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  • 1 sacrō

        sacrō āvī, ātus, āre    [sacer], to set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate, devote: agrum: praedam, L.: (laurum) Phoebo, V.: aras, V.: votum inmortale, V.: auream aquilam, Cu.: sacratas fide manūs, L.: sacrata Crotonis Ossa, O.: templum, V.— To devote, doom, declare accursed, condemn: de sacrando cum bonis capite eius leges, L.— To set apart, consecrate, devote, give, dedicate: quod patriae vacat, id studiis nobisque sacrasti, C. poët.: tibi sacratum opus, O.: Parcae telis sacrarunt Evandri (Halaesum), devote, V.— To render sacred, hallow, consecrate: foedus in Capitolio sacratum, declared inviolable, L.: cum sacratis legibus sanctum esset, ut, etc., by laws whose violation is followed by a curse: sacrata lex, a law under the protection of the gods, L.— To hold sacred, worship as sacred: patrem deūm hominumque hac sede, L.: Vesta sacrata, O.— To render imperishable, immortalize: quod Libitina sacravit, H.: eloquentia eius sacrata scriptis omnis generis, L.: avum Sacrarunt carmina tuum, O.
    * * *
    sacrare, sacravi, sacratus V
    consecrate, make sacred, dedicate

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  • 2 dedico

    dē-dĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 (in the tmesis: data deque dicata, Lucil. ap. Non. 287, 28), v. a., to give out tidings, a notice, etc.; hence, to affirm, declare, announce any thing (cf. de in denuncio and depromo).
    I.
    In gen. (so only ante- and postclass.): legati quo missi sunt, veniunt, dedicant mandata, Cael. ap. Non. 280, 7; Att. ib. (v. 78 Ribbeck); Lucr. 1, 422; cf. id. 1, 367; 3, 208: aliae (propositiones) dedicativae sunt, quod dedicant aliquid de quopiam; ut: Virtus bonum est:

    dedicat enim virtuti inesse bonitatem,

    affirms, App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 30 al.; cf. dedicativus.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Relig. t. t., to dedicate, consecrate, set apart a thing to a deity or deified person (for syn. cf.:

    1. dico, consecro, inauguro, initio.—Class.): nonne ab A. Postumio aedem Castori ac Polluci in foro dedicatam vides?

    Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 13:

    aedem Saturno,

    Liv. 2, 21:

    aedem Mercurii,

    id. 2, 27 et saep.:

    delubrum Homeri,

    Cic. Arch. 8 fin.:

    simulacrum Jovis,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28:

    loca sacris faciendis,

    Liv. 1, 21:

    aram Augusto,

    Suet. Claud. 2:

    domum Dei,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 7, 5; id. 3 Reg. 8, 63.
    b.
    With the deity as object instead of the temple:

    ut Fides, ut Mens, quas in Capitolio dedicatas videmus (i. e. quarum aedes),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 61; 2, 31, 79 (cf. however, id. Leg. 2, 11, 28):

    Junonem,

    Liv. 5, 52, 10:

    Apollinem,

    Hor. Od. 1, 31, 1;

    and even te quoque magnificā, Concordia, dedicat aede, Livia,

    Ov. F. 6, 637.—
    2.
    Transf. (post-Aug.)
    a.
    To dedicate, inscribe a composition to any one (for which mittere ad aliquem, or mittere alicui, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 7; 14, 21, 3; id. Div. 2, 1, 3; Varr. L. L. 5, 1):

    Honori et meritis dedicans illum librum tuis,

    Phaedr. 3 prol. 30;

    Plin. H. N. praef. § 12: perfecto operis tibi dedicati tertio libro,

    Quint. 4 prooem. § 1.—
    b.
    In gen., to destine, dispose, prepare, set up a thing for any purpose; to dedicate, consecrate it to any object:

    equi (sc. Bucephalae) memoriae ac nomini dedicans urbem,

    Curt. 9, 3 fin.:

    qui proprie libros huic operi dedicaverunt,

    Quint. 9, 3, 89; 12, 10, 50; Suet. Tib. 70:

    Parrhasii tabulam... in cubiculo dedicavit,

    id. ib. 44:

    testamentum,

    to establish, Vulg. Hebr. 9, 18.—
    c.
    To dedicate, consecrate, devote a thing to its future use:

    domum,

    Suet. Ner. 31:

    theatrum,

    id. Aug. 43; cf. id. Vesp. 19:

    amphitheatrum,

    id. Tit. 7:

    thermas atque gymnasium,

    id. Ner. 12.—
    B.
    Law t. t., to specify one's property in the census (rare): tu in uno scorto majorem pecuniam absumsisti, quam quanti omne instrumentum fundi Sabini in censum dedicavisti, P. Afric. ap. Gell. 7, 11, 9; cf.:

    at haec praedia in censu (al. censum) dedicavisti?... Illud quaero sintne ista praedia censui censendo?

    Cic. Flac. 32, 79:

    omnes in censu villas inde dedicamus aedes,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 160 Müll. (dub.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dedico

  • 3 dico

    1.
    dĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 (dixe for dixisse, Val. Ant. ap. Arn. 5, 1; DICASSIT dixerit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75, 15; rather = dicaverit), v. a. [orig. the same word with 2. dīco; cf. the meaning of abdĭco and abdīco, of indĭco and indīco, dedĭco, no. II. A. al., Corss. Ausspr. 1, 380].
    I.
    To proclaim, make known. So perh. only in the foll. passage: pugnam, Lucil. ap. Non. 287, 30.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Relig. t. t., to dedicate, consecrate, devote any thing to a deity or to a deified person (for syn. cf.: dedico, consecro, inauguro).
    A.
    Prop.: et me dicabo atque animam devotabo hostibus, Att. ap. Non. 98, 12:

    donum tibi (sc. Jovi) dicatum atque promissum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72; cf.:

    ara condita atque dicata,

    Liv. 1, 7 (for which aram condidit dedicavitque, id. 28, 46 fin.); so,

    aram,

    id. 1, 7; 1, 20:

    capitolium, templum Jovis O. M.,

    id. 22, 38 fin.:

    templa,

    Ov. F. 1, 610:

    delubrum ex manubiis,

    Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 97:

    lychnuchum Apollini,

    id. 34, 3, 8, § 14:

    statuas Olympiae,

    id. 34, 4, 9, § 16:

    vehiculum,

    Tac. G. 40:

    carmen Veneri,

    Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 178; cf. Suet. Ner. 10 fin. et saep.:

    cygni Apollini dicati,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73.—
    2.
    With a personal object, to consecrate, to deify (cf. dedico, no. II. A. b.):

    Janus geminus a Numa dicatus,

    Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34:

    inter numina dicatus Augustus,

    Tac. A. 1, 59.—
    B.
    Transf., beyond the relig. sphere.
    1.
    To give up, set apart, appropriate a thing to any one: recita;

    aurium operam tibi dico,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 72; so,

    operam,

    id. Ps. 1, 5, 147; Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 12:

    hunc totum diem tibi,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7:

    tuum studium meae laudi,

    id. Fam. 2, 6, 4:

    genus (orationis) epidicticum gymnasiis et palaestrae,

    id. Or. 13, 42:

    librum Maecenati,

    Plin. 19, 10, 57, § 177; cf.:

    librum laudibus ptisanae,

    id. 18, 7, 15, § 75 al.:

    (Deïopeam) conubio jungam stabili propriamque dicabo,

    Verg. A. 1, 73; cf. the same verse, ib. 4, 126:

    se Crasso,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 11; cf.: se Remis in clientelam, * Caes. B. G. 6, 12, 7:

    se alii civitati,

    to become a free denizen of it, Cic. Balb. 11, 28;

    for which: se in aliam civitatem,

    id. ib. 12 fin. —
    * 2.
    (I. q. dedico, no. II. A.) To consecrate a thing by using it for the first time:

    nova signa novamque aquilam,

    Tac. H. 5, 16.— Hence, dĭcātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. II.), devoted, consecrated, dedicated:

    loca Christo dedicatissima, August. Civ. Dei, 3, 31: CONSTANTINO AETERNO AVGVSTO ARRIVS DIOTIMVS... N. M. Q. (i. e. numini majestatique) EIVS DICATISSIMVS,

    Inscr. Orell. 1083.
    2.
    dīco, xi, ctum, 3 ( praes. DEICO, Inscr. Orell. 4848; imp. usu. dic; cf. duc, fac, fer, from duco, etc., DEICVNTO, and perf. DEIXSERINT, P. C. de Therm. ib. 3673; imp. dice, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 298, 29 Müll.; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 109; id. Bac. 4, 4, 65; id. Merc. 1, 2, 47 al.; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 21; fut. dicem = dicam, Cato ap. Quint. 1, 7, 23; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 6 Müll.—Another form of the future is dicebo, Novius ap. Non. 507 (Com. v. 8 Rib.). — Perf. sync.:

    dixti,

    Plaut. As. 4, 2, 14; id. Trin. 2, 4, 155; id. Mil. 2, 4, 12 et saep.; Ter. And. 3, 1, 1; 3, 2, 38; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 100 et saep.; Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; id. Caecin. 29, 82; acc. to Quint. 9, 3, 22.— Perf. subj.:

    dixis,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 46; Caecil. ap. Gell. 7, 17 fin.:

    dixem = dixissem,

    Plaut. Pseud. 1, 5, 84; inf. dixe = dix isse, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 105, 23; Varr. ib. 451, 16; Arn. init.; Aus. Sept. Sap. de Cleob. 8; inf. praes. pass. dicier, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 32; Vatin. in Cic. Fam. 5, 9 al.), v. a. [root DIC = DEIK in deiknumi; lit., to show; cf. dikê, and Lat. dicis, ju-dex, dicio], to say, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state; to mean, intend (for syn. cf.: for, loquor, verba facio, dicto, dictito, oro, inquam, aio, fabulor, concionor, pronuntio, praedico, recito, declamo, affirmo, assevero, contendo; also, nomino, voco, alloquor, designo, nuncupo; also, decerno, jubeo, statuo, etc.; cf. also, nego.—The person addressed is usually put in dat., v. the foll.: dicere ad aliquem, in eccl. Lat., stands for the Gr. eipein pros tina, Vulg. Luc. 2, 34 al.; cf. infra I. B. 2. g).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    Amphitruonis socium nae me esse volui dicere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 228:

    advenisse familiarem dicito,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 197:

    haec uti sunt facta ero dicam,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 304; cf. ib. 2, 1, 23:

    signi dic quid est?

    id. ib. 1, 1, 265:

    si dixero mendacium,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 43; cf.

    opp. vera dico,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 238 al.:

    quo facto aut dicto adest opus,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 15; cf.:

    dictu opus est,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:

    nihil est dictu facilius,

    id. Phorm. 2, 1, 70:

    turpe dictu,

    id. Ad. 2, 4, 11:

    indignis si male dicitur, bene dictum id esse dico,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27:

    ille, quem dixi,

    whom I have mentioned, named, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45 et saep.: vel dicam = vel potius, or rather:

    stuporem hominis vel dicam pecudis attendite,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.:

    mihi placebat Pomponius maxime vel dicam minime displicebat,

    id. Brut. 57, 207; so id. ib. 70, 246; id. Fam. 4, 7, 3 al.—
    b.
    Dicitur, dicebatur, dictum est, impers. with acc. and inf., it is said, related, maintained, etc.; or, they say, affirm, etc.: de hoc (sc. Diodoro) Verri dicitur, habere eum, etc., it is reported to Verres that, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18:

    non sine causa dicitur, ad ea referri omnes nostras cogitationes,

    id. Fin. 3, 18, 60; so,

    dicitur,

    Nep. Paus. 5, 3; Quint. 5, 7, 33; 7, 2, 44; Ov. F. 4, 508:

    Titum multo apud patrem sermone orasse dicebatur, ne, etc.,

    Tac. H. 4, 52; so,

    dicebatur,

    id. A. 1, 10:

    in hac habitasse platea dictum'st Chrysidem,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 1:

    dictum est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 5; Liv. 38, 56; Quint. 6, 1, 27:

    ut pulsis hostibus dici posset, eos, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 3. Cf. also: hoc, illud dicitur, with acc. and inf., Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 72; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150; Quint. 4, 2, 91; 11, 3, 177 al. —Esp. in histt. in reference to what has been previously related:

    ut supra dictum est,

    Sall. J. 96, 1:

    sicut ante dictum est,

    Nep. Dion. 9, 5; cf. Curt. 3, 7, 7; 5, 1, 11; 8, 6, 2 et saep.—
    c.
    (See Zumpt, Gram. § 607.) Dicor, diceris, dicitur, with nom. and inf., it is said that I, thou, he, etc.; or, they say that I, thou, etc.:

    ut nos dicamur duo omnium dignissimi esse,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 47: cf. Quint. 4, 4, 6:

    dicar Princeps Aeolium carmen ad Italos Deduxisse modos,

    Hor. Od. 3, 30, 10 al.:

    illi socius esse diceris,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 72: aedes Demaenetus ubi [p. 571] dicitur habitare, id. As. 2, 3, 2:

    qui (Pisistratus) primus Homeri libros confusos antea sic disposuisse dicitur, ut nunc habemus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 137 et saep.:

    quot annos nata dicitur?

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 89:

    is nunc dicitur venturus peregre,

    id. Truc. 1, 1, 66 et saep. In a double construction, with nom. and inf., and acc. and inf. (acc. to no. b. and c.): petisse dicitur major Titius... idque ab eis facile (sc. eum) impetrasse, Auct. B. Afr. 28 fin.; so Suet. Oth. 7.—
    d.
    Dictum ac factum or dictum factum (Gr. hama epos hama ergon), in colloq. lang., no sooner said than done, without delay, Ter. And. 2, 3, 7:

    dictum ac factum reddidi,

    it was "said and done" with me, id. Heaut. 4, 5, 12; 5, 1, 31; cf.:

    dicto citius,

    Verg. A. 1, 142; Hor. S. 2, 2, 80; and:

    dicto prope citius,

    Liv. 23, 47, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Pregn.
    a.
    To assert, affirm a thing as certain (opp. nego):

    quem esse negas, eundem esse dicis,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf.:

    dicebant, ego negabam,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; and:

    quibus creditum non sit negantibus, iisdem credatur dicentibus?

    id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.—
    b.
    For dico with a negative, nego is used, q. v.; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 799;

    but: dicere nihil esse pulchrius, etc.,

    Liv. 30, 12, 6; 21, 9, 3 Fabri; so,

    freq. in Liv. when the negation precedes,

    id. 30, 22, 5; 23, 10, 13 al.; cf. Krebs, Antibar. p. 355.—
    2.
    dico is often inserted parenthetically, to give emphasis to an apposition:

    utinam C. Caesari, patri, dico adulescenti contigisset, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; id. Planc. 12, 30; Quint. 9, 2, 83; cf. Cic. Or. 58, 197; id. Tusc. 4, 16, 36; Sen. Ep. 14, 6; id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 1, 6, 24:

    ille mihi praesidium dederat, cum dico mihi, senatui dico populoque Romano,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 20; Sen. Ep. 83, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 2; 3, 2, 2.—
    3.
    In rhetor. and jurid. lang., to pronounce, deliver, rehearse, speak any thing.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    oratio dicta de scripto,

    Cic. Planc. 30 fin.; cf.:

    sententiam de scripto,

    id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

    controversias,

    Quint. 3, 8, 51; 9, 2, 77:

    prooemium ac narrationem et argumenta,

    id. 2, 20, 10:

    exordia,

    id. 11, 3, 161:

    theses et communes locos,

    id. 2, 1, 9:

    materias,

    id. 2, 4, 41:

    versus,

    Cic. Or. 56, 189; Quint. 6, 3, 86:

    causam, of the defendant or his attorney,

    to make a defensive speech, to plead in defence, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5; id. Quint. 8; id. Sest. 8; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 7, 4, 3; 8, 2, 24 al.; cf.

    causas (said of the attorney),

    Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5; 2, 8, 32 al.:

    jus,

    to pronounce judgment, id. Fl. 3; id. Fam. 13, 14; hence the praetor's formula: DO, DICO, ADDICO; v. do, etc.—
    (β).
    With ad and acc. pers., to plead before a person or tribunal:

    ad unum judicem,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 10:

    ad quos? ad me, si idoneus videor qui judicem, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72; Liv. 3, 41.—
    (γ).
    With ad and acc. of thing, to speak in reference to, in reply to:

    non audeo ad ista dicere,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 78; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    nec idem loqui, quod dicere,

    Cic. Or. 32:

    est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

    id. Off. 1, 1, 2; so,

    de aliqua re pro aliquo, contra aliquem, etc., innumerable times in Cic. and Quint.: dixi, the t. t. at the end of a speech,

    I have done, Cic. Verr. 1 fin. Ascon. and Zumpt, a. h. 1.;

    thus, dixerunt, the t. t. by which the praeco pronounced the speeches of the parties to be finished,

    Quint. 1, 5, 43; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 6, 4, 7.— Transf. beyond the judicial sphere:

    causam nullam or causam haud dico,

    I have no objection, Plaut. Mil. 5, 34; id. Capt. 3, 4, 92; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 42.—
    4.
    To describe, relate, sing, celebrate in writing (mostly poet.):

    tibi dicere laudes,

    Tib. 1, 3, 31; so,

    laudes Phoebi et Dianae,

    Hor. C. S. 76:

    Dianam, Cynthium, Latonam,

    id. C. 1, 21, 1:

    Alciden puerosque Ledae,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 25:

    caelestes, pugilemve equumve,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 19:

    Pelidae stomachum,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 5:

    bella,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Liv. 7, 29:

    carmen,

    Hor. C. 1, 32, 3; id. C. S. 8; Tib. 2, 1, 54:

    modos,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 7:

    silvestrium naturas,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 138 et saep.:

    temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia,

    Tac. A. 1, 1; id. H. 1, 1:

    vir neque silendus neque dicendus sine cura,

    Vell. 2, 13.—
    b.
    Of prophecies, to predict, foretell:

    bellicosis fata Quiritibus Hac lege dico, ne, etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 58:

    sortes per carmina,

    id. A. P. 403:

    quicquid,

    id. S. 2, 5, 59:

    hoc (Delphi),

    Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 43 et saep.—
    5.
    To pronounce, articulate a letter, syllable, word: Demosthenem scribit Phalereus, cum Rho dicere nequiret, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96; id. de Or. 1, 61, 260; Quint. 1, 4, 8; 1, 7, 21 al.—
    6.
    To call, to name: habitum quendam vitalem corporis esse, harmoniam Graii quam dicunt, Lucr. 3, 106; cf.: Latine dicimus elocutionem, quam Graeci phrasin vocant, Quint. 8, 1, 1:

    Chaoniamque omnem Trojano a Chaone dixit,

    Verg. A. 3, 335:

    hic ames dici pater atque princeps,

    Hor. Od. 1, 2, 50:

    uxor quondam tua dicta,

    Verg. A. 2, 678 et saep. —Prov.:

    dici beatus ante obitum nemo debet,

    Ov. M. 3, 135.—
    7.
    To name, appoint one to an office:

    ut consules roget praetor vel dictatorem dicat,

    Cic. Att. 9, 15, 2: so,

    dictatorem,

    Liv. 5, 9; 7, 26; 8, 29:

    consulem,

    id. 10, 15; 24, 9; 26, 22 (thrice):

    magistrum equitum,

    id. 6, 39:

    aedilem,

    id. 9, 46:

    arbitrum bibendi,

    Hor. Od. 2, 7, 26 et saep.—
    8.
    To appoint, set apart. fix upon, settle:

    nam mea bona meis cognatis dicam, inter eos partiam,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 113; cf. Pompon. ap. Non. 280, 19:

    dotis paululum vicino suo,

    Afran. ib. 26:

    pecuniam omnem suam doti,

    Cic. Fl. 35: quoniam inter nos nuptiae sunt dictae, Afran. ap. Non. 280, 24; cf.:

    diem nuptiis,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 75:

    diem operi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57:

    diem juris,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 16:

    diem exercitui ad conveniendum Pharas,

    Liv. 36, 8; cf. id. 42, 28, and v. dies:

    locum consiliis,

    id. 25, 16:

    leges pacis,

    id. 33, 12; cf.:

    leges victis,

    id. 34, 57:

    legem tibi,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18; Ov. M. 6, 137; cf.:

    legem sibi,

    to give sentence upon one's self, id. ib. 13, 72:

    pretium muneri,

    Hor. C. 4, 8, 12 et saep.—With inf.: prius data est, quam tibi dari dicta, Pac. ap. Non. 280, 28. — Pass. impers.:

    eodem Numida inermis, ut dictum erat, accedit,

    Sall. J. 113, 6.—
    9.
    To utter, express, esp. in phrases:

    non dici potest, dici vix potest, etc.: non dici potest quam flagrem desiderio urbis,

    Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 17, 5:

    dici vix potest quanta sit vis, etc.,

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; id. Or. 17, 55; id. Red. ad Quir. 1, 4; cf. Quint. 2, 2, 8; 11, 3, 85.—
    10.
    (Mostly in colloq. lang.) Alicui, like our vulg. to tell one so and so, for to admonish, warn, threaten him:

    dicebam, pater, tibi, ne matri consuleres male,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 88; cf. Nep. Datam. 5; Ov. Am. 1, 14, 1.—Esp. freq.:

    tibi (ego) dico,

    I tell you, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 30; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 76; id. Men. 2, 3, 27; id. Mil. 2, 2, 62 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 2, 33 Ruhnk.; id. ib. 4, 4, 23; id. Eun. 2, 3, 46; 87; Phaedr. 4, 19, 18; cf.:

    tibi dicimus,

    Ov. H. 20, 153; id. M. 9, 122; so, dixi, I have said it, i. e. you may depend upon it, it shall be done, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 90; 92.—
    11.
    Dicere sacramentum or sacramento, to take an oath, to swear; v. sacramentum.
    II.
    Transf., i. q. intellego, Gr. phêmi, to mean so and so; it may sometimes be rendered in English by namely, to wit:

    nec quemquam vidi, qui magis ea, quae timenda esse negaret, timeret, mortem dico et deos,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 86; id. de Or. 3, 44, 174: M. Sequar ut institui divinum illum virum, quem saepius fortasse laudo quam necesse est. At. Platonem videlicet dicis, id. Leg. 3, 1:

    uxoris dico, non tuam,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 30 et saep.—Hence, dictum, i, n., something said, i. e. a saying, a word.
    A.
    In gen.: haut doctis dictis certantes sed male dictis, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 274 Vahl.; acc. to Hertz.: nec maledictis); so,

    istaec dicta dicere,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 40:

    docta,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 99; id. Men. 2, 1, 24; Lucr. 5, 113; cf.

    condocta,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 3:

    meum,

    id. As. 2, 4, 1:

    ridiculum,

    id. Capt. 3, 1, 22:

    minimum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9:

    ferocibus dictis rem nobilitare,

    Liv. 23, 47, 4 al.:

    ob admissum foede dictumve superbe,

    Lucr. 5, 1224; cf.

    facete,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 73; id. Poen. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 57; Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104 al.:

    lepide,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 103:

    absurde,

    id. Capt. 1, 1, 3:

    vere,

    Nep. Alc. 8, 4:

    ambigue,

    Hor. A. P. 449 et saep.—Pleon.:

    feci ego istaec dicta quae vos dicitis (sc. me fecisse),

    Plaut. Casin. 5, 4, 17.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A saying, maxim, proverb:

    aurea dicta,

    Lucr. 3, 12; cf.

    veridica,

    id. 6, 24: Catonis est dictum. Pedibus compensari pecuniam, Cic. Fl. 29 fin. Hence, the title of a work by Caesar: Dicta collectanea (his Apophthegmata, mentioned in Cic. Fam. 9, 16), Suet. Caes. 56.—Esp. freq.,
    2.
    For facete dictum, a witty saying, bon-mot, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54 fin. (cf. Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 1 fin.); Cic. Phil. 2, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 2; 16; 36; Liv. 7, 33, 3; Hor. A. P. 273 et saep.; cf. also, dicterium.—
    3.
    Poetry, verse (abstr. and concr.): dicti studiosus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 18, 71:

    rerum naturam expandere dictis,

    Lucr. 1, 126; 5, 56:

    Ennius hirsuta cingat sua dicta corona,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 61.—
    4.
    A prediction, prophecy, Lucr. 1, 103; Verg. A. 2, 115; Val. Fl. 2, 326 al.; cf. dictio.—
    5.
    An order, command:

    dicto paruit consul,

    Liv. 9, 41; cf. Verg. A. 3, 189; Ov. M. 8, 815:

    haec dicta dedit,

    Liv. 3, 61; cf. id. 7, 33; 8, 34; 22, 25 al.: dicto audientem esse and dicto audire alicui, v. audio.—
    6.
    A promise, assurance:

    illi dixerant sese dedituros... Cares, tamen, non dicto capti, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 2, 5; Fur. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 34.

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  • 4 cōnsecrō

        cōnsecrō āvī, ātus, āre    [com- + sacro], to dedicate, devote, offer as sacred, consecrate: agros: locum certis circa terminis, L.: lucos ac nemora, Ta.: Caesaris statuam, Cs.: candelabrum Iovi: Siciliam Cereri: fratribus aras, S.—To honor as a deity, place among gods, deify, glorify: Liberum: beluae numero consecratae deorum: Aeacum divitibus insulis, consign, i. e. immortalize, H. — To doom to destruction, devote, make accursed, execrate: caput eius, qui contra fecerit: tuum caput sanguine hoc, L. — To surrender: esse (se) iam consecratum Miloni, to the vengeance of. — Fig., to devote, attach devotedly, ascribe as sacred: certis quibusdam sententiis quasi consecrati: utilitas (artis) deorum inventioni consecrata: (viros) ad inmortalitatis memoriam. — To make immortal, immortalize: ratio disputandi (Socratis) Platonis memoriā consecrata: amplissimis monumentis memoriam nominis tui.
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    consecrare, consecravi, consecratus V TRANS
    consecrate/dedicate, set apart; hallow, sanctify; deify; curse; vow to a god

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  • 5 dicō

        dicō āvī, ātus, āre    [* dicus; DIC-], to dedicate, consecrate, devote: donum (Iovi) dicatum: ara condita atque dicata, L.: tibi aram dicatum iri, L.: templum Iovis, O., L.: templa sibi (patri), V.: vehiculum, Ta.— To give up, set apart, appropriate, attach: hanc operam tibi, T.: diem tibi: se Crasso, se Remis in clientelam, Cs.: se alii civitati, to become a free denizen: in aliam se civitatem.— To initiate, inaugurate: illā acie nova signa, Ta.
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    I
    dicare, dicavi, dicatus V
    dedicate, consecrate, set apart; devote; offer
    II
    dicere, additional forms V
    say, talk; tell, call; name, designate; assert; set, appoint; plead; order
    III
    dicere, dixi, dictus V
    say, talk; tell, call; name, designate; assert; set, appoint; plead; order

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  • 6 voveō

        voveō vōvī, vōtus, ēre,    to vow, promise solemnly, engage religiously, pledge, devote, dedicate, consecrate: Herculi decumam: pro salute patriae sua capita: tibi hinc decimam partem praedae, L.: Dona quae femina voverat, O.: vovisse dicitur, uvam se deo daturum: se immolaturos vovere, Cs.: dictator ludos magnos vovit Veiis captis se facturum, L.: ludi voti, L.: Tyrrheno vindemia regi (Mezentio), i. e. solemnly promised, O.—To wish, desire, wish for: Elige, quid voveas, O.: Quid voveat dulci nutricula maius alumno? H.: Ut tua sim voveo, O.
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    vovere, vovi, votus V
    vow, dedicate, consecrate

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  • 7 initio

    ĭnĭtĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [initium].
    I.
    To begin, originate (only late Lat.): ver tunc initiatur, Firm. 2, 12: brassicam seremus vel irriguo loco, vel pluviā initiante madefacto, when the rainy season begins (which begins again after the dog-days), Pall. 7, 4:

    ex his initiata sunt cetera,

    Tert. adv. Val. 15:

    initiatum jurgium,

    Cod. Just. 3, 6, 3 al. —
    II.
    To initiate, consecrate, or admit to secret religious rites.
    A.
    Of the sacred mysteries of Ceres:

    initienturque eo ritu Cereri, quo Romae initiantur,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 21; Liv. 31, 14, 7; Just. 11, 7.—Of other mysteries:

    initiari Bacchis,

    Liv. 39, 14, 8; 39, 9, 4:

    magicis cernis aliquem,

    Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 17; Varr. ap. Non. 108, 21.—
    B.
    In gen., to initiate into, consecrate to any thing (rare):

    neque enim est sanctius sacris iisdem quam studiis initiari,

    Quint. 1, 2, 20:

    litteris,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 8; Symm. Ep. 4, 20.—
    C.
    To baptize (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Monog. 8, de Joh. Bapt.

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  • 8 sacro

    sā̆cro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sacer], to declare or set apart as sacred; to consecrate, dedicate, or devote to a divinity (class.; cf. consecro).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ne quis agrum consecrato. Auri, argenti, eboris sacrandi modus esto,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

    eum praedam Veientanam publicando sacrandoque ad nihilum redegisse, ferociter increpant,

    Liv. 5, 25:

    (agrum) Cypriae,

    Ov. M. 10, 644:

    Capitolino Jovi donum ex auro,

    Suet. Tib. 53 fin.:

    (laurum) Phoebo,

    Verg. A. 7, 62:

    aras,

    id. ib. 5, 48:

    vigilem ignem,

    id. ib. 4, 200:

    votum immortale,

    id. ib. 8, 715:

    inter haec auream aquilam pinnis extendenti similem sacraverant,

    Curt. 3, 3, 16:

    templum, in quo Helena sacravit calicem ex electro,

    Plin. 33, 4, 23, § 81.—In part. perf.:

    duabus aris ibi Jovi et Soli sacratis cum immolasset,

    Liv. 40, 22:

    arae,

    Suet. Tib. 14:

    sacratas fide manus,

    Liv. 23, 9:

    sacrata Crotonis Ossa tegebat humus,

    Ov. M. 15, 55:

    rite pecudes,

    Verg. A. 12, 213:

    templum,

    id. ib. 2, 165 al. —
    2.
    With a bad accessory signif. (cf. sacer, II.), to devote or doom to destruction, to declare accursed, to condemn:

    de sacrando cum bonis capite ejus, qui regni occupandi consilia inisset, gratae in vulgus leges fuere,

    Liv. 2, 8; cf.:

    caput Jovi,

    id. 10, 38.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to set apart, consecrate, devote, give, dedicate a thing to any one ( poet. and rare):

    quod patriae vocis studiis nobisque sacrasti, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22: hunc illi honorem Juppiter sacravit,

    Verg. A. 12, 141:

    tibi sacratum opus,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 552.—In a bad sense:

    injecere manum Parcae, telisque sacrarunt Evandri (Halaesum),

    Verg. A. 10, 419.—
    II.
    Meton.
    1.
    To render sacred or inviolable by consecration; to hallow, consecrale:

    hoc nemus aeterno cinerum sacravit honore Faenius,

    Mart. 1, 117, 1:

    foedus, quod in Capitolio sacratum fuisset, irritum per illos esse,

    that had been decreed inviolable, Liv. 38, 33; cf.:

    sanctiones sacrandae sunt genere ipso aut obtestatione legis, aut, etc.,

    Cic. Balb. 14, 33:

    sacrata lex,

    a law whose violation was punished by devoting the offender to the infernal gods, id. Sest. 7, 16; id. Dom. 17, 43; Liv. 2, 33; 3, 17; 7, 41; 9, 39; 36, 38; cf.:

    sacratae leges sunt, quibus sanctum est, qui quid adversus eas fecerit, sacer alicui deorum sit cum familia pecuniaque,

    Fest. p. 318 Müll.—
    2.
    Of a deity, to hold sacred, to worship or honor as sacred:

    haud frustra te patrem deum hominumque hac sede sacravimus,

    Liv. 8, 6:

    Vesta sacrata,

    Ov. M. 15, 864.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to render imperishable, to immortalize (rare):

    aliquem Lesbio plectro,

    Hor. C. 1, 26, 11; cf.:

    miratur nihil, nisi quod Libitina sacravit,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 49:

    vivit vigetque eloquentia ejus (Catonis), sacrata scriptis omnis generis,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    avum Sacrārunt carmina tuum,

    Ov. P. 4, 8, 64.—Hence, sā̆crātus, a, um, P. a., hallowed, consecrated, holy, sacred:

    sacrata jura parentum,

    Ov. M. 10, 321:

    jura Graiorum,

    Verg. A. 2, 157:

    vittae Sacrati capitis,

    id. ib. 3, 371:

    dux,

    i. e. Augustus, Ov. F. 2, 60; cf.:

    manus (Tiberii),

    id. ib. 1, 640:

    dies sacratior,

    Mart. 4, 1, 1:

    numen gentibus sacratissimum,

    Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 82:

    homines,

    devoted to the gods, Macr. S. 3, 7;

    Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 26.—At a later per., Sacratissimus,

    an epithet of the emperors, Most Worshipful, Dig. 38, 17, 9; Mamert. Pan. ad Maxim. 1 et saep.— Adv.: sā̆crātē, in eccl. Lat.,
    1.
    Holily, piously:

    vivere,

    Aug. Ep. 22 fin. —
    2.
    Mysteriously, mystically, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 16.

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  • 9 ad - dīcō

        ad - dīcō dīxī, dictus, ere,    to give assent.—In augural lang., to be propitious, favor: nisi aves addixissent, L.: in Termini fano, L.—In law: alicui aliquid or aliquem, to award, adjudge, sentence: bona alicui.—Esp., of a debtor assigned to his creditor till the debt is paid: addictus Hermippo. — Absol: prohibendo addictos duci, those adjudged bondsmen for debt, L.—Ironic.: Fufidium... creditorem debitoribus suis addixisti, you have adjudged the creditor to his debtors.—In auctions, to award, knock down, strike off: alcui meas aedīs: bona Rabiri nummo sestertio: bona alicuius in publicum, to confiscate, Cs.—In gen., to sell, make over: regna pecuniā: nummo (fundum), for a penny, H.—Fig., to devote, consecrate: senatus, cui me semper addixi: me, V.: Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, H.: sententiis addicti, wedded. — To give up, sacrifice, sell out, betray, abandon: pretio habere addictam fidem: libidini cuiusque nos addixit: gladiatorio generi mortis addictus, destined; hence, poet.: Quid faciat? crudele, suos addicere amores, to betray, O.

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  • 10 augurō

        augurō āvī, ātus, āre    [augur], to act as augur, take the auguries of, consult by augury: sacerdotes salutem populi auguranto.— Abl absol. impers.: augurato, after augury, i. e. under the sanction of auguries, L.—To imagine, conjecture, forebode: si quid veri mens augurat, V. — To consecrate by auguries: in augurato templo.
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    augurare, auguravi, auguratus V
    prophesy, predict, foretell; practice augury; make known intention to (w/INF)

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  • 11 damnō

        damnō āvī, ātus, āre    [damnum], to adjudge guilty, condemn, convict: reum: damnarent an absolverent: delicta mariti, i. e. believe him guilty, O.: causa damnata, decided unfavorably: contra edictum fecisse damnari: ambitūs damnatus, Cs.: furti: eo crimine damnari: Clodio interfecto, eo nomine erat damnatus, Cs.: existimatione damnatus, by public opinion: de maiestate damnatus: damnatus, quod praebuisset, etc., L.: ducent damnatum domum, will condemn and drag home (as a fraudulent debtor), T.: damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, if convicted, Cs. — To sentence, doom: capitis, Cs.: octupli damnari, mulcted: absentem capitalis poenae, L.: falso damnati crimine mortis, V.: longi laboris, H.: tertiā parte agri, L.: morti, L.: a Popilio decem milibus aeris, i. e. prosecuted by P., and fined, L.: gladiatorum dare centum Damnati paria, i. e. bound by the will, H.— To condemn, blame, disapprove, reject: nimios amores, O.: facto damnandus in uno, O.: sua lumina, the evidence of, O.: consilium, Cu.— To consecrate, devote, condemn as a sacrifice: caput Orco, V.: Quem damnet labor (sc. leto), V.—With voti (poet. also votis), to grant one's prayer (and thus exact fulfilment of a vow): dixit nunc demum se voti esse damnatum, N.: ut damnarentur ipsi votorum, L.: damnabis tu quoque votis (agricolas), V.
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    damnare, damnavi, damnatus V TRANS
    pass/pronounce judgement, find guilty; deliver/condemn/sentence; harm/damn/doom; discredit; seek/secure condemnation of; find fault; bind/oblige under a will

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  • 12 dē-dicō

        dē-dicō āvī, ātus, āre,    to dedicate, consecrate, set apart: templa Romae: aedem Castori: aedis Saturno dedicata, L.: simulacrum Iovis: Aridas frondes Hebro, cast, H.—Fig., to honor with a dedication: ut Fides, ut Mens, quas in Capitolio dedicatas videmus (i. e. quarum aedes): Iunonem, L.: Te Concordia, dedicat aede, O.—To dedicate, inscribe: alcui librum, Ph. — To return, specify, list (property): haec praedia in censum.

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  • 13 dīcō

        dīcō dīxī, dictus （imper. dīc; perf. often <*>ync. dīxtī; P. praes. gen. plur. dīcentum for dīcentium, O.), ere    [DIC-], to say, speak, utter, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state, assert: ille, quem dixi, mentioned: stuporem hominis vel dicam pecudis attendite, or rather: neque dicere quicquam pensi habebat, S.: in aurem Dicere nescio quid puero, whisper, H.: Quid de quoque viro et cui dicas, H.: quam tertiam esse Galliae partem dixeramus, Cs.: dico eius adventu copias instructas fuisse: derectos se a vobis dicunt, Cs.: qui dicerent, nec tuto eos adituros, nec, etc., L.— Pass: de hoc Verri dicitur, habere eum, etc., it is reported to Verres that, etc.: dicitur, ad ea referri omnes nostras cogitationes, they say: quam (partem) Gallos obtinere dictum est, I have remarked, Cs.: ut supra dictum est, S.: sicut ante dictum est, N.: Facete dictum, smartly said, T.: multa facete dicta: centum pagos habere dicuntur, Cs.: qui primus Homeri libros sic disposuisse dicitur: ubi dicitur cinxisse Semiramis urbem, O.— Supin. abl.: dictu opus est, T.: nil est dictu facilius, T.— Prov.: dictum ac factum, no sooner said than done, T.— To assert, affirm, maintain: quem esse negas, eundem esse dicis.—Of public speaking, to pronounce, deliver, rehearse, speak: oratio dicta de scripto: sententiam: qui primus sententiam dixerit, voted: sententiae dicebantur, the question was put: testimonium, to give evidence: causam, to plead: ius, to pronounce judgment: ad quos? before whom (as judges)?: ad ista dicere, in reply to: dixi (in ending a speech), I have done.—To describe, relate, sing, celebrate, tell, predict: maiora bella dicentur, L.: laudes Phoebi, H.: Alciden puerosque Ledae, H.: te carmine, V.: Primā dicte mihi Camenā, H.: versūs, V.: carmina fistulā, accompany, H.: cursum mihi, foretell, V.: fata Quiritibus, H.: hoc (Delphi), O.— To urge, offer: non causam dico quin ferat, I have no objection, T. — To pronounce, utter, articulate: cum rho dicere nequiret, etc.— To call, name: me Caesaris militem dici volui, Cs.: cui Ascanium dixere nomen, L.: Quem dixere Chaos, O.: Chaoniamque omnem Troiano a Chaone dixit, V.: Romanos suo de nomine, V.: Hic ames dici pater, H.: lapides Ossa reor dici, O.: dictas a Pallade terras Linquit, O.— Prov.: dici beatus Ante obitum nemo debet, O. — To name, appoint (to an office): se dictatorem, Cs.: magistrum equitum, L.: arbitrum bibendi, H.— To appoint, set apart, fix upon, settle: pecuniam omnem suam doti: hic nuptiis dictust dies, T.: diem operi: dies conloquio dictus est, Cs.: locum consciis, L.: legem his rebus: foederis uequas leges, V.: legem tibi, H.: legem sibi, to give sentence upon oneself, O.: eodem Numida inermis, ut dictum erat, accedit, S.—In phrases with potest: non dici potest quam flagrem desiderio urbis, it is beyond expression: quantum desiderium sui reliquerit dici vix potest, can hardly be told.— To tell, bid, admonish, warn, threaten: qui diceret, ne discederet, N.: Dic properet, bid her hasten, V.: dic Ad cenam veniat, H.: Tibi ego dico annon? T.: tibi equidem dico, mane, T.: tibi dicimus, O.: dixi, I have said it, i. e. you may depend upon it, T.: Dixi equidem et dico, I have said and I repeat it, H.— To mean, namely, to wit: non nullis rebus inferior, genere dico et nomine: Caesari, patri dico: cum dico mihi, senatui dico populoque R.
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    I
    dicare, dicavi, dicatus V
    dedicate, consecrate, set apart; devote; offer
    II
    dicere, additional forms V
    say, talk; tell, call; name, designate; assert; set, appoint; plead; order
    III
    dicere, dixi, dictus V
    say, talk; tell, call; name, designate; assert; set, appoint; plead; order

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  • 14 (effor or ecfor)

        (effor or ecfor) ātus, ārī, dep. defect.    [ex + for], to speak out, say out, utter, tell: effatur talia supplex, V.: O virgo, effare, V.: Incipit effari, V.: Haec effatus pater, Enn. ap. C.: Sic effata, V.: celanda effando, L. — Pass: Non potest ecfari quantum, etc., C. poët.: verba longo effata carmine, expressed, L.—Of augurs, to define, set apart, consecrate: ad templum effandum: locus templo effatus fuerat, L.—In argument, to state a proposition: quod ita effabimur, formulate.

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  • 15 in-augurō

        in-augurō āvī, ātus, āre,    to take omens from the flight of birds, practise augury, divine: ad inaugurandum templa capiunt, L.: divine tu, inaugura, fierine possit, L.—To hallow by augury, consecrate, inaugurate, install: vide, qui te inauguret: augur in locum eius inauguratus est, L.

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  • 16 initiō

        initiō āvī, ātus, āre    [initium], to begin, initiate, consecrate, admit: Ubi initiabunt (puerum), T.: initiari eo ritu Cereri: initiari Bacchis, L.—Fig.: quae (sica) abs te initiata sacris.
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    initiare, initiavi, initiatus V
    initiate (into); admit (to) with introductory rites

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  • 17 lībō

        lībō āvī, ātus, āre    [LIQV-], to take out as a sample, take a little of: quodcunque cibi digitis, O.— To take a taste of, taste, sip: iecur, L.: flumina summa, V.: vernas Pasco <*>ibatis dapibus, i. e. remnants, H.— To pour out, offer as a libation, spill, sprinkle, make a drink-offering: in mensam laticum honorem, V.: mero libans carchesia Baccho, of pure wine, V.: Oceano libemus, V.: Hoc auro (i. e. hac paterā aureā), V.: libato (i. e. postquam libatum est), V.— To besprinkle: pateris altaria, V.— To offer, dedicate, consecrate (esp. of first-fruits): certasque fruges: diis-dapes, L.: tristia dona cineri, V.: Celso lacrimas adempto, O.— To touch lightly, graze: summam celeri pede harenam, O.: oscula natae, kissed lightly, V.— To impair: virīs, L.: virginitatem, O.—Fig., to take out, cull, extract, gather, compile, collect: ex variis ingeniis excellentissima quaeque: neque ea, ut sua, possedisse, sed ut aliena libasse.
    * * *
    I
    libare, libavi, libatus V
    nibble, sip; pour in offering/a libation; impair; graze, touch, skim (over)
    II
    Libo; (Roman cognomen)

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  • 18 pōnō

        pōnō posuī (posīvērunt, C.), positus, ere    [for * posino; old praep. port- (pro) + sino], to put down, set down, put, place, set, fix, lay, deposit: tabulas in aerario, Cs.: castra iniquo loco, pitch, Cs.: tabulas in publico, deposit: collum in Pulvere, H.: in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus: in Prytaneum vasa aurea, L.: omnia pone feros in ignes, O.: ubi pedem poneret habere, might set his foot: posito genu, kneeling, O.: num genu posuit? Cu.: ova, O.: fetum, give birth to, Ph.—Of troops and guards, to place, post, set, station, fix: praesidium ibi, Cs.: insidias contra Pompei dignitatem: Dumnorigi custodes, ut, etc., Cs.— To set up, erect, build: opus, O.: urbem, V.: castella, Ta.: aras, V.: tropaeum, N.— To form, fashion, mould, depict: duo pocula fecit... Orphaeque in medio posuit, V.: nunc hominem nunc deum, H.—Of plants, to set, set out, plant: ordine vites, V.: nefasto (arborem) die, H.—Of wagers or prizes, to offer, propose, promise, lay, stake, wager: pocula fagina, V.: praemium proposuerunt, si quis nomen detulisset, L.— To put out at interest, loan, invest: pecuniam in praedio: dives positis in faenore nummis, H.— To serve, serve up, set forth: posito pavone, H.: positi Bacchi cornua, O.: Da Trebio, pone ad Trebium, Iu.— To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down: veste positā: velamina de corpore, O.: librum: arma, i. e. surrender, Cs.: Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant, L.: positis armis, L.— To lay out, arrange for burial: toro Mortua componar, O.: positum adfati corpus, V.— To lay in the grave, bury, inter: te... patriā decedens ponere terrā, V.: quā positis iusta feruntur avis, O.— To arrange, deck, set in order: suas in statione comas, O.— To subdue, calm, allay, quiet: quo non arbiter Hadriae Maior, tollere seu ponere volt freta, H.—Of winds, to fall, abate: Cum venti posuere, V.—Of an anchor, to cast, fix: ancoris positis, L.—Fig., to set, place, put, lay, bring: pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs: se in gratiā reconciliatae pacis, L.: in laude positus: illa in conspectu animi: cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, my name is added to the record.—To put, place, cause to rest: credibile non est, quantum ego in prudentiā tuā ponam, count upon: spem salutis in virtute, Cs.: in te positum est, ut, etc., rests with you.—To lay out, spend, employ, occupy, consume: tempus in cogitatione: diem totum in considerandā causā: totos nos in rebus perspiciendis: itinera ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat.— To put, place, count, reckon, consider, regard: mortem in malis: inter quos me ipse dubiā in re poni malim, L.: Hoc metuere, alterum in metu non ponere, regard with fear, Poët. ap. C.: ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc., regarded as doubtful, L.: haec in magno discrimine, attach great importance to, L.: in vitiis poni, be regarded as a fault, N.— To appoint, ordain, make: leges: sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina, to be applied: Laurentisque ab eā (lauro) nomen colonis, V.: tibi nomen Insano, H.—Of vows or votive offerings, to make, render, pay, consecrate: Veneris (tabellas) in aede, O.: hic funalia, H.: ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphis, N.— To lay down as true, state, posit, fix, assume, assert, maintain, allege: ut paulo ante posui, si, etc.: Verum pono, esse victum eum; at, etc., T.: positum sit igitur in primis, etc.: hoc posito, esse quandam, etc., agreed: id pro certo, L.: rem ipsam.— To cite, set forth, refer to: eorum exempla.— To set forth, represent, describe: Tigellinum, Iu.— To propose, offer, fix upon, set forth: mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam ponitis?: ponere iubebam, de quo quis audire vellet: doctorum consuetudo ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent.— To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender: vitia: curas, L.: moras, H.: corda ferocia, V.: ponendus est ille ambitus (verborum), non abiciendus, i. e. to be closed without abruptness.
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    I
    ponere, posivi, - V
    put, place, set; station; (archaic form of perf. of pono)
    II
    ponere, posui, positus V
    put, place, set; station

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  • 19 sanciō

        sanciō sānxī, sānctus, īre    [1 SAC-].—Of a law or treaty, to make sacred, render inviolable, fix unalterably, establish, appoint, decree, ordain, confirm, ratify, enact: quas (leges) senatus de ambitu sanciri voluerit: sanciendo novam legem, Ne quis, etc., L.: tabulas, H.: haec igitur lex sanciatur, ut, etc.: quod populus plebesve sanxit: cum sancienda sint consulum imperia, aut abroganda, L.: foedus, ratify, L.: foedera fulmine, V.— To ratify, confirm, consecrate, enact, approve: at hoc leges non sanciunt, ordain: consularis lex sanxit, ne, etc.: contra quam sanctum legibus erat, L.: ne res efferatur, ut iure iurando ac fide sanciatur, petunt, Cs.: coetibus ac sacrificiis conspirationem civitatium, Ta.: inhumanissimā lege sanxerunt, ut, etc.. habent legibus sanctum, Si quis... uti, etc., Cs.: de quibus confirmandis et sanciendis legem laturus est: fide sanxerunt liberos Tarentinos leges habituros, L.— To forbid under penalty, condemn with a sanction, enact a penalty against: incestum pontifices supplicio sanciunto: observantiam poenā: quod Athenis exsecrationibus publicis sanctum est: Solon capite sanxit, si qui, etc., made it a capital offence.
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    sancire, sanxi, sanctus V TRANS
    confirm, ratify; sanction; fulfil (prophesy); enact (law); ordain; dedicate

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  • 20 suspendō

        suspendō dī, sus, ere    [subs (see sub)+pendo], to hang up, hang, suspend: reste suspensus, L.: Oscilla ex altā pinu, V.: tignis nidum, V.: Stamina suspendit telā, O.: in trutinā Homerum, Iu.: Nec sua credulitas piscem suspenderat hamo, had caught, O.: (pueri) Laevo suspensi loculos lacerto, with satchels hanging on their arms, H.: (tellurem) sulco, i. e. turn up, V.— To choke to death by hanging, hang: arbori infelici suspendito: se de ficu.—Of votive offerings, to hang up, dedicate, consecrate: votas suspendere vestīs, V.: Vestimenta maris deo, H.—Of buildings, to build on arches, hang, support, prop: quod ita aedificatum est, ut suspendi non possit: duo tigna suspenderent eam contignationem, propped, Cs.: suspenso furculis muro, L.—Of the looks, to fix, hang: Suspendit pictā voltum mentemque tabellā, H.— With naso, to turn up the nose at, sneer at: naso suspendis adunco Ignotos, H.: omnia naso, H.— Fig., pass, to depend, rest: nec extrinsecus aut bene aut male vivendi suspensas habere rationes, dependent upon externals.—To hang up, suspend, make uncertain, render doubtful, keep in suspense: medio responso rem, L.: omnium animos exspectatione, Cu.— To hang up, stay, stop, check, inter rupt, suspend: fletum, O.: lacrimas, O.
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    suspendere, suspendi, suspensus V
    hang up, suspend

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