contemplatio

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contemplātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], an attentive considering, a viewing, surveying, contemplation (in good prose).

Physical.

In gen.:

caeli,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

injecit contemplationem super umeros,

cast a look over, Petr. 12, 4.—

In partic., an aiming with a weapon, a taking aim:

sagittis praecipuā contemplatione utantur,

Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 194; cf. contemplabilis.—

Mental.

In gen., a contemplation, survey:

est animorum ingeniorumque naturale quoddam quasi pabulum consideratio contemplatioque naturae,

Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 127:

rerum naturae,

Cels. 1 praef.:

ipsius naturae,

Quint. 3, 6, 86; in plur.:

naturae,

Gell. 20, 5, 3:

recti pravique,

Quint. 2, 4, 20:

veri,

id. 6, 2, 5:

iniqui,

id. 12, 1, 35:

rerum, scripti,

id. 3, 6, 89:

sui,

id. 2, 18, 4:

virtutum,

Tac. Agr. 46:

publicae felicitatis,

Curt. 10, 9, 7:

summa vis infinitatis et magnā ac diligenti contemplatione dignissima est,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 50; so absol., id. ib. 1, 12, 18; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 12.—Hence,

In partic., a consideration, regard (mostly late Lat.;

freq. in the jurists): liberorum,

Just. 7, 5, 7:

justitiae ejus,

id. 8, 3, 14:

personarum,

Dig. 2, 15, 8; 3, 5, 5; 18, 1, 58; Inscr. Orell. 3161 et saep.:

contemplatione mortis donatio facta, = mortis causā,

Paul. Sent. 2, 23, 6.

survey, contemplation.

aufĕro, abstŭli, ablātum, auferre, v. a. [ab-fero; cf. ab init. ], to take or bear off or away, to carry off, withdraw, remove (very freq. in prose and poetry; syn.: tollo, fero, rapio, eripio, diripio, adimo, averto).

In gen.

1.. Lit.:

ab januā stercus,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 18:

dona,

id. Am. prol. 139:

aurum atque ornamenta abs te,

id. Mil. 4, 1, 36:

abstulit eos a conspectu,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 17, 18:

auferas me de terrā hac,

ib. Gen. 47, 30:

vos istaec intro auferte,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 1:

Auferte ista hinc,

Vulg. Joan. 2, 16:

aether multos secum levis abstulit ignīs,

Lucr. 5, 459; 3, 230; 3, 439; 3, 717; 5, 205; 5, 725; 6, 622; Turp. ap. Non. p. 422, 21:

multa domum suam auferebat,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.:

liberi per delectus alibi servituri auferuntur (a Romanis),

are carried away, Tac. Agr. 31:

quem vi abstulerant servi,

Vulg. Gen. 21, 25.—So of sick persons, or those unable to walk:

auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 202 (cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 298:

lumbifragium hinc auferes): asoti, qui in mensam vomant et qui de conviviis auferantur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23. —Auferre se, in colloquial lang., to remove one ' s self, to withdraw, retire, go away:

Te, obsecro hercle, aufer modo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 93:

aufer te domum,

id. As. 2, 4, 63.—

Of bodies that are borne away by wings, by the winds, waves, or any other quick motion, to bear or carry away, sweep away, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

aliquem ad scopulum e tranquillo auferre,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 8:

unda rates,

Prop. 1, 8, 14:

auferor in scopulos,

Ov. M. 9, 593:

auferet,

id. ib. 15, 292 al.:

in silvam pennis ablata refugit,

Verg. A. 3, 258; 11, 867:

ne te citus auferat axis,

Ov. M. 2, 75:

vento secundo vehementi satis profecti celeriter e conspectu terrae ablati sunt,

Liv. 29, 27:

(Bubo) volat numquam quo libuit, sed transversus aufertur,

Plin. 10, 12, 16, § 35:

(milites) pavore fugientium auferebantur,

Tac. A. 4, 73.—

Trop., to carry away, mislead:

te hortor, ut omnia gubernes prudentiā tuā, ne te auferant aliorum consilia,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7:

abstulerunt me velut de spatio Graecae res immixtae Romanis,

i. e. have diverted, withdrawn me, from the subject, Liv. 35, 40:

quae contemplatio aufert nos ad ipsorum animalium naturas,

Plin. 27, 13, 120, § 145:

auferre aliquem traversum,

id. 28, 1, 1, § 1 Jan:

ab intentione auferendus auditor,

Quint. 4, 5, 6:

somnus aufert,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 83:

auferimur cultu, i. e. decipimur,

are deceived, duped, Ov. R. Am. 343.—

Esp.,

1.. To take or snatch away; in a good, but more frequently in a bad sense, to take by force, to remove, withdraw, take away violently, rob, steal, etc.:

aliquid eris,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 8:

quod auri, quod argenti, quod ornamentorum in meis urbibus fuit, id mihi tu, C. Verres, eripuisti atque abstulisti,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 19:

ab hoc abaci vasa omnia abstuiit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 16; so,

pecuniam de aerario,

id. Att. 7, 21:

pecuniam in ventre,

to eat up, to squander, id. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

auriculam mordicus,

to bite off, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 4:

vestimentum,

Vulg. Luc. 6, 29:

hi ludi dies quindecim auferent,

Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 31:

imperium indignis,

Liv. 3, 67:

legionem,

Tac. H. 4, 48:

consulatum, censuram,

id. ib. 1, 52:

auferat omnia irrita oblivio si potest,

Liv. 28, 29:

spem, voluntatem defensionis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7:

fervorem et audaciam,

Liv. 3, 12:

obsequia,

Tac. H. 1, 80:

misericordiam,

id. ib. 3, 84:

spem veniae,

id. A. 14, 23:

studium,

Cat. 68, 19 sq.; and so Hor. C. 3, 12, 5:

metus,

to banish, Verg. A. 12, 316:

curas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 26:

somnos,

id. C. 2, 16, 16; id. Epod. 5, 96:

pudorem,

Ov. M. 6, 617:

fugam,

to hinder, prevent, Flor. 3, 10, 3 al. —

To take off or away, to destroy, consume, kill, slay, etc. (mostly poet. or in the Aug. histt.):

Tam bellum mihi passerem abstulistis,

Cat. 3, 15:

abstulit clarum cita mors Achillem,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 29; so id. Epod. 5, 66; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Auferat hora duos eadem,

Ov. M. 8, 709; 15, 157:

Labienum Varumque acies abstulit,

Vell. 2, 55 fin.:

Quidquid hinc aut illinc communis Mors belli aufert,

Liv. 7, 8; Flor. 3, 17, 9 al.:

Interea quodcumque fuit populabile flammae, Mulciber abstulerat,

had consumed, Ov. M. 9, 263; 14, 575.—

Of places, to separate, sever, divide:

mare septem stadiorum intervallo Europam auferens Asiae,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75:

Armenia Euphrate amne aufertur Cappadociae,

id. 6, 9, 9, § 25. —

To lay aside some action, manner of speaking, etc.; to cease from, desist from, leave off: proinde istaec tua aufer terricula, Att. ap. Non. p. 227, 31:

jurgium hinc auferas,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 19:

aufer nugas,

id. Truc. 4, 4, 8; id. Curc. 2, 1, 30:

pollicitationes aufer,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 17: Ge. Id nosmet ipsos facere oportet, Phaedria. Ph. Aufer mi "oportet:" quin tu, quod faciam, impera, id. ib. 1, 4, 45 Ruhnk. (cf. Juv. 6, 170):

Aufer abhinc lacrimas,

Lucr. 3, 955:

insolentiam,

Phaedr. 3, 6, 8; so absol.: Insanis? Aufer! away! (where nugas may be supplied, as in Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8), Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14.—With inf. as object:

aufer Me vultu terrere,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 43.—

Meton., effect for cause, to corry off ( as the fruit or result of one ' s labor, exertions, errors, etc.), to obtain, get, receive, acquire:

Ecquas viginti minas Paritas ut auferas a me?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 71; 1, 5, 90; id. Curc. 5, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 2, 56; 2, 2, 9; id. Most. 4, 1, 32; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:

id inultum numquam auferet,

id. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Ad. 3, 4, 8 (cf. id. And. 1, 2, 4): paucos dies ab aliquo, to obtain a few days ' respite, Cic. Quinct. 5, 20:

quis umquam ad arbitrum quantum petiit, tantum abstulit?

id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12; so,

responsum ab aliquo,

id. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

decretum,

id. Att. 16, 16, A:

diploma,

id. Fam. 6, 12, 3:

praemium,

Suet. Gram. 17. —Also with ut: ut in foro statuerent (statuas), abstulisti, you have carried the point that they etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59 (so, adsequi, ut, Tac. G. 35).— Trop., to carry away the knowledge of a thing, to learn, understand: quis est in populo Romano, qui hoc non ex priore actione abstulerit? has not learned, does not know, Cic Verr. 2, 1, 8.

mancus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. man-āk, little; cf. Germ. mangeln], maimed, infirm (class.).

Lit., in a limb or member, esp. in the hand:

sciendum, scaevam non esse morbosum, praeterquam si, imbecillitate dextrae, validius sinistra utatur: sed hunc non scaevam, sed mancum esse dicimus,

Dig. 21, 1, 12:

mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

ad mandata claudus, caecus, mutus, mancus, debilis,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 45:

mancorum ac debilium dux,

Liv. 7, 13; Ov. F. 3, 825:

tamquam mancus et exstinctae corpus non utile dextrae,

Juv. 3, 48.—

Trop., infirm, defective, imperfect (rare but class.):

virtus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

ac debilis praetura,

id. Mil. 9, 25:

contemplatio naturae,

id. Off. 1, 43, 153:

fortuna,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 88.—With abl.:

talibus officiis prope mancus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 21.—In neutr adverb.: error mancum claudicat, Prud. steph. 2, 23.

rĕpŭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [reputo] (post-Aug.).

A reckoning, computation, Dig. 46, 3, 48. —In plur., Dig. 10, 2, 19; 27, 2, 2.—

A thinking over, pondering, considering, consideration (cf.:

cogitatio, consideratio): sed me veterum novorumque morum reputatio longius tulit,

Tac. H. 2, 38 fin.; Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 2; 25, 3, 7, § 23; Plin. Pan. 70, 5;

corresp. to contemplatio,

Gell. 12, 5, 7.

sā̆crōsanctus (sometimes separately, sā̆crō sanctus, and per tmesin, sacroque sanctum, Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143; but in Tert. Cor. Mil. 13, the correct read. is sacer sanctusque, not sacer sanctus), a, um, adj. [sacer-sancio], orig., inaugurated or consecrated with religious ceremonies (v. the foll. passage from Liv. 3, 55); hence,

Meton., fixed or decreed as inviolable, sacred, inviolable, sacrosanct: ipsis quoque tribunis (plur.), ut sacrosancti viderentur (cujus rei prope jam memoria aboleverat), relatis quibusdam ex magno intervallo caerimoniis, renovarunt; et cum religione inviolatos eos, tum lege etiam fecerunt, sanciendo: ut qui tribunis plebis aedilibus, judicibus, decemviris nocuisset, ejus caput Jovi sacrum esset, etc. Hac lege juris interpretes negant quemquam sacrosanctum esse, sed cum quid eorum cuiquam nocuerit, id sacrum sanciri: itaque aedilem prehendi ducique a majoribus magistratibus: quod etsi non jure fiat (noceri enim ei, cui hac lege non liceat), tamen argumentum esse, non haberi pro sacro sanctoque aedilem;

tribunos vetere jure jurando plebis, cum primum eam potestatem creavit, sacrosanctos esse,

Liv. 3, 55, 6 sq.; cf.:

sacrosanctum dicitur, quod jurejurando interposito est institutum, si quis id violasset, ut morte poenas penderet. Cujus generis sunt tribuni plebis aedilesque ejusdem ordinis,

Fest. p. 318 Müll.:

sacrosanctum esse nihil potest, nisi quod populus plebesve sanxisset: deinde sanctiones sacrandae sunt genere ipso aut obtestatione legis aut poenā, cum caput ejus, qui contra fecerit, consecratur,

Cic. Balb. 14, 33:

agi deinde de concordiā coeptum concessumque in condiciones, ut plebi sui magistratus essent sacrosancti,

Liv. 2, 33;

so of the tribunes of the people,

id. 3, 19; 9, 9 (opp. profani); Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143; cf.: sacrosancta potestas (tribunorum, plur.), Liv. 4, 3; 29, 20 fin.:

accusator, velut sacrosanctus erat,

Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.: SI QVID SACROSANCTVM EST, an old formula ap. Cic. Balb. 14, 33:

in vastatione omnium tuas possessiones sacrosanctas futuras putas?

id. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

colonos etiam maritimos, qui sacrosanctam vacationem dicebantur habere, dare milites cogebant,

Liv. 37, 38 Drak.:

Oedipodis ossa, honore arae decorata, quasi sacrosancta,

Val. Max. 5, 3 fin. —

Transf., in gen., most holy, most sacred, venerable (post-Aug.;

freq. in the Christian writers): cujus (Rufi) mihi memoria sacrosancta est,

Plin. Ep. 7, 11, 3; so,

imago tua,

App. M. 5, p. 164, 37:

ista civitas (Roma),

id. ib. 11, p. 270:

contemplatio conspectus tui (sc. episcopi),

Sid. Ep. 9, 10:

de sacrosanctis ecclesiis,

Cod. Just. 1, 2.

sā̆crōsanctus (sometimes separately, sā̆crō sanctus, and per tmesin, sacroque sanctum, Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143; but in Tert. Cor. Mil. 13, the correct read. is sacer sanctusque, not sacer sanctus), a, um, adj. [sacer-sancio], orig., inaugurated or consecrated with religious ceremonies (v. the foll. passage from Liv. 3, 55); hence,

Meton., fixed or decreed as inviolable, sacred, inviolable, sacrosanct: ipsis quoque tribunis (plur.), ut sacrosancti viderentur (cujus rei prope jam memoria aboleverat), relatis quibusdam ex magno intervallo caerimoniis, renovarunt; et cum religione inviolatos eos, tum lege etiam fecerunt, sanciendo: ut qui tribunis plebis aedilibus, judicibus, decemviris nocuisset, ejus caput Jovi sacrum esset, etc. Hac lege juris interpretes negant quemquam sacrosanctum esse, sed cum quid eorum cuiquam nocuerit, id sacrum sanciri: itaque aedilem prehendi ducique a majoribus magistratibus: quod etsi non jure fiat (noceri enim ei, cui hac lege non liceat), tamen argumentum esse, non haberi pro sacro sanctoque aedilem;

tribunos vetere jure jurando plebis, cum primum eam potestatem creavit, sacrosanctos esse,

Liv. 3, 55, 6 sq.; cf.:

sacrosanctum dicitur, quod jurejurando interposito est institutum, si quis id violasset, ut morte poenas penderet. Cujus generis sunt tribuni plebis aedilesque ejusdem ordinis,

Fest. p. 318 Müll.:

sacrosanctum esse nihil potest, nisi quod populus plebesve sanxisset: deinde sanctiones sacrandae sunt genere ipso aut obtestatione legis aut poenā, cum caput ejus, qui contra fecerit, consecratur,

Cic. Balb. 14, 33:

agi deinde de concordiā coeptum concessumque in condiciones, ut plebi sui magistratus essent sacrosancti,

Liv. 2, 33;

so of the tribunes of the people,

id. 3, 19; 9, 9 (opp. profani); Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143; cf.: sacrosancta potestas (tribunorum, plur.), Liv. 4, 3; 29, 20 fin.:

accusator, velut sacrosanctus erat,

Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.: SI QVID SACROSANCTVM EST, an old formula ap. Cic. Balb. 14, 33:

in vastatione omnium tuas possessiones sacrosanctas futuras putas?

id. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

colonos etiam maritimos, qui sacrosanctam vacationem dicebantur habere, dare milites cogebant,

Liv. 37, 38 Drak.:

Oedipodis ossa, honore arae decorata, quasi sacrosancta,

Val. Max. 5, 3 fin. —

Transf., in gen., most holy, most sacred, venerable (post-Aug.;

freq. in the Christian writers): cujus (Rufi) mihi memoria sacrosancta est,

Plin. Ep. 7, 11, 3; so,

imago tua,

App. M. 5, p. 164, 37:

ista civitas (Roma),

id. ib. 11, p. 270:

contemplatio conspectus tui (sc. episcopi),

Sid. Ep. 9, 10:

de sacrosanctis ecclesiis,

Cod. Just. 1, 2.