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  • 1 fabula

    1.
    fābŭla, ae, f. [fari], a narration, narrative, account, story; the subject of common talk.
    I.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    syn.: narratio, fasti, annales, res gestae, historia): additur fabulae, quo vulgo Sabini aureas armillas brachio laevo habuerint, pepigisse eam, etc.,

    Liv. 1, 11, 8:

    poëticae (opp. incorrupta rerum gestarum monumenta), id. praef. § 6: Ummidius, qui tam (non longa est fabula) dives, ut, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 95; id. Ep. 1, 2, 6:

    mutato nomine de te fabula narratur,

    id. S. 1, 1, 70:

    asinaeque paternum Cognomen vertas in risum et fabula flas,

    the common talk, town's talk, id. Ep. 1, 13, 9; cf.:

    heu me, per urbem Fabula quanta fui!

    id. Epod. 11, 8:

    fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urbe,

    you are talked of all over the city, Ov. Am. 8, 1, 21; cf. Suet. Aug. 70; id. Dom. 15; Mart. 3, 14:

    habes omnes fabulas urbis,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11:

    nova fabula,

    the news, Juv. 1, 145:

    semper formosis fabula poena fuit,

    Prop. 2, 32, 26 (3, 30, 26 M.):

    a diverticulo repetatur fabula,

    let us return to our story, Juv. 15, 72.—
    B.
    Transf., conversation (post-Aug.):

    ut fabulas quoque eorum et disputationes et arcana semotae dictionis penitus exciperem,

    conversations, Tac. Or. 2:

    praeceptores cum auditoribus suis fabulas habent,

    id. ib. 29; cf.:

    cum inter fabulas privatas sermo esset ortus, quanti, etc.,

    in private conversation, Lampr. Heliog. 25.—With a dependent clause:

    ne id accidat, quod cuipiam Thraco venisse usu, fabula est,

    is related, Gell. 19, 12, 6.—
    2.
    In vulg. lang. (like the Germ. Geschichte), affair, concern, matter:

    sed quid ego aspicio? quae haec fabula'st?

    what sort of an affair is this? Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 4, 4, 8.
    II.
    In partic. (freq. and class.), a fictitious narrative, a tale, story (syn.: apologus, narratio): narrationum tris accepimus species, fabulam, quae versatur in tragoediis atque carminibus non a veritate modo, sed etiam a forma veritatis remota, argumentum... historiam, etc., Quint. 2, 4, 2:

    haec res agetur nobis, vobis fabula,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 52:

    peregrino narrare fabulas,

    id. Men. 5, 1, 24:

    num igitur me cogis etiam fabulis credere? quae delectationis habeant quantum voles... auctoritatem quidem nullam debemus nec fidem commenticiis rebus adjungere, etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 55, 113; cf.:

    fictis fabulis,

    id. Mil. 3, 8:

    antiquitas recepit fabulas, fictas etiam nonnumquam incondite,

    id. Rep. 2, 10; cf.:

    a fabulis ad facta venire,

    id. ib. 2, 2 fin.:

    minor fabulis habetur fides,

    id. ib. 2, 10:

    saepe fabulis fidem firmare (consuerant),

    Suet. Rhet. 1 med.;

    Liv. praef. § 6: non fabula rumor Ille fuit,

    Ov. M. 10, 561:

    fabulam inceptat,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 22:

    quid tamen ista velit sibi fabula, ede,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 61:

    fabulae!

    mere stories! stuff! nonsense! Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 95; id. And. 1, 3, 19:

    ne convivialium fabularum simplicitas in crimen duceretur,

    Tac. A. 6, 11 fin.:

    sufficiunt duae fabulae, an tertiam poscis?

    Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 9.—In apposition:

    jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes (= fabulosi, inanes),

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16:

    civis et manes et fabula fies,

    Pers. 5, 152:

    nos jam fabula sumus,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 14.—So of idle tales:

    ineptas et aniles fabulas devita,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 7 al.—
    B.
    Of particular kinds of poetry.
    1.
    Most freq., a dramatic poem, drama, play (syn.:

    ludus, cantus, actio, etc.): in full, fabula scaenica,

    Amm. 28, 1, 4;

    or, theatralis,

    id. 14, 6, 20:

    fabula ad actum scenarum composita,

    Quint. 5, 10, 9; cf. id. 11, 3, 73 sq.:

    Livianae fabulae non satis dignae, quae iterum legantur. Atque hic Livius primus fabulam, C. Clodio Caeci filio et M. Tuditano Cos. docuit,

    produced, Cic. Brut. 18, 72; v. doceo, II. init.; cf.: fabulam dare, under do, II. H.; so,

    facere,

    Varr. L. L. 5, 8:

    neque histrioni ut placeat, peragenda fabula est,

    Cic. de Sen. 19, 70:

    securus, cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176:

    neve minor neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

    id. A. P. 190:

    M. Pacuvii nova fabula,

    Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

    Terentii,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 21:

    Attae,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 80 et saep.:

    in fabulis stultissima persona,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 100 et saep.— Transf.:

    non solum unum actum, sed totam fabulam confecissem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 34.—
    2.
    A fable (cf. apologus):

    fabularum cur sit inventum genus Brevi docebo, etc.,

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 33:

    quae (res) vel apologum, vel fabulam vel aliquam contineat irrisionem,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 17, 25:

    nota illa de membris humanis adversus ventrem discordantibus fabula,

    Quint. 5, 11, 19 (shortly before, fabella) et saep.—Prov.: Lupus in fabula (like the Engl., talk of the devil, and he will appear), of a person who comes just as we are talking about him, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4; so,

    lupus in sermone,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71.
    2.
    făbŭla, v. fabulus.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fabula

  • 2 sermō

        sermō ōnis, m    [1 SER-], continued speech, talk, conversation, discourse: vis orationis est duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis: Multa inter sese vario sermone serebant, V.: illa cum illo sermonem occipit, T.: sermones caedimus, T.: in nostris sermonibus: longior, Cs.: familiaris et cottidianus: erat in sermone omnium: Referre sermones deorum, H.: Detinuit sermone diem, O.: sermo litterarum tuarum, conversation by correspondence with you.—A set conversation, learned talk, discourse, disputation, discussion: num sermonem vestrum aliquem diremit noster interventus?: rebus iis de quibus hic sermo est: inter nos habitus: de philosophiā, N.— An utterance, declaration, speech, remark: sermones (eius) ansas dabant, quibus reconditos eius sensūs tenere possemus: qui (voltus) sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, i. e. expression: refertur eius sermo ad Apronium: hic sermo Abdalonymi, Cu.— Ordinary speech, talk, conversational language: oratio philosophorum sermo potius quam oratio dicitur: si quis scribat, uti nos, Sermoni propiora, H.— Prose: comoedia nisi quod pede certo Differt sermoni, sermo merus, H.— Conversational verse, satire: (delectari) Bioneis sermonibus, H.: sermones Repentes per humum, H.— Common talk, report, rumor: numquam de vobis eorum gratissimus sermo conticescet: sermo totā Asiā dissipatus, Cn. Pompeium, etc.: in sermonem hominum venire: in hoc pervagato civitatis sermone versantur, this talk of the town: sermones iniquorum effugere: aliquid oratione meā sermonis in sese esse quaesitum, calumny: dabimus sermonem iis, qui, etc., occasion for talk.—A manner of speaking, mode of expression, language, style, diction: sermone eo uti, qui innatus est nobis: elegantia sermonis.— A language, speech: cives et sermonis et iuris societate iuncti: in Latino sermone: patrius, H.
    * * *
    conversation, discussion; rumor; diction; speech; talk; the word

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  • 3 os

    1.
    ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

    ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

    Cato, R. R. 90:

    ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

    oris hiatus,

    id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

    os tenerum pueri,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

    fetidum,

    Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

    trilingue,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

    os loquentis Opprimere,

    Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

    in ore est omni populo,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

    istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

    Harmodius in ore est,

    id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

    in ore omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

    habere aliquid in ore,

    to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

    poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

    with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

    uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

    Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

    virūm volitare per ora,

    Verg. G 3, 9:

    in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

    to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

    ire per ora Nomen,

    Sil. 3, 135:

    hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

    i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

    os alicujus aperire,

    to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

    3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

    threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—
    B.
    Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

    ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

    vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

    figura oris,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

    in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

    i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

    in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

    come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

    insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

    Verg. G. 4, 92:

    ore rubicundo (gallina),

    Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

    ales cristati cantibus oris,

    Ov. M. 11, 597:

    coram in os aliquem laudare,

    to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

    alicui laedere os,

    to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

    praebere os,

    to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

    os praebere ad contumeliam,

    Liv. 4, 35:

    in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

    before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

    quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

    in ore omnium cotidie versari,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

    illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

    ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

    Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

    os durum!

    you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

    os durissimum,

    very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    impudens,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

    quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

    with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

    quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

    nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

    non, si Appii os haberem,

    id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

    nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

    Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—
    B.
    The head:

    Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

    truncis arborum antefixa ora,

    Tac. A. 1, 61. —
    C.
    Speech ( poet.):

    ora sono discordia signant,

    Verg. A. 2, 423.—
    D.
    A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

    os lenonis aedium,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

    porta velut in ore urbis,

    Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

    ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

    Verg. A. 2, 482:

    Ponti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

    os atque aditus portus,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

    30: specūs,

    entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

    vascula oris angusti,

    Quint. 1, 2, 28:

    ulceris,

    Verg. G. 3, 454:

    Tiberis,

    Liv. 1, 33:

    venarum,

    Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

    fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

    Verg. A. 1, 245.—
    E.
    The beak of a ship:

    ora navium Rostrata,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—
    F.
    Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—
    G.
    The edge of a sword:

    interfecit in ore gladii,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.
    2.
    ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

    OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

    Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid dicam de ossibus?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

    cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

    condere,

    to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

    cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

    id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—
    B.
    Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

    arborum ossa,

    i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

    olearum ac palmularum,

    i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—
    II.
    Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

    utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

    Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

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  • 4 ossu

    1.
    ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

    ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

    Cato, R. R. 90:

    ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

    oris hiatus,

    id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

    os tenerum pueri,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

    fetidum,

    Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

    trilingue,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

    os loquentis Opprimere,

    Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

    in ore est omni populo,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

    istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

    Harmodius in ore est,

    id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

    in ore omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

    habere aliquid in ore,

    to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

    poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

    with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

    uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

    Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

    virūm volitare per ora,

    Verg. G 3, 9:

    in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

    to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

    ire per ora Nomen,

    Sil. 3, 135:

    hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

    i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

    os alicujus aperire,

    to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

    3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

    threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—
    B.
    Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

    ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

    vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

    figura oris,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

    in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

    i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

    in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

    come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

    insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

    Verg. G. 4, 92:

    ore rubicundo (gallina),

    Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

    ales cristati cantibus oris,

    Ov. M. 11, 597:

    coram in os aliquem laudare,

    to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

    alicui laedere os,

    to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

    praebere os,

    to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

    os praebere ad contumeliam,

    Liv. 4, 35:

    in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

    before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

    quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

    in ore omnium cotidie versari,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

    illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

    ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

    Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

    os durum!

    you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

    os durissimum,

    very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    impudens,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

    quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

    with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

    quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

    nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

    non, si Appii os haberem,

    id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

    nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

    Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—
    B.
    The head:

    Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

    truncis arborum antefixa ora,

    Tac. A. 1, 61. —
    C.
    Speech ( poet.):

    ora sono discordia signant,

    Verg. A. 2, 423.—
    D.
    A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

    os lenonis aedium,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

    porta velut in ore urbis,

    Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

    ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

    Verg. A. 2, 482:

    Ponti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

    os atque aditus portus,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

    30: specūs,

    entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

    vascula oris angusti,

    Quint. 1, 2, 28:

    ulceris,

    Verg. G. 3, 454:

    Tiberis,

    Liv. 1, 33:

    venarum,

    Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

    fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

    Verg. A. 1, 245.—
    E.
    The beak of a ship:

    ora navium Rostrata,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—
    F.
    Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—
    G.
    The edge of a sword:

    interfecit in ore gladii,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.
    2.
    ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

    OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

    Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid dicam de ossibus?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

    cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

    condere,

    to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

    cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

    id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—
    B.
    Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

    arborum ossa,

    i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

    olearum ac palmularum,

    i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—
    II.
    Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

    utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

    Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

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  • 5 sermo

    sermo, ōnis, m. [2. sero, qs. serta, conserta oratio], a speaking or talking with any one; talk, conversation, discourse:

    sermo est a serie: sermo enim non potest in uno homine esse solo, sed ubi oratio cum altero conjuncta,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll. (very freq. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (syn. colloquium): quoniam magna vis orationis est eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis: contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum, contionum, senatus: sermo in circulis, disputationibus, congressionibus familiarium versetur;

    sequatur etiam convivia, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

    quod mihi servus sermonem serat,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37:

    sermones serere,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 106:

    multa inter sese vario sermone serebant,

    Verg. A. 6, 160:

    sermonem nobiscum ibi copulat,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 42:

    dum sermones fabulandi conferant,

    id. ib. prol. 34:

    caput et pes sermonis,

    id. As. 3, 3, 139:

    cum ea tu sermonem nec joco nec serio Tibi habeas,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 25; Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 1:

    ibi illa cum sermonem occipit,

    id. Eun. 4, 1, 8:

    dum sermones caedimus,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 1:

    sermonem cum aliquo conferre,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136; id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

    in nostris sermonibus collocutionibusque,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 4:

    mature veniunt, discumbitur: fit sermo inter eos,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

    dum longior consulto ab Ambiorige instituitur sermo,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 37:

    sermonis aditum cum aliquo habere,

    id. ib. 5, 41:

    nullum tibi omnino cum Albinovano sermonem ullā de re fuisse,

    Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

    erat in ore, in sermone omnium,

    id. Phil. 10, 7, 14; cf.: memini in eum sermonem illum incidere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore, id. Lael. 1, 2:

    aestivam sermone benigno tendere noctem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

    referre sermones deorum,

    id. C. 3, 3, 71 (cf.:

    consiliantibus divis,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 18):

    et euntem multa loquendo Detinuit sermone diem,

    Ov. M. 1, 683:

    nunc inter eos tu sermo es,

    you are the talk, Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 7:

    jucundus est mihi sermo litterarum tuarum,

    the conversing with you by letter, Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 3; cf.:

    littera sermonis fida ministra mei,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Literary conversation, discourse, disputation, discussion (cf. oratio): tum Furius: Quid vos agitis? num sermonem vestrum aliquem diremit noster interventus? Minime vero, Africanus;

    soles enim tu haec studiose investigare, quae sunt in hoc genere, de quo instituerat paulo ante Tubero quaerere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 11, 17; cf. id. ib. 1, 13, 19:

    in sermonem ingredi (just before: in disputationem ingredi),

    id. ib. 1, 24, 38:

    (Scaevola) exposuit nobis sermonem Laelii de amicitiā habitum ab illo secum... Ejus disputationis sententias memoriae mandavi, etc.... ut tamquam a praesentibus haberi sermo videretur,

    id. Lael. 1, 3:

    rebus his, de quibus hic sermo est,

    id. Fin. 3, 12, 40:

    feci sermonem inter nos habitum in Cumano. Tibi dedi partes Antiochinas, etc.,

    id. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

    in quo (circulo) de philosophiā sermo haberetur,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 3:

    Socratici sermones,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 9; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 44; 2, 15, 26:

    in longum sermonem me vocas, Attice,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:

    nunc enim sermo de naturā est,

    our subject, Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67; 3, 1, pr. § 2; 16, 32, 58, § 134; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 17, 15; Capitol. Gord. 3, 3 init. —
    b.
    Concr., a talk, speech, discourse (more informal and unpretending than oratio):

    meos multos et illustres et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 2; Quint. 11, 2, 24.—
    2.
    Ordinary speech, speaking, talking, the language of conversation (opp. contentio):

    sermo est oratio remissa et finitima cottidianae locutioni,

    Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

    mollis est oratio philosophorum et umbratilis, etc.... Itaque sermo potius quam oratio dicitur,

    id. Or. 19, 64: in argumentis Caecilius poscit palmam, in sermonibus Plautus, i. e. in dialogue, Varr. ap. Non. 374, 9:

    soluta oratio, qualis in sermone et epistulis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 19:

    C. Piso, statarius et sermonis plenus orator,

    Cic. Brut. 68, 239:

    si quis scribat, uti nos, Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42:

    vocem sermoni proximam,

    Quint. 11, 3, 162:

    ut litigantes quoque a sermone incipiant, ad vociferationem transeant,

    Sen. Ep. 15, 6.—Of prose as opposed to poetry:

    comoedia... nisi quod pede certo Differt sermoni sermo merus,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 48:

    et tragicus plerumque dolet sermone pedestri Telephus et Peleus, etc.,

    id. A. P. 95.—
    b.
    Concr., of verses in a conversational style, a satire:

    ille (delectatur) Bioneis sermonibus et sale nigro,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 60:

    Albi, nostrorum sermonum candide judex,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 1:

    nec sermones ego mallem Repentes per humum quam res componere gestas,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 250.—
    3.
    With reference to some particular object, common talk respecting any thing, report, rumor (syn.:

    fama, rumor): vulgi sermo,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 1:

    nunc per urbem solus sermo est omnibus, Eum, etc.,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 4:

    sermo est totā Asiā dissipatus, Cn. Pompeium, etc.,

    Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

    mihi venit in mentem multum fore sermonem, me, etc.,

    id. Att. 7, 23, 2:

    si istiusmodi sermones ad te delati de me sunt, non debuisti credere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 5 sq.:

    in sermonem hominum venire,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13:

    audita et percelebrata sermonibus res est,

    id. Cael. 29, 69; cf.:

    vix feram sermones hominum, si, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 9, 23:

    vestrae perigrinantur aures, neque in hoc pervagato civitatis sermone versantur,

    this talk of the town, id. Mil. 12, 33:

    refrigerato jam levissimo sermone hominum,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    sermones inimicorum effugere,

    id. Cael. 16, 38:

    sermones lacessere, reprimere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 7: retudit sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

    ne putet aliquid oratione meā sermonis in sese aut invidiae esse quaesitum,

    of slander, calumny, Cic. Fl. 5, 13:

    dabimus sermonem iis, qui, etc.,

    give them something to talk about, id. Fam. 9, 3; so,

    materiam sermonibus praebere,

    Tac. H. 4, 4: cataplus ille Puteolanus, sermo illius temporis, Cic. [p. 1680] Rab. Post. 14, 40 B. and K. dub.; v. Orell. N. cr. —
    II.
    Transf., a manner of speaking, mode of expression, language, style, diction, etc. (cf. lingua):

    sermone eo debemus uti, qui notus est nobis, ne, ut quidam Graeca verba inculcantes jure optimo rideamur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:

    cujus (Terentii) fabellae propter elegantiam sermonis putabantur a C. Laelio scribi,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 10:

    et sane quid est aliud vetus sermo quam vetus loquendi consuetudo?

    Quint. 1, 6, 43; 12, 2, 3.—
    B.
    A language, the speech of a nation, etc.:

    cui (Catulo) non solum nos Latini sermonis, sed etiam Graeci ipsi solent suae linguae subtilitatem elegantiamque concedere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

    in Latino sermone,

    id. ib. 3, 11, 42:

    quae philosophi Graeco sermone tractavissent, ea Latinis litteris mandaremus,

    id. Fin. 1, 1, 1:

    patrii sermonis egestas,

    Lucr. 1, 832; 3, 260:

    cum lingua Catonis et Enni Sermonem patrium ditaverit,

    Hor. A. P. 57:

    aves, quae sermonem imitantur humanum... Agrippina turdum habuit imitantem sermones hominum... lusciniae Graeco atque Latino sermone dociles,

    Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 120.—
    C.
    Of a single expression:

    si quis ita legaverit: Fructus annuos, etc., perinde accipi debet hic sermo, ac si, etc.,

    Dig. 7, 1, 20; 11, 7, 2, § 1; 28, 5, 29.— Hence, of a single word (late Lat.): deos sermo Graecus est, Cassiod. in Psa. 21, 1.

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  • 6 fābula

        fābula ae, f    [1 FA-], a narration, narrative, account, story, tale: poëticae, L.: longa, H.: de te Fabula narratur, H.: et fabula fias, the common talk, H.: volgaris, O.: nova, news, Iu.: a diverticulo repetatur fabula, let us return to our story, Iu.: fabulae conviviales, conversation, Ta. — An affair, concern, matter, talk: quam mihi surdo narret fabulam, how deaf I am to his talk, T.: quae haec est fabula? what does this mean? T.— A fictitious narrative, tale, story, fiction, fable: ut ad fabulas veniamus: fabulis credere: a fabulis ad facta venire: non fabula rumor Ille fuit, O.: fabulae! tales! T.: fabulae Manes (i. e. fabulosi), H.— A dramatic poem, drama, play: in primā fabulā, when the play opens, T.: primus fabulam docuit: Securus, cadat an stet fabula, H.: neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula, H.: in fabulis persona.— A fable, story with a lesson: fabularum genus, Ph.: quae (res) vel apologum, vel fabulam contineat.—Prov.: Lupus in fabulā, talk of the devil (of a person who comes while talked about), T.— A plot, action, story (of a play or poem), H.
    * * *
    story, tale, fable; play, drama

    fabulae! -- rubbish!, nonsense!

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  • 7 rūmor

        rūmor ōris, m    [RV-], a rustle, murmur, vague sound: Solvere secundo rumore, the murmur of the oars, Poët. ap. C.: ad caelum ferre rumore secundo, i. e. applause, H.— The talk of the many, common talk, report, hearsay, rumor: cum incertis rumoribus serviant, Cs.: perferet multa rumor: rumores Africanos excipere: volgi rumoribus exagitatus, S.: a rostris manat per compita rumor, H.: omnīs rumorum ventos conligere: rumor venit, Datum iri gladiatores, T.: crebri ad eum rumores adferebantur... omnīs Belgas coniurare, Cs.: rem te valde bene gessisse rumor erat: rumores de oppresso Dolabellā: de vitā imperatoris rumores dubii adlati sunt, L.: exstinctis rumoribus de auxiliis legionum, Cs.— Common opinion, current report, popular voice, fame, reputation: adversus famam rumoresque hominum stare, L.: qui erit rumor id si feceris? T.: quos rumor asperserat, calumny, Cu.: rumorem quendam esse quaesitum, notoriety: plebis rumorem adfectare, Ta.: adverso rumore esse, in bad repute, L.
    * * *
    hearsay, rumor, gossip; reputation; shouting

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  • 8 rumor

    rūmor, ōris, m. [cf. Gr. ôruô, to howl; orumagdos, din; Sanscr. root ru-, roar; ravas, uproar; Lat.: raucus, rudo].
    I.
    Lit., the talk of the many, whether relating facts or expressing opinions.
    A.
    Common talk, unauthenticated report, hearsay, rumor (the prevalent and class. signif.; used equally in sing. and plur.; syn.: fama, sermo); absol., or with a mention of its purport.
    a.
    Absol.: est hoc Gallicae consuetudinis, uti mercatores in oppidis vulgus circumsistat, quibusque ex regionibus veniant quasque ibi res cognoverint, pronuntiare cogant. His rumoribus atque auditionibus permoti de summis saepe rebus consilia ineunt, quorum eos e vestigio poenitere necesse est;

    cum incertis rumoribus serviant, et plerique ad voluntatem eorum ficta respondeant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 5; cf.:

    aliquid rumore ac famā accipere... falsis rumoribus terreri,

    id. ib. 6, 20:

    multa rumor perferet,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1; cf.

    also, in the description of the house of Fame, in Ovid: mixtaque cum veris passim commenta vagantur Milia rumorum confusaque verba volutant,

    Ov. M. 12, 55 (v. the passage in its connection):

    rumoribus mecum pugnas,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 9:

    rumores Africanos excipere,

    id. Deiot. 9, 25:

    senatus vulgi rumoribus exagitatus,

    Sall. C. 29, 1:

    multa rumor fingebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 53:

    addunt et affingunt rumoribus Galli, quod res poscere videbatur,

    id. B. G. 7, 1:

    frigidus a Rostris manat per compita rumor,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 50 et saep. —
    b.
    With the purport of the rumor introduced by an object- or relative-clause; by de, rarely by gen.
    (α).
    Postquam populi rumorem intelleximus, Studiose expetere vos Plautinas fabulas, etc., Plaut. Cas. prol. 11: cum interea rumor venit, Datum iri gladiatores; populus convolat, etc., Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 31; id. Heaut. prol. 16:

    crebri ad eum rumores afferebantur litterisque item Labieni certior fiebat, omnes Belgas contra populum Romanum conjurare, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

    meum gnatum rumor est amare,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 14; cf.:

    rem te valde bene gessisse rumor erat,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; id. Att. 16, 5, 1:

    serpit hic rumor: Scis tu illum accusationem cogitare? etc.,

    id. Mur. 21, 45:

    crebro vulgi rumore lacerabatur, tamquam viros et insontes ob invidiam aut metum exstinxisset,

    Tac. A. 15, 73:

    subdito rumore, tamquam Mesopotamiam invasurus,

    id. ib. 6, 36.—
    (β).
    With de:

    nihil perfertur ad nos praeter rumores de oppresso Dolabellā,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1:

    de Aeduorum defectione rumores afferebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 59:

    de vitā imperatoris dubii rumores allati sunt,

    Liv. 28, 24:

    graves de te rumores,

    Cic. Deiot. 9, 25:

    exstinctis rumoribus de auxiliis legionum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin. —
    (γ).
    With gen. (very rare):

    cenae rumor,

    Suet. Aug. 70:

    belli civilis rumores,

    Tac. H. 3, 45: rumor prostratae regi pudicitiae Suet. Caes. 2.—
    B.
    Common or general opinion, current report, the popular voice; and objectively, fame, reputation (less freq. but class.):

    famam atque rumores pars altera consensum civitatis et velut publicum testimonium vocat: altera sermonem sine ullo certo auctore dispersum, cui malignitas initium dederit, incrementum credulitas,

    Quint. 5, 3, 1; cf.:

    adversus famam rumoresque hominum si satis firmus steteris, etc.,

    Liv. 22, 39:

    qui erit rumor populi, si id feceris?

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 18:

    totam opinionem (populi) parva nonnumquam commutat aura rumoris,

    Cic. Mur. 17, 35: rumoribus adversa in pravitatem, secunda in casum, fortunam in temeritatem, declinando corrumpebant, with their slanders, misrepresentations, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 385, 3:

    quos rumor asperserat, ii, etc.,

    Curt. 10, 31, 18:

    rumorem quendam et plausum popularem esse quaesitum,

    Cic. Clu. 47, 131:

    rumori servire,

    Plaut. Trin, 3, 2, 14; cf. in the lusus verbb. with rumen: ego rumorem parvi facio, dum sit rumen qui impleam, Pompon. ap. Non. 18, 15:

    omnem infimae plebis rumorem affectavit,

    Tac. H. 2, 91:

    Marcellus adverso rumore esse,

    Liv. 27, 20:

    flagret rumore malo cum Hic atque ille,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 125; Tac. H. 2, 93 fin.: invidiam alicui concitare secundo populi rumore, with the concurring or favorable judgment, with the approbation, Fenest. ap. Non. 385, 17; so, rumore secundo, Suev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1; old poet in Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; Verg. A. 8, 90; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 9; cf.:

    aliquid accipere secundo rumore,

    Tac. A. 3, 29:

    claro apud volgum rumore erat,

    id. ib. 15, 48.—
    II.
    Transf., a murmuring, murmur of a stream:

    amoena fluenta Subterlabentis tacito rumore Mosellae,

    Aus. Mos. 22.

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  • 9 ōs

       ōs ōris (no gen plur.), n     the mouth: ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum: tenerum pueri, H.: os loquentis Opprimere, O.: e foliis natos Ore legunt (apes), V.: Gallica Temperat ora frenis, i. e. controls the horses, H.: nidum sibi construit ore, beak, O.: hostilia Ora canum, jaws, O.— Prov.: equi frenato est auris in ore, H.—The organ of speech, mouth, tongue, lips: in orest omni populo, in everybody's mouth, T.: istius nequitiam in ore volgi esse versatam: Postumius in ore erat, was the common talk, L.: consolatio, quam semper in ore habere debemus, to talk of constantly: poscebatur ore volgi dux Agricola, unanimously, Ta.: uno ore dicere, with one consent, T.: Uno ore auctores fuere, ut, etc., unanimously advised, T.: volito vivus per ora virūm, become famous, Enn. ap. C.: in ora hominum pro ludibrio abire, become a by-word of mockery, L.: quasi pleniore ore laudare, with more zest.—The face, countenance, look, expression, features: figura oris, T.: in ore sunt omnia, i. e. everything depends on the expression: concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper, leave them alone, T.: ad tribunum ora convertunt, looks, Cs.: agnoscunt ora parentum, V.: ales cristati cantibus oris, O.: coram in os te laudare, to your face, T.: nulli laedere os, insult to his face, T.: qui hodie usque os praebui, exposed myself to insult, T.: ut esset posteris ante os documentum, etc.: ante ora coniugum omnia pati, L.: Ora corticibus horrenda cavatis, masks, V.—As expressing boldness or modesty, the face, cheek, front, brow<*> os durum! brazen cheek! T.: os durissimum, very bold front: quo redibo ore ad eam, with what face? T.: quo ore ostendi posse? etc., L.: in testimonio nihil praeter vocem et os praestare.—Boldness, effrontery, impudence: quod tandem os est eius patroni, qui, etc.: nostis os hominis.—A voice, speech, expression: ora sono discordia signant, V.: ruit profundo Pindarus ore, H.: falsi ambages oris, O.— A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice, front: ante os ipsum portūs, L.: ingentem lato dedit ore <*>enestram, V.: os atque aditus portūs: Tiberis, L.: per ora novem, etc., sources, V.: ora navium Rostrata, beaks, H.—Fig., a mouth: ex tot<*>us belli ore ac faucibus.
    * * *
    I
    mouth, speech, expression; face; pronunciation
    II
    bone; (implement, gnawed, dead); kernel (nut); heartwood (tree); stone (fruit)
    III
    bones (pl.); (dead people)

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  • 10 sermo

    discussion, talk, common talk, conversation, rumor.

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  • 11 fama

    fāma, ae, f. [for, fa-ri], = phêmê, the talk of the multitude, like rumor, either as relating or as judging (v. rumor; cf. also: nomen, gloria, laudatio; clamor, plausus; honos, dignitas, honestas, laus, etc.).
    I.
    That which people say or tell, the common talk, a report, rumor, saying, tradition (freq. and class.; plur. very rare); absol., or with a statement of the subject-matter annexed with de, or as an object-clause; rarely with gen.
    a.
    Absol.:

    hascine propter res maledicas famas ferunt?

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 149: a Brundisio nulla adhuc fama venerat, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 2:

    cum tristis a Mutina fama manaret,

    id. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

    at fuit fama. Quotusquisque est, qui istam effugere potest in tam maledica civitate?

    id. Cael. 16, 38: magna illico fama surrexit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2:

    aliquod fama ac nuntiis afferre,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 30, 2:

    hac fama ad Treviros perlata,

    id. ib. 5, 53, 2:

    reliquos (deos) ne famā quidem acceperunt,

    id. ib. 6, 21, 2; cf.:

    quam Eratostheni et quibusdam Graecis famā notam esse video,

    id. ib. 6, 24, 2:

    concedamus famae hominum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 2:

    Daedalus, ut fama est, fugiens, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 14; cf.:

    pulsis (vetus est ut fama) Sabellis,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 36:

    ita fama ferebat,

    Ov. M. 12, 197:

    duplex inde fama est,

    a twofold tradition, Liv. 1, 1, 6.— In plur.:

    inhonestas famas adjungere diis,

    Arn. 7, 219:

    per omnem provinciam magnae atrocesque famae ibant,

    Sall. H. 1, 67 Dietsch, ex conj.—
    b.
    Stating the subject-matter or contents.
    (α).
    With de:

    si quis quid de republica a finitimis rumore aut fama acceperit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 20, 1:

    si quid ipsi audistis communi fama atque sermone de vi, de manu, de armis, etc.,

    Cic. Fl. 6, 13:

    de interitu P. Clodii,

    id. Mil. 35, 98:

    de Afranio fama est,

    id. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    de Titurii morte,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 39, 1; cf.:

    de victoria Caesaris,

    id. ib. 5, 53, 1;

    5, 51, 1: de proelio Dyrrhachino,

    id. B. C. 3, 80.— Plur.: ingentes esse famas de Regulo, Arrunt. ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 19 fin. —
    (β).
    With an appos. clause:

    ne mihi hanc famam differant, Me... dedisse, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 63;

    v. differo, B. 2.: accipere fama et auditione, esse quoddam numen et vim deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

    quod tibi esse antiquissimum constante famā atque omnium sermone celebratum est,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 24; so,

    constans fama,

    Liv. 6, 25, 4:

    cum esse praestantem Numam Pompilium fama ferret,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 13:

    cum fama per orbem terrarum percrebuisset, illum, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 43 fin.:

    fama nuntiabat, te esse in Syria,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 2:

    fama incerta duos equites venisse,

    a vague rumor, Liv. 27, 50, 6:

    capsis quem (Cassium) fama est esse librisque Ambustum propriis,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 63 al. —
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    vix ad aures meas istius suspicionis fama pervenit,

    Cic. Sull. 4, 12:

    propter incertam famam aeris alieni,

    an unsupported rumor, Liv. 6, 27, 3.—
    B.
    Personified: Fama, a goddess, daughter of Terra, swiftfooted, all-seeing, growing as she runs:

    Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum,

    Verg. A. 4, 173 sq.; Ov. M. 12, 43 sq.; Val. Fl. 2, 116 sq.; Stat. Th. 3, 426 sq.; Ov. M. 8, 267; 9, 137; 14, 726; 15, 4; 853 al.
    II.
    The voice or judgment of the many, public opinion; more freq. objectively, the fame, character, reputation which a man has, either in general or in particular, as a good or bad reputation, etc. (very freq. and class.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    famam atque rumores pars altera consensum civitatis et velut publicum testimonium vocat: altera sermonem sine ullo certo auctore dispersum, cui malignitas initium dederit, incrementum credulitas,

    Quint. 5, 3; cf.:

    adversus famam rumoresque hominum si satis firmus steteris,

    Liv. 22, 39, 18:

    contra opinionem militum famamque omnium videri proelium defugisse, magnum detrimentum afferebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 56 fin.: fama popularis, popular fame or favor, Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 4; 5, 16, 46:

    forensis,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 17: de bona fama (quam enim appellant eudoxian, aptius est hoc loco bonam famam appellare quam gloriam), Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

    bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,

    id. Att. 7, 26, 1; cf.:

    qui bonam famam bonorum, quae sola vere gloria nominari potest, expetunt,

    id. Sest. 66, 139; Sall. C. 7, 6:

    si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 70 sq.:

    bona,

    Cat. 61, 62:

    bene loquendi fama,

    Cic. Brut. 74, 259:

    eloquentiae,

    Quint. 7, 1, 41:

    sapientiae,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

    pudica,

    Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 21:

    alium mala fama et timor impediebat,

    Sall. J. 35, 4:

    inconstantiae,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11:

    vappae ac nebulonis,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 12.—In plur.: inter arma civilia aequi boni famas petit, Sall. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 19 (Hist. inc. lib. 76 Dietsch).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In a good sense, fair fame, reputation, renown, = existumatio, fama bona:

    ut vos mihi domi eritis, proinde ego ero famā foris,

    Tert. Hec. 2, 1, 21: fundamentum [p. 723] est perpetuae commendationis et famae justitia, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:

    fama et existimatio,

    id. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

    ut ante collectam famam conservet (for which, shortly after: habet existimationem multo sudore collectam),

    id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71:

    sic ejus (Archiae) adventus celebrabantur, ut famam ingenii exspectatio hominis superaret... hac tanta celebritate famae cum esset jam absentibus notus, etc. (shortly before: celeriter antecellere omnibus ingenii gloriā contigit),

    id. Arch. 3, 5;

    so corresp. to gloria,

    id. Tusc. 1, 46, 110:

    fama ingeni abicienda,

    id. Fam. 9, 16, 3;

    with the latter cf.: anxius de fama ingenii,

    Quint. 11, 1, 50; 74:

    de alicujus fama detrahere,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

    famam in tuto collocare,

    Quint. 12, 11, 7:

    ejus scripta tantum intra famam sunt,

    id. 11, 3, 8:

    ad famam populi Romani pertinere, eos consules esse, etc.,

    Liv. 10, 24, 17:

    (ut amicorum) aut caput agatur aut fama,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

    loco, fortuna, fama superiores,

    id. ib. 25, 94:

    virtus, fama, decus divitiis parent,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 95:

    cui gratia, fama, valetudo, contingat abunde,

    id. Ep. 1, 4, 10:

    famam dicendi fortius quaerunt,

    Quint. 2, 12, 9: Evadne... Occidit Argivae fama pudicitiae, the glory or pride of Argive chastity, i. e. of the chaste women of Argos, Prop. 1, 15, 22.—Esp.: magna fama, great reputation, fame, glory:

    magnam famam attulisse Fabio Tarentum rebatur,

    Liv. 27, 25, 11:

    magnam famam sui relinquere,

    Nep. Lys. 1, 1:

    habere,

    Plin. 36, 21, 39, § 149.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, illfame, infamy, scandal, = infamia, fama mala (rare): opplere (aliquem) famā ac flagitiis, Turp. ap. Non. 306, 2; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 10:

    neque specie famāve movetur, Nec jam furtivum Dido meditatur amorem,

    Verg. A. 4, 172; Sall. C. 3, 5; Tac. A. 12, 49; Plin. Pan. 28, 1; cf.:

    laeta apud plerosque, apud quosdam sinistra fama,

    Tac. A. 11, 19.

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  • 12 sermunculus

        sermunculus ī, m dim.    [sermo], common talk, report, rumor: urbani sermunculi: sermunculum omnem aut restinxerit aut sedarit.
    * * *
    rumor, tittle-tattle

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  • 13 adsiduissime

    1.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

    infra,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

    adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

    Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

    Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

    Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

    contrarios proletarios,

    id. ib.:

    assiduum ab aere dando,

    Quint. 5, 10, 55:

    adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

    ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

    Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

    assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

    Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—
    B.
    Meton., a rich person:

    noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

    classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

    Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

    Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

    common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).
    2.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

    Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,
    I.
    Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

    cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

    3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

    id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

    semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    flagitator,

    id. Brut. 5, 18:

    his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

    Prop. 3, 31, 44:

    campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

    Ov. M. 6, 219:

    adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

    Liv. 35, 10:

    hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

    id. 2, 48:

    canes adsiduiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

    circa scholas adsiduus,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    (patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

    by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

    Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

    id. 5, 95:

    Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

    id. 6, 248:

    in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

    urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—
    II.
    With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

    foro operam adsiduam dare,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

    pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

    id. 5, 252:

    imbres,

    id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

    motus,

    Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

    2, 97: repulsus,

    id. 4, 106:

    casus,

    id. 5, 205:

    frequentia,

    Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

    adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

    Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

    recordatio,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

    deorum adsidua insidens cura,

    Liv. 1, 21:

    deprecatio justi adsidua,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

    (portae) adsiduus custos,

    Liv. 34, 9:

    longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 38:

    sterilitates,

    Suet. Claud. 18:

    quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

    Juv. 8, 243:

    barbarorum incursus,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

    id. Aug. 71:

    ignis,

    Tib. 1, 1, 6:

    aqua,

    Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

    libidines,

    id. 2, 16, 14:

    Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

    Verg. G. 2, 149:

    nubes,

    Ov. M. 1, 66:

    gemitus,

    id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

    lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

    Juv. 3, 8:

    obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

    with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

    adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

    id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.
    I.
    Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

    operam dare alicui,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

    edere,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

    perpotare,

    id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

    esse cum aliquo,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

    quaerere aliquid,

    Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

    adesse,

    Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

    ubi sum adsidue, scio,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

    in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

    Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

    Adsidue veniebat,

    Verg. E. 2, 4:

    homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

    adsidue cantare,

    Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

    alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

    Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

    Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    agere aliquid,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

    ut oculis adsidue videmus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

    audire aliquid,

    id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

    laudare aliquid,

    Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

    interrogari,

    ib. ib. 23, 11:

    litteris uti,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

    convivari,

    Suet. Aug. 74:

    frequentare aedem,

    id. ib. 91:

    gestare aliquem ornatum,

    id. Calig. 52:

    DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

    Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

    adsidue recens,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—
    * Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

    Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

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  • 14 adsiduus

    1.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

    infra,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

    adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

    Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

    Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

    Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

    contrarios proletarios,

    id. ib.:

    assiduum ab aere dando,

    Quint. 5, 10, 55:

    adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

    ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

    Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

    assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

    Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—
    B.
    Meton., a rich person:

    noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

    classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

    Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

    Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

    common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).
    2.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

    Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,
    I.
    Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

    cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

    3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

    id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

    semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    flagitator,

    id. Brut. 5, 18:

    his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

    Prop. 3, 31, 44:

    campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

    Ov. M. 6, 219:

    adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

    Liv. 35, 10:

    hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

    id. 2, 48:

    canes adsiduiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

    circa scholas adsiduus,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    (patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

    by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

    Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

    id. 5, 95:

    Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

    id. 6, 248:

    in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

    urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—
    II.
    With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

    foro operam adsiduam dare,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

    pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

    id. 5, 252:

    imbres,

    id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

    motus,

    Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

    2, 97: repulsus,

    id. 4, 106:

    casus,

    id. 5, 205:

    frequentia,

    Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

    adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

    Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

    recordatio,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

    deorum adsidua insidens cura,

    Liv. 1, 21:

    deprecatio justi adsidua,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

    (portae) adsiduus custos,

    Liv. 34, 9:

    longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 38:

    sterilitates,

    Suet. Claud. 18:

    quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

    Juv. 8, 243:

    barbarorum incursus,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

    id. Aug. 71:

    ignis,

    Tib. 1, 1, 6:

    aqua,

    Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

    libidines,

    id. 2, 16, 14:

    Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

    Verg. G. 2, 149:

    nubes,

    Ov. M. 1, 66:

    gemitus,

    id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

    lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

    Juv. 3, 8:

    obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

    with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

    adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

    id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.
    I.
    Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

    operam dare alicui,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

    edere,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

    perpotare,

    id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

    esse cum aliquo,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

    quaerere aliquid,

    Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

    adesse,

    Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

    ubi sum adsidue, scio,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

    in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

    Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

    Adsidue veniebat,

    Verg. E. 2, 4:

    homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

    adsidue cantare,

    Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

    alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

    Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

    Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    agere aliquid,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

    ut oculis adsidue videmus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

    audire aliquid,

    id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

    laudare aliquid,

    Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

    interrogari,

    ib. ib. 23, 11:

    litteris uti,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

    convivari,

    Suet. Aug. 74:

    frequentare aedem,

    id. ib. 91:

    gestare aliquem ornatum,

    id. Calig. 52:

    DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

    Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

    adsidue recens,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—
    * Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

    Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

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  • 15 assiduissime

    1.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

    infra,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

    adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

    Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

    Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

    Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

    contrarios proletarios,

    id. ib.:

    assiduum ab aere dando,

    Quint. 5, 10, 55:

    adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

    ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

    Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

    assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

    Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—
    B.
    Meton., a rich person:

    noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

    classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

    Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

    Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

    common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).
    2.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

    Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,
    I.
    Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

    cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

    3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

    id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

    semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    flagitator,

    id. Brut. 5, 18:

    his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

    Prop. 3, 31, 44:

    campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

    Ov. M. 6, 219:

    adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

    Liv. 35, 10:

    hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

    id. 2, 48:

    canes adsiduiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

    circa scholas adsiduus,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    (patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

    by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

    Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

    id. 5, 95:

    Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

    id. 6, 248:

    in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

    urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—
    II.
    With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

    foro operam adsiduam dare,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

    pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

    id. 5, 252:

    imbres,

    id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

    motus,

    Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

    2, 97: repulsus,

    id. 4, 106:

    casus,

    id. 5, 205:

    frequentia,

    Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

    adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

    Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

    recordatio,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

    deorum adsidua insidens cura,

    Liv. 1, 21:

    deprecatio justi adsidua,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

    (portae) adsiduus custos,

    Liv. 34, 9:

    longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 38:

    sterilitates,

    Suet. Claud. 18:

    quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

    Juv. 8, 243:

    barbarorum incursus,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

    id. Aug. 71:

    ignis,

    Tib. 1, 1, 6:

    aqua,

    Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

    libidines,

    id. 2, 16, 14:

    Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

    Verg. G. 2, 149:

    nubes,

    Ov. M. 1, 66:

    gemitus,

    id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

    lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

    Juv. 3, 8:

    obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

    with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

    adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

    id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.
    I.
    Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

    operam dare alicui,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

    edere,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

    perpotare,

    id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

    esse cum aliquo,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

    quaerere aliquid,

    Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

    adesse,

    Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

    ubi sum adsidue, scio,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

    in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

    Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

    Adsidue veniebat,

    Verg. E. 2, 4:

    homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

    adsidue cantare,

    Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

    alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

    Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

    Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    agere aliquid,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

    ut oculis adsidue videmus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

    audire aliquid,

    id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

    laudare aliquid,

    Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

    interrogari,

    ib. ib. 23, 11:

    litteris uti,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

    convivari,

    Suet. Aug. 74:

    frequentare aedem,

    id. ib. 91:

    gestare aliquem ornatum,

    id. Calig. 52:

    DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

    Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

    adsidue recens,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—
    * Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

    Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

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  • 16 assiduus

    1.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

    infra,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

    adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

    Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

    Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

    Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

    contrarios proletarios,

    id. ib.:

    assiduum ab aere dando,

    Quint. 5, 10, 55:

    adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

    Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

    ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

    Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

    assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

    Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—
    B.
    Meton., a rich person:

    noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

    classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

    Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

    Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

    common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).
    2.
    assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

    Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,
    I.
    Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

    cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

    3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

    id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

    semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    flagitator,

    id. Brut. 5, 18:

    his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

    Prop. 3, 31, 44:

    campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

    Ov. M. 6, 219:

    adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

    Liv. 35, 10:

    hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

    id. 2, 48:

    canes adsiduiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

    circa scholas adsiduus,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    (patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

    by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

    Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

    id. 5, 95:

    Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

    id. 6, 248:

    in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

    urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—
    II.
    With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

    foro operam adsiduam dare,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

    pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

    id. 5, 252:

    imbres,

    id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

    motus,

    Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

    2, 97: repulsus,

    id. 4, 106:

    casus,

    id. 5, 205:

    frequentia,

    Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

    adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

    Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

    recordatio,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

    deorum adsidua insidens cura,

    Liv. 1, 21:

    deprecatio justi adsidua,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

    (portae) adsiduus custos,

    Liv. 34, 9:

    longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 38:

    sterilitates,

    Suet. Claud. 18:

    quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

    Juv. 8, 243:

    barbarorum incursus,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

    id. Aug. 71:

    ignis,

    Tib. 1, 1, 6:

    aqua,

    Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

    libidines,

    id. 2, 16, 14:

    Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

    Verg. G. 2, 149:

    nubes,

    Ov. M. 1, 66:

    gemitus,

    id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

    lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

    Juv. 3, 8:

    obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

    with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

    adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

    id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.
    I.
    Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

    operam dare alicui,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

    edere,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

    perpotare,

    id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

    esse cum aliquo,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

    quaerere aliquid,

    Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

    adesse,

    Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

    ubi sum adsidue, scio,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

    in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

    Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

    Adsidue veniebat,

    Verg. E. 2, 4:

    homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

    adsidue cantare,

    Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

    alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

    Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

    Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    agere aliquid,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

    ut oculis adsidue videmus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

    audire aliquid,

    id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

    laudare aliquid,

    Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

    interrogari,

    ib. ib. 23, 11:

    litteris uti,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

    convivari,

    Suet. Aug. 74:

    frequentare aedem,

    id. ib. 91:

    gestare aliquem ornatum,

    id. Calig. 52:

    DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

    Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

    adsidue recens,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—
    * Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

    Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

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  • 17 sermunculus

    sermuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [sermo].
    I.
    (Acc. to sermo, I. B. 3.) Common talk, tittletattle, report, rumor (rare but class.):

    urbani sermunculi,

    Cic. Deiot. 12, 33:

    sermunculis fabellisque duci,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 4:

    sermunculum omnem aut restinxerit aut sedarit,

    Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

    non deterreor sermunculis istorum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 14.—
    II.
    A little discourse (late Lat.), Hier. Ep. 32, 1.

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  • 18 loquor

    lŏquor, cātus (quūtus), lŏqui ( inf. loquier, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2), v. dep. n. and a. [Sanscr. lap-, to talk, whisper; Gr. lak-, elakon, laskô], to speak, talk, say (in the lang. of common life, in the tone of conversation; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 10; 11, 3, 45).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Neutr.:

    mitte male loqui,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 2:

    Scipio mihi sane bene et loqui videtur et dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 58, 212; id. Or. 32, 113: magistratum legem esse loquentem;

    legem autem mutum magistratum,

    id. Leg. 3, 1, 2:

    male... vere ac libere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 48, 140:

    cum loquimur terni, nihil flagitii dicimus,

    id. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    quid tu, Epicure? loquere,

    id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    pure et Latine,

    id. de Or. 1, 32, 144; id. Fin. 2, 4, 14; 2, 5, 15:

    aliud esse Latine, aliud grammatice loqui,

    Quint. 1, 6, 27:

    Latine atque emendate,

    id. 8, 1, 2:

    aliā linguā,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

    pro aliquo,

    id. Att. 3, 1:

    apud aliquem,

    before any one, id. Fin. 2, 22, 74; so,

    adversum aliquem,

    before any one, Ter. And. 1, 5, 30:

    secum,

    Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1:

    cum aliquo,

    Ov. M. 6, 205:

    bene de aliquo,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 9, 63:

    secus de aliquo,

    Tac. A. 2, 50:

    male de aliquo,

    Vulg. Sirach, 8, 5; Capitol. [p. 1078] Alb. 2:

    de me male,

    Suet. Aug. 51 fin. —
    (β).
    With dat.: male loqui alicui, to speak evil of any one:

    pergin male loqui, mulier, mihi,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 10; Stat. Th. 12, 26:

    vento et fluctibus loqui,

    to express vain wishes, Luc. 4, 491.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    neque loqui possumus, nisi e syllabis brevibus ac longis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 61:

    ut non loqui et orare, sed fulgurare ac tonare videaris,

    id. 2, 16, 19.—
    B.
    Act.
    1.
    To speak out, to say, tell, talk about, mention, utter, name:

    loquere tuum mihi nomen,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 7; id. Aul. 2, 1, 15:

    deliramenta,

    id. Am. 2, 2, 64:

    quas tu mulieres quos tu parasitos loquere,

    id. Men. 2, 2, 47:

    si quid tu in illum bene voles loqui, id loqui licebit,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 83:

    adfirmat nihil a se cuiquam de te secus esse dictum,

    Cic. Att. 1, 19, 11:

    horribile est, quae loquantur,

    id. ib. 14, 4, 1:

    pugnantia,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    ne singulas loquar urbes,

    mention, Liv. 5, 54, 5:

    quid turres loquar,

    id. 5, 5, 6:

    quid ego legem loquar?

    id. 3, 11, 13:

    quid loquar marmora, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 25:

    proelia,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 1:

    aliquem absentem,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 17.—
    2.
    To talk of, speak about, to have ever on one's lips:

    Dolabella merum bellum loquitur,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 8:

    ne semper Curios et Luscinos loquamur,

    id. Par. 6, 50:

    multi etiam Catilinam atque illa portenta loquebantur,

    id. Mil. 23, 63:

    nil nisi classes loquens et exitus,

    id. Att. 9, 2, 3:

    qui de magnis majora loquuntur,

    Juv. 4, 17.—
    3.
    Loquuntur, they say, it is said, they talk of, the talk is of:

    hic mera scelera loquuntur,

    Cic. Att. 9, 13, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 78:

    eodem die vulgo loquebantur Antonium mansurum esse Casilini,

    id. Att. 16, 10, 1:

    omnia magna loquens,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 13:

    dare aliquem famae loquendum,

    Mart. 5, 25, 5:

    Juppiter, hospitibus nam te dare jura loquuntur,

    Verg. A. 1, 731: de damnatione ferventer loqui est coeptum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To speak, declare, show, indicate or express clearly:

    oculi nimis arguti quemadmodum animo affecti simus, loquuntur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27:

    res loquitur ipsa, judices, quae semper valet plurimum,

    id. Mil. 20, 53:

    haec ipsae res loquuntur,

    Tert. de Pud. 5:

    ut fama loquitur,

    Vell. 2, 93, 3:

    cum chartā dextra locuta est,

    has written upon it, Ov. H. 18, 20:

    volucres mea fata loquentur,

    Stat. Th. 8, 181; Luc. 6, 617:

    rescriptum divi Marci sic loquitur, quasi, etc.,

    Dig. 2, 14, 10.—
    B.
    Poet., to rustle, murmur:

    pini loquentes,

    Verg. E. 8, 22; Cat. 4, 11: mollia discordi strepitu virgulta loquuntur, Petr. poët. Sat. 120, 73.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > loquor

  • 19 rūmusculus

        rūmusculus ī, m dim.    [rumor], idle talk, common gossip: inperitorum hominum rumusculi: rumusculi popularis aurae.
    * * *
    trifling rumor, idle talk, gossip

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  • 20 acta fori

    ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;

    axit = egerit,

    Paul. Diac. 3, 3;

    AGIER = agi,

    Cic. Off. 3, 15;

    agentum = agentium,

    Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.
    a.
    Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:

    jumenta agebat,

    Liv. 1, 48:

    capellas ago,

    Verg. E. 1, 13:

    Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,

    Ov. F. 1, 323:

    caballum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—
    b.
    With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:

    agere bovem Romam,

    Curt. 1, 45:

    equum in hostem,

    id. 7, 4:

    Germani in amnem aguntur,

    Tac. H. 5, 21:

    acto ad vallum equo,

    id. A. 2, 13:

    pecora per calles,

    Curt. 7, 11:

    per devia rura capellas,

    Ov. M. 1, 676:

    pecus pastum,

    Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:

    capellas potum age,

    Verg. E. 9, 23:

    pecus egit altos Visere montes,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—
    B.
    Of men, to drive, lead, conduct, impel.
    a.
    Absol.:

    agmen agens equitum,

    Verg. A. 7, 804.—
    b.
    With prep., abl., or inf.:

    vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,

    Nep. Dat. 3:

    agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,

    Sil. 4, 720:

    (adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,

    Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:

    captivos prae se agentes,

    Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:

    acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,

    Quint. 8, 3, 69:

    captivos sub curribus agere,

    Mart. 8, 26:

    agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,

    Verg. A. 3, 5;

    and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,

    Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:

    quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,

    Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:

    raptim agmine acto,

    id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:

    egit sol hiemem sub terras,

    Verg. G. 4, 51:

    poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,

    lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;

    also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?

    where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:

    unde agis te?

    id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:

    quo hinc te agis?

    where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:

    Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,

    was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:

    Aeneas se matutinus agebat,

    id. ib. 8, 465:

    is enim se primus agebat,

    for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:

    Et tu, unde agis?

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:

    Quo agis?

    id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:

    Huc age,

    Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—
    C.
    To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):

    Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,

    Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:

    rapiunt feruntque,

    Verg. A. 2, 374:

    rapere et auferre,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:

    ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,

    id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;

    so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,

    Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):

    ne pulcram praedam agat,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:

    urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,

    Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:

    pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,

    id. ib. 44, 5;

    so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,

    Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—
    D.
    To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).
    a.
    Of animals:

    apros,

    Verg. G. 3, 412:

    cervum,

    id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:

    citos canes,

    Ov. H. 5, 20:

    feros tauros,

    Suet. Claud. 21.—
    b.
    Of men:

    ceteros ruerem, agerem,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):

    ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 12:

    Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,

    Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:

    aliquem in exsilium,

    Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;

    22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,

    id. 16, 2, 3.—
    E.
    Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:

    quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?

    lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:

    egisse huc Alpheum vias,

    made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:

    vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,

    carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:

    cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,

    to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;

    so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,

    pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:

    accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,

    Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:

    fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,

    Lucr. 4, 391:

    in litus passim naves egerunt,

    drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:

    ratem in amnem,

    Ov. F. 1, 500:

    naves in advorsum amnem,

    Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,

    agere currum,

    to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—
    F.
    To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):

    scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,

    to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:

    spumas ore,

    Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:

    piceum Flumen agit,

    Verg. A. 9, 814:

    qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,

    when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:

    agens animam spumat,

    Lucr. 3, 493:

    anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,

    Cat. 63, 31:

    nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:

    Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,

    id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:

    eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:

    Est tanti habere animam ut agam?

    Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;

    Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,

    Mart. 1, 80.—
    G.
    Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:

    (salices) gemmas agunt,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 30:

    florem agere coeperit ficus,

    Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:

    frondem agere,

    Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:

    se ad auras palmes agit,

    Verg. G. 2, 364:

    (platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:

    per glebas sensim radicibus actis,

    Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:

    robora suas radices in profundum agunt,

    Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:

    vera gloria radices agit,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,

    Ov. M. 2, 582.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Spec., to guide, govern:

    Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,

    Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—
    B.
    In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:

    si quis ad illa deus te agat,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:

    una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,

    Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:

    totis mentibus acta,

    Sil. 10, 191:

    in furorem agere,

    Quint. 6, 1, 31:

    si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,

    Tac. Agr. 41:

    provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,

    id. A. 14, 32.—
    C.
    To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):

    me amor fugat, agit,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

    agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3:

    perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,

    Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:

    opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,

    i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):

    reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,

    Verg. A. 7, 405:

    non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:

    acerba fata Romanos agunt,

    id. Epod 7, 17:

    diris agam vos,

    id. ib. 5, 89:

    quam deus ultor agebat,

    Ov. M. 14, 750:

    futurae mortis agor stimulis,

    Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—
    D.
    To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.
    1.
    In the most gen. signif., to do, act, labor, in opp. to rest or idleness.
    a.
    With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:

    numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:

    post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,

    Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,
    b.
    Without object:

    aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:

    agendi tempora,

    Tac. H. 3, 40:

    industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—
    c.
    In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:

    Quid agis?

    What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:

    vereor, quid agat,

    how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:

    ut sciatis, quid agam,

    Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:

    prospere agit anima tua,

    fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:

    quid agitur?

    how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:

    Quid intus agitur?

    is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—
    d.
    With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;

    collum obstringe homini,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:

    nihil agis,

    you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:

    nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;

    usque tenebo,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:

    [nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:

    ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,

    Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—
    e.
    In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:

    hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?

    what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:

    quid agam, habeo,

    id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:

    sed ita quidam agebat,

    was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—
    2.
    To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):

    At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:

    Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,

    id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:

    observabo quam rem agat,

    what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:

    Id quidem ago,

    That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:

    res vera agitur,

    Juv. 4, 35:

    Jam tempus agires,

    Verg. A. 5, 638:

    utilis rebus agendis,

    Juv. 14, 72:

    grassator ferro agit rem,

    does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:

    gladiis geritur res,

    Liv. 9, 41):

    nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,

    do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:

    postquam id actumst,

    after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,

    sed quid actumst?

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:

    nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,

    Cic. Sull. 12:

    ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,

    id. Off. 1, 29:

    agamus quod instat,

    Verg. E. 9, 66:

    renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,

    Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:

    suum negotium agere,

    to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,

    ut vestrum negotium agatis,

    Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:

    neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

    postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,

    Sall. J. 30, 1:

    sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,

    Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—
    3.
    To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):

    nescio quid mens mea majus agit,

    Ov. H. 12, 212:

    hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,

    Val. Fl. 3, 392:

    agere fratri proditionem,

    Tac. H. 2, 26:

    de intranda Britannia,

    id. Agr. 13.—
    4.
    With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):

    rimas agere (sometimes ducere),

    to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:

    vigilias agere,

    Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:

    excubias alicui,

    Ov. F. 3, 245:

    excubias,

    Tac. H. 4, 58:

    pervigilium,

    Suet. Vit. 10:

    stationem agere,

    to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:

    triumphum agere,

    to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:

    libera arbitria agere,

    to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:

    paenitentiam agere,

    to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:

    silentia agere,

    to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:

    pacem agere,

    Juv. 15, 163:

    crimen agere,

    to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:

    laborem agere,

    id. Fin. 2, 32:

    cursus agere,

    Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:

    delectum agere,

    to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:

    experimenta agere,

    Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:

    mensuram,

    id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:

    curam agere,

    to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:

    curam ejus egit,

    Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:

    oblivia agere,

    to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:

    nugas agere,

    to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:

    officinas agere,

    to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):

    diis gratias pro meritis agere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:

    Haud male agit gratias,

    id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:

    Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:

    Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,

    id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;

    nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,

    id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;

    majores etiam habemus,

    id. Marcell. 11, 33:

    Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,

    id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;

    referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:

    gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,

    Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;

    and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

    Dianae laudes gratesque agam,

    id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,

    diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,

    Liv. 26, 48:

    agi sibi gratias passus est,

    Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:

    Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,

    id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—
    5.
    Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:

    tempus,

    Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:

    aetatem in litteris,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

    senectutem,

    id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:

    dies festos,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:

    otia secura,

    Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:

    ruri agere vitam,

    Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:

    vitam in terris,

    Verg. G. 2, 538:

    tranquillam vitam agere,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:

    Hunc (diem) agerem si,

    Verg. A. 5, 51:

    ver magnus agebat Orbis,

    id. G. 2, 338:

    aestiva agere,

    to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:

    menses jam tibi esse actos vides,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:

    mensis agitur hic septimus,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:

    melior pars acta (est) diei,

    Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:

    acta est per lacrimas nox,

    Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:

    tunc principium anni agebatur,

    Liv. 3, 6:

    actis quindecim annis in regno,

    Just. 41, 5, 9:

    Nona aetas agitur,

    Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:

    quartum annum ago et octogesimum,

    am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:

    Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,

    Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:

    civitas laeta agere,

    was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:

    tum Marius apud primos agebat,

    id. ib. 101, 6:

    in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,

    id. ib. 89, 7:

    apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,

    Tac. A. 3, 19:

    Thracia discors agebat,

    id. ib. 3, 38:

    Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,

    Tac. G. 42:

    ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,

    id. ib. 43:

    Gallos trans Padum agentes,

    id. H. 3, 34:

    quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,

    id. A. 1, 4:

    agere inter homines desinere,

    id. ib. 15, 74:

    Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,

    was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:

    ante aciem agere,

    id. G. 7; and:

    in armis agere,

    id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—
    6.
    In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:

    qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,

    Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):

    a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,

    hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:

    Hoc age,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:

    Hoc agite, of poetry,

    Juv. 7, 20:

    hoc agamus,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 12:

    haec agamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:

    agere hoc possumus,

    Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:

    hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,

    id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:

    nunc istuc age,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:

    Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,

    Cic. Lig. 4, 11:

    id et agunt et moliuntur,

    id. Mur. 38:

    (oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,

    id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:

    qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,

    keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:

    idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?

    id. Lig. 6, 18:

    Hoc agit, ut doleas,

    Juv. 5, 157:

    Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:

    Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?

    have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:

    Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?

    id. ib. 4, 10:

    Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,

    Nep. Them. 5, 1:

    ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:

    usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:

    atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:

    aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,

    id. Clu. 64.—
    7.
    In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):

    qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

    Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:

    aliena bella mercedibus agere,

    Mel. 1, 16:

    Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:

    Martem for bellum,

    Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):

    levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,

    Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:

    forum agere,

    to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:

    conventus agere,

    to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;

    used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,

    Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

    vivorum coetus agere,

    to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:

    censum agere,

    Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:

    recensum agere,

    id. Caes. 41:

    potestatem agere,

    Flor. 1, 7, 2:

    honorem agere,

    Liv. 8, 26:

    regnum,

    Flor. 1, 6, 2:

    rem publicam,

    Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:

    consulatum,

    Quint. 12, 1, 16:

    praefecturam,

    Suet. Tib. 6:

    centurionatum,

    Tac. A. 1, 44:

    senatum,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    fiscum agere,

    to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:

    publicum agere,

    to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:

    inquisitionem agere,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:

    curam alicujus rei agere,

    to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:

    rei publicae curationem agens,

    Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —
    8.
    Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:

    velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:

    de condicionibus pacis,

    Liv. 8, 37:

    de summa re publica,

    Suet. Caes. 28:

    cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,

    id. Aug. 94:

    de poena alicujus,

    Liv. 5, 36:

    de agro plebis,

    id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):

    cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,

    Gell. 13, 15, 10:

    agere cum populo de re publica,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:

    neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,

    Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:

    hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:

    Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,

    id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.
    a.
    Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);

    ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?

    I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:

    Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,

    thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:

    algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,

    Juv. 4, 49:

    haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,

    thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:

    de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 75:

    egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,

    id. ib. 5, 2:

    misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,

    id. ib. 5, 2:

    Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,

    Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:

    Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,

    Nep. Alc. 8, 2:

    si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,

    Tac. A. 15, 14:

    ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,

    Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:

    Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,

    Suet. Tib. 54.—
    b.
    With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:

    facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 11:

    bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,

    Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:

    praeclare cum aliquo agere,

    Cic. Sest. 23:

    Male agis mecum,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:

    qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,

    Cic. Quinct. 84; and:

    tu contra me male agis,

    Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:

    intelleget secum actum esse pessime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:

    praeclare mecum actum puto,

    id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:

    vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,

    id. Off. 1, 15:

    bene agitur pro noxia,

    Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—
    9.
    Of transactions before a court or tribunal.
    a.
    Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:

    ex jure civili et praetorio agere,

    Cic. Caecin. 12:

    tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,

    to litigate, id. Mur. 17:

    ex sponso egit,

    id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:

    agere lege in hereditatem,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:

    cum illo se lege agere dicebat,

    Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:

    non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:

    causa quam vi agere malle,

    Tac. A. 13, 37:

    tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:

    Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,

    with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,

    Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,

    settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:

    ubi manu agitur,

    when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—
    b.
    Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:

    causam apud centumviros egit,

    Cic. Caecin. 24:

    Caesar cum ageret apud censores,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:

    egi causam adversus magistratus,

    Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:

    orator agere dicitur causam,

    Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:

    agit causas liberales,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:

    cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,

    Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;

    tua res agitur,

    is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;

    and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 10:

    Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,

    Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:

    tam solute agere, tam leniter,

    id. Brut. 80:

    tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?

    id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:

    Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?

    of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:

    causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,

    to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:

    Samnitium bella, quae agimus,

    are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,
    c.
    Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:

    reus agitur,

    id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:

    agere furti,

    to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:

    adulterii cum aliquo,

    Quint. 4, 4, 8:

    injuriarum,

    id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—
    d.
    Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:

    non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:

    non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,

    the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:

    aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

    si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,

    id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,
    (α).
    Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:

    at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:

    quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:

    agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:

    in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,

    id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    non libertas solum agebatur,

    Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:

    nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):

    agitur pars tertia mundi,

    is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—
    (β).
    Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;

    perii,

    this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:

    actum hodie est de me,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:

    jam de Servio actum,

    Liv. 1, 47:

    actum est de collo meo,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;

    ilicet me infelicem,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:

    si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,

    id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:

    actumst, ilicet, peristi,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;

    actumst,

    id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—
    (γ).
    Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:

    rem actam agis,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,

    actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:

    acta agimus,

    id. Am. 22.—
    10. a.
    Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:

    quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,

    id. ib. 3, 56, 214:

    agere fortius et audentius volo,

    Tac. Or. 18; 39.—
    b.
    Of an actor, to represent, play, act:

    Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,

    fabulam,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:

    dum haec agitur fabula,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:

    partis,

    to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:

    Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:

    gestum agere in scaena,

    id. de Or. 2, 57:

    dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,

    Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:

    egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,

    id. Fam. 2, 9:

    amicum imperatoris,

    Tac. H. 1, 30:

    exulem,

    id. A. 1, 4:

    socium magis imperii quam ministrum,

    id. H. 2, 83:

    senatorem,

    Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:

    utrinque prora frontem agit,

    serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—
    11.
    Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:

    tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,

    Sall. J. 56, 5:

    quanto ferocius ante se egerint,

    Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:

    qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,

    Suet. Claud. 25:

    non principem se, sed ministrum egit,

    id. ib. 29:

    neglegenter se et avare agere,

    Eutr. 6, 9:

    prudenter se agebat,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:

    sapienter se agebat,

    ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:

    seditiose,

    Tac. Agr. 7:

    facile justeque,

    id. ib. 9:

    superbe,

    id. H. 2, 27:

    ex aequo,

    id. ib. 4, 64:

    anxius et intentus agebat,

    id. Agr. 5.—
    12.
    Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.
    a.
    In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).
    (α).
    In the sing.:

    age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,

    come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:

    age, perge, quaeso,

    id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:

    age, da veniam filio,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:

    age, age, nunc experiamur,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 23:

    age sis tu... delude,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:

    quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:

    Agedum vicissim dic,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:

    agedum humanis concede,

    Lucr. 3, 962:

    age modo hodie sero,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:

    age nuncjam,

    id. And. 5, 2, 25:

    En age, quid cessas,

    Tib. 2, 2, 10:

    Quare age,

    Verg. A. 7, 429:

    Verum age,

    id. ib. 12, 832:

    Quin age,

    id. G. 4, 329:

    en, age, Rumpe moras,

    id. ib. 3, 43:

    eia age,

    id. A. 4, 569.—
    (β).
    In the plur.:

    agite, pugni,

    up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:

    agite bibite,

    id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:

    agite in modum dicite,

    Cat. 61, 38:

    Quare agite... conjungite,

    id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:

    vos agite... volvite,

    Val. Fl. 3, 311:

    agite nunc, divites, plorate,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:

    agitedum,

    Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):

    age igitur, intro abite,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:

    En agedum convertite,

    Prop. 1, 1, 21:

    mittite, agedum, legatos,

    Liv. 38, 47:

    Ite age,

    Stat. Th. 10, 33:

    Huc age adeste,

    Sil. 11, 169.—
    b.
    In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:

    nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,

    id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;

    4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:

    age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—
    c.
    As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;

    dabo,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:

    Age, veniam,

    id. And. 4, 2, 30:

    age, sit ita factum,

    Cic. Mil. 19:

    age sane,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.
    ► Position.
    —Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,
    I.
    Sometimes follows such verb; as,
    a.
    In dactylic metre:

    Cede agedum,

    Prop. 5, 9, 54:

    Dic age,

    Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:

    Esto age,

    Pers. 2, 42:

    Fare age,

    Verg. A. 3, 362:

    Finge age,

    Ov. H. 7, 65:

    Redde age,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:

    Surge age,

    Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:

    Vade age,

    Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,

    agite: Ite agite,

    Prop. 4, 3, 7.—
    b.
    In other metres (very rarely):

    appropera age,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:

    dic age,

    Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;

    3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,

    Liv. 38, 47:

    procedat agedum ad pugnam,

    id. 7, 9.—
    II.
    It is often separated from such verb:

    age me huc adspice,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:

    Age... instiga,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:

    Quare agite... conjungite,

    Cat. 64, 372:

    Huc age... veni,

    Tib. 2, 5, 2:

    Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,

    Verg. A. 2, 707:

    en age segnis Rumpe moras,

    id. G. 3, 42:

    age te procellae Crede,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:

    Age jam... condisce,

    id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,
    1.
    ăgens, entis, P. a.
    A.
    Adj.
    1.
    Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):

    utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

    acre orator, incensus et agens,

    id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.
    ► 2.
    Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—
    B.
    Subst.: ăgentes, ium.
    a.
    Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—
    b.
    For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—
    2.
    actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,
    A.
    actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:

    actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 7:

    acta Caesaris servanda censeo,

    id. ib. 1, 7:

    acta tui praeclari tribunatus,

    id. Dom. 31.—
    B.
    acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;

    but Augustus again prohibited it,

    Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;

    also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,

    the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:

    acta populi,

    Suet. Caes. 20:

    acta publica,

    Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:

    urbana,

    id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.
    1.
    With the time added:

    acta eorum temporum,

    Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:

    illius temporis,

    Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:

    ejus anni,

    Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—
    2.
    Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—
    C.
    acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—
    D.
    acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,
    a.
    Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—
    b.
    Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—
    E.

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