convīctus

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convictus, a, um, Part., from convinco.

convictus, ūs, m. [convivo], a living together, intimacy, social intercourse.

In gen. (syn.:

societas, consuetudo): convictus humanus et societas,

Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; Lucceius ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 3; Col. 1, 8, 5; Sen. Helv. 15, 2; id. Ep. 6, 5; Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 29; id. P. 2, 10, 9 al.—

In partic., a banquet, feast, entertainment (not anteAug.), Vell. 2, 33, 4; Quint. 6, 3, 27; Plin. 14, 14, 16, § 95; Tac. A. 2, 28; 6, 9; 13, 15; 14, 4; Sen. Tranq. 17, 8; Juv. 11, 4 al.

con-vinco, vīci, victum, 3, v. a., to overcome, conquer; always beyond the circle of milit. lang.

With personal objects, to convict of crime or error, refute (very freq. and class.).

With simple acc.:

quem ego jam hic convincam palam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 147:

hujus si causa non manifestissimis rebus teneretur, tamen eum mores ipsius ac vita convincerent,

Cic. Sull. 25, 71:

verum enim invenire volumus, non tamquam adversarium aliquem convincere,

id. Fin. 1, 5, 13:

Aristonis jam fracta et convicta secta,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 38:

si negem, quo me teste convincas?

id. Phil. 2, 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104; Liv. 26, 12, 17; Quint. 1, 6, 10 et saep.—

With the designation of the crime, error, etc., commonly in the gen., more rarely in the simple abl., or with de, in, or inf.:

teque in isto ipso convinco non inhumanitatis solum, sed etiam amentiae,

Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 9:

haec duo levitatis et infirmitatis plerosque convincunt,

id. Lael. 17, 64:

aliquem summae neglegentiae (with coarguere),

id. Sull. 15, 44:

quae (supplicia) in convictos maleficii servos constituta sunt,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139:

repetundarum,

Suet. Caes. 43: latrocinii, caedis. id. Tib. 1 al.:

manifestis criminibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

multis avaritiae criminibus,

id. Fl. 39, 98:

convicti et condemnati falsis de pugnis,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 5:

scelere convictus,

Suet. Ner. 31; Lact. de Ira, 17, 6; cf.:

istius vita tot vitiis flagitiisque convicta,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 10:

in pari peccato,

id. Inv. 2, 10, 32:

in hoc scelere,

id. Sull. 30, 83; so,

in homicidio,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 12:

in majore fraude,

Suet. Claud. 15:

in adfectatione imperii,

id. Tit. 9.—With inf.:

aliquid fecisse convinci,

Liv. 45, 10, 14:

convictus pecuniam cepisse,

Tac. A. 4, 31; 13, 44; Suet. Calig. 40; Curt. 9, 8, 9; cf. Sall. C. 52, 36.—

With things as objects, to prove something incontestably (esp. as criminal, false, punishable), to show clearly, demonstrate (freq. and class.).

With acc.:

inauditum facinus ipsius qui commisit voce convinci,

Cic. Quint. 25, 79; so,

peccata argumentis,

id. Part. Or. 33, 116; cf.:

falsum veris convincere rebus,

Lucr. 4, 764:

alios sensus,

id. 4, 495:

haec poëtarum et pictorum portenta,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 11:

orationem (with redargui),

id. Univ. 3 init.:

errores Epicuri,

id. N. D. 2, 1, 3:

falsa,

id. ib. 1, 32, 91:

avaritiam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 12:

furorem,

Ov. M. 13, 58:

quod obicitur,

Quint. 5, 10, 35:

quod (crimen) apud patres convictum,

Tac. A. 14, 40 al.:

convicta (praedia),

proved not to belong to you, Cic. Fl. 32, 79.—

With acc. and inf.:

nihil te didicisse... nihil scire convincerent,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Par. 5, 3, 41; id. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Quint. 2, 15, 14 al.

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contĭcesco ( contĭcisco, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 28; id. Mil. 2, 4, 56; Arn. 5 init.), tĭcŭi, 3, v. inch., to become still, to cease speaking or sounding (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

sed conticiscam: nam audio aperiri foris,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 28; id. Mil. 2, 4, 56:

ad quod ille quidem conticescit, sed sermonem suscipit Polus,

Quint. 2, 15, 28:

ad hos casus,

i. e. in such cases, id. 6, 1, 42:

conscientiā convictus repente conticuit,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10: consedit ille;

conticui,

id. Har. Resp. 4, 7:

conticuere omnes,

Verg. A. 2, 1; Ov. M. 6, 293; 10, 430.—

To keep silence, not to speak (very rare):

paulisper alter, alterius conspectu, conticuere,

Liv. 30, 30, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.— Poet. with acc.:

tantum nefas conticuit,

Val. Fl. 3, 302.—

Transf., of things:

numquam de vobis (hominum) gratissimus sermo conticescet,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

nec ulla umquam aetas de tuis laudibus conticescet,

id. Marc. 3, 9: conticuit lyra, * Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 43:

tubae,

Mart. 7, 80:

conticuere undae,

Ov. M. 5, 574.—

Trop., to become still or quiet, come to rest, cease, decline, stop, abate (syn. obmutesco):

cum obmutuisset senatus, judicia conticuissent, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 12, 26:

ut tum conticisceret illa lamentatio et gemitus urbis,

id. Red. Sen. 7, 17:

artes nostrae,

id. Mur. 10, 22; cf.:

studium,

id. Brut. 94, 324:

litterae forenses et senatoriae,

id. Off. 2, 1, 3:

actiones tribuniciae,

Liv. 4, 1, 5:

tumultus,

id. 2, 55, 10; 22, 55, 8:

furor,

id. 2, 29, 11.

convictĭo, ōnis, f. [convinco], demonstration, proof (eccl. Lat.):

rerum,

Aug. Trin. 13, 1.

convictĭo, ōnis, f. [convivo], companionship, intercourse, intimacy with one ( = 2. convictus): jucundissima, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 4.—

Transf., = convictor:

convictiones domesticae,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12.

dēbĭlĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [debilis], to lame, cripple, maim; to debilitate, unnerve, disable, weaken (freq. and class.).

Lit.

Of personal objects:

gladiatores, qui debilitati fuerint,

Gai. Inst. 3, § 146:

contusi ac debilitati inter saxa rupesque,

Liv. 21, 40:

corpore debilitantur (saucii),

Cic. Caecin. 15, 42:

casu debilitatus,

Tac. A. 4, 63: lapsu debilitatus, * Suet. Aug. 43 (cf. shortly after, qui et ipse crus fregerat): qui filium debilitavit, ut inhabilis militiae sit, Dig. 49, 16, 4, § 12; Ov. M. 13, 112:

natantium manus lacerabant, donec debilitati, etc.,

Curt. 4, 3, 5.—

Of inanimate objects:

membra, quae debilitavit lapidibus, fustibus,

Cic. Fl. 30, 73:

vim ferro ac viribus,

id. Marc. 3: lingua Debilitata malis, * Lucr. 6, 1150:

opes adversariorum debilitatae,

Nep. Ages. 5, 2:

cibum etiam saepe subtrahunt, ut fame debilitetur eculeorum nimis effrenata vis,

Cic. Hortens. Frag. 78 Bait. (Non., p. 105, 7).— Poet.: (hiems) quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare Tyrrhenum, i. e. breaks its waves ( = collidit), Hor. Od. 1, 11, 5.

Trop.

Of personal objects: quo metu debilitaret nostros, Varr. ap. Non. 163, 30:

simulac me fractum ac debilitatum metu viderit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121; cf.:

hunc cum afflictum, debilitatum, maerentem, viderem,

id. ib. 2, 47, 195:

recitatis literis debilitatus atque abjectus, conscientia convictus, repente conticuit,

disheartened, id. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

id. Fin. 5, 15, 42:

sin aestivorum timor te debilitat,

id. Fam. 7, 14:

quosdam continet metus, quosdam debilitat,

Quint. 1, 3, 6 et saep.: debilitati a jure cognoscendo, i. e. dispirited, discouraged ( = deterriti), Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 142 (cf. shortly before, a discendo deterrent).—

Of inanimate objects:

membrum reip. fractum debilitatumque,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

animos,

id. Lael. 7; so Nep. Dat. 6:

animum luctu, metu,

Cic. Planc. 42, 103: nimis effrenatam vim fame, id. fragm. ap. Non. 105, 11; cf.: vires animi (senectus), * Verg. A. 9, 611:

fortitudinem, magnitudinem animi, patientiam (dolor),

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 76:

veritatem multis incommodis,

id. Quint. 1, 4:

spem meam,

id. Att. 5, 4 et saep.:

versus,

id. de Or. 3, 50:

debilitatur ac frangitur eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 39.

ĕt, conj. [Sanscr. ati, beyond; Gr. eti, besides, yet; Lat. et-iam, at-avus], serves to connect, in the most general manner, single words or entire sentences, and.

In gen.: qui illius impudentiam norat et duritudinem, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 2, 20: te sale nata precor, Venus et genetrix patris nostri, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 16 (Ann. v. 53 ed. Vahlen): blande et docte percontat, Naev. ap. Non. 474, 7:

ut, quoad possem et liceret, a senis latere numquam discederem,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

de quo praeclare et multa praecipiuntur,

id. Or. 21, 70:

qui filium consularem clarum virum et magnis rebus gestis amisit,

id. Fam. 4, 6; cf.:

major (frater) et qui prius imperitarat,

Liv. 21, 31:

haec pueris et mulierculis et servis et servorum simillimis liberis esse grata,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57 et saep.:

salicta locis aquosis, humectis, umbrosis, propter amnes ibi seri oportet. Et id videto, uti, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 9:

optime vero, frater: et fleri sic decet,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3 fin.:

qua de re est igitur inter summos viros major dissensio? Et omitto illa, quae relicta jam videntur,

id. Ac. 2, 42 et saep.

In partic.

To subjoin a word or phrase which more accurately defines or more briefly comprehends what goes before, and indeed, and moreover, and that too:

te enim jam appello, et ea voce, ut me exaudire possis,

Cic. Mil. 25, 67:

at laudat, et saepe, virtutem,

id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48; cf.:

id, et facile, effici posse,

Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

errabas, Verres, et vehementer errabas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121;

so with a repetition of the same word: hostis et hostis,

id. ib. 2, 2, 21, §

51: tenetur, judices, et manifeste tenetur,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65, § 152; id. Cat. 3, 10; id. Deiot. 3; id. Mil. 23, 61 al.; Liv. 26, 13; Sen. de Clem. 15 et saep.:

haec nostra ut exigua et minima contemnimus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 127; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 32:

nulla enim nobis societas cum tyrannis, et potius summa distractio est,

id. Off. 3, 6, 32; cf.: cur eo non estis contenti? et cur id potius contenditis, quod? [p. 661] etc., id. Ac. 2, 17, 74:

si te ipse et tuas cogitationes et studia perspexeris,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 69:

omitto illa, quae relicta jam videntur, et Herillum, qui in cognitione et scientia summum bonum ponit,

id. Ac. 2, 42:

Romani, quibus Poeni et Hannibal in cervicibus erat,

Just. 29, 3, 7:

studiose ab his siderum magnitudines, intervalla, cursus anquirebantur et cuncta caelestia,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 10:

valde a Xenocrate et Aristotele et ab illa Platonis familia discreparet,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 55 et saep.:

et appetendi et refugiendi et omnino rerum gerendarum initia proficiscuntur aut a voluptate aut a dolore,

Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 42. —

To connect things similar or dissimilar after the words aeque, par, idem, similis, alius, etc. (more commonly atque, v. atque, I. 2.), as, than, and:

nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67, v. aeque:

omnia fuisse in Themistocle paria et in Coriolano,

Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf.:

nunc tu mihi es germanus pariter corpore et animo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 34:

Clodius eadem hora Interamnae fuerat et Romae,

Cic. Mil. 17 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 58, 11:

haec eodem tempore Caesari referebantur, et legati veniebant, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 37, 1:

similem sibi videri vitam hominum et mercatum eum, qui, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9; cf.:

neu simili forma et quom, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 416 and 420:

nec ratione alia, et cum,

id. 1, 280:

non enim alia causa est aequitatis in uno servo et in pluribus,

than, Cic. Caecin. 20, 57; id. Off. 2, 18; id. de Or. 3, 18, 66; id. Cael. 28 fin.; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 3:

aliter doctos (loqui) et indoctos?

Cic. Fin. 5, 29 fin. —

To connect two immediately successive points of time (only in poets and historians, esp. since the Aug. per.; cf. atque, II. C.), often to be rendered in English by when, and then: advenit, et navibu' complevit litora, Poeta ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31 fin.:

dixit, et extemplo... sensit medios delapsus in hostes,

Verg. A. 2, 376:

dixit (dixerat), et,

id. ib. 1, 402; 2, 705; 3, 258; Val. Fl. 1, 569; Stat. Th. 2, 120 al.; cf.:

nec plura effatus et,

Verg. A. 8, 443:

sic fatus et,

Stat. Th. 12, 773:

nec longum tempus et ingens exiit arbos,

Verg. G. 2, 80; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 300; Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8; Tac. H. 2, 95:

vix prima inceperat aestas, Et pater Anchises dare fatis vela jubebat,

Verg. A. 3, 9; so,

vix... et,

id. ib. 5, 858; 6, 498; Stat. Th. 2, 293; cf.:

vixdum... et,

Liv. 43, 4, 10; cf.

also: simul haec effatur, et, etc.,

Luc. 6, 246.—

After an imperative, to subjoin the consequence of an action ( poet. and in postAug. prose), and then:

dic quibus in terris, et eris mihi magnus Apollo,

Verg. E. 3, 104; Ov. Am. 2, 14, 44; Phaedr. 3, 5, 7; Luc. 4, 487; 2, 515; Sen. de Clem. 1, 16; Plin. Pan. 43, 3; 45, 6: sit mihi, quod nunc est, etiam minus;

et mihi vivam Quod superest aevi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 107.—

To subjoin the minor proposition (assumptio or propositio minor) in a syllogism, now, but (cf. atque, II.):

eorum, qui videntur, alia vera sunt, alia falsa: et quod falsum, id percipi non potest: nullum igitur est, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 13, 40; id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9; 5, 17; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33 al.—

With an accessory affirmative notion, and in fact, and indeed, and truly, and so:

multa me sollicitant... et sexcenta sunt, Cic. Att! 2, 19: et sunt illa sapientis,

id. Tusc. 3, 8 fin.; id. Leg. 2, 3, 7:

et erat, ut retuli, clementior,

Tac. A. 2, 57: jam pridem a me illos abducere Thestylis orat;

Et faciet, quoniam sordent tibi munera nostra,

Verg. E. 2, 44 et saep.:

estne ille noster Parmeno? et certe ipsus est,

Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 4;

with certe,

id. Ad. 1, 1, 53;

with hercle,

Cic. Brut. 72; id. Fin. 2, 8; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2.—

To subjoin an emphatic question or exclamation:

et sunt qui de via Appia querantur, taceant de curia?

Cic. Mil. 33, 91; id. Sest. 39, 80; id. Clu. 40, 111; id. Phil. 1, 8 et saep.; Verg. G. 2, 433; id. A. 1, 48; Ov. M. 13, 338 al.:

et his tot criminibus testimoniisque convictus in eorum tabella spem sibi aliquam proponit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16 fin.; id. Mil. 12 fin.; Plin. Pan. 28, 6; Flor. 4, 2, 89.—Esp. with quisquam:

et quisquam dubitabit quin, etc.,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 42 Matthiae; Ov. Am. 3, 8, 1 al.—

To connect an idea as either homogeneous or complementary to that which precedes, and so too, and also, and moreover, and at the same time; too, also, likewise (hence, often in Liv., Curt., and late Lat., rarely in Cic., = etiam; cf. Anton. Stud. pp. 26-69;

Krebs, Antibarb. p. 420): Terentia te maxime diligit salutemque tibi plurimam ascribit, et Tulliola, deliciae nostrae,

Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.: Ge. Salvus sis. Di. Et tu salve, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 44; id. Trin. 1, 2, 11; id. Mil. 4, 8, 42; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 122;

for which: salve et tu,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 42; v. the foll.:

haec ipsa mihi sunt voluptati: et erant illa Torquatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:

ubi tunc eras? Romae. Verum quid ad rem? et alii multi,

id. Rosc. Am. 33, 92; cf.

ib. § 94: et illud videndum quanto magis homines mala fugiant,

id. Part. 26:

et mihi sunt vires, et mihi facta tuba'st!

Tib. 2, 6, 10; cf. Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 83:

nihil verius. Probe et ille,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73; so,

et ille,

id. ib. 3, 13 fin.:

et ipse,

id. Caecin. 20 fin.; so id. de Or. 1, 46, 202; Liv. 1, 12; 6, 3; 41, 24 et saep.; cf.:

simul et ille,

Cic. Clu. 4, 10; 17, 48; 57, 155; id. Verr. 2, 5, 1:

simul et iste,

id. ib. 2, 1, 41; Sall. J. 20, 1 et saep.:

et nunc ego amore pereo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 14; so,

et nunc,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 7; Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40; id. Fam. 13, 54, 2; Caes. B. G. 6, 13 fin.;

for which: nunc et,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 11; cf.:

nonnumquam et,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15, 3:

sunt et,

Cic. Top. 6; Verg. A. 9, 136:

meruit et,

Suet. Caes. 3 et saep.:

quoniam formam cepi hujus in me et statum, Decet et facta moresque hujus habere me similes item,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 111:

nam et qui parat pecus, necesse est constituat numerum, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24: so,

nam et,

Cic. Leg. 1, 11; 2, 25, 63; id. de Or. 1, 25; id. Off. 1, 40, 142; Liv. 6, 19 al.; cf.:

at et,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3:

sed et,

id. Att. 5, 10 fin.; Quint. 10, 1, 107;

and with a preceding non modo or non solum (post-Aug.),

Tac. G. 15, 35; id. A. 14, 39; Suet. Aug. 89 et saep.; cf.:

et... non = ne... quidem, ego vero et in ipsa suffocatione non desii, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 54, 3:

ergo et,

Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 27; id. Leg. 1, 12, 33; id. Div. 1, 50, 114:

itaque et,

id. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 et saep.—

When repeated, et... et, it serves, like the Gr. kai... kai or te kai, to connect two ideas partitively, both... and, as well... as, not only... but also:

hoc etiam ad malum accersebatur malum, Et discipulus et magister perhibebantur improbi,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 23; 4, 8, 45:

et audax et malus,

id. ib. 4, 9, 25:

eloquere utrumque nobis, et quid tibi est, et quid velis nostram operam,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 59:

ut et severitas adhibeatur et contumelia repellatur,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

dimitto (puerum), et ut a magistris ne abducam et quod mater discedit,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9 fin.:

non et legatum argentum est et non est legata numerata pecunia,

id. Top. 13 et saep. More than twice:

quo facilius et hujus hominis innocentissimi miserias et illorum audaciam cognoscere possitis et rei publicae calamitatem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 5 fin.;

so three times,

id. Att. 12, 4, 2; id. Q. Fr. 3, 9 fin. et saep.;

six times,

Cic. Fam. 13, 25;

ten times,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 90.—With a subordinate que or atque:

nam et semper me coluit diligentissimeque observavit et a studiis nostris non abhorret,

Cic. Fam. 13, 22;

with atque,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 95.—Et... que are sometimes used for et... et (rarely in Cic.;

freq. in Liv. and post-Aug. writers): quis est quin intellegat et eos inmemores fuisse, nosque honestate duci?

Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; id. Brut. 88, 302:

id et singulis universisque semper honori fuisse,

Liv. 4, 2; 5, 46 fin.; 24, 2 fin.; 32, 32 fin.; Tac. Agr. 2 fin.; Suet. Ner. 33 al.—Sometimes the second et subjoins a more weighty assertion; in which case et... et = cum... tum, not only... but also:

homo et in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

Cic. Quint. 1, 3; id. Fat. 1, 2; id. de Or. 1, 9, 38; id. Off. 2, 11, 38.—

Et... neque or neque... et, when one clause is a negative (but et... et non, et non... et, when only one word is negatived):

ego vero et exspectabo ea quae polliceris neque exigam, nisi tuo commodo,

Cic. Brut. 4 fin.:

ego si et Silius is fuerit, quem tu putas nec Drusus facilem se praebuerit, Damasippum velim aggrediare,

id. Att. 12, 33:

cui quidem ita sunt Stoici assensi, ut et, quicquid honestum esset, id utile esse censerent, nec utile quicquam, quod non honestum,

id. Off. 3, 3, 11: pueris nobis Cn. Aufidius praetorius et in senatu sententiam dicebat nec amicis deliberantibus deerat et Graecam scribebat historiam et videbat in litteris, id. Tusc. 5, 38 fin.:

quia et consul aberat... nec, etc.,

Liv. 22, 8 et saep.:

nec miror et gaudeo,

Cic. Fam. 10, 1 fin.:

nam nec in eo jus cognationis servavit, cui ademit regnum, et eum, cui dedit, etc.,

Just. 8, 6 fin.:

id et nobis erit perjucundum et tibi non sane devium,

Cic. Att. 2, 4 fin.:

locus is melior, quem et non coquit sol et tangit ros,

Varr. R. R. 3, 14.—

Rarely neque... et = non quidem... sed: amicitias neque facile admisit et constantissime retinuit,

Suet. Aug. 66.—

Less freq., tum... et, et... tum, in the same sense:

omnis ejus oratio tum in virtute laudanda et in hominibus ad virtutis studium cohortandis consumebatur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

et in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime in celeritate et continuatione verborum adhaerescens, etc.,

id. Brut. 93, 320. See Hand Turs. II. pp. 467-540.

indĭcĭum, ĭi, n. [id.], a notice, information, discovery, disclosure, charge (class.).

Lit.:

facite indicium, si quis vidit,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 9:

id anus mihi indicium fecit,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 7; cf. Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 57; id. Mil. 2, 3, 35; Sen. Contr. 4, 26, 6:

conjurationis,

Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:

rei alicujus afferre ad aliquem, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 52: deferre ad aliquem,

Tac. A. 2, 28:

ea res est Helvetiis per indicium enuntiata,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

convictus indicio alicujus,

Sall. C. 52, 36: profiteri, to volunteer evidence (before a court, and esp. to escape punishment by turning state's evidence): sed ipse deprehensus, multis hortantibus, indicium profitetur, Sall. J. 35, 6; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 9; so,

offerre,

Tac. A. 11, 35.—

Transf.

A permission to give evidence or turn informer against one's accomplices:

Vettius reus, cum esset damnatus, erat indicium postulaturus,

Cic. Att. 2, 24, 4:

tibi indicium postulas dari,

id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 34. —

A reward for giving evidence or informing:

conscripserunt communiter edictum cum poena atque indicio,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Vat. 11, 25; Petr. 97:

alicui indicium dare,

Dig. 12, 5, 4.—

In gen., a sign, indication, mark, token, proof: signum vocatur sêmeion, quamquam id quidam indicium, quidam vestigium nominaverunt, per quod alia res intellegitur, ut per sanguinem caedes, Quint. 5, 9, 9; 5, 7, 36:

indicia et vestigia veneni,

Cic. Clu. 10, 30:

indicia atque argumenta certissima sceleris,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 13:

scelerum ostendere, Auct. Har. Resp. 12: parricidiorum,

Cic. Sull. 27, 17:

animi, Auct. Cic. ap. Senat. 4: insigne meae erga te benevolentiae,

Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

res indicium haec facit, quo pacto, etc.,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 31:

dare, i. q. ostendere,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 19 Müll.:

edere, the same,

Lucr. 2, 556: indicio esse, to serve as proof, be a proof:

de se ipse erit,

Ter. Ad. prol. 4:

ei rei indicio sunt sexdecim volumina epistu larum,

Nep. Att. 16: quae domus erat ipsa indicio tui crudelissimi dominatus, Auct. Dom. 42.—With rel.-clause:

mihi, quale ingenium haberes, indicio fuit oratio,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 4:

quam vere de eo foret indicatum, oratio indicio fuit,

Nep. Lys. 3: postquam indicium est factum, dempto auro, etc., after applying the touchstone (index), Vitr. 9, 3.

interversĭo, ōnis, f. [interverto].

An overthrowing, frustrating, thwarting (post-class.):

praedicationis (Christi),

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 20.—

A purloining, pilfering, embezzling: de interversione convictus, Cod. 10, 70, 12.

membrum, i, n. [etym. dub.; perh. for mems-trum; cf. Sanscr. māmsa, flesh], a limb, member of the body (class.).

Lit.:

jam membrorum, id est partium corporis, alia videntur propter eorum usum a natura esse donata, ut manus, crura, pedes, etc.... alia quasi ad quendam ornatum, ut cauda pavoni, plumae versicolores columbis, viris mammae atque barba,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 66:

defessa,

Verg. G. 4, 438; Suet. Vesp. 20:

hispida membra,

Juv. 2, 11:

membrum lacerum laesumve,

Gell. 4, 2, 15:

propter membrum ruptum talio,

Gai. Inst. 3, 223.—

In partic., = membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 70, 17. So plur. membra, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 65; cf. App. M. 5, 6, p. 161; id. ib. 10, 31, p. 254; Aus. Epigr. 120, 4.—

Transf.

In gen.

Of inanim. and abstr. things, a part, portion, division:

omnes philosophiae partes atque omnia membra,

Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 9:

solvere quassatae parcite membra ratis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 2:

per omnia philosophiae membra prudenter disputando currere,

Amm. 16, 5, 6: eadem sunt membra in utrāque disputatione, Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119 —

Of persons:

Ponticus... Bassus... dulcia convictūs membra fuere mei,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 48:

membra et partes alienae potentiae,

Sen. Ep. 21, 6; cf. poet.:

fluctuantia membra Libyae,

Sil. 2, 310.—

Esp.

A member of the state:

per multa membra civitas in unum tantum corpus redigitur,

Just. 5, 10, 10:

membra partesque imperii,

Suet. Aug. 48:

reipublicae totius membra,

Amm. 18, 5, 1:

urbis,

id. 15, 7, 5:

Achaei scilicet per civitates velut per membra divisi sunt, unum tamen corpus et unum imperium habent,

Just. 34, 1, 2: corpore sic toto ac membris Roma usa. Sil. 12, 318:

cur ut decisa atque avulsa a corpore membra despiciar,

id. 1, 670.—

An apartment, chamber in a house:

dormitorium membrum,

a bed-chamber, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 9:

domūs membra,

App. M. 3, 28, p. 141; 7, 1, p. 188:

modus membrorum numerusque,

Col. 6, 1, 1:

cubicula et ejusmodi membra,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—

Of speech, a member or clause of a sentence: quae Graeci kommata et kôla nominant, nos recte incisa et membra dicimus, Cic. Or. 62, 211; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26.—

Of the Church of Christ:

singuli autem alter alterius membra,

Vulg. Rom. 12, 5; cf.

the context: membra sumus corporis ejus,

i. e. Christ's, id. Eph. 5, 30.

sōbrĭus ( sōbrĕus), a, um ( comp. sobrior, Laber. ap. Charis. p. 64; elsewhere not compared), adj. [cf. Gr. sôphrôn, saos; Lat. sanus], not drunk, sober (freq. and class.).

Lit., opp. vinolentus, Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; so id. Or. 28, 99;

opp. vino madens,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 2;

opp. madidus,

id. Am. 3, 4, 18; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 5; Cato Utic. ap. Suet. Caes. 53; and ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9;

opp. ebrius,

Sen. Ep. 18, 4 (with siccus); Mart. 3, 16, 3;

opp. temulentus,

Tac. A. 13, 15 et saep.:

male sobrius, i. e. ebrius,

Tib. 1, 10, 51; Ov. F. 6, 785.—

Transf., of things ( poet. and post-Aug. prose; cf.

ebrius): pocula,

Tib. 1, 6, 28 (24):

lympha mixta mero,

id. 2, 1, 46:

nox,

in which there was no drinking, Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 11; cf.

convictus,

Tac. A. 13, 15:

uva,

not intoxicating, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 31:

rura,

that furnish no wine, Stat. S. 4, 2, 37; cf. Suet. Dom. 7:

sobrium vicum Romae dictum putant, vel quod in eo nulla taberna fuerit, vel quod in eo Mercurio lacte, non vino supplicabatur, Fest. pp. 296 and 297 Müll.: non sobria verba,

i. e. of a drunken person, Mart. 1, 28, 5:

paupertas,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 411:

lares pauperes nostros, sed plane sobrios revisamus,

App. M. 5, p. 163, 31.—

In gen., sober, moderate, temperate, continent:

parcus ac sobrius,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 15: vigilans ac sollers, sicca, sana, sobria, Afran. ap. Non. 21, 33 (Com. Rel. p. 148 Rib.):

homines frugi ac sobrii,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 27, § 67:

auream quisquis mediocritatem Diligit... caret invidendā Sobrius aulā,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 8; Vell. 2, 63, 1:

non aestimatur voluptas illa Epicuri, quam sobria et sicca sit,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 12, 4:

corda,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 78:

vetus illa Romana virtus et sobria,

Amm. 15, 4, 3;

opp. libidinosus,

Lact. 3, 26, 7.—

Trop., of the mind, sober, even-minded, clever, sensible, prudent, reasonable, cautious (syn.:

mentis compos, sanus): satin' sanus es aut sobrius?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 29; cf.:

satis credis sobriam esse,

id. Eun. 4, 4, 36:

tu homo non es sobrius,

id. And. 4, 4, 39:

vigilantes homines, sobrii, industrii,

Cic. Cael. 31, 74: [p. 1715] diligentes et memores et sobrii oratores, id. de Or. 2, 32, 140;

opp. iracundus,

Vell. 2, 41, 1:

alte sobria ferre pedem,

prudently, Ov. Am. 1, 12, 6.—Of things:

opera Proba et sapiens et sobria,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 2:

ingenium siccum ac sobrium,

Sen. Ep. 114, 3:

violenta et rapida Carneades dicebat, modesta Diogenes et sobria,

Gell. 7, 14, 10.—Hence, adv.: sōbrĭē (acc. to II. A. and B.).

Moderately, temperately, frugally: vivere (with parce, continenter, severe;

opp. diffluere luxuriā),

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106.—

Prudently, sensibly, circumspectly, = prudenter:

ut hoc sobrie agatur,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 29:

curare aliquid,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 215:

hanc rem accurare,

id. Ps. 4, 1, 29; id. Pers. 4, 1, 1.