con-certō

con-certo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to contend with any one zealously or warmly (rare but class.; cf. aemulor).

In gen.:

te audio nescio quid concertasse cum ero,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 3: pro explorato habebat, Ambiorigem proelio non esse concertaturum, * Caes. B. G. 6, 5:

de regno,

Suet. Aug. 21:

aves nandi velocitate concertant,

Col. 8, 15, 4.— Poet., with dat.:

triclinia templis concertant,

Manil. 5, 507.—

Esp., to dispute, debate (only so in Cic.):

(Pompeius) saepius cum hoste conflixit, quam quisquam cum inimico concertavit,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

cum aliquo verbo uno,

id. Att. 3, 12, 2:

cum Apolline de tripode,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

concertantes super cenam de nobilitate generis,

Suet. Calig. 22.

con-torquĕo, torsi, tortum (also -torsum, acc. to Prisc. 9, p. 871 P.), 2, v. a., to turn, twist, twirl, swing, whirl or brandish, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

Of weapons, arms, etc. (mostly poet.):

telum contortum validis viribus,

Lucr. 1, 971; cf.:

hastam viribus,

Ov. M. 5, 32:

lenta spicula lacertis,

Verg. A. 7, 165:

hastile adducto lacerto,

id. ib. 11, 561:

cuspidem lacerto,

Ov. M. 8, 345:

valido sceptrum lacerto,

id. ib. 5, 422:

(hastile) certo contorquens dirigit ictu,

Verg. A. 12, 490:

sed magnum stridens contorta phalarica venit,

id. ib. 9, 705:

hastam In latus, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 52; Quint. 9, 4, 8:

telum in eum,

Curt. 8, 14, 36.—

Of other objects:

gubernaclum quolibet,

Lucr. 4, 904; cf.:

membra quocumque volt,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

tantum corpus,

Lucr. 4, 900:

globum eā celeritate, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24; id. Arat. 61: equum magnā vi, Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 9:

amnis in alium cursum contortos et deflexos videmus,

Cic. Div. 1, 19, 38:

proram ad laevas undas,

Verg. A. 3, 562:

silvas insano vortice,

whirling them round in its raging whirlpool, id. G. 1, 481; cf.

64, 107:

frementes aquas subitis verticibus,

Luc. 4, 102 Weber; cf. id. 3, 631; Sil. 3, 50:

an omnis tempestas aeque mare illud contorqueat,

Sen. Ep. 79, 1 al.:

vertex est contorta in se aqua,

Quint. 8, 2, 7:

nubila fumo,

Sil. 4, 309.—

Trop. (mostly in Cic. and of rhet. matters;

the metaphor taken from missiles which are brandished, that they may be discharged with greater force): (auditor) tamquam machinatione aliquā tum ad severitatem, tum ad remissionem animi est contorquendus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.—So of discourse that is thrown out violently or forcibly, hurled:

Demosthenis non tam vibrarent fulmina illa, nisi numeris contorta ferrentur,

Cic. Or. 70, 234; cf. Quint. 10, 7, 14:

quam rhetorice! quam copiose! quas sententias colligit! quae verba contorquet! ( = summā vi et impetu profert),

hurls forth, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; cf.:

longas periodos uno spiritu,

Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4:

deinde contorquent et ita concludunt, etc.,

twist the argument, Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106.— Hence, contortus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), of discourse.

Brandished, hurled, full of motion, powerful, vehement, energetic, strong (rare;

mostly in Cic.): contorta et acris oratio,

Cic. Or. 20, 66:

vis (orationis),

Quint. 10, 7, 14:

levibus mulcentur et contortis excitantur,

id. 9, 4, 116.—

Involved, intricate, obscure, perplexed, complicated:

contortae et difficiles res,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: contorta et aculeata quaedam sophismata, id. Ac. 2, 24, 75.— Adv.: con-tortē (acc. to II.), intricately, perplexedly:

dicere,

Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29; Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15. —

* Comp.:

concluduntur a Stoicis,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.— Sup. not in use.

con-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3, v. a. [quatio, as cur = quāre].

To strike one upon another, to strike together (rare): utrum cavae manus concutiantur, an planae, Sen. Q. N. 2, 28, 1:

concussā manu dare signa,

Ov. M. 11, 465:

frameas,

Tac. G. 11.—

To shake violently, to shake, agitate (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit. (mostly poet.): concutit ungula terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 419 Vahl.): tonitru concussa aequora caeli, Att. ap. Non. p. 505, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 224 Rib.); cf.:

templa caeli summa sonitu (in a parodying of pathos),

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 42; cf.:

serena caeli sonitu,

Lucr. 2, 1101; 6, 358:

grandi tonitru concussa repente Terra,

id. 5, 551; cf. id. 6, 544:

terra ingenti motu concussa est,

Liv. 3, 10, 6; Ov. M. 8, 781:

concussae cadunt urbes,

Lucr. 5, 1236: concusso terrae motu theatro, * Suet. Ner. 20:

moenia,

Ov. M. 13, 175:

freta,

id. ib. 6, 691;

7, 201: undas,

id. ib. 8, 605:

artus,

Lucr. 5, 1076; 6, 595; cf. id. 2, 949:

corpora risu,

id. 1, 918; 2, 976; cf. Juv. 3, 101; Quint. 6, 3, 9:

caput,

Ov. M. 2, 50:

caesariem,

id. ib. 1, 179; cf.

comam,

id. F. 2, 846:

tempora,

id. M. 13, 644:

manum,

id. ib. 11, 465:

pectus,

id. ib. 2, 755:

arma manu,

to hurl, id. ib. 1, 143; 7, 130; cf.:

tela lacertis,

id. ib. 12, 79:

te certo arcu,

to hit surely, Prop. 1, 7, 15:

inmissis aurigae undantia lora Concussere jugis,

Verg. A. 5, 147:

in calicibus concussis,

Plin. 35, 16, 55, § 193 Sillig N. cr.:

munimenta arietibus admotis,

Curt. 8, 2, 22:

aures Caesaris concutit fragor,

Luc. 6, 163:

corpus concutit gestatio,

Sen. Ep. 15, 6:

pectora planctu,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 179.— Pass.:

quorum (ignium) ictu concuti aera verum est,

Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 112:

corpus concutitur gestatione,

Cels. 3, 21:

majore cachinno Concutitur,

Juv. 3, 100:

concutitur sanguis,

Lucr. 3, 249.—Esp. in part. perf.:

mugitibus aether,

Verg. G. 3, 151:

risu tremulo (ora),

Lucr. 1, 919; 2, 976:

rates,

shattered, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:

coma,

id. F. 2, 846:

corpus vulnere,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 70:

fores,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 50:

ilex,

Verg. G. 4, 81:

quercus,

id. ib. 1, 159:

materies per artus,

Lucr. 2, 949:

Lyrnesia moenia dextrā,

Ov. M. 13, 175:

mons,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 53:

paries,

Dig. 39, 2, 18, § 11:

remo concusso tollere ratem,

Val. Fl. 1, 340.— With Gr. acc.:

pectus concussa crebris verberibus,

Luc. 2, 335.—

Se, to examine by shaking one's self; the figure taken from the searching of a thief, etc., by shaking his garments; hence, trop. equiv. to search, examine (cf. excutio):

te ipsum Concute, num qua tibi vitiorum inseverit olim Natura,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 35 Orell. ad loc. and cf. B. 3. infra.—

Trop.

To shake the power of, shake to its foundation, to shatter, cause to waver, to impair, disturb, distract:

rem publicam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109; Plin. Pan. 6, 3:

provincias magnis momentis,

Vell. 2, 78:

regnum,

Liv. 33, 19, 1:

orbem,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

opes Lacedaemoniorum,

Nep. Epam. 6, 4:

provincias magnis molimentis,

Vell. 2, 78, 1:

concusso jam et paene fracto Hannibale,

Liv. 28, 44, 11:

domum,

Tac. H. 3, 45:

concussā Transrhenanorum fide,

id. ib. 5, 25:

nondum concusso senatusconsulto,

id. A. 14, 43:

imperium Persarum,

Curt. 4, 14, 20; cf. Plin. Ep. 10, 114 (115), 3:

concussa fides,

Luc. 1, 182.—

Usually, to put in fear, terror, or anxiety, to terrify, alarm, trouble:

terrorem metum concutientem definiunt,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

consules declarantur M. Tullius et C. Antonius, quod factum primo populares conjurationis concusserat,

Sall. C. 24, 1:

populum Romanum terrore Numantini belli,

Vell. 2, 90, 3; Quint. 4, 2, 37:

urbem,

Verg. A. 4, 666:

totam Asiam,

Curt. 4, 1, 20:

ingens barbaros pavor concusserat,

id. 8, 2, 24:

casu concussus acerbo,

Verg. A. 5, 700; Tac. H. 2, 99 fin.:

extemplo turbati animi concussaque vulgi Pectora,

Verg. A. 11, 451. — Poet. in a Greek constr.:

casu animum concussus amici,

Verg. A. 5, 869:

hoc concussa metu mentem Juturna virago,

id. ib. 12, 468; so Hor. S. 2, 3, 295.—

In the jurists: aliquem, to terrify one by threats, etc., in order to extort money from him, Dig. 1, 18, 6, § 3; Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 12; Cod. Th. 9, 27, 6; cf. concussio, II., concussor, and concussura.—

In gen., of any excitement of the passions: magnum et summum est deoque vicinum, non concuti. Hanc stabilem animi sedem Graeci euthumian vocant... ego tranquillitatem voco, Sen. Tranq. 2, 3:

hoc agite: Poenas petite violatae Stygis: Concutite pectus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 105.—

To urge, excite, rouse to activity, = excitare, commovere (rare and not ante-Aug.):

fecundum concute pectus,

Verg. A. 7, 338:

tu concute plebem,

Petr. Poet. 124, 288:

se concussere ambae,

Juv. 10, 328:

non leviter se Numidia concussit,

Flor. 3, 1, 2.—Hence, * concussus, a, um, P. a., stirred up, restless:

Pallas aliquanto concussior,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 332.

con-grĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to collect into a flock or herd, to assemble.

Prop. (rare;

mostly in Pliny the elder): oves,

Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188.—Mid.:

apium examina congregantur,

collect in swarms, Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157; cf. id. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

cetera animantia congregari videmus,

Plin. 7, prooem. 1, §

5: cum ceteris,

id. 8, 22, 34, § 81:

in loca certa,

id. 10, 23, 31, § 61:

se ad amnes (ferae),

id. 8, 16, 17, § 42.—More freq. (in good prose; esp. freq. in Cic.),

In gen., to collect or assemble a multitude together, to unite, join, associate.

Lit.:

dissipatos homines,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf.:

dispersos homines in unum locum,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 33:

se unum in locum ad curiam,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

dissipatos (homines) unum in locum,

id. Sest. 42, 91:

multitudinem fugitivorum unum in locum,

id. Par. 4, 1, 27; Tac. A. 1, 28 fin.:

hominem in idem Vettii indicium atque in eundem hunc numerum,

Cic. Vatin. 10, 25.—With cum:

se cum aequalibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; id. Quint. 16, 52; id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21 fin. —With dat.:

cum illis moror quibus me tempus aliquod congregavit,

Sen. Ep. 62, 2.— Absol.:

deterrimum quemque,

Tac. A. 1, 16 fin. —Mid.:

secedant improbi, unum in locum congregentur,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

in fano congregantur commentandi causā,

id. Div. 1, 41, 90:

in Academiā congregati,

id. Ac. 1, 9, 34:

armati locis patentibus congregantur,

Liv. 24, 21, 9:

congregabantur undique ad Titum Tatium,

id. 1, 10, 1:

quanta vis oriens et congregata,

Cic. Dom. 25, 67:

Gamphasantes nulli externo congregantur,

Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45:

ciconiae abiturae congregantur in certo loco,

id. 10, 23, 31, § 61:

cuncti deinde ad portum congregantur,

Just. 19, 2, 10:

inter se,

Tac. A. 1, 30:

in urbe,

id. H. 3, 82. —And in tmesis:

conque gregantur,

Lucr. 6, 456.—Prov.:

pares cum paribus facillime congregantur,

Cic. Sen. 3, 7.—

Trop. (rare; mostly in Quint.), to collect, accumulate:

argumenta infirmiora,

Quint. 5, 12, 4:

verba,

id. 9, 3, 45; cf.

turbam (verborum),

id. 10, 1, 7; cf. congregatio, II.

con-scĭus, a, um, adj. [scio], that knows something in company with others or by himself, knowing with others or self-knowing (freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Knowing or conscious of something with another, privy to; and subst., a (male or female) participant in a thing, an accessory, accomplice, confidant, etc.; constr. with the gen., dat., in, and de aliquā re, an obj.- or rel.-clause, or absol. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 71).

With gen. with or without dat. pers. (cf. b infra):

qui tam audacis facinoris mi conscius,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 4; cf.:

alius alii tanti facinoris conscii,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

si conscius Dymno tanti sceleris fuissem,

Curt. 6, 10, 20; and:

nondum tot flagitiorum exercitui meo conscius,

Tac. A. 1, 43:

T. Pomponius, homo omnium meorum in te studiorum et officiorum maxime conscius,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 1; so,

maleficii,

id. Clu. 22, 59:

conjurationis,

Sall. C. 37, 1:

ante actae vitae,

Liv. 9, 26, 14:

infirmitatis nostrae,

Quint. 10, 3, 19:

interficiendi Postumi Agrippae,

Tac. A. 3, 30; cf.:

Caesarianae necis,

Suet. Ner. 3;

and necis (opp. auctor),

id. ib. 33:

peccati erilis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 60:

adjutores quosdam, conscios sui ( = sui consilii) nactus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 2.— Poet.:

arva versi regis,

Ov. M. 7, 385; cf.:

quorum nox conscia sola est,

id. ib. 13, 15:

fati sidera,

Verg. A. 4, 519:

mentis,

Ov. H. 17, 265 al. —

With dat.:

huic facinori tanto tua mens liberalis conscia esse non debuit,

Cic. Cael. 21, 52:

temeritati et mendacio meo,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124 (quoted in Arus. Mess. p. 220 Lind.):

Fabricium quem... conscium illi facinori fuisse arbitrabatur,

Cic. Clu. 20, 56 al.:

verbis,

Tib. 1, 9, 41:

coeptis,

Ov. M. 7, 194.— Poet.:

sacris nox,

Ov. M. 6, 588 Heins.:

deliciis meis antra,

id. H. 15, 138:

conubiis aether,

Verg. A. 4, 168 Wagn. N. cr.:

gens nascenti conscia Nilo,

Luc. 1, 20.—

With in:

mihi in privatis omnibus conscius,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1; so,

conscius vestris in lacrimis adfueram,

Prop. 1, 10, 2.—

With de:

addit ad extremum, se audisse a Curione his de rebus conscium esse Pisonem,

Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf. conscientia, II. A. b.—

With rel.-clause:

multis consciis quae gereretur,

Nep. Dion, 8, 4.—

Absol.:

nec mihi conscius est ullus homo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 21; id. Truc. 1, 1, 40; cf.:

fac me consciam,

id. Cist. 2, 3, 46; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 69; Cic. Att. 2, 24, 1; cf. Nep. Milt. 3, 6; Quint. 5, 7, 37; Tac. A. 1, 5; Hor. C. 3, 6, 29.— Poet.:

cetera nox et nos et turris conscia novit,

Ov. H. 18, 105:

silva,

id. M. 2, 438:

rubor,

Cat. 65, 24 al. —Hence, subst.: conscĭus, i, m., of those who are participants in a crime, conspiracy, etc., a partaker, jointconspirator, accessory, accomplice, confidant, etc., Nep. Dion, 9, 1; Quint. 4, 2, 48; 9, 2, 81 sq.; Suet. Dom. 10:

consciorum nomina exponere,

Curt. 8, 6, 24:

Othonis,

Tac. H. 1, 39 al.:

se (sacerdotes Germanorum) ministros deorum, illos (equos) conscios putant (sc. deorum),

id. G. 10.—

With sibi, knowing something in one's self, conscious of.

In gen., in a good and bad sense.

With gen.:

qui (sc. populus Romanus) si alicujus injuriae sibi conscius fuisset, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14; so,

sibi nullius culpae,

Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73:

mihi dissimulati in ullā parte judicii,

Quint. 3, 6, 64:

sibi irae et iracundiae,

Suet. Claud. 38:

sermonis adversus majestatem tuam habiti nullius conscii sumus nobis,

Curt. 7, 1, 21:

mens sibi recti,

Verg. A. 1, 604; cf.

without sibi,

Ov. F. 4, 311:

admissae nequitiae,

Prop. 1, 15, 38:

audacis facti (lupus),

Verg. A. 11, 812.—

With dat.:

sibi factis mens,

Lucr. 3, 1018.—

With in:

nuila sibi turpi in re,

Lucr. 6, 393.—

With acc. and inf. as object, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 50: etsi mihi sum conscius, numquam [p. 427] me nimis cupidum fuisse vitae, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; Quint. 12, 11, 8.—

With rel. - or subj.-clause:

cum sibi conscius esset, quam inimicum deberet Caesarem habere,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 44 fin. —With adv.:

mulieres male sibi consciae,

Just. 2, 5, 7.— Absol.:

ego pol, quae mihi sum conscia, hoc certo scio, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 119:

conscia mens ut cuique sua est, etc.,

Ov. F. 1, 485.— Poet.:

virtus,

Verg. A. 12, 668.— Constrr. analogous to the Greek: conscius sum mihi benefacienti and benefaciens (sunoida emautôi pepoiêkoti or poiôn), are mentioned by Prisc. p. 1205 P., as much used earlier, but without exs. in proof.—

In partic., conscious to one's self of wrong (rare, and mostly poet.):

nihil est miserius quam animus hominis conscius,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 13:

animus,

Lucr. 4, 1131; Sall. C. 14, 3; Sen. Hippol. 496.— Poet.:

vultus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 692.

con-sīdo, sēdi (also -sīdi, Enn. ap. Gell. 4, 7, v. Sat., v. 14 Vahl.; Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.; Gell. 5, 4, 1; cf. Wagner ad Verg. E. 7, 1; Neue, Formenl. II. p. 501), sessum, 3, v. n., to sit down (esp. of a multitude), take a seat, be seated, to settle (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. with in and abl., sub and abl., ante, the simple abl., or absol.

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

salutatio hospitalis... fuit, positisque sedibus consederunt,

Liv. 42, 39, 8:

scio apud vos filio in conspectu matris nefas esse considere,

Curt. 5, 2, 22:

illi jussi considere affirmant, etc.,

id. 7, 6, 6:

nec aut recubet aut considat pastor,

Col. 7, 3, 26:

vix consideramus, et nox, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 14.—

With designation of place:

si videtur, considamus hic in umbrā,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7; cf.:

in pratulo propter Platonis statuam,

id. Brut. 6, 24:

certo in loco,

id. Sen. 18, 63:

in arā,

Nep. Paus. 4, 4:

in molli herbā,

Verg. E. 3, 55:

in illo caespite,

Ov. M. 13, 931:

examen in arbore consederat,

Liv. 21, 46, 2:

in rupe,

Curt. 3, 1, 4:

in sellā,

id. 5, 2, 13:

in turre consedit avis,

id. 4, 6, 11:

dormienti in labellis (apes),

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78:

sub argutā ilice,

Verg. E. 7, 1:

hic corylis mixtas inter ulmos,

id. ib. 5, 3:

ante focos scamnis longis,

Ov. F. 6, 305:

super ripam stagni,

id. M. 6, 373:

transtris,

Verg. A. 4, 573:

ipsae (apes) medicatis sedibus,

id. G. 4, 65:

solio medius consedit avito,

id. A. 7, 169:

mecum saxo,

Ov. M. 1, 679:

tergo tauri,

id. ib. 2, 869.— Impers.:

in silvam venitur et ibi considitur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 18.—Of soldiers in battle array:

triarii sub vexillis considebant, sinistro crure porrecto, scuta innixa umeris... tenentes,

Liv. 8, 8, 10.—

In partic.

In assemblies of the people, courts of justice, theatres, etc., to take one's place, take a seat, sit, hold sessions, to be in session:

cum in theatro imperiti homines consederant,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16;

so of senators,

Suet. Aug. 35.—Of judges:

quo die primum judices, citati in hunc reum consedistis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19; Liv. 26, 48, 9; Ov. M. 11, 157; 12, 627:

ad jus dicendum,

Liv. 34, 61, 15:

introductum in tabernaculum (Persea) adversus advocatos in consilium considere jussit,

id. 45, 7, 5; Suet. Calig. 38:

in orchestrā,

id. Aug. 44:

inter patres,

Tac. A. 13, 54.—

Milit. t. t., to encamp, pitch a camp, take post somewhere; with in and abl.:

quo in loco Germani consederant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; so Sall. J. 49, 1; Liv. 4, 17, 12; 10, 4, 11.—With sub: sub monte consedit, Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 21; Sall. C. 57, 3:

trans flumen,

Caes. B. G. 2, 16:

contra eum duūm milium spatio,

id. ib. 3, 17:

nuntiant Jugurtham circiter duūm milium intervallo ante eos consedisse,

Sall. J. 106, 5:

prope Cirtam haud longe a mari,

id. ib. 21, 2:

inter virgulta,

id. ib. 49, 5:

superioribus locis,

id. ib. 51, 3:

ubi cuique vallis abdita spem praesidii aut salutis aliquam offerebat, consederat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 34; cf. Curt. 7, 7, 31:

haud procul,

id. 4, 12, 4.—

To settle down for a long time or permanently, to take up one's abode, to establish one's self:

qui etiam dubitem, an hic Antii considam,

Cic. Att. 2, 6, 2:

antequam aliquo loco consedero, neque longas a me neque semper meā manu litteras exspectabis,

id. ib. 5, 14, 1:

Belgas propter loci fertilitatem ibi consedisse,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

in Ubiorum finibus,

id. ib. 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 31:

vultis et his mecum pariter considere regnis?

Verg. A. 1, 572:

terrā,

id. ib. 4, 349.—With in and acc.:

in novam urbem,

Curt. 7, 4, 23.—

Of inanim. objects, esp. of places, to settle, sink down, sink in, give way, subside, etc.:

in Veliterno agro terra ingentibus cavernis consedit arboresque in profundum haustae,

Liv. 30, 38, 8; cf.:

terra in ingentem sinum consedit,

id. 30, 2, 12:

(Alpes) jam licet considant!

may now sink down, Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

omne mihi visum considere in ignis Ilium,

to sink down, Verg. A. 2, 624; 9, 145; cf.:

Ilium ardebat, neque adhuc consederat ignis,

Ov. M. 13, 408:

in cinerem,

Stat. Th. 3, 185:

cum omnia sacra profanaque in ignem considerent,

Tac. H. 3, 33 fin.: quā mitescentia Alpium juga considunt, sink, i. e. are lower, Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147:

patiemur picem considere, et cum siderit, aquam eliquabimus,

Col. 12, 24, 2:

donec consideret pulvis,

Curt. 5, 13, 12:

cum in cacuminibus montium nubes consident,

Plin. 18, 35, 82, § 356:

tumidi considunt fluctus,

Sil. 17, 291.—

Trop.

In gen.:

multa bona in pectore consident,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 24; Cic. Univ. 2:

justitia cujus in mente consedit,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 50; id. Har. Resp. 12, 24.— Poet.: totam videmus Consedisse urbem luctu, sunk or immersed in grief, Verg. A. 11, 350 (in luctum esse demersum, Serv.). —

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To settle down permanently, sink:

in otio,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2:

hoc totum (genus dicendi) in eā mediocritate consedit,

id. Or. 27, 96:

antequam ego incipio secedere et in aliā parte considere,

i. e. change the subject, Sen. Ep. 117, 4.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To lose force, abate, subside, diminish; to be appeased, quieted, to cease:

ardor animi cum consedit, omnis illa vis et quasi flamma oratoris exstinguitur,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

consederit furor,

id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

ferocia ab re bene gestā,

Liv. 42, 62, 3:

primus terror ab necopinato visu,

id. 33, 7, 5:

bella,

Sil. 16, 218:

quia praesentia satis consederant,

Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.:

consedit utriusque nomen in quaesturā,

i. e. has since that time ceased, Cic. Mur. 8, 18.—

Of discourse, to sink; to conclude, end:

eorum verborum junctio nascatur a proceris numeris ac liberis... sed varie distincteque considat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191.