con-quĭesco

con-quiēsco, quiēvī, quiētum, ere, der Ruhe pflegen, -sich hingeben, I) im engern Sinne, körperlich sich ruhig verhalten, Ruhe halten, der Ruhe pflegen (Ggstz. aliquid agere, Cic. de fin. 5, 55, od. neque labori se neque exercitationi neque negotiis credere, Cels. 1, 2), videmus, ut conquiescere ne infantes quidem possint, Cic.: oportet conquiescere, cubare molliter (weich liegen), Cels.: qui non concoxit, ex toto conquiescere debet, Cels. – So nun α) liegend, ruhig liegen, necessarium autem est, donec cicatrix sit, conquiescere; nam ambulatio etc., Cels.: alvus fluens conquiescere hominem in cubili non patitur, Cels.: u. so c. in lecto, Cels. – bes. schlafend Ruhe halten, der Ruhe pflegen (Ggstz. vigilare), meridie, Caes.: post cibum, Cels.: post cibum meridianum paulisper, Suet.: per hiemem totis noctibus, Cels.: interdiu vigilare, noctu conquiescere, Cels.: cum conquiescit aliquis aut iacet, schläft oder (nur) ruhig liegt, Cels.: sprichw., de hac re in oculum utrum vis conquiescito, schlafe (sei) ganz unbesorgt, Plaut. Pseud. 123. – β) (als milit. t. t.) vom Marsche rasten, Rasttag halten, haec (impedimenta) conquiescere ante iter confectum vetuit, Caes. – od. übh. von Strapazen ausruhen, ibi sub armis proximā nocte conquiescit, Caes.: consul respirare et conquiescere paulisper militem iubet, Liv. – γ) v. lebl. Subjj., sich be-

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ruhigen, sich legen, cum iam bene venae conquieverunt, Cels.: ubi bene sanguis conquievit, Cels.: fluctus, qui maximi ferebantur, conquiescere iussit, Lact.: plurimis dolor cito conquiescit, Cael. Aur. – II) im weitern Sinne: a) beim Vortrag mit der Stimme ausruhen, pausieren, Cic. de or. 3, 191. – b) Ruhe halten, ruhen, α) v. Pers.u. personif. Lebl. = nichts, bes. nichts Feindseliges unternehmen, sich ruhig verhalten, Ruhe-, Frieden halten, his aliisque increpando iuvenem instigat, nec conquiescere ipsa potest (v. d. Tullia), Liv.: non manes, non stirpem eius conquiescere viri (des Hannibal), Liv.: u. (v. lebl. Subjj.) quando illius postea sica illa conquievit? Cic. – u. non conqu., nicht ruhen, m. Ang. bis wann? durch donec (bis), zB. nec illam furiam pestemque conquiesse, donec ipsa manibus suis nefaria sibi arma adversus hospitem atque amicum induerit, Liv. 30, 13, 12. – β) v. lebl. Subjj., ruhen, sich legen = aufhören, unterbleiben, antequam sudor et calor domi conquierint, Cels.: ubi febris conquieverit, Cels.: imbre conquiescente, Liv. – ne umquam possit conquiescere fletus bonorum, Cic.: conquiescent litterae (Briefwechsel), nisi quid novi exstiterit, Cic.: conquiescit mercatorum navigatio, gerät ins Stocken, Cic.: his ipsis diebus, cum omnia bella iure gentium conquiescant, Cic. – c) von körperl. od. geistigen Anstrengungen, Störungen, Belästigungen zur Ruhe

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kommen, Ruhe-, Frieden finden, in Ruhe-, in Frieden bleiben, pergunt turbare usque ut ne quid possit conquiescere, Plaut.: ita postremo eiciuntur, ut ne ad saxa quidem mortui conquiescant, Cic.: nec nocte nec interdiu virum conquiescere pati, in Ruhe lassen, Liv. – u. (v. lebl. Subjj.) ubi et animus ex hoc forensi strepitu reficiatur et aures convicio fessae conquiescant, Cic.: postquam satiatus caede animus conquievit, Iustin. – m. Ang. in betreff wessen? durch de u. Abl., quia tu nisi perfectā re de me non conquiesti, Cic. ep. 1, 1, 1. – m. Ang. wovon? durch ab od. ex u. Abl., c. a continuis bellis et victoriis, Cic.: si Italia a delectu, urbs ab armis sine clade Milonis numquam esset conquietura, Cic.: nullum esse tempus, quo funestorum principum manes a posterorum exsecrationibus conquiescant, Plin. pan.: nam nos ex omnibus molestiis et laboribus uno illo loco (im Tuskulanum) conquiescimus, Cic. – u. non conqu., nicht zur Ruhe kommen, keine Ruhe finden, m. Ang. bis wann? durch quoad od. ante quam, graviorem multo Asiae, quam Antiochus fuerit, Eumenem esse; conquiescere socios vestros non posse, quoad regia Pergami sit, Liv. 42, 42, 6: profecto numquam conquiescam neque defatigabor ante, quam illorum ancipites vias rationesque et pro omnibus et contra omnia disputandi percepero, ich werde nicht ruhen und müde werden (weder ruhen noch rasten), bis ich usw., Cic. de or.

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3, 145. – d) geistig zur Ruhe kommen, α) im Gemüte Ruhe gewinnen, Trost u. Ruhe finden, habebam quo confugerem, ubi conquiescerem, Cic. – m. Ang. worin? wobei? durch in u. Abl., in nostris studiis libentissime conquiescimus, Cic.: u. (v. persönl. Zuständen) ut aetas nostra iam ingravescens in amore atque in adulescentia tua conquiescat, Cic.: qui potest esse vita vitalis, ut ait Ennius, quae non in amici mutua benevolentia conquiescat, Cic. – β) mit seinen Wünschen zur Ruhe kommen = bei etw. sich befriedigt fühlen, sich begnügen, m. Ang. wobei? durch in u. Abl., aeque ambitio non patitur quemquam in ea mensura honorum conquiescere, quae quondam eius fuit impudens votum, Sen. de ben. 2, 27, 4. – ⇒ Synkop. Perf.-Formen, conquiesti, Cic. ep. 1, 1, 1: conquierint, Cels. 6, 6. no. 34: conquiesse, Afran. com. 341. Liv. 30, 13, 12.

con-quĭesco, quĭēvi, quĭētum, 3 ( perf. sync. conquiesti, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

conquierit,

Cels. 6, 6, n. 34; 7, 19 fin.; inf. conquiesse, Liv. 30, 13, 12), v. n., to be wholly at rest, to rest, take rest, to repose (in good prose; most freq. in Cic., esp. in the transf. and trop. signif.).

Lit., to rest, be at rest, to cease from exertion, to be idle or inactive, to be in repose, etc.

In gen.

Absol.:

videmus igitur, ut conquiescere ne infantes quidem possint,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; id. Fam. 1, 1, 1; id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

(in Tusculano) ex omnibus molestiis et laboribus,

id. Att. 1, 5, 7:

ante iter confectum,

to take rest, to halt, Caes. B. C. 3, 75; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 8:

juvenem instigat, nec conquiescere ipsa potest,

Liv. 1, 47, 6; 21, 10, 3; 30, 13, 12:

qui non concoxit, ex toto conquiescere (debet), ac neque labori se, neque exercitationi, neque negotiis credere,

Cels. 1, 2 init. —

With ab or ex and abl.:

ex omnibus molestiis et laboribus uno illo in loco conquiescimus,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 7:

a continuis bellis,

id. Balb. 1, 3.—

In partic., of sleep, to take repose, take a nap:

meridie,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46: paulisper post cibum meridianum, * Suet. Aug. 78.—Hence, prov.:

de istac re in oculum utrumvis conquiescito,

i. e. you may be entirely easy, unconcerned, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 121 (cf. auris, I. A.).—

To give the voice rest, pause (in speaking): no tatur enim maxime similitudo in conquiescendo, [p. 425] Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191.—

In gen., to pause, stop:

illam furiam pestemque... nec conquiesse, donec ipsa manibus suis nefaria sibi arma adversus hospitem indueret,

Liv. 30, 13, 12; cf.:

quia tu nisi perfectā re de me non conquiesti,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

profecto numquam conquiescam neque defatigabor ante, quam illorum vias percepero, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—

Trop.

Of inanimate and abstract things as subjects, to stop, pause, rest, be quiet, to be at rest, be in repose, etc.:

quando illius postea sica conquievit?

Cic. Mil. 14, 37:

navigatio mercatorum,

is stopped, closed, id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15:

vectigal,

id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

litterae, nisi quid novi exstiterit,

id. Att. 12, 39 fin.:

non manes, non stirps (ejus viri),

Liv. 21, 10, 3:

imbre conquiescente,

id. 24, 47, 1:

omnia bella jure gentium conquiescant,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:

si Italia a delectu, urbs ab armis sine Milonis clade numquam esset conquietura,

id. Mil. 25, 68:

manes a posterorum execrationibus,

Plin. Pan. 53 fin. —In medic. lang.:

febris,

Cels. 2, 8:

inflammatio,

id. 7, 19 fin.:

sanguis,

id. 5, 26, 21 al. —

(Cf. acquiesco, II.) To enjoy entire repose, to find rest, recreation, pleasure in something.

Absol.:

habebam, quo confugerem, ubi conquiescerem,

Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 2:

nec nocte nec interdiu virum conquiescere pati,

Liv. 1, 47, 1:

nec conquiescere socios vestros posse, quoad regia Pergami sit,

be at peace, id. 42, 42, 6:

ubi aures convicio defessae conquiescant,

Cic. Arch. 6, 12:

ambitio non patitur quemquam in eādem mensurā honorum conquiescere, quā, etc.,

Sen. Ben. 2, 27, 3.—

With in and abl.:

in nostris studiis libentissime conquiescimus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 5; so,

in amore atque in adulescentiā tuā,

id. ib. 2, 1 fin.:

in amici mutuā benevolentiā,

id. Lael. 6, 22.

con-sisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3, v. n., to place one's self anywhere, to stand still, stand, halt, stop, make a stop (very freq. and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.:

jam hunc non ausim praeterire, quin consistam et conloquar,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 14:

otiose nunc jam ilico hic consiste,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 2:

ubi ad ipsum veni diverticulum, constiti,

id. Eun. 4, 2, 7; cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 62:

uti et viatores consistere cogant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 5:

neque is (Demosthenes) consistens in loco, sed inambulans atque ascensu ingrediens arduo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261:

si ludius constitit aut tibicen repente conticuit,

id. Har. Resp. 11, 23; cf. id. Arch. 8, 19:

plura scribam ad te cum constitero: nunc eram plane in medio mari,

id. Att. 5, 12, 3: constitit nusquam primo quam ad Vada venit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2:

in quibus oppidis consistere praetores et conventum agere solebant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

Romae post praeturam,

id. ib. 2, 1, 39, §

101: ire modo ocius, interdum consistere,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 9:

in muro consistendi potestas erat nulli,

Caes. B. G. 2, 6:

omnes ordines, tota in illā contione Italia constitit,

Cic. Sest. 50, 107:

ad mensam consistere et ministrare,

id. Tusc. 5, 21, 61; so,

ad aras,

Ov. M. 10, 274:

ad ramos,

id. ib. 10, 510:

ante domum,

id. ib. 2, 766:

ante torum,

id. ib. 15, 653:

in aede,

id. ib. 15, 674:

in medio,

id. ib. 10, 601; and with a simple abl.:

limine,

id. ib. 4, 486; 9, 397; Stat. Th. 1, 123; Verg. A. 1, 541:

post eum,

Quint. 1, 10, 27:

in pedes,

Sen. Ep. 121, 9:

calce aliquem super ipsum debere consistere,

trample on, Cels. 8, 14, 19.—

In partic.

To set, become hard or solid:

frigore constitit Ister,

has been frozen, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1; cf.

unda,

id. M. 9, 662: sanguis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 38:

alvus,

Cato, R. R. 126; 156, 4; cf.:

cum jam perfecte mustum deferbuit et constitit,

Col. 12, 21, 3:

album ex ovo, quo facilius consistat,

Cels. 4, 20, 15.—

Cum aliquo, to station or place one's self with some one for conversation, to stand with:

in hoc jam loco cum altero Constitit,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 31; id. Curc. 4, 2, 16 sq.:

cum hoc consistit, hunc amplexatur,

Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19.—

To take one's place, take position, assume a place or attitude for an action, etc.;

of a musician: ut constitit,

Suet. Ner. 21;

of an actor: in scaenā vero postquam solus constitit,

Phaedr. 5, 5, 13;

of an orator: in communibus suggestis,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

Aesopus mediā subito in turbā constitit,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 29;

for shooting: post acer Mnestheus adducto constitit arcu,

Verg. A. 5, 507; cf.

of athletes, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 426; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83:

inter duas acies,

Liv. 7, 10, 9:

cum aliquo,

Petr. 19, 5.—Hence,

Milit. t. t., to halt, make a halt, take a position, to make a stand (opp. to a march, flight, or disorder):

locus, ubi constitissent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

qui in superiore acie constiterant,

id. ib. 1, 24; cf.:

in sinistrā parte acies,

id. ib. 2, 23:

in fluctibus,

id. ib. 4, 24:

sub muro,

id. ib. 7, 48:

juxta,

id. ib. 2, 26 al.:

pro opere,

Sall. J. 92, 8:

equites Ariovisti pari intervallo constiterunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

constitit utrumque agmen,

Liv. 21, 46, 4:

sic regii constiterant,

id. 42, 58, 10 et saep.:

ut reliquae (legiones) consistere non auderent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 17:

in locis superioribus consistere,

id. ib. 3, 6:

a fugā,

Liv. 10, 36, 11:

naves eorum nostris adversae constiterunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14.—

Jurid. t. t., to appear as accuser before a court of justice:

cum debitoribus,

Dig. 5, 3, 49:

cum matre,

Sen. Ira, 2, 7, 3:

adversus dominos,

Dig. 5, 1, 53.—

Poet.:

fert animus propius consistere,

i. e. take a nearer view, Ov. A. A. 3, 467.—

To have a stand as a dealer, occupy a place of business:

ede ubi consistas,

Juv. 3, 296:

in tabernā,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 5 Müll.:

IN SCHOLA,

Inscr. Orell. 4085; cf.:

locum consistendi Romanis in Galliā non fore,

Caes. B. G. 7, 37; 7, 42.—

Trop.

In gen., to rest, remain, stand, Lucr. 2, 332; cf. id. 2, 322:

patiamini eo transire illius turpitudinis infamiam, ubi cetera maleficia consistunt,

Cic. Clu. 30, 83; cf.:

ut unde orta culpa esset, ibi poena consisteret,

Liv. 28, 26, 3:

ante oculos rectum pietasque pudorque constiterant,

Ov. M. 7, 73. —

In partic.

To pause, to dwell upon, delay, stop:

in uno nomine,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95:

ipsa mihi veritas manum inicit et paulisper consistere et commorari cogit,

id. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; cf. id. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

in singulis,

id. Part. Or. 35, 120.— Impers. pass.:

ista quae spectantur, ad quae consistitur,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 4.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To be or remain firm, unshaken, immovable, steadfast, to be at rest, to stand one's ground, to continue, endure, subsist, be, exist:

mente consistere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 68; so,

neque mente nec linguā neque ore,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

praeclare in forensibus causis,

id. Or. 9, 30:

in dicendo,

id. Clu. 39, 108:

verbo quidem superabis me ipso judice, re autem ne consistes quidem ullo judice,

id. Caecin. 21, 59; cf.

of the cause itself: quia magistratus aliquis reperiebatur, apud quem Alfeni causa consisteret,

id. Quint. 22, 71; cf.

also: modo ut tibi constiterit fructus otii tui,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

in quo (viro) non modo culpa nulla, sed ne suspitio quidem potuit consistere,

id. Rosc. Am. 52, 152; cf. id. Clu. 29, 78:

confiteor... me consistere in meo praesidio sic, ut non fugiendi hostis sed capiendi loci causā cessisse videar,

id. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

vitam consistere tutam,

to remain, continue safe, Lucr. 6, 11 Lachm. N. cr.:

constitit in nullā qui fuit ante color,

Ov. A. A. 1, 120:

sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 107; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 68:

quales cum vertice celso Aëriae quercus constiterunt,

Verg. A. 3, 679:

nullo in loco, nullā in personā... consistunt (ista quae vires atque opes humanae vocantur),

Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 7: spes est hunc miserum aliquando tandem posse consistere, to take a firm stand (the figure derived from fleeing soldiers), Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

si prohibent consistere vires,

Ov. M. 7, 573.—

Cum aliquo, to agree with: videsne igitur Zenonem tuum cum Aristone verbis consistere, re dissidere, cum Aristotele et illis re consentire, verbis discrepare, Cic. Fin. 4, 26, 72.—

In gen., to be, exist:

vix binos oratores laudabiles constitisse,

Cic. Brut. 97, 333:

sine agricultoribus nec consistere mortales nec ali posse manifestum est,

Col. 1, praef. § 6; Varr. R. R. 3, 8 fin.:

quadringentis centum Venerios non posse casu consistere,

to occur, lake place, be thrown, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48: summa studia officii inter nos certatim constiterunt, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 3: sed non in te quoque constitit idem Exitus, take or have place, Ov. M. 12, 297.—

With in, ex, or the simple abl. (in Quint. also with circa and inter; v. infra), to consist in or of, to depend upon:

major pars victūs eorum in lacte, caseo, carne consistit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

omnis per se natura duabus Constitit in rebus,

Lucr. 1, 420:

e quibus haec rerum summa consistat,

id. 1, 236; so with ex, id. 1, 839; 1, 873 al.; with abl.:

deveniunt in talis disposturas, Qualibus haec rerum consistit summa,

id. 1, 1028; 5, 61; 5, 66:

vita omnis in venationibus atque in studiis rei militaris consistit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

in eo salus et vita optimi cujusque consistit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19:

in hoc summa judicii causaque tota consistit,

id. Quint. 9, 32; cf. id. de Or. 1, 40, 182:

causam belli in personā tuā,

id. Phil. 2, 22, 53:

in quibus vita beata,

id. Tusc. 5, 14, 40:

in unā honestate omne bonum,

id. ib. 5, 14, 42:

in nomine controversia,

Quint. 7, 3, 7; 8, 3, 57:

in actu rhetoricen,

id. 2, 18, 2; 6, 3, 42:

spes omnis consistebat Datami in se locique naturā,

Nep. Dat. 8, 3.—With abl., Quint. 12, 10, 59:

omnis quaestio circa res personasque consistere videtur,

id. 3, 5, 7; 6, 3, 19:

quaestio inter utile atque honestum consistet,

id. 3, 8, 24. —

As opp. to progressive motion, to come to a stand, stand still, stop, rest, take rest, cease:

sola Ubi quiesco, omnis familiae causa consistit tibi,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 9:

omnis administratio belli consistit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12:

vel concidat omne caelum omnisque terra consistat necesse est,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54:

forensium rerum labor et ambitionis occupatio constitisset,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

usura,

id. Att. 6, 1, 7: diarroia, id. Fam. 7, 26, 2; cf.:

videndum, morbus an increscat, an consistat, an minuatur,

remains unchanged, Cels. 3, 2; and:

cursus pituitae,

id. 6, 6:

cum ad Trebiam terrestre constitisset bellum,

Liv. 21, 49, 1:

cum bellum Ligustinum ad Pisas constitisset,

id. 35, 4, 1; 22, 32, 4:

infractaque constitit ira,

Ov. M. 6, 627:

Gaius ejusque posteri in equestri ordine constitere usque ad Augusti patrem,

Suet. Aug. 2; cf.:

maledictum, quod intra verba constitit,

stopped at, went no farther than, Quint. Decl. 279.

a. = constituo formerly stood Lucr. 6, 11; Sall. J. 49, 6; but these passages are corrected in recent editions. It is now found only Gell. 5, 10, 9, a doubtful passage, where Hertz reads: cum ad judices coniiciendae [consistendae] causae gratiā venissent.