conferre+se

impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).

Lit.:

accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

nummos in navem,

Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

Suet. Claud. 9:

istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

id. Quint. 3, 12:

certus sumptus impenditur,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

Liv. 6, 15, 9:

quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—

Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

Vell. 2, 89:

vitam usui alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 65:

vitam patriae,

Luc. 2, 382:

vitam famae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

biennium libris componendis,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

Quint. 3, 6, 21:

vim suam in plura,

id. 1, 12, 2:

operam, curam in aliquid,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

nihil sanguinis in socios,

Ov. M. 13, 266:

quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

Verg. G. 3, 124:

hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

Petr. 1:

quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

tantum laboris studiis,

id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

aliquem exemplo,

to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,

impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.

Lit.:

impenso pretio,

i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

impenso,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—

Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

voluntas erga aliquem,

Liv. 35, 44, 3:

libido,

Lucr. 5, 964:

studium,

Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

opera,

Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

impensior cura,

Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

verbis laudare,

Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

Gell. 20, 1, 32:

vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

preces,

Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).

At great cost, expensively:

impensius unge, puer, caules,

Pers. 6, 68:

bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

Suet. Dom. 20. —

Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).

With verbs:

illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

aliquid impense cupere,

id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

retinere,

Liv. 40, 35, 7:

petere,

Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

demirari,

Gell. 9, 9, 15:

atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

agere gratias,

Liv. 37, 56, 10:

consulere,

Verg. A. 12, 20:

venerari numina,

Ov. M. 6, 314:

instare,

id. ib. 7, 323:

crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

Liv. 1, 40, 2:

accendi certamina in castris,

id. 4, 46, 2.—

With adjj.:

impense improbus,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

impense doctus,

Gell. 13, 10, 4.—

impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

nullam impensam fecerant,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

arationes magna impensa tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

145: sine impensa,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

exigua,

Suet. Vesp. 18:

publica,

id. Claud. 6:

matris ac vitrici,

id. Tib. 7:

sua,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

nostra,

Ov. H. 7, 188:

quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

Liv. 44, 23, 1:

haec nimia est inpensa,

Juv. 12, 97:

finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

id. 7, 138:

parcere impensae,

to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

ludorum ac munerum,

Suet. Tib. 34:

operum ac munerum,

id. Dom. 12:

itineris,

id. Vit. 7:

cenarum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

publicae,

Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

inpensas conferre,

to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —

Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).

In gen.:

cruoris,

Ov. M. 8, 63:

operum,

Verg. A. 11, 228:

officiorum,

Liv. 37, 53, 12. —

In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

Arn. 7, 231;

of sacrifices,

Petr. 137;

of masonry,

Pall. 1, 13.

impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).

Lit.:

accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

nummos in navem,

Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

Suet. Claud. 9:

istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

id. Quint. 3, 12:

certus sumptus impenditur,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

Liv. 6, 15, 9:

quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—

Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

Vell. 2, 89:

vitam usui alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 65:

vitam patriae,

Luc. 2, 382:

vitam famae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

biennium libris componendis,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

Quint. 3, 6, 21:

vim suam in plura,

id. 1, 12, 2:

operam, curam in aliquid,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

nihil sanguinis in socios,

Ov. M. 13, 266:

quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

Verg. G. 3, 124:

hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

Petr. 1:

quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

tantum laboris studiis,

id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

aliquem exemplo,

to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,

impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.

Lit.:

impenso pretio,

i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

impenso,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—

Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

voluntas erga aliquem,

Liv. 35, 44, 3:

libido,

Lucr. 5, 964:

studium,

Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

opera,

Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

impensior cura,

Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

verbis laudare,

Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

Gell. 20, 1, 32:

vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

preces,

Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).

At great cost, expensively:

impensius unge, puer, caules,

Pers. 6, 68:

bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

Suet. Dom. 20. —

Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).

With verbs:

illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

aliquid impense cupere,

id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

retinere,

Liv. 40, 35, 7:

petere,

Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

demirari,

Gell. 9, 9, 15:

atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

agere gratias,

Liv. 37, 56, 10:

consulere,

Verg. A. 12, 20:

venerari numina,

Ov. M. 6, 314:

instare,

id. ib. 7, 323:

crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

Liv. 1, 40, 2:

accendi certamina in castris,

id. 4, 46, 2.—

With adjj.:

impense improbus,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

impense doctus,

Gell. 13, 10, 4.—

impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

nullam impensam fecerant,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

arationes magna impensa tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

145: sine impensa,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

exigua,

Suet. Vesp. 18:

publica,

id. Claud. 6:

matris ac vitrici,

id. Tib. 7:

sua,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

nostra,

Ov. H. 7, 188:

quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

Liv. 44, 23, 1:

haec nimia est inpensa,

Juv. 12, 97:

finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

id. 7, 138:

parcere impensae,

to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

ludorum ac munerum,

Suet. Tib. 34:

operum ac munerum,

id. Dom. 12:

itineris,

id. Vit. 7:

cenarum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

publicae,

Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

inpensas conferre,

to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —

Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).

In gen.:

cruoris,

Ov. M. 8, 63:

operum,

Verg. A. 11, 228:

officiorum,

Liv. 37, 53, 12. —

In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

Arn. 7, 231;

of sacrifices,

Petr. 137;

of masonry,

Pall. 1, 13.

impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).

Lit.:

accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

nummos in navem,

Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

Suet. Claud. 9:

istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

id. Quint. 3, 12:

certus sumptus impenditur,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

Liv. 6, 15, 9:

quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—

Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

Vell. 2, 89:

vitam usui alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 65:

vitam patriae,

Luc. 2, 382:

vitam famae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

biennium libris componendis,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

Quint. 3, 6, 21:

vim suam in plura,

id. 1, 12, 2:

operam, curam in aliquid,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

nihil sanguinis in socios,

Ov. M. 13, 266:

quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

Verg. G. 3, 124:

hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

Petr. 1:

quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

tantum laboris studiis,

id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

aliquem exemplo,

to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,

impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.

Lit.:

impenso pretio,

i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

impenso,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—

Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

voluntas erga aliquem,

Liv. 35, 44, 3:

libido,

Lucr. 5, 964:

studium,

Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

opera,

Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

impensior cura,

Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

verbis laudare,

Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

Gell. 20, 1, 32:

vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

preces,

Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).

At great cost, expensively:

impensius unge, puer, caules,

Pers. 6, 68:

bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

Suet. Dom. 20. —

Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).

With verbs:

illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

aliquid impense cupere,

id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

retinere,

Liv. 40, 35, 7:

petere,

Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

demirari,

Gell. 9, 9, 15:

atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

agere gratias,

Liv. 37, 56, 10:

consulere,

Verg. A. 12, 20:

venerari numina,

Ov. M. 6, 314:

instare,

id. ib. 7, 323:

crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

Liv. 1, 40, 2:

accendi certamina in castris,

id. 4, 46, 2.—

With adjj.:

impense improbus,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

impense doctus,

Gell. 13, 10, 4.—

impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

nullam impensam fecerant,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

arationes magna impensa tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

145: sine impensa,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

exigua,

Suet. Vesp. 18:

publica,

id. Claud. 6:

matris ac vitrici,

id. Tib. 7:

sua,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

nostra,

Ov. H. 7, 188:

quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

Liv. 44, 23, 1:

haec nimia est inpensa,

Juv. 12, 97:

finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

id. 7, 138:

parcere impensae,

to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

ludorum ac munerum,

Suet. Tib. 34:

operum ac munerum,

id. Dom. 12:

itineris,

id. Vit. 7:

cenarum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

publicae,

Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

inpensas conferre,

to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —

Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).

In gen.:

cruoris,

Ov. M. 8, 63:

operum,

Verg. A. 11, 228:

officiorum,

Liv. 37, 53, 12. —

In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

Arn. 7, 231;

of sacrifices,

Petr. 137;

of masonry,

Pall. 1, 13.

impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).

Lit.:

accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

nummos in navem,

Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

Suet. Claud. 9:

istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

id. Quint. 3, 12:

certus sumptus impenditur,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

Liv. 6, 15, 9:

quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—

Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

Vell. 2, 89:

vitam usui alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 65:

vitam patriae,

Luc. 2, 382:

vitam famae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

biennium libris componendis,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

Quint. 3, 6, 21:

vim suam in plura,

id. 1, 12, 2:

operam, curam in aliquid,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

nihil sanguinis in socios,

Ov. M. 13, 266:

quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

Verg. G. 3, 124:

hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

Petr. 1:

quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

tantum laboris studiis,

id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

aliquem exemplo,

to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,

impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.

Lit.:

impenso pretio,

i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

impenso,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—

Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

voluntas erga aliquem,

Liv. 35, 44, 3:

libido,

Lucr. 5, 964:

studium,

Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

opera,

Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

impensior cura,

Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

verbis laudare,

Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

Gell. 20, 1, 32:

vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

preces,

Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).

At great cost, expensively:

impensius unge, puer, caules,

Pers. 6, 68:

bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

Suet. Dom. 20. —

Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).

With verbs:

illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

aliquid impense cupere,

id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

retinere,

Liv. 40, 35, 7:

petere,

Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

demirari,

Gell. 9, 9, 15:

atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

agere gratias,

Liv. 37, 56, 10:

consulere,

Verg. A. 12, 20:

venerari numina,

Ov. M. 6, 314:

instare,

id. ib. 7, 323:

crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

Liv. 1, 40, 2:

accendi certamina in castris,

id. 4, 46, 2.—

With adjj.:

impense improbus,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

impense doctus,

Gell. 13, 10, 4.—

impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

nullam impensam fecerant,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

arationes magna impensa tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

145: sine impensa,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

exigua,

Suet. Vesp. 18:

publica,

id. Claud. 6:

matris ac vitrici,

id. Tib. 7:

sua,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

nostra,

Ov. H. 7, 188:

quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

Liv. 44, 23, 1:

haec nimia est inpensa,

Juv. 12, 97:

finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

id. 7, 138:

parcere impensae,

to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

ludorum ac munerum,

Suet. Tib. 34:

operum ac munerum,

id. Dom. 12:

itineris,

id. Vit. 7:

cenarum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

publicae,

Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

inpensas conferre,

to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —

Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).

In gen.:

cruoris,

Ov. M. 8, 63:

operum,

Verg. A. 11, 228:

officiorum,

Liv. 37, 53, 12. —

In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

Arn. 7, 231;

of sacrifices,

Petr. 137;

of masonry,

Pall. 1, 13.

impendo ( inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [inpendo], to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).

Lit.:

accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:

non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:

nummos in navem,

Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:

pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,

ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:

HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,

Suet. Claud. 9:

istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:

nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,

id. Quint. 3, 12:

certus sumptus impenditur,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,

id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §

121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?

Liv. 6, 15, 9:

quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,

lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—

Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:

impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,

Vell. 2, 89:

vitam usui alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 65:

vitam patriae,

Luc. 2, 382:

vitam famae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:

biennium libris componendis,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:

tota volumina in hanc disputationem,

Quint. 3, 6, 21:

vim suam in plura,

id. 1, 12, 2:

operam, curam in aliquid,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

nihil sanguinis in socios,

Ov. M. 13, 266:

quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,

Verg. G. 3, 124:

hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,

Petr. 1:

quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,

id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:

tantum laboris studiis,

id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:

aliquem exemplo,

to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:

verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,

Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,

impensus ( inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.

Lit.:

impenso pretio,

i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:

impenso,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—

Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:

in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,

Cic. Sest. 62, 130:

voluntas erga aliquem,

Liv. 35, 44, 3:

libido,

Lucr. 5, 964:

studium,

Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:

opera,

Gell. 9, 14, 6.— Comp.:

impensior cura,

Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:

verbis laudare,

Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:

injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,

Gell. 20, 1, 32:

vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,

larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:

nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,

more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.— Sup.:

preces,

Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē ( inp-).

At great cost, expensively:

impensius unge, puer, caules,

Pers. 6, 68:

bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,

Suet. Dom. 20. —

Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).

With verbs:

illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:

aliquid impense cupere,

id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

retinere,

Liv. 40, 35, 7:

petere,

Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:

demirari,

Gell. 9, 9, 15:

atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),

id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).— Comp.:

eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

agere gratias,

Liv. 37, 56, 10:

consulere,

Verg. A. 12, 20:

venerari numina,

Ov. M. 6, 314:

instare,

id. ib. 7, 323:

crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,

Liv. 1, 40, 2:

accendi certamina in castris,

id. 4, 46, 2.—

With adjj.:

impense improbus,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

impense doctus,

Gell. 13, 10, 4.—

impensa ( inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):

impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,

Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

nullam impensam fecerant,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:

arationes magna impensa tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

columnae nulla impensa dejectae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §

145: sine impensa,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

exigua,

Suet. Vesp. 18:

publica,

id. Claud. 6:

matris ac vitrici,

id. Tib. 7:

sua,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:

nostra,

Ov. H. 7, 188:

quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,

Liv. 44, 23, 1:

haec nimia est inpensa,

Juv. 12, 97:

finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,

id. 7, 138:

parcere impensae,

to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:

atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

ludorum ac munerum,

Suet. Tib. 34:

operum ac munerum,

id. Dom. 12:

itineris,

id. Vit. 7:

cenarum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:

publicae,

Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:

nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,

i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

inpensas conferre,

to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —

Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).

In gen.:

cruoris,

Ov. M. 8, 63:

operum,

Verg. A. 11, 228:

officiorum,

Liv. 37, 53, 12. —

In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;

of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,

Arn. 7, 231;

of sacrifices,

Petr. 137;

of masonry,

Pall. 1, 13.

căpŭt ( kăp-căpud), ĭtis ( abl. sing. regularly capite:

capiti,

Cat. 68, 124; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 72 Huschk., where the MSS., as well as Caes. German. Arat. 213, vary between the two forms), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. kap-āla; Gr. keph-alê; Goth. haubith; Germ. Haupt].

The head, of men and animals:

oscitat in campis caput a cervice revolsum,

Enn. Ann. 462 Vahl.: i lictor, conliga manus, caput obnubito, form. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:

tun' capite cano amas, homo nequissume?

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 34; so,

cano capite,

id. As. 5, 2, 84; id. Cas. 3, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Pers. 1, 83 al.; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 43, and:

capitis nives,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 12, and Quint. 8, 6, 17 Spald.:

raso capite calvus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306:

irraso,

id. Rud. 5, 2, 16:

intonsum,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

amputare alicui,

Suet. Galb. 20; Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 9:

capite operto,

Cic. Sen. 10, 34, 34:

obvoluto,

id. Phil. 2, 31, 77 Klotz:

caput aperire,

id. ib.:

abscindere cervicibus,

id. ib. 11, 2, 5:

demittere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32; Cat. 87, 8; Verg. A. 9, 437: attollere. Ov. M. 5, 503:

extollere,

to become bold, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: efferre, to raise one ' s head, to be eminent, Verg. E. 1, 25 al.—Of animals, Tib. 2, 1, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 89; 2, 3, 200; id. Ep. 1, 1, 76 al.—

Prov.: supra caput esse, to be over one ' s head, i. e. to be at one ' s very doors, to threaten in consequence of nearness ( = imminere, impendere), Sall. C. 52, 24; Liv. 3, 17, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. Kritz ad Sall. l. l.: capita conferre (like our phrase to put heads together, i. e to confer together in secret), Liv. 2, 45, 7:

ire praecipitem in lutum, per caputque pedesque,

over head and ears, Cat. 17, 9:

nec caput nec pedes,

neither beginning nor end, good for nothing, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2; cf. Cato ap. Liv. Epit. lib. 50; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139 sq.—

Capita aut navia (al. navim), heads or tails, a play of the Roman youth in which a piece of money is thrown up, to see whether the figure-side (the head of Janus) or the reverse - side (a ship) will fall uppermost, Macr. S. 1, 7; Aur. Vict. Orig. 3; cf. Ov. F. 1, 239; Paul. Nol. Poëm. 38, 73.—

Poet., the head, as the seat of the understanding:

aliena negotia Per caput saliunt,

run through the head, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34; so id. ib. 2, 3, 132; id. A. P. 300.—

Ad Capita bubula, a place in Rome in the tenth region, where Augustus was born, Suet. Aug. 5.—

Transf., of inanimate things.

In gen., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity (beginning or end):

ulpici,

Cato, R. R. 71:

allii,

Col. 6, 34, 1:

porri,

id. 11, 3, 17:

papaveris,

Liv. 1, 54, 6; Verg. A. 9, 437:

bulborum,

Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 94:

caulis,

id. 19, 8, 41, § 140 al.:

jecoris (or jecinoris, jocinoris),

Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf. id. 27, 26, 14; 41, 14, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:

extorum,

Ov. M. 15, 795; Luc. 1, 627; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189: pontis, tēte de pont, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 4; cf. Front. Arat. 2, 13, 5:

tignorum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

columnae,

Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13:

molis,

the highest point of the mole, Curt. 4, 2, 23:

xysti,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 20:

porticus,

id. ib. 5, 6, 19 al.—

Esp., of rivers,

The origin, source, spring ( head):

caput aquae illud est, unde aqua nascitur,

Dig. 43, 20, 1, § 8; so Lucr. 5, 270; 6, 636; 6, 729; Tib. 1, 7, 24; Hor. C. 1, 1, 22; id. S. 1, 10, 37; Verg. G. 4, 319; 4, 368; Ov. M. 2, 255; Hirt. B. G. 8, 41; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 2, 38, 1; 37, 18, 6:

fontium,

Vitr. 8, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 8; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5; 10, 91, 1 al.—

(more rare) The mouth, embouchure, Caes. B. G. 4, 10; Liv. 33, 41, 7; Luc. 2, 52; 3, 202.—

Also of plants, sometimes the root, Cato, R. R. 36; 43; 51:

vitis,

id. ib. 33, 1; 95, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; Verg. G. 2, 355.—

Also, in reference to the vine, vine branches, Col. 3, 10, 1; Cic. Sen. 15, 53.— Poet., also the summit, top of trees, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, and ap. Non. 195, 24; Ov. M. 1, 567; Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 90; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 370. —

Of mountains, rocks, Verg. A. 4, 249; 6, 360.—

Of a boil that swells out, Cels. 8, 9;

hence, facere,

to come to a head, Plin. 22, 25, 76, § 159; 26, 12, 77, § 125; cf.: capita deorum appellabantur fasciculi facti ex verbenis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64 Müll.—

Per meton. (pars pro toto), a man, person, or animal (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf. kara, kephalê,, in the same signif.;

v. Liddell and Scott and Robinson): pro capite tuo quantum dedit,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 54; id. Pers. 1, 1, 37:

hoc conruptum'st caput,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 85:

siquidem hoc vivet caput, i. e. ego,

id. Ps. 2, 4, 33; so id. Stich. 5, 5, 10; cf. id. Capt. 5, 1, 25:

ridiculum caput!

Ter. And. 2, 2, 34:

festivum,

id. Ad. 2, 3, 8:

lepidum,

id. ib. 5, 9, 9:

carum,

Verg. A. 4, 354; Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:

liberum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

vilia,

Liv. 25, 6, 9:

viliora,

id. 9, 26, 22:

vilissima,

id. 24, 5, 13:

ignota,

id. 3, 7, 7; cf. id. 2, 5, 6:

liberorum servorumque,

id. 29, 29, 3 al. —In imprecations:

istic capiti dicito,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 47; cf.:

vae capiti tuo,

id. Most. 4, 3, 10; so id. Poen. 3, 3, 32; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 2, 12; Verg. A. 8, 484; 11, 399 al.—With numerals:

capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII.,

souls, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; 4, 15:

quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum Milia,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 27; id. Ep. 2, 2, 189; cf. id. C. 1, 28, 20 al.; so, in capita, in distribution, to or for each person (cf. in Heb. also, for each head, poll, = for each individual, v. Robinson in h. v.), Liv. 2, 33, 11; 32, 17, 2; 34, 50, 6 al. (cf.:

in singulos,

id. 42, 4, 5).—Of. the poll-tax:

exactio capitum,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5; so,

capite censi, v. censeo.—Of animals,

Verg. A. 3, 391; Col. 6, 5, 4 fin.; 8, 5, 4; 8, 5, 7; 8, 11, 13; Veg. Vet. 1, 18.—

Trop.

Life, and specif.,

Physical life:

carum,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 33 sq.; 5, 1, 26:

si capitis res siet,

if it is a matter of life and death, id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: capitis periculum adire, to risk one ' s life, Ter. And. 4, 1, 53; id. Hec. 3, 1, 54; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6 Runnk.:

capitis poena,

capital punishment, Caes. B. G. 7, 71:

pactum pro capite pretium,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

cum altero certamen honoris et dignitatis est, cum altero capitis et famae,

id. ib. 1, 12, 38:

cum dimicatione capitis,

id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

suo capite decernere,

id. Att. 10, 9, 2; so Liv. 2, 12, 10; Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; Liv. 9, 5, 5:

caput offerre pro patriā,

Cic. Sull. 30, 84:

patrium tibi crede caput, i. e. patris vitam et salutem,

Ov. M. 8, 94; so,

capitis accusare,

to accuse of a capital crime, Nep. Paus. 2 fin.:

absolvere,

id. Milt. 7, 6:

damnare,

id. Alcib. 4, 5; id. Eum. 5, 1:

tergo ac capite puniri,

Liv. 3, 55, 14:

caput Jovi sacrum,

id. 3, 55, 7:

sacratum,

id. 10, 38, 3 al.; cf. Ov. M. 9, 296.—

Civil or political life, acc. to the Roman idea, including the rights of liberty, citizenship, [p. 290] and family (libertatis, civitatis, familiae): its loss or deprivation was called deminutio or minutio capitis, acc. to the foll. jurid. distinction: capitis deminutionis tria genera sunt: maxima, media, minima; tria enim sunt, quae habemus: libertatem, civitatem, familiam. Igitur cum omnia haec amittimus (as by servitude or condemnation to death), maximam esse capitis deminutionem; cum vero amittimus civitatem (as in the interdictio aquae et ignis) libertatem retinemus, mediam esse capitis deminutionem;

cum et libertas et civitas retinetur, familia tantum mutatur (as by adoption, or, in the case of women, by marriage) minimam esse capitis deminutionem constat,

Dig. 4, 5, 11; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 16, 4; Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 181; 1, 54, 231; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; Liv. 3, 55, 14; 22, 60, 15:

capitis minor,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 42:

servus manumissus capite non minuitur, quia nulnum caput habuit,

Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1.—Of the deminutio media, Cic. Brut. 36, 136; id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, §§ 98 and 99; id. Quint. 2, 8 al.—Of the deminutio minima, Cic. Top. 4, 18; cf. Gai Inst. 1, 162.—

The first or chief person or thing, the head, leader, chief, guide (very freq.).

With gen.:

scelerum,

an arrant knave, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 14; id. Ps. 1, 5, 31; 4, 5, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 54:

perjuri,

id. ib. 4, 4, 55:

concitandorum Graecorum,

Cic. Fl. 18, 42:

consilil,

Liv. 8, 31, 7:

conjurationis,

id. 9, 26, 7:

caput rei Romanae Camillus,

id. 6, 3, 1; cf.:

caput rerum Masinissam fuisse,

id. 28, 35, 12; so id. 26, 40, 13:

reipublicae,

Tac. A. 1, 13:

nominis Latini,

heads, chiefs, Liv. 1, 52, 4:

belli,

id. 45, 7, 3:

Suevorum,

chieftribe, Tac. G. 39 fin. al.—The predicate in gen. masc.:

capita conjurationis ejus virgis caesi ac securi percussi,

Liv. 10, 1, 3.—

With esse and dat.:

ego caput fui argento reperiundo,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 138; cf.:

illic est huic rei caput,

author, contriver, Ter. And. 2, 6, 27; so id. Ad. 4, 2, 29 al.—

Absol.:

urgerent philosophorum greges, jam ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

corpori valido caput deerat,

guide, leader, Liv. 5, 46, 5:

esse aliquod caput (i. e. regem) placebat,

id. 1, 17, 4; cf. id. 1, 23, 4; Hor. S. 2, 5, 74 al.—Of things, head, chief, capital, etc.;

thus of cities: Thebas caput fuisse totius Graeciae,

head, first city, Nep. Epam. 10 fin.; so with gen., Liv. 9, 37, 12; 10, 37, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 23, 11, 11; 37, 18, 3 (with arx); cf.:

pro capite atque arce Italiae, urbe Romanā,

Liv. 22, 32, 5; and with dat.:

Romam caput Latio esse,

id. 8, 4, 5; and:

brevi caput Italiae omni Capuam fore,

id. 23, 10, 2 Drak. N. cr. —Of other localities:

castellum quod caput ejus regionis erat,

the head, principal place, Liv. 21, 33, 11.—Of other things:

jus nigrum, quod cenae caput erat,

the principal dish, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98; cf. id. Fin. 2, 8, 25:

patrimonii publici,

id. Agr. 1, 7, 21; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 80; Liv. 6, 14, 10: caput esse artis, decere, the main or principal point, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132:

caput esse ad beate vivendum securitatem,

id. Lael. 13, 45: ad consilium de re publicā dandum caput est nosse rem publicam;

ad dicendum vero probabiliter, nosse mores civitatis,

id. de Or. 2, 82, 337; 1, 19, 87:

litterarum,

summary, purport, substance, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

caput Epicuri,

the fundamental principle, dogma, id. Ac. 2, 32, 101; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 27: rerum, the chief or central point, head, Cic. Brut. 44, 164.—So in writings, a division, section, paragraph, chapter, etc.:

a primo capite legis usque ad extremum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 118 Ascon.; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; Gell. 2, 15, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223; id. Fam. 7, 22 med.; Quint. 10, 7, 32:

id quod caput est,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4; so id. Fam. 3, 7, 4.—Of money, the principal sum, the capital, stock (syn. sors;

opp. usurae),

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11; 2, 3, 35, § 80 sq.; id. Att. 15, 26, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 10; 6, 35, 4; Hor. S. 1, 2, 14 al.

laus, laudis ( gen. plur. laudium, Sid. Carm. 23, 32), f. [for claus, from clavid, kindred to cluo and the Greek kleWos], praise, commendation, glory, fame, renown, esteem (cf.: gloria, praeconium, elogium).

Lit.:

in laude vivere,

Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1:

ut is cum populo Romano et in laude et in gratia esse possit,

id. Verr. 1, 17, 51:

cum te (omnes) summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

divinis laudibus ornare aliquem,

id. ib. 2, 15, 1:

Bruti nostri cotidianis assiduisque laudibus, quas ab eo de nobis haberi permulti mihi renuntiaverunt, commotum istum aliquando scripsisse ad me credo,

id. Att. 13, 38, 1:

laude afficere aliquem,

id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

omni laude cumulare,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

summam alicui laudem tribuere,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

illustri laude celebrari,

id. Mur. 7, 16:

maximam laudem ex re aliqua sibi parere,

id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

ornare aliquem suis laudibus et onerare alienis,

id. Phil. 2, 11, 25:

aliquem laudibus efferre,

Juv. 6, 182:

neque ego hoc in tua laude pono,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, [p. 1044] 91, §

212. Fabio laudi datum est, quod pingeret,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

eloquentiae, humanitatis,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 106:

brevitas laus est interdum in aliqua parte dicendi, in universa eloquentia laudem non habet,

id. Brut. 13, 50:

laudis titulique cupido,

Juv. 10, 143:

supremae laudes,

i. e. a funeral oration, Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 159:

vitiatam memoriam funebribus laudibus reor,

Liv. 8, 40. —

Transf.

A praiseworthy thing, a ground for praise, a laudable or glorious action, a laudable enterprise; a merit, desert, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2:

abundans bellicis laudibus,

id. Off. 1, 22, 78:

nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

id. Att. 2, 25, 1:

summa laus tua et Bruti est, quod exercitum praeter spem existimamini comparasse,

id. Fam. 12, 4, 2:

cum ceteris tuis laudibus, hanc esse vel maximam, quod, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

magna laus, et grata hominibus, unum hominem elaborare, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 19:

Suevi maximam putant esse laudem, vacare agros, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 1:

Pericles hac laude (dicendi) clarissimus fuit,

Cic. Brut. 7, 28; Verg. A. 5, 355; 1, 461:

conferre nostris tu potes te laudibus?

Phaedr. 4, 23, 3:

conscientia laudis,

worth, desert, id. 2, epil. 11:

te censeri laude tuorum noluerim,

Juv. 8, 74.—

Of things, estimation, worth, value, repute (post-Aug.):

Cois amphoris laus est maxima,

Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 161:

coccum Galatiae in maxima laude est,

id. 9, 41, 65, § 141:

peculiaris laus ejus, quod fatigato corpori succurrit,

id. 22, 22, 38, § 81:

Creticae cotes diu maximam laudem habuere,

id. 36, 22, 47, § 164.

Laus, Laudis, f., the name of several cities.—Esp., a city in Cisalpine Gaul, northwest of Placentia, now Lodi Vecchia, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1;

also called Laus Pompeia,

Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.

laus, laudis ( gen. plur. laudium, Sid. Carm. 23, 32), f. [for claus, from clavid, kindred to cluo and the Greek kleWos], praise, commendation, glory, fame, renown, esteem (cf.: gloria, praeconium, elogium).

Lit.:

in laude vivere,

Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1:

ut is cum populo Romano et in laude et in gratia esse possit,

id. Verr. 1, 17, 51:

cum te (omnes) summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

divinis laudibus ornare aliquem,

id. ib. 2, 15, 1:

Bruti nostri cotidianis assiduisque laudibus, quas ab eo de nobis haberi permulti mihi renuntiaverunt, commotum istum aliquando scripsisse ad me credo,

id. Att. 13, 38, 1:

laude afficere aliquem,

id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

omni laude cumulare,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

summam alicui laudem tribuere,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

illustri laude celebrari,

id. Mur. 7, 16:

maximam laudem ex re aliqua sibi parere,

id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

ornare aliquem suis laudibus et onerare alienis,

id. Phil. 2, 11, 25:

aliquem laudibus efferre,

Juv. 6, 182:

neque ego hoc in tua laude pono,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, [p. 1044] 91, §

212. Fabio laudi datum est, quod pingeret,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

eloquentiae, humanitatis,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 106:

brevitas laus est interdum in aliqua parte dicendi, in universa eloquentia laudem non habet,

id. Brut. 13, 50:

laudis titulique cupido,

Juv. 10, 143:

supremae laudes,

i. e. a funeral oration, Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 159:

vitiatam memoriam funebribus laudibus reor,

Liv. 8, 40. —

Transf.

A praiseworthy thing, a ground for praise, a laudable or glorious action, a laudable enterprise; a merit, desert, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2:

abundans bellicis laudibus,

id. Off. 1, 22, 78:

nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

id. Att. 2, 25, 1:

summa laus tua et Bruti est, quod exercitum praeter spem existimamini comparasse,

id. Fam. 12, 4, 2:

cum ceteris tuis laudibus, hanc esse vel maximam, quod, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

magna laus, et grata hominibus, unum hominem elaborare, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 19:

Suevi maximam putant esse laudem, vacare agros, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 1:

Pericles hac laude (dicendi) clarissimus fuit,

Cic. Brut. 7, 28; Verg. A. 5, 355; 1, 461:

conferre nostris tu potes te laudibus?

Phaedr. 4, 23, 3:

conscientia laudis,

worth, desert, id. 2, epil. 11:

te censeri laude tuorum noluerim,

Juv. 8, 74.—

Of things, estimation, worth, value, repute (post-Aug.):

Cois amphoris laus est maxima,

Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 161:

coccum Galatiae in maxima laude est,

id. 9, 41, 65, § 141:

peculiaris laus ejus, quod fatigato corpori succurrit,

id. 22, 22, 38, § 81:

Creticae cotes diu maximam laudem habuere,

id. 36, 22, 47, § 164.

Laus, Laudis, f., the name of several cities.—Esp., a city in Cisalpine Gaul, northwest of Placentia, now Lodi Vecchia, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1;

also called Laus Pompeia,

Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.

mălĕdīco (or separately, mălĕ dīco;

rarely in reverse order: qui bonis dicunt male,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 10; cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 79), xi. ctum, 3, v. n. and a. [male-dico], to speak ill of, to abuse, revile, slander, asperse; constr. absol., or with a dat. (so class.) or acc. (post-Aug.).

Absol.:

aliud est maledicere, aliud accusare,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—

With dat.:

optimo viro maledicere,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:

turpissime alicui,

id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

petulanter alicui,

id. Cael. 3, 8:

utrique,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 140:

Christo,

Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 5; Sen. Contr. 1, 4, 1.— Impers. pass.:

indignis si maledicitur, maledictum id esse dico,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27; Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 14. —

With acc.:

si me amas, maledic illam,

Petr. 96; v. id. 74.—

Esp., to curse, utter a curse upon (eccl. Lat.):

populo huic,

Vulg. Num. 22, 6 al. —Hence,

mălĕdī-cens, entis, P. a., evil - speaking, foulmouthed, abusive, scurrilous (syn. maledi cus):

maledicentes homines,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 75.— Comp.:

maledicentior,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 31.— Sup.:

in maledicentissimā civitate,

Cic. Fl. 3, 7:

carmina,

Suet. Caes. 23; Nep. Alc. 11, 1.—

mălĕdictus, a, um, P. a., accursed (post-class. for exsecrabilis):

maledicte parricida,

Spart. Get. 3, 3:

maledictus es inter omnia animantia,

Vulg. Gen. 3, 14: omnes incesti, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 7 praef.—Hence, as subst.: mălĕ-dictum, i, n., a foul or abusive word.

In gen. (class.):

maledicta in aliquem dicere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

in vitam alicujus conicere,

id. Planc. 12, 31:

maledictis figere aliquem,

id. N. D. 1, 34, 93:

maledicta in aliquem conferre,

id. Att. 11, 8, 2:

quod crimen (i. e. majestatis) non solum facto, sed et verbis impiis ac maledictis maxime exacerbatur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1.—

In partic., a curse, imprecation:

esse in maledictis jam antiquis strigem, convenit,

Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232:

scribere maledicta,

Vulg. Num. 5, 23.—

Transf., a cursed thing:

Christus factus pro nobis maledictum,

Vulg. Gal. 3, 13:

maledictum non erit amplius,

id. Apoc. 22, 3.

mălĕdīco (or separately, mălĕ dīco;

rarely in reverse order: qui bonis dicunt male,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 10; cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 79), xi. ctum, 3, v. n. and a. [male-dico], to speak ill of, to abuse, revile, slander, asperse; constr. absol., or with a dat. (so class.) or acc. (post-Aug.).

Absol.:

aliud est maledicere, aliud accusare,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—

With dat.:

optimo viro maledicere,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:

turpissime alicui,

id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

petulanter alicui,

id. Cael. 3, 8:

utrique,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 140:

Christo,

Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 5; Sen. Contr. 1, 4, 1.— Impers. pass.:

indignis si maledicitur, maledictum id esse dico,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27; Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 14. —

With acc.:

si me amas, maledic illam,

Petr. 96; v. id. 74.—

Esp., to curse, utter a curse upon (eccl. Lat.):

populo huic,

Vulg. Num. 22, 6 al. —Hence,

mălĕdī-cens, entis, P. a., evil - speaking, foulmouthed, abusive, scurrilous (syn. maledi cus):

maledicentes homines,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 75.— Comp.:

maledicentior,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 31.— Sup.:

in maledicentissimā civitate,

Cic. Fl. 3, 7:

carmina,

Suet. Caes. 23; Nep. Alc. 11, 1.—

mălĕdictus, a, um, P. a., accursed (post-class. for exsecrabilis):

maledicte parricida,

Spart. Get. 3, 3:

maledictus es inter omnia animantia,

Vulg. Gen. 3, 14: omnes incesti, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 7 praef.—Hence, as subst.: mălĕ-dictum, i, n., a foul or abusive word.

In gen. (class.):

maledicta in aliquem dicere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

in vitam alicujus conicere,

id. Planc. 12, 31:

maledictis figere aliquem,

id. N. D. 1, 34, 93:

maledicta in aliquem conferre,

id. Att. 11, 8, 2:

quod crimen (i. e. majestatis) non solum facto, sed et verbis impiis ac maledictis maxime exacerbatur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1.—

In partic., a curse, imprecation:

esse in maledictis jam antiquis strigem, convenit,

Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232:

scribere maledicta,

Vulg. Num. 5, 23.—

Transf., a cursed thing:

Christus factus pro nobis maledictum,

Vulg. Gal. 3, 13:

maledictum non erit amplius,

id. Apoc. 22, 3.

mănus, ūs (dat. manu for manui:

alternae manu,

Prop. 1, 11, 12; 2, 1, 60), f. [root man-, ma-, to measure; Sanscr. ma, measure, moon; cf. Germ. Mond, moon, and O. H. Germ. mund, hand; Angl.-Sax. mund], a hand.

Lit.:

quam vero aptas, quamque multarum artium ministras manus natura homini dedit!

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

vas in manus sumere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

Epicurum in manus sumere, i. e. scripta Epicuri,

id. Tusc. 2, 3, 8:

pyxidem in manu tenere,

id. Cael. 26, 63:

manum porrigere ad tradendum aliquid,

id. ib.:

de manibus deponere,

to lay out of one's hands, lay down, id. Ac. 1, 1, 2. ponere, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

extorquere,

to wrest from one's hands, id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

e manibus dimittere,

to let go out of one's hands, id. Or. 30, 105: manum ad os apponere, i. e. to lay the finger on the lips in token of secrecy, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: alicui in manu esse, to be obvious, clear:

neque mihi in manu Jugurtha qualis foret,

Sall. J. 14, 4:

(feminas) in manu esse parentium, fratrum, virorum,

subject to, Liv. 34, 2, 11; cf.:

minus filiae uxores sorores quibusdam in manu erunt,

id. 34, 7, 11: in manibus esse, to be in everybody's hands, to be well known:

est in manibus oratio,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

est in manibus laudatio,

id. Sen. 4, 12; id. Brut. 33, 125.—Also, to be near:

hostes sunt in manibus,

near to us, close by us, upon us, Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7; also, to be present: attendere, quae in manibus sunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 1; Verg. A. 10, 280: in manibus habere, to have in hand, to be engaged on a thing:

omnia, quae in manibus habebam, abjeci,

Cic. Att. 13, 47, 1:

habeo opus magnum in manibus,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus, in eam, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18; id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Cael. 27, 65:

milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse,

id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf.:

dum occasio in manibus esset,

Liv. 7, 36, 10:

inimicorum in manibus mortuus est,

among, Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

manu tenere,

to know for certain, id. Brut. 80, 277.— Pass.:

manibus teneri,

to be certain, evident, Cic. Sest. 32, 69: habere in manibus, to fondle, caress, make much of:

sic in manibus (inimicum meum) habebant, sic fovebant, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

in manus venire,

to come to hand, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 1:

proelium in manibus facere,

to fight at close quarters, Sall. J. 57, 4:

ad manum habere,

to have at hand, have in readiness, Quint. 12, 5, 1:

ad manum esse,

at hand, in hand, near, Liv. 9, 19: ad manum venire or accedere, to come hand to hand, come to close quarters:

nonnumquam etiam res ad manus, atque ad pugnam veniebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; Nep. Eum. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 30:

ut venere in manus,

Tac. A. 2, 80:

ut ventum in manus,

id. H. 4, 71:

adire manum alicui, v. 1. adeo: ad manum intueri aliquid,

at hand, close by, hard by, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97:

prae manu or manibus,

at hand, in readiness, in hand, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 10; App. M. 6, p. 180, 32; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 23; Gell. 19, 8:

quem servum ille habuit ad manum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225:

servus a manu,

i. e. a scribe, secretary, Suet. Caes. 74:

de manu dare,

to give with one's own hand, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 37: de manu in manum quippiam tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, i. e. with great care, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2: manum ferulae subducere, to take the hand from the rod, i. e. to be too old for the rod, Juv. 1, 15: e manu (for eminus; opp. cominus), from a distance: quae mea cominus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 212 Vahl.): plenā manu, with a full or plentiful hand, bountifully, liberally:

plenā manu dare,

abundantly, Sen. Ben. 1, 7, 2; id. Ep. 120, 10; id. ad Polyb. 9, 7;

so trop.: Hortalus, quam plenā manu nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1; so,

plenis manibus pecuniam largiri,

Lact. 3, 16, 15; cf.:

quemquam vacuis a se manibus abire pati,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 14, 5: manibus pedibusque aliquid facere (Greek pux kai lax), with hands and feet, i. e. with all one's power, with might and main, Ter. And. 1, 1, 134:

per manus,

with the hands, Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

per manus servulae,

by her assistance, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 3: per manus tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, from mouth to mouth, to hand down from father to son:

traditae per manus religiones,

Liv. 5, 51: per manus, also, by force, by main force, forcibly:

per manus libertatem retinere,

Sall. J. 31, 22: inter manus, in one's hands, under one's hands:

agger inter manus proferebatur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 2:

villa crescit inter manus,

Sen. Ep. 12, 1:

nihil adhuc inter manus habui cui majorem sollicitudinem praestare deberem,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 2:

scripta quae inter manus habes,

are occupied with, id. ib. 5, 5, 7.— Trop., palpable, evident:

ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,

Verg. A. 11, 311; cf.:

manus inter parentum,

id. ib. 2, 681: inter manus, also, in one's hands, in one's arms:

abripite hunc intro actutum inter manus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 38:

e convivio auferri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: sub manu and sub manum, at hand, near, readily, immediately, on the instant: Vocontii sub manu ut essent, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

quo celerius, ac sub manum annuntiari cognoscique posset, quid in provincia quāque gereretur, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 49; Sen. Ep. 71, 1: sub manus succedere, according to one's wish, [p. 1112] Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59: alicujus manu esse, to be from or by one's hand:

epistulae quae quidem erant tua manu,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 8, 13, 1 (cf. II. C. infra): manu, with the hand, by hand, i. e. artificially, opp. to naturally, by nature: manu sata, i. e. by the hand of man, opp. to what grows wild. Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

urbs manu munitissima,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

quaedam ingenia manu, quod aiunt, facienda sunt,

Sen. Ep. 52, 1:

quidam et liberos ejurent et orbitatem manu faciant,

id. ad Marc. 19, 2: morbi, quos manu fecimus, i. e. which we produce by our own fault (e. g. by intemperance), Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3: oratio manu facta, artificial, elaborate, opp. to natural, simple, id. Ep. 115, 2: manu mederi, to be a surgeon, Cels. praef. 1: manibus aequis or manu aequā, with equal advantage:

manibus aequis abscessum est,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

aequā manu discedere,

to come off with equal advantage, Sall. C. 39, 4: manus afferre, to lay hands on; trop., to destroy or weaken:

qui diutius torqueri patitur, quem protinus potest liberare, beneficio suo manus affert,

Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 3:

manum inicere alicui,

to lay the hand on one, to detain, arrest him, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48: manum dare, to give or lend a hand, to help, assist, Quint. 2, 3, 7: manus dare or dedere, to give the hands to be bound; hence, in gen., to give up, yield, surrender:

perpende, et, si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,

Lucr. 2, 1043:

fateor, manus vobis do,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72:

donicum aut certe vicissent, aut victi manum dedissent,

Nep. Ham. 1; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2; Ov. H. 4, 14; 17, 260; Verg. A. 11, 568; Lact. 5, 1, 3:

brevi manu,

immediately, without delay, Dig. 23, 3, 43, § 1:

longā manu,

slowly, tediously, ib. 46, 3, 79: manum tollere, to raise the hand in token of an intention to yield, to yield, submit: cedo et tollo manum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 28: manus tollere, to raise the hands in token of admiration or astonishment, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 63: manus tendere ad aliquem, less freq. alicui, to stretch out the hands to one to implore assistance, Caes. B. G. 2, 13; Cic. Font. 17, 38:

quae Romanis manus tendebant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48:

dextram Italiae,

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9:

manu sternere aliquem,

with the sword, Verg. A. 9, 702: utrāque manu, with both hands, i. e. willingly, readily, Mart. 1, 16, 9:

manus manum lavat,

one hand washes the other, one helps the other, Sen. Apoc. 9 fin.; Petr. c. 45, 13; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80: manum non vertere, not to turn the hand, prov. for to take no pains, make no effort:

qui se fatentur virtutis causā ne manum quidem versuros fuisse,

Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93; cf. App. Mag. p. 311.

Transf.

The hand as the instrument used in fight; hence, personal valor, bravery:

ne usu manuque reliquorum opinionem fallent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 86:

manu fortissimus,

Liv. 39, 40:

manu fortis,

Nep. Dat. 1, 3:

manu vincere,

Ov. M. 1, 448:

manu capere urbes,

by force of arms, Sall. J. 5, 5:

manum committere Teucris,

to fight, Verg. A. 12, 60; so,

conserere manum,

Liv. 21, 39; 25, 11; 27, 33:

conferre manum,

Liv. 10, 43; Verg. A. 12, 345:

in proelia Ferre manum,

id. ib. 5, 403; cf.:

et vice teli saevit nuda manus,

Juv. 15, 54.—

Force, violence, fighting, close combat:

res venit ad manus atque ad pugnam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

venire ad manum,

Liv. 2, 30:

accedere ad manum,

Nep. Eum. 5:

in manus venire,

to come to an engagement, come to close quarters, Sall. J. 89, 2:

pugna jam ad manus venerat,

Liv. 2, 46:

non manu, neque vi,

force, violence, Sall. J. 31, 18; so Tac. Agr. 9.—

Of the hand of an artist:

manus extrema non accessit ejus operibus,

the last hand, the finishing touch, Cic. Brut. 33, 126: aptius a summā conspiciare manu, when you have given yourself the finishing touch, i. e. have completed your toilet, Ov. A. A. 3, 225:

carmen nondum recepit ultimam manum,

has not yet received the last polish, Petr. 118.—Hence, extremam bello Imponere manum, to put the finishing hand to the war, to bring it to a close, Verg. A. 7, 573.—Prov.: manum de tabula, lit., the hand from the picture, i. e. enough, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1.—

A hand, handwriting; in gen., work, workmanship:

librarii manus,

Cic. Att. 8, 13, 1: Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae, id. ib. 7, 2, 3:

manum suam cognovit,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 12:

propter emissam ab eis manum,

Dig. 22, 3, 15:

Praxitelis manus, Scopaeque,

Mart. 4, 39, 3:

artificum,

Verg. A. 1, 455.—

For pars, a side:

est ad hanc manum sacellum,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37:

a laeva conspicienda manu,

Ov. A. A. 3, 307. —

In throwing dice, a stake: quas manus remisi, to throw up the stakes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71.—

In fencing, a thrust, hit, blow:

rectae, aversae, tectaeque manus,

Quint. 9, 1, 20:

prima, secunda, tertia, quarta,

the prime, second, tierce, quart, id. 5, 13, 54.—

The trunk of an elephant:

manus etiam data elephantis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120; Curt. 8, 14, 27; Sil. 9, 628.—

The fore-paws of bears, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—

The branches on a tree:

(platanus) cui lnnumerae manus,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 39:

fraxineae,

Pall. Insit. 60.—

In milit. lang.: ferreae manus, iron hooks with which an enemy's ship was grappled, grappling-irons:

manus ferreas atque harpagones paraverant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57:

in advenientes hostium naves ferreas manus inicere,

Liv. 36, 44 fin.:

manus ferreas excogitare,

Front. Strat. 2, 3, 24; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Curt. 4, 9, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 38; Luc. 3, 635.—

Also milit., an armed force, corps of soldiers:

si nova manus cum veteribus copiis se conjunxisset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 37:

magnam manum conducere,

id. ib. 5, 27:

Hasdrubalem propediem affore cum manu haudquaquam contemnenda,

Liv. 30, 7 fin.; id. 44, 27.—

Beyond the milit. sphere, in gen., a body, host, number, company, multitude:

Romam veniet cum magna manu,

Cic. Att. 16, 11, 6:

evocatorum,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 3:

manus ad Quirinalia paratur,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4; cf.:

manum facere, copias parare,

id. Caecin. 12, 33:

manus bonorum,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

Judaeorum,

id. Fl. 28, 66:

conjuratorum,

id. Cat. 1, 5, 12:

bicorpor,

i. e. the Centaurs, id. Tusc. 2, 9, 22:

purpuratorum et satellitum,

Liv. 42, 51:

magna clientium,

Suet. Tib. 1:

comitum,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 262:

juvenum,

Verg. A. 6, 5.—

Labor, hands, i. e. workmen:

nos aera, manus, navalia demus,

Verg. A. 11, 329:

quale manus addunt ebori decus,

id. ib. 1, 592.—

Power:

haec non sunt in nostra manu,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3; cf.: in tua manu est, it rests with you, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

juxta deos in tua manu positum est,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

victoria in manu nobis est,

depends on, Sall. C. 20, 10:

in vostra manu situm,

id. J. 31; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 43:

in manu esse mihi,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 67. —

In partic., in jurid. lang., the legal power of a husband over his wife, the manus:

in potestate quidem et masculi et feminae esse solent: in manum autem feminae tantum conveniunt. Olim itaque tribus modis in manum conveniebant: usu, farreo, coëmptione, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 1, 108 sq.; Cic. Fl. 34, 84 al.—

Law t. t., manūs injectio, i. e. an arrest: per manus injectionem agebatur, Gai Inst. 4, 21: ob eam rem ego tibi sestertium X. milium judicati manus inicio, Vet. Form. ap. Gai. ib.

mānus, i. q. bonus, Varr. L. L. 6, 2, 4; Macr. S. 1, 3, 13; Isid. 5, 30, 14; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 139; 2, 286; v. ‡ cerus manus.

monstro, āvi, ātum, (archaic mostro; v. Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 61), 1, v. a. [like monstrum, from moneo], to show, point out, to indicate, intimate, inform, advise, teach, instruct, tell any thing (in class. prose very rare, and only in the lit. signif.; in Cic. only a few times; in Cæs. and Sall. not at all; syn.: indico, significo, ostendo, exhibeo).

In gen.: qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51 (Trag. v. 387 Vahl.); cf.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, id. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

iter,

Curt. 5, 13, 9:

palmam,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

digito,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 26; Pers. 1, 28:

monstra quod bibam,

Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 42; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 31:

tu... si quid librari... non intellegent, monstrabis, i. e. dices,

Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1:

res gestae... Quo scribi possent numero, monstravit Homerus,

Hor. A. P. 73:

inulas ego primus amaras Monstravi incoquere,

id. S. 2, 8, 51 sq.:

monstrate mearum Vidistis si quam hic errantem forte sororum,

Verg. A. 1, 321:

cujus prudentia monstrat Summos posse viros... nasci, etc.,

Juv. 10, 48.— Pass.:

quod monstror digito praetereuntium,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 22.— Impers. pass.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.).—

In partic.

To ordain, institute, appoint ( poet.):

monstratas excitat aras,

appointed, Verg. G. 4, 549:

piacula,

id. A. 4, 636:

ignis,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 53.—

To indict, impeach for a crime, to denounce, accuse, inform against (post-Aug.):

alii ab amicis monstrabantur,

were pointed out, informed against, Tac. H. 4, 1:

Nerone Scribonios fratres... ad exitium,

id. ib. 4, 41.—

To advise a person in any manner, or to do any thing:

alicui bene,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 25:

non periclumst ne quid recte monstres,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 55:

conferre manum pudor iraque monstrat,

advise, urge, Verg. A. 9, 44.—Hence, monstrātus, a, um, P. a., conspicuous, distinguished, remarkable (Tacitean):

et hostibus simul suisque monstrati,

Tac. G. 31:

propinquitate Galbae monstratus,

id. H. 1, 88.

nūtus, ūs, m. [nuo, ĕre (of abnuo, etc.); cf. nuto], a nodding, a nod.

Lit.:

Scipio nutu finire disceptationem potuisset,

Liv. 34, 62:

nutu tremefecit Olympum,

Verg. A. 9, 106:

digitisque saepe est nutuque locutus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 453:

signaque dat nutu,

id. F. 1, 418:

nutus conferre loquaces,

Tib. 1, 2, 21:

digiti,

i.e. a beckoning, Tert. adv. Herm. 27:

membrorum,

Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 188: uno meo [p. 1231] nutu jugulari utrumque vestrum posse, Suet. Calig. 32:

nutibus oculorum,

winks, Vulg. Isa. 3, 16.—

Transf., a downward tendency or motion, gravity:

terrena suopte nutu et suo pondere in terram ferri,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

terra suā vi nutuque tenetur,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 178; so in plur., id. N. D. 2, 39, 98.—

Trop., command, will, pleasure:

ad eorum arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt,

Cic. Or. 8, 24:

jura omnia praetoris nutu atque arbitrio meretriculae gubernari,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:

ad alicujus voluntatem nutumque convertere,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

omnia deorum nutu atque potestate administrari,

id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

auctoritate nutuque iegum domitas habere libidines,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 194:

paratum esse ad nutum,

id. Phil. 7, 6, 18:

ad nutum praesto esse,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 78:

respirare contra nutum dicionemque alicujus,

id. Quint. 30, 94:

alterius sub nutu degitur aetas,

Lucr. 4, 1122:

saevae nutu Junonis eunt res,

Verg. A. 7, 592.

ŏb-oedĭo (better than ŏb-ēdĭo, Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41; Front. Ep. ad Verr. 7 Mai.; id. Fer. Als. 3; cf.: oboedire, obaudire, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll. and Bramb. s. v.— Ante-class. form of the fut., oboedibo: oboedibo tibi, Afran. ap. Non. 507, 30), īvi or ĭi, ītum, īre, 4, v. n. [ob-audio].

In gen. (very rare), to give ear, hearken, listen to one:

alicui,

Nep. Dat. 5, 4.—

Esp.

Prop., of living beings (class.).

To obey, yield obedience to. to be subject to, to serve (freq. and class.; cf.: pareo, obtempero, obsequor).—With dat.:

parere, et oboedire praecepto,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

legi,

Nep. Epam. 8, 1:

voluntati,

Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19:

obtemperare et oboedire magistratibus,

id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

qui nobis oboediunt,

id. Rep. 3, 29, 41:

impulsu libidinum voluptatibus oboedientium,

id. ib. 6, 26, 28:

pecora ventri oboedientia,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

multorum oboedire tempori,

Cic. Brut. 69, 242.— Impers. pass.:

utrimque enixe oboeditum dictatori est,

Liv. 4, 26.—

To be obedient in any thing (post-class.).—With acc. of neutr. pron.:

atque haec omnia perfacile oboediebam,

App. M. 10, p. 247, 11.— Absol., Suet. Calig. 29.—

Meton., of things, to yield, be manageable:

ramus oleae quam maxime sequax, atque oboediturus,

yielding, flexible, Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Hence, ŏboedĭens ( ŏbēd-), entis, P. a.

Prop., of living beings, obedient, compliant (freq. and class.).

With dat.:

nulli est naturae oboediens aut subjectus deus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 77:

natio semper oboediens huic imperio,

id. Pis. 34, 84:

appetitum rationi oboedientem praebere,

id. Off. 1, 36, 132:

vivere oboedientem alicui,

Sall. J. 31, 26.— Comp.:

imperiis nemo oboedientior,

Liv. 25, 38, 7.— Sup.:

imperiis oboedientissimus miles,

Liv. 7, 13, 2.—

With ad:

ad nova consilia gentem oboedientem habere,

Liv. 28, 16.—Particular phrases.

Dicto oboedientem esse alicui for dicto audientem esse alicui, to be obedient to one's word or command:

magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 35; cf.:

nec plebs nobis dicto audiens atque oboediens sit,

Liv. 38, 7. —

Omnia secunda et oboedientia sunt, according to your wishes, Sall. J. 14, 19.—

Absol.:

cujus vis omnis in consensu oboedientium esset,

the obedient, Liv. 2, 59, 4.—

Transf., of things, yielding, manageable:

oboedientissima quocumque in opere fraxinus,

i. e. easily wrought, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 228.—Hence, adv.: ŏboedĭ-enter, obediently, willingly, readily (a favorite word of Livy; elsewh. very rare): conferre tributum, Liv. 5, 12:

facere imperata,

id. 21, 34:

facere adversus aliquem,

id. 39, 53.— Comp.:

nihil oboedientius fecerunt, quam, etc.,

Liv. 38, 34.— Sup.: oboedientissime paruit, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.

ŏb-oedĭo (better than ŏb-ēdĭo, Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41; Front. Ep. ad Verr. 7 Mai.; id. Fer. Als. 3; cf.: oboedire, obaudire, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll. and Bramb. s. v.— Ante-class. form of the fut., oboedibo: oboedibo tibi, Afran. ap. Non. 507, 30), īvi or ĭi, ītum, īre, 4, v. n. [ob-audio].

In gen. (very rare), to give ear, hearken, listen to one:

alicui,

Nep. Dat. 5, 4.—

Esp.

Prop., of living beings (class.).

To obey, yield obedience to. to be subject to, to serve (freq. and class.; cf.: pareo, obtempero, obsequor).—With dat.:

parere, et oboedire praecepto,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

legi,

Nep. Epam. 8, 1:

voluntati,

Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19:

obtemperare et oboedire magistratibus,

id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

qui nobis oboediunt,

id. Rep. 3, 29, 41:

impulsu libidinum voluptatibus oboedientium,

id. ib. 6, 26, 28:

pecora ventri oboedientia,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

multorum oboedire tempori,

Cic. Brut. 69, 242.— Impers. pass.:

utrimque enixe oboeditum dictatori est,

Liv. 4, 26.—

To be obedient in any thing (post-class.).—With acc. of neutr. pron.:

atque haec omnia perfacile oboediebam,

App. M. 10, p. 247, 11.— Absol., Suet. Calig. 29.—

Meton., of things, to yield, be manageable:

ramus oleae quam maxime sequax, atque oboediturus,

yielding, flexible, Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Hence, ŏboedĭens ( ŏbēd-), entis, P. a.

Prop., of living beings, obedient, compliant (freq. and class.).

With dat.:

nulli est naturae oboediens aut subjectus deus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 77:

natio semper oboediens huic imperio,

id. Pis. 34, 84:

appetitum rationi oboedientem praebere,

id. Off. 1, 36, 132:

vivere oboedientem alicui,

Sall. J. 31, 26.— Comp.:

imperiis nemo oboedientior,

Liv. 25, 38, 7.— Sup.:

imperiis oboedientissimus miles,

Liv. 7, 13, 2.—

With ad:

ad nova consilia gentem oboedientem habere,

Liv. 28, 16.—Particular phrases.

Dicto oboedientem esse alicui for dicto audientem esse alicui, to be obedient to one's word or command:

magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 35; cf.:

nec plebs nobis dicto audiens atque oboediens sit,

Liv. 38, 7. —

Omnia secunda et oboedientia sunt, according to your wishes, Sall. J. 14, 19.—

Absol.:

cujus vis omnis in consensu oboedientium esset,

the obedient, Liv. 2, 59, 4.—

Transf., of things, yielding, manageable:

oboedientissima quocumque in opere fraxinus,

i. e. easily wrought, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 228.—Hence, adv.: ŏboedĭ-enter, obediently, willingly, readily (a favorite word of Livy; elsewh. very rare): conferre tributum, Liv. 5, 12:

facere imperata,

id. 21, 34:

facere adversus aliquem,

id. 39, 53.— Comp.:

nihil oboedientius fecerunt, quam, etc.,

Liv. 38, 34.— Sup.: oboedientissime paruit, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.

ŏpĕra, ae, f. [opus], service, pains, exertion, work, labor (opus is used mostly of the mechanical activity of work, as that of animals, slaves, and soldiers; opera supposes a free will and desire to serve).

Lit.

In gen.:

omnes, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

sine hominum manu atque operā,

id. ib. 2, 4, 14:

operam exigere,

id. ib. 1, 13:

perdere,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 126:

praebere amicis,

id. Brut. 47, 174:

in re ponere,

id. Clu. 57, 157:

curamque in rebus honestis ponere,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

et laborem consumere in aliquā re,

to bestow labor and pains on any thing, id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

studiumque in res obscuras conferre,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

tribuere rei publicae,

id. Div. 2, 2, 7;

sumere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 31, § 69:

impendere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 30, §

68: polliceri,

Sall. C. 28, 1; 40, 6:

insumere,

Liv. 10, 18:

dicare alicui,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 12: interponere, to bestow, employ, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 19, 63: ipse dabat purpuram tantum, amici operas, gave their work thereto, i. e. wrought it, id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59:

pleraque sunt hominum operis effecta,

id. Off. 2, 3, 12:

ibo, atque illam adducam, Quam propter opera est mihi,

on whose behalf I am engaged, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 93:

operam navare,

Cic. Fam. 15, 12, 2; Liv. 25, 6, 15.—

In partic., a service, rendering of service: Cn. Pupius, qui est in operis ejus societatis, in the service of the society or company, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 3:

operae forenses,

id. Fin. 1, 4, 10:

P. Terentius, qui operas in portu et scripturā pro magistro dat,

serves as director, id. ib. 13, 65, 11:

ferrum istud bonas edet operas,

will do good service, Sen. Prov. 2, 10:

musis operas reddere,

to do service to, to serve, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2:

dare operas alicui,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 11.—

Transf.

Care, attention, exertion bestowed on any thing:

deditā operā,

seriously, with a purpose, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 29.—So esp. freq.,

Operam dare, to bestow care or pains on, to give attention to any thing.—Constr. with dat., with ut or ne ( = studere).

With dat.: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 81 Vahl.):

dare operam funeri,

to attend, Cic. Att. 15, 1, 1:

bellis, Sive foro,

Ov. R. Am. 165:

amori,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 58: liberis ( to the begetting of children), Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: memoriae alicujus, to attend to what brings a person to mind, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1:

tonsori,

to get shaved, Suet. Aug. 79:

alicui,

to attend to one, listen to him, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 52:

sermoni,

Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 4:

amico,

to serve, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 17: me huic dedisse operam malam, that I have done him an ill turn, id. Capt. 3, 5, 43.—For dat. the acc. with ad occurs:

benigne operam detis ad nostrum gregem,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 21.—

With ut and subj.:

da operam, ut valeas,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 5:

omnem operam do, ut cognoscam,

Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 15; id. Vit. Beat. 3, 2.—

With ne:

dent operam consules, ne quid respublica detrimenti capiat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

ego omnem operam dabo, ne pervenire ad me erubescat,

Sen. Polyb. 13, 3:

studiose te operam dare, ut ne quid meorum tibi esset ignotum,

Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1.—

With subj. alone: dabo operam, quoad exercitus huc summittatis, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6.—

With inf.:

id scire,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 38.—

In abl.: operā meā, tuā, etc., through my ( thy, etc.) means, agency, fault:

fateor Abiisse eum abs te, meā operā atque astutiā,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 21:

quid mihi nisi malum vostra opera'st?

id. Ps. 1, 2, 50:

non meā operā, neque pol culpā evenit,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:

meā operā, Q. Fabi, Tarentum recepisti,

Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—

Unā or eādem operā, in the same manner, at the same time (ante-class.):

unā operā mihi sunt sodales, quā iste,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 31:

eādem operā a praetore sumam syngrapham,

id. ib. 2, 3, 89.—

Operā, by experience (ante-class.):

nam te omnes saevom commemorant... ego contra operā expertus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

id operā expertus sum esse ita,

id. Bacch. 3, 2, 3:

magis non factum possum velle quam operā experiar persequi,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 65.—

Operae pretium, v. pretium, II. B.—

Leisure, spare time for any thing (class., but in the phrase operae est, only ante-class. and Livian):

operae ubi mihi erit, ad te venero,

as soon as I can spare the time, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 30:

si operae illi esset,

if he had time, Liv. 5, 15; 4, 8; 44, 36:

dicam, si tibi videam esse operam, aut otium,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 15:

operae non est,

id. ib. 5, 2, 77:

quos tu operam gravare mihi,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 21: de versibus, quos tibi a me scribi vis, deest mihi quidem opera, I have not time or leisure, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 4.—

In concr.

A day's work or labor (usu. in plur.):

quaternis operis singula jugera confodere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18:

puerilis una opera,

Col. 11, 2, 44:

bubulcorum operae quatuor,

id. 2, 13:

operae (filiorum) locari possunt,

Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1.—

A day-laborer, journeyman; also, in gen., a laborer, workman (usu. in plur.):

ipse dominus dives operis et laboris expers,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 16:

plures operas conducere,

Col. 3, 21: nona, a ninth laborer (on his farm), Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; Suet. Oct. 3.—Hence, transf., in a bad sense: operae, hired aiders, abettors, tools, etc. (of political or theatrical parties):

mercenariae (corresp. to multitudo conducta),

Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22; cf.:

erat mihi contentio cum operis conductis et ad diripiendam urbem concitatis,

id. Sest. 17, 38:

Claudianae,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; cf. id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

theatrales,

parties for the purpose of applauding, theatrical factions, Tac. A. 1, 16:

VETERES A SCENA,

Inscr. Grut. 467, 7.—

That which is wrought or produced, a work:

operae aranearum,

i. e. spiders' webs, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 19:

exstabit opera peregrinationis hujus,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 6.

pēs, pĕdis, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. pād, foot, from root pad, ire; Gr. pod-, pous; Goth. fōt; old Germ. vuoz; Engl. foot], a foot of man or beast.

Lit.:

si pes condoluit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

calcei apti ad pedem,

id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

nec manus, nec pedes, nec alia membra,

id. Univ. 6:

pede tellurem pulsare,

i. e. to dance, Hor. C. 1, 37, 1; cf.:

alterno pede terram quatere,

id. ib. 1, 4, 7;

4, 1, 27: pedis aptissima forma,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 7:

aves omnes in pedes nascuntur,

are born feet first, Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149:

cycnum pedibus Jovis armiger uncis Sustulit,

Verg. A. 9, 564; cf. id. ib. 11, 723: pedem ferre, to go or come, id. G. 1, 11:

si in fundo pedem posuisses,

set foot, Cic. Caecin. 11, 31: pedem efferre, to step or go out, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19:

qui pedem portā non extulit,

Cic. Att. 8, 2, 4; 6, 8, 5:

pedem portā non plus extulit quam domo suā,

id. ib. 8, 2, 4: pedem limine efferre, id. Cael. 14, 34: pedem referre, revocare, retrahere, to go or come back, to return:

profugum referre pedem,

Ov. H. 15, 186; id. M. 2, 439.—Said even of streams:

revocatque pedem Tiberinus ab alto,

Verg. A. 9, 125:

retrahitque pedes simul unda relabens,

id. ib. 10, 307; cf. infra, II. H.: pedibus, on foot, afoot:

cum ingressus iter pedibus sit,

Cic. Sen. 10, 34; Suet. Aug. 53.—

Esp. in phrase: pedibus ire, venire, etc.: pedibus proficisci,

Liv. 26, 19:

pedibus iter conficere,

id. 44, 5:

quod flumen uno omnino loco pedibus transire potest,

Caes. B. G. 5, 18:

(Caesar) pedibus Narbonem pervenit,

id. B. C. 2, 21:

ut neque pedibus aditum haberent,

id. B. G. 3, 12 init. —Rarely pede ire ( poet. and late Lat.):

quo bene coepisti, sic pede semper eas,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 66:

Jordanem transmiserunt pede,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, 165, n. 16.— Trop.:

Bacchus flueret pede suo,

i. e. wine unmixed with water, Auct. Aetn. 13; cf.:

musta sub adducto si pede nulla fluant,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 32, and II. H. infra.—Pregn., by land:

cum illud iter Hispaniense pedibus fere confici soleat: aut si quis navigare velit, etc.,

Cic. Vatin. 5, 12:

seu pedibus Parthos sequimur, seu classe Britannos,

Prop. 2, 20, 63 (3, 23, 5):

ego me in pedes (conicio),

take to my heels, make off, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 5.— Esp.: ad pedes alicui or alicujus, accidere, procidere, jacere, se abicere, se proicere, procumbere, etc., to approach as a suppliant, to fall at one's feet:

ad pedes omnium singillatim accidente Clodio,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

abjectā togā se ad generi pedes abiecit,

id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

rex procidit ad pedes Achillei,

Hor. Epod. 17, 14:

vos ad pedes lenonis proiecistis,

Cic. Sest. 11, 26:

filius se ad pedes meos prosternens,

id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

tibi sum supplex, Nec moror ante tuos procubuisse pedes,

Ov. H. 12, 186:

cui cum se moesta turba ad pedes provolvisset,

Liv. 6, 3, 4:

ad pedes Caesaris provoluta regina,

Flor. 4, 11, 9:

(mater una) mihi ad pedes misera jacuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129; cf.:

amplecti pedes potui,

Ov. M. 9, 605:

complector, regina, pedes,

Luc. 10, 89:

servus a pedibus,

a footman, lackey, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1: sub pedibus, under one's feet, i. e. in one's power, Verg. A. 7, 100; Liv. 34, 32: sub pedibus esse or jacere, to be or lie under one's feet, i. e. to be disregarded ( poet.):

sors ubi pessima rerum, Sub pedibus timor est,

Ov. M. 14, 490:

amicitiae nomen Re tibi pro vili sub pedibusque jacet,

id. Tr. 1, 8, 16: pedem opponere, to put one's foot against, i. e. to withstand, resist, oppose ( poet.), id. P. 4, 6, 8: pedem trahere, to drag one's foot, i. e. to halt, limp; said of scazontic verse, id. R. Am. 378: trahantur haec pedibus, may be dragged by the heels, i. e. may go to the dogs (class.):

fratrem mecum et te si habebo, per me ista pedibus trahantur,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10; id. Fam. 7, 32, 2: ante pedes esse or ante pedes posita esse, to lie before one's feet, i. e. before one's eyes, to be evident, palpable, glaring:

istuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo est, Videre, sed etiam illa, quae futura sunt, Prospicere,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 32:

transilire ante pedes posita, et alia longe repetita sumere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160:

omni pede stare,

i. e. to use every effort, make every exertion, Quint. 12, 9, 18: nec caput nec pes, neither head nor foot, beginning nor end, no part:

nec caput nec pes sermonum apparet,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139:

garriet quoi neque pes neque caput conpareat,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 81: tuas res ita contractas, ut, quemadmodum scribis, nec caput nec pedes, Curio ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2:

ut nec pes nec caput uni Reddatur formae,

Hor. A. P. 8:

dixit Cato, eam legationem nec caput, nec pedes, nec cor habere,

Liv. Epit. 50: pes felix, secundus, i. e. a happy or fortunate arrival:

adi pede secundo,

Verg. A. 8, 302:

felix,

Ov. F. 1, 514; cf.:

boni pedis homo, id est cujus adventus afferat aliquid felicitatis,

Aug. Ep. ad Max. Gram. 44.—So esp. pes dexter, because it was of good omen to move the right foot first;

temples had an uneven number of steps, that the same foot might touch the first step and first enter the temple,

Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Petr. 30:

quove pede ingressi?

Prop. 3 (4), 1, 6.—So the left foot was associated with bad omens; cf. Suet. Aug. 92 init.:

pessimo pede domum nostram accessit,

App. M. 6, 26, p. 184, 1; hence, dextro pede, auspiciously: quid tam dextro [p. 1363] pede concipis, etc., Juv. 10, 5: pedibus pecunia compensatur, said proverbially of distant lands purchased at a cheap rate, but which it costs a great deal to reach, Cato ap. Cic. Fl. 29, 72: a pedibus usque ad caput, from head to foot, all over (late Lat.; cf.:

ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20), Aug. in Psa. 55, 20; 90, 1, 2 et saep.; cf.:

a vestigio pedis usque ad verticem,

Ambros. Offic. Min. 2, 22, 114.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t.: descendere ad pedes, to alight, dismount, of cavalry, Liv. 9, 22:

pedibus merere,

to serve on foot, as a foot-soldier, id. 24, 18:

ad pedes pugna ierat,

they fought on foot, id. 21, 46: pedem conferre, to come to close quarters:

collato pede rem gerere,

id. 26, 39; Cic. Planc. 19, 48.—

Publicist's t. t.: pedibus ire in sententiam alicujus, to adopt one's opinion, take sides with one:

cum omnes in sententiam ejus pedibus irent,

Liv. 9, 8, 13; 5, 9, 2.—

In mal. part.:

pedem or pedes tollere, extollere (ad concubitum),

Mart. 10, 81, 4; 11, 71, 8;

hence the lusus verbb. with pedem dare and tollere,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5. —

Transf.

A foot of a table, stool, bench, etc., Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 46:

mensae sed erat pes tertius impar,

Ov. M. 8, 661; cf.:

pedem et nostrum dicimus, et lecti, et veli, ut carminis (v. in the foll.),

Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2:

tricliniorum,

Plin. 34, 2, 4, § 9:

subsellii,

Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68:

pes argenteus (mensae),

Juv. 11, 128.—

Pes veli, a rope attached to a sail for the purpose of setting it to the wind, a sheet:

sive utrumque Juppiter Simul secundus incidisset in pedem,

Cat. 4, 19:

pede labitur aequo,

i. e. before the wind, with the wind right aft, Ov. F. 3, 565:

pedibus aequis,

Cic. Att. 16, 6 init.; cf. also the passage quoted above from Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2; and:

prolato pede, transversos captare Notos,

id. Med. 322.— Hence, facere pedem, to veer out one sheet, to take advantage of a side wind, to haul the wind: una omnes fecere pedem;

pariterque sinistros, Nunc dextros solvere sinus,

Verg. A. 5, 830:

prolatis pedibus,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.—

The foot of a mountain (post-class.):

Orontes imos pedes Casii montis praetermeans,

Amm. 14, 8, 10 al. —

Ground, soil, territory (post-class.):

in Caesariensis pede,

Sol. 3, 2:

omnis Africa Zeugitano pede incipit,

id. 27, 1; cf.:

quamvis angustum pedem dispositio fecit habitabilem,

Sen. Tranq. An. 10, 4.—

The stalk or pedicle of a fruit, esp. of the grape, together with the husk:

vinaceorum pes proruitur,

Col. 12, 43; so id. 12, 36.—Of the olive, Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5: pes milvinus or milvi, the stalk or stem of the plant batis, Col. 12, 7.—Hence, as a name for several plants: pedes gallinacei, a plant:

Capnos trunca, quam pedes gallinaceos vocant,

Plin. 25, 13, 98, § 155:

pedes betacei,

beetroots, Varr. R. R. 1, 27.—

Pedes navales, rowers, sailors, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 75.—

The barrow of a litter, Cat. 10, 22.—

Poet., of fountains and rivers: inde super terras fluit agmine dulci, Quā via secta semel liquido pede detulit undas, Lucr, 5, 272;

6, 638: crepante lympha desilit pede,

Hor. Epod. 16, 47:

liquido pede labitur unda,

Verg. Cul. 17:

lento pede sulcat harenas Bagrada,

Sil. 6, 140.—

A metrical foot:

ad heroum nos dactyli et anapaesti et spondei pedem invitas,

Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 82:

pedibus claudere verba,

to make verses, Hor. S. 2, 1, 28:

musa per undenos emodulanda pedes,

in hexameters and pentameters, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 30:

inque suos volui cogere verba pedes,

id. Tr. 5, 12, 34.—

A kind of verse, measure:

et pede, quo debent fortia bella geri,

Ov. Ib. 646:

Lesbius,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 35.—

In music, time (postAug.), Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6.—

A foot, as a measure of length (class.):

ne iste hercle ab istā non pedem discedat,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13:

ab aliquo pedem discessisse,

Cic. Deiot. 15, 42:

pedem e villā adhuc egressi non sumus,

id. Att. 13, 16, 1:

pes justus,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—Hence, transf.: pede suo se metiri, to measure one's self by one's own foot-rule, i. e. by one's own powers or abilities, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 98.—

Pedes, lice; v. pedis.—

The leg (late Lat.), in phrase: pedem frangere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 22, 3; id. Serm. 273, 7.

portus, ūs ( gen. sing. porti, Turp. ap. Non. 491, 20: dat. plur. portibus, Liv. 27, 30, 7 et saep.; a better form than portubus), m. [por, whence porto, portitor].—Prop., an entrance; hence,

A harbor, haven, port: Lunai portus, Enn. ap. Pers. 6, 9 (Ann. v. 16 Vahl.):

portus Caietae,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Rep. 3, 31, 43; cf.:

in Graeciae portus,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5:

e portu solvere,

to sail out of port, id. Mur. 2, 4; so,

e portu proficisci,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

ex portu exire,

id. B. C. 2, 4:

ex portu naves educere,

id. ib. 1, 57;

2, 22: portum linquere,

Verg. A. 3, 289:

petere,

to sail into, to enter, Cic. Planc. 39, 94; Verg. A. 1, 194:

capere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 36:

occupare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 32:

in portum venire,

to enter the port, Cic. Sen. 19, 71; so,

in portum ex alto invehi,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

in portum deferri,

Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

in portum pervenire,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

in portum se recipere,

id. B. C. 2, 22:

in portum navim cogere (al. conicere),

Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 98:

in portum penetrare,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96:

portum tenere,

to reach a port, id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

in portum voluntatis deduci,

Vulg. Psa. 106, 30:

in portu operam dare,

to be an officer of the customs, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 171; 2, 2, 72, § 176.—With reference to the import-duty to be paid in ports:

ex portu vectigal conservare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 171. —Prov.:

in portu navigare,

i. e. to be in safety, out of all danger, Ter. And. 3, 1, 22; so,

in portu esse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 4.—

Poet., transf., the mouth of a river, where it empties into the sea, Ov. H. 14, 107; id. Am. 2, 13, 10.—

Trop., as also the Greek limên, and our haven, a place of refuge, an asylum, retreat (class.; a favorite trope of Cicero): portus corporis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.):

tamquam portum aliquem exspecto illam solitudinem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255;

so with tamquam,

id. Brut. 2, 8:

se in philosophiae portum conferre,

id. Fam. 7, 30, 2:

regum, populorum, nationum portus erat et refugium senatus,

id. Off. 2, 8, 26:

exsilium non supplicium est, sed perfugium portusque supplicii,

id. Caecin. 34, 100; id. Tusc. 1, 49, 118:

hic portus, haec arx, haec ara sociorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 126; so,

nam mihi parta quies, omnisque in limine portus,

i. e. security is at hand, Verg. A. 7, 598:

venias portus et ara tuis,

Ov. H. 1, 110:

vos eritis nostrae portus et ara fugae,

id. P. 2, 8, 68. —

In the oldest Latinity, a house (as a place which one enters):

portum in XII. pro domo positum omnes fere consentiunt,

Fest. p. 233 Müll.—

A warehouse:

portus appellatus est conclusus locus, quo importantur merces et inde exportantur,

Dig. 50, 16, 59:

Licini,

Cassiod. Var. 1, 25.

postīcus, a, um, adj. [post; like anticus from ante].

That is behind, hinder, back -, posterior (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.):

est etiam hic ostium aliud posticum nostrarum aedium,

backdoor, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 40; cf.: posticum ostium dicitur in posteriore parte aedium. Ceterum antiqui etiam vicinum habitantem ad posteriorem partem aedium sic appellarunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.:

locus erat posticis aedium partibus,

Liv. 23, 8: perrexit in interiores partes domuis posticae, of the backbuilding, out - house, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 7:

domo posticā egressus,

Val. Max. 5, 7, 3:

muri,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.: vicinus, v. Paul. ex Fest. l. l.: non peperit, verum posticā parte profudit, with the posteriors, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 17:

sannae,

made behind the back, Pers. 1, 62:

pedes,

hind feet, Sol. 26:

pars palatii,

Suet. Oth. 6:

posticam lineam in agris dividendis Serv. Sulpicius appellavit, ab exoriente sole ad occidentem quae spectabat,

Fest. p. 233 Müll.: quae ante nos sunt, antica: et quae post nos sunt, postica dicuntur: et dextram anticam, sinistram posticam dicimus. Sic etiam ea caeli pars, quae sole illustratur ad meridiem, antica nominatur, quae ad septentrionem postica, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.; cf.:

ejus templi partes quattuor dicuntur: sinistra ab oriente, dextra ab occasu, antica ad meridiem, postica ad septentrionem,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 7 Müll.—

Subst.

postīca, ae, f., a backdoor (post-class.), App. M. 9, p. 217, 25; Dig. 7, 1, 13.—

postīcum, i, n.

A backdoor (the prevailing form for this signif.):

per posticum se conferre,

Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 27:

atria servantem postico falle clientem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 31; Vulg. Dan. 13, 18.—

The back part of a building, the rear front, Titin. ap. Non. 217, 19:

in pronao, et postico,

Vitr. 3, 1.—

A backhouse, privy (anteclass.), Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 20.—

The posteriors, the fundament (ante- and postclass.): retrimenta cibi, quae exierunt per posticum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 24; also in plur., Arn. 2, 54.

praeda, ae (old abl. sing. PRAEDAD. Inscr. Col. Rostr.), f. [for praehenda, from praehendo, v. prehendo], property taken in war, booty, spoil, plunder, pillage (syn.: exuviae, spolium).

Lit.: praedā exercitus undat, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 437 (Ann. v. 320 Vahl.):

praedas ac manubias in urbis ornamenta conferre,

Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 61; cf. manubiae, and the passages there cited with praeda; so plur.:

praedarum in parte repertā frangebat pocula,

Juv. 11, 101.—Mostly sing.:

praeda ante parta,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 11, 28: praedam capere de praedonibus Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

praedam militibus donare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11 fin.:

victores praedā spoliisque potiti,

Verg. A. 9, 450.—

Transf.

An animal, bird, etc., caught or killed in the chase; prey, game ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

cervi luporum praeda rapacium,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 50; Phaedr. 1, 5; Verg. A. 3, 223; Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 219;

of fishing,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4; Ov. M. 13, 936: in saltu venantur aves;

hinc praeda cubili Ponitur,

Juv. 14, 82.—Prov.:

praeda canum lepus est,

Mart. 1, 22, 5.— Transf., of a person, prey, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 23; Ov. H. 15, 51.—

In gen., booty, spoil, gain, profit:

illa, quae empta ex praedā est,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 2; 15; 3, 3, 13:

adeste, sultis, praeda erit praesentium,

id. Stich. 1, 3, 67:

maximos quaestus praedasque facere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119; Hor. S. 2, 3, 68:

ostendit praedam,

treasure trove, Phaedr. 5, 6, 4:

a quibus magnas praedas Agesilaus faciebat,

from which Agesilaus drew great advantage, Nep. Chabr. 2, 3; cf. Plin. 26, 1, 3, § 4.