con-cito

con-călesco, lŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become or grow thoroughly warm, to glow.

Prop. (rare but class.): corpora nostra ardore animi concalescunt, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

frumenta non poterunt cito concalescere,

Vitr. 6, 9; cf. Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 304; Col. 12, 52, 17.—In perf., Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 15; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 38; Col. 2, 18, 1; 2, 50.—

Trop., to glow with love: concaluit, quid vis? * Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 108 Don.

con-flŭo, xi, 3 (confluxet = confluxisset, Lucr. 1, 987), v. n., to flow or run together (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.:

materies umoris,

Lucr. 6, 637:

in imum,

id. 5, 498:

copia materiai Undique confluxet ad imum,

id. 1, 987:

confluat aër,

id. 1, 389 al.:

Fibrenus divisus aequaliter in duas partes cito in unum confluit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

ibi Isara Rhodanusque amnes... confluunt in unum,

Liv. 21, 31, 4:

qui (portus) cum diversos inter se aditus habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117:

vasti amnes e diverso in Phasin confluunt,

Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13:

qualis et in curvum pontus confluxerit orbem,

Tib. 4, 1, 20:

Panticapen confluere infra Olbiam cum Borysthene,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83: a confluente Rhodano castra movi, i. e. where it unites with the Saōne, Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1:

aqua in rivum confluit,

Dig. 8, 3, 20, § 1.—Hence,

conflŭens, entis, or conflŭentes, ium, subst. m., the place where two rivers unite, the confluence:

cum ad confluentem Mosae et Rheni pervenissent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 15.—In sing., Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 122:

a confluente supra dicto,

id. 3, 26, 29, § 149; Just. 32, 3, 8:

ubi Anienem transiit, ad confluentes collocat castra,

at the confluence of the Anio with the Tiber, Liv. 1, 27, 4; 4, 17, 2; id. Epit. 137; Plin. 6, 26, 31, § 126; Tac. H. 2, 40 al.—Hence, kat exochên, Conflŭentes, ium, the town of Coblentz, situated at the confluence of the Moselle with the Rhine, Suet. Calig. 8; Flor. 4, 6, 3; Amm. 16, 3, 1.—

Trop., of other objects, esp. of a great multitude, to flock or crowd together, to come together in multitudes:

multi confluxerunt et Athenas et in hanc urbem,

Cic. Brut. 74, 258:

perfugarum magnus ad eum cotidie numerus confluebat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 44:

ut ad ejus triremem vulgus conflueret,

Nep. Alcib. 6, 1:

ad spectacula,

Suet. Caes. 39:

Neapolin,

id. Ner. 20:

plures ad haec studia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

undique ad eum auxiliis confluentibus,

Vell. 2, 55, 2; 2, 80, 4.— Absol.:

multitudo confluens,

Suet. Caes. 16:

turba undique confluentis fluctuantisque populi,

Gell. 10, 6, 2:

ut nos dicamur duo Omnium dignissimi quo cruciatus confluant,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 48; cf. id. Ep. 4, 1, 3.—

With abstr. subjects:

maeror,

Lucr. 6, 1260:

ad ipsos laus, honos, dignitas confluit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 4, 5:

ut ad nos pleraeque (causae) confluant, etc.,

id. Planc. 34, 84; Ov. M. 9, 741; Suet. Tib. 10.

con-flŭo, xi, 3 (confluxet = confluxisset, Lucr. 1, 987), v. n., to flow or run together (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.:

materies umoris,

Lucr. 6, 637:

in imum,

id. 5, 498:

copia materiai Undique confluxet ad imum,

id. 1, 987:

confluat aër,

id. 1, 389 al.:

Fibrenus divisus aequaliter in duas partes cito in unum confluit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

ibi Isara Rhodanusque amnes... confluunt in unum,

Liv. 21, 31, 4:

qui (portus) cum diversos inter se aditus habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117:

vasti amnes e diverso in Phasin confluunt,

Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13:

qualis et in curvum pontus confluxerit orbem,

Tib. 4, 1, 20:

Panticapen confluere infra Olbiam cum Borysthene,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83: a confluente Rhodano castra movi, i. e. where it unites with the Saōne, Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1:

aqua in rivum confluit,

Dig. 8, 3, 20, § 1.—Hence,

conflŭens, entis, or conflŭentes, ium, subst. m., the place where two rivers unite, the confluence:

cum ad confluentem Mosae et Rheni pervenissent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 15.—In sing., Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 122:

a confluente supra dicto,

id. 3, 26, 29, § 149; Just. 32, 3, 8:

ubi Anienem transiit, ad confluentes collocat castra,

at the confluence of the Anio with the Tiber, Liv. 1, 27, 4; 4, 17, 2; id. Epit. 137; Plin. 6, 26, 31, § 126; Tac. H. 2, 40 al.—Hence, kat exochên, Conflŭentes, ium, the town of Coblentz, situated at the confluence of the Moselle with the Rhine, Suet. Calig. 8; Flor. 4, 6, 3; Amm. 16, 3, 1.—

Trop., of other objects, esp. of a great multitude, to flock or crowd together, to come together in multitudes:

multi confluxerunt et Athenas et in hanc urbem,

Cic. Brut. 74, 258:

perfugarum magnus ad eum cotidie numerus confluebat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 44:

ut ad ejus triremem vulgus conflueret,

Nep. Alcib. 6, 1:

ad spectacula,

Suet. Caes. 39:

Neapolin,

id. Ner. 20:

plures ad haec studia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

undique ad eum auxiliis confluentibus,

Vell. 2, 55, 2; 2, 80, 4.— Absol.:

multitudo confluens,

Suet. Caes. 16:

turba undique confluentis fluctuantisque populi,

Gell. 10, 6, 2:

ut nos dicamur duo Omnium dignissimi quo cruciatus confluant,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 48; cf. id. Ep. 4, 1, 3.—

With abstr. subjects:

maeror,

Lucr. 6, 1260:

ad ipsos laus, honos, dignitas confluit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 4, 5:

ut ad nos pleraeque (causae) confluant, etc.,

id. Planc. 34, 84; Ov. M. 9, 741; Suet. Tib. 10.

vălĕo, ui, itum, 2, v. n. [kindr. with Sanscr. bala, vis, robur, balishtas, fortissimus; cf. debilis], to be strong.

Lit., of physical strength, vigor, or health.

In gen., to be strong, stout, or vigorous, to have strength (cf.: polleo, vigeo).

Absol.: verum illi valent, qui vi luctantur cum leonibus, Pomp. ap. Non. 112, 4 (Com. Rel. v. 176 Rib.):

puer ille (Hercules recens natus) ut magnus est et multum valet!

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 51: plus potest, qui plus valet: Vir erat;

plus valebat,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 38 sq.:

sanus homo, qui bene valet,

Cels. 1, 1 init.:

si magis valet,

id. 3, 18:

si satis valet (= si satis validae vires sunt, just before),

id. 4, 7 init.:

prout nervi valent,

id. 8, 16.—Of plants:

vitem novellam resecari tum erit tempus ubi valebit,

Cato, R. R. 33, 3 sq. —

To be strong in or for something, to have the power or strength, be in condition to do something, etc.

Of personal subjects, etc.

With ad and acc.:

alios videmus velocitate ad cursum, alios viribus ad luctandum valere,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107.—

With inf.:

manibus pedibusque morbo distortissimis, ut neque calceum perpeti nec libellos evolvere valeret,

Suet. Galb. 21:

mustela cum mures veloces non valeret assequi,

Phaedr. 4, 1, 10:

valet ima summis Mutare deus,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; cf. II. B. 2. h. infra; cf.:

illud mirari mitte, quod non valet e lapide hoc alias impellere res,

Lucr. 6, 1057:

versate diu quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri (sc. ferre),

Hor. A. P. 40:

nec valuere manus infixum educere telum,

Ov. M. 13, 393; 12, 101; Col. 6, 25 fin. —

Of remedies or medicines, to be efficacious, be good for any thing; with ad and acc.:

fimum potum ad dysentericos valet,

Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 105.—With contra:

cimices valent contra serpentium morsus,

Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—With eodem:

id quoque collyrium eodem valet,

Cels. 6, 6, 21.—With pro:

ruta per se pro antidoto valet,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 132.—With abl.:

dictamnus valet potu et illitu et suffitu,

Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 153.— With inf.:

sandaracha valet purgare, sistere, excalfacere, perrodere,

Plin. 34, 18, 55, § 177.—

Of sounds: cum C ac similiter G non valuerunt, in T ac D molliuntur, i. e. were not pronounced strongly, Quint. 1, 11, 5.—

Esp., in respect of the natural condition of the body, to be well in health, to be in a sound or healthy condition, to be healthy, hale, hearty.

In gen.

Absol.:

equidem valeo recte et salvus sum,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 36:

perpetuon' valuisti?

id. Ep. 1, 1, 15; 1, 1, 18:

valen'? Valuistin? valeo et valui rectius,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 12 sq.: facile omnes, quom valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

dicit vilicus servos non valuisse,

Cato, R. R. 2, 3 sq.; 5, 6:

boves ut recte valeant,

id. ib. 103:

optime valere et gravissime aegrotare,

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 43; 4, 25, 69:

cura est, ut valeat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 4:

ego valeo recte et rem gero,

id. Pers. 2, 3, 34:

te recte valere operamque dare, ut cottidie melius,

Cic. Fam. 11, 24, 1: deterius quam soleo, Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 1:

commode,

Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11: Ni. Benene usque valuit? Chr. Pancratice atque athletice, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 14:

minus valere... melius valere,

Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

nam matri oculi si valerent, mecum venisset simul,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 8.—

With abl.:

si corpore valuisset,

Cic. Brut. 20, 77:

nec melius valeo quam corpore, mente,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 33; cf. Sall. J. 11, 5:

pedibus,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 1:

stomacho,

Juv. 6, 100.—

With ab and abl.:

ab oculis,

Gell. 13, 30, 10:

a morbo,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26; and facetiously: Me. Ain tu te valere? Eu. Pol ego haud a pecunia perbene, as to money, not very well, id. Aul. 2, 2, 9.—

Esp., at the commencement of letters (very freq.), si vales, bene est, and abbreviated S. V. B. E.;

and, more fully, with the addition ego or equidem valeo (abbrev. E. V. or E. Q. V.),

Cic. Fam. 13, 6; 14, 11; 14, 16; 14, 17; 14, 21; 14, 22; 14, 23; 14, 24; 15, 1; 15, 2; Metell. ib. 5, 1; Vatin. ib. 5, 9; Luccei. ib. 5, 14 al.; cf.:

mos antiquis fuit usque ad meam servatus aetatem, primis epistulae verbis adicere: Si vales bene est,

Sen. Ep. 15, 1; so too: S. V. G. V. (si vales, gaudeo, valeo) et Tullia nostra recte V. Terentia minus belle habuit: sed certum scio jam convaluisse eam, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1.—

Rarely impers. pass.:

quid agitur, Sagaristio? ut valetur?

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 8.—

Vale or valeas, in leave-taking, farewell, adieu (cf.: salve, ave).

In gen.: Di. Valeas. Ph. Vale, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79: Ar. Vale. Ph. Quo properas? Ar. Bene vale, id. As. 3, 3, 16; id. Mil. 4, 8, 51:

bene vale, Alcumena,

id. Am. 1, 3, 1:

vale atque salve,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 36: vale atque salve. Th. Male vale, male sit tibi, id. ib. 4, 4, 32; v. salvus: Ly. Ad portum propero. De. Bene ambulato. Ly. Bene valeto. De. Bene sit tibi, id. Merc. 2, 2, 55:

bene valete et vivite,

id. Mil. 4, 8, 30:

ite intro cito: valete,

id. As. 3, 3, 155:

abeo: valete, judices justissimi,

id. Capt. prol. 67:

vos valete et plaudite,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 64:

in hoc biduom vale,

id. ib. 1, 2, 110:

vive valeque,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 110.—Before a vowel, scanned vale:

et longum, Formose vale, vale, inquit Iolla,

Verg. E. 3, 79; Ov. M. 3, 501.—

At the conclusion of letters:

Vale,

Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 3; 6, 21, 3; 4, 8, 2; Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 3:

cura ut valeas,

Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; rarely bene vale, Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8; Cur. ib. 7, 29, 2; cf.:

tu me diligis et valebis,

Cic. ib. 9, 22, 5; 15, 18, 2: fac valeas meque mutuo diligas, Planc. ib. 10, 7, 2; Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8.—

Also in bidding farewell to the dead:

salve aeternum mihi, maxime Palla, Aeternumque vale,

Verg. A. 11, 97; Stat. S. 3, 3, 208; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. l. l.;

v. salvus: in perpetuom, frater, ave atque vale,

Cat. 101, 10:

terque, Vale, dixit,

Ov. F. 3, 563:

supremumque vale... dixit,

id. M. 10, 62.—

As an expression of dismission, refusal, or scorn, be off, begone:

valeas, tibi habeas res tuas, reddas meas,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 46:

immo habeat, valeat, vivat cum illa,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 18:

valeas, habeas illam quae placet,

id. Ad. 4, 4, 14:

si talis est deus, ut nulla hominum caritate teneatur, valeat,

good-by to him, let me have nothing to do with him, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 124:

valeat res ludicra, si me Palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180: valeant, Qui inter nos discidium volunt, away with those, etc., Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

quare ista valeant: me res familiaris movet,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5: castra peto, valeatque Venus, valeantque puellae, farewell to Venus, etc., Tib. 2, 6, 9:

valete curae,

Petr. 79; cf. Cat. 8, 12; 11, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 71 sqq.—

With valere jubere or dicere (sometimes as one word, vălĕdīco, ere, 3, v. n.), to bid one good-by, farewell, adieu:

illum salutavi: post etiam jussi valere,

Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2:

vix illud potui dicere triste vale,

Ov. H. 13, 14:

saepe vale dicto rursus sum multa locutus,

id. Tr. 1, 3, 57:

tibi valedicere non licet gratis,

Sen. Ep. 17, 11; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 3, 1: obstinatissime [p. 1954] retinuit, ut liberti servique bis die frequentes adessent ac mane salvere, vesperi valere sibi singuli dicerent, Suet. Galb. 4 fin.; id. Aug. 53; id. Tib. 72.—So (late Lat.):

vale facere (or valefacere),

August. Ep. 65; App. M. 4, p. 150, 24.

Transf., to have power, force, or influence; to be powerful, effective, valid; to avail, prevail, be strong, effective, etc.

In gen.:

fiet enim quodcunque volent, qui valebunt: valebunt autem semper arma,

will always have the power, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1:

fuit enim populi potestas: de civitate ne tam diu quidem valuit quam diu illa Sullani temporis arma valuerunt,

id. Dom. 30, 79:

dicitur C. Flaminius ad populum valuisse dicendo,

id. Brut. 14, 57:

tribunus plebis tulit... ut lex Aelia et Fufia ne valeret,

id. Red. in Sen. 5, 11:

in more majorum, qui tum ut lex valebat,

id. Leg. 2, 10, 23:

valuit auctoritas,

id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

verba si valent,

id. Caecin. 21, 61:

(ejus) valet opinio tarditatis,

is established, id. de Or. 1, 27, 125:

si conjuratio valuisset,

id. ib. 17, 7:

cujus ratio non valuit,

Nep. Milt. 3, 7:

jus tamen gentium valuit,

Liv. 2, 4, 7:

praetor... ratus repentinum valiturum terrorem, succedit, etc.,

id. 44, 31, 6:

et vestrae valuere preces,

Ov. M. 13, 89; id. P. 3, 3, 92; id. Ib. 241.—

Esp.

With respect to the source, character, or mode of exercise of the strength ascribed to the subject.

With abl.:

non metuo mihi... Dum quidem hoc valebit pectus perfidia meum,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 50:

reliqui duo sic exaequantur, ut Domitius valeat amicis, Memmius commendetur militibus,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6 (17, 2):

multa sanxit quae omnia magistratuum auctoritate et Halaesinorum summa voluntate valuerunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:

ita istam libertatem largior populo, ut auctoritate et valeant et utantur boni,

id. Leg. 3, 17, 38:

quae (voluntas militum) cum per se valet multitudine,

id. Mur. 18, 38:

parum valent (Graeci) verbo,

i. e. have no precise word, id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

qui aut gratia aut misericordia valerent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

dicendo,

Nep. Ages. 1, 2:

qui pedum cursu valet,

Verg. A. 5, 67; Quint. 9, 2, 78:

Battiades... Quamvis ingenio non valet, arte valet,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 14:

plerique plus ingenio quam arte valuerunt,

Quint. 1, 8, 8:

rogando,

Ov. M. 2, 183:

subtilitate vincimur, valeamus pondere,

Quint. 12, 11, 8.—

With in and abl.:

Sp. Thorius satis valuit in populari genere dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 36, 136:

quid facilius est quam probari in uno servulo nomen familiae non valere,

id. Caecin. 19, 55:

in his maxime valet similitudo,

Quint. 6, 3, 57:

mire in causis valet praesumptio,

id. 9, 2, 16:

(digitus) in exprobrando et indicando valet,

id. 11, 3, 94.—

With some definite end expressed, upon or towards which influence or power is exercised or directed, to be strong enough for, adequate to, or capable of any thing, to be able to do, to have force or efficacy, to be effectual, to avail, to be applicable.

With in and acc.:

hoc evenit, ut in volgus insipientium opinio valeat honestatis,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 63:

quaecumque est hominis definitio, una in omnes valet,

id. Leg. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. Div. 2, 56, 116:

cum illud verbum unde in utramque rem valeat,

id. Caecin. 31, 89:

num etiam in deos inmortales inauspicatam legem valuisse? Liv 7, 6, 11: utrumque hoc genus semel injectum in L. annos valet et frugum et pabuli ubertate,

Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 44:

etiamsi in utramque partem valent arma facundiae,

Quint. 2, 16, 10:

hoc etiam in praeteritum valet,

id. 9, 2, 20; cf.:

cum... idque in omnis partis valeret,

Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2.—

With eo: oratio me cohortabatur, ut, etc.... quod eo, credo, valebat, ut caerimonias religionesque defenderem, the force or point of which was, etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 2, 5:

id responsum quo valeat, cum intellegeret nemo,

Nep. Them. 2, 6; cf. II. B. 3. i, infra.—

With ad and acc. of thing:

tu non solum ad neglegendas leges... verum etiam ad evertendas valuisti,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18: astrorum affectio valeat, si vis, ad quasdam res;

ad omnis certe non valebit,

id. Fat. 4, 8:

illud perficiam ut invidia mihi valeat ad gloriam,

id. Cat. 3, 12, 29:

vitae adjuncta esse dicebant, quae ad virtutis usum valerent,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 21:

ista quaestura ad eam rem valet, ut, etc.,

id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 62: neque, quod Samnites... amici vobis facti sunt, ad id valere arbitror, ne nos in amicitiam accipiamur, Liv. 7, 30, 4:

eadem fictio valet et ad qualitates,

Quint. 5, 10, 99; cf. II. B. 3. infra.—

With apud or ad and acc. of person influenced, etc.

With apud:

ibit ad illud ilico, Quo maxume apud te se valere sentiat,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 79:

non quin eam (commendationem) valituram apud te arbitrarer,

Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 3:

apud te veritas valebit,

id. Quint. 1, 5:

sed haec eadem nunc censes apud eos ipsos valere, a quibus... conscripta sunt?

id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

magnis meritis apud regem... valebat,

Nep. Con. 3, 1:

jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,

Sall. C. 9, 1:

apud magnam partem senatus et magnitudine rerum gestarum valebat et gratia,

Liv. 31, 48, 1:

apud nos valeant ea, quae apud judices valere volumus,

Quint. 6, 2, 28.—

With ad:

dicitur enim C. Flaminius... ad populum valuisse dicendo,

Cic. Brut. 14, 57:

clementiae fama... ad ferociores jam populos valuit,

Liv. 21, 6, 4:

metus ad omnis valuit, ne deditionem recusarent,

id. 38, 28, 6.—

With contra and acc.:

hoc nonne videtur contra te valere?

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86:

quae valeant contra falsam criminationem,

id. de Or. 2, 79, 321:

ne quid esset... quod contra caput suum aut existimationem valere posset,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 173: ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

cum pro falsis contra veritatem (rhetorice) valet,

Quint. 2, 16, 2; cf. f. infra.—

With pro and abl.:

multa in adversos effudit verba penates Pro deplorato non valitura viro,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 46:

epitheton valet pro nomine,

Quint. 8, 6, 29; cf. I. A. 2, b. supra.—

With dat. gerund. (post-class. and rare):

nam et augendae rei et minuendae valet (particula),

Gell. 5, 12, 10.—

With inf. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

not in Cic. or Caes.): nam si certam finem esse viderent Aerumnarum homines, aliqua ratione valerent Religionibus... obsistere,

Lucr. 1, 108:

hanc ob rem vitam retinere valemus,

id. 3, 257:

nec continere suos ab direptione castrorum valuit,

Liv. 38, 23, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

quam (urbem) neque finitimi valuerunt perdere Marsi,

Hor. Epod. 16, 3:

cetera... adeo sunt multa, loquacem Delassare valent Fabium,

id. S. 1, 1, 13; id. C. 4, 7, 27:

nec valuit locos coeptos avertere cursus,

Tib. 4, 1, 55:

qui relicti erant... ne conspectum quidem hostis sustinere valuerunt,

Curt. 3, 4, 5:

neque ex eo infamiam discutere valuit,

Suet. Caes. 79.—With things as subj.:

ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum Reddere quae ferrum valet,

Hor. A. P. 305; cf. I. A. 2. b, supra.—Esp.,

With adverbial qualifications expressing the degree of power or influence exerted, etc.; very freq. with accs- multum, plus, plurimum, parum, minus, minimum, nihil, tantum, quantum, quid, id, idem, quiddam, quidquam, quidquid, etc.

Edepol, Cupido, cum tu tam pusillu's, nimis multum vales, Naev. ap. Non. 421, 25 (Com. Rel. v. 55 Rib.):

plus potest qui plus valet,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38:

neque ita inperita (sum), ut quid amor valeat nesciam,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 42.—So absol.: nam opulenti cum locuntur pariter atque ignobiles, Eadem dicta eademque oratio aequa non aeque valet, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. Rel. v. 230 Vahl.):

ignari quid gravitas... quid denique virtus valeret,

Cic. Sest. 28, 60:

illa obnuntiatio nihil valuit, aut, si valuit, id valuit, ut, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 16, 30: omnia veniebant Antonio in mentem;

eaque suo quaeque loco, ubi plurimum proficere et valere possent... collocabantur,

id. Brut. 37, 139:

cur minus Venena Medaeae valent?

Hor. Epod. 5. 62.—

With abl.:

quod tibi lubet fac, quoniam pugnis plus vales,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 240; cf.

v. 234: quicquid possunt, pedestribus valent copiis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 17:

qui plus opibus, armis, potentia valent, perfecisse mihi videntur... ut etiam auctoritate jam plus valerent,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:

quasi vero ego... in isto genere omnino quidquam aut curatione aut potestate valuissem,

id. Dom. 6, 14:

Ti. Coruncanium longe plurimum ingenio valuisse,

id. Brut. 14, 55:

quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valerent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

Caesar multum equitatu valebat,

id. B. C. 1, 61:

cum tantum equitatu valeamus,

id. ib. 3, 86:

equitatu plurimum valere,

id. B. G. 3, 20; Nep. Alcib. 8, 2.—

With in and abl.:

nihil putas valere in judiciis conjecturam, nihil suspitionem, nihil ante actae vitae existimationem, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146:

hic multum in Fabia (tribu) valet, ille Velina,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52. —

With ad and acc.:

multum valuisse ad patris honorem pietas filii videbitur,

Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 12:

ex quo intellegitur, plus terrarum situs, quam lunae tractus, ad nascendum valere,

id. Div. 2, 46, 97:

valet igitur multum ad vincendum probari mores eorum, qui agent causas,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:

ad subeundem periculum et ad vitandum multum fortuna valuit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

genus ad probandam speciem minimum valet,

Quint. 5, 10, 56.—

With apud and acc. of pers., to have influence, be influential, have weight with, influence:

apud quem (Caesarem) quicquid valebo vel auctoritate, vel gratia, valebo tibi,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13:

utrum apud eos pudor atque officium, an timor plus valeret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

tantum apud homines barbaros valuit, esse repertos aliquos principes belli inferendi,

id. ib. 5, 54:

potestis constituere, hanc auctoritatem quantum apud exteras nationes valituram esse existimetis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 46:

non modo praemiis, quae apud me minimum valent, sed ne periculis quidem conpulsus ullis,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 11:

facinus esse indignum, plus impudicissimae mulieris apud te de Cleomenis salute quam de sua vita lacrimas matris valere,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

apud quem ut multum gratia valeret, effecit,

Nep. Con. 2, 1.—

With contra: cur desperemus veritatem contra fallacem facundiam valituram? prevail, Lact. Opif. Dei, 20, 5; cf. Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8, II. B. 2, e. supra.—

With pro:

pro periculo magis quam contra salutem valere,

Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; cf.:

quod minus multitudine militum legionariorum pro hostium numero valebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 51.—

With inter:

plurimum inter eos Bellovacos et virtute, et auctoritate, et hominum numero valere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4.—

With adv. of pur pose:

hoc eo valebat, ut ingratiis ad de pugnandum omnes cogerentur,

Nep. Them. 4, 4:

non tamen hoc eo valet, ut fugien dae sint magnae scholae,

Quint. 1, 2, 16:

nescis quo valeat nummus, quem praebeat usum?

Hor. S. 1, 1, 73; cf. II. B. 2. b. supra. —

Idiomatic uses.

Of money value, to be of the value of, be worth: denarii, quod denos aeris valebant;

quinarii, quod quinos,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Mull.:

dum pro argenteis decem aureus unus valeret,

Liv. 38, 11, 8:

ita ut scrupulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47:

si haec praedia valeant nunc decem,

Dig. 24, 1, 7, § 4:

quasi minimo valeret hereditas,

ib. 19, 1, 13:

quanti omnibus valet (servus),

ib. 9, 2, 33; 5, 3, 25, § 1.—

Of the signification of words, sentences, etc.; like the Gr. dunasthai, to mean, signify, import:

quaerimus verbum Latinum par Graeco et quod idem valeat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 13: non usquam id quidem dicit omnino;

sed quae dicit, idem valent,

id. Tusc. 5, 10, 24:

quamquam vocabula prope idem valere videantur,

id. Top. 8, 34:

hoc verbum quid valeat, non vident,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39: cui nomen Becco fuerat;

id valet gallinacei rostrum,

Suet. Vit. 18:

pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,

Quint. 1, 4, 29 et saep.:

et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,

id. 10, 1, 13:

duo quae idem significant ac tantumdem valent,

id. 1, 5, 4.—Hence, vălens, entis, P. a., strong, stout, vigorous, powerful (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: nil moro discipulos mihi esse plenos sanguinis;

valens adflictet me,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 44:

virgatores,

id. As. 3, 2, 19:

robusti et valentes et audaces satellites,

Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 84:

cum homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

valentissimi lictores,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

homines,

id. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 35:

hic membris et mole valens,

Verg. A. 5, 431:

membris valens,

Ov. M. 9, 108:

corpore esse vegeto et valenti,

Gell. 3, 1, 11:

nervi musculique,

Cels. 8, 20:

trunci,

Verg. G. 2, 426: scire oportet, omnia legumina generis valentissimi esse: valentissimum voco, in quo plurimum alimenti est... Ex leguminibus valentior faba quam pisum, etc., strongest, i. e. most nutritire, Cels. 2, 18:

tunicae,

stout, thick, Ov. A. A. 3, 109: providendum ne infirmiores (apes) a valentioribus [p. 1955] opprimantur, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35.—

In partic.

Well in health, healthy, hale, hearty:

valeo et venio ad minus valentem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 24:

medicus plane confirmat, propediem te valentem fore,

Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:

puer, hora undecima cum valens in publico visus esset, ante noctem mortuus est,

id. Clu. 9, 27; cf.

valens (opp. imbecillus),

id. Fam. 16, 5, 2:

(sensus) si sani sunt et valentes,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

si valens corpus est neque magno opere vexatum,

Cels. 7, 26, 5:

sive aegra, sive valens,

Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 20.— Subst.:

qui enim aegris subveniretur, quae esset oblectatio valentium, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15;

so opp. aeger,

id. de Or. 2, 44, 186.—

Of medicines, strong, powerful, active:

valens est adversus cancerem intestinorum minii gleba,

Cels. 4, 15 fin.:

medicamenta,

id. 1, 3 med.:

silvestri (papaveri capita) ad omnes effectus valentiora,

Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202; cf. id. 22, 22, 43, § 87.—

Trop., strong, powerful, mighty:

mallem tantas ei (Caesari) vires non dedisset (res publica) quam nunc tam valenti resisteret,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4:

fuit quondam ita firma haec civitas et valens,

id. Har. Resp. 28, 60:

cum valentiore pugnare,

id. Fam. 5, 21, 2:

valens dialecticus,

id. Fat. 6, 12:

ut fieri nihil possit valentius,

id. Brut. 16, 64:

Philippus jam tum valens multa moliebatur,

Nep. Timoth. 3, 1:

opibus jam valentes,

id. Eum. 10, 3:

argumenta valentiora,

Quint. 5, 13, 12:

quid pars adversa habeat valentissimum,

id. 5, 13, 52:

nec fraus valentior quam consilium meum,

Cic. Univ. 11:

ad letum causae satis valentes,

Ov. M. 5, 174; so,

causae,

id. Tr. 1, 8, 29:

causa valentior,

id. P. 1, 10, 35:

deus morbo omni valentior,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 111:

oppida valentissima,

Nep. Ham. 2, 4.—Hence, adv.: vălenter, strongly, stoutly, powerfully, violently (perh. not ante-Aug.).

Lit.:

resistere,

Col. 1, 5, 9; 3, 2, 15:

nimis valenter ibi retenta materia,

Cels. 5, 26, 21:

praeceps spirare valentius Eurus (coepit),

Ov. M. 11, 481.—

Trop., of speech, forcibly, energetically:

non diu dicebat sed valenter,

Sen. Contr. 3, 22 med.:

si verba numeres, breviter et abscise: si sensum aestimes, copiose et valenter,

Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6.

vălĕo, ui, itum, 2, v. n. [kindr. with Sanscr. bala, vis, robur, balishtas, fortissimus; cf. debilis], to be strong.

Lit., of physical strength, vigor, or health.

In gen., to be strong, stout, or vigorous, to have strength (cf.: polleo, vigeo).

Absol.: verum illi valent, qui vi luctantur cum leonibus, Pomp. ap. Non. 112, 4 (Com. Rel. v. 176 Rib.):

puer ille (Hercules recens natus) ut magnus est et multum valet!

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 51: plus potest, qui plus valet: Vir erat;

plus valebat,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 38 sq.:

sanus homo, qui bene valet,

Cels. 1, 1 init.:

si magis valet,

id. 3, 18:

si satis valet (= si satis validae vires sunt, just before),

id. 4, 7 init.:

prout nervi valent,

id. 8, 16.—Of plants:

vitem novellam resecari tum erit tempus ubi valebit,

Cato, R. R. 33, 3 sq. —

To be strong in or for something, to have the power or strength, be in condition to do something, etc.

Of personal subjects, etc.

With ad and acc.:

alios videmus velocitate ad cursum, alios viribus ad luctandum valere,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107.—

With inf.:

manibus pedibusque morbo distortissimis, ut neque calceum perpeti nec libellos evolvere valeret,

Suet. Galb. 21:

mustela cum mures veloces non valeret assequi,

Phaedr. 4, 1, 10:

valet ima summis Mutare deus,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; cf. II. B. 2. h. infra; cf.:

illud mirari mitte, quod non valet e lapide hoc alias impellere res,

Lucr. 6, 1057:

versate diu quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri (sc. ferre),

Hor. A. P. 40:

nec valuere manus infixum educere telum,

Ov. M. 13, 393; 12, 101; Col. 6, 25 fin. —

Of remedies or medicines, to be efficacious, be good for any thing; with ad and acc.:

fimum potum ad dysentericos valet,

Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 105.—With contra:

cimices valent contra serpentium morsus,

Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—With eodem:

id quoque collyrium eodem valet,

Cels. 6, 6, 21.—With pro:

ruta per se pro antidoto valet,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 132.—With abl.:

dictamnus valet potu et illitu et suffitu,

Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 153.— With inf.:

sandaracha valet purgare, sistere, excalfacere, perrodere,

Plin. 34, 18, 55, § 177.—

Of sounds: cum C ac similiter G non valuerunt, in T ac D molliuntur, i. e. were not pronounced strongly, Quint. 1, 11, 5.—

Esp., in respect of the natural condition of the body, to be well in health, to be in a sound or healthy condition, to be healthy, hale, hearty.

In gen.

Absol.:

equidem valeo recte et salvus sum,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 36:

perpetuon' valuisti?

id. Ep. 1, 1, 15; 1, 1, 18:

valen'? Valuistin? valeo et valui rectius,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 12 sq.: facile omnes, quom valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

dicit vilicus servos non valuisse,

Cato, R. R. 2, 3 sq.; 5, 6:

boves ut recte valeant,

id. ib. 103:

optime valere et gravissime aegrotare,

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 43; 4, 25, 69:

cura est, ut valeat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 4:

ego valeo recte et rem gero,

id. Pers. 2, 3, 34:

te recte valere operamque dare, ut cottidie melius,

Cic. Fam. 11, 24, 1: deterius quam soleo, Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 1:

commode,

Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11: Ni. Benene usque valuit? Chr. Pancratice atque athletice, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 14:

minus valere... melius valere,

Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

nam matri oculi si valerent, mecum venisset simul,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 8.—

With abl.:

si corpore valuisset,

Cic. Brut. 20, 77:

nec melius valeo quam corpore, mente,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 33; cf. Sall. J. 11, 5:

pedibus,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 1:

stomacho,

Juv. 6, 100.—

With ab and abl.:

ab oculis,

Gell. 13, 30, 10:

a morbo,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26; and facetiously: Me. Ain tu te valere? Eu. Pol ego haud a pecunia perbene, as to money, not very well, id. Aul. 2, 2, 9.—

Esp., at the commencement of letters (very freq.), si vales, bene est, and abbreviated S. V. B. E.;

and, more fully, with the addition ego or equidem valeo (abbrev. E. V. or E. Q. V.),

Cic. Fam. 13, 6; 14, 11; 14, 16; 14, 17; 14, 21; 14, 22; 14, 23; 14, 24; 15, 1; 15, 2; Metell. ib. 5, 1; Vatin. ib. 5, 9; Luccei. ib. 5, 14 al.; cf.:

mos antiquis fuit usque ad meam servatus aetatem, primis epistulae verbis adicere: Si vales bene est,

Sen. Ep. 15, 1; so too: S. V. G. V. (si vales, gaudeo, valeo) et Tullia nostra recte V. Terentia minus belle habuit: sed certum scio jam convaluisse eam, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1.—

Rarely impers. pass.:

quid agitur, Sagaristio? ut valetur?

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 8.—

Vale or valeas, in leave-taking, farewell, adieu (cf.: salve, ave).

In gen.: Di. Valeas. Ph. Vale, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79: Ar. Vale. Ph. Quo properas? Ar. Bene vale, id. As. 3, 3, 16; id. Mil. 4, 8, 51:

bene vale, Alcumena,

id. Am. 1, 3, 1:

vale atque salve,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 36: vale atque salve. Th. Male vale, male sit tibi, id. ib. 4, 4, 32; v. salvus: Ly. Ad portum propero. De. Bene ambulato. Ly. Bene valeto. De. Bene sit tibi, id. Merc. 2, 2, 55:

bene valete et vivite,

id. Mil. 4, 8, 30:

ite intro cito: valete,

id. As. 3, 3, 155:

abeo: valete, judices justissimi,

id. Capt. prol. 67:

vos valete et plaudite,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 64:

in hoc biduom vale,

id. ib. 1, 2, 110:

vive valeque,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 110.—Before a vowel, scanned vale:

et longum, Formose vale, vale, inquit Iolla,

Verg. E. 3, 79; Ov. M. 3, 501.—

At the conclusion of letters:

Vale,

Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 3; 6, 21, 3; 4, 8, 2; Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 3:

cura ut valeas,

Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; rarely bene vale, Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8; Cur. ib. 7, 29, 2; cf.:

tu me diligis et valebis,

Cic. ib. 9, 22, 5; 15, 18, 2: fac valeas meque mutuo diligas, Planc. ib. 10, 7, 2; Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8.—

Also in bidding farewell to the dead:

salve aeternum mihi, maxime Palla, Aeternumque vale,

Verg. A. 11, 97; Stat. S. 3, 3, 208; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. l. l.;

v. salvus: in perpetuom, frater, ave atque vale,

Cat. 101, 10:

terque, Vale, dixit,

Ov. F. 3, 563:

supremumque vale... dixit,

id. M. 10, 62.—

As an expression of dismission, refusal, or scorn, be off, begone:

valeas, tibi habeas res tuas, reddas meas,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 46:

immo habeat, valeat, vivat cum illa,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 18:

valeas, habeas illam quae placet,

id. Ad. 4, 4, 14:

si talis est deus, ut nulla hominum caritate teneatur, valeat,

good-by to him, let me have nothing to do with him, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 124:

valeat res ludicra, si me Palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180: valeant, Qui inter nos discidium volunt, away with those, etc., Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

quare ista valeant: me res familiaris movet,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5: castra peto, valeatque Venus, valeantque puellae, farewell to Venus, etc., Tib. 2, 6, 9:

valete curae,

Petr. 79; cf. Cat. 8, 12; 11, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 71 sqq.—

With valere jubere or dicere (sometimes as one word, vălĕdīco, ere, 3, v. n.), to bid one good-by, farewell, adieu:

illum salutavi: post etiam jussi valere,

Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2:

vix illud potui dicere triste vale,

Ov. H. 13, 14:

saepe vale dicto rursus sum multa locutus,

id. Tr. 1, 3, 57:

tibi valedicere non licet gratis,

Sen. Ep. 17, 11; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 3, 1: obstinatissime [p. 1954] retinuit, ut liberti servique bis die frequentes adessent ac mane salvere, vesperi valere sibi singuli dicerent, Suet. Galb. 4 fin.; id. Aug. 53; id. Tib. 72.—So (late Lat.):

vale facere (or valefacere),

August. Ep. 65; App. M. 4, p. 150, 24.

Transf., to have power, force, or influence; to be powerful, effective, valid; to avail, prevail, be strong, effective, etc.

In gen.:

fiet enim quodcunque volent, qui valebunt: valebunt autem semper arma,

will always have the power, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1:

fuit enim populi potestas: de civitate ne tam diu quidem valuit quam diu illa Sullani temporis arma valuerunt,

id. Dom. 30, 79:

dicitur C. Flaminius ad populum valuisse dicendo,

id. Brut. 14, 57:

tribunus plebis tulit... ut lex Aelia et Fufia ne valeret,

id. Red. in Sen. 5, 11:

in more majorum, qui tum ut lex valebat,

id. Leg. 2, 10, 23:

valuit auctoritas,

id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

verba si valent,

id. Caecin. 21, 61:

(ejus) valet opinio tarditatis,

is established, id. de Or. 1, 27, 125:

si conjuratio valuisset,

id. ib. 17, 7:

cujus ratio non valuit,

Nep. Milt. 3, 7:

jus tamen gentium valuit,

Liv. 2, 4, 7:

praetor... ratus repentinum valiturum terrorem, succedit, etc.,

id. 44, 31, 6:

et vestrae valuere preces,

Ov. M. 13, 89; id. P. 3, 3, 92; id. Ib. 241.—

Esp.

With respect to the source, character, or mode of exercise of the strength ascribed to the subject.

With abl.:

non metuo mihi... Dum quidem hoc valebit pectus perfidia meum,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 50:

reliqui duo sic exaequantur, ut Domitius valeat amicis, Memmius commendetur militibus,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6 (17, 2):

multa sanxit quae omnia magistratuum auctoritate et Halaesinorum summa voluntate valuerunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:

ita istam libertatem largior populo, ut auctoritate et valeant et utantur boni,

id. Leg. 3, 17, 38:

quae (voluntas militum) cum per se valet multitudine,

id. Mur. 18, 38:

parum valent (Graeci) verbo,

i. e. have no precise word, id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

qui aut gratia aut misericordia valerent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

dicendo,

Nep. Ages. 1, 2:

qui pedum cursu valet,

Verg. A. 5, 67; Quint. 9, 2, 78:

Battiades... Quamvis ingenio non valet, arte valet,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 14:

plerique plus ingenio quam arte valuerunt,

Quint. 1, 8, 8:

rogando,

Ov. M. 2, 183:

subtilitate vincimur, valeamus pondere,

Quint. 12, 11, 8.—

With in and abl.:

Sp. Thorius satis valuit in populari genere dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 36, 136:

quid facilius est quam probari in uno servulo nomen familiae non valere,

id. Caecin. 19, 55:

in his maxime valet similitudo,

Quint. 6, 3, 57:

mire in causis valet praesumptio,

id. 9, 2, 16:

(digitus) in exprobrando et indicando valet,

id. 11, 3, 94.—

With some definite end expressed, upon or towards which influence or power is exercised or directed, to be strong enough for, adequate to, or capable of any thing, to be able to do, to have force or efficacy, to be effectual, to avail, to be applicable.

With in and acc.:

hoc evenit, ut in volgus insipientium opinio valeat honestatis,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 63:

quaecumque est hominis definitio, una in omnes valet,

id. Leg. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. Div. 2, 56, 116:

cum illud verbum unde in utramque rem valeat,

id. Caecin. 31, 89:

num etiam in deos inmortales inauspicatam legem valuisse? Liv 7, 6, 11: utrumque hoc genus semel injectum in L. annos valet et frugum et pabuli ubertate,

Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 44:

etiamsi in utramque partem valent arma facundiae,

Quint. 2, 16, 10:

hoc etiam in praeteritum valet,

id. 9, 2, 20; cf.:

cum... idque in omnis partis valeret,

Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2.—

With eo: oratio me cohortabatur, ut, etc.... quod eo, credo, valebat, ut caerimonias religionesque defenderem, the force or point of which was, etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 2, 5:

id responsum quo valeat, cum intellegeret nemo,

Nep. Them. 2, 6; cf. II. B. 3. i, infra.—

With ad and acc. of thing:

tu non solum ad neglegendas leges... verum etiam ad evertendas valuisti,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18: astrorum affectio valeat, si vis, ad quasdam res;

ad omnis certe non valebit,

id. Fat. 4, 8:

illud perficiam ut invidia mihi valeat ad gloriam,

id. Cat. 3, 12, 29:

vitae adjuncta esse dicebant, quae ad virtutis usum valerent,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 21:

ista quaestura ad eam rem valet, ut, etc.,

id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 62: neque, quod Samnites... amici vobis facti sunt, ad id valere arbitror, ne nos in amicitiam accipiamur, Liv. 7, 30, 4:

eadem fictio valet et ad qualitates,

Quint. 5, 10, 99; cf. II. B. 3. infra.—

With apud or ad and acc. of person influenced, etc.

With apud:

ibit ad illud ilico, Quo maxume apud te se valere sentiat,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 79:

non quin eam (commendationem) valituram apud te arbitrarer,

Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 3:

apud te veritas valebit,

id. Quint. 1, 5:

sed haec eadem nunc censes apud eos ipsos valere, a quibus... conscripta sunt?

id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

magnis meritis apud regem... valebat,

Nep. Con. 3, 1:

jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,

Sall. C. 9, 1:

apud magnam partem senatus et magnitudine rerum gestarum valebat et gratia,

Liv. 31, 48, 1:

apud nos valeant ea, quae apud judices valere volumus,

Quint. 6, 2, 28.—

With ad:

dicitur enim C. Flaminius... ad populum valuisse dicendo,

Cic. Brut. 14, 57:

clementiae fama... ad ferociores jam populos valuit,

Liv. 21, 6, 4:

metus ad omnis valuit, ne deditionem recusarent,

id. 38, 28, 6.—

With contra and acc.:

hoc nonne videtur contra te valere?

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86:

quae valeant contra falsam criminationem,

id. de Or. 2, 79, 321:

ne quid esset... quod contra caput suum aut existimationem valere posset,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 173: ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

cum pro falsis contra veritatem (rhetorice) valet,

Quint. 2, 16, 2; cf. f. infra.—

With pro and abl.:

multa in adversos effudit verba penates Pro deplorato non valitura viro,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 46:

epitheton valet pro nomine,

Quint. 8, 6, 29; cf. I. A. 2, b. supra.—

With dat. gerund. (post-class. and rare):

nam et augendae rei et minuendae valet (particula),

Gell. 5, 12, 10.—

With inf. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

not in Cic. or Caes.): nam si certam finem esse viderent Aerumnarum homines, aliqua ratione valerent Religionibus... obsistere,

Lucr. 1, 108:

hanc ob rem vitam retinere valemus,

id. 3, 257:

nec continere suos ab direptione castrorum valuit,

Liv. 38, 23, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

quam (urbem) neque finitimi valuerunt perdere Marsi,

Hor. Epod. 16, 3:

cetera... adeo sunt multa, loquacem Delassare valent Fabium,

id. S. 1, 1, 13; id. C. 4, 7, 27:

nec valuit locos coeptos avertere cursus,

Tib. 4, 1, 55:

qui relicti erant... ne conspectum quidem hostis sustinere valuerunt,

Curt. 3, 4, 5:

neque ex eo infamiam discutere valuit,

Suet. Caes. 79.—With things as subj.:

ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum Reddere quae ferrum valet,

Hor. A. P. 305; cf. I. A. 2. b, supra.—Esp.,

With adverbial qualifications expressing the degree of power or influence exerted, etc.; very freq. with accs- multum, plus, plurimum, parum, minus, minimum, nihil, tantum, quantum, quid, id, idem, quiddam, quidquam, quidquid, etc.

Edepol, Cupido, cum tu tam pusillu's, nimis multum vales, Naev. ap. Non. 421, 25 (Com. Rel. v. 55 Rib.):

plus potest qui plus valet,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38:

neque ita inperita (sum), ut quid amor valeat nesciam,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 42.—So absol.: nam opulenti cum locuntur pariter atque ignobiles, Eadem dicta eademque oratio aequa non aeque valet, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. Rel. v. 230 Vahl.):

ignari quid gravitas... quid denique virtus valeret,

Cic. Sest. 28, 60:

illa obnuntiatio nihil valuit, aut, si valuit, id valuit, ut, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 16, 30: omnia veniebant Antonio in mentem;

eaque suo quaeque loco, ubi plurimum proficere et valere possent... collocabantur,

id. Brut. 37, 139:

cur minus Venena Medaeae valent?

Hor. Epod. 5. 62.—

With abl.:

quod tibi lubet fac, quoniam pugnis plus vales,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 240; cf.

v. 234: quicquid possunt, pedestribus valent copiis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 17:

qui plus opibus, armis, potentia valent, perfecisse mihi videntur... ut etiam auctoritate jam plus valerent,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:

quasi vero ego... in isto genere omnino quidquam aut curatione aut potestate valuissem,

id. Dom. 6, 14:

Ti. Coruncanium longe plurimum ingenio valuisse,

id. Brut. 14, 55:

quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valerent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

Caesar multum equitatu valebat,

id. B. C. 1, 61:

cum tantum equitatu valeamus,

id. ib. 3, 86:

equitatu plurimum valere,

id. B. G. 3, 20; Nep. Alcib. 8, 2.—

With in and abl.:

nihil putas valere in judiciis conjecturam, nihil suspitionem, nihil ante actae vitae existimationem, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146:

hic multum in Fabia (tribu) valet, ille Velina,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52. —

With ad and acc.:

multum valuisse ad patris honorem pietas filii videbitur,

Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 12:

ex quo intellegitur, plus terrarum situs, quam lunae tractus, ad nascendum valere,

id. Div. 2, 46, 97:

valet igitur multum ad vincendum probari mores eorum, qui agent causas,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:

ad subeundem periculum et ad vitandum multum fortuna valuit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

genus ad probandam speciem minimum valet,

Quint. 5, 10, 56.—

With apud and acc. of pers., to have influence, be influential, have weight with, influence:

apud quem (Caesarem) quicquid valebo vel auctoritate, vel gratia, valebo tibi,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13:

utrum apud eos pudor atque officium, an timor plus valeret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

tantum apud homines barbaros valuit, esse repertos aliquos principes belli inferendi,

id. ib. 5, 54:

potestis constituere, hanc auctoritatem quantum apud exteras nationes valituram esse existimetis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 46:

non modo praemiis, quae apud me minimum valent, sed ne periculis quidem conpulsus ullis,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 11:

facinus esse indignum, plus impudicissimae mulieris apud te de Cleomenis salute quam de sua vita lacrimas matris valere,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

apud quem ut multum gratia valeret, effecit,

Nep. Con. 2, 1.—

With contra: cur desperemus veritatem contra fallacem facundiam valituram? prevail, Lact. Opif. Dei, 20, 5; cf. Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8, II. B. 2, e. supra.—

With pro:

pro periculo magis quam contra salutem valere,

Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; cf.:

quod minus multitudine militum legionariorum pro hostium numero valebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 51.—

With inter:

plurimum inter eos Bellovacos et virtute, et auctoritate, et hominum numero valere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4.—

With adv. of pur pose:

hoc eo valebat, ut ingratiis ad de pugnandum omnes cogerentur,

Nep. Them. 4, 4:

non tamen hoc eo valet, ut fugien dae sint magnae scholae,

Quint. 1, 2, 16:

nescis quo valeat nummus, quem praebeat usum?

Hor. S. 1, 1, 73; cf. II. B. 2. b. supra. —

Idiomatic uses.

Of money value, to be of the value of, be worth: denarii, quod denos aeris valebant;

quinarii, quod quinos,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Mull.:

dum pro argenteis decem aureus unus valeret,

Liv. 38, 11, 8:

ita ut scrupulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47:

si haec praedia valeant nunc decem,

Dig. 24, 1, 7, § 4:

quasi minimo valeret hereditas,

ib. 19, 1, 13:

quanti omnibus valet (servus),

ib. 9, 2, 33; 5, 3, 25, § 1.—

Of the signification of words, sentences, etc.; like the Gr. dunasthai, to mean, signify, import:

quaerimus verbum Latinum par Graeco et quod idem valeat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 13: non usquam id quidem dicit omnino;

sed quae dicit, idem valent,

id. Tusc. 5, 10, 24:

quamquam vocabula prope idem valere videantur,

id. Top. 8, 34:

hoc verbum quid valeat, non vident,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39: cui nomen Becco fuerat;

id valet gallinacei rostrum,

Suet. Vit. 18:

pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,

Quint. 1, 4, 29 et saep.:

et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,

id. 10, 1, 13:

duo quae idem significant ac tantumdem valent,

id. 1, 5, 4.—Hence, vălens, entis, P. a., strong, stout, vigorous, powerful (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: nil moro discipulos mihi esse plenos sanguinis;

valens adflictet me,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 44:

virgatores,

id. As. 3, 2, 19:

robusti et valentes et audaces satellites,

Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 84:

cum homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

valentissimi lictores,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

homines,

id. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 35:

hic membris et mole valens,

Verg. A. 5, 431:

membris valens,

Ov. M. 9, 108:

corpore esse vegeto et valenti,

Gell. 3, 1, 11:

nervi musculique,

Cels. 8, 20:

trunci,

Verg. G. 2, 426: scire oportet, omnia legumina generis valentissimi esse: valentissimum voco, in quo plurimum alimenti est... Ex leguminibus valentior faba quam pisum, etc., strongest, i. e. most nutritire, Cels. 2, 18:

tunicae,

stout, thick, Ov. A. A. 3, 109: providendum ne infirmiores (apes) a valentioribus [p. 1955] opprimantur, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35.—

In partic.

Well in health, healthy, hale, hearty:

valeo et venio ad minus valentem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 24:

medicus plane confirmat, propediem te valentem fore,

Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:

puer, hora undecima cum valens in publico visus esset, ante noctem mortuus est,

id. Clu. 9, 27; cf.

valens (opp. imbecillus),

id. Fam. 16, 5, 2:

(sensus) si sani sunt et valentes,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

si valens corpus est neque magno opere vexatum,

Cels. 7, 26, 5:

sive aegra, sive valens,

Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 20.— Subst.:

qui enim aegris subveniretur, quae esset oblectatio valentium, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15;

so opp. aeger,

id. de Or. 2, 44, 186.—

Of medicines, strong, powerful, active:

valens est adversus cancerem intestinorum minii gleba,

Cels. 4, 15 fin.:

medicamenta,

id. 1, 3 med.:

silvestri (papaveri capita) ad omnes effectus valentiora,

Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202; cf. id. 22, 22, 43, § 87.—

Trop., strong, powerful, mighty:

mallem tantas ei (Caesari) vires non dedisset (res publica) quam nunc tam valenti resisteret,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4:

fuit quondam ita firma haec civitas et valens,

id. Har. Resp. 28, 60:

cum valentiore pugnare,

id. Fam. 5, 21, 2:

valens dialecticus,

id. Fat. 6, 12:

ut fieri nihil possit valentius,

id. Brut. 16, 64:

Philippus jam tum valens multa moliebatur,

Nep. Timoth. 3, 1:

opibus jam valentes,

id. Eum. 10, 3:

argumenta valentiora,

Quint. 5, 13, 12:

quid pars adversa habeat valentissimum,

id. 5, 13, 52:

nec fraus valentior quam consilium meum,

Cic. Univ. 11:

ad letum causae satis valentes,

Ov. M. 5, 174; so,

causae,

id. Tr. 1, 8, 29:

causa valentior,

id. P. 1, 10, 35:

deus morbo omni valentior,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 111:

oppida valentissima,

Nep. Ham. 2, 4.—Hence, adv.: vălenter, strongly, stoutly, powerfully, violently (perh. not ante-Aug.).

Lit.:

resistere,

Col. 1, 5, 9; 3, 2, 15:

nimis valenter ibi retenta materia,

Cels. 5, 26, 21:

praeceps spirare valentius Eurus (coepit),

Ov. M. 11, 481.—

Trop., of speech, forcibly, energetically:

non diu dicebat sed valenter,

Sen. Contr. 3, 22 med.:

si verba numeres, breviter et abscise: si sensum aestimes, copiose et valenter,

Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6.

com-mĭniscor ( con-m-), mentus, 3, v. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.

(Class., of something untrue;

esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71:

fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,

id. As. 1, 1, 89:

mendacium,

id. Ps. 2, 3, 23:

dolum docte,

id. ib. 4, 7, 64:

maledicta,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:

quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7:

nec me hoc commentum putes,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause:

neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37:

fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,

id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, P. a.).—

Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real:

Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so,

occurrentia nescio quae,

id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

quaedam,

id. Fat. 3, 5.—

In gen., to devise, invent, contrive:

nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,

Liv. 37, 5, 5:

id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,

id. 29, 37, 4:

novas litteras,

Suet. Claud. 41:

novum balinearum usum,

id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27:

Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,

Mel. 1, 12, 1:

excubias nocturnas vigilesque,

Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23.

P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious:

dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

sacra,

id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319:

crimen,

Liv. 26, 27, 8:

fraus,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence,

Subst.: commentum, i, n.

(Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood:

ipsis commentum placet,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

opinionum commenta delet dies,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before:

opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,

Liv. 1, 19, 5:

mixta rumorum,

Ov. M. 12, 54:

animi,

id. ib. 13, 38.—

Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—

Nefanda, a project, plan, Just. 21, 4, 3:

callidum,

Dig. 27, 9, 9. —

A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.—

A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = enthumêma, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1.

com-mĭniscor ( con-m-), mentus, 3, v. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.

(Class., of something untrue;

esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71:

fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,

id. As. 1, 1, 89:

mendacium,

id. Ps. 2, 3, 23:

dolum docte,

id. ib. 4, 7, 64:

maledicta,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:

quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7:

nec me hoc commentum putes,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause:

neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37:

fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,

id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, P. a.).—

Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real:

Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so,

occurrentia nescio quae,

id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

quaedam,

id. Fat. 3, 5.—

In gen., to devise, invent, contrive:

nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,

Liv. 37, 5, 5:

id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,

id. 29, 37, 4:

novas litteras,

Suet. Claud. 41:

novum balinearum usum,

id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27:

Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,

Mel. 1, 12, 1:

excubias nocturnas vigilesque,

Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23.

P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious:

dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

sacra,

id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319:

crimen,

Liv. 26, 27, 8:

fraus,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence,

Subst.: commentum, i, n.

(Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood:

ipsis commentum placet,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

opinionum commenta delet dies,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before:

opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,

Liv. 1, 19, 5:

mixta rumorum,

Ov. M. 12, 54:

animi,

id. ib. 13, 38.—

Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—

Nefanda, a project, plan, Just. 21, 4, 3:

callidum,

Dig. 27, 9, 9. —

A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.—

A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = enthumêma, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1.

rēs, rei (rēi with e long; gen., Lucr. 2, 112; 548; 6, 918; dat., id. 1, 688; 2, 236; rei, gen., monosyl. at the end of the verse, Lucr. 3, 918;

and in the middle of the verse,

id. 4, 885, and Poët. ap. Lact. 6, 6), f. [ etym. dub.; perh. root ra- of reor, ratus; cf. Germ. Ding; Engl. thing, from denken, to think; prop., that which is thought of; cf. also logos, Lid. and Scott, 9], a thing, object, being; a matter, affair, event, fact, circumstance, occurrence, deed, condition, case, etc.; and sometimes merely = something (cf.: causa, ratio, negotium).

In gen.:

unde initum primum capiat res quaeque movendi,

Lucr. 1, 383; cf. id. 1, 536:

in partes res quaeque minutas Distrahitur,

id. 2, 826: summe Sol, qui omnes res inspicis, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Trag. v. 321 Vahl.):

versus, quos ego de Rerum Naturā pangere conor,

Lucr. 1, 25; cf. id. 1, 126; 5, 54:

rerum natura creatrix,

id. 2, 1117:

divinarum humanarumque rerum, tum initiorum causarumque cujusque rei cognitio,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7 (v. divinus):

haeret haec res,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 182:

profecto, ut loquor, ita res est,

id. ib. 2, 1, 19:

haud mentior, resque uti facta dico,

id. ib. 2, 1, 23:

de Alcumenā ut rem teneatis rectius,

id. ib. prol. 110:

in tantis rebus (sc. in re publicā defendendā),

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:

quo Averna vocantur nomine, id ab re Impositum est, quia sunt avibus contraria cunctis,

from the nature of the thing, Lucr. 6, 740; cf. id. 6, 424; Liv. 1, 17:

si res postulabit,

the condition of the case, Cic. Lael. 13, 44: scaena rei totius haec, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3:

fugam in se nemo convertitur Nec recedit loco, quin statim rem gerat,

does his duty, stands his ground, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 84; so, res gerere, v. gero; hence, too, rerum scriptor, for a historian, v. scriptor, and cf. II. H. infra.—

With adj. of quality, to express condition, etc.:

illic homo a me sibi malam rem arcessit,

is bringing a bad business on himself, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 171; so,

res mala,

a wretched condition, Sall. C. 20, 13; and more freq. in plur.:

bonis tuis rebus meas res irrides malas,

circumstances, condition, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45; id. Rud. 3, 3, 12:

res secundae,

good fortune, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30; cf. Liv. 3, 9:

res prosperae,

Nep. Dion, 6, 1; id. Eum. 5, 1:

in secundissimis rebus,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 91:

adversae res,

id. ib. 1, 26, 90; Hor. S. 2, 2, 136; 2, 8, 73:

res belli adversae,

Liv. 10, 6:

res dubiae,

Sall. C. 10, 2; 39, 3; Liv. 2, 50; 7, 30;

v. bonus, florens, salvus, adversus, dubius, novus, arduus, etc.— Freq. in curses, etc.: in malam rem,

go to the bad, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 37; id. And. 2, 1, 17:

malam rem hinc ibis?

id. Eun. 3, 3, 30.—

With an adj. in a periphrasis:

abhorrens ab re uxoriā,

matrimony, Ter. And. 5, 1, 10:

in arbitrio rei uxoriae,

dowry, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 61:

rem divinam nisi compitalibus... ne faciat,

a religious act, act of worship, a sacrifice, Cato, R. R. 5, 4:

bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt,

Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76; Hor. C. 4, 3, 6:

erat ei pecuaria res ampla et rustica,

Cic. Quint. 3, 12: res rustica, agriculture:

rei rusticae libro primo,

Col. 11, 1, 2; id. 1, praef. §

19: liber, quem de rebus rusticis scripsi,

Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

navalis rei certamina,

naval battles, Amm. 26, 3, 5:

res militaris,

Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2:

rei militaris gloria,

id. Mur. 9, 22; Nep. Milt. 8, 4:

res frumentaria,

forage, Caes. B. C. 3, 16; id. B. G. 1, 23; 4, 7:

armatae rei scientissimus,

Amm. 25, 4, 7:

peritus aquariae rei,

id. 28, 2, 2:

res judicaria,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31:

res ludicra,

play, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180:

uti rebus veneriis,

Cic. Sen. 14, 47; Nep. Alc. 11, 4:

res Veneris,

Lucr. 2, 173; Ov. R. Am. 431; v. also familiaris, judiciaria, militaris, navalis, etc., and cf. II. G. infra. —

With pronouns or adjectives, as an emphatic periphrase for the neutr.:

ibi me inclamat Alcumena: jam ea res me horrore afficit,

this now, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16; cf.: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam:

Ea res est,

it is even so, id. As. 1, 1, 40:

de fratre confido ita esse ut semper volui. Multa signa sunt ejus rei,

of it, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 5: quos (melittônas) alii melittotropheia appellant, eandem rem quidam mellaria. Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:

sunt ex te quae scitari volo, Quarum rerum, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 13; cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 4:

quibus de rebus quoniam nobis contigit ut aliquid essemus consecuti,

Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13:

quā super re interfectum esse Hippotem dixisti? Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. superescit, p. 244: resciscet Amphitruo rem omnem,

every thing, all, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 30:

nulla res tam delirantes homines concinat cito,

nothing, id. Am. 2, 2, 96; cf.:

neque est ulla res, in quā, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12; 1, 5, 9; cf.

also: sumptu ne parcas ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:

magna res principio statim bello,

a great thing, a great advantage, Liv. 31, 23 fin.:

nil admirari prope res est una Solaque, quae, etc.,

the only thing, only means, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 1 et saep. — Emphatically with sup.:

scilicet rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma,

the most beautiful thing in the world, Verg. G. 2, 534; Quint. 1, 12, 16 Spald. p. 81. —

Of persons, etc.: est genus hominum, qui esse primos se omnium rerum volunt,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17:

maxime rerum,

Ov. H. 9, 107; cf.:

maxima rerum Roma,

Verg. A. 7, 602; Ov. M. 13, 508:

fortissima rerum animalia,

id. ib. 12, 502:

pulcherrime rerum,

id. H. 4, 125; id. A. A. 1, 213; id. M. 8, 49:

dulcissime rerum,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.—

In adverb. phrases:

e re natā melius fieri haud potuit,

after what has happened, Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 8:

pro re natā,

according to circumstances, Cic. Att. 7, 8, 2; 14, 6, 1:

pro tempore et pro re,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

factis benignus pro re,

according to circumstances, Liv. 7, 33, 3; Sall. J. 50, 2:

pro re pauca loquar,

Verg. A. 4, 337; Lucr. 6, 1280:

ex re et ex tempore,

Cic. Fam. 12, 19, 3:

e re respondi,

Cat. 10, 8.

In partic.

Pregn., an actual thing, the thing itself, reality, truth, fact; opposed to appearance, mere talk, the mere name of a thing:

ecastor, re experior, quanti facias uxorem tuam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 10:

desiste dictis nunc jam miseram me consolari: Nisi quid re praesidium apparas, etc.,

id. Rud. 3, 3, 21: rem ipsam loqui. Ter. And. 1, 2, 31:

rem fabulari,

Plaut. Trin 2, 4, 87:

nihil est aliud in re,

in fact, Liv. 10, 8, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

se ipsa res aperit,

Nep. Paus. 3, 7:

ex re decerpere fructus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 79;

opp. verbum, vox, opinio, spes, nomen, etc.: rem opinor spectari oportere, non verba,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; cf.: te rogo, ut rem potiorem oratione ducas, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5:

non modo res omnes, sed etiam rumores cognoscamus,

Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1:

qui hos deos non re, sed opinione esse dicunt,

id. N. D. 3, 21, 53:

Peripateticos et Academicos nominibus differentes, re congruentes,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 15:

quod nos honestum, illi vanum... verbis quam re probabilius vocant,

Quint. 3, 8, 22; Sen. Ep. 120, 9:

eum, tametsi verbo non audeat, tamen re ipsā de maleficio suo confiteri,

id. Rosc. Am. 42, 123; cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 15:

vides quantum distet argumentatio tua ab re ipsā atque a veritate,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44. — Hence, abl. sing., often strengthened by verā (sometimes as one word, reverā), in fact, really, in truth, indeed, in reality:

haec ille, si verbis non audet, re quidem verā palam loquitur,

Cic. Quint. 17, 56; so,

re quidem verā,

id. Clu. 19, 54; id. Sest. 7, 15:

re autem verā,

id. Fam. 1, 4, 2;

and simply re verā,

id. Quint. 2, 7; id. Div. 2, 54, 110; id. Balb. 3, 7:

re verāque,

Lucr. 2, 48; cf.:

et re verā,

indeed, in fact, Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1; Liv. 33, 11, 3; 35, 31, 12; 36, 6, 1; Nep. Ages. 2, 3; id. Phoc. 3, 3; Curt. 3, 13, 5; 4, 16, 19; Val. Max. 9, 13, ext. 1; Just. 5, 1, 8; 12, 13, 10; Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 1.—

Effects, substance, property, possessions:

mihi Chrysalus Perdidit filium, me atque rem omnem Meam,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; cf.: Ph. Habuitne rem? Ly. Habuit. Ph. Qui eam perdidit... Mercaturamne an venales habuit, ubi rem perdidit? id. Trin. 2, 2, 49 sq.:

quibus et re salvā et perditā profueram,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 27:

rem talentum decem,

id. Phorm. 2, 3, 46; Juv. 3, 16:

avidior ad rem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51:

rem facere,

to make money, Cic. Att. 2, 2, 12:

res eos jampridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,

id. Cat. 2, 5, [p. 1576] 10:

qui duo patrimonia accepisset remque praeterea bonis et honestis rationibus auxisset,

id. Rab. Post. 14, 38:

libertino natum patre et in tenui re,

in narrow circumstances, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20 et saep.; v. also familiaris.— In plur.: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.):

privatae res,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5.—

Hence, law t. t., whatever may be the subject of a right, whether corporeal or incorporeal (v. Sandars, Introd. to Just. Inst. p. 42 sqq.):

res corporales,

Just. Inst. 2, 2, 1 sq.; Gai. Inst. 2, 12; Dig. 1, 8, 1:

res in patrimonio, res extra patrimonium,

Just. Inst. 2, 1 pr.; Gai. Inst. 2, 1:

res sanctae,

Just. Inst. 2, 1, 10; v. also mancipium, privatus, etc.—

Benefit, profit, advantage, interest, weal:

res magis quaeritur, quam, etc.,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 6:

melius illi consulas quam rei tuae,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 98:

haec tuā re feceris,

to your advantage, id. Capt. 2, 2, 46.— Most freq. with the prepositions in, ex, ob, ab, etc.:

quasi istic minor mea res agatur quam tua,

is interested, affected, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113 (v. ago):

si in rem tuam esse videatur,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 2:

vide si hoc in rem deputas,

id. ib. 3, 3, 19:

quod in rem recte conducat tuam,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 26:

si in remst utrique,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 14:

quid mihi melius est, quid magis in rem est, quam? etc.,

useful, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 1:

tamen in rem fore credens universos adpellare,

Sall. C. 20, 1:

omnia quae in rem videbantur esse,

Curt. 6, 2, 21:

ad conparanda ea quae in rem erant,

Liv. 30, 4, 6:

imperat quae in rem sunt,

id. 26, 44, 7; 22, 3, 2:

ex tuā re non est, ut ego emoriar,

for your advantage, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 102: An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, to the purpose, with advantage, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 41: ob rem facere, usefully, with advantage or profit, Sall. J. 31, 5: subdole blanditur, ab re Consulit blandiloquentulus, contrary to his interest, i. e. to his injury, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 12 Brix ad loc.:

haud id est ab re aucupis,

id. As. 1, 3, 71:

haec haud ab re duxi referre,

Liv. 8, 11, 1:

non ab re esse Quinctio visum est interesse, etc.,

id. 35, 32, 6; Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57; Suet. Aug. 94; Gell. 18, 4, 6; 1, 26, 4; Macr. S. 1, 4, 19.—

Cause, reason, ground, account; only in the connection eā (hac) re, and eam ob rem, adverb., therefore, on that account:

eā re tot res sunt, ubi bene deicias,

Cato, R. R. 158, 2:

hac re nequeunt ex omnibus omnia gigni, Quod, etc.,

Lucr. 1, 172; cf.:

illud eā re a se esse concessum, quod, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 111:

patrem exoravi, tibi ne noceat, neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 39; cf.:

quoi rei?

for what purpose? id. As. 3, 2, 43; id. Poen. 2, 3, 3.—Hence (by uniting into one word) the causal adverbs quare and quamobrem, v. h. vv.—

An affair, matter of business, business:

cum et de societate inter se multa communicarent et de totā illā ratione atque re Gallicanā,

Cic. Quint. 4, 15:

rem cum aliquo transigere,

id. Clu. 13, 39. —

Hence, transf., in gen.: res alicui est cum aliquo,

to have to do with any one, Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Sest. 16, 37; id. Fam. 9, 20, 2; Caes. B. G. 7, 77; cf.:

famigeratori res sit cum damno et malo,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 182 Brix ad loc.— Also without a dat.:

quoniam cum senatore res est,

Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 3;

esp., in mal. part.: rem habere cum aliquo or aliquā,

to have to do with any one, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 35; id. Merc. 3, 1, 37; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 39; 58. —Ellipt.:

jam biennium est, quom mecum rem coepit,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 15. —

A case in law, a lawsuit, cause, suit (more gen. than causa):

ubi res prolatae sunt,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 10:

res agi,

id. Men. 4, 2, 19; id. Aul. 3, 4, 13:

quibus res erat in controversiā, ea vocabatur lis,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 93; cf.

(prob. in allusion to this legal form): tot homines... statuere non potuisse, utrum diem tertium an perendinum... rem an litem dici oporteret,

Cic. Mur. 12, 27; cf.

also: quarum rerum litium causarum condixit pater patratus, etc., an ancient formula,

Liv. 1, 32:

de rebus ab aliquo cognitis judicatisque dicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118:

pecunias capere ob rem judicandam,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

si res certabitur olim,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 27; 1, 10, 15; 1, 9, 41; id. Ep. 1, 16, 43:

tractu temporis futurum, ut res pereat,

Dig. 3, 3, 12:

rem differre,

ib. 43, 30, 3: res judicata dicitur, quae finem controversiarum pronuntiatione judicis accipit, ib. 42, 1, 1 et saep.—

An affair, esp. a battle, campaign, military operations; in phrase rem (or res) gerere:

res gesta virtute,

Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 66:

ut res gesta est ordine narrare,

Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 3:

his rebus gestis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

res gerere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

rem bene gerere,

id. ib. 1, 8, 1; Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 13:

comminus rem gerunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

res gestae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 7; 2, 1, 251:

adversus duos simul rem gerere,

Liv. 21, 60:

rem male gerere,

Nep. Them. 3, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 74:

in relatione rerum ab Scythis gestarum,

Just. 2, 1, 1; cf.:

rem agere,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 4; id. A. P. 82:

ante rem,

before the battle, Liv. 4, 40:

cum Thebanis sibi rem esse existimant,

Nep. Pel. 1, 3; Cic. Sest. 16, 37.—

Acts, events, as the subject of narration, a story, history:

res in unam sententiam scripta,

Auct. Her. 1, 12, 20:

cui lecta potenter erit res,

Hor. A. P. 40; id. S. 1, 10, 57; id. Ep. 1, 19, 29:

in medias res auditorem rapere,

id. A. P. 148; 310:

agitur res in scaenis,

id. ib. 179; cf.:

numeros animosque secutus, non res,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 25; Phaedr. 5, 1, 12:

sicut in rebus ejus (Neronis) exposuimus,

Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199:

litterae, quibus non modo res omnis, sed etiam rumores cognoscamus,

Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1:

res populi Romani perscribere, Liv. praef. § 1: res Persicae,

history, Nep. Con. 5, 4; id. Cat. 3, 2.—

Res publica, also as one word, respublica, the common weal, a commonwealth, state, republic (cf. civitas); also, civil affairs, administration, or power, etc.: qui pro republicā, non pro suā obsonat, Cato ap. Ruf. 18, p. 210; cf.:

erat tuae virtutis, in minimis tuas res ponere, de re publicā vehementius laborare,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 3:

dummodo ista privata sit calamitas et a rei publicae periculis sejungatur,

id. Cat. 1, 9; cf.:

si re publicā non possis frui, stultum est nolle privatā,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 4:

egestates tot egentissimorum hominum nec privatas posse res nec rem publicam sustinere,

id. Att. 9, 7, 5 (v. publicus); Cato ap. Gell. 10, 14, 3: auguratum est, rem Romanam publicam summam fore, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:

quo utiliores rebus suis publicis essent,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 155:

commutata ratio est rei totius publicae,

id. Att. 1, 8, 4: pro republicā niti, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 fin.:

merere de republicā,

Plaut. Am. prol. 40:

de re publicā disputatio... dubitationem ad rem publicam adeundi tollere, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

oppugnare rem publicam,

id. Cael. 1, 1; id. Har. Resp. 8, 15; id. Sest. 23, 52:

paene victā re publicā,

id. Fam. 12, 13, 1:

delere rem publicam,

id. Sest. 15, 33; Lact. 6, 18, 28.—Esp. in the phrase e re publicā, for the good of the State, for the public benefit:

senatūs consultis bene et e re publicā factis,

Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30:

ea si dicam non esse e re publicā dividi,

id. Fam. 13, 8, 2; id. Mil. 5, 14; Liv. 8, 4, 12; 25, 7, 4; 34, 34, 9; Suet. Rhet. 1 init. —Post-class. and rare, also ex republicā, Gell. 6, 3, 47; 11, 9, 1;

but exque is used for euphony (class.): id eum recte atque ordine exque re publicā fecisse,

Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 38; 5, 13, 36; 10, 11, 26.— In plur.:

eae nationes respublicas suas amiserunt, C. Gracch. ap. Fest. s. h. v. p. 286 Müll.: hoc loquor de tribus his generibus rerum publicarum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

circuitus in rebus publicis commutationum,

id. ib. 1, 29, 45 et saep.—

Sometimes simply res, the State (in the poets, and since the Aug. per. in prose): unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84 (Ann. v. 313 Vahl.):

hic (Marcellus) rem Romanam sistet,

Verg. A. 6, 858; cf.:

nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse,

Liv. 21, 16; 1, 28:

parva ista non contemnendo majores nostri maximam hanc rem fecerunt,

id. 6, 41 fin.:

Romana,

Hor. C. S. 66; id. Ep. 1, 12, 25; Ov. M. 14, 809; Sall. C. 6, 3; cf.:

ut paulo ante animum inter Fidenatem Romanamque rem ancipitem gessisti,

Liv. 1, 28 fin.:

Albana,

id. 1, 6.— In plur.:

res Asiae evertere,

Verg. A. 3, 1:

custode rerum Caesare,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; cf.:

res sine discordiā translatae,

Tac. H. 1, 29; so (also in Cic.), rerum potiri, v. potior. —

Res novae, political changes, a revolution, etc.; v. novus.