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  • 1 Pimpleis

    Pimplēis ( Piplēis), ĭdis and ĭdos, adj. f., = Pimplêïs, of or belonging to Pimpla (a place and fountain in Pieria sacred to the Muses, now Litokhoro), Pimplean; hence, as subst.,
    I.
    The territory around Pimpla:

    si riguam laetis recolis Pimpleida Musis,

    i. e. if you devote yourself to the Muses, compose poetry, Aus. Ep. 14, 9.—
    II.
    (Sc. Musa.) A Muse:

    Musae ab terrestribus locis aliis cognominatae Libethrides, Pimpleides, Thespiades, Heliconides,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Müll.: Pimpleides Musae a fonte Macedoniae dictae propter liquoris ejus unicam subtilitatem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 212 Müll.; Mart. 11, 3, 1.

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  • 2 Pipleis

    Pimplēis ( Piplēis), ĭdis and ĭdos, adj. f., = Pimplêïs, of or belonging to Pimpla (a place and fountain in Pieria sacred to the Muses, now Litokhoro), Pimplean; hence, as subst.,
    I.
    The territory around Pimpla:

    si riguam laetis recolis Pimpleida Musis,

    i. e. if you devote yourself to the Muses, compose poetry, Aus. Ep. 14, 9.—
    II.
    (Sc. Musa.) A Muse:

    Musae ab terrestribus locis aliis cognominatae Libethrides, Pimpleides, Thespiades, Heliconides,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Müll.: Pimpleides Musae a fonte Macedoniae dictae propter liquoris ejus unicam subtilitatem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 212 Müll.; Mart. 11, 3, 1.

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  • 3 carmen

        carmen inis, n    [1 CAS-], a song, poem, verse, oracular response, prophecy, form of incantation, tune, air, lay, strain, note, sound (vocal or instrumental): canentes carmina, L.: Carmine vocali clarus, O.: lyrae, Pr.: per me concordant carmina nervis, O.: ferale, V.: cygnorum, O.: citharā carmina divides, H.: barbaricum, O. — Esp., a composition in verse, poem, poetry, verse, song: cantūs et carmina, melodies and words: Maeonii carminis alite, H.: tragicum, H.: carmina Livi, H.: Lydis remixto carmine tibiis, H.: famosum, abusive, H.: canere, to compose: pueris canto, H.: condere, H.: contexere: fingere, H.: docere, H.: ad umbilicum adducere, H. — Lyric poetry: Carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis, H.: Carmina compono, hic elegos, H. — A poetic inscription: carminibus templorum aditūs exornare: tumulo superaddite carmen, V.—A passage from a poem, poetical extract: audiens tam grande carmen: Euripideum illud.—An oracular response, prophecy, prediction: Cumaeum, V.: in libris Sibyllinis, L.—A charm, incantation: Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi, V.: veneficae Scientioris, H.: Auxiliare, O.—A form of speech, ceremonial phrase, formula (in religious or legal observances): quae (verba) longo effata carmine, L.: diro quodam carmine iurare, L.: cruciatūs carmina: lex horrendi carminis erat, of a dreadful form, L.: Appii Caeci carmen, a proverbial saying: magistri, a school-task for the memory: sacrum, L.
    * * *
    I
    card for wool/flax
    II
    song/music; poem/play; charm; prayer, incantation, ritual/magic formula; oracle

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  • 4 claudo

    1.
    claudo ( * clōdo:

    clodunt ita (oculos),

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330 fin.; but some refer clodo to claudeo; and more freq., although not in Cic., clūdo, as always in the compounds; v. infra), si, sum, 3, v. a. [root sklu-, klu-, to shut; cf. kleiô, kleis, clavis; O. H. Germ. scliuzu; M. H. Germ. schliessen; also claudus, clavus], to shut.
    I.
    To shut something that is open, to close, shut up (opp. aperire; freq. in prose and poetry).
    (α).
    Claudo:

    forem cubiculi,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 25;

    and, clausae fores,

    Tib. 1, 9, 44; Suet. Ner. 47:

    conventus portus Varroni clausit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

    januam serā,

    Tib. 1, 2, 6:

    domum,

    Ov. P. 1, 7, 36 sq.:

    ostia,

    Cat. 6, 231:

    portas,

    Cic. Fl. 25, 61; Hor. C. 3, 5, 23; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

    omnes aditus,

    id. Phil. 1, 10, 25; Tac. A. 12, 68; Stat. Th. 6, 752:

    rivos,

    to dam up, Verg. E. 3, 111:

    ad claudendas pupulas, ne quid incideret, et ad aperiendas, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

    ocellos (in dying),

    Prop. 2 (3), 13, 17; so,

    oculos,

    Luc. 5, 28:

    lumina,

    Verg. A. 10, 746; Ov. M. 3, 503:

    clausis foribus,

    Lucr. 4, 598.—
    (β).
    Cludo:

    domum,

    Tac. H. 1, 33:

    Janum Quirinum ter clusit,

    Suet. Aug. 22; Flor. 4, 12, 64:

    animam clusit dolor,

    Luc. 8, 59.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,

    Cic. Off. 2, 15, 55:

    domus clausa contra cupiditatem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39:

    habere domum clausam pudori et sanctimoniae, patentem cupiditati et voluptatibus,

    id. Quint. 30, 93; cf. id. Fam. 4, 13, 6:

    aures ad doctissimas voces,

    id. Tusc. 4, 1, 2; cf. Liv. 40, 8, 20:

    cludendae sunt aures malis vocibus,

    Sen. Ep. 123, 9:

    horum ferocia vocem Euandri clausit,

    Liv. 44, 45, 11: fugam hostibus, q. s. to block up, to cut off, prevent, id. 27, 18, 20; so Ov. M. 6, 572:

    alicui iter,

    id. F. 1, 272; id. M. 8, 548:

    alios incessus,

    Tac. A. 6, 33:

    sideritis sanguinem claudit,

    i. e. stops, stanches, Plin. 26, 13, 83, § 135:

    cluso corpore adversum vim veneni,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    clausa consilia habere,

    i. e. to conceal, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63; cf. Sall. C. 10, 5; Ov. M. 2, 641; id. F. 4, 846; Sil. 1, 140.— Poet.: animam laqueo, i. e. to end one ' s life, Ov. M. 7, 604 (cf.:

    vitalesque vias et respiramina clausit,

    id. ib. 2, 828).—
    B.
    To close, end, conclude (so, except the milit. expression, agmen, only poet. or in post-Aug. prose; most freq. in Quint.).
    (α).
    Claudo:

    cujus octavum trepidavit aetas Claudere lustrum,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 24:

    opus,

    Ov. F. 3, 384:

    jus,

    Luc. 5, 44:

    labores ingentis belli,

    Sil. 15, 655:

    epistulam,

    Ov. H. 13, 165; 20, 242:

    cenas lactucā,

    Mart. 13, 14; Quint. 9, 4, 13:

    cum ventum est ad ipsum illud, quo veteres tragoediae comoediaeque clauduntur, Plaudite,

    id. 6, 1, 52; cf. id. 1, 8, 1; 2, 15, 27.—
    (β).
    Cludo:

    cludere bella,

    Stat. Th. 11, 58:

    cludendi incohandique sententias ratio,

    Quint. 9, 4, 18; cf.

    opp. incipere,

    id. 9, 4, 67 (as claudere, opp. incipere, id. 1, 8, 1):

    cum versus cluditur,

    id. 9, 4, 65; cf. id. 9, 4, 26; 9, 4, 71; 9, 4, 73; 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 102; 9, 4, 104; 9, 4, 105; 12, 10, 31.—
    2.
    Agmen, in milit. lang., to close the procession or train, to bring up the rear, Caes. B. G. 1, 25; Curt. 3, 3, 21; 4, 12, 4; so,

    aciem,

    Sil. 7, 590; cf. cogo, I. B. 3.—
    II.
    (For the compounds includo, concludo.) Claudere aliquid aliquā re, to shut up or in something by something, to enclose, encompass, surround, imprison, hide, confine (class., esp. freq. in poetry and in the historians).
    (α).
    Claudo, with abl.:

    locum aquā,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1:

    quae (Syracusarum urbs) loci naturā terrā marique clauderetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

    (animae) clausae tenebris et carcere caeco,

    Verg. A. 6, 734:

    stabulis armenta,

    id. G. 3, 352:

    claudens textis cratibus pecus,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 45; cf. Ov. M. 2, 554; 4, 646:

    ensem vaginā,

    Luc. 5, 245:

    aliquem Gyaro,

    Tac. A. 4, 30; 14, 63:

    clausus domo,

    id. ib. 15, 53; cf.:

    intra domum,

    id. H. 4, 49:

    rivus praealtis utrimque clausus ripis,

    Liv. 21, 54, 1; cf. id. 21, 43, 4; 41, 27, 12; Quint. 1, 10, 45:

    clauditur cubiculo aliquis,

    Tac. A. 15, 69; cf.: in atras et profundas tenebras eum claudebant, Tubero ap. Gell. 7 (6), 4, 3:

    in arcā,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 59:

    claudam in curiā vos,

    Liv. 23, 2, 9:

    in tectis,

    Ov. M. 3, 697:

    (apes) in arbore inani,

    id. F. 3, 743:

    aquilonem in antris,

    id. M. 1, 262.—Without abl.:

    nihil se tam clausum posse habere, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum esset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 42:

    insula ea sinum ab alto claudit,

    Liv. 30, 24, 9; cf. Tac. G. 34; Quint. 1, 10, 42; Ov. M. 1, 568 al.—In milit. lang., of a hostile encompassing, to encompass, invest, besiege, blockade, etc.:

    praestare arbitrabatur, unum locum... quam omnia litora ac portus custodiā clausos teneri,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 23:

    urbem operibus,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 2; Liv. 25, 22, 12 al.; cf.:

    urbem obsidione,

    Nep. Epam. 8, 5:

    adversarios locorum angustiis,

    id. Dat. 8, 4; cf. id. Epam. 7, 1; id. Ham. 2, 4:

    multitudine,

    id. Milt. 5, 3:

    hinc Tusco claudimur amni,

    are hemmed in, Verg. A. 8, 473.—So of hunting:

    nemorum saltus,

    Verg. E. 6, 56:

    indagine collis,

    Tib. 4, 3, 7:

    silvas vastasque feras indagine,

    Luc. 6, 42; Stat. Th. 2, 553:

    insidiis altas valles,

    Tib. 1, 4, 49:

    cur tibi clauduntur rete Imbelles capr eae,

    Ov. F. 5, 371.—
    (β).
    Cludo, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 5:

    venti clusi Nubibus,

    Lucr. 6, 197; Flor. 3, 20, 13.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    numcubi meam Benignitatem sensisti in te claudier?

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 84:

    nolo tibi ullum commodum in me claudier,

    id. And. 3, 3, 41; cf.

    I. A. 2. supra.—Esp. of speech and rhythm: qui non claudunt numeris sententias,

    Cic. Or. 68, 229; 58, 198:

    pedibus verba,

    i. e. to compose verses, Hor. S. 2, 1, 28; cf. id. ib. 1, 10, 59:

    quod clausae hieme Alpes essent,

    Liv. 27, 36, 4; cf. Verg. G. 2, 317: rura gelu tum claudit hiems (and id. A. 2, 111: illos aspera ponti interclusit hiems).—Hence, P.a. as subst.: clausum ( clūsum), i, n., an enclosed place (for confining or keeping any thing):

    clausa effringere,

    Sall. J. 12, 5:

    in clauso linquere,

    in confinement, Verg. G. 4, 303:

    fructus clauso custodire,

    Col. 12, praef. §

    3: sub uno clauso,

    id. 7, 6, 5:

    clausa domorum,

    Lucr. 1, 354:

    clausa viarum,

    id. 4, 612.
    2.
    claudo, ĕre, v. claudeo.

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  • 5 clusum

    1.
    claudo ( * clōdo:

    clodunt ita (oculos),

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330 fin.; but some refer clodo to claudeo; and more freq., although not in Cic., clūdo, as always in the compounds; v. infra), si, sum, 3, v. a. [root sklu-, klu-, to shut; cf. kleiô, kleis, clavis; O. H. Germ. scliuzu; M. H. Germ. schliessen; also claudus, clavus], to shut.
    I.
    To shut something that is open, to close, shut up (opp. aperire; freq. in prose and poetry).
    (α).
    Claudo:

    forem cubiculi,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 25;

    and, clausae fores,

    Tib. 1, 9, 44; Suet. Ner. 47:

    conventus portus Varroni clausit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

    januam serā,

    Tib. 1, 2, 6:

    domum,

    Ov. P. 1, 7, 36 sq.:

    ostia,

    Cat. 6, 231:

    portas,

    Cic. Fl. 25, 61; Hor. C. 3, 5, 23; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

    omnes aditus,

    id. Phil. 1, 10, 25; Tac. A. 12, 68; Stat. Th. 6, 752:

    rivos,

    to dam up, Verg. E. 3, 111:

    ad claudendas pupulas, ne quid incideret, et ad aperiendas, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

    ocellos (in dying),

    Prop. 2 (3), 13, 17; so,

    oculos,

    Luc. 5, 28:

    lumina,

    Verg. A. 10, 746; Ov. M. 3, 503:

    clausis foribus,

    Lucr. 4, 598.—
    (β).
    Cludo:

    domum,

    Tac. H. 1, 33:

    Janum Quirinum ter clusit,

    Suet. Aug. 22; Flor. 4, 12, 64:

    animam clusit dolor,

    Luc. 8, 59.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,

    Cic. Off. 2, 15, 55:

    domus clausa contra cupiditatem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39:

    habere domum clausam pudori et sanctimoniae, patentem cupiditati et voluptatibus,

    id. Quint. 30, 93; cf. id. Fam. 4, 13, 6:

    aures ad doctissimas voces,

    id. Tusc. 4, 1, 2; cf. Liv. 40, 8, 20:

    cludendae sunt aures malis vocibus,

    Sen. Ep. 123, 9:

    horum ferocia vocem Euandri clausit,

    Liv. 44, 45, 11: fugam hostibus, q. s. to block up, to cut off, prevent, id. 27, 18, 20; so Ov. M. 6, 572:

    alicui iter,

    id. F. 1, 272; id. M. 8, 548:

    alios incessus,

    Tac. A. 6, 33:

    sideritis sanguinem claudit,

    i. e. stops, stanches, Plin. 26, 13, 83, § 135:

    cluso corpore adversum vim veneni,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    clausa consilia habere,

    i. e. to conceal, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63; cf. Sall. C. 10, 5; Ov. M. 2, 641; id. F. 4, 846; Sil. 1, 140.— Poet.: animam laqueo, i. e. to end one ' s life, Ov. M. 7, 604 (cf.:

    vitalesque vias et respiramina clausit,

    id. ib. 2, 828).—
    B.
    To close, end, conclude (so, except the milit. expression, agmen, only poet. or in post-Aug. prose; most freq. in Quint.).
    (α).
    Claudo:

    cujus octavum trepidavit aetas Claudere lustrum,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 24:

    opus,

    Ov. F. 3, 384:

    jus,

    Luc. 5, 44:

    labores ingentis belli,

    Sil. 15, 655:

    epistulam,

    Ov. H. 13, 165; 20, 242:

    cenas lactucā,

    Mart. 13, 14; Quint. 9, 4, 13:

    cum ventum est ad ipsum illud, quo veteres tragoediae comoediaeque clauduntur, Plaudite,

    id. 6, 1, 52; cf. id. 1, 8, 1; 2, 15, 27.—
    (β).
    Cludo:

    cludere bella,

    Stat. Th. 11, 58:

    cludendi incohandique sententias ratio,

    Quint. 9, 4, 18; cf.

    opp. incipere,

    id. 9, 4, 67 (as claudere, opp. incipere, id. 1, 8, 1):

    cum versus cluditur,

    id. 9, 4, 65; cf. id. 9, 4, 26; 9, 4, 71; 9, 4, 73; 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 102; 9, 4, 104; 9, 4, 105; 12, 10, 31.—
    2.
    Agmen, in milit. lang., to close the procession or train, to bring up the rear, Caes. B. G. 1, 25; Curt. 3, 3, 21; 4, 12, 4; so,

    aciem,

    Sil. 7, 590; cf. cogo, I. B. 3.—
    II.
    (For the compounds includo, concludo.) Claudere aliquid aliquā re, to shut up or in something by something, to enclose, encompass, surround, imprison, hide, confine (class., esp. freq. in poetry and in the historians).
    (α).
    Claudo, with abl.:

    locum aquā,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1:

    quae (Syracusarum urbs) loci naturā terrā marique clauderetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

    (animae) clausae tenebris et carcere caeco,

    Verg. A. 6, 734:

    stabulis armenta,

    id. G. 3, 352:

    claudens textis cratibus pecus,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 45; cf. Ov. M. 2, 554; 4, 646:

    ensem vaginā,

    Luc. 5, 245:

    aliquem Gyaro,

    Tac. A. 4, 30; 14, 63:

    clausus domo,

    id. ib. 15, 53; cf.:

    intra domum,

    id. H. 4, 49:

    rivus praealtis utrimque clausus ripis,

    Liv. 21, 54, 1; cf. id. 21, 43, 4; 41, 27, 12; Quint. 1, 10, 45:

    clauditur cubiculo aliquis,

    Tac. A. 15, 69; cf.: in atras et profundas tenebras eum claudebant, Tubero ap. Gell. 7 (6), 4, 3:

    in arcā,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 59:

    claudam in curiā vos,

    Liv. 23, 2, 9:

    in tectis,

    Ov. M. 3, 697:

    (apes) in arbore inani,

    id. F. 3, 743:

    aquilonem in antris,

    id. M. 1, 262.—Without abl.:

    nihil se tam clausum posse habere, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum esset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 42:

    insula ea sinum ab alto claudit,

    Liv. 30, 24, 9; cf. Tac. G. 34; Quint. 1, 10, 42; Ov. M. 1, 568 al.—In milit. lang., of a hostile encompassing, to encompass, invest, besiege, blockade, etc.:

    praestare arbitrabatur, unum locum... quam omnia litora ac portus custodiā clausos teneri,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 23:

    urbem operibus,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 2; Liv. 25, 22, 12 al.; cf.:

    urbem obsidione,

    Nep. Epam. 8, 5:

    adversarios locorum angustiis,

    id. Dat. 8, 4; cf. id. Epam. 7, 1; id. Ham. 2, 4:

    multitudine,

    id. Milt. 5, 3:

    hinc Tusco claudimur amni,

    are hemmed in, Verg. A. 8, 473.—So of hunting:

    nemorum saltus,

    Verg. E. 6, 56:

    indagine collis,

    Tib. 4, 3, 7:

    silvas vastasque feras indagine,

    Luc. 6, 42; Stat. Th. 2, 553:

    insidiis altas valles,

    Tib. 1, 4, 49:

    cur tibi clauduntur rete Imbelles capr eae,

    Ov. F. 5, 371.—
    (β).
    Cludo, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 5:

    venti clusi Nubibus,

    Lucr. 6, 197; Flor. 3, 20, 13.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    numcubi meam Benignitatem sensisti in te claudier?

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 84:

    nolo tibi ullum commodum in me claudier,

    id. And. 3, 3, 41; cf.

    I. A. 2. supra.—Esp. of speech and rhythm: qui non claudunt numeris sententias,

    Cic. Or. 68, 229; 58, 198:

    pedibus verba,

    i. e. to compose verses, Hor. S. 2, 1, 28; cf. id. ib. 1, 10, 59:

    quod clausae hieme Alpes essent,

    Liv. 27, 36, 4; cf. Verg. G. 2, 317: rura gelu tum claudit hiems (and id. A. 2, 111: illos aspera ponti interclusit hiems).—Hence, P.a. as subst.: clausum ( clūsum), i, n., an enclosed place (for confining or keeping any thing):

    clausa effringere,

    Sall. J. 12, 5:

    in clauso linquere,

    in confinement, Verg. G. 4, 303:

    fructus clauso custodire,

    Col. 12, praef. §

    3: sub uno clauso,

    id. 7, 6, 5:

    clausa domorum,

    Lucr. 1, 354:

    clausa viarum,

    id. 4, 612.
    2.
    claudo, ĕre, v. claudeo.

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  • 6 concepta

    con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,

    id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:

    concipit Iris aquas,

    draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:

    madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,

    Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:

    Alsietinam aquam,

    Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:

    pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

    ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,

    Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:

    amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,

    i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:

    cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

    ventum veste,

    Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:

    plurimum ventorum,

    Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:

    magnam vim venti,

    Curt. 4, 3, 2:

    auram,

    id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:

    aëra,

    id. ib. 1, 337:

    ignem,

    Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:

    ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,

    Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:

    lapidibus igne concepto,

    struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:

    flammam,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

    flammas,

    Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.

    of the flame of love: flammam pectore,

    Cat. 64, 92:

    ignem,

    Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:

    validos ignes,

    id. ib. 7, 9:

    medicamentum venis,

    Curt. 3, 6, 11:

    noxium virus,

    Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:

    morbum,

    Col. 7, 5, 14:

    in eā parte nivem concipi,

    is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:

    is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,

    Col. 7, 5, 14:

    si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,

    id. 7, 5, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,

    Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:

    cum concepit mula,

    Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:

    ex illo concipit ales,

    Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:

    (arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,

    Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

    Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,

    Ov. M. 4, 611:

    aliquem ex aliquo,

    Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:

    ex adulterio,

    id. Tib. 62:

    de aliquo,

    Ov. M. 3, 214:

    alicujus semine,

    id. ib. 10, 328:

    ova (pisces),

    Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:

    concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,

    Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):

    omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

    frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,

    Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:

    ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,

    Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:

    coacta conceptum a se abigere,

    Suet. Dom. 22.—
    * b.
    In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:

    Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,

    Ov. M. 11, 222.—
    2.
    Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):

    haec tanta oculis bona concipio,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,
    B. 1.
    In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:

    agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,

    Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,

    aliquid animo,

    id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:

    imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,

    Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:

    quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?

    Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:

    quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,

    Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:

    de aliquo summa concipere,

    Quint. 6, prooem. §

    2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,

    id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—
    2.
    In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:

    quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

    quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,

    Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:

    fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,

    id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:

    concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:

    quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

    forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,

    Ov. M. 2, 77:

    concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,

    Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —
    C.
    To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;

    hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

    inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,

    mente vaticinos furores,

    Ov. M. 2, 640:

    animo ingentes iras,

    id. ib. 1, 166:

    spem,

    id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:

    spemque metumque,

    id. F. 1, 485:

    aliquid spe,

    Liv. 33, 33, 8:

    amorem,

    Ov. M. 10, 249:

    pectore tantum robur,

    Verg. A. 11, 368:

    auribus tantam cupiditatem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:

    re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:

    malum aut scelus,

    id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

    scelus in sese,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:

    flagitium cum aliquo,

    id. Sull. 5, 16.—
    D.
    To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):

    quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:

    vadimonium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:

    jusjurandum,

    Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:

    jurisjurandi verba,

    id. ib. 4, 31;

    and verba,

    Liv. 7, 5, 5:

    edictum,

    Dig. 13, 6, 1:

    libellos,

    ib. 48, 19, 9:

    stipulationem,

    ib. 41, 1, 38:

    obligationem in futurum,

    ib. 5, 1, 35:

    actionem in bonum et aequum,

    ib. 4, 5, 8:

    foedus,

    Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:

    concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),

    to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:

    ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

    dum vota sacerdos Concipit,

    Ov. M. 7, 594:

    sic verba concipito,

    repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:

    Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),

    Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):

    auspicia,

    id. 22, 1, 7:

    locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:

    ut justum conciperetur bellum,

    id. ib. 5, §

    86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,

    Tac. H. 4, 41:

    vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:

    verbis conceptissimis jurare,

    Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

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  • 7 concipio

    con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,

    id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:

    concipit Iris aquas,

    draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:

    madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,

    Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:

    Alsietinam aquam,

    Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:

    pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

    ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,

    Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:

    amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,

    i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:

    cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

    ventum veste,

    Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:

    plurimum ventorum,

    Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:

    magnam vim venti,

    Curt. 4, 3, 2:

    auram,

    id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:

    aëra,

    id. ib. 1, 337:

    ignem,

    Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:

    ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,

    Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:

    lapidibus igne concepto,

    struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:

    flammam,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

    flammas,

    Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.

    of the flame of love: flammam pectore,

    Cat. 64, 92:

    ignem,

    Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:

    validos ignes,

    id. ib. 7, 9:

    medicamentum venis,

    Curt. 3, 6, 11:

    noxium virus,

    Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:

    morbum,

    Col. 7, 5, 14:

    in eā parte nivem concipi,

    is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:

    is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,

    Col. 7, 5, 14:

    si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,

    id. 7, 5, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,

    Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:

    cum concepit mula,

    Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:

    ex illo concipit ales,

    Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:

    (arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,

    Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

    Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,

    Ov. M. 4, 611:

    aliquem ex aliquo,

    Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:

    ex adulterio,

    id. Tib. 62:

    de aliquo,

    Ov. M. 3, 214:

    alicujus semine,

    id. ib. 10, 328:

    ova (pisces),

    Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:

    concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,

    Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):

    omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

    frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,

    Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:

    ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,

    Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:

    coacta conceptum a se abigere,

    Suet. Dom. 22.—
    * b.
    In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:

    Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,

    Ov. M. 11, 222.—
    2.
    Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):

    haec tanta oculis bona concipio,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,
    B. 1.
    In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:

    agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,

    Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,

    aliquid animo,

    id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:

    imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,

    Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:

    quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?

    Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:

    quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,

    Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:

    de aliquo summa concipere,

    Quint. 6, prooem. §

    2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,

    id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—
    2.
    In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:

    quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

    quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,

    Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:

    fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,

    id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:

    concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:

    quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

    forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,

    Ov. M. 2, 77:

    concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,

    Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —
    C.
    To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;

    hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

    inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,

    mente vaticinos furores,

    Ov. M. 2, 640:

    animo ingentes iras,

    id. ib. 1, 166:

    spem,

    id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:

    spemque metumque,

    id. F. 1, 485:

    aliquid spe,

    Liv. 33, 33, 8:

    amorem,

    Ov. M. 10, 249:

    pectore tantum robur,

    Verg. A. 11, 368:

    auribus tantam cupiditatem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:

    re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:

    malum aut scelus,

    id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

    scelus in sese,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:

    flagitium cum aliquo,

    id. Sull. 5, 16.—
    D.
    To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):

    quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:

    vadimonium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:

    jusjurandum,

    Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:

    jurisjurandi verba,

    id. ib. 4, 31;

    and verba,

    Liv. 7, 5, 5:

    edictum,

    Dig. 13, 6, 1:

    libellos,

    ib. 48, 19, 9:

    stipulationem,

    ib. 41, 1, 38:

    obligationem in futurum,

    ib. 5, 1, 35:

    actionem in bonum et aequum,

    ib. 4, 5, 8:

    foedus,

    Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:

    concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),

    to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:

    ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

    dum vota sacerdos Concipit,

    Ov. M. 7, 594:

    sic verba concipito,

    repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:

    Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),

    Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):

    auspicia,

    id. 22, 1, 7:

    locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:

    ut justum conciperetur bellum,

    id. ib. 5, §

    86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,

    Tac. H. 4, 41:

    vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:

    verbis conceptissimis jurare,

    Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

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  • 8 contexo

    con-texo, xŭi, xtum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to weave, entwine, braid, join together; to interweave, unite, connect (class. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Prop.:

    ut earum (ovium) villis confectis atque contextis homines vestiantur?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

    alba lilia amarantis,

    Tib. 3, 4, 33: haec directā materiā injecta contexebantur, these ( beams) were held together by timbers laid in a straight direction, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; so id. ib. 7, 23, 4 (cf. Jahn, Neue Jahrb. 1855, p. 516 sq.):

    fossam loricamque,

    Tac. A. 4, 49:

    nec tam contextae cum sint (animae cum corporibus),

    Lucr. 3, 695.—With dat. (post-Aug.):

    optime epilogum defensioni contexit,

    Sen. Contr. 7 (3), 20, 7:

    sceleribus scelera contexens,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 3.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur?

    Cic. Or. 34, 120:

    conjuncte nostra cum reliquis rebus,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

    extrema cum primis,

    id. ib. 10, 13, 2:

    his et plasticen,

    Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151:

    partes,

    Quint. 4, prooem. 7;

    11, 1, 6: in verbis singulis et contextis,

    id. 9, 4, 23 al.:

    longius hoc carmen,

    to weave on, continue, Cic. Cael. 8, 18; cf.

    interrupta,

    id. Leg. 1, 3, 9:

    Caesaris nostri commentarios rerum gestarum Galliae, Auct. B. G. 8, prooem.: quae statim referri non poterant, contexuntur postero die,

    Quint. 11, 2, 43.—
    B.
    Esp., to join together, to compose, make, construct, form, put together (cf.: compono, conecto, consero, etc.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    equum trabibus acernis,

    Verg. A. 2, 112:

    puppes tenui cannā,

    Val. Fl. 2, 108:

    saccum tenui vimine,

    Col. 9, 15, 12.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    orationem,

    Quint. 10, 6, 2; cf.

    librum,

    Sen. Ep. 114, 18:

    crimen,

    to devise, contrive, invent, Cic. Deiot. 6, 19.—
    II.
    Neutr.: contexere de aliquā re, to treat of:

    de sili,

    Plin. 20, 5, 18, § 36.—Hence, contextus, a, um, P. a., cohering, connected:

    contexta condensaque corpora (opp. diffusa),

    Lucr. 4, 57:

    oratio alia vincta atque contexta, soluta alia,

    Quint. 9, 4, 19: tropos ille (corresp. with continua metaphora), id. 9, 2, 46.—
    * Adv.: contex-tē, connected together, in close connection:

    omnia necesse est colligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,

    Cic. Fat. 14, 32.

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  • 9 contexte

    con-texo, xŭi, xtum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to weave, entwine, braid, join together; to interweave, unite, connect (class. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Prop.:

    ut earum (ovium) villis confectis atque contextis homines vestiantur?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

    alba lilia amarantis,

    Tib. 3, 4, 33: haec directā materiā injecta contexebantur, these ( beams) were held together by timbers laid in a straight direction, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; so id. ib. 7, 23, 4 (cf. Jahn, Neue Jahrb. 1855, p. 516 sq.):

    fossam loricamque,

    Tac. A. 4, 49:

    nec tam contextae cum sint (animae cum corporibus),

    Lucr. 3, 695.—With dat. (post-Aug.):

    optime epilogum defensioni contexit,

    Sen. Contr. 7 (3), 20, 7:

    sceleribus scelera contexens,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 3.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur?

    Cic. Or. 34, 120:

    conjuncte nostra cum reliquis rebus,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

    extrema cum primis,

    id. ib. 10, 13, 2:

    his et plasticen,

    Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151:

    partes,

    Quint. 4, prooem. 7;

    11, 1, 6: in verbis singulis et contextis,

    id. 9, 4, 23 al.:

    longius hoc carmen,

    to weave on, continue, Cic. Cael. 8, 18; cf.

    interrupta,

    id. Leg. 1, 3, 9:

    Caesaris nostri commentarios rerum gestarum Galliae, Auct. B. G. 8, prooem.: quae statim referri non poterant, contexuntur postero die,

    Quint. 11, 2, 43.—
    B.
    Esp., to join together, to compose, make, construct, form, put together (cf.: compono, conecto, consero, etc.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    equum trabibus acernis,

    Verg. A. 2, 112:

    puppes tenui cannā,

    Val. Fl. 2, 108:

    saccum tenui vimine,

    Col. 9, 15, 12.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    orationem,

    Quint. 10, 6, 2; cf.

    librum,

    Sen. Ep. 114, 18:

    crimen,

    to devise, contrive, invent, Cic. Deiot. 6, 19.—
    II.
    Neutr.: contexere de aliquā re, to treat of:

    de sili,

    Plin. 20, 5, 18, § 36.—Hence, contextus, a, um, P. a., cohering, connected:

    contexta condensaque corpora (opp. diffusa),

    Lucr. 4, 57:

    oratio alia vincta atque contexta, soluta alia,

    Quint. 9, 4, 19: tropos ille (corresp. with continua metaphora), id. 9, 2, 46.—
    * Adv.: contex-tē, connected together, in close connection:

    omnia necesse est colligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,

    Cic. Fat. 14, 32.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contexte

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