comprehend a thing

tĕnĕo, tĕnŭi, tentum, 2 ( perf. subj. tetinerim, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 15:

tetinerit,

Att. ib. 178, 12:

tetinisse,

Pac. ib. 178, 11; fut. perf. tetinero, acc. to Fest. p. 252 Müll. Another collat. form of the perf. tenivi, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; Diom. pp. 363 and 369 ib.), v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan-; Gr. tanumai, teinô; Sanscr. tanomi, to stretch, spread; this root appears in many derived meanings; cf. Lat.: tendo, tenuis, tener, tenor, tenus].

Act., to hold, keep, have in the hand, in the mouth, etc.

Lit.

In gen.: Eu. Porrige bracchium, prehende: jam tenes? Cha. Teneo. Eu. Tene, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 42; cf.

argentum,

id. Pers. 3, 3, 9:

cum pyxidem teneret in manu,

Cic. Cael. 26, 63;

for which: aliquid manu,

Quint. 10, 7, 31; Ov. M. 11, 560; id. A. A. 1, 320; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 34:

aliquid dextrā,

Ov. F. 1, 99:

digitis,

id. ib. 2, 102; id. M. 9, 86; 9, 522:

lacertis,

id. ib. 2, 100 al.:

radicem ore,

Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141:

cibum ore,

Phaedr. 1, 4, 6;

for which: decoctum diu in ore,

Plin. 25, 13, 105, § 166:

aliquem in sinu,

Ov. H. 3, 114;

for which: aliquem sinu,

id. ib. 13, 157:

flabellulum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

facem,

Verg. A. 6, 224:

telum,

Liv. 2, 19. — Prov.: manu tenere aliquid, to seize, grasp, or comprehend a thing which is palpable or evident: aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias: leges, quātenus manu tenere possunt;

philosophi, quātenus ratione et intellegentiā,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.:

cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur,

id. Clu. 7, 20. —

In partic.

With the accessory idea of possession, to hold, i. e. to be master of, have in one ' s power, possess, etc. (syn.:

possideo, habeo): multa hereditatibus, multa emptionibus, multa dotibus tenebantur sine injuriā,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

quae tenuit dives Achaemenes,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 21:

Evander qui multis ante tempestatibus tenuerat loca,

Liv. 1, 5:

provinciam a praedonibus liberam,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 32:

colles praesidiis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 43:

Formiarum moenia et Lirim,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 8:

tenente Caesare terras,

id. ib. 3, 14, 15:

rem publicam,

Cic. Mur. 39, 83; id. Sest. 19, 44:

summam imperii,

Caes. B. G. 3, 22:

equitum centurias,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3:

alterum cornu,

to command, Nep. Pelop. 4, 3:

provincias aliaque omnia,

Sall. C. 39, 2: scenam, to have sole possession of. [p. 1854] rule over, Suet. Tit. 7. —

Of the possession of the object of affection: te tenet,

Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52; Verg. E. 1, 32; Ov. H. 2, 103 Ruhnk.; 15, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 3; Phaedr. 2, 2, 4.—In colloq. lang., teneo te, I have you once more, of again seeing the beloved person:

teneone te, Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 27 Ruhnk.; Sen. Ben. 7, 4; Ov. H. 18, 183; cf.:

et comitem Aenean juxta natumque tenebat Ingrediens,

Verg. A. 8, 308.—Also like our I have you (fast, bound, etc.):

teneo te, inquam, nam ista Academiae est propria sententia,

Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; id. Quint. 20, 63.— Absol.: qui tenent (sc. rem publicam), who are in possession of the State, of public affairs:

qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 2, 18, 1. —

With the accessory idea of firmness, persistence, to hold fast, occupy; to watch, guard, defend; to maintain, retain a thing:

legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

montes teneri,

id. B. G. 3, 2:

haec noctu firmis praesidiis tenebantur,

id. ib. 7, 69:

Capitolia celsa tenebat,

Verg. A. 8, 653:

quo teneam Protea nodo?

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90:

te neque intra Claustra tenebo,

id. C. 3, 11, 44; cf.:

in manicis et Compedibus saevo te sub custode tenebo,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 77: laqueis (se) sensit teneri... fugam frustra tentabat;

at illam Lenta tenet radix exsultantemque coërcet,

Ov. M. 11, 74 sq.; 1, 535:

Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

agri qui diu aquam tenent,

Pall. Apr. 2, 4:

classem ibi tenebat,

Liv. 31, 46, 8: secundissimo vento cursum tenere, to hold or keep one ' s course, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

vento intermisso cursum non tenuit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 4, 28; so,

cursum,

Cic. Planc. 21, 52; id. Rep. 1, 2, 3 fin.; Quint. 4, 3, 13:

quo iter,

Verg. A. 1, 370; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 10:

(lunam) fingunt cursus viam sub sole tenere,

Lucr. 5, 714:

tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar,

Liv. 29, 32, 6.—

With the accessory idea of reaching the object aimed at, to reach, attain a place:

montes effuso cursu Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere,

Liv. 1, 37, 4:

regionem,

id. 30, 25, 11:

Tenum,

id. 36, 21, 1:

terram,

id. 37, 16, 4; 37, 11, 5; 37, 13, 4;

26, 29, 4: Hesperiam,

Ov. F. 1, 498:

portus,

id. H. 18, 198; Tac. Agr. 38 fin.:

cum quibus (navibus) Cythnum insulam tenuit,

id. H. 2, 9.—

With the accessory idea of movement impeded, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay, etc.:

naves, quae vento tenebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

quid hic agatur, scire poteris ex eo, qui litteras attulit, quem diutius tenui, quia, etc.,

Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1:

si id te non tenet, advola,

id. Fam. 16, 19:

septimum jam diem Corcyrae tenebamur,

id. ib. 16, 7 init.:

Marcellum ab gerundis rebus valetudo adversa Nolae tenuit,

Liv. 24, 20, 7:

non tenebo te pluribus,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; cf. absol.:

ne diutius teneam,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 34: solutum (corpus) tenere, Cels. praef. med.; cf.

ventrem,

id. 4, 19 med.:

tene linguam,

Ov. F. 2, 602:

pecus omne tenendum,

Verg. G. 2, 371:

vix a te videor posse tenere manus,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10; so,

manus,

id. M. 13, 203; cf.:

manum stomachumque teneto,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 44:

saeva tene cum Berecyntio Cornu tympana,

id. C. 1, 18, 13:

et Phoebi tenuere viam,

i. e. impeded, closed up, Luc. 5, 136:

quo me decet usque teneri?

Verg. A. 5, 384:

lacrimas,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; so,

lacrimas in morte miserā non tenebamus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

dictator exercitum in stativis tenebat,

Liv. 6, 14, 1. —

Esp.: se tenere, to keep back, remain, stay:

Sabinus castris sese tenebat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 17; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 45, 2:

nullā clade acceptā castris se pavidus tenebat,

id. 3, 26, 3:

Hasdrubal procul ab hoste intervallo tenebat se,

id. 23, 26, 2:

se domi a conventu remotum tenere,

Nep. Dion, 9, 1:

ego tamen teneo ab accusando vix me hercule: sed tamen teneo,

restrain myself, refrain, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

nec se tenuit, quin, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 12; cf.

mid.: teneri non potui, quin tibi apertius illud idem his litteris declararem,

id. Att. 15, 14, 2; Just. 6, 7, 10; cf.:

se intra silentium tenuit,

Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8:

multum me intra silentium tenui,

id. ib. 7, 6, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to hold, contain in the mind, to conceive, comprehend, know (syn.:

percipio, intellego): nunc ego teneo, nunc scio, Quid sit hoc negotii,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 39: tenes Quorsum haec tendant quae loquor, id. Ps. 1, 2, 81:

tenes, quid dicam?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22:

teneo,

I understand, id. And. 1, 1, 59:

teneo quid erret,

id. 3, 2, 18; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37; cf.: quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 5:

quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus... Lyciis tenentur,

Cic. Div. 1, 15, 25:

quoniam ea, quae tenebatis ipsi, etiam ex me audire voluistis,

id. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

alicujus reconditos sensus,

id. Sest. 10, 22:

quo pacto cuncta tenerem,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 8:

et teneo melius ista,

Mart. 4, 37, 7.—With inf.:

nullus frugi esse homo potest, nisi qui et bene facere et male tenet,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 10; Lucr. 3, 647.—

In partic.

To have possession of, have the mastery of, to control any thing:

cum rem publicam opes paucorum non virtutes tenere coeperunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51.—

To hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist (syn. servo):

sin consuetudinem meam, quam in re publicā semper habui, tenuero,

Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27:

ordinem,

id. ib. 5, 13, 35:

portum,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

statum,

id. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

non tenebat ornatum suum civitas,

id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

si jus suum populi teneant,

id. ib. 1, 32, 48:

nec diutius umquam tenetur idem rei publicae modus,

id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

est boni viri, haec duo tenere in amicitiā, etc.,

id. Lael. 18, 65:

morem,

id. Off. 3, 10, 44; so id. Fl. 7, 15; Verg. A. 3, 408:

foedus,

Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

tenebat non modo auctoritatem, sed etiam imperium in suos,

id. Sen. 11, 37:

silentium,

Liv. 1, 28, 8.—

To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist:

illud arcte tenent accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum,

hold fast, maintain, Cic. Par. 1, 3, 14; cf.:

illud, quod multos annos tenuisset,

id. Ac. 2, 22, 71; and:

quod idem Peripatetici non tenent,

id. Fin. 3, 13, 44:

propositum tenere,

to maintain, Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 1:

suas leges,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 13:

causam apud centumviros,

id. Caecin. 24, 67:

quo causae teste tenentur,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 43:

locum quendam cum aliquo,

Cic. Brut. 21, 81.— With ne:

plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur,

Liv. 4, 30, 16:

ne quid ferretur ad populum, patres tenuere,

id. 3, 29, 8; 24, 19, 7. — With ut:

tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur,

Liv. 2, 42, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

scripseram tenuisse Varenum ut sibi evocare testes liceret,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1.—

Of memory:

alicujus memoriam cum summā benevolentiā tenere,

to recollect, preserve a recollection of, Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1.—Esp.:

memoriā tenere: memoriā tenetis, compluris in Capitolio res de caelo esse percussas,

you remember, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 1, 9, 12; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; cf.:

memoriā teneo, C. Sulpicium Gallum, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 21; v. memoria; so without memoria, to bear in mind, remember, recollect:

satin' haec meministi et tenes?

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

numeros memini, si verba tenerem,

Verg. E. 9, 45:

dicta tenere,

Hor. A. P. 336; id. S. 2, 4, 8:

quem (Cyrum) omnia militum tenuisse creditum est nomina,

Quint. 11, 2, 50; 11, 2, 45.—

To reach an object striven after, to gain, acquire, obtain, attain (syn. assequor):

per cursum rectum regnum tenere,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

Servium Tullium post hunc captivā natum, ingenio virtute regnum tenuisse,

Liv. 4, 3, 12:

teneri res aliter non potest,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

multa tenuisse,

Liv. 42, 11, 8:

causam,

Ov. M. 13, 190.—

To hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter, etc. (syn.:

refreno, retineo): iracundiam teneat, avaritiam coërceat,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

dolorem,

id. Att. 12, 38, 2:

cupiditates,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:

somnum,

id. Brut. 80, 278:

risum,

id. Vatin. 8, 20; Hor. A. P. 5:

iram,

Curt. 4, 2, 5:

ea, quae occurrant, tenere,

to hold back, keep to themselves, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.—

Of laws, etc., to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control, etc.:

quamquam leges eum non tenent,

Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11; cf.:

interdicto non teneri,

id. Caecin. 14, 41:

voto quodam et promisso teneri,

id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent,

Liv. 8, 12, 14; cf.:

olim patricii dicebant se plebi scitis non teneri,

Gai. Inst. 1, 3:

cum velut in controverso jure esset, tenerenturne patres plebi scitis, legem tulere, ut quod tributim plebis jussisset, populum teneret,

Liv. 3, 55, 3:

teneri alienis foederibus,

id. 24, 29, 11: poenā teneri, to be subject or liable to, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:

testibus in re perspicuā teneri,

to be convicted, id. Caecin. 2, 4; cf.: nemo ita in manifesto peccatu tenebatur, ut, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:

caedis teneri,

Quint. 5, 14, 11:

teneri repetundarum,

Tac. A. 11, 7 fin.:

furti,

Dig. 6, 1, 4:

injuriarum,

ib. 47, 10, 11:

mandati,

ib. 17, 1, 10.— Transf.:

nisi illi ipsi, qui eas (libidines) frangere deberent, cupiditatis ejusdem tenerentur,

Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31 Mos. and Orell. N. cr. —

Of dispositions, desires, etc., to possess, occupy, control:

quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc.,

has had possession of you, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:

summum me eorum (librorum) studium tenet,

id. Att. 1, 11, 3:

magna me spes tenet,

id. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit,

id. Att. 7, 2, 6:

si consilio pulso libidines iracundiaeve tenerent omnia,

id. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciosa libido tenet,

Sall. J. 3, 4: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled or influenced, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45; so,

teneri desiderio,

id. Sen. 10, 33:

studio philosophiae,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:

magno amore,

Verg. A. 1, 675:

pompā, ludis atque ejusmodi spectaculis teneri,

to be enchained, fascinated, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48; cf.:

ut oculi picturā teneantur, aures cantibus,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

is qui audit, ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur,

id. Or. 62, 210.—With ne, Ov. M. 7, 146. —

To take in, comprise, comprehend, include:

haec magnos formula reges, Excepto sapiente, tenet,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 46.—More freq. pass.: teneri aliquā re, to be contained, comprised, grounded, to consist in a thing:

ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate,

id. Off. 1, 45, 160:

quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur,

id. Fam. 13, 29, 1:

dixi jam antea, ipsam rationem arandi spe magis et jucunditate quadam quam fructu atque emolumento teneri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227.

Neutr. (freq. after the Aug. per.; perh. not in Cic.).

Lit.

To hold a position anywhere, maintain one ' s self:

quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat,

Liv. 32, 5, 12:

duo extra ordinem milia tenuere,

id. 3, 62, 7:

tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis,

Verg. A. 2, 505.—

For cursum tenere, to hold or take one ' s way, to sail, steer in any direction:

Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse,

Liv. 1, 1, 4:

Cassandream petentes, primo ad Mendin tenuere,

Liv. 31, 45, 14:

ad Mendaeum,

id. 21, 49, 2:

Diam,

Ov. M. 3, 690:

Creten,

id. ib. 13, 706:

Hesperiam,

id. F. 1, 498:

Ausoniam,

id. ib. 4, 290 al.:

medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene,

Ov. M. 2, 140.—

Trop., with the accessory idea of continuance (cf. I. A. 2. b. and B. 2. b. supra), to hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail, etc. (cf. obtineo):

imber per noctem totam tenuit,

Liv. 23, 44, 6; cf.:

incendium per duas noctes ac diem unum tenuit,

id. 24, 47, 15:

per aliquot dies ea consultatio tenuit,

id. 2, 3, 5; 3, 47, 6:

tenet fama, lupam, etc.,

id. 1, 4, 6:

quod nunc quoque tenet nomen,

id. 1, 17, 6:

fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio,

id. 23, 12, 2; 21, 46, 10:

tenuit consuetudo, quae cottidie magis invalescit, ut, etc.,

Quint. 2, 1, 1 Spald.; so,

consuetudo, ut, etc.,

id. 8, 5, 2:

nomen illud tenet,

id. 9, 4, 47 Spald.; cf. Ov. M. 1, 712.

intellĕgo (less correctly intellĭgo), exi, ectum (intellexti for intellexisti, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 30; Cic. Att. 13, 32, 3:

intellexes for intellexisses,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 81; subj. perf.:

intellegerint,

Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 41, 23 Dietsch), 3, v. a. [inter-lego], to see into, perceive, understand.

Lit.

To perceive, understand, comprehend:

qualem autem deum intellegere nos possumus nulla virtute praeditum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 15, 38 Schoemann ad loc.:

haec dumtaxat in Graecis intellego, quae ipsi, qui scripserunt, voluerunt a vulgo intellegi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 14:

puderet me dicere non intellegere, si vos ipsi intellegeretis, qui ista defenditis,

id. N. D. 1, 39:

corpus quid sit intellego,

id. ib. 1, 26:

quare autem in his vis deorum insit, tum intellegam cum cognovero,

id. ib. 3, 24:

quam sis audax hinc omnes intellegere potuerunt, quod,

id. Rosc. Am. 31:

magna ex parvis,

id. Off. 1, 41:

intellexi ex tuis litteris, te audisse,

id. Att. 6, 9:

de gestu intellego, quid respondeas,

id. Vatin. 15:

intellegere et sapere plus quam ceteros,

id. Off. 2, 14:

cernere aliquid animo atque intellegere,

id. Top. 5:

facile intellectu est,

Nep. Dion. 9:

intellegi necesse est: esse deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 17; id. Tusc. 3, 5:

quocirca intellegi necesse est, in ipsis rebus invitamenta inesse,

id. Fin. 5, 11.—In answers, intellego corresponds to our I understand, go on, very well, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 63; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 93.— Abl. absol.: intellecto; with rel. clause:

quidam bonorum caesi, postquam, intellecto in quos saeviretur, pessimi quoque arma rapuerant,

Tac. A. 1, 49;

intellecto quantum bellum suscitaret,

Just. 38, 3, 6.—

In partic., to have an accurate knowledge of or skill in a thing, to be a connoisseur:

faciunt intellegendo ut nihil intellegant,

Ter. And. prol. 17:

tametsi non multum in istis rebus intellego,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

hoc nugatorium sciebam esse, ista intellegere,

id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §

33: quoniam non intellexerunt in operibus domini,

Lact. 4, 13, 18:

illi qui linguam ejus intellegebant,

Petr. S. 73, 3; Sen. Apoc. 5, 2.—

To distinguish:

oraculorum praestigias profani a veritate intellegere non possunt,

Lact. 2, 16.—

To see, perceive, observe by the understanding:

vehementer nunc mihi est irata: sentio atque intellego,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 64:

ubi neque cohortationes suas neque preces audiri intellegit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 42:

illi, ante inito, ut intellectum est, consilio,

id. B. G. 2, 33:

intellego, quid loquar,

Cic. Lig. 5.—

Of persons, to understand, comprehend, judge rightly (post-Aug.):

quod Catonem aetas sua parum intellexisset,

Sen. de Const. Sap. 1:

quando Socrates ab hominibus sui temporis parum intellegebatur,

Quint. 11, 1, 10; Vell. 2, 114, 5; Tac. A. 3, 3:

quem legatum tribunus ita et intellexit et cepit, ut, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5. —

To understand a language: isti qui linguam avium intellegunt, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131 (Trag. v. 83 Rib.):

in iis linguis quas non intellegimus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116:

quantum ego Graece scripta intellegere possum,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 55:

linguam ejus,

Sen. de M. Claud. 5, 2; Petr. 73.—

To understand by any thing, to take a thing to mean.

With in or sub aliqua re, or per aliquid: illa est eutaxia, in qua intellegitur ordinis conservatio, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142:

sub hoc themate intellegere non hoc, sed, etc.,

Sen. Contr. 9, 28, 10:

intellego sub hoc verbo multa,

id. ib. 1, 2, 15:

per nemo homo,

Donat. ad Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 1:

solem sub appellatione Jovis,

Macr. S. 1, 23, 5:

per sagittas vim radiorum,

id. ib. 1, 17, 12. —

With two acc.:

non habeo quod intellegam bonum illud,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 41. —

With acc. and abl.: consuetudo omnibus his nominibus Argesten intellegi, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.—

Transf., to perceive, discern by the senses; to see, feel, notice. Alcumenam ante aedis stare saturam intellego, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 35: Si. Statum vide hominis, Callipho.... Ca. Bene confidenterque astitisse intellego, id. Ps. 1, 5, 41:

illa quidem primo nullos intellegit ignes,

Ov. M. 9, 456:

frigus,

Col. Arbor. 13:

vestigia hominum intellegi a feris,

Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 58; 28, 4, 14, § 55.— Hence, in-tellĕgens, entis, P. a., that has understanding or that understands a thing; intelligent, acquainted with.

In gen.:

semperne vulgi judicium cum intellegentium judicio congruit?

Cic. Brut. 49:

intellegens dicendi existimator,

id. ib. 54:

judicium,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4:

vir,

id. Fin. 3, 5.—With gen.:

cujusvis generis ejus intellegens,

id. ib. 2, 20.— Comp.:

aliquid intellegentiore mente discutere,

Aug. Retract. 1, 19.—

In partic.

Intellegens alicujus, that understands a person, rightly estimates his character:

intellegens principis nostri, cujus videbam hanc esse laudem,

Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 2 Döring ad loc.—

Well skilled in matters of taste, a connoisseur:

signa pulcherrima quae non modo istum hominem, ingeniosum atque intellegentem, verum etiam quemvis nostrum, quos iste idiotas appellat, delectare possent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4:

ut putetur in istis rebus intellegens esse,

id. ib. 2. 4, 15, § 33.— Adv.: intellĕgenter, intelligently:

ut amice, ut intelligenter, ut attente audiamur,

Cic. Part. 8, 28:

lectitare,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3.

ac-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. ( fut. perf. accepso = accepero, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31, or Rib. Trag. Rel. 118) [capio], to accept.

In gen., to take a person or thing to one's self: leno ad se accipiet hominem et aurum, will take the man and his money to himself (into his house), Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51.

Of things received by the hand, to take, receive: cette manus vestras measque accipite, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 1 (Trag. v. 320 ed. Vahl.):

ex tua accepi manu pateram,

Plaut. Amph. 2, 2, 132; hence, trop. of the word given, the promise, with which a grasping of the hand was usually connected: accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.; so in the Gr. pista dounai kai labein); cf. Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 87; so Verg. A. 8, 150;

in Ter. of a person to be protected: hanc (virginem) accepi, acceptam servabo,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 62; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 5, and Sall. C. 6, 5, —

Of things received or taken by different parts of the body: accipite hoc onus in vestros collos, Cato ap. Non. 200, 23:

gremio,

Verg. A. 1, 685:

oculis aut pectore noctem (i. e. somnum),

id. ib. 4, 531.—

In gen., very freq.,

as implying action, to take, to take possession of, to accept (Gr. dechesthai);

of something that falls to one's share, to get, to receive, to be the recipient of (Gr. lambanein).—

To take, accept:

hanc epistulam accipe a me,

take this letter from me, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 52; 4, 2, 26; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 26:

persuasit aliis, ut pecuniam accipere mallent,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82:

condicionem pacis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

armis obsidibusque acceptis Crassus profectus est,

after he had taken into his possession the arms and hostages, id. ib. 3, 23:

divitias,

Nep. Epam. 4, 3:

aliquid a patre,

to inherit, id. Timoth. 1, 1; id. Att. 1:

accipe et haec, manuum tibi quae monumenta mearum sint,

Verg. A. 3, 486 al. —Hence to receive or entertain as guest:

haec (tellus) fessos placidissima portu accipit,

Verg. A. 3, 78:

Laurentes nymphae, accipite Aenean,

id. ib. 8, 71; 155; Ov. M. 8, 655 al.—Of admittance to political privileges:

Nomentani et Pedani in civitatem accepti,

Liv. 8, 14; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:

magnifice volo summos viros accipere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 34:

in loco festivo sumus festive accepti,

id. ib. 5, 19; so id. Cist. 1, 1, 12; id. Men. 5, 2, 44; id. Pers. 1, 1, 32, etc.; Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 52; Lucr. 3, 907; Cic. Att. 16, 6; Ov. F. 2, 725 al.—Hence also ironically, to entertain, to treat, deal with:

ego te miseris jam accipiam modis,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 3:

hominem accipiam quibus dictis maeret,

id. Men. 5, 1, 7:

indignis acceptus modis,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 12. Perh. also Lucil. ap. Non. 521, 1: adeo male me accipiunt decimae, treat or use me ill, deal harshly with me; and ib. 240, 8: sic, inquam, veteratorem illum vetulum lupum Hannibalem acceptum (Non. explains the latter in a very unusual manner, by deceptum).—

To get, to receive, to be the recipient of, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31; Lucr. 1, 819, 909; 2, 762, 885, 1009:

ictus,

id. 4, 1048 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 243: vulnera accipiunt tergo): aridior nubes accipit ignem, takes or catches fire, Lucr. 6, 150; Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

humanitatem iis tribuere debemus, a quibus accepimus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9:

pecuniam ob rem judicandam,

id. Verr. 1, 38:

luna lumen solis accipit,

id. de Or. 3, 45; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

praeclarum accepimus a majoribus morem,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44: praecepta, Caes. B. G. 2, 6: accepi tuas litteras (in another sense than above), I have received your letter, it has reached me (allatae sunt ad me), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; 2, 1, 1; 10, 1 al.:

acceptā injuriā ignoscere quam persequi malebant,

Sall. C. 9, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

calamitatem,

ib. 1, 31:

detrimenta,

ib. 5, 22; cf. Cic. Mur. 21, 44 al. So often of dignities and offices:

provinciam,

id. Fam. 2, 10, 2:

consulatum,

Suet. Aug. 10:

Galliam,

id. Caes. 22 al.

In partic.

To take a thing by hearing, i. e.,

To hear, to perceive, to observe, to learn (cf. opp. do = I give in words, i. e. I say): hoc simul accipe dictum, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 204): quod ego inaudivi, accipite, Pac. ap. Non. 126, 22 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 81): hoc etiam accipe quod dico, Lucil. ap. Non. 240, 1:

carmen auribus,

Lucr. 4, 983 (so id. 6, 164); 1, 270; cf. Verg. A. 2, 65:

voces,

Lucr. 4, 613 (so 6, 171):

si te aequo animo ferre accipiet,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 23:

quae gerantur, accipies ex Pollione,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6; 1, 9, 4; Liv. 1, 7. —Hence very freq. in the histt., to get or receive intelligence of any thing, to learn:

urbem Romam, sicuti ego accepi, condidere atque habuere initio Trojani,

as I have learned, Sall. C. 6, 1, and so al.—

To comprehend or understand any thing communicated:

haud satis meo corde accepi querelas tuas,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 18:

et si quis est, qui haec putet arte accipi posse,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:

ut non solum celeriter acciperet, quae tradebantur, etc.,

Nep. Att. 1, 3; so Quint. 1, 3, 3; 2, 9, 3 al.—

With the accessory idea of judging, to take a thing thus or thus, to interpret or explain, usually constr. with ad or in c. acc.:

quibus res sunt minus secundae... ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis,

the more unfortunate one is, the more inclined is he to regard every thing as an insult, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 15:

in eam partem accipio,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 37; cf. Cic. Fam. 10, 6; id. Att. 16, 6; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 2:

non recte accipis,

you put a wrong construction upon this, id. And. 2, 2, 30:

quae sibi quisque facilia factu putat, aequo animo accipit,

Sall. C. 3, 2.— Hence: accipere aliquid omen, or in omen, to regard a thing as a ( favorable) omen, to accept the omen (cf. dechesthai ton oiônon), Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103; 2, 40, 83; Liv. 1, 7, 11; 21, 63 fin.; Tac. H. 1, 62; id. A. 1, 28; 2, 13; Flor. 4, 12, 14 al.—Hence poet.:

accipio agnoscoque deos,

Verg. A. 12, 260; cf. Ov. M. 7, 620.—

To take a thing upon one's self, to undertake (syn. suscipio):

accipito hanc ad te litem,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 23: meā causā causam accipite, Ter. Hec. alt. prol. 47; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 24; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 22; Quint. 20 al.—Hence also,

To bear, endure, suffer any thing disagreeable or troublesome:

hanccine ego ut contumeliam tam insignem ad me accipiam!

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1:

nil satis firmi video, quamobrem accipere hunc me expediat metum,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 96; 5, 1, 59; id. Eun. 4, 6, 24; id. Ad. 2, 1, 53; id. Ph. 5, 2, 4; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 56:

calamitatem,

id. Off. 3, 26:

injuriam,

id. ib. 1, 11 al.—

To accept a thing, to be satisfied with, to approve: dos, Pamphile, est decem talenta; Pam.:

Accipio,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 48:

accepit condicionem, dein quaestum accipit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 52:

visa ista... accipio iisque interdum etiam assentior, nec percipio tamen,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

preces suas acceptas ab dis immortalibus ominati,

Liv. 42, 30, 8 Drak. Cf. Herz, Caes. B. G. 5, 1: “equi te esse feri similem, dico.” Ridemus et ipse Messius: “accipio.” I allow it, Exactly so, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.—

In mercant. lang., t. t., to receive or collect a sum:

pro quo (frumento) cum a Varinio praetore pecuniam accepisset,

Cic. Fl. 45; hence subst.: acceptum, i, n., the receipt, and in account-books the credit side:

in acceptum referre alicui,

to carry over to the credit side, to place to one's credit, Cic. Verr. 1, 36, 57; id. Rosc. Com. 2; id. Phil. 2, 16; id. Caec. 6, 17; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234 (opp. datum or expensum).—Hence also trop., to owe or be indebted to one, in a good or a bad sense:

ut esset nemo qui non mihi vitam suam, liberos, remp. referret acceptam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 5:

omnia mala, quae postea vidimus, uni accepta referemus Antonio,

ascribe, id. ib. 22; Caes. B. G. 8, 58; id. B. C, 3, 57: Acceptum [p. 18] refero versibus, esse nocens, Ov. Trist. 2, 10. —

In the gram m., to take a word or phrase thus or thus, to explain a word in any manner:

adversus interdum promiscue accipitur,

Charis. p. 207 P. al.—(Syn. nanciscor and adipiscor: he to whom something is given, accipit; he who gets by a fortunate occurrence, nanciscitur; he who obtains it by exertion, adipiscitur. “ Sumimus ipsi: accipimus ab alio,” Vel. Long. p. 2243 P.—“Inter tenere, sumere et accipere hoc interest, quod tenemus quae sunt in nostra potestate: sumimus posita: accipimus data,” Isid. Diff. 1).—Hence, acceptus, a, um, P. a., welcome, agreeable, acceptable (syn. gratus. Acceptus is related to gratus, as the effect to the cause; he who is gratus, i. e. dear, is on that account acceptus, welcome, acceptable;

hence the usual position: gratus atque acceptus).—First, of persons: essetne apud te is servus acceptissimus?

Plaut. Cap. 3, 5, 56:

plebi acceptus erat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13;

acceptus erat in oculis,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5.—

Of things: dis et hominibus est acceptum quod, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5:

quod vero approbaris. id gratum acceptumque habendum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

munus eorum gratum acceptumque esse,

Nep. Hann. 7, 3:

quorum mihi dona accepta et grata habeo,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 56:

rem populo Romano gratam acceptamque,

Cic. Phil. 13, 50;

tempore accepto exaudivi,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 2.— Comp., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 96; Cic. Rep. 6, 13; Tac. A. 6, 45 al.— Sup., see above.— Adv. accepte does not occur.

ac-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. ( fut. perf. accepso = accepero, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31, or Rib. Trag. Rel. 118) [capio], to accept.

In gen., to take a person or thing to one's self: leno ad se accipiet hominem et aurum, will take the man and his money to himself (into his house), Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51.

Of things received by the hand, to take, receive: cette manus vestras measque accipite, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 1 (Trag. v. 320 ed. Vahl.):

ex tua accepi manu pateram,

Plaut. Amph. 2, 2, 132; hence, trop. of the word given, the promise, with which a grasping of the hand was usually connected: accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.; so in the Gr. pista dounai kai labein); cf. Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 87; so Verg. A. 8, 150;

in Ter. of a person to be protected: hanc (virginem) accepi, acceptam servabo,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 62; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 5, and Sall. C. 6, 5, —

Of things received or taken by different parts of the body: accipite hoc onus in vestros collos, Cato ap. Non. 200, 23:

gremio,

Verg. A. 1, 685:

oculis aut pectore noctem (i. e. somnum),

id. ib. 4, 531.—

In gen., very freq.,

as implying action, to take, to take possession of, to accept (Gr. dechesthai);

of something that falls to one's share, to get, to receive, to be the recipient of (Gr. lambanein).—

To take, accept:

hanc epistulam accipe a me,

take this letter from me, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 52; 4, 2, 26; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 26:

persuasit aliis, ut pecuniam accipere mallent,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82:

condicionem pacis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

armis obsidibusque acceptis Crassus profectus est,

after he had taken into his possession the arms and hostages, id. ib. 3, 23:

divitias,

Nep. Epam. 4, 3:

aliquid a patre,

to inherit, id. Timoth. 1, 1; id. Att. 1:

accipe et haec, manuum tibi quae monumenta mearum sint,

Verg. A. 3, 486 al. —Hence to receive or entertain as guest:

haec (tellus) fessos placidissima portu accipit,

Verg. A. 3, 78:

Laurentes nymphae, accipite Aenean,

id. ib. 8, 71; 155; Ov. M. 8, 655 al.—Of admittance to political privileges:

Nomentani et Pedani in civitatem accepti,

Liv. 8, 14; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:

magnifice volo summos viros accipere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 34:

in loco festivo sumus festive accepti,

id. ib. 5, 19; so id. Cist. 1, 1, 12; id. Men. 5, 2, 44; id. Pers. 1, 1, 32, etc.; Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 52; Lucr. 3, 907; Cic. Att. 16, 6; Ov. F. 2, 725 al.—Hence also ironically, to entertain, to treat, deal with:

ego te miseris jam accipiam modis,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 3:

hominem accipiam quibus dictis maeret,

id. Men. 5, 1, 7:

indignis acceptus modis,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 12. Perh. also Lucil. ap. Non. 521, 1: adeo male me accipiunt decimae, treat or use me ill, deal harshly with me; and ib. 240, 8: sic, inquam, veteratorem illum vetulum lupum Hannibalem acceptum (Non. explains the latter in a very unusual manner, by deceptum).—

To get, to receive, to be the recipient of, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31; Lucr. 1, 819, 909; 2, 762, 885, 1009:

ictus,

id. 4, 1048 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 243: vulnera accipiunt tergo): aridior nubes accipit ignem, takes or catches fire, Lucr. 6, 150; Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

humanitatem iis tribuere debemus, a quibus accepimus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9:

pecuniam ob rem judicandam,

id. Verr. 1, 38:

luna lumen solis accipit,

id. de Or. 3, 45; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

praeclarum accepimus a majoribus morem,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44: praecepta, Caes. B. G. 2, 6: accepi tuas litteras (in another sense than above), I have received your letter, it has reached me (allatae sunt ad me), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; 2, 1, 1; 10, 1 al.:

acceptā injuriā ignoscere quam persequi malebant,

Sall. C. 9, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

calamitatem,

ib. 1, 31:

detrimenta,

ib. 5, 22; cf. Cic. Mur. 21, 44 al. So often of dignities and offices:

provinciam,

id. Fam. 2, 10, 2:

consulatum,

Suet. Aug. 10:

Galliam,

id. Caes. 22 al.

In partic.

To take a thing by hearing, i. e.,

To hear, to perceive, to observe, to learn (cf. opp. do = I give in words, i. e. I say): hoc simul accipe dictum, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 204): quod ego inaudivi, accipite, Pac. ap. Non. 126, 22 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 81): hoc etiam accipe quod dico, Lucil. ap. Non. 240, 1:

carmen auribus,

Lucr. 4, 983 (so id. 6, 164); 1, 270; cf. Verg. A. 2, 65:

voces,

Lucr. 4, 613 (so 6, 171):

si te aequo animo ferre accipiet,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 23:

quae gerantur, accipies ex Pollione,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6; 1, 9, 4; Liv. 1, 7. —Hence very freq. in the histt., to get or receive intelligence of any thing, to learn:

urbem Romam, sicuti ego accepi, condidere atque habuere initio Trojani,

as I have learned, Sall. C. 6, 1, and so al.—

To comprehend or understand any thing communicated:

haud satis meo corde accepi querelas tuas,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 18:

et si quis est, qui haec putet arte accipi posse,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:

ut non solum celeriter acciperet, quae tradebantur, etc.,

Nep. Att. 1, 3; so Quint. 1, 3, 3; 2, 9, 3 al.—

With the accessory idea of judging, to take a thing thus or thus, to interpret or explain, usually constr. with ad or in c. acc.:

quibus res sunt minus secundae... ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis,

the more unfortunate one is, the more inclined is he to regard every thing as an insult, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 15:

in eam partem accipio,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 37; cf. Cic. Fam. 10, 6; id. Att. 16, 6; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 2:

non recte accipis,

you put a wrong construction upon this, id. And. 2, 2, 30:

quae sibi quisque facilia factu putat, aequo animo accipit,

Sall. C. 3, 2.— Hence: accipere aliquid omen, or in omen, to regard a thing as a ( favorable) omen, to accept the omen (cf. dechesthai ton oiônon), Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103; 2, 40, 83; Liv. 1, 7, 11; 21, 63 fin.; Tac. H. 1, 62; id. A. 1, 28; 2, 13; Flor. 4, 12, 14 al.—Hence poet.:

accipio agnoscoque deos,

Verg. A. 12, 260; cf. Ov. M. 7, 620.—

To take a thing upon one's self, to undertake (syn. suscipio):

accipito hanc ad te litem,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 23: meā causā causam accipite, Ter. Hec. alt. prol. 47; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 24; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 22; Quint. 20 al.—Hence also,

To bear, endure, suffer any thing disagreeable or troublesome:

hanccine ego ut contumeliam tam insignem ad me accipiam!

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1:

nil satis firmi video, quamobrem accipere hunc me expediat metum,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 96; 5, 1, 59; id. Eun. 4, 6, 24; id. Ad. 2, 1, 53; id. Ph. 5, 2, 4; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 56:

calamitatem,

id. Off. 3, 26:

injuriam,

id. ib. 1, 11 al.—

To accept a thing, to be satisfied with, to approve: dos, Pamphile, est decem talenta; Pam.:

Accipio,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 48:

accepit condicionem, dein quaestum accipit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 52:

visa ista... accipio iisque interdum etiam assentior, nec percipio tamen,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

preces suas acceptas ab dis immortalibus ominati,

Liv. 42, 30, 8 Drak. Cf. Herz, Caes. B. G. 5, 1: “equi te esse feri similem, dico.” Ridemus et ipse Messius: “accipio.” I allow it, Exactly so, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.—

In mercant. lang., t. t., to receive or collect a sum:

pro quo (frumento) cum a Varinio praetore pecuniam accepisset,

Cic. Fl. 45; hence subst.: acceptum, i, n., the receipt, and in account-books the credit side:

in acceptum referre alicui,

to carry over to the credit side, to place to one's credit, Cic. Verr. 1, 36, 57; id. Rosc. Com. 2; id. Phil. 2, 16; id. Caec. 6, 17; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234 (opp. datum or expensum).—Hence also trop., to owe or be indebted to one, in a good or a bad sense:

ut esset nemo qui non mihi vitam suam, liberos, remp. referret acceptam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 5:

omnia mala, quae postea vidimus, uni accepta referemus Antonio,

ascribe, id. ib. 22; Caes. B. G. 8, 58; id. B. C, 3, 57: Acceptum [p. 18] refero versibus, esse nocens, Ov. Trist. 2, 10. —

In the gram m., to take a word or phrase thus or thus, to explain a word in any manner:

adversus interdum promiscue accipitur,

Charis. p. 207 P. al.—(Syn. nanciscor and adipiscor: he to whom something is given, accipit; he who gets by a fortunate occurrence, nanciscitur; he who obtains it by exertion, adipiscitur. “ Sumimus ipsi: accipimus ab alio,” Vel. Long. p. 2243 P.—“Inter tenere, sumere et accipere hoc interest, quod tenemus quae sunt in nostra potestate: sumimus posita: accipimus data,” Isid. Diff. 1).—Hence, acceptus, a, um, P. a., welcome, agreeable, acceptable (syn. gratus. Acceptus is related to gratus, as the effect to the cause; he who is gratus, i. e. dear, is on that account acceptus, welcome, acceptable;

hence the usual position: gratus atque acceptus).—First, of persons: essetne apud te is servus acceptissimus?

Plaut. Cap. 3, 5, 56:

plebi acceptus erat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13;

acceptus erat in oculis,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5.—

Of things: dis et hominibus est acceptum quod, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5:

quod vero approbaris. id gratum acceptumque habendum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

munus eorum gratum acceptumque esse,

Nep. Hann. 7, 3:

quorum mihi dona accepta et grata habeo,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 56:

rem populo Romano gratam acceptamque,

Cic. Phil. 13, 50;

tempore accepto exaudivi,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 2.— Comp., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 96; Cic. Rep. 6, 13; Tac. A. 6, 45 al.— Sup., see above.— Adv. accepte does not occur.

am-plector (old form amploctor, Prisc. p. 552, 39 P.), exus, 3, v. dep. ( act. form amplecto, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.; Struve, 114.—In pass., Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 27; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.).

A.. Lit., to wind or twine round a person or thing (aliquem, plekesthai amphitina; hence with reference to the other object; cf. adimo), to surround, encompass, encircle; of living beings, to embrace (class. in prose and poetry): genua amplectens, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P. (as transl. of Hom. Od. 6, 142: gounôn labôn):

amplectimur tibi genua,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 16; so id. Cist. 2, 3, 25:

exsanguem (patrem) amplexus,

Tac. H. 3, 25:

effigiem Augusti amplecti,

id. A. 4, 67:

magnam Herculis aram,

id. ib. 12, 24:

serpens arboris amplectens stirpem,

Lucr. 5, 34:

quorum tellus amplectitur ossa,

id. 1, 135:

manibus saxa,

to grasp, Liv. 5, 47:

munimento amplecti,

id. 35, 28; so id. 41, 5 et saep.:

amplectitur intra se insulam,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 3:

amplexa jugerum soli quercus,

id. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

et molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho,

Verg. E. 3, 45:

urbes amplecti muro,

Hor. A. P. 209 et saep.:

visne ego te ac tute me amplectare?

Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 9; * Ter. And. 2, 5, 19:

ille me amplexus atque osculans flere prohibebat,

Cic. Somn. Scip. 3 (id. Rep. 6, 14, where Orell. reads complexus).—

Of space, to embrace:

spatium amplexus ad vim remigii,

Tac. A. 12, 56:

quattuor milia passuum ambitu amplexus est,

id. ib. 4, 49:

domus naturae amplectens pontum terrasque jacentes,

Manil. 1, 536.—

Trop.

To embrace in mind or knowledge, i. e. to comprehend, to understand:

animo rei magnitudinem amplecti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19:

Quas (artes) si quis unus complexus omnes,

id. ib. 1, 17, 76:

quae si judex non amplectetur omnia consilio, non animo ac mente circumspiciet,

id. Font. 7; also simply to reflect upon, to consider:

cogitationem toto pectore amplecti,

id. Att. 12, 35.—

In discourse, to comprehend, i.e. to discuss, to handle, treat:

quod ego argumentum pluribus verbis amplecterer,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12:

actio verbis causam et rationem juris amplectitur,

id. Caecin. 14, 40:

omnes res per scripturam amplecti,

id. Inv. 2, 50: non ego cuncta meis amplecti versibus opto, Verg. G. 2, 42:

totius Ponti forma breviter amplectenda est, ut facilius partes noscantur,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75.—Also of a name, to comprehend under:

quod idem interdum virtutis nomine amplectimur,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf.:

si quis universam et propriam oratoris vim definire complectique vult,

to define the peculiar function of the orator and include the whole of it, id. de Or. 1, 15, 64; so of a law, to include:

sed neque haec (verba) in principem aut principis parentem, quos lex majestatis amplectitur,

Tac. A. 4, 34.—

Of study, learning, to include, embrace: neque eam tamen scientiam, quam adjungis oratori, complexus es, but yet have notincluded in your attainments that knowledge which, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 77:

Quod si tantam rerum maximarum arte suā rhetorici illi doctores complecterentur,

id. ib. 1, 19, 86.—

To embrace in heart, i.e. to love, favor, cherish:

quem mihi videtur amplecti res publica,

Cic. Cat. 4, 3:

nimis amplecti plebem videbatur,

id. Mil. 72:

aliquem amicissime,

id. Fam. 6, 6 fin.; Sall. J. 7, 6:

hoc se amplectitur uno, i. e. se amat,

esteems himself, Hor. S. 1, 2, 53:

qui tanto amore possessiones suas amplexi tenebant,

Cic. Sull. 20;

opp. repudiare,

id. de Or. 1, 24;

opp. removere,

id. Cat. 4, 7:

amplecti virtutem,

id. Phil. 10, 4:

nobilitatem et dignitates hominum amplecti,

id. Fam. 4, 8: mens hominis amplectitur maxime cognitionem, delights in understanding, id. Ac. pr. 2, 10, 31: (episcopum) amplectentem eum fidelem sermonem, * Vulg. Tit. 1, 9: amplexus civitates (sc. animo), having fixed his mind on, i. e. intending to attack, seize, Tac. Agr. 25:

causam rei publicae amplecti,

Cic. Sest. 93;

and so playfully of one who robs the State treasury: rem publicam nimium amplecti,

id. Fl. 18.—

In circumlocution: magnam Brigantium partem aut victoriā amplexus est aut bello, embraced in conquest, i. e. conquered, Tac. Agr. 17.

am-plector (old form amploctor, Prisc. p. 552, 39 P.), exus, 3, v. dep. ( act. form amplecto, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.; Struve, 114.—In pass., Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 27; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.).

A.. Lit., to wind or twine round a person or thing (aliquem, plekesthai amphitina; hence with reference to the other object; cf. adimo), to surround, encompass, encircle; of living beings, to embrace (class. in prose and poetry): genua amplectens, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P. (as transl. of Hom. Od. 6, 142: gounôn labôn):

amplectimur tibi genua,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 16; so id. Cist. 2, 3, 25:

exsanguem (patrem) amplexus,

Tac. H. 3, 25:

effigiem Augusti amplecti,

id. A. 4, 67:

magnam Herculis aram,

id. ib. 12, 24:

serpens arboris amplectens stirpem,

Lucr. 5, 34:

quorum tellus amplectitur ossa,

id. 1, 135:

manibus saxa,

to grasp, Liv. 5, 47:

munimento amplecti,

id. 35, 28; so id. 41, 5 et saep.:

amplectitur intra se insulam,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 3:

amplexa jugerum soli quercus,

id. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

et molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho,

Verg. E. 3, 45:

urbes amplecti muro,

Hor. A. P. 209 et saep.:

visne ego te ac tute me amplectare?

Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 9; * Ter. And. 2, 5, 19:

ille me amplexus atque osculans flere prohibebat,

Cic. Somn. Scip. 3 (id. Rep. 6, 14, where Orell. reads complexus).—

Of space, to embrace:

spatium amplexus ad vim remigii,

Tac. A. 12, 56:

quattuor milia passuum ambitu amplexus est,

id. ib. 4, 49:

domus naturae amplectens pontum terrasque jacentes,

Manil. 1, 536.—

Trop.

To embrace in mind or knowledge, i. e. to comprehend, to understand:

animo rei magnitudinem amplecti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19:

Quas (artes) si quis unus complexus omnes,

id. ib. 1, 17, 76:

quae si judex non amplectetur omnia consilio, non animo ac mente circumspiciet,

id. Font. 7; also simply to reflect upon, to consider:

cogitationem toto pectore amplecti,

id. Att. 12, 35.—

In discourse, to comprehend, i.e. to discuss, to handle, treat:

quod ego argumentum pluribus verbis amplecterer,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12:

actio verbis causam et rationem juris amplectitur,

id. Caecin. 14, 40:

omnes res per scripturam amplecti,

id. Inv. 2, 50: non ego cuncta meis amplecti versibus opto, Verg. G. 2, 42:

totius Ponti forma breviter amplectenda est, ut facilius partes noscantur,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75.—Also of a name, to comprehend under:

quod idem interdum virtutis nomine amplectimur,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf.:

si quis universam et propriam oratoris vim definire complectique vult,

to define the peculiar function of the orator and include the whole of it, id. de Or. 1, 15, 64; so of a law, to include:

sed neque haec (verba) in principem aut principis parentem, quos lex majestatis amplectitur,

Tac. A. 4, 34.—

Of study, learning, to include, embrace: neque eam tamen scientiam, quam adjungis oratori, complexus es, but yet have notincluded in your attainments that knowledge which, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 77:

Quod si tantam rerum maximarum arte suā rhetorici illi doctores complecterentur,

id. ib. 1, 19, 86.—

To embrace in heart, i.e. to love, favor, cherish:

quem mihi videtur amplecti res publica,

Cic. Cat. 4, 3:

nimis amplecti plebem videbatur,

id. Mil. 72:

aliquem amicissime,

id. Fam. 6, 6 fin.; Sall. J. 7, 6:

hoc se amplectitur uno, i. e. se amat,

esteems himself, Hor. S. 1, 2, 53:

qui tanto amore possessiones suas amplexi tenebant,

Cic. Sull. 20;

opp. repudiare,

id. de Or. 1, 24;

opp. removere,

id. Cat. 4, 7:

amplecti virtutem,

id. Phil. 10, 4:

nobilitatem et dignitates hominum amplecti,

id. Fam. 4, 8: mens hominis amplectitur maxime cognitionem, delights in understanding, id. Ac. pr. 2, 10, 31: (episcopum) amplectentem eum fidelem sermonem, * Vulg. Tit. 1, 9: amplexus civitates (sc. animo), having fixed his mind on, i. e. intending to attack, seize, Tac. Agr. 25:

causam rei publicae amplecti,

Cic. Sest. 93;

and so playfully of one who robs the State treasury: rem publicam nimium amplecti,

id. Fl. 18.—

In circumlocution: magnam Brigantium partem aut victoriā amplexus est aut bello, embraced in conquest, i. e. conquered, Tac. Agr. 17.

complector ( conp-), plexus, 3, v. dep. (in signif. mostly coinciding with amplector), prop., to entwine around a person or thing (cf. amplector; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

Of persons, to clasp, embrace, as an expression of affection.

With acc.:

vidi et illam et hospitem Conplexum atque ausculantem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 53: adcurrit;

mediam mulierem complectitur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 106:

tum ille artius puellam amplexus,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103:

viri corpus,

Lucr. 4, 1193:

(adulescentem) complexus osculatusque dimiserit,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

suum maritum,

Ov. M. 12, 428:

nepotes,

Verg. A. 6, 786:

aliquem conplexa tenere,

Cic. Font. 21, 47 (17, 36); cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 121.—Of parts of the person:

dextram euntis,

Verg. A. 8, 558; Ov. M. 6, 494; cf. Curt. 6, 7, 8:

infirmis membra lacertis,

Ov. M. 10, 407:

genua. in supplication,

Quint. 6, 1, 34:

pedes alicujus,

Luc. 10, 89.—

With inter se:

nosque inter nos esse conplexos,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.—

With in vicem, Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

Absol.:

nequeunt conplecti satis,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32: Phr. Conplectere. Di. Lubens, id. Truc. 2, 4, 19:

contineri qum conplectar non queo,

id. Men. 5, 9, 65; id. Mil. 4, 8, 19; Prop. 1, [p. 390] 10, 5.—

With cum and abl., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 134.—

In gen., to grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose:

(vitis) claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

(orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

complexi terram maris,

Ov. M. 8, 731:

ubi mollis amaracus illum (Ascanium) Floribus et dulci conplectitur umbrā,

Verg. A. 1, 694:

vestis complectens undique corpus,

Cat. 64, 307:

spatium,

to mark out around for military purposes, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Auct. B. G. 8, 74; cf.

of ploughing around,

Ov. M. 15, 619:

aliquem obsidione,

Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.:

caput digitis cruentis,

Ov. M. 3, 727:

manibus eminentia saxa,

Curt. 7, 11, 15:

dexterā impendentes ramos,

id. 9, 5, 13.—Of grasping an adversary in fight:

quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,

Nep. Epam. 2, 4:

qui cum inter se complexi in terram ex equis decidissent... non prius distracti sunt, quam alterum anima relinqueret,

in contention, id. Eum. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold:

sopor fessos complectitur artus,

Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.:

me artior somnus conplexus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.—

To embrace something intellectually as a whole, to comprehend, understand:

aliquid cogitatione et mente,

Cic. Or. 2, 8; cf. id. Fam. 5, 17, 4:

deum et divinum animum cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51:

omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 112; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 25; 12, 2, 17:

animo proxima quaeque meo,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70:

rei magnitudinem animo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19; Quint. 10, 6, 3; 10, 6, 6 al.; cf. without acc.:

cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 5, 15.—Without mente, animo, etc.:

perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114:

totum genus judiciorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32:

formam animi magis quam corporis,

to consider, Tac. Agr. 46:

aliquid memoriā,

Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Quint. 2, 7, 3;

and without memoria,

id. 11, 2, 36.—

To comprehend a multitude of objects in discourse or in a written representation, to comprise, express, describe, represent, explain; with acc. and abl. or adv.:

omnia alicujus facta oratione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,

id. Brut. 3, 14:

orator autem sic illigat sententiam verbis, ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

omnia unā comprehensione,

id. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

plura semel,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

pauca paucis,

id. 8, 3, 82; cf. id. 7, 3, 29:

sententiam his verbis,

id. 3, 6, 13.—Esp. with sententiā, to sum up in a formal vote or decree (of speeches in the Senate): causas complectar ipsā sententiā, in the motion or decree itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:

sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,

id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence,

In philos. lang., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; Auct. Her. 2, 29, 47; cf. complexio.—

To embrace from love, to love, value, honor; to be addicted to, to care for; with acc. and abl.:

aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

eum beneficio,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

aliquem summā benevolentiā,

id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

hunc omni tuā comitate,

id. ib. 7, 5, 3:

omnes caritate cives,

Liv. 7, 40, 3:

aliquem artā familiaritate,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 5 al. — Without abl.:

hominem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4. — Absol.: da te homini;

complectetur,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

quos fortuna complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

philosophiam,

id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

artes ingenuas,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 9:

causam eam,

Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3:

otium,

id. ib. 2, 6, 1.—

To embrace, include:

cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnis omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87:

licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,

Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.—

(Causa pro effectu.) To take into possession, to seize, lay hold of, to make one ' s self master of (rare):

(philosophiae) vis valet multum, cum est idoneam complexa naturam,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

facultatem aliquam,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; Liv. 44, 1, 12:

plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,

Curt. 6, 3, 4.

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Act. collat form complecto, ĕre: quando convenit complectite, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 472 fin.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

complector, ti, in pass. signif.: invidiosā fortunā complecti, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37 (but in Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40, and id. Fin. 3, 12, 41, the best read. is completur).

complector ( conp-), plexus, 3, v. dep. (in signif. mostly coinciding with amplector), prop., to entwine around a person or thing (cf. amplector; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

Of persons, to clasp, embrace, as an expression of affection.

With acc.:

vidi et illam et hospitem Conplexum atque ausculantem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 53: adcurrit;

mediam mulierem complectitur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 106:

tum ille artius puellam amplexus,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103:

viri corpus,

Lucr. 4, 1193:

(adulescentem) complexus osculatusque dimiserit,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

suum maritum,

Ov. M. 12, 428:

nepotes,

Verg. A. 6, 786:

aliquem conplexa tenere,

Cic. Font. 21, 47 (17, 36); cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 121.—Of parts of the person:

dextram euntis,

Verg. A. 8, 558; Ov. M. 6, 494; cf. Curt. 6, 7, 8:

infirmis membra lacertis,

Ov. M. 10, 407:

genua. in supplication,

Quint. 6, 1, 34:

pedes alicujus,

Luc. 10, 89.—

With inter se:

nosque inter nos esse conplexos,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.—

With in vicem, Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

Absol.:

nequeunt conplecti satis,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32: Phr. Conplectere. Di. Lubens, id. Truc. 2, 4, 19:

contineri qum conplectar non queo,

id. Men. 5, 9, 65; id. Mil. 4, 8, 19; Prop. 1, [p. 390] 10, 5.—

With cum and abl., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 134.—

In gen., to grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose:

(vitis) claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

(orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

complexi terram maris,

Ov. M. 8, 731:

ubi mollis amaracus illum (Ascanium) Floribus et dulci conplectitur umbrā,

Verg. A. 1, 694:

vestis complectens undique corpus,

Cat. 64, 307:

spatium,

to mark out around for military purposes, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Auct. B. G. 8, 74; cf.

of ploughing around,

Ov. M. 15, 619:

aliquem obsidione,

Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.:

caput digitis cruentis,

Ov. M. 3, 727:

manibus eminentia saxa,

Curt. 7, 11, 15:

dexterā impendentes ramos,

id. 9, 5, 13.—Of grasping an adversary in fight:

quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,

Nep. Epam. 2, 4:

qui cum inter se complexi in terram ex equis decidissent... non prius distracti sunt, quam alterum anima relinqueret,

in contention, id. Eum. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold:

sopor fessos complectitur artus,

Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.:

me artior somnus conplexus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.—

To embrace something intellectually as a whole, to comprehend, understand:

aliquid cogitatione et mente,

Cic. Or. 2, 8; cf. id. Fam. 5, 17, 4:

deum et divinum animum cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51:

omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 112; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 25; 12, 2, 17:

animo proxima quaeque meo,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70:

rei magnitudinem animo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19; Quint. 10, 6, 3; 10, 6, 6 al.; cf. without acc.:

cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 5, 15.—Without mente, animo, etc.:

perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114:

totum genus judiciorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32:

formam animi magis quam corporis,

to consider, Tac. Agr. 46:

aliquid memoriā,

Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Quint. 2, 7, 3;

and without memoria,

id. 11, 2, 36.—

To comprehend a multitude of objects in discourse or in a written representation, to comprise, express, describe, represent, explain; with acc. and abl. or adv.:

omnia alicujus facta oratione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,

id. Brut. 3, 14:

orator autem sic illigat sententiam verbis, ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

omnia unā comprehensione,

id. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

plura semel,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

pauca paucis,

id. 8, 3, 82; cf. id. 7, 3, 29:

sententiam his verbis,

id. 3, 6, 13.—Esp. with sententiā, to sum up in a formal vote or decree (of speeches in the Senate): causas complectar ipsā sententiā, in the motion or decree itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:

sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,

id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence,

In philos. lang., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; Auct. Her. 2, 29, 47; cf. complexio.—

To embrace from love, to love, value, honor; to be addicted to, to care for; with acc. and abl.:

aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

eum beneficio,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

aliquem summā benevolentiā,

id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

hunc omni tuā comitate,

id. ib. 7, 5, 3:

omnes caritate cives,

Liv. 7, 40, 3:

aliquem artā familiaritate,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 5 al. — Without abl.:

hominem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4. — Absol.: da te homini;

complectetur,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

quos fortuna complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

philosophiam,

id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

artes ingenuas,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 9:

causam eam,

Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3:

otium,

id. ib. 2, 6, 1.—

To embrace, include:

cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnis omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87:

licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,

Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.—

(Causa pro effectu.) To take into possession, to seize, lay hold of, to make one ' s self master of (rare):

(philosophiae) vis valet multum, cum est idoneam complexa naturam,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

facultatem aliquam,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; Liv. 44, 1, 12:

plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,

Curt. 6, 3, 4.

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Act. collat form complecto, ĕre: quando convenit complectite, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 472 fin.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

complector, ti, in pass. signif.: invidiosā fortunā complecti, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37 (but in Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40, and id. Fin. 3, 12, 41, the best read. is completur).

vĭdĕo, vīdi, vīsum, 2 (viden', i.e. videsne, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 37; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10; 2, 2, 34; 4, 6, 16; Cat. 61, 98; Tib. 2, 2, 17; Verg. A. 6, 779; inf. viderier, Cic. Dom. 53, 136; Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 33:

vidĕ,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 46), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. root vid-, vēda, know; vindāmi, find; cf. vēda-s, sacred book; Gr. root id, Wid-, in eidon, saw; oida, know; Germ. wissen; Engl. wit, wot], to see, perceive, with the eyes (syn. cerno).

Lit.

In gen.: Ph. Tun' me vidisti? Sc. Atque his quidem oculis. Ph. Carebis, credo, Qui plus vident, quam quod vident. Sc. Numquam hercle deterrebor, Quin viderim id quod viderim, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 15 sq.:

clare oculis video,

id. ib. 3, 1, 35:

nos enim ne nunc quidem oculis cernimus ea, quae videmus, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 46; id. de Or. 3, 40, 161:

Considium, quod non vidisset, pro viso sibi renuntiasse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

mulieres et pueri qui visum processerant,

Sall. J. 94, 5:

ut juvat pastas oves Videre properantes domum! Videre fessos vomerem inversum boves Collo trahentes languido!

Hor. Epod. 2, 62 sq.:

serpentes atque videres Infernas errare canes,

id. S. 1, 8, 35 et saep.—With ut and ind. (poët.):

viden', ut geminae stant vertice cristae?

Verg. A. 6, 779:

viden' ut faces Splendidas quatiunt comas?

Cat. 61, 77.—With ut and subj.:

nonne vides, ut tota tremor pertemptet equorum Corpora?

Verg. G. 3, 250:

nonne vides ut... Antennae gemant?

Hor. C. 1, 14, 3.— Pass.:

ubi sol sex mensibus continuis non videtur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4:

a se disertos visos esse multos,

Quint. 8, praef. § 13; cf. id. 12, 1, 21:

consulis ante pedes ire viderer eques,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 18.— Absol., to see, i. e. to have the eyes open, to be awake, Verg. E. 6, 21.— Impers. pass.: De. Vide sis modo etiam. Ly. Visum'st, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 52; id. As. 3, 3, 95.—

Transf.

Of things ( poet.), to see:

(Apenninus) Gallica rura videt,

Luc. 2, 429:

et casus abies visura marinos,

i. e. to experience, Verg. G. 2, 68.—

Of places, etc., to look out on, afford a view of (post-Aug.):

triclinium hortum et gestationem videt,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 13.—

Of the other senses, to perceive, observe any thing:

vidistin' toto sonitus procurrere caelo?

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 49:

mugire videbis Sub pedibus terram et descendere montibus ornos,

Verg. A. 4, 490:

tum videres Stridere secretā divisos aure susurros,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 77:

naso poljam haec quidem videt plus quam oculis,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 44.—

In partic., to see on purpose, to look at any thing:

vide sis signi quid siet,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 155; cf.:

vide, tali ubi sint,

id. Most. 1, 3, 151:

illud vide, os ut sibi distorsit carnufex,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 3:

vide, si non os inpudens Videtur,

id. ib. 5, 1, 23; cf.:

specta me, a threatening expression,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 19 al.: quin tu me vides? only look at me! i. e. see what I have done! Cic. Pis. 25, 61.—

Trop.

In gen., to see with the mind's eye, to perceive, mark, observe, discern, understand, comprehend, be aware, know, etc. (class.;

syn. percipio): ad te, ut video, comminus accessit,

Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

quem exitum ego tam video animo, quam ea, quae oculis cernimus,

id. Fam. 6, 3, 2:

aperte enim adulantem nemo non videt,

sees through, detects, id. Lael. 26, 99:

si dormientes aliquid animo videre videamur,

id. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

aliquid in somnis,

id. N. D. 1, 29, 82:

somnia,

id. Div. 2, 71, 147:

quod ego, cur nolim, nihil video,

id. Fam. 9, 6, 2:

nonne vobis videtur is animus qui plus cernat et longius, videre se ad meliora proficisci: ille autem cui obtusior est acies non videre?

id. Sen. 23, 83.—With comp., plus, etc.:

ut is qui illusus sit plus vidisse videatur,

to have seen farther, had more insight, Cic. Lael. 26, 99:

videre acutius atque acrius vitia in dicente quam recta,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 116:

aliena melius videre et dijudicare,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 97 (95): cum me vidisse plus fateretur, se speravisse meliora, that I had seen farther, Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 39; cf.:

sin autem vos plus in re publicā vidistis,

id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; cf.:

vos universos in consule deligendo plurimum vidisse fateantur,

id. Agr. 2, 37, 103:

di vatesque eorum in futurum vident,

Liv. 6, 12.—With two accs.:

quem virum Crassum vidimus,

Cic. Sen. 17, 61; cf.:

officiorum conjunctione me privatum videbam,

id. Brut. 1, 1:

cum invidiosum se propter nimias opes viderit,

Just. 32, 4, 4.—With ut and ind. (poët.):

nonne vides, croceos ut Tmolus odores, India mittit ebur,

Verg. G. 1, 56.—

In partic.

To look at, look to, consider, to think or reflect upon (cf.:

reputo, considero): duae condiciones sunt: utram tu accipias, vide,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 118:

nunc ea videamus, quae contra ab his disputari solent,

Cic. Ac. 2, 13, 40:

id primum videamus, quātenus amor in amicitiā progredi debeat,

id. Lael. 11, 36:

sed videamus Herculem ipsum,

id. Tusc. 2, 8, 20 Klotz ad loc.:

quamobrem et haec videnda et pecuniae fugienda cupiditas,

id. Off. 1, 20, 68:

te moneo: videas etiam atque etiam et consideres, quid agas, quo progrediare, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 174:

legi Bruti epistolam non prudenter rescriptam: sed ipse viderit,

let him see to that himself, id. Att. 12, 21, 1; so,

viderit,

Ov. A. A. 2, 371; id. Tr. 5, 2, 43; cf.:

quam id recte faciam, viderint sapientes,

Cic. Lael. 3, 10; and:

quae (ars) quam sit facilis, illi viderint, qui, etc.... deinde etiam tu ipse videris, qui eam artem facilem esse dicis,

id. de Or. 1, 58, 246:

viderint ista officia viri boni,

id. Quint. 17, 55.—

To look out for, see to, care for, provide:

atque idem (sapiens) ita acrem in omnis partis aciem intendit, ut semper videat sedem sibi ac locum sine molestiā vivendi,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 38:

antecesserat Statius, ut prandium nobis videret,

i. e. provide, id. Att. 5, 1, 3:

dulciculae potionis aliquid videamus et cibi,

id. Tusc. 3, 19, 46:

aliud lenius (vinum),

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 50:

Philippum dixisse constabat, videndum sibi aliud esse consilium, illo senatu se rem publicam gerere non posse,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 2:

absque eo esset, Recte ego mihi vidissem,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12.—

To take care, see to it, make sure, with final clause:

navem idoneam ut habeas, diligenter videbis,

Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2; cf.:

videret, ut quam primum tota res transigeretur,

id. Quint. 5, 20:

ne fortuna mea desit, videte,

Liv. 6, 18, 8.— Impers. pass.:

videndum est, ne absit benignitas... tum, ut pro dignitate cuique tribuatur,

Cic. Off. 1, 14, 42:

ut Latine loquamur, non solum videndum est ut verba efferamus ea, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 40; cf.:

vos videte, quid aliae faciant isto loco feminae: et ne, cum velitis, exire non liceat,

id. Fam. 14, 18, 2.—

To see, i. e. reach, attain, obtain, enjoy.

In gen.:

qui suo toto consulatu somnum non viderit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1.—

Esp., to see, live to see a period or event:

ex multis diebus, quos in vitā celeberrimos laetissimosque viderit,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

utinam eum diem videam, cum, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 11, 1:

duxi uxorem: quam ibi miseriam vidi!

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 13:

spero multa vos liberosque vestros in re publicā bona esse visuros,

Cic. Mil. 28, 78:

multas jam summorum imperatorum clarissimas victorias aetas nostra vidit,

id. ib. 28, 77:

tantum pro! degeneramus a parentibus nostris, ut praeter quam oram illi Punicas vagari classes dedecus esse imperii sui duxerint, eam nos nunc plenam hostium jam factam videamus,

Liv. 22, 14, 6; cf. id. 6, 14, 4.—

Pregn., to see, i. e. go to see, visit (colloq.; cf.:

viso, inviso): sed Septimium vide et Laenatem,

Cic. Att. 12, 14, 1:

quā re etiam Othonem vide,

id. ib. 12, 37, 4:

videbis ergo hominem, si voles,

id. ib. 4, 12 init.:

mane videas Plinium domi,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8; Suet. Tib. 7.— Pass., to receive attention, be visited, Amm. 14, 7, 10.—

Me vide, rely on me, trust me, believe me, a formula of exhortation and assurance (ante-class.), Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 79 Brix ad loc.; id. Mil. 2, 4, 23 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Rud. 3, 3, 18; id. Merc. 5, 4, 53; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; id. Phorm. 4, 4, 30.—

Pass., to be looked upon or regarded in any manner, i. e. to seem, appear to be or do any thing:

numquam periculi fugā committendum est, ut imbelles timidique videamur,

Cic. Off. 1, [p. 1989] 24, 83:

ne id, quod speciem haberet honesti, pugnaret cum eo, quod utile videretur,

id. ib. 3, 2, 7:

multo rem turpiorem fore et iniquiorem visum iri intellegebant,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; cf. id. de Or. 3, 11, 42:

ex quo illorum beata mors videtur, horum vita laudabilis,

id. Lael. 7, 23.—Parenthet. (cf. c. infra):

cum ceteris, ut quidem videor, tum mihi ipse displiceo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

ea vocabula non, ut videntur, easdem res significant,

id. ib. 3, 34, 84.—With dat. of pers.:

cetera, quae quibusdam admirabilia videntur, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 23, 86:

digna mihi res cum omnium cognitione tum nostrā familiaritate visa est,

id. ib. 1, 4:

idonea mihi Laelii persona visa est, quae, etc.,

id. ib.:

a naturā mihi videtur potius quam ab indigentiā orta amicitia,

id. ib. 8, 27:

quae Aristoni et Pyrrhoni omnino visa sunt pro nihilo,

id. Fin. 2, 13, 43:

quod idem Scipioni videbatur,

id. ib. 4, 14.—Parenthet. (cf. c. infra):

quam nostris libris satis diligenter, ut tibi quidem videmur, expressimus,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

Philargyrus omnia de te, ut mihi quidem visus est, narravit,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 3.—

With inf.:

de familiari illo tuo videor audisse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 40; id. N. D. 1, 21, 58:

satis facere rei publicae videmur, si, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 1, 2:

ut beate vixisse videar, quia, etc.,

id. Lael. 4, 15:

solem e mundo tollere videntur, qui amicitiam e vitā tollunt,

id. ib. 13, 47:

videre jam videor populum a senatu disjunctum,

id. ib. 12, 41; cf.:

te vero, Caecili, quem ad modum sit elusurus, videre jam videor,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

vere videor posse contendere,

Nep. Att. 12, 4:

audire videor undique congerentes nomina poëtarum,

Quint. 10, 1, 56; Vell. 2, 14, 1; Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 1; id. Pan. 17, 1.—With dat. of pers., Cic. Lael. 14, 51:

videor mihi perspicere ipsius animum,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 5:

hoc mihi videor videre,

id. Inv. 2, 57, 171. —

With nom. and inf.:

ut exstinctae potius amicitiae quam oppressae esse videantur,

Cic. Lael. 21, 78:

ut tamquam a praesentibus coram haberi sermo videretur,

id. ib. 1, 3:

quae (sapientia) videtur in hominem cadere posse,

id. ib. 26, 100: visus 'st in somnis pastor ad me adpellere, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44 B. and K.:

ut Aratus ab Jove incipiendum putat, ita nos rite coepturi ab Homero videmur,

Quint. 10, 1, 46.—With dat. of pers.:

divitior mihi et affluentior videtur esse vera amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 16, 58.—

Impers., with acc. and inf. (rare; cf.

creditur, in the same constr., and dicitur): non mihi videtur, ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 12:

aliis videtur, non incohatam sed perfectam probationem hoc nomen accipere,

Quint. 5, 10, 5 Spald.:

quae vult videri, se esse prudentiam,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 71:

quia videbatur et Limnaeam eodem tempore oppugnari posse,

Liv. 36, 13, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.— Absol.:

sed mihi contra ea videtur,

Sall. J. 85, 2:

seque facile, ut mihi videtur, expediunt,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 66; id. Marcell. 3, 10.—

In official decisions, as a guarded opinion instead of a positive declaration:

majores nostri voluerunt, quae jurati judices cognovissent, ea non ut esse facta, sed ut videri pronuntiarent,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 146:

fecisse videri pronuntiat,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14:

cum pontifices decressent, videri posse sine religione eam partem areae mihi restitui,

id. Att. 4, 2, 3:

consul adjecit Senatusconsultum, Ambraciam non videri vi captam esse,

Liv. 38, 44, 6:

Scipionis sententiam sequuntur, uti ante certam diem Caesar exercitum dimittat: si non faciat, eum adversus rempublicam facturum videri,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2.—

Pregn., videtur (alicui), it seems proper, right, or fit, it seems good to any one; he ( she, etc.) pleases, likes.

With dat. of pers.:

tibi si videbitur, villis iis utere, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 14, 7, 3:

velim Lentulum puerum visas eique de mancipiis, quae tibi videbitur, attribuas,

id. Att. 12, 28, 3:

qui imitamur, quos cuique visum est,

id. Off. 1, 32, 118:

ut consul, quem videretur ei, cum imperio mitteret, qui, etc.,

Liv. 31, 3, 2; 29, 20, 4: si ei videretur, integram rem ad senatum reiceret, if he pleased, a formula of politeness, Liv. 26, 16, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.;

31, 4, 2: ut, si videretur ei, maturaret venire,

id. 34, 46, 5.—

Without dat.:

ubi visum est, sub vesperum dispersi discedunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58: eam quoque, si videtur, correctionem explicabo, Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 35:

nunc, si videtur, hoc, illud alias,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23: M. Num non vis audire, etc.? A. Ut videtur, as you will, id. ib. 1, 32, 77:

si videatur,

Liv. 6, 25, 2; 26, 22, 7.

căpesso ( căpisso, Pac. ap. Non. p. 227, 1), īvi (Sall. H. 3, 68 Dietsch; Tac. A. 15, 49), or ii (Tac. A. 12, 30: capessi, given by Diom. p. 367 P., and by Charis. ap. Prisc. p. 902 ib., but apparently erroneously; cf. Struve, p. 198, and lacesso), ītum (acc. to Prisc. l. l. part. fut. capessiturus, Tac. A. 6, 48), 3, v. desid. a. [capio].

Lit., to seize, take, or catch at eagerly, to snatch at, lay hold of (capesso = desidero capere, Prisc. l. l.;

rare but class.): alia animalia cibum partim oris hiatu et dentibus ipsis capessunt, partim unguium tenacitate adripiunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

pastus,

id. ib.:

arma,

Verg. A. 3, 234; Ov. M. 11, 378.—

Of relations of place, to strive to reach a place or limit, to betake one ' s self to, to go to, to repair or resort to; constr. usu. with acc.; ante-class. [p. 283] also capere se in or ad aliquem locum.

With acc.:

omnes mundi partes undique medium locum capessentes nituntur aequaliter,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 115:

superiora capessere,

id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

Melitam,

id. Att. 10, 9, 1:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 4, 346:

turris,

id. ib. 11, 466:

montem,

Val. Fl. 4, 316:

aethera,

Sil. 4, 480.—

Se in or ad aliquem locum:

quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6:

nunc pergam... me domum capessere,

id. Am. 1, 1, 106; Titin. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 346.—

With adverb. dat.:

quo nunc capessis te,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 5; id. Rud. 1, 2, 89; 1, 2, 83.—

Trop.

To take hold of any thing with zeal, to take upon one ' s self, take in hand, to undertake, enter upon, engage in, execute, manage (the most usu. signif.; cf. I. A.): Pac. ap. Non. p. 227, 1:

nunc ad senem cursum capessam,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:

viam,

Liv. 44, 2, 8:

alicujus imperia,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 23:

jussa,

to perform, execute, Verg. A. 1, 77; Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 4; so, capessere rem publicam, to undertake affairs of state, to engage in public affairs, administer (differing, by the idea of zealous co-operation and activity, from accedere ad rem publicam, which designates merely the entering upon a public office or duty), Cic. Sest. 6, 14; id. de Or. 3, 29, 112; id. Att. 1, 17, 10; 16, 7, 7; Sall. C. 52, 5; id. J. 85, 47; Nep. Them. 2, 1; Liv. 3, 69, 5; Tac. A. 1, 24; 12, 41; 16, 26; id. H. 4, 5; 4, 39; Suet. Tib. 25; Quint. 12, 3, 1:

civitatem,

Plin. Pan. 39, 5:

orbem terrae,

Tac. A. 11, 34; 12, 5:

magistratus,

id. Agr. 6:

imperium,

id. A. 13, 4; 14, 26:

vigintiviratum,

id. ib. 3, 29:

provincias,

id. ib. 6, 27:

officia in republică,

id. ib. 6, 14 Halm:

curas imperii,

Plin. Pan. 66, 2:

laborem cum honoribus,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 9 Dietsch:

bellum,

Liv. 26, 25, 5:

pugnam,

to commence, id. 2, 6, 8; 10, 5, 4; Tac. A. 12, 30; id. H. 3, 16; 5, 17:

proelium,

Just. 2, 12:

partem belli,

Liv. 31, 28, 4:

partem pugnae,

id. 26, 5, 15:

fugam,

to take to flight, id. 1, 25, 7:

principium facinoris,

Tac. A. 15, 49:

inimicitias,

id. ib. 5, 11:

noctem in castris tutam et vigilem,

to pass, id. ib. 4, 48:

divorsa,

Sall. H. 3, 68 Dietsch:

tuta et salutaria,

to adopt, Tac. A. 15, 29:

parata,

id. ib. 6, 37:

meliora,

id. ib. 6, 48 et saep.:

libertatem,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 2 Dietsch; Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 19: recta, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 7.—

Esp., to lay hold of with the mind, to comprehend, understand:

in capessendis naturae sensibus,

Gell. 12, 1, 11.—

To betake one ' s self to, enter upon (cf. I. B.):

quam (filius) se ad vitam et quos ad mores praecipitem inscitus capessat,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 2.—

With the idea of completed action, to attain to, to reach a person or thing: neque (te) posse corde capessere, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v 44 Vahl.).

dē-prĕhendo or dēprendo (v. prehendo; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 59), di, sum, 3, v. a.

To take or snatch away, esp. any thing which is in motion; to seize upon, catch (freq. and class.—For syn. cf.: invenio, reperio, nanciscor; offendo, aperio, patefacio, detego; incido, consequor, assequor, etc.).

Lit.:

deprehensus ex itinere Cn. Magius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4:

in ipso fluminis vado deprehensus,

id. B. G. 5, 58, 6:

in agris,

id. ib. 6, 30:

in ponte,

Sall. C. 45:

nuntiorum pars deprehensa,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

deprehensis internuntiis,

id. B. C. 3, 112 fin.: tabellarios deprendere litterasque intercipere, Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12; and:

litterae deprehensae,

intercepted, Liv. 2, 4:

onerarias naves,

to seize, take possession of, Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2; so id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; id. B. C. 1, 26 al.:

volucres jaculis,

Sil. 16, 566:

cursu deprendere telum,

Stat. Th. 6, 568:

subito deprehensus locutus est,

taken by surprise, Sen. Ep. 11, 1.—

Transf. of inanimate subjects. So, esp. freq. of storms:

deprensa navigia,

caught, overtaken by, Lucr. 6, 429; cf. Catull. 25, 13; Verg. A. 5, 52; id. G. 4, 421; Ov. M. 11, 663; Curt. 7, 4 et saep.—

In a wider sense, to catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover any one, esp. in doing any thing wrong.

Lit.:

deprehendi in aliquo manifesto scelere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43; so,

in maximo scelere,

Sall. C. 46, 2; 50, 4:

in facinore manifesto,

Cic. Brut. 68 fin.:

in alio maleficio,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

in adulterio,

id. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Vulg. Johan. 8, 3 et saep.:

dolis deprehensus,

Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 26:

nocte ferro deprehensus,

Quint. 7, 6, 8:

sine duce et sine equitatu deprehensis hostibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

(mulier) deprensa,

caught in the act, Hor. S. 1, 2, 131; 134; 1, 4, 114:

in mendacio,

Quint. 5, 7, 30:

aliquos flentes,

id. ib. 7, 9, 11: agendi subita necessitate deprehensi, id. 1, 12, 4; 1, 8, 21:

aliquem occisum, Suet,

Caes. 35 et saep.—

Of inanimate objects:

venenum,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20; cf. id. ib. 16, 47 sq.; Liv. 42, 17:

res furtiva in domo deprehensa,

Quint. 5, 13, 49; cf.

sacrilegium,

id. 8, 6, 26.—

Trop.

To comprehend, perceive, understand, detect, discover, discern, observe (chiefly post-Aug. in prose, esp. in Quint.):

cujus ego facinora oculis prius quam opinione, manibus ante quam suspicione deprehendi,

Cic. Cael. 6 fin.:

quid si me stultior ipso deprenderis?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 43:

hominum erga se mentes,

Suet. Calig. 60:

falsas gemmas,

Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198:

quam naturam ejus Pythagoras Samius primus deprehendit,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 37; 2, 9, 6, § 43; 9, 28, 44, § 86; Cels. 3, 18; 7 praef.; Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 3:

falsa facilius deprehendere et refellere,

Quint. 12, 1, 34:

quod vix a lectore deprehenditur,

id. 4, 2, 59:

in Livio Patavinitatem,

id. 1, 5, 56; cf. id. 3, 8, 69; 5, 13, 23 et saep.—

With acc. et inf.:

species diversas esse facile est deprehendere,

Quint. 9, 2, 44:

quosdam mitti,

Suet. Aug. 44:

deprehenditur vitiose loqui,

Quint. 1, 6, 7.—

To overtake, equal, imitate:

juvenemque puer deprehende parentem,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 74.—

To find, discover, come upon (always implying mental action, post-Aug.):

extra carmen non deprendas,

Quint. 1, 5, 18:

quod in epistolis Augusti deprehenditur,

id. 1, 7, 22; 8, 6, 71:

apud Ciceronem mira figurarum mixtura deprehenditur,

id. 9, 3, 40.—

With the predominant idea of restricting the free movement of an object, to impede, to check, to bring into a strait.

Lit.:

inter quas (latebras) deprehensus hostis,

Curt. 7, 4, 4:

in fovea,

id. 5, 3, 19:

flamina deprensa silvis,

i. e. impeded, confined, Verg. A. 10, 98:

viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

id. ib. 5, 273; cf. id. ib. 8, 247; Quint. 12, 2, 14. —

Trop., to bring into a strait, to embarrass:

deprehensum me plane video atque sentio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12 fin.:

deprensi pudorem explicant,

Quint. 6, 3, 100:

(testes) plus deprehensi nocent, quam firmi et interriti profuissent,

id. 5, 7, 11 al.

dē-prĕhendo or dēprendo (v. prehendo; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 59), di, sum, 3, v. a.

To take or snatch away, esp. any thing which is in motion; to seize upon, catch (freq. and class.—For syn. cf.: invenio, reperio, nanciscor; offendo, aperio, patefacio, detego; incido, consequor, assequor, etc.).

Lit.:

deprehensus ex itinere Cn. Magius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4:

in ipso fluminis vado deprehensus,

id. B. G. 5, 58, 6:

in agris,

id. ib. 6, 30:

in ponte,

Sall. C. 45:

nuntiorum pars deprehensa,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

deprehensis internuntiis,

id. B. C. 3, 112 fin.: tabellarios deprendere litterasque intercipere, Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12; and:

litterae deprehensae,

intercepted, Liv. 2, 4:

onerarias naves,

to seize, take possession of, Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2; so id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; id. B. C. 1, 26 al.:

volucres jaculis,

Sil. 16, 566:

cursu deprendere telum,

Stat. Th. 6, 568:

subito deprehensus locutus est,

taken by surprise, Sen. Ep. 11, 1.—

Transf. of inanimate subjects. So, esp. freq. of storms:

deprensa navigia,

caught, overtaken by, Lucr. 6, 429; cf. Catull. 25, 13; Verg. A. 5, 52; id. G. 4, 421; Ov. M. 11, 663; Curt. 7, 4 et saep.—

In a wider sense, to catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover any one, esp. in doing any thing wrong.

Lit.:

deprehendi in aliquo manifesto scelere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43; so,

in maximo scelere,

Sall. C. 46, 2; 50, 4:

in facinore manifesto,

Cic. Brut. 68 fin.:

in alio maleficio,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

in adulterio,

id. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Vulg. Johan. 8, 3 et saep.:

dolis deprehensus,

Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 26:

nocte ferro deprehensus,

Quint. 7, 6, 8:

sine duce et sine equitatu deprehensis hostibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

(mulier) deprensa,

caught in the act, Hor. S. 1, 2, 131; 134; 1, 4, 114:

in mendacio,

Quint. 5, 7, 30:

aliquos flentes,

id. ib. 7, 9, 11: agendi subita necessitate deprehensi, id. 1, 12, 4; 1, 8, 21:

aliquem occisum, Suet,

Caes. 35 et saep.—

Of inanimate objects:

venenum,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20; cf. id. ib. 16, 47 sq.; Liv. 42, 17:

res furtiva in domo deprehensa,

Quint. 5, 13, 49; cf.

sacrilegium,

id. 8, 6, 26.—

Trop.

To comprehend, perceive, understand, detect, discover, discern, observe (chiefly post-Aug. in prose, esp. in Quint.):

cujus ego facinora oculis prius quam opinione, manibus ante quam suspicione deprehendi,

Cic. Cael. 6 fin.:

quid si me stultior ipso deprenderis?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 43:

hominum erga se mentes,

Suet. Calig. 60:

falsas gemmas,

Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198:

quam naturam ejus Pythagoras Samius primus deprehendit,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 37; 2, 9, 6, § 43; 9, 28, 44, § 86; Cels. 3, 18; 7 praef.; Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 3:

falsa facilius deprehendere et refellere,

Quint. 12, 1, 34:

quod vix a lectore deprehenditur,

id. 4, 2, 59:

in Livio Patavinitatem,

id. 1, 5, 56; cf. id. 3, 8, 69; 5, 13, 23 et saep.—

With acc. et inf.:

species diversas esse facile est deprehendere,

Quint. 9, 2, 44:

quosdam mitti,

Suet. Aug. 44:

deprehenditur vitiose loqui,

Quint. 1, 6, 7.—

To overtake, equal, imitate:

juvenemque puer deprehende parentem,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 74.—

To find, discover, come upon (always implying mental action, post-Aug.):

extra carmen non deprendas,

Quint. 1, 5, 18:

quod in epistolis Augusti deprehenditur,

id. 1, 7, 22; 8, 6, 71:

apud Ciceronem mira figurarum mixtura deprehenditur,

id. 9, 3, 40.—

With the predominant idea of restricting the free movement of an object, to impede, to check, to bring into a strait.

Lit.:

inter quas (latebras) deprehensus hostis,

Curt. 7, 4, 4:

in fovea,

id. 5, 3, 19:

flamina deprensa silvis,

i. e. impeded, confined, Verg. A. 10, 98:

viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

id. ib. 5, 273; cf. id. ib. 8, 247; Quint. 12, 2, 14. —

Trop., to bring into a strait, to embarrass:

deprehensum me plane video atque sentio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12 fin.:

deprensi pudorem explicant,

Quint. 6, 3, 100:

(testes) plus deprehensi nocent, quam firmi et interriti profuissent,

id. 5, 7, 11 al.

as-sĕquor ( ads-, Fleck., B. and K., Halm), sĕcūtus (or sĕquutus; v. sequor), 3, v. dep., to follow one in order to come up to him, to pursue.

A.. In gen. (only ante-class. in the two foll. exs.): ne sequere, adsequere, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 73 Müll.:

Adsequere, retine,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 89.—Far more freq.,

Esp., to reach one by pursuing him:

sequendo pervenire ad aliquem: nec quicquam sequi, quod adsequi non queas,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Hence, to overtake, come up with a person or thing (with the idea of active exertion; while consequi designates merely a coming up with, a meeting with a desired object, the attainment of a wish; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 147 sq. According to gen. usage, adsequor is found only in prose;

but consequor is freq. found in the poets): si es Romae jam me adsequi non potes, sin es in viā, cum eris me adsecutus, coram agemus,

Cic. Att. 3, 5; [p. 178] poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

Pisonem nuntius adsequitur,

Tac. A. 2, 75.—In the histt. also absol.:

ut si viā rectā vestigia sequentes īssent, haud dubie adsecuturi fuerint,

Liv. 28, 16:

in Bruttios raptim, ne Gracchus adsequeretur, concessit,

id. 24, 20:

nondum adsecutā parte suorum,

arrived, id. 33, 8; Tac. H. 3, 60.—

Trop.

To gain, obtain, procure:

eosdem honorum gradus adsecuti,

Cic. Planc. 25, 60:

immortalitatem,

id. ib. 37, 90:

omnes magistratus sine repulsā,

id. Pis. 1, 2; so Sall. J. 4, 4:

regnum,

Curt. 4, 6 al.:

nihil quicquam egregium,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134; id. Verr. 2, 1, 57:

quā in re nihil aliud adsequeris, nisi ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

adsecutas virtute, ne, etc.,

Just. 2, 4.—

To attain to one in any quality, i. e. to come up to, to equal, match; more freq. in regard to the quality itself, to attain to:

Sisenna Clitarchum velle imitari videtur: quem si adsequi posset, aliquantum ab optimo tamen abesset,

Cic. Leg. 1, 2 fin.:

benevolentiam tuam erga me imitabor, merita non adsequar,

id. Fam. 6, 4 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 4 fin.:

qui illorum prudentiam, non dicam adsequi, sed quanta fuerit perspicere possint,

id. Har. Resp. 9, 18:

ingenium alicujus aliquā ex parte,

Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 5: ut longitudo aut plenitudo harum multitudinem alterius adsequatur et exaequet, Auct. ad Her. 4, 20.—

Transf. to mental objects, to attain to by an effort of the under standing, to comprehend, understand:

ut essent, qui cogitationem adsequi possent et voluntatem interpretari,

Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 139:

quibus (ratione et intellegentiā) utimur ad eam rem, ut apertis obscura adsequamur,

id. N. D. 3, 15, 38:

ut scribas ad me, quid ipse conjecturā adsequare,

id. Att. 7, 13 A fin.:

Quis tot ludibria fortunae... aut animo adsequi queat aut oratione complecti?

Curt. 4, 16, 10; Sex. Caecil. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 5:

quid istuc sit, videor ferme adsequi,

Gell. 3, 1, 3:

visum est et mihi adsecuto omnia a principio diligenter ex ordine tibi scribere,

Vulg. Luc. 1, 3:

adsecutus es meam doctrinam,

ib. 2 Tim. 3, 10; ib. 1 Tim. 4, 6.

► Pass. acc. to Prisc. p. 791 P., but without an example; in Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73 fin., instead of the earlier reading, it is better to read, ut haec diligentia nihil eorum investigare, nihil adsequi potuerit; cf. Zumpt ad h. l., and Gronov. Observ. 1, 12, 107; so also B. and K.

ănĭmadverto (archaic - vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a. [contr. from animum adverto, which orthography is very freq. in the anteclass. period; cf. adverto, II. B.] (scarcely found in any poet beside Ter. and Verg.), to direct the mind or attention to a thing, to attend to, give heed to, to take heed, consider, regard, observe.

Lit.

In gen.:

alios tuam rem credidisti magis quam tete animum advorsuros,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 3:

atque haec in bello plura et majora videntur timentibus, eadem non tam animadvertuntur in pace,

Cic. Div. 2, 27:

sed animadvertendum est diligenter, quae natura rerum sit,

id. Off. 2, 20, 69:

dignitas tua facit, ut animadvertatur quicquid facias,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 2.—With ut, to think of:

illud me non animadvertisse moleste ferrem, ut ascriberem, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 5 (cf.:

animos advertere, ne,

Liv. 4, 45).—

Esp., as t. t.

Of the lictor, whose duty it was to give attention, to see, that the consul, when he appeared, should receive due homage (cf. Sen. Ep. 64; Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 23, and Smith, Dict. Antiq., s. v. lictor):

consul animadvertere proximum lictorem jussit,

Liv. 24, 44 fin. —

Of the people, to whom the lictor gave orders to pay attention, to pay regard to:

consule theatrum introeunte, cum lictor animadverti ex more jussisset,

Suet. Caes. 80 Ruhnk.—

Transf., as a consequence of attention.

To remark, notice, observe, perceive, see (in a more general sense than above; the most usu. signif. of this word).

With acc.:

Ecquid attendis? ecquid animadvertis horum silentium?

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20: utcumque animadversa aut existimata erunt, Liv. praef. med.:

his animadversis,

Verg. G. 2, 259; 3, 123 et saep.:

Equidem etiam illud animadverto, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37 Beier.:

nutrix animadvertit puerum dormientem circumplicatum serpentis amplexu,

id. Div. 1, 36, 79.—

With acc. and inf.:

postquam id vos velle animum advorteram,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 16:

qui non animadverterit innocentes illos natos, etc.,

Nep. Epam. 6, 3:

turrim conlucere animadvertit,

Tac. H. 3, 38.—

With ind. quest.: quod quale sit, etiam in bestiis quibusdam animadverti potest, Cic.Am. 8, 27.—

In a pregn. sense, to discern something, or, in gen., to apprehend, understand, comprehend, know (less freq. than the synn. cognoscere, intellegere, etc.):

boni seminis sues animadvertuntur a facie et progenie,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 4:

nonne animadvertis, quam multi effugerint?

Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

ut adsint, cognoscant, animadvertant, quid de religione... existimandum sit,

id. ib. 1, 6, 14:

animadverti enim et didici ex tuis litteris te, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 5.—

To notice a wrong, to censure, blame, chastise, punish (cf. the Engl. phrase to attend to one, for to punish):

Ea primum ab illo animadvortenda injuriast,

deserves to be punished, Ter. And. 1, 1, 129 (animadvortenda = castiganda, vindicanda, Don.):

O facinus animadvortendum,

O crime worthy of punishment, id. ib. 4, 4, 28:

animadvertenda peccata,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40:

res a magistratibus animadvertenda,

id. Caecin. 12:

neque animadvertere neque vincire nisi sacerdotibus permissum = morte multare,

to punish with death, Tac. G. 7.—Esp. freq. in judicial proceedings as t. t., constr. with in aliquem: qui institueras [p. 122] animadvertere in eos, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23:

imperiti, si in hunc animadvertissem, crudeliter et regie factum esse dicerent,

id. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

qui in alios animadvertisset indictā causā,

id. Fam. 5, 2; so Sall. C. 51, 21; Liv. 1, 26:

in Marcianum Icelum, ut in libertum, palam animadversum,

Tac. H. 1, 46; 1, 68; 1, 85; 4, 49; Suet. Aug. 15; id. Tib. 61; id. Calig. 30; id. Galb. 20; Dig. 48, 19, 8 al.;

hence, effect for cause, animadverti,

to offend, be censurable, Cic. Or. 3, 12.

ănĭmadverto (archaic - vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a. [contr. from animum adverto, which orthography is very freq. in the anteclass. period; cf. adverto, II. B.] (scarcely found in any poet beside Ter. and Verg.), to direct the mind or attention to a thing, to attend to, give heed to, to take heed, consider, regard, observe.

Lit.

In gen.:

alios tuam rem credidisti magis quam tete animum advorsuros,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 3:

atque haec in bello plura et majora videntur timentibus, eadem non tam animadvertuntur in pace,

Cic. Div. 2, 27:

sed animadvertendum est diligenter, quae natura rerum sit,

id. Off. 2, 20, 69:

dignitas tua facit, ut animadvertatur quicquid facias,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 2.—With ut, to think of:

illud me non animadvertisse moleste ferrem, ut ascriberem, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 5 (cf.:

animos advertere, ne,

Liv. 4, 45).—

Esp., as t. t.

Of the lictor, whose duty it was to give attention, to see, that the consul, when he appeared, should receive due homage (cf. Sen. Ep. 64; Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 23, and Smith, Dict. Antiq., s. v. lictor):

consul animadvertere proximum lictorem jussit,

Liv. 24, 44 fin. —

Of the people, to whom the lictor gave orders to pay attention, to pay regard to:

consule theatrum introeunte, cum lictor animadverti ex more jussisset,

Suet. Caes. 80 Ruhnk.—

Transf., as a consequence of attention.

To remark, notice, observe, perceive, see (in a more general sense than above; the most usu. signif. of this word).

With acc.:

Ecquid attendis? ecquid animadvertis horum silentium?

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20: utcumque animadversa aut existimata erunt, Liv. praef. med.:

his animadversis,

Verg. G. 2, 259; 3, 123 et saep.:

Equidem etiam illud animadverto, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37 Beier.:

nutrix animadvertit puerum dormientem circumplicatum serpentis amplexu,

id. Div. 1, 36, 79.—

With acc. and inf.:

postquam id vos velle animum advorteram,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 16:

qui non animadverterit innocentes illos natos, etc.,

Nep. Epam. 6, 3:

turrim conlucere animadvertit,

Tac. H. 3, 38.—

With ind. quest.: quod quale sit, etiam in bestiis quibusdam animadverti potest, Cic.Am. 8, 27.—

In a pregn. sense, to discern something, or, in gen., to apprehend, understand, comprehend, know (less freq. than the synn. cognoscere, intellegere, etc.):

boni seminis sues animadvertuntur a facie et progenie,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 4:

nonne animadvertis, quam multi effugerint?

Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

ut adsint, cognoscant, animadvertant, quid de religione... existimandum sit,

id. ib. 1, 6, 14:

animadverti enim et didici ex tuis litteris te, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 5.—

To notice a wrong, to censure, blame, chastise, punish (cf. the Engl. phrase to attend to one, for to punish):

Ea primum ab illo animadvortenda injuriast,

deserves to be punished, Ter. And. 1, 1, 129 (animadvortenda = castiganda, vindicanda, Don.):

O facinus animadvortendum,

O crime worthy of punishment, id. ib. 4, 4, 28:

animadvertenda peccata,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40:

res a magistratibus animadvertenda,

id. Caecin. 12:

neque animadvertere neque vincire nisi sacerdotibus permissum = morte multare,

to punish with death, Tac. G. 7.—Esp. freq. in judicial proceedings as t. t., constr. with in aliquem: qui institueras [p. 122] animadvertere in eos, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23:

imperiti, si in hunc animadvertissem, crudeliter et regie factum esse dicerent,

id. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

qui in alios animadvertisset indictā causā,

id. Fam. 5, 2; so Sall. C. 51, 21; Liv. 1, 26:

in Marcianum Icelum, ut in libertum, palam animadversum,

Tac. H. 1, 46; 1, 68; 1, 85; 4, 49; Suet. Aug. 15; id. Tib. 61; id. Calig. 30; id. Galb. 20; Dig. 48, 19, 8 al.;

hence, effect for cause, animadverti,

to offend, be censurable, Cic. Or. 3, 12.

as-sĕquor ( ads-, Fleck., B. and K., Halm), sĕcūtus (or sĕquutus; v. sequor), 3, v. dep., to follow one in order to come up to him, to pursue.

A.. In gen. (only ante-class. in the two foll. exs.): ne sequere, adsequere, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 73 Müll.:

Adsequere, retine,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 89.—Far more freq.,

Esp., to reach one by pursuing him:

sequendo pervenire ad aliquem: nec quicquam sequi, quod adsequi non queas,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Hence, to overtake, come up with a person or thing (with the idea of active exertion; while consequi designates merely a coming up with, a meeting with a desired object, the attainment of a wish; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 147 sq. According to gen. usage, adsequor is found only in prose;

but consequor is freq. found in the poets): si es Romae jam me adsequi non potes, sin es in viā, cum eris me adsecutus, coram agemus,

Cic. Att. 3, 5; [p. 178] poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

Pisonem nuntius adsequitur,

Tac. A. 2, 75.—In the histt. also absol.:

ut si viā rectā vestigia sequentes īssent, haud dubie adsecuturi fuerint,

Liv. 28, 16:

in Bruttios raptim, ne Gracchus adsequeretur, concessit,

id. 24, 20:

nondum adsecutā parte suorum,

arrived, id. 33, 8; Tac. H. 3, 60.—

Trop.

To gain, obtain, procure:

eosdem honorum gradus adsecuti,

Cic. Planc. 25, 60:

immortalitatem,

id. ib. 37, 90:

omnes magistratus sine repulsā,

id. Pis. 1, 2; so Sall. J. 4, 4:

regnum,

Curt. 4, 6 al.:

nihil quicquam egregium,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134; id. Verr. 2, 1, 57:

quā in re nihil aliud adsequeris, nisi ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

adsecutas virtute, ne, etc.,

Just. 2, 4.—

To attain to one in any quality, i. e. to come up to, to equal, match; more freq. in regard to the quality itself, to attain to:

Sisenna Clitarchum velle imitari videtur: quem si adsequi posset, aliquantum ab optimo tamen abesset,

Cic. Leg. 1, 2 fin.:

benevolentiam tuam erga me imitabor, merita non adsequar,

id. Fam. 6, 4 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 4 fin.:

qui illorum prudentiam, non dicam adsequi, sed quanta fuerit perspicere possint,

id. Har. Resp. 9, 18:

ingenium alicujus aliquā ex parte,

Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 5: ut longitudo aut plenitudo harum multitudinem alterius adsequatur et exaequet, Auct. ad Her. 4, 20.—

Transf. to mental objects, to attain to by an effort of the under standing, to comprehend, understand:

ut essent, qui cogitationem adsequi possent et voluntatem interpretari,

Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 139:

quibus (ratione et intellegentiā) utimur ad eam rem, ut apertis obscura adsequamur,

id. N. D. 3, 15, 38:

ut scribas ad me, quid ipse conjecturā adsequare,

id. Att. 7, 13 A fin.:

Quis tot ludibria fortunae... aut animo adsequi queat aut oratione complecti?

Curt. 4, 16, 10; Sex. Caecil. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 5:

quid istuc sit, videor ferme adsequi,

Gell. 3, 1, 3:

visum est et mihi adsecuto omnia a principio diligenter ex ordine tibi scribere,

Vulg. Luc. 1, 3:

adsecutus es meam doctrinam,

ib. 2 Tim. 3, 10; ib. 1 Tim. 4, 6.

► Pass. acc. to Prisc. p. 791 P., but without an example; in Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73 fin., instead of the earlier reading, it is better to read, ut haec diligentia nihil eorum investigare, nihil adsequi potuerit; cf. Zumpt ad h. l., and Gronov. Observ. 1, 12, 107; so also B. and K.

circum-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.

Prop., to draw a line around, to circumscribe, enclose in a circle (in good prose;

very freq. in Cic.): orbem,

Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23:

lineas extremas umbrae,

Quint. 10, 2, 7:

virgulā stantem,

Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 23:

virgā regem,

Liv. 45, 12, 5:

aeneā fibulā pars auriculae latissima circumscribitur,

Col. 6, 5, 4:

terram surculo heliotropii,

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 60.—

Trop.

To draw a line as the circumference of a thing (cf. Quint. 12, 10, 5), i. e. to define, encompass, enclose, lim it, bound, circumscribe (syn.: definio, describo, termino):

nullis ut terminis (orator) circumscribat aut definiat jus suum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70; cf.:

genus universum brevi circumscribi et definiri potest,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

exiguum nobis vitae curriculum natura circumscripsit, immensum gloriae,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 30:

quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est,

id. Arch. 11, 29:

ante enim circumscribitur mente sententia confestimque verba concurrunt,

id. Or. 59, 200:

locum habitandi alicui,

id. Par. 2, 18:

Oceanus undique circumscribit omnes terras et ambit,

Gell. 12, 13, 20:

uti mihi dicas et quasi circumscribas verbis, quid homo sit,

id. 4, 1, 12.—

To bring within narrow bounds, i. e. to contract, hem in, circumscribe, to hinder free action, to restrain, confine, limit, etc. (syn.: claudo, includo, coërceo).

Esp., of the restrictions or hinderances imposed by one magistracy or authority upon another:

Senatus credo praetorem eum circumscripsisset,

Cic. Mil. 33, 88 (cf. just before:

an consules in praetore coërcendo fortes fuissent),

id. Att. 7, 9, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 72:

ille se fluvio Rubicone et CC. milibus circumscriptum esse patiatur?

Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5:

gulam et ventrem,

Sen. Ep. 108, 14:

circumscribere corpus et animo locum laxare,

id. ib. 15, 2:

laudes,

id. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 7.—

In gen.:

uno genere genus hoc aratorum,

to comprehend in one class, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149 Zumpt:

totum Dionysium sex epitomis circumscripsit,

abridged, Col. 1, 1, 10:

ut luxuriam vilitate circumscribamus,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 4.—

In later medic. lang. circumscribi = minui, to abate, subside:

gravedo circumscribitur,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10; so id. Acut. 2, 10 fin. —

To encircle or go around by writing = scribendo circumdare, i. e. to deceive, cheat, circumvent, entrap, insnare (syn.:

circumvenio, decipio): fallacibus et captiosis interrogationibus circumscripti atque decepti,

Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46; Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 131; 33, 3, 14, § 48: non circumscribetur, qui ita se gesserit, ut dicat, etc., will not be deceived, i. e. will commit no error, Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 3; id. Ep. 82, 19.—

In mercantile lang., to deprive of money, to overreach, defraud:

adulescentulos,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 7; Juv. 10, 222; 14, 237:

ab Roscio HS. I[C ][C ]. circumscriptus,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:

vectigalia,

to embezzle, Quint. Decl. 340.—

In law, to defeat the purpose of a law, a will, etc., by a forced or too literal interpretation:

legem,

Dig. 4, 3, 18 fin.:

ita circumscripto testamento,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 4; Front. Aquaed. 112: constitutiones, Lact. de Ira Dei, 8.—

Of circumlocution, to involve in language:

oratio rem simplicem circumscribens elocutione,

Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43; cf.:

facetis jocis sacrilegium circumscribens,

covering, Just. 39, 2, 5.—

To cancel; to declare invalid, to annul, invalidate, void, set aside (cf. circumduco, II. D.):

hoc omni tempore Sullano ex accusatione circumscripto,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 43 (sublato, circumducto, praetermisso, Ascon.):

circumscriptis igitur iis seutentiis, quas posui, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 9, 31.—Hence, circumscriptus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to II. A.) In rhet., rounded into periods, periodic:

circumscripti verborum ambitus,

Cic. Or. 12, 38; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 5, and v. circumscriptio.— Adv.: circum-scriptē, in periods:

circumscripte numeroseque dicere,

Cic. Or. 66, 221: circumscripte complecti singulas res. id. N. D. 2, 59, 147.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Restricted, limited:

brevis et circumscripta quaedam explicatio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189:

(vis orationis) pressior et circumscriptior et adductior,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.— Adv.: circum-scriptē, summarily:

circumscripte et breviter ostendere,

Lact. 5, 14, 8; 5, 9, 20. — Sup. of the adj., and comp. and sup. of the adv. not in use.

inspĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. [inspecio], to look into; to look at, inspect; to consider, contemplate, examine (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

intro inspice,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 72:

inspicere tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 61:

cum Romam inspexerit Eos,

Ov. F. 4, 389:

inspice quid portem,

id. Tr. 3, 1, 9:

faciem,

Juv. 1, 97:

ranarum viscera,

id. 3, 45:

ea est procul inspicientibus natura loci, ut,

Just. 4, 1:

libros,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 1:

leges,

Cic. Balb. 14, 32:

aurum inspicere, ne subruptum siet,

to examine whether, Plaut. Aul. prol. 39.—

In partic.

To look at, inspect a thing with reference to its value, etc.: te hoc orare jussit, Ut sibi liceret inspicere has aedes. Si. Non sunt venales, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 65:

candelabrum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64; cf.:

praedium suum,

id. Fam. 9, 7, 2:

venalem domum,

Suet. Oth. 6:

ludorum sumptus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 509.—

To inspect, examine:

morbum,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 15:

arma, viros, equos, cum cura,

Liv. 44, 1, 6:

arma militis,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 61.—

To examine, spy out:

domos,

Verg. A. 2, 47.—

Trop., to consider, examine, become acquainted with, comprehend, perceive:

res sociorum,

to inspect their affairs, examine into their conduct, Liv. 21, 6, 3:

aliquem a puero,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44:

quem diliges ut ego, si ut ego propius inspexeris,

Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 3:

est aliquis, qui se inspici, aestimari fastidiat,

Liv. 6, 41, 2:

sententiam mulieris,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 51:

querelam,

Petr. 15:

rationes,

Plin. Ep. 10, 57, 1:

aes alienum,

Liv. 6, 27, 8:

fidem,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 26:

an possit fieri,

Mart. 1, 55, 6:

quid expediat, quid deceat,

Quint. 11, 1, 8 al.

rīmor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [rima].

Orig. belonging to agricultural lang., to lay open, tear up, turn up the ground:

rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534.— Of animals, to root up, turn up, grub through:

volucres rimantur prata Caystri,

Verg. G. 1, 384:

stagna et paludes (volucres),

Col. 8, 15, 1:

paludem (sues),

id. 7, 9, 7.—

Transf., to tear up, turn over insearch of any thing; to pry into, search, examine, explore (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

vultur Viscera rimatur epulis,

rummages for food, Verg. A. 6, 599:

haruspex Pectora pullorum rimatur et exta catelli,

Juv. 6, 551:

humum pilis et lanceis,

Tac. H. 2, 29:

partes rimatur apertas, Qua vulnus letale ferat,

Verg. A. 11, 748: oculis caeli plagas, Varr. ap. Non. 382, 12; Stat. Th. 11, 526; cf.:

elatis naribus auras,

Ov. Hal. 77; cf.:

rimatus fustem cunctis vastiorem,

App. M. 3, p. 141, 14.— Absol.:

quod cuique repertum Rimanti,

Verg. A. 7, 508. —

Trop., to examine thoroughly, investigate (syn.: scrutor, investigo, indago): hanc quidem rationem naturae difficile est fortasse traducere ad id genus divinationis; sed tamen id quoque rimatur quantum potest, Posidonius (the figure taken from the haruspices or augurs), * Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

mihi cuncta rimanti,

Quint. 3, 4, 6; cf. id. 5, 13, 23; 12, 8, 14:

secreta,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

metus ejus,

id. ib. 14, 57:

offensas,

id. H. 4, 11 al. —

To find out, comprehend:

ego autem rimari non queo, unde hoc sit, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10.

Act. collat. form, rīmo, āre, Att. ap. Non. 382, 10; Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. ruspari, p. 265 Müll.; cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.—

rī-mātus, a, um, pass., Sid. Ep. 7, 2.

rīmor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [rima].

Orig. belonging to agricultural lang., to lay open, tear up, turn up the ground:

rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534.— Of animals, to root up, turn up, grub through:

volucres rimantur prata Caystri,

Verg. G. 1, 384:

stagna et paludes (volucres),

Col. 8, 15, 1:

paludem (sues),

id. 7, 9, 7.—

Transf., to tear up, turn over insearch of any thing; to pry into, search, examine, explore (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

vultur Viscera rimatur epulis,

rummages for food, Verg. A. 6, 599:

haruspex Pectora pullorum rimatur et exta catelli,

Juv. 6, 551:

humum pilis et lanceis,

Tac. H. 2, 29:

partes rimatur apertas, Qua vulnus letale ferat,

Verg. A. 11, 748: oculis caeli plagas, Varr. ap. Non. 382, 12; Stat. Th. 11, 526; cf.:

elatis naribus auras,

Ov. Hal. 77; cf.:

rimatus fustem cunctis vastiorem,

App. M. 3, p. 141, 14.— Absol.:

quod cuique repertum Rimanti,

Verg. A. 7, 508. —

Trop., to examine thoroughly, investigate (syn.: scrutor, investigo, indago): hanc quidem rationem naturae difficile est fortasse traducere ad id genus divinationis; sed tamen id quoque rimatur quantum potest, Posidonius (the figure taken from the haruspices or augurs), * Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

mihi cuncta rimanti,

Quint. 3, 4, 6; cf. id. 5, 13, 23; 12, 8, 14:

secreta,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

metus ejus,

id. ib. 14, 57:

offensas,

id. H. 4, 11 al. —

To find out, comprehend:

ego autem rimari non queo, unde hoc sit, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10.

Act. collat. form, rīmo, āre, Att. ap. Non. 382, 10; Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. ruspari, p. 265 Müll.; cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.—

rī-mātus, a, um, pass., Sid. Ep. 7, 2.