:

    nuptiae,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 11:

    aetas (puerilis) maxime lubrica atque incerta,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 137:

    itinera,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 37 fin.:

    dominatus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

    status,

    id. ib. 1, 26:

    sedes,

    Sall. C. 6, 1:

    ambiguae testis incertaeque rei,

    Juv. 8, 81:

    comarum Anulus incertā non bene fixus acu,

    not fast, Mart. 2, 66, 2:

    colligere incertos et in ordine ponere crines,

    dishevelled, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 1:

    per incertam lunam sub luce maligna,

    not clearly visible, dim, Verg. A. 6, 270:

    soles,

    id. ib. 3, 203:

    securis,

    that did not strike with a sure blow, id. ib. 2, 224:

    vultus,

    disturbed, uneasy, Sall. J. 106, 2:

    ille vitam suam ad incertissimam spem reservavit,

    Cic. Sest. 22, 50: arbori incertae nullam prudentia cani Rectoris cum ferret opem, the ship uncertain in her course, because no longer obeying the helm, Juv. 12, 32 Halm. — In neutr. ellipt.:

    clauserant portas incertum vi an voluntate,

    Liv. 31, 41, 2; 31, 43, 7 al. — Neutr. as adv. ( poet.):

    incertum vigilans,

    Ov. H. 10, 9; Stat. Th. 5, 212. —
    II.
    Subject., as respects one's perceptions or convictions, not firmly established, uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, dubious (so most freq. in prose and poetry):

    nihil est incertius vulgo,

    Cic. Mur. 17, 36:

    casus,

    id. Or. 28, 98:

    ut alia certa, alia incerta esse dicunt,

    id. Off. 2, 2, 7; cf.: est igitur ridiculum, quod est dubium, id relinquere incertum, id. Mur. 32, 68; and:

    incerta atque dubia,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 9 fin.:

    ut incertis temporibus diversisque itineribus iretur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.; so,

    eventus reliqui temporis,

    Cic. Quint. 26, 83:

    exitus pugnarum,

    id. Mil. 21, 56:

    adulterium,

    Quint. 7, 2, 52:

    auctor,

    id. 5, 11, 41:

    cujus ora puellares faciunt incerta capilli,

    make the sex doubtful, Juv. 15, 137:

    incerta persona heres institui non potest,

    Ulp. Fragm. 22, 4; Gai. Inst. 2, 242; cf. 2, 238.—
    (β).
    With rel. or interrog.-clause:

    nunc mihi incertumst, abeam an maneam,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 19:

    moriendum certe est, et id incertum, an hoc ipso die,

    Cic. Sen. 20, 74; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 27:

    (Gallus) avem, an gentem, an nomen, an fortunam corporis significet, incertum est,

    id. 7, 9, 2:

    confessus est quidem sed incertum, utrum quia verum erat, an quia, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 5:

    neque plane occultati humilitate arborum et tamen incerti, quidnam esset,

    Sall. J. 49, 5 Kritz.— Abl. absol.:

    multi annantes navibus incerto prae tenebris, quid aut peterent aut vitarent, foede interierunt,

    Liv. 28, 36, 12.—
    2.
    Subst.: incer-tum, i, n., an uncertainty:

    quicquid incerti mihi in animo prius aut ambiguum fuit, Nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 69:

    ne cujus incerti vanique auctor esset,

    Liv. 4, 13, 9:

    incerta maris et tempestatum,

    Tac. A. 3, 54:

    incerta fortunae experiri,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 4:

    incerta belli,

    Liv. 30, 2:

    bona, fortunae possessionesque omnium in dubium incertumque revocabuntur,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 76; cf. id. ib. 13, 38:

    Minucius praefectus annonae in incertum creatus,

    for an indefinite time, Liv. 4, 13, 7:

    postremo fugere an manere tutius foret, in incerto erat,

    Sall. J. 38, 5:

    Allobroges diu in incerto habuere, quidnam consilii caperent,

    id. C. 41, 1; cf. id. J. 46, 8:

    imperia ducum in incerto reliquerat,

    Tac. H. 2, 33 fin. —
    B.
    Transf., of a person who is in a state of uncertainty respecting any thing, uncertain, in uncertainty, hesitating, doubtful: quo ego ope mea Pro incertis certos compotesque consili Dimitto, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 188 Vahl.):

    nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscura spe et caeca exspectatione pendere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66; so,

    varius incertusque agitabat,

    Sall. J. 74, 1; Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 3:

    ego certe me incerto scio hoc daturum nemini homini,

    id. As. 2, 4, 60.—
    (β).
    With rel.-clause:

    quid dicam hisce, incertus sum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 36:

    cum incertus essem, ubi esses,

    Cic. Att. 1, 9, 1:

    incerti ignarique, quid potissimum facerent,

    Sall. J. 67, 1:

    incerti quidnam esset,

    id. ib. 49, 5:

    incertus, quonam modo aciem instrueret,

    id. ib. 101, 2:

    incerti, quo fata ferant, ubi sistere detur,

    Verg. A. 3, 7:

    incertus, Geniumne loci famulumne parentis Esse putet,

    id. ib. 5, 95:

    faber, incertus scamnum faceretne Priapum,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 2.—
    (γ).
    With gen. (not in Cic.): summarum rerum incerti, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 187 Vahl.):

    incertusque meae paene salutis eram,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 4:

    sententiae,

    Liv. 4, 57, 3:

    veri,

    id. 4, 23, 3; 1, 27, 6:

    rerum,

    id. 24, 24, 9:

    ultionis,

    Tac. A. 2, 75:

    sui,

    Stat. Th. 5, 525:

    naves incertae locorum, Auct. B. Afr. 7: mox incertus animi, fesso corpore, etc.,

    Tac. A. 6, 46; id. H. 3, 55 fin.:

    futurorum,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 11:

    consilii,

    Curt. 8, 10, 27.—
    (δ).
    With abl.:

    incerti metu,

    Val. Fl. 3, 602.—
    (ε).
    With de and abl.:

    incertus de salute alicujus,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 10.—Hence, adv. in two forms: incertē and incerto (both ante-class.), uncertainly, not certainly, dubiously: incerte errat animus, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 259 Vahl.): vagat exsul, Pac. ap. Non. 467, 25 (Trag. Rel. p. 87 Rib.):

    ubi Habitet dum incerto scio,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 69:

    incerto scio,

    id. Ps. 4, 2, 7:

    incerto autumo,

    id. Ep. 4, 1, 18.

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  • 11 sumptus

    1.
    sumptus, a, um, Part. of sumo.
    2.
    sumptus,, ūs ( gen. sumpti, Cato, R. R. 22, 3; Lucil., Turp., Caecil., and Varr. ap. Non. 484, 30 sq.; Turp. ib. 132, 16; Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. Cas. 2, 7, 2), m. [sumo, II. D.], expense, cost, charge (class.; used alike in sing. and plur.; cf.

    impendium): at tibi tanto sumptui esse mihi molestum'st,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 78:

    quor tu his rebus sumptum suggeris,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 37; 3, 3, 16; 5, 3, 21:

    sine sumptu tuo,

    id. Eun. 5, 8, 46:

    perpetuos sumptus suppeditare, nec solum necessarios, sed etiam liberales,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 42:

    illud te rogo, sumptu ne parcas,

    id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:

    extra modum sumptu et magnificentiā prodire,

    id. Off. 1, 39, 140; cf.:

    sumptus epularum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

    quid sumptūs in eam rem aut laboris insumpserit,

    id. Inv. 2, 38, 113:

    ad incertum casum et eventum certus quotannis labor et certus sumptus impenditur,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

    sumptum in rem militarem facere,

    id. Fam. 12, 30, 4:

    omnino nullus in imperio meo sumptus factus est,

    id. Att. 6, 2, 4:

    nulli sumptūs, nulla jactura,

    id. Cael. 16, 38; cf. id. Att. 5, 21, 5:

    adventus noster nemini ne minimo quidem fuit sumptui,

    id. ib. 5, 14, 2:

    sumptum nusquam melius posse poni,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3:

    exiguus sumptus aedilitatis fuit,

    id. Off. 2, 17, 59:

    quaestores sumptum, quem oportebat dari, non dederunt,

    id. Inv. 2, 29, 87:

    si qui suo sumptu functus esset officio,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 3:

    magnum numerum equitatūs suo sumptu alere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    publico sumptu,

    Liv. 40, 38, 6:

    oppida publico Sumptu decorare,

    Hor. C. 2, 15, 19:

    quom tolerare hujus sumptus non queat,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 33:

    ubi videbit tantos sibi sumptus domi Cottidianos fieri,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 5;

    5, 1, 57: unde in eos sumptus pecunia erogaretur,

    Liv. 1, 20, 5:

    in his immanibus jacturis infinitisque sumptibus,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

    minuendi sunt sumptus,

    id. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

    sumptus, quos in cultum praetorum socii facere soliti erant, circumcisi aut sublati,

    Liv. 32, 27, 4: servi qui opere rustico Faciundo facile sumptum exercerent suum, could pay their expenses, i. e. the cost of keeping them, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 91:

    non amplius in singulas cenas sumptus esse facturos,

    Gell. 2, 24, 2:

    cenarum,

    id. 2, 24, 12; 2, 24, 15.

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  • 12 Terminus

    termĭnus, i, m. (collat. form termo, ōnis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 363 Müll., or Ann. v. 470 and 471 Vahl.; and termen, ĭnis, n., acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; so,

    (BTERMINA DVO STANT,

    Inscr. Orell. 3121) [Sanscr. root tar-, overcome; tīrain, shore, edge; Gr. terma, goal; termôn, border; cf. trans, in-trare], a boundary-line, boundary, bound, limit (syn.: finis, limes, meta).
    I.
    Lit., of local boundaries:

    contentio de terminis,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

    agrorum,

    Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8; Hor. C. 2, 18, 24:

    templi,

    Liv. 45, 5, 7:

    urbis,

    Tac. A. 12, 23; 12, 24 fin.:

    possessionum,

    Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

    vicinitatis,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8:

    Alexandria, in terminis Africae et Aegypti condita,

    Just. 21, 6, 3.—Comically, = membrum virile, Pompon. ap. Non. 146, 24 (Com. Fragm. v. 126 Rib.).— Hence,
    B.
    Personified: Termĭnus, the deity presiding over boundaries, Ov. F. 2, 639 sq.; Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 22; Liv. 1, 55, 3; 5, 54, 7; Hor. C. S. 27; Lact. 1, 20, 38; Fest. p. 368; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 448. —
    II.
    Transf., in gen., a bound, limit, end, term:

    constituendi sunt, qui sint in amicitiā fines, ut quasi termini diligendi,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 56; cf.:

    certos mihi fines terminosque constituam,

    id. Quint. 10, 35:

    oratoris facultatem non illius artis terminis, sed ingeni sui finibus describere,

    id. de Or. 1, 49, 214:

    contentionum,

    id. Fam. 6, 22, 2:

    nullis terminis circumscribere aut definire jus suum,

    id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

    Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes isdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

    id. Cat. 4, 10, 21:

    omnium aetatum certus est terminus, senectutis autem nullus est certus terminus,

    id. Sen. 20, 72:

    vitae,

    id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

    pangere terminos,

    id. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

    termini egestatis,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 13:

    hos terminos dignitati statuo,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 3.

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  • 13 terminus

    termĭnus, i, m. (collat. form termo, ōnis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 363 Müll., or Ann. v. 470 and 471 Vahl.; and termen, ĭnis, n., acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; so,

    (BTERMINA DVO STANT,

    Inscr. Orell. 3121) [Sanscr. root tar-, overcome; tīrain, shore, edge; Gr. terma, goal; termôn, border; cf. trans, in-trare], a boundary-line, boundary, bound, limit (syn.: finis, limes, meta).
    I.
    Lit., of local boundaries:

    contentio de terminis,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

    agrorum,

    Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8; Hor. C. 2, 18, 24:

    templi,

    Liv. 45, 5, 7:

    urbis,

    Tac. A. 12, 23; 12, 24 fin.:

    possessionum,

    Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

    vicinitatis,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8:

    Alexandria, in terminis Africae et Aegypti condita,

    Just. 21, 6, 3.—Comically, = membrum virile, Pompon. ap. Non. 146, 24 (Com. Fragm. v. 126 Rib.).— Hence,
    B.
    Personified: Termĭnus, the deity presiding over boundaries, Ov. F. 2, 639 sq.; Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 22; Liv. 1, 55, 3; 5, 54, 7; Hor. C. S. 27; Lact. 1, 20, 38; Fest. p. 368; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 448. —
    II.
    Transf., in gen., a bound, limit, end, term:

    constituendi sunt, qui sint in amicitiā fines, ut quasi termini diligendi,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 56; cf.:

    certos mihi fines terminosque constituam,

    id. Quint. 10, 35:

    oratoris facultatem non illius artis terminis, sed ingeni sui finibus describere,

    id. de Or. 1, 49, 214:

    contentionum,

    id. Fam. 6, 22, 2:

    nullis terminis circumscribere aut definire jus suum,

    id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

    Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes isdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

    id. Cat. 4, 10, 21:

    omnium aetatum certus est terminus, senectutis autem nullus est certus terminus,

    id. Sen. 20, 72:

    vitae,

    id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

    pangere terminos,

    id. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

    termini egestatis,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 13:

    hos terminos dignitati statuo,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 3.

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  • 14 auctor

        auctor ōris, m, rarely f    [AVG-], a promoter, producer, father, progenitor: auctores generis: mihi Tantalus auctor, O.: auctore ab illo ducit originem, H.: sanguinis, V.—A builder, founder: Troiae, V.: auctor posuisset in oris Moenia, O.— A trustworthy writer, authority: satis certus, L.: valde bonus: iudicia proferre Herodoto auctore: carminis, H.: rerum Romanarum, an historian: auctores citare, L.: sunt qui male pugnatum ab his auctores sint, i. e. who assert, L.—An originator, performer, doer, cause: iniuriae: auctorem odimus, acta defendimus: culpam auctores ad negotia transferunt, S.: nec auctor facinori deerat, L.: volneris, O.: muneris, the giver, O.: quis elegos emiserit auctor, who was the first to produce, H. — A responsible person, authority, narrator, teacher: in philosophiā, Cratippo auctore, versaris, as your teacher: hominibus auctoribus uti, cite as authorities: criminis ficti, O.: auctorem rumorem habere: non sordidus Naturae, H.: de cuius morte Thucydidem auctorem probamus, N.—A voucher, guarantor, security: gravis magnae rei (i. e. testis), L.: non si mihi Iuppiter auctor Spondeat, V.: auctores sumus, tutam ibi maiestatem fore, etc., we vouch for it, L: nubit nullis auctoribus, with no attesting witnesses: quod a malo auctore emisset, i. e. a seller without title: auctor benefici esse, i. e. hold himself responsible for: mulier sine tutore auctore, a guardian as voucher. — An example, model: Latinitatis: dicendi Plato: tui facti, precedent: habeo auctorem, quo facias hoc, H.—A counsellor, adviser, promoter: publici consili, i. e. a statesman: mei reditūs: audendi, who advise boldness, V.: meritorum auctore relictā, deserting the prompter of your exploits, O.: auctor est, ut agere incipiat, advises: mihi ut absim, auctor est: te auctore quod fecisset, under your influence, T.: me duce et auctore, by my influence and advice: idne estis auctores mihi? Do you advise it? T.: Ille populis fuit auctor transferre, etc., O.: regem populus iussit, patres auctores facti, i. e. ratified it, L.: id sic ratum esset, si patres auctores fierent, L.
    * * *
    seller, vendor; originator; historian; authority; proposer, supporter; founder

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  • 15 cernō

        cernō crēvī, certus, ere    [2 CER-], to separate, part, sift: in cribris omnia cavis, O. — Fig., of the sight, to distinguish, discern, make out, perceive, see: si satis cerno, T.: acutum, H.: oculis cerni, N.: quae cernere et videre non possumus: haec coram, to witness, Cs.: coram letum, V.: acies a nostris cernebatur, Cs.: Venus, nulli cernenda, invisible, O.: neque misceri omnia cerneres, S.: cernis ut insultent Rutuli? V.: cernebatur novissimos illorum premi vehementer, Cs.—To see mentally, discern, perceive, comprehend, understand: eas (res) ingenio: ea quae erant vera: amorem, T.: cerno animo acervos civium: fortis animus cernitur, shows itself.—To decide, decree, determine, resolve: quotcumque senatus creverit populusque iusserit: priusquam id sors cerneret, L.: certā sorte, after the lot was decided, L.: Ferro non auro vitam cernamus utrique: cernere ferro, V.: potius germanum amittere crevi quam tibi... deessem, Ct.: pro patriā, S.—In law, with hereditatem, formally to declare oneself heir to, accept, enter upon: quam hereditatem iam crevimus: hereditatem regni, L. — Fig.: fratris amorem cum reliquā hereditate crevisse.
    * * *
    cernere, crevi, cretus V TRANS
    sift, separate, distinguish, discern, resolve, determine; see; examine; decide

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  • 16 certē

        certē adv. with comp.    [certus], really, surely, assuredly, actually, certainly, as a fact: fuit certe id aequum: ea certe vera sunt, admitted facts: qui certius explorata referant, L.: Si reperire vocas amittere certius, O.: o dea certe, V.: Certe edepol nutricem video, T. — Esp., in answers: estne hic ipsus? et certe is est, T.: num is est Cluentius? certe non est. — In confirmation, no doubt, of course, certainly: venerat, ut opinor, haec res in iudicium. Certe: atqui vis in foro versata est. Certe, admitted.—Of belief, without doubt, with assurance, confidently, surely, certainly: iste certe statuerat non adesse: de casu Cottae certius ex captivis cognoscit, Cs.—With scio, to have no doubt, be sure: ex litteris certe scire potuistis: (legiones) comprobaturas esse certe scio. — Ironic.: Regium certe genus Maeret, no doubt, H.: credo fore qui... inponant, certe quibus videtur, etc., men who no doubt think, etc., S.—Restrictive, at least, yet certainly, but surely: Si non ipsā re tibi istuc dolet, simulare certe est hominis, T.: res fortasse verae, certe graves: desilite, milites... ego certe meum officium praestitero, Cs.: quo quid sit beatius, mihi certe in mentem venire non potest: si tibi fortuna non dedit... at natura certe dedit: maior haec praeda, sed illa impudentia certe non minor: hoc vero edictum certe silentio non potest praeteriri: vestrae quidem certe vitae prospiciam, Cs. (quidem emphasizes the preceding word, while certe belongs to the whole clause): bona femina, locuples quidem certe: sed alias ubi sit animus; certe quidem in te est (quidem emphasizes certe).
    * * *
    surely, certainly, without doubt, really; at least/any rate, in all events

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  • 17 certō

        certō adv.    [certus], with certainty, certainly, surely, of a truth, in fact, really: nihil ita exspectare quasi certo futurum: ego rus abituram me esse certo decrevi, T.—With scio, I know fully, it is beyond doubt: hoc certo scio, aiebat, etc., T.: haec omnia facta esse certo scio.
    * * *
    I
    certare, certavi, certatus V
    vie (with), contest, contend/struggle (at law/politics), dispute; fight, strive
    II
    certius, certissime ADV
    certainly, definitely, really, for certain/a fact, truly; surely, firmly

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  • 18 certō

        certō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [certus], to match, vie with, fight, contend, struggle, combat, do battle: armis cum hoste, an venenis?: pugnis, calcibus: proelio, S.: de salute, Ta.: de ambiguo agro bello, L.: acie, V.: animis iniquis, V.: in Bruti salute certatur: maximā vi certatur, S. — Fig., to contend, struggle, strive: inter se quo iure certarent: in centumvirali iudicio: provocatione, L.: si quid se iudice certes, H.: foro si res certabitur olim, be tried, H.: cui (multae) certandae cum dies advenisset, L.: certata lite deorum Ambracia, the subject of arbitration, O.: quicum omni ratione certandum sit: (carmina) certantia iudice Tarpā, recited in competition, H. — To contend, compete, wrestle, struggle, strive, vie, match: cursu cum aequalibus, S.: si nautae certarent, quis eorum potissimum gubernaret: dic, mecum quo pignore certes (in music), V.: Carmine vilem ob hircum, H.: solus tibi certat Amyntas, is your only rival, V.: Certent et cycnis ululae, V.—With inf: Phoebum superare canendo, V.: aequales certat superare legendo (violas), O.: inter se eruere quercum, V.: praedas certantes agere, with all their might, S.: Avidi gloriae certantes murum petere, striving to outdo one another, S.—Fig., to compete, vie, emulate, rival: Benedictis si certasset, T.: cum civibus de virtute, S.: cum aliorum improbitate: contumaciā adversus nobiles, L.: vobiscum de amore rei p.: virtute oportere, non genere certari.—Poet.: viridique certat Baca Venafro, H.: decerpens Certantem uvam purpurae, H.: (hunc) tergeminis tollere honoribus (i. e. tollendo), H.
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    certare, certavi, certatus V
    vie (with), contest, contend/struggle (at law/politics), dispute; fight, strive
    II
    certius, certissime ADV
    certainly, definitely, really, for certain/a fact, truly; surely, firmly

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  • 19 certum

        certum adv.;    see certus.
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    that which is fixed/regular/definite/specified/certain/fact/reliable/settled

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  • 20 cōnsilium

        cōnsilium ī, n    [com- + 2 SAL-], a council, body of counsellors, deliberative assembly: senatum, orbis terrae consilium: senatūs: Iovis, H.: consilium viribus parat, L.: publicum, i. e. a court of justice: hac re ad consilium delatā, a council of war, Cs.: sine consiliis per se solus, without advisers, L.: Illa Numae coniunx consiliumque fuit, counsellor, O.—Deliberation, consultation, considering together, counsel: capere unā tecum, T.: summis de rebus habere, V.: quasi vero consili sit res, ac non, etc., a question for discussion, Cs.: arbitrium negavit sui esse consili, for him to decide, N.: quid efficere possis, tui consili est, for you to consider: nihil quod maioris consili esset: nocturna, S.: in consilio est aedilibus, admitted to the counsels, Iu.—A conclusion, determination, resolution, measure, plan, purpose, intention, design, policy: unum totius Galliae, Cs.: callidum, T.: arcanum, H.: saluberrima, Ta.: adeundae Syriae, Cs.: consili participes, S.: superioris temporis, former policy, Cs.: consilium expedire, resolve promptly, L.: certus consili, in purpose, Ta.: incertus consilii, T., Cu.: Consilia in melius referre, change her policy, V.: quod consilium dabatur? resource, V.: unde consilium afuerit culpam abesse, L.: eo consilio, uti, etc., their object being, Cs.: quo consilio huc imus? T.: omnes uno consilio, with one accord, Cs.: cum suo quisque consilio uteretur, pursued his own course, Cs.: publico factum consilio, by the state, Cs.: alqm interficere publico consilio, i. e. by legal process, Cs.: privato consilio exercitūs comparare, on their own account: audax, L.: fidele: sapiens, O.: plenum sceleris.—In phrases with capere or suscipere, to form a purpose, plan, resolve, decide, determine: neque, quid nunc consili capiam, scio, De virgine, T.: legionis opprimendae consilium capere, Cs.: obprimundae rei p., S.: hominis fortunas evertere: ex oppido profugere, Cs.: consilium ceperunt, ut, etc.: capit consilium, ut nocte iret, L.—With inire, to form a plan, resolve, conspire, determine: inita sunt consilia urbis delendae: iniit consilia reges tollere, N.: consilia inibat, quem ad modum discederet, Cs.: de recuperandā libertate consilium initum, Cs.—With est, it is intended, I purpose: non est consilium, pater, I don't mean to, T.: non fuit consilium otium conterere, S.: ea uti deseram, non est consilium, S.: quibus id consili fuisse cognoverint, ut, etc., who had formed the plan, etc., Cs.: quid sui consili sit, ostendit, Cs.—In war, a plan, device, stratagem: consilia cuiusque modi Gallorum, Cs.: tali consilio pro fligavit hostīs, N.: Britannorum in ipsos versum, Ta.: te consilium Praebente, H.—Counsel, advice: recta consilia aegrotis damus, T.: fidele: lene, H.: consilio uti tuo, take your advice: consilium dedimus Sullae, ut, etc., Iu. — Understanding, judgment, wisdom, sense, penetration, prudence, discretion: neque consili satis habere: a consilio principum dissidere: res forte quam consilio melius gestae, S.: Simul consilium cum re amisti? T.: pari consilio uti: vir consili magni, Cs.: plus in animo consili, L.: catervae Consiliis iuvenis revictae, H.: tam nulli consili, T.: tam expers consili: misce stultitiam consiliis brevem, H.: consilii inopes ignes, indiscreet, O.: vis consili expers, H.
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    debate/discussion/deliberation/consultation; advice/counsel/suggestion; adviser; decision/resolution; intention/purpose/policy/plan/action; diplomacy/strategy; deliberative/advisory body; state council, senate; jury; board of assessors; intelligence, sense, capacity for judgment/invention; mental ability; choice

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