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1 commodē
commodē adv. with comp. and sup. [commodus], duly, properly, completely, rightly, well, skilfully, neatly: saltare, N.: multa dicta: cogitare, T.: non minus commode, just as well, Cs.: commodius fecissent, si, etc. — Conveniently, suitably, opportunely, fitly, aptly, appropriately: magis commode quam strenue navigavi: quo commodissime valles transiri possit, Cs.: Hoc ego commodius quam tu vivo, H.: finge aliquid, consistently.—In a friendly manner, pleasantly, kindly: loqui. T.* * *commodius, commodissime ADVconveniently/neatly/tidily; aptly/well; suitably/properly/fittingly; tastefully; agreeably, helpfully; comfortably/pleasantly; at a good time/right moment -
2 commode
commŏdē, adv., v. 1. commodus, adv. B. 3. -
3 Commodus
1. I.Object., complete, perfect, of full weight or measure, fit, suitable, due, proper, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;II.most freq. in Plaut.): statura,
a tall stature, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21:capillus,
id. Most. 1, 3, 98:viginti argenti minae,
full twenty, id. As. 3, 3, 134 (cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 144: minae bonae); id. Merc. 2, 3, 101:talentum argenti,
id. Rud. 5, 2, 31; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 266, 27:novem cyathis commodis miscentur pocula,
Hor. C. 3, 19, 12:alimenta,
Dig. 34, 1, 16, § 1:capitis valetudo commodior,
more firm, Cels. 8, 1; Quint. 6, 3, 77;and transf. to the person: vivere filium atque etiam commodiorem esse,
to be better, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 4.—Subject., suitable, fit, convenient, opportune, commodious, easy, appropriate for some one or something, favorable, friendly to (in every period and species of composition); constr. with dat. or absol., rarely with ad (v. the foll.).A.Of things.1.With dat.a.Of the purpose or use:b.curationi omnia commodiora,
Liv. 30, 19, 5:nec pecori opportuna seges nec commoda Baccho,
Verg. G. 4, 129.—Of the person:2.hoc et vobis et meae commodum famae arbitror,
Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 9:quod erit mihi bonum et commodum,
id. Phorm. 1, 2, 81:nulla lex satis commoda omnibus est (corresp. with prodesse),
Liv. 34, 3, 5:primordia eloquentiae mortalibus,
Tac. Or. 12:hanc sibi commodissimam belli rationem judicavit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 85:quae sit stella homini commoda, quaeque mala,
Prop. 2 (3), 27, 4.—Absol.:3.hiberna,
Liv. 42, 67, 8:longius ceterum commodius iter,
id. 22, 2, 2; cf.:commodissimus in Britanniam transjectus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 2:commodius anni tempus,
Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; cf. Ter. And. 5, 2, 3:faciliore ac commodiore judicio,
Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:litterae satis commodae de Britannicis rebus,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 25:mores,
id. Lael. 15, 54:commodissimum esse statuit, omnes naves subduci, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—With or without dat. pers. in the phrase commodum est, it pleases, is agreeable, = libet:4.proinde ut commodum est,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 8; 3, 1, 2: dum erit commodum, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 38:si id non commodum est,
id. Eun. 3, 2, 49; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33 Ascon.; 2, 2, 16, § 39; 2, 1, 26, § 65; 2, 3, 70, § 165; id. Div. 1, 49, 111; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87; Plin. Pan. 48, 1:id si tibi erit commodum, cures velim,
Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2; Cels. 4, 4; 4, 22.—With ad and acc. of purpose (very rare):5.nec satis ad cursus commoda vestis Erat,
Ov. F. 2, 288.—With sup. in u (rare):B.hoc exornationis genus... commodum est auditu,
Auct. Her. 4, 18, 26.—Of persons, serving a neighbor or (more freq.) accommodating one ' s self to his wishes, useful, serviceable, pleasant, agreeable, obliging, neighborly, friendly, polite, affable, gentle, etc.:III.mihi commodus uni,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 227:quemquamne existimas Catone commodiorem, communiorem, moderatiorem fuisse ad omnem rationem humanitatis?
Cic. Mur. 31, 66:commodior mitiorque,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 39:Apronius, qui aliis inhumanus ac barbarus, isti uni commodus ac disertus,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:convivae,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 2; cf.:commodus comissator,
Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8; and:commodus meis sodalibus,
Hor. C. 4, 8, 1:homines,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 28:mulier commoda, Faceta,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10; cf. id. And. 5, 2, 3.—In a double sense with I. supra:ubi tu commoda's, capillum commodum esse credito,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 98.— Poet., of the measure of iambic verse:spondeos in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens,
sharing the paternal rights with them, in a fraternal manner, Hor. A. P. 257.—Hence,Subst.: commŏdum, i, n.1.A convenient opportunity, favorable condition, convenience (rare, but in good prose):b.nostrum exspectare,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:cum tamdiu sedens meum commodum exspectet,
id. ib. 14, 2, 3;12, 38, 1: velim aliquando, cum erit tuum commodum, Lentulum puerum visas,
when it shall be convenient for you, id. ib. 12, 28, 3.—More freq.,In the connection commodo meo, tuo, etc., per commodum, ex commodo, at, or according to my, thy, etc., convenience, conveniently, at one ' s leisure:2.etiamsi spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,
according to our convenience, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56:quod commodo tuo fiat,
id. Fam. 4, 2, 4; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 13, 48, 1: suo commodo me convenire, Caes. ap. Cic. ib. 14, 1, 2:ubi consul copias per commodum exponere posset,
Liv. 42, 18, 3:tamquam lecturus ex commodo,
Sen. Ep. 46, 1; Col. 12, 19, 3;so opp. festinanter,
id. 6, 2, 14.—Advantage, profit (very freq. in all periods and species of composition):b.commodum est, quod plus usus habet quam molestiae: bonum sincerum debet esse et ab omni parte innoxium,
Sen. Ep. 87, 36 sq.:ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17; cf. id. Hec. 5, 3, 42; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 23:cui tam subito tot congruerint commoda,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:(honestatem) ipsam suo splendore ad se animos ducere, nullo prorsus commodo extrinsecus posito, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7, 15 (IV. 2, p. 470 Orell.): sequi matris commodum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:pacis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 335:contra valetudinis commodum laborare,
to the injury of health, id. Mur. 23, 47:mea,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:in publica peccem,
id. ib. 2, 1, 3; cf.:populi commoda,
Nep. Phoc. 4, 1.—Specif., a reward, pay, stipend, salary, wages for public service: veteranorum, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 3:c. d.omnibus provincialibus ornamentis commodisque depositis,
emoluments, id. Red. in Sen. 14, 35; Suet. Ner. 32; cf.:emeritae militiae,
id. Calig. 44; id. Aug. 49; cf. also id. Vit. 15; id. Galb. 12:militibus commoda dare,
Ov. A. A. 1, 131 sq.:tribunatus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1:missionum,
Suet. Aug. 49.—A useful thing, a good:e.commoda vitae,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; Lucr. 3, 2; cf.:cetera opinione bona sunt... proprietas in illis boni non est. Itaque commoda vocentur,
Sen. Ep. 74, 17:inter commoda illas (divitias) numeratis: atqui eādem ratione ne commodum quidem erunt,
id. ib. 87, 29. —Sometimes commodo or per commodum, adverb. antith. to that which is [p. 382] injurious, without injury or detriment:3.ut regem reducas, quod commodo rei publicae facere possis,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:si per commodum reipublicae posset, Romam venisset,
Liv. 10, 25, 17.—Concr., = commodatum, that which is lent, a loan:B.qui forum et basilicas commodis hospitum, non furtis nocentium ornarent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. Isid. Orig. 5, 25, 16.—Advv.:1.commŏdum, adv. temp. (only in colloquial lang. and post-class. prose writers).a.At a fit time, just in time, at the very nick, at the very moment, opportunely, seasonably ( = opportune, eukairôs):b.ecce autem commodum aperitur foris,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 61:commodum adveni domum,
id. Am. 2, 2, 37:orditur loqui,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 12:ipse exit Lesbonicus,
id. ib. 2, 3, 9: eukairôs ad me venit, cum haberem Dolabellam, Torquatus... commodum egeram diligentissime, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1; Symm. Ep. 2, 47. —To designate a point of time that corresponds with another, or that just precedes it, just, just then, just now.(α).Absol.:(β).ad te hercle ibam commodum,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 3; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:Taurus, sectatoribus commodum dimissis, sedebat, etc.,
Gell. 2, 2, 2:si istac ibis, commodum obviam venies patri,
just meet, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 107. —With postquam or (more freq.) with cum in a parallel clause:2.postquam me misisti ad portum cum luci simul, Commodum radiosus ecce sol superabat ex mari,
Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41:quom huc respicio ad virginem, Illa sese interea commodum huc advorterat,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 52:commodum discesseras heri, cum Trebatius venit,
Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:emerseram commodum ex Antiati in Appiam, cum in me incurrit Curio,
id. ib. 2, 12, 2 B. and K. (al. commode); so with the pluperf. and a foll. cum, id. ib. 13, 19, 1; 13, 30, 2; 10, 16, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 15:adducitur a Veneriis Lollius commodum cum Apronius e palaestrā redisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 B. and K. (Zumpt, commode):cum jam filiae nostrae dies natalis appeteret, commodum aderant, quae muneri miseratis,
Symm. Ep. 3, 50. —commŏdŏ, adv. temp., = commodum, a., just in time, seasonably, just at this time (ante-class. and very rare): commodo eccum exit, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (i. e. in tempore, Charis.): commodo de parte superiore descendebat, Sisenn. ib.: commodo dictitemus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 174; cf. id. ib. p. 177.—3.commŏdē, adv.a.(Acc. to commodus, I.) Duly, properly, completely, rightly, well, skilfully, neatly, etc. (class.):b.suo quique loco viden' capillus satis compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: commode amictus non sum, id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 3:saltare, Nep. praef. § 1: legere,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 3; cf. in comp., id. ib. 9, 34, 1:multa breviter et commode dicta,
Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 20; 1, 2, 33 al.:cogitare,
id. Heaut. prol. 14:audire,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:valere,
Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11:feceris commode mihique gratum, si, etc.,
Cic. Att. 10, 3 fin.:commode facere, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 11, 7, 7; in comp.:commodius fecissent tribuni plebis, si, etc.,
id. Agr. 3, 1, 1.—In medic.:commode facere,
to do well, be beneficial, Cels. 4, 12.—(Acc. to commodus, II.)(α).Conveniently, suitably, opportunely, fitly, aptly, appropriately:(β).magis commode quam strenue navigavi,
Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:ille satis scite et commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:vos istic commodissime sperem esse,
id. ib. 14, 7, 2:explorat, quo commodissime itinere valles transiri possit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.:hoc ego commodius quam tu vivo,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 110; cf.:consumere vitiatum commodius quam integrum,
id. ib. 2, 2, 91; Quint. 6, 3, 54:cui commodissime subjungitur,
id. 9, 3, 82; cf. id. 4, 1, 76.—In a friendly manner, pleasantly, gently, kindly:c.acceptae bene et commode eximus,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 1; id. Poen. 1, 2, 190; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 48.—(Equiv. to commodum, adv. b.) Just, just at the moment when, etc.; only v.l. in the doubtful passages cited supra, commodum, b. fin.2.Commŏdus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; so L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus, Roman emperor, Lampr. Commod. 1 sq.; Eutr. 8, 15 al.—Hence,1.Commŏdĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Commodus: horti, Lampr. Commod. 8:2.thermae,
Spart. Nigid. 6 al. —Commŏ-dĭus, a, um, adj., the same:3.Nonae,
Lampr. Commod. 12; cf. id. ib. 11.— -
4 commodus
1. I.Object., complete, perfect, of full weight or measure, fit, suitable, due, proper, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;II.most freq. in Plaut.): statura,
a tall stature, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21:capillus,
id. Most. 1, 3, 98:viginti argenti minae,
full twenty, id. As. 3, 3, 134 (cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 144: minae bonae); id. Merc. 2, 3, 101:talentum argenti,
id. Rud. 5, 2, 31; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 266, 27:novem cyathis commodis miscentur pocula,
Hor. C. 3, 19, 12:alimenta,
Dig. 34, 1, 16, § 1:capitis valetudo commodior,
more firm, Cels. 8, 1; Quint. 6, 3, 77;and transf. to the person: vivere filium atque etiam commodiorem esse,
to be better, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 4.—Subject., suitable, fit, convenient, opportune, commodious, easy, appropriate for some one or something, favorable, friendly to (in every period and species of composition); constr. with dat. or absol., rarely with ad (v. the foll.).A.Of things.1.With dat.a.Of the purpose or use:b.curationi omnia commodiora,
Liv. 30, 19, 5:nec pecori opportuna seges nec commoda Baccho,
Verg. G. 4, 129.—Of the person:2.hoc et vobis et meae commodum famae arbitror,
Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 9:quod erit mihi bonum et commodum,
id. Phorm. 1, 2, 81:nulla lex satis commoda omnibus est (corresp. with prodesse),
Liv. 34, 3, 5:primordia eloquentiae mortalibus,
Tac. Or. 12:hanc sibi commodissimam belli rationem judicavit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 85:quae sit stella homini commoda, quaeque mala,
Prop. 2 (3), 27, 4.—Absol.:3.hiberna,
Liv. 42, 67, 8:longius ceterum commodius iter,
id. 22, 2, 2; cf.:commodissimus in Britanniam transjectus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 2:commodius anni tempus,
Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; cf. Ter. And. 5, 2, 3:faciliore ac commodiore judicio,
Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:litterae satis commodae de Britannicis rebus,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 25:mores,
id. Lael. 15, 54:commodissimum esse statuit, omnes naves subduci, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—With or without dat. pers. in the phrase commodum est, it pleases, is agreeable, = libet:4.proinde ut commodum est,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 8; 3, 1, 2: dum erit commodum, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 38:si id non commodum est,
id. Eun. 3, 2, 49; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33 Ascon.; 2, 2, 16, § 39; 2, 1, 26, § 65; 2, 3, 70, § 165; id. Div. 1, 49, 111; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87; Plin. Pan. 48, 1:id si tibi erit commodum, cures velim,
Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2; Cels. 4, 4; 4, 22.—With ad and acc. of purpose (very rare):5.nec satis ad cursus commoda vestis Erat,
Ov. F. 2, 288.—With sup. in u (rare):B.hoc exornationis genus... commodum est auditu,
Auct. Her. 4, 18, 26.—Of persons, serving a neighbor or (more freq.) accommodating one ' s self to his wishes, useful, serviceable, pleasant, agreeable, obliging, neighborly, friendly, polite, affable, gentle, etc.:III.mihi commodus uni,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 227:quemquamne existimas Catone commodiorem, communiorem, moderatiorem fuisse ad omnem rationem humanitatis?
Cic. Mur. 31, 66:commodior mitiorque,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 39:Apronius, qui aliis inhumanus ac barbarus, isti uni commodus ac disertus,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:convivae,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 2; cf.:commodus comissator,
Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8; and:commodus meis sodalibus,
Hor. C. 4, 8, 1:homines,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 28:mulier commoda, Faceta,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10; cf. id. And. 5, 2, 3.—In a double sense with I. supra:ubi tu commoda's, capillum commodum esse credito,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 98.— Poet., of the measure of iambic verse:spondeos in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens,
sharing the paternal rights with them, in a fraternal manner, Hor. A. P. 257.—Hence,Subst.: commŏdum, i, n.1.A convenient opportunity, favorable condition, convenience (rare, but in good prose):b.nostrum exspectare,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:cum tamdiu sedens meum commodum exspectet,
id. ib. 14, 2, 3;12, 38, 1: velim aliquando, cum erit tuum commodum, Lentulum puerum visas,
when it shall be convenient for you, id. ib. 12, 28, 3.—More freq.,In the connection commodo meo, tuo, etc., per commodum, ex commodo, at, or according to my, thy, etc., convenience, conveniently, at one ' s leisure:2.etiamsi spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,
according to our convenience, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56:quod commodo tuo fiat,
id. Fam. 4, 2, 4; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 13, 48, 1: suo commodo me convenire, Caes. ap. Cic. ib. 14, 1, 2:ubi consul copias per commodum exponere posset,
Liv. 42, 18, 3:tamquam lecturus ex commodo,
Sen. Ep. 46, 1; Col. 12, 19, 3;so opp. festinanter,
id. 6, 2, 14.—Advantage, profit (very freq. in all periods and species of composition):b.commodum est, quod plus usus habet quam molestiae: bonum sincerum debet esse et ab omni parte innoxium,
Sen. Ep. 87, 36 sq.:ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17; cf. id. Hec. 5, 3, 42; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 23:cui tam subito tot congruerint commoda,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:(honestatem) ipsam suo splendore ad se animos ducere, nullo prorsus commodo extrinsecus posito, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7, 15 (IV. 2, p. 470 Orell.): sequi matris commodum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:pacis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 335:contra valetudinis commodum laborare,
to the injury of health, id. Mur. 23, 47:mea,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:in publica peccem,
id. ib. 2, 1, 3; cf.:populi commoda,
Nep. Phoc. 4, 1.—Specif., a reward, pay, stipend, salary, wages for public service: veteranorum, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 3:c. d.omnibus provincialibus ornamentis commodisque depositis,
emoluments, id. Red. in Sen. 14, 35; Suet. Ner. 32; cf.:emeritae militiae,
id. Calig. 44; id. Aug. 49; cf. also id. Vit. 15; id. Galb. 12:militibus commoda dare,
Ov. A. A. 1, 131 sq.:tribunatus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1:missionum,
Suet. Aug. 49.—A useful thing, a good:e.commoda vitae,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; Lucr. 3, 2; cf.:cetera opinione bona sunt... proprietas in illis boni non est. Itaque commoda vocentur,
Sen. Ep. 74, 17:inter commoda illas (divitias) numeratis: atqui eādem ratione ne commodum quidem erunt,
id. ib. 87, 29. —Sometimes commodo or per commodum, adverb. antith. to that which is [p. 382] injurious, without injury or detriment:3.ut regem reducas, quod commodo rei publicae facere possis,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:si per commodum reipublicae posset, Romam venisset,
Liv. 10, 25, 17.—Concr., = commodatum, that which is lent, a loan:B.qui forum et basilicas commodis hospitum, non furtis nocentium ornarent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. Isid. Orig. 5, 25, 16.—Advv.:1.commŏdum, adv. temp. (only in colloquial lang. and post-class. prose writers).a.At a fit time, just in time, at the very nick, at the very moment, opportunely, seasonably ( = opportune, eukairôs):b.ecce autem commodum aperitur foris,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 61:commodum adveni domum,
id. Am. 2, 2, 37:orditur loqui,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 12:ipse exit Lesbonicus,
id. ib. 2, 3, 9: eukairôs ad me venit, cum haberem Dolabellam, Torquatus... commodum egeram diligentissime, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1; Symm. Ep. 2, 47. —To designate a point of time that corresponds with another, or that just precedes it, just, just then, just now.(α).Absol.:(β).ad te hercle ibam commodum,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 3; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:Taurus, sectatoribus commodum dimissis, sedebat, etc.,
Gell. 2, 2, 2:si istac ibis, commodum obviam venies patri,
just meet, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 107. —With postquam or (more freq.) with cum in a parallel clause:2.postquam me misisti ad portum cum luci simul, Commodum radiosus ecce sol superabat ex mari,
Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41:quom huc respicio ad virginem, Illa sese interea commodum huc advorterat,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 52:commodum discesseras heri, cum Trebatius venit,
Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:emerseram commodum ex Antiati in Appiam, cum in me incurrit Curio,
id. ib. 2, 12, 2 B. and K. (al. commode); so with the pluperf. and a foll. cum, id. ib. 13, 19, 1; 13, 30, 2; 10, 16, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 15:adducitur a Veneriis Lollius commodum cum Apronius e palaestrā redisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 B. and K. (Zumpt, commode):cum jam filiae nostrae dies natalis appeteret, commodum aderant, quae muneri miseratis,
Symm. Ep. 3, 50. —commŏdŏ, adv. temp., = commodum, a., just in time, seasonably, just at this time (ante-class. and very rare): commodo eccum exit, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (i. e. in tempore, Charis.): commodo de parte superiore descendebat, Sisenn. ib.: commodo dictitemus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 174; cf. id. ib. p. 177.—3.commŏdē, adv.a.(Acc. to commodus, I.) Duly, properly, completely, rightly, well, skilfully, neatly, etc. (class.):b.suo quique loco viden' capillus satis compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: commode amictus non sum, id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 3:saltare, Nep. praef. § 1: legere,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 3; cf. in comp., id. ib. 9, 34, 1:multa breviter et commode dicta,
Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 20; 1, 2, 33 al.:cogitare,
id. Heaut. prol. 14:audire,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:valere,
Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11:feceris commode mihique gratum, si, etc.,
Cic. Att. 10, 3 fin.:commode facere, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 11, 7, 7; in comp.:commodius fecissent tribuni plebis, si, etc.,
id. Agr. 3, 1, 1.—In medic.:commode facere,
to do well, be beneficial, Cels. 4, 12.—(Acc. to commodus, II.)(α).Conveniently, suitably, opportunely, fitly, aptly, appropriately:(β).magis commode quam strenue navigavi,
Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:ille satis scite et commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:vos istic commodissime sperem esse,
id. ib. 14, 7, 2:explorat, quo commodissime itinere valles transiri possit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.:hoc ego commodius quam tu vivo,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 110; cf.:consumere vitiatum commodius quam integrum,
id. ib. 2, 2, 91; Quint. 6, 3, 54:cui commodissime subjungitur,
id. 9, 3, 82; cf. id. 4, 1, 76.—In a friendly manner, pleasantly, gently, kindly:c.acceptae bene et commode eximus,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 1; id. Poen. 1, 2, 190; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 48.—(Equiv. to commodum, adv. b.) Just, just at the moment when, etc.; only v.l. in the doubtful passages cited supra, commodum, b. fin.2.Commŏdus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; so L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus, Roman emperor, Lampr. Commod. 1 sq.; Eutr. 8, 15 al.—Hence,1.Commŏdĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Commodus: horti, Lampr. Commod. 8:2.thermae,
Spart. Nigid. 6 al. —Commŏ-dĭus, a, um, adj., the same:3.Nonae,
Lampr. Commod. 12; cf. id. ib. 11.— -
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audĭo, īvi or ii, itum, 4, v. a. ( imperf. audibat, Ov F. 3, 507: audibant. Cat. 84, 8; fut. audibo, Enn. ap. Non. p. 506, 1:I.audibis,
id. ib.; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 86; id. Poen. 1, 2, 97; Caecil. ap. Gell. 7, 17 fin.; id. ap. Non. l. l.; cf. Struve, p. 137 sq.: audin = audisne, as ain = aisne; inf. perf. audīsse better than audivisse, acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 17) (cf. the Lacon. aus = hous; auris; Lith. ausis; Goth. auso; Germ. Ohr, and Engl ears [p. 202] the Fr. ouïr, and Lat. ausculto; Curtius also compares the Gr. aïô, to hear, perceive, and the Sanscr. av, to notice, to favor; v. ausculto, 1. aveo init., and cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll.], to hear, to perceive or understand by hearing, to learn (audio pr. differs from ausculto as the Gr. akouô from akroaomai, the Germ. hören from horchen, and the Engl. to hear from to listen, the former of these words denoting an involuntary, the latter a voluntary act; other syn.: exaudio, sentio, cognosco, oboedio, dicor).A.. In gen.a.Aliquid:b.auribus si parum audies terito cum vino brassicam, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 157 fin.:ubi molarum strepitum audibis maximum, Enn. ap. Non. l. l. (Com. v. 7 Vahl. p. 153): verba,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 97; Vulg. Gen. 24, 30:quae vera audivi, taceo,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23:Mane, non dum audīsti, Demea, Quod est gravissumum,
id. Ad. 3, 4, 21:vocem,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 2:vera an falsa,
id. And. 5, 4, 19:mixtos vagitibus aegris Ploratus,
Lucr. 2, 579:voces,
Verg. A. 4, 439; Hor. C. 3, 7, 22; Vulg. Gen. 3, 8; ib. Matt. 2, 18:strepitus,
Verg. A. 9, 394:sonitum,
Hor. C. 2, 1, 31:haec,
id. ib. 3, 27, 51:aquas,
Ov. Am. 3, 11, 30:gemitus,
id. M. 7, 839; Vulg. Exod. 2, 24: ait se omnia audivisse, Titinn. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:ut quod te audīsse dicis numquam audieris,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:Nihil enim habeo praeter auditum,
id. Off. 1, 10, 33:quod quisque eorum de quāque re audierit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 5:Hac auditā pugnā maxima pars sese Crasso dedidit,
id. ib. 3, 27:Auditis hostium copiis respicerent suum ipsi exercitum,
Liv. 42, 52, 10:quod cum audīsset Abram,
Vulg. Gen. 14, 14:auditis sermonibus,
ib. 4 Reg. 22, 19; ib. Heb. 4, 3: clangorem tubae, ib:Isa. 18, 3: symphoniam,
ib. Luc. 15, 25:animal,
ib. Apoc. 6, 3; 6, 5 al. persaep.Constr., the person from whom one hears or learns any thing, with ex (so most freq.), ab, de, acc. and part., acc. and inf., cum or dum.(α).With ex:(β).verbum ex aliquo,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; so id. And. 2, 1, 2; 5, 4, 24; id. Eun. 1, 2, 34; id. Hec. 4, 1, 35; id. And. 3, 3, 2:audivi ex majoribus natu hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasicā,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:hoc ex aliis,
id. Att. 5, 17:ex obviis,
Liv. 28, 26; so Suet. Caes. 29; id. Dom. 12 al.. saepe audivi ex majoribus natu mirari solitum C. Fabricium etc., Cic. Sen. 13, 43; so Suet. Claud. 15.—With ab:(γ).a quibus cum audi/sset non multum superesse munitionis,
Nep. Them. 7, 2.—With de:(δ).equidem saepe hoc audivi de patre et de socero meo,
i. e. from his mouth, Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133; so id. Off. 3, 19, 77; id. Brut. 26, 100.—With acc. and part. pres. (cf. Zumpt, Gr. §(ε).636): ut neque eum querentem quisquam audierit neque etc.,
Nep. Timol. 4, 1; so Suet. Calig. 22; Cat. 9, 6; 61, 125; 67, 41 al.—With acc. and inf.:(ζ).mihi non credo, quom illaec autumare illum audio,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 260:Audin (eum) lapidem quaeritare?
id. Capt. 3, 4, 70:erilem filium ejus duxisse audio Uxorem,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 5; 2, 1, 59:saepe hoc majores natu dicere audivi,
Cic. Mur. 28:Gellius audierat patruom objurgare solere,
Cat. 74, 1; Verg. A. 1, 20; 4, 562:audiet cives acuisse ferrum, Audiet pugnas juventus,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 21 sq.:audire videor pios Errare per lucos,
id. ib. 3, 4, 5. —Hence also pass. with nom. and inf. (cf. Zumpt, Gr. §607): Bibulus nondum audiebatur esse in Syriā,
was said, Cic. Att. 5, 18; so Caes. B. G. 7, 79.—With cum or dum (cf. Zumpt, Gr. §B.749): id quidem saepe ex eo audivi, cum diceret sibi certum esse,
Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:quis umquam audivit, cum ego de me nisi coactus ac necessario dicerem?
id. Dom. 35; so id. Brut. 56; id. Fin. 5, 19, 54; id. de Or. 1, 28, 129; 1, 2, 99; Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 5:auditus est certe, dum ex eo quaerit,
Suet. Dom. 4. —Diff. from the preced. constr. with de is audire de aliquo (aliquid); more freq. in pass. sense, to hear any thing concerning any one:de psaltriā hac audivit,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 5:illos etiam convenire aveo, de quibus audivi et legi,
Cic. Sen. 23, 83; so id. Att. 7, 20; id. Ac. 2, 2, 4; cf.:aliquid in aliquem,
to hear something against, something bad of any one, id. de Or. 2, 70, 285 al. —In conversation.(α).Audi, as a call to gain attention, hear, attend, give ear, listen, = hoc age:(β).audi cetera,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 127:audi heus tu,
id. ib. 4, 3, 52:Dorio, audi, obsecro,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 1: Hoc audi, id. And. 3, 4, 11;4, 1, 36: Quin tu audi,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 42:quin tu hoc audi,
Ter. And. 2, 2, 9.—Audis or audin = audisne? do you hear? atque audin? Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 70:c.Equidem deciens dixi: Et domi [nunc] sum ego, inquam, ecquid audis?
id. Am. 2, 1, 27; id. Trin. 3, 2, 91:Heus, audin quid ait? Quin fugis?
id. Capt. 3, 4, 60:cura adversandum atque audin? quadrupedem constringito,
Ter. And. 5, 2, 24; 1, 5, 64:Audin tu? Hic furti se adligat,
id. Eun. 4, 7, 39:Audin quid dicam?
id. Hec. 1, 2, 3.—Audito, with a clause for its subject, as abl. absol. in the histt., upon the receipt of the news that, at the tidings that: audito, Q. Marcium in Ciliciam tendere, when news came that Q. Marcius etc., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 1130 P.:II.audito Machanidam famā adventūs sui territum refugisse Lacedaemonem,
Liv. 28, 7:audito venisse missu Agrippinae nuntium Agerinum,
Tac. A. 14, 7.—Esp.,A.1.. In a pregnant signif., to listen to a person or thing, to give ear to, hearken to, attend:2.etsi a vobis sic audior, ut numquam benignius neque attentius quemquam auditum putem,
Cic. Clu. 23, 63; so id. de Or. 1, 61, 259:sed non eis animis audiebantur, qui doceri possent,
Liv. 42, 48; 1, 32; 5, 6:ut legationes audiret cubans,
Suet. Vesp. 24; id. Caes. 32; id. Ner. 22; 23; Vulg. Job. 11, 2; ib. Psa. 33, 12; ib. Matt. 10, 14; ib. Heb. 3, 7 al.—Aliquem, of pupils, to hear a teacher, i. e. to receive instruction from, to study under:3.te, Marce fili, annum jam audientem Cratippum,
Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1:Jam Polemonem audiverant adsidue Zeno et Arcesilas,
id. Ac. 1, 9, 34; so id. N. D. 1, 14, 37; 3, 1, 2; id. Fat. 2, 4:Diogenes venientem eum, ut se extra ordinem audiret, non admiserat,
Suet. Tib. 32; id. Gram. 10, 20 al.— Absol.: possumne aliquid audire? (i. e. will you communicate something to me?) tu vero, inquam, vel audire vel dicere, Cic. Fat. 2, 3:ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, volo,
id. ib. 2, 4.—De aliquā re or aliquid, aliquem, of judges, to listen or hearken to, to examine:4.nemo illorum judicum clarissimis viris accusantibus audiendum sibi de ambitu putavit,
Cic. Fl. 39, 98:de capite,
Sen. Ben. 2, 12 al. — Trop.:de pace,
Liv. 27, 30:dolos,
Verg. A. 6, 567:nequissimum servum,
Suet. Dom. 11; so id. Aug. 93; id. Tib. 73; id. Claud. 15; id. Dom. 14; 16; Dig. 11, 3, 14 fin.; 28, 6, 10; 39, 2, 18 et saep.—Of prayer or entreaty, to hear, listen to, lend an ear to, regard, grant:B.in quo di immortales meas preces audiverunt,
Cic. Pis. 19:Curio ubi... neque cohortationes suas neque preces audiri intellegit,
Caes. B. C. 2, 42:velut si sensisset auditas preces,
Liv. 1, 12:audivit orationem eorum,
Vulg. Psa. 105, 44:audisti verba oris mei,
ib. ib. 137, 1:Audiat aversā non meus aure deus,
Tib. 3, 3, 28:audiit et caeli Genitor de parte serenā Intonuit laevum,
Verg. A. 9, 630:minus audientem carmina Vestam,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 27; 4, 13, 1:audivit Dominus,
Vulg. Psa. 29, 11 al. —Also aliquem, to hear one, to grant his desire or prayer:puellas ter vocata audis,
Hor. C. 3, 22, 3; so id. C. S. 34; 35:Ferreus orantem nequiquam, janitor, audis,
Ov. Am. 1, 6, 27; id. M. 8, 598 al.:Audi nos, domine,
Vulg. Gen. 23, 6; 23, 8:semper me audis,
ib. Joan. 11, 42.—Aliquem, aliquid, or absol. audio, to hear a person or thing with approbation, to assent to, agree with, approve, grant, allow:C. a.nec Homerum audio, qui Ganymeden ab dis raptum ait, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:Socratem audio dicentem cibi condimentum esse famem, sed qui ad voluptatem omnia referens vivit ut Gallonius, non audio,
id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. de Or. 1, 15, 68; 3, 28, 83; id. Marcell. 8, 25: audio ( I grant it, well, that I agree to, that is granted):nunc dicis aliquid, quod ad rem pertineat,
id. Rosc. Am. 18 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 2, 59; 2, 5, 27:non audio,
that I do not grant, id. ib. 2, 3, 34.—With acc.:b.tecum loquere, te adhibe in consilium, te audi, tibi obtempera,
Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2; id. N. D. 1, 20, 55:ne ego sapientiam istam, quamvis sit erudita, non audiam,
id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:si me audiatis, priusquam dedantur, etc.,
Liv. 9, 9:Non, si me satis audias, Speres etc.,
Hor. C.1, 13, 13; 4, 14, 50; id. Ep. 1, 1, 48:patris aut matris imperium,
Vulg. Deut. 21, 18 al. — Poet. transf. to inanimate things:neque audit currus habenas,
heeds, Verg. G. 1, 514; so Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 187 (cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 13: equi frenato est auris in ore; and Pind. Pyth. 2, 21: harmata peisichalina):nec minus incerta (sagitta) est, nec quae magis audiat arcum,
which better heeds the bow, Ov. M. 5, 382:teque languenti manu Non audit arcus?
Sen. Herc. Oet. 980; so Stat. Th. 5, 412; Luc. 3, 594; 9, 931; Sil. 14, 392.—With dat.: nam istis qui linguam avium intellegunt, magis audiendum censeo, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131 (B. and K. isti):D.sibi audire,
App. Mag. p. 326, 34; so, dicto audientem esse, to listen to one's word, to be obedient to one's word, to obey (not in Ter.):dicto sum audiens,
I obey, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Trin. 4, 3, 55; id. As. 3, 1, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 89:qui dicto audientes in tantā re non fuisset,
Cic. Deiot. 8, 23 ' sunt illi quidem dicto audientes, id. Verr. 1, 88:quos dicto audientes jussi,
id. ib. 5, 104.—And, on account of the signif. to obey, with a second personal dat.: dicto audientem esse alicui, to obey one (freq. and class.); cf.Stallb. ad Rudd. Gr. II. p. 124, n. 38: vilicus domino dicto audiens sit,
Cato, R. R. 142: si habes, qui te audiat;si potest tibi dicto audiens esse quisquam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44; 2, 4. 12; 2, 5, 32; id. Phil. 7, 2:dicto audiens fuit jussis absentium magistratuum,
Nep. Ages. 4, 2; id. Lys. 1, 2; id. Iphicr. 2, 1:interim Servio Tullio jubere populum dicto audientem esse,
Liv. 1, 41; 4, 26; 29, 20;41, 10 al.—Once pleon. with oboedio: ne plebs nobis dicto audiens atque oboediens sit,
Liv. 5, 3.—To hear thus and thus, i. e. to be named or styled somehow (as in Gr. akouô; and in Engl. to hear, as Milton: Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, P. L. III. 7); and with bene or male (as in Gr. kalôs or kakôs akouein; cf. Milton: For which Britain hears ill abroad, Areop.; and Spenser: If old Aveugles sonnes so evil hear, F. Q. I. 5, 23), to be in good or bad repute, to be praised or blamed, to have a good or bad character:E.benedictis si certāsset, audīsset bene (Bene audire est bene dici, laudari, Don.),
Ter. Phorm. prol. 20:tu recte vivis, si curas esse quod audis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 17:rexque paterque Audisti coram,
id. ib. 1, 7, 38; so id. S. 2, 6, 20; Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 12; Cic. Att. 6, 1; id. Fin. 3, 17, 57; id. Leg. 1, 19; Nep. Dion, 7, 3:Ille, qui jejunus a quibusdam et aridus habetur, non aliter ab ipsis inimicis male audire quam nimiis floribus et ingenii afluentia potuit,
Quint. 12, 10, 13 al. —In a play upon words: erat surdaster M. Crassus;sed aliud molestius quod male audiebat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; so,minus commode: quod illorum culpā se minus commode audire arbitrarentur,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 58.—As it were to hear, to hear mentally, i. e. to understand, to supply, something (later subaudio): cum subtractum verbum aliquod satis ex ceteris intellegitur, ut, stupere gaudio Graecus. Simul enim auditur coepit, is understood, is to be supplied, Quint. 9, 3, 58; 8, 5, 12.—Hence, audĭens, entis, P. a. subst.A.(Acc. to II. A.) A hearer, auditor ( = auditor, q. v., or qui audit, Cic. Brut. 80, 276)' ad animos audientium permovendos, Cic. Brut. 23, 89; 80, 279:B.cum adsensu audientium egit,
Liv. 21, 10 al. —Hence, in eccl. Lat., a catechumen, Tert. Poen. 6.—(Acc. to II. C.) With the gen.: tibi servio atque audiens sum imperii, a hearer of, i. e. obedient to, your command, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 25. -
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rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).I.Lit.:B.deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,
Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:manus una (navem) regit,
Lucr. 4, 903:onera navium velis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13:arte ratem,
Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.clavum,
Verg. A. 10, 218:te ventorum regat pater,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:vela,
Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:coërcet et regit beluam,
Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:equum,
Liv. 35, 11:equos,
Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.quadrupedes,
id. M. 2, 86:spumantia ora (equi),
id. ib. 8, 34:frena,
id. P. 4, 12, 24:equi impotentes regendi,
Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:currus,
Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:rege tela per auras,
Verg. A. 9, 409:tela per viscera Caesaris,
Luc. 7, 350; cf.:missum jaculum,
Ov. M. 7, 684:sagittas nusquam,
Luc. 7, 515:regens tenui vestigia filo,
Cat. 64, 113; cf.:Daedalium iter lino duce,
Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:caeca filo vestigia,
Verg. A. 6, 30:diverso flamina tractu,
Ov. M. 1, 59:gressus,
Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—In partic., jurid. t. t.:II. A.regere fines,
to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—In gen.:B.Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,
Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:domum,
id. ib. 1, 39, 61:rem consilio,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:belli fera munera Mavors regit,
Lucr. 1, 33; cf.bella,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:alicujus animum atque ingenium,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),
Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:mores,
Ov. M. 15, 834:animos dictis,
Verg. A. 1, 153:animum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:ut me ipse regam,
id. ib. 1, 1, 27:consilia senatus,
Quint. 12, 1, 26:valetudines principis,
Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:valetudinem arbitratu suo,
Suet. Tib. 68 al.:neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,
Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:jam regi leges, non regere,
Liv. 10, 13:utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,
Tac. H. 3, 50:nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,
Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—Transf.1.To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:2.quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?
Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,rem publicam,
id. ib. 1, 26, 41;1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,
id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43:Frisios,
Tac. A. 4, 72:populos imperio,
Verg. A. 6, 851:imperiis Italiam,
id. ib. 4, 230:legiones,
Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.cohortes,
id. H. 4, 12:exercitum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:domum,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:diva, quae regis Antium,
Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:Diana, quae silentium regis,
id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:animi partes consilio,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,
id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:Tiberio regente,
Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,
Quint. 3, 8, 47:quo regente,
Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,
i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):I.errantem regere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 57:rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:II.contemptus regentium,
Tac. A. 12, 54:in obsequium regentis,
id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:vita regentis,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,
Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.A.Lit., of horizontal direction:B.pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),
Lucr. 4, 439:sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,
id. 2, 249 Munro:rectā regione iter instituere,
Liv. 21, 31:India, rectā regione spatiosa,
Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:via,
id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.platea,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:porta,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:ostium,
id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),
Lucr. 4, 93:cursus hinc in Africam,
Liv. 26, 43:saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:recto flumine,
Verg. A. 8, 57:recto ad Iberum itinere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,
Verg. A. 8, 209:recto grassetur limite miles,
Ov. Tr. 2, 477:velut rectae acies concurrissent,
in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,acies,
id. 35, 28:qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,
Quint. 8, 3, 9:hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,
Sen. Const. 5, 5:rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,
id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:oculi,
Suet. Aug. 16; cf.acies,
Ov. M. 2, 776:lumen,
Luc. 9, 638:vultus,
Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,
in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:saxa,
perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:rectae prope rupes,
id. 38, 20:truncus,
Ov. M. 7, 640:ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,
Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,
Quint. 11, 3, 69:homines,
straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,Quintia,
id. 86, 1:puella,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:senectus,
Juv. 3, 26:iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,
does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,
Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:crus Rectius,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:rectior coma,
smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:longā trabe rectior exstet,
Ov. M. 3, 78:crura,
Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:rectissima linea,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:via,
id. 12, 2, 27. —Trop.1.In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):2.ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:rectā viā depelli,
Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,
Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:recta consilia dare,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,
id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,
id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),
id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:recto ac justo proelio dimicare,
Liv. 35, 4 fin.:rectarum cenarum consuetudo,
a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,cena,
Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:recta,
Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),
Sen. Ep. 100, 6:nominibus rectis expendere nummos,
i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,
Quint. 6, 3, 89:cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,
id. 8, 5, 6;so (opp. durum et incomptum),
id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:mutare aliquid a recto,
id. 2, 13, 11:recta et vera loquere,
i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,
Quint. 10, 5, 12:ea plerumque recta sunt,
id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:rectior divisio,
Quint. 7, 2, 39:si quid novisti rectius istis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:rectissima ratio,
Quint. 2, 13, 3.—In partic.a.Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):b.honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,
id. Lael. 22, 82;so with honestum,
id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:recta consilia (opp. prava),
Liv. 1, 27:in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),
Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:curvo dignoscere rectum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:mens sibi conscia recti,
Verg. A. 1, 604:fidem rectumque colebat,
Ov. M. 1, 90:recta ingenia (opp. perversa),
Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,
Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:natura,
id. S. 1, 6, 66:ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:judex,
Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.auditor,
Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:vir rectus et sanctus,
id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:beatus judicii rectus,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:rectum est gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;A.opp. obliqui casus),
Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,rectā,B.rectō,C.rectē.A.rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):B.hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:jam ad regem rectā me ducam,
id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):C. 1.appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,
Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):2.vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,
Cato, R. R. 33, 4:sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,
Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):b.recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:fecisti edepol et recte et bene,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;so with commode,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:recte et sapienter facit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:recte atque ordine factum,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:recte atque ordine facere,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:recte atque in loco constare,
id. Mur. 12, 26:recte factum,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:seu recte seu perperam facere,
Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:recte dictum (opp. absurde),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:recte concludere (opp. vitiose),
Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:recte factum (opp. turpiter),
Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:recte rationem tenes,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:hercle quin tu recte dicis,
id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:non recte judicas de Catone,
Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:rectissime quidem judicas,
id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:monere,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:admonere recte,
id. Men. 5, 9, 33:suis amicis recte res suas narrare,
properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,
consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,
duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:alicui recte dare epistulam,
correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,
safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:alicui suam salutem recte committere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,
goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:ludi recte facti,
id. 36, 2:ver sacrum non esse recte factum,
id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:valere,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:apud matrem recte est,
i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,recte esse,
id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:recte sit oculis tuis,
Gell. 13, 30, 11:olivetum recte putare,
properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:solet illa recte sub manus succedere,
well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:recte cavere,
to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,
well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,vortere,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:nec recte loqui alicui,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:nec recte dicere in aliquem,
id. As. 1, 3, 3;and simply nec recte dicere,
id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:hic tibi erit rectius,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:rectius bella gerere,
Liv. 3, 2 fin.:non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:c.locus recte ferax,
Cato, R. R. 44:salvus sum recte,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:morata recte,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:oneratus recte,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:non recte vinctus est,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—B.So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,
i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!
Hor. A. P. 4, 28. -
7 regens
rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).I.Lit.:B.deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,
Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:manus una (navem) regit,
Lucr. 4, 903:onera navium velis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13:arte ratem,
Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.clavum,
Verg. A. 10, 218:te ventorum regat pater,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:vela,
Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:coërcet et regit beluam,
Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:equum,
Liv. 35, 11:equos,
Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.quadrupedes,
id. M. 2, 86:spumantia ora (equi),
id. ib. 8, 34:frena,
id. P. 4, 12, 24:equi impotentes regendi,
Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:currus,
Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:rege tela per auras,
Verg. A. 9, 409:tela per viscera Caesaris,
Luc. 7, 350; cf.:missum jaculum,
Ov. M. 7, 684:sagittas nusquam,
Luc. 7, 515:regens tenui vestigia filo,
Cat. 64, 113; cf.:Daedalium iter lino duce,
Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:caeca filo vestigia,
Verg. A. 6, 30:diverso flamina tractu,
Ov. M. 1, 59:gressus,
Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—In partic., jurid. t. t.:II. A.regere fines,
to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—In gen.:B.Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,
Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:domum,
id. ib. 1, 39, 61:rem consilio,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:belli fera munera Mavors regit,
Lucr. 1, 33; cf.bella,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:alicujus animum atque ingenium,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),
Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:mores,
Ov. M. 15, 834:animos dictis,
Verg. A. 1, 153:animum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:ut me ipse regam,
id. ib. 1, 1, 27:consilia senatus,
Quint. 12, 1, 26:valetudines principis,
Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:valetudinem arbitratu suo,
Suet. Tib. 68 al.:neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,
Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:jam regi leges, non regere,
Liv. 10, 13:utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,
Tac. H. 3, 50:nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,
Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—Transf.1.To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:2.quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?
Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,rem publicam,
id. ib. 1, 26, 41;1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,
id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43:Frisios,
Tac. A. 4, 72:populos imperio,
Verg. A. 6, 851:imperiis Italiam,
id. ib. 4, 230:legiones,
Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.cohortes,
id. H. 4, 12:exercitum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:domum,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:diva, quae regis Antium,
Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:Diana, quae silentium regis,
id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:animi partes consilio,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,
id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:Tiberio regente,
Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,
Quint. 3, 8, 47:quo regente,
Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,
i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):I.errantem regere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 57:rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:II.contemptus regentium,
Tac. A. 12, 54:in obsequium regentis,
id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:vita regentis,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,
Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.A.Lit., of horizontal direction:B.pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),
Lucr. 4, 439:sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,
id. 2, 249 Munro:rectā regione iter instituere,
Liv. 21, 31:India, rectā regione spatiosa,
Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:via,
id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.platea,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:porta,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:ostium,
id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),
Lucr. 4, 93:cursus hinc in Africam,
Liv. 26, 43:saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:recto flumine,
Verg. A. 8, 57:recto ad Iberum itinere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,
Verg. A. 8, 209:recto grassetur limite miles,
Ov. Tr. 2, 477:velut rectae acies concurrissent,
in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,acies,
id. 35, 28:qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,
Quint. 8, 3, 9:hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,
Sen. Const. 5, 5:rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,
id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:oculi,
Suet. Aug. 16; cf.acies,
Ov. M. 2, 776:lumen,
Luc. 9, 638:vultus,
Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,
in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:saxa,
perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:rectae prope rupes,
id. 38, 20:truncus,
Ov. M. 7, 640:ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,
Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,
Quint. 11, 3, 69:homines,
straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,Quintia,
id. 86, 1:puella,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:senectus,
Juv. 3, 26:iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,
does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,
Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:crus Rectius,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:rectior coma,
smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:longā trabe rectior exstet,
Ov. M. 3, 78:crura,
Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:rectissima linea,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:via,
id. 12, 2, 27. —Trop.1.In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):2.ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:rectā viā depelli,
Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,
Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:recta consilia dare,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,
id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,
id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),
id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:recto ac justo proelio dimicare,
Liv. 35, 4 fin.:rectarum cenarum consuetudo,
a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,cena,
Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:recta,
Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),
Sen. Ep. 100, 6:nominibus rectis expendere nummos,
i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,
Quint. 6, 3, 89:cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,
id. 8, 5, 6;so (opp. durum et incomptum),
id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:mutare aliquid a recto,
id. 2, 13, 11:recta et vera loquere,
i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,
Quint. 10, 5, 12:ea plerumque recta sunt,
id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:rectior divisio,
Quint. 7, 2, 39:si quid novisti rectius istis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:rectissima ratio,
Quint. 2, 13, 3.—In partic.a.Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):b.honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,
id. Lael. 22, 82;so with honestum,
id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:recta consilia (opp. prava),
Liv. 1, 27:in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),
Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:curvo dignoscere rectum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:mens sibi conscia recti,
Verg. A. 1, 604:fidem rectumque colebat,
Ov. M. 1, 90:recta ingenia (opp. perversa),
Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,
Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:natura,
id. S. 1, 6, 66:ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:judex,
Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.auditor,
Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:vir rectus et sanctus,
id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:beatus judicii rectus,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:rectum est gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;A.opp. obliqui casus),
Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,rectā,B.rectō,C.rectē.A.rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):B.hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:jam ad regem rectā me ducam,
id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):C. 1.appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,
Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):2.vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,
Cato, R. R. 33, 4:sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,
Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):b.recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:fecisti edepol et recte et bene,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;so with commode,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:recte et sapienter facit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:recte atque ordine factum,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:recte atque ordine facere,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:recte atque in loco constare,
id. Mur. 12, 26:recte factum,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:seu recte seu perperam facere,
Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:recte dictum (opp. absurde),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:recte concludere (opp. vitiose),
Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:recte factum (opp. turpiter),
Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:recte rationem tenes,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:hercle quin tu recte dicis,
id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:non recte judicas de Catone,
Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:rectissime quidem judicas,
id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:monere,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:admonere recte,
id. Men. 5, 9, 33:suis amicis recte res suas narrare,
properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,
consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,
duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:alicui recte dare epistulam,
correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,
safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:alicui suam salutem recte committere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,
goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:ludi recte facti,
id. 36, 2:ver sacrum non esse recte factum,
id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:valere,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:apud matrem recte est,
i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,recte esse,
id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:recte sit oculis tuis,
Gell. 13, 30, 11:olivetum recte putare,
properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:solet illa recte sub manus succedere,
well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:recte cavere,
to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,
well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,vortere,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:nec recte loqui alicui,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:nec recte dicere in aliquem,
id. As. 1, 3, 3;and simply nec recte dicere,
id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:hic tibi erit rectius,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:rectius bella gerere,
Liv. 3, 2 fin.:non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:c.locus recte ferax,
Cato, R. R. 44:salvus sum recte,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:morata recte,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:oneratus recte,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:non recte vinctus est,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—B.So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,
i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!
Hor. A. P. 4, 28. -
8 rego
rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).I.Lit.:B.deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,
Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:manus una (navem) regit,
Lucr. 4, 903:onera navium velis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13:arte ratem,
Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.clavum,
Verg. A. 10, 218:te ventorum regat pater,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:vela,
Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:coërcet et regit beluam,
Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:equum,
Liv. 35, 11:equos,
Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.quadrupedes,
id. M. 2, 86:spumantia ora (equi),
id. ib. 8, 34:frena,
id. P. 4, 12, 24:equi impotentes regendi,
Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:currus,
Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:rege tela per auras,
Verg. A. 9, 409:tela per viscera Caesaris,
Luc. 7, 350; cf.:missum jaculum,
Ov. M. 7, 684:sagittas nusquam,
Luc. 7, 515:regens tenui vestigia filo,
Cat. 64, 113; cf.:Daedalium iter lino duce,
Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:caeca filo vestigia,
Verg. A. 6, 30:diverso flamina tractu,
Ov. M. 1, 59:gressus,
Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—In partic., jurid. t. t.:II. A.regere fines,
to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—In gen.:B.Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,
Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:domum,
id. ib. 1, 39, 61:rem consilio,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:belli fera munera Mavors regit,
Lucr. 1, 33; cf.bella,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:alicujus animum atque ingenium,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),
Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:mores,
Ov. M. 15, 834:animos dictis,
Verg. A. 1, 153:animum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:ut me ipse regam,
id. ib. 1, 1, 27:consilia senatus,
Quint. 12, 1, 26:valetudines principis,
Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:valetudinem arbitratu suo,
Suet. Tib. 68 al.:neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,
Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:jam regi leges, non regere,
Liv. 10, 13:utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,
Tac. H. 3, 50:nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,
Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—Transf.1.To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:2.quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?
Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,rem publicam,
id. ib. 1, 26, 41;1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,
id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43:Frisios,
Tac. A. 4, 72:populos imperio,
Verg. A. 6, 851:imperiis Italiam,
id. ib. 4, 230:legiones,
Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.cohortes,
id. H. 4, 12:exercitum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:domum,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:diva, quae regis Antium,
Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:Diana, quae silentium regis,
id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:animi partes consilio,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,
id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:Tiberio regente,
Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,
Quint. 3, 8, 47:quo regente,
Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,
i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):I.errantem regere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 57:rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:II.contemptus regentium,
Tac. A. 12, 54:in obsequium regentis,
id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:vita regentis,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,
Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.A.Lit., of horizontal direction:B.pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),
Lucr. 4, 439:sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,
id. 2, 249 Munro:rectā regione iter instituere,
Liv. 21, 31:India, rectā regione spatiosa,
Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:via,
id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.platea,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:porta,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:ostium,
id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),
Lucr. 4, 93:cursus hinc in Africam,
Liv. 26, 43:saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:recto flumine,
Verg. A. 8, 57:recto ad Iberum itinere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,
Verg. A. 8, 209:recto grassetur limite miles,
Ov. Tr. 2, 477:velut rectae acies concurrissent,
in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,acies,
id. 35, 28:qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,
Quint. 8, 3, 9:hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,
Sen. Const. 5, 5:rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,
id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:oculi,
Suet. Aug. 16; cf.acies,
Ov. M. 2, 776:lumen,
Luc. 9, 638:vultus,
Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,
in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:saxa,
perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:rectae prope rupes,
id. 38, 20:truncus,
Ov. M. 7, 640:ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,
Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,
Quint. 11, 3, 69:homines,
straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,Quintia,
id. 86, 1:puella,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:senectus,
Juv. 3, 26:iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,
does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,
Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:crus Rectius,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:rectior coma,
smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:longā trabe rectior exstet,
Ov. M. 3, 78:crura,
Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:rectissima linea,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:via,
id. 12, 2, 27. —Trop.1.In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):2.ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:rectā viā depelli,
Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,
Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:recta consilia dare,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,
id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,
id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),
id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:recto ac justo proelio dimicare,
Liv. 35, 4 fin.:rectarum cenarum consuetudo,
a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,cena,
Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:recta,
Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),
Sen. Ep. 100, 6:nominibus rectis expendere nummos,
i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,
Quint. 6, 3, 89:cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,
id. 8, 5, 6;so (opp. durum et incomptum),
id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:mutare aliquid a recto,
id. 2, 13, 11:recta et vera loquere,
i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,
Quint. 10, 5, 12:ea plerumque recta sunt,
id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:rectior divisio,
Quint. 7, 2, 39:si quid novisti rectius istis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:rectissima ratio,
Quint. 2, 13, 3.—In partic.a.Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):b.honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,
id. Lael. 22, 82;so with honestum,
id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:recta consilia (opp. prava),
Liv. 1, 27:in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),
Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:curvo dignoscere rectum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:mens sibi conscia recti,
Verg. A. 1, 604:fidem rectumque colebat,
Ov. M. 1, 90:recta ingenia (opp. perversa),
Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,
Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:natura,
id. S. 1, 6, 66:ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:judex,
Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.auditor,
Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:vir rectus et sanctus,
id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:beatus judicii rectus,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:rectum est gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;A.opp. obliqui casus),
Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,rectā,B.rectō,C.rectē.A.rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):B.hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:jam ad regem rectā me ducam,
id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):C. 1.appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,
Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):2.vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,
Cato, R. R. 33, 4:sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,
Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):b.recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:fecisti edepol et recte et bene,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;so with commode,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:recte et sapienter facit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:recte atque ordine factum,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:recte atque ordine facere,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:recte atque in loco constare,
id. Mur. 12, 26:recte factum,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:seu recte seu perperam facere,
Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:recte dictum (opp. absurde),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:recte concludere (opp. vitiose),
Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:recte factum (opp. turpiter),
Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:recte rationem tenes,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:hercle quin tu recte dicis,
id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:non recte judicas de Catone,
Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:rectissime quidem judicas,
id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:monere,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:admonere recte,
id. Men. 5, 9, 33:suis amicis recte res suas narrare,
properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,
consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,
duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:alicui recte dare epistulam,
correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,
safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:alicui suam salutem recte committere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,
goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:ludi recte facti,
id. 36, 2:ver sacrum non esse recte factum,
id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:valere,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:apud matrem recte est,
i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,recte esse,
id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:recte sit oculis tuis,
Gell. 13, 30, 11:olivetum recte putare,
properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:solet illa recte sub manus succedere,
well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:recte cavere,
to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,
well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,vortere,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:nec recte loqui alicui,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:nec recte dicere in aliquem,
id. As. 1, 3, 3;and simply nec recte dicere,
id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:hic tibi erit rectius,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:rectius bella gerere,
Liv. 3, 2 fin.:non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:c.locus recte ferax,
Cato, R. R. 44:salvus sum recte,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:morata recte,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:oneratus recte,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:non recte vinctus est,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—B.So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,
i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!
Hor. A. P. 4, 28. -
9 tam
tam, adv. [orig. acc. fem. of the demonstrative root ta-; cf.: tum, tamen], correlative of quam, so, so much, as.I.As comparative adverb, demonstrative with correlative quam, introducing comparative clauses of like intensity.A.As adjunct of adjectives or participles the intensity of which is expressed by a comparative clause, tam... quam = as... as; negatively, non (neque, nihil, etc.) tam... quam = not so... as.1.In comparison between two adjj.:2.tam esse clemens tyrannus quam rex importunus potest,
a tyrant may be as mild as a king may be harsh, Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50 (B. and K. bracket rex):non tam solido quam splendido nomine,
id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:tam culpae hostium justus existimator quam gloriosus victor,
Val. Max. 3, 8, 1:adjuro, tam me tibi vera referre Quam veri majora fide,
things as true as they are beyond belief, Ov. M. 3, 659:quorum vires quam repentinae tam breves,
Sen. Q. N. 6, 7, 2.—Negatively:non enim tam praeclarum est scire Latine quam turpe nescire,
Cic. Brut. 37, 140:ut illa... non tam mirabilia sunt, quam conjecta belle,
id. Div. 2, 31, 66; 2, 36, 76: nec tam Turpe fuit vinci [p. 1836] quam contendisse decorum est, Ov. M. 9, 5. —Tam preceded by comp. clause:maximeque eam pestilentiam insignem mors quam matura tam acerba M. Furi fecit,
Liv. 7, 1, 8:quam magni nominis bellum est, tam difficilem existimaritis victoriam fore,
id. 21, 43, 11:donec quam felices seditiones, tam honorati seditionum auctores essent,
id. 4, 2, 4. —In a comparison between degrees of intensity, etc., of the same adjective.a.As in relative clauses, the adjective repeated (so esp. in Plaut.;b.not repeated in English): tam liquidus est quam liquida tempestas esse solet,
as serene as the weather is wont to be, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64:quam placida'st aqua,
id. ib. 3, 2, 165:tam frictum ego illum reddam quam frictum est cicer,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 7.—Negatively:nemo orator tam multa scripsit quam multa sunt nostra,
Cic. Or. 30, 168:tametsi non tam multum in istis rebus intellego quam multa vidi,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94.—The adjective not repeated.(α).The terms of comparison being nouns or pronouns:(β).tam ego fui ante liber quam gnatus tuus ( = quam liber gnatus tuus est),
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 60:fieret corium tam maculosum quam est nutricis pallium,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 30:tam mihi mea vita quam tua Tibi cara est,
id. Cas. 3, 6, 43:ni illam mihi tam tranquillam facis quam mare est,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 145:tam crebri ad terram decidebant quam pira,
id. ib. 2, 38:tam excoctam reddam atque atram quam carbo'st,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 63:quom fervit maxume, tam placidum (eum) quam ovem reddo,
id. ib. 4, 1, 18:tam sum misericors quam vos, tam mitis quam qui lenissimus,
Cic. Sull. 31, 87:tam gratum mihi id erit quam quod gratissimum,
id. Fam. 13, 3:nulla ingenia tam prona ad invidiam sunt quam eorum qui genus ac fortunam suam animis non aequant,
Liv. 45, 22:nihil est tam violentum quam magna vis aquae,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 6:(cum sit) tam aurum et argentum quam aes Corinthium ( = cum aurum et argentum tam sit Corinthium quam aes),
Quint. 8, 2, 8:(ira) tam inutilis animi minister est quam miles qui signum receptui neglegit,
Sen. Ira, 1, 9, 2.—Negatively: neque opes nostrae tam sunt validae quam tuae,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 20:nihil esse tam detestabile tamque pestiferum quam voluptatem,
Cic. Sen. 12, 41:neque tam condenso corpore nubes esse queunt quam sunt lapides, neque autem tam tenues quam nebulae,
Lucr. 6, 101.—Virtually negative:quod enim tam infidum mare quam blanditiae principum? ( = nullum tam infidum mare, etc.),
Plin. Pan. 66. — With comp. pregn. (very rare): istam dextram non tam in bellis et proeliis quam in promissis et fide firmiorem, i. e. whose superior trustworthiness is not so much in wars, etc., Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:vectigal ex agro eorum capimus, quod nobis non tam fructu jucundius est, quam ultione,
Liv. 28, 39, 13. —With quam in subst.-clause:(γ).quicquid mali hic Pisistratus non fecerit, tam gratum est quam si alium facere prohibuerit,
Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2.—Negatively:juris interpretatio, quae non tam mihi molesta sit propter laborem quam quod dicendi cogitationem auferat,
Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 12. —Virtually negative: quid autem tam exiguum quam est munus hoc eorum qui consuluntur?
Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14.—With quam in adverb.-clause:B.cupam facito tam crassam quam modioli postulant,
Cato, R. R. 21, 1:si era mea sciat tam socordem esse quam sum,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 5:tua est imago: tam consimili'st quam potest,
id. Men. 5, 9, 4:sororem tam similem quam lacte lacti est,
id. Mil. 2, 2, 87.—Tam with advv.: tam... quam = as ( so)... as; negatively = not so... as.1.Comparing an adv. with another adv. or adverb. clause: satin' istuc mihi exquisitum est...? Ar. Tam satis quam numquam hoc invenies secus, with as full certainty as that you will never find this otherwise, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 106.—Virtually negative:2.quis umquam obeundi negotii studio tam brevi tempore tot loca adire potuit, quam celeriter Cn. Pompejo duce tanti belli impetus navigavit?
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34. —After quam:nam dictaturam quam pertinaciter ei deferebat populus, tam constanter repulit,
Vell. 2, 89, 5 (the repetition of the adverb is especially frequent in tam diu... quam diu; v. tamdiu).—The adverb understood after quam: sed tu novisti fidicinam? Tr. Tam facile quam me (quam facile me novi), Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 72:C.tam facile vinces quam pirum volpes comest,
id. Most. 3, 1, 26:tam hercle certe quam ego ted, ac tu me vides,
id. Merc. 1, 2, 77:tam audacter (ibis intro) quam domum ad te,
id. Truc. 1, 2, 109:tam facile quam tu arbitraris,
Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10:tam cito evertetur quam navis, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:nihil tam cito redditur quam a speculo imago,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 4, 2. —Negatively: (ira) quia non tam cito in alium quam vult erumpit,
Sen. Ira, 1, 19, 4.—Virtually negative (very freq.):quasi vero quidquam sit tam valde, quam nihil sapere, vulgare,
Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81. — With sup. adv.: quam potes tam verba confer maxime ad compendium = as much as you can (hence the idiomatic expression: quam maxime = as much as possible), Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 184. —With verbs: tam... quam = as much... as, as well... as; negatively: non tam... quam, not so much... as.1.One verb compared with another:2.nam quod edit tam duim quam perduim,
for what he can eat I would give as much as lose, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6:vellem tam domestica ferre possem quam ista contemnere,
Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:utinam tam non pigeat ista facere quam non displicebit,
Quint. 2, 5, 17:Tyrus et ipsa tam movetur quam diluitur,
Sen. Q. N. 6, 26, 5.—Negatively:fit quoque enim interdum ut non tam concurrere nubes frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,
Lucr. 6, 115.—The same verb repeated or understood after quam; the compared terms being,(α).Nouns or pronouns: tam mihi quam illi libertatem hostilis eripuit manus;(β).tam ille apud nos servit quam ego hic apud te servio,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 61:tam hic scit me habere (pecuniam) quam egomet (i. e. scio),
id. Aul. 3, 6, 12:quam tu filium tuum, tam me pater me meus desiderat,
id. Capt. 2, 2, 6:tam huic loqui licere oportet quam isti,
id. Cas. 2, 6, 58:tam tibi istuc credo quam mihi,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 25:haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia,
Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137:tam moveor quam tu, Luculle,
id. ib. 2, 46, 141:tamque id... tuendum conservandumque nobis est quam illud, etc.,
id. Off. 3, 4, 17: amurcam periti agricolae tam in doliis condunt quam oleum aut vinum ( as well as), Varr. R. R. 1, 61:tam natura putarem vitam hominis sustentari quam vitis, quam arboris,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 56:sicut pueris, qui tam parentibus amissis flebunt quam nucibus,
Sen. Ira. 1, 12, 4:meliorque tam sibi quam aliis faciendus (est),
id. ib. 1, 15, 1:tam solstitium quam aequinoctium suos dies rettulit (i. e. solstitium tam rettulit dies quam rettulit aequinoctium),
id. Q. N. 3, 16, 3:quoniam orationis tam ornatus quam perspicuitas aut in singulis verbis est aut in pluribus positus (i. e. ornatus tam positus est quam perspicuitas),
Quint. 8, 3, 15. — This construction passes into mere co - ordination: tam vera quam falsa cernimus, as well... as, almost = both... and, Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 111: repentina res, quia quam causam nullam tam ne fidem quidem habebat ( = ut causam nullam, sic ne fidem quidem; cf.sic),
Liv. 8, 27, 10; so Sall. J. 31, 16; id. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; cf. Liv. 33, 17, 9; Sen. Q. N. 4, 13, 4. —Negatively: non tam meapte causa Laetor quam illius,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 8:nihil est quod tam obtundat elevetque aegritudinem... quam meditatio condicionis humanae,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 34:quae compararat non tam suae delectationis causa quam ad invitationes adventusque nostrorum hominum,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:cujus me facti paenituit non tam propter periculum meum quam propter vitia multa quae,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 2:qua nulla in re tam utor quam in hac civili et publica,
id. Att. 2, 17, 2:neque eos tam istius hominis perditi subita laetitia quam hominis amplissimi nova gratulatio movebat,
id. Verr. 1, 8, 21:Iliensibus Rhoeteum addiderunt, non tam ob recentia ulla merita quam originum memoria,
Liv. 38, 39, 10.—Object-inff.:(γ).qualis est istorum oratio qui omnia non tam esse quam videri volunt,
Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:quid enim tam pugnat, quam non modo miserum, sed omnino quidquam esse qui non sit,
id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:virtute ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt,
id. Lael. 26, 98.—Subject-inff. or dependent clauses:(δ).ego illud argentum tam paratum filio Scio esse, quam me hunc scipionem contui ( = tam scio, argentum paratum esse, quam scio me, etc.),
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 109:Parmenonis tam scio esse hanc techinam quam me vivere,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 51:tam teneor dono quam si dimittar onustus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 18:Acrisium Tam violasse deum quam non agnosse nepotem Paenitet,
Ov. M. 4, 613:tam perdis operam cum illi irasceris, quam cum illum alteri precaris iratum,
Sen. Ira, 2, 30, 2.—Negatively (so most freq.):nihil est quod tam deceat quam in omni re gerenda servare constantiam,
Cic. Off. 1, 34, 125:eundum igitur est, nec tam ut belli quam ut fugae socii simus,
id. Att. 9, 2, a, 3:nec tam quaerendum est, dolor malumne sit, quam firmandus animus ad dolorem ferendum,
id. Tusc. 2, 12, 28:non tam ut prosim causis elaborare soleo, quam ut ne quid obsim,
id. Or. 2, 72, 295:cum ego te non tam vitandi laboris mei causa quam quia tua id interesse arbitrarer, hortatus essem,
id. Top. 1, 2:auxilia convenerant non tam Vejentium gratia concitata, quam quod in spem ventum erat, etc.,
Liv. 2, 44, 7:Boji defecerunt, nec tam ob veteres in populum Romanum iras, quam quod, etc.,
id. 21, 25, 2. — So with causal clauses, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; id. Or. 3, 30, 119; id. Sest. 64, 135; Liv. 8, 19, 3. —With quam in adverb.-clause:(ε).tam confido quam poti'st,
Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 1; and in Cicero's epistolary style, tam esse with predicative force (like ita esse, sic esse;v. sic): atque ego haec tam esse quam audio non puto ( = tam male esse),
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 9.—Tam with a neg. is sometimes followed by sed with an independent clause, instead of a comp. clause:D.quidam autem non tam id reprehendunt, si remissius agatur, sed tantum studium tamque multam operam ponendam in eo non arbitrantur,
Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 1 Madv. ad loc.; cf.:quae (suaviloquentia) quidem non tam est in plerisque... sed est ea laus eloquentiae certe maxima,
id. Brut. 15, 58.—With esse and predic. noun:E. F.tam ea est quam poti'st nostra erilis concubina,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 47:equidem tam sum servos quam tu,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 11:tam ego homo sum quam tu,
id. As. 2, 4, 83:nam id nobis tam flagitium'st quam illa Non facere,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 68:tam es tu judex quam ego senator,
Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17:tam sum amicus rei publicae quam qui maxime,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 6.—With prep. and its case as predicate:tam hoc quidem tibi in proclivi quam imber quando pluit,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 86:qui non defendit, nec obsistit, si potest, injuriae, tam est in vitio quam si parentes, etc., deserat,
Cic. Off. 1, 7, 23. —Negatively: nihil est tam contra naturam quam turpitudo,
Cic. Off. 3, 8, 35. —Quam... tam with compp. = quanto... tanto or quo... eo (ante-class. and poet.): quam magis aerumna urget, tam magis ad malefaciendum viget, Enn. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 303 Vahl.):G.quam magis adspecto, tam magis est nimbata,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 138:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror quae meus filius turbavit,
id. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:quo quaeque magis sunt aspera semina eorum, Tam magis in somnis eadem saevire necessust,
Lucr. 4, 999:quae quanto magis inter se perplexa coibant, Tam magis expressa ea quae mare... efficerent,
id. 5, 453:tam magis illa fremens et tristibus effera flammis, Quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
Verg. A. 7, 787.—With quanto for quam:quanto magis aetheris aestus cogebant terram, Tam magis, etc.,
Lucr. 5, 484. —With rel. adv. for quam:verum ubicumque magis denso sunt agmine nubes, tam magis hinc... fremitus fit,
Lucr. 6, 99. — Ellips. of tam:quam magis specto. minus placet mihi hominis facies,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 19.—Quam... tam with superll. = quanto... tanto or quo... eo (mostly anteclass.; cf.H.the class.: ut quisque maxime... ita maxime): quam citissime conficies, tam maxime expediet,
Cato, R. R. 64 (65):oleum quam diutissime in amurca erit, tam deterrimum erit,
id. ib. 64 (65):quam acerbissima olea oleum facies, tam oleum optumum erit,
id. ib. 65 (66): quam plurimum [p. 1837] erit, tam citissime canus fiet, id. ib. 157 (158) med.:quam ad probos propinquitate proxume te adjunxeris, tam optumum est,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 59:quam maxime huic vana haec suspicio erit, tam facillime patris pacem in leges conficiet suas,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 44:quam vos facillime agitis, quam estis maxume Potentes, dites, fortunati, nobiles: tam maxime vos aequo animo aequa noscere Oportet,
id. Ad. 3, 4, 56:quam paucissimos reliqueris, tam optimi fiunt in alendo,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9:quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est,
Sall. J. 31, 14. —With quam in immediate succession (to be distinguished from the conj. tamquam, as if):II.nam, si a mare abstinuissem, tam quam hoc uterer ( = tam illo uterer quam hoc),
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 26:tam quam proserpens bestia (iste) est bilinguis et scelestus ( = tam bilinguis quam, etc.),
id. Fers. 2, 4, 28: esne tu huic amicus? To. Tam quam di omnes qui caelum colunt, id. ib. 4, 4, 32: vide, homo ut hominem noveris. Sy. Tam quam me, id. Trin. 4, 2, 68: nostine? Da. Tam quam te, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 15 (for tam diu, with or without quam, quam diu, etc., v. tamdiu).With a comp. clause understood.A.With a comp. clause to be supplied from a preceding sentence:B.quae faciliora sunt philosophis... quia tam graviter cadere non possunt (sc. quam alii),
Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73:cur corporis curandi causa quaesita sit ars, animi autem medicina nec tam desiderata sit..., nec tam culta (i. e. quam corporis medicina),
id. Tusc. 3, 1, 1:nihil umquam tam eleganter explicabunt (i. e. quam Plato),
id. ib. 1, 23, 55:non conturbat me expectatio tua, etsi nihil est eis, qui placere volunt, tam adversarium,
id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:sed ea (plebs) nequaquam tam laeta Quinctium vidit (i. e. quam ejus amici),
Liv. 3, 26, 12: nec minora consequi potuit (Maecenas);sed non tam concupivit (sc. quam Agrippa),
Vell. 2, 88, 2: nec tibi tam longis opus est ambagibus usquam, nec me tam multam hic operam consumere par est (i. e. quam consumere opus sit, si haec tractare velim), Lucr 6, 1079; so, tam gratia est (colloq.) = non accipio, sed tam gratia est quam esset si acciperem, I thank you just as much; no, thank you:bene vocas (ad prandium): tam gratia'st,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36: cenabis apud me. Ep. Locata'st opera nunc quidem:tam gratia'st,
id. Stich. 3, 2, 18: quin tu, quidquid opus'st, audacter imperas? Ps. Tam gratia'st. Bene est tibi;nolo tibi molestos esse nos,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 23 (in this formula, however, tam is explained by some as a shortened form for tamen; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Men. 386, and v. IV. infra).—With a general comp. clause understood ( = sic, ita), so ( so much) as I do, as you do, as he did, as I said before, as he is, as you are, etc.1.With adjj.: ut vos servem sedulo, quos tam grandi sim mercatus pecunia, have bought you at so high a price, i. e. as I have, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 8: qui nummi exciderunt quod terram sic obtuere? quid vos maestos tam tristisque conspicor? (sc. as I do, as you are), id. Bacch. 4, 4, 17:2.equidem miror, tam catam, tam doctam te et bene eductam, non scire stulte facere,
id. Most. 1, 3, 29:ordine cum videas tam certo multa creari,
Lucr. 5, 735:deus ille fuit qui ista in tam tranquillo et tam clara luce locavit,
id. 5, 12:quorsum igitur tam multa de voluptate?
Cic. Sen. 12, 44:ut mihi quidem, qui tam magno animo fuerit innocens damnatus esse videatur,
id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:inter ista tam magnifica verba tamque praeclara,
id. Fin. 2, 23, 77:quis est qui complet aures meas tantus et tam dulcis sonus?
as I hear, id. Rep. 6, 18, 18:tollite hanc: nullam tam pravae sententiae causam reperietis,
id. Phil. 14, 1, 3: et tamen veremur ut hoc quod a tam multis perferatur natura patiatur? ( as it is, sc. suffered), id. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:ut tam in praecipitem locum non debeat se sapiens committere,
id. Ac. 2, 21, 68:tam necessario tempore, tam propinquis hostibus,
at so urgent a time as this, Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 6:supra triginta quinque milia hostium fuerant, ex quibus tam exigua pars pugnae superfuit,
Liv. 39, 31, 14:tam constantem defensionem Scipionis universus senatus comprobavit,
Val. Max. 3, 7, 1: ceterum... ne tam praeclara lex... oblitteraretur, id. 2, 8, 1:qui tam crudelem tyrannum occideret,
id. 3, 1, 2:ne illo quidem tam misero tamque luctuoso tempore civitas nostra virtutis suae oblita est,
id. 3, 2, 7:tam contraria est pestis,
Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:tam parvo distat ibi tanta rerum naturae diversitas,
id. 5, 11, 12, § 65; so, tamne (cf. sicine):tamne indignus videar?
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 77.—And with sup.:nondum erat vestris tam gravissimis tamque multis judiciis concisus,
of so great weight, Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 11.—With advv.:3.alienus quom ejus incommodum tam aegre feras, quid me patrem par facere est?
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 37:quid est negotii quod tu tam subito domo abeas?
id. Am. 1, 3, 4:unde ego nunc tam subito huic argentum inveniam miser?
Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 1:quia (anima cum corpore) tam conjuncta atque leniter apta'st,
Lucr. 5, 559:jam mallem Cerberum metueres quam ista tam inconsiderata diceres,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12:ista tam aperte et per versa et falsa,
id. Ac. 2, 18, 60:cum ex co quaereretur cur tam diu vellet esse in vita,
id. Sen. 5, 13:me pudet tam cito de sententia esse dejectum,
id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14:etsi hoc quidem est in vitio, dissolutionem naturae tam valde perhorrescere,
id. Fin. 5, 11, 31:an melius fuerit rationem non dari omnino, quam tam munifice et tam largiter,
as I have shown, id. N. D. 3, 27, 69:nam quod jus civile tam vehementer amplexus es,
id. Or. 1, 55, 274:quid tu, inquit, tam mane?
id. Rep. 1, 9, 14: cur hunc tam temere ( as mentioned before) quisquam ab officio discessurum judicaret? Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quod sua victoria tam insolenter gloriarentur,
id. ib. 1, 14:cum tam procul a finibus Macedoniae absint,
Liv. 39, 27, 6: non digna exempla quae tam breviter ( as I am going to do) nisi majoribus urgerer, referrentur, Val. Max. 2, 7, 5:qualis esset quem tam diu tamque valde timuissent,
Nep. Eum. 11, 2; and with sup.: tam maturrime comparavisse, Cato ap. Charis. p. 184 P.—With adverb. abl.: tam crepusculo fere ut amant, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 77; cf.:tam vesperi,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 15; v. III. B. 3. infra.—With verbs:4.ut, ni meum gnatum tam amem, tua jam virgis latera lacerentur probe,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 10:quid, cedo, te, obsecro, tam abhorret hilaritudo?
id. Cist. 1, 1, 55:quid tam properas?
id. Pers. 4, 6, 11:cum te video nostrae familiae Tam ex animo factum velle ( = te tam velle nostrae familiae ex animo factum),
Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 21:age, quaeso, ne tam obfirma te, Chreme,
id. Heaut. 5, 5, 8:non pol temere'st quod tu tam times,
id. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 9: Sy. Eamus, namque hic properat in Cyprum. Sa. Ne tam quidem, implying a corresponding gesture, id. Ad. 2, 4, 14:quam si explicavisset, non tam haesitaret,
i. e. as he does, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 18.—Sometimes with an adv. to be supplied:quid ergo hanc, quaeso, tractas tam ( = tam male, or implying a corresponding gesture),
Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 31:Graecos in eo reprehendit quod mare tam secuti sunt ( = tam vulgo. or tam temere),
Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 9; v. I. C. 2. d, supra. — With esse and predic. noun:numquam ego te tam esse matulam credidi,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 72.—Preceded and strengthened by a demonstrative adjective (order: 1. demonstr., 2. tam, 3. adjective, 4. noun; or, 1. demonstr., 2. noun, 3. tam, 4. adjective).(α).After hic:(β).etiamne haec tam parva civitas, tam procul a manibus tuis remota, praedae tibi et quaestui fuit?
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 37, § 85:hunc hominem tam crudelem, tam sceleratum, tam nefarium nolunt judicare,
id. ib. 2, 2, 31, §77: hunc tamen hominem tam audacem, tam nefarium, tam nocentem,
id. Clu. 14, 42:haec mea oratio tam longa aut tam alte repetita,
id. Sest. 13, 31:in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo,
id. Arch. 11, 28:hanc tam taetram, tam horribilem tamque infestam rei publicae pestem,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 11:in hac tam clara re publica natus,
id. Rep. 1, 19, 31:hanc rem publicam tam praeclare fundatam,
id. Par. 1, 2, 10:haec tam crebra Etruriae concilia,
Liv. 5, 5, 8:in his tam parvis atque tam nullis,
Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 2:quorsum haec tam putida tendant,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 21:hac tam prospera pugna nuntiata,
Curt. 3, 11, 16.—After ille:(γ).ille homo tam locuples, tam honestus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11: illud argentum tam praeclarum ac tam nobile, id. ib. 2, 4, 20, §44: illud tam grave bellum,
Val. Max. 5, 6, ext. 1:ne illo quidem tam misero tamque luctuoso tempore,
id. 3, 2, 7.—After iste:(δ).tamenne ista tam absurda defendes?
Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 81:ista admonitio tua tam accurata,
id. Att. 6, 1, 20:quae est ista tam infesta ira?
Liv. 7, 30, 15:iste tam justus hostis, tam misericors victor,
Curt. 4, 10, 34.—After id ipsum:(ε).id ipsum tam mite ac tam moderatum imperium,
Liv. 1, 48, 9.—After tot:(ζ).jacere necesse sit tot tam nobiles disciplinas,
Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 147:tot tam valida oppida,
Liv. 5, 54, 5:tot tam opulenti tyranni regesque,
id. 25, 24, 13:inter tot tam effrenatarum gentium arma,
id. 21, 9, 3:tot tam praeclaris imperatoribus uno bello absumptis,
id. 28, 28, 12; 25, 27, 13; 26, 13, 17; cf.:cum tot ac tam validae eluctandae manus essent,
id. 24, 26, 13; 8, 12, 4.—After hic talis:III.da operam ut hunc talem, tam jucundum, tam excellentem virum videas,
Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 3.As demonstr. adv. of intensity, correlative with ut, that, and its equivalents (qui, quin); so only with adjj. and advv. (not with verbs).A.Without a negation ( = ita, adeo;B.rare before the Aug. period): ni erit tam sincerum (tergum), ut quivis dicat ampullarius Optumum esse operi faciundo corium et sincerissimum,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 51:quae (maturitas) mihi tam jucunda est ut, quo propius ad mortem accedam, quasi terram videre videar,
Cic. Sen. 19, 71. de qua tam variae sunt doctissimorum hominum sententiae, ut magno argumento esse debeat, etc., id. N. D. 1, 1, 1:ad eum pervenit tam opportuno tempore, ut simul Domitiani exercitus pulvis cerneretur, et primi antecursores Scipionis viderentur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 36:tam parandus ad dimicandum animus, ut, etc.,
id. B. G. 2, 21:tamen tam evidens numen rebus adfuit Romanis, ut putem, etc.,
Liv. 5, 51, 4: infimam plebem natura ipsa tam abjecto tamque imo loco collocavit ut nulla ratione erigi aut sublevari possit, Ps.-Cic. Cons. 6, 22:tam multa sunt, tamque misera quae perferunt ut nemo sit quin mori saepissime cupiat,
id. ib. 16, 59:quem constat tam certa acie luminum usum esse ut a Lilybaeo portu Carthaginienses egredientes classes intueretur,
Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 14:tam alacri animo suos ad id proelium cohortatus est ut diceret: Sic prandete, etc.,
id. 3, 2, ext. 3:in Theophrasto tam est loquendi nitor ille divinus ( = tam divinus est) ut ex eo nomen quoque traxisse videatur,
Quint. 10, 1, 83:(Scipio) bellum in Africam transtulit, tam lentus ut opinionem luxuriae segnitiaeque malignis daret,
Sen. Ira, 1, 11, 6; id. Q. N. 1, 15, 5:3, 21, 1: tam parvulis in faucibus... ut non sit dubium, etc.,
Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:ipsum Macedonem tam graviter palma percussit ut paene concideret,
Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 7.—With a negation, or in a question implying a negation.1.Before ut (very freq. in the class. period; cf. adeo, poet., e.g. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 39):2.numquam tam dices commode ut tergum meum Tuam in fidem committam,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 33:non tam viva tamen, calidus queat ut fieri fons,
Lucr. 6, 887:quis umquam praedo fuit tam nefarius, quis pirata tam barbarus ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 146:non sum tam stultus, ut te usura falsi gaudii frui velim,
id. Fam. 6, 12, 1:nec, cum id faciebamus tam eramus amentes ut explorata nobis esset victoria,
id. ib. 6, 1, 3:non essem tam inurbanus ac paene inhumanus uti in eo gravarer quod vos cupere sentirem,
id. Or. 2, 90, 365:non puto tam expeditum negotium futurum ut non habeat aliquid morae,
id. Att. 13, 31, 1:nec vero eram tam indoctus ignarusque rerum ut frangerer animo propter, etc.,
id. Phil. 2, 15, 37:quis tam demens ut sua voluntate maereat?
id. Tusc. 3, 29, 71; so id. Off. 3, 20, 82; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. Phil. 3, 4, 10:non enim proferremus vino oppressos... tam absurde, ut tum diceremus, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53:non se tam barbarum ut non sciret, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 17:nulli sunt tam feri et sui juris affectus ut non disciplina perdomentur,
Sen. Ira, 2, 12, 3:nemo tam divos habuit faventes, crastinum ut posset sibi polliceri,
id. Thyest. 619.—With a negation (esp. nemo), followed by qui ( = ut is; class. and freq.); nec quisquam sit tam opulentus qui mihi obsistat in via, [p. 1838] Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 5:3.generi lenonio Numquam deus ullus tam benignus fuit, qui fuerit propitius,
id. Pers. 4, 4, 34:an ille tam esset stultus qui mihi mille nummum crederet?
id. Trin. 4, 2, 42:nemo inventus est tam amens, qui illud argentum tam praeclarum ac tam nobile eriperet, nemo tam audax qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 44:nemo Agrigenti neque aetate tam affecta neque viribus tam infirmis fuit, qui non illa nocte surrexerit,
id. ib. 2, 4, 43, §95: nemo est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere,
id. Sen. 7, 24:nihil tam absurde dici potest, quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosophorum,
id. Div. 2, 58, 119:nulla gens tam immanis umquam fuit in qua tam crudelis hostis patriae sit inventus,
id. Sull. 27, 76:quae est anus tam delira quae timeat ista?
id. Tusc. 1, 21, 48:ecquem tam amentem esse putas qui illud quo vescatur deum esse credat?
id. N. D. 3, 16, 41:sed neque tam docti tum erant, ad quorum judicium elaboraret, et sunt, etc.,
id. Fin. 1, 3, 7; so id. Sen. 19, 67; id. Lael. 7, 23; id. Tusc. 1, 6, 11; 1, 15, 33; 2, 17, 41; id. Sest. 14, 32; id. Fin. 2, 20, 63; id. Fam. 9, 2, 2; id. Off. 2, 5, 16:neque tam remisso animo quisquam fuit qui ea nocte conquierit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 21:in bello nihil tam leve est quod non magnae interdum rei momentum faciat,
Liv. 25, 18, 3:ut nemo tam humilis esset cui non aditus ad eum pateret,
Nep. Milt. 8, 4:ecquid esse tam saevum potest quod superet illum?
Sen. Thyest. 196. —With a negation, followed by quin ( = ut is non;IV.class. and freq.): nec sacrum nec tam profanum quidquam est quin ibi ilico adsit,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 27:nihil mihi tam parvi est quin me id pigeat perdere,
id. Pers. 4, 6, 8:nec quisquam est tam ingenio duro, neque tam firmo pectore quin sibi faciat bene,
id. As. 5, 2, 94:numquam tam mane egredior, neque tam vesperi Domum revortor, quin te... conspicer Fodere,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 15:nil tam difficile'st quin quaerendo investigari possiet,
id. ib. 4, 2, 8:ut nullus umquam dies tam magna tempestate fuerit, quin... solem homines viderint,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:numquam tam male est Siculis quin aliquid facete et commode dicant,
id. ib. 2, 4, 43, §95: nemo est tam afflictus quin possit navare aliquid et efficere,
id. Fam. 6, 1, 7:ut nemo tam ferus fuerit, quin ejus causam lacrimarit,
Nep. Alcib. 6, 4.Tam, ante-class., sometimes = tamen:V.antiqui tam etiam pro tamen usi sunt,
Fest. p. 360: bene cum facimus, tam male cupimus...; quamquam estis nihili, tam ecastor simul vobis consului, Titin. ap. Fest. l. l.; so,etsi illi aliter nos faciant quam aequom sit, tam pol noxiae nequid magis sit... nostrum officium meminisse decet,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 44 Fleck., Ritschl:tam si nihil usus esset, jam non dicerem,
id. Merc. 4, 3, 32 Ritschl; v. Prol. Trin. p. 14 ib.; Brix ad Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36; Curt. in Rhein. Mus. 6, 84; 6, 93; but cf. contra, Corss. Beitr. p. 272 sqq.In the dialect of Praeneste: tam modo, just now ( = modo): ilico hic ante ostium;Tam modo, inquit Praenestinus,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 8 Brix ad loc.; cf. Fest. s. v. tammodo, p. 359; Ritschl, opusc. 2, 372. -
10 audiō
audiō īvī or iī, ītus, īre [2 AV-], to hear: quae vera audivi, taceo, T.: verbum ex te, T.: de te ex te, your account of yourself: ista de maioribus: ab ipso, H.: eum querentem, N.: hoc maiores natu dicere: a maioribus natu mirari solitum, etc.: Audiet civīs acuisse ferrum, H.: Bibulus nondum audiebatur esse in Syria: Cur ita crediderim audi, H.: audi Quid ferat, H.: id ex eo audivi, cum diceret, etc.: de Psaltriā hac audivit, T.: illos de quibus audivi: quin tu hoc audi, listen, T.: audin' (for audisne?), do you hear? T.—Supin. acc.: vocat (me) hic auditum scripta, H.—Supin. abl.: O rem auditu crudelem.—P. pass.: cui non sunt auditae Demosthenis vigiliae: non uni militi sed universis audiuntur, L.: Audita arboribus fides, H.: auditi advertitis cursum, already known by report, V. — Subst: nihil habeo praeter auditum, hearsay: refert audita, what he had heard, O.—To listen to, give attention to: etsi a vobis sic audior, ut, etc.: audi, Iuppiter, et tu, Iane, L.—To hear, be taught by, learn from: te annum iam audientem Cratippum: audiendum sibi de ambitu, i. e. must examine the charge: de pace audisse, entertained proposals, L.: dolos, investigate, V. — To listen to, lend an ear, regard, hear, grant: di meas preces audiverunt: neque preces audiri intellegit, Cs.: si sensisset auditas preces, L.: Audiit et genitor Intonuit, V.: puellas Ter vocata audis, H.—To hear with assent, accept, agree with, approve, yield to, grant, allow: fabulas: tum id audirem, si, etc., I would assent to it, if, etc.: audio, nunc dicis aliquid, granted: non audio, I do not admit it.—To obey, heed: sapientiam: me, L.: te tellus audit Hiberiae, H.: neque audit currus habenas, V.— In the phrase, dicto audiens esse, to obey: sunt illi quidem dicto audientes: dicto audientes in tantā re: dicto audiens esse huic ordini: Tullio iubere populum dicto audientem esse, L.: dicto audiens fuit iussis, N.—To be called, be named, reported, regarded: si curas esse quod audis, H.: Id audire, to bear that name, V.: bene audire velle, to be praised: bene a parentibus: male audies, you will be in bad repute, T.: insuetus male audiendi, N.: minus commode audire, i. e. to be injured in reputation.* * *audire, audivi, auditus Vhear, listen, accept, agree with; obey; harken, pay attention; be able to hear -
11 saltem (-tim)
saltem (-tim) adv. [3 SAL-], saved, save, at least, at the least, at all events, anyhow: si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit, T.: si nihil aliud, saltem ut eum videret: si cetera amisimus, hoc saltem ut nobis relinquatur.—Ellipt.: finge aliquid saltem commode, i. e. (since you cannot tell the truth) at least make a plausible pretence: saltem tenet hoc nos, H.—With a negative, not... at least, not even, nor even: illos, etsi non exhortatio, suum saltem dedecus cogere potuit, etc., L. -
12 sat
sat adj. (for comp., see satius), n indecl. [for satis].—Only nom. and acc, enough, sufficient, satisfactory, adequate, ample: paene plus quam sat erat, T.: tantum quantum sat est: Tantum sat habes? are you satisfied with that? T.: nam mihi facti Fama sat est, V.: Qui non sat habuit coniugem inlexe, was not content, C. poët.: Perdere posse sat est, O.—As subst n.: non signi hoc sat est, Quod, etc., proof enough, T.: nec sat rationis in armis, V.—As adv., enough, sufficiently, satisfactorily: sat scio, I am sure, T.: accusator sat bonus: non sat idoneus Pugnae, H.— Only enough, just, moderately, tolerably, somewhat: sat commode, T.: si me voltis esse oratorem, si etiam sat bonum, etc.— Enough, too much ; with ago (less correctly, satago): suarum rerum sat agit, has his hands full with his own affairs, T. (al. sat agitat).* * *Ienough, adequately; sufficiently; well enough, quite; fairly, prettyIIenough, adequate, sufficient; satisfactory -
13 scītē
scītē adv. [scitus], shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly: promittit tibi, T.: satis scite et commode tempus ad te cepit eundi: (rationes) perscriptae: loqui, L.: parum scite convivium exornare, S. -
14 tam
tam adv. [3 TA-], correl. with quam in comparisons, implying equality of degree, in such a degree, as much, so, so much: non tam solido quam splendido nomine: adiuro, tam me tibi vera referre Quam veri maiora fide, as true as they are incredible, O.: quam magni nominis bellum est, tam difficilem existimaritis victoriam fore, L.: istam dexteram non tam in bellis neque in proeliis quam in promissis et fide firmiorem, i. e. whose superior trustworthiness is not so much in wars, etc.: nihil est tam contra naturam quam turpitudo: nihil esse tam diligenter quam ius civile retinendum: non tam meāpte causā Laetor quam illius, T.: vellem tam domestica ferre possem quam ista contemnere, were as able to bear, etc.: quod si tam vos curam libertatis haberetis, quam illi ad dominationem adcensi sunt, in as great a degree, S.: Parmenonis tam scio esse hanc techinam quam me vivere, just as well as, T.: Tam teneor dono quam si dimittar onustus, H.: tam es tu iudex quam ego.—With comp. or superl. (quam... tam in the sense of quanto... tanto or quo... eo; old or poet.): Tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae, raging the more wildly, the more, etc., V.: quam maxime huic vana haec suspicio Erit, tam facillime patris pacem in leges conficiet suas (i. e. quo magis... eo facilius), T.: quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est (i. e. ut quisque... ita maxime, etc.), S.—With a comparative clause implied in the context, so, to such a degree, so very, equally: quae faciliora sunt philosophis... quia tam graviter cadere non possunt (i. e. quam alii): quorsum igitur tam multa de voluptate? so much (as has been said): hoc, quod a tam multis perferatur, by so many (as we have mentioned): tam necessario tempore, tam propinquis hostibus, at so urgent a time as this, Cs.: hunc tam temere iudicare, Cs.: cum tam procul a finibus Macedoniae absint, L.: quam si explicavisset, non tam haesitaret, i. e. as he does.—Often with a pron demonstr.: haec mea oratio tam longa aut tam alte repetita: haec tam crebra Etruriae concilia, L.: quae est ista tam infesta ira? L.—Followed by a clause of result with ut, qui or quin (only with adjj. and advv.), so, so very: quae (maturitas) mihi tam iucunda est, ut quasi terram videre videar: ad eum pervenit tam opportuno tempore, ut simul, etc., Cs.—Usu. with a negative or in a question implying a negative: quis umquam praedo fuit tam nefarius, quis pirata tam barbarus ut, etc.: non se tam barbarum ut non sciret, etc., Cs.: nemo inventus est tam amens, qui illud argentum eriperet: quae est anus tam delira quae timeat ista?: Numquam tam mane egredior... quin te... conspicer Fodere, T.: numquam tam male est Siculis quin aliquid facete et commode dicant.* * *so, so much (as); to such an extent/degree; nevertheless, all the same -
15 timeō
timeō uī, —, ēre [2 TEM-], to fear, be afraid, be fearful, be apprehensive, be afraid of, dread, apprehend: timentibus ceteris propter ignorationem locorum: timentes confirmat, Cs.: cottidie aliquid fit lenius quam timebamus: de re p. valde: a quo quidem genere ego numquam timui: pro eo, Cu.: timuere dei pro vindice terrae, O.: tibi timui, for you, T.: sibi, Cs.: nihil magis quam perfidiam timemus: quos aliquamdiu inermes timuissent, Cs.: nomen absentis, Cs.: numinis iram, O.: Peius leto flagitium, H.: furem Caulibus, a thief for his cabbages, Iu.: de suo ac legionis periculo nihil, Cs.: quod pro quoque timendum, aut a quoque petendum sit: timeo quidnam eloqui possim: misera timeo, ‘incertum’ hoc quorsum accidat, T.: haec quo sint eruptura: tantae magnitudinis flumini exercitum obicere, etc., Cs.: inventis uti, H.: latebras intrare, O.: ni cedenti instaturum alterum timuissent, L.: neque timerent, ne circumvenirentur, Cs.: timuit, ne non succederet, H.: timeo, ut sustineas, I am afraid you cannot stand it: ut satis commode supportari posset (res frumentaria), timere dicebant, Cs.— To show fear, express terror (poet.): timuit exterrita pennis Ales, expressed its fear, i. e. fluttered, V.* * *timere, timui, - Vfear, dread, be afraid (ne + SUB = lest; ut or ne non + SUB = that... not) -
16 ut or utī
ut or utī adv. [for * quoti or * cuti; 2 CA-]. I. Of place, where (poet.): Nisus Labitur, caesis ut forte iuvencis Fusus madefecerat herbas, V.: Utque aër, tellus illic, O.— II. Of time, when, as soon as, just as: ut hinc te intro ire iussi, opportune hic fit mi obviam, T.: ut peroravit, surrexit Clodius: ut vero aquam ingressi sunt... tum, etc., L.: Ariovistum, ut semel Gallorum copias vicerit, crudeliter imperare, Cs.: atque ego, ut primum fletu represso loqui posse coepi, Quaeso inquam, etc., as soon as ever: Siculi, ut primum videre volgari morbos, in suas quisque urbes dilapsi sunt, L.: deinde ut nulla vi perculsos sustinere poterat, Quid ultra moror, inquit, etc., L.: ut hinc forte ea ad obstetricem erat missa, T.: ut ad mare nostrae cohortes excubuerant, accessere subito Pompeiani, Cs.: litteras scripsi... statim ut tuas legerem (i. e. litteras nunc scribo, ut tuas legi): neque, ut quaeque res delata ad nos, tum denique scrutari locos (debemus): traditum esse ut quando aqua Albana abundasset, tum... victoriam de Veientibus dari, L.— Since, from the time at which: ut Brundisio profectus es, nullae mihi abs te sunt redditae litterae.—Of repeated action, whenever: ut quisque istius animum offenderat, in lautumias statim coniciebatur: ut cuique erat locus attributus, ad munitiones accedunt, Cs.: ut quisque arma ceperat... inordinati in proelium ruunt, L.: ut enim quisque dixerat, ita postulabatur, etc.— III. Of manner. A. Interrog., how, in what way, in what manner: Ut vales? T.: ut sese in Samnio res habent? L.: Ut valet? ut meminit nostri? H. —Usu. in dependent questions, with subj: Narratque ut virgo ab se integra etiam tum siet, T.: credo te audisse ut me circumsteterint: docebat ut omni tempore totius Galliae principatum Aedui tenuissent, Cs.: veniat in mentem, ut trepidos quondam maiores vestros... defenderimus, L.: Vides ut altā stet nive candidum Soracte, H.— With indic. (old or poet.): Illud vide, os ut sibi distorsit carnufex, T.: Aspice, venturo laetantur ut omnia saeclo! (i. e. omnia laetantia), V.—After verbs of fearing, how, in what way, lest... not, that... not: rem frumentariam, ut satis commode supportari posset, timere dicebant, Cs.: verebar ut redderentur: timeo ut sustineas: o puer, ut sis Vitalis, metuo, et maiorum ne quis amicus Frigore te feriat, H.: quia nihil minus, quam ut egredi obsessi moenibus auderent, timeri poterat, L.: ut ferulā caedas meritum... non vereor, H.—In exclamations: ut falsus animi est! T.: Gnaeus autem noster... ut totus iacet: Ut vidi, ut perii! ut me malus abstulit error! V.: ut tu Semper eris derisor! H.— B. Relative, as: ut potero, feram, T.: Ciceronem et ut rogas amo, et ut meretur et debeo: Labienus, ut erat ei praeceptum... abstinebat, Cs.: ut plerumque fit, L.—Introducing an example, as, for example, for instance: est quiddam, quod suā vi nos inlectos ducit, ut amicitia: ceteri morbi, ut gloriae cupiditas, etc.: qui aliis nocent, in eādem sunt iniustitiā, ut si in suam rem aliena convertant: ut si quis ei quem urgeat fames venenum ponat, L.: causas, ut honorificentissimis verbis consequi potero, complectar: si virtus digna est gloriatione, ut est (i. e. sicut est): nemo, ut opinor, in culpā est, in my judgment: qui, ut credo, duxit, etc., I believe.—With correlative ita, sic, sometimes idem, item, as, just as, in the same manner as: omnīs posthabui mihi res, ita uti par fuit, T.: ut viro forti dignum fuit, ita calumniam eius obtrivit: si ut animis sic oculis videre possemus: disputationem exponimus, eisdem fere verbis, ut disputatumque est: fecisti item ut praedones solent: haec ut brevissime dici potuerunt, ita a me dicta sunt (i. e. ita breviter dicta sunt ut dici potuerunt): te semper sic colam ut quem diligentissime: eruditus autem sic ut nemo Thebanus magis, N.—In comparative clauses with indefinite subjects, ut quisque with a sup. or an expression implying a superlative, usu. followed by ita with a sup, the more... the more: ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime alios improbos suspicatur, the better man one is, the harder it is for him to, etc.: ut quisque (morbus) est difficillimus, ita medicus nobilissimus quaeritur; cf. facillime ad res iniustas impellitur ut quisque altissimo animo est: ut quisque gradu proximus erat, ita ignominiae obiectus, L.: de captivis, ut quisque liber aut servus esset, suae fortunae a quoque sumptum supplicium est, according to each one's station, whether free or bound, L.—Introducing a general statement for comparison or confirmation, as, considering that, in accordance with the fact that, in view of what: haud scio hercle, ut homost, an mutet animum, T.: atque ille, ut semper fuit apertissimus, non se purgavit, sed, etc.: transire pontem non potuit, ut extrema resoluta crant, etc., L.: Epicharmi, acuti nec insulsi hominis, ut Siculi, as was natural for a Sicilian.—Introducing a limiting circumstance, as, considering, for: hic Geta ut captus est servorum, non malus, i. e. as far as this can be said of slaves, T.: civitas florens, ut est captus Germanorum, Cs.: Caelius Antipater, scriptor, ut temporibus illis, luculentus, for those times: (orationis genus) ut in oratore exile, for an orator: gens, ut in eā regione, divitiis praepollens, L.— With perinde or pro eo, as, in proportion as, according as, to the extent that, in the measure that: in exspectatione civitas erat, perinde ut evenisset res, ita communicatos honores habitura, L.: pro eo ut temporis difficultas aratorumque penuria tulit.—With a relat., as it is natural for persons, like one, since, seeing that: proficiscuntur, ut quibus esset persuasum, non ab hoste consilium datum, etc., like men convinced that, etc., Cs.: inde consul, ut qui iam ad hostīs perventum cerneret, procedebat, L.—Introducing a motive or assumption, as if, on the supposition that, in the belief that: narratio est rerum gestarum aut ut gestarum expositio: (Galli) laeti, ut exploratā victoriā, ad castra pergunt, L.—With ita or sic, introducing an oath or attestation, as, as it is true that: ita me di ament ut ego Laetor, etc., T.: ita vivam ut maximos sumptūs facio.—With correlative ita or sic, introducing contrasted clauses, as... so, as on the one hand... so on the other, although... yet, while... still, both... and: ut errare potuisti, sic decipi te non potuisse, quis non videt?: consul, ut fortasse vere, sic parum utiliter in praesens certamen, respondit, etc., L.: uti longe a luxuriā, ita famae propior, Ta.—Repeated as indefinite relative, in whatever manner, howsoever (only with indic.): Sed ut ut haec sunt, tamen hoc faciam, T.: sed ut ut est, indulge valetudini tuae.—Indefinite, in concessive or conditional clauses, however, in whatever manner, in whatever degree, although, granting that: quod ut ita sit—nihil enim pugno —quid habet ista res aut laetabile aut gloriosum?: nihil est prudentiā dulcius, quam, ut cetera auferat, adfert certe senectus: ut enim neminem alium rogasset, scire potuit, etc.: qui, ut non omnis peritissimus sim belli, cum Romanis certe bellare didici, L.: ac iam ut omnia contra opinionem acciderent, tamen se plurimum navibus posse, Cs.: Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas, O. -
17 vel-ut or vel-utī
vel-ut or vel-utī adv. —In a comparison, even as, just as, like as, like: ne vitam silentio transeant veluti pecora, quae, etc., S.: veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit, like one who, etc., V.: velut in cantu et fidibus, sic ex corporis totius naturā et figurā varios motūs cieri: cum velut Sagunti excidium Hannibali, sic, etc., L.—Introducing an example, as, for instance, for example: numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant; velut in hac re aiebant, etc. —Esp, in a hypothetical comparison, in the phrase, velut si, just as if, just as though, as if, as though: absentis Ariovisti crudelitatem, velut si coram adesset, horrerent, Cs.: patres metus cepit, velut si iam ad portas hostis esset, L.: facies inducitur illis (corporibus mixtis) Una, velut si quis, etc., O.—With abl absol.: cum velut inter pugnae fugaeque consilium trepidante equitatu, L.: velut diis cum patriā relictis, L.—Just as if, as though: Inque sinūs caros, veluti cognosceret, ibat, O.: velut ea res nihil ad religionem pertinuisset, L. -
18 vestiō
vestiō (imperf. vestībat, V.), īvī, ītus, īre [vestis], to cover with a garment, provide with clothing, dress, clothe, vest: satis commode vestiti: et ali et vestiri a Caeciliā: te Vestiunt lanae, H.: Phrygiā vestitur bucca tiarā, Iu.—Of animals, to clothe, cover, robe: animantes villis vestitae: sandyx vestiet agnos, V.—To clothe, cover, deck, array, attire, surround, adorn: campos lumine (aether), V.: vestitum vepribus sepulcrum: montes vestiti, i. e. covered with verdure: trabes multo aggere, Cs.: genas vestibat flore iuventa, i. e. beard, V.: vestiti messibus agros, O.—Fig., to clothe, dress, surround, adorn: exquisitas sententias pellucens vestiebat oratio: Gloria quem supra vires vestit, H.: iuventa oratione.* * *vestire, vestivi, vestitus V -
19 adtempero
at-tempĕro ( adt-, Haase), āre, v. a., to fit, adjust, accommodate (only in the foll. exs.):gladium sibi adtemperare, i. e. accommodare,
Sen. Ep. 30, 8:paenula, ut infundibulum inversum, est attemperata,
Vitr. 10, 12, 2.—Hence, * attempĕrātē, adv., opportunely, seasonably, = accommodate, commode:Itane attemperate evenit, hodie in ipsis nuptiis Ut veniret, antehac numquam?
Ter. And. 5, 4, 13. -
20 Anna Perenna
Anna Perenna, ae, f., an old Italian goddess, the protector or bestower of the returning year (acc. to Macr. S. 1, 12, offerings were made to her, ut annare perennareque commode liceat, and hence her name); cf. Inscr. Orell. II. 1847; II. p. 412; in later times she was identified with 1. Anna; cf. Ov. F. 3, 654; Sil. 8, 50 sq.
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