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1 emungo

ē-mungo, nxi, nctum, 3 ( perf. sync. emunxti, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 60, followed by emunxisti), v. a., to wipe or blow the nose.
I.
Lit.:
se,
Auct. Her. 4, 54; Auct. ap. Suet. Vit. Hor.—Also mid.: ut neque spuerent neque emungerentur, Varr. ap. Non. 481, 18:
emungeris,
Juv. 6, 147.—
II.
Transf.
A.
In gen.:
tu ut oculos emungare ex capite per nasum tuos,
i. e. that your eyes may be knocked out, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 39: Aesopus naris emunctae senex, clean-nosed, i. e. of nice discernment, keen, acute, Phaedr. 3, 3, 14; so,
emunctae naris (Lucilius),
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8; cf.:
limati quidam (Attici) et emuncti,
i. e. fine, delicate, Quint. 12, 10, 17.—
B.
In partic., in the comic writers like the Gr. apomussein (v. Lidd. and Scott sub h. v.), to cheat one out of his money:
auro emunctus,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15; cf.:
emunxi argento senes,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 1; Lucil. ap. Non. 36, 19;
and simply, aliquem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 50; id. Ep. 3, 4, 58; id. Most. 5, 1, 60 sq.; Poëta ap. Cic. Lael. 26, 99; Hor. A. P. 238.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > emungo
2 frustra

frustrā ( - tră, Prud. steph. 1, 13), adv. [orig. acc. plur. neutr., afterwards abl. sing. fem. of frusterus, for frud-; v. fraus; hence].
I.
In deception, in error (so mostly anteclass. and in historians;
not in Cic. and Caes.): ambo, et servus et era, frustra sunt duo, Qui me Amphitruonem rentur esse: errant probe,
are deceived, in error, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 19; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 7, 42:
nunc, mulier, nei frustra sies, mea non es: ne arbitrere,
id. Merc. 3, 1, 30:
quo mihi acrius annitendum est, ut neque vos capiamini, et illi frustra sint,
Sall. J. 85, 6:
frustra esse,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 74: hilarus est;
frustrast homo,
id. Most. 3, 1, 40 Lorenz:
ne frustra sis,
id. Men. 4, 3, 18 sq.; id. Mil. 5, 29 al.; cf. in the foll. II. A.—With animi:
erras, Aemiliane, et longe hujus animi frustra es,
App. Mag. p. 286.—Frustra habere aliquem, to deceive, cheat one (= eludere):
Corbulo quaesito diu proelio frustra habitus,
Tac. A. 13, 37; 51:
si Persae frustra habitae redissent ad sua,
Amm. 18, 6, 6: servom ac dominum, Plaut. Am. argument. 5.— [p. 786]
II.
Transf., according as particular respect is had to the effect, the aim, or the reason of an action, without effect, to no purpose, without cause, uselessly, in vain, for nothing (freq. and class.; the predom. signif. in prose and poetry; cf.: in cassum, nequiquam).
A.
Without effect, in vain:
alii parasiti frustra obambulabant in foro, i. e. they got no dinner,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 31:
praesagibat mihi animus, frustra me ire, quom exibam domo,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 1: nemo dabit;
frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,
Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 53:
frustra operam opinor sumo,
id. Heaut. 4, 3, 15:
neque ipse auxilium suum saepe a viris bonis frustra implorari patietur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:
haec si verbis explicare conemur, frustra suscipiatur labor,
id. Univ. 10:
fortissima frustra pectora,
Verg. A. 1, 348; 5, 389:
multum frustraque rogatus,
Luc. 4, 735:
peritura frustra agmina,
id. 7, 736; Ov. M. 8, 140:
frustra telum mittere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 25, 1:
frustra tantum laborem sumere,
id. ib. 3, 14, 1:
cujus neque consilium neque inceptum ullum frustra erat,
Sall. J. 7, 6 Kritz.; ib. 14, 11 Dietsch; 61, 1; 71, 5; 73 fin. al.; cf.:
ita frustra id inceptum Volscis fuit,
Liv. 2, 25, 2:
neque frustrabor ultra cives meos, neque ipse frustra dictator ero,
id. 2, 31, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 2:
frustra cruento Marte carebimus, frustra metuemus Austrum: Visendus ater Cocytus, etc.,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 13 and 15:
nam frustra vitium vitaveris illud, si te alio pravum detorseris,
id. S. 2, 2, 54:
tam frustra (expressere) quam recusaverat (= aeque frustra fuit et sine eventu),
likewise without effect, Tac. H. 2, 90 fin. (see the passage in conn.).—With nequiquam, Cat. 77, 1; App. M. 8, p. 208, 40.—With sic: ego astabo hic tantisper cum hac forma et factis sic frustra; cf. Gr. houtôs allôs, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30.—In a pun with frustra esse (v. supra, I.) and frustrari: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, quom frustra'st, frustra illum dicit frustra esse. Nam qui se frustrari quem frustra sentit, Qui frustratur, frustra'st, si ille non est frustra, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 33, p. 158 sq. Vahl.).—
2.
Ellipt.:
equites et auxiliarios pedites in omnes partes mittit... Nec frustra. Nam, etc.,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 3; so,
frustra: nam, etc.,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 21; Flor. 4, 11, 9.—
B.
Without reason or cause, groundlessly:
frustra ac sine causa quid facere indignum deo est,
Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:
frustra tempus contero,
id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:
quae disputatio ne frustra haberetur,
id. Rep. 1, 7:
quae (res) prima impulit etiam, ut suspiceremus in caelum nec frustra siderum motus intueremur,
id. ib. 3, 2; 4, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; id. Fin. 2, 12, 36; v. Madv. ad h. l. p. 210: non igitur frustra Plato civili viro, quem politikon vocant, necessariam musicen credidit, Quint. 1, 10, 15; 10, 1, 56:
ut multi, nec frustra, opinantur,
Suet. Oth. 9:
ne quid inexpertum frustra moritura relinquat,
Verg. A. 4, 415 Forbig. ad loc.—
2.
Ellipt.:
hanc quidam aposiopesin putant. Frustra. Nam, etc.,
Quint. 9, 3, 60.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > frustra
3 frutra

frustrā ( - tră, Prud. steph. 1, 13), adv. [orig. acc. plur. neutr., afterwards abl. sing. fem. of frusterus, for frud-; v. fraus; hence].
I.
In deception, in error (so mostly anteclass. and in historians;
not in Cic. and Caes.): ambo, et servus et era, frustra sunt duo, Qui me Amphitruonem rentur esse: errant probe,
are deceived, in error, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 19; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 7, 42:
nunc, mulier, nei frustra sies, mea non es: ne arbitrere,
id. Merc. 3, 1, 30:
quo mihi acrius annitendum est, ut neque vos capiamini, et illi frustra sint,
Sall. J. 85, 6:
frustra esse,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 74: hilarus est;
frustrast homo,
id. Most. 3, 1, 40 Lorenz:
ne frustra sis,
id. Men. 4, 3, 18 sq.; id. Mil. 5, 29 al.; cf. in the foll. II. A.—With animi:
erras, Aemiliane, et longe hujus animi frustra es,
App. Mag. p. 286.—Frustra habere aliquem, to deceive, cheat one (= eludere):
Corbulo quaesito diu proelio frustra habitus,
Tac. A. 13, 37; 51:
si Persae frustra habitae redissent ad sua,
Amm. 18, 6, 6: servom ac dominum, Plaut. Am. argument. 5.— [p. 786]
II.
Transf., according as particular respect is had to the effect, the aim, or the reason of an action, without effect, to no purpose, without cause, uselessly, in vain, for nothing (freq. and class.; the predom. signif. in prose and poetry; cf.: in cassum, nequiquam).
A.
Without effect, in vain:
alii parasiti frustra obambulabant in foro, i. e. they got no dinner,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 31:
praesagibat mihi animus, frustra me ire, quom exibam domo,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 1: nemo dabit;
frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,
Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 53:
frustra operam opinor sumo,
id. Heaut. 4, 3, 15:
neque ipse auxilium suum saepe a viris bonis frustra implorari patietur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:
haec si verbis explicare conemur, frustra suscipiatur labor,
id. Univ. 10:
fortissima frustra pectora,
Verg. A. 1, 348; 5, 389:
multum frustraque rogatus,
Luc. 4, 735:
peritura frustra agmina,
id. 7, 736; Ov. M. 8, 140:
frustra telum mittere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 25, 1:
frustra tantum laborem sumere,
id. ib. 3, 14, 1:
cujus neque consilium neque inceptum ullum frustra erat,
Sall. J. 7, 6 Kritz.; ib. 14, 11 Dietsch; 61, 1; 71, 5; 73 fin. al.; cf.:
ita frustra id inceptum Volscis fuit,
Liv. 2, 25, 2:
neque frustrabor ultra cives meos, neque ipse frustra dictator ero,
id. 2, 31, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 2:
frustra cruento Marte carebimus, frustra metuemus Austrum: Visendus ater Cocytus, etc.,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 13 and 15:
nam frustra vitium vitaveris illud, si te alio pravum detorseris,
id. S. 2, 2, 54:
tam frustra (expressere) quam recusaverat (= aeque frustra fuit et sine eventu),
likewise without effect, Tac. H. 2, 90 fin. (see the passage in conn.).—With nequiquam, Cat. 77, 1; App. M. 8, p. 208, 40.—With sic: ego astabo hic tantisper cum hac forma et factis sic frustra; cf. Gr. houtôs allôs, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30.—In a pun with frustra esse (v. supra, I.) and frustrari: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, quom frustra'st, frustra illum dicit frustra esse. Nam qui se frustrari quem frustra sentit, Qui frustratur, frustra'st, si ille non est frustra, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 33, p. 158 sq. Vahl.).—
2.
Ellipt.:
equites et auxiliarios pedites in omnes partes mittit... Nec frustra. Nam, etc.,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 3; so,
frustra: nam, etc.,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 21; Flor. 4, 11, 9.—
B.
Without reason or cause, groundlessly:
frustra ac sine causa quid facere indignum deo est,
Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:
frustra tempus contero,
id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:
quae disputatio ne frustra haberetur,
id. Rep. 1, 7:
quae (res) prima impulit etiam, ut suspiceremus in caelum nec frustra siderum motus intueremur,
id. ib. 3, 2; 4, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; id. Fin. 2, 12, 36; v. Madv. ad h. l. p. 210: non igitur frustra Plato civili viro, quem politikon vocant, necessariam musicen credidit, Quint. 1, 10, 15; 10, 1, 56:
ut multi, nec frustra, opinantur,
Suet. Oth. 9:
ne quid inexpertum frustra moritura relinquat,
Verg. A. 4, 415 Forbig. ad loc.—
2.
Ellipt.:
hanc quidam aposiopesin putant. Frustra. Nam, etc.,
Quint. 9, 3, 60.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > frutra
4 peratim

pērātim, adv. [pera], by bags or wallets:
peratim ductare,
i. e. to cheat one out of the money in his wallet, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 15.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > peratim
5 verbum

verbum ī, n [cf. ρ)ῆμα; Eng. word], a word: pro his facit verba, speaks, Cs.: quod ego in senatu Graeco verba fecissem, had spoken: libenter verbo utor Catonis (i. e. origines): usitatius hoc verbum et tritius: si pudor, si modestia, si uno verbo temperantia, in a word: verba rebus impressit, i. e. names: contumelia verborum, abusive language, Cs.: verborum delectus, choice of language: multis verbis ultro citroque habitis, much talk on both sides: accusare verbis tribus, in three words: (dies) per quem tria verba silentur, i. e. the praetor's voice (in the official words do, dico, addico), O.—Prov.: verba flunt mortuo, i. e. that is idle talk, T.— Abl sing. adverb., briefly, in one word, by a word: postquam Caesar dicendi finem fecit, ceteri verbo alius alii varie adsentiebantur, S.: verbo de sententiā destitisti, at one word from me.—Orally, by speech: aut verbo adsentiebatur, aut pedibus in sententiam ibat, L.— Abl plur. with poss. pron., or gen, in the name of, in behalf of, for: si uxori tuae meis verbis eris gratulatus, for me: denuntiatum Fabio senatūs verbis, ne, etc., L.—In the phrase, uno verbo, in one word, in a word, briefly: Quin tu uno verbo dic, quid, etc., T.: praetores, praetorios, tribunos plebis... unoque verbo rem p., etc.—In phrases to express exact correspondence, verbum e verbo, precisely, exactly, literally: quae Graeci pa/thh appellant, ego poteram morbos, et id verbum esset e verbo.—Of a passage or work, translated or copied, ad verbum, verbum de verbo, verbum pro verbo, or verbum verbo, literally, word for word: fabellae Latinae ad verbum de Graecis expressae: verbum de verbo expressum extulit, T.: verbum pro verbo reddere: verbum verbo reddere, H.—In the phrase, verbi causā or verbi gratiā, for the sake of example, for example, for instance: si quis, verbi causā, oriente Caniculā natus est: quo die verbi causā esse oporteret Idūs.—A saying, expression, phrase, sentence: vetus verbum hoc quidemst, etc., an old saying, T.: quod verbum in pectus Iugurthae altius descendit, S.—Mere talk, mere words: dolor est malum, existimatio, dedecus, infamia verba atque ineptiae, empty words: verborum sonitus inanis.— Abl adv., verbally, in words, nominally: Ut beneficium verbis initum nunc re comprobes, T.: in quibus (civitatibus) verbo sunt liberi omnes, in name.—Hence, the phrase, verba dare, to give mere words, deceive, cheat: Quoi verba dare difficile est, T.: vel verba mihi dari facile patior in hoc: curis dare verba, i. e. to beguile, O.—In grammar, a verb.
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verbi N N

word; proverb

verba dare alicui -- cheat/deceive someone

Latin-English dictionary > verbum
6 data

1.
do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre (also in a longer form, dănunt = dant, Pac., Naev., and Caecil. ap. Non. 97, 14 sq.; Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 48; id. Ps. 3, 1, 1 et saep.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 12 Müll.— Subj.:
duim = dem,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 38:
duis,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 81; id. Men. 2, 1, 42:
duas = des,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 67; id. Rud. 5, 3, 12; an old formula in Liv. 10, 19:
duit,
Plaut. As. 2, 4, 54; id. Aul. 1, 1, 23; an old formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.:
duint,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 126; id. Ps. 4, 1, 25; id. Trin. 2, 4, 35; Ter. And. 4, 1, 43; id. Phorm. 3, 2, 34 al.— Imper.: DVITOR, XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 21, 3, 5 ex conject.—Inf.: DASI = dari, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 13 Müll.:
dane = dasne,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 22.—The pres. pass., first pers., dor, does not occur), v. a. [Sanscr. dā, da-dā-mi, give; Gr. di-dô-mi, dôtêr, dosis; cf.: dos, donum, damnum], to give; and hence, with the greatest variety of application, passing over into the senses of its compounds, derivatives, and synonyms (edere, tradere, dedere; reddere, donare, largiri, concedere, exhibere, porrigere, praestare, impertire, suppeditare, ministrare, subministrare, praebere, tribuere, offerre, etc.), as, to give away, grant, concede, allow, permit; give up, yield, resign; bestow, present, confer, furnish, afford; offer, etc. (very freq.).
I.
In gen.:
eam carnem victoribus danunt, Naev. ap. Non. l. l.: ea dona, quae illic Amphitruoni sunt data,
Plaut. Am. prol. 138; cf.:
patera, quae dono mi illic data'st,
id. ib. 1, 3, 36:
dandis recipiendisque meritis,
Cic. Lael. 8; cf.:
ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum,
id. ib. 16, 58: ut obsides accipere non dare consuerint, Caes. B. G. 1, 4 fin.:
obsides,
id. ib. 1, 19, 1;
1, 31, 7 et saep.: patriam (sc. mundum) dii nobis communem secum dederunt,
Cic. Rep. 1, 13:
hominibus animus datus est ex illis sempiternis ignibus,
id. ib. 6, 15; cf. ib. 6, 17:
ea dant magistratus magis, quae etiamsi nolint, danda sint,
id. ib. 1, 31; cf.
imperia,
id. ib. 1, 44:
centuria, ad summum usum urbis fabris tignariis data,
id. ib. 2, 22:
Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi, ut servitio, colendos dedit,
id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:
ei filiam suam in matrimonium dat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 5:
litteras ad te numquam habui cui darem, quin dederim,
Cic. Fam. 12, 19: litteras (ad aliquem), to write to one, saep.; cf. id. Att. 5, 11;
and in the same signif.: aliquid ad aliquem,
id. ib. 10, 8 fin.:
litteras alicui, said of the writer,
to give one a letter to deliver, id. ib. 5, 15 fin.;
of the bearer, rarely,
to deliver a letter to one, id. ib. 5, 4 init.: colloquium dare, to join in a conference, converse ( poet.), Lucr. 4, 598 (Lachm.;
al. videmus): colloquiumque sua fretus ab urbe dedit,
parley, challenge, Prop. 5, 10, 32:
dare poenas,
to give satisfaction, to suffer punishment, Sall. C. 18:
alicui poenas dare,
to make atonement to any one; to suffer for any thing, Ov. M. 6, 544; Sall. C. 51, 31;
v. poena: decus sibi datum esse justitia regis existimabant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 41:
quoniam me quodammodo invitas et tui spem das,
id. ib. 1, 10:
dabant hae feriae tibi opportunam sane facultatem ad explicandas tuas litteras,
id. ib. 1, 9; cf.:
ansas alicui ad reprehendendum,
id. Lael. 16, 59:
multas causas suspicionum offensionumque,
id. ib. 24:
facultatem per provinciam itineris faciundi,
Caes. B. G. 1, 7, 5;
for which: iter alicui per provinciam,
id. ib. 1, 8, 3; Liv. 8, 5; 21, 20 al.:
modicam libertatem populo,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31:
consilium,
id. Lael. 13:
praecepta,
id. ib. 4 fin.:
tempus alicui, ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 3:
inter se fidem et jusjurandum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3 fin.:
operam,
to bestow labor and pains on any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 55:
operam virtuti,
id. Lael. 22, 84;
also: operam, ne,
id. ib. 21, 78:
veniam amicitiae,
id. ib. 17:
vela (ventis),
to set sail, id. de Or. 2, 44, 187:
dextra vela dare,
to steer towards the right, Ov. 3, 640:
me librum L. Cossinio ad te perferendum dedisse,
Cic. Att. 2, 1:
sin homo amens diripiendam urbem daturus est,
id. Fam. 14, 14 et saep.: ita dat se res, so it is circumstanced, so it is, Poëta ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 26; cf.:
prout tempus ac res se daret,
Liv. 28, 5 et saep.— Impers.: sic datur, so it goes, such is fate, i. e. you have your reward, Plaut. Truc. 4, 8, 4; id. Ps. 1, 2, 22; id. Men. 4, 2, 40; 64; id. Stich. 5, 6, 5.— Part. perf. sometimes (mostly in poets) subst.: dăta, ōrum, n., gifts, presents, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 72; Prop. 3, 15, 6 (4, 14, 6 M.); Ov. M. 6, 363 (but not in Cic. Clu. 24, 66, where dona data belong together, as in the archaic formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.:
DATVM DONVM DVIT, P. R. Q.).— Prov.: dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus,
Mart. 5, 81, 2; cf.:
dat census honores,
Ov. F. 1, 217.—
(β).
Poet. with inf.:
da mihi frui perpetuā virginitate,
allow me, Ov. M. 1, 486; id. ib. 8, 350:
di tibi dent captā classem reducere Trojā,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 191; so id. ib. 1, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 16, 61; id. A. P. 323 et saep.—
(γ).
With ne:
da, femina ne sim,
Ov. M. 12, 202.
II.
In partic.
A.
In milit. lang.
1.
Nomina, to enroll one's self for military service, to enlist, Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 13; Liv. 2, 24; 5, 10; cf.
transf. beyond the military sphere,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 38.—
2.
Manus (lit., as a prisoner of war, to stretch forth the hands to be fettered; cf. Cic. Lael. 26, 99;
hence),
to yield, surrender, Nep. Ham. 1, 4;
and more freq. transf. beyond the milit. sphere,
to yield, acquiesce, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72; Cic. Lael. 26, 99; id. Att. 2, 22, 2; Caes. B. G. 5, 31, 3; Ov. H. 4, 14; id. F. 3, 688; Verg. A. 11, 568; Hor. Epod. 17, 1 al.—
3.
Terga, for the usual vertere terga; v. tergum.—
B.
To grant, consent, permit.
1.
Esp. in jurid. lang.: DO, DICO, ADDICO, the words employed by the praetor in the execution of his office; viz. DO in the granting of judges, actions, exceptions, etc.; DICO in pronouncing sentence of judgment; ADDICO in adjudging the property in dispute to one or the other party; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 30 Müll.;
hence called tria verba,
Ov. F. 1, 47.—
2.
Datur, it is permitted, allowed, granted; with subj. clause: quaesitis diu terris, ubi sistere detur, Ov. M. 1, 307:
interim tamen recedere sensim datur,
Quint. 11, 3, 127:
ex quo intellegi datur, etc.,
Lact. 5, 20, 11.—
C.
In philos. lang., to grant a proposition:
in geometria prima si dederis, danda sunt omnia: dato hoc, dandum erit illud (followed by concede, etc.),
Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83; id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25; id. Inv. 1, 31 fin. —
D.
Designating the limit, to put, place, carry somewhere; and with se, to betake one's self somewhere:
tum genu ad terram dabo,
to throw, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17; cf.:
aliquem ad terram,
Liv. 31, 37; Flor. 4, 2 fin.:
me haec deambulatio ad languorem dedit!
has fatigued me, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 3:
hanc mihi in manum dat,
id. And. 1, 5, 62:
praecipitem me in pistrinum dabit,
id. ib. 1, 3, 9:
hostes in fugam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 51 fin.:
hostem in conspectum,
to bring to view, Liv. 3, 69 fin.:
aliquem in vincula,
to cast into prison, Flor. 3, 10, 18; cf.:
arma in profluentes,
id. 4, 12, 9:
aliquem usque Sicanium fretum,
Val. Fl. 2, 28:
aliquem leto,
to put to death, to kill, Phaedr. 1, 22, 9:
se in viam,
to set out on a journey, Cic. Fam. 14, 12:
sese in fugam,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 43 fin.; cf.:
se fugae,
id. Att. 7, 23, 2:
Socrates, quam se cumque in partem dedisset, omnium fuit facile princeps,
id. de Or. 3, 16, 60 et saep.—
E.
Designating the effect, to cause, make, bring about, inflict, impose:
qui dederit damnum aut malum,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 116:
nec consulto alteri damnum dari sine dolo malo potest,
Cic. Tull. 14, 34; 16, 39; cf.:
malum dare,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 122:
hoc quī occultari facilius credas dabo,
Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 29:
inania duro vulnera dat ferro,
Ov. M. 3, 84:
morsus,
Prop. 5, 5, 39; cf.:
motus dare,
to impart motion, Lucr. 1, 819 al. (but motus dare, to make motion, to move, be moved, id. 2, 311):
stragem,
id. 1, 288:
equitum ruinas,
to overthrow, id. 5, 1329.—With part. fut. pass.:
pectora tristitiae dissolvenda dedit,
caused to be delivered from sadness, Tib. 1, 7, 40.—
Prov.: dant animos vina,
Ov. M. 12, 242. —
F.
Aliquid alicui, to do any thing for the sake of another; to please or humor another; to give up, sacrifice any thing to another (for the more usual condonare): da hoc illi mortuae, da ceteris amicis ac familiaribus, da patriae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5 fin.: aliquid auribus alicujus, Trebon. ib. 12, 16:
Caere hospitio Vestalium cultisque diis,
Liv. 7, 20:
plus stomacho quam consilio,
Quint. 10, 1, 117 et saep.:
ut concessisti illum senatui, sic da hunc populo,
i. e. forgive him, for the sake of the people, Cic. Lig. 12, 37:
dabat et famae, ut, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7.—Hence,
b.
Se alicui, to give one's self up wholly, to devote, dedicate one's self to a person or thing, to serve:
dedit se etiam regibus,
Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4; so Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 10; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 10; Poëta ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; Nep. Att. 9; Tac. A. 1, 31:
mihi si large volantis ungula se det equi,
Stat. Silv, 2, 2, 38; 1, 1, 42; 5, 3, 71 al.; Aus. Mosel. 5, 448; cf. Ov. H. 16, 161:
se et hominibus Pythagoreis et studiis illis,
Cic. Rep. 1, 111:
se sermonibus vulgi,
id. ib. 6, 23:
se jucunditati,
id. Off. 1, 34 al.:
se populo ac coronae,
to present one's self, appear, id. Verr. 2, 3, 19; cf.:
se convivio,
Suet. Caes. 31 et saep.:
si se dant (judices) et sua sponte quo impellimus inclinant,
Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187.—
G.
Of discourse, to announce, tell, relate, communicate (like accipere, for to learn, to hear, v. accipio, II.; mostly ante-class. and poet.):
erili filio hanc fabricam dabo,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 132:
quam ob rem has partes didicerim, paucis dabo,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 10; cf. Verg. E. 1, 19:
imo etiam dabo, quo magis credas,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 37:
da mihi nunc, satisne probas?
Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10:
Thessalici da bella ducis,
Val. Fl. 5, 219:
is datus erat locus colloquio,
appointed, Liv. 33, 13:
fixa canens... Saepe dedit sedem notas mutantibus urbes,
i. e. foretold, promised, Luc. 5, 107.—In pass., poet. i. q.: narratur, dicitur, fertur, etc., is said:
seu pius Aeneas eripuisse datur,
Ov. F. 6, 434; Stat. Th. 7, 315; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 337.—
H.
Fabulam, to exhibit, produce a play (said of the author; cf.:
docere fabulam, agere fabulam),
Cic. Brut. 18 fin.; id. Tusc. 1, 1 fin.; Ter. Eun. prol. 9; 23; id. Heaut. prol. 33; id. Hec. prol. 1 Don.;
and transf.,
Cic. Clu. 31, 84; cf.
also: dare foras librum = edere,
Cic. Att. 13, 22, 3.—
I.
Verba (alicui), to give [p. 605] empty words, i. e. to deceive, cheat, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 25; id. Ps. 4, 5, 7; id. Rud. 2, 2, 19; Ter. And. 1, 3, 6 Ruhnk.; Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 24; Cic. Phil. 13, 16 fin.; id. Att. 15, 16 A.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 22; Pers. 4, 45; Mart. 2, 76 et saep.—
K.
Alicui aliquid (laudi, crimini, vitio, etc.), to impute, assign, ascribe, attribute a thing to any one, as a merit, a crime, a fault, etc.:
nunc quam rem vitio dent, quaeso animum attendite,
Ter. And. prol. 8:
hoc vitio datur,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 64:
inopiā criminum summam laudem Sex. Roscio vitio et culpae dedisse,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Off. 1, 21, 71; 2, 17, 58; id. Div. in Caecil. 10; id. Brut. 80, 277 et saep.—
L.
Alicui cenam, epulas, etc., to give one a dinner, entertain at table (freq.):
qui cenam parasitis dabit,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 2; 3, 1, 35; id. Stich. 4, 1, 8; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 45; Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2; id. Mur. 36, 75:
prandium dare,
id. ib. 32, 67; cf. Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 1; Tac. A. 2, 57 al.—
M.
To grant, allow, in gen. (rare, but freq. as impers.; v. B. 2. supra):
dari sibi diem postulabat,
a respite, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 32.
2.
- do, -dāre ( obsol., found only in the compounds, abdo, condo, abscondo, indo, etc.), 1, v. a. [Sanscr. root dhā-, da-dhāmi, set, put, place; Gr. the-, tithêmi; Ger. thun, thue, that; Eng. do, deed, etc.]. This root is distinct from 1. do, Sanscr. dā, in most of the Arian langg.; cf. Pott. Etym. Forsch. 2, 484; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 410;
but in Italy the two seem to have been confounded, at least in compounds,
Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 254 sq.; cf. Max Müller, Science of Lang. Ser. 2, p. 220, N. Y. ed.; Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 100.
3.
do, acc. of domus, v. domus init.

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1.
do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre (also in a longer form, dănunt = dant, Pac., Naev., and Caecil. ap. Non. 97, 14 sq.; Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 48; id. Ps. 3, 1, 1 et saep.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 12 Müll.— Subj.:
duim = dem,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 38:
duis,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 81; id. Men. 2, 1, 42:
duas = des,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 67; id. Rud. 5, 3, 12; an old formula in Liv. 10, 19:
duit,
Plaut. As. 2, 4, 54; id. Aul. 1, 1, 23; an old formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.:
duint,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 126; id. Ps. 4, 1, 25; id. Trin. 2, 4, 35; Ter. And. 4, 1, 43; id. Phorm. 3, 2, 34 al.— Imper.: DVITOR, XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 21, 3, 5 ex conject.—Inf.: DASI = dari, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 13 Müll.:
dane = dasne,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 22.—The pres. pass., first pers., dor, does not occur), v. a. [Sanscr. dā, da-dā-mi, give; Gr. di-dô-mi, dôtêr, dosis; cf.: dos, donum, damnum], to give; and hence, with the greatest variety of application, passing over into the senses of its compounds, derivatives, and synonyms (edere, tradere, dedere; reddere, donare, largiri, concedere, exhibere, porrigere, praestare, impertire, suppeditare, ministrare, subministrare, praebere, tribuere, offerre, etc.), as, to give away, grant, concede, allow, permit; give up, yield, resign; bestow, present, confer, furnish, afford; offer, etc. (very freq.).
I.
In gen.:
eam carnem victoribus danunt, Naev. ap. Non. l. l.: ea dona, quae illic Amphitruoni sunt data,
Plaut. Am. prol. 138; cf.:
patera, quae dono mi illic data'st,
id. ib. 1, 3, 36:
dandis recipiendisque meritis,
Cic. Lael. 8; cf.:
ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum,
id. ib. 16, 58: ut obsides accipere non dare consuerint, Caes. B. G. 1, 4 fin.:
obsides,
id. ib. 1, 19, 1;
1, 31, 7 et saep.: patriam (sc. mundum) dii nobis communem secum dederunt,
Cic. Rep. 1, 13:
hominibus animus datus est ex illis sempiternis ignibus,
id. ib. 6, 15; cf. ib. 6, 17:
ea dant magistratus magis, quae etiamsi nolint, danda sint,
id. ib. 1, 31; cf.
imperia,
id. ib. 1, 44:
centuria, ad summum usum urbis fabris tignariis data,
id. ib. 2, 22:
Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi, ut servitio, colendos dedit,
id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:
ei filiam suam in matrimonium dat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 5:
litteras ad te numquam habui cui darem, quin dederim,
Cic. Fam. 12, 19: litteras (ad aliquem), to write to one, saep.; cf. id. Att. 5, 11;
and in the same signif.: aliquid ad aliquem,
id. ib. 10, 8 fin.:
litteras alicui, said of the writer,
to give one a letter to deliver, id. ib. 5, 15 fin.;
of the bearer, rarely,
to deliver a letter to one, id. ib. 5, 4 init.: colloquium dare, to join in a conference, converse ( poet.), Lucr. 4, 598 (Lachm.;
al. videmus): colloquiumque sua fretus ab urbe dedit,
parley, challenge, Prop. 5, 10, 32:
dare poenas,
to give satisfaction, to suffer punishment, Sall. C. 18:
alicui poenas dare,
to make atonement to any one; to suffer for any thing, Ov. M. 6, 544; Sall. C. 51, 31;
v. poena: decus sibi datum esse justitia regis existimabant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 41:
quoniam me quodammodo invitas et tui spem das,
id. ib. 1, 10:
dabant hae feriae tibi opportunam sane facultatem ad explicandas tuas litteras,
id. ib. 1, 9; cf.:
ansas alicui ad reprehendendum,
id. Lael. 16, 59:
multas causas suspicionum offensionumque,
id. ib. 24:
facultatem per provinciam itineris faciundi,
Caes. B. G. 1, 7, 5;
for which: iter alicui per provinciam,
id. ib. 1, 8, 3; Liv. 8, 5; 21, 20 al.:
modicam libertatem populo,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31:
consilium,
id. Lael. 13:
praecepta,
id. ib. 4 fin.:
tempus alicui, ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 3:
inter se fidem et jusjurandum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3 fin.:
operam,
to bestow labor and pains on any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 55:
operam virtuti,
id. Lael. 22, 84;
also: operam, ne,
id. ib. 21, 78:
veniam amicitiae,
id. ib. 17:
vela (ventis),
to set sail, id. de Or. 2, 44, 187:
dextra vela dare,
to steer towards the right, Ov. 3, 640:
me librum L. Cossinio ad te perferendum dedisse,
Cic. Att. 2, 1:
sin homo amens diripiendam urbem daturus est,
id. Fam. 14, 14 et saep.: ita dat se res, so it is circumstanced, so it is, Poëta ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 26; cf.:
prout tempus ac res se daret,
Liv. 28, 5 et saep.— Impers.: sic datur, so it goes, such is fate, i. e. you have your reward, Plaut. Truc. 4, 8, 4; id. Ps. 1, 2, 22; id. Men. 4, 2, 40; 64; id. Stich. 5, 6, 5.— Part. perf. sometimes (mostly in poets) subst.: dăta, ōrum, n., gifts, presents, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 72; Prop. 3, 15, 6 (4, 14, 6 M.); Ov. M. 6, 363 (but not in Cic. Clu. 24, 66, where dona data belong together, as in the archaic formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.:
DATVM DONVM DVIT, P. R. Q.).— Prov.: dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus,
Mart. 5, 81, 2; cf.:
dat census honores,
Ov. F. 1, 217.—
(β).
Poet. with inf.:
da mihi frui perpetuā virginitate,
allow me, Ov. M. 1, 486; id. ib. 8, 350:
di tibi dent captā classem reducere Trojā,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 191; so id. ib. 1, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 16, 61; id. A. P. 323 et saep.—
(γ).
With ne:
da, femina ne sim,
Ov. M. 12, 202.
II.
In partic.
A.
In milit. lang.
1.
Nomina, to enroll one's self for military service, to enlist, Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 13; Liv. 2, 24; 5, 10; cf.
transf. beyond the military sphere,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 38.—
2.
Manus (lit., as a prisoner of war, to stretch forth the hands to be fettered; cf. Cic. Lael. 26, 99;
hence),
to yield, surrender, Nep. Ham. 1, 4;
and more freq. transf. beyond the milit. sphere,
to yield, acquiesce, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72; Cic. Lael. 26, 99; id. Att. 2, 22, 2; Caes. B. G. 5, 31, 3; Ov. H. 4, 14; id. F. 3, 688; Verg. A. 11, 568; Hor. Epod. 17, 1 al.—
3.
Terga, for the usual vertere terga; v. tergum.—
B.
To grant, consent, permit.
1.
Esp. in jurid. lang.: DO, DICO, ADDICO, the words employed by the praetor in the execution of his office; viz. DO in the granting of judges, actions, exceptions, etc.; DICO in pronouncing sentence of judgment; ADDICO in adjudging the property in dispute to one or the other party; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 30 Müll.;
hence called tria verba,
Ov. F. 1, 47.—
2.
Datur, it is permitted, allowed, granted; with subj. clause: quaesitis diu terris, ubi sistere detur, Ov. M. 1, 307:
interim tamen recedere sensim datur,
Quint. 11, 3, 127:
ex quo intellegi datur, etc.,
Lact. 5, 20, 11.—
C.
In philos. lang., to grant a proposition:
in geometria prima si dederis, danda sunt omnia: dato hoc, dandum erit illud (followed by concede, etc.),
Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83; id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25; id. Inv. 1, 31 fin. —
D.
Designating the limit, to put, place, carry somewhere; and with se, to betake one's self somewhere:
tum genu ad terram dabo,
to throw, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17; cf.:
aliquem ad terram,
Liv. 31, 37; Flor. 4, 2 fin.:
me haec deambulatio ad languorem dedit!
has fatigued me, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 3:
hanc mihi in manum dat,
id. And. 1, 5, 62:
praecipitem me in pistrinum dabit,
id. ib. 1, 3, 9:
hostes in fugam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 51 fin.:
hostem in conspectum,
to bring to view, Liv. 3, 69 fin.:
aliquem in vincula,
to cast into prison, Flor. 3, 10, 18; cf.:
arma in profluentes,
id. 4, 12, 9:
aliquem usque Sicanium fretum,
Val. Fl. 2, 28:
aliquem leto,
to put to death, to kill, Phaedr. 1, 22, 9:
se in viam,
to set out on a journey, Cic. Fam. 14, 12:
sese in fugam,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 43 fin.; cf.:
se fugae,
id. Att. 7, 23, 2:
Socrates, quam se cumque in partem dedisset, omnium fuit facile princeps,
id. de Or. 3, 16, 60 et saep.—
E.
Designating the effect, to cause, make, bring about, inflict, impose:
qui dederit damnum aut malum,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 116:
nec consulto alteri damnum dari sine dolo malo potest,
Cic. Tull. 14, 34; 16, 39; cf.:
malum dare,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 122:
hoc quī occultari facilius credas dabo,
Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 29:
inania duro vulnera dat ferro,
Ov. M. 3, 84:
morsus,
Prop. 5, 5, 39; cf.:
motus dare,
to impart motion, Lucr. 1, 819 al. (but motus dare, to make motion, to move, be moved, id. 2, 311):
stragem,
id. 1, 288:
equitum ruinas,
to overthrow, id. 5, 1329.—With part. fut. pass.:
pectora tristitiae dissolvenda dedit,
caused to be delivered from sadness, Tib. 1, 7, 40.—
Prov.: dant animos vina,
Ov. M. 12, 242. —
F.
Aliquid alicui, to do any thing for the sake of another; to please or humor another; to give up, sacrifice any thing to another (for the more usual condonare): da hoc illi mortuae, da ceteris amicis ac familiaribus, da patriae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5 fin.: aliquid auribus alicujus, Trebon. ib. 12, 16:
Caere hospitio Vestalium cultisque diis,
Liv. 7, 20:
plus stomacho quam consilio,
Quint. 10, 1, 117 et saep.:
ut concessisti illum senatui, sic da hunc populo,
i. e. forgive him, for the sake of the people, Cic. Lig. 12, 37:
dabat et famae, ut, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7.—Hence,
b.
Se alicui, to give one's self up wholly, to devote, dedicate one's self to a person or thing, to serve:
dedit se etiam regibus,
Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4; so Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 10; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 10; Poëta ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; Nep. Att. 9; Tac. A. 1, 31:
mihi si large volantis ungula se det equi,
Stat. Silv, 2, 2, 38; 1, 1, 42; 5, 3, 71 al.; Aus. Mosel. 5, 448; cf. Ov. H. 16, 161:
se et hominibus Pythagoreis et studiis illis,
Cic. Rep. 1, 111:
se sermonibus vulgi,
id. ib. 6, 23:
se jucunditati,
id. Off. 1, 34 al.:
se populo ac coronae,
to present one's self, appear, id. Verr. 2, 3, 19; cf.:
se convivio,
Suet. Caes. 31 et saep.:
si se dant (judices) et sua sponte quo impellimus inclinant,
Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187.—
G.
Of discourse, to announce, tell, relate, communicate (like accipere, for to learn, to hear, v. accipio, II.; mostly ante-class. and poet.):
erili filio hanc fabricam dabo,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 132:
quam ob rem has partes didicerim, paucis dabo,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 10; cf. Verg. E. 1, 19:
imo etiam dabo, quo magis credas,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 37:
da mihi nunc, satisne probas?
Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10:
Thessalici da bella ducis,
Val. Fl. 5, 219:
is datus erat locus colloquio,
appointed, Liv. 33, 13:
fixa canens... Saepe dedit sedem notas mutantibus urbes,
i. e. foretold, promised, Luc. 5, 107.—In pass., poet. i. q.: narratur, dicitur, fertur, etc., is said:
seu pius Aeneas eripuisse datur,
Ov. F. 6, 434; Stat. Th. 7, 315; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 337.—
H.
Fabulam, to exhibit, produce a play (said of the author; cf.:
docere fabulam, agere fabulam),
Cic. Brut. 18 fin.; id. Tusc. 1, 1 fin.; Ter. Eun. prol. 9; 23; id. Heaut. prol. 33; id. Hec. prol. 1 Don.;
and transf.,
Cic. Clu. 31, 84; cf.
also: dare foras librum = edere,
Cic. Att. 13, 22, 3.—
I.
Verba (alicui), to give [p. 605] empty words, i. e. to deceive, cheat, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 25; id. Ps. 4, 5, 7; id. Rud. 2, 2, 19; Ter. And. 1, 3, 6 Ruhnk.; Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 24; Cic. Phil. 13, 16 fin.; id. Att. 15, 16 A.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 22; Pers. 4, 45; Mart. 2, 76 et saep.—
K.
Alicui aliquid (laudi, crimini, vitio, etc.), to impute, assign, ascribe, attribute a thing to any one, as a merit, a crime, a fault, etc.:
nunc quam rem vitio dent, quaeso animum attendite,
Ter. And. prol. 8:
hoc vitio datur,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 64:
inopiā criminum summam laudem Sex. Roscio vitio et culpae dedisse,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Off. 1, 21, 71; 2, 17, 58; id. Div. in Caecil. 10; id. Brut. 80, 277 et saep.—
L.
Alicui cenam, epulas, etc., to give one a dinner, entertain at table (freq.):
qui cenam parasitis dabit,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 2; 3, 1, 35; id. Stich. 4, 1, 8; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 45; Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2; id. Mur. 36, 75:
prandium dare,
id. ib. 32, 67; cf. Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 1; Tac. A. 2, 57 al.—
M.
To grant, allow, in gen. (rare, but freq. as impers.; v. B. 2. supra):
dari sibi diem postulabat,
a respite, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 32.
2.
- do, -dāre ( obsol., found only in the compounds, abdo, condo, abscondo, indo, etc.), 1, v. a. [Sanscr. root dhā-, da-dhāmi, set, put, place; Gr. the-, tithêmi; Ger. thun, thue, that; Eng. do, deed, etc.]. This root is distinct from 1. do, Sanscr. dā, in most of the Arian langg.; cf. Pott. Etym. Forsch. 2, 484; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 410;
but in Italy the two seem to have been confounded, at least in compounds,
Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 254 sq.; cf. Max Müller, Science of Lang. Ser. 2, p. 220, N. Y. ed.; Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 100.
3.
do, acc. of domus, v. domus init.

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8 oculus

ŏcŭlus (sync. oclus, Prud. steph. 10, 592 dub.), i, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. akshi and aksha, from the root ītsh, videre; Gr. ossomai, osse; Goth. augō; Germ. Auge; Engl. eye], an eye.
I.
Lit.:
quae (natura) primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit... sed lubricos oculos fecit et mobiles,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; cf. Cels. 7, 7, 13; Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 139 sq.; Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 221:
venusti,
id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:
eminentes,
prominent, id. Vatin. 2, 4:
oculi tanquam speculatores,
id. N. D. 2, 57, 140:
acuti,
id. Planc. 27, 69:
maligni,
Verg. A. 5, 654:
minaces,
Luc. 2, 26: oculos conicere in aliquem, to cast or fix one's eyes upon, Cic. Clu. 19, 54:
oculos conjecit in hostem,
Verg. A. 12, 483: adicere alicui rei, to cast one's eyes upon, glance at:
ad eorum ne quem oculos adiciat suos,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 24; to covet, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 37:
adicere ad rem aliquam,
id. Agr. 2, 10, 25:
de aliquo nusquam deicere,
to never turn one's eyes away from, to regard with fixed attention, id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:
deicere ab aliquā re,
to turn away, id. Phil. 1, 1, 1:
in terram figere,
to fix one's eyes upon the ground, Tac. H. 4, 72:
deicere in terram,
to cast down to, Quint. 1, 11, 9:
demittere,
Ov. M. 15, 612:
erigere,
id. ib. 4, 146: attollere. Verg. A. 4, 688; Ov. M. 2, 448:
circumferre,
id. ib. 6, 169:
premere,
Verg. A. 9, 487: deponere, to fix, Hor C. 1, 36, 18:
distorquere,
id. S. 1, 9, 65:
spargere,
to direct hither and thither, Pers. 5, 33:
oculis cernere,
to see with one's own eyes, Nep. Timol. 2, 2:
oculos auferre spectanti,
to blind the eyes of an observer, to cheat him before his eyes, Liv. 6, 15 fin.: ponere sibi aliquid ante oculos. i. e. to imagine to one's self any thing, Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:
proponere oculis suis aliquid,
id. Sest. 7, 17:
esse ante oculos,
to be before one's eyes, id. Lael. 11, 38: res posita in oculis, and ante oculos, that lies before one's eyes, is apparent, evident:
de rebus ante oculos positis,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 5:
omnia sunt enim posita ante oculos,
id. de Or. 1, 43, 192:
inque meis oculis candida Delos erat,
before my eyes, Ov. H. 21, 82: vivere in oculis, habitare in oculis, to live in the sight of, in the presence of, in intercourse with:
in maximā celebritate atque in oculis civium quondam viximus,
Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3:
habitavi in oculis,
id. Planc. 27, 66; cf.:
in foro palam Syracusis in ore atque in oculis provinciae,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81; Liv. 22, 12; 35, 10; Tac. H. 4, 77:
habere in oculis,
to keep in sight, to watch, observe, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 66:
in oculis omnium submergi,
Curt. 9, 4, 11:
se ante oculos suos trucidari sinerent,
Liv. 2, 6, 2; 4, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48: ab oculis alicujus abire (ire), to leave one's presence:
Abin' hinc ab oculis?
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 147; id. Truc. 2, 5, 24; Sen. Ep. 36, 10; cf.:
ab oculis recedere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 11:
ab oculis concedere,
Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:
(angues) conspecti repente ex oculis abierunt,
out of sight, Liv. 25, 16, 2:
prodigii species ex oculis elapsa,
id. 26, 19, 7:
(avem) ablatam ex oculis,
Tac. H. 2, 50:
facesserent propere ex urbe ab ore atque oculis populi Romani,
Liv. 6, 17, 8:
sub oculis alicujus,
before a person's eyes, in his presence, Caes. B. C. 1, 71; Vell. 2, 79, 4:
sub oculis domini esse,
Col. 9, 5, 2:
quos honores sub oculis tuis gessit,
Plin. Ep. 10, 11, 2:
sub avi oculis necari,
Just. 1, 4, 5; Flor. 4, 7, 8:
hostes sub oculis erant,
Liv. 22, 14, 3; 26, 38, 9:
sub oculis Caesaris,
Tac. A. 2, 35: hunc oculis suis nostrarum numquam quisquam vidit, with his own eyes, i. e. actually, in person, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 10:
numquam ante hunc diem meis oculis eam videram,
id. Hec. 5, 4, 23: ad oculum, for display, to be seen:
non ad oculum servientes,
Vulg. Eph. 1, 18; id. Col. 3, 22.—As a term of endearment, the apple of my eye, my darling:
ubi isti sunt quibus vos oculi estis, quibus vitae estis, quibus deliciae?
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 46:
bene vale, ocule mi!
id. Curc. 1, 3, 47 —Hence, in a double sense:
par oculorum in amicitiā M. Antonii triumviri,
Suet. Rhet. 5.—The ancients swore by their eyes:
si voltis per oculos jurare, nihilo magis facietis,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 1.—
B.
Transf.
1.
The power of seeing, sight, vision: ut eum quoque oculum, quo bene videret, amitteret, lost, i. e. became blind, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48:
oculos perdere,
id. Har. Resp. 18, 37:
restituere alicui,
Suet. Vesp. 7; cf.:
oculis usurpare rem,
i. e. see, Lucr. 1, 301.—
2.
A luminary, said of the sun and stars ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): mundi oculus. i. e. the sun, Ov. M. 4, 228:
stellarum oculi,
Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—
3.
A spot resembling an eye, as on a panther's hide, a peacock's tail, etc., Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62:
pavonum caudae,
id. 13, 15, 30, § 96. —So arch. t. t.:
oculus volutae,
Vitr. 3, 5. —
4.
Of plants.
a.
An eye, bud, bourgeon: oculos imponere, i. e. to bud, inoculate, Verg. G. 2, 73:
gemmans,
Col. 4, 24, 16.—
b.
A bulb or knob on many roots, on the reed, etc.:
harundinis,
Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 3:
seritur harundo bulbo radicis, quem alii oculum vocant,
Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144.—
c.
A plant, called also aizoum majus, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 160. —
II.
Trop.
A.
A principal ornament: hi duo illos oculos orae maritimae effoderunt ( Corinth and Carthage), Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91:
ex duobus Graeciae oculis,
i. e. Athens and Sparta, Just. 5, 8, 4.—
B.
The eye of the soul, the mind's eye:
eloquentiam quam nullis nisi mentis oculis videre possumus,
Cic. Or. 29, 101:
acrioribus mentis oculis intueri,
Col. 3, 8, 1:
oculos pascere re aliquā,
to feast one's eyes on any thing, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.:
concupiscentia oculorum,
Vulg. 1 Joh. 2, 16: fructum oculis (dat.) capere ex aliquā re, Nep. Eum. 11, 2: oculi dolent, the eyes ache, i. e. one is afflicted by something seen, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 64; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1; cf.:
pietas, pater, oculis dolorem prohibet,
i. e. forbids me to take offence, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 4: in oculis, in the eye, i. e. in view, hoped or expected:
frumenti spes, quae in oculis fuerat, utrosque frustrata pariter,
Liv. 26, 39, 23:
acies et arma in oculis erant,
Curt. 3, 6, 3:
Philotae supplicium in oculis erat,
id. 8, 6, 21:
esse in oculis,
to be beloved, esteemed, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 5:
esse in oculis multitudinis,
id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63: ferre, gestare in oculis, to love, esteem, value:
oderat tum, cum, etc....jam fert in oculis,
id. Phil. 6, 4, 11:
rex te ergo in oculis,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 11: aequis oculis videre, i. e. contentedly, with satisfaction (like aequo animo), Curt. 8, 2, 9: ante oculos, in mind, in view:
mors ante oculos debet esse,
Sen. Ep. 12, 6; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6; also plain, obvious:
simul est illud ante oculos,
Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 349:
sit ante oculos Nero,
i. e. set him before you, consider him, Tac. H. 1, 16: ante oculos habere, to keep in mind (post-class.):
habe ante oculos hanc esse terram,
Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 4:
mortalitatem,
id. ib. 2, 10, 4; Just. 5, 6, 1; for which (late Lat.) prae oculis: prae oculis habere terrorem futuri judicii, Greg. M. Ep. 2, 48;
3, 27 al.: nec jam fas ullum prae oculis habent,
Amm. 30, 4, 18: ob oculos versari, to be before the mind, etc.:
mors (ei) ob oculos versatur,
Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; Liv. 28, 19, 14; cf.:
usu versatur ante oculos vobis Glaucia,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98; id. Fin. 2, 22, 75; 5, 1, 3; id. Dom. 55, 141; Liv. 34, 36, 6: ponere aliquid ante oculos, to call up in mind, imagine, etc.:
eā (translatione) utimur rei ante oculos ponendae causā,
Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45:
ora eorum ponite vobis ante oculos,
Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 4:
calamitatem Cottae sibi ante oculos ponunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37:
exsilium Cn. Marci sibi proponunt ante oculos,
Liv. 2, 54, 6:
conjurationem ante oculos ponere,
id. 24, 24, 8:
studia eorum vobis ante oculos proponere,
Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48;
rarely: constituere sibi aliquid ante oculos,
Cic. Cael. 32, 79; Aug. Serm. 233, 3: ante oculos ponere (proponere), with ellips. of dat. of person, Cic. Marc. 2, 5; id. Deiot. 7, 20; id. Phil. 2, 45, 115; 11, 3, 7; id. N. D. 1, 41, 114:
nec a re publicā deiciebam oculos,
id. Phil. 1, 1, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > oculus
9 os

1.
ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:
ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,
Cato, R. R. 90:
ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:
oris hiatus,
id. ib. 2, 47, 122:
os tenerum pueri,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:
fetidum,
Cic. Pis. 7, 13:
trilingue,
Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:
os loquentis Opprimere,
Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:
in ore est omni populo,
Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:
istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:
Harmodius in ore est,
id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:
in ore omnium,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:
habere aliquid in ore,
to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:
poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,
with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:
uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,
Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):
virūm volitare per ora,
Verg. G 3, 9:
in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,
to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:
ire per ora Nomen,
Sil. 3, 135:
hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,
i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:
os alicujus aperire,
to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;
3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,
threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—
B.
Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:
ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—
II.
Transf.
A.
In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:
vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:
figura oris,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:
in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,
i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:
in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,
id. Deiot. 2, 5:
concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,
come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:
insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,
Verg. G. 4, 92:
ore rubicundo (gallina),
Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:
ales cristati cantibus oris,
Ov. M. 11, 597:
coram in os aliquem laudare,
to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:
alicui laedere os,
to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:
praebere os,
to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,
os praebere ad contumeliam,
Liv. 4, 35:
in ore parentum liberos jugulat,
before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:
quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:
in ore omnium cotidie versari,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:
ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:
illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,
Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:
ante ora conjugum omnia pati,
Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:
os durum!
you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:
os durissimum,
very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:
impudens,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:
quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?
with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:
quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:
nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:
non, si Appii os haberem,
id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:
nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,
Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—
B.
The head:
Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:
truncis arborum antefixa ora,
Tac. A. 1, 61. —
C.
Speech ( poet.):
ora sono discordia signant,
Verg. A. 2, 423.—
D.
A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:
os lenonis aedium,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:
porta velut in ore urbis,
Liv. 25, 11 fin.:
ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,
Verg. A. 2, 482:
Ponti,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:
os atque aditus portus,
id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §
30: specūs,
entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:
vascula oris angusti,
Quint. 1, 2, 28:
ulceris,
Verg. G. 3, 454:
Tiberis,
Liv. 1, 33:
venarum,
Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:
fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,
Verg. A. 1, 245.—
E.
The beak of a ship:
ora navium Rostrata,
Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—
F.
Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—
G.
The edge of a sword:
interfecit in ore gladii,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.
2.
ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:
OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,
Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).
I.
Lit.:
quid dicam de ossibus?
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:
cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),
id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:
condere,
to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:
cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,
id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—
B.
Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:
arborum ossa,
i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:
olearum ac palmularum,
i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—
II.
Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:
utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,
Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > os
10 ossu

1.
ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:
ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,
Cato, R. R. 90:
ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:
oris hiatus,
id. ib. 2, 47, 122:
os tenerum pueri,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:
fetidum,
Cic. Pis. 7, 13:
trilingue,
Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:
os loquentis Opprimere,
Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:
in ore est omni populo,
Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:
istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:
Harmodius in ore est,
id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:
in ore omnium,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:
habere aliquid in ore,
to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:
poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,
with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:
uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,
Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):
virūm volitare per ora,
Verg. G 3, 9:
in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,
to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:
ire per ora Nomen,
Sil. 3, 135:
hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,
i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:
os alicujus aperire,
to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;
3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,
threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—
B.
Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:
ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—
II.
Transf.
A.
In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:
vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:
figura oris,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:
in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,
i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:
in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,
id. Deiot. 2, 5:
concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,
come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:
insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,
Verg. G. 4, 92:
ore rubicundo (gallina),
Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:
ales cristati cantibus oris,
Ov. M. 11, 597:
coram in os aliquem laudare,
to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:
alicui laedere os,
to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:
praebere os,
to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,
os praebere ad contumeliam,
Liv. 4, 35:
in ore parentum liberos jugulat,
before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:
quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:
in ore omnium cotidie versari,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:
ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:
illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,
Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:
ante ora conjugum omnia pati,
Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:
os durum!
you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:
os durissimum,
very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:
impudens,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:
quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?
with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:
quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:
nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:
non, si Appii os haberem,
id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:
nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,
Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—
B.
The head:
Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:
truncis arborum antefixa ora,
Tac. A. 1, 61. —
C.
Speech ( poet.):
ora sono discordia signant,
Verg. A. 2, 423.—
D.
A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:
os lenonis aedium,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:
porta velut in ore urbis,
Liv. 25, 11 fin.:
ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,
Verg. A. 2, 482:
Ponti,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:
os atque aditus portus,
id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §
30: specūs,
entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:
vascula oris angusti,
Quint. 1, 2, 28:
ulceris,
Verg. G. 3, 454:
Tiberis,
Liv. 1, 33:
venarum,
Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:
fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,
Verg. A. 1, 245.—
E.
The beak of a ship:
ora navium Rostrata,
Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—
F.
Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—
G.
The edge of a sword:
interfecit in ore gladii,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.
2.
ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:
OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,
Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).
I.
Lit.:
quid dicam de ossibus?
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:
cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),
id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:
condere,
to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:
cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,
id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—
B.
Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:
arborum ossa,
i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:
olearum ac palmularum,
i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—
II.
Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:
utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,
Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ossu
11 duco

dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( imp. duc;
but duce,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 18; id. Most. 1, 4, 11; id. Poen. 5, 4, 59; id. Rud. 2, 3, 55; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26.— Perf. sync.: duxti, Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Cat. 91, 9; Prop. 1, 3, 27), v. a. [cf. Goth. tiuh-an; O. H. Germ. zieh-an, to draw; Germ. -zog, in Herzog, commander, duke], to lead, conduct, draw, bring forward, in all senses; very freq. passing over into the signif. of the compounds abducere, deducere, adducere, producere, etc., and of the synonyms agere, trahere, movere, etc. (very freq.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
quo sequar? quo ducis nunc me?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 2: duc hos intro, id. Am. 2, 2, 224; id. Aul. 2, 6, 13:
duc ac demonstra mihi,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 36:
suas secum mulierculas sunt in castra ducturi,
Cic. Cat. 2, 10 fin.; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 5 fin. et saep.:
(difficile iter) vix qua singuli carri ducerentur,
id. ib. 1, 6, 1; cf.
plaustra,
Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 34: aquam ducere, Cato ap. Charis. p. 192 P.; so,
aquam per fundum ejus,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4:
spiritum naribus,
Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5: so,
spiritum per siccas fauces,
Sen. Ben. 3, 8; cf.:
aërem spiritu,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6 fin.:
animam spiritu,
id. ib. 2, 54, 136; and in gen.: spiritum, for to live, id. Fam. 10, 1; cf.:
vitam et spiritum,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:
tura naribus,
to inhale, Hor. C. 4, 1, 22:
sucos nectaris,
to drink in full draughts, to quaff, id. ib. 3, 3, 34; cf.
pocula,
id. ib. 1, 17, 22; and:
Liberum,
id. ib. 4, 12, 14.— Poet.:
jucunda oblivia vitae (referring to the waters of Lethe),
Hor. S. 2, 6, 62 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 714 sq.) et saep.:
mucronem,
to draw from the scabbard, Verg. A. 12, 378; cf.:
ferrum vaginā,
Ov. F. 4, 929:
ensem vagina,
Sil. 8, 342;
but: ensem duxerat faber,
had beaten out, forged, Tib. 1, 3, 48:
sortem,
Cic. Div. 2, 33; Verg. A. 6, 22;
hence, also transf. of that which is drawn by lot,
Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. Rep. 1, 34; Suet. Caes. 12; Tac. A. 1, 54; 3, 28 al.:
pondus aratri,
to draw, Ov. M. 7, 119:
remos,
to row, id. ib. 1, 294; cf. id. ib. 4, 353:
numerosa brachia,
in dancing, id. Am. 2, 4, 29:
lanas,
to spin, id. ib. 4, 34; cf.
stamina,
id. ib. 4, 221:
ubera,
to milk, id. ib. 9, 358:
frena manu,
to guide, govern, id. ib. 15, 518: vela, to haul (= navigare), Prop. 1, 6, 2:
manus, of swimming,
id. 3, 20, 2:
ilia,
to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9:
os,
to draw awry, to make wry faces, Cic. Or. 25 fin.; Quint. 9, 3, 101; cf.
vultum,
Ov. M. 2, 774; id. P. 4, 8, 13; Mart. 1, 41 et saep.:
non equus impiger Curru ducet Achaico Victorem,
to draw along, Hor. C. 4, 3, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 1, 93.— Absol.:
sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere,
to take to one's self, appropriate, Sall. J. 41, 5.—
B.
Esp.
1.
To lead, conduct, as a way or road:
via ducit (te), in urbem?
Verg. E. 9, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 7, 5; Verg. A. 1, 401; Ov. F. 2, 679:
Brundisium Minuci melius via ducat an Appi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 20:
via ad undas,
Ov. M. 3, 602:
via ad infernas sedes,
id. ib. 4, 433; cf.:
iter ad urbem,
id. ib. 437; Curt. 3, 28, 19; Sen. Prov. 6, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 1; Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 111; Quint. 5, 9, 14; Liv. 5, 40, 8 al.—
2.
Se, in colloq. lang., to betake one's self, go:
jam me ad regem recta ducam,
Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 8; id. Aul. 4, 8, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 11; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 7: Balbus duxit se a Gadibus, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1.—
3.
A legal t. t., to take, lead away, drag, carry off a person before court, to prison, to punishment, etc.: POST. DEINDE. MANVS. INIECTIO. ESTO. IN. IVS. DVCITO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; so,
in jus,
Liv. 2, 27:
illos duci in carcerem jubent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30:
aliquem in carcerem,
Suet. Caes. 20:
in vincula,
id. ib. 79:
ad mortem,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Phoc. 4, 3; and absol.:
ducite, ubi capiat, etc.,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 65; Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 14; Suet. Calig. 27; Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3 al.: NI. IVDICATVM. FACIT. AVT. QVIS. ENDO. EM. IVRE. VINDICIT. SECVM. DVCITO. VINCITO, etc., XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45:
decreta ejus modi: SI PETIT DUCAS. C. Fuficium duci jussit petitorem,
to be imprisoned, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31; so of a debtor (addictus) who is led off as a slave, Novat. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 87; Cic. Fl. 20 fin.; Liv. 6, 14 sq.; cf. id. 2, 23 med.; cf.
prov.: stultitiast venatum ducere invitas canes,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 83. —
4.
Uxorem, to lead a wife home, i. e. to marry:
bona uxor si ea deducta est, etc.... Verum egon eam ducam domum, Quae, etc.?
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 91:
uxorem domum,
id. Aul. 2, 1, 40; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 68:
filiam Orgetorigis in matrimonium,
Caes. B. G. 1, 9, 3; cf. Liv. 4, 4:
eum uxorem ducturum esse aliam,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 105:
uxorem (or aliquam, filiam alicujus, etc.),
id. Aul. 2, 1, 48; id. Cas. prol. 69 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 128; 2, 1, 21 et saep.; Cic. Sest. 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 4; id. B. C. 3, 110, 2; Verg. E. 8, 29; Vulg. Marc. 10, 11 et saep.— Absol.:
si tu negaris ducere,
Ter. And. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 9; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 76; Liv. 4, 4 al.: jugum ducere cum infidelibus, i. e. to be yoked in marriage, Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 14.—Rarely for nubere: si ignorans statum Erotis ut liberum duxisti, isque postea servus est judicatus, etc., Imp. Antonin. ap. Cod. Just. 5, 18, 3.—In the comic poets, of taking home prostitutes, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 35; 4, 2, 44; id. Men. 1, 2, 15; id. Stich. 5, 4, 48; id. Truc. 3, 2, 10 et saep.—
5.
In milit. lang.
a.
Said of a commander, to lead, to cause to move, to march his army in any direction:
locis apertis exercitum ducere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 64 fin.; 1, 68, 1:
exercitum ab Allobrogibus in Segusianos,
id. B. G. 1, 10 fin.:
exercitum in fines Suessionum,
id. ib. 2, 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 38, 3;
5, 18, 1: exercitum (legiones, etc.) in Bellovacos,
id. ib. 2, 13, 1; 5, 24, 2 et saep.; cf. Tac. A. 2, 57:
cohortes ad eam partem munitionum, quae, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 3, 62, 2:
exercitum Uticam,
id. ib. 2, 26, 1:
reliquas copias contra Labienum,
id. B. G. 7, 61 fin. et saep.—In pass., of the soldiers, to march, move:
quam in partem aut quo consilio ducerentur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 2.—And in act., absol., of the general himself, to march, move (a favorite expression of Liv.;
not in Caes. or Sall.): (Mettus) ducit, quam proxime ad hostem potest,
Liv. 1, 23; 1, 27; 9, 35; 22, 18 et saep.—Hence,
b.
In gen., to lead, command an army or (more freq.) a division:
qua in legatione duxit exercitum,
Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so,
exercitum,
Nep. Eum. 13, 1; id. Epam. 7, 3:
qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 35, 6; 6, 38, 1; id. B. C. 3, 91, 1:
ordinem,
id. ib. 1, 13, 4; 3, 104, 3; Suet. Vesp. 1:
partem exercitūs,
Sall. J. 55, 4 et saep.—Rarely, to lead a division in front, in advance:
consuetudine sua Caesar sex legiones expeditas ducebat: post eas... inde, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 2; hence also, to march in front, take the lead, said of the division that forms the van:
pars equitum et auxiliariae cohortes ducebant, mox prima legio, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 51; cf. id. ib. 1, 64 fin. —
(β).
Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to lead, to be leader, head, chief, first in any thing:
accedit etiam, quod familiam ducit,
Cic. Fam. 7, 5 fin. Manut.; so,
familiam,
id. Phil. 5, 11, 30; id. Fin. 4, 16, 45:
ordines,
id. Phil. 1, 8, 20:
classem (discipulorum),
Quint. 1, 2, 24 Spald.:
funus,
Hor. Epod. 8, 12:
toros,
Ov. F. 6, 668 et saep.—
c.
To conduct as prisoners in a triumph:
per triumphum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 67:
in triumpho,
Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139, v. triumphus.—
6.
With the accessory idea of creation, formation, to produce, form, construct, make, fashion, shape, dispose (cf.:
struo, pono, condo, fundo): parietem per vestibulum alicujus,
to erect, Cic. Mil. 27 fin.; cf.
muros,
Hor. C. 4, 6, 23:
vallum ex castris ad aquam,
Caes. B. C. 1, 73, 2:
fossam,
id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; 7, 73, 2:
arcum,
Ov. M. 3, 160:
lateres de terra,
Vitr. 2, 3:
vivos vultus de marmore (with excudere spirantia aera),
Verg. A. 6, 849; cf. id. ib. 7, 634; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240; Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125; Quint. 10, 3, 18 Spald.; Juv. 7, 237; hence, poet. also:
epos,
Hor. S. 1, 10, 44:
carmen,
Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 18; 3, 14, 32:
versus,
id. ib. 5, 12, 63 et saep.:
liniam ex colore,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 81; Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf.
orbem,
id. 11, 3, 118:
alvum,
to bring forth by clysters, Cels. 2, 12; 4, 4 et saep.: alapam alicui, qs. to fetch one a box on the ear, Phaedr. 5, 3, 2; cf.
colaphum,
Quint. 6, 3, 83 Spald.:
pugnum,
Dig. 47, 10, 4 et saep.;
so esp. of processions, dances, etc.: funus,
Cic. Quint. 15 fin.; Ov. M. 14, 746; Verg. G. 4, 256; cf.
exsequias,
Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154:
pompam,
Ov. H. 12, 152; id. F. 6, 405; id. M. 13, 699:
choros,
Tib. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6 et saep.; cf.
choreas,
Ov. M. 8, 582; 14, 520.—
7.
To receive, admit, take any thing (not ante-Aug.):
cicatricem,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 66; Liv. 29, 32, 12:
rimam,
Ov. M. 4, 65:
situm,
to grow rusty, Quint. 1, 2, 18:
formam,
Ov. M. 1, 402:
colorem,
id. ib. 3, 485; cf.
pallorem,
to grow pale, id. ib. 8, 760:
nomina,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 76:
notam,
id. ib. 4, 2, 59 et saep.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to lead, guide, draw, conduct:
progredimur quo ducit quemque voluntas,
Lucr. 2, 258; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 27; 1, 6, 57:
ad strepitum citharae cessatum ducere curam,
id. ib. 1, 2, 31:
Liber vota bonos ducit ad exitus,
id. C. 4, 8, 34; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 26:
per quaedam parva sane ducant (futurum oratorem),
id. 1, 10, 5; cf. id. 1, 1, 27; 1, 5, 58.—Prov.:
ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt,
Sen. Ep. 107.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To draw, deduce, [p. 616] derive its origin or beginning from, any thing:
ab aliqua re totius vitae ducere exordium,
Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18; cf.:
exordium a nostra persona,
Quint. 3, 8, 8; 4, 1, 7:
principium disputationis a principe investigandae veritatis,
Cic. N. D. 2, 21 fin.:
belli initium a fame,
id. Att. 9, 9, 2; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 21:
initia causasque omnium ex quatuor temporum mutationibus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:
originem ab Isocrate,
Quint. 2, 15, 4; 1, 6, 38; Hor. C. 3, 17, 5 al.:
ingressionem non ex oratoriis disputationibus, sed, etc.,
Cic. Or. 3, 11:
honestum ab iis rebus,
id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Or. 39, 135:
nomen ex quo,
id. Ac. 11, 41; cf.:
nomen a Graeco,
Quint. 1, 6, 3; 3, 7, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 66 et saep.; cf.
also: utrumque (sc. amor et amicitia) ductum (al. dictum) est ab amando,
Cic. Lael. 27; id. Fin. 2, 24, 78.—
2.
To lead a person, as regards his will or opinions, in any direction; to move, incite, induce, allure, in a good or bad sense (most freq. in the pass.):
ita me ad credendum tua ducit oratio,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 18:
nos ducit scholarum consuetudo,
Quint. 4, 2, 28; 5, 11, 19; cf. id. 9, 1, 21:
ducit te species,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 35 et saep.:
declamatores quosdam perversa ducit ambitio, ut, etc.,
Quint. 10, 7, 21.—In the pass.:
si quis statuarum honore aut gloria ducitur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58 fin.:
eloquentiae laude,
id. Or. 32, 115:
quaestu et lucro,
id. Tusc. 5, 3, 9:
hoc errore ut, etc.,
id. Off. 1, 41; cf.:
litteris eorum et urbanitate, ut, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:
omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem,
id. Off. 1, 6 et saep.—
b.
In a bad sense, to cheat, deceive, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Capt. 4, 2, 7; Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Ph. 3, 2, 15; Prop. 2, 17, 1 (3, 8, 1 M.); Ov. H. 19, 13; id. M. 3, 587 (with decipere).—
3.
With regard to time, to draw out, extend, protract, prolong:
bellum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4; id. B. C. 2, 18, 6; 2, 37, 5 sq.; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2; Liv. 22, 25 et saep.; cf.:
bellum longius,
Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 2; 3, 42, 3:
bellum in hiemem,
id. ib. 1, 61, 3:
eam rem longius,
id. B. G. 7, 11, 4; cf.:
rem prope in noctem,
id. B. C. 3, 51, 7:
rem leniter,
Liv. 3, 41 et saep. Also transf., of time itself:
tempus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; Nep. Them. 7:
diem ex die,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 4; and of persons who are put off, delayed:
ubi se diutius duci intellexit,
id. ib. 1, 16, 5.—Less freq. (mostly poet.),
b.
In gen., of time, to pass, spend, enjoy:
aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; so,
aetatem,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 202:
vitam,
id. Epod. 17, 63; Sen. Ep. 45, 10; cf. Verg. A. 2, 641 (where, shortly before, vitam producere):
noctes,
Prop. 1, 11, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13:
somnos,
Verg. A. 4, 560.—
4.
In mercant. lang., to calculate, compute, reckon: age nunc summam sumptus duc, Lucil. ap. Non. 283, 30:
minimum ut sequamur, quoniam XC. medimnūm milia duximus, accedant eo, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49; id. Att. 6, 1, 5 and 16; 6, 2, 7; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11; Gell. 1, 20, 5.—
b.
Transf. beyond the mercant. sphere.
(α).
Rationem alicujus, to consider, calculate, care for one's advantage or interest (a favorite expression of Cicero):
duxi meam rationem, quam tibi facile me probaturum arbitrabar,
Cic. Att. 8, 11 D, § 7; so,
suam quoque rationem,
to have respect to one's own advantage, id. Verr. 2, 1, 48; and:
non minorem aratorum quam populi rationem,
Suet. Aug. 42 fin.:
salutis meae rationem,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3:
rationem officii, non commodi,
id. Sest. 10, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:
unius cujusque temporis ducta ratio est,
id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 16:
rationem officii atque existimationis,
id. Quint. 16, 53.—
(β).
In gen., to reckon, consider, hold, account, esteem as any thing (cf. aestimo and existimo;
very freq. in prose and poetry): parvi id ducebat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24:
pro nihilo aliquid,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 85; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:
ea pro falsis ducit,
Sall. C. 3, 2; cf.:
innocentiam pro malevolentia,
id. ib. 12, 1:
vos eritis judices, Laudin' an vitio duci id factum oportuit,
Ter. Ad. prol. 5; so,
aliquid honori,
Sall. J. 11, 3:
aliquid laudi, Nep. praef. § 4: aliquem despicatui,
Cic. Fl. 27, 65: nihil praeter virtutem in bonis ducere (for which, shortly after, in bonis habere = numerare), Cic. Fin. 3, 3;
aliquem in numero hostium,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 25 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1; cf. ib. 6, 23, 8; without in, ib. 6, 21, 2; cf.:
aliquem loco affinium,
Sall. J. 14, 1 Kritz. N. cr.: aliquid testimonii loco, Quint. 5, 9, 10:
tutelae nostrae duximus, cum Africo bello urgerentur,
Liv. 21, 41; cf.:
officii duxit exorare filiae patrem, etc.,
Suet. Tib. 11:
faceret, quod e republica fideque sua duceret,
id. ib. 25, 7 et saep.:
malum cum amici tuum ducis malum,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 48; cf.:
Archytas iracundiam seditionem quandam animi vere ducebat,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38:
eorum, quos idoneos ducebat, consilium habet,
Sall. J. 62, 4:
nil rectum nisi quod placuit sibi ducunt,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83.— With acc. and inf.:
sic equidem ducebam animo rebarque futurum,
Verg. A. 6, 690:
ut omnia tua in te posita esse ducas humanosque casus virtute inferiores putes,
Cic. Lael. 2, 7, 19 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 2; 1, 17; 1, 38; 3, 9 (three times); Sall. J. 93, 5; Liv. 22, 14, 6; 22, 59, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 2; 4, 30, 2; 6, 18 et saep.—Here too probably belongs the much disputed passage: ludos et inania honoris medio rationis atque abundantiae duxit (= ludos publicos cum aliis rebus quae ad inania honoris pertinent, duxit, i. e. existimavit habendos et ponendos in medio rationis atque abundantiae, ut inter rationem, quae plane spernit inania, et abundantiam, quae eadem ostentat, media via incederet), he thought right to manage them in a middle course between reason and profusion, Tac. Agr. 6 fin., v. Dübner and Orell. ad h. l.

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12 capio

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio
13 Capta

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Capta
14 circumeo

circŭm-ĕo or circŭĕŏ (v. circum, III.; Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 736 sq.), īvi or ii, circuĭtum, īre ( inf. pass. circumirier, Plaut. Curc. 3, 81), v. n. and a.
I.
Prop., to go around, travel or march around, etc. (class.): sparsis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu flagrantes circuit aras, Ov. M. 7, 258:
per hortum circuit,
makes a circuit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 152; cf. Nep. Eum. 9, 2:
si rectum limitem rupti torrentibus pontes inciderint, circumire cogemur,
Quint. 2, 13, 16: an quasi mare omnes circumimus insulas? i. e. from one to another (cf. circum, II. C.), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 6:
alvearia,
Col. 9, 9:
fines equis,
id. 1, 3:
praedia,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
haec una opera circuit per familias,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 53:
qui imperavit ei, ut omnes fores aedificii circumiret,
Nep. Hann. 12, 4:
urbem,
Liv. 23, 25, 2:
Marcio et Atilio Epirus, Aetolia et Thessalia circumeundae assignantur... Lentuli circumeuntes Peloponnesi oppida, etc.,
id. 42, 37, 3 and 7:
haud ignarus erat circuitam ab Romanis eam (Hispaniam) legatis,
id. 21, 22, 1:
Civilis avia Belgarum circumibat,
Tac. H. 4, 70:
manibus nexis trunci modum,
to surround, Ov. M. 8, 748:
non potuere uno anno circumirier,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 81:
proximis insulis circuitis,
Suet. Aug. 98:
equites circumitis hostium castris Crasso renuntiaverunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 25:
circuitis templis,
Suet. Ner. 19 al.:
at pater omnipotens ingentia moenia caeli Circuit,
Ov. M. 2, 402:
circueunt unum Phineus et mille secuti Phinea,
surround, id. ib. 5, 157 (cf. circum, II. E.): Leucada continuam veteres habuere coloni;
nunc freta circumeunt,
flow around it, id. ib. 15, 290:
more lupi oves,
id. P. 1, 2, 20:
metam ferventi rotā,
avoids, id. A. A. 3, 396.—
B.
Esp.
1.
To surround, encircle, enclose, encompass.
(α).
Esp. in milit. lang.:
totam urbem muro turribusque circumiri posse,
Caes. B. C. 2, 16:
aciem, sinistrum cornu,
id. ib. 3, 93 sq.:
multitudine circumiri,
Nep. Them. 3, 2; id. Dat. 7, 3; Liv. 41, 26, 4; Gall. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4:
ab iisdem acies Pompeiana a sinistrā parte erat circumita,
Caes. B. C. 3, 94.—
(β).
In gen., absol.:
quae circumibit linea, ejusdem spatii erit, cujus ea quae centum continet,
Quint. 1, 10, 44.—With acc.:
extremas oleis pacalibus oras (Pallas),
Ov. M. 6, 101:
cujus non hederae circumiere caput,
Prop. 2 (3), 5, 26.—
2.
To go from one to another, soliciting, canvassing, admonishing, etc., qs. to go the rounds (stronger than ambire, which signif. to go to this one and that; most freq. after the Aug. per.;
in Cic. perh. only once, in his epistt.): itaque prenso amicos, supplico, ambio domos stationesque circumeo,
Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 5:
(Antonium) circumire veteranos, ut acta Caesaris sancirent,
Cic. Att. 14, 21, 2; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:
Quinctilius circumire aciem Curionis atque obsecrare milites coepit,
Caes. B. C. 2, 28:
sed ipse Romulus circumibat docebatque,
Liv. 1, 9, 14; 1, 47, 7; 3, 47, 2:
ille Persarum tabernacula circumire, hortari,
Curt. 5, 9, 17; Tac. A. 2, 29; Plin. Pan. 69, 2; Suet. Aug. 56; id. Tib. 11:
rex agmen circuibat pedes,
Curt. 7, 3, 17; cf.:
cui orbem terrarum circumire non erit longum meā causā,
Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 4; 2, 9, 5.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To surround, enclose:
totius belli fluctibus circumiri,
Cic. Phil. 18, 9, 20:
ne superante numero et peritiā locorum circumiretur,
Tac. Agr. 25 fin.; Stat. S. 4, 4, 26.—
B.
Like our circumvent, to deceive, impose upon, cheat, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 109:
facinus indignum, Sic circumiri,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:
puerum arte dolosā,
Mart. 8, 59, 14.—
C.
Of discourse, to express by circumlocution (postAug.):
res plurimae carent appellationibus, ut eas necesse sit transferre aut circumire,
Quint. 12, 10, 34; 8, prooem. § 24 Spald.;
8, 2, 17: Vespasiani nomen suspensi et vitabundi circumibant,
went around, avoided mentioning it, Tac. H. 3, 37.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > circumeo
15 oculus

oculus ī, m [2 AC-], an eye: (lacrimulam) oculos terendo expresserit, T.: magis te quam oculos amo meos, T.: eminentes, prominent: oculi tamquam speculatores: maligni, V.: oculi in Oppianicum coniciebantur, were turned: adiectum esse oculum hereditati, his eye was on: ad omnia vestra oculos adicere: oculos de isto nusquam deicere, regard with fixed attention: demittere, O.: attollere, V.: circumferre, O.: premere, V.: deponere, to fix, H.: oculis somno coniventibus: unguibus illi in oculos involare, fly at, T.: quod ante oculos est, is in full view: ne abstuleritis observantibus etiam oculos, cheat out of their eyes, L.: in oculis civium vivere, in public: in oculis omnium submergi, Cu.: ab oculis concedere: ex oculis abire, out of sight, L.: facesserent ex urbe ab oculis populi R., L.: sub oculis accepto detrimento, in (Caesar's) presence, Cs.: eum quoque oculum, quo bene videret, amittere, lost the sight of: altero oculo capitur, becomes blind of one eye, L.— A luminary: mundi oculus, the sun, O.—In plants, an eye, bud, bourgeon: oculos imponere, inoculate, V.—Fig., a principal ornament: duo illos oculos orae maritimae effoderunt, i. e. Corinth and Carthage.—The eye of the soul, mind's eye: eius cru<*>iatu pascere oculos, feast one's eyes: fructum oculis ex eius casu capere, delight their eyes, N.: tuo viro oculi dolent, i. e. he is afflicted, T.: acies et arma in oculis erant, in view, Cu.: si in oculis sis multitudinis, are belo<*>ed by: oderat tum. cum... iam fert in oculis, values highly: rex te ergo in oculis gestare? held dear, T.: aequis oculis videre, i. e. contentedly, Cu.: simul est illud ante oculos, obvious: mors (ei) ob oculos versatur, is in view: ora eorum ponite vobis ante oculos, picture to yourselves: pone illum ante oculos diem, fix your thoughts on: nec a re p. deiciebam oculos, lose sight of.
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Latin-English dictionary > oculus
16 circumscribo

circum-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.
I.
Prop., to draw a line around, to circumscribe, enclose in a circle (in good prose;
very freq. in Cic.): orbem,
Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23:
lineas extremas umbrae,
Quint. 10, 2, 7:
virgulā stantem,
Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 23:
virgā regem,
Liv. 45, 12, 5:
aeneā fibulā pars auriculae latissima circumscribitur,
Col. 6, 5, 4:
terram surculo heliotropii,
Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 60.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To draw a line as the circumference of a thing (cf. Quint. 12, 10, 5), i. e. to define, encompass, enclose, lim it, bound, circumscribe (syn.: definio, describo, termino):
nullis ut terminis (orator) circumscribat aut definiat jus suum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70; cf.:
genus universum brevi circumscribi et definiri potest,
id. Sest. 45, 97:
exiguum nobis vitae curriculum natura circumscripsit, immensum gloriae,
id. Rab. Perd. 10, 30:
quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est,
id. Arch. 11, 29:
ante enim circumscribitur mente sententia confestimque verba concurrunt,
id. Or. 59, 200:
locum habitandi alicui,
id. Par. 2, 18:
Oceanus undique circumscribit omnes terras et ambit,
Gell. 12, 13, 20:
uti mihi dicas et quasi circumscribas verbis, quid homo sit,
id. 4, 1, 12.—
B.
To bring within narrow bounds, i. e. to contract, hem in, circumscribe, to hinder free action, to restrain, confine, limit, etc. (syn.: claudo, includo, coërceo).
(α).
Esp., of the restrictions or hinderances imposed by one magistracy or authority upon another:
Senatus credo praetorem eum circumscripsisset,
Cic. Mil. 33, 88 (cf. just before:
an consules in praetore coërcendo fortes fuissent),
id. Att. 7, 9, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 72:
ille se fluvio Rubicone et CC. milibus circumscriptum esse patiatur?
Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5:
gulam et ventrem,
Sen. Ep. 108, 14:
circumscribere corpus et animo locum laxare,
id. ib. 15, 2:
laudes,
id. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 7.—
(β).
In gen.:
uno genere genus hoc aratorum,
to comprehend in one class, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149 Zumpt:
totum Dionysium sex epitomis circumscripsit,
abridged, Col. 1, 1, 10:
ut luxuriam vilitate circumscribamus,
Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 4.—
2.
In later medic. lang. circumscribi = minui, to abate, subside:
gravedo circumscribitur,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10; so id. Acut. 2, 10 fin. —
C.
To encircle or go around by writing = scribendo circumdare, i. e. to deceive, cheat, circumvent, entrap, insnare (syn.:
circumvenio, decipio): fallacibus et captiosis interrogationibus circumscripti atque decepti,
Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46; Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 131; 33, 3, 14, § 48: non circumscribetur, qui ita se gesserit, ut dicat, etc., will not be deceived, i. e. will commit no error, Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 3; id. Ep. 82, 19.—
2.
In mercantile lang., to deprive of money, to overreach, defraud:
adulescentulos,
Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 7; Juv. 10, 222; 14, 237: ab Roscio HS. I[C ][C ]. circumscriptus,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:
vectigalia,
to embezzle, Quint. Decl. 340.—
3.
In law, to defeat the purpose of a law, a will, etc., by a forced or too literal interpretation:
legem,
Dig. 4, 3, 18 fin.:
ita circumscripto testamento,
Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 4; Front. Aquaed. 112: constitutiones, Lact. de Ira Dei, 8.—
4.
Of circumlocution, to involve in language:
oratio rem simplicem circumscribens elocutione,
Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43; cf.:
facetis jocis sacrilegium circumscribens,
covering, Just. 39, 2, 5.—
D.
To cancel; to declare invalid, to annul, invalidate, void, set aside (cf. circumduco, II. D.):
hoc omni tempore Sullano ex accusatione circumscripto,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 43 (sublato, circumducto, praetermisso, Ascon.):
circumscriptis igitur iis seutentiis, quas posui, etc.,
id. Fin. 3, 9, 31.—Hence, circumscriptus, a, um, P. a.
1.
(Acc. to II. A.) In rhet., rounded into periods, periodic:
circumscripti verborum ambitus,
Cic. Or. 12, 38; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 5, and v. circumscriptio.— Adv.: circum-scriptē, in periods:
circumscripte numeroseque dicere,
Cic. Or. 66, 221: circumscripte complecti singulas res. id. N. D. 2, 59, 147.—
2.
(Acc. to II. B.) Restricted, limited:
brevis et circumscripta quaedam explicatio,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189:
(vis orationis) pressior et circumscriptior et adductior,
Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.— Adv.: circum-scriptē, summarily:
circumscripte et breviter ostendere,
Lact. 5, 14, 8; 5, 9, 20. — Sup. of the adj., and comp. and sup. of the adv. not in use.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > circumscribo
17 circumvenio

circum-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4, v. a., lit., to come around something; hence (the coming being considered as accomplished; cf. advenio and adventus, II.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to be around (a thing), to encircle, encompass, surround (rare):
quibus succensis circumventi flammā exanimantur homines,
Caes. B. G. 6, 16; cf.:
donec ignium jactu circumveniretur,
Tac. A. 15, 11; 15, 38:
illum frequentia ingens circumvenit cum plausu,
Petr. 92, 8: Cocytos sinu labens circumvenit atro, * Verg. A. 6, 132:
omnium operum magnitudinem circumveniunt cavernae ingentes,
Curt. 5, 1, 28:
Rhenus insulas circumveniens,
flowing around, Tac. A. 2, 6:
planities locis paulo superioribus circumventa,
Sall. J. 68, 2:
rami, quos comprehensos manus possit circumvenire,
to grasp, Col. 5, 9, 2; cf. id. 4, 29, 10; Val. Fl. 1, 400; Petr. 114:
singulas urbes,
to go around from one city to another, Sall. J. 88, 4 Dietsch.—Far more freq. (esp. in the histt.),
B.
Specif., to surround in a hostile manner, to encompass, beset, invest:
ex itinere nostros latere aperto aggressi circumvenere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
ne per insidias ab eo circumveniretur,
id. ib. 1, 42:
consulem,
Nep. Hann. 4, 3: aciem. Curt. 5, 13, 30:
montem opere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 97:
multos ab tergo,
Sall. J. 97, 5:
cuncta moenia exercitu,
id. ib. 57, 2; cf. id. ib. 76, 2:
legio circumventa,
Liv. 10, 26, 9; cf. id. 10, 2, 11; Tac. A. 3, 74:
armis regiam,
id. ib. 12, 50 fin.; cf. id. ib. 1, 25;
12, 16: cerva circumventa lupis,
Stat. Th. 5, 165:
hostili custodiā,
Sen. Ep. 9, 6.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To encompass, beset, oppress, distress, afflict, overthrow: circumventus morbo, exilio atque inopiā, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 58, 218; cf. id. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (Trag. v. 42 Vahl.);
Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 46: quasi committeret contra legem, quo quis judicio circumveniretur,
Cic. Brut. 12, 48; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; Quint. 5, 13, 32; 6, 2, 31:
aliquem per arbitrum circumvenire,
i. e. to lay hold of, Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 25:
jam te non Siculi, non aratores circumveniunt,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 93:
te a Siciliae civitatibus circumveniri atque opprimi dicis?
id. ib. 2, 4, 8, §
17: potentis alicujus opibus circumveniri urgerique,
id. Off. 2, 14, 51:
ut neque tenuiores proper humilitatem circumveniantur,
id. ib. 2, 24, 85; so,
falsis criminibus,
Sall. C. 34, 2:
omnibus necessitudinibus,
id. ib. 21, 3; cf. Tac. A. 1, 13:
his difficultatibus,
Sall. J. 7, 1:
odio accolarum, simul domesticis discordiis,
Tac. A. 12, 29:
securitate pacis et belli malo,
id. H. 2, 12:
testimonio,
id. ib. 4, 10: multa senem circumveniunt incommoda, * Hor. A. P. 169.—
B.
(Cf. circumeo, II. B.) To circumvent, deceive, cheat, defraud one (syn.:
decipio, fraudo, fallo): circumventum esse innocentem pecuniā,
Cic. Clu. 29, 79:
an placeret, fenore circumventa plebs,
Liv. 6, 36, 12:
ignorantiam alicujus,
Dig. 17, 1, 29:
aliquem falso testimonio,
ib. 42, 1, 33:
non sine calliditate circumventus,
ib. 43, 28, 3; cf. ib. 23, 3, 12.—
2.
In the jurists, to evade, to violate by evading:
leges,
Dig. 30, 123, § 1; 1, 3, 29:
voluntatem defuncti,
ib. 29, 4, 4:
orationem,
ib. 2, 15, 8; 1, 3, 29.—
C.
To obtain possession of, to grasp:
omne stagnum,
Plin. Pan. 50, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > circumvenio
18 fallo

fallo, fĕfelli, falsum, 3 (archaic inf. praes. pass. fallier, Pers. 3, 50; perf. pass. fefellitus sum, Petr. Fragm. 61, MSS.), v. a. [Sanscr. sphal, sphul, to waver; Gr. sphallô, a-sphalês], to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, disappoint (freq. and class.; syn.: decipio, impono, frustror, circumvenio, emungo, fraudo).
I.
In gen.
(α).
Of living objects:
T. Roscius non unum rei pecuniariae socium fefellit, verum novem homines honestissimos ejusdem muneris, etc.... induxit, decepit, destituit, omni fraude et perfidia fefellit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 116 sq.; so,
aliquem dolis,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 1, 61:
senem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:
referam gratiam, atque eas itidem fallam, ut ab illis fallimur,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 93: tu illum fructu fallas, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:
id ipsum sui fallendi causa milites ab hostibus factum existimabant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2:
tum laqueis captare feras et fallere visco Inventum,
Verg. G. 1, 139; cf. Ov. M. 15, 474:
is enim sum, nisi me forte fallo, qui, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 21:
num me fefellit, Catilina, non modo res tanta, verum dies?
id. Cat. 1, 3, 7:
nisi me fallit animus,
id. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; cf.:
neque eum prima opinio fefellit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 67, 3:
ne spes eum fallat,
Cic. Fam. 1, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 4:
si in hominibus eligendis spes amicitiae nos fefellerit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 28:
in quo cum eum opinio fefellisset,
Nep. Ages. 3, 5:
nisi forte me animus fallit,
Sall. C. 20, 17:
nisi memoria me fallit,
fails me, Gell. 20, p. 285 Bip.:
nisi me omnia fallunt,
Cic. Att. 8, 7, 1; cf.:
omnia me fallunt, nisi, etc.,
Sen. Ep. 95 med.:
nisi quid me fallit,
Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6; cf.:
si quid nunc me fallit in scribendo,
id. ib. 3, 5, 4:
dominum sterilis saepe fefellit ager,
Ov. A. A. 1, 450:
certe hercle hic se ipsus fallit, non ego,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 15:
tam libenter se fallunt, quam si una fata decipiunt,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1:
cum alios falleret, se ipsum tamen non fefellit,
Lact. 1, 22, 5.— Pass. in mid. force, to deceive one's self, be deceived, to err, be mistaken:
errore quodam fallimur in disputando,
Cic. Rep. 3, 35:
qua (spe) possumus falli: deus falli qui potuit?
id. N. D. 3, 31, 76:
memoriā falli,
Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118:
jamque dies, nisi fallor, adest,
Verg. A. 5, 49; Cic. Att. 4, 17, 1; 16, 6, 2:
ni fallor,
Ov. F. 4, 623; Lact. 2, 19, 1; cf.:
ordinis haec virtus erit et venus, aut ego fallor,
Hor. A. P. 42.—With object-clause:
dicere non fallar, quo, etc.,
Luc. 7, 288:
quamquam haut falsa sum, nos odiosas haberi,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 4; cf.:
id quam facile sit mihi, haud sum falsus,
id. Men. 5, 2, 3; Ter. And. 4, 1, 23; Sall. J. 85, 20:
neque ea res falsum me habuit,
did not deceive me, id. ib. 10, 1:
ut falsus animi est!
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 43.—
(β).
Of inanim. or abstr. objects:
promissum,
not to fulfil, Curt. 7, 10, 9:
fidem hosti datam fallere,
to violate, break, betray, deceive, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39:
quodsi meam spem vis improborum fefellerit atque superaverit,
id. Cat. 4, 11, 23; cf. id. de Or. 1, 1, 2:
non fallam opinionem tuam,
id. Fam. 1, 6 fin.; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 86 fin.:
imperium,
to fail to execute, Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125:
cum lubrica saxa vestigium fallerent,
betrayed, Curt. 4, 9.— Poet.:
tu faciem illius Falle dolo,
imitate deceptively, assume, Verg. A. 1, 684:
sua terga nocturno lupo,
i. e. to hide, conceal, Prop. 4, 5, 14:
casses, retia,
to shun, avoid, Ov. H. 20, 45; 190. —
(γ).
Absol.: neque quo pacto fallam... Scio quicquam, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29 fin.:
cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41:
ea (divinatio) fallit fortasse nonnumquam,
id. Div. 1, 14, 25:
non in sortitione fallere,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 132:
in ea re,
Nep. Them. 7, 2; Cels. 7, 26, 2: ne falleret bis relata eadem res, Liv. 29, 35, 2:
ut, si quid possent, de induciis fallendo impetrarent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 13, 5:
germinat et numquam fallentis termes olivae,
Hor. Epod. 16, 45:
plerumque sufflati atque tumidi (oratores) fallunt pro uberibus,
Gell. 7, 14, 5.—
B.
Impers.: fallit (me) I deceive myself, I mistake, am mistaken:
sed nos, nisi me fallit, jacebimus,
Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2; cf.:
nisi me propter benevolentiam forte fallebat,
id. Cael. 19, 45; id. Sest. 50, 106:
nec eum fefellit,
id. Off. 2, 7, 25:
vide, ne te fallat,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 25. And cf. under II. B. 2.
II.
In partic.
A.
To deceive in swearing, to swear falsely:
is jurare cum coepisset, vox eum defecit in illo loco: SI SCIENS FALLO,
Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf.:
lapidem silicem tenebant juraturi per Jovem haec verba dicentes: SI SCIENS FALLO, TVM ME DISPITER, etc., Paul. ex Fest. s. v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.: si sciens fefellisset,
Plin. Pan. 64, 3; cf. Liv. 21, 45, 8; Prop. 4, 7, 53:
expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere,
i. e. to swear falsely by the ashes of your mother, Hor. C. 2, 8, 10.—
B.
With respect to one's knowledge or sight, for the more usual latēre: to lie concealed from, to escape the notice, elude the observation of a person (so in Cic., Sall., and Caes. for the most part only impers., v. 2. infra).
(α).
With acc.:
neque enim hoc te, Crasse, fallit, quam multa sint et quam varia genera dicendi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:
tanto silentio in summum evasere, ut non custodes solum fallerent, sed, etc.,
Liv. 5, 47, 3:
nec fefellit veniens ducem,
id. 2, 19, 7; Curt. 7, 6, 4; cf.:
quin et Atridas duce te (Mercurio)... Priamus... Thessalosque ignes et iniqua Trojae Castra fefellit,
Hor. C. 1, 10, 16:
quos fallere et effugere est triumphus,
id. ib. 4, 4, 52:
Spartacum si qua potuit vagantem Fallere testa,
id. ib. 3, 14, 20; Suet. Caes. 43:
nec te Pythagorae fallant arcana,
Hor. Epod. 15, 21; id. Ep. 1, 6, 45:
nec quicquam eos, quae terra marique agerentur, fallebat,
Liv. 41, 2, 1 Drak.:
ut plebem tribunosque falleret judicii rescindendi consilium initum,
id. 4, 11, 4:
tanta celeritate, ut visum fallant,
Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157:
oculos littera fallit,
cannot be distinctly read, Ov. A. A. 3, 627.— With acc. and inf.:
neutros fefellit hostes appropinquare,
Liv. 31, 33, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.—Mid. with gen.:
nec satis exaudiebam, nec sermonis fallebar tamen,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 55.—
(β).
Absol., to escape notice, be unseen, remain undiscovered:
speculator Carthaginiensium, qui per biennium fefellerat, Romae deprehensus,
Liv. 22, 33, 1; 25, 9, 2:
spes fallendi, resistendive, si non falleret,
of remaining unnoticed, id. 21, 57, 5:
non fefellere ad Tifernum hostes instructi,
id. 10, 14, 6.—So with part. perf., Liv. 42, 64, 3; 23, 19, 11.—With part. pres.: ne alio itinere hostis falleret ad urbem incedens, i. e. arrive secretly, lanthanoi prosiôn, Liv. 8, 20, 5; cf. id. 5, 47, 9; Verg. A. 7, 350:
nec vixit male, qui natus moriensque fefellit,
i. e. has remained unnoticed, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 10:
fallere pro aliquo,
to pass for, Gell. 7, 14:
bonus longe fallente sagitta,
Verg. A. 9, 572.—
2.
Impers.: fallit (me), it is concealed from me, unknown to me, I do not know, am ignorant of (for the most part only with negatives or in negative interrogations), constr. with subject-clause:
non me fefellit: sensi,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 64:
num me fefellit, hosce id struere?
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 3; cf.:
in lege nulla esse ejusmodi capita, te non fallit,
Cic. Att. 3, 23, 4:
nec me animi fallit, etc.,
Lucr. 1, 136; 5, 97:
quem fallit?
who does not know? Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233:
neque vero Caesarem fefellit, quin, etc.,
Caes. B C. 3, 94, 3.—
C.
To cause any thing (space, time, etc.) not to be observed or felt, to lighten any thing difficult, or to appease, silence any thing disagreeable, to beguile ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
medias fallunt sermonibus horas Sentirique moram prohibent,
Ov. M. 8, 652:
jam somno fallere curam,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 114:
Fallebat curas aegraque corda labor,
Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 16; cf.
dolores,
id. ib. 5, 7, 39:
luctum,
Val. Fl. 3, 319:
molliter austerum studio fallente laborem,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 12; Ov. M. 6, 60; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 49.—Prov.:
fallere credentem non est operosa puellam Gloria,
Ov. H. 2, 63.—Hence, falsus, a, um, P. a., deceptive, pretended, feigned, deceitful, spurious, false (syn.: adulterinus, subditus, subditicius, spurius).
A.
[p. 722] Adj.:
testes aut casu veri aut malitia falsi fictique esse possunt,
Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27; cf.:
falsum est id totum, neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,
id. Rep. 2, 15:
ementita et falsa plenaque erroris,
id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:
pro re certa spem falsam domum retulerunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; cf.:
spe falsa atque fallaci,
id. Phil. 12, 2, 7; so,
spes,
id. Sull. 82, 91:
falsa et mendacia visa,
id. Div. 2, 62, 127; cf.:
falsa et inania visa,
id. ib.:
falsum et imitatione simulatum,
id. de Or. 2, 45, 189; cf. id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
argumentum,
id. Inv. 1, 48, 90:
qui falsas lites falsis testimoniis Petunt,
Plaut. Rud. prol. 13:
reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis,
id. Bacch. 3, 6, 12:
ambitio multos mortales falsos fieri subegit,
Sall. C. 10, 5 Kritz.:
pater (opp. verus),
a supposed father, Ov. M. 9, 24; cf. id. ib. 1, 754:
falsi ac festinantes,
Tac. A. 1, 7: suspectio, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5:
nuntius,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:
rumores,
Caes. B. G. 6, 20, 2:
poena falsarum et corruptarum litterarum,
Cic. Fl. 17, 39; cf.:
falsas esse litteras et a scriba vitiatas,
Liv. 40, 55, 1:
falsarum tabularum rei,
Suet. Aug. 19:
fama,
Cic. Lael. 4, 15:
appellatio,
Quint. 7, 3, 5:
sententiae,
id. 8, 5, 7:
crimina,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 14;
terrores,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 212:
opprobria,
i. e. undeserved, id. ib. 1, 16, 38; cf.
honor,
id. ib. 39: falsi Simoëntis ad undam, i. e. fictitious (simulati), Verg. A. 3, 302; cf.:
falsi sequimur vestigia tauri (i. e. Jovis),
Val. Fl. 8, 265:
vultu simulans Haliagmona,
Stat. Th. 7, 739:
ita ceteros terruere, ut adesse omnem exercitum trepidi ac falsi nuntiarent,
Tac. H. 2, 17:
ne illi falsi sunt qui divorsissumas res pariter expectant,
deceived, mistaken, Sall. J. 85, 20; cf.:
falsus utinam vates sim,
Liv. 21, 10, 10; so,
vates,
id. 4, 46, 5.— Comp. (rare):
quanto est abjectior et falsior ista (theologia),
Aug. Civ. D. 7, 5 fin.:
nihil est hominum inepta persuasione falsius,
Petr. 132; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 11 Müll.— Sup.:
id autem falsissimum est,
Col. 1, 6, 17.—
(β).
With gen.:
Felix appellatur Arabia, falsi et ingrati cognominis,
Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 82.—
2.
False, counterfeit, spurious, = adulterinus (late Lat.): moneta, Cod. Th. 9, 21, 9.—
B.
As subst.
1.
falsus, i, m., a liar, deceiver:
Spurinnam ut falsum arguens,
a false prophet, Suet. Caes. 81 fin.; id. Tib. 14.—
2.
falsum, i, n., falsehood, fraud:
ex falsis verum effici non potest,
Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf.:
veris falsa remiscet,
Hor. A. P. 151:
vero distinguere falsum,
id. Ep. 1, 10, 29:
falsum scripseram,
Cic. Att. 7, 14, 2; Quint. 7, 2, 53:
ex illa causa falsi,
i. e. of fraud, Dig. 48, 10 (De lege Cornelia de falsis), 1;
v. the whole title: acclinis falsis animus,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 6:
nec obstitit falsis Tiberius,
Tac. A. 2, 82:
simulationum falsa,
id. ib. 6, 46 et saep.—Adverb.:
telisque non in falsum jactis,
i. e. not at random, with effect, Tac. A. 4, 50 fin.:
jurare falsum,
Ov. Am. 3, 3, 11.— Adv., untruly, erroneously, unfaithfully, wrongly, falsely; in two forms, falso and false.
1.
falso:
eho mavis vituperari falso, quam vero extolli?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 21 sq.; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 173;
so opp. vero,
Curt. 5, 2, 2: ei rei dant operam, ut mihi falso maledicatur, Cato ap. Charis. p. 179 P.: falso criminare, Enn. ap. Non. 470, 16:
neque me perpetiar probri Falso insimulatam,
id. Am. 3, 2, 7; 21; cf.:
non possum quemquam insimulare falso,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 107:
falso memoriae proditum,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:
cum Tarquinius... vivere falso diceretur,
id. Rep. 2, 21; cf.:
adesse ejus equites falso nuntiabantur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 1:
cum utrumque falso fingerent,
Liv. 42, 2:
falso in me conferri,
Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2: aliquem falso occidere, i. e. by mistake, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 179 P.; cf.:
ut miseri parentes quos falso lugent, vivere sciant,
Liv. 34, 32, 13; and:
falso lamentari eas Darium vivum,
Curt. 3, 12:
falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum,
Sall. J. 1:
falso plurima volgus amat,
Tib. 3, 3, 20 (so perh. also in Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141, non assentiar saepe falso, instead of false).—Ellipt.: Da. Si quid narrare occepi, continuo dari tibi verba censes. Si. Falso, Ter. And. 3, 2, 24; cf.:
atqui in talibus rebus aliud utile interdum, aliud honestum videri solet. Falso: nam, etc.,
Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; so Quint. 2, 17, 12; Nep. Alc. 9:
quia inter inpotentes et validos falso quiescas, = quia falluntur qui putant quiesci posse,
Tac. Germ. 36.—
2.
false (very rare): judicium false factum, Sisenn. ap. Charis. p. 179; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 78 Fleck. (Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141 dub., B. and K., al. falso).— Sup.:
quae adversus haec falsissime disputantur,
Aug. Conf. 10, 13.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fallo
19 falsum

fallo, fĕfelli, falsum, 3 (archaic inf. praes. pass. fallier, Pers. 3, 50; perf. pass. fefellitus sum, Petr. Fragm. 61, MSS.), v. a. [Sanscr. sphal, sphul, to waver; Gr. sphallô, a-sphalês], to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, disappoint (freq. and class.; syn.: decipio, impono, frustror, circumvenio, emungo, fraudo).
I.
In gen.
(α).
Of living objects:
T. Roscius non unum rei pecuniariae socium fefellit, verum novem homines honestissimos ejusdem muneris, etc.... induxit, decepit, destituit, omni fraude et perfidia fefellit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 116 sq.; so,
aliquem dolis,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 1, 61:
senem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:
referam gratiam, atque eas itidem fallam, ut ab illis fallimur,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 93: tu illum fructu fallas, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:
id ipsum sui fallendi causa milites ab hostibus factum existimabant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2:
tum laqueis captare feras et fallere visco Inventum,
Verg. G. 1, 139; cf. Ov. M. 15, 474:
is enim sum, nisi me forte fallo, qui, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 21:
num me fefellit, Catilina, non modo res tanta, verum dies?
id. Cat. 1, 3, 7:
nisi me fallit animus,
id. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; cf.:
neque eum prima opinio fefellit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 67, 3:
ne spes eum fallat,
Cic. Fam. 1, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 4:
si in hominibus eligendis spes amicitiae nos fefellerit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 28:
in quo cum eum opinio fefellisset,
Nep. Ages. 3, 5:
nisi forte me animus fallit,
Sall. C. 20, 17:
nisi memoria me fallit,
fails me, Gell. 20, p. 285 Bip.:
nisi me omnia fallunt,
Cic. Att. 8, 7, 1; cf.:
omnia me fallunt, nisi, etc.,
Sen. Ep. 95 med.:
nisi quid me fallit,
Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6; cf.:
si quid nunc me fallit in scribendo,
id. ib. 3, 5, 4:
dominum sterilis saepe fefellit ager,
Ov. A. A. 1, 450:
certe hercle hic se ipsus fallit, non ego,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 15:
tam libenter se fallunt, quam si una fata decipiunt,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1:
cum alios falleret, se ipsum tamen non fefellit,
Lact. 1, 22, 5.— Pass. in mid. force, to deceive one's self, be deceived, to err, be mistaken:
errore quodam fallimur in disputando,
Cic. Rep. 3, 35:
qua (spe) possumus falli: deus falli qui potuit?
id. N. D. 3, 31, 76:
memoriā falli,
Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118:
jamque dies, nisi fallor, adest,
Verg. A. 5, 49; Cic. Att. 4, 17, 1; 16, 6, 2:
ni fallor,
Ov. F. 4, 623; Lact. 2, 19, 1; cf.:
ordinis haec virtus erit et venus, aut ego fallor,
Hor. A. P. 42.—With object-clause:
dicere non fallar, quo, etc.,
Luc. 7, 288:
quamquam haut falsa sum, nos odiosas haberi,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 4; cf.:
id quam facile sit mihi, haud sum falsus,
id. Men. 5, 2, 3; Ter. And. 4, 1, 23; Sall. J. 85, 20:
neque ea res falsum me habuit,
did not deceive me, id. ib. 10, 1:
ut falsus animi est!
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 43.—
(β).
Of inanim. or abstr. objects:
promissum,
not to fulfil, Curt. 7, 10, 9:
fidem hosti datam fallere,
to violate, break, betray, deceive, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39:
quodsi meam spem vis improborum fefellerit atque superaverit,
id. Cat. 4, 11, 23; cf. id. de Or. 1, 1, 2:
non fallam opinionem tuam,
id. Fam. 1, 6 fin.; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 86 fin.:
imperium,
to fail to execute, Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125:
cum lubrica saxa vestigium fallerent,
betrayed, Curt. 4, 9.— Poet.:
tu faciem illius Falle dolo,
imitate deceptively, assume, Verg. A. 1, 684:
sua terga nocturno lupo,
i. e. to hide, conceal, Prop. 4, 5, 14:
casses, retia,
to shun, avoid, Ov. H. 20, 45; 190. —
(γ).
Absol.: neque quo pacto fallam... Scio quicquam, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29 fin.:
cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41:
ea (divinatio) fallit fortasse nonnumquam,
id. Div. 1, 14, 25:
non in sortitione fallere,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 132:
in ea re,
Nep. Them. 7, 2; Cels. 7, 26, 2: ne falleret bis relata eadem res, Liv. 29, 35, 2:
ut, si quid possent, de induciis fallendo impetrarent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 13, 5:
germinat et numquam fallentis termes olivae,
Hor. Epod. 16, 45:
plerumque sufflati atque tumidi (oratores) fallunt pro uberibus,
Gell. 7, 14, 5.—
B.
Impers.: fallit (me) I deceive myself, I mistake, am mistaken:
sed nos, nisi me fallit, jacebimus,
Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2; cf.:
nisi me propter benevolentiam forte fallebat,
id. Cael. 19, 45; id. Sest. 50, 106:
nec eum fefellit,
id. Off. 2, 7, 25:
vide, ne te fallat,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 25. And cf. under II. B. 2.
II.
In partic.
A.
To deceive in swearing, to swear falsely:
is jurare cum coepisset, vox eum defecit in illo loco: SI SCIENS FALLO,
Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf.:
lapidem silicem tenebant juraturi per Jovem haec verba dicentes: SI SCIENS FALLO, TVM ME DISPITER, etc., Paul. ex Fest. s. v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.: si sciens fefellisset,
Plin. Pan. 64, 3; cf. Liv. 21, 45, 8; Prop. 4, 7, 53:
expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere,
i. e. to swear falsely by the ashes of your mother, Hor. C. 2, 8, 10.—
B.
With respect to one's knowledge or sight, for the more usual latēre: to lie concealed from, to escape the notice, elude the observation of a person (so in Cic., Sall., and Caes. for the most part only impers., v. 2. infra).
(α).
With acc.:
neque enim hoc te, Crasse, fallit, quam multa sint et quam varia genera dicendi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:
tanto silentio in summum evasere, ut non custodes solum fallerent, sed, etc.,
Liv. 5, 47, 3:
nec fefellit veniens ducem,
id. 2, 19, 7; Curt. 7, 6, 4; cf.:
quin et Atridas duce te (Mercurio)... Priamus... Thessalosque ignes et iniqua Trojae Castra fefellit,
Hor. C. 1, 10, 16:
quos fallere et effugere est triumphus,
id. ib. 4, 4, 52:
Spartacum si qua potuit vagantem Fallere testa,
id. ib. 3, 14, 20; Suet. Caes. 43:
nec te Pythagorae fallant arcana,
Hor. Epod. 15, 21; id. Ep. 1, 6, 45:
nec quicquam eos, quae terra marique agerentur, fallebat,
Liv. 41, 2, 1 Drak.:
ut plebem tribunosque falleret judicii rescindendi consilium initum,
id. 4, 11, 4:
tanta celeritate, ut visum fallant,
Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157:
oculos littera fallit,
cannot be distinctly read, Ov. A. A. 3, 627.— With acc. and inf.:
neutros fefellit hostes appropinquare,
Liv. 31, 33, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.—Mid. with gen.:
nec satis exaudiebam, nec sermonis fallebar tamen,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 55.—
(β).
Absol., to escape notice, be unseen, remain undiscovered:
speculator Carthaginiensium, qui per biennium fefellerat, Romae deprehensus,
Liv. 22, 33, 1; 25, 9, 2:
spes fallendi, resistendive, si non falleret,
of remaining unnoticed, id. 21, 57, 5:
non fefellere ad Tifernum hostes instructi,
id. 10, 14, 6.—So with part. perf., Liv. 42, 64, 3; 23, 19, 11.—With part. pres.: ne alio itinere hostis falleret ad urbem incedens, i. e. arrive secretly, lanthanoi prosiôn, Liv. 8, 20, 5; cf. id. 5, 47, 9; Verg. A. 7, 350:
nec vixit male, qui natus moriensque fefellit,
i. e. has remained unnoticed, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 10:
fallere pro aliquo,
to pass for, Gell. 7, 14:
bonus longe fallente sagitta,
Verg. A. 9, 572.—
2.
Impers.: fallit (me), it is concealed from me, unknown to me, I do not know, am ignorant of (for the most part only with negatives or in negative interrogations), constr. with subject-clause:
non me fefellit: sensi,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 64:
num me fefellit, hosce id struere?
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 3; cf.:
in lege nulla esse ejusmodi capita, te non fallit,
Cic. Att. 3, 23, 4:
nec me animi fallit, etc.,
Lucr. 1, 136; 5, 97:
quem fallit?
who does not know? Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233:
neque vero Caesarem fefellit, quin, etc.,
Caes. B C. 3, 94, 3.—
C.
To cause any thing (space, time, etc.) not to be observed or felt, to lighten any thing difficult, or to appease, silence any thing disagreeable, to beguile ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
medias fallunt sermonibus horas Sentirique moram prohibent,
Ov. M. 8, 652:
jam somno fallere curam,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 114:
Fallebat curas aegraque corda labor,
Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 16; cf.
dolores,
id. ib. 5, 7, 39:
luctum,
Val. Fl. 3, 319:
molliter austerum studio fallente laborem,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 12; Ov. M. 6, 60; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 49.—Prov.:
fallere credentem non est operosa puellam Gloria,
Ov. H. 2, 63.—Hence, falsus, a, um, P. a., deceptive, pretended, feigned, deceitful, spurious, false (syn.: adulterinus, subditus, subditicius, spurius).
A.
[p. 722] Adj.:
testes aut casu veri aut malitia falsi fictique esse possunt,
Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27; cf.:
falsum est id totum, neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,
id. Rep. 2, 15:
ementita et falsa plenaque erroris,
id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:
pro re certa spem falsam domum retulerunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; cf.:
spe falsa atque fallaci,
id. Phil. 12, 2, 7; so,
spes,
id. Sull. 82, 91:
falsa et mendacia visa,
id. Div. 2, 62, 127; cf.:
falsa et inania visa,
id. ib.:
falsum et imitatione simulatum,
id. de Or. 2, 45, 189; cf. id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
argumentum,
id. Inv. 1, 48, 90:
qui falsas lites falsis testimoniis Petunt,
Plaut. Rud. prol. 13:
reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis,
id. Bacch. 3, 6, 12:
ambitio multos mortales falsos fieri subegit,
Sall. C. 10, 5 Kritz.:
pater (opp. verus),
a supposed father, Ov. M. 9, 24; cf. id. ib. 1, 754:
falsi ac festinantes,
Tac. A. 1, 7: suspectio, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5:
nuntius,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:
rumores,
Caes. B. G. 6, 20, 2:
poena falsarum et corruptarum litterarum,
Cic. Fl. 17, 39; cf.:
falsas esse litteras et a scriba vitiatas,
Liv. 40, 55, 1:
falsarum tabularum rei,
Suet. Aug. 19:
fama,
Cic. Lael. 4, 15:
appellatio,
Quint. 7, 3, 5:
sententiae,
id. 8, 5, 7:
crimina,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 14;
terrores,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 212:
opprobria,
i. e. undeserved, id. ib. 1, 16, 38; cf.
honor,
id. ib. 39: falsi Simoëntis ad undam, i. e. fictitious (simulati), Verg. A. 3, 302; cf.:
falsi sequimur vestigia tauri (i. e. Jovis),
Val. Fl. 8, 265:
vultu simulans Haliagmona,
Stat. Th. 7, 739:
ita ceteros terruere, ut adesse omnem exercitum trepidi ac falsi nuntiarent,
Tac. H. 2, 17:
ne illi falsi sunt qui divorsissumas res pariter expectant,
deceived, mistaken, Sall. J. 85, 20; cf.:
falsus utinam vates sim,
Liv. 21, 10, 10; so,
vates,
id. 4, 46, 5.— Comp. (rare):
quanto est abjectior et falsior ista (theologia),
Aug. Civ. D. 7, 5 fin.:
nihil est hominum inepta persuasione falsius,
Petr. 132; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 11 Müll.— Sup.:
id autem falsissimum est,
Col. 1, 6, 17.—
(β).
With gen.:
Felix appellatur Arabia, falsi et ingrati cognominis,
Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 82.—
2.
False, counterfeit, spurious, = adulterinus (late Lat.): moneta, Cod. Th. 9, 21, 9.—
B.
As subst.
1.
falsus, i, m., a liar, deceiver:
Spurinnam ut falsum arguens,
a false prophet, Suet. Caes. 81 fin.; id. Tib. 14.—
2.
falsum, i, n., falsehood, fraud:
ex falsis verum effici non potest,
Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf.:
veris falsa remiscet,
Hor. A. P. 151:
vero distinguere falsum,
id. Ep. 1, 10, 29:
falsum scripseram,
Cic. Att. 7, 14, 2; Quint. 7, 2, 53:
ex illa causa falsi,
i. e. of fraud, Dig. 48, 10 (De lege Cornelia de falsis), 1;
v. the whole title: acclinis falsis animus,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 6:
nec obstitit falsis Tiberius,
Tac. A. 2, 82:
simulationum falsa,
id. ib. 6, 46 et saep.—Adverb.:
telisque non in falsum jactis,
i. e. not at random, with effect, Tac. A. 4, 50 fin.:
jurare falsum,
Ov. Am. 3, 3, 11.— Adv., untruly, erroneously, unfaithfully, wrongly, falsely; in two forms, falso and false.
1.
falso:
eho mavis vituperari falso, quam vero extolli?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 21 sq.; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 173;
so opp. vero,
Curt. 5, 2, 2: ei rei dant operam, ut mihi falso maledicatur, Cato ap. Charis. p. 179 P.: falso criminare, Enn. ap. Non. 470, 16:
neque me perpetiar probri Falso insimulatam,
id. Am. 3, 2, 7; 21; cf.:
non possum quemquam insimulare falso,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 107:
falso memoriae proditum,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:
cum Tarquinius... vivere falso diceretur,
id. Rep. 2, 21; cf.:
adesse ejus equites falso nuntiabantur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 1:
cum utrumque falso fingerent,
Liv. 42, 2:
falso in me conferri,
Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2: aliquem falso occidere, i. e. by mistake, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 179 P.; cf.:
ut miseri parentes quos falso lugent, vivere sciant,
Liv. 34, 32, 13; and:
falso lamentari eas Darium vivum,
Curt. 3, 12:
falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum,
Sall. J. 1:
falso plurima volgus amat,
Tib. 3, 3, 20 (so perh. also in Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141, non assentiar saepe falso, instead of false).—Ellipt.: Da. Si quid narrare occepi, continuo dari tibi verba censes. Si. Falso, Ter. And. 3, 2, 24; cf.:
atqui in talibus rebus aliud utile interdum, aliud honestum videri solet. Falso: nam, etc.,
Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; so Quint. 2, 17, 12; Nep. Alc. 9:
quia inter inpotentes et validos falso quiescas, = quia falluntur qui putant quiesci posse,
Tac. Germ. 36.—
2.
false (very rare): judicium false factum, Sisenn. ap. Charis. p. 179; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 78 Fleck. (Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141 dub., B. and K., al. falso).— Sup.:
quae adversus haec falsissime disputantur,
Aug. Conf. 10, 13.

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20 tango

tango, tĕtĭgi, tactum, 3 (old collat. form tago, xi, 3:
tagit Pacuvius in Teucro: ut ego, si quisquam me tagit. Et tagam idem in Hermiona: aut non cernam, nisi tagam: sine dubio antiquā consuetudine usurpavit. Nam nunc ea sine praepositionibus non dicuntur, ut contigit, attigit,
Fest. p. 356 Müll.: PELLEX ARAM IVNONIS NE TANGITO, Lex Numae ap. Fest. p. 222 ib.: sed o Petruelle, ne meum taxis librum, Varr. ap. Non. 176, 18, and 180, 8), v. a. [root tag-; Gr. te-tag-ôn, grasping; tê, take; Lat. tago, tagax; Goth. tēkan, to touch; Engl. take; cf.: inter, contages], to touch (syn. tracto).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
tangere enim et tangi, nisi corpus, nulla potest res, Lucr 1, 304: tange utramvis digitulo minimo modo,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 15:
genu terram tangere,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:
virgā Virginis os,
Ov. M. 11, 308:
aliquem cubito,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 42.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To touch, i. e.,
a.
To take, take away, curry off: Sa. Tetigin' tui quidquam? Aes. Si attigisses, ferres infortunium, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 24:
de praedā meā teruncium nec attigit nec tacturus est quisquam,
Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 4:
quia tangam nullum ab invito,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 67; Liv. 29, 20. —
b.
To taste, to eat, to drink:
salsa sunt, tangere ut non velis,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 35:
illa (corpora) Non cani tetigere lupi,
Ov. M. 7, 550:
saporem,
id. F. 3, 745:
cupiens varià fastidia cenā Vincere tangentis male singula dente superbo,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 87:
Superorum tangere mensas,
Ov. M. 6, 173:
tetigit calicem clanculum,
has emptied, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10. —
2.
Of places.
a.
To reach, arrive at, come to a place (syn. pervenio):
Verres simul ac tetigit provinciam, statim, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27; cf. id. Att. 6, 1, 6:
portus,
Verg. A. 4, 612:
terminum mundi armis,
Hor. C. 3, 3, 54:
vada,
id. ib. 1, 3, 24:
lucum gradu,
Ov. M. 3, 36:
domos,
id. ib. 4, 779;
6, 601: quem (Nilum) simul ac tetigit,
id. ib. 1, 729:
ut tellus est mihi tacta,
id. Tr. 3, 2, 18:
limina,
id. M. 10, 456; Juv. 14, 44:
nocturno castra dolo,
Ov. H. 1, 42 et saep.—
b.
To border on, be contiguous to:
qui (fundi) Tiberim fere omnes tangunt,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:
haec civitas Rhenum tangit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 3:
quae (villa) viam tangeret,
Cic. Mil. 19, 51:
vertice sidera,
Ov. M. 7, 61. —
3.
To touch, i. e.,
a.
To strike, hit, beat (mostly poet.):
chordas,
Ov. R. Am. 336:
flagello Chloen,
Hor. C. 3, 26, 12:
quem tetigit jactu,
Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 60:
loca tangere fundā,
Tib. 4, 1, 97:
te hora Caniculae Nescit tangere,
to touch, affect, Hor. C. 3, 13, 10.—Euphem., to put to death:
quemquam praeterea oportuisse tangi,
Cic. Att. 15, 11, 2:
statua aut aera legum de caelo tacta,
i.e. struck by lightning, id. Div. 2, 21, 47; so, de caelo tactus, Liv. 25, 7, 7; 29, 14, 3; Verg. E. 1, 17:
e caelo tactum,
Plin. 36, 4, 4, § 10; cf.:
ulmus fulmine tacta,
Ov. Tr. 2, 144:
tacta aedes Junonis,
Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 144.—Prov.:
tetigisti acu (rem),
you have hit the nail on the head, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 19; cf.:
tangis en ipsos metus,
the thing you fear, Sen. Oedip. 795.—
b.
To take hold of, to touch, handle, etc.;
esp. in mal. part.: virginem,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 52:
cur id ausus's facere ut id quod non tuom esset tangeres?
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 14; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 15; id. Eun. 4, 7, 27 sq.; Cat. 21, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 28; 1, 2, 54.— Absol.:
cibum una capias, assis, tangas, ludas, propter dormias,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 81 (82):
si non tangendi copia'st,
id. ib. 4, 2, 10; id. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 5.—
4.
To besprinkle, moisten, wash, smear, anoint ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
syn. tingo): corpus aquā,
Ov. F. 4, 790:
comas tristi medicamine,
id. M. 6, 140:
oculos olivo,
Pers. 3, 44:
superiorem palpebram salivā,
Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38:
caput igne sulfuris,
Prop. 4 (5), 8, 86; cf.:
voluit tangi lucerna mero,
id. 4 (5), 3, 60:
luto corpora tangit amor,
Tib. 1, 8, 52.—
5.
To color, dye:
supercilium madidā fuligine,
Juvenc. 2, 93. —
II.
Trop.
A.
Of the mind or feelings, to touch, move, affect, impress:
minae Clodii contentionesque modice me tangunt,
Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1:
si vos urbis, si vestri nulla cura tangit,
Liv. 3, 17, 3:
Numitori tetigerat animum memoria nepotum,
id. 1, 5:
mentem mortalia tangunt,
Verg. A. 1, 462:
si curat cor spectantis tetigisse querela,
Hor. A. P. 98:
nec formā tangor, poteram tamen hac quoque tangi,
Ov. M. 10, 614:
vota tamen tetigere deos, tetigere parentes,
id. ib. 4, 164:
nymphas tetigit nova res,
id. ib. 15, 552:
nec amor nos tangit habendi,
id. A. A. 3, 541:
exemplo tangi,
id. H. 15 (16), 326; id. F. 5, 489; Prop. 1, 9, 17:
religione tactus hospes,
Liv. 1, 45, 7:
tetigerat animum memoria nepotum,
id. 1, 5, 6:
si quem gloria tangit,
Sen. Hippol. 27.—
B.
Qs. to prick or stick one, i. e.,
1.
To take in, trick, dupe; to cozen or cheat out of any thing (anteclass.):
tuom tangam patrem,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 118; cf.:
probe tactus Ballio est,
id. ib. 5, 2, 13:
tangere hominem volt bolo,
id. Poen. prol. 101:
istis adeo te tetigi triginta minis,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 40: senem triginta minis, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 257:
lenunculum aere militari,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 7: patrem talento argenti, Turp. ap. Non. 408, 28:
tactus sum vehementer visco,
I am limed, caught, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 39:
volucres harundinibus,
Petr. 109.—
2.
To sting or nettle any one by something said:
quo pacto Rhodium tetigerim in convivio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 30; cf.
maledictis,
Fest. p. 356 Müll.—
C.
Of speech, to touch upon, mention, speak of, refer to, cite:
non tango, quod avarus homo est, quodque improbu' mitto, Lucil. ap. Rufin. Schem. Lex. § 12 (p. 274 Frotsch.): leviter unum quodque tangam,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83:
ubi Aristoteles ista tetigit?
id. Ac. 2, 44, 136:
illud tertium, quod a Crasso tactum est,
id. de Or. 2, 10, 43: ne tangantur rationes ad Opis, be discussed, examined, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 26:
si tacta loquar,
Manil. 3, 21; cf.:
quid minus utibile fuit quam hoc ulcus tangere Aut nominare uxorem?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 9.—
D.
To take in hand, undertake (rare):
carmina,
Ov. Am. 3, 12, 17: quis te Carminis heroi tangere jussit opus? prop. 4, 2 (3, 3), 16.

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