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  • 1 (coepiō）

       (coepiō） coepī, coeptus, ere    [com- + 1 AP-], to begin, commence: non Prius olfecissem, quam ille quicquam coeperet? T.: mecum cogitare, T.: cum ver esse coeperat: Fluctus coepit albescere, V.: oppugnare, Cs.: alia fieri coepere, S.: cum Lacedaemoniis pugnari coepit, N.: urbanus haberi, H.: res agi coepta est: ante petitam esse pecuniam, quam esset coepta deberi: obsidione coepti premi hostes, L.: bello premi sunt coepti, N.: mitescere discordiae intestinae coeptae, L.: si quicquam hic turbae coeperis, T.: illud, quod coepimus, videamus: illa quae coepta sunt ab isto: coeptum bellum foret, S.: se non ante coepturum, quam, etc., L.: perge quo coepisti (sc. ire): dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet, H.: ita coepit tyrannus (sc. dicere), L.: Ilioneus placido sic pectore coepit, V.: coepit cum talia vates (sc. fari), V. — P. coeptus, begun, commenced, undertaken: consilium fraude coeptum, L.: iussis Carmina coepta tuis, V.: quaedam (animalia) modo coepta, in process of creation, O.: mors, sought, O. — Of things, to begin, be begun, take a beginning, commence, originate, arise: post, ubi silentium coepit... verba facit, etc., S.: cum deditio coepit, S.: pugna coepit, L.

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  • 2 coepio

    I
    coepere, -, - V
    begin, commence, initiate; (rare early form, usu. shows only PERFDEF)
    II
    coepere, coepi, coeptus V
    begin, commence, initiate; set foot on; (usu. PERF PASS w/PASS INF; PRES early)

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  • 3 bellum

    bellum (ante-class. and poet. duel-lum), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.
    I.
    Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:

    bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,

    Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):

    legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:

    quae domi duellique male fecisti,

    id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:

    quique agent rem duelli,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

    aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):

    puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,

    Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,

    quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,

    id. 22, 10, 2:

    victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,

    id. 23, 11, 2:

    si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,

    id. 36, 2, 2;

    and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,

    id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:

    hic... Pacem duello miscuit,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:

    cadum Marsi memorem duelli,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 18:

    vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,

    id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]
    II.
    Form bellum.
    A.
    War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).
    1.
    Specifying the enemy.
    a.
    By adjj. denoting the nation:

    omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

    aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:

    Britannicum bellum,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    Gallicum,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

    Germanicum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

    Sabinum,

    Liv. 1, 26, 4:

    Parthicum,

    Vell. 2, 46, 2;

    similarly: bellum piraticum,

    the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:

    Sertorianum bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    Mithridaticum,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

    Jugurthinum,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;

    similarly: bellum regium,

    the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:

    bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    Asiaticum,

    id. ib. 22, 64:

    Africum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

    Actiacum,

    Vell. 2, 86, 3:

    Hispaniense,

    id. 2, 55, 2.—
    b.
    With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

    Venetorum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16:

    Helvetiorum,

    id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;

    1, 30: Ambiorigis,

    id. ib. 6, 29, 4:

    Pyrrhi, Philippi,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:

    Samnitium,

    Liv. 7, 29, 2.—
    c.
    With cum and abl. of the name.
    (α).
    Attributively:

    cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

    belli causa cum Samnitibus,

    Liv. 7, 29, 3:

    hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,

    id. 33, 35, 12:

    novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,

    id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—
    (β).
    With cum dependent on the verb:

    quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:

    novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,

    Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—
    d.
    With adversus and acc. of the name.
    (α).
    Attributively:

    bellum adversus Philippum,

    Liv. 31, 1, 8:

    bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,

    id. 8, 29, 6.—
    (β).
    With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:

    ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,

    id. 45, 11, 8:

    bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
    e.
    With contra and acc.:

    cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    causam belli contra patriam inferendi,

    id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—
    f.
    With in and acc. (very rare):

    Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,

    Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—
    g.
    With inter and acc.:

    hic finis belli inter Romanos ac Persea fuit,

    Liv. 45, 9, 2.—
    h.
    With apud and acc.:

    secutum est bellum gestum apud Mutinam,

    Nep. Att. 9, 1.—
    k.
    With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—
    2.
    With verbs.
    a.
    Referring to the beginning of the war.
    (α).
    Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:

    summa erat observatio in bello movendo,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:

    bellum commotum a Scapula,

    id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:

    nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,

    Sall. C. 30, 2:

    is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,

    Liv. 1, 53, 2:

    insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,

    id. 4, 58, 6:

    dii pium movere bellum,

    id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,

    concitare,

    Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—
    (β).
    Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:

    cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,

    Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:

    bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,

    Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,

    parare alicui,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:

    bellum terra et mari comparat,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

    tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:

    bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,

    Liv. 4, 55, 7:

    numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—
    (γ).
    Bellum differre, to postpone a war:

    nec jam poterat bellum differri,

    Liv. 2, 30, 7:

    mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,

    id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—
    (δ).
    Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):

    omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,

    id. ib. 20, 5:

    de integro bellum sumit,

    id. ib. 62, 9:

    iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,

    Liv. 38, 19, 3:

    sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,

    Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—
    (ε).
    Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:

    bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:

    suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 11, 35:

    judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,

    join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):

    cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,

    undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:

    senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,

    id. 6, 9, 5:

    bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,

    Vell. 2, 3, 3.—
    (ζ).
    Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):

    consensit et senatus bellum,

    Liv. 8, 6, 8:

    bellum erat consensum,

    id. 1, 32, 12.—
    (η).
    Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:

    sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,

    id. ib.:

    cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

    Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,

    Liv. 5, 26, 3:

    Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,

    id. 6, 22, 6:

    Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,

    id. 7, 23, 2:

    quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

    cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,

    id. ib. 16, 49:

    hunc toti bello praefecerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

    alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

    bellum administrandum permittere,

    id. ib. 21, 61.—
    (θ).
    Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:

    ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,

    Liv. 1, 32, 13:

    Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,

    id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:

    bellum indici posse existimabat,

    Liv. 1, 22, 4:

    ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,

    id. 1, 22, 6:

    ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,

    id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—
    (κ).
    Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:

    Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,

    Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

    ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:

    bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    bellum patriae faciet,

    id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:

    civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;

    3, 29: constituit bellum facere,

    Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:

    occupant bellum facere,

    they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:

    ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,

    id. 1, 32, 13:

    populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,

    id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:

    urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—
    (λ).
    Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:

    subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

    aliud multo propius bellum ortum,

    Liv. 1, 14, 4:

    Veiens bellum exortum,

    id. 2, 53, 1.—

    bellum

    (ante-class. and poet.

    duel-lum

    ), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.
    I.
    Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:

    bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,

    Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):

    legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:

    quae domi duellique male fecisti,

    id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:

    quique agent rem duelli,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

    aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):

    puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,

    Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,

    quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,

    id. 22, 10, 2:

    victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,

    id. 23, 11, 2:

    si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,

    id. 36, 2, 2;

    and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,

    id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:

    hic... Pacem duello miscuit,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:

    cadum Marsi memorem duelli,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 18:

    vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,

    id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]
    II.
    Form bellum.
    A.
    War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).
    1.
    Specifying the enemy.
    a.
    By adjj. denoting the nation:

    omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

    aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:

    Britannicum bellum,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    Gallicum,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

    Germanicum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

    Sabinum,

    Liv. 1, 26, 4:

    Parthicum,

    Vell. 2, 46, 2;

    similarly: bellum piraticum,

    the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:

    Sertorianum bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    Mithridaticum,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

    Jugurthinum,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;

    similarly: bellum regium,

    the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:

    bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    Asiaticum,

    id. ib. 22, 64:

    Africum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

    Actiacum,

    Vell. 2, 86, 3:

    Hispaniense,

    id. 2, 55, 2.—
    b.
    With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

    Venetorum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16:

    Helvetiorum,

    id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;

    1, 30: Ambiorigis,

    id. ib. 6, 29, 4:

    Pyrrhi, Philippi,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:

    Samnitium,

    Liv. 7, 29, 2.—
    c.
    With cum and abl. of the name.
    (α).
    Attributively:

    cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

    belli causa cum Samnitibus,

    Liv. 7, 29, 3:

    hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,

    id. 33, 35, 12:

    novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,

    id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—
    (β).
    With cum dependent on the verb:

    quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:

    novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,

    Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—
    d.
    With adversus and acc. of the name.
    (α).
    Attributively:

    bellum adversus Philippum,

    Liv. 31, 1, 8:

    bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,

    id. 8, 29, 6.—
    (β).
    With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:

    ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,

    id. 45, 11, 8:

    bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
    e.
    With contra and acc.:

    cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    causam belli contra patriam inferendi,

    id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—
    f.
    With in and acc. (very rare):

    Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,

    Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—
    g.
    With inter and acc.:

    hic finis belli inter Romanos ac Persea fuit,

    Liv. 45, 9, 2.—
    h.
    With apud and acc.:

    secutum est bellum gestum apud Mutinam,

    Nep. Att. 9, 1.—
    k.
    With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—
    2.
    With verbs.
    a.
    Referring to the beginning of the war.
    (α).
    Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:

    summa erat observatio in bello movendo,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:

    bellum commotum a Scapula,

    id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:

    nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,

    Sall. C. 30, 2:

    is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,

    Liv. 1, 53, 2:

    insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,

    id. 4, 58, 6:

    dii pium movere bellum,

    id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,

    concitare,

    Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—
    (β).
    Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:

    cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,

    Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:

    bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,

    Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,

    parare alicui,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:

    bellum terra et mari comparat,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

    tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:

    bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,

    Liv. 4, 55, 7:

    numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—
    (γ).
    Bellum differre, to postpone a war:

    nec jam poterat bellum differri,

    Liv. 2, 30, 7:

    mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,

    id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—
    (δ).
    Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):

    omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,

    id. ib. 20, 5:

    de integro bellum sumit,

    id. ib. 62, 9:

    iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,

    Liv. 38, 19, 3:

    sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,

    Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—
    (ε).
    Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:

    bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:

    suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 11, 35:

    judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,

    join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):

    cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,

    undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:

    senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,

    id. 6, 9, 5:

    bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,

    Vell. 2, 3, 3.—
    (ζ).
    Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):

    consensit et senatus bellum,

    Liv. 8, 6, 8:

    bellum erat consensum,

    id. 1, 32, 12.—
    (η).
    Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:

    sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,

    id. ib.:

    cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

    Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,

    Liv. 5, 26, 3:

    Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,

    id. 6, 22, 6:

    Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,

    id. 7, 23, 2:

    quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

    cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,

    id. ib. 16, 49:

    hunc toti bello praefecerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

    alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

    bellum administrandum permittere,

    id. ib. 21, 61.—
    (θ).
    Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:

    ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,

    Liv. 1, 32, 13:

    Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,

    id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:

    bellum indici posse existimabat,

    Liv. 1, 22, 4:

    ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,

    id. 1, 22, 6:

    ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,

    id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—
    (κ).
    Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:

    Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,

    Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

    ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:

    bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    bellum patriae faciet,

    id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:

    civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;

    3, 29: constituit bellum facere,

    Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:

    occupant bellum facere,

    they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:

    ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,

    id. 1, 32, 13:

    populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,

    id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:

    urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—
    (λ).
    Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:

    subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

    aliud multo propius bellum ortum,

    Liv. 1, 14, 4:

    Veiens bellum exortum,

    id. 2, 53, 1.—
    b.
    Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:

    bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

    cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,

    id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

    cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,

    id. Div. 1, 46, 103:

    erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 10:

    bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,

    id. ib. 4, 6:

    Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,

    Sall. C. 16, 5:

    bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,

    Liv. 21, 1, 1:

    alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,

    id. 2, 62, 3:

    de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,

    id. 23, 25, 5:

    Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,

    Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):

    bellum bellare,

    Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);

    in the same sense: bellum agere,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:

    bello persequi aliquem,

    Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—
    (β).
    Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:

    necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    bellum trahi non posse,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    belli trahendi causa,

    Liv. 5, 11, 8:

    morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,

    id. 9, 27, 5:

    suadere institui ut bellum duceret,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:

    bellum enim ducetur,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;

    similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?

    Liv. 5, 5, 1.—
    (γ).
    Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:

    bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

    quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,

    Liv. 8, 37, 5.—
    c.
    Referring to the end of a war.
    (α).
    Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:

    in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    (bellum) cum deponi victores velint,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,

    Liv. 31, 1, 8:

    nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,

    id. 31, 31, 19:

    dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,

    Sall. J. 112, 1:

    bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,

    id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:

    velut posito bello,

    Liv. 1, 53, 5:

    manere bellum quod positum simuletur,

    id. 1, 53, 7:

    posito ubique bello,

    Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:

    omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,

    Liv. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:

    timerent ne bellum componeretur,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:

    si bellum compositum foret,

    Sall. J. 97, 2:

    belli componendi licentiam,

    id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;

    similarly: bellum sedare,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
    (γ).
    Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:

    is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:

    bellumque maximum conficies,

    id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

    confecto Mithridatico bello,

    id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

    quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;

    4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

    Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:

    neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,

    Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;

    36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:

    se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),

    id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:

    neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,

    Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—
    d.
    Less usual connections:

    bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

    alere ac fovere bellum,

    Liv. 42, 11, 5:

    bellum navare alicui,

    Tac. H. 5, 25:

    spargere,

    id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:

    serere,

    Liv. 21, 10, 4:

    circumferre,

    Tac. A. 13, 37:

    exercere,

    id. ib. 6, 31:

    quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:

    bellum ascendit in rupes,

    id. 4, 12, 4:

    bellum serpit in proximos,

    id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:

    bella narrare,

    Cic. Or. 9, 30:

    canere bella,

    Quint. 10, 1, 91:

    bella legere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—
    3.
    As object denoting place or time.
    a.
    Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.
    (α).
    Of the commander:

    consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:

    ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:

    ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,

    Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:

    in bellum,

    Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—
    (β).
    Of persons partaking in a war:

    si proficiscerer ad bellum,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —
    b.
    Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—
    c.
    In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:

    in bella sequi,

    id. ib. 8, 547.—
    d.
    Of time.
    (α).
    In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):

    valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,

    domi duellique,

    id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):

    quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,

    Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:

    paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,

    Sall. J. 41, 7:

    animus belli ingens, domi modicus,

    id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:

    bello domique,

    id. 1, 34, 12:

    domi belloque,

    id. 9, 26, 21; and:

    neque bello, neque domi,

    id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:

    simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.

    Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—
    (β).
    In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:

    ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:

    in ipso bello eadem sensi,

    id. Marcell. 5, 14:

    in Volsco bello virtus enituit,

    Liv. 2, 24, 8:

    in eo bello,

    id. 23, 46, 6:

    in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,

    id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:

    ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:

    qui in bello occiderunt,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,

    Sall. C. 9, 4:

    non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,

    Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:

    in bello parta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

    bello Italico,

    id. Pis. 36, 87:

    Veienti bello,

    id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

    domestico bello,

    id. Planc. 29, 70:

    qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,

    Liv. 23, 12, 11:

    victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,

    id. 2, 27, 1:

    nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,

    id. 9, 18, 9:

    bello civili,

    Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:

    praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

    suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:

    qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,

    Cic. Sest. 26, 57:

    res pace belloque gestas,

    Liv. 2, 1, 1:

    egregieque rebus bello gestis,

    id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:

    ludi bello voti,

    id. 4, 35. 3:

    princeps pace belloque,

    id. 7, 1, 9:

    Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,

    id. 45, 42, 7:

    bello parta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—
    (δ).
    Inter bellum (rare):

    cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,

    Liv. 2, 14, 2:

    inter haec bella consules... facti,

    id. 2, 63, 1.—
    4.
    Bellum in attributive connection.
    a.
    Justum bellum.
    (α).
    A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):

    justum piumque bellum,

    Liv. 1, 23, 4:

    non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,

    id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—
    (β).
    A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):

    in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,

    Liv. 1, 15, 1.—
    b.
    For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—
    c.
    Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:

    quicunque belli eventus fuisset,

    Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:

    haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,

    Sall. C. 37, 9:

    eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,

    Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:

    exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

    cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

    id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:

    Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,

    Liv. 5, 16, 8.—
    d.
    Fortuna belli, the chances of war:

    adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,

    Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—
    e.
    Belli artes, military skill:

    cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,

    Liv. 1, 35, 1:

    haud ignotas belli artes,

    id. 21, 1, 2:

    temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,

    id. 1, 21, 6.—
    f.
    Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:

    in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:

    sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,

    Liv. 5, 27, 6:

    jure belli res vindicatur,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—
    g.
    Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:

    trium simul bellorum victor,

    a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:

    victor tot bellis,

    id. 2, 27, 1). —
    h.
    Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of things concr. and abstr.:

    qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,

    Cic. Dom. 23, 60:

    bellum contra aras et focos,

    id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,

    id. Or. 2, 37, 155:

    ventri Indico bellum,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—
    2.
    Of animals:

    milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,

    Ov. M. 6, 92.—
    3.
    With individuals:

    quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

    nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

    cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,

    id. Sull. 9, 28:

    hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,

    Liv. 2, 12, 11:

    falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,

    id. 3, 25, 3:

    tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,

    id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:

    equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,

    Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—
    4.
    In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—
    5.
    Personified as god of war ( = Janus):

    tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,

    Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:

    sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,

    Verg. A. 7, 607:

    mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,

    id. ib. 6, 279.—
    6.
    Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):

    permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),

    Ov. M. 12, 24:

    sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,

    Sil. 7, 472:

    quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?

    Stat. Th. 9, 490.—
    7.
    Battle, = proelium:

    rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,

    Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:

    quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,

    Sall. C. 9, 4:

    praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,

    Liv. 8, 10, 7:

    commisso statim bello,

    Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:

    Actia bella,

    Verg. A. 8, 675:

    ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

    id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —
    8.
    Bellum = liber de bello:

    quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!

    Cic. Sen. 14, 50.
    b.
    Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:

    bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

    cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,

    id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

    cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,

    id. Div. 1, 46, 103:

    erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 10:

    bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,

    id. ib. 4, 6:

    Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,

    Sall. C. 16, 5:

    bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,

    Liv. 21, 1, 1:

    alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,

    id. 2, 62, 3:

    de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,

    id. 23, 25, 5:

    Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,

    Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):

    bellum bellare,

    Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);

    in the same sense: bellum agere,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:

    bello persequi aliquem,

    Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—
    (β).
    Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:

    necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    bellum trahi non posse,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    belli trahendi causa,

    Liv. 5, 11, 8:

    morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,

    id. 9, 27, 5:

    suadere institui ut bellum duceret,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:

    bellum enim ducetur,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;

    similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?

    Liv. 5, 5, 1.—
    (γ).
    Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:

    bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

    quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,

    Liv. 8, 37, 5.—
    c.
    Referring to the end of a war.
    (α).
    Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:

    in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    (bellum) cum deponi victores velint,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,

    Liv. 31, 1, 8:

    nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,

    id. 31, 31, 19:

    dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,

    Sall. J. 112, 1:

    bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,

    id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:

    velut posito bello,

    Liv. 1, 53, 5:

    manere bellum quod positum simuletur,

    id. 1, 53, 7:

    posito ubique bello,

    Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:

    omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,

    Liv. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:

    timerent ne bellum componeretur,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:

    si bellum compositum foret,

    Sall. J. 97, 2:

    belli componendi licentiam,

    id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;

    similarly: bellum sedare,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
    (γ).
    Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:

    is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:

    bellumque maximum conficies,

    id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

    confecto Mithridatico bello,

    id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

    quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;

    4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

    Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:

    neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,

    Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;

    36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:

    se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),

    id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:

    neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,

    Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—
    d.
    Less usual connections:

    bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

    alere ac fovere bellum,

    Liv. 42, 11, 5:

    bellum navare alicui,

    Tac. H. 5, 25:

    spargere,

    id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:

    serere,

    Liv. 21, 10, 4:

    circumferre,

    Tac. A. 13, 37:

    exercere,

    id. ib. 6, 31:

    quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:

    bellum ascendit in rupes,

    id. 4, 12, 4:

    bellum serpit in proximos,

    id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:

    bella narrare,

    Cic. Or. 9, 30:

    canere bella,

    Quint. 10, 1, 91:

    bella legere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—
    3.
    As object denoting place or time.
    a.
    Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.
    (α).
    Of the commander:

    consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:

    ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:

    ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,

    Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:

    in bellum,

    Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—
    (β).
    Of persons partaking in a war:

    si proficiscerer ad bellum,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —
    b.
    Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—
    c.
    In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:

    in bella sequi,

    id. ib. 8, 547.—
    d.
    Of time.
    (α).
    In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):

    valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,

    domi duellique,

    id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):

    quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,

    Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:

    paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,

    Sall. J. 41, 7:

    animus belli ingens, domi modicus,

    id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:

    bello domique,

    id. 1, 34, 12:

    domi belloque,

    id. 9, 26, 21; and:

    neque bello, neque domi,

    id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:

    simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.

    Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—
    (β).
    In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:

    ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:

    in ipso bello eadem sensi,

    id. Marcell. 5, 14:

    in Volsco bello virtus enituit,

    Liv. 2, 24, 8:

    in eo bello,

    id. 23, 46, 6:

    in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,

    id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:

    ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:

    qui in bello occiderunt,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,

    Sall. C. 9, 4:

    non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,

    Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:

    in bello parta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

    bello Italico,

    id. Pis. 36, 87:

    Veienti bello,

    id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

    domestico bello,

    id. Planc. 29, 70:

    qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,

    Liv. 23, 12, 11:

    victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,

    id. 2, 27, 1:

    nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,

    id. 9, 18, 9:

    bello civili,

    Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:

    praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

    suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:

    qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,

    Cic. Sest. 26, 57:

    res pace belloque gestas,

    Liv. 2, 1, 1:

    egregieque rebus bello gestis,

    id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:

    ludi bello voti,

    id. 4, 35. 3:

    princeps pace belloque,

    id. 7, 1, 9:

    Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,

    id. 45, 42, 7:

    bello parta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—
    (δ).
    Inter bellum (rare):

    cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,

    Liv. 2, 14, 2:

    inter haec bella consules... facti,

    id. 2, 63, 1.—
    4.
    Bellum in attributive connection.
    a.
    Justum bellum.
    (α).
    A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):

    justum piumque bellum,

    Liv. 1, 23, 4:

    non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,

    id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—
    (β).
    A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):

    in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,

    Liv. 1, 15, 1.—
    b.
    For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—
    c.
    Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:

    quicunque belli eventus fuisset,

    Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:

    haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,

    Sall. C. 37, 9:

    eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,

    Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:

    exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

    cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

    id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:

    Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,

    Liv. 5, 16, 8.—
    d.
    Fortuna belli, the chances of war:

    adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,

    Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—
    e.
    Belli artes, military skill:

    cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,

    Liv. 1, 35, 1:

    haud ignotas belli artes,

    id. 21, 1, 2:

    temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,

    id. 1, 21, 6.—
    f.
    Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:

    in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:

    sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,

    Liv. 5, 27, 6:

    jure belli res vindicatur,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—
    g.
    Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:

    trium simul bellorum victor,

    a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:

    victor tot bellis,

    id. 2, 27, 1). —
    h.
    Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of things concr. and abstr.:

    qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,

    Cic. Dom. 23, 60:

    bellum contra aras et focos,

    id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,

    id. Or. 2, 37, 155:

    ventri Indico bellum,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—
    2.
    Of animals:

    milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,

    Ov. M. 6, 92.—
    3.
    With individuals:

    quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

    nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

    cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,

    id. Sull. 9, 28:

    hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,

    Liv. 2, 12, 11:

    falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,

    id. 3, 25, 3:

    tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,

    id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:

    equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,

    Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—
    4.
    In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—
    5.
    Personified as god of war ( = Janus):

    tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,

    Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:

    sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,

    Verg. A. 7, 607:

    mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,

    id. ib. 6, 279.—
    6.
    Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):

    permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),

    Ov. M. 12, 24:

    sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,

    Sil. 7, 472:

    quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?

    Stat. Th. 9, 490.—
    7.
    Battle, = proelium:

    rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,

    Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:

    quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,

    Sall. C. 9, 4:

    praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,

    Liv. 8, 10, 7:

    commisso statim bello,

    Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:

    Actia bella,

    Verg. A. 8, 675:

    ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

    id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —
    8.
    Bellum = liber de bello:

    quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!

    Cic. Sen. 14, 50.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > bellum

  • 4 coepio

    coepĭo, coepi, coeptum, 3 (the tempp. press. only a few times in the ante-class. period, and coepturus, Liv. 30, 5, 6; 42, 47, 3; Quint. 10, 1, 46; Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 98; Suet. Calig. 46; the tempp. perff., both in act. and pass. form, very freq.;

    a trisyl. coëpit,

    Lucr. 4, 619 Lachm. N. cr.), v. a. and n. [contr. from co-ăpio = apo; hence coapias for coepias in Cod. Ambros.; Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 46; v. in the foll., and cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 248], lit. to lay hold of something on different sides, to lay hold of; hence of an action, to begin, commence, undertake ( = incipio, which is the class. pres.).
    I.
    Act.
    1.
    Tempp. press.: coepiam seditiosa verba loqui, Cato ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 10 Müll. lubido extemplo coepere est convivium, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 41:

    mage si exigere coepias,

    id. Trin. 4, 3, 46 Ritschl N. cr.:

    neque pugnas neque ego lites coepio,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 57:

    ubi nihil habeat, alium quaestum coepiat,

    id. Truc. 2, 1, 23: mane coepiam, Caecil. ap. Non. p. 89, 17: non Prius olfecissem, quam ille quicquam coeperet, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 43 Fleck.; cf.

    Neue, Formenl. 2, 616: se Hasdrubalem adgressurum, ceterum non ante coepturum, quam, etc.,

    Liv. 30, 5, 6:

    nos rite coepturi ab Homero videmur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 46:

    nemine opinante quidnam coepturus esset,

    Suet. Calig. 46.—
    2.
    Tempp. perff. act.; the object usu. an inf.; so always in Cic. and Cæs.; mostly an inf. act.; rarely pass.; sometimes the acc. of a noun or pronoun.
    (α).
    With inf. act.:

    cum ver esse coeperat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27; Ov. A. A. 1, 615 sq.:

    discere coepit, Enn. Ann. ap. Fest. s. v. sam, p. 325, 24 Müll. (v. 228 Vahl.): amare coepi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 20:

    oppugnare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 6:

    ire foras coeperunt,

    Lucr. 4, 531:

    coeperit inter se vesci, etc.,

    id. 5, 72 et saep.—
    (β).
    With inf. pass. (in the poets and histt.):

    per terrarum orbem fruges coepisse creari,

    Lucr. 2, 614:

    alia hujuscemodi fieri coepere,

    Sall. C. 51, 40:

    cum Lacedaemoniis pugnari coepit,

    Nep. Epam. 10, 3; so,

    urbanus haberi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 27:

    verti,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 149:

    institui,

    id. A. P. 21:

    moveri,

    Ov. M. 3, 106; Suet. Tib. 75:

    expleri,

    id. Caes. 26:

    eligi,

    Tac. H. 1, 16:

    occidi,

    id. ib. 3, 34:

    prohiberi,

    Just. 14, 5, 9: coeptum est fieri, Auct. B. Afr. 69; 78; Liv. 24, 49, 4; 25, 34, 13; 27, 42, 5.—
    (γ).
    With acc. (rare in prose; cf. B. infra): coepit cursum, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:

    novam mapalibus urbem,

    Sil. 15, 420:

    cur non ego id perpetrem, quod coepi?

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 57:

    si quicquam hodie hic turbae coeperis,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 30:

    quae coeperamus,

    Quint. 6, prooem. 15:

    hujuscemodi orationem,

    Tac. A. 4. 37:

    (Sabinus) obsidium coepit per praesidia,

    id. ib. 4, 39.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    nam primum... Non coepisse fuit: coepta expugnare secundum est,

    Ov. M. 9, 619:

    dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

    Titus Livius hexametri exordio coepit,

    Quint. 9, 4, 74; cf. id. 9, 4, 117:

    si coepisset a toto corpore,

    id. 9, 4, 23; cf. id. 7, 1, 2; 8, 6, 50:

    pro vallo castrorum ita coepit (sc. dicere),

    Tac. H. 1, 36:

    Civilis ita coepit,

    id. ib. 5, 26; id. A. 1, 41; 2, 37.—
    (ε).
    With an ellipsis for dicere coepi, to begin to speak:

    ita coepit tyrannus,

    Liv. 34, 31, 1; 39, 15, 2:

    coram data copia fandi, Maximus Ilioneus placido sic pectore coepit,

    Verg. A. 1, 521; 6, 372:

    tum ita coepit: numquam mihi, etc.,

    Liv. 28, 27, 1; Tac. A. 1, 41 fin.:

    ad hunc modum coepit,

    id. ib. 2, 37; id. H. 1, 36 fin.; Phaedr. 4, 23, 2.—
    B.
    Pass. in the tempp. perff. and with the inf. pass. (cf. Zumpt, Gram, §

    221): jure coepta appellari est Canis,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 18:

    ante petitam esse pecuniam, quam esset coepta deberi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Div. 2, 2, 7; id. Brut. 67, 236; 88, 301; id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 209; 2, 5, 4, § 9; id. Fam. 13, 29, 1; id. Att. 3, 15, 5; 6, 1, 3; Liv. 1, 57, 3; 2, 1, 4; 3, 38, 2;

    9, 7, 7: quae (res) inter eos agi coeptae, neque perfectae essent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 47; 4, 18:

    bello premi sunt coepti,

    Nep. Timoth. 3, 1; Cat. 95, 2.—With inf. act.:

    mitescere discordiae intestinae coeptae,

    Liv. 5, 17, 10; cf. Weissenb. ad loc.— Hence, coeptus, a, um, Part., begun, commenced, undertaken. consilium fraude coeptum, Liv. 35, 36, 5:

    coeptum atque patratum bellum foret,

    Sall. J. 21, 2:

    jussis Carmina coepta tuis,

    Verg. E. 8, 12; so,

    coepti fiducia belli,

    id. A. 2, 162; Liv. 35, 23, 1:

    amor,

    Ov. H. 17, 189:

    iter,

    id. F. 1, 188:

    arma,

    Tac. H. 2, 6; 4, 61:

    coeptam deinde omissam actionem repetere,

    id. ib. 4,44:

    dies,

    id. A. 4, 25 (cf. infra II.):

    luce,

    id. ib. 1, 65;

    15, 55: nocte,

    id. ib. 2, 13:

    hieme,

    id. ib. 12, 31. —Hence, subst.: coeptum, i, n., a work begun, a beginning, undertaking (most freq. after the Aug. per. and in the plur.; perh. never in Cic.;

    also not in Hor.): ut repetam coeptum pertexere dictis,

    Lucr. 1, 418:

    nec taedia coepti Ulla mei capiam,

    Ov. M. 9, 616:

    coepti paenitentia,

    Quint. 12, 5, 3; Suet. Oth. 5:

    manus ultima coepto Defuit,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 555: ne audaci coepto deessent; Liv. 42, 59, 7; cf. Verg. G. 1, 40:

    feroci,

    Sil. 11, 202.—With adv.:

    bene coepto,

    Liv. 45, 15, 7:

    bene coepta,

    Vell. 2, 14; and:

    temere coepta,

    Liv. 36, 15, 2.— Plur.:

    coeptis meis,

    Ov. M. 1, 2:

    nostris,

    id. ib. 9, 486:

    immanibus,

    Verg. A. 4, 642 al. —Without adj., Ov. M. 8, 67; 8, 463; Liv. 23, 35, 16; 23, 41, 4; 24, 13, 4; Tac. H. 2, 85; 3, 52; Suet. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 6 et saep.—
    II.
    Neutr., to begin, take a beginning, commence, originate, arise (most freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): neve inde navis incohandae exordium coepisset, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 282 Vahl.):

    sic odium coepit glandis,

    Lucr. 5, 1416:

    post, ubi silentium coepit... verba facit, etc.,

    Sall. J. 33, 4:

    cum primum deditio coepit,

    id. ib. 62, 7:

    ubi dies coepit,

    id. ib. 91, 4 (cf. supra, I. 2. d):

    vere coepturo,

    Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 98:

    postquam apud Cadmiam pugna coepit,

    Nep. Epam. 10, 3; so,

    pugna,

    Liv. 2, 6, 10; Quint. 2, 4, 42; 9, 4, 50; cf. id. 9, 4, 55:

    quando coeperit haec ars,

    id. 2, 17, 8:

    obsidium coepit per praesidia,

    Tac. A. 4, 49:

    a quo jurgium coepit,

    Quint. 5, 10, 72; so with ab, Tac. H. 2, 47; and with ex, id. A. 15, 54 and 68; cf.:

    quibus, uti mihi, ex virtute nobilitas coepit,

    Sall. J. 85, 17.

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  • 5 incohate

    incoho (better than inchŏo, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 95; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 35 Mai.; 3, 2; Front. p. 154 Rom.; Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 363; Bramb. p. 291 sq.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [for in-coco; from in and Sanscr. root kuk-, to take, grasp].
    I.
    Act., to lay the foundation of a thing, to begin, commence (syn. incipere; opp. absolvere, perficere; class.).
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    ut Phidias potest a primo instituere signum idque perficere, potest ab alio incohatum accipere et absolvere,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 34; cf.:

    ut nemo pictor esset inventus, qui Coae Veneris eam partem, quam Apelles incohatam reliquisset, absolveret,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 9; 3, 7, 33:

    statuam,

    Quint. 2, 1, 12:

    res in animis nostris,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

    quas res nos in consulatu nostro gessimus, attigit hic versibus atque incohavit,

    id. Arch. 11, 28:

    philosophiam multis locis incohasti,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 9:

    quod mihi nuper in Tusculano incohasti de oratoribus,

    id. Brut. 5, 20:

    quod hic liber incohat,

    Quint. 3, 1, 2:

    hanc materiam,

    id. 4 praef. §

    5: abrupto, quem incohaverat, sermone,

    id. 4, 3, 13:

    esse videatur octonarium incohat,

    id. 9, 4, 73:

    referamus nos igitur ad eum, quem volumus incohandum et eloquentia informandum,

    Cic. Or. 9, 33:

    Favonius ver incohans,

    Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94:

    incohandae vindemiae dies,

    id. 11, 14, 14, § 35:

    pulcherrimum facinus,

    Curt. 6, 7:

    tum Stygio regi nocturnas incohat aras,

    i. e. begins to sacrifice, Verg. A. 6, 252:

    reges plures incohantur, ne desint,

    are chosen, Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    quam si mens fieri proponit et incohat ipsa,

    Lucr. 3, 183; Luc. 10, 174; Pall. Dec. 2.—
    B.
    In partic., pregn. in the part. perf.: incŏhātus, a, um, only begun (opp. to finished, completed), unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (mostly Ciceron.):

    ne hanc incohatam transigam comoediam,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 8:

    qui exaedificaret suam incohatam ignaviam,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 95:

    quae adulescentulis nobis ex commentariolis nostris incohata ac rudia exciderunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

    cognitio manca atque incohata,

    id. Off. 1, 43, 153:

    incohatum quiddam et confusum,

    id. Rep. 3, 2:

    rem tam praeclaram incohatam relinquere,

    id. N. D. 1, 20, 56; cf. id. Rep. 1, 35:

    perfecta anteponuntur incohatis,

    id. Top. 18, 69; cf.:

    hoc incohati cujusdam officii est, non perfecti,

    id. Fin. 4, 6, 15.—
    II.
    Neutr., to begin, commence, take a beginning.
    A.
    In gen. (post-class.):

    moris est, ut munus hujusmodi a proficiscentibus incohat,

    Symm. Ep. 7, 75:

    incohante mense,

    Pall. Febr. 25, 20 and 33.—
    * B.
    In partic., like infit, to begin to speak:

    post longa silentia rursus Incohat Ismene,

    Stat. Th. 8, 623. — Hence, incōhātē, adv., incipiently, incompletely, Aug. Gen. ad Lit. 6, 11.

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  • 6 incohatus

    incoho (better than inchŏo, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 95; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 35 Mai.; 3, 2; Front. p. 154 Rom.; Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 363; Bramb. p. 291 sq.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [for in-coco; from in and Sanscr. root kuk-, to take, grasp].
    I.
    Act., to lay the foundation of a thing, to begin, commence (syn. incipere; opp. absolvere, perficere; class.).
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    ut Phidias potest a primo instituere signum idque perficere, potest ab alio incohatum accipere et absolvere,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 34; cf.:

    ut nemo pictor esset inventus, qui Coae Veneris eam partem, quam Apelles incohatam reliquisset, absolveret,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 9; 3, 7, 33:

    statuam,

    Quint. 2, 1, 12:

    res in animis nostris,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

    quas res nos in consulatu nostro gessimus, attigit hic versibus atque incohavit,

    id. Arch. 11, 28:

    philosophiam multis locis incohasti,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 9:

    quod mihi nuper in Tusculano incohasti de oratoribus,

    id. Brut. 5, 20:

    quod hic liber incohat,

    Quint. 3, 1, 2:

    hanc materiam,

    id. 4 praef. §

    5: abrupto, quem incohaverat, sermone,

    id. 4, 3, 13:

    esse videatur octonarium incohat,

    id. 9, 4, 73:

    referamus nos igitur ad eum, quem volumus incohandum et eloquentia informandum,

    Cic. Or. 9, 33:

    Favonius ver incohans,

    Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94:

    incohandae vindemiae dies,

    id. 11, 14, 14, § 35:

    pulcherrimum facinus,

    Curt. 6, 7:

    tum Stygio regi nocturnas incohat aras,

    i. e. begins to sacrifice, Verg. A. 6, 252:

    reges plures incohantur, ne desint,

    are chosen, Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    quam si mens fieri proponit et incohat ipsa,

    Lucr. 3, 183; Luc. 10, 174; Pall. Dec. 2.—
    B.
    In partic., pregn. in the part. perf.: incŏhātus, a, um, only begun (opp. to finished, completed), unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (mostly Ciceron.):

    ne hanc incohatam transigam comoediam,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 8:

    qui exaedificaret suam incohatam ignaviam,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 95:

    quae adulescentulis nobis ex commentariolis nostris incohata ac rudia exciderunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

    cognitio manca atque incohata,

    id. Off. 1, 43, 153:

    incohatum quiddam et confusum,

    id. Rep. 3, 2:

    rem tam praeclaram incohatam relinquere,

    id. N. D. 1, 20, 56; cf. id. Rep. 1, 35:

    perfecta anteponuntur incohatis,

    id. Top. 18, 69; cf.:

    hoc incohati cujusdam officii est, non perfecti,

    id. Fin. 4, 6, 15.—
    II.
    Neutr., to begin, commence, take a beginning.
    A.
    In gen. (post-class.):

    moris est, ut munus hujusmodi a proficiscentibus incohat,

    Symm. Ep. 7, 75:

    incohante mense,

    Pall. Febr. 25, 20 and 33.—
    * B.
    In partic., like infit, to begin to speak:

    post longa silentia rursus Incohat Ismene,

    Stat. Th. 8, 623. — Hence, incōhātē, adv., incipiently, incompletely, Aug. Gen. ad Lit. 6, 11.

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  • 7 incoho

    incoho (better than inchŏo, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 95; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 35 Mai.; 3, 2; Front. p. 154 Rom.; Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 363; Bramb. p. 291 sq.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [for in-coco; from in and Sanscr. root kuk-, to take, grasp].
    I.
    Act., to lay the foundation of a thing, to begin, commence (syn. incipere; opp. absolvere, perficere; class.).
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    ut Phidias potest a primo instituere signum idque perficere, potest ab alio incohatum accipere et absolvere,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 34; cf.:

    ut nemo pictor esset inventus, qui Coae Veneris eam partem, quam Apelles incohatam reliquisset, absolveret,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 9; 3, 7, 33:

    statuam,

    Quint. 2, 1, 12:

    res in animis nostris,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

    quas res nos in consulatu nostro gessimus, attigit hic versibus atque incohavit,

    id. Arch. 11, 28:

    philosophiam multis locis incohasti,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 9:

    quod mihi nuper in Tusculano incohasti de oratoribus,

    id. Brut. 5, 20:

    quod hic liber incohat,

    Quint. 3, 1, 2:

    hanc materiam,

    id. 4 praef. §

    5: abrupto, quem incohaverat, sermone,

    id. 4, 3, 13:

    esse videatur octonarium incohat,

    id. 9, 4, 73:

    referamus nos igitur ad eum, quem volumus incohandum et eloquentia informandum,

    Cic. Or. 9, 33:

    Favonius ver incohans,

    Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94:

    incohandae vindemiae dies,

    id. 11, 14, 14, § 35:

    pulcherrimum facinus,

    Curt. 6, 7:

    tum Stygio regi nocturnas incohat aras,

    i. e. begins to sacrifice, Verg. A. 6, 252:

    reges plures incohantur, ne desint,

    are chosen, Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    quam si mens fieri proponit et incohat ipsa,

    Lucr. 3, 183; Luc. 10, 174; Pall. Dec. 2.—
    B.
    In partic., pregn. in the part. perf.: incŏhātus, a, um, only begun (opp. to finished, completed), unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (mostly Ciceron.):

    ne hanc incohatam transigam comoediam,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 8:

    qui exaedificaret suam incohatam ignaviam,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 95:

    quae adulescentulis nobis ex commentariolis nostris incohata ac rudia exciderunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

    cognitio manca atque incohata,

    id. Off. 1, 43, 153:

    incohatum quiddam et confusum,

    id. Rep. 3, 2:

    rem tam praeclaram incohatam relinquere,

    id. N. D. 1, 20, 56; cf. id. Rep. 1, 35:

    perfecta anteponuntur incohatis,

    id. Top. 18, 69; cf.:

    hoc incohati cujusdam officii est, non perfecti,

    id. Fin. 4, 6, 15.—
    II.
    Neutr., to begin, commence, take a beginning.
    A.
    In gen. (post-class.):

    moris est, ut munus hujusmodi a proficiscentibus incohat,

    Symm. Ep. 7, 75:

    incohante mense,

    Pall. Febr. 25, 20 and 33.—
    * B.
    In partic., like infit, to begin to speak:

    post longa silentia rursus Incohat Ismene,

    Stat. Th. 8, 623. — Hence, incōhātē, adv., incipiently, incompletely, Aug. Gen. ad Lit. 6, 11.

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  • 8 ingredior

    in-grĕdĭor, essus 3, (in tmesi:

    ut velit ire inque gredi,

    Lucr. 4, 888), v. dep. n. and a. [1. in-gradior]
    I.
    Prop., to go into, to enter (class.; syn. intro, introeo).
    1.
    With in and acc.:

    in stadium,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 147:

    in templum,

    id. Phil. 14, 5, 12:

    in navem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 160:

    cum in antiquum fundum ingredi vellet, frequentes armati obstiterunt,

    id. Caecin. 8, 21; 11, 31:

    in castra,

    Liv. 38, 27, 5:

    in urbem,

    id. 9, 7, 10.—
    2.
    With acc.:

    iter pedibus,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 34:

    domum,

    id. Phil. 2, 27, 68:

    pontem Mulvium,

    id. Cat. 3, 2, 6:

    via, quam nobis quoque ingrediendum sit,

    id. Sen. 2, 6:

    hoc mare,

    Quint. 12 prooem. §

    4: mare,

    Sall. H. 3, 77:

    regnum,

    id. ib. 2, 45:

    curiam,

    Liv. 44, 19, 7; 40, 8, 1; Curt. 4, 7, 6; 9, 10, 1 al.—
    3.
    With intra:

    ingrediens intra finem ejus loci,

    Cic. Caecin. 8, 22:

    ingredi intra munitiones,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 9, 6:

    intra fines,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 2.—
    4.
    With dat.:

    castris ingressus Etruscis,

    Verg. A. 10, 148. —
    5.
    With ad:

    ad quos (sc. deos penates) paulo ante ingressus hospitaliter fecerat,

    Just. 8, 3, 4.—
    B. 1.
    With in and acc. (so most freq.):

    in vitam paulo serius, tanquam in viam, ingressus,

    Cic. Brut. 96, 330:

    jam ingrediar in disputationem,

    id. Rep. 1, 24, 38: in eam rationem, id. de Or. 2, 53, 213:

    in spem libertatis,

    id. Fam. 12, 25:

    in orationem,

    id. Phil. 7, 3:

    in bellum,

    id. Cat. 2, 6:

    in causam,

    id. Div. in Caecin. 12, 40; id. Fam. 6, 1, 4; id. Planc. 3, 8:

    in sermonem,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 18:

    in rem publicam,

    to engage in public affairs, Hirt. B. Afr. 22.—
    2.
    With simple acc.:

    quam quisque viam vivendi sit ingressurus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    disputationem mecum,

    id. Caecin. 28, 79:

    vitam,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 6; id. Ac. 2, 36, 114:

    magistratum,

    Sall. J. 43, 2:

    consulatum,

    Quint. 6, 1, 35:

    eadem pericula,

    Cic. Mur. 2, 4:

    hanc partem,

    Quint. 4, 3, 1:

    studia,

    id. 1, 10, 2:

    hunc video mihi principem ad ingrediendam rationem horum studiorum exstitisse,

    Cic. Arch. 1, 1:

    eloquendi rationem,

    Quint. 12 prooem. § 3.—
    3.
    With ad:

    ad discendum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94.—
    C.
    To enter upon, begin, commence an action, speech, etc.
    1.
    With inf.:

    posteaquam sum ingressus eas res mandare monumentis,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:

    dicere,

    id. Att. 15, 11, 2:

    describere aliquid,

    id. de Sen. 14, 49:

    scribere,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 3; Quint. 1, 3, 18:

    versare dolos,

    Verg. A. 11, 704.—
    2.
    Absol.: sic contra est ingressa Venus, thus began Venus (to speak), Verg. A. 4, 107:

    Anchises lacrimis ingressus obortis,

    id. ib. 6, 867.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    quam orationem cum ingressus essem,

    Cic. Att. 15, 11, 1:

    tibi res antiquae laudis et artis Ingredior,

    Verg. G. 2, 175:

    longinquam profectionem,

    Suet. Aug. 92.—
    4.
    With in and acc.:

    quem ingressum in sermonem Pompeius interpellavit,

    at the beginning of his speech, Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 3; cf. 1, 2, 2.—
    D.
    Of time, to enter upon, begin, commence:

    Caesar decimum nonum annum ingressus,

    Vell. 2, 61, 1: ingresso vere, when spring has begun or arrived, Luc. 10, 224.—
    II.
    Transf., = incedo.— Prop., to go along, advance, proceed, march.
    1.
    Absol.: si stas, ingredere;

    si ingrederis, curre,

    Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3.—
    2.
    With per:

    rex pedes per nivem et glaciem ingredi coepit,

    Curt. 5, 7, 8.—
    3.
    With adv.:

    tardius,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

    quacumque,

    Ov. F. 4, 481:

    elephanti gregatim ingrediuntur,

    Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 11.—
    4.
    With abl.:

    campo,

    Verg. A. 10, 763:

    solo,

    id. ib. 4, 177; 10, 767.—
    B.
    Fig., to walk, go.
    1.
    With abl.:

    vestigiis patris,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26; for which,
    2.
    With acc.:

    vestigia patris,

    to follow, walk in, Liv. 37, 53, 11.—
    3.
    With per:

    per titulos ingredimurque tuos,

    Ov. F. 2, 16.—
    4.
    Absol.:

    sublimia debent ingredi, lenia duci, acria currere, delicata fluere,

    to march majestically, Quint. 9, 4, 139:

    nec tragoedia socco ingreditur,

    id. 10, 2, 22.

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  • 9 moventer

    mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 ( sync., mōstis for movistis, Mart. 3, 67, 1;

    mōrunt for moverunt,

    Sil. 14, 141), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mīv, set in motion; Gr. ameibô, change; cf.: momentum, mutare].
    I.
    Act., to move, stir, set in motion; to shake, disturb, remove, etc. (syn.: cieo, agito, ago, molior).
    A.
    Lit.:

    movit et ad certos nescia membra modos,

    Tib. 1, 7, 38:

    ut festis matrona moveri jussa diebus,

    to dance, Hor. A. P. 232: moveri Cyclopa, to represent a Cyclop by dancing (gesticulating), id. Ep. 2, 2, 125:

    et fila sonantia movit,

    struck, Ov. M. 10, 89:

    citharam cum voce,

    id. ib. 5, 112:

    tympana,

    id. H. 4, 48; to disturb:

    novis Helicona cantibus,

    Manil. Astron. 1, 4:

    signum movere loco,

    to move from the place, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    os,

    Cels. 8, 2:

    gradum,

    i. e. to go forward, advance, Sen. Thyest. 420: se, to move or bestir one's self:

    move ocius te,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 16:

    praecepit eis, ne se ex eo loco moverent,

    not to stir from the spot, Liv. 34, 20; Caes. B. G. 3, 15: castra, to break up, remove:

    postero die castra ex eo loco movent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15;

    ellipt. without castra: postquam ille Canusio moverat,

    Cic. Att. 9, 1, 1:

    movisse a Samo Romanos audivit,

    Liv. 37, 28, 4.— Pass. reflex.:

    priusquam hostes moverentur,

    Liv. 37, 19, 18:

    hostem statu,

    to drive from his position, dislodge, id. 30, 18:

    aliquem possessione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:

    heredes,

    to eject, id. Off. 3, 19, 76:

    tribu centurionem,

    to turn out, expel, id. de Or. 2, 67, 272; so,

    aliquem de senatu,

    id. Clu. 43, 122;

    the same also without senatu,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 20:

    senatorio loco,

    to degrade, Liv. 39, 42, 6:

    ex agro,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    move abs te moram,

    remove, cast off, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 10:

    consulem de sententiā,

    to cause to recede, to dissuade, Liv. 3, 21:

    litteram,

    to take away, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—Prov.:

    omnis terras, omnia maria movere,

    to turn the world upside down, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce; to begin, commence, undertake:

    exercitatione sudor movetur,

    is promoted, produced, Cels. 2, 17:

    alvum,

    Cato, R. R. 115:

    dolorem,

    id. ib. 7, 4:

    lacrimas,

    to cause, Quint. 6, 1, 26:

    fletum populo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    risum,

    id. ib. 2, 62, 281:

    alicui exspectationem,

    id. Att. 2, 14, 1:

    indignationem,

    Liv. 4, 50, 1:

    misericordiam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

    suspicionem,

    id. Part. 33, 114:

    ego istaec moveo, aut curo?

    begin, commence, Ter. And. 5, 4, 18:

    bellum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Liv. 23, 48, 6:

    jam pugna se moverat,

    was going on, Curt. 8, 14, 6:

    cantūs,

    Verg. A. 10, 163:

    tantum decus,

    begin, Manil. Astron. 1, 42; cf. Verg. A. 7, 45:

    nominis controversiam,

    to begin, Tac. Dial. 25 init.; cf. Cels. 3, 3, § 25; Dig. 37, 10, 4:

    litem,

    ib. 4, 3, 33:

    actionem,

    ib. 19, 1, 10:

    mentionem rei,

    to make mention, Liv. 28, 11, 9:

    sacra,

    Val. Fl. 3, 540:

    movere ac moliri aliquid,

    to undertake any thing that excites disturbance, Liv. 23, 39:

    ne quid moveretur,

    id. 35, 13.—
    b.
    To shake, to cause to waver, to alter:

    alicujus sententiam,

    to change, cause to waver, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 6:

    sententiam regis,

    Liv. 35, 42, 6.—
    c.
    To present, offer an oblation:

    ferctum Jovi moveto,

    Cato, R. R. 134.—
    d.
    To disturb, concern, trouble, torment one:

    men moveat cimex Pantilius?

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 78:

    Armeniosne movet, Romana potentia cujus Sit ducis?

    Luc. 7, 282; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 131. intoleranda vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, Liv. 25, 26:

    strepitu fora vestra,

    Juv. 2, 52.—
    e.
    Of plants, to put forth:

    si se gemmae nondum moveant,

    do not yet appear, Col. 11, 2, 26: de palmite gemma movetur, [p. 1169] is produced, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 13.—
    f.
    To exert, exercise:

    inter principia condendi hujus operis, movisse numen ad indicandam tanti imperii molem traditur deos,

    Liv. 1, 55, 3 (cf.:

    se movere, I. A. supra): artis opem,

    Ov. F. 6, 760.—
    g.
    = mutare, to change, transform:

    quorum Forma semel mota est,

    Ov. M. 8, 729:

    nihil motum antiquo probabile est,

    Liv. 34, 54, 8.—
    h.
    In mal. part., Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 43.—
    B.
    Trop., to move, affect, excite, inspire:

    ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat,

    charms, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98:

    quae me causae moverint,

    id. Att. 11, 5, 1:

    fere fit, quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, uti multum earum regionum consuetudine moveatur,

    is much affected, influenced, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    aliquem ad bellum,

    to stir up, excite, Liv. 35, 12, 5:

    movet feroci juveni animum conploratio sororis,

    stirs his anger, id. 1, 26, 3; cf. id. 21, 38, 3; 23, 31, 11:

    numina Dianae,

    to irritate, provoke, Hor. Epod. 17, 3:

    multa movens animo,

    to revolve, ponder, meditate, Verg. A. 3, 34:

    moverat plebem oratio consulis,

    had stirred, made an impression on, Liv. 3, 20:

    judicum animos,

    Quint. 6, 2, 1:

    acutule moveri,

    keenly affected, Aug. Conf. 3, 7: neque illud me movet, quod, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 2:

    affectus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 7:

    moveor etiam ipsius loci insolentiā,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 5:

    nil moveor lacrimis,

    Prop. 3, 23, 25 (4, 25, 5):

    absiste moveri,

    be not disturbed, Verg. A. 6, 399:

    quos sectis Bellona lacertis Saeva movet,

    inspires, Luc. 1, 565 (al. monet):

    ut captatori moveat fastidia,

    excites nausea in, Juv. 10, 202.—
    II.
    Neutr., to move itself, move (very rare):

    terra dies duodequadraginta movit,

    an earthquake, Liv. 35, 40, 7; 40, 59, 7.—In pass.:

    reptile quod movetur,

    which moves itself, Vulg. Gen. 1, 26 saep.—Hence,
    A.
    mŏvens, entis, P. a., movable (class.): ex eā praedā, quae rerum moventium sit, movable things (as clothes, arms, furniture), Liv. 5, 25, 6:

    voluptas,

    that consists in motion, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 31:

    furtum rerum moventium,

    Gell. 11, 18, 13.— Plur. subst.:

    quaedam quasi moventia,

    motives, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68.—Hence, adv.: mŏventer, movingly, affectingly (late Lat.), Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Mil. 7, n. 4.—
    B.
    mōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, affected, disturbed ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    Ithaci digressu mota Calypso,

    Prop. 1, 15, 9:

    dictis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 23:

    precibus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 23.

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  • 10 moveo

    mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 ( sync., mōstis for movistis, Mart. 3, 67, 1;

    mōrunt for moverunt,

    Sil. 14, 141), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mīv, set in motion; Gr. ameibô, change; cf.: momentum, mutare].
    I.
    Act., to move, stir, set in motion; to shake, disturb, remove, etc. (syn.: cieo, agito, ago, molior).
    A.
    Lit.:

    movit et ad certos nescia membra modos,

    Tib. 1, 7, 38:

    ut festis matrona moveri jussa diebus,

    to dance, Hor. A. P. 232: moveri Cyclopa, to represent a Cyclop by dancing (gesticulating), id. Ep. 2, 2, 125:

    et fila sonantia movit,

    struck, Ov. M. 10, 89:

    citharam cum voce,

    id. ib. 5, 112:

    tympana,

    id. H. 4, 48; to disturb:

    novis Helicona cantibus,

    Manil. Astron. 1, 4:

    signum movere loco,

    to move from the place, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    os,

    Cels. 8, 2:

    gradum,

    i. e. to go forward, advance, Sen. Thyest. 420: se, to move or bestir one's self:

    move ocius te,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 16:

    praecepit eis, ne se ex eo loco moverent,

    not to stir from the spot, Liv. 34, 20; Caes. B. G. 3, 15: castra, to break up, remove:

    postero die castra ex eo loco movent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15;

    ellipt. without castra: postquam ille Canusio moverat,

    Cic. Att. 9, 1, 1:

    movisse a Samo Romanos audivit,

    Liv. 37, 28, 4.— Pass. reflex.:

    priusquam hostes moverentur,

    Liv. 37, 19, 18:

    hostem statu,

    to drive from his position, dislodge, id. 30, 18:

    aliquem possessione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:

    heredes,

    to eject, id. Off. 3, 19, 76:

    tribu centurionem,

    to turn out, expel, id. de Or. 2, 67, 272; so,

    aliquem de senatu,

    id. Clu. 43, 122;

    the same also without senatu,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 20:

    senatorio loco,

    to degrade, Liv. 39, 42, 6:

    ex agro,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    move abs te moram,

    remove, cast off, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 10:

    consulem de sententiā,

    to cause to recede, to dissuade, Liv. 3, 21:

    litteram,

    to take away, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—Prov.:

    omnis terras, omnia maria movere,

    to turn the world upside down, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce; to begin, commence, undertake:

    exercitatione sudor movetur,

    is promoted, produced, Cels. 2, 17:

    alvum,

    Cato, R. R. 115:

    dolorem,

    id. ib. 7, 4:

    lacrimas,

    to cause, Quint. 6, 1, 26:

    fletum populo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    risum,

    id. ib. 2, 62, 281:

    alicui exspectationem,

    id. Att. 2, 14, 1:

    indignationem,

    Liv. 4, 50, 1:

    misericordiam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

    suspicionem,

    id. Part. 33, 114:

    ego istaec moveo, aut curo?

    begin, commence, Ter. And. 5, 4, 18:

    bellum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Liv. 23, 48, 6:

    jam pugna se moverat,

    was going on, Curt. 8, 14, 6:

    cantūs,

    Verg. A. 10, 163:

    tantum decus,

    begin, Manil. Astron. 1, 42; cf. Verg. A. 7, 45:

    nominis controversiam,

    to begin, Tac. Dial. 25 init.; cf. Cels. 3, 3, § 25; Dig. 37, 10, 4:

    litem,

    ib. 4, 3, 33:

    actionem,

    ib. 19, 1, 10:

    mentionem rei,

    to make mention, Liv. 28, 11, 9:

    sacra,

    Val. Fl. 3, 540:

    movere ac moliri aliquid,

    to undertake any thing that excites disturbance, Liv. 23, 39:

    ne quid moveretur,

    id. 35, 13.—
    b.
    To shake, to cause to waver, to alter:

    alicujus sententiam,

    to change, cause to waver, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 6:

    sententiam regis,

    Liv. 35, 42, 6.—
    c.
    To present, offer an oblation:

    ferctum Jovi moveto,

    Cato, R. R. 134.—
    d.
    To disturb, concern, trouble, torment one:

    men moveat cimex Pantilius?

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 78:

    Armeniosne movet, Romana potentia cujus Sit ducis?

    Luc. 7, 282; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 131. intoleranda vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, Liv. 25, 26:

    strepitu fora vestra,

    Juv. 2, 52.—
    e.
    Of plants, to put forth:

    si se gemmae nondum moveant,

    do not yet appear, Col. 11, 2, 26: de palmite gemma movetur, [p. 1169] is produced, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 13.—
    f.
    To exert, exercise:

    inter principia condendi hujus operis, movisse numen ad indicandam tanti imperii molem traditur deos,

    Liv. 1, 55, 3 (cf.:

    se movere, I. A. supra): artis opem,

    Ov. F. 6, 760.—
    g.
    = mutare, to change, transform:

    quorum Forma semel mota est,

    Ov. M. 8, 729:

    nihil motum antiquo probabile est,

    Liv. 34, 54, 8.—
    h.
    In mal. part., Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 43.—
    B.
    Trop., to move, affect, excite, inspire:

    ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat,

    charms, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98:

    quae me causae moverint,

    id. Att. 11, 5, 1:

    fere fit, quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, uti multum earum regionum consuetudine moveatur,

    is much affected, influenced, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    aliquem ad bellum,

    to stir up, excite, Liv. 35, 12, 5:

    movet feroci juveni animum conploratio sororis,

    stirs his anger, id. 1, 26, 3; cf. id. 21, 38, 3; 23, 31, 11:

    numina Dianae,

    to irritate, provoke, Hor. Epod. 17, 3:

    multa movens animo,

    to revolve, ponder, meditate, Verg. A. 3, 34:

    moverat plebem oratio consulis,

    had stirred, made an impression on, Liv. 3, 20:

    judicum animos,

    Quint. 6, 2, 1:

    acutule moveri,

    keenly affected, Aug. Conf. 3, 7: neque illud me movet, quod, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 2:

    affectus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 7:

    moveor etiam ipsius loci insolentiā,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 5:

    nil moveor lacrimis,

    Prop. 3, 23, 25 (4, 25, 5):

    absiste moveri,

    be not disturbed, Verg. A. 6, 399:

    quos sectis Bellona lacertis Saeva movet,

    inspires, Luc. 1, 565 (al. monet):

    ut captatori moveat fastidia,

    excites nausea in, Juv. 10, 202.—
    II.
    Neutr., to move itself, move (very rare):

    terra dies duodequadraginta movit,

    an earthquake, Liv. 35, 40, 7; 40, 59, 7.—In pass.:

    reptile quod movetur,

    which moves itself, Vulg. Gen. 1, 26 saep.—Hence,
    A.
    mŏvens, entis, P. a., movable (class.): ex eā praedā, quae rerum moventium sit, movable things (as clothes, arms, furniture), Liv. 5, 25, 6:

    voluptas,

    that consists in motion, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 31:

    furtum rerum moventium,

    Gell. 11, 18, 13.— Plur. subst.:

    quaedam quasi moventia,

    motives, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68.—Hence, adv.: mŏventer, movingly, affectingly (late Lat.), Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Mil. 7, n. 4.—
    B.
    mōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, affected, disturbed ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    Ithaci digressu mota Calypso,

    Prop. 1, 15, 9:

    dictis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 23:

    precibus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 23.

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  • 11 occipio

    occĭpĭo, cēpi (coepi), eptum, 3 ( fut. perf. occepso for occepero, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 41; id. Cas. 5, 4, 22:

    occepsit for occeperit,

    id. As. 4, 1, 49), v. a. and n. [ob-capio], to begin, commence any thing (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
    I.
    Act.:

    nunc quod occepi, obsonatum pergam,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154:

    cantationem,

    id. Stich. 5, 5, 19:

    quaestum,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 52:

    sermonem cum aliquo,

    id. Eun. 4, 1, 8:

    magistratum,

    to enter upon, Tac. A. 3, 2; 6, 45; Liv. 3, 19; 4, 37.— Pass.:

    istuc quicquid est, quā hoc occeptum est causā, loquere,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 36; Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 49.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    ne aliam rem occipiat loqui,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 35:

    agere armentum,

    Liv. 1, 7:

    concubia vexillum flagitare occipiunt,

    Tac. A. 1, 39; id. H. 2, 16.— Pass.:

    (fabula) occepta est agi,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 22.—
    II.
    Neutr., to begin, commence.
    A.
    In gen.:

    a meridie nebula occipiebat,

    Liv. 29, 27, 6 Hertz (Weissenb. excepit):

    modo dolores occipiunt primulum,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 2:

    hiems,

    Tac. A. 12, 12:

    juventas occipit puero,

    Lucr. 5, 889.—
    B.
    Esp., in formula, ita ut occepi, in resuming a discourse or topic after an interruption:

    ita ut occepi, si animum advortas, dicam,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 52 Brix ad loc.; id. Stich. 4, 2, 1; id. Curc. 1, 1, 43 al.

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  • 12 ordior

    ordĭor, orsus, 4 ( fut. ordibor for ordiar: non parvam rem ordibor, Att. ap. Non. 39, 22; part. perf. orditus, Sid. Ep. 2, 9; Vulg. Isa. 25, 7), v. dep., lit., to begin a web, to lay the warp; hence, also, in gen., to begin, undertake a thing:

    ordiri est rei principium facere, unde et togae vocantur exordiae,

    Fest. p. 185 Müll.; cf. Isid. 19, 29, 7:

    telam,

    Hier. in Isa. 9, 30, v. 1; Vulg. Isa. 25, 7.
    I.
    Lit., to begin to weave a web, to weave, spin:

    araneus orditur telas,

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80.—So of the Fates:

    Lachesis plenā orditur manu,

    Sen. Apoc. 4:

    (Parca) hominis vitam orditur,

    Lact. 2, 10, 20.—
    II.
    In gen., to begin, commence, set about, undertake (class.; syn.: incipio, incoho, infit); constr. with acc., de, inf., or absol.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    reliquas res,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

    alterius vitae quoddam initium ordimur,

    id. Att. 4, 1:

    reliquos,

    to relate, describe, Nep. Alc. 11, 6:

    querelae ab initio tantae ordiendae rei absint. Liv. praef. § 12: majorem orsa furorem,

    Verg. A. 7, 386.—
    (β).
    With de:

    paulo altius de re ordiri,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    ea, de quā disputare ordimur,

    Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    cum adulescens orsus esset in foro dicere,

    id. ib. 88, 301:

    cum sic orsa loqui vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 125:

    et orsa est Dicere Leuconoë,

    Ov. M. 4, 167:

    tunc sic orsa loqui,

    id. ib. 4, 320.—
    (δ).
    Absol., to begin, commence, set out, take or have a beginning:

    unde est orsa, in eodem terminetur oratio,

    Cic. Marcell. 11, 33: Veneris contra sic filius orsus, thus began (to speak), Verg. A. 1, 325:

    sic Juppiter orsus,

    id. ib. 12, 806; so commonly with specification of the point from which:

    unde ordiri rectius possumus quam a naturā?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37 init.:

    a principio,

    id. Phil. 2, 18, 44:

    a facillimis,

    id. Fin. 1, 5, 13:

    a capite,

    Plin. 25, 11, 83, § 132.—
    (ε).
    Of things or subjects, to begin, to be begun (where the verb may be taken in pass. sense):

    tormina ab atrā bile orsa mortifera sunt,

    Cels. 2, 8:

    cum ex depressiore loco fuerint orsa fundamenta,

    Col. 1, 5, 9: sed ab initio est ordiendus (Themistocles), i. e. I must begin ( his life) at the beginning, Nep. Them. 1, 2; cf.:

    ab eo nobis causa ordienda est,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21.

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  • 13 coeptō

        coeptō —, —, āre, intens,    [coepio], to begin eagerly, begin, undertake, attempt: contingere portūs, C. (poet.): appetere ea. quae, etc.: quid coeptas, Thraso? T.: insidias, Ta.
    * * *
    coeptare, coeptavi, coeptatus V
    begin/commence (w/INF); set to work, undertake/attempt/try; venture/begin (ACC)

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  • 14 ex-ōrdior

        ex-ōrdior ōrsus, īrī, dep.,    to begin a web, lay the warp, prepare to weave: pertexe modo, Antoni, quod exorsus es: ante exorsa, the web they had begun. — Meton., to begin, commence, make a beginning: iubent exordiri ita, ut, etc.: preces, O.: Unde exordior narrare, T.: tum dicere exorsus est: de quo scribere exorsi sumus, N.: ab ipsā re: bellum ab causā tam nefandā, L.

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  • 15 inchoō

        inchoō āvī, ātus, āre,    to begin, commence: signum ab alio incohatum absolvere: initium sedis ab saltu, Ta.: Stygio regi aras, i. e. begins to sacrifice, V.: spem longam, entertain, H.—Of a writer or speaker, to essay to treat, open, begin to discuss, propose: res attigit hic versibus atque incohavit: alqd mihi nuper de oratoribus: nil altum, V.: incohante Caesare de, etc., Ta.
    * * *
    inchoare, inchoavi, inchoatus V
    begin/start (work); set going, establish; draft/sketch/outline; enter upon

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  • 16 īnstituō

        īnstituō uī, ūtus, ere    [1 in+statuo], to put in place, plant, fix, set: vestigia nuda sinistri pedis, V.: hominem in animum, i. e. to set one's heart on, T.—Of troops, to draw up, arrange: duplici acie institutā, Cs.: quam (aciem) sex cohortium, Cs.— To set up, erect, plant, found, establish, arrange: ubi institui vineae possunt: officinam Syracusis: Amphora fumum bibere instituta, set, H.—To make, build, fabricate, construct: navīs, Cs.: turrīs, Cs.: amphora coepit Institui, H.: delectum, Cs.—To make ready, prepare, furnish, provide: pilorum numerus instituitur, Cs.: dapes, V.— Fig., to institute, found, establish, organize, set up: alii illis domi honores instituti, S.: instituta sacrificia, Cs.: magistratum: nostro more institutus exercitus, organized: Saturnalia institutus festus dies, L.: sacros ludos, O.—To constitute, appoint, designate, single out: eum testamento heredem, S.: ut ille filius instituatur, be adopted: tutorem liberis.— To ordain: Arcesilas instituit, ut ii, qui, etc.: institutum est, ut fierent (quaestores), L.: antiquitus institutum videtur, ne quis, etc., Cs.— To undertake, begin, commence: ut instituimus, pergamus: pontem instituit, biduo perfecit, Cs.: historia nec institui potest sine, etc.: iter, H.: cum populo R. amicitiam, S.: mutare res inter se instituerant, had opened commerce, S.: institui Topica conscribere: si quae mulier conviviis uti instituerit, made it a practice.—To purpose, determine, resolve upon: decernite, ut instituistis: ut instituerat, according to his custom, Cs.: ab instituto cursu, purposed: quos habere secum instituerat, Cs.—To order, govern, administer, regulate, control, direct: Sapienter vitam, T.: libri de civitatibus instituendis.—To teach, instruct, train up, educate: sic tu instituis adulescentīs?: ita Helvetios a maioribus institutos esse, uti, etc., Cs.: calamos cerā coniungere, V.: artibus hunc, Iu.: de isto genere, to give instruction: eos ad maiorum instituta: alquem sic ut, etc.: nos, ne quem coleremus, S.
    * * *
    instituere, institui, institutus V
    set up, establish, found, make, institute; build; prepare; decide

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  • 17 moveō

        moveō mōvī, mōtus, ēre    [1 MV-], to move, stir, set in motion, shake, disturb, remove: tanti oneris turrim, Cs.: matrona moveri iussa, to dance, H.: moveri Cyclopa, represent by action, H.: membra ad modos, Tb.: fila sonantia movit, struck, O.: moveri sedibus huic urbi melius est: loco motus cessit, driven back, Cs.: move ocius te, bestir thyself, T.: neque se in ullam partem, attach, Cs.: se ex eo loco, stir from the spot, L.: caput, i. e. threaten with, H.: castra ex eo loco, break up, Cs.: hostem statu, dislodge, L.: heredes, eject: tribu centurionem, expel: signiferos loco, degrade, Cs.: Omne movet urna nomen, H.: senatorio loco, degrade, L.: Verba loco, cancel, H.: consulem de sententiā, dissuade, L.: litteram, to take away: movet arma leo, gives battle, V.: quo sidere moto, at the rising of, O.—Prov.: omnīs terras, omnia maria movere, move heaven and earth (of great exertions).—Of the soil, to stir, plough, break up, open: iugera, V.: mota terra, O.— To disturb, violate: triste bidental, H.: Dianae non movenda numina, inviolable, H.— To remove oneself, betake oneself, move, be moved, be stirred (sc. se): terra dies duodequadraginta movit, there was an earthquake, L.: movisse a Samo Romanos audivit, L.: voluptas movens, i. e. in motion.—To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce, begin, commence, undertake: fletum populo: mihi admirationem: indignationem, L.: suspicionem: iam pugna se moverat, was going on, Cu.: cantūs, V.: mentionem rei, make mention, L.: priusquam movere ac moliri quicquam posset, make any disturbance, L. — To shake, cause to waver, alter, change: meam sententiam.— To disturb, concern, trouble, torment: moveat cimex Pantilius? H.: voltum movetur, changes countenance, V.: vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, L.: venenum praecordia movit, O.: strepitu fora, Iu.— To stir, produce, put forth: de palmite gemma movetur, O.— To exert, exercise: movisse numen ad alqd deos, L.: artis opem, O. — To change, transform: quorum Forma semel mota est, O.: nihil motum ex antiquo, i. e. change in traditional custom, L.—Fig., to move, influence, affect, excite, inspire: nil nos dos movet, T.: beneficiis moveri, Cs.: moveri civitas coepit, S.: ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat, charms: animos ad bellum, instigate, L.: feroci iuveni animum, stir, L.: Vestrā motus prece, H.: moverat plebem oratio consulis, had stirred, L.: absiste moveri, be not disturbed, V.: ut captatori moveat fastidia, excites nausea in, Iu.— To revolve, meditate, ponder: Multa movens animo, V.
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    movere, movi, motus V
    move, stir, agitate, affect, provoke, disturb;

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  • 18 occipiō

        occipiō cēpī (not coepī), eptus, ere    [ob+capio], to begin, commence: dolores occipiunt, T.: a meridie nebula occepit, L.: quaestum, T.: magistratum, enter upon, L.: mecum cogitare, T.: agere armentum, L.: (fabula) occeptast agi, T.
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    occipere, occepi, occeptus V

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  • 19 ōrdior

        ōrdior ōrsus, īrī, dep.    [1 OL-], to begin a web, lay the warp, begin, commence, make a beginning, set about, undertake: unde est orsa, in eodem terminetur oratio: Veneris contra sic filius orsus, thus began, V.: a principio: a facillimis: reliquos, describe, N.: querellae ab initio tantae ordiendae rei absint, L.: bellum Troianum, H.: paulo altius de re: de alquā re disputare: cum sic orsa loqui vates, V.: Dicere, O.: sed ab initio est ordiendus (Themistocles), i. e. must begin with him, N.: ab eo nobis causa ordienda est.
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    ordiri, orsus sum V DEP

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  • 20 proficīscor

        proficīscor fectus, ī, dep.    [proficio], to set forward, set out, start, go, march, depart: fortasse tu profectus alio fueras, were going somewhere else, T.: cum in Italiam proficisceretur, was about to start, Cs.: Ut proficiscentem docui te, H.: ad dormiendum, go to sleep: subsidio Lacedaemoniis, N.: in pugnam, Cs.: in expeditionem, S.: contra quosdam barbaros, N.: domum, T.: Romam, S.: Circeios, L.: ab urbe, set out, Cs.: ex castris, break up, Cs.: de Formiano.—With supin. acc.: praedatum in agrum Campanum, L.—Fig., to go on, come, proceed: proficiscemur ad reliqua.— To set out, begin, commence, start: ut inde oratio mea proficiscatur, unde, etc.: a philosophiā profectus scripsit historiam.— To come forth, spring, arise, proceed, originate: cum omnia officia a principiis naturae proficiscantur: quaecumque a me ornamenta in te proficiscentur, i. e. you shall receive from me: ut plura a parente proficisci non potuerint, N.: qui a Zenone profecti sunt, Zeno's disciples: genus a Pallante profectum, V.
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    proficisci, profectus sum V DEP
    depart, set out; proceed

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